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THIRTY-sEGOND CONGRESS.

Term commences March A, 1851, and terminates
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The First Session opens Monday December ], 1901
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ASPECT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,.
With regard to the vote 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:
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House consists of two hundred and
tLirty-three members and four Territorial dele
gates. These delegates, however, have no vote.
Annexed are the names of the
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Opera, Dress, and Mourning Caps.

FHhCy q NIlIIlnery Store,
oct l4--tr 9th st. near cor of Louisiana ay
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Henry 5. Foote (UD 1903 Jefferson DAVIS (SKJ 1907
Messrs Foote and Davis, of Mississpp have resigned
OF the members elect, and those holding over,
thirty-fo are Democrats twenty-one are
Wings, and four Free soilers. OF the Free
soilers, Hale and Seward were elected by a
union of Wings and Free soiers; Sumner and
Chase were elected by Democrats and Free
soilers combined. Dodge (Democrat,) Of Wis
consn Fish, (Whig) Of New York; Foote,
(Whig, Of Vermont; and Wade, (Whig,) of
Ohio, are also put down by some as Free-soilers.
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ID chants, Importers and dealers in American
Swede Norwegian, Refined, Gable, and common English
ron manufacturers of Boiler Rves and Spikes Hoop,
Band Scroll, Fue, Boiler, Sheet Small Iron, Axle Iron
13 North Water street. and 54 North Delaware avenue.
2S-dlw 2eotf
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\ For conveying Passengers 70 and
~~~rN from Great Britain and Ireland, and
-1lmklN\ renting money u all parts OF Eng
land, Ireland Scotland, and Wales.
Il ~ ApgClyvr A CO SO South
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SSTATlONERS' WAREHOUSE, 20 South Fourth Street,
- Philadelphia. (Wholesale ony)
HYMAN Il. LIPMAN, Importer Of French and Eng
lish Stationery offers to the trade at Statoners Ware
house, complete assortment of
STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY
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REpoRr OF SECRETARY OF INTERIOR.
DEPARTMEST or THE INTERIOR,
:


November %, 1851,
To he President Of lie United States:
STA For the purpose of enabling you to recon-
mend to Congress, at its approaching session, such
measures as you may judge necessary and expe
dent respecting the various subjects conhded to
the Department of the Interior, respectfully sub
nit the following report
The law creating this Department was approved
the 80 of March, ls49. By it's provisions the Sec
rotary Of the Interior 10 required TO exercise super
visory and appellate powers over the acts oil the
Commissioner of Patents, Of the General Lanu
Office, of Indian Atfsirs, of Pensions and OF ruo
lie Buildings, and also over the accounts OF mar
shals Clerks, and other officers OF the Courts OF
the United States over the officers engaged IN
In king the Census; the Inspectors and Warden OF
the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia, and
the subject of lead and other mines OF the United
States He IS also charged with other duties not
specially mentioned in the law, but which, from their
peculiar nature, appropriately belong 10 TINS ONCE
Among these is the general supervision Of the pro
ceedings of the Commission instituted under the
treaty of Guadalupe Hdalgu, to run and mark
the boundary line between the United States and
Mexico Under each of these several heads lac has
important and responsible functions to perform:
be prescrbes rules for the general administration
OF the different bureaus, sees TO their faithful
execution, and decides judiciAlly on all appeals
from either of them which may be brought before
him. Such is the general outline OF the duties oil
the office
The reports of the heads of the several bureaus
will give full and satisfactory information of their
respective operations, accompanied by many valu
able suggestions of Improvements and moditca-
tions in the existing laws. 1t is proper, however,
that should exhibit 20 you condensed summary
Of the condition of the Department as a whole,
with such remarks of my own as the public In.
terests seem, in my Judgment to demand. This |
will proceed TO do and, for the sake of convc.
nient reference, my statements will be arranged
under the different heads above enumerated, and
such others may be necessary.
Estimates Of appropriations.
The following tabular statement shows the est-
mates of the Department for the fiscal year ending
the 30th of June, 1853; with parallel column,
hibiting those for the year ending 3Oth OF June,
1882 This form Of presenting the subject is adopt
ed for the purpose of making comparison of the
estimates OF the two years without the trouble OF
reference to former reports:
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In many Of the districts the compensation of tho
Judge is lcSa than that Of the clerk marshal and
IN most of them it docs not equal the professional
income of attorney of respectable standing
Men OF distinguished ability and merit, unless
they are in affiuent circumstances, cannot afford.
therefore, TO accept a judicial appointment A
policy which produces such results cannot be
founded in wisdom. Salaries, without being ex-
travagant, should yet be high enough to command
the services of the men best suited for public sta
tons The office of judge is, under all circum-
stances, one OF great dignity and responsibility
The judges expound the law, and on the wisdom
OF their adjudications the security for ie liberty
and property, mainly depends Il is quite as inn
portant TO have an able and faithful administra.
ton OF the lave, as that the laws themselves should
be iounoed in wisdom; and one Of the greatest
caamites which can befall a country ia to have an
Ignorant, corrupt, or incompetent Judiciary.
The delicate nature of the functions which a
judge Of the courts Of the United States has TO per
form renders his position one Of peculiar interest
and importance. His jurisdiction embraces not
only cases affecting the rights Of individuals, but
also those involving the validity Of lave passed by
Congress aud the States. None but men Of eni
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1853.
1852.

A reference to the aggregate of the two columns
will show that the estimates for the next year are
less by s 36695 43 than those for the present
fiscal year, although they embrace many items Of
large amount for objects not embraced in the
estimates for the present year; as, for example,
$l50,000 for the census, and upwards OF 100000
e for surveying the public lands in California.
This reduction results from no dimnuion of the
actual expenses Of this branch of the public service
but from the fact that the estimates for this year
embraced many very large items for Deficiencies Of
the preceding year. vicious practice has prevail
cd for some yenrs past of reducing the estimates at
the commencement OF the session below the amount
actually necessary, with the view Of afterwards APP
plying for additional appropriations in what is
called deficiency bill. | took occasion in my last
report to express my Interpretation OF this prac-
tce and required the heads Of the several bureaus
attached TO this Department to make full and fair
estimates of all that the public service required il
accordingly done; and now, instead of dehcien-
cies amounting to two millions of dollars, 1t
will be found that they are but little over $500 OG0
II is impossible to foresee what will be the actual
expenditures of any given year, because they de-
pend on contingencies beyond the control of the
Department; but it must be admitted that there has
been reasonable approximation TO accuracy, when
il lie found that in the disbursement of more than
millions of dollars the expenditures exceed
the estimate only about 100000.
With these general remarks proceed to submit
detailed explain Of each class of the estimates
in the order in which they stand
Department proper.
Under this head the estimate for the next fiscal
year exceeds that for the present S7,577 so.
This results from the fact that al the expiration of
the last fiscal year unexpended balances Of former
appropriations remained. as stated in my last
nual report, which brought the estimates of the
present year below their legitimate amount
Land Service.
The estimate for the present fiscal year amounted
to $S36,l52 80
To this add the amount appropriated
at the last session for settling land
titles in California S50, 900 90
That for surveys of the
public lands $4,000 90
And the sum embraced
in the present esti
mates to meet defici-
ences for the present
year ,305 90
oao 2o5 m
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10000 90

Then deduct the amount embraced
therein TO meet deficiencies IN the !,
present year ZO'OOo w
And the amount properly charge
able TO the next fiscal year will be
found to be 81, $40 90
Only SO POS 81 more than for the present year,
Notwithstanding the increase of clerical force rem
derod indispensably necessary in the execution OF
the Bounty Land law of 1850.
Census.
The estimates of last year embraced nothing un-
der this head the former appropriations being then
thought sufficient to meet all demands. The expe-
rience OF another year, however, would indicate
otherwise, and for this reason the further sum OF
$50 900 is asked to complete the work. II ia gra-
flying to find that in estimating for such an ex-
tcnsive service near approximation TO the ao-
tual cost was attained.
United States Courts.
Here there is an apparent excess over the esti'
mate of last year OF SIS, 306. The appropriation
for the last fiscal year fell short of the actual ex-
pendtures of that year about $50 900, which was
supplied out Of the appropriation for the present
fiscal year. The diversion Of that amount from
the purposes of the present year renders it neces
sary 10 increase to that extent the estimate for the
next fiscal year. And il has been found necessary
to increase the estimate for the next fiscal year for
California, New Mexico, and Utah, alone, to &c.
900, being an increase of S25,000.
The estimates for the next fiscal year amount
to $672,053
Deduct the sum required to replace
a ike amount of the present APP
preparation applied to the pur-
poses of the last year S20OOu
And also the additional
amount included for Ca
lifornia, New Mexico,
and Utah $4,000
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Then deduct the sum which il is
now anticipated will remain on
the 30th June, 1852, az the unex-
pended balances Of appropriations
Tor paying pensions
And the amount now ascertaiucd TO
be chargeable to the present year
is only /,
-
The estimate for the next fiscal year
amounts to J.
TO this add the sum Of tho unex
pended balences which it is sup
oosed will remain on hand at the
end of the present year
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And the amount properly charge
able to the next fiscal year will be S922,O3b ~
Being S7,Il6 % less than the amount properly
chargeabic to the present year.
Indian .40airS.
Under ths head the estimates for the next fiscal
year amount to S .095,l96 80 lees than those for
the present fiscal year. For reasons stated in my
last annual report, the estimates for the present
year we're unusually large but the estimates for the
next fiscal year are even below the average Of
those for the last and present fiscal years
Pensions.
Hero the estimates for the next fiscal year
amount to S 1853, 656 81 less than those for the
present year.
1t stated in my last report that though the
estimates for the present year amounted 10
81 62I 100 81, there chargeable TO the present
year only the sum Of 81 26O,O31 50
TO this add 500 1888 49, appropriated
at the last session, but not
braced in the last estimates, and
$4,000 embraced in the present
estimates TO meet deficiencies
account of clerk hire for the pre-
sent year, rendered necessary by
the Bounty Land law Of 2sth Sep
TENDER, 1850 IO,f33 80
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And Il will leave the amount
chargeable to the present year
Estimate for the next fiscal year
Deduct deficiencies of present
year Sl55,305 90
And the amount en-
braced for California 307 ,575 90
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$4,000
S627,O53

And the excess of the estimate for the next fiscal
year that fof the present year is only 34 ,3O6,
an increase of expenditures not nconsistentsit 10
the business therein, and not greater than the
age of the annual increase of expenditures for ju-
dicial purposes.
Pauper Lunatics and agricultural Statistics
Under these heads the estimates are the same as
last year.
Public Buildings.
Under this head the estimates for the next fiscal
year are $62, 40 % less than they were for the
present year, Notwithstanding they embrace items
TO the amount OF S5l 1874 II TO meet deficiencies
in the appropriations for the present fiscal year.
The estimates for the next fiscal year amount
to $4l8,504 II
Deduct therefrom the amount of the
deficiencies, chargeable to the pre-
sent year 81 1874 II
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And the expenditures properly
chargeable to the present year
will be shown to be 81 ,066,457 so
amounts to " ~ ,284,9l6 II
Deduct the sum embraced therein
to meet deficiencies in the present
year I55 1905 90
next year is S1,l29,6ll A
Being excess the estimate
for the present year Of 63 1853 81
This is accounted for by the unex pectediy large
amount required for the surveys in California.
Leaving California out of the question, and the
estimates compare thus
Estimate for the present year S636i5z 80
ID ,duct the amount therein for
yeys in California 900 90
And Il will leave the amount
chargeable TO the present year S529,l52 30
Estimate for the next fiscal year ,2S4,9l6 A.
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Returns have been received from the officers en-
gagged in taking the census in all the States and
Territories except Californie. Partial returns have
been received from Utah and California, and the
remainder expected in a few days. This delay
has prevented my making the npportionmcnt of
representation among the several States, as con
tenplated by the act Of Congress approved 23d
May, 1850. That act provides that so soon as the
next and each subsequent enumeration of the in
habtants of the several Statee, directed by the Con-
stituton of tho United States to be taken, shall be
completed and returned to the office Of the Depart
ment of the Interior it shall be the duty of the Sec
rotary of the Interior to ascertain the aggregate
representative population in the IN amer prescribed
by the Constitution and the laws, and then proceed
to ascertain the representative population of each
State, and the number OF representatives To- which
each is entitled.
The law further requires that the Secretary Of
the Interior shall transmit to the House of Repre-
sentatives and to the executive Of each State, with.
out delay, certificate under his zeal of Office of
the number of members apportoned to each State.
II will thus be perceived that there are two con.
ditions precedent 10 the performance of this duty
Before can act, the enumeration must be com
pleted and returned to the office of the Depart.
ment Of the Interior. Until these conditions are
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gib,5IO %
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Only POS 81 more than for the present year,
Notwithstanding the increase of clerical force
dered indispensably necessary in the execution of
the Bounty Land law of 1850
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Then deduct the amount embraced
therein TO meet deficiencies I'm the
present year
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TRUTH.

The power Of truth is irresiStIblc.--
We may run from it, but we cannot
fight successfully against it. No one
by resistance ever made the truth, false.
1t is possible TO resist the truth, or
rather TO turn aside from its ipllence,
but il ever remains the truth sli!l.-
Like God, the truth is eternal and un-
changeable. When truth is permitted
TO exert its ha!lowed power upon us, it
i, sure 10 benefit us, but when we strive
to push it from US, we lose by the effort,
Light is light; man may close his eyes,
or shut HIMSELF up in darkness, but all
around him and in his hiding place, the
light is still shining, Those whe desire
not TO "waIk in the light" are workers
of evil; while those who wish 10 be
governed by the truth seek it, earnestly
and continually, that they may be thus
governed. 1t isl bad sign TO see men
striving to get away from the truth
from whatever motive; "honesty is the
best poIicy;" and we love TO have al
come 10 the light that, "their deeds may
be made manifest whether they are
good or evil" Men who know the!
are doing wrong think to hide by feign
ing ignorance, or making apologies, o1
excusing themselves, or by other suber
fuges of hypocrisy; but if they wonl'
let the truth have its way, they woul'
soon be ashamed of themselves, an
be led TO abandon their evil way, Th
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WILLIAM CAPERS.
Charleston, Feb. 6, 1851.
HOW TO MAKE AFORTUNE.

Take earnestly hold of life, as ca.
pacitalcd for, and destined to high
and noble purpose. Study closely the
minds bent for a labor or profession
Adopt it early. and pursue it steadily,
never looking back to the turned fur
row, but forward TO the new ground,
that ever remains to Ue broken. Means
and ways are abundant to every
mans success, if will and action are
rightly adapted TO them. Our rich men
and our great men, have carved their
paths to fortune ard fame by this eter'
ma! princip.e--a principle, that cannot
fail to reward It's votary, if il be rcso'
lutcly pursued. To sigh or Fepinc over
lack Of Inheritance, is unmanly.-
Every man should strive TO be a crea'
tor, instead of inheritor. lie should
bcqueath instead Of borrow. The hu'
man race, in this respect want dignity
and discipline. 1t prefers TO WELD the
sword of valorous forefathers, to torg
/ ing is own weapons, This is a NEAR
and ignobo spirit. Let every man b,
conscious Of the God in him, and tht
providence over him, and fight his owl
battles with his own good lance. lie
him feel that il is better to earn a crus
than TO inherit Golfers Of gold. Th
spirit of selfnobilily, once learned
and every man will discover witbi
himself, under God, the elements anC
capacities Of wealth. He will be rich
inesl:mahly rich, in self resources, an
can lift his face proudly to meet th
noblest among men -Ne,o York Sun.
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tainly never imagined that the nonina.
ton, or the generous support, | subse
quently received, was 10 be. or could
be, regarded as an endorsement Of my
opinion on the constitutional power Of
Congress. | knew, or at least thought
| knew better. | have always looked
upon the action Of the whig members
throughout, as gratifying e"idence of
their concurrence in the sentiment, that
an opinion either way on the question
of power, was not and ought not to be
made a test Of orthodoxy in the Whig
party. Ifa whig Of an opposite oPin'
ion on that question had been the NOM
ince, should have hoped. and would
have expected, the same unanimity on
his support, and it would never have
occurred 10 me that those who think as
do, could have been understood TO
have surrendered their opinions by
voting for him.
There were democrats, it is true,
whose votes were given for me, exclu.
sively on account Of my opinions, on
questions outside Of the Whig plat.
form, but no, inconsistent with it, and
infer that they would not have voted
for any Wing of opposite opinions on
these questions. But if | understand
the overture by that division to which
they belong, for reunion with the
other division, there was no demand Of
confession of faith in respect TO the
matter Of constitutional law, CORES
ponding with that which was deemed
indispensable in Wing. This is by
no means exceplienable, but i, serves
to show that an opinion either way on
the question Of power is not test OF
Democracy. Indeed believe that
there are number of that division
called Antics, who concede the power,
there may be some Of them, for aught
know, in the Legislature. AT all
events, | think tie proposition for re
union without reference 20 the consti.
tuional question, was in harmony with
the platform Of the party, which, as ]
understand il, presents so much test Of
orthodoxy. | mention this only TO
show that the introduction of such Test
among US, would be without example in
the other party.
Having disclaimed any intention to
present a platform or test Of orthodoxy
for any party, old or new, and vindI-
Gated, as think my own views, !
have only TO add, that if any attempt
to prescribe a new test is in contem>
| plation by others, it can receive no
support or counienance from ME
While I adhere to my own opinions,
ready on all suitable occasions to up,
hold them, | will not aid or Gbet in
any organZaiIon upon q new test
which shall unwhig those who differ
from me on the constitutional question
aud will resist TO the last every attempt
to prescribe those who concur with me
on account of their opinion.
Your friend, sc.
II. S. GEXER,