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No 610.l
Notice OF the Enlargement OF the Detroit and
Sa ginaw Districts In the state or Michigan.

TN PURSUANCE of the act of Congress-, approved
Nay H. 1885, entitled can the Detroit and sag
land districts In Michigan hereby declared md inside
known all portion OF present Cheboygau District
which lies south Of tho line ddng townships rs and ~ north and
dividing will be attached to The
q July next and the
lands within said limits be thereafter subject entry at the ONCE ~
East SAGINAW aud all that OF the present ebo gan District
lying north Of the limo dividing townships ~ and ~ noh anu ea-
the line dividing ranges and including The island Hao
will Dsc from and after the
aud will subject sale aud entry NJ tho land oee at
DHrRor
Given under my hand the city Of WASHINGTON, this h day OF
Juno, A. ID. 1858. TiiVS A. HkNbiuckS,
June s--w6w Commissioner of the General Land Office
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No. 6O9.l
Notice or a change in the limits Of the North
EASTERN and Northwestern" Land Districts
in Minnesota.
TN PURSUANCE of the provisions OF the act of
Nay H. 1855 to amend tho approved
uy 1856 entitled An act establish two additional Land Dis
Territory Minnesota hereby declared md made
that the limit OF the NORTHEASTERN district Min
extended the line dividing rs and a. and the
Of Northwestern District" follows Com
mencing the tho side OF the Mississippi river where
line touches tho thence down said river
with the eighth
ard aae thence along said parallel TO the on, Of intersection OF
dc meridian number thence along said guide meridian to tho
standard parallel thence said seventh parallel
the Sioux Wood river thence north the line heretofore estab
lshcd"
Given under hand the city of Wellington ta esh day Of
May, A. u. 1858. Thus A. HfNpKHks,
Commissioner tho General Jand 0ihcc.
May 30--1aw6w (ntcl&sar.l
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At the land Office at Kickapoo, commencing on Mon
day. the nineteenth day of July next for the disposal of
the public lands within the following named townships,
viz:
South Of the base line and east of the sth principal meridian
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pRoposALs FOR LIVE OAK.



Of Construction Equipment 2e, June IA, 1858
PROPOSALS for delivering rs 900 cubic fei o. prosca
S IS I pasus ospe s ana Wnsn Viii be
this bureau until oeeck, the l4th day Of July 1865
may Be- dinsushsd nom other The offers may DO
9r Sns % a a us lawn BE- BY
the form Of which is herewith gwen -, "a, ~ =, Al, ~,
lowing proportions 5000 fee, siding Is and 10 inches
10000 feet siding 4 and L. ana . aVeV Se euoc e siding
The timber siding inches be in length from is to
mo IL IA length from IL to 20 feet and large
q all The @ q %y @ aSa sns II aaan
70 have Of from IL to 80 inches more in tho
mean crook An be sided straight and nr and
have face Of not less than the siding size The timber mus, be cut
yard the contractor subject TO the usual in
One hall the quantity must be
September 1853 and tho residue on or before the s day ofora
department will eonac, each 70 the lowest
chase and delivery Il any navy yard l. Il shah unne
sary Instantaneous to the public service
contract additional and collateral security 10 pe cent will
be Withheld on the amount o. each delivery au he s9nac
in cate the commandment Of @ yard VIII De pa by The navy
agent at the point Of delivery within thirty days after IT'S presentation
viii pc stipulated in tho contract that default be made by tho
parties Of the part delivering all Of tho timber named
tho quality and the time and place provided then and ~ that
states sum Of money exceeding therein
neod the sum to BIO paid in case hs actual delivery the
recovered time 10 time according TO the
OF Congress In that provided approved March ls4s
Firm Of o6o
or IN the State or ----- hereby agree
TO furnish and deliver in the United navyysrd at
twenty-five cubic feet Of promiscuous live oak timber
conformity OF the Buoau OF Construction OF tho
date of june 1858,
5000 cubic sided 10 and is inches, at per foot .
10000 do IL and IL inches, do do.
10000 do do and 10 inches, do do.
$4,000 do do
should my offer be accepted request be addressed at
forwarded to the agent at or to me
at for
July -- 1858. D.
Of Guarantee
We he undersigned, OF In tho state OF
hareby guaranty the foregoing bid be accepted
WILL within receipt the contract at the post Office
designated execute the contract for tho same
with good surees said shall fail TO
aforesaid guaranty TO make good the der
ence offer Of the said and that which may be
accepted.
--, 1858. f. X
Witness G H.
hereby certify that the abovenamed and are known to
me as mon OF property able mako good their guarantee
----- 1858.
To be signed by States district judge United States dis
trct attorney, collector, or navy agent
Juno 15-law4w
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Acting Commissioner Of The General lind on
NOTICE no PERCEPTION CLAIMANTS.

person entitled 10 tho right OF ofhe
within the townships and Of townships above enumerated
required establish tho to the satisfaction OF the register rnd
Of the land Office and make therefor toon
practicable after np his notice and before the appointed for
the public ne of the embracing The tfa
claimcd otherwise such claim nl be forfeited.
8. wilson,
Acting Commissioner of the General Land once
July 9--1awew [Int&Siarl
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At the land Office at Kickapoo, commencing on Mon
day. tho 9th day Of July next for the disposal of the
public lands within the following named townships viz
South Of Tie base line and east Of the sr principal meridian.
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ID H. GILLET, Councillor at Law, has removed
He ONCE his residence in Franklin Row, Of and
He will continue devote bis attention principal
iy in the United States Supreme Court.
2s-dn
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Lands appropriated by law for the of schools, mill
tary and other purposes will be excluded from the sales
The offering Of the above lands will be commenced on
the days appointed and will proceed in the order in
which they advertised until the whole shall have been
offered and the sales thus closed but sale shall be
kept open longer than two weeks and private entry
to any of the lands will be admitted until after the exp
ration of the two weeks.
Given under my hand at the city Of Washington, this
nineteenth day Of March, Domini thousand
eight hundred and fty-eght.
JAMES BUCHANAN
By the President:
Thomas A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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NOTICE TO PRE- EMrrIoN CLAIMANTS.

NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of presumption to
any of the lands within the townships and parts of town
ships above enumerated is required to establish the
the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the
proper land office, and akeaymt therefor prac
Cable 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.
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Mar 24--lawtl9Juy [Int&Star
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No. 60S.l
Notice Of the postponement or public sales IN
Kansas. ordered to be held by prociamano"
No. COL.
NOTICE is hereby given that the public sales %
An the public lands within Territory OF Kansas nv.
by proclamation No COL March 10 1888 70 be held
land Offices Lecompson Kcsapoo the Territory Of
the 5 and 10th July hnvo been postponed ny o
the President 70 the LIST and 18th OF November next prior 70
dates the aaes will be advertised according 70 law
TIiOs A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner Of tho General Land onoe'
May 2o--1awtw intel aar.l
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mo. 6o6.l
Sales Of Public Lands.

TN pursuance of the provisions Of the Sd section of
j. the act entitled IAN authorize tho President Of the United
belonging boods tho cc,sh
y sI G y hs made
known in the notice Of dated February TO- Attic
offices the State Of Minnesota at tho periods
hereinafter designated, to Wit:
at EypEssoy commencing tho sixth day Of
Ss or o 1 ma ncps ohps IN the
for tho habeeds mxcd bcods Of the Dcoah
Sioux nation Of Indians, viz
NORTH Of Of eA principal meridian,
The fractional township hundred and eleven
fractional township hundred and eleven
The Indicated townships eleven
and one hundred and twelve, of range twelve
Tho Indicated in township ono bnndred and eleven and @
bundrod twelve and hundred and t
teen, OF range thirteen.
The Indicated tracts in Township eleven
that township one hundred and twelve and fractional town
slip hundred and thirteen within tho above mentioned reserve
The that part OF townships hundred and
hundred and twelve within tho above mentioned o
the land Office at FAsnarIr commencing the thiei day Of
August nsx for the s 81 the pa nas ASd S e o
for the halreeds mxcd boods tho Dco'ah Sioux ma
ton OF Indians, viz:
North Of the line Of the fh principal ndan
The unoaed tracts in that part Of fractional township ono hundred
and within the above mentioned Of range niue
The Indicated tracts in that OF townships ono hundred ana
eight and hundred and nine and fractional township hundred
Tho INDICATED tracts part township and eight
within tho reserve aud in townships one hundred
Tho Indicated tracts in that q townships one hundred and
and township hundred and ten Of range twelve
that or townships hundred snd
within tho above mentioned reserve
Of range thirteen.
that part Of township hundred and @
within the above mentioned reserve, Of range fourteen
that Of township hundred and n
within the above mentioned reserve, Of range fifteen.
The oerLg lands viii BIO commenced on the days
appointed win proceed in the order which sy advertised
shall been offered and tho sales thus closcd m
longer than prya"
entry any lands VIII be admitted until after the expiration
OF weeks. 49,
day May Ammo Iomini thousand eight hundred and MY
eight aae an+asa sas
BY order Of the President
TIIOS. a. HENDRICKS,
q Commissioner Of the General Land 0i1ce
NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIMANTS.
entitled TO the right OF to Of mo
described lands under the provisions the Congress
May H. 1885, required establish the to the sat
OF the register and receiver Of the land Office and %
therefor practicable this notice
the Of the public
the lands embracing the tract claimed otherwise such claim VII
forfeited. THIS. A. HENDRlCks
Commissioner OF tho General land Once
May 2e-]awtds tInc&Star
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TIME RIGHT OF DETENTION, VISIT, AND
Search examined loyal principles nntlorcs y, Rich
ard Cove Counsellor aIaw, Washington Pamphlet rs cnts
July TRaNCK TAYLOR.
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NOTICE TO PRE- rupr1oN CLAIMANTS.

NOTICE TO PRE- ElPTIoN CLAIMANTS.
Every person right pre- empton Of the
lands within the townships and Of townships above enumerated
establish the satisfaction Of the register and
receiver of the land Office aud make therefor
practicable after seeing this notice and before the day appointed for
the the public o tho lands embracing the tract
claimed otherwise such claim will bcr orctcd
THOS. A. HENDRICKS,
Ap 3-IawtdB Commissioner Of the General Land Ollcc.
Intel and Star1
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-06-09
Bancroft VS.. Taney.

The very remarkable statement Of the
venerable Chief Justice Roger B. Taney,
that in the days when the foundations Of
our Republic were laid, negroes were uni
Versally, in the Colonies, regarded as hav.
ing no rights which white man was bound
to respect, is not coroborated by history,
as we suppose was already pretty well un-
derstood. So far as the Dred Scott deci.
sion rests on that proposition, il is one which
no intelligent person can honor. In the
recently published (seveuth } volume o.
Bancroft's History of the United States,
there occurs a passage which very quietly
dispOses ofthe Chief Justices hasty assump-
ton, and will greatly impair confidence in
bis infallibility, wherever that sentiment
remains. The passage may. or may not
have been written previously to the deliv-
cry Of Judge Taney's opinion; bot at all e.
verts, it stands as indubitable history, in
spite of tie great MaryIander. Bancroft
(puge 42l of volume 7 says:
"Nor should history forget to record that,
as in the army at Cambridgeso also is this
gallant band, the free negres of the colony
bad their representatives. For the right
of free negroes to bear arms in the public
defence was, at that day, (I775,) as little
disputed in New England as their other
rights. They took their place, not in a
separate corps. but in the ranks with the
white man, and their names may be read
on the pension rolls of the country side by
side with those Of other soldiers of the Rev.
olutiOn n.'-[Vol. VII, Chap. xxx, Page
42I.
This declaration of the impartial and
faithful historian himself always conserva.
tive, as he is also Democrat will stand
as conclusive authority, long after the name
of Tsney has faded from popular remem.
brance.
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Breslinism in Tennessee.

The Nashville Banner Of 25th, states
that recent developments shows that the
State Treasury o. Tennessee has been rob-
bed, That the investigations by the Leg
islatiye committee shows that the Secretary
of the State, who is commissioner Of the
Turnpike Fund, is a defauIter in the sum
Of $4,000. aud that Tbos. R. MOsby,who
has for years been a c'erk in the Comp
troller's Office, has been in the habit Of ta-
king State bonds deposited as security for
the circulation Of free banks and appropri-
ating them to his own use. Seven OF these
bonds, of 1000 each, have been traced to
him by the committee,and be confessed to
have stolen them.
II says also that the owners of the Ex-
change Bank slledgs that they deposited
with the Comptroller bonds for the circu-
lation of their notes. aud that Sl23. 900 Of
these bonds are missing. The Banner hints
that the money has been deposited in a
Faio bank. 1t says the responsibility lies
between the owners of the bank, the
Messrs. Spence The bank of Tennessee and
the ComptroDer."
The Committee are goirg on to make
further investigations. ..F
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Sunday and Weekday Religion.

The tides come twice day 10 New York
Hsrbor, but they only come once in seven
days in Gods baFbor Of the saBetusrys-
They rise on Sunday bat ebb Monday,
aud are down ssd out all The ret Of the
week. Men write over their store door,
"Busineps is business" aud over their
church door, "ReIigion Is religion" snd
they say to religion, "Neyer come 10 here"
and to business, "NeTsr 90 10 there. -
"Let Us have no secular things in the pul.
pit" they say; Eve get enough Of them
through the week in New York. There
all IS stringent and biting selfshness, and
knives. and probes, aud laneets, and hurry,
and work, and worry. Here we want re-
pose, and sedstiyes, and healing balm
All is prose over there; here let us have
poetry. We want 10 sing hymns and to hear
about Heaven and Calvary; in short, we
want the pure Gospel, without any worldly
iDtermixture." And so they desire 10
spend the quiet, pious Sabbath, fol! Of
pleasant imaginings and peaceful reflections
but when the day is gone, all is laid aside.
They will take by tho throat the first debt
or whom they meet and exclsim. "Pay me
what thou owest! 1t is Monday" And
when the minister ventures to hint some
thing about their duty to their fellow men,
they say, 30, you stick to your preaching.
You do not know how to collect your own
debts,a and you cannot tell what a man may
have to do in bis intercourse with the world"
Gods law is not allowed to 90 into the
week. II the merchant spies Il in bis store,
be throws it over the counter. II the clerk
sees il in the bank, be kicks it out at the
door. II it is found in the street, the multi
tude pursue it, pelting it with stones as il
it were a wolf escaped from a mensgerie
and shouting. "AVCk with you'll You have
got out Of Suuday| There is no religion
in all this. 1t is mere sentimentalism.-
Religion belongs to every day; to the place
Of business as much as to the church. -
Beecher's Life Thoughts.
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Refined EaJoymsnt q the ssasss-
Fhs Poetry ef the Toilet

The sense shich takes cognisanes OfIhs
VOss,ils and invisible esssBces which We call
oDoEs, although not 20 81 s0lutsly Necessary
ioF ulililarian purpose aa The senses Of
SIGHT. bearing. TASTE and touch, i never
tteless valuable sndOwmsnl,abd produet.
i've ola lzFge amount Of refined enjoyment.
Il not Only warns us Of the presence Of
delsieriOus properties IN The atmosphere,
but enables us 70 distinguish and appreciate
rare and exquisite elements Of delight 10
that subtle medium, which would other
wise be lost To us. To the deaGbirds have
no sOog, and vegetation without fragrance
would lack charm Is necessary to IL per-
lection as are their vocal powers 10 the
lestl. cred cboristers Of the woods The
LTigbtest piumes DO not stone fOF the ab-
senee Of song in the Bifd Of Paradise, nor
would a combination Of all the tints OF the
Iaiabow compensate rs for the loss Of fra
grance in the rose. A blind poet has
beautifully described the perfume Of hOw-
es As floral music, "snd the sense Of smell
being les liable to dersnEsmeBt or Oblii-
GRAFTON than that Of hearing. ibis ~vOcal
music" is poetic luxury which almost ell
Of us enjoy. From the earliest ages per-
fumes have been bed in bigh esteem.-s-
The Egyptians embalmed their dead with
fragrant spices, the IsraeIites Mingled them
with their sBcrifces, the Romans used them
in their laVatoFies snd at their baBqusts,
and 10 our own day franAincense IS used
as an emblem Of praise and thanksgiving
10 all Roman Catholic temples. The gen
tier sex, from The delicacy oftheir organi-
zation and poetic temperament, derive q
more exquisite pleasure than men from
agreeable odOn. 1t would seem, too, IS
il Eve had carried With ber from Paradise
the memory Of its fragrant atmosphere and
transmitted a taste for floral perfumes 10
al! Der daughters. Art, especially Of late
years, has donsmuch 10 minister to this
taste. NatuFe,in her more favored regions
covers her fields with aromatic vegetation,
and hangs living censers on the forest
Loagbs. But decay steals their sEeslsess.
and we are indebted to art for their per-
petuation. The mailed warriors Of Old
Spain we're entranced by the luxurious
aroma exbaled from the blooming wilder
ness Of Florida, but could only bear away
with them the recollections Of its sweetness
they had no means Of preserving il. 1t
required the aid Of modern chemistry to
6x and concentrate impalpable essence and
render it eternal. This il would seem has
been accomplished in The celebrated Flori-
da Water, introduced 10 South America
by Murray & LaUman, Of New York some
twenty years age,and which is now beeom-
ing a standard luxury Of The toilet in the
United States. The Farins Cologne was
the first grand triumph of chemistry in
this department, and Murray d Lanman's
Florida water is the seconA, and perhaps
the greatest. 1t is certainly a delightful
acquisition to the poetry Of the toilet
HdpGHa DiariO de Ia Marina.
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A REDEMPTION.

We heard a pleasant anecdote Of a gen.
tleman of some prominence in this State
the other day, that, not being told in con-
fidence, we feel disposed to tell again to a
larger audience. A few days since there
was negro in Washington city going
about with a pvper, soliciting donations to
enable him to redeem three children from
slavery. He went into the room of the
gentleman we have alluded to, and repeat
ed bis oft told and Oft disregarded story,
with probably little expectation of meeting
more kindness than be had met elswhere.
There were two gentlemen present.. He
told them how be had secured bis own
freedom, and left five children in bondage,
how be had worked and begged till he bad
made enough to redeem two of them, and
how be was still begging for means to save
the others. They were very yonng, the
Oldest not more than ten, probably, the
next eight, and the next six years of age.
The gentlemen heard the story through
without interruption. Then said one Of
them, "What is the price the owner asks
for the cbi!dren?" "Four hundred dollars
for the youngest aud about six hundred
for the Others" was the answer. Various
questions we're asked to ascertain the gen.
uineness of the story, and the negroes
character. He referred them to the Pres
ident of the Washington Bank, and other
wise satisfied them Of bis honesty, and the
truth of his story.
Then the gentleman to whom we have
alluded, turned about and said, "The price
of the youngest child is four hundred dol
lars?" ayes" "Well, you go to Mr.,
President of the Bank, to whom you refer
and tell him that if it is 'alI right I will
pay the price ofhe youngest child myself"
rhs negro was astonished. He stammer-
ed, tried to express his thanks, broke down
and ended by starting off precipitately to
do the errand he had been charged with.
"Now YOU have done itr' said the other
gentleman. "yOu'Il have applications every
day and hour while you stay here, and
you'll be begged out of all your money"
"Well," said the child's purchaser, have
done what l could, and what l thought l
should, and if the begging comes III have
to get rid of it as we'll as / can" David
Kilgore, member of Congress from the
Fifth District, was the gentleman. The
story was told us by The gentleman who
witnessed the transaction. Indiana Jour.
s,ol
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hundred per cent, more than be auticipa.
ted. He paid il and ordered two negroes
TO convey the beasts in a cart out 10 bis
country seat for be wished to exhibit them,
before be sent them down to take com.
mand Of the island cats.
On the road out 10 bis place the cats
gIsred aud spit at the negroes in such 9
6endish manner. that to get rid Of them
they turned the cage over on the bar side,
whereby one Of the cats was smothered.
The survivor being deprived Of bis mate
became more ferocious than ever, and it
became a question whether it would be
safe for the cats upon the Island 10 turn it
loose among them. The owner was very
much worried until bis negro man sugges-
ted that they should try the experiment
By putting tame cat into the cage.
The idea was the very thing. A cat
was procured and introduced into the cage.
In sbout two minutes it was torn into
shreds and utterly devoured. OF course
it would have been madness to turn the
beast loose on the island-so the idea was
abandoned, and 1t has been kept ever
since as a small menagerie attached to the
gentleman's house, with the exception ofa
periodical visit to the Agricultural Fair in
Baltimore, when it is placed among the
poultry and causes the hearts Of the chick
ems to die within them. This is a short
history of the black cat scheme and the
suit arising from it. Whether there is le-
gal ability in the State sufi1at to settle
the latter is more than l am able to say.