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Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08
TO OFFICERS. SOLDIERS. SEAMEN,
&C., OF ALI. WARS, THEIR WIDOWS
AND MINOR CHILDREN.
S. M. KNIGHT,
Attorney for GOvernmen emit Claim ants,


Attorney for Government Claimants,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
TONTIN UES to give prompt and personal at
Y tention 10 the prosecution OF Claims OF every
description against the General Government and
particularly 10 those before the Treasury Depart
ment, Pension and Bounty Land Bureaus Patent
and General Land Offices, and Board OF Claims.
An experience of years, and familiarity with
the means of obtaining the earliest and most IA
vorable action Claims with his facilities for the
dispatch of business, justify him in assuring his
Correspondents, Claimants and the public gener-
ally that interests intrusted 10 his keeping will
not be neglected
Pension, Bounty Land, Patent, and Public
Land Laws.
He has nearly ready for gratuiious distribution
among his business Correspondents, (and those
who may become such,) neat pamphlet contain
ing synopsis of the existing Pension, Bounty
Land, Patent, and Public Land Laws. down TO
the end of the late Congress, including the
Bounty Land Act Of Sd March, 1855,
under which all who have heretofore received
less than go acres are now entitled TO additional
land; said Act grants also 160 all Officers,
Non commissioned Officers, Chapains, Soldiers,
Wagon masters Teamsters, and friendly Indians,
OF the Army including State Troops, Volunteers
aud Militia-and all Officers. Seemen, Ordinary
Seamen, Marines, Clerks, and Landsmen, of the
Navy not heretofore provided for, who have
served not less than fourteen days (unless IN bat
tle) at any period since 1776; and 10 the widows
and minor children Of all such persons entitled.
and deceased
This pamphlet contains Forms OF Application
more full and complete than any elsewhere 10 be
found; adapted 10 the wants OF every class OF
Claimants under the Act, with copious decisions
and instructions of the Department, and practical
suggestions as to the course TO be pursued in sus-
pended or rejected cases.
Parties not wishing TO avail themselves of the
facilities afforded by this Office N securing ProDpt
a7td personal superintendent of their claims al the
Departments, obtain copies Of the above
pamphlet by remtting thirty cents in postage
stamps.
Inducements to Correspondents.
Correspondents who prepare and forward cases
for management by this Agency will be dealt with
literally; supplied with all necessary blanks gratts,
and kept constantly advised of the changes ihal
from time 10 time occur in the execution OF the
law.
II is within the subscribers power 10 direc, has
Correspondents 10 the locality Of very many per-
sons entitled under the late Act. and having OBJ
tanned several thousand Land Warrants under
former laws he is in possession OF data that will
materially assist in securing additional bounty.
Fees, below the usual rates-and conting nj
upon the admission OF Claims.
The highest cash prices given for l. nd War.
rants, Revolutionary Scrip, and lllip1. Laud
Patents.
Address S. M, KNIGHT.
WaShinEton Guy
laxv vDpl
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GOUTHERS BOOk.-OrIgin of the Con-
~ sttuuon; Incorporation of the General Gov
ernment by the States as national public agents
IN trust, with no sovereignty History of Copart
nership Territories from the Virginia Deed, 1884,
10 the Treaty with Mexico, 1S4S; Division of the
Public Lands Specific Duties Origin and History
OF the Purtans; Origin and Cause of Trouble be-
tween the North and South, and Jeopardy OF the
Republic Legal mode Of Redress pointed out; by
w. b. Davis, Wilmington, North Carolina. Price
Two Dollars
ON Sale at BISHOPS Periodical store,
No. 216 Pennsylvania avenue,
adjoining Wizards Hotel
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XIALUAnLE REAL ESTATE FOR

v Sale.--The block of buildings known as
the Union Buildings and now occupied by the
Union new wspaper establishment They are stu
ated on z street, between 18th and 18th streets,
and fronting drectlyo Pennsylvania avenue, The
lot 70 feet front by l59 feet deep The property Is
susceptible of division and Encouragement, and
its position such as must rank it among the best
business stands on the avenue, and is yearly IN.
creasing in value. The time of the present lessee
expires on The 1st September next, on which day
possession may had
Also, that large three-story Brick House on 18th
street west Opposite the War Office, and three
doors south Of G. streeto
Also that ihree.slory House on nth street west,
next door to the Government Building, at the
corner of F and 17th streets.
Should the above property not be sold at private
sale prior to the 18th of May, il will be sold on
that day at public auction.
Terms will be made favorable to the purchaser.
Applyto CH. n. WiNDEk,
Corner Of 17lh and G streets.
March 20-2awtl5May
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08

NTEW MUSIC.-W. G. ZANTZINGER bias
IN just received from the publishers, Firth,
Pond & Co. New York. and George Willleg, Jr,
Baltimore, an assortment of their latest publica-
tons.
Mas- Pianos tuned, warranted 10 give salts
faction.
STATIONERS' HALL,
adjoining Kirkwood House
Dec lG-3tayyif ats
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NEW LIVERY STABLE.

To the Patrons of Berkeley Springs.
TIME undersigned begs leave to inform his
friends and the public generally, that he has
erected new and extensive Livery Stable, for
the accommodation of those who may wish 10
keep their horses at the Springs during the ap-
preaching season The building contains about
40 stalls of extra width, and extensive Carriage
Sheds. Its location is clean. dry, and airy and
con onvenient 10 Colonel Strother's Hotel, with
which il Is connected by arrangement. Expe-
rienced and reliable persons will be in attendance,
and no expense will be spared 10 give every
salts sfacion 10 the visiting public. The proprietor
will also keep for hire. several pleasure carriages
and saddle horses Having provided these ac
commoda,ions, at considerable expense the Pro
prietor hopes that he will be literally patronlzed
Terms TO suit the times.
JAMES A. STORM.
BERKELEY SPRINGS,
Morgan County, Va, July /, 1855.
JuIy lS-tf
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IaMEsON,s NEW BOOK.

NI commonplace book of Thoughts, Memo
ries and Fsnces, original and selected, oy MRS
Jameson. Price IS cents.
Leaves from Family Journal, from the French
of Emile Souvestre, author Of "the Attic Philo.
sopher in Paris" Paper, so cents; cloth, 70
cents.
Theory and Practice OF Landscape Painting in
water colors illustrated by series OF "a designs
colored diagrams OF numerous wood cuts, ith
two extra plates OF Simultaneous contracts, by
George Barnard. Price 80.
Just received at
TAYLOR g. MAURY's Bookstore,
J.ss7 near 9th At
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r ArER YEARS, py the Author of " the

Old House by the River"
Mr.. Rutherfords Children, second volume.
Pebbles from the Lake Shore, or Miscellaneous
Poems, by Charles Leland Potter, A. M.
General Notions Of Chemistry, translated from
the French by Edmund G. Evans, M. ID.
The Land Of the Saracens, by Bayard Taylor.
Brushwood picked up on the Continent; or
Last Summers Trip TO the Old World, by orvIe
Horwitz.
The above are selected from large arrival Of
new books at TAYLOR ~ MAURY'S
Bookstore, near 9th VI.
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ID UssiA A. IT Il, ~ COUNT DE GU

II ~ IoWrh"
MEMOIRS, Speeches, and Writings, Of Robert
Rantoul, IT,, edited by Luther Hamilton.
SACRED POEMS AND HYMNS for public
and private devotion, by James Montgomery
THE PLANTERS NORTHERN BRIDE,
Novel, by Caroline Lee Hcntz, with illustrations
from original designs, in vols
THE CHURCH, in a series OF Discourses, by
Sylvester Judd, Pastor of Christ Church. Maine.
HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL sno
the English Commonwealth from the execution
OF Charles J. TO the death of Cromwell, by M. q
Guizot. translated by A. X. Scobe, in z vols.
HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PROTEST
ANT Refugees, from the Revocation OF the Edict
of Nantes 10 our own days, by M. Charles Weiss,
Professor Of History in the Lycee Bonaparc, in 2
vols.
VOICES OF THE NIGHT, by Rev John Cum
ming ID. ID.
VOICES OF THE DAY, BY Rev. Jonp Cum.
ming ID. d.
Just published and received al the bookstore -
X. FARNHAM,
Apr 10 Corner OF lllh NJ. and Penn.
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

HUBBELLs MAGIC IMPRESSION P PAPER.-We refer
our readers 10 the advertisement in another col
umn, setting forth the merits Of this pleasing and
ingenious invention. The cheapness should IN
duce all TO give it philadelphia Merchant
1t is unsurpassed for neatness and utility, and
should meet with the sale ii richly deserves
Tribune
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Nav 81, 1855.

Y EAVEs from n Family Journal, from
Il 4 the French OF Emile Souvestre, author OF
"The Attic Philosopher in Paris.
MrsJameson'. !. Common place Book Of Thoughts,
Memories, and Fancies.
June7 Corner llth st. and Penn. nv
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08
EXAMPLEs OF MACHINERY AND

IL Mill-work-Being plans, sections, and eeva.
ton of works in several departments OF Machine
ry, Mill-work, and General Engineering, with de.
crptions oftheir construction action and practical
application TO various branches ofindustry.
just received and for sale at the Bookstore Of
X. FARNHAM.
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GREAT ATTRACTION.

nREMIUM DAGUERREOTYPES taken al
i STEWARDS Gallery Pennsylvania ave-
nue. over Galts Jewelry Store.
Pictures in best quality OF cases-from 30 cents
and upwards.
We invite the public TO call and Judge for them
selves March 17-dlmo
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TNOR RENT, till the 18th Of November
i next, the large built house at the corner of
18th and X streets. Call at the " Sentinel Office.
Intelligencer, Star, and Organ, one week daily
and send bills 10 Sentinel Office.
Nav 17-lwd
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wv Work, Wolert's Roost and other Papers,
now first collected, by Washington Irving
Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems, by Herr
Anslee.
Full Proof Of the Ministry, Sequel to the Boy
who was trained up TO be Clergyman, by John
N. Norton, A. NJ.
Memoirs Of Lite, Exile, and Conversations OF
the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de les Cases,
with portraits and other illustrations.
Manuel Of Sacred History, by John Henry
Kurtz, ID. d.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR a. MAURYS
Feb 10 Bookstore, near 9th street
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08
THE PEASANT BOY PHILOSOPHERS

i by Henry Mayhew, price IS cents.
The Essence Of Christianity, by Ludwig Fener
bach, translated from the second German edition
by Marion Evans, translator Of Strauss Life OF
Jesus, price 81 25.
Travels in Europe and the East, by Samuel
Ireneus Prime, two volumes, price two dollars.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR a. MAURYS
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DICTIONARY and

M ATHEMATICAL DICTIONARY and
INl Cyclopedia Of Mathematical Science, com
prslng definitions Of all the terms employed in
Mathe matics, an analysis Of each branch and Of
the whole as forming a single science, by Charles
Davies, L. L. d., author OF complete course Of
ant Professor of Mathematics United States Mill
tary Academy. Just published, and for sale at
the Bookstore Of r.. FARNHAM.
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nROsPECTUs OF DE BOWS RE


i ted to Industry, Science and Mechanics.
Published weekly al l2S Fulton street, y. l.. iSun
by Mum & Co.
Terms So year; 81 in advanr- ana the re
mainder in six months.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08
READY MADE CLOTHING

READY MADE CLOTHING
REDUCED PRiCEs.--As the season
~ il advanced we have determined 10 sell OF
the remaining portion Of our winter stock at
greatly reduced prices; therefore gentleman wish
ing TO consult economy in purchasing fine Over.
coats, Tama. Dress, Frock, and Business Goats !;
Black and Fancy Cashmere Pants; Velvet Silk,
Satin, and Merino Vests; Under Shirts and
Drawers, and all other ready made garments OF
fine quality, will find our present variety to be as
well assorted as in the beginning OF The season,
with the advantage Of much lower prices.
WALL 81 STEPHENS,
322 Pa. avenue, next TO iron Hall.
Feb "a
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08

IL XTRA Heavy-plated Tea Sets, Albata
Ia Forks, Spoons, &c.-M. w. Gait N Bro.
have Just received a beautiful assortment Of
Extra Plated Tea Sets, latest styles
Castors, Cake Baskets, Card Trays, 81,
Also, superior Albata Forks and Spoons
The above Of the very best qualify, and un
usually low.
M. w. GAIT ~ BRO.
Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th SITS.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08

DiGE~T or EXCHEQUER REPORTS,
from 1924 10 1854, inclusive, l volume.
Williams on Personal Property with American
notes, vol.
The Reporters Chronologically Arranged, BY
John VIM. Wallace, vol.
The Creed of Chrisiendom, by w Il. Greg
Habits and Men, by DR.. Doran.
Guy Rivers, by William Gilmore Simms, vol,
new edition.
Bits Of Blarney, by r. Shelton Mackense,
volume.
Bauley's Poems, volume.
Lippencott's Pronouncing Dictionary Of the
World, VOL Svo. FRANCk TAfLOk.
Sept Is
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08
The New York and Liverpool United States
Mail Steamers.
The Atlantic. c......... Captain West.
The Pacific Captain Nye.

The ships comprising this line are
The Atlantic. ........ .Capialn West
The Pacific ..Captain Nye.
The Baltic. .......... Captain Comstock.
kEA These ships having been built by
$gE4k contract, expressly for government
= service every care has been taken
in their construction, also In their engines, 10
insure strength and speed, and their accommo-
dations for passengers are uneqnaled Tor ele-
gance and comfort.
Price of passage from New York to Liverpool,
In hrst cabin. ......... ...-.. .9loo
In second cabin, $75 Exclusive use OF extra sized
From Liverpool to New York 80 and 20 guneas
An experienced Surgeon attached 10 each ship.
No berth secured until paid for.
PROPOSED DATES OF SAILING:
From Neao York From Liverpool.
Wedday. Dec 81, 1854 Saturday. Dec. IT, 1884
Wedday. Jan. TO- 1855 Saturday. Dec. so, 1854
Wedt ay. Jan. "a, 1855 Saturday. Jan. l3, 1855
Weddav. Feb. z, 1855 Saturday. Jan. 81, 1855
Wedday. Feb. 81 1855 Saturday. Feb. 10, 1855
Wedday. Mar. 7, 1855 Saturday. Feb "a, 1855
For freight or passage, apply TO
No. 56 Wall street, N. Y.
BROWN, SHIPLEY & Co.,.
Liverpool.
R. G. ROBERTS & Co.,
l3 Kings Arms Yard London.
B. G. WAINWRlGHT& & Co,
Paris.
GEO H. DRAPER, Havre.
The owners of these ships will not be accounta
BILE for gold, silver, bullion, specie, Jewelry, pre-
ciou, stones, or metals, unless bills of ladng
signed therefor and the value thereof therein ex-
pressed Jan 3-dtf
lust RECEIVED AT TAYLOR & MAUI
u ry's Bookstore, near 9th street
The Plurality of Worlds, with an Introduction
by Edward Hitchcock, d. d.
A Lamp TO the Path; or, the Bible in the Heart,
the Home, and the Market Place, by the Rev. w
K. Tweedie, D. d.
The Cafacombs of Rome by the Right Rev. w.
J. Kip, ID. ID.
Narrative OF a Voyage TO the Northwest Coas
ot America, by Gabriel Franchere.
Cornne, by Madame De Stael, new edition,
Vathek, by Beckford, do
Female Poets of Great Britain, do
Western Scenes and Adventures, illustrated
Life of Napoleon, by Haziitt, do
CATIRE AND SATIRISTs, BY JAMES
y Hannay, author of Singleton Fonteroy, &c.
Cosas de Espana, or Going to Madrid, via Bar
celona.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR & MAURYS
March Bookstore, near 9th street
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-11-08

CTRAYED OK STOLEN from the Festi-
- val al Bladensburg on the night Of Tuesday
last, a DARK BROWN MARE, with her fore
feet bare, a white star in the forehead, and marked
on the back with saddle pinch the said mare bad
a saddle on. Whoever will return said mare, or
give information where she can be found, will
receive many thanks and Five Dollars as re-
ward. JOSEPH JONES, Manager for
CHARLES b. CALVERT,
Rossburp, Prince Georges Co., Maryland
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AGENCY.-The undersigned

A ~
W most respectfully informs, by this notice, his
riends aud the public in general here and esle.
where, that he has opened an Agency Office for
the prosecution of claims Of every description
against the government, before the several depart
mens OF Congress; procure pensions, bounty
ands extra pay, and arrearage pay, and will at
end TO TIE buying and selling Of real estate, the
renting OF houses, and general collecting bus
ness; he will also furnish parties at distance
with such information they may desire from
the seat of government. Charges will be mode
safe. Office, AT present, will be on NJ near 18th
rtreet
REFERENCES,
Hon. ]. G. Dobbin, Secretary If ths Navy
Hon. ]. Davis Secretary Of War.
N. Calan, esq. President Of the Board OF Conn
mon Council
Gen. John M. McCalls, attorney Lrp.
James n Caustn, esq.
w. g, Reddall, State Department
SAMUEL - TAYLOR.
Ian l7--tf
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i let Machine.
First patent combined on one stock.
Second patent, selffeeding in the eyelets.
Third patent, patent improved fastener, riveting
both sides.
All parties inwant of a good Eyelet Machine
are strongly recommended 10 none but Lip
mans Patent Improved which is decidedly the
best ever brought before the public, possessing
numerous advantages, viz:
II is strong, durable and not liable TO get out OF
order
Il punches the hole well and to fit the Eyelet,
and in one operation clinches the Eyelet on both
sides.
Il saves time, as the papers, &c., need not be
reversed or turned over 10 clinch the Eyeet
second time as is the with all other ma.
chimes.
Il is useful 10 the merchant in filing a1sy
papers, as well as to the attorney or conveyanceT,
the shoemaker, tailor, mhner, and numerous
others, and is a very labor-saving machine.
Agents for Washington.
TAYLOR & MAURY
Book and Stationery Store near 9th u.
Nav ~
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nLATED TEA sETs.--I have just re-
ceved some new styles Albaa and Silver
Plated Ware that offer at manufacturers prices :
also, large assortment of Spestacles, OF every
description; together with a good assortment Of
pure Silver Ware, OF my own manufacture, which
] will retail al wholesale prices
ii. o. HOOD,
AS Penn. avenue, bet II and 9th SITS,
Sign Of the Large Spread Eagle.
Feb 25-dlwif
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TuE SONS or THE sIREs, A HIS

tory Of the Rise Progress, and Destiny OF
the American Party, and its probable influence
on the next Presidential election, TO which is
added Review of the Letter of the Hon. Henry
A. Wise against the Know-nothings, by an Anne
rican.
The History OF Mason and Dixon's Line, con-
tanned in an Address delivered by John III. B.
Latrobe, of Maryland before the Historical So
ciety of Pennsylvania, November s. 1854.
Mrana Elliot, or the Voice of the Spirit by ).
M. III.
Autobiography OF Charles CALDWELL M d., with
Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by Harriet W.
Warner.
lust received and for sale by
II, FARNHAM,
Corner of Penn avenue and 1lth street.
E.l,
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IL " MAURY have a few of the original sub
scrbers' copies OF the works of Daniel Webster.
printed on very fne imperial paper, in which Mr.
Webster inscribed his name. Six volumes !;
price $40.
T. " NJ. are the only booksellers in the United
States who have any copies in their possession.
Mar IL Bookstore near 9th ST.
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TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
STRANGERS.
WTATCHE Members of Congress and
w others in want of perfect timekeepers would
do well to make their selections at once, in order
TO test their quality before leaving the city.
Our assortment for both Ladies and Gentlemen
complete ms at present, embracing
very description, which we offer unusually low.
M. w GAIT ~ BRO Their.
Penn. avenue, between 9th and 10th streets.
Jan is
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FINE WATCHES s. RICH JEWELRY,

ZINE WATCHES q RICH JEW FIKf.
T q. HOOD, Pennsylvania avenue, between
Il. ~ and 9th streets, has just returned from
the north with a good assortment of the most rich
and fashionable Jewelry in the market, which he
purchased for cash AT very low prices, and now OF
ters Tor sale the same at wholesale retail, much
cheaper than goods of like quality have ever been
sold for in this section of country. Please call at
his store, sign ofthe large spread eagle.
N. u. Special attention paid 10 the repairing of
MatcAes hy W. w Rollingsworth.
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r.NHE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN, Com
Il tanning Hints TO Sportsmen, Notes on Sport
ng and The Habits of the Game Birds and Wild
Fowl Of America, by Elisha j. Lewis, M. d., with
numerous illustrations. For sale at
TAYLOR Il MAURY'S
Jan Book Store, near Ninth street.
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The owners of these ships will not be accounta
Bile for gold, silver, bullion, specie, jewelry, pre-
ciou, stones or metals, unless bills of lading are
signed therefor, and the value thereof therein ex
pressed. Jan o-dtf
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TREBLE PATENT IMPROVED EYE

March l7-law2m
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Book and Stationery Store. near gh 81
May "a