The true Democrat., 1855-04-24

aay the oth day of December ls53 ended on Monday rkASkLIN FIERCE, President DAVID R. ATcHIsoN Pre-
 of M GI the senate pro pore LINN BOYD, Speaker oi tue House of Representatives.
 AN ACI making Appropriations for the Naval Ser
 wee Tor the year ending the 30th of June 1855.
 6e W enacted 6y tue Senate and House 0t Represem- t0ts0es ot Me Onaed States 0f Anaerica aa C1aogess ossemoeG That the following sums be, and they are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money
 reasuy not otherwise appropriated for the year ending the 30th of June, 1855:
 TOT pay of commission, warrant. and petty officers ana seainen including the engineer corps the navy, S3367 .64o:
 For pay of superintendents. naval constructors and all the civil establishments at the several navy wards and stations Sll5,350;
 That at the navy yard at San Francisco the pay of the commander shall be S 300 per annlm One ciyil englneer S4oOO per annum, and the pay of the navy agent, who shall discharge the duties of both purser and navy agent. shall be s4,O0O per annum:
 TOT provisions for commission, warrant and petty ocers, and seamen including engineers and marines attached to vessels for service, S6S6 POO;
 For surgeons necessalies and appliances for the SICK and hurt Of the navy including the marine corps, $35,575;
 For repair of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels in commission including fuel aud pur- chase of hemp, $2534,950:
 For ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms, including incidental expenses, S200 900;
 Tor preparing for publication the American Nauti- cal Almanac, $2O, $50: Pao0sIe0 That any naval officer who may be charged with the preparation, snpenntendence or publication of the Nautical AL manac, shall receive compensation for such duty beyond what he would receive while on duty at sea;
 For the purchase of nautical instruments required for the Use ot the navy. for repairs of the and also of astronomical instruments and for the pur- cease ot nautical books maps, and charts, and for backing and binding the same. S33,V00:
 For printing and publishing sailing directions. hy- biographical surveys, and astronomical observations, $500;
 For models, drawing and copying, postage, freight and transportation. and for working lithographic press, including chemicals; for keeping grounds in Order for fuel and lights. for repairs of buildings ana for all other contingent expenses of the hydro graphical office and United States observatory S6 100:
 For continuing the publication of the series oi the wind current charts, and for deiraying ali the expen- sea connected herewith, $1o,oo0;
 To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay the salary of Professor James P. Espy for the current fiscal year ending June 3oth, 1855 $z 0Og the pay ment to be made in the manner an1 under the h!Le control as appropriations for metcoroogi cal observations:
 For the wages of persons employed at the observa- tory and hydrographica office viz One lithoorapher one instrument maker, two watchmen, and one DOT ter, S5,l6o:
 For contingent expenses that may accrue for the following purposes. viz: Freight and trullsportatiol printing and stationery, advertising in ncwsparers books. maps. models, and drawings, purchase and repair ot lire engines and machinery repairs of and attending to steam engines ill nayyyards purchase and maintenance of horses and oXcns and driving teams, carts. timber wheels, and the purchase and repair of Workmen's tools. postage of public letters fuel, oil and candles for navyyardS and shore sta tolis pay of watchmen, and incidental labor. not char@cabc to any other appropriation, labor attend ing the delivery of stores civil stations wharfage dOckage, and rent travelling expenses of officers and others under orders funeral expenses store and office rent, stationery fuel, commissions and pay of clerks to navy agents and store keepers flags awnings and of recruiting. experiencing deserters. per diem pay to persons attending courts martial and courts of inqui ". and other services authorized by law. pay to judges adYocate pIlotage and toWagc of vessels and assistance vessels in distress. bills of health and quarantine expenses of the United States navy in for cign ports S106.66O;
 To enable the Secretary of the Navy to test any Improvements in steam boilers or other improvements applicable to naval purposes, Sl0,00o:
 For the erection and repair of buildings. for the improvement and preservation of the grounds and for contingencies at the naval academy Annapolis Mary land. s396-6: Provided. That no part of this sun shall be expended for the workshop until con- tract with security to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy. be entered into for the completion of the same at sum not exceeding 5000 aud herein provided for;
 For the purchase of Barlow's Planetalium for the use of the naval academy at Annapolis, Marylan S2,UU0;
 For construction. extension and completion of the following objects. and for contingent expenses at the several navy yards, viz:
 P0rfsm0uth Neac Htm0shire.-Fo quay wall con meeting with dock basin: completing engine house and machinery; tools for nachnists and smiths launching and hauling up ways; cisterns for officers quarters; extending ship house number four; eXten sion of shiph and launching sip; and repairs of all kinds SG355o.
 Boston, MnsSachAsetts. For machine shop smithe- ry foundry and forge sop boiler house and chimney steam engine for dry dock. extension of ship house and slip, and repairs of all kinds, sl66 .750
 Netc York Aew Yak. Towards foundry and boil shop; completing mill; continuation of quay wall; dredging channels; lightning conductors water pipes, iron railing wall along Navy street; exten- sion of sihp-house and slip, mill machinery; launching sip balance due city of Brooklyn for lien on account ot assessments; and repairs of all kinds. Sl7l 6l5: Provided, That much of the first section of the act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the 30th of June o54 approved 3d of March, 1853, empowers and directs the Se- cretary of the Navy to sell and convey any pur- chaser all that part of hayward lands at Brooklyn between the west side of Vanderbilt Avenue and the hospital grounds, containing about twenty-six and half acres including Vanderbltand Clinton AVcnues' be. and the same is hereby repealed.
 PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLAANIA.-For furnace for heating mast hOOpS steam stove for boat shed raising old steam box house; completing wharf number four; raising engine house; extension of ship house and slip: and repairs of all kinds, $37 726.
 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF CoLUMBIA.-For com petion of sawmill completion of ordnance building; completion of marine railway; extending boiler shop; converting old ordnance to machine shop; quay wall removing shears extension of shiph house and slip, filling in around foundry and laboratory. dredging channels, machinery, steam hammer and slantting machine, and repairs of all kinds, S223,067.
 NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.-For brick saw sheds, com peting store house number fourteen, sheds and ma chinery for mill setting up engine, boilers and machinery, ,culvert, continuation of quay walls dredg ing channel reservoir; commencing foundry and ma chinery for the same, extension of ship-houSe and slip. gas fixtures and pipes for lighting grounds and buildings, and repairs of all kinds, $162,2S1.
 Lr -Enr. t,,,,ot ttn,, ,of, nent wharf, engine and blast pipes for smiths and machine shop, and repairs of all kinds, S143, ,5OO.
 Navy Yard.
 SAN FRANCIsCo.-For continuing blacksmith shop, carpenter shop. storehouse, wharf, S200,O00.
 SACKETT's HARBoR, NEW YoRK-For raising end of ship-ho and building pier; leveling and grad ing and repairs of all kinds, s5,05o.
 For Magazines
 AT BosToN.-For filling room in number fifteen, and repairs of all kinds, $l 1865.
 AT NEW YoRK.-For addition to magazine repairs, and extension of shehouse, and repairs of all kinds, 1859.
 Ar WAsHNGToN.-For ordnance works and plat form for shot, S10,900.
 Ar NoRFoLK.-For completing magazine at Fort Norfolk, and repairs of sheds, s14,6oo.