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From lAs y. 0. Bsl,elia oflae 2ltA uii.
FROM TIE PACIFIC.

Commod Sloat arrived here last even ing oy way oi Chagres, Havana, an;' Rev West, from the Pacific. The intelligence he brings has been mainly anticipated, but there are some interesting particulars con uecied with the occupation of California that have not been published
 Com. Sloat. lying at Mazallan, received
 intelligence on lnc evening of the Eth June, of the battles of the Rio Grandc, Sih and 9th May through private letters from rher- chants al Monterey and Sallillo to Gheir cor respondents on the western coast. He set Sail on the following morning for Monterey, (on the Parlhel and though he had no news whatever of Inc recognition hy the goveni- meut of state of war, proceeded at once, according to the intelligence heretofore re- ceIYed. to occupy California, and crest the flag of the United States al the principle sea ports, towns, and strong holds. This was accomplished without armed opposition. and consequently without bioot:ssird~,, the esas,-- try Npeaceably possessed, and ils ,ion,iaion and sovereignty transferred to the U. States This promps movement on the part oi Com Slaai, without official instructions, or more ,ilan oon)ecinral knowledge ,hs. the two countries were in state of u tclared was. was the more bold and cfediiable, inasnneA as the recent example made of Com. Joges, ss t intended toNleier any special zeal Ii the psbsic service, might we'll have excused the assumption of any such responsibility.
 Al the t'aae al the occupation of Monterey by our naval forces, Col Ffeaoi,t. with his party oi explorers, was al Sauer's Fort on the river Sacramento. Gym. SIoai opeued communication with hip, and Col. Fremont immediately repaired ,s Monterey. reinfore- ing his party from ,be American farmers set tied on the Sarrsnenso Al Monterey, he
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dred aasd sixty three votes, and against aesepsiEx the same two hundred and y-two--shovsang . majority of five hundred and icIi -enc votes for the acceptance of the same.
 Now. therefore, be 1t known, thai l. JAaEs K. PoLx, President of the United States Of America. in lnlfdmeDs of the daiy imposed upon me by the said act of Congress Ju hereby make Proclamation of the HTeSulp Of said poll, as above ststed, and do call npon ali and singular the persons whom it doth or may conccfn, 0 make not e. tlei tse act aforesaid, .ss in inll force and elfeetn In witness whereof, have hereaato set my band aud caused the seal oi the United States to be al. fixed.
 Done ut lse city -ef KaShagsall This set teHth day of September in the year of our Lord. one
 thoasand eight haIsired and foFty-six, and IL. s.l of the independence of The United States
 the seventy first.
 JAMES K POLK. By the President:
 NIP. TKtsr, .qetiRg Secrciary q Stale.
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From hae \. 0. Bslfefta Oei 2tth. FROM MONTEREY

1 By the steamer Galveston, which arrived ] yesterday, dates to the S,t instant were re- ceived from MslahnaFas, but we to noi lind | that they contain intelligence of 4fote satisfactory ua,uro than that which ihc pub. ilc has been in possession ot some time, relative lo the se.se of Monterey. Yer bally we learn that the Mexican force garri- l soniug that city amounted to 10000 os l2,- .taO0 men, and that ibe5 loss in killed aud ! wounded, Is as high as 2,O00, while tliat ai our army. is slill reported mol to exceed 509 or GOO.
 The Mexican army has, ia accordance with the terms ni capiulaiion, fallen back beyond lhe. RfneerTado; aud the American Engineers. on inspecting the deicnecs of tue evacHaied city, have found them nueh stron- been anticipated, The army under tmpudia e said to have numbered from lG,0eJ io h. 900 men; and so incetfsets were they sa his surrender, on discovering tlie.hamerical in- leriority of the Americans, That lhey nnme- diately displaced him, and chose Mcja in his stead as their Colnman,!ef-in-Ch,e(
 Lieut.. Col, McCtuags of inc ilisslssippi volunteers, we are grailied ta learn, was still living, and siroug hopes were entertain cd of his recovery.
 Capales was at Sun Fernando wiih his body of Rancheros, hanassing parties be- tween Canlargo aud Monterey In one iii. stance he killed Texan ssller, and iu another, took about lhirty pack mules. /
 The ~ounsled at Monterey were doing well, and the health of the ely vas goo,l-
 The Texas Hangers, the last of the yDlsiis- teers from that State. have been ,lIsdanded
 Thlrty-iwo pieces of brass cannon were taken at Monterey, aud a gFeai amount Of ordnance stores.
 Tine following coHgfatglatory order has been issued by Gen. Eay Tor to the army
 IsAs QpAarERs 4siMY or 0ecurArsox.
 Cssap Rear ti9etefey, Sept q, isie.
 ORDERS No. l20.-~TLe c0in.aalidlng General has tl,e satisfaction Ia congratulate ,lte assiss u,sGef his command, upoi. anosser sIghai upapph over tie Mexican forces SuPeri9Tto us n number, strongly fortified. and walh aa immense prePoajrrance Of ar iiilefy, they have yet been driscn from poinl .ypoin' unld forced to sue fef terms Of fsrli,,issioa. Such teens have beeu ess..isJ as were ootsrlered due io the sAlla,i, lelenre of the town, and to .he liberal policy II oat Government.
 The General begs 10 return hls thanks to hls commanders, and to his officers and men, both of the regular and solua,cer forces, for the skill, the courage. and the perseverance, sish which ihry haze overcome manifold difIiculslcs. and finally achieved a victory shedding las.re upon the Aneriean arms.
 great result has been obtained. bat not without the loss oi many gallsm and aeeon,-
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 Townships thirteen, fifteen, andsixtsen. of rAnge twenty-three
 Townships fourteen. fifteen. and sixteen, of range twenty y-lotiF.
 Townships fourteen and fifteen. of range twenty five
 Township thirteen, of range twcnty-six. Townships thirteen and fiiteen, of range twenty seven.
 Townships twelve and thirteen. of range twenty nine.
 At the land office at HELENA, commencing on MONDAY. the twenty first day of December next, for the disposal of the public lands within the under mentioned toxnsirf,s md fractional te,sFshi,s yz North of s base hae, aad easf o tAs fik principal
 msridian. Townships fen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and tweniy-one, of range seven. Townships ten and twenty, of range eight Township eleven, ofrange nine. Section six, in township twelve. of range eleven. Fractional township thirteen, Of range twelve. Fractional township fourteen. of range thirteen. Soath of the base ffae aRd cost cf fhe h pFiHePGl
 faeTidiaa. Townships four aud five, the fraction of iowa. ship nine, (south of the Arkansas riycl embracina fractional sections thirty and thirty and tha fraction of township ten, (north ot the Arkansas river.) embracing fractional sections six, eighteen nineteen. twenty. twenty one. twenty twen- y-eight, twenty -nine thirty thirty one, thirty two thiHy-three, and thirty jour, of range one. Fractional township five, of range three. At the land office at LITTLE ROCK, common. cling on MONDAY, the twenty eighth day of De. cenbef next. for the disposal of the pablic land, within the aforementioned townships and parts o townships, to wi: South ofthe base line, and tcesf of he h princlpa
 faeridta.1. Fractional sections thrty-one ahd thrty-two, 1T township one
 Fractional sections five and six in township two and townships six and seven, of range eleven. Townships six and seven, of range twelve. Townships six and ten, of range thirteen. Lands appropriated by law for the use oischools, military, other purposes will be excluded from sale.
 The sales will each be kept open for two weeks, and no longer (unless the lands soUheP disposed off and no private entries of land in the townships offered will be admitted until after the expiration oftwo weeks from the commencement Of said sales. Given under my hand at the city of Washington this 18th day of August, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
 JAMES K. POLK. By the President
 JAMES H. PIPER,
 Acting Commissioner of the General Land Office. Every person entitled to the right of pFe-empion to any lands within the limits of the townships above enumerated is required 10 establish the same 0 the satisfaction of the register and receiver ot tine proper land office, and make paytnent ulereior as soon as practicable after seeing this notce and be- fore the day appointed for the commencement ol the public sale of the lands embracing the tract claimed otherwise such claim will be forfeited.
 JAMES H. PIPER, Acting Commissioners of the General Land Office.
 5l-3m.
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[PupLic No. 6.l

IPuBLIc No. G.. A RESOLUTION providing for temporary mail service in Texas.
 Resolred by the Senate and House of Representatives of he Uaitcd Stnfes ACf America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be- and he is hereby, authorized to continue the mail service now existing in Tex as under the laws and authority of Texas, or such par, thereof as in his judgment, the public interest may require. from the time that Texas becomes . State in this Union, until contracts can be made, and the mail service put in operation on the post routes in Texas established by Congress at its present session.
 Approved, May 29, 1916.
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royed, August 10, 1916.
PrnLlc. No. q.

4 RESOLUTION relative to errors and defective
 returns in certain snsveys, piais. and ieid notes.
 Resolred by the .SsTaie and House of Representatives of he Unifed Staies of .4nerica in Congress dsssmbled, That the Commissioner Of the General Land office be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ some suitable person to ascertain and report to the said CoIhmis- sioner of the Generai Land Office the amount ol damages sustained by the respective purchasers of public lands ia township south. range seven east iii the State of Michigan, tor by their respec tive assgnecs and legal represcntatiVes,) by, orin consequence of the erroneous oifrauduicnt surveys of said township, or of the imperfect or false turns thereof and it shall be the duty soi such per son so employe, 10 proceed to such township, and, upon view of the premises, and upon hearing the proofs of the parties in interest, 10 estimate and as certain said damages, and 10 report his opinion and decision thereon, specifying in his said report each individual case, and tte facts and reasons upon which his opinion may be founded.
 Approved, August 10, ISi6.
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and empowered tosell and convey flor the use and benefit of the State of Loisiana to the thsae com missionefs appointed by ihe legislature of said Staie, to select site which to erect staie boase two or more acres of ihc land owaed by the uniscd States, lying in the parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, sbove and adjoining inc town of Baton Rouge: Propidsd. That in the iadglaen; of the President Of the United States said sale may be made without deiriment to the public interest,
 Approved, July 2, IS4G.
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-urARKANsAe BANNER
 PuBLIsIEnD wEEz<Lrs RY REARDON & GARRETT \ THREE DOLLARS A YEAR Al IN .aDH.fECE.
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 .-o or m lines. or less, first insertion, ,,.n- and FIFTY CENTS for eaeh conslna- \, osb s.,s, Io lines. and not exceeding to 70 pe .s sonare and haIforer lS, and not ex- ss,gs So as t,go suuarey-and in that pfopofuoa = .ot9er advertisements .4..rra i~ os 7I advertisements to be paio TOT ~ sa,vmept assumed by some resPonsiple leison. of pay ;ndividaI account, at the sbove rates "nsn ,a GO and under Si0O, in one year. a dis. amount us .. nor cent will be made; and when II T''rt .' = s1ao ar upwards. in the same period, Fnoghss s g a, rer cent will he made. No dedue- Sa,,eyer will be made, if payment be deferred Yon .,s. year shall have expired; nor wih any re, 1's,;on he made on legal advertisements fcquite' 5v law to be published. r.,r xrAu.
 v., .xeseng 10 lines, renewable at pleasure Szo. 90 |" Z E
 50 90. ,u advertisements, CT paris thereof, xceca'tB sv, .o <. eo lines. as the case may be, snplect % tne Sp' v and discounts first menioned; and no con @ @ehAg 7. these rates for less term than year 10 I.t;or for occasional omissions; and all contracts h, inc year to be paid in advance; 0I BRANDING ADvERTIsEMEsSN..T!s. ror l0 fines or less, each aaoi'son11 TOT " ''''' 2 toonths. {S6 square, Si
 " ,S IS IF .u..,nd;ng advertisements will be charged at the s. rent;oned rates unless contract be made when is for insertions and mus, be paid for i1 advance
 will Ss MSost the e. d1 % :" patcal circulars will be charged as advertise ,nsn,s. and payment required in advance
 No ,ob will hereafter be delivered to any person ,,ih whom we have no regular dealings. until palt All advertisements must be marked with the num- h.r of insertions desired otherwise they will be con ,nued until forbid. and charged accordingly.
 ms No variation will be made from the above rates Single number of the paper, l2A cents.
 All letters must be postpaid, or they will not re- ,eige any attention
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Bv Ae President of fke Uailed Siates Of America
 \ PROCLAMATION

Whereas by an act of the Congress of the Unhed States of the 3rd of March, lsij entitled s'An act allowing drawback upon foreign nerchan- dize exported ip the original packages to Chihu- ahua and Santa Fe, in Mexico. and to the British North American Provinces adjoining the | uiied States" certain privileges are extended in refer enee to drawback to ports therein specially emu nneraied in the 7th section of said act which also , provides That such other ports situated on the frontiers of the United States. adjoining British North American Provinces as may hereafter be found expedient, may have extended to them The like privileges on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, and proclamation lu- Iy made by the President of the United States specially designating the ports 10 which the aiore- said privileges 10 be extendcd:" And whereas the Secretary of the Treasury has du. ly recommended to me the extension of the pri- yileges of the law aforesaid 10 the port ofI.esis- ton in the collection district Of Niagara, in the State of New York:
 Now, therefore, 1, JAMES K. PeLK, President of the United States of America, dn hereby declare and proclaim that the port of Lewiston in the col lection district of Niagara, the state of New York IS and shall be entitled 10 all the privileges extended to the other norts enumerated in the venth section of the act aforesaid from and after the date of this proclamation.
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. and caIsed the seal of the United States tO he affixed
 Done at the city of Washington this seventeenth
 day of January, in the yeaf of our Lord IL. s1 one thousand eight hundred and forty SIX.
 and of the Independence of the United
 States of America the seYentieth.
 JAMES k. POLK. By the President
 JANFS Rrr.uANAN CcrreIgyy of St,fe
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Public. No. ls.

RESOLUTION aathon ziag the sale of certain
 lands in Baton Rouge 10 the State of Louisiana
 Reso!red by fhe Seaaie and House ot Representatives ef tas Uaisea S.sses q -anaersca n Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized
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Plished oflleers and brave aacn Tha army and .he esaa,Ey will deeply sympathist wisA the families assl lsicasls e as.=s .sl.ss A.s=.s thns seslesl thrir Aevesinn ~ssh then hvss. By order og Mslcr-t1eukNl Txysor.
 {Sigsedl W. W. $ BLISS.
 Assistant Asllusana Genefnl. Osseial---G- t tMct'sLts Ars sdlst GeN'l.
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CoLoaEp yorERs.--The New ! ork State Convention, after considerable debate, agreed to allow the exciting provision of the Con- s.itu,ion relative to q colored person's vote. to remain as Ii Is ai present, which permits them to vote on freehold of $250. Bank charters are prohlbitcd for ever.
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Messrs. halfh J. lpgersoll, of Conn, the new minister to Russia, and Nathan Clifford, oi Maine, the new Attorney General, have obmined ,he high oliiees 10 which they have been respectively appointed, without any so- lic.sation ar knowledge on their part. Nei- lhes of them knew or suspected that any sach horror was 10 be offered to shem by the Pre- siden. of ihs Ua;.ed States. u,ash. Caioa,
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By the President;
 JAMEs BvoHASAN, Secrefayy of Stale.
By Iie President of the Unicd Ssaies of .lacrio
 \ PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, by the act Of Congress, approved July 9,
 lS46 entitled fAn act 10 retrocede the county 0l
 Alexandria. in the District of Coiumbis 10 the
 State of Virginia" 1t is enacted. That. with the
 assent of the people of the county and lown oi
 Alexandria to be asceriained in 4he manner
 therein prescribed all that portion of ihs Dis;ric,
 of Columbia eeded 10 the United States by the
 State of Virginia, and all the rights and iufis.ie- .l.oe herewith eeded over the satae shall b. cs-
 ded and forever relinqlished to the Slaie of Nir-
 ginia in full and absolute right aid jurisdiction,
 as well of soil as of persons residing 10 reside
 thereon And whereas, it A further provided. that
 the said act s'siSa not be in tatce uut, after the
 assent of the people of tbe county and town of
 Alexandria shall be given lo it iH the mode tiere-
 in provided" and II maloiijy oi he votes should
 be in favor of accepting the provisions of the said
 act il shali be he duty oi tlie PfaSlch; 10 make
 proclamation oi the fact;
 And whereas, on fhe l7th day of August, 1916, aer the close of tue late session of he Congress Of he United States duly appointed five citi1ens of le county or town of Aiexandria being ireehoIders within the same, as commissioners, whe, being Ga y sworn to perform the dates imposed on them, as prescribed n the said act. did proceed within ten lays after they modified. 10 6x the first and sond days Of September, ls46, as the Enf: the Courthouse of the county ol AiexaD1xis, as the place, and viva soee as the manner of .toting and gave due notice of the sane and aIths time. and t the place, n conformity with ths said oticr, the aid Commissioners presiding. asi deciding aii questions arising in relation to fhe right of ycins inder The said act, the votes bf the citizens quail jed to vote were taken viva voee, aad recorded sa poll books, duly kept; and on the third day of Sep emher instant after tbs said polls were closed the aid Commissioners did make out, and oa the next lay did transmit to me, statement of the polls leld upon oath. and under their seals and of the 'oies cast an poiied, thsre were. in favor of :spting the provisions cj the sand act, seven hun
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TPUBLIc-No. 25.l A RESOLUrION appointing agents nf the Smith

IFVbLII--~No. 9. A RESOLUTION appointing sgentS ot the Smish- sunizu fnstitutioi
 Rcsolped bg the Scnafs qad House ef Representatives of ihc United SiafcS ef' .ABaeried ia Congress 6Ssem5led, That Ra- fus ChSate of Massachusetts, Gideon Hawley, of New York, Richard itash. Of Pennsylvania, Vii liam C. Preston. of South Carolina, and Alexander Dallas Baehe aud Joseph G Totten, residents cr Inc city of Washington, be, aud the same are here by, appointed regents of the Smithsonian lnstitn- tIon, in accordance wIst the preyisons of tine act establishing said instisuton.
 Approved, August 10, 1916.
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FROM VERA CRu x--i'hc Ualted States revenue cutler EwIug. arrived at ths South West Pass, on the l7lh instant, from Vera Cruz via Brazos Sl, jago. having left ihe former place on the 6ih iHslanl, aud the lat- ter on the 9th
 From Lieut.. Chasldrick, an officer on lhe Ewing, we learn that Paredes Jeff Vera Cruz on the 2nd inst for Havana on lhe British steamer. On leaving, be Was saluied by the Castle. No further demonstrations had been made by Commodore Conner, but Il was re- ported, and generally credited iu the squad- ron. that another attempt would soon be made on Alvarado. Mexican schooner had been taken by one of the vessels oi the squadron, and she was being fitted to assist, as was supposed, in ihe attack nu that place. IL was reported that Commodore Perry would succeed Commodore Conner. on the lst November, in the command of the squad ron. The news of the setge ef Monterey had been received by Commodore Conner from Vera Cruz. The steamer blississippi, from Pensacola, af.d the schooner Reeler, which had been blown of lor twenty days, for the safety of which serious apprehen- sioHs had been fell, had been spoken oil the harber of Vera Cruz. \ schooner loaded with coal for the squadron. was spoken at the same hme, bound in. The United States schooner Flirt sailed for Norfolk on the 3rd inst. The health of the squadron was good. No further news had been received from the city of Mexico.
 The Cutter stopped oir the Brazos, but had no communication wit, the sAore.--- While there, the steamer Sea came oT with the mail for the Galyeston, but on acrounI oi the heavy sea al the lime she was unable to deliver il, and was compelled tb return. One of Walkers Rangers, who had been ta- ken by the Mexicans previous to ihe battles of the Sih and 9lh of May, had made his escape and got of to the squadron; he was taken to the Brazos bv lhe cutter and iaalei there. Lieat Chadlrick brought letter bag from the SquadIon.--.N o. Bai. 2Itt al.
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embarked with his men on hoarsl tho sIaap of war Cyane to proceed siowa tho caastt ts Saa Die@o with a sseW st .ssaeEcenlsna al .ag near Los Angelos. s, me tongues ia tisa iess- r'nr. the retreat of the dcpnscd Gav, Castro, and his party. aud capturing them. The ex. petition under Col, F was composed ,.f ahout one hundred and hliy .nen, including about sixty d his own party, sl,arp shoot CTS. and the remainder consisting of c,mi- grants from the western Stalcx. alike skilled in the use of the rife. They were com pletely aFmesI, and wouid procure horses al Inc place q thcir eRharkaIIIH They sailed from Monterey ihe 2till July, and oi course no news Lad been received from them pro yious la the departure of Con. Sloat, which was on The 29th July. There WAS no doubt however of their success m lhe t,l.;;==t oI lheir enterprise, should they reack ltleir des- ,i,Ia.ion before the party of Castro hasl al- ready passeh and made good it's eetreaf- I Commodore Sloat returns with his hrailh somewhat impaired. He was re,ievcd pro. yious to his departure by Com. Stockton, .. he night we'll he, after two years service tt those seas. He was unfortunate in lis re
 turn, suffering shipwreck on ihe United Sta,e. hrig Perry, in her passage iion Havana
 whither he was conveyed hy Inc British mai steamer irosa ChagreS.