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The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-07
IPuRLIc-No. 20.1

A Resolution for the speedy payment of the three
months extra pay to the officers, non-commissioned
officers, aiusicians, and privates who have served
in the late war with Mexico, allowed by the act4of
July nineteen, eighteen, hundred and forty-eight.
ResotDed By the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of America in Congress assembled,
section of the act approved July nneteenh eighteen
hundred and forty eight, to the officers, non-commis-
stoned officers, musicians, and privates, who have
been in actual service in the late with Mexico,
and who have served out the term Of their engage
ment, have been honorably discharged and to.the
widows heirs of those who have died been
killed in the SERVICE shall be paid and settled by the
pay department of the army, under such regulations
as the Paymaster General, with the approval of the
Secretary of War, shall establish.
Approved July %, 1S49. -...,g 49,. -
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1PUBLIc-No. 1871

Joint Resolution relinquishing to the State of Mis-
souri, CERTAIN trophies of Doniphan's victorious ex-
pedition.
Resoued by the Senate and House of Representatives
Of the United States Of america in Congress assembled,
That the ten pieces of ordnance captured by the
Missouri volunteers under Colonel Donphan, in their
brilliant expedition through the northern States of
Mexico, deposited the capital of the State, by
permission of commanding general, trophies of
their heroic achievements, be, and the here
by, forever relinqushed to the State of Missouri.
Approved July 25 1918.
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.IPuRLIc-No. Ill

Resolution to explain act passed twenty-fourth
June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled
ssAn act for the relief of w. B. Slaughter, late
Secretary of the Territory of Wisconsin,
Be 1T ResoEued by The Senate and House of Repre-
senotives Of the United States Of .4auerica in Congress
assembled, That, the words /" late Secretary of the
Treasury of Wisconsin, where the same occur in
the act entitled San act for the relief of W. B. Slaugh-
ter, late Secretary of the Territory of Wisconsin,
approved June twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and
forty-eight be taken to mean slate Secretary OF the
Territory of Wisconsin - and that the said act be
construed and executed accordingly.
Approved June %, 1849.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-07
VOLUME XIV.
THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD
is PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
WILLIAM W. HOL D EN-,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR =.

TIE NoRFH CAROLINA STANDARD is published week
w. at Three Dollars per annum, payable in advance In
no instance will the paper be sent unless the money fo
the same shall accompany the ORDER Subscribers and
others who may wish to send money to the Editor can
do at all times, by Mail and at his risk Receipts for
all sums viii be promptly transmitted.
ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding fourteen lines will be
inserted one time for one dollar and twenty-five cents for
each subsequent insertions those of greater length IN pro
nortion Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements will
be charged twenty-five per cent higher than the above
advertise by the year.
Letters to the Editor must come free of postage.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-07
TPUBLIC-Ne. 80.

Joint Resolution of thanks the officers, sailors, and
marines, of the United States navy.
Resolped By the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of .4naertca in Congress assembled
That the thanks of Congress due, and are hereby
rendered. to the officers, sailors, and marines of the
navy of the United States, fer the zeal and ability
with which their duty during the late war with
Mexico, and especially their efficient cooperation
with the army of the United States in the capture of
Vera Cruz and the castle of San Juan de Ulloa,
performed. .s '.--.-,
Resolued, That the President of the United States
be requested to the foregoing resolution to be
the navy of the United States, in such terms he
may deem best calculated to give to the object
thereof. -. -..- -r.s- -.
Approved August 7, 1913. ,-...-..- : -
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TPUBLIC-No. l6.1

Joint Resolution to change the location of light
house on lake Superior, in the State of Michigan.
BesolUed by The Sendeand House Of Representative.
Of the United States Of Anaeriea IN Congress assembled
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby
is, Authorized (f he deem it expedien change the
site of the lighthouse authorized by the of March
third, eighteen hundred and fortyseven to be Con-
structedat Copper HARDER, For Wilkins, lake -Sape-
rior, in the State of Michigan, to more suitable
place said lake: Provided, Such change shall not
increase the of construction so as to exceed the
appropriation made for such purpose by said act. =
Approved July 10, 1913.
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TPUBLIc-No. II.
IPUBLIC-No. 10 = =
Join Resolution extending the time for the erectio

Join Resolution extending the time for the erection
of certain lighthouses.
ResOfued by the Senate and House Of Representatives
IF the United States Of America Congress assembled
That much of the sixteenth section of the act APP
proved March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
five, entitled "An act making further provision for
the support of public credit and for the redemption
of the public debit requires that remaining
unexpended for years after the year of appropria-
ton shall be carried to the account of the surplus
fund.- shall apply the act approved March third
eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled s'An act
authorizing the erection of certain lighthouses, and
for other purposes" until two years after the first
meeting of the Legislature of those States in which
said lighthouses are to be located.
Approved July 25, 1913.
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Approved August Z, 1913.
,FPUBLIc-No. 23.7

NO.I
Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of State
to furnish the clerks of several district and cir
cult courts of the United States with copies of
Little and Brown's- edition of the Laws of the
United States.
ResOfued by the Senate and House Of Representatives
ofthe United States Of america Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of State to be furnished to
each of the clerks of the several district and circuit
courts of the United States sufficient number of
copies of Little and Browns edition of the statutes
large, with those heretofore received supply the
clerks Office each place where said courts
quired by law be held, copy for the of said
clerks Office and of said courts.
Approved August 7, 1948.
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TPUBLIc-No. 81

Joint Resolution concerning certain portions of the
marine and ordnance corps. go.
Resoired by the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of .2naerica an Congress assembled,
That the officers, ,non-commssoned officers, priyates
and musicians of the marine corps, who have served
with the army in the war with Mexico, and also the
artcers and aborers of the ordnance corps serving
in said war, be placed, in all respects bounty
land and other remuneration, in addition to ordinary
pay, footing with the officers, non-commssioned
officers, privates, and musicians of the army Pro-
uied That this rumeration shall be in lieu of prize
money and all other extra allowances. -.
SEC. 3. find be IL further eiaacted, That the non
commissioned officers of the maine corps shall be en-
titled to the same bounty for reenlistment is
may hereafter be received by the non-commission
ed officers of the army.
Approved August 10, 1913.
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PEMP-SCAH. his mark.
NAH-QUE-NON, his x mark.

4. z yrt 5< r q = 4. .Delnacare chiefs.
49, = b HENRY sJACQUIS, his x srnark.ss ~
|: JAMES WASHINGTON, his x mark
-es. .. MATTHEW PEACOCK, his x mark
= -s,.-- JAMES BIGTREE, his mark. '.-
GEORGE ARMSTRONG;, his K mark.
H -as.. sTAN-ROO-MIE, his mark. ..p
sot1 ~ T.. A. HICKS. l..7 WyandOtts. /,
Signed in open council in presence of
*. JONATHAN PHILLIPS, Sub-agent for the WyandOtfs.
RICHARD W. CuMMINs, indian agent.
= JAMES M. SIMPSON. - ere-Fase5
+. CHARLES GRAHAM -5s-s. sz.-E z..t .~ -.
JoEL WAbKER, Secretary Of the WyandOtt Council.
HRNRY TIBLow, Indian Interpreter, Detuu0are.' -
be, and the is hereby, confirmed: Provided,
That the Wyandott Indanna shall Jake better
right interest in and to said lands than is now
vested in the Delaware nation of Indians.
Approved July 95, 1s4s. II ssa, sae..s -.H4-4s-
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.IPuRLIc-No. R.l

Joint Resolution disposing of two brass feld-pieces
captnred at the battle of Bennington, in seventeen
+ hundred and seventy y-seven.
Resolred by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States Of 4neric0 Congress assembled,
That two brass fedpieces, captured from the enemy
the battle of Bennington in the State of Vermont
in seventeen hundred and seventy sevep now in the
possession of the United States, be Immediately we'll
and delivered to the governor of the State of Yer
mont, be hereafter holden the property of said
State. '- -
Approved July 10, I849.
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[PuB11c-No. 1871

PuBILc--No..l .l3. .s $50.
Joint Resolution relative to evidence in applica.
ton for pensions.
: ResolUed By the Senate and House of Representatives
Sfthe United Staes Of .anericoin Congress assembled
That in all cases where pension may have been
granted to any officer OF soldier of the Revolution in
his lifetime, the evidence upon whichssueh pension
was granted shall be conclusive of the service of such
officer or soldier in the applicatioa of any widow,
woman who may have been the widow. of such off.
that she married to any such officer or soldier
prior January first, seventeen hundred and ninety
four, and that she is widow she shall thereupon
be placed upon the pension rolls at the rate that
such officer soldier received during his lifetime.
Approved July l, 1848.
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[PUBLIc-No. 81

FPUBLIc-No. 9.
Joint Resolution providing for payment OF the reg-
ment of Texas mounted troops called into the ser
vice of the United States; under the requIstion OF
Colonel Curtis, In the year eighteen hundred and
forty-seven, and for other purposes.
Be ResOkred by the Senate and House Of fepreSerl-
SatUes of the United States Of America in Congress As
se,ubEed That the Secretary of War be-, and he is
hereby authorized and required cause to be paid,
of any unexpended appropriations for the prose-
cution of the between the United States OF
America and the republic of Mexico, the regiment
of Texas mounted troops which mastered into
the service of the United States for six months,
der the requsition of Colonel Curtis, in the year
eighteen hundred and forty-seyen, and discharged
before joining the army, the pay and allowances of
mounted men, from the time the several companies
thereof arrived San Antonio the place of Tendez-
vous, until they mustered out of service, and
the usual pay and travelling allowances from the time
they left their homes until they reached San Antonio,
and from the places where they were mustered out
of service until they reached their homes; and the
companies of Captains Smith and Hill, until they
refused to be mustered out of service, were dis
banded by their respective captains and also that he
cause to be paid the said gment the full value
of all horses which he shall be satisfied lost by
them for want of forage, during the periods herein
specified Prouded, That nothing in the act approved
second March, eighteen hundred and fortyseven, en-
titled An act to amend an act to provide for the
payment of horses and other property lost and de-
stroved in the military service of the United States
approved eighteenth January, eighteen hundred and
thrty-seven shall be construed to revive the provlso
the second section of the act approved the fifteenth
of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four entitled
An act making appropriation for the payment OF
horses lost by the Missouri volunteers in the Florida
war; PrOuided also, That all horses belonging to
volunteers, which were lost in the Gulf of Mexico
since the thirteenth May, eighteen hundred and forty
six, by being thrown overheard or otherwise, shalt
be paid for in the is provided tor the
payment of other lost horses in this act.
Approved June 16, I846.
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TPUBL1C-No. 81

Joint Resolution in relation to the transportation and
discharge of the military forces Of the United States
at the close of the war with Mexico E..
Be 1T ResoLUed by the Senate and House Of Represen
tatiucs of the United States Of Atericaf in Congress As
sembled That the restoration of peace with Mex-
CO.. by treaty of peace duly ratified and proclaimed
all the military forces of the United States whether
volunteers, regulars, the marine corps, who by
law the terms of their engagement, are to be dis
charged at the close of the war; shall, under the d
rection of the President of the United States, be
transported or Marched with the least practicable
delay, such posts places in the United States
may be least expensive and most convenient to the
troops-and at such places they shall be discharged
from the service of the United States and that until
they shall respectively reach such places and be dis
charged, the officers and men shall be considered,
paid, and treated as in the service of the United
States, in the same manner as if the war had not
closed.
Approved June -16 1913.
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ALEIcH NORTH oARoLNA WEDNESDAY MORNING,

SEC. 9. find be Il further resozved, That, seven
copies of the works Of the exploring expedition now
published and an equal number of such of the works
of the same may hereafter be published be placed
at the disposal of the Joint Libtary Committee of
Congress for the purpose of international exchange.
= Approved June 80, 1848. -
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-07
[PUBLIc-No. 26.1

Resolution concerning the distribution of the sta
tutes at large.
Resolued Tie Senate and House Of Representatives.
Of the United States Of aertca in Congress assembled,
That theSecretary of State be authorized and direct
ed to deliver to the Solicitor of the Treasury four
copies of the statutes at large fothe of his Of
flee and to be kept and preserved therein public
property; and that the Solicitor be allowed the of
the library ofCongress subject to regulations of the
the Joint Committee on the Library.
Approved August H. 1913.
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BY AUTHORITY,
TPUBLIC-No. 179. |.

Acts and Resolutions passed at the First Session
of the Thirtieth Congress. -
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Bed ResokUed 6 the Senate and House of Rpresen-
tatiUes Of the United STATES Of America IN Congress as
seubgea, That in the name and behalf of the Ameri
can people, the congratulations of Congress here
rendered the people of France upon the success
of their efforts to consolidate the principles Of
liberty in republican form Of government. ss5--
SEC Q. find be Il further resofUed, That the Presi-
dent of the United Statesbe, and he is hereby, re-
auested to transmit this resolution to the American
minister at Paris, with instructions to pFesenit to the
French government. -
Approved April 13, 1S48. ,a~i1 -e.t
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- [PUBblc--No. 27.J
Resolution authorizing the submissien of certain

claims to arbitration.
Resoued by the Senate and House of Representatives.
Of the United States Of Anterica in Congress assembled,
That the Solicitor of the Treasury be- and he is here
by, authorized by and with the approval of the Sec
retaries of the Treasury and the War Departments,
to submit the differences betweeen the United States
of the part and the Catholic congregation of ST.
Augustine, Florida, and Benedict Madeore, Vicar
General of the Catholic church of Florida, Of the
other part to certain property specified IN the ME-
MORALS to Congress of the claimants, this session.
to arbitration, and to agree, for the United Staes to
such impartial and dsinterested citizen learned in
the law said Solicitor and said parties may Select
to decide saiI differences on such terms and condi-
tons and in such mede manner, and form as may be
deemed just and proper by said Solicitor and said par
ties to be set forth in such submission; and that said
Solicitor be directed TO defend the rights and interests
of the United States before such arbitrator, and to
obtain from Havana, or elsewhere, such papers as
may be necessary therefor, the decision of said arbi
of Congress, and, with the evidence on which the
same is founded to be laid before Congress at its next
session, for its approval and ratification thereof
dissent therefrom, and for its further action.
Approved August IL, 1885,
The FoRTITuDE OF PFC. The steicism of pig
is enviable. The manner in which he receives the
injuries heaped upon him. is proof of it, certainly,
but his mode of bearing them after they inflicted,
Is truly his own. No creature on earth make
more noise than he does to prevent himself from be-
ing hurt, but this is excellent policy. He seems to
know the value of the proverb, 1t is better topre
vent than to cure.' But when he finds the thing is
done, he Is SILENT and patient Job himself. <In-
deed, If Job had been allotted to bear what pig
does, we might be permitted to doubt his patience.
Fhe trials of swine great Some foreigner, with
more sprightliness than justice, said that a'.pg was
the only gentleman in America If the foreigner
stood in the place of one, he would be inclined to
alter his opinion.
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minister at Paris, with instructions present to h
French government. - ~
Approved April l3, 1s4a. ,e~i[a ~
- FPUBLIc No. 6.1 ....--
resolution respecting contracts for hemp for tht
use of the American navy. - ~.
Be II ResOlued By the Senate and House Of RepTesen
t0tiues Of the United States of America tn Cone7ess
serbIed, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and HI
is hereby authorized, if in his opinion it will be ad
zantageous te the public interest, tonake contracts
for any term not exceeding FIVE years, for the pur
chase of American water-rotted hemp tor the use o
the United States navy, provided the same can bt
had of equal quality with the best foreign hemp and
at price not exceeding the average price of such
hemp for the last five years; the inspection and de
livery to be at the place of purchase. 5gs.'- ...
Approved May 9, 1848. @-.57.t
[PuBGc-No. II s-.
Joint Resolution of thanks to Major General Taylor
Be 1t Resohued6y the Senate and House Of Represen
tatfues of the United States Of Anerica an Congress as
senl6led, That the thanks Of Congress due, and
they are hereby rendered, to Major Zachary
Taylor, and through him to the officers and soldiers
of the regular army and of the volunteers under his
command, for their Ealor, skill, and good conduct
conspicieusy displayed the twenty-second and
of Buena Vista, in defeating a Mexican army OF
more than four times their number, consisting of
chosen troops, under their faEerite commander Cen
eral Santa Anna. -
Resoised, That the President Of the United States
be requested to be struck gold medal, with
devices embematicaI of this splendid achievement,
and presented to Major General Zachary Taylor a
testimony of the high entertained by Congress
of his iudicious and distinguished conduct on that
occasion. .,
ResOlped, That the President of the United States
be requested the foregoing resolutions to be
to Major General Taylor, in such terms
he may deem best calculated to give effect to the
object thereof .-. .'=
Approved May 9, 1913.
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.0RFsINAL WRTfERs. A man who can say things
as no eneelse can say them who possesses the charm
of perfectly original and characteristic STYLE and
expresses himself in>the uHhackneye& coinage of
his own brain, IS secure of readers. fresh stylo
is more than new sn5ject. There are minds of
such infinite saleness that all they touch takes that
eompleKion lFhey start their career like the
Gbeonites, with old shoes and clouted on their feet
and dry provisions for the way. 1t matters not how
the topic, with them 1t is old we seem ID have
heard it all before and already weary. In saw,
contrast with these dull journeyers are others to
whom the coma1on way-side the psorn-out paths of
ife furnishvarety enough and matter for
Ehey find novelty and dignity in What we had hitp4.
eEte passed over as common and trivial they show
US distance bathed in light, foreground picturesque
and fantastic, in scenes till too familiar for any
definite impression; but henceforth never to be Ioo
ed at "1thout INTEREST," and forever associated with
their memory And this gift of theirs is real DOW
er of perception-its is no exercise of mere fancy H.
is not deluson substituted for the reality but the
Teailsy Tse which our gareess, unohseryant glance
had failed odiscoyer before in its true intrcaey and
grace. Erening ReoieUc.
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INTERESTING RELIC. The Boston Post publishes
the following extract of letter written by John Adj
ans to his son John Quincy while the latter was Sec
retary at St. Petersburg, in the year 1889:
6 Your studies, doubt not you pursue because
cred regard to your own hono7 and reputation Your
morals are worth all the sciences. Your science Is
the minister plenipotentiary of God Almighty in your
breast Attend to him, in opposition to ali the courts
in the world So charges your afectionate father.''
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[PUBLIc-No. s..
Resolution rendering the congratulations OF the
American to the French people.
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TPUBLIc-No. Al

Joint Resolution relative to the evidence which shall
be considered satisfactory in applications for boun-
ty land.
Be 1t ResoEyed by the Senate and House Of Repre-
'ntaUes of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled That in all cases of application for bounty
land warrants under the approved February lth,
eighteen hundred and fortyseven, the honorable dis
charge of the applicant showing the same was pre-
dIcated surgeons certificate of disability, shall
be considered as satisfactory evidence to the Commits
sloner of Pensions that the disability was incurred In
The course of service.
Approved March "a, 1848.
[PUBLIc-No. S.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-10-26

I'd EODNc-lu hundred coed Corn BTooms
- warranted 10 sweep clean. for sale by
BEECH < ILLLET.
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