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Kissing. MS general thing, IL not very in
teresting tew by ISLANDERS, anil IL sumliincS
even lIA,ked up"n, by third party, az in
called ior.
IKarnick He that givcth tew the poor
lcndrth Ia the Lorl2" Ifyu had read Snrt
Bible q mutch cz hev. yu wouldn't have
asked me il Shakespeare rote this remark.
Charity iz AZ mulch ov Il privilege az II Is
:. duly. and lending to the Lord " undou''
ed security fur any mans mummy.
He that gives nothing away white living
dies 81 bankrupt, and his estate is -ener''i'!
settled by hiz heirs, good deal NJ Inc
crows scit t. II ,lrad hoss-hy pitc"in~ '"'"
the remains. -,
Thar iz many folks whose hearts bile WIN
charity. hut whose cxtremitys are cold,
half dollar kontract to three cent piece
by the time it reaches the end oV their h''-
gers
: "Gildad."-Yure juicy letter haz qnes
lions enuff tew make district schoolniaS-
ter faint, and if should answer them ALL
you would lie fuller ov edukashun, than al
almanak.
Who the author of the saying. "lhc good
die yunp,'; WIZ, don't care, but viii re
mark, if that IL good bet, the younger
man can die the better, and not tew DC norh
at all, is ded sure thing.
Again, az it regards the number nv years
tina. a kat kan live, that depends entirely
upon circumstances, they kant live orc: sun
day with me.
"A6el."--Yu kant pick out hypocri'r
by his looks emmy more than y"u kan i!'
oyster 10y the shell, they arc frequently Ike
on old muskct, laid away up in the sarrct
have often bin known tcw let oph charge
that had been sleeping with one open fol
three years They are like silver piate'
forks, wear for a long time, but are sure Il
show the odious brass at last.
"HanniJuL"-Giving presents with ih'
hope of receiving presents III return, take
away awl the cream "v giving or receiving
Ii is like swopping skim milk that has bcei
| skimd.
"IMrcuIy."-" Owe for II lodge in snn
vast wilderness" WIZ the private opinion "'
| Mr.. Cuwpcr, unc oy the very lew men wh'
| hrv lived Yet, Who xag pG:a sauh .:w mo
| nnpul,za y woods without emmy company
| hut hiz soul and the God wi!n maae Ii
| Must ncnp.c hnl!er for solitude withou
thinking that it isa thickly settled place
| full ny uen"rys. Solitude II the last plac
tnr good man III 90 to, and the only piac
| that q working man kunt live in. Eve
| wild bcrsts don't like solitude and Inv tn
smoke ov cliimbly. Solitude IN small dose
is we'll enuif. but rs miles square over
would make most men either cOunterieltt
or a hnss-thief.
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At trial in an Alabama town not long
since. one of the witnesses. an old lady o
some eighty years, was closely questioned
hy theopposing counsel relative to the clear
ness of her cyesight. .'"
II" Can you see me-" said hc How wei
can You see me2 2" persisted the lawyer.
We'll enough" responded the old lad.
too see that you are neither negro. an In
dian nor a gentleman"
The answer brought down the house ant
silenccd the attorney
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RESULTS OF SLEEPING Toerr11rH.-More

RESULTS OF SLEEPING TOGETHER More
quarrels arise between brothers. hctween
sisters, between hired girls, between school
girls, between clerks in stores. between APP
prcntices, between hired men, between hus-
bands and wives, owing to electrical
changes through which their nervous sys-
tens go, by lodging together night after
night under the same bed clothes, than by
any other disturbing cause There is moth
ing that will SD derange the nervous system
of a person who is ellminative in nervous
force. as to lie all night in bed with another
person who is absorbent in nervous force
The nbsorber will go to sleep and rest all
night, while the eliminator will be tumb
ling and tossing, restless and nervous, and
wake up in the morning tretful, pccvish
fault-inding and discouraged. No TIVE
persons, no matter who they are, should la
bitually sleep together. One will thriv'
and the other will lose. This is the law
and in married life it is defed almost uni
versally.-Lascs Of Life.
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TPUBLIC-NO 1871

An act to annul portion of a certain statute of
the Territory OF New Mexico, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
re sentatfves of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the following recitee
portion of q statute of the Territory of New
Mexico, approved February second, eighteen
hundred and sixtV-iive, viz: "And no writ of
execution shall on any account be executed on
the real estate of any person, if there be no
mortgage made by the husband and wife owning
the said property, and the mortgage must have
been executed with ell the formalities required
by law" be, and the same is hereby, disapprov-
ed and declared null and void Provided, That
there shall be exempt from levy and forced sale
under any process or order from any court of
law or equity in said Territory the lot or parcel
of ground and the buildings thereon occupied
as residence and owned by the debtor, being a
householder and having family, the value of
one thousand dollars. And if, in the opinion of
the creditors, the premises claimed by such
debtor as exempt are worth more than one thou
sand dollars, then it shall be lawful for the ofli-
Ger to advertise and sell the said premises and
out of the proceeds of such sale to pay to such
execution debtor the said sum of one thousand
dollars, which shall be exempt from execution
one year thereafter, and apply the balance on
said execution: And provided further, That no
sale shall be made unless greater sum than oDc
| thousand dollars shall be bid for said premises
Approved, July H. 1870.
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Official.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Pissed at tile Second Session Of tile Forty First
CONGRESS-
fPUBLIC-No. 176.

fPUBLIC-No. 176
An act to discontinue the Clarksville, Arkansas,
land district and the establishment of an addi
tlonal land district in that State
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives OF the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That neither the district
OF lands now subject to disposal at Gainesville
Arkansas, be, and the same is hereby, discon.
tinued from and after the first day OF July, eigh
teen hundred and seventy, and that thereafter the
said land district be divided as follows: Begin
ming at the corner common to townships twelve
and thirteenth north, ranges seventeen and eigh.
teen west, and running thence west between
said townships to the corner common to town.
ships twelve and thirteen north, ranges twenty
six and twenty seven west; thence south with
said range line to the corner common of town
ships nine and ten north; thence west on the
line between said townships 10 the western
boundary of the State, the lands lying north OF
said division line, and within the limits OF the
said Clark-ville district, to be snbject to dispo
sal at Harrison, Arkansas, and those lands lying
south OF said division line within said district TO
be subject to disposal at Dardcnelle, Arkansas,
to be known and pesgnated SIS the Harrison and
Dardenelle land district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States is hereby author
sent OF the Senate OF the United States, or dur
ing the recess thereof, and until the end of the
next ensuing session, register and receiver for
each of said land districts who shall be required
to reside al the site uf their respective offices,
who shall be subject to the same laws and re-
spOnsibilitics, and whose compensation and fees
shall be respectively the same per annum as are
now allowed by law to other land offices in said
State.7
Approved, July IA. 1870.
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In the matter of Harvey Cor. Bankrurt

THIS is to give notice, that ON the 18th day OF
l. July, 1870, warrant Of Bankruptcy was is
sued out OF the District Court of the United
States for the Pamlico District OF North Carroll.
nc against the estate of Harvey CoA, of Onslow
county, Bankrupt, on Lis own petition; that
the payment OF any debts, aud the deliycry of
any property belonging to such Bankrupt, to
him or for his use, and the transfer of any pro-
perry by him. are forbidden by law; and that
meeting of tine creditors of said Bankrupt, TO
prove their debts and to choose one or more
Assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court
of Bankruptcy, TO be holden at the Registers
Office in New Bcrne, N. c., before K. + Lehman,
Esq., Register in Bankruptcy for said District,
on the 5,h day OF August, A. D. 1870, at 10
o'clock, A. NJ. =
SAM'L I. CARROW, U. s. Marshal,
By SAM'L BLAGGE, Dep. U. s. Marshal.
july III 160-1aw3wz
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Compare the French Marshals with our
Generals of corps during the late war.
Those are old enough, almost, 10 bc the
grandfather Of these. Mcmahon, the Gen
era in Chief. is 72; Canrobert is 81 Gt took
him 20 years to work up to colonelcy Ba-
zaine is 81; Valiant is 80; paraguay is 76
Forey is 66; Random is over rs; Changar,
ner is II; Lebouf Is 81; and Palikao is IA
Moltke, the Commander in Chief of the
Prussians, may also be supposed to have his
eye teeth cut land come again being three.
score and-ten. The European nations dc
not seem to adopt yet the maxim, "O!d
men for council, young men for war"
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!PUBLIC-NO. EEL
An act for the relief of pre- cmption settlers in
The Sfntn of Nnliraslrn

An act for the relief of pre- cmption settlers in
the State of Nebraska
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep.
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That settlers upon the
public domain within the limits of the State OF
Nebraska, who, prior to tic FIRST day of Janu-
ary, eighteen hundred and seventy, had filed
their declaratory statements under the pre-emp
tion laws for tracts once offered at public sale
and afterwards included in the lateral limits OF
any withdrawal for railroad grants, where such
lands were at date OF filing, as:aforesad, subject
to disposal, under said pre- emption laws, and
who, through erroneous belief that by such
withdrawal the lands so settled upon and claim
ed became subject to the designation OF "un-
offered" lands, have failed to make the proof
and payment required by law within one year
from the date OF alleged settlement, shall be,
and are hereby, allowed and authorized to make
such proof and payment within one year from
the passage of this act, upon showing full
compliance with all other provisions of the pre-
emption laws: Provided, That such settlements
were upon the even-numbercd sections, and do
not include cases declared TO be invalid by the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Approved, July Z, 1870.
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KuKLux JUGeED.-Doughty Gov. Holden
has got one hundred Kuklux Kluxers c'pro-
minent citizens') in durance vile. A Ku-
klux Judge has been shying ha6eas corpus
writs at the Governor, but Holden don't
care worth cent. and he is going to try the
red handed scoundres by military commits
sion They thought they had it all their own
way down there. They read Brick Pomeroy's
incendiary sheet. hung "niggers." burned,
''carpet-baggers' out OF house and home anu
ravished their wives and daughters for i,
good while with entire safety. Gov. Holden
threw grass at them for some time Now he
is trying stones, and we hope the Kukux
rebels like it.-Daily Saratoyian
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FLY TME.-A Connecticut paper feeling
ly remarks when Moses got up flies to
bother the people OF Egypt his head was
level. They are little the aeancst thin.
known to science. Take it Sunday after
mon and between six and eight o'clock
mornings. when one is trying to get a zap,
and have perverse. persistent, pertinacious,
pestiterous, pusillanimous fly come at you IA
thousand and nineteen times in succession is
enough to make of great saint great sin
ner Bothered by the Internal flies, this
morning we calculated that We rolled over
in bed 50 many times, that if the same num-
her If reYalutions were given to mustard
seed it would roll to Alaska and back again.
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Anact to confirm title to certain lands in l

An act TO confirm title to certain lands in illinois,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
-rcsentatives of the United Statcs al Ahlerica in
Congress assembled, That the title OF the United
States TO all lots. outlots, tra,s pieces, parcels,
and strips OF land in 81 Clair county. State oi
Illinois, lying and Situate outside oi tEe United
States survey IS noted in the field notes ui the
United States surveyors, and ON the Mississippi
river near surveys seven hundred and sixty six,
six hundred and twenty four, and five hundred
and seventy-ninc, and near and a!jacrni tn
fractional sections one, two, eleven. and iwrlvr,
tow n[shipl One north, range ten wcst, third
confirmed and granted to said ST. Clair county,
in said State: Provided, That nothing hcrcin
shall apply TO the ancient French commons in
said county.
Approved, July Is, 1870.
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Is the price OF Health as well as of Liberty. Be
on your guard against poisonous hair dyes.
CrIstadoro's Excelsior Hair Dye
Is the only one that has stood the test of chemi-
cal analysis. AT the store OF the proprietor,
Astor House, New York, may be seen the certi-
iicate of that able analytical chemist,
PROFESSOR Chiffon,
tcstiying that it contains no harmful ingredient.
On the other hand, in the "Journal OF Chemis-
try' may be found the statement that there are
upwards of thirty poisonous hair dyes before
the public. Choose the only safe and sure one.
CRISTADORO'S HAIR PREsERvATIvE, as
Dressing, acts like charm on the hair after
Dycing Try it. may 12-d&w1
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DIAMONDS are assured 10y three. >t.lrl-
rate and, in their way. competent antho'i
ties tina. diimOn1s have of late sil-,wa u
tendency L, rise IL value. have in'lc'd risen
within the last six nr eight months from
seven to eight per r,nt. The fact is re-
marhab. .ls diamonds. owing to the cos.
mopolitan character of the demand Tor
them, are comparatively independent "f the
carp,ircs of fashion, and Lave had for years
almost ms fixed a value as gold nr silver.
Their pricr has increased indeed. bur not IN
sudden rush,s Newspaper readers are some
times startled or amused by narratives oi new
disciveli.s of diamond mints in Austraila,
or the Cape, or Lower California. why 't.rs
not somebody spend q thousand or twoln
geological investigation of Golconda, dis
trict never scientifically searchetl?l or by
stories of some chemist who has matte dlia-
mnnds, and will speedily flood the market;
hut dealers, we suspect, are very little nj
fected by such rumors. Diamonds are pre,
ty things, philosophers say what they will,
etern.l dcwdrops being necessarily us pretty
as dewdrops which last u minute; but the
desire for them is no more u taste-as the de-
sire for china, Tor example, is-than the de-
sire for gold, and fluctuules just as little.
They excite at once the passion for value
and love Of rarity.
Thctrade. though apt, like the trade in
bullion, to concentrate itself in few hands, is
u large one; and the supply, we expect
without exactly knowing. begins to fail t'
keep pace with the demand Diamonds dc
not wear out, but every year more and NOR,
people want them. Ifthat is the Case, if dc
mand and supply have just become equal, ,tle
pnce may continue to advance, and withir
a very few years reach figure which may
make the little !jcwe.s rank among
the hest interest bearing investments
Such an occurrence seems odd to
men who cannot perceive the charm
of prccions stones, but it is not more
odd than the duration of the taste for thi
particular stone, which has oullasted no
only fashions but civilizations, and shows M
signs of diminution, or than the undoubtet
am Extraordinary rise in the price Of al
al <,s of useless or artistic luxuay. Pictures
! A&china, bronzcs, brio brac OF ever
s%ofllre shawls rare engrayings. and evel
ray fruits, flowers and dogs. are rs steadil
tedN g upward in value as ii their price de
pended on want, not a capricc.-LOnd0
Spectator
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fPUBLIC-No. 1851

An act to amend an oct entitled San act grant.
Ing laud TO the State OF Oregon to aid in the
construction OF military wagon road from
Albany, Oregon. 20 the eastern boundary OF
said State"
Be it enacted by the Senate and II ouse of Rep
rcsentatlvcs OF the United States OF America in
Congress assembled, That an act entitled IAN
act granting lands to the State of Oregon TO aid
in the construction ot military road from Al
bany, Oregon, 10 the eastern boundary OF said
State" b; amended SO as to strike out the
words "by way OF Canyon City," in The first
section Of ;aid act, and insert instead thereof the
words by way of Camp Harney"
Approved, July Is, 1870. -.
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The violent language used by Il few per
sons, yesterday, against the Bulletin because
it contained the exposure of lawless or
gnnization, as originally published in the
Standard shall not deter us from discharg
ing what we regard to he our duty. We
will not, by silence, nor 10y apologies, aid
the councils and nerve the hand OF wicked
mcn The abuse of vulgar men cam OF
alarm us.-Charlotte Bulletin.
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The frog that went wooing g". was
probably cousin to that one with which a
Connecticut fisherman baited his hpok
After conversing with companion few
minutes he found that his lively bait had
swan ashore and was sitting quietly ON the
rock by his side. He wound up his line
and went home.
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[PUBLIC REsoLUTIoN-No. 81. |

A resolution authorizing the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs 10 appoint guardians or trus-
trees for minor Indian children 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 In
dians to obtain bounties, back pay, or other
benefits to which their ancestor was entitled
Therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House OF Rcprt .
sentatives ofthe United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs is hereby authorized and empowered
to appoint guardians or trustees OF any OF said
minors, and 10 take bond and security for the
performance 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 expend the same tor the use and benefit
OF sucn 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 sucL minors may reside: Pro-
vided, That the terms of the foregoing resou-
ton shall not apply to the Cherokee, Greek
Choctaw, Chickasaw, or Seminole nations u
Indians, or conflict in any manner with the pro-
visions of the treaties OF eighteen hundred and
siXty-siX with thosc nations: Provided furill r
That the provisions of this resolution sla! vA-
tend only to Indians serving in the ninth re-.
ment of Kansas cavalry.
Approved, July II, 1870.
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Gen. Butler, Richmond correspondent
says, last week telegraphed to his agent at
Hampton. Va. to admit the large body OF
insurgent colored squattcrs now IN Smiths
farm, in that vicinity, to free quarters on his
lands lying on Black river, where he owns
extensive tracts. The negroes accepted the
offer, and thus was settled, in a peaceful
way, difficulty that had threatened to re
suit in riot and bloodshed
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Special Notices.

Scrofula Cured by Brandreth's Pills
Bandretl's Pills penetrate the whole mass of
blood, causing the expulsion of impurities. The
body feels relieved from single dose; what then
may be expected from twenty? By continuing
their use, the whole of the blood in time, be-
comes purified, and the body reconstructed from
good material, aud new lease Of life secured.
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Card.

! lake this method of stating to the pub
lie that nil the reports in regard to my i'll
Treatment 10y the Stare troops, ale false and
without foundation. II
vas arrested Ivy LIEUT.. Henrycut of Col
Kinks regiment, and WAS treated by him
and his squad with the utmost respect. ]
alsn take this method of returning my sin
ccrc thsnks 10 the gentlemanly Commander
Col. Clarke. of the 1st regiment of N. c. State
Tronp-, for his kind care and hospitality ex
tended io ne while Il prisoner in his custody
WILLIAM PATTON.
NqTE. He was the gentleman tl,nt tin
Sentinel reported hung by the State Tiuops
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A man having been brought before a
Dutch Justice OF the Peace in Albany county,
on IL charge of having four wives, the
astounded magistrate exclaimed: You let
dat man 90. If he Ifs nit four wives he
has punishment enough. lifst init only
Won, and dat's more'n can shtand ~
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The reports that the California EXCURSION
lists took race course, a skating rink, ten
pin alley. a croquet ground, an eight-cylin-
der Hoes press, Il fishing pond, and the
great organ with them, are pronounced un
fouuded by the Boston Press
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SALE OF THE EGYPT COAL MINE.
JOHN KEssLER, Junior, Plaintiff, VS.. THE EGYpT
COMPANY, Defendant.

A T THE COURT HOUSE IN PITTsBoRo',
N Chatham county, North Carolina, upon
Thursday, the 2Sth day OF July, 1870 by virtue of
a WortgdJc executed 10 me as Trustee, &C., BY
the Egypt Company, and also of Judgment rem
dered by his Honor A. W. TcURGEE, Judge, &C.,
at Spring Term, 1870, OF Chatham Superior
Court, in the above named nction shall exrose
to public sale to the highest bidder that yslua.
Bile and well known estate in Chatham county,
North Carolina, known as the Egypt Coal
Mine.
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Pious gentleman called on noted
physician in Gardiner. Me. the other day
to procure some medicine. After being
furnished with the mt dicine he asked
what would be the expense. The ductor
replied that he never charged a Christian
anything, and they were So scarce tIiut i,
only cost him about twenty-five cents a
year.
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SING SING. March 25. 1865

d. .t DING DING, MarcA -, 1000
Ny Dear Sir: My daughter Alice, thirteen
years old, has been completely cured OF that
horrible disease, Scrofula, which ;or years rem
dcrcd life torment; after all medicines and
many physicians had been tried, and failed, l
commenced giving her your pills. She took
them almost every day for three months, con-
siantly improving. She has now entirely re
covered. Yours truly,
DANIEL LUTHER
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The happy possessor of IL big dog out
West, being denied passage for him on the
cars. chained him to the rear brake of the
train. After an hours journey; be went
back to look at him, and found the chain
and collar all right, but the dog was pretty
much towed away.
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Essays for Young Men, on the happiness
of wcl-placcd affection, in carly lie, and the
propricty of carly Marriage, as protection
gainst the fearful abuses and social evils of the
day. Sent free, in sealed envelopes. Address,
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box p, Philadelphia,
Pa. l24-d&w1y
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GPuBLIC REsoLUTIoS-No. ST.
Resolution, in regard 20 grading the streets
the vicinity of the Capitol.

iHc NiSihity vi thC SipitOi
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
rescntativcs Of the United Siaics Of America IN
Congress assembled, That The Mayor OF the city
III Washington is hereby required tn have the
grades of the streets IN the vicinity of the Capt.
tol SO modified and established, with the ap-
proval of the Chief Engineer OF the Army, or
officer in charge Of public buildings, and the
Architect of the Capitol Extension, as may be
necessary to effect an easy and proper approach
to the Capitol, and TO furnish plan Of the same
to Congress at its next meetiug,
Approved, July "A, 1870.