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houses. A stranger would never suppose 

 that this was the Jirst constitutional congress, 

 every thing being so very well, and orderly 

 conducted, as to reflect the highest credit on 

 the nation ; thus holding out a convincing 

 proof to the world of what they will some 

 day become. 



A good deal of mirth was created one 

 morning in the Senate. The secretary had 

 retired for a moment for a paper, when a 

 padre of the Mountain party rose, and, with 

 much preface and great solemnity, proposed 

 that the city should henceforward resume 

 the ancient title of Santa F6, as tending to 

 evince its gratitude to Heaven for accorded 

 mercies, and divine deliverance. All the 

 Valley party shouted with laughter and mirth 

 at this most ridiculous proposition, and 

 called loudly for a division as to its discus- 

 sion, which proved thirty-two against four- 



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