Brt. 2d Lieut. Francis L. Jones, of the 4th art. to December next: and it is required that each claim be 2d lieut. 1st July, 1824. 4th Regiment of Artillery. 2d Lieut S. B. Dusenbury, to be 1st lieut. 1st March, 1825, vice Mead, resigned. Brt. 2d Lieut. George W. Long, of the 1st art. to be 2d lieut. 1st July, 1824. 2d Regiment of Infantry. 2d Lieut. Edmund B. Griswold, to be 1st lieut. 10th February, 1825, vice Harrison, deceased. Brt. 2d Lieut. William Bloodgood, of the 1st infantry, to be 2d lieut. 1st July, 1824. George Bomford, lieut. colonel, 1st regiment of artillery, 9th February, 1815, to be colonel by brevet, to rank 9th February, 1825, for ten years faithful service in the same grade. A. R. Wolley, major 6th regiment of infantry, 9th February, 1815, to be lieut. colonel by brevet, to rank 9th February, 1825, for ten years faithful service in same grade. William Wade, captain of the 4th regiment of artillery, 9th February, 1815, to be major by brevet, to rank 9th February, 1825, for ten years faithful service in same grade. R. E. De Russey, captain corps of engineers, 9th February, 1815, to be major by brevet, to rank 9th February, 1825, for ten years faithful service in same grade. APPOINTMENT. Cadet Richard Newman, to be 2d lieut. 7th regiment of infantry, 3d March, 1825. The general in chief announces the foregoing promotions and appointment, and directs the officers promoted to report for duty accordingly. Those appointed have received special orders from this office. By order of major general Brown: CHS. J. NOURSE, adj. general. NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS. Treasury Department, 3d Auditor's office, 18th March, 1825. Notice is hereby given, that, by an act of congress, passed on the 3d instant, entitled "an act further to amend the act authorizing payment for property lost, captured or destroyed, by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes, passed ninth April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen," the third auditor of the treasury is empowered to examine and adjust claims for buildings destroyed by the enemy during the late war, which, at the time of destruction, were occupied by order of any agent or officer of the United States, as places of deposite for military or naval stores, or as barracks for the military forces of the United States; provided such claims shall have been presented to the late commissioner of claims before the 10th of April, 1818, and were not paid, nor finally rejected by him, and provided the same, and the evidence in support thereof, be exhibited to the said auditor within nine months from the time of passing the said act: and that, by the said act, it is declared, that no payment shall be made under its provisions, where the property destroyed was occupied under a contract with the owner, and at the risk of such owner; that the amount which shall appear to have been paid to the owners as rent for the use or occupation of their property, shall be deducted; and that, in case the whole amount of claims presented and allowed under it, shall exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the claimants respectively shall receive only their rateable proportion of that sum. All persons, therefore, having claims such as are above designated, should transmit the same, with the evidence in their support, and of their having been so as aforesaid presented to the late commissioner of of claims, to this office previous to the fourth day of should be accompanied by a deposition duly authenticated, from the owner of the building or buildings destroyed, declaring that the same was, or were not, occupied under a contract with the owner, and at the risk of the owner, and specifying the sum or sums of money received by the owner as rent for the use or occupation of the property, and the name or names of the officer or officers, or other person or persons, by whom such rent was paid. PETER HAGNER, 3d Auditor. JOHN ENGLAND, by the grace of God and with the ap probation of the holy apostolical see, bishop of Charles ton: To our beloved flock, the Roman Catholics of the said diocess, especially to our venerable brethren the clergy-HEALTH AND BLESSING: Beloved Brethren-The great object of religion is to sanctify man, and thus fit him for eternal happiness: but man is best sanctified in the moment when his passions are subdued, and he is most exposed to danger when they are excited. War is not only calamitous in its effects upon society, but is injurious to religion, by destroying charity and by exciting the passions. For the same reason, the mal-administration of government, by those to whom it has been committed, is injarious to religion; because it produces innumerable evils and excites the worst passions. Hence, it is the duty of a religious man, frequently to address himself to the Throne of Grace, to obtain from the Giver of every good gift, peace and good government for his country, that thereby our Heavenly Father might be induced to place him in such circumstances as would afford to him and to others, the fairest opportunity of walking uninterruptedly in the path of his commandments, and would procure for him and his fellow creatures those temporal comforts which it is lawful to seek, and to I use with moderation. Hence the sacred Scriptures, and the other records of religion, exhibit to us, from the earliest periods, the priest and the people uniting in their sacrifices and supplications to obtain from the eternal God the gifts of wisdom, fortitude and moderation, for the governors of the land; and of peace and plenty for its inhabitants. The apostolic injunctions teach us our obligation; the examples of the fathers and the spirit of the church, are perfectly consonant to the great principles which we derive from the acts and the expressions of our blessed Redeemer, and from those other venerable sources. This, brethren, is, in our land, an interesting epoch. Our people have regulated that, at stated times, their chief magistrate shall lay down the power which he has received from them to exercise in their name for the public welfare. They have used their right, and exercised their power, in giving a successor in the presidential office to that excellent citizen who has, during a considerable time, discharged its duties so much to their satisfaction, to his own credit and to the prosperity of our confederated republics: and this successor is to be solemnly bound by oath to the proper performance of the duties of his high office on the fourth of next month. Our faith teaches us, that the aid of the Most High is necessary to enable as not only to resist temptation and to practice virtue, but also to discharge, in a proper way, the obligations of our several special states in life; and the higher the state, the more arduous are its duties, the greater is the difficulty of their correct fulfilment, the more do we stand in need of the special grace of God for our aid. He who, by the desire of the people, holds an office for the public good, has a claim upon the people's exertion on his behalf. Sandwich Islands. Letters from these Islands, received at Boston, confirm the late accounts of the existence of a civil war in those places where it was hoped the mild influence of the Christian faith would have perpetuated peace. It was not our province, beloved brethren, to have cording to contemporary writers, millions of pilgrims intefered with your right of freely acting in the selec-were reckoned, it is on record that, even in 1750, there tion of the citizen who was to fill the dignified chair were 1.300 present on the 24th Dec. at the opening of the president of the U. States: nor is it our pro- of the holy gate; 8,400 arrived in Christmas week, to vince to express any sentiment upon the choice which be present at the new year. This time, only 36 pil-. had been made. But it is our duty to bow to the de- grims arrived at the opening of the holy gate, and, in cision which the people have made according to the the first week, no more than 440 arrived. This fact forms which our constitution has prescribed, and to is partly explained by the severity exercised by the believe that the preservation of that constitution is of police of each state in the examination of the pilmore importance than the selection of any individual: grims' passports. and also, that, in such a government as ours, the rea- Germany. A short time ago a young woman, namdy and cheerful acquiescence of each, to the expres-ed Dorothea Ceigher, was buried with military hosed will of the constitutional majority, is a solemn nors at Magdebourgh. She was only 18 years old, obligation. It is then our province to invite you to and had made the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. The the performance of your religious duty: to assemble attestation which was given to her by her colonel, you together for the purpose of offering up the holy and the other officers, set forth that this heroine, who sacrifice of the mass and our united prayers, to be- had been engaged in more than forty battles, was seech the eternal God, through the merits of our bless-equally virtuous and intrepid. ed Redeemer, his beloved son Jesus Christ, to bless the administration of the new president; to guide his councils by wisdom; to confirm them in fortitude; to endow them with moderation; to make them loved and useful at home, feared and respected abroad; and to grant to our republics peace, strength, union and The Whahoo letters are to the 17th Sept. They inprosperity; to fasten in bands of charity, not only form, that, in consequence of the Island having been our several states and territories, but also our seve- ceded to Rhio Rhio, [who died in England the last ral denominations of inhabitants, so that we may put summer], and the occupation of it by Kiyakoo, as reaway from amongst us every spirit of bitterness, con- gent for him, occasioned great discontent among the tention and envy, and having but one heart and one people of Atooi; who, on the the 8th August, rose and soul, we may behold truth, preserve peace, and attacked the fort with intention to seize on the arms, strengthen in our union, blessed by our God, and edi- &c. deposited there. George Tomarre, [educated at fying the world, strenuously mantain and faithfully the Cornwall school in Connecticut], headed the maltransmit to future generations, those valuable bless-contents; but took his measures so badly, that he was ings of civil freedom and unrestricted right of reli- defeated with the loss of a chief and 20 men. The gious worship of which we are generally partakers regent, and the new governor, Tamahamaha, shut in this happy land. themselves up in the fort at first, and sent vessels to the windward islands for reinforcements and succor. When these arrived, they sallied out, attacked the Atooi people in their entrenchments, beat them, and compelled George, with about 600 men, to retire to the mountians, whither he was pursued by the conquering troops, who were waging a war of extermination, and committing savage barbarities. The isl and was ruined; the houses had been destroyed, the lands laid waste, and the hills were covered with dead bodies. It was not expected that George could hold Wherefore, we desire, that, on Friday, the fourth of March, the solemn mass of the Holy Ghost, shall be of fered up in the several churches of this diocess, at the usual hour at which mass is celebrated on festivals, and that the prayers which we have appointed for the occasion, shall also be offered up at the same time to obtain from our merciful God the above blessings; and we invite the several congregations to assist thereat in a becoming and edifying manner, so that we may draw down upon our states the favor and protection of the Most High. Given at Charleston, on the 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1825. JOHN, Bishop of Charleston. FOREIGN NEWS. out a month. Colombia, There are different accounts as to the state of things between France and Colombia, growing out of a demand made by the former for indemnities for French property taken on board of a Spanish vessel-but it appears that nothing decisive has Great Britain and Ireland. The vast amount of sur-taken place. The marquis Magnan, who arrived at plus or unemployed capital in England, has given Carthagena, in the frigate Constantia, had proceeded rise to a great variety of schemes for the purpose of to Bogota, with documents said to be of "the greatest investing it advantageously, and one of the late Lon-importance." don papers contains a list of one hundred and four- Mexico. A large quantity of dollars has arrived at teen new projects, requiring capital amounting to up-Alvarado, from London, on account of the Mexican wards of ninety-five millions pounds sterling, or more loan negotiated in England. The Mexican markets than four hundred and twenty millions of dollars. are glutted with British manufactures-to get the dolFrance. The Paris liberal paper, Constitutionnel, lars back again. says "The ministerial journals are insulting Lafayette and the noble triumph offered to him in the United States. They cannot conceive how homage can be paid to a man from whom you have nothing to hope or fear." Two strong wagons arrived at Dijon on the 2d ult. on their way to Paris from Marseilles, with an Egyptian sarcophagus, adorned within and without with hieroglyphics. This tomb weighs 19,000 lb. and its lid 11,000 lb. It is 8 feet in length, 4 feet in breadth, and 4 feet in height, and has been bought by the government. Italy. Rome, Jan. 25. The number of pilgrims attracted by the jubilee is excessively small, especially, when compared with the former jubilees. Not to speak of the jubilees of 1300 and 1350, when, ac Rail Roads. The British people appear to have run wild with projects to invest their surplus capital. Any bubble is grasped at that affords a prospect of income. The great prevailing notion is, that rail roads, travelled by wagons, driven or dragged by steam power, is a cheaper and more expeditious mode of transporting commodities than by the way of canals, and it is probable that the experiment will be extensively tried during the present year. The very great profit which many of the canals have yielded, pushed on this *The following statement will show the vast increase in the value of canal property: Old Birming speculation; and, indeed, from what we see stated on the subject, it appears very probable that certain rail roads might be made which would be as productive as most of the canals-if the facts stated about "resistance,” “velocity," &c. are true. Several rail ways are already projected-such as from London to Manchester, and from Edinburgh to Glasgow, and the moneys subscribed with eagerness. We intend to give some articles on this matter to shew what is going on; and shall begin with the following, as explanatory of the principles which are seemingly accepted in regard to it. CALCULATIONS ON RAIL ROADS. "A horse, (says a British publication), will draw, on a well made road, one ton, in a cart weighing about 700 lbs. weight, at a rate of two miles an hour: on a rail-way, he will draw fifteen tons-which may be set down at thirty thousand pounds. On a canal, he will draw thirty tons in a boat, weighing fifteen tons or ninety thousand pounds-hence the difference is ten times, and on a canal thirty times, as much for the draft of a horse as on a well made road. The expense, then, of transporting commodities, by horse power, by rail-roads, is two-thirds less than on the best constructed road. With regard to the comparative value of rail-ways and of canals, the balance in favor is, as to horse power, three times as much as on a rail-way, to which, in the first place, may be set in opposition the original cost and subsequent repairs. Again, this calculation is made on the datum of two miles draught for the hour. We have seen that a horse will draw about 90,000 lbs. at the rate of two miles an hour. If we increase the velocity of the boat, the resistance will also be increased, and with amazing rapidity. The resistance of a fluid increases as the square of the velocity. Since 90,000 lbs. therefore, is drawn at the rate of two miles an hour by one horse At 4 miles an hour it would require 4 horses, 6 8 12 6 8 12 do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 9 do. 16 do. 36 do. Here we see the advantage of steam power. Animal power could never be so applied as to produce this effect; because, as the velocity of the vessel increases, the draught of animal power is diminished, becoming small, indeed, when it reaches the velocity of 10 or 12 miles an hour. When the vehicle has attained any proposed velocity, whether that velocity be generated, in the first instance, by the continued action of the impelling force, or by any other means, it is merely necessary, in order that it should retain that velocity, that there should be an impelling force just sufficient to overcome the friction and the resistance of the air. Hence, on a railway, the expenditure of force due to a velocity of ten or twelve miles an hour, is very little more than that due to a velocity of two miles an hour. This is te grand mechanical advantage which a rail-road possesses over a canal. But it is on the application of steam, and on a consequent capacity of maintaining a constant action, however great the velocity of the vehicle, that this advantage depends. Without steam a railway would be of no use; it would possess no superiority over a canal. Animal power could not have been applied with any advantageous effect, because its draught diminishes so rapidly with an increase of velocity. [From the London Courier.] "About a fortnight since a number of experiments, with the locomotive engines, were performed at Killingworth, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by order of the committee of the Liverpool and Manchester rail-way. In the first instance, namely, on the 18th ult. the trials were made with an old and imperfect engine, the results of which gave a speed of not more than four miles an hour, with a moderate load. On the 22d ult. however, a superior engine, of eight horse power, being employed, the diameter of the wheels being four feet, five different trials of its power and speed were made. The weight moved, exclusive of the engine, was 48 tons, 15 cwt. The inclination of the road was I in $40-the greatest rise in any part 11 inches in 100 yards, 1 in 327. The enOr, at 4 miles an hour, the draught of one horse gine and load being moved, in both directions, along will be about 22,000 lbs. this inclined plane, the total result may be consider10,000 do. ed as upon a horizontal plane. The average velocity 5,000 do. was nearly seven miles an hour, and the greatest 2,000 do. speed 94 miles an hour. As a good deal of misreThis computation is made that the draught of a presentation has gone abroad upon the subject of horse is the same at 2, 4, 6 and 8 miles an hour, but these experiments, we think it well to state that the the strength diminishes with every increase of velo- above report is upon the authority of Mr. James city-for, as the resistance of a fluid increases as the Walker, of Limehouse, one of seven engineers who square of the velocity, the animal becomes propor- were present: and, in addition to the above, we will tionably exhausted in maintaining that velocity. On mention that Mr. Walker distinctly states, that, had the other hand, resistance on a rail-way arises only the rail-way been good and well fixed, "the result from friction and the resistance of the atmosphere would have been higher." As these engines were -the latter of which is too trifling to be made the not of the best construction for speed, no doubt can subject of computation-the friction and resistance be entertained that, with proper engines, goods and is proportionable only to the pressure, and entirely merchandise may be conveyed with a very considera independent of velocity. This gives the rail-way an bly increased velocity." immense advantage over a canal-by increasing velocity on a rail-way, resistance is not increased. The very force impelling a body two miles an hour may 'be made to impel it ten or twelve. Apply to a body, to be moved on a rail-way, a force equal to the resistance, and it will not move-the smallest increase of force puts the carriage in motion, and if constantly an acting force like that of steam, it might be increased beyond any assignable limit. ham canal, original cost per share, 1.140; present value, 1.2,840; annual dividend 1.100. Stafford and Worcester canal, original cost, 140; present value, 1.960; annual dividend, 1.40; Trent and Mersey canal, original cost, l.200; present value, 1.4,600; annual dividend, 1.130 and bonus. Coventry canal, original cost, 1.100; present value, 1.1,340; annual dividend, 1.44 and bonus. Instructions to Com. Porter. NAVY DEPARTMENT, February 1, 1823. SIR-You have been appointed to the command of a squadron, fitted out under an act of congress of the 20th of December last, to cruise in the West India seas and Gulf of Mexico, for the purpose of suppres sing piracy, and affording effectual protection to the citizens and commerce of the United States. Your attention will also be extended to the suppression of the slave trade, according to the provisions of the several acts of congress on that subject; copies of which, and of the instructions heretofore given to our naval commanders thereon, are herewith sent to you. While it is your duty to protect our commerce against all unlawful interruption, and to guard the rights, both of person and property, of the citizens of the United States, wherever it shall become necessary, you will observe the utmost caution not to incroach upon the rights of others; and should you, at any time, be brought into discussion or collision, with any foreign power, in relation to such rights, it will be expedient and proper that the same should be conducted with as much moderation and forbearance as is consistent with the honor of your country, and the just claims of its citizens. Should you, in your cruise, | fall in with any foreign naval force, engaged in the suppression of piracy, it is desirable that harmony and good understanding should be cultivated between you; and you will do every thing, on your part, that accords with the honor of the American flag, to promote this object. So soon as the vessels at Norfolk shall be ready for sea, you will proceed to the West Indies, by such route as you shall judge best for the purpose of effecting the object of your cruise. You will establish at Thompson's Island, usually called Key West, a depot, and land the ordnance and marines to protect the stores and provisions; if, however, you shall find any important objection to this place, and a more suitable and convenient one can be found, you are at liberty to select it as a depot. You will announce your arrival and object to the authorities, civil and military, of the island of Cuba, and endeavor to obtain, as far as shall be practicable, their co-operation, or at least their favorable and friendly support, giving them the most unequivocal assurance, that your sole object is the destruction of pirates. The system of piracy which has grown up in the West Indies, has obviously arisen from the war between Spain and the new governments, her late provinces, in this hemisphere, and from the limited force in the islands, and their sparse population, many portions of each being entirely uninhabited and desolate, to which the active authority of the government does not extend. It is understoood that establishments have been made by parties of those banditti, in those uninhabited parts, to which they carry their plunder, and retreat in time of danger. It cannot be presumed that the government of any island will afford any protection or countenance to such robbers. It may, on the contrary, confidently be believed, that all governments, and particularly those most exposed, will afford all means in their power for their suppression. Pirates are considered, by the law of nations, the enemies of the human race. It is the duty of all nations to put them down; and none who respect their own character and interest, will refuse to do it, much less afford them an asylum and protection. The nation that makes the greatest exertions to suppress such banditti, has the greatest merit. In making such exertions, it has a right to the aid of every other power, to the extent of its means, and to the enjoyment, under its sanction, of all its rights in the pursuit of the object. In the case of belligerants, where the army of one party enters the territory of a neutral power, the army of the other has a right to follow it there. In the case of pirates, the right of the armed force of one power to follow them into the territory of another, is more complete. In regard to pirates, there is no neutral party, they being the enemies of the human race; all nations are parties against them, and may be considered as allies. The object and intention of our government is, to respect the feelings as well as the rights of others, both in substance and in form, in all the measures which may be adopted to accomplish the end in view. Should, therefore, the crews of any vessels which you have seen engaged in acts of piracy, or which you have just cause to suspect of being of that character, retreat into the ports, harbors or settled parts of the island, you may enter, in pursuit of them, such ports, harbors and settled, parts of the country, for the purpose of aiding the local authorities, or people, as the case may be, to seizel and bring the offenders to justice, previously giving notice that this is your sole object. Where a government exists, and is felt, you will, in all instances, respect the local authorities, and only act in aid of, and co-operation with them; it being the exclusive purpose of the United States to suppress piracy, an object in which all nations are equally interested; and, in the accomplishment of which, the Spanish authorities and the people will, it is presumed, cordially co-operate with you. If, in the pursuit of pirates, found at sea, they shall retreat into the unsettled parts of the islands, or foreign territory, you are at liberty to pursue them, so long only as there is reasoable prospect of being able to apprehend them; and in no case are you at liberty to pursue and apprehend any one, after having been forbidden so to do by competent authority of the local government. And should you, on such pursuit, apprehend any pirates upon land, you will deliver them over to the proper authority, to be dealt with according to law; and you will furnish such evidence as shall be in your power, to prove the offence alleged against them. Should the local authorities refuse to receive and prosecute such persons, so apprehended, on your furnishing them with reasonable evidence of their guilt, you will then keep them, safely and securely, on board some of the vessels under your command, and report, without delay, to this department, the particular circumstances of such cases. Great complaints are made of the interruption and injury to our commerce, by privateers fitted out from Spanish ports. You will endeavor to obtain, from the Spanish authorities, a list of the vessels so commissioned, and ascertain how far they have been instructed to intercept our trade with Mexico and the Colombian republic, impressing upon them, that, according to the well settled rule of the law of nations, the United States will not consider any portion of coast upon the Gulf of Mexico, as legally blockaded, except where a naval force is stationed, sufficient to carry into effect the blockading order or decree; and that this government does not require the right or authority of Spain to interdict, or interrupt, our commerce with any portion of the coast included within the Colombian republie or Mexican government, not actually blockaded by a competent force. All the United States' ships and vessels of war in the West Indies, of which a list is herewith enclosed, are placed under your command, and you will distribute them to such stations as shall appear to you best calculated to afford complete protection to our commerce, in which you will embrace the object of protecting the convoy of specie from Vera Cruz, and the Mexican coast, generally, to the United States. Keep one vessel at least upon this service, to be at our near Vera Cruz during the healthy season of the year, and to be relieved as occasion shall require, both for convoy of trade, and to bring specie to the United States, confining the transportation to the United States only. You will be particularly watchful to preserve the health of the officers and crews under your command, and to guard, in every possible manner, against the unhealthiness of the climate, not permitting any intercourse with the shore where the yellow fever prevails, except in cases of absolute necessity. Wishing you good health, and a successful cruise, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, SMITH THOMPSON. Com. DAVID PORTER, Coming U. S. naval force, West Indies. List of Acts Passed at the second session of the eighteenth congress. An act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-fire. An act concerning general Lafayette. An act to authorize the legislature of the state of Ohio to sell and convey certain tracts of land granted to said state for the use of the people thereof. An act authorizing the secretary of the treasury to adopt a new hydrometer for ascertaining the proof of liquors. An act authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the United States. An act, in addition to an act, entitled "An act to amend the ordinance and acts of congress for the government of the territory of Michigan," and for other purposes. An act confirming certain claims to lands in the western district of Louisiana. An act authorizing the issuing of letters patent to Adolphus G. Trott. An act making compensation to the persons appointed by the electors to deliver the votes for president and vice president. An act to remit the duties on books, maps and charts, imported for the use of the library of congress. An act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. An act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. An act making an appropriation for the purchase of books and furniture for the use of the library of lumbia.. An act declaring the assent of congress to an act of the general assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned. An act to authorize the sale of a section of land therein mentioned. An act to establish the city of Hudson and the city of Troy, in the state of New York; Bowdoinham, in the state of Maine; and Fairport, in the state of Ohio, ports of delivery; and to abolish Topsham as a port of delivery. An act to authorize the register or enrolment and license to be issued in the name of the president or secretary of any incorporated company, owning a steam-boat or vessel. An act to extend the time of issuing and locating military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army. An act to make Castine a port of entry for ships or vessels coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope. An act to alter the terms of the district court of the United States, in the western district of Virginia. An act authorizing the secretary of the treasury to direct the completion of entries for the benefit of drawback after the period of twenty days. An act authorizing the subscription of stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal company. An act for the relief of the companies of mounted rangers, command by captains Boyle and McGirth. An act to establish certain post roads, and to discontinue others. An act authorizing Noah Webster to import into the United States his work on languages, at a rate of duty therein specified. An act to change the time of holding the district court of the United States, for the eastern district of Louisiana. An act to authorize the building of ten soops of war and for other purposes. An act concerning wrecks on the coast of Florida. An act amendatory of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Provident Association of clerks in the civil department of the government of the United States in the District of Columbia." An act to authorize the surveying and making a road from Little Rock to Cantonement Gibson, in the territory of Arkansas. An act to authorize the laying out and opening of a public road from St. Mary's River to the Bay of Tampa, in the territory of Florida. An act to authorize the surveying and opening of a road from Detroit to Chicago, in the state of Illinois. An act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of Virginia. An act to authorize the president of the United Stes to cause a road to be marked out from the western frontier of Missouri to the confines of New Mexico. An act to extend the time for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida, to provide for the preservation of the public archives in said territory, and for the relief of John Johnson. An act further to amend the act authorizing payment for property lost, captured or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes; passed ninth April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. An act for the continuation of the Cumberland road. An act authorizing the secretary of the treasury to borrow a sum not exceeding twelve millions of dollars, or to exchange a stock of four and one half per cent. for a certain stock bearing ad interest of six per cent. An act making an appropriation for the benefit of Joseph Smith, of Alexandria. An act to amend an aet, entitled "An act to alter the times of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the district of South Carolina. An act fixing the place for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the southern ba-district of New-York. An act making appropriation to satisfy certain lances due to the commissioners and secretaries of land claims in Florida. An act concerning Charles D. Brodie. An act granting certain rights to David Tate, Josiah Fletcher and John Weatherford. An act respecting the adjournment of the circuit court for the district of Columbia. An act discharging a judgment against the repreZe-sentatives of Elijah Wadsworth, deceased. An act to reduce into one, the several acts establishing and regulating the post office department. An act granting pensions to James Barker and bulon Pike. An act to provide an additional appropriation to |