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DIANOS EOR sALEOR RENT-New and
second hand Pianos from the beste-<za
manufactures, At moderate and conve- nEn
nient terms for sale; second hand Pianos taken
In exchange, and tuning pianos attended 10 at No
40o Eleventh street, above Pa. avenue
F. c. REIcHENBACH
sep -6meoSTu&Ths
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BOARD, &c.--MHS. BATES, ON THE 8. w
- corner OF Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street
ispTepaIed to accommodate gentlemen with rooms
with or without board. Every effort will be made
to render those comfortable who may favor he
with their patronage. apG-H
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The FRANKLIN TARGsY COMPANY give tn
first of their series Of assemblies this evening
at Harmony Hall. They who are acquainte,
with the gentlemen who compose this corps
know that their arrangements are such as will
prove satisfactory to those who may participat,
in the innocent entertainment announced.
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BY JAS. C. MCGUIRE, Anctioucer.
IINE LINE ENGLISH STEEL Engrav-
ings, French Celored Autographs, &C,
at Auctisn.-On WEDNESDAY afternoon, Oc-
tober 18th, at O'Clock, at the Auction Rooms,
shall sell a beautiful lot Of Steel Engravings,
French Autographs, Crayon Drawings. &c.
The above will be open for examination during
the day. Terms cash.
oc i'd J. c. MCGUIRE Auct
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EXTRA PLATED TEA sErs.

EXTRA PLATED TEA SETS.
4 LBATA FORKS AND SPOONS SUPR-
"A EiOR TABLE CUTLERY, &c.-We have
Just opened beautiful assortment latest STYLES
PLATED TEA SETS, CAKE BASKETS, Al
bArA fOhhS, CASIOkS, SPOONS, &c !;
OF which we offer very low.
NJ. w. GAIT Il BRO, Jewellers,
1924 Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10Th SITS
II
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Under GARMENTS.-WE HAVE JUST
~ received a large and varied assortment of
MORE Antique, Skevos, and Lapland and Wool
len Shirts and Drawers. Also, new article Of
Silk, something worth looking at.
Call ana examine coon. at
BUTT & HOPKINS,S,
Corner 9Th street and Pa avenue
Between the National and Browns Hotel
Oc 9-eo2w
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FIDDLE DUCKS were plentiful in the Centre
market tins morning; thirty-seven and a-half
cents apiece.
ONE TENANT only in the guard-house last
night, and he for lodgings.
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NOR RENT OR SALE-THE TWO STORY
l. brick Dwelling, and joining frame building
sey Avenue, south Of the Capitol The House is
a convenient one, containing eight or ten rooms,
with a large garden attached For terms, &c
apply to RICHARD BARRY, No. 2S Missouri
Avenue. oct 13-3t%
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FANCY ARTICLES, JEWELRY, &c.
OPENED This DAY SOME RICH STYLES
~ Jewelry. Also, great assortment of Fancy
Articles. such as Sewing Birds, Ivory Portemon-
naies, Wax Beads, Coral Necklaces, Cologne,
Hair Oil, Soaps, Brushes, &c. Also, great stock
OF gold and silver Watches, which will be sold
cheap. J ROBINSON,
$40 Pa avenue, opposite Browns Hotel.
oc 1i-eolm
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i OsT-O1 MONDAY NIGHT. sTHIS.

IL slant, between Is: street west and Sd street
east, one unmade BLACK FROCK COAT, large
SIC, 10, "IcI d nDtIai reWarc VII Dc Pala II
AYenna. OCT l2-lI
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ENOR RENT-THREE NEW AND HAND
Il some brick Houses, with brown fronts, con-
fectiy healthy location on 18th street, Isla-d and
neir the public grounds, being Nos $40, 55I, 55t,
at reduced rents, to good tenants. The KEYS at
No. SIS same street. Enquire at Mr. CLARKE,S
Drug Sore, corner 18th street and MARYLAND ave
nue., Island, or Of RICHARD H. CLARKE, cor
ner 9th street and / a avenue oc l6-eo3t*
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NOR RE>T-SINGLE ROOMS, OR AN
Il entire story, consisting of three comm dious
rooms, can be obtained at No. 3ll south side Pa
Avenue, between 9th and 10th SITS oct Is
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IGOR RENT-THE DWELLING PARTOF
Il House No. 332 Pennsy vania avenue, between
Ninth and Tenth streets one Of the very best bus
mess locations In the city Immediate possession
Furnishing Store, No. 424 Pa avenue
oc l6-.t
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A YOUNG WOMAN OF EXPERIENCE IN
IA HOu- ehold affairs is DESTROYS Of situation in
a family. The best Of reference can be given
Enquire OF MIS- Griffin, at the Ladies Benevo-
lent Society Room, Seventh street. oc 16-2t*
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EOR RENT-THE RESIDENCE ON 14TII
l. street, two doors north OF r. Ii is in the i'm.
mediate neighbo5Eood OF the Presidents House
add Treasury Department. Apply TO CHUBB
BRO LII ERS. oct l2-dtf
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JAMES T. MCINTOSH,
M Z Z G III A Mt ALTO

ISuOoEssUH TO TUCKER song
WOU lid invite his friends and the public TO
w call and examine his stock of Fall o.
and Winter Goods, which he is prepared 10
to make up in as elegant style can be had NJ
at any OF her house, and on as good terms. In.
Also, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, such as
Neck Ties, Shirts, Collars, Cravats, &c. Store In
American hotel, Pa. avenue, near y street.
DC e. I'm Y .'
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nor RENT-A NEW BRICK HOUSE con-
l. tanning four rooms and kitchen, situated on
18th street, near Maryland avenue, Island. The
neighborhood is healthy and the rent will be mod
crate to reliable tenant Apply to DR.. JAS. L.
MORGAN, near corner Maryland av. and 18th st.
oc l5-3t#
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40 Il : L. E--TWO HUNDRED LOTS
L. Price S75 each. Two years credit, or 10 per
cent. discount for cash Apply the Union Land
IL 23-}m
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EORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
OF valuable and pleasantly located Dwellings
and Building Lots, for sale in shares, only Foe
Dollars each. Apply TO John FOX, Union
Land Once, Seventh street, above Odd Fellows
Hall. sep 2i-tf
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foh HoT WEATHER.
A RNl'S ICE CREAMS, CAKE, and WA
n TER ICES, for which he was awarded a
Medal by the Metropolitan Mechanics Institute,
is highly recommended for the above VIII be
sent to any part OF the District free OF charge
ty 2-eotf .. ..4 = .
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BOARDING.

- at 473 Sixth street, between ID and f.. One
very large airy apartment, with gas. Also, seve-
raj other rooms oc 16-3t
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lay beneath the placid waters. But to NJ.
count for the CAP, was still q matter of deem
concern. The idea prevailed that the driver
of the vehicle, the horse running away with
it, as supposed, had found a premature and
unworthy grave in the canswln ~ Ever and
anon, however, Hope cheered the dropping
heart, and sweetly whispered "our respected
fellow citizen is safe from fate so dreadful to
contemplate. And it was under the infu-
ence of this monitor that brave men set to
work to relieve the horse from its disagreeable
position. First, they endeavored to coax the
animal to board the scow by climbing out of
the water. Failing in this well-intended de-
sign, the horse was required TO swim from
Sixth to FOur-and-a.half street; reaching
which point, enfeebled and attacked with
chIlls, 1t managed to Chamber up the bank. A
pltlable spectacle 1t presented not only rat
ting at every joint, but covered with that
peculiar description Of tar which Is manufac-
tured at the gas works. As to the removal of
the adhering substance, we heard a barber
say that there would be no difficulty in that
respect, as a good and brisk champooing with
his own hands would render the appearance
OF the animal as sleek as it was before it was
precipitated intp the canal. ..
1t Is to US pfeasureabls to state, and the
announcement will doubtless gladden. many
hearts, that there was no loss of life attend
ing the events to which we have so gravely
and earnestly alluded. Always DESTROYS Of
presenting the truth regarding local occur
rences, we, this morning, went out of our way
to call at the place of business of the owner Of
the horse and buggy. We found him as usual,
lsughiugly happy. lie had no occasion to
say that he was dead, or that it was his coat
tail which was seen, either in reality or in
imagination, spearing from the surface of the
water Of the canal.
The fact is simply this, and will explain the
misery: He and and friends had been riding
out-IO matter where-and on the return he
gave the equestrian establishment in charge of
a fellOw-citizen, to be driven to the stable. The
citizen stopped at the restaurant corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street, to get a
plate of oysters, and while So engaged the
horse either wandered or was driven into the
canal; and the absence of our friend, which
so intensely excited our community, is &C.
counted for by the fact that he was occupied
until near midnight in seeking for his lost
team.
=. S-The horse, to which we have above
referred, it is important to state, is shrewdly
suspected as having had d" a drop in his eye -
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SOOMS FOR RENT in HOUSE NO |
"a Union Row, corner 9TH and + SITS. Apply 10
u. &. ROBBINS oc l5-iw*
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WTANTED-A GOOD CHAMBERMAlD-
w one who can wash or sew, and come well
recommended. Apply at 1879 North F St, near
both oc 16-3t
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FOR SALE AND RENT.
THE syBscRIBER OFFERS FOR. SAIL

TNHE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR. SALE
Il his FARM In Fairfax County, Va, miles
from Alexandria, 9 or miles from Washington
ID. O.. and containing ONE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY.t I'VE or SEVENTY ACRES, nearly
one halfis In wood and timber, the residue high
" improved with lime, ashes DC. The improve
n,ents consist Of a comfortable BRICK DWELL
ING, and other necessary ont. houses This prop
erty NAV conveniently be divided into two small
FARMS, there being large brick Tavern and
and give each an abundance Of wood and water
For Dairy and Gardening purposes this estate
cannot be surpassed Persons desiring further
Fairfax county, Va.
EDWIN C. FITZHUGH
Fairfax county, Va, Sept z.
Being DESTROYS to go South this fall. I shall on
SATURDAY the Goth inst at IL O'Clock, offer
the above property at public sale. at Mr., Samuel
Cats Tavern, In West End Fairfax county Va
Terms made known at sale
oct 16-eo2t* EDWIN c. FITZHUGH.
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AUCTION SALES.
by JAS. c. MCGUIRE. ApctioT

See first page for a eol"mn of Asetioa Sale,
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Doom FOR RENT.-A pleasant Room in the
IL third story, with or without furniture Apply
to GEO. WILLNER'S Paper hanging Store, 46i
Ninth street. sep 2u-tf
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M TIED IMMEDIATELY-A GOOD
w Cook. Also, House Servant, English or
German. Apply at No 423 Thirteenth st.
Oc I3-2t&
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WANTED-BY YOUNG WOMAN, A
w situation Seamstress, who understands
cutting and fitting Ladies and ChiIdren's Dresses
Address I'M WI at this Once oct 15-u
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NOR RENT-THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS
Il for rent that neat and pleasantly located brick
Cottage Dwelling house on l2th street, Island near
the Smithsonian, between B and T. streets west
side, AID 10 careful, prompt tenant, the rent will
be moderate Also, for sale cheap, two story
Frame House on 9Th street, Island, between u
and III streets. east side.
JOHN l.. SMITH, Attorney at Law,
oct l3-eOtf Sth street, near Centre Market
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WTANTED.-THREE OR FOUR SINGLE
w gentleman, or gentleman and his family,
wishing board for the Winter, can secure excel
lent accommodations at 5O6 Massachusetts avenue
between 4th and 5th streets. &C 13-3t*
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-17
TOW A n d A
Go,nrDan flurninn, february L, 1855.
seIetten poetrn.
GOOD NIGH 7.

Good night! 4 word so often said,
The needless mind forgets its meaning;
'Tis only when some heart lies dead,
On which eur own was leaning,
We hear in maddening music roll
That last good night along the sal.
Good night''-in tones that never die;
1t peals along the quickening ear,
And tender gales Of memory
Forever wait it near,
When stiiIcd the voice, o crush of pain
That ue'er shall breathe good night again.
Good night" it mocks us from the grave
II overleaps that strange worlds bound
From whence there flows no backward wave
1t calls from out the ground,
On every side, around-above,
Good night, good night y to life ard love!
Coed night - o, wherefore fades away
The light that lived in that dear word?
Why follows that good night, no day,
Why are our souls so stirred?
o. rather say, dull brain, once more,
Good night thy time Of toll is ocr.'
Good night''-now concth gentle sleep,
And tears that fall Ike gentle rain,
Good night, o, holy, biest and deep,
The rest that follows pain
How should we reach Gods upper light,
II life's long day had no q good night"
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FoRc1BLY WRITrEE.-A correspondent.
ofthe Pittsburg Christian Advocate who
is an adopted citizen, writes down the
following. 1t is forcibly and pointedly
written, and worthy of consideration:
81 have renounced on my oath citizen
ship in all countries, and am l then to be
denied in this? The Arabs or the Tartars
might refuse TO admit me to their rights,
but even their sense ofhonor would forbid
them to thus ensnare me. I must be lost
to every country, and every country lost
to me, save that country where the arm of
man cannot sway the scales of justice.-I
read my Bible in the language of Luther,
and learned to be a Protestant; and from
my bible and Wesley I learned to be a
Methodist No one asked me to disbelieye
the Bible because | came from India; Pro-
testantism because Luther was German,
or Methodism because Wesley was an
Englishman. No one refuses me mem
bership in the church because was born
a foreigner / can join them in praising
God for His favors, and invoking His bles-
sing on our country: Icommune with them
at the sacrament board; and yet, refusing
me vote, they will cast their ballot side
by side with the vilest scoundrel that ever
disgraced the soil on which he was born"
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would go to the polls and vote against it
to man. Without neutralizihg a single
enemy, they would ALLEVIATE alltheir friends
and, in grasping at shadow, loose the
substance forever. It is our duty, there
fore to give it to them hip and thigh; to
hold them at arms length, and shake the
dry bones of this portentous skeleton till
they rattle like dice-boxes. Half-meas-
ures are always bad, and, worse Of all, in
such crisis as the present. The true
democracy Of the good old school must
fight it ought. They should descend to
no compr&les, no treaties, no bargains
no concessions. If they are beaten, il
will be only yslke the Americans in The rev.
olution, to attack the enemy immediate
after The democracy have no othe1
ground on which to fight their battles bu
principles; and it behoves them to stand by
them to the last moment, in the last ditch
If they yield an inch, the citadel is lost
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what ia the Matter,

What has become of all the Know Moth
ing organs of this city? Last fall, when
that party swept over this county like a
wild tornado, carrying all before it, there
were almost any quantity of "public spir.
tied" souls, ready at all times to fight for
and defend the order, its principles and
practices. The Tribune and Republican,
week after week, came before the public,
ladened with choice flowers "culled from
the native fields" of Know Nothingism---
urging the brethren on to battle and to vic
tory. But how is it now? All are silent
as the grave. "There are none so poor as
to do it reverence" No orators-no or
gans--no nothing. Since the Virginia
election all has become quiet. The organs
have ceased to grind out those screeching
sounds which greeted the ear of the quiet
citizen some six months ago, and which
had such wonderful effect upon the pstri-
otic feelings of the hot b]ooded Hindoo.
True, the Republican occasionally bursts
out in wild strain of idiotic balderdash
about the Eagle soaring alof," and
Americans must rule America" but we
hear none OF those pathetic appeals to
mans sober judgment which used to occa-
sionally grace the columns Of that able
expounder of the new faith. The charm
is broken. II stands on the watch-tower,
not as a sentinel faithful to its God, its
cause, and its country, but as one ready
to catch the next popular breeze that shall
sweep over the land, and with its feeble
breath endeavor to give it additional impe-
tus in its onward course.
The TriJane occupies pretty much the
same position the boy did who couldn't go
to the husking-"has nothing to say" II
appears tobe lying on its.oars, waiting to.
see which way the cat jumps,--not caring
much which course it takes, SO its editors
but "get in" at the division of the spoils.
Why is this? What has caused this
apathy among the prominent members of
this oncc powerful party? The order it
self has dwindled down to very insignif-
icant affair, in this citT, and those yet in
possession of the "clamps" are reduced
to the humiliating necessity of canvassing
the city in pursuit of those few individuals
who were rejected by the order when it
was prospering, in hopes of keeping a
quorum on hand a IMe while longer.
There must be some powerful cause ope-
rating on the minds of the great masses
to cause such wonderful changes in so
short time. What it is we are unable
to say; unless indeed it is the return Of
reason, which appeared to have left the
minds of the people, for season.
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Son OF AN IRISH EMIeRANT.--There
was an American statesman and soldier
who died in l845, and who was as well
beloved by the Democracy asany man who
ever held honors in America. He was
originally destined for the Church; but he
quilted school to take part in the War Of
Independence. The war over, he adopted
the law as profession, and became Judge
in Tennessee, as we'll as Major General of
the forces of the same State. In 1915, as
Major General of the United States, he
gained decisive victory over the English
at New Orleans. In 1921, appointed
Governor of Florida, and the next year
elected member of the Senate for the State
of Tennessee. Elected President of the
United States in 1928, and again in 1889;
so that he was at the head of the American
Government for the space of eight years.
An ardent Democratic chief throughout
life. His Presidency was distinguished
by the development of Democratic tenden-
cies, of the spirit Of territorial extension,
He successfully opposed Congress in the
matter of the United States Bank, regard
ing it as monopoly in the State injurious
to the general interests of the people.
JACKSON was man of Roman virtues,
true patriot, and of uncompromising integ-
rity, simple and austere, Straightforward
and blunt as soldier, AND THE SON
OF AN IRISH EMIGkHNT!-Is there a
JACKSON Democrat in the Know Nothingse
Ohio Statesman.
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Rindoo Quotations.

In olden times the ladies used to wear
head dress of very unsightly shape,
which they called "top-knot." The
fashion ran into great extravaganza, and
at length attracted the attention of the
pulpit. 1t is related that, on one occasion,
celebrated preacher denounced these top
knots as prohibited by Scripture, and quo
ted from one of the Apostles the com.
mand. "top not, come dOaOn" He fright.
ened some of the ladies most prodigiously
but some of the more curious, referring
to thier Bibles, were eased in their con
sciences by finding that the whole of the
text read, "Let him who is upon the house
top not come do0nP N
The know-nothings can beat this preach
er in quoting to suit their purposes. They
continue to quote Lafayette as having onc'
declared that 'if ever the liberties of thi
country are destroyed, it will be by Rom
isb priests" We have heretofore pub
lished the whole of the letter from Lafay
cite in which this expression occurs, ye
we see it again used by the know nothing
organs. We therefore remind those curl
GUS in garbled extracts that Lafayette, re
plying to Protestant, said, in substance
"yow opinion Matif ever the liberties o
this country are destroyed, it will be BY
Romish priests, IS mistake"
This garbling beats that of the preach
er. Can cause which finds it necessary
o resort to such frauds be worthy of sup
port?
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TIE LocUsTs AND THE KNOW NorH-
INGs.-A friend who processes to be skill
led in Entomology, and who has been
watching the course of events with an
anxious eye for number of years, assures
us solemnly and positively, that upon the
wing of every locust the two letters "K.
NJ can, be seen with all distinctness. He
does not pretend to assign any reason for
this phenomenon, unless it be symbolic
of the Know Nothing party in one of two
senses: either that the swarms of locusts
represent the numerical strength of the
X. N. party, and their singular production
under the ground indicates their mysteri-
GUS movements, or that some relationship
subsists between them as asscourges.--MayS-
viUe Eagle.
We are inclined to hold to the fomrer
opinion, as the late mobs in Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans, Co.
lumbus, &C., indicate pretty clearly thai
the ruling spirits of that order must have
come from country ''under the ground,
spoken of in certain books as being the
abode of Devils incarnate.
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EFThe vice consul at Hamburg has
forwarded to New York city decree
establishing special state commission in
Hamburg, for the protection of the emf
grant, and the superstition of emigration
by that port, 1t will be the duty of this
commission to see to the proper observance
of the lately revised regulations, referring
to the forwarding of passengers, and also
to open and maintain an Office for the gra-
tuitous advice Of all emigrants that may
desire information.
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ETA salt lake has been discovered
about $50 miles west from St. Cloud, in
Minnesota, by W., H, Ingersol, who was
attached to the Pacific Railroad survey.
Mr.. Ingersol says that around the edges Of
the lake the salt can be gathered in bas-
kets, and is ofas good quality as ever he
found in any part Of the United States.
Mr.. Ingersol says that near the lake there
are large beds Of coal ofthe 6rst quality
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Col,ou'. Srcri plate Maps.

e. NJ w Barker, Esq, the general
agent for Coltons Maps, has shown us a
specimen Of these fine steel-plate engra-
wings, and we do not hesitate to pronounce
them the best ever produced in this coun-
try. Mr. Colton's facilities for obtaining
information concerning this country, also
of Europe, are unlimited, and his reputa-
ton as successful map publisher is world
wide, Those desiring an article Of this
kind, would do well to call on the agent,
who is stopping at the "Biggs House."