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YOUNG, WYATT { CO.,
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N At ALst4E. iSE-AL GSrAGts kukC SALE.
The unoei signed proposes 10 sell portion OF ths
es ate which nc resides, tie eJuny Of Msary known
"Hamiiton place ....
These lands are beautifully located, well improved
wateFed, and umhered and IN point fertility productive
ne-s and heatftuRcss not surpassed ftqusle6 by
any lends IN the Staie OF Tennessee There a ia The
neghbnFuo0d EpiscC pal. Pres5ytsran Methodist
u uiCh-sa also hOlis. male and ieusle midst Of
Of as g boeet es is TO be found the era atsa
100 Aces offered for sale fronting the COluu
bia Cenual Turnpike Read, divided intO FIVE LOTS con-
taIprg So IS, l"5 lSu, and severaly The i'm
provsmeuis consist of BEAUTIFUL GOTHIC COT
TAE bidit Of brick, containing eizht rooms with
sary ouJulidngs; AGO Of cleared land Gnder good
fence o7sreers houses. negro quarters blacksmith and
eafpenier sAop mill house c,rn crib &C. &c Ge
De ss will he sOld ether in body N lots. II not
disposed tf by tle frs Of oyember viii be offered at
pubic slis N 10 TO professional gentleman merchant
Sou bern planter, who desires b. auiifu country Ies-
dence fhese lands offer great attraeOns lis rare
such lands are efsre1 tor sale
AddFess the Undersigned at Ashwood Post Once Msury
county, Tenn.
# P4its Of the land may bo seen stbe store Of MAsss
Orr tIaEnIi Columbia, sDd with K Hcuson Esq Nashr
vile, Teun ....-. ..-' .. =. p.
septlG-0 LUCIUS POLK
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NIouth Of She Ob;or

And just below and adjOnlng the preseut ,o,Sn - L.
ous aad mas 'hn itS corporate limits Depot and ts
| northern terminus -' = 10
L. would De out of place IN this advertisement n d.u
a ana ~ dei upon sll The adTanages Of thu To-
ca"n ana TIE brilliant prospects citY 30 frtraa
stute1 ana beng terminal point 4 such road amor
sun rlvefi but let the rqurer lOok al tns promsnt
.ae = -na reason ior mseit Kentucky City has high
and healthy iOcshty-prOtected roul all uuldatops ~
literature Of tae grounds the hes ght OF the hnI sn5
the Deesiry embankment ter Ihe karo8d track il IS sr
tunoe' by fertile and healthy country rpidy aet,ip
lS iIoAt Is washed by the mighty Father Waters nav
lgaoe iron tbs point at al seasons year fur the arz
sst cits steamers with perm and enduring bank
ana haYirg coniessedy Of the hest and most secur
haro0is 10 be fund frOm New Orleans 70 81 Ion. -,
tHsAy Eiiy IS IN direct lnnectOn WITH Mobile and Ohi
fsalTud having IT'S bepot within her limits BY steam
ooat cJnnecoB, which been arranged we VIZ ha an
daily communication with Ihe great Illinois Central Rail
road al Caro- and also by hks connection " III tbe r
and Futon or great CafJniA route The road row fndV
enerShe 0g The luree :as OF Missouri Arkansas ana
Texas as also the ST LOUIS and Iron MounsiD Sairns
one bf2 ca Of whchI proposed u terminate on tha sst
bank OF we uveroPposse cur Tue Mobile and Ohm
hdilroaG comes up 10 as hOm Alabama passing thrcush
M4Ssssip aud esern Tennessee rs ears eionted th
the al tbs cOtJu the rice ana topc Et Z Of tha
South, to return laden WITH provsi rs and bFeads
aud all the products and menuse Of the West ard
North brought tOus by the iin0s rt and esk-
sallroaGs, aud by the aississplI aud Ono rivers vh
ther bu-AfrGus and ieng.hl trbuorI,s kentueky CITY
being thus bTt :ht within hlri- - nm ~ ,tber
IS ALL az between te southern & u antrpf
TO t2e Aantc and tie Cities Utt NO thern ,Is The
interchange oi co ilss lie eguua trs4s and ba, ter
IN tue ltOc cus ni : u rIes ako PLACE her.
b7Ie must Ineyst5 ere De strd and here ranshp,ea
IL can IeqTe Aer Cf prophecy ioresee Dr. inf tI
ture for ey thus LrtInEleiy locates snd blest with
aninAian 50 macy nHiGiai ARTIFICIAL ouiists tor
travel and trade
-l.,r n TERMS CT SALE.
ersd.tot one z-u 40 ys4rs .,. personal secur y
and lea resef we'd upon the poperyi twenty per ce
easn and one and two years crsit without uerso .s n
rlsy hi the Dai4nee, al The option VI tns purchas
----~ j. BULLOCK
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TRAINS.
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OPEN TO TEOMPsON's STATION.
knN end alter Thursday August 28d, Trains will run
W between Nashville and Tho npson's Station as fol.
lows:
Morning Tran le2ye Nashville at $50 A. II; arrives at
Tbompson's 81 3, A. -..
Returning, leave Thumpsons at s:45 A. NJ arrive at
evening Train leave Nashville st at5 P. arrive at
Retarning, esTe Thonpsoqs at sis. p NJ; arrive at
Ca sunday tie Morning Train only will be run leaving
Nashville e. I. a. m and Thompso1's at s;t5 a. N
At ThompsQus the stages Of Garter, Thomas d Hough
Through Tickets TO Memphis, Waynesboro', Jackson
Tuscumba Florence, Coiumbit and Pulaski, be pre-
tel a. ANDERSON,
Gug22--tf r. Eng. and Supt
TENN ESSEf4 AND ALABAMA RAILROAD
5zs{s - - - - Es go
COLUMBIA, WAYEEsBoRo, JACKSON LAGRANe
AND MEMPHIS.
u, PLENDIA Pour Horse Coaches from E<sSF5sS5E&2
= Franklin 20 Lagrange, connecting at @xaASAz=EL
those points with The Railroads 10 ..-.-.
Tussuubia, Florence and Montgomery Ala. and Aber-
deem, Columbus and Canton, Mississippi
The fine -Four HOrse Coach Lines 10 these points all
excellent order, making close connection with the Rail-
Express Fr,in leaves t,e Depot at $50 A NJ Also to
Pulaski and Elkton,
ana all places throughout the southern country. We
haze splendid Lines running connecting with the Railroad
at franklin.
Passengers for
Pulaski and ElktOn
viii leave Nashville the O'Clock, r NJ Train, Monday,
" Wednesday aud Friday.
Accommodation Line
Leaves Nashville daily al O'Clock z. NJ, connecting at
Frluklin with Daily -Four Horse Coach Line to COLUM-
For al information Through Tickets &c. apply at the
General Rail road Stage and Omnibus Office No "a Cedar
Street opposite the Post Office -
N B-omuiJuses viii call for passengers in any part of
the city. mh29-H
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JISs s.,... E.sS ~ .1ND fOi& SSbGY
q LARGE a. OF Superior French RaPpes Snuff al re-
q du,e. prices
ALSO A Dot OF superior HAVANA Cigars. ...
10 She lusarS OF Eeuuue &-e schaum Pipe beg to
;,Errl them that Ei,I upca O hetuhtu lot dag
two Cal! sud turn 81 'he sign OF the Little In
dian. corner merry and Cei4gats.
aug N''VHE-
t.ESTE.ET ms FINE SHOES a. GAIIEHS.
= ENV.S tus-- gaucy Tap Congress Caters;
tr~ Cloth Congress Caters. plain & with tips;
PS Kid Top Buuond Caters;
Hursl.sn Dress Shoes;
Patent s4lher Ties.
With vsjaus other styles superior and o! the most
Fashionable make, Just received by
JOHN RAMAGE,
.r-2E AZ College ST,
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JaHZ0-u H. OOLhL
HOGS AND BEEF CATTLE.
WYE want TO buy heavy and thoroughly corn fated
w PORK HOGS delivered at our Pork HuOse, from
the 25h of November to I'd of January Also large and
well fatted BEEF CATTLE delive from the 5th of 0c-
ober to the 25ih Of November for which will pay the
highest market price in cash
Our extensive establishment is being thoroughly
paired and will he ready for bNsness We will pack Hogs
aud Cattle commission, and we feel assured from
loEg expernnce in the business that shall be able to
render general satisfaction all who may patronise
Those wish TO have Hogs Cattle asked will please
call early We be found at all times at Office No
23 S0nth Front S rect, Nashville
ssptlS-lm J. DOYLE CO
E. r D RKEE
1S9 WATER SIEEEZ, NEW YORE,
Manufacturer and Proprietor of
DURKEE'S YEAST or BAKING POWDER.
Importer and Dealer in
ONREAM TARTAR,
X sup Carb. Soda,
Sal Soda,
CASTLE Soap
Black Lead,
British Lustre
Ref'd Pearlash Saleratus
Cooking Extrsrts.
d-roq II MatchesWax Wo1o
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tALC A115sE BSl ' I. n LAND FOK SALE.
TNE subecrper ofsrs for s@s Of Land wing
N jackson couny, Tenn in Ibe Bend OF Cumberland
River, two miles above the town of Granville
One Containing 265 ares ith about 100 acres
cleared upon which there settlements and buildings
sufficient or two families, and we'll supplied with water
The ether tract containing ~ acres with about 10
'eres cleared Upon this tract springs of water
and suitable places for mert bus 10 bnidnRse1
cePt 1accn barn The tmoer is OF the most vau bic
KIND and the scil e1eeled by rome for fertility
Apply TO the subscriber at Granville jackson co. Tenn.
sepl9-3fw% JAAfES W SMITH
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THE subscriber intending remove sale (u<
va'eiy) bis tract OF land lying in the county q
Montgomery, immediately the telegraph road fi0na
Nashville 10 CarksvIie 36 pss from the iormer snd y
miles boui the latter, and miles sonth OF Port Rey
Mills containing s2D acres about 4S7 &C es open spd IN
good state of cultivation; the bsaacs well timbeied.
The Improvements consist Of eonforls bic dwelling good
negro cabins win stone ehimpevs toarge tobacco bDs
gOCd stables crib and other necessary Out-bOuses
apple and peach orchards, &c. failing spring,
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p s For information concerning the land I would
refer 10 Messrs Gave johnson and I'm r. Doeh of Nash
ile R0bt Mcclure of Cia ksvile RoscO Dieksrson and
David M Christian, of Todd county, Ky. would ais,
state that there tract OF 169 adjoining which
be bought with the above land desired divided
IN suit purchasers e29 j. B.. D.
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The land les es well any tmbered upland IN ths
county OF the size and well adapted TO growth
OF corn, wheat oats and tobacco. Terms liberal
.--. p John B. DCRTCH
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rrz7ls,Esgi5E MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE COM
FAHY.-GAPiTAL $3.50, coo.

OFFICE.
qn viii insurance Houses aud Goods Of every de-
s5, -1st Ire. on Steamboats, and Cargo against hrc
aud tNs Of the river. the Cargo of Keel Boats and
other river crafts and vessels and oer esrgoeS, on
t,a ,Is..,l Terms JOHN NJ Hull, President.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
Public No. 58.1

AN ACT authorizing the purchase or
construction of four additional revenue
cutters, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That
the sum of sixty thousand dollars be, and
the same is hereby, appropriated out OF
any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to enable the Secretary OF
the Treasury to cause to be built or pur-
chased, in such mode as he may deem
best for the public interest, four vessels, Of
suitable size and construction, to be en-
ployed as revenue cutters on such stations
as the said Secretary may designate.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act nc
person shall be appointed TO the office ol
captain, first, second or third lieutenant OF
any revenue cutter who does not adduce
competent proof of proficiency and skill in
navigation and seamanship.
Approved March 2, 1856.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
TPublic No. 56.1

AN ACT to settle certain accounts be-
tween the United States and the State
of Alabama.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
be and he is hereby required to state an
account between the United States and the
State of Alabama, for the purpose of as
certalning what sum or sums of moneys
are due to said State, heretofore unsettled
under the sixth section of the act of March
second, eighteen hundred and nineteen
for the admission of Alabama into the
Union and that he be required to include
IN said account the several reservations
under the various treaties with the Chicka.
saw, Choctaw, and Creek Indians within
the limits of Alabama, and allow and pay
to the said State five per cent thereon, as
in case of other sales.
Approved March 2, 1856.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
TPublic No. SOL

AN ACT to establish a circuit court of
the United States in and for the State
of California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That a
judicial circuit shall be, and the same is
hereby, constituted, in and for the State of
California, to be known as the circuit
court of the United States for the districts
of California, term of which shall be
held annually, in the city of San Francis
CO, on the first Monday of July in each
and every year and for this purpose a
Judge shall be appointed, and the court
hereby organized shall, in all things, have
and exercise the same original jurisdic-
ton as is vested in the several circuit
courts of the United States, as organized
under existing laws, and shall also have
and exercise the same appellate jurisdic-
ton over the district courts of the United
States for the northern and southern dis
tricts of California as by existing laws is
vested In the several circuit courts of the
United States over the district courts of
the United States in THEIR respective cir
cults: and the said Judge shall appoint a
clerk, who shall have the power to appoint
deputy, which clerk shall reside, and
keep the records of the court, in the said
city of San Francisco, and shall receive
for the services he may perform double the
fees allowed to the clerk of the southern
district of New York.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
said Judge shall have power to order and
hold such special or extra terms of said
court as he may deem expedient, and at such
time or times as he shall, by his order,
under his hand snd seal, direct, addressed
to the marshall and clerk of said court, at
least thirty days previous to the commence
which order shall be published interme.
diately In two or more of the gazettes OF
the State of California and at any or all
such special terms the business of said
court shall have reference to the immedi.
ately preceding regular or special term
and be proceeded with in the same man
ner-; and such proceedings shall be, to all
intents and purposes, as valid as if the
same had taken place at regular term oi
said court; all which terms shall be held
at such place. In the said city of San
Francisco, as the marshal of the United
States Tor the northern district of Califor.
MIA, whose duty it shall be to act as the
marshal of said court, shall procure fol
the purpose, under the directions of said
Judge; and appeals from the proceeding
| of the court organized under this act shall
be taken to the Supreme Court Of the
United States, In the same manner, and
on the same conditions, as appeals are
taken under existing laws from other cir.
cult courts of the United States.
| Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, Tha
the Judge of said court shall have the
same power to issue writs of habeas corpu.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
Public 6O.1-

AN ACT changing the times of holding
the United States courts in Tennessee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the u. S. of America
in Congress assembled, That instead of the
times heretofore fixed by law, the circuit
and district courts of the United States for
the several districts in Tennessee, shall
hereafter be held as follows: At jackson
on the third Mondays IN March and Sep
tember at Knoxville, on the second Mon
days IN April and October; and at Nash
vile, on the first Mondays in May and
November. And all writs, pleas, suits
recegnizanees, indictments, or other pro.
ceedings, civil or criminal, issued, com
menced, or pending in either of said courts
shall be retunable to, be entered, and
have day in court, and be heard and tried
according TO the times of. holding said
courts as herein provided. q 8
Approved March 2, 1855. .ss
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
The Arkansas GoLD MAN1A.-A lei

THE ARKANSAS GoLD MANIA.-A let
ter from gentleman in Springfield Mo-,
of the 30th ult says: Yesterday fifteen
or twenty Of our citizens started for Neosho,
where they are tosjoin company of near
one thousand persens-all bound for the
Wanchetaw Mountains, about four hundred
miles from this place-and up the Arkan-
sas river. Seven persons, residents of the
county of Newton, have recently returned,
some of whom are said to have realized
three Thousand dollars in fifty days Dig
ging and washing. Quite an excitement
prevails here, and another company. is toge
out as soon as the,,guides and pilots return
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
.TPublic No. ST.

AN ACT to prevent mis-trials in the dis
trict and circuit courts of the United
States In certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America In Congress assembled, That the
trial or hearing of any cause, civil or Grim
inal, in any circuit or district court of the
United States which has been commenced
and is In progress before a jury or the
court, shall not be stayed or discontinued
by the arrival of the period fixed by
by law for another session of said court.
and it shall be lawful for the court to pro.
ceed with such triale he airing, and bring
it to conclusion, in ike manner and with
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
BY AUTHORITITY,
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Tpublic No 55

FuDllc NO. 0O.
AN ACT to establish the collection dis
trlcts of Cape Perpetua and Port Or
ford, in the Territory of Oregon, and
to fix the salaries of The officers of the
Customs therein.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America In Congress assembled, That
there be and hereby is constituted and es-
tablished the collection districts Of Cape
Perpetua and Port Oxford, In the Territory
OF Oregon that the first named district
shall embrace the coast of the Pacific
Ocean from Kowes bay, exclusive to Cape
Perpetua, and all of the said Territory ly-
ing south of line running parallel with
the southern boundary line of Oregon,
from Cape Perpetua to the eastern bounda-
ry OF Oregon, except so much as is inclu-
ded in the district of Port Oxford, and 10
include all the islands, bays, harbors, inlets,
shores, rivers and waters within said
boundaries and that Gardner (Umpqua)
shall be the port of entry for said district:
that the last named district shall extend
from the line dividing said Territory and
State of California, along the Pacific coast,
so far as to include Kowes bay; thence
east to the one hundred and twenty-third
degree Of longitude; thence south along
said line % the line dividing the State of
California and Oregon Territory thence
by said line to the place of beginning !;
and to include all the islands, bays, har-
bors, lnlets, rivers, shores and waters en-
braced in said boundaries, and that Port
Oxford shall be the port Of entry, and Kowes
bay the port of delivery for said district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That for each of the collection districts of
Cape Perpetua and Port Oxford, in the
Territory of Oregon, the President shall,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint collector, who shall per-
form the duties of collector and surveyor OF
the port. and who shall each reside at the
port of entry of their respective districts,
and receive an annual salary of two thous-
and dollars each. The Secretary of the
Treasury shall have the authority to ap-
point, on the nomination of said collectors,
deputy collectors for each of the above
named districts equal to the number of the
ports of delivery in said district, or at as
many of said ports of delivery as he shall
deem expedient, and to fix the compensa-
ton of said deputies, not to exceed the
sum of one thousand dollars per annum
He may also, if he shall deem it expedi-
ent, appoint one clerk for each of said col
Iectors, to keep the accounts of the office
and act as auditor In the settlement there.
OF, at an annual compensation not exceed.
ing fifteen hundred dollars. He shall alsc
on the nomination of said collectors, ap.
point for said districts, if in his judgemen
they are necessary, competent number
of weighers, guagers, and measurers, at {
compensation not exceeding SIX dollars PEI
day each; and such number Of inspectors
as he shall deem expedient, at compensa
tion net exceeding four dollars per day
each.
Approved March 9, 1856.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25

the same effect as if another stated term of
the court had not interYened.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
where letters rogatory shall have been adj
dressed from any court of a foreign country
to any circuit court of the United States,
and United States commissioner desig-
mated by said circuit court to make the ex-
animation Of witnesses In said letters men
toned, said commissioner shall be empow-
cred to compel the witnesses to appear and
depose in the same manner as to appear
and testify in court.
Approved March 2, 1855.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
TPublic No. ~

JOINT RESOLUTION explanatory of
the act giving compensation to Judges
Woodbridge and Chipman.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the u. S. of Amer
lea in Congress Assembled, That chapter
one hundred and eighty, of the private acts
of the first section of the thirty-third Con
gress, entitled I" An act to provide compen.
sation for the services Of George Morsll
in adjusting titles to land in Michigan, y
approved August one, eighteen hundred
and fifty-four, be so construed as to give
to Judges Woodbridge and Chipman,
named in said act, the compensation there
in provided, only from the date of the ter
mination of their appointment as such
judges.
Approved February II, 1866.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25

BIRCH VS. BENToK.-This celebrated
case of long standing came in for trial on
the Henry connty Circuit Court, one day
last week. The attornies for plaintiff were
Messrs. Woodson and Shelby, and Messrs.
Hick, Routt and Johnson for defendant.
The trial occupied four days and half, and
resulted in verdict and judgement in favor
of the plaintiff for $4,000 damages.
This cause was set for trial in four or five
different counties, before it went to Henry
county. Benton was not present during the
trial.