The true Democrat., 1855-01-17

For new light at New Canal, in place of the present structure, which will not admit of being repaired, s6,0OO. I For new beacon-light at Proctorsve, in the place ot one destroyed by fire November "A, 1853, S3OOO.
 For an iron bell-boat to mark the entrance to the newly -dredged channel of the South Pass ofthe Mississippi, S5, ,OO0
 For screw-pile light house on the |" Shell Keys" of Marsh Island, s30,OOo
 For beacon, to be placed on the east end of
 For light house, to mark the channel of the Grand Pass to Barataria Bay, slo,ooo.
 For lighthouse, to mark the main entrance to llnoaler Bay, and for coast purposes, $15, 900.
 For light house, to mark the channel or passage called the Rigolets, connecting Lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain, $5,OO0.
 For buoys and stakes to mark the channel of the Atchafalaya and Cote Blanche Bays and Bars, $5,- 900.
 For an iron pile light house, to be erected as near to the entrance to the channel of the Mississippi River at the S uth Pass as may be found to be practicable to be fitted with the most approved de- scnptlon of Illuminating apparatus and fog signals, $45,0O0.
 For buoyage of the Pass rOutre, Mississippi River, S15OO.
 For a light house at the mouth of Calcasieu River $6OOO.
 2eras.-For two small range lights at Galveston, $1 900.
 For completing the buoyage of Galveston Bar and Bay, Sabine Pass and River Matagorda Bar and Bay, Arkansas Bar and Bay, and Brazos Santiago Bar and Bay, slo,o00.
 For light house on or near Gallinipper Point, La
 Fora light-house on or near Half Moon Reef Mata- gorda Bay, $l0,o0o
 For day beacon, to mark the wreck of the steam boat Farmer near Pelican Island, in Galveston Bay, $300
 For a beacon on the North Breaker to mark the entrance to Galveston Bay, 5000. | Nachegan.-For repair of the light house tounda uon and pier connected herewith, Monroe, ST.
 For completing foundations of two light houses on St. Clair Flats, S20000.
 For light house and fog bell on the south point ot the harbor of Michillimackinac, $6, 900. For q lighthouse at Old Fort Mackinaw. Michigan. S6000.
 For d light house Beaver Island, s60o0.
 Mdaana.-For beacon-light the pier or break water at Michigan city, $2 900.
 M1@ols-For tempoary beacon-light. at or near the breakwater now being constructed at Waukegan, Little Fort. $l ,000
 | For buOvS to mak mark the bar and harbor at Chicago. $500. For light at Port Clinton s5.0Oo
 For the foundation of light-h house on the break water now i'll of construction the harbor of Waukegan. and for light when the foundation shall be in suitable condition for erecting the structure in place Of the present light al Little Fort $10 500 to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War
 For light Ut Tay ylorport, 5000.
 WlsconS1n.-For small beacon light on or near the pier at Port Ulao in lieu of the appropriation for light house at that port, approved September 2S, 1850, Sl ,00O.
 Fora small beacon-light, to be placed on the'new pier at Milwauke, known as the North Cut when 1t shall be completed. sl ,000.
 For light at Fond du Lac at the head of Lake Winnebago, Sl0,000
 Ca1Juniu. For harbor-light at the town of santa Cruz, Bayof Monterey, or on Punta Anno Nue- Va. Sl0,O00.
 For q harbor-hght at Santa Barbara sloooo.
 Tor hght-house on or near Point Iobos, to mark the entrance to San Francisco Bay. $25. O0O e {. Hrlr on mia la lNc DE pln
 Oreqon 7a7ft0ry.-For light house at Ump1un. in addition to the appropriation for that object Ap- proved March 3d, 1851, $loooo. | Washington 1e775tmY. Fora light house on Blunt's ! or smiths Island, in the Straits of Fuca &25 900.
 For light house on Cape Shoalwater, at the en- trance to the bay of that name s2500o.
 For the two light houses at Cape Flattery and New Dungeness, authorized by act of Congress- approved may remain i'll the treasury of that appro pration after the completion of the light at Cape pisappoint ment, S39 900.
 For buoys for the harbor and entrance to New Dun geness and for the anchorages the of Pu cs Sound S5.000.
 For buoys for the harbor and entrance to Shoawater Bay, S3.000
 $ ,. 4Aad be d fu,ther enacted That the sums ap- Propriated by the acts approved March Sd, lS49 and March 3d. 1851, for light house Horse shoe Reef Niagara River, New York. any balance thereof re- naming in the treasury on the 30th of June, 1854 be, and they are hereby eapproprated for the erection of alightAouse at that point such plan as may be determined to be most advisable 3. And 6e q turtber enacted, That the appropra- ton for light house on Santa Cruz California, ap- proved 3lst of August 1852 be- and the is here by, authorized to be employed in the erection of q light house on Anacapa Island if upon examination by the proper officer it is ascertained that more eli glble site be found for the interests of navigation on that island than on the adjacent of Santa Cruz 4. dnd be I further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is hereby authorized to cause the light to bedscontnued and the ght-h house, buildings and land belonging thereto, at Calumet in the State of Illinois, to be sold. and, payment of ha consideration agreed for into the treasury of the United States, to make, execute, and deliver all ncedfu conveyances of the same and the special jurisdiction of the United States over the same shall thereafter cease
 ,. And be it further enacted That the Secretary of the Treasury be- and he is hereby authorized upon the completion of the lighthouse and exhibition of the light authorized by the first section of this act to be erected near the entrance to the South West Pass of the Mississippi to the present light at that locality to be extingushed, and the tower, buildings and land belonging thereto to be sold, and upon the payments for the same being made, to execute and deliver all needu conveyances therefor and the u- risdiction of the United States said land shall thereafter cease and revert to the State of Louisiana
 G. And be 1 faatter enacted, That if. after d careful hydrographical examination of the locality and the approaches thereto, shall have been made it Is found that the light at the entrance Vermilion Bay Louisiana is not necessary for the navigation of that bay and the adjacent coasts it shall be extn-
 
 zed to cause the lands and buildings belonging there toto be sold in the is provided in the fifth section of this bill.
 s T. And De # further enacted, Thatif preliminary surveys required ascertain the necessity for any light house or other aid provided for in this bil to determine the proper site for the to ascertain more fully what the public exigency requires, the Se- cretary of the Treasury shall the necessary aminatons and surveys the sea board to be made under the direction of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey and those the northwestern lakes to be made under the direction of the Bureau of Topo graphical Engineers; and in all in which adverse reports made they shall be submitted to Congress at it's next session; and in all cases in which the ob ects authorized are tavoraby reported upon the works shall be commenced immediately after valid titles and State jurisdiction shall have been obtained the sites Approved, August 8, 1S54
 THE DELEGATE ELECT FROM KANsAs.-Mr. Whitfield, just chosen to be the Delegate from Kansas, says the Washington Star, is an Arkan- sas man, reared on the frontier. He is a oen