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ii ?,/ '"* * ? :* .^T^rpfr ^ ?y!.* > <PLWUMW? ?T M+Mmmm* III. J :Wt*tMn W*~" IWTID BY E11*m4 Fisher * Msts De LW. TEEMS. DAILY, #10 00 TK1-WKEKLY, 00 * Ub O Subscripts a > ymblc in ? Ivum. Any per m procuring; tiv? subscriber* *b*tl reoeiTe one copy gr*tv?. All lev?" thc F'ditaw to be post-paid. fKIv"rn BY u. A. SAGE. >kv ,rr;"-' ' r.m " " .j;/*-\ " . (SlflMjftMtifr : ' A; p -. -.. '.J.' +&* ' . '4? , < . f , v. ? M whip ? I "ll'J" If." 'j.' l"f.llf" "' " mwiw*- w- ? y THE SOUTHERN PRESS. DAILY. Vol. 9. Wastiinglon, Monday, December HO, 1850. No. 78. Vjjict, rnhhjipiihhi .ivcnuc, utiwini ii?i? imih Four and s k?{f tfrtttt.: Medical department of hampDEN, SYDNEY COLLLEOE, RICH- , ND, VA.?The thirteenth Annuel Course of Lectures will commence on Monday, the 14th of Octuber, 1800, and continue until the 1m of the ensuing March. The eommencmant for conferring I decrees will be held about the middle of March. R. L. Bohawnan, M. D., Prof, of Obstetrics i and Diseases of Women and Children. i L. W. Cu.tMBaat.AYNB, M. D., Prof, of Materia Medics and Therapeutics. S. Mai/bin, M. D., Prof, of Chemistry and Pharmacy. (| Chas. Bbll Gibson, M. D.f Prof, of Surgery j i and Surgical Anatomy. Caettbs P. Johnson, M. D., Prof, of Anatomy and Physiology. David H. Tockbk, M. D. Prof, of Theory and ractice of Medici ne. .-vktiiir E. Pkticolas, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. The study of practical Anatomy may be prosecuted with the most ample fhctlittes, and at very triHing expense. Clinical Lectures are regularly given at the College Infirmary and Richmond Almshouse. The Infirmary, under the same roof with the College and subiect to the entire control of the Faculty, is hi all timet well tilled with medical and surgical cases, and furnishes peculiar facilities fur clinical instruction. Many surgical operations are performed in presence of the class; and the students beulg freely admitted to the wards, enjoy, under the guidance of the Professors, unusual opportunities for becoming familiar with the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Expenses?Matriculation fee, $5. Professors' fees, #1U5, Demonstrator's fee, #10. Graduation fee, #25. The price of board, including fuel, lights, and servants' attendance, is usually *3 to petweek. The catalogue, &c., containing fuller information concerning the institution, will be forwarded to those applying for it, or specific inquiries will be ausweree by letter Address, S. MAUPIN, M. D., Oct. 2 Dean of the Faculty. THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION ok the Maryland State Agricultural Society. APPEAL to the Members ok the Maryland State Agricultural Society.?We desire that you should bear in mind, that on the 23d, 24th, and 25th days of October, your Society will hold its annual Exhibition and Fair at the city of Baltimore : and we appeal to you, one and all, to bring for exhibition thereat portions of your stock, the products of your orchards, and of your gardens. Don't presume that any animal, or product, you may own is inferior to others that will be here, and be thus deterred from bringing them, as it is only by comparison that the relative merits ot any thing can be determined. The safer presumption for you to arrive at, will be that what you have is as good, if not better than that of others, and that it behooves you to gallantly enter the list of competition : if defeated honorably, and the high character of the judges is a guarantee that you can be defeated in no other way, you will enjoy the luxury of knowing that others were more entled to success than yourself. And while we address you to bring such articles as are properly in your department, we crave permission to solicit your interest, to induce your 1rives and daughters to bring whatever appertains to their peculiar departments, as embroidery, household manufacturer., the products of the dairy and of the poultry yard, preseives, domestic wines, confections, and, above all things, to come themselves, tu without woman, and the bcaut'ful elaborations of her taste and genius, no display can be perfect. To the Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements ami Tools, we would say, that interest and patriotism both combine to enjoin upon you the propriety of making a grand exhibition of your machinery of all kinds, as from our present advices, we are led to believe that the assemblage of farmers and planters, and of distinguished strangere from most ot the States of the Union, will be greater than upon any former occasion here 01 elsewhere. We therefore say to the Agricultural Implement makers and Mechanics of the United States, make it a matter of pride to display your machinery at our exhibition, and vie with each other in huvnig the best and largest assortment on the ground. Such ambition is laudable?is worthy of American genius, and should be cherished by the American heart. * Editors with whom we exchange will confer a favor by copying this notice. WILLIAM TUCKER, Merchant Taii.or, (of the late firm of Lane & Tucker,) would call the attention of his friends and the public generally to his stock of Goods now opening, which has been selected by himself from the largest importing houses in New York, and by far thegreatest variety and richest styles I ever offered in this city. Strangers are respectfully and earnestly solic.ted to give ine a call and examine my stock be- I fore purchasing, as I am confident it will be to their ad vantage. And 1 would especially call the attention of officers, both of the army and the navy, to the facl tlun, 1 ani prepared to execute all kinds of uniforms, according to the late regulations, at the shortest notice, and "at moderate prices, warranted, both in the cutting and making departments, equal to any establishment in this country. W. T. tenders his sincere thanks to his numerous friends for theirlongand continued patronage, and hopes, by the same diligence and attention to business, to merit a continuance of the same. All orders promptly executed, sep 20?3tw3w?d&trw NEW FANCY GOODS A IT ILL 13 E RECEIVING every day during V V next week, a beautiful assortment of Fan ? Goods suitable for PRESENTS, &.c Also a large assortment of fresh Perfumery, Pomatums, Soups, Hair-washes, and every article pertaining to the toilet. PARKERS'Perfumery and Fancy Store, Penn av., near National Hotel. sep'21?Jul WANTED TO I'UItCIIA8K MA SMALL HOUSE on Capitol Hill, con tabling six or seven rooms, with cons ^er" able ground attached.?Apply at this office. Oct. 16? 3t. BOOK AND JOB PRIMTOG OFFICE. ! r B 1H E undersigned respectfully informs his old 3L customers and business men of Washington in particular, that he has put his Book and Job Printing Establishment again in complete order? having added new type, presses, &c., to his former materials, which enables him to execute Every description of Letter-press Printing in a superior style, with neatness and despatch, and as cheap as tt can be done in any of the Northern cities. Having added a large Napier Steam Press to his establishment, he can print pamphlets, books, or rtny other work, with greater speed than here- j tofure. He respectfully solicits lite patronage of the business community. V O. A. SAGE. Office : Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite Jackson HalJ, Washington, FOR CALIFORNIA. J UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP COM PAN V? THR OVGH PJIS8JIQE TO C.1UFOJLYU. H THE public will be gratified to learn that the I United Stalea Mail Steamship Company areen- j bled to announce that their arrangement* are now complete for sending passenger* through from New York to San Francisco and back. I In the first attempts of this Company to meet the wants of travel to California, by providing , ships on the Pacific, in connection with their ships from New York to Chagres, they were prevailed upon, at the urgent solicitation of the great number then desirous to go out, to sell ticket* for through passages from Panama in advance, for their ships then going round. This was done from a desire to accommodate those who could procure passage* in no other quarter, and by P which, whatever mi^ht be the detention, they v would reach San Francisco sooner than by any p other line. Unforeseen difficulties, and the preva- d lence of fever at Rio de Janeiro at the time, pre- c vented their shipu froin reaching Panama as soon 3 as anticipated, and caused detention at the lath- a nius, which was increased by the impatience of li passengers in going forwurd, against the advice fa of the Company, at an earlier day than the ship* I could possibly reach Panama. These interruptions are now all removed. Three of the four ships of the Company, intended for the Pacific service, have arrived at Panama, ( and several of them have performed trips to Sun Francisco and back. So that the Company are ( now able to give the public the assurance that the voyage through from New York to San Francisco, will be performed with regularity and despatch. Their Pacific Line, from Panama to San Francisco, consists of the REPUBLIC, Cant. Him.ov. 1THMUS, Capt. Hitchcock. COLUMBUS, Capt. Peck. ANTELOPE, Capt. Acki.et. Tti?ip Aliunde and Gulf Line, from New York to Chagres, of the GEORGIA, Capt. Porter, U. S. N. OHIO, Capt. Schkn'ck, U. S. N. FALCON, Capt. Hartstkin, U. S. N. The connection between the two lines will be carefullly and regularly kept up, so that no delay beyond the usual stay of the ship in port at Punama, will arise. The large size, well known sneed, and superior accommodations of their New York und Chagres Line, and the speed and accommodations of the ships of their Pacific Line, offer the most certain, rapid,and pleasant through passage to California. | M. O. ROBERTS, Cor. Warren and West sts., New York. Aug. 15?lm National Medical College, Washington, District of Columbia. THE annual course of lectures will commence on the first Monday in November, the 4th instant: tacitltt. Thos. Miller, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. Wm. P. Johnson, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. Joshua Riley, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Hygiene. John Frederick May, M. D., Professor ofSurgery. Grafton Tyler, M. D., Professor of Pathology and Practice of Medicine. Robert King Stone, M. D., Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Physi .logy. Edward Foreman, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy. James E. Morgan, M. D., Prosecutor and Demjnstrator. Clinical lectures three times a week, on cases selected from the Washington Infirmary. Opeation performed before the class. For a full course of lectures - - $90 Demonstrator's ticket - - JO Graduation fee - - - 2f> Good boofd can be procured at from $2 to $3 jer week. JOSHUA RILEY, M. D., Sep 3?2awtNovlif Dean of the Faculty. 0. ?fc E. L. K E R R I 8 O N CO. DIRECT IMPORTERS or FOREIGN DRY GOODS IN CHARLESTON, S. C. WOULD respectfully inform their friends and those who purchase DRY GOODS in their city., that they are now prepared to offer a large, :hoice, and well assorted stock of Foreign, Fancy, and Staple Dry Goods As they receive the bulk of their goods DIRECT 'rom EUROPEAN PORTS, they feel assured of oeing able to compete successfully with any other narket in the United Suites. C. & E. L. KERRISON A- CO. 209 King street, north-west corner of King and Market streets. Sep 3, 1850?3m DIRECT IMPORTATIONS jf RI S H ? I ft ? ft 8. PHE subscribers are constantly receiving direct ; I from the manufacturers, MADE TO THEIR j ORDER, and expressly adapted to the Southern rade, and to which they with confidence invite the attention of purchasers, with a guarantee that the goods will be found PURE FLAX., to wit: Shirting and Fronting Linens and Lawns Pillow Case, Coatee, and Sheeting Linens Russia, Bird's Eye, and Huckaback Diapers Bleached and Brown Table Damasks, of asrted widths Damask Doylies, Napkins and Cloths, of various sizes Dowlass, Glass Cloths, Black, White A Brown Holland Lady's, Gent's, nnd Children's Linen Cambric I Handkerchiefs, etc, etc. C. & E. L. KERRISON A CO. 209 King street, Charleston, S. C. Sep. 3, 1850?3m MEDICAL "COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE Annual COURSE OF LECTURES in this Institution will commence on the first .Monday in November next, on the following branches: Anatomy, by J. Holbrook, M. D. inytlmioo.nii PrHotice of Medicine, by S. Hen- - ry Dickson, M. D. .Surgery, by E.Geddings, M. D. Physiology, by James Moultr.e, M. D. Materia Medica, by Henry H. Frost, M. D. Obstetrics, by Thos. O. Prioleau, M. D. Chemistry, by C, U. Shepard, M. D. Demonstrator of Anatomy, St. Julian Ravenel, I M. D. Dr. D. J. Cain, Physician to the Marine Hon- j pilal and Clinical Instructor. Lectures twice a j week on the Diseases of thut Institution. Dr. E. B. Flagg, Physician to the Alias House. | j Lectures twice a week on Diseases. Demonstrative Instruction in Medicine and Surgery at the College Hospitul. HENRY R FROST, M. D., D?-n. PLAINS. BLANKETS, KERSEYS AND FLANNELS. ' ( THE SUBSCRIBERS, Dinet fmporten of all < WOOLEN GOODS, have just received per Ships, "Gulnare," "Orion,"and "Somerset," ; from Liverpool, their fall supply of PLAINS, f KERSEYS, WHITE and COLORED BLANK | ETS, WHITE, RED, BLUE and GREEN j FLANNEL BLANKETING, Guernsey Shirts, | Kilmarnock Caps, Scotch Bonnets, Ac., Ac., ex- J preaaly suited to our Southern Planters trade, and ( to an inspection of which, they confidently in- ? vita all who visit the Charleston Market. j a C. A E. L. KERRISON A CO., 1 c 909 King st., northwest cor. King A Market sts. ; ? Charleston, < Sept 3? j |_ | Georgetown College, D. C, j 8 rpHE CLASSICAL ^EXERCISES of this Col I 1 lege will be resumed on the 16th instant. I < sept. 4 - 3td JAMES RYDER, Prt? 1C MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES. | D. APPLETON & CO., NEW YORK, j [ave in code1e of publication, in pant*, price i twenty-five cents each, j k Dictionay of Machine*, Mechanic!, Engine-Wok, and Engineering. Jesigncd for Practical Working-Men, and those intended for the Engineering Profession. j Edited by Oliver Byrne, formerly Prqftssor of Mathematics, College of Civil Engineers, London ; .luthor and Inventor of "The Calculus of form," j 41 The .Wic and Improved System of Logarithims," j ''The Elements of Euclid by Colors," etc., etc.,etc. i rHI 9 work is of large 8vo. size, contatniog nearly two thousand pages, upwards of fifteen hundred lutes, and six thousand wood cuts. It will present ( rorking-dra wings and descriptions of the most im ortant machines iu the United States. Indcpen-> lently of the results of American ingenuity, it will ontain complete practical treatises on Mechanics, Machinery, Engine-work, and Engineering; with j II li.Mi IS moaa. T i? <knn ?lv/V...Mn.l Asn I- ' i?i mat i? usviui in uiui d uiuii unc iuuuohuu uur ant' worth of folio volumes, magazines, and other j looks, among which may be menlioned the folowing; j 1. Bibliotheque des Arts InduNtricls. (Masson, Paris.) 2. Civil Lngineer and Architect's Journal. > London.) 3. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. (Blackie, ilasgow.) j, 4. Publication ludustricllc. (Armengaud Aiue, Paris.) 5. Jamieson's Mechanics of.Fluids. 6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson.) 7. Allgemiue Bauzeitung mil Abbildungen. (Forster, Wien.) 8 Organ fur die Fortschri'te des Eisenbahnwe- I sens in technischor Bcziehuug. (Von Wal- j degg, Wiesbaden.) 6. Sherwin's Logarithims. 10. Byrne's Logarithms. 11. The Mechanical and Mathematical Works ol ; Oliver Byrne. 12. Sillirnans Journal. 13. Algemeine Maschiuen-Encyclopedia. (IIulsse, Leipzig 14. Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain and America contrasted. 13. Iloltzapfl'els' Turning and Mechanical Manippulation. 16. The Steam Engine. (J. Bourne.) 17. Eisenbahn-Zeilung. (Stuttgart.) 18. Tregold on the Steam-Engine. 19. Pile's Mathematical and Optical Instruments. 20. Dictionnaire des Arts et Manufactures. (Laboulaye, Paris. 21. Sganz-.n's Civil Engineering. 22. Brown's Indicator and Dynaonmeter. 23. Origin and Progress of Steam Navigation. (Woodcroft.) 24. Essai sur 1'Industric des Matiercs Textiles ("Michel Alcan. Paris.) 25. Macneill's Tables. 26. Griers' Mechanic's Pocket Dictionary. 27. Teinpleton's Millwright's and Engineer's Pocket Companion, 28. Lady'sand Gentlemen's Diary. 29. Maiine Steam Engine. (Brown.) 30. Weisbach's Mechanics and Engineering. 31. The Mathematician. (London.) 32. Barlow on Strength of Materials. 33. Mann's Mechanics. 34 Mechanical Principles of Engineering and . Architecture. (Mosley.) 35. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 36. The Transactions of the Institute of Civil Engineers. (London.) 37. The Artisan. 33. Quarterly Papers on Engineering. (Published by Weale, Lond n.) 39. Im|>erial Dictionary. (Gla-gow.) 40. Student's Guide to the Locomotive Engine. 41. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels. (Barlow, London,) 42. Recueil des Machines Instrument et Appareil. (Le Blanc, Paris.) 43. Buchanan on Mill Work. 44. Practical Examples of Modern Tools and Machines. (G. Kenme,) 45. Repertoire de I'lndustrie Franquaise et Etrangere. (L Maihias, Paris.) 46. Treatise on the Manufacture of Gas. (Accorn, London.) 47. Setting out Curves on Railways. (Law, London.) 48. Hodge on the Steam-Engine 49. Scientific Ameilcan. 50. Railroad Journal. (New York ) 51. American Artisan. 52. Mechanic's Magazine. 53. Nicholson's (Peter) Dictionary of Architec- 1 lure. 54. Dictionaire de Marine a Voiles ct a Vapeur, J (De Bonnefoux, Paris.) 55. Conway and Menai Tubuier Bridges ( Fairbarn.) 56. Brees' Railway Practice. 57. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary. 58. Bowditch's Navigation. 59. Gregory's Mathematics for Practical Men. | 60. Engineers' and Mechanics' Encyclopedia. j (Luke Herbert.) 61. Patent Journal ; London. 62. Ilree's Glossary of Engineering. 63 Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering. Crasy. I 64. Craddock's Lectures on the Steam-Engine. ! 65. Assistant Engineer's Railway Guide. (Has-1 koll.) 66. Mechanical Principia. (Leonard.) The great object of this publication is, to place refore practical men and students such an amount >f theoretical and scientific knowledge, in a conlensed form, as shall enable them to work to the rest advantage, and to avoid those mistakes which hey might otherwise commit The amount ol iseiul information uius uruu^iu iuSr,?0,, ail?uol oeyond a precedent in such works. Indeed there is j lardly any subject within its range which is not | eated with such clearness and precision, that even man of the most ordinary capacity cannot fail ol j mdervtanding, and thus learning from it much j which it is importrnt for him to know. From the annexed list of the principal authors | nd subject comprised in this work it is sell-evilent, that all citizens engaged in the practical and useful art9, etc., may derive essential advantages J rom the possession and study of this publication, The following imy he especially designated i Millwrights. Vtoulder and Boiler Makers. Artiticers in Brass, Copper, and Tin. Cutlers, and Workers of Steel in general. Carpenters. Brickmak* rs vVorkers in Ivory, Bone, and Horn. Jivil Engineers, Railway Contractors, and C'otifractots for Karth-Work, and Masonry of every description. Architects an I Bridge Builders. Builders, Master Masons, and Bricklayers. Ship Builders, Masters of Vessel*, Ship Carpenters, aiid others connected with Building and Docking Ships, Block and 1'unip Makers, Hemp Drcscrs and Rope Makers 11 Manufacturers of Linen and (tol'on Fahrics. u......i ?.t,ir,.r? of Sninnimr .Machines, Roving j Machines, Card Breakers and Finishers, Draw- j ins; Frames' Willow*, and Pickers, etc., connected with Cotton, Flax, and Wool Muchinery. 'alenderers, Bleachers, and Calico Printers. -loth Folders, and Measurers, and persons inter* enled in Sewing Machinery. Vnchorand Chain Cable Manufacturers, bulling and Turning Tool Makers^ 'in and Needle Maker*, fail and Rivet Makers. Jolt and Screw-Bolt Makers, fail Cutters. /Oiners. gather Dressers and Curriers. Manufacturers of Great Guns and Small Arms, i handle Makers. hscuit and Cracker Makers. ?ee Makers. tibbon Wearers. Itone Cutters and Marble Masons. >yer?, Cloth Washers, and Scourersf , oopcr*. 'ider and Cheese Manufacturers , Crystal, and Plate Glaas Makers. Jugar Boilers and Refiners, with Proprietor* ol Sugar Plantations. Manufacturers of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon, ' and Rod Iron. Wheel, Axle, and Spring Maker*. Engine Drivers, and Persona connected with the Locomotive generally. Engineers, and Captains of Steam Vessels. Managers of Stationary Engines. Lumber Dealers and owners of Saw Mills. 1'eneer Cutters. ' Owners of Planing Machinery. Lorn Millers, and Persons connected with Bolting and Bran-Separating Machinery. ' Farmers and Persons using Grain-Shelling and 1 Threshing Machinery. Buhl Workers, Carvers Engraver*, and Ornament;1 Makers in general. |' Persons employed ip the Manufacture of Qas. Mekers ol Conocr and Lead Tubinc. 11 Linen and Straw Paper Makers. Ship Owneia, Harbor Masters, and others inter- I ested in Dredging Machinery. j' Well Sinkers. > i1 Astronomers, Philosophers, and others using Philosophical Apparatus and Instruments. Miner's Engineers, and other interested in Pumping Engines. Persons interested in Canals and Aqueducts. Warehousemen, and olhera, using Hydraulic 1 Presses, Dyiiauometric Cranes, Jack Screws,!1 Common and Feed Cranes. Workers in Metals and Alloys. 'Pin Plato Workers. Spring Maeulacturcrs. Wheelwrights,Clock Makers llorologsta, &c. j The publishers have expended a large sum of | money to get original drawings of machinery in practical use in Uiis country, and have procured j almost every woik on the sudject, whether published in England, France, or Germany, tbe most essential parts of which being comprised in this j Dictionary, render it as perfect and conprehen- j sive as possible. The publishers have endeavored louse great economy in type, so that each page of j the woik contains at least four times the number, of words found in ordinary pages of the fame size. This has also secured to each plate woiking-draw- | ngs of ample size and clearness, so that a Mechanic may coustruct accurately any machine described. The publishers are, in short determined, tegardless of cost, to make the work as complete as posciWU . n rwl If * Kaisa/) ovnrt' nnA riact roue In nhluin ! OU/l? > B,,U 'fc 10 ,,V?'VU V,V'J VUW -W the work will procure it at issued in numbers, and thus encourage tho enterprise. The work will be issued in nemi-gnaonlhly numbers, commencing in January, 1850, and will progress with great regularity. The whole work will be published in 40 numbers at 25 cents per nuntbci, and completed within the current year, 1850. A liberal discount will be made to agents. Any one remitting the publishers $10 in advance ' shall receive the work through tho post otiicc free of expense. Aolice to Proprittort of Newspapers throughout the United States and Canada, If the foregoing advertisement is inserted five times during the year, and the paper containing it sent to us, a copy of the work will be sent gratis in payment. American Statistics. A short time past we published some statistics relative to the number of soldiers supplied from the different States to the revolutionary wrar. De Bow's Commercial Review gives some tables relative to this, and other subjects of equal interest, which we copy. 1. The number of soldiers furnished by the Amerieun States during the revolution, and the population of each State in 179U and in 1847. 2. Principal battles of the revolution, their several dates, commanders-in-chief, and losses on each sjde. 3. Amount of continental money issued to support the war, and the estimated cost in Specie. 1. HI. VOLUTION! RY STATES. Soldiers. Pop. 1790 1847. New Hampshire, 12,407 141,891 300,000 Mass. (inct'ng Me.) 67,097 475,257 1,450,000 Rhode island, - - 5,908 69,110 130,000 Connecticut, - - - 31,959 238,141 330,000 New York, - - 17,781 340,120 2,780,000 New Jeri-ey, - - - 10,726 181,139 416,000 Pennsylvania, - - 25,678 434,373 2,125,000 Delaware, - - - - 2,386 59,098 80,000' Marylund, - - - 13,912 319,728 495,000 Virginia, - - - - 26,678 748,308 1,270,000 North Carolina, - - 7,263 393,751 765,00t South Carolina, - - 6,417 249,073 605,000 Georgia, 2,589 82,548 800,000 Total, - - - - 231,971 2,820,95911,546,000 2. BATTLES OF TIIE REVOLUTION. tl'hrrc Whtn .tmtr. British f'ought. fought. Com. [ajss. Com. Loss. Lexington, A|>r '75 ? 84 ? 245 BunkerHtll.Jun'75 Warren 453 Howe 1054 Flatbuah, Aug '76 Putnam 2000 Howe 400 W. Pinion, Oct '76 Wanht'n 300 Howe 300 Trenton, Dec '76 Washt'n 9 Ralil 1000 Princeton, Jan '77 Washt'n 1(K) Muw'd 400 Bennington, Aug'77 Stark 100 Bautn 600 Brandy wine,Sep *77 Washt'n 1200 Howe 500 ^Saratoga, Oct '77 Gates 350 Burg'e 600 Monmouth, Jun '78 Washt'n 230 Clinton 400 R. Island, Aug|(78 Sullivan 211 Pigott 260 Briar Creek,Mar'79 Ashe 300 Prevost 16 Stoney P't.,Jul '79 Wayne 100 Johns'n 600 Camden, Aug'81 Gates 720 Cornw's 375 Cowpens, Jan '81 Morgan 72 Tarle'n 800 Guilford, Mar'81 Greene 400 Cornw's 523 Eu. Springs,Sep'81 Greene 555 Stewart 1000 The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 1781, closed the war; prisoners 7,073. 5,753 British taken prisoners. 3. CONTINEFTAL MONF.vj Amount issued in 1775 $ 2,000,000 1777 - - 20,000,000 " " in all to July, 1799 358,000,000 The whole expenses of the war, estimated in specie, amounted to ?135,193,703. COTTON STATISTICS. , i We compile from the New York Shipping List and Price Current, of the 11th September, tne following statement, showing the crop of Cotton in the several States for the year ending 31st August 1850; 1850. 1849. ! Louisiana 781,886 1,093,797 Alabama . .... 350,952 518,706 Florida 1*1,344 200,186 Texas 31,263 38,827 Georgia 344,635 39],372 Soufh Carolina .... 384,265 458,117 North Curolina . . . 11,861 10,041 Virginia 11,509 17,550 Total crop .... 2,096,715 2,728,596 Derease from last year . . . . 631,881 Dpi'i-cnue from vear before . 250,928 The Past, the Pre?ent and the Future.?Of the cotton trade, from the London Economist, August 24, 1850. "It is calculated that upwards of 4,000,000 persons depend entirely upon this irade in all its branches." American cotton crop ; 1835-6 J,367,220 1843-3 3,378,87a; 1830-7 1,433,930 1843-4 2,030,409 1837-8 1,801,497 1844 5 3,394,503 1838 0 1,360,533 1845-fi 3,100,537 18.39-40 2,177,835 1846 7 1,778,651 1840-1 1,6.32,945 1847-M 2,347,634 1811 2 1,684,211 1848-9 2,728,596 .Average 1,635,596 Average 2,251,315 A vcroge crop of the last seven years exceeds hat the prior 615,719 bales, and the crop of the at>t just double that of the first?and the crop of 1848-9 was more than 1846-7 by fifty per cent. Average consumption in Great Britain of Ameri:an cotton the firat 7 years 1,153,219 bales. | The 2d period of 7 years 1,449,398 bales. Largest consumption, 1849, 1,586,608 bales. BARRY'S TRICOPIIEROUS. t\ARKER, Agent for the above very superior K HAIR WASH, received, this day, 12gr0ss. Whoiesi.le at d retail, at PARKERS' 1 THE UNITED 8TATR8 POSTAL GUIDE. AXD OFFICIAL ADVERTISER. iCj^To show what u done, ami what should be done, in q0ie#.?4ZI| Charlu Jwilulir J Editors and Proprietors. Terms.?"The United States Postal Guide and Official Advertiser," containing about 3d svpcr-royal jctavo pages, is published monthly Jbr one dollar onlyi per annum, payable in advance?or Jive i dollars fur alt copies ordered at any one lime. f PREPARATORY NOTICE. Tlie enterprise in which we now (embark, and yf which this paper is at once the commencement, ?nd a sample of the papers that are to follow, has for its aim no less a purpose, than to impart instruction, in the general and detail, to the Officers und Agents of the American public, in respect both to their duties and their rights, and to make them, and the people at large, acquainted with the organization, decisions ana action of the Executive departments of their Government. There has hitherto leen no vehicle for the regular and proper SittMmn.iioaiinii nT mfnrmuf lAli nt' lilts* l/iiwi 1 its* publication of the Laws and the issue of instructions, more or leas comprehensive, and at intervals more or less extended, have proved wholly inadequate, in the absence of the construction of those | Laws, as applied to particular cases, and of detuils | and illustrations to make the regulations and instructions intelligible. The valuable documents annually reported to Congress.are too voluminous, and are printed in quantities too small for general circulation; whilst the debates in Congress and the commentaries of the press upon their proceedings, and the proceedings of the Executive branch of the Government, besides turning mostly upon general principles, address themselves only to narty ends, and to mutters of national policy. These publications in their various forms are highly useful in themselves as far us they go, and some of ihsin indispensable; but there is much that do not reach the hand* of all, nor if they did, do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam- ' pies, for the despatch of the public business which can render the dischai e of public duty either safe or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent himself, or the de|>artinent or bureau under which he acts. We ahull make ail honest effort to supply this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities. If we succeed in rendering the functions of the primary offices more uniform, methodical, and exact, we shall make the administrative duties of the departments more easy and effective, and thereby promote the real and substantial interests of the country. And this we expect to do, to some extent at least?apart fVom, and independently of anv party or personal interest or question what ever. It is known to most of those to whom this paper will be sent, thut (lie Senior Editor was Auditor of the Post-Office Department until the month of November last; witli by far the larger portion of both postmasters and contractors, lie lias hud direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He entered the department fourteen years since, and for many years previously, had been, fir6tin the War Department, and subsequently in the Treasury. He has therefore had the best opportunities for undemtanding the arrangements of business in all the departments, and being acquainted with those who curry it on. Since his official connection with ] the Government ceased, he flatters himself he has I preserved the respect and regard of most of the [ present incumbents of the departments, and is on becoming terms of intercourse and civility with them all. The Junior Editor has been nsssiduously engaged for several years, in studying, by personaf inquiry and examination, the practical and daily routine and details of the Post-Office and | otiier branches of the public business. It is witli ! this stock of experience, and these ail vantages for ' reaching the various sources of administrative acj lion, and for imparling minute and illustrative 111I struction, and valuable periodical and statistical information, that we challenge your confidence and solicit your support and patronage. We have fixed upon the 15th of each-month as the day for the publication of our paper, so as to afford time for obtaining from the departments, all the orders, notices andchanges issued, or made by tliem during the preceding ipontli. Tables ot' Post Offices, and compilations of the Laws and Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Department only once in two or three years. It is a matter of inconvenience ana compluint, for which hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one month from the time of these issues, there are offices in the tables which are no longer in ope ution, and offices in operation which nre not in the tables. At this time there are perhaps over three thousand offices of the two descriptions. In like manner laws have been passed and regulations established since the issue of the Inst volume of regulations, of which many postmasters and others ure wholly ignorant. We propose to prevent, for the present, any increase or the evil of either kind, and from ihe time another issue shall be made, our paper will furnish the additions, corrections, And modifications, made in each month, and by being filed and preserved, will afford to postmasters full and exact information upon both subjects, up to and for time being. How much of the present misdirection, remailing, doubt, confusion, error, and imposition, will be saved by the progressive stute of full and exact knowledge, for which we have provided, and for which we engage, every intelligent postmaster can estiniute for himself. These advantages alone and independently of all others, are worth many times the price we charge I for the paper, and will, it is hoped, induce every postmaster who feelN n just pride in his office, or |a patriotic regard for the credit, prosperity, and efficiency of the whole Post Office system?at once to subscribe. The same considerations apply to the orders and notices, decisions, and instructions of the War, Navy, Treasury, State, and Interior departments, and the saipe course is intended in respect to th?m. Notices of the decisions of the Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions of official duty or national interest, will find a place I in this paper. A department of our paper addressing itself not merely to postmasters and other officers of (lie Government, but to all other citizens who give attention to the affairs of the nation and the progress and devolopment of the c? untry, will embrace in a condensed form the matters submitted to, or arising in Congress. At each session a vast deal of vuluuble information is communicated to ConSress, by the several departments and their suborinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive reports nre made by committees of both Houses. But the great mass of the community know nothing of tiie contents of these documents and reports, except the brief notices of them, which frnm time to time anoenr ill the nublic naners The standing number printed of each document and report, is only twelve hundred in the Senate, and fourteen hundred in the House of Representatives, which at once shows the impracticability of their dissemination. The AnvraTitca "will contain short abridgments or analysis of all these documents and reports, and the compend will therefore not only prove exceedingly useful and instructive in itself, but will furnish an easy index to those interested, whenever it is found desirable to obtain and examine the document at large. There is a large field before us, the materials ure ample. It will be our zealous care to collect and arrange them in the proper form. We have every confidence that the subscriptions will be ample to enable u? to accomplish it all. The information we propose to give, comprehending and confined to tne action of the Government, is solid, useful, and (we might almost say) necessary to the officer?if not to the citizen. It is intended for all, and put at a price which can constitute no obstacle with any. Ifattheendof the year, any subscriber shall find that he has not received the full value of his money, in intellectual enjoyment and in the increased light and aid afforded him, for the discharge of his official duties or in exercising by his vote his just share in the conduct of our public affairs, then shall we be ready to admit, that our hopes and expectations have been disappointed, and that the contract on our part has failed. P. G. WASHINGTON, CHARLES M. WILLARD Washikgtov, D. C., June, 1850. FOR RENT, THE HOUSE now occupied by Mrs] JJ{^ 8PRIOO, on Capitol Hill, Catioll Place, and immediate posseeeion given. To a good least t the terms will be reasonable. Apply to Oct 17- 3t BEN. E. GREEXJ 1 british commercial. i ifeinsura?(u company, Established in icfi&l, and Empowered by act of Parliament, For the Insurance of Liven, and the Endowment of Children, Ac. LONDON, NEW-YQKK ANI) WASHINGTON CITY. CAPITAL 3,000,000. M. THOMPSON, .Ifcent. fCy" Office on Pennsylvania avenue, one door west of Jackson Hall. A RESPECTABLE man, who has his forenoons unemployed, would like to occupy himself in a suitable way during that time. He writes a good hand, and would undertake copying, translating from the French or German, keeping a set or two of books, where a regular book-keeper is not employed, etc. Please inquire at the office of 6?if __ beebe's new york hats!!! OTEVENS, No. 1, Broicn's Hotel, has juat received a further and full supply of Becbe's Hats. Also, a complete ussortment of his own ! make, of every quality and style. Gentlemen wishing Hats of fancy shapes can have their or* (l#?rK tillpfl at STEVEN'S great Hut, Cup, and Gent's Outfitting Establish in#tu, No. 1 Brown's I lotel. Nov. 30?6tif. (Intel. Repub. Union.) FOR CALIVCKNI/i, via CHAGRE9. WITHOUT DETEXTIOX JIT PAX. IMA. THE United States Mail Steumsliip Company will despatch the splendid double-engine steamship GEORGIA, on Wednesduy, Dec. 11, at 3 o'clock, p. m., from the nier, foot of Warren street, North river, New York, with the Government mails and passengers for San Francisco and intermediate porta. The connexion at Panama will be carefully' kept up, and passengers for San Francisco are I guaranteed that they will not be deluyed at Panama beyond the usual stay in port. The books are now open, and passage can be secured at the following rates : FROM XE W YORK TO CI Lid RES. State-room berth $100 Standee berth, forward salooon - - - HO Steeruge berth, found bed & separate table 50 FROM PAXAMA TO SAX FRAXCISCO. State-room berth $300 Steerage berth, found bed & separate table 150 FROM XEIV YORK. State-room. Standee. Steerage To Charleston or Savannah $25 $20 $10 To Havana 70 55 25 To New Orleans - - - 75 t?U 25 Freight to New Orleans 30 cents iter cubic foot Freight to Havana will be taken in limited quantity at reasonable rutes. Passengers for Chagres will be transferred at Havana to the new and splendid steamship PACIFIC. To secure freight or passage, apply at the office of the company, 77 West street, corner of Wurj ren steet, to M. O. ROBERTS. I ft it a P lu ffivan tn 1. U, II 1,,# lltm wr.v.oi. t.vi.vb fc'.t" "" "J ' "? line, that the conipnny have prepared a form of hill of lading adapted to their business, which will he furnished to shippers on application at the company's office, and with which they are requested to provide themselves, as no other form will be signed by thengentsof the company. All bills of lading must be signed before the sailing of vessel. Dec. 7, 1W50. NEW PROSPECTUS ok thtr, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. To Mechanics, Inventors, arid Manufacturers: | i fl^HE Publisher* of the Scientific Jimmean re? spectfully give notice that the sixth volume or this valuable journal, commenced on the 21st of September, offering a valuable opportunity for all to subscribe who take an interest in the progress and developement of the Mechanics' Arts and Manufactures of our country. The character of the Scitntific American is too well known throughout the country to require u detailed account ol the various subjects discussed through its columns. It enjoys a mire extensive and influential circulation than any other journal of its class in America. It will be published weekly, ns heretofore, in Quarto Form, on fine paper, affording, at the end of the year, an ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA, of over FOUR HUNDRED PAGES, with an Index, and from Five to Six Hundred ORIGINAL ENGILIVINGS, described by letters of reference; besides a vast amount of practical information concerning the progress of SCIENTIFIC and MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENTS, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL IN*GINEERING, M A N U FA C T UR ING in its various \,r*nc.\xtB,ARCHITECTURE,MASONR Y, ROT ANY,?in short, it embraces the entire range ot ! the Arts and Sciences. It also possesses nil original feature not found in any other weekly journal in the country, viz., an Official List of PATENT CIA IMS, prepared expressly for its columns at the Patent Office,?thus constituting it the " AMERICAN REPERTORY OF INVENTIONS." Teiims?$2 a-year ; #1 for six months. All letters must be post puid and directed to MUNN & CO., Publishers of the Scientifia American, 128 Fulton street, New York. Inducements for Clubbing. Any person who will send us four subscribers i for six months, at our regular rates, shall be en- I titled to one copy for the Name length of time ; or I we will furnish? 10 copies for 0 mos., $8 I 13 copies for 1:2 nios. $22 ; 10 uo 12 15 | 20 do 12 " 281 Southern and Western money taken at par for subscriptions; or Post Office Stamps taken at their full value. PREMIUM. Any person sending us three subscribers will be entitled to a copy of the " History of Propellers and Steam Navigation," republished in hook form ?now in press, to be ready about the first of October. It will be one of the most complete works upon the subject ever issued, and will contain about ninety engravings. Oct. 22?tf I1FE INSURANCE.?British Commercial Life Insurance Company,established in 1820, ! and empowered by act of Parliament, for the In, surance of Lives and Survivorships, anil the enI dowment of Children, &c., Ac., CAPITAL i THREE MILLION DOLLARS'. i j?^*Office 3d story Colonization Buildings, J near Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, Wash- . uiion cuy, u. M THOMPSON Afffltf ! October 21, 1S50-?dtf WILL be opened at Mrs. H. Parker's,oil Sat- ' urday, 23d uist., at lOo'clock A.M.,in the1 ! new store under the National Hotel, a rich assort| mcnt of Winter Millinery, consisting of Hnts, ' Caps, Head-Dresses, Feathers, Florences, Ribbons, Ac. dc. PARKER'S DRESS COMBS.?We are just opening an j other and prettier assortment of those hand 1 some Rope and Chain pattern Shell and Buffalo ! Dress Tuck Combs; prices from $2 to 420 each. Also, 200 different patterns Spanish Dress Fan; Laces from 75 cents to $10 each. TfIHE Subscriber returns his thanks to the JL public and the old customers of Simms & So*r? and informs them that THE GROCERY AND; WINE BUSINESSheretoforecarried on by them, is contiued by Epward Simms ; he lias added a I full and flresh supply of the finest TEAS, BLACK j AND GREEN, FRESH GROCERIES, Ac .and , | has also on hand a full assortment of the finest WINE, and will be sold at the lowest rates, amongst which will be found 100 baskets of the i choicest brands of Champagne, Hock, and Claret Wines, of the purest kind*. EDWARD SIMMS. 1 " j. * ^ The Boutluin Pieea,"?Triweekly is pubbsbed oe Tuesdays, Thursday. uml baturd.ys oi each week. 'The Southern Press,"?Weekly, U published every Saturday. ?: ADVEKTIStNe KATES. Kor one square of 10 lines, three insertion*, f 1 mi " every subsequent insertion, - '25 Liberal deductions made on yearly advertising. ? Individuals may forward the amount of their subscriptions at our risk. Address, (post-paid) tLLWUUU P lorl P.lt WwhuiftDn Cite. Law AND AGENCY OFFICE.?'The undersigned, Attorney* and Agents, practice Law in the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Courts of the District of Columbia, and attend promptly to claims against the United States, including the settlement of all accounts of officers and agents of the Government, Bounty Lauds, Pensions, Return of Duties, Pateuts for new inventions, &c. They tender their services to members of the profession at a distance, and, when the case is prefmred by a loval agent, will abate one-half their usual fee. All information relntive to the forms and usages of business in any of the Departments will be furnished to our regular correspondent* without charge. They have made arrangements for the payment ol lues, and for the sule or location of bounty land warrants on the best Western lauds. JCy=?Office on Pt nsylvania avenue, Lane & Tucker's Building DUFF GREEN, BEN. E. GREEN, KICH'D. H. CLARKE Oct. 14?3law3in. THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE FARMERS GUIDE. LEONARD SCOTT A Co.,Ao..r?4 Gold street, A>tr York, continue to publish the four lending British (Quarterly Reviews and Blackwood's Magazine; in addition to which they have recently commenced the publication of a valuable Agricultural work, called the " Farmer's Guide to Scientific and Practicai. agriculture," By Hknrv Seei-iiens, F. R. 8., of Edinburgh, author of the "Hook of the Farm," dec.., &c.j assisted by John P. Norton, M.A., New Haven,Professor of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, dec., Ac. This highly valuable work will comprise two large royal octavo volumes, containing over 1,400 pages, with 18 or 20 splendid steel engravings, and more than 000 engravings on wood, in the highest style of the art, illustrating almost every implement of husbandry now in URe by the bent farmers, the best methods of ploughing, planting, haying, harvesting, dec.,&c., the various domestic animals in their highest perfection; in short, the pictorial feature of the book is unique, and will render it of incalculable value to the student of agriculture. The work is being published in semi-monthly numbers of 04 pages each, exclusive of the Steel engravings, and is sold at 2.r> cents each, or $5 for the entire work in numbers, of which there will be at least twenty-two. The British Periodicals re-published are as follows, viz : The London Quarterly Review (Conservative), The Edinburgh Review (Whig), The North British Review (Free Church), The Westminster Review (Liberal.) and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (Tory). Although these works are distinguished by the political shades above indicated, yet but u small portion of their contents is devoted to political subjects. It is their literary character which gives them their chief value, and in that they stand con. fessedly far above all other journals of their class. lllackwood, still under the masterly guidance of Christopher Ji'orth, maintains its ancient celebrity, and is, at this time, unusually attractive, from the serial works of Bulwer and other literary notables, written for that magazine, and first appearing in its columns both in Great Britain and in the United StateB. Such works as "The Caxlons" and "My New Novel" (both by Bulwer,) "My Peninsular Medal," "The Green Hand," and other serials, of which numerous rival editions are issued by the lending publishers in this country, have to be ref printed by those publishers from the pages oliluckwood, after it has bern issued by .Messrs. Scotso that subscribers to the reprint ofthut Magazine may always rely on having the earliest reading of these fascinating tales. T E II M S. Per ann For any one of the four Reviews - - $3,0t) For any two do. - - 5,00 For any three do. - - 7,00 For all four of the Reviews, - - H,00 For Blackwood's Magazine, - - 3,00 For Blackwood and three Reviews, - 9,00 For Blackwood nnd the four Reviews, - 10,(Ml For Farmer's Guide (complete in 22 Nos.) 5,00 ( Payments to be made in alt cases in Mvance.) CLUBBING. A discount of twenty-five percent, from the above prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more copies of any one or more of the nbove works. Thus : 4 copies of Blackwood or of one Review will be sent to one address for #9 ; 4 copies of the four Reviews and Blackwood foe $30 ; and so on. % Orders from Clubs must be sent direct to the publishers, an no discount from these prices can be ullowed to .dffents. Money, current in the States where issued, will be received at par. jl^^Remittnnces and communications should be always addressed, post-paid or franked, to the ! Publishers. LEONARD SCOTT & CO, 79 Fci.ton Strkkt, New York, Entrance 54 Gold st. ?Ljy"Subscriptions received in Washington by FrankTuylor, I'aylor & Maurey, and W. Adam, Booksellers. TO EDITORS OF NEWSPAPERS. WE beg leave to call your attention to an advertisement, and to the memorial annexed, and tender our services in the prosecution of any claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, which you may send to us. We will allow you one half our usuul fee, which in Jive dollars for obtaining a warrant for 1 GO acres, and three dollars for a warrant of eighty acres or less, for publishing our advertisement, and preparing and forwarding the papers to us. If you accept this proposal, please insert this circular and our advertisement in your paper, with the following editorial notice: " We cnll the attention of our renders to the advertisement of Messrs. Duff Green, Ben. E. Green, and Richard H. Clarke, Attorneys and Agents at Washington, D. C., and would say to persons having claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, that we have made arrangements for the requisite forms, and that claimants calling at our office can have their papers properly prepared and forwarded to these gentlemen at Washington, who will properly attend to them in their proper offices." Please get each claimant to sign the memorial, and forward it to your member of Congress. Please send us a copy of your paper containing our card, which will notify us that you accept our proposition. DUFF GREEN, BEN. E. GREEN, RICH'D H. CLARKE MEMORIAL. '/'? the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States in Cengrtss assembled: The memorial of the undersigned, respectfully represents that they are entitled to Bounty Land, under the act of 28th of September, 1850, that they are infbrnied and believe that the unlocatgd warrants are worth more to them than the patented lands would be, that they do not expect or desire to reaide on the land thus grauted; that if putented to them, the expense of agencies and taxes will be an anuuat charge, reducing the value of the grant, which they could avoia if permitted to sell the warrant. Your memorialists further represent that the law, by preventing the sale of the warrants, assure that the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty lands, arc not competent to act for themselves, whereas many of them are among the moat intelligent and respectable citizens of the States. They therefore respectfully ask that the act aforesaid may be so modified as to make the warrants for bounty lands assignable, and they will ever pray, 3lc. i SELECT variety of Fins Gold Jewelry, Guard and Vsst Chains, and the bestqualuy of London, Liverpool, and Swiss Watches, for sals si low prices for cash. Every article warranted to prove what it is represented to be at the time of sale; also. Watch Repairing in all it* branches, by CHAUNCEY WARRTNER. dec 13 No. 2, Todd's building, Pa. avenut