The Greensborough patriot [March 29, 1851]

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VOLUMK XII.
ceensbotonah Pflfritt
(HIEKNSBOROUGIl, N.C., MARCH 29, J85J. NUMBER 48.
—sU.
PUIil.ISlIF.l) WEEKLY
IT SWAIM AND SHERWOOD.
I'rlro fS-IO a year:
•■ ««■<■ nnl.LUS, IF »"T PAID WITHIN "ST. MONTH
V, I ill. THE HATE or THE sltBSC.ltFTION.
A failure on the put of niiycnstniner to"")" "',|-
eonlinuimce within Ihe subscription year w.ll lie con-aidered
indicative ol his wit* I" continue the pupa*.
■Hat the postage on the rental number ..ra new.-, Sue. 4. And be it Jurthtr enacted. That il adjusting th. weight of the ssid.coin. me follow-
Datwr published weekly, for any distance not ex- shall be the duty o( every postmaaler to cause tu I ing deviations from the ilaadard weight MM not
cecdii.g filtv mile, nut of the county where pub- ' be defaced, in such manner aa the Potlmaslei \ be exceeded, namely—one-half of a grain in the
li.hcd. 'hall be live cenla perquarter for any dis- ' General shall direct, all pontage stamps allsched j •ingle piece, and one pennyweight in a thouiand
lance exceeding lifty tnilea, and mil exceeding to !eticr« depnailed in his office for delivery, or to : piecea.
three hundred miles, ten cenla per quarter; lor be aent by mail; and if any postmaster, sending i Approved, March 3, 1851.
anv distance exceeding three hundred miles and letters in the mail wild postage stamps attached, i ——
not exceeding one thousand, fifteen cents per shall omii to deface the same, it shall be the du-' [Poauu—No. IS.]
quarter; for anv distance exceeding one thou- ty of the poslinasier to whose office such letters ' AN ACT making appropriations for the service of
-and miles and nol exceeding two thousand miles, shall he sent for delivery to deface the stamps and tho Post Office Dep.rtn.ent. during the haca
for any di.tano ex- | report the delinquent po.un.sler to the Po.lm.s.. Tff ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand
claim which ahall be ineurred, accrue, or arise,
subsequent to the passage of thia aet; or to any
judgment obtained after the passage thereof.
See. 4. And be il Jurthtr'enacted. That the
Postmaster General is hereby authorised to allow >
ADOBES! OF O. If. WILEY,
Delivered be/ore the Oreemboro' Guard,.
Feb. 22rf, Ittftl.
[Published by request of the fiuards ]
hereafter to the special agenu of th. Post Office ' Gentlemen of the Grrcneboro' Guaftla:
ADVBHTI81NG IIATKS. I twenty cent, per quarter; for any distance ex- , report We delmquen i po.,.n..i.r totne rosin..*- . {^ JSSW t*d fitiy-two. and for other pur-o„.
,ioii, ne " »««■ mm '""■■•) *" *• "'*' I ree,1""r ,W" ",0""",l milM "nd ""' escee,lm*.,er °"mi' .A,ul ,r •"* |,e7"""" "*or "'•' mm.
m«V and tvremyI v. .-nt- b, mmj'wmM there- , (our thousand mile,, twenty-five cent, per qu.r- tempt to u«. i. Fep.v.n.n. of postage, any pos- , ■ enaclcJ by lhf Senate and Ihu.e a/'
X' nedu,,;,.,ilHiadoi,.l..vor„r.,a,,d.,.gadv..r. ltr: .,,d lor any distance exceeding four thou- tage stamp winch shall h.,c bee., before used for „,„,. 0f,he ,.-„•„,, Slal„ 0, ,„mJ
Glints as follows: sand miles, thirty cents per quarter; .nd .IMike purpose., sue. persons shall be subject lo. ,,./(„ Cf„ 0'„fm6/fn., That tho following '
Three ri//w.
Oaesquare, M.M
Two squnres, 7,fli
Three " (I col.) in on
Hall column, 18.00
N'u inoutlu. th\eyc
95.50 SH.on
111.00 14.00
15.00 '-'0.00
25.00 35.00
On, year j Mw.paper, publinhrd mon.l.ly. and Ml MMl penally of fifty dollif* for «£**£<og«£. £ ,umB bC( <S tUe iamc ire hcrfhv. .npropri.«3
! and hoiia lidr sutwrnhers, si,Ml be (■haige. with b« recover*.! in ihe name .if Uw United States, m ^^ |>|)-l0jBrt Department. IW
one tnurth ihe f.iregning rates ; and on all men any court ol compeient juriidiriiuii.
(newspapers published aeini-monthly shall bo j i"
I BharMd wiib .tne-half iho fnreguinjr rates ; and nf
Department the annual salary of sixteen hundred
dollsr*: Provided, That no more ahall be expen*
dfil for this purpose, during the present year,
than ia slready appropriated in this act.
Approved, March 3, 1851.
[PUBLIC—No. 14.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the aupport of
lite Military Aradeiny, for the year ending the
tlnrlielh June, one thousand eight hundred ami
Hliy-two.
lie it enacted by the Smote and Home of
BY AUTHORITY.
Public Art.
Puned during the trcond IM«iM 0/ the Thirty-
Jiret Conpreee.
[Pi ULIC—No. 2.] )
A UKSOIATION direitioii the distriliution of the
works of Alexander Hamilton, and lor other .Hir-ers
published semi-weekly shall be chafed
Ntc 5 And be U fart**■ ««rlid Th.t list. ; *■ >e" -""". ,he ,hir,ielh of June' n"<' ,Uou" "'P'»entutive. 0, the United State, o/Ameri-
Nit. S. And be ,1/urt™*£WJ^™i^^t^fartilV.tw*mtotwymt+ rain Congrc*, auembled, Th.t the following
.,.'o ,„J'.i„,„,i LLII i,.„.r..r h. nohli.li. >h« '"* Bepartinenl, in conformity to the act of „u, 0f aBV mou„ ,„ ,he Traaaurr nototherwise
hook, and e.ery other description of printed mat. under such regulations a. shall be prescribed by
tcr. winch shall be unconnected w.th any manu- him at a charge no. exceeding one [three] at, ' '™ P Southampton, to Fire- , Ko r
scrip,, or written matter, and which ,. may be -uch office, ,, •£*»^^S^Xi «5 •• one hundred thousand dollar, for each ' ,».„, u ,
liwKl t" -r mil through llic mail, of no greater tin,,, a. the IM„.na.ter (.'«»> 'faU pntrnbe, <hj con|r>cl (|||| ,||e „,.„„ s„am ■
ly-aix tlioiisand dollars, j musicians, eighty
For Iransporution of thejnails in two steam- and thirty-six dollars.
oinmutalion of subsistence, two thousand
ndred and sixty-three dollars,
forsge of officers' horses, eight hundred
It is hardly necessary for me lo tell
you that I feel much unauectsd embarrassment,
on this interesting occasion. As von sro aware,
tl.s design of hsving an address io.d.y was but
very lately matured; and just three days ago
your pubhcsspiriied and -excellent Captain limi-ted
me that I was expected to be the orator.
I/'nder ordinary circumstances a man can think
ov.r a good deal in three days; hut il he b. a
modest man or a diffident man. it will take him
half that time to rally himself am! muster his ■
idea*. These idra. on th. eve of a speech-day
■re as hard to enlist s. it i. to get soldiers afters.
declaration of war and on the mar approach of
baltl.; and then, like raw recruits, they cannot
be made effective until they liars Satan drilled,
disciplined and ensbled to discharge themselves
with promptness and precision. They are like
toldiara in atill another and iinporiani particular;
their power and usefulness are often enhanced
by Ihe dress in which they appear.
It is the pomp and pageantry of war that giv*
it much ot its charms and its terror.; and lan-guage
and style and manner often do more for tin
orator than his matter.
luuon, one cop
the Naval Belli
lo Ihe Joint Oil
|turposenf inlci
lo Mrs. Kliza Hamilton, five
colleges and literary ItrsliiMliiM
signaled bv ll
rv, one hun
■ ; to the Military Academy and
ol at Annapolis, each one copy ;
ninitiee on .he Library, for the
national nchange, twelve copies ;
copies ; Hi such
■I shall bn di'-
ircseiil Conimittee IMI thn l.ibra-
S.H! IWl'lllV
SKI.?. And lie it furthrr rrtolrtd. Thai, aa
ihe appropriation neriiol'orc made for the editing
and publication of said papers is inadequate, ihe
Joint Cummit'rr on die Library be. and they
hereby arc, empowered lo sell die undistributed
residue of ihe copies of said work ; and that the
proceeds ill such sale lie applied by Mlid commit-tee,
in aid of the said appropriation, I" ile!ray the
expense of editing and publishing said worka.
Six. 3. And be itfurther retnlvrtl. That the
works itf the late John Adams, published and be-ing
published, for which the Congress of the I.'-
l.iled Stales have subset ibed, he distributed in
the same manner as is herein provided for the
distribution of Ut6 works of ihe hue Alexander
Hamilton, except the five copies to Mrs. Eliza
Hamilton.
SEC. 4. Ami he il Jurthtr retained. That the
Six. 0. And he il Jurthtr marled. That to j
any postmaster whose commissions may be re-dnced
before iheainount allowed at his office lor
the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eigh-teen
hundred and fifty -one. and whose labors
mav be increased, the Postmaster General shall
be iiulhonzeil, in his discretion, to .How such «d-diiional
i niiissions as he may deem just and .
1'rovidril, That the whole amount of
der ihr provisions
I a«e oil all printed mailer other than newspapers
and periodicals piihli.hed at Intervals, nolexceed-ine
three mouths, and senl from the office III pub-lication
to aclual and bona fide subscribers, to be
prepaid ; and in ascertaining the weight of news-papers
for the purpose ol determining the amount
of postage ehargeshle thereon, they shall be
weighed when in a dry state. Anil whenever a-nv
printed matter on winch the postage is requir-ed
bv Ibis seelion lo he prepaid shall, through the
inattention of postmasters, or otherwise, be senl
wilhotil prepayment, the same shall lie t
with double die amount of postage which
have been chargeable thereon if the postage eighteen hundred and fifiy-one.
bad been prepaid j but nothing in this act con- S».c. 7. And bt ilJurthtr enacted. That m
laincd shall subject 10 postage any matter ivhich ' post office now in exi.lence .hall be diseoniinu
is exempted from the pay meal of postage by any ed, nor shall the mail service on any mai'
existing law. And die Postmaster (ieueial, by
and wiih ihe advice and consent of ihe President
ol the United Slates, shall be and he is hereby
authorized to reduce or enlarge, fromtime to lime,
the rales of postage upon all letters and other
mallahlc matter conveyed between the United
Siiites and anv foreign country, for the purpose
For wrapping-psper, thirly-fiv e thousand dol- „f „ regiment of dragoon.
put clothing for officers" ser'snls, thirty Is*
liars. |,„.
srs. par repairs aud improiements, fuel, apparatus
Inllars. forage for public horses and oxen, stationary
printing, and oilier incidental and contingent ex-thousand
pei.ses, twenty-seven thousaud one hundred and
dollars.
For mail depredations, and special agents, thir-iv-
it vr thousand dollars.
For tlerks in the offices of postmasters, four
hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous itens.-gh y hoiaanddo
not trust myself to an extempore effort: I fear-ed
thai before such a brillant arr.y as is here
presented, my militia forces would break and
scatter in every direction. To secure mv hasti-ly
gathered ideas, I have pin tlicm an paper;
and if I read them, I'm sure you will excuse me.
Uenllemen, you are Ihe soldiers of peace.
You are part ot an establishment based on us
For increase and expenses of the library, one blessed principles ; nnd very spproprntely your
lusauu dollars. _ , company .prang into exi.lence on a da v sacred
For expenses of the Hoard of V.aiiors. inclu- m that holy cause. This is the anniversary of
mg deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal your existence as the soldier, of peace ; audit is
car ending thirtieth June, one thousand eight the anniversary ol the hirtb of Washington.
thirty-live dollar.
Il
. Its
For new mail-locks, anil kcrei iwcniy-liie hundred and f.liy-oue, three thousand eight hun- annual return is calculated to awaken many e-lliousaud
dollars. dred dollars. motions ; and it would he d.llicuii for a true pa-
For maps of post routes, six thousand dollars. Fni expenses of practical induction in field m.rt ami a devout fr d of human nrogreta lo
proper .1 tou,lt,i, I lui ,n* ™"''*'"™"', :. |\,r incidc.ilalexpen.es of post offices in Call- engineering, comprising purchase of lumber, express his leeling on such an occasion.
commisstnns owed such p,. master dunnre , ^^ ^^^^^mi** of their es. „„„. lou|.fbru.h. 4c, &c„ for con.irucon of For nearly .i< thousand roar, lha world was
nscat year snaii no. 't™ ; . Ii.hinent lo U.e lliirlietl. of June, eigtren hundred tmiehcs, field baitenes, magazines, gun and mor- without one pure patriot: for n nilv six Ihou-
K""'.'..!. .-„*T°""!nJ ,'h. ■""r"!"" In of Jot. ""J fihy-one. sixty-six thousand dollars: or so ,„ phifcrtoe, descenu of dt.che.. mines, and oth- .„„! year, our race had been making progress be-much
thereof as may be necessary HI addition ,,r te.npo.ary work, live hundred dollars. , fore it produced a soldier « idiom ambition, a
to ihe commissions allowed by law to postnus- por erecting quarters for engineer troops, five .talesman without guile, a ruler who prefirred to
ler. ; to be expended at such office in such pro- thousand dollars. live under equal laws rallier than be this law
rnule portions, and under such regul.iions, ,. ihel'osi- I p„r apparatus for warming academy and oth- hltuself.
in any ol the States or Territories he discontinu-ed
or diminished, in consequence nf any diminu-tion
of the revenues that may result from this act;
nd il shall be the duty of lha Postmaster lien
lor as commissions.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted. That the
Poalinasier tiencral shall be, and he is hereby,
'"" " ""*",','.' """-■ "' 'i" " 7"',' ~ .,.. I authorized lo appoiui letter carriers lor the deliv-eral
to e.tabllsb new poll office, and p .«. I - | W ^ .„ (_.,,„•„„„,
„,. ,1 service on anv new tn-d roii.e. established , J ^ JJW ,hc |cll,r.,jrnfra wllo
that may hereafter be e.lahltsed. HI the same | "•^,°_-.........A h „..., „..:.-.. ,„ de-sier
lioneral may direct, and lo be accounted n buildings with hot air, two thousaud five bun-dled
dollars.
Approved, March 3, 1881.
making better"postal arrangements will, other manner as though thia act had not passed: And
........ •%., it ii tio.vveerrnniiiiiieenniiss., oorr ccooiuionietev.ria<c-otiMn»g a..n„y. a..d"■v«e-r.s=e- tne-a- pr.ruov..id.ed,,further. [LT-—ha.-t d—ie--comp, ensation of no
Clerk of the House ol representatives be. and he . . ;nl,.r(.„„w wlln („reign postmaster shall be diinniislied in consequence ol
is hereby. Instructed lo deliver to each member
of the present Congress, one copy of llic eighth
volume of th* American Archives: and for this
purpose he (hall use the IWO hundred and nine
teen volumes of the Archives paid lor at the last
session of Congress, and purchase
number ol volumes III supply Ihe lief
(Mmoai HO..KI.I. COM
Speaker of the Hou rleyri
(Signed) WILLIAM Ii h
Prosidonl ol tho Senatu pr
Approved. Fcbruarv '27, IH5I
(Signed)
ufficieut
iency.
eutative-.
IXG,
i lempore.
.MII.1.AIIII KILI.MIIKK.
j Pitill! —No. 12..'
AN ACT in reduce ami modify lha rale, of postage
in the United States, and lor otbor purposes.
licit enacted by the Senate and //.me »/
Heprrtrnltilirmiiflhr Inil.d Slaltt of Ameri-ca
ill Ctmgreu tUtembltd, Thai front the thirti-eth
day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
countries ; and postmasters at the OsfiM of delive-ry
are hereby authorised, and It shall ha their
duty, lo remove wrappers and envelopes from all
printed Bailor and pamphlets not charged with
letter poalage. for the purpose of asrenainiiig
whether there is upon or connected with any
such primed mailer or in such package anv mat-ter
or thing which would authorize or require Ihe
charge of a higher rale uf postage thereon. And
all publishers of paillpblels, periodicals, maga-zines,
and newspapers which shall not exceed
sixteen ounces in weight, shall be allowed to in-terchange
their publications reciprocally fteo ••!
postage: Provided, That such interchange ahall
be confined I" a single copy of each publication :
the passage of this act.
Shi-. H. And be il further enurlrd. That
there shall be paid to ihe I'oalUffice Department,
in lurlber pavmenl and I pensalion for the mail
service performed for the two House, of Con-gress
ami the oilier Departments and oflices ol
the Government in ilia irsnaportaiiooof free mat-ter,
ihe sum of live hundred thousand dollars per
year, which shall be paid quarterly, out of any
' money in ihe Treasury nototherwise appropria-te'!
: and the moneys appropriated to the Post
Office Department by ihe twelfth section ol the
aet " lo eslalilish certain post routes and for oili-er
purposes," approved March third, eighteen
| hundred and forty-sev en, and remaining uiidravvn
And provided, aim'. Thai laid publishers may j in the Treasury, shall continue subject to the rc-rnclu-
c III their publications the bills for sub- qmsitton of the Postmaster Genual, for the scr-leriptioD.
thereto without any addnional charge vice of the Post Omeo Department. nolwiUjaian-for
postal*: Andprovided, further. That in all ding the same may hat e so remained so uudi
cases where newspapers shall not contain over for more than two years after it became
three hundred square inches they may be trans- to such reqnisiti'
pr
may lie appointed at any such post ol
maud and receive such suras for all letters, news-paper.,
or other mailable mailer dellivered by
them, as may be recommended by llic postmaster '^V.
for whose office such letler-iarricr may be ap-pointed
: not exceeding five cents for every Idler,
two cents for every newspaper, and two cents
for every ounce of other inailal.le mailer; and the
Posliiia-ier General shall BO, and is hereby, au-thorized
to empower the special agents ol the
Post office Department in California and Oregon
to appoint such letter-carriers in their districlr
respectively, and In fix the rates of their com-pensation,
within the limns aforesaid, subject to,
and until the final action of the Postniasu r Gen-eral
thereon. Aud such appointments may he
made, and rale, of compensation modified, front
lime to nine, as may be deemed expedient; and
the rales of compensation may he fixed and grad-uated
in re.pecl to llic distance of ihe place ol
delivery from the post office for which such car-riers
are appointed ; bill the rate of compensation
| ] of any such Iclier-cairler shall nut be changed
after his appointment, except by order ol die
He had been looked lor and wished for;
through the long years of injustice and nii»rnL,
ol fraud and force his expecied coming oneil a
hope in ihe hearts of men. And often it seemed
"PUBLIC—No. 15.J i that he had come; but they who ran in meet him
AX ACT making appropriations for the payment of "'"' Mj offerings at his fer were smote with i-nav-
y pensions for ihe year ending the thirtieth of ™n rods and delivered utto bondage.
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.) Still this hope gathered iiren.ih, and the race
Jl, it e,u,cled.by the .?e,.«/e and Home „/, «dyapced in Ihe .iirtbutc. ol Inn. who come to
■prcrntalivc, o/lhe United Slate, of Ameri- reder,m " rolD "' '■""I11 •"»?■ , . „
rniii Congre,, anembled. That the following "J he Lord planted a garden .as.ward in h-om
he, am! the same is hereby, appropriated out den "nd ineie he put man, lor.iied in his own
f.ny money in the Treasury no. otherwise ap- ',""SC- *• possessor oll.ilc and liappineas. Bui
ii'|iritianteiidi,, ifio"r athmew |p'~ay■ •o"f •n•a" v• jy ap-wesnssssoiioenoss.s,j •lo•-■r t.h..e» "• .*"'. ,'""'I'"-" »"•' SB.. ••dim e-ia!e forfe.led ;
year ending ihirlielli of June, one thousand sight J"*1 w',h * 1.eur,B "P"11 ' ,
from Psrad.se. Westward hi. une was set -. and
westward hi. chihlreu vrore still driven* leaving
hundred and filly-two.
For invalid pensions, forty thousand duliare.
Approved, MarcSi 3, 1851. their psternal estate, the happy ma'i-ioii of il;
father behind.
Westward, still westward
go; hut though, they were ever la
_, nrMMMV, M. Mt»,w.,,„ io,-( ■ ,,,,,1 IlllCtl lo
| I fBLic—1>0. Itl.J gQ. )lul ,|lOUg||, ,|,ev mmn eil., |,-.<viMit ilieir un-
,v.» «v . ,„ ...vide ihe district ol Arkansaa into two c,.,lrj| .hode still farlber in ihe rear. lh«v were
judicial districts. sx|| the time coming nearer lo the condition which
llr it inutted 61/ Ihe Senate and Hou,e of nun once there enjoyed. Their exile was da-llrprrsentalive,
atthe Uttitid State, of Amen- signed to chasten, soften and purify their eorrup-ca
in CwUffatt a„emblcd. That from and after ted natures; and at each remove in-te.nl of drag*
ihe passage of ibis act ihe counties of Bentnn, giug a heavier chain their yoke became easier
Washington, Crawford, Scott. Polk. Franklin, and their burden, lighter. Still onward they
Johnson, Mailisou, and Carroll, and all that part went in their pilgrimage, forlrd Lo look hacoarard
ol the Indian country lying within the present : „r turn hack, thr BeongOf pprsaing at their heals;
judicial district of Arkansas, shall constitute a hut they carried a Covenant u ill, them, and
■eh letter shall have been prepaid, for. suitable postage sump, ol llic denomination
three cents, and live cents when the postage there- ol three cents, and ol such oilier dcnoiiiinaiions
on shall nol have been prepaid; and forany dis- as he may .Link expedient 10 fscilinte the pre-tance
exceeding three 1l1011sa.nl miles, double payment of die postages provided for in this act;
these rate, for e.ery such single letter or paper and any pc.son who shall lorge orcoiiiiterlcit a-avhen
conveyed wholly or ii: nan bv sea. anil to
or rVom a mroifn c.,.."'"< • IS« any dialance over
iweniv-five hundred miles, twenty rents, ami lor
any di.ianco under iweniy-livc hundred Hides.
■ en cents, (excepting, however, all cases where
«ue.h postage have been or shall be adjusted ai
afrinerenl rates by postal ire ny or oouvaniion, al-ready
cnncludeil or bercafler lo be made ;) and
for a double letter, ibcre shall he charged double
the rale, above •pacified ; and for a treble loiter,
treble lhose rales ; and for a quadruple leltcr.
•quadruple those rales ; and every letter or parcel
vided or Inriiishcn' nnilcrlhe
'ov.-ion Of this Of any former act. wbeltier the ' -posit, and bv employing earner. .0 receive
■I, at all post offices where ihe postmasters are
appointed by the President of Ihe United Stales
lo establish post routes iviihin ihe cilies or towns,
lo provide lor conveying letters lo the post office,
by establishing suitable and convenient place, of
and
same are impressed or primed oil or attached la
envelopes or not, or any die, plate, or engraving
therefor, or print, or knowingly use or sell, or
have 111 In. possession frith intent to use or sell,
any such false, forged, or counterfeited die. plate
eng:
or print
printed, any postage staniln
leposil them ill the post office: ami at all such
Offices 11 shall be in his power to cause letters to
he delivered by suitable carriers, to be appoinled
by him.for that purpose, for which not exceeding
one or iwo cents shall be charged, to be paid bv
ng. or postage stamp, or who shall make the person receiving or sending lie same 'l
or authorize or procure to be made or l" sum. so received shall he paid int.. the 1 usl
...nv postage ..amps of the I.nd provided <»""'« Department: /Wi.lW. Ihe amount ol
and furnished by Ihe Postmaaler tiencral as a- compensation allowed by die I oslma.ler (,enor-fbresaid,
without the especial Minority and dine- »'" >■'«<"> 'hM "> ■» «■■• r,":''(''1 ,l"'amou"
- 'I reasury. by each town or city,
lion,
lacled. That from
„ :,c^d ng ha7 .m'net in Wright shlin be iion of Vhe Post Office Dcpanment. or who. ,f- P«d i,.„. ,be Treasury by each
deemed .i smgle letter ; and evefy add,, al tcr such postage stamp, hare been printed. .h,||. under the provistimso ,l„ section
wcghi of hall a,, ounce, or additional weigh, of with ...lent 10 defraud the revenue, of ihel'oatl 8«0 II ..•/»./ bt ,1 further -nacl
lesalhan half an ounce, .hall be charged with an ; Office Department, deliver any postage stamps lo and alter the passage ol tins act It shall be law-addilioual
aintrl postage. And all drop-l.tiers, any person or person-other than such a. slt.ll he fill to coin, al the mind ol the United States and
or letters ul iced in any post office, not for Irene- authorized lo receive the same by a struiiieni its branches, a piece of the denoininaiion and le-
■aission bui for delivery only, shall be ehaiged of writing duly exeeuled under die hand ol ihe gal value of lliree cents, or ihrec-hundredlh. uf a
with postage al the rale of one cent each ; and
all lellers ihull hereafter In advertised as reinain-
10 01 me gai van i.u,ru..,« ,„ ., . just and expet lent, an -
PoetmssUf General, and Ihe seal of.he Pt»< Of- dollar, lo be composed oflhree-lourlh. silver and | judgment .1,-1 have been obtained lor debt
lice Depar.menl. shall on conviction thereof, be one-four.h copper, and .0 weigh .welve grains damage, due die I ost Office Department, ale
■ three-eights of a grain; lliat the said coin I ahall salialactordy appear, by die return of e
Sec. 3. And be it further marled. That in all 011 the second Mondays of May sud November promises bsde adieu 10 eastern land, committing
case, of fine, penally, foiMtlura, or disability, or in each and every year, and shall continue themselves and ihcirhnpi 1 to ihe wide sea, steei-slloged
liabilhty for any sum or sums of money, in .ession until all ihe business shall lie disposed ' ing wcsi-ward though nothing but lite bleak wa-by
way of damage, or'oiherwise, under any pro- i.l; and he is hsreby authorized and direcied to 1 lers was before them. They Inund land, a new
vision of law relating 10 the Post Office Depart- hold such other special sessions a. may bs neces-' world of primeval fores.s; and here liter hopes
mciit, or the officers, operarions, or business aery lor the despatch of the causes in said couri, ; grew brighter, and ilieir beans stronger While
thereof, the Postmaster General shall he, and he at such tints or limes as he may deem expedient, | iheir minds expanded wiih ii-* idee* (nd hep-i.
hereby, authorized lo uieoniibo such geneial and may adjourn such special sessions to any 1 pier fancies. Bui the oppressor *'iij pursued
rules anil mode of proceeding as shall lo hun ap- other i:.ne previous 10 a staled lerm. _ ^ and overtook them ; and ihey looked again lo be
pearexpedienl for ihe government of Ihe auditor SKC. 3. And be itfurther enacted. Thai the | driven Westward lo find iheir expected Champi-ol
ihe Post Office Department, 111 asccrtamg die district court of Ihe United Stales lor the western j on snd "neir resting place. Hot he arose in
facts in each case in which il shall be certified to district of Arkansas hereby established, in addi-1 iheir midst; and thev prepared in .land .heir
him by such auditor thai the interests of the De- lion to the ordinary jurisdiction and power, of a ground and lo fight here die hatrie of liberty and
parlineni probably require the exercise uf Ihe di.inci court, shall, within the limilsol iureepee-1 of right.
power conlerreil by this act; and upon llic facts live distrivi, have jurisdiction of allcauses, civil: They heard and heedrd a won
being ascertained as alore said, the said auditor or criminal, except appeals and writs of error, I man-ears h.d been sit Hirers since
shall have power, wiih Ihe written consent ol the i which nuw are, or herealtcr may by law be made tweei. Adam's son's : ihey receives.
Po.tmasler General, 10 mi.ig.te or remit such ' cognizable in a circuit court, and shall proceed Led a counter chars* greater than tba
fine, penally, or forfeiture, remove such disability, 1 therein in Ihe same manner ss a circuit court; govern " maxim which, since ,he 1
audio compromise, release, and di.ch.aige such | and an appeal or writ of error shall be proseeut- j rod bad worked such wonders lor kings and pol
claims for such sum or sums of money and dam- | ed from the final decree or judgment of said dls» , ilicians. Thai precious seorel, thai potent lalis-es,
on such terms as the said auditor'ehill deem I Irict couri lo ihe Supreme Couri of the United , man was the word Union—11 blended ihe hearts
Slates, in Ihe same manner thal.ppealsand writs I of ihe common people into one might) heart.
ol error now are, by law, from a circuit court 01 whose pulsations sent . heellhfal glow over lite
nd 11 , the United ISuie.. whole community ; it embodied the jusl impulses
Six. I. And be il further enacted. That the of our lietier Nat.,re into one living mass of op-lo
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