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ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL
" The Committee on Public Buildings of the
Senate, having been authorized by resolution Of
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- -
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
IL 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 NAV
have such reference TO and correspondence with
the present building to preserve the general
symmetry of the entire structure, when complete
Although but one plan can be adopted, the COM
mttee reserve to themselves the right to form such
plan by the adoption of parts Of different plans
submitted should such course be found necessnru 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.
r. M. Il. HUNTER,
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
JOHN III. 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 above daily for
two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secre-
tary Of the Senate. oct4
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THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE

u ~ IN
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of Mayl
le5O, under It's original name-instead of Richard,.
Weekly Gazsffe--as more significant of its peculiar
character 1t being the only weekly organ OF Litera
ture IN the entire SOUTH II s
Greatly Enlarged ard Improved.
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns or
matter. " *, moreover, IN am
Entirely .hsto Dress
IRON mead to foot, " and upon beautlfI1r wn,,s
paper, so that, in mechanical excellence n ;s no,
surpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States 1t continues under the same Ediioria.
will be spared to make it
II Choice Family Newspaper,
= as cheap as the cheapest, and as eood 40 ~ !.
pest utterly dlscardiDg the notion that a
oouthern Journal cannot compete with the North
eih weehiies, IN cheapness and interest,"
The Southern Literary Gazette
rivals the best Of them in all the char,cter,s,;cs ~
truly valuable fresde Journal Its aim is ths
diffusion OF cultivated and refined taste througha...
the commumty--and it embraces in its ennl.
folds ever species of intelligence that can tend to
this result. -
Original Contributions,
rom many OF the ablest writers in the South
chiefly occupy It's columns, but not TO the pxc,.
SION or choice miscellany, selected from the bes,
American and European sources
The tone OF the "Gazette /" is indepeuden,
criticism and IN the discussion of every Legitimate.
topic, but 1t is strictly -
.Nsutrai in Politics and Religion ai
It's columns are occasionally embeliished with
Southern Portraits and Lo~d,eopes,
engraved expressly for the work. and accomp.-
MED by biographical and typographical sketches
ms General faybrmation
rs copious, but carefully condensed from IN.
leading Journals Of all parts OF the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the Sic.
ana attractions OF the paper, II in still published
Tico Dollars Per .4nnum. in .9drour.T =
IT will be furnished to persons becoming reapon-
slble for the whole number of copies, and having
them sent 10 one address, on the following terms
Three copies,. As
Five copies,
Ten copies, *
Fifteen copies, On
Twenty copies, os
Fifty copies cnaf. ~
SlsN All orders must be accompanied with the
money, and addressed, post poi, to rs '~'' :,
WALKER & RICHARDS Q
Charleston. sc
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EDITED BY AN ASSOCIATION or LITERARY MEN.
TTNDER this title will be published, during the
~ year 1850, twen,y-four Portraits and Biographi-
cal Sketches OF American citizens W bo have become
ulustoos ia the service OF the country Every por-
uon OF the work will receive the careful atten-
ton, and nothing will be spared TO render it a wort hv
mad enduring monument to the great OF ,!.~ Re
public.
Mr. Brady has been many years engaged, at great
expense, collecting Port ants Tor National Gal
lery, and those which being engraved for this
work are believed 10 be superior TO any that have
ever been taken In the accomplishment. of this grea,
object he has experienced the utmost courtesy and
encouragement from distinguished men Mr.. Brady's
reputation has been too long established TO need any
recommendation. His daguerrcotypes are in the
highest sense the works ot art glowing with tie soul
OF the living countensnce.
The drawings and engravings OF D'Avignon have
been pronounced by Europeans OF taste TO be fully
equal and in respects superior to those of the
best artists OF London and Paris and every inn
preston in this Gallery will be taken under his inn
mediate supervision The Typography will he exc
cuted as carefully and in as superb style the en-
cravings themselves. The entire work will be on
the finest imperial folio paper, l6 by % schcs ade
expressly for this purpose
This work has nothing sectional in ITS scope il
win therefore be comprehensive in its spirit The
names OF those men only admitted, whose talents
and public services have for them an honorable
fame throughout the nation. Each Of the great de
partments of life viii have its representatives Art
and Literature universal in their spirit and the
Gallery is intended TO be worthy and enduring mon
ument TO the great OF the Republic whose
achievements and fame constitute the chief glory OF
the nation. We hope that every lover Of Art, and
friend of our glorious MON, will respond our APP
peal for encouragement and aid in so commendabe
undertaking, that It's publication may make era IN
he progress Of American Art, and by grouping the
illusinous of the Union together, consolidate it
still more firmly.
As no work OF this kind has appeared in America
beyond the reach OF most OF citizens the publish
ers have resolved to merit large circulation, by
charging very low price They have, therefore,
established the following
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IMPAIRMENT or STATE,
Harrington, .Jrsv,e /, 1850

SIR have the honor to transmit TO you herewith
copy of the correspondence which has passed be-
tween this Department and the National Institute for
the Promotion Of Science, respecting the organza ton
Of committee to constitute the central authority
quired by the regulations OF the RoYal Commission on
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woRTH1NoroN q sNprHrr
Formerly Solicitor ef The General Land one,

ATTORNEY AND CouNsyLLoR AT Law. ora
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court ~
the United States, IN the Courts of the District OF
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecute
claims of all kinds against the United States. ei !
ther before Congress or any of the Executive De-
partments, and to procure letters patent for inven
tons. Business con6ded to his care, will be
promptly attended to. s1Tr
N. b. Particular attention paid to the prosec.-
ton Of claims before the Brazilian Comm,,s,o,
now sitting in Washington A -.
WAsprseroN CRY, y. c. JuIv IL ras0
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OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the
" Revolutionary war, or their legal representa-
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Pensions for life, for the widows of such
GERS and soldiers who married previous to 1900.
or minor children of deceased officers and privates
who served in the war cf 1879 with Great Bri-
tain, the Mexican war, or in any of the Indian
wars, since 1890.
Attention paid to suspended nd rejected claims
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
otherwise charge.
Communications addrsrse., 20 the subscriber
Washington, ID. 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
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.4t the loic price Of ONE DOLLAR per ann,nn,
the cheapest weekly newspaper south of the
| Potomac, and as cheap as any in the Union.
This paper is made up chiefly from the Daily
Dispatch, consisting of the entertaining and
news matter of that sheet, and carefully selected
light literature and poetry. f
HUGH X. PLEAsANTs, Principal Editor.
IL is designed to make it equal to any Weekly
sheet in the Union for its general interest. In
tone and sentiment, it is Southern--its conductors
are Virginians, and they hope to merit and re-
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They enter upon no mere speculation in their en-
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lowed, vigorous, no man who has read their sheet
will deny. To doubt that it will continue to be
so is to presume that the principles and ideas
which have been insted into them from their
birth, can be eradcated, at period of life when
men rarely change their views They, at least,
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WAsuiNCroN, May 27 1850.
Sir: have the honor to 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
cussioE at the meeting held tins evening
sResoired 'rha, the lnstitute will take action
the subject submitted to il by the Department OF
State.
e'Resolred That the Institute do proceed TO
constitute committee suitable to be recognised by
the Government to hold correspondence with the
British Commissioners, and to the reception OF
Americsn productions at the proposed Industrial Ex-
hbIiion in London.
eResoiued, That committee OF not less than nine
teen be appointed TO constitute Central Committee
ON the Industrial Exhibition, and TO espond with
societies and local committees troug hout the United
States
"Resoiued, That the President of this Institute be
member OF the Central Committee. H
"Resoirod, That the Corresponding Secretary
municate to the Secretary OF State copy OF the fore
going resolutions, together with the names OF the
Central Committee"
The following are the names Of the members Of
The Central Committee appointed in accordance with
the foregoing resolutions
Hon. Misrd Fillmore, Vice President Of the United
States, and ot3ic;o Chancellor OF the Regents Of
the Smithsonian institution.
Col. Peter Force, President Of the National nsti-
Hon. James A Pearce, u. s. Senate, member OF the
Board Of Regents OF the Smithsonian Institution
Hon. Lew " Woodbury., M. N. L., Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court OF the United States
Commodore Lewis Warrington, U. s. ~, M N. H.
Chief OF the Bureau Of Ordnance and Hydrography
Prof. Joseph Henry, Vice President Of the ~ L. Sec
reary Of the Smii ihsonian Institute.
Rroi Walter r. johnson, Corresponding Secretary OF
the National Institute.
Prof Alexa nder ID. Bache, M N. T., member OF the
Board Of Regents Of the Smithsonian Institute and
Superintendent ofthe Coast Survey.
Commander Charles Wilkes, u. S. NJ, M. MI, late
Commander S. s. Exploring Expedition.
Hon. William w. Seaton, nj. N l., Mayor OF Wash
ington.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, u s Senate, member of the
Board of Regents Of the Smithsonian Institute
Lieut.. Matthew y Maury, u. s. N, Vice President
OF the National institute and Supernende of the
National Observatory.
]. James Greenough, Esq, M. " |.
Charles +. Sansbury, Esq. Recording Secretary of
the National Institute.
Col. J, j. Albert, M. " H. Chief OF the Typographical
Bureau.
Gen. Joseph g. Totten, Vice President ~ l., chiei
Engineer S. Army.
Thomas Ewbank, Esq Commissioner Of Patents.
William Easily, Esq, Treasurer National Institute
Leonarl ID. Gale, M ID, M. N l., Examiner Of
Patents.
Joseph Z. 9. Kennedy, Esq, M. N. l., supcrinten.
dent of Census.
e. Seaman Esq, M Nj
have the honor to be
Very respectfully, your obf scrvt
WALTER n. JOHNSON,
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute
Hon. JoHN M. CLAYTON, Secretary Of State
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BLACK WOODS MAGAZINE
AND THE
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEWS.
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nWING to the late revolutions and counter-revo-
~ lutions among the nations OF Europe, which have
followed each Other in quick succession and OF which
the end is not yet" the leading periodicals OF rea,
Britain have become invested with degree of inter
est hitherto unknown. They occupy middle
ground between the hasy, dsjoned, and necessarily
imperfect records OF the newspapers, and the elabo-
rate and ponderous reatses to be furnished by the his
torian at future day. The American Publishers,
therefore, deem proper to call renewed attention
these Periodicals., and the very low price at which
they offered to subscribers. The following is
their list, viz
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW,
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW,
AND
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
In these periodicals. are contained he views, mode
rately, though clearly and firmly expressed, of the
three great parties in England-Tory, Wing nd Ra-
dical-ts Rackwood" " and the " London Quarterly y
are Tory the 60 Edinburgh Review % Whig and
the &c Westminster Review " Liberal. Thee North
British Review " owes its establishment to the last
great ecclesiastical movement in scotland and is not
ultra in its views on any o, the grand depart
ments OF human knowledge il was originally edited
by DIR Chalmers, and now, since his death is con-
Quoted by his son-in-aw, Dr Hanna associated with
Sir David Brewster Its literary character is of the
very highest order. The " Westminster - though
reprinted under that title only, is published in Eng
land under the title Of the Foreign Quarterly and
Westminster ~ il being in fact union of the two
Reviews formerly published and reprinted under sepa-
rate titles. II has therefore the advantage by this
combination of uniting in work the bes, features
OF both as heretofore issued
The above Periodicals reprinted in New York,
Immediately on their arrival by the British steamers,
in beautiful clear type fine white paper, and are
faithful copies of the originals. Blackwood's Msga-
zine being an exact fac sne OF the Edinburgh edi-
ton
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PRosPECTUs
= THE SOUTHERN PRESS. I"

Al sssocstion of s,xty-three Members OF Consress
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underslGncd Committee &c supcrintend the esta-
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to be- devoted To the exposition and defence Of South
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correct information AS to Norihera Policy, and the
course ot Political Affairs generally without reference
to thesold party lines OF Wing and Democrat Ar
tanxcments are IN progress, promptly Z" ensure
the Issue VI such paper under the title OF
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for the conduct OF which, suitable Editors have been
engaged, who will also receive the aid OF number
OF eminent and and able contributors.
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assue--the latter 70 contain substantially, the
mstter as the former, and Intended To reach those
points OF the country whose mail facilities are limited
The paper will not be Exclusively politscaI-but
viii embrace on its broad sheet the General News OF
the day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and tele-
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Literary Criticisms Original Essays, Literary and
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Houses Of Congress, as well the action oil the
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limited number only OF Adve tisements will be
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to those OF the other Washington papers, and the
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IT Is confidently hoped that every true friend to the
South will aid in procuring subscribers, and forward
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, June s. 1850
SIR hsve duly receivea your letter OF the 9th
uit'mo, communicating TO this Department the pro-
ceedihgs OF the National Institute the subject OF my
note OF the nth Of the month. Those proceed
'ngs appear to me 70 be perfectly satisfactory and
have accordingly transmitted them to the British Min
's'er In this city, with the communication copy OF
which Is enclosed for your information.
am, sir, respectfully, your ob't servt
JOHN M. CLAYTON.
WsLTEs ". JoHvsoN, Esq, Corresponding
Secretary of the National Institute.
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Attorney al Lo.c and Genersi .Agenf,
nFFERS IS his services in his profession and ss
~ Agent Tor the Prosecution and Collection Of
Claims before Congress and the Departments also for
obtaining Patents.
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