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The osnsu.-Lstter from an Enumsrssor.

Permit me through the columns Of your paper 70 criti-
else the remarks of Mr.. Ely at meosns OF The
Board of Supervisors on August 10, 1895. resou-
ton was offered by Mr. Purdy that tho sum Of $4,000
be appropriated for defayng the expenses Of taking the
census Of the city aud county Of New York
Mr. Ely opposed the resolution on the ground that In his
opinion the work had been In an imperfect manner
He was not in favor OF paying cent until the board
were satisfied that tho had done their duty
Now will ask how in tho name Of common sense MI Ely
or any other man, will find whether the enumcraaori
have done thor duty or nos The law allows tut one
taking of the Al II Is impossbility you Of
any other inform mo upon tho su1ect will b'
greatly obliged AN ENJMERAT0R
Npw yosx. August 10. lSos.
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At % Each-Our Best s'sea' IsianSr'
'"''' "'' sMiTH xfowLER, No SPARK row Look.
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A.-Marsh's Radtcal Cure Truss am0
Bandage Institute has removed 10 oA2 broadway Open u
or M Lady attendsnt
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Gouraud's Poudxe subtitle Uproets Hail Z
from lo~ forehesds part Of de DoaS u" w.
Va 4u.v
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Tho Bridal Chsmbcr-An Essay -
warning and instruction Cor Young Men Psnss Y. ~
How Association and sept Tree n cQt1f ~
,eopcs Address DR. j. skilin Boushon. toward Asos1s
ION Phil Aielphia. Pa
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Grover 81 Bakers HtGhess PrssmndH 4.
ELASTIC STITCH AND LOCK srftO" sn"i"" -
HrOadWaY.
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y I r G. 7 N 7 A,
Important Mihs.ary Order
from Maj. Gen. Terry.
PROSPECTS OF THE PRESENT HARVEST.
The Wheat, Tobacco and Corn Crops Very
Light and Inferior.

Our Richmond Corrospondencs.
RICHMOND, August 10. 1886.
DIFFERENTIATION or THE MILITARY CONDITION IN REFERENCE
10 sOLDinRS
Major General A. H. Terry, commanding this depart.
ment has Issued the following order which has uni
versa military significance and is calculated to do away
with a widespread and Injurious impression among the
soldiers q the army who suppose that their period OF
service has eEped because there no rebel armies in
ha aald
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Cristadoro's Hair Dye, Prsservetve
and Wig Depot wholesale and retail No s. Astar House
The dys spplsd,by skillful srtistn
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Albany, N. ", August z, I663.-N0tlce -
hereby gwen that Messrs & " isughwout Co. OF Nes
GA al aud the sole ageus for
the that city and its suburbs Of the Aobin Patent p
1;as Holder steamboats, &C. aud that all persons making
us,np or selling district without ther
viii prosecuted for the infringement Anafor
The damages resulting thcrefrom,
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RICHMOND, Va, August 1s, 1895.

A subscription has bcon attempted among the Union
occupants Of Richmond I'm relief OF the wants OF Mrs
JcGoroon Davis Il has met with but limited success.
Colonel James A. Hill, Of the Eleventh Maine volun
tesrs who lost at the engagement or Deep Bot
tom ON the 10th Of August last year. has been brevcted
brieadier gencrei General Hill Is president Of q
court martial sitting in Richmond.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry X West OF the Sixty second
Ohovountcers, was brought tSthis city yesterday I'M
der arrest from City Point by order Of General Terry
of which was one Of General Terys aids charged with
the duty Of causing the arrest Colonel Wost was In
Command OF the post
The statue OF Horny Clay, staining in the Capitol
grounds hero has bccnesriousy mutlated within day
or two by some thoushtless PERSONS portion OF the
standing collar wesbpoken OF and the face was oon
sderaby indeuted from yroectles thrown against ID
General Joseph Johnston lrc5e) and wife are az tue
Spottswood House. having arrve5llast evening.
Tho Board Of Visitors Of the University OF Virginia
have held meeting ut Charlottesville within Few ds
and elected Charles s. venabls Esq to the chair OF
mathematics Among s~candlahtes Tor TINS position
we're GersrslSamue Jones and General W. N Pcrdie-
ton The Visitors deem,d II inexpcdent TO inargurate
the statue OF Jefferson this time owing to the limited
condition Of public afrars The work, which now hes
boxed up In tho University executed by Alexander
Gait Virginia artist
The army pay masters have Of sas becu paving ON the
troops with thirtiss furnished the Paymastcr Gen.
cra from tho Treasury The Ly 1chburg bankers aud
brokers have actually been guilty OF charging the sol
drs eirht dollars discount every hundred OF these
seven a,ics for current funds In Richmond four dol
lars on hundred have been tIstncted festeriay an
orier reached here from the symsster General at wash
sgton directing the d,sSenunuanse OF their pay nent
tho tro1ps
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Howe Sewing Machine Co.--B1fes Hbwe,
=. p,ssiseat - Broadway Agents wsAtsd
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Couraud's Msdicated Soap Cures 49,
pinules Freckcs, Rngworm MOSQUITO I'M xne All sksn
hisrnsisbss Al bs dsvoi as broadway sna Guog>ss
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GENERAL rERRY's ORDzR.
General Orders-NO I0i.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,


RICHMOND, Va, August IL, 1865. !
The Major General commanding the department has
unteer regiments Of his command suppose themselves TO
BIO legally entitled 70 ther discharge, the ground that
they enlisted to serve for axed time, or during tho
wal, !" and that the war Is ended
That both officers and entitled to be mustered
out Of service at the termination Of the srue that
tho war has vet Terminated In such as to entte
them TO DO mustered out, is not true There
organized rebel armies In the field but by the procama
ton Of the President THIS state ana Others OF the state:
civil governments with imperfect civil governments,
and until civil authority shall be fully restored and until
those States shall have returned to their former relations
to tho national government 1t cannot be said that tho
war has been brought to q close. 80
The plain and evident meaning OF the words "during
the war" in the contract Of enlistment, Is whe the
necessity for military force created by the present re-
bolon shall continue to exist; that necessity sun
exists and therefore those men whose terms OF enlist
have expired fully bound to service as IL
organized rebel armies we're still in the field.
The Major General commanding earnestly hopes that
this necessity for longer service will BIO submitted to as
cheerfuy the tolls dangers and privatons OF the past
four years have been endured and trusts that no
will be found arnish the glorious record OF the past
by INSTRUMENTATION or by an unwilling ana neggent per
Torrance Of duty.
have deserved Of thor country to remember with how
much pride they entitled to point to their splendid
achievements In its defence and ne appeals 10 tne hot
to suy their great and welearned reputation by mis-
conduct now.
But while he thus appeals to them, he reminds them
that military law in all its severity is still in FORCE that
the penalties for deseron and INSTRUMENTATION, which
imposed when armies in the field, can stii DO
inflicted and he assures them that in there shall be
found men who deaf to the calls Of duty commit these
the greatest of military crimes, those penalties Will be
inflicted speedily and as surely Us II the troops were
still engaged in an active campaign
Officers OF every grade are reminded that tney are ~
all times responsible for tho good conduct OF their men,
their responsibilities they will be rigdly hold, and no re-
laxaons or discipline negligence in the performance
of duty will Ss e sser TERRY
Ed W. SMITH Assistant Adjutant General
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rrusscs.-Marsh q Co.'s Old Dststb.
lhd Radical Cure Truss oios svn Of No vs~sy w. ses
Lazy Abundant
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a,o Deaths Weekly tu thl1 CITY frcna
summer complains .hss mieh. ss s.y n uscE ~ sS y
ocn,sias no ops..s Ne cure csgsy oSs We yenn
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CITY OF BROOKLYN.

Total city OH, 68l 272 25T
Increase of the city in Ave years, .......... o9o
Taken from eleven wards.
The following shows the number Of inhabitants in the
remaining portions Of Kings county, according to both
Ger
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Wilcox s. Gibbs sowing TAchias.
No sOs Bfosdwsy.
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RICHMOND, Va, August ia. NJ.

RICHMOND, Va, August ia NJ
Tho Wing Of this morning denies that Governor Pier
points policy is TO be changed. Notwithstanding the
emphatic character Of the Why's denial the statement
made by me Is nevertheless true beyond doubt The
evening previous to my ndng tho despatch referred TO-
Governor Pierpon told Hon Charles w Butts, OF Nor
folk and present candidate for Congress- from that dis
trct that these mon he former rebels had deceived
him. that they were ungratefu TO him for what he had
done for them and that his policy would be changed at
once towards them Only yesterday Colonel c. H. Lewis
Secretary of State explicitly eatod and reiterated tho
fact There can doubt about the Governors having
had such intention.
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CONFORMATION NoTICEs.

A LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST TIiB
~ Cooperation Of the city Of New York growing out ofhs
funeral obscqucs Of President Lincoln requested to O6
ward the same TO the Clerk OF tho Committee
NEw YORK. Ma
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

DvTCE TO MARRIED LADIEs.-MADAME RES
~ TELL Professor of Midwifery, be consulted "a
usual l62 Chambers Herniable French Monthly
pls No | tprice 81, or No which are four degrees
stronger than No l. and fall safe and healthy
price So Also sold 127 Liberty street by mail
n. B-Madame RESTEII. deems II her duty W caution
ladies against mato who only deprive them OF their
means, but OF their health.
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APPENDIX.
| No. 10.
DY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
/ AMERICA:
mo. 1911
A PROCLAMATION.

AMEhlCA:
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the act OF congress the 2Sth Of Septem-
Der 1850 entitled An act to create additions collection
districts In the State of CALIFORNIA; and to change the ex
listing districts therein and to modify the existing col
lection districts in the United States extends to mer
merchandise whareoused under bond the privilege OF
being exported to the British North American Provinces
adjoining the United States in the manner prescribed
the act of congress OF the Sd of March, ls4o, when
desIgnates certain frontier ports through when mef
chandise may be exported, and further provides tna
such other ports situated the frontiers OF the united
States adjoining the British North American Provinces
may hereafter found eSpedient have extended
to them the like privileges, the Recommendation Of
the Secretary of the Treasury and proclamation duly
made by the President of the United States specially
designating the ports to which the aforesaid privileges
are o be extended"
Now therefore, l. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President Of the
United States of America In accordance with the recon-
mendaon or the Secretary OF the Treasury do hereby
declare and proclaim that the port Of Newport in the
State Of Vermont and shall be entitled to all the prv
egcs la regard to the expectation OF merchandise In
bond to the British North American Provinces adjoining
the United States, which extended to the ports
merated in the It'll section Of tho act of Congress of the
90 OF Arch lS45 Aforesaid from and after the date Of
this Proclamation.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and
caused tne seal q the United states 10 be afhxed
Done " the city of Washington this eighteenth
DAY OF August, In ths year Of our Lord ono thou
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I No. 81. !

RESOLUTION to purchase Mail Pouches Boxes of Mar
shall Smiths Patent for the Postal Service, and fol
other Purposes.
Lesolrea by the Senate and House of Bepresentahrss
Of he United States IF 1nsrica in Congress assembled
That the PosmasteGeneral be- and he is hereby author
lied to purchase of Marshall Smith such number OF mail
pouches or boxes Constructed the principle of letters
patent issued April twenyeght eighteen hundred and
sixtyhree and May seventeen, eighteen hundred and
sixtyou to sad Smth) he may deem proper fully
test their utility and value in the postal service; and also
to test a new mode of fastening mabags invented by
Solomon Andrews and to patent for the same
and that the expense thereof shall be paid out OF any a
preparation heretofore made or hereafter to be made
the Post0fice Department.
Approved, March 3, 1865.
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OFFICIAL.

may be- mustered into the military naval service OF
the United States SHALL from and after the passage OF
this act be forever free any law, usage custom what
soeyer TO the contrary Notwithstanding and in determi-
ming who is or was the wife and who the children OF
the enlisted person herein mentioned, EVIDENCE that he
and tho woman claimed to be his wife have cohabited
together associated husband and wife, and 80 con
tnred to cohobt associate NJ the time of the enlist
ment evidence that form ceremony Of marriage,
whether such marriage was or was not authorized OF
recognizedby law, has been entered into or ceiebted
by hem and that the parties thereto thereafter lived 10
geher, associated cohabted as husband and wife
and continued live coab associate at the tmeo
the enlistment shall be deemed sufficient proof Of mar
rage for the purposes OF this act and the children porn
If any such marriage shs be deemed and taken 10 pc
the children embraced within the provisions Of this act
whether such marriage shall shall not have been ds'
solved at the time Of such enlistment
Approved, March 3, 1850
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OFFICIAL.
>-y,>.,~y>-,~'-> -, -. ,bousand eight
8 ary the year Of our Lord one dsnsneSce
Of the United States Of America the etgntyniMn'h
"a ~ ABRAHAM LINCoLN
be w rTesl1sI II SEWARD, Secretary Of Sats.
NO, 70
nv THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
- NNN AMERICA;
A PR0CLAMATIoN

A PR0CLAMAII0N
WHEREAS the twenty first section OF the ect Of Coh'
rress approved the third instant e'ted An act to
amend the several heretofore passed TO provide for
the enrolling and calling the national forces and for
other PURPOSES requires "tha In addition to tho othor
lawful penalties Of the crime OF deserton from the mill
tary naval service all persons who have deserted the
military naval service of the United States who shall
not said service report themselves to pro-
vost marshal within sixty days after the proclamation
hereinafter mentioned shall be deem d aud taken to
have voluntary renquished and forfeited their rights of
citizenship and their rights 10 become citizens and such
deserters shall be forever incapable OF holding any
Office OF trust or profit under the United States or Of
exercising any rghts Of citizens thereof and all per-
sons who shall hereafter desert the military naval
service and all persons who being duly enrolled shall
depart the jurisdiction of tho district in which he is
rolled or go beyond the limits Of the United States with
intent TO avoid any draft into the military naval
vice duly ordered shall be liable TO the pena ties of this
section And the President Il hereby authorized and re-
CURED forthwith the passage Of this act to issue his
proclamation setting forth the provisions OF this section
il which Proclamation the President e requested
notify all degerters returning within sixty days as re
said that they shall be pardoned condition of return
Ing to their regiments and companies or to such other
organizations as they may be assigned to until they
shall have served for period of time equal to their
original term Of enlistment"
Now, therefore, be 1t known that l. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President Of the United States, do issue this my Proca
nation, required by said act, ordering and requiring
all deserters to return 10 their pr, per posts and do
hereby notify them that all deserters who ehal within
sixty days from the date of this Proclamation Wit
before the tenth day Of May 1855 return to service
port themselves to shall be peraoned
condition that they return to their regiments and
companies to such other organizations they may b9
assigned to, and serve the remainder of their original
term Of enlistment, and in addition thereto, period
| equal to the time lost by deserlioh.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand,
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
/ Done at the city OF Washington, this eleventh day
r, of March, in the year Of our Lord onc thousand
L"SJ eight hundred and syty-fve and ofstlie INDIE
| pendence OF the United States the eghty-nnth
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
| BY the President:
wuIIAX II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
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OFFICIAL.

force If The Two countries allowed by the existing
nsu,@s S p5eSS ats, s saa
-, 40 aace REQUIRED for the termination of The
trcsty iv a communication which took effect on th'
twopty.tlitd November, eighteen hundred and sixty
Be il yes8pod 6yGs Siats and Houss Of Representative
ofRs Gated Std,cs IF Anatca IN Congress- assembled
That the notice given by the President OF the Unite
states the government Of Great Britain aud IFean
TO terminate the treaty of eighteen hundred and
teon regulating the naval force upon the lakes Is hereb
adopted and ratified IL the had been authorize
by congress-. .-
AnproYrd EalrnnrY O 1863 - y
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Nc 30.
RssoluIIoy respecting the Publication Of the Papers Of
James Madison.

WHEREAS the Joint committee Of the two Houses Of
Congress the library were authorized by act ap.
proved August eghtetnth, eighteen hundred and fity
six, and amended June twentyith, eightsen hundred
and sixty to to be printed and published thou.
sand copies of the papers OF James Madison and where
the appropriated for such purpose has been found
Insufficient: III refore,
Pesolred by the Senate and House of Representatives
Of the United States Of america in Congress assembled
That the said joint library committee hereby author
lied to contract for the publishing Of five hundred copies
Of said papers, in lieu of the thousand copies hereto
fore authorized and for the same sum.
Approved, March 9, 1855.
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INC. 20.

JoSr Resolution directing the Secretary Of the Treasury
% issue American Registers TO British Schoonero
I" Minnie Williams" and Z. u. Baxtal."
Be reso,pod blythe Siate and Hoaseof Representatives
Of The United States Of imericd Congress assembled,
That the Secretary OF thu Treasury is hereby authorized
and directed TO issue American registers to the British
built schooners Mimi 10 williams and L. NJ Baxter
said vessels being owned BY citizen of Buffalo New
York.
Approved. FebrW ~ 2S, 1865.
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BY Tie PresIuent:
wuII.X II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
No. p.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA:
A PROCLAIM TON.

A PRUCLAlHA TIO-N u
WHEREAS reliable information has been received that
hostile Indians within the limits of the United States
have been furnished with and munitions Of by
persons dwelling In contentious foreign territory, and
thereby enabled to prosecute their savage warfare
upon the exposed and sparse settlements of the frontier
Now, therefore. be it known that ABRAHAM LINCOLN
President of the United States of America do hereby
proclaim and direct that all persons detected in that
arious traffic shall be arrested and tried by
tal at the nearest military post and if convicted shall
receive the punishment due to their deserts
In witness whereof have hereHnto set my hand, and
caused the seal Of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth
day of March, in the year of our Lord one thou
LIS. sand eight hundred and sxty-five, and Of the
Independence of the United States the eighty
ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
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L No. 10. /

JoET Resolution to facilitate the Adjustment of certain
Accounts of the American Colonization Society for the
Support of recaptured Africans in Liberia.
Be it resolved by Tie Sede aud L5ssof Representatives
of The United States Of America in Cgress assenbIs1,
That the Secretary of the Interior be- and hereby
thorzed and directed to adjust and settle the Of
the American Colonization sorety r the support OF
captured Africans IN Liberia, under contracts made for
that purpose under the authority 81 the act Of Congress
approved June sixteenth eighteen hundred and sixty,
the principles Of equity.
Approved, Eebruary *, lAO5. IL