VESSELS IN ORDINARY..October 1, 1834.

AT PORTSMOUTH, N H-Concord, sloop of war, requires to be coppered, and other slight repairs. Lexington, sloop of war, requires considerable repairs.

AT CHARLESTOWN, MASS.-Columbus, ship of the line, requires large repairs. Independence, ship of the line, requires very large repairs. Constitution, frigate, in good order. Boston, sloop of war, requires new coppering, and other slight repairs.

AT BROOKLYN, N. Y.-Washington, ship of the line, requires very large repairs. Franklin, ship of the line, requires very large repairs. Ohio, hull requires extensive repairs; few of her equipments have ever been provided. Hudson, frigate, doubtful if fit for sea service-is used as a receiving vessel. Peacock, sloop of war, requires considerable repairs and coppering.

AT PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Cyane, sloop of war, condemned for sea service, to be used as a receiving vessel. Warren, sloop of war, requires slight repairs. Sea Gull, old steam vessel, decayed, unfit for service; her sale is recommended.

AT GOSPORT, VA.-North Carolina, ship of the line requires middling repairs and coppering. Guerriere, frigate, requires very large repairs or to be rebuilt. Java, frigate, unfit for sea service; she is used as a receiving vessel.

VESSELS ON THE STOCKS.

Those building under the law for the gradual increase of the navy, are distributed as follows:

At Portsmouth, N. H. one ship of the line; one frigate. At Charles town, Mass. two ships of the line; one frigate. At Brooklyn, N. Y. two frigates At Philadelphia, one ship of the line; one frigate. At Washington, one frigate. At Gosport, Va. one ship of the line; one frigate.

All these vessels are under cover, and in a good state of preservation. A frigate is also building at Gosport, Virginia, to replace the Macedonian, under a special act of Congress, approved 10th July, 1832.

General statement of the measures which have been taken to carry into effect the laws for the gradual increase of the navy, approved 29th of April, 1816, and 3d March, 1821.

Under the provisions of the acts, the ships of the line Columbus, North Carolina, and Delaware, were built and equipped for service some years

since.

The ship of the line Ohio, was launched, but has never been equipped. The frigates Brandywine, and Potomac, have been equipped and employed.

Five ships of the line and seven frigates remain upon the stocks in the different yards, all under tight houses, and in a good state of preservation. They are so far advanced that they may be equipped as soon as crews could be collected for them. There are also many valuable materials on hand at the several yards, belonging to this appropriation, preparatory to the completion and equipment of the vessels; but the amount remaining in the Treasury, $186,613 19, would be insufficient

to supply the probable deficiency, as stated in a letter from the board to the Secretary of the Navy of the 19th June last; but, if the services of these vessels are not expected to be soon required, no immediate appropriation will be necessary for them.

The vessels which have not yet been launched are at the following navy yards, viz.

At Portsmouth, N. H., one ship of the line, and one frigate.

At Charlestown, Massachusetts, two ships of the line, and one frigate. At Brooklyn, N. Y., two frigates.

At Philadelphia, one ship of the line, and one frigate.

At Washington, one frigate.

At Gosport, Virginia, one ship of the line, and one frigate.

General statement of the measures which have been adopted under the acts of Congress for the gradual improvemeut of the navy, approved 3d March, 1827, and 2d March, 1833.

Live oak frame timber has been delivered under contracts, at the respective navy yards, as follows, viz.

At Charlestown, Massachusetts, for two ships of the line, two frigates, and one sloop of war.

At Brooklyn, New York, for one frigate.

At Philadelphia, for two frigates, and one sloop of war.

At Washington, for one frigate, and one sloop of war, together with part of the frame for another sloop of war.

At Gosport, Virginia, for two ships of the line, one frigate, and one sloop of war.

A contract has been made for the frame timber of a frigate, and a sloop of war, at the navy yard near Portsmouth, New Hampshire; of which about 17,304 feet have been delivered for the frigate, and about 8,284 feet for the sloop of war.

Upon a contract for the delivery of the frame of a ship of the line at Brooklyn, New York, none has been delivered, and there is reason to fear that it may be necessary to resort to legal means to obtain a performance of the contract.

The total quantity of live oak timber on hand, under this appropriation, on the 1st Oct, 1834, was 397,906 cubic feet, which cost $492,030 45 There have also been procured, and there were on hand at the above date, the following quantities of other timber :

Of white oak timber, 244,998 cubic feet, which cost
Of white oak plank, 268,929 superficial feet, which cost
Of yellow pine timber, for plank, 217,182 cubic feet, which

cost

$81,150 74 13,957 94

74,328 19

Of yellow pine timber, for masts and spars, 57,730 cubic feet, which cost

Making a total cost of

Of white oak knees, 6,253 in number, which cost

The expenditure for labor, in receiving and stowing materials, and for other purposes not herein otherwise enumerated, up to the 1st October, has been about $138,994 32.

35,750 37 32,852 64

$238,039 88

Of the two dry docks authorized, both were so far completed as to be available before the commencement of the last session of Congress.

The one at Charlestown was transferred from the charge of the constructing engineer, to that of the commandant of the yard, on the 9th September, 1833, and the total cost was $677,089 78.

That at Gosport, Virginia, was transferred to the charge of the commandant of that yard on the 15th of March, 1834, and the cost to that time had been $962,459 19. Some parts of its dependencies were not then fully completed; and there has been since expended the sum of $11,897 50, which makes the total cost to the 1st of October, 1834, equal to $974,356 69

Five buildings for the protection of materials have been built and paid for from this appropriation, at a cost of $136,128 34; and some other expenditures for similar purposes have also been made at New York and Philadelphia at a further expense of about $7,380, making a total for building and preserving materials of about $143,508 84.

Attention has also been given to the selection of public lands, and to other measures for the preservation and cultivation of live oak trees, and an expense has been incurred amounting to about $66,983 84 in the whole; but this subject has been so recently placed under the immediate charge of the board, that they are unable to present any detailed statement upon it.

Offers have been recently accepted, and contracts will be soon made for the white oak and yellow pine timber which is required to complete the hulls of all the vessels for which frames are provided, and for the iron and copper which will be necessary for the same purpose.

It is intended to make early arrangements for procuring materials for the steam vessels authorized by the act, the board having hitherto delayed action upon this subject for the purpose of obtaining information on some important points.

The amounts which have been appropriated, and which are available to the close of the present year, are $4,000,000, and of this sum there remained in the Treasury and in the hands of the navy agents on the 1st of October, 1834, the sum of $1,278,995 70.

The contracts about to be entered into for timber, iron, and copper, will amount to about $745,500; the amounts required to meet existing contracts to about $97,500; leaving, of the amount already appropriated, about $435,995 for the steam vessels, and for the purchase of other materials, and their preservation.

NAVY PENSION FUND.

Stocks owned by the Navy Pension Fund, on the 1st of November, 1834.

PRIVATEER PENSION FUND.

On the 1st of November, 1834, the stocks owned by this fund were, of Maryland five per cents, redeemable after March 31, 1845, $10,500 00; and of the same stocks, redeemable after June 30, 1845, $5,067 05. The receipts of the fund, from interest, sales of stocks, &c., during the preceding year, amounted to $35,686 14, and the payments to $34,729 42.

ACTS IN RELATION TO THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. An act for the beller organization of the United States "marine corps." [SEC. 1] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the marine corps shall consist of the following officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, viz. one colonel commandant, one lieutenant colonel, four majors, thirteen captains, twenty, first lieutenants, twenty, second lieutenants, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one assistant quartermas ter, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one drum major, one fife major, eighty sergeants, eighty corporals, thirty drummers, thirty fifers, and one thousand privates.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corps shall, at all times, be subject to, and under the laws and regulations which are, or may hereafter be, established for the better government of the navy, except when detached for service with the army by order of the President of the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, shall take the oath prescribed by law, and that all enlistments shall be for the term of four years, during which period marines, so enlisted, shall be, and are hereby, exempt from all personal arrest for debt or contract.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the marine corps shall be, in relation to rank, on the same footing as officers of similar grades in the army: Provided, That no officer of the marine corps shall exercise command over any navy yard or vessel of the United States.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the marine corps shall be entitled to, and receive the same pay, emoluments, and allowances, as are now, or may hereafter be, allowed to officers of similar grades in the infantry of the army, except the adjutant and inspector, who shall be entitled to the same pay, emoluments and allowances, as are received by the paymaster of said corps; and the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, shall be entitled to the same pay, rations, clothing, and allowances, as they now receive.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the staff of said corps shall be taken from the captains or subalterns of the corps.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissions of the officers now in the marine corps shall not be vacated by this act, and that the President of the United States may during the recess of the Senate, first by promotions according to rank, and then by selections, appoint the offi

cers hereby authorized, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate, at their next session, for their advice and consent.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the President be and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe such military regulations for the discipline of the marine corps, as he may, in his judgment, deem expedient.

SEC 9. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fourth section of an act, passed the sixth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled "An act making further provisions for the army of the United States, and for other purposes,' or of any other act as authorizes the President to confer brevet rank on such officers of the army or of the marine corps, as shall have served ten years in any one grade, shall be, and the same hereby is, repealed; and so much of the second section of an act passed the sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers," as may be applicable to the clause herein above repealed, shall be, and the same hereby is, also repealed: Provided, Nothing herein shall affect any right already acquired by ten years' expired service to brevet rank.

SEC. 10 And be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. [Approved, 30th June, 1834.]

An act making certain allowances, and granting certain arrearages to the Captains and Subalterns of the United States Corps of Marines. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend the benefits of the act of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, entitled "An act giving certain compensation to the captains and subalterns of the army of the United States in certain cases," to the captains and subalterns of the corps of the United States marines under similar cases.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy may be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be settled by the proper accounting officers of the department all arrearages of pay and allowances which shall be found due the said captains and subalterns of the United States corps of marines from the period at which the act of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, above referred to, went into operation, up to the passage of this act; and that the same be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

[Approved, 30th June, 1834.]

An act concerning Naval Pensions, and the Navy Pension Fund. [SEC 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the provisions and benefits of the act of the twenty-eighth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, entitled, "An act further to extend the pension heretofore granted to the widows of persons killed, and who died, in the naval service" be continued for another term of five years to all