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such subscription will be adequate for the BUR.
pose of completing the grading of said road, and
satisfactory guarantees shall be given 10 said
Board that the amount subscribed shall be
faithfully applied to said work, and that said
work will be completed within the time neces-
sary to avail of said guarantee of the Pennsyl.
vsnia Central Railroad Company: And prorided
further, That said road shall be constructed from
some point on the Potomac river at Georgetown
which shall be satisfactory to said Board of Pub
lie Works
SIC. 2. And be IL further enacted, That in
order to provide for the payment of said sub.
scription the Governor is hereby authorized IN
issue the registered or coupon bonds of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, which shall express the object
of their issue on their face, shall be signed by
the Governor and Secretary of the District. and
shall be redeemabe twenty years after date
and bear six per centup interest, payable half
yearly, to an amount NECESSARY TO provide said
sum of six hundred thousand dollars, and to
sell said bonds and pay over the proceeds thereof
to said Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Com.
pany, at such times and in such amounts ms
may be required by the progress of the work
aforesaid Procided, That said bonds shall not
be sold at a lower rate than ninety per centum
of the par value thereof.
SEC. 3. Ind be ii further enacted, That in
order to meet the interest to accrue on said
bonds, there shall be levied annually tax of
six per cent, OF such lower rate as may suffice.
on every hundred dollars of the assessed value
of real and personal estate in said District,
the proceeds of which tax shall constitute a
special fund pledged for the payment of said
interest.
SEC 4. And be IL further enacted, That the
Governor is hereby requested to cause this act
to be duly published before the next general
election, as required by the fourteenth section
of the charter of the District of Columbia, TACT
of Congress of February twenty one, eighteen
hundred and seventy one,) and by suitable
proclamation to submit the same to the people,
and prescribe the form in which it shall be
voted upon.
CHARLES l.. HULSE,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
WILLIAM STICKNEY,
President of the Council.
Approved August 10, 1871.
au24.Sm ii. d. COOKE, Governor
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The story of the Countess Benedetti, wife
Of the French Minister to Prussia, is worth
recording. She was once Greek slave, landed
at Alexandria by Joeosi, the celebrated mer.
chant of Constan tinople. She bad been edu
Gated for sale, and was consequently full OF
accomplishments. One of the wealthiest OF
Arab bankers in Alexandria purchased the girl
60 wait upon his wife to whom he was much
attached. The Greek girl lively and amusing.
diverted the es,nui of the harem, and soon be-
came the ruling spirit there. In course of time
the wife died, and the aged husband, regretting
tina, he could not marry her, adopted her as his
child and the heir TO his enormous fortune. At
his death the former slave inherited bis wealth,
and as Benedict, at that time q young attache
belonging to the French Consulate at Alexan-
dria, happened to present himself to the heiress,
won her affections, and they were married.
The old merchants money enabled Benedict
to cut his way 10 conspicuous position in
diplomacy, and mis- wife, lovely and accom-
plished, reigned for long time over the world
Of fashion in Paris.
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II is easy to glide with IFS ripples
Adown the stream Of Time,
To flow with the course of the river,
Like music so some old rhyme;
But ah J 1t takes courage and patience
Against its current to ride;
And we must have strength from heaven
When rowing against the tide.
We may float on the rivers surface
While our oars scarce touch the stream,
And visions of early glory
On our dazzling sight may CLEAN;
We forget that on before US
The dashing torrents roar,
And, while we are idly dreaming,
Its waters will carry US DER.
But few-ah, would there were many!
Row up the "Stream of Life :"
They struggle against its surges,
And mind neither toll nor strife.
Though weary and faint with labor,
Singing triumphant they ride;
For Christ is the hero's cnptain
When rowing against the tide.
Far on through the hazy distance,
Like a mist on distant shore,
They see the walls of city,
With its banner floating DER.
Seen through q glass so darkly
They almost mistake their way;
But faith throws light on their labor,
When darkness shuts out their day.
And shall we be or Of that number,
Who mind no toll nor pain?
Shall we moan the loss of earthly joys
When we have a crown to gain?
Or shall we glide on with the river,
With death at the end of our ride,
While our brother, with heaven before him,
Is rowing against the tide?
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gloss and freshness Of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that a new
growth of hair is produced Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruff, which is often so I'M
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
lustre, and grateful perfume.
Prepared by Or. j. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS,
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Harper's Magazine.
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AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS.
BY authority of the Board of Trustees Rules
V and XIV of the " Rules and Regulations +"
of the freedman Savings and Trust Company,
as found in its deposit books, are amended as
follows
Rules for the Payment of Interest.
In place of Rule V read:
From the first day of July, 1871, the Freed
mans Savings and Trust Company will pay in
terest at the rate of six per cent per annum.
until further notice, on all sums of five dollars
and upwards received by it ON deposit, under
the following conditions and exceptions
Interest, at the above named rate, will begin
to accrue at the beginning Of each month on all
sums OF hive dollars and upwards then on deposit
1t Will be calculated twice a year, viz; on the
first day of July and the first day of January in
each year, and will be paid in cash to or entered
to the credit OF the depositer as a depssit as he
or she may prefer, within twenty days after
those dates.
No interest will be allowed or paid on any sum
Withdrawn before the first days of July or Janu-
AIRY In each year for the period which may have
elapsed since the date of the last dividend.
On deposits of FIVE thousand dollars and up
wards only five per cent. per annum will be
allowed. =
Rule XIV shall read thus
Deposits in sums of not less than fifty dollars
may be received, to be subject to check at sight,
which shall draw interest from date of deposit at
the rate OF four per cent per annum, on condi-
ton that the sums so deposited shall remain on
deposit not less than thirty days.
But deposits made under this rule will not
participate In the higher rate of interest of
lule V. ie29-tf
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gentleman, and by him refused. The subscip.
ton. In its original form, was then sent to this
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Madame Regina Dai Gin, q famous femin-
inc surgeon of Austria. performed $50 success.
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HARPER'S BAZAAR.
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AN AcT fixing the time for holding the General
Elections in the District of Columbia.
BE 1t enacted by the Legislative Assembly of
the District Of Columbia, That the general
elections therein shall be held on the fourth
Wednesday of November of each year.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
whereas an emergency exists for the immediate
taking effect of this act it is hereby declared to
be in force from and after its approval by the
Governor.
CHARLES L. HULSE,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
WILLIAM STICKNEY,
President of the Council.
Approved August 10, 1871.
au "a 3m FL. ID. COOKE, Governor.
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Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy, and
effectual for
preserving the
hair. 1t soon
restores faded
or gray hair
to its original
color, nth the
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ing General Elections in the District of Colum-
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ITO THE SUFFERING.

Inc Rev. William ii. Norton, while residing
in Brazil as Missionary, discovered in that land
OF medicines remedy for CONSUMPTION,
SCROFULA, SORE THROAT, COUGHS,
COLDS, ASTHMA, AND NERVOUS WEAK.
NESS. This remedy has cured myself after all
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GEORGE l.. MADISON,
y Counsellor. at Lam.
WILMINGTON. n. c.

WILMINGTON, C.
Will practice in all the courts of the State OF
North Carolina and Territory of Columbia.
Collection of claims promptly attended to.
p. 0. Address, Wilmington, n. C. ie29.lv
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50 Internationally the best sustained Work OF
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NJ Office BY THE COVER NOR
IN and Secretary of the District of Columbia
of dhe submission to the people of the District
of Columbia, for their approval or disapproval,
of an act of the Legislative Assembly Of said
District entitled San act authorizing the Dis
trict of Columbia to create debt for special
improvements and repairs in said District by
the issuing of four million of bonds, and levy
ing tax for the payment of the interest as it
shall annually accrue thereon, and submitting
the act with the question of the issuing of the
four millions of improvement bonds to n vote
OF the people at q general election in said Dis
trict." Approved August IS, 1871.
kxEctT,E OFFICE,
Dn,TRICv OF COLUMBIA,
August 81, 1871.
Not &c is hereby given that at the next general
election in the District of Columbia, which will
be held on the fourth Wednesday of November,
month the act of the Legislative Assembly of
the District of Columbia, entitled Gan act
authorizing the District of Columbia to create
debt for special improvements and repairs in
said District by the issuing of four million of
bonds and levying tax for the payment of the
interest as it shall annually accrue thereon, and
submitting the act with the question of the
issuing of the four million of improvement
bonds to a vote of the people at general election
IN said District" approved August 10, 1871,
will be submitted in the mode provided by said
act to the people of said District for their ap-
prevail or disapproval, in connection with the
question of issuing four millions of bonds for
special improvements and repairs,.as mentioned
In said act. Said election will be the first gen.
eral election after the passage of said act. Said
act is hereto subjoined and publication thereof
is made herewith
H. D. COOKE,
Governor of the District of Columbia.
EDWIN l.. STANTON,
Secretary of the District of Columbia.
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CHARLES N. THOMAS,
Attorney and Counsellor al Law,
Office of Hon. A. G.. Riddle,
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,

Practices in all Of the Courts of the District
and before the Southern Claim Commission.
All claims of Southern loyalists against the
Government for stores or supplies taken or fur.
nished the United States army during the rebel
lion, forwarded through the Neso National Era,
will receive special attention. ieI