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NOTICE 10 hsre6y given that Lynch wooton
IN Attorneys Ut Lag, are the only authorized per
soas TO settle the claims Of Phillips Co. All per
ssas indebted 70 the 6rn requested TO call ans
make Immediate settlement.
JAMS Tim 7. PHILLIPS CO.
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OU0INDOe NOTICE.
All advertisements for this pspsr MUTT be pre-
esid ssvs thoss Of persons having regular sssosss
with this o0os. Thls raisis Impressive.
Bills Tor Jos Wosk are sxpscted 70 be paid on de-
livery Of tAs work, snlsas otherwise specially
agreed spon.
Asesssts With sssslsr eustonsrs will BE- settled
axrtssly, aslses othsswise spsciallY axresa mon
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I'm which Special Taxes are due and unpaid, for
~ Curbing and Paving, or Paving, in front of
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10 RYA0Ln6' nost sxoitisg Romance, WA0Nk
n the Wsh. Wolf Eoy Bale y
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HUMOROUS Pss1sy q s1e Es9lis1 isa1111e,
IL from CAaussr - kaxs. For sale b.
ssp1SA. GAVIN D bAILKY.
QxINDU11ONt taae9 1lDstaa; - Mn. I'D.
N =. n. 6osthwosth. 1os 1als By
81. 1ltA1 GAVE Baby.
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NEw DOOT AND sBOE STORE,
No. ~ 1ain-st., near Ogden Bookstore, Keokuk.
- .esse esscvsrnec. - ncc.: e. SAss.. ~a...
veling 10 buy will And il for their interest 70 call
81 sxAnine goods, Ne shall sell Ct prices 10
nit pusohAsen. Call and see ~.
janl0d J. 8. KINDALL h co.
4SH0MPSON 1 BRID0k6 have foesals the jsatly
j oslsbrated Amsrican watch, made BY the Dss-
IN watch Co., and warranted "a sxseIlsnt tims
keeper.
dse34d No. 81 Main street, bet. I'd and Sd.
yNk8TWARD EMPIRE, or The 0rsAtDrama
w Hunan Progress: BY B. l.. Maeoes.
For sale at O0D11'0
Ascl5d City Bookstore,
NEW Music
VIZ have just rsssivsd b Ansrisan Ixprsas, ths
w following New Music:
10 copies "Williss wsleone home," answer 70
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shall the manufactures Of kcOkNk
he NustQtmedi

ISAQuESTI0N OF VITAL IMPORTANCE To
/ THF FUTURE INTERESTS OF oIRcIT
Citizens are invited 10 call at the warcroons OF
the Keokuk Furniture Mandatory, 1876 Main-et.,
and examine our stock Of Parior, Chamber, and
Dining Room Furniture. Our assortment IN new
complete, and We are manufacturing a variety IL
articles entirely new 10 the trade, which for style,
workmanship and hvish cannot be exeeisd by any
house East or " est.
deoi7d KILEoURNE DAVIS.
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SUNlDKlES.

SU6AR Kettles from to 10 gallon. Ovens and
~ Lids odd Lids skiilets and lids, assorted cas-
Iron lea kettles Japaned Trunks Pudding ard
Rice Moalds scolloped and plain Cake Pans; Tea
Canistsn, square and round assorted Lard Lamps ;
IinwAre and Stove Pipe. House, sheet iron and cop
per work done Prompits, in the very bsst manner.
septlSd COMSTOGk a BROTHERS.,
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Mn FESToS: Originating from Virginia stock,
aud related to a large number of inhabitants
of that State, i feel an interest in every thing
calculated to promote the prosperity of the
Old Dominion; and hope you may obtain many
subscribers therein, as the circulation Of the
newspaper is the necessary concomitant Of
material advancement.
lnotice, in a late publication, the fact men
toned, that number Of Pennsylvanians had
taken their departure for one of the mountain
counties, to settle there. This with other
items of the sort lately rumored, will please
many Virginians who think that population is
needed there, and are not infected with that
prejudice against outsiders from the north OF
Mason u Dixon's line, which is based on ig-
norance, though attributed TO other reasons,
and is as inconsistent with Democratic theory,
as Chinese exclusiyeness can be with the adj
yancement Of religion and political science.
Sir, Virginia, though the first of the Union
to be settled, and having advantages unsur-
passed by any other State on the Atlantic
slope, has been dropping behind gradually.
The cause is in the people; they do not know
their wealth, nor their ignorance.
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FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.-Philadepb
Nov. 4.-Richard Carter, president of the An,
thracite Bank at Tamaqua, was shot dead this
evening in parlor Of the St Lawrence Hotel
by Thomas Washington Smith, of Cecil courfv.
Maryland. The latter fired four balls from n
revolyer--two after Carter had fallen ON the
floor
Carter was middle-aged man, ola wealthy
family. Smith is about thirty, and was labor
ing under great excitement when he committed
the deed, 1t appears Carter had accused him
of the seduction Of his ward or adopted daugh-
ter. Smith states that he met the gitl nj a
boarding school and married her, but subse-
quently discovered that she had been the mis-
ress Of Carter, and had been delivered of a
child four months after marriage. Smith was
arrested, and is now awaiting hearing at the
mayors Office.
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CARSON VALLEy.--We copy the following
Geographic dispatch from the Sacramento
State Journal. II is dated Genoa, September
II. 1t will be seen that by it the rumor Of
the exod us Of the Mormons from Carson Val
ley, by order of Brigham Young, is confirmed.
"The Mormons are all making preparations
to leave for the Great Salt Lake They will
leave here in about ten days, and will have in
their train over one hundred wagons. Their
farms have been purchased by immigrants
coming over the plains this season. The i'm
migration this year is immense. The Valley
is all alive with men, women, children, and
animals, who have just arrived over the
plains. The immigration this year will reach
full $4,000, and probably 10000 Two-thirds
are women and children, !" ....
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FILLIBusrERIsM AND THE MONETARY CHS

FILLIBUsTERIsM AND THE MONETARY CRIsIs.-
Hard times" affect the fllibuster bubble Sc
verely Instead of ten thousand men ready to in
wade Nicaragua, the projectors do not appear to be
able to raise ten thousand cents for any such pur-
pose. A telegraphic despatch was recently pub
lished from Galveston, stating that wing of the
invading army was about to leave that post. The
Galveston Civilian says:
I" Efforts have been made to raise men in Texas,
and some would doubtless 60 if they saw any pros
pect of subsistence and pay but we presume they
have no present assurance of either. No effort has
been made to dispatch vessel from this port with
such troops, and We presume that such measure
was never contemplated"
Money is as necessary to an army as powder on
the day Of battle. When the banks suspended,
Walkerism collapsed also =,
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The Fort SMELLING SwINDLE.-The st.
Paul Minnesotian promises rich development
touching the Administration swindle in that
vicinity. II says:
Early in the next session Of Congress o
committee Of investigation on the F2rt Smell.
ing operation will be moved by Democratic
member from one of the States below. He
declares that he was himself in correspondence
with the Department at Washington respect
ing the sale, ready to offer 100000 for the
property, but the first information he could
obtain was that it was privately sold for
800, O00l" ..
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e ANERvoUs TRAyELER--On recent trip west
! had taken my seat in the baggage car for the
purpose Of ndulging In a" Havana" when ner-
vous individual entered the car and commenced
oyerhauling the baggage The baggage master,
after cycling him moment, accosted him rather
grufiy-- etg' @
What's wanting, sirs" a
M Sim looking for my trunk" answered the ner-
v0us man.
will take care of your trunk, sir, that is my
business" retorted the baggage master.
Q, am aware Of that, sir, but would always
much rather keep my trunk under my eye!"
Well, then, sir, you should have been born
an elephant, and then you would have your trunk
under your eye the whole time!n
The nervous man vamosed suddenly.
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4, FIsANcIAL.-Th Providence Journal Of this

Il FINANCIAL. The Providence Journal Of this
morning remarks:
The aspect of affairs is better, and if there
were any well understood laws by which PAN
les were governed, we should say that the
signs were encouraging for gradual improve
ment There has not, indeed, been any relief
to the general stagnation of business; we have
not a sale to report for the week, in cotton or
wool or print cloths and the reduction of labor
is still going ON, and hardly any engagements
are entered into, but the difficulties Of raising
money to meet old ones have somewhat
Welded"
The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-11-07

CHINESE AaAzoSs Among the camp fol
lowers of the insurgent chief who has been dis
turbing the heart Of the empire, il was com
puted, in 1868, that there were in the city Of
Marking only about half million Of women
collected from various parts Of the country
These females were formed into brgades Of
1900, under female officers OF these 10000
were picked women, drilled and ganisonod in
the citadel, The rest had the hard drudgery
assigned them Of digging moats, making earth
works, erecting batteries, &c. Mines Life in
China.
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: EBoNy,-There is fine touch of ebony hui
NOR in the reply once made in our hearing, by
an old negro wood sawyer in New York-a
member Of the Church of the Colored Mes
siah' in that city, where he was born and
brought up-to a stranger who inquired of him
if heknew where St Paul's church was. "Does
| know where St Paul's Church is?" Well,
| jis wish had as many half dollars as know
where St Paul's Church is2" 1t would puz-
zle an arithmetician to determine the precise
extent Of Cuffe's fortune in the event of full
6lment of his wish
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ARRIVAL OF THE STATUE.-The brig Wal
borg, Captain Lund, having on board Craw-
ford's equestrian statue of Washington, has ar
rived at Richmond. Arrangements will speedily
be made to convey the statue to the Capitol
Square, where, at some future day, this last
and best work Of the great artist will be placed
on the beautiful monument which has been
erected in honor Of him who was :" first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen. Richmond Enquirer.
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eX- The best definition OF Ocdkness we have
ever heard is contained in the wag's query TO his
wife, when she gave him some very thin chicken
broth, (what the French denominate soup mea
gre" W he asked her
Couldn't you try to coax that chicken just to
pade through the soup once morel"
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Nena Sahib, the man who has recently dis
tngnished himself in India by mailing lice
children IN uooden bores and Mrowing them
into the flames, according to French writer,
cannot read a tender line in Byron or Shaks.
peare without being moved to tears He
speaks French, Italian and English, is nc.
quainted with their several lteratures talks
the latter as huently and surely as any gen
tleman de Hyde Parck," and translated
" Hamlet into Hindoo, to the great admira-
ton Of competent critics
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MINORS LEDGE T-HoUsE.---There is now
IN process Of construction lighthouse for
Minots Ledge to be made Of granite, upon
the principle of the famous Eddystone. The
granite blocks are prepared, dove-tailed, and
fitted to one another previous to being placed
IN their final resting place, upon small island
close at hand, purchased BY the government
for that purpose
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Markets..

BALTMoRE, November 3D. Flour. Howard street,
Ohio, and City Mills super, $4,000; Howard
street extra do, S6.l211g6.25; Ohio do. Sa15Ca
$50; and City Mills do. $5.s7MeG1215 for comHon,
and $6.25@6.5O for select brands; Baltimore ground
family, 1926; do. extra, 1925 Rye Flour Si.5 a
AIS. Cornmeal S8.50@S.s7 Wheat: white, Sl.l5
al 40; red, Sl.0S(GI.25. Corn white, CAGES cts
yellow, 650l69 cts. Whskey II 0022l5 cts
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Jonathan Wakefield, soldier of the Revo-
luton, died in Newport, New Hampshire, on
the 14th of October, in his 9th year The
Spectator says: "Mr. Wakefield was born in
Sutton, Massachusetts,, March 90, 1861, and
removed to this town in 1779, where, with the
exception of some years absence in the Revo-
lutionary war, he has since resided He was
Of the true Revolutionary stock, his father
having been killed by the British at Dorches-
ter Point in 1776.
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M VIcToRA AND EuGENIE. --One of the Phia-
ldelphia papers, speaking of the tendency of
American women to run after foreign fashions,
&c, and abiding to the admiration felt for the
Empress Eugene, says: t lSy
Victoria, Queen Of England is safer model
for our women, if they must 60 across the At
lantic and into palaces for their exemplars.
She is a sound hearted, wellbehayed, much
beloved, kind woman. She takes ain interest
in whatever is calculated to do good. She
dresses with queenly simplicity. She, tries to
make her subjects contented and prosperous.
She sympathizes with the poor, and binds up
broken, burdened hearts,
q" Her children she rears with care, training
them in the knowledge that they are only flesh
and blood like the rest But then Victoria
isn't fast enough, dashing enough, dressy
enough, for our women. She really don't ever
set a single fashion. And we firmly believe
that some OF our matrons and maidens had
rather go with Eugene to bull-fght than
with Victoria to cottage, where there is suf-i
fering to be relieved and misery to be driven
away.
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HIeH FALUTN.--The Cambridge Chronicle
says 9 cattle spectators in the Cambridge
and Brighton markets, tremble before the pres.
ent financial blast like a mariner in mid
ocean without rudder or compass"
Why didn't he say they trembled like an
old COW with the staggers #r Ha
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John T. Gilman, editor Of the Bath Organ,
Maine, says, after extensive travelling in both
regions, that moro corn, wheat, beans, peas,
buckwheat, barley, potatoes &c, are raised to
the arce in the East than the West The rails
ing requires more labor in the Eastern States,
but more attention is paid to fertilizing Buff
falo Com. Adv
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The number Of licensed carts in the city
of New York last year was $50 This year
1t has fallen off some 1000, on account Of the
hard times Many of the cartmen have been
obliged to set their licenses renewed on trust,
being unable to raise the fifty cents necessary
to pay for the same
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The Postmaster General has recently decided
that if the Postmasters do not give publishers
of newspapers notice that their papers remain
in the Post Office, without being taken out by
the subscribers within five weeks, they are
liable for pay. lFa.. a .
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!. " Are those bells ringing for fireP' inquired
Simon Of Tibcrids.
No, indeed, answered Tibe; "they have
got plenty Of fire, and the bells are now rina.
ing for water"
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A RELIGIOUS RIoT.-The Montreal Pays speaks
of religious" riot at st. Jean Chrysostone, be-
tween two parties of Irish, at the annual fair at
that place last week. Sticks, stones and pitch.
forks are said TO have been used, and many Sc.
rious injuries received. Ideas differ, but we would
call that an iyreligious riot
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HISTORY OF A CANNON BALL.--At the COM
mencement Of the action on board the Presi-
dent frigate, ball Gan 1S ID. shot from the
Belvidere came over the waist cloths of the
President, and such was the force of the ball
that 1t actually cut off, without throwing them
down, the muzzle Of several Of the muskets
Cleft there by the marines) from six to eight
inches in length, killed one marine, took off
the wrist, Of one midshipman, Mr.. Mont
gomery-killed another, Mr. Bird, together
with the quarter-gunner, and finally lodged
upon the deck, and was taken below by the
narrator Of this, and shown the lieutenant
Mr., Dallas, who took it in his hand and wrote
on it with chalk, "Cousin, have received
your present and will return il again -
clapped it in the gun himself and fired the
piece; and it is remarkable fact that it actu-
ally killed several Of the officers and men on
board the Belviderc, and finally lodged in the
cabin of that vessel, and was afterwards hung
up in the Belvideres cabin as a globe during
the war--Portland Standard
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A pleasant writer in the Congregas ionalist
says "God grant that the spring time which
relieves the trees, may also relieve the mer-
chants, and make both elms and men again
green and 6ourishingp"
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SAN FRANcIsoo.--It is said that, in conse-
quence of the reform brought about by the
Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, that
city has been governed during the past year
at an expense of about $25O,000, against an
expense the previous year of $1,500,000, a
sum six times as large
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ELECTION FRAUDS IN KASsAs.--The following
the Pittsburg Commercial Journal is quite inter
esting and suggestive:
"On Gov. Walkers return from the precinct of
0xroRD he halted at Lawrence, and taking out OF
bis portfolio large roll of paper said to the crowd
that he would show them a curiosity, If they prom.
ised not to destroy IT, He then unrolled the re-
turns Of the precinct Of Oxford, In Kansas, which
contained one thousand six hundred and one names,
ell written in the same handwriting, and which
measured exactly iftyfour feet in length All the
names, except one hundred and twenty, were co.
pied from Williamss Cincinnati Directory those
commencing with the same letter following each
other as regularly as they do upon the pages Of
that bookl"
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The LONG AND THE SHORT OF ITi.-Married,
in Litchfeld, KY, ION the 18th .ultimo, by
Judge Val Yates, John Robert Wells to Miss
Emeline Jeanes, of Grayson The bride is %
years old, SO inches high, and weighs As
pounds. The bridegroom is 8 feet high,
weighs 100 pounds, and is 80. years Of age.
The parents of the bride are wealthy. ,s.
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MADELINE SMITH AeAN.-The Glasgow d.
Mail, in relation TO a reported death-bed con-
fession of female servant in the Smith family,
says:
"The story is tissue of absurdity, and
Christina Haggers is at the present moment in
the enjoyment of the best Of health"
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"Why did Adam bite the apple2" asked a
schoolmaster Of one Of his pupils. because
he had no knife to cut itr" replied the hopeful
biblical student
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DIES MoNEs.--The Governor Of Iowa ac-
nounccs by proclamation that Des Mones will
hereafter be the capital of that State. II has
hitherto been located at Iowa City,
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A beautiful iron steamship has just been
finished at East Boston, for the Pacha of
Egypt She is called lie voyageur de Ia
Mer," and is said to be remarkably fine
specimen of naval architecture.
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DIED.

On the 9TH instant, at ~ o'clock, RACHEL
WEEKS, in the saith year of her age, a native Of
Hartford county, Maryland, but for the last thirteen
years a resident of this city.
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T.. Ii Il II & l. IL respectfully informs tie
sJs public in general and his friends in particu-
lar that he has large assortment of Fancy Notions
such Cottons, Needless Threads, Silks, Buttons
Pens, Tobacco, Cigars together with Candies Cakes
Fruit Vegetables, in short, a Family Provision
Store, and will sell cheap the cheapest Don't
forget the place. 1t is BERGERS STORE, on the
West Side of Thirteenth street. second door south Of
& street. o3 I'm
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MARRIED.,

In Georgetown, D. c., on the evening Of the Cd
instanr, by the Rev. Mr. Achon, LOUIS l.. BRU-
NETT, OF Washington, 10 Miss MARY JANE
JOHNSON, formerly Of Montgomery county Mary
land 70 49, " ..|. |''f 80
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LNOR SALE.--A RARE CHANGE, doubt II
- not.)-I will sell, if Immediately applied for,
tile stock and fixtures of my BAKERY, CONFEC-
TIONERY, AND FRUIT STORE, doing good
cash business. For further information enquire at
this Office. ~a4 @ o8 st
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If the following q not true, Ne hold The Boi!

falo Commercial responsible: 'gasia .asaqa
4 Mrs. PARTNoroN.- When Mr. Slinfint Of
Beanville, died, there was quite sensation in
town about it. The bell was tolied, and the
only flag in town--that which belonged to the
tayern-was hung union down for twenty four
hours His praise was in every ones mouth
though why they praised him none could say,
except that he was worth a great deal of
money. This was before Mrs. Partington
moved from Beanville. "We have lost great
man, ma am" said the minister calling upon
her; $50 portly, so public spirited, $3.50 --
rich" All, yes,' responded the estimable
dame, with tear of regret in her eye, " his
goodness was past finding out was, said
she, raising her hand, as if reckoning downa
large word by which to, express herself
loudly, sit was infinitesimal, and his right
hand never knew what his left hand did,
nor anybody. else for that matter. lie was
such an excellent man. The minister laughed
at the infinitesimal goodness, but he saw how
kindly it was intended and said nothing.
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We invite attention to the advertisement Of
Messrs, Crittenden and Hawes Their gallery
is well worthy visit, add contains admirable
likenesses Of many distinguished personages.
The Patent Ambrotgpes are really beautiful
and astonishing invention, exhibiting the most
perfect 'ikenesses we ever beheld.
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GROCERY STORE,
Corner Mary land Avenue and Seventh 81.

Corner Mary land Avenue and Seventh St.,
ISLAND. -..,
Weaving BOUGHT OUT THE STORR FOR
III. merly kept by Mr.. Robert T. Knight shall
keep on baud select assortment Of FINE GR0CE-
RIES, comprising among others, the following srti.
cles
Sugars, such as crushed clarified puverised, aud
brown Teas, such as Imperial, Gunpowds, Young
Hyson, Black and Colony Rio, Maracabo and Java,
roasted and ground, Cofees; Refined Syrup; Segars
and Tobacco various brands; Hams, Bacon, Flour,
Liquors. Wines, Crockery, Wooden-ware, Hardware,
Vegetables, Eggs, Butter, Nuts of various kinds,
Horse Feed, &c, together with many other artie1ps
usually kept in Grocery.
would most respectfully ask those living on the
Island, as well the citizens generally, 70 oall and
examine for themselves, as they then will see that
there is necessity TO go further, as determin-
ed 10 be outdonc, both 10 prices and articles
Call therefore and examine, and you will find il to
your advantage, for intend to sell cheap for cash
~ Do not forget the store, 500, Maryland Ays
Goods delivered to any part OF the city free of all
charge. ----- ----.
aug SIT JOHN +. b. PURSELL