{"newspaper_name": "American watchman and Delaware advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
CONGRESS.-The Nineteenth Congress COM
menced its first session on Monday JOHN w.
TAYLOR, of New York, was elected Speaker of
the House of Representatives, on the second bal
lot. The great length of the Presidents Message
prevents us from going into detail of the proceed
ings this we will do, however, in our next: and
will endeayor to keep our readers regularly ad,i-
sed of the transactions Of the National Lesisla-
ture.


kEJe number of Advertisements are unavoid.
ably omitted. They shall appear on Tuesday.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.-We under.
stand that this work is proceeding with incteased
rapidy and vigor: that there is force TN
ployed exceeding 1900 men and that OF ,hoses
upwards OF 600 are at work on the low grounds be-
tween the Delaware and ST. Georges. Such eff
cient measures must be highly gratifying to the
public, and encouraging to the stockholders.


mt Gag.
Isaac LAWRENCE, Esq has been elected Presi-
dent of the Office Of Discount aud d. post oil the
Bank of the United States al New York.