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DEVOTED TO ART, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, COMMERCENEWS, POLITICS, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE INTERESTS OF NEBRASKA.
VOL. II.
CITY OF BEOWNVILLE, NEMAHA COUNTY, N. T., THUESDAY, JULY 16, 1857.
NO. 5.
ri
Mrasha
j EPITED AXI PCBUSBE&ETERT THTBSDAY BT
R. W. FURNAS
-- Second Street, let. Kain and Water,
(Lake's Block,)
I3HOWXVILLE, N. T.
D. L. MC'GiBT,
Brownville, NT. T.
ForoDeyearif paid in adrance, - $2,00
" at the end of 6 months, 2,50
i " " " 12 3,00
Clubs of 12 or mere vill !e furaifhel at fl.ivJ jr
ymuni, provided ctb fcxxMOiDie tUo order,
j mA otherwise. ;.-..,
f - RATES OF ADVERTISING: "
i One square, (12 lines or less,) one insertion,
I Each li;;ional insertiou,
Oas quarc, one month
" inree mourns,
" six months,
j
i " one year,
i Bu'uie Cards of six lines or loss one year,
One Column, one year,
One-half Column, one year,
" fourth " " "
j Ont-tiith " " "
" Column, six months.
1 " half Column, fix months,
' fourth
i ;rhth " "
Column, tbrec month?,
half Column, three months,
$1,00
0,50
2,50
4,00
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10,00
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60,00
35,00
18,00
10,00
35,00
20.00
10,00
S,00
20,00
13,00
' eighth " " " 6-00
Announcing nan-lidates for office,(inadvancc,) 5.00
V CVh in advance will he required for all advertise-
inputs except where actual responsibility is known.
Ten pT cent for each change be added to the
Vve rates.
j un-lhs Business Cards of five lines or less, for
1 one rear, J.',00.
' No advertisements will he considered by the year,
j un! ?jeeified n the manuscript, or previously
arecd upon between the parties.
' "Advertisements not marked on thecopy for a speci-
fiel nu;n'.er of insertion, will be continued until or
; .lorcl out, and charged accordingly.
A!l Ivortisements from strangers or transient per-
to he fiuid in advance.
I Th"privil' ge of yearly advertisers will be confined
' licidly to tbir own business ; and all advertisements
u"t p'jrt.iiuing thereto, to be fjaid for extra.
' Yearly advertisers have the privilege of changing
their advertisements quarterly.
J All leaded advertisements charged double the above
' t'es.
Alvcrti-nrntson the inside exclusively will be
j chafed extra.
BOOK AND FANCY
JOB PRINTING!
i it ussy
A. A. BRADFORD,
VJI. MCLENNAN, '
Nebraska City, T.
BRADFORD, McLENNAN & McGAItY,
ATTDRHEYS IT W
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
Browurille and Nebraska City,
NEBRASKA TERRITORY.
BEING permanently located in the Territory, we
will jive our entire time nni attention to the
practice our profiin, in ell its branches, llat
terg in Litiat.o.i, Coiiections of Debts, Ss.lee and
Porcha'e of l.'eal Estate. Selections of Lan ia, Lea-
tir? cf Lard V.'-,Tr' i, :. I cU1.53er 1 uiaonKo 1
troati-d to onr i.i.ja--ement, wiL receive proDT-laxuI 1
REFERENCES,
BY AUTHOKITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
S. F. Nuckolls.
Richard Brown,
Wm. Hoblitzell h Co.,
Hon. James Craig,
Hon. James M. Hughes,
Hon. John R. Shepley,
Messrs. Crow, MeCrearyi Co.
Messrs. S. G. Hubbard & Co.,
Hon. J. M. Love,
vl-nl
Nebraska City,
Brownville,
St. Joseph, Mo.(
St. Louis, Mo.,
4t
It
Cincinnati 0.
Keokuk, Iowa.
June 7, 1856.
JAMES M. CHAPEL,
Ileal Estate Agent
AND
Agent for West Division of Broicnville,
Brownville, NT. T.
PARTICULAR attention paid to the purchase
and sale of Real Estate on commission in Town
or elsewhere.
REFERENCE,
A. Kountze, Omaha City, N. T.
A. Chapel, " ' "
A.J. Benedict, Brownville, N. T.
Brownville, June 4th, '57. 51-ly
Notice to Pre-Emptors !
G. S. HORBACII & CO.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
REAL ESTATE BROKERS.
OMAHA CITY, N. T.
WILL give jjarticular attention to preparing all
the necessary papers for Pre-emptions, and
rpndprinT nnv assistance which maybe required by
Pre-emptors in proving up their Pre-emption rights
at thcL. S. LandUihce.
45-6m
Having added to the Advertiser Oflicc Card and
Juh Tresses, New Types of the latest styles, Inks of
all colors, Brontes, Fine l'apr, Envelopes, ic. : we
are now prepared to execute Job Work of every de
scription in a Style uusurpassed by any other ofBce
in the l.'nited State?.
Particular attention will be given to orders from a
di-tanee in having them promptly attended to.
The Proprietor, who, having had an extensive cx-P-'riene,
will give his personal attention to this branch
of business, and hopes, in his endeavors to please,
lotb iu the excellence of his work, and reasonable
cliargfs, to receive a share of the public patronage.
R. PEERY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
And
OBSTBTHICIAN",
ELDORADO, N. T.
RESPECTFULLY tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Nemaha county and ad
!itnin counties, both in Nebraska and Miswnri.
Jom- I It h. !S i7. ' 61-6 n
A. J.
I'Oi'I'LIJTON
wm- a. iXEc.s..
uvrr.s,
D T T 0 It N E Y S A T LAW.
And GenerarLand AgentsV
OMAIIA, NEBRASKA.
Land Warrants Bought and Sold.
LAND ENTERED ON TIME.
SPECIAL attention given to the selection and en
try of Lands for Settlers, and all others desiring
choice locations.
Land Claims, Town Lots and all kinds of Real Es
tate, bought and sold and investments made for dis
tant Dealers.
BUSINESS CARDS.
BROWNVILLE.
A. S. H0LLADAY, M. D.
SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
-A-xici. OloBtctrician.
BROWNVILLE, N. T.;
Solicits a shnrc of public natrons re. in thTm-ionS
bra nehes of his profession, from the citizens of Brown
.!Ie and vicinitv. !
wThoblitzell & CO.,
WHOLES ALU AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES.
Quecnswarc, Hardware,
Stoves, Purnituro,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
J. HART & SON
SADDLE k Ellin
Oregon, Holt Couuty, Missouri.
Keepconstantly on hand all description of Harness,
Saddles. Bridles. &.C.. &.C.
N. B. Every article in our shop is manufactured
by ourselve?,and warranted to give satisfaction.
Public 15.
AN ACT to authorize the people of the Ter
ritory of Minnesota to form a constitution
and State government, preparatory to their
. admission in the Union on an equal footing
silh the original States.
$2C. 5. And lie it farthrr enacted, Thai
the fo!T3vnn r-T-it'j and, the fans u:
.i-m .y. -i.u'citd ij Ihe' said (jonvention of the
people of Minnesota for tLeir free acceptance
or rejection, which if accepted by the conven
tion, shall be obligatory on the United States
and upon the said State of Minnesota, to wit:
First, That sections numbered sixteen and
thirty-six in every township of public lands in
said State, and where either of said sections,
or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise
disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto
and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted
to said State for the use of schools.
Second, That seventy-two sections of land
shall be set apart and reserved for the use and
support of a State university, to be selected by
the governor of said State, subject to the ap
proval of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, and to be appropriated and ap
plied in such manner as the legislature of said
State may prescribe for the purpose aforesaid,
but for no other purpose.
Third, That ten entire sections of land, to
bo selected by the governor of said State, in
legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said
State for the purpose of completing the public
buildings, or for the erection of others at the
seat of government, under the direction of the
legislature thereof.
Fourth, That all salt springs within said
State, not exceeding twelve in number, with
six sections of land adjoining or as contiguous
as may be to each, shall be granted to said
State for its use; the same to be selected by
the governor thereof within one year after the
admission of said State, and when so selected
to be used or disposed of on such terms, con
ditions, and regulations as the legislature shall
direct: Provided, that no salt spring or land,
the right whereof is now vested in any indi
vidual or individuals, or which may hereafter
be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or
individuals, shall, by this article, be granted to
said State.
Fifth, That five per centum of the net pro
ceeds of sales of all public lands lying within
said State, which shall be sold by Congress
after the admission of said State into the
Union, after deducting all the "expenses inci-
cent to the ifce sbai
f::r tha purple of r.'ak:r
Mid ir.ternel u c pro vere tits,
tliaU direct; Provided, The foregoing propo
e5tion herein efi'ered are on the condition, that
the said convention which shall form the con
ftritution of said State shall provide, by a clause
in said constitution, or an ordinance, irrevoca
ble without the consent of the United States,
that said State shall never interfere with the
primary disposal of the soil within the same,
by the United States, or with any regulations
Congress may find necessary for securing the
title in said soil to bona fide purchasers there
of; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands
belonging to the United States, and that in no
case shall non-resident proprietors bo taxed
higher than residents.
Approved Feb. 26, 1857.
te paid to said State,
puuie roads and
as the liJiritlature
naval board; or he shall remain upon, the re
tired list on leave of absence or furlough pay,
according to the finding of the court, approved
Dy tne rresment: rrovidea, x nat the omcers
so restored or placed on the reserved liit, shall
be appointed to their placed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. , .
Sec 2. And be it further enacted. That
the operation of the present law limiting the
number of officers of the navy shall be sus
pended so far as to authorize the restoration,
witma one year from thepassa?rcf this act,
y taj Fresi.f er.t. end with tne r.Jrici imd err,.
r.t of the 5?. ? f ff r-r. .;..-.-.
weaty-thhth of Fetruarv, eights;, i.cdr .1
and fifvrg entitled "An act to pratau t.a
efficiency of the navy:" Provided that there
shall be no further promotions or appointments
in any grade, after said restorations shall have
been made thereto, until such grade in the
active service shall be reduced to the limit
now prescribed by law. That when any such
officer shall be restored to the navy, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, the
officer so restored shall occupy that position
and rank in the navy which he would have
held had he not retired, furloughed, or dropped,
by the order ol the rresident, on the report of
the naval board: Provided, further, That any
dropped officer who may be, in the opinion of
said court, entitled to be placed on the retired
or furloughed list, may be thus placed by the
rresiuens, cy and wun the advice and consent
of the Senate.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
officera who were dropped, as aforesaid, and
who shall not be restored to the naval service
within one year from the passage hereof, shall
be entitled to receive one year's duty pay of
their grades, respectively; and the rresident
shall be, and he is herebv, authorized, with
.1 i ...
tne advice and consent ot the Senate, to trans
fer any officer from the furlough to tne re
served list, and that so much of the act of
February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and
fifty-five, entitled "An act to promote the
efficiency of the navy," as renders reserved
officers ineligible to promotion, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. And be it further micted, That
reserved officers may be promoted on the re
served list, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate, but no such promotion shall
entitle them to any pay beyond that to which
they were entitled when so reserved, nor shall
they, by such promotion, take any higher
rank than they would have taken had they
been retained in the active service of the navy;
and nothing in this act, or in the act to which
this is an amendment, shall be so construed as
to preclude officers on the reserved list from
wearing- l,be tiniform of their ; grades'; respec
tively... ...... , .
Sec. 5.. -And he it f irdi-er. eitacL iT ral
captains in comiuand of squadrons shall b
denominated 'fla officers.
- Sec G-And be U further enacted, That
all ofheers who mav be restored to active
service, under the provisions of this act, shall
be entitled to drav the same pay taey were
drawing at the time they were retired or drop
ped, for and during the time of such retire
ment or suspension lrom the active service
aforesaid.
Approved, Jan. 16, 1857.
House of Congress to give testimony or to
produce papers upon any matter before, either
House, or any committee of either House of
Congress, who shall wilfully make default, or
who, appearing, shall refuse to answer any
question pertinent to the matter of inquiry in
consideration -before the House or committee
by which he shall be examined, shall in ad
dition to the pains and penalties now existing,
be liable to indictment a3 and for misde
meanor, in any court of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof, and on conviction,
shall par a fine not exceeding one thousand
,1
..a iUo touuon jv.l
Lb, nor mere thin twelve
Lot ie-.3 tl-an one rx
rr.'.r.tus.- . . ; : - '
- 2. And- lw it furtlier enacted, That
no person examined and testifying before
either House of Congress, or any committee of
either House, shall be held to answer crimi
nally in any court of justice, or subject to any
penalty or forfeiture for any fact or act touch
ing which he shall be required to testifv before
euner nouse ot Uongress or any committee of
either House as to which he shall have testi
fied whether before or after the date of this
act, and that not statement made or paper pro
ducedd by any witness before either House of
Uongress or before any committee of either
House, shall bo competent testimony in any
criminal proceeding against such witness in
any court of Justice; and no witness shall
hereafter be allowed to refuse to testify to any
fact or to produced any paper touching which
he shall be examined by either House of Con
gress, or any committee of either House, for
the reason that his testimony touching such
fact or the production of such paper may tend
to disgrace him or otherwise render him in
famous: Provided, That nothing in this act
shall be construed to exempt any witness from
prosecution and punishment for perjury com
mitted by him m testifying as aforesaid.
bee. 3. And be it further enacted, That
when a witness shall fail to testify, as provided
in the previovs sections of this act, and the
facts shall be reported to the House, it shall
be the duty oi .the Speaser ot the House or
the President of the Senate to certify the fact
under the seal of the House or Senate to the
district attorney for the District of Columbia,
whose dury it shall be to bring the matter be
fore the grand jury for their action.
Approved, Jan. 2-4, 18c7.
tell you; but I svrarFm 'shamed sick
sorry, and and mad, I am.
. "Ye know I boards with Bill Carry,
at his cabin on the mountains, an pays
for sich as I gets when I hev money,
an' when I hevent eny, why ho takes
one-third ove it outen me in cussing
and she, that's his wife, Betts, takes
out t'other two-thirds with tho battlin'
stick, and the intrust with her tonan'.
and the intr list's nor'n. t!ie principal
eny how for iiw.
err. nn
..iUic. Cl
ever seed
MISS MARY TURNER,
.Vti cl. Dross 3VTnls.or.
lint Street, between Main and Water,
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
Bonnets ajid ItlmrrJ.ngs always on hand.
C. W. WHEELER,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER
71X22 LZSD mTil 2-2. finest Mole Hats
Urownvillo, IT, 1.
JAMES W. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITH
Second Street, between Main and Nebraska,
BROWNVILLE, X. T.
W. P. LOAN,
ITT0M1Y IT LftW.
LAND AND LOT AGENT.
ARCHER, RICHARDSON COUNTY, N. T.
B. B. FEGRAM. S. II. RIDDLE.
B. R. PEGRAM & CO.,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
COUNCIL BLUFFS. IOWA.
F. DINGS & CO.,
Tmportert of, and "WhoUsale Dealer in
Fancy Goods.
Manufacturers of all kinds of Brushes.
39 North Main Street, (Up Stairs,)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. 32-ly
K. K. HARDING. G. C. KIXBOCGH R. F. TOOMER.
HARD1KG, KIMB0UGI1 & CO,,
Hantifacturcr and Wholetale Dcuhrt in
IIATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS,
no 49 Slain street, bet. Olive and Pine,
ST. LOUIS. MO.
Particular attention raid to manufactures our
Air -r O
Public 2.
AN ACT providing for the compulsory Pre
payment of Postage on all transient printed
Matter.
Be it enacted hj tlie Senate and Eouse of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assemlled, That the provision
in the act approved August thirty, eighteen
hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An act to
amend the act entitled an act to reduce and
modify the rates of postage in the United
States, and for other purposes, passed Marcn
three, eighteen hundred aud fifty-one," per
mitting transient printed matter to be se'nt
through the mail of the United States without
nrenavment of postage, and the same are
herebv repealed. And the postage on all such
1 1 A
transient matter shall be preraiu oy siamp ur
otherwise, as the Postmaster Ueneral may
direct.
Approved, Jan. 2, 1853.
G. W. IIURN.
A. D. KIRK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.Land Agent and Notary Public,
Archer, Richardson county, N. T.
A ill practice in the Courts of Nebraska, assisted
vj iiaiuiiig nun oenneu, eDraska City.
DEPUTY COUNTY SURVEYOR. Attorney and Counsellor' at Law
NEMAHA CITY, N. T. GENERAL INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT.
T1LL attend promptly to all business in bis pro-
' tession when called on : such as subdiving
U;uins, laying out Town Lots, Drafting City Plats-ct-,etc.
37-tf
breeJiu' and pride. She ken scold .a
blister into a bull's face rite on the
curl in two minits. She out breeds
everything on the river and pattrens
after ev'ry fashun she hears tell on,
from bussils to briches. Oh! she one's
of 'em, an' sometimes she's two or
three. Well, ye see, I'd got sum
homemade cotton truck to make a new
shurt outen, and coaxed Betts tu make
it, an' about the time it wur dun, here
cums Lawyer Johnson along an' axed
for breakfus I wish tt had pizened
him, durn his hide, an' I wonder it
didn't, for she cooks awful mixin3 when
she trys. I'm pizen proof, myself,
(holding up his flask and peeping
throught it) ur I'd been ded long ago.
" ell while we were a eatm, she
spied out that his shurt was stilt an
mity slick; so she never rested till she
wormed it outen him that a prepara
tion ove flour did it, an' she got a few
particulars-about the perseedings, tu,
outen him by 'oman's art I don't know
how she did it peraps he does. Arter
he left she sot in an' biled a big pot
ove paste, nigh onto a peck ove it, an'
souzed in ray shurt an let it soak awhile;
then she tuck it an' ironed it out flat
and dry, an sot it up on its aidge agin
the cabin m the sun. Ihar it stood
as stiff as a dry hoss hide, an' it
fPublic 2L rattled like a sheet ove iron, it dm. It
AN ACT making a reappropriation from the wur pasted tugether all over. When
surplus una icr ine reuei oi weuienam t mm tn ( nner. nnth n' wud do but 1
John Guest, United States Navy, and . , Tt'n tc
others must put it uu. cu, jvus u.u
Be it enacted hi the Senate and muse of got the thing open arter some nam
ove the tails
ot int it.
"Now, George, ef ever I ketch that
Lawyer Johnson out, I'll shoot him an' '
ef evor an 'oman talks about flat'nin'
a shurt fur me again, durn my ever
lastin' pictcr cf I don't flattin her. .
Its a retribution sartin' the biggest,
kind ove a preacher's regular retribu
tion. Du you mind my drivin ove dacl
throu' that ho'net's nest, an' then ra
cin' ove kira inter t! e kreck?" "". 'r"
.-'
ml!, this 13 what curr.3 ove it. I'll
dround myself sum ovo these dvrs,
sec ef I don't die frum that crfu.1 shurt.'4"
Take a horn and dont you ever try a
sticky shurt as you live."
An Accommodating SriRiT. In a
certain New England parish, a diffi
culty arise about tho location of the
new meeting-house, and the church
was rent with the division. The paste r
at length preached a melting sermon
on the subject of union, and the con
gregation were dissolved in tears. Tho
next morning Deacon Jones went over
early to see- his opponent, Deacon
Shaw, to make an earnest effort f jr .
peace, and the following ensued: . ' :
Deacon J. "Deacon Shaw, I hav'nt
slept a wink last night and I've ccmo.
over to see if we can't have peace, on
this subject of the meeting-house;, wo
must settle the dilHculty."
Deacon S. "Well, I'm very happv
10 near you lane so, ior to tell the trutJl
I always thought you were a little ct
in your way." . :
Deacon J. "Not at all and as a
proof that I am not, I've come this
morning on purpose to sec you. Now,
Deacon Shaw, we must settle this diffi
culty, and there is but one way to '.do
it you must give up, for I can't."
Revrescntatives of the United States of America work. She pullin . at One
in Congress ass&r.'dZccli That tho sum of one an tne at tuther, an' I .?
.V 1 1 1-1 ,. ,. 1 I.. .1,11, 1 1 . ' . f'
i : i i i l ii t'ti l iii k. u in it
1
It.
I Bay. I felt like IM crawled inter an'
Old bee gum, an' it full ove pisnnts; but
it wur hko Lawver Johnsons an, 1
lortv-uino cent, to:r the oaur co remainm
of the Appropriations made by Congress in the
years eighteen hundred and forty, and eigh
teen hundred and forty-one, for 'the survey of
the coast from Apalachicola bay to the mouth
of the Mississippi river, for the ascertainment
of the practicability of establishing a navy
vard and naval station which should best sub
serve the protection of the commerce of the when the shurt got wet it quit its hurtin.
A Fact for Naturalist. A Nor
wegian fable satisfactorily accounts for
tho short tail of the bear. Tlie boar,
it seems, was once met by a fox who
carried a load of fi?h, and who in
answer to the rpiestion how he had ob-
tainedt.-icn, rep.;ed th:v
them by
rrlir)" Tho
:e had c:u :?ht
Lear c.'pr
wan art soiueiu
; in an,
Lad to
insert ma
stud it like a man, an' went tu work
tu build Tetts a ash-hopper. I worked
powerful hard an swet like a hoss, an
"LIVE BEN-NET.
jxf:s p. fiske.
WSr. B. GAKRIT.
Al'GrSTrS KNIGHT.
And Notary Public.
Nebraska City, Nebraska Territory.
"T7ILL attend promptly to all buisnese entrusted
H to his care, in Nebraska Territory and West
ern Iowa.
September 12, 1856. vlnlS-ly
OLTVF.ir YrcvTSJTJ'TT & rn
- QDT? TY1"T A "M" UPmiTM
Manufacturer, and Whalcsale Dealers in . . . .t 1, .
BOOTS.' AND SHOES, RA,LR0AD Af!D. STEAB0AT
NO. 87 3IAIN STREET.
(FORMELT, 3To. lltl , CoRXR OF M AIK AKD LOCCST.)
. ST. LOUIS, MO.
WM. OSBORN.
DEALER IX
CLOCKS, WATCHES,
Jewelry, Hated Ware, Cutlery, Spoons, ic &c.
Kehraska CityN. T.
,?FEs'ikvl "ni Kepairtng ucne on ebort
tJM' n!l A". WOHK WARRANTED.
AGENTS.
And General Commission Merchants.
Xo. 46, Public Landing.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
S. W. COZZENS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
AND
General Land Agent
OMAIIA CITY. N. T.
BEFERENCE.
Gov. Izzard, Omaba; II. P, Beanct, Nebraska City
Public 10.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An act
to promote the efficiency of the Navy."
Be it enacted hi the Senate and House of
Representatives of (lie United States of America
in Congress assembled, That upon the written
request, made within ninety days after the
passage hereof, or within tnirty cays alter tne
return of any officer absent from the United
States at the time of the passage ot this act,
provided he shall return within one year alter
the passage of this act, by any omcer ot the
navy who was dropped, furloughed, or retired,
by tho operation of the act of the twenty-
eight of February, eighteenhundred and fifty
five, entitled "An act to promote the efficiency
of the navy," the Secretary of the Navy shall
cause the physical, mental, professional, and
moral fitness of such officer for the naval
service to be investigated by a court of inquiry,
which shall be governed by the laws and regu
lations which now govern courts of inquiry ;
and the said court shall in their finding report
whether the said officer, if he has been dropped
from the rolls of the navy, onht to be restored,
and, if restored, whether to the active list or
the reserved list, and if to the latter, whether
on leave of absence or furlough pav; and in
case the officer making the written request, as
aforesaid, shall have been placed on the re
served list, then the court, in their finding,
shall leport whether the said officer ought to
be restored to the active list or, if not restored
whether he ought to remain on the retired list
on leave of absence or furlough pay; and the
finding of the court shall, in all cases, be sub
mitted to the President f the United States,
and. if approved by him. in the case of a
dropped officer, where restoration has been
recommended, such officer may be nomineted
by the President'to the Senate for restoration
to the service, according to the finding of the
court as approved bv him; and in the case o
a retired officer, the finding of the court, when
approved bv the President, shall beconclusive
and such officer shall be restored to the active
list, to occupy that position and rank in the
navy which he wonld have occupied had he
not been retired under the action of the late
Public 13.1
AN ACT making appropriations for the pay
ment of Invalid and other Pensions of the
United States for the year ending the thir
tieth of June, eighteen hundred md fifty
seven.
Be it enacted by (lie Senate and Jlouse of
Representatives of tie United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the following sums
be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, lor the payment of pensions
for the year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and fifty-eight:
For invalid pensions, under various acts,
four hundred and seventy-six thousand dol
lars. For pensions under acts of the eighteenth
March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, fif
teenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty
eight, and seventh June, eighteen hundred and
thirty-two, eighty-four thousand one hundred
and twenty dollars.
For pensions to widows of those who served
in the revolutionary war, under the third sec
tions of acts fourth July, eighteen hundred
and thirty-six, seventh July, eighteen hundred
and thirty-eight, third March, eighteen hun
dred and forty-three, seventeenth June, eigh
teen hundred and forty-four, second February
and twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and
forty-eight, and second section act of third
February, eighteen hundred and fifty-three,
five hundred and sixty-nine thousand six hun
dred dollars.
For pensions to widows and orphans, under
act of twenty-first July, eighteen hundred and
brty-eiht, first section of the act third r eb-
ruary, eignteen nunareu auu unj-imcc, ju
under special acts, one hundred and ninety -one
thousand nve hundred dollars.
For navy invalid pensions, forty thousand
dollars.
For navy pensions to widows nnd orphans,
under act of eleventh August, eighteen hun
dred and fortv-eight, one hundred and forty
thousand dollars.
Approved, Jan. 17, 18o7.
Gulf of Mexico, which balance has been
carried to the surplus fund, be and the same
is hereby rcappropriated, forthe payment of
the sum due Lieutenant John (juest. United I
States Navy, (six hundred and seventeen dol
lars,) for servicas rendered in such survey, and
for other lawful claims of officers who were ijnts I cudmuve wermy ankles, wrists,
employed in that survey. J, , na I1(iT1f VPn mv( mV head
Ahnrnw, -Ton 9R 187 ..v - --j
Public 25.!
AiN Alii authorizing the establishing ot a
Naval Depot on Blylhe Island, at Bruns
wick, on tho coast of Georgia, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate ani House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the President of
the United States be and he is hereby author
ized to purchase a site for a navy depot ou
the fox informed ; bin that I.
maxc a hole in thd'ico &nd3
tail. ' 'You must stop long-enough, ami
not mind if it hurt you a little (said
the friendly adviser,) for a sensation of
pain is a sure sign that you have a Ji7,.
The longer the time,' the more the h.
Nevertheless, when you have a good
strong bite, be sure you pull out
The credulous , bear followed the in
structions and kept his tail in the hole
till it was frozen fast. AVhon he pulled,
the end of the tail came off; andhcr.ee
tlia eh nrf n nca n f
aim ascij ......; ucov present dav. iwrT Jlaaazine.
I 1. ....... . n .-.4-11 V ctf rr f vn Anil ArAl A
SllUI l UI pifc. itiai. tu luu un j .i ,
from the "pint ove the tails tu the pint
T. 1 i 1 obiwivi iiiu u ..v.-vi uiii i 'j laLiiovil.
IL.l unit in vju..."v - - l 1 , .
t'iu niiiifu scu'uiv-ino iiiousana
After I got dun, I tuck about four
fingers ove red head, an' crawled up
into the cabin loft tu take a snuze.
"Well, when I waked up I thotlwas
ded, or had the cholera, for all the
The Past and Present. Hume
in
strain'd till I sot it sorter broke at the
shoulders an' elbows, and then I dun
the durndest fool thing ever did in
these mountains. I shuflled my briches
T1a1 Tt3 il . 1a.
iM.vtne xsiana on me coass oi ueorgia, ana to ff j - j f m bout
monta n, mav nonMr. f tVo r,nir nf tWO inchCS OVC tllC tail all TOUnd in
United States vessels of" war, and afford much pain and tribulation.
refuge therefor, and that the sum of two hun- hurt. Then I tuck un a plank
dred thousand dollars be appropriated for effect- outen tic loft and hun my tiru
in that object, out of any moneys in the treas- , , , .. n . .i
u .j - tne no e anu naiieu tue aiuze ove me
Approved, Jan. 28, 1857.
Public 18.
AN ACT to procure a Bust, in Marble, of the
late Chief Justice J ohn luitieage.
Be it enacted hi the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Statts of America
in Congress assembled, That the joint com
mittee of the two Houses of Congress on the
Library be and they are hereby authorized and
required to contract with a suitable artist for
the execution, in marble, ana aeuvery in ine
room of the Supreme Court of the United
States, a bust of the late umei justice donn
Rutled?e. -
Sec. 2. And be it further tnacUd, Tba
for the purpose of carrying this ict into effect,
there be and hereby is appropriattd, eight hun
dred dollars, to be paid out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Public 19.
AN ACT more effectually to er force the at
tendance of Witnesses on summons o
either House of Congress,, aid to compe
them to discover Testimony.;
Be it enacted by (he Senate and House of
Representatives of Vie United States of America
in Con cress assemlled:. That any person sum
moned as a witness by the authority of either
The tollowin'? sketch contains as
frunt tail to the aidge ove the floor be
fore, an' the hind tail I nailed tu the
plank what I sot on. I on buttoned
the collar and nstbands, raised my
hands way up abuv my hed, shot up
my eyc3, said grace, an' jumped thru
much of that extravagance which forms tu tne gyoun nour.
so prominent a feature of American Here but ruminated sadly.
A . . LCti I - v a T .-. wi . I s I Minn
aumor as anything we have seen tor a ueuige, x in u. uuiuu
onetime. It is certainly very funny; ever uuu as, nuss, uuuie , uu un.
romthe Nasbville Union and American. 1 " rOUnU mysclt Sum OV tllCSC Uays,
see ef 1 den t.
"Well, no on, Sut: did the shirt
cr "
OF TENN. uume uu.
"I t-h-i-n-k i-t d-i-d. I beam
thiefs and rogues (besides other male
factors); this makes about two thou?- -and
a year; but in Queen Elizabeth's
time, the same author says, thennvere
only between three and four hundred
Ohf but a 3rar nanScl fr tncft and roblerr,
so mucn nau tne times mended, uut
in our age there are not forty a year
hanged for those crimes in all Eng
land." Mr. Hume closes his com nari-
son of former and later time3 with the
following remark: "Our vulgar pre-'
possession in favor of the morals of
former and rude ages is very absurd
ana
ill-grounded."
SUT LOYENGOOD'S SHIST.
BY S-
Salt Barrels roRPnESERvrv Ap
ples. A correspondent of the Scien
tific American says "he purchased five
barrcta of choice annles takea frnm
14
one pile, last autumn, and put them"
into his cellar. On the 1st of April
last, when he came to examino " them,
those in four of the barrels wcro mostly
The first one I met was "Sut" (after a noise sorter like tarin' a shingle ruff an iamagc , wnne tnose placed m the
. tt- li : .rr I ll . ' l'.."i
crossing tne xiiwasseei wuaviu on ov a uuum u at uusi, an ltuiirvu
alon" in his usual rambling, uncer- my guts an bones wur all that reached
mm , 1.1 C A. J" . A T
tain sait : his appearance at once tne nore. i staggered iu my ieec an
satisfied ne that something was wrong, tuck a look up at the shut. The nails
He had been sick whipped in a free had all hilt thar holt, an thar it wur
fifht, or was just out growing one of hangin' arms down, inside out, an' as
his bi drunks. But upon this point stiff as ever. It looked like a map ov
I was soon enlisted. Mexico list after one ov the worst
"Why, Sut, what's wrong now? battles a patch ove my hide about the
"Heap's wron: durn my skin ef I size ove a dolar an' a half bill here; a
haint most ded. Lite off on that ar bunch ove my har about the size ove a
other barrel were sound "fresh and
What was the canse of the
preservation of the apples in th'ij bar
rel? Our correspondent says it was a
Syracuse salt barrel, and had contained
coarse salt, and he believes this was
the cause of their immunity from rot.
He at least, can give no other reason.
Neither can we." ,
You can do anything, if you have
" 1 ,11 T 1 1,1
earn an om uuue, miu inm
oss, George, an' take a horn, while I bird's nest thar; then sum more skin; patience, sj
A-f two. (shakiner that everlasting then snm paste; then a little more har: made a fort
flask of his at me,) and plant ' yerself then a heap ove skin; then more har; bad nearly spent one.
to his
nephew, who
"Water rr.av
on that ar log an' 1 11 tell ye ef 1 ken, then skin; an' so on all over that durnd De carried in a sieve, n you only wait."
but its most beyond tellin.' I reckon new fangled, everlastin', infernal cuss "How long?" asked the petuler.t
'Im the darndest fool out en Utaw, ove a shurt. It war a picture to look spendthrift, who wa3 inpatient 'for the'
'sccpt my dad, for he acted hoss, an' at an' so wur I! The hide, har, an M man's obituary. . t
I l k I . I I . L i w 11. . 1 .1 I '
I haint done that yet allers in some paste wur about ekelly divided atween
trap that cudent kech a sheep. I'll me an hit. Wonder what Betts, durn
drown myself some day, see ei l uon t, her, tho t when she cum home an loun j
just to stop a family dispcrsition to me missin'. Spect she thinks I crawled
just
make d-
-d fools on themselves." intu the thicket an' died ove my
If a young man hns black hair and
a'pimple on his nose, how long will :t
take him to win the heart of his lady
"How is it, Sut, have you been beat wounds. It must av skared her good, fair, supposing him to be addicted to
playing card3, or drinking, which is fur 1 tell you it looked like the skin stuttering.
it. ove sum wilt beast torn on alive, or a
"Nara one; that can't be did in these bag what had kerried a load ove fresh
parts; but seein' its you, George, I'll t beef from a shootin' match.
The man who was 'torn
mg emotions
bv conflict
is now sewed tp. . '