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select Classical school at Oxford, North Caro-
lima.

SINCE the establishment Of this school in Janu-
1851 by the present principal James H. Honer A. NJ IL
steadily public
extensive patronage abroad
delegation the University Hill
under the joint supervision
late of the said University who has been
teacher OF the that institution Rev
will continue be and others well
qualified for the office appointed require.
The plan studies designed for advanced
classes college, and also to M those who may not expect or desire TO
the benefit Of full collegiate o respectable stations In
life by Instruction in the ordinary branches Of sound English duca
Of the greatest efficiency the number OF classes
be devoted to examination and
upon subject Of lesson by each instructor In his own
department
adapt the text books and modes OF nstruc
ton the knowledge each OF the
branches methods recommended by experience shall be
consistently preserved expense will be spared provide the best
apparatus for the work.
preparation 10 increase the
taecs promote permanent Of the schools
The North Carolina
gaged profession authorized refer those
information their personal Official qualifications
panv distinguished this and other South
Among Hon VIM. A. Graham, Hon w Mangum,
Morchead and Manly Hon Asa Bggs RI Rev Thomas Akin
Alexander Wilson, d. D. Rev. Samuel Wait D. Rev O.
Deems D. the president Of the North Carolina University and
various members of tho board Of trustees.
rho will commence the 10Th of July.
Other particulars made known application.
May 1fs
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Navy DxrAR1xgSr,
Bureau OF Yards and Docks,

CEAIED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
- Improvements Ts Island New York" will be received
mt noonon day of Juno
OF New
York plans specifications Of the completed within
f6) from date m contract
Approved the offer and surs 10 the contract
cording to law, win be required.
May If-2aw3w
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= ENERAL WESTERN LAND oFFICE.-FiIl-

4 " I'm EKAI w IETfNI LAND UFFIIE.--FIII-
M Osborn, Main and Second streets
srs nearly opposite the Julien House Dubuque Iowa. Broom o
Co., street. Chicago Illinois, Broom Hussey Co..
Kcokuk real agents stock and exchange brokers' will
prompt the stocks and bonds
negotiated lands either with cash
win joint account commission
Every personal examinations Taxes
paid, &c, &c, &c
property sale will II required be placed
upon registers Keokuk, well here giving tho
seller three markets Correspondence solicited ~
2S--d3m
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OFFICE Northwest corner OF Pennsylvania av.
d. g.

DIRECTORS
Hon. Thomas Is. Florence, Charles Dngee
George II. Armstrong; Thomas Manderhclt,
Charles A. Rnbcam, Edward X. Ielmboid
George Helmboli, r. Carroll Brewster
r.. NeaI, Isaac Ieech, jr.
THOMAS b. FLORENCE, President
EDWARD X HnanoID, Secretary.
LOCAL SURVEYORS
Charles Walter, No. 397 u street, opposite City Hail.
John NJ Thornton First and Virginia Island
Williams No. ~ -Four -anda half
John Bgsles, No SOL Thirteenth below
- MARINE SURVEYOR.
Captain Levy No 367 Pennsylvania avenue opposite National
Hotel.
GENERAL. SUPERINTENDENT,
#.. John Thonason
ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
james NJ. West,
In charge Washington city office,
Northwest Pennsylvania
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proposals for stationery.

TRElsrRY DEPARTMENT May a. 1857
StEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing the station
~ cry required department the fiscal ending
1898 viii be until l2 O'Clock the 3oh day
OF unaeoompanied satisfactory testimonials Of
ability win considered contracts will
only awarded established manufacturers Of dealers IN the
articles
All the articles be Of tho best quality 81 their kind and
samples specified each bid The
samples party be awarded will be
paid by the department the others will be returned TO the
speciye bidders.
Did wi considered unless te articles ocoTanyagf the
very bet quality, and suited 20 tae uunts n he department
proposal by the individual making
specify and but price for each and art
n the schedule.
All articles furnished viii be required 10 be like the samples
which will be retained for and must be de
yered with when ordered the satisfaction OF the head Of
the Office for which they required
the right OF ordering or less
quantity every article contracted the public
may require.
supplying article any win be deemed sufficient
cause forthwith TO annul the contract
with be by the contract
and In OF failure supply the articles required the
and sureles shall be liable for the forfeiture specified IN such
bond Iquidaied damages.
The suboned list specifies nearly be DONE the
amount quality aud description Of each Of the kinds Of articles
quired
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IT J. MIDDLETON, Ice dealer, office and depot
Ap 11-d1yt tls
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D0UNTY LAND WARRANT Whereas on the
18th October 1885, land No 1882 for 100
issued the undersigned his October 49, 1855
by George Hickman,
Baltimore AID has been lost that have received said
hereby notice that have transferred assigned said
warrant authorized any person sell assign the
and filed affidavit prevent tho
issue patent fraudulent claimant will apply for dup-
cate for the at the proper time
11-law6w% ELISHA s. JOHNSON
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INSTRUCTIONS,
Containing 10 incorpodd
department may deem proper,

Containing conditions be ncorIordoi he
department may deem proper
pay will be trips performed
omissions not satisfactorily explained three times The pay Of The trip
ormance interior that specified In the contract For repeated dc
% q % ana ass nsS % sssa % a s %
For leaving behind throwing on The mails portion of
them for the admission OF passengers or for being concerned setting
up running conveying intelligence the
qas[s Ta pay pay may ma nas be deducted s o nn
satisfactorily explained by certificates of pstmase the afavits
secing deliver into post Office for suffer
ing owng either 70 the Of the place manner
after demand the mail frequently the
The postmaster General may annu the Contract for repeated fail
ures to ageeab contract for violating the office laws
carrier when required by the department do assigning the
contract without the assent of the Postmaster General for running
express as aforesaid or for persons packages convey
ing mailahle matter out OF the mail.
g. bid tho day and hour named without
guarantee required by law considered competition with
regular proposal reasonable in amount
the bidder Chat his usual ONCE addre and those Of each
member Of firm, where company offers should distinctly
Altered bids should not be submied nor should bids once sub
mitcd be withdrawn
satisfactory the Postmaster General General
admitted The bid and guarantee should be signed py with the fun
department rgh reject any which may
bidders,
The bid should osoaed supersorbea %
eral," Contract Office
H. modification bid in any essential terms tantaiount
bid and be received interfere with regular
competition after the last hour set for receiving bids
srees without knowing that they of su
cnt responsibility and all bidders and surees
tncty notified that failure enter into perform tho
for The service proposed for in tho accepted bids their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them
H. Present and known the department
equally with others and certificates OF their su
cheney substantially tho above prescribed The
uconcy be gcd by postmaster by Judge of
record,
Tho attention Of bidders suc,es &C. directed
following laws, viz:
Of March 1925 requiring contractors carriers &C.
be
a. Act of March 1926 relation failure
tract.
Sec 2T. Act Of July ., 1885, liabilities OF guarantors,
Sec "a Act Of July 1885, authorizing bids Of failing
be rejected
2s of July 1886, relation combinations amongst
doris,
Of April 1sos provides that Congress
contractor.
Sec AZ Act of March 1925 provides that postmaster
postmaster, clerk in post ofce shall be
Sec T. Act OF March 1926 provides that other than
white person shall be employed carrying
will himself
ling the
that the part of it, IL offered for sale the
for the purpose speculation and he will In
Of the whole assignee
qualified his opinion than the original contractor TO
carry the samc into successful operation.
AARON V. BROWN,
Ap 21--3awtsJuncf Postmaster General
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washington Branch RaiIroad,

Washington Branch Railroad.
FJNRAlNS leave Washington for Baltimore
Il At and 50, a m, and and AZ, pm.
On Sunday at4t&,
Leave Baltimore for Washington
AT a. aud %, q. and aud 81, p.
On Sunday at AZ, n.
Passengers for Philadelphia and New York viii take
and AZ.
Passengers for annapolis will sS AZ.
DO ior Norfolk /" So and g.
DO for the West f." I" 6 and ~ connecting
at Washington Junction T. H. PARSONS, Agent
Jan l7--tlf
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Dwellings, furniture, mills. manufac ctOries
warehouses.

rJNO LEASE, for term Of years, the mansion of the
IL late General Towson United states contains all the
modern
ply to j. b. II. SMITH, esq, at his office, + street
March 21--2wu
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BANKING HOUSE OF cHuBB BROTHERS,

BANKING HOUSE or CIiUBB BROTHERS.
Washington, january /, 1857.
T0HN d. BARROW and HENRY HOLMES are
81 this day admitted partners in the Banking of
Brothers this win composed OF Chas
st. Cnbb John Barrow and Henry Holmes The House in Ma
Of Charles st. Clubb VIM
and Alexander Barrow, under the Arm Of Chubb Brote
4 CO. CiUBB BROTHERS.
Jan 1-du
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TTNHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE that the subscriber
Il hath obtained from the orphans Of Washington county
the District OF Couma letters of administration the personal estate
OF smith Lee late Of Washington county deceased persons
having claims the said
the with the vouchers thereof the subscriber
the 9th day Of May they otherwise
all benefit Of the said estate.
MARY A. LEE,
May 0--1aw3w$t Administrator.
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PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY FROM
LOSS AND DAMAGE BY FIRE,

THE PERns or THE SEA, AND INLAND TRANSPORT
TION.
FARMERS AND MECHANICS INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHA-
DI1PIIlA.
Pre-, Marine Inland Iaspaalce
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ONE MILLION HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS
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NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS.--It being
IN tho intention Of the board OF directors Of Washington
Rockville Turnpike Company gravel the road from the
It's terminus at the District line contractors
dress the undersigned subject
OF April next JOHN G. BRENT,
No 80 Louisiana
J. C. LEWIS, =
Feb 2+-Sawn 4g2 Seventh street
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ST. JOSEPHS ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES,
Emnisburg Frederick county, MaryandThe
OF studies Mt this Institution the oath August and
terminates the last Thursday juno The
$3.50 per payable annually in advance
charges for music drawing painting and asofor spansh
Italian German aud LATIN The terms Cor tho primary department
composed Of pupils unlr nine Of 500
able half yearly in advance.
Of inquiry should be addressed to the MOTHER
RoR of S. Josephs Academy, Emmitsburg Frederick county
Maryland.
July s--d1ycar
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For Kansas and Missouri River.

For Kansas and Missouri River.
t
TIME PACIFIC RAILROAD is now running two
Il daily trains between s. Louis and Jefferson city connecting
Lightning Of Mssourivcr packets
city daily OF tho express carrying
passengers Bonneville Glasgow,
worth, Weston Joseph, all intermediate points.
Through 4S hours, from "a SO
Of boats starting from 81. Louis.
Lightning packets equal boats
being required passengers
never waiting freight Through
purchased in the principal cities Of the United States
a the Offices i n St. Louis. t. McKSICK,
May 22-du Asst supt
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MADEIRA WINE.-Twenty dozen best Madeira
ly wine with about
belonging the estate Of Hon. Archer offered for
The Madeira imported in s36
Address: WORK, YOUNG, x McCOUCIf,
May 21-d10* "a South Sd street, Philadelphia.
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NTATCH Repairing and Engraving Watches,
wv chronomcers and pocket umekecpers d every description
repaired by sul orkcn warranted perform accurately
Rngravg Of every description done IN the best style including the
cutting arms crests, notices, and Initials
ss Visiting and wedding cards elegantly engraved and printed
NJ w. GAIT n BR0.,
Jewellers S2l Pennsylvania avenue,
Jan 3o-u Between 9th and 10th streets
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F6rn. IF a Guarantee

The undersigned residing at -----, State OF ,
dertake that the foregoing bid carrying the mail the
from the Mississippi river to san Francisco, Calir
accepted by the Postmaster General the bidder shall when
quirod by the Postmaster General the necessary obga
ton 10 perform the service proposed with good and sufficient sue
This do, understanding dSinfy the obligation and liabilities
stci " 0uaraaiO,s u ne 27h section @ ne a g Congress g July
2, 1886.
Dated. (Signcd by
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A RNYS CONFECTIONERY, No. "a Bridge street.
Georgetown, d. c. where kinds Of arc
urbshed with tho best co cakes water Ices oonecton
the shortest
Medal awarded a the last exhibition Of the Metropolitan Mechanics
Institute. tfs.t" tt.at t'''r'
Feb 3--dn
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N5rm @Prpsal,

i, OF county OF State
Of - propose convey the letter mail, for the term
years the specified
service, from on the Mississippi river by y-, to San
California agreeab Of the Postmaster
April good spring
suitable for the of well the
safety and security the mails oy each for the annual
OF - dollars; aUetiy, each way, for the annual of
dollars; semi sy each for the annual sum Of dollars
Dated. (Sgned)
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The undersigned, postmaster Of f-, State Of -,
ccrtihcs under his oath Of e that he acquainted with the above
and knows them be Of property and able make
good their guarantee.
Dated (igned)
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war prrAsrnrSr.

Hon b Floyd Secretary OF War W. r. Drlnkard chief clerk
clerks messengers and four wachmcn The
following attached TO this department;
Commanding Generals ogceThis Office at the head OF which is
Lieutenant General Scott Is at New York.
Adjmaa Generals 06coI samue Cooper, Adotant General
AssistanBrevet Major Townsend, Breye Capt Williams
and Capt aroschc Judge Advocate Brev Major John
In this Office kept all
o records which refer personnel OF tho army tho rolls &c.
II Ia here whore all military made out
oytegaaSe Generals os Brevcl Major General Jesup,
master general Assanls- Thomas, Captain 8
Miller MAJOR Beeer ecyon clerks and one messenger
Paymaser Generals oGocol arnod, paymasier gcnera
Major Leslie district paynaster eight clerks and ono mesen
gor,
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-11

thousand, and the one altogether luvly.
"In conclusion, breethring, if that big
pile NV stuns was one stun what big
stun it would be; eff you my breethring
were one bruther, what big bruther
you'd be, and eff my big bruther should
fling that big stun into the canawl, what
a great big splash that would make
for I'm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altogether
luvly.
my breethering, want to give you
notice there will be some carvings on
at this place next Saturday afternoon,
at half past four, when | shall prove the
doctrine that NV all the shells in the
world the hard shells am the thickest
ard the best-for I'm an orful sinner,
the chief among ten thousand, and the
one altogether luvly.
81 shall prove that book larnin' amt
NV no use, my breethering, that writin
sermons and getting celery for UNI is
a sin that deserves indemnifcation-
I'm an orful sinner, the chief among ten
thousand, and the one altogether luvly.
"Breethering, let us liquor, and then
60 hum, remembering the words of the
profit: "Be sure you're right then go
ahead"
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-11

~ In his recent grafton at Cam
bridge, Edward Everett exhibited a
fragment of that oceanic nerve, the tel
egraphic cable, and little volume of
Homers Had. The use he made of
those two eloquent things is evident:
81 If the wire was TO wed the new world
and the old, had not the book transmits
ted the early legends of heroic Greece,
through three thousand years of light
and darkness, to the present hourl"
There is a sublimity in that bridging
with breath, the great, dumb CULTS Of
time; that passing of the words of elo-
quence and song from age to age, d, wn
dhe dusty Corridors that calling across
the open graves Of the dead years.
What less is it than the true transmi1
grafton of souls; the grand, old souls
that stirred the world in Hebrew and in
Greek, passed into the sinewy fabric of
the Saxon tongue.
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-11

A GREAT VICToRY.-The election of
E. T. Burton, American, over Gen.
Walsh, Democrat, as Senator from Ne
vada county, by 500 majority, while the
county goes for Weller by about 1000,
is a great triumph for all opposed to the
Chivalry Democracy. Mr.. Burton is an
honest and talented man, and will be an
ornament to the Senate, and his election
is to be credited to the Broderick De-
mocracy.-Sac. Bee.
The Bee, though not political paper,
when it does say a word on politics, hits
the nail on the head! The Broderick
Democracy do most exceedingly exult
in the election of Burton, and the chiv-
airy look wobegone! Take the six
inch leather medal, Mr.. Bee.
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-11
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE AND ITS END.

A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE AND ITS END.
Young ladies of romantic turn of
mind may derive some wholesome ex-
perience of the misery which awaits ill
assorted marriages, from a case now be-
fore the Paris tribunals, in which a
Madame Chabre seeks to be divorced
from her husband, Monsieur Chabre,
alias Lightning. The lady, it appears,
is the daughter of noble Belgian fami-
ly, and was some time ago possessed of
beauty, youth, and e7,200 sterling. 1t
happened that while visiting the famous
circus of NJ. Dijeau, at Brussels, she fell
desperately in love with the clown of
his establishment, surnamed Lightning,
probably from the marvellous manner
in which he blazed away. She follow
ed the interesting object of her passion
to Paris, where she and Lightning were
united in the holy bonds of matrimony.
But the ungrateful clown, after spend
ing the property brought to him by his
romantic wife, deserted the latter, and
flashed away with a young lady con-
nected with Franconi's, whose talents
for jumping through no end of paper
hoops captivated his practical mind.
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Another Hard Shell Sermon.

The following, together with the well
known sermon on "The Harp of a
Thousand Strings" is published in Eng
land as a veritable specimen of the pull
pit oratory of the backwoods of the Uni
ted States:
Beloved breethring, I'm the man
what preached the sermon which has
been printed in the papers, from the tex,
"And he played on the harp NV ten
thousand strings-sperrits NV just men
made perfeck." l mout as well say l
don't take pride in things of that sort,
for, in the language Nv my tex for tn
day, I'm an orful sinner-the chief a
mong ten thousand, and the one alto
gether luvly. Them is the words which
you will find in Genesee. I'm gwine to
preach without notes, 'kase l can't rite,
and 'kase l couldn't read it eff | could.
Nv notes are bank notes, NV which |
have pocket full, and notes NV hand,
which l shall give tn our Squire to col
lect, when l gets back tn Indianny, fur
Pm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and one altogether luvly.
This tex, my breethring, can be di-
vided into three pieces-fust--second-
third. Fust: I'm an orful sinner. That
means you individually, not me person
ally. Thar ar more sins nor one. It's
a sin tn drink water, and catch the ague,
whar little sperrit will keep you in
good health; It's sin tn steal, unless
YOU steal while away; it's a sin tn
swear, unless you lie low and keep
dark. Pride is sin. Sum is proud NV
their books; now amt, though I've
the gift NV speakin'. Some is proud NV
their larnin'; thank God I've none tn
be proud of-for I'm an orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, and altogeth-
er luvly.
Second Chief among ten thousand. ;"
Thar is different kinds of chiefs. Thar's
the mischief, the chief sinners, and the
Cayuga Chief. The mischief means the
Old Boy, what keeps the fire office be-
low, and lets poor folks in the cold here
on airth. The chief of sinners means
you, you wharf rats, arter de melons,
amhebus animals, what lives here about
the CdUdWI. LOOh lIIcul tIc HOSSCS
rise up in judgment again you. high NV
bone, low NV flesh, tuff hides, and short
memories; hear the crows cawing, fur
they know that whar the canawl is thar
will the crows be gathered. The Cay
uga Chief is the Teller what pitches in
to my frens the SPIRIT dealers, and my
other frens the State Prison officers
He is NV your cold water men who goes
for the prohibition law what Governor
Seymour vetoed. If twarn't Sunday l
should hooray for Seymour-for I'm an
orful sinner, the chief among ten thous-
and, and the one altogether luvly.
"Thurdly: Altogether luvly." Diff
ferent things is luvly. When my boat
swims like duck, l say she am luvly
when my wife gives me no curtain
lectures, (she has the gift of tongue as
we'll as myself) | say she am luvly-
when the wind don't blow, and it don't
rain and it don't nothin, say the day
am Iuvly, for I am the chief among ten
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-11
THE BIRD OF THE ToLLING BELL

THE BIRD OF THE ToLLING BELL.-
In the Lynchburg Courier we find the
following description of the Brawongo,
sent in letter from J. G. Meem, Jr.,
who is attached to Col. Garnett's corps
of engineers in Brazil. Speaking of
this strange bird, he says:
at is bird much priced, though sell
dom seen. I hear this bird every day,
and although often above NY head, L
have never seen it. The Brawongo is
called in English the Blacksmith or
Ventriloquist.'
"Among the highest woods and deep
est glens of Brazil sound is sometimes
heard so singular that the noise seems
quite unnatural; it is like the distant
and solemn tolling of a church bell,
struck at intervals. This extraordinary
noise proceeds from the 'Barwongo.'-
The bird sits at the top of the highest
trees in the deepest forests, and though
constantly heard in the most deserted
places, it is very rarely seen. 1t is i'm
possible to conceive anything of more
solitary character than the profound 81
lence of the woods, broken only by the
metallic and almost supernatural sound
of this invisible bird, coming from the
air and seeming to follow wherever you
go. The Brawongo is white with Cir
Gle of red around its eyes-its size is a.
bout that of small pigeon"
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-09-11

THE EMPERoR's DREAM.-It is re-
ported in Paris that the Emperor dreams
every night that he sees three rats--one
fat, one lean, and one blind. The fol
lowing very curious Interpretation Of
this dream is said to have been given by
a parsonage who was invited to speak
frankly: "The Interpretation of your
dream, sir, is plain: the fat rat signifies
the courtiers who bask in the sunshine
of your favor; the lean rat is the peo-
pie, who find the necessaries of life dear
er and dearer every day, and the blind
rat is yourself who do not see the lean
rat will soon eat up the fat one, and the
blind one too"