STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD.

For the convenience of persons in this vicinity wishing to buy, sell or exchange Stocks, Bonds, &c. domestic or foreign, the undersigned have made arrangements to conduct this business, at their office, No. 32 Genesee St. (over Morse Telegraph Office.)

They will dispose of Stocks left on sale with them, on the best practicable terms, and will purchase, at the New York Board of Brokers, any description of stocks or securities which may be desired, for the same commission charged in New York.

UTICA, Jan. 15th, 1856.

BRAYTON & SEWARD,

Attorneys, Real Estate Agents, &c.

REFERENCES.

T. WALKER, President of the Bank of Utica.

A. B. JOHNSON, President of the Ontario Bank.

C. A. MANN, President of the Oneida Bank.

A. THOMAS, President of the Bank of Central New York.

H. DENIO, President of the Utica City Bank.

C. H. DOOLITTLE, President of the Oneida County Bank.

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CIRCULAR.

THE AMERICAN STATESMAN:

A POLITICAL HISTORY, exhibiting the Nature, Origin, and Practical Operation of Constitutional Government in the United States; the Rise and Progress of Parties; and the views of distinguished statesmen on questions of Foreign and Domestic Policy; with an Appendix, containing Explanatory Notes, Political Essays, Statistical Information, and other useful matter. By ANDREW W. YOUNG, Author of "Science of Government," "First Lessons in Civil Government," "Citizen's Manual of Government and Law." New York: J. C. Derby.

This work embraces the whole period of our governmental history, commencing with the brief "compact" drawn up by the "Pilgrim Fathers" before their landing, and terminating with the legislation of 1654. It contains a description of the governments of the several colonies while subject to Great Britain, of the government of the old confederation adopted during the war, and of the formation and adoption of the constitution.

It presents all the prominent questions of public policy which have arisen under the constitution, and which have divided the people into parties; as the Public Debt; National Banks; Tariffs; Internal Improvements; the Public Lands; Public Defense; controversies with foreign Nations; the famed Alien and Sedition Laws; the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-99; the acquisition of Louisiana, Florida, and other foreign territory; the Missouri and other Slavery Compromises; War Questions; Indian Policy; controversies with Georgia and South Carolina; Nullification; the great Bank Control.

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versy, including the Removal of the Deposits, the executive Power, Removal, and the Bank Vetoes; the Sub-treasury; the Texas, Mexico, and Oregon Questions, &c., &c.

These subjects, though forming but a small portion of the manly braced in this history, are sufficient to indicate the character of the

In a free government, where every citizen is invested with power, all should be competent to exercise such power intelligently. The machinery of our government is too complicated to be intrusted to unskillful hands. Hence it behooves every citizen to himself thoroughly acquainted with its nature and practical wants. Yet there are many, even among our leading politicians and candidates for high official stations, who are greatly deficient in this most important branch of a practical American education.

The design of this work is to aid in the general diffusion of proper knowledge. It brings within the reach of our citizens generally an amount of that kind of information which all ought to possess which can be found elsewhere only in works so voluminous and expound as to render it inaccessible to the greater portion of the people.

A prominent feature of the work is, that on controverted questions whether involving constitutional principles, or mere considerations of policy, the main arguments on both sides are impartially given, submitted, without comment, to the judgment of the reader. By presenting the views of our ablest statesmen on political subjects, work will be rendered valuable, both as a constitutional expositor of the law, as a guide to the formation of enlightened opinions on public policy. Its favorable reception thus far affords gratifications of the high estimation in which sound political knowledge is held, yeomanry of this country, and gives promise of a circulation sure that of any political history hitherto published. It is appropriate to men of all classes and all parties. To young men, upon whom the ministration of this great government will soon devolve, it conveys itself with peculiar force.

The work contains upwards of one thousand pages; is well printed on good paper, and substantially bound in leather, and sold for a copy. In order to effect its widest circulation, and, consequently, most extensive usefulness, it is sold only by traveling agents, who visit every town and neighborhood for this purpose, as soon as practicable.

September, 1855.

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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The diffusion of political knowledge through the length and breadth of our land contributes to the public prosperity, and the safety of our democratic republican institutions, and such a volume as this, containing, as it does, in a compendious form, information which is to be obtained elsewhere only from a multitude of sources, or in more voluminous works, should circulate generally.—*Hunt's Magazine*.

This volume is the labor of years, on the part of a man every way competent to perform a task of so much importance. It is a volume of permanent value, and one that should engage the careful perusal of all who would comprehend the history of events in this nation, and especially the history of the political parties that have held power or struggled for ascendency at various times.—*Rochester American*.

The information contained in this work has hitherto been confined to the few whose ample means and leisure have given them access to the voluminous works from which alone it could be obtained. This work brings it to the masses—the farmers, the mechanics, and the laboring classes generally; and the extensive circulation to which it appears to be destined, can not fail to contribute materially to a higher appreciation of our republican institutions. We heartily commend it to the public favor.—*Albany Atlas*.

In this single volume, which almost every man has the means of purchasing, is condensed a vast amount of just that kind of information which, all ought to possess who presume to exercise the right of suffrage, or assume any important public trust. If the work is not sufficient to make an accomplished statesman, it may at least do much towards laying the foundation for many. We bespeak for it a liberal patronage.—*Albany Register*.

It must take position in the first rank among the standard literature of our country, and become a general text book and source of reference.—*Buffalo Express*.

We hail this work as truly a desideratum. Like the former works of the author, its design is to benefit the masses. Our political history has not hitherto been accessible to the great body of American electors. Responsible offices are often assumed by men who, we venture to assert, possess but a small part of the important knowledge which may be acquired by a perusal of this work. Indeed, the very limited extent of this knowledge is a reproach to a nation of freemen boasting of their intelligence. Thousands of our citizens have long desired the information contained in this work, and we are certain they will avail themselves of the first opportunity to purchase a copy.—*Western New Yorker*.

The author, whose elementary treatises on Civil Government have had a very large sale in many parts of the country, has made another valuable contribution to this department of literature. To none do we more warmly commend this work than to young men, upon whom will soon devolve the administration of the government of this great and growing republic. Were this and similar works substituted for the literary trash which finds so much favor with many of this interesting class of our citizens, the effects would in due time appear in an improved administration of our public affairs. We hope the "American Statesman" will receive the patronage it merits.—*Albany Argus*.

This is an excellent and much needed work. It is condensed so as not to be tedious, and systematized so as to be convenient for reference. While every citizen ought, and many do, seek the information here embodied, few have either the time, or the patience, or the ability to dig it out of the cumbrous archives or state papers in which it has been hidden away.*** Mr Young has performed his difficult task ably and faithfully, and has produced a reliable and valuable work.—*Albany Journal*.

As a manual containing reliable facts, speeches, votes, letters, &c., on all great measures—such as the formation of the Constitution, the United States Bank, Tariffs, Territorial Annexions, Declarations of War, "Compromises," &c., &c., &c.—this volume is invaluable. As a book of reference to the editor, the politician, and to any one who is interested in the politics of other days, we know of no volume which will compare with it.—*Rochester Union*.

It is in itself a political library, containing, for the small sum of $3, what can not be bought in any other form for ten times that amount. It is just what the people have long needed. No young man who has any aspirations for public station or political preferment, should think of being without a copy.—*Wyoming County Mirror*.

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The author has performed his difficult task with that laborious patience and conscientious fidelity, which those acquainted with his previous works must confidently anticipate in any production of his pen. *** There are tens of thousands—nay, hundreds of thousands—youth in our land, whose daily duties do not afford them leisure to wade through shelves of Niles's Registers, Annual Registers, Washington's, Jefferson's, Madison's, Colburn's, Boston's, and other letters and papers, in order to gain a clear and comprehensive view of the main questions which have successively divided our statesmen and our countrymen generally. But the farmer's son by the winter fireside, the apprentice at his hours of leisure, the clerk in the duller season for business, may make himself thoroughly familiar with Mr. Young's best and thus become better informed respecting the past political history of our country than many as one-third of those now exercising the right of suffrage. And as the same questions substantially, reappear from age to age, though under different auspices and often with change of sides among those contending for the mastery, this unassuming "Statesman" prove to most of them emphatically useful and instructive. We heartily commend it to the general attention and perusal.—N. Y. Tribune.

The want of a work like this has been frequently felt by all persons who wish to inform themselves upon subjects connected with our national government. The great mass of young men, and very many of those who are in middle life, are sadly deficient in political information, and there is no means of communicating this needed instruction so readily as a volume which can be read calmly and studied at one's leisure. We heartily commend this volume to our citizens, being well assured that it will be worth many times its cost to one who reads it with attention.—*Buffalo Courier*.

The reputation of MR. YOUNG, as a writer on all subjects connected with the theory of Government, is too well established to require any notice from our pen. His work before us is free from anything like a partisan spirit, and is in every sense a Bestseller. We recommend it to our readers with confidence.—Ithaca American Citizen

Such a work is much needed, and from a pretty careful examination we are led to believe that Mr. YOUNG has executed his task in such a manner as to render great satisfaction to those whom it was intended; having compressed very much valuable information into the compactly small compass of a single volume, without nauseating the reader with his personal opinions or prejudices. The work is almost equivalent to a whole political library, embracing the various topics which, each of themselves, are often elaborated into several volumes. *Sundusky (O.) Register.*

The following are extracts from the opinion of the Rev. Dr. Eaton and other members of the Faculty of Madison University:

The great political controversies which have divided the opinions and called forth the best abilities of our eminent statesmen, are presented so faithfully and impartially, that author's own opinions and biases, whatever they may be, do not appear on his pages. The kind and amount of political information contained in the "American Statesman" believe can not be elsewhere obtained in a form so accessible and trustworthy. It is infallible, and ought to be familiar to all our citizens; indeed, it may well be regarded as sensible to an enlightened and faithful discharge of their political duties, which, under our constitution constituted as ours is, are among the most solemn and responsible. We hope, in future, the "American Statesman" may be widely circulated throughout the land, and with the fullness perused by all classes of the community.

GEO. W. EATON,
E. DODGE,
P. B. SPEAR,
E. S. GALLUP,
A. M. BEEBE, JR.,
L. M. OSBORN,
P. P. BROWN, JR.

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