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Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
approved, June IL, 1864.


AN ACT to empower the Superannua-
ted Fund Society of the Maryland
Annual Conference to hold property
in the District of Columbia aud to
take a devise under the will of the
late William Doughty.
Whereas a certain William Dough.
", of Georgetown, in the District of
Columbia. by his last will, bearing
date on the twenty-ninth day of April,
eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, duly
admitted to probate, devised and be-
queathed certain real and personal
property and estate-part thereof to
take effect at his death, and the resi-
due at the death or marriage of his
widow-to a society incorporated by
act of the General Assembly of Mary
land, by the name of "The Superan-
nuated Fund Society of the Maryland
Annua! Conference" and called in said
will the Superannuated Fund Society
of the Methodist Protestant Church
for the District of Maryland and
whereas it has been questioned wheth-
er the said corporation can lawfully
take and hold the said property, in vir.
tue of said last will, without the leave
and assent of Congress Therefore,
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. of the United States
of Aalertca m Congress assembled, That
the assent of Congress is hereby Civ
en- to all and every the aforementioned
devises and bequests unto The Su-
perannuated Fund Society of the Ma
ryland Annual Conference aforesaid /;
and the said society and body corpo-
rate is hereby fully authorized and
empowered to take and hold the said
property and estate devised and be-
qucathed to it as aforesaid, agreeably
to the tenor and provisions of the said
last will, and to dispose of and enjoy
the same to every intent and effect as
if the said society had been originally
incorporated by act of Congress.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted,
That the said corporation is hereby
empowered to hold real and personal
property located in the District of Co.
lumbia acquired or that shall be &C.
1uired by gift, purchase, devise, or be-
quest, and the same enjoy, rent, lease,
or convey, at pleasure, as freely as
any person or body corporate can do
Prorided, That the net yearly income
thereof shall not exceed twenty thou.
sand dollars.
Sec. 3. And be II further enacted
That this act shall take effect from the
day of its passage.
Approved, June II, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
TPuDrrc-No. I'LL


AN ACT extending the time for the
completion of the Marquette and
Ontonagon railroad, of the State OF
Michigan.
BE u enacted by the Senate and Hous
Of Representatives. Of the United States
of america in Congress assembled, That
the time limited for the completion of
the Marquette and Ontonagon railroad,
of the State of Michigan, be, and the
same is hereby. extended for the term
of five years beyond the time fixed
for its completion by the act of Con
gress of June third, A. ID. eighteen
hundred and fifty-six, entitled "Ar
act making grant Of alternate sec,
tons of the public lands to the State
of Michigan to aid in the construction
of certain railroads in said State. and
for other purposes :" Pr0rided, That
the State of Michigan shall have the
same control over the said grant OF
lands hereby extended for five years,
for the benefit of said railroad, which
was given to said State under said
original act of Congress and said
State may prescribe the time within
which the several sections of said
road shall be completed.
Approved, June Is, 1854.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
PuBIIC-No. lOS.

AN ACT to regulate the veto power
in the Territory of Washington.
BE Il enacted 5y the Senate and Hous
of Representatives Of the United States Of
Aemrica IN Congress assembled, That
every bill which shall have passed
the Legislative Assembly of Wash
ington Territory shall, before it be-
come a law, be presented to the Gov
ernor. If he approve he shall sign it,
but if not he shaI, return it, with his
objections, to that House in which it
shall have originated, who shall enter
the objections at large on their jour
nal and proceed to reconsider it. If
after such reconsideration two-thirds
of that House shall agree to pass the
bill, it shall be sent, together with the
objections, to the other House, by
which it shall likewise be reconsidered,
and if approved by two-thirds of that
House it shall become law. But in
all such cases the votes of both Houses
shall be determined by yeas and nays,
and the names Of the persons voting
for and against the bill shall be enter
ed on the journal of each House re-
spectively. If any bill shall not be
returned by the Governor within five
days Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him, the same
shall be law, in like manner as if he
had signed it, unless the Legislative
Assembly by their adjournment pre-
vent its return, in which case it shall
not be law.
Approved, June IL, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
pproved, June lS, 1864.
[PUBLIC-No. ll3.1

AN ACT making appropriations for
the consular and diplomatic ex.
penses of the Government for the
year ending thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-fve, and for 9th,
or purposes.
BE 1t enacted By the Senate and HoHst
of Representatives. of the United States Of
America IN Congress assembled, That tie
following sums be and the same are
hereby appropriated, out of'any mon
ey in the Treasury not otherwise APP
propriated, for the objects hereafter
expressed, for the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-fve, namely:
For salaries of ENJOYS extraordina.
ry, ministers, and commissioners OF
the United States at Great Britain,
France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Aus
tria, Brazil, Mexico, China, Italy, Chi.
Ii, Peru. Portugal. Switzerland, Rome,
Belgium. Holland, Denmark, Sweden
Turkey. New Granada, Bolivia. Ecua
dor. Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicara
qua, Sandwich Islands, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Argentine Confederation
Paraguay, Japan. and Salvador. three
hundred and eight thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For salaries Of secretaries of lega
tion. thirty thousand dollars.
For salaries of assistant secretaries
of legation at London and Paris, three
thousand dollars.
For salary of the interpreter TO the
legation to China, five thousand dollars
For salary Of the Secretary of le
cation to Turkey, acting as interpre
ter, three thousand dollars.
For salary of the interpreter to the
legation to Japan, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses Of all the
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
PCBLIC-No. ll2. |

AN ACT to amend an act entitled ".An
act to enable the people of Colora,
do to form a constitution and State
government, and for the admission
of such State into the Union on an
equal footing with the original
States"
BE Il enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States Of
Ameriea IN Congress assembled, That
so much of the fifth section of the act
to which this act is an amendment as
provides by ordinance for submitting
the constitution to the people of said
State for their ratification or rejection,
at an election to be held On the second
Tuesday of October, be so amended
as to read, on the second Tuesday in
September, and that the election, for
the purposes aforesaid, be held on that
day instead of the second Tuesday in
October.
Approved, June Is, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
1PUBLIC-No. los. !

AN ACT to amend an act entitled
An act to extend the time for the
withdrawal Of goods from public
stores and bonded warehouses, and
for other purposes approved goth
February. 1864. .a
BE IL enacted by the Senate and HOUSE
of Representatives, Of the United States ot
America ia Congress assembled, That
all goods, wares, and merchandise in
public stores and bonded warehouses
on which the duties are unpaid, and
which shall have been in bond for
more than one year and less than three
years, may be entered for consumption
and the bonds cancel 4 Jed at any time
before the first day of September next
on payment of duties and charges &C
cording to the laws in force at the
time the goods shall be withdrawn.
Approved, June II, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

Chas. G. Perse, the horse thief who
broke Jail at Waterloo about month
since and was recap,urcd soon after,
succeeded in again making his escape
last Monday night. The Jail apart.
ments being full. he was confined in
one Of the juror rooms in the second
story, heavily ironed and with guard
of two men to watch him. During a
snooze INDUCED in by the guard. he.
with the aid of a string. succeeded in
springihg the lock on his shackles.
He then took towel and tore il up in.
to strips. of which he made a rope by
which he lowered himself to the
ground, aud made good his escape.
At last accounts he was still at large
and all efforts to discover his wherea-
bouts frnitless - Cedar Falls Gazette.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

An affray recently occurred between
Joshua Shepherd and his son.inlaw,
Nathaniel Thompson, both of Marion
county, which resulted in the shooting
Of the latter. Shepherd attempted to
beat Thompson's wife, when her hus-
band interfered and cuffed him little
He Immediately got gun and shot
Thompson, inflicting a wound which,
will probably prove fatal. He then
fled but afterwards returned and gave
himself up to the authorities.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

land settled upon by them to the ex
tent to which the same had been re-
duced to possession at the time of sait
adjudication of said Supreme Court
joint entries being admissible by CO.
terminous proprietors, in order that
their respective boundaries may be
adjusted in accordance with their sc v.
eral possessions.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted,
That all claims within the purview of
this act shall be presented to the reg
lister and receiver within twelve
months after the return of such sur.
veys to the district land Office, accom-
panied by proof of settlement, and
the extent to which the tracts claimed
had been reduced into possession at
the time of said adjudication and
thcreupOn each case shall be adiudg-
ed by the register and receiver, under
such instructions as shall be given by
the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, to whom the proof and adjudi-
cation shall be returned by the local
land Office, and no adjudication shall
be final until confirmed by the said
Commissioners: Prouided, That the
confirmation by said Commissioners
shall be conclusive and final between
coterminous proprietors, and the cor.
rectness thereof shall not be open to
contestation in any action at law or
suit in equity between them or be-
tween parties claiming under them by
title subsequent: And prorided, fHrth-
cr, That any claim not brought before
the register and receiver within twelve
months, as aforesaid, shall be barred,
and the lands covered thereby, with
any other tracts within the limits of
said rancho, the titles to which are
not established under this act, shall
be dealt with as other public lands,
but subject to the adjudicated boun-
daries of the claims which are pre-
sented within the limit of the time
prescribed as aforesaid Prorided,
That no person under the provisions
of this act shall be allowed to enter
greater quantity of land than three
hundred and twenty acres.
Approved, June IL, 1854.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
TPUBIIc--No. 1867

AN ACT to amend an act entitled
"An act to authorize the Corpora.
tion of Georgetown, iu the District
of Columbia, to lay and collect a
water tax, aud for other purposes,
approved May 2l, 1862.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and Houst
of Representatives. of the United States
of America IN Congress assembled, Tha,
in all cases in which an original town
lot IN Georgetown, in the District ol
Columbia, entirely owned by the same
person or persons, or any subdivision
Of an original lot separately owned
as aforesaid, shall be situated at the
intersection of two streets, SO as tc
bind or front on both, and in which
both fronts would be liable to the front
foot tax authorized by the act entitled
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

"An act to authorize the Corporation
of Georgetown, in the District of Co
lumba, to lay and collect a water tax
and for other purposes" approved May
twenty-one, eighteen hundred and six
ty-two, the said front-foot tax shall
not be levied upon more than seventy,
five feet of the two fronts of said LOT
or part Of lot aud all beyond said
number of feet shall be exempt there
from: Pror1dsd, That, for the pur.
pose Of avoiding inequality and hard
ship in laying said tax, it shall be
lawful for the said Corporation OF
Georgetown, in such cases, to make
such further exemptions from said
front-foot tax, either by general laws
or in individual cases, as to them may
seem just and proper.
Sec. Q. q. and Be IL further enacted,
That it shall be lawful for said Corpo.
ration of Georgetown, in their discre-
ton, instead of the front-foot tax
aforesaid, to lay and collect annually
general special tax not to exceed
one fifth of one per cent. per annum
on all the assessable property in said
town, for the purpose of defraying
the cost of distributing water through
said town from the mains or pipes of
the Washington aqueduct, which tax
shall be exclusively appropriated to
said object, shall be collected in the
same manner as the general tax of
said town, and shall cease whenever
the cost of said distribution shall have
been fully paid PrOrided, That all
persons liable to pay said tax shall be
credited on account of the same with
all sums heretofore paid by them on
account of said front-foot tax, levied
in pursuance of the act to which this
is an amendment
Sec. 3. And Be IL further enacted,
That the third section Of the act
aforesaid be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Approved, June II, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

An Illinois soldier writes to his wife
in Rockford, that, while he and others
were burying dead rebels near Allan
ia. they were astonished to find six
women among the killed. whom they
buried. Another, severely wounded,
was deeply chagrined when her sex
was discovered. .......-..
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
4ostru.

nv MIS- EIIzABEIn J. COLE.

ny MIss EIzABlTn J. COLE.
Right must triumph ye who pine
Over desecrated joys,
De not shaken, Christ is thine
Faith thy strongest foe destroys.
Foes may clamor and revile,
Thy good name fiercely assail,
II upright, thou may'st calmly smile
Truth is mighty, twill prevail
Are there those who fain would take
Thy little all, thine earthly storel
Friends for u time seem to forsaket
Time will the dearest ones restore.
Do vile ones seek thy mortal life?
Assail thee in the darkened street,
Allure thee on To deadly strife
Lay snares for thy unwary feet!
BE true to honor and to God,
To the pure promptings of thy heart,
Walk i'm the way the Savior trod,
And never from His laws depart.
Right must triumph foes in arms
Essay our nation to destroy,
But God is just mid war $ alarms
We still will hope for peace and joy.
Our cause, SO holy, He will bless,
His arln, all potent, will defend,
He sees in pity our distress,
And right must triumph in the end.
Prairie Glen, M., Aug. ls, 1864. s.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

The Departments of Washington,
the Susiuehanna, Western Virginia,
and the Middle Department, have been
consolidated into one. called "The
Middle Military Department" and
placed under the command Of General
Sheridan. His headquarters are al
present at Harper's Ferry.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

Jacob Thompson. rebel Commission.
er at Niagara Falls in company with
Clay and Holcom be crossed the De-
.roit river at Gross Isle, several days
ago, and is now some where in the
Western States, according to the De-
troit Tribune.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

Correspondence Of the Charles City Intelligencel
Letter from New York.


INTERNATIONAL HorEL. New YORK,
. August Is, 1864.
EDITOR INrElLiGENcER After brief
sojourn in New England, here l am
again. adding one more to the tide OF
living beings who for pleasure or busi'
ness find their way to the great com.
mercial metropolis Of the United
States-the London Of the Western
hemisphere. If an individual is apt
to think too highly Of self and his OF
her abilities and importance-and who
has not at some time IA visit to such
place cannot fail to impress .
thoughtful mind with the great truth
that we are but individual units Of the
great hupan family, and that the
busy world would move on with
out us
In a large city the extremes Of SO
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

A spirited and patriotic lady IN
Michigan, who has lost one son by reb-
el bullets, and has another in the ar.
my, said, on reading that the assump-
ton of the rebel war debt was one Of
the conditions of peace, that she nev.
er would pay q cent Of it, but would
die in defence of her property before
it should contribute to so vile tax.
This lady might with honor change
garments with any copperhead.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

The Richmond papers have been
encouraged to hope that the rebel
raids in Maryland and Pennsylvania
would compel Grant to leave Peters.
burg /; but now that the raids have
collapsed without disturbing our for
ces on the James. the traitors again
feel decided "goneness at the
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

The Anamoso Eureka says within
the past few weeks quite number Of
drovcs Of sheep have passed through
town, bound for the interior of Iowa
The largest drove numbered $500
head and others from 500 upward.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

LEARNED IN GEocRsrHY.-A French
paper of high prctensions. Galignini's
Messenger, says: Many persons en-.
quire what is the meaning of Kear.
sarge. the name of the vessel which
sunk the Alabama. Kearsarge is a
river in the southern part of North
America falling into the Bay of Vera
Cruz"
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

and after the thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four.
Sec. 7. And be ii further enacted.
That the act entitled "An act to reg
ulate the foreign and coasting trade
on the northern, northeastern, and
northwestern frontiers of the United
States, and for other purposes" ap-
proved second March, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-one, and all other acts
or parts of acts inconsistent with this
act be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed.
Approved, June II, 1864.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

THE ELKPoRr RoBBERs.-The value
of the goods Of all kinds taken from
the houses Of the four thieves arrest
cd at Export. is nearly $4,000. One
of the men has made an open confes'
sion, and betrayed the operations o'
the whole gang, which is no small one
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

One of the largest farms in North.
ampton, Massachusetts,, produced
nineteen thousand dollars worth of
tobacco last year, and several other
farmers raised from FIVE thousand to
ten thousand dollars worth.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

A heavy rain storm visited our ar
my near Petersburg last week.
The food filled the ravines so rapidly
that over seventy soldiers, sleeping in
their tents were drowned.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

A large black bear was lately trap
ped on the Green Mountains. Bruin
dragged the trap and a clog weighing
forty pounds, to tree twenty rods
distant, aud climbed the tree to the
hight Of thirty feet. Here the trap
and fixtures became entangled in the
limbs and he was subsequently, found
and shot
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

Major j. b. Athcrton, Of Knoxville,
is organizing an artillery company, to
be composed exclusively of returned
volunteers. and has applied to the Ad-
jntant General for guns and equip
mentS
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

There are at present some 5000
workmen employed in the Springfield,
Mass, arsenal. Before the war about
six hundred muskets were turned out
in a month, but now as many thou
sand are turned out in a week.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

Army pics are so very tough the
soldiers call them leather pies. A
poor fellow Of Grants army, whose
arm had just been amputated, was
being carried past an old woman's pie
stand, when he called ont: "Old lady
are those pies sewed or pegged Z"
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
A severe bailstorm occurred lately

A severe bailstorm occurred lately
in Lancaster, N. II. After the storm
a pile Of hail foot and half deep
aud containing over thirty bushels
was found. Large hailstones were
taken from the heap two days after
the storm.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

The first successful cotton.mill in
America was started by Samuel Sla.
ter, at Providence, Rhode Island, in
the year 1890.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
Charles City, Iowa, Sept. l, 1854.
England has 24O war steamers ia
commission manned by $4,000 men.

A man was enrolled last year in
three different sub-districts in Concord
N. H., and has been drafted from all
of them. a..... ........ ......
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01

Four children near Cleveland play
fully entered an old chest when the
lid fell, the lock caught, and they we're
smothered to death.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
FEMALEs--FEMALES-

In many affections peculiar to Females, the
Extract Bucbn unequalled by any other Remedy In
Chlorosis Retention lrreCuirty, Pnfuncss or sup.
preston II customary evacuatinn liberated Scir.
rhous state OF the Uterus Ieuchnrrhea Whites Seri
uy and for all cnmpain- incident to the sex whether
arising from ndiscreion, babt of dissipation the
DECLINE OR CHANGE OF LIFE.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-01
The Fl. Dodge Republican supple

The Fl. Dodge Republicans supplies
the following interesting item:
About 40 reapers have been sold at
Ft. Dodge tins season. costing. at the
factories, $6,400. adding freight,
$7,llO. There is no reason why these
should not be made IN Iowa and save
the large sum annually sent out of the
State to purchase them else where.