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jOFFICIAI.. __
LAWS OF THE"-HITEIf
PASSED AT THESECOXD SESSIOX OF THE THIR
TY-FOVRTU COXGRESS:
As An tv provide for the Payment ofthe Yalne of certain
Lands and Improvements of private Citizen*, appropri
ated by the United States for Indian Reservatiune, in the
Territory of Washington. "
Be it enacted bit the Senate and House of Represenlati lies
of the United Slates of A merica ia (■ovgress assembled, That
the sum of eighteen thousand six hundred nud eleven dol
lars and sixty-two cents, or so much thereof as may be ne-
I cessary, is hereby appropriated out uf any money in tbe
treasury nut otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of pay
ing for the lauds nud improvements uf private citizens, taken
and appropriated, by order of Ihe Department of the In
• terror, for Indian reservntionß and uses in the Territory of
Washington; and the claims herein provided to hop-id
shall be allowed aud paid in mcb manner and upon such
proof* of tin- value of the property ns shall be prescribed
by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, February _, 18C5.
AH Act to facilitate the Collection of certain Debts due
______ State".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives
ofthe Vnited States of America in Congress assemlltd,
That In all case, where debts are due from postmasters,
mall-contractors, or u|h«.'r l y|ltrrri<, agents, or employees of
the Po*t-011ice Di-pnrfiucut, who are In default or delin
quency, a wan-nut of attachment may Issue against all
property, real and personal, possessions, and right, legal,
. - equit—bii. and contingent, belonging to su ii otticer anil
and hi* sui-etles, or either of tliem, in the following cases:
First. When any such officer, agent, or employee, and
his sureties, or either ut'them. has, within the meaniog of
tbe act oi'.l ul.i seventeen, eighteen bundled und sixty -two,
chapter one hundred and ninety-live, nnd the proclama
tion of the Presldeut iv pursuanco thereof, dated the
twenty-fifth day nf July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,
participated In,'aided, abetted, or countenanced any rebel
lion against the Chile. States.
Second. When Biich officer, Agent of employee, nnd his
fturetiee, or cither of them, is a non-resident of the district
where such officer was appointed, or bus departed frum
such district for the purpose of residing permanently out
of such district, or of del'rnuding the United Slates, or of
avoiding tlie service of civil |_o__>
Third. When such officer or bis sureties, or either of
them, has conveyed away on is about to convey away his
property, or any part tlienof, or hns removed, or Is about
to remove hi* property, ur any pari thereof, from the dis
trict wherein t be same is bitiim.d, with intent tv defraud the
United States. And where such reuiuvul bus taken pluce,
certified cuples of the ivairanttnaybcm -lit to tlie lniirslinl of
any other district into which such property tuny have been
removed, under which certified copies it shall lie lawi'ul for
»uch marshal to seize such property and convey it to sotno
convenient point within the jurisdiction of tbo court from
which tbo warrant originally issued. Alias warrauts mny
issuu upon due npplicatiun, and the vulidity uf the war
raut first issued shall continue until the return day there
of.
Etc. 2. And be it further enacted, That application fur
such warrant may be mad* by any district uttoritey or as
sistant district attorney, or any other person authorized
by the Pos-unster-tleiuriul, before any judge, or, In bisab
•enco, b'fore uuy clerk of any eiHirt of the United States
liaving original Jurisdiction of the cause uf notion. Such
application shall be made upon an ntlldiivlt of the appli
cant, or some other credible peii.uu, stating the existence
of either of the grounds of nttitcbmcul enniut-iated in tho
first section of tills act. and upon productiun uf legal evi
dence of tbe debt. Upon such application, and upon duo
order ol uny judge of the court, or in the absence of any
judge without such order, the cluck shall Issue a warrant
for tbe attachment ol'till the property of auy kind belong
ing to the party or parties specified in the affidavit, which
warrant Bball be execnted with nil possible despatch by
tbe marshal, who shall take the property at Inched, if per
sonal, into bis custody, and bold the ennu-subject toullir*
ceriocntory or linnl orders of the court.
B*c. 3. Andbe itfurtlur enacted, That the party or par
ties whose property is attached may, ut any time within
twenty days before the return day oitlm warrant, on giv
ing to the district attorney notice of bis luteution, tile a
pl*a in abatement, trai ersing tbe al legations of the affida
vit, or denying the ownership of the property attached In
the defendants, or either of tboin, in which case the court
may, npon application of either party, order au Immediate
trial by Jury ofthe issue raised by tbe affidavit aud plea.
But the parties may, by i-unsent, wave a trial by jury, in
which case tho court shall declile tho Isbucs raised by the
affidavit and plea. Any party claiming ov.uei-ship of tbe
property attached and n specific return of the same shall
be confined to the remedy afforded by this set. but bis
right to an action of tresjians or other action for damages
.hull not be inijialred hereby.
Src. 4. Andbe it further enacted. That when thu pr*per
ty sttached shall be sold mi any tnterloctitory order ot the
court, or whsn it shall be producing any revenue, the mo
ney arising from .itch sale or revenue shall bu invested in
■ecuritl'-s oi tbo United State*, under tbo order of the
court, ami all accretious »ha)i_jjji.-ld subject tv the order. .
of the court. f w
Sec. 5. Ami be it further matted. That immediately up
on the execution ef tbo wiirraut uf utiacbnient the mar
ebal shnll cause due publication of such attachment to be
maile, in the case ol iiliMcomliiit debtors ur adherents of
the rebellion, for twoniivtuliH, nnd In case of non-residents
for four month*. Such.publication ihall be nude in some
newspaper or newspapers within tlio district wlu'iu the
property attacluvl is situated, and i!e -i s.u_b pub
lication shall be regnlated ;n eech o**»Tjy fhe ortier under
wWih the warrant Is issued. ■. •
Sjx. 6. And be it further cwic/edyTliiit after the first
publication or such noticii of attachment in all the news
papers required by this or any i*r_Mf__t act, every per
*on Indebted to the defendaii-, or cither or t hem, and bav
lug knowledge of such notice, whose property Is lbible to
attachment, ami every person having possession of nny
prupmii belonginft to such defendants, or either of theni,
and having knowledge as aforuaia, shall account nud an
swer for rhc amount of such debt and for the vnlae 61' such
property, and any disposal or attempt to dispose of any
auch property to the Injury of tbe United 81 ites shall be
illegal und void. When the prcson or pi-rsou* on indebted
to or having possession nf the property ul such defendants,
or either ot them, shall be known to the district uttomey
or the marshal, it Bball bo the duly of such officer to see.
tlist personal notico of such attachment is served upon
*uch persons, as.ln cafes of iiaruislioes; but the want of
Mv h notice shall nut Invalidate the attachment.
Src. 7. Andbe it further enncteil, That upon applica
tion of the party whose property lias been nttach-i, tbe
court or any.inilgn theieul may dlscliargo the warrant of
ftttachmuut as to the property of the applicant: Pren'ided,
That such applicant shall enter into and execute to tbe
United States a good and sufficient penal bund in double
the amount ofthe value ol th" property attached, condi
tioned for the return of eaid property, or to answer any
judgment which may be rendered- by tho court in the
premises, wiiicb bond shall be approved by the court or
any Judge thereof.
S-C. 8. And be il.further enacted, That the fee*, costs,
and expenses ofisßuing and serviug the warrants of at
tachment niitburized by this act shall be regidaud a* far
a* possible by tbe existing l.tw-s of the United States ami
the rules of conrt inndo iv pursuance thereof, lv the case
of preliminary triuls as to the validity of the attachment
or the right of property, clerks* nud marshals'lees shall be
the same us in ordinary cases, and the docket fee of tbe
district attorney shall be ten dollars.
8«0. 9. And be il further enacted, That this act shall
not be construed no as to limit or abridge lv any innnncr
*uch rights of the United States as ban- accrued or been
allowed in auy district under the former practice of tho
United States courts or the adoption or Stato laws by said
courts.
Approved, Februnry 23,1R65. ~,
At* Act to amend en Act entitled "An Art to amend au
Act to Incorporate the Inhabitants of the Cltv of Wash
ington, passed May fifteen, eighteen hundred and twen
ty," approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty
four. . I
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
ofthe Vnited States of America in (bngrest assembled,
That the act, approved May filth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, entitled "Au net to amend 'An act to
incoporate the inhabitants ot tbe city of Washington,'
passed May fifteen, eighteen hundred ami twenty," be
construed amended so ns to read as follows: That the said
corporation shall havo full power and uuthnrlty to lay
taxes on particnlar wards, pure*, or sections of the city,
for their particular local Improvements, nnd to cause
the curb-etones to be set, tin- foot and carriage weys, or
so much tlieiinf .is they may deem best, to be graded and
paved; to introduce the necessary sewernge and druiiuige
tacllitles under and upon the wbule or any portinn oi auy
avenue, street, ur alley; to cause tho sntne to ** suitably
paved and repaired, uiai at all times propely cleiiued and
watered; to cause lamp* to be erect.xl '.herein, and to
light the game nud to pay the cost thereof, the corpora
tion of Washington is hereby authori*ed to lav and col
lect a tax upon all property bordering upon each street or
alley that may bu paved, sewered, lighted, cleaned ur
watered by stud corporation in accordance with the pro-
Vbllons of this act. And nlso tv lay, or cause to be laid
simultaneously with the grudlng or paving of any
avenue, street, or alley iv which a main water-pipe or
main gas-pipe, ur main sewer may have been laid, water
or gas service pine* or lateral house drains, ftuin snrh
Water nr gas main ur main sewer to one fuut wlthln the
curb Hue iv front of every lot ur lub-—visional part of a
lot which may bound on such avenue, street, ur alley, and
to which a gns or water service pipe or bouse drain may
not have been already hud, und topay tbacost thereof, shall
liuvefull power und uathuiity to lay and collect n special
tax on every such lot nr sub-divisional part of a lot.
Approved, February 21, 18fSj.
A» AoT to Incorporate the Sisters of Mercy in the Dis
trict of Ciiliuubin.
Be it enacted by the. Senate and House of Represeida
tires of the United States of America in thngress assem
bled, That Isabel Atkinson, Elizabeth Medcall, Teresa
Byrne, Ellen Matthews, Mary Duffy, Teresa Murnn, and
Ellen Wynne, and their successors, herenfter to become
Bi*t*r* of Mercy, nnd to be appointed according to the
rule* and regulations that have been or may hereafter be
eetabliihed by $he!r association, be, and they nre hereby,
made, declared, and constituted a corporation or boJv
politic, in law aud In fact, to have continuance forever by
the name style, and title of the "Sisters of Mercy In the
District of Columbia."
Stall. And be UftcrOitr enacted. That all nnd singular
th* lands, house*, tenements, rent*, legacies, annuities
rights, property, privileges, goods and chattels, lu-rotol'or.
given, granted, devised or bennoathed to the said Sisters
of Mercy, in the District or Colnmbla, or to any Individ
ual of the said corporation, or to any person or persons
for tbe use of sold corporation, or that havo been pur
chased for or on account of the same be. end they are
hereby, veeted in, and confirmed to, tbe said corporation;
and that the said corporation may purchase, take, re
c*iv«, hold, and apply to the use and purposes of th*
nam*, according to the rules, regulations, and by-laws
that they may establish from time to time, for th* man
agement of the concerns of the said society or corpora
_"_* ""■•'' ,HUU "i tenements, rents, legacies, annuities
ot__*. Property and privileges, or any goods, chattels, or
rr>**ea*cts of what kind or nature soevor, which shall
—ildhL T * ■ 3eeu or "tay hereafter be given, granted
J___.i?^.? a P , * a or devised unto the said association or
e\T_nr-..," ,_?,?*» Pwson or persons, bodie* politic or
. m " kln S ' nch *"""•. •»>*• «<*
««*»«, and th* Mid *»«s;„,io n W rpo~.tto ß or tho ?i,t»rs
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VOLUME I. NORFOLK, VA,. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1865. NUMBER' 10J
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of Mercy, In the District of Columbia, may dispose or and
couvey tho same as they deem proper; Prodded, Tliat
thut the said association or corporation shall not, at auy
one time, bold, use, possess snd enjoy, witbiu the District
of Columbia, either by legal wizure, or trust, for Its me
ami benefit, inure thnn three hundred and twenty acres of
laud, nor shall the said association Or corporation hold, lv
Its uwn right, or by any oilier person lv trust, or for its
benefit, real estate the annual net Income of which, after
discharging all its expenses, debtß and liabilities, shall ex
ceed the Bum of fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further emcted, That tho said corpora
tion, by the name of the Sisters uf Mercy, in the District
of Columbia, bo, and shall bu hereafter, capable In law
.-.nil in equity to sue and be sued, within the District ol
Columbia and elsewhore, in ns effectual a manner as other
persons ar curporatiuns can sue or be sued, and that the
said corporation, or a majority of tbe persons composiug
the some, shall adopt and uso a common seal, and ths
same to use, alter, or change at pleasure, and from time to
time Mb such by-laws, not Inconsistent with the Con
stitution of the United States or auy law of Congress, as
tbev mnv deem expedient and proper for carrying into ef
fect the objects of tbe said association or corporation, in
cluding the care, control and education of children; the
cure, protection, Instruction, and employment of desti
tute females; tho ciue, nursing, and alleviation ot the
sufferings of sick or wounded iiersons, and such other ob
jects of literature and charity as may be determined upon
by their by-laws, as aforesaid, and which their means and
net income may enable tliem to effect and support.
Sec. 4. Andbe it further enacted, That if, at anytime
hereafter, any of the persons hereinbefore named, or nny
of their successors, as Sisters of Mercy, in the District of
Columbia, shall cease to belong to tho said association or
corporation, according to the said by-laws, such persons
shall thereafter have no part or control in the proceed
ings of tbe said association or corporation uuder or in
piu'sttaitce of tbe provisions of this act.
Ssc. 6. -inn 1 lie it further enacted, That the said associa
tion or corporation ahull have power to appoint such offi
cers, agents, and persons us mny be necessary, and to
construct or purchase such buildings or to create such
establishments ns may be required to effect and carry out
the humane and charitable objects of its institution, in
accordance with its by-laws and regulations, as aforesaid,
under this net.
Sue. 6 And be it further enacted, That theschoolß and
all other institutions of Instruction, education, ur employ
ment, established by the Sister* of Mercy in the District
of Columbia, shall at all times be subject to the visitation
and inspection or the justice* or the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, or any one or them, or the com
mittees un the District of Columbia in either house of
Congress, or uny other committee of Congress that either
house may nppoint, and the lawks, records, and proceed
ings uf said Sisters of Mercy shall at all times be subject
tv tho ■ x.iiuimitiiiu and inspection of said justice* or any
such committee.
Sec. 7. And be il further enacted, That this act may, at
auy time hereafter, h» amended, altered, or repealed, in
whole or in part, according to the pleasure of Congress.
Approved, Februnry 23,1865.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to incorpor
ate the Columbia Institution for the instruction of the
deaf and dumb and the blind," approved Februnry six
teen, eighteen hundred nnd fifty-seven.
Be il enacted by Ihe. Senate and House of Representa
tives uf the Vnited States of America in Congress assem
bled. That so nine]h of Biiid act ns requires the teaching
tlio blind in said Institution be, and the aamo is hereby,
repealed, and the corporate name and style thereof shall
hereafter be "The Columbia Institution for tho Instruc
tion or the Deaf and Dumb."
Sr.c. 2. And _ it further enacted. That the Secretary of
the Interior be, and ho is hereby, authorised to cause all
Indigent blind children who are now, or may hereafter
become entitled, under the law as It now exists, to in
struction In said Institution, to be instructed in some in
stitution for the education of the blind, ln Maryland, or
some other State, at a cost not greater for each pupil than
is, or uiaiihe lot the time belug, paid by such State, and
to cnuaeThe same to be paid out of the Treasury of the
United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacttd. That this act shall
take effect from and after the thirtieth day of June, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-five.
Approved, February _.i, 1865.
An Act to prevent Officers of tbe Army and Navy, and
other Persons eugnged ln the military aud naval Service
of the United State*, from Interferingto -lections In
the States.
Be it enacted D* the Senate and Houte of Representative!
of tlie United States of America in Coiujress assembled,
That it shall nut be lawful for any military or naval officer
of the United States, or other person engaged In the civil,
military or nnval service of the United States, to order,
bring, koop or have under bis authority or control, any
troops or .ii no il men at the place where any general or
special election Is held In auy State of the United States of
Atactica, unless it shall be necessary to repel the armed
__—_- ul tbe United Stains, ur In tagp «hjp-__ th*
polls. Ami that itsluill l.iwfiil for any officer of
the army or imvyJßftne United States to prcscrilieol' fix,
or attempt to prefarlbc or fix by proclamation, order,
or otherwise, riio""quali-cntloii» of voters in any Stato
of ihe Mf/tfa States* ofAuierlcu, or lv any manner
to' lf-crieT. ",wlth the treedom of «qy election in auy
State, or with the exercise uf the free right of suf
fingajy any Stun- of tho United States. Any officer of th*
iirnfyiir navy of the United States, or other person en
gaged iv tiie civil, military or naval service of the
l'nited Stee, who violates this section of this act,
shall, for every such offence, be liable to Indict
ment as for a misdemeanor, iv auy court of tbe Uni
ted Statos having jurisdiction to hear, try aud determine
cases of luisdeiiicnuiir, and ou conviction thereof shall pay
it fine not exceeding fivo thousand dollars, and suffer im
prisonment in the pi-uiteutiary not less than three months,
nor piore than live years, at tlio discretion of the court try
ing the sanio; nud any person convicted as aforesaid shall,
moreover, be disqunlined from holding any office of honor,
profit or trust, tmdei tbe government of tbe United States:
Provided, That nothing herein contained shall bo so con
strued ns to prevent nny officers, soldiers, sailors, or ma
rines from exorcising the right nf suffrage in any election
district to which he may belong, if otherwise qualified ao
cunling to the laws of the State In which he snail offer to
voto.
Ssc. % And be it further enacted. That any officer or
person iv the military or naval service of the United States,
who shall order or advise, or who shall directly or indirect
ly, by force, threat, menace, intimidation, or otherwise,
prevent or attempt to prevent any qualified voter or any
Stato uf the United States of America from freely exercis
ing the right of suffrage at any general or special election
in any state of tbe United States, er who shall in like
manner compel, ur attempt to compel, any officer of au
election in auy such State to receive a vote from a person
not legally qualified to vote, or who shall Impose or at
tempt to impose any rules or regulations for couductlng
such election different from thoso prescribed by law, or
Interfere tn any manner with any officer of said election in
the discharge of bis duties, shall for any such offence be
1 i.iiie to indictment as for n misdemeanor, in any court of
the United States having jurisdiction to hear, try and de
termine cases of misdemeanor, and ou conviction thereof,
shall pay a line uf not exceeding five thousand dollars, and
suffer imprisoniiient ln the penitentiary not exceeding five
years, nt tho discretion of the court trying the same, and
any person convicted as aforesaid shall, moreover, be dis
qualified from holding any offico of honor, profit or trust,
under the government of the United States.
Approved, February 25,1865.
An Act to increase the Efficiency of the Medical Corps of
tbo Army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalivet
ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled.
That the medical director of an army in the field consist
ing of two or more army corps, and the medical director
of a military department in which there are United States
, general hospitals containing four thousand beds or up
wards, shall have tbe rank, pity, nnd emolument* of a
colonel of cavalry, and tbe medical director of an army
corps lv the field, or of a depai uncut in which there are
United States general hospitals containing less thou four
thousand beds, shall have the rank, pay, and emoluments
of a lientenant-colouel of cavulry. But this increased raok
and pay shall only continue to medical officers while dis
charging such special duties; and tho assignments from
time to time to such duty shall bo at least two-thirds of
them made from among the surgeons and assistant sur
geons of volunteers.
Approved, February 25,1865.
AN Act- create the Eastern Judicial District ofthe Stat*
of New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United states of America in Congress assembled,
that the counties of Kings, Queens, Suffolk, and Kich
tnond, in the State of New York, with the waters thereof,
ore hereby constituted a separate judicial district of the
United States, te be styled the eastern district of New
York. The President of the United States, by and with
the advice nnd cuusent of the Senate, shall appoint a dis
trict judge for said district, who shall resido therein, and
who shall possess tho same powers and perform the same
duties within snld district which are now possessed and
performed by the district Judge ofthe sonthern district of
New York. The said Judge shnll also receive the same
compensation a* is by law provided for thejudgo of said
sonthern district Dietrlet and circuit courts for the trial
orcuusea shall be held in tbe city of Brooklyn on the first
Wednesday of every month. The rouii. so to beheld
ahull bar* the same jurisdiction as is vow or may hereaf
ter be vested inothor district and elrcuit courts ofthe
United States. Such officers shall be appointed for said
district and court, ami In the same maimer aud with the
same feea and emolument* as prescribed by law for other
districts snd courts of the Uulted States.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the district
court for the said eastern district shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with tue district court for the southern dis
trict of New York over the waters within tho counties of
New York, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk, In the State of
New York, and over all seizures and matter* made or done
in such waters ; and all writs or other process or orders
Issued out of either of said courts, or by any Judge tbere
or, shall run and be executed In any part or said waters.
Sec. 3. -nd „ it/urlncr enacted, Th*t, in case or the
inability ou account oi sickness of the Judge of the district
court ofthe United States for the southern district of New
York, to hold any court therein, it shall be tbe duty of
thejudgo ofthe aidd eastern district of New York to hold
suob court and do and perform all the acts and duties of
tbe judge of said southern district without any additional
compensation; and wheuever, from pressure of public
busiues.-! or other cause, it shall be deemed desirable by
the judge of said southern district of N«w York, that th*
judge of said eastern district shall perform the duties of a
Judge iv ssld southern district, an ordar may be entered to
that effect ln the record* of said district court, and there
upon thejudgo of said eastern district shall be empowered
tv do and perform, without additional compensation, with
in said rout hern distrlst of New York, end in the district
court thereof, all the act* and datiea of ths district judge
thereof.
APPiov.n, February 25,1565.1 ,
AX Act supplemental to an act entitled "An Act to an
nex a Port of the Slate of Mew Jereey te the Collection
District of New York, and to appoint aa Assistant Col
lector to reside at Jiraey City," approved F.bruary
twenty-one, eighteen Lundtttu and iUty-tbr«e,
A A
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
latiret of the United Statet of America, in Congress
assembled. That tho assistant collector appointed
under th* act entitled "An act to annex a part
of the Btate of New Jersey to the collection district ol
New York, and to appoint an assuitant collector to reside
at Jersey City," approved February twenty-oue, eighteen
hundred snd sixtythrce, be, and be hereby is, authorized
to enroll aud license, according to tho laws of the United
State*, all vessaels engaged In tho coasting-trade and
fisherie*, owned in whole or iv part by residents ofthe
count!** of Hudson and Bergen, in the State of New Jer
sey; and all such enrolment* nnd licenses shtillbo as valid
and effectual ns If the same bad been effected in auy other
port of the United Statos; and the said assistant collector
ln the enrolment and licensing or vessels, shnll be subject
to the laws of the United States, and liable to all the pen
altie. and responsibilities imposed upon collectors in like
case*.
Approved, February 26,1865.
An Act to authorize the Corporation of Georgetown to
levy certain Taxes.
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and House of Representatives
of the Vnited States of America in Congress assembled.
That the corporation' of Georgetown be, and they arc
hereby, anthorlzcd and empowered to levy and collect,
In the sams manner in which other taxes are levied and
collected In said town, an annual tax, not to exceed in
any year flfteen-huudredtbs -f one per centum ot the as
sessed value or the taxable property In suld town, to be
applied to the paymont or tlio interest and the extinction
or the principal ol the debt recently contracted by said
corporation iv filling its quota nnder the several drafts fir
troope made during the present war.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the said corpo
ration are hereby further authorized and empowered tv
levy and collect, iv manner aforesaid, a sum sufficient to
pay the said town's proportion ol the direct tax imposed
on the District of Columbia by the act of Congress ap
proved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and
the cost snd expenses uf collecting tho b_me.
Approval, February 26,1865.
Alt Act authorizing snd requiring the Opening of Sixth
Street West.
Be it enacted by tlie Senate and Houte of Representatives
of the United Stalet of America in Congress assembled.
That tbe corporate authorities of the city of Washington
be, and they are hereby, authorized and required tv upon
sixth Btrcet west, from the canal to Main Avenue, under
the direction of the commissioner of public buildings, in
accordance with the plan approved in May, eighteen hun
dred and twenty-two, by James Monroe, then President
of tho United States: Provided, however. That Sixth
Street through the public grounds known as Aunory
Square shall not bo opened until alter the removal uf the
army hospital from such public ground, or until the con
sent of the surgeon-general of the United States army
shall bo first had and obtained.
Approved, February 25,1865.
Alt Act In Reference to Prosocutions for Libel in tbe Dis
trict uf Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalires
of the United Statet of America in Congress assembled,
That in all prosecutions or InTictmsnts for libel instituted,
or which may hereafter be Instituted, In the District of
Columbia, tbe truth thereof may be given in ovidence
under tbe general issue, as a justification of tbe ulleged
libel; and If It appear that the matter charged as llbe[l Jons
was true, snd waswrlttun or published with goodiuutivee
and for justifiable ends, tbo defendant shall be acquitted.
Approved, February 25,1865.
As Act for changing the Time for holding the Circuit
Court* in ths District of Virginia.
Be it emoted by tlie Senate and Home of lieprescnlatii'cs
ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled.
That the circuit court, in the district of Virginia, hereto
fore holdon at Richmond, shall be held at Norfolk, on the
first Monday iv May and on the fourth Monday of No
vember in each year; and all proceeding* and proces* iv
or Issusng out of tbe said court which are or may be
made returnable to any other Mines or places appulnted
for holding the same than those above specified, shall be
deemed legally returnable on the days and at the place
above spsclfled, and not otherwise; and all suits antl
other proceeding* in said court which stand continued to
any other time or plac* than those above specified, shall
he 'deemed continued to the place and time prescribed by
this act, and no other,
Approved, February 25,1856.
An Act providing for a District and a Circuit Court of tbe
United States for the District of Nevada, and for other
Purpose*.
_t it enacted by the Senate and Houte of Representatives
ofthe United States of America m Congress assembled,
That th* Stats of Nevada shall hereafter constitute one
judic al district, and be called the district of Nevada; uji.
for said district judge, a marshal and it district attorney
of the Vnited State, shall be appointed.
- B_g_l.-_ii M iikj'' HipW* i' '. __lth**-i.ldistrict.
of N*T_c_ shall be attached tv aud constitute a part ol
the tenth circuit; and a terra of tbe circuit court of til*
United Siatt. for tbo said district Bball be held in tbecitv
of Careon, In the State of Nevada, on the first Monday of
March, and on the first Monday of August, aud on the
first Monday of December of each year, and a term of
tbe district court of the United States for the said district
shall be held at the said city of Carson on tho lirtt Mon
day of February, and on th* first Monday of May, aud on
the first Monday of October of each year. i t
B*o. 3. And be it further enacted, That the district
court of ths United States for the district of Nevada, nnd
the judge thereof, shall poas*** the same powers and ju
risdiction possessed by tbe other district courts und dis
trict judges of the United States, and shall be governed
try ths earn* laws and regulations.
B.C. 4. Andbe it further enacted. That tbe circuit court
of tho United States for tho said district of Nevada, and
the Judge thereof; shall possess the same powers and Juris
diction In said district which ar* vested In said court and
said judge In the-titer district* ofthe tenth circuit.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That tbe district Judge
appointed for tbe district of Nevada shall receive as bis
compensation tbe sum of thirty-five hundred dollars a
year,payable ln four equal lustsdmenta, on the first days
of January, April, July and October, of each year.
Sic. 6. Ami de it further enacted. That tbe marshal and
district attorney of the United States for said district of
Nevada, and also for tbs district of Oregon, shall severally
bo entitled to charge aud receive for tho services they may
perform double the fees und compensation allowed by in.
act entitled *' An act to regulate tbo fees and costs to be
allowed clerks, marshal* and attorneys ol tbe circuit and
district courts or the United States, and for other purpo
se i," approved February tweuty-slx, eighteon lnuulrod
ai,d fifty-three; That the aggregate compensa
tion allowed said officers shall not exceed the amount
provided for such officers by said act.
B*o. 7. And be it further enacted, That the third, fourth
snd fifth sections of the set of February nineteenth, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act aniendnto
ry i if, and supplementary to an net to provide circuit courts
for the districts of California and Oregon, aud for other pur
poses,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and six
ty three, shall be applicable to the appointment ol special
sessions ofthe circuit courts ln the district of Nevada, and
to the appointment vi clerks and deputy clerks of tbo cir
cuit courte or the districts of Nevada and Oregon; nud
and that the clerk of the circuit court in the districts of
Nevada, Oregon, and California shall be ulsu clerk of tbe
district court in said districts, nud shall receive fur like
services the same fees and compensation which nre allow
e_ by law to tbe clerks of the circuit and district courts
or the United States for California: Provided, That the
clerk lv each ol said districts shall be allowed by the Sec
retary of the Interior to retaiu of the fees and emoluments
received by him as clerk of both courts, over and above
the necessary expenses of bis offices and necessary clerk
hire included, to he audited and allowed by the proper ac
counting officers of the treasury, only such sum per an
iiiiin as is now allowed by law to the clerk of one of said
courts, and shall pay the remainder into the public trea
sury, under oatb, ln tho manner and under the regula
tions now prescribed by law.
Bee. 8. And be it further enacted. That all cases of up
peel or writ of error heretofore prosecuted and now pend
ing In tho supreme court ofthe United States, upon auy
record from the supreme court ofthe Territory of Nevada,
may be beard aud detemilued by the suprome court of tbe
United States, ami the mandate of execution or of further
proceeding* shall be directed by tho supreme court ofthe
United States to th* district court or the United States for
the district of Nevada, ur to the suprome court uf the State
of Nevada, as the nature of said appeal or writ uf en-or
may require, and each of these courts shall be the succes
sor of tho supremo court of Nevada Territory as to nil.such
cases, with full power to bear and determino tbo same,
and tv award mesne or final process thereon. And from
all Judgments and decrees or the supreme court or the Ter
ritory or Nevada, prior tv its admission in in tin- t'niou as
a Statu, the parties to said judgments and decrees shall
have the same right to prosecute appeals and writ* of er
ror to the Federal courts as they would have bad under
the lews of tho United States if this act had beuu passed ,
simultaneously with the act admitting said State Into the ,
Union: Provided, That said appeals shall be prosecuted <
and said writs of errors sued out at any time before tbe .
first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
S*c.-. Antl be it further enacted, That no possessory t
action between individuals in any of tho Courts of tbo (
U uited States for the recovery of auy mining title, or for |
damages tv any bucu title, shall be affected by tbe fact
that the paramount title to the laud un which *urh mines
are, is in ths t nited States, but each cose shall be ad
judged by the law of possession.
Approved, February -7, 1865.
As Act to revive rertain Provisions of the Act entitled
"An Act further to provide for tbe Collection of Duties
on Imports and Tonnage," approved March three,
eighteen hundrod aud fifteen, ami for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the first sentence of the second section ot the set
eutitled " Au act further to provide for the collection of
duties on Imports and tonnage," approved March three,
eighteen hundred and fifteen, to-wft: •'That It shall be
lawrul fur any collector, naval officer, surveyor or Inspect
or of tiie customs, aa well lv auy adjoiniug district a* that
to which he belong,, to stop, search, and examine any
carriageor v.hicle of any kind whataoever, and tv MM
auy penon traveling on foot or beast of burden on which
be shall suspsetth.ro are goods, ware*, or merchandise
which are sunj.ct to duly, or which shall have beeu in
troduced into the United State, in any inenn.r contrary
to law; and if such officer shall stop uuy goods, wares,or
merchandise ou any such carriage, vehicle, person
travelling on foot or beest of burden, which he shall have
probable cause to believe sr. suhject to duty or have been
unlawfully Introduced into the United States, he shell
seize and securs th. same for trial, 1 ' be, and the *ams i*
hersby, r*viv*d snd re-enacted; and every such beast of
burden, carriage, or vehicle, together with the team, or
other motive power, and all tbe appurteniia.ee used in
conveying such good*, wsres, or men hbndi.se, shall be
subject to seizure and forfeiture In like manner as Is by
law now provided in regard to such goods, ware*, and
m.rcbandiss; and all fines, penal tree, and forfeiture, re
covered under this act, ur in consequence of such seizures,
shall be disposed of as 1* provided ln other case* hy th.
ninety -lii *t Hctioa of the act entitled "An act to regulate
the collection of dntiee on import, and tonnage," approv
ed Hart- Kvußd, Hitßttij biui-cd and ninety -nine; I
QWTIpIAL.
and the last proviso of said ninety flrst section Is hereby
tjpulod.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That tho pow«r and
authority given to collectors, naval officers, and survey
ors by tlio sixty-eighth section of the said last mentioned
act be, and the same are hereby, extended to inspectors
ofthe customs; and any officer or other pen—n entitled to
or interested in a part or share of any line, penalty, or
forfeiture incurred under this or any oUier law of the
United States, mny lie examined ns a witness In any of
the proceedings for the recovery of such line, penalty, or
foi-itura by either of the parties thereto, and such ex
amination shall not deprive such witness of his or her
shnre or interest ln such fine, penalty, or forfeiture.
Sec. 3. And l>e il further enacted. That in case any
store, warehouse, or other building shall be upuu or near
the boundary line between the United Slates und any
foreign country, and there Is reason to believe that dutia
ble goods ure deposited or have been placed therein ur
carried thruugh ur luto the same without payment of du
ties, aud iv vlolaUonof law, and the collector, deputy col
lector, naval officer, or surveyor of customs, shall make
oath before any magistrate competent to administer the
sntno, that he has reason to bellevo, nnd does believe, that
such offence has been therein committed, such officer
sli.il! have the right to search such building and the pre
mises belonging thereto; and If nny such goods shall be
found therein, tho same, together witli such build
ing, shall bo seized, forfeited, and disposed of ac
cording to law, nuil tho said building shall be
forthwith taken dotfll or removed. Aud any per
son or persons who shall have or deposited in
such building, or carried through tliesau—. any goods, as
aforesaid, or shall have nlded therein, in violatlun of law,
shall, upon due conviction before nny court off competent
jurisdiction, he punished hy fine nut exceeding teu thou
sand dollars, or by Imprisonment not exceeding twu yeni s,
or iiy both such nuo and Imprisonment.
£_. 4. And be il further enacted, That the first sec
tion of the act of April second, eighteen hundred and
forty-four, entitled, "An act directing the disposition of
certain unclaimed goods, wnros, or merchandise, seized for
being illegally imported into the United Slates," lie so
annulled that in place of the word "one," wherever the
same may lie found in said section, the word " fivo" shall
he inserted.
Approved, February 28,1805.
Aft Act making Appropriations for the Construction,
Preservation, and Repairs of cci tain Fortifications and
other Works of Defence, for the Year ending the thir
tieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled,
'i'hnt tho following sums be, and they aro hereby, appro
priated, nut of any money lv the treasury nut otherwise
appruprinted, for the construction, preservation, nnd re
pairs of certain fortifications and other works of defence
tor the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hun
dred anil sixty-six:
For Fort Wayne, neir Detroit, Michigan, seventy-five
thousand dollar*.
For repairs of Fort Niagara, near Youugstown, New
York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York, fifty thousand dol-
Iftt'S.
Fur Fort Montgomery, at outlet of Lake Champlain,
New York, fifty thousand dollurs.
Fur Furt Knox, at narrows of Penobscot River, Maine,
seventv-flve thousand dollars.
For Fort Pophaiu, Kennebec river, Mtiiue, seventy-live
thousaud dollars.
For Fort Preble, Portland, Maine, seventy-live thousand
dollnrs.
For Fort Scammel, Portland, Maine, fifty thousand
dollnrs.
For Fort Georges, on Hog Island Ledge, Portland, Maine,
seveuty-flvo thousand dollnrs.
For Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
twenty-live thousand dollars.
Fur Fort McClary, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fifty
thousand dollar*.
For Fort Wluthrop, Boston, Massachusetts, un thousand
dollars.
For Fort Independence, Boston, Massachusetts, five
thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts, ten thousand
dollars.
Fur sea-wall of Great Brewster*. Island, Boston harbor,
.Massachusetts twenty thousand dollars.
For repair of Sea-walls ou Deer and on Lo veil's Islands,
Boston harbor. Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollurs.
For permanent forts at New- Bedford harbor, Mnssachu.
setts, fifty thousand dullars.
For Fort Adams, Nowport, Rhode Island, fifty thousand
dollars.
For Fort Uale, New llavcu, Connecticut, fifty thousand
dollars.
Fur Fort Schuylor, East River, New York, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For fort at Wlllet's Point, opposite Fort Schuylor New
. York, fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs"" at Fort llamilton, New York, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For fort on site of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, Nsw
York, fifty thousand dollars.
Fir fort at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, fifty thousand
dollars.
For repairs of Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, twenty
thousand dollnrs.
. For repairs of Fort Washington, on Totomsc River,
twenty-live thousand dollar*.
For Fort Monroe, Uamptou Roads, Virginia, twonty-fivo
thousand dollars.
For Fort Clinch, Florida, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, two hundred thous
and dollars.
For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, ono hundred
thousaud dollars.
For fort on Ship Island, coast of Mississippi, fifty thous
and dollars.
For fort at Fort Point, Ban Francisco Bay, California,
unn huudred and fifty thousand dollars.
Fort at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California,
one humlred und fifty thousand dollars.
For additional defences at San Francisco, California,
fifty thousand dollars..
For defences of Wash—Eton, three hundred thousand
dollars.
For Held works and field operations, oue million dollars.
For bridge trains nud equipage for armies in the field,
three hundred thousand dollars.
For tool and siege trains for armies in tbe field, five
hundred thousand dollars.
For surveys for'military defences, for purchase l of cam
paign maps, three hundred thonsund duller*.
For survey of Northern and Northwestern lakes, includ
ing IrfiUe Superior, one hundred and twenty-flvo thousand
dollars.
For engraving and printing charts of iako surveys, fif
teen thousand dollars.
For purchase and repairs of Instruments, twenty thou
sand dollars.
For repairing, equipping, and enlarging Pott Porter, at
Buffalo, fifty tliousaud dollars.
Approved, February 28,1865.
An Act relating to th* Enrollment and License of certain
Vessels.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houee of Representatives
of the Vnited States of America in Congresss assembled,
That whenever It shall become necessary fur the owner or
owners of any vessel of the United Status, navigating tho
Western rivers aud the waters on the Northern, North
eastern and Northwestern frontiers of the United
States otherwise than hy sea, and being in a district
other than that tv which such vessels shall belong, to
procure her enroilmeut and license, or license, or renewal
thereof, the s:uu_ proceedings may bu had in the dlßtriot
in which said vessel then sliiill be, ns nre now, or shall
then be required by law, on application for such enrollment
and license, or renewal thereof, aa the case may he, iv the
district to which such vessel may heloug, exceptlug the
giving of lioud nnd the enrolment and issuance of license;
and the officer before whom such proceedings shall lie
hud shall certify the same to the collector of the district
tv which such vessel may shall belong, who shall there
upon, on the said owner or owners giving bond as required
in all strife cases, duly enroll the mild vessel and Issue li
cense in the same form a* if the application had originally
been mado In this office; and either deliver the said li
cense tv said owner or owners, or forward it by mail to
the officer who certified to hlui the preliminary proceed
ings, and who shall, In such case, deliver tbe said license
to the owner or owners or master of the vessel: l*ro.
vided. That this act shall nut be construed so as in any
respect tv chango existing laws, excepting in so fur as it
enable such owners to procure enrollment or liceneeor re
newal thereof, withont returning their vessels to their
home ports or districts.
Approved, Fubruary 23, 1865.
AN Act to amend an Act entitled " An Act to regulate the
Admeasurement of Ton—igo of Ships and Vessels of tbe
United States," approved May sixth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four.
Be it enacted by thf Senate and House of Representatives
ofthe United States of Amerieain t Impress assembled, That
the act entitled "An act to regulate the admeasurement
of tonnage of ships and vessels ef the United States," ap
proved May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall
be so construed that no part of any ship or vessel shall be
admeasured rr registered for tonnage that Is used for
cabins or state-rooms, and constructed entirely above the
first deck, which is not a deck to the hull.
Approved, February 28,1885.
An Act concerning the Collection District of Salem nnd
Beverly, in Massachusetts.
Be it enacted In/ the Senate and House of Repretentatiies
nfthe United States of Amerieain Congress assembled. That
tbe ollice of naval offlcr for ths district of Sslsm and Bev
erly,-! the State of Massachusetts, be, and the same Is
hereliv, abolished.
B*c\ 2. And be it further enacted. That ths office of sur
veyor for said district, to reside at Beverly, be, and the
ssfue Is hereby, abolished.
Sic. 3. That the salary of surveyor of said disulct, shall
hereafter be four hundred dollar* per annum.
Approved, Fehruary 28,1885.
A» Act granting to th* Michigan City Harbor Company
the use of Government Piers in said Harbor for the
purpose of protecting F»id Harbor.
St it enacted by the Senate and Houte of Representa
tilts of the United Stalls of America in Congress -»««-
W«d, That there li hereby granted to th* Michigan CI y
Harbor Company, at Michigan City, in th* gut* of In
diana, the privlh gs of using the foundation at tb* old
government pl*rs now in said harbor, for tlie purpos. of
improving and protecting th* said harbor, and no »x
--psnses made by tbs i-d harbor company for this pur
pose shall be considered • i lis. ge agaiust the govern
ment.
8«c. _. _tn-lri't/»rt-?rnutc__, That Michigan City,
ln th* Slate of Indiana, Is hereby constituted a port or
delivery, subject to the -ame regulations and restrictions
*• other ports of delivery of th* United States, and ths
said port *f delivery is hereby umexed t O , and made
part or, tbe collection district of Chicago, _ th* State of
Illinois. And there .hall be appointed a surveyor of th*
customs, to reside at said pott, who shall receive an an
nual compensation of tlire. hundred and fifty dollars per
annum.
Approved, February _, 1806.
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i MONDAY, JULY 3, 1805.
[An old bachelor, whoso rallied hopes
I antl blighted prospects have rendered
him crusty, gives vent to his feelings af
ter the following manner, in tlio Spring
Blossoms, a neat little paper published
during the late "Oonzaga Fair," held in
Washington city. Probably his want
'of "locks tosoap" is the reason of his
! raid on "rate and mice." Hear him:]
"RATS AND MICE."
I A LETTER FROM THE "OLD BACHELOR."
Mr. Editor .-—Tlie other morning, as
> Jack and I returned from mass at St.
j Peter's, we prolonged our stroll, as In
, deed we do every morning, now that
, the weather is tine, until we came to
[ our usual chatting place under tlie tall
\ locust tree in the Capitol grounds. My
mind was full of the Fail' ami tlie pa
- per, so much so that I could hardly keep
[ my thoughts on my books tu* rather
r Boyle said mass. Finally, having lln
> ished his pipe: "Tom," says Jack,
\ "won't the people think 'Rats and Mice'
a queer subject to write about? Do you
really think the Spriiifj Jllojuomti will
print any such stuff. Why can't you
i write something edifying, to do the
- young folks good; Something about in
. dustry and economy." "Jack," I re
, plied candy, for I never get angry witli
■my old friend, "this subject is chosen
! because I am sure nobody else will steal
i it. 'You know what little difference it
makes as to the subject, so a writer
has really something to say. Dean
Swift claimed that he could make poe
try on a broomstick; ami you remember
how Sterne sentimentalized on a dead
donkey. One of Burn's sweetest poems
ils about a mouse. These writers were
successful because they bad something
to say, and said it. Now, I think I have
' something to say, anil shall endeavor to
i say it." "Have you given your ideas
shape?" "Yes," I said,"here they are,
1 roughly written: but I must write them
, out plainer, or the compositor can never
make them out." Thereupon,after ask
'■ lng Jack to make any suggestion*, I read
y as follows:
. "You must not be angry, Mr. Editor,
for making this homely selection for
c your paper. Ido notpropose lo give you
.an essay on natural history, but select
my subject from tbs commonest
, phrases of social life. If you will ask any
trim little woman that endeavors to be
' guile you into an extra "chance," why
• she looks so pretty and bewitching, she
a will probably simper and suy "rats and
mice." If you ask the young damsel
d whom you hmve promised to escort to
. church, why she keeps you so long wait
ing, and only reacn church in time to
» stand up at the gospel, shewill say "rats
_ and mice." In my early days—oh, long
time ago!—there was no such lollies.
» Then the young ladies grouped their hair
d in cones, and wore immense combs, and
twisted it into fantastic shapes, and
J adorned themselves with immense
r jewels. When our grandmothers went
'to church, they probably kept the young
0 gentlemen waiting as long M they do
now. There was, however, something
i- dignified, stately and impressive in these
old dames. They did not descend to the
i flippancy of rats and mice. When Mrs.
i- Madison received her friends in the
White House, she looked like a ijuecn.
'' Can you see anything queenly in rats
, and mice. Imagine Lady Macbeth thus
adorned! How would Maria Theresa
'' have looked reviewing her armies as
i they arrayed themselves against the in
vader, with her hair crimped and twist
!' ed, and torn antl singed. Think of the
high-born, brave, and unfortunate Marie
' Antoinette in rats and mice! No doubt
~ theßC women had fashions which we call
absurd. Queen Bess I must confess to
'• be the ugliest woman in history. I keep
her picture in my chamber for that
r- reason. To me, whose young affections
have been blighted, the picture of an
'" ugly woman Is a joy and consolation. I
t look at her cold, pinched, and callous
cheeks, and wonder if Mrs. McMurphy,
ofMcMurphy Hall, gazes with such eyes
a upon the potato fields of Ballinsloe."
» [" Don't tell us that," iiiterposed.lack,
; rathcrtestily. " there's good in all things,
0 and certainly in rats and mice." " Just
- what I'm coming to," says I.]
t "Now, Mr. Editor, I would not have
j any of my young lady friends imagine
t that I propose to return to the days of
1 Queen Elizabeth, or even of Mrs. Madi
| son. Why not study simplicity in this
) as in all things. Here are the Madonnas
iof Raphael. You have all seen the
\ 'Madonna della Seggiola.' I call that
- womanly taste. Look at the simplicity
' with which her head is dressed. There
J are no waterfalls, or puffs, or rolls, or
- crimps, or'rats and mice.' The hair is
5 combed smoothly, and folded over the
c ears. In 'La Viergeaux Palmier*,'you
i- see it perfectly plain, brushed from the
t forehead, and tied in a knot nt the end.
J In the 'Madonna del Cardellino' you
r see the same plainness, with the excep
tion of a single braid over the side of the
head, which increases the beauty, for it
. shows that this simplicity was the result
'of as much care as the twisting and tor
turing of the present day. If you wish,
however, perfection irr womanly taste,
look at the exquisite ' Madonna di San
Sisto.' Compare theattireof oar Blessed
Mother with that of Saint Barbara, who is
at her feet. With all reverence to the Saint
her adornment is strongly suggestive of
'rats and mice.' This shows how keen
and true were Raphael's conceptions.
He imagined that a Saint might venture
upon tha ways of fashion and worldly
taste; but in painting the most heavenly
iof all women—the perfection of love anil
purity and beauty—he could only create
' a faultless type by aiming at the most
. perfect simplicity. As I stand at my
i post, I feel sometimes like saying to the
I bevy of gir_s around about: 'Lady lasses
one and all, let my gray hairs beg the
£rivilege, and allow me to take a liberty.
,et me pull out these rolls of cotton, and
. hair, and silk, these nondescript curls
and twists, these 'rats and mice,' as you
; so quaintly call them. Let your hair
r fall In braids or tresses as nature intend
• ed, and instead of copying tho hideous
J faces of English and _ rench courts, that
. stare out from the canvasses of Vandyke
■ and Lely and Kneller, go to the very
" perfection of human genius and taste,
, and copy the face of a Madonna.' "
• As I finished my reading, I looked up
• at my friend Jack, and found that the
J pipe had fallen from his lips and he was
• in a pleasant slumber. The truth is,
• dear old Jack Is not a man of much ap
' preclation, and on this morning, he had
risen rather early.
| - The Old Bachelob. ]
her of Funch is called " Feeling the
Feet" and represents Mama Russellant
Mama Gladstone teaching their infan
to walk. One says: " Amberly—Pa
j berly mustn't go too fast," Tlieoth
Gladstone, says: "Step out, my chi
I'll take cure you don't fall." It Ist
best thing old Fundi lias done in inu
a week. He has also a prosy article
the Ministerial Baby Show, apropos
the infants training. The other cuts
not remarkable.
Here aro a.fes jibes:
ULADSTOXE ANO SO* AT lItEBTE*.
Electors, this is my son Bill,
_i.itr humble servant If you ti ill.
Him yuur apprentice let lnehlud;
To lie a Statesman .Hill's designed :
I'd have him learn his trade right through,
Serving us n member of your Borough.
1 take the Business of tho Nation
To l.c a regular vocation,
Tlutt slu.ly ue. de, with view to knowing,
As nun v as uny other going,
One foot nnd the same I place on
Tbe would-be Minister and Mason
You, therefore, to beseech I venture.
Tin.t y.m will grunt him his iudeuture.
I think I know the young man, rather,
And, though I sny't who urn his father,
Of him repented never.
Sn then, hiiiiruy, my Son, forever.
THEN* ENTER OF ATTRACTION. —Rim
lnel's vaporizer.
Pointedly asks the London Review,
" What is- (he Cry of the Great Liberal
Party'.'"—Peecavi.
Popular] Sayings.—" I won't be a
second," as Gladiateur saitl to his Jock
ey on the Derby Day.
An Elko ant Extract.—"M.
ma extrait les cars avec succes.— Louit
yapuleim Imp. Franc.
An Aside.—Beware of Disraeli wher
he talks of Lateral Reform. He wauti
to get into office by a Sidewind.
Politics and art.—it is remarkablt
that in view of the approaching Genera
Election, no eminent Photographer ha
put himself forward with a proposal tt
represent the people.
Political Economy.— The M. P. fo:
Peterborough (we don't mean Rouie
oh, dear no! quite the reverse) seems t<
!now the whalley of truth, for he ap
sun to be very soaring of that.
Leave Bad Enough: Alone—{Tf.
resident Andrew Johnson,)— My
ear Sir: Because Wilkes Booth mur
.■red Abraham Lincoln, that is no rea
m why you should murder Jefferson
avis. Believe mc, although no Iron
ad, your trusty Monitor, Punch.
Warning to Literary Men.— A
oung friend of ours who possessed suf
cient creative power to make a book oi
ie last Derby Day—and lost a consider
abie amount of money on the transactioi
—isnow trying to build a reputation ai
the author of his own ruin.
Tin: Latest from the Dog Snow
The Islington people- who object to ca
Olne exhibitions admit that what car.''
be cured must be endured. But they
allege, with reference to the Show, thai
uo one can be so deaf to reason as to saj
there isn't nny yelp for that.
"Dye not, Fond Man-—ok Woman
I Either!—Amongotherquacknostrums
we notice the announcement of a "vege-
I table" Huir-dye, for imparting to the
| head the "fashionable golden hue."
Well, as this so called "golden hue" in
reality is red, a vegetable dye may In
.just the very tiling to make the hair t
little radish—we beg pardon for hue
! jpelllng, we mean a little reddish.—
Strange aretli3 freaks of fashion ! Ladies
often have been noticed wearing artifi
cial roses in their hair, and now it MUM
they try to beautify themselves by wear
ing artificial carrots in it.
THE AF-lIA- eiRIE.
Are—•'_ Bumper of Berguntly, fill, Jill forme..'
A hump of n droinMary grill, grill fur me,
Fliy tbe fleetest that flies o'er tho plai-;
And bring me a Joint of cold camel fortes.
Which I'll cut, and, if nice, coin* again.
Then fur .upper just broil me a tilice i/wild hoar,
With n tigtr-itcßk tender and juicy;'
Auil .mo Antelope kidney to follow—no more,
For you know I'm no glutton, my Lucy 1
0 be sure that for breakfast a bustard you roast,
Pick the biggest the poult ret- may bring :
Or an o-tt itii nerved whole, it la woodcock, on toast,
"Pi" a tit-bit that's fit for a kinr.
Then contented I'll wait until noou, »h«n for lunch
Let a ifi/mi of zebra just foal'd be,
And a bone of broileil porcupino crinpj f'll crunch,
With si.me sn.ike'. egg., delicious »hen mouldy.
•"•—
How a Woman Writes about Ken and
Women.
•AC C A., the bright and keen-sighted
Xew York correspondent of the Spring
field Republican, talks thus plainly in
one of her last letters :
What do you think that I read ln a
newspaper imt long Republican?
(Speaking of George W illlam Curtis re
minds me to tell you. There was a quota
tion from a Republican letter speaking
of Curtis, crowned by an editorial notice
I that "M. C. A. was evidently in love
with Curtis, or she nover could have
written on him like that!" Oh, you
-topid ! When a woman is in love with
a man, does she proclaim it on the house
top-! and publish it in the newspapers f
It strikes mo that jou k»w precious lit
tle about women, or you would know
that the man that they love the most is
the one that they talk the least about.—
Love is proud and shy, and waits forone
to listen. Admiration is generous and
general, and enjoys alarge congregation.
Now it is utterly impossible for me to
admire men generally, because, as a sex,
they fall so fa t below the highest stand
ard of manhood that I hold larger admi
ration in reserve to bestow upon men in
I knov gifted men as conceited as pop
injays ; handsome men who are as vain
as pea.ocks, thriving on the delusion
that every woman who smiles ou them
iis in love with them: strong men Who
are never tender; manly mon who are
tyrannical in all that makes life lovely;
good men who ignore the religion of fine
manners, tlio gentle courtesy which is
charity. When I behold a harmonious
man I cry __tr*_al where all may hear.
Holding my admiration at a wise dis
tance, it -discovers no flaws, strikes no
angles. When every other school-girl
that I knew adored Curtis as a literary
Adonis, 'ue seemed to me affected and
I supercilious as Adonises usually are.
- Now deep life-lines have worn from hla |
face some of the early curves which took i
school-girls captive. He haa grown to
[thought.hi, serious, earnest manhood,'
TEEMS OF ADVERTISING:
THE NORFOLK POST
Offers the bent terms to Anv—msm», and it, pure, will
always correspond with the general advert-in- rate.,in
uthur citiee.
Twelve links or b-ss will constitute nsijuuve.
Fur a single insertion per square ONE UoLLAU will _
charged, nud fur each eul.sequent iiuert—n T«V_.N i,
FIVE CUNTS.
Merchants, Auctioneers and nil other* who -dv«tl<«
regularly, and occ.Jy one-fuiirth uf a column or more, car.
make special terms, and will receive a lilieral deduction.
Business Cards, _iv_ dollars per' month or riFii _;•
LAtts per year.
All transient advertisements payallo in nuvancc—all
others monthly.
without losing the rare charm of manner,
and the exquisite perception o.'tlie beau
tiful which made the grade and glory ol
his youth. I supposed it to he an emi
nently proper period to praise him as 11 c
most haunouiousof all our literary men,
a man aesthetic, tender, stronsr and trui;
when so, in spite of the cottage on sitauii
Island, the wife with the face at rest,
j the goat drawn chariot witli loud of
bright babies, I read fo my infinite
amusement in it newspaper "(hat I am
"in love" with this gentleninn.
What quality iv society is it that
makes it necessary for a man to spice
ins praise of a charming woman whom
he truly respects with some disparaging
comment,less people shall accuse him ol
being "smitten," ami which makes it
impossible that any woman under
forty should utter henrtypriii.se of a man
worthy of admiration without incurring
the suspicion of being "la love'i?'
Whatever the quality, it is mean aud
despicable. If there can be no sineeit;
admiration,no true reverence and friend
ship between men ami women, thai
does not degenerate into shilly-shally
sentiment and idle love-tnaking, the
Lord pity the world! 15ui there can be,
and la. In tlie course of my life I have
found so few men that I cared to praise,
that I never neglect an opportunity
when I can. It makes no manner ol
difference to me who says 1 am 'in lave,
while i know that lam not. I darosaj
that Mr. Curtis can be disagreeable
enough; most people can when the;,
try. But while 1 lvmcmberhis "Ameri
can Flag" and find repose and inspira
tion eacli month in the-pathos, poetry
and patriotism, the music and the beau
ty which envelopes his Easy Chair, 1
shall praise him to my small"congrega
tion from sheer gratitude.
♦
The New lessons Taught by the Ame
rican War.
[from the Berlin (Prussia'! Volkszoitung.]
It is impossible, at this moment, to
measure theextent, or to define the liin it
of the extraordinary revolution in the
I future history of mankind, which the
American war lias effected within the
space of a few years. This war has ac-'
complished what all the outside world
pronounced impossible. A democrn<>
of a magnitude that-, commonly consid
ered too immense and unwieldy for »
monarchy, is dragged into a civil war,
the object of which is tho division of the
common Union, on the one hand, aim
the maintenance of its integrity on the
other. Remember, it is not ono compact
State that threatens to fall into piec;-,
but a confederation of many sovereign
States, a portion of which attempts to es
tablish a separate confederacy. All tin,
can be opposed to this scheme is a Con
stitutlon which possess neithera distinct
inherent, nor auy traditional, authority,
but solely the force of circumstances
which, somehow, have come to be con
sidered as law. This ideal of a Fedeiv.l
Union grows so strong, that, for its main
tenance, tho freest people in the world
accept tue arbitration ot war, and brlni;
to a successful issue that war—such a
war as history nowhero records.
The theory that a federation of States itt
a loose, disjointed fabric, destined to QUI
asunder, as soon as the native desire lot
independence of the several States at
tains maturity, has been overthrown by
this war. A'constitution which, here.
we are pleased to designate as a ' .hett
of paper," holds together a territory ex
tensive enough to comprise ten largo
States—takes such deep hold of a people,
trained in the most enlightened freedom.
that, for its preservation, they wage a
war of such magnitude! If this fact
proves that, among a free people, a lede
ral relation and unity can be maintained,
such as many compact monarchies c.ii
not maintain, it also teaches this far
more important lesson, lhat the central
izing force of a monarchy is not abso
lutely necessary to preserve tho integri
ty of a federal State. The history of tho
Swiss Sonderbund, in 1840, has repeat, tl
itself, on a grander scale, within the last
four years. While the Netherlands, un
der a monarchical constitution, dissolved
into two parts; while imperial Austria,
despite the force of a so-called unitiiiu,
dynasty, linds it difficult to keep to
gether her several parts, a confederation
of sovereign States, existing under re
publican institutions, shows a union, an
integrity, that tho world looks on with
amazement.
Another lesson, contradictingall theo
ries hitherto accepted, is taught by the
fact that a perfectly free people are able
towage a great war. Hitherto it was
customary to prove by the history of an
tiquity, that republics can wngewaronly
when controlled by an aristocracy. A
democracy, during a war.invariablyend-.
in a military dictatorship, terminatim.'
in the Ctesarisni of the ninn that com
mands the popularity of the army.-
Thifiso-callcn historical axiom, for which
Louis Napoleon claims the same respect
as for the ' sacred truths of religion,' al-i>
ceases to be a truth. America is able to
wage war—so able that the most warlike
Imperator, who improvises empires in
Mexico, shudders at the idea that Amer
ica might thwart his plans. A republic
—nay, a pure democracy—is able to cai -
ry on war; and, what U more, a democ
racy fears no Crosarism. _
—______.»»-
A singular occurrence is mentioned in
a letter which has been received in Man
chester. A gentleman was informed, ■
few days ago by his groom, that a favm -
ite horse hung it* bead and refused Its
food. Some drops of blood were found
ln the horse's nostrils, ami a yeterina''.
surgeon recommended bleeding. Jl."
gentleman, however, decided to send tlm
animal out for a quiet exercise, and on
its return to the stable a live mouse cam.
out of its nostrils.
Miss Lucy Rushton, an JEnglish ac
i?ss of some celebrity, is coming to this
untry, and expects, gays a London
_kJy, "that her talents and attrne
'ns, combined with a varied repetoire
characters, which embrace the high
range of comedy, will enable her to
ume a high position in the Nt,
•—_—~.
The exciting contest at the fair in
Chicago, between the friends-of Shcii
dan and Sherman, for ihe magnificeut
gold-mounted pistol, given for "the best
general," finally closed on Tuesday
night, the vote standing: Sheridan, 879;
Sherman, 447; with two or three hunl
red scattering.
*m* r
"I Bay, Pat," said a Yankee, *whj
don't you sue the Railroad Corporation
for damages you have received ? Both
of your legs broken all to smash; sue
them for damages." "Sue them lor
damages, eh, boy ? I have had dama.;e»
enough already; I'll sue them for ie-
The Infant son of the Prince o ""'"I* 1
i is to be christened Albert r
I thenauie of Prince Ch_et.au/
