The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1851, Page 6

Report of the Secretary of the Navy. seamen St eae ee ri ‘etal Te mashed enn 9 seey of ihe yee meen othe Medici aod : sci irara Sees dapat sella the ma pos amas” meee Congress , sailed from pt required s ceee Cee ee depend C= Fee be dae ke Liped ‘that the Surveyor who, Sin —The Rice eee cnet SP thet pace Se clone M. Monod, be iar eit do not concur Ya the reece Souor of her fag Se eee ee | oleae ce etactins exnguens ofl vad soptrng a corps of longed publlo service under the supervision of thir Degant. | of ths Exoperor of Brazil to this the Hon. | cated, thet the United Sppertion | {inate molt te pt under whole rertaaw | (heir pase bY ary Sov tppotntments, © yroviticn Promptly departed on is : of this Dopart- | of 4G FeRenck, United States Miniter Pleat: | their baval vessels and force to those of the navies | Put syuiste wth, pinonsnt, tt 00a ae wellas onshore, | in « pict pap tie raged fice might coange in is 4 a eee ernest organisation of the vessels employed Polenta teas aalls ond the Hes..7, © Peadipten. pew, ty my Bete with whlch, bY | vice cannot isha oper rom daly duty howe ‘The Commandant ofthe Marine Corps, it will be ob- igi are iathig ond the fucllitios aul uadrons, continued. ved at Rio de Janeiro some it | BO means to avail ourselves of all the their punishment by imprisonment. ‘barracks ‘various sta- orders respecting “athe nape BHD bess, et under the command of inher machinery and equipme: but these ood afforded by science and o: in the improve- palaces moraninebnin Fern Fo seapeet is commasoted to the exesiaoeniion jeligared instruotions, he sand Commodore Parker, ovusiate of the steam frigee pases) withow mook iatp aad whee ios Beard ment of our naval pore ih o24, 24 the samse rcemnane lz tie posees and the impesition upon pred and lied Sue mane ual, for the parations a erated mee Saranac, Commanier Bearing “the | fom, abe was about to depart by way pe | time, enlarge our sey Tagen efondor, while us imprisoned = Taduose me to re | $186 proparod with much care, and a all L Gf Wee Commadores the doen of war ii Hope, ode. ‘our interests and be teell require i. In re astae to the someraaance of. ie eBenes have been, thus far. combeot the setblabment of nu additions! Bureen, to pop ine ee aration of the dat 2 Aneny say, Sonmmnne Plate; the. aoe 4 oe ae Be gd ~ gag building armameut, and’ ef, vamaala of detrimental to the service, and, 4a spprebended, wil be termed the Bureau of Orders and Discipline, to which | Wa! the P; maust 101 ae covers Wee eee re mmander pnw oe) oe Rag i nity a atthe . ype ee . When ves- shal bp mataped the commanianiion, of soters. nd ia: determine) 80 to ‘acific surveys as to Paine; steamer vixen, Lieutenant Com- unt of the , by addition new | war, ive mind A gore sels arrive in pert after a it * found impoesible to | structions touching naval service and disci} and the by whatever suggested itself as susceptible of maniing Smith. 7 vessels tas cqeetran Par Soret per steam frigate to our squadron age hen nak Bean > Meadem pols sree Kony the mee co beard uasil a peeper muster, sxsralee at Beostyt and preservation, or Gisteibution, Jonge aero improvement in the surveying operations of the hore, bese engaged in cralsing among, the West | 18 The citamer Mlchigae, Commander Ballas, has | Grantee hice: Lene sullok By the fee of ie ean eloped ucertain whether oftcers have done | required of the Adjutant General's oie Ia the Depert- | "te act of the 27th S x, 1850, authorized bean Sea and of (he Culf of Mexico. ‘The com. | continued to cruise on the upper lakes for the pro- | winds ‘alone, one thousand statute miler in’ three seeciesy nae ie en Snve ane cows in eSvolive | mint of War. Tt vould relieve (hs Bead of the the Department, should it deom éxpedient, to Seen pela ate geiog | thve water on vera carne | spd icy apagl teers asda | Sree neenk aero aucuet | Fyne, ed nue impr ena | We OREN Mat yea prevent the late illegal and disastrous accion important assistance to the civil officers, in arrest- coveries in ordinance ‘end have been intro- ded tras of ealieasiae by po Leber Fredy Sa Advocate Generel of the Navy, siallar ia ite fuse Methe Prat mothod, a4 far a9 it contemplates rom well- rt of New Orleans against the Island | ing and bringing to justice combinations ef persons | duced, by means of which, in opinion of of the law in question. etails ol ‘Advocate General plane ta ot Cuba; but hastening thither, under the orders cncgyd withotaces cosietthe laws of the United foterated oliotes, a of inferior rating—say of Bited’n phen ban ier | Soe nee cee See | Senses et Se of tho Department, he was commendably active in | States. 4 32 guns—may be #0 and rigged and armed | bul preventing aby repetition of the offence, whilst, at In this review of the sea service of our cruisers, | as to pro ore than e mateh for the Stree teeter canes | ta'aae gone seen aa hart, | flora coat em bete ace wre | Ce fstn iy tgyetertae n | Ser al aa ini quarter, and giving assurance that ay a | ow ioe board of officers above refered to, that co sioned the ty for the trial of eo great a number of | 7 7 I ‘q Oni State» id, in fait bserve | have been not only respectful, but cordial; and that | crease the superiority of the modern vessel in speed, A mile a) hethe: dense Lesedeate sbligeiccs Gad fon lok of Soke: | cobmoraly the interests of odariadeet, bah tsterns- | Sestearaiy paid r points of 8 man-of-war, asia! pez be cchaved [7 saab. eiiect Jn command af o | enlisted mrs by outets marta. The pivpder Busesn Ps cae, 2 Benciens, See 3 i f : i i z H Bee 4 d summarily held to determine organi upposed, Commander Platt, oemmanding the Albany, which | tional peace and friendship, are likely to.be promo- | is, also, a speculation and expe- | graduating punishments as ‘Deen welled as cell an | coaition Cathe sevenditusc ew inousred in thisesoen | vices which is the chief end of the surveying laws, happened to be in the port of Havana when the ex- | ted by these visits of our armed vessels, and the | riment. Fetatng ot Tewards, or by some otherand moreapproved | of the service. with the greatest rer obedient must be porambulated and chained, and petition landed, deserves, also, the commendation | display of our fleg on eign ares, ‘With those improvements, whether fully realized, | method, is referred to the determinaticn of Congress. service, wW. , ig 80 to compass ; and, under the Department, for the propriety and delicacy ‘he expedition under tenant Commanding | or only in Brospost before our eyes, it were vain to The buildings of the Naval Lo mre oa) Annapolis are To raz Prempent. Secretary of the Navy. circumstances where the is affoot- with which he acquitted himself t. the trying | De Haven to the Arctio Seas, in search of the | rest conte the eld models, and armaments, ie ihe Oe ee under the appropriations es ed by local causes of a Burt’s solar com- dutios of his commaui—for his vigilance and indus- | British commander Sir John Franklin and his com- | and appliances of vessels, which, however exoellent | Patic has been attarbed to ar heka ae ae Boe aE pass has of late years come . The try in procuring and transmitting ‘and correct pamions, returned to the port of New York in O¢to- | in their day, may haze, boon superseded by more | snip for instraction in conmenstip. Alter the Report of the Commissioner of the Gene- | piaze table, however available in an country, information of the progress of events in the island, | ber, having discovered only supposed traces of the | recent inventions. } there: all proper | examination in June, the pupils of the institution were and where Jands are extremely valuable, im deter- and bis humazity in visiting aad interooding for | objects of which it was in quest, and leaving in | cautions are observed, and nothing» however spe | embarked in thia ressel, and on a cruise to our ral Land Office. mining areas with great nicoty, and in the deluded persons who, in violation of the laws of | entire uncertainty their actual fate. The veasels | cious, should be adopted without inv ation, | northern boundary, and thence, touching at the 5 PES OBES. Sd TE topographical surveys by means of triangulations their country, had been induced to embark in anad- | of the expedition proceeded in the direction where, | it to be our obvious policy to ue to | cipal ports of the United States between Pordeni Cains "Ony Nov. 26, 1851 from a given base is, nevertheless, regarded as not venture of such serious evnsequence. These occur- | in the opinion of the best informed officers, the miss- ships, not oy to supply the place of those | and the Capes of Nie, returned the latter part of ___Guxzrat Lanp Orrice, wie TD peed €qually well adapted to prosecuting surveys in the remoes at the South d vsined the vessels of this | ing navigators are to be sought, and in which the | decayed or lost, but to test and pace with tho | September. On of the regulations, it was | Sin:—Highor evidence of the growth and pros- | jonsity of the forest, aa to the 4] r squadron from a cruise to its northern limits, which | traces in question were found. h failing in | improvements of the age. It has been ined to make an important change in the | perity ofour country, and of the unexampled re | noxts of the existing provisions of law ting was commenced and proceeded in as far as Havana, | the main object of their search, Lieut De Haven | asa matter of cconomy, that euch etal || Bae Seeeenen nearer. sears | pidity, of the settlement ef the public age omy the public land surveying service, and when the invasion of Cuba took place. and his officers verified, by their explorations, many | ships be built of white eak instead of live oak, tast | {ni'Academy without sane cea eee art arset | be desired than is shown by tho fact that, since the | in ‘low of the increased cost and’ del that wo ‘Tho Mediterranean squadron, Commodore Mor | facts before unknown to ssience, but indicated in the cheaper material and generally used in | tion of thres months 16 eaeh ‘year is spent ina craise in | Ohio 1802, thirteen new States, commencing with | b4 involved in the attempt to introdude the “ Geo- gap, commanding, condsted of the flog ship, tho | the course of the investigations carried on at the t ships. In illustration of one of the im- | the practice sbip—the former course requiring two years | Obioand ending with once | in num | Getic method” into our own sorvice, the adoption of resco Independence Captain Jamesson; the steam | Naval Observatory, concerning the winds and our- vements in war steamers, it ie repecomnind to the | at the Academy, three at sea, and then two more at the | DF the original Mer and embracing an area of | it was deemed ive: nt. frigate Mississippi Captain Long; and tho frigate | Tents of the ocean, and to which rofesence was made ent that the boilers of Missiasippi, | Academy. A class of fifty acting midshipmen was admit. | ™ore than five bun and six millions of acres, With your approbation, however, and as Gachulen’, Oritein Latimer, in the instructions for the expedition, assed tion years acs, tnd withthe best intl: | Lodi Gstober last and Til comatose at dase have boon formed out of the publio domain and a4. | in may last annual report, it was deemed eye In June, the latter vessel was ordered to return 2 e ition the officers and men were all of the day, reduced nearly one- that for all the wat sori, w believed, re institute on the principal base and meridian lines of to tho United States; and upon her arrival, the offi- | Volunteers. In its prosecution they encountered the | in their pred a § woight; and, at the same | Sarg) pe bale byt (yey ae taerileries, stretohing joe eee one = the public surveys in Oregon, ordered to be estab- the crew discharged. Since areas. dengun ‘and hardships. To mention » | time, mede to double the power of the vessel, with at West Point ; and under the efficient oomman lished by the act referred to, » system cers were detached ani d of the of Pacit Lo legal station: “4 ti " - le example: —Their vessels were caught by the | about the same expenditure of fuel as at nt. t ‘Commander fic, covering an area of leven dae tae eer serctied Trieste and ether | i0e°and froren. up in the open sea. in thia peri | ‘The lotr of tho engineer, discussing in datall this | that those sdvantoges wil be faly realized Sine topes | RuBGred and ten millions of nares ™ 4 eat chins eile ta range of the ‘theodothe 7 wishin Bia cn. and iho ‘Miassppt bas | Ou sualcn hey were onbaed fr ioe month, | partcalar improvement abd i rcoramemdateD Om | fine a cea iy Penis scoring ie: | ke aggregate of moretan fouraem hantsed i Jeon tarenpech te teite sasin leven Gad seo 0 i . m '» weA } Z an eee eee elation of Congress ts that | than ® thousand miles, By the skill of the | therefore, recofamend that sulhority be given to | promotion and d the general wate of the Academy, in Oc- | lions of acres of uasold land, abounding in all the | ‘ch other might be acquired, caloulated, and pro- effect, orders were. in due season, sent to the com- | Officers and the mercy ofa Superintending Provi- | build, every year, two new vessels, one sail and tho | ‘ber leat, Is bh transmitted. | Seeduottons of "th a fruitfal in all the | tracted, with the view of contributing tothe koow- mander of the squadron, directing ‘this vessel to be | dence, they were released from this sold imprison. | other’ steam, upon such models as shall be ap- | tin’ cies, ¢umrenen, to, the opinion of Congress, I | Producsions of tie are = to the f the topography of the country in advance held in readiness to proceed to the coasts of Turkey | ment andrestored to their country and ft ot | proved; and as old vessels may be found unservice- | {Soy aon tinent Of tem maldebs tokens | hile thousands aetieaied to the Pacifo | %f be bear surveys, to obtain the and receive on board the distinguished Hi # man having been lost on the expedition. They | sblo from fault of model or other eauso, they may | ‘at largo” by the President, in analogy to the regulation | coast in seareh of the orecha wr in, | Clements forestimating areas of valleys interven- Goversor Kostuth, ‘snd. his assooiates in exile, and | ave received no other pay than would have been | be sold or broken up. In this conneetien, I invite Ble cadets in the Military Academy, over and acing oistam sthaciy yerms = Shing from | ig between the spurs of the mountains. convey them to the United States, so soon ag infor- | their due on » cruise to or the Levant; and | the favorable constseration of Congress to the re: | cere thie apportioned among the Oongressional dis- | sil cus vere ano (hardy J pear J a uching $ My ordering the extension of the lines of the pub- mation should be recoived from the American Minia- | 1 yeepecifally raggest Haat t yy be allowedthe eae commendation of the — of tee Bs arena not Yards | tricte. Wert, catablihin * ‘thometce prego, anent citi, | 1 surveys over the y fecrtiny of Oregon, it was ter at Constantinople that they had obtained the emolumen' were grant ose | and Docks, mac! one or | The Naval Observatory and Hy raphical Office have deemed necessary Ww ‘attention of Sultan's peruieden, pipes tee Ba # ‘accordingly Tice itions in the late Exploring Expedition | more of the navy yards of the country for the build- | been im active and went en operation during the year, | reD% and engeging in all the pursuits of productive omit d, Dardanelles, in Sey to the ith Seas. Mr. H rinnell, the ing of steam ines and construction of war | A second volume of astronomical observations has been | 1#bor. Pete oer: veateded oa the Woah he took on boar t the Dar los, September, “2 . Fen owner ol eng volume ol ons 2 col on the 9 the illustrious exile, and his family and party, in | of the vessels employed by Lieutenant De Haven, | steamers complete Published, and slready lald before you. Bh meyer pre pgs yee 1846, between the United States and Great Bea, number sixty pertons, and brought them on the | has Cees fered them for another cruise in A class of emall vossela is much wanted to give Ma pve ee gy ined by Lieutenant | fertile valley of the Mississi ‘which, Bom which provides that in the future appropriation o! homeward voyage to Gibraltar. Here Governor of Sir John Franklin, should Congressthink | employment in command to senior lieutenants, poo? 4 oe pomp (Recess sot nc O ie. hase, Wis the aaineaial arippi, tion, and the hunt- the territory south of the 49 deg. ro: latitude, Kossuth, having determined to visit land, took proper to authorize a second expedition. many of whom are kept in long and tedious inac- being extended to x; Pecite nd Indian a ing bees 5 of the sa 6, hat now becomedhe kee | ae hts of theHudson’s Bay Company, sage in a mail steamer for that country, interd- e act of Congress of March 3, 1519, authorized eins before their promotion to commanders, and | work is viewed with great interest and satisfaction by wabicalacd commoreial centre of our ocean bound | andof all subjects who may be alresdy ia to come thence, aye like con , to the | the employment ofthree small vessels of the navy | would be highly useful as cruisers, especi those | our seafaring communities, and all those interested in | fo lic, and contains a population of about eight the of land, or other a ay United States; and the Mississippi d, with the | in testing new routes on the ocean pointed out by | propelled by steam, by reason of their ability to | the safe one speedy navigation of the ocean Ithas | millions. Village Md ey a aaegp acquired within the said territory, shall be respec remainder of her pawengert direct to New York, the Superintendent of the Observatory in his wind | penetrate into harbors and rivers inaccessible to | materially shortened the passage along the highways by | have sprung up ea 0; By ox] eomie rivers aro | (%” and to the fourth article which declares, that where she arrived early in November. and current charts, and in eting information to mips of larger class. | which our commerce passes into and yh the south- | 8 ‘a ty Re largest pe" iia pamaiees oe “the farms, lands and other property be! to The Independence being the only vessel remain- | enable him to perfeot these charts. Aftor the re- aving also, tn my last enmnel oommunlostion, pro. | orn, hunlephere, as of those dist marine of any country; magnificent canals have | ‘2¢ Eves Sound Agricultural Company on tha ing in the Mediterranean, aud from her large draft | torn of the brig Deiphin, as already mentioned, | seated for the consideration of Congress, propositions to | ate earner tour than elon a ietion been constructed, ands gigeatic system of rail, | 20#h side of the Columbia river shall bo confirmed unsuited for winter cruising in that sea, ‘con. | she was fitted out and detailed on this service under | Teduce the gee go < ek i St ccptaln, | olcsied at ae diene: eA ont from the ailase i aE mmo this fertile and | ¢® thesaid company,” with the stipulation, how- sideration, together with the fact that the enlist- | the command of Lieutenant S. P. Lee, an officer | Commander, ard llew pred, Se tare be ne erg en gon peegress; & gee ctfully to refer thereto, for the review of the of. | thiscommunication, states the important fact thar vee. juctive region with the Eastern Atlantio cities, | P¥¢t: ‘that in case the situation of these farme and ment ofhercrew and the term of the ecomman of great experience and intelligence as a surveyor | SP grades ‘commands from ports nope ; Sater, | lands should be considered by tho United States ofthe squadron will expire in the conan og, and hydrographer, and earetene and valuable | fo which tu mr teenie in the ate toot the | United States with, the instructions aifor face pedo eee tet eer | ae io and polled importance, and induced the Department to recall her also; and | results are expected from the cruise. service. While the number in thove grades might be ap- | charts, make the voyage in forty days lees, upon the | ‘Tho minimum price of the publis land is one dol- | ‘he, United States government id signify orders to that effect were despatched in October. At the instance of the executive committee of | propriately reduced, it is worthy of ion, | average, than thore sailing without them; that there | 1s> and twent: ate ‘conts Ly raed, ‘and whilo the | ® desire to obtain possession of the whole or an; The new steam frigate San Jacinto, destined for | citizens of the United States, desiring to sond for- | whether the number of masters should not be enlarged | season to hope the time may be aill further reduced. | Gti otity offerad iso immonvo that itis plased be- | PAt, thereof the property so roquired shall the squadron on the coast of Brazil, is ward specimens of the productions of Amorican go- | aad the grade of second lieutenant established. ‘The expedition for astronomical observations at Seuti- | Tonaty obered is Wat tnmoncly, tae telee ta transferred to said government at @ proper with sli practicuble expedition for sea, ama gtilaefl | mits, ekill and labor to the great industrial exhibi- | — While, although master ts recognized as necessary ago de Chill appears from the reports of Lieutenant Gil. | Yond the reach and power of monopoly, the price is | valuation, to be agroed upon betwoon the parties.”” im afew days for the Mediterranean, to watch over | tion in London, this year, the frigate St Lawrence | oficer on board of every vessel in, commlasion, and at te brought to. close ia tie latter pe sod ment fer | naxy todussty hes the abill to provide himeelfwith | A# 80 steps had been taken by our government, our interests in that quarter, until the arrivalofa | Wa! with the approbation of the President, | S79 Ese ace the iguetee Gee satan of but 80 masters, | . ‘The nautical almanac under the superisieutonce oc | 8 Bomestest; and 2 ined pag enobne offers | (£9 far a8 the General Land Office was advised) new squadron early in the sprin despatched thither from the portof New York, un- | Salorthescia are out of the Line of promotion, and | Lieut. Davis, is also in « satisfactory state of progress, | hundreds of millions of neces for ale, at the price — itself of the right of purchase recognized , : t = ‘4 8% ‘The squadron én the coast a Afries continued | er the command of Commander Sands, to trans- | many of them are superanuated or otherwise incapaci- | and the first publication of the work may be ex to D ‘treaty, and agno measures had been pro- under the command of Commodore Gregory until port the articles for exibition free of charge. It | {ated for duty at nen. be made in the oourse of the next fiscal year. bie to til the ground will have it in his power wp | setibed by Congrem, for ascertaining and dota the month of May, when, after an energetic and effi- hoped that triumphs of our countrymen, in If the number of masters were raised to fifty, exclusive | The commission sppolnted to examine condensers for become a frechelder. from the public domain the lands whio! cient service on that station, ho was relieved, and it | the competition for prizes in the inventions pertai: ef those notin the line of promotion (who must needs | supplying the bollots of marine engixes with fresh water, Thi ‘of the public I ince 80th J the treaty requires us to respect, it devolved upon was transferred to Commodore Lavalette. to agriculture alone—the most ancient and useful | be removed by death in the course of a few years), and | bas not yet completed ite labors, as will 9) from the | | e rye oo BOth val Pi pe 8 re this office to assume, with sanction, the respon- This squadron comprises the sloop-of.war (ier. | art known to man—will justify the countenance and | the grade of second Neutenant interspersed between them letter of the commissioners appended. It is, however, | 1850, an ‘une 1851, amount to 1,546,547- | sibility, as a necessary preliminary moasure of or- 5 i and that of first lieutenant, all of which could be ar- | promised in this communication at an ear!; " 49-100 acres; and the money, to 2,370,947- mast hey si of to eye Gommne | Eberly thu shown tech by the gorarames. | Sae'uot eaday ths mmtwrtcmecsiiy Se | "Ebene epeamentt Pr fee the ap | 100 Sell a Phen ene? 10250 | Getg ke, Serrocr Cenera cal one on shan Pe ka p Dale, Comander Pearson; | Che PAtaies in p Rm ag ‘Southas rank of ler now in the service, it would not plication of electro-magnetism as a motive power in me- The amount of land sold, di the first quarter | a yj, ‘he ae hey aim p John Adams, Commander Barron; the | Charge d’A ¥ ‘ugal, from Southamp- | only be an improvement in the proportions of the diffe. | chanics will be found in his report, whieh is subjoined. | of the fiscal year, commence: ‘uly Ist, 1501, was | ¢Videnoe of the rights ay may ¢ to be pro- brig Perry, ‘ommanding Foote; the | ton to Lisbon, and in the ports both of England | rent grades, but would exert a cheering influence omthe | The last experiments of Professor Espy, im meteorologi- | 473,140 65-100 acres, for whick, there has been re- | ected by we Newtae oo rage ahs “ad brig Porpoige, Lieutenant Commanding Lardner. | 804 Portugal, was reooived with demonstrations of Jounger cflloers who are now doomed te linger in the cal observations, under the appropriations heretofore | coived th of GOL.GSL O1-100 doll Tho | localities and of the same which they es Vessels have been assiduously emplo edin | Tespect and hospitality. Inferler grade of pansed midvhipmen until the ardor of | made, and his expectations in respect to the completion | Colved the sum of 601,601 0%. mg © | held at the date of the treaty. He was farther in- the dation of their ervie, and the observation of | am pol Ci ers “ the navy emple <—_ 1 posed sad professional distinetion has lost | « his labors, are set forth in his letter, which is annex- or ‘Se lest Sisal por aa 4 sirpoted, Whenever this mayb be sae te be satia- e ) press coast surve’ attract 4 y "y poy wong ad Seeent, ‘Sean ine a paaees aaa a | ninety. faving scommunisatoh to Congress atita | The series of promotions held out toanaval oMicer | My predecerscr brought to the notios of Congress, in | Which tho sum of 319,876 06-100 dollars was re- division of the lands covered oy oe Slates bat vity of this squadron, togetuer with that of Great | last session, my opinion, that in consideration of the | compared to that im the army is exceedingly limited, | his annual report, dated December 1, 1849, the contract | ceived. Tho sales thus appear to be largely on | that he must necessarily extend the township lines Britain, have surpeesset the slave natof Great | ature of thi work "and the connection of the | Titbout taking into the account brevet rank, with which | of Mr. Rebert L. 8 building @ war ateamer, to | the increase. Gat ces at a tate on tne be weat ooust of Africa, aud that it is now carried on | oflicers of the navy with it, the public interests ni thece additional AA ut be regunded af | Soabaneee’ a prot which Thorens gee roam td PR akg rd mies gts ree lowers tes, their relative position and connection with the only on the south cot, more than a thousand miles = be sem A the transfer of its conduct | new objects of hope and new incentives to ambition the Gepartmcat. unless reaffirmed by new ese vay Sng wal and the inéso vasente eld forth iets thos public domain. Ho bas also been required to re- distant from the station atthe Cape de Verd Islaads, | @nd supérvision to this department, I have but to | emcng the aspirants in the | maval service. ing on thin decision I directed certain materials forthls | struction of the great Central Railroad trom Chi. eS eas Oe eee serie pg mate cog een | SE Aacmci Uomatan mele | BS ere a MeaP ae neti | Beeches dened an me | Sgn te Mou, eles uly ner ugs | ter eaeet aye ee ‘This result has lod ts the oonstdcretion ofthe ex. | _ In pursuance of the intention exprossed in my | formerly made to elevate the ranks of the service by | Stevens, suspended the order until he shoaia: have fur. | BOdieS of lands hitherto unattractive. Theso causes | Congross for a prompt, rummacy, and taal adjure Ledieney of moving the depot of supplios for tho { last annus! report, a Board of Enginears of tho | lesallsing that of Commodore, and establishing twooffices | ther opportunity to submit his case to the decision of | Will be likely to augment the sales, | The tractson | ment of the said claim?, in order that ail within smog now 6 je po! suppliog or the | ioup aaasekae pMetne detailed to make a sur- | Rear Admiral. Ase reward forthe gallant conduct of | 8, and itis therefore commended to early consi. | the route of that road, reservedto the United th. iow of th ts be ne ty d b ve ache gach obeaeerntboaped mart vomapoad vey and examination of the Memphis Navy Yard, po are “a rege bea giana — = an. States, not being subject to location by land war. the Batted States protected trom cay an within its hibition by Brazil of the African slave trade among | With a view to overcome a diisulty which had boon | the ocean, ard n'a aimulant ¢o ethers to emulate their | ,,Tb@ line of mail steamers betwoen New York and Li. | [ante and oll ands broughe joke market Hace SA | stipalations. , 1851, her subjects. ether it is necessary | encountered in finding solid foundations for tho | exemple, these superior ranks would be graceful distinc. Y¢TPOOl continues to be highly succesful in the speed of ¢ Surveyor General of Oregon is, by the aet | bul ? “ ‘ hich, also, may be to continue this squadron manent fore | buildings of the yard. Tho report of the Board, | tions on'the part of the government; and the position t4 YOy#ge® across the ocean, and the Portmaster Gene. | by such warrants, aro causes w of 1860, constituted the arbiter and registrar of whore along the Airican shore And it is accord- | of which a copy is appended, affords an interesting | we occupy among the naval and commercial powers of | ‘a! hat votifed this department that he deemed it expe Gobaia, °° Uncreaselthe rerense fom the puble | eto claims which may be interposed by settlers for ingly proposed that notice be given to the British | discussion of the question involved, and will m the world, renders their immediate recognitions matter | tripgin the year, instead of twenty—in other words to | ‘The following is » comparative table sho donation rights . Gaveroment of the termination on our part of the | the attention of Congress Navy Yard | Gee Con bead Nite aopectaesr in Washioeta betes be tip every fortnight, at an increase of pay pro ate | tho appropriations of the public innds by sales an En Meteadaees © now Coanare-te he-aphiie article of the treaty above mentioned, as there- e large stone dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard | GUb sition and eupervision of the personnel of the navy; UPR the present compensation. The subject will be, military locations for several successive calendar ao (0 mony S00 nk Gan sokaies ts oy ae in provided. It ie believed that Brazil and the | Which has been ten years in progress, was so far by him presented to the consideration of Spanish West Invia Islands are the only countries | completed, with all its appendages, in August Inst, | {ingy crdeva oor mundtone inthe Pasiie amd China ,,7B¢ 0Umber of steamers on this line, at this times | 7&A®— Nilitary Loe gress of ite application to which slaves bave beon imported in any conside- | 88 to be surrendered up to the commandant of the | seas as well as to all officersresiding west of the Rocky {UF Only; a fifth being stipulated for in the contract ees. Ges Bev'te, Make sages. gine’ Inorder that the Surveyor General might bo table number for many years past; and by strength- | Yard. Its entire cost, as shown ia the report of the | Mcuntains, subject to general dircetions and supervision [ith the owners. Under the provisions of an set of the | y,.,, ‘ives. Dollars. ateres a yh? Asis | enabled to act with promptitude in deciding on ening the squadren on the coast of Brazil, and te- | Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, has been | from the department, much, it is believed, could be {ett selon of Congress to that eifeot. the offlowrs of the | is¢7"'s sit sus.s0 Suom.ai4 03 "$90,300 those claims, and to obviate further delay wi quiring of its vessels periodical visite to the coast | $2,116,256 36. | effected in giving promptness and to the service in heal etibaanun treat oon Spon ben b oan 1348, 11/857, 589.04 221,615 26 2K would attend future correspondence on these mat- of Africa, the traffic can probably be more effectu- | _ The Floating Sectional Dock, Basin and Railway | the remote regions of the world: in toit ual | tors, eccmtrace | eg Maa Ty Lease ae Sue. LEME T | ters, this office, after fall consultation with the ally checked than by kee up th dr at Philadelphia, has, likewise, boen reported as | fermity and rystem, and in relievi r officers a1? 1 MD at Lavieod 20,182 Sisvise 10 | late delegate from the territory, instracted him on ping up the squadron on aivery, but owing to tae waar rae frem difficulties and responsibilities arising from unfore- | Since the last annual report from this department, | '!) 1.016 s2.10 na ‘Tatee da og The Fourth quarter | all tho pointe that could be anticipated; and he de- 3 e < $8) the African coast; while in regard to the Spanish | teady for de two steamers, the Ohio and the Illi ny, S24. West Indies, the veesols of the home tmandeon | cient depth of water immediately adjacent to the | “rzcvente 1 emesman ted and Teacived on the Line bercauay pave been in. | may de eatimated in proportion. parted provided with all tho facilities within tho will evffice to prevent tho use of our fing for ted basin, the experiment required of raising a vessel eon eet commamtly one the seus may be odd “hy Rapee egy Fy ay is pt nont ama The locations by military bounty land warrants + power of the departmont to furnish, for exoouting namong them. The climate of the Afri- | for the purpose of testing these works, could not be | ferred on reduced rates of pay, who may be invallded larly in three steamers. built and com) ‘scoord | during the fiscal yoar commoncing July lst, 1550, | the diverse and complicated duties entrusted by ores is notoriously inealubrious, and the | made. Dredging Operations are now going on to | from time to time om account of superapnuation or ig to contract, and a fourth, which was accepted for | CO’ a of 2,454,000 acres, making an Beare law to his ma! ent. His returns of the maps health and comfort of the officers and crews would | remedy this defect, and the test is expected to bo | other cause. If it be ohjeoted that this would burthen ‘tempcrary service; the contract requiring five, f cash sales, and locations by warrant, during | of the surveys of the base and meridian linos have be groatly Promoted by the change proposed. made within the month of December. the treasury new clara of pensions, the answer is, nelne Pacific Mail Leg ay Company, owning the line at period, of 4,300,847 4 100 acres, which. just been recoived 2 equadron on the coast of Brazil, Commodore The Floatirg Balance Dock, Basin and Railway | ‘hat the evil 'y existe; the question being between Sar tee tee Ban oe and Astoria, have | minimum price, would amount to %,%76,! 100 In order to develope, to some extent, the goologi- McKeever still being in command, consists of the | 2t Portemouth, New Hampshire, is also expected | [tll and bul Ce even, & lowes sate~ beewesn Geng. Y An} called the Golden | dollars. ‘T' ales, however, exceeded the mini- cal resources of Western Oregon, as was desicod by , 5 » Gate, maki » filled tract | Congress, the ‘lag ship of the squadron, | to be finished and tested within a short time there- | po dad gh oes Ly hast antinens t-te to inthe same af renee opr oope | mum price 62,383 09-100 dollars. The whole the people of that territory, a gentleman recom- y, . ta'n Melntosh ; the ele of war Jamestown, after. The Balance Dock, Basin and Railway at {ine of <i d emoluments in wi to the date of the last settlements. According ts the | ?*mber of land warrants issued to the lat Novem- mended by Ur. Owen, United States Geologist for Saptain Downing ; ibe bri ridge, Lieutenant | Pensacola, has not progressed as rapidly a4 Was | {ner mun ieptore duels calents snd eatoua thelr use, provisions of the act of Congress at the last seasion,in | Der, 161, under the Mexican Bounty Land | Wiseonsin and lows, and who had boon for years Commanding Macni tore ship Relief, expected, and may not be in readiness for delivery | fulness; and retaining and promoting, as of the effective cobjuncticn with the Postmaster General, I entered t, of iith February, 1547, is 50, Of this in bis service, was despatched bythe departinent, Lieutevant Comm mg Thatcher. Orders, how- | before the ensuing summer. | force, all who have been admitted into the service, with- 08 new coutract with this company for » semi monthly, | number 66,615 have been returned t General | overland, to join the surveying corps west of the over, bave been di towed, directing the Bain- Agreeably to the act of the last session of Con. | out reference to intervening disabilities or disqualific inatead of e monthly service on this line, at seventy-five | Land Office as locat and of these located land Cascade Mountains, with instructions to connect bridge to relieve the brig Perry in the African e88, 8 modified eontract was ontered into with | tions No reform is of greater moment, as regaris the per centum perannum upon the old rate of compensa- | warrants 66 200 have been patented. The whole | his discoveries, as far as prasticable, with the lines a ‘ ” 4 | em of th 4 be briously ton, and also allowed scompenastion for semi-monthly | titer of Werenintaric ot sereteee aa Rawat | the contraction of 2 owing Sectional Dock s0 | Mn wenn nee ree Riteeiaemme, Pay tying entmct, ccm | ped wader tho Geveral Bowniy Land Law et | were found im un Upespeaded belsey ofan appre dered to return to the United States. The the Bay of San Francisco, to be completed and do- | _The disputed questions of rank between the sea off. 167 ope for further consideration w hn 0 28th September, 1850, is 54,201. Of this aumber, | priation for kindred object: limited though duties assigned to this squadron, in giving protee- | livered tor the sum of $610,000. This work iaunder- | cer of the nary, and between the several grades of cr further evidence by the contractors," | 3.798 have been returned’ to the General Land though they be, it is hoped that results may be ob- tion to our commerce and interests between the | stood to be in a course of speedy oxecution, the oon- | cers of the army and navy, and the reports of the 1 append the reports of the several heads of bu- | Office as located; and of the located land warrants | tained likely to advance the interests of the grow- mouth of the Amazon river and Cape Hora, in pre- | tract requiring its completion intwo years from the | — aol atniiie et tonaeies reaux of this Department, and of the commandment | of this class, 1,9) have boen patented. | ing settlements on that remote border. venting the use of the American flag to cover the | month of May last. Its precise location cannot be | «postal cation at the last session, of the Marine Corps. exhibiting the estimates for | Sizce my last annual report, there have been | act of 27th September, 1850, providing African alave trade, and in enforcing our neutzal | determined until the selection of a site for a navy | sgsis recommended to ite concbieration, » Perceiving the wuppert of the Navy and Marine Ocrps, for the | isoued and transmitted to thelr respective destina- | ‘or making surveys and donations of pub: rights and relations, in the state of hostilities which | Yard on the waters on that bay, for which purpose a | that the luws for the government of the navy, pa With an umgregete otatement of’ the sopept | ae, ae tte a f iitied of aut ‘Secoripet ge He lends, Seegem,, LE} - i 4 t | e% 01 land lesoriptions, 0! o 9 ir bas jong prevailed between the Argentine bli commission will be sent out early in the comin mere than fifty years since, were defective, and unsuited and the Banda Oriental, acd, moro roceatty, be, | *pring. It'will be necessary to provide a pier of | t0 the preseut riate ot the servise, have caused them os saiuited for al Seon ane cone es sg0.608 os, | the labors ef the accountants and book-keepers | class of actual settlers of the public lands tween tho former and Brazil, appear to have boon | basin to render the doek capable of use. e Io. | t be revised by # board of offcers, with instructions to from which deduct special objects, $2,684,220 80, leaving | Dave been diligently prosecuted. The quarterly | there, who were such prior to December, 950, 0 1 or cation of the dock having not yet been determined, | Prepare yroper amendments and additions; and am pre- for the support of the and marine Se5.438 | accouats of the receivers of public money, and those donation of the quantity of = half section, or 320 roalously and faitbfully performed, and the reports | ¢ ig not yet been determined, | PING cotramemit their report for the examination of { a ae Cy A: foe aliformia Tes; ow di cist the department postpones the question of prefe- | FY ful r* 19. The amow timated for this object Inst was | ofthe Surveyors General, inc) CG and | a single man; and, if married, the quantity ot The Pasitic. squadton, Commodore MeCanley | Tence between these two stracturvs antil the report | CoDetamn, and resneetfully recemmend that the code 45.s09.081. tp objectalart year | Oregon, | am gratified to be able to state,-have all | of an entire sootion, or (4) acres—one-hail to the emmandizg, consists of bi hip, ti | of the proposed board shall bo received, aad ful | {hisrahjest. Or, if thers be no dimosition ts aduotthe | 84,$210,000. snd it will be seem that there is an excess | been adjusted at this office, to the 30th September | husband, and the other to the wifo, in hor own right; Tien, Commenter ‘Bt ‘St. | local injor mation obtained. report in generat. It will be found to be highly neces. itBS present estimate, over and sbove that sum, of | last; and the accounts of Deputy Sarveyors, as far | and to the second class, who aro, or shall become $475,240 £9, which is occasioned by the addition of pay | 4. ll adjasted to dates recent, ‘le: e law to the new ition of as received, are al ijasted to more » | settlers, between Ist December, 1550, and Ist De- ~ | owners of American merchant vessels that the use | affair : ements on the shores of fo lnervaned verve tothe Pace Mal Ramah Over with tho xoeption of two suspended cases comber, 1858, it grants the quantity of a quarter r " pany 7 ares, rl laimed fe ; | of the dock in question shall be allowed for the ro- | ‘he Pacific, the p rt Afornis a regon being the completion of the dry dock in California, and some The quantity of public land proclaimed for mar- | section, or 160 acrea to a single man; aad, if mar- Portamouth, Com. | Pairs of such vessels, when not required for ships of | Bow within the ilnited States. To require orders t0 additions under the bead of Improvements in navy yards | ket since the date of my last annual report, amounts ried, the quantity of a half section, or 320 acres; orthy, and used as | Wt, itis proposed that Congress shall determine | (0 [ri 0 Puungon. ove Bost or teamat nud Dalldings acd machinery. To these must be added such | t@ 7,731,557 acres ; and the estimated —— one-half to the husband, and the other to the wife, husetts, Lieutenant | the proper regulations for the purpose, and diree: | (or"tcmmontny amcunte an may be appropriated for a pler or besin to | available for market during the coming year, will | in her own right chuswstt [dentenant | shether the sock and Axtares shall be lossed with | Sorrass tae calicosment of Guatpilony 30s 8 os 7 the ea ant ee Ee ee || pa 4 = se Penner siansigadpamayaedtons awe a aoe cee at ee. ~ od that view, or whether the government shali carry | commander of a fleet or squadron " acting out of the r? * | tables snbmitted. | Uere or occupants, American rer odians 'P ~ | United Btate 6 $ mendation for that object Late in the spring the Distriet Land Office at cluded, above th: f eigh! wh. tl i ly hat | United States ho b powet to order such courte 1 ate e Z a al ‘e je age of ¢! teen years, 0 are Soe ametny | tem nn nee Lu Tn ems Aad Om AB: | Gen aprote ce dpe Tine onto Th | gas ?eataas ot eek! ete | Duane, Unto, wa entra by So, and assert | nena ofthe Untied Staats ending hat Tore v4 ae J ” th + | cited, however. as but a single instance of the want of all consumed. office promptly su; an not citizens, who ave rom this station, in consequence of the | The necessity of a navy yard and station on the | Register and Receiver with lists of the lends yet | mado eheir declaration of intention to beeome euch 85 Lawrence, Captain L It being generally expected and desired by the 78, Commander lor Gardner; Falmoath, adaptation of (he present naval laws to the actual state expiration of the time of her crow; and the Fal- | coast is so obvious, as well to secure and work the | Seanuiou es 6. remaining unsold in that district, on or before the lst 1. mouth is 4 i aces oat bene Pop age gereral naval purpetes in those Tents: | But the most material defect im our naval code, tt : 7 that ofies wore shortly afterwards resamed. | "The seeond class om! white male. citirens of ths thaate St. La hd sloop of war Ports, | mend that Congrese shall authorize such an gsta. | that occasioned vy the failure to provide any punish | steam serviee, and all other extraordinery objects Evary precaution bas been adopted, by official | tho United States, above the age of & ong —aetipentemia. | i here, and make ade jations | Beet by way of substitute, when corporeal ohestioement ¢ total amoust drawn from the treasury, durivg the | regulation and system, to detect and arrest any years, or persons who bave made a doelaration of mouth, about to proceed to the oe ment there, and make adequate appropriations | wax gtotlshed. To eupply. in some degree, this def | ear ending the 30th of June, 1861, as by the | at m pts to impose upon the office fraudulent assign | latention to become citizens, omigrating to, and set- The several vessels of this aqui have been | theretor. cheney, I presented and recommended, at the last ses. | statement of 9 ions for the naval service. pre | cents of warrants under the Mexican Bounty Land | tling in, that territory, between the lst December, constantly and usefull omple ed in appropriate | According to the authority conferred on the de- | gion of Congress, a ubstitute proposed by a board of | pared by the Comptroller of the Treasury, fe | ened Foteunsy Th, 1962, the an te thet elas ad pode my (gpa a service. The flag sbip an: the Vinoennes have re, ease Gays of a sum not ex- | oieese, to chan se sutton had deen Cay aL) the | Hiesie cha os, a oo ray tet _ | having e' by Fr Aw a aaa tie at om Sam <a eee any oho tae > ceed f 5 e ‘was con- resent state of the law, ere injno por 10 inflict an; ‘ re eum 01 ‘, Ded been ignal 4 are: arried within - ving visited the Principal p orts on the American const, ig E80. for that ebject, a contract P in ‘oe cen, | cae Shave enaeueees ont f the supervision of | bi lopted to and neatness in | territory, or within one year after becoming twenty- { Boston, to | punishment, except confinement in it frigate Missouri | unless by the sentence of ® court such | thie department. Of this sum there was expended for from Oregon to Ch: The Vandalia has made | cluded with Messrs. Wells & G: r K court must consist cf met lee them five nor poy $3,168,817 01, lenving as the true expen- 000 8 eee a objects pee the Sandwich Islands, at jods | remove the wreck of the ste Sin hs pronase? a man-of- war wae big’ tf es- | from the Bay of Gibraltar, for the sum of the xaminat' cora’ married men. Residence cn, and cultiva- in its multi- | tion of the land, for four consecutive years, are ne- ham thirteen commissioned officers, and for the navy and marine corps, $5,886,779 sential to our interests in that kin ; am Security was taken for the fulfillment of the con- | MT leh TOT, President of the "United. | She umenpended balances in thefreasury of the appro- " vernas Falmouth and St. Marys, in addition to touching | tract, and the contractors are engaged in the Work, | Baten “Beoretary of the Novy, or commander of | priations for the naval service, marine corps, and special | Papirig susvarercemvon. Siineas tanks nse kloieh fen Sein ioeated an rte on the main land and the Sandwich Islands, | WiC) th None var atonners cated cotrigates, direct. | %, Uettetaausdron © scting out of the United States.” | objests, under the control of the Navy Departmest,on | wishin the last belf century our peculiar system | der this act. have extended thets cruising to the Society, Mar | 4 ty te built, by the set of Congress, approved | sukmnent guring « oral, whelber long or abort, acspt Tequlred to met cutstanding obligations dus on | of public land surveying, ccmmencing in the rich | No provision of law ia yet mado for tho aale of ee ee ae March 3, 1847, the Saran : ion | in yousels within the immediate reach of the commander | of the objects for which jeys of the Obio and ite tributariss—the early | public lands in Oregon; and should © ooo 5 ’ ac Was put in commission | in object Sppropriations — (54 by xy’ The oecessity of maintaining at all times 8% | uring the last year; the Susquehanna and San | ofthe squadron and only then if there be at lesst fire | theatre of the daaing ploneses of Woatern eiviliza- | proper to extend the land system over terri- ba ve fleet + = es of one Jacin' during the present, and the Powhattan | commiosicned oftcers superior tool legal exeaption, who | _ The recommendation {me Chief of ee Desses of bg been Ce iE So vant expense of tory, and to establish one or more Innd offices for we andsystem to new requirom be detailed on the cor being known wo lothing. a baker eatablished roas: ie States and Territories, recommended those of the service, ta” ps remains inished. | Measures have been | 92, that single ships are ain. New York, for the preparation sf | since brought tno political existence on the Atiam: | tics ‘calm T LF ag un 2, naequence of our settlements taken to expedite the completion of this vornels rarely cruise together, bu sing! i in California and O; wae urged in my last an- | YOet ooa th is now supected th of this | despatched om distant service, and are often separated | bread for the use of uhe navy. deserves the most favors: | tie slope. Sings the adjournment of the last Con- thet she will | from the flag ship and from home for many pual communication, consideration. Under the contract system, which motest i faa Ore nena | op. Tho Pilon and Aicghsy, ‘users i | Sache ttaeten tates ee bt i open ade ka wm | font Poa areas brn commced | Phare ‘The squadron for the East India and China Seas, the Lan class, have recently undergone oxtensivs But when it ia remembered that the ents cf puslshmest | tial of all articles of food. Fattay teens te ‘a | the industrious land strveyor is aow found ooaee Commodore Aulick, commanding, oomprehends pairs, and are each nearly pre- | on ship board are not merely for the sake of example and | quantity of bread has been condemned as undt for use, | by the adventurot iviline his flag ship, the »' frigate Skoquebannss, the ney oy A steps have been taken td re fetormndion, but to secure a faithful and rpecific execu- | Seariy eal in the amount of ite oort tothe value of ation in Osegon, between tains sloops of war Plymouth, Commander Kelly; Sara- | build the Princeton, a stesmer also of t | such ‘and fixtures as will be required for thie and the ooast, stretohing his chain Lg 4 Commander Walker; and Marion, Com- | glass, The steam frigate Mississippi, establishment 5 Eaveme tone Seen s his propo- valleys of the Umpqua and the Wil » OF mander Glendry. The two vessels last named ate | cruise of near two years and « balf in near shen adiectal "tocet bopesay | Pe ke eee eee, aw conniving supplicote be | ctberwine laboring in his vocation, at times on. on their station—the two form ranean, underwent no repairs, except such as were ecrtain, Covturment 18 ordinarily « means of ee | furnished on contract with the lowest bidder, and to ves: | COMpansed with difficultics demanding indomit husband. voyage out. The — be ~~ axed effected on board, but y ained her entire offi- ‘end of preventing] = tm diseretionary power to change the ergy to eversoms. iy the formidable = Ph ——~ a aon provision, i ome way of tl of: jac’ of 1 , » ranges, extensive forests mount whic! 4 tl canon arise where / arrival, and return %, 7 as & man of-war, the ‘al cond but to obstinate. indolent. view of a discoveries of th: i - on appre sa wilt bees a ice Gane Ctssade Moun tal Good Hi bringing, it is expected, Veasel and her orew reflects , various Kinds may be pre fart to the physical foatures of tho countr; Cariction of tbe vee or root of the sugar cane and Imre conuanier Will ba every abip's company, notwithstanding any precautions | for amy length of time at sen © ordinary grandeur, the surveyor is iy co = portiow whatever. also of the tea plant, collected under the orders of transferred to Philadelphia, for the pur of test- of enilatment it 's not a eufficient re to enforce the I respectfully advise the Of the act of the inst sea | mounting obstacles unprecedented in profes- CALIFORNIA the department, for distribution in the sections of | ing ihe dock already noticed at that Yard, performance of positive duties, Lo civil lifeno provision | sion prebibiting the coramutation In money for ate Pps sional experience. ‘That which to the past genera The existing provisions of law regulating the au! our count! to their cultivation. The | gud to undergo such repairs and improvements as sade by law for the apecide fuidimentof contracts oF | raticns. |The smounta which in this way paswed into the | tion was almost an Utopian ides, the settlemont | veying operations in California are undefined, aa Dolphin, nant Commanding T. J. Page be re | snot mater the ont Teosedy for tallure pont food than thepe @ Sreses row of other ertl- | and surveying of Oregon, is now rapidly becomi tha practical operations, thus far ordered, are r Which had been attached to this squadron, returned ving teken occasion, © ye a : is by tahomntncenee ta to be | that act coveptial to health and comfort. Tiasmt | a practical, business reality, under the provisions of | stricted to the main lines of survey. I reeommer to the United Statos by the way of Caps Horn in eqieration of Congress in § evere oP jaa at periods regulated by | Eivition te aasctiom was inprovitestiy recommen | the act ef 7th September, 1450, “To create tia | the immediate oxtension of the land ayetom ov o¢ of the community. In military aifairs, | gpd passed, | offic of Surveyor Conoral of tho pydliq lands ia | California, in such dotaila aa are best adapted the month of June. sg acual inervase of the oavy, aad ty demoastrate ghee —