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WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE,


| WASHINGTON, May 27, 1850.
| Sir: Ihave the honor to make known to the De-
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
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CALIFORNIA.
Geotge W. Wright,
Edward Gilbert.
CONTESTED by Mr.. Littel.
delegates from the Territories.
THE HOUSE IN FIGURES.
Democrats Ill
Wings and Natives lOl
Free-Soilers IA
Vacancies 5
Total, exclusive of Delegates 23l
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Wings, as they are on all other questions but that
of the territories, the House will be as follows -
Democrats III
Wings ia
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Total, exclusive Of Delegates

Democratic majority 3
The General Result in Figures
OLD PARTIES. FREE-Sou. VACANCIES
States. Wing. Dem. Uhig. Dem. Wing. DEM
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NAVY YARD. CHARLEsTowN.

Class No. 1.-U'hiie Oak, (per cubic FOOT
80 900 cubic feet white oak plank stocks.
1000 cubic feet white oak curve timber, or out
square knees, in lengths from fifteen 70 TWEEN
~ five feet; 10 be sided straight one way,
from twelve 20 eighteen inches, and TO have
natural curve or crook the other way from
twenty four TO sixty inches in the length OF
the stick, the width or size the curved way,
10 be the full size Of the tree, and the most
curving part Of the stick or angle must be at
least one third Of lie whole length from the
end; the various lengths, sizes, and curves In
equal proportions.
3 900 cubic feet white oak butt peces, from twenty
10 thirty five feet long and from sixteen to
twenty -four inches square in the middle OF
the sticks, equal proportions Of tho various
lengths and sizes.
Class No. 2--White Oak Knees Beams, sc.
20 white oak cheek knee, the whole length Of
each body to be from 10 10 feet, the length
of the arm from the centre Of the body 20 be
from TO feet, and 10 form angle with
the body from ITO TO 40 degrees, nett siding
70 be from 10 ~ inches the bodies 70 be
sided 20 the diameter Of the arms the siding
way; the moulding siees Of the bodies in the
middle Of their lengths 10 be from is TO 20
inches. Estimated at 2l0 inches nett siding
per inch nett siding.
10 white oak knees, for cat heads; the body 70
be from to 10 feet long, the length OF the
arm from the centre Of the body 70 be from
6to feet long, and TO form an angle with
nc body from 10 70 70 degrees; nett siding
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NAVY YARD, PENSACOLA.

Glass No. Lumber, (board measure, } per
foot
10 600 feet yellow pine boards, inch thick, TO be
10 to 20 feet long, and IL TO IL inches
wide
10000 feet yellow pine boards, inch thick, 10 be
10 to 40 ieet long, and IL to IA inches
wide
10000 feet yellow pine plank, 2 inches thick,
rs to 30 feet long, and IL to Ii inches
wide
10 600 feet yellow pine plank, p inches thick, rs
TO 30 feet Tong, and IL to Ia inches wide
20 900 feet yellow pine plank, inches thick, 25 to
80 feet long, and IL N IL inches wide
All TO be Of the best fine grained, long-lc yell
low pine, clear Of sap, square edged.
Glass No. 2.-White Oak, (board measure, }
perJoot.
10000 feet white oak boards, inch thick, ~ to l6
feet long, 10 TO II inches wide
10000 feet white oak plank, inch thick, 80 70 80
feet long, and 10 TO II inches wide
1900 feet white ook plank inches thick 30 70 35
feet long, and 10 to IL inches vide
To be Of the beet white oak.
Glass No. 3.-White Pine and Cypress, (board
measure,) per foot.
10, 600 feet fret quality white pine boards, inch
thick, TO be y to 10 feet long, and 10 to II
inches wide
5000 feet first quality white pine boards, inch
thick, 70 be " 10 10 feet long, aud 10 to u
inches vide
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Glass No. 3.-White Oak Plank

To be sawed 10 full and even thickness, and to
parallel widths and not to have more than half
inch of sap wood ON the corners Of the face, sap
side Of the plank. Estimated at 80 900 feet board
measurc-pCr foot
20 white oak plank, 80 to 40 feet long, 10 to IS
inches wide, inches thick.
20 white oak plank, 80 to IS feet long, 10 to Is
inches wide, 8. inches thick
20 white oak plank, 80 to 10 feet long, 10 to Is
inches wide, 4 inches thick.
20 white oak plank 80 to 80 feet long, 10 to Is,
inches wide, A. inches thick.
20 white oak plank, 80 to 80 feet long, 10 to Is
inches wide, inches thick
To be sawed fair, and of even thickness, and to
have natural curve edgewise, not less than IL
inches in the length of each plank. Estimated at
Is 900 feet, board mcasure-per foot.
Glass No 4.-Elm, White .4sh, and Black
Wainui
500 cubic feet best quality elm timber (butt
picccs) from ten TO twenty feet long, and
none less than Is inches diameter at the top
end, clear Of the bark-pcr cubic foot.
10 900 feet board measure white ash plank from IL
to 20 feet long, II to 20 inches wide, and two
inches thck-per foot.
800 feet board measure black walnut, one-inch
boards. II to 20 feet long, and to average 10
inches wide-per foot.
Glass No. 5.-Yeilo,c Pine
81 900 cubic feet fine grained southern yellow pine
plank stocks, 10 average forty five feet in
length, and none less than s5 feet long-pcr
cubic foot
1900 cubic feet fine grained southern yellow pine
promiscuous timber, from % to 40 feet long,
and from IS to II inches square-per cubic
foot.
CLASS No. 6.-Whte Pine.
1000 feet board measure No. /, or first quality
white pine, one-inch boards-per thousand
feet
80, 900 feet board measure No 9 or second quality
white pine, one-nch boards-per thousand
feet
NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
CLASS No. l.-Hicko,y Bars, Sc, (per piece. }
100 rough hickory bars, six feet long and 3 inches
square.
20 white heart hickory butts, feet long and
inches diameter ON the small end.
NJ \ \