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RETAKE OF PRECEDING PAGE o o 0 O 11 G O O o o o 0 o 0 o o EljtofcUcchln Enterprise. Oregon City, Oregon : TV C. Ii!KI.AM, lfPITOR AND rilOPRIETOR. Saturday, November 23, 1857. Of:K A(iK.TS. QV. ITSIIER & Co., Rooms 20 and 21 New Merchants Fxehange, Sacramento street, arc our only authorized Agents iu Sail Francisco. DALY & STEVENS, cor. Front and Morri son streets, (up stairs,) are our authorized Agents ia Portland. e 1J. C. LEWIS, Esq., will continue to act for 11s as General Traveling Agent. Dickens arrived at Halifax on In Vienna, last year, the legiti mate births were 12,913, and the il 0 legitimate 13,802. G Keturn3 from Florida show that the Convention has carried by a large' majority. Most of the delegates elected are negroes. Charles Dickens gives eighty readings in tho United States The first to commence in New York on the 10th of December. The Editor of the Democrat says "he drinks lager beer and "don't care mIio knoics it," how lost to self res pect that fellow is. Linn is a wealthy countyjtidging from the number of persons paying tax?s over and above $50 each, pub lished in the Albany papers. . The system of breech-loading fire arms renders it necessary for the soldier to carry a double amount of ammunition. Ninety rounds is now the registered number of the British army. A Washington auctioneer, dis gusted at a dull audience, put up greenbacks. After much coaxing he sncceeded in getting Si 9 99 for a 20, and $i)93 for a $5 bill. a An arsenic manufacturer died in Boston a few weeks ago from the continuous infusion of poison into his system during his long employment in the business. Two things the Editor of the Slates Right's wants to have a Coun $1 of Albany do viz: "grant liquor licenses, and aid in the purchase of ull the paraphernalia necessary to a full equipment of a Hook and Ladder company. Bj-and by, say in twenty years, there will be three or four railroads traversing this continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific one in the British possessions, two over Amcri can territory, and perhaps one across the domain of Mexico. And there will be work enough for them all to do. The eitizens of that -portion of Dakotivh Territory comprised in its Western limits, are moving in the matter of a speedy organization of the proposed new Territory. Meet ings of the residents ol various sec tions of country likely to be affected by the act have been held, to give expression to the sentiments and wish es of the people on the subject. The census of 1860 shows that the cities named below rank as fok lows : 1st, New York, 813,009 ; 2d, Philadelphia, 005,529; 3d, Brook lyn, 20G.GG1 ; 4th, Baltimore, 212, 418; 5th, St. Louis, 190,52 i; 6th, Boston, 177,841 ; 7th, New Orleans, 8th, Cincinnati, 161,044. San Fran cisco claims to have 135,000 now, and if it were not that Chicago or ?ome of those rising cities of the West may outstrip her in the race, 6he may come m as rs o. 9. o The End of the World. Dr Gumming has several times predict ed the end of the world and fixed the day for it to come off, but his predic lions always are falsified the world would, in spite of him, roll on its ac customed course. Tho doctor now however, determined to acknowledge that in his predictions he was mis taken. Ho says in revising the calculations on which he based the aunounccrr.ent of the world's end in" in 18G7, he discoverd that he had o-vctlookcd figures which add some thing like aqulntillion of years to the race which this mundane sphere lias to run. To see the real day ol the end of the world, therefore, ve must wait a short time longer. Buying Tornadoes. Under this heading the Oreyonian indulges in a few timely remarks regarding the purchase of St. Thomas. We quote: " The loss ot property at St. Thomas in the late Tornado is said toamouut to 3,000,000. This is a good time for the present possessors to sell out, Mid perhaps it isf not to be wondered that under the circumstances they are manifesting an inclination to dispose .f a piece of rather uncertain and tiangerous property. The present a good opportunity tor those who i jveighed against the purchase of the 'fog-banks and icebergs' of Alaska to ridicule the purchase of West Indian tornadoes. But ours is a 'great coun try,' tnd vby should we not show 6UI'criority by boldly 'gobbling U1C COlUl.noUS of A; i rue -nough; Uay it Bi'lv t' icn send -mc Military CULf do to take a 15;:!!v OSSCSS'.OIl ot it. This Siisiciisioii During Iiupcac-limciit. The President is reported to have said to a Tennessee friend that if Congress should impeach him and attempt to suspend him during the trial he would resist. He would en deavor to justify such a course, prob ably, says Harper's Wtckbj , upon the ground that the Constitution which is so precious to him and to the Democratic allies and apologists of the rebellion provides for the re moval of the President only on con viction. But if Congress, upon ns sembling, should pass a law provid ing for the suspension from their func tions of all impeached officers of .the Government, from the moment of im peachment nntil the end of the trial, what then? The President would, of course, veto the bill; Congress would pass it over the veto, and it would become the law of the land. Would Audrew Johnson then under take armed resistance to the law? Undoubtedly he would if he thought he should be supported, and very possible he would under any cir cumstances. It must be remembered that the President is not only an igno rant, obstinate, and passionate man, but if common report may be trusted he is an intemperate man. It has been publicly stated that he intended to relieve General Grant and make General Frank Blair Sec retary of War. Now the habits of General Blair are notorious. Jere miah Black is the President's confi dential adviser, and Jeremiah Black is a patriot of the school of Fernando Wood and Ilobert Toombs. It is idle to say that such men will not dare to do this or that. They will dare to do any thing. They would undoubtedly prefer the form and letter of law, but they could very readily devise any pretext. There can be no more stupendous folly, with our recent experience, than to insist that it is a mere partisan trick to say that violence is very possible and probable upon the part ot the President. lie is besotted with the notion that it is his business to defend what he calls the Constitution in other words, certain theories of his own against Congress. Now, as a matter of fact, under the Constitution there is no power whatever to oppose the action of Congress, when the veto has been outvoted. To the extent of the veto the President has a constitution al check upon Congress. Beyond that, he is as powerless as the man in the moon. YY hen, in opposition to his veto and by the Constitutional provision, the will of Congress has become law, the sole constitutional dutv of the President is to take care that it be faithfully executed in such manner as Congress may have ap pointed. The President may think that it is a law destructive of the Government, of civil liberty, and of the rights of human nature. But under the Constitution, when he has vetoed it in vain, he must see to its faithful execution or resign. If he will do neither if he remains mere ly and incumbrance and paralysis upon the law Congress may, at its pleasure, constitutionally proceed to impeach him for his misdenamors. The truth is, that, under the Con stitution, Congress, when it has a two-thirds majority against the Pres ident, is the really superior and su preme branch of the Government; and the only final check of its action is not the will of the President but of the people. One very great ad vantage of the present political situ ation is, that it dispels some of the vague traditional untruths about our Government. One of the most com mon theories has been that it was a government of three co-ordinate branches. Co-ordinate means not subordinate; and the theory, there fore, was, that ours was a govern ment of three equally supreme de partments. Such a fallacy might be entertained until it was tested. Then, of course, it was sure to be discover ed that three supremacies in the same system was a more fiction. When an actual contest arises between all of them, or any one of them and the other two, it must either be corns promised which settles nothing, and leaves the essential question still open or one must wholly yield which establishes its inferiority or each must persist to the last m which case force would determine the superiority of one or the other. The history of the present conflict between the President and Congress shows that when Congress has not a majority of two-thirds against the President ho is master of the situa tion. But when Congress has that majority the President is utteily powerless. A caucus of leading Democrats from all parts of the country was held at V nshington on Sunday, to take into consideration the most available Presidential candidate. Af ter discussing Pendleton. Seymour, General Stead man and others, all recognized the necessity of uniting on a military man. The choice fi nally settled upon General Steadman. A stutcmetit was made that Gen. Grant was sounded, but said be would i:et accept the Doreucrstic v.rzlzz:93 TIIK YAMIIILI. UAILUOAD. Jul. Hnleijirise : I observe in the Oregon Herald some comments on an article relative to the Yamhill railroad, prepared bv me for your paper, to which I desire to reply briefly. It is stated in the Herald that your correspondent, " Mud Sill," argues against the feas ibility of said road. If the editor of the Herald will read the article re ferred to carefully, and ppeak can didly, he cannot say that "Mud Sill" offers any arguments to prove else than that the farmers who were en gaging in it were unable to build the proposed road. lie merely suggest ed besides, that they should direct their efforts toward the procurement of Eastern capital. The ability of those who may undertake to build a railroad, or make any other improve ment to finish it, and the remunera tive character of the work after corns pleton, are distinctly different questions for consideration. We ail know that farming is a business that in the main pays ; for on it depends thewhole fabric of commerce and civ ilization. But we also know that the man who ergaes in it without phys ical strength to endure the labor, or the requisite capital to carry it on, invariably fails, notwithstanding he may be operating on the best quality of soil. Wc will suppose, for an ex ample, that a man immigrates to this valley without any capital, and de sires to engage in farming. It would require more than one year's labor to accumulate sufficient to purchase a team, and implements, and supplies absolutely necessary, with which to begin on his own account, in the usual method. But his energetic na ture will not brook such tedious de lay ; and as land is to be had for the taking, he selects a farm-site, and on ly works until he is able to buy a barrel of flour, two or three side3 of bacon, an axe and spade ; with which implements he undertakes the busi ness of wheat growing for a liveli hood. Any farmer here will readily apprehend what would be the result of such farming. Any one of the farmers in Wash ington, Yamhill, or Polk counties would not more unreasonably nor be more certain of failure were ho to at tempt to work his farm of three hun dred and twenty acres with the spade, than they will collectively in trying to build their Yamhill railroad with their own means alone. The editor of the Herald s-jggests that railroad men do not base their estimates of the profitableness of a road on what a given section of country has pro duced, but on what it can be made to produce. Railroad men who really build and successfully operate, do neither tho one thing nor the other suggested by that editor. They rely on what the country is producing at the time of the commencement, and contemplate as a contingent profit the probable increase of production re suiting from the completion of their road. If the premises of the Herald were correct, railroad company directors would have become the laborious pioneers of the " Western wild" for the last twenty years, while the farm ers were comfortably carried out in railway cars to their already pre ferred homes on the virgin soil. Mud Sill. The great iron-works at Blaenan, in the South Wales District, are stop ped, and 9,000 persons are said to be thrown out of employment. Prentice says that as a man drinks he generally grows reckless; in which case, adds the Boston Post, the more drams the fewer scruples! Edmund Cooper, the President's private secretary, is abpointed second assistant secretary of the treasury vice Chandler, resigned. His confirma tion is considered very doubtful. A delegation of California Dem ocrats has been asking for the control of the State. The President was in bad humor and declined to see them. They await a change in his temper. At the opening of the Parlia ment at Berlin, there appeared in the reporter's gallery a female corres pondent of three American Journals, and sho has continued there in her place greatly to the surprise of all Germany. The best paying crop that has been known in Sacramento County, Oal., was one of potatoes, raised in the dry year of 1864 in shallow lake bottoms, after the sun had dried them up the planting being so late as the middle ot July. Cant Phrases. Clear thinkers and vigorous writers, no matter whether their subject and style of composition are grave or humorous, dispense with cant phrases.hackneyed and worn-out forms of expression, and intemperate adjectives. "They are,'' says Holmes, the poet. " the blank checks of intellectual bank ruptcy ; you may fill them up with what idea you like ; it makes no dif ference, for there are no funds in the treasury from which they were drawn." Penny-a-liners, third rate scribblers, and bastard humorists rely on slar, and odd, distorted pnrases ior eiicot. Ijui no ono who ls compc .-ni ''--vjii i j si:cii possess auv origin poor al re- devices can sources, or c pnni.ii; TKIiEOiHAPIIIC NEWS. We take the following telegraphic news from dispatches to the Oregonian. An effort Is proposed ly tho Western Ropubleaiifl to elect a new Clerk of the Senate ia place of Forney. The official vote of Georgia is 202.000 for the convention and 4,;) against ; 000 whites voted fur the convention. The best Republican lawyers at Wash ington do not agree with Staiiberry's opinion against the legality of tho coming session of Congress. The English Government has resolved to place all telegraph lines in Great Jirit ai i under the control of Post Office De partment. Judge Davis, administrator of Lincoln's estate, has made a final settlement. After paying all debts there remains 3110,000, one-third of which goes to Mrs. Lincoln.. General Scliofield has decided, after a consultation with the President, to arrest persons making incendiary speeches in his district, or doing any act to array the white and black races against each other. The latest phase of tho Presidential movement mentions John W. Forney's name for Vice President. Forney has as sured his friends that he and Grant will sweep Pennsylvania by fifty thousand. The Republicans of Minnesota have con ceded the defeat of the suffrage amend ment by a close vote. The remote coun ties gave immensely largo majorities against the amendment. On the night of the Ifith a kerosene lamp exploded in the midst of a large par ty at (Jen. Sibley's house, resulting in tho death of a servant girl and the serious in jury of Miss Sibley, of St. Paul, Minn. The Treasury Department decides that unless holders of seven-thirties present them for conversion into five-twenties at maturing, the option is lost afterwards and they will bo paid in greenbacks. The California Life Insurance Compa ny was incorporated Saturday. Capital stock is fixed at $100,000, together with a guarantee fund of S20J,O0l), divided in to 100 shares of i",000 each. Sterling Trice's life was insured for ten thousand dollars. The hearse that was used at his funeral was the same employ ed to convey the remains of the lamented Lincoln to Springfield. Senator Sherman intends to introduce a bill converting the maturing debt into a consolidated loan of not less than thirty years, at six per cent, with one per cent tax, making it equivalent to a five per cent loan. A Washington dispatch of the 17th says that Attorney General Stanberry denies the authorship of the opinion against the legality of the meeting of Congress, pub lished "in the newspapers over his initials, and generaly attributed to him. A dispatch from Fort Ilarker ?ays three men were murdered by the Indians, last week, near Fort Dodge. The Indians are supposed to be Northern Cheyennes. We suppose this is in ratification of the late treaty and declaration of peace! It is understood that tho President will devote a considerable portion of his message to finance. The collection of revenue evidence shows that over $100. 000.000 have been lost from whisky alone, the last year by the inefficiency and cor ruption of revenue officers. The corner stone of the monument to be erected bv the I. (). O. F. . to the memory of S. II. Parker, first Grand Master of the order in California, was laid on the 17th in the presence of a large concourse of friends of the deceased, members of the order and others. The monument will be erected iu Odd-Fellow's cemetry, San Francisco. The late tempest at Porto Rico was more severe than any of the terrible gales which visited the Island previously. Thirty-nine thousand houses were laid in ruins; 3,000 were severely damaged, and entire streets demolished. There is no news from the interior. Fvery living creature, man and animal, on the Island of Tortuga perished. The Attorney-General has publi.-hed an opinion, presumed to be unofficial, regard ing an additional session of the lOlh Con gress. I le quotes provisions of the Consti tution in relation to the meetings of Con gress, and thinks all sessions held prior to the first Monday in December are irregu lar, except those convened by the Presi dent. The new Congress cannot convene before that day unless convened by the President, or unless Congress by law ap points a different day. which has not been done. The Constitution nowhere provides for any except regular sessions, unless convened by the President. BY ATLANTIC CABLE. Tho French troops are preparing to go into winter quarters at Civita Yecchia. Gen. Dannes is appointed to succeed Mar shal McMahon aa Governor-General of Al geria. The Fenian prisoners, Iialpin, Warren and Costello, on being axked if they had anything to say against the pronunciation of sentence and trial without a mixed jury, claimed American citizenship. The London Times editorially comments on the last note of Menabra. and declares the abolition of the Pope's temporal pow er is essential to the preservation of peace and calls Italy's ultimatum to France. Mount Vesuvius is in a terrific state of eruption. The surrounding earth has a tremendous motiou and lava is pouring out at the sides of the mountain from new craters. Previous to the departure of the French troops from Rome, the Pope received the staff officers at the Vatican and address ed them in feeling manner, expressing his gratitude to France and the Emperor for the deliverance of the Holy See. lie was grieved that Italy harbors anarchist a gainst Rome. Their banners were in scribed with rapine and devastation. The valor of the Pontifical troops, which so successfully defended the soil of the Church and of the French army, are crowned with pplendid honors. The Pope concluded by saying he had the consola tion of receiving the sincere expressions of Catholic sympathy from all parts of the world, lie then gave the Apostolic bless ing to the armies and people and Emperor of France. When the Romans attacked Syra cuse, Archimedes was the soul of the defense of that city, and contrivances of his scattered the Romans and de stroyed their fleets, and so greatly was his inventive skill venerated, that when Marcellus occupied the city he gave strict orders that no harm should be offered to the man whose ingenuity had so long foiled his attempts. But the fates willed otherwise, aud Archimedes was slain by a private soldier. Marcellus, al though in the freshness of his laurels put on mourning, and himself cons ducted th e funeral. The secrets of health are six: 1st, keep warm. Second, cat regular and slow. Third, maintain regular daily bodily habits. Fourth, take carlv and very light suppers. Fifth, keep a clean skin. Sixth f -,!., 'c sleep "I it night am oa the trail of a dear," as a .cm trod on S , IriJL.IC ACTS OF THE 40m CONGRESS OK TUP UNITED STATES, Passed at the first session, which was be. muj arid held at the City ot Washington, in The District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth Iv of March, A.D. lSt)7,was adjourn ed oa the thirteenth day of March, A. D. jijyO m eel on i) cuucsiiui , iu nnmuc. of July, A. I). 1S7. Andrew Johnson, President. Benjamin F. Wade, President of the Senate. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker ot the House of Representatives. rrr.usuED by authority. Chnpt. 1. An Act entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled 4 An Act to incorporate s National Military and Naval Asylum fo: the relief of the totally disabled othcers and men of the volunteer forces of the U. S.,' approved March twenty one, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Rep resentatives of the, United Mates of America in Vonjres atternhled. That section third of the act to incorporate a national asylum for disabled oificers and men of the volunteer forces of the United States, approved March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be amended by strik ing out the words 'not members of Congress.' Approved, March 12, lSt7. Chapt. II. An Act making appropriations for the expenses of Commissioners sent by the President to the Indian country. Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hutixe of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Conijre.it assembled, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not other wise appropriated, to pay the expense of commissioners sent by the President to the Indian country. Approved, March 14, 1857. Chap. III. An Act to repeal a Joint resolu tion entitled "A Resolution to provide for the removal of the wreck of the .steamship Scotland," approved January twenty-ninth eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Be. it enacted ty the Senate and lluttxe of Rep resentative rf the Unittd Staten of America in Conor un-ieindeil. That the joint resolution entitled "A reso lution to provide for the removal of the wreck of the steamship Scotland," approved Janu ary twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, March 10, lsti". Chapt. IV. An Act to clothe the maimed and destitute soldiers. Be it enacted by the Senate and. I fume of Rep- resentatiee of the United State of America in Conorrs.i assembled, 'flint the Secretary of War be, and is here by, authorized and and required to furnish one complete suit of clothing to each invalid soldier who is an inmate of any regularly constituted 'Soldier's Rome" in "the United states, out of the stock on hand iu the quar termaster's department. Sec. 2. And hi- it further enacted. That such clothing shall be delivered to the managers of such institutions upon their requisition therefor, accompanied with such certificates as to numbers and condition as the Secretary of War may prescribe. Approved, March 22 18G7. Chapt. V. An Act in relation to a c:rtain tract of land in Burlington, Iowa. Be it enacted, by the S uate and House of Rep resentaticts rf the United States of Aim rica in Congrsui axsoubleil , That a certain ordinance adopted by the cil;r council of the city of Burlington, in the State of Iowa, of date of December tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred aud sixty six, entitled "An ordinance devoting Market square to certain public purposes, and pro viding for the location of certain railroad tracks upon certain streets, and for other purposes," is hereby ratified, approved, and made leiral and valid, so far as relates to said public square; and that said ordinance shall operate to convey to the Burlington and Mis souri liver railroad company all right and interest of the United States in the pi-emisca known as Market square, in tho said city of Burlington, upon the terms and conditions, and for the purposes and uses therein desig nated, and shall have the same force, opera tion, and effect as if the fee-simple title to said Market square and streets, were owned by said city at the date of said ordinance. Approved, March 22, 1t07. Chnpt. VI. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to provide ho- the more elfeient government of the rebel States," passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to facilitate recon struction. Be it enncttd by the St nate and Ionise of Rrjj-re.-entati ees if the United Stab if America in, Cmi'jress as mb! , That before the tirst day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the com manding general in each district defined by an act entitled " An act to prov ide fur the more efficient government of therebel States, passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, shall cause a registration to be made of the male citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of age and upwards, resident in each county or parish in the State or States included in his district, which registration shall include only those persons who are qualified to vote for delegates by the act aforesaid, and who shall have taken and subscribed the following oath or affirmation: " I, , do solemn!- swear (or affirm), in the presence of Al mighty Cod, that I am a citi zen of the State of ; that I have resided in said State for months next preceding this day, aud no-- reside in the county of , or the parish of , in said State (as the case may be); that I am twenty-oncA-ears old;that I hare not been disfranchised for participa tion iu any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the laws of any State or of the Uni ted States; that I have never been a member of any State legislature, nor held any execu tive or judicial office in any State and after wards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I have never taken an oath as a member of Con gress of the United States, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judi cial otficer of any State, to support the Con stitution of the United States, and after wards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, encourage others so to do, so help me God " ; which oath or affir mation may be administered by any regis tering officer. Sec. 2. ndbe it f nither enacted, That af ter the completion of the registration hereby provided for in any State, at such time and places therein as the commanding general shall appoint and direct, of which at least thirty davs' public notice shall be ijivcn, an I election snan ou neiu oi ueiegaies to a con vention for the purpose of establishing a constitution and civi! government for such State loyal to the Union, said convention in each State, except Virginia, to consist of the same number of members as the most nu merous branch of the State Legislature of such State in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, to be apportioned among the several districts, counties, or parishes of such State by the commanding general, giving to each representation iu the ratio of voters regis tered as aforsaid as nearly as may be. The convention in Virginia shall consist of the same number of members as represented the territory now constituting Virginia in tue most numerous branch ot the Legisla ture of said State iu the year eighteen "hun dred and sixty, to be appropriated as afore said. Sec S. And be it further enacted, That at said election the registered voters of each estate shall vote for or against a convention to form a constitution therefor under this act Ihose voting ln favor of such a convention snail have written or printed on the ballots iZJihl1 'V. "V0 (lcleSat. M "fore said, the words -For a convention," and none voting against such a convention shall -r?I"" tL'I10r I)rinteJou such hMos the uonts Against a convention." The per sons appointed to superintend said election, "tid to make return of the votes given there- "v, no uciciu provided, shall count and make return of the votes civen for and against a convention ; and th' commanding central to whom the same shall have beeil u turned shall ascertain and declare the to tal vote in each State for and a-ainst a con tention. It a majority of the votes given on i.uit question shall be lor a convention, then swell convention shall be held as hereinafter provided; but if a majority of said votes shall be against a convention, then no such convention shall be held under this act : roviucf, tnat such convention shall not be lie d unless a majority of all such registered oters shall have voted ou the question of holding such convention. Sec. 4. And le it further enacted, That the commanding general of each district shall appoint as many boards of registration as may be necessary, consisting of three loy & odicers or persons, to make and complete tae registration, superintecd the election, and make return to him if the votes, list of voters, and of the persons elected as delegates ry a plurality of the votes cast at sai l "elec tions; aud upon receive aaid return.: he L;J.i open the same, accrtain the persons elected as delegates, according to the returns of the officers who conducted said election, and make proclamation thereof; and if a majority of the votes given on that question shall be for a convention, the commanding general within sixty days from the date of' elections, shall notify the delegates to assemble in convention, at a time and place to be men tioned ia the notification, and said conven tion, when organized, shall proceed to frame a constitution and civil government accord ing to the provisions of this act, and the ict to which it is supplementary ; and when the same shall have been so 'framed, said constitution shall be submitted by the con vention for ratification to the persons regis tered under the provisions of this act at an election to be conducted by the officers or persons appointed or to be'appointed by the commanding general, as hereinafter provid ed, and to be held after the expiration of thirty days from the date of notice thereof, to be given by said convention ; and the re turns thereof shall be made to the command ing general of the district. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if, according to said returns, the constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the votes of the registered electors qualified as herein specified, cast at said election, at least one half of all the registered voters voting upon the question of such ratification, the presi dent of the convention shall transmit a copy of the same, duly certified, to the President of the United States, who shall forthwith transmit the same to Congress, if then in session, and it not iu session, then immedi ately upon its next assembling; and if it shall moreover appear to Congress that the election was one at which all the registered and qualified electors in the State had an opportunity to vote freely and without re straint, fear, or the inflnunce of frand, and if the Congress shall be satisfied that such con stitution meets the approval of a majority of all the qualified electors in the State, and if the said constitution shall be declared by Congress to be in conformity with the pro visions of the act to which this is supple mentary, and tlie ottier provisions ot said act shall have been complied with, and the said constitution shall be approved by Con gress, the State shall be declared entitled to representation, ami senators and represen tatives shall be admitted therefore as there in provided. Sec. 0. And be it further enacted. That all elections in the States mentioned in the said " Act to provide for the more efficient gov ernment of the rebel States," shall dining the operation of said act, be by ballot ; and all officers making the said registration of voters and conducting said elections shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take and subscribe the oath prescrib ed by the act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to prescribe an oath of office :" Provided, That if any person shall knowingly and falsely take and subscribe any oath in this act pre scribed, such person so offending and being thereof duly convicted shall be subject to the pains, penalties, and disabilities which by law are provided for the punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That all expenses incurred by the several command ing generals, or by virtue of any orders issued, or appointments made, by them, un der or by virtue of this act, shall be paid out of an- moneys in tho treasury not other wise appropriated. Sec. 8. And be if. further enacted, That the convention for each State shall prescribe the fees, salary, and compensation to be paid to all delegates and other oflicers and agents herein authorized or necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this act not herein otherwise provided for, aud shall provide for the levy aud collect iou of such taxes on the property iu such State as may be uecessary to pav the same. Sec. J. And be it farther enacted. That the word "article," in the sixth sectiou to which this is supplementary, shall be construed to mean " section." SCHUYLER COLFAX, i Speaker of the Huuxr of Representatives. ' B. V. VAi)E, I'rcsidint of the Senate pro tempore. In iuk House ok It v. p k ks f.n t a t 1 v i:s, U. S., March vTi , The President o"the United States having returned to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 4 An act to p'rovide lor the more ellicieut govern ment of the rebel States,' passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and to facilitate restoration," with his ob jections thereto, the House of Representa tives proceeded, in pursuance of the Consti tution, to reconsider the same ; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest : LV.vn. McPhersox, Clerk II. R. U. S. Is Senate of tiik U.viteh States, I March 23, Is-o. ) The Senate having proceeded, in pursu ance of the Coiistiiunon, to re consider the bill entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled An act to provide for the more ellicieut government ot the rebel States,' passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty. seven, and to facilitate restoration," returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Repre sentatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bill : R- s di ed. That the bill do pass, two-thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same. Attest : J. W. Fokxkt, Secretary. Chapt. VII. An act to provide for a Dis tiict and a Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep nseiitatives f the United States of America in Conaress assembled, That the State of Nebraska shall here after constitute one judicial district, and be called the district of Nebraska; and for said district a district judge, a marshal, and a district attorney of the United States, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That tho said distiictof Nebraska shall be attached to and constitute a part of the eighth judi cial circuit; and a term of the circuit court cnl district court of the United States for said district shall be held in the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, on the first Monday of May, and on the first Monday of November, in each vear. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of Nebraska, and the judges thereof respectively, shall possess the !an.c powers and jurisdiction and perform the same duties possessed and performed bv the other circuit and district courts and judges of the United States, and shall be governed by the same laws and regulations. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the district judge appointed for the district of Nebraska shall receive as his compensation the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars a vear, payable in four equal instalments, on" the first days of January, April, July, aud Octo ber of each year. Sec.r. And. be it further enacted. That the marshal and district attorney of the United States, and clerk of the circuit and district courts, for the said district ot Nebraska, shall severally possess the powers and per form the duties lawfully possessed and per formed by similar oflicers in other districts of the United States, and shall for the ser vices they may perform receive the fees and compensation allowed by the act entitled "An act to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerks, marshals, and attorneys of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and for other purposes," approved February twcnty-sixth eighteen hundred and fifty-three. Sec.tf. And be it further enacted, That alt cases of appeal or writ of error, heretofore prosecuted, and now pending iu the Supreme Court of the United States, upon any record from the supreme court of the Territory of Nebraska, or which may hereafter be prose cuted from said court as herein allowed, may be heard and determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, and the mandate of execution or of further proceedings shall be directed by the Suurcme Court of the United States to the circuit or district court of the United States for the district of Ne braska, or to the supreme court of the State of Nebraska, as the nature of said appeal or writ of error may require, and each of these courts shall be the successor of the supreme court of Nebraska Territory as to all such cases, with full power to hear and determine the same, and to award mesne or final pro cess thereon. And from all judgments and docrees of the supreme court of the Terri tory of Nebraska, prior to its admission as a State, the parties to said judgments and de crees shall have the same right to prosecute appeals and writs of error to the federal courts as tiny had under the laws of the United States prior to the admission of said State of Nebraska into the Union. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That un til a judge for said distiictof Nebraska shall be duly appointed, the district judge of the United States for the district of Iowa shall a"t . lh di?:!fi' t iu.lg? of Nebraska, and shall Uftvt aud cicrcise the same junsdig- tion and power in the district, hereby cre- uteu Tin ite oa m i lie uisinci. OI iowa. Approved, March 25, 1S7. Chapt. VIII. An Act to exempt Wrapnin--Paper, made from Wood or Cornstalks from Internal Tax, and for other purposes! Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Rep resentatives of the United Slates of America in Conarc.t assembled, That, i'roni and after the passage of this act, wrapping-paper, made of wood or corn stalks, shall be exempt from internal tax. Sec. 2. And be it further enact-,!, That every national banking association, state bank, or banker, or association, shall pay a tax of ten per centum on the amount of notes of any town, city, or municipal cor poration paid out by them after the first dav of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to bo collected in the mode and manner in which the tax on the notes of state banks is collected. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That wrapping-paper made from any other ma terial than that cited in the lirst section shall be also exempt from internal tax. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That from and after the passage of this act, lad ders made w holly of wood shall be exempt from internal tax'. Approved, March 2G, 1S'7. CHAP. IX. An Act in Relation to the Ac knowledgement of Deeds in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives ef the United States of America in, Con ij reus assembled. That hereafter acknowledgements of deeds for the conveyance of real estate in the Dis trict of Columbia may be taken bv the re corder of deeds for said Districtor by a single justice of the peace; and any such ac knowledgment heretofore taken by a single justice of the peace is hereby made and de clared to be a vi.lid acknowledgment : I'rei rided, That nothing in this act' shall be held to impair the title of bona fide purchasers who, by conveyances and formal acknowl edgments, have, prior to the passage of this act, acquired paramount titles under exist ing laws. Approved, March 20, 1SC7. Chapt. X. An Act supplementary to an Act entitled "An Act to 1 rimbursu the State of West Virginia for Moneys expended for the United States in enrolling, equipping, and paying military Forces to Aid in sup pressing the Rebellion," approved June twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-six Be il enacted by the Senate and, House of Representatives ef the Un it- dStates of America in Co n ores assembled, That the money appro priated by the act to which this is a supple ment shall be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War. Approved, March 20,1507. CHAP. XI. An Act to authorize the En- j try and Rccupation of a Portion of Long j Island, iu Boston Harbor, for military Purposes. j Be it enacted by the Senate and House ef j Rejiresentatives ef the Un'tedStates of America I in Coiiss assemoJcd, That the Secretary of i War be, and he is hereby, authorized to lake possession of that portion of Long Island, in Boston harbor, Massachusetts, belonging to James T. Austin, fur the purpose of erecting thereon a fort, and such other structures as may be needed for military purposes, and there shall be paid for the same, out ol any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dol lars, as agreed on between I vers J. Austin, the agent and representative ot the said James T. Austin, and th-.; agent of the Uni ted States charged with the negotiations for the purchase of said property: I'rorided, That said amount shall not be paid until the Attorney-General of the United States shall be satisfied that the title of said poition of said island has been fully tir.nsfered to the United States, free from all encumbrance, and that the person receiving the money is competent, to act in the premises. Approved, March 2S, lr.t'7. Chapt. XII. An Act to nuthoi ize the Secre tary of the Treasury to sell tho (foyer, n 1 ment Warehouses on Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn, New Ycuk. Be it enacted by the Si note and I false rf Rep re hen tati vs of th e United stattinf America in ( Y'l, a ess i:sst mbb d , That the Secretary of the Treasury is here by authorized, in his discretion, to sell the property on Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn, New York, being warehouses numbers fifty-four, fifty-six, and fifty-eight, now owned by ibe government, the sale to be made :;t public auction to the Inches; and best bidder there for," n leaily money, after g 5 v i n g notice there of sixwecks in succession in two daiK papers printed in the city of New Yoik. And upon sale being made as sduiisaid, the said Sec retary ot the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to make, execute, and de liver to the purchaser thereof a good and sufficient deed for the premises, conveying all the right, title, and interest of the United States. Approved, March 2, 1 07. Chapt. XIII. An Act making Appropria tions to supply Deficiencies in the Appro priations for contingent Fxpeui-.es of the Senate of the United States for the fiscal Year endin June thirtieth. ei : it ecu un-'nr- ('red and sixty-seven, and :or otner loses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives ot'the UnitenStates (if Amer ica, in Congress assembled, That the follow ing sums be, and the same are hereby, ap propriated out of any money in the treasury iiot otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely : For clerks to committees, pages, horses," and carryalls, fifteen thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, Unity thousand dollars. For salary of the clerk to the committee on appropria tions, from the date of his appointment to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, twenty-eight hundred and ninety-eight dollars. To pay the expenses in curred under the resolution of the senate di recting the hydration of the atmosphere of the senate chamber, the sum of seven thou sand five hundred dollars is hereby appro priated and added to the contingent fuud of the senate. Sec. 2. And 1 it further enacted. That sec tiou ten of an act entitled " An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June S' 1S0, aua for other purposes," passed at the second session of the Thirty-niuth congress, shall not be construed to allow a greater com pensation for the publication of t lie laws passed by Congress and executive proclama tions and treaties in the papers of the Dis trict of Columbia than is provided by law for such publication in other papers. And the newspapers in the ten rebellious States named in section seven of " An act making appropriations tor sundry civil expenses of j the government for the vear ending June! thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes," which have been or may be designated in purstisanee of the pro visions of said section for the publication of the public lr.ws and treaties of the United States, shall publish the public laws and treaties of the Thirty-ninth Congress, au thentic copies of which it shall be tho duty of tho Secretary of State to furnish as saon as practicable, after receiving notice of such designation ; and there is hereby appropri ated out of the treasury, from any moneys not otherwise appropriated, a sum suflicient to pay for said service: I'rorided, That the accounts therefor shall be settled In the usual manner, and the compensation shall not exceed the rate fixed iu section seven aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That so much of section seven of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year end ing June thitty, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, and for other purposes, " approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, as relates to the publication of the treaties and laws of the United States, be and the same is hereby extended to the states not therein designated, and to the territories; and that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of state, upon receiving notice of the designation of newspapers under the act aforesaid and this section, promptly to fur nish to such newspapers authentic copies of the treaties and laws of the United states, as aforesaid : Prodded, That it shall be law ful to print the laws and treaties of the Uni ted States, as aforesaid, in three newspapers in Louisiana: And provided farther, That the rates fixed by previous laws shall not be l,,.l.,r ,..'i I e. 7 i nei curve rtl. Sec" 4. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated out of any money in the treas ury not otherwise appropriated, for the ob jects hereinafter expressed, tor the fiscal year ending the thirtieth ot June, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, namely: For sta tionery for the House of Representatives, nine thousand dollars. For newspapers, ten thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars. Sec. 5. And be it Jurlher enacted. That there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap propriated, for salaries ef the commissioner of education and his clerks, twelve thousand four bundled dollais, for the period of three months ending June thirty, eighteen bun- dred and sixtv-sevei ing June thirty, o:g u-'rht. For iivnc. v, --ix 'f.v'ija i tor mnd tlie vear en red andsixf and for s1 teen r ol y- t ""4I i-nuge, District of c i to be expended under the d-n r.; mnbi;'. Secretary of War, fifteen t on, "f Sec,0. AudbeitrZr l;. following sums be. and tho . ' J.llilt appropriated, out of any mono-,, ury not otherwise approp, iat' vim Wl ,iiC UlTr'l inr t.. -""wit: ie intei enable penscs incurred certain I,m '"'f ex" t t mi in -i- ..;.. nuritnso nfnor;.;., ' . "?. Clt.v for U Return home:t w .Ti:.,1l th, Traverse, ten thousand ,l.,ii' UX T.of ioux of the Unnor Mi....: JTi 1 ur the land dollars, f'or the u U ! 'V cc tho,,. State of Kansas, lift residing For the Chippewas of the Mw , "".'''.O ''t thousand tli, thousand dollars. -o.-Mj.ni, Slx And all laws a'dowin"- the-TV.; i S,.irrnf(u Ule J resident, O tii ... ."-erior, or th fii'iiei 01 innian aj.'ani to cwiirni. with any Indian tribes a n. '',l,C:l-'i and no expense shall hereafter be 71 nl: in negotiatin incurred a treaty with tribe until an an-T ludhm am lint ;,;.. . appropriation such expense shall be fir rst ma. la K.- i 6 Sec. 7. And be it farther n.,., , . several sums of monev heretofore 'it , h" ated to be expended nnder the direct uTS - ." I I... .V me commissioner ot public butldim. k transferred to and may be expended ,Vi the direction of the chief enr of S army, or such otficer of the engineer e&Z as he may direct. '-vrjii Approved, March S9, 1SC7. CHAP. XIV. An Act to reimburt' tie ot Induina aud Ohiof .r SL.neu emend - i for the United States in envollhe.j j; and provi-iamma JLitia Forces UFyU Z suppressing the R hellion. Be it enacted by the Senate and Jfe Representatives tf the United SUiUs of Am? tea in Congress assemble I, That iiiiindiat'X after the passage of this act the President shall appoint three commissio cers, hy an,l with the advice and consent of the natp who are not residents of the State of Indiana' whose duty it shall be to ascertain the amount of" moneys expended by the State of Indiana in enrolling. ciuiiiinr. snlxUt;.... transporting, raid paving such State f..:. were called into service in s:iid v;...... since the first day ot S?! January, iwl.t l,.i,i .i "&" """"tu si.wvinu, 10 aci in concert with the United States forces iu the suppres sion of lebelliuli against the United State? Sec. 2. And be tt 'further enact e t. That the' commissioners so appointed shall proceed subject to regulations to be pre scribed) Li the Secretary of War, at once examine all the items of expenditure made bv said State for the purposes herein named, 'allow ing only for disbursements made and amounts assumed by the State for enrollintf equipping, subsisting, transporting, aria paying such troops as" were called into ser vjee by the governor, at fhe request of 11 Ui ited States department commander com manding the district in whicli Indiana inav at the time have been included, or bv the express ordr, consent, or conciu rente t such commander, or which may have been employed or used in suppressing rebellion iu said State. And no" allowance shall be made for any troops Which did not perform actual military service in full conceit and co-operation with the authorities of the United States and subject to their orders. Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted, That ia making up said accitfint, for the convenience of the accounting oflicers of the governmoiif, the commissioners shall state separately the amounts expended, respectively, for enroll- equipping, arming, subsisting, tiaus- porting, and paving said troops. Sec. 4. And bt it further enacted, That, in this act. t lie adius tnient of accounts under me commissioners snail noi anew ior :uv expenditure or compensation for service ut!i rate greater than was at the time nuthui izej by the laws of the United States and the r'. illations prescribed by the Secretary of Vi; ia similar cases. See. And be if f artor aiarfed, That a5 soon as said commissioners shall have made up said account and ascertained the balance, as herein directed, they shall make writteu repoi t thereof, showing the dilierent items of expenditure as hereinbefore stated to t!.e Secretary of the Treasury, who shall caiis the same to be examined by the proper ac counting oificers of the treasury, and siid oflicers shall audit the said accounts as n; ordinary cases ; and if from said report it shall appear tint any .-um remains due t the said State, he shall draw his warrant f..f i lie same, payaoie.io tt.e governor oi s.;-j State, and d'-iivc-r it to l;,:n. SeC. i. An-( ' it fulfr (tnl-'ted, T! ! '.. r tn a ;q i:;Tj! g to the til at lie :0 commissioners to be a shall, before proceed in their duliers tie s'VOi u disci aie el" v will care- folly examine the accounts exi.-:ir.e between the United States ami the State ot ludiar.a, and that they will, to the bc-it of their abili ty, make a just, true, and impartial state ment thereof, as required by this act. They shall receive such compensation for their services as may be determined by the Sec retaiy of the Tieasury, not c.vcc.'.(T)g teu dollars per dav for each coiiiiiii.-sioner. Sec 7. An '( iif:;thtr,na.t-..!. That the provisions of this act s-hall apply in every respect to the State of Ohm, and .he Min.e proceedings shall be had for aseei -tailing the amount due the said State of Ohio, us are herein provided for ascel lainiii OlU amount due the State of Indiana, and fur the. payment of such amount, when ai-cerfaiind under the limitations and re.-trietioa.s of tisi act, a suthciant sum is hereby appmp! iitWd. Sec. S. And be it fifthir emictn!. That a suliitieiit sum is hereby appi opt iateJ U carry this act into effect. Approved, March 2'.', Isi37. CHAP. XV. An Act to grant to the Amer ican Atlantic Cable Telegraph Company, of New York, the Right of Way ami Privi'ege to lay, land, and operate a Sub marine Telegraph Cable ou the Atlantic Coast of the United States, and establish Telegraph Communication between the United States and Europe, via thecH-.-r-mudasand Azores Islands. Be it enacted by the Si nate and Jfmnef Representatives of the Unite, Statet of Afr ica in Congrsss assembled, Tnat the Ameri can Atlantic Cable Telegraph Company, of New York, be, and are hereby, vested with the right, power, and privilege, having ac quired the necessary land therefor, to lay, land, and operate their cable or cables en the Atlantic coast, except the coast of Fl'T id:i. within the jurisdiction of the United States, and the right, power, raid privilege so to lav, land, and operate their cable or cables -shall be ve.-ted ia the said American Atlantic Cable Telegraph Company lor tlie period of twenfv vears from the approval of this act: Provided, That, the said company shall commence active operations within tlie space of two years from the approval of tin act. . Sec. 2. And be it further enactel, T.mt the American Atlantic Cable Telegraj Company, having acquired the necessary land therefor, shall have the right, power, j and privilege to lay, land, and operate their cable or cables, within any of the har bors, waters, inlets, towns, and cities on the Atlantic coast, except the coast of Florida, offering the most practical and coiivcHion' landing, and to construct or erect all t.i U necessary fixtures to accomplish the o-yeci of this act. ,, O Sec. S. And be it further enachd, V.mif government of the 'United States shall at a. times have the preference in its use, up"1' terms that inav be agreed upon between trie Postmaster-General and the said company- w'.. i 4.11 it f.,..t',.t tuui-trd. Congress shall have power to alter, ii't- I tilt. ir tL tuii't.' ' " - ' anieiid, or repeal tins act. Approved, March 20, 1307, CHAP. XVI. An Act to establish a Tort ol Delivery at Chester, Pennsylvania. , Be it enacted bv the Senate and MouW ?p Representatives "of the United State America in Congress assembled, Tlijd ter, in the district of Philadelphia, shall port of delivery, and a surveyor shall Wt pointed, who shall reside at said pop livery and receive a salary of five fjUUU' dollars per annum. Approved, March 20, 1S07. Mr. II. Imus of S-tnU Cruzba a small field of seven acres of land" which appears to be the most profita ble in that section, although liotld'-S but a pond of water half the time The land is lower than Its drain a'J each Spring is brim full of which dries up by the 1 5 th of J"!.v' when it is each year plowed, M planted in grain for haV. This yer a crop of barley was sown auou last of July, which was cut on the b of October, yielding twenty tons first class barley-hay. t tired i" An nliL'ator has been cap the harbor of Baltimore. The tion among fJaUimoreans is, hr-v IK"5' "ot there? 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