The Greensborough patriot [October 5, 1850]

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VOLUME XII. GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, OCTOBER ft, I860.
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NUMBER 24.
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Congress.
fPlIBLIC—No. 32/)
AN ACT granting the right of waj, and making a
grant uOand to the Stitos of Illinois, Mi*8..si|.oi
it ml Alabama, in aid of the construction of a rail-riui'!
from Chicago to Mobile.
J 3e it enacted by the Senate and Home of
Jiepresentativesofthe United States of America
in Congress assembled, Thai the right of way
l^omgU ihe public lands be, and lite same is here-by,
giantet! to the State of Illinois for the con-auuetion
of a railroad from the southern terminus
of the Illinois and Michigan »;JN;IJ to a point at or
near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, with a branch of the same to Chicago on
Lake Michigan, and another via the town of
Ualeua, in said State, to Dubuque, in the Stale
oT Iowa, with the right, also, to take necessary
materials of earth, stones, timber, tfce., for the
construction thereof: Provided, That the right
«uf way ahall not exceed one hundred feet on each
aide of the length thereof | and a copy of the
survey of said road and branches made uuder
the direction of the Legislature, shall bo forward-ed
to the proper local land offices respectively,
and to the General Land Office at Washington
city; within ninety days alter the completion of
the same.
SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted. That there
be and is hereby granted to the State of Illinois
for the purpose of aiding iu making the railroad
and branches aforesaid, every alternate stciimi of
land designated by even numbers, for six sections
in width on each side of said road and branches ;
but in case it shall appear dial the United State*
have, when the line or route of said road and
branches is definitely fixed by the authority a-foresaid,
sold any part of any section hereby
granted, or that the right of pre-emption has at-tached
to the same, then it shall be lawful lor a-ny
agent or agents to be appointed by ihi* Gov-ernor
of said State, to select subject 10 the ap-proval
aforesaid, from the lauds of the United
Suits most contiguous to the tier of sections a-bove
specified, so much land in alternate sections
or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such
lands as the United Stairs have sold, or tn which
the right of pre-emption lias attached as aforesaid.
Which lands being equal in quantity to one-half
of six sections in width on each side of said road
and branches, the State of Illinois shall have and
hold to and for the use and purpose aforesaid :
Provided, That the lands to be so located shall
in no case he further than fifteen miles from the
line of the road ; And fur/her provided. The
construction of said road shall be commenced at
its southern terminus, at or near the junction of
the Ohio ami Mississippi rivers, and its northern
terminus upon the Illinois and Michigan canal
simultaneously, and continued from each of said
points until completed, when said branch roads
shall be co'istrueted, acroi-iling to the survey and
location thereof: Provided further. That the
lands hereby granted shall he applied in the con-struction
of said road anil branches respectively,
in quantities corresponding with the grant for
each, and shah be disposed of only as ihe work
progresses, and shall be applied to no other pur-pose
whatever. And providedfurther. That a-ny
and all lands reserved lo the United Slates by
the act entitled " An act lo grant a quantity of
land to the Stale of Illinois, for the purpose of
aiding in opening a canal to eiHineel the VTlUon
of the Illinois river with those of l.,ikc Michigan,
approved Match second, eighteen hundred1 and
twenty-seven," bo and the same arc hereby re-served
to the United States from the operations
of this act.
SKC. 3 And be it Jurther enacted* That the
sections and purls of sections of land which, by
such grant, shall remain to the United States,
within six miles on each side of said road and
branches, shall not be sold for less than double
ihe minimum price of (he public lands when
■old.
SKC. 4. And be it further enacted. That the
said lands hereby granted to (he said State shall
be subject to the disposal of the Legislature there-ol,
for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and
the said railroad and branches shall be and re-main
a public highway, for the use of the Gov-ernment
ol the United Slates, free from toll or
Other charge, upon the transportation of any pro-perty
or troops of the United Suites.
Sac. 5. And be it further enacted. That if
the said railroad shall not he completed within
ten years, the said State of Illinois ihall be bound
to pay to the United Slates the amount which
S~ ay be received upon the sale of any part of said
rids by said State, ihe title lo the purchasers
u>der said Slate remaining valid ; and the litlo
UP the residue of said lands shall reinvest in the
United* States, to have and hold the same in the
same manner as if this act had not been passed.
. SKC fl. And be it further enacted. That the
United Stales mail shall at all times be transpor-ted
on the said railroad under the direction of the
Post Office Department, al such price as the
Congress may by law direct.
SEC. 7. And be itfurther enacted. That iu
order to aid in the continuation of said Central
Railroad from the moulh of the Ohio river lo the
city of Mobile, all the rights, privileges, and lia-bilities
hereinbefore conferred on the Slate of
Illinois, shall he granted to die Slates ol Alaba-ma
and Mississippi respective!*, for the purpose
of aiding in ihe construction of a railroad from
said city of Mobile to a point near the mouth of
the Ohio river, and thai public lands of the Uni-ted
Stales lo the same extent in proportion to the
length of the road on the same terms, limitation*,
and restrictions in every respect shall be, and is
hereby, granted to said SlalM of Alabama .and
Mississippi respectively.
HOVYELL OOBB,
Speaker of the House of Representation.
WILLIAM K. KING, -
President of the Senate pro tempon.
Approred September 20, 18S0.
MlLLAKOHLLMOrU;.
[PUBLIC—No. 33.]
AN ACT giving the assent of the United States to
an act of tho (ieneral Assembly of Maryland,
passed at the December session, eighteen hun-dred
and forty-four, chapter two hundred and
eighty-iMveu.
Be 1/ enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri-ca
in Conferees assembled. That tfie assent of
the United Stales be, and the same is hereby,
Siveu to the act of the General Assembly of
laryland, passed at its December session, eigh-teen
hundred and forty-four, chapter two hun-dred
and eighty-seven, entitled *' An act supple-mentary
to an act entitled * An act to amend the
act incorporating ihe Chesapeake ami Ohio Ca-nal
Compauy,' passed at December session,
eighteen hundred and thirty-one, chapter two
hundred and ninety-seven," :.ml to each and ev-ery
provision thereof; and that the same be,
and is hereby, extended to so much of the said
caual as lies within the District of Columbia, in
as full and effectual a manner as il the several
provisions aforesaid were hereby formally enact-ed.
Approved September 20, 18.10.
[PUBLIC—No. 34.]
AN ACT to supprewi the Slave Trade in the District
of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri-ca
in Congress assembled. That from and after
the first day of January, eighteen hundred and
filty-one.il shall not be lawful lo bring into the
District of Columbia any slave whatever, for
the purpose of being sold, or for the purpose of
being placed in depot, to be subsequently trans-ferred
to any other State or place to be sold as
merchandise. And if any slave shall be brought
into the said District by its owner, or by the
authority or consent of its owner, contrary to the
provisions of this act, such slave shall thereupon
become liberated and free.
Six-. 2. And be it further awcicd. That il (
shall and may be lawful for each of ihe Corpo- j
rations of the cities of Washington and Georgc-
'imn, from time to time, and as often as may be !
necessary, to abate, break up. and abolish any
depot or place of coiifincmenl of slaves brought
IntD the saiil District as merchandise, contrary to
Ulfl provisions of this act, by tech appropriate I
means as may appear lo either ol the suid Cor- ;
ponitions expedient and proper. And the Same
power il hereby Vetted iu the le\y court of
Washington eouulv, if any allempt shall be made .
within its jurisdiciional limits to establish a de-pot
or place of confinement ' r slaves brought in-to
ihe said District as merchandise for sale con-liary
to this act.
Approved September 20. 1850.
[PUBLIC—No. 35.J
AN ACT to supply u deficiency iu the appropriation
lor pay ami mileage ot members ol Congress lor
the present session.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amen- j
C0J in Congress assembled. Thai the sum of j
one hundred and sixty thousand dollars be, and i
the same is hereby, appropriated out ol any |
money in the treasury not otherwise appropria- |
ted, for the payment of mileage and per diem ol \
Senators, members ol ihe House of Representa-tives,
and Delegates in Congress, at the present j
session : two thousand three hundred and thirty j
dollars, for additional expense of stationery for (
members of the House of Representatives, during
the present session : Provided, That ihe mile-age
of the Scuaiors and Representatives from
California, and the Delegate from Oregon, he
computed according lo the mosi usual (raveling
route within the limits of the United Slates : and
the per diem of said Senators and Representa-tives
for this session shall commence Irom the
day ott which the coiitfiiutton of California was
first communicrtcd to the two Houses of Con-gress,
respectively :
And to the sum of fifty thousand dollars, in I
addition lo the sum already provided for, iu the
Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, be, and
the same is hereby, appropriated lor ihe eon* |
tingetit expenses of the House ol" Representative!-:
And thai Hugh N. Smith and Almon W. Bab-bit,
late claimants for seats in the House of Rep-resentatives,
from New Mexico and Clah.be al-lowed
their per diem of five dollars, from the day
of their arrival in Washington to the day when
their claim to a scat was rejected by a vole of the
House of Representatives ; and, also, ihe sum
o\ two thousand dollars each for their mileage :
Provided, That no per diem shall be allowed,
for any lime previous to the commencement of
ihe present session of Congress.
Approved September 20. 1850.
[PUBLIC—No. 36.]
AN ACT to repeal somuch of the act approved ele-venth
of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
us extends the provi»inns thereof to Macao.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives oj the United States of Ameri-ca
in Congress assembled, That somuch of ihe
act '* to carry into effect certain provisions in the
treaties between the United Stales and China,
and ihe Ottoman Porte," giving certain indicia!
powers lo ministers and consuls of the United
Stales in those countries, approved the eleventh
day of Augnat, eighteen hundred and forty-eght,
as extends jurisdiction over, or the right to ex-ercise
any of the powers conferred by said act,
in Macao, Ire, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved September 20, 1850.
[Pi-PLir— No. 37.]
AN ACT toanthori/e ihe Secretary oflite Treasury
to permit vessels Irom the British North American
Provinces to lade and unlade at such places in
any collection district ol the I'niled Suites us he
may designate.
Re it enacted by the Senate and House oj
Representatives of the United States of Amen-
CU in Congress assembled, '1 hat the Secretary
ol tho Treasury, with ihe approbation of the Pre*
dent.of the United Slates, provided the latter
shall be satisfied that similar.privileges are ex-tended
to vessels, of th** OnHed States in the
colonies hereinafter mentioned, isilcrcby auth
orized, under such regulations a*s 'he may pre
scribe, to protect the revenue from .raml.'to per
mil vesselat laden with the products of Canada
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
mid Prince I£dward*a Island, Of either of them
to lade or unlade at any port or place within «nv
collection district of the United Stales which he
may designate ; and if any such vessel entering
a port or place so designated, to lade or unlade,
shall neglect or refuse to comply with the regu-lations
so prescribed by the Secietary of the
Treasury, such vessel and the owner or owners
and master thereof, shall be subject to the same
penalties as if no authority under this act had
been granted lo lade or unlade in such port or
place.
Approved September 20, 1850.
[PUBUC—No. 38]
AN ACT loiiicrouf-e the Commissariat of ihe lim-ed
Slates Army.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States oj Amer-ica
in Congress assembled. Thai there be add-ed
to the subsistence department, four commis-saries
of subsistence with the rank of captain, to
he taken from ihe line of the army.
SKC. 2. And be it Jurther enacted. That the
senior aid-de-camp of ihe Major General com-manding
the army may be taken from the cap-tains
or msjors of Ihe army, and shall be allow-ed
the pay and emoluments of a major of cav-alry.
Approved September 26, 1850.
t PUBLIC—No. 39.]
AN ACT providing for the examination and settle-ment
of claims lor laud ul ihe Sault Ste. Mune,
in Michigan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives oj the I'niled States of Amer-ica
in Congress assembled. That the Regis'er
and receiver of the land office al ihe Sault Ste.
Marie be, and they are hereby, authorised to ex-amine
and report upon claims lo lots at the Sault
Ste. Marie, in township forty-seven north, of
ranges one east and one west, in Michigan, ac-cording
lo ihe provisions hereinafter contaiucd,
and pursuant to such instructions as mav be giv-en
bv the Commissioner of the (ieneral Land
Office.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the
said commissioner shall cause the register and
receiver to be furnished with a map, on a large
scale, of the lines of ihe public surveys al the
Sault Ste. Marie, and it shall be the the duty ol
the Secretary of War lo direct the proper mil-itary
ottieer, on the application of the register
and receiver, lo designate, or cause to be desig-nated,
upon the map aforesaid, the position and
the extent of lots necessary fur mihtirv purposes,
as also the position and ihe extent of any other
lot or lots, which maybe required for other pub-lic
purposes, and also the position and extent of
the Indian agency trad, andof the Indian reserve.
Sue. 3. And be it further enacted. That in the
case ul any person or persons, or the legal rep-resentatives
of any person or persons, who are
the present bona fide claimants, under the origi-hiiil
claims, which are entered in book number
seven of the report of the Uoard of Commission-ers,
under the act of Congress approved twenty*
first February, eighteen hundred and twenty-ihree,
entitled "An act to revive and con.mi-ni
force certain acts for the adjustment of laud
claims in the Territory of Michigan," il shall
the fourth sectioh of this act, the continuation of
the commissioners shall be placed in abstract B,
first class, and their rejections iu abstract B, sec-ond
class.
SKC. 6. And be it Jurther enacted. That in
the aforesaid abstracts, the register and receiver
shall designate the number ol'each cliim, name
of present and of original claimant, area, present
value of the lot, exclusive of improvements, and
the amount, which, in their opinion, it would be
just to require as a payment for the same to the
Government; and the said officers shall desig-nate
on the aforesaid map ol Ihe public surveys
tho location of eaeh claim as near as it can be
ascertained from the testimony, with the estimat-ed
actual value, and the assessment thereon of
the sum which, in their judgment, should be paid
for the same lo the Government
8cc.7. Andbe %iJurther enacted, That the sur-veyor
general at Detroit, on being notified of the
completion by ihe laud officers of the aforesaid
abstracts and map, shall despatch a skilful dep-uty
lo the Sault Ste. Marie, who shall file in the
land office at that place his affidavit faithfully
and impartially to discharge his duly ; and there-upon
there shall he delivered to him the said ab-stracts
and map, and he shall then proceed forth-with
Ui lay off and survey the village of Sault
Ste. Marie into town loU, streets, avenues, pub-lic
squares, out-lots, having regard to the lots
and streets already actually surveyed, existing
or established, and having regard, also, to the
existing limits and exteul of the lots, and lo the
existing limits and extent of the lots covered by
the claims which shall have been adjudicated by
the register and receiver; and after such surveys
shall have been completed, the aforesaid deputy
shall prepare a plat exhibiting, in connexion
with the lines of the public surveys, the exterior
lines of the whole village, also the squares, in-dividual
lols, and the public lots, and also the out-lots,
designating the lots reserved for military or
other purposes, according to the extent and lim-its
of the same, as fixed by the proper Quinary
officers, pursuant lo ihe requirements of the sec-ond
section of ibis act, and specifying the name
of each claimant of the individual lot, and whe-ther
confirmed or rejected, the sum assessed bv
the register and receiver as a payment which
should be made iu each case by the party, and
also designating the vacant in-lots and oul-Iols,
■he former of which shall be subdivided into lols
not lo exceed eaeh a quarter of an acre, and the
latter not to exceed two acres eich ; and it shall
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and may be lawful lor am-ii person, within out- """nation and surveys, and in the conatruclton
year from the passage of this act, lo present a I °'lnc P'"'i anu *™ als0 Pa>' a" necessary ex<
sworn notice in writing to the register and re- ' penses.
ceiver, anting forth the nature of his claim, with BED. 8. .Ind be it further enacted. That if
the front and depth necessary lo embrace his [ *"»" "Bllle «l»'.v •' 'lie surveyor general, upon
settlement and improvements, and iu position ' lllc approval of the plat, or actual survey by his
and limits, as accurately as practicable, on the deputy, to return the .aid plal to the register and
n transmit the same,
and record of lesli-hereby,
repealed : Provided, however, that the
right giwn by those acts of first and third March,
eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to lessees, o»
rupsnls, and permittees lo enter 10 ihe extent of
their leases ami permits, ind no lea., shall nol be
considered as impaired by tins act; but Mid les-sees,
occupants, and permittees shall be author-ixed
to enter the land covered by their leaaea,
occupancy, and permits, respectively, as therein
provided, al Ihe minimum price fixed by this act.
SKC. a. And te itfurther enacted. Thai the
holder of a leas* or permit covering more than
one lull aection of the mineral lands, as aforesaid,
ahall be entitled, on the surrender and annul-ment
of said lease or permit al Ihe proper land
office, to purchase, if he ahall elect to io so, one
full section, and no more, of the land oovercd by
aaid lease or permit, at a minimum price ofiwo
dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Approved September 26,1840.
[PUBLIC—No. 41.]
AN ACT lo provide for carrying into execution, in
further part, the twelfth article of ihe treaty with
Mexico, concluded al liuadalupe Hidalgo.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of
Repruentativet ol the United States of Amen-coin
Congreu auembled. That the aum of three
millions three hundred and aixly thousand dol-
'are be, and the aame is hereby, appropriated
oul of any money in the treasury nol otherwise
appropriated, for the payment or the instalment
and interest which will fall due on the thirtieth
of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. tinder
ihe twelfth article of the treaty between the Unt-ied
States and Mexico, made and concluded at
Guadalupe Hidalgo, on the second of February,
eighteen hundred and forty-right.
Approved September 26, 1850.
[PUBLIC—No. ».]
A RESOLUTION to amend a resolution approved
on the tenth of August, eighteen hundred and fif-ty,
relative to lite payment of dividends or inter-est
on war bounty scrip.
Retolved by the Senate and Home of Repre-tentative!
of the United Stata of America in
n>nprn.< auembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he ia hereby directed, where
the principal haa been hereiofore redeemed of
any war bounty scrip, to pay the dividend, or
dividends, or interest, due at the time of auch re-demption,
to Ihe person or persons who would
be entitled to the same under the resolution to
i which this ta an amendment, in case auch scrip
he the duly of Ihe aaid deputy, from the beet in- j was hereafter presented for payment or redemp-formalion
he can obtain, and after conference j tion, or that he pay the same lo ihe assignee, a|.
with the land officers, to apecify on the survey lorney, orlegal representative, aa the case may be.
ol each v leant lol. the actual present estimated I Approved September 26, 1890.
value, and it shall be the duty of the aforesaid
deputy lo return lo the register and receiver their
abstracts and map, and to submit lo them his
plat of the actual surveys, and if they shall be
satisfied that il is ill accordance with their ad-judications,
they shall append a certificate to that
ellccl, and the said depuly shall then transmit
the said plal with the field notes lo ihe surveyor
general al Octroi! for examination of the work,
ami if thai olfteer shall find il faithfully and prop-erly
executed, he shall allow the saitl deputy a
per diem ol flic oollars for every day actually
engaged in the preliminary ex
P'
returi
ener, who shall thereupoi
stracls, maps,
[PUBLIC—No. 10.]
A RESOLUTION relating to the publication of the
Laws of the United Males.
Reiohed by the Senate and Home of Repre-tentative!
of the United Slam of America in
Congreu auembled. Thai lite Secretary'of State
be authorized and directed lo conlrac with I,n-lle
and Brown to furnish their annual Statutes at
large, printed in conformity with the plan adopt-ed
by Congress in eighteen hundred and forty-five,
instead of the edition usually issued by his
order, under the act of Congress of April twen-tieth,
eighteen hundred and eighteen, and which
conforms lo an edition of the Laws now out of
l)9C.
Approred September 26,1850.
with their n
monv, in th
Olli
public surveys; aI*o the length of time il has
been settled by the present claimant, and ihe
eslimaled value at the tune his right originated,
and ihe climated value al the present lime, ex*
elusive of improvements : and it shall he the duty
ol the register and receiver lo receive and con-sidci
testimony which ma) he presented in each
ease, anil to call lor siieh further testimony as
they may deem necessary, in order lo enable cenilieaic upon the cash payment lo Ihe receiver,, jury:
JUDGE McLEAN.
There was a slave case recently tried in the
United Slates Court for the District of Indiana,
( ommissioner of the General Land in which Judge M'Lean presided It wasa suit
Olliee, whose decision in every case ahall be fin- j for damages by a cilixen of Kenluc ky against
■I, and binding upon the panics and the Govern- c,.rlaill per,on, in lnliana< who re,islcd hi, al.
me-n.1l.,, mI.iId w.•ibllo" s-Lh.a.lilt huanviet pmowwceir ei iitthtiie'ir tHoIa.trunt rimin,. ; «. _ .
Mli.y. or revert* the decision of the register | lem»tl lo arr"1 h,i runaway *** Fhe JudSe
receiver, ami lo authorise them to grant a | madc tne following remarks in his charge to ihe
tlieiu lo determine ihe pfVCIM nature ol'each
claim or tide, and ••certain under whom the
same oripinsicd, and lo fix us p0stl|uH and ex-tent
on lot public BUI leys, anil iln jirexent value,
exclusive of improvements ; and also to ascer-tain
the value) of tho Improvements)*, Mid further
of what may be determined to be a fair assessment
on (he lot confirmed; and upon such payment
heiuj- m:itV, and ihe return of tho certificate to
the General Land Office, a patent rdiall issue.
And the -.aid register and receiver shall each
receive, from the proceeds of such sales, ihe
" No earthly power has a right to interpose
between a man's conscience snd his Maker.
He has a right, an inalienable and absolute right,
to worship God. according lo the dictates of his
own conscience. For this he alone must ans*
wer, and he is entirely free from all human re
to aseeriain w heiher il interfere, with any ad- I •""• "ffive dollars for -very claim examined and I „,,„•„, ,„ ,hjllk ,„,, £ f(K hj|ni(.|r „ j ;
■ i < .i '■ ^1 ,....■.! .i- ill.,iii miil.'si filial i»I verse claim, and the extent of- and nature of,
such interference i nid, for the purpose ifbresaid,
ihe register and recei\er are hereby authorized
each lo administer oaths, or .iHirm;ttioi.H, and il
shall also be the duty ol those officers to record
all notices and testimony in support ot each
claim ; and for aduimistering oaths they shall be
allowed a fee of iwclvc-and a-hall'cents, and a
like sum for every hundred words ol testimony
which they may record, to be paid by llie claim-ants
and equally divided between the officers
aforesaid.
Sr.i . I. Andbe it further enacted. Thai, in
the case of any bona tide claimant who has no
nyhi under an original claim, entered in the rt-foresaid
hook numbt>r
first day of January,
ated bv them under this act. not llie case when his acta affect the rights of
I.uni may be rejected, and to sell the same
for cash to ihe highest bidder, subject to a min-imum
of two-thirds of their eslimaled value;
and upon sticb sales being made, and proper re-turns
reported lo the General Land Office, the
eoinuiinnioner, if the proceedings are found reg-ular,
n'liill be authorized to issue patents.
BM< l>». And be it further enacted. Thai af-ter
all the claims shall have been adjudicated,
surveyed, and the vacant lots sold, il shall he the
•Crven- but who, on "the j doty of ihe proper accounting officers of the trea-in
the year of our Loid I tutr* to aseeriain the nett amount of sales, after
eighteen hundred and lortyiiine, bad reduced a IoWucUllt; all expenses incident to tho execution
lot IBM possession, and i* an actual and bona «f this SO,, and such amount shall be paid over
fide sctllcr thereon, or occupant ihercol, it shall | >')' •»* Secretary of the 1 reasury to the trustees,
and may be lawful for Kim to file a sworn uo-lj,
i
8M. f. And be it Jurther enacted. That it "^ Society has a claim upon all it, cinxens.
■hall and may b.» Inert* lor the, commissioner Gcnera| ru|C8 have been adopted in the form of
to order into market, after public notice of at |aWff for |he proleclion of lhe ri |l(, ol>raonr,
least two months, all vacant lo s. or tola lo which aud „,• TheM |a Wf -je fli £ fouiuIalion lice, slating how long he has been in the actual
possession of lhe lot, the nature of his improve-ments,
the extent of front and depth requisite to
embrace his actual settlement and improvements,
the estimated value of the tot al the lime of UW
settlement, mill its present value, exclusive of
improvements, as also the value of such improve-ments,
and also designating, as accurately as
practicable, us position upon the public surveys ;
and it sbr.ll and may be lawful lor the aibresaid
officers, also, lo lake all necessary testimony in
this class of cases in like manner, and perform
similar duties as required in ihe foregoing sec-
> lion, ami lo receive any notice and evidence of
any missionary claim from any party aulhoriz.
ed lo act, bolh as to the nature ami extent of the
: aame, and the grounds on winch it may be enti-tled-
to equitable' cunsitlrnittuiv.
SKC. 6. And be it further enartrtt. That it
shall also bo the duty of the land officers to ex-amine"
and arrange the nonces and testimony in
all eases filedunder this.act; and the cases con-templated
by the third section, whichthey may
eonf.rin. shall-be placed ir) abstract A,first class,
ami ihitse under that section which may be re-
IJ-eled 6y them, shall lit placed in abstract A,
Becpi 'l cUsa ; *ud in all eases contemplated by
or other constituted authorities, of Saull Ste
Marie, tn oe expended by them in the improve-ments
of the streets and erection of public build-ings.
Approved September 26, 1850.
[Pl'BLIC—No. 40.]
AN ACT to reduce the minimum price oflhe mine-ral
landi. iu the Iaike Superior district iu Michi-gan,
and in the ChipoewB district ill Wisconsin.
lie it inaclril by the Senate and Home of
lliprcHcnluli'ta of the United Statet of Amen-ea
in t'ongrcu auembled, Thai Ihe mineral
lauds iu the Lake Superior district in Michigan,
and iu the (.'Inppcw'a district in Wisconsin, shall
be offend for sale in the aame manlier, and bo
iitijccl to lhe same miiiiinuiii price, and lhe saine
right* ol pre-cnijvliuii. as the oilier public lauds
nl the lulled Slates ; and such portions of lhe
art ol fftfl March', oiglHcen hundred and forty--
seven, "to establish a land oflicc in the northern
part of Miihljan.'and lo provide lor lhe sale of
lhe mineral lands in the Slate ofMldifgan," and
ol the act of the third Match, eighteen hundred
.ind forlv-scicii, " lo create an additional land
things. These law, lie al the foundation of
the social compact and their observance is essen-tial
to the maintenance of civilization. In these
mailers, the law, and not conscience, constitutes
the ruleof action. You are sworn to decide this
case according lo lhe law and testimony. And
you become uufjiihfnl to the solemn injunctions
you have taken upon yourselves, when yon ;. ield
to an influence which you call conscience, thai
places you above lhe law and lhe testimony.
Such a rule can apply only to individuals; and
when assumed as a basis of action on lhe righls
of others? >l is utterly ileslructive of all law.
What may be deemed a conscientious act by one
individual, may be held criminal by another. In
view of one, the act ia meritorious; in the view
of lhe other, it should be punished as a crime.
And each haa the aame right, acting under thw
dictates of his own conscience, to carry out his
own view. This would overturn the- basis of
aocicly. We must stand by the law. We
have sveorn in maintain il. Ills expected that
the citizens of the free Stales ahould be opposed
to slavery. But with the abstract principles of
alavcry we have nothing lo do. As a political
question there could be no difference of opinion
among us on lhe subject. Hut our duty is found
in the constitution of Ihe Union, as' construfc'd by
the Supreme Court. The fugitive from labor
we are bouud, by the highest obligations, to de-liver
up on claim of the master being made; and
there is no Stale pnwerthat can release, llie slave
front the legal custody ofhis master. In regard
to the arre'sl of I'ugiltttes from labor, lhe law does
not impose attiive duties on ourcilizens general-ly.
'1 hey are not prohibited from exerpisiug lhe
ordinary charitios of life towVd'thc fugitive. To
secrete him, or lo convey him from lite reach of
his master, or to rescue him when in legal citsto
A MOST UNREASONABLE EDITOR.
Th.e Paivtucket Chronicle, after puhiiahini
verbatim el literatim, the couininication oft cor-respodeni
„h„ differ, from di„,i„..| ,..,phj,B
in certain particulars, appends Ihis , nr, ;„.,nable
notice:
•• We cannot rpend time to eorrect tho wiling
"■persons who borrow our paper to find fault
Now will Ihe Chronicle please to give us its
irlaaa of ihe dnlies of a newspaper ed lor T Wo
have uoiiced in various quarters certain radical
notions touching ilns snbjecl, which, if they are
riot checked, threaten to fead to lhe moat danger-ous
consequences. Editors are beginning in
numerous cases to act as though the obligations
between them and Iheir sucacribers—not lo
speak ol borrowers—were somewhat mutual.
We have aeen aereral instances where editors
have positively declined lo correct manuscripts
of a few ill.zen closely written pnges, on Bolh
sides, although expressly informed that they
were "al liberty |0 makeany alterations thai they
might ae* fit." We hate noticed several atro-cious
eaae, where editors havo had tho auducily
lo demand pay for cost of publishing mailers of
the highest public importance, such as resolu-tions
of thanks to steamboat captains, pull's of
new schools, and obnusry noiices of infant chil-dren.
Something BjM be done to pul a slop to
this, or editors will soon begin to think, thai
Vhey hate the same rights a. oilier people.
I'roviilence Juuri.al.
. STATE REFORM
It is a aifbject or remark how silent the Dem-ocratic
presses of lhe Slate are upon Ihis subject
aince lhe election last month. During the can
vaas it was a forlune to ihem—they were nevei
weary of tolling us what blessed time, we were
going to have when Davy Reid wil elected Gov-ernor,
and Democracy should have the handling
of our Slate Constitution. But since, if the god
ofailoncc had smitten them with his lethargic
sceptre, ihey could nol be dumber. Tha ora-cles
give forth no sound, and the lips of the
"faithful" are consequently sealed.
Yet is Ihe subject an interesting oae. The
Iwo Stales immediately North of us,—Maryland
and Virginia,—have elected n;cu-.bers to Con-ventions
soon to assemble for ar.c-ding their
constitutions: and We have heretofore tsken
ground in favor of calling a Couveo'.i.in in this
Stale.
!• We assume lhat some changes in our or-ganic
iaw have been decided upon by th- people.
Among these are an extension of the righi of suf-frage,
and the election ol JfasifSJ and Stale ..Ul-cers.
Others are demanded, in s.^ne sections ;
pmlialilv IOBII- others are needful;—and il M de-sirable
thai a solderncnl of all these questions
should be had.
2. The bcsl and speediest mode ol atna id.ag
the consiiiuiion should be resorted lo. Beyond
all question thai mode is by Convention—tho
whole power then being committed lo the hands
of the people, whose right il is, snd whose dutjr
it will be lo elect such delegates as they eaa trust
with unlimited power.
3. By calling a Convention, we take oat of
Ihe hands of politicians ins power of agiialing
important questions of State reform for their own
advancement and that of iheir party ; andcosamit
in good faith, lo lhe eonsesa.ivc prnple of the
Slate, such revision and amendment of the con-stitution
as to Ihem may teem be?..
4. Any other mode ofaltering lhe conali'ulior
depends, more or less, upon pohtiral cupriee—
such as tin completion of a l.egi.laiyre, the
members of which have not been elected with
special reference to constitutional reform, and
imperfectly representing, in this re ipeel h pop-ular
will.
3. It is a favorable lime—no contests. Ststeor
National, now raging between the patties; and
the minds of the people beii- fra* to devote to
this important subject the nrcetja-.y attention.
As this question is novr undergoing discussion
in other quarters, we .h-rl! flee ?!»« it cor next
lo some of the views pMeonted by a writer m the
last Greensboro.' Patriot, O aid the reflecliona
of our readers, believ ing the ;'ieee to contain ma-ny
things cniiilcd to serious iio.-.sidcn:lion.
In concluding for the presctt, we remark, lhat
wc do nut regard tins a party natter,—though at-templed
lo be made so by the i.V Kocrals,—and
we do not propose lo discuss it ia such. But
the Whigs having the majority ,:i the Slsir.it is
in their power so lo control Ihis mailer as lo pre-vent
mischief; and il may become ihr.ir duly li-ne/
for thai good purpose.—Raleigh Timtl.
art,
i pint.
WBIOtrTB AND MEASURES
As all families are not provided willi sealer
and wqighu referrirg lo ingrediealt in genera1
use by every housewife, Or, Urown gives lha
following Met:
Wheat Hour. 1 lb. is 1 quaii
Indian meal, 1 lb. 3 oz. is 1 qrt.
Duller, when soft, 1 Ih. 1 ox. is 1 qrl.
Loaf sugar, broken, 1 lb. is 1 qrl.
White sugar, powdered, 1 lb. 1 oz is
Best brown sugar, 1 lb. 2 ox. is 1 qrl.
Eggs, average sixe. 10 eggs are 1 lb.
Sixteen large table-spoonfuls are half I
Eight table-spoonfuls are one gill.
Four laige Uvblc-spconfula are half a gill.
A common sized nimbler holds half a pint.
A common sized wine glass holds half a gill.
San Franciaco, Auguit 16.—The dry season
permits the working of the mines, and ten thou-sand
rien are now employed. Their success is
varied. Il is expected large amounts of gold
will be taken oul during lhe season. The min-ers,
as a body, appear to be doing iiniisuslly
well. Three Chilians in a fortnight look out fif-teen
thousand dollars from the gulch at James-town,
and llireo Frenchmen look oul twelve
pounds "of gold on lasl Thursday afternoon.
'The Northern placers are also paying well.
According to'a correspondent ol the New
York Journal of Commerce, it is now very doubt-ful
whether the quartz rock of California is so
district in the Torritory of Wisconsin, and for ; complaint. He has only to refrain from an ex
other purposes," as are inconsistent with the press violation of lhe law, which operates lo lhe
provisions ol this act, shall be, and tho same are ! injury of his neighbor,"
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dy. is forbidden ; and for doing Ihis a liability is | rich in gold as lias hereiofore been «u,ij I
incurred. • This gives lo no'one a just ground of Practical information on tins sobjeol su ea lint
the j
alter actual and persevering rxparienea ie
very rlchesl of ihe quartz ledges, they found
innit thai would pay expenses.
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