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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-17
AUnITOR'3 oFFICE,

AUDITORS OFFICE,
RICHMOND, Va, March SO,h 1868
n pursuance of the requirements OF an act
- eni-d Al act imposing the support Of Cavern
meat assd March - 1853 he sections Of aid ac
,esefullNhsa' J. NJ. BENNETT
..r Auditor Of Public Accounts
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-17
CARPENTER OF ROUE
Citizens Guards, N. blemen, &c.

The Monk-The Mechanic Toe Mystery scene-The Grand
Square At RoCen The etre stage thrown openon the right
Su ine In toe centre the Secret orrSs the back ground
old cathedral OF ST. JEAN Mrs Grander too
for Church arrival Of Bridal party; the sausage.maker
Apprentice Preparations for Military Sereuade; ComicAl
Procession the Monk and the Mechan.c Beards
rival in Rolen his int view will the Carpenter Mechanic
Is Ct G5dF NOUlsmen Treqchery Of De utigney his
Of coffin presrrv Of Mldeon's Chi the Duke and the
Clrpeztsr; TIE husband ami wife Splendid and ImpOaSg
Tsbleau.
PART SECOND.
An apartment In GrandTs house love between the
Breher daug ter and tie maker apprentice comic
peatcs b7ay and tie body murdered m an trial
By to &ht thu doom; the block prep,rtd execution be
just and e@' EOS 'SnE tah,esu Of the eonirerio
The il bet and the rpe attack Of the sodler the psO
P capture Of hartsau NE re cue; the citizens and nepbs
the massive columns from their base; palace In ruus
freedom; t'blssu OF Victsry.
Scene IA breakfast party; family fcnds tho stole The q,
gar'" Song julie Nhs: ca poor malt 3" Interior
tie Convent herism Of Mdecr tie long looked for missing
the os;hGieo wher- ssub'rae There Reyenee
aad retiblti0l; terrific andmPnsng tableau.
ovsu (whsn ........-olchsstra
D1res .Mits Mary Parting
Overture (slss) Orchestra
The performance will conclude With the Bariesque Opera entitled
JENNY LIND
e1-"HAs COME"
For Synopsis Of Music CAST etc. programmes Of the day.
e-Tle msnagerent take pleasure in announcing hs podue
ton Il the Comedy q the age, tntitledths
ROMANCE OF YOUNG MANI
eS Box flee Oren where aud boxes may be Sc.
curtd
Doors Op-n quarter Performance will commence
quarter 10 eight o'clock precisely. aplS-1t
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-17

| A H61 SALE OF BRICKS, DAMAGED
aprl wi AND AsIiEs.-on FRIDAY nex, he 17tb ~
Brks a. fsbc Warehouse 10 ID city, sbopt 10 zoo
ihe Muins ,nd NJ -ha VIy L & qIaltty n Assess
~" n Il bgeau Soap Ma, ess q ID Frp.rs' at,,n
DEL K Z NJ 1900 - ''s AeI. sac - ccmnen'- 1880
srl6-1,s VAUGHAN POWELL
h'psetois at Public Wareuoc Sc
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-17
RICHMOND THEATRE.
FRIDAY EvENING, ArriI II,

ActDs and stage Manager.... ..A...R D'oaSEr oODEr
Treasures .pRIeo
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-17

DUBLIC SALE OF NEGROES.-Will be
Il sold for cash. Monday the 9th dLy If April Il fair n
the next fair day heeAer at Beaver IN depot on the
Central road likely Negro belonging the este Mrs
J. d. Phillips deceased j. w. PHILIPS. =
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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-17
AUCTION SALES.
TINS DAY.
ROBINSON, ADAMS eco.

Ayar'eiy Of Bl6cssae Goods,
Ip14 '1'ueh Sea vo,,vso,,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-17

4 PRIL Cru, 1861
IA BoFAX, coCHI ZEAL, Emery,
d.. Ext L7gE %, Bue Stone, sup, so a. ChIorae
Potash, corcertrltei Ie, Anm ~, per T6Lqua
Beabs on Peppermint, rsted 6i sTt Jufpenre C.oItf,
Aspice, yce!i0e, Chlyro.Oru. F-E saeby
p. pUVAL q. hkgist,
$40 ~ haiu nd 10th Streets
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON TERRITORY SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER M

Sec. 8. And be it .farthrr enacted, That
the lands hereby granted to said States shall
be disposed of only in the following manner,
that is to say:
That quantity Of land, not exceeding
thirty sections, for said road. may be sold !;
and when the governor of said states shall
certify to the Secretary Of the Interior
that any ten continuous miles of said road
are completed, then another quantity of land,
hereby granted, not to exceed thirty sections
for said road, having ten continuous miles
completed, as aforesaid. may be sold. and so,
from time to time, until the sail road is COM
pleted and if said road is not completed
within five years, no further sales shall be
made, and the lands unsold shall revert to
United States.
Sec. 4. and be IL .fayther enacted. That
said military road shall be constructed with
sufficient drains and bitches, and not less
than forty in width, with grade not less
than sixteen feet wide, with such graduation
and bridges as shall permit of its regular use
as wagon road in all seasons of the year,
and in such other special manner as the
States of Michigan and Wisconsin may pre-
scribe.
APPROVED, March 3, 1868.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21

real property within the corporate limits of
the city of Washington which binds on or
touches OH any avenue, street, or alley in
which main water-pipe has been laid or
hereafter may be laid by the United States or
by the corporation of Washington, which
water-tax shall be as nearly as possible equal
and uniform; may be levied on lots in pro-
portion to their frontage or their area, as the
said corporation may determine; and may
be collected in not less than three nor more
than five annual instalments, of which install
ments all after the first shall bear interest at
the rate of six per centum per annum. COM
mencing from the date Of at which install
ment becomes due, but may, at the option Of
the owne- Of the property taxed, be paid
and discharged in full at any time after it
shall have been levied. And the said cor
poraton Ct Washington is further author
lied and empowered, on petition of the own
trs of the majority of the real estate on any
square or Inc Of squares. to lay down water
pipes and erect frc-plugs and public hy-
drants wherever the same may be requisite
and necessary for public convenience, securi-
ity from frc. or for health.
Sec. 2. and be IL .fartAcr enacted, That
to aid in the erection. maintenance, and eff
cheney of fre.plugs throughout the city, the
said corporation of Washington is hereby
authorized and empowered to levy and COL
lect special annual tax ON all building with
in five hundred feet of any main water pipe
into which, or the premises connected there
WITH the water has not been introduced,
and the owners or occupants Of which do
not pay an annual water rate or rent in ac-
cordance with the ordinances Of the corpor-
alton, which tax shall be levied with refer
ence to the value of the building so taxed,
and shall be not mere than five dollars nor
less than one dollar per year but whenever
the water shall be introduced, in conformity
with the corporation laws, into any building
or premises, the firc-plug tax thereon shall
cease and whenever the water shall DO dis
continued from any building or premises into
which it has been introduced, the said build
ing shall be subject to the fre-plug tax
from the date of the discontinuance Of the
water.
Sec. 8. And be ii. further enacted, That
the water-tax hereby authorized to be levied
and collected shall constitute fund to BE-
used exclusively to defray the cost Of distri-
button Of the water, including all necessary
fixtures and machines connected with said
distrbut' on; and the annual water rates or
r,nts authorized to be collected by the act Of
which this act is amendatory shall constitute
a fund exclusively for the maintenance. man
agrmcnt, and repair Of the system Of water
distribution.
APPROVED, March 8, 1868.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21
BE 1t enacted by Tie Senate and House O.

BE 1t enacted By Tie Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States Of Amer-
ica IN Congress assembled, That Henry
Addison, John G. Underwood, George c..
Abbott, William II. Claiming, Nancy NJ.
johnson, of the District of Columbia, and
Myr.ella Miner, of California, and their as
soc;ates and successors, are hereby consti-
tuted and declared to be a body polite and
corporate, by the name and title of g The
Institution for the Education of Colored
Youth, 80 be located in the District Of Co.
lumbin !" the objects Of which institution are
to educate and improve the moral and intel
lectual condition of such of the colorcd youth
of the nation as may be placed under its care
and influence. and by that name shall have
perpetual succession, with power to be sued.
to plead and be implcadcd in any court of
the United States, to collect subscriptions,
make bylaws, rules and regulations, as may
be nccdful for the government of said insti-
tuition, and the same to alter, amend, and ab-
rogatc at pleasure to have common seal,
the same to break, alter, and renew at will il;
to appoint such officers as may be required
for the management Of the institution, and to
assign them their duties, and generally to
provide for the transaction of all business
appcr.aining to said institution. And the
bylaws, rules, and regulations so adopted,
shall be as valid as if they were made part
of this act: Prorided, They shall not be in
consistent herewith, nor repugnant to the
laws of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 9. Ind be it further enacted, That
said corporation may have, hold, and receive,
for the purposes of said institution and for
no other. real, personal, and mixed estate,
By purchase, gift. Or devise, not to exceed
one hundred thousand dollars to use, lease,
sell. or convey the same for the purposes
and benefit of said institution; may appoint
such teachers as may be necessary. and fix
their compensation.
Sec 3. And be 1t .f1rther enacted. That
said corporation shall not be engaged in any
banking or commercial business, nor shall it
issue any note, check. or other evidence OF
debt intended to be used as a circulation
and Congress may have the right to alter OF
repeal this act at any time hereafter.
APPROVED, March Sd, 1868.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21
TPuBLIc No. 110.1

TPunLIc No. 40.
An Act to extend tho Charter OF the Alex
and ia and Washington Railroad Company
and for other Purposes.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives, efhe United States Of Amer-
lea in Congress assembled, That the Alex
and ia and Washington Railroad Company
be and the same is hereby. authorized to ex-
tend their said railroad from the south side
of the Potomac across said river. to and
along Maryland avenue to the Capitol ground
and across Pennsylvania avenue along First
8 rect to Indiana avenue. and thence to the
Baltimore and Ohio depot; and that all the
ordinary rights, privileges. and liabilities, in
cdent TO similar corporations arc conferred
upon said company for that purpose: Prori-
dcd, L0werey. That the same shall be sub.
iect to alterations, amendment, or repeal !:
Aud pror;drd, .f3rther, That the cars shall
not be drawn on the streets aforesaid. or on
the structure across the Potomac River men
toned in the second section Of this act, by
S cam power without the consent Of Congress
and Of the corporate authorities of the city
of Washington thereto: And pr0rided, fir
Tier, That said company shall be authorized
to charge and receive rates Of freights and
fares not exceeding five cents for each person
transported and for each ton conveyed on
said road so extended: And Proridcd. also.
That no person shall be excluded from the
cars on account of color. e.. .t.i-e.
See. g.. And be It further enacted, That
the said company are hereby empowered to
make such additional structure or passage
way along either side Of the Potomac bridge
os may render the same safe for public use.
and so as not to hinder the general use Of
said bridge for ordinary travel, which shall
be asccrtained by one or moro experienced
civls engineers, who shall report, by proper
surveys and estimates. to the Secretary Of
the Inferior for his approval; the whole cost
of which surveys and constructions OF said
additional bridge for the purposes aforesaid
to be paid by the said company. And the
said company shall construct such draws as
shall correspond with those now in use on
the said bridge, and of such model as shall
be determined by the Secretary of the In
terror. and which shall afford reasonable
facilities for navigation on the Potomac
River.
Sec. g.. An1 be IL further enacted. That
the said company shall keep that portion Of
the avenues or streets occupied by their road
in good repair, and provided with suitable
crossways. at the proper places. for vehicles
and wheeled carriages. and for general use.
The track of said road shall be laid as near
ly in the centre of the street and avenues
through which it passes, as may be, without
interfering with the water mains and gas
pipes, ard the speed Of travel shall be sub
ject to such regulations a. the corporate au-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21
Ghe 0dlasllinoton Standard.
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Editor and Proprietor.
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nTLcg,l notices will be charged to the attorney or
fEcer authorizing their insertion
III Advertisements sent from distance, ana tram
n7Notices of births, marriages and deaths inserted
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NJ All communications. whether on business or for
rubl;c,tion must be addressed to the editor of the
WASHINGTON STANDARD.
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ecutcd at reasonable rates
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First streets, near the steamboat landing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21
fPuBLlc-NO. 1901


An Act amendatory of an Act entitled "An
Act to provide for the Care and Preserva-
ton Of the Works constructed by the
United States, for bringing the Potomac
Water into the Cities of Washington and
Georgetown. for the Supply of said Water
for all Cover n mental Purposes, and for
the Uses and Benefits of the Inhabitan
of the said Cities" t.4
Be it enacted by tie Senate and House of
Representatives. ot'the Unitrd States If Amrr-
ica in Congress assembled, That. in addi-
tion to the powers conferred upon the c~r-
poration of Washington by the second and
third sections of the act Of Congress. ap-
proved March three. eighteen hundred and
ffty-nine, entitled] "An act to provide for
the care and preservation Of the works con-
structcd by the United States for bringing
the Potomac water into the cities of Wash
ington and Georgetown, for the supply of
said water for all governmental purposes,
and for the uses and benefit Of the inhabit-
ants of the said citics," full power and au.
thority are hereby giv~n to the said corpora
ton to levy and collect water-tax on all
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21
APPROVED, March 3, 1868.
[PUBLIC-No. 1867

An Act to incorporate St. AIMS Infant Asy-
lum, in the district of Columbia.
BE It enacted by lie Senate and Housc Of
Representatives Of tile I"itcd Statrs Of Amrr-
;ca in Congrcss assembled. That Theresa
A. Costello, Lucy Gwynn, Margaret Bowden,
Sarah NJ. Carroll, Catherine Ryan. Louisa
Fisher, and Catherine Shea, and their success
sors, be, and they are hereby, made body
polite and corporate forever. by the name
of "St. AIMS Inf,nt ASYLUM" for the pur-
pose of establishing and maintaining in the
city of Washington, in the District Of Co.
lumbia, an institution for the maintenance
and support of foundlinss and infant orphan
and halforphan children. and also to pro.
vide for deserving indigcnt and unprotected
females during their confinement in child
birth; and by that name may sue and be
sued, prosecute and defend; may have and
use common seal, and the same alter and
renew at pleasure may adopt and establish
rules, regulations. and bylaws not repugnant
to the Constitution of the United States, for
properly conducting the affairs of s,id corpor-
alton; may take, receive. purchase, and
hold estate, real personal, and mixed, not en-
cceding in value at any one time one hun
dred thousand dollars. and may manage and
dispose of the same, and apply the same. or
the proceeds of the sales thereof, to the uses
and purposes of said corporation, according
to the rules and regulations which now
are or may hereafter at any time be estab-
lishcd.
Sec. 9. Ind be it fauher enacted. That
said corporation shall be entitled to retain
| <hosv nd int
subject to the rules and discipline Of said
corporation. all foundlings and infant chill
dren committed to their keeping as fully and
completely, to all intcnts and purposes. as if
they were regularly indented and bound APP
prenticcs to said institution. until said found
lings and infants shall be- if males. twenty
one years old, and if females. eighteen years
old, or any shorter period that may be
agreed upon; and said corporation shall
have power to bind thcm out for q time not
to exceed said ages of twcn'y-onc and cigh-
teen years, respectively, as apprentices to
| learn any trade or business. or to learn to be
useful in housekeeping, or may, under trims
proper in the view of said corporation and
to be by them stipulated. place them for
adoption, or as inmates with any families or
persons, said corporation not being restricted
in the exercise Of their powers Of binding or
placing out to the District Of Columbia; and
all such acts shall be in writing. signed by
the President of said corporation. and sealed
with their corporate seal, and signed and
spalcd by the persons taking said children as
apprentices or as aforesaid, and acknowl-
edged by said parties before justice of the
peace in and for said District, and within
one month thereafter recorded in the
Office of tho register Of wills for said dis
trict. 1851
Sec. 8. And be ii further enac'rd, That
Congress may at any time hereafter alter,
amend. or repeal this act. T. 1e'e.aet
APPROvED, March 3, 1868, ...
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21

PUBLIc-No. 1903.
An act to incorporate the Institution for the
Education Of Colored Youth in the Dis.
tict Of Columbia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21

to the lines Of thu public surveys, 1t one dol.
lar and twenty-five cents per acre. the land
so purchased, to the extent to which the
same had been reduced to possession ct the
time Of said adjudication of said supreme
court. Joint entries being admissible BY CO..
terminous proprieters to such IN extent -
will enable them to adjust their respective
boundaries. euhu cas g.
SIC. 3. And be it further esacted.. That
municipal claims within the limits Of ths
said g Soscol Ranch" may be entered sundst
the terms, limitations, and conditions Of the
town-site act Of twenty-thira OF My, eigh.
teen hundred and forty-four.
Sec. 4. Aad be It further e1acted. That
all claims within the purview Of this act
shall be presented to the register and receiv.
er within twelve months after the return Of
such surveys to the district and-otfice, ac-
companied by the proof Of bona 6de pur.
chase under Vallejo, Of Sc Element, and the
extent to which the tracts claimed had been
reduced into possession at the time Of said
adjudication; and thereupon each case shall
be adjudged by the register and receiver un-
der such instructions rs shall be gwen hy the
commissioner of the general land-officc, to
whom the proof and adjudication shall be re-
turned by the local land Office. and no sdjudi-
cation shall be final until confirmed BY the
said commissioner.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted. That
any claim not brought before the register and
receiver within twelve months. as aforesaid,
shall be barred. and the lands covered there.
by, with any other tr 'cts within the limits Of
said Soscol Ranch" the titles to which are
net established under this act. sh,ll be dealt
with as other public lands: Procided, That
no entry shall be made of lands seser~ed
and occupied for military, naval, or other
public uses. or which may be designated
for such purposes by the President, nor
shall any claim under tlis act extend to min
cral lands.
ArpRovED, March 8, 1863
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-11-21

thorities of the city of Washington shah,
from time to time, prescribe, under such pen.
alties as the said corporate authorities shall
impose Pyorided, AoUeve,, That the rights
and privileges herein granted shall confer no
authority or right to Interfere with the Uni
ted States military use or possession of said
road or contemplated extension during the
present rebellion, or to any claim for damages
or indemnifcation therefor.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the said company may acquire and hold such
real and personal estate as the practical use
and working of said road may require, under
such regulations, and subject to such
taxation, as is imposed by law on SIM
liar property located in the city Of Washing
ton.
Sec. S. And be it .fxrtAer enacted, That
this act take effect from the time Of its pas
sage. .l .... ...0 0...
APPROVED, March 3, 1863.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-08

M thew 40 rnuch needed Accordingly the army fell back
the NIGHT Of the and ID July reaching this place 81
an earn hour on the I'd On e Sd the troops were plsced
-seDtia' " IN tbeT present positions =
10 tn ca gnen OF history ard he fuure leave The
task OF upon Thu movement confident tha II
verdict viii that such diiBcu movement was ever
more ully executed thst army ever fought mce
teeeutsy hcrocely, aud ,ucee!uly sgailG fuch gesi
odds; ihst no Of any display eatr So
p endurance patience and cheejnes' under sueh hs'
Shls. ,,i.,;o,
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intense enough to do justice 10 MY
tOWTd the aftny am 40 proud 10 command 70 ny .yer
men confidently commit them. convinced taoi zen Iis.
honor eve.y brave who sorYee DUNG mos gtaever
toie dsys with the Army Of the Potomac ~ n may
tod IL uisy hereafter De called upon TO 1ei - Amy OF
LeT6r its but ever he tnown ever will
the POIomsc--a name which II never Las Nv
d!s IL. nf dIstInruished
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setytc.s Tie names Of those who oeeei' Sr.ns,on4
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nv IA, al@y and say that its q, ch,rish
ga vsnt;ci5ations ard prove II 10 De our po''' "
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c. - rsn,bls as,isAnes rendered tho timy IN
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lie enemy attacking Malvern hili on the JAW al
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| very beneficial results An ...x Radiant ssrvnnt
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