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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
Anecdote of General Jackson.

A Philadelphia letter to a Boston paper
has the fulowiny:.
The marble palace Of the Biddles re.
mains in all its beauty, The flag of the
United States floating from its roof seems
to proclaim the victor in the harJ.fought
struggle between its once celebrated Prcsi-
dent and General jackson. John G.
Rives. Of the old frm Of Blair L. Rives,
once related to me an incident that took
place when the struggle was at the
ticrccSt. Al
Gen. jackson gave orders for the re
moval of the deposits. lie left Washing
ton for the Rip Raps. This famous sum
mer retrelt Of the Generals was an island
Of Norfolk, rough and rocky, occupied by
single farmhouse that was little better
than cabin.
The terms on which General jackson
occupied this place in the summer were
that no person should visit the Rip. Raps
without his permission, he being desrous
of smoking his pipe in peace. The order
to remove the deposits produced great
CONSERVATION in the Democratic ranks. a
committee was appointed to visit the Gen,
cral and get him to revoke or suspend the
order.
The most eminent men in the party were
on that committee, and among them was
Mr.. Rives. They signalcl to Gen. Jack
son in his retreat, and were allowed to
land. They found hm in his plantation
dress, seated in a chimney corner, smoking
his cob pipe, and evidently not gratiticd q,
the intrusion.
The committee opened the proceeding
by Il detailed account of the disastrous c.:
feet Of his measures on the Democratic
party. The result would be it's entire de-
moraliz ,tion and the political destruction
of the General AMI his friends. The Gen.
cral heard the committee through without
u'teriny word, bu. KEEP. cnergc,ica!ly
smoking his pirc. At the conclusion,
with face at white heat lie said:
Gentleman, am satisfied that the
United States Bank is bankrupt. The
United States funds arc not safe in the
Bank. an! Shall not keep them there Il
moment longer than can help. We have
ten millions in the bank ordered the
President to pay three millions due from.
us to 4 government (Which he name y.
which Congress ordered to be paid The
Biddlcs are proud men; they owe me NJ
love. and would ask me no favor if they
could help it. Yet the President has
called on me within few days to get fur
ther time to pay the paltry sum of three
millions, while he has the sum of ten mil
lions, Of our funds in his hands. l know
the intention is to throw the responsibility
on me, and the threat is TO stop the wheels
Of government. | shall take the resposi.
bil,y. and shall not revoke my order.
| The interview ended The committee re.
tirel. The rest of the story the world
knows by heart The money of the United
States was finally recovered, but the Bank
being utterly insolvent, the other deposi
tors lost their all With all its arrogance
it was rotten to the core.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

upon those far away heights, sleep the
sleep that know no waking, those brave
and gallant boys, who'ucvcr committed a
crime, only the one they paid their lives
for, and. although that was crime at sun
rise on the fatal day, at sunset the sword
had decreed otherwise, for we had then
received orders that Gen. Lee had sur
rendered all the armies Of Virginia. Thus
ended the last execution under the govern.
ment Of the 6" Lost Cause"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

THE LATEST IxvENrt'N FOR ROB-
BrNG.-The most ilnpu lent occurrence
that we have ever vet heard ot in the
rat OF ro.uery is thus related in a
Paris paper A lady went into y
shop in Richelieu street to buy a Cash
mere shawl, and, having arranged tile
price, took from her purse Il bank
note, and was in the act OF handing
it over to the cashiers counter, when
man, who had been observed watch
ing IIer at the shop door, rushed in,
struck the lady, and, snatclling the
note from her hand, exclaimed, 81
have already forbidden yon to buy Il
shawl, but will watch yon, and you
shall not lave one" = lie then sent
out of the shop, and the lady tainted
away. On her revival, the master OF
the shop began to co,ldole with her
on this scene Of violente, and re
sretted she had so brutal husband.
my husband!" cried the lady. !
never saw the man before" 1t turned
ont that she had been robbed I; pur.
suit was instantly made after tho
audacious rogue. but it was all in
vain: he had go: clear of
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

These cups, which rise frcm spot OF
spot at the feet Of the traveller, are filed
with pure and delicious water, for the ben
eft of which he is all the more grateful
because he is cncirclcd by nothing but
marshes, the water Of which is lukewarm
and pauscous.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
The Fun Of Mule riding.

A New York correspondent, writ
ing from Fernandina, Florida, says:
The boys insisted that l needed
relaxation. My health required it.
] had a pretty fair article Of health,
| thought, enough to last me as long
as live. But | must accumulate a
stock for future use. The South was
the place to get it, and riding was
healthy. The sand is too deep to ride
except on horseback, SO l thought I
would take a ride. I applied to II
livcry-man for u horse. He had one.
lie looked sorrowfully at me. as though
lie piticd me. Did I ever ride a
mule? Inever had. He had as good
riding horses as ever were saddled,
but if wanted Rock me to sleep
mother r"-style of ride, I would take a
mule. | don't consider myself a first
class Judge Of mules, but | had some
vague notions in regard to them; sup.
posed they would do a large amount
of work with very little feed, and
were immortal. ! had read Of one
being driven over the same route by
the same boy for ciglty-seven years,
and he was q young mule yet.
Bring forth the mule. The mnle
was brought forth. He was meek
looking-a perfect Uriail Heap" of
II mule. SO far as "'umbleness" was
concerned. At least that was the
view l took Of him. lie was saddlcd,
and l mounted. For a mile or two
he paced beautifully. thought those
old monks l had read about knew
what they were doing when they
travelled on mules. l had q high
respect for their Judgment. Just then
my mule began to show symptoms
symptoms Of what. l didn't know.
Bnt found ont. Dropping his head
between his legs, his heels described
a parabolic curve, or diabolic curve,
or some other internal curve, in the
air, and got off and sat down on the
ground. got off over lis head, and
l did it quick. I'm not SO OLD but |
can get off an animal Of that kind rs
quick as hoy.
I Then l looked at the mule to see if
he was hurt. Then inquired around
to see how / was. reported an abra-
sion on the left hip. and a confusion
on the lower end Of my back. Then
| thought l would pronounce left.
handed blessing on that mule, and on
his forcfatllcrs and forelnotherS before
him. and on his children after him.
But didn't. l wondered if lie would
stand fire. If l had lad n pistol l
would have put the muzzle to his ear
and tried him. Not that l was hostile
toward him, but l was afraid some.
body might take ride on him some
day, and get hurt. Bnt | had no
pistol, sothat benevolent and sangui-
nary idea Mas trustratcd.' Then | got
up and shook the dust off my feet.
and brushed the sand off my pants,
rs a testimony against that place.
Then / led the mule carefully home,
and stated my case to,,the livery man.
But when l looked that he should offer
to send for doctor, ora Samaritan
to do me up in a rag, and pour olive
oil and champagne OH my bruises, he
only laughed. And his man that he
had to help him laid down on bench
and laughed and / stood holding the
mule. Then / laughed. 1t was ri
diculous. But I've learned little
wisdom. Next time / ride on horse
back, it will he different kind,of Il
beast from bogus iackass. :
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

nOr A California paper says that there
is no difficulty in 6nding, either in Calitor-
mia, Oregon or Washington Territory
farming districts now unoccupicd, which
must become valuable and populous, and
1t thinks these arc the places which la
borers out Of employment should seek.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
CHICAGO CuAFFING SAN FRANcIsCo.
The Chicago Ir;buar thu, makes merry

4FfDd"F tuuS ulhcS
over the proposed Urso Festival:
4 grand musical festival is iu prepera-
,ion in San Francisco. to which the lead
ing interior towns will send delegates. 1t
is expected that the affair will far exceed
in harmonic power the great peace festival
at Boston. The part performed in the lat
ter by the big base drum and anvil chorus
will be supplied in San Francisco by a
revibrating subsidence Of the Sierr,
Nevada, tidal wave ninety feet high, and
subtcrrancan dctonations. Alongside OF
these attractions the Boston affair will turn
out to have been no.great shakes. Imagine
Camilla Crso fddling with an earthquake
accompaniment: Eastern people who Gu
tertsip any doubts relative 70 California 5
tio-cug! s7se will dc well =, b. present.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

I Some rich men have pledged large
sum for the establishment Of Il new uni.
vcrsty on the line Of the Pacific Railroad.
somewhere cast of the Rocky Mountains.
and have selected Rev. Ii. r. Timlow, of
East Cambridge, Mass, to locate it, and
then to preside over it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

~" Sugar weddings" four weeks af
ter marriage, are the latest device of mar
ried Vermontcrs to keep thcmsclve
happy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

70 Sacramento wants female post Office
clerks. Postmaster Roland has been pc
pctitioned to that effect.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16

V Queen Victoria is said to have be.
come. BY strict economy, almost as rich as
4. T S,ew,r,.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-16
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Esl,- Obituary notices, or poetry append
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catalogues, bills of fare. posters, programmes,
pamphlets. etc. printed at reasonable rates.
OrFIcE--Corncr Of Second and Washington
Streets.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
GPUBLIC-NO. 1881

AN ACT to relinquish the interest of the
United States in certain lands to the city
and county Of San Francisco.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
the right and title of the United States 10
the military reservation in the city and
county of San Francisco. in the State of
California known as the Point San Jose mill
tary reservation, be, and the same are here
by, relinquished and granted to the said
city and county, and its successors, for the
uses and purposes as follows:
First. TO maintain all streets and alleys
as now laid ont in the official map of the
city of San Francisco. Second. And then
in trust to grant and convey the remainder
of said lands to the parties severally who
are at the date of the passage OF this act in
the actual bona fide possession thereof by
themselves or their tenants, and in such par
GELS as the same are SO held and possessed
by them; or who, if they have not such
possession. We're deprived thereof by the
United States military authorities when they
went into the occupancy of said military re-
servatiOn: or were deprived thereof by in
truders or trespassers against whom pos
session may be recovered by legal process.
Third. To have and to hold all the resi-
due. if any. of said lands. for the use and
benefit of said city, there being excepted
from this REIMBURSEMENT and grant all that
certain piece or parcel of land. portion of
said reservation. and which is bounded and
described as follows. viz: commencing at q
point in the mean low-water shOre-lne of
the bay or entrance to the bay of San Fran
cisco, east of the promontory of Point San
Jose. where the same is intersected by the
westerly line OF Van Ness avenue; running
thence southerly along the said westerly
line of Van Ness avenue to its intersection
with the northern line Of Bay street: thence
westerly along the north side of Bay
street TO its intersection with the east
ern line Of Laguna street: thence north
ernly along the said eastern line of Laguna
street to the westerly shore; thence in a
northeasterly, easterly, southeasterly, and
southerly direction, following the said shore
line, and including the entire water front
between Laguna street and Van Ness
avenue, to the point or place of beginning.
Sec 3 And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained shall interfere
with or prejudice any valid adverse right or
claim, if such exist. to said land or any part
thereof. whether derived from Spain. Mexi-
co or the United States, or preclude an ex-
animation and adjustment thereof by the
courts.
SEC. g. And be it further enacted That
all laws and parts of laws in conflict with
the provisions of this act be and the same
are hereby declared inapplicable to the
lands herein above relinquished and
granted.
Approved, July /, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
TPUBLIC-VO. 1851

AN ACT authorizing the construction of
bridge across the Arkansas river at Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall he lawful for the Cicizens' Bridge
Company, a corporation having authority
from the State of Arkansas, to build rail
road, transit, and wagon bridge across
the Arkansas river at or near the
city of Little Rock, in Arkansas. and
that, when constructed, all trains of
all roads terminating at the Arkan-
sas river, at or near the location Of said
bridge, shall be allowed to cross said bridge
for reasonable compensation to be paid TO
the owners thereof: and in case of any liti-
cation arising from any obstruction or
alleged obstruction to the free navigation
of said river, the cause may he tried before
the district court Of the United States of
any State in which any portion OF said OBJ
struction or bridge touches.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That
any bridge built under the provisions of
this act may. at the option of the company
building the same, be built as a draw
bridge, with pivot or other form of a
draw, or with unbroken and continuous
spans: Provided, That if the said bridge
shall be made with unbrollen and continu-
elevation than fifty feet above extreme
high-water mark. as understood at the point
of location. to the bottom chord of the
bridge. Nor shall the spans be of less than
two hundred and fifty feet in length in the
clear; and the piers of said bridge shall be
parallel with the current of said river; and
the main span shall be over the main chan
mel Of the river at low water: And provided
also, That if any bridge built under this act
shall be. constructed as a draw-bridge, the
same shall be constructed as pivot
draw-bridge with draw over the
main hannel of the river at an accessible
and navigable point, and with spans of not
less than one hundred and sixty feet in
length IN the clear, on each side OF the cen
trail or pivot pier of the draw. And the
next adjoining spans to the draw shall not
be less than two hundred and fifty feet: and
said spans shall not be less than twenty
feet above high water mark, measuring to
the bottom chord of the bridge; and the
piers OF said bridge shall be parallel with
the current OF the river; and provided also,
that said draw shall be opened promptly
upon reasonable signal for the passage Of
boats whose construction shall not be such
as to admit of their passage under the per
manent spans Of said bridge, except when
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
lPUBLIC-NO. 1891
An act for the disposal of the lands within
the Fort Ridgely Military Reservation,
Minnesota.

An act for the disposal of the lands within
the Fort Ridgely Military Reservation,
Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
War department having abandoned the
Fort Ridgely reservation, it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of War, Immediately upon
the passage of this act, to cause to be APP
praised the government Improvements upon
said reservation, and shall report the value
thereof to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, designating the particular legal
subdivision of land upon which the same ex-
ist. and the lands within said reservation
not heretofore entered and patented shall
be subject to disposal under the presumption
laws Of the United States, or at private
entry after public offering and for cash only,
and persons entering upon or purchasing
said lands shall pay the appraised value Of
the government improvements that may
appear to exist on their respective claims at
the date of proving up, or of purchase at
private entry.
SEC 2 And be it further enacted, That
all entries which have been made on lands
within the limits of the said reserve. and
for which the General Land Office may
have issued patents in regular form, not
having at the time knowledge of said re-
serve, De. ana tHc same are nereDy.. con-
firmed: Provided, That the value of the
government Improvements thereon have
been, or shall be, paid for by the persons
making said entries, or by their assigns:
And provided further That the same shall
be paid for within one year from the pas
sage of this act; and if the same are not
paid for within the time designated the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby author
lied to- and shall Immediately thereafter.
institute judicial proceedings against any
and all Of the said parties, or their assigns.
failing to make said payment, with the view
to vacate the patents which may have
issued.
Sec. B. And be it further enacted, That
all entries heretofore made on said lands
and not yet patented are hereby declared,
at the discretion of the Commissioner, null
and void, and directed to be cancelled bv
the said Commissioner of the General Land
Office, and the lands embraced therein
shall be disposed OF under the provisions of
this act.
ADnrOved July l. 1870
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
TPUBLIC-NO. 1921
l~AS AVE- LIS
AN ACT concerning the district oo,,rt of =

AN ACT concerning the district court of the
united States for the district of Iowa.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives of the United States of
America IN Congress assembled, That the
iowa JUDICIAL district of tho district court of
tne united States is hereby further subdi-
ylded. namely: The counties of LYON.
Osceola. Sioux, OBrien, Plymouth. Ciero,
kee, woodbury., Ida. Monona. Crawford,
Harrison: Shelby, Audubon, Pottawatomie,
Cass, Mills, Montgomery. Fremont and Page,
now belonging to the western division of
the SAID district court, shall constitute n
new division to be called the western di
VISION and the division heretofore depom
mated the western division, with the excen-
tlon OF the counties above named. shall he
hereafter denominated the central division.
Sc. :. ANA be 1t further enacted, That
Two regular terms of said court shall be held
annually in the new western distric+ at
Council Bluffs, to commence on tbe tb;rJ
tuesday OF January and third Tuesday in
July III each year from the passage OF This
!, SEC. 8. And be it further enacted. That
the provisions of the several acts nj ION.
gress regulating the courts of the several
DIVISIONS as heretofore organized shall. as
Lar as the same are applicable, apply to the
courts courts OF the said district under the present
Sec. 4. And be- it further enacted That
tno Judge OF the said district court shall
nave power to make such rules and orders
as may be necessary to carry into affect The
changes provided for in this act.
SEC. ,. And be it further enacted That
al! acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
tIls act be, and the same are hereby. re-
pealed A'
Approved, June 80, 1870.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-27
[PUBLIC-NO. 99.1

AN ACT to incorporate the National Mu-
tual Life Assurance Association of Wash.
ingtOn, d. G..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That Almon
NJ. Clapp, Ezra B. French, Stephen j. w.
Tabor, K. B. Donaldson, William A. Rich
ardson, Jedediah H. Baxter, James NJ.
Austin, Henry p. H. Bromwell, Aaron F.
Randall, John r. Thompson, Dclson B.
Searle Joseph F. Evans, Thomas L. Tullock,
L. NJ. Sanders, J. w. Griffin, John W.
Boteler, George S. Montrouse. William
Wilkinson, James O'Connor and B. r.
French, and their successors, are constituted
a body corporate, by name of THE Ma
tional Life Assurance and Trust Associa-
ton, and by that name may sue and be
sued, plead and be implicated. have com
mon seal, and have all the rights, privileges
and mmunlties necessary for the purposes
OF the corporation hereby created; provided.
that the said company shall be limited to
the District of Columbia in the transaction
OF its business, and shall not establish any
agency IN any State except in pursuance of
the laws Of said State.
SEC. Z And be it further enacted. That
the corporation above named shall. within
one year after the passage of this act, meet
ana eject such officers as may be necessary
to perfect the organization, and thereupon,
or as soon thereafter as may be practicable,
shall open books for the enrolment of mem
bers.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the OBJECTS Of this association shall be the
mutual insurance of the lives of the men,
Ders, and the investment of premiums in
trust for the benefit Of the person paying
the same, or some other person designated
by HIM, upon the endowment plan. At any
meeting OF the corporators, or majority of
them, they may prescribe such rules and by
avs for the government of their associa-
-tlon, and the transaction of it's business, fix
such rates of insurance and premiums, and
provide for the payment of losses, in such
manner as may be necessary to carry into
INTO effect the objecte of the incorporation
Provided, That such rules and by laws shall
not conflict with the Constitution of the
United States, nor with any laws in force
within the District Of Columbia which