Pasjjinjjtou Initinrl.
1.1-1 t?i ACT* AND UKBOfclTlOIS
PAS^KO AT THK MKl'ONl) SKSSION
OP THK TH1KTY-T111HD COBfURKSP* j
PUBLIC ACTS.
Au act for the better protection of lite and pro
perty troni vessels shipwrecked on the coasts of
the United States. Approved December 14,185-1.
An act to relinquish to the Slate of Wisconsin
the lands reserved lor salt springs therein. Aj ?
proved December If), 1&54.
An act to provide tor the extinguishment of the
title ot the Chippewa Indians to the lands owned
uud claimed by them in the Territory ol' Minnesota,
and Slate of Wisconsin, and for their domestica
tion and civilization. Approved December 11'.
I8f I.
An act allowing the further time of two years to
those holding eulries in the Virginiu military dis
tricts in Ohio, which were made prior to the lrt
of January, 1852, to have the same surveyed an>l
patented. Approved December 11), 185-1.
An act to authorize the issue ol patents to land*
in any Slate or Territory in certain cases. Ap
proved December "22, 185 J.
An act to suppress the circulation of small.note-'
u? a currency in the District ol' Columbia. A| -
proved Decemt>er 27, 185-1.
An act vesting the title of the United States to
certain lands in the city of Cincinnati. Apprjved
I lecember '29, 18.'>4.
An act to provide for (he contingent expeusei
of the Territory of Nebraska. Approved Decem
ber 30, 1854.
An act to amend an act entitled " an act to
establish an auxiliary watch for the protection ot
public and private property in the city of Wash
ington." Approved January 3, 1855.
An act for the liquidation of the penitentiary in
debtedness. Approved January 3, 1855.
An act giving the assent ef Congress to the ces
sion by the Statu of Massachusetts to the Stale of
New York, ot the District of Boston Four Comers.
Approved January 3, 1855.
An act to continue in lorce for a limited lime,
the provisions of the act of Congress of 3d of
March, 1851, and the secapd mciinn nf i?? simple
...out ut-ioiu January, lB54, so as to enable the
Board of Land Commissioners in California to
close their adjudications of private titles in that
State, and for other purposes Approved January
10, 1855.
An act making appropriations for the construc
tion of certain military roads in ihe Territories of
Nebraska and Washington. Approved February
6 i&56.
An act to divide the State of Ohio into iwo judi
cial districts and to provide for holding the Dis
ir ct and Circuit Courtsof the United States there
in Approved February 10, 1855.
An act changing the appropriation lor the erec
tion of a building in the city of Milwaukie, for a
custom house, post office and the United Stales
Courts, Approved February 10, 1855.
An act to secure the rights of citizenship to
children of citizens of the United States born uut
of the limits thereof. Approved February 10,1855.
An act to divide the State of Illinois into two
judicial districts. Approved February 13, 1855.
An act to refund to the officers of the customs
and others, of the district ol Fassamaquoddy, cer
tain moneys. Approved February 13,1855.
An act to amend "an act making appropriations
for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers,''
approved August 30, 1852. Approved February
13, 1855.
An act to continue temporarily the offices ot
Register and Receiver at Vincennes, Indiana
Approved February 13, 18 >!i.
An act authorizing the construction of n line ot
telegraph from the Mississippi river to the Pacific
ocean. Approved February 17, 1855.
An act to regulate the salaries of the District
Judges of the I nited Slates. Approved February
17,1855.
An act for the erection of a military post at or
near Pemoina river, in iheTerritory of Minnesota
and for other purpose*. Approved February 17.
1855.
An act for the construction of a military road in
Oregon Territory. Approved February 17. 1855.
An act to provide for the accommodation of the
courts ol the United States for the district ol
Maryland, and for a post office at Baltimore city.
Maryland. Approved February 17, 1855.
An act to establish an additional land district in
the Territory ol Oregon. Approved February 17.
1855.
An act making appropriations for improving
certain military roads in the Territory of Minne
sota. Approved February 17, 1855.
An act making an appropriation for a territorial
road in the Territory of'Nebraska. Approved
February 19, 1855.
An act to provide for holding ai> additional term
of the Circuit Courtsof the United States for the
district of Missouri,~and for holding special term*
of the District nnd Circuit Courts of the United
States for the Northern District of Ohio. Ap
proved February 21. 1^55.
An act to establish the office of Surveyor Gen
eral of Utah, and to grant land for school and uni
versity purposes. Approved Fobroary 2!, 1855.
An act'concerning the apprehension and deliv
ery of deserters from foreign vessels in the ports
of the United States. Approved February 24.
An net to establish an additional land district in
ihe State of Wisconsin. Approved February 21.
1855.
An act to provide for holding I he United Slate
courts in the Northern nnd Southern districts ol
Florida, in eases of the sickness or disability of
cither of the judges of these districts. Approved
February 24, 1855.
An act to establish a court for the investigation
of claims against the United States. Approved
February 24,1855.
An act to provide for the pnymcnt of such cred
itors ol the late republic of Texas as are compre
hended in the act of Congress of September 9
1850. Approved February 28, lb55.
An act to promote the efficiency of the Navy.
Approved February 28,1855.
An act for the payment of invalid and other
pensions of the United States, for the year ending
the 30th of June, 1856, and for other purposes.
Approved February 28, 1855.
An net making appropriations for military de
lenses at Proctor's Island, in Louisiana. Approv
ed February 28, 1855.
An act confirming the canal selections to the
State of Ohio. Approved March 2, 1855.
An act extending in certain cases the provisions
of the act, entitled "An act to extend pre-emption
rights to certain lands therein mentioned." Ap
proved March 3. 1853. Approved March 2,1855.
An act to amend an net to establish a land dis
trict in the State of Florida, to be called the dis
trict of Tampa. Approved March 2,1855.
An act to settle certain accounts between the
United States and the State of Alabama. Ap
proved March 2, 1855.
An act to establish a Circuit Court in and for
l lie State of California. Approved March 2.1955
An act to establish the collection districts of.
Cape Perpetna and Port Orford, in the Territory
of Oregon, and to fix the salaries of the collectors
of the customs therein. Approved March 2,1855.
An act to prevent mistrials in the District and
Circuit Courts of the United States, in certain
cases. Approved March 2, 1855.
An act authorizing the purchase or construction
of tour additional revenue cutters. Approved
March 2. 1855.
An act to provide n more efficient discipline in
the navy. Approved March 2, 185.'.
An act to amend the act approved 20th August.
1852. entitled "An act to reduce anil define the
boundaries of the military reserve at St. Peter's
river, in the Termor)' of Minnesota," nnd for
other purposes. Approved March 2, 1855.
An act changing ihe timen of holding the United
States Courts in Tennessee. Approved March 2,
1855.
An act authorizing the corporate authorities of
Georgetown to impose additional taxes, and for
oth?r purposes. Approved March 2, 1855.
An act to amend ''An act to carry into effect a
treaty between the United Stales and Great Bri
tain,* signed on the 5th of June. 1851. and ap
proved August 5, J854. Approved March 2,
1855.
An act in addition to certain acts granting
bounty lands to certain officers and soldiers who
have been engaged in the military service of the
United States.
An act making appropriations for the current
and contingent expenses of the Indian Depart
ment, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with va
rioua Indian tribes, for the year ending the 30th of
June, 1856.
An act to change the l>oundarieaof the land dis
tricts in the State of Iowa, and for other pur
poses.
An act to regulate the carriage of passengers in
steamships and other vessels.
An act to establish certain post routes.
An act to provide accommodations for the Uni
ted States Courts in Ihe Ciiv of Jackson. Misms
-ippi.
An act allowing the further time ol tuw years to
those holding lands by entries in the Virginia Mil
iiory Districts in Ohio, which were made prior to
ihe 1st January, 1852, to have the same surveyed
and patented
An act making appropriations for ihe support of
ihe Military Academy for the year endinr the 30th
of June, 18-V' j
Au act to amend an act, approved the 4th of
August, ISM, ?*utilied "an act to graduute aud re
duct; tlie price of tiic public lands to actual eciller&
aud cultivators.' ,
An act for evirrjiug into efl'ecl the convention
upon the subject of claims betweeu the United
States aud Great Britain, of February, 1653.
An act extending the provisions of the act ol
August 4, 1851, entitled "An ad to grant the right
of way to all rail and plank roods and macada
mized turnpikes passing through the public laud*
belonging to the Uuiied Stales to the public land
In the Territories."
An act to establish in the State of Mississippi;
Chattanooga, ill the Stale of Tennessee; and
Hickuian, in the State of Kentucky, ports of de
livery.
An act to appropriate money to remove the ob
structions in the Savannah river, below tl-.e c.ity
of Savannah, in the State of Georgia.
An act to amend an act approved twenty-sixth
August, eighteen hundred und littyMwo, entitled
'?Au act to reduce and define tUe boundaries of
the military reserve at taint Peter's river, in the
Territory of Minnesota, and tor other purposes.
Approved March 2, 1655.
An act extending in certain rases the provisions
of the act entitled "An act to extend pre-emption
rights to certain lands therein mentioned.'' ap
proved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty
three. Approved March 2, 1\'k'i.
An uct making appropriations for fortifications
and other works ol defense, nnd for repairs of bar
racks and quarters for the year ending the 30th of
June. 165t>.
An act for the relief of purchasers und locateis
of swamp and overtlowed lands.
An act to remodel the diplomatic and cousular
systems of the United Slates.
An act making appropriations for the support
ol the army lor the year ending the 30th of June,
lb56.
An act to provide for the erection of public
buildings in the Territory of Kansas.
An act to provide lor the erwclion of public
buildings in the Territory of Nebraska.
An act to organize an institution for the insane
of the army aud navy, and for the District of Co
lumbia, in said District.
An act to improve the laws of tho District of
Columbia, and to codify the same.
An act making appropriations lor the Civil and
Diplomatic expenses ol Government for the year
ending the 30th of June, 1650, and other pur
poses.
An act making appropriations for the naval ser
vice for the year ending the 30th of June.
An act making appropriations lor the service of
the Post Office Department during the fiscal year
ending the 30th of June, X3.
An act for the construction of certain military
roads in the Territory of Kansas.
An act lurther to amend the act entitled " an act
to reduce and modify the rates of postages in the
L nited States, and tor other purposes."
PUBLIC RESOLUTIONS.
Resolution to modify or change the original plan
of the Custom House at New Orleans. Approved
December 7,1854.
Resolution for the appointment of Regents in
the Sinitheonian Inst .union. Approved Decem
ber^ 29, 1S5J.
Resolution providing for the engraving, litho
graphing, and publishingofdrawings,maps, charts,
or other papers for Congress. Approved January
19,1555.
Resolution relative to the construction of the
laws lo? the allowance of additional compensa
tion to the clerks in the Census Bureau. Ap
proved February 3, lS3f>.
Resolution respecting the Arctic Expedition
commanded by Passed Assistant Surgeon E. K
Kane. Approved February 3, 1655.
Resolution authorizing the President of the
L nited States to confer the title of lieutenant-gen
eral bv brevet, for eminent services. Approved
February 15, 1655.
resolution accepting the sword of General An
drew Jackson, and returning the thanks of Con
gress to the family of the late General Robert
Armstrong. Approved February 2S, 1^55.
Resolution in relation to the New Orleans ( us
1 torn House. Approved March 2*1655.
1 Resolution explanatory of an act passed August
4th, 1854.
I Resolution making appropriation for the pur
chase of territorial libraries.
Resolution making appropriation for the pay
ment of those eutilleil to the benefits of the resolu
tion ot the House of Representatives of the T'nited
Stales, passed March 3d, 1655, voting extra com
pensation to pages, folders, and others.
Resolution explanatory of the act giving com
pensation to Judges Woodbridge and Chipman.
PRIVATE BILLS.
All act for the relief of Jacob McLellan. Ap
piovetl l>ecember 11. 19!H.
An act for I he relief ot Joseph M.Sigler, of Put
nam county. Indiana. Approved Decemlier II,
1654.
An apt for the re'.tef of Enoch S Moore. Ar>
i proved December 15, 1 654.
An act lor the relief ol Th>>mas Ellis. Approved
j December 19, 1SS4.
! An act for the relief ol' Jame* S. Graham and
i Walker II. 1-inn all. Approved December21, 1651.
An act allowing rations to Brigadier General
! John E. Wool. Approved December22,1651.
An act to change the name of the American
i built brig Coino to that of Jehossee. and to grunt
! her a new register. Approved Decern her 22,
1654.
Au act to authorize the Secretary of the Trea.
! Miry to issue a register to the schooner Sarah.
I Approved December 22. Is54.
| An act supplemental to an act therein iueu^
I tioned. Approved December 22, IS54.
An act for the relief of James Rutler. Approved
December 27,1654 .
An act for the relief of Mary Rutherford, widow
of Samuel Rutherford. Approved December 27,
1654.
An act sntliorixing the Washington Gas Light
Company to increase the capital stock of said
company. Approved January 3, 1655.
An act for the relief of Herman Chittenden. Ap
proved Jnnaary 3, 1S55.
An act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of the District of Columbia. Approved
January 10, 165.'.
An act for the benefit of Charles J. Porcher,
acting purser of the sloop-of-war Falmouth. Ap
proved January 12. 1655.
An act forjhe relief of the heirs nnd represen
tatives of Uriah Prcwilt, deceased. Approved
Jannary 12, 1655.
An act for the relief of Thomas Butler. Ap
proved January 12. 1655.
An act for the relief of Mrs. Ann Angus Ap
proved January 12, 1655.
An act for the relief of the representatives of
Thomas L). Anderson, late Consul of the United
States at Tripoli. App oved January 12,1655.
An act for the rcliel of the legal representatives
of James Erwin. of Arkansas, and others. Ap
proved Januarv 12, 1655.
An act for the relief of Francois Cousin'. Ap
proved January 12, 1655.
An act for the relief of William Duer. Ap
proved January 12, 1655.
An act for tin* reliefofC. E. Greneaux. Ap
proved January 12, 1655.
An act for the relief of the legal representatives
of Colonel John Stone. Approve.! Januarv 18,
1655.
An net for indemnifying Moses D. Hognrt, for
cattle destroyed by the Indians in IMS. Approved
January 19, 1655.
An act for the relief of the administrator of
Thomas-Wishart. Approved January li', 1655.
An act for the relief of David B. Sears. Ap
proved January 24, 16.55.
An act to authorize the issue of a register to the
i>arf|ue foundling, ol lJoston. Approved January
25, 1655.
An act for the relief of the children and heirs of
Major General Baron De Kalb. Approved Janu
ary 25,1655.
An act for the relief of Sylvester Humphrey and
the heirs of Alexander Humphrey,deceased. Ap
proved January 25, 1655.
An act to authorise the Secretary of the Treas
ury to issue a register to the barque Martha. Ap
proved January 25, 1655.
An act for the relief of William Hankins. Ap
proved January 31, 1655.
An act for the relief of James Wright, jr., of the
State of Tennessee. Approved January 31,1855.
An act for the relief of Joseph Webb. Ap
proved Januarv 31, 1655
Au net for the relief of Frederick Vincent, ad
mintstrator of James Lc Caze, survivor of Le Caze
and Mallet. Approved January 31, 1855.
An set to authorize the issue ol a register to the
barque Colonist. by the name of the " Lilly." Ap
proved January 31. 1655.
An act for the relief of Thomas Marston Taylor.
Approved February 0, 1*355.
An act to incorporate the St. Joseph s Male Or
phan Asylum, in the District of Columbia. Ap
proved February G, 1655.
An act to change the names of the American
built vessels "J. H. Holmes" and ?'Franklin
Pierce." Approved February 7, H55
An act for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Ger
srd. Approved February 1ft, 1655.
An act for the relief of the administrator of Oli
ver Lee, deceased. Approved February 10. 1655.
An set for the relief of Daniel Morse, of Essex,
County of t hittenden. m the State of Tennessee.
Approved Februsry 10 *165ft. I
'?h"
romU,.?nv f?A the ??IUUel A. Bt-lden and
Company. Approve j February 10, ltw5.
, . or |. ? r elif of George Bush, ofThurs
February 10, lv"^h"'?,0? Territory. Approved
r,n'ng * land Claim to Elijah White,
runryli). iy^ryof Mhil,^IOI,, APProved P?b
Feh?! r(1 ffgjf Uel"of K- J- M Luae' Approval
,,?J!.V^f?r,he w,,?r?fC?,hanne B. Arnold. Ap
pro\e j I- ebruary 10, 1SS5,
' r' Rc\ 'or rcliel oi ilie Wjm Feliciana Kail*
J, and the Georgia Railroad Hanking Company,
^.pproved February 10. 1855.
An net for the relief ol the heiri-at-law of VVil
'""I \"n ^url, deceased. Approved Febrnnrv
j 10, 1>,jj.
An act to increase the pension of Patrick C.
| Mnes. Approved Februnry 10, ls55.
. Ad net lor the relief of Don Juun Domcrcv, a
? ?.pantah subject. Approved February.IS, 1&5Jj.
: >< iii Uct lo change the name of the schooner
| luntugnet to that of '? A. G. Brown,'" and lor
other purposes. Approved February 13, 1n55.
An act for the relief of Gilbert C. Russell. Ap
.proved February Kl, JS.'W.
An act for the reliet of Samuel McKnight, of
1*55UC ?' Ke"tUcL5'- Approved February lit,
An act for the relief of William Wallace, ol
Indiana. Approved February 13,
Ad act tor the relief of the widow and children
11 lh"" *~',u',|nnu* deceaaed. Approved February
An act for the relief of Lieutenant George H.
i aige. ol the I'uited JStutea army. Approved Feb
ruary 13, 1S05.
An act to provide u pension for Oliver Brown,
ol Chemung County, New York. Approved Feb
ruary 13, 1*55.
An act to provide a pension lor Edmund Mitch
ell, ol Carroll county, in the State of Kentucky.
Approved February 13, 1655.
An act for the relief of John H. Hicks, of Indi
ana. Approved February 13,1855.
Au act for the rebut' of John Brown, of New
Hampshire. Approved February 13, 1* ">5.
An act lor the reliet of Abraham Ausmnan. Ap
proved February 13, 1655.
An act for the relief ofthe heir* of Larkin Smith.
Approved February 13, 1655.
Au act granting bounty land to Cornelius Coffey.
Approved February 13, 1655.
-An act lor the relief of Eleanor Hoople, of the
province ol Canada. Approved F'ebruary 13,
An act for the relief of John Cole. Approved
February 13, 165fj. 1
An act for the reliel of George Luycli. Ap
proved February 13,1855.
An act for the relief of George Elliott Ap
proved February 13, 1855.
An act for the relief of Lincoln Bale*. Ai>
proved I* ebruary 13, 1 S.V>.
An act lor the relief of William Gove. Ap
proved February 13, 1855.
An act for the relief of William Parker. Ap
proved February 13, 1855. ?
An act for the relief of Polly Carver, widow
ntul executrix of Nathan Carver, deceased. Ap
proved February 13. 1655.
An act tor the relief of Sydney P. Pool, of the
state ol Maine. Approved February 13, 1S55.
An act lor the relief of George J. Kallslon. Ap
proved February 13, 1655.
*"aLVor lh" rc'liet 'egal representatives
oi John I utnam. Approved February 1.1, 1655.
Au act lor the relief of William Case. Ap
proved February 13, 1655
Au act for the relief of Zacharinh Lawrence, of
Ohio. Approved February 17, 1855.
An act for the relief of Medlord Coflev, of the
IS'.' ? e*8l'e' Approved February 17.
An act for the relief ol William Hagerty. Ap
proved February 17, l>5.'j.
An act for the relief of Henry H. Marsh. Ap.
proved Februaryyi, 18r)5.
An act for the relief of Rebecca Winn, widow
?| ??>e last will nnd testament of
t- 'nn deceased, late'purser in the navy
o^ the nited States. Approved February 21,
An act authorizing the issue ol' a register to the
2l"l655. P Al'"a- APPfOV?? February
wih! rCu 10 incr7',T the jwnwon of Anthony
?alter Bayard, of Bellefonte, in the Stute ol
1 ennsylvania. Approved February21. ]
An act lor the relief of Mrs. Helen Mackny, ad
ministratrix ol Lieut. Col. Aeneas Mackay. Ia:e a
deputy quartermaster in the ir?jted State, army
Approved February 26, 1S5.'.. ?
An act granting bountyland lo Susan Palmer.
Approved February 2S, 1855
F?i,V.ry?.'tw"l"f L<" """
An act lor the rebel of the heirs of Brigadier
lsr" " M"fcon -Vl-ovcd Mfrcb?,
An act (or the relief of ?Charles W. Carroll.
Approved March 2. 1655.
An net fdr the relief of the heirs and legal re
? fe1* "i
An act lor the relief of John R. Bowes, ajrent in
c,large of the property of the United Stales at
-1 rh'ga^City, in Ue Si.tr of Indiana, and of
A " TTf P1 the cuy of Buffalo, New York
Approved March 2, 1855.
An act for the relief of Dnniel Searl Ar Com
pany. lor extra service rendered ihe Post Office
MaSiThUi lniU'd S,nt"- A pproved
u A" ai'1 for the relief of Captain William G
Howieson. Approved Mr.rch 2 1855
M^ck",?SMh' relief,,rA? E. Cook. Approved
"ttrffWilli- PreMon. Ap.
1'.55. A Christian. Approved March 2.
An act lor the benefit of Philip R. Rice dc
cease.*. Approved March 2, 1655 '
chddnre^ol%h^rdM ?'',he < hlldren and grand
1655 Fhomas Morris. Approved March 2d,
proAL%rhhrr^dfchar,M ??
March rHic' 0' A'?0' K"*VP- Approved
ma?, ^pprived Marel
?f "Pnry S- 'Sanford AP
?f 1>nrm?',,a Slavin. late
2 1^ ?*?-?*ased. Approved March
An ncifor the relief of Geo. W. Torrence Ad
proved March 2. 1855. rr .nie. ?p
C\XT An ,he ^ ?f Mr>- J" Josephine Mc
,, m ,' pproved March 2, 1855
An C?r,,r? 'rll",fo1 Nsncy Weaiherford.
An act lor the relief of Madsle?? Van Ness
wtdow of Cornelius !'. Vnn Ness, deceased
An an for ihe relief ol the widow of W. irvinir
deceased. rvl"o
An act for the relief of James Holsiin
I .r w,ErA,hc"hS'ii;r','?
0 An a. t for the relief of Paul S. Ridgway, of
An an for the relief of Franklin Chase.
An act for the rebel of Ferdinand Clark.
,h? T;l?f of Thomas 8. J. Johnson,
01 Ihe I erntory of New Mexico
,Cl"f "r"" h,*'? of Thomn,
An act for the rel.ef of T.i.an R. Peale.
An act for the relief of 1 he heirs of Lieut. An
ilrcw r inlry.
An HC! r?r,!lr 01 I- Heminger.
Yotk. fe C< 01 Slrl'hen L"" of New
AnVm?.Cnfur k'? J*'wr of Thom?1' V. Ramsey,
Ananias O. Richardson, and Jaines McLaughlin
mick 8C gran,inR a Pen#'?n to Jaines McCor
Badcn'01 ,0 COnt",Ue ,he P?n?io# of F'rances E.
,rennMC, r?r ?f Je"-C F?nch, of Brain
tree, M;?jnachuiwtt*.
Il^J! "C.1 [?! fhecTehe< of-L- R- Lyon, and Dean S.
Howard, ol the State of New York
An act lor the rel.ef of Mrs. Irene G. Scarritt.
An act to amend an act entitled an act for the
relief of George M Ben.ley, of .he Staleof !nd." j
An act for ihe relief of Andrew II. Patterson.
An act granting a pension to Joseph McCor- I
mack. '
raiVATE RKSyl.I.'TtONS.
I Resolution for the rel.ef of the children of Cap
,a,n Thomas Porter, deceased. Approved Dc
? ember 11, 1854.
Resolution for il.o seltlement of the claim ol
8S?KiTSfi?*,f""t Mw"~- Ap|""v'"1
Hesolution 'or the relief of Lieutenant J. C.Car
o APProv*,<1 February 13, 1855.
Resolution explanatory of ihe act giving com
pensation to Judges Wood bridge andChipman.
Approved February 17, 1855.
Resolution in favor of W.lliam Monagsn An
proved February 24, 1855.
Resolution for the rel.ef of Rebecca Hmton
Approved February 28, l<iy,
Resolution lor tbc relief of Clark Mill*.
Resolution fur the tinal udjueluieul of the ac
couul of John D. Colmesnil.
Resolution explanatory of an net entitled an act
for the relief of Abiguil Stafford.
Resolution for the relief of John Dugau.
Kesohitmu 10 pay what is due Jmwe* Caper 10
In* administrator.
Resolution for the relief of Juuie* Hughes.
Resolution for the relief of Joel Henry Dyer.
Revolution for the relief of George W. McCer
ren.
Top-Bool* for LRdlc*.
A gossiping young lady correspondent of "the
Hoiiis Journal, furnishes the following item of
intelligence in the last issue of that paper:
" Hoots with turn over tops, are resolved on
for the street weiir bv the ladies?"the turu
overs to he yellow kid, scolloped or fringed,
the hoots patent leather, so I hear. \ our
broaching the inflammable subject of ladies'
expenses has probably brought this about; for
the sidewalks sweeping is quite our most ex
pensive amusement, and short dresses would
reduce Stewart's marble palace two stories at
least. As our heels are to be made visible, I
shall send you a photograph of mine, at the
very first unveiling, for I suppose there will be
so much curiosity to know what they look like
that the daguerreotypists will now take hotheads
of us. We were talking of it yesterday when
Doctor J was in, and he said that nothing
showed blood like a thin heel sloping under,
as is proved that your race had not carried
burthens. The negro foot had a self behind,
aud the heel was clubbed, from being crushed
out with a weight for ages, Heel-ognoiny is
going to be interesting, I forsee.''
Lines
To a Numbreller Vender on seein' of him crawlin'
round tryia to sell 'em
Pore fellur! how I pity you sechn wet day as this is
Streken round the streets wet as a wharf rat
With plenty of umbrellers uuder your arm
Aud narry one over your bead?cause you hain't
got uo chance to spread one,
P'rbaps your dryer than you would be under one
of 'em?
And the handle might come ofT where it's glued
And then you'd hev to spit on it to make it slick.
Nobody but a Nirishman would have took up such
a business:
Nobody ever thinks of buy in' a uumbreller
When he ean get one just by steppen into a nenlry.
^ on in list. be greener than the greenest ill your lot.
Pore fellur! I think 1 see you up to Worcester?
Discharged incurable, liuy 'ui umbrellers! ha! ha!
My pity's turned to scorn?poor crederlous fool.
The world had on?'e a Hank of Honesty?
But 4hat has busted long and long ago,?
The president obtains a precarious living,
And every man's grabbin' for himself.
Byin' umbrellers- Clear out ragamuffin?
I ve heard a nidot's sometimes dangerous.
And you're one of the darkest dye?avaunl!
[Boston Foal.
PROSPECTUS
? OF THE
UNITED STATES TIMES,
A Weekly Newspaper to be (mbllshed lu
Washington City.
The undersigned, expecting soon to retire from
the position Tic lias for i-ome time held .^Superin
tendent of the United States Census, intends to
devote himself to the control and management ol
the Review, of which, for the last nine years, he
has been the editor and proprietor, and to the
publication in the City of Washington of a weekly
newspaper with ihe above title.
The material for this paper will consist, in part,
of selections or extracts from articles admitted
into the Re\ ikw. but mainly of other original lite
rary, educational, industrial, and miscellaneous
matters, including digests of the. rurrent events ol
the day, home and foreign; the proceedings ol
Contrress and the acls of the Government; lite
rary and seientilic sketches and essays upon
leading and popular topics; tiiograpliical sketches
of public men: d'gest of official reports, State and
Federal; the state of the markets in the several
large cities; the progress and prospects of crop*;
j supply, demand, prices, etc.; the increase of the
country as shown by statistics, bringing down
those of the National Census always to date.
The object will be, ibrouyfe mrpful editorial
management and a large and well-selected cor
respondence, to establish at the seat of govern
ment a Family Newspaper which shall be adapted
to the wants of every eomr.iunity; imparting
musement and inlonnation, and political, onlv to
the extent of maintaining the institutions of the
conntry and defending the rights nnd sovereignty
of the Stales. ?
The City of Washington, from the advantages
! which it presents tor obtaining material of every
kind, through the action of the Smithsonian Jnsti
tution, the Patent Office, and the National Agri
I cultural Convention, etc., and the several Bureaus
and Departments of Government, from its conti
| guity to the large commercial cities, from the ex
j tended, exciting, aud all important interests that
; concentrate upon it, is, perhaps, the most eligilib
I location for such a journal, and ample guarantees
| of its success have already been received. Ifwill
j be printed in folio for the convenience of binding,
and similar in style to the New York Albion.
Terms: $2 per annt'm, in advance.
To Clubs, of 10 subscrivkrs. at one post office,
*!.r> in advance.
To Subscriliers of DeBow's Review, not in
arrears, the Review and Times together, Win
advance.
Advertisements on accommodating terms.
In order to increase the usefulness of the Rx
vtkw, which has now acquired a very extensive
circulation, it will be enlarged from 112 to 140 or
l.r?0 pages, and otherwise improved by additional
editorial assistance and an able corps of contribu
?tors.
A monthly historical digest of events will be
embraced in its pages, valuable for future refer
eitce.
The subscription price of the Rkvirw will re
main at $.r> per annum, but lor the convenience ot
the large class ol persons who may not desire
the whole work, or who may only solicit in
formation upon one or more of the subjects to
which it is devoted, it i? in contemplation ts make
a separate publication of the matter relating lo
Agrtrvhurr; another of that relating to Mavvfae
turn; a third to Interna! lmproi<eme?i.i; a fourth
to OtnHmerrr ,*? and ? fifth to ICrl it ration anil Letter*.
, These publications will be but departments of the
| whole work, ami may be subscribed for separately
at St per annum each. They will appear monthly
in handsome periodical style, of from twenty-five
to thirty-t w<i pages ; constituting an annual octavo
volume of 360 pages cach, showing at a single
viey and in a condensed form the whole results,
within the year, in the partieular tiejmrlmevt, in
eurown country and abroad, as the Review itself
will show them >n ail of the deyarlmenti of indus
try and enterprise.
The Office of Deltow's Review will remain as
before at New Orleans, tho ugh a branch will be
located at Washinglon, which will be also the
tnsin office of the other Journals, and may be
addressed at all times in regard to them. The
particular address of the editor, whether Wash
ington or New Orleans, will be furnished from time
to time, in the work.
J. D. B. DEBOW.
Washington. Nov. 20, 1W>4.
DeBow's Industrial Resources, thrse
handsomely bound volomes upon the Progress
and Wealth of the United States, 1,800 pages royal
Qctavo, double columns, clear print, library edi
tion, may still be ordered. Price S>C delivered
at the expenne of the author.
(10N8BIVB aud Preserved (Singer and
J Chow-Chow, Attea and Choong Loong, Can
ton, fresh importation. For sale by
shekel! brothers,
No. 40, opposite the Centre Market.
Dec.. 23?3til
fvrop II r.KRflfO^~in kegs, 1804, Vollaif,
XJ Holland. For sale by
SHEKELL BROTHERS,
No. 40, opposite the Centre Market.
Dee. 23?1 \r
WATCHES 41 WKIRY, HIIA'GK mid |
Plated 4i( ?i induced Price*.?In ;
.iuti<'i|>uiiuii ut tlx l u lling dull .-cuioii, wr j
oiler our entire Mod. nl I'lvitunl (told Wutcbes. |
Rich Jewelry, Pure Silverwinv ice. ut greatly re- j
duced rales.
Person* would iln well to examine our assort
intut, which in by tar the ingot, most fashionable,
and beet selected ever offered to oht customer*.
M W. OALT Ac BRO.,
321 Pent), avenue, between i'tli niul 10th sts.
I'eb 22?-tit if
The New York and Liverpool United State*
Mall Steamers.
i The ship* comprising this line are :
The Atlantic Captain West.
The Pacific Captain Nye.
; Thu Ballte Captain Comstock.
These ships having been built by
contract, expressly lor government
service, every care has been taken
uMuei^jonst ruction, as also in their engines, to
insure strength and speed, and their accommo
dations lor passengers are unequalled for ele
gance and comfort.
Price ol" passage from New Yprfc to Liverpool,
in lirst cabin $130
Iu second cabin, $70. Exclusive use of extra sized
state rooms $325
From Liverpool to New York .'Wand 20guineas.
Aa experienced Surgeon attached to each ship.
No berth stored until paid for.
FKOrObftD DATKS OF SAILING.
Front New York. From, Liverpool.
Saturday. .Dec. 16,1854
Saturday.. Dec. SO, 1AM
Saturday. .Jan 13, 1855
Saturday..Jan. 27, 1855
Saturday.. Feb. 10, 1855
Saturday..Feb.24, 1855
Wed'day. .Dec. 29,165-4
WeJ'day. .Jan. 10, 1855
WeiT?.<iy. .Jan. 24, 1855
Wed'd.v ..Feb. 7,1858
Wed'day.. Feb. 21,1855
Wed'day. .Mar. 7, 1855
For freight or pa sage, apply to
EDWARD K. COLLINS,
No. 56 Wall street, N. Y.
BROWN, SHIPLEY & Co.,
Liverpool.
R. G. ROBERTS & Co.,
13 King's Arms Yard, Loudon.
"B. G. WAIN WRIGHTS Co ,
Paris.
GEO. H. DRAPER, Havre.
The owners of these ships will not be acoounla
ble for gold, silver, bullion, specie, jewelry, pre
cious stones, or metals, unless bills of lading are
trigned therefor, and the value thereof therein ex*
pressed. Jan 3?dtf
GENTLEMEN'S DRESS SHIRTS, of
best quality. -A large assortment, at the
lowest market prices, constantly on hand,
WALL & STEVENS,
322, Penn. avenue, next door to Iron Hall.
Jan 5 (News.)
TAKE NOTICE, visitors and other*) at
tending the Metropolitan Fair.?I have just
| brought on from New York a large assortment ol
splendid Diamonds and a great variety of new
styles rich Jewelry.
Also, souie very superior Watches, which for
true time cannot be surpassed.
I linve also just tinished a magnificent Silver
Tea Set that will compare favorably with anything
of the kind at the Fnir or in America.
It will be exhibited free of charge to all at my
store, 418 Pennsylvania avenue, between Four
and-a half and Sixth streets.
Feb 18?dlwif H. O. HOOD.
PIANOS, PIANOS!?We have now in
store the largest and most reliable stock of
Pianos ever oll'ered iu this city, from the justly re
| nowned manufactories of Hallet, Davis Ac Co..
Boston; Bacon A.' Raven. New York; and Knabe,
' Gaehle Ar Co., Baltimore: ranging in prices from
I $225 to $500.
In addition to those in store, we have on exlii
, bition at the Metropolitan Mechanics' Fair, at the
| Smithsonian Institute, four superb I'ianos, made
expressly to our order for this Exhibition, any of
which we will dispose of on reasonable terms,
i Also on hand, Guitars, Violins, Flutes, Accord
eons, Melodeons, Banjos. Strings, Music, &c.
Remember, at the Piano, Music, Stationery,
' Perfumery, and Fancy Goods Siore of
JOHN F. ELLIS.
30T> Penn avenue, near 10th street
Feb 2"??3t
CASH MUSIC AND PIANO STORE
OF
SOnAO!E3 WATBXIS
No .'133 Broadway, New York.
OPPOSITION TO THE COMBINATION.
| MUSIC AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
Notwithstanding the comm.
bination of M usic Dealers ?o keep up the
I prices of non copyright music against the interests
of Native Composers, and their refusal to extend
j to Mr Waters the courtesies of the irade, he is
i making immense sales?having abundant evi
j deuce that he bus public countenance and sup
i port in his opposition to the Oreat Monopoly, and
in his efforts to aid Native Talent, and adopt the
National Currency. His stock of American and
European Music is immense, and the catalogue
of his own publications is one of the largest and
best selected in the United States. lie has aiso
j made a Great Reduction in the Prices of Pianos,
Melodeons, and Musical Instruments of all kinds.
Superior toned 6J Oct?ve Pianos for $175, $200,
and $225, interior of as good quality, and instru
ments as strong and as durable as those which
cost $500. Pianos of every variety of style and
price, up to $1,000, comprising those of Ten dif
; lerent manufactories; among them the celebrated
modern improved Horace Waters' Pianos, and
I the lirst premium /Eolean Pianos of T. Cij.bert
j it Cos. make (owners of the /Eolean Patent.)
' Second-hand Pianos at great bargains. Prices
I from $40 to $150. Melodeons from five different
j manufactories, including the well-known S. D. iV
> H. W. Smith's Melodeons, (tuned the equal tern*
Krauient.) The Best Make in the United States,
ices $45, $00 $75, $100, $115, $125, $135, $150.
Smith's Double Bank Melodeons' $200. Each
Piano and Melodeon guarantied. The best terms
to the trade, schools, Ate 12$ per cent, discount
j to Clergymen and Churches. All orders promptly
attended to. Music sent to all parts of the coun
try, |iosl paid, at the reduced rates. General and
select Catalogues and Schedules of prices of Mil
t sical Instruments forwarded to any address free
of charge. Feb 10?d3m
GUROW SKI'S YEAR OF THE WAR
A Year of the War, by Adam G. De Gon
| rowski, a citizen of the United States.
Jnst published, and fo^sale at
TAYLOR At MAURY'S,
; Feb 1 Near 9th st.
MME. 8CHONENBERG
TEACHER OF PIANO AND SINGING,
1 2">7 Pennsvi.vania Avenue.
N'
EW NOVEL, by the author of "Mary
Barton."?North and South, by the author
of Crawford, the Moorland Cottage, Arc. Price
37J cenfs.
Kings and Queens, or Life in the Palace; by
John S. C. Abbott. Price $1.
Just published, and for sale at
TAYLOR & MAURY'S
March 3 Bookstore, near 9th st.
TAKE NOTICE,
I HAVE now on hand a large assortment
of every description of Spectacles, from the
lowest price to the very best qunlity used, and
having been for a long time engaged in manufac
turing. and adjusting Glasses for the most difficult
and defective visions, therefore con with confidence
guarantee to benefit and improve the sight of all
who need.
Call at 418. Pennsylvania avenue, Sign of the
Large Spread Eagle- A. O. HOOD.
Feb 7 (Organ.]
LAW PARTNERSHIP.?Supreme Court
ofthe United States? ROBERT J.WALKER
and LOUIS JANIN have formed a copartnership
under the name of "Walker At Janik," for the
argument of cases in the Supreme Court of the
United States, at Washington city, where both
will attend throughout the future sessions of that
court. They may be addressed at Washington,
New York, or New Orleans.
Jan 19?eo3m
" "VTII.ES' REGISTER" tor "American
J3| State Papers."?A complete set of Niles'
Register, 70 volumes, or any other books, will
be given in exchange for the ??American State
Papers" and " American Archives," or they will
be purchased at a liberal price.
TAYLOR At MAURY,
Feb 14 Near 9th street.
Yl SI T I N Ci CARDS Printed at Short
Notioe, and Pistes beautifully engraved in
every style. W. C. ZANTZINGER,
Adjoining Kirkwood House.
Dec 7?3taw4wif
Shirts made to order.?stevens
Brown's Hotel, is prepared to make Shirts to
measure, and warrants them in all cases to (it.
Gents troubled with had fitting Shirts can be
suited at STEVENS'S
Dec 7?3tif Salesroom, Brown's-Hotel.
JOHN 1ft. UUTHNANN, Importer uitd
Dealer la V% lue, Hraudy, Cl^trn. Ac?
l'oini?yIvuiiitt avenue, south vide, between Four |
aiula-Hull unJ Sixth streets, bun recei ved Li* lul
block ami assortment ol the above, consisting ill
pari ol'?
Madeira, Sherry, Port of various grade*, Cham
pagne, ia quarts and pints, different brand*.
A groat variety of Rhiue Wine, some of it
sparkling.
Ali-o, Si. Peruy sparkling red and white Claret
at price* from ?'< 50 per dozen to the highest
order.
And numerous Other I.imU of Wine.
Also, very superior Coguac, pule aud dark;
Scheidara Gin, Jamaica Hum, fine old Whis
key, Irish Mall, Cordials, and liavuitti Cigar
Dee "JO?2tawilbw
rp hi:
J.
CATHOLIC ALMANAC lor 55.
just published and for sale at
TAYLOR & MAURY'S
IjMIR KENT?Two large size furnished
Rooms?Chamber and Purloi?at the corner
of New York avenue and Ninth street, No. 307J
Nov lb?if
WA H UINGTON lUVING'S NEW
Work, Wolfert'a Roost and oilier Papers,
now first collected, by Washington Irving.*
Scottish Songs, Ballads, and Poems, by Herr
Aiuslee. <
Full Proof of the -Ministry, a Sequel to the Hoy
who was trained up to be a Clergyman, by John
N. Norton, A. M.
Memoirs of Lile, Exile, and Conversations of
the Emperor Napoleon, by the Count de les Cases,
with portraits and other illustrations.
Manuel of Sacred History, by John Henry
Kuriz, D. D.
Just published and lor sale at
TAYLOR & MAURYS
Feb 15 Bookstore, near 9th street.
CLOTHING.
A Complimentary Card and Invitation to
the Public.
"TirHEN 1 HAVE EARNED ONE HUN
W DRED DOLLARS OF MY OWN
MONEY, I will trade on one hundred dollars,
and wheu I have earned one thousand dollars,
I will trade upon one thousand dollars, and
so increase my business and capital in propor
tion." I will never take credit or give my own
promise to pay notes, but will pay cash for all my
goods when purchased. I will keep down my ex
penses, and will not pay high, enormously high
rents, nor live above my iucome, and will deal
fairly with all men. Maxims like these and for
mer experience in the wholesale and retail manu
facturing, as well as the import and export trades
during these last five and twenty years, have en
abled GEORGE P. FOX, U. S. A., U. S. N., Tailor,
and I'lnventeur des Modes, to progressively rise
from the humble rank of selling one vest pattern
in Wall street a fow years! ago," to be the present
solo proprietor of the store (25 feet front by 105 feet
deep) opposite Pearl street. NO. 3f2l BROAD
WAY.
It is also equally true that with money, rash iu
hand, FOX?GEORGE P. FOX?has, during the
past few months, made extensive purchases, at
ruinously low prices, of fine
CLOTHS, FASHIONABLE VE8TINGS,
CASSIltlERES,
and other urticles connected with the Tailoring
Business, on importation, and from respectable
city merchants, who are in want of discounted
money at any price or loss, owing to an over
stocked market and the circumstances of hard
times, (A. D. 1854.)
FOX?GEORGE P. FOX?while moat thankful
to the public; for the liberal patronage received,
still maintains his reputation tor at nil times sell
ing the most fashionable of Custom, Pattern, and
Correct Fining,
HEADY MADE GARMENTS,
Dress, Frock Coals,Overcoats, Vests, Pantaloons,
Cloths, Cassimeres, Velvet Vestings, &c.,&rc., and
is determined not to be outdone in liberality of
dealing, nor undersold by the least nor the biggest
house in the trade. He is also equally determined,
to tha best of his ability, to employ a meritorious
laboring class of Journeymen Tailors; and others
who are suffering dreadful privations for want of
employment, and therefore ofier9, on and after
this date, until the beginning of the yeor 1855, the
resources of his magnificent Tailoring Establish
ment, free of profit on the cost of all his goqds,
combined with his own gratuitous services, to his
friends and the public, to be considered ns a sort
of present
HOLIDAY OR NEW YEAR'S GIFT!
exampleizing wealthy gentlemen, United States
Departments, the Executive, Officers of the Army
and Navy, Bankers, Foreigners, Citizens, the pres
ent imperative duly of solvent tradesmen and
merchants to employ their fellow-men. aid ami
i assist the inauguration ol a better slate of trade
j all over the world from the commencement of the
| New Year, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
I five. I nm, fellow-citizens, (representing one of
I the links of Commerce,) yours truly, ever grateful
I and obligvd. *
GEORGE P. FOX,
UniuJ States Leader of Va*hiovt,
!?*???? . ^ Headquarters, fro. 321 Broadway,
s : J-. S. :? GEORGE P. FOX.
5' * * Dec 19?
AGENCY AT WASHINGTON CITY.
(Office on FStreet, war Fmirternth Street.)
TO CLAIMANTS
JUL.IU8 E. M EI ERE,
Late of I he Pension Office, will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to him, and will give
special attention to the prosecution of claims lor
Pensions, Bounty Land, Land Patents,
Serlp, Back, Pay, Ac., dfce.
refkrk.ncks:
Hon. Lewis Cass, United States Senate.
Hon. James Cooper, L'niled Stales Senate,
lion. R. T. Westbrook, House of Reps.
Hon. T. B. Florence, House of Heps.
Hon. T.D. Disney, House of Reps.
Jonah D. Hoover, esq., Washington,
Richard Wallach. esq- Washington.
Hon. John Wilson, Commissioner ol the Gen
eral Land Office.
All communications must be pre-paid and dl
reeled as above. Oct 1
THE NATIONAL HOTEL,
J'N tbla city, will be re-opened for tlie re
ception of guests on the 27th of this month,
he removal of the Kitchen from the basement to
the rear of the building, and the alterations in and
about the Dining Rooms, will acfd greatly to the
convenience and comfort of its guests. The table
will be furnished with the best the maikets can
afford, and served in the best style, and no expenso
or labor will be spared to render the bouse, in
every respect, equal to any in the country. The
subscriber, therefore, truststhat a generous public
will continue the liberal patronage which has al
ways been extended to the house. Persons de
siring to procure rooms for the winter, can do so
at any time after the 20th, by calling ai the Hotel.
E. D. WILLARD.
Washington city, November 14, 1854.
Nov 1ft?if
"TJOOR'S RAILROAD MAP OF THE
J7 UNITED STATES."-'This celebro
ted Man, recently eulogized by Lientenant Malt
ry, in bis " Virginia letters," is on sale at
TAYLOR & MAURY'S
Dec 1 Bookstore, near Ninth street.
IjtOR EVENING*?M. W. Gait Jt Bro.
have just received a beautiful assortment of
Rich Pearl Necklaces, Brooches, Ear-Rings, Sec.
ALSO?
A complete assortment of Pearl, Ivory. Span
it.li, and Mourning Fans, which will be sold unu
sually low. M. W. GALT Sr. BRO.
Jan '0?3t Pa. av., betw. 9th and 10th sts.
NEW MUSIC?W. C. ZANTZINGER hns
just received from the publishers, Firth,
Pond Ac Co., New York, and George Willieg,jr..
Baltimore, an assortment of their Intest publica
tions.
Pianos tuned, warranted to give satis
faction.
STATIONERS' HALL,
adjoining Kirkwood House.
Dec 16?3tawif
PARISH and other Pencilling*, by Kli
wan, author of letters lo Bisnop Hughes,
Romanism al Home, Arc. Harper's Story Books,
by Jacob Abbott, price 25 cents.
Just received. R. FARNHAM.
Dec. 15
THE UNDERSIGNED would respect
fully inform his fiiendsand citizens gene
rally thai he has resiimod the Grocery business,
and ia now located at the corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and Thirteenth street, where will lie
found a choice selection of Groceries, Teas,
Wines, Liquors, Cigars,dec.
Special attention is invited lo his assortment of
Tens, Liquors, and Cigars.
The above good* are all of the best quality, and
for sale very lose ftlr cash.
R. DTWEEDY,
Corner ef Pennsylvania avenue and 13th street,
south ?ide Nor 3?dlwdreolw
FOB THE WEST AND SOUTH.
lialtiiuore and Ohio Railroad?iBaproied Ai
t Kugeuieutu iiir Travel!?important
Changes or Schedule f!
The Inte completion of the Centra! Ohio Rail
road, betw een Wheeling and Columbus, uniting,
as it doe#, by a short and direct line, the Haiti
| tiinore and Ohij Hailroad with nil portions of the
Weft (and North and Southwest,)gives this routo
greatly increased ad vantages to through travellers
in that direction. On and alter Monday, Novem
ber 27, 1854, the trains will be run a* follow!*
FOR THROUGH PASSENGERS.
?.TwoIu,t ,ra"'? daily wUI run ill each direction.
I"8' The MAIL, I RAIN, leaving Camden Stn
tion i\t 7 n. ro., instead of at 8 oclock as hereto
fore.(except on Sunday,jand arriving nt Wheeling
at 2 -10 a. m..?Second ?The EXPRESS TRAIN
leaving at 5 p. in., instead of at 7 p m., as hereto
fore, and running through to Wheeling in about 17
hours, reaching there at 10 26 a.m. This train
will stop at Washingtou Junction, Sykesville
Monocacy, Harper's Jerry, Martinsburg, Sir
John s Run. Cumberland, Piedmont, Rowlcsburg
Newburg, Fetterman, Farmingtou, Cameron, and
Moundsville only, for wood and water and meals.
Both these trains make prompt aud regular con
nection with the cars of the Central Ol.io Road
lor Cambridge, Zanesville, Newark, Columbus,
Cincinuati, Louisville. Dayton, Sandusky, Toledo'
Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, St Louis. etc. Pas
sengers leaving Baltimore by the Mail Train, will
reach Cincinnati for dinner next day, while by the
Express Train they arrive there at 12 the next
night, being kept but one night on the route by
either train.
Passengers for the Northwest via Cleveland
and all intermediate points can make a direct con
nection with the trains 'upon the Cleveland and
Pittsburg Railroad at all times when the Ohio is
navigab e for steamers between Wheeling and
WelUville, by leaving Baltimore in the Mail Train
by|7 a. m
Returning, the Trains leave Wheeling as fol
low#: The EXPRESS TRAIN at 4 30 p m
Baltf"?re at 9 50 a- ?? The MAIL
IKAIN at 11.45 p. m. reaching Baltimore at 7
p m.
ID" Through tickets by boat from Wheeling lor
Cincinnati, Madison, Louisville, St. Louis, and
other River Cities, will be sold at all times when
the stage of water will admit.
_Through ticket# between Baltimore and
Washington, and all the important cites and
towns in the West, are sold at the Ticket Offices
ol the Company.
_ur, Ftm WAY PASSENGERS.
THE MAIL TRAIN, leaving Camden Station
will take passengers for all the usual stopping
places on the Road. Returning, this train leaves
Wheeling at 11.4ft midnight, Cumberland at 10.15
a. m., and arrives at Baltimore at 7 p. m.
THE FREDERICK ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN, fo? Frederick and intermediate places,
will start at 4 p. m., daily, (exccpt Sunday,) ar
riving in Frederick at 7.40. Returning will leave
Frederick at 9a. m., arriving at Baltimore at 12 .'10
noon.
the ELLICOTT'S MILLS ACCOMMODA
TION will L?e run daily, (except Sundays.) as fol
lows:
Leave Camden Station at 6 a. in. and 3 pm.
Leave Ellicott's Mills nt 7.30 a. m. and 6.30 p.
Dec 14.
m.
EWOOD GAS.?CAUTION'
E It known that I, the subscriber ob
tained letters patent in December, 1851, for
an apparatus for the destructive distillation ot
wood, and the making therefrom of tar or pitch at
pleasure, and gas j and that in the judgment ot
competent persons the invention of an appar
tus recently patented by W. D. Porter cannot b*
used by him or any other person wituout infring
ing my said patent. And, further, that what
patented by said Porter rightfully belongs to me.
as I expect to prove ere long before the United
States Pateut Office; and, further, that the use of
said Porter's invention involves also a proces,
which 1 am now claiming before the United States
Patent Office, and which has been adjudged to bo
patentable tothe first inventor thereof, and which
said W.D. Porter has formally disclaimed, a* ap
pears upon the public records ol said office, ot
which an official copy is hereto annexed, and also
a copy of his claims.
tl?e National Intelligencer of the 25th instant
Mr. Porter announces that he has secured b\*
patent the "exclusive right to making gas from
wood, and threatens prosecution to nil parties
infringing his patent. I ask how this statement
comports with the fact of my patent of December,
lbdl, and how far the threat can intimidate under
such circumstances? Mr. Pqrter'sclaim is based
upon a movable perforated diaphragm, and was
bo understood by the Patent Office, ns it appears
from the records of the Patent Office that his
claim was at first refused as interfering with a
prior patent to Robert Foulis, of Canada, for an
equivalent contrivance. This claim, as given be
low, and in Which the perforated diaphragm in tho
is what Mr Porter calls securing
the ' exclusive right to making gas from wood."
rhe statement carries absurdity on its front, and
is a libel on the good sense of the Patent OHce
If such n claim or right had been granted, it would
forbid every coal-kiln and charcoal manuiactory
.n the country.
The following copies of correspondence and
extracts from the records of the Patent Office will
show the true state of the ease:
United States Patei?t Office,
<i,-i i . August 25, 1&54.
Sir . In reply to your Utter of this date, asking
il any patent has been granted to W. D. Porter
dated 22d August, 1851. or at any other time, or
to any other person or persons, securing to him
or them u th* treliis, ve right of making gas from
?W, and whether any such claim was made by
ui L ,orter' ""d" his application for a patent,
which letters patent were issued bearing the
above date, you are informed that W. D. Porter's
claims are believed to bee nfined to his appara
tu*; and, further, this office is not aware that n
patent has been granted heretofore for the ejrciu
stve right of making go* from irovd. It would,
however, be unjustifiable to expect mc to make
an extended investigation to nnswer your rr
quest.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant
... _ ^M?o!?, Commissioner of Patent*
W. P. McComaeu? Esq.,
Care of Prof. C. G. Page, Washington, D. C.
The United State* Patent Office-To All person , to
whom, these present* shall come, greting :
This is to certify that the annexed is atruecopv
Ironwhe files of this office of an extract from n
paper filed in the matter of the application of W.
'"or Otters patent, in accordance with
which application letters patent were issued to the.
said W.D. Porter on the 22d day of Auiriisf.
eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
In testimony whereof, 1 Charles Mason, Com
missioner of Patents, have caused the seal
r 'J. Patent Office to he hereunto affixed
|L. a. J this 2.)ih day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and tiftv
four. and of the independence of the United
States the seventy-ninth. C. Masox
! Copy of disclaimer of W. D. Porter in his applies
turn for "an improved trill for making wood
gas, filed August 5, 1854. letters patent issued
An gust'a, 1854.
" I do not claim ns my invention and discovery
the improvements in making gas from wood, viz.?
subjecting the products of destructive distillation
therelrom to a high degree of heat, substantially
as has been described and for the purposes set
forth in the specification of W. P. McConndl."
Thf United States Patent Office?To all persons to
whom these presents shall come greeting :
This is to certify that the annexed is a true copv
from the records of this office of an extract from
the specification of W. D. Porter's patent, issued
in the twenty second day of Augnst. eighteen
hundred and fifty-four.
In testimony whereof, I, Charles Mason, Com
missioner of Patents, have caused the
seal of the Patent Office to be hereunto
fr? s.l this twenty-fifth day of August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-four, and ol the
independence of the United Slates the
seventy-ninth. C. Mason.
Sxtrttt f,tm Specification of W. P. Porter on
irhuh letters patent ieert issued August 22, 1854.
Olaim.?What I claim as my invention and de
sire to secure by letters patent is :
The construction of n gas apparatus or still,
consisting of a metallic or other cylinder B, the
cones t and D, diaphram plate C, and exit pip?
r, substantially as described in the foregoing spe>
cification, and shown in the accompanying draw
mgs."
The truth of the abevemay be ascertained from
the records of the Patent Office, to which all have
access.
WM. P. MeCONNELL
By his attorney CHAS. G. PAGE
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