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dence of Joel Barlow, beautifully situated near the rising ground of Rock Creek ; Meridian Hill, the former abode of Commodore Porter, but now owned by F. F. Cox, Esq .; or the very eligible country seats of Messrs. Stone, Parris, Riggs, Gales, Birch, and Rives, all in- viting to the eye of the stranger, and adorned by the taste and rendered still more attractive by the hospitality of their proprietors.
Every year is adding to the number and resources of our citizens, and to their private and public improvement. The City of Wash- ington is an object of interest to the inhabitants of distant lands. Many a pilgrim seeks it from remote regions, attracted thither by the illustri- ous name it bears, and animated by the hope that here, in the centre of the great republic of liberty, he may find her choicest blessings. Here indeed are they found, and not solitary and alone, but in connection with a mild and salubrious climate, a soil capable of high cul- tivation and the best productions, with the choicest luxuries of the land and the sea, ex- cellent advantages for education, and frequent
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access to the noblest display of argument and eloquence in the Supreme Court and in Con- gress, and a society, if equalled, not surpassed in intelligence and courtesy by any in the world. Here too is religion venerated, and many temples of the Most High open weekly their gates to sincere and devout worshipers. Even in the hall of the Capitol, is divine ser- vice performed, every Sabbath during the ses- sion of Congress. The voice of religious in- struction and the anthems of holy praise, ele- vate the sentiments of the great congregation to Him before whom all nations are less than nothing and vanity.
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WASHINGTON GUIDE.
MEMBERS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
SENATE.
MAINE.
Term expires.
NEW JERSEY.
Term expires.
Hannibal Hamlin,
-
1851
Jas. W. Bradbury, - 1853
Wm. L. Dayton,
-
1851
Jacob W. Miller,
-
1853
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
PENNSYLVANIA.
John P. Hale,
-
-
1853
Daniel Sturgeon,
-
1851
Moses Norris, jr.,
-
1855
James Cooper, -
-
1855
VERMONT.
DELAWARE.
Samuel S. Phelps,
-
1851
John Wales,
-
1851
William Upham,
.
1853
Presley Spruance,
.
1853
MASSACHUSETTS.
Daniel Webster,
-
1851
Benj. C. Howard,
-
1851
John Davis,
-
-
1853
James A. Pearce,
-
1855
RHODE ISLAND.
VIRGINIA.
Albert C. Greene,
-
1851
John H. Clarke,
-
1853
CONNECTICUT.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Roger S. Baldwin,
-
1851
Truman Smith,
.
1855
Willie P. Mangum, .
1853
George E. Badger, -
1855
SOUTH CAROLINA. .
Dan' S. Dickinson, -
1851
1853
Wm. H. Seward,
1855
John C. Calho In,
.
A. P. Butler,
-
.
1855
NEW YORK.
James M. Mason,
-
1851
Robt. M. T. Hunter, -
1853
MARYLAND.
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GEORGIA.
INDIANA.
John M. Berrien,
-
1853
Win. C. Dawson, - 1855
AMABAMA.
Bonj. Fitzpatrick,
-
1853
William R. King, . 1855
FLORIDA.
MICHIGAN,
David L. Yulee,
-
1851
Lewis Cass,
-
1851
Jackson Morton, - 1855
Alpheus Felch, -
.
1853
MISSISSIPPI.
WISCONSIN.
Jefferson Davis,
-
1851
Henry Dodge, -
1851
Isaac P. Walker,
-
1855
LOUISIANA.
IOWA.
Solomon U. Downs, - 1853
George W. Jones,
-
1853
Pierre Soule, - - 1855
Augustus C. Dodge, -
1855
TENNESSEE.
MISSOURI.
Hopkins L. Turney, - 1851
Thos H. Benton,
.
1851
John Bell, , - 1853
David R. Atchison,
.
1855
KENTUCKY.
Jos. R. Underwood,
-
1853
Henry Clay, - 1855
Solon Borland, -
.
1855
OHIO.
TEXAS.
Thomas Corwin,
1851
1851
Salmon P. Chase, . 1855
Jesse D. Bright,
-
1851
James Whitcomb,
.
1855
ILLINOIS.
Stephen A. Douglas, -
1853
James Shields, -
-
1855
Henry S. Foote, - 1853
ARKANSAS.
Wm. K. Sebastian,
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1853
Thomas J. Rusk,
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Sam. Houston,
. 1853
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WASHINGTON GUIDE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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MAINE.
Thomas J. D. Fuller, Elbridge Gerry, Rufus K. Goodenow, Nathaniel S. Litltefield,
John Otis, Cullen Sawtelle, Charles Stetson.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Harry Hibbard, Charles H. Peaslee,
Amos Tuck, James Wilson.
VERMONT.
William Hebird, William Henry,
James Meacham, Lucius B. Peck.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Charles Allen, George Ashmun, James H. Duncan, Orrin Fowler, Joseph Grinnell,
Daniel P. King, Horace Mann,
Julius Rockwell, Robert C. Winthrop, Vacincy.
RHODE ISLAND.
Nathan F. Dixon,. George G. King.
CONNECTICUT.
Walter Booth, Thomas P. Butler,
Chauncey F, Cleveland, Lorenzo P. Waldo.
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NEW YORK.
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Henry P. Alexander, George R. Andrews, Henry Bennett, David A. Bokee, George Briggs,
James Brooks,
, Harvey Putnam, Gideon Reynolds, Elijah Risley, Robert L. Rose,
Lorenzo Burrows,
Charles E. Clarke,
David Rumsey, jr.
Harmon S. Conger,
William A. Sackett,
William Duer,
Abraham M. Schermerhorn,
Daniel Gott, John L. Schoolcraft,
Hernon D. Gould,
Peter H. Silvester,
Ransom Halloway,
Elbridge G. Spaulding,
William T. Jackson,
John R. Thurman,
John A. King,
Walter Underhill,
Preston King.
Hiram Walden,
Orsamus B. Mattison,
Hugh White.
NEW JERSEY.
Andrew K. Hay, James G. King,
John Van Dyke, Isaac Wildrick.
William A. Newell,
PENNSYLVANIA.
Chester Butler,
James X. McLonahan,
Samuel Calvin,
Henry D. Moure,
Joseph Casey, Henry Nes,
Joseph R. Chandler,
Andrew J. Ogle,
Jesse C Dickey,
Charles W. Pitman,
Robert R Reed,
Milo M Dimmick, John Freedley. Alfred Gilmore, Moses Hampton, John W. Howe, Lewis C. Levin, Job Minn,
John Robbins, jr. Thomas Ross,
Thaddeus Stevens, William Strong,
James Thompson,
David Wilinot.
Thomas McKissock, William Nelson, J. Phillips Phoenix,
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DELAWARE.
John W. Houston.
MARYLAND.
Richard J. Bowie, Alexander Evans, William T. Hamilton,
Edward Hammond, John B. Kerr, Robert M. McLane.
VIRGINIA.
Thomas H. Averett,
Fayette McMullen, Richard K. Meade,
Thomas H. Bayly,
James M. H. Beale,
John S. Millson,
Thomas S. Bocock,
Jeremiah Morton,
Henry A. Edmondson,
Richard Parker,
Thomas S. Haywood,
Paulus Powell,
Alexander R. Holladay,
James A. Seddon.
James McDowell,
NORTH CAROLINA.
William S. Ashe,
Joseph P. Caldwell,
Thomas L. Clingman, John R. J. Daniel,
David Outlaw, Augustine H. Sheppard, Edward Stanly, Abraham W. Venable.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Armistead Burt, William F. Colcock, Isaac E. Holmes, John McQueen,
James L. Orr, Daniel Wallace, Joseph A. Woodward.
GEORGIA.
Howell Cobb, Thomas C. Hackett, Hugh A. Haralson, Thomas Butler King,
Allen T. Owen, Alexander H. Stephens, Robert Toombs, Marshall J. Welborn.
Edmund Deberry,
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ALABAMA.
Albert J. Alston,
Franklin W. Bowdon,
Williamson R. W. Cobb,
Samson W. Harris,
Henry W. Hilliard, David Hubbard,
Samuel W. Ingo.
MISSISSIPPI.
Albert G. Brown, William Mc Willie, Winfield S. Featherston, Jacob Thompson.
LOUISIANA.
Charles M. Conrad,
John H. Harmanson,
Emile LaSere,
Isaac E. Morse.
OHIO.
Joseph Cable, Lewis D. Campbell,
Jonathan D. Morris,
Edson B. Olds,
David K. Carter,
Emery D. Potter,
Moses B. Corwin,
Joseph M. Root,
John Crowell,
Robert C. Schenck,
Charles Sweetzer,
John L. Taylor,
Samuel F. Vinton,
William A. Whittlesey,
Amos E. Wood.
KENTUCKY.
Linn Boyd, Daniel Breck, George A. Caldwell, James L. Johnson, Humphrey Marshall,
John C. Mason, Finis E. McLean.
Charles S. Morehead, Richard H. Stanton, John B. Thompson.
David T. Disney, Nathan Evans,
Joshua R. Giddings, Moses Hoagland,
William F. Hunter, John K. Miller,
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TENNESSEE.
Josiah M. Anderson, Andrew Ewing, Meredith P. Gentry, Isham G. Harris, Andrew Johnson, George W. Jones,
John H. Savage, Frederick P. Stanten, James H. Thomas, Albert G. Watkins, Christopher H. Williams.
INDIANA.
Andrew J. Harlan, George W. Julian, Joseph E. McDonald, Edward W. McGaughey, John L. Robinson.
ILLINOIS.
William A. Richardson, John Wentworth, Thomas R. Young.
MISSOURI.
William V. N. Bay, James B. Bowlin, James S. Green,
Willard P. Hall,
John S. Phelps.
ARKANSAS.
Robert W. Johnson. MICHIGAN.
Kinsley S. Bingham, Alexander W. Buel,
William Sprague.
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Nathaniel Albertson, William J. Brown, Cyrus L. Dunham, Graham N. Fitch, Willis A. Gorman,
Edward D. Baker, William H. Bissell, Thomas L. Harris, John A. McClernand,
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FLORIDA.
E. Carrington Cabell.
TEXAS.
Volney E. Howard,
David S. Kaufman.
IOWA.
Shepherd Leffler, William Thompson.
WISCONSIN.
Orsamus Cole, James D. Doty,
Charles Durkee.
OREGON.
S. R. Thurston.
MINNESOTA.'
Henry H. Sibley.
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List of Ministers, Consuls, and other Diplomatic and Com- mercial Agents of the United States in Foreign Countries, and of the places of their residence, corrected at the Depart- ment of State to January 1, 1850.
BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Abbott Lawrence, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary, London.
John C. B. Davis, Secretary of Legation, London.
CONSULS.
England -Thos. Aspinwall, London ; Albert Davy, Leeds; Thomas L. Crittenden, Liverpool ; . Manchester; Francis B. Ogden, Bristol ; Robert W. Fox, Falmouth ; Thomas Were Fox, Plymouth ; Charles W. Fenton, South. impton and Cowes.
Scotland .- Robert Grieve, Leith, Pt. of Edinburgh ; Stew- ard Steel, Dundee ; James Cowdin, Glasgow.
Ireland .- Hugh Keenan, Dublin ; James McDowell, Bel- fast ; Robert L. Loughead, Londonderry ; Alfred Mitchell, Cork ; Thomas M. Persse, Galway.
China .- Frederick T. Bush, Hong Kong.
East Indies .- Samuel Simpson, Bombay ; Joseph Balestier, Singapore ; Charles Huffnagle, Calcutta.
In and near Europe and Africa .- Horatio J. Sprague, Gibraltar ; William Winthrop, Island of Malta ; Isaac Chase, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope; William Carrol, Port Louis, Isle of France.
North America .- Israel D. Andrews, St. Johns, (N. B.) and Canada ; T. B. Livingston, Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Benjamin H. Norton, Pictou, Nova Scotia.
South America .- Charles Benjamin, Demerara, British Guiana.
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Australia .- James H. William, Sidney, New South Wales ; . E. Hathaway, Jr., Hobart Town.
West Indies. Bermuda ; Elie Beatty Graff, Nassau Bahama Islands ; B. Everett Smith, Turk's Island ; Robert Monroe Harrison, Kingston, Jamaica ; William R. Hayes, Barbadoes ; E. B. Marache, Island of Trinidad.
Central America .- Christopher Hempstead, Belize Hondu- ras.
COMMERCIAL AGENTS.
Jno. W. Carrol, Island of St. Helena ; Wm. T. Thurston, St. Christopher ; Richard S. Higinbothom, Antigua.
RUSSIA.
. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary, Saint Petersburg. Secretary of Legation, Saint Petersburg
CONSULS.
On the Baltic Sea .- Abraham P. Gibson, Saint Peters- burg ; Alexander Schwartz, Riga ; Edmund Brandt, Arch- angel.
On the Black Sea .- John Ralli, Odessa.
FRENCH DOMINIONS.
Wm. C. Rives, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary, Paris.
Henry Shelton Sanford, Secretary of Legation, Paris.
CONSULS.
Robert Walsh, Paris ; James Heudebert, Lyons; N. Hol- lander, Sedan ; August Furtado, Bayonne.
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Ports on the Atlantic .- Lorenzo Draper, Havre ; Hypolito Roques, Nantes ; Francis M. Auboyneau, La Rochelle; Frederick Kahl, Bordeaux.
Ports on the Mediterranean .- John L. Hodge, Marseilles. West Indies .- John W. Fisher, Point-a-Pitre, Guadaloupe ; Gabriel G. Fleurot, St. Pierre, Martinique.
French Guiana .- J. W. Fabens, Cayenne. Africa. - Algiers.
SPANISH DOMINIONS.
Daniel M. Barringer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Madrid. Horatio J. Perry, Secretary of Legation, Madrid.
CONSULS.
Maximo de Aguirre, Bilbao ; Alexander Burton, Cadiz ; George Reed, Malaga; Justus Pou, Barcelona ; - Port Mahon, Island Minorca.
Cuba .- Robert B. Campbell, Havana ; Thomas M. Rodney, Matanzas; Samuel McLean, Trinidad-de-Cuba ; Thomas Sewall, Sant-Iago de- Cuba.
Puerto Rico .- James C. Gallaher, Ponce ; George Latimer, San Juan or St. John's ; - Mayaguez; William
H. Tracy, Guayama.
Other Spanish Islands .- Edward F. Weld, Teneriffe, Canary ; Alfred H. P. Edwards, Manilla, Phillippine.
PORTUGUESE DOMINIONS.
James Brown Clay, Charge d'Affaires, Lisbon.
CONSULS.
Portugal .- Horace Smith, Lisbon and all of Portugal; Robert P. De Silver, Macao.
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Portuguese Islands .- Charles W. Dabney, Fayal, Azores ; John H. March, Funchal, Madeira ; Montgomery D. Parker, Saint Jago Cips Verd.
BELGIUM.
Thomas G. Clemson, Charge d'Affaires, Brussels. William H. Vesey, consul, Antwerp.
DOMINIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS.
Auguste Davezac, Charge d'Affaires, Hague.
CONSULS.
Holland .- Albert Lange, Amsterdam ; William S. Camp- bell, Rotterdam.
Colonies of the Netherlands. Batavia, Java, East India Island ; Francis W. Cragin, Paramaribo, Surinam.
COMMERCIAL AGENTS.
Charles Rey, St. Martin ; John Evans Young, Curacoa, West India Island.
DANISH DOMINIONS.
Walter Forward, Charge d'Affaires, Copenhagen.
Denmark .- Charles F. Ryan, consul, Copenhagen ; H. T A, Rainals, consul, Elsineur.
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West Indies .- David Rogers, consul, Sainte Croixe, or Santa Cruz. Chas. H. Delavan, Commercial Agent, St. Thomas. SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
Francis Schroeder, Charge d'Affairs, Stockholm. Sweden .- Charles D. Arfwedson, consul, Stockholm ; Alex. Barclay, acting consul, Gothenburg,
Norway .- Helmich Janson, consul, Bergen ; - Porsgrund.
PRUSSIA.
Edwarp A. Hannegan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Berlin.
Theodere S. Fay, Secretary of Legation, Berlin.
C. Graebe, consul, Westphalia ; John J. Osborne, consul,
Aix La Chapelle; Frederick Schillow, consul, Stettin.
AUSTRIA.
James Watson Webb, Charge d'Affaires, Vienna.
J G. Schwarz, consul, Vienna; - consul, Trieste ; A. G. Macay, consul, Venice.
SAXONY.
George Mohr, consul, Dresden ; John G. Flugel, consal, Leipsick.
BAVARIA.
Charles Obermayer, consul, Augsburg; Phillip Geisse, con- sul, Nuremburg.
WURTEMBURG. .
Charles L. Fleischmann, consul, Stuttgard.
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, consul. GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE CASSEL, AND GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE DARMSTADT.
Charles Graebe, consul, Darmstadt.
BAADEN.
John Reichard, consul, Manbeim.
HANSEATIC OR FREE CITIES.
Samuel Bromberg, consul, Hamburg; Ralph King, consul, Bremen ; Ernest Schwendler, consul, Frankfort on the Mayn.
SWITZERLAND.
Nathan Burchard, consul, Basil or Basle. SARDINIAN STATES.
Nathaniel Niles, Charge d'Affaires, Turin. Daniel Le Roy, consul, Genoa ; J. B. Wilbor, senr., consul, Nice.
TUSCANY.
Edward Gamage, consul, Florence and Leghorn. PONTIFICAL STATES.
Lewis Cass, Jr., Charge d'Affaires, Rome. Wm. Carroll Singers, consul, Rome; Joseph Mozier, con- sul, Ancona.
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KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES.
E. Joy Morris, Charge d'Affaires, Naples. Alexander Hammett, consul, Naples ; John M. Marston, consul, Palermo, Sicily ; Alex. H. Clements, Messina, Sicily.
TURKISH DOMINIONS.
George P. Marsh, Minister Resident, Constantinople. John P. Brown, Drogaman, Constantinople.
George A. Porter, consul, Constantinople : E. S. Offley. consul, Smyrna ; Jasper Chasseaud, consul, Beirout, Damas- cus, and Said, in Syria ; Merino de Mattey, consul, Cyprus.
UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PASHA OF EGYPT. Daniel S. McCauley, consul general, Alexandria, Egypt. GREECE.
John W. Mulligan, consul, Athens.
BARBARY STATES.
Thomas H. Hyatt, consul, Tangiers, Morocco ; Samuel D. Heap, consul, Tunis, Tunis ; Marcus Junius Gaines, consul, Tripoli, Tripoli.
· AFRICA.
James W. Lugenbeel, commercial agent, Monrovia. DOMINIONS OF THE IMAUM OF MUSCAT.
consul, Muscat ; Charles Ward, consul, Island of Zanzibar, near the east coast of Africa.
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CHINA.
John W. Davis, Commissioner.
Peter Parker, Secretary and Interpreter. Paul S. Forbes, consul, Canton ; Henry Fries, consul, Fouchow ; Chas. Wm. Bradley, consul, Amoy ; J. N. A. Griswold, consul, Shang Hai.
SANDWICH OR HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Commissioner, Honolulu. Elijah H. Allen, consul, Honolulu.
NAVIGATOR'S ISLANDS.
commercial agent, Apia.
SOCIETY ISLANDS.
- consul, Tahiti.
NEW ZEALAND.
John B. Williams, consul, Bay of Islands.
FEEJEE ISLANDS.
John B. Williams, commercial agent, Lanthala. HAYTI OR SAN DOMINGO.
Ceorge F. Usher, Port Au Prince ; Richmond Loring, Aux- Cayes ; John L. Wilson, Cape Haytien ; Jonathan Elliot, City of St. Domingo and Porto Plata ; commercial agents.
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MEXICAN REPUBLIC.
Robert P. Letcher, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen- ipotentiary, Mexico. Robert M. Walsh, Secretary of Legation, Mexico.
CONSULS.
John Black, Mexico ; William R. Glover, City of Monterey. State of New Leon ; John S. Lucas, Paso del Norte.
On the Atlantic Side .- Franklin Chase, Tampico, or Santa Anna de Tamaulipas ; James F. Waddell, Matamoras ; Wm. P. Rogers, Vera Cruz and Alvarado ; Edward Porter, Tabas- co ; Laguna, Carmen Island; Lewis Morris, Campeche ; Merida and Sisal. On the Pacific Side .- John Parrott, Mazatlan ; G. W. P. Bissell, San Bias; John A. Robinson, Guaymas. commercial agent, Chihuahua.
CENTRAL AMERICA.
E. George Squier, Chargé d'affaires, Guatemala.
Stephen H. Weems, consul, Guatemala ; A. Follin, consul, Omoa and Truxillo ; Joseph W. Livingston, consul, San Juan de Nicaragua.
NEW GRANADA.
Thomas M. Foote, Charge d' Affaires, Bogota.
On the Atlantic Side .- Ramon Leon. Sanchez, consul, Cartagena ; consul, Santa Martha ; Harvey Gleason, consul, Chagres.
On the Pacific Side .- Amos B. Corwine, consul, Panama.
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VENEZUELA.
J. Nevett Steel, Charge d'Affaires, Caracas.
Roland Dubs, consul, Maracaibo ; Southy Grinalds, consul,
Puerto Cabello ; Louis Baker, consul, Laguayra.
EQUATOR.
J. T. Van Alen, Charge d'Affaires, Quito. M. P. Game, consul, Guayaquil.
BRAZIL.
David Tod, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary, Rio de Janeiro.
T. J. Morgan, Secretary of Legation, Rio de Janeiro.
CONSULS.
Maranham Island ; Para ;--- -Pernambuco ; Edward Kent, Rio de Janeiro ; - Santos ; -Saint Catherine's Island ; Thos.
McGuire, Rio Grande ; Thomas Turner, Bahia de San Salva- dor.
URUGUAY OR CISPLATINE REPUBLIC.
Robert M. Hamilton, consul, Montevideo.
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC OR BEUNOS AYRES.
W. A. Harris, Charge d'affaires.
Joseph Graham, consul, Buenos Ayres ; Jefferson Adams, consul, Rio Negro.
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CHILE.
Balie Peyton, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary, Sant-Jago.
B. R. Hardin, Secretary of Legation, Sant-Iago.
Zabdiel W. Potter, consul, Valparaiso ; W'm. Crosby, con- sul, Talcahuano ; Samuel F. Haviland, consul, Coquimbo.
PERU.
John R. Clay, Charge d'Affaires, Lima. Stanhope Prevost, consul, Lima ; Fayette M. Ringgold, con- sul, Africa ; Alexander Ruden, jr., consul, Paita.
BOLIVIA.
A. C. McClung, Charge d'Affaires, Chuquisaca.
LIST OF DIPLOMATIC AGENTS ACCREDITED TO THIS GOVERNMENT, CORRECTED TO JANUARY 1, 1850.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Sir Henry Bulwer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary . RUSSIA.
M. Alex. de Bodisco, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary .- Absent on leave.
Mr. Edward de Stoeckl, Acting Charge d' Affaires. Mr. de Cramer, secund Secretary of the Legation.
NETHERLANDS.
The Chevalier F. M. W. Testa, Charge d'affaires.
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SPAIN.
Chevalier Calderon de la Barca, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Chevalier Banuelos, first Secretary.
S. de Silva, second Secretary.
SWEDEN.
A. de Lovenskiold, Charge d'Affaires.
DENMARK.
Mr. Steen Bille, Charge d'Affaires. Mr. Torben de Bille, Attache.
PORTUGAL.
The commander de Figaniere e Morao, Minister Resident. Senhor Frederico Francisco de la Figaniere, Attache.
BELGIUM.
Mr. Bosch Spencer, Charge d'Affaires. PRUSSIA.
Frederick Von Gerolt, Minister Resident. Mr. Magnus, Attache.
AUSTRIA.
Chevalier Hulsemann, Charge d'affaires. SARDINIA.
Mr. L. Mossi, Charge d'affaires.
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TWO SICILIES.
Chevalier Martuscelli, Charge d' Affaires .. Mr. T. Ducorsi, Secretary.
GERMAN EMPIRE.
Baron Von Roenne, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. MEXICO.
Señor Don Luis de la Rosa, Envoy Extraordinary and Min- ister Plenipotentiary.
Señor Don Salvador Iturbide, Secretary of Legation.
Señor Don Antonio Sierra, Clerk.
Señor Don Vicente de la Barrera, Señor Don Octaviano
Perez, Señor Don Angel Huici, Attaches.
NEW GRANADA. Señor Don Rafael Rivas, Charge d'affaires ..
BRAZIL. The Chevalier T. Sergio de Macedo, Envoy Extraordinary And Minister Plenipotentiary. The Chevalier Duarte Gondin, Secretary of Legation.
THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.
The Brigadier General Don Carlos de Alvear, Minister Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary. Señor Don Emilio de Alvear, Secretary of Legation.
CHILE.
Señor Don Manuel Carvallo, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
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Señor Don Francisco Astaburnaga, Secretary of Legation. Señor Don Zenon Freire, Attache.
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
James Jackson Jarves, Special Commissioner.
CARRIAGE FARE OF WASHINGTON. -
An ACT in relation to hackney carriages, cabs, and other ve hicles for the transportation of passengers, and repealing al other acts heretofore passed in relation thereto.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That every driver of a hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle, who shall refuse to occupy the stand assigned by the Commissioner of Public Buildings for carriages while waiting within the Capitol square, or shall, ir said square, be guilty of a breach of any of the ordinances fo: regulating hackney carriages and drivers, or shall obstruct any of the police guards of the Capitol in the performance of the duties assigned them by the said Commissioner, or shall re fuso to obey the orders given by them connected with the arri. val, departure, and stands of said carriages, shall, if a free man, be fined in any sum not exceeding ten dollars, and if the offence be committed by a minor or slave, the owner of the hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle, shall be liable for the penalty.
Ssc. 12. And be it enacted, That, from and after the pas sage of this act, the following rates of fare or charges for the conveyance of persons from one place to another in the city of Washington, in hackney carriages, cabs, or other vehicles carrying passengers for pay or hire, between daybreak a' eight o'clock, P. M., shall not be exceeded, that is to
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for each and every passenger, for any distance not over "one and a half milo, twenty-five cents; for any distance over one and a half mile, and not exceeding three miles, fifty cents : Provided, In case any hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle shall be detained for a longer period than five minutes, the driver thereof shall be allowed for the whole hack, cab, or other vehicle, the sum of twelve and a half cents for every fifteen minutes so detained, and for all conveyances or other detentions later than eight o'clock, P. M., the owner or dri- ver of hackney carriages, cabs, or other vehicles, may demand , and receive at the rate of fifty per centum on the foregoing charges in addition thereto.
SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That no owner or driver of a hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle carrying passengers for pay or hire, shall refuse to carry a passenger or passengers at the foregoing rates, or demand or receive any greater sum for the conveyance of any person than the rates of fare by this act established ; nor shall the driver of any hackney oar- riage, cab, or other vehicle carrying passengers for pay or hire, when carrying any number of passengers more than two, or when the passengers in the vehicle agree to pay for three seats therein, be allowed to take up any other passenger on the way, without the permission of the persons in the same, under the penalty of five dollars for each and every offence : Pro- vided, always, That nothing herein contained shall be con- strued to prevent any owner or driver of a hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle from receiving any voluntary compen- sation, for the conveyance of persons, over and above the rates hereby established ; but it shall nevertheless be the duty of the owner or driver aforesaid to inform the person offering such extra compensation of the rates of fare fixed by this act ; otherwise the said owner or driver shall be deemed guilty of having demanded extra compensation.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That when any owner or driver of any hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle is ap- plied to, to transport any passenger or passengers within this city, and shall refuse to do so, under the plea that he is already
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engaged, he shall state the name and place of residence of the person by whom he is engaged ; and if the owner or dri. ver shall refuse to state such name and residence, and refuse to carry the person or persons making the application, the owner or driver of such vehicle shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five dollars ; and if, on giving the name and residence of any person, it shall appear that the information was false, and that there was not an actual bona fide engage- ment, the owner or driver of said vehicle shall be liable to the same penalty as above stated.
Szc. 15. And be it enacted, That when any owner or driver of a hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle, carrying passengers for pay or hire, shall demand or receive any great. er sum for the conveyance of persons who shall not have re- sided twelve months within the city of Washington than is established in the rates of fare established by this act, or shall refuse to carry such persons at the said rates, he shall forfeit and pay double the penalty prescribed by the thirteenth sec- tion of this act.
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