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The following instructions are published
for the government Of Military Commls-
sloners in this Military District:
All cases of complaint to them, or of which
they shall deem 1t necessary to assume juris-
dction, will be fully heard upon atemonts
land evidence under oath, submitted by the
PARTIES connected Herewith as complainant
or plaintiff or defendant, after due notice
given TO said parties; and they will decide
upon and finally dispose of all causes and
matters Tithin their Jurisdiction, making full
report of their action In every such case as
directed by existing orders. In cases where
questions of doubt or difficulty present them.
selves, or where not placed within their 10
rsdlctlon by existing orders, they will pur-
,ue the same course concerning the taking
Of testimony, making investigation Of all tho
acts and circumstances, matters and things
SUlatlng thereto, by the best evidence that
AN DO obtained In reference to the same,
md thereupon make such recommendation
is is, In their judgment, just and right In
lie premises, transmitting the evidence re-
clyed, with their opinion and recommends
ion thereon, to these headquarters.
These instructions, however, are not to be
onstrued as empowering them TO make
nal disposition and Judgment or order In
matters not included In existing orders.
BY command Of Breyet Major General
Webb. s. +. CHALPIS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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LIMITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

~ WABHlYGroE, D. @. April ], 1902
On the petition OF HIRAh TUCKER, Of Newton,
Mass, praying for the, extension Of a patent
Issued on tho 18th day OF August ls3s, for an i'm.
pIoycment in Spring Bed Bottom:
II Is ordered that said petition be heard nj thIs
once on the 2lst day Of June next. ANY person
may oppose this extension; Objections, deposl.
lions, and other papers, should be died In this
Office twenty days before the day, Of hearing
ELISHA FOOTE,
ap5.ASw Commissioner Of Patents,
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GALE OF oUARTBRMAsTBR sT0RRs.

SALE OF aUARrBRMAsrBR STORES.
DBPor ouARTBRsAsTBR'a oPPIcE,l
,,,,, WAsHfNnrOS, d. q. April 10, 1862.
VIII BE- sold at public auction, At Lineolu Depot,
on MONDAY, April 10, commencing at 10 a. m
under the supervision OF Captain b. o. Thomas, H.
n lot Of quArtermasterp mn al Tor iSsns
consisting In part Of
. Horses, 8ArIny wauons.
llMuies, ITwn. hcgsS
Amb ulaDe,, foS., V'
UArriage, lfel graph VS..
., ~ hOW,boAn guu,
lgyD feethtrd lumber, Il Carts,
wv AmbnIAnc5 sp0kes, | Railroad Car,
80, new, S,5OpJunis GrAin
lUO sets Load male sacks,
=, harness, 30 Iron B~dsteads,
sets cart harness, 81 Water Buckets,
20 Office stores, lg2 Rubber Buckets,
l,35feet gum hose,
together with various parts " Wagons, Window
Frames, skyliEhts, Venetian Blinds, rNwr Legs,
soyopipe, Breast aud HalteN CT alns, Blacksmiths'
and satdlers' rcclH, add other articles not eau
meTatet.
AteEtiqn is particularly invited to the duo class
OF AninAls offered, especially the mulos-being "a
needed,
Terms; Cash, in Government funds
BY order Of the ouartefmAS!sr General.
Dsputy qSnrssrmastSr General. Brevet Brissdlcr
pcherai U. y. A. apl2'td
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tPUBLIC-No. Al. /

LitbLlI-ANO' IL.
AN ACT to authorize the transfer of lands
granted to the Union Pacific Railway Com
Pany, eastern division, between Denver
and the point of It's connection with the
Union Pacific railroad, to the Denver Pa
cihc Railway and Tele graph Company,
and to expedite tho completion of rail-
roads to Denver, In the Territory Of Colo
RADIO.
BE enacted by the Senate and HOUSE Of
Representatives Of The United States Of kD,er-
lea IN Congress assembled, That the Union
Pacific Railway Company, eastern division,
be, and u hereby is, authorized to contract
with the Denver Pacific Railway and Telc.
cgraph Company, corporation existing
under the laws of the Territory of Colorado,
Tor the construction, operation, and main.
tenanco of that part of its line of railroad
and telegraph between Denver City and It's
point OF connection with the Union Pacific
railroad, which point shall be ut CHEYENNE,
and to adopt the road-bed already graded by
said Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph
company as said line, and to grant to said
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Com
pany the perpetual use of Its right of way
and depot grounds, and to transfer to 1t ali
the rights and privileges, subject to all the
obligations pertaining to said part of its line.
PFC: y And Dc further enacted, That the
'N u'ou aSihV NATIVITY company, cast
ern division, shall extend its railroad and
telegraph to q connection at the city of
Denver, so as to form with that part OF It's
line herein authorized to be constructed,
operated, and maintained by the Denver Pa.
ciflc Railway and Telegraph Company, A
continuous line of railroad and telegraph
from Kansas City, by way of Denver to
Cheyenne. And all the provisions of law
for the operation of the Union Pacific rail.
road, Its branches and connections, as a con-
tinuous line, without discrimination, shall
apply the same as If the road from Denver
70 Cheyenne had been constructed by the
said Union Pacific Railway Company, east
ern dlvisioni but nothing herein shall au-
thorize the said eastern division company to
operate the road or fix the rates of tariff for
the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph
Company.
Sec. 8. And be Il t,rttsr enacted, That said
are hereby authorized to mort
gage their respective portions orsaid road, as |
herein defined, for an amount not exceeding |
'hirty-two thousand dollars per mile, to en-
able them respectively to borrow money to
construct the same; and that each of sai7 |
shall receive patents to the alte
nate sections of land along their respective |
ines OF road, as herein defined, In like man. |
ler and within the same limits as Ia provided |
~ law In the case Of lands granted to the |
Union Pacific Railway Company, eastern
iivision; Provided, That neither of the COM
lanies herelnbefore mentioned shall be on
titled to subsidy In United States bonds un-
Ter the provisions of this act.
Approved, March 3, 1869.
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c,,,na, WAsgISSroS. April Q. isss
The following regulations have bee. re.
Celycd from the War Department, and are
published for tho government Of all con.
cerned:
l. The number Of clerks and messengers al.
lowed to the headquarters of military diyi.
slons and departments out of the general
service recruits, as prescribed in General or
ders No. 90, of November 4, 1868, will be
reduced, so that from the lst of July next
they will not exceed ten In the aggregate, ali
of whom will be rated as clerks, and allowed
the extra pay and combinations prescribed
IL. The aggregate number Of hired Gill;
zens employed by the Quartermaster's De-
partment, whether rated as clerks, team
sters, mechanics, or laborers, will be reduced
as rapidly as possible, SO that by the LIST of
July, 1869, and thereafter, they will not er-
coed 1000 in the aggregate. The Quarter
master General will distribute this number
to the several departments according to the
number of troops therein, or according 10
the work to be done; and when any neees-
slty arises for special number Of hired
men In excess of the above number, he will
submit the case for the orders of the Presl-
deaf.
III. The commanding generals of military
divisions and departments will cause thor.
ough inspections to be made as to the num-
Der Of officers drawing Communication for fuel
and quarters, and will reduce the number as
much as possible. All officers aud troops
should be quartered in the regular forts aud
barracks belonging to the United States
whenever 1t is possible, and when the bar
racks are inadequate for all military pur-
poses they may submit plans and estimates
for new or enlarged barracks, with q Wow to
accommodate in public buildings the army
on its present standard.
~. like manner the commanding generals
of divisions and departments will cause a
thorough inquiry into all the means OF trans
portation, whether Of animals, wagons,
6arges, boats, &C., with view to reduction
to the actual wants Of the service, aad will
report thereon to the Headquarters Of the
Army specially.
By order. Of General Sherman:
E. D TOWNSEND, Asst AdJ't General.
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To all the creditors Of WILLIAM WoLP, who may
have proved their claims:
You are hereby nOllhed TO appear before tho su-
preme Court Of the District Of Columbia, sitting In
Bankruptcy, on the 10Th day. Of April, 1850, at 10
O'Clock, a. IN. , at the City Hall Washington city,
e show cause why discharge from all his debts
should act be granted to sai bankrnpt. You are
also nOtlned that the second and third meetings of
said bankruPtb creditors will he held before the
Register at the same place At 1u'gluCk III
By order OF the CUuIt 4 SHARPE,
Marshal Of b 4. ~ Messenger
Feat; K. J. MEisE, CLERK arSGi4
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TO THE NpErHWESf SOUTH, AND SOUTH.
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WINTER ARRGsGEMEYT.
On and after NOVEMBER 81, lsGs, trains will
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TAKE. EFFECT MONDAY, DEC. 81, 1865.


On and after MONDAY, Dec. Ist, 1868, and
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Hotels and Restaurants

ct. CLOUD HOTEL,
NEW YORK CITY.
rms new And cOmmOdiOus house, corner Of Broad.
way aud Forty. second street, possesses Rdyan
nges over all other houses for the accomnod N
9 lg guests. was built expressly for hrst
Family Boarding nyuse-the rooms being large
and en- suit, heated BY steAm-wlth hot and cold
water, and furnished second to none; while the
culinary department Is In the most Experienced
nan DIS, AnOrding guests an unequaled table,
one OF AtwoOd's Patent Elevators Is also among
tho modern Improvement, u" and al the seTyIss
Of guests at all hours
The Broanway and University Place cars pass
the door eNory four minutes running from the City
Hail to Central Park, while the Sixth and Seventh
Avenue lines are but short block on either side,
anordl1g ample facilities for communicating with
all The denuts, ssambpat landlng places Of amuse.
meut aud business Of the great metropolis.
MORE Il HOLLEY,
nhz-Jm pFOpTietOfs.
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parts of the town, and altogether one hundred
and twenty houses were burned. Ill success
in the attack upon the Notifications, and the
fiery element, induced the Cuban forces to re-
tire from Los Tunas and retreat several miles
southwark. This was done in perfect order,
they carryingswit them the twenty or more
Spaniards they captured at the beginning Of
the fight, all their wounded, and forty faml-
lies of Los Tunas, that preferred going With
them to remaining with the Spaniards. These
last admit they captured only three insurgents,
all wounded. The Spanish losses in killed,
wounded and missing will approximate one
hundred and fny. The losses Of the insur-
gents are. estimated at five hundred men. Re-
liable dates show that the sugar crop of Cuba
can be set down at 8. s.stsoQo boxes Of four hum
dred and fifty pounds each.
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Pluok,ng tho sou,h-rhe Cotton Tax

While the Northern cities are in high
glee over the rich and enormous trade
which they expect to be the result Of the
reviting prosperity of the South, the Radi-
cal officials of the government see, in the
success Of our agriculture, but another op
portunity for legislative injustice and op-
preston. Not content with the certain
prospect that the internal revenue from the
Southern States for the present fiscal year
will be about fifty per cent greater than
that of last year, they are already Matching
schemes to shift the whole burden Of taxa
tion from the baoks Of the "loyap' manu-
facturers to those Of the "rebew producers.
Among the notifications of the revenue
law we are assured will undoubtedly be re-
commended to the next Congress q tax
Of one cent per pound on cotton. This, it
is calculated, can be made to yield an annual
income of fifteen millions Of dollars-a
prize, the tempting character Of which to
Yankee Congressman may be inferred from
the fact that it will enable them to crafty
their constituents by an immediate repeal
Of those universally unpopular sections of
the revenue law which impose special taxes.
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vestigations on the latter, he visited the
prison at Andersonville, where he revelled
in the great abundance of his favorite mate
rial.
DR.. Mackey's biography need not be
given here, as our readers are tolerably
familiar with the facts of his life. Of Pro-
fessor Hart we hope to be able to say more
anon.
a few words in closing on Professor
Alexander, who is about to leave the State.
Edward P. Alexander was born in Washing
ton, Ca, in 1885, and graduated at West
Point in 1857. he was promoted second
lieutenant Of the United States Engineer
Corps, and served as assistant instructor in
engineering at West Point; then as lieuten-
ant of company ofsappers in the Utah ex-
pedition Of General A. g.; Johnston, and in
Oregon and Washington Territories. He
next was on detail, engaged in perfecting
and experimenting with system Of army
signals until May, 1861, when he resigned
In San francisco, and returned to the
South. ,.l
He was commissioned captain Of engi-
.neers in the Confederate army, where he in
troduced the system Of signals, and served
as signal officer Of the Army Of the Poto-
mac, and afterwards as chief Of ordnance
of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was
then promoted to the rank of colonel Of
artillery, and commanded all the artillery
of Longstreet's corps at Gettysburg, and in
Georgia, and in the Tennessee campaign.
he was promoted brigadier general Of
artillery and chief of the artillery Of Long
streets corps in February, 1864, holding
that command to the close of the war.
He was elected professor Of mathematics
and civil and military engineering and con-
struction in the University Of South Caro-
lima in December, 1866, which position he
has filed with distinguished ability, giving
general satisfaction. He was much liked in
the army by his superiors, by his peers, and
by his subordinates, and the many respoa-
sible posts he occupied, and his rapid pro-
motion, tell how his services were valued.
South Caroline loses valuable man by
the resignation Of Professor Alexander.
He has earned her esteem, and carries with
him her best wishes for his welfare and
success.
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An Old Friend with a Now Face.

The old National Intelligencer, the de-
mise Of which few months ago caused
some sensation in the newspaper world, is
to be revived in new form. The proprie-
tors of the Washington Evening Express
announce that that paper will be merged
with the Inteligencer under the name of the
Daily Iotelligencer and Express, and pub
lished as Democratic morning journal
The first issue is 10 make its appearance
to-day. The combination will enjoy many
elements of strength, and it is to be hoped
that the result will be q paper every way a
worthy representative of Democratic inter-
ests at the national capital.
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JuDaE THOMAS. at Chester last week,
tried case involving the validity Of negro
bonds, and charged the jury so explicitly
against the bonds that they brought in o
verdict wholly ignoring that portion-of of the
plaiutiff's claim, which was debt incurred
for the purchase Of negroes.
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The New York Herald revives the rumor
Of sort Of tripartite treaty on the part of
England, France and Austria to protect
Spain against the United States. The re-
port is said to have caused quite fu.ter
among the knowing ones at Washington;
but the State Department officials are mum
on the subject
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&ost 1anb {duao.

STRAYED OR STOLEN FROM No 10
- Drake-street, RED sErTER DOG. Tail well
feathered and q small piece taken on suitable re.
ward will be paid for his recovery, IL sept 20
DICKED UP ON THE HALFMOON
i Battery. on last Monday, two BRASS KEYS
which can be obtained by proving property and pay
ing expenses sept 1<
TNUUND,. A SAFE KEY ON EAST BAY,
IL between Queen and Marset streets. which the
owner eau have by applying at the DAILY NEWS
OFFICE. and paying expenses. SeptS
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Owe HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
" for The orrest of HOMAS MALL0Y. an Irish
man. who killed John 30 ly. Said Maloy is abou /
35 years old. ive feet eight to nine inches high,
forid complexion blue eyes dark halr. weighs about
l00 pounds, and has scar on the tace 1he above
reward will be paid for his delivery In Barnsel Jail
Whosoever takes the above kalloy will notify HAS.
EDMoNDSTON, Magistrate at Aiken, =. q
CHARLES HOLLY.
Sept 10 LUTHER Holly.
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The State Debt.

The Unionville resolutions looking to o
popular movement to repudiate the debt
which the Radical government at Columbia
is so rapidly and recklessly piling up, are not
relished by.many Of the State papers The
Anderson Intelligenoer thinks 1t advisable
seek to gain control Of the State govern
ment by other means; the Yorkville En-
quirer dissents from the scheme as imprac-
.tioable and ruinous; and the Abbeville
Press blpntly argues That our negro Legis-
lature is bound to have,money, and that if
if-it cannot borrow it will rob; or, in other
words, if it cannot negotiate its bonds, it
will tax! tax! tax! The Press, there
fore, concludes that the movement is
unwise, and adds:
.'Let us strike at the root-reform the gov
ernment-and we relieve ourselves OF QUE op-
pressors, and restore again the era OF easy im-
posts and economical expenditure, honesty in
Hfbee %heee. AAA1i0''
Thus opposed by three of the most iufu-
ential presses in the up-country, the move
ment which our friends in Unionville
sought to inaugurate must lack that unan-
unity Of support, without which it falls to
the ground; and the people of the State
must make up their minds to rely for the
protection Of their own pockets and the
public Golfers upon the success Of their eff
forts to effect the speedy overthrow of Rad
icalism at the polls.
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