Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-21
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WHOLE NO. 40.

Iowa county, to the county seat of Richland
county.
| From Racine, in Racine county, TO Beloit,
in Rock county.
From Southport, in Racine county. via Be-
lott, Rock county, to White Oak Springs, in
Iowa county.
From GAINESVILLE, via Catfish, in Rock couh-
ty, to Christiana, in Dane county.
From Racine, in Racine county, to White
water. in Walworth county.
From Prairieville, in Waukesha county, via
Pemankie and Warren, to Rubicon, in Wash
ington county.
From GAINESVILLE, in Rock county, via Exc
ter and Yellow Stone, in Green county, to
Mineral Point, in Iowa county.
From Madison, Dane county, via Cross
Plains, Groetsville, Reeveyille, and Helena, to
Dodgeviile, in Iowa county.
From Monroe, Green county, via Greenville,
to Blue Mounds, in Iowa county. -
From Milton, Rock county, via Goodrich's
Ferry, to Cotton Grove, in Dane county.
From Madison, Dane county, to Prairie du
Chen, in Crawford county.
From Madison, Dane county, via Water
town, to Milwaukee, in Milwaukee county.
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Grant county.
From Watertown, Jefferson county, to Wau-
pan, Fond du-Lac county.
du-Lac county.
From GAINESVILLE, Rock county. via Lima, to
Whitewater, in Walworth county.
From GAINESVILLE, via Indian ford, to Madi-
son, Dane county.
Ercnn RalOit via Monron in Crnpn comfy
and Winslow, to Galena, Illinois.
From Beloit, Rock county, to Mineral Point
Iowa county.
From Plover Portage to Big Bull Falls, in
Portage county.
From Manitowoc rapids, via Mantowoc, to
Twin rivers, in Manitowoc county.
From Milwaukee, via West Bend, in Wash
ington county, to Fond Lac, in Fond-du-
Lac county.
From Green Bay to Menomonie city, ii
Brown county.
From Green Lake, in Marquette county, via
county seat of Winnebago county, to Green
Bay, in Brown county.
From Sac Prairie, by Barahoo, to Fort
Winnebago.
From Grafton, by Rubicon, in.Washingtor
county, and Hustis Rapids, to Oak Grove
Dodge county.
From Oak Grove, in Dodge county, via
Burnett and Chester, to Wampum, in Fond
du-Lac county.
From Potosi to Lancaster, in Grant county
From Dubuque, Iowa, via Wild's Ferry anc
Potos, to Plattevile
From Green Bay. via Thompson's Mills, te
Plover Portage.
From Fort Winnebago, via the county seal
of Winnebago county, to Neenah.
From Summit, via Ocanemawac and Hustis
Rapids, to the county seat of Dodge county.
From Prairieville, via Pewankie, Lisbon
Warren, Erie, Wright, to Addison, Washing
ton county.
From GAINESVILLE, via Fulton and Cooksville
to Rutland, in Dade county.
From Big Foot, via Scion, Antioch, Ango
Ia, and Franklin, to Little Fort, Illinois.
From Oak Grove via Laurel and Elijah, II
Dodge county, to Columbus, in Columbia
county.
Oregon. Oregon City, via Fort Van
couver and Fort Nesqually to the mouth O.
Admiralty inlet.
From Oregon city, up the Willamette val
ley, to the kalamet river, in the direction o.
San Frisco.
Sec. 2. And be it further end cted, That the
above routes shall go into operation on The
first day of July. eighteen hundred and forty
seven, or sooner, should the funds of the de
partment Justify the same: Provided, That a:
soon as a responsible contractor shall offer to
transport the mails over any portion of the
routes included in this bill, for the revenues
arising therefrom respectively, the Postmaster
General shall have the power forthwith te
put them under contract
Sec. 8. And be 1T further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, and he hereby is, au
thoriZed and directed to cause a mail to be
transported once week, and oftener, if he
shall think the public interest requires it, from
New Orleans, via Galveston, Passo Gallo
Brazos de St. Iago, to Tampico, with return
mails, the service to be performed by contract
or by the use of the public steamers now in
the service of the War Department in the Gull
LOT Mexico, with the consent of the head oil
that Department and for this service the sum
of thirty thousand dollars is hereby appropri-
ated
Sec. 4. Ind be 1t further enacted, That all
letters, newspapers, and other packets, moi
exceeding in weight one ounce, directed to a.
ny officer, musician, or private of the army OF
the United States in Mexico, or at any post OF
place on the frontier of the United States, bor-
dering on Mexico, shall be conveyed in the
mail free of postage: Provided, That all let
tiers or other packets directed to any person in
the army shall contain, as part of their d.
rection, the words, &c belonging to the army
Sec. 5. And be 1T further enacted, That the
two preceding sections shall continue in force
during the present war, and for three months
after the same may be terminated, and no
longer.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, au-
thorized to contract for transporting a mail
from Charleston, South Carolina, to Chagres,
touching at St Augustine, and Key West, and
also at Havana, in the Island of Cuba, if
deemed expedient, and across the sthmus to
Panama, and from thence to Astoria, or the
mouth of the Columbia river, touching at
Monterey, St. Francisco, and such other pla-
ces on the coast as the Postmaster General may
direct the mail to be conveyed from Charles
ton TO Chagres, and from Panama TO astoria,
in steamships, and to be transported each way
once every two months, or oftener, as the
public interest may require: Provided, That
the expenditure for said service shall not ex-
coed one hundred thousand dollars per an
mum.
SEC. Z. And be 1T further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, au-
thorized to establish post office and appoint
a deputy postmaster at Astoria, and such 9TH
er places On the coast of the Pacific, within
the territory of the United States, as the pub
lie interest may require: that all letters con-
voyyad To or fronn Charrae sbaH ho cha ropd