The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1853, Page 2

ONE DAY LATER FROM CALIFORNIA, nee ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ILLINOIS. Bence Large Shipment of Specie. Arrival of the California Mails. MARKETS, &e., &e., ke. ‘The steamship Illinois, Capt. H. J. Hartstein, from | Aspinwall, whence she sailed on the 3d inst., ar- | rived in the lower bay on the 11th inst., but did not | peach her wharf until yesterday morning. The I. fouched at Kingston, Ja., on the 5th, and left same @ay. She brings the California mails, specie, and | which left San Francisco on the 16th Peeember in the Pacific mail steamship Tennessee. The IWinois arrived off Sandy Hook at half-past ve on the evening of the 11th, where, in consequence @f a dense fog, she was obliged to anchor for night. Got under way on the morning of the 12th, with the intention of proceeding up to the eity, when the cylinder of the starboard engine burst, rendering further progress impossible. The star- board eugine was then disconnected, and prepara- dons made for running the ship with one engine, | when it commenced snowing violently, and she was forced to remain at her anchorage. The I. will go to the Dry Dock for repairs. We notice in the list of passengers the names of Col. J. B. Moore, Postmaster, and D. W. Thompson, Feq., City Marshal of San Francisco. ‘Fhe following is the SPECIE LIST OF Adams &Co. weseee pongo B. Berend & Co... THE ILLINOIS. R. Jones. Louis Negbaum P. Naylor. Reynokis & Go. Schloss Brother: (6,000 Seligman & Stetthmr 14,350 6, .C.Surdam....... 3,000 Dunean,Sher'n&Co 5,172 C.W & A. Thomas,, 9.412 Desarts &Heuser., 6,000 Philadelphia Bank. ..100,000 J. Durand & Co 6,980 D, Toy &Son........ 8,598 Bverett & Brown.. _ 450 Wells, Fargo & Co... 51,015 Field, Merrit & Co, 1,880 Wilkinson C J. Goldsmith & May 14,399 Glidden & Goodhue & Co..... 7,910 Drexel & Co........ Hewland&Aspinwall 37,268 W. S. Hansell & Son. 20 Howard, on & Co. 8.000 Twombley & Lamson. 11,913 arbeek & Co 25.700 Wm. Hoge & Co... 58,000 Tots Ai We are indebted to the expresses of Wel o., Adams & Co., Berford & Co., and to the Purser ef the Illinois, for the ready delivery of California pa- pers. The steamship Tennessee left San Francisco at § | A.M. on the 16th December, with the mails, three hundred passengers, and $2,200,000 gold on freight, | and arrived at Panama on the 30th De: 2 A.M. On the 22d Dec., spoke the steamer Lewis, from San Juan for San Francisey The steamship Columbus arrived at Panama on the 19th, in nineteen days from San Francisco. ports the United States sloop of war Portsmouth at San Diego. The Columbus brought down twenty- one passengers. H. B. M. sloop of war A when the Tennessee left, and with $800,000, for England. The steamship Isthmus was expected to reach Pa- nama about the 2d of January. The British mail steamer from the South was over- @ue at Panama. On the 18th Dec., another s earthquake was felt at Acapulco, damage. Miss Catharine Hayes was to give a concert for the benefit of the Fire Department of San Francisco on the 16th ult. Official returns of the Presidential election ali the counties in the State but three had bees eeived, which give Pierce 40,312 votes, and S 35,512 majority for Pierce, 4,800. An inquest was held in San Francisco in t alt.,on the body Justin Jacob, of Saxony, b: of Philadelphia, who come to his death by ce debility. A man was found dead in the street in San Fran- cisco, on the 15th ult., whose name was unknown. media re shock of an joing considerable News from Jamatea, OUR KINGSTON CORRESPONDENCE. Kinesron, Ja., Jan. 5, 1853, The Christmas and New Year's Holidays— Poverty of the People—The Legislatwre—The Assizes— State of Crime—The Weather, &c. The Christmas and New Year's holidays have passed off most quietly, scarcely a circumstance having occurred to distinguish the season from other periods of the year. The fact is, things are now re- duced to such a state of depression that the inhabi- tants, with few exceptions, cannot procure the merest necessaries to celebrate periods of festivity. ‘The arrival of the IMlinois, bringing news in antici- pation of the English steamer, has spread a deep gloom over the entire country. All hopes centered in | the integrity of the Derby ministry have fallen since the Chancellor of the Exchequer has made his finan- cial statement, and declared that no assistance shall be rendered us. The packet to arrive will, no doubt, | bring many omers to throw up properties, for it is now impossible that their cultivation can be con. tinned in the face of such glaring, such wicked ter- giversation as has been displayed by those upon whom we so confidently relied for assistance. All hope seems now gone, and, in the language of one of our newspapers of to-day, viz., Lawton’s Daily Ad- vertiser, Limay well say— To try and lift the curtain that conceals the future is too painful. Unless justice be again enthroned within the hearts of British statesmen, and mercy finds her seat there, these fair gardens of the West will be prolitic but in one thing—they will grow one wide willow that shall overhang the tomb of British honor. The House of NEM will resume its sittings on the 25th inst. It is doubtful now whether any vote of supplies will be made. For my part, I hope a firm and honest determination will be come to not to raise one cent, except, perhaps, for the support of our prisons, which are necessary, in the present state of affairs, for the protection of fife and property. Of course there will be opponents to these opinions, but the majority will, I hope, be in favor of them. i The assizes for the present term are now being ' held in the Surry county Court House, in this city. ‘The letters T. C. were marked in India ink upon bis | it arm. vere house of Mr. Goodell, in Front street, San | Prancisco, was blown over during the late storm, and literally broken to pieces; but Mrs. Goodell and three children, who were in the house at the time, escaped without injury. San Joaquin. The Stockton Journal sa plaints in town and surrot ness that is prevalent. D most common. The rainy season unprepared for le y, and m ant d misery will occur if the winter should be long dreary. Me Journal thi to pass a law to price of scrip is 1 Fosity of large holders culation. There is a stern whe sor hat the Legislature will have the debt of St st d only by the to throw it in raft and row bo din the same trade. F *; while passengers cash up $1 for the privilege of a visit to our neigh i je The landing is effected at abou back of Noble & Stevenson's hot or four hundred yards from A where the st Th the dry spell passable, and we marine fleet of Stoc freshet. Such time place make it very t public hovses at that place are crowed with y wengers. The fair weather of the past few days very favorable effect on the roads, and b' inerease materially in the next two wee continue fair ¢ dless overhead. We underst ockton Journa/. from a otleman j nborhood 0 Frio, that sever pnmitted vicinity recently, my attrocious chara Two men in the ne k on the road, acce ding to the ber. We have no clue to comes to us. The Journ Lie AW atands a poor w It bas rather a bs € c the members ¢! €ommon Ce Goodenow, the distiz Of cone The m fore the exception Frove.—But lit almost entirely boxes sold Bern.—<al« do. $17. 300 & Sales of Turpentix Commmotire he b A German name 200 f the # The calendar is the most disgusting ever brought be- fore a court, for it contains, out of babe to thirty cases, fully half of the most disgusting and revolting offences possible. The governor has appointed the Hon. Alexander Joseph Lindo to be custos of the parish of St. Mary, in the room of the Hon. Daniel tiart, deceased. The weather is rather unsettled; frequent showers, quite unusual for the season, visit us, aud at intervals the heat is very oppressiv The public health is not s ctory, for there are several cases of fever about the town. My next, or the subsequent one thereto, will, I have no doubt, contain matters of more intere: the Assembly will have met again, and its legislation consequent on the conduct of the home government will be known. Kinaston, Ja., Jan 1853. The Effect of the Naws from England— Fever, &c. The news received from England, by the Minois, pecially about the budget of the British gove Texpect th Estates will be all aband! y item of news to write is the yellow is very prevalent among the shipping. other news of importance. off very dull and quiet. rON MARKET. 2 t co ately would bring y An \timore has helped still further ark ask fish. € All deserip tions are plentiful. and dull le. Flour—A very un settled market, with supplies amounting to upwards of 7,000 barrels. | Fi d with difficulty at 33s in moderat 64a. been accepted for a lot of Phi not of very recent receipt. inable at the same rate offering at present. The ves- Kingston since our last, left, American from China to . i ship Aramingo, on the Ist of November, as the shi dropped down in the stream on her return to N York. Captain of the Oread, died a ival, and was buried at to the Portngese Consul) lately de orce of lorchas to discover e ch the mutineers tool possession of, which now Jorm part of a piratical fleet on the The two fleets met a short time ht of sever As it was blowing a hours, when the pi- gule at the . The shat 1, be another and and the ted, soon more dec x ver of Centon sailors had reha at anchor near the 9 at mi t, and nous conduct of the as in the h: r all dismissed. 1 the Pekin Ga- ng the i ‘the conduct of the operations a. banditti is now committed to Sen cement no kwang, , tomake a clean sweep of the t The tote the en and bl chae to the Ur h of Octohe <4,471 over the exp an frore n exce ried last year a Herald is in raptures at 01 nication | this topic, it became which, after Yellow | | ject of securing responsibility, that it THE NAVY. INTERESTING REPORT AND BILL In THE SENATE OF THE UNITED eee . anions 10, 1863. The following is the report of the Committee on | Naval Affairs, they having had under consideration the organization of the naval establishment of the United States, and the Navy Department:— ‘That, in examining the history of the legislation of Congress with reference to the navy, it appears that very little has been done by law for the purpose of giving organization to the Navy Department. Until the year 1798, the Secretary of War performed the duties devolved upon the Se: of the Navy, The Department of the Navy was not establi until that bet and the act passed for that pu onthe 30th of April, 1798, consists of but a single section, which is as follows :— “Be it enacted, &c., That ae sal be Bex executive department, under the denominatic of the De; ent of the Navy, the chief Officer of which shall be called the Secretary of the Navy, whose duty it shall be to execute such orders as he shall receive from the President of the United States relative to the procurement of na- val stores and materials, and the construction, ar- mament, equipment, and employment of vessels of war, as well as all other matters conuected with the naval establishment of the United States.” By this act, everything appears to have been left to Executive discretion, and no organization what- ever-prescribed by law. On the 16th of July of the same year, however, an act was d creating @ single officer in this de- partment, called an accountant, whose duty it was made to account for moneys advanced and experfled for the naval service. sant Nothing further in the way of organization for the Navy Department was done until the ge of the act of the 7th February, 1815, entitled “An act to alter and amend the several acts establishing a Navy Department, by adding thereto a board of commis- sioners.” This act provided that the board of com- missioners shall be attached to the office of the Sec- cretary of the Navy, and under his superintendence shall “discharge all the ministerial duties of said office relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equip- ment,and employment of vessels of war, as well as other matters connected with the naval establishment of the United States. The second section of this act also authorizes the commissioners “to prepare such | rules and regulations as shall be necessary for, secur- ing uniformity in the several classes of vessels, and | their equipment, and for repairing and refitting them, and for securing responsibility in the subordi- nate officers and agents.” k a Seventeen years after the establishment of the Na- vy Department, and twenty-six years after the estab- ment of the government, the first effort seems to have been made to “secure responsibility in the sub- ordinate officers and agents of the navy.” The want | of “responsibility in the subordinate officers and | agents” is still the vice of the Navy Department. So far was the act of 1515 from effecting the desired ob- ctually dimin- ng the little ‘responsibility which be- | The commissioners of the navy, by | ished, by dividi. fore existed. that act, were mere clerks to the Secretary of the | ¢, r | Navy, to register his edicts,and employed principal, ud will now | inuiaking contracts and collecting mater whe information or advice they may have given on other and more important matters cohnected with | was given without the obligati v quently without the public and | which the energy of youth, the judgment of age, and ty which should attach: to official adv | or leg ion took place in reference to | 1 of the Navy Department until bes of 1842. Then, by the ac’ act constituting a board of ni repeuled, and five bureaus were ched to the Navy Department bureas were : 1. Bureau of y Y: 2. Bureau of Coustruc! sloners Wi ed and sand Docks. om, Equipment and Re- | pair. 3. Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. 4 Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. This act likewise failed to secure to the public ser- vice the advantages of the best and most efticient fessional ability, and for the same, among other , that these chiefs of bure: continue to be ki ithout the responsibility necessary to secure independent action and proper co-operation. These det the committee hope to obviate by the h they have separtel, by making these officers, in connection with the Secretary of the Na- | vy, the official and responsible advisers of the S tary in relation to naval matters. It seems, therefore, plain, from all previous legis- | vy, that Congress | ve from the beginning. The constitution confers on Congress the power to | “provide and maintain a nav, his has been done | in the most general manuer, whil+t, with the e: tions mentioved above, all other organization discretion. The Pre is the commander ¢ to the present o1 ver in the government responsible ati tthe Navy Department. «, infact, like the chiefs of the language of the 798, “to execute such orders as he shall re- mm the President.” The chiefs of bureaus secre take shelter from responsibility under him; w from the very nature of things, it is impossible that the Pr ent can { that atten- tion to the details of the 1: service which should correspond with his vesy The act ofthe 3ist of Au the naval bureaus, gave to each branch of the service resumed to be peculiarly qualified for the duties of his bureau. But, is no more responsi- bility in each chief of a bureau than there was in old Board of Navy Commissione The Se! of the Navy Department, being necessarily a c dent on the chiefs of only a ist, 1842, establishing tion to the se given in an ui volves LO res} lity, and often given without knowle mand the creation of some look with g , therefore portance and the knowle¢ reeus should be pu the fublic servi often bea more compete longing to another burcau i and mt practical q n Which the wive to the to wi on taining to nav Th the benef coneentrati lic safety. is indebted ald be held ivible | mercial systems of the princial powers of the earti, | war. To fight a ship well, is far from being the most | master and passed midshipmen are abolished— of that the interests of the service would be romoted by the appointment of a nt officer ‘act as judge advocate of naval courts martial. The jon of such an officer would tend to se- cure uniformity in the forms and proceedings of courts-martial, and give to the law appboatie to such courts system and consistency throughout the naval service, The law martial, with the progress of society, has become complicated, and more or less apendant on precedent, At nt the ment selects, often rgrne judge advocates of little experience, and not always of that peculiar learning which should qualify them to conduct the prosecu- tion of offenders in the most proper manner. The consequence is, that too often neither the parties or the country are satisfied with the proceedings of courts-martial, There is a great variety of duties ining to the personnel of the navy distributed through the Navy partment, which, if transferred to a bureau, would add to the efficiency of the navy, and better secure a proper appreciation to the officers and men of their gervices and merits. The committee, therefore, have rovided in the bill herewith reported for the estab- apenas of the bureau of personnel and courts- martial. Your committee, fully aware of the magnitude and importance of the duty devolved upon them, have labored to prenee tothe Senate such a thorough organization of the personnel of the navy as will ef- fectually secure for the country, under all circum- stances, the élite of its professional ability and ex- ence. A retired list is indispensable to the at- inment of this object; and your committee has provided for one, under such restrictions as must secure the officer from public injustice or ingratitude, while at the same time the counts will secure the services of its most accomplished ofti- cers. The present system of promoting by seniority of commission, without a previous selection and care- ful pruning of its material, based as it is upon the fiction that all officers are equally qualified for every possible contingency of the service, is the moral in- cubus which is crushing it. It effectually excludese energy, zeal, ability, and daring, from the noblest enterprises, and constitutes length of service, without regard to old age and mental and ph; ical imbecility, the controlling elements in the selection of a com- mander, ‘ ks ‘A prudent man intrusts not the ordinaay affairs of life to agents whose powers are on the decline; and we find abundant evidence, even in the records of our own brief naval career, to convince us that warfare , power, God confers upon man. Hull fought his great action and conquered the Guerrier at thirty- eight years of age; Paul Jones captured the Serapis, in one of the most celebrated combats on record, at thirty-two; Decatur burnt the Philadelphia at twen- ty-seven, and captured the Macedonian at thirty-two; erry conquered on Lake Erie at twenty-eight, and McDonough on Lake Champlain at thirty-one; Stew- art, in the Constitution, captured the Cyane and Le- yant at thirty-nine, and Bainbridge conquered the Java at thirty-one. The aac conqueror was twenty-seven, and the oldest but thirty-nine; aud thirty-three years was their average age. ’ Regardless of that manhood, those stern and strik- ing charact ‘ies which have ever distinguished the successful sailor, regardless of those peculiar qualifi- cations essential to the successful issue of those great to which his country calls him, our present m entails upon the country the hazard of confid- to the hands of ignorance and imbecility tasks to the greatest professional ability are barely equal. al officers are not only in command of our and fleets, and as such called upon to compete the highest order of professional talent eal ad- yancement of Europe, but, in the exercise of their protection over our commercial marine in all seas, a nowledge of the institutions, government, and com- and a general acquaintance with the laws of nations, are essential. They are called upon to protect not only our seamen and citzens abroad, but our consuls and public agents. They act sometimes as negotia- tors of treaties; not only as warriors, but as judgesand pacificators; and upon their prudence and ability not unfrequently depend the questions of peace or | important duty of an accomplished seaman; and his country’s honor and glory depend fully as much upon his services in peace as in war. The bill makes a distinction between the retired and the furlough list; a difference which the various services and sacrifices of officers demand. The grades of commodore, lieutenant, comman- dant, and second lieutenant are created, and those of changes which cannot fail to stimulate ambition and distinguish merit. The bureaus of the personnel and court-martial, for which the bill provides, are deemed essential to the best interests of the navy; a great diversity of prece- dents and practice in the investigation of causes be- fore courts-martial, where the proceedings should be uniferm, and the principles established, has created a distrust of the equity of these necessary tribunals. Your committee Have seen the necessity of pre- scribing some method of placing before the country u ssional standing of officers in the judgment ir peers, in order that the chief of th ut may, at all times, have the me g merit by the 1ewards of parti special duty; and they have in the sev u section of the bill devised a plan which they belie to be free from all reasonable objection. Great difficulty is experienced in promptly obtaining seamen for the nuvy. This difticulty, which has proved very embarrassing to the British navy nas Leen, to some extent, the result of the vast in- crease of our coasting and California trade; the con- sequent demand for seamen at largely-increased wages, with the additional stimuli of short voyages, and the chantes of promotion to the posts of mates and masters, while the wages in the navy have not varied. But an additional reason is found in the ab- sence of that wholesome discipline in the service, es- sential for the protection of the upright seamen against the practices of the idle and vicious. The pay of seamen, ordinary seamen, landsmen, and boys, is at present twelve, ten, nine, and six | t per month, respectively; and your committee emed it essential to increase the pay of these, full the warrant and petty ollicers, and to e it to the wages of similar classes merchant service. further inducement to engage in the service, a provision is made for three months’ extra pay, and , in certain cases, to such us particular! tinguish themselves for good conduct and abi and the naval academy, and the naval commi' and promotion, are opened to the sailor boy whose character, conduct, and capacity may entitle him to the fortering hand of the Navy Department. Such are the principal features of the bill reported ly your committee. TO OR TATES, Re it enacted by t use of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America, in Con- bled, That the commissioned officers of e United States shall be of the number | and the grades following, to wit enty comuno- dores, sixty-eight captains, ninet n commanders, fifty lieutenant commandants, three hundred and twenty-five first licutenants, two hundred and five | second lieutenants, sixty-nine surgeons, thirty-four | passed assistant surgeons, forty-fi istant sur- xty-four pursers, twenty ass s f exigineers, nineteen first ne: ve prof provided, that no. professors of mathematics hereaiter be appointed inthe navy. And t warrant officers shall be the nineteen masters now in service; provided, that no masters be appointed or weiranted in the se midshiz aval service cond fieutenant maler so 4 commissioned shall not ixty in any one year. And be it further enacted, That, P udes or number of o ake place, there shall be created a retir parmanent furlough list of the navy; lishment of which the President of the Ux ay convene, at the city of Washi hall be comm officers, to consist o! ‘ ders, and two lieutenants of whom shall have seen at least five y n his respecti Be b t arther enacted, That within six ave convened, it United ‘stat ioned officers of the | yon a carefal acitated month repre ha tive, and aftoat, | dent shall ap- | nently furlo y determine,and they e treasury of the | and erm t veral of al ar ‘ will be paid to Uh he thelr} r enacted, That vaca 8 « ‘ ed by the President, who wid relati further enacted, . from the ‘oment of said ' it of the es shall in | like er asvemble ancther similar board, of the ete oe aforesaid to make a second . i nt of | Tot after | on duiy as aforesaid, from th rema’ promoted to berks ot commodore the number specified in the section hereof; and va- cancies thug created in the grade of captain shall be filled from the remaining commanders; and the va- cancies in,the grade of commanders be filled from the remaining lieutenants; and from the of lieutenants there shall be created the of lieutenant commandant, and the remaining lieute- nants shall constitute the grade of first lieutenant; and all promotions shall be by seniority of commission. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the grades of passed midshipmen and of master shall be abo- lished; that all masters and passed midshipmen re- ported by the board for service shall be cor lon- ed, and shall have rank and pay as second lieute- nantes but fee enna iat . shall continue to rformes officers of this grade. ‘3 ‘Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every commodore to t it annually to the Navy Depariment, under such regulations as ma: be prescribed by the Secretary thereof, a list*of suc captains as he may, on his honor, deem to pos- sess most professional character, ability, and expe- rience; and it shall be the sa of every captain, commander, lieutenant commandant, and first lieute- nant, in like manner to transmit a list of the officers com! g the grades immediately below them res- pectively; and such lists shall contain, as nearly hs practical le, one-fifth of the names of all the officers of the several grades reported upon. The Secretary of the Navy shall scrutinize and_compare such lists, ascertain the one-fifth of the officers of each grade who have received the highest number of designa- tions, and annex to their names and lineal rank, in each annual naval register, the numbers so received. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the pay of the said officers shall be according to the following rates per annum :— THE SENIOR COMMODORE. Tn command of a squadron, four thousand five hun- dred dollars ; at navy-yard or other duty, four thou- sand five hundred dollars; waiting orders, or on leave less than sixty days, three thousand five hundred dollars; on leave beyond sixty days, three thousand dollars; retired list, two thousand five hundred dol- lars; permanent furlough list, two thousand dollars. COMMODORES. In command of a squadron, four thousand dollars; on other duty, four thousand dollars; waiting orders, or on leave not over sixty days, three thousand five hundred dollars; leave beyond sixty days, two thou- sand eight hundred dollars; retired list, two thousand two hundred dollars; furlough list, one thousand eight hundred dollars. CAPTAINS. Sea service, three thousand five hundred dollars; on other duty, three thousand dollars; waiting or- ders, or leaye less than sixty days, two thousand five hundred dollars ; leave beyond sixty days, two thou- | sand four hundred dollars; retired list, two thousand two hundred dollars; furlough list, one thousand five hundred dollars. COMMANDERS. Sea service, two thousand five hundred dollars; on other duty, two thousand five hundred dollars ; wait- ing orders, or leave less than sixty days, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; leave ond sixty days, one thousand seven hundred dol retired list, one thousand five hundred dollars; furlough list, one thousand two hundred dollars. LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS. Sea service, two thousand dollars. 4 a yards or other duty, one thousand eight hundred ollars. Waiting orders, or leave less than sixty days, one thousand six hundred dollars. Leave beyond sixty days, one thousand four hun- dred dollars. Retired list, one thousand two hundred dollars. Furlough list, nine hundred dollars. FIRST LIEUTENANTS. Sea service, one thousand five hundred dollars. Other duty, one thousand five hundred doilars. Waiting orders, or leave less than sixty days, one thousand two hundred dollars. Leave beyond sixty days, or retired list, one thousand dollars. Furlough list, eight hundred do SECOND LIEUTEN Sea service or other duty, s dollars. Nyaiting: orders, or on leave of absence, six hundred dollars. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That officers on the retired and furlongh lists shall retain their respec- tive titles on the books of the Navy Department, and they shall not be precluded, because of such re- tirement, from receiving pensions to which they may be entitled. captains there | cooks, and masters of the band, each twenty-four | and after the passage of this act, the chiefs of bureaus | of the Bureau of Medicin AY ' yen hundred and fifty | | question, and who shall receive for his services fifteen | tions sul mitted to it. Sec. 11. And be itfurther enacted, That the passed | eo and the masters who may be reported by said board for retirement shall not go on the re- tired and furloughed lists, but they shall be dropped from service by the President, and shall each receive | an amount equal to two years’ sea service per Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Presi- dent of the United States may at his discretion plac upon the retired or furlough list any officer of the aloresaid five grades who may apply for the same. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That no com- missioned officer of the navy, other than pursers 0 assistant pursers, shall he required to discharge the duties of purser or assistant purser; and no office: (midshipmen, second lieutenants, and officers acting a3 judges advocate, excepted) shall be entitled to receiv any pay, compensation, or emolument beyond what hi rank on the navat register may entitle him, for the performance of any duty, in or appertaining to th; bavy. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That officers in command of naval vessels charged by the President. with the conveyance of ministers plenipotentiary, envoys, commissioners, agents, or other public func- tionaries, shall make suitable provision for them; and their proper and reasonable expenditures therefor, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescriLe, shall be paid to them by the acconnt- ing officers of the treasury. See. 15. And be it further enacted, That twenty assistant pursers shall be appointed by the President, bene with the advice and consent of the who shall be detailed for service as the Secretary the Navy may direct, and this number shall be main- tained. promotions shall be made from the grade of assistant purser to that of purser by seniority of commission; and said assistant pursers shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That pursers, chaplai spective of the navy; sidered wine officers, engineers, and their re- tants, shall be designated staff officers and all other officers of the navy shall officers of the line. enacted, That surgeons, { engineers of the navy, who have s such over twelve year, shall take presedence with, but not over, commanders; and surgecns, pu , and chief engineers less than twelve year commission, shall take precedence with, but not over, lieutenant commandants; and all other staif officers of the navy shall take precedeuce with second lieutenants, provided that no staff ollicer of the navy s ver take rank or precedence in command over any oflicer of the line of the navy. Sec. 18. And ened by the President, as afore- ne and prescribe the uniform of navy, and report the same to the nt of the United States, who may, if he ap- it to be adopted; i 1 not thereafter } e pe Predider ade the same, eat form so approved y subseq r enacted, That y appointed to per ge advocate upon a corrt-martial, he i ditional pay not to exceed five per day, at the discretion of the tary of ivy, for every day so employed. 20. And be it further enacted, That it shall be f every officer in command of a sloop ‘ike-line,.upon the termination o} pecial report to the Sec y 1 conduct of the petty offi- men, landsmen, and bo: under his com on said cruise, and to desig hy name thore who are entitled, from their good i] notice; und, upon such repor the Navy s annually select ys who may appear to him most de: and send them to the ai A 3 n. And to each pett n, landsman, and b ported for good conduct, (provided th: so reported from each ship shall not exe crew thereof,) the Secretar ved a certificate of conduet and ¢l form as ke me cr , to m the Navy three months’ extra pay , to be de 1 by the Se aman, lar Ay r enacted, ‘That the pay , NOL heretofore provided of inidshipmen es now allowed | 3, (cul penters, cuty, p ina eeven hon On leg nee, Ov wai dred dellare. After five ve of alvence, or waiting orfers, ceven hnndred Armorers in ships-of-the-line, thirty-five dollars per month. b; Aimorers in frigates, thirty dollars per month. Lrmerers in sloops, tv per month. neters’ mates, tl sper month, Vother mate pllars per month, 0: ty five dollars per month. quartermasters, quarter-giinner tie, captains of tons, eaptains 0! ne of hod, coopers, painters, stew , the authority of the Pre: | | submitted by the Secretary of the Navy for its con- | the relations bet No pursers shall hereafter be appointed, but | lars Musicians, twenty dollars per month. Seamen, eighteen dollars Te month. Ordinary seamen, fifteen dollars per month, Landsmen, twelve dollars per month. Boys, eight dollars per month, Firemen, first class, thirty.five dollars per month. Firemen, second Ged thirty dollars month. , Coal-heavers, twenty dollars per Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That when @ crew shall be required for a naval vessel, the Secre+ tary of the Navy may, at his discretion, require the commander thereof to ship his own crew, assisted by his officers, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy paay pene, Sec. 23. ‘And be it further enacted, That an ine creaze of five hundred men shall be made to the ma- rine corps, provided that no new appointments of captains, subordinates, or other officers of the marine corps, shall be made in consequence of such increases Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That in addi-« ¢ tion to the bureaus now attached to the Navy De« partment, there shall be a bureau of courts-martial and a bureau to be called the bureau of the pers of the navy, to which shall be susigned such duties of the Navy Department as pertain to the personnel of the navy; and the orders of such bureau shall be considered as emanating from from the Secretary of the Navy, and shall have full force and effect as such, ‘and all duties of said bureau shall be performed uns der his CoE Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That the Pree sident of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall supeint a judge ad- vocate for the naval service, who shall be learned in the law, and who shall be chief of the bureau of courts-martial, and who shall receive for his services three thousand dollars per annum, and his travelling expenses. It shall be his duty to prepare, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, all chi and specifications of charges to be preferred before: naval courts-martial and courts of inquiry, and to keep accurate records thereof; to prepare specific ine structions in each case to the acting judge advocate to be designated by him, under the ion of the eae of the Navy; to codify and arrange all the laws of Congress, and the rulings and decisions of the District, Circuit, and Supreme Courts of the United States, touching courts-martial and courts of inquiry; and to compile and submit to the Secret of the 'y general instructions, forms, and princie les, applicable to them, and the manner of conduct- ing them, and to preserve perfect records of all suclz courts, and of the cases tried or heard before them; provided, that nothing herein shall preclude com- manders of squadrons on foreign stations from order- ing such courts, when, in their opinion, the exigens cies of the public service may demand them, under such rules and regulations as said judge advocate general may prescribe. Ae Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That the Secre« tary of the Navy shall appoint to each of said bue reaus one chief clerk, who shall receive for his sers vices sixteen hundred dollars per anuum; and two. assistant clerks, one of whom shall receive for his services fourteen hundred dollars per annum, and. the other shail receive for his services twelve hun- dred dollars per annum; and a messenger, at seven, hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That the chiefs of the bureaus established by this act be allowed the same franking privilege as that conferred by Jaw on the chiefs of the other bureaus. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That the Presi- dent of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, sah hereafter appoint as chief of any bureau attached to the Navy Depart- ment, excepting the chiefs of the bureaus of Courts- Martial atid Medicine and Surgery, any officer in the nayal service above the rank of midshipman. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That, fypm attached to the Navy Department, except the chief and Surgery, together with the Secretary of the Navy, shall constitute a navy board, whereof the Seer of the Navy shall br < oflicio, and of which, in the absence of; tary of the Navy, the senior officer present shall act as president. y Sec. 30, And be it further enacted, That the Sec-} retary of the Tey, shall appoint a secretary of said. ard, who shall keep a record of the proceed- f, and, when required by two members of;) hall record the ayes and noes on any hundred dollars per annum. i Sec. 31. And be it further enacted, That said navy board shall convene daily, Sundays excepted, and that a majority of said bourd shall determine all ques- Sec. 32. And be it further enacted, That the Sec- retary of the Navy, whenever said navy board shall’ be equally divided upon any question, shall be en- titled to ‘a casting vote; and all decisions of said. board shall be subject to the approval or disapproval of the said Secretary. Sec. 33. And be it further enacted, That the board constituted by this act shall be attached to the Navy] Department, and shail perform all duties relative’ to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, and equipment, employ- ment and officering of vessels of war, and to all ques- tions concerning leave of absence or promotion, as well as all other matters connected with the naval establishment of the United States which may be sideration, subject at all times to his approval. And it shall be the duty of the chiefs of the bureaus, re- spectively, to carry out and execute the orders which may he referred to them from said board, unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of the Navy. Sec. 34. And be it further enacted, That the Sec- retary of the Navy may, at his discretion, prescribe such rules and regulations for the government of said are not inconsistent with the provi- And he it further enacted, That nothing act shall be construed so as to interfere with the Secretary of the Navy and or to abridge or interfere with. h dent of the United States in his control and direction of the naval forces. the officers thereof Obituary. ION. CHARLES H. ATITERTON. ¢ se of Hon. Charles Humphrey Atherton, Post of the 12th nse adds another the list of distinguished men whom the country have recently been called to mourn, He was the son of Hon. Joshua Atherton, who was a descendant. of mes Atherton, who was one of the founders of Lancaster, Massachusetts. Joshua Atherton was a graduate of Harvard ia 1 and settled in Amherst prior to the Revolution sequently (1 resentative to the Court, a Se 1703, and that year was appointed Attorney General he State. in 180%. He had one son and laughter n, was born Augustl4, and soon rove to eminence in his profession. He was a member of Congress in 1816 and 1817, and at the same time with Daniel Webster ; and was also an ardent member of the federal party. But the most. if is passed in professionai pursuits. He reputation at the bar. He was ircle that has reflected so much and which ine! in i fason, Smith, Li nd Piovee ; and by them he colid attainments aud exact distingwis that brill honor on New E list the names of Webste tlett, Woodbury r on. men of this stamp have united the ¢ cue of its departments, professi So it was with Mr. The collection of the New Hampshire icty, of which he wasan early me ces to his inde nd exact habits of 1 memoirs of emi- but, hgditiel the > annual addiess de- 1, in which he ex- ite is holden, and viding the soil. Thee wu of fine taste and ef hent rons ¢ most elabo livered before the Soc amincs the tenure by wl the American policy of sul contributions show the scl thorough leaning. In such pursuits, continued down to the day of his death, Mr. Atherton lived on toa ripe old age, en- joying that respect which lis g woth, vnited to long and wu rvice, so universally in- spired. He wes in the enjoy ventof his usual health the Ist instant, but died’on the 8th. He married ‘oppan, da vof Hon. Christopher ves one son, Hon. Charies G. Ather- . os reelected to the nate, and one jaughter. We - Law Inteilt Covrt OF AVYEALS, JAN. No. 22 No. 73. Astor dent. Svbinitted. ME Count oF error to the € : New York. Justice Cur dai fhe argument of L. L’Amoureux, re- NITED Svar 1 the opinion “of t's nt of the said Circuit motion to divinixs this . 48. Stephen W. Doss, appellant, va. Win. ‘yack, et al— t of this cause was com- menced by Mr. Allen « appellant, and continued by Mr. Sherwood for the appellees. Military. Tor Wirt Gearp.—Th ompony of citizen cold'ery we vpen (cir firet annualexeursion, to the Thatelrd Cot @, Jersey ( { They were under the com nd of Cept. J. Do q made a r ne ow, and hot for some yar , H f they at down toa suinptuous din A line of magnetic telegraph lished ig the route of t wore ana Whecling.