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CITY OF BEOWNVILLE, NEMEtA GOIMTY, . T., THUESDAY, ilPEIL 23, 1857.
VOL. I.
ISO. 45.
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Coi ist, th'Te months,
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fourtk
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rhere ctiil rtfroitsn-uiiT u hk.
a per cct, fjr eaca ehns
be fcdded U toe
IlaiVsT Easir ess Cards of ve lints "cr less, f-ar
?a j.f-0.
fcirerti.enieEts wHI be eonndfred by the year,
i-n roeciSei a tb marioscript, cr jreriocsly
' a;? between the parties.
k iWpents H.t marked on the ery for a rpeci-
I ,,,1 cf jerti-".id te eontiETie-i uui or-
4 eharre l areordiny.
j J 1iTruTaeati from jtranjers cr traasient per-
be pidiiadv3W. '
T inV'.:e tf Tearly aIrcrtirs vid be eocSned
fra ifir n bnines : and all advertisements
i Trpin; thereto, to be paid for extra.
aivkrlisement! cha.rjed doahle theabore
i1r-r.xei.tj on tie inside exirtslTely will be
extra.
4. i ' sUw
!OB.PMjtTIAtG.!
Blanks,.
Bill Ileais
Circulars,
in t$y rr
E1LLS, BALL TICKETS,
..".rrii.j
, ; Wr-r oAer kir.l tf work that cay be eV.led for
; nTi'r n;ha5d, ia ewmetrUon with the Adver
"r" Oice.aa extnaire and ex-'eliect rariety of
f A latettTles, we are prepared to do any kind of
i nmtwied in the above Cacaiojue, witkneat-
auU di.--pa.tch.
. T'ae IVprietor, who, harir.? had aa extensire ex-
iets. wil! jire his personal attention to this branch
I bava. and hp, in bis endeavors to plea."?,
a it the exoellenee cf his vork. and rea.?oiiaLle
i X-,t- receive a hare f the pablic patronage.
BUSINESS CAKDS.
BrvOWNVILLIl
A. S. HOLLADAY, IL D.
3URGEON, PHYSICIAN
And Olostctxlciix
; ESOTTiTILLE, .
I Iicits a shaw of pabiic parmniye. ia the vaxions
" h " his prfesilen, from tic cizcos cf Erown
' sd viiiiniry. "
E03UTZELL & CO.,
L-R-Y GOODS. GROCERIES.
, Qucensvrare, Ilardwnre,
' Sto-tros. 2Txxx-xxitxxro-
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BIIOWNVILLE, X. T.
MISS HART W. TURNER,
TV? rn wtr
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' -A Ticl' ZPxotgf3 2iXzix.cxr-(-irrt
Street, betweea Haia ari Vattr,
; BROWNTILLE, N. T.
luiets and JrinrrJvjs cZtravj on Iict.ilI.
i C. TJT. Y7HEELER,
mm Aim builder.
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tJQrowiivlllo, IC '3?-.
! T. L. RICKETTS, :
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. - EIULSKA TEE.EIT0I1T.
i J. D. N. THOMPSON,
IATTORIsSY AT LAVA
j. .LOT AND LAND AGENT;
' Ccmcr cf First-and Atlantis Streets,
j . EltOTTXTILLE, 2T. T,
1 1 the C-crts cf Northern iHonrL Ne-
rWesrtrBUwa.
! JAMES W. GIBSON,
iBLACKSMITH
? treet, between Main ard Xebra.;ka,
j EOXVILLi; N. T.
1 CDn
. G. L. EVGUES,
3. j. irrcD,
8. O. GEUEB.
I n MCDD L HUGHES.
VRODTJCE COMMISSION
. S3.
bicrpe and Lii Commercial
Street
; florae
La tt,
Gsncml Lund Acnt
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1AIIA CITT. T
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II , T- L f - .
. Miucs, .is crania v. it.
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s. vr. cozzmrs,
7 zz'l "Counsellor at
A.
the "vrrsTETJi noNms lam nrxirc,
Ax
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
OMAHA CITY. K. T.
tiAE(ia rarefcllr located, mi cctend for cus
tomers. Lots indLauads bengal ai sold.
E. IT; M'COMAS,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
AND OBSTETRICIAN,
- - iziatia ciTT, t: i ' .;
Tenderj tl profeasioiI serried to tL; citizens cf
yeaaha coonty. t
a. x. HAKDrxo. e. c.-sxaaorGH a. r. roootts.
karskis, iar:icus;i & co,,
, JL'jBaartsrrr as-1 rr&fa!e Dej.'-r i
ILATS,'CAPS & STRAW GOODS,
Ho 43 Zliln itreet, 1st. Clire ari. Pine,
ST. LOUIS, 1IO.
Parti m lax atientica paid to is&nafctarij:r, oar
taest ilaie ILiXs. . - : u
A. L. COATE,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
- BEOWXYrLLE, XE1IAHA CO.
- ITebrasira Territory. '
A. D. KIRII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Land Aeni and Xctary Public,
Archer, Ricbar&soa cocnty, If. T.
"VTill practice in the Courts of Nelraoka, assisted
by IlariLns aad Leanett, Nebraska Citj.
JACOB SArrOUD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
GZXEBAL rSSUKA'CE AJSD IJUrD AGLNT.
And Kotary Pntlic ;
Nebraska City, Nebraska TnitorT
T"T7ILL attend pr(fnp.ty to all fcui-nwss entrasted
to his care, in Nebraska Territjry and West
ern Iowa. "
September 12, la55. vlnI3-ly
SPRIGMAX- & BROWN, t
RAILROAD AIID STEM.iEQAT
AGENTS. ; ; 1
And General Commission ?Iercb.ants.
No, 46, Public Land-Tg: '
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Ei-uwnrille,S. T.
Xebraeka City,X.T. .
BKADFjPJ), McHNAX OIcGART,
ATTDBIJOYS fi? W
SOLICITORS fx CHANCERY,
B ro wnville and IfebrasLa City,
NEBRASKA TEERlTOTdY, '
BTTtXG permanently located in tbu Territory, we
will give ar entire time and i.tteatin t tie
practice ul oar profession, in all its branches, blat
ters in Litijration. Collections cf Debts, Sales and
Porchases of Real Estate, Selectioas of Lands, Le
tinj of Land Warrants, and all ether easiness en
tnuted to oar nana men t, will rtreive prompt and
faiihful attention.
EXTEETXCE3.
3. F.-yackutlj", " " '
Hichard Brown,
"Wm. HiiblitieU k 'Co,:
IItn. James Crair,
Hon.2iiaes3I.lIaihe3, I
Hon.John K. Shepicy,
Messrs. Crow, MeCresry k Co.
Messrs. S. G. Uabbard k C,
J. M. Love,
Tl-nl
ircLrasia City,
lircv nville,
S-t. Joseph. Mo
t Luiiii, ILo-,
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Cincinnati O.
Keokuk, Iowa
Jane T, 185f.
A. J. POPFLXTOS. - - - WK. -S. STTBS.
poppleton t nrens, . j ;
ATTORNEYS A T L A Y
And Genera! Land Areat, h
, OMAHA, NEBRASKA.. - '
Lisnd "Warrants Bcnglt and Gold.
LAND ENTERED ON TIME.
C'I'ECIAL attention Hven t tif selection and en-
Otry of Lands for Settlers, and all others deirins
ebeiee locations.
Land Claims, Town Lct and afl kinds of Heal Es
tate, Locht and suld ail icvestcients madu for dis
tant Dealers.
john s. hoyt;
Ccunty Smrcycr an Land
OT Ri-hardson eonnty.y.T trillattend prcsrptly
te all business in hie prof est .on. when.i!Vid on:
rueh as Paring Tax es,rerordi n (Tia ims. IS ab livid inj
"Tin- out 1 own utsvl,-.-u:tin;tltj rials ic
ieuieisee ana auiret . ..
AUCiiER, Rie'hardsoa T.
J. HART l SOU : .
mm t mm
Oregon, Ilolt County, 22i'sociri.
Keepeonstantly on hand all dscrirti'n of Ilarnesi.
Sa-ldlo-sliri.iles,ic4e. , ,. .
X. li. Every article in onrfihfrp is maniifi-etured
by nrselre-snd warranted to pvesatisfajtion.
: W. P. LOAN,
ATTOEDEY H W.
LAND AND LOT AGENT.
ARCHER, PJCIIARDSCS- COUNTY; N. T.
clives zzsxtr.
." ACCrSTUS-rsiGET.
OUYER BENNETT & CO
- llannfctnrers anlTTLii'esaleDealerf ia
BOOTS AND SHOES.
rTO. ST 'IAIN iJTRECT,
(roajrxi.T,?ro. 1C1, Corns or JIjlut ajbLoctst.)
ST. LOUIS." MO..
G. k C. TODD t CO.
X. T12, Xrii Flrot rJ.'u' & rtr4, ,,'ZV.
IXrOETEtS ANI iAirrACTSXE3 Or I .
Liill. Elate ria
.un,
X taws, Screens, Danweb, inu aim: '
poutablc grist titlls,
Beth Upper and Lotrer Stone Lamcrs.
MACHINE BELTJNCr,
Of f trftr&ed Lrat'ifT arad Iluicr.
Et-LcciijOctJr 13, tI-Ic-Ij
IVAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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AN ACT nuHng a jrant of bind to tae Ter
'rritcry erili:anesct.v tn a'
ercats jiecrnons, to
a:d in the ccnsncticn ci ccrliin lauroada ia '
said Territory, and gractics public 'lands ia i
HepresenSid i'wa cfiLs UititedSLaies if America
in ConTKd ataemUel, That there be,; and is
Lere"by, grant" I to ihs Territory of IHnnesota,
for tie pnrp;.i cf siding ia the 'construction '
of railrcais frora Stillwater, ly.-niy'of Saint'
Pan and Saint Anthony, to a point between
the foot cf Big "Stone Lae and thj couth of
Sioux ' "Wood river, with a branch.' via Saint
Cloud as i Dxiw "Wini; to the ziaTigaLle waters
of tbe Pd mer of the north, at sach point as
the legislature of said Territory tn ay deter
mine; frora Uint Paul and. from Saint An
thony, ria iirmneapoIL bo a convuniant point
of junction n-eit of the ilississippi, to the
southern! boundary" of Che Territorr in the di
rection of the month t f the Bix Sioux rirer,
with' brawli, via Faribault, to the tiortb line
of the State of Iova, west of range sixteen;
from Winoca, via Saint Peters, to a point on
the Bij Sicnx river, south of the forty-fifth
. parallel cT north, latitude. also fnta La Cres
cent, via Target Late, up the vauey of lioot
river, tofc p:nf cf junction" with tLw last men
tioned foideast of range serenttHih every al
ternate fcecb'on of Iand,.designaxe by odd num
bers, for six &Jctions ia width ba each side of
each of faid roads- and branches; -but in case it
shall appeal- that Ihe United State fcave; when
the lines or roctEs of said roads nnd branches
are definite" fixed, sdld tny setfaons, or any
parts thsrec, grruted as aforesaid, or that the
right "of pr?-;mption has attached to the same,
tben it shall be lawfai lor any agtsnt, oragents,
to be appointed by the governor of said Ter-1
ritory or future State bo select,' subject to the
approvd cf the Secretary of the Interior, Irom
the lands of th 2 United "States c:arest to .the
tiers of sect:ons above specif ed, so mucb land,
in alternate, sections, Tor parts ci sections, as
shall ba : eqtal to , finch landi as; the United
States have isold,cr otherwise appropriated, or
to which the rights cf pre-emption have at
tached, is iilaresaid; wdaicLlandu (thus select
ed in lieu cf those sold, and to which prs
empticn rights have attached ai aforesaid, to
gether with the sections, and parts ofsections,
designate! by odd cumbers as aforesaid, and
appropriated as aforesaid) saall lae held by the
Territory, cr future State cf iMinnesota, for the
use and parpose aforesaid: JPruviJed, That the
land to bo so located shall, in no case, be further
than Cftccri miles from the lines of said roads
cr branchii, and selected for an on account of
each of slid road3 or branches: Provided, fur
tLer, That tie lands hereby granted for and
on account of said roads and branches, seve
rally, shad be exclusively applied in the con
struction of that road for and on account of
which -uch hinds; are hereby granted, and
nhall be dlfpoued of only as the work pro-
gresses, and the same shall be applied to no
ether inrrose whatsoever: r-Ani vrond&J, fr
ther, That any and all lands heretofore reserv
ed to the Uuted Slates, by ary act of Lcn
gress,.cr, in any other manner by competent
authorifr; for the rcrpose of aiding in any ob
ject cf internal improvement, or for any other
purpose irhatsoever, be, and tne same are
hereby, served to the United States from the
ope radon of thii act,' except so Tar as it may be
found nijcessary to locate tne routes 01 saia
railrcadi an.l branches through such 4 reserved
lands, in which case the , right of
shall I granted, Subject to the 'approval of the
President cf the United States. . : ... - - T
Sue. 2. .Ami le MJurChir tnadtl, That
the scct'-CES and parts of sections .of land which
by such grant shall remain to the United States,
witLib idk iriiles en each side cf said roads and
branches, shall tot besol J for less than double
the mirimam price of the pi.bllc Undawhen
sold; oar shall any of said Ixadi become sub
ject to private entry until the same shall have
been odt-md at public sale Jit" the increased
priced ; ,. - .-.".'-- -
SecS. ".And le it farihzcaaclcl, m-That
the nail lands hereby granted to the said Ter
ritory or future .State shall 'be subject to the
future disposal (if the legisliture thereof for
the perpese hereia expressed, and no oihsr;
and the said railroads and ltracche3. shall be
and rjmain public highways for the use of the
covert ment of the United. States, free from
toll or other charge npon'th transportation of
any nyrtj or troops cf tt:e Lmted btates.
Se:.4u And le it furtTtrr-enacted. That
the LtncTs herebr jrranted to said Territory or
future State shall Ee dispose! of by said Ter
riton' or future State onlv in the mancerfo!
lowms. that is to savr that a Quantity cf land
net exceeding one hundred' a'nd twenty sec
tions fcr each of said mads and branches, and
included within a continuous length of twenty
miles cf each of said roads and branches, may
bo so';d; and waen the governor of said Terri
tcry or future Sta'e shall certify to the Secre
tary of the Intfjrior that any twenty continu
ous miles of any of said roads or branches is
ciara)b;ted, thin- another quantity of land
hereby grantsdnot to eic!d cue hundred and
twenty sectiort. for each of said roads and
branches, having twenty continuous miles com-
p-ieuw, as aio-esaio, ana inciuiea witma a j
contiruocs lenrth "of twenty miles of each of
is ch raads or branches may be sold; and so,
from time; to tine, until said roads arid branches
arW2p:et3dL and if an r of said roads cr
ten years no
he linds cn-
soldi shall revert to the United States.
Se& 5. Aid "he if ' fa'Cer enactel, That
tha Ur-Iied States mail iball be transported
OTer said roads and branches, under the direc
tion of the Tost OS.ce Department, at such
price as tlongrtss may by hv direct! Prariil,
Thai until such price is filed by law the Post
Mss':er General shall havij the power to deter
xuise the samet - -
S;c (5. Axd le it fttrtJier cvac'.il, That
ia ease anv lands on tbe line of said roads or
ImiTches are .within any Indian territorr no
Q i tICe
to the sine shall accrue, ccr shall the
! same be entered cporr by the authority said !
, Turrlmrr or Sisi nnfil tbe Indian title tr th-
satrs shall have beeu extLrzuIshed- .
;ec.T -Lii is ii . jlrusr e-arU.l,',That
ther-e be, and is hereby, jrranted to the State cf
Alabama, for the purpose of aiding ia the ccn
strnction cf a riilroaJ "from tho line cf
Georra cn the Chattahoochcs river, to the city
:atha
s.iicrTri.11 8(5tionxi tne state ei ii.ia.cam a. fv f.r--tV :,v.
vj aia ei vas constmccon ot a cenaia ruu-. , tiiree, altaruate seciiona cf
it-. m ia:a saie, . , . . i, - . . , ! tne same extent, and. ia tt
Le it .zmitdly Ut Serais. gM,Uum cj -cvos. the sane lirr.itat
of Henry, Dale, -Cktfee, CoTir.gton, Ccmert,
Ealdrcin, and llolile' and a trsnch railrcad
from Euloiii to llcntonery,"' through lie
counties of Earboiir, Pike, Jlaccn,' and Mo:at
rniery,' ch-rtered by the State cf Alabjuaa,
by an act entitled 'An actt3 authorize' the
SaTcrnah and A!btny;IlaIIroad Company, to
extend their railroad frca the lice cf Gecrlj,
on tna diittatooclies rirer ta the eit.v cf ito-
ALima,: and to extend a branch 'rtui
froa Eufaula to roate3taerT. arrrored Df
:sn hundred and ifty-
the public lancLa to
i9 ara rs-nner, ard
ions and restrictions, ia
every respect as wia gran tea to aid m tae; ccn
Etmction Df other railroads under an sdi.of
w -
Congrezs entitled "An act granting public lands I
in alternate sections to the State of Alaliacaa,
to aid in the construction of "certain; railroads
in said Sate' approved June, three, eighteen
hundred and fifty-six." " " ' "
Approved Urtrcb 3,- lS5t
: "; -- ; y Public 20.'
AN ACT to divide the State "of ITisnouriinto
- two judicial districts t
Beit enacts J by the Senate end 'Ihuse of
Jlepresentatives cf t7it United States cf Armrrica,
in Ccm-gresz - asstTiUedr That the State of
Missouri is herebr divided into two judicial
districts in the following manner, to witt the
counties of Schuyler, Adair, Knox,' Shslby,
ilonroe, Audraiii, Montgomery, Gasconade,
Franklin, Washicgton, E.eynajd3, Sham on,
and Oregon 03 thu same were bounded on. the
first day cf January, eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven, -aritn .all that part of the Stats lying
east cf the above-mentioned counties, shi.Il
compose one district to be called the eastern
district of Missouri, and a court shall be held
for the said district at the cify of Saint Louis
in said State. All tie remaining part of said
Stata shall; compose, another district, to be
called the western district of Mbsoeri, tnd 'a
court shall be held for the same in the cityof
J eersonm said htate.
Sec ZT ' And be it ' furditr enacted, That
there shall ha ttraterms : of che district court
begun, and .held . in and for said western district
at the citv of Jefferson on the first itoadays
of Harch and September ol each - year; and
there shaa be three terms "of . the district court
begun and held in and for said eastern district,
at the city of Stii Louis, on tie third Hcndays
of- Februarr, Ilay, and. November -of each
year, and the said courts are hereby authorized
to hold adjourned terms when the business
before the court: shall, in the opinion of the
court, require iL V.'-Y. - . . '
, Sec -3. : Arid le it further, enacted. That
all suits and other proceedings tf whatever
name or nature now pending mthe district
court of the United States for the present dis
trict of alissouii, shau be tried and disposed
of in the district court fortsaid western district,
in the same manner as the same would have
been, in case said State had not been 'divided
into two districts; aril ' for that purpose the
juristiction is nserved to said district court in
the aaid western district; and all process and
other proceedings tj.ken or issued or made
returnable to the district court for the' present
district cf alissiouri, Eh ill he returnable at the
next tern of said district court ia and for &aid
western district of Missouri. ' 1 -
Sec 4. And le it furtfier enacteX, That
upon the application of any party to any suit
now pending ill the district court for the present
district of Missouri, and , which "would have
been commenced in the said eastern district if
this act had been in force before the commenc
mentcf said suit the district court for said
western district'may, and if all parties consent
shall order that the same, be removed 'for
further proceedings to the district court for the
said eastern district, . and therenpon the clerk
cf tne district court tor tbe said western dis
trict shall transmit all the papers in the case,
with a transcript of the order of the removal,
to the clerk o? the district court of said easte
district," and. . all further proceedings 'shall be
bad in &id court as it tue suit had been origi
nal lv commencd therein,' - : - '' -'-' '
Sec' 5.- And U it farther 'enc'cted.,1 That
the present ' j udge xf the district ' of JMIsjO uri,
be, and he h heriby, assigned toholdsaid district
court in and for the western district cf Missouri,
and shall exercise the same juriadictiQU.jind
perform the same duties, within said- western
district as he nowjexercises and performs ndth
in his present 'district ' '''' iVi - ' ""'
- Sec 6. - And beit further enacte-I That
final procesn upoa any judgment or decree
entered in the district court xt.. ths United
States forthedis
crocess for the"
said court, ia anv caue now pendi:
except causes removed as hereinbefore prond
ed, shall be '. issued from and made returnable
to the distrirt court for said wes-tern district of
Miasouri, arid may run and be executed by the
marshal! of' said western district in any part
cf said State, : " - . -;
Sec' 7. And le it further enacted. Thai
the cEce of district judge of said eastern dis
trict of Missouri be, and the same is, hertby
created, and a ' fit parson, shall be appointed
such district judge, who shall exercisa the
same jurisdiction and perform the same duties,
within said eastern district as the district judg
cf the present oastrict of-Missouri now exer
cises and performs within his present district.
And the district judge of said eastern district
shall be'eiiritled to ah annual sala-y 'of ihrc
thousind dollars; and the judge of tbe westera
?'rt thtf snlirv row rrovidedby law.
Sec a i" Arid le it rier. ea tdeJ, That
I the present district attorney far the aisririct of
j Missouri stall be the district attorney fyrtief
j said eastern district; the present trurshal for
j the district of Missouri 'shall be the n
for said csistera district; and the preser
marshal
prese-)t clerk
cf the di trie t court for the district of Missouri
shall be clerk cf the district court for said
western district. ! ": ' "!
Sec 9. And it . frr erzeted, TTiat
taera be pjointed a district attorney and a
marshal fur said western district; and a cletk
cf the district court for said eastern district
shall he iirrointed bv the judge theretif. -'
, -w wT-4. w i f s,.fciwUfcA. c:iuu:
trict of Missouri, and all other j xepreser.xw;esrj. vxl mm puses t America
enforcement of any, order of Vcngreas assemMea, itat tne sixtn section
, .
Sec 10. Arl U HftTtJtsr evade TbatlUi
the circvit court of the United heaths ia and
circuit courts cf the United State?, as orgs
ized under existing laws," and shall also bive
and exeicii;e the same appellate juris diction
over tha district . courts c the L nited bt:ites
for said eastern and western districts of Mis
souri as by eating laws u vested zz the cvc
far the -present district of Misuari, shall be centum thcreoa, as ia ca-e of ota?.r fa.es, .esii-1 release. On dear. I vi is a there were . , .
begun d held at the tame tirlj.es and place maur.g'the lar.d-atthe valu of cn dilir no r.cre such real picture., b'lt every "Bt" c-tj a faS :r -,x t'r-cd
cs heretofcre, it shall ia all things,-retain 'juris- and twenty-5ve. cents per acra. . L.lku fr,,.;- hfl,rr.l, r i
diction of all matters nowpendu:g there ta savd bee 2 -AoX U foiier emde.i, Thsti f , . k .. - tJ ci w...,
Live and exercise the -same ordinal jarisdic- the. said CominLrer. shall alio state. ansaMal pictures a3 this., . . ' jhi3 companiens, "is yen maste:;; aS
rion in said State- as is Tested in the sevtu-a! account bet weeu the Ucltci States and ea:hcf I ' I hate heard some thing3 in the form ; home!'" - . 1 .'-
ral circuit ccr,rt3 cf the Uxiicd States over the
district ccurtscf the Uuked States, ia taeir
respective circuits. ' Sa'd circuit oourt shall be
called the circuit court in and for the districts
of Missouri and shall be composed of the
justice of the Supreme Court assigned to said
circuit and the two judges of the eastern and
western districts of Missouri, but may be held
by any one or more of said three judges in the
'absence of the remainder. Said justice of the
Supreme Court,- or ia' bis absence, the oldest
in commissi on of said twedktricf judges, shall
be the presiding. judge cf said. circuit courtj
and cas of any divisica of. opinion among
the judges of said circuit court, the opinion cf
the. presiding judge shall prevail and.be the
judgment of the said circuit court; but on any
appeal to said circuit court frcm one. cf the
said cistr.ct courts, the judge of the distr.ct
court from which such appeal was tali en
shall cot sit in said circuit court cn the trial cr
decision of the case so carried by appeal to
said circuit court. The clerk of the circuit
court for the present district; of ilksouri shall
bef and lemaia the clerk of the circuit court
as modified by this act. ' The district attorney
and marshal for said eastern district cf Missoui
shall act as such district attorney and marshal
in said circuit court; but the process of said
circuit ' court may be directed to the marshal
of eithet of "said eastern, and western districts
of Missouri, and shall las execctad only by the
marshal to whom it is directed, or by bis duly
appointed deputy, in hii district.
. 'Approved llarch 3, 1537 -
'Public SO.-f "
AN ACT to amend "tho act reducing the duty
on imports, and for "ether purposes, passed
July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-
.-SX.., . r. ... r y - -I
2?e ii enacted ly'ihe Senate and House cf
Representatives cf the United Rates of America
in Cantjress assembled, 'rhatthe eighth section
c f - th e" act" approved "Jul v ;thirtr, eizhteen
hundred and -forty-six and entitled" "An "act
redacting the'duty on 'Lm ports, and for other
'purposes' be amended as fidows:
Sec! 2. And le tXJar&er enacted. That
it saall he lawful for tbe owner, consignee, or
agent of imports which have been actually
purchased, or procured otherwise than by pur
chase, on entry gX thcs&xae, to make sucn ad
dition in the entry to the cost or vaae given
in the- invoice as, in his opinion j may raise the
same to the true marki.'t value of such imports
in the princi pal markets cf the-country whence
the importation shall lave been made; and to
add thereto all costs and charges which under
existing -laws, would 1 form part cf the .true
value at the port when the sane- may be
entered, upon which "die duriirs should ba as
sessed.' And itshill lie the duty" of the col
lector, withia whose district the same may be
imported or entered, to cause the dutiable value
of such imports to be ; appraised, estimated,
ard ascertained, ia accordance with the pro
visions cf existing Lttrs; and if the appraised
value thereof shall exceed, by ten per centum
or more, the value so declared 011 the entry,
then, in addition to the duties imposed by law
on the same, there si: all be levied, collected
and paid a duty cf twenty per centum ad val
orum on ; such ' appraised value: Provided,
nevertheless Thatrmclerno circumstances shall
the dutv be assessed! upon an amount less than
the invoice cr entered value, any law of Con
gress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved March 3, IS 37.
:y ' .v-.f, " iPubiicSL-. - . v
AN ACT to constitute Selma, in the State of
Alabama, a port afdelivery.
Be it enacted ly fJie Senate end House cf
Eepresrntatives cf .the United States cf America
in Congress assejutied, That Selma, in the
State of Alabama stall-be, and is hereby, con
stituted a port of delivery within the collection
district . cf e w "Ofl'ean?; and ? there shall be
appointed a surveyor of customs, to reside at
said port, whq shall, daialdujon to bis own
duties, erform the,, duties and receive the
salary and emclnments, prescribed by tbe?"ct
cf Cong?vss,3j proved on th? secoriJ cf Ulirch,
eighteou hundred and thirty one, Tor Importing
merchandisa rittood 4-tbur?. heeling, and
places.
Approved March 3,'1557.-
Public Ci
AX .ACT to amend "An act granting public
lands . in alternate sections to the State of
Alabama to aid iin the construction cf cer
tain railroads in said State.
Be it enacted ly the Senate and House cf
lions to the Stat&oX Alalnraa, to aid in the
construction cf certain fjihoada in said State,
hun
dred and fifty-six, be and the same is
so ammended that ia lien of' the words
tral railroad frcm Montgomery to 'some point
on the Alabama and Tennessee State line in
the direction to Nashville, Tennessee"- the
words "Tennesse?; raid Alabama central rail
road" be, and they are hereby substituted.
r.V "Approved March 3,'lSo7.. .'. .. . ' I
Tubllc S3
AeT ACT to settle .certain accounts between
the United States and da - State cf Missis
sippi and.otber States, .
Be tt enitdtl 'lye -iSehnte-end Hruss cf
Rrorcseniativcs cf Vte Un'td Stiiet cf America
iii'Coarrrts-i ajjeiU'rtZ, That the Cammisskaer
of the General Land Utnce be, and ne is nere
by, required to state an- account between trie
United Stat and ths Srtfe of Mississippi, for
ths purpose of ascertiirx'Jg wtta sura or s-rxw
o monev are aue to saia oiae, terejjiws un
settled; on account cf the puTdc land ia said
State, and upon ths same principles cf aTiOw
ance and settlement as prescribed in the "Act
to settle certain accounts between the United
Stare and the Stats of AldharV approved
the second March. cLrhteea buudrcd and Cf:y-
ve: an
d' that be be rciuired ta irxrmde in
a:,1 arfnnr.t tha several reservations under the
various treaties u-ita th
; Chickasaw and Cw-
taw I
an
and a!
-f thTprn act, graaung.rtOLic innas in aitercaie sec-
How and pay to ths said State five pria good faith shj. waits . fcr the nal;
ths ether Stitej trpon tne sam?
j shall allow a
, ss shall thu;
aaJui to c
:a:2 such amoar.t
I f i
n3 u-i tou-.d . cue, - estimate x a.!
landjand permr.t1cntr2scrvat.crj5 ct cr.s cc.
and twenty-five c-;r.t3 per a:r.
rp,.i v n -i
AiT ACT to establish a rcrt cf entry ai Fer
randina, irithe State cf Fl trill.
Ee it ezccZzJ ly tt Struts cnl Ucujs cf
Eeprtseniatiets cf i Tluliei Zlzizicf 'Arurica
in .Conrress.asserrlle-J, That the ccar.ty cf
ITaisau, ia the State cf Flo rid j, embracing all
the waters, islands, bars, harlcrs, inlets, shcr3
and rivers in the same shall le a ccl'.ection
district to be called the district of Fcmandina,
abd that Fernandina shall be the pert of entry
or said dlstnct, and a coi.ector for said district
shall be appelated, who shall pcrfcrm thisame
duties and receive the same ccrcensauon and
ees as the ccllictcr for the district cf St. J chn's,
In said State. '."
Approved March 3, 1S37.
gliscfUaiicflns.
From the Ohio Cultivator.
"Don't fret' 'mother," said a good
boy of eighteen years old, the other
day, as lie came from a bnsy tiays
work of hauling rails, and forma L13
poor mother trying to get supper, vbile
her heal iras racked Tuta excruciating
You kcoTT, mother, yon
have taught rue most all kinds of
honseTvork, and noir I can pay yen for
some of your trouble. , . And nght
cheerily did he wash and wipe his hard
toil-worn hands, sweep the floor, re
plenish the fuel, fix her comfortably
m me rocKic caair lui?u duc wiui a
pillow under her tead, and tlen he
went to work getting tea 2.3 easy, and
cracefclly. ns any neat, smart girl.
bach & pattern of a cook yea cerer
saw, so tmake . mosc Gawoiing giris
who think housework disgraceful; per
fect aauDS wno can work crimson cats
in worsted, or unseemly Tine3 and
fiower3 ahout .the' cde3 cf ' scant
whitish' colored skirts. " "
I c:0n, lies worth a Her en girTsIi said
the grateful mother, as he left the room
after brinzia her a cup' of tea, whose
fiarorwas-a-sort of mute; eloquence.
With a womanly ins tin ct he led little
frolicsome Sammy oat of the room,
wkere the patter, of toddling feet wonld
not jar upon her car. iiresd ; cast
upon the .waters that has returned
unto "me" she whispered' to herself;
and I thought of these words yester
day, as I heard a yonng'wife hlessing
the memory of "her-husbandfs mother,
who had died long years ago; " . "
"He knows," she said, "Low most
eyery kind of housework is done; he
does the milking, because, he says, it
is too hard -work for a woman. Oh,
he kai had sncb a ..good mother, I
know and as her eyes softened in
their bright . earnest i expression, I
thought that mother's teachings were
like to one's planting beautiful shade
trees by tbe road side, under whose cool,
inviting branches the weary and worn
traveler woild rest, long'af ter the hand
that had' planted had mouldered back
to silent dust. , : ... ' . :.r '
"TVhat a fool pld Smith's wife make3
of her son John," said Jenny Grays
husband, as he came home from mill
the other evenin
33 ! came by h
with the old woman vy miik, carry in
his tmpailcn his arm as b:g as though
u m F"-ir"- , , ri
aerisiveiv, ai inoua ne xaouni ne
wa3 about the right kind of a fellow
hiraself. : . . .
--Now Jenny had four children, the
eldest a sturdy brat of eight years,
whose will bad never been broken ence,
Her husband carried cn a large farm,
jr husbanl carried cn a large farm,
d had hired hands, plenty cf them,!
r Jenny to" wait upon; and. though I
an
for
he cleared 4 over a thousand dollars
r- i ay,. xo-n:ut . .,i . ;
ere, he was going. out f,., x-.J
hereby erer7 J03-1 e co not afTord to hire
fjhelp in tbe house; and ay to milking!
tne lour cows, cr carrying waier up
the steep hill, even cn washing day,
why he never thought cf such a oiemi-
fied fellow doing mere woman's work !
not he. Once he did carry a pail cf
dish-water to the pigs, but when he
brought the pail back, he gave it akiek
on . the kitchen porch, and said, "no
more such work for me imiph! carry
ing slop!" In spite cf Jenny's entreat
ies to the contrary, he made a round
uncouth lo pen beside the front ate.
and moved the fragrant pis into it, so
Jenny iwcudda't have far to carry
their feed. He made her be
that it was all through pure co
love for her, that he too!: -this extra,!
Ixcuhlenpon hemsslL. - .
Jenny is one cf a clas-? dear reader,
kind, patient, fcrbearing -llule wife;
living' a continued struggle, "but "her
angelic sweetness repress it all, and
Is .her lips with a sal sweet s
"d ; of men
cr -beauty, or the clorv
M
ui-...it;
in their blank
-stand a
mere cHld's
didn't deserve a dear hind m' ticr to
sacricehcrseif atmil,"2 ce f:r thcrn,
or pocr cnapprcclatel wirr5, to c'e
cut a few slavish year3 in their scrrire,
cr unloved sisters, to m:::i:cr to their
wants in fear an 1 tremllin-. Su:h
fells W3 merit a Nero's well-shed hrel
upon their nrcis, grinding te worth
less lives cut cf Jcm, with a ghastly
spectacle, the embodiment cf martyred
wives and ricthers, to whisper in their
ears: ."Child's play! eld hcrsc3 oing
the rounds cf th- tread-mill, and little
squirrels in'cages trying to nd terra
rma cn a revchlng wheel ! CHlTs
play, eb?" '
Let us leam tbe little bov3 to do all
kinds cf hesseworks, from muling
bread down ta patching pantaloon!
and sewing cn buttons. TLcv may
have to 0 to CcHe
selves, cr go to 2'exico to fight, (hopd
not.) cr to California Z3 mintrs, cr
away out West to pre-empt land; cr
mayhap be p oor, and have sickly wires,
or rich, and help be scarce, cr keep
bachelor's kali; cr perhaps their moth
ers will be infirm, and then they can
Lhelp her, and pay the . interest of that
great debt, tne principal no child can
ever wholly pay. '
It will not bo lost on them, at any
rale; and seme time in their lives they
willbles3 mother for teaching them the
mysteries cf housework. They should
be taught how to nurse the sick with
care and gentlenes?, and how drinks
and food should be prepared for them.
Jbut best cf all, it will smooth over the
reach edres cf
j . .
e.maxinz
hirh more loveable and kind and "enc
rons, and teaching him to appreciate
the toilsome labors that go to mikenp
woman's life, and to bestow cn her her
just dues.
-Hememoer, good in others, that if
you receive little cr na. benefit from
these teachings, somebody , will, and
will bless' yen for it, perhaps, when the;
stone at your grave, 23 'brcidored over
witk green moss and creeping litchens,
and your memory" is but a3 a cream
of the long ago."" Rcsella.
I Tete, I went down to the rendiweos
cilice teder day, for to list in de army.
Well, how did yea make cut? -Wly,
de soger man what wa3 in da cfEce
said he couldn't take nsr
Why, what was do reason, Cua? I
doesn't know, 'ractly.- His prineiprd
'jection was, dat he said my le? w as sb
near the middle of my foot, dat when
Igot marchin' dey couldn't tell which
way I wa3 going. ' But afore I went
out, he said dat he would give r.e or e
hundred dollars for my -monf. I aer.
him what for, and he tel l me dat lie
wanted to make a fort ob it, to stow
away the Mexican prisoners..
A -Yankee, who went over to tha
mother ccuntry ' scmo 'time ago, wa
asked how he liked Great Britain.-
WeIl aii he, England is a very nice
,f bre-kr.t be
55 the countii.'
twas so small that I was afraid bf wa.-
iner off the edge
'Oliss Brown, I have been to l-er.ra
how to tell fortunes,"- sail a young j el
low to a brisk brunette. Just let ne
have your hand, if you please
La! Mr. White, how sudden ran
Well ga ask pa." .... A. I
. , 7, , u:
Some time since -a.music siller's bey
was sent to the puhli3her3 for a number
of copies of the song, Td be .ibutiler-
ny, arrang?i tor two.trcblc?. when,
lcn, being dc
l to repeat U3 . crier,
he
replied:
"Ed
be a
V," -.r
iico enrrl:s:y
leather a lame arrangement, tha
f-.I
A ; Monstrous LxsrsTTIIillc,
Willi im, what's the matter?"
"Matter?" Why, I shodil like to
know what next? Here's M.i; ter, vr kn
out saying no thin' to m?7 'a3 been 2nd
I ie!1 Czz cf or esses to a fjiend, i..ud
; uone out cf my reziar
aitemcion
L Pnnr.trr. PTrr-Pif :n "Itr fin-'! "? rrT
ieveoo,.;12 cn th Avenue. I shouldn't
onslierate! so rnuch"myse!f but Jane'crpectii
CU'O
. -me
to come and take her up.
A. ITrenchman want3 ths public n : S.
to trust his wife, te cause he wu3 iiC7er
married to her.
Carlyh iays,-.."Mak2 rcnrself an
there is cne rai:e.l hu in the woxliL
4.
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