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VOLUME XI. WHEELING, VA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1862. NUMBER 19. t'KCSTKU AN1? PUMLI6I(NI> ifV - i- : j.s. C C A IttBBELL & M'DERMOT, I.VTELLIGENCBR BUILDIKtiS, N. K-cnmar of Quint* and Main-BU. TKRM8: D*U7>0>7 mail,payaVle in advance,).? ...$6,00 By the Week i ? 10 Trl-Weekly, (per year,payable in advance,)......... 8,00 /t&~ Advertising done on reasonable terms. " All advertisements from a distance, or from transient customers, must be paid in advance. INSURANCE. CASH ASSi3T.jiS, JOXjX i, ,c01, 81,829,763 20. LOSSES PAID, UPWARD OK ? 14,000,000. Tho great public mttIm, proroptneee ail n ty of this well-tried and iterltng Company, mend It to preference with tho?e needing Insurance. j N. C. AKTHUR, Ag't. and reliabtll r?om- [ tiirard Fire & Marine Ins. Co. | PHILADELPHIA. ax awn 8usplos-?...?...... .....$318,128 08 I N.C. ARTHUR, Ag't. 1 Pennsylvania Insnranee Co. OF PITT3BUBGH, PA. Capital ? ......$300,000 r 11H B above Companies haying appointed the nnder L signed thoir Agent for Wheeling, and vicinity, would rospectfully solicit the patronage ofthe public. Said Companies are well known to be first class offices. All losses promptly adjusted. N.0. ARTHUR, Agt. Jan3 Office over the Bank ofWheeling. TO TliuSE WHO WISH TO BE | INSURED AGAINST ALL CONTINGENCIES. rnIIE]HOMEIN8l'RANCE COMPANY 1 of New York. Cmn CAPiTAL(overy dollar paid in) ......... ...$1,000,000 * Contingent Fund (over( 500,000 Tho largest Cash Capital for the amonnt of rlflk of oy office in the United Statea. W. F. PETERSON, Agent. qiHEI5SURAKCE CO.JOP THE VAL- I 1 LEY OF VIRGINIA. 1 Cish Capital (paid in) $300,000 ? Much the largest Cash Capital of any office charter- I ed by this State. 49?Pireand Inland risks taken on the most rea onable terms. Losses equitably adjusted and promptly paid by W J F. PETERSON, Agt. rilUE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE L COMPANY, of New York. Cash Capital (paid in) $600,000 ?Jiish Contingent Fnnd(over) .....375,000 * u this office thd assuredparticipate In the profits Without incurring any risk. W. F. PETERSON, Agent. rllB LYNCIIBCRO HOSE A FIRE I INSURANCE COMPANY. Casb Capital $100,000 W. F.PETERSON, Jr, Agent. 49*0ver$2,&00,000 of Cash Capital represented by his old and well established Agency, where every lose u the above office has been promptly paid In' Wheel ng, belore It was dne by the terms of the poUcy. W. F. PETERSON, Office next door to tho M. A M. B ank, Jy7,?5?__ly Mains t. Wheel INSURANCE. The Fire&Marine Insurance Co. | OF WHEELING. INCORPORATED IN 1837. <1 TAKES BISKS AT THE LOWEST RATES ON JL Buildings of aU kinds, Stoamboats, Fnrnitnreand Merchandise, and against all dangors attending the Transportation of Goods on rivers, seas, lakes, omals ud railroads. R W. Haxdiho, Sec*y. HsjraT Ckaholx, pres't DIREOTORB. 0 Acheson JohnDonlon, Bob't Morrison R.Orangie, B.Brady, Bam'lOtt. p?n'i Lamb, Rob't Patterson, ^^Applications for Insuranoo will be promptly at ended to by the President and Secretary. Jan 28, *63 Saddles, Harness,Trunks Ac WHOLESALE A RETAIL. Jl, SHEPPARD No.131 Main Street, corner . Union, will continue to keep on hand aiargeana complete assortment of all artldesln his line, consist jog of Ladles' and Gentlemen's Saddles, Fine A Coarse llarnees,Trunks. VaUces, Carpet Bags,Satchels,Col,' lars, Homes, Whips, Ac. , . 1 would respectfully call attention to my stock, and trust by strict attontlonaud promptness, to merit pro per manner. ' 7" J. B. Sep'*) '6? 131, Main Btr^t CARBON OTF T HAVE K3TABL18HRD Alt OI-. OnHHBT I in thla effy, on Llndaoy street. >^ow the Qaa Works, where I keep constantly J* hand and tor ?ale a good quality or II In Initiating and Imbricating oils. Aleo a good article of Axle Grease, for sragont or drays. Dealers and others in want of any of tho above articles will Hnd It to their lntereetto glr. me * JOHN COOK. Savings Bank of Wheeling, Office, Main-St., between Monroe and Union. Money received on transient deposit Interest, paid on Special Deposits. Collections promptly attended to. Exchange on the East bought and s*ld. TIIOS. II. list, Prudent. SAM'LP HTLDRETH, Treasurer. janlt-'i9. oasLTsr. bobt. xoaaisox. w.b.looaic inamiilSY. B . D ATBtf POBT. LIST, MOBBISON & CO., Wbolesole Grocers <fc Produce Dealers Ii'os.70 and SO Muin-SL, Wheeling, Fa. Wl desire to state to the friends of ths late firm, nd to the trade generally, {ha? wears lnpoasesrion the most ample facilities for the transaction of a Wholesale Grocer/ and Produce Business. We are determined to execute all orders entrusted to oar care with fidelity and promptness, an&on the most favorable terms.' Yorfr ob't servants LIST, MORRISON * OO. 'Wheeling, January 2d, I860. JanT b.w.paxtom. joh*wwioh. olooixbat PAXTOH, DOHLOH&OOIEBAY, Wholesale Grocers, PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS. BotiHo..63and84^|St.>tL T. H. LOQAN& OO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, HrSS^rsig,cK~"* ^^TMain Street Entrance, next door to Baker Hopkins. Qulncy Street entranceneiac the Bait. R. R. Depot, and wharf. DRUG8, paints, OILS, MJIDICINE8,. YARPIBHES, BRUSHES, 281lP^ cu?too?nv?fnTitadV>oadil. ?? . ? ? ?;. 'j :i n-i Atraar calbwzll. obohbb.mts. Attorneys at X&w. 7 0O Mai t* . BUSINESS CARDS. T. O. KIGER, M. D. Homoeopathic Physician. RESIDENCE and Office a few doors South of the Monroe House, Mufti street. Office hours from 6 to ? A. M, and 1 to 3 A 7 to 9 p- M. ? ' my 12-1 j A. M. ADAMS, WBOLXSAiXANB RETAIL CLOTHING STORE, WHERE always may be found 8UPERI0R CLO THING; also makes to order, at the shortest notice. All Garwents helonglng to Gentlismen ' ' Vo. Watzsl Strut, Wheeling, Va, Agents for W. Bingham's Shirts and Stocks of every description. Also, lor A. B. Howe's Excel sior Sewing Machine. aug26'61-ly e. M'CLELLIS o. D. KKOX, M'CLELLAN & KNOX, DKA1XES AT WBOLUAUt IXCLD8ITXLT, 19 BOOTS * SHOES No. 113 Main Street. A few doors shore M. A M. Bank, West Side, sp9-6m+ WHEELING, VA. M.REILLY, x Wholesale Dealer in GROCERIES, , Forfljn and Domestic - Wines and Liquors, Not. 56 A 67 Mais Strezt, my7?ly WHEEUNQ, VA CLARK U sam) 8. V. XILL1H C. L. ZANE & CO. Importer ??d Dealer* in Foreign dt Domestic Wines and Liquors, M ? ri ufacture rmo f Pure Catawba Wines. Quxhct Btukt, ssrwuor Main A Mark XT ST8. WHEELING, VA RKEP constantly on hsnd Brandies, Scotch and Irish Whiskies, Jamaica Roma and Cordials, Choice Old Rye and Boorbon Whiskies. sep27?ly I C. H. DINGER, DEALKRIN Hats and. Caps, No. 140 Main Street, mh!8-ly WHEELING, VA. . file Highest Prico in Cash, paid for all kinds of Fur-Hides, such as Mink, Fox Raccoon, Ac. WM.SHA PP ER,~ PRACTICAL WATCH MAKER JEWELEK & ENGRAVER. DULU1X Watches, Jewelry, Silver & Plaved Ware, FANCY GOODS, Arc. No.^9 Monroe 8t. OPPOSITE M.AM BANK. JOHN G. CHANDLER^ Attorney at Law. U 1 OFFICE over Bank of Wheeling.. dec30-ly JtlO. 8. CAEL1LK. BAXNIBiL 70UK8. CARLILE & FORBES, Attorneys At Law, WHBBLISO, VIRGINIA. Prmctlce in all the Courts of. Ohio Countj, and the ? ? ? ? adjoining counties. Ofwot oh Fourth Stsest, n?? sept2fi-)r The Citizen's Deposit Bank OF WHEELING. Bank open from b o'clock a. il, until P. M. D'jcount days?Thursdays 10 O'clock a. 49~Money received on transient deposit. Intert?tpaid on tpecial deposit*. 49~Oollect ions madeaud proceeds promply remitted DIRECTORS: Jacob Berger, J. N. Vance, Jacob Hornbrook, O. W. Franxhelm, Warren Cooper, J. K. Botsford, Geo. K. Wheat, Chester D. Knox. J.B. Mills*, Cashier. AltusCaldwxll, Pree*t [feb4-'59 ly] J A. METCALF, COMMISSION HBROHAKT AMD MANUFACTURER'S AGENT ro* TBI BALI or Nails, Window Glass, Cincinnati Soap. Iron, Flint Glassware, Lard Oil I, 8teel, Green Glassware, Lima, 8prints, Printing Paper, Plaster Paris, Axles, W rapping Paper, .Cement, Rosin, Wooden Ware, 8tarch. Together with many articles of Pittsburgh and Wheeling manufacture. Mo. 50 Pazton's Row, Main St., ? - Wheeling, Va.^ Wheeling Wholesale Su Retail SHOE MANUFACTORY. , TUB undersigned maybe fonnd at4.49 ?sd^B9M*in Street, where 'we are extensively engagedln manufacturing the latest and best styles and quality of Ladies1, Misses', Children's, Boys' and Gentlemen's 8II0B8, expressly adapted to the tastes and necessities of the citizens ot Wheeling and the surrounding country, which we ofTer at wholesale and retail at prioes which cannot fail to please the moat fsstidious. ^ We finite the trrfde, and- the public, to call and examing our goods. While we gratefully remember past ffcvOr*,1 whi&h have already far exceeded our most sanguine expectations, we hope in the future to merit a continuance and to share a large increase of public patronage. Having largely Reinforced our manufacturing.de partment, with experienced and accomplished me chanics, we are prepared to manufacture styles and sises to order for the trade and public. novtt JA8. W. PILL8BURY * CO. P. C. HIIiDBETH & BBO. <53 Main Street, Wheeling, Ts. i.Mir tip WHOLBSALB DBALBR8 IN Kail Rod,1 Window Glass, . Maryland Lime, Bar Iron, ^ Printing Paper, Common>Lime, Nails, ? Wrap. Paper, ? Flour, Bheetlron, Plaster Parts, Shanghai Vatehea Wire, Land Plaster, Bait, OaktSUek Cement, Wooden Ware, Ac. Agents for Howa's Improved Counter and Platform T*s Hlgluxt Market Price paid for Bafit;Flwttd Jyl8 JAS. M. DILLON, r No* 10 7 JCftrket Street WHEELING, VA. PLUMB EB AND GAB FITTBB, BRASS FOUNDBY. ?pvKALBR IN WROUGHT IRON. GALVANIZED, lj andnU staeaof LeadJWpee,Sbee* Lead, Brass alvnnised Llxhtning Rodi, insulators and Points. "l^roR%H*^wi^T BKLLS. Aqueduct Fi! YJi-JSvUX .1 PPer, Brassand Lead, TKUM8 OF ADV?11T181NQ. TwxlvxSoud Lnnca or Nonfamul, (or ox a dich,)ox Lkss, mui a Squaxx . One Dayr-1 BQ*. $0 76 Two Days, 1 00 Three Days,..?1 25 Four Da/4.? ~. 180 Fire Days...... 1 76 One Week-- 2 00 Two Weeks......?... 8 60 43-Speoul Noncuts Don Three Weeks,. $460 One Month. 6 00 Two Uoctl^. 8 00 Three Monthst...MM.10 00 Six Month*,..... 16 00 One Tear, .....2000 ble the above rates. Yearly Advertising on reasonable terms, accor ding to the space o&upica and the number of changes made. All advertisements frum transient person* or Strang em. to be paid for in advance. Badness Cards not exceeding five lines, $10 per year, or $8 for six months, bnt for k shorter period nothing will be counted less than a square. The privilege of Annual Advertising Is limited to tho Advertisers' own Immediate business; and all advertisements for the benefit of other prions as well as all legal advertisements, and advertisements of auction sales and real estate,sent In by them mus* be paid for at the usual rates. 49*Advertisements not accompanied with wrltteu directions, will be inserted until torbld,and charged accordingly. Notices for Political Meetings to be charged in all cases at foil rates. Marriages, Notlcesof Funerals, and aunoncements of sermons, 60 cents oach. nonvll-*69 Proposed Re-dislrlotlng the City for School Purposes, Ac* Editors Intelligencer: Every measure which results in the im provement of our public schools is of value to the citizens and to the State which can not be estimated in dollars and cents. In this view, the recent action of our school commissioners as advertised in yesterday morning's paper, is matter of rejoicing to every philanthropist and to every patriot. Permit me, however, without knowing the wishes of the people on the Island, to suggest that it is hardly to be expected that they should concur in the proposed meas ure, so' far as "excluding the 6th Ward" is c9ucerned. That a considerable portion of the city should consent to forego all the ad vantages of graded schools, which under a judicious system they might enjoy, such as primary sohools at their very door, freo grammar schools for their older boyi and girls at half a mile distance, and a free high school not more than a mile or two off for their youth of higher grade, and that they should accept in lieu of these a school embracing all grades of pupils, with all the disadvantages Of country schools, would be surprising. However that may be, I desire to present an outline of what seems to be the best system for our city: First. The city should be divided into some nine or ten primaiy school districts, in each of whiah a single female teacher, should have charge of some 50 pupils of the lowest grade, say Irora six to eight years ot age. Of these districts, at least one should be upon the Island. The First Ward has now really two primary echools; the 5th has doubtless primary subolais enough for i three, &c. 2nd. There should be about three Gram mar School Districts, each embracing three or four of the former. In each of these should be a Orammer School to which, at stated times, pupils should be admitted from the Primary Schools or elsewhere, on exami nation as to their attainments, and in which should be taught all the common branches of education to a certain fixed extent. 3rd. To crown the whole; to give charac ter to tho whole system : to promote the ef ficiency of all the schools, by giving oach school its proper grade of pupils and stim ulating both teachers and pupils to put forth their best efforts, there should be a central High School, to which pupils from the whole city might be admited once a year on rigid examination. In this should pro bably be three departments, Classical, Mathematical and Oommercial, each to embrace some of the studies pertaining to the others, and in each of which students might graduate with mutual henorto them selves and tbe public schools of Wheeling. Such a system is no idle figment of the writer's brain, it has been tried and prov ed in many places both east and west. It might, probably, be woll carried on under three several Boards of Trustees, who might act in concert in reference to the High School, and, therefore, in proposed wnru uiccuuKa. i cipeui vo tuio "aye ? on the proposition of the commissioners, pro testing, however, that the inhabitants of of the 6th Ward have the right to be in cluded if-they so desire. Had I timu and space I would advocate the adoption of this system as ft matter of economy. While the coat of carryingiton would differ probably but little from that of the present, it would inevitably, it prop erly organised as to superintendence &c., give us better schools for the same money. No doubt every, person who holds that or dinary schools are infinitely better than none, will agree that excellent schools are worth at least twice as much as simply good ones. If we now have any schools deserving the name of excellent (as I hope we have several,) it is not because the pre sent system has made them neoessarlly so, and even they would be far more efficient under a better system. One word more. Since an immediate re sult of the adoption of the above system would doubtless be the reducing of the number of male teachers, and a bar to the raisiog of the salaries of thoso that would remain,rio one can attribute selfish consid erations, iu.advocating it, to A Tkachbk. More about the Plundering and Talc ing of Buckhanuon. BUCKUAKKOlf, UpSHUB COUNTY", VA., Y , September G, l 862. - / Editor* Intelligencer: I have seen-- in your paper several ac counts of the capture of tbls town on the 30th ultimo, by the rebel Jenkins^and the great deatraotion of Government stores as welt as private; And such & destruction ha< scarcely been since the commencement of the war, amounting doubtless to three bun dred thousand dollars: The loss of'pri vate store*'wm considerable. Sly own was one that suffered from the plundering hand of traitors. Permit me to give you a short history of,tbls affair in addition to what, you have already had. j Home three days before the attack was made, we bad evidence from such men as -Dr., Gibson that. ehoold have been relied oh, that Jenkins with some 1200 cavalry was seen three miles above Huttonaville, fn Randolph connty, and finding" that tbey (yjfjWfot paps Beverly vejywfely they took a tack round by the head of Elk Water and across on the head waters of the Little Kanawha, andtheu down an unprotected c<rtS'ii*ry, irot'evmra post rider to bear the no*a< to this place. Notwithstanding, we were-attfficieatly : apprised that their aim. wo* for. this paint, why such, wanton neglect, in ample preparation to have met them and defended such vast amount ot stores, is to me the greatest mystery pf the flge. Surely there mast bare been a screw loose some place. Bat whilst I am not disposed to saddle the blame on any par ticular person, jet I feel that honor should be given to whom boaor is due, and chiefly to those whose acts 1 know something about. And I roust say in justice that Ool. Harris done his whole duty. I was known to many of his plans for our defence, and had he been permitted to have carried them out all would have been safe. But no, he was left in a manner without any force, only Captain Marsh's company and our new company, the Battery, boys, commanded by Captain Moore. But never did men fight better. OApt. Marsh and Capt. Moore deserve much credit for their brave defense, bat they were completely overpowered. Even had there been another such company we would have whipped them to death, and notwithstanding our small number the reb el loss was some nine killed and some twelve or fifteen wounded, whilst ours was only eight wounded?two of wboro have since died, and another probably may;? After oar men Were wholly overpowered the rebels came rnshing into town mere like I demons thaa men. Plundering and rapine seemed to be their game. They stole ev ery good horse they conld get their hands on wherever they went, and yet they call themselves the Souther chivalry?the reg ulars of the army. If they be, Ood save us from the guerrillas. What would a South ern Confederacy be worth based on such principles as they are governed by ? Or bow long would it take them to convert a law-abiding, constitutional-loving people to their fiendish practioes and their so called Southern Confederacy? Never! while there is one star to be numbered on the flag of our country, or whilst there is one drop or spark of patriotism remaining in the hearts of the Amerioan people. I could give many more particulars, but will not at present, as I was an eye witness to the battle, being with many of the citizens, and armed with such guns as we could get, and stood in defense of the place uatil the battle was over and all lost, and was com pelled to retreat in very bad order to the woods. F. OFFICIAL. IiAWS OP. TUB UNITED STATES Patted at the Second Seiiion of the Thirty Seventh Congrett. [public no. 130.] An Act concerning certain lands hereto fore granted to the State ol Iowa Do it enacted by the Sensto and House or Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tbatthe five sections of land granted to the State of Iowa by the third subdivision of seo tion six of an act entitled "An act supple mental to the not for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union," approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, bo and the same are horeby released and disoharged from the limitation contained in said section; and tho General Assembly of the State of Iowa may make such dispositions of said land as may be deemed best for the interests of said State. Approved, July 11, 1802. [Poblic?No. 121.] An Act to abolish certain ports of deliv ery in the Missisisippi valley. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the several laws constituting Hannibal, in the Stato of Missouri, Hickman and Columbus, in tho State of Kentuoky, Chattanooga and Knoxville. in the Stato of Tennessee, and Tuscumbia. in the State of 'Alabama and Shreveport, in the Stato of Louisiana, ports of delivery, be and the samo are hereby repealed. Approved, July 11, 1862. [Public?No. 122.] An Act for tho establishment of cortain national arsenals. Be it enncted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amorica in Congress assembled, That there be and hereby is established a national arsenal at Columbus, in the State of Ohio, at Indianopolis, in the State of Indiana, and on Rock Island, in the State of Hlinois, for tho deposit and repair of arms and othor munitions of war. Sec. 2. And bo it further enacted. That for the purpose of carrying this aat into efient, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for each arsenal named in the preceoding section be and the same is horchy appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 11, 1862. [Public?No. 123.] An Act to ohange the place of holding tho circuit and distriot courts of the United States for the distriot of West Tennessee. Bo it enacted by. the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amerioa in Congress assembled. That hereafter the circuit and distriot courts of tho United States for the distriot of West Tennessee shall be holden ob the first Mondays in April and October, in the town erf Huntingdon in the county of Carroll, in said distriot instead of the town of Jackson, the place heretofore fixed by law. And all process, civil and crimi nal, which may have been, or hereafter may be issued, returnable to said courts at Jackson,'sbtfl be returned to said courts at Huntingdon ; and all books and records of every kind, portaining to said oourts, shall be transferred from said town of Jookson to said town of Huntingdon. Approved, July 11,1802. [Public?No. 124] An Ac* to authorise the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a deputy collector ofthe customs dt Chincoteague island, in the' State of Virginia. Be H enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States of America ip Congress assembled, ' That the Secretary ofthe Treasury be and lie is hereby authorised to appoint, aocording to law, a deputy collector of customs to reside on Obincoteag[u]e island, in the State of Virginia, and to exeroiss such powers,- under th^. rovouoe 'Jaws, as be, the Secretary of (he Treasury, may pres cribe; tho compensation of the said deputy collector to bo ibo legal fees on the busi ness he may transact, and no more. Approved, July 11, 1862. [Pcklic?No. 125.] Am Act relating to schools for the educa tion of eolored children in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Colombia. Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Thai the duties imposed oo the board of trustees and public schools in the oities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Colum bia, by virtue of an act entitled "An act providing for the education of colored children iu the cities ot Washington aod Georgetown, District of Columbia, and for other purposes/' "approved May twen tj-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be and the same are hereby transferred to Daniel Breed, iSayles J. Bo wen, and Zenas C. Bobbins, and their successors in offices who are hereby created a board of trustees of the schools, for colored children In the oities aforesaid, and who shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties con ferred upon and required of the trustees of public schools in the said cities of Wash ington and Georgetown by the aforesaid act. Sec. 2. And be it futther enacted. That the before-named trustees shall bold their offices for the respective terms of one, fvo, and three years, to be determined by lot, aod it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, on the first day of July, eigh teen hundred and sixty?tbree, and annuallj on that day thereafter, to appoint from among the residents of the said cities a trustee in place of the one whose term has expired or is about to expire. And the Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to fill vacancies in said board of trustees whenever, from any oaose, such vacancies may occur. Approved, July 11, 1862. [Public?No. 126.] A* Act to amend an act entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missoori riv er to the Pacific ocean, and to secnre to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved July 2, 1862. Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of I Representatives ot the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first meeting of the commissioners named in the act entitled, "Au act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the .Government the use of the same for postal/military and other* purposes,'* approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of thn five commissioners directed by said act to j be appointed by the Secretary of the Inte rior, shall be held at Bryan Hall in the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, on the : first Tuesday of September next at twelve o'clock at noon. A notice of said meeting to be signed by at least ten of the commis sioners named in said set, shall be pub lished at least once a week during the six successive weeks commencing oo the twen tieth of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty two, in one daily newspaper in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis, and no other notice of said meeting shall be requisite. Approved, July 12, 1862. [Public?No. 127.] Ax Act supplementary to Uie "Act for tbe release of certain persons held to serrice or labor in tbe District of Columbia," approved April sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative! of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tbat the oatb or affirmation required by tbe second section of this act entitled "An act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," to vorify tbe statements or petitions in writing Gled before the commissioners, under tbe act aforesaid, of persons holding claim to service or labor against persons of African descent, freed and discharged tberetrom, under the act aforesaid, may in all cases in which tbe persons holding claims, as aforesaid, are infanta or minors, be made by the guardian or by any other person, whether separately or jointly, having tbe custody, management, or control by law of tbe persons and property of snch infants or minors, and that in all cases in which the persons holding claims as aforesaid are non-residents of the District of Colum bia, or resident absentees, tbe oath of af firmation required as aforesaid may be made by the attorney or agent of said non resident or resident absentees; and In all cases is which tbe statements or petitions, required as aforesaid, of persons in the mil itary or naval service of the United States, shall hare been or may be hereafter veri fied before any commander ot any military post, or of any officer having a separate command of any military force in thefield, or before any captain, commander, or Uentenant commanding in the aavy* the same shall be received and deemed valid, to alt intents and purposes, as folly as if tbe verification had been or were made be fore any officer competent by law to take and administer oatbs and affirmations; Provided, Tbat the commissioners shall be satisfied tbat, at the time of tbe verifica tion aforesaid, the person makiojr tbe same was employed in tbe military or naval ser vice of the United Slates within the juris diction of a rebellions State or Territory, and nnable to make the oath or affirmtion required, as aforesaid, before any offioer authorized by law to take or administer tbe same, holdiog allegiance to the Uqited States. Sec. 2. And be tt further enacted, Tbat if any person having claim to the service or labor of any person or persons to the Dls-i trict of Colombia by reason of African de scent shall neglect or refuse to file with the clerk of tbe Circuit Court of the Dis trict of Columbia the statement in writing or schedule provided in the ninth section of tbe act approved April sixteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to which this is supplementary, then it shall be lawful for the person or persons whose services are claimed as aforesaid to file such statement in writing or schedule setting forth the par ticular facta mentioned in said ninth sec tion; and ths said clerk shall receive and record the same as provided in said section on receiving fifty cents each therefor. Sea 3. And be it.farther enacted,,?That whenever the facts set forth in. tbe said statement: or achadnls shall ha fouod by ike commissioners to be true, the said clerk and his successor In office sbali prepare, sign, and deliver certificates, u prescribed in the tenth section of the act to which this is supplementary, to soch person or per sons as shall file their statements in pursu ance of the foregoing section, in all re spects the same as if inch statements were filed by the person having clai a to their service or labor. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted. That all persons held to service or labor nnder the laws of any Sute, and who at any time since the sixteenth day of April, anno Dom ini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, by the consent of the person to whom snch service or labor is claimed to be owing, have been actually employed within the District of Colombia, or shall be hereafter thus em ployed, are hereby declared free, and for ever free from such servitude, any thing in the laws of the United States or of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, Tnat in all judicial proceedings in the District of Columbia there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color. Approved, July 12, 1862. [Pcauc?No. 128.] Ax act relating to trust funds of several Indian tribes invested by the Govern ment in certain State bonds abstracted from the custody ol the late Secretary of the interior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and hereby is directed to cause to be entered upon the proper books of his Department the follow ing credits to the Indian tribes herein nam ed, to wit: To the Delawares, the sum of four hnadred and twenty-three thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars aad twen ty-six cents; to the Iowas, the sum of sixty six thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars; and to the confederate bands of Kaskaskias, Peorias, Piankeshaws, and Weos, the sum of one huudred and sixty nine thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-five cents; which said amounts heretofore invested by the Gov ernment uuder treaty stipulations with said tribe* in the bonds of the States of Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina, were stolen while in the custody of Jacob Thomp son, late Secretary of the Interior, in whose Department they had been ^deposited for Bafe keeping. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted. That said entries shall be and remain evidence that the United States holds the said sev eral sums named in trust for said tribes respectively, and the Treasurer of the Uni ted States is hereby authorized and direct ed to pay to said tribes, respectively, on requisitions by the Secretary of the Interi or, interest on the sums credited as afore said, at the rate of five per centum per an num, in semi-annual payments, on the first ds^s of January and July in each year, the first of said payments to be on the first day of Jana&ry, eighteen hundred and sixty three. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That all interest which said tribes may hare bad in said bonds as aforesaid, is berebjr termi nated and the same is vested in the United States; and any recover/ or reclamation of the same, or aoj part thereof, shall be for the nse and benefit of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the sum of fiftj thousand and sixty-six dollars and sixty-four cents is hereby ap propriated. out of any money in the treas ury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of interest to the tribes aforesaid on the sums invested in the bonds afore said from the date of the last payment of interest on said bonds to the first day of July, eighteen, hundred and sixty-two, to wit: the sum of thirty-two thousand three hundred and seven dollars and ninety-one cents to said Delawares, five thousand and thirty-two dollars and twenty*three cents to said Iowas, and twelve thousand seven hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents to the said confederate bands of Kaskaskias, Peorlas, Piankeshaws, and Weas. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force only in relation to such of the tribes afore said as shall file with the Secretary of the Interior theirassent, in writing, to so much thereof as relates to tbem respectively. Approved, July 12,1862. IPubuc?Ho. 129.] AN ACT to provide for the quieting of certain land title* in the late disputed territory la the State of Maine and for other purpoeee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreeen tatiTM of the United Statrs of America in Coagrees assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be end he fa hereby authorised and required to pay, out of any money hi iheTieeeury not otherwise appropria ted, to Laura A. Stebblns, of Bangor, I otha State of Maine; Catherine C. Ward, of Roxbury, In the State ofM??chueette; RnftisMansur, ofHonlton, lathe State or Maine; and James A.Drew of Che lea. In the Stateof Masaachusetts, the earn of thirty-three hun dred and fifty three dollars each, being in all tbe nun of thirteen thousand four hundred and twenty tew dollar*. In fail compeneetioo tor three thenaand three hundred and fifty-three acres of land, inctoding the timber previously taken therefrom, in the half town - ?hip In the State of Maine, gran ted by the Stite of Masseehoeetts to the late (leoeral Raton, and called the ** Baton great," to which said parties lost title by the operation of tbe fourth article of the treaty of ninth August, elghtec hunlred and forty-two. Ho settle and define the boundary between the United States and the a on ??ions of her Britannic Majesty In North America: Provided, That the said Lanra A. Stebblns, Catherine C. Ward, Ruftis Mansur, and J. A. Drew shall execute deeds of relisea to tbe parties holding ?tpusjusn*j"or"eqaitabloyiisMWijiyctaisse? to the aald three thousand three hundred and fifty three acres of land, or any portion thereof as de eoribedin the reports made to the aoeeruer and ooua cil of Maine by Bbeoeaer Hntchlweim and commisrioners under a resolution j islature or Mid 8tale on tbe tu eighteen hundred and fifty-foor, i _ , ?erys aocompmy said reports, and . of reoecd in the land officeofsahl State: And praridad,also, .That It shall appsar to the satisfaction of the land agent of said State of Maiae that such deeds ef relea fectnally convey a good title So said lands, e far as said tltlas bare bean affected fcy the operation of the treaty afsreaald: And provided, farther, That if It shall appearte tbe said land agent that the afbre eaid parties are faaoowprteat to make each deeds of release to tbe whole of said lands, then they shaUbe entitled to receive a pro reta anJy of the fonipsnee tien provided la this aet tor * mat* thereof ae they tion passed by theleg twe&th day of April, n-,aad the plan of sar shlp,* so called, laths Steteof _ six thousand eevsa hundred *od^?ixty-yht . .!? for sixteen hundred and ninety two I jmXZS* r.?r?l?i nrtnllj l<M Otto by 1 ?k. ibs issjilatinna, i-i-trf-**?", ?-* - ..ssi^s S the proriaoa to the first earth? of this act ?,?>????. ?Wr.nnathu i? UraillgilM Bl h^inull^ all. *fth* city ofMoB.in Mm I i lt?,lb***m of sevtatboaaaadaix kuodr*daadthirty-*r*dellBr*. in tbo proportion of three foarthe of th>B?< to aM Monro*. and oo*-fbarth to Mid Srwall, and to Jubh ' ad twenty-eight dollars; Ik* aaid ?ml g a fOll compensation, at tho rate dTone iy*. grant aad Pfysaouth townahim (ao-caUed in tbe tho State of Main*, and within tho district recognieed a* tb* "dieputad territory," and whicii timber vm taken off and lotto tb* proprietor* ia puifiiTi of tb* diplomatic arnanBiBt entered Into between the United 8tatee and Great Britain in eighteea hundred and thirty-two, by which botb parties egrasd t* ab tnaaid territo ry: Provided. That tb* payment* aatbortaad aad in quired by tbi* act may be ?ita, in whole or ia Srt, at tbe option of tb* Secretary of tbe Tr***ary, any of tb* b*ode of tb* United States baariag in tenet at tb* rate of eixper centum per ana aa^wbleb bare been or may bareafUr b* authorised by law to Approved, Jaly 11,1M (Pobuo?mo. 130.) AN ACT toprorid* for the payment of finaa and pan altiea collected by or paid to tb* justices of tb* peaceofthe District of Columbia uuder the acta of Coogrsee approved tb* thiid and fifth of Auguet. Bo lt*8*ct*d by tb* Senate and Honeeof Bepre aentatlves of tb* United Statss of America in Oob greee asaamhled, That the aereraljuaticee of the peace of tb* District of Ootaaubia who bare Impooad floe* fifth day* of Auguet, eighteen hundred aad sixty-one. on or before tb* fifteenth day of July, eighteen hun dred and sixty-two, malt* n fan and mithfal report of their doings in that bebalt efattng tb* nam* of the party, tb* amooat of fine ierpoeari. aad tb* name of tb* witnemea examined In each cm, to tb* Superin tead*at of Metropolitan Polioe. aad ahall pay over all money tin their hand* artaiog from eoch fines to tb* said snp* rin tendon t; andaocb of aaid Jaatieae aa shall fail by tb* tlm* apacifiad to aaaka aacb report, and comply with tb* otb*r proviaiona of this law. ahaU be liable to afta* *f not lam than three hundred ia tb* aaid District of Colombia; aad It aball b* U* duty of the Superintendent of Metropolitan Police to inspect the docket* kept by tbe aaid Jaetleee of the ? peace, for tk* purpoee of a - - - ** by t J 1 I _jfcl ?_ ? said superintoodent; and, Calling to do eo, aball psya On* of oot I*es than fifty nor mora than oo* hundred dollars, to be oollected as above. Sec. ? And be it further enacted, That aaid Jneti ees of the peace shall, on or befcra tb* fifteenth day of July ia each aad every year, make a fell and fidtfc. rul report of their doings as aforesaid, for tho preced ing year, to tbe Superintendent of itetropoUtaa Po lice, aad aball pay over all moneys ia their bands arisiagfrom each finee to the Mid superintendent; aad If any Justice of the peace of tbo INetriet of Oo lombta abaU foil to comply with the provision* el tbl* law, he shall be liable to a flue of not lees than three hundred nor more than Ave huadrod dollars, to bo collected aa pro*idH !?? ?he first section of thio act. Approved, July IS, 190. tirce of the United But* oc Oeww ? Nobtod, Tb? tb* .rUr otheM <>f U>? et?w of th? E^J. gm? **"'r-T^ mo*, which ?u rank daring ^ New Ortawi o? or nb*et the VWlgJ, *e pWMjW. ? April, eighteen tmudred ^^?2 ortbeei wtththen?ou^ of^tyifc?^toeu*ertb?Ar lo?M or baddimc. clothing. and ouiocH by the ?infcinzor the nMit?M?r. ApproTed, Jnlj 11, WB Ptrsuc BaaLCtioJ?No. 41. JOINT RESOLirriO*?r.?'<lil>lfor;2f?!S?2? of aurplas copies or the Biennial BSgUtfT for Um hundred aod ?i*ty-oae mmh? tbo several burouti in the ExbcuUts Dtpart?w., Resolve*) by the Senate and llooae of Mpi UMx>fu?o.h?i??-of *,yj|>.l*.0?yr'.T; *embl*d, That tb. ?g? h. U h-r.hy STANDARD SCALES, ADAPTKD T0?VK?T BKAMpnOFBOTprtM wbsre a correct and datable Bcaleisre^nira* Counter Scales or Erery Variety. PORTABLE & DOBJCAXT SCALES FOR STORES. HAY AMD CATTLE SCALES. AO of which are warranted is mrtrj frnwmmm^r Call and exanloe, or aaad fern 111 ??>????? ? SAM'L OTT, 80H * CO., A?eat? wiwtmimutta Hardware ,8 addlery Hardware ,&o