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erwp^ -* n.iw is as hard as marble, and will stick to wood as well as to stone.?Southern Planter. NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL > FAIR. From the correspondent of the ?Y. Y. Commercial Adoertiscr. state agricultural fair. Albany, Wed need ?y evening, Sept. 28. To-day has been the great day at the fair. The sun raso in great beauty over this ancient /?iltr nnrt iirifti ire ri?#? romincnced 3 TUsll ? of'teoplo of every class, from the highest to the lowegt, in ono continuous stream lowar<! the Bull's Head. Coaches, stages, barrouclios. cabs, wagons, carts and buggys of all classes descriptions, rolled along continually. The fanners in great multitudes, irom every point of the compass, poured in with their cattle, horses, sheep, swine, & c. You may form some littla idea of tho stork upon tho ground from the entries : bulls 67; cows and heifers 141 ; working oxen 10 ; tit cattle 11; fat sheep 5 ; horses 19 ; marcs 11; matched horses 11 6pm; swino 32, with pigs in legions; poultry 8 entries of many in cachentn ; sheep, bucks and ewes 107, and lambs in droves. Offarin implements the variety was great?18 ploughs; 5 harrows; 3 cultivators; threshing machines; rakes; straw cutlers, ^c. in great variety; butter, ll competitors, with a large quantity of butter; 8 entries of cbcese, and samples that tlo groat credit to the state; maple sugar 7 compclilors, and tho quality < such as would do no discredit to editor.'s table ; a very curious sample of milk 6U. gar, * which excited much attention; and tomo whey cheese which showed that there are somp things among farmers which can be done as weil as others. A great variety of silk, sewing, raw and man. ufactured?cocoons, &c. samples fine?and some from .the etato prison at Auburn, which show that the manufacture there is completely successful. A sample of black silk handkerchiefs manufactured at that prison was equal to imported; and Colw Sherwood, one of tho vice prcsi ents, had a cravat ol that manufacture which well be came him?one of the most patriotic and successful agriculturists of that fine region.? Perhaps there will soon be an outcry at this state prison monopoly too. Hy the bye, I think evory officer of tho Agricultural Society Should appear cloth, ed in American fabrics. What say you ? The variety of pe ars, peaches, plums, &c. w^s very great, undone establishment at Newburgh presented one hundrod varieties of fruits. Tho owners. A. J. Downing Sc Co. Of vegetables the display was exceedingly fine?tsmatos, colory, potatoes, corn, turnips, beets, carrots, parsnips, &c. of such huge dimensions that all must have been satisfied that tho soil of Now York is tolerably productive at xeusi, ana urn sue produces great crops as well as great men. Sonic tomato figs were very fine, and a lot of scodling pcacl es and grapes from Coxsackie excited great attention. The display of thorough.bred catllo was exceedingly fine, and a gentleman who has rccently travelled- in England, and vory carefuliy examined the cattle there, said there were as fine animals exhibited as cou'd be found in England. M.any of the bu'Is were su. perior animals indeed, and it must have been excred-ngly difficult for the judges to decide as to which should receive the premium. In the second class of these, several most finished animals were on the ground; but I think ono ofihe best bdongsd to Geo. Vail, of Troy, fiom Bates's herd, England?bat the committee may very likely think differently, and of that I shall not complain. Of cows the number was very largr>, and the animal*, many of them, ruest perfect. To inorrow will leteimino. ' Wo shall try to be satisfied whether thoy will honor our favorite or net; though the great West, we think, stands fair for the premium. . . Of the sheep?the handsome South Down, the nobis Cotswold and Leicester, the neat me. rino, with his find warm jacket, were there, from Butternuts, and Hossiek, and Albany. Of the swinish multitude there were competitors in abundance?handsome as theeyo ever i looked upon. Yes, handsome. What is hand- 1 toiner than a beautiful Berkshire, China, or Neapolitan, with his well filled and shining coat ? j Tell me wU .t?I hiean, of course, among the swinish community. But I must not forget the f.?t cattle ?and fir*^ of all towering above all, was P. II. Bust's ox I mine host af tho .Mansion- Sumons-a?hi* f?? \ -. -J / ? # ox, weighing -$,100 lbs.?so fat that neither rib nor bor.c can bo f-U, anil broad on the back for n alderman to ride.?Tliis ox shows that friend K'.nt keeps some other creatures on right fire besides his' guests Godfrey, of Geneva, had two very fat oxen, and as handsome as they were fat. Is'es, of Oneida, two very good ones?and others which aftractid much notice, but who owned them I do not recollect. ^ Of the noblo horso there were many fit to wheel around, in some of tho splendid carriages present fcr exhibition, even the Emperor of China. Who is to bear away the palm of vie lory it is difficult to conjecture, where all, as wo sometimes say, appear so well. There are multitudes of ether matters I should like to notice, hut I forbear for the present. As to tho numbers on the ground to-day, there are various estimate*, from 10to 20,000; at all events, there were sufficient to show that the subject of agriculture has taken a doop hold of tho enmmuni y. Mr. Honry Whitmy, of New Haven, Ct., exli-bitcd some very choicJ Durham stock?a bull, cow, heifer and calf. They were very fine animals. A sweepstakes was made np for tho best bull, 3 entries?Mr. Whitney, E. P. Prentice* and II. Sotham, and E. Corning ; for tho best 1 nnlri no f Kn oatnn :ic unnvA Cd\* |I?a 1 V V.IVi IVB "W I 'VI Vliu wni two years old boll, 3 entries?Mr. Watson, of Fast Windsor, Ct., Prcntico and Sothain, und Corning of Albany. The toeting of ploughs has occupied most of the day and is not yet completed. Tho agricultural meeting was held this even. ' ing in tho Assembly Chamber, which was crow- ' ded. IWr. Johnson, of Onciua, chairman of the 1 committee appointed List evening, reported the ! following resolutions:? I V ; ' . ^ , Resolved, That \vc deem it a subject of vast j importance to the Lc-t interests of tho ogrionltural community that a different system of educa. lion should be adopted in this country, by which the subjoct of agriculture shall receive that at. tcntion. in a thorough course of education, J which it demands. Resolved, That it be recommended to the farmer of this country, to take such measures j as will most successfully bring into speedy action j such a system of education as will secure the | above object. Resolved, That the establishment of agricul- j " 11 _ tural schools and experimental iarms wouiu m j the opinion of this convention bo productive o! , great benefit to the interests of agriculture. Mr. Johnson, in presenting tho report, sub- j mitted somo considerations which he thought rendered it important for the convention to acl upon the resolutions favorably. R. S. Peters, Esq., of Philadelphia, followed w;ith some veiy appropriate remarks. Mr. Merriam, of the Boston Cultivator, next addressed the convention, in a speech of some ' t # f considerable length, on the subjects presented in the resolutions. Rev. Mr. Coleman, ofRochcstcr, followed in a speech general in its remarks, on the various | matters of education, and its importance to the agricultural community, in the course of which he paid a very handsome tribute to the memory of tho lamented Jesse Bucl. Mr. Miller, of Virginia, also addressed the convention. Mr. Baldwin, of Syracuse, Col. Stone, of the Commercial Advertiser, whom you doubtless are acquainted with, and Mr. Fuller, from Michigan, also took part in the discussion, and the debate, which was very interesting, continued until nearly 10 o'clock, when the resolutions were unanimously adopted.?Also, a resolution directing the appointment-of a committee of eight to prepare and report on the subject embraced in ti e resolutions, at the annual mcetintr of lime ; ana now, iweiuy yenrs init-r, 11 j would be a spectacle to stir the blood to i witness these two master spirits of the time arrayed against each other for President in a contest which to each must be final. It would be like tho meeting off Hannibal and Scipio on the field ofZaina, ! or of Napoleon and Wellington at Water- j loo. "Mr. Calhoun has changed more than Mr. Clay in the course of his li?ng and ; brilliant though not eminently fortunate public career, but each has one advantage over their Kinderhook competitor;! neither jof them was ever on more than 1 one side of a great question at a time, and that side was always well known to the public. No Sheep speech can be expected, no "letter to Sherrod Williams" desired from either. For good or for evil the country knows them, and ho who j should w rite to either for his opinion on1 any public question would excite a laugh 1 of derision at his ignorance from Castjnc 1 to Galena. Kaeh is the livin? etnbodi- I I ment of the great principles on which he i appeals tothe people. A contest between ! then] would he one strictly of principle; ' it would enlighten the public mind, and ' settle several great questions of National ' )olicv, for years to corrie. ? Why shall not I iuch be the issue V* .-v. - . the socie'y in January next. It \v..sannounced by the pr; sidcntofths sock ty that tho following would be tho order of arrange, merits for to-morrow : Ploughing match, nine in the morning; address from Gov. Seward, in the Assembly chamber, at two o'clock. At tho close of th? address premiums to be awarded and report of the committers read. At six o'clock an agricultural dinner at Knickorbo< kcr Ila'l. I have full notes ofthe speeches this evening, and if I have time I may write them out. Yours, J. ASHES ON COTTON ?CUTTING OFF SPAVIN. VVk mnke the following extract from n letter received from S. W. Cole, Esq. of Wadcsboro, North Carolina. *'This Co. (Anson,) is a fine farming section, and the only county in the state well adapted to the raising of cotton. Here we laise a large quantity for this section of the union, and our planters arc devoting more care to the improvement of their plantations. The best manure we have for cotton is ashes. My mode of putting it on is this : I run a scutter furrow, then from a basket or box scatter about .35 bushels per acre in the furrow thus opened, and then with a dagon mnke j the cotton ridge. I tried ashesandcottun j seed as a manure last year, in the some j field, and used thesamfc quantity ofeach. ! The ashes made far the best cotton; it took ( an early start, looked green and fresh, i whilst that planted on the ground manured with cotton seed, looked yellow-a long time, nr.d never recovered the check it received at first coming up. Did you ever know the spavin cut off from a horse ? If not, I can inform you that a few years since one of my carriage j horses was badly spavined, so much so as j to he almost useless. I had him thrown, ! then cut the skin immediately over the j spavined bone peeled it down until I the bone was exposed. I then took , a chisel and with a blow or two from a mallet I soon cut {off the bone, i The horse soon recovered ; it has now : been four years since, and not the least i return of the disease."?Cultivator. From the New York Tribune. 44 We rejoice at these demonstrations in favor of Mr. Calhoun, not merely because we regard, him as a man of genius, ability, and integrity, but because we regard him as the natural and fitting an. 1 tagonist of Henry Clay. While the politics of these two Statesmen are antipodc, there are many points of striking resemi hlancc in their characters. Each is ar] dont in his temperament, frank in his declarations, fearless in his movements," and ! animated by a deep devotion to what he believes the true, enduring interests of i the country. Either would make a President of whom, politics out of the question, any American might well bo proud. In earlv life they battled bravely side bv side in support of Mr. Madison and the : War policy; in later years they were ; first proposed for President at the same j < . . 4.. I_ 4 LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES Passed at the 2d Session of the 21th Congress. [BY AUTHORITY.] public?No. 77.] AN ACT in addition to an act to promote the progress of the useful arts, and to repeul all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose. Be it cnactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Treasurer of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized topny back, out of the patent fund, any sum or sums of mo. ?ii i ;,i ,iw. ney, 10 any persun wiiuanuu na?c jmiu Hie same into the Treasury, or to any receiver or depositary, to the credit of-theTrcasurer, as for fees accruing at the Patent Office through mistake, and which are not provided to he paid by existing laws, cer: tificate thereof being inade to said Trcasurerer hy the Commissioner of Patents. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That tiie third section of the act of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, which authorizes the renewing of patents lost i prior to the fifteenth of December, eighteen hundred and thii ty-six, is extended to patents granted prior to snid fifteenth day of December, though they may have been lost subsequently : Provided, however, The same shall not have been recorded anew under the provisions of said act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any citizen or citizens, or alien or aliens, having resided one year in the United States, and taken the oath of his or their intention to become a citizen or citizens, who by his, bur, or their own industry, genius, efforts, and expense, may have invented or produced any new and original design for a manufacture, whether of metal or other material or materials, or any new and original design for the printing of woollen, silk, cotton, or other fabrics, or any new and original design for a bust, statue, or has relief or composition in alto or basso relievo, or any new and original impression or ornament, or to be placed on any.article of manufacture, the same being formed in marble or other material, or any new and useful pattern, or print, or picture, to be either worked into or worked on, or printed or painted or cast or otherwise fixed on, any article of manufacture, or any new and original shape or configuration of any article of manufacture not known or used by others before bis, her, or their invention 01 production thereof, and prior to the time of his, her, or their application for a patent therefor, and who shall desire to obtain an exclusive property or right therein to make, use,and sell and vend the same or copies of the same, to others, by them to be made, used, and. sold, may make application in writing* to the Commissioner of Patents expressing such desire, and the Commissioner, on duo proceedings had, may grant a patent therefor, nsih the case now of application for a patent: Provided, That t fie lee in oo coo u/hinh liv tho l.-ivvq juv/ii ?? ?? v ? +' j ???w "w . ^ would be required of the particular .supplicant shall be one half the sutn and that the duration of said patent shall be seven years, and that all the regulations and provisions which now apply to the obtaining or protection of patents'nol inconsistent with the provisions of this act shall apply to applications under this section. See. 4. And be itfarther enacted, .That the oath required for applicants for patents tnay he taken, when the applicant is not for the lime being residing in the United States, before any minister, plenipotentiary, ch-nrge d'aflairs, consul, or commercial agent holding commission under the Government of the United States, or hefore anv notary public of the for igncountrv to which such applicant may be. See. 5. And be itfurther enacted, That if any person or persons shall paint or ^>rint, or mould, cast, carve, or engrave, or stamp, upon any thing made, used, or sold by him, for the sole making or selling which he hath not or shall not have obtained letters patent, the name or any imitation of the name of an v ether person who hath or shall have obtained letters patent for the sole making and rending of such thing, without consent of such patentee, or his assigns or legal represents tives; or if any person, upon any such thing not having been purchased from the patentee, or some person who purchased it from or under such patentee, or not having the license or consent of such patentee, or his assigns or logwl representatives, shall write, paint, print, mould, cast, olnrnr. aI knr ur a.w, mnlt a C.IIVU, o?ump, "I un.fcl 1>I3C IHaRi: or affix the word " patent," or the words " letters patent," or the word "patentee," or any word or words of ltkc kind, meaning, or import, with the view or intent of imitating or counterfeiting the stamp, mark, or other device of the patentee, or shall affix the same or any word, stamp, or device of like import, on any unpatented article, for the purpose of deceiving the public, he, she, or thev, so offending, shall be liable for such offence, to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars, with costs, to be recovered by action in any of tbo circuit courts of the United States, or in any of the district courts of the United States having tbo powers and jurisdiction of a circuit court; one half o! which penalty, as recovered,shall be paid to the patent fund, and the other half to any person or persons who shall sue for the same. Sec. G. And be it further enacted, That all patentees and assignees of patents hereafter granted are hereby required to stamp, engrave, or cause to he stamped or engraved, oti each article vended, or offered for sale, the date of the patent; and if any person or persons, patentees or as jignces, snail neglect to do so, he she, or hey shall be liable to the same penalty, obe recovered and disposed of in the nanner specified in the foregoing filth cction of this act. Approved, August 23, 1842. [Public?No. 78.] AN ACT to provide for the rcjKjrts of the decisions of the Supreme Court 01 the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re. presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reporter who shall, from time to time, be appointed by the Supreme Court, shall be entitled to receive from the Trcasury of the United States, as an annual compensation for his services, and for the copies of the annual volumes of the reports he is hereinafter rcquir. ed to" deliver to the Secretary of State, the sum ol thirteen hundred dollars: Prodded, That the compensation shall not be paid unless the said reportei shall print and pablish, or cause to be printed and published, the decisions of the said court, made during the time he shall act as such reporter, within six months alter the said decisions shall be made: And provided, also, That he shall delivei to the Secretary of State, in lieu of the cightv copies of the annual reports which by former acts he was required to deliver, one huncrcd and fifty copies of the said reports, so printed and published, which said copies shall be distributed as follows, to wit: To the President of the United States, the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Judges of the district courts, the Attorney General of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the First and Second Comptrollers of the Treasury, the Solicitor of the Treasury, the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Auditors of the Treasury, the Auditor of the General Post Office, the Treasurer of the United States, the Register of the Treasury, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the Paymaster General, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Commismissionerof Pensions, the Judges of the several Territorial Courts of the United States, the Governors of the Territories of the United States, the Secretary of the Senqte, for the use of the Senate, the Cleric of the House of Representatives for the use of the House of Representatives, and to the Commissioners of the Navy, each one copy ; to the j Secretary of the Senate, for the use of the s'and ing commiuecs 01 tue senate, ten copies; anu 10 the clerk of the House of Representatives, for the use of the "standing committees of the House, twelve copies; and the residue of the said copies shall be deposited in the Library of Congress, to become a part of the said Library : And provided, also, That tiic volumes of the decisions of the Supreme Court shall not be sold by the reporter to the I public at large for a greater price than five dollars fo each volume. Jcc. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death, resignation, or dismitsLn from office of either of the aforesaid officers, the said copies of the decisions of the Supreme Court shall belong to and be delivered up to their respective successors in said offices. JOHN WHITE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIE P. MANGUM, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, August 29, 1842. JOHN TYLER. " . [Public?No. 79.] I AN ACT making an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at or near Oerucokc, in North Carolina. Be itjenacted by the Senate and House of Representatices of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the stun of ten thou? * # sand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of a site and the erection of a marine hospital at or near Ocracokc, in North Carolina; the site to be selected and the building to be contracted for and erected under the superintendence and direction of ihc Secretary of the Treasury ; and that he (the Seerctary of the Treasury) be directed to report to Congress, at its next session, the progress and con. dition of the work : Provided, That the expense of the land and building shall not exceed that sum.Approved, August 29,1842. [Public?No. 80.] AN ACT making appropriations for certain sites for marine hospitals therein mentioned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re. pr esc Natives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for sites for marine hospitals, selected and purchased under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled " An act to provide for certain harbors, apd for the removal of obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes," viz: For the site for a marine hospital, at Natchez, in the State of Mississippi, seven thousand dollars. For the site for a marine hospital at Napoleon, in the State of Arkansas, one thousand dollars. For the site for a marine hospital at St. Louis, in the State-oLMlfmnri, seven thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars. For the site for a marine hospital at Paducah, in the State of Kentucky, one thousand dollars. For the site for a marine hospital at Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, six thousand dollars. For the site for a marine hospital at Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, ten thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars. For the site for a marine hospital at Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, twelve thousand dollars. See. 2. And be it further enacted, That the 6aid several sums of money be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 29, 1812. (Public?No. 81.] AN ACT to establish and regulate the navy ration. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re. presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the navy ration shall consist of the following daily allowance of provisions for each person : One pound of salted pork, with half a pifitof peas or beans; or one.pound of salted beef, with half a pound of flour, and a quarter of a pound of raisins, dried apples, or other dried fruits ; or one pound of salt beef, with half a pound of rice, two ounces of butter, and two ounces of cheese, together with fourteen ounces of biscuit, one quarter of an ounce of tea, or ounce of coffee, or one ounce of cocoa ; two ounces of sugar, and one gill of spirits ; and of a weekly allowance of half a pound of pickles or cranberries, half a pint of molasses, and half a pint of vinegar. See. 2. And be it further enacted, That fresh 411 meat may be substituted for salt beef or pork, and 1 vegetables or sour crout for the other articles usually issued with the salted meats, allowing one and a quarter pounds of fresh meat for one pound of t j suited beef or pork, and regulating the quantity of , vegetables or sour crout so as to equal the value i ! of those articles for which they may be substitu. ted. . ! Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, should i . ! it be necessary to vary the above described daily ! . ! allowance, it shall be lawful to substitute one ; f pound of soft bread, or one pound of flour, or half j . a pound of rice, for fourteen ounces of biscuit; . half a pint of wine for a gill of spirits; half a pound 1 of rice for half a pint of beans or peas ; half a pint of beans or peas for half a pound of rice. , j When it may be deemed expedient by the Pres! ident of the United States, Secretary of the Navy, ? commander of a fleet or squadron, or of a single t ship when not acting under the authority of anoth? er officer on foreign service, the articles of butter, - cheese, raisins, dried apples, or other dried fruits, , pickles and molasses, may be substituted for each , other and for spirits: Provided, The article sub. : ; stituted shall not exceed in value the article for , I which it may be issued, according to the scale of prices which is or may be established for the . 8a me. J Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in ca. | scs ot necessity the daily allowance ox provisions ; ; may be diminished or varied by the discretion of I the senior officer present in command, but payment ' shall be made to the persons whose allowance shall be thus diminished, according to the scale of prices which is or may be established for the same ; but ' a commander who shall thus make a diminution or variation shall report to his commanding officer, I or to the Navy Department, the necessity for the ! same, and give to the purser written orders speci' 0''n? particularly the diminution or reduction which is to be made. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no - commissioned officer or midsh'pman, or any person under twenty-one years of age, shall be allow, ed to draw the spirit part of the daily ration ; and all other persons shall be permitted to relinquish that part of their ration under such restrictions as the President of the United States may authorize; and to every person who, by this section, is prohibited from drawing, or who may relinquish, the spirit part of his ration, there shall be paid, in lieu thereof, the value of the same in money, accord- . ing to the prices which are or may be established for the same. Sec. 6. And^bc it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall go into effect in the United States on the first day of the succeeding quarter after it becomes a law, and in vessels ' abroad on the first day of the succeeding quarter ! L? . 1 UIICT 1U> UillUlUi KXCijii y auu aujr avis uiiu paa wo ui acts which may be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, shall be and are hereby repealed. Approved, August 29, 1842. [Public?No. 82.] AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to contract for the purchase for the United States the right to use Babbit's anti-attrition metal. Be it enacted by the Sciiate and House of Re. I presentatices of the United Slates of America in i Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the I Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to contract for#thc purchase, from the proprietor of the patentcd interest therein, for the United States, the right to use Babbit's anti-attrition metal in the construction of machinery and other work; subject to the ratification of Congress. Approved, August 29, 1812. ? [Public?No. 83.J ! AN ACT establishing a court at Charleston, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. , Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Re. p escntatives of the United States of America in , Congress assembled, That hereafter terms of the district court for the western district of Virginia be holdcn at Charleston, in the. county of Kanawha, commencing on the Wednesdays after the second Mondays of April and September of every " year, in lieu of the sessions of sjid district court , now directed to be held at Lcwisburg, in the county of Greenbriar, which said last mentioned sessions of said court arc hereby discontinued; Approved, August 29, 1842. [Public?No. 84.] . AN ACT to provide for thepublication of a new edition of the laws and regulations of the Post Office Department, and a perfect list of the post offices in the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re. presentatives of /he United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be collected and printed in pamphlet form, suitably for distribution, a complete edition, of not less than eighteen thousand copies, of the laws relatiug to the Post Office Department; together with the regulations established by said Department for the better conduct of its business; and also a new and complete list of all the post offices in the United States; showing their respective distances from Washington, and from the capitals of the States in which the several offices arc situated. See. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying into efFefit the provisions of this act, the sum of nine thousand one hundred dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. < Approved, August 29, 1842. , I [Public?No. 85.] , AN ACT to reorganize the Navy Department of y the United States. i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- e presentatives of the United States of America, ^ in Congress assembled, '1 hat the act approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and fifteen, a entitled 44 An act to alter and amend the several t] acts for establishing a Navy Department, by ad. j j ding thereto a Board of Commissioners," be, and p tho same i? hereby, repealed. . b Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there a shall be attached to the Navy Department the g. following bureaus, to wit: H 1. A bureau of Navy Yards and Docks. r< 2. A bureau of Construction, EquipmcflC and Repairs. 3. A bureau of Provisions and Clothing. 4. A bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. ^ 5. A bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That tho President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ^ y ' -. 2 40- m. iflfctirtarfcjv 2 if - ;> . j mm from the captains in the naval service a chief for each of the bureaus of Navy Yards and Docks, and of Ordnance and Hydrography, who shall each receive a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, in lieu of all other com. pensation, whatever, in the naval service; and shall, in like manner, appoint a chief of the bureau of Construction. Eouinmcnt .inH ? ? f ?i?r??n ? wuo shall be a skilful naval constructor, and shall ilto appoint a chief of the bureau of Provisions and Clothing, who shall each receive for his services three thousand dollars per annum; and shall in like manner appoint from the surgeons of the navy a chief of the bureau of Medicine and Surgery, who shall receive for his services two thousand fivehundred dollars per annum. Sec, 4. And be it further enacted, That tho Secretary of the Navy shall appoint the following clerks, to wit: For the office of Secretary of the Navy, a chief clerk, who shall receive for his services two thou, sund dollars per annum; one registering clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand lour hundred dollars per annum ; three recording clerks, who shall receive for their services each one thousand dollars per annum ; one principal corresponding clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand five hundred dollars per annum ; and two assistant corresponding clerks, who shall receive /or their services each twelve hundred dollars per annum; one warrant clerk, who Bhall receive lor his services twelve hundred dollars per annum ; and one miscellaneous clerk, who shall receive for his services eight hundred dollars per annum. For the bureau of Navy Yards and Docks, one civil engineer, who shall receive for his services two thousand dollars per annum; one draughts, man, who shall receive for his services one thou, sand dollars per annum ; one chief clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand four hundred dollars per annum ; and two assistant clerks, one of whom shall receive for his services one thou. ^ sand dollars per annum, and the other shall re. ccive for his services eight hundred dollars per an. num. For the bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, one assistant constructor and draught*, man, who shall receive for his services the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum ; and /our clerks, ore of whom shall receive for his ser. vices fourteen hundred dollars per annum, and the others shall receive for their services one thousand dollars per annum each. For the bureau of Provisions and Clothing, one chief clerk, who shall receive for his services one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; and two clerks, one of whom shall receive for his ser, vices one thousand two hundred dollars per an. num, and lite other shall receive for h;s services eight hundred dollais per annum. For the bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, one draughtsman, who shall receive for his services one thousand dollare per annum; and three clerks, one of whom shall receive for his services twelve hundred dollars per annum, nud the others shall receive for their services one thousand dollars per annum each. For the bureau of Medicine and Surgery, two pIopL'c nno aT ti'linrri (tllfil! Ti?C4> 1VP fnr Tllft KPrVll^Tft twelve hundred dollars per annum, and (he other shall receive for his services eight hundred ^dollars per annum ; and one aeuistaat surgeon, who shall receive for his services net lies than the highest pay of his grade in the service.' ' . See. 5. And be it further enacltdx That the Secretary of the Navy shall assign and distribute among the said bureaus such of the duties of the Navy Department as he shall judge to be expedient and proper; and all the duties of the said bureaus * shall be performed under the authority of the See. rctary of the Navy, and their orders shall be con. sidcrcd as emanating from him, and shall have full force and effect us such. , * See. 6. And be it further enacted% That there shall be allowet} to each bureau a messenger, who* shall receive for his services a compensation not exceeding 6cvcn hundred dollars per annnum. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the chief of each bureau hereby established shall be authorized to frank all communications from his bureau; and all communications to his bureau,x on the business thereof, shall be free of postage. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the books, records, and papers now belonging to the office of Navy Commirsioncrs shall be distributed among the bureaus, according to the nature of their dirti^ respectivelyand the Secretary of the , Navy is hereby authorized to provide for each bu. rcau such books of record and accounts, and such stationery, as may be found necessary; for which purpose the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriatedf^|;alie out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended balance of the appropriation/or clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, and the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Commissioners of the Navy, their secretary and clerks, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to carry this law into effect, be, and *the same arc hereby, appropriated out of any mo. ficys in the Treasury not otherwise appropria. ted. See. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, ap. point, with their consent, officers of-the navy, not above the grade of lieutenants, to perform the du. ties of any clerkship created by this act, (except as herein otherwise provided,) who shall receive each for their services not more than nine hundred Jollurs per annum, including their regular pay and *ations; but the appointment of any <*jcer in the lavy to any of the offices or clcrktliipe in this act I hall in no manner whatever interfere with his fradc in the service. See. 11. And be it further enacted, That all ^ cts or parts of acts authorizing the President of be United States, or the Secretary of the proper lepartment, under his direction to transfer any ortion of the moneys appropriated for a particular ranch of expenditure in that Department to be nnlh rl tn another branch of exoenditure in the* n ? - . imc Department, be, and tho same are hereby, ? far as relates to the Department of the Nary, rpealed. Approved, August 31,1842. [Public?No. 86.] N ACT to limit the sale of the public stock to par, and to authorize the issue ofTreasury notes, in lieu thereof, to a certain amount Be it evaded by the Senate and Houee of Re.' 'cncntalive* of the United State* of America, in* / -> * , f