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VOLUME VIII. CIIERAW. SOUTII-CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1848. NUMBER I.
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By M. MACLEAN. ]
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JTOUl IIWl utm; I* in.lv. J ,
in* covered with newer dopos'.tps, and from tlie (
uhle.lyin* or " green-sand" doposite appearing al- j
so in that belt of country, as for example at Mars' i (
Bluff, on Pec Dec river, Waecamaw river, in Hor- '
Iry district, E.lingh mi's mill, near Eutaw firings, |
on Santcc river, and (if Bartrain can be relied up.
on,) in the river at Silver Bluff bcloiv Augusta or
. ?
Hamburg, which place I visited, but could not
find what he discovered, though the water might
have been unusually low win n he was there. The
localities of "soft lime-stone" which I visited were
?
but few in number. The first was Dr. Jameson's
quarry, on the road from Orangeburg court house
to M'Cord's ferry on the Santcc. It is very white, .
lias the appearance of a hard chalk, is burnt for
lime, and is among the purest which I examined, !
containing 91.6 carbonate of lime, 8.1 of argile ' .
(the pure matter of ci ty) chiefly. It abounds in I
the ostrea seVifor/nh.
The same but not so while was also burnt for
lime on ."Mr. Darby's plantation in St. .Matthews
parish. Two specimens were examined : one gave
Carbonate of lime 99.4
Argile and oxide of iron - - . 9.6
The other, which was purer,
Carbonate of lime 02.2
IArgile and oxide of iron - - - 0.6
Among some of the other localities which came j
under my notice, and from which I received spe- j
cimens, but did not visit, were Eutaw Springs,
Godfrey's ferry on the Pee Dec river, Swain's ferry
on the Edisto, Santcc canal, &c. One of the
finest expositions of the "soft lime-stone," and
which will one da}* be of great value for agricultural
purposes, from its position, mass, and exposition,
rs Shell Bluff on the Savannah river. It rises ab- i
I
ruptly from the edge of the river, (and is about 25
miles below Augusta, on the Georgia side.) The 1 1
height I judged to be about fifty feet. In a see- j
tion which I made in the bluff near 16 or 17 years
P ago, I divided the calcareous mass into 1 1 parts or
portions, one resting upon the other, the whole bci1;
jig covered with a red earth, usually suulv, and
I which is common to most of the sea-bo trd portion
? of the states south of the Chesapeake. Specimens j
I from each of these 1 1 divisions were examined for j
I that part only combined with carbonic arid, the j
iinouritics being considered of no practical mo- j
meat; an J f.om position and so.ne slight exaroin- j
sit.nri, the p irt combined with flic acid is believed |
? > Ik- lime, an 1 lime only. The results probably ;
m lv be of a-.lvmt i re t0 some of the readers of!
you- Register, and th-v arc given, having never.
f liecti published.
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From the 4 Farmers' Register.' !
I
TIarl and soft Limestone of South CnROI.LVA.
44 CHALK HILLS" IMPROPERLY SO CALLED.
NEW JERSEY GREEN SAND. ,
[The inquiries in regard to South Carolina, '
which drew forth the following letter, will he suf- '
ficiently set forth by the answers. One of our in. i 1
quiries was caused by the information very lately
received as to the existence of what was celled I
*4 chalk" in large quantities near Hamburg. Tiiis ; >
we supposed to be indurated and very pure marl, or
soft liinc-stone; but it appears from .Mr. Vanux- j
em's letter that the earth in question is merely a ! 1
clay, containing no calcareous matter. In correcting
this mistake, (under which we know that sonic
intelligent persons still remain,) as well us in the
statements of the localities and kinds of actu d I
calcareous deposit*.s, this letter may be valuable to '
many persons in South Carolina ; and this wc trust j
will excuse us to the writer fur ]>ui?I.s.'img Jt wjtii. :
out any omission, or alteration of form as he men, J <
tioncd, but which we did not derm necessary.?
One change of form on'y we would have desired, I
?
but could not always supply?and for the want of j
which we fear injustice may be done 1 lie writer's >
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meaning m some minor respects, Because of tlie i
haste of the writing, some of the words of the let- j
ter were illegible, and possibly their equivalents i j
may not have been rendered by substitution in the 1 v
printing.?Ed. F. R.]
To the Editor of the Farmers' Register. i ,
J l li
Bristol,, Oct. 6th, 161J,
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Dear Sir:?I read your letter of the 2tft!i uit.,
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and a few pages of the Farmers' Register, containing
an account of your visit to some parts of the
4 mirl" region of Mew Jersey, which I have read
with interest. In reply to your letter requesting
a copy of the report on the geology of South (faro. '
Jina, I regret that I cannot lay my hands upon the
two only copies which I h ive, one of which you
would be welcome to, though it would not give you ^
any of the inform itiu.n you seek, as it was the re- ,
port of a short season, and relates only to the west .
part of the State, which is entirely in the p binary '
region, and the opposite cxtrcmcof the "culcari ous ' ^
marl" region. The report, like all the legislative .
documents of that State, was published only in the
two newspapers of Columbia, which is one o:' the j .
reasons why that survey is so little known. T.ic j
re don which contains the "soft lime-stone," makes
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its appearance, generally, from al>out twenty to !
thirty miles cast of the mail route through (fheraw, 1 .
Camden, Columbia, and Ilambu-g, extends to
near the sea-coast, the " soft lime-stone" appearing *
ut the surface at intervals in that part of the state,
?1 - ti..fornrpnpniK ilenosite. from be
Carbonate of lime .... 47.2
Sand and argile .... 52.3
The oilier from the upper part :
Carbonate of lime - - . - 71.6
Light yellow argile, very plastic - 28.4
No. 2. Mass of comminuted shells:
Carbonate of lime .... 73.2
Argile and some coarse sand [transparent) 26.6
No. 3. Similar mass (with disintegrated shells:)
Carbonate of lime .... 62.4
Coarse silicious sand and yellow clay 37.6
No. 4. Similar mass:
Carbonate of lime .... 73.2
Coarse sand and yellow argile - - 26.8
No. 5. Bed about 6 inches thick, distinctly observed
in the bluff":
Carbonate of lime ? 37.2
Light osive colored argile, and fine andcoarse
sand .... 62.6
No. 6. Comminuted shells, &.C., and occasionally
an entire one:
Carbonate of Jime .... 47.2
Glassy and yellow argile - - ? 52.8
No. 7. The same :
Carbonate of lime .... 85.2
Glassy sand and yellow argile - - 14.8
No. 8. The same. More arenaceous :
Carbonate of lime - - - - 54.4
Glassy sand and ochrey argile - - 45.G
No. 9 Earthy or marly :
Carbonate of lime .... 80.4
Same kind of sand, argile or clay . 19.G
No. 10. Very thick bed :
Carbonate of lime .... G4.4
Glassy sand and whitish argile - 35.4
No. 11. In nodules and large flat masses :
Carbonate of liinc - - - 93 i
Yellowish white argila ... 7.G
No. 12. Comminuted shells, &,c., with occasionally
a large oyster:
Carbonate of lime - 83.2
Coarse sand and yellow argile, very tenacious
..... 16.S
So. 13. Abounds in impressions of tertiary sheds
but the shelly part remained :
Carbonate of lime .... 77.G
r. 4>.) .t
l-crrugincus argue, very soil . . ?
So. 11. rppcrpartof the calcareous bluff abounds
n large ustre i which are collected and burnt for
ime. Hod about 0 feet thick. I did not analyze I
heir matrix, but have no reason to believe that it
arics from those immediately below it.
? I
Having given you as much information as I
lave at hand, in relation to the 44 soft calcareous
egion," and believing it to be the purpose for
vhich you write, I will now pass to the next item j
f your letter, namely, the supposed chalk hills,
ear Hamburg, in South Carolina. This chalk is
f a remarkably pure clay, as to color and coinosition,
for its position and muss, and is found
t intervals from Long Island to Florida, but usu- j
lly associated with red clay, forms tin mass which
ou may have seen at Fo.t Washington on the
'otomac. It is in greater body, and a finer white,
etwecn Columbia and Augusta, than I have clsovhcre
noticed it. It would be a porcelain earth
verc it not fur a yellow tinge which it exhibits
vhen burnt, owing to oxide, of iron, from which
t requires only to he free to rank with tint sub.
-tance. Through the region where it exists, its
lillocks are called chalk hills. It occurs al\va3's
icar the line of the primary range going from the
>cean, and appears to have been derived from the
lecomposition of the feldspar of the granite, which
rom Virginia south is the prevailing sea-board
)riinary rock. To the south the clay is usually
rovcrod with a red ferruginous earth, with coarse
land, which is an abundant sub-soil along the
southern mail route, and lor some distance to the
?ast of it, being often covered with white coarse
lyalic or glassy quartz sand, the common sand of
he Atlantic region.
I regret that when in Philadelphia you did not
;is!t me. I should grcatlv have been pleased to
?ave made your personal acquaintance, to have
i c,?ie nivin which lime acts
;;iu\v:i jvu viu ?vuhm -{?
? beneficially, and to have acconip.m'cd you into
omc of the more eastern jnarl regions of tlie state
Inn those you visited. I should like to have had
01110 conversation with you upon the improvement
>f soil, lor little can be. given in a letter in comur.son
with oral communication. Your p^pcr
11 the pages of the Farmers' Register adds more
>roof to the opinion which I entertain and enter,
lined, of tlie action of New Jersey "marl," tint
t is iiot a specific, (hence potash is not the fcrtilzing
principle, as asserted,) but acts favorably on.
y under ec.t in ci cuinstances. Thus the gun.
/owdcr varijty, whose paiticles arc evident, is
ra!u..blc when applied to stifT, or adhesive, or wet
lolls, whilst the coherent outs arc beneficial upon
lie more open and sandy ones, as you instanced
jii some of the farms in Gloucester county. It is
nore easy for me to generalize, or find a final cause
:han a proximate one, for Xcic Jersey marl, name,
iy, that all production whatever is the result of
difference, and that production ceases so soon as
all differences arc removed or cease; hence, with
me, rotation is the first and essential element in
all good farming, being in accordance with the
whole nl ui of creation, as developed in gcologv
I - _
ami revelation. One tiling prepares the wav lor
another?an order of succession having been established
from all eternity. Take a worn-out field
in this section of country, where no wheat has been
grown for twenty years, arid with a little manure
it will yield 25 bushels to the acre; whereas previously
it would not produce 10 with the same
manure. When abandoned it would produce nothing
but weeds, and finally coarse or stunted
grasses; for the fight partiehs of soils having
been carried below by the action of rain, which
leaves only the coarser ones upon the surface,
some other grasses appear, and tiic.sc prepare the
soil to aguitt yield wheat, which without lime, manures,
and a certain succession, the land would
aga it become unproductive to lite cultivator. 1
find en my farm, that whatever I put on it that is
foreign to the soil, and :s not poisonous, improves
it directly or indirectly. Hence 1 lie great advantage
of continuously dctj>er plowing, which I have
tVrt.n thr berrinnin"- now twelve years.?
p; iiv.? r
It i* orrt tin tit it clnngc is '-o<rl fur man :tn?I tlir
v. it- Ic vf; of animals : i( i> s-o fur plants, an<! f<r
soils to be productive they must undergo a change j
likewise ; and thus mixtures of earths, manures,
I green crops, saline substances to act as condiments
or stimulants, gaseous absorbents, like charcoal,
, &c., are beneficial. In a paper which was pub;
lished in the Journal of the the Acadamy of Philadelphia,
1328,1 there mentioned that the marl of
New Jersey and Delaware yielded but an inconsiderable
portion of carbonate of lime, and that it
, appeared to owe its fertilizing property to a small
| quantity of iron pyrites, which passes to sulphate
i of iron by exposure to the air, and also to animal
matter, to its color, and to its effects, when mixed
with sand, of diminishing the calorific conducting
power of the latter. I was then not aware of the
potash which was contained in it, or should have
noticed it.
In the Report which I recently published, in
Albany, under the head of" soils," are these words:
J " Certain earthy mixtures which contain no nutri
, nient, such as the marl of New Jersey, ]>ossess a
, highly fertilizing quality, the efficient cause of
| which is yet unknown, for it cannot be the potash
j contained therein, as was formerly supposed, since
I in that case micaceous or primary soils would be
J more productive than they arc. Too little attenj
tion, it seems to me, has hitherto been given to the
J effects developed by the action of the sun's rays on
t different colored particles in the soil: the white
: particles producing reflection in excess, may give
J rise to a repellent force; while the darker colored
j ones, being less reflective, receive the full influj
cncc of tiic calorific ones," and thereby evolve that
force connected with combination. : / the assiduous
study of the law of these two forces which
have a close analogy to the powers of life, we would
probably do more to remove the difficulty in question,
than by fallowing any course hitherto pursued.''
With respect to potash, I must state that in a
I more recent conversation with Professor Booth he
I informed me that carbonic acid would separate the
j alk i!i from the marl, which consequently gives the
i marl an advantage over micaceous soils, as rc...
j spcets potash, the mica requiring a much stronger
j acid to act upon it.
I This letter is written as a kind of interchange
for what you sent me. Should any part other
| than those which are a reply to your letter be of
i use to you as an editor, they are at your service,
I?ut will require your aid to l?c fitted for publication.
The information voti ask for, I take for granted
you wish to publish, though that may require some
! alteration as to manner. With great respect,
JjARDNKu Vant.xem.
|
t From lltr ' Western Farmer and Gardener.''
! Caution to itlillers and Consumer. oI
Bread.
I Mobile, Juty 17th, 1819.
| To Dr. M. U*. Philips
I About u month ago, a number of negroes, on the
j the plantation of James (J. Lyon, near .Mobile,
| were seized with violent pains and cramp in the
j stomach, fainting fits, irritability of stomach, oh.
j stinate constipation, some with convulsions, and
| palsy of the limbs, little or no fever, &c.; iu short,
all the symptoms which belong to what has been
called Lead, or Painter's Colic,
j In a short time, nearly every negro on the place
was seized with similar symptoms, and it became
evident that there must be some extraordinary
cause at work. On investigation, the corn meal
which they had lecn rating ires found to contain
lead, which had been ground up along with it;?
half a pint of Jead was picked out of a bushel and
a half of meal.
Oa going to the mill and examining the stone?,
it was found that the miller had, for the purpose
i of balancing and fixing it, poured several pounds
of melted lead into the eye of the runner stor:e,
I and this had worked loose, pot between the stones,
and teas p round up with the mealThe whole
mystery was solved at once.
I Now, sir, I am informed that it is a very com.
j mm thing for millers to use lead in this way, and
1 have no doubt that very many persons have been
poisoned without ever being able to account for it,
and the symptoms have heen looked upon and
| treated as bilious colic, or some other disease.
I have just met with a similar fact, recorded in
j one of my foreign journals?a whole family had
symptoms like those I have enumerated above, and
I on analysis, the i!our they had been eating wa6
1 found to contain lead.
Mr. Lyon has already lost four valuable negroes,
j and a considerable number of others are almost
! entirely helpless from palsy in their limbs, some
1 of whom will cither die or remain useless for life.
When I say to you that every man, woman, and
! child, is in daily danger of being poisoned by such
! ignorance or negligence, I have, I hope, said
enough to impress upon your readers the importj
ante of inquiring closely into this matter.
Yours, &c.,
J. C. Nott, M. D.
To rrevent Ikon from rusting.?Warm the
; :? tin :? ?,? vnn ran bear vour hand on
i 1IUII 1111 it 1 ci ua uvi. , ,
; it, without burning; then rub it with new, clean,
white wax, and hold it to the fire till the wax soaks
| in. When done, rub it over with a piece of serge.
This prevents the iron from rusting.
Orchard Caterpillars.?Attentive observers
wiil doubtless have noticed that these insects have
1 been 011 the increase for a year or two past, and it
' would be well if effectual measures were taken to
; destroy tlicrn while their numbers are yet small.? i
( The perfect insect deposites its eggs during the latj
ter part of summer, in the shape of bells or cylindrical
rings, on the smaller branches and near their
( extremities. These rings arc then covered with a
i resinous substance, which excludes moisture, and
j they remain uninjured till the following spring,
when the young caterpillars hatch, grow and dcj
vour. Each ring of eggs produces a nest of cater|
pillars.
| At this season of the year, these nests of eggs
j arc easily seen, and if cut off and burned, the ojk>.
' ration will save the more troublesome task of dc_
stroving the insects next spring, and at a season
if is al'owrd for its faithful perform- t
; atu'i'.?-y^f (r'-nrxrr J'nrmtr. j
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES, I
Passed at the 2d Session of the 27f i Congress. 1
BY AUTHORITY.
[Public?No. ltJ.j
AN ACT making appropriations for the civil and
diplomatic expenses of Government for the 3 ear
eighteen hnndrcd and forty-two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and llouse of Re.
prcsentatiers of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That the following sums be,
and are hereby, appropriated to the objects hereinafter
expressed, to be paid out of any unappropriated
money in the Treasury, namely:
No. 1. For pay and mileage of the members of
Congress and delegates from the Territories, in
addition to the sum already a; pr >priatcd to thai
object during the present session, two hundred and I
seventy.thrce thousand sjven hundred and twelve
dollars.
No. 2. For pay of the officers and clerks of
the Senate and House of Representatives, in addition
to the sum already appropriated to that ob.
jeet during the prcsnt session, twelve thousand five
hundred dollars.
No. 3. For stationer)*, fuel, printing, and all
other incidental and contingent expenses of the
Senate in addition to the sum already approprated
to that object during the present session, thirty,
five thousand dollars.
No. 4. For stationery, fuel, printing, and all
other incidental and contingent expenses of the
House of Representatives, in addition to the sum
already appropriated to that object during the present
session, fifty thousand dollars: Provided,
That no part of the sums appropriated for the contingent
expenses of cither House of Congress shall
be applied to any other than the ordinary expenditures
of the Senate and House of Representatives,
nor as extra allowance to any clerk, mcsc<-?ncrr>r
nr f,t!ipr attendant of the said two Houses,
MV"8v*i ?
or either of them ; nor as payment or eompensation
to any cleric, messenger, or other attendant
of the said two Houses, or either of them, unless
such cleric, messenger, or other attendant, be so
employed by a resolution or order of on? of said
II (uses.
No. 5. For printing and binding ordered by
the Senate during the twenty-sixth Congress, and
remaining unpaid, twenly-sevcn thousand two
hunJred eighty.two dollars and sixty.eight cents,
or sa much thereof as may be found due on audiling
the account by the proper committee.
No. G. For preparing, printing, and binding
documents ordered by the resolutions of the Senate
of second July, eighteen hundred and thirtysix,
and March second, eighteen hundred and
thirty-seven, relating to the establishment of the
scat of Government, reports, piano, ami surveys,
for improvements of harbors and rivers, roads
and canals, (to be disbursed under the direction of
the committee to auuit and control the contingent
expenses of the Senate; this sum being for printing
and engraving dune in pursuance of said resolutions
prior to July, eighteen hundred and forty),
twelve thousand two hundred and fifty dollars:
but nothing in this appropriation shall authorize
the continuance of said work, unless Congress j
shall hereafter direct the same.
Nc. 7. For a deficiency in the appropriations
for the twenty-sixth Congress, on account of the
contingent and incidental expenses of the House,
namely : for printing, lithographing, binding, and
books, ninety-eight thousand three hundred thirty,
five dollars and eighty-five cents, or so much thereof
as may be found necessary, on auditing the accounts
by the appropriate committee; fifty-two
thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars and
c"v cfnt? nf this amount bcin? for books or
dcred by the House of Representatives, at the
second session of the twenty-sixth Congress, to be
distributed to the mernljcrs of that body.
No. 8. For the salary of the principal and two
assistant librarians, an 1 the messenger of the library,
three thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
No. 1'. For contingent expenses, for carpet and
repairs to the furniture of the library, one thousand
eight hundred dollars.
No. 10. For purchase of books for the library
of Congress, five thousand dollars.
No. 11. For purchase of law books for the library
of Congress, one thousand dollars.
No. 12". For the salary of the President of the
United States, twcnty.five thousand dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
No. 13. For the salary of the Secretary of
State, six thousand dollars.
No. 14. For clerks and messengers in his office,
twenty thousand three hundred dollars.
No. 15. For incidental and contingent expenses
of the Department of State, including publishing
and distributing the laws, twenty-five tlious?i
i-ii Tli.a flio inh nrmtinrr.
<uiu demurs; i lunucu, i uu> un jw j.........QT
stationery, and binding, of each of the Executive
Departments, shall, until otherwise directed bylaw,
be furnished by contract, proposals for which
shall regularly be advertised in the public prints.
The classes, character, and description, of the
printing being specified in each advertisement as
far as that can be done, and it being made a condition
in all eases, unless otherwise specifically
stated in the advertisement, that the work shall
be done in the city of Washington; and the con.
tract shall in each ease, so far as the proj>osals
and acceptance shall enable the contract to be
made, be given to the lowest bidder, whose bid
shall be accompanied with proper testimonials of
the ability of the bidder to fulfil his contract.
For amount due, in addition to former appropriations,
for compiling, printing, and binding the
Biennial Register, one thousand four hundred and
sixty-six dollars and forty-nine cents.
TREASURY DEPARTM EXT.
Xo. 16. For the salary of the Secretary of the
Treasury, six thousand dollars.
Xo. 17. For compensation to clerks and moss.n^ers
in his office, twenty thousand and ti'ty
dollars.
Xe. 18. For the salary of the First Comptroller,
and the compensation of the clerks and messengers
in his office, twonfv.iwo thousand six hundred
doll irs.
No. If). For the salary of the Second Comp |
troller, and the compensation of the clerks and ; i
messenger in his office, fifteen thousand two t
hundred and fifty dollars.
No. 23. For the salary of the Firat Auditor, i r
and the compensation of the clerks and mcssen- j
ger in his office, eighteen thousand nine hundred | t
dollars. I t
No. 21. For the salary of the Second Auditor, t
and ths compensation of clerks and messenger in j
his office, twenty thousand nine hundred dol. 1
Jars.
i
No. 22. For the salary of the Third Auditor, f
and the compensation of clerks and messengers in t
his office, thirty-five tliousand and filty dollars.
XT- o*1 nf ilic Fourth Auditor. n
11U> ~0. A 'H HIC aaiaij >/i - ? , ?- ,
and the compensation of clerks und messenger in
his office, eighteen thousand nine hundred and fif. j f
tv dollars. ; t
No. 21. For the salary of the Fifth Auditor, j
and the compensation of clerks and messenger in : o
his office, twelve thousand eight hundred dol- <
lars. J o
No. 25. For the salary of the Treasurer, and tl
for the compensation of clerks and messenger in
his office, thirteen thousand three hundred and fif. o
ty dollars.
No. 26. For the salary of the Register of the fi
Treasury, and the compensation of clerks and tl
messengers in hie office, twenty-seven thousand
two hundred dollars. d
No. 27. For the salary of the Commissioner of j
the General Land Office, and the compensation j f
of the recorder, solicitor, draughtsman, assistant t
draughtsman, clerks, messenger*, and packers in j
his office, ninety-eight thousand five hundred dol- k
hrj. I li
No. 28. For the salary of the Solicitor of the 1 tl
Treasury, and compensation to olerksjand mcssen- !
gcr in his office, seven thousand four hundred and f
fifty dollars. a
DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
No. 29. For the salary of the Secretary of War,
six thousand dollars.
No. 3.). For clerks and messengers in said I ^
office, thirteen thousand three hundred and fifty j
dollars. , ^
No. 31. For the salary of the Commissioner of '
Indian Affairs, and the compensation of clerks an I
mcssen ;c s in his office, seventeen thousand nine 1
hundred dollars. 11
No. 3?. For the ra'ary of the Commissioner of 11
Pensions, and the compensation of clerks and mcs. c
scnger in his office, sixteen thousand six hundred f
dollars. r
No. 33. For the compensation of clerk in the i d
office of Commanding General, one thousand do!-1
lars. f
No. 34. For the compensation of clerks in the 1
office of the Adjutant General, seven thousand one 3
hundred and fifty dollars. ' '
No. 33. For compensation of clerks and mcs- 1
sengcr in the office of the Quartermaster General,
seven thousand three hundred dollars. d
No. 3d. For compensation of clerks and mcs. 1
sengcr in the office of the Paymaster General, scv- *
en thousand one hundred dollars.
No. 37. For compensation of clerks an 1 me?- P
sengcr in the office of Commissary General of b
Purchases, four thousand and fifty dollars. c
No. 33. For compensation of clerks in the office
of the Commissary General of Subsistence, '
th.'cc thousand eight hundred dollars. p
No. 33. For compensation of clerks in the of- ^
fi,ce of the Chief Engineer, five thousand one hundrcd
and fifty dollars. v
No. 40. For compensation of clerk in the of- *
ficc of the Surgeon General, one thousand dol- 1
lure.
No. 41. For compensation of clerks in the
office of the Colonel of Ordnance, eight thousand
3
one hundred and fifty dollars.
No. 43. For compensation of clerks in the bureau
of Topographical Engineers, three thousand
four hundred dollars.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
No. 43. For the salary of the Secretary of the
Navy, six thousand dollars. g
No. 44. For compensation of clerks and messengers
in his office, eleven thousand two hundred
e? II
and fifty dollars.
No. 45. For salaries of the Commissioners of Q
the Navy Board, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
s
No. 46. For compensation of the secretary of
the Navy Board, two thousand dollars. t
No. 47. For compensation of clerks, draughts- c
man, and messenger, in the office of said Board, j
eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For this sum to pay arrearages for clerks salary .
heretofore appropriated, (the same having been |
carried to the surplus fund in the year eighteen I r
hundred and thirty-five,) six hundred and eighteen
dollars and thirty-three cents. t
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. t
No. 48. For salary of Postmaster General, six
thousand dollars. o
No. 49. For salary of three Assistant Postma.*.
or? funeral. seven thousand five hundred dol- t
lam
No. 50. For compensation of clerks and mcs- ! t
senders in said office, forty-eight thousand six
hundred dollars. I
No. 51. For compensation of two watchmen
at three hundred dollars each, six hundred dol- j c
lar . It
No. 52. For salary of Auditor for Post Office
Department, three thousand dollars. ; t
No. 53. For compensation of clerks and messengers
in said office, fifty-five thousand five hun- j t
dred dollars.
No. 51. For repairs of the building lately oc- ; i
cupicd by the Post Office Department, under an
agreement entered into between Amos Kendall, j t
Postmaster General, and B. Ogle Tayloc, the pro- ,
prictor of said building, on the six'ocnth day o' J c
i\ ..l/rlitoon hiiiiHreri and thirtv.six. to nut t !
I/UCCIllUCi, VigMMfvi. ? j , -- f
the same in a good and tenanlablc rendition, two j
thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars and j t
eighty-five cents.
SURVEYORS AND THEIR CLERKS.
No. For salary of surveyor general north ;
west of the <>hio, two thousand dollars
No. 56. For compensation of clerk* in h of.
ice, per act of ninth May, eighteen hum reJ aad
hirty-six, six thousand three liundred dollars.
No. 57. For salary of surveyor general in llli
io;s and Missouri, two thousand dollars.
No. 58. For compensation of clerks in lit* oficc,
per act of ninth May, eighteen hundred and
fiirty-sit, three thousand eight hundrcikand twenty
dollars.
No. 59. For salary of surveyor general pf Arkansas,
one tlwusand five hundred dollars.
No. GO. For compensation of clerks in his of.
ice, per act of ninth May, eighteen hundred and
liirty.six, two thousand eight hundred dollars.
N o. 61. For salary of surveyor general of Lou.
siana, two thousand dollars.
No. 62. For compensation of clerks in his ofice,
per act of ninth May, eighteen hundred and
hirty.six, two thousand five hundred dollars.
No. 63. For the salary of the surveyor general
f Mississippi, two thousand dollars.
No. 61. For compensation of clerks in his
dice, per act of ninth May, eighteen hundred aud
liirty-six, five thousand dollars.
No. 65. For the salary of the survcypr general
f Alabama, two thousand dpllars.
No. GG. For compensation of clerks in his of.
icq, per act of ninth May, eighteen hundred and
hiity-six, two thousand dollar*.
No. G7. For salary of surveyor gpncral of Flwila,
two thousand dollars.
No. 68. For compensation of clerks in his ofice,
per act of ninth May, eighteen hundred and
hirty.six, one thousand dollars.
No. G9. For Hjlarv of survevor vencra! of Wis
0 - v a t r ri T
;onsan and Iowa, per act of twcfth June, eighteen
lundrcd and thirty-eight, one thousand five hunIrcd
dollars.
No. 70. For compensation of clerks in hi* of.
ice, per act of twelfth June, eighteen hundred
ltd I{)irtyTught, one tliousaml six hundred dolus.
No. 71. For salary of Secretary to sign pa.
rnts f>r public lands, one thousand five hundred
oil ire.
No. 72. For salary of Commissioner of Public
luildings in Washington city, three thousand dol:rs.
No. 73. For compensation of two assistants to
lie Commissioner, as superintendent of the Polonac
bridge, at one dollar and fifty cents per day,
ncluding oil for lamps, fuel, repairs, and for searing
and delivering to the drawkccpcr at the
*otomac bridge the draws, timber, iron, See., caricd
away by the ice freshet, one titousand six
Ired and fiity dollars. '
No. 74. Fcr completing the ?^x|ui?itc offices,
uel, vaults, water-clo^cis, erecting the portico ol
he tt ratrpp yin<r. the eolonade, courts, pavements,
tnd cncuiurcs, including the amount due for him?cr
and materials for the Treasury building, forty
housand three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
No. 75. For completing the work yet to ho
lone, and to pay for labor and materials due, at
lie Gcnrral Pest Office building, 6eventy,four
liousaiul three hundred and scvcnty-fivo dollars.
No, 76. For erecting privies, grading and
aving courts, at the new jail, and erecting ?uitale
furnacr s for heating the building, one thousand
ight hundred and fifty-one dollars.
No. 77. For pay of John Joyce, account al.
3wee! him by the board of commissioners under
esolution of Congress, one hundred and thirty'
lu'ee dolla's and eighty.scvcn and a half cents.
No. 78. For enclosing Patent Office andgrounds
rith wood pale fence, clearing grounds, planting
rces, preparing and fixing window shutters, two
liousand dollars.
UNITED STATES MINT AND BRANCHES.
No.'9. For salary of the director of the mint
t Philadelphia, three thousand five hundred doh
ars.
No. 80. tor compensation of the treasurer in
aid office, two thousand dollars.
No. 81. For compensation of chief coiner io
.id office, two thousand dollars.
No. 82. Ftr compensation of the awaycr In
iid office, two thousand dollars.
No. 83. l4or compensation of melterand refiner
a s iid office, two thousand dollars.
No. 81. For compensation of engraver in said
ffice, two thousand dollars.
No. 85. For compensation of the assistant a*,
aycr, one thousand three hundred dollars.
No. 86. For compensation of one clerk at one
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ilUU^dilU mu llUiiUJCU uvtiaiP, vn v uv v?.v
>nc hundred dollars, and one at one thousand dol.
ars, four thousand four hundred dollars.
No. 87. For compensation to workmen in said
flic", twmty-four thousand dollars.
No. 88. For specimens of ores and coins to bo
cscrvcd at the mint, tuo hundred dollars.
No. 89. For salary of the superintendent of
he branch mint at Charlotte, North Carolina,
wo thorn and dolhrs.
No. 90. For compensation of assnycr in siid
tfficc, one thousand five hundred dollars.
No. 91. For compensation of coiner in said of.
ice, one thousand five hundred dollars.
No. 92. For compensation of one clerk, ono
housihd dollar.*.
No. 93. For compensation to workmen, three
housand five hundred dollars.
No. 94. For compensation of the superintend,
nt of the branch mint at Dalilonega, Georgia,
wo thousand dollars.
No 93. For condensation of the assayer, one
housand five hundred dollars.
No. 90. For compensatio n of the coiner, one
housand five hundred dollars.
No. 97. For compensation of one clerk, ono
housand dollars.
No. 98. For compensation of workmen, two
housand cijiht hundred and eighty dollars.
No. 99. For compensation of the uperintendnt
of the branch mint --i New Orleans, two
housand five hundred dollars.
No. 100. For compensation of the Treasurer,
wo thousand dollars.
No. 101. For comfensitio.i cf the coit e\ two
! ous md dollars.
No. 10*2. For compensation of the assnver, two
li-up it id do'lars.