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EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION OF LITERARY MEN
FINDER this title will be published, during the
- year 1850, twenty-iour Portraits and Bographi-
cal Sketches OF American citizens w no have become
ustrious in the service Of the country Every por-
ton of the work will receive the most careful attcn-
ton, and nothing will be spared To render il worthy
mad enduring monument to the great men oil he Re
public.
Mr.. Brady has been many years engaged, at great
expense, collecting Portraits tor National Gal
lery, and those which being engraved for this
work believ ed to be superior to any that have
been taken. In the accomplishment. of this great
object he has experienced the utmost courtesy and
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reputation has been too long established to need any
recommendation. His daguerrcotypes are in the
highest sense the works OF art glowing with the soul
of the living countenance
The drawings and cngravngs OF D'Avignon have
been pronounced by Europeans of taste 10 be fully
equal and in some respects superior to those of the
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mediate supervision, The Typography will be exc
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names OF those men only admitted, whose talents
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parments of life will have its representatives Art
and Literature universal in their spirit and the
Gallery is intended TO be worthy and enduring MON
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achievements and fame constitute the chief glory of
the nation. We hope that every lover of Art, and
friend of glorious Union, will respond to our APP
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undertaking, that its publication NAY make era in
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illusrious OF the Union together, consolidate if
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beyond the reach of most of citizens, the publish!
ers have resolved to merit large clroulatlon by
charging very low price They have, therefore.
established the following
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- A. PRlNGLE, No. 30, East Bay street.
L. Charleston, South Carolina Importer Of
French CALF SKINS; Manufacturers Aren't
and Dealer in BROG.aNs, BOOTS and SHOES;
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Southern Manufacture. Parties wishing to con-
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woRTHINGToN g. sNErHEE.
Formerly Solicitor q The General Land on

ATTORNEY AND CouNsELLop AT Law.
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court ~
the United States in the Courts If the District or
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. to prosecute
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Their before Congress any Of the Executive De-
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tons. Business conided to his care, will be
promptly attended to.
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ton of claims before the Brazilian Commiss;on
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OWING to the late revolutions and counter-revo-
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Britain have become invested with degree of inter
est hitherto unknown. They occupy middle
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SIe I have the honor To transmit to you herewith
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the Promotion OF Science respecting the organization
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE,

NATIONAL INSTITUTE,
WASHINGTON, MAY 81, 1850
SIR: have the honor 70 make known to the De-
partmen OF State the action which this Institute has
taken on the subject OF your communication of the
18th instant That action is comprised in the follow
ing resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis
cussior at the meeting held this evening
"Resoired That the Institute will take action on
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State.
esResolred That the Institute do now proceed to
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hbition in London.
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teen be appointed to constitute Central Committee
on the Industrial Exhibition, and to correspond with
societies and local committees throughout the United
States
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member OF the Central Committee
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municatc to the Secretary of Stale copy OF the fore
going resolutions, together with the names Of the
Central Committee"
The following the names Of the members of
the Central Committee appointed in accordance with
the loreguing resolutions
Hon. Willard Fillmore, Vice President 81 the United
States, and er otcio Chancellor Of the Regents OF
the Smithsonian Institution.
Col. Peter Force, President of the National Inst
tute
Hen James rearce, u S. Senate, member of the
Board of Regents OF the Smithsonian Institution
Hon. Levi Woodbury., M. N. L., Associate Justice oil
the Supreme Court Of the United States.
Commodore Lewis Warrington, U S. NJ, NJ NJ H.
Chief Of the Bureau of Ordnance and photography
Prof. Joseph iienry, Vice President Of the ~ L. Sec
retary OF the Smithsonian Institute
Prot Walter II. Johnson Corresponding Secretary OF
the National Institute.
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Board of Regents of the Smi, hsonian Institute and
Superintendent of the Coast Survey.
Commander Charles Wilkes, u. S. N, M. NJ late
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Hon William w. Scaton, M. N. l., Mayor Of Wash
ipgton.
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Board OF Rcgea!s ~ the Smithsonian Institute
Lieut. Matthew r Maury, U. s. ~, Vice President
OF the National Institutes and Superintendent of the
National Observatory.
y. James Grccnough, Esq NJ. y. l.
Charles +. Stapsbury Esq, Recording Secretary of
tho National Institute.
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Bureau.
Gen Joseph O.. 'rotfen, Vice President n. l., Chici
Engineer. =. Army.
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William Easily, Esq, Treasurer National Institute
Leonard II. Gale, M. d., NJ. n. l., Examiner Of
Patents.
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dent OF Census.
IRA G. Seaman, Esq, MI,
have the honor to DO
Very respectfully, your obj sorvN,
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Cor. Secretary Of the National Institute.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, '.hsns q, 1880.
SIR have duly recc,vco your letter OF the 9th
nilmo, communicating to this Department the pro-
ceedings OF the National Institute the subject OF my
note OF the 18th Of the same month. Those proceed
ings appear TO me to be perfectly satisfactory and
have accordingly transmitted them 10 the British Min
lister in this city, with the communication copy OF
which is enclosed for your information.
am, sir, respectfully, yonr oh't scrv't,
JOHN M. CLAYTON.
WALTER N. JOHNSON, Esq, Corresponding
Secretary Of the National Institute.
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A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF TRADE AGRI-
CULTURE, COMMERCE, COM
.MERclAL POLITY. MAN
llIEAGrlIRE INTER-.

A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF TRADE AGRl-
CULTURE, COMMERCE, COM
.MERclAL POLIfY. MAN
luFACrURES, INTER
NAL IMPROVE
MENTS, DC
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A ,ucULTvRE througlou the World Commerce in
~ various and muitssofm relsiions-in its History,
,ls Laws, and its Statistics; Commerce commodities;
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Posts, Marine relations; Enterprises Of Commerce,
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PROSPECTUS OFTHE EIGHTH VOLUME
This work has been regularly published for nearly
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subscription list steadily and rapidly increased there
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il has gained larger circulation than any other
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has advocated and upheld the
Commerce and Agriculture Of the South
ern and Western States
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ST tbs TICS.
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A GREAT NATIONAL WORK
THE GALLERY OF INDUSTRIOUS
AMERICANS

Daguerreotypes by Brady---Engraved by
D'Avignon.
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Tvs GovERSMKsr OF THE UkirGe orArGs %
AMERICA, A. D., 1850
7hs Executive.
MiLLAxp FILLMORE, of N. Y. President.
VILLAS X. KING, Of Alabama Vice President.
The Cabinet.
DANIEL WEBSTER, Of Mass. Sec. of State.
THoMAs CoRwIN, of Ohio, Sec. Of the Treas
VILLAS A. GRAHAM, OF N. C.. Sec. ofthe Nav.
CHARLEs M. CONRAD, Of La. Sec. Of War.
A. III. IL STUART, Of Pa. Sec. Of Interior
NATHAN X HALL, of N. Y. r. M. General
JoHg J. CRuTENDEN, Of Ky. ATT. General.
Tie Judiciary.
SUPREME COURT or THE UNITED srArks
RocER b. TANEY, Of Maryland Chief Justice.
JOHN MCLEAN, of Ohio Associate
JAMES M. WAYNE, OF Georgia
JOHN CAraoN, of Tennessee
JOHN MCKINLEY, of Kentucky
PETER v. DANIEL, Of Virginia {"
SAMUEL NELSON, Of New York
Lew w WOODBURY., OF N. Hamp.
RoBERr c. GnlER. of Penn.
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Democratic majority in the 3lst Congress
Wing majority in the Goth Congress
Democratic gain
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-10-20

McCoRMAcK's REAPER.-Mr. Mechi, the
great English experimental farmer, has made
a full trial Of the American reaping machine. and
arrives at the following conclusion in regard to IT,
That it will act perfectly on level ground, with a
standing crop; that it viii from to sixteen
acres day, according to circumstances; that the
quantity cut depends the activity and
strength Of the man who has 10 remove it by rake
rom the board on which it falls; that upon burrows
action Of the machine; that the paddle wheels do
not in any way beat injure the corn; that
tain trihng notifications in its details will be
qnred where the straw is very long; that it will
cut laid corn where it ialls towards the machine;
that where il falls from it. it is desirable such
portions by hand; that proportionate numbeT Of
hands to bind the cut corn will be required accor-
ding to the crop; that all reaping will soon be done
by horse or steam machines.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-10-20

A CURIOUS GEOLOGICAL FACT.-A late Eng
lisq paper rays that few weeks ago, stone cutter
at Dumries obtained large block Of red sand stone
from the low quarry at Lockarbrisgs. While squar-
ing this stone, loose layer removed, and the
face Of the block thus displayed, long ndentation
was formed. 1t proved TO be the mark of human
foot, which must have been impressed upon the
mass, which Ia the course OF ages afterwards, be-
came petrified into hard and solid stone At the
heel and great toe the depth of the impress was con-
siderable, from three quarters of an inch to an inch,
and the whole print of the foot was sharp and dis.
Iinct.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-10-20

A rA"rUcKET SHOOTING CAsE.-Joseph
u Pratt who was examined and committed IN Paw,
.ucAet, take his trial for manslaughter, in shoot
ing VIM. G. Radf, and who was .sub.eonsn,I,,
again arrested and taken to Providence to answer i
the charge Of murder, was examined Fridav.-L---
The Providence Journal reports the examination
1t appeared in evidence that Pratt was alone wbs,
0e .not Kadifii that deceased when found by the
ne'ghbors, was lying distance of thirty6ye fee,
from the new, house of Mr. Pratt, with his head to-
wards his mothers house; that in the opinion of
EXPERTS the parties must have been within fifteen
feet OF each other when the gun was fired; that Rad
I'M was passing through Pralt'a lot and going in The
direction Of his mothers house; and that Radliff
declared just before he died that he vas not disturb
ing Pratt's hens wnen he was shot The prosecu-
ton admitted the good character of the prisoner.
Alter hearing the arguments Of counsel on both
sides, the Court adudged the prisoner probably gull
ty, and ordered him committed to take his trial at
the next term of the Supreme Court.