Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-18

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| BY the act for the relief Of Jacob Mcclellan.
For part of the penalty In posed upon
| the said ship George Turner and paid
by the said Mcclellan, IN December,
| eight en- hundred and fifty-ons, for
| an alleged violation # the laws Of
| the United States restricting the
| mum Der Of passengers in n erchapt
Vessels 400 10
By the act for the relief of James &. Grahsm and
Walter II Finnan.
| For tie loss sustained by eaid Grsham
| and Finnal, by reason Of the absn.
| dor meat by the Postmaster General
| of two contracts made by that officer
| with them for the tram portstion of
| the mail from Washington to Preder.
icksburg, and from Frederick.bur2
| to Richmond which contracts Fear
dato third day Of December, ammo
Domini, eighteen hundred and forty
5000 %
| Py the act for the relief of Brgedier General John
| L. Wool.
Fo- double rstions, from the twenty.
first CT July, eighteen hundred and
twenty-one, to the third Of March,
eighteen hupdI ed aud thirty three,
being the same as have been al owed
by the War Der artment TO other on.
GERS CT the staff Indefinite
By the act for the relief of Pureer Francis stock
ton
For the amount CT loss sustained by
him by reason Of making hts depo-
rites of public money In the Pheaix
BaIk, chsrlestowD, Massachusetts,. 81 81
By the act for the relie' o. Thomas B. Parsons
Fer disability received while In the ma.
val service Of the United Sta'es in
| The successful effort to save the lives
Of seven PERSONS the sum Of three
dollars per mo tn from The first day
Of September, eighte hundred and
| eight, to the first day Of June, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty five the
same being the difference between the
rate of PERSON of seaman and that
| ola coxswain, which grade be filed
| at the time r. the inu ry................ se3 %
By the act for the relief Of Thomas Butler
For extra work performed and materials
furnished in the construction CT
light house on Execution Rocks, In
Long Island SQUAD, by order OF the
engineer in charge and not within
the tens Of con'rac: executed by
said Thomas Butler for the construc.
ton Of said light house, on the fourth
day Of August eighteen hundred
AID fcrty seven..".......... ........... 2919 90
By the act f'r the benefit Of Charles j. Porcher,
acting Iureer Of toe sloop o.war Falmouth.
| For his services as acting purser of the
United States sloop-ofwar Falmouth,
whilst on service in the Pacific ocean,
| from the date of the death of PurseS
William B. Hartwell until tbs ap.
| pointment Of John Y. Mason, junior,
in his sta ad, to wit from the twelfth
das of July, eighteen hundred ami
| forty nine, to the fourteenth day Of
March, eighteen hundred and fifty,
deductEg thsrefrom the amount
paid to the said Porcher for the same
period as commanders clerk. [Inde.
finite
| By the act for the relief Of William Dusr
For necessary expenses incurred by
William Duer while consul OF the
United States at the port of Valps.
raj o, in Chill, during the year eigb.
teen hundred and fifty two, in the
support and defence Of William N.
S:uart, an American citizen, arrested
end arraigred before the courts Of
| Gill upon a charge of murder, and
for the transportation Of said .tuart
| to the U.ised States after his release,
together with equitable advance
| upon the amount thus asrertsined,
for the use of the money during the
interval. Indefinite.
By the act for the relief Of Susan Cody and others
| For property destroyed near Fort Glib
son, by United States soldiers, on the
twelfth Of March, eighteen hundred
and forty FIVE. In the proportion and
suDs respectively due them according
TO the report of the Committee on In
dian Affairs Of the Senate, of date
June twenty four, eighteen hundred
and fifty. l,9o2 81
By the act for the relief of th legal representa-
tives OF James Erwin, Of Arkansas, and others.
For the actual loss he sustained in con
sequence Of q contract h made with
| the United states in September, eign-
teen hunc red and thirty four to sun
ply provisions and transp alton for
the use Of the Creek Indians expect
to migrate from the eastern to the
western eide Of the Mississippi river,
but who did net emigrats. [Indef-
mite.
For the actual losses sustained In cen.
sequence of a contract mad. by said
Erwn and Caniel Greathouse, in his
lifetime, and the United States, in
Decemh er, eighteen hundred and
thirty five, to supply prCvisiors and
transportation FIR the use of the
=, Seminole Indians expected to emf.
crate fcom the eastern to the western
sds Of the Mssi sppi river, but who
failed to emigra'e. indefinite.
BY the act for the relief Of the representatives Of
Thomas ID. Anderson. deceased, late consul of the
United States ut Trpoli.
For contingent expenditures Of ssid
consulate from the thirty frat Deem
Der, In the year eigb teen hundred and
twenty one, up to the pericd when he
ceased a ting as such consul; and Ia
full Il all claims for such expendi.
lures and other demands arising out
OF said consulate after said thirty frst
December, eighteen hundred and
twentyone, to allow them 1T the rate
of seven hundred and fifty dollars
per snnum during the sid period
iInde flute
By the act for the relief Of the administrator OF
Thomss xishart
For five years full ~ Of iieutspant
Of infantry In the continental line
Of the army Ct the United States
in the war Of the revolution. I'm.
definite.
By the act for indemniIying Moses d. Hoysn tor
cattle destroyed by the Indians in eighteen hun
dred and forty-two.
For cattle taken or DESTROYED in tho
year one thousand eight hundred
aad fortytwo by band OF Indiana
supposed TO be portion Of tho Sioux.
wni . the said Hogan Was CONVEYING
said cattle to poet Of the Unitsd
States, At or near Fort Smelling in
pursuaros OF = contract entered inc
by Amos J. Bruce suh.Rgent on the
part Of the United States for tbs siony a.
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