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Página 92
... be our pilots above . Crossing the Mississippi above Crow Wing , we directed our course to Gull lake . In the centre of this lake is a high conical pile of boulders , looking as if rolled up by the studied efforts of art into a [ 1 ] 92.
... be our pilots above . Crossing the Mississippi above Crow Wing , we directed our course to Gull lake . In the centre of this lake is a high conical pile of boulders , looking as if rolled up by the studied efforts of art into a [ 1 ] 92.
Página 93
... piled up along the margin sometimes five and six feet above the water . The lands around are fertile , sugar trees are abundant , and rice is obtained in large quantities . The lake has capacity for supplying at least three thousand ...
... piled up along the margin sometimes five and six feet above the water . The lands around are fertile , sugar trees are abundant , and rice is obtained in large quantities . The lake has capacity for supplying at least three thousand ...
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... . NORFOLK . from The improvements which have been completed since the 1st October last are 600 feet of quay wall ; 450 feet of pile - wharf ; coal - house , and the steam - hammer and engine , for the smithery . [ 1 ] 316.
... . NORFOLK . from The improvements which have been completed since the 1st October last are 600 feet of quay wall ; 450 feet of pile - wharf ; coal - house , and the steam - hammer and engine , for the smithery . [ 1 ] 316.
Página 318
... piles have been driven ; the piles for 60 feet cut off at the proper depth ; a portion of the wall , from 40 to 50 feet in length , commenced , a part of which is built to within 14 feet of the surface of the water only . Much time and ...
... piles have been driven ; the piles for 60 feet cut off at the proper depth ; a portion of the wall , from 40 to 50 feet in length , commenced , a part of which is built to within 14 feet of the surface of the water only . Much time and ...
Página 319
... piling river front , paving , drains , gutters , & c . , cisterns for rope - walk , line - house , and for repairs of all kinds , amounting to $ 116,600 . The amount asked for embankment is necessary for the protection and preservation ...
... piling river front , paving , drains , gutters , & c . , cisterns for rope - walk , line - house , and for repairs of all kinds , amounting to $ 116,600 . The amount asked for embankment is necessary for the protection and preservation ...
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Página 63 - SIR : I have the honor to report, for the information of the major-general commanding, that the situation here is not improving since my last report.
Página 21 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments...
Página 94 - Congress for the security of the parties concerned; provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reward...
Página 197 - No officer or private in the navy shall disobey the lawful orders of his superior officer, or strike him, or draw, or offer to draw, or raise any weapon against him, while in the execution of the duties of his office, on pain of death, or such other punishment as a court martial shall inflict.
Página 6 - Constitution could not have been formed, and can not be permanently sustained, yet we have seen them made the subject of bitter controversy in both sections of the Republic. It required many months of discussion and deliberation to secure the concurrence of a majority of Congress in their favor. It would be strange if they had been received with immediate approbation by people and States prejudiced and heated by the exciting controversies of their representatives.
Página 399 - ... matter conveyed between the United States and any foreign country, for the purpose of making better postal arrangements with other governments, or counteracting any adverse measures affecting our postal intercourse with foreign countries...
Página 57 - I have no hesitation in giving it as my opinion that the vicinity of land to the northward will always be in our favour.
Página 370 - For contingencies, viz : freight, ferriage, toll, cartage, wharfage, compensation to judges advocate, per diem for attending courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and for constant labor, house rent in lieu of quarters, burial of deceased marines, printing, stationery, postage, apprehension of deserters, oil. candles, forage, straw, furniture, bed sacks, spades, shovels, axes, picks, carpenters...
Página 3 - A revision of the code for the government of the Navy seems to require the immediate consideration of Congress. Its system of crimes and punishments had undergone no change for half a century until the last session, though its defects have been often and ably pointed out; and the abolition of a particular species of corporal punishment, which then took place, without providing any substitute, has left the service in a state of defectiveness which calls for prompt correction.
Página 1 - I also beg leave to call your attention to the propriety of extending, at an early day, our system of land laws, with such modifications as may be necessary, over the State of California and the territories of Utah and New Mexico. The mineral lands of California will, of course, form an exception to any general system which may be adopted. Various methods of disposing of them have been suggested. I was at first inclined to...