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r 1 edited IV BOvm4 maker * Edwin D? Uw. TERMS. DAILY, . . - ? . . #10 00 , Till-WEEKLY, . 6 (10 WEEKLY, 01 ff- Subscriptions payable in advance. Any person procuring five subscribers shall receive one cop) gratis All tetters to the Editors to be post-paid. PRINTED BY G. A. SAGE. Qffict, Pentutflvania .tvtnue, better en Third end Futu -and-a-hulf grerfs.j __ _ ? ? ? ?? ' DAILY. Vol. 9. Washington, Tuesday, December 31, 1850. No. 79* ' M~ ED1CAL DEPARTMENT OF HAMPDEN, SYDNEY COLLLEGE, RICH| fD, VA.?The thirteenth Annual Course of Lectures will commence on Monday, the 14th of October, 1650, and continue until the 1st of the ensuing March. Thecommencment for conferring degrees will be held about the middle of March. R. L. Rohanman, M. D., Prof, of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. L. W. CuAMsaaLATMa, M. D., Prof, of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. o w n Pmf of Cheinistrv and I o. maurin| m. ?-r., ? , Pharmacy. Chas. Bell Gibson, M. D., Prof, of Surgery and Surgical Anatomy. Cartter P. Johnson, M. D., Prof. of Anatomy and Physiology. David H. Tucker, M. D. Prof, of Theory and ractice of Medicine. .Arthur E. Peticolas, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. The study of practical Anatomy may be prosecuted with the most ample facilities, and at very trilling expense. Clinical Lectures are regularly given at the College Infirmary and Richmond Almshouse. The Infirmary, under the same roof with the College and subject to the entire control of the Faculty, is at all times well filled with medical and surgical cases, and furnishes peculiar facilities for clinical instruction. Many surgical operations are performed in presence of the class; and the students being 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, $105, Demonstrator's fee, $10. Graduation fee, ?15. The price of board, including foel, lights, and servants' attendance, is usually #3 to *3J per week. The catalogue, &c., containing fuller information concerning the institution, will be forwarded to those applying for it, or specific iuquiries will be answeree by letter Address, S. MAUP1N, M. D., Oct. 2 Dean of the Faculty. THIRD ANNUAL. EXHIBITION or the Maryland State Agricultural Society. A PPEAL to the Member* or the Maryland /X State Agricultural Society.?Wedesire 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, ana be thus deterred from bringing tliem, as it is ' 1 ?~ m??rim of anv oniy oy cuiupannun *.???* v?v . v...... .... ^ thing can be determined. The safer presumption for you to arrive at, will be that what you have is as good, if not belter 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 wives und daughters to bring whatever appertains to their peculiar departments, as embroidery, household manufactures, the products of the dairy and of the poultry yard, preserves, domestic wines, confec- | tions, and, above all things, to come themselves, as without woman, and the beautiful elaborations of her taste and genius, no display can be jierfect. To the Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements I ami Tools, we would say, that interest and patri- I otism 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 ol the States of the Union, will be greater than upon any former occasion here or elsewhere. We therefore say to the Agricultural Implement makers and Mechanics of the United Stales, make it a matter of pride to display your machinery at our exhibition, and vie with each other in having the best and largest assortment on the ground. Such ambition is laudable?is worthy o American genius, and should be cherished by the American heart. Editors with whom we exchange will confer a favor by copying this notice. TTJILLIAM TUCKER, Mkrciiant Taii.or. VY (of the late firm of Lane & Tucker,) woulc ] call the attention of his IViends und the public generally to his stock of Goods now opening, which has been selected by himself from the largest im porting houses in New York, and by far the great ' est variety and richest styles I ever offered in this city. Strangers are respectfully and earnestly solicited to give me a call and examine my stock be* ? ,.,iii i,? i? fore purchasing, us i um cuuuucm ,? ?lu .v. their advantage. And I would especially cull the attention of of ficers, both of the unny und the navy, to il^e faci that 1 am 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 iO?3tw3w?-d&trw NEW FANCY GOODS WILL BE RECEIVING every day duri.q next week, a beautiful assortment of Fan ' Goods suitable for PRESENTS, &c Also a large assortment of fresh Perfumery, Pomatums Soaps, Hair-washes, and every article pertaining to the toilet. PARKERS'Perfumery and Fancy Store, Penn. av., near NutionaJ Hotel. sep21?3td ' WANTED TO i'U It CHASE ApL A SMALL HOUSE on Capitol Hill, con taining six or seven rooms, with cons ,er* aole ground attached.?Apply at this office. Oct. 16?3t. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. riNUE undersigned respectfully informs his old J. customers and business men of Washington in particular, that he has put his Book and Job Printing Establishment again in complete order? hairing added new type, presses, &c., to his former materials, which enables him to execute Every inscription of Letter-press Printing in a superior style, with neatness and despatch, and as cheap as it 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 any other work, with greater speed than heretofore. He respectfully solicits the patronage of the business community. O. A. SAOE. * Office : Pennsylvania Avenue, opposite Jackson JtaU, Washington, t FOR CALIFORNIA. UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY? THROUGH P.1S8.1QE TO C.iLlFORJslJi. THE public will be gratified to learn that the I United States Mail Steamship Company areenaoled to announce that their arrangements are now complete for sending passengers through from New York to San Francisco and back. In the first attempts of this Company to meet the wants of travel to California, Dy providing ships on the Pacific, in connection with their shins from New York to Chagres, they were prevailed upon, at the urgent solicitation of the great number then desirous to go out, to sell tickets 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 passages in no other quarter, and by which, whatever might be the detention, they would reach San Francisco sooner than by any other line. Unforeseen difficulties, and the prevalence of fever at Rio de Janeiro at the time, prevented their ships from reaching Panama as soon as anticipated, and caused detention at the Isthmus, which was increased by the impatience of passengers in going forwurd, against the advice of the Company, at an earlier day than the ship 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 San 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, Caiu. Hudson. ITHMUS, Capt. Hitchcock. COLUMBUS, Capt. Peck. ANTELOPE, Capt. Acki.et. Their Atluntic and Gulf Line, from New York to Chagres, of the GEORGIA, Capt. Porter, U. S. N. OHIO, Cupt. Schenck, U. S. N. FALCON, Capt. Hartstein, 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 speed, and superior accommodation! of their New York and 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. 0. ROBERTS, Cor. Warren and West sts., New York. Aug. 15?lin National Medical College, V/ashington, District of Columbia. THE annual course of lectures will commence on the first Monday in November, the 4th instant: FACULTY. Thos. Miller, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. Wm. P. Johnson, M. D., Professor of Obste(tries and the diseases of women and children. Joshua Riley, M. D., Professor of Materia Medina, Therapeutics, and Hygiene. John Frederick May, M. D., Professor of Surgery. Grafton Tyler, M. D., Professor of Pathology And Practice of Medicine. Robert King Stone, M. D., Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. Edward Foreman, M.D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy. James E. Morgan, M. D., Prosecutor and Demonstrator. Clinical lectures three times a week, on cases selected from the Washington Infirmary. Operation performed before the class. For a full course of lectures - - |90 Demonstrator's ticket - - 10 Graduation fee - - - 25 Good board can be procured at from $2 to $3 per week. j0SIIUA RILEY, M. D., Sep 3?2awtNovlif Dean of the Faculty. C. At E. L. K E R R I S O N At CO. DIRECT IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS IN CHARLESTON, S. C. tTTOULD respectfully inform their friends and YY those who purchase DRY GOODS in their :itv, that they are now prepared to oiler a large, hoice, and yell assorted stock of Foreign, Fancy, and St.. pie Dry Goods As they receive the bulk oftheirgoods DIRECT rout EC'ROPExhVPORTS, they feel assured of )ein<j able to compete successfully with any other market in the United States. C. & E. L. KERR1SON & CO. 209 King street, north-west corner of King and Market streets. Sep 3, 1850?3m DIRECT IMPORTATIONS OF IRISH JL I ft E ft S. I TIE subscribers are constantly receiving direct from the manufacturers, MADE TO THEIR JRDER, and expressly adapted to the Southern rade, and to which they with confidence invite he attention of purchasers, witn a guarantee uiai .he goods will be found PURE FU1X, to wit: Shirting and Fronting Linens and Lawns Pillow Case, Coatee, and Sheeting Linens Russia, Bird's Eye, und Huckabuck Diapeqg Bleached and Brown Table Damasks, of asrted width* Damask Doy:ies, Napkins and Cloths, of vari>us sizes Dowlass, Glass Cloths, Black, White & Brown Holland Lady's, Gent's, and Children's Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, etc. etc. C. & E. L. KERRISON* & CO. 209 King street, Charleston, S. C. Sep. 3, 1850?3m VIEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ptlE Annual COURSE OF LECTURES in this JL Institution will commence on the first Moiulay in November next, on the following branches: Anatomy, by J. Holbrook, M. D. Institutes and Practice of Medicine, by S. Henry Dickson, M. D. Surgery, by E. Geddings, M. D. riiysiology, by James Moultrie, M. D. Materia Medica, by Henry II. Frost, M. D. Obstetrics, byThos. G. Prioleau, M. D. Chemistry, by C. U. Shepard, M. D. Demonstrator of Anatomy, St. Julian Ravenel. M. D. Dr. D.J. Cain, Physician to the Marine Hospital and Clinical Instructor. Lectures twice a week on the Diseases of thut Institution. Dr. E. B. Flagg, Physician to the Alms House. Lectures twice a week on Diseases. Demonstrative Instruction in Medicine and Surgery at the College Hospital. HENRY R FROST, M. D? De-n. PLAINS, BLANKETS, KERSEYS AND FLANNELS. BTTnorDIBKRS nir?t ? -I of all X WOOLEN GOODS, have just received per Ships, "Gulnare," ' Orion," and Somerset," from Liverpool, their fall supbly of PLAINS, KERSEYS, WhllTEand COLORED BLANK ETS, WHITE, RED, BLUE and GREEN FLANNEL BLANKETING, Guernsey Shirts, Kilmarnock Caps, Scotch Bonnets, Ac., dre., expressly suited to our Southern Planters trade, and to an inspection of which, they confidently invite all who visit the Charleston Market. C. & E. L. KERRISON & CO., V09 King st., northwest cor. King & Market sta. Charleston, Sept 3? Georgetown College, D. C. rpHE CLASSICAL EXERCISES of this Col I lege will be resumed on the 16th instant. ?ept 4 - 3td JAMES RYDER, Pree 17 MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES, f D. appleton & co., NEW YORK, HATE IM COURSE OP PUBLICATION, IN PARTS, PRICK TWENTT-PIVE CENTS EACH, A Dlctionay of Machine*, Mechanics, Engine-Wok, and Engineering. Designed for Practical Working-Mcn, and those intended for the Engineering Profession. Edited by Oliver Byrne, formerly Professor if Mathematics, College of Civil Engineers, London ; Author and Inventor of "The Calculus if Fort n," " The .Vetc and Improved System of Logarithms," "The Elements of Euclid by Colors," etc., etc., etc. j This work is of large 8vo. size, containing nearly tico thousand pages, upwards of fifteen hundred plates, and six thousand mood cuts. It will present working-drawings and descriptions of the most important machines iu the United Stales. Independently of the results of American ingenuity, it will contain complete practical treatises on Mechanics, Machinery, Engine-work, and Engineering; with all that is useful iu more than one thousand dol- I lars1 worm 01 ioiio volumes, magazines, ana omer . books, among which may be mentioned the following i 1. Bibliotheque des Arts Industriels. (Masson, Parts.) 2- Civil Engineer and Architects Journal. (London.) 3. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. (Blackie, Glasgow.) 4. Publication Industrie lie. (Artnengaud Aine, Paris.) 5. Jamieson's Mechanics of.Fluids. 6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poissbu.) 7. Allgemiue Bauzeitung mil Abbilduugeu. (korster, Wien.) 8. Organ Air die Fortschri'te des Eisenbahnwesens in technischer Beziehung. (Von YValdegg, Wiesbaden.) 8. Sherwin's Logarilhims. 10. Byrne's Logarithms. 11. The Mechanical and Mathematical Works ol Oliver Byrne. 12- Silliman s Journal. 13. Algemeine Maschinen-Encyclopcdia. (tlulssc, Leipzig 14. Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain and America contrasted. 15. Holtzapffeis' Turning and Mechanical Manipulation. 16. The Steam Engine. (J. Bourne.) 17. Eisenbahn-fleiiung. (Stuttgart.) 18. Tregold on'dhe Steam-Engine. 19. Pike's Mathematical and Optical Instruments. 20. Dictionnaire des Ai ts ct Manufactures. (Laboulaye, Fpris. 21. Sgauzin's Crvil Engineering. 22. Brown's Indicator and Dynaonmeter. 23. Origin and Progress of Steam Navigation. (Woodcroft.) 24. Essai sur I'Industrie des Matieres Textiles (Michel Alcan, Paris.) 25. Macneili's Tables. 20. Griers' Mechanic's Pocket Dictionary. 27. Teinpleton's Millwright's and Engineer's Pocket Companion. 28. Lad) 's and 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. Hann's Mechanics. 34 Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Architecture. (Mosley.) 35. Journal of the Franklin iustiruTe. 3G. The Transactions of the Institute of Civil Engineers. ,(lx)ndon.) 3^. The Artisan. 3a. (Quarterly Papers on Engineering. (Published by Weale, Loud- n.) 39. Imperial Dictionary. (Glasgow.) 40. 8>udeut's Gu.de to the Locomotive Engine. 41. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels. (Bar_low, London,) 4;.'. Kecueil des iviarnines instruments ei/ipparcu. (Le Mane, Paris.) 43. Buchanan on MiU Work. 44. Practical Examples of Modern Tools and Maclwnes. (G. Kennie.) 45. Repertoire de ('Industrie Franquaise et Eirangere. (L Maihias, Paris.) 46. Treatise on the Manufacture of Gas. (Accom, London.) 47. Setting out Curves on Railways. (Law, London.) 48. Hodge on the Steam-Engine 4'l. Scientific American. 50. Railroad Journal. (New Yoik ) 51. American Artisan. 52. Mechanic's Magazine. 53. Nicholson's (Peter) Dictionary of Architecture. 54. Dictiinaire dc Marine a Voiles et a Vapeur, (De Bonnefoux, Paris.) 55. Conway and Menai Tubuler Bridges ( Faiibarn.) 56. Brees' Railway Practice. 57. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary. 58. Bowditch's Navigation. 50. Gregory's Mathematics for Practical Men. 60. Engineers' and Mechanics' Encyclopedia. (Luke Herbert.) 61. Patent Journal ; London. 62. Brce's Glossaiy of Engineering. 63 Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering. Crasy. 64. Craddoclc's Lectures on the Steam-Engine. 65. Assistant Engineer's Railway Guide. (Ilaskoll.) 66. Mechanical Principia. (Leonard.) The great object of this publication is, to place >eforc~practicul men and studenU such an amount >f theoretical and scientific knowledge, in a contensed form, as shall enable them to work to the rest advantage, and to avoid those mistakes which hey might otherwise commit The amount of iseful information thus brought together, is almost >eyond a precedent in such works. Indeed there is uidly any subject within its range which is not catcd with such clearness and precision, that even man of the most ordinary capacity cannot fail of inderilanding, and thus learning from it much vliicli it is miporirni lornim m.vw. From the annexed list of the principal authors ind subject comprised in this work it is sell-cvilent, that all citizens engaged in the practical and iseful arts, etc., may derive essential advantages i'rom the possession and study of this publication, Hie following may be especially designated : Millwrights. Moulder and Boiler Makers. Artificers in Brass, Copner.'and Tin, I Cutlers, and Workers of Steol in general. Carpenters. Brickmakers. Wotkers in Ivory, Bone, and Horn. 'ivil Enginters, Railway Contractors, and Contractors for Earth-Work, and Masonry of every j description. Architects an I Bridge Builders. Buiide.'S, Muster Masons, and Bricklayers. Ship Builders, Masters of Vessels, Ship Carpenters, and others connected w ith Building and Docking Ships. I Block and Pump Makers, Hemp Dressers and Hope Makers Manufacturers of Linen and Cotton Fabrics. Manufacturers of Spinning Machines, Roving j Machines, Card Bieakers and Finishers, Draw-j ing Frames' Willows, and Pickers, etc., connect- 1 ed with Cotton, Flax, and Wool Machinery. | Calenderers, Bleachers, and Calico Printers. Cloth Folders, and Measurers, and persons intcrg cited in Sewing Machinery. Anchor and Chain Cable Manufacturers. Cutting and Turning Tool Makers^ Pin and Needle Makers, Nail and Rivet Makers. Bolt and Screw-Bolt Makers. Nail Cutters. Comers, father Dressers and Curriers. Manufacturers of Great Guns and Small Arms. Candle Makers. Biscuit and Cracker Makers. Lace Makers. Ribbon Wearers. Stone Cutters and Marble Masons. Dyers, Cloth Washers, and Scourersf < oopers. Cider and Cheese Manufacturers 1 ??, Crystal, and Plate Glass Makers. Sugar Hollers and Refiners, with Proprietors of Sugar Plantations. Manufacturers of Railway, Bar, Round Ribbon, and Rod Iron. Wheel, Aale, and Spring Makers. Engine Drivers, and Persons connected with the Locomotive generally. Engineers, and Captains of Steam Vessels. Managers of Stationary Engines. Lumber Dealers and owners uf Saw Mills. Veneer Cutters. Owners of Planing Machinery. Corn Millers, and Persons connected with Bolting and Bran-Separating Machinery. Farmers and Pernios using Grain-Shelling and Threshing Machinery. Buhl Workers, Carvers Engravers, and Ornament Makers in general. Persons employed in the Manufacture of Gas. Makers of Copper and Lead Tubing. Linen and Straw Paper Makers. Ship Owners, Harbor Masters, and others inter-; ested in Dredging Machinery. Well Siukers. 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, ami others, using Hydraulic I Presses, Dynanometric Cranes, Jack Screws, Common and Feed Cranes. Workers in Metals and Alloys. Tin Plate Workers. Spring Maeufacturers. Wheelwrights, Clock Makers Horologists, &c. The publishers have expended a large sum of money to get original drawings of machinery in practical use in this country, and have procured almost every work on the sudject, whether published in England, France, or Germany, the most essential parts of which being comprised in this Dictionary, render it as perfect and comprehensive as possible. The publishers have endeavored to use great economy in type, so that each page of i the woik contains at least four times the number of words found in ordinary pages of the same size. This has also secured to each plate woikinn-diawngs of ample size and clearness, so that a Mechanic may construct accurately any machine described. 'I he publishers are, in short determined, regardless of cost, to make the work as complete as possible ; and it is hoped every one desirous to obtain the work will procure it as issued in numbers, and thus encourage the enterprise. The work will be issued in semi-monthly numbers, commencing in January, I860, and will progress uit'i great regularity. The whole work will be published in 40 numbers at 25 cents per number, 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 the post office free of expense. Police to Proprietors of Jsevespnptr* throughout the t oiled States ami Canada. If the foregoing advertisement is inserted five times during the year, and the paper containing it sent to us, it ropy of the work will be sent gratia in payment. American Statistics. A short time past we published some statistics relative to the number of soldiers supplied froin the different Stales to the revolutionary war. De Bow's Commercial Review gives some tables relative to this, and other subjects of erpiul interest, which we copy. 1. The number of soldiers furnished by the American States during the revolution, ami the population of each State in 1790 and in 1847. 2. Principal buttles of the revo4uti<.n, their several dates, commanders-in-chief, and losses on each side. 3. Amount of continental money issued to support the war, and the estimated cost in-specie. 1. REVOLUTIONARr STATICS. Soldiers. Pop. 1790 1847. New Hampshire, 12,407 141,89J 300,01)0 Mass. (inci'ng Me.) 07,097 475,257 1,450,000 Rhode Island, - - 5,908 09,110 130,000 Connecticut, - - - 31,959 238,141 330.0(H) New York, - - - 17,781 340,120 2,780,000 New Jersey, - - - 10,726 181,139 416,000 Pennsylvania, - - 25,678 434,373 2,125,000 i n ua r.n miv un nun j L/ClflWIirt:, - u.l|Vi/U C/Vf|X/V/w 1 Maryland, - - 13,912 .119,728 49.1,000 i Virginia, .... 20.078 748,308 1,270,000 i North Carolina, - - 7,20.1 393,751 705,001. I South Carolina, - - 0,417 219,073 005,000 ' Georgia, 2,589 82,548 800,000 | Total, - - - - 231,971 2,820,95911,540,000 2. BATTLES or THE REVOLUTION. If "here When diner. British I fought. fought. Com. Loss. Com. Loss. j Lexington, Apr '75 ? 84 ? 245 i Bunker Hill,Jun '75 Warren 453 Howe 1054 I Finlbush, Aug '70 Putnam 2000 Howe 400 ! W. Plains, Oct '76 Washt'n 300 Howe 300 i Trenton, Dec '76 Wusht'n 9 Raid 1000 t Princeton, Jan '77 Washt'n 100 Maw'd 400 ! Bennington, Aug'77 Stark 100 Baum 600 ! Brandy wine, Sep *77 Washt'n 1200 Howe 500 I "Saratoga, Oct '77 Gates 350 Burg'e GOO | Monmouth, Jun '78 Washt'n 230 Clinton 400 J It. Island, AugL78 Sullivan 211 Pigott 260 | Briar Creek,Mar 79 Ashe 300 Prevost 16 j Stoney P't.,Jul '79 Wnyne 100 Johns'n 600 Camden, Aug'81 Gates 720 Cnrnw's 375 Cownens, Jan '81 Morgan 72 Tarle'n 800 I Guilford, Mar'bl Greene 400 Cornw's 523 j Eu. Springs,Sep'81 Greene 555 Stewart 1000 I The surrender of Coruwallis at Yorktown.Ocj tober 1781, closed the war; prisoners 7,073. *5,752 British tuken prisoners. 3. CONTINEFTAL MONKyJ Amount issued hi 1775 - - $ 2,000,000 1777 - - 20,000,000 " " in all to July, 1799 3.j8,000,000 The whole expenses of the war, estimated in specie, amounted to $135,193,703. j COTTON STATISTICS. We compile front the New York Shipping List j and Price Current, of the 11th September, the fol* lowing statement, showing the crop of Cotton in the several States for the yeaf ending 31st August I 1650: 1850. 1849. ! Louisiana 781,886 1,093,797 | Alabama 350,952 518,706 Florida 181,34 1 200,186 Texas 31,263 38,827 Georgia 344,635 391,372 | South Carolina .... 384,265 458,117 North Carolina . . . 11,861 10,041 Virginia 11,509 17,.'50 Total crop .... 2,0.46,715 2,728,596 Derense from last year . . . . 651,881 Decrease front year before . . 250,928 The Past, the Present and the Future.?Of the cotton mole, from the London Economist, August 24, 1850. " It is calculated that upwards of 4,000,000 persons depend entirely upon this trade in all its branches. American cotton crop : 1835-6 1,367,225 1842-3 2,378,875 1836 7 1,422,930 1843-4 2,030,409 1837-8 1,801,497 1844-5 2,394,503 lojoO 1,360,532 1845-6 2,100,537 1839-40 2,177,835 1846-7 1,778,651 1840-1 1,632,945 1847-8 2,347,634 1841-2 1,684,211 1848-9 2,728,596 Average 1,635,596 Average 2,251,315 Average crop of the last seven years exceeds that the prior 615,719 bales, and the crop of the last just double that of the first?and the crop of 184$-9 was more than 1846-7 by fifty per cent. Average consumption in Great Britain of American cotton the fir?t 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 TRICOPHBROUS. tyARKER, Agent for the above very Ruperjor jf HAIR WASH, received, this day, 12grOM> Wholesale aid retail, at PARKERS' $5T7T UNITED STATES POSTAL GUIDE. Am) OFFICIAL ADVERTISER. ii-J/* To shou- what is done, and what should be done, m ,?? cVkms M. \V, ? ' \ Editors and Proprietors. TcHMk. ?" The United States Postal Guide and Official Advertiser," containing about 32 svper-royal octavo pages, is published Monthly Jbr owe dollar only, per annum, payable in advance?or Jive dollars for sir copies ordered at any one time. PREPARATORY NOTICE. The enterprise in which we now {embark, and of which this paper is at once the sommencement, and 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 and 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 and action of the Executive departments of their Government. There has liiih erto leen no veliicle for the rseular and proper communication of information of this kind. The publication of the Lawa and the issue of instructions, more or less 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 details j and illustrations to make the regulations and instructions intelligible. The valuable documents { annually reported to Congress,ure 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 proceed| iugs, and the proceedings of the Executive branch of the Government, besides turning mostly upon general principles, address themselves only to onrty ends, and to matters of national policy. I These publications in their various forms are j highly useful in themselves as far as they go, and some of them indispensable; but there is much j that do not reach the hand* of all, nor if they did, j do they furnish those rules, methods, and exam- j pies, for the despatch of the public business which | can render the discharge of public duty either safe i or easy, whether in respect to the incumbent himself, or the department or bureau under which he acts. We shall make an honest effort to supply this vacuum, and to provide for these necessities. If we succeed in rendering the functions of the primsry offices more uniform, methodical, and exact, we shall make the administrative duties of the departments more easy and effective, and thereby | promote tiie real and substantial interests of the country. And this we expect to do, to some ex[ tent at least?apart from, and independently of any party or personal interest or question whalj ever. It is known to most of those to whom this paper will be sent, that the Senior Editor was Audi lor or me rosi-umce uepnrtmenc until tne nioniii of November last; with by far the larger portion of both postmasters antl contractors, lie has had direct intercourse, in person or by letter. He eni tered the department fourteen years since, and for 1 many years previously, had been, first in the War .Department, aid subsequently in the Treasury, i He has therefore had the best opportunities for understanding the arrangements or business in all the departments, and being acquainted with those who carry 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 C' resent incumbents of the departments, and is on ecoming terms of intercourse and civility with I them all. The Junior Editor, has been assiduously engaged for several years, in studying, by personal inquiry and examination, the practical and daily routine and details of the Post-Office und I otner branches of the public bus'npss. It is with ibis stock of experience, and these advantages for II reaching the various sources of administrative uc| lion, and for imparting mtnute and illustrative instruction, and valuable periodicul and statistical i 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 and changes issued, or made by iliem during the preceding month. Tables of Post Offices, and compilations of the Lnws and Regulations, are issued by the Post Office Department only once in two or three years. It is a matter of inconvenience and complaint, for which hitherto there has been no remedy, that in one month from the time of these issues, there are offices in the tableR which are no longer in ope ation, and offices in operation which are 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 last volume of regulations, of which many postmasters and others are wholly ignorant; We propose to prevent, for the present, any increase or the evil of either kind, and from the 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 avanl infnrmnlinn imnn linfli Riiltiprti. tin to miiH for time being. 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Notices of the decisions of the Supreme Court, in cases turning upon questions of official duty or national interest, will find a place | in this [ ep?\ I A department of our paper addressing itself nol | merely to postmasters and other officers of the , Government, but to all other citizens who give ati tention to the affairs of the nation and the progress and devolopntent of the t* untry, will embrace in a i condensed form the matters submitted to, or arising in Congress. At each session a vast deal of valuable information is communicated to Congress, by the several departments and their subordinate bureaus, and profound and comprehensive reports are made by committees of both Houses. But the great mass of the community know noth. ing of the contents of these documents and re! ports, except the brief notices of them, which from time to time appear in the public papers. The standing number printed of each documem 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 Advektisf.r 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 I to obtain and examine the document at large. There is a large field before us, the materials are 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 us to accomplish it all. The information we propose to give, comprehending and confined 1 to the action or 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. If at the end of the year, any subscriber -- u - II C?/l ikiil Ka Itau nitl rAfMi'Pil flio t'ull villus* rtf \ his money, in intellectual enjoyment and in the increased light and aid afforded him, for the dis| charge of hia 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 ; h >pes and expectations have been disappointed, I and that the contract on our part has failed. | , P. O. WASHINGTON, CHARLES M. W1LLARD WunwcTOK, D. C., June, 1850. FOR RENT, JjaSL THE HOUSE now occupitd by Mrs] jjfiffi SPRIGG, on Capitol Hill, Cauoll Place, and immediate possession given. To a good tena> t the terms will be reasonable. Apply to Oet 17 -31 BEN. E. GREEN} 1 BRITISH COMMERCIAL I IFBINSURANCG COMPANY, Established in 18*20, and Empowered by act of Parliament, For the Insurance of Livee, and the Endowment of Children, Ac. LONDON, NEW-YORK AND WASHINGTON CITY. CAPITAL 3,000,000. M. THOMPSON, .Igent. Office on Pennsylvania avenue, one door west of Jackson Hull. 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, Ac. Please inquire at the office of this paper. 6?tf UGGBK'8 NEW YORK HATS!!! QTEVENS, No. 1, Brown's Hotel, has just reO ceived a further and full supply of Beebe's riais. Also, a complete assortment 01 ms own make, of every quality and style. Gentlemen wishing Hats of fancy shapes can have their orders filled at STEVEN'S great Hat, Cap, and Gent'8 Outfitting Establishment, No. 1 Brown's 1 lotel. Nov. 30?fitif. (Intel. Repub. Union.) FOR CALIFORNIA, via CHAGKE9. WITHOUT DETENTION .IT PJX.1M.1. THE United States Mail Steamship Company will desjiatch the splendid double-engine steamship GEORGIA, on Wednesday, Dec. il, 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 ports. The connexion at Panama will be carefully kept up, and passengers for San Francisco are guaranteed that they will not be delayed at Panama beyond the usual stay in port. The books are now open, and passage can be Necurcd at the following rutes : FROM .YEW YORK TO CH.WRES. State-room berth - #100 Standee berth, forward aalooon - - - 80 Steerage berth, found bed A, separate table 50 FROM P.iXAM.i TO SJLY FR.LYCISCO. State-room berth #300 Steerage berth, found bed A separate table 150 FROM .VE W YORK. Stale-room. Standee. Steerage I To Charleston or Savannah #25 #'20 #10 To Havana 70 55 25 To New Orleans - - - 75 60 25 Freight to New Orleans 30 cents per cubic foot Freight to Iinvnna will be taken in limited quantity at reasonable rales. Passengers for Clmgres will he 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 AVarren steet, to M. O. ROBERTS. Special Notice is given io shippers by this line, that the company have prepared a form of bill of lading adupted to their business, which will be furnished to shippers on application at the company's office, and with which they are re quested lo provide themselves, us no other form will he signed l>y the agents of the company. All bills of lading must be signed before the sailing of vessel. Dec. 7, 1H50. NEW PROSPECTUS of tlllt SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. I'o Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufacturers: 'CUE Publishers of the Scientific American reI npectfully give notice that the sixth volume of thin valuable journal, commenced on the 21st of September, ofFermg a valuuble opportunity for all to subscribe who take an interest in the progress and developenient of the Mechanics' Arts and Manufactures of our country. The character of the Scientific American is too well known throughout the country to require a detailed account ol the varioua subjects discussed thrwugh its columns. It enjoys a m ire extensive and influential circulation than any other journal of its class in America. It will be published weekly, as 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 ENGRAFL\YiS, described by letters of reference; besides a vast amount of practical information concerning the progress of SCIEN Tin c una .111. v h.i.m tv/ 1. i.v r no r t:ME.YTS, CHEMISTRY, CIVIL ENGINEERING, M .1 A* U F Jl C T UR / A*G in its various branches,ARCHITECTURE,JWISONRY, ROT AVI',?in short, it embraces the entire range 01 the Arts and Sciences. It also possesses an original feature not found in any other weekly journal in the country, viz., an Official List of P.ITENT C 1^1 IMS, prepared ex pressly for its columns at the Patent Office,?thus constituting it the " HMERICHNREPERTORY OF iNtENTlUNS." Terms?$2 a-year ; $1 for six mouths. All letters must be post paid and directed to MUNN & CO., Publishers of the Scientifia American, 128 Fulton street, New York. Inihicr.mcnls for Clubbing, Any person who will send us four subscribers for six months, at our regular rates, shall be entitled to one copy for the same length of time ; or we will furnish? 10 copies for 6 mon., $8 I 1.1 copies for 12 mos. $22 10 do 12 1.1 | 20 do 12 " 28 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 und Steam Navigation," republished in book 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 1IFE INSURANCE.?British Commercial j Life Insurance Company,established 111 1820, ami empowered by act of Parliament, for the In- j surancc of Lives and Survivorships, and the en- i dowment of Children, Ac., Ac., CAPITAL THREE MILLION DOLLARS'. }Lj"*Office 3d story Colonization Buildings, near Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, Wash-1 inton city, D. C M THOMPSON.\1gtnl October 21, 1850?dtf j WILL be opened at Mrs. S. Parker's,on Saturday, 23d inst., at 10 o'clock A. M., in the 1 new store under the National Hotel, a rich assortI ment of Winter Millinery, consisting of Hate, j Caps, Head-Dresses, Feathers, Florences, Rib1 bons, Ac. Ac. PARKER'S DRESS COMBS.?We are just opening an other and prettier assortment of those nand [ 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. TM^HE Subscriber returns his thanks to the J. public and the old customers of Simms A Sot* and informs them that TH E GROCERY AND WINE BUSINESS heretofore carried on by them, is contiued by Edward Simms ; he has added a , full and fresh supply of the fines'.TEAS, BLACK 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 j choicest brands of Champagne, Hock, and (,-laret \ Winee, of the purest kinds. EDWARD SIMMS, i tte SoutiMta FMm,"?fn-wMkly u published oo Tuesday*, Thu/?Uym and b-tUuiay* of each Week. "The Southern Praae.'-Waakly, la publiabed every Saturday. AOIMtlUlia RATfcS. Kor one square of 10 linea, three insertions, f 1 00 a every subaequeat insertion, Ki Liberal deductiona made on yearly advertising. Individuala may forward the anouat ef tbcii subscriptions at our risk. Address, (poet-paid) EJ.L.VVOOD K1SHKH Washington Cits. LAW AND AGENCY OFFICE.?The undersigned, Attorneys 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 Lands, Pensions, Return of Duties, Patents for new inventions, &c., &c. They tender their services to members of the profession at a distance, and, when the case is prepared by a lotal agent, will abate one-half their usual fee. All information relative to the forms and usages of busiuess in any of the Departments will be furnished to our regular correspondent! without charge. They have made arrangements for the payment ol "axes, and for the sale or location of bounty land warrants on the best Western lands. Jd'Dffice on P? nsylvania avenue, Lane & Tucker's Building DUFF GREEN, BEN. E. GREEN, KICH'D. H. CLARKE Oct. 14?3taw3in. THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE FARMERS GUIDE. Leonard scott & Co., a*o. 54 GoUitreet, AV?> York, continue to publish the four le&Jtng 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 Practical agriculture," By Henry Stephens, F. R. S., of Edinburgh, autlior of the "Book of the Farm," dt-c., &c.; assisted by John P. Norto.v, M.A.,New Haven,Professor of Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &c., <ic. This highly valuable work will comprise two large royal octavo volumes, containing over 1,400 pages, with 18 or SO splendid steel engravings, and more than 00(1 engravings on wood, in the highest style of the art, illustrating almost every implement of husbandry now in use by the best farmers, the best methods of ploughing, planting, haying, harvesting,&c.?dr., the various domestic animals in their highest perfection; in short, the pictnrial 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 64 pages each, exclusive of the Steel engravings, and is sold at 25 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), Tiie 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 a small portion of their contents is devoted to political subjects. It is their literary character which gives tliern their chief value, and in that they stand con. | fessedly far above all other journals of their class. Hlackwood, mill under the masterly guidance of Christopher North, 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 column s both in Great Britain and in the United Sluies. Such works as "The Caxtoris" and "jVly New Novel" (both by Bulwer,) "My Peninsular Medul," "The Green Hand," and other seriuls, of which numerous tivhI editions are issued uy the lending publishers in this chuutry, have to be ref printed by those publishers from the pages oBlackwood, after it has been issued by Messrs. Scotso that subscribers to the reprint ofthat I vlagazme may always rely on having the earliest reading of these fascinating tales. TERM S. Perann For any one of the four Reviews - - *>3.u0 For any two do. - - 5,00 For any three do. - - 7,00 For all four of the Reviews, - - 8,U0 For Bl ick wood's Magazine, - - 3,00 For Blackwood and three Reviews, - 9,00 For Blackwood and the four Reviews, - 10,00 For Farmer's Guide (complete in 22 Nos.) 5,00 ( Payments to be nuide in all rases in Mrance.) CLUBBING. A Miscount of licenty-Jive per cent. from the above prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more copies of any one or more of the above 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 for $30 ; and so on. *?* Orders from Clubs must be sent direct to the ptiblishrrs, as no discount from these prices can be allowed to .tfgrn/s. Money, current in the States where issued, will be received at par. JCf^Rennittancesand communications should be always addressed, post-paid or franked, to the Publishers. LEONARD SCOTT & CO, 70 Fulton Street, New York, Entrance 54 Gold st. 'Or'Subecriptiohs received in Washington by I Frank Taylor, Taylor & Maurey, and W.Adam, I 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 | claima for Bounty Lands or Pensions, which you may send to us. We will allow you one half our I usual fee, which is fire dollars for obtaining a wnr| rant for 160 acres, and three dollars for a warrant I of eighty acres or less, for publishing our adverI ti8emer?t, and preparing and forwarding the papers to us. If you accept this proposal, please insert this I circular and our advertisement in your paper, I with the following editorial notice: | " We call the attention of our readers lo the adj vertiaenier.t of Messrs. Duff Green, Ben. E. Green, and Richard II. Clarke, Attorneys and | Agents at Washington, D. C., and would say to j persons having claims for Bounty Lands or Pensions, that we have made arrangements for the ! requisite forms, and tlmt claimants calling at our I office can have their papers properly prepared and forwarded to these gentlemen at Washington, j who will properly attend to them in their proper I offices." Please get each claimant to sign the memorial, I 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 onr i proposition. DtJFF GREEN, BEN. E. GREEN, . IUCH'D M. CLARKE MEMORIAL. To the Sennit and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: The memorial of the undersigned, respectfully represent* that they are entitled to Bounty Land, under the act ofiWth of September* 1850, that they are inrttrmed and (relieve that the unlocaied 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 granted-, that if patented to them, the expense of agencies and taxes will be an annual charge, reducing the value of the grant, which they could avoid if permitted to sell the warrant. Your memorialists further represent that the law, by preventing the sale of the warrants, assume." that the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty lands, are not competent to act for themselves, whereas many of them are among the most intel| ligent and respectable citizens of the States. Tbey | therefore respectfully ask that the act aforesaid | may be so modified as to make the warrants for J bounty lands assignable, and they will ever j pray, Ac. | A SELECT variety of Fine Gold Jewelry, Guard and Vest Chains, and the beet quality of London, Liverpool, and Swiss Watches, for sale at low prices for cash. Every article warranted to prove what it ia represented to be at the time of sale; also. Watch Reiwiring in all its branches, by CHAUNCEY WARRINER, dec 13 >To. 5, Todd'e buildtof, Pa. aveaytt 'M