s u if s ' ! 4
iJr'if..- iwtiu Dtvable in
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; advance, l w,iyMira
or the first, and 25 eta.
AUTHORITY.
& Wtv. liSTlTED STATES;.
mm My a.. 6o.i '
ifo i'A': and for other purposes: f
and louse o tiepre
ef America in Congren
&iM S; deand directed to be paid out
X3 JiM'triasury.. not otherwise appropna
Liii., ,f the Treasury to. carry
iiflTT.Sl Jn land Which it may be neceesa
jfT!?1 tjti&Mnei on reasonable terms, or the
ar the forrwhifh
5 tSithlB two year. after the, Ecsl
. r4l;Wtiir in anir State wherein such
sn-kiSdl subeequentito
ItM- JT lfJ - - w
the passage of this
bay,
mm
sana
three
?JVest QuoHdyhead light-houwa,
ven
ami wxf 'f i. :, . r m i
flfia' beaci-n Lo.eyv leage, in
W tfci;Li&iUoiftto.an appropriation of five
and
ISSbP;1 of September twenty-eighth,
S.inJfiAv,Kfi hundred dollars, i
the Extern and Western Si.-
I krM& Itf1. river' one huudred
HSuilditJie tf t-h6uw aid keeper's house on
iuiwnT"y
K f It'll Artc tn PiuOm
I
lfcMU&-'& easterly end of a thorbugh
yESgMi 1 Itften 4nd Vinnl-ha veil, or ou Her
i ,hPiraeIit "hf determine, five thoU-
jJ&.fllllpeipUbe near the light-house
i i jfgnil, tWJ fliousana nve nunureu uoua
;r i n l t . t.i -hua hiinrlrMl nnllHrA.
I
e en-
five
ffitevmtfmm onp reef pt ledges at tne
Wf"f Ciro4el Hafbor, one near Negro island, and
y wir 5ertoa;p(rfin f.and tor placing ouoys on om
L,jW.yibal.yfe'ene thousand dollars.
kfoM&iimli If 'Mcons. or fepindles and placing of,
&t eairancf of N arraguagus har-
J M.tfe'ef .fwbor.liiht on a point of Und
wrpfrienritae0 ofj Buck's harbor, in Brooks-
Unopladl fiej hundred
j T lb rti'-r $acoria, biipys, and spindles, be
!jfljfieadHdrVyhiiehead fight houses, and
! ifi!feeann!el, four thousand dollars. ,
I r thn c roeiin vf fuur buovs at Goldsboroueh at the
j!1'i:lhe''aoutjeast point of Calf Isl
ud,Mpitep point of the Middle ground off
imldWiWe OQ ftail uae leage, anu one on a bun.-
'Alt iha 6trndei0f Flanders bay, two hundred
tftftwmwyt. :BctiBtructing ; the stone beacon ou
kfe(kiy(botSier, five hundred dollars.
UAMPHSIIIRE.
raaMtfpafcwaiey Sl Wdeei and, a spar buoy on
t.-r l3h .'i . t l i
alneiRiicconhesseh -shoal, north chan
ylHwj3r4Julenhouhd dollars.
i three" Mots to :'-lfilines s- Mole liarDor, tnree nun
, ;ia kajiUorilfo the former appropriaiion, pne
ritviiii 4flple)ii the northeast ledge of Graves
&f.a?svty$W$'iV!l iHtetp harbor, m aaaiuon to
ffjillJtrj 'or a light house
yicinityjof jl;! wl;4ni examination may bethought
eie4.Me!v thousand ndiiilars.
Tt01jnBibb nick, near Wellfleet harbor,
TO-lfa Jlv : -;."'
j Tk$ boo? tvoiatU n(lreat Rip. five hundred dollars.
ifif hi t Titil sili-;J npnr north nd t)f Bass
jpbuMre(lE44lirij The abo?e buoys to be Ufca
TViVw:wiiu Ptiuai ucai
fftderriM- .dtfeiphloT the Superinted
".Vessel to be moored on or near
r! ShSiii olf Kantucket Junder the direction
fSDNtee:hi$the Coas Survey, to be buiU
nttlf liomptent naval architect, and
W-WMdjilicate --moorings and a fog bVll,
iappSralUg to be of jlarge'size parabolic
Arapft;aropa, tp produce a light propjer
id;ihiill all be seen as far as the eleya-
r "afWef ithnv'the leveSof the sea will per
ittenaMilars. -1 . !
JMe j JoJ-Ufa t: Baker's island, at the entrance
N lwr1taaaii Race Pdint, Cape Cod, five
r tdbff )Bfied on a rock in the Vineyard
(r?iati Gaiiinon light 'house, one hundred
Wtbed over a sunken vessel at Stic
ohe; hundred and twenty dollars.
'recK of a fight hpuse of granile, iron,
jftP bthion the outer Mi not ledgej at
SW0 arbor, tipon a plan to be f p
U 1gajiLcal bureau: a contract for the
Pitpibi fSie with the lowest responsible
I . .gv sufficient security for the faHhfdl
clvanand the work 4o be executed
vnnuy w thlhe nlani or Dlans approved by .
)bttrafu' under the supervision of such
Mr" of the Treasurv may desiimate
aurs.
Bimoored off Minot's ledge, ffn-
e on said ledire be completed
QDE ISLAND. ' -i
fedlll n f Ped in a rotk in the
MW.WKjragan8et bay to Nanaquacket
IJy dollars. ' " j
Wlllo be placed on the south point
iS-totWlTWi'tf Newport, one hundred
lf-M'4fw " "v-'--i I-
I
j.
V.
t -. ; v iiMUfc sliva uitkvj n uu
Mr
wjiprbbr, three thpusaud five hun-
IM
cqkMectiqut.
tmlr .1
Sr.iVw&f wharfjin thesharborof New
h'U it i.r " !' J-,S
" ii' ; t - - r '( j - '
felymlYORK,-.'
f;
iirW&!iSnt, Ai Roche on the west
afove thousand doUars.
1 i
lr.?iEluda Her. between Albany
4-i
i i
nfnJBjack Rock jfer, six
hundred
light house
'A2Sf f Preg. nveithousand dollar
ffla-v-;W,tb be blkced at the S
rs. :..
Sandy
&:$tlm?$$i ewhbuses, .five thousad
PI
:rsuiniB Oitilr. Ik. 1 e ....
Hi4Wenty tbouwnd dollars.
;.
v y.xwj vu uaraaer i tsianu,
3
ation of six thousand dollars
.
S. ?htei hundred
and fifty-
ft;
:X
sand apit in the
I&juk the entrance of Stoney
inree hundred dollars. i
at m mouth Qf Genesee
toi-etiS
1 insertion. Coartorders
ftSftTfW Mnth.se rates; A lib-fSipfeOVhoidvertis-
by the year.
mtfmtei State
IMehi biid casset be acquired by ces
lfceef the'lAiited States demands
W1lm$ wookl ,aw m lBto the
ip" i fj m nu. una bii nuvit w I I 1
t?CPe NCddiCh' YP"'
htaSin Iladdik's ledge, in Penub-
For a Fpht h
l lthf er?ito pfi beacon ano tne repair oi oa
5iittrf'inrli46iief harborTof Newbury-port two
I fir i hivtft Vfn 'ft hi har. nitr Der island, in Bos
lkrbu
- . f 7 ' i w ,
frt
.19
ft
n on tVik
ffc?i4bld wHWH .jto- the appropriation
NodriSaf ade by ct uf March third,
l&l Wi!$rioue hundred and fifty
t: -is r.ssM -. ?! ;
r 1 v '1 " 8 I;:' 1 t . i ' ' ! - ; U i " ' ! I
P ' - t ' Mir .: ! ' "; -f ; . I . . W
ir 1 1 urr--rr S i Lj ; x -" ' ' ' I . v . : t i; 1 - r h '
.-! ;' !- r .-I , '! - ' ' ' -1 r T ; - . !;. u "
' - " vr '' i ;- ' i . J - . ' J'
J. J. BRUNER,
Eitdor 4f Proprietor.
rTer naane ereetton or beacon light on the same,
twety-six hundred dollars. .
i fih erection of thteraman beacon Cgbt on the
tlodson fiver : one at th Knth n.; r,uJ ia
of Baron, island, one at the north point of the island op
t V1 Pofjra'o' bar, and one on the point
I ' lhe Nnd at the mouth; of Schodack channel and op-
posne iuuu rocits, hfteen hundred dollars. !
For ten additional spar buoys in the bay of New York
nve hundred dollars. f - ;
For a spindle or beacon to be placed bn the extreme
eastern, pointy of the north fork of ong Island, three
thousand dollars, j f ,
i f: I- NEW JERSEY. ' ' r
Fir a monument on Mill reef, in the Kin Van Kill
passage, our thousand dollars. ;!;;:':
Tor can; buoys to be placed in the inlet, leading in
Little Egg harbor, one thousand dollars. .
For a beacon to be placed onth t.hal in N.,rl,
known as the Weal Oyster bed, and bug lights on
mio t-iuow ueacon ana et ott points and for replac
ing the fog bell at the Passaic light house, ibree thou-
aoiiarn. : i ,
For ole buoy in New Inlet 'Great "Etrv harhnr. and
buoys in Harford, two hundred dollars.
MARYLAND.
For a fog bell to be erected at the hVht house on Se
,fcjot kuoll, at the mouth of PaUDsco river, tan
thousand five hundred dollars, if-;;. t
rot x spar buoys to; be placed in Pocomoke sound
the entrance of Chesamisaig harbor, four hundred
tot a beacon lijrht to be placed at Fort Sollers. on
the Patapsco river, when said fart shall be so far com
pleted as to receive, the same, . fifteen hundred dollars. I
for a buoy to be placed over a : wreck in Hooper's
straits, in Chesapeake baj, eighty dollars.
Fdr a bell to be placed on one of the light boats in
Chesapeake bay, to be; designated by: the Secretary of
me treasury, two hundred dollars.
! . i MICHIGAN. : M - i
For buoys in Saganaw bay and at the mouth of'Sag
anaw river, six hundred dollars. N j
For a beacon light : on Round island, in Lake Supe
rior, hear the entrance of the river St Marie, four thou
sand, dollars. I s . I uy
Fur a light house atthi mouth of South Black river,
thousand dollars.
; Wisconsin, j I !
For spar buoys at the entrance pf Neenah or Fox
riveri five hundred dojlariL J ' j
For a light house at the northern outlet of Winneba
go lake, five thmsand dollars. 1
For the removal of the light house at Milwaukie,
and rebuilding the same at and on the ; north point of
Milwaukie bay, five thousand dollars.
''4 v. : . j : ohio. 5 M
For a light house or range, lights at or near the head
of Maumee bay, or the mouth -of Maumee river, five
thousand dollars. i ,
For buoysat the ledge between West Sister island
and the entrance of Maumee bay, three hundred dollars.
Fdr the repair of the light house, pier; and pier head
in the harbor of Maron, on which the light house is built,
. iL. j j ii.. l '' i I. ! ; ' i
bix mousanu uouars. ; j
For removing the ligfit jat jVermiliiort parbor, and re
pairing. the pier on which it is placed, three thousand
dollars. ' ' f i :i ; .
I DELAWARE. H . '
For six spar buoys to be placed in the Delaware bay
from Mahon river to the tipper point of the shoal known
as the Shears, four hundred and eighty dollars.
For the. construction of two ice breakers, for the pro
tection of the light house on the Brandy wine shoal, in
the Delaware bay, three thousand six hundred dollars.
For marking Joe Flogger shoal in the; Delaware bay
with i first class nun buoys and can buoys, to be conf
strucled and placed in their position under the direction
of the Superintendent of the Coast burvey, three tbou
sand dollars :.4 f ; !s . ' -
VIRGINIA. '
5 For two spar buoys at Chincoteague inlet, one hun
dred and sixty dollars. ':' ;i 1 1
For two spar buoys, to be placed at Melompkin inlet
one h unbred and sixty dollars, - i I
For a Hght boat; at Pungateague creek, or a light
bouse to be built on a point of land adjoining said creek
as shall be found most expedient on examination, ten
thousand dollars.
For tlie purchase of a site and the erection of a light)
house .on Jones s pofnt, m the rptomac fiver, near Alex
andria, five thousand dollars. ? . , ' ; "
For Jones's fog bells to be placed at Aesateague,
Smith s Island and Cape lienry light bouses, seven tnou
sand five hundred dollars, i'
For a lbeacon ou White shoal, Jarneariver, one thou
sand dollars. I s i l
For beacon lights on Day's point, on the Point of
Shoals aiid on Jordan's point, James1 river, fifteen thou-l
sand dollars. -.; 1 ;'- f
For a beacon light on the' shore opposite Lyon's creek
five thousand dollars. I ' i5 - - i
For a large buoy on the tail of the Horse shoe shoal,
in Chir'RHirwkft hav. five hundred dollars.
For ttVo spar buoys to be placed at White point and!
blbow point, in MUBnagingp pay, one uuuuicu uuu
tv doflarh. ' ; . ' il : .T ' i'
, Fof two spar buoys to be placed to buoy out Occa
honnbek creek, one; hundred and sixty dollars.
J I NORTH CAROLINA.
' For Jones's fog bell to be placed near Bald Head
Ugh t house, at the' entrance of Cape Fear river, twoj
thousand six hundred dollars 1
For a harbor light house on the eastern point of
Bourge banks, at the entrance of ueamori naroor, uyb
thousand dollars. s i ' -i ' I '
For ttyo buoys to be placed in the mouth of Alligator
river j in Albemarle sound; two hundred dollars. ,
- For aibuoy to be placed on the northeast end of r alk
er's shoal, in Croaton sound,- eighty dollars.
For bttov to be placed m XMprtn nver, iu mc wuj
of Currituck, one hundred dollars. ; ; .
For a first class light btiat to be moored on Fryingpan
tTKif niHr th-. direfttirtnJof the Superintendent of the
Coast Survey, to be built on the most approved plan
and model, under the' direction of a competent naval
architect and fitted .with a life boat, duplicate moonngs,
u,A fr lv.ll'. tha illuminating apparatus. to be composed
of large sited parabolic reflectors and Argand lamps, to
produce a light properlyf distinguished, thirty thousand
dollars. J 'j- . $'-U ;s. i : . . rtr
For four large buoys to mark the two channels pver
i?-;i.n K..!. to ba constructed and located under
the o&ioii of the Supenhteadent of the Coast Survey,
rr. . i hu.,i).. :iniiTk the Main UaK
fOr IOUT leUUUU w.-,;s. .- . .
. . ! . i. i hm Can Fear nver. in aa
island caanneis icauiug ti . r , .
k., nw Authorized ; to; be constructed
and located under -the dilectioo of the Supenntendent
pf the Coast Survey, one thousand oouars-
For six hollow buoys fof the waters of Cape t ear, one
thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
M M SOUTH CAROLINA: .)
! For a bell boat to be moored at Cape Roman shoal
three thousand five hundred idollars. .
MFor a harbor lighf tob4 placedjoj Uie battery m the
harbor of Charleston, hveinunarea
iwui r 1 , . t
For three iron buoys to he roooreu ""r"
JLrborWGeorgetownV x hundred thirty dollars;
F to bconoV rang? light on South Wand point,
! fAT "Z ranaslirmton North Island, to range
withlthe main light av tna uf V
hor. five thousand dollarsTi
-i l5. - alA!bama;
rkal iron floating befi-byith b-
and in every respect complete, . "
Wl!iLauLvs: ti be properly
S'idl. .rronndand the southwest point of the
,ri. middle erround and the
SrMti twd thousand one hundred doUara. i ;
l-tnn the northwest end of northwest PeU,
canshoj, two hundred ,aJ.n.. ..L order Fres
vtw binr Wooden beacons fitted with sixtn oroer s
Fir four woen oe i.LiV-rvna inch parabolic
pomt, tour wa r-m feTMme point, three
. t A .LOIuVb , I ' Ms
Iter a iscrew-puo t"- ri"f '
thousand dvilarf.
-HI
's
1 RCLERS. l- i :
SALISBURY, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1852.
All of the above buoys and beacons to be located un
der the direction of the. Superintendent of the Coast
Survey. ' i . S T
1 1 MISSISSIPPL
For the erection of a lighthouse at or near the en
trance of East Pascagoula river instead of a former ap
propriation five thousand dollars, M!
For a lighthouse on the west end of Ship island, being,
a renewal of a former appropriation for this purpose,
twelve thousand dollars.'; ' M;
For nine buoys in Cat and Ship Island harbors, to be
located unjer the direction of the Superintendent of the
Coast Survey, eighteen hundred Idoltar.
: Louisiana. ; :-
For the examination and survey ;: of Ship shoal and
Raccoon point, on the coast of Louisiana, with refer
ence to the location and! erection of a lighthouse and
the procuring a plan for the same, three thousand dol
lars. ;i j; - -
For thret spar-buoys, io mark the channel of a har
bor of refuge at Horn Island, Pass ! Mississippi to be
placed by the Coast feuryey, two hundred andtorty dol
lars. ; ;i ! t
I FLORIDA,
tor four Iron can and nun-buoys, one to be placed on
the end of Sandbore, offJSoldier key, and three to mark
the channel through Boca urande passage; eight hun
dred and forty dollars. :
for a nrst class iignmouse near uorans raicnes, on
Dry Bank, half way between Carysfori reef and Sand
Key heht, to be coustrucied under the direction of th
topographical bureauand fitted with the most approved
illuminating apparatus, thirty-nve thousand dollars.
for a lar&e buoy on Sea Horse reef, two hundred and
fifty dollars; ; " ,
For three hollow iron buovs to be moored in the chan
nel leading Into a harborrfecenlly discovered on Florida
reef, about ten miles south of Cape Florida, seven hun
dred dollars! i
The above buoys to be located under the direction of
the Coast Survey. ; ; j ' t
For a beacon on Rebecca shoal, between Marquesas
and Dry Tprtugas keys, ten thousand dollars.
For securing the light-house at the mouth of at. John
river, Florida, ten thousand dollars.: if
TEXAS. I
For a light-boat to be moored at Aransas pass, or a
light - house as may be deemed rrioat expedient upon a
fnrt Vip Tnftninatinn- and' for rhannel buovsissaid chan
nel, and a buoy at Dollar point, in addition to the sum,
appropriated for a light-house at said point, two thousand
hve hundred dollars. ; : t
For constructing three small or' harbor light-houses in
Galveston bay, namely: ibne at Red Fish bar, one at
Clopper's bar. and one atH Half Moon shoal, five thou
sand dollars; in addition to the amount (twenty thousand
dollars) already appropriated for a light-hope on ; Red
fish bar. ' :
CALIFORNIA.
For larpe buovs to be" placed oh Sunken rocks, in the
Bay of San' Francisco, under the direction of the Su
perintendent of Coast Survey, one thousand dollars.
to be located by the officers of the coast survey, five
thousand dollars. j
For a light-house at the harbor at La Pomte, on Lake
Superior, fife thousand dollars. '-A '
For the erection of a light-house at Santa Cruz, Cal
ifornia, thirty thousand dollars. ; ; , ;
For the completion of light-houses in California and
Oregon, onet hundred and! twenty ithousahd dollars.
For light-boats and other means for rendering assis
tance to wrecked mariners and others oti the coast: of
the United States, to be expended uudef the control and
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, tea -thousand
dollars. : H U
For testing the apparatus of Wilson and Meacham
for illuminating light-houses, one thousand dollars; to
be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury. 4 'il ; , ' .
Sec. 2. And be tt Jurther enaciea, inai me occrc
tarv of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to
cause the light-house buildingsland Jand belonging
thereto at Otter creek, in the fetate oi niicnigan, w ue
sold, and on payment of the consideration ilgreed for into
the treasury of the United States, to make, execute,
and deliver aH needful conveyances ot we same, auu
the special jurisdiction of the United States over the
same shall thereafter cease. -
Sec 3. And be it further enacted. That the Secre
tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized; and directed
tn rmlv thp iDiinpT aoDroDriated bv the act of March
third eighteen hundred and fifty-one, for the erection of
a light-house at Holmes's Hole harbbr, to the erection of
three beacon or bug lights at said Holmes's Hole harbor,
according to the recommendation in thd report of the
superintendent of the coast survey;! . j
Sec. 4. Ajtd be it further enacted. That the sum of
thirty thousand dollars appropriated by the act approv
ed March third, eighteen hundred and thirty one, ' for
the erection bf a light-house on Flynn's Knoll, be and
the same is hereby authorized to be applied to the erec
tion of two range beacon-lights for Gedney's channel,
to be plaeed near Point Comfort, in the State of New
Jersey ; and two range beacon lights for the Swash
channel of the harbor of New York, to be placed on
StniAn iln. near the Elm Tree beacon, and to be con
structed under the direction of the topographical bureau,
and according to the recommendation of the lighthouse
m of th coast survey ; and
UUaiU auu WIC; bmihiv- - - ; . -
reasury fa. . . '
shall report,! any of the pases herein Pn"
IrV Ml UCIWI1I"0 Mlv
or to ascertain more fully what the public exigency de
mands, the Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon
. .u- .f.ant nF th odast of the United
enreuv Lire mirci .."w... . .
States, to perform such duty on the seaboard, and the
colonel of the corps of topographical engmeers l per
form such duty on the northwestern lake.
-Sep. 6. And be it further enacted, Thatjthejofficers
so directed shall forthwith enter upon the discharge of
the duty, and, after fully ascertaining the facts, shall re
port : First, whether the proposed facility tQ navigation
isthe jnost suitable for the exigency which exists. And
j .w ;, hvild he nlaced if the interests of com -
ouu, wu0i. - . . Ka
merce demands it. Third, it tne muig rftr". w
r'?t'
... . i- . v.nwhj-ivf(ther the oro-
niri.F Vinrf of imnrovement. Fourth; whether tne pro
oilier Hutu "" " - . ; . . , .
posed light h-as any connexion with other lights, and if so
whether it cannot neso iwaiw - -
eeneral and the local wanuof trade and navigation -And
fifth, whether there be any, and f any, what other
facU of importance touching the subject. .
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That all such re
ports shall, ar speedily as may be, be laid before the
Keuryk theTreasury, and if such as to authorize
the work without further legislation, be Jorw"h
j i.w? !. nikomiu such reports shall be laid be-
uroceeu wiut.iii v" .-rrvr .
. 1 il . BAA
as expedkntirtbe provisions
lav be carried into execution. . ' n
ySEC & And be it further enacted. That the ?resir
dent be, and lie is hereby authonzedmd required to ap
point, immediately after the pasaage of this t. Uvoof
ficers of the navy, of h'gh nmk, one officer of U corps
of engineers pf tL army, one offices of the corps of to
PgraphKal engineersof the army, and two cmhan. o
hiientifirattaiuments, whose fj? "
Sf disposal of the President ; and ad officer of the navy
.nd anfficeof engineers of the arrty rfahf!
ll LTstitut7the Light-Honse Board of the U.
eZand shall have power to adsuc rules and
r7 " j; s,: U.Urinir illuminating
ations, of WQrKsaireaoyr.-vui6, K--rr "TMl, klnd:
and other apparatus, supplies and materials of all kiwU
for building aid for rebuildhig when W,
it teeoodrip. the Hght housekilisbf Teasels, beacon,
anil buoy, of the United States. j lY I !'
g,cJ. Md be it further tntcud, That the SecreU-
- - :u - ' i "jrr ; " 1 '! - n.
regulations for the goverwnemi ot. uicw funra procession -paa-- i - .
SSUm nd emir-doj ft wI?..Im .idd lo think, ihil Mtem. u
; Vf ! 1 Ai LL HJLiLlVJLlAI
DofTHIg, AVD LtBEKTYIS SAFlJ
s Gen'l Harrifm.
ry of; the Treasury shall be ex-offido President of the
Lighi house; Board of die United States, and the said
board at thetr first meeting shall proceed to ballot for
one of their members as chairman, and the member who
shall receive the majority of ballots of the whole board
sbWll be declared, by the President to be chairman of the
Jjghi-house board, who shall, in the absence of the Pre
sident of the board, preside over their meetings, and
do; ami perform such acts as may be required by the rules
of; the board. ii . t
-Src.; 10. And U it further enacted, That the Light
bouse Board shall meet Jour times in each year for the
transact bn of general arid special business, each meet
ing to commence on the1 first Monday in March, June,
September, and December ; and that the Secretary of
th Treasury is hereby authorized to convene the Ught
houise Board whenever Lh his judgment,: the exigencies
of - the Service knay require iU
Sec, 1 1, iind' be it further enacted, That the Sec
retary; of the treasury bei and he is hereby required, to
cause such clerks! as are now employed on light-house
duties in the Treasury Department to be transferred to
the Light-house Board Without any change of salary ;
and to provide th necessary accommodations for
the
-J.LIi J A- .Li - .1
ccreuwies nu cirrm, wr me preservation oi me ar
chives,; models, drawings, fee.. &c. and for holding the
meetings of the board ; aiid that he cause to be trans- !
ferred to the proper officers of the Light-house Board:
all the archives, books, j documents, drawings, models,
retnrns, apparatus, &c j c, belonging to the lighthouse I
establishment of the United States. i
Sec; 12. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the' doty of the Lighuhpuse Board, immediately after
being organized, to arrange the Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific,
and Lake coasts of the United States into light-house
districts, not exceeding twelve in number .; and the Pres
ident is hereby authorized and required to direct that an
office pf the army or navy may be assigned to each
district as a lighthouse Inspector, subject to and under
the: orders of the Light-house Board, who Bhall receive
for j such service the same pay and emoluments that
he Would be entitled to by law for the performance of
duty in the regular line: of his profession, and no. other
except jthe legal allowance per mile, when travelling un
der orders connected with; his duties.
Sec.1 13. And be it further enacted. That the said
Light-house Board, by and with the consent and appro
bation: of the Secretary of the Treasury, authorized and
required to cause to be prepared and distributed among
the light-keepers, .inspectors, ; and others employed in
the'light-ho'ise establishment, such rules, regulations,
and instructions, as shall be necessary for securing an
efficient, uniform and economical system of administer
ing the; lighthouse establishment of the United States,
andf to f secure responsibility from them, which rules,
regulations, and instructions, whfen approved, shall be
respected and obeyed until1 altered and annuled by the
sam,ei iauthority. ! J
Sec.! 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the !dut of the light-hduse board to cause to be pre
pared by the engineer secretary of the board or by such
officer of engineers of the iarmy as may be detailed for
thaf service, all plans, drawings, specifications, and es
timates of cost, of all illuminating and other apparatus,
and of construction, and of: repair of towers, buildings,
&c', connected with the light-house, establishment, and
no bid ojr contract shall be accepted or entered into ex
cept upon the decision pf the board, at a regular or spe
cial meeting, and through their properly authorized offi
cers. ; n : i' '- '
Sec. 15. And be'it further enacted, That hereafter
all imaterials for the construction and Repair of light
houses, light vessels; beacons, buoys, &c, &c., shall be
procured by public contracts, tinder such regulations as
the; board may from: time to time adopt, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and all works
of construction, renovation,! and repair shall be made by
the orders of the board, under the immediate attendance
of their, engineer secretary, or of such engineer of the
arniy as may be, detailed for that purpose.
il ECi 1 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the Light house Board to furnish, upon the
requisition of the Secretary of the treasury, all the es
timate of expense which the several branches of the
light-hoUse service may require, and such other infor
mation as may be reauir4d, to be laid before Congress at
the commencement of each session.
feKC,l7. And be it further enacted, That all acts and
parts of; acts inconsistent with the provision of this act
ark hrehv reoealed.! and all acts and parts of acts re
lating to the lifht-house establishment of the United
Scales, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act,5
and necessary to, enable the Light-house board, under
the superintendence of the Secretary of the Treasury,
to perform all duties relating to the management, con
struction, illumination, inspeiction, and superintendence
of light-houses, light vessels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks
and their accessories, including the procuring and testing
of! apparatus, supplies, and materials of all kinds for illu
minating; building and rebuilding when necessary, main
taining and keeping in good repair the light-houses, light
vessels, beacons, buoysi and sea-marks of the United
States ; and the second and third sections of the act
making appropriations 'for light houses, light-vessels,
buoys, Sec., approved March third, eighteen hundred
and fiftr one, are hereby declared to be in full force,
anjd shall have tlie same eneci as inoutru -
not passed: Provided, "That no additional salary sha
lw dllnwed to anv civil, military or naval othcer wno snail
t:lnwd board, or who may be
r j : , e .u
1 . f U1 j;' n nA ctlv in anv contract
ZFZZ IsTorUPPHe 7 r the light house ser-
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cuoiary interest in any patent, plan, or mode ot con
struction or illumination, ot in any article of supply for
tne; light-house service of the United States.
Approved August 31, 1852.
Extraordinary
Longevity. A colored
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man na,meq iiny, ihp pi"-..
Saah Iiigrarn, died la Norfolk on Friday night
ii 1 1 i.i kr in. Kunrlrfirl snd seven.
at ine Suvanceu jD-v.,f," .--
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: ,An vp.rt.
v
t,.W$ horn 'In m'Ue ol Pf,.r Garland.
l J s 1 - -. ' . 1 :..
i?-3. . Nurfork when It was uurm 1.1
1715, and was pressed into his majesty s ser.
vice bylGov. DuninoreJ; He was aUo al lhe
. J, ' r . rts.An, Burl rmrmbered all
battle Of urcm -iHiu -
ahiut. the siege of Torktown. The Norlolk
Herald says : i ;
4 Billy was strongl bale and hearty even lo
rje was ernployea as a
he
inlSod lbs. on hi Bray without assistance.
He 'was always g humored, well disposed
and scrupulously honest. It is a remarkable
coincidence that lor the la.t sixty fears, be I. v.
. i-wM- nl lhe inmaies 01 wuiwu
e
hav died within the-lasl !wo years, two ai u,e
agef of b and 91. tod doe at the age of 76.
French hav, a custom, that
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friend
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or Wile; Would we might mend ia this
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! NO
NEW SERIES.
VOLUME IX NUMBER 28.
From the National Intelligedeer.
THE IMPENDING EVENT.
The electoral discussion oP the measure-sand
of the men thAt should Attract
tha popular favor to the Presidential can
didale of this Party or of that, may be said
to have closed, and to need, perhaps, only
a summing up. As eldest counsel on our
side, we may be, allowed to assume that
privilege. At any event, we are ahouf to
exercise it in regard lo that part of the
Court and July whom we address our
own particular readers..
We shall not, of course, attempt to re
state all that has ben alleged on either
side. Pi rst, because that would make us
too voluminous, and, secondly, been use a
great deal of what has been said is not
.i. , . ... i i .
r.X.nCll ?bal We sboU,d cho8e lo "P"1-
We shall confine our recital to what has
been justly, weightily, and decently said,
i. WltS from tL ntnnino- nlloffelher
1 1 WftS "om . DS,n,n 1 a 1 nr
apparent that, in the pending contest, the
parties, the policies, the measures, and the
men oppiised to each other were, in gen
eral, as different as ptissible, in nearly all
points, whether doctrinal, or practical, or
personal. They offer not merely acorn
parison, but a contrast.
The Whig policy and principles are
strongly and nobly expressed in the per
son, the merits, and the fame-of their can
didate. JSo are those of their adversaries
as fitly expressed by the absence ol those
merits and that rerriown in Gen. Pierce.
Thus the cause are, on either side, proper
ly matched with inep that aptly represent
them. The ends of the Whigs have ever
been national only broad, liberal, bene
ficent, conservative, pacific ; and such as
their general policy, such the character
and the services of their candidate. This
is equally true of the. other side: the end
at which they-aim is party,. not the coun
try ; Tnd he whom they bring forward can
be said-only to have served, or to be likely
to serve, party. The Whig policy promi
ses encouragement to the useful arts, to
public works, to the spread and the invi
goration of law, of order, of industry, of
public and private good and happiness;
of prosperity and quiet at home, ol peace
and good will to nations abroad. The
Democratic policy forbids, all those, and
more than threatensall tbe&e. The Whigs
aspire to cultivate, as the. supreme duty
and good of a nation, the great arts of
peace; but to cultivate them under the
arm of one who can, .if heed be, shine in
those of war, and wield those dreadful for
ces which a people must sometimes-use,
for safety or for honor : the so called Df
mocracy would impose upon us a man
whose civil abilities are, as well as his
civil doctrines, negative, and who promi
ses us any thing but peace, while be is
still less fit for war. v
On wise administration, not empty doc
trine ; on all the practical good that the
right powers of Government can be. made
to reach, not a barren self-disqualification
from their high trust ; on giving all need
perfection to our sway and our laws at
home before attempting toforc? them upon
Weaker nations around us"; on giving sta
; bility to the boundless but most undevel
' oped good we already possess, instead of
i rushing and trampling over it in pursuit
! of every folly that .icar style itself Pro
; gress. and every crime that claims to be
our Manifest Destiny, the Whigs are in
tent, ror such great purposes tney nave
, , lhemselveS under lhe standard of
r . ,
one who has accomplished great and fur
. . t .1
of one who has never accomplished any
thing, and of whom the most auspicious
hop to be entertained is, that, when he
shall set about any ot those ill-omened
plans which Senator; Douglas and Young
America have prescribed to him. he must
fall through With them, and fail in those
pernicious designs, from a lucky want of
ability to carry them! out.
Afrof political and physical benefits.so
of that less substantial, but not unprized
goodj the .nation's glory. The object of
nnn niirlu hna AVer "been to add to our
Will a"w - .
public renown; and- lien- fccotl naving
done far more for that than any other man
alive, the Whigs will add to the country's
.n,l h finvernmetit's disnitv by
niacin at its head a man honored the ct
Ii7.ed
wor d over. Uur auversaries. on
the contrary, can have no hope nor aim of
this sort. They must mean to give uen.
Pierce reputation only, not to add to that
of the country. '
We might here close our review, but
ih.e subject opens other considerations of
high political consequence, one of which
we commend to the reflection of our rea-
ders. .
When Alexander the Great was asked
on his death bed whom he wished to suc
ceed him in his empire, he answered.
-the most worthy. When tha latners
of the American Republic were iraming
a Constitution for the preservation oi n
liberties, they cherishednbe opp mat
People would confide me aaminniranwi,
OI ttie new uoverniucm w -thy
" In the opinion of the authors ot
th " Pederalisf. ihe great contemporary
expounders of the Constitution, there was
(said'they) alnoral certainty that the
office of President will seldom fall to the
lot of any man who " "ot in an eminent
degree endowed with the requisite qoal-
mat.
ificalio1nTleiiiSi Air low: inuiii,;-- .
the ttittle art& of popularity. tn y
suffice to elerato "a iman to! the D
ors of a single State ; but It will t .
other talents, and a different kind
it, to establish him In the esteem c
fidence of the whole Union, or cf .
8iderahle a portion iol it as uou Kl I
cessary to mnke him a successful c
date'lbrj the distinguished itiffice cf 1
dent of the United $tates. It will t
too strong to say that there will La :
slant probability of seeing the str.ti
ed by characters pie emiriejnt for i.
and virtue. And lljis will be thou
inconsiderable recommeudation c .'
Constitution by those who are ablj t
limate the share Which ) the Exec
Government must necessarily have i
good or ill administration," V
The expectation thus impressive !y
nounced iwas realized so ottenands !
by the elevation to the Presidency cf
zens pie eminent for ability and vir;
that the constant probability" pre J!
by Madison and his associates ca:;
length to be generafly regarded aln.
a certainty. In (allj, these jiristanccc
- pre-eminence had, won by a Ion c:
of conspicuous public services, an!
names of the patriots who rendered t
had been familiar to the. jeople as L
hold words. When! the generation tf
Revolution was aboiut passing a war.
field for selection bijeame wider. 1
cians had belore taken upon therr.
to save the People the trouble of di
guishing between a number of candi.!
y making a selection for them in
in the phrase of the! day.i was ten-
- caucus of members of Congress.
oligarchical usurpation was at lv.
frowned dow n by public ppifiion, an J
caucus became an f obsolete idea."
the increasing number of pandidatf
the Presidency was supposed by the k
ical parties of the country locall lor :
expedient for concentrating he nclic
those- who agreed in pqlitical sentir
but differed, in personal preferences, 'i
consideration gave :rise to; the i callir
Conventions of Delegates jfrom pri::
assemblies of the peope, foP the pur;
of selecting from the namesT already
fore them a candidate of eaph party,
would be an interesting And some v. !
amusing task to trace the. stfps by. v.!
this apparently harnless contrivance '
in the hands of one of the great poll:
parties of the countfc not only restock
ted the old Caucus lii substance, but !
inlused into it new f jement.? of misc'
and placed it in new positiotis.of ant.
nism.tolhe spirit of j the Corjstitutio?)
to Republican; prtnci(M The wCor:
lions" of the party which, with a coo!
only equalled by its audacity, has an
ted the name of Democrats,,, have
notoriously or the fast: thirty jears
creatures of Congressional machinali:
a scheme for usurping the! fjower cf :
Sovereign People, with the! additional t
of a diminished responsibility on the j
of the usurpers. ' 1 h
So long as these Conventions conH
themselves to efforts to unite the pi:'
opinion which ditferent candidates !
divided, any occasional irfejgularitic
their action Were comparatively ur:
portant. But when ; they ; undertoo'.:,
they did in thecanvass of 1844, to mr:
'fact ore public opinion. andUo foist on l
people, through a njachinery cunnir
and clandestinely devised, a Chief M.'
trate whose name was scarjcely kno
out of his own neighborhood, and
whatever may bve beenhisdi)igencc
a partisan, was certainly, before his no
nation, as little "pre eminent, ior uu
and;vrtue" in the eyes of his own n
those of the opposite party ; when we t
the sellli-styled Democratic patty thus ;
ed.they belied the name which they r.r
gated and struck a blow at our republi
policy: "of which the consetjiiences may ;
be fatjal to public liberty, jjtilejss pfever;'
by theWern exercise'of tnejpuiilic will.
Tboe Who inflicted that jblov are t;
repeating it. Through the instrumer.:
ty of tie same two thirds rule whic!
1814 threw aside the "pre eminent n,
of ibeipparty. and ntimiiiatedja mmor
tician to the Chief Magistracyi oRa
nation! they have again played the ?
game. - Again are they seeking to r
sign that awful trust i to ; a ;rnan u !
scarcely a fragment of the people f
thogght of in conneiton with the ol
and whose election, were such an ev
possible, woulti serve to shpw that, I
ever free mayl be the ; institutions (
country, the public will tnayf be not
controlled but created by political m:--.
- nations. I ' . '; i l I ' ;
The Whigs have had their Convent ;
But these Cenventions have jneyer uc
ded the standnrd of the Presidency. T.
s f B '.f ' l
. nav never venigrruiuiMi..r;.,.a..
on sjome man; whom considerable port
, of the People had recognised as I
- pr eminent for atiifity arid; virtu r
They never created a jjandidate by
streiss of party , tactics, and. rlK'd on
obscurity instead of jhis pre f minencc
palming him off on the People.
In the pending canvass, the Whi? C
vemtion did not hunt in darkicorrjers f
nominee. It chosej frfirii tjjie illustri
names before it. thai of a man whom
public mind had haVnually regarded
forty years as being ? pre eminent for .
icy and virtue; a man j whWe blood I
been shed and whose life hd been ri
in delence of bis ctuWry ; a man w!
name is inseparable from that of tin:
-1 L l I L it.t.B tl I C 1
WSrS WUICQ SQf UM wngru wuwo
who redeemed the honor off her arn
one, and crowned her glory ;in the tt!
a man whose civic abilities bad been
spicuoos in carrying her safely tLr
twi awful junctures of her affairs ; a
whose miliUr-successes jri the Me.:
war have been the marvel of j the v
toe
and elicited warm praise irorrt tne i
the victor ol Napoleon ; a mn
martial and civic lame i graced by :
nanimity, modestyi generpiity. calr:
and self-possession in danger, and '
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