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MUEUTT, THE UNION, AND THE CONSTITUTION."
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NUMBER 7ft.
CITY OF WASHINGTON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1855.
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TO OVH aUBhCHIBKHS.
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^ t>rien< <>i me ?ulaw.iifUoti ba aiada is aliuci.
in.uui way firward aa amaay by toiler, ibe
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?ioaa of I'ongmi, and aerni-waakly duriot iha reoaaa.
riubeonpUoaa for a period laaa Ibaa a jrear will b? lawnw na
taraw proportioned to tka above annual run.
^rUTVAITtU bra aatboriMd to act aa out ageitia t a ad by
acadinl aa rira DAILY aabacrtbera, whb #80 eaeloaad . or riva
HHMI-WBKKLY aakacrtbera, wlU fH euclaaed, will ba eaUtlrd la
a cofiy jrrfr.
The Organization of the Executive Depart
men Is of the Government of the United States.
Mil- AII I'M K NT or ?tATfc.
The whole machinery employed to conduct the busines.
arising out of our foreign relation. with all the om ...
of the world li- lar more .implo than i. i?,.n?r.lli ,
^iT,t1r1itLVst',',ljer e,''l'(''-V''d in Department ?7 State
of the taited .States u only seventeen, as follow. ? n?? ul
retary ol State (lion. William L. Maroy.) one AwlaU.^
Hecrt-tiirv ol State, (William Hunter,)> JL^+itTcfck
twelve clerks, t*ue translator, and one librarian. '
IHplvmalic Brn,,ck. This branch of the State Department
I'" J,?? ?A1 corre*P?n,ience between the dep*tmen ?nd
other diplomatic agent, of the United States abroad, "d
t hose of foreign power, accredited to thi. gov*, nrnent. In it
all diplomatic instructions nent Irom thu department, and
communication, to cominUsioners under treatle. of bounda
ries, Ac., are prepared, copied, and recorded: and all ot like
character received are reentered aud filed, their content,
being first entered in an analytic table or Index.
fWW Hranck.- Thi. branch ha. charge of the corres
pondence, Ac., between the department and the consuls and
commercial agents of thu United State,. I,, it instruction,
to those Officer., and answer, to thoir despatches and to let
ter. from other persons asking for ooMular iigunev or rela
ting to consular allalrs, are prepared and recorded."
Tke Dubur,in<j AyeHt.? Ue ha. charKe of ail correspond
ence and other matters connected with account. Jfilatiuit to
any fund with the disbur.ement of whU* the department is
charged. 4
.As Trannlntor.? Ilia duties are to I'm nish such transla
tion, a. the department may require, lie u|go records tin
commissions ol consul, ami vice oon.uls, when not in Knirlish
upon which exequatur, are issued.
Clerk of Appointment, and Commitnotu.?He makes out
an^ record, commissions, letter, of appointment, and nomi
nation. to the .Senate; make, out and records exequatur,
and records, when in English, the commissions ou which thev
are issued, lias charge of the library.
?f'h< KoU.and Archive,.-He take, charge of the
rolls, or enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress? as thev
are received at the department from the ('resident; prepare,
the authenticated copies thereof which are called tor ? Ve
pares for, nnd superintends their publication, and that of trea
'!'e newspapers and in book form; attends to their
distribution throughout the United State., aud that of all
document, arid publication, m regard to which this duty is
assigned to the department; writing and answering all let
ten. connected therewith. Has charge of all Indiantreaties,
and business relating thoreto.
Clerk nf Authrntiuition* ami Couuritihl,.- 11.. I... .1...
(d the seals ol the United States and of the dejiartment, and
prepares and attache, certificates to paper, presented for au
thentication ; receive, and account, for the fee., lias charge
of publications transmitted to the department under the law,
relating to copyrights; records and indexes their titles ? re
cord, all letters Irom the department, other than the d'iplo
uiatic and consular. '
Clerk o/ Pardon, and I'a?,,orU.?fie prepares and records
pardon* and remissions ; and registers and tiles the petitions
and papers on which they are founded. Make, out and re
cords passports; keeps a daily register of all letter., other
than diplomatic and consular, received, and of the cfi.oo.i
tton made ol them ; prepares letter, relating to this buaincs.
ATTOB.NEV OEXRHAL'. OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cu.hing, Attorney General of the I nited
State.; It H. Gillet, esq. chief clerk. The ordinary busi
head." be classified under the following
1. Official (minions on the current business of tho govern
ment, as called lor by the i're.ident, by any head of depart
ment, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
2. Examination ol the title, of all land purchased, as the
S^^trS,SeiiKht-hOU9t;8' an<1 H" """"
coS^CFtreUni^^Uter C83e8 ?f C?nvioUon in
4. Application, for appointment in all the judicial and leiral
business ol the government. K
5. The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
cerned States in which the government is con
|T?, V1,6?? ??ih?ry heads of the business of the office are
added at the present time the following, viz :
for id a* * 1,10 (iirection aI1 appeals on land claims in Cali
Second. The codification and revision of the law, of the
Uiiurict or Columbia.
INTERIOR DKPAHTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Mc
Oon?l?t*'nf theMt?t?1?f, Mithi?a"- "? clerical force
consists of one chief clerk, (Ueorge C. Whiting, esq.,)
one disbursing agent, and ten other regular clerks ! and to
its supe! visum and management are committed the following
branches of the public servicc i
1st. Tke Public Land,.?The chief of thi. bureau is called the
Is^ir rTLand Office." The Und Uureau
j !{!* ?urv-ey' ?!ailaK'einent, aud sale of the pub
lio domain, and tho issuing of titles therefor, whether derived
from confirmations of grants made by former governments
by sale., donations, ol granti. for schools, military bounties'
mll^tli!1 c ""provrinents, and likewise tho revision of Virginia
military bounty land claims, and the issuing of scrip in lieu
thereof. The I,and Office, also, audits it. own accounts. The
present Commissioner is Mr. John Wilson, of the District of
Columbia. Its principal officers are a recorder, chief or
F?ri3elf*iL i? /m^lic. 1f"da' principal clerk of private
land claims, and principa clerk of surveys?all of whom are
appointed by the J resident and confirmed by the Senate?
d0e"rteo^dS^rmadc'..aMUUUl1 drRU?ht?' -d some lot;
in2r1; Iu,r<1 of thi? bur?au'???o ?<??
J. ? " ?'do> of Connecticut. The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication of all claims
a using under the va> ou. and numerous laws passed by Con I
grew granting bounty land or pen.ions for iniliUry or naval I
the United NiZV 'T7 tt"d ?ub?equent war's in which '
clerk r ? have been engaged. He has one chief
? ? v Colt' esq.,) aud a permanent corps consist
m .Mvent^ "tfu'r clerks, to which Congress, to
new bo iint*!' UndT' Hi? e*t.ra"rdlnary requirement, of the
? :tv 3 , ir,l a1,lud a tcu Porai'.v force of about
fifty cleikships of dillerent denominations.
M.. Mian,.?Commissioner of Indian Alliiir., Hon. Oeorce
W. Msnypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with a ehfif
cltrk and about lilteen other subordinate clerks.
4th. I'alent Office.?To this bureau is committed the
? nil "i P?rf"r?"*nce of all "acts and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for new
an useful discoveries, invention., and improvement. ;" the
Fee? i 1.8tl,t;'t,r8 relating to agriculture; the col
ection and distribution of seeds, plants, and cuttings. It
Ae'ii? r clerk?who i? by law (as at the present time) the
Acting Commissioner of Patents in tho absence of the Com
miMioner-ten |>rincipal and ten assistant examiners of pat
' rf81"0? *0|ne dozen other subordinate permanent clerk
lleafdoi these lour principal brancht-s of this new executive
department, the organic act of lm-i transferred to it from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the accounts of
the United .States marshals and attorneys, and the clerks of
lie United States court.; the management of the lead and
other mines of the United States, and the alfairs of the peni
tentiary of theL nited Slates iu the District of Columbia ;
and from the State Department the duty of taking and re
?7'"fi !? censuses Ol the United States, and of supervis
ing and directing the acts of the Commissioner of Public
Buildings. I y recent ads of Congress, also, the hospital for
the insane of the army and navy aud of the District of Colum
bia IS under the management of this department; and by as
signment from fho President, it has added to its long list of
duties the survey and demarcation of the unsettled boundary !
lines between the State,, and Territories and bordering na- I
This department is at present very inconveniently sepa
IJ fr' " ?.r ujd be appropriately and pefma
Jiintly provided for. The .Secretary's office occupies a por
t".n "I tlienew I stent Office building, the General Land Office
r1.hw,T,',''',fc.U7 bV! <li"f,' nnd lh'' Pension Office a
1 Ttion of Winders building, now the property of the
"veniincnt, whilst the Indian Office is located in promises '
"it fire-proof, and rented ol their private owners.
TSBASl'aV DEPARTMENT.
I'he Treasury Department consists of the offices of the Sec
retarv of the I'ressury, two comptrollers, commissioner of
lie custom., six amlitors, treasurer, register, solicitor, light
j Douse boArd, and coast survey.
1 he following is a brief indication of the duties of tliece
several offices and of the force employed therein respectively :
n-rrlar'/'. Oj)ier. Hon. Jauiei (illthi ie, Secretary of the
V i "pn- ' ? O. Washington, Assistant Secretary ; I
one engineer in charge; one architect, and three draughtsmen
-Vmpl0V Tl ,hr"' clerk". The Secre
rfXT^i^Ti C,,?r,i'"1 wi,h t,IM ^n"r?' supervision
u u 0ft, , concerning the commerce and navigation
tt :Tl 7, hUt""- 1 ?, the survey ol the!
II,;. I-,,??J?-""'shmeni, the hospitals Ol
-.Min*. I
>?vt\veTi .;'n,T-""'rrn; th"-ivi| ???"?'
balances ari?in?thi-'"n. C,'rli',''" th"
(??.?i,t, 'lie, . , " ' " -lohn M. Ilrodhend, ... ...
k.-ping aml"r . I k~" "" I'' -? ritl
i I_ I? , 1 enuiit i ??f t ho armi . nax v
-??Mill. .'m" V,V ' ' "f l"',,hr vir"- 1 r"v :,,"i
m mil ,?ee? arising thereon.
O/flrt nf .? ,i ,,
Oominin^itin- i. V i ' J. Anderson,!
fnod ? i?f ' ' |,v,'n ^h'rka. II.? prescribes the j
Mllf "# I ii ?
? " ' ??? ?. . . .. ' \ 1 " r-P'i
I ""iring thereon revises Aid oertifies the balances
Fir.t 4tulJor'. Odi<x.- 'Vhonia, 1-. Smith, esq., Kiwi Aud
itor ami uineUtu olerki. He receives ami adju.U the ac
w'nUof t ?? custom, revenue and dUbum-menls, appropri
ation, and expemlitur account ot the en ,11U. and u.ider
I,rival,? arfs of Conuri-J, and report* the baUiicil lu uw
$!otmnls*ioner ..f the Customs and the Fir.t Comptroller, re
spectively, for their decl.lon thereon.
s'.eond Auditw'e Office.?Philip Clayton, esu., Hecood Aud
itor and twenty ode clerk.. He receive, ami adm.U all ao
count* relaSni to the pay, clothing, and recruiting of the
artnv a. well a. aruiorie., arsenals, and ordnajice, and
.?J .tir, ' in the Indian department, and report, the
balance, to the Second Comptroller for his decision thereon
Third Auditor'i Qffieo.?Robert J. Atkinson, 0*1.. Third
Audftor and serVuty eight clerk,. He receives ami adjust,
all accounts for sub.i.tence of the army, fortifications, Mill
TXy military roads, and the Quartermaster's do
iiVrtment, as well as for pension,, claims arising from ??li
la, v service previous to 1818, and for borne, and o her
property kwt in the military service, under varlou, acta ?J
Congress, and report* the balance, to the Second Comptrol
I lor tor hi, decision thereon. j
Fourth Auditor'' Office.?Anran 0. Dayton, esq., Fourth
Auditor and si*ten slerks. He receives and adju.U all ac
count. lor the service of the Navy Department and reporU
the halluces to the Second Comptroller for his ilcti.i
thereon. .....
Filth \uditor'< Mia.? Josiah Mlnot, esq., tilth Auditor,
i i - <*l ?rkh He receive* and adjust, all account, lor dip
' perGiriied under the direction -
the State Department, and reports the balances to
Comptroller for bis decision thereon.
slirth Auditor'* William V. Phillips, esq., Sixth
A.fdUor and one hundred and one clerk., if. .^iv?, and
adjusts all account.- arising trom the service of the I o,t Office
Uepartincnt. Hi" decisions are final, uuleB, an appeal b? ta
ken in twelve months to the First Comptroller J and he "uper
intend. the collection of all debts due the I ost Oilico Depart
ment. ,
Treasurer'* OffiSamuel Casey, esq., Treasurer, and
thirteen clerks. He receive. and keep. .moneys of the
United State* in hi. own office, and that ot the depositories
create! by the act of the Oth of August, llUG, and pavs out
the same upon warrant, drawn bv the Secretary of the Iria,
urv countersigned bv the First Comptroller, and uponwar
rinUdrawn bv the Vostma.ter (ieneral, and c mnter.igned
i,v the Sixth Auditor, and recorded by the Kegistwr. lie
also hold, public moneys advanced by warrant to disbursing
otlioers, and pn"? out tlie same upon their check,.
r'? (>/,?<?. Flntey Bigger, lleglster, and twenty
plork? Ho kerns the accounts of public receipts and ex
I oenditures - ^elvei the return, andSn^es out the official
' iill" commerce and navigation ot the United States ,
I* '/ iVH from the First Comptroller and Commissioner
L , Custom, all accounts and vouchers decided by them, and
! is charged bv law with their sale-keeping.
jy.Vliw'. Ojfic<. Francis II. Streeter, Solicitor and ?ix
,1,1k- Ho superintend, all civil suit, commenced bv the
United State,, and instructs the United States attorneys,
Mi irshal, and clerks in all matter, relating to them and their
I, 'ii,. receives return, from each term ot the United
States court,, showing the progress and condition of such
-nils - ha, charge of all lands and other property assigned
! the United Slates in payment of debts, and M power to
Loll and dispose of the same for the benefit of the United
[ States.
Light-Mount Hoard.?Hon. James Guthrie, president;
Com W B. Shubrick, United States navy, chairman, tien.
I (i Totten, United State, army; Col. James Kearney,
United States army ; I'rol-. A. D. Bache, Superintendent of
(V.ant Survey ; Prof. Joseph Henry, secretary of Smithsonian
Institution , Commander S. F. Dupont, United States navy ;
I ; ut Thornton A. .leukfns, United States navy, secretary }
Cant/ Edmund L. F. Hardcastle, United Stated army, secre
, ' . . i , clerks This board direct, tho building and
! repairing of Ught-^houses, light-vessels, buoys and beacons,
i contracts for supplies of oil, Ac.
I Coat Survey.?Alexander I). Hache, esq., superintendent,
and thirty-eight assistant draughtsmen, Ac.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Navy Department consist, of tho Navy Department
: proper, being the oilico of the Secretary and of five' buri'?"?
attached thereto, viz : Bureau of Navy-yards and Docks,
llureau Of Construction, Equipment, and Repair, Bureau
?f Provisions and Clothing, Bureau of Ordnance and Hy
i ..M?noniip and the Bureau ot Medicine and Surgery.
' T?io Following i. a statement of the duties of each of tliese
i offices and of the force employed therein :
W(,rv, Office.?Hon. James C. Dobbin, Secretary of
Hie Navv ? Chafles VV. Welsh, esq., chief clerk; and eleven
i clerks ^he Secretary of tho Navy has charge of every
thing connected with the naval establishment, and the exe
cution of nil laws relating thereto is intrusted to him . under
the eenaral direction of the President of the United States,
who I)V the constitution, is commander-in-chief ol tho armv
and navv All instructions to commanders of squadrons and
commanders of vessels, all orders of officers, commission, of
officers both in the navy and marine corps, appointments of
commiXed and wa^ant officers, orders for the enlistment
and discharge of seamen, emanate from the Secretary sofheo.
All the duties of the different bureaus are performed under
the authority of the Secretary, and their orders are consid
ed a"emanating from him. The general superintendence
of th"ma "e oor% forms, also, a part of the duties oi the
Secretary, and all the orders "f the commandant or that
corps should be approved by 1
Bureau of Savy Yard, and /' U?Commodore Joseph
Smith, chief of tfie bureau, i. ir cl ks, one i ivil englneer,
and one draoghUman. All the navy-yards, dock, and
wharves, building, and machinery in navy-yard,, and every
I Z immediately connected with them, are under the su
perintendence of this bureau. It is also charged with the
management of the Naval Asylum.
ltureau of Contraction, Eqiripnimt, and Rruatr.?John
I entlmll esq., chief of the bureau, eight clerks, and one
draughtsman. The office of the engineer-in-chiefof the navy,
Daniel 11 Martin, esq., is attached to this bureau,who i, as
rtisted by three assistant engineers. This bureau has charge
of the building and repairs of all vessela-of-war, purchase ol
materials an.t the providing of all vessel, with their equip
nlcnts as sails, anoVior., water tanks, Ac. The engineer-in
chief superintends the construction of all marine steam en
gine, for the navy, and, with the approval ofcthe Secretary,
decides upon plan, for their construction.
?f I'rovi'wnx and Clothing.?H. Bridge, purser
United States navy, chief of bureau, and four clerks. A1
p, ..visions for the use of the navy, and clothing, together vv th
the making of contract, for furnishing the name, come under
the charge of this bureau.
Bureau of Ordiuinceand Hydrography.--CommodoreiChM.
Morris, chief of bureau, four clerks, and one draught,man.
This bureau has charge of all ordnance and ordnaucoifores,the
. ?> r.ictn fi' ??r Durcha^e of cannon, firnns, powder, snot, snoiis,
Ac and "he equipment of vessels-war, with everything
connected therewith. It also provides them with mai?^
charts, chronometers, barometer, Ac., toe ther? * B
K,w,k< lis are furnished shipn-of-war. "the uniieo niaw*
Naval Observatory and Hydrographicai Office at VV a,hinj?
ton un.l the Naval Academy at Annapolis, are also und.r the
general superintendence of the chief of this bureau.
Ilnreanof Medicine and Surgery.-Ur. William Whelan,
surgeon United State, navy, chief of bnreau, one pasiled w
sistant surgeon United States navy, and twoclerks. "'?^ry
thinff relating to medicine, and medical stores, treatment of
sick and wounded, and management of hospitals, comes with
in the superintendence of this bureau.
POUT OFPICE DEPARTMENT.
bfthe constitution and laws to the Po.tinMter Oe^ral. W
It's bu,ines< may be the moro conveniently arranged and pre
nared for his final action, it is distributed among "evera bu
? .mil vs follows- The Appointment Olhce, in cliarge of the
i,?sssrajjsr?,
clerk.
Al>l, ^ent ^r -??^chn1 |
j :
^nt'and wt^h th^i^Hnt^ile^ of" ^
established for supplying ir ^^rvTshm of the ocean mail -
| SStfp international postal
arrangements.
twracl Office.?William II. Dundas, "V^?C'to thi^'of- 1
Z KSKi^ oTarvii-V ^-vice
,,f braclng',all oorresp<>ndencettan^|proce^Uigs respecting the
embracing mode of conveyance, and tunes of dt
frequency of trip", ^ ^ rimtes ; th- course of the
""' Vh^wZn the different section, of the country, the point.
r1,1,!vi di'strihution, and the ^ations^ the^ernment
par^s'tSe'a^'erttoemeriU and^t^lonarmail\ettings)
and take, charge of the annual an ^ contracU. All ap
and the adiustment am alteration of mail arrange
plications for the eiUtoUM'"?"' r ^ ^ ,h.mld besent
S^ve'rf^^rr:kr;b^Kr r.
uXonaTi'; ; prepare* the statistical exhibits of the mail
service, and the reports of the mail letting*, giving a state
I qh'lit of each bid ; also of the contracts made, the new scr
vice originated, the curtailments ordered, and the additional
1 allowance# granted within the year.
finance Office.?John Marron, esq., Third Assistant Post
? master General, and twenty-one clerks. To this offioc are
unsigned the supervision and management of the financial
! business of the department, not devolved bylaw upon the
Auditor, embracing accounts with the draft oflices and other |
depositaries of the department, the issuing of warrants and
I drafts in payment of balanced reported by the Auditor to be
; due to mail contractors and other persons, the supervinion
| of the accounts of otiices under orders to depoaite their ouar
terlv balances at designated points, and the superintendence
| of the rendition by post masters of their quarterly returns of
postages. It has charge of the dead letter office, of the i#i
1 suing of postage stamps and stamped envelopes for the pre
payment of postage, and of the accounts connected there-i
I with.
To the Third Assistant Postmaster General all postmasters
| should direct their quarterly returns of postage ; those at
draft otiices, their letters reporting quarterly the net uro
I ceeds of thtir otiices, and those at depositing otiices.
i their certificates of deposite ; to him should also be directed
| the weekly and monthly returns of the depositaries of the
| department, as well as all applications and receipts for post
i age stamps and stamped envelopes, and for dead letters. i
| Inspection Office.? John Oakford, esq., chief clerk, and
! seventeen clerks. To this office is assigned the doty of re i
eoiving and examining the registers of the arrivals and de j
| partures of tbo mails, certificates of the service of route j
agents, and reports of mail failures; of noting the delin -j
quencies of contractors, and preparing cases thereon for the j
action of the Postmaster General; furnishing blanks for mail |
registers, and reports of mail failures; providing and send '
ing- out mail-bags and mail-lock* and keys, and doing all!
j other things which may be necessary to secure a faithful and j
i exact performance of all mail contracts.
All cases of mail depredation, of violation of law by pri
vate expresses, or bv the forging or illegal use of postage j
stumps, arc under tne supervision of this onice, and should be
reported to it.
All communications respecting lost money, letters, mail
depredations, or other violations of law, or mail-locks and j
keys, should be directed "Chief Clerk, Post Office Depart-1
incut."
All registers of the arrivals and departures of the mails,
certificates of the service of route agents, reports of mail fail- |
ures, applications for blank registers, and reports of failures,
and all complaints against contractors for irregular or im
perfect service, should be directed "Inspection Office, Post
Office Department."
WAR DEPARTMENT.
lion. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. In the Secre-|
tary's office proper there are one chief clerk, seven subordi
nate clerks, two messengers, ami four watchmen. The fol-1
lowing bureaus are attached to this department:
Commanding General'e Office.?This office, at the head of J
which is Lieutenant General Scott, is at Now York.
Adjutant General'? Office.-?Col. Samuel Cooper, Adjutant I
General. Assistants?Lieut. Col. W. G. Freeman, Major
George Deas, and Captain Seth Williams. Judge Advocate,
Major John F. Lee. Nine clerks and one messenger. In this
office are kept all the records which refer to the personnel of
the army, the rolls, <Scc. It is here where all military com
missions are made out.
Quartermaster General'h Office.-? Gen. Thomas S. Jesup,
quartermaster general; Charles Thomas, assistant quarter
master general: Captain M. M. Clark, district quarter
master; Major II. 0. Wayne, in charge of clothing branch; [
eleven clerks and one messenger*
Pay matter General'# Office.?Col. D. F. Lamed, paymaster |
general; Major 8t. Clair Denny, district paymaster; eight |
clerks and one messenger.
Commieeary General'? Office,?Gen. George Gibson, com- I
missary general; assistant, Captain A. E. Shrias ; six clerks |
and one messenger.
Surgeon General'? Office.?Gen. Thomas Lawson, surgeon I
general; assistants, Dr. K. C. Wood and Dr. lUch&rd II.
Coolidge; three clerks.
Engineer Office.?General Joseph G. Totten, chief engi
neer; assistant, Lieutenant John D. Kurtz; five clerks and |
one messenger.
Topographical IiureaH.?Col. J. J. Abert, colonel of the I
corps; assistant, Lieut. M. L. Smith; four clerks and)
one messenger.
Ordnancc Bureau.?Colonel II. R. Craig, colonel of ord
nance ; assistant, Captain Wiu. Maynadier ; eight clerks ajid |
one messenger.
Washington Aqueduct.
Orrict of tiik Wapuinoton Aqueduct,
Wa*!iingtou, March 7, 1855.
PROPOSALS* are Invited lor graduation stone ami brick masonry,
dams, tunnels, ami oiler work of the Washington aqueduct.
Propos ?ls, received up to the 0?h of May, will be opened at noon of |
tli.it day.
Maps, profiles and specificationa of lhe work will be ready fof ex
amination on and alter the '20th day of April next.
Proposals will be received for the work Of particular culverts, |
bridges, fkc., kc , as described In the plans and specifications.
Portions only of some of the work* can be completed under the
present appropriation ; but all contracts tor unfinished work will |
be subject to future appropriations by Congress The engineer re
serves the right to prescribi the amount of work to be done and raie
of progress under each contract lor each appropriation ; and in ca*e
of the appropriation not holding out sufficiently, to decide when and
west works *hali be stopped uni il funds become available.
In case of the entire stoppage of any particular work for want of
fluids, the reserved ten p?*r cent, will > e paid, if, in the judgment of
the engineer, the work ha* been properly executed so far as it lias
gone.
Payments will be made in specie checks upon the United State*
treasury upon the monthly estimates of the engineer* reserving 10
per cent.; and it will be a co dition of all contracts Unit the work
men shall be paid thei? full wages monthly, and in specie.
All bids should be sealed, and endorsed 14Proposals for work on |
the Washington Aqueduct."
The United 8tates reserves the right to rejeot any or all the bids
should they vri be deemed advantageous, nnd to make such arrange
merit* a* ink) e considered most conducive to the progress of the |
work.
Every ofTcr k_.a*tbe accompanied by u written guarantee, signed by
one or more responsible persons, to the effect that he or they under
take that the bidder or bidders will, if his or their bid be accepted,
eutei into an obligation, within tan days, with good and sufficient
securities, for the completion of the work undertaken ; said guarantee
to be accompanied by the certificate of the United States district
ju(lgn. United States district attorney, navy agent, or so ne officer of
the general government or individual known to the Engineer or De
partment of War, that the guarantor* are able to make good their
guarantee.
Bids will be opened in presence of bidders, if any of them
choose to be present.
M. C. MEIGS,
Capt. of Engineers, in charge
FORM OP GUARANTEE.
To Capt. M C. Meigs, IJ. & Engineers.
We, the undersigned, residents of , in the fltate of
hereby, jointly ami severally, covenant with the United States, and j
guaranty, In case the foregoing bid of be accepted, that be or |
they will, within ten days alter the acceptance of-the said bid, exo
cute the contract for the same, with .,ood and sufficient sureties to
perforin or furnish the articles proposed in conformity to the terms
of the advertisement under which it was made. And in case the |
n ill shall fail to enter into contract as aforesaid, we guar.-*
to make good the difference between the offer by the waid and j
the next lowest bidder.
(Signed) (j'/*'
I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the j
above-named guarantors are good and sufficient.
(Signed) E. F. j
Mar B?JtowttUUMaylUawtf I
The National Hotel
\ thin city will be re-opened for the reception of guest* on the 97tb j
i of this month. The removal of the kitchen from the basement to
the rear of the building, and the alterations in and about the dining |
r"oms, will add greatly to the convenience and comfort of il* guests, i
The table will be furnished with the best the markets can afford,
and served in the bent style ; and no etpense or labor will be upared
to render the house, In every respect, equal to any in the country.
The subscriber, therefore, trusts that a generou* public will continue
the liberal patronage which ha* always been extended to the house.
Persons desiring to procure rooms for the winter can do so at any
tiuic after the 90th. by calling at the Hots I. Board J|9 per day.
B. I). WILLARI).
Washington City, November II, 1854.
Nov 16?tf
it- II. O I M.KT,
Counsellor at I,arey
Man removed his office to bl* resi:! n e in Frnoklin Row, corner
of K and Thirteenth streets He will continue to devote hi* atten
tion pri:n ipully to cus< s in the United Stale* Supreme Court.
Having devoted much tunc to he law concerning patents he will
give advice and opinions on l*g*l questions arising iu ca*c>? before
the Pwi? fit office, and on appeals to the chief justice or assistant
justices of the District of Columbia; and will also assi*t In the
preparation and trial of suits concerning patents.
lie wi I al*o give written opinions and prepare argument* for par
t!cs hiving claims before Congress or either of the department* . and
will also pro-ecut' claim* before any board established ft?r their
adjudication.
Oct ?dtf
[No. 538. J
Notice
Of the eitabliehment of an additional Land Office in the. Ter
ritory of Oregon.
IN pur uince of the act of Congress approved February 17, IB55,
entitled " An act to eiHhltsli an additional land di?tric in the
Territory ?( Oregon," to be called *he Unipqua district, embracing
all the land lying *ouih of th- fourth ?tandard parallel, it is hereby
declared and msde known that the Ian t office fbr said district ha*
Keen Wvared by the President of ih? Unite ! fliates at the town of
Winchester, in ssid Territory, until otherwise ordered.
tJiven under mv hand, at the citv of Washington, this 17th day or
Mav, A 1). IK5V IOHV WILSOV,
Commissioner of the funeral Land Oll'.i
May W?Ia?sl9?v (Intel, k Star.]
Altl'KK'K IHAfiMZ'NR f ?r May.
Emma being No. fi of'4 Harper's Story Book.1*
11mt reeeive-l by PNYI.OK k MAURY.
iny 4 Book*?lllers, Penn. avenue, near 9th street.
MV If rot Iter's Keeper, liysatli ?r ??f I foliar* niirl Ottfn,
i Mr. Rutherford** Children, kt.
f>n sali! at TAYLOR MAURY'S
May 5 Bsokitore, near 9th street.
UV UtlliHUAU UIKKri' IO 11IK W*>T.
TImac bclweeu ?uU Wheolliiu but 17|
noun X
Running time between Waehinytou and Cincinnati, 27 Koure /
Tftirough I icltelt unci Chc<-kn fo be bad in
WMhlugton*
'I'HE Baltimore aid Ohio Railroad, having greatly improved it?
X wetterli coaaex<Ous, iio\v offers the tulleKt inducements to irav- 1
e.Jlera beiw* ? ii Waniiiii^ioii, Baltimore, and ail portions ui the W??t, j
III*' Northwest, ami the HouUiwoit,
The Qoiineiiui) between the tiuiim lYom Washington and th? j
trains bound West li<>m B*liluior? is always promptly mad*- at the
Wellington Junction, (lately called ihe Relay House,) nine miles
:"roin Bali mure. This i the only change of care required between
Washington and the Ohio river. Hsagage '? checked through to
Wheeling ut the Washington Million, and ruchecked sad transferred
there, (with the passengers,) without cbaige, lot those holding
through tickets tor points beyond. The connecting trains leave
Wellington daily at 6, a- iu., aud p. in-; on Sundaya at the .
laiter hour only.
At Winding direct connexion is made with (he trains of the OEM- !
TKAL oillo RAILROAD, running from liellaire, on the Ohio,
near Wheeling, through Cambridge, Zatieaville, and Newark, to
COLUMBU3. These trains connect at Newark with the Newark,
Mansfield, and ftandusky railroad for Sandusky, Toledo, Detroit,
Chicago, St. Louis, Aic.
At Columbus the (J. O. railroad trains connect with the fast (rains
of the Little Miami railroad to Xenia, CINCINNATI, LOUItf
V1LLK, &e. At Xtmia, on Little Miami railroad, cnonetion is
forme.J with tha trains through Dayton to INDIANAPOLIS, Tefre
Haute, Lafkycue. <1 lie ago, Rock island, tSt Lnuia, kc.
Passengers holding through (icketa tor Memphis Vickthurg,
Natchex, New Orleans, he. ? which are also sold ai Washington?
are transferred at Cincinnati to the mail steamers on the Ohio.
Tickets for Evansville, Cairo, and St. Louis are sold by this
route.
FOR CLEVELAND, and via Cleveland to Toledo, Detroit, Chi
ragn, ike., tickets are sold when 'he Ohio is navigable between
Wheeling and Wellsville, (forty miles,) where a connexion with
the Cleveland aud Pittsburg railroad is made.
Travellers are requested to notice that, while this is (he only route
affording through tickets and checks in Washington, it is also the
shortest, moat speedy, and direc( to nearly all the leading points in
the great Wes(. The dia(ance from Washington to Cincinnati is
but 053 miles, being about 100 miles shorter than by any other
route!
Fare by through ticket froui Waahingtou: To Wheeling, $1) 65;
Columbus, 1113 05; Dayton, $15 50; Cincinnati, $16; Louisville,
by railroad, Jl8 01} by steamer from Cincianati, if 18 ; Indianapo
lis, $17 50 ; Cleveland. fO 15; Toledo, m15 BO; Detroit, $15 20 ;
Chicago, $!*() 65 and $19 50 ; St. Louis, ??H 50 and $& ; Memphis,
$ 6; New Orleans, $31, 8ic.
For Frederick and Uarper's Ferry, Martlnsburg, Berkeley Springs,
Cumberland, Bedford Springs, Piedmont, Oakland, and Fslrmount,
passengers may leave Washington at G, a. m . or *4, p. ui. For the
minor way sutiona between Baltimore and wheeling take 0, a. m\,
train from Washington.
For trains to and from Baltimore, Annapolis, fcc., see special ad
verti?ements. .
for further information, through tickets, ate., apply to TIL II.
PARSONS, agent, at Washington station.
' JOHN H. DONE,
Maater ot Transportation Baltimore aud
May 5?dlf Oliio Itailroad, llaltimori
NKW YOKK. 11HKMKN, AND SOl'TH.
AMT* V UN1TKI) BTATErt M AIL iTKAMKttfi. -
Tin i compri.lng tbia linn ar? ihr WASIII N(,'
TO;> iJapl. K. Oarendy; H13 KM A1N, Rapt. Ed
ward Hianina.
Tlieae .utnimm atop at Southampton both goiup and rciuruiu,.
PROPOSED DATES OF SAILIVO?1855.
From From From South
New York. Bremen. aintitoii Tor
Naw York.
Hermann Jan. 97 Feb. 'XI Feb. 88
Washington Feb. 34 Mar. 93 Mur. M
Hermann .....Mar. 94 April 9o Apr'195
Waahingtou April 91 May IB May 9J
Hermann May IB June I-*> June 'Jo
Washington June 16 July 13 July IS
Hermann July 14 Aug. 1(1 Aug 15
Wa.linglon Aug. 11 Sepl. 7 Sept. I'J
Hermann Sept. S Oct. 3 Oct. IU
Waahington Oct. 6 Nov. 9 Nov. 7
Hermann Nov. 3 Nov. 3o Dec. 5
Waahington Dec- 1 Dec. 98 Jan. 9
Stopping at Southampton, both going and returning, they oner
l>as??iigera proceeding to Loudon and llavre advantages over any
other route, Tor Ihe economy of time and money.
Panose from New Vorjc to Southampton umt Hrrmen.
First cabin, main saloon, $130; flr*t cabin, lower saloon, if 110;
second do., $60.
All I.'Uern nnd nerrspapers must pass through Ihe po.t otitic.
No bills oi lading will he signed on the iluy oi sailing.
An experienced surgeon i. attached to each ship
For freight or passage, apply to
C. II. HAND, 11 South William St., it. ?.
U. A I1KINEKEN a Co., Bremen.
CROSKKY Ik. (3o . Souihaniptoii.
WILLIAM ISELIN, Havre.
Mar 6?dly
W/1SIIINGT0II BRANCH RAILHOAD.
( hinge of Hour I.
MN and after Monday, the 23d instant, the trains will leave
Wa hington at 6 and 8#, a. in., aud 3 and 4Jf, p. ni.
on Sun Jay, at 4#, p m.
Leave Baltimore at 4Jf and 0jtf, a. in , aud 3 and p. m.
On Sunday, at 4*, a. m.
T. H. PARSONS, Agent.
April V3 dtf
The New York and Liverpool United States
Mail Steamers*
rhr comprising this line are the following:
The Atlantic*...* ...*L'api West.
rtie Pacific.*.. .*..*Capl. Nyc
J'he"BnHic Capt. Comstock
The Adriatic .... ....Capt.
These ship* having been built by contract ei
pjesrfly for government service, every cart has been
taken in their construction, as also In their eugiues,
_ to insure strength and speed; and their accommo
dations for paaaen^erH are unequalled for elegance and comfort.
Price of passage from New York to Liverpool in first cabin, #130.
In second cabin,#75 Ricluaive use of extrn Hi?r? stato l aomn,
From Liverpool to New York, 30 and ^guineas.
An ox|Msrienc d ?urgeOn attached to each ship
No berths can *>*? secured until paid for.
tVom York. From Liverpool.
Wednesday April 18,1853. Saturday.........April 7, 1865.
Wednesday May ?,1865. Saturday April til, 1B>5
Wednesday..... .May ?.% Saturday Miiy 5,1855.
Wednesday...... May ? ' *' ' .....May 19,1856.
Wednesday. ...June . o .....June 2, if 55
Wednesday lune i<.7, June lf>, 1855.
Wednesday July 11, 1855. Saturday June 30,1855.
Wednesday......July 25, Saturday... July 14, 1853.
Wednesday Aug. 8,1855. Saturday.........July 28, 1855.
Wednesday Aug. 423, 1855. Saturday ...Aug. 11,1855.
Wednesday .Sept. 5, 1855. Saturday Aug. 95, 1855.
Wednesday.... ..Sept. 19,1855. Saturday ....Sept. 8,1855.
Wednesday Oct. 3, 1855. Saturday ...Sept. 23,1855.
Wednesday Oct. 17,1855. Saturday.........Oct. 0,1855.
Wednesday...... Oct. 31.1855. Saturday. ...Oct. 20,1855.
Wednesday Nov. 14,1855. Saturday .Nov. 3,1855.
Wednesday Nov. 28,1855. Saturday Nov. 17,1855.
Wednesday Dec. IU, 1855. Saturday........ ,D?C. 1,1855.
Wednesday Dec. 26,1855. Saturday Dec. 15,1855*
Saturday Dec. 29, 1855.
'"or freight orpatsage apply to
EDWARD K. COLLINS,
No. 50 Wall street, N. Y.
BROWN, SHIPLEY, & CO.,
Liverpool
STBPIIEN KENNARD fie CO.,
27 Austin Friars, London
II. M. WAIN WRIGHT & (JO.,
Paris.
GBO. II DRAPER, llavre.
I he owners of these ships will not be accountable for gold, silver.
I'Ul lion, specie, jewelry, precious stones, or metals, unless bills of'
lading are Hign*d therefor, and the value thereof expressed therein.
A p 25?dtf
l?OK S.VI4K or Len?f?A commodious four-story and attic house3
r on ISmtp'eet, oast side, near the corner of D rttaet* Housecon
tains twelve rooms, and has recently been papered and painted
throutfhout. Terms accommodating, anil possession given immedi
ately. Address room 40, Solicitor's Office, Treasury Department.
Oct 15?Oi
John O. Sargent &l Charles Abert,
Attorney* ami Counsellor*-at- Law,
HAVE associated themselves for the prosecution <?f professional
l>U4ines?, and will atten?l to any cases that may be intrusted
to them before the executive departments, the court of claim*), or
any court of the Unite t States sitting in the District of Columbia.
Washington, D. Mnrcli '24, 1855.
!yiar"i5?eod3m
jj(lit ??: K.\T-?The large and commodious house recently occu I
I pled bv tlx* Bra&itian minister, situited near the Great Circle, on I
Pennsylvania avenue wi?st.
For terms, npply to Messrs. Itigg^ 5t Co., or to Mr. Jas. Eveleth, !
Winder's building, No 8, corner of 17th nnd F streets.
V p .S_HOtf
Npertaclr*.
* 1()LD, silver, flne steel and plated spectacle*, eye-glasses, lie., of
*1 all focuses, with perifocal, periscopic, and parabola glasses. A
long experience give* us peculiar advantages in selecting glasses j
adapted to the eyes of wearers.
*1. W. GALT fc. BR().t
334 Penn nvrnue, between Ninth nnd Tenth streets.
Jan 98?ft
To Southern IqriciilturistN and Planters.
A THOROUGH, practical, and educated Maryland farmer wishes
to engage as manager on some h'-aithy estate in ihe South which
the proprietor desires to improve and convert into a purely agricul
tural and ?tOOk farm.
The highest testimonials of character givenand all communica
tinn* en the subject fully answered. .
Address AGRI< OLA, Washington, D C.
Much H?lawly
' SnhlM "*" Win***. Pllllldl IpUlA*
l(")ll!V V. SNIDER, dealer in wines st the farmer old-established
J wine store of Jacob Snider, jr , No 76 Walnut street, fbur doors
hehtw Fourth street, where consumers will be supplied with wines j
srid liquors on the most accommodating terms.
I v '<?B ^NfDER, J a , agent tor the importation of foreign wines,!
fflce No Walnut street, where h" is prepsred to receive orders j
for the aipecial importation oC wines, Ike. irom various houses in En- |
rope, in quantities of a single do*>?n and upwards \ ami wlso solicits j
for hi* son, John Vaughari Snider, the pa ronage of his friends and
former customers.
All wines delivered at Washington <"ity by 14Adams's E*pi s,"
free of freight, June ft?dly I
Nuuau Hall College of Mew Jeraey, Princeton.
*' Bliould auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brou ihi to iitiu')
Hhould auld acquaintance be fbrfOl,
And duys *?' auld lang syne."
The me in be? of ibe a* nior class of the year ending ?u June, 1883,
tlie junior ela?s of tbe year ending iu June, I85W, the Hoph'-mors
cla?? ol (he year ending in Juus, l?3l, and tbe Kr??liuiin Claaa ol the
>?-ar ending in June, IK#>, sre hereby requested to assemble in
v\ ashingloa, I). V., by the tlurd ol March, A. U. 1857, at the latent,
to brighten the link* of lire chain of love and friendnhin wtneh time
nor ud? can ever entirely sever, to exchange once more in their
live* greeting and sympathy, and to lament the untimely flw? ol
*oiii? of their mom promising compeers.
A preliminary meeting of tbe self.appninted committee wil. be
held on the (ii?t vioud ?y in September, A. l>. lH5ti, at the United
Hiuicn Hotel, Chesuut r-lrret, bet wren Fourth and Fifth streets,
which tbo?e members of the several classes to whom it may be con
venient are invited (o attend, when the necessary measures will be
adopted to secure as full an attendance ns possible.
hi tl?? Picia i line, those to wbotn tin# notice. I >4 add reused will be
good enough lo luruuh the secretary of the committee by mail with
their respective post offices
EDWaKD J. GRANT. M. D.,
of Trenton, N. J., Cbalnoillf Committee.
ALF.XANDKIt C. HART, M. D.,
oi Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
J. NEWTON LKJHTNEH,
of tsncaster, Pennsylvania,
PHILIP PENDLETON,
of Winston, Alleghany Co., Md.,
HAMIJEL P. EICHAED0. m ,
of Balsto Iron and Glass Works, N. J.,
I.KWIH W. WASHINGTON,
of Montgomery county, Maryland,
Committee.
Joua WkidmaH, ?f Lebanon, Pa., Hecretary.
March 27? lawtVf ar3 [ Intelligencer]
All newspapers in the civilized countries of the world are request
ed to notice this advertisemeui in their editorial columns, ss mem
bers of the several classes are scattered through the four great di
vision* of the globe ; and all newspapers throughout the United
Btaten of America are requested to give it u gratuitous insertion oc
cssionally between this date and the 3d of March, A- f>. 1857.
Completion or Panama Railroad.
Reduction of Fare to California.
m -M* United States mail steamships leave New York
Aspinwall on the 5Ui and wHh of each month,
connecting with mail steamer* from Panama to nan
I hesc Hieauish'ip* ha?e been inspected and approved by the Navy
Department, und guaranty *}>ecd and nafety.
The Panama railroad (-47 miles long) is now complsted from ocean
to ocean aud is crossed in 3 or 4 hours. The baggage of passen
ters is checked in N?w York through to rian Francisco, and passen
Scrs are embarked at Panama bv steamer at the company's expense.
The money paid in New York covers tit expeh.es of the trip.
Unserve steamer* ore kept in port in New York, Panama, and
Han Praaciaco, to prevent detention in cu.e of accident, 10 that
the route I* entirely rtliablt.
Passengers leuve Panama the name duy lliey arrive at Aspm
Conductors go tlirouuli by eacii steamer, and tako charge ofl
women and children without other protectors.
For through tickets at the lowest rate* apply at the agency, 177
West street, New York, to '? RAYMOND. |
Mayfi?dtf
Law Notice.
Brown, Htantox, aud WalkkH.
mi M. T. BROWN, PEED. P. STANTON, und J. KNOX WALK
W lilt hove formed a partnership for practising law in the Supreme
C. urt of the United Stales, and the court of claims in Washington,
and in the courts of Tenn*s.ee. Offices in Washington and Mem
phis. One of the parties will always be found at either place, and
lettere addressed to them will receive prompt attention.
April 19-tfeod (Intel, and Sentinel copy.J
united States Patent Ofllca,
Washington, May 18, 1855.
,S the petition ol Emily U Pullman, administratrix of the estate
V ? of Lewis Pullman, deceased, late of Albion, New
ing for the extension of ? patcut ((ranted lo tbe .aid Lewi. Pullman
on the illst day of August, 1841, lor an improremenl in "macBlnes
of said patimt, which lakes place on tbe -list day of August,
"ffiTordered that the said petition be heard at the
on Monday, the Oth day of August next, al Oocloek, m. ,.and all
persons are iiotiried to appear and show cause, If any they have,
why said petition ought not to be grunted.
I'ersolisopposing the extension ore required to flit In the PMenl
ntUee their objections, specialIy set forth in writing, at least twen
ty days before the day of Tearing. All testimony filed by''Mer
to be used at the siud hearing, must be taken aud transmitted in ac
cordant witb the rules oi the office, whieh will be furnished on ap
PlThe".e.t.n.ony in the ease will be closed on the 96th of July next ;
depositions, aud other papers relied upon as be
filed in the office on or belore the morning of that day , tbe ar
.11 mi nts. If any, wllhln ten days thereafter.
Ordered aJso, that this notice be published in Uie Union, Intelli
gencer, and Evening Hlnr, VVwliington, D. C.| PennsylIonian.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Helen tiflc American, New York, N. Y., Utliy
Baltimore Kepnblic.ii. Baltimore i and Po.1, Bost?n,Masa.,once
a week for three successive weeks previous to the 8th day of Au
gust next, the day of hearing. CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner of Patents.
P. 8 -edfloro of the above papers will please copy, andsend
their bills to the Patent Office, with a paper containing thla notice.
May 82?lawUw
mHK IINUY ORB At TMOHlZKUJ-l he Rob or DR. BOV
1 VEAU I.AKI-Ki TEUH i. Ikr superior to tile
nier. or sars iM/llla, or oilier similar remedies. It radleallyciir^
Withont mercury all affections of ibe skin, dartres, scrofula.lhe con,
sequene* s of ilch, ulcer-. accidenU from
period Of lif-, and her?,lit.ry acrimony of humors_ As a depur.
live II is powerfully vffii acinus in catarrhs of the bladder, in con^
tractions and other weakness of the organs arising from *b""e"nf
injections or wundlngs. A. an ami -ypl.il.tic the Bob c?mi In a
very ?l.ort lime recent or inveternte disease, ensuing from the use
of balsam of cspavio or cubcbs, or from Injections, which only repel
the virus without neutralising it. 1 hei Rob Boyveau is) *bov? ,
recommended In syphilitic diseases, whether recent or long sUind^
ISg"2id which lioJo rc.isled the powers of mercury, or the iodure
'"(.Vnerai'^'ent. f.r the United State.: Gabriel Wondin, ???. f
William street, New York, for wholesale order. ; OuUlol Duconge,
New Orle,in?i Seullly.San KrancUco.
The Rob l.alfeelelir Is sold by .11 the druggists throughout the Upl
teil Whites The pamphlet of Doctor G. de St. Oervais on the mcdi
est properties of the Rob will he obtained by Writing to G. Blon
d"n,97 William street, New York, who will give every Information
wg".1 B1 is prepared to (111 order, for South America, the West In
dies, flic., free oflhe United States duties, a. he has the Rob in bond.
Nt'erch M?diy*
United States Mails.
Post Orrtt . Otr*nTM.nT, May JO, 185S,
nilOPOSALS for carrying the m?ll? of ttie Untted
I 1st day Of November, IH55, to the 30th day of June, 18W, in
elusive, in the Stale of MICHIGAN, will be received .1 ">?Cod
trart Office of the Post Office Department,,!? Ul?I dj,' #f Wasbh
ington, until the 1st day of August next, ineiusive, to be decided the
next day, on the routes nnil 111 tlie times herein snei M"1- .
miM carp River to iveewenaw Bay, 75 nule. nud back,once a "^
during the suspension of navigation, say from November
to May 15 in each year.
Leave i arp River Monday at b a jn ? . .
Arrive at Keewenaw Day next Wednesday by 6 p m;
Leave Keewenaw Bay Thursday at 0 a m ;
Arrive at Carp River next Saturday by 6 p in.
CI1R7 Keewenaw Bay. by Portage Entry, llougbton, Clifton, MM
Rl"r?Eagl"^Harbor, anS North Well Mine, to Port Mil
kins, 77 miles and back, once a week.
Leave Keewenaw Bay Thursday at 6 a m i
Arrive at Kort Wilkin, next Snlurday by 6 p m i
Leave Port Wilkins Monday at 0 . m I
Arrive at Keewenaw Bay next Wednesda) hy H p in. .
13IB8 Keewenaw Hay, by Algonquin, Adventure, and Rockland, lo
Clntonagon, 50 miles and back, once a week. I
Leave Keewenaw Bay Thursday at G a m ;
Arrive at Ontonagon next Saturday by 8 p in ;
Leave Ontonagon Monday at 6 a m ;
Arrive at Keewenaw Hay next Wednesday by 6 p m.
For Instructions, with conditions to be embraced In the contract.,
see the tnlveitisement for mall proposal*
May 17?law-lw Postmaster Cener'al.
[No. 53T.1
tTOnefc at ttae Remnv.1 of Uie Land O/tlce from
Under authority of th*?c^oV'cojnJj^M'"?*itit"ed' ^
^Tmon eolml'ln thi^. of
Given under my hand ?t the city of Washington this I5tlt day or
May, A. D. 181.V
By Ihe President i JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner ortlie General L.nd Office.
May IB?lawfiw _
?I, l..lel|.lil?. M???rn. "??' Oreat We.tern l.lne.
ik \CKRS can leave the depot of the Philadelphia and Read
\'\Z RaHraad ? ompaay (Br,,,,,I and Vine streets) daily at 7*.
a in. aQO 00
Pare to Chicago 16 00
Dell-oil....;. '."'.V.'.V.V.'...'.. >0 0"
Nfagaia |0 00
Q qq
8?0
Rochester ? 00
Oanandatfua.. 7 00
P.lmira *' * ...
Freight trains leave the Philadelphia ?nd Re.ding Railroad I)ep<>t
,M.tnt. Arrangement, have T,JCKFR< fr^,,eBt
Philadelphia and Reading R.ilroad < ompany.
Law Notice.
THOMAS coawill. WILLIAM B. Will,
Dayton, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio. Washington. 6. C.
: CIIKNCK, CO twin, k WEBB.
HM1E parties above named have associated
I Uee or law in the court of claim, and b?
the ITnlied States. Tbe personal Hti^itlornf.lMhepirtn.rawn
?iven to elaies and eases intrn- ed to them, and they wt attenn
f!-?."arly the term- of the court. Two of their number will b. In
VvAshinston constantly, or whenever necessary. .
Th. !1see of the tril ls a. W-hingto. city, where all Utters
tli.tr joint hii-in- ss may l>e addressed.
May rt?9aw3m
j 'Ol1HT or <'l.at*l< Pnali Porr. -s t, attorney atlaw,Ro<k
(, ritle, Maryland, will pro.eeoieel.im. In the eoart of claims ai^
hetore the eieeutlve departments at Washington. LommunicaUoaa
addressed to him either at Roekville or No. irt'J n.wth I -treat WtU ur
promptly attended to.
| March 31 ?dtlfUuly
IMtlliUAHT KHUU,
ron jot*, IMS.
GREGORY & MAUkV , liiiwu, WiIujij.?k>u, bfUMttr.
#40,MO!
Lottery tor the Mull of Hie
STATE or DKLAWARE.
Class IS", tot lttaS.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on aaturday, July 7, l?6i.
78 uumbcr lottery?IS drawn ballot*.
? ?IIUXT MINI.
1 priae of 940,0*0 13 prise* ol $1,000
i do ao.asu is do soo
4 priacs of 10,000 IS do 400
4 do 6,000 IB do JU0
4 do 9,500 lUtl do HOO
ke. he. dc
Ticket* #10?hil ve* #A?quarters #9 SO.
Certl Ilea lea of packages of 98 whole tickets, #140 00
Do do 8i ball do 70 oo
Do do 96 quarter do % M>
461,0001
Lottery tor tba benefit of the
state or DKLAWARF.
Class IS6, tor IMS.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturda), July 14, l"55
73 number lottery? It drawn ballot*.
?rimaDis ioumb.
I prise of #31,000 | 4 prises of fiSJMKi
1 do 30,0001 4 do 3,(00
I do 110,000 I A do ?,00o
1 IS,330 1 900 do 500
3 prizes of 8,000 | he. Ate. he.
Tickets #15?halves #7 So?quarters #3 74? eighths #1 87 Jf.
Certificates of packages of 93 whole ticket*, yjun 00
Do do 35 hall' do 100 00
Do do CS quarter do 50 00
Do do Its eighth do a ) 00
*38,000 !
Lottery tor the benefit of the
STATE Or DELAWARE,
Clans l#fl, for 18SS.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday, July 91, I MA.
75 number lollery->-19 drawn ballots.
MAUXIHCIMT SCMSHK.
9 splendid capitals of...#-1,583
SO do do 1,000
SO do do 500
113 do do 300
1 splendid capital of 1311,0110
1 do do 90,0(10
I do do IS,000
I do do 10,000
1 do do 5,000
lie. he. he.
Tickets #10?halves #5?quarters #9 SO.
Certificates of packages of 95 whole tickets, #140 00
Do do 95 half do 70 00
Do do 95 quarter do 35 00
#63,000 I
Lottery tor the benefit of the
STATE Or DELAWARE.
Class N, tor 1835.
To he drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturday, July 28, 1835.
13 drawn numbers out of 78.
BRILLIANT SCUMS.
1 prize or #05,000
1 prizes of 30,000
8 do 13,000
1 prize of 6,000
9 prises of. #3,016
3 do 0,768
100 do 1,300
173 lowest 3 No. prizes.. 600
he. he. he.
Tickets #90?halves #10?quarters #3?eighths #3 30.
Certificates of packages of 90 whole tickets, #970 00
Do do 98 half do 13S 00
Do do 98 quarter do 67 50
Do do 96 eighth do 33 75
Orders for tickets and sharee and certificate* of packages in the
above splendid lotteries will receive Ihe most prompt attention, and
an account of each drawing will be sent Immediately after It is over
to all who may order from me.
Address P. J. BDCKEY, Agent,
June 38 Wilmington, Delaware.
Petition for Partition.
Glover Perin t>?. Wm. T. Willis and wift and Amanda A. Hendricks.
WliEltEAS (>lover Perin lias filed a petition praying for the parti
tion of and selling apart Ills interest in lots It and 91 in the cily
ofPensacola, showing that the above-named defendant* have an
interest in said lots : It Is ordered that said parties appear and an
swer said petition on the second Monday In October, 8 5, In the
circuit court of Escambia county, Florida, or the same will lie taken
J1T0 conftno ; It is further ordered that this notice be published
weekly lor two montba in the Florida Democrat, the Washington
Union, and tbe New York Joarnal of Commerce.
THOB. F. KING, Judge.
Pihsaoola, June 13, 1853.
June 83? lawftm
[No. G40.]
Nolle* ? f the dlaeontinasnoc of tbe United State*
Land Oltlce at Dcfiaaes, In Ute State of Ohio.
v OTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of law, and in view
ii of the report of ihe land officers at Defuses, Ohio, thai the
vscant laud in ssld district Is reduced below one hundred thousand
serfs, the Secretary e/ the inferior has directed inal said land of
fice at DartAMca be discontinued i and that Ihe lands remaining un
sold at ihe time of the discontinuance be made subject to sals and
entry at CniLLtcoTae, the only remaining land office in the Stats
or Ohio.
Lands remaining unsold aari unappropriated by law, and subject
to private entry *1 the land office how discontinued, will cease to
be subject to entry at said office from the date of the receipt of this
notice by tbe register and receiver thereof; and tbe land officers
at Chilli cot Ha will give publie notice of Ihe day on which they
will be prepared to receive application* for entrie* of any such
lands at their office.
JOS. 8. WILSON,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Washinoton, D. C., June 18, 1855.
i S3?lawow [int. It Blar.]
June 5
Carolina Hotel.
Change of Proprietor i.
THE largest and best-located hotel in Wilmington, North Caro
lina, near tbe railroad depot and steamboat landings.
B. B. BROWN, Proprietor.
WiLMtNoTott, N. C., May, 1855.
Jui>e 3?dlmif
M
I LIT A It Y MED will find at onr atorc-ro m?
00 pieces medi*m and fine while linen duok for pant* and
vests
18 pieces medium and fine white liaen drillings
Also, a large supply of those woollens and other fabrics adapt
ed for citizens' apparel.
With cravats, glovea, suspenders, half hose, he.
One price only.
Delay in closing any bills we present la not eipecled H? occur.
Good articles, tow prices, and fair dealing may be relied sn in all
cases. PEKRY k BROTHER,
"Central Store*," West Building,
June 9?6tdlf Opposite Centre Market.
HISTORY of the Corps or Royal Mapper* and M nera ,
hy Conolly, quartermaster sergeant of the corpe. 9 vola. Lon
don, 1855.
Sir Howard Douglas on Naval Operations in the Black Sea. Pam
phlet. London. 1853
The Anslo-Indian Army and Military History in the Easti by
Captuln Rafter. 1 vol. London, 1855.
O'Byrne-s Naval Annual and Almanac for 1855.
Capability of Steamships ; by Athertnn, chief engineer, Wool
wich. 1 vol. London, 18S&. J ebb on Attack and Defence of Out
posts, Ottley's History of Remarkable Sieges, Burns's Naval and
Military Technical Dictionary, enlamd, Campbell's Dictionary of
Military Science, Griffith's Military Law, Leech's Apophthegms of
Napoleon, Jervis en the Rifle Musket, Boucher on the Rifle. Thack
ersy's Rifle Firing, Mailland'a Ball Practice, Roberts on Recruits
Krusinski's Russia and Europe, and other military works.
Just imported by FKANCK TAYLOR.
June 16
LAND WARRANTS WANTED.?The undersigned will pay
the highest price tor land warrant*
Stocks bought and sold on commission.
HAMILTON G. FANT,
May 30?Im No. 4* Pa. avenue, Washington.
w
1LLARDS' HOTKL, Old Paint Comfort, Va.?This
spiending sea-ahore bouse Is now open.
Hoard per day #9 00
Hoard by the week, per day 1 50
Hoard hy the month, per day 1 95
Baths free for the guests.
May II?dim C. C. WILLABET*. BRO.
D MS I KOI'* daring the next ten day* to sail silks at
cost fi>r the cash only.?We are desirous during the nest ten
da>s to sell off our entire stock of silks at prim* cost, lor the casi
only, except Ihe following kinds: plain black silks, mareelines, ant,
xallows, which will be sold nl our regular prices ; all other silks at
prime cost for cash. When we have to charge them, our regular
price* will be exacted.
fu< h an opportunity rarely occars for Ihe ladles to supply them
wives with silk goods on such highly advantageous terms.
Our stock of linen goods Is full and thoroughly (assorted throughout
the entire year. The same may be said in relation to o jr stock of
mourning and white goods.
One prise only.
Delay in slosing any bills we present is not expected to occur,
flood articles, low prices, and feir dealing may be relied on in all
esses. PERKY * BROTHER,
"Central Stores," west building,
June 9?8tdif Opposite Centre Market.
SI MM Kit SCAl.K - We have a rammer seala of prices tor the
articles below named :
Barege*, tissues, grenadines, and barege d* lalaes, new as
sorted.
Lawne, giaghams, chintzes, and brilliant**, la an deairable
styles.
Manilas, shawla, aad laee points, with may novelties re
cently added to the stock la that line.
Our stock of dry good* tor general fk rally consumption is remark
ably well assorted at this tine.
One price only.
Delay In aettling any bills we present Is not expected lo occur.
Good articles, Tow price*, and fair dealing may be relied on in all
PERKY h BRO i HER,
" Central Stores," west building,
Opposite Centre Market.
used in Rsrope can be obtained Is at the Tea Store, No. 310
Heventh street, opposite the National Intelligencer office, where can
be hsd at all timea English and London breakfast tea*, Congo,
Orange I'ecco, Pekoe riowsra. he. All other kinds ol (cm SlWkyb
on band, at very low prices, wholesale aad retail.
May 30?eo3t HALL a HFJfllWq,