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SUPERB GIFT BOOKS FOR 1848. 
Tliomson’s Seasons, Illustrated with seventy-seven ex¬ 
quisite Designs by the Etching Club. Morocco gilt, $4: Muslin 
gilt, $2.75. 
This is a rare book; it is all beauty—poem, print, illustrations, 
and bindin^.— New York Tribune. 
Gold smith’s Poems, Illustrated with numerous exquisite 
designs by the Etching Club. Morocco gilt, $3.75 ; Muslin gilt, 
$2.50. 
Milton’s Poetical Works, Illustrated with 120 Engrav¬ 
ings, from Drawings by Harvey. 2 vols. 8vo, rnorocco gilt, and 
muslin. 
The humblest thought, subjected to the alchemy of Milton’s 
genius, became transmuted into something precious and costly. 
He was an enchanter who changed all the earthen edifices of the 
imagination into pure gold.” 
Pictorial Book of Common Prayer. Richly Em¬ 
bellished by several hundred Engravings. Morocco, extra 
gilt. $6. 
Banyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, Illustrated with 50 fine 
Engravings by Adams. With a life of the author, hy Southey. 
Muslin gilt, 75 cents; paper, 50 cents. 
A household book wherever the English language is known. 
Biblical Repository. 
The Good Genius that turned all to Gold ; Or, the 
Queen Bee and the Magic Dress. A Christmas Tale. Engravings. 
Fancy covers, gilt. 37^ cents. 
A pleasant little fairy tale, full of pretty allegories, exemplify¬ 
ing the uses and importance of industry.— Atlas. 
Harper’s Illuminated Bible, Superbly Embellished 
with 1600 Illustrations, exquisitely engraved by Adams after de¬ 
signs by Chapman, with Frontispieces, Presentation Plate, 
Family Record, Title pages, &c. Superbly Bound in Morocco, 
super extra gilt. $22.50. 
A more fitting gift from parent to child—a more appropriate 
souvenir from friend to friend—cannot be imagined.— Columbian. 
Pictorial History of England, down to the Reign of 
George III. Profusely Illustrated with many Hundred Engrav¬ 
ings. 4 vols. Muslin. $14. Three volumes are now ready. 
A work altogether unapproached as a popular history of Great 
Britain.— Albion. 
Harper’s Illustrated Shakspeare. With Notes by 
Hon. G. C. Verplanck. Embellished by over 400 exquisite En¬ 
gravings, after Designs by Meadows, Wier, and other eminent Ar¬ 
tists. 3 vols. Morocco gilt, $25 ; Muslin, $18. 
It will unquestionably be placed at the head of all the editions 
of Shakspeare ever published.— Standard. 
Miller’s Boy’s Own Book of the Seasons. Compris¬ 
ing the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Books. Descrip¬ 
tive of the Season, Scenery, Rural Life, and Country Amuse¬ 
ments. Embellished by numerous exquisite Engravings. 4 
vols., Muslin extra gilt, 50 cents each ; paper, 3 7% cents each. 
Really charming hooks. The author is the most successful in 
describing rural scenery among the writers of the day. His 
scenes have all the freshness and beauty which characterize the 
sketches of Miss Mitford and Washington Irving. The engrav¬ 
ings are all exquisite, and those printed in colors surpass every¬ 
thing hitherto attempted in that line.— Professor Frost. 
Robinson Crusoe, Illustrated with 50 Engravings by 
Adams. Muslin gilt, 8 7% cents. 
This is a beautiful and complete edition of one of the universal 
favorites in English literature. 
Evenings at Home; or, the Juvenile Budget Opened. 
With Engravings by Adams. Muslin gilt, 75 c f, nts. 
One of the best books for young people that has yet appeared 
in the world.— Miss Edgeworth. 
The Iiife of Christ, Illustrated by numerous Engravings 
on Wood by Adams. Muslin gilt. 75 cents. 
This elegant little volume presents, not only the Scripture nar¬ 
rative of the iife of the Savior, but also a complete harmony of 
the Gospels. 
HARPER &. BROTHERS, Publishers , New York. 
STATIONERY, BLANK-BOOKS, AND WRITING 
PAPER, 
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MANUFACTURE all kinds of Blank-Bocks and Stationery 
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We have also on hand every description of Foreign PAPER 
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Books suitable for County Clerks and Public Offices supplied. 
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We should be pleased to have a call from those requiring 
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lewis franois, ) FRANCIS & LOUTREL, 
cyrus h. loutrel, $ Stationers, 77 MaidenLane, N. Y. 
January 1, 1847 Sept, lyr* 
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 
THE Subscriber keeps constantly on hand in his Agricultural 
Warehouse at New Orleans, a very general assortment of plows 
suitable for the Southern planter, together with harrows, rollers, 
cultivators, horse powers, grain threshers, rice threshers and 
hulling machines, fanning milis, burr stone and cast iron grain 
mills, corn and cob crushers, corn shellers and huskers, vegetable 
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cradles, ox yokes, shovels, spades, forks, scythes, rake 3 , axes, 
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Among his plows are those from the celebrated factory of Rug- 
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York; R. Sinclair, Jr., & Co. of Baltimore; also, the Cary and 
Western plows 
Castings of all kinds of patterns extra for the above. Also 
sugar boilers and gin gearings. 
A large assortment of Fruit Trees. 
Agricultural books, a complete assortment. 
Orders will be received for horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, fruit 
trees and shrubbery ; and any other articles planters may wish 
to order from the north. R. L. ALLEN. 
New Orleans , January, 1848. 
AMERICAN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM¬ 
PANY. 
Office No 40 Wall Street, N. Y. 
LIFE INSURANCE upon the plan adopted by this Company, 
is founded upon the principle of contribution in the shape of an¬ 
nual premiums to a common fund, proportioned to the amount 
insured, out of which the Company pay a stipulated sum on the 
death of the assured to the person for whose benefit the insur¬ 
ance is effected. 
After a thorough investigation of the different systems adopted 
in Europe and America, and of the rates of premium charged, 
this company have reduced the premium 25 per cent, payable 
in cash, annually, semi-annually, or quarterly, as may be pre¬ 
ferred, under a firm conviction that the exigencies of the Com¬ 
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nual premium now charged by the English and American Com¬ 
panies, which reduction will still leave a large margin for seasons 
of unusual sickness and death among its members—preferring to 
reduce the premiums at once to an amount more nearly approxi¬ 
mating the actual necessities of the Company than to adopt the 
system of premium notes which is attended with many disadvan¬ 
tages. 
The leading features of this Company are — 
1. A guarantee capital of $50,000, which together with the ac¬ 
cumulating premiums is deemed adequate to meet every contin 
gency. 
2. A reduction in the rates of premiums—payable annually, 
semi-annually, or quarterly, as may be preferred! 
3. The assured participate annually in the profits. 
4. Insurance may be effected by any married woman upon the 
life of her husband, for her sole use and benefit, free from any 
claims of the representatives of her husband, or any of his credi¬ 
tors. 
5. No personal liability of the members beyond the amount of 
their annual premium of insurance. 
6. Creditors may insure the lives of their debtors, or debtors 
themselves may insure for the protection of their creditors. 
A prospectus has been issued (which can be had at the office 
of the Company, or any of its agents), explanatory of the terms 
and conditions of insurance. 
TRUSTEES. 
Ambrose I.. Jordan, Samuel Leeds, Norris Wilcox, 
Cyrus P. Smith, Frederick T. Peet John W. Fitch, 
George Hall, Caleb Mix, John Durrie, 
David Banks, Sherman W. Kneolas, Lewis B. Judson, 
G. S. Silliman, Henry Peck, James Pandertord, 
George D. Phelps, Eli W. Blake, James E. English, 
Willis Bristol, Lucius R. Finch. 
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN President 
NORRIS WILCOX, Vice President. 
CALEB MIX, Treasurer. 
BENJAMIN NOYES, Secretary. 
AMBROSE L. JORDAN, Chairman of Local Board. 
LEWIS BENTON, Actuary. 
Medical Examiners. 
WILLIAM N. BLAKEMAN, M. D., 193 Bleecker street. 
ALEXANDER B, WHITING. M. D., 848 Broadway. jt.f 
BAGLEY’S CELEBRATED GOLD PENS. 
A. G. BAGLEY & CO’S Ever-pointed Gold Pen, the best 
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•iWOOL AND SHEEP PELTS. 
THE Subscriber will purchase wool and sheep pelts on delivery 
in good order, or receive and forward them on consignment for sale 
in New York. R. L. ALLEN, 
spt. 2t 75 Camp Street, New OrleaUi 
