tr ! :i'- ami economical administration of that
brnn'-h i.l' lho public service.
fiett. 3. And be it further enanttd, That, in
liru of . .the psjf rations, allowances, and other
omokintenU autlwrkfld by th existing law and
reputations, the annual nay of f ursers shall be as
follows, viz ! when attached to vessels in commis
sion for rrrt wry ice, they plmll receive, for ships
of the line, three thousand' five hundred dollars ;
far frigates or razees, three thousand dollars ; for
r-ioops of war, and stcamem of first class, two
thonsand dollars j for brip, and schooners, and
steamers, less than first class, fifteen hundred dol.
lars ; on ditty at navy yards at Boston, New York,
Norfolk, and Pensnroia, two thousand fiv hun
dred dollars,?' at Portsmouth Philadelphia, and
Washington, two thousand dollars ; at naval sta.
tions, within the United States, fifteen hundred
dollars? and hv receiving ships at Boston, New
Tork, and Sorforlk," two thousand five hundred
dollars ; and at other places, fifteen hundred dol
lars j on leave or waiting orders,he same pay as
Burgeons. And it is hereby expressly declared,
that the yearly pay provided in this net, Is all the
pay compensation, and allowance, that shall he
received unrier any circumstances, by pursers, ex-
.t nnp ration est'-b per dav. when attached to
vrawls fur fea. ali" In- t ravelin expenses when
under orders, !or which ten cents pur mile shall be
allowed.
See. 4. Andbe it further enacted, Tlml nothing
ttt this act"nnttmMhatt"-be--oBiitfMd-WilE!t
tb bonds which nave heretofore been given by
pursers in the navy, but the same shall remain in
full force and effect, as if this law had not been
passed ; and the Secretary of the Navy is. hereby
authorized and required to demand and receive
from them, or any of them, new bonds, with suffi
cient sureties", in all cases in which ho may con.
aider the same necessary and expedient, and in
case any purser shall neglect or refuse to give such
new bond, it shall le the duty of the Executive to
dismiss him forthwith from the service.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the
mlra and regulations which shall be made in con,
formitv with the provisions of this act shall he
laid before Congress at their nct session.-
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, T hat it shall
not be lawful for a purser in the navy to advance
or loan anv sum or sums of money, public or pn.
lvate.or any article or commodity whatever, or any
credit, to any officer in the naval service, under
any pretence whatever. " " "
Bee. 7. And be itfurthm enacted, That the pro.
visions of thit act ahall go into effect within the
United States, from the date of its passage ; and
in vessels abroad at the begining of tbo quarter
XftariMi official receipt.
See. 8. And be it further enacted, That pursers
attached to, and doing duty in, navy yards at lias.
ton. New York, and Norfolk, and seagoing ves
sels of m large1 class than sloops-ofjwar, shall be
authorized to appoint a clerk or assistant, to be
approved by the commanding officer of such yard
or vessel , and tho yearly compensation of said
clerk shall be as follows, viz : in a frigate or navy
-sard, at Doston.. Hew. Yorkand Norfolk, five
hundred dollars.. Said ossistnnt or clerk shall
have the privileges which are allowed to the clerk
of the commanding officer j and each purser and
clerk, while attached to vessels, in commission,
shall receive. one ration per day.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That all
stores of purser on board ships in commission
shall be taken by the Government at a fur valua.
tion, under the direction of the Secretary of the
Navy. '
Sec. 10. Andjbe it further enacted. That all acts
or parts of acts, which may be conttary to or in.
consistent with, the provisions of this act, shall
be, and are hereby repealed.
See, 11. Andbe it further enacted. That, from
and after the passage of this act the annual pay
of the forward warrant officers of the navy of the
United States shall be as follows : for boatswains,
gunners, carpenters and aailmakera, when on du
ty, on board ships of tho line, and in the three
navy yards at Boston, New York, and Norfolk,
eight hundred dullrrs f on other duty, aeven hun
dred dollars, when on leave of absence, or await.
irur orders, the said officer.- slum receive five bun.
dred dollars, for the first ten years and after six
hundred dollars.
Sea. 12. And be it further enacted, That when,
ever an officer shall perform the duty of a higher
grade, by order of the Secretary of the Navy, or
the commander of a fleet of squadron or ship,
acting eingly on foreign service, such officer shall
be entitled to receive the pay of such higher grade
during, the time he performs the doty in that
grade, and no longer ; and no allowance shall be
made for performing such service hereafter unless
so ordered,
Approved, August 6, 1813.
Pcblic No. 80. . -
AN ACT irt addition to an act to promote the pro
cress of the useful arts, and to repeal all acts
and parta of acta b.rUifuta madit foi tltat pur
pose '
Be it enacted by the Snude and House of
Representatives of iht' U. btates of Ameri
ca in Congress Assembled, Thatihe Trea
surer of the United States be, and ho here,
by is, authorized to pay back, out' of the
fi.3JSPiJkQiiiSM- WW M jums of money, to
any person who shall have pal! the same
into the Treasury, or Id any receivor or
depositary, tothccredit of the treasurer.
as lor lues accruing at the 1'atent Ullico
through mistake, and which ore not pro:
vided to li; paid by existing la ws, certificate
thereof hling mado to suid Treasurer by
tho Commissioner of PatenU.
:r Sec. 2 And be il further enacted, That
the third scclion of tho net of March, eigh.
teen hundred and thirty-seven, which autho
rizes the renewing of patents lost prior to
the fifteenth f IemliWp-eighteefrhuBr
dred and thirty-six, is extended to patents
granted prior to stud fifteenth day of De.
comber, though they may have been lost
subsequently : Provided, hoteever, The
same shall not hae been recorded anew
under- the'provisions of said act.
SeevA, And be it further enacted, That
nny citizen or ci!izens,or alien or aliens,
having resided one year in the U. Slatesj
and taken the oath of his or their intention
to bocome a citizen'or citizens, who by his,
her, or their own industry, genius, efforts,
and expense, may bave invented or pro-
, cluccd any new andonginal design for a
manufacture, whoiher of metal or fther
-material or maUals, or any new and original
design for the printing of woolen, silk, cot
toot or other fabrics, or ahy new and ori
ginal design for a bust, -statue, or bas relief
or composition in alto or basso relievo, or
. any new and original impression or orna
ment, or to be placed on arty article of ma.
;nufacture,the same being formed in marble
or other material, or any new and useful
pattern, or print, or pjfliuj, to be either
worked on, or printed or painted or cast or
xitberwise fixed on, any article of manu
facturc, or nny new and original shape or
configuration of any article of manufacture
not known or used '- others before his,
her, or their invention or jrpductiofflliefg;
"of, and prior to he time of his, lieror
-tbeir apphcation for a patent therefor, and
itwho shall desire to obtain an exclusive pro
perty or right therein to make, use, and
-sell and vend tlietame, -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 Jhe Commissioner, or due
proceeding had, rr.ay grant a patent there
for, as in the case now of application of a
patent! Provided.Thbt the fee in such
case which by the now existing laws would
be required of the particular applicant shall
be one half the sum, and that the duration
of said patent shall be soven years, and
that all the regulations and provisions which
now apply to.the obtaining or protection of
patents not inconaisiem wun we provisions
of this act shall apply to applications under
this section
Sec. 4.- And be it further enacted, That
the oath required for applicants tor patents
may be taken, when the applicant is not for
the time being residing in tuejluited.i3uttes,
before any minister, plenipotentiary , charge
d auuires, consul, or commercial agent hold,
ing commission under the Government of
the United States, or before any notary
public of the foreign country to which such
applicant my bo,
See. 5. And be il further enacted, That
if any person or persons shall paint or
print, or mould, cast, carve, or engrave, or
,stam,upgn anything made used, or sold
by him, for tho sole making or selling which
he hath not or shall not have obtained letv
ters 'patent, the name or any imilation of
tho name of any other person ho hath or
shall have obtained letters patent for tho
sole Tnntirur Tindvending of such thing,
without consent of such patentee, or his
assigns or legal representatives ; 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 license Orcon.
sent of such patentee, or his assigns or le
gal representatives, shall write, paint, print,
mould, cost, carve, engrave, stamp, or
otlierwiseniakeraflix4he word patent
or the words " letters patent," or the word
" patentee," or any word or words of like
kind, meaning, or import, 'With the view or
intent of imitating or counterfeiting the
stamp, mark, or other device of tho paten,
tee, or shall affix the same or any word,
stamp, or device of like import, on any
unpatented ar'tice, for the purpose of de.
ceiving the public, he, she, or they, so of
fending, shall be liable for such offence, to
a penalty of not less than one hundred dol.
lars, with costs, to be recovered by action
ui-any- of-4he.cimiit-courts -ofihe United.
States, or in any of the district courts of
the United States having the powers and
jurisdiction of a circuit court ; one half of
which penalty, as recovered, shall be paw
to the patent fund, and the other half to any
person or persons who shall sue for the
samo.
Sec. 6. And be it further 'enacted, That
all patentees and assignees of patents here
after granted are hereby required to stamp,
engrave, or cause to be stamped or en
graved, on each article vended, or offered
for sale, tbe date of the patent ; and if any
person or persons, or patentees or assignees ,
shall neglect to do so, he, she, or they
shall be liable to tho same penalty, to be
recovered and disposed .or in the manner
specified in the foregoing fifth section of
this act.
Approved, August 29, 1842.
Pcblic No. 61.
AN ACT to provide for the reports of the decisions
of the Supreme Court of tbe United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatits of the Untied Stales of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That tho re
porter who shall, from time to time, be ap.
pointed by jhe Supreme Court, shall be en
titled to receive from the Treasurer of the
United States, as an annual compensation
for his services, and for the copies of the
annual Columns of the reports ho is, here
iuafti jcouiredjo
of State, the sum of thirteen hundred dol
lars: Provided, Thit the compensation
shall not be paid unless the snid reporter
shall print r.nd publish, or cause to be print
ed and published, the decisions of the said
court, made during the time he sliaM act as
such reporter, within sixjmonths after the
said decisions' shall be rnade : ,21n5 provided
also, i hat he shall deliver to the Secretary
ot otatOj in lieu ol the eighty copies of the
annual reports which by former acts h
was required to deliver, one hundred and
fifty copies of tho said reports, so printed
and published, which said copies shall be
distributed as follows, to wit s To the Pre
sident of tho United States, the Justices of
the Supreme Court of the United States
the Judges of the district courts, the Attor.
ney General of the United States, ths Se.
c eta ry of State, the Sec retary of 4he-Ti
sury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary
of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the
r irst and oecond Comptrollers of the Trea.
sury, the Solicitor of the Treasury, tho
first, becond, lhird, rourth and fifth
Auditors of the Treasury, tho Auditor of
the General Post Office, The Treasurer of
the united States, the Register of the Trea.
surer, the Commissioner .of thpiGcncral
Land Office, the Paymaster General, the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Com
missioner of Pensions', the Judges of the
several territory courts of the United
States, the' Governors of the Territories of
the United States, the Secretary of tho Sen
ate for the use of the Senate, the Clerk 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 Secretary-Of the Senate, for
the use of the standi off committees, ten
copies ; and to the clerk of the House of
Kcpresentatives, for the use of the standing
committees 01 the House, twelve copies :
and the residue of the said copies shall be
deposited in the Library of Congress, to be.
eome a part of the said Libraryr And prtr.
tided also, That the volumes of the deci
sions of the Supreme Court shall not be
sold by the reporter to the public at large
for a greater price than five dollars for each
inlilml
- - j " ' tnuttcu, a Hal
in case bf the death, resignation, or dismis.
sion from office of either of ihe aforesaid
officers the said copies of the decisions of
the Sapreme Court shall belong to and be
delivered un to their
- - l - - - g- ------ -wvvutfvi a
in the said offices.
fPrBUC -No. 85. '
AN ACT auuiorlainf the Secretary of the Navy
to contract for the purchase for the United State
the risrht to use Aabbit'a antUUtriUon metal.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of i
Representative of the united States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That the Se
cretary oT the Navy be, and he hereby is,
authorized loT contract for theparchase,
from the proprietor of the patented interest
therein, for the United Stairs, the right to
use Babbit's nntu attrition metal in the con.
struction of machinery and other work :
subject to the ratification of Congress,
Approved, August 29, 1842.
Public No. 80
AN ACT establishing a court at Charleston, in
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Stales of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That hereafter
terms of the district court for the western
district ofTirfMnia bo holden at Charleston,
in the county of Kanawha, commencing
on tho Wednesdays after the second ftfon
duysof April and September of every year
in lieu of the sessions of said district court
now directed to be held at Lewisburg, in
the county of Greenbriar, which said last
mentioned session of said are hereby dis
continued. Approved, August 29,1842.
PrjBLie No. 87.
AN ACT4 provide for the nublicction of a new
edition of the laws and regulations of the Post
Utiice lK-partment, and a perfect list of tue post
offices in tbe United States
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled,' That tho Post
master General be, and he is hereby, autho.
rized and. required to cause to be collated
and printed in jamphlet Torm, suitably for
distribution,, a complete edition, ol not less
than eighteen thousand copies, of the laws
relating to the Post Office Department ; to.
gether 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 are
situated.
Sec. 2. And be Ufurlher enacted, That
fcrHliepOTposef-earTying-toefleet-tl)!
provisions of this act, the sum of nine thou
sand one hundred dollars is hereby appro
priated, out of any money not otherwise
appropriated.
Approved, August 29, 1843.
PtfBLte No. 88.
AN ACT to reorganize the Navy Department of
the United Mates.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Slates of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That the act
approved rebruary seventh, eighteen hun
dred and fifteen, entitled, " An act to alter
and amend the several acts for establishing
a Navy Department, by adding thereto a
Board of Commissioners," be, and the same
Is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be attached to the Navy Depart
ment the following bureaus, to wit :
1. A bureau of Navy Yards and Docks.
2. A bureau of Construction, Equipment,
and Repairs.
3.. A bureau of JhamitumM Clothing.
4. A bureau ofMJrdnance and Hydro-
Igraphy.
5. A bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Sec. 3. And be it furllter enacted, That
tho President of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint from the captains in tho naval
service a chief for each of the bureaus of
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
ol the bureau of Construction, Equipment,
constructor, and shall also appoint a chief
of the burea i of Provisions and Clothing,
who shall each receive for.his services three
tnousana dollars per annum; anu shall in
like mannor appoint from tlie surgeons of
the Navy a chief of the bureau of Medieine
and Surgery, who shall' receive for his ser-
vices two thousand five hundred dollars per"
annum. '
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Navy shall appoint the
following clerks, to wit 5 . ,
of the-ofhee of Secretary of Navy, a
chief clerk, who shall receive for his ser
yices two thousand dollars per annum j one
registering clerk, who shall receive for his
services one thousand four'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 dol
lars; and two assistant correspendine
cierKs, wno shall receive for thcir.services
each twelve hundred dollars per annum ;
one warrant clerkwho shall receive fbYhis
services twelve hujKrred dollars per annum ;
and one miscellaneous clerk, who shall re
ceive for his services eight hundred dollars
per annum.-
ror tho bureau of Navy Yards and
Docks, ono eiyjl engineer, who shall re
ceivo for his Services two thousand dollars
per annum; One draughtsman, who shall
receive for his services one thousand dol
lars per annum ; one chief clerk, who shall
receive for his services one thousand four
hundred dollars per annum ; and two as-
sistant e'erks, one of whom shall receive
for his seryicesTonozthousand dollars per
annum, and the other shall receive for his
services eight hundred dottars per annum.
for tho bureau 01 Construction, Equip.
went, mi RejdfflJasjtaBlxoflsticU XouiauftlheteOIiaaotuyg&ifen than j.r;! mnnrt
or and draughtsman, who shall receive 4br sand four hunered and sixty -eight dollars. 1 Zt' noao-f?,'.,ina
or
his services the sum of one thousand six
hundred dollars per annum and fourcjerks,
one of whom shall receive for his services
fourteen hundred dollars per annum; and
the others shall receive for their services
one thousand dollars per onnum each.
For the bureau of Provisions and Cloth-
fog; one chief clerk, f bo shall receive far;
bit services one thousand four hundred dol
lar J per annum f and two clerks, one of
whom shall receive for Ms services one
thousand two hundred dollara per Jinnum,
arid the other shall receive for his services
eight hundred dollars per annum.
For the bureau of Ordnance and Hydro
graphy, one draughtsman, who shall re.
ceive for his services one thousand dollars
per annum s and three clerks, one of whom
shall receive for his services twelve hun
dred dollars per annum, and the others shall
receive for their services one thousand dol
lars per annum each. -
For the bureau of Medicine and Surgery,
two clerks, one of whom shall receive for
his services twelve hundred dollars per an
num, and the other shall receive for his
servieeseight hundred dollars per annum j
and one assistant surgeon, who shall re
ceive for his services not less than the high,
est pay of his grade in the service. .
Sec 5. And be U further enacted f Thnt
the Secretary of the NWjFshatT assign and
distribute among tho said bureaus such of
tho duties of the Navy Department as he
shall judge to be expedient and proper ;
and all the duties of the said bureau shall
be performed , under the authority of the
Socretary of the Navy, and their orders
shall be considered as emanating from him,
and shall have full force aod eflect as such.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be allowed to each bureau a
messenger, whoshalT receive for his ser
vices a compensation not exceeding seven
hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That
the chief of each bureau hereby established
shall be authorized to frank, all communi.
cations from his bureau : and all commu
nieations to his bureau, on the business
thereof, shall bo free of postage.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
tho books, records, and papers now belong
ing to the office of Nay Commissioners
shall be distributed among the bureaus, ac
cording to the nature of their duties re.
spectively : and the Secretary of the Navy
is hereby authorized . to provide for each
bureau such books of record and accounts,
and such stationery, as mar be found "ne
cessary: for .which purpose the sum of
three thousand five hundred dollars is here-
by-ppropFted, payabU-out-of ny nney4
in the I reasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, lhat
the unexpended balance of the appropria
tion for clerks in the office of the Secretary
of the Navy, and the unexpended balance
of the appropriation for the Commissioners
of the Ny i their secretary and clerks,
together with such additional sum as 'may
be necessary to carry this law into effect,
be,' and the same are hereby, appropriated
out of anj money , in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 10. And be Ufurlher enacted, That
the Secretary of the Navy shall, if the same
can be done without detriment to the public
service, appoint, with their consent, offi
cers of the navy, not above the grade of
lieutenants, to perform tbe duties of any
slerkshin created bv this act. fexcenl as
r J ' 1
herein otherwise provided,) who shall re
ceive each for their services not more than
nine hundred dollars per annum, including
their regular pay and rations; but the ap.
pointment of any officer in tho navy to any
of tho offices or clerkships in this act shall
in no manner whatever interfere with his
grade in the service.
aec. 1 1. And be tt further enacted, I hat
all acts or parts of acts authorizing the
President of the United blates, or the ae
cretary of the proper Department, under
his direction to transfer any portion of tbe
moneys appropriated for a particular branch
j of expnditiJrerhffiaT Department to be
applied to another branch of expenditure
in the same Department, be, and the same
are hereby, so fnr as relates to the Depart
ment of the Navy, repealed.
'Approved,. August 31, 1842.
PrBtieN. 82.em?
AN ACT making an appropriation for the erec
tion of a marine hospital at or near Ocracoke
in ZWtn i.arnlina.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the V. Stales of Amen
ca in Congress assembled, That the sum of
ten thousand dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, out of any money in
the i reasury not otherwise appropriated
for the purchase of a site and the erection
of a marine hospital at or near Ocracoke
in North Carolina ; the site to be. selected
d tho-btntdrrnrto becorrtracted-for-and
erected under the superintendence and di
rection of the Secretary of the Treasury
and that he (the Secretary of the Treasury)
be directed to report 'to Congress, at its next
session, the progress and condition of the.
work: rrovided, Tbta the expense of the
land and building shall not exceed that sum.
Approved August 29, 1842.
Pcblic No. 83
AN ACT making appropriations for eertajn sites
for marine hospitals therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
itcpresenlatives of the u. States oj Ameru
ca in Congress assembled, 1 hat the follow.
ing sums be, and the same aro hereby, ap.
propriated for sites of marine hospitals, se.
lected and purchased under the act of
March third, eighteen hundred and thirty
seven, entitled " An act to provide for cer
tain harbors, and for the removal of obstruc
tions in and at tbe mouths of certain rivers
and for other purposes.
For a site for a marine hornital at Natah.
ez, in the State of Mississippi, seven thou,
sand dollars.
For the site of marine hospital atNa4
poleon, in, the State of Arkansas, one thou.
sand dollars. .
For the site of a marine hospital at St.
for tne site ot a marine hospital at Pa.'
ducha, in tbe Stale of Kentucky, one thou
sand dollars.
For tho site of a marine hospital at Lou.
sville, in the State of Kentucky, six thou-
sand dollars.
For the site of a marine hospital at Pitts-
burg, in the State of Pen nsyl vania, tan thou
sand two hundred and fifty-three dollars.
For the site of a marine hospital at Cleve
land, in the State of Ohio, twelve thousand
dollars. -' --.-.' - --
Sec. 2. .find be it further enacted, Thai
the said several sums of money be paid out
of any moneys in the Treasury, not other
wise appropriated. -
Approved, August 29, 1842.
Pcblic No. 84.
AN ACT to establish and regulate the nary -
' iinns.
Be it enacted by the Senate and HousHif
Representatives of the U. Stales of Amen
ca in Congress assembled, That the navy
ration shall consist of the following daily
allowances of provisions for each person
One pound of salted pork, with half i
pint of peas or beans j or one pound of
salted beet, with hall a pound ol nour, anu
a truarterof a pound of raisins, dried ap-
nles. or other dried fruits : or one pound of
fsatl bef, with half a pound of rice, two
ounces ol butter, and two ounces oi cneese
together with fourteen ounces of biscuit
one auarter of an ounce of tea, or ounce
of coffee, or one ounce of cocoa : two bun
ces of sucar, and ono gill of spirits : and
of a weekly allowance of half a pound of
pickles or cranberries, halt a pint ol motas
ses. and half a pint of vinegar.
- SeGr-Hr-And be it further enacted, That
fresh meat may be substituted foi salt beef
or pork, and vegetables or sour crout
for the other articles usually issued with the
salted meats, allowing one and a quarto
nounds of fresh meat for one pound of sa
ed beef or pork, and regulating the quanti
ty of vegetables or sour crout so as to equal
the value of those articles tor wuicn tney
mav be substituted. - t
Sec. 3. And be furiherinatMttA
should it be necessarv fo vary the above
described daily allowance, it shall be law.
ful id substitute one pound of soft bread, or
one pound of flour, or ball a pouni of rice
for fourteen ounces of biscuit ; half a pint
of wine for a gill of spirits ; half a pound
of rice for half a pint of beans and peas
half a pint of beans or peas for half a pound
of rica.
When it may be deemed expedient by the
Presideht of the United States, secretary
of the Navy Commander of a fleet or squad
ron or f a single - ship ben-not acting
under the authority of another officer on
foreign service, the articles of butter , cheese
raisins, dried apples, Or other dried fruits
pickles, and molassej, may be substituted
for each other and for spirits : J roviaea
The articles substituted shall not exceed in
value the articles for which it may be issued
according to the scale of prices which is or
may be established for the same.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
in case of necessity the daily allowance of
provisions may be diminished or varied by
the discretion of the senior officer present
in command, but payment shall be made to
the persons whose allowance shall bo thus
diminished, according to the scale of prices
which is or may bo established for the same;
but a commander who shall thus make
diminution or variation-shall report to his
commanding officer, or to the Navy JJe
partment, the necessity for the same, and
give to the purser written orders specifying
particularly the diminution or reduction
which is to be made.
Sec. 5. And be it further enated. That
no commissioned officer or midshipman or
any other person under twenty-one years
of age, shall be allowed' to draw the spirit
part of the daily ration 5 and all other per
sons shall be permitted to relinquish that
part of their ration, under such restrictions
as the President of the United States my
authorize . and to every person who. by
this section, is prohibited from drawing, or
who may relinquish the spirit part of Ins
ration, there shall be paid, in lieu thereof,
the value of the same in money, according
to the prices which are or may be establish
ed for the same.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That
the provision of this et shaH go tnio-ef-i
tect in the United states on the first dny of
the succeeding quarter after it becomes a
law, and in vessels abroad en the first day
of the succeeding quarter after its official
receipt ; and any acts and parts of acts
which may be contrary to, or inconsistent
with, theprovisions of thisact, shall bo, and
are hereby repealed.- : -Approved,
August 29, 1842.
Electoral votes.
By the new apportionment the number
dent, chosen by all the States, will be 275,
01 which 138 are necessary for choice,
We give the following comparative table
of the numbers of electoral votes to which
each State is entitled, both by the new and
01a ratio :
New ratio,
SO
26
23 ,
14
13
It
12
Oldra.tio.
42
30
21
23
15
15
14
9
15
11
11
'' 7 -
10 5
10
t 8
4
8
7
1. New York.
2. Pennsylvania,
2. Ohio,
4. Virginia,
5. Tennessee,
6. Kentucky,
7. Massachusetts,
8. Indiana,
9. North Carolina.
12
11
10
10. Georgia, '
11. South Carolina:,
12. Alabama.
9
9
9
8
7
7
6
.0
6
13; Maine,
14. Illinois, ,
15. Maryland,
16. New Jersey,
17, Missouri,
18. ' Connecticut,
19. New Hampshire,
20. Vermont,
7
5
4
S
21. Louisiana,
22. Mississippi, -
6
6
5
.. 3
3-
285 -
nn .
4
3
25.
20.
Delaware,
Arkansas,
294
An old lady who sells eggs in Cincinnati.
has over fier door, " New laid eggs every
morning, by Betty Briggsi'
- Sbiuto Marouw Sornsoflksf
foeo papers are talking orUvL
Mangum instructed by the
won 3 certainly look well foTffil
renting an admitted minority Jfil '
of the State to attempt to i'strucutt
was elected by and still reprtW.iu.1
ingsand interests of an urTd&H
This-would be-r beautifiCfWT
Domocracy.the mny)r rutins
Mr. Mangum would laugh Sj W
tions. faycttevUle Obs, iQMn-
If, instead of representinff .
the people of North ttrolH. W.
ture of that State had been electedK.
acknowledged majority, we should reL!3
any attempt to instruct M. nr..
any
piei
Till
piece of very cool impudenc on
The case of Messrs. Rmun .j 0
still fresh in the remembrance of ih3v
and if Mr. ManBm k..M 1- WPnN
Il fresh in the remembrance trfihZ?,:'
the instructions which may be sent
by the Locofoco Legislature of North W
Ima, he Could quote Locofoco rrerX
to sustain him. ; p aett"
Should Mr. Mangum receive instruction.
from the Legislature, we would sueKgu!
him the propriety of returning themt, ib
Assembly with a request fliat they .hoy.
be reared to a committee,' consaT
the Hon. Bedford Brown. Bedford
would-be-Govepior Henry, could " coniZ
and organize" himself, and make, we bin
notloubt, a -most Jtwnrnotw report-,,
ing nice distinctions between en tram,
sion of opinion" by the Assembly indft,
use of the word " Wilruc." peterji(
Intelligencer.
Cm Pnsss. We like the ides of the
" National Forum," Philadelphia,
jng a list of the Clay papers 10 that Em,
anj irassing it round for additions, l& l
be doneln every State, and let utbirti
full and complete list of all the papers j,
the Union, which are united in support rf
the great American Statesman. Ihnw
(at North Carolina.
Fayetteville Observer, .a
Wilmington Chronicle,
Newbern Spectator,
Washington Whig, ,
Elizabeth City Old North"giate
Edenton Sentinel, J
Roanoke Republican,
Oxford Mercury, -
Hillsborough Recorder,
Greensborough Patriot,
Salisbury Watchman,
Asheville Messenger,
Rutherford Intelligencer,
Charlotte Journal,
Salem Gazette,
Milton Chronicle,
Raleigh Star, -
Raleigh Register. RalReg.
Marruge 'Extraordinary. On tin
26th September, at the Post Ofictii Sal
isbury, N. C; Mr," Jones of Tennesiee.to
Miss Henrietta, Maria Mojftjson,of Remi
county. The parties were eatirettraagen
to each other until within an hour arenas
to tho wedding. A rowdy he, of easy vir
tue she, and equal match in character, short
contract, shortly consummated, and wry
shortly dissolved. On the morning of the
27th an officer and posse from Cabarru,
county, apprehended the same Mr. Jobs,
and carried him off to give him safe Wg.
ings in the jail at Concord, until he shaH
answer an indictment for burglar?. Be
fore starting he proposed selling Bisr
for seventy.five cents, the cost of Mar
riage Licence.
limit n.!ls!n Bloanuhin which M 0 IBS
course of construction by tlie Great Wei-
tftCO company, at 0rioi--x.i!giuuuJ -
trt luS thA Inrnvat in the World. She will be
ready for sea in the spring. She n 22
met long, oi feet in oreuuui, n. .
.1 .1. i i. i. j onn which exceedi
the registered tonage of any two ateio.
ships in the world. She will occomrooMte
ouu pusuiijurs, ami w - -
Wffs iBfthar.-Tth l2O0toWb
Ol ...Ml I f..... nnninM fiBcll of Si!
kjiio wii iiarc mm vufc'.'f ,
horse power, in all 1000 horse power,"
... -r I. r- mntt i.i.m .JnlCT.
three boilers containing 200 mm of watery
and heated by 24 fires. She is to be pre
pelled by the newly invented screw pro
peller. 'V
..This cake derive
its nnmn fi-nmfhfl fact that it WM I"
hio am. Washington;
.L- I . . I.U lif it I W!
iiiu iohi iu years w '"-i .
formed one of the delicacies of MrtW
table, and is considered one of tho nnm
dishes ata Virginia dejune
j? ti,i. rounds of flour, one
quart of milk, with an ou nee of butter
ed togetlier, put the milk and butter iotouw
flour when it is about lukewarm,
. u r three e'CCS
tea-spoenful of salt, place it in pa
night, and bake it in themorn'ng,
? . -t nf an hoar-""
quicK oven lor tnree quoi .
Albany Cultivator.
UsEPnL.Recent experiments i
than one family in this city, says W
Gazelle, have establislied that the P
known to botanisU as tbe
latum, commonly called water M3. .
, j' .u:-t. ha louw -
smart weea, ana wu " , jtDe
great abundance along ditches, roaos,
and barn yards, is an effectual sad 1 een
destroyerof the bedbug. It """LV
ercisa the same poisonous effect on "
A strong decoction is made cfte B"D:
the places infested with theinsectare
fully washed therewltn. f""nlboat
also, with much advantage, be strewn
e room Aiihel-
Elderberry leaves, laid upon Be
of a cupboard, will also drive awa
es and ants In a very snor.
(says on exchange paper) thej
ceremony was about to be perfornw
church, in aneighboring town,
clergyman desired tne pru -
rtarried toriseup.alargenurnberof
immediafbly arose.
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