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Tk* Executive,
Millard Fillmore, of N. Y. . President.
William K. Kino, of Alabama Vice President.
The Cabinet.
D aniel Webster, of Mass. See. of State.
Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, . . . See.oftheTreas.
William A. Graham, of N. C. Sec. oftheNavy.
Charles M. Conrad, of La. . Sec. of War.
A. H. H Stuart, of Pa. Sec. of Interior.
Nathan K. Hall, of N. Y. P. M. General.
John J. Crittenden, of Ky. Aa. General.
The Judiciary,
supreme court of the united itayes.
Roger B. Tanet, of Maryland . Chief Justice. ;
John McLean, of Ohio Associate.
James M. Wayne, of Georgia . . "
John Catron, of Tennessee ... "
John McKinlet, of Kentucky "
Fetbr V. Daniel, of Virgiuiu . "
Samuel Nelson, of New York . "
Levi Woodbury, of N. Hamp. .
Robert C. Grier, of Penn. ... "
THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Term commenced March 4,1849, and trill end March
4, 1851.
Senate.
Number of States represented. .'HI.
President. William R. King.
Secretary. Ashbury Dickens.
M'higsin Italics; Natives in Small Capitals; Demo- j
crats in Roman; Those marked F. S. are Free Sutlers. J
TVrrn Tom J
Expires. Expires. J
Alabama. Miciigan.
Jeremiah Clemens 1853 Lewis Cass 1851 j
Wm R King 1855 Alpheus Felch 1853
Arkansas. Missouri.
Win K Sebastian 1853 Thomas H Benton 1851
Solon Borland 1855 David R Atchison 1855
Connecticut. New Hampshire.
Koger S Baldwin 1851 John P Halt (F S) 1853 ,
Truman Smith 1855 Moses Norris, Jr 1855!
Delaware. New York
John Walts 1851 Dnniel SDickinson 1851
Prtslty Spruanct 1851 H'ilJiam 11 Seward 1855
Florida. New Jersey.
David L. Yulee 1851 Wm L Dayton 1851
Jackson Morton 1855 Jacob W Milltr 1853
Georgia. North Carolina.
John M Berrien 1853 Willie P Manguin 1853
Wm C Daicson 1855 George E Badger 1855
Indiana. Ohio.
Jesse D Bright 1851 Thomas Ewing 1851
J Whitcomb 1855 S P Chase IF S) 1855
Illinois. Pennsylvania.
Stephen A Douglas 1853 Daniel Sturgeon 1851
James Shields 1855 James Cycper 1850
Iowa. IIiiode Island.
George W Jones 1851 .llbert C Greene 1851
Aug C Dodge 1855 John 11 Clarke. 1853
Kentucky. South Carolina.
JosR Underwood 1853 Robt W Barnwell 1853
JJinry Clay 1855 A P Sutler 1855
Louisiana. Tennessee.
Sol U Downs 1853 Hopkins LTurney 1851
neiret>oule 185o John Bell 18o3
Maine. Texas.
Hannibal Hamlin 1851 Thomas J Rusk 1851
Jus W Bradbury 1853 Sam Houston 1853
Massachusetts. . Veksiont.
Robl C IVinthrop 1851 Samuel S Phelps 1851
John Davis 1853 William Upliam 1853
Maryland. Virginia.
Thomas G Pratt 1851 James M Mason 1851
James .1 Prarce 1855 It MT Hunter 1853
Mississippi Wisconsin.*"
Jefferson Davis 1851 Henry Dod?e 1851
Henry S Foote 1853 IsaacP Walker 1855
California.
William M. Gwin,
John C. Fremont.
THE SENATE IN FIGURES.
Democrats. 32
Whigs. 25
FreeSoilers. 3 i
?
Total number of members. Wl
Democratic majority. 7
r House of Representatives.
Speaker. Howf.li. Cobb.
Clerk. Wm. L. Yovn -j
Dist. Arkansas. Mississippi.
1 Robert W Johnson 1 Jacob Thompson
Alabama. 2 W s Feathcrston
1 William J J! 1st on 3 Wm McWillie
2 Henry WHilliard 4 A G Crown
3 Sampson W Harris Nebraska.
4 Samuel W. Inge ? ?
5 David Hubbard New Jersey.
6 William. R W Cobb 1 .Indrew R Hay
7 Francis W Bowden 2 Wm .1 .Vctrelt
Connecticut. 3 Isaac Wildrick
1 Lorenzo P Waldo 4 John Van Dyke
2 Waiter Booth (F S) 5 James G King
3 Chaun 'y F Cleveland new Mexico.
4 Thomas B Butler ? ?
California. Mew Hampshire
1 ?hnos Turk, (F S)
Delaware. 2 Chas H Peaslee
* J John W Houston 3 James Wilson
Florida. 4 Harry Hibbard
1 Edward C Cabell North Carolina.
Georgia. 1 Thomas L Ctingman
1 Joseph W. Jackson 2 J P Caldwell
'2 M J Welborn*. 3 E Deherry
3 Allen T Oicen 4 JIN Shepherd
4 HA Haralson SAW Venable
5 Thomas C Hackett C W S Ashe
6 Howell Cobb 7 J R J Daniel
7 Alexander HStephens 8 Edward Stanley I
8 Robert Toombs 9 David Outlaw
llikoi8.
1 Wm II Rissell Nr.w York.
2 John A McClernand ] John .1 King
.7 Thomas R. Young 2 David A Bokee
4 John Wentworth 3 J Phillips Phernix
i> Win A Richardson 4 Walter Underbill
G Edward D Baker 5 George Briggs
7 Thomas L Harris fi James Brooks
o \v a . 7 William *\\lson
1 Vacancy 8 R Galloway
2 Shepherd Lefller 0 Thomas Aleh'issork
Indiana. 10 Herman I) Gould
1 Nathaniel Albertson 11 C R Sylvester
2 Cyrus L Dunham 12 Gideon O Reynolds ;
3 John L Rcbinson 13 John L Sehoolcrajl
4 Geo W Julien (F S) 14 George R Andrews i
5 W J Brown 15 J. R. Thurman
G Willis A Gorman 16 Hugh If'hite
1 Edward JMeGaughey 17 H I' Alexander
8 Joseph E McDonald 18 Preston King (F S)
9 G A Fitch 19 Charles E Clarke
'0 Andrew J Harlan 20 OB Alattison
Kentucky. 21 Hiram Walden
1 Linn Boyd 22 Henry Burnett
2 J L Johnson 23 William Oiler
3 F E Ale Lean 24 Daniel Gott
4 George A Caldwell 25 Harmon S Conger
5 John B Thompson 26 W T Jackson
6 Daniel Brtck 27 WA Sackett
7 Humphrey Marshall 28 A A/Schermrrhorn
8 Charles S Morehead 29 Robert J. Rose
9 John C Mason 30 David Rumsey
tO Rich'd H Stanton 31 E. Risley
Louisiana. 32 EG Spaulding
1 Emile La Sere 33 Harvey Putnam
2 Vacancy ' 34 /. Burrows
3 John R Harmonson Omo.
4 Isaac E Morse 1 David T Disney
Maine. 2 Ij D Campbell ( F S)
1 Elbridge Gerry, 3 Robert C Schenck
2 Nat'I S Littleheld 4 Moses Cortrin
3 John Otis 5 Emery D Potter
4 Rufus K Goodenoxe 6 Amos E Wood
5 Cuilen Sawtelle 7 Jonathan D Morris
6 Charles StetRon, 8 John 1. Taylor
7 Thomas J D Fuller 8 Edson R Olds
Maryland. 10 Charles Sweetzer
1 Richard J Bowie 11 John K Miller
2 WraT Hamilton 12 Samuel F Vinton
3 Edw W Hammond 13 W A Whittlesey
4 Rabert M McLane 14 Js'athan Eraus
5 Alexander Evans 15 W'm F Hunter (F S)
C John R Kerr 16 Moses Hoagland
Massachusetts. 17 Joseph Cable
1 S J! Elliot 18 David K Carter
2 Vacancy 19 John Crowelt (p $)
3 James II Duncan 20 Jos R Giddings (F S)
4 Vacancy 21 Joseph M Root (f S)
5 Charles .Wen, [F S] Oregon.
6 George .Jshmun S R Thurstonf
7 Julius Rochctll Pennsylvania.
8 Horace .Vann 1 Lewis C Levin
9 Orin Fowler 2 Joseph R Chandler
10 Jotenh Grinnell 3 Henry D Moore
Michisan. 4 John Robbins, jr*
1 A W Buell 5 John Freedley
W'm Sprague, (F S) 6 Thomas Ross
R S Bingham 7 Jesse C Dickey
Minnesota. 8 Thaddeus Stevens
H H8ibleyf 9 William Strong
Missouri. 10 M M Dimmick
1 James B. Bowlin 11
2 Wtn N Bay 12 David Wilmot (F S)
3 Jamss S Green 13 Joseph Casey
4 Willard P Hall 14 Charles W Pitman
John S Phelps 15 .
16 Jaa X McLanah&n 11 Ckrit'r H William
17 Samuel Calvia Tex A*.
18 .4 Juclaon Ogle 1 David Kaufman 1
19 Job Mann 2 Voluey C Howard
20 R R Reed Utah. <
41 U..... II.......I I
Ail ? !"*?? * iiu>ri|iiui? ?? " "1
?2 JoAh ft' /Lire (FS) Vermont. 1
23 JumeH Thompson 1 Wm Henry
24 Alfred Gilmore 2 Win Debard <
Rhode Island. 3 James JUeacham <
1 George G king 4 Lucius it Peck I
2 Nuthan Dixon Virginia.
South Carolina. 1 John S Millson
J Daniel Wallace 2 Richard K Meade (
2 J L Orr 3 Thomas H Averett t
3 J A Woodward 4 Thomas S Bocock s
4 John McQueen 5 Paulus Powell I
5 Armisiead Burt 6 James A Sedden 1
(i Isaac E Holmes 7 Thorns H Bayly I
7 W F Colcock 8 Alex R Holliday
Tennessee. 9 Jeremiah Morton i
1 Andrew Johnson 10 Richard Parker
2 Albert G Waikins II Janus McDowell <
3 Josiah M Anderson 12 H A Edmundson I
4 John II. Savage 13 F M'Mullen \
5 Geo W Jones 14 J M H Beule I
(> James H Thomas 13 Thomas S Haijutond \
7 Meredith H Gentry Wisconsin. ,
8 Andrew Ewing 1 Cbas Durkee, (FS)
0 Isliam G Harris 2 Orsasmus Cole
10 Fred'k P Stanton 3 Jatnes D. Doty.
California.
Geotge W. Wright,
Edward Gilbert.
"Contested by Mr. Liltell.
1 Delegates from the Territories.
the ii0use in i igcres.
Democrats 111 >
Whigs and Natives 101
Free-Soilers 14
V acunuca 5
Total, exclusive of Delegates 231
Should the vacancies be filled as before, and
dividing the Free Soilers into Democrats and J
Whigs, as they are on all other questions but that j
of the territories, the House will lie as follows :? |
Democrat* 117
"Whigs 114 j
i Democratic majority *1 f
The General Result in Figures
Old Parties. Free-Sou.. Vacancies.
Slates. Whig. Dem. Whig. Dem. Whig. Dein'
Arkansas ? 1 ? ? ? ?
Alabama 2 5 ? ? ? ?
Connecticut 12 ? 1 ? ?
Delaware 1 ? ? ? ? ?
Florida 1 ? ? ? ? ?
Georgia .'15 ? ? ? ?
Illinois 1 0 ? ? ? ?
Indiana 18 ? 1 ? ?
Iowa ? 1 ? ? ? 1
Louisiana ? 3 ? ? 1 ?
Maine 2 5 ? ? ? ?
Maryland 3 3 ? ? ? ?
Massachusetts 7 ? 1 ? 2 ?
Michigan ? 2 1 ? ? ?
Missouri ? 5 ? ? ? ?
Mississippi '? 4 ? ? ? ?
New York 32 1 ? 1 ? ?
New Jersey 4 1 ? ? ? ?
N. Hampshire 12 1 ? ? ?
N. Carolina (5 3 ? ? ? ?
Ohio 5 II 5 ? ? ?
Kentucky 6 4 ? ? ? ?
Pennsylvania 14 8 1 I ? ?
llliode Island 2 ? ? ? ? ?
S. Carolina ? 7 ? ? ? ?
Tennessee 4 7 ? ? ? ?
Texas ? 2 ? ? ? ?
Virginia 2 13 ? ? ? ?
Vermont 3 1 ? ? ? ' ?
Wisconsin 11 ? 1 ? ?
Total 102 111 9 5 3 1
Democratic majority in the 31st Congress 3
Whig majority in tire 30th Congress 5
Democratic gain 8
.Isjieci of Congress.
Whig. Dem.
Exclusive of Free-soilers 102 111
Free-soi lers 9 5
Vacancies 3 1
Total * 114 117
Actual Democratic majority 3
/Vet and Slave. State Classification.
Whig. Dem. Free-soil.
Free States 75 51 14
Slav rotates 30 61 ?
| Total 105 112 14
I ]7?NLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL.?
1 j l lie Committee on l'ublic uuiiuings ot the
Senate, having been authorized by a resolution of
liiat body, " to invite plans accompanied by estiinates
for the extension of the Capitol, and to allow
a Premium of five hundred dollars for the
plan which may be ndopted by the Committees on
l'ublic Buildings of the two Houses of Congress,"
accordingly invite such plans and estimates, to be
delivered to the Secretary of the Senate on or before
the first day of December next.
I It is required that these plans and estimates
1 shall provide for the extension of the Capitol,
j either by additional wings, to be placcJ on the
1 north and south of the present huiluing, or by the
erection of a separate and distinct building, within
the enclosure to the enst of the building.
The committee do not desire to prescribe any
condition, that may restrain the free exercise of
architectural taste and judgment, but they would
prefer, that w hatever plan may he proposed may
have such reference to and correspondence with
the present building as to preserve the general
symmetry of the entire structure, when complete.
Although hut one plan can be adopted, the committee
reserve to themselves the right to form such
plan by the adoption of parts of different plans
submitted, should such course he found necessary; in
which event, die committee also reserve to themselves
the right to divide or apportion, according
to their own judgment, the amount of premium to
be awarded for the whole, to those whose plans
may in part be adopted, according to the relative
importance and merit of each part adopted.
11. M. T. HUNTER,
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
JOHN H. CLARKE,
Committee of the Senate on Public Buildings.
Senate Chamber, 30th September, 1850.
N. B. The several daily papers published at
Washington will please insert the nbote duily for
two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secretary
of the Senute. oct 4
PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND
OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the
Revolutionary war, or their legal representatives.
Pensions for life, for the widows of such
cers and soldiers who married previous to 1800.
Bounty land for the surviving, or the widows,
or minor children of deceased officers and privates,
who served in the war of 1812 with Great Britain,
the Mexican wur, or in any of the Indian
wars, since 1700.
Attention paid to suspended and rejected claims.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
otherwise no charge.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, D. C., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Deeds for North and South
Carolina.
Refer to the heads of Departments, and to
members of Congress generally.
Oct 4?twtf
j STEELE'S FASHIONABLE HAT
HOUSE.
Ciiari.eatov. South Cahoi.iva.
A THE SUBSCRIBER'S establishment
being one of the most extensive
and fashionable retail HAT HOUSES
in Charleston, the public may depend
I on finding there a superior asiortment of all the
] latest styles of Hats for this fall. Fine French
j Moleskin and Beaver Hats, with an extensive
' variety of fine black, and blue cloth Caps for gen
tlemens, youths, and children.
TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS.
Planters can be supplied with Hats and Caps
j for plantation and house servants. Black, white,
I neurl, and drab water-proof Wool Hats with good
luur and coarse cloth Caps.
W.STEELE,
I Fashionable Hatter, 231 King, opposite Hazel
street, Charleston,17?
J. Knox Walker,
JlUomry at Isr.r and General .'lgenl,
OFFERS his services in his profession and as
Agent I or the Prosecution and Collection of
I Claims before Congress and the Departments, also for
obtaining Patents.
AH business confided to him will be promptly ati
tended to. jl7 if
SOUTHERN C?NTHAL t
agricultural association, j
rPHK Fif.h Annual Fair of the Southern Cent,
i. ml Agricultural Association, will beheld
luring the week embracing Wednesday, the 14th '
lay of August next, which is the day of the fifth
uinual meeting at Atlanta Georgia
The Committee charged with the duty of prescribing
such general rules as they may dectn necessary
to a proper management of the approaching
Fair, have adopted the following
ubnkrsl ukuulations.
1st The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be
cpencd for visitors on Monday morning, and couinue
open until Friday evening. It is therefore de
urauie mat all person* nav ng uructes iur e.\muiion,
shall be on the ground as early as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when a Committee
will be there ready to receive them.
ild. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
nail cases, become responsible for the safe-keeping
i. articles which may be placed in the hands of it*
.dicers and comiiiitt* es, (the owner taking a chock
lor the same,) until the close of the Fair, which
s ill be announced beforehand, in ample liuie to
5ive them op.ortunty to recover their goods, and |
to prcvont thereby the leaving of any goods or |
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association.
3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W. j
Lewis, Wm. Fz/ard. and James M Calhoun, arc j
appointed a committee w hose duty it shall bo to see ,
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhi- j
ition.shn I have first been cn'eredni the Secretary 's
book or registry?then lalieilcd w th the owner's- ,
name and residence?and price, if tor sale?giving
to the owner a corresponding card?and then classified
and arranged bv departments, and in such order
as to facilitate theluboi s of the several committees
ou premiums; and also to employ such police and
doorkeeper* and clerks, as shall be necessary for
the protection of the. grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they tuay ueed in the arrangement
and labelliug of articles.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article sent for
exhibition?'he statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, if a Machine, a statement
of is power* and uses, cost, time of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products, |
mode of preparation of laud and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode of cultivation, if an Anitnui,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, &c. if
Needle-work or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children or very old persons
the value, uses, &c. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information as muy be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,
visitors, patrons and members, all w ill take notice,
' hat a premium w ill not be awarded to any article,
whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
in legible hand, and in a style til at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the serveral county Societies
are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
eonsulatiori, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several comities, of the improvements
in farming, tillage, draining and manuring,
which have been or are in progress of bsing
adopted The leading products of theii countices
the modes of preparation, time of planting and modof
cultivation. The means and measures of preserving
and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the scrverul countv
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information to be sent out ill the published transactions
of the Society.
bib. It is.desirable to make the Fair a Central
Southern Agricultural andiV. i i.ul'uctureisExcliango
We request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale?such
as choice setds, machines, stock, &c?to carry
them there for sale, and not alouc for exhibition for
a premium.
7th. Premiums.?It is impossible to name in a notice
like this all, the various articles to which premiums
will be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any enumeiated list there would
still be many articles of merit offered which would
not be embraced in it, and jet richly deserving
premiums, lest therefore the. announcement of premiums
for particular articles might be construed by
somcintoan exclusion of all articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to give the action of
the Association the very widest scope, en.oracing
every thing that is ingenious or uselul in business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
is, that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
I department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural Implements,
and valuable improvements or inventions j
in any of tho d? partments, a premium of a cup
worth $ 10 will he given ; on the second best articles
a cup worth f 5 will he given , on the third best
$ 2. 50 ; on the fourth an honor. Arid on all a: tides
of the highest merit in the. remaining depart
ments a cup worth $5 will be given ;on the second
best $ 2. 50 ; on the third an honor; on the fourth,
2d honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars?these, however,are
general regulations, and in particular case
or rases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, indeed arc requested, to vary the rule.
8lh. A hill will be prepared and assigned particularly
to the Ladies for tneir garden products,
fruits, llowers paintings, needle-work, ?Skc. They
arc cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely necessary
to a proper management
2th. The facilities oi getting to this central
point induce us to invite, and to expect the presence
and contributions of many of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida.
Wc hope they will unite with us in makirig
this institution indeed,what it is in name, a Southern
Central Agricultural Association.
10th. The 1'iesident upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective depigments,
and to these committees so appointed J
the committee of reception shall lumisli lists of the
ai tides classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will h-re repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that oiticlcs for exhibition
may be received and arranged 011 Friday and Saturday
the 9th and 10th of August, so that when
the President shall appoint his committees 011
Monday morning, the committee of reception may
have their lists of articles, and the several committees
proceed at once to the examination of articles,
and thereby have ample time to make their
reports to the annual meeting 011 Wednesday.
Thursday will be devoted to sales?Friday to general
re-delivery of articles. The exhibition continuing
the whole time.
11th. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
12th. The annua! oration will be made on
Wednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,
immediately preceding the reports of committees,
by Col. John llillups, of Athens, Georgia.
J3lh. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Macon, State and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation carH
early every morning and lute in the r.flernoon, to
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accommodations
of the good liotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
I comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
j and others engaged in the laborious business of
I the lair.
J 15th. The Secretary is directed to publish
j these regulations in the Ciji.tivatob, and to pro|
cure as far as practicable their publication in the
. weekly papars of this and the adjoining States,
by order of the Committee of Arrangements.
DAVID W. LEWIS,
Sec'y Southern Central Agricultural Association.
Sparta, 25th June, 1850.
MAT 14 V W Ii\v fb IIn P I.' 14
I^lnctorsand Commission Merchants, for Cotton,
. Rice, Bagging small country Produce, Vunderhnrst's
Wharf, Charleston, S. C
FERDINAND MOULTON,
ATTORNEV AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
I Will practice in the several courts in the District,
and attend to the prosecution of claims
against the Government.
Office corner of E and 7th streets, opposite the
General Post Office.
2aw,tf
FOR TI1E SPRINGS.
LADIES retiring to the springs or country, will
find at PARKER'S, just opening, a fresh
supply of Toilette Articles, such as very superior
BA V RUM, COLOGNE, in bottles and on draught,
EAU LUSTRAL, OX MARROW, DENTIFRICE,
Ac., COMB, HAIR, TOOTH, and NAIL
BRUSHES, at
PARKER S
Toney Comb and Perfumery Store,
aug. b- -Peun. Av. near National Hotel
M
PBOiPECTUS
OP
" THE SOUTHERN PRESS."
An association of sixty-three Member* of Congress,
Senators and Representatives, have constituted the
undersigned a Committee to superintend the establishment
of a Southern Picas at Washington City,
to be devoted to the exposition and detence of Houthern
Right* and institutions?the dissemination of
correct information a* to Northern Policy, and the
course of Political a (lairs generally, without reference
to the old party lines of Whig and Democrat. Arrangements
are now in progieas, promptly to ensure
till* issue 01 sucn a paper miner me mie ui
"THE SOUTHERN PRESS,''
for the c<,n<luct of which, suitable Editors have been
engaged, who will also receive the aid or a number
ot eminent and and able contributors.
'I here will be a daily, a tri-weekly, and a weekly
issue?the latter to contain substantially, the aauie
natter as the fanner, aud intended to reach those
points of the country whose mail facilities are Limited.
The paper will not be rxclusivtly political?but
will embrace on Its broad sheet the General News of
the day, Domestic and foreign, by mail and telegraph
; Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence,
Literary Criticisms, Original Kssaya, Literary and
M ,seel!.iucous; and, in short, all those items of
general interest, the collected aggregate of which
constitutes the interesting and vuluable Newspaper.
tJreat eare will be t iken to give full and correet
Reports ol the Proceedings and Debates in both
Houses of Congress, as well as the action of the
liral Legislatures un the Southern question.
A limited number only of Advertisements will be
eceived?the mail object being to lurnisli a large
amount of reading matter.
Tlie pa pi r will be untiled uu a sheet equal in size
to those of tbe other >Yaihhigtou papers, and the material
will be procured especially for the purpose.
It is confidently hoped that every true friend to the
South will aid in procuring subscribers, and forward
the names, with the amount subscribed, to sonic
Southern Representative ut Washington, forthwith.
Postmasters are authorised by law to remit sub- [
SCriptions Iree of postage
Terms.
For Daily?the price will be per amiutii, - $.10,00
For Tri-weekly during tlie Session of Congress,
and Semi-weekly during the recesa, - 5 00
Wcoklv paper, - -- -- -- - - -.200
Tbe price of subscription must be paid invariably
in edvance, and tbe cash accompanying the name
sent.
All persons procuring ten names shall lie entitled to
receive a copy gratia for one year.
A. P. BUTLER,
JACKSON MORTON,
K.TOOMBS,*
J. THOMPSON.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
rPIIE next annual session of this Institution will
L commence 011 tlie yd Wednesday in October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. John Johns, D. D., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge Beverly Tucker, Professor of Municipal
and Constitutional Law.
Benjamin S. Eiveli.-, Professor of Mathematics
and Astronomy.
Morgan J. Smead, Ph. D. Professor of Humanity.
William F. Hopkins, A. M., Professor o
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
H. A. Washington, A. M., Professor of History
and Political Economy.
Rev. Silas Totten, D. D., Professor of Intellectual
Philosophy, Belles Lett res, and Rhetoric.
There are two courses of study for under-gruduates?the
regular course for the degree of liuchelor
of Arts, and a Science course, occupying two
years. Candidates for admission to liie Science
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rtlB QEAVD IIDUITUiL EXHIBITION
OF 1861.
HEtTlrnj or THB CKNTtUL COMMITTEE fOU THE CNlTfcU
STATU.
Pursuant to the notice eiven, tlie Central Commitee
mete at the rooms of the National Institute, in the
I'ateut Oflica, on Thursday evening, the 13th instant,
it 8 o'clock.
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U. Johnson, on whose motion Col. Peter Force
was called to the Chair, and Charles F. Stanbury
diosen Secretary of the meeting.
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:lie appoint mens of the Hon. Millard Fillmore, Vice
Kresident of the United btales, Chairman, and Prof.
Walter K. Johnson Secretary.
At the the request of the Chairman, (Col. Force,)
!he following papers were read by Pn>f. Johnson, in
explanation of the appointment and duties of the
soinmittee :
State Department,
Wasiunoton, May 17, IboO.
To the President of the National Institute
for the Promotion qf Science.
Sir: 1 have the honor herewith to transmit copies
of a correspondence which has taken place between
the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty
the <{uten of Great Britain and this Department relative
to the proposed Industrial Exliibitiou to be held
in London in the year 1851.
From the circular of (lie Royal Commissioners of
Great Britain, hereto annexed, it will lie observed that
all objects intended to be introduced from foreign
countries and entered for that Exhibition are required
to have been tirst submitted to and approved by a central
authority or commission of tnu country from
which they shall be brrought, and that no other will
he recognized as a central uuthorUy except such as
shall have been so certified by the Government of the
country in which it exists.
That American industry and arts may lie enabled to
appear in the place allotted to them, it will be indis|iensable
that a recognized central authority should be
constituted} and I am under the imnressiou that the
National institute, bavins; been regularly incorporated
by act of Congress, and being habitually engaged in
matters pertaining to the arts and sciences, is the
proper body for taking the initiative in constituting
such a central authority.
I therefore beg lea ye to submit to ite consideration
the interesting and important subject which has been
brought to the attention of this Department by the
distinguished F.nvoy of her Majesty's Government,
and to request such action or suggestions as may seem
necessary in order that the natural productions, the
ingenuity, industry, arid arts of the United States
may be fully and suitably represented on the interesting
occasion herein referred to.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours,
.ItlDN M ni-AVTON
This communication was laid before the National
Institute, and by it referred to a select committee,
which brought forward the following report:
Report of the Committee qf the National Institute:
The special committee, to which was refer red
the communication from the Hon. John M. Clay
(on, Secretary of State, relative to the formation
of a central authority for transmitting articles to
the Industrial Exhibition to be held in l.oudon in
18."?1, offers the following report:
The eommittce, impressed with the importance
of the subject commended to the Institute, have
given to it their earnest and careful attentionThe
resources, the ingenuity, the industry, and
arts of the United States are conceived to merit
he best eddcavors to procure for them the opportuiilies
of being adequately represented in the
great Industrial Exhibition at London.
Aggrecably to the programme adopted by the Royal
Commission, no articles are to be received from
Foreign Exhibitors except those which shall have
been approved by a central authority, recognized as
such by the Government of the country from which
they sue sent.
This Institute being the only Society for the Prootion
of Science and the Arts, directly incorporated
by the Government, the Secretary of State has deemed
it the appropriate body to fake action or make suggestions
relative to the fulfilment of the wishes of the
ltoyui Commissioners, by the establishment of such a
central authority as the ease seems to require.
To this voluntary proposal on the part of the Secretary
of State, the committee consider the National
Institute in duty bound to rcs)>oiidIn
accordance with this view, the committee respectfully
recommend the following resolution :
1. Resolved, That the Institute will take action
on the subject submitted to it hy the Department of
State.
2. Resolved, That the Institute da now proceed
to constitute a committee suitable to he recognised by
the Government as a central body to hold correspondence
with the British Commissioners, and. to secure
the reception of American pioductions at the proposed
Industrial Exhibition in London.
PETER FORCE, j
JOSEPH HENRY,
WALTER R.'JOHNSON, ^ Committee.
.1. J. GREKNOUGH,
CHARLES WII.KES, J
National Institute,
Washington, May 27. 1850.
Silt ; I have the honor to make known to the Department
of State the action which this Institute has
taken on the subject of your communication of the
17th instant. That action is comprised in the following
resolutions, unanimously adopted after full discussion
at the meeting held this evening.
"Resolved, That the ln-titute will take action on
the subject submitted to it hy the Department ot
State.
u Resolved That the Institute do now proceed to
institute a committee suitable to be recognised by
lL . /> t.. 1...U J ...It L tl.A
ilir nuvcnuiiciii iu mini turfc^puiiuruw; v?iui iiif
British Commissioners, anil to secure the reception of
Americsn proportions at the proposed Industrial Exhibition
in London.
iLUesolccd, That a committee of not less than ninc:een
be appointed to constitute a Central Committee
>n the Industrial Exhibition, and to correspond with
societies and local committees throughout the United
States.
"/'eso/wed, That the President of this Institute be
i member of the Central Committee.
"Hesolvcd, That the Corresponding Secretary coninunicate
to the Secretary of State a copy of the fore- '
toing resolutions, together with the names of the 1
Central Committee."
The following are the names of the members of
he Central Committee appointed in accordance with <
he foregoing resolutions : !
don. hlillard Fillmore, Vice President of the United
States, and cx ojfficio Chancellor of the ltegents of
the Smithsonian Institution.
Jol. Peter Foree, President of the National Insti- (
tute, j
don James A Pearco, U. S. Senate, member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Ion. Levi Woodbury, M. N. I., Associate Justice ol .
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Commodore Lewis Warrington, U. S. N., M. N. I.,
Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. 1
'rof. Joseph Henry, Vice President of the N. I., Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institute.
?rol. Walter R. Johnson, Corresponding Secretary ol '
the National Institute. 1
'rot'. Alexander IK Bache, M. N. I., member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Superintendent of the Coast Survey.
Commander Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., M. N. I., late
Commander S. S. Exploring Expedition,
don. W iltlam W. Neaton, M. N. I., Mayor of Washington.
don. Jefferson Davis, U.S. Senate, member of the i
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
Jettt. Matthew F. Maury, U. S. N., Vice President
of the National Institute, and Superintendent of the
National Obsservatory.
. James (Ireenough, Esq., M. N. 1.
'harlcs F. Stansburv, Esq., Recording Secretary of
the National Institute.
'id. . J. Abcrt, M. N. I., Chief of the Topographical
Bureau.
len. Joseph (*. Totten, Vice President N. I , Chief \
Engineer. U S. Army. '
1'hoinas Ewbank, Esq . Commissioner of Patents. c
Villiam Kasby, Esq., Treasurer National Institute. 1
,ionnrd U. C.alc, M. D., M. N. I., Examiner ol F
PatvnU. '
.?..A J * A L? L. r nr VT / n . V
usrjii! V. II, rv c unci y, iv?|., m. .s . I., SUporinten- j h
dent of Census.
ra C. Scainan. Esq., M. N. I. t
1 liayc the honor to be II
Very respectfully, your obt servt,
WALTER R. JOHNSON,
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute. 1
Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State. J
Department op State, '
Washington, .fune 8. 1830. a
Sir : I have duly received your letter of the 27th J
ltinio, communicating to this Department the pro- g
ceding* of the National Institute on the subject of my
ote of the 17th of the same month. Those proceed- 8
lgs appear to me to be perfectiy satisfactory ; and 1 c
ave accordingly transmitted them to the British Min- v
iter in this city, with the communication, a copy of
ihich is enclosed for your information. n
I am, sir, respectfully, your ob't servt,
JOllN M.CLAYTON. ;
Waiter N. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding "
Secretary of the National Institute.
Department op State, II
aektngton, June 1,1850. ?
Sir : I have the honor to transmit to you herewith !
copy of the correspondence which has passtd be- *ween
this Department and the National Institute for "
be Promotion of Science, respecting the organization J
f a committee to constitute tne central authority re- fi
uired by the regulations of the Kojral Contmisajop on C
the proposed industrial Exhibition, to cwrrespoad with
them in London, mid with socieUcs, luexl cooiuiittsrs,
arid individuals in this country, and to aaitdiwl the
forwarding of articles applicable to the exhibition.
I need hardly say to you, air, thai the proceedings
of the National Institute, as set forth in this correspondence,
meet the spjiniba'ionof the Department, whs-It
ha* full confidence in the committee named by that
IaaUttlU,
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you
the assurance of uty high and distinguished coo
sideration. JOHN M- CLAYTON.
Hight Honorable Sir 11.1.. ficLWER, kr.
Extract from the Circular qf the Royal Commissioner*.
" The Commissioners have feit that it would be
desirable, as far as possible, to prevent any persons
from sending hither articles which cannot be
admitted, ratner tnan to in? articles after
tlieir arrival in London. They fe?l also thai the
delicate and responsible task of deciding on the
admission or rejection of articles destined for exhibition
by foreign contributors ought not to be imposed
upon any Fnglish tribunal, but should be
referred to one aving the confidence of the exhibitors
themsv-ves, and standing entirely free from
possible .oputations of national partiality. They
ucev' ?ngly propose to admit to exhibition such
foreign articles only as may be forwarded to them
by tlTe Central Authority (whatever may be its
nature) in each country. They will communicate
to such Central Authority the amount of space
which can be allowed to the pro actions of the
country for which it ucts, and will a!an slate the
conditions and limitations which may from time
to time he decided on with respect to the admission
of articles. All articles forwarded by such Central
Authority will then be admitted, provided they
do not require u greater uggregute amount of
s|ioce th.in that assigned to the productions of the
country from which they come; and, provided,
also, that they do not violute the conditions and
limitations ot which due notice shall have been
given. It will rest with the Central Authority in
each country to decide upon the merits of the
several articles presented for exhibition, and to
take care that those which are sent are such as
fairly represent the industry of their fellow-country
meu.
" Her Majesty's Commissioners will consider
that to be the Central Authority in each caseteh'uh
is sluied to be so by the Gcreminent of its country.
Having once been put in communication w ith ;t
Central Authority in any country, they must de
cline, absolutely and entirely, any communication
with private and unauthorized .individuals ; and,
should any such be addressed to them, they call
only refer to a central body. This decision is
essentially necessary, in order to prevent confttsion.
" No articles of foreign manufacture, to whomsoever
they may belong, or wheresoever they may
he, can be admitted for exhibition unless they
come with the sanction of the Central Authority
of the country of which they are the produce.
The Commissioners do not insist upon such articles
being in all oases actually forwarded by the
Central Authority, though they consider that this
would generally lie the most satisfactory arrangement
; but it is indispensable that the sanction of
such authority should in all cases be expressly
given, and that it he held responsible for the fitness
of such articles for exhibition, and for not
authorizing the exhibition of a greater quantity
than can be accommodated in the space assigned
to the productions of thfc country in question."
A fhll discussion was then had of the subject
thus luid bePore the committee, and. on motum of
the Hon, W. W. Seuton, it was?
Resulted, That the Committee of five first charged
with this subject by the Institute (substituting
Mr. Kennedy for Mr. Ureenough, who is absent )
be an Executive Committee to take all necessary
steps to carry out the views of the general com
mittee.
The following gentlemen constitute the Execu
tive Committee : Col. Peter Force, Prof. Walter
R. Johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. C. G. Kennedy,
Est]., Capt. Charles Wilkes.
On motion?
Resolved, That the Secretiiry be requested to
prepare the proceedings of this meeting for publication.,
And the Committee adjourned.
CHARLES F. STANSBURY.
Secretary of the Meeting.
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desirous tti make propositions or to receive information,
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SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May
1850, under its original name?instead of Richards
Weekly Gazette?as more significant of its peculiar
character, it being the only weekly organ or Literature
in the entire South! It is
Greatly Enlarged and Improved,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of
matter. It is, moreover, in an
Entirely New l>ress
" from head to foot," and upon beautiful wmre
paper, so that, in mechanical excellence, it is no'
surpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States! It continues under the same Editorial
direction as heretofore, and no pains or expense
will be spared to make it
.1 Choice Family Newspaper,
"as cheap as the cheapest, und us good as the
best!" Utterly discarding the notion that a
Southern journal cannot compete with the Norths
em weeklies, iu cheapness and interest,
The Southern Literary Gazette
rivals the best of them in all the characteristics of
a truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim is the
diffusion of cultivated and refined taste throughevt
the community?and it embraces in its ample
folds ever species of intelligence that can tend to
this result.
Original Contributions,\
from many of the ablest writers in the South,
shiefiy occupy its columns, but not to the exclusion
of choice miscellany, selected from the best
American and Eurnnean urtnr^Bo
The tone of the "Gazette" is independent ?
criticism and in the discussion of every legitimate
topic, but it is strictly
Mutral in Politics ami Religion !
Its columns are occasionally embellished with
Southern Portraits and Landscapes,
?ngraved expressly for the work, and accompanied
by biographical and opographieal sketches.
lis Gtneral Information
is copious, but catefully condensed from the
ending journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size
ind attractions of the paper, it is still published at
Tiro Dollars Per Jlnnum, in Mvance !
it will be fhrnished to persons becoming respon?ib!e
for the whole number of copies, and having
hem sent to one address, oil the follow ing termR ;g
Three copies,
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, ?0.
Twenty copies,
Fifty copies, 60*
All orders must be accompanied with the
noney, and addressed, post pai, to
WALKER & RICHARDS
Charleston. S. Gj
WORTHINGTON G. SNETHEN,
Formerly Solicitor of the General Land Office
Attorney and Counskli.or at Law.
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court ot
he United States, in the Courts of the District oi
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecute
laims of all kinds against the United'States, eiher
before Congress or any of the Executive Delartments,
und to procure letters patent for invenions.
Business confided to his care, will he
iromptly attended to.
N. B. Particular attention paid to the prosecuion
of claims before the Brazilian Commission
iow sitting in Washington
Wahhinoton City, D. C. July 11, 1850
RA. PRINGLE, No. 30, East Boy street,,
Charleston, South Carolina.?Importer ut
i'rench CALF SKINS; Manufacturer's Agent
nd Dealer in RftOG.f.VS, BOOTS and SHOES,
Idvances made on consignment of Drogans o?
loutltern Manufacture. Parties wishing to cnnign,
will send samples of their make, und on reeipt
of their consignment, a liberal cash advance
rill be made. Information promptly imparted,,
s to the style, but adapted to the trade.
Charleston, S. C., July 16, 1850.?dly
To Southern Gentlemen or Literary Institution*.
4 youn? man, a graduate of St. Mary 's ColCm.
lege, Baltimore, wishes to obtain as ituation
s Assistant in an Academy, or Private Tutor.?
le is qualified to teach the highest branches ot
ireek, Latin, French, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry,
Mathematics and English Literature The
highest testimonials as to character and qualications
can be produced. Address, poat-paidi.
: X.Y. Post Office, B%lUmors,Md? 4

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