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[PuBLIc AcT-No. 22.l

PUBLIC AcT-No. %. -
AN ACT to amend an act entitled can act to
create the Office of surveyor general of the public
lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey,
Il and to make donations to the settlers of the said
. public lands,'' approved September twenty
seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty.
, BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiues Of the United States Of america in Con-
may hereafter locate, lands in the Territory of
Oregon in accordance with the provisions of an act
entitled can act to create the Office of surveyor
general of the public lands in Oregon, and to pro-
settlers of the said public lands" approved Sep
TENDER twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and
fifty, and of which survey shall have been made,
or may hereafter be had, in lieu Of the term of
by said act, shall be permitted, after occupation for
two years of the land 80 claimed, to pay into the
hands OF the surveyor general of said Territory at
the rate of one dollar and twenty five cents per
acre for the lands claimed located and surveyed
aforesaid; and upon the death Of any settler be-
fore the expiration of the two years. continued pos
session required by this act, all the rights of the
deceased under this act shall descend to the heirs
at law of such settler, including the widow where
ia left, in equal parts; and proof of compliance
with the conditions of this act, up to the time of
the death of such settler shall be sufficient to emit
tie them to the patent a-5
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon the
payment of money for lands aforesaid to the said
surveyor general, he shall issue his certificate of
such, payment. together with an accurate copy of
the survey of the land 80 located and purchased,
to the purchaser thereof, and upon the fling of
which said certificate and copy, of survey in the
Office of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, patent shall issue therefor in other
SEC g. And be it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the said surveyor general to keep and
preserve record Of all moneys SO received, and to
make out and transmit quarterly, to the Commits
sioper of the General Land Office, an accurate re-
bort of the moneys received by him as aforesaid
SEC. 4. And be It further enacted, That it shall
be the duty Of the said surveyor general, imme-
d ay the a the sa IF y @ 3 aoars
conditioned for the keeping Of al moneys
inc to law: Provided, hotoeper, That in order
the general Of said
sibility imposed upon him by this act, in re.
ceving, safe keeping paying oye T. and and &C
ceive two per centum on all such sums, which
ehalI include the payment for clerk hire, together
with all costs and expenses incidental to ouch spe
cial services in any one years Provided, The salary
and per centage Of said surveyor general and for
clerk hire shall not exceed four thousand dollars
for any one year.
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No. of Churches. Agg. accom-.
States.

SOCIETY OF FRIENDs.--The following are the
statistics returned by the recent census in refer
ence to the Society of Friends:
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BOOK NOTICE.

LIBRARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
August "a, 1852.
A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS belonging
"A to this Office are yet out. The members of
the House, and others having them in their pos
session, are respectfully requested to cause them
to be returned. JOHN A. PARKER,
Librarian House of Representatives.
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NOTICE TO PRE- EMPT1ON CLAIMANTS. I
Every person entitled to the right of pre- emption
to any of the lands within the townships and frac-
tional townships above enumerated, is required to
establish the to the satisfaction of the Register
and Receiver of the proper Land Office, and make
payment therefor, practicable after seeing
this notice, and before the day appointed for the
commencement of the public sale of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such
claim will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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AN ACT granting the right of way to the st.
s Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company,
and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre.
sentatiues of the United States of america in Congress
assembled, That the right of way, sixty feet in
width, through the lands in which the St Louis
Arsenal, the st. Louis Marine Hospital, and JEFF
ferson Barricks, situated, in the State of Mis-
souri,, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the
St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Company,
for the construction Of railroad from the city of
St. Louis through said lands: Provided That the
location of said road through the lands aforesaid
shall be made subject to the approval of the Secre
tary OF war; Provided, further, That said location
can be made without injury to the public interest
in the opinion of the said Secretary of War.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That the right
OF way be, and the same is hereby, granted to the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and
also the right of way to the Cleveland Painesville
and Ashtabula Railroad Company, across the hos
pital grounds, called, belonging to the United
States, in the city of Cleveland, in the State of
Ohio; the width of each of said roads across said
said roads are.now respectively located: PROVIDED
That said conveyances can, in the opinion of the
Secretary of the Treasury, be made without detri-
ment to the interests of the United States And
prouided, further, That the said grant shall be, and
is hereby, made subject to such conditions as the
said Secretary OF the Treasury shall impose on the
said companies, respectively, for the protection
and security of the grounds from nbrasions by the
waters of Lake Erie: And provided, further, That
whenever the said roads shall be discontinued or
abandoned, or the conditions of this grant shall be
violated, all rights under this act shall cease and
determine,
Sec. 8. And be u further enacted, That the right
of way shall be-, and hereby is, granted to the
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company for the road
OF the said company, over and across the grounds
OF the United States, at and near the Allegheny
Arsenal, in the county of Allegheny and State Of
Pennsylvania: Provided, That the route of the
said railroad across the said grounds shall be ap-
proved by the Secretary of War before the same
is entered upon for the purpose Of construct.
ing said railroad: And provided further, That the
same can be granted without detriment to the pub.
lie interest, in the opinion of the Secretary of War;
Approved February ID, 1853.
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THE REPUBLIC.
B Y A UTH ORIT Y.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed during the Second Session, Of the Thirty
second Congress.
[PUBLIc AcT-No. pol

(PUBLIc AcT-No. pol
AN ACT for the relief of the town of Beleyiew
and the cities of Burlington and Dubuque, in the
State of Iowa.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Repre-
setatiUes Of the United States Of america Il, Con-
gress assembled That there shall be and hereby is
granted to the town of Beleview in Iowa, the land
bordering on the Mississippi river in front of said
town, reserved by the act of second july eighteen
hundred and thirty six, for public highway, and
for other public uses together with the accretions
which may have formed thereto, or in front there
of to be disposed of in such manner as the corpo-
rate authorities of said town may direct The
grant made BY this act shall operate as rein.
quishment only Of the right Of the United States in
and to said premises, and shall in no manner affect
the rights of third persons therein or to the use
thereof, but shall be subject to the same; and on
application by duly authorized agent of the cor
porate authorities of said town to the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office, patent of re-
llnqushment, in accordance with the provisions of
this act shall be issued therefor, in other cases.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That there
shall be and hereby is granted to the cities of Bur-
hngton and Dubuque in Iowa, the land bordering
on the Mississippi river in front of said cities re-
served by the act of second July, eighteen hun
dred and thirty six, for public highway, and for
other public uses; together with the accretions
which may have formed thereto, or in front there
OF; to be disposed of in such manner as the corpo-
rate authorities of said cities may direct.
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That The grant
made ~ this act shall operate REIMBURSEMENT
only OF the right of the United States in and to
said premises, and shall in no manner affect the
rights OF third persons therein, to the use there
OF, but shall be subject to the same; and on appli-
cation by a duly authorized agent of the corpo-
rate authorities Of said cities to the Commissioner
OF the General Land Office, patent of relinquish-
ment in accordance with the provisions of this act
shall be issued therefor, as in other cases.
SEC. 4. And best further enacted, That the lot or
parcel of land in the city OF Dubuque heretofore
md 1apH ~ he ofn ostx
as cemetery or burying ground, under the act
of Congress of the second July, eighteen hundred
and thirty six, entitled San act for the laying off
the towns Of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the
county of Des Moines, and the towns Of Belleview
Dubuque, and Peru, in the county of Dubuque,
Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, .
and the act of the third of March, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-seven, amendatory thereof, be and
the same hereby is granted to the Common Coun-
Gil of the said city Of Dubuque to make such dis
position OF the said land included in said cemetery
or burying ground that Common Council may
deem proper.
ADDroved February 1S62
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By the President of the United States.

Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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BIT. Brig. Gen. and Col. Engineers.
To be inserted in the Republic, Nationa Intelli
gencer, and Union, Washington; Mercury,
Charleston; Albany Register, and Albany Express,
Albany, New York; Courier and Enquirer, and
Express, New York; Wing, Troy, New York !;
Pennsylvania Inquirer, and Daily News, Philade-
phia; Boston Courier, Boston; Patriot, Baltimore,
Mary land, daily for three weeks, copy of each
paper containing the advertisement to be sent to
The Engineer Department. FeD 15-d3w
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Commissioner of the Generar.Land Office.

NOTICE TO PRE- EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp-
ton to any of the lands within the townships and
fractional townships above enumerated is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the reg
make payment therefor soon as practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appointed
for the commencement of the public sale of the
lands embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such
claim will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10
Sale Of Lots in Mason City.

Being rather Inter than usual this week
with our paper, we are enabled TO give the
resuI. of,he frs, sale Of lots in the new city
laid out by Messrs. Lowell 81 Co., immedi.
alelv opposite our office in Mason county.
Va. Business in The Office prevented ,ur
attending The sale, as we intended; but from
our window we could see large crowd Of
anxious bidders, during The greater par, OF
The day. The sale closed earlier Than was
anticipated by many who arrived TOO late.
In fac, we believe as many more lois could
have been sold, had the sale been prolonged,
AbouI thirty lots were disposed Of. q. prices
ranging from SO 10 1886 euch-averaging
about $500. The objecl Of The sale was
merely to give the town q start. That ii is
destined 10 be Furnishing city. we have
no, a doubt. II is elegantly laid out. will
wide streets, and ample public grounds
There are few better or healthier Locations
on the Ohio. There is a fair prospecs ,ha
the Manassas Gap Railroad will terminate
there. They have Coal and Salt in abund
anee, und measures will be speedily iaker
To work The mines and manufacture the salt
Few men in this country have more expert
ence or skill in the mauufac.ure Of salt, thar
Mr. Lowell. Add TO all This The certain
growth Of Pomeroy as manufacturing town
and the difficulty Of procuring on this side o
the rlver pIeusun. building lots for PriVaI
residences, and we think The case is made
out.
We wish the enterprising proprietor
abundant SUCCESS in their undertaking. an
hope ere long to cross The river TO The Git,
Of Mason in steam ferry.
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The valley RaiIrond.


Scattered nbuul in different parts Of this
weeks paper may be Iound several articles
clipped from our exchanges, on the subjec'
OF this projrcled roud-Irom Columbus to
Pumeroy. The proceedings Of The meeting
al NcIsonvlle, and an item or TWO clippd
from the Athens paper may seem liule
strange 10 muny Of our friends here who
have taken an irleres. in this matter
Pomeroy is not mentioned al all--her cili'
gems are not even invited TO the meeting
some Of them will go, nevertheless. If we
mis,nke not. lr built a, all, the road mus
be bull. to Pomeroy. and we doub' not il
will be.
The communication promised in our lasl
has been delayed. lf the people q, Mel
sonviie have decided iha, the road shall NO
be bull, to ihis place, i, is no grea, matter ,t
them what advantages may be- gaine1 b,
coming here. We shall SEQ what we shal
see
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10

COLUMBUS AND PARKERsBURGH ROAD
Our excellent friend. Vun Vurhes, Of sh"
Athens Messenger, copied the communira.
lion and remarks in the Journal, on The ne.
cessi,y and importance Of railroad from
this city to Parkersburg. through The Hook.
ing Valley, and appended the following re-.
marks. We sincerely trust The great value
and importance OF this route will so engross
The attention Of our business men, land'hol.
ders and capitalists, that some decisive ac'
lion will BE- The result. We stand ready and
anxious 10 do The wind. work, TO prepare the
way, and 10 give others chance 10 express
their opinions about the PracIicabiliy and
importance Of The route.
That Is about oil We can do. Who will
do The oIher parll Wholesale Journal
We can tell you who friend Basc0m
Your moned men Of Columbus must do ,
good share Of the 'olher parr-and they
will be- constrained 10 do il before many
months pass by.
From our ysSl deposits Of Coal, your Gil
liens now use, for manufacturing purpose
and for fuel, less than one million OF bush
els annnully-.lhree years hence they vii
need for the former alone four times lha
amount, unless they have made up .hel
minds TO permit Dayton. Cleveland, and 'h
neighboring cities 10 oulSlrip Them in i'm
proyemen,s, in growth and in importance
We have material here in inexhausibl
quantities, Of good qualify. and at the mos
available poin; from tho Capital City
And more. Is !, Of no importance to lh
founders. machinis,s, and olher business me
Of Columbus, as well as TO her cinzens ger
orally, to secure fair shure Of The benefit
Of the iron business now growing up anon
usl This entire Hooking Valley region
soon to be doued over with furnaccs--som
are already i1 operation turning out The BIZ
metal 10 bO found in Ohio. Oilers are be
ing constructed, and every day is dcveloPir
The existence Of exu.nsiye and valuable be'
Of ihs rsw mRierisl, .Eos,cvn mes sro A
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10
Good News for our Railroad.

Mrssrs. TrimbIe and Falls. Of The Board
Of Directors have returned from the Fast.
and bring The gratifying intelligence that
they made negotiations in New York. which
secures an nbundan. supply Of money. To
prosecute the work Oh the Eastern rx,ension
as las, as i, can be pushed forward. Thu,
this will be done. The well-known energy ol
the Directors. and their pas, course. is stuff.
Glen, guaranty, Should ,heii policy oe ad
hpred TO by the new Board, 10 be chosen OF
Monday neal. of which we entertain NJ
doubt, the early completion Of the whole
line 10 Parktrsburg may be conhden,
looked for, and The cars will probably Dt
running to Jackson by the first Of July
1854. al (arhesl.
The Stockholders Of The road and the pub
lie at large. are mainly indeb,rd 10 the pres
ent ubIe Board Of Directors, for the fa,,erin,
prospects Of this great enterprise. All hon
or to them for their faIhuI and energetic
discharge OF their duties Highland New,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10

ready fastening their eyes upon the Valley
as the desirable paint o, which 10 erec' inll.
ing mills. luunderies, &c. Will The shrewd
capitalists Of Columbus. by the mere ncgi.
gtncs on their PERI in assisting in ihe CON-
plriion Of this rairoad. permit themselves
to be deprived Of so fine a harvest, now fully
ripe and ready for them to ,hrus. in their
sickle, and reap rich rewardi We shall
see
We might present other considerations in
view Of The importance Of this road in as'
sisting to build up Columbus. and In making
her manufacturers, arlizans. &c, still m"re
pros porous, but this is enough for our pres.
rnl purpuse. We may refer To the mattel
again soon Athens AesscAger.
Our business men, capitalists &c. are re-
spectluly invited 10 read the above and an
swer The questions os their sense of duty
aud interest demands. To our city, its pros
peri,y and rapid growth nothing is So vi'ali,
necessary as the early complexion OF roat
To the iron and coal OF The Hooking. W.
shall continue to press this subject ,i'l some
action worthy its Importance is taken BY ou
cilizens.- State Journal.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10

PoLlTlciL REFUGEES CoMlsG Tho Sar'
'lnian lrigale San Giovanni, Captain lnsica
xas al last advices about 10 sail from Genoa
for New York. under government, orders.
with some eighty political refugees. who
we're compromised by the late disturbances
in Milan and Lombardy. They are mostly
active young men. sons of them belonging
10 noble Lombard families, who have been
prescribed by Austria. and the Sandman
government could moi. consistently with ils
treaty obligations. permit Them to remain in
lie dominons. Nor would any If The con.
,inen,al governments, not even liberal, bur
overawed Switzerland, afford them shelter.
llumanely considering their pitiable condi'
lion, homeless, utterly destitute, and depriv'
ed Of oil hope of retreat, the Sandman gov
ernmen, resolved, alier correspondence and
consultation with the American Minister al
Turin, to give Them free passage to 'ht
Uni,ed States, the only secure refuge from
Austrian rage, and to furnish each with 9
gratuity Of seventy francs on their arrival a
New York.
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posed 10 be Collecting AGENT d. W. Dim.
moch, Mansfield. Conn.i Mss Ellen Goss.
Pouphkeepsie, N. Y, w. Bacon. Boston;
". c. Dwigb,, Brooklyn; Anna B. Lang,
vuprossd 10 be frnm Boston; Mrs. DR.. Ian.
dress, supposed to be from Ballimorei Bev'
erIy Parks and Mary E. Robbins and dauQh'
Ger. Lenox. Mats.s Sampson Goldsmith. Bel
lows Falls; man named CarriRan; Mrs
Hanna. Eighteenth, street. N. Y Mr.. Sparks
Piusfeld. Mass Abel l.. Pierson. Salem
Isaac Goliath, Richmond. Maine; b. s. Da
vies. residence unknown; Miss Mitchell
Hartford; Dr.. A. G. Pierpon,, Salem, Mass
q; physician from Boston, name not ascer
tained; Mr. Vandcwa,er, Newark. formerly
President Of the India Rubber Company; Z
large number Of the lest are physicians. who
we're returning from the Medical Convention
Of New York; Drs. Ives and Wilcox, Of N
Haven. went down in the baggage car. un
der the wa,er, but broke out and ESCAPED.
Oliver Barr. who was killed. i' the Pres
dent of Antioch College, Ohio. Among
those injured is ]. N. Fluent. Of Lancaster
ne had been married the night previous, anf
Ma wife is among the lost. Elizabeth Bnrk'
Is badly injured. Also, Warren Screwell
Of Georgia. and J. A. Hopkins. Of New Jer
ssy. Mr.. Newell had his ankle broke.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10

How 70 GET RicH.--A merchant had just
a, we'll expect TO get rich by closing his
doors and keeping his goods concealed IRON
ihe public view, as 10 hope to succeed in bu'
siness wiihou, advertising, while his cotem'
poruyies are continually exhibiting their
s,ock to the public gaze, and inviting calls
from purchasers. Il is jus. as natural lo'
she subscribers Of newspaper to buy from
those who advenise in il, as il is for chill
drcn TO follow soldiers v hen on parade. The
simple fact of seeing goods published every
week, has an irresistible attraction Iha
will fas,en itself upon the mind, and nevc
fails 10 guide each reader TO tho very s'or'
q, which his or her wants can be- supplied
Every merchan, Of common sense knows
10 bs Sc; End yet many Of them fail 10 &c
sor, 10 The very method to make sales whicl
is used 10 induce them 10 make lheir Pur
ehascS.--UiicG Telegraph.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10

GENOA AND New YosK. K.--The projected
line Of steamers between Genoa and New
York, has been secured BY contract be-
tween the Trans. Atlantic Company and the
Poyal Government, which has been duly
signed a. Turin. The Company, which is
chartered for twenty years, with capital Of
two millions of dollars, is bound to establish
Two lines of monihly steamers, viz: one be-
tween Genoa aud New York, and another
between Mon'evideo and Genoai and the
Government. guarantees to each line sum
equal al leas. to $4,000 per voyage for car.
rying the mails, and accords to ihe Com?a'
ny cer,ain olher impunant privileges and re-
sources. The vessels are 10 stop al Made-
ra and other intermediate points; and are u
be Of a, lcas. 500 tons ard $50 horse pow.
or. The Goyernmen, required The subscrip'
lion Of sufficient amount Of The capital 10
secure the enterprise, befure The contract
was signed. Some large English houses
have taken stock - the amount Of $780,
900.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-05-10

RIVER lTEMs.-ll will be seen, By an ad'
ver,isemenl in another column lnal we are
have a regular tri.weekly packe. between
Pomcroy and Porlsmou,h-,he large and
beautiful packet Hamburg having been Pur'
chased and flIed up expressly for This trade
Many of our cilizens who have been accus
toned 10 trading in Portsmouth, have beef
compelled lu,ely 10 make their purchases II
Cincinnati, having no regular communca
lion with Portsmouth. By means oi lhi'
boat, ana q judicious system Of advertising
in the newspapers Of Pomeroy, GalliLolis
ETC., Puriemoulh may mol only'regAin heI
former trade, bul greatly increase il. W.
shall rccur TO this subject again, after ~
have visited The boat.
We learn ihu. Capt Ed. Williamson, ant
some Others, have purchased The sleame
Jane Franklin, for The Pomeroy and Gin
cinna,i trade. Fish, ii is said, will be clerk
We canno, speak Of this, however, until W
receive the official announcement. Ii ma
be Ina. our information on the Suhjecl is nj
reliable. The boat is a good pne, and III
officers above. named wel.known and desel
vedly popular.
The fuvorite lille steamer Ohio, (Cap
Cooey's boaD has been sold, we understand
TO Capt. Donnelly, Of GaIlipolis, who wi
continue to run her in The same irade-Mi
rieua and Cincinnati.