WIYLI VM a. haUKIS, uirw; AND iweuctor. TEIlMli: Oitl.V |Hr for *10 M KtKI WlLEl Y, , pntilKhtMi trl weekly during fht ?v.,k>u of <* * -?>) b 00 WMKO' 1 IMI Cluk wiU kfuruitkei M Jklmn l KiV* **f*e* of lb* UAII V, 10 00 Kir* rvftr* of I he ?WI WEKKI.V 20 00 ~ * ?1?'"" " ' Si oo So deduction (or fhl* on WKEKI.V. PKOTWTIOV AXU INDEMNITY FROM UfHS AND DAMAGE BY FIRE, rm rants or rut: ska, a so islasd jma ssfobtatios. FIRMER' AND MElHANHN INMKANCK COMPANY OF IHII.ADELPHIA. fire, Santv, ami Inland Insurance AITHOMZED CAPITAL, ONE MILLION TWO Ht'VDKFD AND FIFTY THOI KAND HOLLA MA OFFICE Northwest Turner of I'eiinsvlTauin avenue and NeventeentU slreet, \> ashingtun city, D. C. MRECTOJH H.in Thomas U. FVwetne, Charted Ittotjee. street, opi?nilo tlty HjII .lohn M. TWoum curlier tint street and Virginia avenue, Maud. Jauiea Miliums, Xo. 'is Four ami a half etreet. John XlKitle- Xo. !W)I Thirteenth aired hek.? Pennsylvania avenue. M.UUXE SURVEYOR, t'jplniu J. I'. Levy, X.i. :S7 PennsyltauU avouue, i>|i|>.>.|iu National Hotel. UKXER.VI. SUPERINTENDENT, .h'lin Thomasou. AfKIST.tNT SKTRFTARY, .lames M. West, In charge ? uxAmpfon ritg offc-e, Northwest corner Pennsylvania avenua and Seventeenth street. AittHorieed Capilal and .lauds, 1,473,067 07. Assets, *?S3,0u7 OY. liiuAad is Bimdi, iluigagri, ami Quid StCurBUl. TIm following it turnout exhibits ttio bu'ioeu atid condition of the company to November 1, 1856: Premium received on murine ami inland risks to November 1, 1050 9214,084 00 Ftre premium. 170,790 01 Intercut on loan ;. 8,704 4 7 Total receipts .' 400,tt>i 08 Paid marine losses 804,427 04 Paid Ore losses .. 119,737 lift hxpeuses, salaries, and commissions 45,480 00 Reinsurance, return premiums, and agency charges 27,474 08 177,128 61 Balance remaining with the company 2X1,057 07 JThe Audi iftht Company are lU/oHaun Vbiladvlphiacuy and county bonds . fid,848 18 Kailroad bonds 11,000 00 Ural mortgages, real ostole 143,500 00 Stocks, collaterals, on call 32,400 00 Guard and consolidation bank stock . 5.125 00 Deposited wltb Duncan, Fiber man, it (Jo., New York 30,000 00 Deferred payment on slock unt jot due 97,700 00 Notes for marine premium-. . 108,080 59 Due from agents, secured liy bonds 25,376 18 Premiums on pollclee recently issued, and debt, due the company 26,470 38 Balance lu bank 16,458 74 523,057 07 The business of this company will compare favorably ulih the most auicoasful of similar institutions in the United States. From the 1st day of August, 1855, In IIIlecu months, up lo the 1st day of November, 1856, tlio premiums and interest-; received amounted to the large sum of four hundred thousand one hundred and eighty live dollars und sixty eight cents, with the payment of losses and expontes of one hundred and seventy seven thousand one hundred and twenty eight dollars and sixty one cents. tVith these evidences ?i success and good management, the diroc tors fcol .lustifted In soliciting a share of public patronage, believing thai the security oiTcred Is ample, and that all fair claims will be adjusted more acrordiug to equity than legal technicalities. flic company l( prepared In issue policies egiln-t ln.? or damage by Are on Dwtlliiigi, furnititre. mills, manufactories, ware homes, Ah ileterlpluris of BITLDINfiS and their cont. nt.s, or all kinds of UERCIUN0ME, transported )>y VEfHRUi, STEAMBOATS, CANAL BOATS, RAILROAD*, and the canal conveyances to or from any portion of Fl'ROPF. and AMERICA, and on the hulls of STKAM BOATS navigating the western waters. The rates ot premium will be as low as other companies, and in tlxlog them every Improvement iu construction and arrangement will be taken Into consideration. All ln.se -peodlly adjusted and promptly paid. OtBce northwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue and seventeen!!! street, Washington city, D. C. J AMU* M. MASON, Assistant Secretary. Ttuuraw wtiy t. ko that I have never received Haiti warrant, I hereby give notice tbat I haw not transferred or assigned tuid warrant, or authorized any person to sell or a*.sigu the same formo or in my name, and have tiled an affidavit as a caveat to prevent the Issue of a intent to a fraudulent claimant, and will apply lor a dupli?it* tur ill-- nanif in" proper tun--. Ap 11?luw*6w* KI13IIA 8. JOHNSON. 10ST LAND WARRANT. -The undersigned gives J notice that be will apply to the Commissioner of l'en?iona for a duplicate land warrant In lien of one fawned to ThanM RlcbutlfOO, doted 17th day of December, 18f>0, for 160, No. 12,750, which has been lost iu tho transinlHaion by mail from Olenwood, Iowa, directed to Thomas R. Suiter, Washington, D. C., landed 17th December. 1856. Mar 25- law6w* IIP>MA> K. HI IKK. CW' The First Annual Exhibition of the Washington Art tVBAOcinttou, comprising pictures, statuary, he., by tho most eminent afjlnU In tbo United States, will I* opened 10 the public at Mr. CoreorsO> new building on II street, ludwcou 13th and 14th street*, on Saturday morning next, tbo 7th Instant, at 10 o'clock, and will continue sped. i?Jitii further nodes, ever) day between the host? *>t In, u. iu . uud 10. p. tn. Ticket t of ad tuition may be procured at the door, and ai th? principal ltookntorcs in the city. Single ad li.i'Si 'ii, ?v.riih itv. rem* >11 ti< L. i,. iltiy litMar tt?dtf A HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT of the Foreign Commerce of the United States, showing the foreign 0?ot 1M h Btefc -Ii b? .?ggr? tt.* im|???rta Irom and ?*x|a?rt^ i? each foreign nation, from the year 1820 to the year 1856. and the foreign commerce of the United States with every important maritime country in the ttorld during the same period;including a review of the progress of Amcrtaao commerf-e, and .1 preliminary sketch of the trade *a the American colonies Compiled by J. Smith Ho man*. jr. For -oia at Ttvinn Ar UAt'Rva ?|t 17 ?31 Bookstore, near #th slreot. Books from london* The 1 Ion-.>11 Manager I vol. Istation. S&ceut.s The Poacher. Ily Captain Marryal. 39 conU. The ladder of Lib-. By Amelia B. I'-d sard- 11 ditb. The Spendthrift. 11)' Ain* worth 3d colli'. JAjj'he) in Search of u father 39 cent'. leek Tudor. SO cent*. IV UVluf dona Ihsr'iivei'io.-; iu Central Africa. 11 cunts Ndltary Hauler. By Johu IHWnr. SO vent*. Kit inordinary Women, Ihelr Otrlhood and Early life. *5 cents l'airy Tales. By Alfred Crow-quill. 7i ndon.1967 The Chemistry of ArtlOclal Light. 1 volume, l/indon, 1937, Crabber lectin leal Dictionary of vol. Vivla, or the Secret of Power; by Sire. Sntbuorlb I vol. Major JournV Seraes In Georgia. I vol , llhialratcd Captain Simon SuggC Adventurer and Travel*. 1 vol., MluMrauJ. March It FRAXCK TAYl-Ofi. REGULATIONS for tlio Army of the United States, 1S&T, )u?t pubttrbed, price SI; mailed, frae of poetage, on re ??pt of II to Dor tela at TAYIOR k M AYR VP Ap 11 BooVitora. near sitli Hreat. ?!je 1 rotuMi Mn. CITY ( "DALTIMOKE FEMALE COLLEGE, N. C. Brooks, II A. M President.?'TUI? ^uilury <4 lenruiug, instituted tor Ihe ' liberal educaUnu of ynnug Udie*. wait created a college proper by the : leglalature of Maryland. December newton. 1MV, with authority to ! rotifer degree*, and endoaed with all tb? right* aad privllegaa ut the I mod favored tenia to tnatiuttioo. | There are two dapartmeaU in the InelUutkio -the collegiate dr. Iiartmeiit and the preparatory drpartuieul, with their appropriate l.rauohe* of learning. The course of study in each h three year*, designated by aa ntaoy diitereut daaara. OOCIWK Of" INMTRt'CTlON ' The course of iiMtruclion 1* Intended to develop the intelleetual, ao rial, uud moral faculties; and by iniparliug a thorough. iiraetiral, ac eouipllabed, and Chriatlan education, fit the pupil lot the lalthful dU I churge of the ru*|?>iuul>lc dune* that await her iu III*. ' ftreat pain* will be taken to promote intelleetual advancement by j rendering the acquisition of knowledge pleasant, and by training the ! pupil to correct habit* of thought and reflection The proper ezerclae of the social feeling* will be encouraged by in[ (initiating vvhalm nr belong* to reflned manner* aud dtguifled courtesy i In our mteroour?o with either* ; while reading, recitations, ahd eipoal 1 Imiia fpnm llin kihk< vrill fkmiUtriiii lhi? min I holy religion, aud imbue the heart with right principle* of action and ralis for the government nflifp. TV course of Instruction embraces the follow ing howls of alc.dy : MORAL, MENTAL, ANT) IHIJTICAL RCIKNCE. The philosophy of the luetiUl economy and of government ami the great subject of moral*, not more speculative, but a* they alTect the heart and Influence Ihe life, will lie taught with care arid fidelity. Subjects: Moral Hhilusopliy, Rental Hdloaophy, Folltk-al Ktouomy, Constitution of the Polled Mate*. 'JIBUC.U. LITERATURE. The pnelliou of tin ihruiiaii Mother la society, aud her peculiar IU ties* to fashion the plastic ntind aud heart of Ihe young, demand thai she should Is1 thoroughly instructed in all that |>ertailis to the truth* of religion, aud hence iho word of Ood, with the evidences of Christianity, forms a pari of the course uf instruction. Huhjeci*: Hcriptural History, Chronology, aud Geography: Evidences of Christianity, Christian Ethics. ANCIENT I.ANQl'AUBS. Tlo> course of study In the aurleul languages is sufficiently extensive to train the mind to careful and palient thought, a* well as to insure a boiler acquaintance with the English language Besides translation and analysis. the doctrines of quantity and the metrca will claim atlenliou, w hile (he classic authors will lie Illustrated by the light of ancient history, chronology, and geography. Subjects: Greek language, History of Greek Literature, Grecian An. Ilquitles; latin Language, History of latin Literature, ilouisu Antiquities. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCE. til Iho mathematics great pains will lie taken to iusura an ae' quaintanco uitb the subjects pursued, and especially to teach prluCI pies rather than burden the memory with a multiplicity or rules. Natural philosophy and chemistry will hereafter be taught with lllus I rations and ex|>eriui?nt.t. A cabinet of minerals will V lilted up to I sITord flteilltlea for Ibu stud) of uiinerulogy; and physiology will be studied with such assistance as may bo derived from anatomical out | hue platos. Subjects: Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Metisuratiou, Natural I'hl | l isophy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, Physiology, Astrou ; omy, Ancient fieography, Natural History. ENGLBH AND HELIIS LETOUBB. | As this forms the basis of all the subsequent branches of study, esi pedal pains will bo taken to lender Instruction In It efficient, and thus | fucllllHlo the pupil's progressive acquirements. Composition will en! gage a portion of the pupil's ttuio commensurate with It* Importance; I so that young ladies will ho enabled to conduct a correspondence with j credit, and express their ideas upou au.v subject of Interest with ease | aud elegance. Arithmetic will V taught with especial regard to prac j tical utility, and tbo pupil will be randercd familiar with aueh calcula i lions a* occur iu miirkctlug, In shopping, and at the grocery As the ! circumstances of a family depend not only upon what is muds lu husi' nes.s, but what is sated at home, book keeping will be taught to tbo young ladles, as a great auxiliary to domestic economy. I Subjects; Orthography, Reading. Writing, Arithmetic, English Oram ! mar, Geography, History, Honk keeping, Rhetoric, logic,Criticism, Hisj lory of Llteranue, Compositlou. MODERN LANGUAGE)*. The exercises in this department will be conducted In a manner to ! insure to the pupil not merely a know lodgo of the grammatical coni slrurlion of the bugunge studied, hut ability to w rile and speak it with fluency. i , ."Subjects: Krcnch Language, French Literature, Ppanlsli language, Siitttin.li literature, tiermau language, uvrnun uutwutt. ORNAMENTAL BRANCIffH. This department of Instruction shall uU'ord ovary facility to Ilia slu | a nit, und llio boat profci.tora bo engaged. Those already In tbo lost! ' tntlon uro of acknowledged ability and approved experience. Subject*: Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Drawing and Tainting, Needlework. . Singing forme a part of the doily religious exercises of the institution, ocixnnpunied by Uic music of a iwrlor organ. The institution, though but in its eighth year, already takes rank t\ Ith our oldest aenttnaries, ami enjoy* a liberal patronage from the city : of Baltimore, and frotu the middle, southern, and western State*. FACULTY OF INSTRUCTION'. C. Urmia, A. M , Profuaaor nf Ancient language*. Kev. W. F. Taxiou, A. B., Mathematics aud Natural Science*. ! J. A. Monroe, A. It , Mathematics ami Astronomy. I Miss M C. Hliepard, Belle* ljettres and History j Mita M. I. Best. English anil Physiology, i Mary J. l.i Uelntrie, French ami Hpanish. , Moo*. Uiuile Kelt, Drawing und Painting. Mon- j. ScliAcffer, Piano. Mrs. Ellin A. Keirle, (iuitar. Miss Ellen C. Cohrigbt. Pluuo and Singing. I Mix* Elixu A. Brooks, l'inno und Singing. ' Mrs E. A. Keirle, Vocal Music. I EXPENSES. | Board and tuition, per annual session, t.'OO to 1210. Mueic, modern language.*, and painting, extra. REFERENCES. The following getithmon have, or have hail, daughter* iu the Cob { lege: j Rev. II. Slicer, talo Chaplain U. 8. Senate, Baltimore. 1 Hon. O. K. Moon* M. ('., Portsmouth. Ohio, i Or John Fmilh, Fort Smith, Arkansas. I>r. Henry J. Holmes, Jaeksou, MUfttaippl. | Rev. S. A. JUrkx, Washington, 1?. C. j Rev. Edward R. Anderson, Chrbtian.burg, Va. George Brown, esq., Hague, Va. The regular spring action will open April loth, but pupils will Ik* j received ut any time. For circulars cont lining full iniui imttiou address at No. 6iiSt. Paul j Mreet, Baltimore, Md. N. C. BROOKS, TJ Man-h 6?15td&cp Prcaldcni. Washington Branch Railroad. RAINS leave Washington for Baltimore? At 6 and fl'-,', a. m., and 3 and 4 SJ. p. in. | On Sunday at 4t?. |>. ni. Leave Baitlmore fur Washington? At 4X and o;;, it. m., and 3 and 5',', p. lu. I On Sunday at 4a. in. ! Pasaengers for Philadelphia and New York will take train* *1 4, SJa, and 4',;. j FHwtgeri Tor Annapolis w ill take trains at R>? and 4 | Hi). for Norfolk " " R ; and 3. Do. for the Went ' " t> and 41J, OOMteCtlug | at Washington Junction. T. H. PARSONS, Agent. | Jan 17?(111 COMPLETION of Panama Railroad.?Reduction of fare U) CulKhrnla. -t'nlted Stolen mud MMunHpi leave New | York for Aaplnwall on the 5th and 20lb of each month, connecting i w ith mall steamers from Panama to San Franrlsro i Thcso ateanidiipH have been inspected aud approved by the Navy Department, and guaranty *;ved anil tnfe/y Tic Panama railroad (47 miles long) U now eomplvted from ocean to ocean, and It crossed in 3 or 4 hours. The baggage of |uuengeri i is checked In New York through lo San lYateteo, ami |ieeaeiigera are embarked ai Panama by steamer at the company's rtpenae. 'the money paid iu New York covers all oI|?tise? of the trip. Reserve steamers are kept in port til New York, Panama, and Sao Francisco, to prevent detention lu case of accident, an that the route Is entirely rrtiaijr. Passengers leave Panama (be same day they arrive at Aaplnwall. Conductors go throogh by each steamer, aud lake charge of women | uml children without other protectors. j For through tickets at the lowest rates apply al the agency, 177 | West atroet, New York, to I. W. RAYMOND, j .May ft- dlf ALEXANDRIA U'UiKMY. Alexandria Va._ /% Eighteenth annual sc.-ion. ?The course of study einbracce the usual English branches, ancient and modern languages, mathematics, | and natural sciences Its advantages are : 1. Spacious and well-vent listed buildings erected fur the purpose, i 2 A foil corps of wellspialiAed and experienced teachers. I ' 3. A enlb'gtute course of study. 4. V full set of apiMratos- piitlosflptdcal, chondoal, aud a.lronomi. > fat. 5. Full courses of illustrated lectures on natural philosophy, cliem I .try, and astronomy. A . sp'crel advantages oifered to young men to ipmlliy themselves by study and |>ractleal operations in the Held at surveyors and engii neers. 7. Comfortable boarding arrangements ; Itul two student* are placed in the same room. ? Reading room cou"tantlv supplied with paper*. Ate. B. A location healthful. attractive, and acceuible from all direction* by railroad* 10. A prevailing Oiri .liaat tone au l aim In all ill instruction and : discipline. Term* : Board and tuition, B180. Student* can enter at any lime, and arc charged from the date of their entrance. Send and get a ! catalogue. K I. BROCKET!*, PrtMlpal. March 7 -Ilawdw A KM 1 B i ONFBCTION ARY . No. 84 Bridgo itre?( Georgetown, D. C., where all kind* of entertainment* are furnUhed, *Ith the best iea cream*, cake*, water ice., confection dry, Ac , at the shortest notice and on the mo*t moderate term* Medal awarded at the la>t eihlbtiloti of lha Metropolitan M.chanl.V Institute. febS--dtf GKT tbo best Webster's Quarto Dictionary.? What mora essential to every family, oouutlng room, student, nd, Indeed, every one who would know the right ?*e of language? . the meaning, orthography, and pronunciation of word*- than a good Kngll-h lUcUouaryt?of dally necxnaity and permanent value Webeter-* lusbridgcd i? now; the recoynUed sundird. " onealantly dleeiug low out ttoreo number,. Ticket, 810 -halves 8a quarter, 12 60. Certiorate package 20 wltole, . .8168 840,OOo! (IRANI) CONgOIJDATKD IUTTKRY, Claaa >*, To be drawn In liallimora city, April 36, 1867. ManMHiayr actwaa. 1 1 CtC 4-1 it 1MB) : & iati 7??ti f.r t.t IMin I <10 . 10,000 i fi do 2,1100 1 j 1 do d.OOO I 5 | I 1 d<> 0,000 ; 10 do 1,200 j 4 price* of 0,000 | 1*2 lowest 2 dumber* . 400 | 5 <1? 4 000 | 4c. Ac. Ac. Ticket* 010 -halve* $' -quarter* 02 00. Certificate [isck.ige 20 whole* 010* 1 | Share.* in proportion. All order* for ticket* in the abore will nieel with prompt utteutlMi j and draw tug* u U1 be forwarded to all who order aa aouu a* over. J Addreai* 7. II III ?H \K1 A AO , ] M?r27-3Uwtd Baltimore, Md. Brilliant Schemea for April, 1MT. gregory a maury, m.issokk*, Wilmington, IVlaware. To be drawn under tbe auperlnteudenca of commissioners appointed by the governor. 037,4001 lottery for th? bouefll of the Iff ATE 01' DELAWARE. Cluae 81, for 1837. To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturday, April 18, 1837. 78 uuutber lottery?13 drawu ballot*. hiuu ia vr achasr*. 1 prize of 087 300 1 prize of . 02,892 1 ack*g?.* in the I above splendid lotteries will receive the moat prompt attention,and an I account of each drawing will lie sent Immediately after It U over to ull I ' who order from tne. Address J'. J. BCCKEY, Agent, Mar 13 Wilmlugton, Iioluware. ' ! XTOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS.?It being ! | 11 the Intention of tbo hoard of director* of the Washington and | Kockvllle Turnpike Company to gravel tlio road from the first toll Rate > to Hi terminus at the iNatrict linn, contractors Are requested to ad. dress or apply to tha undersigned on the subject on or before the 14th j of April neat JOHN' C. IIKENT, No HO I-ouistana avenue. J. t. 1-KWfrt, i Feb 2d?Ho la tf <02 Hevrlilll street. TTTATCH Repairing and Engraving.?Watches, ' yV chronometers, and pocket timekeepers Of overjr description i , repaired bv skilful workmen mid warranted to perfor.ni accurately. 1 Kngraving of every description done in the best style, Including the j cutting of arms, Croats. mottoes, and Initials on stone. Visiting and wedding cards elegantly engraved and printed, j M. W. OAI.T * BBO , Jewellers, 324 Pennsylvania avenue, | Jan 30 -tf Between Oili and lOtli streets. S' T. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES, near Kmmlllsburg, l"roderlck county, Mary land.?The annual session of studies at this institution commences on the 24th August, and terminates on the last Thursday In June. The terms for board and tuition are tlM) per annum, payable semi annually In advance. There are extra charges for music, drawing, painting, and also for Spanish, Italian, German, and latin. The terms for the primary deportment, composed of pupils tindi r nine years of age, are 1100 per anuuin, payable half yearly in advance. letters of inquiry should be addressed to the MOTHKR 81'KKRIOB of St. Joseph's Academy, Kmmitlsburg, Frederick county, Maryland. July 8?dlycitr TO LEASE, for a term of voars, the manaian of the late General Tow sou. fulled States arinv. It coutalus all the : modern Improvement*, as water works, furnace, pa*, range, &r. Apply to J. B. H. SMITH, esq., at bis office, on F at root. ! March 21?2wtf ClOfFEK, FRUIT, Ac.?70 bag? green Rio collce. ) Also, on consignment? * :W0 boxes oranges. 200 do lemons. Jo*t received and for Hale by | March 21-co3ttt MTRRAY k SEMME8. | DU. M. V. 11. BOG AN* respectfully informs his I friends and the public that be has removed hi* ortloo aud real i deuce to No. 4-"?l Massachusetts iveaw, south side, between Oth and 7th streets, where ho w ill bo happy to receive the call- of lus rriend, who may require hla professional service*. March 19 -etxMt* DR. KANE REFRIGERATORS.?The subscriber j has ,|u*t received direct front the factory a largo lot of the I aboro superior refrigerators. They come very highly recommended 1 I by the liest Judges In the eastern cities, and are offered ut the very ! low eat priori. I We have alio In atoro other varieties of refrigerators, which will j I lie warranted to give satisfaction In every particular, together with? Patent ice pitchers Patent bettor coolers Patent water coolers. | All of which are offered wholesale or retail at the lowest flgures for ; cash or to prompt customers. JOS. I. SAVAGE, Sign of the Gilt Sow, Penn. av., i March 23--ddtlf Between Tenth aud Eleventh street*. BOOivk FROM LONDONTuoke's Dlveraioiui of Purley. 1 vol., Sto. N*w tdlUon. j ! Jepling's lsometrieal Perspective Walsh's Domestic Economy. Almannth do Gntlia. 18f?7. Clarke's Dictionary of the English language New Vnivsraal Dictionary el the English, French, Italian, aud German Languages. 1 vol. tme Hundred Songs of Scotland: Music and Words. 37 cents. A Shilling's Worth of Practical Receipts. 37 cents Armstrong A Bourne's Modern Practice of Boiler Engineering. j llardwleke's Shilling Peerage 37 cents. Darling's Cyclopaedia Bihllographica. I vol., 9 ro. Imported by EP.ANCK TAYLOR Ap 11 VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND in Iowa for Salo,? Tho ?ind<>rMisrD(Hl oflerrf for auto the H. W. fractional uuArtcr of , "i oiloo IS, Id townanlp 73, north of rouge A went, In the Sum- of Iowa. Tbhl land u 6ne, rich, rolling prairie, near the Sbookley'a branch of j Crooked Creek. 11 Ilea elore to the Burlington and Washington road, ! und la 30 miles from Burlington, 16 milea from Washington, 10 miles from Mount Pleasant and Columbus . ily, $ tnlls-i from Crawfordaville, I and 11 miles from the I'lank road. 'limber an-l ator.e abundant within 1 2)? miles; saw mill 2 miles and grid mill d miles distant. Neighbor hood settled, with church and school privileges. A tins grove or I building spot on the laud CHA8. I". PTAXBBVRV, Patent Agent, 401 T street, April 14?eolwr Corner of 7th street. MeGREGOR & CO.'a Extensive llotiso-fnrnishing wareromui, Jfoa. US, 128, and :-2l Seventh street. Full sets of Parlor, fitnlug room. Hall, and Chamber Furniture, is mahogany, walnut, rosewood, and oak. i And a general assortment of all housekeeping goads always on hand. ; at lowest ptioes. Every attention given to our enMomers. llonses furnlahed entire at short notice. I Ap #?eodl mo FREE BURNING COAL.?Just received one cargo free burning coal expressly for cooking. I .Ul coal well screened before delivery. A superior lot of wood now on band. ! Fair weight and measure may be relied on In all rases, and the puce I ss low as the best article will admit. | Coal kept under cover, 2,240 pounds to tba Inn, T J. k W. M. OAtT, Northwest corner 12th and C street* No. M7, One square south of Peon avenue. i I Ap 10?d2w POCKET MAPS at Taylor & Maury'#.?Township and Sertlooal Maps of all the States and Territories Just received at TAYLOR h MAURY'S Ap It Bookstore, near Ninth street I gtou 1 AND THE CONSTITUTION." AY MORNING, APRIL 2 The Organization of the Knecutive Department* of tlie (internment of the United State*. MATE UtfiktEkM. Tl?? whol? mai-Jiiu'rjr employed lo conduct iLe buahic-u urliion out uf our fijfcifu relations with all ibe power* of tbe world to far more -imple than h geueraliy nQOdrnd. The number employed in the 1 In iMUfci.ni of ?tai? of the United Stales is only aeventeon, a* lollows: j Ono iMrcUry of State, (Hon. lewis Cm*,) one A>siat,ikt Secretary at fkute, (Hon. John Apple ton.) ou* chief clerk, Hmvo clerks, one trans la tor, and one librarian Dijinmctfic Htanrk -Thi* branch of the State Department, lias charjtedf all cori eppondeuco between Ute department and other diplomatic agents of the United Stale* abroad, and those of foreign powI era ncredited to thU gorerumrut. In it ail diplomatic instruction* : *cai from the department and ooiumurdcatiorui to commUsionera un! der treat lea of boundaries, kc., are prepared, copied, aud recorded; aud j ail of like character received are registered and filed, their content* ' i>eing first entered in an analylio table or index. hraiuh ?Till* branch ha* cbarga of the corrc<*|>ondence, 4u\. betweou the department and the couauU and comti**rriAl agent* ofAha United Slat"*. ]u it instruction* to tho*c officer*, and answers to their despatches and to letters from other poraong ankuig for rotisu- i i?r agency, or relating to couuular afialra, are pr? pared und recorded. 1 The iHdmrung Agent.?Bo hag charge of all corn*s|>ondfltice and other matters ooauooted with account* relating to any fund with the dl.q.,) two disbursing clerks, and ten other rcgular dorks, and to Its supervision and management arc committed the following brunches of tho public service: 1st. The I'ubli<: Ia??U. 'Die chid of this bureau is railed the Coin- I missionor uf tho General land Office. The land Bureau Is charged with tliasurvey, management, and sale of the public domain, and tbo Issuing of titles therefor, whether derived from confirmations of grants made by former governments b\ sales, donations, of grants lbrsoboole, military bounties, or public Improvements, and likewise llie revision of Virginia military bounty land claims, and the issuing of scrip in lieu thereof. Tho (And Utflce, also, audita Its own accounts. Die present Commfaaiofier la lion T. A. Hendricks, of Indiana, lu prim 1 dpal officers sro a recorder, chief clerk, principal clerk of surveys, besides u draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, and some ISO clerks , of various grades. 2d. JVsde- ! 1 Itfirtiuent the supervision cf the accounts of the Culled States marshals and attorneys, aud the clerks of the Culled Stab * courts, Qo manage men! of tho lead and other initios of the United States, and the ntfairs ' of the penitentiary of the United State* in the District of Columbia ; and j from the State Department the duty of taking und returning the ecu I mihch of the United States, and of supervising and directing the acts of I . the Commissioner of Public Buildings. The hospital fof tijo jna^oeof the army and imvv unri of tho Distrtcf df folupihju U ai*p under lb? management of till* department; In addition to \vuhii, by law* re- | , t ontiy passed, the Secretary of the Interior is charged with tho con- i b tructiou of the three wagon road* leading to the Paritio coast. The department require* an additional building Ibr it's acconmv>da I tion, and the erect Km of ope hs* besp rnpoatodly recommended during I the lasi few years for that purpose, At present the PmiMon Office is provided with room* in what is known a* "Winder's Building," while j tlw other branches of tho department, Including the Secretary's office, arc all crowded Into the Patent Office building, the whole of which will be required at au early day for tho use (*i the Patent Office, for which U was originally Intended. TR&UTCRY DKTARYlflLVi*. Tho Traasury Department consists of tho offices of the Secretary of ( tbo Treasury, two comptroller*. commissioner of the customs, six au ditors, treasurer, register, solicitor, lighthouse board, and coa-U *ur J vey. The fhllowiug U a brief indication of the duties of the.-.? several offi- j ct*, aud of the force employed therein, respectively: Secretary'$ Office.?Hon. Howell Cobb, Socrctary of the Treasury; j Hon. Philip Clayton, Aasistaut Secretary; one engineer in charge; one ! architect, and three draughtsmen temporarily employed, aud twenty 1 three clerks. The Secretary of the Treasury la charged w,m tj|C ?[,. i , I.p..I ?n.w?ri/lalnn nC llut trurwnrliima nf the am onniioul an.l .?f t).? 1 execution of the law's concerning the commerce mid navigation of the , t'niled States. lie superintends the survey of the const, the light houso cstaMWimenl, tile Iiiarmo hospitals ol the fluted St itrs, and tli- con . i i,i certain pulilic buildings for custom liouses end other pur ; paw, Pint ('omptroHer'j Oficf ? Hon. Willlsm Med HI, Comptroller, and I'nteen clerks. He presences the tnodo ol keeping and rendering nc ronn)? lot the rtvll and diplomatic service, as well us the public lauds, and revises and ccrllQoi the balances arising thereon. Jtevsuf C(m)lroltrr'a O0i? - Jolin M Brad bead, sup, Complroller, j and ?yvenieen clerks, lie proscribes the ntode of keeping und tender ing tho accounts of the artny, navy, and Indian department* of the public service, and revives und oeitlQes the balances arising thereon. Ofkv of Coumittioner of Ihe Citfrrmt.?Hugh J Anderson, esq , i ( dmmkwiuorr, and elevou clerks. Ho prescribes the mode of keeping ! and rendering tho accounts of the customs revcuue und disburse ; moots, und for the building and repairing custom houses, fcc , and re vises and certifies the balances arising thereon. Pint Auditor's Office. Tltonias I- Smith, esq., First Auditor, and nineteen clerks. Ho receives and adjusts (he accounts of the customs revenue and disbursements, appropriations and expenditures on accmint of the civil list and under private acts of Congress, and i eports the balances to tho Commissioner of tho Customs aud the First Otnp. iroller, respectively, for their dcciehui thereon. i .Saauuf Atnlilor'i Office Thomas 3 1). I'll Her, Second Auditor, and twrnly-onc clerks. He receives ami adjusts all ncoouots relatlug to | the pay, clothing, and recrultlug of the army, as well as armories, arsenals, and ordnance, and all accounts rclnllng to the Indian depart I lucnt, and reports the balances to Ihc Fecond Comptroller
Drirt? thv linlanri?s In tho Sf^Hiiti ronnittolMr t??r liiw tli* I rtaktti thereon. fourth A wtitor'l (fac*, -Aaron 0. Dayton, MM)., Fourth Auditor, and | -inoon clerk*. IIo receive* and adjneta all account* for the service of . ily Kavy Department. ;u>d report* tlio balance* to the Second Oomp j (roller ror bla deei-aoo thereon. Fifth Amtjnr'i Ojftc*?Murray Mcfoonel, ewj , Filth Auditor, and nix cwrk.?. Ho reoolToa and adjust* all account* lor diplomatic and intllar servient performed under the direction of tlio Wale Depart meal, and reporli the Iwtlancoi to the Flrat Comptroller fbr bin declektu thereon. Sixth Awiilor'i Qffia- William V. Phillip*, eaq , Hlith Auditor, and ono hundred and one clerk* Ho receive-, and adjuata all amounta arltlnj from the aervlee id' the That fKBoe Department. Ilia duCMtme are Una], uule** an appeal be liken in twelve montha to the Flrat Oomp I roller; and he rnperintendl tbo collection of all debt* due the Peat | Office Department. j Traunnr't Offkx... ftaumct Caaey, e.vy, Treasurer, ami thirteen ' i lark*. H? receive* and ke*|ie the moaeya of the Fnltod Htaleti in ble own office, aud thai <.( the depoettottee trffbd by tbo act of the fifh of AntfUrt, Ikte and pay* out tho aame upon warranto drawn by the Secretary of tbe Treaaury,oouDterslfDvd l>y the Flrat Comptroller, and upon warrauu drawn by tbe Po?tma?tcr General, and countersigned by tbe fllitb Auditor, and recorded by tbe Register. Ho al?o bolda ' publf money* advanced by warrabt to disbursing officer a, and pay out Hie aame upon thetr check* Jtyiret OjlotFinlay Digger Regular. and Iwfntjr n|ne clfrka. /** liuou, NUMBER 4. 1, 1857. He keep* the account* of public receipt* aud eipendllurca; receive* lb. return* aud make* out 111' -rtlcul statement of commerce and nav igatlon of the United State*; aud receive* Irom tltc Ural Comptroller iud < *mner of Cuatom* all account* and vouchor* decided by litem, and to charged by law with Ibetr ante keeping. Mtcuor l Hjfkr - VYancia B. Strreter, Boltellor, and all clerk*. He aupertutend* all civil bull* commenced by the ('ailed Hun, and in alrurla Jbe U oiled Stale* uUuruey*, marshal*, aud clerk* lu all matiera ielating to tliein and their reaulta. Ilo receive* return* from each term of the United mate* court*, *hmvin? the program and ruodiiioti oi such uili; bit* charge ol all laud* and oilier property a-dgned to the United SUtcs in paymeul of debit, and ba* power to aell and dtspoae oT the nauie for the benefit of the United State*. LightHutu* Buanl. -Hnu. Howell Cobb, president; Corn W. B Simbrick, United State* uuvy, chairman: tied. J. 0 Tigten Uniled State* army; Capt. A. A. Humphrey*, Vailed State* army; Prof. A. 0. llacbe, Superintendent of (mud Survey. lYof. Joae|ib Henry, eecnotary <* Stuitbaonian loalilutiun; Caph K. K. l)n|>ont, United Statu* navy; Com inuiidcr Tlioruton A Jenkins, United Mate* lutvy, engineer: lieutenant tobn <1 IWrke. foiled State* army, secretary: and live clerk* Hit* board direct* the building and repotting of ligbl house*, liglitvesarls, buoy*, aud beacon*, coutract* lor eu|i|>lioa i* oil, In. United Amies I'ooV 8?rvg OjJby-Professor A. P. Paclie, IJ_ p., bu ; pcriutendcut, and su|wrinleiidriil of weight* .Hid measure*. ('apt M I. Smith, topographical engineer*, an*l*tuiit, in charge of ! the Coast Survey Office A. U* Kiuaell, chief clerk. C. B. ftnow. in charge of archive*. .. ...... , .viuj...., . ... lIUlM. Assistant J. K. llilgard, iu charge of computing dlvuioil. Assistant I.. V. I'uurtalos, iu charge of tidal ill visum. ljeut. J. C. Tidhull. United Stales army, Iu charge of draining di vision. Mcut. Huxtou, United ten teg army, lit charge ot engrat fog dirla Ion. Samuel flein, disbursing agent. flearp Mathiot, electrotypiat Joseph Sexton. assistant to superintendent of weights aud measure*. roar orm k lutiviRrniLvi. lion. Aaron V. Brown, Postmaster Geuerul. The direction and management of the Post Offloj Department aro assigned by lite cotisti tutlon and laws to the Postmaster (iennral. That iu boslncjs may be the more couveulently arranged and prepared lor lite Qnal action, it in distributed among soreral bureaus, as loilows: lite Ap|siinunciit Of ! lice, |u charge ot the Kir.si Alain taut PiiHtiuueter General; the Contract Olllce, in chargo of the Second Assistant PoKtmaster General; the Finance Ofllcc, in clt^ge of the Third Assistant Postmaster lionetal; and lite Inspection Office, in charge of the chief clerk. Appointment Office.?Horatio King, can., Kirat Aaslslant Postmaster Geuerul. und nineteen clerks. To this office ure assignod all qtiesteina which relate to the establishment and discontinuance ot post offices, changes of sites and names, appolntmoul und removal of postmasters and route and local agents, ns, also, the giving of Instructions to post masters, IWunuters are furnlthod with marking and rattug stumps and letter balances l>y this bureau, which is churgod also with providing blanks and stationery lor the use of the department, and with 11)0 iuporinlendence of the several agonrtes established for supplying Iioatmastcrs with blanks. To this hurean Is likewise assigned the sn perx ision of the ocean mall stearnship lines, and of the foreign and in icrnailoual postal arrangements. Contract Office. William H. Dundas. esq., Secoud Aioivtanl PosUnas ter General, and iwerny-slx clerks. To litis office is assigned tho busi- ! ness of arruuging the mail service of lite United Stales, and placing the j same under contract, embracing all corrus|x>uilence and proceedings ' respecting the frequency ul trips, mode of conveyance, and limes ol'du patturt-s and arrivals on all the routes; the course of tho mail between ! Ibc different sections of tho country, the points of mail distribution, aud the regulations for the government of the domestic mail service of tho Unlled Htatcs. It prepares tho advertisements fbr mail proposals, re ceives the bids, and takes charge onhe annual and occasional mail lettings, aud tho adjustment and cxeeiitlou of the contracts. All applications fbr tho establishment or alteration of tuall arrangements, und the appointment of mail messengers, should be sent to this office. All claims should be submitted to It for transportation service not under contract, as the recognition of said service is tir-,t to he obtained through the Conlract Office as a necesanry authority for the proper credits at the Auditor's Oftloo. kYoun this office all postmasters at the ends of route* receive the statement of mail arrangements preset ibed lor tho respective routes. !t reports weekly to tlto Auditor ull ountracts ere cute.l, and *11 orders allVctlng accounts for mail triuisportatioti; pre pares tho statistical exhibits of the nuul aervtoo, aud tUe re|>orts of the mail lotting*, giving a ststemeot of each l.fil; also, of tin. contracts made, the new service originated, the curtailments ordered, and the uddilmuol allowances grunted within the year. AVmtace Ofkr.?John Marron, esq., Third .Wulaut I'ostinaster Geueral, and twenty one clerks. To this office are assigned the super \ iaion and toahagem. nl of the financial business of the deportment, not devolved by law Upon Ihe Auditor, embracing accounts with the draft offices and (.titer dci>Oolt*rte.s of the department, tho issuing c.l ! warrants aud drafts in paytneut of balanees reported by the Auditor I to be due to mail contractors aud other persons, the supervision of the accounts of unices under orders to dejawite their quarterly bah j ain*s at designated points, and the nuporintendenco of the rendition | by postmasters of their quarterly'returns of postages. It has charge t of tho dead-loiter ofliee, of the issuing of postage stamps and stumped i envelopes lor lite pre payment of jswinge, and of llio accounts connected therewith. To the Third Assistant IVwtma-ter General all postmaster* should i direct their quarterly returns of postage; tlx wo at draft offices, thrtr letters reporting quarlerly the net proceed* of their ofllcetv; and thesu ' nt depositing offices, their certificates of dejawite; to hitn ahuuld also to due, (,.J II,.. wxukl) and monthly returns "1 tie- tlcposiiajiox of the j de|uirtmeui ; as well as all applications and receipts for postage stamps and stamped envelopes, and lor .load teltora. liuftrfiaH O0t$.?John Oak ford, esq., rhlef clerk, and seventeen j clerks. Totbis office is assigned the duty of receiving and examining Hhs registers of the arrival* and departures of tin; mafia, certificates of the service of route agenta, aud reports of loall failures; of noting lbs delinquencies of contractors, and preparing cases thereon fbr UtgNyttop oi the Postmaster General; furnishing blanks for tuail regtoS^pfcod report! of mail failures; providing utxi sending out mail bags and mail locks and keys, aud doing all oilier things which ntay he neoealary to secure a faithful and exact performance of all mall contract'. All cun ol mail depredation, or violation or low hy private ex presses, or l>y I In- ii?rsrii?K nr Illegal use of (ssduge stamps, arc under Lite supervision ol tills offies, and should tie reported to it. All communications rcsiiecting lost money, litters, mail drpreda Hons, or other violations ol law. or mall.kicks and key*, should be directed Chief Citric, Kw OAot ikllilnit" All registers ol' the arrivals nnd departures pi the mails, oerUdoates or the service of route agents, reports of inall failures, application* for blank registers, and inpnrt* of failures, and all complaints against contractors lor irregular or im|ierfert aervlre, ahould he direvted " Inspection Office, Dn*l Office Department." xarr naraiiriortT. Tin- N'avy Department consists of the N'avy Department proper, be ; .tig the ollloo of the .Secretary and is five bureaus HUavlo d thereto, viz: I tor rail of Navy yards and Itsks tiureau ol OttnstrncUoii, Kqutpmcitt, and IP-pair, Bureau of l*rnvisious ami Clothing, llnroaii of Ordnance aud Kydrogrnpiiy, and the Bureau of Medicine and .Surgery. The following Is a statement of lite duties of eaeh of these offices and of the three employed thereiui .'hrio'ory'i O(fco?Hou, Isaac Toueey, Secretary of the Navy; Chariot W Welsh, esq , chief clerk, anil eleven clerks, The Secretary of [lie N'avy lias charge of everything connected with the naval establish meni, and the execution of all laws relating thereto Is Intrusted ta him, under the general direction of the President of tlio United Plates, who, hy the constitution, is commander In-Chief of the army and navy. All Instructions to commanders of squadrons and cotnmsuders of vcsacls, all orders of officers, commissions of officers bolli in the navy and niariuc corps, appuintmeuts of commissioned aud warrant officers, orders for the enlistment and dlsehurgo of seamen, emanate rroin the Secretary 's office. All the duties of tlio different bureaus arc performed under the authority of tho Heofotary, and their orders are ronsidered as emanslliig from him. The general superintendence of the marine corps forms, also, a |wrt of the dutleB of tlio Secretary, and ill the ordors of lite commandant of thai carps should be approved by him. Bused!/ nf .Yitry Tanh ami Dorlt.?Commodore Joseph Pffiph, ehlcf nf the bureau, four clerks, one rivil engineer, and one draughtsman. All llie navy yardf, docks awl wharves, buildings and machluery lu navy yards, ami everything immediately connected with theiu, are under the superintendence of this bureau. It la also charged w ith the management of the Naval Asylum buirau oli-i, arc aleo under tbo general au- } lerlotendrnce of the chief of thii bureau. /In..HM1/ JMMkvim and Surgny.?ltr. William Whelan, aurgOon Unl ed State* narv, chief of bureau; one panned ae.ilateiit Burgee* United I Hates navy, and two clorka. Every thing relating to inedictnea and iii.-dicAl atoree, treatment of nick and wounded, and manavemenl of HNpitala, cotuoe within the ruptriatcndencu of ihii bureau. wan iiEraitTKut. Hon. I B. Hoyd, Secretary nl War. In the Heerwbiry*e offlce proper here are one chief clerk, arfven anbnrdlnalo clerk*, two iiiiwaiaigon mil Ihur wat. bmen. The Pillowing bureaua are attached to tbi> de or Uncut o.ntMitwHng (/fP'txtl't fifieg.?Thle oflloe. at the bead of wbk.h in I Jeuteiumt Concral Scott, ia at New York. Adjutant Omural't O0n term! proportioned lu the nbeve annual rates. a^WOTllA.TKIW are suthorLed to net an our agents; end by sending us rrrn DAILY subscribers, with $60 enclosed; or ml Skill. WKKKLV subscribers, with #21 eoctoaed. will be entitled to a e?py p. I Ovrrlaml Mull Route to Californiu. I'our (hen n IknuarnvxT April 20, 1M7. AN ACT of CougrcM, approved 3d March, 1857, nuking ap|re emption to three hundred and twenty arret of any land not then disposed of or reserved, at each |ssiit uecea-ary for a station, not to be nearer than ten miles from each other; and provided that uo mineral laud shall be thus pre rmpted. "hs1. 11). That the-aid sen kc shall l>e performed withlu twenty live days for each trip; and llial, before entering Into such rouiracl, Ihe Postmaster Oeucral shall lie satisfied of the ahillly and disposition of tb> parties, hma ftid* and in gooit AsitH, In perform the sakl contract and shall require gust ami suflleleiit aeeurlly for Ihe )>erlurmauce of Ihe same, Ute service locommence w dhiu twelve months after the ahtn lag id Ihe ooutraet." Proposals will accordingly lie received at tltc Contract OtBce of ihn liMl lifflce IS-purtmeul, until 3, p. in., ot the 1st day of Junes lhi", Ibr conveying mails under the provleksia if the above ai t. Ilwidos the starting point on the Mississippi river, bidders will sun intermediate points |iro|iaerd to lie emhrnceil in the route and oihoi wise designate Us course at nearly us practicable. Se|iaraU> proposal* are inviteil for sewi monthly, itvwl/y, and vwitrcslfy trips each way. The decision ujsiu ihe proposals offered will he made after the Pu t master tlencral shall he aaluflad of tlie ability and disposition Of the parties In good Igilh to perform the contract. A guarantee is to lie executed, w ith good and sufllcient sureties, tliat Ihe coulract shall he executed with like good security, wneuevrr thu conlractor or contractors shall be required to do so by Ihe Pn-lnuotor (Jeueral, and the service mu-t cotumcurc within twelve months after Ihe date of such contract. form ecide4 in tho coulract for comaaetiring service, from on the Mississippi river, by , to Han t inuiiM u, ? alien M*. ugrveii?iy in ill*.* auveri'-euieill U uo I'Odllll-ter a General ??i the JOlli April, 1847, in go**! four-hors* roacttca or a pilug wa gt*ns, suitable for tbe conveyance of passengers, aa noli iu the safety and security of the mails, *sm* mot*lUy, each way, for lite anatinl Bum of ?? dot tare; teaUji, each way, for the annual aunt cf ? dollar.'; trmi ttw.'.ly, each way, for Ihe aunual aum of ?? dollar'. lXtled. (Mgned.) Aliru ?y two guarantors.) tbrm Ccrdjkalr. The undersigned, postmaster of ??, Slate of ?certifies, under l,i? colli nf ojirr, thai he la acquainted with the above guarantors, and knows tlu-m to be men of property, and able to mal.e good their guarantee. Dated. (Signed.) PBTWJCTI0X8, Cimlaiiiina cowHtfmti la In in contract without the assent ol tho Postmaster General; for running tut express as aforesaid; or for transporting por ous or packages conveyIdk msllilttr nutter out of the mail ft. A bid received alter tbe la?t day and hour named, or without the guarantee required by law, cannot be considered lu ceiapgtltton with a regular proposal reasonable |n amount. 6. The route, the act rice, the yearly pay, the name and residence of the bidder, (that la, hl-> usual |)0?t oltlcc address,) and ihoee of each member of a Arm, where a company oflHa, nhould be dlatluctly atated. 7. Altered btda ahottld not l>o aubmitted; nor should bid* once submitted be withdraw n, S. Kach bid must be guarantied by two or ntoru responsible j*ntc>ne satisfactory to the Pnstuaster Ceueral. (leneral guarantee-. enunot be admitted. Tlte hid and guarantee should be rtpaol plainly with the full name of oat h person. 0. The department reserves the right to reject bay bid which may be deemed extravagant, and nl-o the bids of fe.iliiig contractors and bidders. 10. Hie hid should be sealed; superscribed "Mail proposals for oror land roulo to California," addte.- ed "focond Assistaut Postmaster Gen I oral," Contract OfBco 11. A inialiucatitai of a bat iu any of lis essential terms U tantamount tq a uew hid, and cannot l?e received, so as to Interfere with a regular 1 conuM'lilion, nfler tho lasl hour set ior receiving i'ids. 12. Postmasters are to he careful not to Certify the mifflciency of guarantors or ettrctfoa without knowing tlutt tiny are iwrsoue of suit) cicut responsibility; and all bidders, guarantors, and sureties are tils tinctly noiillcd tliut. on a failure to enter lnln or nerftirt.. the s?tr?o fur the lervteo proposed lor in tlio acceded bid J, tlieir legal liabilities trill he 00 (tweed iigstDnt tlicm. 13. l*rt?:?"Ht contractors, and per-on* known at the department, must, , et|0?lly with "there, procure guarantors and rertlQoalea of their sufit dcncy aubataotially In the forma above pruecribed. T)k> oertlffcate* of sufficiency must he signed by a postmaster, or by a Judge of a court or record. The attention of bidder*, guarantor*, sureties, Ire., U directed to th? following law*, viz: See. 2. Act of March a, 1823, requiring contractors, carriers, &r>, to. ho sworn Hoc. at. Act of Match 3,1825, In relation to failure to enter into con tract. rVc. 27. Act of July 2, 183d, liabilities U guarantors. Hec. 24. Act of July 2,183b, authorizing blda Of falling contractor- to he rejected. fee. 28. Act of July 2, 1830, ill relation to cotuMnalious amongst bid ders, Act of April 21, 1808, provider that no member of Congress nut be a contractor. bee. 42. Act of March 3,1825, provider that no |gistuiaat*r. assistant postmaster. or clerk in a pn-l ofilce, shall l>c a contractor. boo. 7. Act ol Mart h 3,1825, provides that no other than a free white main (lOP-aii shall he employed in rarrying the mail. The. tv-tiuastcr tieneral will reserve to himself tire right of aiutulllog any contract made under tb? above act n beaevsr ho shall ill*, eover that the same, or any |>urlof It, Is oaored fir sale In the inaikrt, fur the purpose ol specuiatiou ; and be will tu n? cases sanction a transfer of the same, tn whole or In part, to any assignee or tub-coo tractor less qualified, tn ltls opinion, than the original contractor to carry the snip* Into sttcccvM operation. AARON V. BROWN, Ap 21?ffawtlstJunr f lv.slmaater tleneral. United 8tnt?* Mall. VKIlMOJiT. Post Orrtoa Pgrtttmcr, Waghlnglou, April 19, IV.7 ?R01'08A1.S for carryilip tlio mails of the United HtiUw, from July 1,1857,"to June 30, 1S81, loeluaire, on lbs s ing routes tn the Stale of Voiwwcr, w ill bo received at the Con tract Office of lhi* Department until 9, a. m., of May 90,1957; to be decided the same day: r Jj January, 1*57.) 451 from Woodilnck In Windsor, ID mile* and bark, tlx lltn-4 a week; und from Wnolock, by Barnard, to Baltic), II ralbt and l?ck, aix limes a work. Leave Woodstock dally, exoopt Sunday, at 0 a tn; ArrlTC at Windsor by 7 >4 a in; Leave Windsor dally, cm*pi Sunday, at ? p to, or on arilyil of Arrive ai Woodabick by p m; leave WondatnSk dally, except Suuday, at S a m; Arrive at Belliel by 11 am. leave Belliel dally, except Sunday, at 4 p in; Arrive at Woodstock by 7pm 457 Krom Bethel, by Oaynvlllo, Hnekbridhe, pituAeld, N'orlta Slier burnc, and Meudoo, to Rutland, 20 miles and back, aix time* u week. Bidder < may propos* schedules or departures and arrival' to he approved by the postmaster* at the euda of the route 454 llcsn Storklirtdye, by Roclieiter, to lUncoek, 11 aiilea and back, etx time a week; and I rota Kiptou, by Kaet Middle bury, to Mlddlebury, * tndet and back, three Umei a week Bidder* may propoeo schedule* of departure* and arrivals to b> approved by the |*> -imaater* at tlio ends of the route. I'ur form of iiroposals and instruntioas and requirement*, nee ad rertiaetnettt invllitix propo-sta for mail service in the New Bagtand H.ilea, dated I t January. 1157, to be lonnd at the prlmdiiel post ndke AAKON V. BROWS, AplS-- law4wf I'oatuiMter General UNITED STATEd~LAW3. 1 K5^-'57.-Thc 8Uitile* at Large anil Treatiee of tlie United States of America enert ed at Um Tldrd Sea don of the Thirty fourth Congress, 1 lhn-'47; edu?t by Ceo. Minor Published by authority ofOoogree*. Royal It o gi Just published by UTTLK, BROWS, | 00., Ap 14?2Ufro 112 Washington street, Boston 11HE Oil J U>'S 1 tOOJs OF NATURE?rLANT^. k Animals, Air, Wafer, Ileal, Ac., by W. Hooker, M. I). 1 vol, 1 Unmeant. Isabel, 11m Young Wife and the Old Lov?; by J. C. Jeaffreaoy Heading Without Tears btrk-klsad'* Queens of Hcotlssd Y?l 4 *p?? ? nUWlTAHOT.