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81 LAND SALEs.--The " ueon oi caturoey last says
fhat from ~ ls.h Of the present month ovenbe'
10 the io, of April next. there will y ofared for
sale Of the Public Lands. in


Illinois, 279,04s acres. -.


Wisconsin, ,2e3.56 do
! ssi..s..,, sis~., : l~ !, is ,lsssss Iisds d j


Mississippi, 296,337 do


Florida, 1896 5s5 do


Arkansas. iIA(I s.sll,lss do


Total, l,25e.. a04 acres, of which $4,000 acres
are estimated 10 be Mineral Lands. Now is the time
fos every man who hss famiiySto make hisvsy TO-
De great West OF the great South, and'buy . home
for his wife and children, instead Of coping them
up in the large cities on the ssabqard oE spending
his strengthxupun the Sunkind soils Of our Eastern
States. Could our voice be heard, we yodld say to
every man who could go.-7seek the West Or rSoath,
buy land there--your industry will reward you .
thousand fold-and your children will bless you for
casting their lot in country where the tlng Of the
ground brings forth such rich fruit, ,..., sla
NKw ORLrASs PlcAruSH. This valuable jour
nal contains always the latest and most minute In
teligencs from The Army Of Invasion under General
.Tsy lor. Mr. Kendall one Of the propristors' is in
McCuloch's company Of Rangers. and his racy let
ters keep The public thoroughly informed of The move
ments Of the Commander-ip-chieE Mr. Halle OF
Plaquemine is also in the Army and is the regular
correspondent of the Pcayune. His letters give the
reader from day to day. complete and trustful his
tory Of the Invasion and from them we also get a
correct description of the geography, topography,
scenery &C., Of the country west ofthe Rio Graade
Indeed he may be regarded as the Historiographer
of the Expedition. We shall hereafter repnblish
Mr.. Kendalps and Mr.. Haile's letters they come
to hand We know we could not give our readers
more acceptable matter, than they contain from the
seat Of War; lsl!a ssre, ba af


ToBAcco DuTIEs--H il said that Mr. bancroft
has been instructed to press upon the Btishgovern-
ment the reduction Of the enormous duties levied on
American Tobacco imported into Great Britain
We do not well see by what argument Mr., Bancroft
caa sustain the instructions of his government
deed such have been given him) with any hope Of
success Great Britain must raise money topay the
expenses Of her government and the interest on her
public debt and Tobacco s MOI necessary Of life
we cannot object with any show Of reason TO her
taxing enormously, especially as the tax in that
case is paid by the rich.


Is ODD FrILowsH1p The amazing rapdity with
which this charitable Order has gone ahead in this
country may be realized from the fact that in "a
states of the Union there were on the lst Of last
90 4 II .o.ln 1020
Subordinate Lodges, 10 Grand Encampments and
2O4 Subordinate Encampments. We obtain there
particulars from the October Extra Of the Boston
Odd Fellow, which contains Directory Of the Order
Ia most valuable publication.


TAMPIco--Ths alexandra uazetIe OF yesterday,
thinks that it had been better to have assigned the
command Of the troops destined to act against this
town to some more experienced officer than General
Patterson. Perhaps so,--but from what we can
learn we think it probable that to the Navy alone
has been entrusted the task Of taking this stronghold
Of the enemy. We may now look for news from
the expedition against Tampico every evening. II


owe see notice Of a new counterfeit note of
the denomination Of $40, on the Bank fthe Valley
in Virginia, payable in Charlestown H. M. Brent
cashier, Obed Waite as president, dated October 10,
le46, letter D, number 1910 on one side, and 1900
upon the other. The plate entirely different from
the genuine. 1t is calculated to deceive those net
familiar with the genuine notes. 2.ti"A


ltf@f ktt HMi &tE


The HUTcHINsoNs are attracting considerable at
tention in Salem, Mass. They had crowded house


fr- -
at Mechanics Hall on Tuesday last. Many Of the
ladies had to stand during the performances. Dear,
oh dear! had to stasd What pity Well the la
dies can stand great deal, to be sure. ses


By the way, wonder if there were not some gem
temen who occupied the seats, which ought to have
been given to the ladies'! Where was their gallan +
y, il SO?


/; SHEEP VS.. LAMB.--A lady, whose maiden name
was Lamb but who recently got married, an acquain-
tance thus addressed her :ni Ae


"Ah, Sarah, SO you have got married, and chang
ed your name, find" + ~ @


"Yes, indeed" replied she. I" and in getting mar
ried, instead of being LAM, find have made
SHEEP Of myself" ~ b


The LIBERTY PARTI.-It is said that this party
intend establishing newspaper in this city on
great scale, that Mr.. Adams, Mr. Giddings &c. are