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, 1870-11-01

St. Lor1s, Oct. s..-The light betxcen Tom Al
len and James Z. Gallagher will come Oh to-rnof-
rox, at the old battle-ground. about twenty miles
down The rtver Both men arr Ea1d to be In inc
condition. Two other lights arc TO take place
In the same rtng-one between JACK Madden
A1Ieu'stEa!ncF, End Jerry F cen. Otherwise knoxu
As MneeB novice: the other between Nike 0Con-
ror and John Mor1ts-hotn for purses large
number Of fhtevea, from New York and other
places, are here, and Mace and Jos Coburu Afc
expected The weather mas cleared up, and 1t u
npife rnn1
, 1870-11-01
GREAT BRITAIN,

LnSpoS, Oct 31.-Thc first Indian ruxil tia
Bsandisl, Italy, was despatched from there on the
asth Inst. The event was celebrated by ban-
quet- Edmund IAics, Post Once Agent, spoke
for England.
At a meeting Of the Manchester Chamber Of
Commerce, to-day. the Chairman dcplored the
continuance OF the WIZ, which he hored would
now be brought to IN end by the cGot.s Of ThietA
nj. issou to Versailles wuuld certainly result In
rescc. As compensation for the ills suffered In
conseouence Of the war By England, there was IN
influx OF American vitltors, who would Otherwise
have been travelling On the continent There had
nIso beer yast increase Of business orders, while
at The game time cotton WAS declining lie adso-
Gated q petition against the entry mouerols'
, 1870-11-01

BOSTON, Oct. s1.-John G. Whittier has been
nominated ior Cong1cas by the Liquor prohibition.
lists cf the Fifth District.
The charge Of smuggling liquors. nntneEs. md
ing, ts under investigation By The grand Jury, de-
fel dAnts, meantime. be1uR held 10 bail
Snow fell ID various parts OF New Hampshtfc
aud Maine last night.
ArGc7A, Me-. Oct si.-SenAtor Nor1IlI.s health
Is improving rery HlowiF. He IS still confined to
his room.
, 1870-11-01

An alarm soun led rom BOZ - 1t - last
evening, cansed by the discovery OF urc on the
second AID th3ri toora No. sal West Madison
gueet known II the Thmpsoa Block. 1 four ssorJ
ettek oniisltn1: owncthy Vim. H. Inompeon.
MI, Her1 occupied both he second and inird doors
Tor evening purpose. and musical academy.
Damage. abou1 st. ,vo0; 1lly Insured. Nj. T. II.
cefy store, sn9ers a loeof about Seoo by water.
Cause Of the IRE unkuUF,
1t O'Clock smother 4arm was turned IN from
the same box. II WIZ {dires8lOu on the part Of
one EtNard West, Wt5 now luxur3ate8 IN the
Unson Street ata<ou to hts pleas41rry.
Al 10 laSt evening kfe WAS discovered 10 the
exttnguiahed The namei The eause Of The nre
ts unknown. tut It ID supposed thA, come one
eMptted hta pipe In tta saW1ust. and that s1e
sHolie1tD8 tobacco 1hI1y tgniked into a 1amc.
, 1870-11-01

Union Pacific Railroad Irrigation
SChcmc-1ntilAu Troubles.
OMAHA, Sch., Oct. ot.-Tne Coiou Pacific n Raii-
road Company hare under consideration PLUS
fOt The irrigation Of It's Immense land grant along
the f1AI1e, LHlRe Pole, Crow Creek, and Laramie
1hsetA- Hundreds Of thousands OF acres can te
this Ii done.
Thr sIonx and Cheyenne Inisans hare l.rre
war party out on M exhibition against the WASH
akfea, hand OF SnHke Indians IN Wind River
Ea1ley. The Stakes are 10 BIZ put under the pro-
lection Of tfuops.
4 German. na1nei George rolEer, committed
suicide, py hanging, In ca!abo0se ut Denver.
, 1870-11-01

NEW roRk. Oct. sl.-The dry goods market re-
rntlns quiet. and there is Rradusi equafIzatton
dn*n plane, El1e1to1 Y. II. n4earhed Canton
mar uel+ arc down from So 10 to ssc: DO r. y!
do do from Sc 10 SIC: Methnen i. ~ ticks from
&c 10 eskc: York shlltinR checks from axe TO
2rc, AID Stiilnan llnse IS from 20c 70 12c.
, 1870-11-01

GlLvEsroS, Oct s1.-Coston hrln; good oGdins-
II, i3ka1sAc. S4ies OF $50 bales; net receipts,
s:3 bales: stock, S,6i3 bales
SAvASS1H. Ga. Ust- s1.-cotton Fer5 quiet:
gnlddltnG, 13Aa1sac. Sales OF 100 oa!es- Total
receipts, 4.t09 balee: exports, coast*tse, +,fas
bs'e6: stock, 81 ,a96 hales
CnARLfsrcs, Ocr. s1.-Cottou opened weak. but
II nov, arm; totddliuG. 13A@laHc- ssles Of go
wise, ,e66 bales; stock, sa,s 50 oales-
, 1870-11-01

t:cncrnl G. VI Lee Succeeds His
Father in the Presidency OF W'nsh-
inRton' CollcKc-Thc Remains OF
General Lee Not 10 be Removed
LEXINGTON, Va, Oct. 3L-At = meeting OF the
1soaE'1 OF Isnstees o. SATURDAY. General g. ".
Military T institute, vas @ nnani@ousls @ elected 10
succeed his father as President Of the Washington
College. Professor Pratt Of South Carolina, Eas
elected Professor Of Applied Chemistry. The
board also changed the name Of the college to the
Nashtugtan-Lee University.
tbs family OF General Lee have come TO the
mains lie where they are-in the chapel designed
aud erected By himself
, 1870-11-01

TIE committee appointed at the breakfast
week, met yesterday morning IN the editorial
from. Of the SortArtsftFn CkTUsxdn Aarueat. On
Nashtnetnn street, Mr. B. VI Raymond occupy
!NE The chair. After some general oouTe1x3 LIN
IN tt1&uon to the IS Moral Science Association, It
Vas dec3ded 10 circulate the foli0wtrE paper: for
sfEn4tu1cA: The undersigned oner their names
TO- the P1r*t.iStAl e Hniueet in New aHl
city. for Meu4lettll2 IL the International
, 1870-11-01
MICHIGAN.


Special DrspAtch to The Chlc1ko Tribune
DETROIT, Oct. 3l.-The yacht race here, u,+sa5,
was won by Coral. owned by ]. c. Barker, over
rhaou, By fifteen minutes The wind vas due,
apd the race was close until The Thaon broke
some Of her rigging. The courHe was about forty
miles. and the time 3x hours The Zoe. OF To-
itt1U, did not put IN an appearance. and the
the Et1r,
, 1870-11-01

PITTSBURGH, Oct s1.-Cyude petroleum quiet
and weak: eaies 9,fiG h11s seller November, 94c;
80 hrls spot, 9Ac; seller all the year, offered
sSss,c.
Reuped quiet and veas; 1000 brls, seller No
venber. 9s;,c; s02 brls, spot, CSC: seller Decem-
kMf. 93a;c
, 1870-11-01

M54celInneuus.
The totnl collection receipts OF the Internal
.e'c! ue ONCE here, for October, as reported bE
Nj. Hood. the Cashier, were $3'9, 1856.
-Ar. r. u. IIooley took possession Of the Bran
Hall pInpe11y yesterday. To-day force OF tttJ
mtn Will he put .: work, and shortly . beaut!'as
opera hhnse will take the place Of The old hell.
Nai!sc CT Hume supcHuteuda the Improvement
,-f'Tafessor Sansuet T.. Miller, Of Amherst Col
velsss5, aud Chicago High School, died At Am
hersf. on Friday. aged 81.
The recent heasy rains toosled the Washing
roadway through II The pumps were At work
fester'ia5, and to-day II Is expected tz21el can be
resumed.
, 1870-11-01

LISBON. Oct. s1.-A new Cabinet has been
formed, under :he Presidency Of Ay1la. as fol-
lows: A<t!a, Foreign Affairs: bishop SlxhL In
tcrior and Public instruction; Carva.ne. Fmsuee;
Daytgo, WAs; Gombcy, Ma11ue-
, 1870-11-01

AAAk CffT. FlA, Oct sL-Adytce1 from Caf-
dnAe sta&o that the loaz Of life tn that city By ne
hurricane u quits small, hut destruction to prop
e&H FeE1 gea1 Al the warehouses ~ destroy .
, 1870-11-01
CHM.


LONDON. Oct 31--Laie ady1ces from ch'na FAC
tut the Christian missionaries whose lives wetc
1hseatentd, n Fnn7-Chow, have been 1tacued.
, 1870-11-01

4 sailor, named Nile Mooney, concluded "a
salt list evening. and path that rev packed hli
cArpet-has. Walking lown North Clark street,
modest, Jeff hts satche u the tio7r-step. Whel
81.
, 1870-11-01
nIIrellnneuu%

NNNIT1X lLN1SAE.
CHICAGO. Nov. l, ts,1-
Son l. nj. 1fonn Eier4 ..,.+., ID ..
SE3 rcts-..i:s. p Moon T. 20 4.
, 1870-11-01

&c. ara n3}oftty cf the yeSfels In port II tint
une art difmas,ed and wrecked. No Names 3Ee
fees ID. Tue loss ri te.ch million Of dollar.
IA Ia: ~ known. no hy,s wcrr lost from Auet-
ean Fetkels. either tt Astanxss or CA.densx-
Five men we're arrested At Aa'anzas tor steal
lnR property exposed bJ rac hurricane, coott-ma:-
t.sled and shot
StAtea have be6a captured near NeugltAA, by the
SeasAst antho1t1ss, laden with sras End clothing
Tor the insurgents. Fuar of the crew Wete cap
tufed.
Adv1ces from Aep,nwau announce that the
Panama and West India cable expedition had
sailed. At last accounts the pairing out Was going
On successfully, aua tho atRua3s werc perfect.
LACE CIT, Fla, OF sl.-Late adricea from
Martinique announce that the French Authorities
hare AlEeady shot rEenty Of the 1tn9-leaaefs In
The recent insnftecsi0n- One huhdred motd have
beeo arrested. and are liable 70 be shos, The op!n
lon u gaining ground that the rebellion was H.
st'Rattsi bJ PrusstanA-
HAVANA, Oct 81, cia LAkx CIT, Oct 81
Another dreadful hurricane occurred yesterday.
1t wRs the sevcreSt storm ever known At the
west end OF the island and along The south coast
many towns we're inundated, crops we're dam-
aged, rail. oAts submerged, md tciegraphs pros
tF1ted. Aatanzss again suffered terribly. As far
a. known no lires were 16st-
uArASA4 Oct. 31.-1t Il estimated that the dam
age to SUGAR cat ly ~ hath hurricanes ID about
orc quarter Of the whole crop. The fruit Of the
tslaud II half destroyed.
Troops frotn Las Turns STACKED 800 Insurgents
near tne coast, where th>y were waiting Tor
ve.4el with aIrnk- The rehelA dispersed, 1enS1nS
II lllletl.
a chinauau. VITO murdered two Of hla coun-
,syncn, wa4 hh0t this morning.
MEXICO. "
HlvAxA, Oct s1.--Late adytces are received
lEutn Mexico general amnesty It'll hiss passcd
Congress, and been proclaimed BY Iuarez 1t
extends to alt. except Aarquez, Meta, Quenga,
archbishop Ii Bast1ds, and Eahop Onacha-
TURKEY.
f0sstASTtsarLE, Oct. SILT ia rumored thu.
6lacque Bey VII not return 70 Washington.
, 1870-11-01
SYRIA.

1nxpoS, Oct si.-The persecution OF cn1asaa"s
nas been revived tn DamaRcus, and 80 greAr 1s INC
irritation Of me natives against them that een-
e1Al nh8eacre i8 feared
, 1870-11-01
Wats1u-T -null bat nnehsngsd. y s9s. IL

rH1ApILFH1A. Oct 8a.-bKxAua9tFss-.1f1-1
4ule. AID unchanged. Wheat IN node.ate ae-
, 1870-11-01

GALVESTON, Texas, Oct st.-GEeat fears are
entertained here OF the loss OF the steamship
Yaruna, from New iotk. teyen days overdue,
She wRs last heard from % keT Vest. on the
weston were among her passengers.
, 1870-11-01
TURKEY.
NEW YORK.

f0sstASTtsarIE, Oct. SILT ia 1umored thA.
D!acque Bey VIII not return TO Washington.
, 1870-11-01

Christian Moral Science association, Il organize
the te1N4 act forth b. ii Rev. Dr. CA1neE.'
, 1870-11-01


asJ aAis- ffus*'a xnd aao Softa 0etma1 Contod"
e'auon e lave Furnished seFen huadfcd and forty
Ihsa ans' tF'ota rthe rfre*nf wnr snd tho States
oi soutn "erMans oHe hundseo ana sixteen thou-
san'1 StA'V all arc nov In Fseoch soil They
&c expected 10 complete the eoa4uc4t Of Fta1ce
I'D a haor' "1h'tf campaign.
TUE si1c4Ifos N PARE
LONDON. DC. 3l.-1ne ncNs from Paris, re-
eet5ed bs *aS OF the tyussla6 headquarters be-
~ 'a't e':!-t qslse ses1taa. The French prts-
o't.s neeouy captured report mat the troopR b.
Esna INC toluneaneas feceise only onc-half OF n
Funu " 'ucse '""e "eek- ... =.
Aaa3 F1tsca women and children FINN PaE1s
AFpaoAEn 1ne f*nss1an 1thea. and- though they
. ".aeu tnA1 tues WIZ pt saot tnes aaesnet
&osooe neas1r taaae1 court !hssAoI oea3n taan
suhct slatsAuon In Inc CITY. Ihe fn1e to exclude
NJ a'snKeta ison rms. ana 10 prevent sne e.
~"l,e VI I''"e1e, !at2'l!3 Fuiosce"'
AZ" foHk' Oet. sl.-LSnaon Fpecla's report
la'ee paFs nt Paris c1amot1ne fo1 surrender BE-
e~-se nope'ees!5 'os1 aae'e a1e n2o5 o8ta1o'
an9ts nsas. ~ eae car.lah
l7tvste dispatches FAY tarre is fumof tn Lon
e"o t-.as s!iH 4s akeea ~ est''A&e' Ill" 1uAs
-'"-o :" III W Haaee ~ ouec
AAiShlLLEs.
~ ~MaRskLks, Vet. ~se.-opoa 1eccistn7 tue news
s,,s.so, 49, ,n.I. ~ r,,,i. oS ";...,
s4asloa "es Maue@ ALI Papi'e P[Aets were closeos
MILITARY xrno,v
voxDnx. Orr - .snariay ro,-n.ron,,,. -,
~. va,- yor,, T.;h,,n. 80. 49,. IT, -. -
a. Ihaye iu.r rrtnTne,, I'm, ~. ,ssss 49, ss'
4uas .. .ssa.oeu '.om ~ mass s1ele.
,nN. ~. aa''''s7 1ao Na-
uoeal ona'"7 "1e q" '""te !o3 henaes, hcfauts
.s ue.s1a a.,N 1ss's tu"n a"a Ffsaee on the
slmns, ant inclnt,nv cha,sanot, Ba,ntonsors .rd
Snyderx The Army NJ The IoIrs vii nseo ,hrnnn,
T,u,s 4 lsrpe infanrrr rorra orrIv.a - Ia
Typous from salb.es xre rao,dly ,oInin1 the SIX
trrnth corna and advancing towa,l yen,,otnr.
sexcctA11oss.
4 special coffespoudent Of the Trjbam Nrltea
from Berlin 49th: uAn of1cet on Motskt.A stall
writes me from yes1aIsIee, e9.l Inst, when the
Fa1ia adsis will be ended no mortal mAp cau Ger
tntnfx u.1l Mv naraonat calculation Ia in \ fort
night or three wecka. but I NAV IN. m!staten.
a. efI nvanra .ra chair IN YnA hna,ne.e tborov,b,~
, 1870-11-01

cAnnKx, N. j., Oct u.|aeoo Hni ansef it- rsn-
nrfrfof Of thth city. U nndeF a3Fe5& Ca4&Eeo asa
he murder Of ols vile.
, 1870-11-01

Boston, Hartford D. Erie Railroad.
PoruHKxErsn, Oct t1.-9ntEt Barnard to dal
hIekolyetf the last ittCnctfon Against the sae of
fh- Hnstep. Hartford L Eyte Railway, md the sale
win fakc place On Wednesday nrxt, h5 Sheriff
EenWoTtny.
, 1870-11-01
MASONIC NOTICES.

Thrfr will he I Regular CcnclAve Of Apollo CommAn.
ctTy No. !. H. T., this TUESDAr} evening, Ar ~
oe1ock, for businese, aud work tht Order cf f.
yfrtnk Sir knxhts cordially Invited to meet ~ith
By erder Of the CoMulAn1er.
, 1870-11-01

East LIBERTY, ra Oct si.-IfnRs yna henry
hest heavy. ~ al tc: medium, sa1Ac.
Cattle aud sheer-So sales: run heavy Of bot
, 1870-11-01

Meteorological srt0El tur October 81. $50, a
rcpoEtcI by J. G. Lanxxuih, Jr.. opucian 1T R4o-
t1olph Street. correspondent to the Smithsonian
Institute. The Bma letters aEe the !n1tal3 tot the
wot,ls "geertnE,r "geutle,~ 'nt8n," "drJ,r
!. moist atmospueEr,~ - ra!a," and *snou:"
, 1870-11-01
INDIANA.

TbnnKARlrlnE t'roc1nmatien - The
CuninG Immigration EonTonxion
tAt IDutanAPo PoltB-CoulI Matters.
speaal DespAtch to The ChteAku T1ihnne.
ISD:ASAFoLls, Oct. Ex-Governor BAker has
tssucd proclamation appointing Tou1sday. No.
vember q, rs day Of thanksgiving.
Fnrstes ere her: from the East, making aF-
Engagements for the Immigration Convention,
which neeta 10 this city on tne 9Th Of Noyem-
LEI. Mayor AacauteJ VAS appointed to repre-
sent this City IN the convention.
The United Ssatca Court Eeets in this city to-
Iu0rrEw.
Hon. Jonathan T. uaryey was elected City
10 take Ills seat as Judge OF the Criminal Court
, 1870-11-01

j. Tkis column Il owned BY The Ladies' of
Union Psrk Congregational Church, who
hold their Third Annual HOT pdousx1 1t
Metropolitan Hal, commencing TO-DAY,
md continuing THRoUaHTRa W86R,
fxcm Il to Zach day.
, 1870-11-01

H1vAxA, Oct. a1.--Late niytccs are received
isum Mexico. general amnesty It'll hiss passcd
Congress, and been proclaimed By juarez. It
extends to all. except Aarquez, Aet1a, Quez7g1,
A1c1b.shop Ii Basttts, and Bishop ornacha.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08
rPublic No. 1855 |.

AN ACT 10 regulate the purchase OF iccl Tor
the legislative, executive, and judicial do.
partments and for tho military aud naval
establishments of tho United States 10 The
District OF Colombia.
Be Il enacted tyths Senate aaa House
Of Representatives. Of the Uaited States
of America IN Congress assembled That
from aud attCr the passage Of this not it
shall not be lawful for any officer or per.
son in the civil, military, or naval servico
OF the United States in tho District Of
Columbia TO purchase anthracite or btu
minous coal or wood for the public service
except on condition that the same shall,
before delivery, be inspected aud weighed
or measured by some competent person TO
be appointed by the head of tho depart
neut or chief Of the branch Of the service
for which tho purchase is mnlc, aud that
the person SO appointed shall before Gu.
tcring upon the duty Of inspector, weigh
or, and measurcr, aud to tho satisfaction
of tbo appointing officer, bind himself
with not less THAI two surctics in the penal
sum of five thousand dollars, that each and
every ton Of coal weighed by him shall
consist of two thousand two hundred aud
forty mounds, and TINT oach and every cord
Of wood to be SO measured shnll be Of tho
STANDARD measure Of one bundred and
,weDty.eigtlt cubic feet. And tho iUspec-
tor. weir6er, and measuror hereby to be
appointcd, shall DO entitled to receive ftom
tho vendors Of fuel weighed and measured
by him, twenty cents for each ton of coal
weighed, aud nine cents for each cord Of
wood measured By him: Pyouiacf, That
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08
fprDr1c-No. 15Il

AN ACT making approximations for the con
suuction, preservation, and repair Of cer'
tain Notifications Rnd other works Of de
lcnsc, ior the fiscal year ending June.thIrlY,
eighteen hundred and seventy one.
Be itenactca by the Senate aud House
Of Representatives. Of the United STATES Of
Iimerica in Congress assembled, That
the fJlIowidg sums be, and they are here
by, appropriated, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
tho construction, preservation, aud repair
o. certain fortifcations and other works Of
defense for the year ending the tbirtieth
of June, eighteen hundred and seventy
ono.
For Fort Preblo, Fort, Gorges, and
Fort Scanned, in Portland harbOr, Maine,
seventy thousand dollars.
For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts,, ffty-three thousand dol
lars.
For Fort Warren, Boston harSor, Mass.
achusetts, Que hundred thousand dollars
For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts, sixty-uine thousand dol
lars.
For Fort Hamilton, aud additional bat.
tcries, Gow York harbor, New York forty
six thousand dollars.
For fort on tho site of Fort Tompkins,
Staten Island, New York, the unexpendcd
balances of appropriations heretofore made
for "cascmated battery on Staten Island. /"
are hereby authorized to bc transferred
aud applied.
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New
York, eighty thousand dolllrs,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08
UMBER IS.

Be Il enacted By The StBgtc rna Hoess
Of Representatives Of uls Ceil.d gaiese
Ap,crica in CoagTessdsseulblsd That the
Territory Of Arisoufis hereby created q
separate surveying district, and that tho
President. by and with the consent of the
Senate. shall DO, and herebyis, Authorized
to appoint surveyor general for the Ter-
ri,ory whose annual salary shall be three
thousand dollars. sud whose power, au-
thori,y, and duties shall BE- tho same as
those provided by law fSr the surveyor
general oF Oregon. Heshall have proper
sIlowances for clork hire, Office rent. ind
foel and he shall locate his Office from
timo to tine pt such places as may be dt.
fccicd BY tho President Of slle United
States. R fS
Approved. July.il, 1870. q
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08

For fort on Willetts point, opposite
Fort Schuyler, East river New York
ninety thousand dollars, :,
For Fort Columbus, Governors island,
fhy.two thousand dollars.
For Fort Wood, Bellows island, New
York, sixteen thousand dollars,
For Battery Hudson, New York hav-
Dor. thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Mialin. near Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, fifty five thousand dollars
For Fort Delaware. Delaware fiyer'
Delaware. thirty. seven thousand dollars
For battery at Firms point. opposite
Fort Delaware, thirty-threo thousand five
hundred dollars.
Fur fort at Fort point, entrance to
San Francisco harbor, Que hundred thou
sand dollars,
For fort at Lime point, entrance to San
Francisco harbor, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For fort a. Aleatras island, San Fran
cisco harbor, California, GEty thousand
dollars.
For contingencies, aud preservation and
repair of Publications, for which there
may be no spccial appropriation available,
one hundred and City thousand dollars,
For construction of SCa.coast mortar bat.
tcrics at existing defensive positions, scv.
ty-fyo thousand dollsrr.
For surveys for military dcfcnscs, ono
hundred thousand dollars
Approved, July II, 1870,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08

Be It enqcts1 By Me Srnate and Hossr.
of Representatives. Of the United Staies ei
America IN Congrcss assembled, That
tho proviso in the clause in act Of April
twentieth. eighteen hundred and seventy,
entitled "An act making appropriations
for the service Of the government for the
fiscal year ending June thirtiOth eighteen
hundred and seventy aud for other pur.
poscs," limiting tho pay Of registrars ard
sheriFs in the 9Th military district to five
dollars per dny, be, aud the same is here
Sy 90 appended as to authorize the pay.
n,ent OF six dollars per day TO said regis,
tFar3 aud shcrifs instead Of Eve a,'there,
in provided
Approved, July II, 1870.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08
PURiTY uT THE SUFFRAGE ny.
DER DEMOCRATIC RULE.

1t is nothing new or unknown 10 say
That tho most corruplly governed city il
tho Yni,ed States Is the one wherestli Z
party calling itself Democratic has tho
most unchecked control,--Ncw York
The bold aud outrageous frauds whereby
the city aud thereby the State haycof late
years been carried for that Party, have
been too open and palpable TO admit Of dc.
nial; aud vet the control Of Democrats
corruption there il so absolute that these
frauds rerepeated fronlsoar to year with
M audarity ouly eqpsledby their,lmpqpj.
ty Tho census tns already exposed IN 4
several districts the bold frauds by. which
tho Tammppy leaders have Of latc yccSss
recorded their enormous najorities 70 that I
city. The most remarkable instance yet
oKpOssd is that o. tho Tenth Election Dis
trict Of the Sixth ward. This district
whichllies east Of Bfoadwayi betYeeus Ca-
nal ag3 iFillipf streets Il May last ret
ported so Republican aid eSi Democratic
votes. fis.tatal population Is now ascot
tained 10 be $40 The ratio 81 voters 70
Inhabitants, in New York eily, with ita
large foreign population. isless than ous
to seven; but if We assume that onc-sev-
entb o. the whole people actually cast
honest ballots, the vote Of this distTict
would be 124. With its so Republican
votes, which no one suspects Tainmauy Of
creating, there might be fair Democratic
majority Of %, ont ofwhich The repeators,
tho "stutFersp Of ballot boxes and the for
CORA Of returns have made q majority Of
1884 nearly tl,irty-fye times as great.
When this Is done in ono out Of moro
than fourhundrcl election districtsequallg
in tho power oftlo same mon, it is oasyt
to understand the ovcrpowering. majoritie4
figured up for Dcmocrats in every recent
election in that city -lntdliyeneet.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08
No. 1861


AN ACTto establish port of delivery nt 81.
Joseph, Missouri.
Bc It enacted By tie Senate and House
of Representatives. Of NE Ueitel Sate Of
AmeTica IN Congress assembled, That
tho city Of St Joseph, in the State Of Mis-
souri,, shall be. and is hereby, constituted
port of delivery, annexed to and made a
part Of tho collection, district Of New Or
leans, aad shall bo subject TO the saNe reg
ulations and restrictions ns other ports Of
delivery in Che United States aud all the
privileges aud facilities afforded by the acc
Of Congress Of the sccoad March bigbteen'
hundred aud thirty one. entitled lin act
allowing the duties on foreign nIorellau-
disc imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling,
Cincinnati. Louisville, 81. Louis. Nash
vile, and Natcliez. to be secured and paid
ut those places" shall be extended to said
port. A surveyor Of customs shall be APP
pointed TO reside at said port and perform
the duties prescribed by law, who shall re-
ccive the sauro compensation now provid-
ed. or which may hereafter be provided,
BY law for surveyors Of the same grade.
Approved, July IL, 1870.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-09-08
fPrhIlc--.No. 1850. /
AN AoT 70 create port Of delivery RtaDa
LiHh, Minneeotd,

De Il enacted By tho SeRaie aud Hewe
Of Representatives. Of aIc United States Of
Amcrlca IN Congress assembled. That
Du Lurh, 10 the State Of Minnesota, shall
be, and is hereby, constituted port ofde-
livery within tho collection district of Sn-
porior, and there shall be appointed q sur.
yeyor oE CUSTOMS 70 reside 1T said port,
who shall perform the duties aud receive
the compensation aud Cmolumo6ts pre-
scribed in tho net OF Congress approved
March Two, eighteen hundred md thirty
ono, being can Nct allowing The duties on
foreign merchandise imported into Pitts
burg. Wheeling, Cincinnati. louisville.
Saint Louis, Nashville, and Natches, %
be secured and paid at those places"
Approved, July IL, 1870.