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GREAT IMPROVEMENTS In
Sewing Machines,
EMPIRE
Shuttle Machine.

PATENTED FEBRUARY I4rH, 1860
salesroem, $40 RrOadway, New York
The machine Is constructed on an entire new
principle OF mechanism, possessing many rare and
valuable Improvements, having been examined by
the most profound experts, and pronounced to be
simplicity and Perfection combined.
The following the principal objections
urged against sewing machines
i. Excessive labor to the operator
2. Liability to get out of order.
). Expense, trouble, and loss of time in repairing
l. lncapacity to sew every description Of material
Disagreeable noise while operation.
The Empire Sewing Machine is Exempt
from all these Objections.
1t has straight needle, perpendicular action
lakes the lock shuttle stitch, which will neither
rip nor ravel, and is alike on both sides; per.
forms perfect sewing every description of
material, from Leather to the finest Nansook
Muslin, with cotton, linen, or silk thread from
the coarsest to the finest number.
Having neither Cam nor Cog wheel, and the
least possible trctisn, il runs smooth as glass
and
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CAUTION FROM THE
American Watch Co.

1t having come to our knowledge that mutations
of the American Watch have been put upon the
market IN great number, calculated by their utter
worthessness to I'M ure the reputation of our gen.
ulne products, to protect our interests and
the public from imposition, again publish the
trade marks by which our Watches may invariabl y
be known.
We manufacture four styles of Watches
The First has the
sSAMERICAN WATCH CO., Waltham, Mass, -
engraved on the inside plate.
The Second has the name
"APPLET0N, TRACY * Co, Waltham,
Mass engraved on the Inslde plate.
The Third has the name
'P. BARTLETT, Waltham, Mass en-
graved on the inside plate.
All the above sty les have the name American
Watch Co. painted on the dial, and are warranted
In every respect.
The Fourth has the name
"WM. ELLERY, Boston, Mass, - engraved on
the inside plate, and is not named the dial.
Ali the above described Watches made OF
various szes and sold in gold or silver cases,
as may be required.
1t is hardly possible for us to accurately des-
crloe the numerous limitations to which we have
alluded. They are usually inscribed with names
so nearly approaching our own as to escape the
observation OF the unaccustomed buyer. Some
are represented made by the ''Unlon Watch
Co., OF Boston, Mass.''-no such company exist
ing. Some are named the 'sSoldier's Watch,'' to
be sold as our Fourth or VIM. Ellery style, usu
ally known as the s.Soidier's Watch,'' Others
are named the "Appleton Watch Co. - others
the ''P- s. Battey,'' instead OF our 'sP. S. Bart
lett;'' besides many varieties named IN such
manner to convey the idea That they the
Variable productions of the American Watch
Company.
We also caution the public, and particularly
soldiers, against buying certain articles called
Watches, so freely advertised in illustrated papers
as "Army Watches - Sc Officers Watches -
magic Time Observers "Arcana Watches
&C., the prices-of which are stated to be from
seven to sixteen dollars. good Watch, in these
times, cannot be afforded for any such money.
A little attention on the part of buyers will
protect them from gross imposition.
ROBBINS l. APPLETON,
Agents for the American Watch Co.,
lS2 Broadway, New York.
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THE
ANNUAL CYCLOPEDlA
AND
REGISTER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
OF THE YEAR ISf


IN Presenting to the public another volume
record of the most turbulent year which the coun-
try has witnessed, Efforts have been spared TO
secure it's completeness and accuracy, and to pre-
serve 1t free from every mark of partisanship.
The principles adopted in the previous years
have taken effect, and many new and most I'M
portant questions arose under them, and were
discussed during 1858 such as csnfscation, eman-
cipation, indemnity official and pecuniary, the
latons of the nsurrectionary states to the Union,
personal liberty, martial law, prize, the liability OF
Great Britain for damages done by the Alabama,
Sc, sc.
These discussions are embraced in its contents,
together with the important civil and po-
litIcal measures of the Federal and State govern
ments; accurate and minute history of the
struggles of the great armies and their battles, IL
lustrated with maps and plans of actions taken
from Official copies the debates OF the Federal
and Confederate Congresses; financial measures
of the government, commerce, sc, sc; the pro-
cesdDgs IN the Confederate States to maintain the
war and establish their government; also, all the
exciting movements in foreign counties the de-
velopments IN the physical sciences the progress
of literature; mechanical inventions and improve
| ments; the stupendous enterprises of the govern
\ ment connected with the war, such hospitals
| for the army, the manufacture of ordnance, and
the trade regulations IN insurrectionary districts.
The present statistics of the religious denomina-
| tons, the Biographical sketches of the eminent
persons deceased in 1864, &C.
| The contents are arranged in alphabetical
order, and accompanied by a most complete In
| der. The volume 10 in the style OF the New
| American Cyclopedea, and will m atch the vols.
for 1861, 1862 s. 1868 of this annual. The work i.
published exclusively by subscription, and is ele-
| CANT and substantial.
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Emp haticalIy a NOiseIesS Machine

ltrequires fifty PSF cent less power to drive it
twelve yearrofage Can work it steadily, without
fatigue or injury TO health.
Its strength and wonderful simplicity of con-
structIon render 1t almost possible get out of
order, and Is guaranteed by the company to give
entire satisfaction.
We respectfully invite all those W no may desire
to supply themselves with a superior article, to
call and examine the unnvaled machine. But in
a more especial manner do solicit the patron =
age of Merchant TaIlors, Coach Makers Hoop
Skirt Manufacturers, Shirt and Bosom Makers
Dress Makers, Corset Makers, Cater Makers
Shoe Binders, and Vest ard PaBtslOon Makers.
re- Religious and Charitable Institutions will
be literally dealt with.
Price of Machines, Complete.
No. ] Family Machine, with Hemmer COM
Piete. -. 500
No. >, Small Manufacturing with Extension
Iabie---.--. 10
No 3, Large - 50
No. 4, Large, for Leather. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100
Cabinets In Every Variety.
We want Agents in all towns of the United
States, Canada, Cubs, Mexico, Central and South
America, where agencies not already estab-
lished, TO whom liberal discount will be given,
but we make consignments.
Orders may be sent through the American Ad-
vertisng Agency, 3S9 Broadway, New York.
7. J. MACARTHUR & CO,
$50 Broadway, New York.
Mchl0wIy.
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On and after Monday, August 2sth, 1855,
and until further notice, trans will leave Rock
Island Depot follows:
Day Express and Mail train at 8. Is n, arriving
In Chicago at 4.30 IN.
Through freight train at $50 IN, arriving IN
Chicago a, 90 m.
Express Freight train, at 7.30 p. m, arriving IN
Chicago at $50 a. M.
Night Express atS.l5 p m, arriving IN Chicago
at 4.45 a.. IN.
TRAINS ARKIvE FROM THE EAST;
Night Express at 500 a m, leaving Chicago at
IL midnight.
Express Freight train, at $50 a. m, leaving
Chicago at 2.I5 o.
Through Freight at | p M, leaving Chicago
100 p. m.
Day Express and Mail at 5.l5p. m, leaving Chi
cago at 800 a IN.
All trains over this road are in ectconnection
at Chicago with trains over the Michigan South
ern, the Michigan Central, and the Pittsburgh and
Fort Wayne Railroad, to and from Detroit, To-
ledo, Cleveland, Columbus Cincinnati, Pittsburgh,
Dunkirk, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Albany, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington
Also at LaSaile with trains of the Illinois Gen.
tral Road, North to Galena and South to st. Lou
s, and Cairo.
Passengers are reminded of the necessity ofgiy-
ingdstinct directions the destination of theli
baggage ALSO procure tickets before taking thel
seats in the cars, as the conductors collect fare
only the line of the Chicago and Rocl
Island Railroad.
w. II. WHITMAN, Asst SuP't.
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Amalgam Bells,
Amalgam Bells,
Amalgam Bells,
Amalgam Bells,

AT prices within the reach of every Church.
School, Cemetary, Factory, Farm n the land
Their use throughout the United States
and Canadas for the past sly years
has proven them to combine
most valuable qualities.
Among which are tone,
Strength, SonOr-
business an2
durability of
Vibration,
unequalled by
any other manu-
fracture: Sizes from
10 to 5000 lbs, costing
two-thlrds less than other ma
terial, or % cents per pound, at
at which price | warrant them 10 months.
Old bell metal taken IN exchange, or bought for
cash. Send for a circular to the manufacturers
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CELEBRATED
CHILLED AND WROUGnfin,, -.
Wrought Iron Fire-prea,,
l. OC.kS AND AUI,T

These Fire proofs are manufac,D,...
demand for Security Against FIrs 80 70 supp
than my Celebrated and Superio, q. Psi,'
Wrought Iron Burglar and Fl-e.pro,,,NS l'l &C q
They furnish similar and eau,I ,se'
Safes generally manufactured IN the sF! 'oa
les, but are Superior to them IN The, 'l'ieli g
qualities and durability, the Iron rem, ...5fi.
protected from rust in any climate. a. '.sS'-a
Proof not subject to lose Ils utlllty n, & -
Is an important advantage gained Ia 4. u
as safes often rust cut and become voi r-'1-''
two or three years. '''a's''
To substanIiate my position, thos. -..--.
these FIre-ProOfs are at liberty. b, r-.,-a'
notice of time and place Of tr.ai, 10 Is g
hre with any other Safe of the s,rs , .-'l
should they not prove superior, IwllI -
money, or new FIre-Proof as the n1-1.
may decide. PO'I-a
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John IL. Robinson.

No. So Dey Street, New York.
List of Prices, Weights and Sizes of Farm, Il otel,
Steamboat, School House, Ships, and Factory
Bell.
These bells are fitted with Yoke, Standards
Crank and Bolt. complete tor use
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Price List.

LILIES Celebrated Chilled AMI Wroi,gkt
Safes.
Bank, Fire and Burglar Safes, Folding Dson
Lock-
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Brass and Iron Work,
Gas Fittin&
AND
STEAM PIPES

I'HE subscriber keeps constantly on hand
i at his new stand on the corner of West Eagle
and Front Streets, near the Gas Works, all kinds
OF Brass and Iron Goods such Steam Cocks,
waves Water :iauges, Whstles, Oil Cups, Beer
locks Pumps, Gas and Steam Pipe of all sizes
@l sssa nao .nd y Metal, etc, etc.
M, sc, any 9as Work promptly attended to and
Gas fixtures of all kinds for s.,e
Gas Filters supplied. 'i 'S'e
Pu ioroid Copper and Brass.
JACOB RILEY.
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List oI sizes and Prices OF W.. .
Fire Proofs.
OUTSIDE.
INSIDE.

Sample OF Fire-Proof Safs at Office Of liz
Ad. Agency, 3os Broadway, \.
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VOLUME FOR 1861
THE ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA
AND
Register Important Events for the
Year.
New and complete edition of
Blu < E'S WORKS.

In course of publication.
IL monthly volumes, crown, Svo., each, Cloth
S2,25; half Calf, $3,50 Vol. ready in June
1865.
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Weight Of Bell

List of Academy, Steamboat, Firs-alarm, and
Church Bells, with Particulars as to Weight
Sizes, Price OF Bells, HangIngs, etc.
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Large Sizes Made to Order at 25 Cents
Per Pound.
Guarantee-All Bells sold at the above prices
Warranted against breakage by fair ringing, for
twelve months from time Of purchasing. Should
one Ian, a new bell VIII be given by returning
the broken one.
Orders may be sent through the American
Advertising Agency, $50, Broadway, New York
In case the bell breaks after the expiration of
the Warrantse, i allow Half Price for the old
metal. JOHN 3. ROBINSON,
SO Dey Street, New York
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Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-02
Important Decision,

The first session since the close of the war
of the United States District Court, Judge
Underwood presiding, convened on Monday
in Alexandra, Virginia. The District Attor.
ney, L. H. Chandler, made very eloquent
and forcible speech, urging upon the Court a
liberal policy in treating the large number Of
confiscation cases uponthe docket The Judge.
before adjournment, made the following de.
cision
Ordered-That in all cases where pardons
have been granted, and where the amnesty
oath has been taken, save as to those unde,
the Presidents proclamation, all suits fol
property under the confscation law are dis
missed upon payments of costs.
A large number of citizens interested unde
this ruling were present in court, and immedi
ately went forward and paid the costs that hat
accrued upon suits begun against them.
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From Eississippi-ProclamatiO of Gov.
Sharkey.

Jackson, Miss, Sept. 29.-Governor Shar-
key to-day issued proclamation accepting the
proposition of Col. s. Thomas, Assistant
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau OF
Mississippi, transferring the right OF trying all
cases in which the rights of freedmen are in
volved from the Freedmen's Bureau to the
civil authority, upon condition that the Proyi-
sional Government of that State will take for
their mode of procedure the law now in force,
except so far as State laws make distinction on
account of color.
The proclamation declares that negroes shall
be protected in person and property, and
establishes principles emitting negroes to sue
and be sued, and making them competent wit
nesses according to the laws of evidence.
The News in an editorial denounces the act
as an encroachment on the rights of the whites,
and says it will be repudated by the people.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
The WirZ Trial.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-The Court assem-
bled at the usual hour and the testimony for
the defence was resumed. Capt. S. II. Wright
and Judge Hail. of Georgia, were recalled foI
the defence, their evidence being directly in
reference to the treatment of the Anderson
vile prisoners by the accused.
The trial is expected to last several weeks
longer. The examination of witnesses for the
defence proceeds slowly, the Counsel taking
care to thoroughly sitt them all, for the pur-
pose, it appears, of establishing the following
facts, wiz
That the conduct Of the accused was gener-
ally humane; that he was sick and absent
from Andersonville when many of the ALLEGED
atrocities were committed; that he was not re-
sponsble for the vaccination which resulted
so disastrousy; that he never maltreated any
body, nor acted wilfully and maliciously; and
that, although the laws of the prison were
stringent, and there was a lack of physical
comforts, the old Dutch captain-as his coun-
sci calls him-was not responsible to the ex-
tent contained in the charges; in a word, that
the evidence for the Government will not JUS
tify his conviction.
subpoena for General Robert E. Lee was
sent Oft this morning, and it is expected that
he will arrive here by the middle of next
week.
General Howell Cobb and Ex-Governor
Brown, of Georgia, General Joe Johnston and
Colonel Robert Ould are also summoned to
appear as witnesses for the defence. 1t is
understood, that the last named viii testify in
relation to the exchange of prisoners, and it
is expected to show that it was not the fault of
effected.
In view of the notoriety of the parties, ad-
dtional interest will be given to the proceed
ngs.
WASHINGTON, 0ct'r 1st.-It is understood
that after the trial of Captain Wirz is ended,
and all the facts connected with the Ander-
sonville prison ascertained there will be an
investigation of the Salisbury and other prisons
of the South in which Union prisoners were
confined and maltreated.
The U. S. Court of Claims will commence
its October session tomorrow.
IL appears lroln lhe recently pupnSneu lor-
eign correspondence that the Chinese Govern
ment, by proclamation, prevented the Ala
bama and other rebel cruisers from entering
the ports. The Board of Foreign Affairs
would not permit them to do so, for the rea-
son that a treaty of peace and amity exists
between the United States and China and
that American citizens going there to trade
should not suffer injury from any one, nor
their ships or goods be DESTROYED.