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DEVOTED TO AET, SCIENCE, AGEICULTDRE, COMMEECE NEWS, POLITICS, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE INTERESTS OF NEBRASKA.
VOL. II.
CITY OF BROWYILLE, NEJIAHA COUNTY, N. T., THUESDAY, JULY 2, 1857.
NO. 3.
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PUOWNVILLE, X. T.
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BY AUTHORITY.
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
SOLICITORS IN C1IANCERY.
Brownville and Xelraka Citr?
XLTSHASKA TERRITORY. . '
BT1TSG r-craianeat!y Incited in the Territory, re
ir-Il five t.ur entire time acl attsation Ut tic
pf-mcticc vt wr jM-Tifo-ioB, ;u all its tilsLUtfces. f
Jt-:s in Li:;.';tt:.)a, C'k'cti.a..-: cfDiht?. Sales Aid ;
Purchaser,? Kc.il "Eitai, Sc'.ec:ioa3 of Lands, Lea- .
ting of Land Warrants, and all other business n- !
tra-;ta.l to our ui.inageaient, will receive promf-tatd
fj-ithful attention.
Public 39.
AX ACT to stjrply deficiencies in the appro
priations for the service of the fiscal year-j in recovering and restcriD" buoys" and their
For seamens wages, repairs and incidental
expenses of light vessels, occasioned by dam
ages, loss of moorings, and for necessary ex
pens.es in recovering said vessals broken adrift
daring the late storms and freshets, - and by
floaiicg ice, forty thousand one hundred and
five dollars and sixty-two cents.
For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting,
repairing, re-mooring, and supplying losses ot
buoys, and for chains and sinkers occasioned
by damage, losses, and for necessary expenses
For provisions for marines serving onshore, I shed; rppairs of wharf; new pisr and boat slip j same forthwith, zs if restored to the Navy the-
S. F. Xurkolls,
UicLarl Urown.
Win. IIvLli:z;:i i C,
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II jn. Jam M. Hughes,
lion. Jubn R. Shcj'lej,
Messrs. Crw, McCrearyi Co.
Messrs. S. G. Hubbard k Co.,
Hon. J. il. Love,
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2fljralia City,
UrowcviUe,
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Sr..Josej.n, Mo., .
St. Louis, Mo.,
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Cincinnati O.
Keokuk. lew.
June 7, 1S5G.
JAMES M. CHAPEL,
ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen bun- appendages during the latestormsand freshets.
atau ana tuty-seven.
. J?s it enacted lj tltf Senx!etatl'-Uouse ' cf
Representatives of dU Vnitsd iStates cf America
in Congress asseuwleJ, That the following sums
be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to
supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the
serv.ee of the fiscal year ending the tu.rtietn
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EHFEUirN'CE,
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JOB PRINTIN
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Notice to Prc-Emptors !
G. S. 1IOECACII & CO.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
J2EAL ESTATE BROKERS.
G31A.IIA. CITY, X. T. .
"T7IIJ. pve particular atteritior. t, preparin; all
the necesnry p.TrT? for l'n-eififticns, and
rndcrir-anv a-s-istrincc wLkh m.iybe required l.y
l'r-cKintrrs in Tititiz ut their l're-caiitiu nhi
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avid h'-j.-s in hi e:; I-?av,.r to iea?e,
is t'uj ex-.-rxTj"' of h w.-rk. ar.d rea.'nisal.le
i.t. recirt a sh.T-e of the j:ull;e patron?;:.
II. PEERY, M. D..
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
J.ud . - -
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T-jESrEGTiTLI.Y tenders Li profes'icnal srr
1 V. vi .-sito the ci'.ii-Ji-1 of Nemaha eoinry ai;il ad-
.jnir,T "o'aniie. both ia Nebraska and M;s? -uri.
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A. J.
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POrPLETON". W M. X. EVx.S.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Aud Genera! Land Agents,
OilAlIA, NEBRASKA.
rsiXESS CARDS.
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A. S. EOLLADAY, H. K
BURGEON, PHYSICIAN
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:'-"f - j r fesion,fr.m the citixens of Lruwn-
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Laad Warrants Ecuglit and Sold.
LAND ENTERED ON TLME.
PTTf,T1 tf.rt;..r Tirnn tn tnrsf ltior. find rn-
Sl UV1.1U JllVilli"ii n" v - - - - - -
try of Lands tor Settlers, and all others dcaiiin
choice bx-a-i!T:S.
Land Cbiiias. Town Lt Pud aPkind? of Real Es
tate, bought and old and invettmcst? made for -iis-tant
leler?. ' ' " -
J. HART Cl SON
Orctzo'J, lio'.t Couiitr, 3Iicurr.
Keepconstjutly tnliand alldc3cript:oBbf Harness,.
Saddles, L'riiles. ic. ie.
N. 15. Every arti'le inotirshopismanufaeturcd
by ourselvc-,".r:ii warranted to pive satisfaction.
w. p. loan;
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LAST) AND LOT AGENT.
ARCHER, RICHARDSON COUNTY, N. T.
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niiOWNYILLE, x. t.-
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MISS MARY TURNER,
,rst S :rect, bstvees llain and Water,
HHOWNYILLE. X. T.
, j'''',"f? cnJ Irimm altcavs- on hand.
B. K. PEGS AM. S. n. PII I'LE.
B. R. PSGHAIvI CO.,
GENERAL LAXD A GEXTS.
- COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
F. DINGS & CO., :
Inrtrtcr 'f, and TT7; J-x itc DcaJ-rt i.i
Fancy Goods.
Mar.ufaTiTTrs cfStll kinds of Brushes.
3I North S.?ec (En Stuirs,';
ST. LOUIS. Mo. r.2-ly
of June, eighteen burfdred and fifty-seven,
out of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, namelr: .
COXTIXGZXT EXPENSES OV THE DOUSE OF I1EP-
2ESEXTAHYES, VIZ".
For folding documents, including folding
paper, envelopes, and other folding ''materials,
twenty thousand dollars. ;
For furniture, repairs, and boxes for mem
bers, two thousand dollars. .
For laborers, three thousand dollars.
To indeonifi the Clerk for such sums as he
may iiave expended for boc ks under a resolu
tion of the House of -Representatives of July
seventh eihten hundred and fifty-six, and
to enable him under said resolution to furnish
f jTcr.eh member and delegate of the Houso of
Representatives who has not heretofore receiv
ed : he Smo the following enumerated books,
viz: Gales and Seatons Register of debates,
Congressional GloL-c, and apjiendix public laws,
instructions and opinions, Llhotts Debates,
Diplomatic Correspondence, Opinions of the
Attomies General, in five volcmes. Finance
Renorts, Gales and Seatcns Annals of Congress
J. o
John Adams' works, JeiTertons' works, to be
to be supplied from the numbers of .said work
now in charge of the librarian, Hickey's Con
stitution, and Mays' and Moulton:' Tetiaion
ami Eonnty land laws, one hundred and thirty
eight thousand dollars,. Drso much there f as
may be necessary is hereby appropriated ont
of tJiy money in' the Treasury not otherwise
approt rutted, Provided they be furnished at
prices rot exceeding those . for which they were
heretofore supplied, and " provided also that
said books be forwarded by the clerks to such
public library in the district cf each of said
members and delegates as mav be designated
by said member ai.d delegate.
Contingent expenses House of Representatives.
For siationery, e:ght thousand five hundred
ar.d fifty dollars.
For mijcellancous items, five thousand dol-hirp.
For the purchase cr.e hundred and forty-tvro
copies of the first and teth volumes of the
workr of John Adams for the members of the
thirty-secoud Cor gr ess six hundred and thirty
nine dollars.
For trie re-appropriation of five hundred
and eighty-five dollars heretofore carried to
the suq lus fund, leing the amount appropri
ated for the engraving of Sfty-one thousand
five hundred and twenty copies of the mechan
ical part of the Patent Office Report for eigh
teen hundred and fifty-one.
To supply a deficiency in the appropriation
for books for members of ihe thirty-third Con-grer-s,
three thousand dollars.
F"or Capitol police, two hundred dolla-s.
To enable the clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives to pav to John C. Rives the addi
tional comrensation for the Congressio jal Globe
and .ppendix provided in the sixteenth sec
tion of the act making appropriations for cer
tain civil expanses of tho government for the
ve;.r ending thirtieth June eighteen hundred
and fiffv-seven, eleven thousand one hundred
and seventy-four dollars, and sixty-nine cents.
To enable John C. Rives to pay to the re
porters of the House the nsual additional com
pcnsation lor rjporung tne debates oi me
pnscni session, eight hundred dollars each,
four thousand debars,
For the" comjilction of the printing' hereto-
f re ordered ly the Senate and House of Rep
rcser.tatives and paper for the sam?, two hun
dred ar.d fcftv thousand dollars.
For fees of witntses in behalf of the sov-
er.-.mer.t in the Court of Claims, and of agents
or attorneys to l arwinted bv the solicitor
thereof to attend to the taking of depositions,
five thousand dollars.
and bv noatincr v i c
hundred and t:xty-two dollars and sixty cents.
For restoring spindles and repairing day
beacons destroyed or damaged by the: late
storms, freshets and floating ice, fourteen thou
sand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For defraying expenses of the defetiro of
suits against the United States for lands occu
pied by marine hospitals, light bouses and
fortifications at the harbor of. San Francisco,
California, thirty thousand dollars. '
To defray expenses incurred in preparing
plans and estimates of tost of a new j til for
District of Columbia, and of a building or the
roper accommodation of the Departmsr.t of
tne Intenor, uve nnnared dollars.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, Thai
the extra compensation given by each of the
two Aouses of Congress, in the" year eighteen
hundred and n;tv-six, to its officers and em
ployees, shall be paid by its disbursing officer
out of the contingent fund, and his accounts
therefor shall be allowed by the accounting
officers of the treasury department. But
nothing herein contained shall be so construed
to repeal the joint resolution of twentieth of
Julv eighteen hundred and fiftv-fonr "to fix
the compensation of the emplovees in the
legislative department of the governmentand
to prohibit the allowance of the usual extra
compensation to such es receive the benefit
thereof," which said reselution is hereby de
clared to be in full force and effect, except so
far as licrem provided for,
. S.c. 3. And le it furUier enacted, That
the provisions of the thirteenth section of "An
act making appropriation for certainn civil ex
penses of the government for the year ending
the thirtieth t)f June, eighteen hundred and
fifty six, allowing to the several disbursing
agent for the Lite California Land 3omnissien,
the same compensation for the receipt and dis
bursement of moneys as are allowed to other
disbursing offircrs of the government in Cali
fornia, was intended to apply as is hereby de
clared to apply, and give said compensation as
well when the disbursing agent was a member
os sc. id Commission as in other cases.
Approved March S, 1S57.
fifty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-one
dollars. .
For clothing, fiftv-five thousand two hun
dred and sixty-fonr dollars.
For fuel, twenty thousand two hundred and
eightv-one dollars and eightv-one dollars and
eighty-seven cents. ,
For military stores, repairs of arms, pay of
of armorer, for accoutrements, ordnance stores
flats, drums, fifes, and musical instruments,
nine thousand dollars.
For transportation of officers and troops, and
w cvi uiuir, twelve tuousand uoi-
al Elli's isUnd; repairs of all kind;?, thirty-six t amount so received under this provision ihalf
thousand tivo hundred and thirtv- eight dollars.
Thiladeplua.
For building wharf at Fortllufiin, and re
pairs of all kinds, ten thotand one hundred
and seven dollars. '
WasTiin -jton .
be deducted from the rav to wdich thev will
bo entitled tinder the sixth section of the said
act to amend tho "actio promote the efficiency
of tne Is aw."
Sec. 9. And be it further enacteL Thai
the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby
. C. 7. YHEELER,
IfECI and builder.
JAMES Y. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITH
i Street, between Main and Nebraska,
RROWNYILLE, N. T.
Cr YY TIT'TIV
L-ruir COJNTY SURVEYOR,
NEMAHA CITY, N. T.
attend prompt It to all business in his pro
i:fn pa.ici on: fu-3 a- fmiiTine
'J;r.- cct Town tt. Draftin- City HatA
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fafrrrers and Yhr.lesale Dealer? in
.OOTS AND SHOES.
r X O. ST 31 A I N STK ULT,
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. ST. LOUIS, MO.
AC? IX.
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HAHD1K3, & CO,
IT ATS. f!ATS X- tt? a w nnnrkQ
co 4.9 Jiain street, tel. Olive and line,
o 1 . LOUIS, AlO.
Tartienla- attention paid to manafaetTirir'' our
finest M-de IT:U.
A. D. KIRK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Lard Agent and Notary Tublic,
Arthcr, lTic!iardon county, X. T.
Will practice in the Court? f Nebraska, assL-ted
by Ilarding and Jl-j&netV, Nebraska CitT.
JACOU SAFI OIID, .
Attorney and -Cpur.scllor ct L.-;v;.
GLXEUAL INSUHAynAVl) LAM) ACEXT.
And Hctv-ryPnblic
Nebraska City, TebraiiH TtrriiorT.
"ITILL attend yoTfr-MT all bi-nes ntrntel
ti Lis care, in Nebraska T;rritfy aul V"cst-
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OCK3," WATCHES,
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SPRIG MAN S.BPvOWN,
EAiLEQAD AfID iSTEA
AGENTS- V, .
And (icnera! Comca:ron !u!rrchant.
No. 40, ruMic .Landing.
CINCINNATI OHIO.
- To meet the expenses of Turses and atten
dants, authorized by the third section if the
act. of sixteenth Au-nst, eighteen hundred and
fi:v-six, entitled "An act providing for x
rece.-i.arv lCJease and hotter organization ot tae
) med.ical and hospital department of the army.'
from the date of said nrt to the thirtieth Jnne
eighteen hundred and fifty seven, tweatjrfivc
thousand dollars-
Fr a reappropriatiou of fifty thousand dol
Iar of the balance of the appropriation for
the raedical and hospital departments which
was carried to the surplus fund thirtieth June
eighteen hundred and fifty-three for tlie pay
ment of claims applicable to said department
J-accruing during the war with Mexico, and not
vef Settled by the Treasury Department fifty
thtj?anl dollars.
' .Frs tacsportatinn of the army, including
theiaggage of the troops when moving either
by land or water, of clothing camp ar.d garri
son equipage from the depot at Philadelphia
to the several posts Sind army derots horse
equipments and subsis.tencu from the places of
purchase and from the places of delivery nnder
contract to such places as the circumstances of
the service may require it to li3 sent, of ordi
nance, or ordinance stores, ad small arms
fmm the ftmndarfes and armories to the arsenal,
"iortifitiors, frontiers posts ar.d army depots ;
freights wharfage tolls and forages, for the pur
chase and hire of horses, mules, and oxen and
the purchase and repsir of wagons carts drays
shirs and other seagoing vessels and boats for
the transportation of supplies and for garrison
purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several
p"Tts hire cf teamsters, transportation of funds
for the pay and other disbursing departments
the exiKMise cf ailin public tranpo:ts on the
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Public 40. ' '
AN ACT making appropriations for the naval
service for the year ending the thirtieth
of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eighL
lie it enadlh'j tlte Seriate and Souse of
Representatives of tlie LnUedSfates cf America
in Ccmarcss asseniUeJ. That the following
sums be, and they same are hereby, appro
bated, to be paid out of anv monev m the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
year ending tue thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and fiftv-eight:
For pav of commission, warrant, and petty
officers and seamen, including the engineer
corps of the navy, three million eiht hundred
and City-five thousand four hundred and fifty
dollars.
And the Secretary of the Navy be, and he
is herebv authorized to enlist eiht thousand
five hundred men for the navy instead of
seven thousand five hundred, and h) expend
so much of this amount as mav, in his opinion.
be necessary to transport officers and men to
and from Panama, to relieve the officers and
crews of ships in the. Pacific,
. For "provisions for commission, warrants, and
pettv ctficers and seamen, including engineers
and marines attached to vessals for sua service,
eight hundred and fifty thousand four hundred
and fifiy thousand four hundred and fifty dol
lars. - - -
For increase, repair, nrmament, and equip
ment of the navy, including the wear and tear
of vessals in commission, fuel for steamer,
aid purchase of htrnp for the navy, two mil
lion t ight hundred and seventy-seven thousand
dollars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores and smr.ll
arms, including incidental expenses, three hun
dred and four thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses that may accrue for
the following puvposes, viz: .
Freight and transportation, printing and sta
tionery advertising in cewsmixjrs, books,
maps, models, and drawings, purchase and re-
pair of fare engines and machinery, repairs o.
and attending to steam engines m r.avy-yani,
purchase and maintenance of horses and oxen,
and drawing teams, carts, timber wheels, and
the purchase and repairs of workmen's tools,
pastagd of letters, fuel, oil, and randies for
navy-yards and shore stations, pay of watch
men, and incidental labor, not chargeable to
any other apjropnatio transportation to and
labor attending, the delivery of provisions and
stores on foreign stations, wharfage, dockage,
i
lars.
For repairs of barrcks, and rent of tempo
rary barracks, and officers, eight thousand dol
lars. . ;.
For contingencies, viz:
Freight, ferriage, t oil, cartage, and wharf
age. Compensation to tudes advocate, rer
diem for attending courts martial and courts of
inquiry, for constant labor, house rent in lieu
of quarters, burial of deceased marines, print
ing, stationery postage, apprehension of de
serters, oil, candles, gas, forage, straw, furni
ture, bed sacks, spades, shovels, axes, picks,
carpenters' tools, keep of a horse for the mes
senger, pay of matron, washerw. man, and
porter at the hospital headquarters, thirty-two
thousand hve hundred dollars.
..' . YAKDS.
. For the construction and completion of
works, and for the current repairs at the several
navy yards, viz::' ' ".
. . Porihsviouth, K. IL
For removing ledge, coal-house, offices and
muster-room, tank shed, lodge for ordinary,
engice house, for preparing moorings for the
deep basin; repairs of all kinds, one hundred
and twenty-fonr thousand four hundred and
twenty-two dollars.
. ... .. Rostcn.
' For additional story to packing house and
purser's ' store; embankment arourvl machine
shop; gutters for rope, walk; extension of Iry
dock; tor completion of foundry, machine
and boiler shop; comrTeting "dock engine,
di edge-boat and scow?; reservoir; watercloset
and Coating-stages; repairs of. all kinds, three
hundred and e ghty thousand three hundred
and ten dollors.
For reservoir, yard fence, water closets, and
lightning rods; paving and flagging; repairs of
dry -dock; quay wall; dredging; engine house;
cbmphiting fonudry machine and boiler shop;
completing sraithery, sawmill, and carpenters,
shop; timber shed; heating .plumpers' and
block shop; machinery for foundry, - boiler
shop, smitherv, and cofiee mill; filling in new
purchase; repairs of all kinds, three hundred
and eightv-six thousand one hundred and
For repairs of ordnance building, four thou- authorized to cause to be extended and corn-
sand eight hundred dollars. , plcted the exploration of the Parana aid. tha
Sbrfolk. tributaries of the Paraguay river, Provided,
For ordinance building, engine and machi- that the expense thereof shall cot exceed
nerv, sea wall at Fort Norfolk, and repairs of tweniy-five tbmiiiaud dollar, which are hereby
all kinds, iitty-six thousand ax;d ninety dol- appropriated for that pnspose out of any mcey
lars. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
Tenszcda. Sec' 10. And be it further enacted, That
For repairs of all Mnds, one thousand dol- the Secretrries of VTar and tho Narv bo
Jars- ' - authorized under the direction of the President
For pay of superintendent?, naval construe- to employ such officers of the Annv and Navy
tors, and all the civil establishments at the as may be necessary for the purpose, to mako
several navy yards and stations, oae hundred exploration and verification of the 'sun'erv
and twenty eight thousand three hundred and J already made yf a ship canal near the Isthmu
eighty-two dollars.
of Dorien, to connect the waters cf the Pacific
For the purchase of nautical instruments re- and Atlantic bv the Atrato aid Tci-Wo
quired for the nse of the navy; for repairs of rivers: Provided, that the expense shall not
thesame, and also of astronomical instruments; exceed twentv-five thousand dollar which
auu lor ike purcuase ui uauucai uws, iixii, are nereDy appropriated therefor out of anv
and charts, and for backing and binding the money inl the Treasury not otherwise appro
same, eighteen thousand dollars, priated.
For printing and publishing sailing direc- cr,- it k v : r
t , . , j f . .' bee. 11. And be it further cuacteiL Tha
tions, hydrographical survevs, and astronomi- tn. T,r:. i -f , , , ,
i L;1 r. .. Jnii.irj !or Preparing, arranging, classifying and label-
For continuing the publication of the series hT" Wy: " "r
r j i t i i r. jr..: v a""- sa huuiiz auu
u . j v- sur eying expedition and for reporting th-ssam
all the expenses connected therewith, eighteen tft pnnm.L .,.:ft, . i -
mBA au t0 V?113 x lth tbe appropriate drawing and
, , , . a . f catalogues, the s-im of fifteen thousand dol -
For models, drawings, and copTing; postage i v i t
freight, and transportation; for working litho- o?o 'rmo4, ! S the Tr 7
graphic press, including chemicals; for keeping a t Buliject toTentroUf
grounds m order; for fuel and lights; and for CTetiry J the N
till VVHI'l U Vlti i VII V. W ' i
peuses
States Naval Observatory and Ilydrographical
Office, eight thousand dollars.
For the wages of persons cmploved at the
United States Naval Observatory and Ilydro
graphical Omce, viz: one lithographer, one
instrument maker, two watchman, and cne
porter, three thousand one hundred and sixty
dallars. - :
For erection, improvement, and repairs of
buildings and grounds, and support of the
Naval Academv at Annapolis, Maryland, forty -
two thousand three hundred and seven dollars
and twenty-two cents.
T?nr rtrano rn rr Ti-ir rTiPPfifion ft,, Ampftcnn
Nautical Almanac, twentv-six thou-and eight ind t0 non m the Navy of the United
For crcDarinz for rmblication the snrvevs of Approved, larch u, IS3a
the late expedition to the North Paciue Ocean
and Eherricgs Straits and for finishing the gub- . Public 15.1
iicaiion oi tne uuarw mauo ny tno iate cxpe- A LI tn authorize the people of the Tur-
dition tor tne exploration and survey oi th3 . ritory of Minnesota to form a
nvcr La Plata and tn butanes srx thousand
Sec 12. And be it further enacted 'That
the surviving ofiiccrs of the Navy of tlie Re
public of Texas, who were duly commiisioneiJ
03 sacn at me t:me ot annexation, shall be en
titled to ttie pay of officera of like grade, when
waiting orders, m the iavy of the United,
S:ates, for five years from the time of said an
nexation :;ni a sum sufficient to make the pa-
i. .
mui i.fici.y appropriated, 1'rovideJ, th.it
ttie accerdancc of the provisions of IdVsactbv
aiiy of the said otficers shall bj a full reliif-
na snment and remuneration of a1! rl.-r ..
his pirt to any further compensation, on. thi .
behalf from the United States govemmern.
seventy-two dollars.
' For the construction of asewerupon Flush
ii'g avenue to Yanderbilt aenue. thence
through the United States grounds to the Wall-
tbout Water, sixtv thousand dollars; Provid
ed, that the Citv of Erooklvn shall par one
half of the cost of the same on Flushing
avenue.
Pliiladelplda.
.For addition to Ihe smitheay, addition to
engine-house, dredging channels, repairs of all
kinds, seventy-three thousand and seventy-five
dollars. - ''. '.'
WasJu'ngton. - -
For completing slotting machine; grading
and filling yard; dredging; muster office
machinery and tools; repairs of all kinds, one
hundred and nineteen thousand and eighteen
dollars. .
2orfAk.
For quay wall and dredging, extension of
bx.ler and forge shop, a timber shed, com
moncing ship houss number forty eight, com
mencing victualling establishment and purser's
siore, furnaces, cranes, and tool for foundry,
spar shed, completing ship house B, shed
number forty-eight, and store house number
fourteen, completing dock engine and carpen
ters' shop, repairs of ail kinds, three hundred
and fifty-eight thousand eight hundred audi
twelve daLars.
JPensacrla
For extension of granite wharf; foundrv;
credgmg; launching ship; improving spar
ond and railway to same completing fire
engine house, - rail tracks, steam, box, pitch,
and oil houses; repairs of all kinds, two hnn
dred and three thousand dollars.
5 iIA.BE ISLAXD.
For timber shed with mould loft above;
cooper and paint shop, with tank hcd; cop
persmiths', tinners', an4 plumbers' shops; two
blocks of cfficeTa'' houses; two ' cisterns; per
manent wharf; mooring piers grading and
paving; repairs of all kinds, three hnndred
and ninetv-ninev thousand eiiriit hundred and
eight dollars.
SACKETT'S IIAEBOB.
For repairs f hip-house, fences and other
buildings, one thousand dollars.
nosriTAi-s. -
For the construction and completion of
works, and for the current repairs of the several
naval hospitals: '
Tor repairs of buildings, two thousand five
hundred doLars. r ;
,lew Tori:
Vor completing cemeterv, repairs of build-
ira and fences, seven thousand two hundred
dollars. - ,
Saval Asylufi, Philadelphia. ,
u Tor south wall on Shippcn street; -grading,
paving, and curbing Sbippen street; repairs of
seven hundred. .and sixty dollars, Provided,
that the whole expense sh:ul not ex eed tn?
sum hereby provided.
For the reappropriation of this sum (carried
to the surplus fuud) being the amcunts due
Thomas iiamuni of Connecticut f-r prize
money as appears from the prize list of the
Ene Squadron, on file in the ouice of te
Fourth Auditor of the Treasury two hundred
dollars and eighty-nine cents.
Sec 2. And le it further enscta, That
to enable the Sccretar; of the Navy to test
useful inventions and discoveries applicable to
and designated to advance the efficiency - of
the Navv the sum of ten thousand doLars is
hereby appropriated cut of any monies- in the
Treasury and the same is subject to his con
trol.
Sec. 3. Arul U it further erected, That
hereafrer it shall be lawtul for the Secretary
of the Navy to place the snpeTvisicB of the
compilation and publication of the Nautical
Almanac in charge of any ouueer or professor
of Mathematics t f the Navy of competent
qualifications. Provided, that such officer or
professor when so employed shall receive r.o
higher pay than the duty pay to w hich his
grade shall entitle him. , . -
Sec 4. - And le it further enacted, That
the acts making appro nations for the naval
service cf the ndta of August, e:g!itocm hun
dred and fifty-four, and of the third of March,
eighteen hnndredand fifty-five, shall besocon
stmed as to allow to the Boatswains, gunners,
sailmakers, and carpenters of the Navy, vhn
on shore duty, the sams per ccntnge for tea
service as is allowed to them when, on f-ea
duty.
- Sec 5. And le it further enacted. Thai
the Secretary of the Nary be, and he is hereby
authorized to cause to be constructed for the
United States Navy; at as early a day as prac
ticable, consistently with a due regd,for
economy and efficiency five sloors cf war, to
be provided with screw propellers and proper
armed and equipped for service, said vesoles
and machinery to be built by contract cr in
the government Navy Yard, as the Secretary
of the Navv mav think most advisable L.r the
public interest, and that there be be, and is
nercby appropriated, to be expended under
constKitfiw
ir
pi a I looting;
audSstate government, preparatory to the
admission in the Union on an cntial footi'i
wi:h the original States.
Le it enacted lj the Senate and IJouse cf.
Peprcsr.itatives cf tlte United States cf America
in Ccr.nrcss assem'Jcl,' That the inhabitant
of that portion of ihe Territory of Minnescta
which is embraced within the following limit?,'
to wit: Beginning at the point in the centre
of the main channel of lied river of the North"
where the boundary line between tbe United
States and the British possessions crc5se the
same; thence up the main channel cf s;rid
river to that of the Boix des Sibus riter;
thence the main channel of said river to Lcke
Travers; thence np the centre of said lake to
.1 .1
me sou-uern extremity increoi; lner.ee in a
direct lire to the head of Big Stcna l ike;
thence through its centre to iu outlet; thence
by a due south line to the north line of Iowa; .
thenco east iilong the northern boundary of
said State to the main channel of the Missis
sippi river; thence np the main channel of
said river, and following thebonr.dary ling of
the State of Wisconsin, until the same inter
sects the Saiiit Louis river; thence down laid
river to and through Lake Superior, on tha
boundary line of Wisconsin and Michigan,,
until ii h:terse,:ti the dividirg line between the
United State and the British xs.-eoi'Tis;
tlitiice up Pijcon river, and following laid
dividing line, to the place cf beginting, be,
and they are hereby, authorized to form fur
themselves a constitution ai.d State govern
ment, by the name of the State cf Minnesota,,
and to com-; iuto the Union on aa rqual Ciot
ir.g with the original S'tte?, crordinj to tho
federal constitution. ' " ' .
Sec. 2. Aj;d U it farCcr evarfc.l, That
the sJd S'ate cf 21'mr.esota shall have con
current j -.lrisdictian on the MI.siislf pi and all
other river- and wa'crs bordering on. the fctatj
of Mianesot.i, so far as the same sh!l fern
common ljuudary to said Suite ar.d any other
State or States now or hereafter to be for.Tiei.
or bounded by the same; znd said river arl
water, and the navigable waters, leading in t
the same, shall bo common highways and for
ever Lee, vs well to the inhabitants of Bail
State as la all other citizcr.a of the Ui.itei
I State., without ar.y tax, dtitv, impost, or toll
, I therrfor. ' ' -
Atto
rnov aii(
n 1 - ' - - w
1 Counselor
and rent, traveling exK?nses of e fficers ami
others under orders, funeral expinses, store
and office rent, stationery, fue cammissiocs
and pay of clerks to navy agentJ and store
keepers j fings, awnings, and acking boxes,
premiums and othcT expenses ot rt cruting, ap
prehending deserters, per diem pay to persons
attending courts martini and co-art of inquiry,
J""o- - v. ' 1 tn ; nctfMn rlCtrs S. water rent and iumiture; repairs oi a.i
vessels of the UniteVl States tary in foreign
ports, eight hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars: Provided, That' the expmditnres under
the foregoing appTopriatinns shall be so ac
counted fe-r as to show the disbursements by
each bureau, under each respective appropria
tion. To enable the Secretary of the Navy to arm
and man the ordnance ship Plymouth at the
Y.'ashington navy yard, with a view to the
improvement of ordnance and gnnnery prac
tice, forty-nine thousand dollars.
jiaeixe costs:
Sec. And le it farther entui?, Tkrt
on the first Monday in June next, the leg.il
voters in eixh representative dlatrict, thcti c::
is ting within tie limits of the proposed itate
are hereby authtjrized to elect two delegate
for cjKh representative to which said district;
maybe entitled accrjrdirg to tha appoitioii
iceut for represertatives to thcTenttcrial legis
lature, v. hich election for delegates shidl
held
Korfrkk.
" For building and completing . surgeon's
house; repairs of bricn walk, and ccrrent re
pairs of buildings, - twenty-two thousand one
hundred md fifteen dollars.
, Pensacda.
For draining nnd filling ponds, and for gene
ral repairs of buildings, sixteen thousand dol-
iars.
direction of the Secretary of the Navv f.r the
purpose above specified, the sum cf cne niil
lion dollar?, out cf any money in the Treas
ury not cthf rwse appropriated.
Sec C. And le iK farther eitaclc-l, That
the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized
to sell at pnblic auction, the wharf at tho Na
val Asylnm at Philadelphia, and also the
plat of ground cut oil from the Asylum by
Shippcn street, if in his opinion a fair price can
be obtained for it, the proceeds to be carried to
j: , r V l r i r
.v i i satd Temtorv regulating the election of rent
fund they were pr.Tchascd. ... - , f, , ? , ,
. i 1 . -entatives; and the delegates so elected bb ill
S. 7. And le it filter eznrtrf That aSs,embIe at the capitolof sold Territ.irr cu
Ujc Secretary of the Navy bo, anu he u here- the SsCurii Hor. Jay in jtv rexf anj Lc de
by directed to have prepared, and to rer.,rt to termlne, br a vote,' whether it h tho w Sh of
Congress at its next session for its approval a j lhc f3 of tllC TToro,ea g.a!c to li3 JU
coue oi reguut.or.5 ,or the govvr. men: oi tne mi:twJ illto tfi0 Ua:on at t!lat tn. nj f )
" uit-u aua.i ciiii Ian; eu.u .-t.aiu.ut.s
and forms fr tlie jn;rformat.ce cf all the
necessnrv duties incumbent on the officers
thereof, both ashore and afloat. 'including rules
in a.
anu ronaucte-.:, ani tLe retnms mao;.
reswc'.s in cnr.fornritv with the huts l.r
for
the government
couns martial, and
AKD
General Lanr'Agcnt -.-''
OMAHA CITY. N. T. :
- . -nLPtltENCE. . - -
Gov. Iiiard, C.n iUa ; a.U. itu Nebraska City
For nir nT tb ofnrrrsj. non-commissiored
various rivers the gulf of M'exico and the At- officers, musicians and ptivat.'S, clerks, mes- j mg and conductors, and lorrepairs ot ail Kinds,
hmticand the Pacific, ami for rrocurinz water ' sengers. steward, and servants, for rations and ! four thousand two hundred and twenty-three
dciiars. . '
Bostan.
For repairs of all kinds, one thousand dol
lars. "Xeic Torlu
shall proceed to fcrm a constitution, and tal.u
all necessary steps for the esiuh:ihnjnt oT a
St-iU; govemmtut, in cf-i.formiry rith ths fid
eral constitution, Mibject to the approval ai,d
r- if!f-. t .f fV -wrvl." nf Kc t.v ...
courts of man ;rv as wed as to ctabliab the t c,. .'
raus anu preceaence oi cacu -rails oi otucers i g, 4. i; rh
in tne une 01 promotion and tae rvuttive ran , v. t,,. ,.Vf-r,t m.vn-!io., cP,m
i and precedence, ashcre and afloat, between r,vni- of t!..- !mn..';,b ir.- r .r
For the corstruction and completion of .: them and non-com catant, and between cLicers j r)?cj v;.a.c xAo TJn:0 .i.j he th, .jafv.
works, and for the current repaiw at theseveral , and petty officer of all grades not in the line cf the United States marshal for said Ten?-
naval magazines:
Porthsmonth, A'. LL
Fnr fittis aid furnishing ordnance buili-
aiAGAZIKES.
Tntr I al sr:Ch pists as from their situation require clothing 'forservanU, subsistance and ddltion
.. . J j that it lie bnm-ht (torn a distance st ren bun- . al ration? fr five years service pf otacers, for
dred thousand dol-ari. ' " " i undrawn clothiu? ar.d rations, bounties for re-
Fr cmj!:ii:2 the repairs of the branch enlistments, and pay for unexperienced trms
m'.Tit at New Orleans, and rendering tbe same f previous sc-rvicf, three t nndred and fifty
fire pr.of, ono burdred rnd twenty thousand nine thou-and six hnndred and rinery-one dol-
ttx bun lred and ixtv-oite dollars.
lars
ind MXty-e.gbt cents.-
icr enacted. 1 ant.
Lid decida h
j favor of the immediate admission of the io
j posed S'ate into Ihe Union, it shall be th? d jh
Jro"i0k'(ja- tory to proceed to take a rcrtsatcr errt.T.ir.k-
Sec. 8. Ard be it further cr.r.rted, Thct tiou cf the iLh.I.taut within the-limits of tlm
the sum cf sever. ty-or:e thousand dollars bo i projj-eil State, under such r;les and regwlati.ma
and the same is hereby appropriated out cf as shall be prescribed I y the Si r-t.ry of thg
any money in tho Treasury not otherwise ap- Intirrior, with the view cf asceria'u'rg iLc r.i;n
priated to be applied in cirrying out the pro- j ber of represi.tatives to which M StrJe ti;v
viiior.s of the thi-d feet ion of tic act to amend ! be r.tlt'ed in the Congress cf tho United .Stjt:;
an act "entitled uAn act to promote the j and said State -hall be er.tit'ed to ore r-prc-H n
cfSciency of the navy" grantirg one years tative ar.d such addiiiur. J rcprfer:tativ a tha
duty pay to tho dropped officers who shall rot ' toi I'.Aticn of the Stute shull. flcmrdir:?? t thai
For comp'lel.k'ir of armory, loaded shell i be restored to the r.avr and that all of taid ; cetmvs sho-v it would be ti.titlec; to aecrrJi:.
otuid; smad row boat ana aropped othceKihall be er.tXcd to receive the ; to tt- rr'-rt rio of rerre--cr.i:i::on.-
house and gnn