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ina Loudon police court thsss
happened 70 bs a lurymsa who had
H. me uamo a. one ~ the psison.
svs to be tried, Hearing himself
oallesl. a. Ne supposed, hs nssk , -
swe1sa. y 90 into tho doek,7 the
Juags sa.d and into the dock he
was showed. li's all . mistake,
cried the hapless man, only TO be
s4sniy slIeaead gi.h g Road tAs
charge. The charge -. read, ssd
l,oasioandoJ urJmap was told to hold
up his hand aud plead +" hut, my
Lord he cried again aud sgesn
Was .,lsacsd and told he must 49,
swer "ga.lty OF nos guilty"
" maot. liz stamnercd out, where
upon again he Sas ordered 10 be
,ilcu,, aud plss NJ not ssilsy "
sas duly entered. A Iittis noss Esd
he might haze fouad hiaself SON
,eneod ani lockci up; but, gssncf-
dring breath from despair, he hfots
fos,h at last with the explanation
that he was really jn'ymsn asd not
prisoner.
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Miscr PMS. The following re-
ceip, for mince pies, which are now
Ia season. is commended By lady
y no has used II for many years
Boil a fresh baef tongue tender,
lie, ii 20, cold, then chop !, hns, with
one pound Of sue.. oue half peck of
apples, two pounds Of earrsnis pick 3
oil and washed very carefully, one
pound of citron sliced, half Az ounce
each Of powdered cloves, a'spiec, Gin
namon, and Ginger ; three pin,s Of
svcet cide-, one pint OF Msder'a'
half a pint Of brady. With enough
sagar 10 swseien 90 taste This wii'
make a large full jar
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Tho Return To Specie Payments.

. 1
70 specie payments. The lending
features oil tho principal plans about
" ~ PROPOSED nave Tor some weeks
past been fally aud ably discussed BY
the purlic press throughout the ccun,
Try, and have at the same time elicit
cd the usual number OF crude, silly,
ana impractieablc suggestions, which
pert ignorance Is ON such occasions
oniy TOO ready to pour forth, aud edi'
,orlal good nature too ready TO print,
Nhlie the discussion has been useful
IN proving the earnest desire OF the
people to return to a sound currency,
1t has not, SO far accomplished much
10 pointing out the way.
What IL the meaning of IL sneeie
payments Simple as the aues
ton may seem, vet. AJAX twenty az.
ierept persons, and you will got TWEEN.
ty different answers, Specie nay.
men, ,neans-tho redemption Ia .,old
of a promise to pay gold, the rode mn
ton in specie of a promise to oay
specie. There mus, g,,t be a mann,
10 to pay specie before iaeto can be
a specie payment in ans sue appli.
cable to naiioual auarc Speeie
payments prevail in those countries
in which everybody promise to psy
specie on demand is hnbi,aaliy re.
deemed in specie, or at leas, can lie
redeemed in specie IL demanded.
Specie payments prevailed ia tho
United States previous to 1857. The
banks throug The country had
Issued grea, many promises to
pay specie on demand" and had al
ways redeemed them promptly when
required. Almost the entire curren
cy of the country consisted Of these
BANK notes, or bank promises to pay
specie on demand ana 40 lhey we're
everywhere promptly redeemed IN
specie, they were everywhere consid- |
cred equal to specie, and specie pay
men's prevailed throughout the |
country But IN lso1 great iinan'
c,ai disturbance occurred. The for
o's" 'raao o. 'he country required an
, uI"'au".J '"'s, eApor' VI spcr'e NJ
inc very time when tho unsettled con
dl'ion Of the domestic trade was call I
ing for large employment, of specie {
at home, This double demand for /
.o'n 'AnauS'eu .he supply VI me
oa"A hey naa not com enough
" 'eoee"' All INC promises 10 pay
so'" wien Moie Presented pr, 10 ,hcn
~ 'o'e'npuon' iney stopped re-
ueeh''"s '"ei, promises IA spee'e III
o"'o' ~o'os' 'hey, ''c Da"As' S"sperd.
ca T'ec'e payments. specie payment
A.'a" t '"e 'eoe"'p"oi' 1" spec'c 0,
promise 10 pay specie Suspension
rary failure 20 redeem in specie
promise to pay specie. Ia October.
1857, the banks suspended specie
payments all through the winter OF
1857 and spring Of 1888 they con
,nued unable to redeem their pre.a-
ises, and specie payments continued
suspended. The obligation Of the
banks to redeem their notes in specie
was an absolute legal obligation, and
their failure to comply with i was
virtually an act Of bankruptcy but
the public, which held in its hands
hcunredecmed PROMISES of the banks
by tacit consent ngre9d to wait In
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rare but By far the most ridics:'ou
ofrll suicides is hat where man o
q wsman deliberately dos of a bro
| hon heart. lapl these casc- are nc
rare Mormapism ]. the only rem
sdy for this folly
Tho tewsparcrs furnish trequen
oceeunts Of animal suicides, aud ~,
do notqueiion their truth \ hors,
q dog, or bird, arc susceptible of :
strong degree Of Affection Audubon
way a believer IA huimal suicides, and
no one should Know Eore of the IN
s,ipeis Of the lower creation than he
who made it a liftime study
Duriu, cif editorial rirccr We re
member OF reading numerous such
casaa a, lho fallowiog, at which one,
Notwithstanding the scriousncss Of
The subject, can hardy keep from
sriline;
4 ymang friend of li,lnaes PARISH
La, but shortly married, mortgased
his plantation for the purchase of .
Steamboat, When his cotton was
roldy for m,rke, he loaded his boat
and ssisod for New Orleans After
'o"'"g ms eo''o" 10 "sA 'ata
aronui the city, and bna,1 brought
up At a gambling house To short
une NC way paufcr, haeleg Hhh'
O'eu aw'S 'he Pf"oo"oS "' -hs o'oe,
'"a ais MS s'ea'hp o''' NV ''so'Ss'
90 H'n'seli INC p',''''s''' h'"e'es' OF
usN'e,.Hs toe uo., over al'ot -
'nou'a n'''Ve N'cN ,hd''h ihu
Ea'nD 'e'a sen, man n'S',f 10 axe
"e oil INC ool' sheh az, 'h""'J
','NAs' ns' uesu"N"oHNs wv 'pA-
! inter VIZ ~, o,n eo ,,aaoi so
W '' ne n'h 'ahocd '"' "ua' ~ inc
''0Nan"r,' w"afl nc turner" as
usual 70 '"s p''o'' a"a s''a Dv'e
"l'e 'hs qhs'usss Wa HN''siYe
o'. ~, VIZ INSANITY . u''3Nn 49,
inc Story OF NC poor schooi'na Nm
~ nneser evidence 81 contentious
wit under cloud of sorrow IL was
the old story she " had loved not
wisely but to wei, and When her
seduter refused to make amends, she
bogo her grief TIL the close Of the
session. Then giving the scholars
the usual farewell hiss, she cried,
Schools out +" put 10 dagger 70 her
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j. Fl. JOHNSON,
Dentist,


Orrrcg-West side oil the Public
Square
ESPECTFULI. lenders his SER
IL vices to his old friends aud patrons
In Harrison aud adjoining counties, From
his long experience and close application
to the profession he feels wnrral'en 10 sas
ing that HE work will be Inferior 10 nonn :
lie Base from one to full set, and perfect
satisfaction guaranteed
lie cnp be found a, his Office nj
all times. Where II is lnconvenlcnt tor
persoas to come to the Office, lhey VIII be
waited on at their homes His services
can be secured by addressing ihr' through
the mail or otherwise.
February |, GO. n2o-u
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tive, visionary. and scientific mel
both in the old and the New World
and It Is not at all singular that yer
many actually concur in the opinio
that the prodisposit,on to sacrifice q
lie Is an epidemic of Me NEST fear
fol type Within the pat min
months our exchanges have ehron
iclti three hundred aud nine suicides
Who is prepared to say that il is no
disease Or who can sucees siuil
contradict the assertion Of Corue.iu
Agrippa, made three oeniurics ago
thai " civilization teaches man Their
Is q God who is not to be dreaded ?
Perhaps the language that Shakespeare
pnis IA the mouth Of Hamlet in hil
sQliloquy IN the third act IS th'
strongest argument against seli'u'ur
def ever renhed' Indeed u Is NOR
1npi'e't 'hah the VI commitment
we quote
lobe, or not TO be. that the aue-,ions--
Whether us nohler IN die mind 10 .ullo
The stings and arrows Of outrageous for
Wne
'" =" ,.Ne ~ "'ns "sa'a'' !" 'eA "'
And IL ornS.;n, .,d ,bem, 49,
For Who would bear tbn vbip. and
scarns Of time. .r
When he, himself might hi,
qnie,ns mako
Whh I" ha'e bodkin
"'' va, ~ 'ps'' " 7o9'e1p'ne l't'
Ma, ,nd,,.,.,,,,,,.,d ,,,,,...,. o.,,.,.,,..
hoarns
No traveller returns-puzsles the will
And makes as rather bear those ills we
have .
ihan ny 70 others that Wy know no,
OF
Yet Othello gives one a sort Of
half plea for the ac. when he says
-,
WI yn. .h 'd ~, a.. .e'',r rt,.1. Al.
ioIaiS ~ ''
Speak of me AS am. nothing extennato
Nor sct down aught Ia malice
Tho ma To.,amoo, o;r,.
.eeou,, oe ,bo sr;c;d,s or san.o,'
s,nI M;,honoI -; aal ,La Nn.
Tas,.a'a., ~ ,. '''''',' ''Y - " Nv y
'N''''"N -" "Ne'""t VI 'up"n 10
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How TO RETAIN A Coon FAcx.
"A corr esponden, has some good
ideas on the importance OF mental
activity in retsining good saes.
lie says We we're spsskiss o.
hssdssma msu the other eyesias,
and / was wondering shy K. had 40
Lost tho beauty for which Ave years
ago he was 40 famous "Ob, its be-
cause he never did anything sssd
II. - he never worked, thought "
suffered. You ms.t hare ths miHd
chsaiiay a,eay a fhs lsatare., il you
wae, Handsome middle aged cen
Since hearing that remark ! have
been on the watch to sec whether u
Is generally tsss--and Il =. \ ba"As,
some mas who does no,hisg but to
~. aud drink, grove dabby, and tho
nnc lines OF the features are lost but
the hard thinker has hard sculptor
4 at xsrk tsspin9 his zoe iines IN r
pAir, and constss.iy going os@ Ae'
faco to improve the original dssaas.
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49,.
Tho las, New YORK hofH'a has .
significant leader advocating mo ros
tos,iion OF The constitution Norm
aud Sonth The constitution wa a
peace document, apd vas %, as''e
during the war, hn' 'ie f"fn'" 'h'nhs
the time has arrived 'n' 10 rcfa'a'
ton " To preserve our liberties We
must sweep asido The dross That has
aeeumalatod IN Washington We
ar,,n quote.
We are beginning % be narrow
and protective IN our government
policy md consequently fs's"rrade
Dscs the North WISH 10 drag the
rain, Of eloson States alter u ~ u
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NO. "a

.s, a. -
m "ntS ON nArHtskLAh DIE =
he uAitord Times hss . contribu.
'ot VINO has made . starting d"ees.
e'S, :" 'e'a'''a % h''"as'sS' We
"'' mn sonen Tor inc eofrsssse-s ~
W. s'ne,"''o"Si o"s ''.n'n" me whole
''9ee' wv 'he''"y'ca' discussion
. ss.s.
We isa,rn frem sh,s chapter ,l,s,
Adam lived b'iisso his s'.n ss,h
s"s born ,.,..'..'... '.... 100
~ ,. .,''n before "' SO" h"''" m.
: rnas i, al l..,..,., I. .,, ,s.... ~"
VA. BON. - :. %
/ Canaan hscd b.s,~s his en- MAha.
/ laleel va, born ..,...l..,.... %
MAs'-'~!s-! s.~.i bss''ss A's go d. ~
rsi ny egrn Z. .s.,,.,,, 100
'' w.. '"ra 0''' as ''~ ''"'f' Isa
snnch Igoi tsioru Mathaseiah If
w'' '4''n .fs.. s. .tase f6o
Nnt', o'r'", 'i'ed before bis eon
' ~ ~" -.s' go '''
- '' VS. 80" ''"" 10,
lleoeo Noah aas horn Anna NJ. 1850
ia Gens,is 7,h ,h.,,,r, ,,h yc,.,
W. are Informed th., Noah -, ,oo
year. old wh,n tho hood Of v.,.,,
wa. anon IN, earth Add aoo ,..-
hi.s,~, to l05G v,yes the dale o. -
flood j656 We l.a,p from thu sysk
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I d. TuLLIs, Dentist, Marshall,
e. Texas by college instruction,
since tho war, | ON in possession Of III!
the late improvements.
will visit the country when request.
ed, and respectfully solici, SHIRE of
public patronage.
All work guaranteed to give satisiac'
ton. Office \. W Corner Of the Pub
lie Square.
December 4, 1865. molly
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Window Glass.

w iAs'sSy W
lust received by A. Sears, large 10
j of frs, quality MeCally's Window
G,a.. The b.si brand IN Tho United
states and the frees. from brsakage'
Also a choice 10, Of Lamps, Lamp
chimneys, coal oil, sc, which viii be
odd at the lowest figures according 70
cost and quality ever offered in this
market, by CRAPS
July 10, 1867 h4o,"'
w, B. HEARD N CO,
ID ECEIVlNG, Forwarding, ana 'on.
IL mission Merchants. Dealers IN
Groceries, Dry goods, Shoes, and boots
Railroad Depot, Marshall, Texas,
viii pay the hissss: market rs;es 'as '
hides wool, dried peaches, and Bois u
Arc Seed. ,ss, ,s :,
Noveubsr 6, 1865. nio'a
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~ ~ ~ - Z ) I.Isst. NE
6s1ssle )laissan, - ~ - seaa!Ss.
lS5r ~ HX Grota1 ~ ~ -.
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There IA tailor IN New Orleans
named Stitch, a .hoemp ser named
kick a deut.s. e.mel gpmpcrt. a
gunsmiih named Lock, aad carpet.
bag minister named Satehell.
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A crazy man having got into the
gallery Of shr senate Of the United
States during rambling debate, was
taken out. tho s~rYs....... .--'- '@"-
inc him tbs, hs VAS out OF piaes An
that gallery. /" That's 50, s*'d tbs
ilanalic {" ought 10 be on the ioor
with the Senators
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The following sentiment i a',rib-
utcd to Napoleon Bonnapar'e \
handsome woman pleases the eye
but good woman pcascs the hesrs
The one is jswei--thc other vs.
treasure.
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nHow fast wicked men can 90 oa
in ,bssr sins. 10 be sgre : exclaimed
good old Aunt Uersiby III never
takes more'n too ssesasfs TO hight
dee! a e
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.CiAIs attention gi.sn to insarins,
low rates, dwelling houses in
aud the country.
W. l.. LANE,
Agent at Marshall;
|ober l6, 1868. nl%u
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Misrfllanruus.

J. n. aia.yx, IA. n'kgLLAs. X. D. TksLLAh'
.....-.'s $50 .'''"'
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c. ALEXANDER, President.
/ PHILIP STOCKTON, General
\, for State Of Texas, Galveston.

Assefs, Nsy 1868, s 7,ooo,0V W
|ai iHeoMs opsr -. 4,On,W w
,Asssysd dsring ca, a5,2Ss 400 w
ber Pohces core,i"g =,
5ose AMOUNT ... Io,aoo w
(oiiev. a,a3o SO
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TAR. II +. WiTIlFRSPOON, Sur.
~ geop aud Physician, Marsha Texas.
OrrIca--Ior the present, at Sears d
Wiiherspoon's Drug Store.
July u, Go mas
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From the rio 0rande.

/ We have received iles Of tb
Rfosnsyils HsesAsre 10 the 2s,'
inst ftom which We CLEAN as fol
lows
Tho 'ccount Given hy the Ranch
! rru nrtlie aitt-s upon clartsvilic b.
f d Nosican haul of abcr., does uo
materially differ from that alrcad,
published from the Vow Ogloan,
Ptayunc as furnished hy 40 cy,
witness
Tho custom haase officers who
wero Killed namely " n Phelps
sad ospeetof Hammond. wore bu
tlcl oa sbe loeb, the day after they
vsra Killed, scar ths old military
burylpg gIoani where Gen Taylor
buried those VII 40 iu The army Of
occupation Boo 1910 The bandit
consisted of soule taeuc Mcxicans.
who orassod dc Rio GsaHdo sb1nt
three miles ahp,r Clarks,illc at a
place called English Georgia Raneh.
They we're al masked ei,h handkcr
chiefs tied found tho lever par, of
the face, except one negro. Nr
Ryan, thcu'h baby Wounded !. ia q
fair way 60 reecver he ruhhcrs ~
crossed tho river into Mexico, and
have not yet been found and probably
will hot &C..
Al, n, 4il.r4. d. a..,s.t.... -.
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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-10-02

An Act 10 amend an act entitled An act grant
ing lands to aid in the construction of a rail-
road and telegraph Ii, from the Central Pacific
rail DAD, in California, IL Portland, in Oregon,
approves July twenty -fi.e, eighteen hundred
and 81 tysX
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
re>eniatives If the United states of America in
Congress assembled. hat section six # an act
entitled IAN Act granting land To aid in the
consti uction Of a railroad and teleg, aph line
from TIL Contra, Pa ific railroad. in California, 10
Portls d in reg n" apr we'd July twenty
five. eighteen hundred and sixty six, he, ana the
same is here t,y amended TO allow any rail
rad company he etoftre d, signated by the Leg
stature # the state Of Oregon, i'll accordance
wit the frs lection of id act, to file its assent
t. such act in The Dep rtu,ent Of the Interior
within one year from the date of the passage Of
this act: and such filing o. its assent, if done
within one year from the passage hereof shall
have the me force ard effect TO III intents and
5 urpoees a. if such assent had been filed within
one Y ar nfie the passage of said act Provided,
That not Thing herein shall Unfair any rights here
Jofore acquired ty any railroad comI.any un er
said act, no shall aid act this amendment be
Construed 10 en- lille more than one company to a
grant of land: And provided further. That the
ia,4ds granted 10y the act aforesaid shall he sold
to actual settlers only. in quantities not greater
than one quarter secti.n to one purchaser, and
for prce not exceeding two dollars and fifty
cents per acre
Approved, April 10, 1869.
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owed. April 10, 1869.
Public Resolution-No. 20.

Joint Resolution granting the right of way for
the construction Of a railr ad from point at OF
near Porfl nd, Greg n, t. a point west OF the
Cascade mountains, IN Washington Territory
Railroad mpany be. and hereby is authorized
to extend its branch line from point at or near
Portland, oregon. To some suitable point On Puget
sound to be determined by said company, and
also to connect the same with its main line west
# the Gas ade mountain, in the Territory OF
Washington: sid extension being subject to all
he C, 'ndtions and provisions, and said c mfany
in respect thereto being entitled to all the rights
and privileges erred by the act Incorporating
said COMPANY, and all acts additional to and
am, nda,ory thereof Provided. That said com
psny shall not be entitled to subsidy in money
bonds or additional lands Of be Uuited STAT $,
in re-peet 10 said eXtensi II If its branch line as
at resaid exc. pit such lands may be included in
the III hit of way the line of such extension as
it NAV b. located: And provided further. } hat
AT lea- tweuty-fi five miles of said exteusi n sha
be constructed before the second day of July.
ei hteen hundred and srventy-one, and forty
miles per year thereafter until the VII lie Of said
exteh ion shall be cumpet u.
approved, April 10. 1869.
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Approved. April 10. 1859.
Public Resolution No. IS. !

A Resolution ena, ling bona fide settlers to pur
chase certain lands acquired from The Great and
Little Usage tribe of Indians.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
senrariyes OF the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That any bona hide settler
residing upon any portion of The lands solo 10 the
United States by virtue of the first and second
articles of the treaty consulted between the
United States and the Great and Little Usage
ibe Of Indians, September wenty-ninth, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-fve, and pr"'iaimed
January twenty first, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seyen. who is citizen of the United states
er shall have declared his intention 10 become a
citizen of the United States shall be, and hereby
is. entitled to purchase the same in quantity mol
xcerdiDg one hundred and sixty acres, al price
If one dollar aud twenty-five cents per acre.
Within two years from the passage Of Il is act,
under such rules and reguiaripnsas may be pre-
SCI ibed hy the Secrrtiry Of the Interior pro
Y id-d. however. That both the odd and even
numbered sections of the said lanGs shall be sub
ject to seth. ment and lie a. above provided:
And provi ed further nat the sixteenth and
sections e.ch town-hip of said
Iands shall be for Stat school purposes
in accordance vii die provisions Of the act of
admission of the State of Kansas Provided, how
ever That nothing IN this act shall he construed
in ANY manner affecting any legal rights hereto
fore vested in ANY other party OF parties.
Approved, April 10, 1869.
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Approved, April 10, 1869.
TPublic-No. IL

An Act to repeal an act If the legislature of New
Mexico imposing capitation tax On bovine
cattle
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the Uuited States of America ia
Congress assembled. That the act Of the legis-
Iature of the Territory of New Mexico. Of Febru-
AIRY third, eighteen hundred and sixty-niue, and
all laws and parts of laws of saidlegislature
imposing capitation tax on bovine cattle intro
duced into the said Territory from other Terri
tones or States, the republic If Mexico, be
and the hereby. disapproved and re-
pealed-
Approved, April 10, 1s69.
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IPnblic-No 1871
An Act regulating the rights of property of N

An Act regulating the rights of property OF mar
ried woman in the district IF Columbia
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hue Of Rep
resentatives IF the United States If America in
Sor gre>s assembled, That in the District OF Col
umta the right ofauy married woman I" any
property. personal real, belonging 70 her AZ
TIE tiEie of marriage. or acquired during mar
riage in any other way than by gift or cohvey
ance from her husband, shall be as absin as #
>he were femme sole. and sh ii net be sutj CT to
the dispo-al OF her hu band, nor he liable TOR his
debts: but such married woman may convey. de-
wise. and beGueath the same, or any interest
.her-in in the same manner and With ike effect
If she were unmarried.
SEC. ,. And be it further enacted. That any
married may cobtIact, and sue and be
sued in her own name in all mat err having re-
lation to her sole and separate property in the
same manner as If she unmarried; but
neither her husband nor his properly shall De
bound TO any su-h contract nor liable for any We
covery against her in any such SUIT. hut judge
ment may he inforced b. execution against her
sole and SCI arae estate in he same manner as if
she were sole.
Approved, April 10, 1869
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An Act making an appropriation for the improve
ment of rivers and harbors for the fiscal year
ending June 50, ls69. anu the year ending J une
80, 1870.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United states of America III
Congress assembled, That the sum of two million
dollars is hereby Appropriated fer the fiscal year
ending June thirty eighteen hundred and sixty
nine. and the wear ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and seventy to he expended for the re-
PAIR, extension. pre-ervaion, and completion Of
works for the improvement Of rivers and harbors
under the direction of the Secretary OF War;
Provided. That the Secretary IF War is hereby
auth, rized to cause such expenditures to be made
so as best to subserve the nte OF CONNIE ce and
he is required IL report TO Congress at he opening
of its December session, ali expenditures mace
under the provisions OF this act up to that time
in detail.
Approyed April 10, 1869.