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Az AcT to aid the improvement Of the DIS
MOines and Rock Island rapids, in the Mis-
sissippi river.
Be Il enacted By the SenGts and House Of
Representatives. Of The United StatsI Of AMER
ica IN CoRgrts, assembled, That whenever in
tho prosecution Of the improvements Of tho
Mississippi river, ut either the Dss Moines or
Rock Leland rapids therein, 1t becomes neces-
sary or proper to take possession Of tho right
Of way over any lands, or to use any earth,
quIrries, or other material lying adjacent or
nesr TO either Of said works, and needful for
Its prosecution, the officer In charge Of said
work. or his assistant, may, In the name OF
the United States, take possession Of aud use
the same, after having first paid, or secured
to bo paid, the value thereof which may
have been aseertnined in the mode provided
by the laws of the State wherein such prop.
efty or material lie[sl, for adjudging the value
Of private property which may be needed for
any public improy cement: Providsd, k0iceper,
That when the owner Of such property or ma.
torial shall hx a price for the same, which,
in tho opinion Of the said Officer in charge,
shall be reasonable, he may take the same
Mt such price without further delay.
SEC. 2. And Dc IL further enacted, That 6
portion Of tho appropriations made or to b,
made for the prosecution OF the Improvement
aforesaid, net exceeding hfty thousand dollar
in amount, may be applied In payment Of th'
property or material taken and used as afore.
said.
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nEPARTMBNT or THE INTERIOR,
D. UsITKgs rArns fArEsT 6iyics,


. On tho petition Of EBaS n. HoRsroaD. cream
bridge, Mass praying for the extension Of pat
emit granted him the 10Th day Of Ootober 1884, for
an impro yement IL Compounds for Ne1unliIinG
ShisSras; f0r sSsyS plae Sa On 'I NV 81
October, 1893; -
the Patent 0fnce on MONDAY, the 18th day Of
September next,a n o'clsck, m. and all porsons
are notified TO appear and show cause, 10 any they
have, why said petition ought not to DO grApted.
Persons SgpOsn NJ s5StsnsiSI are reqTiIsd to
setfoth u writing least tsty days before the
to Be used at the said hearing. mus. be taken and
transmitted in accordancs with the rules Of the
ofaoe, which will be furnished on application.
DISPOSITIONS and other pApars, relied npon as
testimony. must DO fled In tho Office ttoeRty days
/ ithin ten day after diins the tostl mOny,
lrdered, also, that this notice be publishsd IN
ington, D. q. and in the Journal. Boston, Massa-
chusetts, once week for three successive weeks !;
the nrtt OF said publications TO be IT least sixty
days previous to the day Of hsaarinf' srour
iyb.wa Acting Commissioner Of Patents.
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Steamboat Lines.

THE STEAMER COLUMBIA u .LIod ,.en.
i Has resumed her regular trips be- <CikTk
tween WAshiastsn ana Baltincrfi n 4 sTTep.
NOON wkbSslGsssfp;h W kSks siistS'sn 0''f'
at 9 clock. ~
She will stop OF all the principal lAudnss on the
river for passengers and freight For further par
A' TGos. W. Riley 4 SON, Agents. o..
myyD-tufsm Al the foot Of Eleventh street. 10
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IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, a.I
~ UsirEpsrAIks PArsEI OFFICE,

WASHINGTON, July y, lSb,
On the petition Of JoHH Q. BcHo6LRr, Of Cinein.
natl, Ohio, praying for the extension Of q patent
granted to him tho 18th day OF March, $50. for an
years from the expiration Of said patent, which
taxes place on the 18th day Of March, 1869:
Patent olico on MONDAY, The 2sth day Of Deeem-
Der next. at u clock IN and al persons are noti-
ned TO appear and show eause, II any they have.
why said petition ought not to be granted. -,
Persons opposing the extension are required 20
hla In the Patent Office their objections, specially
set forth Ia writing, Mt least tioenty days before
the day Of heaTingi all testimony hled by either
party, to be used at the said hearil must be taken
and tram In accordance with the rules OF the
Office, which will be furnished on application.
timony must 10 filed In The Office ttoenty days be-
fore the day OF hearings the argnments. II any,
Ordered also, that this notice be published in tho
REPUBLICAN, and the Inteliigencsr, Washing ton,
once week for three successive weeks the nrst Of
said publications % bs At least sTtE day prey
iyS-ThT Commissioner OF Patents.
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IPuDLIc-No, 10,
Nv ACT bmcndatory Of an act approved Ju'y
twenty.six, eighteen hundred and sixty'tr,
untitled IAN act to authorize tho construc-
ton Of certain bridges, and TO establish them
Wherta. the St. Louis and Illinois Bridge
COMPANY, organized under the laws of the
State OF Missouri, aud tho Illinois and st.
Louis Bridge Company, organized under an act
IL The General assembly Of The State OF Illinois.
have. been consolidated, in Pursuance Of the
Authority granted to the said Illinois and 81.
Louis bridge Company IN their act Of inosr.
perGtion, and the authority granted to the 81.
Louis and Illinois I3ddge Company, byan act
Of The general assembly u tho State Of Ms
fouri, approved March .ninsteentb. soiehtetp
Landed and tixty eight Tberofsre, B.
De Il enacted 5y Tie !Senais and House lof
R.Dye,sntgiirss offhe United States Of Anscti-
ca ia Congress dI,embls.i, That tho sonpnny
70 med by this consolidation, under the name
ana style Of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge
10 be corporation by that name with fali
rover and authority to construct . bridge
acrosy the Missi,sippi river opposite the city
Of ST. Louis, in conformity to the act Of which
this is gmendatory, with all the rights, priyi.
leges and powers granted and conferred By
the several acts Of the general assemblies Of
the States Of Illinois and Missouri to tho re-
s1ective companies BY tho CONSOLIDATION of
which the said Iliinoir and St. Loais Bridge
Company was formed, and not inconsistent
with the provisions of tho aak 70 whssA tlis
act is amendatory: AAd provided Jmfht,,
That in constructing said bridge there shall
be one span Of at least ave hundred feet clear
between piers. '"' -,'"t
Sec. 2. And BE- IT, further enacted, That he
,lid corporation may execute q mortgage
and issue bonds payahle, 5pfinoipai and IN
terest, in gold, and their bridge lasross the
Mississippi river and approaches thereto,
when constructed, shall be q post road 10
carry the mails Of the United States, and IN.
joy the rights and privileges Of other pest
T.4ls.
Sec. 8. aud DO ifRytIsr enacted, That said
corporation may hold Their meetings In eithor
the State Of Illinois or the state Of Missouri
az the board Of directors may elect, and the
dirGe.oTs may DO oitiIens Of any of tho United
States; and said corporation msg sue and be
sued in any circuit court Of the United States
Provided That nothing In this act or In any
previous legislation affecting the premise,
shall be so construed asto deprive tho lesiAa
lures Of the States Of Illinois aud Missouri o
The right to regulate the tolls and fares whicl
may be charged By snid company for the ny,
Of such bridge: Ptovidsd Jarfisr,i That d
tolls now fixed BY the Legislatures Of Illinsi
and Missouri shall not be increased.
Approved, July 20, 1868 "
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Notices of Patents.
DspARraENr or ras INFERIOR,

DsfARrMkETTr gs T sasrrs PsFlsl Fo,,c
= - /. ..a.g wIsnIssrps, May IA. 1893. /.
Bs 81 aAs ri.1 q RSSaIep SsS Il
ington, ID. c., admfnistrators Of the estate Of
s,ss: Ssssf's e, ~
ssaSHStll asa saklsSs BsrSs ss q Ssy e
is,i. and ietsso.i ne iih dfy Sfssyssbsr lss7::
soyen years from The szpintion q aid patent,
PateSt oiioe on MONDAY, The 81 day Of Angus.
q s sSpesr snS S'S how cause, iSsI lave, Why
Psr sS are rsq.,rsa TO ale
In ihs Patent Once their obiectiona specially SCI
forth IN wriine a! least tsesnty day. befors ~
a.ed q NE said bearing msst Be tshes and trans.
which Will bs furniahsd on sppate.,ise. 81 :
t,nspy, masi Be- Ssd IN liz asys boioic
the DAT q bearing tho arruments, FAM, within ten
orderd. also, !hai tSi. noice b. puta,.hsa in tbs
d. O., and In the Amerfcan, Baltimore, Ma. ,
oncs week for thres successive weeks, the hr.t Of
aid pg6lissiiO.. . be at Toast sixty aiy, BEsyiou'
mya-fhst xctinx Commissonsr Of Patents.
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iyb.wa Acting csnmissionsr Of Pate
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
IL UNITED STATES PATENT Or

-
wAsHiEuroN, July, 2, 1855
A e 81 e, sS. r Ta q .Sas
granted him the lOlh day Of April. 1855, and ante.
dated October 10, 1854. for an Improvement In
Wooden Splice piece for Railways, for seysp Years
from the ne ssRI S g y ,sS pa'ss which takes
Its ordered that he saia petition be heard At the
next, at u O'Clock, m and all person, are noti-
NED % Haa asGT po u Franed nave
Pers0ps opposing shs sxtSensSSH Are .e9Girssd 70
set forth In writing, at least tpentX days before
the day OF heariuEi all testimony hled By either
party, 10 be used at the said hearing, must be
taken and transmitted In accordance with the rules
q the once, which will DO furnished on appiiea-
tion. -.a
Depositions apd other papers. relied upon as tes-
before Tho day Of hearing, ,ss arguments, II any
Ordered, also, that this NOTICE be published In
the RgPUBLIcAs and the Intellfoencer, washin
ton, d. o. and In the Baitfpsore County Union,
Towsontown, Nd. once ageek for three success.
I've weeks, the hrst Of said publications 10 be at
''"'''r>r 49, = A. NJ. STOUT,
a.,x fAsttu~ Cow ~ .,tousr
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FPUpLic REsoLurros-No. %. ]

JoIsr RESOLUTION extending tho time for the
completion Of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Be Il rssOiusd BY de Senate aud Hoase Of
RsyressHfatfres Of tie United States Of Apstr-
tca IA Co,gress assembled, ThRt section eight
Of an act entitled "An act granting lands 10
aid 10 the contraction Of railroad and tele-
graph line from Lake Superior to Puget
Sound. on the Pacific coast" Ia hereby SO
amended as to read as follows: That each and
every grant, right, and privilege therein are
so mads and given to and accepted BY said
Northern Pacific Railroad Company upon, and
subject 70 The following conditions, namely;
That the said company shali commenee tho
work on said road within two yonrs, from and
alter the second day Of July, eighteen hun.
dred sud hxty-eisht, and shali complete not
less than ono hundred miles per year after tho
second year thereafter, and shall construct,
sqniP. furnish, and complete the whole road
by the fourth day OF July ammo Domini,
eighteen hundred and seventy. seven.
Approved, July !, 1868. .araE. g Y.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-13

Az Acr providing for the sale Of a .pertion
Of 1.-THE Fort Gratiot military reservation lin
st. Clair country, In the 3tAts u Michigan
BE 1t enacted BY the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary
Of War be, and he is hereby, authorized TO
sell, at such times as he may deem most i'd.
vantageous to the interests Of the govsrnment,
and In such manner as hefeinsftSr provided,
all that portion Of the military reservation
known as Fort Gratiot, in st. Clair county, lin
the State Of Michigan, which lies south Of a
line running due west from the south end of
tho Grand Trunk railroad wharf on the St.
Clair river, until it intsrssets Tho road known
as the Lexington road, and Naif that portion
which lies west of said Lexington road.
SEC. 2. And be it further ENACTED, That
MI that portion Of the above described lands
which lies east Of line running due south
from tho point Of intersection with the Lax
irgton road, mentioned in the foregoing ssc.
ton Of this act, shall be divided into blocks
and lots Of convenient size for building pur.
pOsCE, with public streets conforming as neal
as may be without detrimsnt 10 the interests
Of the government or the State, to the public
streets Of the city Of Port Huron, adjoining
such ground, and sold by lots at public auc
ton, at the city of Port Huron, to the highest
bidder, public notice Of such sale having frst
been given for thirty days by advertisement
in all the papers Published in the city Of Port
Huron, and In at least two papers published
In the city Of Detroit, Michigan. A plat OIL
this division, made in accordance with the
laws Of the State Of Michigan, shah be t,ed
with the register Of deeds OF the county u ~
Clair, State of Michigan. The remaining
portion Of said military reservation, %
the sale of which provision 10 made in tn
first section Of this act, shall be sold at pu bli
auction at the city Of Port Huron, after du
notice, as prescribed 10 the foregoing para
graph, at such times and In such parcels q
may be deemed most advantageous to th
interests OF the government, by the Secretsr
Of War.
Sec s. And be ii further enacted, That IL
procseds arising from the sale herein provide
for sbsil be paid into tho treasury Of Il
United States in the same manner rs the pr
ceeds from the sale Of other public lands.
Approved, July 20, 1868.
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Approved, July 20, 1868.


An hcr declaratory Of the law in regard to
officers cashiered or dismissed from the
army by tho sentence Of a general court
martial.
be Il enacted by the Senate and House Of
RspTessntatives oCfhs United States Of amer.
ica in Comgysss aSssmbisd. That no officer Of
the army Of tho United States who has been
or shall hereafter be cashisred or dismissed
from. the service by the sentence Of a general
court martial formally approved by the proper
reviewing authority, shall ever be restored to
the military service except by a reappoint-
Ineut confirmed BY the Senate Of the United
States.
Approved, July 20, 1868
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Notices of Patents.
DEPARTHESSTE , :, T 4 !sys I.sl orr,

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5)atiaual Rspablitaa.


LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed nj the seoopd Session o. the
..... a.. Fortieth ConErcsH.
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Railroad Routes.
HhGIYaSIaR 4b bIHs alsTT ssB


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= L fnithyARpHL lfrHiA Ella AM 'rsTLi1sf
s: ana Ys ss al
now run a. foll ors, sIsi a =. - n 'resi,doI
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Trains for Baltimore and Washington losve Rhiiat
delphia - follows. .1. ilL-stg.gl.lI. 20
416a. m, Express tMondays exeeptedD ~ 70 o.
EIRrel. -. I. n',,..I- ,..ss,g .
TRAINS FROM BALTi@SRs 70 70 fH HIN
80 - =.
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! 'QRoAsIC wRAHNEss. g0 K

Nombsr . t,hs Royal College d Surgeons, ksndop.
Ss s a III Ss %G srsr pn ~ Nsos
life been spsnl the hospitals Of London. Paris
phladelphia, and elsew here. has effected some O.
many troubled with ringing IN the head; ard saiS
sudden sounas; bNsNfuiness, With frequent blush
Ing. attended tcmetimcg with dcransenent Of The
1ni q ~ " Tn XVI phRTiouLhn NOTICE
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pmLiDsLRaIA;! VIM nI.SYeN; AND BAL q

1867 rssssreGsssfssff4 souars e 1867
= s'-'- WEST. SPRING SCHEDULE .Hi y
On and ansr NAY Nth, 1907, trains will run a.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-17
The Exclusion Resolution.

AS there seems to be some doubt IN the pub
lie mind respecting the status OF Virginia on
this question, We publish the following Joint
resolution adopted by Congress on the Goth OF
July last
Rcsozued, That none Of the States whose i'll
habitants were lately ir rebellion, shall be en-
titled to representation il the Electoral College
for the choice of President or Vice Presldept;
of the United States; nor shall any electoral
votes be received or counted from any OF such
States, unless at the time prescribed by law tor
the choice of electors, the people ofsuch State,
pursuant to the acts of Congress in that behalf,
Shall have, since the 4th day OF March, 1861
adopted Constitution Of State Government
under which State Government shall have
been organized and shall be in operation nor
unless such election of electors shall have been
held under the authority OF such Constitution
and Government, and such State shall have
also become entitled to representation IL Con
gress, pursuant to the acts of Congress III their
behalf: Provided, that nothing herein con,
tanned shall be construed to apply to any State
which was represented in Congress on the 4th
day of March, 1867" ....
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COMMUNICATED.

The STAY Law would like to ask JUS
tice" if he thinks justice consists il giving up
half of the lands Of the State to the sheriff $
hammer, just al time when, owing to mani
fest reasons, they will not command one-tourth
their rea! value in market. We have waited
for years for redress against this oppressive
law he says. Now, may have a curious
idea OF an Oppressive law, but nevertheless |
hold that law repeating the Stay Law at this
time would not only oppres5,- but crush the
people of Virginia; and II it IS allowed to cx-
p:re through the military murder OF the Legls-
lature that ought to have been living to keep
it alive, it will have the same effect.
Whether it was wise or not at first there can
be no question OF its necessity tor little while
longer now; and without wishing to threaten or
caiole our military commander as "Ju-ticc'
has essayed | will say that, although | regret
his authority is the only authority VIC can ap-
peal to, and think it ought not, IN justice and
ccnShtutionolty, SO to be, yet, as the respOn
sbility is with him Of extending over this peo
pie that protection which our civil authorities
arc poWerless to give, it is his duty to see that
the poor Of his flock are not Oppressed" In
that way will he soothe away the odium of his
appointment, AMI justify his authority over us.
know the Stay Law acts harshly IN some IN
stances, but that is unavoidable 10 any law, and
it would be productive of ten times the harsh
ness to allow it to be removed now. Besides,
most of those cases are provided fer in the law
ITSELF Indeed, may say nH-l0r disabled per,
sons and women and infants arc not affected by
it, and where able bodied men are concerned,
it gives them as much as they need.
"Justice" boasts Of having funds 10 pay
cable counsel to prosecute his 'clams" be-
fore the Supreme Court How does the Stay
Law Cypress him then? If he has money
enough for that, he surely has enough not to
make it necessary for him to beggar his hard
working debtor, whose property is down to one
fourth its real value, on account OF the wasting
and detcriorating raYagc9 and results OF the late
war.
As to the homestead law, "Justicc' Is mis-
taken. We have none, and trust will never
have it, as at present rendered II we had, it
could not affect the debts affected By the Stay
Law. So with the Bankrupt Law Those
who avail themselves Of the Stay Law might
never desire nor'be forced to that.
AS to the constitutional question.
"Sambo," said JULIUS when the two were rob-
bing a hcn-roost, don't you know it am wrong
to take desc puets?" dat am great moral
question, Julius; we amt got time to argue it
now hand down anodcr chicken" The fact
is I am so much of Radical as to believe that
whatever is right is consttuliona and | might
almost say so lnuch Of hardshcl as to believe
that whatever IS is right-certainly as far as the
Stay Law is concerned at this present writing,
GYAsCUTUS.
FAIRFAX Co.. VA, Oct. 1G, 1865.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. Jacob Laymon, son of Mr.. William
Layman, near Woodstock, was accidentally
killed on Saturday last. He was engaged in
moving a cane mill upon wagon, when the
lever. or beam, accidentally fell upon him
catching his head between the beam and the
axletree, breaking his neck and killing him
instantly. .#
The Lessburg Washingtonian says:-'A
protractc1 meeting, in the NJ. e. Church,
South Rev D. Shoaff, pastor, has been is
progress the past week. Much interest in
manifested in these meetings, by the large con-
greeation worshiping there. Numbers nightly
gather around the altar, lnqulrlng the way to
Zion" -e-:
The Shenandoah Herald says:-"The guam
tity of mast in the forests and mountains IN
the Valley, from what we can learn from rela-
bic sources, is greater than it has been for sew
eral years. This will compensate IN some dc"
gree for the partial failure OF the corn crop IN
some localities. s.. sa.
William Gait Allan, Of Goochland county
and formerly Major in the Confederate Army,
died at the residence Of his mother, in Rich
mond, Yesterday afternoon. Major Allan was
attached to the First regiment of Virginia vol
unteers for nearly the whole period OF the war.
The Shenandoah Herald, thinks, that IN
der the circumstances, no election for Presl-
dental electors ought to be held in this State
and that it is better for us all, that there IS
to be no election. ...r
The Richmond Wing complains that the
rich county of Albemarle could spare only SO
pounds of butter last month, and that the ca
nal brought.lrom all sources only 600 pounds.
A negro was committed to jail In Woodstock
few days ago, charged with having attempt
cd to commit an outrage upon the person OF a
white woman near Strasburg.
Rev. Henry Wall, whose call to St. Johns
Church, Richmond, We have heretofore noticed
has accepted the call, and will enter at once
upon the duties involved
The State Council Of the Friends Of TEN.
pcrance will hold it's annual session in Staun-
ton, commencing on Tuesday next, the Goth,
instant.
The Norfolk Commercial Convention has ad-
journed, snhiect to call from the Board OF
Trade.