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FRESH DRUGS, MEDICINES, sc.
WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD, & CO.,

FRESH DRUGS, MEDICINES, &c.
WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD, & CO.,
NJ ARE now receiving large additions to
their stock of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals
PAINTS, OILS, DYESTUFFS,
- WsnIOsO class, E'erfHnery, SC, SC
from the most reliable Houses in the Northern Cities,
which have been purchased with single to their
pur ty and are offered for sale at such prices and on
such shall compare favorahly with any house
in the State.
Physicians, Country Merchants, and callers gener-
ally, will do well give call before purchasing
feeling assured shall not fail to please both in point
Of price and quality.
Orders promptly attended to- and particular attention
given to packing and forwarding.
Family Medicines and Prescriptions compounded al
all hours off day and night by a competent person
with neatncss and despatch.
We tender most sincere thanks to the citizens oil
Raleigh and the surrounding country for the long and
liberal patronage have received and trust by untir
ing zeal and energy to please in the prosecution of
business, to merit its continuance.
Raleigh, April %. 1851. 81
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Pleasant Grove Male Acadenn

Pleasant Grove Male Academy.
WAKE FOREST, N. G..
WILLIAM NJ. CRENSHAW, A B., Principal.
YNNHE next session of this Institution will commence
IL the End Monday in January next. The Academy
is situated about 1-2 miles from Forestville.
No deduction for loss of time except in protrac
ted sickness Board be had at Sc so per month,
including washing. lights and fuel. Tuition from 81
to I5 per session For further particulars address
DIR. w. HARTSFIELD,
Forestvile, Wake County, N. C..
November Slh, 1852. 104-tl5J.
az- The Weekly Register and the Spirit of the Age
will copy.
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.swen done thou good and faithful

WWeII done IMOu 6VV11 .
Servant"
We fancy VIC hear the thousands and tens OF tnous-
apda of grateful hearts, scattered as they are over
oc,ion Of our glorious Union, making the air VIZ" :: c.
with the above scriptura parable so applicable for
the returns made them for the few f@eS renown
investment through the famed and imPershlaDV
ed House of
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HATS AND CAPS!

CAFS!
THE LATEST STYLES for the FALL of 1852.
a BEEBE'S and Leary's fashionable super. n
Cd Moleskin. A large assortment of HATS andGs@l
GAPS of almost evAy style that is this season. from
the finest 81 ltes the lowest price. Now ready at
fuckers.
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MRS. WOLTEEeHNG

ID ESPECTFULLY announces to the Ladies OF Raj
h, egh and surrounding country that she is
ceving her FALL and WINTER STOCK OF FANCY
GOODS, embracing China goods, fine ron-stone dinner
sets, tea-setts, and cups and fine
brought to this City.
Also. GROCERIES of every description. MUSI-
CAL INSTRUMENTS, &C., which will be sold low
for cash.
Just Received, fresh supply of CORRECTIONAL
RIES.
lhe same.
WILHELMIN4 WOLTERING. y
Raleigh, Sept. 18th, 1851. 80
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RATE & CO. have this day received another supply
L of very fine medium and low-priced Clothing the
very latest STYLE which offering reduced prices
Wholesale retail. Fayetteville Street, door above
Stiths, Raleigh
Nov. 7th, 1852. '.a 1O3-
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Nay I3, 1852:
Just Received and for Sale,

Just Received and for Sale,
A RICH assortment of Fancy Neck, Sash, hat S"-
N Cap Ribbons, ,id,bs
Plain Satin and Lustrng Ribbons, all colors and "io'
French worked Muslin undersleeves,
Infants French worked Frock Bodies and Caps, ie
Ladies' French worked Caps and Collars in greS '1
", CELLARS
do DO Mourning and half Mourning ColiS'''
do do Cuffs, Musins and Dimity BanoS'
Real Thread Lace, Insertings and EdgIRgs,
Imitation do do do
Jisle. do do do
Bobbin do do do o1
JAMES McKIMMOE;
Oct. 1852.
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For Sale or Rent.


TFNHE House and Lot formerly occupied by Mrs.
Il Henry known the McPheeter's place, south of
the Governors Mansion; and the House and Lot i'm
nediately opposite, formerly occupied by Col Manly.
The terms will be liberal.
Raleigh, January 9th, 1858. l5-3t
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GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
DxoSD P. GAINES PATENT CIRcULAR CoScAvx
Mill Dress.

DxoSD P. GAINES PATENT CIRCULAR CoScAyE
Mill Dress.
FWNHE Subscriber would inform the public that he
II has purchased the rights to sell this PATENT in
the State of North Carolina and would those who
wish to avail themselves of this great that
he is ready to put upon Mill Burrs and Corn Stones
this New PATENT DRESS.
For further Information address the subscriber at
South Lowell, Orange County N. c :, who will rnsh
Drafts Specifications and all the information necessary
to use this improvement The advantage of this patent
is to facilitate the grinding, and improve the flour or
meal.
1t is warranted to grind double fast as the common
dress and some that have it in certify three times
as fast. JAMES H. WRITTEN.
July ID, 1852 928-IOtwpd
j have had this Dress put upon my Corn Stones and
san assure the public that it decidedly Great Inn
oroVement, both IN speed and the quality of the meal
J. A. MCMANNEN.
TOmbs, m Monuments, Head-StOnes, & G
HNHE Subscriber having been North and purchased a
Il large assortme nt of Italian and American MARBLE
for Monuments, IOna6s, and Heddstones and HEARTH
paint Stones slabs for Soda F0u1akS Bakers Slabs
and Nova Scotia gridStOneS. soliciis the patronage
the citizens oil Raleigh and the surrounding country
He invites the citizens 20 call and see his monume ns
tomb and head stones and drafts or send their orders
which will be punctualy attended to.
The subscriber has been in business in this pIsee six
teen years. and you can refer any of the citizens
Raleigh.
His Marble Yard is ten minutes walk from the State
House, at the SOUTHEAST Corner of the Graveyard
The subscriber has examined the Northern nriees
and has no hesitation in saying he can do work on as
re asona5le terms as any,
WILLIAM STRoNACH.
Raleigh, Sept 6, 1852. s5-Iv
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Oct. 1889.
Boots and Shoes.

Boots and Shoes.
II MILES & SONS Improved Stitched D ";cIe
SDes Double Sole and Waterproof do, splendid az Of
of Double Sole Brogans for the practical Famg
Wake and surrounding country, including the ka11
'''>O EVANS & COOHh'
Sept. II.
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AMP oIL-Winter Strained Oil in store and fol
- sale by ]. McKIMMON
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y have had this Dress put upon my Corn Stones and
san assure the public that it is decidedly Great Inn
orovement both in speed and the quality of the meal
]. A. MCMANNEN.
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Raleigh, October IL, 1852. 81
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HOTEL FOR SALE!

OldIVIITe COuIEIy' give IIIIIes IIOII IIVII
January 9th, 1858.
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I IFE and Correspondence of Lord Jeffrey, by Lord
Cockburn, ofthe Judges ofthe Court of Session
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: THE SAFE AND CoMMo.
- 49, ~

" II
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from BaltiDaore
to Wheeling, and connecting there uith the
large, re,r, and splendid Steamers of the
Union Line on the Ohio, and the Stages to
Zanesulle Sc
THIS EXPEDITIONS LINE being now tho
Il roughly completed by the late finishing of
the Great Board Tree Tunnel, and the road being
IN excellent order, the earnest attention of travel
lers ls confidently directed 10 ts superior advep-
tages and low fares. The scenery upon this road
is OF the most stupendous and attractive character
The Express Mail Train leaves Baltimore daily
at p M, and runs directly through to Wheeling
(3s0 mies) In Is or l9 hours, including all stop.
pages, arriving there at or 8 D. m. next dav; or
passengers leaving Baltimore at a. m may Law
over for lodging in Cumberland, (l79 miles and
proceed thence to wheeling in the morning.
To connect with these trains, the cars leave
Washington at 6 a. m. and p. m. daily, meet.
ing the care from Baltimore at the Washin gton
junction, DIETER known as the Relay House,1 8
miles from Baltimore.
At Wheeling the seven unrivaIled steamers of
the Union Line, which have Just been completed
Tor this route, form daily exion with the care
and convey passengers down the Ohio to Ciucip.
natl and Louisville, where the stages for Nashville
&C., or the st. Louis and New Orleans packets
may be taken by those going further on
Passengers for Columbus Tor ho prefer the land
route to Cincinnau) and other parts of Ohio and
in the Ohio Stage Company's excellent coaches
over the best part of the National Road TO Zanes-
vile, &C., and thence by railroad.
Passengers for Wellsvie and Cleveland by
steamboat and railroad will also find this most
agreeable route, there being regular and speedy
connexion at Wheeling to and from those places
0+Baggage checked through from Washington
to Wheeling, and no charge for transfer of pas
sengers or baggage.
Fare by through ticket with the right to lie
over anywhere on the route) from Washington
TO Wheeling $3.50; to Cincinnati Sll; to Louis.
vile $l2.
Tickets TO be had of Mr.. PARSONS, Agent, at the
Railroad Station, Washington, and of the other
agents Of the Company.
VIM. PARKER.
Nav Cepe..i S,1,r;,,o,5o~1
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NOTICE

Of the Establishment of t,po Land Districts in
the State Of California.
WHEREAS, by the provisions of the act of Con.
w gress, approved March 8, 1853, entitled can
act to provide for the survey uf the public lands n
California, the granting of pre-emption rights
therein and for other purposes" the President of
the United States is authorized, at such time or
times as in his judgment the public interest may
30 imperativey require, and in the absence of any
further and special legislation of Congress on the
subject, to divide the State of CALIFopNIA into tn
or three separate and distinct land districts, as
circumstances shall determine to be necessary,
embracing respectively the upper and lo,oer or the
upper, middle, and loicer portions of the State; and
whereas, on full consideration it appears that the
public interest mperaively requires that at least
too land districts shall be established in that State
Now therefore /, franklin PIERCE, President OF
the United States of America, do hereby declare
and make known that, in pursuance of the provi-
eions of the aforementioned act the State of Cali
fornia shall be divided into two land districts by
the east and west lines of the public surveys n ear
est to the parallel OF the thirty sixth degree of
north latitude; and that the land office for the up
per district shall be ablshed at present at BENZ
CHA, and that for the io,cer district Los
Given under my hand at the city of Washing
ton this twenty. first day of March, A. D. 1853.
El FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Mar 23-taw3m
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ton 10 any Of tho lands within Tho Townships and
to establish the same TO the satisfaction Of tie re-.
gister and receiver Of tho proper land Office, aud
make payment therefor a. soon practicable after
seeing s nottes. and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale Of the land
embracing the tract claimed; other wise ouch claim
will be forfeited. JOHN WILSON.
Commissioner of the General Land Office
May 20-law13w
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N.yAsent.'s omee.


CEALED PROPOSALS in dsplicste, for each
- cass separately, endorsed Proposals. for Class
No. 20 for the navy yard at Washington, will be
received at THE Office until O'Clock, D. m. on the
9Th day of June next, for furnishing and deliver.
ine at suoh place or places, within the navy ward
afor esaid, as may be directed by the commapdant
thereof the materials and articles herein specified:
80 CLASS No. l.
Lumber.
20 900 feet sound seasoned l. inch merchant table
81 white pine, per feet, board measure
90. 900 feet sound seasoned l inch merchantable
~. white pine, per M feet, board measure.
, ment 3a-1I- stHs 1at GF.g bas...e
5000 feet inch best white pine panel boards, per
M feet board measurement
5000 feet inch best white pine panel boards per
M feet, board measurement
9 500 feet white pine boards. full 9 inches thick.
-. Is inches wide. IL feet long, per M feet,
-. board measurement
/ 900 feet sound seasoned inch Carolina pine.
per M feet, board measurement llG'
5000 feet 2 inch common cuttings, per nj feet,
board measurement
900 feet 2.inch common cuttings, per NJ feet.
board measurement
IL, 900 feet l-inch common cuttings, per nj feet,
board m asurement l7t aIl'5s eIa
1000 feet l-inch common cuttings, per M feet.
board measurement.
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wATcHEs, WATCHES AND JEwELRY.

WATCHER WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
ID EMOVAL-l would inform the citizens of this
IL county, and the public generally. that have
removed my WATCH and JEWELRY STORE to
No. PIT Baltimore street, sir doors belo,c Charles
street. Baltimore, where they will find a large cup
ply of fine GOLD Levers, Lepne, and SILVER
WATCHES of every description. GOLD LIZ
TERS from 1926 to 800.
ALSO. a variety of Gold Chains, Keys, Gold
Pencils and Pens, Rings, Ear rings, Bracelets &C.
Also, a 6ne assortment of Silver Spoons, Cups,
Butter and Fruit Knives, of genuine Silver Coin.
variety of Aibatta Forks, Spoons, &C.. sc.
Clocks and Fancy Goods. A large assortment OF
Watchmakers' Tools, Jewels, Hands, and Watch
Glass of every kind.
9g-COUNTRY MERCHANTS and Watchma-
kers will find it to their interest to call and examine
my goods, as intend to sell as low as any other
house, at wholesale or retail prices
CHARLES BLAKE
No. 2l7 Baltimore street, Baltimore.
Mar 18-law3m
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r IST OF RESERVOIRS IN THE SIEVE.
IL RAJ WARDS FOR THE EXTINGUISH.
MENT OF F1RES.-Four in First Ward, 1.-TWO
man holes in each, } and located as follows:
ls At the corner of 2Ist street west and street
north.
Cd. At the corner Of Goth street west and street
north, south side ct q.
Sd. At the corner of 18th street west and street
north, north aide of.
4th. At the corner of 9th street west and stree
north, south side of H.
Four in Second Ward, (two man holes in each,)
located as follows; =,
let. West side of 10th street wet, in the space
formed by the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue
and D street north.
3D. West side of 10th street west, in the space
formed by the intersection of New York avenue
and street north.
Sd. Southeast corner of 18th street and G street
north.
4th West side of 18th street west, north of G
street north.
Five in Third Ward, (two man holes in each,)
foows
LIST At the northeast corner Of 9th street west
I'd. AT the northwest corner of 9Th street west
and II street NORTH - 7
Sd. At a little west of the Northern Liberty En-
CINE house. 9g
4th. At the northeast corner of 9Th street west
and l. street north.
5th At the southeast corner of 7th street west
and M street north,
Five in Fourth Ward, 1.-TWO an-holes in each,)
.
lst. In front of the City Hall
"a. In front of the Bank of Washington.
3d. In the alley or court in the rear of jackson
Hall.
9TH. At the northeast corner of 9th street west
and G street north. 81
9TH At the northeast corner of 7th street west
and street north.
Two in Sixth Ward, (the first having one and
the second two man .holes,) located as follows:
-lst In the public space between 4th and 9th
streets east, on the south side of Virginia avenue.
I'd. In the public space between 9Th and 7th
streets east, on the south side of Virginia avenue
There ia no reservoir in the Fifth or Seventh
Wards for the extinguishment Of fires.
.I,5.tsr... GEO. w. HARNESS,
Comm'r of lmp'ts for 1st and I'd Wards.
FRAS. B. LORD,
Comm'r OLYMPIA for Sd and 4th Wards.
s.tst- sa T. VAN RESWICK,
.at Comm'r of lmp'ts for 9th and 9th Wards.
HENRY D. G UNNELL,
Mar Is Commr of Imp'ts for 7th Ward.
II Decisive have received from Paris one
csse of fine Rosewood Desks, viz:
l2extra Regency Desks. inlaid
IL double fold do
IL square l6.inch do So
IL do l4-inch, plain i1t A1
IL do - inch, lined $50
The above Desks are fresh impaired from the
man ufacturer's, and will be sold at moderate
prices; quality warranted, -
5.alli q n T. BASTIANELLI CO., 81
Importers of Fancy Goods. Jewelry, 81
Perfumery and Brushes, under Browne Hotel.
hDec7 Nv 5g2 Lill5lf a- is fGl,,sh
- BROWNS HOTEL. l5.a 80
IT. p. & MI. BROWN, PR0PRIETORs,
Pa Avenue, between 9Th and yth streets,
WAsiiISaron, D. O. oe21 sssa
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FORM OF OFFER

10 the Navy Agent At Washington, d. c.:
!, ----- of 49,, In the State Of --, hereby
offer to furnish, under your advertisement, dated
the -- day Of ----, and subject to all the re-.
quirements of the came, all the articles embraced
in class No. 49,, viz: o ioil 1a lsiEll
there insert the articles, with the prices carried
out .i 5ta 49,. ~ - - - ~
Amounting to twrite the aggregate in Words
y ~ (Signature
The undersigned $3.50, of - ------ in the State
OF 1870, al guarantors, hereby undertake that the
above namsd--will, if offer be accepted,
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every Day Brings Something new"
BUCKINGHAM'S

4. z5.g BUCKINGHAM'S
National Periodical Depot, under the Ma
tional Hotel
THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully announces to
i bis friends, strangers, and the public, that be
has opened his new National Periodical and News.
paper Depot, under the National Hotel. Pennsyl-
vania avenue, near the corner of 9th street, and
cordially solicits their patronage.
shall keep constantly on hand great variety
Of all the cheap publications, Magasines, Period-
Gals, American and Foreign Reviews, acting edi-
tions of the Modern Standard and Minor Drama.
together with the Weekly, Literary, and Daily
Newspapers, SC, &c.
Also Letter, Note, and Cap Paper, Envelopes,
and Fancy Stationery of every description, and a
well.selected assortment of Visiting and Playing
Cardss allot which now offer at the most moder-
ate pricea.
Having made arrangements with several of the
largest publishing houses for their works as coon
AZ issued, I arm fully prepared to execute with
promptness all orders entrusted TO my care. Par
uculer attention will be paid to sending. by mail
or otherwise, all publications to any part of the
United States.
E.. r BUCKINGHAM,
National Periodical Depot,
Dec - ~ be.fsi.x under National Hotel.
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MYER PHINEAS.

Amerfcan steel Pen Manufactursr,
ID ESPECTFULLY calls the attention Of his
~ friends and patrons to his new Pen, called the
IMITATION QUILL PEN, which is unsurpasse
in flexibility and design, being the most perfect
imitation of the quill ever made. This together
with his new Double Elastic Patent Spring New
York Commercial, Original, Bank Pens, Jenny
Linds, Suavetor, and Extra Fine Point Also his
superior, accommodating, and plain Holders of all
patterns ivory and cocoa Letter Stamps, can be
procured at his establishment, No. llS William
street, New York. 10 ~ - t'..t
AZ also by all the principal stationcrs in this
city. Aug eS-Th&Sattf
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May 2I-eot16June
The National Intelligencer, the Union, and the
Republic, Washington; the Advocate, George.
town, D. C. and the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore,
will please insert the above advertisement three
times a week till the 9th of June. The Journal,
Rockville, Montgomery county; the Herald, Citi
Wing, Mddletown; the Odd Fellow, Booneboro';
and the Herald and Terchlight, the Hagerstown
Mail, the News, and the Peoples Own, Hagers.
town, will respectively insert the same once a
week until the 10th of June
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LIBERTY STOVE WORKS g. HOLLOW.
WARE FOUNDRY, Philadelphia.
TIME TJNDERSIENEn roopoctf,Il,- ,fo.x,o a.,

L1bEHTI STOVE WORKS g. HOLLOW.
WARE FOUN DRY, Philadelphfa.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully inform the
L public, that having etill further enlarged and
improved their W ORKS, and increased their facil.
tiles. they are now prepared to execute orders for
stoves, hollow. ware, &C., on the most reasonable
erms.
They invite the attention of SOUTHERN and
WESTERN MERCHANTS to their large and ex.
tensive assortment of NEW PATTERNS, all of
which have been got up at great expense, combin
ing originality and beauty of design, with dura-
bility, utility, and economy in their operation,
comprising the most complete and varied aseort
ment of STOVES ever offered for sale; consisting
OF Liberty Air Tight Cook, for wood or coal Com.
plete Cook Star Alright; Star Franklin; Star
Radiator; Fire King Radiator; Improved Jenny
Lind; Cannon Stoves; Bases; Bare Cylinders
Bar-Rooms; Radiator Plates Tea Kettles; Ran
ges; Gas Ovens. SC &c
. COUNTRY MERCHANTS DESTROYS of ordering
by letter can have liat of prices sent by mail
tanning drawings and descriptions of all the differ.
ent varieties of Stoves, sc.
ABBOTT & LAWRENCE,
Brown St., above Fourth, Philadelphia
Feb 28-law6mx
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CHOCOLATE. COCOA, AND BROMA.
M BAKER & CO.'S American and Vanilla
W.. Premium Chocolates, Cocoa, and Broun
to which first premiums have been awarded by the
chief Institutes and Fairs of the Union, are for
sale by all the principal Grocers in the United
States. and by their agents:
HUSKY & MURRAY, New York; GIANT &
TwELLs, Philadelphia: THOMAS " BRUnpIeE,
Baltimore; KENNEL & DUDLEY, Cincinnati, Ohio;
and S. II. HOWELL, Geor getown, D. G..
WALTER BAKER CO.,
April 5-dly Dorchester, Mass.
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MI v so SoSSOlsHip' BY C. Edwards Lester ?
The Land Of the Cesar and Doge, by William
Furniss.
The New Continent, or Four Years in a Gov
eminent Expedition, by Lieutenant Geo. NJ. Col.
yocoresses, U. s. N. | vol.
Australia and her Gold Mines. | VOL. with a
map. By r. G.. Jameson.
The Character and Acts of John the Baptist by
r Nv. VIM. c. Duncan, NJ. A.
The Napoleon Dynasty, History of the Napo-
leon Family, by the Berkely Men. with twenty
two portraits. FRANCK TAYLOR.
Mar Is