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The weekly standard., 1870-08-10
IPuBLrc-No. 1851

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An act 10 grant the right OF way for the A,ii'c-
da road through certain lands in California.
Be it rnnrtttl by the Senate and House
ut Representatives OF The United States of
America in Congr, So assembled, That the
portion ot the tract of land situated in the coun-
ty of Santa Clara. aud State of California, lying
between the Rancho PotrerO de Santa Clara and
the Rancho de los Coches, which is occupied
by Santa Clara street, according to the map OF
the city OF San Jose, and the street intersectiDg
Santa Clara street, is hereby granted to said
city Tor the purpose of streets. And the par-
GELS OF said tract of land lying between said
rancios which arc includcd within the corporate
limits OF said city. and not occupied Us streets,
are hereby granted tn the respective persons in
possession thereof by themselves or their t,n-
ants.
Sec. 2. Ann be it further enacted, That the
right OF way through that portion OF the tract
OF land lying between the said ranchOs, which
Is situate Tithout the corporate limits of The
said city Of San jose, is hereby granted 10 the
said county of Santa Clara for public use fni
the highways, roads, and side walks running
along, upon, ur a,russ tine said tract OF land
and authority is Ecrhy granted to the boart
oi supervisors oi sa.d county to regulate ant
petermlne the number, position, width ant
grade OF suc!i highways, roads and side walks
Sec 3. And be il iurthrr enacted, That TIT
said tract .. land in the s,cud section mention
cd, subject lOihc right of way as therein grant
cd, is hereby granted To the several persons
whether natura, or Il, tilicial, owning the adjoin
ing lands, the parcel hereby granted to each per
son being the parcel lying between his or II
lands and u linne running through the mddl
of said tract of land. ..
Appruyed July g. 1870
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[PUBLIc REsoLUTIoN-No. 50.

Joint Resolution granting condemned cannon
for the erection of soldiers monuments. d
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
rcsentatiycs of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary OF
War is hereby authorized and directed TO de-
liver to the Ladies' Soldiers Monument AssO-
ciaticn OF the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut,
eight pieces of condemned iron cannon, to be
used in the erection of monument on Sea Side
Park, in said city OF Bridgeport, TO The iuemory
of the soldiers who fell in the war oi the rebel
lion.
Sec g And be it further resolved, That the
Secretary of War be, and hereby is, directed TO
deliver four condemned pieces OF iron ordnance
10 each OF the following places, viz: Quincy,
Illinois; Morristown, Morris county, New Jer-
sey EastfOrd, Connecticut; Piiisburg. Penn
sylvania; Jersey City, New Jersey; Gardiner,
Maine; Hrightstown, New Jersey the Ladies'
Monument Association of Peoria, Illinois; the
National Soldiers Cemetery, at Grafton, West
Virginia the Franklin County Monumental As
sociation, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to be
used in the erection Of soldiers monuments, or
in the ornamentatiOn of the same; Provided,
That no expense be incurred by the government
for the transportation OF the same
Sec. 8. And be it further resolved, That the
Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author
ized to place at the disposal of the Lincoln Mon
ument Association, incorporated by act Of Con
gress, SO much damaged and captured bronzt
| and brass ordnance as may be necessary out o
which to cast the principal figures of said mon
ument, from time to time as the models ar
| completed.
| Approved, July Is, 1870
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[PUBLrC-No. 1911

An Act to extend the provisions of the pre-
cmption laws to the Territory of Colorado
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives OF the United Statcs of America
in Congress assembled, That the privileges OF
the act of NaA thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, entitled "An act 10 reduce the ex-
pcnscs oi the survey and sale OF the public
lands in the United S:atcs,' be, and the same
arc hereby, extended to Colorado; and the pro-
vso of the first section of the act approved June
second, eighteen hundred and sixty two, entitled
An act to establish a land Office in the Terri
tory OF Colorado, and for other PURPOSES" is
hereby repealed.
SEC 9 And be it further enacted, That noth-
ing i'll the act oi Congress approved March
twenty-sevcn, eighteen hundred and fifty-lour
entitled " An act for the rciicI ul ettlers on
lands reserved for railroad PURPOSES" shall be
construed to relieve such settlers from the obli-
Cation to iilc the proper notices of their claims,
as III other cases, and all claimants of pre-emp-
ton rights shall hereafter, when no shorter pc
ri"d "i lime is now prescribed by law, make The
proper proof and payment for the lands claimed,
within eighteen months after the date .,Jrescribed
i"r film. icir dcclaraiury notices shall have cx-
pir' Il Provided, That where said date shall
have rial.-,d before the passage oi this act, said
pr -rmpt"r, shall have one year alter the pas
sagc hrrrn! in which to make such proof and
la} mriit
Approved, July II, 1871.
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MAYENcE, with Castel just across the
Rhine, iorms very important station for the
defence of the river. Mayence is surrounded
by Fashioned wall, which in parts is new,
while the larger portion is very old. The
moat is dry except on the north front. On
the south side is the citadel, with its two
bastions and the Eigelstein. A row of ports
and lunettes surround the first wall, II little
in advance; and still further out, but not fur.
are several detached forts, some of which
occupSnightr ground than the low plain
of the city. The largest of these is Fort
Weisenau, which has good position on
high ground opl o ;ite the main. Below the
town, on the Bingen side, n fourth line OF
wcrks has been commenced, considerably in
advance of the third. since good ordnance can
reach the city over all three lines as much Il,
they now stand.
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A Chickcl- Soup Spring in Nevada-.Watel
as Il Hatching Agent.

The Territorial Enterprise gives the fol-
lowing interesting acc unit of Il remarkable
spring in Nevada:
About one mile from ElkO, on the old
White Pine road, are u number of curious
hot springs, the property of Messrs. Laumis-
ter & Grepper One OF these springs is
really great natural curiosity-a spriug the
like cf which is. perhaps, nowhere elsc to
be found in the whole world. 1t is hot
spring of considerable size, Tie water of
which, when properly seasoned with pepr er
and salt, cannot be distinguished from the
best chicken soup OF the hundreds who
have partaken of it, all agree that it has
precisely the taste of chicken soup or brnti'.
The proprietors have made many expert
ments with the water of this spring, and
fad it 10 be both wholesome and nutritious
Three pounds of beef boiled in the water of
this spring yields as much soup as could be
obtained from twelve pounds Ot the same
meat cooked in common water. The spring
is one of Il group Gf hot springs situated in
a stretch of moderately billy or rolling
country, and is in no way remarkable in ap
peararcc. Like the other springs about the
place, j, is at the top of little mound OF
loan and sediment formed by the decay OF
punts and minera! deposits from the water.
The proprietors are row making use of the
water of some of the springs for the pur-
pose of Matching chickens, and find the op
Grafton inexpensive. The eggs are placed
in small wonden boxes. capable OF hnlding
dozen pr TWO each, and these are placed
in frames and sunk to the proper depth IN
the water. the temperature oi which is resu-
lated by the proper asimizture Of hot and
cold water. The eggs are placed between
layers nf cotton wool, and are turned over
once day. Tue proprietors OF the spring
intend to 60 into this chicken Matching
business quite extensivsiy rs seen as they
can erect the proper tanks and buildings.
Chickens have been successfully halched
with little trouble and at no expense. at
Steamboat Springs, near this city. There
is hot water and steam enough there tu
hatch out ten acres of eggs in one batch.
Why don't a chicken Matching company be
formed to utilize all this waste Matching
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Gleanings.
:. G,,od motives : Locomotives.

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.. G,,od motives Locomotives.
~ Fancy br,..d-a roll of the eve
T,. -. ..,,,a ~ ,l,o ,,,,',,, cr.,,,,
i"e "''Se'' ''P0 =" NV ""''" 1o'"P''
What is The least popular KIND of Gull
The hand Gull. "
e what do eats have which no other ami.
ma, b,s, KITTENS -
,.cI
LOW" Pe"I'u. :" "..,'ss ,'s "'' '''"ss '"'-
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IPrBL1c REsoLurIoN-No. GO. /

A resolution giving the consent OF Congress TO
the reception of a certain bcqucst by the State
Of New jersey under the will Of the late Ed
win A. Stevens.
Whereas Edwin A. Stevens, who was in his
lifetime the owner OF the Ship known as the
Stevens battery, originally commenced under
contract for the United States government and
upon the building of which large sums of money
were spent BY his brother and himself. did, by
MS last VIII and testament, (thc United States
having previously relinquished al claims TO said
ship,) leave the same to be finished BY his exc.
cutors at an expense not exceeding the sum of
one million of dollars, and when finished TO be
offered to the State OF New Jersey as a present
to be 10y her received and disposed Of as the said
said State should deem proper; and whereas
doubts have been suggested as to the right of
the said State 10 accept the said bcquest without
the consent of Congress under the prohibition
OF the tenth section of the first article of the
Constitution of the United States: Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives OF the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the consent of Con-
gress is hereby gived that the State of New Jer.
sey shall receive and dispose of the said ship
according to the terms and conditions OF said
bequest
approved, July /, 1870 ..
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The Nathans Murder,

The mystery surrounding this trr,ll,l,.
cfiih" fymrins unsulvc,i The Ne.y York
l"pffs .nt ndc 10 psin long nccnun.- IL.
t"l'ig 10 the tragedy The HeruM st Tues
,iaS pr'Iessed iob bc in possession Of material
fats relative to the ownership of the iron
log" the instrument with which the mur.
,ler was committed But Yesterday In.
s'nc paper says that the party wh,, ha,l
ideni lied tile ',,ing." could MT he faund
which sounds like an excuse TOR an unw,r.
ranted report
General Frank p Blair, who has !. rn n,
IN tn" Firth Avenue Hotel, opposite the Ma
than residence, says that about iaI AN
hour before the alarm was given. as he arose
from his bed to close the window blinds. he
saw Mr.. Washington Nathan sitting at the
window in the room above that in which
the murder was committed. He saw no;h-
ing unusual in his appearance there were
II" blood stains IN his garments, and lac sun
posed that he was sitting at the window to
cool of. Afterward, when he saw him at
the front door giving the alarm, his gar
ments were bloody. General Blair further
testified that at the same time he saw Young
Nathan ut the Window he noticed that the
front door was open. This, if correct,
strengthens the theory thai The murder was
the act o Il sneak thief.
The iron dog" upon which seems to
rest the only hope of discovering the mur,
,lercr, has n''t been identified Every shor
in the city has been visited where such tools
are used, but none have been missed from
any of them. Superintendent Jourdan said
Yesterday that it was the hope o. every houl
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THE /" PAIN KILLER.o

The foreign and domestic demand for Perry
Davis G. Sons great medicine-the Pain Killer
was never before SO large as it has been of late;
and we think the time has arrived when the de-
claration may be made, without the possibility
of reiutation that the city OF Providence, in the
State of Rhode Island, of the United States of
America, has furnished the entire habitable
globe with medicine, which, in point of Uni.
versatility of demand, extent of usefulness, com
plcte efficiency for oil the purposes for which 1t
is designed and wide spread, enduring populari-
ty, has never been eQualled by any medicine in
Europe or America.
The uniUersality Of the demand for the Pain
Killer, is novel, interesting, and surprising
feature in the history of this medicine. Its fame
has gone out" into every quarter of the habta-
Bile globe. The Pain Killer is now regularly sold
in large and steadily increasing quantities, not
only to general agents in every State and Terri
tory of the Union, and every Province of British
America, hut to Buenos Ayres, Brazil, Uruguay,
Peru, Chill and other South American States to
the Sandwich Islands, to Cuba and other West
India Islands; TO England and Continental Eu-
rope; to Mozambique, Madagascar. Zanzibar
AID other African lands; Australia and Calcutta,
Eangonn and other places in India. 1t has also
been sent to China, and we doubt if there is any
foreign port Or any inland city in Africa or Asia,
which is frequented by American and European
missionaries, travellers or traders, into which
the Pain Killer has not been introduced and
been sought after.
The crtent Of its usefulness is another great
feature of this remarkable medicine. 1t is not
only the best thing ever known, as everybody
will confess, for bruises, cuts, burns, &C., but
for dysentcry or cholera, or any sort of bowel
complaint il is 4 remedy unsurpassed for efi-
cheney and rapidity of action. In the great cities
of British India, and in the West India Islands
and other hot climates, it has become The aand-
ard medicine for all such complaints, as well as
for dyspepsia, liver complaints and other kindred
| disorders. For coughs and colds, canker, asthma
and rheumatic difficulties, it has been proved by
| the most abudtant and convincing trials and
testimony, to be an invaluable medicine. The
| proprietOrs are in possession of letters from
| persons of the highest character and rcspCcto-
bility, testitying, in unequivocal terms, TO the
cures effected and the satisfactory results pro-
duccd, in an almost endless variety of cases, by
the use OF this great medicine-P ov. advertiser.
july l52-lm
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The Josh Billings Papers.
JOSH REPLIES.

" Thomas. -" Jordan is a hard road to
travel" l kant tell you who waz the in
ventor ov this saying, sum foot sore cuss
probably, who was too lazy to keep a hOss
and Wagon.
90 Ferdinand."- Man wants but little
here belo, nor wants that little long," il a
libel; man wants everything he can see, or
hear ov, and never IL willing to let 60 ov
hiz grab. Whenever W find man who IL
thoroughly satisfied with what he haz got
WI will find either an ideot, or one who haz
tried hard to git some more, and couldn't
do it. The older a man grows, the more
wantful he bekums, and az hiZ hold on life
siakens, hiz pinch on a dollar grows grippy.
N pAA We asks bis,e lS5 o5ena onss
to sive bread rfist We stdney: TIat Ia Z az
near az kan answer the question now.
Herod."-He that puts small value on
his services, issues proposals tew the lowest
bidder. When yu make request of divine
Providence, it is best to be modest, if yu
expekt to git what yu ask for, but there is
so little modesty in the world, between men,
that when we cum acrost it we mistake it
for ignorance, or imbecility. You will often
see little boys ketching flies, and killing
them Just for fun, but you don't see them
ketch hornets just for fun. The sting in the
hornets tail is what makes him respectable
MiUer."-Yu hav got it right the fust
time, ingratitude IL one ov them crimes that
every boldly sticks up their noze at, it is the
worst insult we can Civ. or receive, it lets
man drop down belo the level of the dunn
brutes, for the yellowest and meanest dog
in the United States, waGs his tail if WI
throw him but a burnt crust. What an
awful thought it IL, that ingratitude iz the
common sin against God.
Mdtildd."-Kissing is one ov the rudi.
ments; babys ere learnt it instead ov the
alphabet, but they don't understand the
strong points in it, yet they seem tew luv it
without knowing why; this IL a bricky ar.
gument that kissing is one of naturs most
natural noshuns. l kant tell yu whether
tharc is emmy particular etiket to Je OBJ
served in administering kiss or not. Be
tween lovers it il sum times usual to kiss
and hang on, but it strikes me that the best
way IL tew cum up front face, in single file,
then fire and fall back one pace, this gives
the patients chance tew get the flavor
The great buty ov kiss lies in its impul-
slycncss, and in its impressibility, two pretty
big words, but worth the mummy.
L haven't dun ennything in the kissing
line (oV an amateur natur) ov late years,
and there may be sum new dodge that l
amt posted in, but the old fashioned 10
year ago kind 1 remember fresh. That
KIND didn't hey emmy mathematics in 1t,
Pgt war more like spontaneous combustion,
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How to have a Loving Wife.

a correspondent sends the following to
the Psychological Journal:
If YOU would have loving wife, be as
gentle ia your words after rs before marriage,
treat her quite as tcnderly when a matron
as when miss; don't make her the maid
of all work and ask her why she looks less
tidy an,i neat than when you first knew
her." don't buy cheap, tough beet, and scold
her because it docs not come on the table
porter house," don't grumble about squal-
ling babies, if you can't keep up a nursery,
and remember that baby may take after
papa in his disposition; don't smoke and
chew tobacco, and thus shatter your nerves,
and spoil your temper and make you breath
a nuisance, and then complain that your
wife declines TO kiss you; go home joyous
and cheerful TO your wife and tell her the
good news you have heard, and not silently
put on your hat and go out to the club
or lodge" and let her afterwards learn that
you spent the evening at the opera or a
fancy ball with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife
be patient: remember that you are not per-
feet, but try to- he let whiskcy, tobacco
and vulgar company alone; spend your
evenings with your wife, and live decent,
christian life, and your wife will be a loving
and true one--lf you did not marry a
thoughtless beauty without sense or worth
If you did, who is to blame if you suffer
the consequences
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his black swollen tongue protrudeii trsm
his mouth Then lie ixed his red, vial
staring tyes upon me. aud heavea - DE ,
piercing groap; "A shiver passed uvesi nj
frame. and then nil was still. / was ai,.p.
with the dead. -.-.
Marking rhe place ms well as | could |
hasirneti tn y house We had pasSe1 on the
road. -one half IL mile distant iron, the fatal
tIageiy. Runners were sent t''r"ush t'.r
nei. .hhorr0od. and in the course ri tw" IT. ur-
some rwehiy oi th- neighbors ',si 90 here d.
We proce.ded 10 the place which fo;'nd nn
difficulty IN p'.intina out.
tiand h,aycrs what s'gh1 m''t mn
view. rGc incu and body h.at turned 10 Il
| deep purple, aud were swollen to three times
the natural size presenting the most horri'
bic appearance I had ever witnessed. The
snake lay where he had been thrown, and
was still wrthing.
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Glcanings.
Hard to beat-Carpets.
Nntr tI.n n,illinn- Dnnnntc

Hard to beat-Carpets.
Nuts for the million Peanuts
|. A forced meat ball-Thc Fat Mems dance
Good places for match-making-Sulphul
Springs.
The most difficult ascrnt-getting up g
subscription.
What is the greatest curiosity in the
world A wonans
An unpleasant sort uf arithmetic-Divi.
sion among families.
Josh Billings says that Goldfish are better
than umbrellas to keep you dry.
Fashionable young ladies. like letters, re-
quire stamps, or the males reject them.
A sign on an ating-house on the New
Jersey Raj road" Ripe and fresh laid eggs
by Mrs. Jones"
The ladies at some of our seaside resorts
utterly refuse to battle in sight of the buoys
that have been pat ont for their safety.
A GooD DEAL-Watcbmakers haven't
any right to complain about slow paying
patrons, as there is good deal of tick >
in their own business.
A gentleman in Rochester, styling himself
u counsellor, conciliator, and general nego-
tiator. has opened an Office of conciliation
for the settlement of disputes.
A man WIN always dogs cared page of
book in order to remember a passage, in
variably used to turn down a street So as to
fix it in1 memory, sqch siAe force OF habit,
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NOrth.CarOlina.

We hope now that the agony Ol the Dem
ocratic press is relieved for the present Oy
the indications that there is not to be war
in North Carolina, and that the long suffer
ing and much abused haJcas corpus is not to
be stricken down. Judge Pearson has rem
dercd his decision. ard the effect of it is
that Sheriff Kirk was justified in refusing to
answer. since he was obeying the order of
his superior, the Governor The Judge,
however, has issued writs commanding that
nineteen prisoners he brought before him.
and instead Of issuing them to the Sheriff
he issues them to the Marshal of the Supreme
Court, who is instructed TO show them TO
Governor Holden. As there is no portion of
North Carolina in rebellion, So far US we
have heard, we suppose that the Governor
will allow the writs to bc executed, and that
something will be developed to show why
the arrests were ordered.
The country is entirely in the dark as to
the cause of the arrests, and the appearance
of the trouble, as seen through dispatches
from the Conservative side, is somewhat sin
gular not tn say extraordinary. The Sheriff
is reported rs having arrested several citi-
zens i'll Alamance county, and placed the
County -.at under martial law, and also as
having arrested some seventy persons in
Caswell county, among whom are Honora-
bles Mr. Hill and Kerr. These arrests, it is
said. were made while political meeting
was in prngress.
Thus far, the North Carolina affair looks
somewhat like ii partizan difficulty between
Governor Holden and the three Conservative
gentlemen who have been arrested. But
the facts known are too meagre 10 justify
the expression of any decided opinion. 1t
is probable that the honural,les mentioned
are nn more than the colonies or doctors,
who are as thick in the South as the male
ui Il HHafh HHfstihgasi him I'm from the
cnlored element. If the accounts of violence
and bloodsllcd given by the Republican pa
pers are true, there is an exceedingly bad
state of affairs in North Carolina, and it is
quite probable that the arrests made were
justified by some connection of the prison
ers with the Kuklux, VITO are killing the
Republicans and the blachs The charge
made by tile Democratic papers that these
deeds Ol violence were in-,igated by Gov
ernor Holden and then ci.arged upon the
Kuklux for political purpos 5, is too MONS
trous to rcceivea moments serious attention.
We appreciate the difficulties that besct
loyal Governor in late rebclious State. and
shall presume Governor Holden tn lie justi-
fed in his action until the facts show him
to be otherwise.-1OledO Blade