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The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

CHAP. CLN-AN ACT granting certain lands
% the State Of Michigan aid in the Construction
Superior with the Lake known as Lac La Belle in
said State.
BE itenactcd by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentative Of the Unitfd States Of America in Con
Eress assembled That there b., and Is hereby
granted 20 the State Of Michigan for the use and
heneht Of the Lac Ia Belle Harhor Improvement
Company, company organized under and BY vir-
tue Of the laws Of the state Of Michigan for the pur
poses of aiding in the construction Of ship cana
70 connect the waters af Lake Sunerinr with the
lake known IS Lac Il Belle, in said State one hun
dred Thousand acrs Of the public lands Of the
United States in the upper peninsula Of Michigan .
Be selected from the cdd Numbered sections q land
nearet the location Of the sid canal net otherwise
reserved OF appropriated nor designased BY the
United States ss mineral Lands prior 70 the pas
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

Col. Forney, of the Washington
Chronicle, gave an entertainment the
evening of December 4th, to Hon.
John Walter, of the London Times.
Among those present were the Speaker
of the House of Representatives ne
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States, Chief Justice Carter
of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, Judge Fisher of the
same court, Major Gen. Howard, and
a large number of members of both
houses of Congress.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

General Wood shows that laws re
main in force in Mississippi which pro-
hibit freedmen from purchasing real
estate, or from bearing arms without
a special license.--St Louis Democrat
These laws do not remain sin force :
such high authority as that of General
Wood, to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Freedmen purchase real estate
whenever they have the disposition OF
ability so to do; and as for arms, they
have very generally supplied them
selves, and without especial" or any
other sort Of license. These are the
facts. Why misrepresent them
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

Several leading members of Con
gress are in favor of making an ex-
pertinent to see If the Postofllce De.
partment cannot advantageously man.
age the telegraph. The proposition
is to build a line from here TO New
York, declare it post route, put II
under the control of the Postmaster
General and require each message to
bear three cent stamp for every
twenty words. Ii is believed that the
line would yield a handsome revenue.
The present Postmaster General is
understood to think the scheme entire
ly practicable Wen see
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

The grand project of drawing of
the waters of Lake Tahoe, on the top
of the Sierra Navada, through Califor
MIA, about two hundred miles, to San
Francisco, supplying t1se-itD0$ and
others on the route with re water,
and furnishing water power for mills
and mines, is arousing opposition and
alarm in Nevada. The waters of the
lake now come down this side the
mountain into the latter State, and her
lawers say California has no right to
steal them and carry them off to the
Pacific Ocean.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

" Bucks AROMATIC BrrTERs "A
sample of n very superior tonic bearing this
stamp, found its way 10 our sanctum ycstcr.
day II is prepared only in this city, by
Messrs Buck Il Bailey and as an anti-dys-
peptio and inyigorating cordial and as a
sovereign remedy for Indigestion, want of
appetite and general debility, is strongly
endorsed by such phySeians as Boyd Har.
rington and Carter Ourown brief expert.
once is that il is roy palatahlc We expce,
60 give II another trial
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

BIsHoP WILMER.-From a gentleman
just arrived from Montevallo, We learn
the gratifying intelligence that this
distinguished divine, who has recent
ly been seriously ill at Elyton, is now
much improved, and is regarded by
his attendants as fairly convalescent.
We trust he may soon recover his
wonted vigor, and that he may be long
spared to minister that sacred love
and good win towards men" for
which he is so eminently qualified and
for which he is so widely known and
loved Selma Messenger.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

The New York Herald, very peril
nently remarks, the Richmond Inqui-
rer deliberately mistates when it says
that the House of Representatives
sshas resolved to adhere to the pending
Constitutional Amendment as the
basis Of Southern restoration" 1t
has never once proposed such basis.
Its only vote has peen a refasal to do
so.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

A Lynchburg contemporary gives us
a report of the matrimonial market in
that city. We give the quotations
"Sweet sixteens have been most ac-
tive going at previous figures;' but
there is no buoyance in price or de-
mand. Misses of an uncertain 'ag' are
weak, with poor demand; widows
on the decline; unmarried aunts
dull old maids very fiat"
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20
CHAP. GILMAN ACT to provids for the Dis.
pOsal Of certain Lands therein named.

CHAP. CLNlN.-AN ACT TO providf for the Dis
posal of certain Lands therein ntmed
Be II enacted by the Ser an Houfe OF Represen
tatives Of the I'm ted ates Of America In Congress
assembled, That he Commissioner of the General
LAnd Oc be, and he is hereby, authotired to cause
be offered public auction all the unsold lots Of
that portion Of the public domain known as Che
Fort Howard Military Reserve all which is situated
in the county of Brown, and State of WiscOnsiOn,
giving not less than two months notice Of the time
and place of such sale by advertising the same in
such newspapers and for such period of time as he
may deem best Every such lot sha be sold sep
arately to the highest bidder for cash, and when
not paid for within twenty hours from the time
Of purchase il shall be liable to be resold under the
order Of the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office aforesaid, at such reasonable minimum as
may be fixed by the Secretary OF the Interior and
no sale shall be binding until approved by that
officer.
Sec. 2 Ard be il further enacted, That il shall
be the duty of the President to cause patents to be
issued in due form Of law Tor each and every such
lot, as soon as may be after the purchase Of and
payment FOR the same
Approved, July T. 1860.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

1t is said that Rev. j. W. Beckwith,
Rector of Trinity Church, New Or
leanss, will probably be the successor
of the Right Reverend Bishop Rut-
ledge as the Bishop of the Diocese of
Florida.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

A Bostonian writes to the Post that
from five thousand to ten thousand
negroes in Georgia will die of expo
sure and starvation this winter. Such
are the effects of emancipation.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

KILLED.-On Friday last difficulty
occurred near North Mt. Pleasant, in
this county, between Elijah Graves
and gentleman by the name of Car
ter, which resulted in the death of the
latter The particulars of this unfor-
tunate affair we have not learned, but
the report is that Graves stabbed Car
ter so badly with knife that he died
instantly.-[Holly Springs Reporter.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

Jacob Barker. Of New Orleans, eel
ebrated his eighty-seventh birthday
on Monday last and bids fair to retaiu
a vigorous mind and bndy until he
reaches : century Of years.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

CHAP. CLXAIX.-AN ACT TO extend 10 Ger.
tain Persons the Privilege Of Admission, In
certain eases, 10 the United States Govern.
ment Asylum for the Insane.
BE Il enacted BY the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of America
In Congress assembled, That civilians employed
In the service Of the United States, In the quar-
termaster's department and the subsistence de-
partment Of the army, who may be, or may
hereafter become, insane while In such employ
ment, shall be admitted on the order Of the
Secretary OF War, the same as persons belong
ing 70 the army and navy, 10 the benefits Of
the asylum for the insane in the District Of
Columbia, as now provided by law In refer
ence to soldiers and sailors in the army and
navy.
See. p And be ii further enacted, Tint
the following classes Of persons, under the fol-
lowing circumstances, shall be entitled to ad-
mission TO said asylum on the order OF the Sec
retary Of War, II In the army, or the Secretary
Of the Navy, If In the navy, to-wit:
First. Men who, while in the service of the
United states, in the army or navy, have been
admitted to said asylum, and have been there
after discharged therefrom on the suppostion
that they had recovered their reason, and have,
within three years after such discharge, be-
come again insane from causes existing at the
time Of such discharge, and have no adequate
means of support
Second INDECENT insane persons, who have
been I'm the same service and been discharged
therefrom on account Of disability arising from
such insanity.
Third. INDECENT insane persons, who have
become insane within three years after dis
charge from such service from causes which
arose during and were produced by said ser
vice.
Approved. July IL, 1866.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

The New York Tribune endorses a
proposition for the laying of an At
lantic cable at government expense.
1t is estimated not to cost more than
s6,OO0,0O0. Apostolic difficulty with
Great Britain is the argument in be
half of this government outlay.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

SoULE's COMMERCIAL COLLEGE is one
Of the institutions of New Orleans. Young
men desirous Of acquiring practical as we'll
as a theoretical knowledge of business will
hnd very superior facilities afforded by this
institution See advertisement.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20

1t is eighteen years since 3 man with
a middle name occupied the presiden-
tial chair.
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20
CHAP. .CLNNVIL.-AS ACT relating 10 Pilot,
aud Pilot Regulations

BE il enacted by the senate and House II
Representatiyes0 0f the United states Of America
In Congress assembled, That no regulations or
provisions shall BE- adopted by any State Of the
United states Of America which shall make
any discrimination Ia the rate Of pilotage or
the ports Of one state and vessels sailing be-
tween the ports Of different States, or any dis
elimination against vessels propelled In whole
or In part by steam, or against national vessels
Of the United States, and all existing regula.
nation, as herein mentioned. are hereby an
nulled and abrogated.
Approved. July i3 1866
The weekly clarion., 1866-12-20
CHAP. CLXXX.-AN ACT to provide fo
making the town OF Whitehall, New York,
Port of Delivery

making the town of Whitehall, New York,
Port Of Delivery.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the town Of White
hall, in the State Of New FORK, which by ex-,
isting law is port through which imported
merchandise may be exported in bond and for
drawback to the adjacent British North Amer
lean provinces, be, and the same is hereby, con-
stituted port of delivery within the collection
district of Champlain, and that a deputy col
lector. as now authorized by law, shall there
reside, who shall receive the same compensa-
tion as is now paid to the deputy collector now
stationed at that port.
Approved, July 13, 1866.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-24
The T0y-makerS of the TyrOF.

In the Tyrol and near the 1huringian
Forest, in the middle states of the i'll organ
lied confederacy, and wherever forests
abound there tue peasants spend much of
their time in making toys, In the Tyroi,
for example, there is valley called the
Grodnerthal, about twenty miles long, in
which the rough climate and barren soil
will not suffice to grow corn for the inhabi-
tants who are rather numerous.
Shut out from the agricultural labor Gus
tornary in other districts, the people earn
:heir bread chiefly by wood carving They
make toys of nuinberless kinds On which
Noah's Ark animals are very predominant
of the soft wood of the Siberian pine--known
to the Germans as ziebelnusskiefer The
tree is of slow growth, found on the higher
slopes of the valley, but now becoming
scarce, owing to the improvidence of the
peasants in cutting down the forests with
out saving or planting Others to succeed
them. For a hundred years and more the
peasants have been carvers. Nearly every
cottage is workshop. all the occupants,
male and female down to the very young
children, seat themselves round a table and
fashion their little bits of wood They use
twenty or thirty differentikinds of tools, under
the magic of which the wood is transformed
into dog, lion, man, or what not, =
! a. gents represent these carvers in various
cities of Europe to dispose of their wares
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-24
rPrR1.rc-Nn. Al

AN ACT tn ENCOURAGE telegraphic communication
hetween the United States and Island OF Cuba and
other West India islands and the Bananas
v neTGas yae 60 II Ki, N.tn nia
faId william r smith and lanes NJ Dilyges. their
associates successors and ASST MS d rsons compo-
an 95cornorated comoanv chartered b the STATE o,
New York are deSifous o. establishing line 0 sub
marine telegraphlc commune ton between the
and the Bahamas: Now therefore, in order 10 iaci-
tate the said enterprise
Re IN enutted M The ~endte and H. itSA OF Rei,e-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-24

gle in my bosom ceased and | felt sweet
submission to Gods will, For the first
time in my life looked up to Heaven, and
with tender, confiding, and grateful love,
exclaimed, OH my Father and then ex
perienced calm impression that the ground
on which knelt and the air around me
was holy. heard no voice which spoke to
the outward ear but retreating within my
soul seemed to hold communion with that
pure and glorifed being had loved And
not an hour has since passed that | have
not felt that the smile of God and the
guardianship ofmy sainted Frances ngered
around me- stayed in thatT peaceful
church yard for hours but did not feel
that was alone | pressed the parting
gifts to my heart aud left her grave. &. Z
Since that time, at almost every annivel-.
sary of her death, have gone to her native
village, to visit her resting place. 1t was
but few days before we sailed that stood
there. Fifteen long years have rolled away
since her death, and yet it seems but brief
period The green grass had overgro0n the
mound, and the same broad arms of the
sycamore still sheltered her repose. Her
parents, too, were resting by her side.
my companion said--that this has been to
me somewhat dreary world have felt
no disposition to win the love of another, for
my heart is still pledged to Frances. Since
her death | have laid my father. mother and
sister in the grave, and spent most of my
life at sea, and foreign lands for enjoy
better health, and experience quietness
Of feeling on the ocean, and an excitement
abroad which makes me contemplate the
past with less gloom But never should
have been able to endure all this if had
not been sustained 10y the hope and conso-
Iations of religion. Ny misfortunes con
slider the only agency which led me to ex-
perience the bIesseduess of personal religion.
They have weaned me from my strong at
tachmeut to the world, aud have long an
ticipated my own death with cheerfulness
believe there is nothing earthly and fading.
that can satisfy the restless heart of man. =
But know that ga life unuleasnred by the
flight of years." with its sublime prospects
and exalted hopes completely fill the soul
''You have told me sad story, my dear
SIR" replied. "But still the light of hea-
ven dispels its darkest gloon. 1t reminds
me of a traveller who, when he comes at
evening to some mountains brow, after bat
ting storms and tempests through his jour
ney, sees nothing but ruin spread over the
ground he has trayersed, beholds the sun
where he is sitting, casting from clear sky
flood Of golden light, promising fair day
Tomorrow" a..,. ...,.......
When we had entered the room and the
door was closed he took from small wri-
ting desk miniature. 1t was picture of
surprising loneliness; there was a bland
and beautiful expression over tit was ia
ken while she was yet in the bloom of youth
and beauty. kissed the picture and he
thanked me, and returned it again to its
place with deep sigh, saying
g Poor Frances, but she is an angel now
My heart was too full for utterance, and
we wept together - sa5f
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-24
Bob griatiug
rFrom the June Atlantic MOnthly.l
The Dead Ship of HarpsweII.
BY JOHN Q. WHITTIER.

u SOhN " M iiSA'
What fecks the outer gray beyond
The sundoWns golden trail?
The white flash of of a sea-bird's wing, @
Or CLEAN of slanting sail! s-.t E..ss.
Let young eyes watch from Neck and Point
And sea-worn elders pray,---t ras5s
The ghost of what was once ship ..-..
IL sailing up the bay!
From gray sea-fog, from icy drift,
From peril and from pain,
The home-bound fisher greets thy lights,
o hundred -harbOred Maine
But many keel shall seward turn. stEg
And many a sail outstand,
When, tall and white, the Dead Ship looms
Against the dusk Of land.
She rounds the headland's bristling pines.
She treads the isle-set bay;
No spur of breeze can speed her on,
Nor ebb of tide delay.
Old men still walk the Isle of Orr
Who tell her date and name, 3
Old shipwrights sit in Freeport yards ~
Who hewed her oxen frame.
What weary doom of baffled quest,
Thou sad sea-ghost, is thine? .
What makes thee in the haunts Of home
A wonder and sign?
No foot is on thy silent deck, t- Ee.
Upon thy helm no hand;
No ripple hath the soundless wind
That smites the from the land!
For never comes the ship to porS q
Howe'er the breeze may be;
just when she nears the waiting shore
She drifts again to sea
No tack of sail, nor turn of helm, 4e
Nor veer of yeering side.
Stern fore she drives to sea and right 10
Against the wind and tide.
SF
In vain DER Harpswell Neck the star
OF evening guides her in;
In vain for her the lamps are lit
Within thy tower, Seguin
In vain the harbor-b boat shall hail,
In vain the pilot CALL
No hand shall reef her spectral sail,
Or let her anchor fall. ."-s
Shake, brown old wives, with weary JOY,
Your gray-head hints of i'll; --
And, over sick beds whispering low,
Your prophecies fulfill.
Some home amid yon birchen trees
Shall drape its door with woe;
And slowly where the Dead Ship sails,
The burial boat shall row!
From Wolf Neck and from Flying Point,
From island and from main,
From sheltered cove and tided creek,
Shall glide the funeral train.
The dead-bOat with the bearers four,
The mourners at her stern,-
And one shall go the silent way
Who shall no more returnl
And men shall sigh, and women weep,
Whose dear ones pale and pine,
And sadly over sunset seas
Await the ghostly sign.
They know not that its sails are filled
BY PHYS tender breath, # a
Nor see the Angel at the helm
Who steers the Ship of Death. j
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TPUBLIC--NO, IL. +
lECBLlC--NO. ".
AN ACT concerning the boundaries of the State of

AN All concerning the DounuarleS OF Jne State OF
Nevada.
Be IL enacted by the Senate ard H3use Of Repre-
sentatiUes 0fe United States Of ADteTtcd an con-
gress assembled That as provided for and consented
Ito in the Constitution OF the State of Nevada, all
that territory and tract of land adjoining the present
leasern boundary OF the State OF Nevada and lying
lbetween the thrtysevenh and the fOrty-sec0nd de-
grees OF north latitude and west of the thirty
enth degree of longitude west Of Washington. Is
hereby added 10 ana made part of the State OF Ne
, vada.
SEC. 3. And be it fl. tier enacted That there is
hereby added to and made part of the State OF Ne
vada all that extent OF .rtory lying within the fol
lowing boundaries to wit: Commencing on the thir-
ty-seyenth degree of north atitude at the thirty
seventh degree Of longitude west from Washington:
and running thence south on said degree OF longi
tude to the middle of the river Colorado Of the west
thence down the middle Of said river to the eastern
border of the State OF California thence northwest
eTy along said boundary of California 20 the thirty
seventh degree of north latitude; and thence east
along said degree of latitude to the point of he
ginning: fFoUtued, That the territory mentioned in
Nevada until said STATE shall through its Legislature
consent thereto: Aild pr00tded F9f5her That all
possessory rights acquired by cizens OF the Jnted
States to mining claims, discovered, located, and
originally recorded in compliance with the rules and
regulations adopted by miners In the Pah-Ranagat
and other mining districts in the Territory Incor-
porated by the provisions OF this act into the State
of Nevada snail remain valid subsisting mining
claims: but nothing herein contained snail be
strued as granting title in lee any mineral lands
held by possessory titles in the mining states and
Territories
Approved, May 5, 1856.
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TPUBLIC-No. II.
. 7 u Q BLIC--lNU H. :
ACT TO rroyide for the better Of th

AN ACT TO provide for the better organization ofthe
pay department of the navy.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdioes OF the United states Of Ane' icG an con-
gress assembled That from and after the passage of
this act the active list Of the pay corps of the navy
shall consist of eighty paymasters, forty passed as
liant paymaSters and thirty assistant paymasters
! aymasters snail beregularly promoted and commits
ed from passed assistant paymasters. and passed as
sistant paymasters from assistant pavmasters and all
passed assistant payasers authorized by this act to
be appointed who have not heretofore been appoint
ed aud commissioned as assistant pawn listers and all
assistant paymasters hereby authorized to be APP
pointed shall be selected from those who have served
acting assistant paymasters for the term of one
year, and who were eligible to appointment in the
grade of assistant paymasteTs when they were APP
pointed acting assistant paymasters. as aforesaid !;
subject, howeyer,to UGH examinations as are requr-
Ell by law, and such as may be established by the
Secretary of the Navy.
Sec. 2. Amd be FARTHER endcte6, That passed as
sstant paymasters shall give bon DIS for the faithful
performance of their duties in the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars, and that their annual pay shall be
at sea, fifteen hundred dollars; other duty four
teen hundred dollars; on leave or waiting orders,
twelve hundred dollars.
Approved May 3, 1866
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prn11c RrsoLnr1on-No. Is. ]

RESOLUTION lplessive Of the gratitude of the ma
ton the officer, ers and sailo.s the United
Safes.
ResoLoea by tn. Sen, fe and II 1tSe or p, essntG
tires ~ the Una ed -ates o. Anle-sca in onuff o.
SemGted, IAatir is tn dUty ana privilege o Congress
to express he gratitude OF III Ion 10 the officers,
va or and endurance. on hs and and ON the sea- The
rebellion mas be n crushed and It's power have been
humDlad BIZ VIII se Gd" lily 10 the cause OF freedom
the goYernmen Of the psppc ha been preserved and
maintain d, and b. whose Orderly return rom the fire
and blood oil civil tie peaceful pursuits Of pfl-
yste life the eXaFin, and enn35ing inaue nce II fee
institution upon HatiOn has be n SO signaJy man
if sted TO the world.
Approved Ma 3, 1856