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Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-08-25

day. Daniel being the best scholar
IN his quaint style once solved the diff
ference between him and Ezekiel in
regard to their pleas in this wise
" Ezekiel can get up and tell more law
than he knows, while | cannot tell as
much as | know" Ezekiel, it will be
remembered, fell dead in the city OF
Concord, while engaged in a suit, and
during his plea.
In the village centre of Boscawcn
Plain, but few rods from Elmwood
Institute, upon a plain marble slab,
may be found the names of Ezekiel
Webster and others of the family. The
same curiosity that induces people at
old Dartmouth to go and see the little
white cottage, standing back from the
road, surrounded by trees, where Web
ster boarded, here impcls them to seek
where Webster began to practice law.
Here, too, within view of old kear-
sarge, and just beneath its mountain
air, is the nativity of Gen. John A.
Dix and Secretary Fessenden.
Not long ago Kearsarge was the
scene Of a great scare occasioned
by the loss of two small children from
the nearest house. The neighbors far
and near, even from the distant vii
lagc, were aroused at "midnight's ho-
ly hour " to go and search for the chill
drcn. Their close proximity to the
mountain, with its wcll-known wild
beasts OF prey, together with the loss
OF child in an adjoining town, some
years before, caused such an excite
ment that those in search seemed to
be mostly inclined to the mountain ::
neglecting almost entirely the little
grove adjacent to the farm. During
the next day, to the astonishment and
great joy of their anxious parents, the
two little ones of their own accord.
hand in hand, stepped in at the house
hold door, having been lost and spent
the night beneath the protecting bran
chcs of an ancient beech tree.
Years before the foregoing incident
occurred, child was lost from the
town of Wilmot, forming the north
western boundary of the mountain.
People from that vicinity will recol-
lect the lines commencing
g am abodt to relate
Poor Daniel Barlow dismal fate"
Various conjcctures were given
some, that he wandered off and was
drowned others, that the Shakers or
their agents had stolen him. But the
says
- Perhaps some bear wolf in eager prey
Hath lain IN hnnser's lair, aud taken him away"
No traces of him have ever been
discovered. What finally became of
him is a mystery to this day unknown.
OSCAR.
Rockford, Io,ea, .iugast 10, 1864.
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ceed to try the cause, and for that
purpose may, if necessary, hold q
special session Of the court.
Sec 3. And be it further enacted,
That at such trial it shall not he nec-
essary that the accused shall have
been previously indicted, but a state
ment of complaint, verified by oath.
in writing, shall be presented to the
court, setting out the offence in such
manner as clearly to apprizc the ac-
cused of the character of the offence
complained of, and to enable him To
answer tue complaint. And the said
complaint of statement shall be read
to the accused, who may plead to or
answer the same, or make counter
! statement.
Sec. L. And be it further enacted, a.,
That the said trial shall thereupon be
proceeded with in summary man
ner, and the case shall be decided by
the court, unless, at the time for
pleading or answering, the accused
shall demand jury, in which case
the trial shall be upon the complaint
and plea of not guilty.
Sec 5. And be it further enacted,
That it shall not be lawful for the
court to sentence any person convict
ed on such trial to any greater punish
ment than imprisonment in Jail for
one year, or to a fine exceeding five
hundred dollars, or both, in its discre-
ton. in those cases where the laws Of
the United States authorize such i'm
prisUnment and fine.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be lawful for the court to
allow the district attorney to amend
his statement or complaint at any
stage of the proceedings, before YER
dict, if, in the opinion Of the court,
such amendment will work no injus-
tice to the accused !; and if it appea~
to the court that the accused is un-
prepared to meet the charges amend
ed, and that an adjournment of the
cause will promote the ends of JUS
tice, such adjournment shall be made
until further day, to be fixed by the
court.
Sec. I. And be it further enacted,
That at such trial, if 10y jury, the Uni
ted States and the accused shall each
be entitled to three percmptory chal-
lcnges. Challenges for cause in such
cases, shall be tried 10y the court
without the aid Of triers.
Approved, June III, 1864.
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GpI-nrrcNo 50

AN ACT to amend an act entitled
"An act making grant Of alter
nate sections of public lands to the
State of Michigan to aid in the con,
struction of certain railroads in
said State, and for other purposes"
BE Il eR0cted by the Senate end House
of Representatives. of tie Untted States Of
America IN Congress assembled, That the
act entitled "An act making a grant
of alternate sections Of public lands
to the State of Michigan to aid in the
construction of certain railroads in
said State, and for other purposes"
be and the same is hereby amended
as follows, namely : Substitute for
the words "and from Grand Rapids to
some point on or near Traverse Bay
contained in the first section Of said
act, these words: And from Fort
Wayne, in the State of Indiana, to a
point on the southern boundary line of
the State of Michigan, in the township
of Sturgis, thence, by way of Grand
Rapids, to some point on or near
Traverse Bay. And the said act shall
be and is hereby So amended as to
substitute for the first clause of the
first proviso in the first section there
of, SO far as the same shall be applica-
bic to the grant Of lands made to aid
in the construction of the railroad de-
scribed by the foregoing amendment,
these words: Prorided, That the
lands so to be selected shall in no case
be further than twenty miles from the
line of said road: Prorided, further,
That the line specified in the fourth
section of the act hereby amended for
the completion of said road shall not
be extended.
Sec. 2. And be Il further enacted
That the lands granted by the act
amended by this act, and also by the
provisions of this act, TO aid in the
construction of the railroad described
in the foregoing section, shall be dis
posed Of only in the following manner,
that is to say, when the Governor of
the State Of Michigan shall certify to
the Secretary Of The Interior that ten
consecutive miles of said road has
been completed in good and sub
stantial manner as a first class rail-
road, indicating definitely where said
completed section commences and
where the same terminates, the said
Secretary shall cause patents to Issue
to said State for so much of said lands
as are located opposite to and coter-
minous with said completed section OF
said road, and SO from time to time
for each completed section of ten
miles of said road until the whole
shall be completed.
Approved, June I, 1864.
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GPUBLIC-No. 95.

PUBLIc-No 95.
! AN ACT TO authorize the Secretary
of the Treasury to stipulate for the
release from attachment or other
process of property claimed by the
United States, and for other purpo
Ses.
BE II enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. of the Untted States Of
1merica an Congress assembled, That
whenever any property owned or held
by the United States, or in which the
United States have or claim an inter.
est, shall, in any judicial proceeding
under the laws of any State, District,
or Territory, be seized, arrested, at,
tached, or held for the security or sat.
isfaction of any claim made against
said property, it shall be lawful for
the Secretary Of the Treasury. in his
discretion, to direct the Solicitor of
the Treasury to cause a stipulation to
be entered into 10y the proper district
attorney for the discharge of such
property from such seizure, arrest, at.
tachment, or proceeding, to the effect
that, upon such discharge, the person
asserting the claim against such prop
erty shall become entitled to all the
benefits of this act and in all cases
where such stipulation shall be enter
ed into, as aforesaid, and the property
shall, in consequence thereof, be dis
charged as aforesaid, and final judg-
ment shall be given in the court Of
last resort to which the Secretary of
the Treasury may deem proper to
cause such proceedings to be carried,
affirming the claim for the security or
satisfaction of which such proceedings
SHALL have been instituted, and the
right of the person asserting the same
to enforce it against such property by
means of such proceedings, notwith,
standing the claims OF the United
States thereto, such final judgment
shall be deemed, to all intents and
purposes, full and final determine.
tion of the rights of such person, and
shall entitle such person, as against
the United States. to such rights as he
would have had in case possession OF
said property had not been changed
and if such claim be for the payment
of money, and the same shall by such
! Judgment be found to be due, the pre-
seutation of duly authenticated copy
of the record of such Judgment anJ
proceedings shall be sufficient eyi
dence to the proper accounting officers
for the allowance thereof and the
same shall thereupon be allowed and
paid out of any moneys in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated Pro
rided, That the amount SO to be allow
ed and paid shall not exceed the val
ue of the interest of the United States
in the property in question: dad pro
ridcd, further, That nothing hereir
contained shall be considered as re
cognizing or concedinS any right t,
enforce by seizure, arrest, attachment
or any judicial process any CLAIM
against any property Of the Unite'
States, or against any property held
owned or employed by the United
States, or by any department thereof
for any public use, or as waving an.
objection to any proceeding institute'
to enforce any such claim.
Approved, June IL, 1864.
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GPUBLIc--No. SS.1

AN ACT to re-establish the principal
port of entry for the district of
Champlain at Plattsburgh, aud for
other purposes.
BE IL enacted by The Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the Uated States
of america IN Congress assembled, That
the third section Of an act entitled
/" An act to equalize and establish the
compensation Of the collectors of the
customs on tho northern, northeastern,
and northwestern frontiers, and fol
other purposes" approved March
third, eighteen hundred and sixty,
three. changing the port Of entry fol
the district of Champlain from Platts
burgh to Rousc's Point, be aud the
same is hereby repealed, and thai
Plattsburgh. be and the same is here
by re-established as the principal port
of entry for said district, at which tn.
collector of customs shall reside (; anC
a deputy collector shall reside a
Rousc's Point, and be vested with al
the power and authority given to dep
uty collectors by law.
! Approved, June 3, 1864.
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OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at ~" First Session of the Thirty.
Eighth Congress.

.... PuBMc--No. SO
AN ACT to amend an act relative to
the public printing.
BE Il eaacted By The Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States Of
Ameriea in Congress assembled, That
that part Of the act entitled "An
act to supply deficiencies in the APP
preparations for the service of the fis-
cal year ending the thirtieth Of June.
eighteen hundred aud sixty.four, and
for other purposes" approved March
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and six
ty-four, as provides "that hereafter
no printing or binding shall be done
or blank books be procured for any OF
the executive departments of the Gov
crument without a written requisition
on the Superintendent of Public Print
ing from the head of such depart
ment be, and the same is hereby,
amended by inserting after the word
department" where it is last above
written, the following words, viz " or
his assistant or assistants" so that il
will read 1.-THE head of such depart
mcnt or his assistant or assistants"
Approved, June 3, 1864.
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fPUBIIc--No. oil

Il I Bt.iC--NO. VI.
AN ACT TO create an additional SUI
pcrvising inspector of steamboats,
and two local inspectors Of steam
boats for the collection district of
Memphis, Tennessee. and two local
inspectors for the collection district
of Oregon, and for other purposes.
BE Il enacted Jy the Senate and H0Use
of Representatives of the United States
of Ameraca tn Congress assembled That
there shall be designated and appoint
ed, in the mode prescribed 10y law,
and who shall be paid the same annu-
al compensation as is now paid, one
additional supervising inspector. of
steamboats,, aud two local inspectors
of steamboats,, at Portland, in the coli
lection district of Oregon, aud two
for the collection district Of Memphis,
Tennessee, at an annual compensation
of seven hundred dollars, to be paid
as, provided by law, as in case of 9TH
er like inspectors and said inspec-
tors shall perform the duties aud be
subject to the provisions of the steam
boat act of August thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and tilty-two.
Sec. 2. Aad be IL further enacted,
That so much Of said act as provides
for the appointment Of two local in'
spectors of steamboats, in the distric,
Of Wheeling, on the Ohio river. and
for their compensation, is hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 3. And Be Il FURTHER eaactcd
That each engineer and pilot, licensed
according TO the provisions of saic
act, shall pay for every certificate
granted by any inspector or inspectors
the sum of ten dollars, to be account
cd for in the mode provided by law.
Sec. 4. And De If further enacted
That the forty-second section of tht
act of August thirty, eighteen hun
dred and filty-two, be SO construed a
to require the inspection OF the hui
and boiler, in the manner prescribe'
by that act, Of every vessel propelle,
in whole or in part by steam, and cn
gagged as a ferry boat, tug or towing
boat or canal boat. in all cases where
under the laws of the United States
such vessels may be engaged in tn
commerce with foreign nations, o
among the several States.
Sec. s. And be a FURTHER enacted
That all engineers and pilots Of ferr
boats, ting boats, towing boats. or ca
nal boats, subject to inspection b.
this act, shall be classified and icel
sed in the same manner as are pilot
and engineers by said act of Angus
thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty TIVE
Sec. 6. Aad be II further enactec
That, in lieu of the fees for inspectio
required by the thirty-iirst section {
the act of August thirty, eightee
hundred and tiiiy,iwo, the followin
shall be paid: For each vessel {
one hundred tons or under, twenty.fv
dollars, aud in addition thereto f(
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PrRIIc-No. I0l1


AN ACT making appropriations for
the support of the army for tho
year ending the thirtieth June.
eighteen hundred and sixty five, aud
for other purposes.
BE & enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives If the UR5ted States Of
Amcrica en- Congress assembled, That
the following sums be and the same
are hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the support Of tho
army for the year ending the thirtieth
of June, eighteen hundred and sixty.
five:
For expenses Of recruiting, trans.
portation of recruits, and compensa-
ton to citizen surgeons for medical
attendance, three hundred thousand
dollars.
For purchase of books of tactics
and instructions for volunteers, fifty
thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the ADJ
jutant Generals department at the
headquarters of the several military
departments, five thousand dollars.
For copying official reports Of the
armies of the United States, for publi-
cation, five thousand dollars.
For bounties aud premiums for tho
eaticment [eulistment Of recruits for
the regular army, three hundred and
| fifty thousand dollars.
For the pay of advance bounties to
volunteers and drafted men, five mil.
lion dollars.
For pay of premiums, rent of build.
ings and grounds, transportation, SUBJ
sistence, lodging, Communication Of fu.
ell and quarters, straw, postage, sta
tionery, advertising, medicines, and
medical attendance, and all other ne
cessary expenses incidental to the
collecting, drilling, and organizing
volunteers, and for the necessary ex-
penses under the enrolment act, five
million dollars.
For pay Of the army, nine million
nine hundred and seventy-one thou
sand two hundred and forty-three dol
lars and sixty cents.
For communication and officers sub
sistence, one million seven hundred
and twenty.thrce thousand six hun.
dred and twenty-nine dollars and fif-
ty cents.
For communication Of forage for OFF,
GERS horses, one hundred and four
thousand six hundred dollars.
| For payments in lieu of clothing for
officers servants, eighty-two thousand
eight hundred and twenty dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers
for clothing not drawn, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of volunteers, including the
bounties authorized by law, one hun
dred and seyenty-sevcn million -four
hundred and sixty-two thousand sew
en- hundred and twcnty-cight dollars
and twenty-five cents Prortdsd, Thai
if any officer in the regular or volun
teer forces shall employ soldier as q
, servant, such officer shall not be enti
tied to any pay or allowance for SER
, want or servants, but shall be subject
, to the deduction from his pay required
by the third section of this act entitled
> IN act to define the pay aud emolu
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fPUBLIC-No. 9S.1
AN ACT to change and define the

AN ACT to change and define the
boundaries of the eastern and west
ern judicial districts of Virginia
and to alter the names of said dis.
tricts, and for other purposes.
Be Il enacted by The Senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States Of
america in Congress assembled, That the
Jurisdiction of the western district of
Virginia shall hereafter be co-exten-
sive with and confined to the limits of
the State of West Virginia, and shall
be called the district of West Virgin
ia !; and the jurisdiction of the eastern
district Of Virginia shall hereafter be
co-cxtensive with the limits and in
clude the whole of the State of Eir-
giuia, aud shall be called the district
of Virginia. The judgc of the said
district of West Virginia shall annu-
ally hold six sessions as follows : At
Clarksburg, on the twenty-fourth days
Of March and August at Wheeling.
on the sixth days of April and Sep
tcmber and at Charleston, on the
nineteenth days Of April and Scptem-
Der. The Judge of the district Of Vir-
ginia shall, in addition to the sessions
heretofore held by him as judge of the
eastern district of Virginia, hold ses-
sions at the times and places within
the district of Virginia when and
where sessions We're held prior to the
passage of this act by the judge of
the western district of Virginia.
Sec. 2. Ind be Il fRrther enacted,
That all the records and files of the
courts of the western district of Eir-
ginia, hitherto held within the limits
of the district Of Virginia, as prescrib-
ed and fixed in the first section of this
act, shall remain aud be kept in the
district of Virginia f; and all records
and files of the courts of the western
district of Virginia, hitherto held with
in the limits OF the district Of West
Virginia, as prescribed and fixed by
the first section of this act, shall re-
main and be kept in the district OF
West Virginia. And all writs, suits,
pleas. recognizances, indictments. and
all other process, civil or criminal, is
sued, sued out, commenced. or pend.
ing, of which, if this act had never
been passed, the judge of the western
district would have had jurisdiction
within the limits of the said district
of Virginia, as defined by this act,
shall be returned, entered. and have
day before, and be heard and deter
mined by, the judge of the district of
Virginia, in the same manner, aud
with the same validity and effect, as
they should have been returned, enter
ed, heard, and determined by the
Judge of the western district of Nir.
giuia, if this act had never been pas,
sed.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted,
That all the judicial proceedings oi
the court of the western district oi
Virginia had within the limits Of the
district of West Virginia, as fixed by
the first section of this act, since tn,
erection of West Virginia into State
are hereby made aud declared to b.
as valid and binding as if this act hat
been passed contemporaneously will
the act establishing the State of West
Virginia, and said judicial proceedings
had been under and by virtue OF this
act.
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GPUBrIC-No. 92.1

lIUBEiC-NO. ".
AN ACT to punish and prevent the
counterfeiting of coin of the United
States.
BE IL enacted by tie Senate and Hons,
of Representatives If The United States oj
Amcrica IN Congress assembled, That il
any person or persons, except as now
authorized by law, shall hereafter
make or cause to be made, or shall ut
ter or pass, or attempt TO utter or
pass, any coins Of gold or silver, or
other metals or alloys of metals. in
tended for the use and purpose of cur
rent money, whether in the resem-
bance of coins Of the United States
or of foreign countries, or Of original
design, every person so offending
shall, on conviction thereof, be pun
isheG by fine not exceeding three thou
sand dollars, or by Imprisonment for a
term not exceeding five years, or both,
at the discretion of the court, accord
ing to the aggravation of the offence.
Approved, June s, 1864.