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THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE

Was commenced on Saturday. the an of NJ
lou, under Its original name--instead of Richards
Weehty uaseae-as more significant of its peculiar
ta IL oeins the only weekly organ Of terra
lure IN the entire South! tits
Greatly Enlarged and Improved.
CONTAINING weekly Thirtv-two Colunns IF
matter tbs, moreover, IN an
Entirely .New Dress
rom mead TO foot" and upon beautiful WIN.
paper so tnat' In mechanical excellence, il is not
81 Sul passeu ny any paper whatever in the United
States! 1t continues under the same E.tor;n.
uiiSclion as heretofore, and no pains or expcpss
will be spared to make it '"f'""''
II Choice Family Newspaper.
as cneaP as the cheapest, and as good as the
SIS es'i otterly dIscarding the notion that
srn ournai cannot compete with the North
Gil "eehHes, IN cheapness and interest
1Me southern Literary Gazette
rsais the pest ofth in all the character,stics OF
a ,. truiy valuable hresde Journal lts aim is the
uilusion OF cultivated and refined taste throuebcYt
she community-and it embraces in its ample
this result $3.50 ''''' 'e'" W
Original Contributions,
rom many or The ablest writers in the South
cnleny occupy Its columns, but not TO the excln
SION OF choice miscellany, selected liom the best
American and European sources
The tone Of the "Gazette', is ;,uJ.nsrden, 8.
critclsm ana IN the discussion Of every legitimate
topic, but it is strictly ~e'
=. Neutral in Politics and Rel;e ion!
us coiumns are occasionally embeIlished with
southern Portraits aud Landscapes,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompa.
'''eu " biographical and typographical sketches
us General Information,
Is .coplous, but carefully condensed from N.
leading journals Of all parts of the world.
Notwithstandmg the great increase in the sir
anu attractions OF the paper, it is still published
Isoo Dollars Per .an,,un,, il, .adramee
II INV, WIN De furnished to persons becoming respon
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1T the lo,o price OF ONE DOLLAR per ann,n,
the cheapest weekly newspaper south Of the
/ Potomac, and MS cheap as any in the Union.
This paper is made up chiefly from the Daily
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light literature and poetry.
HUGH K. PLEAsANTs, Principal Editor.
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sheet IN the Union for its general interest I'm
tone and sentiment, it is Southern-its conductors
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Ihey enter upon no mere speculation in their en-
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| merely to catch the popular breeze From edu-
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terest, from choice, they are Southern men. Their
defence or Southern rights is a defence of them
selves and all they hold dear;-that it has been
warm unremitting, and as far as their capacity al
lowed, vigorous, no man who has read their shee
VIII deny. 10 doubt that it will continue to be
so is to presume that the principles and IDEAS
which have been instilled into them from their
birth, can be eradicated, at period of life when
men rarely change their views They, at least,
know 1T to be impossible.
:. III The low price at which the paper is pub
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A NEW SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.

ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
The ILLUSTRATED FAMILY FRIEND.
A new and elegant paper, published at Col
~ umba, South Carolina, and Edited by S. A
Goldman, soclts examination and challenges
comparison with any Northern paper.
II Is large sheet, magnfcentIy printed upon
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M. THOMPSON.

.dITORNEY AND COUNSELLOR 1T Law
( COMMISSIONER of Deeds ofNorth and South
" Carolina Agent for Revolutionary Pension
Claims, Bounty Lands, and every other descrp
uon OF CLAIMS against the various Departments OF
the General Government and before Congress.
Also, Agent for the British Commercial Life In
surance Company; Capital ~, DOT, 900.
is Office one door Vest Of Jackson Hall, Penn
syiuania .ipcnue, WAsHINcroN, ID. c.
p. s. Refer, If necessary, to the Heads of De-
rartments and to Member - Congress generally
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STEELE'S FASHIONABLE HAT
HOUSE,

CHARLESTON, Souri, CAROLINA.
THE SUBSCRIBER establish
/ ment being one Of the most extensive
A and fashionable retail HAT HOUSES
in Charleston, the public may depend
on hnding there superior ortment Of all the
latest styles of Hats for this fall. Fine French
Moleskin and Beaver Hats, with an extensive
variety Of fine black, and blue cloth Caps for gen
temens, youths and children.
TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS.
Planters can be supplied with Hats and Caps
Tor plantation and house servants Black, white,
pearl, and drab waterproof Wool Hats with good
hair and coarse cloth Caps
w. STEELE,
Fashionable Halter, 23I King, opposite Hazel
street, Charleston, IL
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.INCONOGRAPHIC ENCYCLOPEDA."
TAYLOR & MAURY, booksellers near 9th
i street, have for exhibition a complete copy
OF this valuable and beautiful work, now publish
ing in numbers, 10 We competed in twenty five
parts Subscriptions taken, and the work supplied,
by
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

~ usHIHB IOFI JIIF 7, IooU.
SIR F.: l 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 organization
OF committee to constitute the central authority re-
quired by the regulations the Royal Comiaiaicu en-
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j. Knox walker,

j. Knox Walker,
Attorney at Lao and General .qgent,
nFFE X his services in his profession and as
~ Agent Tor the Prosecution and Collection OF
Claims before Congress and the Departments also for
obtaining Patents.
All business con6ded to him will be promptly at
tended to.
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Terms.

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For Trrweckly during the Session Of Con
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Weekly paper, w
The price of subscription must be paid invariably
in cdvance, and the cash accompanying the name
sent.
All persons procuring ten shall be entitled to
receive copy gratis for one year
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woRTH1NaroN q. sNErHEN.
Formerly Solicitor of the Genera Land 0tie,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law,
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court or
tne United States in the Courts Of the District or
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecuts
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 invep-
ions. Business confided to his care, will b.
promptly attended to.
N. g. Particular attention paid to the prosecu
ton Of claims before the Brazilian Commission
now sitting in Washington
WASHINGTON CRY, d. c.. JuIv II -2,O
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X A.. PRlNGLE, No. 80, East Bay street
AV' Charleston, South Carolina.--lmporter o
French CALF SKINS; Manufacturers Agent
and Dealer in BROG.4.N,S, BOOTS and SHOES;
Advances made on consignment of Brogans OF
southern Manufacture. Parties wishing to con-
sigh' VIII send samples Of their make, und on re-
ceipt OF their consignment, a liberal cash advan /.
will be made. Information promptly impaired,
as to the style, but adapted to the trade.
Charleston, s. c., July Is, l65O.-dly
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PROSPECTUS
/" THE SOUTHERN PRESS. :"

An association OF sxty-thrce Members OF Congress
Senat0gx and Representatives, have constituted tho
| undersigned Committee to superintend the esta
blishment OF Southern Press at Washington City
to be devoted to the exposition and defence OF South
ern Rights and Iisttuions-thc dissemination oil
correct information as to Northera Policy, and the
Of Official affairs generally, without reference
to the old party lines of Wing and Democrat. Ar
engagements in progress, promptly to ensure
the issue OF such paper under the title OF
1.-THE SOUTHERN PRESS"
for the conduct Of which, suitable Editors have been
engaged, who will also receive the aid OF number
OF eminent and and able contributors.
There will be daily, tri-weebly, and weekly
issue-thc latter to contain substantially, the same
matter as the former, and intended to reach those
points Of the country whose mail facilities limited.
The paper will not be erctiiSivciy poltical-but
i'll embrace on its broad sheet the General News Of
the day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and tclcl
graph Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence,
Literary Criticisms, Original Essays, Literary and
Miscellaneous; and, in short, all those items OF
general interest, the collected aggregate oil which
constitutes the interesting and valuable Newspa-
per. Great will be taken to give full and cor
rect Reports of the Proceedings and Debates in both
Houses OF Congress, well as the action of the
local Legislatures on the Southern question.
A limited number only of Advertisements will be
cccived-thc main object being to furnish large
amount OF reading matter
The paper will be printed sheet equal in size
to those OF the other Washington papers, and the
teral will be procured especially for the purpose.
II is confidently hoped that every true friend to the
South will aid in procuring subscribers and forward
the namcs with the amount subscribed, to some
Southern Representative at Washington, forthwith.
Postmasters are authorised by law to remit sub
4 Al e1In nsta
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To Southern Gentlemen or Literary In
SfitufiNnQ. -

"A young man, a graduate Of st. Mary's Col
"A lege, Baltimore, wishes to obtain as ituation
as Assistant in an Academy, or Private Tutor
He is qualified to teach the highest branches of
Greek, Latin, French, Natural Philosophy, Che
mistry, Mathematics and English Literature
The highest testimonials TO character and u,ai-
fcations can be produced. Address, postpaid,
e X Y Post Offs. baltimore Nd
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE,

NATIONAL INSTITUTE,
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1850.
| Sir: have the honor to make known to the De-
parment OF State the action which this Institute has
taken on the subject Of your communication of the
18th insant. That action is comprised in the follow
ing resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis
| cussioE at the meeting held this evening.
"RcSotUed, That the Institute will take action on
the subject submitted to it by the Department OF
| State
| sResolred That the Institute do now 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
| hibtun in London.
e'Resolued, 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 throughout the United
| States
"Resored, That the President of this Institute be
| a member OF the Central Committee
"Resolrcd, That the Corresponding Secretary COM
municae 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. Willard Fillmore Vice President OF the United
States, and ca o6ico Chancellor of the Regents of
the Smithsonian institution
Col. Peter Force, President of the National Inst
| tute.
Hon. James Pearce, U. S. Senate member of the
Board OF Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Hon. Levi W oodbury, NJ N. L., Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court OF the United States
Commodore Lewis Warrington, U S. NJ, M. NJ L.
Chief Of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
Prof. Joseph Henry Vice President of the N L. Sec
rotary of the Smithsonian Institute.
Rroi Walter X. johnson, Corresponding Secretary OF
the National Institute
Prof. Alexander ID. Bachc, NJ N. L., member OF the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Superintendent the Coast Survey.
Commander Charles Wilkes, u. S. NJ, M. N. T., late
Commander S. S. Exploring Expedition.
Hon. William w. Scaton, M N L., Mayor of Wash
ngton.
Hon. Jefferson Davis u. S. Senate, member of the
Board of Regents OF the Smithsonian Institute
Lieut. Matthew +. Maury, U. s. NJ, Vice President
OF the National Institutes and Superintendent of the
National Observatory.
J. James Grccnougb, Esq, M. ". L.
Charles +. Stansbury ESQ.,, Recording Secretary of
the National Institute.
Col. j. j. Albert M " l., Chief of the Topographicai
Bureau.
Gen. Joseph c. Tottcn Vice President ~ L., Chief
Engineer u S. Army.
Thomas Ewbank, Esq Commissioner OF Patents
William Easily, Esq, Treasurer National Institute
Leonard ID. Gale, M. d., M N. L., Examiner Of
Patents.
Joseph e. &. Kennedy, Esq, M. N. L., Supcrintcn
dent of Census
c. Seaman, Esq, nj.
have the honor to be
Very respectfully, your obt servr
WALTER II. JOHNSON
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute |
Hon. john M. CLAYTON Secretary of Stat.
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E'NLAhGEM EN- OF THE CAPITOL
~ The Committee on Public Buildings of the
Senate, having been authorized by resolution Of
that body, " to invite plans accompanied by esi-
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.
1t is required that these plans and estimates
shall provide for the extension of the Cepitol,
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 enst of the building,
The committee do not desire to prescribe anv
condition, that may restrain the free exercise Of
architectural taste and judgment, but thew would
prefer that whatever plan may be proposed may
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
mittee reserve to themselves the right to form such
plan by the adoption of parts of different plans
submitted should such course be found necessary in
winch event, the committee also reserve to them
selves the right to divide or apporion according
| to their own judgment, the amount of premium to
| be awarded Tor 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 II. CLARKE,
| Committee or the Senate on Public Buildings.
SENATE CHAMBER, Both 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. octd
PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND
OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the
~ Revolutionary war, or their legal representa-
tives.
Pensions for life, for the widows of such
GERS and soldiers who married previous to 1900
Bounty land for the surviving, or the widows,
or minor children Of deceased officers and privates.
who served in the war Of 1912 with Great Bri,
tam, the Mexican war, or in any of the Indian
wars, since 1890.
Attention paid to suspended and rejected claims.
Terms moderate, where the claim il established.
otherwise no charge.
| communications addressed 10 the subscriber.
| washington, ID. will receive prompt attention.
| M. THOMPSON,
Commissioner Of Deeds for North and South
| Carolina.
heler 70 ,he heads of Departments, and to
members of Congress generally.
| Oct 4--twtf
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE ,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington, .I,ine s. 1850.
SIR have duly received your letter of the 9th
altmo, communicating TO this Department the pro-
cecdings of the National Institute ON the subject of NV
note OF the 18th of the month. Those proceed
ings appear to me to be perfectly satisfactory and
have accordingly transmitted them the British Min
lister in this city, with the communication copy of
which is enclosed for your information.
am, sir, respectfully, your ob't servt,
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The 0ovsfnmcnt or the tnifsd states Of
America A. d., 1851.


The Government or the United states o.
America, A. d., 1861.
The Executive.
MILLARD FtLLMoRE, OF N. r., President.
WILLIAM X. KINo, OF Ala, Prest ofthe Senate
The Cabinet.
DANIEL WEBSTER, of Mass. - Sec Of State.
THoMAs Gown, of Ohio, Sec. Of the Treas.
CHARLES M. CONRAD, of La. Sec. Of War.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of N. C Sec Of the Navy.
A. III. II. STUART, of Va. See. of Interior.
NATHAN X. HALL, of N. Y. p. M. General.
JoHN ]. CnIrTENDEN, of Ky. Att. General.
The judiciary.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Committee or the Senate on Public Buildings.
SENATE CHAMBER, Goth 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 A