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The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
Approved, July II, 1870.

4 RESOLUTION instructinG the President
 to negotiats with the tndiansupon the Uma
 tlia reservation, in Orsgon.
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Ps |. presentatiYes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Inc President of the United States is hereby requested to negov tate with the Indians upon the Umatilla re- servation, in Oregon, with the view of ascerr ainiDg on what terms said Indians will relin. quish to the United States all their claim o- right to said reservation insaid State or Wash. ingtOn Territory, or take lands iu saveralty, in quantities not exceeding one hundred ana sixty acres each, on their present reservation, and to report to Congress-; and to defray the expense of such negotiation she sum of iee thousand dollars is hereby appropriated ou. cf any money in the treasury not otherwise sp- propriated, or 50 much thereOfas nay be ne.. esssory.
 Approved July l, 287O
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
Approved July l, 2870.

A RESOLUTION to determine tho cons.ruc- ton of an act to provide internal revenue to
 support the government, sRd for otRsr puE- poses, approved June 30, 1864.
 Resolved by the SeuAts and Houss of RepS resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue to sup port the government, to pay interest on tla public debt, and for other purposes, approved June 30, 1864, and the seyera! amendments thereunto, shall not be construed 50 as to i'm pose sz upon any undiztributable sum zd- ded to the contingent fund of any fire, marins1 inland, life, health, accident, or like insuranOs company, or any nnearned premium CT Fsomi"
 (Continued on page
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

A RESOLUTION to regulate the effect of a
 vote of the thanks of Congress upon promo
 ton in the navy.
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Re- presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That vote of thanks by Congress to any officer of the navy shall be held to effect affect] such officer only; and when as an incident thereof an officer who would otherwise be retired has been or is re- tained on the active list, such retenuoa shall not interfere with the regular promotion of othsrs who would otherwise have been entitled
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
Approved July l, 1870.

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the inn- 1 proVement of the grounds owned by the | United States in the city of Buffalo New York, known as Fort Porter Be it resolved by lhe Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Of America in congress assembled, That perI1is- sion be, and is heseDy, granted ,a the city of Buffalo, in the State of New Fork, ihrouuh its park commissioners, to impro7a and bsau- tify the grounds known as Fort Pozieg 5tGa~ ted n said city, and belonging to the J1itsd States, in connection with 2 public park to te laid out on land 4ajoining the said gropais, the plans for the same to be approved by la Secretary of War: ] lrOUided, That thi. rese, lution shall not be construed to pass any titls n the said grounds, but that the ownersLi and control of the said grounds shall reuau entirely iu the United States, and ehai be subject to such changes and uses for mill tary purposes ss the Secrstary of War may direct
 Approved, July II, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

by law to promotion; and where any ofhcer has already been retired to a grsda owsr than he would have been had the gro..s.ons of this law been in force. hs shall be entitled tO tho same position as ifthey had oeen iD force ct the time OfhiS retirement: PrOvided, hOoeus5 That no promotion shall be made to 6ll va- cancy occasicned by the final retirement. death, resignation, or dismissal of aa officer who has received vote of thanks, unless the number of officers left in the grade V here the vacancy occurs shall be less than sso nun. Der authorized by law
 Approved, July l, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

the State of Missouri, eight captured twelve pounder guns of obsolete pattern, now con- demned and in store under Rock Island arsenal, to be placed in Franklin Square, North Spring. field, Missouri, around monument to be erected to the memory of the late BrigsdieT General Nathaniel Lyon, and the federal sol- diers who fell with him at the battle of Wilson Creek.
 Approved. June g, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

ldrTI0N authorizing distribution l elss remaining in the Department s,rdihe Tributes of the Nations to
 lr Lincoln.
 aiy the Senate and House of Rep rv of the United States of America
 -.a assembled, That the copies of the | cthe Nations to Abraham Lincoln, " Eaping undispOsed ofin the possession
 :rstay of State, be distributed as fol-
 vi: three copies to each senator and dhe House Of Representatives of the k Congress, and the remainder to be |,d by tue Secretary of State to such $ he shall indicate, the Secretary ot |rrg the authority to have refnished
 rernment Printing Office such copies ,.ed the sSme.
 |l.i, June 2l, 1879.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
Approved, June g, 1870.
JOINT RESOLUTION to amend act of July
 twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty

JOINT RESOLUFlON 10 amend act of July
 twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty
 six.
 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives oi the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the apprOpr.a- ton of forty thousand dollars for the survey of the Isthmus of Darien made in the act making appropriations for sundry civil expen- ses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixtyrsev~ en, and for other purposes" approved July tewnty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixiy-six, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that said appropriation, or any part thereof, may be expended under either the direction of the War Department or the Navy Department in the discretion of the President.
 Approved, June 2S, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

mental Association one condemned bronze or brass gun, with which : make and place the statute of a soldier on tee monument erected or to be erected, by said association, out of any such guas which the government now has or may hereafter have, and not required for public use
 ADDroyed lima 90 J270
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
Approved, June 30, 1870.
4 RESOLUTION for the relief of certain officers
 of the navy.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to organize board of three officers, not below the grade of rear-admirsl, who shall examine into the cases of such officers as may deem themselves unjustly passed over by promotions made in conformity with the act of the Congress, ap- proved July twenty-five eighteen hundred and 8ixty-sx. This board shall report their conclusions to the Secretary of the Navy, who shall report the same to Congress,
 Approved, July l, 1870
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
A RESOLUTION concerning the pay of cvs-
 toms officers in North Carolina.
Approved, July l, 1870.

Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Re presentatiVes ofthe United States ot Aneric, in Congress assembled, That the act of the twenty-ffth of February eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act relative 10 collection districts in North Carolina" ir the first section and the last clause before the proviso, shall be, and hereby Is 80 amended ss to include the words land commissions after the word "fees"
 Annroyed Jply 1. 1870
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
JOINT RESOLUTION dol

JOINT RESOLUTION donating condemned
 ordnance for a soldiers monument at Pough.
 keepsie, New York.
 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Staiees of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to deliver to the municipal authorities of the city of Ponghkeep- sic, New York, three condemned iron cannon, two condemned brass cannon, and two hundred round shot, to be used in the erection of 8 soldiers monument St that place.
 Approved, June 28, 1870
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to enlist
 ments in the Marine Corps, and for other
 purposes.
 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unised States of Amer. ica in Congress assembled, That from and Af- ter the first day of July, 1870, the enlistments into the marine corps shall be for period of not less than five years and that all payments of an increase of pay on account of reenlst ments under the act of August four, eighteen hundred and ffty-four, heretofore made on basis of four years enllstpents in said marine corps shall be credited to the disbarsing officer.
 Approved July II, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
N June B, 1870.

TsOLUriON authorizing the Secre-
 , ,oa.. % 70 place at the disposal of the |s5 ,'.. .... or Greene county, State of ! ''''a'n captured ordnance.
 'sa by the Senate and House of @ 0i the United States of Amer S ~. assembled, That the Secretary '.' ne IS hereby, authorized and ,,,, ra'' at the disposal of the judges ''''' 'i the county of Greene, in
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the Cham.
 paign County, Ohio, Mon umental Association.
 Be it resolved by tho Senate ard House of Representatives of the United States of Amer. ica iu Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be and IS authorized to donate to the Champaign County tohiO) Soldiers houu-
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
Approved, June %, 1870.

A RESOLUTION authorizing the nomination
 and appointment of Lieutenants Charle, H.
 Peudeton and Richard r. Lesry as Lieuten~
 ant commanders on the active list of the
 Navy.
 Resolved by the Senate and house of Repre- seutatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be authorized to nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the, Senate, to appoint Lieutenants Charles H. Pen- dletou and Richard P. Lea ry as lieutenant commanders on :he active list of the Navy.
 Approved, July l2, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

-1SVLUTl0N relative to trade with a'a North American Provinces
 solved Oy the Senate and House of 'Aa'eS Ot the United States of Amer -s's's assembled, That the Secretary A'a'J be- and he is hereby, directed 1" inquiry to be made. for the infor-
 'O0sFess, relative to the extent and ''ae between :he United States and asPeOdaneies of Great Britain in '.'''s' and that he is hereby author
 sas's a suitable person to make |aF.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
Approved, June 28, 1870

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to female
 clerks in the Internal Revenue Bureau.
 Be it resolved by the Serate and House of Representatives of the United Stat;s of Amer ica, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to con- tnus in employment, as now employed, the temporary female clerks in the bureau of Internal Revenue, for the period of fifteen days from the 3Oth of June, instant, unless provision therefor shall be sooner made by law.
 Approved, June %, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27
el, June 2l. 1870.

RESOLUTION granting an Amer
 ssi.lec to ihe British, Built schooner la
 lsoved by the Senate and House of |aadves of the URited States of Amer.
 agess assembled, That the Secretary
 aaiuy be, and he hereby is, authors ale an American register to the Britt
 schooner "Venilia," wrecked and |,l in waters of the United States, and lby citizens of Maine. |ed, June 2, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

RESOLUTION granting condemned a he Soldiers Monument AssoclA,ion |aN, Michigan.
 |s'IVsd by the Senate and House of lAd7es of the United States of Amer
 'gress assembled, That the Secretary
 ! authorized to turn oyer to the Sol- |.aanent Association, of Adrian, Mich Psces of condemned iron or bronze
 a'ad unit for any purposes, tor ornaa Aatheir soldiers monument grounds. |sd, June P, 1870.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

A RESOLUTION providing for the admis-
 sion of pothograhs for exhibition free of
 duty.
 Resolved by the Senate and House of Re- presentatives ot the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That all photo graphic pictures imported into the United States for exhibition at the exhibition of the National Photographic Association of the United States, to be held at Cleveland, Ohio |, commencing June seven, eighteen hundred and seventy, and not intended for sale, shall be admitted free of duty under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Prori}sd, That bonds shall be given for the payment to the United States of such duties as are now imposed by law upon any and all of such pictures as shall not be re, exported prior to the first day of October, eighteen hundred and seventy.
 Approved July l, lS7O
The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-08-27

A RESOLUTION giving the consent of Con-
 gress to the reception of certain bequest
 by the State of New Jersey under the wifi
 ot the late Edwin A. Stevens.
 Wher eas Edwin A. Stevens, who was in his lifetime the owner of the ship known as the Stevens battery, originally commenced under contract for the United States government and upon the building of which large sums of money were spent by hls brother and himself, did, by his last will and testament, (the United States having previously relinquished all claims to said ship, leave the same to be finished by bis executors at an expense not exceeding the sum of oue million of dollars, and when finished to be offered to tha State of New Jersey as present to be by her receiT- ed and disposed of as the sad State should deem proper; aud whereas doubts have been suggested as [ O the right of the said State to accept the said request without the consent of Congress under the prohibition of the tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States; Therefore,
 Resolved Sy the Senate and House of Repre- sentatiyes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That he consect Of Congress is hereby given that the State of New Jerasy shall receive and dispose of the said ship according to the terms and conditions of said bequest
 Approved, July l, 1870.
Smyrna times., 1870-02-09

EARLY RA1LRoADTNd.- The following ex-
tract from the Niles Register for May Is, 1880.
gives an account of the first American expert
ment in railroading: .
"The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will be
travelled in wagons, thirteen miles to Ellicott'
Mills, in a day or two, at the rate of at least
ten miles an hour, Tens of thousands will en-
brace the opportunity Of seeing the noblest
work yet attempted in the United States, OF
travelling twenty-six miles in two and one-hali
hours, without danger or fatigue, of enjoying
the fresh air, and passing through one o.. the
most romantic and beautiful countries we have
every minute presenting something new tc
be admired by strangers on the road. The
wagons will start on different hours in the day
and soon, perhaps, hourly. Each wagon drawr
by one herse will carry from twenty five tC
thirty persons with entire convenience. The
thirteen miles will be divided into two stages
for change Of horses, which may be effected
in about half minute, from the excellency Of
the gearing The fare will be moderate. y :. =
Smyrna times., 1870-02-09
Misers and Misery.

The day of the miser seems to have come.
During the past month no less than four have
departed this life, leaving heirs and administra-
tors to fight and grOwl for the fortunes left be-
hind, like dogs over bone. The.narrow soul
ed males and females of this class, who denied
themselves the slightest comfort in order to
hoard up wealth, are now no better off than the
meanest pauper buried in Potter's field.
Last Saturday man named Thomas Rim
grove died miserable death at his late resi-
dence, No. l02 King street, New York city,
where he had lived in most ahject poverty the
life Of hermet for upwards of forty years ieav-
ing fortune of one hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars. The meanness Of this miser is
aptly illustrated by the request he made of his
hOusekeeper on his dying bed, Catherine,
you may take my shirt and drawers off and
wash them, and they will be good enough to
be buried in. -
Can it be possible that this man was sane,
or is any shiveller and hoarder in his right
mind, who, in old age, possessed of immense
wealth, denies himself the poor comfort of a
substantial meal or a change of linen? In
charity we must impute to such beings the pre-
sumption of insanity.
The only gamers by the death of such peo.
pie are the lawyers. Discarded in life and ne
elected on account of their penury, these mis-
cradle hoarders of filthy lucre" die, pitied by
none and despised by all What must be the
thoughts of such men, rolling in the agony, o.
death, thinking back on the Improbable anC
miserable life so sadly spent.
| Thomas Ringrove attained his eighty-fftl
year. HIS weekly expenses averaged three dol
lars and half per week, including his house
keeping. Yet this man was worth $l50,00O
which he left behind invested in bonds, rail
road stocks, savings banks, &c, the annual in
terest of which, at seven per cent, amounts t.
$40, 800 Had he been so inclined, one-h half o
the interest would have sufhced to keep him il
elegance, aye, even luxury But he preferre
to live in poverty and die as a puaper. Hi
mission on earth is accomplished. His hoard
ed wealth will now receive rapid circulation
So much for the miser.
Smyrna times., 1870-02-09
An Awful old Musket.

Mark Twain tells the following story, relat-
ed by fellow passenger, who being bantered
about his timidity, said he had never been
scared since he loaded an old Queen AIMS
musket tor his father once, whereupon he gave
the following:
You see the old man was trying to learn
me to shoot blackbirds, and beasts that tore up
the young corn and things so that | could be
OF some use about the farm because | wasn't
big enough to do much. My gun was singel
barrelled shot gun, and the old man carried an
old Queen Anne musket that weighed ton,
made report like thunder-cap, and kicked
like mule. The old man wanted me to shoot
the musket sometimes, but | was afraid. One
day, though, | got her down, and so took her
to the hired man and asked him how to load
her, because dad was out in the field
" Hiram, said he, "do you see these marksf
on the stock, an \ and and V on each side O
the Queen crown? Well, that means ten
balls and five slugs-that's her load"
g But how much POWDER"
"Oh, he says, I" it don't matter put in
two or three handfulls"
| so loaded up that way, and it was an
awful charge had sense enough to see that
and started out l leveled her on a good
many black birds but every time | went to
pull the trigger, shut my eyes and winked.
was afraid Of her kick. Towards sundown
l fetched her up at the house, ard there was
the old man resting on the porch
6 Been out hunting, have ye?'
" Yes sir, says |.
"What did you kill?"
:" Didn't kill anything, sir-didnt shoot her
of-was afraid she would kick Il knew blamed
we'll she would)."
Gimme the gun!' the old man said, as
mad as sin.
And he took aim at sapling on the other
side of the road, and began to drop back out
of danger. And the next moment heard the
earth quake, and saw the old Queen Anne
whirling end over end in the air, and saw the
old man spinning around on one heel with one
leg up and both hands on his jaw and the bark
been hail storm. The old mans shoulder
was set back three inches and his jaw turned
black and blue, and he had to lay up three
days Cholera nor nothing else can scare me
the way l was scared that time. -
Smyrna times., 1870-02-09

DR.. David Livingstone is reported to have
been burned in Africa as a wizard, for such
is the character he long bore there. We could,
in some respects, have better spared Africa
than Livingstone. He was a courage Of the
most exalted order, for it stood the test of
loneliest isolation and widest solitude, and alb
solute self-exile from the company of the civil
lied and the humane. He was new Great
heart in the strangest Pilgrims Progress which
these latter days have known. Heroic piety
sustained him, living and dying, in all that
sublime mission which one unaided but not
uninspired man undertook for the sake of God
and his fellows To be burned as wizard was
not the fate which mankind would have im.
agined for such a benefactOr as Livingstone
but it crowned with sacred fire and recommen
ded to Heaven the lifelong sacrifice of mar
whom the world will claim among its martyrs
We hope that the present news may prove as
untrue as previous report of Livingstone
death. 1t does not, however, reach us in
shape that we are now able to question.--N
y Tribune. 'Is j.. 49, ..tt
Smyrna times., 1870-02-09

We FADE.-We extract the following beau
tiful and truthful Illustration from an exchange:
I" AS the trials of life thicken, and the dreams
of other days fade, one by one in the deep vista
of disappointed hope the heart grows weary of
the struggle, and we begin to realize our insg
nifcance These who have climbed to the
pinnacle of fame, or revelin luxury and wealth,
go to the grave at last with the poor mendicant
who begs by the wayside, and like him are
soon forgotten. Generation after generation,
says an eloquent writer, have felt as we feel,
and their fellows were as active in life as ours
are now. They passed away as a vapOr, while
nature wore the same aspect of beauty as when
the Creator commanded her to be. And So
shall it be when we are gone: The heavens
will be as bright over our grave as they are
now around our path; the world will have the
some attraction for offsprings yet unborn that
she had once for ourselves, and that she has
now for our children"
Smyrna times., 1870-02-09

HAsTY FRIENDsHIP Some people are con-
tiuually acquiring dear friends. !" Ladies of
an impressibe nature have been known to add
two or three to their list every week during
the season. Men are not, generally speaking
as apt to rush into friendship as the more
amiable sex yet many Of us contract friend
ship in haste, that we repent at leisure. True
friends are scarce articles. They cannot be
picked up like pebbles Wili the ladies' excuse
most cases, stronger than theirs Z The charm.
ing young creatures who walk with their arms
linked around each others waists, and exchange
kisses aud confidences daily, are not, as a
general thing, SO closely welded together by
mutual affection, but that envy or jealousy may
part them or even make them enemies. A
true friend is hard to find. d.-Pomeoy. Z is.I