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VOLUME VII. C1IEKAW. SOUTII-CAKOLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1819. NUMBER 62.
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Agricultural Improvements.
Ttis Plow.?In this implement the advance in
thirty years has been truly astonishing. There is
scarcely less difference between the neat cast iron
dowof the present time, and the clumsey wooden
irticle used for the purjKJ.se at that period, than
>etween that and the iron jjointed crotohcd stick of
he ancients. In the ease of working and the cfjjjet'prodiiced
on the soil, every man competent to
r*judge will admit that the difference effected by improvement
in the last thirty years is equal to fifty
per cent.
Thrashing Machine.?Exjjcricncc shows that
the farmer who gets out and sells his grain in
autumn, admitting the prices arc the same, realizes
from his crop at least ten per cent, more than he
who does not dispose ol his crop till the next spring.
But it may be safely asserted thai in grain growing
districts, the whole force of the farm, if devoted
to that object alone, would not be able to bring
his grain into market in the fall, if thrashed by
hand. Hence the thrashing machine has conic to
his aid, and docs the work so much better and
quicker than it can be done by hand, that the getting
out of a thousand bushels of wheat is counted
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a small affair.
Horse Rake.?With this instrument, on land
fitted as meadows always should be, one man and
horse will do the work of six men with hand rakes.
The value of this labor-saving machine will no? 1
be disputed by those who have tested its power,
when time presses or storms lower over the hayfield.
It is not less valuable as a gleaner in the
wheat and barley stubble, where no care can prevent
a quantity of grain being left, surprising to j
one who has never gleaned with the horse rake.
Weight of Cattle.?The records of the Smith- J
field market, in London, prove that within one .
hundred years, the average weight of the cattle (
killed for that market, has nearly doubled, rising
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greater part of this increase has been in the last
forty years. Jt is calculated that the cattle offered
at least fifty per cent, more at the present time
than they did twenty years since. This improve^^mt-nt
we owe to the knowledge brought to bear on
the breeding of cattle and agriculture generally.
Manures.?The preparation and application of
the most active and efficient means, with which
the farmer is acquainted, of increasing the produc- !
tivencss of his grounds, are the effect of chemistry
applied to agriculture. There are few who canremember
when bone-dust,lime, scamarls, urate, ,
poudrctte, &.c., were things never heard of; when ,
the accumulation of bones about our cities and soap
factories was a nuisance, and the only question
respecting other substances now so valuable, was,
us to the easiest manner in which they could Indisposed
of, when the leisure of winter imd the I
season of ice were embraced to transport them j
where the returning spring could convey them
to the ocean or elsewhere. IIow astonishing is
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ascertained, tiiat the value of animal manures an
nually collected and applied to the crops in England,
at current prices surpass the whole amount
of its foreign commerce ; and that animal manure
has been and can be profitably imported into Eng.
land from so great a distance as the eastern portion
of the Pacific Ocean.
Agricultural Associations.?The splendid
agricultural improvements, now here and there exhibited,
arc the results of Agricultural Journals
and Agricultural Associations, where enterprising
individuals meet periodically, and by interchanging
all their ideas, increase the general stock in
at least the compound ratio of their numbers; each
one returns home with the knowledge posM-ssed by
the whole, and with a commensurate stock of new
suggestions for future reflection and experiment.
The spontaneous operations of the human mind,
in an unassisted state, require ages to arrive at re- !
.a. nniicH of numerous individ- I
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uals, excited by emulation, would produce in per- !
haps a few days. Most other employments lead
to association, while the farmer remains in an isolated
state, scarcely regarding the operations of his
neighbor.
Agricultural Associations of this and other
States, have already effected wonders, and these '
wonders arc now becoming the joint stock of the '
Agricultural Society of this State, which has been 1
got up by the unremitted and persevering exertions
of a few gentlemen, who have thereby conferred
lasting benefits upon their countrymen.
Indian Corn.?The benefits of skilful cultivation,
arc shown in the improvement of the corn :
' crop, as much j>crhaps us in any other way. A
crop of seventy-five bushels per acre is now as
common as fifty was twenty years since; and
there can be little doubt but that one hundred bu>h?Is
per acre arc now oftcncr reached than was seventy
at that time.
IFrhts.?Compare the quantity and quality of J
tlm fruits and vegetables now offered ill our mar. 1
f? kcts with tho-ae exhibited thirty years since, and
?8 the improvement is astonishing. From the growth
|fl cucumber to the production of the most dcHrficious
of our fruits, the influence of science is felt, !
and the encouragement for further effort, and the
certainty ?>f an ample reward. i~? everywhere
Breeding Stock.?The progress of improve,
nent in breeding has been so great, that the best
jrecders have no longer any occasion to use the
)ld proverb," A good cow may have a bad call";"
m the contrary they can say with confidence,
their good cows never had bad calves. A skilful
>bservance of the laws of nature has wrought this
change. Formerly there may have been as good
animals as we have now, but then it was accidentill,
and there was no certainty the progeny would
resemble the parent; now the breeder makes the
?ood qualities constitutional, and is thua certain
af the character of his animals.
Improved Bigs?Here there is an improvement
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the animal, can deny. The dullest eye can distinguish
between the round, fat, beavtiful Berkshire,
and the thin, lean, long-nosed and long-legjed
hound-like creature, which seems more fitted
Tor tiie chase than for the sty. The fanner feels
the difference in the corn-crib, and more than all
in his pocket. The difference in the cost of feed,
ing and in the pork made, between the improved
varieties and those generally fed twenty-five years
since, is not less than forty per cent. This is the
result of skilful st lection and crosses.
The name of Washington is entitled to deathlike
veneration, because he made our country free.
Who can dispute his claim to an equal perpetuity
of gratitude who has made that country beautiful
and delightful ? When the creation was finished,
14 Clod planted a garden in Eden," from which our
first parents were driven for disobedience, and instructed
to till the ground for themselves. But
Infinite Wisdom invested their descendants with
reason, by which virtuous industry could restore
the temporal primeval blessing, by the god-like
act of planting another garden, replete with fruits,
numerous and delicious, and flowers as beautiful
and as fragrant as those of blissful Eden. The
inun who has not only done this for himself, but
who by his talents lias exerted a praiseworthy emulation
in others to do the same, not only in his
awn city and State, but throughout the country, is
II. A. S. Dearborn.
Farm Houses, Gardens, Ac.?A more correct
taste in the construction of farm houses and outhouses,
and particularly in the department of gardens
and yards, is now plainly to be seen; for
though much cannot be expected from the farmer
on these points, the smallest attention to them is
proof that information and a spirit of improvement
have reached him, and lie begins to think.
Albany Cultivator.
Cultivation ok' the Grape.
There is no department of agriculture which
lias been so systematically neglected by farmers
generally, as the cultivation of fine and delicious
fruits. This is a matter of surprise, whether we
regard profit, or the pleasure and satisfaction to be
derived from an abundant supply for our own families.
IIow delightful and wholesome at all seasons
of the rear (as we may if we will) in the bo
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soul of our families, surrounded, perhaps, by our
friends and neighbors, to refresh ourselves with
the various gifts of Pomona.
There is hardly any fruit which can be more
easily cultivated, or may be made longer to ad.
minister to our pleasure or profit, than the grape.
Of this, there is almost an endless variety, both
foreign and native; none of the former, and but
few of the latter, should be cultivated by farmers
generally. The Isabella, Catawba and Clinton,
may be classed among the best native varieties?
though in all parts of the country, there arc some
wild nameless varieties, rich and delicious, for the
neglect of the propagation of which, our farmers
are without excuse, for the grape is wholesome,
and may justly be called one of the greatest delicaches,
which an all-wise and bountiful Creator
has bestowed upon man.
This fruit is easily cultivated, and may be increased
to any extent with no expense but the labor,?from
cuttings which may be obtained in
thousands, from any person pruning his vines, or
some exquisite variety may be obtained from the
hedge or the swamp, and propagated to any extent.
Will you give this subject your attention ?
The best grapes are superior to either the peach,
the apple, or the pear?coinc after the former has
pretty much gone, and may be kept through the
winter, as well as the apple or pear. For winter
use they should be packed in layers in small
boxes, with a stratum of common cotton batting
between the layers. Thus they may be kept till
.March, better in flavor than when they were firct
?r:.tJirrrd from the vines. They should be kept
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coo), dry, and away from the frost.
The best mode of cultivation in the garden is
on a single trellis, running North and South?the
posts of which should either be cedar or have cedar
bottoms, and then be spliced about ten feet
high, and have strips of board about two inches
wide nailed on to them about three feet apart.?
The usual way of cultivating them, on an arbor,
with an arch, is had for the reason that those clusters
which do not get the sun, will seldom ripen
well, and if they do, they will be without flavor.
They should immediately after the full of the
leaves, be thoroughly pruned and have every runner
of new woodcut within five buds or eves of the
old wood. They should be kept open and free.?
New shoots should be encouraged near the ground
in order to have the bearing wood low, and to protect
the frames from the winds.
They may be cultivated at flic foot of old and
worthless fruit trees, or 011 shade trees, and after
three or four years of protection from the cattle,
they will give you no farther trouble. Thus the
cure and expense of trcllising and pruning, will be
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wuouy spurcu.
One single Isabella vine cultivated in this way
has been known to produce for the four years last
past, front ten to fifteen bushels per year. Such a
vine as this, in the vicinity of any of our cities, or
largo manufacturing villages, would yield more
profit than two acres of Indian com.
Now, farmers, do you want to have a few
bushels of fine grapes for winter, to cheer the so.
eial circle, and gladden the hearts of your friends
and guests during our long and winter evenings ?
//' so ifOti hove hut to will il and it is dour. You
can obtain vines at twenty-five ccnt3 apiece. This
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luxury is at the command of the rich and poor?
then go ahead and adopt the mode of culture best
adapted to your circumstances, and for tlii* advice
we shall ask no greater reward than a rich cluster
of delicious grapes, when we call on you three
years from next February, if our life shall be so
long continued unto us.?Boston Cultivator.
Mr. A. H. Bankston, of our neighborhood, has
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supply his family with bread for the coming year.
He has on his place one of the Utica mills, with
which he grinds the grain. For the want of a
flour mill with bolting cloths, Mr. B. uses book
muslin over a common sifter?and, with this contrivance,
a supply of superfine fresh flour is bolted
whenever the occasion requires. With this hint,
we should not be surprised if every farm-house in
the State should be speedily converted into a flour
mill. Our march towards perfect independence is
very rapid.?S. W. Farmer.
SUBSTITUTE FOR GLUE AND CAULKING.
The remarkable properties of a new cement
have lately been tried by the master ship-wrights
at Woolwich, England, by advice of the lords of
the admiralty. The experiments were highly interesting,
and the results very important. Two
pieces of African wood, called teak, very difficult
to join by glue, on account of its oily nature, had
a coating of the composition in a boiling state, applied,
and shortly afterwards bolts and screws were
attached to the end of each piece, and the power '
of a Bramah's hydraulic engine applied, to the
extent of nineteen ton9, when the chain broke,
without the slightest perceptible strain where the
joining had been made. A still larger chain, of
one and a half inches, was then applied, which
broke with a strain of twenty-one tons, also without
effect upon the cement!
Four pieces of hard wood were then joined to??I
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gcmcr, wi'igmiig wucbiivtij vivi iuui
four hundred pounds, and carried to the top of
the shears in the dock yard, seventy-six feet high,
and precipitated upon the hard granite w^l bclo%
without the joints yielding in the slightest manner!
A number of oak plank, eight inches thick and
sixteen inches square, were then united with the
cement, together, eight feet in height and eight
feet in length, of the size of a first-rate ship of
war, without any thing else in the form of a bolt,
or security of any kind, and it was set up as a
target at the butt, in the masses, in the presence
of the officers of artillery, &c. Several shots were
then made into the cemented planks, the effects
of which were wonderful. They tort the wood
to pieces but had no effect upon the cement. A
hole six inches in diameter was then bored in the
center of the target, and a three and a half pound
shell inserted and exploded by a slow match,
which tore the wood into small splinters, without
in the least sejm rating the composition.
A valuable property of this composition, in addition
to its wonderful tenacity, it is said to be its
capability of expansion in warm climates, like India
rubber, and yet it will not become brittle under
the coldest temjieraturc. It is not surprising that
it has become a great favorite with naval officers,
as it is so clean as to resemble very much the
French polish.
The value of the compostiion on board of vessels
at sea may be illustrated by another experiment
tried with it. Eight pieces of wood in the
form of a mast, were joined together and a strain
applied to another mast ofanent're piece of wood,
when the latter firxt gate tray ! Ship carpenters
will, therefore, find no difficulty in effecting repairs
at sea, with this extraordinary cement at
hand. Nor is its value confined to the above or
naval purposes, but it must become equally great
for all purposes of the arts, where the joining of
parts is necessary, as it is insoluble in water. Its
cost is only about half that of common glue. The
great saving, too, by its universal adoption, and
the important uses to which it may be applied, are
incalculable. A Mr. Jeffrey is the inventor, and
the composition consists of shellac and India rub.
her, dissolved in naptha, in certain pro|>ortions.
N. Y. State Mechanic.
SILK WEAVING.
Two very curious pieces of silk fabric, showing
the great perfection to which the art of silk weaving
has attained, may now be seen in this city.?
One of these deserves notice from the fact that every
process in its manufacture has been performed
by the *:nnc individual. He raised the silk worms,
invented and made the spinning machine and loom,
spun and dyed the thread, and wove the fabric.
This piece is a copy of the Declaration of Indc.
pendence. On a red satin ground the whole document
is copied in perfectly distinct and handsome
I letters, interwoven with black. At the end are fac
similits of the signatures of the members of the
Continental Congress. They arc skilfully executed
so as to bear a very marked resemblance to the
original. The whole is surmounted by a colored
head, intended for a portrait of General Washington.
This curious piece of stuff is now on exhibition
at the Boston Museum. Mr. Hard}', the manufacturer,
as we have said, has the credit of the
whole process. The loom on which it was woven,
which is a curious machine, highly creditable to
his skill, is also exhibited, and its manner of working
shown.
Another fabric of a somewhat different nature,
the work of one of the large French establishments,
may be seen in the picture gallery of the Athemrum,
which, as our readers will remember, is now
open. It is a woven portrait of Mr. Jacquard, the
inventor of the Jacquard silk loom. It is framed
and glazed, and unless very closely examined, has
exactly the appearance of a fine engraving printed
on paper. The likeness is, apparently, perfectly
preserved ; it is at least quite evident that the artist
had power to preserve it as readily as if he
were engraving it on copper. We had no idea before
of the perfection to which the figures woven
on silk fabrics could be brought.?Boston Advertiser.
The farmer who lets the sun get the start of him
in the morning, need not expect himself ever to
get the start of poverty.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the "2d Session of the 21th Congress.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
[Public?No. 1.]
AN ACT making appropriations, in part,
for the civil department, for the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty,
two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
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America in congress asscmoiea, 1 nai inc
following sums be, and the same are hereby,
appropriated, to bo paid out of any
unappropriated money in the Treasury,
viz:
For pay and mileage of members of
Congress and delegates, four hundred
thousand dollars;
For pay of the officers and clerks of the
Senate and House of Representatives,
twenty-five thousand dollars ;
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all j
other incidental and contingent expenses
of the Senate, twenty.five thousand dob
lars;
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all
other incidental and contingent expenses
of the House of Representatives, one hun.
dred thousand dollars: Provided, That no
part of the sums appropriated for the con*
tingent expenses of either House of Congress,
shall be applied to any other than
the ordinary expenditures of the Senate
and House of Representatives, nor as ex.
tra allowance to any clerk, messenger, or
otherattendantuf the the said two Houses,
or either of them.
JOHN WHITE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIE P. MANGUM,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, December 22, 1841.
JOHN TYLER.
[Public?No. 2.]
AN ACT to authorize an issue of Treasury
notes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and. House
of Representatives of the United Stales of
America in Congress assembled, That the
President of the United States is hereby
authorized to cause Treasury notes to be
issued for such sum or sums as the exigencies
of tho Government may require,
and in place of such of the same as may
be redeemed to cause others to be issued,
but not exceeding the sum of five millions
of dollars of this emission outstanding a!
any one time, and to be issued under the
limitations and other provisions contained
in the act entitled 44 An act to authorize
the issue of Treasury notes," approved
the twelfth of October, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-seven, except that the
authority hereby given to issue Treasury
notes shall expire at the end of one year
from the passage of (his act.
Approved, January 31, 1842.
[Public?No. 3.]
AN ACT making appropriation for the
relief and protection of American seamen
in foreign countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and
tho same is hereby, appropriated, to be
paid out of any unappropriated money in
the Treasury, for the relief and protection
of American seamen in foreign countries;
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of State, in pursuance of the
44 act supplementary to the act concerning
consuls and vice consuls, and for the further
protection of American seamen,"
passed twenty-eighth February, eighteen
hundred and three.
Approved, February 12, 1842.
[Public?No. 4.]
AN ACT making appropriations for pensions
in the year one thousand eight
hundred and forty-two.
' Aw thn Ssmnfn nrt/1 JTnust'
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o/* Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That I he
! following sums he, and the same are herebv,
aj)pro|)riated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
wit :
For revolutionary pensions, under the
act of the eighteenth of March, eighteen
| hundred and eighteen, in addition to a
probable balance at the end of tho year
eighteen hundred and forty-one, of one
hundred eighty-eight thousand seven hundred
and ninety-nine dollars, eighty.eight
thousand two hundred and sixty-one dollars.
For invalid pensions, under various
acts, two hundred thousand two hundred
and seventy-five dollars.
For pensions to widows and orphans,
per act of the fourth of July, eighteen
hundred and thirty.six in addition to a
probable balance at the end of the year
eighteen hundred and forty-one, of thirty
thousand dollars, two hundred forty.two
thousand two hundred and forty dollars?
For five years' pensions to widows, per
act of seventh July, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight, two hundred thousand dollars.
Approved, February 12, 1842.
[Public?No. 5.]
AN ACT to provide for the early disposition
of the lands lying in the State of
Alabama, acquired from the Cherokee
I Indians by the treaty of twenty.ninth
of December, eighteen hundred and
thirty-five,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House.
; of Representatives of the United States of
i America in Congress assembled, That all
that part of the territory acquired from
! the Cherokee Indians by the treaty of
! New Echota of twenty.ninth December,
| eighteen hundred and thirty?five, within
i the State of Alnbama, which lies west of
the line dividing ranges twoand three east
of the basis meridian of Huntsville, shall
be added to and form a part of said district;
and all the territory acquired by the said
treaty within the said State not attached
to the Huntsville district, as above described,
shall be annexed to and form a
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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
the land oflice for the Coosa land district,
| at present located at Mardisville, shall be
removed to Lebanon in the county of De
Kalb.
Approved, March 4, 1842.
[Pt'blic?No. 6.J
AN ACT to authorize the Judge of the District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
to hold a special session of the said court.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re.
presentatices of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Judge of the District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
be, and he is hereby, authorized to hold a special
session of the said court, at a time to be by
him designated, in lieu of the regular session which
was appointed by law to be begun and held on
the third Monday of February, one thousandeight
hundred and forty.two, but was prevented by a
vacancy in the office of district judge; and the
marshal, clerk, and all other officers of the said
court are hereby enjoined and required to make
all needful arrangements for carrying into effect
the provisions of this act.
Approved, March 19, 1842.
[Public?No. 7.]
AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled An
act to amend the act approved May thirteenth, i
one thousand eight hundred, entitled An act j
to amend an act entitled an act to establish the
judicial courts of tha United States.
] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re.
I tWA an .> rtf fh0 ITniirtf Sit/it** nf Am0rir.it
in Congress assembled,, That the judges of the
courts of the United States in the State of Pennsylvania
be, and they hereby are, authorized to
appoint, when they deem it necessary, one or more
commissioners in the different cities and counties,
or any of them, of the districts in which their
courts are held, who Bhall have power, by virtue
of such appointment, to select from the taxable
citizens residing within the limits of the said counties
and cities, a number (to be designated from
time to time by the said judges) of sober, judi
cious, and intelligent persons, to serve as jurors in
the said courts; and the commissioners so appointed
shall return the names by them selected to the
marshal of the proper district; whereupon the said
courts shall, by due appointments, rules and regulations,
conform the further designating and the
empannclling of juries in substance to the laws
and usages which may be in force in such State.
Approved, March 19th, 184"?.
[Public?No. 8.]
AN ACT to authorize tlje Governors of the
States of Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri to
cause to be selected the lauds therein mentioned.
lie it enacted by the senate ana ttottse oj ite.
presentatizes of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That so much of the eighth
section of the act entitled 44 An act to appropriate
the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and
to grant pre-emptions," approved September fourth,
eighteen hundred and forty-one, as provides that
the selections of the grants of land made to the
several States, therein mentioned, for the purposes
of internal improvement, shall be made, respectively,
in such manner as the Legislatures thereof,
shall directs so far modified as to authorize the
Governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas and i
Missouri to cause the selections to be made for
those States without the necessity of convening
the Legislatures thereof for that purpose.
Approved, March 19tb, 1812.
[Pi'bi.ic?No. 9.]
AN ACT to amend the several acts establishing i
a district court of the United .States at Jackson,
in the District of West Tennessee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re.
presentatices of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the district couit of the
United States at Jackson, in the District of West
Tennessee, shall in future be attached to, and
form a part of, the eighth judicial circuit of the
United .States, with all the powers nnd jurisdiction
of the circuit court held at Nashville, in the middle
district of Tennessee. And it shall be the
duty of the associate justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States assigned to hold the court for
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the eighth circuit to attend the fall term of said
court at Jackson, and hold the same ; and when
he docs so, then he may dispense with his attendance
at the fall term of the court at Knoxvillc, in
the district of East Tennessee; or when said judge
holds the fall term at Knoxvillc, then he may dis- j
pense with holding the corresponding fall term at |
Jackson. And said circuit judge may elect
which court he will hold, at discretion, in the exercise
of which he shall be governed by the nature
and importance of the business : Provided, Said
circuit judge may attend at KnoxvilJe and Jackson
at any of their fall term : And provided, also,
That in the absence of said circuit judge at any
term of either of said courts, the district judge shall
hold the same, and may exercise all the powers
and jnrisdiction conferred on the circuit court
when held by the circuit judge.
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Sec. i. Ann or u rnrmer 'iiaei*u} inai ap. (
peals shall He from the district court at Jackson* to
the circuit court* in the same manner that they
lie from the district to, the circuit court at Nashville.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
fall terms of the district and circuit court* qt Jack,
son, shall in future be held on the second Monday
in October in each year; that tlie fall terms of the
district courts of Kentucky be in future held on
the third Monday of November in each year; and
that the fall terms of the circuit and district courts
at Knoxville, be held on the first Monday of Noveinber,
in each year.
Approved, April 14th, 1842.
[Public-?No. 10.]
AN ACT to confirm certain entries of lands in
tKn Klato nf TyMiitianQ on/1 tn siiIIiahia ftUa \m
MIV V? I ? ??? fcV WUMIVtlftO (l|C ! *
Ruing of patents for the same,
lie (I enacted by the Senate and House of Jit.
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the entries of the fbl,
lowing described tracts of land permitted to kbe
made by the register and receiver at Ouachita, in
the land district north of Red river, in the State of
Louisiana, to wit: Lot number five, of sectioQ
thirty-eight, and lots numbers one, two, fire, and
six, of section forty-five, and lots numbers three,
and four, of section forty-five, and lots numbers
three, four, and five, of section forty-six, and lots
numbers two, three, six, seven, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, and fourteen, of section forty-eight, ail
said lots being in township number thirteen, Qt
range number twelve east, in the said land district
north of Red river, in the State of ILouisiana,
be, and the same are hereby, confirmed and dec'ared
to be good and valid ; and patents shall issue
thereon as in other cases of good and valid entries,
and certificates of purchase, any law to thf
contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, April 14th, 1842,
[Pt'SUC?Jfo. 11.]
AX ACT authorizing. the construction of a warsteamer
for harbor defence.
Skc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the Seen.
tary of the Navy be, and he is hereby authorized
to enter into contract with Robert L. Stevens for
the construction of a war steamer, shot and shall
proof, to be built principally of iron, upon the
plan of the said Stevens ; Provided, The whole
cost, including the hull, armament, engines, boil,
era, and equipment in all respects complete for
service, shall not exceed the average cost of tl?e
steamers Misssouri and Mississippi.
Skc. 2. And be it further enacted, That |ho
sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be,
and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
towards carrying this law into effect,
Approved, April Htb, 1812,
[Pl'bljc.?No. 12. J
AN ACT to establish certain post roads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re.
presentatives of the United States of America in
| Congress assembled, That the following be cs.
tablishcd as post roads: From Rome, in Georgia,
i to Commerce, in the State of Mississippi, and
also to Memphis in the State of Tenncsee, namely,
from Rome, through War ronton, Decatur and
Tuseumbia, in Alabama, and Jacinto, in Mississippi,
to Ripley, in said State, as a common point,
and from said point through Holly .Springs and
Hernando, to Commerce, and from Ripley through
La Grange, in Tennessee, to Memphis ib aaid
State.
Approved, April 14th, 1842.
[Pl'bljC'?No. 13. J
AN ACT to provide Cur the allowance of invalid
pensions to certain Cherokee warriors, under the
provisions of the fourteenth article of the treaty
j of eighteen hundred and thirty.five.
1 n . .If .t * I ww . . ./ n _
tie it enaciea oy we aenaie ana nouse oj nr.
preventatives vf the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War
be, and fie hereby is, required to place on the pen.
sion roll such warriors of the Cherokee Nation, as
were engaged on the side of tlie United States in
the late war with Great Britain and the Southern
Indians, and who were wounded in such service,
at tlw same rates of pension as are allowed by law
to the officers and soldiers of regular army of tho
United States, under such rules and regulations
as to the proof of disability as the Secretary of
YVar shall prescribe : which pension shall cooj,
mencc from the period of disability. ,
Approved, April 14th, 1842,
[Public No.?14.]
AN ACT relative to tho act entitled, 44 An act
granting lands to certain exiles from Poland,'*
approved, thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and
thirty-four.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatiees
of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the acts now in torce
for the sale of the public lands, and granting
pre-emption rights to actual settlers, be, and the
same arc hereby, declared to extend to, and in.
elude, the lands selected in townships forty-four,
forty-five, and forty-six, north of the base line,
range one cast, of the third principal meridian
line in the State of Illinois by Lewis Clopicki,
under color of the act entitled, 44 An act granting
lands to certain exiles froin Poland.41 The said
selections not having been made in pursuance of
the provisions of said act, which act is hereby de.
clurcd to be in full force, for the benefit of said
Polish exiles.
Approved, April 14th, 1842.
[Public?No. 15.]
AN ACT for the extension of ths loan of eighteen
hundred and forty -one, and for an addition
of five millions of dollars thereto; and for al.
lowing interest on Treasury notes due.
Be it enacted bit the Senate and House of Re.
presenlatites of the United. Statetff America, in
Congrenn amcmbled, That the time limited by the
first scctioaofthc act of Congrcrs, entitled u An