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NAVY DEPARTMENT.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Navy Department consists OF the Navy Department proper, be-
ing the Office of the Secretary and Of Gve bureaus attached thereto viz:
Bureau Of Navy yards and locks, Bureau Of Construction, Equipment,
and Repair, Bureau Of Provisions aud Clothing, Bureau ofordnance and
photography, and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
The following a statement Of the duties Of each of these Offices aud
oftle force employed thereiri
Seraqrys oTce-IIon. Isaac Toucey, Secretary Of The Navy; Charles
". Welsh, esq chief clerk, and eleven clerks. The Secretary of The
i ssSy a aHa i lsa sSc Ct Sss q al laws s' Islsi'ss , saS ,i Is ,a aayad sii "a him,
under the general direction Of The President Of tho United States, who,
w the constitution, Is ccmmander in Chief Of the army and navy
~ iiHa.iFaSSiSaas ], Y e]sqaapAdefs q asgtnSaFons and ssI oe%msndsrs q
eaEy and marine cprPs, appointments Of commissioned and warrant
officers r., orders Tor 'hS , enlistment &c n and d. disel as re q soamsn, emana.s
performed mier the authority of the Secretary, and their orders are
considered as emS Sa.n . from hun him !, The The t general !, al s ~ sinseasm 70 Of
all the orders OF the comnandant Of that corps should be approved by
him.
of inc bureau, four clerks, one civil engineer, and one draughtsman.
All The navy yards, docks and wharyes, buildings and machinery in
navy yards, and everything Immediately connected with them, are
under the superintendenco Of this bureau. Ills also charged with the
management of the Naval Asylum.
etiSf of lhe bureau bureau, hi eSH 81 and one d%raushtsman. The once q
fe engtneerl IN chief q the navy samuel A As esq Il 1 attached che to
s + sn shaTgs q s ,hs b, s%ild nrSyi saa rs p III q ] ses yS ssS .SsiE E9 ead apnenasp
IS sails, aaphars, Eater iapks, 70. The engineer in chief supcrintendy
the construction Of al marin9 steaip engines for Ae naryy, and, with
the approval Of the Secretary, decides upon plans for 'iieir construr
ton,
Beeau y Pyovhtons and claAby n Bridge, parser United states
tbe gs NV and clothing together with the making Of contracts for fur,
nishing the same, come under the charge Of this bureau.
B"sas q o'a"a"es a sa Tya z. ga?s,1t.% Da ma, b InssSSf an,
EESyge a III ordnance and ordnance sne, siorss' , b ua nmS 4 esa q p@r,
g SSS ys. Z l9s %%s4! s Stal Itysf ytsln &c sssSsclsi herewith. II also pro-,
vtiea them with maps, ctArfYs q SHS fssag ATyGF'ssT IS. S set %,
s sss.se N WI BSpe pgsts E and nd rydrosSapaiSaE ohcc' at yashssto
- --ateadsafe q he eRt@ 4 a~s Bqtess,
"a S sl.,ss q yy. c ...n' Of bureau. ono passed s3ata4f satgS A pglfsi
states navy sa , " e%aiS Of siek am. ~ounded, and management o.
hospitals, comes within ips s45criniendence Of has ~'a%
war DEPARTMENT.
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PROPOSALS FOR MAIL BAGS.


roar OFucE DkrAETsfNt, Jan. ~ 1859.
SEALED PROPOSALS viii DO received al this department until nine
O'Clock, a m the 25th day Of April next, for Furnishing for four
years rom the nrst day q July next, Ia such quantities and at such
Times as may be required and ordered Tor the service, mail bags o.
the following deseripuon-to wit
Canvas Mall Bags or Sacks.
Size No. l-Q3 inches In length aud 90 inches Ia circumference
TO be made Of cotton canvas weighing az least fifteen ounces to The
yard Of p inches width the threads Of the warp and wen % be
composed OF i've yarns each.
SIZE No, 2-Gl Inches in length and as nchesi In circumference 10
be made d cotton canvas weighing al least fourteen ounces 10 the
yard OF 20 inches width the threads Of tho warp and wet TO be
composed II four yarns each.
Size No. S-(S2 inches in length aud IS inches In eircumoreneoO 10
be made OF cotton canvas weighing at least eight ounces to the yard
OF 20 inches wide the threads Of The warn and wen 10 be composed
OF three yarns each.
The canvas bags Of sizes numbered 1 and 2 are to be made with a
tabhng OF hem at The top Of two inches wide, upon which n sufficient
number (ai least Ten 70 tho former and eight TO tho latter Of eyeet
holes are tobe wrought and they are 10 be provided with good aud
sufficient hcmp cord 10 lace aud tie thsm strongly. An are 10 be
well marked, inside and outside, "U. s. MAIL la large aud distinct
letters.
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RATES or CHARGES FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGES
CABS, &c.

sEc. ~. And BE- Il enacted, That from and after the PASSAGE Of this
act, the following rates Of fare or charges for the conveyance OF per.
sons from ono place 10 another In the city Of Washington, In hackney
carriages, cabs, or other vehicles, carrying passengers for pay or
hire, between d~aybrcak and eight O'Clock p M, shall not be exceed
cd that " 20 say, for each any every passenger, for n distance not
over one aud a half mile, twenty i've cepts for any distance over
ono and q half mile, aud not exceeding three miles, my cents Pro
yid,d. In case any hackney carriage, cab, or other vehicle, shall be
obtained Cor a longer period than i've minutes, tho driver Thereof
shall be allowed for the whole hack, cab, or other vehicle, the sum
IL Twelve and a half cents for every naeen minutes so Detained anJ
Tor All conyeysnces OF other detenhons later than s O'Clock p m.
the owner OF driver OF hackney carriages, cabs, or other vehicles, MAJ
demand and receive at Tue rateof my per csntum on the foregoing
charges, in addition thereto.
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TELEGRAPH OFFICES.

Houses Prinang Telegraph, National Hotel, entrance on Sixth
street. one door north Of pennsyivania avenue. To New York, va
Baltimore, Philadelphia, and intsrmediate pointsi connecting AZ New
York with the Eastern line to Sc Sohrs, and the Western lines TO New
Orleans
Magnetic Telegraph, National Hoto, corner n ,SXtb street aud
peansyirania avenue To New York, connecting ls above SRh ne
extreme Fnst aud West
Southern Telegraph. National Hotel To New Orleans, ria Aexan.
dna, Richmond, Augusta, and Mobile, and intermediate points, mcln-
ding all the principal saaboard clues.
Western Telegraph, Pennsylvania avenue, bctwecR sixth and Sow
enth streets. over Glnan's drug store. To Wheeling and Intermediate
points. connecting with oil tho Western and Northwestern Lines,
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TINTED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
Washington, March

on THE PETITION Of David Bruce, ir, % brooklyn, New ioE,
praying for he extension Of a patent granted to him on The fth 1uHl
lsi5, FOR an Improvement IN machine for casting printing Typ ~
seven years from the expiration OF said patent, which takes paw
ON the 9Th day OF Juna, 1850
1t Is ordered that the said petition be hoard at the Patent oheeu ~
Monday, the Esd day Of May next, at IL O'Clock, m. aud Az php
are notified 10 appear and show cause, II any they have, why srdP
tton ought not 30 be granted.
Persons opposing the extension are required TO nle IN te f~u.
Office their ubjccans, specially set forth IN writing, at least Neu
DAYS before the day Of hearing all testimony filed by either parry "
no usod nj he said hoariuq must be taken and transmitted IN acoora
ance with tho rules OF the office, which will be furnished on appiN'
ton. NV,
ders.ttons. and other papers relied upon as testimony hm wv,
~. aicd m he Office IN or before The morning OF that day the arg"
mont. II any, within ten days thereafter. ~.
ordered. also, that this notice be Published in the Ulbn, hH"
,ncton ID q, aud Daily News, N. ", once n week for three wceAsa,
the nrst Of shd publications TO be nj least sixty days eeore m' 80
Of May nert, the day Of hearing.
Commissioner ofpatents'
p s.-Edtors Of the above papers will please copy, and sena" ~"
bills TO the Patent Once, with a paper containing this no'ce'
Mar 3-iaw3w
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ouAs. , nortr.
KINNEY 6 HOLLY,
AaorReys-at- Lar and General Land Agents,
NEEnAeEA CITY n I.

n AND WARRANTS located and sold. Lands
bought ami sold. Taxes paid. Money invested on real etaio
security mt 20 md 30 per cent. Collections made and remftio. Wv
isfsction guaranteed.
Refer TO senator Green, of Missouri; senator Polk, of Missouri sem
a,r Jones, Of Iowa; Senator Harlan, OF Iowa; Hon Z. Ferguson, Nc,
braska Territory; lion. Jas. Craig, Missouri Hon. X v. sonp
Alabama; Hon. j. Mcqueen, South Carolina and Gov W pS'A'
Nebraska Territory.
Mr.. HOLLY, OF the above Grm, can be found until March at mo
Rirkwood House, OF at $40 Twelfth street
Feb g-awd*
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sIhe Grand Duke Of Baden, Louis, born August Is, 1924, Is under
guardianship by reson OF insanity.
ns father, Ferdinand, husband OF tho late Queen, was regent IN
III september 10, 1855.
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mo. G30.l
By the President OF the United States.

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W I,urc pucu ANAN prae;dont of 10 Irn;tod
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Congress entitled AN ae, IN relation 10 .e hanus soia "a .c bIeeis-
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sale wiz be held AZ te iahu ono " ehhkNsh,hG, VI te stuc Oh
-" ~ I, III nnannrouri,,ed ami ypr,nt tract yr ynbIc ianI sit
ua,oI 'rt,hio ta NM III tho foIlovvino named townshins md frnc
49,, annahina csordin 10 the. nnu,,,vea ,h,s y,snry.y,j N
wJ,. ~" 1850
"
South Of The base line and nea @he prtne.f1i nser'dtdn-
r,wnsbf,, | 4 and 4 and fractional townships G aud 9, of
80 P go
T Sh 7 o ana n and fractional townsiLp a al INNS. q
Townships l and 2, OF range g.
Fractional townships l, ., ad LOT ranges.
Fractional township l, OF range D.
ou.,lo f Al. hossH lin and east Of IN, or;aonol na,riiianL
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NOTICE TO PRE- ENprIoN CLAIMANTS.
STATES PATENT OFFICE,
wAsmScroS, February 70, 1859.

on TIE PETITION Of Richard NJ, Hoe, OF New York, n. Y, pray
ing for the extension of a patent granted to him on the LIST May,
1895. for an Improvement in Printing Presses y for seven years from
the expiration Of said patent, which takes place ON the list OF May
1851
II Is ordered that the said petition be heard ut the Patent Office on
Monday, April Is, at IL O'Clock, M; aud all persons are, notified TO
appear and show cause, fapy they have, why said petition ought not
70 be granted.
Persons opposing the extension are required to ne in the Patent OF
Zee their objections, specially set forth IN writing, at least tweniy days
before the day OF hearing al testimony filed by ethor party 10 be
used at the said hearing must be taken and transmitted in accordance
with The rules Of the office, which will bc furnished on application,
Tho testimony ia the case win he closed on the 4h OF April next;
deposnions, and other papers relied upon ns testimony, must be Ged
In The nnloo on or before the morning Of that day; the arguments, II
any, within ten days thereafter, M
ordered, also, that this notice be published IN the Union, Washing
ton, u. O., and Day Book, New York, once n week for threc success
sive weeks, the FIRST of said publications to be at least sixty days be.
fore the 18Th OF April next, the day Of hearing.
JOSEPH HOLT,
Commissioner of Patents.
P.s.-Editors Of the above papers viii please pqpyi and send their
bills TO The Patent ONCE, with a paper containing this notice,
Feb l3-1aw3w
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BOOkS--Illustrated.
Pbysholoeic du Govt. Par Iailat savarin. 81 cents.
Les Fabuhstes popuaircs. 20 cents.
Tables de Fontaine. 90 cents.
Guyres poctiquas dc Bolcan. 25 cents.
Historic dItalle. CO cents.
Historic do Siyoe. Par Claude GenOfx. 40 cents,
Add. III RAIDER. Par Icon Plce. 81 cent?,
Historic do Ia Gusrrc dc lInde. 40 cents,
Scbastopol, Historic dc IA cuorre d'Orient. 40 cents.
Kinburn, Historic do la Gnerre d'oriept. 40 cents.
Maakon, Historic de Ia Guerrp dh0rieut, 40 cents.
Ia Russlo Of pfurope, 90 cents,
Los lures Of los RuAses. 40 cents,
Imported from Parts.
Feb 20 FRANCh TAYLOR
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Il ARGE PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF NIAGARA,
Montreal, New York, Ticonderoga, Mount Vernon, Tomb Of
Washington, aud the Public Buildings Of Washington. size 10 by "a
Price 81 oacn.
FOR sale bv TAYLOR q MAURY,
Feb Qb Booksellers, s3a Penn. avenue,
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AnoRyY epNKnAIls org1cn.

Hon. Jeremiah s. Black, Attorney General Of the United States; A. B.
McCaImont, esq, chief clerk. The ordinary business OF this Office may
be classified under the follJwing heads;
L. Official opinions on the current business OF the government, as
called for by the President, by any head Of department, or by the So
ioitor Of The Treasury.
2 Examination of the titles of all land purchased, as the sites Of
arscnah, custom houses, light houses, and all other public works OF
the United States.
,, Applications for pardons in all cases Of conviction in the courts
of the United States.
L. A Applications for appointment in all the Judicial and legal business
Dfthe government.
8. The conduct and argument OF all suits In the supreme Court Of
The United States in which the government Is concerned.
q. The supervision of all other suits arising In any Of the depart
ments when referred by the head thoreof 10 the Attorney General
TO these ordinary heads OF the business Of the office are added at
The present time the following, viz:
First. The direction Of all appeals on land claims 10 California.
Second. The codiacauon and revision Of the laws OF tho District o,
Columbia.
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The organization OF the Executive DEPARTMENTS
OF the Government OF the United states;


The whole machinery employed 70 conduct the business arising ou
ofour Foreign relations with All the powers Of the world Is for more
Department OF Estate Of the United States Ia only seventeen, as follows
One Secretary ofsate, (Ion. Lewis Cass1 one Assistant Secretary o
state, dlon. John Appleton ono chief clerk, twelve clerks, one trans
a0r, and one librarian.
DiplonaRe Branch This branch Of the state Department hM
charge Of all correspondence between the department and other d.
plonato agents Of the United States abroad, and those Of foreign pow
sent from tho department., and communications 70 commissioners un
der treaties Of boundaries, &c, are prepared copied and recorded and
all OF like character received are registered aud Med, their contents
being hrst enLered IN an analytic Table or index.
Consular Brayeh.-Ihs branch has charge Of the correspondence
&c, between the department and the oonsu5 and commercial agents
Of the United States. IN y instructions 70 those onhcers, and answers
10 ihcsr dispatches and 10 letters from other persons asking for consul
lar agency, or relating TO consular affairs are prepared aud recorded
The Dnbussia9 Agat.-ne has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with accounts relating 10 any Iund with the
disbursement Of which tho department k charged
The Translaio.-Hs duties are 10 furnish such TRANSACTIONS as the
department may require. lie also records the commissions OF consuls
and vice oousuls, when not In English, upon which eHequatuis are
issued.
olsk of Apuoinaments and CoaaiutonG-He makes out aud records
makes out and records exequatnrs, and records, when In English, the
commissions on which they are Issued. Has charge OF the library,
Clak q ae Rolls aud A,chips-H lie takes charge of the rolls, or en-
rolled acts aud resolutions of Congress, as they are received at the de
partmont from the President; prepares the authenticated copies thereof
which are called for; prepares for, and superiniends their publication
and that OF treaties, Ia the newspapers and In book form; attends "a
their distribution throughout the United States, and that OF all docu
ments and publications IN regard 10 which this dnty Is assigned TO the
department; writing and answering all letters connected Herewith
Las charge Of all Indian treaties, and business relating thereto.
Cf5k OF Aukhenicrtioas AMI Cagyriqhb-iIo has charge OF the
seals Of the United states and OF the department, and prepares and
attaches certificates TO papers presented for authorization; receives
the department under the laws relating 10 copyrights; records and IN
dexes their titles; records all letiors from the department, other than
the diplomatic and consular.
and remissions; and registers and hies the petitions and papers on
which they are founded. Makes out and records passports; keeps a
daily register OF all letters, other Than diplomatic and consular re-
oeiyed, and of the disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
90 this business.
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JoHS ,. nSSsr.
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Separate proposals will be received for keeping
the pumps in repair for the year 10 The satisfaction of the Commit
sioneris Of improvements Of the several districts. Bids viii state
the pricc nor pump each. The contractor ~ furnish materials O.
every kind which may be rcluifol by said COMMISSIONERS ir ah re-
pairs, both above and below Ge surface, aud cleaning ont The ~eh1
aud also paving around tie pumps.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

N. Z. APPoNTMENTs.-The follow
ing are the appointments for this county
made at the late session of the Confer
ence at Barton -
Barton Landings. Chamberlain,
Derby
Holland and Morgan-A. Howard,
Westfeld and Troy-B. P. Spalding
Barton-D. S. Dexter,
Irasburgh-E. Pettengill,
Albany-E. D. Hopkins,
Craftsbury-A. McAIullen.
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"a We learn that the Directors Of the
Connecticut & Passumpsic Railroad at
their meeting last week, unanimously de-
cided 10 commence work upon the road
as soon as their ready amount of funds
shall come up to $4,000, and as large
proportion of this sum is now raised, we
think the subscribers will not long delay
paying in the necessary amount for the
purpose of accomplishing so desirable ar
object
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

"a Use Downs Elixir. Its the best
medicine ever prepared for the cure Of
coughs, colds, consumption, influendways,
and the common ills which a poor, pc
INJURIOUS, pestered, plagued, productive,
pilfering plebeian population are subject
TO.
j. NJ. Henry & Sons, Waterbury, are
the General Agents for New England
For sale by A. c. Randall, Irasburgh.
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GREAT BRITAIN.


g.. on Noyara.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The latest news from the British cleo
tons shows gain to the government OF
some fifteen members in four hundred
and twenty-five who have been elected.
Mr.. Bright and Mr.. Golden are both
returned. Lord John Russell and Baron
Rothschild are again among the mem
bers for London. Judge Halliburton is
returned for Launceston, and Sir Allan
McNabb has failed to be returned for
Brighton. Mr.. Layard is also defeated.
/, In regard to the alleged treaty be-
tween France and Russia, Mr.. Disrseli,
in his speech at Aylesbury on the I'd,
said:
" There is no treaty existing between
France and Russia-no secret treaty be-
tween France and Russia-there is no
secret communication existing between
France and Russia there is between
France and Russia what may be called
an engagement, which they were not
bound in any way to communicate to this
country, but which was communicated to
this country voluntarily some time ago
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs for
France; and what does that engagement
amount to? 1t amounts TO this-that in
case of war between France and Aus
tria, Russia should assemble an army OF
observation upon the German frontier.
She has as much right to assemble an
army of observation upon the German
frontier, as England has to send-what
England is about to do-a commanding
feet to the Mediterranean. Both may
be, both probably are, the means, per
haps, to obtain peace rather than to evoke
war"
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c. Gen. Leslie Coombs had rough.
and-tumble fight on the Sd of MAY with
Mr Henry 7. Duncan, in the managers
room of the Northern Bank in Lexing.
ton, Ky. Gen. COOmbs punished bis an
tagonist severely. The General is sev.
enty-two years old, and Mr.. Duncan 10
over sixty.
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HUNGARY.
A Paris correspondent saws:

a Paris correspondent says:
cit is said that proclamations have been, or
are to be, circulated in Hungary, calling upon
the people to throw off the domination of Aus
tria Perhaps Hungary win be offered as a bait
to Russia. 1t is certain, however, that the Cab
met of Vienna processes TO feel no sort of alarm
about Hungary, and disbelieves the possibility
of rising"
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AUSTRIA.

The authorities of Trieste, according to dis.
patch in the Hamburg Stats Zeitsssq, feel strong
apprehensions in consequence of the popular
sympathy with the cause of Sardinia
The same authority eontradicts the report that
the Emperor will visit Trieste. He will remain
at Vienna
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

DR.. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
may be well be called a wonder OF
medical science" 1t cure coughs, and
colds iHstaHter it soothes the irritated
parts, it beals the inflammation and even
consumption itself yields to its magic in.
fgeuoe,
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RUSSIA.

BERLIN, wednesday, April p. -Four cops
Faynee $4,000 mem of the Russian army have
been put under marching orders for the Austrian
and PrlSSian frontiers.
The difference in the protestations of the great
Powers against the Austrian ultimatum was
more strongly marked than hiss been stated
The English note expressed surprise and disap-
proval; the Prussian note merely diselaimed all
responsibility for any consequences that might
follow; the Russian-Prince GortschakofF's-
stigmatized the conduct of Austria as more than
offensive.
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SPAIN.

a private letter from Madrid OF the 2sth ms,
emanating from member of the Liberal party.
says that public opinion there is favorable 10 TIA
~ and would see with pleasure Spanish con.
tingent join the Franeo-Italian army. ius, a. f.
was desired that it should take part IN the opers-
tons IN the Crinea, side by side with England
and France