JOSEPH H. BAILEY, Engineer and Agent for procuring Patents, will prepare all the necessary Specifications, Drawings, &c. for applicants for Patents, in the United States or Europe. Having the experience of a number of years in the business, and being connected with a gentleman of high character and ability in England, he has facilities for enabling inventors to obtain their Patents at home or abroad, with the least expense and trouble. The subscriber, being practically acquainted with all the various kinds of Drawing used, is able to represent Machinery, Inventions, or Designs of any kind, either by Authographic Drawing, or in Isometrical, Parallel, or True Perspective, at any angle best calculated to show the construction of the Machinery of Design patented. To those desiring Drawings or Specifications, Mr. B. has the pleasure of referring to Gen. Wm. Gibbs McNiel, Civil Engineer, Prof. Renwick, Columbia College, Prof. Morse, Jno. Lee. Residence, No. 10 Carroll Place; office, No. Chambers street. oct10 tf * * * * * BLACK LEAD POTS!--The subscriber offers for sales, in lots to suit purchasers, a superior article of BLACK LEAD POTS, that can be used without annealing. The price is low, and founders are requested to make a trial. SAMUEL C. HILLS, 45to2ndv6 Patent Agent, 12 Platt street. STATE OF NEW YORK. Secretary's Office, Albany, July 24, 1846. To the Sheriff of the City and County of New York: Sir--Notice is hereby given, that at the next General Election, to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November next, the following officers are to be elected, to wit:--A Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this State. 2 Canal Commissioners, to supply the place of Jonas Earll, junior, and Stephen Clark, whose terms of office will expire on the last day of December next. A Senator for the First Senatorial District, to supply the vacancy which will accrue by the expiration of the term of service of John A. Lott on the last day of December next. A Representative in the 30th Congress of the United States for the Third Congressional District, consisting of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th Wards of the City of New York. Also a Representative in the said Congress for the Fourth Congressional District, consisting of the 6th, 7th, 10th and 13th Wards of said City. Also a Representative in the said Congress for the Fifth Congressional District, consisting of the 8th, 9th and 14th Wards of said city. And also a Representative in the said Congress for the Sixth Congressional District, consisting of the 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Wards of said City.