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M0OT A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY JOURNAL -DEVOTED TO THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF KANSAS, AND THE PERPETUITY OF THE UNION. WHOLE 119. LECOMP'JM, DOUGLAS K. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 18-59. VOL.

lllr-m 1-5 BT ATJTEORITY. northern and northwestern lakes, includ- i ing Lake Superior, seventy-five thousand doiiarg. For defraying the expenses of the re-. covery and the restoration to their homes hereby, appropriated, out of any money I in the treasury not otherwise appropriat- ed, fur the following fortifications For fort at Hog Island Ledge forty I thousand dollars. buildings or establishments, respectively, who may tise the water therein to stop tlie supply of water to nny such dwelling or establishment upon a failure to pav said rate, charge, or rent and generally "to en- GrutHy, Hardin, Webster, and oil tho 1 counties north of the same, and east of Calhoun, Pocahontas, Palo Alto, and Em-j mett, shall constitute the northern division i and two regular terms of said court for the July, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, first section act of third February, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and nnder special acts, fifty thousand dollars.

i For navv invalid pensions, two thousand had and delivered to the Secretary of tha Treasury, Approved, February 9, 1839. No. 8.1 Joint resolution giving the Con- dollars. For navv pensions to widows and orphans, under net of eleventh August eighteen hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For privateer invalids, one thousand dollars.

SkC. 2. And he it further enacted, That in all cases of application for the payment of pensions to invalids nnder the several laws of Congress granting pensions to invalids, the affidavit oT ttvo surgeons or physicians, whoso credibility as such shall be certified by the magistrate before whom the affidavit is made, stating the continuance of tho disability for which the pension was originally granted (describing it) ntid the rate of such disability at the time of making the affidavit, shall accom- panv the application of the first payment, which shall fall due upon a day in the fiscal vear for which provision is made herein, to be declared by the Soeretnry of the Interior, and at the end of every two years thereafter; and if in a case of contm of the childern surviving the massacre by Indians of ibe emigrant trains from Arkansas, in the fall of eighteen hundred I and fifty-seven, ten thousand dollars. For the payment to the State of Min-! nesota for expenses incurred by Captain daines Ukrgev a comcanv or 1 volunteers, caiied out by the governor of the Territory of Minnesota in ciebteen hundred and fifty-seven to protect the settlers of the valley of Sunrise River against the Chippewa Indians two thous and six hundred and thirty-nine dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the removal of the Court Oriel le band of the Chippewa Indians, on the lied Cedar and Menomonee rivers, in isconsin, and providing a permanent home for them among the Chippewas of superior or the pper Mississippi) ten thousand dollars.

For repairs and improvements and new machinery at Springfield armory, Massa- cuusetts, htty-tbree thousand nine bun-1 dred and ten dollars. F'or repairs and improvements and new machinery at Harpers F'erry armory, fifty-five thousand dollars. F'or printing a revised edirion of the system of instruction for field artillery, horse and fuor, to be stereotyped, with engraved plates, now ready for the press, and for procuring for distribution to the militia of the United States books of tac- ueai instruction, tn tuousanu aouarR. i For the construction of a military road i from Fort Denton to Walla-Walla, cne hundred thousand dollars. Stc 2.

And fx it further rnercfrd, That the Secretary of be, and he is ii reiv, auiuonzeu 10 repay to ine oiate I .1 Texas, out i any money in the treas- nry not otherwise appropriated, moneys advanced by the State for the payment of six companies of mounted voluuteers called into service by General Persifcr F. mith on the lirst ot cignteen hundred and fifty-four, for three months Provided, That there shall be no greater pay or allowances to tnese companies man was given io simitar irocps in me service ot tue nuea can. 2: EC. 3. And be xt Jurther int icr me purpose oi executing a raw '4 act such laws as may bo necessary to sup ply the inhabitants of said city of Wash- iugton with puro and wholesome wafr, aud to carry into full and complete effect tbe powers herein granted.

Provided, that the rates lev ied by the cities of George town ana wauimmon in i never he source of revenue other than ss a means of keeping up to the said cities a supply of water. Sec. 4. And le it further eiactcd, That for the purpose of enabling the corporations aforesaid to carry out the provisions of this act, it shall be competent for them to borrow, in atich proiiortious as they may deem expedient, a sum of money not ax-ceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the citv of Washington, and fifty thouwd dollars for Georgetown, re- deumablt) within a period of ten years, out of any revenue to be derived from water rents. Skc.

5. And he it further enarted, That it shall not be lawfull for any person or persons other than said corporations, or persons auiuonzeu iv tnem, to tap or open the mains or pipes laid or to be laid by the United States fir any purpose whatever under a penalty of not less than fifty nor more than live hundred dollars for each and every offence. And if any person or persons shall wilfully aud maliciously break, injure, deface, or destroy anv main or pipe, bond, branch, valve, hydrant service pipe hxturo used for the clistribu tion ot water throughout the streets and avenues, or for its introduction intc the mses, tenements, or buildings of said cities, such person or persons shall be subject to imprisonment in the county jail for period not exceeding two years for each nd every such offence. L- vnient for the same is to be made bv the smu corporations: Pruttdea, lbat no greater number of main pipes shall be laid I I ued disability it shall bo stated at a rate I sjstent with that fair and reciprocal condi-below that for which the pension was ong- )f eommeree which ought to exist be-inally granted, tho applicant shall only be tween the L'nited States and those nations paid at the rate stated in the affidavit: respectively, and is therefore unsatisfactory Provided, That where tho pension shall lotie of Virginia, Kentucky, Mary-have been originally granted for a totnl iam( yortj, Carolina, Missouri, Tennessee, disability, in consequence of the loss of a Qbio, and Connecticut, and other tobacco limb, or other cause which cannot, either gr0TCing States, in which that article is an LAWS OF THK LMTED STATES. Passed at the second Session, vhich vas legun and held at the City VTash-inytun, in tut District cf Columbia, on the rizth day of December, A.

P. Hi', and "ided on Thursday, tlte third duv of March, A. D. 1859. oi thtM.

BrxjZ i Prwiceot rf the hi- git luuUti, spir to H.n!!,w Per obstructing barracks una other "buildings at posts which it may be ncces-mry to occupy during the year; and for rcjairirg, altering, and enlarging buildings at ibe established pr sts, including tire or cciuniutatiuu of quarters for others en military duty; Lire of quarters fir trocps, of storehouses for the safekeeping of niiiitary it aud of grounds fcr iUUiUjer cantonments; end for tem-rcrsrv frontier sions, three hundred ibousr.d dollars Provided, That no permanent barracks aud quarters shill IfresftCT be constructed, unless detailed estimates stall lave been previously sub- tutted to and tliail cave been Kjriovedby a special appropriation fur same. Fcr cr the allowance made to Seers if flic army for the transporta- of (LtUiselkvS fctrd tbeir Lag)ciigp, wi.cu ti duty uiiLout troops, id. rir, ir supplic, eno huudrtd and ihou-nnd Provided, 'jlat mileage shall net Le allowed when iheiEecr Las been transferred or relieved it t.Ls os request. For tr-cispt rtatiou of the army, includ- irg i iue i roups nen inov- utccriv or water; oi cioiumg, i rt-l- a and carrkun cquirase from the de- i it Philadelphia to the several posts u.i atu.v ctp ts. aud from those depots tha trcoj in the field of horc equip-j cr.d tuLsisttncc from the places and fr the places of cehv- ry under ntract, to such places a the ci.vu:iif:inoii of the service may require tLm to Le unt of ordnance, ordnance arms, troiu I lie foundries arm to the arseca.s, tortiLca- ind aimy treietits, nanap, toiis.

ana ternaccs KriUpuiti-asc Lire cf horses, mules. and xc-it, ai.i tie pu.hae and repair of vz.ns, cuitf. tfcd diays, and of j.r.d ctler M-2fiiing vesVl and boats re- quired tie' transportation of eur-plU- 1 aiid for cariison for drayace fc purpo aoj st itift several postp: nirc ci trrtations ot turds tor be py otter cursing ulT.rt- lLK tf 1 1 i I For Fort Knox, Penobscot Bay, twen- ty thousand dollars. For Fort Schuyler, East River, New York, twenty thousand dollars. I For Fort Richmond, Staten Island, fif-j teen thousand dollars.

I or l-ort I arro jno ers rnint. tortv thousand dollars. For Fort Montgomery, Lake Cham- plain, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Delaware River, seventy-five thousand dollars. For Fort Calhoun, Hampton Roads, Virginia, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For Fort Sumpter, Charleston, South Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars, For Fort Clinch, Florida, fifty thous- and dollars. For Fort Point, California, fifty thous-! and collars. For F'ort Alcatraz, California, thirty thousand dollars, For F'ort Jefi'ersnn, Tortugas, Florida, ninety-five thousaud dollars. Fer l'ort Taylor, Key West, seventy thousand dollars. For continuing the construction of the works at F'ort Gaines, thirty thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of fortifica tions and repairs, thirty thousand dollars, Approved, March lSoll. Chap. LXXX1V. An Act to provide for the Care and preservation of tho Works constructed" bv I mted Nates, for bringing the Potomac Waier into the Cities of Washington and Georgetown for the "It1 of said Water for ail Govermetital Purposes, and for the use and Eetitfifs of the Inhabitants of the thereof, to the cities of Washington and Georgetown, together with the lands, feiiring-water, and other rights and i ie 1 .1 ,1 me ve "lul been, or mav hereafter laid down or' br tbe United shall be bv the of the United tBles under the immerLata caw, manape-. Kin! Cittes.

Pe ft rnarfrd the Senate anil House ll'IJK-nlimin- i't'. r.tui, --v i it i 'ii. ,1, America is lovgrtss assernlileit, 1 bat the aqueducts water-gates, r-rvoin, and all fivturesnnd i.nprovomentscon.iected tnerewitii, w.act, nave wen, or may nere-; nf'er be by the tinted States Srlo llr, fi VIZ I Ni-o An, f.it Tliiif'nf itturcscn tat i ves or the nit ret Mate: Tl.t Rnireientut iv i the imtrd Stales nf whenever it shall become necessary to lay of America in Ivngms awmolcil, hat i -1 III'. I If 'I I Xim'ii I o- 'I lllill Lilt mam pipes for the suptilv of water to the auditor of the conntv of abash, aforo-! vacancies in the Board of Regents of the cities ot Georgetown and ashington, the i sa1 for tho time being, be authorized and cost ()f thc Le jd ft0 t() nmke t.ulr-y' in his own official "f0" 'ilf'f i citiea lind tbe engineer aforesaid is hereby lmm0 0f quantity if fivo hundred and than 0 prohibitcj from Itlllkil contracts for thirtv-seven aud ninety one-lmndredths 'uo T'u i i i i i Bache, a member of the National Institute "7 "'T i r' nnd resident in the citr of Washington, ml "essly stipulated oftbe Limed States, on any part of tho Rndirer. of the Stat, of liition approved May fourteenth, eighteen i appurtenancW connected with the same, hundred and thirty-six, entitled "A reo- nwl Wonjtl? to government, as also lution to authorize the Secretary XMiidtrcts, supply pipe, basins, to receive additional evidence in support funtiim, stop-cocks, sewers, of the claims of Massachusetts and other jn receiving basins, mid all other fix- by the general government than are sum-1 to he for the benefit ot the inhabitants of cient to give to said government, the nec- township number twenty-essiiry supply of water.

seven, north, of rnnge miniborsix, east, in 7. And be it further enacted, That jlie county of Wabash, and State of Indi- sent of Congress to the Acceptance by Laptain 51. t. Maury and rrofessor A. D.

Bache of Gold Medals from the Sardinian Government. Jieiolved ly the Senate and of Representatives nf the United State of America in Conyress atsemlled, That Captain M. F. Maury and Professor A. D.

Cache be, aud they are hereby, authorized to eccept, respectively, a gold medal teudered to each of ihem by the Sardinian government as a mnrk of its appreciation of their scientific labors and achievements. Approved, February 14, 1859. No. 9. Joint Resolution in Relation to the Tobacco Trade of tba United Statos with Foreign Nations.

Resolved ky the Senate and House of Rrpresentitites of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the trade in tobacco with Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Buzil, and other foreign nations, is clogged with restrictions and limitations wholly incoo- juiKrtaht, if not the chief, staple of agri- cultural production. 21 Resolved, That it is the duty of tba federal govemmeut to use its utmost power, by negotiations or other constitutional means, to obtain a modification or reduction on the part of said foreign nations of the dutiesaud restrictions imposed by them on the importation of American tobacco, 1 1 .1.., ItU'l 10 tills CIK1 1" CltlJ'IO, mi mc uipioiii- tic and commercial powers which the con stitution has confided to it in producing a more just and equal reciprocity in a trade so deeply involving the value of that portion of ilie agricultural labor of the country, in which at least one-fourth of the confederacy is concerned. 3d. Resolved, That the treaties of the United States with China and Japan present a fair and fitting occasion for the enlargement and extension of the tobacco trade of the United States, and it is tha duty of the government of tha United States to use ail tlieir exertions, within the limits of constitutional power, tofosterand encourage the introduction of American tobacco as an article of use among tha people of those nations.

4th. Resolved. That diplomatic negotiations with England, France, Spain, and Austria, as well as China and Japan, ought to be commenced as soon as practicable by the government of the United States, with a view of obtaining a modification of the existing systems of revenue and of those nations in respect to Amori- catl for this purpose instrue- tions ought to be given to our foreign ministers, consuls, and commercial agents in those nations by tho Executive of the United States to use all their constitutional and legitimate functions in producing so dsira-ble a result. Approved, February 14, 1859. No 10.

Joint Resolution to authorize tha Secretary of the Treasury to sell a certain Plat of Land in the City of Petersburg, Virginia, belonging to tha United States. Resolved By the Senate and of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the Tieasury be, and he ia hereby, authorized in bis discretion, if deemed by him consistent with tha public interest, to sell, and by' deed convey to tbe purchaser, a piece or parcel of land lying" at the Southeast corner of the custom-house lot in Petersburg, Virginia, to be so laid off and defined as to make the eastern boundary of said lot a straight line from its beginning, on Tabb street, through to the lot belonging to Powell's Hotel Company; and that the proceeds of such sala be applied, if necessary, to the completion and furnishing of said custom-house building, or grading and enclosing said lot: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix tba minimum below which tbe said lots sball not be sold. Bpproved, February 18, 1859. lrV.

TO I "'J U1T 'er" ferring tba 0 1 a Ac tive Service List of tbe United Statee Navy on Captain Charles Stewart. Resolved ly the Senate and Home of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to confer on Captain Cbarlee Stewart, of tbe United States nary, in recognition of bis distinguished and meritorious service, tbe commission of senior flag officer of the United States navy on the active service list. Approved, N. 13 A Resolution in Relation to tbe Second Section of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the Locaticn of certain confirmed private Land Claims in tbe State of Mil-souri and for other Purposes." Resolved by the Senate ana nome of Representatives of the United States of ment, and superintendence of a properly knowinv, and maliciously, alld entered as aforesaid, and duly reported General in Japan, and II. C.

J. Heusken qualified officer cf the I mted States cori i sm b(J suflject to a fi-fl of not exceecling to nn, by tho Secretary of the i they are herehJ nuthonzed, to ac-of engineers to be splinted by him who ODe tLollsand nor ess five hun.lred Interior, ho shall causo .1 patent or patents wp. respectively, from the Queen of Eng- same shall be held annually at Dubuque, to conimer.es on the third Tuesdays of April and Octobfer. Skc. 6.

And be it further enacted, That tho counties of Scott, Cedar, Johnson, Iowa, Powasheik, Mahaska, Marion, Lucas, Clark, Decatur, and all the counties south and east of the same, shall constitute the southern division and two regular terms of said court shall be held annually for said division at Keokuk, to commence on I the third Tuesdays of March and Septem-! her. Sec. 7. And be it further enactnl That all the remaining counties of the State shall I constitute the western division; and one regular term of said court shall bo held on the second Tuesday of November in each year at Moines. Sec.

And be it further enarted, That the provisions of the several acts of Congress, regulating the courts in the several divisions as heretofore organized shall, as far as tho same are applicable, apply to tho courts of said district under the present division. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the judge of said district court shall have power to make such rules and orders, as may be necessary to carry iuto effect the changes provided for in this act. Sec.

10. And be it further enacted. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, aud tho same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1 Chap. LXXXVI.

An Act for tho Rolicf of Congressional Township number twenty-seven. North, of Range Number six, Flast, in Wabash County, Indiana. lie it enacted by the Senate and ILjusc public domain subject I ti10 minimum price of llnr and i ono twenty-five cents per acre, the same, wnen i so entered beiiiT hereby made, and declared onj t0 stand ueu 01 a uenm 01 mat tlm amount of school lands l.l..n;,ifr m'ul towncliin mid In field controlled in tho same manner. 1 Antl farlktr aeltjt That K. ilnl, nave wD to issue therefor.

Approved, March 3, 1S50. Chap. LXXXVII An Act making an Appropriation for the Payment of the Expenses of Investigating Committees moneys in ireasurv not ecu. heVee investigating committees of the! IIouse of Representatives during the pres- ent Congress, and that the same shall be a(Jed ttlie miscellaneous item of the con- tinreilt fund of iaid House with whatever tl, onnrnnrintinn "for th engraving of maps, charts, and other plates accompanving documents ordered to be printed at' the first session of the thirty- fourth Congress," contained in "an act to supply deficiencies'- approved May fif. teeuth, eighteen iiuudred and fifty-six.

Provided, that the clerk of tbe House may charge to said miscellaneous item, any tie-! ficieney u. the items for stationery, folding documents, and furniture and repairs of; -1 tl, same, in the south wine of the Capitol. A nnroved. March 3. 1850.

Chap. LXXXVIIL An Act making Ap- nronriatious for the Payment of Invalid and other Pensions of the United States for tbe year ending tue tuimeiu 01 une, eighteen hundred and sixty Be il enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives oj the Lnitcrt Mates 0 America Congress ossemtHea, inat ue lonowmg seuS nnnrnr.na ed. Out Ot any TOOlieV 10 tUO ounnorenms ne. ana 1110 same are ucrco. troaenrv not otherwise niipropnated.

for 1 I. t. ,1 ireasu.v 7 .7,1 the payment of pensions for tho year end 1 1 i 1 I mg the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred 0 i For invalid pensions under various acts, four hundred and thirty thousand dollars. For pensions under icis of tbe eighteenth March eighteen hundred and eighteen, fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twen- tv-eicht. and seventh June, eighteen hun- .,1 thirtv-two.

fortv thousand dol lars. For pensions to widows of those who served in the revolutionary i uuuer the third section of tho act of fourth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, the acts of seventh July, eighteen hundred and tllird March, eighteen hun i ji forty three, seventeenth June, I 2j 3Jl I 2l TnXur. stnd m. July, eighteen i LO 11 UC TIILI i Tur.spr.rts rn iiie various rivers, liuit any moneys in me treasury noi oiocr Mt'xii-o. ai il tbe Atlantic and Pacific; wise appropriated, the fum of two bun-und for procurirg water at such posts as dred and twenty-seven thousand tbeir situatkn require that it lc; dred and seventy-six dollars and forty-Irought fiffJ a distacce for clearing eight cents, reported under said resolu roads and removing obstructions therein tion to be due to said State by J.

tho Hmip or K--nrpsrntaTiVf-s me 1: to the extent which msv lj rcouircd for I the actual or- ratk-ns of the troer on tbe tr. rtier, tine n.i litn men's, ninety-one thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the adju- 'ant -general cerartnient at department Lrcd-ouarters. five hundred dollars. uc.

it cragooi.s, tt.e two r. gi- i runts of cavalry, the regiment of mount- rificra.Ti, and the companies of light artilierv. two hundred thousand dollars, T'-g the army, fifteen tLoufind dollars. K.ef.. ii.AiiFA:tA r-- W'" 1 -this be, and the same aw hereby, repealed.

and for other Purposes. twenty seventh of December, eighteen connected with tbe said water-works 0 Tllt! 1 tu hundred and thirty-sevc. Provided, for tbe preceJing yWir; and such olliocr, as jtZilGS rZv ofthfSat 41 A tT ILat hen cf payment money, the 1 a compensation for the duties and re.spon- TMK.r J''lreKHtat'lc tne ry he Treasury to coivey a Secretary of tbe Treasury, may, at his sil.ilitiis imposed upon him by Uiis act, ittTcrSdotl lh1 i Portion of tbe Government Lot on which discretion, issue ,0 said State, United UiaII reoei for hii pay of said engineer, tr hereW ot of at knifed States Court-House stands In States stock beanng an interest of five i DO more than his regular pay as an officer mi lfirQ same is bcreov, appropriated oui 01 au 1 Kmian(i Vermont, in Exchange for oth- Purposes. in whole or part removed, ttie aoove affidavit shall not bo necessary to entitle the applicant fo payment. Approted.

March 3. 1859. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1.

A Resolution for tho Appointment of two Regents of tho Smithsonian Institution. Resolved Ly the Senate and If-vseof North Carolina. Approved. January 17, 1859. No.

2. Joint resolution authorizing Town-send Harris, United States Consul-General at Japan, md H. C. J. Heusken, his Interpreter, respectively, to accept a Snuff box from her Majesty, the Queen of England.

Jicsolveati Resolved by the Senate and Uov.it of '1'resemuiivet vj i5 cm- otu uj America Cmyress assembled. That Townsend Harris, Unit States Consul- mml il "u-v iji pher, which it is the intention of tbe Queen to offer to each as a mark of her gratitude tor assistance rendered oy tnem io iora 'g'n his negotiation of a treaty between -'rent Britain and japan. Lami sald Resolved by the SenaU and House of 1 of the Lmted States of America lonijress assenbfed, That the Secretary of tho '1 renstiry be, and he is 7 auiuonzeu ana empowered 10 con Vey to JOtin B. Ot Ktltland, in tu Sfte for" 1 16 tho lot land on winch the hfuse Post stnnds ln Rutland, as in tho opinion of said Secretary will not be required for he nse of gwernment, exchange for Ian1' are on tbe north "'tboutcost to the government, and to -u u- 1 i Jobn PS0 for the 80 8nfJ received in exchange. Approved, February 5th, 1859.

No. 6. A Resolution for the Payment of an unexpended Balance to the State of Georgia, on Account of Militia Services. Resolved iy the Senate and House of I 7 rP unexpended balance iated act of 11 I eleventh August, eighteen hundred and cul" forty-two, entitled "An act to provide for 1 tbe sett ement of tho claims of the fctate of Georgia for the services of ber militia, to ifonrfT .1 i -J which she has paid to her said mil, mentioned in said act, since the date of the of l.h. T1 Approved, February 3, 18o9.

-1 Plan of the Custom.House at Galveston in the State of Texas. Resolved ly the Senate and House of Representatives oj the lmted States oj America in Congress assembled, That the fcecretary ot the reasury oe, ana ne is hereby authorized, to mase sncn altera- tions of the dimetrsions and plan of the i custom-house buiiding construc'tingat Gal- veston, Texas, as he may deem best and as i 1 For compensation of the clerk and third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-siessergtr in the office of tbe command- one, entitled "An act to found a military irg general, two thousand dollars. asylum for the relief and support of in- For eoritinfont exrrnses cf tbe office valid and disabled soldiers of tbe army of rf the commanding general, three bun- nred doiiars. For armament of fortifications, two hundred thousand dollars, out of which fifty thousand dollars are to be used for tiferimcnts on Leavy ordnance. For ordnance, ordnance s'ores, and supplies, including horse equipments for the mounted regiments, two hundred thousand dollars.

For the current expenses of the ordnance sen ice, including experiments in armsiDd ammunition, not otherwise provided for, one hundred thousand dollars. For the manufacture of arms at the national armorie, two hundred and fifty thousand doiiars. tt- rftl, ni, fr ctates c-t tue niteaptatcs tor cisDursc-1 .1 1 meui rn.i-s, aim onn, uum.g laie war, me cecrtiary 01 me ireasurj be and He .1, ncret.y, autuomca ana w-Mas8acLuetts, of I Poinsett, late Secretary of ar, in re- port dated the twenty-third cf December, eighteen hundred and thirty seven, made at tbe end of ten years, or sooner, at the pleasure of the President. tEC. 4.

Anet or. it jvrrner enacted. That the feeond section of the act of the United States," be so amended as to reduce the number of commissioners authorized by that section to three, and to consist of the commissary-general of sub sistence, the surgeon-general, and tfce ad jutant-general, (any two of whom shall be a quorum fcr the transaction of busi- whose du'j it shall be to examine 1 and audit the accounts cf the treasurer quarter-yearlj', and to visit and inspect the military asylum at least once in every month. Sec. 5.

And be it further enacted, That the benefits of thc taid act be, and thev are hereby, extended so as to in- elude the invalid and disabled soldiers, whether regulars or volunteers, of tbe war vice shall transfer and surrender their pensions to the institution for and durmg the time they may remain therein and voluntarily continue to receive its benefits. SEC. 7. And le it further enacted, Tht the deductions of tweuty-five cents per month, from the pay of tho non-com- missioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates in the army t-hall be reduced, Frfim arm ftorthe thirtieth of June next. to twelve and a half cents per month, and i- UA lunb lit.

uiie oi luc act ur. iud rauib is hereby, changed from the -MiUtarT Asvlum" that of Home;" Anaprovxeteit, Jurther, lbat all persons now in. or that mv horpafter admit, ted into, the institution, sball be, and are hereby, madeeuljcct to the rules and articles of war, and will be governed thereby in tbe same manner as soldiers io tbe army. That tbe'followiog sums be, and they are Ssc. 4nd be.

it further enacted, w.aw Hrinii an1 vaslitA nrt ta I 1 'I 1,0 un.awiui ior any person or per- i 1 sons to do or coniinit anv act bv reiLson of uliirli llie anrmlv ot" wnter. or nnv nart therei.f shall become impure, filthv. or in unfit ot llse, ind that any r-! or sncll 'J. ot i or I)0t exceedmr? three nor less than omJ V0Hr-s C0I1filwm0l)t the penitentiary of )istrict of Cohlnlbi)l for everv aucu offence. 1 Sec.

8. Andbe it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with Ciup. LXXXV. An Act to provide for' extending tbe Laws and Judicial Sys- tern of the United States to tho State of i Oregon and for other Purposes. I lie.

it enacted bu the Senate and House of Representatives oj the lmted Statesoj America in Congress assembled, That ail the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect within the said State of Oregon as elsewhere in the United States. Sec. 2. And be it furtlier enacted, That the said Stnto is hereby constituted a judi- il.l I. 1 Kti4ac which a district court with the like powers the district court of the; nuci lunsciicuou, ks iuo ubuiwvuuhvi iuo Ktt fo, dUtrirt of low shall i f.

eci.l.l.cno-t indo-n nf tlm said district court shall bold two regular terms of said court, annually at the seat of! o-nvornmpnt of tl. Raid fstate. to commence on the second Monday of April and Sep- tember in each year. Skc. 3.

And be it further enacted, That the judge, attorney, and marshal of the lmted Otates for the said district of Ore- gon, shall- reside therein, and the annual sa.ary ot the said j.Kige snail oe io u.uu- anA tl.n mnrvlial ii. .1 UOlliei i.llOI U. lijk.v be entitled to tbe same compensation and r.ttrrnpr for the district of Iowa. Sec. 4.

And be it further enacted, That in all cases of appeal or writ of error here- tofore prosecuted and now pending in ttie Supreme Court of the United States, upon any record from tbe supreme court 01 v7re gon lerntory, the niantinie 01 eiuun or order ot further proceedings suau oe 01- reeled by the Supreme Court of the United States to the district court of the United States tor the district of Oregon, or to tho supreme court of the State of Oregon, as tbe nature of such appeal or writ error may reouire: and each of those courts sball I nnntt of eu 1 uu io naru mesne or i BEC. a. AnO.be. If jurtner eriucieu, for the purpose of trying all issues of fact triable by jury in the district court of United States for tha district of Iowa, said district sball be divided into three divisions a follows, namely The counties of Clio- ton, Jones, Lmn, Benton, Tama, MarshaH, i si.no c-i uii.ic-i unc-oi v. tenor, and wlio sunn mane an annua re-1 jrt to that (h.artmei.t 111 the month of; oVml)r in each vear.

to be iaid before at the commencement of their Bnnual session, of the work, pro- of the corps. He shall occupy the neces sary apartments in one of the public buildings in the city of Washington as may be directclby thc President, and shall be or. lied bv the covernment with the sfa- 1 1 tionery, instruments, books, and furniture, required in the performance of his public duties. And in this office of the engineer of tho Potomac Waterworks shall be kept and preserved a complete record of oil the li.nds and other property and matters and things enumerated in this section, and otherwise connected with or belonging to these waterworks or hich may hereafter be acquired or procured for the same. The gajj engineer shall have full power and control over tbe said waterworks and shall rculnte the mannar in which the said cor porations of Washington and Georgetown may tap the pipes for the supply thereof, and shall stop the same whenever it is found no mora than adequate to meet the wants of tho general government.

The said engineer's decision on all questions I connected therewith to be subject only to appeal to the Secretary of the Interior. regulations for the proper distribution of the same, subject to the restrictions pre- scribed bv this act: Provided, that no expense shall devolvo upon the United States in consequence of said distribution. 3. And be Jurther enacted, That the said corporations shall have au- 1 thority by ordinance, act, or otherwise, to establish a scalo of annual rates for the supply and use of said water, apportioned 1. to different classes of buudings iu said city.

according to their size, dimensions, assessed uuc for liiTeliinnrc un.iv i i I stores, snops, wanes, cr other purps consuirptiou oi uxter, measure or otherwise, and to rooaiiv. aiier, amena, increase, or reduce such scale, from time to time, and extend it tn othrr description of buildings and establishments; to collect when so fixed, in ad- vaoce, or otherwise, through such ageots or commissioners as they may swihorize, from the owners or ocenpants of all such For the Allegheny arsenal, five thous- 'of eighteen hundred and twelve, and of Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That ard dollarp. all subsequent wars and that so much i full power and authority are hereby given For the Renicia arsenal, fifty thousand of the act of the third March, eighteen to tha corporations of Washington and hundred and fifty-one, as is inconsistent Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, For Fort Monroe arsenal, fourteen herewith be, and the same is hereby.

1 to supply tho inhabitants within their dollars. repealed. spective limits with Potomac water from For New York arsenal, ttree thousand Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, the aqueduct mains or pipes, now laid or That all pensioners on account of wounds 1 to be laid in the streets and avenues by the For North Carolina arsenal twothouj- or disability incurred in the military ser- United States; and to make ai! laws and two hundred and thirty-five dollars, F.

Tera irvml. twrntv-one thous- i F'r Washington arsenal, two thousand fe hundred dollars. Fcr Watertown arsccal, one thousand d'llirs. Watervlict arsenal, twenty-five 'limisand dollars a part of which sum ay 1 applied to the purchase of a piece rfgrrurjr adjoining thc arsenal on tbe fide, fast cf the Erie Canal. For contingencies of arsenals, twenty-tLnusaud dollars.

Fnr surveys for military defences, rco- ptpbieal explications, and recotnoissan-, for military purposes, and surveys armies in the field, fifty thousand Ci liars. For -purchase and repairs cf ten thousand dollars. Ior printing charts of lake surreys, thousand dollars. Fcr continuing the survey of the hundred and forty-eight, and second sec-1 petitioned for by the people of Galveston; America in Congress assembled, lbat tne tion act of third February, eighteen hun- Provided the cost, when completed, does second section of thc act of Congress, en-dred and fifty-three, two hundred and not exceed the amount already appropria- titled "An act to provide for the location fourteen thousand dollars. ted; and provided furtlier, that tha con- of certain confirmed private land claima For pensions to widows and orphans, I sent in writing of the contractors and their in the State of Missouri and for ot nnder first section act fourth July, eighteen suretke for the construction of said cus- approved June second, hundred and thirty-sir.

at of twenty first torn bte to mch alterations shall be firs! een hundred tnl fifty-igH b9r I r..