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Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
THE PEOPLES PATENT oFFICE.

Inventors and others desiring TO obtain letters
patent for inventions, are requested 10 communi-
cate directly with the editor of the PEopLE's Jour-
NAL, by whom all the necessary documents are
prepared, with the utmost fidelity and dispatch
Paieni business OF every description promptly at
tended to. Persons wishing for information rela.
tive to patents inventions, may at all times con-
suit the undersigned, withoat charge, either per-
sonally al his office, by letter. To those living
at distance, he would state, that all the needful
steps, necessary TO secure a patent, can be ar
ranged by letter, just well as if the party were
present. All consultations and business strictly
confidential. Patents promptly secured in Eng
land, France, and other foreign countries For
patents in the United States, model of the inven-
ton is always necessary. In size il should not
exceed one cubic foot
ALFRED +. BEACH,
Editor of the Peoples Journal, Patent Agent, &c,
No Sc Nassau street, New York.
Nov 23-*
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
CARD-MUSICALE
j. T. SCHEE,I respectfulIy

Il informs the Musical Community of Wash
ington and Georgetown, that he is fully prepared
10 attend Private Parties, Sorees &c He has
made arrangements which insure him a constant
supply OF all the most fashionable European and
American music.
The Piano being the most fashionable instru.
ment at present used in Europe and the northern
cities on the above named occasions Professor
Scheel will at all times be prepared, personally 10
preside at that instrument, and perform all the
most popular and most fashionable music of the
day, and trusts that his past experience and en-
deavors To please, will ensure him the patronage
Of all lovers Of good music.
mr. Any additional instruments furnished il
desired. Orders may be LEFT al Ills residence on 18th
street near + at the music stores Of Mrs. Ander.
son, Mr.. Davis and Hilbus Il Eitz, al the con
fec,ionery stores of Mr.. Gauter Mr.. Miller, and
Mr.. Boyle Georgetown. ...
Dec 6-Gieod
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
S0aks, Statiuutrg, ct.
COLLINS, BOVINE s. CO., nth street,

COLLINS, BOVINE & CO., nth street,
~ I'd door north of Pennsylvania avenue, i'm
porers and manufacturers offer al low cash prices
every variety of account books, paper, fancy, and
staple stationery. Copying and notarial presses
cheap
registers, sets of books for societies. writing desks
scrap books, shipping receipt books, patent ink
stands, lin cash and deed boxes, manifold letter
writer's bankers note cases, states, pencils, chess
men, perforated board copying presses, bills OF
exchange, memorandum books time books, port
toiios, gold and steel pens, superior writing ink,
elastic paper holders, seal presses, pass and copy
books, penknives, backgammon boards, wax, wa
fers, tissue paper Fancy stationery in great va
rety Books ruled and bound TO pattern.
Job printing executed at low rates. Cards, cir
cuiars, bill heads, checks, receipts, sc
BRANCH OF STATIONERS HALL.
la and ITO Pearl street, New York.
Nov 5-tf
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
Dec 16-3t

ENTLEMEN wishing to provide them
VI selves with superior READY-MADE
CLOTHING and FURNISHING GOODS, will
find that they can be suited at our establishment
with any Style color, quality of garments adapt
ed to the present season, manufactured in the most
substantial manner expressly for our sales, which
we will warrant in all cases to prove rs repre-
sented
BOYS CLOTHING.
We have the largest and most superior assort-
ment in Washington, suitable for children and boys
from four TO sixteen years ef age; consisting Of
Overcoats, cloaks, Tamas
JAG kets, roundabouts, pantaloons, vests
Shirts, drawers, understands
Gloves, hosiery, &c, of all qualities.
To which we would invite parents and guar
dams in search of substantial and weIl-made gar
ments
Gentlemen's and boys clothing made 10 ORDER
WALL IL STEPHENS,
Penn avenue, next door 10 Iron Hall.
Dec ll--3t .".
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
MEDICAL CARD.--Drs. r.. & j. Hunter,

1Nl physicians Tor diseases Of the chest &C.,
beg 10 announce that they will remove 10 New
York on the 9Th of December next or as soon
thereafter as they shall have completed desired
professional arrangements in regard to their prac
lice in Washington and Baltimore. The motive for
This change is that of being more central and easy
Of access 10 those visiting them from distant parts
of the Union.
DIR. James Hunter will, during the winter, visit
professionally 81. Augustine, Jacksonville and the
principal resorts for invalids on the southern
coast.
DR.. Rober, Hunter will visit Washington and
Baltimore on professional business once in each
month after December. .@
Wtilb published in January next an American
edition Of Sir Charles Scudamores work on Inha-
Iation, WITH an Introduction" Notes" and an
Appendix, by X Hunter NJ. r. C. s.
Nov lG--ly - dm| '.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
rCoTT,s WEEKLY PAPER.--The Dub-

~
~ Usher of this large and popular family journal
literary attractions heretofore unattemped by any
of the Philadelphia weeklies. Among the new
features will be a new and brilliant series Of origi-
nal romances by George Lppard, entitled Legends
OF the Last Century All who have read Mr. Lip
pard's celebrated Legends Of the American Revo-
luton" published for flty-six consecutive weeks
In the : SATURDAY Courier will find these pictures
OF French and American history endowed with all
the power and brilliancy Of his previous produce
lions. The hrst OF series of original novellcttes
called Morris Hartley, or the Knights OF the Mystic
Valley, by Harrison W. Answorth, is about 10 be
commenced. Ii will be handsomely illustrated by
twelve fine engraviRgs and its startling incidents
cannot fail TO elicit undivided praise. Enmerson
Bennett, the distinguished novelist, and author OF
Viola, etc, etc, is also engaged 10 furnish bril-
liant novelette, 10 follow the above. Mrs Mary
Andrews Denison, author of Home Pictures, Pa.
tience Worthington and her Grandmother, etc,
will continue splendid domestic novelette,, en-.
titled the Old Ivy Grove, and ii. G.. Watson an
illustrated story called the Two Edged Knife-a
graphic picture of early life in Old Kentucky To
these will be added original contributions and Sc
lections from Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz Clara
Clairvile, Lille Lberne, Mrs. Stowe, Grace Green
wood, and other distinguished writers the news
OF the day, graphic editorials full reports OF the
provision, money, and stock markets. letters from
travellers at home and abroad, etc, etc.
Terms-One copy one year 50 two copies one
year So; four copies one year SIS; nine copies one
year, and one TO the getter up of the club, $40
twenty copies one year and one TO the getter mp
Of the club $40.
Address A. SCOTT, Publisher
No. III Chestnut ST., Philadelphia.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
DATENT GAS REGULAToR.-Tne /,

IL
IL ventor CDR. Kidder) of this economical and
useful instrument deserves the thanks of the gas
consuming community. The saving effected by
the use OF it will be found fully IS per cent in ev-
cry persons gas bill. II can be so adjusted as TO
supply the gas at any desired pressure less than
that OF the street, and when once adjusted, the
Regulator will continue to supply the gas at that
pressure uniformly, without requiring further care
or attention, and independent of ali the iuctua-
mons OF the street pressure. An additional adyan-
tage obtained by this Regulator is light Of more
agreeable quality, in place Of the blush white
color OF the ordinary gas light, occasioned by the
high pressure at which the gas is consumed AS
an evidence of its practical utility il is now in OPP
Grafton in some Of the principal hotels and large
stores in New York city, who all bear favorable
testimony TO its value. II has also received the
united commentators Of the press
Hotel proprietors and storekeepers in the city Of
Washington and its vicinity, desirous TO avail
themselves Of the economiser, can obtain all fur
Their information by calling on the subscriber, who
has fitted one of these Regulators up in his store,
and will give an illustration Of it,
EDWARD M. BOTELER,
Practical Gas-Fitte and Plumber,
South West corner Of 9th and d streets
Sep 22-2aw3w.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
ADAMS AND HASKINS,
A RCHI L ID G rs.

Office on Pennsylvania aVenne, Jetreen 10Th and
llM streets, Washington, d. C.
DLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, Estimates,
Il and Contracts for new buildings prepared,
and their erection superintendent.
Old Buildings altered and modernized.
Draughts and Specifications of Patents and
Drawings Of every description executed.
REFERENCEs
Hon. John Wilson, Com. General Land Office.
Hon. b. B. French, Com. Public Buildings.
Captain b. s. Alexander, u. S. Army.
Prof Charles 9. Jewett, Smithsonian Institute.
DIR. William p. Johnson.
Dec 3-3md (m)
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
NEW THING ENTIRELY.--The nj

A NEW THING ENTIRELY.-Them most
IA astonishing performance heard Of! Barrels,
frkins, kegs, and all description of cooper-work,
made and finished, without defect, alright, and
smooth enough to varnish, entirely by machinery
The timber is taken in the bolt, the slaves are
sawed following, and aoith tie grain, cut Of uni
form length, dressed perfectly smooth in and out
side of uniform thickness, joned with perfect ac
curacy, each having its proportionate bige accord
ing to its width and the strength ofeach fully tested
the cask is howeled, chamfered, croase cut, heads
turned and the whole prepared for the hopping
process in manner so perfect, complete, and
superior finish, that wa challenge the world to
produce the equal and that at the rate of from two
hundred to three hundred per day 10 each machine
BY this process, all casks can be made from the
smallest whitehead keg to the largest size cask in
general use all of which, can be warranted to hold
the most subtle fluids, or adapted to the packing
ofany description of goods. In fact the machinery
cannot make an imperfect article unless the fault
is eacinsiveiy in the timber.
Persons DESTROYS Of purchasing the right 10 use
this machinery in the States Of Virginia, MARYLAND.
Kentucky, Missouri, or the eastern half of Penn
sylvania, can obtain any information by applying
to the subscriber at Washington City, b. c., who
is sole proprietor for that portion Of territory, under
an assignment from VIM. Trap, the patentee
ALLAN POLLOCK.
Oct. 15-eod1m.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
Gnufati0aaI.
ogvIRGINIA.-The next

" session of this institution will open the LIST OF
October, and close the Goth Of June following.
The university embraces the following schools,
viz l. ancient languages; , modern languages;
3, mathematics; 4, natural philosophy, mineralogy,
aud geology; $, chemistry; q, medicine; 4 COM
paraiye anatomy, physiology and surgery; 5, mo-
rul philosophy. rhetoric, and bellies lettres, and po-
hical economy; 2, law. Also lectureship OF
special anatomy and maleria mcdca, and de-
monstra,orship Of anatomy The schools Of an
Client languages, modern languages, and maihe-
mates, have each an assistant instructor; and in
the school OF law there is an adjunct professor.
The expenses, mot including clothing, books, or
pocket-money,) are as follows:
Tuition fee, say three schools, at S2J each. SIS 90
Boarding, including diet, room-furnture,
and attendance Of servant, payable in
three instalments in advance ....... 100 90
X pom rent, two occupying a room, IS
eacn , UU
eients without the precnts, something
more.) 49,. j..
Naturalization fee SIS; contingent depo-
SIT, SlO <'p w
Washing, say $40; fuel and light, say $50 30 90
...... S25s 90
Students OF medicine are charged with four
tickets al S25 each, and dissectIng fee OF So.
The fee in the immediate class of law is 500; in
senior class, S75.
GESSNER HARRISON, Nh
Sep 2l-tf Chairman OF the Faculty
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
DORA COAL AND IRON MINING AND
Manufacturing Company. Capital, One
Million Dollars. Shares, SO each, paya-
HE II, inaf Iran.,fa =

BILE In instalments.
DOCKS FOR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE
I'D stock Of this Company are now open at the
office of ADAMS & STEVENS, 9th ST., opposite
the Patent Office, where specimens ofthe coal may
be seen. The company has $4,000 acres OF anthra-
cite coal lands, lying mostly in Augusta county,
l35 miles southwest of Washington city, Staunton
station the Virginia Central railroad, is within
eighteen miles. The Manassas Gap railroad will
reach within twelve. The Company proposes 10
build railroad TO connect with the Virginia Cen
trail and Manassas. When this is accomplished,
il will be able to put coal in this city at 80 per ton,
thus enabling the company 10 make from 81 to 81
per ton profit, and of course making il one of the
most profitable investments ever offered TO the
public. The lands abound in rich stratas of coal,
from four To fourteen feet thick, and water free
There is also an inexhaustible supply OF iron ore,
similar to the Scotch and Welsh ores in quality
and richness. The Dora is the only anthracite
field known in the State of Virginia and is nearer
than any OF the Cumberland mines by more than
one hundred miles consequently il enjoys, in re-
spect 10 distance, advantage over any coal that
comes To this city. The coal is about ninety per
cent. carbon, and entirely free from sulphur its
ash is white.
I. ADAM RUDOLPH. President.
..> .. ADAM RUDOLPH,
JAS. r, JLankE
W. >. DURHAM,
g. Y. wEMPLE, .
A. NICHOLAS, '.f +,
ALFRED 4. BEACH,
Directors,
TH0S. WILLIAMS, Jr.,
-- .u President Marine Bank, Treasurer
No. Civ alexandra Gazette copy)
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
Sail gaaas.
GREAT THROUGH LINE TO THE WEST
= al BALTIMORE AND OHIOEE.

- N - v.L.
Railroad, from Baltimore to -
wheeling, and connecting there with the large, new,
ana splendid Steamers Of the Union Line on the
ONO, and the Stages to GAINESVILLE, &c.
ms expeditions line being now thoroughly COM
pleted, by the late finishing of the Great Board
Tree Tunnel, and the road being in excellent order,
the earnest attention Of travellers is confidently
directed 10 It's superior advantages and low fares.
Inc scenery upon this road is of the most stupen-
dons and attractive character
Inc Express Mail Train leaves Baltimore daily
al 4. M, and runs directly through 10 Wbeel;py
(5o0 miles, IN IL or 10 hours Including MI sion,
pages arriving there at or 3 p. M next day; or.
passengers leaving Baltimore al s A. M NAV Law
over Ior lodging IN Cumberland Q79 miles, and
proceed thence to Wheeling in the morning.
10 connect with these trains, the cars leave
Washington at A. M. and s p. M daily mee,ing
the cars from Baltimore at the washington Inns
tion, (Detter known as the Relay House) nine
miles from Baltimore
Al Wheeling the seven unrivalled Steamers OF
inc Union Line, winch have just been completed
for TINS route, form daily connection with the
cars, and convey passengers down the Ohio 10
Cincinnati and Louisville, where the Stages for
Nashville, DC, or the 81. Louis and New Orleans
Packets, may be taken by those going further on.
Passengers for Columbus Tor who prefer the
land route TO CincinnatI and other parts Of Ohio
and the West may also proceed direct from
Wheeling in the Ohio Stage Company's excelen,
coaches over the best part of the National Road
TO GAINESVILLE, &c., and thence by railroad.
Passengers for Wellsvlle and Cleveland by
steamboat and railroad will also find this most
agreeable route, there being regular and speedy
connection at Wheeling 10 and from those places
baggage checked through from Washington to
Wheeling, and no charge for transfer of passen-
gers or baggage.
Fare by through ticket, with the right to lie over
anywhere on the route) from Washington to
vile, $l2.
Tickets TO be had of Mr.. PARSONS, Agent at the
Railroad Station, Washington, and Of the other
Agents Of the Company.
WIN. PARKER,
sep 2I-dti* General Superintendent.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
NrEDrCAL DEpaRTMENroF HAMp.

NII
lSl den Sydney College, Richmond, Va-The
sixteenth annual course of lectures will com
mence Monday the 10th day of October, 1853,
and continue until the lst OF the ensuing March,
The commencement for comforting degrees will
be held about the middle of March. >."
R. l.. Bohannan, NJ D., Prof Of Obstetrics and
Diseases of Women and Children.
L. w. Chamberlayne, NJ. D.. Prof OF Materia
Medica and Therapeutics.
Martin p. Scott, M. D., Lecturer Chemistry
and Pharmacy. %@% -
Chas. Bell Gibson, NJ. D., Prof of Surgery and
Surgical Anatomy
Carter p. Johnson, Nj. D., Prof of Anatomy and
Physiology
David II. Tucker NJ D., Pref of Theory and
Practice Of Medicine. "~- Fl. s..
Arthur L. Peticolas, NJ. D., Demonstration OF
Anatomy. "... ...*
The study of practical anatomy may be prose
cuted with the most ample facilities, and at very
trlfling expense. n.
Clinical lectures are regularly given al the col
ege intirmary and Richmond alinshouse. The in
Urinary, under the same roof with the college, and
subject TO the entire control of the faculty, is at all
times well filled with medical and surgical cases,
and furnishes peculiar facilities for clinical in
struction. Many surgical operations are perform
ed in presence of the class; and the students, be-
ing freely admitted TO the wards, enjoy, under
the guidance of the professors, unusual spportu-
mites for becoming familiar with the symptoms
diagnosis, and treatment of disease
Observation-Disclosures fee, So. Professors
fees, $780, Demonstrators fee, $40. Graduation
fee, S25. t..
lay- The price of board, including fuel, lights,
and servants attendance is usually 50 or S3i per
week. DAVID II. TUCKER, M. D.,
Sep 29--tf Dean of the Faculty.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
. PREMIUM AWARDED BY THE MARY.
LAND INSTITUTE.
Nov. 10.

Il citizens of Washington and its vicinity 10
an inspection Of his stock OF ROOTS, SHOES,
CATERS, &c. all Of his own workmanship, and
manufactured from the very best materials Also,
Boots and Shoes made TO order from the finest
French Calf Skins and Patent Leather al price
equally as low as charged elsewhere.
g. Bremen,
Prize Boot and Shoe Store, Eleventh street
east side, three doors north Penn. avenue.
Nov ll-eo3m. (m)
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
NEW ROCKS

Id ICHARD WILLIAMS, the Patag0nIan
LII Missionary; by the Rev. James Hamil
ton, ID. ID.
Jaqueline Pascal; or, A Glimpse of Convent
Life at Port Royal
The Flower ofthe Family; a Book for Girls.
The Religions of the World, and their Relation
to Christianity; by F. d. Maurice.
!, Berrdges Christian World Unmasked; by Rev
Thos. Guthrie, d. ID.
Parley's Present for all Seasons.
The Edinburgh Doll, and Other Tales, for chill
dren.
Fine English editions Of the following juveniles
Guizol's Moral Tales.
Evenings at Home.
The Swiss Family Robinson.
The Little Savage; by Capt. Marryatt
Celebrated Children by M. Mason
Sandord IL Merton
For sale by GRAY & BALLANTYNE,
Dec IL 7th street, near Odd Fellows Hail.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-18
NOTICE TO U. 8. MAIL CONTRACTORS
AND THE PUBLIC.
AUDITORS OFfIcE, PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT


TT HAS BEENLONG THE PRACTICE
i OF this Office 10 pay the drafts drawn and nego-
tiated by contractors for carrying the United
States mails, for the amounts respectively OF their
quarterly pay. Ii was established 10 accommo-
date the contractors and meet their necessities in
advance OF the regular and slower process of pay
ing by the drafts or warrants of the department,
and was intended only 10 apply TO oRr draf per
route from each contractor for the whOh amount,
(deducting fines collections, &c) of his quarterly
pay; but II has been, and is quite generally so
misunderstood, as 10 be supposed to allow any
number OF drafts, and for any amount, not exceed
ing the aggregate, the contract pay for the quar-
ter. privilege conceded for accommodation flor
Il was never anything morel has thus been made
to embarrass materially the business of this office,
forced upon II the settlement Of the pirate ac-
counts OF contractors and thrown upon the ex-
changes oil the country, with a quasi sanction OF
this once, species OF paper currency unauthor-
lied by the laws
~ not nntrequenty occurs, too, that this Office is
exposed 10 great and unnecessary risk in deter
mining upon the genuineness Of the signatures 10
'hc assignments or endorsements Of the various
persons through whose haads these drafts are
made 10 pass before their presentation
II rs therefore deemed proper 10 give this nublic
hotce 70 contractors, and all concerned that from
and after the lst day OF January 1854 but one
dram Tor the pay upon each route per quarter will
De payed, or MED Tor payment in this Office This
drait should state upon its face, that IL is tbe o1iv
one FIR the quarter and The ro,s doth 10 be sneci
hedl on which u is drawn; and us signature there
10 shonid be atfeaed by ne pos,uax,y NJ 5s ,iae.
'chrre may be dyatcn and one other mi
each assignment he,eof MoNd be attested bv t,ro
hsaReSses.
WIN. +. PHILLIPS
| Anditor of'the TrsaSUry for He
NOV. Is. r. Department.
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COPPER-FACED TYPE.
NEWTON COMPANY, PATENTEEs,

We w AOIS PATENTEES,
No $ NORTH William Street, NetO York
TNHiS TYPE Is now used exclusively I'm
j many OF the largest newspaper and general
printing Offices IN this country and in England
and the company have the strongest testimonials
that Il will do at least double the amount of work
done by common type; while il gives, at the same
time, finer working surface. The cost OF facing
IS about % per cent upon the tariff prices of type.
The following journals are printed from the
copper.faced type:
New York Tribune, New York Herald, New
York Sun, Morning Courier and Enquirer, New
YORK Express, Universal, City of Mexico; Boston
Herald, Boston Post, True Democrat, Cleveland.
Ohio; New York Journal, American Messenger,
Childs Paper, Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post Boston Journal, Boston Commonwealth,
Boston Traveller, Cincinnati Commercial; and
others in this country and England.
Orders solicited by
COLLINS, BOVINE &c Co,
Agents
Eleventh street, ID door north Pa. avenue.
Dec l0-eod 2w
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- SAVANNAH STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK s CALIFORNIA sTEAM-

IN ship Line via Nicaragua shortest and
cheapest route for San Francsco.-The Accessory
Transit Company, Of Nicaragua, proprieors.
Through in advance Of the mail. Only line giving
through tickets including the Isthn,us crossing.
WEST, 1900 tons burthen, viii leave from pier
No North river, at o'clock p. NJ, precisely,
for San Juan del Norte, on Tuesday September
10th; connecting with the new and favori,e steam
ship CORTES, 500 tons burthen, over the Me.
land transportation. These steamers are unsur
passed in their ventilation and accommc lo,;ae..
For information or passage at the loves "a - I.
ply only at the agency Of the company, No
Bowling Green, NJ Y.
CHARLES MORGAN, Agent.
c., a. '-~'' -oS.'N.