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cedng Presidents it's salutary effects would be ys-
bic in the improved condition OF the rank and file Of the
army and few of them but would long acquire
knowledge which would qualify them TO fill advanced
and honorable situations.
1t was men brought up under such policy that con-
auered at Marengo Austerliz Friedland jena &e and
covered their with glory. Soldiers thus treated
truly nvneble and will when opportunity offers, per
form deeds Of valor that will rival those of antiquity in
defence Of the republic and will always il glorious
to die for their country Constant justice the
deuee and affection Of the soldier it animates activity
ezctes abilities facilitates enterprises removes obstacles
banishes treason and payes the way glorious
This Is the great Of success in military affairs and is
the only way to render military life aud agreeable
such policy has proved beneficial 10 the State that
has adopted IL and is in accordance with the genius of
our institutions.
When men made 10 feel and know that the eyes Of
the chief OF great nation upon them that he is gen
erous and sympathzes with them, and for good conduct
real merit obedience 10 the law and faithful service will
surely advance them the Of honor and social in
tercourse they will Longer prefer life Of shame to that
Of honor They will then seek knowledge and be inspired
with love Of virtue and adherence of yce-a love of
country that knows decline, and be fit to receive the
rewards of generous government
The distinguished chief who by his wise just and gem
erous policy exees and promotes such noble exerons and
honorable sentiments and rewards the deserving and mer-
torous will surely and deservedly receive the profound
and lasting gratitude Of his fellow-countrymen That chief
is President Franklin Pierce
II is be hoped that Congress will before long pass
similar the that suggested these remarks for the
navy and marine corps know Of good that
can urged agansti and think the interest of the
vice and sound policy alike recommend IT,
The following is the monthly pay Of the rank and file
of the army as fixed by law
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United states Court Of Claims.
Real Esate Bounty Land and General Agency WasksS
I'm sfu.

rHARLEs X. SHERMAN, attorney ut law, JAMES G..
WALKER of Tennessee reading clerk the House Of
Rspr have asociated themselves together for the
either before the
established Court Claims the
utive departments.
Iaims ohers, involving
they will bs aided by Mr. Charles sherman, well
West experienced
They give personal prompt
them particularly bcuntysnd we'll
renting, leasing selling, and purchasing
Insy bg refer members Of Congress
snics and rrrrtoies
Mr.. Charles r. Sherman.
Once No AIS Third door moth Of Gndsby Hotel
April 22--codndacp
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4fN1 OrFiek SYSTEMATICALLY fvsLlc PRikrIse,
ta tfEsa9 Washington, July II, Lass.
PROPOSALS viii DO received ocs until the 29d day o
July instant a. n O'CLOCK for dawing and cugrsving
Cd, the highest style Of the four iusifa
report Of the recent Japan sxpsdiuoa.
Also, engraving, manner twenty
small c ., for work
All engrsvinss will required upon
very style, drawing
approval and drawings approved
cDgravinss 10 be executed In the neatest
Proposals will be received until the date for drawing In
the highest Of the upon and printing
and TINS thousand copies Of twenty
four quarto plates sz BY nine inche Of Illustrations
company report
Proposals drawing portion OF
last above named And printing IN colors
Proposals until engraving
copper highest STYLE OF the IL
botany and history
surveys Of route for rain oaA Pacific
The illustrations will be i oco for the inspection or
those DESTROYS bidding for The until the cong
be bids and information desed will also be furnished
The required for printing tho osphs will be furnished
by this once.
Couracts will with, with security win
required om the successful bdde faithful execution
their
The bids will state separately the price, and but price, for
each class Of work bid for and the time required for the execution
OF the work. portions Of the and be addressed
PAID 70 "a O. Seaman q The Public Printing
Engraving, "Li'hosraphins" or "coppepaie Ensrav,ng
A. q, SEAMAN,
Superintendent.
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HEAVY REcEipTs or wHEArs-Wo alluded day or two
ago. says the ATLANTA GeorRa Inteligencer to the large
Quantities Of grain ready be down the State
road Yesterday we learn that eight trains arrived in
tns city brnginEthe first instamen; amounting to 10000
bushels. This is drop in the bucket compared with
the amount yet TO come.
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The FIRST THE STEAMSHIP ERlcssos.-A pas
senger BY the Ericsson thus writes the editors of the
New York Journal of Commerce
e We have just anchored the mouth of the Seine; IA
days and hours if the FIVE hours be deducted for differ
in time, as understand is customary with steamers
This has been done average daily consumption
sla tons OF COAL The engines have worked beau
fully and regularly and smoothly, and boilers have
proved themselves able to give nl the the engines
require, and more OF the ship itself sea-boat the
passengers do not seem able to speak in sufficiently high
terms. Even when rolling heavily in the trough Of the
sea, she was perfectly easyno jerk strain of any
kind Our passage might easily have been made in 24
IL days but for the following circumstances One of
arpunp valves required to stop for hours replace
the packing, which defective in quality but most
serious hndrance has arisen from the want of surface in
the paddles and from their being numerous and there
fore close together cut the into foam and de-
stroy its resistance. This ascertaned by repeated
trials during which it shown by actual observation,
that while with average Of IL turns of the engines for
"a hours she made 202 miles consumption Of 8
tons of coal, in the succeeding "a hours, with the
weather and sea- with IA turns Of the engines and
sumption of 264 tons of COAL she only made 208 miles
Exerton of power Was therefore, useless with such paddles
As get into dock, alteration will be
made in them, which good Captain Lowber thinks
win carry her home in IL days.
There is coal enough left of the 1870 tons taken
board at New York to carry her back there
Our passage has been in all respects most delightful
one and the accommodation fare and attendance excel
lent
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Reducing the flax and hemp bs the weight of the four
articles used in Great Britain compared with cotton

These extraordinary figures the growth of Eng
lands manufacturing power during the present century,
they show the weight of materials which her grow
ing capital commerce. and numbers have with all the vast
and varied in the arts and Sciences enabled
her to work up for the supply of her people and the
world large In every description Of material the in
has been very great and the consumpve demand Of
countries of Europe has increased in similar ratio 1t
follows that the demand for materials has been constant
and extensive Cotton has continued to keep the lead and
great efforts have been made extend and multiply the
Of supply without avail The Brazils and Egypt
give than formerly; but the Indian supplies have
be the best market for India The GUILTY.
wool has increased in England and in Europe but the sup
plies wsuld been altogether inadequate but
liam production Ireland has largely increased the cutva
ton of fax and Russia has year by year furnished
both fax and hemp Italy France and China have supplied
the growing demand for silk 1t appears then that the
English consumption alone has in the twenty years ending
increased the annual demand 200 pounds
the materials other than cotton Science has caused
these blend in the fabrics with cotton On the CONT
Of Europe the increase has been in silk and flax
cotton and may not be wide of the mark estimate
the whole increased demand for those materials have been
much that of cottonsay GOO million pounds per
num- 1t is the that the Russian has caused
decrease the supply Of fax and other articles
been affected by the 1t follows that If this
in the production of materials has of
been the expense of food cultivation causing the
price and the latter to rapidly OPP
Grafton brought about by the circumstances of the last
will cheaper food and raise materials by the double pro-
supply and greater demand The English receipts of
raw materials in the first quarter of the present year.
pared with the last, follows:
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SALE TO-DAY.


By j. q. MCGUIRE, Auctt0neor.
TRUsTEE,s SALE OF A VALUABLE FARM SITUATED
Baiis Cross RoadBy virtue of deeds OF trust
recorded among land records for Alexandria
Virginia, from
scriber public Thursday, July ~, ut Il
o'clock valuable Of land,
adjoining being
Of The Geoe Farm formerly owned BY Gen vaa Ness
proposed divide the farm into containing
hir proportion wood land and be separately
right the growing crop One Of
timing "a good substantial
dwelling. barn. and n.i- hnid
the subdivision may be
Terms: One fourth cash residue In twelve and eighteen
months Of promises
JAS G. MCGUIRE,
July l0-eodAds Auctoneer.
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st. Joseph's Academy for Young Ladies',
Nsar E,,oitfs5uro Eyeder;cL Counfv Nd

nj
August, Thursday The
board and tuition $3.50 payable
There charges drawing
ing nd also fr Spansh, Italian German, and Latin The
primary department pupia
500 nble half yearly In advance
Of inquiry should addressed tho MOTHER 5UPE
Maryland. &
S--dIyear. + fs4e
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SWIMMING MATCH BETWEEN MAN AND rlo.--Thc Buffalo
Courier Of the 10th says

SWINNTNG BETWEEN A "AH md 4 FT'--IH DuHHTU
Courier Of the l6th says
Last evening, about o'clock, pig having es-
capped from its confinement Of the canal boats lying
the Mainseet bridge and, probably, deemng go-
rious death preferable to life Of confinement plunged into
that ditch Of yellow liquid yccpt the Eric canal and struck
out boldly for the shore but tho steep stone walls on
either side forced piggy 10 keep in straight line toward
Washington street. The owner of the animal moved per-
haps by commisction for the probable fate of his pig
ship or probably by the anticipated loss Of sundry
rashers of bacon hesated but few moments and then
sprang hs property Quite crowd had col
leced and il swim pig swim owner amid cheers and
laughter until they had nearly reached Washington
bridge when piggy dsheariened sackened his efforts,
and his bped pursucr succeeded in capturing him and
placing him in sk which both returned to their start
ing point
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LARGE oapAolTy-At trial at Poughkcepsc New York,
for violating the Maine law Christian Clause who is de-
scrbed as small man. testified that lager beer is not in
oxcatng that he drank sixty glasses in the space Of
twelve hours and that each glass contained pint and felt
no effect from it This says the Kpickerbock might
come under the bead of q common carrier.
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POST orrIcr nEnARrMrNr

Route Agents.By the following important regulation it
appears that railroad and steamboat routes il is the duty
of agentsl To receive letters written after the mail
has closed and wayeters prepaid by stamps stamped
envelopes mail and post bill said letters and direct them
the proper Office for delivery distribution and TO
port list OF Mi such letters TO the contract office 3D. To
the mails for the several Offices being ntrus,cd with
the key the iron lock for that purpose 3D. To attend to
the delivery and reception Of mail bags ih. To report
the inspection Office all irregularities of service the route
especially every instance in which they fail to receive do
liver mail where is due with the Of such failure
which, IL not known must be ertancd by inquiry.
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MArsr-LAw IrrN.--We learn (says the New York Day
Book from gentleman acquainted with the liquor traf
c that the demand for beer is great that the
supply it. They had not manufactured the usual
quantity, expecting that the Maine law would somewhat
interfere with the traffic and they entirely unable
to fill their orders SO much for the bill to stop liquor
drinking
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Certificate Passenger Yesseis.At Of the ports
collectors have BEEN appears in the habit of
giving vessels papers puportng 10 be certificates Of their
legal capacity for the carriage OF passengers No validity
attaches such certificate, is authorized recog
missed by law of the United States and consequently
officer has right to issue it.
The responsibility in such cases. must rest where the law
places ton the shpowners, whose duty IL to ascertain
and know how many passengers their vessels lawfully
carry and they should be held to such responsibility.
Ii is directed therefore, that officer OF the customs will
hereafter issue any person certificate Of this description
but whenever any necessary to ascertain the
legal capacity Of vessels TO carry passengers shall be made
the collector will be careful to keep record Of it in
the office.
Appoiaments.--Mr r. b. Washington has been appointed
clerk the superintendent Of the construction of the
sion Of the treasury building, at the salary Of class
clerkship$l, 200 per Captain G. w. Smith has
been appointed superintendent Of the repairs Of the treasury
building.
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MARRIED.,

Al the University Of VIRGINIA. the l7h Wm
u. McGryrEy, j. j. HoGE ESQ., Of Wheeling, Virginia. Mics
MARY s. CALHOUN, Of the University OF Virginia
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THE DAILY UNION


ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Discharge Of Seamea.l. Masters Of American vessels
cannot lawfully discharge in foreign ports without in
PREVENTION Of the consul.
IL does not help the matter allege that the
consent have misconducted themselves Aer
cans-of all that it s for the consul to Judge.
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Busiaess of the Land O6ice.-The recent removals from
several of the department bureaus have occasioncd appa
reny apprehension the part of the know nothing
organs lest there should be interruptions II not
arrangement in the public business Of the country As
these apprehensons coupled with the expression of the
belief that Catholicism unavorabe to the faithful discharge
of official duty and that public Offices should only be held by
certain denominations Of Christians and those Christians
be natives Of this country, feel assured that
very general alarm will The removals in ques
ton have not caused the slightest embarrassment de-
lay in any Of the executive departments all per-
fecty who have official business with any branch
of the government The have been filed by gen
euen Of known capacity integrity and efficiency and the
fact satisfactorily demonstrated that the services Of
officer vitality necessary for the safe working the gov
machine. We need better illustrate than that
afforded by the General Land Office Its head recently
removed, and at few hours notice the vacancy sup
piled by George G. Whiting, esq., late the accomplished
chief clerk of the Interior Department 1t is that Mr.
Whiting brought his and elevated duties great
and diversified clerical experience, but still the fact remains
that during his present brief administration the business of
the land Office has been disposed of with degree of ine
and efficiency not exceed BY Of his predecessors
To show that there has been falling of in the of
business in the Land Office under the present
ing Commissioner give below three tables exhibiting the
work prepared in this bureau for period Of six
weeks The last table embracing period Of two weeks,
under the administration of Mr.. Whiting Our read
ers compare and judge for themselves:
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July is-dinasd

TOH RENT.-At streets,
(east ont several with without board
They sngiy
IL early application made
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DIED.

Last night "wednesday his residence In this city, Major
AUGUSTUS NICHOLSON, quaremaster ofhe United States
marine corps
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rHE FHuquier White sulphur Springs, Virginia,
are now for the reception Of and in far
attractive condition than they have been.
misrepresentation against them having been published in
they were closed f the traced 70 an irresponsible
unworthy Of notice. that
shadow Of foundation for the subscriber that he will
not be made the victim Of such man and that tho respectable
journals which have given transferring
their columns will dsabuse the public mind the
dunn ALEX. BAKER.
July l3-dkoplm
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uSRIcDGOLO the k5nst ., A Quarto vol
umrs finely bound. @45 One copy only.
Charnocks Marine Architecture, volumes bound S2
Two copies.
Mi go Building stone, iron timber by Han, Hos
king Gauhey Moseiy Hughes and Others
Dne
Mechanical Philosophy volumes, bound. GIG.
copy ~
sganzn's Civil Engineering volume octave 81 cents.
Renwick' Mechanics, 1 voiunr ociavo. o..
Jamieons Mechanics of Fluids volume octave. 81
Grifln's CrysHlogaphy. 1 volume 81 a5.
De la Bece Geology, tchcocks edition, volume, 2mo. ~
cents.
copies only be he above prices,
by FRANCK TAYLOR
July 10
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by D. G. WCGUIHE, AWcuOheor.
GOVERNMENT SALE OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS,
Sc.On Monday, July 80 l2 O'clock
rooms sell, BY order Of the officers charge, the flowing
worn old fashioned, and broken i'm truments, viz
English heodolites, American do.
ships c0mpasses, compass levels
Q spirit levels slope level
kater circle, sextsnt BY roughton
gauss heiiouopes, brass tide gauge
I panings aph, pocket gold watch
40 surveyors cbains, 8 compass tripods
I schmilcader compass standing spirit level
Lot of level rods, chain stretchsrs, &c
mason's quadrant artificial horizon
surveyors compasses, lighted compass
compass level, syphon harometers
cistern baromcters, therD0 do.
thermometers, self registering do.
railroad transit letter-press, &c.
Terms cash. JAS q. MCGUIRE,
July I'D Auctioneer
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The depositcs have increased S22 900 since the
point of loans in December and the loans themselves
have risen point higher than before attained while
the Of business paper aoa is less than usual The
the foundation Of the rise stocks which viii be
subject when revived business shall demand the
OF funds,
The produce markets remain firm The per the Pa
cic made cotton firm but that by the Arago was
thought uniavoabe Ihe ket remains about the
at say 1877 for fair New Orleans Coffee is active at
rise of Flour is firm in face OF fair arrvassaes
western canal SIS 37 SIS 621a mixed to good do, 80 06
50 12l4 southern is dull, $40 81 $40 81. New -four
from ope Mills Virginia, arrived to-day. Rye -four,
81 So Corn 81 rs. Wheat sells 50 40. Rye, 81 A.
Oats 62 65 cents Corn quick at 81 cents western mxed
81 IL southern white fiat yellow 9s cents Pork has been
buoy ant at $40 s7l6 $40 for Lard 10S l09
cents.
The stock market shows signs of leavpg the city, OPP
curta their orders and the amount OF transactions
Less Prices Of the beat railroads however, well
tanned. Yours, PRENTICE.
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The diminution great in all except hemp OF which the
product other than Of Russia, imported in anticipation
Of decline that 1t follows that II the
sumption equal that of the other four articles
all countries and that there should be deficient produc
ton 10 them demand for cotton to mix largely with
the quantity of fabrics would become important
large crop Thus suppose in England and Europe the
consumption of cotton is 200 900 bssay 5000 900
bales-and the other materials 000 the result is
1900 900 of cloth If silk therefore, fall short 200 O00
000 there must be demand for I400 900 000say $780,
balesof cotton make the usual supply Of cloth but
both food money to be cheap and than the usual
supply Of cloth may be wanted These of the
in the cotton Market notwithstanding the
diminished hopes peace which the late from Europe
accustomed In long period Of peace il found
sary supply Engands enhancod Of food from abroad
growth of manufacturing in all countries has produced
similar effect and may result that labor and land
for the viii revert food, and supply less of
terias l.st-ass
The English has not been very important in its nfu
the markets other than by depressing specula
tive disposition that may have existed based upon speedy
hopes peace The French loan which to have been
postponed he's been brought forward and its realization
will make $3.50 900 borrowed without much progress in
the war. Money cotton, and breadsula all dull but
stocks better These favorable features do not how
ever cheek the outward flow Of the metals which
the freely that imports diminish The exported
the week ST., 1872 907 making since January SlS
362 from this port against SIT ass time last
year. far the banks CO. however, this drain is felt
Those of New Orleans and New York hold the following
sums as compared with last years
1854 1855
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FLEETWOOD CEMETEHY.-Omce No. 090 Pennsylvania
avenue corner Of 10Th street, the Savings Bank This
laid celebrated
high ground quar-
mile north Of Capitol North Capitol leading directly
gateway This received charter from Con
giess their ground rsyer burial purposes making
title the prohibiting oil encr0achmens
legislation otherwise which Of importance those who
wish their dead where tey placed them has
In ali cities burial ground becomes
valuable for other sell and throw the dead
mscuousiy pitt asd legal
titles given 70 the ground.
N. Once from 10 ~, pamphlets, with
map bylaws, iniormaion
All for len Mr.. James r. Har
No 40 Seventh other undertaken, will BIO prompt
ly attended to. June l7-diy
ID PHILLIPS, Mobile, Alabama, SxAll practise in
Court Of the United States" Of claims
Profession Office
I'd floor northeast Of TIL and Lousana
June 90 d0mif