In a report of the committee on the District, Jan. 11, 1837, by their chairman, Mr. Powell of Virginia, there is the following declaration "The Congress of the United States, has by the constitution exclusive jurisdiction over the District, and has power upon this subject, (slavery) as upon all other subjects of legislation, to exercise unlimited discretion.

CHRISTOPHER Engraved by Caroline A. Powell In Doge's Palace, Venice GENEVESE WATCHMAKER Aimée Rapin

I have now only to consign the learned Powell to future biographers, and to recommend the volume as one which deserves a place in every choice collection of English books.

I am, SIR, Your most humble Servant, Ralph Bellfry. I am credibly informed, that all the Insinuations which a certain Writer made against Mr. Powell at the Bath, are false and groundless.

Steve was back yonder in Powell with Kincaid's Battery.

and that Kincaid's Battery, without their field-pieces, are just here in Powell behind her heavy guns?...

"There he is!" cried Sam, and rushing forward, he caught John Powell by the hand, shook it, and relieved the newcomer of his suit case.

In the other a still more remarkable defence was made by thirty-one men under Major James Powell against an even larger force, which charged again and again, and did not accept their repulse as final until they had lost three hundred of their foremost braves.