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THIRTY-sEcoND CONGRESS.

Term commences March A, 1851, and terminates
March, 4, 1853
The First Session opens Monday, December l. 1851
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AMERICAN HOUSE, HANOVER STREET. posT

AMERICAN HOUSE, HANOVER STREET, BOSTON
gHN THE Undersigned having entirely rebuilt and en-
N larged the above extensive establishment contain
AssA ing in all about three hundred and fifty rooms
would respectfully give notice that II is ready for the
reception and accommodation Of the travelling commu
city.
An extended notice OF the unsurpassed conveniences OF
TINS House Is deemed superhuous as the numerous inn
provements which have been made cannot be properly
given IN advertisement Suffice to say that no ex
pense has been spared to render any apartment perfect
The furniture made expressly TO order, regardless
OF cost and certain portions Of It, especially the
rooms will be found TO be Of the most beautiful and TASTE
tul manufacture. The Dningrooms are capacious ana
the hours for meals will arranged TO suit the con-
yenience of the early and late
Every department will be conducted In an unexcep-
tonabe manner and the Proprietor pledges himself that
- LEWIS RICE,
r,oKER BROS. a JONES, So Market street, Philadel-
Is pha invite the attention of the trade to their spen
did stock Of Fancy and Staple BONNErS and HATS, OF
ali kinds purchased cash In Europe by Of our firm
and also an assortment Of city and eastern made Boots and
shoes All Of which they offer at very low rates.
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Philadelphia Type and Stereotype Foundry.
TIME subscriber would call the attention Of Printers
to the greatly reduced prices Of the present list They
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Newark Academy.

College, OF nave taken measures
to place upon new and improved foundation, and to
endow II with advantages possessed by few similar nst
tutions the country The Academy heretofore merged
In the College, and Of subjected TO all the evils
which been found TO attend the amagamaon the
two departments In the same building, and under the
same government enjoys the privilege of separate
establishment without losing those which result from It's
relation to the College proper.
large and elegant edifce with all the necessary tx
lures Of complete boarding establishment, has been
erected and furnished in which the students Of the Acad
envy board under the immediate charge Of the Principal
system of its own, uninterrupted by the interests
operations of the other department The furniture Of the
atudyrooms and dormtores has been chosen with
liar reference to comfort and convenience for study
expense has been spared In providing the apparatus
necessary to render the means OF instruction completed
giving to Newark Academy facilities for private study and
comfortable accommodation Of students, fully equal to
those afforded by many OF our colleges.
From its intimate relation TO the College, students of
the Academy enjoy many advantages not generally OBJ
pursue some particular branch which falls properly
within the College course, may be admitted to recte in
any Of the College classes Students also of proper age
and discretion by recommendation of the Principal and
permission Of the Faculty, enjoy the of the Col
iege Library without additional charge. Admission also
may be had TO the Lectures and such other privileges Of
the College be pro6tably enjoyed by academcaf
students.
The charge for Boarding. Washing Fuel, Light &C.,
with tuition In the English Latin and Greek IL seventy
dollars for the Summer Session. and seventyve for the
Winter Session The only extras dollar per SEES
sion for incidental expenses and fee Of eight dollars for
Modern Languages and fee Of five dollars for Drawing
from those who enter these classes The sessions va
cations of the Preparatory Department the az
Rev MATTHEW MEIGs, A. NJ,
President of Delaware College,
. Newark. Delaware.
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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,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House consists of two hundred and
thirty-three members and four Territorial dele
gates. These delegates, however, have no vote.
Annexed are the names of the !.
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Tapscott's General Emigration and Foreign Ex-
NJ. change Office,

For conveying HassonBorb " anu
\ from Great Britain and Ireland, ana
~ RENTING money u all parts OF Eng
~ land, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
~ M a 4 m IN noNf rnp a M R6 SOutk
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lst A MATHEMATcAL DEpARrMENT-In which, beginning
with Arithmetic and Algebra the student will be carried,
maics ending in their application to Natural Philosophy
I'd AN EsoMsH DEpARrxENr-comprising instruction
in photography, Reading Eocution, Grammar Writing,
Geography History Composition, Rhetoric Logic Intel
lectual Philosophy Moral Philosophy Political Grammar,
Story the Constitution Philosophy, ORTHODOXY Ma
tura Theology, Elements Of CRITICISM and Evidences of
sal MERCANTILE DrpARrMENr-In which will be i'm
parted acquaintance with all that is necessary to quail
y youth for the immediate duties OF the
including
this art which invariably produces bold finished hand,
peculiarly adapted to the purposes Of the and
business man.
q MISUNDERSTANDING numerous abbreviated me-
thods of computing Interest Discount Equation of Pay
ments &C. and other mercantile calculations founded
per centage together with all such operations are
quisite for thorough knowledge Of the business Of the
countng-room.
approved methods complete course Of instruction in
this branch will be furnished designed to fit the student
to take charge of any set of account books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL Observation-Disclosures a Sc
lection from the English and Mathematical and
also, Surveying Botany Mineraogy Geology Chemistry,
experimental lectures.
9Th. A Crvn ESoIsEER DEpARrsrNr-In which are
taught Arithmetic, (mental and wrten) Algebra (men-
tai and written) Geometry, Trgonometry, Surveying,
with the Of instruments in the field Practical Eng
neering, Architecture, Perspective Draushng, and To
9Th. TEAonm's DEpARrMEsr-The course Of study
will consist Of judcous selection of subjects from the
other DEPARTMENTS including all the branches pursued In
our schools Practical Lectures will also be given
on School Teaching, both science and art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest instruction
but they will also have opportunities of exempfying
them hearing reciatons in the lower departments Of
18th. DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANaUAoEs-In which
students who wish to take thorough have
be- to scuuire sucent knowedee to translate with c
ity and TO pronounce with tolerabe correctness, in
Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-18

Henry s. Foote (U9 1853 Jefferson Davis (sR9 1857
Messrs Foote and Davis, of Mississippi have resigned
OF the members elect, and those holding over,
thirty-four are Democrats, twentyone are
Wings. and four Free-soilers. Of the Free
sellers, Hale and Seward were elected by a
union of Wings and Free-soiers; Sumner and
Chase were elected by Democrats. and Free
sellers combined. Dodge, (Democrat) of Wis
consin; Fish, (Whig,) Of New York; Foote,
(Whig) of Vermont; and Wade, (Whig,) of
Ohio, are also put down by some as Free-soilers.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-18

Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. equal
the probable cost is advanced by each STUDENT
is consumed it is charged to him. less the balance is
refunded.
Board is furnished with the families of the Professors
at two dollars per week.
Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues payable in advance The tuition is remit
ted application to all students designed for the Min
istry.
The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be eight
dollars per session. to be paid to the Instructor in ad
students who do not design to prosecute the whole
Course required for degree, limited range
dies is furnished adapted to the sphere and of life
of each individual far such can be reasonably antc
ipated.
The daily union., 1852-11-05

The Picayune gives an account OF a new telegraph
FIRE ALARM invented by Mr. T,comb, OF the operators
in the New Orleans telegraph Office II is said to be far
superior to the one in successful operation in Bos
ton:
aIt is intended TO establish two batteries AT different
points OF the city, from which series OF wires would
exend in all directions. These attached, by simple
apparatus bells either existing or 10 be erected
for the purpose and sixty different points iron boxes
be placed, enclosed IN which - species OF clock
work, be sci in motion by simply moving small slide
This completes The xlon and Instantaneousy the
alarm given all over the city The clock work, by a
pecu ar movement not only gives the ALARM but strikes
the ward and district in which the FIRE may be, and thus
guides the fireman al TO his proper destination. The
keys these boxes TO be placed in the hands OF the
police during the day, and the walchmen during the
night An electrical clock TO be placed IN central
portion Of the cy-say The mayors office in the City
Has TO be attached which will strike the hours stimuli
aneously all the city The apparatus which
works the fire alarm also answers for the clock The
whole expense Of putting up the apparatus will not ex
ceed thirteen thousand dollars while the cost OF attend
ing and ke,ping il in repair will be irhe The
yor has already II, and the fire committee of the
two boards Of hsefmen shortly TO examine and re-
port upon it'
The daily union., 1852-11-05

The VOTE OF Bosros-PLURALrTY FOR PIERcE AND
kIscl-The democracy OF Boston have done noby
They went in solid column for Pierce an Kny and
the vote OF for Cass in 1sls is nearly
THOUSAND for Pierce in 1852. The freesol vo,s
has gone backwards FIVE HUNDRED votes, from NINE.
TEEN HUNDRED in 1s4S TO FOURTEEN HUNDRED IN 1854
The result, unlocked for, of about FrvE HUNDRED pu.
raliy for the democratic nomination will be as crafty.
ing TO every friend of sound national politics as will BE-
notifying and astounding to the Seward wings All
honor TO The union. ZEAL patriotism OF the Suffolk de-
mocracyl Honor TO the people OF Boston for such "a.
trotic and noble result
This result all well know, is owinx to the peculiar
circumstances oil Boston This is whia civ and i
can, when chooses. carry high and dry wbg mal1l.
Ity II rs not, however, abolition eity it canno b
carried il is believed, for such arch political intrgue
Seward and the men that Surround him; its solid men
cannot be turned into such fold. Whoever sup2oe'
this, mIscacua,es its settled public opinion and us
hightoncd patriotism OF its mechanics and merchants
Now, at bottom, the Scott nomination was but triumph
OF such influences over national views What felda
rebuke is this resut-a plurality for Pierce and kiag-
to the nomination OF Winfield Scott How il mad
Jingle the cheeks of those who passed by the foremost
man OF America TO settle the author Of hy-threo sdch
speeches he has Just made Let those that did tbs
ponder on this result and profit by it.
While this vote is terrible rebuke TO Scott wings
is voice OF cheer the democracy of the Union II =
fine tribute to their oAspipArE, who has borne hin
self admirably through this campaign as to have con
manded the respect OF the candid, and TO their Gauss
which the action af The Baltimore Convention mad'
truly NATIONAL Most significant is the vote OF Boston
yesterday In this unparalleled result sectionalism an
all its works powerfully rebuked, while the word
sends to one and all is to 20 steadily forward in suPpoh
OF the constitution and laws Of the county
Boston Pe'i
The daily union., 1852-11-05
From the New York Day. Book,
The Election.

Never before since we were old enough TO know rgh
from wrong. have rejoioed in the defeat OF the whg
party; nor should we rejoice now were the party that
calls seli wing the wing party of 1882, 1885, and 1874
Since II has abandoned all lis old conservative prncp
and become Seward and Greeley pary-an ism party
We have lost all respect for it, and rejoice its defeat
That we are glad 10 see old Availability" completely
routed after the circumstances under which he nom
mated we will not attempt TO conceal He is we ant.
cpaed the worst whipped candidate that ever ran for
ofce and this elecnon will be looked upon hereafter
an era in this country-as one in which few miserable
tricky dishonest parsans got control OF great and pow
erful party. and tried to make 1t subservent the
wishes. The system OF convenonswel Fill enough 10 tue
beglnnnghas been the instrument OF the greatest Nra-
ny tue people OF this country suffered but thank God
there Is conservatism enough n the country
from lis dire effects The nomination oil Gen. Sect
Baltimore was OF The most outrageous attempts To
yrannze over the intelligent portion of the whg party and
make them instrumental IN crushing and defeating Their
old and long tired leaders, that known among
civilized men. The men who went TO the convention
from the western part of this State and pennsylvana
had but one object in view. and that to kll Of"
Mlllard Fillmore and the Union party" That party
and that man, with the assistance OF Providence bad
brought their iavorle leader, William H. Seward iron
the dizzy height to which he had flown, under Genera
ted them in all that they did Their reasons for nomi
mating General Scott had no, shadow of foundation TO
rest upon. They never pretended that he capable
m the office OF President but based all upon the insult
ing declaration that the people ignorant, that they
would sooner vote Tor made up of the gaudy nses
and uappngs OF the army than for the exalted pa
ot me greatest statesman and the profoundes intellect
OF which the country could boast
These men were in no way governed by sense oi
right or reason Feelng-inlense, uncontrolled feel.
ing-governed them during the whole canvass Hatred
to Millard Fimo because he had removed a few Of
them from ottce and OF modification shown Al
the downfall OF Seward, nerved them 10 the desperate
determination OF running Winfield Scott for President
man IN whose favor key could say nothing, that be
was " available"
Well the battle is over; availability" has been tried
the intelligence oil The people has been tred and the
lers OF the United States have rebuked these CONVEX.
lonlss, and hurled back the slander into their very
teeth General Scott is Enthusiastically, awiuly d,
ieaied-and The whig party, as II was IN 1913 and .
1889, is no more.
The daily union., 1852-11-05

THE MAMMOTH CAvE-lrs Cosr.-In one OF Mr. vii.
ls's recent letters to the Home Journal End the fol-
lowing paragraph relating the original purchase Of and
the amount paid for, the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky;
Colonel Croghan TO whose family II belongs, was a
resident OF Louisville. He went to Europe twenty
years ago. and American found himself free ueniy
questioned of the wonders OF the Mammoth Cave-a
pace he had visited and oi which, al home. though
living within ninety miles OF ~ he had heard very little
He went there Immediately his return, and the idea
struck him purchase and make il family inheritance
In fifteen minutes bargaining, he bought il for $4,000
though shortly after he offered 100000 for his pur.
chase In his will lie tied up IN such way that u
must remain in his family for two generations thus ap.
pending its celebrity TO his There are nineteen
hundred acres in the ests,ethree square miles above
ground-though the probably runs under the prop
ery OF great number OF other landowners For fear
OF those who might dig down and establish an entrance
to the cave on their own property, "a mans farm ex
tending up 10 the zenith down 10 the nadr) great vgi
lance exercised prevent such subieuanean surveys
and measurements would enable them 10 sink shalt
with any certainty. The cave extends ten or twelve
miles in several directions and there is probably many
back woodsman sitting in his log hut within ten miles
OF the cave quite unconscious that the most fashionable
ladies and gentlemen OF Europe and America walking,
without leave, under his corn and poatoesW
The daily union., 1852-11-05
In Admiralty.

TnK AMERICA, District OF Columbia, TO
WHEREAS libel hath been filed In the United States district
Of the District Of Columbia by John b. Montgomery,
said libel forth and charges that The said ship Adm,tanee
tackle apparel furniture the 7h day OF April the
San Jose Lower aliiorns ed
John Montgomery, said John b. Montgomery be-
United Sas ship Portsmouth,
prize said beant said libel that the
shall condemn the said ship hdnance her
tackle, apparel, and furniture;
honorable Morrei Judge OF the said
court appointed Monday OF December
O'Clock the forenoon OF the day for holding
United ROOM the OF washington,
OF the said ship her tackle apparel and furniture agree
ably % the prayer OF the said libellant-
= then and heo be
trial OF The said pcmises and
appear the and place Aforesaid, TO
have, why final decree should not pass
27th October 1852. BY order-Tcstt
Oc,o op-d10t A. SMITH, Clerk.
The daily union., 1852-11-05
In Admiralty.

Tue UNITED STATES AssoA District Of Columbia, 10 wit
luHEREAS libel United
Of the Columbia, by John b. Montgomery
against Of the ship Admanee which said libel forth
April. hs
s4 he of San Jose Lower California seized BY
said John then and there commander
the United ship Portsmouth, of and the said
bean said libel that the ad shall proceed 10
denim said said ship Admfiance;
And honorable James Morse Judge OF the said
hath ordered and The Monday OF December
10 O'Clock in the forenoon OF the day for holding
United Washington
the trial OF the said ageeab the of the said libel
liant
held for the trial OF said and The
and all who claim interest therein
hereby cited be the and place aforesaid 10
show they have, why final decree should
27h October, le52. by order-Test
29-tf20t JOHN A. SMITH, Clerk.
The daily union., 1852-11-05
DUST OF wEssTEn.-rers'

NxEBSTEU.--rersons derous Of obtaining copies
ID sculpture Of the deceased
nic In marble,
of of which MIR. Webster
in repeated siogs, nearly
ago Marph6ed invited for the purpose
moderate by addressing the artist
Peabody London under
signed attorney here may be add tbs
masks living subjects,
known competent arsts do not for
likeness than that taken
The besides
Is within the
with
As copies Of
mott furnished by Mr. Powers " be
proper ceuon that besides the injustice
permitting copies 10 be taken In this for
doing would be Injurious To the from
which bev were taken, BOYD REILLY,
OCT 90 Yapor Bathing Rooms, Capitol.
The daily union., 1852-11-05

A LII GRADEs.-We offer really great bargains In
"a 100 wech and American white nanne from
me o supsrhne-aii at extremely low prices
rs pieces and damasks, all grades styles and
is pieces linen sheoincH, all widths and qualities
pieces p,lo.~caac linens, assorted qualities
pieces Irish linens, cheap, and many extra hne for
boaoms and collars
100 peces and towels and towelircs, all prices
Purchasers finding Rl times
fun all kinds all linen fabcs
fer others. ~
90 pieces very cheap and glossy black silks
benched shirtng coons, all good brands
strive quality of all the cottons linens
sell
% pieces fine brown linens for chidren's aprons
MANY Of ods for and misses
With supply other article usually found In well
ordered dry goods house.
Terms cash, unless arranged TO the contrary
Good articles low prices dealing be
PERRY SHhoIHEH,
Nov o-eostf Opposite Centre Market.
The daily union., 1852-11-05

AsrcDoTrs.-Itis is well known tha, Macready is one
OF 'he most particular persons on the stage, and that
he always goes through the business OF rehearsal as
carefully "a II performing before an audience Ocea.
sionay in the country il has been his fate TO meet with
some extraordinary idiots, whose ignorance has some.
times led to mistakes Of very ludcrous character One
morning he was rehearsng Vuginus in many passages
of which hs coloqual style threw the provineals off
Their guard and they imagined he addressing them
IN familiar conversation instead OF rehearsing his part
IN the tragedy Among the passages which he delivered
IN very natural and colloquia style is that ending in
the first act
do you wait for me 10 lead Virginia in,
Or will you do it,
The actor who played Icllius, thinking Macready
merely wished to know his pleasure on The matter cold
ly responded. with air OF Importance
Why really, my dear SIR, don't just as you do
u in London
Another anecdsle Of the kind is related respect
ing That part OF William Tell wherein Macready asks
the question,
Do you shoot !"
~ little was the reply; "but, strange to say, |
never mad 90 with one OF them crossbows"