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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-22

ADVANCING BAcKwARDs.-In the recen,
intelligence from Oregon, the Governors
message exempli6ed that the community
there had taken high stand in the tempe
rance reform. Notwithstanding the Gov
ernor's recommendation of combining its sale
exclusively to medical men, it appears that
finally, the settlers would have whiskey,
whether or not! The Oregon Legislature,
which adjourned Dec. 90, passed bill to
authorize the manufacture and sale of spiri-
tuous liquors. Gov. Abernethy vetoed it
but they passed it again by the constitution
al majority.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-22

The King ofPrussia at his own expense,
has caused the printing of $4,000 copies O f
the Scriptures for distribution among the
schools of the realm.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28

DIR CTPCUL4TON.

T5-WE mean to keep the following paragraph stan
ding for the benefit of all whom it may concern:
ADVERTISING would commend the following
facts 10 the attention Of the advertising community
The Wilmington Journal" circulates upwards OIL AZ
HUNDRED COPIES weekly Its circulation IN the town
of Wilmington is as large that ofany oherpaper pub
lshcd in the place. We would further state that its
circulation in the counties which trade to this place is
THREE TIMES as large that of any other paper publish
ed in North Carolina and that LISTS daily increasing
We say therefore, without the fear of contradiction,
that it is the best vehicle for advertising which the peo
ule of Wilmington can select. One other observation
We think that although large majority of the readers
Of the "Journal Democrats, still THEY occasionally
do little trading well as the readers of the WING pa
rers We have written the above merely for the lnfor
nation Of those who most deeply nterested-bus
ness men of all professions and all political crecds
WHO WANT CUSTOMERS.
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Approved, March 8, 1S47.
TPuRLIC=No. AL


AN ACT giving the consent of Congress to an
act of the General Assembly of Virginia autho-
rizing the levy of tolls on the James river.
[SEC. IL Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the consent
of Congress be, and the same is hereby, given to
an act passed by the General Assembly of the
State of Virginia, the fifth day of March, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-six entitled can act to
incorporate a company to remove the bars in
James river between the city of Richmond and
Bermuda Hundred" and that the authority as
conferred by the said act on the company thereby
created to demand and receive the tolls therein
specified on vessels navigating the said river L" on
condition only that the same shall have been made
navigabe in any season at high water from Ro-
chelI's landing at the city of Richmond to Bermu-
da Hundred, in the county of Chesterfield, by YES
sells drawing eleven feet and an half foot water
be, and the same is hereby, sanctioned and con-
frmed: PrOUided however, and this assent is CIV
en- on that express condition, that Congress may,
at any time hereafter, repeal or modify the provi-
sions of this act.
Approved, March 8, lS47.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
BY AUTHORITY.
Laws of the United States, Passed at the
second Session of the 20th Congress.
[PURLIC--NO. Ill

TPUBLIc--No. a.
AN ACT to amend an an act entitled I" An act
TO amend An act TO carry into effect in the
States of Alabama ard Mississippi the existing
compacts with those States with regard to the
five per cent. fund and the school reserva-
tious.'
[SEc. IL Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the United States of
America in Congress- assembled, That the pro-
visions of " An act to amend an act entitled An
act to carry into effect in the States of Alabama
and Mississippi the existing compacts with those
States with regard to the five per cent. fund and
the school reservations approved February
twenty-six, eighteen hundred and forty-fve, be,
and the same are hereby, extended so as to enable
the State of Alabama to locate quantity of land
IN any of the States or Territories equal to the
quantity now due to the inhabitants of the town
snip within the Chickasaw cesson within said
State Prorided, That they shall be made subject
to the restrictions and limitations Of the act the til
tie of which has been cited as far as the asme may
be applicable.
JOHN w. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
G. NJ. DALLAS.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Approved, March 3, l847.
JAMES K. POLK.
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TPUELIC No. 1911

AN ACT to amend an act entitled 90 An act to
provide for the better organization of the depart
ment of Indian affairs" and an act entitled can
act to regulate trade and intercourse with the
Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the from
uerS' approved June thirtieth. eighteen hun
G[eu and thirty -four, and for other purposes.
l0Ec' l.. Be 1t enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the United States of
Amertca m Congress assembled, That the limits
81 each SUPPLEMENTARY, agency, and sub-agency
slaIl be established by the Secretary of War, eli
we, we by tribes or geographical boundaries and
Wv "' SuPenntendents, agents, and sub-agents shall
"c furnished with offices for the transaction of the
r ,;D business, and the agents and sub agents
%' houses for their residences, at the expense OF
Az United States; and, with The assent of the In
IaaI '-Oe permitted to cultivate such portions of
r,a1. as the President or Secretary Of War may
''"F deem proper
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Post Office. Wilmington.

NORTHERN MAIL by Rail Road, due daily at 10 A. NJ,
sud close at I0eVery night
SOUTHERN MAIL by Steamer from Charleston, is due
ally at 8 A. NJ, and closes at IL A. NJ. every day
FAYETTEVILLE MAIL, by Rail Road, is due on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at P. M and closes same
days at 10 at night.
FAYETTEVILLE MAIL, by Prospect Hall, EliZabethtoWn,
Wesbrooks, and Robes0ns, is due Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays, at A. NJ and closes days
at lOP NJ
SMITHvLLE MAIL, by Steamer is due daily at A. NJ,
and closes at l2A P. NJ. every day.
TAYLoR's BRIDGE, LONG, CREEK, Moore CREEK, BLACK
RIVER CHAPEL and ARRELL's STORE MAIL is due every
Thursday at 6 p. NJ, and closes same night at TO-
ONsLow COURT House, STUMP SOUND, aud ToPsAIL
MAIL, is due every Monday at p NJ, aud closes every
Thursday night at Top. NJ
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
[REsoLUTIoN-PUBL1c-Noe !

A RESOLUTION authorizing the smpIovment
oftheUnited States ships Macedonian& James.
town in transporting provisions for the famish-
ing poor of Ireland and Scotland.
ReS0IUed by tile Senate and House Of ReproSea-
tatirc Of the United States Of america IN Con
greSS assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy
be, and he is hereby, authorised to place at tn,
disposal of Captain George G. De Kay, of New
Jersey, the United States ship Macedonian, 70
the purpose of transporting 70 the furnishing poo
OF Ireland and Scotland such contributions as may
be made for their relief; and that the said Score
tary be also authorized to place at the disposal
Captain Robert B. Forbes, of Boston, the Unitet
States sloop-of-war the jamestown, for the lk
purpose or if the Secretary shall be of opinion
that the public interest will be better subservec
thereby, he is authorized to despatch said vessel
upon the service aforesaid as public ships.
Approved, March 3, l947.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
TPUBLrC-No. 45.7

AN ACT to authorize the constituted authorities
of the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, to
enter certain islands between the landings of
said city and the main channel of the MISSISSIPPI
pi river.
LSEc. II Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
d10ES' OF Representatives. tie United States Of
America u! Congress assembled, That the con-
$rtuted authorities OF the city of Dubuque, in the
state OF Iowa be, and they are hereby, authorized
to enter the islands in the Mississippi river. oppo-
site the said city, which are fractions within sec
tons nineteen and thirty, in township eicbtv-nine
north, in range three east, and in section twenty
five, township eighty north, range two east,
at the minimum price of the public lands Prori-
ded Said entries shall be made within six months
from the passage of this act.
Approved, March 3, lS47.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28

Convention with Nassau for the mutual abol tion
of the Dgoit D Aubaine and taxes on emgra-
ton.
CONCLUDED MAY 27, 1916.
BIZ Ike President the United States Of American
a PROCLAMATION.
Whereas Convention between the United States
of America and his Royal Highness the Duke
of Nassau was concluded and signed at Berlin,
by theft respective Plenipotentiaries, on the
twenty seventh day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six, which Convention, being
in the English and German languages, is, word
for word, as follows:
Convention for the mutual abolition of the drot
d'aubaine and taxes on emigration between the
United States of America and His Royal High
ness the Duke of Nassau.
The United States of America and His Royal
Highness the Duke Of Nassau having resolved,
for the advantage of their respective citizens and
subjects, to conclude convention Tor the mutual
abolition of the droit daubaine and taxes on emf
grafton have named for this purpose their sespec-
tive Plenipotentiaries, namely the President OF
the United-states of America has conferred full
powers on Henry Wheaton, their Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the royal
court of Prussia; and His Royal Highness the
Duke of Nassau upon his minister resident at the
roval court of Prussia, Colonel and Chamberlain
Otto Wilhelm Carl Won Roeder, Comthur of the
first class of the Ducal Order of Henry the Lion
etc, ETC.; who, after having exchanged their said
full powers, found in due and proper form, have
agreed to and signed the following articles:
ARTICLE I. Every kind ofdroit d'aubaine droit
de retraite and drot de detractlon or tax on emf
grafton, is hereby and shall remain abolished be-
tween the two contracting parties, their states, cit
liens and suhiectS respectively.
ARTICLE II. Where, on the death of any per-
son holding real property within the territories Of
one party, such real property would by the laws
Of the land, descend on citizen or subject of the
other, were he not disqualified by alienage, such
citizen or subject shall be allowed term of two
years to sell the same-which term may be rea.
onably prolonged according to circumstances
and to withdraw the proceeds thereof wlthsut mo-
lestation, and exempt from all duties OF detraction
ARTICLE III. The citizens or subjects of each
of the contracting parties shall have power to dis
pose of their personal property within the states o.
the other, by testament, donation, or otherwise
and their heirs, legatees, and donees, being citl
zens or subjects of tie other contracting party
shall succeed to their said personal property, and
may take possession thereof either hy themselves
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
TREsoLUT1oN-PUBL1C-NO. ~

A JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the prepar.
alton and presentation of medals to certain
French, British, and Spanish officers.
Res0lved By the Senate and House Of Represen.
tatives Cfhe United States Of america IN Con-
9ress assembled, That the President of the United
States is hereby authorized and requested to cause
suitable gold and silver medals TO be prepared and
presented to the officers and men belonging or at
tached to the French, British, and Spanish ships
Ot-war in the harbor of Vera Cruz, who so gallant
Iy, and at the imminent peril of their lives, aidec
In rescuing from watery grave many of the Off
GERS and crew of the United States brig Somers.
Approved, March 3, 1917.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


A RESOLUTION to refund money to the States
which have supplied volunteers and furnished
them transportation during the present war be-
fore being mustered and received into the service
of the United States
feso(red by the Senate and House of Repre-
Se'Hat'ceS Of tie United States Of america n,
congress assembled, That the Secretary of War
be- and he Is hereby, authorized and required to
cause to be refunded to the seveIal States, or to
individuals toz services rendered acting under the
authority of any States, the amount of expenses
incurred by them in organizing, subsisting, and
transporting volunteers previous to their being
mustered and received into the service of the
United States for the present war, and for sub
sisting troops in the service of the United States
without waiting for deductions to be made from
the pay of said volunteers.
Approved, March 3, lS47.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28
REsOLUTION-PUB LIC-NO. 81

REs0LUTIoN-PUBL IC-NO. s.
JOINT RESOLUTION to prohibit the sale at
private entry of certain lands in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Be 1t resoEred by the Senate and House of Rep
resent0ti0es Of the United Stotes Of America IN
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to report
to the next session Of Congress all the facts in
lation to the title to the unsold parts, if any there
be, of the reserved fractional section number ee-
ven, of fractional township number four, of frac-
tonai range number one, in ]. e. Symme's Pur-
chase, State Of Ohio, together with the opinion OF
the Attorney General thereon, and that he sus-
pend all further proceedings in relation thereto
until the end of the next session of Congress.
Approved March 3, lS47.
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TERMS 81 so i'm advance.
WHOLE NO. III.

had been paid IN cash, at the time of its falling
due; and any loss occasioned by discount
or delay in the collection, shall be borne am
made good by the Peruvian Government.
ARTICLE VII This convention shall be rat
fed by the contracting parties, and the ratif
cations shall be exchanged within two years
from its date, or sooner, if possible, after hav
ing been approved by the President and Sen
ate of the United States, and the Congress o
Peru.
In witness whereof, the respective commits
sloners have signed the same, and affixed there
to their seals.
Done in triplicate at the city of Lima, this
seventeenth day of March, in the year of oul
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
one
J. c. PICKETT, [sEAL1
MANUEL DEL RIO. SEAL
And wereas the seventh article of the said
convention required that the notifications of
the contracting parties should be exchanged
within two years from its date, which proyi-
sion was not observed by the said parties
owing to delays In the ratification rendering
such exchange mpracticable within the time
stipulated: And whereas it appears that the
duly constituted authorities of the Republic of
Peru dld,on the 21st of October, 1915, by lawap-
prove IN all respects the said convention, with
the condition, however, that the first annual
lnstalment OF thirty thousand dollars on &C
count of the principal of the debt recognised
thereby, and to which the second article re-
lates, should begin from the 1st of January,
1916, and the interests on this annual sum. ac
cordlng to article III, should be calculated and
paid from the 1st of January, 1912: And
whereas the said convention and the aforesaid
modification thereof have been duly ratified.
and the respective Publications of the same
were exchanged in the city of Lima on the thir-
ty-tirst day of October last, by Albert G. Jew
EFT on the part Of the United States, and Man
uel del Rio on the part of the Republic of Pc
ru:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T KNOWN, that I,
JAMES X POLK, President of the United
States OF America, have caused the said conven
ton, and the modification thereof, to be made
public, to the end that the same, and every ar
tcle and clause thereof, may be observed and
fulfilled with good faith by the United States,
and the citizens thereof.
In WITNESS WHEREOF, | have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed
Done at the City of Washington, this eighth
day of January, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and fortv-
[sEAL.l seven, and of the Independence of the
United States the seventy-frst.
JAMES K POLK.
By the President:
JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary Of State.
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lREsoLUTIoN-PUBL1C-No. 81

RESOLUTION concerning the purchase of
additional lands for the use of the United States
a1morIes at Harper's Ferry and Springfield.
hesOlrsd by the Senate and House of Represen-
fot'ues Of the United States Of america IN Con-
gTess assembled, That the assent of Congress be,
and is hereby, given TO the purchase of additional
lands for the use of the United States armories at
Harper's Ferry and Springfield, and to the appli-
cation for that purpose of so much of the sums
appropriated for repairs, improvements, and new
machinery at Harper's Ferry and Springfield ar
morIeS BY the act approved August eighth, eigh-
Teen hundred and torty-six, as the estimates show
TO nave been attended for the purchase of lands
and buildings for said armories.
Approved, March 3, l847.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28

There is now in Canada settlement Of the
GIengary HighIanders, who emigrated there
some fifty years ago, with Bishop Mcdonald.
who have preserved their religion, language,
habits, &C., unadulterated. About one thou
sand eight hundred occupied the original set
Element, and what is more singular, their
names are nearly all alike In Sir Francis
Bond Heads &c Emgrant,' an instance Is men,
toned where a cause was tired IN which not
only the names of plaintiff and defendant were
Mcdonald, but each had selected a counsel OF
that name; the twelve jurymen were all Nc
Donalas. and SO were almost all the Witnesses
The four members of Parliament from the
county in which this settlement is sltua' ed.
bear the same name. The sheriff is McDon-
aid, and SO is their vicar general, and most OF
their priests and their bishop.
Why is ship very deyout
n ,l1 hrr T
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28

Senate and the Clerk of the House of Represen
tatives be authorized and directed to contract with
James Crutchett for lighting up the Capitol anG
the Capitol grounds with the solar gas light: Pro
Uided, That such contract can be made unor
terms deemed reasonable by the said Secretary
and Clerk, and that sum not exceeding seven
teen thousapd five hundred dollars be, and The
same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry
the said contract into effect.
Approved, March 3, lS47.
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T z Z 4 I'll z G
Additional article to the Convention for the SUI
render of Criminals between the United State
and France of the 9th of November, i543.

Additional article to the Convention for the sur
render Of Criminals between the United States
and France of the 9th of November, is43.
CONCLUDED FEBRUARY "a, lS45.
By the President ofhhe United States ofAmerica:
A PROCLAMATION. J..
Whereas an additional article to the Convention
for the surrender of criminals between the Uni
ted States and France of the 9th of November,
l843, concluded and signed at Washing
ton, by their respective Plenipotentiaries, on
the Oath day February last, which additional
article, being in the English and French Ian
guages, is, word for word as follows:
ADDITIONAL ARTICLr.-The crime of robbery
defining the to be the feloneous and forclble
taking from the person of another, goods or mo-
ney to any value, by violence, or putting him in
fear; and the crime of burglary, defining the same
to be, breaking and entering by night into man
sion house Of another, with intent to commit felo-
ny; and the corresponding crimes included under
the French law IN the words uOL quaIfe crime,
not being embraced in the second article of the
convention of extraction concluded between the
United States of America and France. on the 9th
of November, lS43-it is agreed by the present
article, between the high contracting parties, that
persons charged with those crimes shall be respec-
lively delivered up, in conformity with the first
tlcle OF the said convention and the present artl-
Gle, when ratified by the parties shall constitute a
part of the said convention, and shall have the
force if it had been originally inserted in
the same.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipoten-
tlarles have signed the present article duplicate,
and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at Washington, this twenty fourth OF
February, lS45
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Convention with Saxony for the mutual abolition
of the Droit D'Aubaine and taxes on Emigra-
ton.
CONCLUDED 18th MAY, lS45.
By the President the United States Of america;
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas Convention between the United States
of America and His Majesty the King of Saxo-
ny was concluded and signed at Berlin, by their
respective Plenipotentiaries, on the fourteenth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-fve, which Convention, being in the Eng
fish and German languages, is, word fer word,
as follows
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liberal discount will be made on aavsr,;..
ments exceeding one square, when published o,
| 2 months, cash IN Advance. ' "
@ IF the number of insertions are not n,srteI
on the advertisement, they will; be- coo,;n.sd 49,,
ordered out, and charged for accordingly.
OAN advertisements required 10 be PAN
FOR IN ADVANCE.n an
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EsoLUrIoN-PUBLIc-No
A RESOLUTION for lighting with gas the
Capitol and Capitol grounds
ResolDed by the Senate and House Of Repre-
Sentafiues of the United States Of Amertea IN
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
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]. G. CALHOUN, II. 81
A p.croT r.. c


And whereas the said additional article has been
duly ratified both parts, and the respective rat
ifcations of the same were exchanged at the City
of Paris, on the 2lst day of June, \. u. lS45, by
William r. King, Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotentiary of the United States to
France, and NJ. Guizot, Minister of Foreign At
fair of His Majesty the King of the French, on
the part of their respective Government:
Now, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN that l.,
JAMES K. POLK, President of the United
States of America. have caused the said addition
81 article to be mae public, to the end that the
same, and every clause and part thereof, may be
observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Uni
ted States and the citizens thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, the twenty
fourth day of July, in the year of our
TsEAL.l Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-fve and of the independence of the
United States the seventeen.
JAMES K. POLK.
By the President:
JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary Of State.
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Why is a ship very deyout
; 4ns. Because she is always on her KEGS
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Convention with Nassau for the mutual abol tion
of the Dtoit D Aubaine and taxes on emgra-
tiOn.