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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18

An Act to provide for Chief of STAFF to the Lieutenant
General Commanding the Armies Of the United States
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Rspresenta-
ves Of the United States Of America in Congress assem-
bte That the President Of the United States may and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint
chief Of saf to the lieutenant general commanding the
armies Of the United States who shall have the rank,
pay, and allowances Of brigadiergenera in the United
States army , :. g'eF Pa ~ ~si
Approved, March 3, 1855. "
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18


An Act supplemental to the Act approved arst July
eighteen hundred and sixty four, "for the pisposa
Coal Lands and OF Town Prop rty in the fnpnc Doa
Beit enacted ty the Senate aud House OF hsprSy'.,sass
% United STATE, g Aneca Go5e s,s;ss wbo At thu
act may the business OF bona noe sc
coal.ining on the public lands except on Ianas
by the President of the United States for pupc uses w
purposes of Commerce. such citizen, upoA ., shs etfct
satisfactory to the register and receiver % Ina.
shall have the right to enter, accolng W Snrd ana
IONS quantity Of land not exceeolng on. S ,un,no.
sixty acres to embrace his Improvements anu ns
nren,lses at the minimum price OF twenty ao.as pe'
acre ixed In the coal and town properly act OF
eighteen hundred and sxtyfour; fTopsaed ana. wns
the miuing improvements and premises gre on .s 81
veyed at the passagsof thisact sworn ,so ~
ment e.criptive OF the tractand premises showing an
extent and Character OF the Improvements sna " LIZ"
within six months nom tn date OF TINS ect snu Pvo
and payment shall be made within one yeAr ~. s
datsoi such filing; but where saSn seb decsatoy
abatement sha be filed within three mous .nsh;r
turn TO the district land-oiice OF tne onsiAi III
plat; and proof and payment snail ~ a'~1' "'- w.
! 'ear from the date Of such ming
&c. O. And Be further enacted xnaa mi sas 81 sA'u NAV ~
any cit, or town which, at the passage o. sn scs ny
be- szisting the public lands IN wcn e AZ " ~
nav be variant as to size from the n1su ~ .ns
aid act OF first July, eighteen hunoreo ana
and IN which the lots and buo, ,hsn siT hrndrsd and
frtv ares such variance to size OF ou ., s4cess ~
nroye no bar u such city or town eaim under
said 81 first July eighteen eopSna q such
~ NAV be Prsscrbedby the Secretary Of tne Interior
revided that the minimum price OF 90 sao iots IN
such town or city which may contain greater num-
~ which ,his Is an amendment shall BE- increased to
such reasonable amount the Secretary o. the Int.
r1or NAV by rule establish: kfovsded ysTt4r, That
where mineral veins possessed which possession brs
cogniisd By local authority, and |" sas extent ~ P0s
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18

~ mu.Pnsys wa Bigtrses. Big Springs, Silver Val
Markeville Carsys Mills, and Fredercksburgh to Go
neva.
From, Austin, Lander County, to lone City
srom weinnSIon Ssatons on West Walker River, by
Hot Spring Mammoth District lone CITY, the county seat
Of Nye County, St. Augustine and Washington Distict.
Canon City and Mddletown, to the city Of Austin the
county seat Of Lander County.
NEVADA AND TERRITORIES IDAHO AND MON.
From gnonyille the county seat Of Humboldt County.
VIA star City Dun Glen, Moore's and Whites Ranch Psh
Ute Knob In the State Of Nevada the Owyhes and Jar
1ans creek mines Boise City, Idaho City Centrsvls and
the Territory of Montana.
t--- t--' ILLINOIS. -
From Savanna, 10 Carroll County, via Bakers spriuy
to Morrison, in whltesiae County. e'
From Carthage, In Hancock Coun y, via Jacob < ia
cob's store Durhams and Mcoueens Mi to Burlington
From Newport, vsrmlon County, Indiana, to Rlda.
Farm, vermillion County, Illinois
Railroad to Lovingston, Moultrie County.
From Richmond. via Elgin, clntonvis Junction, and
Cottage Grove, 10 Chicago.
From Marion. Williamson county, via Harrisburg, &c.
From watsrloo. Monroe county to BED Bud, in Ran.
From Plats.vuls, vi. Kendall and Specie Grove. to
ron Wabash, In Wabash county, via Emmon's Church
| su9 noanna, 70 Nlcouzah, In Miami county.
from Farmland Randolph county, t. Hagsrstown, In
IOWA.
From Charlie: oty. via Howardsville Huntsville Bus
| u, nowaIu ana vernon Springs 10 New oregon.
from state Centre Marshall county, via Iinerva Ill
no 0,e Msw o'ssse, Point Pleasant and
Prom Musc.ans Iowa Via guilio Prairie, M,lIa,bssr
md Alsdo, v Monmouth, q illinois.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18

From Seneca, Nehema County, via Pleasant Valley Ne
bgaska, to Miles Ranch, In Richardson County.
Approved, March 5, 1865
AN ACT extending tho Time for the Completion of certain
Landgrant Railroads In the States Of Minnesota and
Iowa, and for other Purposes
Be enacted BY the Senate and House Of Representative,
Of the United States Of America in cores ossemblsd
That the quantity Of lands granted to the State of Min
neso to aid in the construction of certain railroads In
said State indicated in the hrst section OF Tact emit
tied An act making grant OF land to the Terrt y Of
Minnesota In alternate sections to aid In the constitute
ton Of certain railroads in said territory and gran ting
public lands In alternate sections to the State OF Alsba
ma, to aid In the construction Of certain railroad In
said state approved March third eighteen hundred nd
each Of said railroads and branches subject to any and all
limitations contained In such act and subsequent acts
and a. hereinafter provided
Sec g. Andbe further enacted, That the first proviso
In the s section Of the act Aforesaid shall be 20 amend
cd to read follows, towit: orded, That the land
be 80 located shall in be further than twenty
the construction of each of which said grant h nade and
said lands granted shall in all cases. be indicated by the
Secretary Of the Interior.
SEC. g. And be 1t further enacted. That any and ell
lands beretors reserved to the United States BY AIT
OF Congress- In any other manner by competent au
thorty for the purpose of aiding In object Of internal
srs hereby excepted from the operations Of
act except far as may be found necessary to locate
the route Of said road through such reserved lands In
the approval Of the President Of the United States Pro
r1ded further, That any lands which may have been
granted to the territory State Of Minnesota for the
purpose Of aiding In the construction OF any railroad
which lands may be located within the limits Of this
tension Of said grant graRt shall be deducted from
null quantity Of lands hereby granted and that any
ana which may have been 80 granted shall BE- strictly
applied In accordance with the terms and conditions Of
'"a act OF scts unless subsequently, modified by law.
DEC And be II further enaetsd That the sections and
z. sections Of land which BY said acts and this
g. snsu remain 70 the United States within ten miles
So - os o. said roads and branches aha not be sold
hsn IA r uouol: the minimum price Of public lands
ses private entry until the same shall hsvs bssn nrs
yuso ~ Puone sale 70 the highest bidder at OF above
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-18

approved May SIXTH eighteen hundred and sxtyfour.
Certificate Of registry including bond two dollars and
Endorsement on register one dollar
Certncate OF enrolment including bond vessel moi
exceeding NIFTY tons one dollar; on vesse of above nifty
and not exceeding hundred and nifty TONS one dollar
and nifty cents on vessel Of over hundred and ty
tons two dollars. -
License including bond on vessel of not over one hun
ana ny TOMS one dolar vessel of over one hun
ired and nifty TONS one dollar snd fifty cents
Of license Of change Of masters including
Certifying manifest and granting clearance for lIe.pssd
vessel TO 20 to district vessel of ty tons
Or under twenty-five cents; vessel Of over ATTY tons
nifty cents. - 49,
receiving certified manifest and granting usrit n
unade on en- ry Of vessel from any other district on
vessel OF fifty tons or UNDER twenty-five cents on vessel
ofover fifty TONS one dollar
Entry Of vessel nom foreign port otherwise than BY
ss vessel Of fifty tons or under fifty cents If Of over
MY TONS one dollar and the same fees for clearance Of
Receiving manifest Of goods brought into thu United
lana h foreign countries adjoining said frontiers BY
fvs csn, and permit to unlads the same twenty
heeeiying manifest Of baggage of passsn,ar. srv,n
permit 10 rIoSSnea adjoining said frontiers Including
csrantine nss,l .ne same, twenty-five cents. -
permit ~ weasel not belonoin fto, .Jt,~.,
ofthe United States to 70 from ol auxen
uonals, anu linel same fee for receiving man,sr I'D
fct from another di.tr such We sci arrival in dis.
Entry OF goods imported from any yore,or -.
tOn or ensry nSussS
or oath on entry or invoice y cents and sor
post entry, forty cents wi every
twenty-five cents. s'"s'osa for,
0dlssl bonds not herein provided .or, each on. Am,
psoenturs on lori other official certificate no, hsr.lr
provided for, twenty-five cents.
Bill Of health twenty-five cents.
Crsw-list including bond, one dollar.
Recording bill Of sass, mortgages hyposhsestous q,
convey .nces any cents EACH and certified copies thereof
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
No new ProclamatIon!

o. The New York Times is endeavoring to in
: duce President LINCOLN not to listen to the
plea of GREELEY to make proclamatory
effort to restore Peace. The lines does
not want any more Proclamations having
such an object in view. 1t wants the War
to go on. The reason for this is probably to
be found in the fact that The Times does not
want the currency brought up to gold ba-
sis suddenly. 1t wants it done gradually,
lest some spectators, and men who have
been making money out of the country's
calamity, might be reduced in their circum-
stances. GREELEY not only wants Peace,
but he wants the currency brought up to a
gold basis as quickly as possible. GREELEY
speaks for the people, whereas The Times
speaks for swarms of ofice-holders, jobbers,
contractors and spectators. Let the peo-
pie give The Times to understand that they
know the motives that actuate it in oppos-
ing the restoration of Peace, when it is
now possible. The most effectual way Of
communicating this fact, is through the
.ballot-box on the 3D. of April, by voting
against the Administration candidates.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
The stupid Cartman.

The man who one day, as he was loading
Iup his cart with clay, kept saying to the
horse, ''if you can draw that you can draw
this" until che poor horse could not bulge,
notwithstanding the vigorous application
of the whip to him, has been accounted a
stupid fool. What greater amount of wis
dom does the Administration party exhibit?
They create unnecessary offices and through
corruption and profigacy they squander
almost fabulous sums, all the while acting
on the idea that If the people can stand that
they can stand this, until they shall be 50
laden down with taxation that 1t will be
almost impossible for them to move. While
this action renders this ruling party no
more wise than the stupid cartman, how
much wisdom do the voters exhibit in re-
tanning these men in their service? The
cartman's horse had no election, or he would
have reyloted against the man who piled
up the enormous load for him to draw; and,
therefore, nothing can be said tohis discred-
it; but will the people, who have an cleo
tion in the matter, II they shall vote to con-
tiaue the party in power that Is piling up
this load Of taxation for them to draw, fig
ure enviahly In the future? < Why not show
signs OF revolt 10 II throughthe baliotrbOx?
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
Peace.

e In this issue we reproduce from the col
umns of The Neto York Tribune of the 22d, an
editorial, having forits caption "The Time
has Come" in which the propriety of the
President making such an effort instantly
by the proffer to the Rebels of terms most
reasonable, as shall cause ''this long de-
vastated land speedily to rejoice in the I'M
mistakable blessings of Peacew is urged
with great force. The Tribune very truly
says: ,n. fp5
s.The country sigas for an honorable and last
inn Peace, and such seems noto tcitltn reach
: Woe to the hesitancy or perverse counsel
3 which shall prevent its realizatlonV'
If ian honorable and lasting Peace
sseems now within reach" why should not
the President be encouraged to make the
effort? We have unmistakable evidence
chat tnere is among the leaders of the Ad-
ministration party large number who
are opposed to any effort being made to pre-
vent the further effusion of blood. They
are tile men that will run local tickets at
the April election, and if they shall be
I measurably successful they will claim that
the people have pronounced against such
effort being made. The way to induce
President LINCOLN at once to make an
Z effort to stop further bloodshed, is to vote
for the Democratic candidates. In this way
can drafts be avoided in the future, and a
check put to the further increase of the
public debt.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
Are These Things 10 Go Unre-
s-r-e bulked?

Leading members in the Administration
party have recently made exposures as to
the enormity of imprisonnents growing
out of arbitrary arrests, of the outrageous
and objectionable corruption that has all
along prevailed in various departments of
2 the Government under this Administration,
of the cumbrous and the unnecessary cost
Z illness of the collection of the Internal
! Revenue. DO you hear that these ex-
posures have resulted in working out re-
form? Certainly not. And why not? The
answer is to be found in this: The men
who have been guilty of these outrages
think they can continue with impunity in
misdoing because last Fall the Administra-
! tion party carried the elections by such tri-
sumphant majorities-so overwhelming as
5 to.make them believe that there can be no
reversal. Let it be made manifest at the
coming April election, that all these out
RACES meet the disapprobation of the peo-
ple-let them show disposition to vote the
Administration party into minority, and
: the Administration officials will reform
: their ways. A threat on the part of the
, people to vote party which is charac-
terized by corruption, imbeciiity and in
tolerance intoa minority, is amore effective
cure than is quinine fol the ague. Ifyou
want these things rebuked vote against the
Administration candidates on the Sd Of
Anril
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
War Widows and Orphans i'm New
York CITY.

An appeal has been sent out from New
York City in behalf of the War widows
and orphans in that city, which makes this
statement:
"It is estimated that there are over 25,OOO
soldiers widows residing in the city OF New
York. Many of them are sick and unable
to work, and have large families dependent
upon them. This, together with the cold
weather and high prices, renders their con-
dition anything but desirable. Some have
been compelled to sell most Of their furni-
ture and raiment.
MANY of them really belong to the coun-
try. They have been induced hither by
their husbands, who came here to enlist
And while these husbands have fallen in
battle, their widows and children suffer in
the cellars and garrets of our city,"
All the War widows and orphans do not
dwell in New York City. They are to be
found everywhere, and the number of them
who are in Strengthened circumstances few
have an adequate idea of. 1t is enormous.
Good people, let your word go up to Presi-
dent LINCOLN, through the ballot-box, on
the third day of April, that you want him
to put stop to any further addition to this
sum of human misery. GREELEY says he
has it in his power to now make Peace
Peace will stop it.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
The EGect il Would Have.

Suppose man were doing business as q
founder, or machinist, or merchant and ne
employed large number of men, and sup
pose these men should neglect to properly
discharge the duties assigned them, and ne
should expostulate with them simply, do
you think they would mend their ways II
they felt sure that they would not be dis
missed from his service? But if he should
give them to understand very distinctly,
that if they did not reform their ways he
would discharge them, there would be
given ground on which to build the hope OF
reformation. What is true of matter OF
this sort, is equally true of parties. The
Administration party feels confident, that
no matter what their shortcomings may be,
the people will continue them In power
that such is their hold upon the people that
they cannot throw them off. Once let them
be made to believe differently and reforma-
tion is sure to follow. The way to correct
their belief is to vote against the Admins
tration candidates on the Sd OF April.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
The Next Governor of Ohio.

Under this head we find the following ar
ticle in late issue of The New York Atlas
1t is full Of handsome and graceful compli-
ments to Hon. s. S. Cox, all of which are
worthily bestowed. We have not seen Mr.
Cox since he lett for Washington last No
vember; but we can say for him, that he
has grateful appreciation of the kindness
and friendship OF those who have spoken
of him as ''the next Governor of Ohio"-
and they are numerous, both in and out of
the State. They will, however, all regret
to learn, that he is not candidate.
Here is what The Atlas says:
In the retirement of Hon. Samuel S. Cox,
of Ohio, from Congress, not only the DEM
ocratic party, of which he has been dis
tinguished leader, but the country at large
to which he has rendered long and faithful
service, will sustain a severe loss. So far
as he himself is concerned it must be re-
lief to be excused from attending the next
Congress, in which the Democratic minor
ity in the House will be so small as to be
not only powerless but Insignificant. At
the last session Mr.. Cox made his mark, and
will hereafter be entitled to place among
the prominent statesmen of the country.
His speech in favorof the power to pass the
Constitutional Amendment deservedly at
tracted much attention, while that in OPP
position to the project to introduce the
members of the Cabinet into Congress was
by all odds the ablest delivered in either
House. Its wit was sparkling and unaffec-
ted, its logic incontrovertible, and its con-
stitutional learning accurate and profound.
But apart from elaborate speeches, Mr.. Cox
was parliamentary debater OF the first or
der, never at loss, and always dealing blows
that told. So versatile are his talents, that
he seemed equally at home on every topic
that arose. The gerrymandering of the Re-
publican Ohio Legislature, and direct mil
itary interference at the polls, have exclu-
ded him from the halls of Congress; but the
whirligig of political fortune is turning
rapidly; Conservatism is again coming into
favor; and we should not be at all surprised
to see Samuel s. Cox the next Governor of
the old Democratic State of Ohio, redeemed.
regenerated and disenthralled from radical
rule. tsi
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
Exorbiinni Cost Of Collecting the
Nhtet.mal Revenue.

The attention OF the reader is directed to
the editorial we reproduce from FoRNEY's
Press of March 90, under the caption OF
"Internal Taxation" According to the
showing of this editorial the average cost
of COLLECTION" of the "Internal Revenue"
is "twice as much as 1t ought to be-" 1t is
alleged by this Administration journal, that
the machinery for such collection is too
cumbrous and costly. This we understand
to intimate that the swarm of officials who
make fat salaries out Of the collection OF
this revenue is out of all proportions re-
quired for the proper discharge of such du-
ties. Does this not furnish another reason
why the voters should vote against the Ad-
ministration candidates on the Sd of April !
BY doing so they will thereby give notif-
cation to the party in power that in this
matter there must be reform.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
Internal Taxation.

Having condemned the costliness of COL
lecting the Internal Revenue, and lamented
that, owing to the precipitate haste with
which such taxes were almost necessarily
imposed, the machinery for such collection
was cumbrous and costly, we were pre-
pared to find objections on, the part OF in
terested persons to our facts and argument.
One highly respectable official told us, point
blank. that the cost of collecting three mil
lion dollars in this city was only one and
one-fourth per cent, and that the profits OF
selling stamps ought not to be counted as
part ola collectors extra income, because
any one could sell them, though he omitted
to saw that the great sale is at the collectors
counter, held by the public to be the official
stand.
Wehave been gravely charged by volun-
teer champion of the costly and cumbrous
system, with being among '.those who seek
to make as unpopular as possible those
measures which, though they are indis-
pensable for the conduct of the war and the
safety of the land, are nevertheless eOner-
ous," and to this false imputation was APP
pended declaration that the cost of assess
ment and collection averaged too per cent.
In this, the writer said more than his
clientage required. They take their own per
centage as the cost of collecting, but to this
should be added the cost OF assessment and
all other charges and deductions up to the
time that the. revenue is safely. lodged in
the public treasury, to bedisbursed "for the
conduct of the war and the safety of the
land"-and among the costs, to be debited
to the collection, are the increased expenses
In the Treasury Department in Washing
ton. We said, and repeat, that all charges
must s,ceH up The Average cost Of collection to
-. 10 hA
double sohat IL Is in England.
The grave authority already referred to
declares, on one day, that the cost of col
lecting the revenue in England is 'one-
fifteenth of the entire amountn One-fif-
teenth of E100 is exactly SO lbs. 4d., or siG
and too-thirds per cent. But the same au-
thority, three days later, sets the cost OF
collecting the British revenue at Habout
eleusn per cent. against general similar cost
to us Of too" confidently adding that "our
collections are nine per cent. less expensive
to the nation than those of England" On
one day the English cost is set down as 81
per cent, and on another at ii per cent
our own being stated as only 2per cent? all
three statements being erroneous. The as
| tute person who made them, when told that
his figures are all wrong, will probably re-
ply, $50 much the worse for the figures"
No occasion for us to say, we hope, that
we have discussed the subject of taxation
simply because a bad and erudesystem was
adopted at first, and as the taxes must bt
paid long after the Union is restored, that
system should be improved. The tax-pay.
| ers at large desire, equally with ourselves
| to have as little as possible sliced off tn,
revenue necessary to maintain the war, Ie-
store the Union, and keep faith with the
L =. Ea,.oo1fo Pfoaa M0rfII Dr.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-27
What is the Use or Denunciation :

What is the use Of denouncing the cor
ruption in Administration officials, and the
arbitrary arrests and imprisonments, and
the unnecessary offices attached to the
machinery for the collection of the Inter-
nal Revenue, which give snuggeries simply
to partisan favorites, and the shortcomings,
the follies and the negroism of the Admin
istration members Of the Ohio Legislature,
and yet vote for the Administration candi-
dates for Office on the Sd of April? Is that
the way to give to denunciation an effec-
tive point? aA