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IMPROVEMENT IN MARINE PKoPuLsIoN-A few
days ago we had the opportunity of inspecting, at
Messrs. Johnson, Cammell and Co.'s Cyclops Steel
Works, remarkable improvement effected in the
machinery Tor propelling steam vessels Ii is the
invention of Mr.. Macintosh, and is manulac-
tured at the Cyclops Steel Works The propel-
lers hitherto in use have been invariably made
from cast metal, and when at rest or in motion are
perfect screw, always at the pitch. The
improved flexible propeller (Mackntosh's,) to
which we refer, is made of steel, well hammered
and tempered, and set at an angle on the revolving
shalt. When at rest il is perfect plane but when
IN action IT forms screw and, by the lexibility of
the steel, assumes finer or coarser pitch accord
ing to the strength of the adverse action of the
water through which it moves. This circumstance
imparts to the vessel and machinery an easy &C :
ton, especially in rough and heavy seas, which
has never been attained by the rigid screws now
in
Propelers manufactured according to this patent
not more than half the weight OF those made of
cast metal though the forgings the largest yet
attempted TO be made from steel Ii has been as
certained by experiment that in point of speed
there Is gain Of at least twenty per cent. In
heavy seas rough weather this propeller can be
easily hosted on board by means OF a simple block
and tackle, thus saving the expense Of the machine
ry now used for raising the cast metal ones; and ,
from being malieabe and tough, docs away with
the risk OF breakage which necessarily ensues in
the moving of a cumbersome piece of cast metal.
In cost there ia saving of about fifty per cent.
This is considered TO be one of the greatest i'm
proveInents yet made IN marine propulsion Four
OF these propellers have already been made and
brought into use; and, proof of the high esti-
nation IN which they held, it may be stated
that (the Lords OF the Admiralty have ordered) her
maJesy's steam vessel Bee, the swiftest screw-ves-
sci aioat, IS TO be fitted with one of these pro.
pellers in preference to the rigid screw We I'M
derstand that Messrs. johnson, Cammell & Co..
have made arrangements with Mr.. hIackintosh the
patentee, for exclusively manufacturing the pro-
pellers from three TO eighteen feet in diameter.
[Shetield Tunes.
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Secretary Of The Treasury.


UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY TWICE.
WAsmNGroN, July 20, 1850
SIN: have the honor TO report that in obedience
10 your instructions, / made a denomination OF
Hatteras Inlet, in June last, and found many
changes from the reconnaissance of the previous
year.
The entrance between the outer breakers has
shifted more TO the north and east, and nearer tho
beach. The cast poirs has washed away, and made
more TO the north and east in Pamco Sound. The
west point bas made out into the Inlet towards
the north and cast. There lie between the outer
breaker from ten to twenty feet at mean loS water,
and twelve feet can be carried up TO good anchor
age inside Of sand spits. Six feet can be carried
over the bulkhcad into Pamhco Sound.
A sluice has opened to the uorthward Of the east
point Of the Inlet, which makes a good barbor for
small vessels | would not recommend buoys to be
placed in the Inlet, il is not in permanent con-
dtion, and they might therefore mislcad il any
change should occur For this reason, AZ we'll as
that the tide runs ~ strong that vessels in dan
ger Of being swept upon thcnumerous sand spits
or shoals, would advise all vessels unacquainted
with the Inlet TO take pilot, who may be obtained
by hosting their flag al the fore.
would recommend a buoy to be placed on Long
shoel, in Psmlco Sound, 10 prevent vessels touch
ing on it, as good guide in making for the bulk
head from the Sound side.
sketch of the reconnaissance is in progress.
Respectfully yours,
(signed) X. WAINWRIGHT,
Assistant Coast Survey.
Prof. A. d. BAcHE, supt U, 5. Coast Survey.
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The books for the GEORGIA on the 18th August
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From New York 10 Chagres-Statc. room s 100
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Early application will be necessary To secure a
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Joint Resolution for restoring The settlement If
the "H,ree months erira pay" claims 10 tic

Joint Resolution for restoring The settlement If
the "Hree months extra pay" claims TO the
accounting officers Of The treasny.
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Representa-
hUes VI the United States Of dTnsrico IN Congress
seDbied That from and after the passage this act
the unsettled claims of the officers, non commits
stoned officers, musicians, and privates, for three
months extra pay for services in the with Mex
leo, provided for by the fifth section Of the act
approved July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and
forty eight, chapter one hundred and four, which,
by joint resolution of Congress, approved July
twenty ninth, eighteen hundred and forty. eight Il
was made the duty Of the pay department of the
army TO settle, under such regulations the Pay
master General, with the approval Of the Secretary
of War, shall establish be, and the same here
by directed 70 be settled by the Second Auditor and
certified by the Second Comptroller Of the Treasu-
ry. That all muster and pay rolls, and all other
pa pers relating to said claims file in the Pay
master Generals office be transferred to the Second
Auditors office, and that the settlements made by
the Pay Department, under the joint resolution ap.
proved the twenty ninth day Of july eighteen hun
drcd and forty eight, be considered az valid as il
they had been made by the accounting officers of
the treasury.
Approved, July 40, 1850 Aug l-lwd
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LITrELL's LIVING AGE.--The 325th number of
this magazine contains very pleasant reading. The
conclusion Of the article on "Recent Arctic Expedi-
TONS" another chapter Of Deborah's Diary a
continuation Of the journal of Mary Powell, by the
author Of that very pleasing story, and other agree
able papers
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PUBLIC NOTICE.
THREE MONTHS EXTRA

THREE MONTHS EXTRA PAY.-H will be
Il seen by tho following Joint Resolution Of the
Doth Of July, 1880, that the unsettled claims for three
months extra pay hereafter 70 be settled
through the Second Auditors Office. All appiica-
tions for the will accordingly be addrc yscd to
the Second Auditor. BENZ. +. HARMED,
Acting Paymastcr General.
PAYMAsTER Generals OFFicE, July 81, 1850.
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Report Of the Superintendent Uniied States
Coast Surrey 10 The Secretary Of he 1red-
any, iRreLation 10 changes Ut HattTas h.
let, North Carolina.
CoAsr SURVEY STATION,
July q, 1850.
Sin: ] have the honor TO transmit report by
Lieutenant Commanding r. Wainwright, United
States Navy, assistant in the Coast Survey, on tho
changes at the inlet south Of Cape attcras, rex.
amined by my direction, and would respectfully
request authority TO publish the report for the bcno-
fit Of navigators. The chart Of the new rcconnois
sance will be engraved and published as carly az
practicable.
Very respectfully, yours,
(Signed) A. ID. BACllE,
Superintendent L. s. Coast Surcy.
Hon. THos. CoRwfN
Secretary Of the Treasury.
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LITTELL's LIVING AGE. NO. aa5-tag ca,


l. Recent Arctic Expeditions. United iSeru.ce
Magazi.e.
2. Acoustics for the Houses Of Parliament.-lSpec
tator.
8 Letters from Jamaca.-N y. Erening Post.
L. The Spanish Beauty.- Benheys MIsc. hany.
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THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
$ ATuHpAY, August 3. 1850.

The Senate did not sit to- day having adjourned
over till Monday.
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DIED,

On the 4th instant, HOWARD LEE, infant son OF
DR.. CHARLES G. PAGE, aged five months
His funeral will take place this (Monday) even
ing at five O'Clock
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wing extracts-placlng
S for the convenience of
From the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
+" We think General
CAss's construction Of
the Constitution is an
ample 'proviso' against
the further extension of
slavery. He says Con-
gress has not the power
to abolish slavery where
it legally exists, nor to
institute it where it does
not now exist in the Ter
ritorics of New Mexico
and California-and ac-
cording to Gen. CAss's
doctrine it cannot exist
there by any act of Con-
gress. 1t follows, Of
course, that said Terri
tories must remain free
until the same shall be-
come States. The only
fear is that these Terri
tories will be peoplcd by
those who prefer slavery
to free labor, and that
when said Territories be-
come States, slavery will
be established, either by
a provision Of their State
constitutions or by law.
"Let us see if General
CAss's doctrine will ia
vor such a result. Slave
holders will not emf CRATE
there, because there is
no law to protect slave
property. Should Con-
gress pass such a law, it
would be uncons.itution-
al and of no binding ef-
feet. There is no law of
the Territories by which
a stakeholder could hold
a slave one hour after he
had settled there The
present inhabitants are
all opposed to slavery.
No law would be made
by them to sanction it,
and under such circum-
stances what can our
southerners do, They
can give up slavery and
GO there, which they will
not do, or they can stay
away, which is the most
probable. They never
will hazard their prop
erty when there is no
law TO protect it. Mark
that :"
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Extract from the ADDRESS
Of the Democratic Cass
Convention Of Eastern
Florida.
"Thc general princi-
pics of the Constitution
to which Mr.. CAss leaves
the subject of slavery in
the Territories, do not
permit Territorial legis-
latures to NEEDLE at all
with the subject. Il do
not sec,' he says, sin
the Constitution any
grant of the requisite
power to Congress- and
as the Territorial gov
ernments are the mere
creatures of Congress,
they can of course pos
sess no power not pos
sessed by their creator.
This is the sword of the
Constitution with which
General CAss cuts the
Gordian knot Of the ABB
olitionists. Congress
possesses no constitution
al power to legislate on
the subject of slavery in
the Territories. The
Territorial legislatures
possess no power but
what is derived from
Congress, therefore they
cannot legislate on the
subject Of slavery"
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, July %, 1850.
ON petition of Peter U. Morgan. of Westminster,
" New York. administrator of John Arnold, late
OF Yonkers, New York, and George G. Bishop, of
NorwalS Connecticut, for the extension of a patent
granted to John Arnold and George G. Bishop, for
an improvement in a machine for forming the web
for cloth, OF wool, hair, &c. for years from
the expiration of said patent, which takes place
the Goth day of October, 1885,
1t is ordered that the said petition be heard at the
Patent Office, on the 7th day of October next. at
II O'Clock, m; and all persons are notified to APP
pear and show cause, if any they have, why said
petition ought not to be granted
Ordered, also, that this notice be published in the
Republic, Intelligencer, and Union, Washin gton,
ID. C.; Republic, Augusta, Ga; Journal, Providence,
r. l.; Tribune, New York, and Courant, Hartford,
Ct, once week for three successive weeks previ-
Gus to the seventh day Of October next.
THOMAS EWBANK,
Commissioner of Patents.
p S. Editors of the above papers will please copy
and send their bills to the Patent Office, with pa
per containing this notice. July 27-3tawSw
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I IFE OF JAMES X. POLK, by j. S. Jen-
IL kins ! vol. l2mo. Portrait. Is this day re-
ceived. For sale by
TAYLOR & MAURY,
August Booksellers, near 9Th 81,
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referred, in proof that General CAss did main
tain that odous doctrine. He was denounced,
put under the ban, read out of the Democratic
church, and eflectually disgraced with his
party, for ascribing to the Democratic nominee
the maintenance Of opinions deemed SO heretical
and damnable by the Democrats of the South.
What a spectacle was here exhibited A
jealous son of the South, loyal Democrat and
most gallant gentleman, contending against
fearful odds, assailed by his own party, borne
down by numbers, for correctly interpreting the
meaning Of the author of the Nicholson letter,
and neither General CAss himself, nor one of
9 the many Southern gentlemen" who kne,c he
had correctly interpreted it, coming to his
rescue, and saying to his assailants, Hold !!
lie but speaks the truth !"
As specimen Of the slavery and anti slave
ny interpretations placed upon the Nicholson
letter, we quote the following extracts-placing
them in parallel columns for the convenience of
the reader:
Extract from the ADDRESS From the Cleveland Plain
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JOUIsDAN w. MAURY,
STOCK, Money, and Exchange Broker. Office
- on Pennsylvania avenue, eight doors west of
Browns Hotel, Washington city.
Uncurrcnt notes bought and sold at best rates.
Stocks bought and sold.
Notes and drafts collected.
July 23-ly
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July l3-dtf
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grateful support Of the great body Of the Wings
who 50 cordially sustained that policy; and that,
to put himself under the leadership Of Messrs.
Cly and Webster is to consult his own self
respect, independence, and usefulness. But we
must confess ourselves skepticsl on this point.
Mr. Polk was rather younger in years than
Mr.. Fillmore, and his experience in public affairs
no greater When nominated for the office OF
President, he was not so well known as Mr.. Fill
more, and he went into the Office with no more
prestige or influence. The leaders Of the party
that elected him doubtless expected to find him
mallsable, and his political foes could hardly
speak Of him with respect. But, devoid as be was
Of genius or extraordinary ability, and laboring
as he did under the great disadvantage of being
comparatively unknown, he soon made himself the
real head of his party, and even succeeded in
compelling the cooperation Of his sdversaries, in
carrying forward the measures by which his Ad-
ministration was signalized. And how happened
this He was his own master-he was not afraid
to take the respOnsibility-hc was able to say,
WILL.
IL Mr.. Fillmore manifest the same governing
power the people will respect him, though some
old politicians may hate him.