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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
approved, July l, 1870.
EPUBLIC-NO. l22.1

AN ACT to confirm entries OF public Land
Ill certain cases in the State Of Alabama.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That in
cases where entries were made in the State
of Alabama under the act of Congress ap-
proved the fourth of August, eighteen hun
dred and tifty-four, entitled IAN act to
graduate and reduce the price of the public
lands to actual settlers and cultivators," and
the parties i'll good faith went upon the land
embraced i'll their entries, and became ac-
tual settlers and cultivators thereof, ac-
cording to the requirements of the law, but
were atterward forced to abandon their
homes on the land, in consequence OF the
disturbed condition Of the country during
the late war, their entries shall be confirmed
and patented to them, their heirs or assigns.
respectively, notwithstanding such aban-
donment, on satisfactory proof of the facts
being produced to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, within twelve months
from the approval of this act; Provided,
that nothing i'll this act shall be so con-
strued as to confirm any entries which have
heretofore been annulled and vacated by
SAID Commissioner, on account of fraud.
evasion OF law, or other special cause; And
provided further, that this act shall not
affect the rights Of subsequent purchasers
in good faith.
Approved, July !. 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
TPUBLIC REsOLUTfON-No. SO.l

A RESOLUTION directing the Secretary
Of War to place at the disposal of the
President certain bronze ordnance to aid
the erection of an equestrian statue OF
General John A. Rawlins.
Whereas it is in contemplation to erect
suitable bronze equestrian monument to
perpetuate the memory Of the distinguished
deeds OF valOr and patriotism of the late
honored Secretary of War, General John A.
RawlinS. after the likeness of that taken in
plaster from the face of the deceased; and
whereas a donation on the part Of the gov
eminent OF such bronze ordnance as NAV
nave been used or captured in the engage
ments IN which the deceased participated
and winch may be no longer useful, would
greatly aid the erection of the same: there
fore, 'i-'N'
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled. That the
secretary on War be, and is hereby, author
lzed ana directed to place at the DISMISSAL of
the President of the United States snch
bronze ordnance as may be no longer use
ful, to be 10y him contributed and applied 70
the furtherance and completion of the said
monument in bronze; and that such number
thereof as may be required in the execution
of the same be given by him when the Mas.
ter model for the said statue shall have heen
completed; Provided, That the said NOM.
ment, when completed, shall be erected
upon such public grounds in the CITY of
Washington as may hereafter he designated
by the Joint Library Committee Of Con-
gress, and the title to the same be vested in
the United States.
Approved, July IA, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
(PUBLIC-NO. 154.1

AN ACT to amend An act making APP
preparations to supply deficiencies in the
appropriations for the service of the gov
eminent for the fiscal year ending June
thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy. and
for other purposes approved April
twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
proviso i'll the clause in act of April TWEEN
tieth. eighteen hundred and seventy. en-
titled AN act making appropriations for
the service of the government for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hum
dred and seventy, and for other purposes
limiting the pay of registrars and sheritfs
in the fifth military district to five dollars
per day. be, and the, same is hereby, so
amended as to authorize the payment Of
SIX dollars per day to said registrars and
sheritis. instead of five as therein provided.
Approved, July ii. 1870
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
[PuBLIc REsoLUv.oN-No. O.. I

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the do
nation OF certain property of the United
States, in the city of Galveston, State Of
Texas, to said city.
BE it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
buildings, barracks. fences. sheds. clsterns,
and so forth, the property Of the United
States, in the city of Galveston. State of
Texas, now abandoned by the United States
troops, and ordered to be sold at public
auction. under the direction of the Quarter
masters department. be, and the same are
hereby, donated as hereinafter provided to
said city OF Galveston, for the purpose of
AIDING the said city il holding agricultural,
mechanical. and Horticultural fairs, and III
developing the agricultural and mechanical
resources OF said State; or for such other
public uses as may seem good to the au-
thorlties OF said city of Galveston; Provided.
That this resolution shall not be construed
to convey any title in the grounds wherein
the said buildings, barracks, fences, sheds,
cisterns, and so forth, are situated, or any
authority to demolish or destroy the same,
but to be held to be returned to the United
States whenever required for any purpose
Tor the use of the government
Approved. July -, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
TPuBLIC REsoLuTroS-No. G6,1

A RESOLUTION authorizing the First
National Bank of Fort Smith Arkansas.
TO change its location and name
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United STATES of
America IL Congress assembled. That
whenever the stockholders. representing
three iourtlIs Of the capital stock OF the
First National Bank Of Fort Smith, Arkan-
sas, shall elect to remove the said bank to
the city of Camden, in the county of
Ouachita, III said State, and the president
and cashier shall execute certificate under
the corporate seal OF the bank. specifying
such determination. and shall cause the
same to he recorded in the office of the
Comptroller Of the Currency. thereupon
such change OF location shall become etfec-
tual and valid
Sec. 9 And be it further resolved. That
when such change OF location shall have
been made as above provided, the name of
said bank shall be changed to the First Ma
tional Bank of Camden, Arkansas. and all
debts, demands, liabilities. rights and
powers belonging to said First National
Bank of Fort Smith shall devolve upon and
inure to the First National Bank of Cam
den, and all actions pending by or against
said First National Bank of Fort Smith
may be prosecuted by or against said First
National Bank of Camden in the same man
ner and with the same effect as if such
change of location and name had not been
made.
SEC. g. And he it further resolved, That
as soon as such change of name and loca-
ton shall have been made. public notice
thereof shall be given by publication in a
weekly newspaper i'll both said city of Fort
Smith and said city Of Camden for four sue
cessive weeks.
ADnroved July l. 1870
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
IPUELIC-NO. 1871
AN ACT making appropriations for Il
SerYice OF the pnStntiicn lonnrt,.ao

AN ACT making appropriations for the
service OF the Postotice Department
during the fiscal year ending June thir-
tieth. eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States of
America III Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are here
by, appropriated for the service of the
Postoifce department for the year ending
June thIrtleth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-one. out OF any moneys in the treasury
arising from the revenues of the said de-
partmcnt, III conformity to the act of the
second OF July, eighteen hundred and thir-
ty-six:
For transportation of the mail inland. in
Guiding pay of mail messengers. route
agents. mail route agents, local agents. pos
ia! railway clerks, and baggage masters.
thirteen million five hundred and six thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars.
For transportation of the foreign mail.
four hundred and eighty thousand dollars
For pay OF pOstIasters, five million dol
lars.
For pay of clerks in post offices, two mil
hon five hundred thousand dollars,
For pay of letter-carIiers, one million two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
FOR pay OF blank agents and assistants.
eight thousand dollars.
For mail depredations and special accents
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol,
lars. uoA-
For postage stamps and enyelopes five
hundred and twenty thousand dollars. pro-
Vided, That no part Of this appropriation
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
PUBLIC REsoLUT1ON-No. ST.

A RESOLUTION authorizing the Commits
sloner OF Indian Affairs to appoint guar
dians or trustees for minor Indian child
rem who may be entitled to pensions or
bounties under the existing laws.
Whereas sundry Indians served in the
federal army, some of whom died in the
service and others since, leaving minor
heirs; and whereas there is no provision of
law for said minor Indians to obtain boun-
ties. back pay, or other benefits to which
their ancestor was entitled: Therefore.
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America i'll Congress assembled, That the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs is hereby
authorized and empowered to appoint guar
dams or trustees of any of said minors. and
to take bond and security for the perform
ance of such duties, and such guardian or
trustee shall be authorized to collect from
the government all such back pay, bounties.
and pensions to which said minors may be
entitled, and to eXpcnd the same for the
use and benefit of such minors, with the
consent and under the direction of any
court Of record of the United States or of
any Territory having jurisdiction at the
place where such minors may reside Pro
vlded, That the terms of the foregoing
resolution shall not apply to the Cherokee.
Greek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, or Seminole
nations OF Indians, or conflict in any man
ner with the provisions of the treaties of
eighteen hundred and siXty-six with those
nations : Provided further, That the pro-
visions of this resolution shall extend only
to Indians serving i'll the ninth regiment OF
Kansas cavalry.
Approved. july II, 1870
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
The st. Louis Republican sayss

Messrs. Marmaduke 3 Brown, commits
sion merchants, have the honor Iof making
the first experiment Of a through shipment
they inform us, they sent forward to
Augusta, Georgia, car of bulk corn, via
the Iron Mountain, Mobile and Ohio, Nash
vile and Northwestern, and Nashville and
Chattanooga railroads. This hds been rem
dered practicable by the completion at
Columbus, Kentucky, of the incline, by
which the Iron Mountain railroad is enabled
to connect without breaking bulk,
with the lines Of road reaching many i'm
portant points in the SOuth-wllich fact is
well calculated to stimulate the hopes of
those who have the prosperity Of St. Louis
at heart, and really opens the way to an ex-
pansi0n Of her business which her merchants
should not neglect.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07

There is man living in Calhoun county,
Mississippi, who is supposed to be the
strongest man In the State, if not in the en-
tire South. He is thirty-fve gears Of age
and weighs two hundred and twenty-five
pounds. He has been known to carry three
bars of railroad iron, when it takes from
three to five ordinary men to carry one. He
can take a cask containing forty gallons of
whisky or water tthe former preferred, we
presume), and raise it from the ground and
drink out Of the bunghole with as much
ease as another could out Of common
pitcher; and he has frequently taken bar
rel Of -four under each arm, and balanced a
sack Of salt on his head, carried them for
several hundred yards with apparently but
little effort. He offers to bet that he can
lift thirteen hundred pounds.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
lPUBLIC-NO, l2I.1

AN ACT for the relief of the inhabitants
OF Salt Lake City, III the Territory Of
Utah.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of
America i'll Congress assembled, That the
words mot exceeding five Thousand in al. y
contained in an act entitled AN act for the
relief OF the inhabitants of cities and towns
upon the public lands approved March
two. eighteen hundred and siXty-sevcn. shall
not apply to Salt Lake City. i'll the Territory
of Utah; but said act shall be so amended
and construed in its application to said city
that lands may be entered as provided in
said act for the full number of inhabitants
contained i'll said city not exceeding fifteen
thousand; and as the same city covers
school section number thirty-six, in town.
ship number one north. of range number
one west. the same may be embraced in
such entry, and indemnity shall be given
therefor when Il grant shall be made by
Congress of sections sixteen and thirty-siX,
i'll the Territory of Utah. for school purposes.
Approved, July l, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
1PUBLIC-NO. I42l

AN ACT TO declare the con struction of sec
ton tifty-five of an act entitled An act
to provide a national currency secured by
pledge Of United States bonds, and to
provide for the circulation and redemption
thereof approved June three, eighteen
hundred and sixtyfour. and the acts
amendatory thereof, and to amend the
same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That sec
ton fifty-tive Of the act entitled "An act to
provide a national currency secured bv a
pledge of United States bonds. and to- pro
vide for the circulation and REDEMPTION
thereof approved June three, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four. and all acts amend
atory of said section. shall he construed to
apply to every president, director, cashier,
teller, clerk. or agent of any banking asso-
citation, whether organized under the atore-
said act or under the act entitled can act to
provide national currency secured by Il
pledge Of United States bonds, and to pro
vide for the circulation and REDEMPTION
thereof approved February twenty five,
eighteen hundred and sixty-tLrec
Approved, July 8, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07

the plat Of the ground now in the Ordnance
Office; that all the ground and buildings
thereon lying between Second street and the
river 10 be reserved for such use as the
interest of the army may require; and that
the remainder Of the ground, lying between
Second and Fourth streets, be sold at public
auction, in the manner prescribed by the
above cited act of twenty-eighth July,
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the
proceeds OF the sale shall be paid into the
treasury Of the United States: Provided.
That the corporate authorities of the city OF
Saint Louis shall have the privilege of pur-
chasing said ground at an appraised value
before the sale; the appraisement to be made
by two persons to be selected by the Secre
tary of War and two by the corporate
authorities; the four appraisers to select an
umpire in case of disagreement, but the re-
suit to be subject to the approval Of the
Secretary of War
ApprovedsJuly II, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
THE ARGONNEs.
MeMahOn on Historic GrOund--Prussian
Guards Defeated by Dnmouriex and His
Ragged Republicans.

Mcmahon On Historic Ground .Prussian
Guards Defeated by Dnmouriex and His
Ragsed Republicans.
The telegraph recently announced that
gigantic battle was progressing near the
forest Of Argonnes. We copy the following
sketch Of this historic ground:
The Argonnes hills are on the western
edge Of Lorraine. They are not over 1900
feet high, but they are covered with such
dense woods, and the ground is so rugged
and impracticable that they are a serious
obstacle to an assaulting army. The main
of the Pass of Chene Populeux;fiwo miles
further to the South is the Pass Of
Ia Croix and Bots, then the Pass of
Grand Pre-; the Pass of Grandes Islettes,
through which runs the great Paris and
Lorraine road. The roads have mostly clay
|. bottoms, which of course makes miserable
travelling, unless they are paved. The Ar
gonnes are, moreover, circumscribed with
railways. The great central junction of
Eve roads at Rheims is Of some special i'm
p0rtance for purposes of defense4-the road
along the Marine also, which connects the
camp at Chalons with Verdun and Metz,
and the railroad system on the eastern front
Ter. This line is the shortest between Paris
and Mannheim, and is commanded by the
fOrtresses OF Metz and VerduE. In 1892
Dumouriez and Wimpffen, with
their i'll clad, alarmed, ill-fed and i'll
paid Republicans, fortified themselves in
the Argonnes, and turned the tide of in
vasion with which the kings threatened to
engulph the young republic. The Duke of
Brunswick, the Austrian Clairfait, and the
flower of the Royal German armies were
crushed here and at Valney and Jemappes,
and from the-soil of France, wet with the
blood of her patriots, sprang fourteen ar
mics that stabbed their horses iHevery capt.
tai of Continental Europe. The Cham
payne country in the neighborhood of the
Argonnes is q sandy, ungrateful soil, but
Southern Champagne is rich, luxuriant
country, from which comes the glorious
vintage that maketh the heart glad The
natives are almost the ineal descendants
of those great Franks that once held sway
over the west of Europe, sons Of Bacchus
and of Mars
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
TpUBLIc REsoLuTIOS-No. 6S. !

Joint resolution granting four pieces OF CON
demned cannon to the city OF Lowell, for
the ornamcntation OF the soldiers monu-
Inent in that place.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary OF War be and he Is hereby au-
thorized and directed to deliver to the au-
thorities of the city of Lowell, Massachu-
sets, four pieces OF condemned cannon, to
be used in the characterization of the monu-
ment in said city, erected to the memory OF
the soldiers who first fell in the war OF the
rebellion.
Approved, July 7, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07

George Augustus Sala has been studying
the philosophy of drunkenness, and argues,
IN late magazine article, that the spread
of the decline Of intemperance in respect
able and refined society. He admits that
this looks like paradox, but asserts that it
is not, and supports his assertion by say
ing: "A drunken man can not enjoy cigar
at all and sober one cannot appreciate
any wine save thin claret while he is smok-
ing" A doubter asks if Mr.. Sala has de-
termined the relative amount Of pleasure to
be derived from smoking and wines slipping.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
Approved, July IA, 1870.
[PUBL1C REsoLuT1oN-NO. 81.

.t [PUBLIc REsOLUTION-No. S2.]
A RESOLUTION granting condemned ord
nance for soldiers monument at PrOvl-
dence, Rhode Island, and at Bucksport,
in the State of Maine.
Resolved by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary Of War be and he hereby is au-
thOrized to deliver to the governor OF the
State of Rhode Island four condemned iron
mortars, to be used in the erection of a sol
diers' monument at Providence. i'll said
State.
SEC. g And be it further resolved, That
the Secretary OF War be and he is hereby
authorized to deliver to the municipal au-
thority of Bucksport, in the State of Maine,
four condemned iron cannon and one hun
bred shot or shell. to be used in the erection
of soldiers monument at that place.
Approved, July IA, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
[PUBLIC REsoLUr1OS-No. 70

A RESOLUTION granting condemned can
non for the erection of a soldiers monu-
ment at Omaha, Nebraska.
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of War be, and he is hereby. au-
thorized to deliver to the Governor of the
State OF Nebraska four pieces Of condemned
iron cannon and twenty round shot, to be
used in the erection of soldiers monument
at Omaha, Nebraska.
Approved, July IA, 1870
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
EPUBL!c RrsoIrrIoS-No. q5l
JOINT RESOLUTION to permit the s.

JOINT RESOLUTION to permit the Secre-
tary of the Treasury TO allow certain
boats to carry passengers and their bag
gage between American ports on Lake
Ontario.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States of
America III Congress assembled. That the
Secretary OF the Treasury be, and he is
hereby. authorized To allow the steamboats,
of the Canadian Navigation Company built
in the United States. and now owned by
that company. to carry passengers and
their baggage between Rochester. Oswego.
and other American ports on the south
shore of Lake Ontario. subject to such reg
ulations as he NAV establish.
Apuroyed July ID 1870
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
[PUBLIC REsoLUTIoN-NO. 7s.l

JOINT RESOLUTION to construe the act
OF March thirty-One, eighteen hundred
and sixty-eight.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
act of March thirty first, eighteen hundred
and sixty-eight, chapter forty-one, shall be
held and construed not to prohibit the draw
back provided for by section six of the act
OF July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, chapter one hundred and eighty
four, OF as many ceuts per pound of cotton
cloth, yarn, thread, or knit articles, manu-
featured exclusively from cotton and ex-
ported prior to May first, eighteen hundred
and sixty-nine, as shall have been assessed
and paid in the form of an internal tax
upon the raw cotton entering into the man
utacture OF said cloth or other article: Pro-
vided, That such drawbacks shall be lin
tied to expectations made not more than
six months after the date of supplemental
regulations issued by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, and approved by the
Secretary, of the Treasury May sixteen,
eighteen hundred and sixty eight.
Approved, July II, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07

House Of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That the supervision of the Capitol Police
be extended over the Botanical Garden, and
that, until otherwise ordered, and especially
during the period employed for rebuilding
the fence surrounding the grounds, adj
dltionai police force may be employed, if
deemed necessary, the expense for which
shall De betrayed from the contingent fund
ct the Senate and House Of Representatives:
Provided, however, That the additional
number Of policemen for this purpose shall
not exceed three at any time.
Approved, july Is, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-07
Approved, July /, 1870.
(PUBL1c REsoLUTIoS-No. c.. 7

A RESOLUTION to authorize the Secretary
OF the Treasury to change the name Of
the steam yacht Fanny
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and is
hereby, authorized to change the name Of
the steam yacht Fanny. owned by Charles
H. Mallory, Of Mystic, Connecticut. as op-
pers [appears] by permanent enrolment
number twenty-five, issued at StOningtOn,
Connecticut. May twenty-seventh. eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight. to that OF wv. NJ.
Tweed" and to grant said vessel an enroll
ment and license in said name. the said
vessel being pleasure yacht only, and not
engaged in commercial or other business.
Annroyed. July l. 1870