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AKilANUUUUY or TUB MAILS.
The Great K&tteru Mail from Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Now Vork, liusUiu, Ac., and BuOalo, Ac., will uow bo re
ceived by U o'clock, a. ui., daily; aud the Alail to be eeut
from thia olllou, tu aud by ttiooe places, will boolowxl as
hcrutofcre, al 4 and V o'clock, p. ui , dailjr.
The .Southern Mail will bu eioM-d hereafter (laity at 8
o'clock, a. ui., and will bu reoeivod, an heretofore, dally
by 6 o cluck, j>. ui.
The second Kttolojru Mail aud Great Won tern Mall are
reomvud by 8 p. in., and oloeed at V, p. m., dally. The Mall
Train*, north of Philadelphia, are to arrive there lu time
to oonnout with the Tralu for iialUiuore, which brlujfs
the Ureal Mali, tu arrive here by W a. in. No Kastern
Mall I* received at this olflce on Sunday night, and no
JCanieru Mall, to be lent beyoud Baltimore, is made up
on Saturday night. Norfolk, Ac., three time* by Balti
more?Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; four time* by
iUcliiuoud?Tuesday, Thurmiay, Saturday, and Sunday.
The Mail for Annapolis, Maryland, and Norfolk and
?djacuut placed in Virginia, U closed every night, exoept
baturday, at U p. m., aud U received an tiuics a week,
with a Mail from Baltimore, Maryland, by 12 m.
rile Mail from Uoorgetowu, D. 0., is received twioe daily
by 6 H. in., aud b p. m., aud it Is cloned for tliat place at
the same hour*.
1 he Mail from ltockville, &e., Md., in received Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, of each week, by ti p. ui., aud it
in 1 I"-1 I lor those pliuies at 0 p. la. of the same days.
The Mail from lirookville, Ac., Md., is roccived by 6 p.
in. ol Wednesday aud Saturday, each week, aud oloaed lor
those piaoe.s at U p. in. of Monday aud Thurs- day.
Upper Marlboro,' Ac., Md., received by 4 p. m., Monday,
Wednesday, aud Friday, and is oloseil same days at tf p. m.
I'ort Tobaooo, Ac., Maryland, received Tuesday, Thurs
day, aud Saturday, by 6 p. in., closed Sunday, Tuesday,
aui Thursday, at U p. in.
. Warrenton, Middleburg, Ac., Va., received Sunday, Wed
nesday, and Friday, by lip. in., closed at U p. m., Mon
day, Wednesday, and Friday.
Leesburg, Ac., Va., received by and closod at 9 p. m.,
Monday, Wednesday, anal Friday.
Vtr The postage on newspapers, and that on all printed
matter addressed to any foreign country, is required to bo
i>ai I in ndvanoe. The postage is also to be prepaid on
letters and packets addressed to foreign countries, ol!mr
than Ureal Britain, Ireland, aud Scotland, and Bremen,
In Europe, and uoine places to which they pass through
the Bremen past oltlce.
Vtr~ The OiHce is open from half-past 7 o'clock, a. ra.,
to y o'clock, p. m., dally, except Sunday, and on that
day it is open from half-past 7 to ten, a. m., and from 7
to J, p. in. WILLIAM A. BKADLKY,
Postmaster.
PUOSrECTUS OF THE "NATIONAL MON
UMENT,"
A weekly journal to be published in Washington,
under Ike sanction of the Washington National
Monument Society.
JAMES 0. P1CKKTT, JSoitob axi> I'cblishxk.
The Monument is intended to be a literary, agricultural,
aud miscellaneous paper. It will contain selections of the
literature of day?the best that can be found in Ameri
can and Euglish publications: interesting scientific articles,
embracing mechanics; foreign aud domestic news; a sy
nopsis Of Uj*> proceedings of Congress, aud every thing
that such a journal might be expected to contain, with
tliu exception of party polities, which will be at all times
most rigorously excluded.
The Monument will be' published for the express and
the sole purpose of aiding in the erection of tho noble
column now risiugon the banks of tho Potomac, in hon
or of the Father of his Country, and which every one |
who venerates the name of Washington would rtyoico to '
s?o completed. After deducting out of the subscription
the expenses of the journal proposed to be published,
tho remaining funds will Is; faithfully applied, and with
out reserve, to the purpose indicated. The aid, therefore,
of all who are willing to contribute to so patriotic au ob
ject, and one so entirely national, is earnestly requested.
By subscribing to the Monument, a valuable journal at a
low price may be obtained, while it will be doing some
thing, at tho same time, towards completing that majestic
memorial of the .Nation's gratitude.
The Board of Managers recommend Mr. Pickett, former
ly Fourth Auditor of the Treasury and Charge d'Affairs to
P?rp, who proposes to edit and publish the Monument
journal, as one well qualified to perform the duties ol
editor, and to conduct the paper faithfully, and satisfac
torily to the subscribers. They assure their fellow-citizens
that this enterprise is not a speculation got up for indi
vidual emolument. Mr. Pickett will make the experiment
with his own means and at his own risk.; if successful, he
will receive uothing more, and he asks nothiug more,
than u very moderate comjiensatlon for his services. Not
on* dollar, therefore, of the direcf subscription to "the
erection of the Monument will !>e, in any event, applied
to the support of tho pajrnr, nor the Society in any man
ner held pecuniarily responsible.
To give the public an idea of what may be done with the
journal it is proposed to publish, it may lie stated that a
list of fifty thousand paying subscribers, at two dollars
each, will yield an annual net profit of from fifty to sixty
thousand dollars.
The postmasters, and secretaries of all organized bodies
throughout the Union, are respectfully requested to act
at agents in obtaining subscriptions, thus aiding the great
object of our exertions.
As all editors and publishers, on account of the object
for which the Monument newspaper will be established,
must wish it to succeed, it is hoped that they will con
tribute to its success by publishing this prospectus.
All moneys will be remitted, and all letters aud moneys
addressed prepaid, to the general agent of the Monument
Society, Hon. Klisha Whittlesey, Washington.
OrricXKs.?Millard Fillmore, ex-qlficio President; Arch.
Henderson, First Vice President; Walter Lenox, (Mayor
of Washington,) Second Vice President; Tlios. Carbery,
Third Vice President; J. B. 11. Smith, Treasurer; Ueo.
Watteraton, Sec re tar)'.
Bo.iui or Ma-Iaoou.?Wlnfield 8oott, N. Towson, Thos
Muuroe, W. A. Bradley, P. K. Kendall, Walter Jones,
Thomas Ulagden, Peter Force, W. W. Sea too, SI. F. Maury
T. Hartley Crawford, Bonj. Ogle Tayloe, Klisha Whittlesey!
Terms.?The Moxubmt will be printed on a double
royal sheet?the paper and type being of the best quality
and in quarto form, containing sixteen large pages, that
It may be more easily preserved.' Tho price will be two
dollars per annum, payable on the reoeipt of the second
number. The nature of the enterprise not admitting ol
any credit, uone can be given.
Societies and clubs will be furnished with the Moxumxxt
on the following terms: 3 copies for $6; & copies, 48- 10
copies, $15; Ac.
Those who are disposed to patronise the Moximz.vr are
requested to forward their names to the General Agent,
without delay. Tho first number will be published early
in May, and tho second on the second day of August, and
weekly thereafter; time being allowed for the Prospectus
to be c'rculated, and for the agents to make returns. As
all subacribers will be contributors to the Monument
lteelf, their names will lie published in the paper
WASHlMQtoil, April 23, 1851.
r?oDFKl , > I u SON, A 00.,~0? NCW YOKK.
VX take leave to inform their friends and the public
that they have taken up the Importing Husinrtt on their
own account. For the future they will confine them
ealves strictly to the Otstntuston Business, for the pur
ohase of dry goods, in Glasgow, Scotland.
- From their iong experience in the trails, they feel con
fident that they can promote the interest of those engaged
la the importation of dry goods, and they respectfully so
licit orders, which shall bare their best attention.
The name of the firm in Glasgow U changed to GODraiT
Pjttiso* A Co.
The New York firm being dissolved, they will be pleased
to receive orders through their agent, James 1'atUson No
SI Pin* strwet, New York.
GODFRKY PATTISON A Co., Cbmmissitm Mtrchanlt,
Glasgow, Scotland.
smuircis:
Messrs. Itonnison, Wood A Co., New York.
Messrs. W. C. Pickersgill A Co., do.
Messrs. Merritt, Kly A Co., do.
Joaeph Walker, esq., do.
The subscriber* being alone entrusted with samples ol
eloth and patterns of these goods for the United States
market, invite the attention of the trade.
??Dr,lltT FATTISON A Co., Glasgow
Ofllee, *1 Pins street. New York. mar 24
I > iKkk, BillA Jonkh, rj UutM it!set, Phlladel
l > phla, invite the attention of the trade to their splen
did Stock of Fancy and Staple IW)NNKT8 and IIAT8, of
all kind*, purchased for cash in Rurope by one of ourflrm ;
and also an assortment of city and eastern made Boots and
Pnoofl. All of which they offer at very low rate*.
r|MIK BK.rtT AND MOSTVALCAM.K AGRICULTURAL
.. AND MACIIINKKY, exhibited at
the AtaU Fair in 1860, will he seen by the award of Pre
mf unm below:
Awarded to K. Whitman, jr., No. 56 Light street, Haiti
wore, by the Maryland State Agricultural Society, at theli
??! Annual Fair, held in Baltimore Mid, 24th and '^5th ol
Octiihwr, lKfcO.
F'>r the l?est Plough In the ploughing match . *10
For the best ploughing with ox team, (special pre
mium,) - . . . . . j
{for the best plough on exhibition, 1st premium " 8
For the best Railway Ilorse Power, Whitman's Im
proved, 1st premium - . -16
For the Iwvit Hay Press. 1st premium . I ?,
For the best Cornsheller, 1st premium ? >6
For the best Field Roller, 1st premium . 1 8
For the Imst Oorn-Stalk Cutters and Grinders 1st
premium - - ? ? ' ? 6
For the beat Churns. 1st premium ? . .
For the Imst Hay ami Manure Fork, 1st premium 2
For the )>e*t Hayrakes, 1st premium - -3
F'ir the t?e*t f!ultlvat->r, 1st premium . .4
V ei hibitor of Agricultural Implements at tlieabov?
named Fair, having received me-hslf the amount of pre
in?o01s awarded i> ? n the different kinds of Implement.'
and Msw.blnes, it is concloalveevidence that ours wereoon
si leredi the best and most valuable on exhibition.
At t he great Fair of the Maryland Institute, for the pro
motion of the Mechanic Arts, held in Raitlmore In Octo
ber an.I Novetnher. IH50. the first premium (a heavy Silvei
Meda'l) was awarded to K*ra Whitman, jr.. for the largest
and best display of Agricultural Implements. Also first
r?eml 11m (another Mil ver Medal) for his Improved Wrough*
Iron Rail wfty Horse Power, which was made for exhibition
at the World's Fair, In London, In May, 1861.
Oar stock this season will be the largest ever offered In
thla <dtv, and probably the largest In the world, consisting
of more thsn *.0<X> Ploughs. 260 Threshing Machine.,
1000 Wheat Fans. 1000 Corn Shellers, 600 Straw Cutters,
600 Cultivators. Reaping Machines, Wheat Drills, Corn
and Oob Crushers. Burr Stone Mills, Cider Mills, Hay and
Cotton Presses, toget her with every article which a farmer
?r planter oonId wish In the prosecution of his pursuits;
all of which will be sold on reasonable terms, at wholesale
?r r?4afl. F WHITMA '
At the old stand, 66 Light st , Baltimore, Md.
r&asa BfciNe oouiw to* iuo..
riAMPKli, KCHKlLIY. A JBRPFr, No.Ml btlttinun.
V J olr?ot, have received aui eutlrely ue? md choke
aaaortmeut of English, Freuob t German, aud American
Dry Goods, suitable for the *( 'ring trad*, embracing ail
tile various suits pertsJulug to their lme, aud to which
they invite the atteutlou of th *lr customers and mer
chttuU generally visiting this tun. "itet.
These goosjs hart) beeu selected with groat cars and
attention, aud will be aoldou a* tavo table terms as at any
nun liar establishment lu the oountry. w? uarne, in par'.,
DRESS GOODS?embracing a chuloe variety.
tiro d? Rhlues, rich lustres, in all widt. Vn and qualities
8a tin da Chenes
Extra super French Bareges, In all color*
do do do plain do
Silk, and Li he 11 Juspr Poplius, a new article
Qro de Naples, a new and buauliful article
Uaregii du Luiucs, extra super silk and wool.
do rich chlnt* color*
do ueat styles
Super, ail wool French de l-aines, all colors
Super Toil i'lude, entirely new
French lappet aud Kub'il Muslin*
Kuib'd Uroquetelles, a beautiful articla
Colored Silk. I.mbd Fancy Muilins
Printed liuruges, entirely new design*
3-1 aud 4-4 Super French Lawns aud Organdie* of latest
styles?all ,j ualitiua
Super Fancy Lawns, embossed Silk and Wool
Kuglish and Scotch Ginghams, in black, whl te, and fancy
colors
ti-4 Silk Warp and Heal Alpacas aud Cantou Cloths
French Chintz aud Turkey Red Prints
Spring Prints, a beautiful assortment, Ac., Ao.
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, Ac.?Super French lilack and
Colored Cloths, of nil grades, by the iwobL celebrated
makers
Super Black Oloths, Knglisb, German, and American
Super t>-4 Cashmeretts, Cashmere Cloths, and Drap de
hite
;i-4 nu'1 5-1 Summer Cloths and Crape Lustres -
lilack Cassimeres and Doeskins, at " Seda n" and other
best makes
Fauuy 1'laid and Striped Cassimeresof new designs
do Union Drillings; Zetland aud Plymouth Plaids
Bleached and llrowu Linen Ducks aud Fancy Drillings
Super French and India Nankins and Coatee Checks
Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, Farmers' Drills, Ac.
VKST1NGS, Ac.?Super lilack aud Fancy Silk and Satin
Vesting*
DuIT Cashmere and Cashinerett do
Plain White, Fancy, and llulf Marseilles de
Silk aud Worsted Solves ol all widths
do Levantine do do
LINKN GOODS.?4-4 Irish Linens, all qualities Richard
sou's, Bark ley's, Grey's, Young's, Ac.
3-4 und 4-1 lllay Linens; 4-4 white and brown Hollands
Russia Barnosly and Scotch Linen Sheetings, all widths
best makes
Pillow Case Linens; Table Cloths and Napkins
Dleached und llrown Damasks and Diapers, 8-4, 10-4, 12-4
Bird's Eye, liussia aud Scotch Diapers and Dowlas
Huckaback do and Crash
No. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Burlaps
Linen Cambric Hdkfs, of all qualities, Ladies and Gents
White Goods of all descriptions
Inserting*, Edgings, Linen and Cotton I-dices, Ac., a large
I assortment.
i DOMESTICS.?3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 llrown and Dleached Mus
| litis
.V4, 0-4, 7-4, 10-1, 11-4and 12-4 Brown and Bl'd Shirtings
Maryland aud Potomac Bagging
J-l and 7-S Cotton Osuaburgs, plain and twilled
Bleached, Brown, Blue and Corset Drills
Plain, Striped and Plaid Chambrays
Bed Tickings, Shirting Strips, Apron Checks, Ac.
Plaid and Stripe Domestics, best makes.
PANTALOON STUFFS.?Blue Denims, American. Nan
keens, Checks and l'laids, Kouen Cassimeres, Striped
Osnaburgs, Kennebec Tweeds, Ac., Ac.
The above Domestics were purchased in December last,
previous to the rise in Cotton O'wxis; wc are therefore en
ubled to offer them at prices that caunot fail to please
.mar 24? c > B A u
A New Route to Pittsburg.
VIA THK BALTIMOHK, SUSQUEHANNA, AND PENN
SYLVANIA RAILROA DS.
riMIUOUOIl TO PITTSBURG IN 03 HOCKS. An ex
JL press train of cars will leave Calvert Station daily,
with the U. S. Mail from Washington and Baltimore, at
$y. a. m., connecting with the Fast Line at Middletown at
1 p. in., arriving at llnrrisburg at 1 K p. m., to dinner.
llie tram leaves llarrisburg for the West at 2 p., m ar
riving at Hollidaysburg at 8 p. m. At thb point, passen
gers have the option of taking either the Cars to Johns
, town, thence by Packet Boats, or Stages direct from Holli
daysburg to Pittsburg.
Tickets will bo sold to the following points, by this
train, to wit; Vork, Wrigbtsvllle, Columbia, Marietta,
Middletown, Harrisburg. Newport, Millerstown, Perrys
ville, Lewistown, MoVeystown, Huntingdon, Hollidays
burg, and I*ittsburg.
This train also connects with the Cumberland Valley
I 1'ail road, which passes through Carlisle, Shippensburg
! Chain beraburg, and other points on this road.
J For the accommodation of passengers from Washington
for any ot the above points, the Baggage Master of the
Company wiU be at the Depot of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company on the arrival of the Morning Cars at
8 a. m., to receive the Baggage, which will be carried free
or charge to Calwrt Station. KOBKKT STEWART
: m" 24~ Ticket Agent.
J To Country Merchants and Booksellers.
17 J- B1DDLK, No. 8 south Fifth street, publish
the following work*:
I Cleveland's Compendium of English Literature.
llarrisou on the Rise, Progress, and Present Structure
| of the Kutflixh Langufifff.
' Lvnd's First Book of Etymology.
Oswald'a Etymological Dictionary.
Fiske's Esohcnburg's Manual of Classical Literature.
Fiske's Classical Antiquities.
Outlines of Sacred History.
Trego's Geography of Pennsylvania.
Vogdes's United States Arithmetic.?Key.
Ring's 3000 Exercises In Arithmetic.?Key.
! Crittenden's Book Keeping, Counting-house and School
ediuons.
Vogdes's Mensuration.?Key.
Alsop's First Lessons in Algebra ?Key.
Alsop's Algebra, for High Schools, Academies and Col
leges.?Key.
Gum meres' Astronomy, ftmrth edition, Just published
Monge's Statistics; translated from the French, by
Woods Baker, A. M., of the United States Coast Survey
Just published. ' '
Maury's Navigation, the text book of the U. 8. Navy
Mc.Murtrie's Scientific Lexicon.
Peale's Graphics. Controllers' Copy 8lips.
Hill's Drawing Book of Flowers and Fruit
Fruit'' 1>r(*roMiTe Lemons in PalnUng Flower* and
L'Abcllle pour les Erfans.
Sandford and Merton, in Franch, by Berquln.
The Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D., 10 voli 12mo, In
I various styles of binding.
Select 8p?eoh?s of Distinguished American Orators
^Select Speeches of Phillips, Curran, GratUn, and Km
Seloct Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Krsklne
Alkln's Chrlstlan Minstrel. Alkln's Juvenile Minstrel
IN PRESS.
Dunlsp's Book of Forms, second edition, Impmved
English Literature of the Nlnoteonth Century, by Prof
C. D. Cleveland.
Map of the World as known to*the Ancients, 61 br 60
inches?on rollers.
1 O i? ? * ,tock emprises most of the popular
mar 24? whlch they oT?r for sale, at low price*.
Austin's Magic Freeier,
Through in tiz minutes. For the preparation of
Ice Creams, Water Ices, &c.?Patented Sep
tember 19, 1848.
? r|WE distlngulsing merits of this Apparatus are?
,1 J>?e astonishing rapidity of the process, surpass
ing belief?hence the name.
2d. Th^Tream during the progress of freeilng becomes
charged with atmospheric air. by which It nearly doubles
In bulk, and obtains that peculiar smoothness, lightness
| and delicacy of flavor, for which the Ioe Cream of our
j best Confectioners is so highly prised.
! 3d. It does not require a tenth part of the labor that
the common Freeser does.
4th. It does its work Iletter, producing a better article,
'O evervrespect, than by any other mode.
6th. There is a considerable saving In Ice, as the tub
, | needs no replenishing during the operation.
S The annexed testimonial from the Proprietor of the
Kutaw House will put to rest all doubt.
. " the of .free*! ng Ioc Cream
n Austin s Magic Freeier two quarts of Cream having
" bT'n_^!"n ln th" lurr"<11M' "bort time of six minutes 1
f i cheerfully recommend it to the public."
H. r. JACKSON,
, Kutaw Honse, Baltimore, May lfi, 1S48.
: Thl* I* to certify, that during the summer of 1848 I
used one of Austin's Patent Ice Cream Freesers of the
largest site, (10 gallons,) making from 10 to 60 gallons
per day during the season; and so far as regards expodi
tion and power, I consider it decidedly the best freeser
now Inns., as I have had with it no difficulty in makine
t*n gallons of superior quality Ioe Cream from five ?f
Plain 1 renin, in thirty atMR flNM the time I c.,in
menced working It. A. II. BROWN,
? , . , , . . Baltimore, April fl, 1851."
Manufactured and tor sale by the patentee.
A. IL AUSTIN,
, ? No n N Flu taw street, near Sarnt/iira
Also by OOllTLAN A 00., No. 203 Baltimore streW
County and StaL> rights for sale. n,,r M
AMKRICAN HOLSK, HANOVER STRKKT, BOSTON.
MlaT^rf "n,ir*1/ rebuilt and en
^ ?bo"e eiten-ive establishment, contain
ing in all ftbout thro* hundred nn<l flftr rrv.mc
would r^riMly gW. thnf it i, now JKy
oltyP n of the travelling coimnn
I .V,A.n?'T.tf"',lrdJnr,tir*.?f tho """"-passed convenience* Of
this HouM I* supe rfluous ? th? namerou, im.
prorements which have Un made cannot be properly
given lu an adrertie?nent. Suffice it to .ny thiTt3ei.
pense hst N.en spared to render any apartment .^rfty-t
Tile ftimlture was made expressly to order, ri^-arrlloss
of cost, and certain portion* of It, eapedally the Drawl,,,,
rooms, will be found to he of the most heanUftil and taste
tnl manufacture. The Dining-rooms are capacious, and
the hours fr>r meals will be ?o arranged as to suit the oon
v#nionr? of tho etirly and !?<#?.
Kvery department will he conducted In an unexcep
tionable manner, and the Proprietor pledgm himself that
the American Honse sha Mbe truly the Traveller's Home
*4 L1WL9 EI OB,
DJfLAWAKJC COLLKGK.
rpilK Kk> ult; of Instruction of thu Ia?UlutioD, uudoi
1 iU prmuul oigani?attou, oomuiit* of the following
named ProfcaoorBbipa, to wit:
A Protueeuislup of Muittai aud Moral hoiuuoe,
A Professorship of the Greek uud Latin Languages,
A Professorship of Mathematics aud Natural philoso
phy,
* A Professorship of Rhetoric and Ifeliee
A Professorship of Chemistry and Natural iiistorjr,
A Professorship of Civil Euuineeriug,
A Professorship of Modem Languages and Drawing.
The Collegiate yea* in divided into two sessions or term*
of tweuty-?ae weeks each. Tlit> first session commences
ou (.ho fourth Woduuwlay of October; and thu second on
the fourth Wtxlnesday of April. Each is followud by a
vacation of live weck?
COURSE 01f INSTRUCTION.
Fkesiiman Clash.?I. Livy, begun; Xenophon's Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
II. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; Algebra,
finished; Ueometry, begun; History, continued.
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished; Ge
ometry, five books; History, finished.
Junior Clans.?1. 'l'acituh, begun; Tlie Prometheus of
iSachylus mid Electre of Sophocles; Analytical Geometry,
finished; Calculus; Natural Theology; Evidonoes ofChrin
tiauity.
II. Logic; Mental PhiioHOphy; The Aloestus of Euri
pides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy; Mechanics,
begun.
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The Captive
of l'lautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pnuumatios, and
Meteorology.
SOFHo.Muii* Glass.?I. Horace, finished; Xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Hhetoric, begun.
II. Cicero de Amicitia aud de Senectute; Herodotus,
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
Hhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero de OtHciis; Herodotus, finished; Surveying;
Analytical Geometry, begun; Hhetoric, finished.
Senior Class.?I. Political Philosophy; The Andria of
Terrenoe; The Clouds of Aristophanes; Acoustics, Optics,
Electricity, Magnetism.
II. Elements of Criticism; Butler's Analogy; Cloero's
Tusculau Questions; Demosthenes de Corona; Voltaic
Electricity or Galvanism; Electro-Magnetism, Magneto
Eleetricity, Electro-Dynamics ; Astronomy, begun.
III. The Constitution of the United States; Astronomy,
flnishod; The Science of Heat; Thermo-Electriclty; Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPAKATU8.
The College is prorided with a Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample means of experimental illustration
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy. The
sum of three thousand dollars has recently been expended,
partly in this country and partly in London and Paris, in
the purchase of new apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state of the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close of each study, or branch of study, the mem
bers of the class are carefully examined, and, at the close
of the year, in all the studies of Hit year, in the presence
of a Committee of the Trustees; and their attainments
are communicated to the Hoard of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer, di
vine worship is held twice on every Sunday, and the reoi
tation on Monday morning is always in the Greek Testa
ment. At the request of his parent or guardian, a student
is permitted to attend any place of worship which himself
or the parent or guardian may select. One member of the
Faculty will attend at each of the different places of wor
ship (Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Methodist) in the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors, with their famxliet, will
reside in the College buildings, and will hoard at a com
mon table with the students, who are required to occupy
such rooms as may be o^igued them by the Faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course, a
student must be at least fourteen years of ago; must give
satisfactory evidence of good moral character; and must
sustain an examination in the following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and Greek
Grammar, Jacob's or Eel ton's Greek Header, and the first
two books of Xenophon's Anabasis, Jacob's or Doering's
Latin Reader, Sal lust or Cwsar, Cicero's Select Orations,
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
Entrance Fkk.?If the student enter as Freshman, live
dollars; if as Sophomore, ten dollars; if as Junior, fifteen
dollars; and if a.s Senior, twenty dollars.
l?f iiession. 2d Settion.
Tuition $21 00 %1\ 00
Room rent 400 4 00
Incidental expenses 1 00 1 00
Use of Library 76 75
Janitor's M ages 100 100
Fuel for Oratory and Recitation room 1 60
Fuel Is afforded to the students at cost. A sum equal
to the probable cost is advanced by each Rtudent; if more
is consumed it is charged to him; if less, the balance is
refunded.
Board is furnished with the families of the Professors
at two dollars per week.
Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues are payable iu advance. The tuition is remit
ted, on application, to all students designed for the Min
istry.
The tuition fee for Modern languages will be eight
dollars per session, to be paid to the Instructor in ad
vance.
For students who do not design to prosecute the whole
Course required for a degree, a more limited range of stu
dies is furnished, adapted to the sphere and course of life
of each individual, so far as such can bo reasonably antic
ipated.
The studies of this Course are orranged under the follow
ing departments, to wit:
1st. A Mathematical Depart men-*? In which, beginning
with Arithmetic anil Algebra, the student will be carried,
seriatim, through all the higher branches of the Mathe
matics, ending in their application to Natural Philosophy,
Astronomy, sc.
3d. An E.iausrt Department?Comprising instruction
in Orthography, Heading, Elocution, Grammar, Writing,
Geography, History, Comj>osition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intel
lectual Philosophy, Moral Philosophy. Political Grammar,
Story on the Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology, Na
tural Theology, Elements of Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
3d. A Mercantile Department?In which will be im
parted an acquaintance with all that is necessary to qual
ify youth for the immediate duties of the oounting-bouse,
including?
1. yennmamhip?By an original and popular system of
this art, which invariably produces a bold, finished hand,
Csculiarly adapted to tbe purposes of the accountant and
usiness man.
2. Arithmetic?Comprising numerous abbreviated me
thods of computing Interest, Discount, Equation of Pay
ments, Ac., aud other mercantile calculations founded on
per centage; together with all such operation* as are re
quisite for a thorough knowledge of the business of the
oounting-room.
3. Bouk-4:rrjnnn?Single and Double Entry, by the most
approved method*. A complete course of instruction in
this branch will be fUrnlslic.it, designed to fit the student
to take charge of any set of account books.
4th. An Aori c rL t m a l Department?Comprising a se
lection from the English and Mathematical oourses; and,
also, Surveying. Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Chemistry,
and Agricultural Chemistry; the fast two illustrated by
experimental lecture*.
6th. A Civn. Enoineer Department?In which are
taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) Algebra, (men
tal and written,} Geometry, Trigonometry, Surveying,
with the use ot instruments in the field, Practical Engi
neering, Architecture, Perspective, Draughting, and To
P*?th.' A Teacher's Department.!?The course of study
will consist of a judicious selection of lutyect* from the
other departments, including all the branches pursued in
our commou schools. Practical lecture* will also be given
on School Teaching, both a* a science and as an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest instruction
relative to the best and most popular methods of teaching,
but they will also have opportunities of exemplifying
them, by hearing recitations In the lower departments of
tbe Institution.
7th. A Department op Modern I.*noi;aoe*? In which
student* who wi^h to take a thorough course can have an
opportunity of doing *o; while others, whose otyect may
he to acquire sufficient knowledge to translate with facil
ity, and to pronounce with tolerable correctness, in as
short a time as possible, are also provided for.
Newark Academy.
By a late re-orgnniiatinn of this department of Dela
ware College, the Board of Trustees have taken measures
to place it upon a new and Improved foundation, and to
endow it with advantages possessed by few similar insti
tutions in the country. The Academy, heretofore merged
in the College, and of course subjected to all the evils
which have been found to attend the amalgamation of the
two department* in the same building, and under the
some government, now enjoys the privilege of a separate
establishment, without losing tboev whlen result from its
relation to the College proper.
A large and elegant edifice, with all the necessary fix
tures ef a complete lioarding establishment, ha* been
erected and ftirnlshed, In which the student* of the Acad
emy hoard, under the immediate charge of the Principal
and his Assistant*; and all It* exercise* are conducted on
a system of Its own, uninterrupted by the Interests or
operations of the other department. The furniture of the
study-room* and dormitories ha* been chosen with pecu
liar reference to comfort and convenience for study ; and
no expense has been spared in providing the apparatus
necessary to render the means of Instruction complete;
giving to Newark Academy facilities forprivaU study and
eomfortahle accommodation of student*, fully equal to
those afforded fcgr many of our college*.
From It* intimate relation to the College, student* of
the Academy enjoy many ad vantages not generally ob
tained at institutions of this kind. Tho*e who wish to
pursue some particular branch which fall* more properly
within the College course, may be admitted to recite In
any of the College classes. Student* also of proper age
and discretion, by recommendation of the Principal, nnd
permission of the Faculty, may enjoy the use of the Col
lege Library without additional charge Admission also
may be hiul to the I^actnre*. and such other privilege* of
the College a* can lie profitably enjoyed by academical
Students.
The charge for Boarding. Washing, Fuel, Light, Ac.,
with tnltion in the English, Latin, *nd Greek. Is seventy
dollars for lb* Summer t^e**ion, and seventy-five for the
Winter Session. The only extras are one dollar per ses
sion for Incident*! expenses, and a fee of eight dollars for
Modern languages, and a fee of five dollars for Drawing,
from those who enter these classes. The sessions and va
cation* of the Preparatory Department are the same as
those of the College.
Rer MATTHEW MEIGS, A. M?
President of Delaware College.
Newark, Delaware Bar 34
WILMIHUTOR HUAUUINU IOUOOL
FOK HOYB.?Thin Institution U dituaUxl in
oiu Of th? hoalUUeal part* of the city of Wilmington, ?u
tireiy beyoud liut aetdod portkjaa ot liia towu The uui
foriu bcallhfuliiwa* oi the location may be Inferred trout
the fact that, since the eaUblirhnicnt of the School, about
tweuly-eight tears, very fcw caimt of serious indisposition
hare occurred among the pupils, aud uot a single death
either here, or from contracted while here
The co uriM of iustruotiou includes, besides the ?rdiuary
English branches, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Physi
ology, History, Kheturio, the various branches of Mathe
matics, and the Latin, Oreek, and krench 1 .uuguagcs. Par
ticular attention Is paid to the higher Mathematics and
their application to Mechanics aud Engineering; the latter
and (Surveying are taught practically by Held operations,
with the use of appropriate instruments. Lectures on
Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, in widch all the im
portant principles are illustrated by experiments, are
regularly delivered before the student*.
As the otject is to make the instruction as thorough
and practical as possible, no expense has been spared in
providing suitable apparatus. It Is believed that, in this
respect, the Institution will compare favorably with any
similar oue in the country. A carefully selected library,
of more than oue thousand volumes, containing works on
the various branches of Literature aud Science, furnishes
ample reading matter; while a Laboratory, fully supplied
with apparatus aud tests, contains all that is necessary for
practical instruction in Chemical Manipulation.
The school year commenced on the third Second-day
(Monday) of the Ninth month, (September,) and Is divided
into four quarters of eleven weeks each, leaving a vacation
of two months, from about the middle of the Seventh
month (July). SAMUEL ALSOP,
mar 34? Principal, Wilmington, Pel.
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OHARLEB McDEItMOTT, Esq., Agent for Lowell. Man
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TATIONEHS' WAREHOUSE, 2ti South Fourth Street,
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1IYMAN L. LIPMAN, Importer of French and Eng
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FURNISHING MAIL LOCKS AND KEYS.
Post Oftick Department, >
March 14, 1851. f
IT being desirable to substitute locks und keys of some
other kind for those now in use for the mail servicc
of the United States, specimen locks and keys, with pro
posals to furnish the same, will be received and considered
at the Post Office Department until the first day of July
next. The different locks will be submitted to a commis
sion for examination and report. Upon this report, con
tracts will, as soon as practicable, be entered into for fur
nishing such locks and keys for four years, with the right
on the part of the Postmaster General, for the time being,
to extend and continue the contract in force for an addi
tional term of four years, by giving to the contractor a
written notice to that effect, not more than nine nor less
than six months before the termination of the first term
of four years.
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partment relying for a selection on the mechanical skill
and ingenuity which a fair competition, now invited, may
develop. It is, however, proper to state that a lock suit
able for the mail service should possess the following qual
ities, vis: durability, uniformity, lightness, and strenaLh,
For the purpose of displacing simultaneously all ine
mail locks and keys now in use, about thirty thousand
new locks and twenty thousand keys adapted thereto will be
required to be Airnlshe l by the contractor within seven
months after the contract shall have been entered into;
afterwards the annual supply will depend on the dura
bility of the locks and keys adopted, as well as the in
crease of the mail service; but It will probably never ex
ceed in amount three thousand of the former and one
thousand of the latter.
No lock will be considered If it he like any already in
general use; nor will anyone with whom the contract
inay be made be allowed to make, sell, or furnish, any
lock or key similar to those contracted for for any other
purpose or use than that of the Post Offlco Department.
The kind of lock adopted must be jmtented, and the pa
tentee will be required, on entering intocontract, to make
an assignment of his patent for the exclusive use and ben
efit of the Department, if the Postmaster General shall
deem such requirement essential to the interests of the
servloe. In case of the failure of the contractor at any
time to fulfil faithfully the terms and conditions of his
contract, the Postmaster General shall have the right,
besides a resort to the penal remedy hereinafter men
tioned. to annul said contract, and to contract anew with
any other party or parties as he may see fit, for furnishing
similar locks and keys.
In deciding upon the proposals and specimens offered,
the Postmaster General may deem It expedient to select
for the through mails the lock of one bidder, and for the
way malls that of another. He reserves, therefore, the
right of contracting with different individuals for such
different kinds of locks as ho may select, and also the
right to reject all the specimens and proposals, If ho shall
deem that course for the interest of the Department. The
party or parties contracting will be required to give bond,
with ample security, In the sum of thirty thousand dol
lars, fbr a faithful performance of the contract. The con
tract is to contain provisions fbr the due and proper In
spection of the locks and keys, and also for guarding
gainst their passing into Improper hands; the terms ol
these provisions to be arranged twtween the Department
and the successful bidder, if a bid should be accepted.
No application will tie considered If not accompanied
with satisfactory evidence of the trustworthy character of
J the bidder, and of his ability to fulfil the contract.
N. K. If A I,I,,
mar 24? Postmaster Oeneral.
Philadelphia Typo and Stereotype Foundry.
IMIK subscriber would call the attention of Printers
1 to the greatly reduced prices of the present list. Tliey
I now offer
Pica at 30 ct?.
Small Pica ? - - - 32 "
Ixmg Primer - - - 34 "
Bourgeois - ? - ? - 37 "
Brevier 42 "
Minion 48 ct*.
Nonpareil - ? ? - - 68 "
Agate 72 "
Pearl 1 08 "
Diamond ---?-! AO "
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tavo pages. A few complete bell ?f the Mugaxino may b*
obtujucU at the publisher'# offlce, HI Fulton street, New
York, neatly and substantially bound, for two dollar* and
a half per volume.
The following are a lew of the many commendatory let
ters received by the editor of the Merchant** Magazine
from distinguished Htatutuieu:
Letter from the Hon. Henry Clay.
Abhlamp, 2uth July, 1H49.
Dear Sir: I wish to express to you the gratification I
derived ou receiving the July number of the Merchant*1
Magazine and Commercial Kit view, fruui liewing your
portrait in the beginning, and from reading your address
to your friend# at the end of it. When we feel under ob
ligations to those who have contributed to our informa
tion and amusement, we are naturally desirous to posses*
aU the knowledge of them, of their appearance, of tJie lea
tutv-8 of their countenance, and of the character and hab
its of their mind, which we can acquire. You have placed
your numerous readers (at least you have me, If 1 may
not speak for them) under those obligations; and the
number of your valuable work now before me, In sonte
degree, satisfies the desire to which 1 have alluded.
I have become quite familiar with the Magazine and
Review, and have no hesitation in expressing my humble
opinion that it is eminently entitled to the public regard
and support. It collects and arranges, in good order, a large
amount of valuable statistical and other Information,
highly useful not only to the mereliant, but to the states
man, to tlio cultivator of the earth, to the manufacturer,
to the mariner, in short, to all classes of the business and
reading community.
JCntcrtaining this opinion, I am glad that it has been, and
hope that it may continue to be, liberally patronised.
Offering you cordial assurances of my esteem and re
gard, I am truly your friend and obedieut servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. 11. CLAY.
Extract <rf a letter from, Hon. Millard, I'Ulmore.
" I have read it (Merchants' Magazine) with a good
deal of attention, and have no hesitation in saying that I
think it one of the most valuable periodicals that was
ever published. To the merchant it seems quite indis
pensable, and to the statesman and man of general infor
mation almost equally desirable. It Is a grand repository
of useful facts and information, which can be found no
where so well digested and so accessible as in these num
bers. I only regret that 1 do not own the whole work."
Letter from the Hon. Thomat H. lienUm.
Washington Cit*, April 20, 1849.
Mr. Freeman Hunt.?Sir: 1 owe you many thanks for
the opportunities 1 have hod to read the Merchants' Mag
azine, and have found it in reality to be a magazine, and
that well replenished, of all the useful matter which the
title would imply, and presented with a fullness and
clearness which delights while it instructs. It is, in fact,
a merchants' magazine in the large acceptation of the
term?merchants who go between nations, whose large
operations bring many departments of knowledge, and a
view of the state of the world, into daily requisition. But
it is not the great merchant only, but the one of more
modest, but, nevertheless, of most useful operations?the
merchant of the interior also?who will find this magazine
to abound with the information the pursuit of his busi
ness and the elevation of the mercantile character re
quires. Nor is its utility at all confined to merchants, but
extends to'the legislator and diplomatist, and to all who
are charged with managing the affairs of the nation. For
myself, 1 haTe found it most useful to me in my senato
rial labors, and have been in the habit for many years of
carefully consulting it.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS H. BENTON.
Letter from Hon. Win. H. Seward.
My Dear Sir: Have the goodness to place my name en
your list of subscribers for the Merchants' Magazine. I
regard It as an invaluable work for the use of all who
would understand not merely commercial operations in
this extending country, but the fiscal and commercial
questions involved in the administration of the govern
ment. ?
I am, with great respect, your humble servant,
Freeman Hunt, esq. WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
The Merchants' Magazine is published monthly, at 148
Fulton street, New York, by Frxcmak Hunt, and fur
nished to subscribers for Five Dollars a year, in advance,
mar 24
SPRING IMPORTATION.
WA 8. PHIPPS & CO., H4 and 66 Broadway, New
. York, and 16 Milk street, Boston, are now re
ceiving a complete assortment of British, French, and Ger
man Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, which they offer on
liberal terms.
N. B. Will receivc the newest style of Dress Goods by
every steamer. A large assortment of Trimming Good*
always on hand. mar 24?
BALTIMORE PIANO FOKTK MANUFACTORY.
ELASTIC* UNIVERSAL TOUCH.
WISE Sl BROTHER, Manufacturers of Boudoir, Grand,
and Square J'ianns, request those who would be assured
of a first class Pianoj one that ladies can perform on
with the greatest possible advantage?one that the touch
??.n.n l>e instantly adjusted to the exact strength of the lin
gers and movement of music, one that will stand iu con
cert tunc, one that the tone will not become shrill and
grating, that is chaste of style and eligantly made up ol
straight and regular curve lines, that will last ail age?to
give them a call. The ancient standing of the Baltimore
Factory, and lilienil patronage of citizens anil others of
the first order of artistic taste and science, conceded at
once the most critical, have been fully anticipated. Their
recently finished Grand Piano, minutely reviewed by the
most accomplished civil engineers and master artists, baa
been denominated truly a Grand PiahOj also, that their
late lioudoir. for style, power, and compass of tone, is not
surpassed, if equalled, in the world. Friends and cus
tomers, please stop In and examine for yourselves.
J. J. WISE A BROTHER,
No. 31 Hanover street, Baltimore.
? Elastic, because the keys recover their quiescent place
in time equal to the displacing. Universal, because the
same instrument may be instautly altered to any degree
hard, or soft touch, so that ten thousand or more per
formers, all different, may each find the touch they pre
fer. mar 24?tf
COLD SFBUfQ WATER CURE.
riMIIS NEW AND SPLENDID ESTABLISHMENT for
_1_ the scientific treatment of the various diseases with
which the human system is afflicted, is situated at>out
three miles from the city of Buffalo, in a rural spot, and
so accessible from all points as to be reached without in
conveuiencc or delay.
A line of omnibuses runs from the steamboat landing!
in Buffalo to the springs every ten minutes.
The house and grounds are near the extensive and
beautiful green-houses and nurseries of the Messrs. Ilodge*
k Bryants; slid the scenery in all directions is unsur
passed, as regards either variety or l?eauty; embracing
points of view, from which may be taken in at a glance
the broad expanse of Lake Erie, the Niagara flowing ma
jestically towards the Falls, extensive forests, ana the
"Queen City of the Lakes," with its moving panorama of
steamboats and ceaseless enterprise.
The water, taken Immediately from the celebrated
"Cold Spring," is unsurpassed as regards coldness and
purity, by any in the United States. The house, recently
erected at a cost of about seven thousand dollars, has been
fitted up In a neat and elegant style, at considerable ex
tra expense, and In sufficiently capacious to accommodate
seventy-five patients.
Connected with the establishment, and oonstltutlng on*
of its attractions, are the fixtures and convenience* for in
nocent and healthful gymnastic exerelses.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
The institution is under the general supervision of P.
M. Davis, M. I)_, Professor of the Theory and Practice ot
Medicine in Central Medical College, and Geo. W. Davis,
M. D., formerly of Dansville, N. Y., the resident physician,
and is permanently associated with the before mentioned
gentleman as counsel, and associate of the medical hoard
of control. And the friends of the establishment deem it
a matter of felicitation that the services of Miss Mary M.
Taylor, a lady of high medical attainments, who has at
tended two courses of lectures in the Central Medical Col
lege, have been secured, and that female patients can at
any time avail themselves of her invaluable aid and coun
sel.
The steward's department is under the control of a gen
tleman eminently qualified for that position; and unwea
rlcd pains will be taken to have every thing appertaining
to the establishment arranged on a plan, ami conducted
In a way,.to ensure the comfort, and promote the health
and happiness of all who may wish to avail themselves of
Its benefits. Baths of all descriptions, adapted to the rnr*
of the various forms of disease, and constructed on a scale
not Inferior to those of any other establishment in this
country.
An enlightened public sentiment has everywhere repu
diated a reckless use of drugs In the treatment of disease;
while Intolerable sufferings and broken constitutions have
imperatively demanded "Reform.*' A return from a wide
and fatal departure from the simplicity of Nature's laws
Is called for, allko by a rational love of happiness and the
deplorable exigencies of our condition. Hydropathy, or a
scientific use of water as a restorative and curative ngent,
is a practical sulistltution of a simple and remarkably effi
cacious mode of curing the sick; for that system of drug
ging, depleting, and cauterizing, which, In obtaining the
mastery over disease, too frequently places the patient be
yond the reach of further annoyance. The success of th*
various Water Onre establishments In this country, to say
nothing of any other, has fully confirmed the hopes of the
early discoverers and promulgators of the great truths
upon which the system is founded, and renders verbal
communications unnecessary. It is decrood sufficient to
say, that the "Cold Snrlng Water Cure"Vill compare fa
vorably with any of the well-conducted establishments ot
a similar character, and will found equal to the beet,
as regards the order, convenience, and deslrabk-ness of It*
arrangements. The Institution Is now open for the recep
tion of patients, and in nil) operation.
TERMS.
For hoard, medical advice, attendance and nursing, Ac.,
from $7 to $11 per week, payable weekly, varying accord
ing to the room and attention required. Each patient
will be required to furnish two linen sheets, two cotton
comforters, one woollen blanket, and four towels; of,
where it Is not convenl<mt for the patient to furnish them
as above, they can be supplied at th* establishment by
paying fifty cents a week.
All communications foT medical advice should be ad
dressed either to S. M. Davis, M. TV, ot toGeorge W. Pari
M. D., 239 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
8. M. A G. W. DAVIS A Co., Buffalo.
mar. U- j

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