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WASHINGTON, D. C.
MONDAY EVENING, JUNK 18. 1S-I9.
to run editor oy the hatioxal wma.
1 beg leave, through your columns, to at
tract public attention in a still greater de
gree to the interesting article which appears
in the Intelligencer, ol this morning, oter the
signature of " A Swiss Traveler in Syria
and Arabia." This acute and intelligent
gentleman, whose ipse dixit is endorsed by
the high editorial authority ot the venerable
paper, through which he speaks, proposes an
enterprise at once novel, interesting, and
withal practicable. Extraordinary as it may
seem at first view, it is no less than the in
troduction, by importation from Arabia of
the camel of the deserts upon the great pra
ries and sandy, wide, unwatered wastes of
our immense southwestern Territories. This
correspondent suggests the immediate im
portation of a cargo of these meek-eyed,
long-necked, long-legged and hunch-backed
strangers, as a commercial enterprise to bear
a party of adventurers to the Sacramento,
accross the plains with all their heavy packs,
in less time ?nd at less expense than the
journey can be otherwise performed. Upon
this particular suggestion he says, what is
most directly to the point, namely:
" I have seen camels of burden sold lor 11 and for
$50, and running camcls fur $20 and for $200. The
cheapest and the best are to be procured ill those
places where there is least foreign trade-, lor example,
lYlogadorc, in the Khalifat of Morocco.
With regard to transport, a vessel of 2;">0 tons would
hold sixty camels. If such a vessel were to go to
Marseilles with a car## of American goods, and leave
that port on her return under balla.tt, with ten tons of
linsc-d oil cake and two hundred and forty bags of
.Egyptian beans, stop at Mogadore and take on board
the camels, which should already have been purchas
ed and held there in readines*, they would probably
be in (ialveston in three months from the time tfyc
vessel left Ameriaa. Twenty-five dollars cost, and
twenty-five dollars freight of each animal, would, I
t hink, be the maximum of the expenses. At all events,
for $4,000 sixty camels could be brought to Galveston,
which would enable a company of fifty Americans,
with ten African servants, to cross the continent to
San Francisco, with the greatest comfort, in two
months and a half. They could take 150 cwt. of
baggage, besides arras and ammunition; and could
also carry loot! and water for man and beast sufficient
for four, or, if necessary, even eight days. Two strong
extra camels might be employed to carry two small
field howilzt'rs, the weight not to exceed one-fourth
ol a ton each; and another camel might be used for
draught where the read was level."
1 will be pardoned for saying that it was
to the cheapness of the experiment that I
first desired to attract attention in these times
of cheap travel, cheap invention, and cheap
everything; but the great point which is
111 reality .made, half unconciously, in this
well-timed anil sagacious paper, is that which
must at once strike every one at all previ
ously acquainted with the natural history of
the camel, namely, its extraordinary adap
tation, both in habits, powers of endurance
and every other physical quality, to the exi
gencies of Indian warfare in our southern and
new southwestern Territories. The Apaches
are and have been, for a long time, ravaging
the provinces of Sonora, Chihuahua, &c.,
with entire impunity, and we are, by the ar
ticles of the late treaty, bound to defend these
people from 'such incursions. But leaving
this supplement to a treaty out of view, we
are certainly bound to protect our own citi
zens, within the limits of our own territory,
from such depredations. Every mail and
telegraphic daspatch Irom the South brings
us a new confirmation of the fact, that from
Corpus Christi south to the Rio Grande, all
our newly acquired territory has been and is
yet being terribly ravaged by ths Camanch
es?a uch more formidable confederacy
than the Apaches.
Now what is the most apparent recourse ?
The government in regular course will send
to the rescue of this devastated frontier,
the regular troops which have already been
ordered upon this line to establish posts al
the Paso, the Gila, Sic. Although no one
has a higher opinion ol the prowess and
avuilibility of the regulars in the Dragoon ser
vice in any other species of warfare known in
this extraordinary period of universal war.
Yet I must be permitted to suggest that as
they areonly armed, equipped, and mounted
according to the modern requisitions of mod
ern civilzed warfare, there exists a wide dif
ference between such equipment and thai
demanded in such a war of races and exter
mination even as has now absolutely super
vened upon our Sourthwestern frontier?be
tween the Saxon and his<iSfomadic antipode.
Gentlemen, we cannot fight these light
heeled gentry by rote! We must look in
to the plain rules of adaptation, through,
experience, for suggestions of the mode.
These Nomads are mounted upon horses ol
the true Arabian blood. The horse was an
unknown animal among the aboriginal Mex
icans, and upon the whole hemisphere as
much so as the camel is now. Yet the true
Arab was the steed upon which the cavaliers
of the conquest led by Cortez were mounted
?the sarni' animal, which escaping from
them U|>on the glassy plains of the South to
freedom, is now known in different latitudes
as the mustang?the Mexican horse?the
mountain horse?the wild horse of the prai
ries?the Canadian or Indian ponv, as
usage, climate, &c., may have modified the
breed. The mountain Indians breed and train
their horses with the utmost care, and local pe
culiarities force the. same game-blood?which
is world-renowned through Barb Arab upon
the sandy plains of Saharah,?to accomplish
here like feats of almost incredible endurance
over wide and arid stretches which even
the patient mule cannot traverse and live.
Of course these mountain horses are to
be preferred as thev are quite equal to
mules in endurance, and certainly xuperior
in carriage and comfort to the tider. 'I hey
are difficult to obtain, however, as warlike
and wandering tribes,all over the world, arc
deeply jealous of parting with so essential
an adjunct and companion, as tlie horse.
Inpursuingthe Apaches and Camanchei, we
in:ght expect to accomplish something with
a force mounted upon these hoises, armed
with two of Colt's revolvers, and moving in
small compact bodies as these Indians always
do ; but even then they would beat us riding,
for they are almost born Centaurs, and their
superior knowledge of the country traversed,
would in most instances enable them to elude
our pursuit. The horses of the Mississippi
vallev are superior in weight and in speed,
too, lor a short distance?but their weight is
againit them on the yielding * rf; < e of the
sandy plains, and then thoy have beeu led
upon corn and other rich grains, which dis
qualifies them for the light subsistence ol
grass, which i* all the mountam-horse lias
ever known or required. You had as well
put John Bull with his portly frame and ru
bicund visage, upon a regimen ol frogs, and
expect him to pitch into battle as usual,
shouting "Rule Britannia," as that our hea
vy-boned American horses can be kept up to
.their metal on prarie fare. Alter the tirst
eight weeks on the grass they lose their elas
ticity. You must take along ponderous trains
of grain provender for their subsistence, and
you had about as well send a regiment of
tortoises in pursuit ot a tiock ol swallows, as
Dragoons with such appliances after the
[swift and light-moving plunderers ot the
plains. We have terrible times yet in per
spective before these formidable and untame
able races are exterminated, as must be done
before peace to our settlements can be se
cured. Depend upon it, gentlemen, the pow
er, character, ?nd numbers of these tribes,
lias not been yet appreciatively considered
in our overt legislation, at least. Before we
are done with them, the legends ol the
"Dark and Bloody Ground" will hav? be
come only the comparatives of terror. 1 he
mounted tribes inclusive, from the Columbia,
to the Rio Grande, amount to fifty thousand
warriors, whose trade is plunder, lhe butia
lo is becoming every day more scarce, and
scorning utterly ami incarrigibly, as they
do all the arts ol civilization, their next most
necessary and immediate resource must be,
plunder upon our settlements. They are al
ready not only becoming alarmed for the
integrity of their wild domain, but have had
their cupidity aroused by the sight ot the
prodigious and helpless emigration which has
started across the plains toward California.
The scenes in the neighborhood of Corpus
Christi, Brownsville, Laredo, &c., are >ut |
the preludes to the fierce and bloody drama,
upon which we are rapidly entering with
these races. '
The news, I think, is probpbly now
on its way from the distant plains of the i
north west of the opening of ferocious hostil
ities upon the emigrants. That scattered,
straggling and disorganized mob, which is
thronging the Santa Fe trail will suffer fear
fully this summer. These Indians have more
sagacity than many give them credit for pos
sessing, and they cannot, with their warlike
instincts, fail to see and take advantage of this
total want of organization. They have already
commenced to plunder on this route, and the j
next step will be to massacre. But enough j
of foreboding.
We have, as yet, with the exception
of a few straggling companies of ran
gers, no force in the field competent,
from the character of equipments, npimals,
&c., to deal with these savages, to meet,
effectively, the exigencies of this peculiar
warfare. I repeat, 1 mean no disrespect to
our Dragoon service, when I say that their
arms, equipments, horses, munitions and
forage, are all too cumbersome. Along with
my lamented friend Capt. Sam'l Walker,
I urged this consideration upon the last ad
ministration, but with little or no elfect.
The heads of departments dislike the respon
sibility of deviation from fixed formulas.
But something must be done sooner or
later.
I certainly regard the shrewd suggestion ol
the correspondent of the Intelligencer, as
furnishing the great desideratum so much
needed. By the introduction of camels upon
the prairies, we insure the prompt reduction,
and, if necessary, extermination of these
wild tribes. These hardy and extraordinary
animals can go from two to four days, and
with no great inconvenience, without water.
They can travel further in a day than the
best horses in the world. They defy, in a
great measure, the inlluences of climate.
They can carry nearly three times the load
of a mule. They can pass, stepping with
their long legs over great boulders, along
the rocky beds of torrents which neither
mules nor horses could traverse. Their tough,
and, as Lieutenant Lynch says, " their
great, pulpy, india-rubber splay feet are
equally useful upon the yielding sands and
flinty "stones." The impression that they
cannot pass over rockv countries, is not cor
rect. All intelligent' travelers fully sustain
the statements ol the correspondent upon this
point as well as upon that of their almost
incredible speed upon long journies.
Now, what is to prevent a small force,
mounted upon "running camels," and armed
with two of Colt's revolvers, from overtaking
and exterminating these Indians ? They can-,
not only go wherever Indians can, and with
much greater rapidity, but they can as well
go where Indians cannot, and traverse dis
tances and regions impracticable to them.
Upon the deserts, they are content with
browsing upon a few stunted and bitter
shrubs, with a handful of oil-cake and beans
for the day. Here, they will find the cac
tus everywhere, the leaves of which, when
the thorns have been scorched off over the
camp-fires, as is do.ne by the Mexican cart
drivers for their oxen, will constitute an un
failing provender for them. As to their
being unfit for the climate, whoever heard
of a camel in our menageries dying ? \ et,
the mustang, as we remarked, (and the wild
ass, which is equally an oriental,) was an
Arab, and it has continued for hundreds ol
years to multiply and replenish upon our
plains with no real depreciation. The ap
pearance of the horse filled the children ol
Montezuma with terror, and was the prog
nostication of conquest; the appearance of
the camel upon our plains will likewise
strike panic to the heartsof the wild children
of Ham, and be the pronunciation of doom
to them. It will be twenty years before
the Nomads of the plains are conquered with
our present "appliances;" but, with these
" means to boot," we can subjugate them
in five. They cannot escape us. 1 hus
mounted, we can follow them to their most
inaccessible fastnesses?can overtake them
on their flying trails across deserts hereto
fore passed only by themselves, with their
astonishing endurance and hardy horses.
Apart from this, the most important as
pect of the subject, for all the objects ol ex
ploration and the commerce of the plains,
these uuitnals are invaluable, anil I am great
ly surprised that the subject of their intro
duction has not been broached to government
and even acted upon officially. It takes only
three months to get them here; why cannot
the experiment, which promise* so much, lie
made at once? If government cannot con
sistent^ do it, there are men of enterprise
and capital enough jn the country to carry
out the suggestion immediately. A caravan
so extraordinary, armed with Colt's pistols,
too, appearing upon the plains, would do
mofe toward astounding and overawing the
wild and superstitious denizens thereof, than
tlie presence of a modern army ol 'JO,000
men. The camels and the pistols (which
they by no means understand yet) would,
when combined, impress them with an over
whelming dread of the weird science and un
bounded rescources of the white race.
I give, in conclusion, from this able pa
per, which, I understand, was sent under
envelope from Professor Prescott, those
points wliich are of immediate importance as
sustaining the positions assumed in this
somewhat lengthy paper.
He says emphatically in reference to the
vejy point about which there would natur
ally be most doubted.
u It in n fact well known to Eastern travelers, and
especially to those who have visited the mountainous
regions ui Syria, Palestine, and the Peninsula of Si
nai, that the camel is as serviceable an rough moun
tuiii'puths as in the moving sand of the desert. On
this account the modern Arab never troubles himsell
with road making. Me will not even remove a stone
trom the middle of the path which leads to hi* usual
watering-place. The dry bed of a torrent is his hi^h
road across the mountains, and foot-prilits are his
guides through the plains. The tough soles of the
camel's feet are affected neither by the burning sand
nor by the loose sharp-edged stones strewed over that
volcanic mountain range which extends from the Tau
rus to the Indian Ocean, The long-legged, sure
looted animal makes his way through the neavy mud,
crosses the rapid torrent, steps over the huge stones
and other impediments which he often encounters, and
this with a load upon his back, and sometimes, per
haps, the additional weight of the lazy driver, while
the mule would be unable to travel over the same
ground, though without any load whatever."
With regard to the hardiness and availa
bility of the animal, another important point
is thus distinctly made :
" The camel ib certainly more useful than either
the lama, inule, hone, or ox, as well on account of its
superior streugth, frugality, endurance, and willing
ness, as of its adaptability to every climate and every
soil. On the joiJrncy from Damascus to the coast, in
the mouth of March, or from Koniah to Smyrna, the
traveler often passes in a day Irom the snows of the
mountain range to the hurniug saud of the desert?a
change which has no eflect upon this hardy beast.
''Among the Mohammedans camel's flesh is an ar
ticle ol food? When youog, it is not esily distinguish
ed from beef. Camel's milk is the chief food of the
wandering Arab; and the hide of the animal is con
sidered superior to every other for sandals."
Here is another item of importance ; after
stating the well-known fact that the camel
drinks only once in two days, and the other,
not so well known, that it will perform a
journey of eight days with no other food than
three pounds of oil cake and a f$w handsful
of gram, he proceeds to state :
"The common day's journey of caravans in Syria and
Arabia is from twenty-five to twenty-seven English
1 miles, and the load ol each camel is between four and
five hundred weight. The Indian mail is conveyed
from Suez to Cairo on camels in eighteen hours. An
Egyptian camel, among the tallest and strongest
breeds, will carry, for a short distance?six hundred
to one thousand yards?from 10 to 20 cwt.*5
He also informs us that " the animaj is
very successfully employed for draught in
the engineer department of Aden." Sir,
this thing is worth considering! Let us have
an immediate importation of camels, either
authorized by the government, or accom
plished by private enterprise.
I remain, respectfully, yours,
C. W. WEBBER,
C. C. E. E.
Saturday, June 16, 1849.
Newspapers in the United States*
The first American paper wus prinred in Boston,
in 1704, called the Boston News Letter, by B. Green.
It wus a half sheet of post paper.
Pennsylvania.?May 25,1721, the American Week
ly Mercury, appeared at Philadelphia. It was on a
huh' sheet of post paper, by Andrew Bradford.
New York.?Wm. Bradford, then 70 years of ago,
started the first paper in New York, October 23,
1725, and continued it seventeen years. It was a
foolscap sheet.
Rhode Island.?The Rhodo Islund Gazette was
commenced In 1732, by Jumes Franklin- The
Newport Mercury was started in 1762, bv a son of
the printer of the Gazette, is still continued, b??ing at
this time the oldest paper in the United States.. Its
ownership has continued in the hands of only /our
families.
Connecticut.?The first paper established was the
Connecticut Courant, issued in 1764. It is stilf in
existence, and ever Bincc 1779, has been in the Good
win family. For sixty years George Goodwin wiib
Its editor.
New Hampshire.?In 1756, Daniel Towlc, Issued
at Portsmouth, the ISew Ilempshire Gazette.
Vermont.?The first paper was the Vermont Ga
zette and Green Mountain Post-Boy, in 1718, and
printed in Westminster.
Delaware.?Tha Wilmington Courier was com
menced in 1761.
Maryland.?1728 cave birth to the Maryland Ga
zette, at Annapolis, by Wm. Parks.
Virginia.? The Virginia Gazette was issued in
1736, at Williamsburg.
North Carolina.?The first paper published was at
Newborn, called the Gazette, In 1775.
South Carolina.?January 8th, 1731, T. Whltmarsh
issued the first paper in the State at Charleston, call
ed the Guzette.
(ieorpia.?The Savannah Gazette, commenced in
1763. It was continued regularly for 27 years.
Kentucky.?John Bradford arrived at Lexington
in 1786, and commenced the Gazette.
Tennessee.?The Knoxville Gazette was given to
the public in 1793, being the first paper published in
thut State.
Ohio.?Printing was introduced into Ohio atiCin
cinnati 1795, by S. Freeman & Son, who soon after
commenced a paper.
MisH?tippi.?A. press was established at Natchez,
1808.
Missouri.?The first paper, was at St. Louis, called
the Gazette, established In 1806.
Indiana.?Western Sun, a? Vincennes, was com
menced first in that State in 1808.
Illinois.?No knowledge of the first paper. About
1817 wo think.
Michigan,?The Essayist at Detroit, in French, in
1909, by Rev. Mr. Richard. In the Upper Penin
sulu, at Copper Harbor, in 1846, the Lake Superior
News, by JohnN.Ingersoll?now published at Saut.
Ste. Marie,
Wiscxmshi.?-The Green Bay Republican "Was the
first, in 1831, by W. Shorls.
Joira.?Al Burlington the State Gazette, in 1836.
Texas.?The Galveston Star at Galveston, com
menced in 1834.
California.?In 1848, the Alta Californian, edited
by llev. Calvin Colton, at San Francisco.
Oregon.?At Columbia, called the Freeman, in
1847.
Mlnesola.?At St. Paul, the Register, by S. Ran
dall in 1849
From the time the first newspaper was published
in 1704 to 1775, being a period of 71 years, <8 differ
ent journals were printed in the colonies and just
one-half of them were suspended before 1775.
We have no data to get at thenuinbcr printed from
1775 to 1800. But in 1810, there were printed the
following :
New Hampshire . . 12; New York . 66
Mamachusettx . 32 New Jersey H
Rhode l*lnixj . 7 PenimylVHiiia . .71
Connecticut II Delaware U
Vermont .... Ml Maryland .21
District of Columbia 01 North Carolina 10
Virginia .... 23,South Carolina in
Oeonrla .... l:J Kentucky ... 17
Tennessee . 6 Ohio .14
lodian Territory, Sun, ) 'Mississippi Territory I
St. Vlncennen, la.; [ 2 [Territory of Orleans . |n
Essayiwt, Detroit.?) I Louisiana I
IfilU whole uunU>er published 260
1ft*) 41 ?' " . 7-^1
isw " 44 " yiw
|h|0 " ?? 44 1172
IAfiO (Probably) 44 2fino
There arc now over 400 papers und periodicals
p ubiislied in Pennsylvania ajone.
A Peep at Fahhioxadle Like.?A couple of
lawyers who do not clrculatc among the 1 upper
ten, desirous of penctruting into the secrets of
fashionable life, adopted the singular experiment of
mounting upon one another's shoulders and peeping
ihto windows. Several ladles in a fashionable man
sion on Fourth street the other night, were assem
bled in their parlor around a workt.iole, chatting and
conversing gaily, when a man tumbled heels over
head into their midst.?One of the two lawyers men
tioned above had mounted upon the other's shoulders j
in u kind of craw-fish fushion, and was luxuriating
in the loveliness of the lair ones there assembled, |
when the other, through freak or whim, gave a sud
den lurch, und sent his colleague headlong Into the
ro m. The master of the house, alarmed at the
cries of the ladies, came Into the room and ejected
the gentleman as suddenly as he had entered. So
much for n glimpse of fashionable life.?Cincinnati
No npariel.
Kplftratn.
Says Jim to Hal, " what gives your eye
That reddish tint my sense surpuH*es."
Snvs Hal to Jim " the reason, why,
It is because 1 use eironf glasses."
"Conic, come," said Tom's father, "at your tlmo of I
life,
There's no longer excuse for -thus playing the
rake.?
It is ime you should think, boy, of tnkinir a wife.''?
" Why, so H !?, father? wb?*e wife ahall I lake 1''
AN EXAMPLE WORTHY TO BE FOL
LOWED BY EVERY PARENT.
Some weeks ago, we met at Gadbby's
Hotel in this city, an elderly gentleman, with
a benign face and a long, thin, white beard.
It was the author of the following admirable
letter. His countenance has not done injus
tice to his heart, and in this letter he has
set an example worthy to be followed by
every parent.
Solon Robtnaou*
Our old friend, Solon Robinson, has been for sev
eral months leisurely traveling through tho south
western and southern States. His habit is to take
notes of what he aeoa and^hears, and sometimes of
what he feels, for future Wt; and he is very apt to
make good UtfU of his notes. The following interest
ing letter was written by him to his young daughter,
and its familiar plain way of narrating things are
well calculated to enlist the attention of young read
ers, as well us older ones.?Cincinnati Gazette.
(Near) Alexandria, Va.,
Sunday, June 3, 1849.
&Mib9 Leila Robinnon.?My dear little girl: Not
having an opportunity to get tho letter written to
Josephine into the mail yet, I thought I would add
one for you, though 1 have nothing very interesting
to write. I suppose it will not be very interesting to
you to hoar me tell how this part of Virginia, that
was "iice in a high state of improvement, has nearly
all grown up again into forest. Just ho it may be
some day where you now live. All the houses rotten
down, or burnt up, or tumbling into pile's of ruins,
and all the fences gone, and fields covered witlftrecs,
among which may be growing old apple trees, cherry
trees, &c.; may be the condition of all the land
around our present home, as it is in somo parts of
this country, that was once so rich and flourishing
one hundred years ago.
There is one thing, though, that never will be there
as it is here?that is the old roads gullied and washed
down the hills until it is like traveling in the bottom
of a great ditch, sometimes 30 or 40 feet deep.
There is another thing hero that never will be there
?that is, old stone houses and mills, for this is a
stony country. I traveled yesterday a mile up tho
side of a very rocky hill, almost a mountain?so
narrow and difficult that it was troublesome passing
other wagons. Now that is something that you
never have seen, and can never see upon the prairie.
Mother can tell you something about sucn roads
and rocky hills, for she has traveled over them across
the Alleghany Mountains, from Philadelphia.
Yesterday I visited Mount Vernon, which you
have read about I suppose for it wub once the home
of Washington, whose character I would hav?j you
study well in some of your books.
When he was alive, upon the way of going to his
house, one passed some two miles through the well
cultivated fields of his plantation, on each Hide of
the road, and at nearly a mile from the house enter
ed the "Mount Vernon gate," between two neat little
buildings, called gato lodges, where lived some old
negroes to open the gate, after old English fashion,
when gentlemen's houses and castles were walled in
and guarded. From this outside gate u fine carriage
road lead through a sort of wide lawn, or woodland
pasture, over hill and vale up to the house. The en
trance to this was flanked with a row of brick
houses for the servants, and offices of various kinds,
that gave it a kind of fortified or guarded appearance.
Passing between these you entered the great yard
and came to the house, not before seen. This is of
wood, two low stories high, and built in old style,
having a fine view of the Potomac and across into
Maryland. Rvery thing around wore the air of
neatness, taste und comfort, and prosperity. But
oh, how melancholy it all looks now.
As I entered tho premises from the " old Alexan
dria road." coming from tho south, I passed through
an old dilapidated gate, and along the avenue of
brush and briars, grown up where was once fences.
On either side lie broad waste fields in part, ond part
enclosed by a sort of three-rail fence ana brush fence,
until at length 1 came to tho original entrance into
the park. Here still stand the lodges, without doors
or windows, and there hangs the gate, but there is
no use of shutting it, for on cither side the frames
aro all gone, and the once smooth drive up to the
house is now full of stones, mud and gullies, und it is
necessary to leave the old road in places and seek a
new track among tho trees.
As we upproacn the outposts, wo find a part of tho
roof of the range of out-buildings fallen in, und the
way chockcd with rubbish und dirty, lazy negroes
listlessly hanging about, and inside of the yard, shrub
bery and flowers no longer require the " notice to
visiters" not to touch them, which was once painted
upon boards and put up around the yard, but so long
ago that the letters, like tho ancient glory of the
house of Washington, aro nearly all faded away, and
gone with flowers and shrubbery.
Everything about looks dingy and time-worn, and
fast decaying, and it made such u melancholy iin
Kression upon my mind that I turned about my
orscs and hustened uway as fast as I could drive.
The place is still occupied by one of the old fami
ly, Mr. John A. Washington, but is a most undesira
ble residence, because everybody, like myself, thut
comes within reach of tho home and tomb of the
great and good George Washington, feels it almost a
sacred duty to make a pilgrimage to visit the sacrcd
spot. Tho consequence is, that tho houso is con
1 stantly overrun with visiters; I have no doubt but
'.hat the family arc literally "eaten out of house und
homo."
Thero has been some talk in former years of Con
gress buying the place. 1 think it should bo done?
otherwise it must inevitably go to ruin. I think it
is n duty of the grateful und great American family,
who love everything connected with the natne and
memory of their country's father, that Congress
should buy his old home and tomb, and put it in a
fjood stote of repair, and keep it as near exactly as
le left it as possible, for coming ages to look at and
love, without feeling as all do now who visit it,
grieved at the thought that unless the decaying
hand of time is immediately arrested, we shull soon
have to mourn over what was once tho home of
Washington.
It might be made the home of some old war-worn
worthies, who should live there ae pensioners of the
government, and preserve the place In ordor, and
show it to visiters, and from whom a display of hos
pitality would not be expected.
1 am sorry to think our government so poor that
they would hesitate to buy it, or so careless of the
memory of Washington, as to see his house become
the hootir;g place for owls, or his tomb left alone?a
deserted spot in the wilderness.
If there are any of the American family so wedded
to their golden gods thut they would hesitate on ac
count ot cost, I care not to know them. They are
not congenial with mine
Now, my dear little daughter, you may think this
a very uninteresting letter; but if you will preserve
it until you grow old enough to read and understand
more of American history, you will then read it with
more interest.
I want vou, my daughter, to study the map of the
United States, so as to be able not only to point out
where I now am, but to trace my long journey through
the different States during the lust eight months.
Start upon tho map from our house near the head of
Lake Michigan, and down through the State of In
diana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, Alabama, lieorgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virginia, and after this through Maryland,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey to New York.
What a long drive for one to take all alone by him
self, and what a diversity of people, Foil, cultivation,
and manners and customs I have seen within the last
eight months.
I have learned a great deol of the country, that 1 never
could haw learned from books. I continue to write
letters to tho American Agriculturist every month,
but that paper cannot publish a tenth of the inter
esting matters (fiat I have seen and might write
about. I also write some letters to other papers, as
often iih I can find time, amid all my other engage
ments.
Perhaps, after I get home, I shall be able to write '
out u full account of my observations, and have
them published in a book. I have no doubt but 1
could write one that would be very interesting, and
one that perhaps would sell and bring us a little
money for our comfort and convenience. Many
gentlemen have urged me to do so.
I have in my journey met a great many persons
who look upon mo as an old acquaintance, from
knowing mo as a writer, and 1 have made a great
many pleasant acquaintances, and been treated with
a great deal of kindness, attention, and hospitality,
whichJs all very agreeable, but not so much so as it
would bo to be once more at homo with you ull in
our happy and comfortable home.
Hut my sheet is full and I must close. I am your
affectionate father,
SOLON ROBINSON.
Tho following statistical information was taken by
the assessors of the township of Furmington, at the
time qf taking the asumsmcnl last April:
Acres of improved land
" sown to wheat
liushcla of whont raised hint year ?
" of all other kinds ol'grain ?
llorsPN
Neiit cattle over the age of two years
Sheep ?
1,400
Lbs. of wool of Hip clips of the preceding year yo,M7t)
Saw Mitts ? ? ' of.? *i
Feet of lumber sawed preceding year ?
Capital Invested ? ?'?lun
llandM employed
Flouring Mills ? ? ? ? ? ??
It tins of sionts
llarrels of flour manufactured
Capital Invested ?
Hands employed ? ? J
l.bs. of sugar manufactured ? ?
Value of Merchandise lunpertcd Iho preceding
year for the purpose of *ale ? ?
One of the saw mills mentioned is out of repair
and sawed no lumber, und .of coursc employed no
hands. ______
All Eagle Shot by a Woman.?Mrs. Bagley, of
Milo, Maine, shot a large grey eagle last week, which
was pounciug down upon her child, at play in the
yard. The little fellow assailed the eagle with his
hoe' and Mrs. BHglcy got the gun and brought the
bird down.
LIST OF PATENTS
ISSUED l-BOM Till USUT1D 8TAT?S PA TI1T OmCI,
(With llif CUium annexed.)
fW the ueek ending June 12,1849.
David Dbiiil, Hannover, Pa., Improvement in
?eed pi;.ntors. 1'atenicd Juno 12, 1849.
What 1 cluim tm my invention and improvement,
aud desire to secure by letter* putent, in;
1 The combination of the roller I., spring* K. and
lover M, with tho ruck N, to which the cultivator
teeth G are affixed, for regulating the depth ol lur
rowing in various kind* of hard and mellow soil with
out the necessity of altering the position of the trans
verse beams to wh'eh the rear end* ol the parallel
longitudinal beams II are connected.
2? 1 also claim the niunner of preventing the seed
passing from tha hopper through the channels of the
planting cylinder, when the cultivator teeth arc raised
from the grounu, or whenever it Is desired to stop
the planting operation by means of the combination
of the transverse rising and falling bar J, cams a, bent
roils R, sliding bur U, vulvu rods P, und springs 1,
with the frame A, us described.
3. I likewise claim placing the radial pins in the
channels of the planting cylinders, in the manner and
for the purpose set forth.
jStieox Piatt, Otlaua, Illinois, iiiyirovcment in
harvesters. Patented June 12, 1849.
What 1 claim us my invention, and desire to secure
by lelters putent, is the oornliination of a series ol re
movable cutters with the link* of un endless revolv
ing chain which carries them successively Into con
tuct with the grass or grain to b? cut, substantially
as herein described, whether the cutters bo contig
uous or placed at intervals upon the'ehain.
1 also claim making one end of ear.h cutter sharp,
in order that, by pressing against the adjacent end ol
the next cutter, straw, grass, or other intervening
obstruction* may be cut In two and allowed to pass
out, the cuttetB thus freeing themselves lrom ob
structions which might otherwise choke or break
1 also claim placing the bundles or sheuve* of grain
at right ungleB to the path of the machinc, by mean*
of a" second rake H, comblnod with the first, sub
stantially as herein set forth.
1 also claim moving or turning the first rake by
cords, chains or belts, arrunged and operated as de
scribed, or In any other substantially similar manner.
I also claim vibrating the second rake H, and turn
ing its teeth as herein set forth, whether the devices
employed tu effect these movements be such as de
scribed, or others equivalent thereto.
1 also claim changing tile frequency of the alterna
tions of the rakes by means of the cones ol wheels
(:), 4, 5) end pinions (3', 4', B',) or other equivalent de
vice,for the purpose of varying the size ol the sheave*
as herein set forth.
Joseph II. Unions, Cleveland, Ohio, Improvement
in hirnesa saddles. Patented June 12, 1849.
What I claim as new, and desire to sei lire by let
ters patent, is disconnecting tho parts Iroiri the
skirts and girth, when the pads are lunged to and
placed far beneath tho tree to admit of free motion to
conform to tho shope and changing positions ol the
horse's back without coming Into contact with the
skirt* or girth, which aro uttuched to the tree as
herein set forth.
Auiiinn Stillman, Nem York, N. V., improve
ment in steam pipes for sugar boiling. Patented
June 12, 1849.
What I claim as my invention and desire to se
cure by letters pulenl, is connecting the two com
partment* of the main steam pipe of the evaporating
nibes of the evaporating pans, by means of a series
of syphon tubes, which receive tho steam from one
compartment and discharge It Into the lower com
portment, whereby I am enabled to obtain a larger
umount of heating surfoce than by any other known
plan.
Geobois Coi-ov, Fayettenrille, Pa.. Improvement
in drill barrows. Patented June 12. 1849.
What I claim as my invention and desire to secure
by letters patent, is the comblnaiidn of tho upper
slide I, with the lower (m) the former moving al
least twice for one movement of the lot tor, the two
being made and arranged In tho monnor and lor tho
purpose as herein set' forth.
J. Adams, S. Adams and, L. H. Moon*;ol Mass.,
improvement in machines for cutting out felloes.
Patented Juno 12,1849.
What wo claim as our invention and desire to se
cure by letters patent, is the combination of tho cut
ter hood and beam C, with tho levers O, j; cross
head R, moving between the upright slides and at
tached to the Itvorj, by the connecting rod /, iron
straps m, and oblong plate, screw-shaft II pussing
through the cross heud. and provided with the fric
tion wheel 0, which is alternately thrown Into geor
with tho friction wheel* /, />, on tho upper end* of
the shafts F, I, by means ol tho horizontal beam k,
pulleys und weight* u, r, and lower it, for elevating
and depressing tho cutter beutn und cutters, in the
niunner and purpose* herein set forth.
F. C. Coffin & C. I.kibbick, Philadelphia. Pa.,
Improved pud lock. Putented June 12, 1849.
Whut we claim as our invention and desire to sc
curo by letters patent, la the main spring c, unswer
ing three dlstluct purposes, viz: thowing out bow
holding hack tile bolt proper, when unlocked und
forcingIt forward in locking: it* power Increasing
during tho process of locking und unlocking, while
It Is perfectly ut case when unlocked. All of which
is constructed and operates substantially in the niun
ner herein above described.
Reuben Mubdock, Rochester, N. Y., improve
ment in burrei muchinory. Patented June 12, U49.
Wliot 1 claim as my invention und desire to so
cure by loiters putent, 1*?
First, I clulm tho combination of the revolving
dogs (m) the puwls (m) the dlsenguging levers U,
the vibrating feed lever R. and the stops q, q, w here
by the slab is secured on tho carriage, and succcssive
staves suwed from the same slab.
Second, I claim disconnecting the carriago (N)
from the ieed gear during its retrograde motion while
the slab is being led towards the saw (J,) substan
tially in tile niunner and for tho purpose herein set
'"'third, I likewise clulm tho comblnutlon of tho os
cillating saw (J) with the curved gated caned (T)
whereby tho stuvo is securely held during the uc
tlon of the saw, In the manner und for the purpose
herein set forth.
Fourth, 1 likewise clulm the combination of the
stave carriage y, with the spring dog s, and spring
hold fast I, and stop v, whereby the stave is securely
hold down during the action of tile suws, and then
thrown from the machine.
Fifth, I also clulm the combination concave and
con vex pleasure feed roller* (C, 0,) and the self-ad
justing spring clumps or resis (R, R.) with the
concave and convex cutter* (A. A.) when tho seve
ral members ore arranged in the curve of the longi
tndlnal section of the stuvo herein . et forth.
Isaac Knight, Baltimore Ml., improvement in
trucks for rail roud cars. Patented June 12,1849.
"Whut 1 claim and wish to secure by letters pa
tent, Is the connecting and combining In the carriage
for carrying burdens und passengers upon roil rouds,
ono or more intermediate pair ot cylindrical wheels,
or wheels nearly cylindrical, without Hinges, loose
upon their axles, or otherwise independent in their
action, so that any one of these intermediate Wheels
muy revolve faster or slower than the .others in con
nexion with guide wheels having either one or two
flanges they being made fast to their axles, and also
either for u six or eight wheel car all the wheels of
the same c.rriugc, both fast und loose on their axles
being uttached to one and tho sumo Btlff frame by
means of springs and bearing boxes otherwise. This
combination in u rail roud carriage a* above described,
I claim as new, and of my invention; I do not how
ever claim cylindrical wheels on separate Homes
mode la t to, ond revolving with their axles, these hav
ing been used In stoam locomotive engines as drivers;
but I do claim the looie or independent wheels with
out llanges ih connexion with guide wheels having
flanges und the attachment of the wheel to the una
still frame, us above described.
John A. Tapi in, Fishkili, N. Y,. Improved con
Siruction of the muster wheel of horse powers. Pa
tented Juno 12,1849.
" What I clulm us my invention and desire lo se
cure bv letters patent; is making Iho rim of the mas
ter wheel of u horse power within which the horse
wulks, of unnulur segments (d) of cast iron (tho cogs
being vertic.ll und on the edge of the sogment) the In
ner und outer peripheries ol which are grooved, and
have segmental band* of wrought iron (ee) fitted
therein; the wrought Iron segments breaking joint
with cuch other und with tho cogged segments, ond
the whole being bound togothur by through bolts;
thus making a portable rim wheel sufficiently strong
ond rigged to maintain its form,andperlorm it* duty
without the assistance of framing."
Jacoh Mumma, Mitltlldmm, Pa., improvement in
corn shelters. Patented June 12, 1819.
Whut I claim as new, and for which I desire to
secure letters patent, is the employment of concave
runner by means of which the cobs aro more treely
discharged, urm d with spiral rows of teeth or ribs,
combined with iho inclined breast bourn and spring
block, substantially in tho niunner uud for the pur
pose set forth.
Chapman WAnxan lAuittille, Ky., improvement
In churns. Putented, Juno 12. 1849.
What 1 claim as new und desire to secure by let
ters patent, Is making tho moving pnr'.s of tho churn
consisting of a vertical shuft und rotary dasher, con
structed substantially as above specified, to be sus
pended nnd combined with the movable lid b, us
above described, thereby dispensing with a pivot or
step at Iho lower end of the shaft for the purpuses
set forth, so thill said moving parts cun be ie?lily
lifted from tho churn and aguin lie replaced; the
whole oporallng In the manner aoovu described.
K. Von Hekbinci*n, PicktnnvilU, Ala., Improve
ment In musical notation. Patented June 12, 1849.
What 1 claim as new and doslro to secure by Icttors
patent Is,
Flr?t. The arrangement of distinct churociors to
denoto the lingering of music, mudo and arrunged
substantially In the munncr herein described.
Second. Giving the twevo musical Intervals dis
tinct nlimes so that tho use of tho words flat und
shnrp is entirely avoided, and with them all the con
fusion naturally urising In the mind of u beginner.
Third. Representing the sounds usually called
nnturul by one uniform color, and thosu commonly
called flats and shurps, by unuther uniform color, so
that they muy be distinguished from each olhcr by a
mere Inspection of the musical character, represent
ing (he nolo without the use of chromatic signa
tures.
L. P. HasLett, Louisville, Ky.t improvement in
inhalois. or lun" protectors. Patented June 12.
IB49.
Whut I ckim us my improvement und desire to
sccure by letters patent, is?
First. I claim the nose or mouth-joint having the
pioco 1 made to lit the nostrils or the mouth in
combination with the valves A und B. for the pur
pose of causing the air to enter und be discharged
through sepurute orifices us herein described.
Second, la combination with the said nose or
mouth joint and valves, I claim the filtercr D, either
with or without the tubo E, as described.
J. L. Mott, Neio Yorlc, N. Y.. improvement in
cooking stoves. 1*uteri ted June lv, 1819.
Whut 1 claim as my invention, und desire to se
cure by letters patent, is the method substantially us
described, of equalizing the heat in the oven by
combining with the diving Due at the back, and the
serlM of tubular flues at the bottom, with spaces
between them, the return flue below the Hue tubes,
| und the return Hue at the buck of the diving flue,
i subsiuntiully us described.
And 1 also ciuim the method of protecting the top
pluie of the stove or the purls thereof, by lining it or
them with u perforated plate or platen, with some
earthy cement or other refractory substance Inter
posed between the plate or plates, und the perforated
lining as described.
Navy Aqbnt'h Optic a,
PensuaUu, May 26, 1649.
(JKAI.I'il) PROPOSALS, in <l|iiil&cate, for each clans sepa
|0 rately, endorsed "Proposals lor Supplies for Navy
Vards," will be received at this office u.Ull 1*2o'clock M.
on Monday, the 25th day of June next, for furnishing and
delivering at the navy yard at Pensacola, at such place or
places as may be directed by the Commandant, free of ex
pense to the Government, Uie materials and articles hereiu
uf.er specified, ylsr.:
Class No. 1?Brick*.
1,0-15,000 bricks, all to be of the bent cpiallty, and uniform in
size; samples ill this office.
Class No? 2? Ltunber.
22 p'cos 16feet long, 5 by 6 inch., best quality yell, pine
312 do 16 do .'I by 9 do do do
til do 22 do 3 by 9 do do do
?II do 32 do 4 by 6 do do do
321 do 11 do 3 by 4 do do do
tiO do 20 do 12 by 12 do do do
60 do I I do 12 by 12 do do do
24 do .'{0 do ft by 10 do do do
24 do 28 do 8 by 10 do do do
18 do 31 do 8 by 10 do do do
12 do 36 do 8 by 10 do do do
24 do 14 do 6 by 9 do do ilo
60 do 18 do 6 by 9 do do ilo
12 do 40 do 8 by 10 do do do
24 do 29 do 8 by 10 do do do
18 tlo 2a do N by 10 do tlj> do
21 do IH do 6 by 9 ado do do
96 do 10 do 6 by 9 *lo do do
648 do 10 do 3 by 8 do do do
180 do 14 do 3 by 8 do do do
201 do 25 do 3 by 8 do do do
348 do 18 ilo 3 by 8 do do do
24 do l.'t do 6 by 6 do do do
II I tlo I I do 6 by 6 do do do
IH do 25 do 5 by 6 ilo do do
12 do 36 do fi by 6 do do tlo
12 do 34 do 6 by 7 do do do
18 do ;t2 do 5 by 7 do do do
24 do .'Ml do 6 by 8 do do do
21 do 28 tlo 6 by 8 do do do
36 do 31 tlo 5 by 8 do tlo do
30 do 20 do 6 by 8 tlo do do
12 wo 40 tlo 5 by 8 do do do
24 tlo 29 tlo 5 by 8 do do tlo
12 tlo 34 do 6 by 6 tlo do . tlo
12 tlo 28 tit# 4 by 5 tlo do tlo
420 tltt 22 tlo 3 by 5 do do do
396 tly 20 do 3 by 5 do do do
iitiO do 18 tlo 3 by 5 do do do
240 tlo 10 tlo 12 by 12 tlo (eight square) tlo
102 do 20 do 2 by 6 do best quality tlo
108 tlo IH do 2 by 6 do tlo tlo
| 1320 do 20 do 3 by 4 do tlo do
144 tlo 24 tlo 3 by 12 do do do
. 120 do 20 do 3 by 12 tlo do uo
72 do 2?j tlo 2H by 7 do do tlo
108 do 18 do 2| by 7 do do tlo
(KM tlo 28 tlo 3 x 5 x 7 do do do
24 do 37 tlo 3 x 5 x 8 do do tlo
15 tlo :? do 8 by 10 do do do
10 tlo 17 do 8 by 10 do do tlo
40 do 12 tlo ;{by 8 tlo do tlo
10 tlo .22 do 12 by 12 do do do
21 tlo .10 do 12 by 12 do tlo do
7 tlo 24 do 12 by 12 do tlo do
120 do 24 tlo 3 by 12 tlo tlo tlo
55 do 30 do 3 by 12 do do tlo
16 do 31 do 8 by 10 do do tlo
4 do 18 do 8 by 10 tlo tlo do
22 tlo 12 tlo 8 by It) do do tlo
45 do 20 do 3 by 8 do tlo do \
8 tlo 25 tlo 4 by 6 do do tlo
31,800 feet2-itich plank, 18 to 20 feet long, 12 to 14 inches
wide, nest quality yellow pine
5,000 tlo 1^-iuch plank. 18 to 20 feet long, 12 to 16 ins.
wide, best quality yellow pine
4,800 tlo IJ inch plank, 18 to 20 feet long, 12 to 1-1 Ins.
wale, best quality yellow pine
121,500 do 1 -Inch plank, 18 to 20 feet long, 12 to 14 ins.
, wide, best quality yellow pine
16,361 tlo Ij-inch dressed flooring, 5 to 6 inches wide,
toiigued and grooved
1,000 tlo 1{ inch dressed flooring, 4 to 6 inches wide,
tongued aial grooved, 20 leet long
5,(WO do 1$ inch tire.-set! flooring. 4 to b inches wide,
tongued and grooved, dressed on both sides,
20 feet long
51,300 tlo narrow dressed flooring,tougned aud grooved
35,600 do dressed flooring, tongued ami grooved, 8 to 10
Inches wide
102,600 tlo dressed celling, tongued aud grooved, 1 to 7
inches wide
16,361 dti dressed ceiling, J-inch, tongued and grooved,
6 to 7 inches wide
1 201,000 plastering laths, 4 ft. long, best quality yellow pine
18,000 feet 2-inch juniper plank, 18 to 20 Icct long, 12 to 16
Inches wide
15,000 feet l juch juniper plauk, 18 to 20 feet loug, 12 to
16 inches wale
I 300,000 juniper shingles, best quality, and not less than 5
inches wide
68,000 feet 2-inch white pine plank, 18 to 20 feet long, 8 to
1 'i ilichen Willi
Class No. 2.?Miscellaneous.
3000 feet 1 inch yellow pine, 16 to 18 feet long, 12 to 16
Inches wide
750 pieces yellow pine, 2 feet 4 inches long, 2} by 1| inches
50 tlo do 4 feet long, 2 by 3 inches
10 tlo do 20 feet loug, 5 by 6 inches wide
4000 feet 1 inch white pine boards
4000 tlo 11 do tlo plank
2000 do 2 do tlo do
2000 do 1 tlo juniper boards
80000 juniper shingles
3000 feet 2 inch ash plank, 12 feet long, 12 to 20 inches wide
500 do 1^ inch tlo 20 do 12 to 16 tlo
1000 do 3 iuch do 12 do 12 to 16 do
2000 do 4 iuch tlo 12 tlo 12 to 20 do
<500 tlo 1J Inch white oak plank, 12 to 15 feet long
30000 plastering laths
Class No. 3.?Slate.
160 squares of best quality imperial, duchess, or countess
? slate, size of squares id feet by 10 feet, or 100 square
feet; size of plate may be 10 by 20 or 12 by 24
inches.
Class No. 4?Lime, Cement,and Hair.
1186 casks of best quality Washington or Thomas ton lime
419 barrelsof best quality Rosendale Cement
*220 bushels o! hair lor plastering.
Class No. A.?Miscellaneous.
100 casks lime, best quality
50 do cement, tlo
100 bushels hair
100 bushejs sand, for use of moulders in making brass cost
Steel, and Nails
tlo 3d do tlo
200 pounds 6 inch wrought iron spikes
MOO do 5 tlo cut tlo
[10 tlo 2 by $ iuch iron, best American
90 do 1 by J inch iron do
DO tlo 3 by A Inch iron tlo
DO tlo 2 by finch iron 4o
JO tlo 2 bv i inch Iron do
50 tlo 1J inch square iron tlo
tlo . inch tlo tit)
f 0 tlo 5 inch dlam, round iron, beat American
do ; Inch tlo tlo tlo
XI tlo I inch do tlo do
3 sheets 1 inch best quality sheet Iron
5 M if do brads
Class No. 5.?Miscellanemis.
1000 pounds 1? inch square Iron, best American
3j? by I inch Iron
1A inch squat
100 tlo 1A iuch square cast steel
100 tlo if tlo tlo do
100 tlo I do 8 square do
L
jnglish blistered steel
u k,?, 6d Iron rut n.ll.
li <lo *1 < ? ' "
H ill! I'M ,1(>
Clash Nn. #.-Pninli, Oilf, vr
1G8.-.0 pound. r<"Vvl^w,tf ""
pound. crome irreen, Tiem.tr. No. I
90 do verdigris, in oil
om do manganese
no do Venetian red
*! barrel. SZl'iVir^wnUt^, ?Jjr lb..
,?lS,,co|?varnuli. simllli'" ?f Nr? Vorlt
i . 0 ?!?> w by? i
"ill l ie white lead muni bo In pock.ge. uf iu>l lew "ban I
Botiormor? UttnB pound...
CUAXH No. B -.Wuee/lo?ou?.
siyM?bru.i.?. ?t?.k si ?mim, I
bridle. U IiicIim long
o du tltehes, assorted
7 ,|,i riil.ii bru.he., luue <i?
? . do iiHlnter'n .limter.
ur-i .leel romlim for o.k irn?tiinu
for pnlntor*. |
2 .iJIm.i1 biullln., for minter'. me
] noiuiil. CI,Uiew vermilion
rt do Turkey umbtr
r, ilo Term lie Sleunii
5 ,|o r on rue *|>"li?e
30 do puinlee Htono
|.I ilo niiiirt ocbrt
ilo rotu-n .tone
ill cnlloni. Jii|>?u vnrul.il
?J ounre. i o|,m r bron?,ll?btr. or
.? do do .ree? in'
?J ilo lillver broll.e
?; penny we,.hi. liolil lironte
1111)1 Billion" Wider eir?lt"|d .|?rm
Inn do nenl.tool oil,
?J|?I do llii.ee,I nil
?ji imnuilf |iim .lielliie,
?H a,, l.niblm?
tun No. 7.?Hardware.
9fi paint of 3-inch Irou bull hiuges
8ti2 do 4 do do
108 do Parliament butt hinges, 0 incite* wide
opeu
'?it do Parliament butt binges
?Mi Much irou rim kuob locks
72 ti do do
144 M do do
44 4 do kliob late ben
64 4 do cupboard locka
12 3 do do
12 4 tlo drawer locka
2 dozen iron padlock*
33 gros* Mnt b iron screws
AO do do do
83 do l? do do
tl'l pounds block tiu
2JU do pig lend
I bras# cocks, 1J inch diameter
II do do % .to
310 rush pulleys
AO 31 14>uich sprigs
Hi M l} do
I IUJ leet cord. Sample at Navy Agent'* Office
13 noutuU do do do
20 H inch brass flunh boltM
Clam* No. 7.?Mi*etl/aneoua.
4 dozen iron butt hinges, 2 to 3 inches
2U|M Kjirii:*, 1 10 1J iucbca
32 M finch co?'' L
A0 M Irou tack
? copper tacks
0 ? ?? lacks, 6 to 16 ounce.s
ft KriHM iron screw*, I 10 inches
no pounds glue
400 tlo block tin
??0 do brass spelter
2 sels bench plniies
2 do braces ;m<I b;|j'f complete
o rip handsaws
0 COmpMH saw.-l
1 do/.en daw hammers
2 do augers, A to 2 inches
J. It,u ^ "arrow a*cM, 6 to fi pounds weight
.*1 diixen handsaw files, G to H inches
1 do 11-inch half-round wood files
2 do It) whip saw do
I do ciipLiiter'N hatchets
I do harness buckles
1 do brass rocks, I Inch diameter
1 (' I. akh No. 8? Conner & /
4*t sheet. of 16 oi. copier *
1 ? tin 21 ,lu"
rt .lo brazler'acopper, r. fen 8 inchei lonf, 3 fen
wide, | inch thick
0 do biniUr'n cnpinr, 4 lert Ioiir by 2 f.-ct wide, J
I inch thick "
367 do of 16 oa. brazier's copper, r? feet long by 2 feet ti
inches wide
6fi0 pounds sheet xiuc, lit ox. to the square foot
? ?n .... | inch bo It copper
composition slating nri!s.
<*v? ? ,PH??No. H?Misc^iuncouu.
200 pounds of I Inch bolt Conner
200 tlo j do do
200 do I do do
mm Slff! N?" ?~8f"P Chandlery~Mitcellimeou*.
lOOt) tutnoms fi-inrh turret! rone
IUOO do f? do do
1000 do 4* do (j?
1000 do 4 <lo do
1000 do :tft do do
loon do 3 no ,i?
luOO do 21 do tin
8000 do 2| .lo do
gffi.dn J do d.
801)0 do j? do do
do b inch Manilla do
600 do A do do
fiOO do 4 do do
500 do 3$ do do
UlOO do 3 do do
1000 do 2A do do
I0J*1 do 2 J do d?i
itlOO do 2 do do
10 coils of 21 thread ratline.
10 do IH do do
JO do |f? do do
10 do 9 do do
10 do 12 do do
10 do ' 0 do <io
10 do marline 4
10 do houseline
5 pieces ravens duck
1 piece green baize
fi sides pump leather
20 do bellows do
10 do harness do
20 do lacing do
60 pounds borax
25 do shoe thread
HO do beeswax
10 barrels bright varnish
10 do bluck do
10 boxes sperm candles, abort sixes
1 barrel chalk
12 tin lamp feeders, largo
C sets tin measures, I gill|to 1 gallon
b large tiu luunels
t> small do do
100 whitewash brushes
100 corn brooms
100 hickory brooms
1U du <10 fnolacap do
SO do b..lqu?l.tr letter |>ap?r, Congreaa sin in p
0 no do envelope paper
4 dozen pint bottles black ink
1 do small carmine red ink
6 single slates v
600 slate pencils
2 dozen pieces silk taste
] do do. India rubber
J ? 4-bla?led Conp-uu, penknives
1 gross best quality black lead pencils
5 pounds red sealing wax
5 do wafers
ti do gum arable
12 gross Oniou't eagle ststfpens
1 ream note paper
k doxeu 8-quire blank books, full bound
i do b do do do
1 do 4 do do do
'l ('? J '!? do half do
2 do 1 do do ,lo
d.? memorandum book.
A do b i|Uire letter booka
J 'lo| 4 do do
b uand boxea
12 lur|e Inkalanda
2000 bushels com" N?' 1
WOO do eats
inn ? ,FLAfa ^,0' 12?Mitcellaneoua.
100 tons anthracite coal
qiwm h.. i i No* Miscclhinevud,
2000 bushels of charcoal
lnn , CtAss No. \ \~Mi.sce!Uinroti.i?
100 conls of hard oak wood
260 do pine light wikxI.
'tb^rlfMio'l^
to the .moiS'ofAte*'Iw'm ??nw?ur'iU'''' !"r
may require ; and whether the quantities remdred bTmnM
orje?..,.,, tlioae specified .hJ ptkSI'.ra'^'Lui?^
All the artlclea miial be of the but mmlilu, ,lellvereil In
food order, and .object to mr.t, lu,p?&lo?& the vard'Jr
delivery aa t.ie llureati may direct, and be in ail rranecia
aatia actory to the Comiilalidant lltereol. For further del
Tii?deliveriea of all building materiala, excentinit mia
cellaneoua article*, may be commenced forthwith, and
muat be commenced wltlun ,ut7 ,i,yt after the date o "the
r,ninInM c0"""ued from lime lo time, a>, In the
opinion of the rnmrnandani of the yard, ilia want* of the
aerrlce may reouire, and tnuat.il be'cooipleted^ wifhta X
m"ju!y "rt,'l 110 |u,ymo"t wil1 made un
ciaaa.a headed " Mijnvlloneoiis," to h? delivered aa re
quired during the fiscal year. On llitae the 'XI n#.r r.m
fv'on'Sufllt1 Ti" 0|,li"n Bureau, be paid quarter.
I'i* "f ?""'wry, April, July, anil t)c'i?ber where
deliveries linve been eatiafactory. The In,lance f?ln.r
CAnl iK' Paid by the Navy Aitent within thirty dara
"a nrnje" " "f b'"* "Iplteaie, duly vouched
A rljtid adherence to thecontract will be enforced - hid
!y i',.^! " ?" cautioned not lo otftr liniler
parnTltted an rjtl#n" of "me W'H be itrauii'd or
,rA!'P-?nl'' ",ir"1i''"1 ln half of the amount of the con
tract, will be rtqulred, and SO per cent, aa additional accur
ity deducted from each payment, until the contract .hall
hare baen completed or rancell,,i The auretiea mua!
"in" contract aa auretiea, and maflldavlt Hint thev
in the aiitrenlc are worth over and above their dataL.n^
liabilities lo the full amount of ihe cumrac, bl"
inMr,i?^riW.eVera.^,:xrs,"er,i;i
K,da;srn,,,it? ??"
Persons whose oflTers shall be accented will he
bv letter through the post office, which notice nhnll be con
sidered sufficient, slid if they do not .
fr0ln ,h",,a,f of no'ice of the acc"pU
nee of their bidx, a contract will he made with Mime nthir
person or nersons, anil the uuaraniors to said defsultliur
o,ef,heWii^,T?ff,,',lhl' "'r ???" f l,rl?. if *
Fonii of qjftr.
To the Nsvy agent at : |, nr lfc_
?!?"'p ?1 olftr 'O ftintlal, liitder your iuti.7*
tisemtnl, dated-- , and subject to all the reoulreaMut*
oHheaime, all the articles embraced in Class, fco. -~y\Tt
(Here insert the articles and prices carried out I a
mounting to fwrlte the aggregate fn words ) ' A'
The undersigne<l of , and I., .i,
~r? aH guarantors, hereby undertake limt the
atsjye named will, if his oflVr l4 accepted, enter into
iSlln H ?*l>^?re rec.uire(, wllh lh, U|l||eJ
fifteen dsys after the date of notice through tiie post office
of the acceptance of his hid as before mentioned. *
I certify that the above-named ^and .re
known to me to be good and responsible guarantors in rhia
DEIVTAL NOTICE.
1 .? . U, . Washington City, April 3, lft49.
I?r wm'T'n' 'rrlr','c:c wf.I,en,iHtry Imhlaclly, to
.1. V . HWI?K? t frel it a duty as well as HptniMurr
ikm0,,V.Iri?m ^?ev,!lfnef '!? *?? exhlbitwl to me of his
skill, t hat I consider him writ 7for the profession iu
which he is enraged, amlftcommenil him to my frieLds and
uatnnis, ronfidently believing that to (hose who may avail
themselves of his services, lie will prove himself worthy
their confidence. n. BARRON.
~ W. H. DIBBLE, hsviiif taken
the office lormerly occupied by Dr. Bar
ron, is pre|*red to perform all operations
w'dcb come within tne range of DEN
TAL SURGERY.
Alter several years experience, snd careful examination
into the various branches of Deni'stry, he has become sal
isfled that the greater portion of Artificial Teeth are mere
ly ornamental, tnswering very little or no purpose in
utility. Ills manner of inserting Is such as to combine
both beauty and. iiNcrulnes*, and he feels confident In sc.
curing the approbation of those who msy honor him with
their patronage.
It being his intention to mske Washington his permanent
residence. Ids charges for thd present will be very mode.
rate, thereby giving an opportunity fbr persons to test the
truth of the foregoing.
?-Office and residence, Ward's Building, Pennsyl
vania avenue, between 6th and 7th streets, uud next door
to Oilman's Drug Store. v t
nmpBRANOBS:
Dr. I* FARMKI*K. Dentist.
/.. IK A W If. OH,MAN, (ap 17-tMto*
NITVD HTATIC8 hStKL. -Iu cousequeaatf <*f
the contlnueil ill health orthe acting proprietor of this
Hotel, snd the necessity of subjecting it to considerable re.
(?airs, it has been dermed ailvlsable to close it for the pre.
M-nt. io order that the repairs may be mori conveniently
made. In the mean time the Proprietors offer the furniture,
Ixtures, lease for five years, and an Ice-house, containing
live hundred loads of ice for salr. /
Application may ba made, either in person or by letter, I
o IfRNRY HAW or WM II SI.'OTT, at this ptare. J
WAtHiNoruN, Julie |;|, Ifliy jutir |0 <1t| ,