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.i PlREAiAN'S HATS,
O AVERY has received 4 suhelenl number Of Fire
-. m,n.s Hats, Tor Onr Of twOConnanlss, which VIII
be sold low by tie dozen. .,,,,,,,,
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W EELER Il WILSON,
MANUFACTURING COHPAyP'S
IMPROVED SEWING MACHINES,
NanllfllctAred ~ IIliert ~, fbt7

Manufactured dt UlftsT lC7, fbS7
Office and Wareroom5 at 3i3 Bro.dS Say N
HNHESE Machines have been in succe sful o-sra
L ton, in the hands Of of,Ia-ufacs s1rrrs ami fami
Hes for the past two ye.-s, AID in every case have
given universal Satisf .ction
The proprietnrs are now prepared to offer them
10 the public with that Increased con iisncs in their
merits, which the uniej testimony OF their nums.
rous customers has streDgt gthen-d and can6.nsi.
These machine are, 1rsly different from any
other the principle: on Wnich they made being
sxelhsfrely Or.H. .
Amoag the advantages of this Machine over snv
otkers are the following.
I. TIE simplicity OF its construction and the ess-
with which it can be kept in the mast perfect o-de-
2 The perfect manner with which the operator 10
enabled to stitch and sew the various kinds of work
from the finest linen 10 the coassest eiei hs
3. X par iculariy exces in the raplity with which
work can be executed aud in That respect it has no
equal.
4. The little p'ver rsqu'red to spropel them, eua
bling even those u the most delicate constituton 10
use them without injury to their hea tn.
We are now mauuflcturin, a lar..r-sjzel machine
more particua aElJ adapted to the sewing # leather
canvas bags, and tie heavier kinds of cloths
An examination OF cur Machines is respectfully
solicited at our Office, 54s Broadway, NY.
NAV 2@1m
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PUBLIC NOTICE.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,

.-. GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
April 5th, 1854.
" HEREAs, by an act of Congress approved 9th
w of March, 1854 entitled San act for the relief
OF settlers lands reserved for railroad pu
every settler On public lands (which have :en, or
may be, Withdrawn from market in consequ nee OF
proposed railroads. and aoho had settled thereon prior
to such DitardsaL shall be entitled to preenption
at The ordinary minimum. to the lands settled on
and cultivated by them: Provided they shall prove
up their rights according to such rules and Iegula
tons as may be prescribed by the Secretary of tie
Interior and pay for the same before the day that
may be fixed by the Presidents proclamation for
the restoration of said lands to market
Public notice is hereby given, by direction Of the
Secretary ofthe Interior, that all such settlers will
be entitled to the right of pre- empton given by the
said act, upon furnishing PROOF satisfactory to the
district offce) that the settlement on which the
claim is predicated is Of character to eBtie the set
tier to right Of preemptioB under the provisions
of the act Of 4th September, 1S4l and was made by
such settler prior to the swithdrawar of the land
for the purpose statsino "declaratiOn," OF course
being necessary uader the circumstances; provided
payment be made for the same "before the day that
may be fixed by the Presidents proclamation for
the res Grafton Of said lands to market"
JOHN WILSON,
ap li-2aw6w Commissioner
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DAILY EVENING STAR.
From the Nickshurg Wing.
OUR UNION.

Inc blood that flowed al Lexington, and cr.msone
bright Chafnplain, ~
Streams still along the southern Cub, aid BY Oh
II hIvs IN VEINS that swell above Pacifc.s sr,ae:
.- said, ......r. y-sr--.l-.'- - - :. -
And h.obs IN hearts that love and grieyc 10y Jar!
II binds in one vast brotherhood the uapper OF In
West tr - r.. - ~ ~
With men whose cities glass themselves in Erio,
And those 10 whom September brings the firesi,,pr
social hours, ..- 81. - ...,. ..-.
With those who see Decembcrs brow enwreatae
with gorgeous flowers.
From where Columbia laughs to creet thr s,nIin.
Western wave, a.FF o. ..
To where Potomac sinhs beside the mario, heru-
grave; ~ srf1'I
And from the streaming everglades to Huon.s iort,
The glory Of the Nations past thrills through kin
wherever Atnold's tale is told il dyes the chcel
with shame,
And giows with pride DER Bunker Hill or MouIuie
wilder fame; .-s..I.
Aad wheresoe'r above the Tray t.e stars ol cmpl.,
glcam. -.''- ~ -
Upon the deck or o'er the dust il paurs rou,,no,
stream.
II Is sacred legacy ye never can divide, ,~. @
Noi take from village urchln, the son OF city
Nor the hunters white haired children Vino find
trutiu. home
Witerc ilameiesslakes are sparkling and where lone
Iy nfers roam :! ga. -. rf.
Green drew bis sword at Eutaw: and bleeding soutb
feet
Troi tire march acupss the Delaware amid the snow
and sleet, .. ..--.
And, 10. upon The parchment, where he natal record
shines, r.. -
The burning page of Jefferson hcarS Franklin,
calmer lines.
Gould We divide that record bright, and tear thc
names apart
That crst We're written boldly aaere with plight q
hand and heart
Could We erase Hancock,s uarys, ,,eu with the ga
Ure's edge. .....
Or wash out with fra.ernal blood Car,oll's doutl
pledge -
Say can the South sell IL sr share in I,upte boar,
height
Or can the North give up her boast in Yor,,.ox,,
closing fight:
Can We divide with equal hands f, be-n;,,r, .,
graves,
Or rend IN twain the starry flag that DER ;hem
proudly waves?
IAN se cast lots for Vcrnons sDi, or chatter mid the
hat hangs its solemn foldx about your common
Fathers tomb'
Uf could We meet around his grave as ftatricidal
foes,
A md wake your burning cur os o.or Ia, ,-
fe dare not is tue AIIcghanian thunder toned de-
cree;
Tis echoed where Nevada guards the blue and tran
quIl sea;
" here uOpic waves del.shieJ clasn o,, s,,.,
Southern shore,
And Where through frownng mountain gates Ne
braska waters roart
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BEING EACH SUITED TO t'SPEGIFIC DISEASE"
Nj extensive practice in Philadelphia the res
1Nl thirty years has made me scquainted with al
forms of disease, and being graduate from the Uni
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OF Doctors Physic, Chapman, Cox, Gibson and Hare
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As attend to the compounding Of these Medi
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G GEYNNE'S PATENT REACTION CRyrRI-
FUGAL PUMP AND FIRE ENGINE

A DAPTED to any situation, unlimited in power.
1l certain in action, permanent ia uss and witbaI
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r1NHE subscribers having devoted their person 81
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Billiard Table Manufacturers
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mo. 5Os.l
n O T. I C Il

Of the establishment of an additional Land
Office IN the State of MICHIGAN.
IN pursuance OF the act Of Congress, approved
j April 20, 1854, entitled "An act establishing q
land office in the lower peninsula OF Michigan" the
district for which is to be called "CHEBOYGAN land
district" it is hereby declared and made known,
that the land Office for said district has been located
for the present. by the President of the United States
ct the town Of DU NCAN in the northern part of the
southern penina aula of said State.
Given under my hand, at the City Of Washington,
this 10th day OF May, A. D. 1854
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of General Land Office
NAV 17-2aW6W
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NOTICE

NOTICE.
ITO THE CREDITORS OF THE LATE REPUB-
Il Lie Of TEXAS.-The cre,:itors of the late Re
pubic OF Texas hereby notified, that by an act
OF the LsElstarC OF the State of Texas, appro, ed
FEB. llth, 1854, the provisions OF tne entitled
AN set t. provide for ascsrtsining the debt of The
late Republic of Texas, approved March 23th, ISlS
has been extended until the lst day Of August 13;.
Therefore, all holders of any of the irbties Of ihe
late Republic, which have not been heretofxre unju-
dcstsi. whether the be stock 0Onis, treasury
notes, audited paper, uHii uiatei clsiIns, or any
ether description or deb. whatsoever, will prese mt
the same fer adjustment TO the Au tor AMI Comp
trolier, at this Office, in Austin, bef re the
dste Aforesaid August LIST, loo5, the by
statute aforesaid, declared forever barred.
Parties forwarding claims by mail to the un ! ier-
sgnet unisr the provisions of the act aforesaid, Il
certificate Of adjustment issued therefor will be re-
turned in the way, should it be direc.e, by
the claimant, otherwise il will remain in the Anil-
tors Cs, subject to his Or1er. In all CASES IF The
transmission OF securities To and from the Office, the
same shall BE- ~ the risk OF the owner or holder
When party dep0c~ss another TO act for i'm,
(which is eIuisite IN second class clsiIns) q simple
power OF attorney sttssted by two witnesses viii
suffice.
JN0. NJ. swISUER, ! Auditor.
JAMES B. SHAW, I Comptrollw
Austin, Texas, February I'D, 1854.
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IRON RAILING WORKS

IRON RAILING, every variety, of Wrought and
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The second edition of 'INeT Phae OF the Iror,
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IN DIAN DOCTOR
X. G.. SPENCER

II. U. SfEH
Offers his Professional services the citizens Of Bal
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ali kinds of Fits and spssms, Rheumatic Psins
Consumption, DropsJ, Dyspqpsis, Piles, Palsy, or
any other ailment the human family srs subsct to
He can stop Bleeding from the Lungs OF Nose, any
distance from the pstAsSt by knowing ths patients
psms. He was born blind, and has studied several
years under an Indian Doctor who was among the
wild Indians thirteen years
AS- lie can be found at Mr. Backlsy's Boarding
House corner Pratt and Charles street, Baltimore,
Ma mar 1T
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o. Il. CHAnauR1a1n,s CONNER.

-
ctnl College. "a
No. i27, Baltimore street, R,Ijt4sc--, I'D
HE ostensiele object of this institrien s to
in the reach of individuals proper facilities fol-
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cation. A young man can here obtain a more cor
rect knowledge of general business matters in few
weeks thsn can bs ESQ ured in nsnJ years i'll any
one counting house.
The course of study embraces double entry book
Keeping. and s sesntation to various departments
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taught according 10 tho most approved methods
Practical p-ninanship, combining rspidity of eyecu
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subjects. beside many ether points necessary for
booS-ke-per or business man TO understand. Time
Decessary for student to complete the varies
from five to eight weeks There being vacation,
applicants can enter at anJ tinle and attend both
day and evening. Examinations held at stated
periods, and diplomas awarded to those who gradu-
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TURKEY VICTORIOUS.

VOU viii find at the same OLD STAND, Pennsyi-
l. vAnia avenue near 18th street opposite the
irving Hotel, LOOKING GLASSES with or without
Frames; Portrait, Picture and Miniture Frames of
the latest styles; Brackets, Tables Room Moulding
Cornises, &c, DC; or by leaving your order you can
have any thing done in my line
N. Bold Frames &C. regilt at the shortest no
dce on reasonable terms. Don't forget the plsce.
feb 20-1y JOIfN WGfIYER
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tuaI particular part of the bar crvStalized
In Its structure, and so extremely brittle
that 1t will sometimes break 10 pieces by
| being merely thrown on the ground.
though al the rest Of The bar will exhibit
the best and toughest quality imaginable.
TIE change, therefore. has been produced
by percussion, as the primary agent.
while the bar is at a lower temperature
than a welding heat: and the evil may all
he produced by four er fve blows of the
hammer, If the bar is Of a small size In
this case We witness the combined effect
of percussion, heat, and magnetism
When the bar is at its proper tempera-
tire for hainmering, no such crystaliza-
ton takes place, because the bar is then
insenslbte. TO magnetism. But as soon as
the bar becomes cool enough to be effect
ed by magnetism, the effect Of the blows
is TO produce magnetic inductions, which
assisted by further vibrations from addi-
tional percussion, produces crystalized
texture; the iron iooSes its tenacity and
elasticity, and at once becomes very
brittle.
Instances are on record where pistos
rods, having jar in their motion, and
railroad car aXles, and even common
carriage aXles, have become brittle, ard
have broken from like causes. So, with
iron bridges, on the Erie Railroad; the
wrought iron gun, the peace-maker, on
the Princeton, in 1o44: and in cases of
suspension iron bridges, both in England
and in this county. The late Wheeling
bridge accident, and the Ryder bridge
naca ora ,pol,o al ott ~ bu. lla .l,
and the same cause, combined with others
arising from imperfections in the ma
terial when first used in the construc-
tion. From these facts and inferences,
we have come TO the conclusion that great
care, both in the manufacture of the iron
and in the mode Of construction Of
wrought iron bridges, is essentially ne.
cessary to safety in such constructions.
An experiment was made in England
with a sm.siii bar Of good tough iron,
it being suspenGe,ii and struck con-
tinuously with small lad hammers
to keep up continuous vibration. The
effect was that the bar, after the e,-
pertinent had been continued for soue
considerable time, became so extremely
brittle that it finally fell to pieces under
the light blows of the hand-hammers,
presenting throughout its structure a
highly crystalized appearance. That,
with proper care in the manufacture Of
the iron, and in the combination of
wrought iron with cast iron in the sane
construction, using the former for ties
and the latter for struts and voussoirs in
an arched bridge, good iron bridges have
been made and can be made again, is not
denied. But, in the absence of the ne
cessary skill, both in the manufacture of
the proper iron, and in tie scientific ar
of the parts Of the different
iunds of iron, SO as to give to each the
office best suited TO its properties, it
would seem most prudent 10 build either
Of stone altogether, or with stone piers
and wooden superstructure.
A CIVIL ENGINEER.
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BENToNIsM.-In lS40, Colonel Benton
said:
Christ and his Apostles appeared in
province of the Roman Empire, when
that Empire was called the Roman world,
and the world was filled with slaves
Forty millions was the estimated number,
being one-fourth Of the whole population
Single individuals had twenty thousand
slaves. A freed man, one who had him
self been a slave, died the posSessor Of
four thousand-such were the numbers.
The right of the owners over this multi
tude of human beings was that of life
and death, without protection from law,
or mitigation from public sentiment.
d" Christ saw all this-the number of
the slaves, their helpless condition, and
their white color, which was the same
with his own, yet he said nothing against
slavery he preached no doctrine which
led to insurrection and massacre none
which in its application to the state of
things in our country, would authorize an
inferior race of blacks to exterminate
that superior race of whites in whose
ranks he himself appeared upon earth.-
He preached no such doctrines, but those
OF contrary tenor, which inculcated
the duty of fidelity and obedience on the
part of the slave-humanity and kind
ness on the part of the master. His
APOSTLES did the same. St. Paul sent
back runaway slave, 0mesimus, to his
owner, with letter of apology and sup
plication. He was not the man TO har-
boz run; way, much less to entice him
from his master, a1d least Of all to excite
All instruction"
In 1850, Col. Benton expressed the
utmost detestation of compromises. He
declared:
II believe in the compromises of the
Constitution, and Swore allegiance to them,
and keep the oath. / do not believe in
the compromises made by politicians
candidates for the Presidency. L have
seen too much Of such work."
In 1850, he vehemently opposed Mr..
Clay's compromise bill, and expressed
himself thus:
1T tthe 1850 COMPROMISED was con.
trived upon the avowed ground that it
was to make its champions Presidents,
and is now stuck to upon that principle !:
and if it fails to do the Job, it will take
the track of two defunct predecessors.
and soon be with them IN THE TOMB OF
THE CAPULETs. This is my experience
OF Congress compromises, and nobody
need set up these little clay-gods for me
10 worship, especially when those who
set them up do it for a purpose, and
knock them down when they don't an
Swer it,"