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ENHANCEMENT Of 1 Tie CAIll oL.-
IL The Committee on Public Buildings of the
that body, {" to invite plans accompanied by esti-
mates for the extension Of the Capitol, and to al
low premium Of FIVE hundred dollars for the
plan which may be adopted by the Committees on
Public Buildings Of the two Houses Of Congress, y
accordingly invite such plans and estimates, to be
delivered to the Secretary Of the Senate on or be-
fore the first day Of December next.
1t is required that these plans and estimates
shall provide for the extension of the Capitol,
either by additional wings, to be placed on the
north and south of the present building, or by the
erection of separate and distinct building, within
the enclosure to the east 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 whatever plan may be 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 but one plan can be adopted, the COM
mitee reserve to themselves the right to form such
plan by the adoption of parts Of different plans
submitted should such be found necessary in
which event, the committee also reserve to them
selves 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.
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
JOHN II. CLARKE,
Committee Of the Senate OF, Public Buildings.
SENATE CHAMBER, 30th September, 1850.
N. b. The several daily papers published at
Washington will please insert the above daily for
two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secre-
tary Of the Senate. oct
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woRTHINGToN G. sNETaErS
Forn,eriy SoIieitor Of .the Generul Lnnd 0aie

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law,
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court o.
the United States, in the Courts Of the District o.
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecur;
claims of all kinds against the United States. Ell
ther before Congress or any of the Executive De
Partments' and to procure letters patent for nyen'
tons. BUSINESS confded to his care, will b.
promptly attended to.
~ g. Particular attention paid to the prosect
ton Of claims before the Brazilian Commissio'
now sitting in Washington
WAsHNGToN CRY, D. c.. Julv H. 1870,
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WIILlAM AMI Iuar1 SSbAAbS1'
VNIIE next annual session Of this Institution Will
commence on the I'd Wednesday in October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. JOHN JOINS, ID. d., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge BEVERLY TUCKER, Professor or Municipal
and Constitutional Law
BENJAMIN S. EwELL, Professor of Mathematics
and Astronomy. 80
MORGAN ]. 'SMEAD, Phi. D. Professor of HUI
mainly.
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III. A. WARRINGTON, A. NJ, Professor Of Ills
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EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY MEN.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ,
Uushingfo,,, June /, 1850

SIR have the honor 10 transmit to you herewith
copy Of the correspondence which has passed be-
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tho Promotion OF Science respecting the organization
OF committee TO constitute the central authority
quired by the regulations Of the Royal Commission
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"INCONOGRAPHIC ENCYCLOPAEDIA"
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Of this valuable and beautiful work, now publish
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parts. Subscriptions taken, and the work supplied,
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THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
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BLACKWCOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
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are Tory the I" Edinburgh Review" Wing; and
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ultra in its views any one Of the grand depart
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Quoted by his soninlaw, Dr. Hanna, associated with
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House Of REPRESENTATIVES.

New HAMPSHIRE.
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NORTH CAROLINA.
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TEE GoyEHNMESr OF THE UNITED STATES Oh
AMERICA, A. D., 1850.

TIE GoyERNMEsr OF THE UNITED STATES "
AMERICA, A. D., 1850.
The Executive.
MnLARp FILLMORE, Of N. Y. President.
WILLIAM r. KING, Of Alabama Vice fresiaeht.
The Cabinet.
o.., wrpsrER, of Mass. Sec. of State.
Ds.s..s CopwM, of Ohio, Sec. ofthe Treas.
WA, A GRAHAM, OF N. C. Sec. ofthe Navy.
Cns M CONRAD, Of La. . Sec. of War.
III II STUART, of Pa. Sec. Of Interior
CO. X. HALL, of N. Y. p. M. General.
Ioun ]. CRIrTENDEN, of KY. Att. General.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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JAMES M. WAYNE, of Georgia q"
JOHN CATRoN, of Tennessee -. "
JOHN MCKINLEY, of Kentucky
PETER v. DANIEL, of Virginia
SAMUEL NELSON of New York
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