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rf) Q'ijvtxtiscv, LOCAL. !ea-.- "U l t'offi8- '." S. WILLIAMS. ira.is tbeastber- e4 reverses that cur. OJUa ,trSVl!.IX.TnCKSPAY JAN.3I lSfiT .Trrd Accnt for Prinre & Co. lt W. IlU.ACO,sretbeee'nrireI Agents i .ra r.r if f' G-s. A. Trine Co ' eeje .,' r.i.Vtl.Kl..Bi. te. Fvrpcice, -all ffc- AJnrltr Ojfir llrrm M.Uai'r.iier-t SendT. ll-raru.lt - . fm.. '?. W-Wa Mit.41. ipt Jooday. ' .nive,tt M.ck, i. -tis;Ht, IWrt..- . m-. tigbt. trtm Hail, -V't KT lltVtlEUSO.VS HALL. W ONE DAY ONLY ! VjtfDA.Y. FEB. m i:EC?JG!!!ALSIAMESET7!!JS CHANG and KNG, cni ten of thtir UVrm on tLeir farewell tour through e United I THE WILD AUSTRALIAN CHIL REN. tie nualleit headed people in the crlJ. And ,the Bearded Lady. All iron price ef admission, i Voort cpen from 2 to 5, and 7 to, 9, n. Umusion. uO cthti. Children 23 cents. See lit Cri pajet fCWl Com! Cash paid far Corn IS 2a. I) WORTHING & WJfXUA ( 1 1 ! IUUd' Stomach Bitters for sale at HOLLADAY& CO'S. M;ic Hiotpcraphs -t Mar&h & oY it.t..k'. liloud PilU for sale at HOLLADAY & CO'S. Go to W. H, McCreery'a for yoi,r ? Senator Tipton I Arnv.-d nt his m-; iu this city, yes :rJV. fr!i .!ro ti V.thinton, full of p-s fr i; ir rj-dy a Jitiisi n, ani look I- it 'a y to O iu!ii. s New t'ouds i W H. McCrv ry. y I) v' h'Tf ran lvay ' ii t'i- f -t rk f -verv v:rieiv'f iii wOO J lin D-rf'i Cfletraied Molin' TIIEO. HILL L CO. ttitci. tlijTrr Plows for sale at illELLKMiKUGER BRO'S. . IVlri D:4rjs n'l treat variety and ai.aci at Marsh & CoV Tbe Ctdur Kapig's and Missouri Rivpr ailrcad was ecuijiJtted to Council Bluffs s te This, we be)ieve, completes conauuca between that c.ty and - '.: ' ' ' He Friend," for February, received, 4MJ t as beautiful And inte Jstmg Lad:es- Magazine as it has eyer f?n ourrlfAre to peruse. ; A New Let of BjjLs iyst received for -i Cini.kt,g Lilrary at Martht ia's hi Roback' KUd Purifier for sa(e at ' HOLj,AJ)Ay& CO'S. MiCreery Vfeps constantly on hand a , ' : ul inis,yu( yaruif.ries, Fyy. iDtiirush es, etp. -Trof. Dye is making wonderful pro "ith the pupil, in his singing class vii,di Pmcg a Vocal and Instru. t; i cy Ti.to. Co. ) 1 f two e iu 7 Tr Groceries at Marsh it.CoVj .FouPr,ce- paiJ for all kinds of fry Prepuce. A y. riie cf Imperial Tea at j'' ; C.-.. .d a .el,. cheaper The V iumou:h Heral! ;a rrtilr ... .. ... "i" ' a i-H.nra lUiihe P,cific R. I V -'vce. .,,,,,.1. I It. . ..i UrrMUtg Lilrurv.- iih.d, ni.d w IVNIL ac rlm at' reatoaote ft; 'h-Ad..C.V.w.ui'.n 1 "-reat . r. in eber column. W Cf Ir wrir. enterprU, and y. dnovvhehasaiapUe lh -derotfigati0no him-fo; -U and f?!e,did carriage, lV,e Jwi received for their ac umIit and Friday, I . n an.l I n PT1 J V Arrive, TefJj, ' "r . ' , t 1 Where eal Lr fcalls TP- a' ; n.CKSET. MI. irebbdy'cora was inten'jc'cftlly rcad in ourcoarnendatibn cf Judge tairtro ther hs, week ; we merely intended to gire putlipjy the cornnendation which he receives from those baviDg business with him, for faithfulness and efficiency We call attention to the advertisement of "Land For Sale by Col. ForDas.-- It is rich bottom and upland, and aituat ed near the rirer in this counfy. Attention to (be TradeJohn c. Dnj.fr bas a "few more Cooking and Heating; Store left. Also, a good as sortment of sVagon Tirnber, such as Hubs, Spokes, Fellows, Wood and Iron Axels. Wajon Tongues and Bows, Thimble Skeins and Wagon Grease. Also, a well selected stock of Wraught Iron, Blow and Cast Steel Horse and, Mule Shoes and Nails; Hoop and Band Iron; Wood and Iron Pumps; Wood and Iron Pipes, etc., etc. AH of which he offers lo the trade at reduced prices. One Ieeper & KIar Biding Plot! for Sale. Enquire at this office. Sing, sing, sing, my knifting alj is done; Ring, ring, ring, its praises erery one. Nice hoods and scarfs and sontags rare, And gloves and mittens by the pair Of styles the best thai e'er were seen Are made with ease on Lamb's Machiv e. Prevention is be'ffei than Cure' is an old adage, and rnqst haye beep written before Coe.s DrirrrsiA Cube was dis covered, for one bottle has, in maoy in stances, , ured Dyspepsia in its worst form, whereas it would take one a life- ...... time to lern to so Jijre to prevent this troublesome disease.' It costs you no more to buy a full pound of D. B. DeLand & Co.'s Beit Chemical Safer atus, ;han it does other kinds that only weigh 14 or 15 ounces. "Lives there man with soul so dead, Who nevrr ;o ktQtfll hatli said, Ruback's Bitters they are the best To appetite they give a zest ; There jjre none s ooJ, none so pure pisease none will o surely cure. Take it mv friend if vou'd be well. .Take it. and to your neighbors teil The woudrous story of :her worth ; Tell it, and let the word go forth, Itnhh is we aljh, end that' means gren- bciks, . One iipg better, that is Roback' Fire Tuousand Dollars Ecward. The above reward will be paid to any one who will prove that there in a parti rlt of mercury or poisonous mineral in pr. Henry's Word Tonic and Blood Purifier, and Root nnd Plant Pills. It is also averted, and correctly so, too, that ihey are fast becoming the most popular family remedies now in use. They are sold by all druggists. Four Lock-stitch Shuttle Sew ing Machines for tale. En.qure at this office. Ileiodeons and Cabinet Organs. e are now prepared to deliver, m tiis city. Prince Celebrated Melodeoos and Cabinet Organs at Factory Prices. "This is tQ best rponunit everet cf ferred, io tiiis section, to become posses sed of one of these superior instruments. GEO. W. HILL & CO. Authorized Jl, Dlssolntlon or Partnership. The partnertbip. brretcfora exiitin under th n&tne and firm of Matr-i C&atfield it this day dii Tlrcd bj matval eonicat. Jan, lit mi R. V; MU1R. K, F, CUAFIELP.. New Irra. Tbt lorine-e will In future be carried on coder tbe rin i l Muir, CbatCtlJ A Snow. Jan, lit L$ 7.- - R. V. MDIR. - it v rriATFir.T.O. I-2t Mm " - J. XI. SNOW. .j f aarjfllans Sale, Nctirt ! brnby gives, ibat by Tirrua of a License me punted by the Probata Jndga cf Kensib County. Ntbr lea Territory, at Ab' JaAaay Arm f mitt Vw"'"!- ? f ,- " - I f ' tn. - r . t r , j , , 4 . . .'i f ',. i;i r'i !' 'j I . : . at rr VWk P. i".. t.vl IVVi-ij P'! V ! ! Lot h'ii 8rrra In I!xk tare fniktdl !;ownriJ?a. and !t three and fi Mr in Dlnck fifty 'f i A Ta rd Ix)t fonr in LWk f(Tty-far.and Lot -eren jn Clock twcniy-ntre in ib City of I?row6Tille all In Nrtnaba County. Nebraska Territory aa the lrorerty of my W. rda Clara T. and Flora U, Hay vod minor heir if Tboma J. Uajwood deceaicd. Ten&t of Sale Cah in hand. 11ELI.NDA HAYWOOD, Gnardian. Tipton ITeweft A Ch arch, her Attorney a I ft 3HT.00 Adnlnlstrators Sale orReal Estate. In rnrruanee of an order cf the Probate Court of Nojnha Cun'y. TniUrr cf ft'cbraslra, prantcdon tie 14. h day Jur.uary I87, t wT.l offer for wla at public auction, on the Ci.h day of February A I). IffiX.ati oe u'cWk"i tbi aft'ernoofa o( aid day yM,n the premise, tb following decribed Keal titiate ritaied in the Cinntrof Kemita.md Ter- nr..ry orXtbrarkt, t9 wjtf Fifteen (15), acres off of tbe North Eaat corner of the North W t quarter T rMin;2a, iB TwBhipiz (6 Vorih of Bas 15. LitAt.. - . , Termnofj-iaUCajBiahaBi. - Urownillc'aruary 17th, 1S7. JA NK i. ('OMItS. Admiratratriz ard iSONKOE J. CUMDS AdmiaiMratriji "f ih Eiat orJEH-EPvSOK L. COMydertMed. 17. 3t . M . 4, 4. 4,1 Lacd fur Sale. I bare a camber of desirable a'irrprcreJ tracts 'fUnd fn-N-maha.Johnw.n A rawTe"e Cotfnties, ebraskar, fW AtchLnw Cot nly Mo., which I de to sn,and will !! on lva iie te wHnal ect ierr, who will improve the same. Also, sereral it ,td T'We Farm. - ' MttL you a iiAin SAMPLES SENT FKEE. trt ?Jvl9 CI ,Prof "tb's C'urliqae will be sect .Vrsiih, .J4,rtM- The Curlique will curl tbe first-bust hair on iV without in- jury in ,oft, InxnrUnt.beiutif.l iufljs. - VecZlih. iwa-ea pAiAJf,0:o. iomciAL.1 " LAWS OF THE UIllTED STATES Qfassodat tasnrat isesaion oi nw 'J IfiatJi Consresa.- fPtrsLie risoLCTlo Ko. W Joint Rewlutlon to extend tfca Prorlslona of tta Act of.July fourth. el sbleeo hundred ann "V"':" tl uc tta JartsdicUoa, ol tftXrt CUlma U tha Joya CUUcna 01 Te&neae. V.JA it. SmaiM mud II tf Bevrttcnta (ivetetAa Uiud SiaUi cf America im Gnyra- trmeltd, .. ii.. ..ui.m i ts. .el tltm fourth cf Jalf nii k. ii,ri.dtTti. or tka court otdatma. ta hereby exi.Dded u tha loral citteeaoal U 8uOa al Tasea Approved, Saly 13, B. (Pviic JJoiufx(m. JVo. 100.) Solnt Rew'.uUon aithortilax tbeTranimlaeion throuth tbe alalia, free ot Pataca. ef wtain ueruncw the ALiutaat-Gaeral of Kew Jersey. by Jtnfve4 ty tM Serca a Hetua T"f: Itvr of Me United 5t awrtca toaflrren Aittmbltd. rv. t ,k. .i.t.nt nrt of Kew JerWT be authorlied to tran.mlt tbroaith the maile ffee ot poaUre, cettilj certincate of thank awarded hy the leKlala;Te to tUe olJiera of that State, under auca rejuiaiwm Postmaster -gemeral tna direct. Apprevetr, Jnly SS. 18SS. " Putc Resolution No 101 Joint Kesolotion aothoriiiaB the Secretary of TTar to ettle Uh JieTerrttoarof CWI-r.ds. for tbe Mll tia ".aid TerrltoTy employed in the Service of tbe United Statu In the yearhteBatiHrea and .ixiy-rour.and .irtiwn hhndred and aitty tve. Resolved by the Senate and House of Kryreieniaitves or inc unnc(: wiw" v America in Congress assembled. That She Secretary al War be anthorteedte aettle wun the proper au thorttlea of the.Territory r Crdo'f,or tbe .erYicfe ot the Brat rextmeat af Colorado moonted millUa. called latettke acrvice ar tae unuru -v-. I tie requisition of Culeoel Thuaa atooniicnt, in year eiahteen hundred and alxty-Bre. and tor tbe ter. ilceaf anyUhermMltlaferceaet the aald J'""' which were employed U the aerrrce of tb nl7l a..r. an tbe call ef the Kereraor af the Territory tn tho year etfcteee haadrad .! alxty four. oWB " .Mii.m..i .11 imoau said or Territory to tbe .aid tnope f.r pay. 1 ora, hth'A5' er proper all.waneee darins the time 'hyj!! o ictnaUy in aerlce. and that he report found to te Justly de to aaia Terruoi v- to ConrreVt itf-December ueiU ApproTed, Juyss, IS68. ( Public Resolution JVb. 103. ) Joint Resolution to prevent the Jttber Jy" f tbe Joint Eefolutlon, (o. u i - - IS64. agtn.t Kfflcera -and ' Slate, wbo hare been honorably dscnaeu. o aa t. relieve them trom .he further rVeebr .D'Ut rive Eer cent Iucome Tjx itypoJ t-ereoy her-ss by the Joint Re.o Wiono T7 of tongr, wed July fourth. eibteen bunded a. M ,;r eci.l income tax it flve percent on . al ex- Whe appro a r- ''" ,.1 , I,, .c.a.cl ceedinz ix buudred do ira mcvi "" d wnerted and w,. enf 000 seuerally apa all city zem accessible to the revenue oiuw, ""- forced against all our ao.aiera '"I active aervi ef the country, and surrender of the inaurrettiouary armlea, and the dis banding and return ot the federal aoiatera to meir V,-n-. uid tax is belnr witk manifest hardship as sessed and collected of them in many parts of the coun try : Therefor, " JJ f rcf4 fcv tAe Stnte an.d He Jr tnutivet Iht UniM Sttct a Aavrfce iCeii crmAMewfted, i ; fbst said apeciat tar. a Ircpesed ibfU ot pe farther enforced against officers or soldiers lately ia the ser lae of tbe United Stateiwnd wh hare eeea benora bl4 aefcarged therefriwn, m4 tfcat- t-be fecreaary ef the Treasury clrect the propdr obstrrance of ibiS res olutlon oy all revenue officer. Appeoved. July 28, IS6S. pcblic-Nj. sat. An Act to annul the thirty-fourth Section of the Dec laration of Riga ta of the Statj of Alary land, aofar as It tpplies to tbe District of Columbia. Be it enacted by Seaaf e and House of Represen tative of the Untted States of Amtrica in Congress Assembled, ...... Tbatthe thirty-fourth section of the Declasation of Jlnshtsoftha Sttte of Maryland, adopted seventeen hun.lred and seventy-six so far as the siiue has been reci gmxed and adopte l in tbe Dsitrict of uiam'i, he and is hereby, repealed and annulled, and that all sales, gift and devises problMtel by tbe aid section, ur by'anv law p.e ed ia aocor.Un:e therewiih, sill 0', .wben hereafter made, vailed anl effectujt : Pfovidai Thai. lnasa of gift and devise, -the ae sbll he made at least one calender month before the death o; the dopor er tsiaur. approved. July?, 18f. Public fro. 312. Au Act to proven Omcer of the Navy from belrg de prived of their legn'.ar Pranlin on Account ol tfourss receivl in Battle, and for other Purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of R ep resentativej of the United States or America in C'ingresj Afsctnbled, That the provision of section forr of the 4Act to amend an act entitled an ac to establish and equalise the grale of line officers of the Ucliel States navy " ap proved July sixteen. eighteehiidrJ and sixty-two, requiring tt:at no officer in the' avl service h jll bs . promoted to a hiebericrade upn the active list until be has ben examed bv a board of naval sunreons and pronounced pborically qualified to perform all bis 4u t es at sea. tball ntbe construed to apply to and eit elude from the promotion t whicb he would otherwise 1'3 regularl entitled any iffler in whose ca-e sucb medical hoard sbail report that hi p1sical di-quali-ucatioit was orcsi ned by wounds received in tbe line of dutj, and that such wounds do oof mcapaotate bim for other t'ulies a tbe srade to which he shall be pro ted. -!' . . . ., Sec 2. .And Be it further enacted, Thatlhe rate of pay of ifflcors f tbe navy on tee' retired IUt and not on duty, jjor retired on furjuvh pa, in jcase' where socbh rate of pav hasujt Leretolore been Sexxbo law ahaMheonehalfo; tta pay 0 which fuch. officers woaid"beB title 1 it M duralsea. And the par of cierka or navy yards, of clerks te command nu of navy yatd. amf-vf clerks to naval storekeepers, is hereby increased twenty. five pr cent spun their present sal-, aiies, f 10m the cinimeucement of the present fiscal year t 1 Sec. S. And ha it further enaeted, That the proper accounting oftVer of tbe treat iay ee,' and they are hereby authorised ia the aetueasent of taw accounts of the dikbursiug officers of the navy and marine crp to allow, subject to the aoprovil of the Secretary r the Navy, such credit ta f ar losses of property and fsinds-s have occurred during.tbe late rebellion and aa salt 00 enr hereafter, and which that! appear to then 17 aucb qoucbeis and teatitaony aa tbey .ball require tv have bpea occasiwned by accidental circumunctf i. or a con dition 0 things over which such officers had no control afciMor which tier are not Justly responsible!- 1 Approved, iuf 8,. 14C6.- - ' Public--No..211 An Act to remove tbe Office of Surverr-Inerat of the States of Iowa and WlscoBr in to plaiumuath Nebrjika BailcHocferf ly (he "Senate' d Jloutt of jlf? rettHtatitts tfth Uuited &ate ' America tn ton grest afemlcd, Tha. it shall bo the duty of the Secretary of the lnte ilor ;ss aooii'ter the passage of this act as may be to cause ot office of aurveyor-geiieral of Iowa am Wis consin to be removed ti piotuinooth Nebraska Serrito ry. and to make tbe necessary provisions for i remedi al and effect ive operations ) aea whea so removed tde dntin (J ierlKllotiorv ot said trtrvevor-FSnnrai shall rr tbe 1 v., s: . a 1 a: ,4 ti ' ' PUBLIC Ko 210 ' Aa Act to provide for tbe8eita, Jo-lcmetts, and Busi ness of the United Stales Provisional Coarf vr lb0 S ate ot Loultiaua. Be it enacted by tbe Sfsat a4 House of Rep resentatives of tbe United States of America in Congress assembled, That all stits, causes, prcsecutions, and proceedings In the United States provisional court or the State of Louisiana, with the records thereof, be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the United Statea district court for the eastern district or Louisiana ; and all suits, .su-cs,profeca!ims. and proceedings so trans ferred trail be proceeded with ,n sard court and tried and Cetexmined, and process and jtdtment issued and executed therein and by said court n th same man uer and with like effect as if the same bad ben com menced criicnally in said dirvct caart : Provided h.iw ever, That any such tuit or proceeding so tasns erred, of which the cfrcuit enurt'coi'ld take jurisdiction un Ucr the laws of tbe United State?, shall In like man- nnor be heard and determined in tie citcuit court held In said district. . ..- Sec 3. . And be; t futher nacted.That in cato salts ar proceed incs are pending in said provisional court which coal not have he instituted in said cirtait or disttlciccnrt, the record shall rema in said district court without further action therein. Src. 3. Atd qe ti further enacted, That all jj5; menu, orders, decrew, srad sttfrisiohs of the United States provisional ourt for thw-Mate of Lool.lina, relating t- the causes hereby transferred to the district court of ibe rsktern diMrictof Louisiana, er to the cir cuit court beid ia said district, shall at occe become tbe Judgments, ordera, decrees, aud decUloaa of said distr ki court, or nM crrtHit -Court,- unless the same are inconMs tent with the rnlea and proceedinsa there of ; and bay be enforced. plealed,au.d appioved, aa tha judgments , orders, decrees, or dxijns of said district court, or said circuit court. . , ' - Approved, July 28, 1665- PUBLIC UO. 201 Aa Act to extend the Joridicrion tf Commissioners of the Circuit Courtsof the- tailed States." Be it enacted ly the &uate tid Uoo of Rep reeeutotitee of the United Slates of America in Con crete atsemlled, " That the cemmisFionera who now are. or hereafter may he, appointed by the circuit courts of the United States ta take aknowlainneaU o tball and afBJaTits, and also lu take riep-sii Ln in civil causes, tball and may exercise all th pewers thai, acyf i hstics. of Us ; peace may exercise endar and in virtue of the seventh ' secUon et the act passed the tweatieUJ of July, acoo teant eenteen btndred ind nlsty, entitled 'Aa act for the eorernmsnt and tegnlatlea ot asaa ea . ia the merchant aery Ice. Approved, J a!y S3, 13jS . v Pablic No308. An Act donating certain Lota In the City ef Waifciar toa for Schools tor Colored Children ta the. District ef Columbia. Co it enaeted br the Senate and Eocse of &eprei esaiirej of tbe United SUtci of Amerieb ia Con gress Assembled, - . , That the Commissioner of pctlleballdinsa be, and be ia'herety authorised and require :r .Taut and convey ta' the trustees of colored schools for tae cities ot YTish to-toa and Georgotown, ta the Tistrlrft f Coiaajfcls, for the sole tne of schools for colored children ia said District r Columbia, all the right, title, and iuierest of the United States in and to lots numbered one, twa, and eighteen in square nine-hundred and eighty-five, la the city of Washington, raid Wi having been des ignated and set apart by the Secretary of the Interior to he ued for eolore-l schools. And whenever the same afaal i he converted ta other uses, tbey satll re vert to the United States. Approved, J a!y 23, ISM f ' ( Public Xo. 307.) s An Act to protect the Manufacturers of iflneial Wa ters In the DiKtrict cf Columbia, and tor other pur poses, ... - - ; it enacted bv the Senate end House ofjtevresen tatives of the Unsttd Slates of America in Congress Assembled rW all manufae inrers atd venders of mineral wat ers and other bev eragvs by law allowed to be sold in bottle, npon which t heir rimes or their marks shall be respectively Imp rewd. my file with the clerk ot toe supreme court of tbe District of Columbia a de. ftrlpiion cf ftirh bottles scd of the name or marks tLoiem. srd bal I retire the ame to be published for not lets than two weeks, auccessiveiy, in a cany rr weekly tewrrsLer. publuhtd In aaid District ot Col- ntrhla Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That It is hereby de Ira red 10 te ufllawtul for any person or pars or here after, without the permission p,f the owner or e nera theieof, to fill with mineral watera ar other beverdVe aty'Vtith U.ttlcs so niaiktd, for sale, er to traffl e la any' stch tcttlesio marieo, ana noi.bouEhtb him or eer or such owner or wnera ttcreor; ana evtry person to trending shall be liable to a icnairy tf fifty cents f or eve y ootite so ntiea.or coiu. or aisposea or. er or bought, or traffickeJ in, for the first offtucei aat ef five col lars for every subsequeut onoce. to be racer ered as other fine in said District of Columbia. Approved, July 28, 1665 (Public JVb..3C6) An Act supplemental to the Act te approprUte Uunes for tbe Posrai Services. Be it enacted by the Senate end Hcv:e ef Reprts entivrtof the United States of AmerifinCmgrett That there be, and hereby Is, appropriated, on t at any money tn ine treasury not .otherwise appropriated,for carrying ine-maii uuju tne post roaa e.uo!isbeu by acts or toiif res pased during the n.-it session of the Thirt)-8nineib Couere?s for tbe flic I year end: ng .una intructn. eunieotiuadre-l, aua tuxty-seven the umoffur hundred jJ eibty nix thoanl flvj hnn. dred and twenty-five dollars. Apptored. July 28 1356 t .'t Public Nu 305 v. An Act tc authorize tbe Secretary of War to fnmUh Transpjriatioi toiisha-gcJ Soldiers to whom Artiti. cul Limbi are fur iiished-by the Goxarnmeat. -' ' e it enacted by tka ScHatt and Hui Jle pre euatieee ofLneted Sates of America im Conyrttt astemlled, .. . , That the Secretary of War Is authorised and directed to furnish ta discharged aoldiers of the United States, who have hoen disabled in tbe service, as well as to those not yet discharged, transportation te and from taelrbomea and laepUce where they any be reaired to go to obtain artificial limbe provided for them under authority of law. Approved, Juiy2&, I9o Public JVo. 104J s- n act direct is a District Csart to be be!d . at tha 1 y ol Kile, in the State of Pennsylvania. Be it eDactcd by tbe Senate and Hjuse of n r nri. tatives of U t'ulted S'tes or America ia "Con grata Assembled, That, besides the terms of tbe district ' court of the United Suites, directed by law tube held atPitUburg. in tbe county of Allegnauy, and at Williamsport, in the connty of Dycomiue, for the western district of tbe State of Pennsylvania, the judge of said western dis trict shall hold two terms in ever year, at the citv of Brie, In tbe county of Krie, which shall tommenco the first Monday or July aud January in each ami every year. besmniLgln the July or Jauuary which shall first immediately follow the passage of this, act, and be coutinuel aud adjourns from lima to time, as the court may aeem expedient, fur tbe despatch of theH bu.-mesits toereof. Approved, July 23, 186S. LPullic Xo. 302. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Adl mektnf Ap prove ia: ion for snndary Civil Expenses of tbe Udv em inent for the Tear ending the thirtieth ofrJune,ei'ht eea hundred aud fifty-nine. Be it enacted ly the Senate and House ef Repre sentative $ of the United States of America in Con gress assemleff, , " . That the proviso' to the seventeenth section of the act is an amendment be'altered so as to read aa follew : and provided turther, That where there is no collector at tbe pi are of location of any public Work herein specified, the Secretary or the Treasury shall ha ve power tc appoint a disbursing agent for tha payment of all moneys that are, or maybe hearafter, appro priated for ibe construction of any such public work, with such compensation rs he may deem equitable and just, and al laws and parts of law in conflict with the provision of this section be. and tbe samo are hereby jepeahr, -Approved, July 23, 1SCB. Public A'ot 303 An act authorizenrt tbe Parmentof the Rewardsr.flered by the President of the United States and the Officers of tbe War Department, iu anl. aud jy,,lSC5. for the Captnre of tbe Asnassia of tbe late President Abraham Lincoln, atd the Secretary of Stats, lion. William II. Seward. - , . f- Be it waded by the Senate and ITovse of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Coa yress assenhled, . . That there be paid, out of any moneys In the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 4a satrxracilon of alt claims forahe rewartisofTereCby the President 1 the United States or by authority of tbe aVar Department for tha capture of the aacassins of the late Presideut Abraham Unoln, acd He Secretary of State. Wil liam Jf- Seward, thai following-sums W tbe following named persona, vis : . To Ataior n. W. Smith, who had charxe of. and cmmanoedfhe force, the sum of Richard B. il organ, detective Ell Devore detective Charles H. Risch. detective Thomas Samnnon detective Wilham at. Wermerskirch, detective Sohn II Cimbay . eHlzea - P at Clark, citizen Lu.n Jackson, colored Mary Ann Griffin For tha faptur 0f Alcerott t To Majir K. R. Artmnn. 5l3t 1 Penn Vol'e $1 251 00 SearRe't Zschariab WQpmrnlll. 11 Del.CiT. 3r3 61 Private Christ..f.,re Il.ss, Del- Cavalry 3 879 64 Private David U . Bsker, 1st Delawa'e Cavalry 2.873 7H Private Albert Header, lt De aware Cav lry 2 873 Ii Private Samuel J. William-i. 1st Del. Cav. 2 873 7-1 rrivate t.eorite W. Vouua. 1st Del. Cavalry 2 873 73 Private Jamei D.nsrwe, lt Del. Cavalry James W. Piudum. citUea 2 87 7S 2 873 73 $35 000 OU rot the capture of Booth and Tlerald : - T EJ COnffF . ... . ... . 1 n c lii.jr ' LuiLer B l uior Ltecten.atn y I r trfy jsrm i. w's.etae - U II Wells fjj"rre Co' t:"rV,rj ...,4-. - 4 - - a $3i6UU SOTrgean. Boston Cat hett, I6th New Tork cavalry; Seargen4nasw.WeBltll, 18th Hew- York cavalry; Corporal r.barioa Zirpmer. ISih New Tor a cavalry; Corpora Michael Uniac, 16ih Kew Tork cavalry Cor poral Herman Kewgarten, le h Xew Tork cavsl-y; Corporal John Waltz, 16th Kew York civalry ; Cor poral Oliver Loopany, 16lb Kew Tork cavalry; Qar poral Jlicbael normsie, 16ih Kiw T-rk cavalry; Private John Myers, I6th Kew Tork cavalry; Private John Byan, 16ih Kew Tork cavalry. Private William tiyrne. 16th Kew Tork cavalry; Private Philip Uoyt, J6ih aew cavalry k Private Martin He! ley, lsth Kew Tork cavalry ; Private ITecry rutnam, 16ih Kew Aork cavalry ; Frwate Frank Mtaniel. 16lh Kew Tork cav airy ; Private Lewis Savagw, 16th IJew Torkcaralry. l-riv.te Abraham Genay, 16th Kawsaork cavalry; Pt jl vate Emery Parady, 16th New Tork cavalry ; Pt irate David Baker, 16th Kew Tork cavalry ; Private Wil liam McQuade, 16th. New Tork Cavalry; Crivate Sohn Millington, 16th New Aork oavalry ; Private Fre-ier. ickDeits, ISth Jew Tork cavalry'; Private Jcba H Singer, SSlCi Yoik cavalry. J.-ijrte Cart Stain- burgse 16tU Kew Tork cavalry , Private Joeeph Zi t en, 16th Ne k w alrj ; ne thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and eighty-four, eighth tenth cents each $3,C00 Sec. 2. And he it fniiher enacted. That the said sev. eral sums thslljhe paid to tbe several persona above named, respectively, personally, or ia case of their de ceast , t the persons who aouid he entitled to the a awe under the bounty laws of the United States in case of sleceaacd soldier. Approved, July ii, 15&S (Public .Vo. 301.) An act ta authorize the Use of tbe Metric System cf Weights and Measure. Beit entoted by lie Senate and Heitse f Rep resentatives of the United State of America in Congress Assembled, That from and alter the paiwsre of this set it shall be lawful throughout the Unite! States ef Ameilca ti em ploy the weishls and natures ot tbe metric system . and no contract or dealing, or pleading in any court. Fbail ,9 aeemed Invalid or liable to election because tbe woigbt or measurers expre'ted or referred to therein are weights or measa.es of tbe metric ihtem Sec. 2. And be it farther enure I. Ton the tables in tbe schedule boreto annexed sb til he recognised in tbe construction tf contract and in all Io?! pruce&J incs, aa establishing, ia terms i f the weipbts and measures now in use iu tbe United States, tbe equiva leuts or tbe weights and measures expressed therein in terms or tbe metric system add said tables may be lawfully aet for compntiu g, determining, and ex. pressing in enstomary welghta and zntasarea the weiihts asd measarei of tbe metric systecu lOO 609 600 690 -too 6:'0 6)0 60 450 I3J 6 0' 0 2 CC0 1,000 -,1.000 A MA I rnlvsleats la denim r . lnatlo&s la nse ' Lyrlsmeter 10 000 meters. 6.2m miles ' Clloaeter l,fJmeiors 0,e2i37 miles ef 1230 " re. ana 10 i&ches 173 feet and eae .. f, J 1 inches. StJ.S' inchea - S 37 lactej. 0,35JTrfaches b.AH Inches Hectomelef DekiiEctsr Ketor 100 tsetert 19 asters 1 meter Decimeter I-lo meter Centimeter 1-100 of nieaer UiUmeter 1-ICC0 ot meter. KSCP.S3 OP SZZTACS. ATS trie Deaeafhstlons Xculvalests In desem- anrf valoAS. iaatlons ta oj Hectare lo.wo square metes. Are loo square maters Coatart laftsara scats r t,7l acres 117 sqasre yards. 1650 reuare InchU. t 0 1 ea mm B - W Tf 1 m S m aHOq. p cr-EEgaSj: .3. ea"" 2 0 b a o a to a fa I" D a. 3 o S - 3 u ft ?2gw.J v ES 2 g 2 Q 5 m S Sss SS5la a Hi! 0 H a a si " o V o.o a' 3 a o Sss- r: a "38 2S , . las S s. 3 CO a" 0 m o t -- -SB M u at a a "3 6 5 5 !- 2 2 2B5S S a. 7.011S:- 4. z I e m 5? r a-- Public rro. 300. An Act te revive and extend the Pftvlflons or 'An act framing tho Risht of Way and making a Grant of Land to the States of Arkansas and Missouri, to aid in tbe Construction ef a Railroad from a Paint npon the Misslppl opposite tbe Alou'b of tbe OhI River, via Liure Krok. tonhe Tex Boundary, near Fulton, m Afkas, with Branches to Fort Smith and the Mis. sippi River, approved February 9, 1853, and jor other puryjses. . Be it enacted by tha Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates oj America tn Congress Assembled, That the "Act granting: the right at way and raifclns a giant of land to the Stat a of Arkansas and Missouri to aid in tbe construction of a railroad from a point np on the Mist-Usinnt onDnoitethe mouth oftqeOhiosive' ria Little Rck. to tbe Texas bonnlaty, near PaHon. in Arktnsar with branched tn Pl'rt SiiUa an t tire afissis- sivpt Jtivec " approved Fabruary nine, eisnteea bun dred and fifty-three, with all the provisions therein made, be, and the rame-r hereby, revived ana ex ten ded for the term of tea years f rem the passat e of this act, and all the lands therein grantol. which reverted to the United Statos under the provisions ot said act, he, and the same are heroby, restore-! to the same cm tody, control, and condition, and mala subject to the uses and trusts in all respect as they were before and al ttstime such reversion took effect : Provided, That all mineral lands within the limits of this grant and the grant made in gectioti twj r thu ast are bsroby reserved to the Tuite.l L'atej : anl Provided tar'hoc That all-property anT troeps of the United LUte shall at all times be tranprted orer sail railroad anl bras ded at the eost, charge, and expense of tbe company or corporation owning or operating said road and branches respectively, when sj reqairei by the gveramjat or- the United State. Sec. 2 And be tt farther enacieJ, Tht thre is hereby granted a1detto(and mada part of the dona tion cf land hereby renewal andmtle sabiezt to tie same u-e and trusts, and un lar tbe sitns ctiito1y,ijn trol, and condiil mj, anl to be held aid di:pel of ia the same manner as if included tntb.3 origin il trait, all the alternate s ctlom anl parts of settlont. dial? nated by odd number.'1, lylnx alo u th9 outer liaa or lands heretofore (trance ', and within fle miles on eacn side thereof, excepting laud reserve 1 or otherwise appropriate b't law. r to which the right of p-e-emp-tion or bomfrteadfettlemenf has attached: Provided. That tbe additional quantity of lands hereby granted. wuen added to the lands specified in section one here of, shall not exceed in a?rr.ate qunuty of Un J be this act granted, to amount to ten sections for each mile of railroad ; That tbe lands embraced in this g.'at and tie grant revived by necU m nueof this act shabe disposed or ontr as'fol lows; Whenever proof shall be furnished, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior that any tection of ten consecutive miles of said road and branches is completed in a good, substantial, and workaiantike manner as a first-class railroad, the f aid Secretary ot the Interior shall issue patents for all the lands grantodas aforesaid, n ,t exceeding ten sec tions rer mile situate opposite to and within tbe lim its of twenty miles of the section nf siilroad an I bran ches thtrs completed , and when like preof hhall be I ur- nUbcd that s'.xithei' reaicn al ten mile of said ro.vl in said States or ouihe'said hcf.uche-bf e-psctively con nectingwith the procexlius section is comple'el as aforesaid, tbe Ssce tary cf tho lutanor sh ill Hsui pit ents in like niauner as in case et the -first completed tectictis, end so on from time to timo until the whole is eomplet d as herein proviileJ. wben tbe Secretary or the Interior .ball lku patents for all the remain ing lani herein granted, uot evieediar. the aggregate amount provided lor anl located as required by sec tions one and two of this act : And proviJel further. That if one sec ion of twenty miles of eich.of sai l rail roads and branch's shall not ba ful onitrtKel anl completed is a first clas riilrovl within three yoirs from tbe lime tbifact become a law, and at le 1st one section of twemy uiiiea on each sido of said roal.and branches in each year thereafter, aud the whole of aaid roadi and branches within ten years from the time this act sbatt take effect, toon-and in anther of said cases all the lands granted en Ue grant7 of which Is revived onxtonds I ny this acty and wuich at tae time shall bs unpatented to or for tbe benefit or the road or cotnpaay making or suffering such failure, shall re vert to the United S:atos. Sec. 3. Atd belt further enacted, That all the lauds mentioned in tbis act. and hereby granted, are hereby reserved trom entry, pre-emption, or appropri ation to any other puipoe than herein contemplate 1. lor lbs said term of ten years from tbe Yasage of tbis act : Provide? that all lands heretofore eiven to the State of Missouri fcr the construction of (he Cairo and rmton railroad, or for tha use of said road l;inz in the State of Missouri, and all litds proper C-U to be granted by tbis set for the use r in aid ot tbe road herein named, aud lying in s4l S:ito ot MUsoari, shall he gran ed and pneutc I to tbe said State whenever te road shall be Completed through Kail Mate. wbi:h l.iiidi niaj I e beta by ha d State and used toward piy iui, the Sttto the amomt of londs tieretoforo U$u:d by it to aid said ccmpauy, a- J .1 1 iuiere:i accrued or to a: crue tlieieo.i , Provide tui taea.- TJ.il the provisions of ibis act, so far as the same kelate to the afemuhU and Liule Rock and tha Little Rk and Fort Suiith bran.hrs of iJ roaJ, shall d l take e.Tect until tho Secreitiyer the luterlor shall mako auJ tile a certif ica'e ia bia office aod tre offlce or tbe Secretary or State or Arkansa. statin- hat the ompania or corjiora tioaa cLaimln? tha i neat of thi act in behalf of aid cjtocecs reo r ..2al tticlr boardi of iiif--lor ! a lawful manner, '. f'r snort rco-iHitsfB, ,: t they have recpit .' re-cinded all a '.1, r -.. , or oiber procit-i.i r ; ; .' .; privileges of . , -: i " cj... . : '. try erjuvauti. r, : ? ; . r j ia co'v f r r- t-- - . : s vt . i-i v- Calio4 Coucvr.anj Si.4 ol. AeilCf ' Approved, July 23, WC3. ' .... , - - public No. 242 An Ac, grantinn Lands t the State of Karfjaj to aid fa to Con ruction of tho Kansas abl' Ke oho Valley IUilroai aad its Hxteosion to IleJ liiver. . lie It enactf i lj Hje Senate atd Ilo.ysp cf Rer. re sen tall Vcs of (be United States of A js erica ia Consrcs Asaembled. That for tbe purpose of aiding the Kamti and Neosho Valtej Iliilroai Cjmpany,' the samo being a corporation orgini:d under tbe laws of tbe State of Kansas, to cooslrmt arid oporte a railroad from tbe eastern terminus of the Union l'a:ifc Railrvad, eastern division, at tho lino- between Kansas and Missouri, at or near tbe mcath of tbe Kansas Iii'cr, on the svutU sido thereof, aoa In wardly," through, tbe eastera tier of ccaoties ia Kansas, with a vtow of iu eitsjiioij S3 Z3 C) elicf a junction at Red River with a r&ilroad natr being eon st rue ted from Galveston toJedSiver at or near Preston, tn Texas, there is hereby grantol to tbe State of Kitsas, for Abo Bit' atjd benefit of taii jailrvai corn' any, dvery alternate section of land j or parts thoreot.dSfijraatea oy oaa numoers, to the extent of ten sections per milo on each siia of said road, to be selestai within twea j miles from tbe linb of said road ; bat ia eass it sh tll appxvr that the United States have, -when the line of said road is dufiniteld located soli aay sectiia, or any part thereof , granted as afarcsatd, or that tha right of pre-emption or hemestead settlement has atuched to the iao9,or that tho soma has boon roiorvod by the United States for any turpoje whatever, then it. shall be the duty of the bjcreury of the Interior to cauro to bo seiectsi for tbo pjrpojoi aforeid, faom the pablio Ian Is of tbe Ua t:d Stt'os nsirJ; to tbe sections ab-jvj spesiSid. a maii ladl as f-hall bo equal to tha amaat ol sah I talj.aj the Uuited Ststes havo soli, reiorval.ur oii3r-.Tiia ap propriated, or to woiuh the ribtof homost-iiid set tlement or pro-ccptron hu atuwhal as aforoiaid, which landj, than indioabed by tha direction of the SocreUij of the Interior, shall be r.'3orveJ and held Xor the Jcateof Kansas for the use cf said eopjapy by the raid Secretary for tho purpose of tho cetrsetion acd operation of said railroad, as provided by tbis act: Provided, That any and all laoii heretofore rojjrreltr the Ual'.ed .tstes by nrtrlc dracrai nations and value . ; 9 3 p ts" .1 - ?RSSX any ncttf Cstrress, oy la any ether rsi: t; competent aaihoritp, for tbe purpose of aiduj ia any mbjost of Interaal improrsaent or other pof poses waiterer, ba, acd the ste are fceroSr, rs serve d acd eacentod from the operation of this est. except so far at it may be foand necessary to locate the route of said road thresh fash reserved lands, In riich case the rirht cf wxr twa hnndrai feet la width Is hersbh f,nntj, subjact to the approral ef tie Preaiisat of the Dnited States: Acd prori ded,' That ccne ef the lecds hereby granted shall be sclocted Icycad Tt zzXj nllzi frcm 4tha said road, t ' Sec. 2. A&d la 1 farther enacted, Tba.t the i?: tions and part ef sections of had Which bt the a foresaid grant ahall remain the Units! State, Within tea miles on ea;a side of said road, shall net be add for less than donble the aiaiaara price of pubilo lands whta sold, -or shall tnj of said lands become subject to tale at private entry until tn same shall hare been rat offered at public sale to the highest bidder, at or abere the minimum price aforesaid : Provided, That actual bocaed settlers under, tho f redemption law of the United States may. after dae proof of settlement, Improve ment, and occupation , ajorr provided by law, pur chases the same at tbe paceX-xed, for said lands at the date of such settldmsnt, improrad, and ocou pation: And provided also, Sha t settlers undsr the provisions of the homestead act, who make their settlement after tha pass-;e of this vet, and com ply with the terms and reqaireents of said act, tbalj be entitled, within the laid limits ef ten miies, to patents fjr an amount not cx;eedinj eigh ty acres each. Sej. 3. And be It further enacted, That tho grant of lands hereby tnade is up m condition that raid company, after the construction of its read, t.hall keep it in repair aud use, and that it rill at all times be in reJinei to transport trcopj, muni tions of war, supplies, and public 8torc3 cpon iu road for the government, when required ta do so by any department thereof, at the crst, charge, and expenses of aid company. Aud tho Ian U hereby rtnted, held, and reserved as aforesaid shall iriurj to the benefit of siircompanr, as followj : When the governor of tha.-3Ua f Zinsni ttzll C?r:"j that aay section eJ ten consecutive miles cf sail road is completed in a good, substantia!, work manlike Manner as a firit class railroad, then the said Secretary of the Interior shall issue to tho said company patents for so many sections of the land within the limits abort named as are coter minous with said completed sections hereinbefore granted ; aud wben oertifieates 0 f the governor aforesaid shall be presented to eaid Secretary, of tbe cnmpleteon, as aforesaid, of each successive section of. tep. cqUsocu tire miles of said road, the said Secretary shall in tike manner issue to said company patents for the land for each of said sec tions of road s '-in . the first iastance, until said road shall bo completed : Provided, That if said road is not complcced withtn tea years from the date of tho eoceptance of the grant her;inbcforo . t. . . 1 . 1 . .. inada.ins ian.ii r camming uspaiemea snail revert to tha United Statos : And provida further, That tho said land shall not, in any manner, be disposed of or inouitbarod by said company or its assign. except as tbe same are patented under the previa Seoi' Ana ce it further Timet!, That as snan as said company shall file with tho Secretary of the In teuor maps of it liuet desiynaliCK ibe route thewf it sbalTbe the c"uy of the said Secretary to withdraw from the market tlie lands granted by this act, la such manner as may te test calculated to eCet tbe purpo ses of this act an.i suaerve tne pnoite lutereit. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted That the United Stales mail shall be transported on said road and its extension under tbe direction of the Post Offlce De. partment, at sica price as uougresa mij Dr law pro vide : Provided, That until each price la . flits! by tbe law the Postmaster General shall have power to fix tee compensation. See. 6. And he It farther enacted. That the rlSht of way through thrpublic lands he, aad the same Is here by, crantep to sai l Slate Camas aad De sh Valley Railroad Company, its aacccf ors anl asnsaa. far tbe construction of a railrosdaa proposed; and the rijht is nereby liven to said corporation to take from the public land adjacent, to the line of said r ad m aerial ror? the construction thereof. Said way is granted to said railroad to the extent or one qundred feet in wid th on each side or said road whero it may pasa through the public domain ; also all necessary ground for sia tlon buildings, 0rkshopa, switches, sldetracxs, turn tables, and water stations. Sec 7 And be it further enacted, That the acean Ua.9 of the terrix.4, onditlans. aad imposition of thii act, &y tue saw asa ai-u xxeosna valley Railroad Company sal ta signed ia writin-;' under t he cjrpor ate seil of the sai l company, d'i!y executed p'lrsmnt to the direction of its board of directors first -had and obtaiued, which acceptance shall be made within one vear after the passage of this aet. and not afterwards. and shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Inte rior. Sec S And tlt furthsr enictsJ, Tait sail Kansas and Neosho Vlldy Railroad Company, its successors and aisigns, hereby authorized and empcwereI to extend and construct Its raliroal f .0 a tha soatbern boundary of iCmia south, throujh the Inliin Terriw ry, to Esd River, at or ne r Presto 1, in tha Sttte o! Texas, s as to connect with the railway now beini con.structed from Gal vast a to a point at or ne ir Pres ton, tnstd State; anl the right of way tbrougL tbe I ndian Territory, wherever etch right is now rese rved or mat bereifter be reserved to the United Stat es by by treaty with the Indian tribes, is hereby granted to said company , to the sams"extent as granted by tbe tlxth section of this act thronn the public !ann ; an t in all cues where the rlvht of way, at afyo4a'.d. tbrcoih tha Indian lands, shall not he reserved tithe BovemJLrwiw mo r, wouiiwuj sail 1, oerore cons iruct in? its road, procure tbe coment of thi trioe or tribes intereatel. which consent, with all its terms and con ditions, shall be previously approved and indorsed by the Prc-ldcat aaJ filed wiyj, tiis . Secretary o( the la- terior. Se3. 9. And bo It furlher enacted. That the same grants of lands through sail Indian Territory are hero- t-y nude as provida I in the first section of ttils act. whetiever tho IndUti Territ ry are hereby made as provided in tlie flrot section of this act, whonever tho InlUn title shall be extinzuishad by treaty or other wise, not to exel the rati, per mile granted in tbe first section o tbis act ; Provided, That said Ian is be- ceme a part of the pblio lands or the United States. Sec 10 J nJ bo it further enae'ed, That said Ctn- sis and Keosho Valley Railroad Company, its succes sors and asi ign shall have tbe right to nesotiate X'Llt and acquire frem any Indian nation or trite, atthoris". ed by the Jjoited States to dispose of JanJa for nil Mad purpose. aud rrou any oUer nalion or tribe of Ind ians through waoia . lauds . said railroad ay pass, sub ject to the approval of the President of the United States, or from any company or parties incorporated or authorized for such purposes, by such nation or tribe, or wbich such parties may have acquired uaicr the ltws ot tha Uaitel Statoi. Ssc II And be It ftirthar enactei. That any railroad company chartered under any law or the United States or or the State or aass, which may have been here tofore or shall hereafter ba re:nised and subscribed by any a:t of Congress of the United Stales , may con nect, unite, and consolidate with this railroad corn 1a ny. aftor the sme shall be located V the valley cf tbe N?oh Kiver, upon just, fair and equitah'e terms, to be agreed upon between the parties, and shali not be reel ndn between the ptrties, and cot ha against the public Interest or the interest of the United States nor shall any road authorized to coqnect as a afore aaid char: the rovl sj ccr.n6i t.ng a graatet tariff per mile fr )rei;htor passengers than is charged for the fsime per mile by its own road: And provided further." That should tbe Leavenworth, and Fort G.bon Railroa-t Company, or tho Union Pacific Railroad Gompany, soutnera branch, construct flnl ompiete its road to tb it point on the sont Lorn boundary of the Sta'e of Kinsas whjro the lioo r said Kinj snf Xejsai Vl ley Kaiir. ad sball cross tha same, bfore the 3ald ICinsas an l Xobho Vail ej Riilroad Compmy J.,hall have conitru-tel ait cj.np' etc 1 lis said roal to iia point. then and in lhat cveat the company to first reach inz in completion the said pjiot on the southejn bona dry of tr.e Siaie cf Kitia shall be aathorUei. upon o'jtaialns the written apprjvaljof tha Pre tlent'tf tbe Unttl Sta es, to coustmct aad operate its line of rail rsad tron spaij p-jint: ta a point at or near reton, in the State cf Texas 1th grants of iar.4 wuceUi. to the provuOi of tb.-ii.es, it oia tueTarth'Tpocial cen daiois never toaiaaiii rail'osl wm.ua hit'.l Lie eomtieoce'tin go4fa.iii ts-9 rsntr'iwi .n there -' hif'ire t'.s H Zaata al N Va!if Rulrotl , .all Lave coai "; 1 lu salt r:!-c! U t . ' t iar fr-H fariir, Xiiis.J o;rr r: iroii err., ."-r, ii asviaf eataen:et sail wark ia gol sfca.l coLunaa t proso6i.ute the tuT.j w.ta. ui.cr. eaerjy to insure the eiapleUua or the stms'witain a reasonable lime' anbjeet to the approval ot the Pres ident of the United States: And provida! further. L Tail ibe right of way through private property waea not otherwise provided lor in thia act, or by the law or any State ihrouii which tbe road miy pass, shall te obtained by said Caaias and Xeosho Valley Railroaa Company,, or ei'.hor of tha othar cotapaniai nau.ed ia this act, in accordance with tha proviiias of - s'e-tion three or an act t- amend an act eutitlc 1 -"An a-t t aid in thecon.trucaonor a railroad and telegraph line from tbeatissouri liver to the Paeiflc Ocean, and to aecure to the gcveixnwut tho o-e of tbesame for postal military, aod other purposes," apprjvsd Jaly n.'st, Cihieri hundred net sixty-two Appr3VCj,Jiiy 25, 1Z. f Public -;io.23a An Act to establish in the District of Columbia a House of Correction for Boys, pe It enacted by tte Senate and IIou.-e oRpre-cn-taVves of the United States of Amtricn ia Congress Assembled. That there shall be established is the Districtof Colombia, oa tne tract of land known aa tha gov ernment farm, a fit and convenient house of cor rection, suitably and eSacieatly rentilatcd, with eoareniant yard, workshops, and other suitable thereto by antnority or-lho-conrtS'and a;itrata of tha District cr Columbia: Prorided, Tbatthejbuildin" already erected on that land for the- pur posh of esUbhshing a. eimilar iastitntiea together with all the otter property there conected for tbe game purposeftair bo transferredb tbd trustees ap poiatei according to the prorieidbs of this set, at eot net exbeediag one thousand Cto hundred d&Uirj. bee. 2 And be it further enacted, That the gorsrement ofsiid Institution shall be restad ia a U.ard cf sore'n trustees, to bo appoint! aal com missioned by the President of tne Cat tci Sutos, Sns of whom shall ba nominated for appointment by cfce miyor rf waihington, one bp tha uaayar of OeorgetoTsn,oae by the levy eouri of thecoanty of Wasuiagton.and fourby the SacrsUry of the In terior ; aai no trustee shall racoivo oompensaw for his eerrices, but each trustee shall bo allowed the amount of expenses ncoosaary iacarroi ia" tho disharge of toe duties of his ofiae. Tho term cf c3tcf the till trccu thai: he ::a years : accomuioaanons aajoietng or appartenant Jiefeto for the safe keeping, correction, gorerning, and employing 01 oaenaers legally committed CTBCimtllg''a.llM- V a Ti ,TTI ill,J.-r-'Mi . .. .. . 'tat on tb 3 irtl aroIstEnr.t t,f tbe bsari cf trails two of tho r-embers shall b-3 appi-tC'd fir. cas, yeir, to fcr two jenr3,ani thras iit tLet to te doceraiaed by ths Pr3iJaat. Sm. 3. Ard b 11 f-r;jar en;td, Tiit tL said boTi cf trustfJ sv.a'. be a crporaua by tha H33 Ml iul iniS-033 1.4 i B7JM Ci CVIT-3kiOU I the Di?tr!?t cf Colucl'.a, f;r the p-irpoj f tak!a j ane ho!dicj, is trsst, whatever pr:'.srty et-sy t conreyed, djrUei, tfosr.tei, or btKittairi fr the benoS": ef said Institution, wi ik all t:wps.y ca. sary to carry thi pirpua lzi sot. - See. 4. Acd fca it f-r-.hcr eicti, Tiat ll HO. i the daty cf said beard cf trustees tt? take ekarj cf the gia:r.il iaters?tr of tha isnitarba : ti.y may appoint a jnpiriataniant.a suwirl,a tstci er tochers, and such other cheers as aty bs faaai neceiary, eni! sy be epproveJ by the jSeerrtary of the latcrlor they may fix the alari cf said oScers subject totbe :p proval of the Secretary of the Interior ;. they rrs.7 prepxre sash by-Uw If mty be cecei-'ary ta regulate and direct the scan--agementof the Institution, rfbich however, shall net be railed until sppjored Jry the Secretary ef the Interior ; and to exercise arilzctsuperrislca orai the institution, its cheers, end tti iasutsj. Sec. 5. Aud be it furthei ea&ctel, That Isfore enteric; npon the dutiei of his o::s the superia tendent shall gire a bond to tha traito3, with sureties to be approred 07 the board sf im'.iii and by the Secretary cf jhe Ltterior, ia the lata cf three thousand do.larj, condition-si ;hAih shall fasthfully account fcr all money rscoirod by tlar, ar:i fiithfu'ly perform cil the duties isiatnbeat him as superintends cf ciii hatil ef esrrotloa- S:o. . Andb itfjrth3T-ea::3i, That a treas urer of tho institution sh-.U bo appointed by the board cf truste:?. su'ijait t tha er?"o4 cf tha Secretary of the Interior, wbo s!:2l!. b;fore eata;- in; npon tbe duties cf hia 0 g'.ve a bond to il trustocs, wita sureties 1j bo ap'oicrsd by the board of trustees nr.d by tho Secretary cf tha Interior, ia tbe sum cf fire thousand dollars, conditioned that he shall faithfully ocjaunt far all the money r ccired by him as treasurer ; anl it shall be his du ty to keep a alear and lull record of bis recounts as treasurer, and report an abstract of the same t. the chairm.2 of the board cf tru;t:o? oa:i la trtr two months. - Sec. 7, And be it furher exacted, That, as sso aftor tbbir appcfatc;ena3 possible, the board ef trustees shall take measures ta hare the Un aa i builbin designated suijably prapared far thi u?e of said house of correction ; and, as socn as the buildings snd premises ara preptral fr oi'iapaniy the trustees shall giro notice ta the proper author ities and Courts of the cities of Wajhingtoa aai Oogetown,and ef the county of Washington, thai the bouse oj correction is ready to reeeire ihmites Sec, 8, And be it fuether ens:ted, Thai whea any boy nndsr the a;) of fiartcsa years is found guilty in a conrt in tha Dutrici. or Cu!ambi ef any crimo punishable by impriia jaiiat other tbaa imprisonment for life, ho shall be corusiittpi to the said houso cf correction, asd th :ro held ia cartaJy cf the superintendent for the t:sm cf his ssatanie ; and when a- y boy ever fourtaea and uuJar sutsaia jcar3 cf sre'fhall ba fouad guilty ia a court ef tha LUtrict of Columbia of any srima paniahable by impriiontceat other than impriionTnnt far life, il shall be the duty of tha court trying tha case t consider carfully ani decide whether ha i3 or is not a fit subjact for tho house cf correction, ani make its sentence accord with its decision of this question. Sec. 9. And bc-it further enacted, That the sa psrintendent shr.ll resiia at tj ihstituiion con stantly, anb that he, with such subordinate oer as may be vppoiated in accord.nco with the fourth section of this act, shall hara the chaogs and coar tody of the boys ; shall govcra them in aojcrdaaJa with su:h rules and rog-alations as the board of trustees may prescribe la its by-law;; shall tta ploy them in agriculturl, mechanical, or other la bor ; seall gire them iaatruJtion in reading, wri ting, arithmetic, geography, and such other. studiae, and in such arts and trades as the traatees mry di rect ; and shall ooploy such cnthols of dioiplie. as will, as far as possible, reforoi Heir character!, preset re th.ejr health, promo to regular iaprorstseni in their stddtes, trades, and employmeat, aad euro in th: fisid hlbits of relijio-, njralitj, aai industry. . , . - , - Sec. 10. And ho it farther enijtas V T-& Ue supcrintondont shall have charge of to 1 t ds,buii dings, furuityre, tooi3, imp'.ianQtj. stock, provis ion., and every other sfweiaj of prpjrty p;rtia ing to the iuititation, within the proi nets there of ; and be shall keep, in sailabia books, regular and coraplcta accounts cf al his recijts and ea Dsnlitures,and of all tha property ir.trastad to him, so as to show clcarfy tlie imcms afll arpoaiu of tho institution ; and bs shall amount t th tr?ajutr, in such niannoras t ie trastiis raiy pre scribe, fcr all th j m aoy rcj si?l by aim frasn the proceeds of the insatttivi or ot'iJi-Tvlij!; aid h shall keep a register of tho naai; anl agm of alt boys 0 mnv.ttai to the institutive,, w'uh th datsa of thoir admiifion and discharg. aad such partic ulars of their history beforo and after leaving the institution al he can obtain. il:s books ani all documents relating ti the house cf correct! eg. shrl at all tinns ba open to the inspacliou of the trus tees, who shall oi.-o or in irj in evar three mootas carfully eximine his aoauntiid tho Touchers) and documents cinnctaiuaerjun. aai makj a record of the result of such ei.vina?io4. Sec. II. Ane bo it furth3r enactei, That all contracts on account of tho institution shall b made by ehe 3uperinte tdsat, anl, whea approred by the tniitec,if their br-lawj shall require their approval, shall bi binding in law, an 1 the so. per -intenbnt, or his saecjssor, raiy su or bs sue! thereon ta final judgment ttnd execution; and aa suit tball abate by reason ot o2cs of saperiatendsai becoming vacant during tha pendancy of such sail, but any successor in the oGica shall a&ame tha prosecution cr dcfcr.cJ of any pending suit, aat continue the prosecution cr dcfcccc. uctil icea suitthall bo conelcdoj. .1 "1 ''.' Soc. 12. Anl l itTurihcr enact jJ, Ta.t oae or more cf the trustccsi shtll visit the said nouieof correction, once, at- least, in erery t"o weoks, at which timi the condition of the saiaj shall bs cirfu,ly examined and the regis'.er inspected; a record of the risit3 shall dj kep: in the book ef the superintendent ; ones in every three u oaths tbe institution shall bo thoroughly examined is ayl its departments by not lesn than throe ef the trus teed, anp a report cf such oiaminatioos shall be made to the board : and an abstract of tha resorts. together with full annual reports of the au porta - tendent and tho trea?urcr, ihall be nrcsantad t- the Secretary of the Iatoriar oco.besore the fif teenth day of Xovemhcr'ia eac& year. Sec. 13. Ani ba ir furlher eavctad. That whta a eoy shall be ommittei to th sail bans of eorr re :tion, the city in which he Ltd his randsme as the time of saca cam n teat, or, 11 hij resides) was within tho county cf Washington, .aai got withia the city or Washington, or ths city of Ooorgojown, then tho county 0 ..Washington shall pay to the treasurer of tho house of correction flftr cents a week white ho roaitius theraia : the nr. meat saaii ba mvld q'larterly on tha fi.-st days ef January, April, Jaly, aad Octo&er ; ani any sans so pail may be recovered by sua city or county of any ptrcur,ki-ir:i,cr gaariiaa, llaila by Law u aiiaUi ) himr. S.c. 14. And bait farther envied. That fcr the purpoio ot securing a translcr of the baildij aad ether property to the truclo33,pror:rinz the prem ises and buiUin for occupancy, and for the roar- meut of o her nccoss try expenses, thare is herebr appropriated, out of aay moa?y In the treasury aos otherwise appror.riato-l.tbe sum of twelrn thoawa t doliar, t o le fkl or:! v or th or far of '- t 1-. Ury ci dv.liri i venor 1 at 7- t S . : .at.-- 1 R i is L-T--' f cfliMj 1 - . t t : ta a;w.d w .-4 c'.:y cf VTailisagv U raise, by tax or othoi-wise, and pay iito the treas ury of tho United State, at or before tae tlait when tho promises shall b? ready faroccapaaiy by the houje of eorrectiaa, the sa-ca of fair thaaiaai .Te hundred dollars; and it shall de the daty of the prvper authorities of tha eity Uoorgetowa oaiso and pay ia like mtnair tha sum cf oae thou and dollars: and it shall b the duty cf the prepay authorities of the county of Washicjtcn ia ralasi and pay in like manner the sua ci fire haiirod dollars ; and ia ct.'c, cf deTa-ilt of such., payaeat into tha treasury vf tha Tailed States by either cf said cities or by the said connty of Washiogton, the party so making default shall be liable to sum nary prooe.'dicrd bo.'oro thj saprsms ooa.'t f ti District o Columbia, as thiins'.aa;o of t ielJattsl States atloroey fo sw'i District, to eafone the same, with interest thoreon after ihe d its of djfia'.t. ckc. 15. And b- it further eaactad. That this act shail tako ejoct rrora tho dlt5 of its p4&e. ApproTci,J!23l3l). ; PcbJIs isl 240. Ad 'Act legnliSng Slarnages anb for ether P.ryoi eaitfUio District of Columbia. Be it enactep by tbe .Senate and llouse of Eap reseofatiTes of the United States of Amtrk i Congaess Assembled, That all colored persons in the District of Columbia, who, previous to their actual emancipation, had dertaken and agreed to occupy the relation- taeaaa other of husband snd wife, and are cohabiting to gether as such or in any way rccogaizia g the rela tion as still existing as tha tin a of the passage ef this aat, whotber tlia riU cf marria-e- bZsra baea celebrated b?toaa than or n shVl bs dseaud ' husband aad wife, aud bj et'rJed to' all tha righ and p.irilegs, aal saujot to ths da:iej aad ob'i gatioas of that rcl it!oa ia liko ua-caar as if lhy bad beaa duly marrial acordia to law, and ail their chilicra sLa'.l babeemcd leitiratte, whsiher born befora tr after the pasc-a .f this act. Anl whea te partieo have ceased to coa tblt b.'crth passage of this act, iajroasiacnca of the dattii of the voiaan, rocogaiiad by t'-o aaa t Is his shall deemed !egi'.i;dta. . Approvel. July 23,15S3. lyers Cherry Fectora1, ? It I