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WESTERN SUM & GENEEAL ADVERTISER BY EL1HU STOUT. V1NCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, JULY 1, 182G. Vol. 17- No. SO.

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the Middle Ground shoal, near the entrance of Salem harbour, and one on the Ledge Rocks, off Dorchester Flatts, in Boston harbour; three thousand five hundred dollars for a Light House on the end of Sandy Neck, at or near the mouth of Barnstable harbour ; and txvo hundred dollars for placing Buoys on proper sites, in or near the harbour of Gloucester. In the State of Rhode Island, sixty dollars for Buoys on Sally Rock, at or near the entrance of the harbour of Last Greenwich. In the State of Connecticut, four thousand dollars for a Light House, to be located on Rauton Neck, or on the west end of Norwalk, Long Island ; one thousand dollars for a Beacon on the Round Shoals, at the mouth of the Ousatonic river ; one hundred and txventyfive dollars for placing Buoys in the following sites, to wit I one on Brown Reef, cv one on Bird's Reef, at or near the entrance of Bran ford harbour ; and one hundred dollars for making an examination c a survey, if necessary, to ascertain the utility and expense of erecting Beacons in Long Island, on Shipman's Reef, lying near the promontory of the same name, in Stamford, on Smith's Ledge, opposite the town of Darien, and on a Reef known by the name of Patrick's Hom e, at the western extreniity of Norwalk barb van. In the State of New Vork, a Light House at or near Dunkirk, six thousand dollars, on Lake Lric ; two thousand liv e hundred dollarst for one at the cast end of L.ike Lrie, on a site to be selected ; four thousand dollars for one on Plumb Island, in Long ishnd ; S3000 for one on Tibit's Point, Lai;c Ontario. In the State of New -Jersey, three hundred dollars for placing buoys at proper sites, five buoys at the entrance of the harbour of Little bigg-Harbour. In the Bay ot Delaware, twenty-nine thousand two hundred dollars, for a idght llou.se oa the Brandy wine Shoals. In the State of Maryland, three thousand five hundred dollars tor a Light House on Smith's Island; two thousand ove middled dollars for osk on Concord Point, at or iie.tr the mouth of Susquehannah river; and tour thousand dollars tor a Light Vessel at blooper's Straits. In the States of Maryland f. Virginia, sixhundred and sixty dollars for placing bu v s in the river Potomac, to wit : One at Port "Tobacco shoals, four on the south liide. of Nanjemoy' Reach, one on Lower Cedar-Point Bar, one on Craney Hand Btr, and four f r designating the channel in that part of the River called the Kettle Bottoms. In the State of Virginia, ten thaa-,md dollars for a L'ght IIoum: m Saoi'lTs lrd .au, near Cape Charles, on a proper site to ic selected. In the State of North-Carolina, nine thousand five hundred dollar for a Light Vessel, to be anchored at the southwest Straddle, Roval Shoal ; and two thousand dollars f .r a Beacon Light on federal Point, Cape Fear river ; and one hundred and sixty dollar for buoys, to be placed mi proper sites, on tin north and south sides of New Inlet, near Fe

deral Point. In the State of South-Carolina, two hund red and forty- dollars far Buovs, to be placed on the Bar of Georgetown; and seventeen , thousand dollars for a Light House on (dr.pe 1 Romanic, or a Light Vessel to bo anchored olF said Cape. In the State of Alabama, three hundred i'c twenty dollars for Buoys, to be placed oa the 1 following Poins, to wit: A Spar Buoy at the : southeast extremity of the Shoal projecting ! from Mobile Point, one on the west side of the Channel on the Bar, one on the southeast i side of the Spit projecting from Sand Island, and one on Dog River B ir. In the State of Louisiana, rue thousand c one hundred dollars, for placing eleven Buoys on proper sites, at the entrance of the Mi's- ! sissippi River, ami f(K) dollars for lamps and ! lights, to wit : one for Petit CoqueP.es, one j for Chef Menteur, and one for Fort St. Philip. Pa the State cf Georgia, fifty thousand dollars, to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, to remove obstructions in the River Savannah, below the city of Savannah ; one thousand fiv e hundred dollars for a Beacon on Grass Island, at the entrance cf Coekspur Harbour. In the State cf Mississippi, not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for a Light House on the Mississippi River, at the 'Town of Natchez. In the 'Territory of Florida, not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars for a Light House on Sambo Keys, or Sand Key. Sec. a. And be it further exacted. That the Keeper of Quaddy Head Light House, in the State of Maine, shall be allowed, in addition to his present salary, the sum of sixty dollars annually, for ringing the Bell Connected with said Light House, from the time he commenced ringing said Bell Sec. 4. A';d be it further enacted, That when the Light Houses directed to be built on the Highlands of Nev crsink, in the State of New Jersey, shall be built and lighted, the Light Vesel, at present anchored at the Hook, shall be removed, and anchored at or near Fiv e Fathom Rank, off the Capes cf Delaware Buy. And also, that when the Brandyvvinc Light Hou.se shall bt lighted, the Brandy wine Light Vessel, if the .same will answer the purpose, khdl be anchored at or near 'Tuckanuck Shoal in the Vineyard Sound. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That whenever the Light House, directed to be built on a proper site, near Buffalo Creek, in the State of New-York, shall be built and

lighted, the present Light House near Buffalo shall not be lighted. And that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and lie is hereby, authorized to cause the Light ILm, heretofore directed to be built on Thmgg's Neck, to be erected either on the s;ud Neck, or the Reef adjacent thereto, as he may deem expedient. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, 'That the several appropri itions hen in made, shall be paid out of any m oney in the Trea- j sury not otherwise appropriated. i JOHN TAYLOR, Sicaker ef the Ifaur of Representatives. JOHNC. CALHOl'N, Vice-President of the United States, and

President of the Senate. ATPROVEP Mav 18, 186. JOHN QU1NCY ADAMS. PUBLIC NO. XLV AN ACT supplementary to " An act for the gradual increase of the Navy cf the United States UP. it enacted by the Senate and liaise of Rcfirc.'icntativcr, rf the United Stutts oVmeriea, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to cause the building of one of the ships authorized bv the act for the gradual increase of the Navy of the United States, to be suspended, and tiie timber for the. same to be laid up and secured. And he is henhy further authorized, if, in hisophnon, the same can be done on advnntagvnus terms to the Unitcd States, to cause to be purchased for the Uniied States, a ship of not less t'.Mii the sin dlest class authorized to be built by the said act ; and tor carrying such purchase into itfect, the amount for which the puichue may be made, may be paid nut of tiie appropriation heretofore made far the gradual in crease of the Navy u the United states. Ai'PKuvtn Mav 17, l.-'Jo. runtic-No xlvi. AN ACT nuking further .'pprepnatiov. for ten sloops of war, & re appropriating Certain balances can iod to i i.e rvarpuis Fund. .' it mat ted by tht Senate and lt.u::r nf RtfucKentutivcx 'f tiie ( In Ltd St:;ti '.7"erica, i7 Co'.orr.v.Y u.i mbled, I 'hit the follow ii.g sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, out of any muiay in the 'Treasury, not otherwise, appropriated, for the objects following, that is to s iy : For budding ten sloops of war, :s i .:.rized by the act oi "third March. vL !U . h ladred oid twenty-Jive, three hu ,vitd .md fifty thr-:v;:rl d i! -rs:. Per pa1. i 1 . ;;vrs ::r.d teams, employed in loading a. id u.iioa ling cssels, p;h.;g, docking, and icano ing timbers a..d s.orcs, m the service of the Navy, bui.g toe baiae.ee of the impropriation of the act cf tnird March, eighteen hundred an 1 twt n.y-tnree, as carried to the surplus fund, 17,03 dollars and 4 i cents. For the inclined plane at the Navy Y.tid in Washington, being the balance of the appropriation, by the act of ocl March lwa, carried to the surplus fund, 10,01 dollar and 11 cents. For ship houses, being the balance ef an appropriation, by the act of ;3d March, 18o, carried to the surplus fund, 4-4,96 dollars and -12 cents. For contingent expenses of the naval service prior to the year 2,133 dollars and 31 cents; fifty dollars whereof, being the balance nf appropriation, by the act ol the 3d of March, 1823, and carried to the surplus fund. For pay to the superintendents, naval constructors, storekeepers, inspectors of timber, clerks of the yards, and artificers in the o.iv al serv ice, being the balance of appropriation, by the act of the 3d March, 183, can ied to the surplus fund, 29,875 dollar and 18 cents. For the suppression of piracy, being the balance of appropriation, by the act oi tiie 0th December, 1822, carried to the surplus fund, 3,722 dollars and 27 cents. For rewarding captorsof Algcrine vessels, as authorized by law, being the balance of a former appropriation, carried to the surplus fund, 14,731 dollars, and 28 cents. aI'I'Kovld May 18, 18.'6. runLic no. xlvi i. AN ACT for the subscription of stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. PP. it enacted by the S nute and f fa use ff RrfiresentuticH of the United States of Atnerica in Ccrigrc an few bled, 'That tiie Secretary of the I reasurv be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe, in the name and for the use of the United States, for six hundred shares of the capital suck ot the Dismal Swamp Canal, and to pay for the same, at such times, and in such proportions, as may be required by the existing rules and regulations of the said Company. Sec, 2. .ind be it further enacted, by the authority cfrcscid. That the Secretary of the 'Treasury shall vote for the President and Director of said Company, according to said number of Shares, and shall receive, ujxm said stock, the propotion of tolls and emoluments which shall, from time to time, become due to thr United States, on the shares of stock aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall nol go into effect until the United States' Hoard of Engineers shall examine said canal, and make a report, in writing, to the Secretary of War, that, in their opinion, the plan on which the canal U to be executed, will answer, as far as circumstances shall permit, as a part of the chain of cinals con

templated along the Atlantic Coast, and that, in their opinion, the sum hereby a ithoiizcci to be suberibvd for, will be sufficient to finish the canal according to said plan. Aud be it further rovided, 'That, to carry this act into ifllct, the sum of 150,000 dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any men ey in the 'Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the money subscribed on behalf of the United States shall be actually expended in the completion of the canal, and not in the payment nf any d.bt debts now ouing by the company; and it sh.td be the duty cf the Secretary nf the Treasury, before the payment of any pait of the money subscribed on behalf of the United States, to adopt such measures as shall ensure the application of the same to the completion oi the s aid canal, according to the plan proposed, and to no other purpose whatsoever. ai'I'Rovkd May 18, 1826. runLio no. xlviii 3 AN AC l to authorize the salt and conveyance of the House belonging to the Uiated States at the Hague. PP. it enacted by the Senate and House f Representatives of the United States of Avierica in Lngres assembled, That the Preside:,! be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to he v l i nod convexec, the house and lot beiongi.ig to tne United StaUs a the Hague, which was cuivtyed to the U ted States, by virtue of a resolution of v v. uitinental Congress, ef the 27th of December,

aftrovkd Mav 18, 186. rURLIC NO XLIX AN ACT igda'ing uu tu tability for el a....ig and equipage iss'ud to die ai my of tin. Uniti d states, and f"r the bettei organization of the Quartermaster's Dcp.-rt-ir. cm. HP. it enacted by the S r-atc and House oflu.nsentatii es of the Unittd S: cites of Airn icu in C'j.'ttfrets v rnbl d. Th tt it i-hll be the duty of tht. Quartcrmastt t s Dep.. tmt i.t, in addition to its present duties, to m--c, ive, from the Purchasing Dt partment, lei d . distribute to the army nf the United Stutts, ail clothing and camp and garrison equipi.ge required for the u. ..f the troops ; and that it shad oe the duty of the Quartermaster (iei.eral, under the direction of the Secretary cf W ar, to prescribe and enforce, under the provisions of this act, a system cf accountability for all clothing an-Uquipage iss'.u .1 to the army. Sec. J. And be it further enacted. That every Captain, or commander of a company, d( t ichmcnt, or r '. ruiting station, or other oii'u er, who shall hav c received clothing or camp equipage for the use cf his command, or for issue to the troops, shall render to the Quartermaster-General, at the expiration of eacn regular quarter nf the year, quarterly returns of such supplies, according to the forms which may be prescribed, accompanied by the requisite vouchers for any isiKs thai shall hav e been made ; which returns and vouchers, after due examination by the Quartermaster-General, shall be transmitted for settlement to the proper office of the 'Treasury Department. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of ail officers charged with the issue of Clothing, or other supplies, carefully to preserve the same from waste or damage ; and, in case of deficiency, on final settlement, of any article of supplies, the value thereof shall be charged against the delinquent, and deducted from his monthly pay, unless he shall show, to the satisfaction ot the Secretary of War, by one or more depositions, setting fourth the'eircumstances ot Hie case, that the said deficiency was occasioned by unavoidable accident, or was lot in actual service, without any fault on his part ; and, in case of damatre. he shall aki be subject to charge for the damage actually sustained, unless he shall show, in like manner, to the satisfaction of the Secretary ot War, that due care and attention were given to the preservation of said supplies, ani that the damage did not result from neglect. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, 'That the better to enable the Quastermaster's Department to carry into effect the provision nf this act, there be appointed two additional Quartermasters, and ten Assistant Quartermasters, to be taken from the line of the army, xv ho shall haxc tht same rank and compensation as are provided for like grades by the act entitled, "An act to reduce and fi:. the military peace establishment cf the Unitcd States" " approved the second day of March, 1821 : Provided, That Assistant Quartermasters be entitled, also, to receive the alloxvance of forage heretofore authorized, by law, to regimental and battalion Quartermasters. Sec. 5. .hid be it further enacted. That each officer appointed under this act, shall, Ik fore he enters upon his duties, giv e bond, with sufficient surety, to be approxed by the Secretary of War, in such sum as the President shall direct, with condition far the faithful performance of the duties cf his office. apfkoved May 18, 186. ruBLic No. AN act relative to the issuing executions ii the District and Circuit Courts e f the UniStates, in certain cases. BE it enacted by the Senate and Ifaus ofRefiresentatn rtothe United States cf U mencu in Congress nuanbkd, That ail writs