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s,utememt Of the Captain OF the vii.
liam Nelson.

New YORK, July 20-The following
l. an extract from a letter from Captain
Boseandi, commanding the French MAJ |
3 Gamer Lafayette, to George Mackenzie
AGENT of the General transatlantic Com
pany
New YORK, Tuesday, June q.
4:3OP.M NJ, about latitude ~ deg,
i6 min, longitude 52 deg. 2l min. fell
n with two boats from the ship William
Nelson. burned AT sea, and took from
them twenty-four male and six female
passengers, including tho captain of that
Inflated ship. | obtained from him the
following statement:
Twas in command of the ship William
Nelson With a crew of thirty men
left Antwerp on the 4th, with 600 tons OF
merchandise and $50 emigrant passeng
ers for New York June Goth, ut latitude
Al deg. u min, longitude 50 deg. ~ min,
having first taken observation, inferred
that the ship was set on fire while fnml-
eating, and the flames spread 80 rapidly
that had only time to order the tour
boats to be lowered, which were immedi'
ately filled by those nearest, and hndlng
all efforts useless | soon followed The
scene on board was horrible in the eX
treme
This morning at o'clock the ship had
entirely disappeared. stood out for the
north west, the other three boats keep
ing company as long as they could:
stood south in search of the two missing
boats, and ut TAO p. IN. sighted boat at
a great distance Stood for her, but the
Russian ship Ilmari, Capt. Adolph Niske
having come up, the ia passengers in
the boat were picked up by that ship
and at once transferred on board the
Lafayette.
Ilearned from those passengers that
the remaining fourth boat parted fom
them at about 4 o'clock en the previou:
evening, that she contained 81 passen
gers, aud must be in southeasterly di-
rection stood therefore in that dircc
ton searching for her part of the night
and firing signals every five minutes, but
did not discover the lost boat.
The forty-four passengers were care
fully attended to on board the Lafayette
had the men all clothed with the ships
seameu's clothing, and the lady passen
gers on board the Lafayette provided fol
the female sufferers. The passenger
also collected 1862 francs for their bene
y tit. The Lafayette lost about twenty
six hours by this delay.
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Fear. efIn..rree.ien in Alaban..

New YORK, Jaly 2C.-The Worlds cor
respondent from Alabama says there is q
deplorable state of society in the capital
of that State, resulting from the lax ad-
ministration of affairs by Gen. Smith
There are fears of q general negro insur-
rection. There is q complete and terri
ble desolation in the country. !,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-21
Release of Gen. EwcIl.

BosToN, July 20-The wife of the reb-
Ell General Ewsll proceeded to Ft. War
rem yesterday morning, with an order
from President Johnson for the release of
her husband on taking the oath of allie
glance. He was liberated and both left
for the South last evening.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-21
The Geld Market.

NEW YORK, July 20-Gold continues
unsettled 1t isgeneraly understood that
the prices is kept up, spectators holding
large amount of the market, and the
continuance of the present. premium il
therefore felt to be very uncertain. The
qustions opened at 1.42t and went down
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Gen. Bur..ide-secTeiaTy sew.rd.

New YORK, July 20.-The CONNER.
cial's Washington special says General
Burnside had an interview with the
President to-day.
Secretary Seward and son have not yet
returned from their trip down tho Poto-
mac
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-21
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Interview with Johnson.
Speech by Governor Perry
Interview between the soatb Carolina
Delegation and President Johnson
The origin Of the Delegation.
fpress Dispatch1

New YORK, July 19-The Times Wash
ington special says the South Carolina
delegation, headed by Governor Perry,
had an interview with the President at
four o'clock this "wednesday afternoon,
which resulted in the mutual satisfaction
of the parties. 1t appears the delega-
tion was suggested at various town meet
ings throughout the State, and the
members had been selected and were on
their way to this city before the receipt
of the news that Governor Perry had
been appointed Provisional Governor OF
the State Governor Perry first heard OF
his appointment when he had got seven
ty miles from home. In the course OF the
interview of this afternoon Governor
Perry assured the President that South
Carolina would be represented by her
Congressmen in the month of December
next, and doubtless by the first day OF
the session; that the State would adopt
the amendment to the Conititution
abolishing slavery; that the Parish sys'
tenn will be abolished; that the Presiden-
tial electors will hereafter be elected by
a direct vote of the people, and in gem
eral the State laws will conform to the
Northern States and to tho Federal Con-
stitution
Governor Perry issued a proclamation
this evening. which will 60 forward by
special messenger tomorrow morning.
calling State Convention to meet on
the third Monday of September for the
formation of new Constitution, and for
the consideration of the several meas
ures therein suggested.
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THE postofice at Harrisoaburg, Rock
ingham county, West Virginla. has besn
reopsnsd, and Ed j. s1llivsi appointed
possmastsr.
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Removal Of the Sentenced Conspira-
tors.

New YORK, July 20.-Privat/ dis
patches from San Francisco mention the
death of Bishop A. Potter, on the 4th
inst
A Fortress Monroe correspondent says;
The sentenced conspirators, Mudd, Ar
mold, OLaughlin and Spangler, arrived
hereIMonday on the steamer State OF
Maine. They were in charge of Brevet
Brig. Gen. Dodd, and wore irons Oh their
ankles. When first placed on board at
Washington, they also had on manacles.
These last fetters were removed after the
steamer left her wharf at Washington
On the "TRIP down Mudd aud Spangler
were very cheerful, and employed their
time in playing backgammon OLaugh-
lin and Arnold, on the other hand, SEEM
ed much depressed in spirits, and were
melancholy and reserved.
On her arrival in the roads the State
of Maine anchored and Gen. Dodd came
on shore and communicated with Wash
ington by telegraph. Just at sun-down
the steam tug Chowan went along side
of the State of Maine, and the four con-
spirators We're placed on board of her
The Chowan then steamed alongside OF
the L. S. gunboat Florida The four
prisoners were put on board the Florida,
and that gunboat Immediately steamed
seaward. The destination of the con-
spirators was not made known, but the
conjecture was the Dry Tortugas. The
only person possessing the information
was Capt Budd, of the Florida, and he
did not disclose it to any one.
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GROCERIES.
GROCERIES & PRODUCE
C. MATER.

Formerly Proprietor OF Boat Store)
No. IL III TER Strict, tco doors ADORE
Sp,igg Aliey,
KEEPs CONSTANTLY ON HAND
n A FULL and complete assortment OF Gro.
ceries, Produce Canned Fruits, Jollies Sardines,
Cove Oysters, Lobsters, etc. etc, all Of which
will be sold at the lowest market rates.
Orders for anything in my line flled, either
day or night.
tVOfice of W. J. C. Anderson, Steamboat
Agent. my3
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speesh Of Governor Perry at Green
Vile, y. C., Before the News OF HIS
Appointment.

New York, July Goth Provisional
Gov. Perry made remarkable speech at
Greenyille, S. c., on the Sd instant, be
fore he knew of his appointment: lfs
tenor NAV be inferred from the following
expressions:
MIR. CHAIRMAN Il will here frankly
say, as l have often said during the past
four years, that there was not man in
the north who more deeply regretted the
secession of the Southern States than
did at the beginning of the revolution,
and there is not now in the Southern
States any one who feels more bitterly
the humiliation and degradation of 60
ing back into the Union than do. Still
| know that we shall be more prosperous
and happy in the Union than out of it.
He also said jeff Davis was not specially
to blame for the failure of the rebellion;
that the people, tired of fighting, had
skulked from the field; that Johnston had
10000 men on the muster rolls OF his
army; but only $4,000 in its ranks, and
adds Congress, too, Mr.. Chairman, is
greatly to blame for their exemptions.
All between the ages of l5 ond As should
have been forced into the army and kept
there. 1t matters not whether he was
DOCTOR lawyer, preacher, politician, edi,
tor, or school teacher; if an able-bodied
man he should have been sent to the
army. But strange to say the. three class,
nf men who We're mainly instrumental
in plunging this country into the mad
revolution, were all exempted by Con
gress from fighting. allude to the pol
iticians, editors and preachers. This
was not fair The man who gets up a
fight should always have his share Oft"
He also said President Lincoln's death
was no great loss to the South; that he
was Wing and no Shareholder, while
johnson is a Democrat, who has held
slaves and who voted for Breckenridge i'll
1860 Therefore, the people should have
every confidence in him.
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New YORK. July 20.-The following
l. an extract from letter from Captain
Boseandi, commanding the French maj
3 s.eamer Lafayette to George Mackenzie
agent of the General transatlantic Com
MANY:
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-02
IPURLIC-No. 219.l
PURLIc-No. 219. .."as-
AN ACT to authorize assimilated Rank to lie
given to the Warrant Officers of the United

AN ACT to authorize assimilated Rank to lie
given to the Warrant Officers of the United
States Navy, and for other purposes.
BE IL enacted 5y he Seaaie and House Of Repre-
sentutpcs Of The United States Of dsierioa in Con
yress assembled That the President of the Uni
ted States Is hereby authorized, il. i'm his judg
ment, it shall be conducive to the interest of
the service. to give assimiiated rank to the
warrant officers of the Navy, viz boatswains,
gunners. carpenters, and sailmakers. as fol-
lows After five yers of service to rank with
ensigns and after ten years service to rank
with masters.
Sec. 2 And be IL further enacted, That. from
and after the passage of this act the officers
namel i'm the preceding section shall be known
warrant officers in the naval service of the
United States and shall be entered upon the
Naval Register. d.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted. That
in all cases where it has been, or may be-
found necessary during the present war to de-
tain in confinement persons found on board of
captured vessels, the expenses ut the detention
Of such persons, when not ehargeible to the
proceeds Of prize or other fund, shall he paid
out of the appropriation for delraying the ex
penses of suits in which the United States are
concerned, and that the expenses of prisoners
sentenced by naval courtmar.ial to contine-
ment in penitentiary shall be betrayed from
the same fund. r...... as f-a.
Sec. 4. Ind be Il further eaacted. That the
following addition he made to the clerical
force now authorized by law in the Navy De
partment: f. ..s
Bureau of Provisions aud Clothing. two
clerks of the third class and two of the trst
class. ..u.
Bureau of ordnacc, one clerk of the third
class. @...
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, one
clerk of the second class and one clerk of the
first class. .
Approved, July 2, 1861.
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roved, July ., 1864.
TPrBIIC-No. 2o4 !


AN ACT prescribing the Terms on which
Exemplifcttions shall be furnished by the
General Land Office T@EL
lie il enacted 10y the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of Anne
rica in Congress assembled, That, from and
after the first day of July next, all exempliii-
cations of patents, or papers on file, or of re-
cord in the General Land Office, which may be
required 10y parties interested. shall be fur
nished by the Commissioner Of said Office up
ON the payment hy such parties at the rate Of
fifteen cents per hundred words, and two dol
lars for copies of township plates or diagrams,
with an additional sum of one dollar for the
Commissioner certificate of verihcation with
the General Land Office seal and one of the
employees OF said office shall be designated by
the said Commissioner as the receiving clerk,
and the amounts so received shall, under the
direction Of the said Commissioner be paid in
to the Treasury of the United States effect to
be given to this act according to such regula-
tions As may he prescribed 10y the Secretary of
the Interior not inconsistent with the laws Of
the United States: Prorided, That the fees
stipulated in the foregoing provisions shall not
apply to such authenticated copies as may be
required by the officers of any branch of the
Government, nor To such unverifed copies as
the Commissioner in his discretion may deem
proper 10 furnish. ' s."- ss..s sa3f
Approved, July >, 1864 ,...-......r .....
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Approved, July 2, 1864.
PUBLIc-No. 222.1


AN ACT relating to the Law of Evidence in
r, the District OF Columbia. q.
'' Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States of Ameri-
ca in Congress assembled, That on the trial of
any ISSUE joined. or of any matter or question,
or on any inquiry arising in any suit action,
or other proceeding in any court of Justice in
the District Of Columbia, or before any person
having by law, or by consent of parties. ai.
thority to hear, receive, and examine evidence
within said District, the parties thereto, and
the persons ia whose behalf any such action
or other proceeding may he brought or defend.
ed. and any and all persons interested in the
same, shall, except as hereinafter excepted. be
competent and compellable to give evidence,
either viva roce or by deposition according to
the practice of the court, on behalf of either
or any Of the parties to the said action or 9TH
er proceeding Proyfded, That nothing here
in contained shall render any person who is
charged with any otfcnse in any criminal pro-
ceedine competent or rcompelable to give evil
dence for or against himself or herself, or shall
render any person compcllable to answer any
question tending to criminate himself or her.
self, or shall in any criminal proceeding rem
der any husband competent or compellable to
give evidence for or against his wife, OF any
wife compe!able to give evidence for or
against her husband, or in any proceeding in
sntutcd in consequence OF adultery nor shall
any husband be compellable to disclose any
communication made to him 10y his wife du-
ring the marriage, nor shall any wife be com.
peilable to disclose any communication made
to her by her husband during the marriage.
Approved, July 2, 1864 ,..... ..t.. =.
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[PUBLIc No. 245 !


AN ACT to regulate the Sessions of the Cir
emit and District Courts for the Northern
District of New York, and for other purpo.
ses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States of Amer,
lea in Congress assembled. That instead of the
times now fixed by law for holding district
courts of the United States for the northern
district of New York the said court shall
hereafter be held at the following times and
places, that is to say at the city of Albany
on the third Tuesday Of January at the city
of Utica on the third Tuesday in March; at
the city of Rochester on the second Tuesday
in May at the city of Buf,lo on the third
Tuesday in August; at the city of Auburn on
the third Tuesday in November and, in the
discretion of the Judge of said court, one term
annually at such time and in such place, with
in the counties of ST Lawrence, Clinton, JET
ferson, oswego, or Franklin, as the judge OF
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- LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the First session OF the Thirty.
.rs..rs sr,F Eighth Congress. -.- yE,...f
TPuptfcNo 216 |

n" "' f7'" PUBLfc-No 2ls ''. f.~s~e.
AN, ACT to quiet the Titles 70 Lands within
the Rancho Laguna de Santos Calle, in the
State Of California I* lt4a '@Al 'sls
BE aendctsd By the Senate and House Of Repse
sentdtices Of the Uaited States Of America IN Con
gress ossemb,ed, That it may and shall be law
fnl for all purchasers from the grantees tor
their assigns Of lands within the Rancho La
guna de Santos Gale, in the State of Califor
MIA, to file, within twelve months from the
passage of this act, with the register of the
land office at Marysvile, applications destrib-
ing the lands SO purchased by them respect
lively, with proofs of bona fide purchase from
the said grantees or their assigns and upon
such proofs being found satisfactory, the said
purchasers shall be permitted to enter, accord
ing to the lines of the public surveys, at one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the
lands SO purchased within the limits OF said
rancho, as describedi ia the petition present.
ed to the board of commissioners under the
act of March three. eighteen hundred and fif-
tyrone, entitled An act TO ascertain and set
tie the private land claims in the State of
California, to the extent 10 which the lands
SO purchased have been reduced to possession,
and are now held by said purchasers Prori-
ded, That any person who shall avail himself
OF the provisions of this act shall be debarred
and further claim under the grantee in the
event OF a final conformation Of the grant.
Sec, ?. And he Il further e,.aeted, That
where any additional surveys may he found
necessary to give full effect to this act. the
commissioner of the General Land Office shall
cause such surveys to he made at the cost of
the purchasers, as provided by the tenth sec
ton Of the act of May th,rtieth. eighteen hun.
dred' and sixty-two, entitled = An act to re-
duce the expenses of the survey and sale of the
publicl lands of the United States :" Pror,ded,
That no entry Of mineral lands or lands re-
served for military or other pubic uses, shall
I've permitted under this act, nor shall any
rights acquired under the pre.empton laws Of
the United States lie affected hereby
V Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the register and receiver
of the proper land office to receive all applici-
tions in cases presented under this act, pursu-
ant to such instructions as may lte prescribed
hy the Commissioner uf the General Land
Office, and to adjudgeali such cases as prelimi-
nary to final decision in due course of law.
ADproyed July Q 1864
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TPrttrc No. 2c3 |
AM ACT nnthnrizinr the Erectinn nf +

AN ACT authorizing the Erection of Build-
ings for the Branch Mint at San Francisco
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United State sof Ameri-
ca il Congress assembled, That the sum of
three hundred thousand dollars be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated, out OF any mon
ey in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to he expended. under the direction Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury. in the purchase of
a site, if necessary, and the erection of suita-
BILE building or buildings for the ,ise Of the
branch mint at San Francisco, in the State of
California
Approved, July . 1864. " ...
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the Secretary Of the Treasury, with the ap-
proval of the President shall make such rules
and regulations rs are necessary TO secure the
proper and economical execution of the pro-
visions Of this act, and shall defray all expens-
es Of such execution from the proceeds of fees
imposed by said rules and regulations, Of sales
of captured and abandoned property, and of
sales hereinbefore authorized. 1a1.. .t'.
Approved, July 2, 1864. ,ra...... ,i.,
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such public moneys as the Secretary of The
Treasury may direct. And the superintend
ent of said branch mint, who shall perform
the duties of treasurer thereof, shall have tn,
custody of the same, and also perform the dn
ties of assistant treasurer and for that pur
pose shall be subject to all the provisions con.
tanned in an act entitled I" An act to provide
for the better organization of the Treasury,
and for the collection, safe keeping, transfer
and disbursement of the public revenue" ap
proved August six, eighteen hundred and for
ty.six, which relates to the treasury of the
branch mint at New Orleans.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That the
superintendent of said branch mint be author.
lied. under the direction of the Secretary OF
the Treudfy. and on Terms to. be prescribed
by him. to Issue in the payment of the gold
dust and bullion deposited for assay anil coin.
age, or bars. drafts, or certificates of deposit,
payable at the Treasury, or any sub treasury
of the United States, to any depositor electing
to receive payment in that form.
Sec. z. And be it further enacted, That all
the laws and parts Of laws now in force for the
regulation of the Mint of the United States,
and for the government of the officers and per-
sons employed therein. and for the punish
ment of all offenses connected. with the Mint
or coinage of the United States, shall be, and
they are hereby, declared to be in full force
in relation to the branch of the Mint by This
act established, as far as the same may be ap-
plicable thereto. ...
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars be. and
the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to carry into effect the provisions OF
this act, and to meet the expenses of the cur
rent year, and for the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth day of June, 1865.
Approved, July 4, 1864.
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fPUBLIC No. o4I I

AN ACT to provide for the Supervision, Re-
pairs, Liabilities, and Completion of the
Washington Aqueduct.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States OF Amer
ica i'm Congress assembled. That the sum Of
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be,
any money in the Treasury Hss otherwise ap,
propriated for the purpose of constructing the
dam of solid masonry across the Maryland
branch of the Potomac river, near the Great
Falls, and for constructing the conduit around
the receiving resauoir [reservoirl !. and for pay
ing existing liabilities and expenses. engineer
ing. superintendenee, and repairs of said aque-
duct.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-02
TprgIlcNo. S41.l

AN ACT supplementary to an Act entitled
An Act to grant Pensions, approved Ju'
" fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
two.
BE it enacted 10y the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States ot AIas
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-02

other purposes approved March third, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty.three. ~e
Sec. H. And Je IL further enocfed, That
nothing contained in this act, shall be con.
strued to alter or change the provisions of ex-
listing laws relative to permitting persons liable
to military service to furnish substitutes.
Approved, July 4, 1864. .s.... ..........