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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Term commences March 4, 1851, and terminates
March 4, 1853.
The First Session opens on Monday, December 1,4861.
SENATE.
The Senate consists of two Senators from each
State. Since the admission of California, there
are thirty-one States, represented by sixty-two
Senators. The Senators who held over from
the 4th of last March were forty-one, viz:
eighteen Whigs and twenty-three Democrats.
Of the twenty-one new Senators, threo are yet
to be elected from the following States:
California?Legislature Democratic.
Connecticut?Legislature to be chosen in
April, 1852.
Tennessee?Legislature Whig.
SENATORS HOLDING OVER AND ELECT.
Whigs in italic; Democrats in roman?those marked F. S.
are Freo-soilers or Abolitionists; U., those elected as
Union men; S. It., those elected as Southern or State
Rights men.
Term Term
al\bama. Expiret. Michigan. Expiret.
Jeremiah Clemens - 1863 Alpheus Fetch - - - 1853
Wm. R. King(8. R.) - 1865 Lewis Cass .... 1867
ARKANSAS. MISSOURI.
Wm. K. Sebastian ? 1853 David R. Atchison ? 1855
Solon Borland - - - 1855 Henry 8. (Jeyer - ? 1857
CONNECTICUT. NSW HAMPSHIRE.
Truman Smith ? - 1855 John P. Hale (F.S.) - 1853
?? ? - - . 1857 Moses Norris, jr. - - 1855
California. -nkw york.
Wm. M. Gwin - - - 1856 H'm. II. Se.wa.rd (F.S.) 1855
. ... 1857 Hamilton Pith - - - 1857
BSLAWAEB. NSW JER8XT.
Pretley Spruance - * 1855 Jacob B' Miller ? - 1853
James A. Bayard - ? 1857 Robert F. Stockton - 1857
FLORIDA. NORTH CAROLINA.
Jackton Morton - ? 1855 Willie. P. Many urn - 1853
Stephen R. Jlallorj ? 1857 George E. Badger - ? 1855
GEORGIA. OUIO.
John M. Berrien - ? 1853 Salmon P.Chase(F.S.) 1855
Wm. C. Daw ton - - 1855 Be)\jamin F. Wade - 1867
INDIANA. PENNSYLVANIA.
James Whitcomb - ? 1855 James Cuopcr - - . 1853
Jesse D. Bright ? - 1857 Richard Brodhead, jr. 1857
ILLINOIS. ? RHODE ISLAND.
Stephen A. Douglas ? 1853 John II. Clarke - - 1853
James Shields - - - 1JJ55 Charles T. James - ? 1867
,I0WA. SOUTH CAROLINA.
George W. Jones - - 1863 R. B. Rhett (S.R.) - - 1853
Augustus C. Dodge - 1855 A. P. Butler (S.R.) - 1865
KRNTVCKI. TKNN ESSES.
Joteph K. Underwood 1853 John Bell .... 1853
Henry Clay ... 1856 ... 1857
LOUISIANA. ' TEXAS.
Sol. U. Downs (U.) - 1853 Sam Houston - ? *1853
Pierre Soule(S.R.) ? 1865 Thomas J. Rusk - ? 1857
MAINS. VERMONT.
J as. W. Bradbury ? 1853 William I'pham - ? 1853
Hannibal Hamlin ? 1857 Solomon foote - - - 1857
MASSACHUSETTS. VIRGINIA.
John Davit .... 1853 R.M.T. Hunter (S.R.) 1853
Chat. Sumner (P.8.) - 1867 Ja*. M. Mason (S.R.) - 1857
MARTLAND. WISCONSIN.
Jamet A. Ptarce - ? 1855 Isaac P. Walker - - 1855
Thomat Q. Pratt - ? 1867 Henry Dodge ... 1867
MIR8IS8I ppl.
Henry 8. Foote (U.) ? 1863 Jefferson Davis (S.R.) 1857
Messrs. Foote and Davis, of Mississippi, have resigned.
Of the members elect, and those holding over,
thirty-four are Democrats, twenty-one are
Whigs, and four Free-soilers. Of the Free
soilers, Hale and Seward were elected by a
union of Whigs and Free-soilers; Sumner and
Chase were elected by Democrats and Free
soilers combined. Dodge, (Democrat,) of Wis
consin ; Fish, (Whig,) of New York; Foote,
(Whig,) of Vermont; and Wade, (Whig,) of
Ohio, are also put down by some as Free-soilers.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House oonsists of two hundred and
thirty-three members and four Territorial dele
gates. These delegates, however, have no vote.
Annexed are the names of the
MEMBERS ELECT.
ALABAMA.
1 John Bragg, (8. R.) 6 George S. Houston
3 Jamet Abercrombie 8 W. R. W. Cobb
2 Ha tap. W. Harris, (S. R.) 7 Alex. White
4 William K. Smith
ARKANSAS.
1 Robt. W. Johnson, (8. R.)
CONNECTICUT.
1 Charlet Chapman 3 O. F. Cleveland
2 C. M. Ingersoll 4 O. S. Seymour
CALIFORNIA.
1 Edward P. Marshall 2 ?? MoCorkle
DELAWARE.
1 George R. Riddle
FLORIDA.
1 B&ward C. Oabta
0 BOSOM.
1 J W. Jackson, (8. R.) 6 B. W. Chaatain, |
2 James Johnson, (U.)
5 David J. Bailey,
4 Charles Murphy,
INDIANA.
1 Jamas Lockhart 8 Willis A. Gorman
2 Cyrus L. Dunham 7 John G. Davis
8 John L. Robinson 8 Daniel Maoo
4 Uam%ul W. Parker 9 Oraham N. Fitch
Thomas A. Hendricks 10 Samtvl Brenton
ILLINOIS.
William H. Bisxell 6 Wm. A. Richardson
Willis Allen 8 Thomas Campbell
8 Orlando B. flcklin 7 Hichard Valet
4 Richard 8. Moloney
IOWA.
1 Lincoln L. Clark 2 Bernhardt Henn
tixTtrorr.
1 Linn Boyd 8 yidditon WhiU
2 Benj. R. drty 7 Humphrey Manhall
3 Pretley Bwina 8 John C. Breckinridge
4 William T. Wood 0 J. C. Mason
6 James Stone 10 R. C. Stanton
LOUISIANA.
1 Louis 8t Martin, (8. R.) 8 Alex. O. Penn, (S. R.)
2 J. Aritttde Ijandry 4 Isaeo B. Morse (8. R.)
MAINS.
1 Moses McDonald 6 Ephralm K. Smart
2 John Appleton 8 hmel WaiMmrn,jr.
8 Robert Goodenow 7 Thomas J. D. Fuller
4 Charles Andrews
MASSACHUSETTS.
1 William Apple/on 8 Hertrge T. Davit
9 Robt. Rantoul, Jr., (P.S.) 7 John Z. Goodrich
1 Jamet H. Duncan 8 Horace Mann, (F. 8.)
B. Thompton 9 Orin Ptnnlrr
Charlet Allen, (F. 8.) 10 Zeno Sciuider
MARYLAND.
Richard J. Bowie 4 Thomat T. Welth
2 Wm. T. Hamilton A Alexander Evant
3 Rdward Hammond 8 Joteph S. Otllcnnu
MICHIGAN.
1 Ebeneter J. Pfnniman 8 Jamet I. Omoer
I 0. ?. Stuart
MISSOURI.
1 John P. Darby 4 Wlllard P. Hall
2 QHchritt Porter 6 John 8. Phelps
* JMn O. Miller
MISSISSIPPI.
1 D. B. Nabors, (U.) 8 Wm. MeWUlle, (B. R.)
I John A. WUeoi, (U.) 4 A. B. Dawson, (u.)
SSIWU.
(8. R.) 6 K. W. Chaataln, (U.)
i, (U.) 8 Junius Hlllyer, (V.)
, (8. R.) 7 A. H. ftephem, (U.)
f, (U.) 8 Robert Toombt, (0.)
1 Amos Tuck,(?. 8.)
2 Churl** U. Pi '
MINNESOTA.
? B. H. Blbley, (dal.)
? NEW HAMPSHIRE. ?
1 John 0. Floyd
2 Obadiah Bownt
8 Emanuel B. Hart
4 J. II. Hobart Haw I
b Gturgt Brigus
6 James Brooks
7 Abraham P. Stevens
8 Gilbert Dean
0 William Murray
10 Murius Schoonmaker
11 Joslah Sutherland, Jr.
1*2 David L. Seymour
13 John L. Schoolcraft
14 John H. Boyd
16 Joseph Russell
10 John Well*
17 Alexander II. Duel
3 Jartd l'trkins
4 Harry Ulbbard
MEW YORK.
18 Preaton King (F. 8.)
19 Wlllard Ives
20 Timothy Jenkins
21 William W. Bnow
22 Henry Bennett
23 LeandeHKabcoek
24 Daniel T. Jones
26 Thomaa Y. How, jr.
20 II. S. Walbridge
27 William A. Sackett
28 Ab. M. Schermtrhorn
29 Jedediah Hutfrtrd -
30 Reuben Robin
31 Frederick S. Martin
32 S. G. Haven
33 Aug. P. HatcaU
84 Lorenso Burrows
MCW JERSEY.
1 Nathan D. Stratum 4 George II. Brown
2 Charles Bkelton 6 Rodman M. Price
ft laaac Wlldrlck _
ROftflt CAROUHA.
1 T.L. C'lingvian, (8. U.) fl John R. J. Daniel
2 Joseph P. Caldwell 7 W. 8. Ashe
3 Alfred Dockery 8 Edward Stanly
4 James T. Morehead 9 David Outlaw
6 A. W. Venable, (8. R.)
HKW MEXICO.
?R. W. Weightman, (del.)
oiuo.
1 David T. Disney 12 John Welsh
2 L. D. Campbell, (F. 8.) 13 James M. Oaylord
3 Hiram itetL' ? ?
4 Benjamin Stanton
6 Alfred P. Kgerton
6 Frederick Green
7 Nelson Barren
8 John L. Taylor
9 Edson B. Olds
10 Charles Sweetser
11 George H. Busby
14 Alexander Harper
16 William F. Hunter
16 John Johnson
17 Joseph Cable
18 David K. Cartter
19 Kben Newton, (P. 8.)
20 J. It. Giddings, (F. 8.)
21 N. 8. Townseud
OMQOW.
* Joseph Lane, (del.)
PENNSYLVANIA.
1 Thomas B. Florence 13 James Gamble
2 Joseph It. Chandler
3 Henry D. Moore
4 John Robblns, jr.
6 John Mc^Jair
6 Thomas Ross
7 John A. Morrison
8 Thaddeus Stevens
9 J. Glaucy Jones
1U Miles M. Dimmick
11 Henry M. Fuller
12 Galusha A. Grow (F. 8.)
RHODE ISLAND.
1 George E. King 2 Benjamin II. Thurston
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1 Daniel Wallace, (8. It.) 6 Armistead Burt, (8. R.)
2 James L. Orr, (8. R.) 6 William Aiken, (8. R.)
3 J. A. Woodward, (8. R.) 7 Wm. F. Colcock, (8. R.)
4 James McQueen, t.S. R.)
TENNESSEE.
14 T. M. Bibighaus
15 William U. Kurt*
16 J. X. McLanulian
17 Andrew Parker
18 John L. Dawson
19 Joseph H. Kuhnt
20 John AUistm
21 Thomas M. Howe
22 John W. Howe (F. 8.)
23 John H. Walker
24 Alfred Gillmore
1 Andrew Johnson
2 Albert G. Hat I,-ins
3 Wm. M. Churcliwell
4 John Il.Savage
6 George W. Jones
6 Wm. H. Polk
TEXAS.
1 Richardson Scurry, (U.) 2 Volney E. Howard, (U.)
7 Meredith I'. Gentry
8 William Cullom
9 Isham G. llarris
10 Fred. P. 8tanton
11 Christopher II. Williams
UTAH.
? John M. Bernhlsel, (U.)
VIRGINIA.
1 John 8. MUlson, (8. RJ 9 James F. Strother
2 R. Kidder Meade, (8. R.)
3 Thos. H. Averett, (8. R.)
4 Thos. 8. Bocock, (8. R.)
6 Paulus Powell, (8. R.)
6 John 8. Caskle, (S. R.)
10 Charles J. FUulkner
11 John Letcher, (II.)
12 H. Rdmondson, (U.)
13 F. B. McMullen, <U.)
14 J. M. II. Deale, (U.)
It Geo. W.Thompson, (U.)
7 Thomas H. Bayly, (U.)
8 A. R. llolladay, (8. It.)
VERMONT.
1 A hi ram L. Miner S Gexrrge. B. Meacham
2 William Ilebard 4 Th. Bartlett, Jr., (F. 8.)
WISCONSIN.
1 Charles Durkee, (F. 8.) 3 James D. Doty, (F. 8.)
2 lienj. C. Kastman
?Delegates from the Territories.
RECAPITULATION BY FIGURES.
1860-'61
Alabama
Arkansas ? ?
Connecticut
Delaware ?
Florida
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa -
Kentucky ?
Louisiana ?'
Maine
Massachunetts ?
Maryland ?
California ?
Georgia
Michigan ?
Missouri
Mississippi ?
New Hampshire
New York -
New Jersey
North Carolina ?
Ohio -
Pennsylvania ?
Rhode Island
South Carolina ?
Tennessee ?
Texas
Vermont
Virginia -
Wisconsin -
Total thus far
Wliig.
2
1
2
1
6
1
2
9
4
2
2
3
2
17
1
6
19
9
1
Drm.
&
1
3
1
8
6
2
6
3
6
1
3
?
6
1
4
3
17
4
3
11
16
1
7
T
t
1
13
3
143
1848. ,
Whig. Drm.
2
32
4
6
10
16
2
116 118
63
3
60
117
143
22
13
Democratic msjority thus far ?
Democratic minority in 1849 ?
Democratic gain ......
A majority of the House la ...
Democrats elected ......
Southern rights man (21 Democrats aDd 1 Whig)
Free-sollers .... ...
THE PRESIDENTIAL ASPECT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
With regard to the Tote by States, which only
occurs in case the Presidential election is re
ferred to the House of Representatives, the fol
lowing is the result thus far:
Democratic State*?20. Whig States?7
Arkansas, (Secession.)
Alabama, (Union.)
California, do
Connecticut, do
Delaware, do
Georgia, do
Illinois, do
Iudiana, do
Iowa, do
Louisiana, do
Maine, do
Mississippi, do
New Jemoy, do
Ohio, do
Pennsylvania do
South Carolina, (Secession.)
Texas, (Union.)
Tennessee, do
Virginia, do
Wisoonsin, do
Florida.
Missouri,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Maryland,
North Carolina,
Vermont.
Divided?I.
Kentucky,
New Hampshire,
New York,
Rhode Island.
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Monday, JJeci m/jtr 1, 1861. J
Present, Messrs. Dove, Magruder, Bayly,
Wilson, Towers, Borrows, Sweeny, Maury,
Freneli, {President,) Wirt, Thornley, Uordon,
Morgan, und Page.
Mr. Wilson, on leave, introduced an act for
the Improvement of 18th street west; which
waa read three times and passed.
On motion of Mr. Wilson, it was resolved
that Robert Crupper have leave to withdraw his
petition and accompanying papers from the files
of this Board of 12th May, 1851.
Mr. Bavly, on leave, introduced an act for
laying flag stones across I street north and
13th street west; which was read three times
and passed.
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for making a gravel footwalk along the cast side
of 8tli street west, between G and II Btreets
south, was taken up, read three timcB, and
parsed.
The bill from the Board of Common Council
for tho protection of religious worship was
taken up, read twice, and referred to the Com
mittee on Police.
The resolution from the Board of Common
Council in regard to a seawall on the Potomac
and Eastern Branch, was taken up, read twice,
and amended, and wus then, on motion, referred
to the Committee on Improvements.
The resolution from the Board of Common
Council in relation to the drainage and sewer
ago of the city was taken up, read three times,
and passed.
The resolution from the Board of Common
Council appointing a joint committee to repre
sent the Corporation at a Railroad Convention
proposed to be held at Romney, in Virginia,
was taken up, read twice, and ordered to lie on
the table.
The resolution from the Board of Common
Council requesting an application to the Presi
dent of the United States was taken up, read
twice, and referred to Messrs. Maury, Wirt,
and Thornley.
Mr. Morgan presented a petition from John
M. Young and other?, for closing part of the
alley on reservation C ; which was referred to
the Committee on Improvements.
The bill from the Board of Common Council
for restraining the speed of steamboats was
taken up, read twice, and referred to tho Com
mittee on Police.
Mr. Gordon presented a petition from Henry
Wheeler ; which was referred to the Committee
of Claims.
Mr. Maury, on leave, introduced an act au
thorizing the laying of a flag footway across
Louisiana avenue, on the cast side of 10th
street west, and one across B street north, on
the west side of Baid street, and for other pur
poses ; which was read three times and passed.
Mr. Maury, on leave, introduced an act au
thorizing the setting the curb and paving the
footway on the east and west sides of 2d street
west, between Indiana avenue and 1> street
north; which was read three times aud passed.
The bill from the Board of Common Council
authorizing the Mayor to cause the western
termination of K street north to be paved with
stone was taken up, read twice, and referred to
the Committee on Improvements.
The bill from the Board of Common Council
for the relief of M. Holloran was taken up,
read twice, and referred to the Committee on
Improvements. .
The bill from the Board of Common Council
for the relief of W. E. Stewart was taken up,
read twice, and referred to the Committee ol
Claims.
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Improve
ments, reported a bill entitled an act authoriz
ing the closing, &c., of a part of a public alley
in reservation C; which was read three times
and passed.
Mr. Gordon, on leave, introduced an act for
furnishing the clerks' offices in the City Hall;
which was read three times and passed.
Mr. Morgan submitted a joint resolution au
thorizing an application to Congress for extend
ing gas lights over 4J, 7th, 12th, and 14th
streets; which was read three times and passed.
' The bill from the Board of Common Council
for the relief of William Haggerty was takon
up, read three times, and passed.
Mr. Maury, from the select committee to
which was referred the resolution from the
Board of Common Council requesting an appli
cation to the President of the United States,
reported, by way of amendment, a substitute
for the same; which was considered aud agreed
to; and the resolution as amended was then
read the third time and passed.
A communication was received from the
Mayor nominating II. T. L. Wilson as police
ofiioer for the Fifth Ward, in place of James
Lynch, resigned; which was read and ordered
to lie on the table.
The bill directing bread to be Bold by the
ounce and pound, and repealing all former acts
relating to bread and the assize thereof, being
under consideration when the Board adjourned
on Monday last, was taken up, and the question
being on the third reading of the same, it was
decided in the negative by yeas and nays, as
follows:
Y*a??Momi*. Borrow *. Wirt,Thornley, and Gordon?S.
Nats?Dove, Manruder, Hiyly, Wilson, Towers,
Sweeny, Maury. Morgan, Pup*, and Frontjh?]0.
So the bill was rejected.
Mr. Morgan, on leave, introduced an act
making an appropriation for supplying a defi
ciency in the appropriation for constructing a
eespool in the Seventh Ward ; which was read
three times and passed.
Mr. Maury, on leave, introduced an act
making an appropriation to put up gas fixtures
in the City llall; which was read three times
and passed.
Mr. Thornley, from the Committee on Po
lice, reported without amendment the bill from
the Board of Common Council for restricting
the speed of steamboats, and after considera
tion it whs, on motion, recommitted to the same
committee, with instructions to consult the At
torney of tho Corporation in relation to the
same.
Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Improve
ments, reported without amendment the bill
from the Board of Common Cq^incil for the re
lief of M. Holloran; and it was then read the
third time and passed.
Mr. Wilson submitted a joint resolution di
recting an application to Congress for certain
amendments to tho city charter; which was
read twice and ordered to lie on the table, and
be published with the proceeding* of the Board.
It is at follows:
JOINT JIK90I.UTI0N directing an application to Oon
greati for certain amendment* to the city charter.
RfSiiltvil, <fr , That the oomralttne appointed to repre
sent the interot* of thi? Corporation before Oongrwii he.
and they are hereby, author! i*d and required to apply to
tbat body tor amendment* to the city charter; to au
thorize tho conveyance, wbere necta*mry? of the fee 81DA
nlc ia alloy*, where tbe same are authorized by law to be
vloted( and for tho election of *11 the oflUxre ol thin
Corporation.
Mr. Wilson, on leave, introduced an act for
tlie improvement of Water street, between 11th
and 18th streets ; which was read twice and or
dered to lie on the table.
Mr. Towicxis, from the Committee on I'olice,
reported without amendment the bill from the
Uoard of Common Council to prevent tbe blow
ing of oyster horns, &c.; and it was then, on
motion1, ordered to lie on the table.
Tbe bill from the Board of Common Council
to defray the expense of a survey of James s
Creek was taken up, rea l three times, and
passed.
The bill from the Hoard of Common Council
for tho relief of John Davis and others was taken
i up, read three times, and passed.
The bill from the llourd of Common Council
for the relief of Jones was taken up, read
t wice, and referred to the Committee on. VuUttt
The resolution from the Hoard of Common
Council authorizing an application to Congress
for the removal of the jail and tho improvement
of the Judiciary Square, was taken up, read
three times, and passed.
Mr. Maohuukk moved that the Bonrd au
journ ; which motion was cafriod in the affir
mative by yeas and nays, as follows:
Yeas ?Messrs. Dove, Magruder, Towers, Borrows,
Maury, Wirt, Gordon, Morgan, Page, and irench?1U.
Nayb?Messrs. Bayly and Wilson?2.
And tho Board adjourned.
BoAnu of Common Council,_ I
Monday, December 1, 1801. j
All tho members present, except Messrs. 11a
i venuer and Miller. .
Mr. Mulloy asked and obtained leave oi
absence for the remainder of the evening.
Mr. Callan submitted tho following resolu
tion : . .
Revived, That the Committee on Improvements be
directed to cause the room now used as a .uel room in
this building, or some other room tl'"r,',n- to bo
and prepared by Monday next lor tho future meeting ol
this Board. .
The resolution having been read?
Mr. Bryan moved that it be indefinitely post
poned ; which motion was negatived, as follows:
Ykas?Messrs. Wannall, Bryan, and Mohun?3.
Nats?Messrs. Douglass, Kasby, Kelly, Callan, Downer,
KoniJ, Pepper, Brent, Hutchlugsou, Morgan, Cull, John
son, and Van Kiswick?S.
The resolution was then adopted.
Mr. Mohun submitted the following preamble
and resolution, which were read threo times
and passed:
Whereas tho Grand Jury of the county of Washington,
in the District of Columbia, have repeatedly eondemued
the jail of said county as unsuitable for the purpose for
whioli it was erected; and whereas the said Jail Is, in ItJ
present location, injurious to a large portion of private
property: Therefore,
Raolved, <fv , That tho committee appointed to roprt
sent the interests of the Corporation before Congress be
and they are hereby instructed to respectfully Con
gress to make an appropriation for th?> removal of the
jail to noma more pui table location ; and also lor an
propriation for improving Judiciary Hnuure, on which
the jail is situated.
Mr. Bryan, from the Committeo on Improve
ments, to which the petition was relerred, lex
ported a bill entitled " An act for the reliet of
Z. Jones;" which -was read three times and
^ Mr. l'KPPKit, on leave, introduced a bill en
titled "An act for the relief of John l)a>is and
others : which was read three times and passed
Mr. Brent, on leave, introduced a bill entitled
<< An act to defray the expense of a survey ol
James's creekwhich was read three times and
passed. .
Mr. Cull moved a reconsideration of the vote
of last Monday by which, at it* third reading
the bill for the relief of Francos 11 olden was re
jected ; which motion was agreed to; and th?
question recurring on the third reading of tr?<
Mr. Ennis moved an amendment for remit
ting a similar fine imposed on John E. Baily
but before the question was taken, the bill ana
amendment were laid on the table.
The bill from the Board of Aldermen author
ing the closing, &c., of part of a publio alley
in reservation C, was taken up, road three
times, and passed.
The bill from the Board of Aldermen for the
improvement of 13th street west was taken up,
read three time's, and passed.
Mr. Bryan, on leave, introduced a bill enti
tled " An act authorizing the taking up and re
laying the gutter on the south aide of D street
north, between 8th and Dth streets west;
which was read three times and passed.
Mr. I'eppkr submitted the following resolu
tion, which wns read and adopted:
Revived, That the Committee on Police be and are
hereby instructed to innuiro into the expediency or de
vising some plan whereby the house* of tlis city may be
designated by num bers.
Mr. 1'kppkr, on leave, introduced a joint re
solution authorizing an application to Congress
for an amendment to the city charter, giving
to the people the election of all officers of the
Corporation ; which was read three times and
Pa()ndmotion, the bill authorizing the curb
stones to be set and foot-way paved on the
south front of squares 345, 8<5, 40o, and ?-? ,
was taken up, read the third time, and passed.
The bill from the Board of Aldermen for the
erection of a station-house at the Northern
Market was taken up, read the third lime, and
!>RMr. I'kppf.b, on leave, introduced a resolu
tion authorizing an application to Congress for
establishing an asylum for lunatics; which was
read three times and passed.
Mr. Mohun submitted the following resolu
tion, which was read and adopted:
Rr&tlvrd, That the Committee on Polioe be instructed
to inquire whether there he* been any violation of Uw
In relation to the erection of vaults under the footway
in the s reets and avenues of thin city, end lh*t the oom
inittcc report as soon as practicable by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Bryan, from the Committee on Improve
ments, to which the petition was referred, re
ported a joint resolution authorizing Miss A. K.
l)ermot to extend the steps to her house on 7th
street seven feet six inches from the building
line; which was read twice and laid on the
U The amendment of the Board of Aldermen
to the bill for laying certain flag foot-ways in
the First Ward was taken up and agreed to.
The bill from the Board of Aldermen to grade
5th street west, from New York avenue to O
street north, was taken up, reat'. the third time,
and passed.
The bills from the Board of Aldermen enti
tled 41 An act for taking up and relaying * Hag
foot-way in the Second Ward," and " An act tor
grading C street, from 14th to loth street west,
were severally taken up, read the third time,
The joint resolution from the Board of Alder
men authorizing the Mayor to cause the vrall to
be underpinned on the north side of K street
north, between l'2th and 13th Streets we?d, was
taken up for consideration; when?
Mr. Emms moved to amend the bill by add
ing a proviso that all suits for damages now
pending against the Corporation, brought by
the residents of Frauklin ll?w, be first with
drawn; which motion was agreed to.
Mr. Dowkke moved an amendment making
the expense puyable out of the general fund ;
which motion was negatived.
Mr. Waxnall moved that the resolution be
indefinitely postpoued; which motion was nega
tived, as follows :
YtAti?Metum. Douglas. Kelly, Callan, Downer, Wan
nail, Pepper, aud Brent?7.
Nayh?Mimwi-h. Ka*l>y, Knutv Bryan, Mohan, Hutching
?on, Morgan, Johnson, and illll?H.
Mr. Wannall moved that the Board do now
adjourn. Previous to putting which question,
The Chair laid before the Board an invitation
from the Commissioners of the Asylum to th?
Board to visit and inspect that institution on
Thursday next; which was read and accepted.
The question was then put on the notion to
adjourn, and decided in the affirmative, as fol
loTTsfr" ?
" Yeas?Mos*m. Douglaii*, Kaaby, Callan, Downer, Wan
nail, Bryan, Mohun, auil Jolinwon?8.
Nayh?Kelly, Knnlo, Pepper, Brent, Ilutching
dou, Morgau, aud lllll?7.
Aud the Board adjourned.
Kossuth aud the Cossacks.
The approach of the greatest man of the age,
KoBsuth of Hungary, to the free shores of
America, is stirring up elements of controversy
in various quarters, from editors down to loafers,
and from loafers up to Congressmen and char
latans. ? For a long time there has been a dis
pute between cortain editors in this goodly me
tropolis, relative to the mind, the capacity, and
characteristics of Kossuth, and the Hungarian .
war. The ex-charge to Austria, who must have
received all his intelligence when he dined one
day in Schoeubrunn, from the highest authori
ties in the Austrian empire?from Schwartzen
burg, Haynau, or worthies of that stamp?has
insisted, all along, that Kossuth was no patriot?
no republican?no democrat?no general friend
of human liberty, in any comprehensive form?
that lie was, in fact, from the beginning to the
end of the Hungarian struggle, merely a sup
porter of the exclusive Hungarian nobles, and
opposed the rights of the masses of other races
who had beeu held in subjection to the Magyars.
In opposition to this view, certain editors of the
other branch of the same party have endeavored
to show, by interminable extracts from all sorts
of pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, and old
books, that Kossuih was a republican?that he
fought for the liberties of the aggregate people
of Hungary?that he was and is a true patriot?
and that he is the most complete and unap
proachable democrat of the day, on either side
of the Atlantic, or from the north pole to the
centre of the tropics.
Without at all going into the scrambling and
silly details which both these classes of philo
sophers have raked up; without wishing to
-disturb the enjoyment that even now is de
rived from the expectation of the reception that
will be extended to the great Magyar on his
arrival in this country, we may at once pro
nounce both these classes of disputants in some
measure right and correct In their conclusions
respecting the character and political charac
teristics of Kossuth during his whole career in
Hungary, and up to this period. Both classes
of these controversialists are, in some measure,
correct in their estimation of the character and
. history of the hero of Hungary, but it is ne
cessary to uuite the inferences and deductions
of both on one platform, in order to present a
full portrait of Kossuth to the mind's eye.
1 In the early part of Kossuth's career he was,
no doubt, a monarchist, as the term is under
' stood in Europe, and as is represented by the
! ex-Charge to Austria. In a latter stage his
' mind had gone through the natural progress of
intellectual development, and he gradually ap
' proached, through the process of paper money
' and necessity, hearer and nearer to repubhean
1 ism, until, during his captivity in Turkey and
his career in England, he completed his politi
cal education, and now comes to this country
a full-fledged, undying, aud dyed-in-the-wool
democrat.
All great revolutions, and every original re
publican that sprang from them, have passed,
in every age of the world, from the depths and
and dungeons of monarchy and monarchical
ideas, up to the lights and heights of republi
canism, by the gradual development of facts,
ideas, and historical events. The great men of
the American revolution were at first monarch
ists ; and in the early stages of our struggle with
Great Britain, they sought only for the aboli
tion of the tax on tea, imposed by the British
Parliament. The British government refused
the reasonable demands of the American peo
ple ; and from that moment the fathers of the
country gradually went through the process of
changing their belief in monarchy and monar
chical institutions, to a full faith and triumph
1 of republicanism and democracy. The same
process and gradual change characterized the old
revolution in England, commenced by Hampden
and Sydney, in consequence of the ship-money
and other impositions attempted by Charles
i the First. They commenced by avowing their
belief in monarchy and in monarchical rights,
to a reasonable extent; but in consequence of
tho opposition of the Crown, they gradually
went through the natural circle of human rights,
and rcached the belief which established the
Commonwealth, and demolished monarchy in
England for a series gf years. The same char
acteristics mark the nse, progress, and history
I of the old French revolution. In the States
General of 17HU, there were few or no avowed
i republicans, and even Mirabeau and those afcso
1 ciated with him claimed the right merely to
form a constitutionally monarchical government.
Opposition from the Crown, as in the other in
stances, naturally led to the development of the
political mind of the age, and the consequence
was the establishment of the old French repnb- .
lie, the recollection of which has its influence
at this day*even in France and in all Europe.
Rven in ancient times, the very old republic* of
Greece and Home went through the same circle
of despotism, monarchy, and democracy.
With these historical examples before us,
showing the natural progress of the human
mind and tho human character, how foolkh it
is in editors calling themselves intelligent and
acquainted with history, to be fighting each
other day after day, writing and printing inter
minable columns of verbiage, and inditing the
merest sophistry that could occapy tba atum
' tion of the school boys, or Bchool me* of the
middle ages. Kossuth once played teetotum
and the foot-ball. He was a smart boy then on
the banks of the Danube. The ex-Charge to
Austria may as well-Gay that Kossuth s views at
this moment do not rise above teetotum or foot
ball, because it is a fact in his history that he
once played these amusements in some by-lane
or by-way, or the fields of Hungary. What
| nonsense!