Newspaper Page Text
•^pbELI* IBJHIBOMO.
CA ' Editors asd Proprietors.
TERMS.
rg)7i fFEDEKaiL ©WttEFff
^ ;,l h edweekly-in the Da Aen Bank Budding^
r«***
, ,RS perannum. payable in advance,or
, , .ifiiOt paid before the end oftreyear.
• ■ Option will be received for lea. than a year,
' “ | anv paper be discontinued until all arrear-
iU not be senttoany person oittofthe
notilthes
Morv reference given.
■ , MKSTS conspicuously inserted at the
Tl Those sent without a specification ofthe
rtious, will be published until ordered
VOL. XVII.]
.tiieleogevill,e, georgli, .Tf.tr n. 1947.
[NO. 48.
,1 rates
. nf inserii'""-' ----- ■
1 irz'd accordingly.
diaos, are required by law to beheld
"* 1 ** Hie hour.
s V,|es of |f !" d
,rs '°J XuesdaVin the month, hi
n ilie forenoon and three ttl _
n n 11 ..c in the countv in which the properly
. pour'.-llou-1
, .uuaieu- e mus t be given in a public ga-
V ace dans previous to the day of sale.
..• esir-i^" the «ale of personal property must be
'"’fn'lke manner, vortv lavs previous to the day
t j |e debtors and creditors of an estate
published forty days.
that application will be made to the Court
' ,. , r v for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
1 tlishedfor four months.
for" letters of Administration, must be
1 , in ,\durt« days—for dismission from Admin-
' -on monthly sit months—for dismission from
- jia'iidn|). foity days.
for foreclosure of mortgage mnsttepub-
i monthly for four months—ior establishing lost
f tJ , f„ r ti, c full space of three months—for com-
lo tides from Executors or Administrators,
bond has been given by the deceased, the full
‘ n f three months.
Mirations will always be continued according
the legal requirements, unless otherwise or-
IOH S.lLlf
E IGHTEEN HUNDRED acres oak andhicko-
ry land, nine hundred in a good state of culti
vation. nine miles north west of Macon, situated on
the waters of the Cohparchee and Rocky creeks.
Good improvements, a neat oue-story dwelling
house, three rooms, twelve negro houses, two gin
houses and new screw’. Terms to suit the pur
chaser.
H. J. LAMAR.
April 27. 3347. 3t—4b
BY AUTHORITY]
Laws of flic* United States.
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OE TUE
TWENTY NINTH CONGRESS.
. to attention.
[Public—No. 48 ]
AN ACT making appropriations for the naval ser
vice for the year ending the thirtieth June, one
thousand eight hundred and foriy-eight.
Be it cnarb d by the Senate and House of Rcprcsenta-
busineas must be post paid to entitle | tires of the United States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the following sums be, and the same
lf .j ne <sg of this kind will receive prompt atten
, ,,tlie Federal Union Office
} RUSSEL KELLAM,
ATTORNEY at law,
H ,s removed to, and is permanently located in,
III B! I'. Laurens County, and willcontinite to
call business entrusted to his charge, with de-
jlier G, 1340-
17—J2m
GIBSON CLARK,
attorney at law.
Macon, Georgia.
Much 3.1 '47.
i/k. joiin a. wbioht.
SVIU.V'.ON DENTIST.
EATONTON, GA.
March 23. 13 17. «^ 2m _
— » i“»TT v
ml JLmI tSaiJamJuJf
attorney at law,
MACON, GEO.
eferto Bishop Capers, Charleston, 8. C.
A B- Lonc.street. L.L. D., Oxford,Ga.
Prof. Mem > Penfield, Gr.
24,1346. 1 v— 24
Cloths.
fPEUFINE and Common Black and l> ne-
a a “ d
49
hereby, appropriated for the naval sei vice, for the
year ending on the thirtieth June, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-eigiii:
For pay of commission, warrant, and petty officers
and seamen, including the engineer corps of the na
vy. three million two hundred and ninety-two thou
sand eight hundred and six dollars.
Tor pay of thirteen additional assistant surgeons,
whose appointment is hereby authorized, twelve thou
sand three hundred and fifty dollars.
That the Secretary of the navy he, and he is here-
j by authorized to appoint a Pyrotechnist for the ser
vice ofthe navy, at an annual salary of fifteen hun
dred dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated out of
j auv money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
as full compensation for the services of said Pryotech-
nist.
For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty
officers and seamen, including engineers and marines
attached to vessels for sea service, nine hundred and
seventy-six ihousutid six hundred and sixty-six dollars
eighty-one cents.
And there shall be allowed, instead of the sum now
allowed byelaw, three cents’ per day in lieu of the
spirit rations in the navy, to be paid monthly to such
persons as may elect to receive the same, who shall
actually draw their rations in kind.
For an additional clerk for Bureau of Provision
and Clothing, one thousand dollars.
For surgeons’ necessaries, and appliances for the
sick and hurt of the naval service, including the
marine corps, including three thousand dollars for
pay of the superintendent, who shall be either a
captain, commander, or lieutenant in the navy, forty
thousand two hundred dollars.
For the increase, repair, armament, and equipment
of the navy, and wear and tear of vessels in com
mission, including coal for steamers and purchase of
hemp, two million five hundred thousand dollars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, including in
cidental expenses, three hundred and seventy-one
thousand tluee hundred and ninety dollars.
For nautical books, maps, charts, and instruments,
binding and repairing the same, and all the expenses
of the hydrographical office, twenty five thousand
nine hundred and forty dollars.
For contingent expenses that may accrue for the
following purposes, viz : Freight and transportation;
printing and stationery; advertising in newspapers;
books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and
repair of fire engines and machinery; repair of steam
engines, and attendance on the same in yards; pur
chase and maintenance of horses, and oxen, and driv
ing teams; carts, limber wheels, and work men's
tools of every description, and repairing the same;
postage of letters on public business; coal and other
fuel, and oil and candles, for navy-yards and shore
stations; cleauiug and clearing up yards; incidental
labor not chargeable: to any other appropriation; labor
attending the delivery of public stores and supplies
on foreign stations; wharfage, dockage, storage, and
rent; travelling expenses of officers, funeral expen-
j ses, commissions, hire of agents; clerk hire,* store
rent, office rent, stationery, and fuel to navy agents
and naval storekeepers; flags, awnings, and packing
boxes; fixtures for officers’ quarters; premiums, and
incidental expenses of recruiting; apprehending de
serters; per diem allowance to persons attending
courts-martial and courts of inquiry, or other service
authorized by law; compensation to judge-advocates;
pilotage, and towing vessels; assistance rendered to
vessels in distress, six hnudred thousand dollars.
For enabling the Secietary of the Navy to test, by
experiments, the value to the navy of Earle’s patented
invention for the preservation of canvass, five thou
sand dollars.
For contingent expenses for objects not hereinbe
fore enumerated, five thousand dollars.
For support ofthe civil establishment at the several
navy-yards, the officers and others to be paid the an
nual compensation that was allowed to them several
ly in the act making appropriations for the naval ser
vice for the year endiug on the thirtieth June, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, except as
hereinafter provided :
AT KITTERV. MAINE.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructors, inspec
tor of timber, clerk to the yard, clerk to the comman
dant. clerk to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval con-
aron, May Id 1 ~46.
Denslow & Webster’s
;ricultnr»l ami Seed Ware House,
Painters and Glaziers' Furnishing Store.
SA IANS AH, GA,
rnll 'NKl’UL for the increased patronage Irotn
the int rior of the State, the subscribers take
method to inform Planters and Merchants in the
r that they have made large additions to their
: assortment, and will continue to improve the
jtural,Branch as fast as the demand will warrant,
rifiiltiiral Implements, Tools, *c
‘ aion Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs. Nos. ID, 11, and
ini. for 1 horse.
amon Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs,Nos. 12 20 and
•etd lor 2 horse. . _ .
maloti Yankee Cast Iron Ploughs, No. 0 bub
toil, for 1 horse.
„ LE f [Sourse’s and Mason s—
proved cast Ploughs,’A 1,6 inches, 7 in., and No.
.ioved Co's* Ploughs, Nos. A. 3, 2 B, and Eagle,
noved'seif-sharpeniiigPloughs. Eagle, No. l.for
.roved self sharpening Ploughs, Eagle, Nos. 2 and
for 2 horses. — , . 0 ,
, f,Hj ploughs, Nos. 0 and A 1, for 1 «V 2 horses.
‘moU ploughs, Nos. 0, 1 and 2, for 1,2 and 4
lie Mould Board Ploughs, Nos. 1 and 2 for 1
'xraaodVice Trenching, Nos. 1 and 2for 1 horse.
, orlloe Ploughs—Wrought Iron Ploughs, Aos.
12 3 and 4, for 1 and 2 horses,
roved Cultivator, with guage wheel.
. pattern Corn and Cotton Cultivator and Scari- ;
u with guage wheel—very efficient instruments j
r weeding oil old lands. I
Hoes.
AXES, various Brands. NAILS .
Chain,, tight and heavy, straight and twisted, j
)x and Log Chains.
nd Stone, best blue Grit, and common.
, Jinrticiii’u Axes. Turpentine Axes and Tods. | dant. cierK to me sioreacepci, viein. n; u.<=
m ASSORTMENT OE CARPENTERS’ structor, and porter, seven thousand six hundred and
1 fifty dollars.
AT CHARLESTOWN, MSSACHUSETTS.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, meas
ure.- and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two
clerks to the commandant, three clerks to the store
keeper, clerk to naval constructor, keeper of maga
zine, and porkr, eleven thousand one hundred and
eighty dollars.
AT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, meas
urer an 1 inspector of timber, clerk lo the yard, two
clerks to the commandant, three clerks to the store
keeper, clerk to the naval constructor, keeper of
magazine, and porter, eleven thousand one hundred
and eighty dollars.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, meas
urer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, clerk
to the commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, clerk to
naval constructor, and porter, seven thousand seven
hundred dollars
AT WASHINGTON.
For pay of storekeeper, measurer and inspector of
timber, clerk to the yard, two elerks to commandant,
Ground Augers, (new | clerk to the storekeeper, keeper of the magazine, and
pattern,) | porter, six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
GOOD
TOOLS FOR PLANTATION USE.
Machines.
irn Sheliers for h .nd.a strong, good Article.
do with Separater and Cleaner, for hand
v horse Power.
irn and Cob Crushers, for hand or horse power,
nit's ceiebiated Patent Fail Mills. Common do.
.ral Knife, Straw and Fodder Cutters, 4 sizes, for
:,aad or horse power. These are the most approv
ed cutters in use, and have given satisfaction wh sre-
iver used.
ffntnon Lever Straw and Fodder Cutters.
ittui Cylinder Churns, 4 sizes,
sad Corn Mills, *2 kinds.
eeetable Cutters, for cutting turnips and potatoes
for feeding stock. A valuable machine.
etd Sowers, for Garden seeds, peas, beans, dec.
orn Planters.
proved Iron Cylinder Spike Threshing Machines,
•rolling Machines with straw Carrier,
ittng-beater Threshing Machines.
••‘trCotton Gins.
ding Barrows, steel-pointed Teeth. Common do
Sundries.
^okes. complete,
'•ngle Tre^,
AT GOSPORT. VIRGINIA.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, meas
urer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two
clerks to commandant, three clerks to the storekeeper,
cb-rk to the naval constructor, keeper of the maga
zine, and porter, eleven thousand one hundred and
eighty dollars. *
AT PENSACOLA.
proved Grain Cradles. I Dirt Scrapers,
lent Scythes, I Cotton and Store Trucks,
and"Bash Scvthes, | Wheel Barrows,
Hook?. ’ I Shovels and Spades,
. Hooks, or Sickles, I Manure and Hay Forks,
Uoes. | Cast Iron Segments for
on Wedges. I Gin Gear, &c., &c.,
irdeu lin f ile(uentfl, j &c. t Ace ,
Seeds. „ .
°i Garden ?ceds ' in b,,lk '«.^^°^de^^ffie d r a s?rr^^
Works on Agricultnre’raising of stock, &c. '» ,he commandant, two clerks to the storekeepe-
Agcms for the Sale of ! » nd P orter ' e, S ht < housa,,d and fift y dollars -
f.TzcERALD s Patknt Burr Stone PORTAI’.I.E I AT MEMPHIS. ,
■ti.sfor grinding CoriG Wheat, Alc.—several of | For pay of storekeeper, clerk to the yard, clerk to
the commandant, and porter, three thousand three
hundred dollars.
For improvements and necessary repairs of navy-
yards. viz:
AT KITTERY.
Forextending knee-dock wall, and filling in for
gun and anchor wharf, rebuilding wharf number one,
cistern near mast and boat house number fifteen, and
tun prices for repairs of all kinds, thirty-one thousand five nun-
Philters can”rest assured that lor all ploughs sold ! 6red and twenty-eight dollars. That the Secretary of
: M.they Clin procure any part of thecast iron work ! tae Navy is hereby directed to cause to be construcied
repair. No pains will be spared to p lhe Amy yards atKiUery. Philadelphia, and
ence thsreto at the other places, on such plan as may
be preferred bv the Secretary of the Navy: the said
dock at Pensacola to be completed with all possible
W--W1.1, iiciggs county. despatch; and the sum of fifty thousand dollars is
\V ^.FREAS, Allen B Beckcom, applies to me hereby appropriated towards said dock at Xittery;
for Iaho« —•*— fifty thousand dollars towards said dock at Philadel
phia; and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to
wards said dock at Pensacola; out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
AT CHARLESTOWN.
For wharf number sixty-four, and repairs of dry-
dock number fifty-foui; limber-dock and bridge across
limber-dock; brick barn to be erected on number
twenty -seven; smith shop and plumber’s shop, and
and drains lo reservoir, aud pipes lo smithery ; shell-
house, joiners' and carpenters shops and rigging loft,
and for repairs of all kinds, ninety seven thousand six
4J hundred and fifty-five dollars.
chare now ill use in different parts of this State.
ce $75, and warranted.
Lihbvnk s Platform Scales, which, for dura-1
fand accuracy, are superior to any in use. for I
a; New York and Boston prices.
oobYear’s Metalic Gum-Ei.astic Machine j
tisg, which, for all purposes, except light c'oss •
*?, is superior to leather, as it does not stretch or 1
^ e on the pully—2. 4, 51,6^,7,9,10and 1*2 incites, 1
^and at Boston prices.
• "anted for . _
Htocurenew and improved implementsai
^ °r?ale at reasonable prices. Orders thankfully
^yedand promptlv attended to.
J^ZU'47. ’ 37—t f.
l?°r«:ia, Ttciggs county.
HEREAS, Allen B Beckcom, applies to me
jj . Otters of administration on the estate of
J^l i°ung, late of said county, decased.
therefore, to cite and adrainish, all and
to i»e kindred and creditors of said deceased
•crib*? i a l ) P ear at m y office within the time pre
— U \ law I A nkn.l. ... I . .. .A 1 .1 1 , . A..
. . to show cause why said letters taay
f - grained.
'to under my hand at office. April 16th, 1847'.
LEWIS SOLOMON, c. c. c.
<;; v
A Xn B si®.P ri,,i, *8 8 , Drap sl’Ela ,
^ MMER CLOTHS—a goodassortmen
Maco„ l u e,ved b y n. McKinnon & co
C °D, May 19,1Q4^
AT BROOKLYN. | thereafter, the result of soch-experiments and his
For repairing w harves in front of D and E; cisterns | opinion whether, the t mimI Slates
to reservoir C; completing cob-wharf; filling in tim
her pond and dredging channels; shell-hou^e ou gun-
block, and for repairs of all kinds, fifty-one thousand
eight hundred and forty-eight dollars.
For dry-dock, two hundred and seventy-five thou
sand dollars. That from aud after the passage of this
act, all moneys derived from the sale of all stores and
other articles belonging to the navy, shall revert to
that appropriation from which such stores and other
articles w ere originally purchased; and the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed io
refund to the appropriation for “clothing for the na
vy,” the proceeds of all sales of condemned navy
clothing which have been paid into the Treasury of
the United States subsequent to the first day of Au
gust, eighteen hundred and forty-four, as shall ap
pear from the accounts of the Bureau of Provisions
and Clothing aud the Fourth Auditor of the Treas
ury; and it shall not be lawful hereafter to make
transfers from the clothing fund, or the head of the
appropriation for “ clothing for the navy,” to any
other head of appropriation, except in the adjust
ment of the accounts of disbursing officers, at the
.office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
For outside piers of wharves number two and three;
wharf number four, and outside pier of number four;
workshops on site number ten; anchorage and le-
pairs of all kinds, forty-seven thousand four hundred
and sixteen dollars.
AT WASHINGTON.
Fortrip-harnmer in anchor-shop, and blow ingchain-
cable fires in hydraulic proving machine shop; new
boiler to steam engine number two; converting num
ber eleven to an iron foundry; temporary laboratory
building, and repairs of all kinds, thirty thousand live
hundred and forty-eight dollars.
AT GOSPORT.
For completing storehouse number thirteen, and
launching ship number forty-eight; new wharf where
small shears now stand, and for repairs of all kinds,
foity-five thousand two hundred dollars.
AT PENSACOLA.
For completing storehouse number twenty-five, and
tiuiber-shed number twenty-six, blacksmith shop and
steam-engine; permanent wharf; extending and com
pleting coal hous; completing lime-house, and for re
pairs of all kinds, fifty-eight thousand and seventeen
dollars.
AT MEMPHIS.
For blacksmith’s shop; steam engine and boiler? for
rope-walk; joiner’s shop and storehouse, (one wing;)
saw-mill; commandant’s house and offices; founda
tion of wall to enclose yard; embankment and exca
vation, and for repairs of ail kinds, one hundred and
two thousand two hundred and five dollars.
AT SACKETT S HARBOR.
For construction ol officers’ quarters, aud for re
pairs of all kinds, five thousand dollar?
would be promoted by aJ^*?Tng this invention as a
means of national defence. That said Brown shall
receive the sum of six dollar? per day while engaged
in making said experiments, together with all his
travelling and other necessary expenses : Provided,
He shall not be so employed for a time exceeding six
months, .And tiwita sum not exceeding ten thousand
be. and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
defraying the expenses of said experiments.
JOHN W. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE M. DALLAS,
President of the Senate.
Approved, March 3, 1847.
JAMES K. POLK.
[Public—No. 49.1
AN ACT making appropriations lor the payment of
navy pensions for the year ending thirtieth June,
eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
Be it enacted by the Senete and House of Represen
tatives of the United Stoles of America in Congress
assembled. That the following sums be, and the same
are hereby, apppropriated for the payment of navy
pensions for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and forty-eight :
To pay invalid peusious.thirty-six thousand dollars;
To pay the pensions of widows of officers, sea
men, and marines, sixteen thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the provi
sions of the act of eighteen hundred and forty-five,
chapter forty-one, entitled, “ An act renewing cer
tain naval pensions for the term of five years,” be,
and the same are hereby, extended to all pension at
similar kind wnudi hnvo expired oiwee the passage of
said act; and the pensions which were renewedjby the
said act for the term of five years, and w hich may ex
pire before the next session of Congress, shall be,
and hereby are, renewed and continued for another
term of five years, to the persons entitled thereto, in
in the same manner and subject to the same condi
tion-- as are in said act contained, and to commence
from the tune they may severally expire, aud to be
pain’ out of any money in the Treasury uototherwi.se
appropriated.
For the payment of pensions under the privateer
pension fund, as pledged by the government by act
of Congress, of June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred
and twelve, tluee thousand dollars.
Approved. Match 3, 1847.
A © EIC IDT IjnnB A 3L.
The’ Farmer's Creed.—We believe in
small farms ami thorough cultivation. The
soil loves to eat as well as its owner, and
should he nurtured.
We believe in largo crops, which leave
the land better than they found it—making
For the improvement ana repairs of the several I both the farm and tanner richer at once.
navy hospitals, viz :
At Chelsea, five thousand four hundred and eighty
dollars and fifty-four cents.
At Brooklyn, twenty-two thousand three hundred
and ninety dollars.
At or near Gosport, five thousand six hundred and
thirty-four dollars.
At Washington, one hundred dollars.
At Pensacola, thirty thousand four hundred and
forty-one dollars aud seventy-five cents.
For magazines, viz .
At Charlestown, Massachusetts, two hundred dol
lars.
At Brooklyn, eight hundred dollars.
At W ashington, one hundred dollars.
At Gosport, three hundred dollors.
MARINE CORPS.
For pay of officers, non-commissioned officers, mu
sicians, privates, and servauts serving on shore, and
subsistence ol officers, one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
For clothing, foriy thousand five hundred aud forty-
eight dollars.
For fuel, fifteen thousand four hundred and sixty-
nine dollars.
For military stores, repair of arms, pay of armorers,
accoutrements, ordnanee stores. Hags, drums, filers,
and musical instruments, four thousand three hun
dred and five dollars.
For transportation of officers and troops, and for
expenses of recruiting, eight thousand dollaxs.
For repair of barracks, and rent of temporary bar
racks, six thousand dollars.
For contingencies, viz :
Freight, ferriage, toll, wharfage, and cartage; com
pensation to judge-advocates; per diem for attending
courts-martial and courtsjof inquiry; per diem to en
list men on constant labor; house rent where no pub
lic quarters arc assigned; the btiriul of deceased ma
rines; printing, stationery, forage, postages, and the
pursuit ol deserters; candles and oil; -.raw, b.rr—n
furniture, bed sacks, spades', axes, shovels, picks,
carpenters’ tools, and keeping a horse for the messen
ger. fifteen thousand dollars.
That the first section of the act of fourth of August,
eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled “ An act
making appropriations for the naval service for the
rear one thousand eight hundred and forty-two,” shall
not be construed as applying to the oppoiniment of
boatswains, gunners, carpenters, and sail-makers.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That so much of
the proviso of the act of third ol March, eighteen hun
dred and forty-three, eutitled “An act making appro
priations for the naval service for the half calendar
year beginning the first of January and ending the
thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-
four,” as requires that provisions and all o'her mate
rials of every name and nature, lor the use of the
navy, he furnished by contract with the lowest bidder,
after advertisement, shall be, and the same is hereby
so far modified, that it shall not apply to butter or
cheese destined for the use of our navy, or things
contraband of war. And it shall he lawlul that con
tracts for those articles for the use of the navy be
made, as heretofore, for periods longer than one year,
if, iu the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy,
economy and the quality of the ration will be pro
moted thereby.
Sec. 3. And he it further enacted. That the act of
June seventeen, eighteen hundred and forty-four,
entitled "An act making appropriations fortne naval
service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of
June, eighteen hundred and forty-five,'’ which directs
‘that the Secretary of the Navy shall order a compe
tent commissioned or wanaut officer of the navy to
take charge of the naval stores lor foreign squadtons
in place of naval storekeepers at each of the foreign
ports where said stores may be deposited, and where
a storekeeper is necessary,” be, and the same is here
by, so lar modified as to authorize the selection aud
appointment of citizens other than naval officers to
he storekeepers on foreign stations, when suitable na
val officers cannot he ordered on such service or
when, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy,
the public interest will be promoted thereby. Per
sons so selected and appointed to receive the same
compensation as now allowed, and to enter into bond
with security, as is required by law of officers ofthe
navy performing said service.
Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That the pay of
firemen and coalheavers employed ill the naval ser
vice shall hereafter be fixed by the President of the
United Slates, in the same manner as is now provided
by law for the pay of other petty officers, aud of sea
men, ordinary seamen, and marines : aud so much
of lhe act of Congress, approved August thirty-first,
eighteen hundred and forty two, entitled “An act lo
regulate the appointment and pay of engineers in the
navy of the United Stales,” as fixes the pay of fire
men and coalheavers, he, and tire same is hereby re
pealed.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That of the
money appropriated in this act for “pay of the navy,”
and contingent expenses enumerated, an amount not
exceeding twenty-eight thousand and two hundred
dollars may be expended, under lhe direction of lhe
Secretary of the Navy, for repairs, improvements,
auci instructions at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Mary
land; and for the purchase of land for the use of the
naval school at that place, not exceeding twelve acres.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in every
case of the loss or capture of a vessel belonging to
the navy of the United States, the accounting officers
ofthe treasury, under the direction of the Secretary
ofthe Navy, shall be, and they are hereby authorized,
in the settlement of the accounts of the purser of such
vessel, lo credit him with such portion of the amount
of the provisions, clothing, small stores, and money,
with which he stands charged on the books of the
Fourth Auditor ofthe Treasury, as they shall be satis
fied was inevitably lost by such capture, or loss of a
public vessel; and such purser shall he fully exon
erated. by such credit, from all liability on account of
the provisions, clothing, small stores, and money, so
proved to have been captured or lost.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the Secre
tary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to cause such experiments to bo made un
der the immediate direction and superintendence of
Uriah Brown as shall thoroughly test the efficient
properties of a liquid fire, and the practical utility of
a shot-proof steamship (the inventiou of said Brown(
for coast and harbor defence; said experiments lo be
made in the presence of competent judges, to be se
lected by the Secretary of the Navy for that purpose;
and it shall be the duty of the said Secretary to re
port te Congress, at the earliest practicable period
We believe in going to the bottom of
things, anti therefore in deep ploughing,
and enough of it—all the better if with a
sub-soil.
We believe that the best fertility of the
soil is the spirit of industry, enterprise and
intelligence; without this, lime and gyp
sum, bones anil green manure, marl or plas
ter, will be of little use.
We believe in good fences, and good
barns, good farm houses, good stock, and
good orchards.
We believe in a clean kitchen, a neat
wife in it, a spinning piano, a clean cup
board, dairy and conscience.
We firmly disbelieve in farmers that will
not improve; in farms that gniw poorer
every year; in starved cattle; in farmers’
boys becoming clerks and merchants; in
farmers’ daughters unwilling to work; and
in all farmers who are ashamed of their vo
cation.
Trimming Trees.—The editor of the Mas
sachusetts Ploughman regards the month
of May and June as the best season for
trimming fruit and forest trees, as wounds
then made heal sooner than those made
earlier in the season. He says: “Trees
and vines cease to bleed as soon as the
leaves appear, and from this time till au
tumn they continue to make sapwood, (al-
tur,,!,™,) «,,a U.UUtk<, .w.,,
to heal wounds in trees. Very little wood
is made till the tree lias full leaf, for the
leaf is important lo charge and mature the
sap that rises in the trunk and spreads
through the branches.'’
A VALUABLE TABLE.
The following valuable table was calcu
lated by J. M. Garnett, Esq., of Essex coun
ty, Va., and first published in the Farmer's
Register.
A box 24 iuc'nes by 16 inches square, and
22 inches deep, will contain a barrel or 10,-
S52 cubic inches.
A box 24 inches by 16 inches square and
11 inches deep, will contain half a barrel, or
5,476 cubic inches.
A box 16 inches by 16-8 inches square
and 8 inches deep, will contain one bushel,
or 2,150-4 cubic inches.
A box 12 inches by 11-2 inches square,
and S inches deep, will contain half a bush
el, or 8,075 cubic inches.
A box S indies by 8-4 inches square, and
6 inches deep, will contain one pock, of
537-1 cubic inches.
A box 8 inches by S inches square, and
4-2 inches deep, will contain one half peck
or 26S-S cubic inches.
A box 7 inches by 4 inches square, and
4-S inches deep will contain a half a gallon
or 131-4 cubic inches.
A box 4 inches by 4 inches square, and
4-2 inches deep, will contain one quart, or
67-2 cubic inches.
The measures comes within a small frac
tion of a cubic inch, of being perfectly ac
curate, as near indeed as any measures of
capacity have, ever yet been made for com
mon use; the difficulty of making them
without absolute exactness, has never yet
been overcome.
POINTS REQUISITE TO FORM A
PERFECT HORSE.
The Head.—The head should he small
and free from fleshiness, not projecting in
front from the fore-head downwards, (which
is called Roman-nosed) but, rather hollow in
that part, though to be too much so is indi
cative of soft temper and delicate constitu
tion; then—it should be wide across the
fore head, breadth there bespeaking cour
age and taper towards the muzzle, which
last should be small and thin. The bottom
jaw should be wide underneath at the junc
tion with the neck, so that the gullet may
not be confined. The nostrils should be
large and open, and the ears long, though
not too much so, but well tapered and small
looking; the eyes should be lively, clear
full and bold, and well placed towards the
front of the head.
Neck.—The neck should be light, clean,
and hollow at the throat, and so arched as
to permit the passage of the air from the
nostrils to the lungs without the difficulty
which an acute turn presents; the crest
firm and arched at the top just behind the
head, and strong and muscular at its union
with the shoulder.
Shoulder.—The shoulder should rise, and
run well into the back, so that when the an
imal is mourned, the rider’s toes may be be
hind its forelegs. The withers should not
be too thin, but strong; though quite smooth
and free from lumps on each side; the points
of tha shoulders, most particularly, should
be light, and nicely rounded off. The bo
som should not be heavy, and prominent,
nor yet narrow and confined.
Back and Body.—The girth should be
wide and deep, and spreading more so be
tween the fore-legs, which caused the girth-
strap to lie-well back. The loins should be
broad and i ising on each side of the spine;
but the back-bone itself should not be high,
which is to be what is called roach-backed.
I he body should be deep, and round in
ti e ribs, not falling away in width at the
heart, else the saddle will never keep its
place. 1 he hips should be quite smooth,
and the space very long from them to the
root of the tail, which should be almost in a
slraight line with the back—the higher set
the better, as it indicatesbreeding; but ma
ny of the best cattle have a rise betweeu
that and the back (or loins); and a proper
curve fi'om this point to the saddle marks
speed in the gallop.
Thighs and Hind-legs.—The thighs
should be large and muscular, and continue
’o the hocks, which should be large lean
bony joints: and tL« i- 0 -u- u iu oB snort
from thence downwards, though to be too
much so causes liability to sprain, and
curbs, &c. It is generally observed that
horses that are long—or as it is called,
“Hare houghed”—even to a degree dispro
portionate to the eye, are remarkably spee
dy. A horse ought to stand fair on his legs
aud does so when in front his fore-feet legs
intercept the view ol the hinder, and the re
verse. The hind legs should stand well
under the top of the animal, and not with
the hocks bowed out behind him.
Elbows and Fore-legs.—The elbows
should stand square, not jammed into the
chest, nor yet inclining outwards. The
arms should be large, and muscular, like the
thighs, but should taper in a shapely man
ner towards the knee. The knees should
not be great fiat joints, and not recede from
the straight line of the leg, (which shape is
called ealf-knec'd.) The legs should stand
straight, not twisted in, nor out at the an
kles. The space between knee and fetlock
cannot be too thick, too short or too flat;—
and so clean, that you may see, or at least
feel the suspensory ligament, as it is called,
clear and distinct to its roots.
Pasterns.—The pasterns should not be
small in circumference, nor very long, and
bending as it were, with the animal’s weight;
nor yet should they be short and upright
but partaking of the pliability ofthe former
shape, with the strength of the latter.
Feet.—The feet should be round, and
wide at the heels; the frog large, and sound;
and the sole concave.
fxo be continued.]
mi s c eita am ©s =
THE WAY LAWYERS USE FEMALES.
1 instituted an action for a large amount
in the county of- The suit was brought
upon a plain promissory note, which 1 was
assured was founded upon good considera
tion, and I was curious to know what de
fence could be set up. I was aware that I
bad to deal with a wiley adversary; and
when I offered my note in evidence, and
closed my case, I was more terrified than
surprised when I heard him direct the sher
iff to call Mrs. Jackson. She appeared, and
to my surprise I beheld a perfect beauty,
possessing a sweet countenance, with ex
quisite form. I saw that my antagonist had
Uurrned ,t,„ sumo j ii dg ment ofhutnan nature
that 1 had, and that lie was about to make
the experiment of washing away the obli
gation of a note of hand by the tears of a
female witness. 1 knew that nothing but a
desperate effort could save my client, and
her testimony mast be excluded before sh :
had time to cry.
I rose at once. “I perceive,” said I, ad
dressing the court, “that this lady bears the
same name with the defendant: I therefore
respectfully request that she be placed on
the voir dire.” This was doue. “Will you
be kind enough to say, madam, what rela
tion you are to the defendant!”
“Sir;” answered the lady, applying a
beautiful embroidered handkerchief to her
eyes, “I am his injured wife.”
“Then, of course, your honor, the lady’s
testimony is inadmissible.”
“O, very well,” interrupted my adversa
ry; “you wish to keep the truth from the
jury, do you! Gentlemen of the jury, you
see that technicalities are resorted lo, to
procure a verdict against my client. I hope
you will appreciate it gentlemen.”
By this time the lady was a beautiful rep
resentation of Rachel of old; and one glance
at the jury was sufficient lo convince me
that my case was ruined. 1 turned to my
client—“You are gone, my friend,” said I.
“Gone!” said he, “gone! my dear sir,
don’t give up my suit so coolly. I shall be
made a beggar if 1 lose this case, and then
what will become of my wife and poor
daughters?”
“O, you have daughters, have you? Run
and bring them my dear friend! If they
mine we must countermine. Bring them,
one and all!”
My client rushed out, and as he lived but
next door, he almost instantly returned with
a half a dozen as pretty girls as could be
found anywhere. My antagonist’s face fell
to zero.
“May it please your honor,” I began, “I
desire to offer some rebutting testimony.”
“Rebutting testimony, C ? why your
adversary has not been permitted to exam
ine his witness. What have you to rebut?”
“A great deal, your honor. The witness
has given some testimony. She calls her
self the ‘injured’ wife of the defendant. In
jured by whom? By my client? Injured
iiow? By procuring this, the subject matter
of the suit, from him. Now, sir, I wish to
stvear the afflicted daughters of the plain
tiff, against the injured wife of the defen
dant.”
Here my fair witnesses commenced
weeping bitterly, while several of the jury
looked on with evident commisseration.—
My triumph was complete, but I determin
ed to pay off my legal friend in his own coin.
“I do not seek, sir,” continued I, to take
up the time of this court and jury, by ad
ministering the oath to all these witnesses.
I am afraid their heart-rending description
of this nefarious tiansaction (of vvhich be it
remembered, they" did not know a sylable)
would unman us all; your honor and tfiis in
telligent jury would be tempted to inflict
summary justice on the base wretch, who,
with a heart like Caligula, and a spirit like
Nero, could attempt to doom to a life of
beggary, or shame, and perhaps of infamy,
the offspring of my unhappy—nay, too cre
dulous, too confiding client.”
“Sir, in the spii it of liberal compromise,
l will swear but three of them.”
This caused a burst of anguish from the
daughters, and a corresponding and pro
longed excitement of the jury. My legal
fiiend soon saw that I had out-generaled
him, and so he said, “C , stop your non
sense, and take your verdict!”
Of course I did so; but to show my knowl
edge of jury nature, I will add that as the
foreman passed me, he said, before you offer
ed to wear those witnesses, your case was
a very sdark one!”
FAMILY ALTER.
The Lamp.—A youth was once walking
alone in the obscure passages of an ancient
building.—The place was rough and dark,
and in some parts he could hardly discern
the objects around him. Several times he
ran against the stone pillars and projections
that came in bis way, and severely wounded
his flesh. In one instance be was plunged
headlong down a flight ol’steps, and at last j
he fell into a pit. From this he pvt...--- - ’ i
;,;„._ii- umicuuy, Tina ne was so ;
disheartened that he burst into tears.
Whilst he stood weeping in the dark pas
sage, a door opened in the floor, through i
which a flood of light burst forth, and im- j
mediately a lovely female was before him. “
She had a winning smile upon her face, and j
asked in a gentle tones what he desired. >
“ Give me a lamp! pray give me a lamp,” |
said the boy, “ to guide me through the la
byrinth !” No sooner was this request
made, thau it was granted ; a lamp was in
the boy’s hand, and the fair image disap
peared.
The youth now tripped gaily forward, but
pretty soon he ran so fast that the light of
the lamp was nearly extinguished, and se
veral times he suffered the same injuries he
had done before he received it. At last he
proceeded so rapidly in his impatience to
get forward, that the lamp went out, and
left him to grope his way in total darkness.
There is a meaning in this fable if we de
sire to find it. The lamp may be likened to
reason, which God has given as our guide in
life. This is the light to show us the dan
gers and evils that surround our path. If
we bear it steadily it will continne bright
and serve us effectually; but if we become
impatient, if we allow our passions to hurry
us onward, the light of the lamp will grow
dim, and in some moment of excess it will
go out, leaving us in obscurity or total datk-
ness. How often does it happen that the
passions of men completely blind them, how
often is the lamp of reason blown out in the
haste and violence of our wishes, our preju
dices, or our resentment!
Bathing.—Nothing tends more to the
preservation of health, as well as cleanliness
than frequent bathing.
We have often called the attention ofthe
public, and now on the opening of the
spring, when the functions of the human
body undergo a considerable change, espe
cially those of the skin, we would again ad
vert to it.
During winter the pores of the skin have
been more locked up than during summer
when spontaneous perspiration is more free
and frequent, and therefore have become
more dry, hardened and less active. This
is the case with all, but more especially
with the sedentary, or those not engaged in
hard manual labor.
Health cannot be preserved any length
of time unless the numerous pores upon
the surface ofthe body be kept clean and
free to perform their several important du
ties. Frequent bathing the body all over
in warm or cold water for some thirty or
forty minutes will mainly effect this object.
Those persons of a temperament whose
reaction is speedily produced, and can bear
it, would be most benefited by the cold
baths: those of a different or more delicate
temperament, as the nervous, bilious or
those whose lungs or stomach are liable to
be easily affected, may use the warm baths.
In fact, using a common bathing tub,
with soft water a little warmer than the
blood, a flesh brush, and soap, thoroughly,
while the body is entirely immersed, for
half or thr<.e quarters an hour, is the best
means to cleanse, open, and aid the action
of the pores of the skin, and thereby equal
ize the circulation of the blood and all the
functions—relieve the head quiet the
nerves—remove fatigue—aid digestion, and
produce an agreeable and healthful state of
both body and mind.
Not half the people of the world are a-
ware of the material benefits resulting from
this process, and none can fully be able to
appreciate it unless they have been in the
constant use of it for some time.
It should be used if possible every day
but at least twice a week if no more.
Every village should have a convenient
bathing house or two. Indeed every family
should have a bathing apparatus, which
could be procured fora trifling sum, and
mayhap would be the means of saving a
doctor’s fee of five times the amount, and
procuring health and comfort beyond the
power of calculation.
Bathing at all seasons is conducive to
health of body and mind, but more especi
ally in the spring.—Dover Gazette.
Dr. Chalmes' Eloquence.—The following
is one of the most striking among the many
anecdotes told, illustrating this celebrated
Scotchman’s eloquence. Soon after the
promulgation of his fame he preached iu
London on a public occasion in Rowland
Hill’s Chapel' His audience was numer
ous and principally of the higher circles.—
Upwards of one hundred clergymen were
present to whom the front seats in the gal
lery were appropriated. In the midst of
these sat Mr. Hill himself, in a state of great
anxiety, arising from his hopes, and fearful
that he would not succeed before an audi
ence so refined and critical. The Doctor
ss usual began in his low monotonous tone
and his broad provincial dialect was visibly
disagreeable to the delicate ears of his me
tropolitan audience. Poor Mr. Hill was :
now upon the rack: but the man of God hav- |
ing thrown his chain around the audience, ;
took an unguarded moment to touch it with \
the electric fluid of his oratory, aud in a
moment every heart began to throb and ev- |
ery eye to fill. Knowing well howto take
advantage of this bold stroke, he continued 1
to ascend and so majestic and rapid was his !
flight, that in a few moments he at^pned an
eminence so high that every imagination j
was enraptured. The rapid change from
depression to joy which Mr. Hill experienc- j
ed was too much for him to bear. He felt I
so bewildered and intoxicated with joy,
that unconsciously he started from his seat
and before his brethren could interfere, he
struck the front of the gallery with his
clenched fist, and roared out with a stento
rian voice—“Well done Chalmers !”
Rail Roads in the United Stales.—A wri
ter in the Savannah Republican furnishes
i following interesting summary in regard
to Railroads in the U. S., from an article
which recently appeared in the Rail Road
Journal:
It appears that there are 147 Railroads in
the United States, measuring 5392 miles
now finished and in use. There are 30
i more now being constructed, measuring 2,-
i S57 miles, and 12 more measuring 715,
; which have been commenced and abandon
ed. Among these last there are 4844 miles
in Alabama and Florida; the Hiwasee Rail
Road is also included here, though a strong
! movement is now being made to complete
: it. Of the unfinished Roads, 1,414 miles
are in Illinois, mostly State works. To the
unfinished Roads should also be added the
Erie and Harlaetn, which are only put
down as finished, 53 and 27 miles respec
tively, though both have been graded much
i further.
The longest Road in the United Stales
owned by one single company, is that from
Savannah to Macon, 190^ miles; the next is
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the
third on the list is the Georgia Road from
Augusta to Atlanta, 171 miles long. The
shortest one of all, is a little work in Wor-
| cester, (Mass.) only a half mile long.
The first Railroad ever built in the States,
was the Quincy, 4 miles.Io 0gaI1 € B : -fchink
Road in Pennsylvania, 9 miles lonj, having
a track*but 3 feet 6 inches wide. The
gauge of the Erie Road is 6 feet; of the
Charleston and Hamburg, and the Atlantic
and St. Lawrence Road 5 feet.
The highest grade of any travelled Road,
(80 feet in a mile,) is on the Springfield and
Albany, where it crosses the Green Moun
tain chain. That from Cleveland, Ohio, to
the quarries, has a grade of 264 feet to the
mile.
There are 10 Roads with inclined planes,
requiring stationary Engines, and on the
Portage Road, over the Alleghany Moun
tains Pennsylvania, there are ten inclined
planes in a distance of 36 mites.
There 15 tunnels on 12 different Roads,
the longest being on the Long Island Road
under Atlantic street in Brooklyn, which is
more than half a mile in length. There is
a tunnel 600 feet long through solid rock on
the Harlaem Road, near New York. Ou
the Reading Road there are three tunnels,
960, 1,600, and 1,833 feet long. This Road,
though only 93 miles long, cost $10,333,530.
Peculiarities of Authors.—Johnson used
to bite his finger nails to the quick, an imi
tation of his dogmatism and crustiness.
Addison was remarkable for the irregu-
larit) of his pulse, but the heart “was be
lieved to be in the right place, and of pro
per dimensions.”
Pope was of a frame so feeble that he
was accustomed to brace himseif up with
stays padded with cotton. He occasionally
fou-id time also to lace his enemies.
Hume the historian, usually composed
while reclining upon a sofa. He did not
seek for fame, she came to visit kirn.
Menage, while science covered his head
with laurels, used to cover his feet with sev
eral pair of stockings.
Ben Johnson used to sit silent in learned
company, and “suck in,” as Fuller says,
“not only his wine, but their several hu
mors.” Like Shakspeare, he held the mir
ror up to nature, but chose to look into the
glass himseif.
Maghabechi, Librarian to the Grand
Duke of Tuscany, and a very learned man,
was fond of pelting spiders, the webs of
vvhich he would not suffer to be molested.
He seldom left his books, ate, drank, and
slept among them, thus imitating the do
mestic propensities and industry of his
strange favorites.
Rosseau used to knit lace strings when
in company of illiterate people, for the pur
pose of concealing the uneasiness which
their gabble gave him. He preferred his
lace strings to their long yarns.
Steele constantly preached economy, but
forgot to practice it himself. He was al
ways in debt, and once pulled the nose of
an acquaintance who hesitated to lend him
a large sum of money. Certainly a curi
ous way of obtaining a draft.
Bloomfield wrote most of his poem, the
“Farmer Boy,” with chalk, upon the top of
a pair of bellows—a wind instrument until
this time probably unknown to the chair of
Muses.
Extraordinary Case—Singular Death.—
The Ceutreville Times announces the sud
den death, near Wye Mills, in Queen An
ne’s county, of Mr. Jacob Reese, aged 55
years. The Times says :
“ There are circumstances connected with
his decease which, whether you term them
the effects of a disordered imagination, or
view them as actual presentiments, present
some very singular points for the mind to
dwell upon. We will state the facts as
they were related to us, our readers can
draw their own inferences. On the day
of his death, Mr. Reese was engaged in
seeding oats, and towards evening he was
startled by a voice, apparently at his elbow,
saying “you may sow, but you shall not
reap !” He looked around, and seeing no
one, continued his work, of seeding, attrib
uting it, as he afterwards stated, to his im
agination. At every step, however, the
warning was repeated, and at last unable
longer to bear it, he stopped worJ^ and pro
ceeded home to his wife. Ho was per
suaded by her that it was only his imagina
tion, aud finding that he had no fever, and
did not complain of unusual indisposition,
she induced him to return to the field.
There, however, the same solemn, warning
voice attended him at every step, “you may
sow, but you shall not reap!” and in a
state of agitation, he again ceased work
and returned home. He there took an
early supper, was shortly attacked with
swelling in the throat, and before sunrise
next morning was a corpse !
How to lead a happy life.—The first and
most essential point to lead a happy life, is
to banish from the mind all sordid and mis
erable cares of the future, and be content
ed for the present, treat the little misfor
tunes of this world with ridicule, turn a
deaf ear to imaginary troubles. Don't make
a fool of yourself by trying to squeeze
through the eyes that would otherwise ex
tend and elongate their sockets to corres
pond with the broad grin of the other fea
tures. Look at everybody without suspic
ion till you have found .out that he is a
rogue: fancy every body is good natured,
because you are so yourself. Eat well,
drink well, and sleep well; these to a sensi
ble mind, will come as a matter of course.
Don’t owe a man a fat thing you can’t pay;
mind your own business; never try to make
it up betweeu man and wife; never recom
mend anybody.—Library of Secrets and
Wrinkles.
