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ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,


ENGINEER DEPARrMENr,
WAsHINGroN, April 8, 1853.
GEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Office until the 25th day of May, for removing
the "Half tide Rock" near Fall's Island, CobscocR
Bay.
1t is proposed to prosecute the operations until
the level of the low water of low course of tides
be reached, which would take of ten and half
rock sk w ''' VIC p''''A' 'A'' enc ne'gn' OF the
The estimated cubic contents of the portion to
be removed are 1900 yards, more or less
The excavated rock may be thrown into the
channel on every side without danger of creating
1t is required that the contemplated improvement
be completed before the close of operations in the
coming autumn.
ment will not render itself liable for any amount
beyond that which has been appropriated for this
object
Proposals are to be made at so much for the lob,
two responsible sureties for the due fulflment of
the contract.
Payments will be made from time to time equal
to sxty per cent of the contract value of the
tity OF rock removed-the remaining forty per cent.
being reserved until the completion of the job. But
no payment shall be made for any portion removed
unless the excavation be there carried down to the
required level, and the work accepted by the agent
of the Government in charge.
The right ia reserved of rejecting any or all of
the proposals.
For further information, and for maps of the To-
oality, address Lieutenant JOHN NEWTON, Corps
| of Engineers, Augusta, Maine.
JOS. G.. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. General and Colonel Engineers.
TO be inserted in the Union, Intelligencer and
Republic, Washington; Boston Post, Boston, Mas
sachusetts; Eastern Argus, Portland, Maine, and
Republican Journal, Belfast, Maine, twice week
for one month, and two copies of each paper con.
tanning the advertisement to be transmitted to the
Engineer Department.
Apr ll-2aW1m
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CARUsI's SALOON.
626th Concert In America,
CARUSl'S SALOON.

THE GERMANIA MUSICAL SOCIETY
WILL GIVE
GRAND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT
On Wednesday Eoening, AriI Is,
Assisted by CAMILLE URso, the youthful female
Vioinist, IL years of age, and ALFRED JAELL.
PROGRAMME.
PART FIRST.
: l. overture Frelshutz ............ Weber
2. Love Dreams, (waltz) .Lanner.
8. Grand Fantasia. for Piano, sSon-
nambula," performed by Alfred
Jaeii. .Thalbere
4. Introduction and Chorus from Err
manu.. Verdi.
s.. Souvenir de Beilini. for Violin,
performed by Camille Urso.. .Artot.
PART SECOND.
6. Overture-Nachtlager in Granada .Krutzer.
fa-3d Mediation, for Piano. -. "A. Jaell.
b-Transcription on Home, Sweet
Home, performed by Alfred
oaeh ':,,.:. .......... "A. Jaell.
g. Castilan Galopp ............... .Lumby
8. Carnival di Venetia, for Violin,
performed by Camille Urso.. :. Ernst
10. Grand Festival March. C. Bergmann
Tickets so cents each, to be had of Mr. Davis,
Mrs. Andersons Music Store, & Browns and Will.
lard's Hotels; also at the door on the evening of
the Concert.
Doors open at O'Clock, Concert to commence
9! O'Clock precisely. No postponement on
count of weather. April l1-3tif
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GAMUEL w. TUCKER, Merchant Tailor
~ Pennsylvania avenue, near 18th street, would
respectfully offer to the inspection of the citizens
of Washington permanent and transient) very
superior assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, and
Vestings, of the most approved styles and finish,
agreeable terms. His stock is entirely new and
perfect.
TO TAILORS. Coat, pantaloons, and vest
hands wanted Immediately; the best workmanship
required, and the highest prices paid.
April 5-3taw3w
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No. 452 broadway, East side. below Grand
st. Mandatory No. 40 Greene ST., MY.

NO. 453 Broadway, East side. below Grand
st. Mandatory No. 40 Greene ST.. Ny.
ENAMELLED AND ORNAMENTAL COT.
TAGE SETS.
GILLIES & BYRNE, after years of experience
" in the manufacture of genuine fret class En-
amelled Furniture, take pleasure in informing
their old patrons and the public generally that they
still continue to sell at rates far below all compe-
tition, their assortment being the most extensive
and varied of any establishment in the United
States, being made throu hout of the frst class of
materials and kiln. dried wood, from the latest
Partisan and Italian styles Persons of the most
peculiar tastes in regard to color, shading, orna
mentlng, &C., can always find their taste suited
at our warerooms. Our facilities are euch as to ena-
Bile US to finish at the shortest notice Sets in num-
Der and style, ordered in the shortest space of
time. written guarantee in all cases will be
given, it required, on all Furniture sold at our
establishment in regard to its being proof against
er-heated rooms or tropical climate Orders
through the post punctuaIly attended TO- The great
est care bestowed in boxing. that the least injury
will not be sustained in transportation Mattresses
Pillows, Palliasses, Sc, &C.. at the lowest rates
GILLIES & BYRNE,
No. 452 Broadway, New York below
Grand street, East side.
ROBERT GlLLIEs,
THOMAS JAY, BYRNE. Jan s7-am
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Health Report.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
WAsHINGTON, April Q. 1853.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
WAsHINGToN, April 8, 1853.
hterments in the City of Washington during the
month of March, 1853
Abscess of liver, l; accident i; disease of brain
5; liberation of bowels, l.; bronchitis, 2; burn l.
consumption, IS; convusions, 6; Group, 8; decline,
/; diarrhea, /; dropsy, 2; enteritis 2; puerperal
phoid fever, 3; hernia, !; hemorrhage, 2; whoop.
ing cough, 4, hydrocephalus, 4; inanition, 2; in
temperance, A. congestion of lungs, 2; mania a
potu, l.; meaales, /; meningitis, l; miscarriage, l;
old age. 2; otitis, i; paralysis, 2; pertontis, 2;
pleurisy, j; premature birth, /; pneumonia, 5;
rheumatism, 2; smallpox, /; sudden, /; suffoca
ton, 1; s..ii.m--horn. 10; unknown,2.
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The New York Tribune, speaking of Mr. Soue's
appointment az Minister to Spain, says that, on a
recent occasion
''Mr. Soule declared that he would not accept the
spanish mission except upon one condition, and
that condition he did not suppose t, Administra.
ton would grant. Upon being questioned az to
what !. was, he replied that it as that he should
houe unlin.ites. -oteers for the ps~ehase Of Cuba.
.We infer, therefore, that Mr. soue is invested
with unrestricted authority to bargain for that
island. This is the object for which he gces"
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Excess OF imports,
2,929,552

Excess OF ports. xZ,SZ9, ooZ
How does MIR. Brodhead contrive to magnify
this less than S3,0OO,0O0 into ga, 00O, 0O0a BY
just annhlating 1884, S42 of specie which we
exported more than we imported. Now this specie
was nearly all oft, together with a great deal
more which still remains with US, drawn from our
own mines of California, and truly do
mestic product lead or cotton. Moreover, it
was paid for, to large extent, by the very i'm
ported goods which Mr. Brodhead regards as such
a calamity to the nation. If the mines had not
been worked, these goods would not have been
wanted, or would have been wanted only in part.
The Californians must have tea coffee, sugar, and
forty things which are not produced in this coun-
try, besides many that are; and having nothing
else to pay with, they send their gold dust,
part of which we transmit abroad, to pay for the
goods which We purchase abroad for the Califor-
mans. That is the whole Of the story. We have
the freighting, the commissions, and good share
Of the profits; and the only trouble is, that pay
away for these goods precisely the same commo-
dity (gold) which we receive for them, reserving,
of course, handsome per centage for our trouble.
What great unhappiness is there in this
We quote the foregoing lucid statement from
that high toned organ of free trade, the New
York Journal of Commerce, of the 9Th instant.
As it offers defence of the protective poll
CIV, our readers may fairly infer that 1t presents
the best view of the case for that side that can
be shown. And what does it teach2 Simply
that while luck, good or bad, has given to US
a region of gold, which has already become the
tomb of thousands upon thousands OF the best
and most energetic of the young men of our
country, the advantages of that great posses
sion, instead of being enjoyed by the producers
OF every class among US, have been transferred
to the moneyed aristoerats of Europe to the tune
of thirty seven millions of dollars, all except
''the freighting, the commissions, and good
share of the profits" to delight our exultant
free-trade friends
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TIE New SnvER CoINAes.-The director of
the mint has given notice that the coinage of three
cent pieces and their distribution at the xpense
of the mint, has been discontinued, with view to
the more active employment of the force of the
ablishment in the manufacture of the new silver
coin Over thirty six million of the three cent
pieces have already bsen coined.
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CHOCOLATE, COCOA. AND BROMA.

CHOCOLATE, COCOA, AND BROMA.
:" BAKER & CO.'S American and Vanilla
W.. Premium Chocolates, Cocoa, and Broma,
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:
RUssEY MURRAY, New York; GRANT &
TwELLs, Philadelphia THOMAS v. BRuHDIeE,
Baltimore; KENNEL & DUDLEY, Cincinnati, Ohio;
and S. a. HOWELL, Georgetown, D. c..
WALTER BAKER & CO.,
April 5-d1y Dorchester Mass
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HOLD YouR Noss.-Tns New York Tribune
says 1.-THE southern STAKEHOLDER has made the
very name of America offence in the nostrils Of
the world The Charleston Standard replieH
ssThen let the world hold its nose or amalgamate :,
More practice with less theory, and its nostrils
would soon lose their excessive delicacy."
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AN AMERICAN PRIMA DoNSA.-Mrs. Eastcott
an American singer, s attracting much attention
at Naples. Her maiden name was Lucy Grant,
and she was formerly a resident of Springfield,
Massach usetts. She acquired home celebrity
as a singer in the Unitarian church in that CITY.
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INDIA RUBBER GOODS,

II HODGMAN, No. 81 Maiden Lane and S
~ Nassau street, (hrst corner from Broadway
respectfully invites the attention Of his old custom
ers, and merchants throughout the country gener-
aily to bis stock of India Rubber Goods Of his
manufacture, viz:
Goats, Capes, Ponchos, Pants, Overalis, Leg
gings, Caps, Gloves and Mittens, Life Preservers,
Overshoes, Carriage Cloths, Piano Covers, Machine
Betting, Steam Packing. Door Springs, &C.; and
every description of Rubber Goods manufactured
will also be found above.
My goods defy competition or comparison-are
warranted proof against decomposition in any eli
mate, and are offered for sale in large or small
Quantities, upon the best terms. Orders solicited
and promptly attended to by
d HODGMAN,
81 Maiden Lane and So Nassau st., W
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UCTION NOTICE.-The sphscriber bege
iiS auction license and tenders his services to sell
Real and Personal Property Of every description.
He will bestow particular attention to the arrange
ment and disposal Of Household Furniture; and
should family desire to avoid sale at their resi-
dence. be will have the goods carefully removed
to the large hall over his store where every effort
will be used to render satisfactory all sales entrust
cd to his care, '2s4 ' sss
popsignmenta Of Merchandise Of every descrip.
ton fhankfuly received, and iberal cash advances
made on eli unlimited goods designed for sale at
auction. a Is tssas 81 !sssa 3
stocks, improved or unincumbered property,
sold at pubic or private sale. A portion of public
-. t - $50 4-s~1'aa~ en-. RoTELER.
Mar 2-ifeodam Iron Hall.
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NEW GOODS.-WILLIAM TUCKER, Lane
IN & fuckers Building. Pennsylvania avenue,
between d and 9th streets, takes pleasure in in
forming his customers and the public generally
that he has just returned from New York with an,
elegant assortment of Spring and Summer Goods,
suitable for .gentlemen's wear, which he lie ready
to make up in his usual style at the shortest notice
and on the most reasonable terms for cash.
Mar 25-dlm
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COPP's PAVILION.

COPP'S PAVILION,
Louisiana Avenue, Washington, d. C.
THE PROPRIETOR of the Pavilion has at erea,
+ expense fitted up the elegant saloon attached
to this establishment, and is now prepared to re.
ceive proposals for it's occupancy. This hall con.
tains twelve hundred square feet, ceiling twenty.
five feet high. 1t is brilliantly lighted with gas
and possesses every desirable convenience for
balls, CONCERTS lectures, exhibitions It lie the
largest and most eligibly situated public room in
the metropolis.
The PAVILION also presents superior advan-
tages TO transient and permanent boarders. The
bill OF fare and the capacousness Of comfortable
ness OF it's several apartments cannot be surpassed
~ any establishment in this city.
The terms per day are from 81 IS to 81 So,
according to the amount of room occupied.
Independent ct the ordinary, meals are served
from Ia. 10. to midnight. vistors may thereby
confine themselves to the specific hours of meals
or procure special meals at distinct prices.
80 MOSES COPP,
Louisiana avenue, Washington, D. 9.
Mar l3-o01rn ti. =
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WashingtOn, April 8, 1853.
A REWARD OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
"A will be paid for the apprehension, or for such
information may lead to the apprehension, of the
person or persons guilty OF the recent acts of in
cendarism in this city, the reward to be paid upon
the conviction of the person or persons appre-
hended JOHN W. MAURY,
April 9-3t Mayor.
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NEW foRx, April 1.-THE boiler of the drede.
ing machine at the navy yard exploded this morn
ing, killing the engineer and fireman. Several
jured. "
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BILLIARD TARI-Es

me- , UbSCklBERS offer for sale Tables ten oer
cent less than any other establishment, in P pes
city OF New York, with improved Cloth or Paten.
others now in by he best yers in the un;ted
states lor correctness aud elasticity and are war
ranted to stand in their place for wears witbont
repairing. Gentlemen wishing to purchase Tables
% %; an descriptions, with Marble, Mahogany, or
Pine Beds, can have their orders filled the 40 ne
II they were present, by addressing us by mail.
AAlways on hand, Tables. Cloths, Balls. Cues.
french =. feathers, Pockets, Pool Boards, and Cue
Oh me best description, ready for shipping at
GRIFFITH & DECKER
mdr o-oW 80 Ann street, New York
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A CARD.
Joseph A. G'sCHWEND, PROFESSOR OF
q MUSIC, respectfully informs the citizens of
Washington and vicinity that he has established
himself in this city, and is prepared to give les
sons on the Piano. Guitar, and in Singing.
Orders left at Mr., Thompson 8 Daguerrean Gal
lerY, or at the Music and Fancy store of Mr.. John
F. Ellis, will be promptly attended to.
Terms-Twelve Dollars per quarter.
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Injunction Granted

fAiLADsIpHIA, April ll.-An injunction was
granted this morning by the supreme court on the
county commissioners to prevent the subscription
oil two millions to the Sunhury and Erie Railroad
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10 MhRcHAErs AND DEAIn.~

W.. DAVIS 4 CO. ber = -.
aed dealers that they are rsn ,sa merchants
o 9 s:o soAP Ss
Ysndsor, and other Toilet Soaps. a. ss Broom
sh s,aned Marrows, Shaving Creams, M;,; Hase.
lie. 10y are constantly importing the finest ous,;
~ " nnghsh and French Hair and Tooth RSrnsh
es %, Snen. norm, and buffalo Dressing Combs. and
sS'e,y description of goods in the fancy and per0
me, which they will sell at the lowest Cash
p1e ; for Merchants will fnd it well worth thsIr
while to give them cali. % WI :" 'neir
w. j. DAVIS & CO.,
Marco c No ~ Courtlandt street, New York
- ---oW sole agents for the United States
HAIhHANKs' PLATFORM sCALEs.
0'ns Ano%%n.severely Tested-AIways Right
Inc Acknowledged Standard.
GEO. T. EWING, Washin eton
Mar Sow ~ % water st.
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LIBERATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRsoNERs.-
Mr. J. Radwieh has communicated to the New
York Tribune the following letter from the Ameri
can Minister in Spain announcing the success
which has attended his exertions to obtain the re-
lease from imprisonment of the unfortunate and
i'll advised Hum arians who took part in the Lopez
expedition against Cuba:
"LEGArIoN OF THE UNITED SrArKs
sMApRID, THURSDAY, March 10, 1853.
"SIa: You have perhaps learned ere this that l
have at last succeeded in my efforts with the Span
ish government to procure the pardon and release
of YOUR brother (E. Radwich) and all his unfortu-
nate Hun garian companions, from the Spanish
presidio at Centa, in Africa 1t has been a source
of real happiness to me to have been instrumental
in restoring these unfortunate men to liberty to
their afflicted families and friends. suppose they
have sailed or will soon do so, from Gibraltar for
New York.
81 write you this note knowing the great Attic
ton you have suffered account of the sad fate of
your brother, and the Joy it will bring you to hear
of his freedom, and that of his companions and
countrymen.
1.-THE certificate you sent me could not be used
in his behalf here, it not certificate of final
naturalzationj but may be of service to him in the
United States.
81 therefore enclose it to you to be given to your
brother on his arrival in New York.
81 am, air, your obedient servant,
SD. NJ. BARRINGER.
"Mr. J. R ADwIcH, No. ll6 Spring street, N. Y"
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NIOTICE.-An persons interested in the annual
IN assessment of taxable property in the city Of
that the Board of Appeal will be in session in the
Assessors' room, basement story, City Hall. ON
Monday, the 18th instant, from a. m. to p. M,
and will continue from day to day, Sundays ex-
cepted, during the same hours, for the purpose of
hearing and deciding upon appeals, until the s6th
instant, inclusive.
T. F. HARDNESS,
Secretary OF the Board Of Assessors.
ADril IQ-eOtd
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TO DRUGGISTS AND MERCHANTS
THROUGHOUT THE UNION.


THROUGHOUT THE UNION.
n B. MCCULLOUGH, Manufacturer and Deal
IL er in Paints, Oils, &C., Nc. l4l Maiden
Lane, New York, respectfully invites the attention
OF Druggists and Merchants throughout the Unior
to his large and extensive assortment of PAINTS,
OILS, &C., of the BEST AND PUREST QUALk
TIES, which be offers for sale on very moderate
terms, both to cash and close-t time buyers. Below
are enumerated some of the leading articles
White Lead in oil, in kegs of Is TO 500lbs
Black Paint Yellow Ochfe, Ven. Red, in OIL
Patent Dryer, Spanish Brown, Terra de Sienna,
in oil.
TIMBER, Chrome Imperial, and Arsenical Greens,
in oil.
Prussan Blue, Chrome Yellow and verdigris
in oil
Varnishes of all kinda.
L!nseed Oil, Raw and Boiled Putty, WHITING
Chalk, Lamp Black.
American and English Ven, Red, Chrome Red
and Yellow, dry.
India Red, Red Lead. and Litharre, dry.
Stone, French and Yellow Ochre, dry.
Chrome Paris. and Brunswick Green. drv
French and American Window Glass
Druggists and others in want of apv Of tn. ahovs
mentioned articles will find it to their iptereat ~
call, as our facilities for manufacturing ana nm,
chasing, and our experience in the business rr;vo
advantages in ceiling over most Of thosc in d.
same line. lav - wy
s0 AE 13f al D. B. MCCULLOUGH
dan t3-smif l4l Maiden Lane n Y
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A High Tariff Calculation.

statement made by Mr.. Brodhead, of Penn
sylyania, in the United States Senate the other
day, to the effect that the "excess of imports
exports Of the country during the last fiscal year
was 100000, is going the rounds of the papers
If it were true.
Now the fact is, that imports during that
year exceeded our exports only 1928, 522. Thus
Imports of the PARLIAMENTARY 2l2 ,502 ia
Exports of do.............. 209, 573, 222
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LIE w AsHISGTON lREAsuhhS ~
Housr.-We learn that Benson ]. LOSING, esq,
distinguished artist of New York, and favorably
known to the American public by work entitled
the Field Book of the Revolution, has been for
some days at Ellington House, engaged IN making
drawings of the venerable articles in that mansion,
that were formerly of Mount Vernon. with view
to an engraving of the same to be publishedIn
Harper's Mazazne.
Among these touching memorials of the past
several of great antiquity. The sideboard that
stood in the dining room at Mount Vernon, in the
days Of Lawrence Washington, and an iron lamp
that hung in the hall hundred years ago, and
shed its light upon the youthful Washington, then
in the bloom of early manhood and about to start
his high career of fame in the perious expedi-
ton to Fort Duquesne, in 1853.
There are also various memorials of the &c First
Presidency, and the Last Days at Mount Yer
non.'' The tea table at which Washington was
wont to sit with his family and make his supper
of single dish of tea. The silver tea-service re-
modelled in New York from the old family plate
of the chief, and inscribed with his coat of arms
The waiter, called the national waiter,'' of mas
sve silver, was used at all the levees and drawing
rooms of the first Presidency, and from which
have been served with refreshments all the great
men and distinguished ladies who survived the
Revolution. Also, the bed and bedstead on which
the first President slept from his Inauguration in
New York to the close of life at Mount Vernon, in
1899
drawings nave also Oeen mace from the original
pictures of Peele Trumbull, and Sharpless, and of
several ancient and magnificent pictures by Van
dyke, Sir Godfrey Kneller, and Woolaston, from
two centuries to century and a half old The
revolutionary battle pieces, painted by Mr.. Custis,
have been copied for engraving. They consist of
Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, Germantown,
and Yorktown. The last is very large painting,
on canvas of eight feet six by six feet four.
As it is rather large for private residence it is
probable the painter will either present it to the
State of Virginia-in whose bosom occurred the
glorious and ever memorable surrender of York
town, the crowning glory of the war of independ-
ence-or the city of Washington.
To each of the engravings will be attached de-
scriptive history of the subject represented From
the superior style in which the Messrs. Harper
will get up these venerable and most interesting
"reminiscences of the past. we argue rich treat to
all those who will delight in perusng, in the relics
of by gone days, the memories of the beloved
Observation-Disclosures Gazette bfh
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HORSES AND CARRIAGE FOR SALE.
A PAIR OF CANA DIAN PONIES, well matched,
~ young, sound, and gentle, offered for sale;
together with CARRIAGE and HARNESS suited
to the Horses. The Carriage and Horses will be
sold separately if desired.
Inquire of Mr.. WIN. H. BIRCH, at his Stables, on
18th street south of the Avenue.
|. Mar Oft ..-.-t.. - -.