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a. Guy Clerks otacc Chicago: September 20, 1st9.
rltc Notce Is hereby gsrn al ersous lutcEes'es
t':ss te 0omm!.sione1 s1pstea br tc Co'am"n aaei!
iv 1las 1850 0o), upan tic rea! c.satc In lie Norh
1,!vsion c' sad eiy deemed sc.th,ted by scns Mich
lac tnEs at st Clsr Fert has completed Lii
Id made return thyreuf u Iny of1ce.
ANY per.ans wishing to appeal from the raid a<1ees
nlel must de ther 5ctttoe in writing IN my n1ce.
Or tefns AcntaY the seth c.y Of Sepesnbes lss. At
the Ceane Moea, hcas all ehe.oa4 to st assessments
and fcvisc and ctni!rzn or annnl the fsn,c.
scsQGt II. kKEISMANS, City c1e5k.
, 1859-09-20

Exron7s or BREAns1ufFs FOR THIRTEEN
YEAns.-Edwnrd Bills Circulnr Of the 18th
contains the following statement Of the exports
Of Breadstufs from, tho principal ports Of the
United States:
EXPORTS or BEEADsuFPS TO GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND, FROM lsT sxr1EApER, 1858.
, 1859-09-20

Ia description Of the real estae IN the North Dyis
Of the city 1f t:hlag deeid benet.ed ty eFaseng
tee Nob nc Of the p7nkd road Of North Wsicr
ins enxs y e, LII t s no5 ~. s
the fhcrrok and The Of n1oteY ttvcay
sssed theruau fur bcnenta bS the constoncs4 II wl
KlNZtES ADDITION TO CHICAGO.
Name Of Tat OF lot
owner :, or Land. Slot Lot. Brt. yarn. AA'nt-
, 1859-09-20

NEW YoRk, Sept. l9,-The Put in speaking
Of the Great Eastern ss5s,. should this trip
prove successful, the Cunard Company will ut
once build vessel Of equal size, although they
bare now in course Of erection eight steamers
larger than the Persia
, 1859-09-20

I'm To.csatA.] L1yExrooL- tept. 4.
]TtRFooI BHEAparuEs AlnKET. :A-The ma1kct
e1osed steady - htat has a dec lining tendency.
LxLot MA1kxss, M.--Hfsaa tads qu1et. Flour clasfA
with advancing tendency. and all qualities l1re slightly
talproyej.
Lospox Mo4Ex Ma1krT, 3d.-Conso:s ltsed It 93H@
Az.
, 1859-09-20

T L u i K Il IL T. MS EN-
IL CHASGE.-Ttt Rooma Of the Association, In
1nds bock Will be oe9 e1h uSosctnk from eight I!aA
O'Clock, La1tern4n.s Exchange. II which time Aud
r.ce AL resident and nonresident AAauf.cae City md
Costy D:1!tEA Sesss! and othxEs Interested In
ROBERT Il. FOSs, Przss4s1t.
EA-r Az. 4Aka
, 1859-09-20

MONDAY ErEa1sa, Ecps. 18th, lss9.
The receipts and shipments during the past
IS hours, were ns follows:
, 1859-09-20

New ORLEANS. Sept. ls.-The Government
steamer Fulton went ashore on St: Rosas
Island, in the gale Of the 10Th inst. She lsys
bigh aud dry, aud is breaking up. The crew
md stores Bayed,
, 1859-09-20
m- Lincoln In L

NIf4 141UCV3H III 40U1&31ak*
Isp1AxAroIis, Sept. 19.--The Hon abraham
Lincoln addressed q large assembly ut Masonic
Hall this evening, on the political topics Of the
Anv
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usrxp STAIRS yKs CONSULATE,
aseI - Adra Dec. z, 1855
Yoa viii observe that the subject which referred
though Of ali entering the straits Gibraltar
rally burden gre depth
smaller vessels SPAIN and Italy which principal
posed ultimate knowledge Of this
above nations, who are continually passing near it,
shall future time have the pleasure sending you
tailed report The within this vice consulate deed
localities with The object acquire the
requisite information Win the degree and precision
rable such proceed urgent
diate object Of this communication
During the gales which prevailed this the be-
ngh vessel totally lost the pdna septnas
Ship boats aud poaee he noishborne port Of Amoria also
that anoher vessel bssve 70 be English aground tho
and il is believed without serious damage
coast for distance Of three leagues
era Guar yha ssutos runta dc los pcrchees
"A ta east exceedingly dangerous and has from
stcrs q British vessels within tl vice consulate q Adra consider
question: and the mode Which they he avoided greatly
CUES aud forms cape projecting
the Mediterranean and forming Tie boundary
the Cabo dc Gaia bounds IL on tie eastern side Eastward,
s % ss % u sloaa aaS
wuls Westward however this point Of land Is exceedingly dan
sn OF siai the straits and for the following reasons
The broad ion Of The land before is Of little
strike The
official loss etA W ,tt W aM IN sF
2i Singular optical deception which com
with the small depth has
The mountains In The nsor great elevation
which
5000 height this range aud tho
however slip OF 10y and country, which
may breadth rpm two ureo miles
Wih tobty ne rhere he ncaiaia become
inexperienced often believes himself
s coast when he in reality close upon the shore yFy
shallow apd dangerous waters. .4 81 at
The eTarre sentnas al
cme ohern po the Cape has often been mistaken especially
night weather SAIL eredhy aomod
that this mistake been The wrecks aud
the captains endeaynrng las they magne) oin the sup
posed sail and thus running the directly upon the rocks
will therefore, desirable that the foregoing
and Other shipping
should be made officially known and clearly marked upon
the charts OF this coast Instead of keeping close into shore
being mizcd by the optical deception have
explained captains danger ha, II rru
dent keepsay least four leagues zout
The best spanish map tue point
Of o sents in latitude 30 deg II min and Longitude Of
miles soaah ACabo
G1taa mo important difference in the navigation Of this coast
shown older II
have also reason believe that in many charts Mcdc
without
years which sufficient disaster
this this dangerous particularly vessels
straits OF Gibraar therefore, add
the American shipping the owng data The
the Adra very nearly ~ deg
~ W. AImerii 10 and approaching
passing that attention TO the pcuarc the coast
here noticed particularly required OF vessels
entering the Straits Of Gibraltar especially those bound to amy port
| am dear su respectfully, your obedicpt servant
FREDERICK BURR
Acting United States Consular Agent
JouS soNEns sNiru ESQ, 1t - t.tf
InueI States Consul. MALAGA
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NATdL INTELLIGENCE.

The soon of-war st. Louis sailed Monday evening
to join the home squadron. Commodore McCluney, tie
newly appointed COMMANDMENT chief, will leave for AS
pinwal in the steamer Moses Taylor to take charge of
the vessels of the Gulf aud West Indies station, from
which Commodore Mcintosh relieved at his
quest. They carry III guns, all told
BY private advices learn that the sloop of Cyane
was in % deg south 30 deg west the 10Th of October
seaman named Mclaughlin had fallen overheard
the day before, and lost The Secretary Of the
Navy has also received advices to the 23d of November
from the vessel. The officers and crew all
we'll 1t expected that she would sail the next
day,
Mr. james Ferguson IT, s. N. who for the past twelve
fourteen years has been naval officer and agent Rio
Janeiro died there the 4th of December, and
buried the next day. Among those who visited the
grave were his exceency the American minister the
United States consul with the oicersof the Harriet Lane
in uniform, and several English and Brazlans of note.
Mr. r. was seventy four years of age and was much re-
spected.
The steam battery at Hoboken, which has been about
six years in process of construction nearly half
finished. The work upon it will be brought to
close for the present. owing to the want of appropriations
The structure is 450 feet long, with beam breadth
of about 80 feet and depth of hold from 20 to 25 feet
II very sharp at the bow and well proportional The
ribs about three feet apart the outside being covered
with heavy sheet iron, yeted in squares about three
feet long and two feet wide and with the exception of
the centre, the sides have reached the height of from
seven to ten feet above the keson On either de and
about midway the sides extend up twenty twenty five
feet. There two tiers Of mfters, of which, no
doubt constitutes the lower deck, and is about eight
feet above the kelson and the other about sixteen
seventeen feet above the kso and eight feet above the
lower deck Eight engines and ten boilers have already
been adjusted in the battery The top will be shced
over with iron of the thickness the sdesthus
rendering the battery it is supposed bomb-proof The
upper and middle decks win probably hold 1000 persons
The battery will be worked by propeller and it il
hoped, will make run of eight miles hour, About
100000 have already been expended construction
and. it Ia estimated that so0 900 will be required to
finish IT,
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PROPOSALS FOR MAIL BAGS.

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Jan. 1850
SEALED PROPOSALS will department
O'Clock the 25th day OF April next,
from the first day July quantities
times may be required and ordered for mail bags
the following description--to
Sanras Mail Bags Sacks.
Si4c No, (s3 inches length
to be made Of weighing
yard Of 22 inches width the threads of the warp
composed Of five yarns each
Size No al inches length and AS inches in circumference
be made OF weighing
yard Is inches width the threads the warp
uf four each.
Size No 332 inches in length and IS inches
be made OF cotton weighing eight
Of 20 INCHES wide the threads Of the and wolf composed
of three yarns each.
The bags sizes numbered and
tabng hem at the inches wide which
number u. least ten to the former and eight the
holes wrought and they be provided
sufficient hemp to lace them 10 be
wen MARKED inside and ouisie u s. Mail large distinct
letters
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AUCTION SALES.
ByA. GREEN, Auctioneer.

EXECUTORS SALE OF AN EXTENSIVE AND
excellent household
forte silver 6 BY order of the Orphans
Wednesday, he Goth shall se1 O'Clock
of A. Green No 800 tho OF
Seventh street west excellent furniture heug
the personal effects Of the late Colonel Thomas Benton
L. tg.es4 n. f. y. Is .
Fine rosewood piano forte octves made by Renehen
bach
Fine gothic gilt frame French plate mirror by inches
and marble bracket
Silver spoons knives and forks, aud mugs
Fine parlor and chamber window
Mahogany, rosewood, and walnut parlor
Fine Bohemian cut glass, china, aud crockery
Mahogany and walnut bedstead
Wardrobcs, washstands
Dining other tables
Marbetop dressing bureaus and stands
Union, oak stuffed aud other chairs
Feather beds, bedding and matresses, aud toilet
Fine gilt chande iers and brackets
Fine velvet Tapestry three ply Venetian aud eapets
rugs, drugget, &c #t-8sla
large lot excellen oilcloth and mating
Refrigerator, cooking range, Franklin, and other
With large lot OF other articles which
cnumcrate.
Ternst All uudo $50, cash. that a Of
months the purchaser purchasers give notes. satisfactorily
dorsed bearing interest
~ LaS aei.aa 60 MONTGOMERY BLAIR Executor
Jan I'D A. GREEN, Auettoneer
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MAS made that the oonpany Of young thea present
he taken and be ocnf ass with the number brought
together 10 Paris elsewhere the best OF young
men who receive the doctrines oil the ntdei. aattl
some other suggestions OF lc ulries were made and
replied 60 by other gentlemen Whether such discussions
are profitable In public there ID TO doubt When
inade public however. the oeeetonsa OF the sceptio
should be kiadly, teousy, and fully met 81
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New YORK Jan. I9.--Cotton is bucyant sales Of
5000 bales Upland. IL l2h Flour is buoyant
sales OF $500 bbIs. State, - so So Ohio SIS so
Sc; southern So 30 S. go Wheat is buoyant-
of 10000 bushels; white, 81 IS ST. 50 red 81 80 "a
81 81 Corn is buoyant of 80, 600 bushels; mixed
Ss ss4 cents yellow, 10 81 cents Pork Is buoyant
old mess. SIT 50 new, SIT rs SIS prime SIS rs a
sl3 81 Lard is buoyant at III Whiskey is steady
at ~ 2sA cents Sugar is steady at cents. Coffee
is rmses OF 10 900 bags at liz liz cents Molasses
quiet at Al cents Spirits of turpentine is heavy at
49a 494 cents Rusn Is steady at 81 TIA ST. so Rice
is steady, with small lots OF prime at cents.
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ualren srArEs CONSULATE,

y r.,....t. .---, UNITED srATks CossrIArg
y Ha Malaga, Dec, 20, 1883
sfl; have the honor 10 transmit Highly Interesting
dressed me from Mr. Frederick Burr acting
"Ada, Within consular District and,
formation American Medtea
mean, respectfully recommend its publication
The spanish between Aira and dangerous
deceptive the low land intermediate Amera
which vesseis particularly foreign frequently
thick weather with tho brig washington OF Phil
aepn few years since and as visited the
duly appreciate useful
laid down In Mr. Bnrr's
am sir with tho highest respect obedien scvant
ING SoiIERs SMITH,
United States Consul
Hon. LAWS C4ss
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CHEAP GOVERNMENT. whole annual expenses of the
State of New Jersey last year S202 0O0
about threefths OF which contributed by tax upon
railroad passengers
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An IxronrASr Acr.--A late Macon Citizen publishes
the acts of the late Georgia Legislature Among them we
find the following;
st To alter aud amend the character of the city OF
Macon
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The contract for building the wharf for the American
Coal Company In Alexandria has been given to Richard
trszer-cost $40, $50 The filling to Samuel Bcach-cost
n,so0 and the dredging TO A. b. Cooey-cost sc 200.
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NEw ORLEANS MISr--The coinage at this mint In De-
oember amounted to s304 600 all in silver and the de-
posits TO si27 AL of which s4Os i25 in silver and
SIS, 2s6 in gold.
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I OST---A note drawn by me for one hundred dol.
IL lars dated i7 January 1859 An persons
warned against gotatng the The finder win
favor BY leaving this Office
1871 2. A. BYRNE
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United states Hotel.
OFFICIAL.

DEPARTMENT or STATE,
4, Washington, January 49, 1859.
The following information has been received department
from Somers Smith, the United States Malaga
spcns the dangerous navigation Of Of coast
published for the benefit Of the interests United
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INiiE COMEDIES OF TERENCE, literally trans
hated into English prose- with BY Heury Thomas Riley
As tate scholar Of c1ave Hail. Cambridge which u added the
bie TRANSLATION Of George can vol Price 70
tur sale At tf1fatN TAYLOR a MArliYS Bookstore
Jan 10 rafisi.slsala ,-Haf it No. Penn
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Esatser and Canvas uyrse-Maa Bugs.

siso No IBody inches long the widest
parts ends or bottoms Of same being IA by 20 inches
No Body 45 inches long wide in the widest
parts ends bottoms Of being I2 by "a inches
parts ends or bottoms Of being 10 BY "a inches
The leather horena bags 10 good
giyieh. to be so done as not to chaie horse rider
The horse mail bags be like
that described FOR the larger sized pouches.
Proposals for construction OF any OF
tho above described bags and pouches in e acras thereof
invited and the relative value adaptation service
well spec fed price Of any such improvements win
All the articles contracted he delivered at the expense of
heconraeor in Boston Mass New York Albany Y Phia
Richmond va IsIeh n G Charleston M" W'seson - a.
Mobie Ala New Orleans Ia Knoxville Nashville Memphis
cago In in such quantities. and at such such times ne The G
partneht may require and order and they rgy
any respect specimens adopted as the standard bags
The proposals should specify the price proposed
with specimens samples for owing the
construction size md quality OF materials and workmanship
Js (bosc responsibility certified by The postmaster Inc
place where they reside that they win on SUE
hcent bond Tor the due performances OF the Contract
specimens samples must be delivered at this department, ON
day Aprd next and those which shall have nc
compane accepted proposals M in With such nTe
pcsa form the basis Of the made Evey specimen
submitted stond be wen ard distinctly marked WIN the number
noting IL size, and have affixed
vas or cahcrJ Of which specimens deposited by
tpgo the same
decision on the bids win be made on or before the third day
May next and the scceptcd bidder bidders win required
into contract with sufficient suretes,
fore twenty ars, day o June next
The deroui kinds Of
mail bags which will probably be they Informed
which ended sob Jsc a ~ $50 mai n 10 ss sSar
ponrhes rai pouches horse man bsns
Tbs proposals should be endorsed outside Proposals Tor Mail
- AARON Y BROWN,
Jan is-lRwlZw postfnastef General
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ARRIYALs Ar THE TnOTELS
Browns Hotel

A = haei, lniilna A ~ fhos Graves. d.
y Lester. Virgins ls.l VI a Casey Pbiaaelphit
Jno panDyke, New Jersey Il " Peterson Nes Yoek
TT kenhansi California N VI trick Virginia
Win A sulpln New Jersey ..t 4 D Johnston. pctrot
Richard snpin. do IN Carter, Virginia
r. Mcbae, Richmond jas 4 Rust Kenacly
o Titus, New York v GiH A lady A Aco MARYLAND
" d Hart, DO Mr. f.vlcs do q " -
Jno shirley AM friends Mrs wilson do
HArdesty, r q on, Maryland N Miss Nash do
Q Harvey Virginia ID Mo wilson do st4
James WylaIno, Alabama jenkins Hos on
) learyi Logisiana Edward Sterling, Connecticut
q W liAnes, Nirginia 49, y VIM Wilson, New York.
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leather cad Cdapas Matt Pouches.

The body Of the leather pouches
stann bag leather well d. weighing
less than eight the smaller
the
flap TO be of good strg leather well seams
and strongly secured with tho best iron well nnod
The pouches be
to resist water weighing Cor pouches Of
less than rs the yard Of 81 inches width
yard ~ inches width for pouches Of No less than
20 the yard OF 20 inches width for
not oa au is to the yard ~ inches width
of the and we be composed yarns
Tho pouches sizes numbered
cotton weighing not css than IA yard
inches width than % width
the threads Of tho warp and composed
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Nav YoRK Jan I9.-The steamship City of Washing
ton from Liverpool the sth, arrived here early this
morning. Her advioes are OF an important character
At the New Years eyee Napoleon remarked 10 the Ans
trian Minister follows a. regret that our relations
with your not good AS they were but
request you 10 tell the Emperor that my personal feel
ings Tor him have not changed The emphatic tone in
which the Emperor uttered these words and his gestures
the time. attracted the attention OF the assem-
bled diplomatic corps.
italy is ve'y unsettled particularly Lombariy News
from all parts is pregnant with alarms Steps have been
taken in Lombardy which are almost tantanount 10 a
state of siego.
The Spanish ministry have declared that Spain viii
never sell Cuba and protest against the insulting hy
pothcss to the contrary implied in the President mes
sage Olozaga had introduced motion into the CoTtes
supporting the ministerial declaration and il was unal
mously adopted.
Spain has obtained from Mexico m satisfaction for the
Tampco affair
There were rumors of the discovery Of a formidable
conspiracy at Cmcow and numerous arrests had been
made.
All quiet in servia
The Bombay mail OF December 9th had reached Eng
land, but the news was unimportant large army OF
rebels had bcecn defeated by the commander in chief
The amnesty was slowly but surely thinning the rebel
ranks thus giving promise of an early peace.
TKLEoRApm
LONDON. Wednesday .-Consos yesterday morning open
cd at Thursdays closing prices and showed some tenen-
cy towards improvement but the quotations from Paris
checked The eeling and the market closed Money
active.
The Tmess leader says .The continental excitement
respecting the Italian question has reached its crisis and
unless efcacous means OF prevention be adopted col
lision will occur between Sardinia and Austria
THE French government have allowed the Italians 10
invoke its assistance and Austria does not recognise
France as an italian power Hence the bad feeling be-
tween them"
Opening Of the North Carolina Coal Trade.
n ~ \ Iap a 4 os.l 4.
afternoon the Pioneer steamer Haughton with two
barges in tow arrived here from the Deep River mines
One hundred guns being fired in honor of the
event.
Financial.
Nsw YORK, Jan 49, Stocks are lower-Chicago and
Rock Island, 500 Illinois Bonds 50 La Crosse and
Milwaukee, Ia New York Central, s44 Pennsylvania
Coal Company, IS Missouri 6's s64
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MARRIED,

On the Sd OF January by the Rev BnooKR First Ileut
GEORGE flE third regiment artillery u army LAURA
BARREL, of 81 Is,nis.
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DOLITICAL WORK.--Second edition Of Cuskey's
Political Encyclop~ Tia Price -; by mail - so
Th book will post mp public speaker fully the Kansas and
other questions.
For sna by TAYLOR MAtRy,
Jan 20 Booksellers 1874 Penn.
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CITY INTELLIGENCE.


IHE Picooonsf CoNcEAT tonight will attract a large
proportion of the talent the beauty and the fashion Of
the metropolis to the Theatre The same artists sang in
Baltimore ON Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and the
Parlot Of yesterday says Of them
predominant desire has long existed among ou,4
citizens TO see Pccoomin also 10 hear her The on
pornnity therefore, Of gratifying this desire was
paeed on this occasion TO the fullest extent Ii was
somewhat like the first appearance Of Jenny Lind
breathles anxiety prevailed until she appeared upon the
seee amid the enthusiastic rounds Of applause We
agree with some of our contemporaries whose Judgment
upon such matters ought 70 be good she Is exceed
ingiy pretty and fascinating As to the fascinating
there can be no dispute. The simplicity and care
less yet graceful movement displayed in her every acc
uon together with sweet Smiles and sparkling black ewes
full OF expressions would take captive hearts az cold as
marble. lfltHtf fE& '4at. atAI4 I N n
% Her voice is clear, sweet and gracefully 1noduated
yet without unusual volume or compass What she did
sing she sang cllarmngly suiting the action TO the
word and the SENTIMENT giving thereto fullness of
preston which entirely dsarmed criticism All things
considered, we wcreand think the entire audience
likewise delighted with Pceoomini The programme
was arranged, in all respects doubt not with view
ofgyng full effect 10 her peculiar genius and artistic
powers signor. Maggiorotte, Mile Ghioni, and Nh
Perrng her able assistants did themselves great credit
and won marked APPRECIATION SO also did Mr. Brough in
his excellent management"
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BY AUTHORITY.
1--WE on TaE uNITEp srATEs.

AN ACT 10 repeal entitled San authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury TO change the names Of yes
sells In certain approved the fifth OF March one
thousand eight hundred and hity six
BE- Sqetai By de Senate and HOUSE ~ Representatives ef e
Dnad States gf Aherea Congress dssemboi That the act
entitled can act authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury TO change the of vessels Ia certain cases APP
proved nth March thousand eight hundred and fifty
six be, and the s1me is hereby repealed
Approved January IL 1859. =