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MISSING VESSEL.-The u. S. Scbr. Sylph,
Lieut.. Com. III. T.. V. Robinson, which sailed from
Hampton Roads on the 30th June last, has not been
heard from since her departure. We fear that she
foundercd in the severe gales which common ccd
soon after her departure. The following officers
were on board:-Hamlton T.. V. Robinson, of Mis-
souri,, Lieut.. Comdt.; VIM. c. Selden, of District
of Columbia, Act. Lieut.; John A. Coyle of Ken
lucky, Acting Master, and Midshipman l.. w. So
merS.
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Produce BROUGHT dozvr The Canal.

Produce 1r0Wght dO7On he Canal.
JAN. 1S.-S hhds tobacco 1913 kegs and 90 boxes
manufactured tobacco, tierco tobacco, 1852 bbls
-four, 3jS bus wheat, 90 bus corn, $3.50 lbs butter
800 lbs hemp, 400 lbs wax, &c, 26 cord of wood,
81 boats, 4 coal boats S3S bus coal.
JAN. l9.-ll bids tobacco, $50 bbls flour, $40
bushels wheat 293 bushels corn, sc Kegs butter,
IS bushels apples, 1900 feet Of plank, load of Dbl
slaves, 90 cord of wood 25 boats, IL coal boats,
2lSl bushels coal.
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VHNjE subscriber respectfully informs The La
"A dies that he has Just received from NV
York, n splendid assert wnt of haIr work, con-
slsiIng ot the fashionable wire cUrl~, cf the vari
Gus modes: also n b"auuGui assortment of hiGid,;
also puff and ringI't cwls. &c. &c. Nauous
other IDdIsper sablrs II" also begs leave t.
Inform the Gentlemen, that he his an assert
m"nt of Fl 81 rate wig, touHc's and scratches. Of
superior workmanship: all 81 which articles may
he had at his fdsb'ULabIe room. on II n street.
being few doors below the United States
Bank, whore he IS prepared to shave ard
cot hair in tbe most scientific ORDER
Always cut and drc,s hiIr to the gentle
men owa ratrc; dressing It IN evary style except
that Of leaving thick Top on bald bead, but
vii initiate it ~ near as possible, but The same
shall be supp led ~ above. Wig, rouuejs and
scratches made TO order; razors put in FIRST rate
order according to their temper.
in 17-6t WIN. REYNOLDS.
Instruction on the Piano, and Tuning.
THNHE subscriber has removed bis place Of resi-.
~ deneo nearly opposite the County Court
House Orders left at the house, at Mr.. Charles
Bocks, will be strictly attended to.
jan 9-eo3t G. Valdez.
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* and Bob Printing done
I'D the WING Office.

II O > OF FUN.-The American Comic
I'd Alm'nac, for 1882, with wbims, scraps and
oddities. containing 30 eDgravings--p Cd.
Tn" Aurora BOrealIs, or Flashes of Wit
calculated to drown dull care and eradicate the
Gi'% ID wis, illustrated by many wood cuts, de-
: gncd and executed by ID. C.. JohnSton-price
For sale hy J. III. NASH.
u inn co.'s
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RICHMOND NJ ARKETS-Jan. 90, 1882.
WHEAT-105 a ] 10 cts.
COUNTRY FLOUR-saleable at IS O6 a
So l2J.
TOBACCO-thc receipts above Inspections
chiefly common new-saIes of Cuttings range this
week from 50 40 to about Sd, as in quality-gcne-
rally SO 49,.
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FNOKEN for 1882 A few copies Of this
n splendid Annual received by
ja20 j. H. NASH.
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AFRICAN CoLoNrzATIoN.-We recently noticed
the improved prospects the Colonization Society,
resulting from the events of the summer, and tho
consideration which those events had forced on the
public mind. We find further evidence Of the fact
IN The following paragraph from the National III
telligencer.
TIE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCI-
Ely.
he Anniversary Of the American Colonization
society, held on Monday evening in the Hall oil
the House OF Representatives, seems TO have tx.
citcd an interest unprecedented in the history OF
TINS humane and patriotic institution. Though
the chair was taken at half past six vet at this
carly hour the Hall was filled to ovcrAowinp and
numbers began to retire, unable TO gain admission
more intelligent and brilliant assembly was sol
dom if ever convened within the walls Of the Cap
itol.
Tho Hon. William S. Archer, of Virginia, in
frank and eloquent manner exhibited history
Of the change which his opinions had undergone
in regard TO the practicabty Of the designs OF the
institution; and, among other topics upon which
Inc touched, all Of which listened TO with deep
attention, he described with peculiar force and fell
city the disa .vantagcs inseparablo from the con-
dhiom Of the free colored people in the slavc-hoId
ing Statos, the benefits which would be conferred
by their removal to Liberia, not only on that class
ITSELF but on the slave population, and the whole
mass of society.
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eSsssas EGSM&1ir Grpy. Shoes. sc.
VHSliE Subscriber has Just received by the last
X arrivals from New York, large assortment
of Gum Elastic Over Shoes, suitable for Ladies'
and Genten:sn-a!so, Ladies' English Kid Moroc-
co and Pruncla Slippers, of very superior quality;
also, an additional assortment of Shell, Tuck,
Curl and Side Combs-all OF which, will be sold
OIL the most accommodating terms.
in IA JOHN SARyAy
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On Thursday night, Of Scarlet Fever. after Il few
hours sickness JoHy, third son of James III
Brown, aTcd years.
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A Laughabe Scene from the celebrated Farce of
CROSS PURPOSES.
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PART III.
EiAvVEGaNs' F0sywss0sg Oa;ce.

EKIN w W. E'VEyWE9fseT V1E5yEC.
THIS DAY, at O'Clock,
The splendid Virginia State Lotte-
ry will be drawn at the Eagle Hotel in this
Cty-contanng
100 PRIZES OF 81 900.
Also, of $4,000, l of 10000, l of 5000,
l of 3.000 &c. &c. &c.
Tickets Sl0-lIalves 5-Quarters so.
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SHOES Thirty seven packages containing
~ men's thick br'gans, boys thick do, boys
timex shoes, wom"n's p.ggcd boots, women's
sewed do. with strap, do. leather pumps. mis-
SEES boots, chIldren's do, Just received, at pri-
waite sale, by OTIS, DUNLOP g. CO.
IL 20-.dt
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ES lDDLING BACON-4OO Middlings extra.
~ q Just received, for sale. JAS. WINSTON
ian 10
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Comic Song, by Mr.. Foster.
Song, by Mr.. Hubbard.
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Flee E3osgss,.s Esetcc,.<y.

FLOORING PLANK.-10OO feet of Rind Floor
I'll ing Plank, wei! seasoned, for sale
Jan ~ JAS. WINSTON.
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MRS. KNIGHTS
ESssEs3es GDEsrH1ef.

Between the first and second parts Mrs. Knight
will, by particular request, recite Southeys ccc-
brated poem of Mary the Maid Of The Inn.
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TOMORROW I

Virginia State Drawing will
be received Tuesday Ev, ming Ey the Steamboat.
Capital Prizes SlO,OOU, 5000, $500, 1895, 90
Of 1000, ~ Of 800, &c. &c.
Tickets So, halves $50, quarters 25
For sale at X. rJly LzsL13'S,
jan 20 Next below the door of the Eagle fIote,
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Eat ca the Elsi0m EgOfcl.

FMNHOSE gentlemen dcsirous of uniting in n
IL Bal, on the 22d Feb next at the Union lIo.
tel, are respectfully invited to call at the Union,
and subscribe to the early as possible, IN
order that necessary arrangements may he made.
jan 90 SHIELDS Il, ARMISTEAD.
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H,NOUND.-Found few days ago, a fine Col
q Ear. Ring and Ornament, Which the ownc
can have, by paying for this advertisement. Er
qulre at this Office ia 90
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Egg EDGrc,,uOrf, .7lfeM =. C
Ey Otis, Du,.l0p & 20.

DRY GOODS AT AUCTION.
On THURSDAY, the Goth inst. at 10 o'cloek.
WIFI be sold at our auction rooms valuable assert.
ment OF Dry Goods, principally suited to tho spring
without reserve. Terms at sale.
Jan ~ o. ID. & co. Auc,s
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AUCTIONS.
BANK STOCK
And Manchester Pav Rand Sto-

BANK STOCK,
And Manchester RaH Road Stock,
AT AUCTION.
NJ ILL he sold on Saturday, at twelve O'Clock.
W at the CofIse House, 20 shares # stock
nj the Bank of Virginia, and seven shares Of
Rail Road stock, for cash
la l9-2t JAMES ". LYNCH
hy ADGtcNDOrf, .zifPM ~ Co.
DAMAGED CARPETING.
YIN SATURDAY next, Jan. 2lst, at III O'Clock,
we snail sell at auction store, for the benefit OF
'"c "nHerwrters, or whom it may concern,
No. IL one bale, II pieces Brussels carpet
,ng' damaged on board ship Jefferson, arrived at
Norfolk from Liverpool.
ia ~ d. A. & co. Aucts
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va uSCAT WINE.-2O Cases Muscat Vino,
" x superior quality, Just received per schr.
Chesterfield, Tor sale by II. III. DREW Agt.
ian 10
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In the course of the Piece, a TERRIFIC COM
BAT betwoen Kaiusthius and Demetr.
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THIS DAY!
EGS E0TlzcS or $1,000.

Virginia State Lottery Drawing will
AXE place at the Eagle Hotel, This Afternoon at
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HAIR By'EgHN.

ian 2O-Ci16thMar
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HIDES, LEATHER, OIL. &c.

OR-LOTE, Law, AND PTYSIC.
ia 30
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-08-08
IPuBLIc No. 62.1

AN ACT for the final adjustment of the claims to lands
in the southeastern land district of the State Of Lou
isiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatipes of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled. That any persons, claiming
lands within the limits of a southeastern land
district of the state of louisiana, agreeably to
tho provisions of the laws heretofore enacted for
the adjustment of land claims in that part OF the
Territory of Orleans or State of Louisiana, but
whose titles have not been heretofore confirmed,
may, at any time prior to the first day Of July,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, pre-
sent their claims, together with the written evil
dence and other testimony in support of the same
to the Register and Receiver Of the land office
at New Orleans; and it shall be the duty Of the
said Register and Receiver to record, in book
to be kept for that purpose, the notice OF every
claim so preferred, together with the evidence;
for which service they shall receive a compensa-
ton from the claimants, at the rate of twenty.
five cents for every hundred words
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said
Register and Receiver shall, at or before the be.
ginning of the next session Of Congress thereafs
ter, make to the secretary of the Treasury re.
port Of the claims which may have been preferred
before them, together with the testimony, their
opinion OF the validity OF the claims, and such
other information respecting them as may be in
their possession; which report shall, by the Sec.
rotary of the Treasury, be laid before Congress
as soon as practicable, with his opinion touching
the validity of the respective claims: Provided
That no claim shall be therein recommended foI
confirmation, for more than the quantity contain
ed in league square.
Sec. 8. And be IT. further enacted, That the sales
of land in the said southeastern district, by public
auction or private entry, shall be suspended until
after the first day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all
persons who before the first Monday of Novem-
her, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, held
lands in the said southeastern district, BY claims
unconfrmed, but which were embraced on the
principles Of the previous laws for the adjustment
of claims in that part of the territory Of Orleans
or state of Louisiana which lands may have been
sold ct the public sale which took place at New
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TPUBLIc No. GOT


AN ACT to authorize the surveying and layinp
out road from Detroit to the mouth of Grand
River of Lake Michigan, in the Michigan
Territory, and for the survey of Canal routes
in the Territory of lorida
Be aenacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatipes of the United States of America in
Conrgess assembled, That the President of the
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to
appoint three commissioners, who shall explore,
survey, and mark, in the most eligible course, a
road from Detroit, westwardly by the way Of
Sciawasse, to the mouth of Grand River, in the
Territory of Michigan; and said commissioners
shall make out accurate plats of such surveys,
accompanied with field notes, and certify and
transmit the same to the President of the United
States, who, if he approve of said survey, shall
cause the pats thereof to be deposited in the Of
flee of the Treasury of the United States, and
the said road shall be considered as established
and accepted: Provided, that said commissioners
shall be disinterested persons, not residents Of
any county through which said road may pass.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
said commissioners shall, each, be entitled to re-
ceive three dollars, and their assistants one dol.
lar and fifty cents, for each and every day they
shall be necessarily employed in the surveying,
exploring and marking of said road, and making
their returns thereof: Provided, The whole ex-
pense thereof shall not exceed the sum of three
thousand and five hundred dollars. .
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That for
the purpose Of compensating the said commits
sioners and their assistants, there shall be, and is
hereby, appropriated. the sum of three thousand
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For continuing the Cumberland road in the
State of Indiana, including the erection Of
bridges over the East and West branches Of
White Water, and other small streams, with a
view to bring the road into immediate use, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the Cumberland road in the
State of Illinois, seventy thousand dollars
Which sums shall be paid out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
replaced out of the fund reserved for the laying
out and 'amarking of roads under the direction Of
Congress, by the several acts passed for the ad-
mission of the States of Ohio Indiana and Hill
nois, into the Union, on an equal footing with
the original States.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted, That so
much of the second section of the act for the
continuation of the Cnmberlaad Road, approved
March third, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty five, as authorizes the President, with the
advice of the Senate, to appoint superintendent
thereof, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and
that the work in the State of Ohio be continued
by the War Department, Under the superinteni-
ence Of an officer of Engineers
A. STEVENSON, |
Speaker of The House of Representatives
J. c. CALHOUN, |
Fice President Of the United State,
and President of the Selate.
Approved, July g. 1882
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five hundred bllars, to be paid out of any moneys
in the Treuslry not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 4. Ant be il further enacted, That the
President of The United States be, and he is
hereby, authorized to cause to be made, an accu-
rate and minue survey of the country between
the waters of St. Andrews bay, and the river and
bay Of Chattihoochie, and between Pensacola
bay and Bon Secour, along the northern coast Of
the Gulf of Mexico, with view to ascertain the
practicabilty ind cost of canals to connect said
bays and river, with notes, plans, observations,
and opinions d the engineers on each of said
parts designated, with estimates of the costaof
each and for the purpose of carrying into effect
the foregoing provisions, the sum of three thou-
sand dollars be, and IKE me ie hereby aprrer+i
ated, to bepaid out Of any money in the Ireasd'
ny not oa1erwise appropriated.
APPROVED, July 4, 1889.
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orleans on the first Monday of November, one
Thousand eight hundred and thirty, under the
4 PRESIDENTS proclamation of the fifth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty, may avail
themselves of this actas though their lands had not
been sold; and the said Register aud Receiver
ishall make separate report of the cases of this
class: and If it shall appear to the Secretary of
the Treasury that all or any of the claims con-
tanned therein although pnconfrmed are embrace
ed in the intent and meaning of the previous laws
for the adjustment of land claims as aforesaid, he
lis hereby authorized to repay to the persons, or
lthe legal representative of the persons who pur-
CHASED, such SUM or sums as they may have paid
for lands Of this description, bought by them at the
said public sale
Sec. 5. And 7ssa fsgther ennctes, rs-s.as.
ditto, 1A..f'-psaiion herein before provided,
the said Register and Receiver shall receive for
the servcesTequired of them by this act, the sum
|of five hundred dollars each, to be paid by the
Secretary of the Treasury out of any moneys in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
| Approved, July 4, 1882
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IPuRLIC No. GIL

II PUBLIC No. 61.1
IN ACT to authorize the surveying and ma
Y king road from La Plaisance Bay, IN the
Territory of Michigan, to intersect the Chica-
go road.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatires of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the President Of the
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to
|appoint three Commissioners, who shall explore,
survey, and mark, in the most eligible course,
a road from La Plaisance Bay, in the Territory
of Michigan, to intersect at suitable point,
the road from Detroit to Chicago, established I'M
der the provisions of the act of the Sd of March ;
one thousand eight hundred and twenty five; and
said Commissioners shall make out accurate plats
of such surveys, accompanied with field notes,
and certify and transmit the same to the Presi-
dent of the United States, who, if he approve of
said surveys, shall cause the plats thereof to be
deposited in the Office of the Treasury of the u
nited States, and the said road shall be consider
ed as established and accepted Provided, That
SAID Commissioners shall be dsinteres,ed persons,
not residents of the counties of Monroe or L.
newee, in said Territory.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
SAID Commissioners shall, each, be entitled to re-
; ceive three dollars, and their assistants one dol
lar ana ully cents, ioI SdCh hilu CN0i uoJ '"NJ
shall be necessarily employed in the surveying, ex.
ploring, and marking of said road, and making
their returns thereof: Provided, That the whole
expense thereof shall not exceed the sum of five
hundred dollars.
, Sec. 8. And be ii further enacted, That for the
! purpose of compromising the said Commissioners
and their assistants, and for opening and making
said road, there shall be- and is hereby appropria-
! ted, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be
n paid out of any moneys in the Treasury, not 9th
erwise appropriated, to be expended under the di
o recton of the President of the United States, fol
+ the purposes aforesaid: Provided, howerer, Tha
:; the money applied to the making of said road
e shall be laid out first in making such parts of il
), from La Plaisance Bay, to the crossing of the
: river Raisin, at or near Tesecumseh, as have moi
: heretofore been improved and the residue, if any
e upon such parts Of it In the judgment of the
superintendent, the public good may most require
!, Approved, July 4, 1882.
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ANIREW JACKSON

TPUBLIc No $751;
AN ACT to authorize the resident of the United
States to direct transfers of appropriations in the ma
val service, under certain circumstances.
BE 1t enncted by the Senat and House of Rep
resentatiOes of the United States of America II,
Congress assembled, Thatppon the application
OF the Secretary Of the May, the President Of
the United States shall havI authority, whenev-
Ter in his opinion the unfore zen contingencies of
the public service may require it, to direct that a
part OF the money appropriated for a particular
branch OF the naval service beapplied to any other
branch of the said service; inwhich case. a spe-
Icial account of the moneys this transferred. and
Iof their application, shall be lid before Congress
before its adjournment, if the, in session, and
during the first week of the neA ensuing session
tif such transfer be made in tie recess of Con
gress.
This Act shall continue in force until the close
of the next session of Congress and no longer
| Approved, July 3, 1882.
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[PURLIc No. SOL

PUBLIC No. 59.l
AN All to authorize the Legislature of the
State of Indiana to sell and convey certain
lands granted to said State for the use of the
people thereof
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatires Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, THAI the Legislature Of the
State of Indiana be, and hereby, authorized to
lsell and convey, in such manner, and on such con
ditions, as said Legislature shall by law direct
the following described trcts of land heretofore
granted and set apart forthe use of said State
namely: sections Numbered thirteen progressive
~ to thirty six, inclusive section sixteen except
ed, in township Numbered two, north of range
TWO, west; and sections numbered one to twelve
progressively and inclusive, in township one,
north OF range two, west land the northeast quar-
ter OF section numbered fourteen, in township Sc
ven, north OF range two, vest; and the northwest
quarter of section numbered twenty six. in town
lship one, north of range five, west, i'll the Vim
cennes district; likewise, section fifteen, in town
ship two, north; section twenty eight, in town.
ship three, north of range our, east; and fraction
al section, number thirty enc, In township nine,
north OF range two east, o. the Jefferson1le dis
trlct; and to apply the proceeds of said sale, to
the purposes of education: Provided, That the
Legislature shall not authorize sale of the said
land at less price than a, which the public lands
are sold at private entry.
Approved, July 8, 1882.
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RESOLUTION for the distribution of the returns of the
Fifth Census.
Resolred, By the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentatipes of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State
Ibe instructed to furnish to each member of the
present Congress, and the Delegates from the
Territories, the President and Vice President of
the United States, to each five copies; and to the
Executive of each State and Territory, and the
presiding of each branch of every State or Ter
ritorial Legislature, for the use of the body over
which he presldes; to the several Colleges and in
corporated Historical Societies and Atheneums
in the United States, and the Academy at West
Point, each one copy; for the use of the Depart
ments, State, Treasury, War and Navy, five cops
les each; for the use of the Senate, ten copies.
and for the use of the House Of Representatives,
twenty copies Of the Marshal's returns of the
fifth census, and of the revision of the former
returns Of the population of the United States;
and that the residue of the copies thereof be de-
posted in the Library of Congress.
Approved, July 8, 1882.