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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
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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
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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??
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# 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
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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
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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
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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*
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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
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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 ^
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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 ?
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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*
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