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The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03
Approved, June r, 1870.

AN ACT to incorporate geological society
 in the city of Washington, District of Co.,
 lumbia.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer lca in Congress assembled, That Henry D. Cook, George W, Riggs James c. Kennedy Spencer F. Baird, General O. o. Howard, T. " Bartley Joseph Casey, Horace Capron, James c. Mcclure, and George Taylor, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia. and their associates and successors be and are hereby, incorporated and madea body cor porate by the name of the Washington Zoolo, gical Society and by that name may sue and be sued. plead aud be impleaded, in any court of law or equity of competent jurisdic-
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03
AN ACT 10 require the Register of wills for the
 Distfict of Columbia to give bond.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ot the Unitad States Of Amer ica in Congress assembled. that the register of wills for the District Of Coinm6ia sh ai within thirty days alter the passage of this set, give a bond with two or more sureties (td De ap- proved of by the chief justice of the supre.os court of said District tor the time bs;Rg,) ,o the United States in the sQm of five thousand dollars, faithfully to discharge the duties os bis office and seasOnably to record tne decrees sad orders of the orphans court for said District. and all wills proved before him or said court. and all other matters of existing laws or any law hereafter passed, directed to be recorded in the said court, or in the office of sad regis. ter, which bond shall be entered in full upon the minutes of the said orphans court and tha original filed with the records thereof
 SEc 2 And be 1t further enacted Th4t anv register of wills for the said District hereinaf. ter appointed according to law, before he acts as such, shall give similar bond aI prescrb. ed in the first section of this act, with sts like sureties, in the same penalty, on the same con. dilions, and subject to the same approval as required by said first section.
 Approved, June 2l, lS10
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03
Approved, June 2l, 1870.

AN ACT amendetory of an act approved
 February 6fth, eig ghGeen hundred a'd sixty
 seven, and joint resolution approved March
 twenty-ninth, eigh!esE hundred and sixty
 seven, relative to judges and commissioners
 of election in the ei5iea of Washington and
 Georgetown, District oi Columbis
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ot the United States of Amer ca in Congress assembled, That the act np- proved February fifth, eighteen hundred aud sixty~seven, entitled "An net to punish illegal voting in the District of Coambia. and for other purposes" and joint resolution approved March twenty ninth eighteen hundred and sixty.seven, entitled 6 Joint resolution rsla- tive to the payment of the expenses incurred by the judges of election for the cities cf Wash ington and Georgetown District of Columbia. be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to prevent any officer or employee of the corpo- ration of said cities of Washington and Georgs- town from serving either as judge or cons mssioner of election; and no psrsoR who l: 8 candidate for ofic at the time shal! serve as judge or comm ssioner of election.
 Approved, June 2l, 1870
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03

tion, aud be entitled to use and exercise all the powers, rights, and & privileges incident to such corporations for the purpose of estabs fishing and maintaining geological garden in the city of Washington, and that they, the said corporators, may purchase or lease any real or personal estate required for the purpose aforesaid; and after the said zoolosical gar den shall bs established, the said company, for the purpose of payng the expenses of the same, may charge and receive fee for entrey thereun.o, not exeeetIug twenty five cents for each and every perr5n over the age of twelve years. and ten cents for each and every person under said age: Providcd, Thas said society shall, for at least one day in each and every week, open said garden to all clas- ses for charge not exceeding ten cents each,
 SEC. 2 And be it further enacted That the said society may from time to time import into this country from foreign countries, free of duty, all birds and animals necessary for the establishment of said garden: and in cons sideration thereof the said society shall do all in their power to introduce valuable ani mals, poultry and birds, and furnish the same to persons or societies requiring the same at the least possible cost,
 SGC 0. Anu US II IuEtEeT euactSui AHat VI : said society be and is hereby, authorized to to use, under the direction of the water regis- ter [registrar of the city of otwashiugtOn with out charge, tho Potomac water for tue purpose of hydrants, ponds, and fountains in said garden.
 SEC. 4. And be il further enacted, That the govern ment. and direction ot the affairs of said society shall be invested in seid cor porators and that they shall have f;ll power to make anu prescribe such by-laws, rules and regulations, as may become proper and necessary for the management of ths pre- perty and interests of said society not con- trAry to this charter or the laws of the United States.
 SEC. 5 And be it further enacted, That Congress shall have the right to amend, alter, CT repeal this act any time.
 Approved, June 2l, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03
Approved, June 28, 1870.

AN ACT supplementary to "An act to provide
 for furnishing artificial limbs to disabled
 soldiers.'
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the benefits of the act approved June seventeenth, eight cen hundred and seventy, entitled "An act to provide for furnishing artificial limbs to dis- abled soldiers, shall beexten6ed to all officers, soldiers, SC amen, and marines disabled in the military or naval service of the United States, as fully as the same are provided for in the acts approved July sixteenth, eighteen hun- dred and sixty two, July tWenty-eighth, eight cen hundred and sixty six, and July twenty" seventh, eighteen hundred and sixtyseight, in so far as the said acts relate to artificial limbs and to transportation for procuring said limbs.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03

ed commissioners for the purpose ot paving and seWoriRg NJ street north, between New York and Vermont avenues, who shall eervs without compensation and all vaeancier oc> casoned by death, or resignation, or othsr- wise, shall be filled by the supreme court ot the District of Columbia.
 SEQ. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That to enable the said commissioners to carry out the purpoAe of this act, they shall have the same power now conferred upon the corpora ton of the city of \ ashington, to levy B. tax upon the property fgan n oa said street, suf- tceut to pay for sueh p:g.ng and sewerage, uaich ihau be coaeele2 - he manner now prescroed by iaE -ua rhaa so collected, the amount thereof shsli DC ps d over to thr com missioners aforesuil ILa said commissioners shall have the power of directing he manner of putting in the sass and water pipes on said street within the points Detaee entioned.
 SEC. 8. And be it further enacted that the corporation of Washington shall pay for pAy~ ing and sewerage of the space Occasione by the cross streets and alleys; and such alleys and streets es may abnt against the said M street without crossingit shall pay the same rate as if the same was private proper,y
 SEC. 4 And be it further enacted, That this act be in force from and after ita passage, and all laws conflicting with it's proviIions axe hereby repealed.
 Approved, June Fl, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03

unpting from taxes certain
 nh District of Columbia, and to
 .la 10 provide for the creation
 m in the District of Columbia
 AH
 rsl bv the Senate and House of Iirs of the united States of Amer |rs assembled, That from and after |olhis act all churches and school. al buildings, grounds, and pro- snan! thereto, aud usei in con |,Eth, in assessmen Is, national |si county.
 Ilni be t further enacted, That |a ny be organized within the 5um6ia under the provisions ; of .i au set Ito provide for the crea- ridons iu the District of Colum- Ial lsR," and the limitation of l, ,proyided for ia said section for 5 of corporations created under !. of lhs provisions of said section .lto corporations formed only for IdliIe insurance.
 June IT, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03
Approved, June 90, 1870.

AN ACT to authorize the paving of the ssw-
 erare of NJ street. Washington, District oi
 Columbia.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled That the mayor of Washington, the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and William St;ckney, Wilson E. Brown, and S. H. Kaufman, of the city of Washington. be, and they are hereby, appoint.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03
Approved, June g, l8i0.

AN ACT declaring the bridge between Phil
 ladelphia and Camden post route.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States of Aner> ica in Congress assembled, That the bridge authorized to be constructed by "An act giv- ing the consent of the United State to the erection of a bridge across toe delaware river, between Philadelphia and Cruden," approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy, when erected, shall be. and is hereby, declared to he post route.
 Approved, June 28, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03

lFovide for the appointment of an 5'a'arer of the United States a. a'i b! the Senate and House of Eyes Of the United States of Amer
 'n assembled, That in addition 'a pro7lded for in the fifth section 1i"ysd August siz. eighteen hun
 5!-'1, entitled "An act to pro-
 'sGer organization of the treasury,
 collection, safe-keeping, trans
 '''senent of the pu bic revenue,
 esppointed Aa assistant treasurer 'a S'aies, to be located in the city ID the State of Maryland; and ! .I! t treasurer ca shall be appointed in
 iS like time, and be subject to @ans of law to which the other l. '1saFeTs provided fer in said fifth aolscs,
 Iaa be it further enacted, That
 % prepared within the custom .
 C,y Gt Baltimore, in the State of |s' '-,'Aole and convenient rooms for ,., assistant treasurer herein au.
 ~ ,.f slnclsnt aud secure fire proof
 ~,'' .., Tor the keeping of the public ,,.,'' ..'4l and deposited with him; and .S s'aa' treasurer shall have the tA's ,..;Aa Of said rooms, vaults, and le.; .5.eH .s aud of all the public mon s ', .,,' es'eln, and shall perform all .,.,,,as 5,sea to be performed by Unit Is .., La. FeaSurers iu reference to s., sS ssfS..s'Eeepiug, transfer, and dis s,,Ss '~ca moneys: Prouided. Ina, AS.'.,s9a ,salis now used by the United
 ''"'c dePOsilary at Baltimsro
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03
AN ACT to make legal esrts1 act ei the
 sounails of the citg Of Washington.
Approved, June 2l, 1870.

sounaila of the cig of Washington.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States of 4 ner- ica in Congress assembled, That certain set of the councils of the city of Washington ap- proved the twenty-sixth day of October, eight cen hundred and sixIy-niue, aud entitled 'An act for the relief of the Foundry Methodiat Epi:- copal Church. be, end s hereby declared to be lega act and not inconsistent with the powers of the corporate authorities of the ci.- of Washington and they are hereby emp,-,- cred and directed to pay to said trustees tho sum of four hundred Gol.eEs and twenty-ssyon cents, in accordance with the amount appros priated by said act.
 Approved, June 2l, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03

D regulate the salaries of chief
 ai associate justices. in the Terri asi by the Senate and House of aTs' Oftee United States of Amer .'a'' assembled, That from and sage of ihis act the salaries of the B, and associate justices of the 4NeT Mexico, Washington, Wyom la Colorado, Montana, Idaho,
 Utah, shall be three thousand rGnum.
 June II, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03

Bs i. enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, Ina. the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue Q register to the schooner ''Cavallo Marino," vessel now lying in the harbor of In6ianoln, Texas, and owned by Samuel Marx.
 Approved, June 22, l8iO
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-09-03

AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of tho 1 Treasury to issue register to the schooner l "Cayallo Marino.'
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02
The Nan who Keeps the Government
Bank Note Paper.

The Government of the United States
has entered into Il contract with a manu-
facturer I Pennsylvania (whOse family
has been for several generations engaged
in the making of bank note paper Is a
speciality for the supply uf large
quantity of that article. to be used in the
printing of the bonds to reissue the pub
lie debt. The contractor is bound, by
the terms OF disagreement, to supply pa
per for bOutl notes to the extent of ST.
O0OO0 The material will have clIarac-
teristics specially devised. 80 rs to be a
protection against cOmterfeits. 1t l., of
course. to he manufactured exclusively
for the Government. and not sbee. of
it can leave the mill without IN order
from the Treasury Department, al agent
from Which il constantly on the watch
about the establishment to count the
sheets and see that none OF tile paper gets
into improper channels. The manuf;ac-
turer IN question has. within a year or so
produced at his mill in Pennsylvania
about 30.000,0O0 sheets of paper, with
special clIaracteri stfcs, for the new legal
tender notes internal revenue stamps
and fractional currency. The paper in
each Of these notes differs from the other.
and Is made as ON comparison with a
to show tlle fraud Immediate
ly. Not Il single leaf or bit OF this man
can be taken away by the man
ufacturer, whose place of business il
Kept constantly guarded by force of
eighteen or twenty persons. acting under
strict orders from the Treasury. IL is a
felony for any one, except those author
zed by the Treasury, to have this paper
IN his possession or to initiate it, the lat
er offence being punishable BY Il. fine of
5000 or fifteen years Imprisonment ut
lard labor, or bOth.--I. i. Herall.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02
ROMANCE AND REALITY.
The HunchbRck Of NOtrc Dame and
the Boy Murderer Of Boston.

In Victor Hugo's romance of NOtre
Dame, there occurs thrilling descrip-
ton of a scene that ensues after Quas-
imodo has hurled Claude Frollo from
the great tower. The miserable priest
has caught hold of some projections a
fewfeet from the top. He can by no
possibility draw himself up, and his
fall is therefore only question of time.
An abyss of $50 feet deep yawns below
him, while above, leaning over the
parapet and gazing OH his victim with
impassive malignity, is the avenging
Hunchback. By stretching forth his
hand he could save his enemy from his
impending fate but QuasimOdo calmly
rests his chin on his palms, and with
eyes fastened on Claude Frollo's des-
pairing face, waitssfor him to become
exhausted and then fall. The situa-
ton is one of the most awful and i'm.
pressive that can be imagined. and the
reader willingly believes that only in
fiction can such an incident be poSsi-
BILE. r r
And vet very similar scene occur
red in real life, near Boston, this week
the difference consisting in the cir
cumstance that whereas the implicabie
Hunchback is depicted as revenging
the wrongs of the being dearest to him
ON earth, his Boston imitatOr seemed to
have had no motive for his crime eX-
cept sheer cruelty. Further investiga-
ton may modify this aspect of the af-
fair, but, as at present related, no in
centive whatever is apparent, save
that which might be derived from a
brutal disposition. 1t seems that, as
the City Marshal of CharlestOwn was
crossing City Point bridge, accompa-
MED by patrOlman, he was accOsted
by some boys, who said that q friend
of theirs had just been drowned. The
officers procured graphing irons, drag
ged the water i'm the spot pointed out,
and soon succeeded in recovering the
body of youth of eleven years of age,
named Eastman, the only son of one
of the officials of the State prison. The
body was quite inanimate when found,
and while efforts were being made to
restore life, the companions of the dead
child narrated the circumstances of lbs
death. They declared that a man
named Edward Corners, whom they
pointed out, and who, while they were
telling their story, was quietly stack
ing lumber on an adjoining wharf i'm
full view, had seized and thrown young
Eastman into the water. Some of
their number appealed to him piteous-
ly to save the 10y as he could not
swim; but the inliuman wretch, deaf
to their entreaties, coOlly watched the
struggling child until he had sunk for
the third time, and then, saying it was
too late to save him, returned calmly
to his work. We recollect in the am
mails of crime scarcely any parallel to
this. Plunder, vengeance, sudden and
furious passion, have furnished occas-
ion for homicides innumerable; but
the deliberate drowning of fellow
creature by way of diversion, or, for
purposes of mere speculative curiosity,
has had, we believe, unless it be in Da- |
honey, or some similar community, no
recorded precedent. The murderer has
been held to bail in 5000 bonds for |
manslaughter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02
A Unique Prayer.

\ Cincinnati paper publishes the fol-
lowing prayer, offered by Col. Granville
Moody at Newport, Kentucky. few
ddys since: "God of the nations" to
whom belongeth the shields of the earth" :"
Thou hast styled Thyself . the God of
battles" and hast promised to ''overturn
and overturn. until hc shall come whose
ri~ht il is to reign" We dcvoutly i'll
woke Thy blessing on our European
brethren. struggling for the inalienablc
rights of man against the ambitious and
unscrupulous Napolean. who strobe to
arbitrary power over his broken vows.
and seeks the perpetuation of lespotism
i'm the person of his son; and by the con-
quest of his Prussian neighbors would
seek the overthrow of Christianity in the
disintegration of Protestant Prussia.
Put a look in bis nose and lead him out
with the workers of iniquity and may
the smoke of his torment ascend from the
battletields of the Rhine; and may his
discontinue prove the disaster OF Po-
perry. of which he has been the chief sup
port; and may his overthrow, rim-rack
and centre, shake the dominions OF the
Man of sin: and then may the wrath OF
man praise Thee, and the remainder OF
wrath do Thou restrain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02
2oetru.
ESTEl.I,A.

I" Row me. lFerryman, quickly row, tfB
Inc night comes on, the stream Is wide:
Row me Ferryman, quickly row, -
see the lamps across the tide.
see the thousand twinkling lamps
Ihat shine beyond the river stair;
! know, beneath a nodding plume,
My gallant lover waiteth there.
Row me, Ferryman, quickly row,
on shore Is warm, but this ii cold;
inen out She drew her knitted purse,
And through the meshes cleaned the gold.
But slowly turned the boatman gray,
And sadly took his oar in hand,
Lovers should come for maids, he said,
Heavily swung the boat from land.
But naught Estella saw or heard
Save twinkling lamps and charming bells;
Nor needed that the stars were pale,
And strangely dark the rivers swells.
The boat sped on and neared the shore, ftf
Her lover doffed his plume to see,
And took her outstretched hand and kissed
The teweled fingers gallantly.
She dropped a golden coin, and said: -
Find, o, Ferryman, here thy fee, - -
Thou should'st, indeed, be rightly paid,
When my gay lover welcomes me.
They sauntered up the gorgeous street,
Where many forms streamed in the glare !;
With faces such as shine in dreams
Out on the fragrance-burdened air.
The boatman sighed and dropped the gold
Bending to take his creaking oar; .zt
While under bells and music swelled p.
The distant oceans mOurnful roar.
Row me Ferryman, slowly row,
L bear q burden on my knee;
The storm Is fierce, through all the town
There is no roof to shelter me.
Row ME, Ferryman, slowly row, b. IT B..
To where the solemn willow waves;
There is no room for lying here,
They dance above the little graves.
Row me, Ferryman, slowly row,
love the babe upon my knee; %
He came unfathered, dieG un blessed,
But life of life he was to me-"
The boatman bowed his aged head -
And said, "Give ME the shrouded child
His grave shall be where never stirs -
The ruthless wave or tempest wild. z
But thou, the lower drooped his head,
And fell the pitying tears like rain, ~
Must wander: having crossed the stream
Thou never canst return again" ~ y
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02
THE JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.
FILES.

hate a fii. -. .rT4.r- s-.s4.r
4 fiji is got no more manners. la
He amt no gentlemun. - -.
He's an introoder, don't send in no
kard nor AK an interduckshun, nor
think NV taken off his hat.
Fust thing you know he is i'll bed
with YOU and up your nose-tho what
he wants thar is mistry-and he in
vites hisself to breakfast and sets doun
i'm yore butter, thout breshin his pants.
He helps himself to sugar and meat.
and melassis, and bred, and presurves,
and vinnegy-ennything, and don't
wait for no invitashun. He's got a
good appytite, and jist as sun eat one
thing as anuther. .
Tain,t no use to challinge him for ta-
ken liberties; he keeps up hostile
kerrispondence with you, wether or
lit, and he nuver misses, nuver.
He'll kiss your wife 20 times day,
and zizz and ZOO, and ridicule' yon if
YOU say a word, and he'd ruther you'd
Slap at him than not, coz he's a dOdger
NV the dodgirinist kline: Every time
YOU slap, YOU don't slap him, but slapS
NOuSp1l, anu tlt LJELtS blIlto Ills
leg ov skorn at you, till he aggrevates
YOU to distrackshin.
He glories i'm lightin every pop on
the iXact spot whar you druv him from,
which pruves the intenshun to teeZe
YOU. Don't tell me he amt got no
mind; he knows what he is after. He's
got sense and too much NV it, tho he
nuver went to a skool day in his life
except in a supe dish.
He's mean, millignant, owdashus,
premedditated cuss.
His mother never padded him with
a slipper in her face. His morals wuz
niglecktid, and he lacks a good deal NV
humility mitely. He amt bashful a
bit, and doubts eff he bushes oflhg.
In fack, he wuz nuver fotch up q
tall.
He WIZ born full grown, he don't
git old-uther things gifts old, but he
nuver gifts old-and he is imperdent
and mischevous to the day of his deth.
He droopz in cold weather, and you
kin mash him Oh window and you've
lest put yere finger i'm it. He Gums
agin next year, and a heep more with
him. Taint no use.
One fiji to family might do for
amusement, but the good NV so many
tIize, / he dog eff / kin see; kin yu?
i has thot much about flies, and /
has notist how Ofting they stops in
thar devilry to comb their heads and
skratch thar nose with thar four legs,
and gouge thar arm-pits under thar
wings, and the tops NV thar wings
with thar hind legs.
And my kandid opyinum ar, that
flize is Iowsy, they eeches all the time,
is niiserInnI, and that makes EN- bad
tempered, and want TO make uther
peepil miserbul too.
Ef that amt the flossyfy NV fiize, l
give it up.
Altho a fiji don't send in his kard, he
always leaves one, and don't like 1t.
Taint pritty if its round. He kant
make a cross mark, only a dot, and he
is always dottin whar thar amt no
is. Thars no ends to his periods, but
he nuver Gums to a full stop. Such
handritin il dizagreeabil.
He's a artist, but his freshco and his
wall paperin 1 don't admier. Thar's
TOO much sameness in his patterns. His
specs is the only specs that don't help
the ewes. You can't see throo um, and
YOU don't want too.
/ hate fiji.
Durn fiji.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02

II Albany, recently. the wife of q mi
ser discovered the place where her hus-
band had been i'm the habit of secreting
his money, and helped herself literally.
The husband caused her arrest, but the
Justice refused to take complaint. She
had been reduced TO q state of starvation
when the money was found.