VOL. 47,
The HuntingdoU Journal.
J. R. DURBORROW,
Office on the Corner of Fifth and Washington streets.
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BF. GEHRETT, M. - D., ECLEC
•TIC PHYCICIAN AND SURGEON, bar
ing returned from Clearfield county and perma
nently located in Bhirleysburg, offers his profes
sional services to the people of that place and sur
rounding country. apr.3-1872.
DR. H. W. BUCHANAN,
DENTIST,
No. 228 Hill Street,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
July 3,'72.
DR. F. 0. ALLEMAN can be eon
gaited at hie office, at all hours, Mapleton,
Pa. Dnarch6,72.
CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law,
D•No. 111, 3,1 street. Office formerly occupied
by Messrs. Woods I Williamson. [apl2,'7l.
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
professional 5e,i0438 to the community.
CMGs, No. 523 Washington street, one door east
of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan.4,'7l.
EJ. GREENE, Dentist. Office re
• moved to Leister's new building, Hill otreet
Yeatingdon. [jan.4,ll.
GL. ROBB, Dentist, o ffi ce in S. T.
• Brewn's new building, No. 520, Hill St.,
Huntingdon, Ps. [apl2,'7l.
HGLAZIER, Notary Public, corner
. of Washington and Smith streets, Hun
tingdon, Pa. [jan.l2'7l.
A C. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law
• • • Office, No. —, Hill otreet, Huntingdon,
I'o. [5p.19,'71.
JFRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney-
E, • at-Law, HUNTINGDON, PA.
1nne26,12-6m,
JSYLVANUS BL AIR, Attorney-at
• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street,
hree doors west of Smith. [jan.47l.
I" It. PATTON, Druggist and Apoth
cfi • ecary, opposite the Exchange Hotel, Hun
ingdon, Pa. Prescriptions accurately compounded.
Pure Liquors for Medicinal purposes. [n0v.23;70.
JHALL MUSSER, Attorney-at-Law,
• No. 319 Hill st., Huntingdon, Ps. [jan.4,'7l.
R. DURBORROW, Attorney-at
ti • Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in the
several Courts of Huntingdon county. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates of dece
dents.
Office in he JOURNAL Building. [feb.l,'7l
W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law
J • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Soldiers' claims against the Government for back
pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
ed to with great oars and promptness.
Office on Hill street. Dan. 4,71.
K ALLEN LOVELL, Attorney-at
• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to COLLECTIONS of all kinds; to the settle
ment of Estates, he.; and all other Legal Business
prosecuted with fidelity and dispatch.
Fa. Office in room lately occupied by R. Milton
Speer, Esq.
MILES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at-
Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly
to all legal business. Othoe in Cunningham's new
building. Lian.4;7l.
- 101) M. & M. S. LYTLE, Attorneys-
A- • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend to
all kinds of legal lousiness entrusted to their care.
Office on the south side of Hill street, fourth door
west of Smith. Ljan.4,'7l.
A. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law,
• Office, 321 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
[may3l,'7l.
JOHN SCOTT. S. T. BROWN. J. N. DAILEY
SCOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At
torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions,
and all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against
the Government will be promptly prosecuted.
Office on Hill street. (jan.4,11.
rp W. NYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Hun
-A- • tingdon, Pa. Offiee with J. Sowell Stewart,
lieq. [jan.4;7l.
WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney
at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to collections, and all other bpi' business
attended to with care and promptness. Office, No.
229, Hill street. [apl9,'7l.
Hotels.
MORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA E. E. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON, PA
J. 11. CLOVER, Prop.
April 5, 1871-Iy,
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
S. S. BOWDOV, Prop'r.
Corner of Pitt & Juliana Ste., Bedford, Pa. map].
EXCHANGE HOTEL, Huntingdon,
Pa. JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
January 4, 1871.
Miscellaneous.
COLYER & GRAHAM, PAINTERS.
Shop No. MO, Ilill Street,
(21 door - from S. E. Henry S do's.,)
Huntingdon, Pa.,
will do all kind of p;intiflg cheaper than any
firm in town. Give them a call before applying
elsewhere. I may6m.
ISAAC TAYLOR & CO., MANUFAC
'MMUS OF Hemlock, Pine, and Oak Bill Tim
ber and Shingles, Osceola, Clearfield county, Pa.
They make a specialty of furnishing to order all
kinds of
HEMLOCK AND BILL TIMBER.
Orders taken and any information given by M.
M. LOGAN, at his office, over the Union Bank,
Huntingdon, Pa.
Jan.24,1872-6mo.
RA. BECK, Fashionable Barber
• and Hairdresser, Hill street, opposite the
Franklin House. All kinds of Tonics and Pomades
kept on hand and for sale. [apl9,ll-8m
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1872.
CARPETS!! CARPETS!! CARPETS!!
SPRING STOCK.
AT .LOWEST PRICES!
JAMES A. BROWN
Is constantly receiving at his new
Beautiful Patterns of Carpets, fresh from the
ooms of the manufacturers. His stock comprise.
BRUSSELS,
VENITIAN,
COTTAGE,
LIST and RAG CARPETS
CARPET CHAIN,
COCOA AND CANTON MATTINGS,
FLOOR, STAIR AND TABLE
Window Shades and Fixtures, Drugget, Velvet
Rugs, Door Mats, Extra Carpet Thread and Bind
ing. I make a specialty of furnishing Churches
and Lodges at City Prices, and invite Furnishing
Committees to call and see goods made expressly
for their purposes.
Buyers will sane money and be better suited by
going to the regular Carpet and Oil Cloth Store,
for any of the above goods. I defy competition
in prices and variety of beautiful patterns.
I have also the Agency for the Orignal
HOWE SEWING MACHINE, IMPROVED,
so well known as the best Family Machine in the
world
Call at the CARPET STORE and see them.
JAMES A. BROWN.
Feb. 14,1872.
W. BUCHANAN J. M. BUCHANAN.
BUCHANAN & SON.
509 HILL STREET,
We have the the largest, cheapest and best as•
sortment of
COOKING STOVES
West of Philadelphia. We constantly keep on
band
SPEARS',
CALORIFIC,
EXCELSIOR,
OLIVE BRANCH,
PENN,
MORNING LIGHT,
COTTAGE, _ _
STAR, and the
REGULATOR.
EVERY STOVE WARRANTED !
WOOD and WILLOW WARE,
JAPANESE WARE,
TIN AND PAINTED WARE,
TOLEDO PUMPS,
ETC., ETC., ETC. ETC.
Persons going to housekeeping can get every
thing they need, from a clothes pin to a cooking
stove.
ROOFING, SPOUTING & JOB WORK
done at short notice. Give us a call and we feel
satisfied you caa save money. 10april.
THE MERCHANT TAILORING
ESTABLISHMENT, at
OAK HALL,
opposite First National j Is now fully prepared to
Bank Huntingdon, Pa., ) make up suits which for
NEATNESS,DURABILIT Yawl CHEAPNESS
cannot be equaled in this county. Having just
received my
SPRING and SUMMER stock of
CLOTHS,
CASSIMER ES,
VESTING,
ETC.,
I ask everybody to call and be convinced of the
fact that the most complete Merchant Tailoring
establishment is carried on at Oak Hall.
Also Ready-made clothing, for Men, Youths and
Boys. Gents Furnishing Goods,
NOTIONS, HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC.
I invite all to call and examine my stook of
they are of the best qualities and of all grades
and patterns, and I will be able to please all wisl
ing anything in my line.
111Waytt
GRAND DEPOT
FOR
NEW GOODS
INFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT HE
SPLENDID STOCK OF NEW GOODS
BUSINESS CARDS,
CAN'T BE BEAT
IN CHEAPNESS AND QUALITY.
Jan. 4, '7l,
FRESH ARRIVAL OF
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
Corner of the Diamond, in Saxton's Building
I have just received a large stock of Ladies' ele
gant Dress Goods, Gentlemene' Furnishing Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps of all kinds, in end
less variety, for ladies, gentlemen, misses and
children.
LEGAL BLANKS,
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
GROCERIES,
Coffee, Teas of all kinds, best and common Syrups,
Spices, de. Tobacco and Segars, wholesale and
PAMPHLETS,
These goods will be sold as cheap, if not cheaper,
than any other house in town. "Quick sales and
small profits," is my motto.
Thankful for past patronage, I respectfully soli
cit a continuance of the same.
L R. NORTON,
PIANOS.
JEWETT & GOODMAN ORGAN,
Opposite New City Hall,
(Send for Illustrated Catalogue.)
June 26, 1872-3 m.
Miscellaneous
1872.
CARPET STORE,
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
525 i Hill Street.
INGRAINS,
WOOL DUTCH,
HEMP,
OIL CLOTHS,
and a large stock of
WALL PAPER,
HUNTINGDON, PA,
READY MADE GOODS
B. F. DOUGLASS.
D. P. GIVIN
HAS JUST OPENED A
THAT
CALL AND SEE.
D. P. °WIN.
at the Cheap Store of
BENJAMIN JACOBS,
Dealer in
AND STATE AGENT
For the celebrated
118 Smithfield Street,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
HUNTINGDON, PA., JULY 31, 1872
[orFxclAL.]
LAWS
OF THE
- UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 145.]
AN ACT to establish certain post-roads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following be. and are hereby, established
as post-roads :
ALABAMA.
From Mitchell to Oswichee.
From Jacksonville, via White Plains
and Edwardsville, to Kemp's Store.
From Edwardsville, via Bell's Mills,
Arbacoochie, Slate Hill, and Wild Wood,
to Wedowee.
From Pine Apple to Cokeville.
From Oxford to Kemp's Creek.
From Dadeville, via Howell's Store, to
Wetumpka.
ARKANSAS.
From Taylor's Creek to Cherry Valley.
From Locksbnrg to Mineral Springs.
From Greensboro' to Powhatan.
From Big Flat to Pineville.
From Sycamore, via Table Rock, Mc-
Clure's Mills, and Buffalo City, to Yell
ville.
From Conmey to Quitman.
From Dallas, via Eagle Gap, to Chaco
vile.
From Batesville, via Black Oak and
Mount Olive, to Pineville.
From Antrim via Okalona, Rome, Beech
Creek, and Red Hill, to Camden.
From Fayetteville, to Vinitia.
CALIFORNIA.
From Hydesville, via Gibson's Store,
Robinson's Store, Contses Store, and Kick
amakie, to Round Valley.
From Reno, in Nevada, to Greenville.
From Independence to Deep Springs.
From Havolah to Mineral Park, in
Orizona.
From San Buenaventara to Hueneme.
From San Diego, via Spring Valley,
Cagin Rancho, Valle de los Viegos, Guat
ary, and Stonewall Mine, to Julian Mines.
From Merced, via Snellings and Coul
terville, to Yosemite.
From; Coulteraville to La Grange.
From San Louis Rey, via Mount Fair
view, to Temecula.
From Independence, via Toll House,
Deep Spring Valley, and Slida Valley, to
Gold Mountain.
From Modesta, via Horr's Ranch and
Coniterville, to Yosemite.
From San Diego, via Pamii, Ban Pas
cual, Montserate, Wolf's Store, and San
Jacinto, to San Bernardino.
Froni Ballena to Oak Grove.
From Santa Clara, via Lexington, Sum
mit House, San Lorenzo, and Felton, to
Santa Cruz.
From Elk Grove, via Sheldon and Co
snmnes, to Michigan Bar.
COLORADO.
From Colorado Springs, via Easton, to
Gomer's Mills.
From Puebla, via Huerfano Junction,
Baggsville, and Los Animas, to Fort
Lyon.
DAKOTA
From Yankton, via Green Island, Ne
braska, Claeyenne, in Wyoming.
From Yankton, via Todd's Ford, to
Rockport.
From Medary to Lake Benton, in Min
nesota.
From Vermillion, via Tnrnersville, to
Wicklow.
FLORIDA
From Orlando to Cross Prairie.
From Concord to Harrell, via Calvary,
in Georgia.
From New Smyrna, via Spring Hill and
Lake Beresford, to Hawkinsville.
From Cedar Keys to Sumpterville.
From Orlando, via Lake Marion and
Fort Drum, to Saint Lucie.
From Key 'West, via Charlotte Harbor,
to Tampa.
From Fort Mead to Charlotte Harbor.
From Okehumkee, via Sumpterville, to
Brooksville.
From New Troy, via Cook's Hammock,
to Deadman's Bay.
From Jacksonville, via Callahan, King's
Ferry, Coleraine, and Trader's Hill, to
Centre Village, Georgia.
GEORGIA.
From Elberton, via Summervale, Cold
Water, and Cedar Creek, to Hartwell.
From Penfield to Woodville.
From Boston, via Old Grooverville,
Amacilla Station, to Monticello, Florida.
From Danielsville, via Pool's Grove and
Antioch, to Elberton.
From Valdosta, via Long Pond, Swil
ley's Store, to Jenning's Post-Office,
Florida.
From Dearing to Luther.
From Washington. via Baker's Ferry to
Elberton.
ILLINOIS
From Millford, via Ash Grove, to Buck
ley.
From Hull's Station to Richfield.
From Eddyville, via Stonefort, to Sarah
vale.
From Opdyke, via Harris Grove, to
Webb's Prairie.
From Tamaroa, via Winfield, to Spring
Garden.
From McLeansboro, via MoLanaboro
and Tamaroa Road, to Ewing.
INDIANA
From West Lebanon, via Walnut Grove,
to Boswell.
From Lafayette, via Montmorency,
Pond Grove, Oxford, Boswell, and Paxton,
to Bloomington.
lOWA.
From Manson to Algona.
From West Side, via Levey, Boyer Val
ley, and Eden, to Storm Lake.
From Jacksonville, via Pond Valley, to
Cresco,
From Chillicothe to Munterville.
From Eldora, via State Centre, to Des
Moines.
From Cherokee to Sibley.
From Levey to Sac City.
From Centreville, via Walnut City and
Inconium,
to Tyrone.
From Ottumwa, via Ormanville, to
Unionville.
From College Springs to Achison, in
Missouri.
From Delhi to Hartwick.
KANSAS.
From Neodoeha, via Sternerton, Jerett,
and Longton, to Elk Ealls.
From Osborne City, via valley of the
Solomon, to west line of the State.
From Salina, via Lindeburg and Hutch
inson, to Pomeroy.
From Jewell City, via Burr Oaks, to
Red Cloud.
From Eureka, Christiana, to Cottonwood
Falls.
From Belleplain to Oxford.
From Jewell City, via Aurora, to Beloit.
From Concordia, via Aurora, to Cawker
City, in Mitchell county.
From Hutchinson, via Sherman Pome
ry, to Camp Supply, in the Indian Terri
tory.
KENTIJCY
From Mayfield, via Cuba and Dukedom,
to Dresden.
From Whitesbnrg to Prestonburg.
From Jamestown to Cumberland City.
From Greensburg, via Vaughn's Store,
to Edmonton.
MARYLAND.
From Cumberland to Bottle Run Tan
nery.
From Fairview to Cearfoss Cross-Roads.
From Wolfsville to Smithburg.
From Middletown to Beallsville.
MASSACHUSETTS.
From Oak Bluffs Landing to Edgartown
From Greenfield to Conwa.
MAINE.
From East Bradford to South La
Grange.
MICHIGAN.
From lonia to Easton.
MINNESOTA
From Benson to Indian Agency, at Big
Stone Lake.
From Cosmos, via Birch Coolie, to
Beaver Falls.
From Montevido, via Clastes Falls, to
Morris.
From Blooming Prairie to Waltham.
MISSISSIPPI.
From Brookville to Picknesville.
From Greenville to Rolling Fork.
From Cartersville, via Burnt Mills,
Burton's and Hickory Plains, to Marietta.
From Cold Water, via Taylor's Store, to
Tunica Bluff.
From Shubuta to Brookhaven.
From Hernando, via Eudora, to De So
to Front.
From luka to Pikesville.
From Paulding, via Etahoma and Laco
nia, to Taylorville.
From Vernon, via Woodbine, to Satar
tia.
From Morton to Polkvilla.
From Bolton to Brownsville.
MISSOURI.
From Crocker to Lima Creek.
From California, via Jamestown, Prarie
Hence, Gooehes Mills, and Overton, to
Rocheport.
From Cornelia, via Burnett's Station, to
Windsor.
From Nevada to Moundville.
From Linn, via Mount Ariel, to Owen's
Mills.
From Little Osage, via Metz, Prior's
Creek, and Duncan, to Barnesville.
From O'Fallon to Wellsburg.
From Wellsburg, via Chain-of-Rocks, to
Old Monroe.
From New Hope to Falmouth.
From Georgia, via Galesburg, to Mi
nersville.
From Willow Springs, via Richville, to
Buffalo City.
From Columbia, via Stephens' Store and
Millersburg, to Fulton.
From Iberia to Dixon.
From West Plains, via Speers Mills, to
Gainesville.
From West Plains to Mountain Home.
From Salem, via Carpentersville, Sam
menaville, Harlem's Mills, Cross Roads,
and Layo Store, to West Plains.
From Marysville to Rochester.
From Frandford, on St. Louis and Keo
kuk Railroad, via Spencersburg, to Curry
ville.
NEW YORK.
From Kelloggsville to New Hope.
From New Bremen, via Beaver Falls, to
Croghan.
From Franklinville to Elgin.
From Panama to North Clymer.
From Hedgesville Rathbunville.
From Masonville, via East Masonville,
to Sidney Centre.
From Windham Centre to Jewett.
From Ellenville to Drown'd Lands.
From Mayfield, via Cranberry Creek, to
Northville.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
From Harrisville, via Pottersville, to
Keene.
NORTH CAROLINA.
From Mull Store to Happy Home.
From Black River Chapel to Kelley's
Cove.
NEVADA.
From Austin to Lida.
From Montezuma, via Alida, to Gold
Mountain.
NEBRASKA
From Kearney Station, via Fort Kear
ney, Republican City, to Truesdale and
Hays' City, in Kansas.
From North Platte, via Stockville, to
Hays' City, in Kansas.
From Exeter, via Empire, (Jlengary,
and Jersey City, to Big Sandy.
NEW JERSEY.
From Mechanic, via Allendale and
Rock Mills, to Blawenburgh.
From Dover to Mine Hill.
From Walpack Centre to Branchville.
OHIO.
From Frazersburg, via West Carlisle,
to New Guilford.
From Mount Airy to New Baltimore.
From Blue Rock to Young Hickory.
From St. Clair to Calcutta.
From Whipple to Masterton.
From Salem Centre, via Danville, to
Syger. . .
PENNSYLVANIA.
From Harrisonville, via Sype's Mills
and Needmore, to Warfordsburg.
From Bloomsburg, via Mordansville,
Rohesbnrg and Stillwater, to Benton.
From New Brighton, via Bush Creek,
to Barrisville.
From Jackson Corners to Philipsburg.
From Pocono to Honser's Mills.
From State-Lick, via Ml9ll, to North
Buffalo.
From M'lntire to Ralston.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
From Union Court-House, via Burnt
Factory, to Woodruff.
From Spartanburg to (lowanaville.
From Walhalla, via Colonel's Fork,
Bachelor's Retreat, Orkeney, Snow Creek,
and Warsaw, to Walhalla.
TEXAS.
From Cleburne to George's Creek
TENNESSEE.
From Richland Station to Lafayette.
From Brentwood, via Millview, to Hard
ison.
From Dover to Tobacco Point.
From Waynesboro, via Copeland, Mar
tin's Mills, Giles Mills, and Loweryville to
Hamburg.
From Troy, via Millenville, to Tiptonville.
From Trezevant, via M'Lemaresville, to
Terry.
From Asheville, via West Fork of Ivy
and Upper Laurel and Indian Creek, to
Jonesboro.
From Lawrenceburg, via Newburg, to
Centreville.
From Lawrenceburg to Waynesboro.
VIRGINIA.
From Summerfield, via Spring Valley,
to Stepens Creek.
From Blacksburg, via Ptices Fork, to
Cowan's Mills.
From Baptist Valley to Knob.
From Independence, via Tongs Gap,
Clems Branch, and Flat Ridge, to Rye
Valley.
From Laurel Grove to Cartersburg.
From Buffalo Gap to Deerfield.
From Mount Airy Depot to Davis' Mill.
From Martin's Station to Drapers Valley.
From Vicker's Switch to Price's Fork.
VERMONT.
From Marshfield to Cabot.
From Norrisville to South Danville
WISCONSIN.
From Galesville to North Bend.
WYOMING.
From Rowlin's Springs to Seminole City.
WEST VIRGINIA.
From Pennsborough to Henry Pings,
on Grass Run.
From Winfield to Scott Depot, on
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
From Manna Ferry to Union.
From Kanawha C. H., via Copenhavens
Mill, to Walton.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 139.]
AN ACT to extend the provisions of an
act entitled "An act for the final ad
justment of private land-claims in the
States of Florida, Louisiana, and Mis-
souri, and for other purposes."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
provisions of the act entitled "An act for
the final adjustment of private land-claims
in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and
Missouri, and for other purposes," ap
proved une twenty-second, eighteen hun
dred and sixty, be, and the same are here
by extended, and the same shall continue
in force for a period of three years from
and after the passage of this act.
. .
SEC. 2. Tliat all persons claiming land
as specified in the first section of said act
may have their claims confirmed, in ac
cordance with the forms and in the man
ner prescribed in said act, in all cases
where it shall be satisfactorily proved that
the claimants, and those from whom they
derive title, have held continuous posses
sion of the land claimed, from the date of
the cession to the United States of the
territory out of which the States of Flori
da, Louisiana, and Missouri were formed.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE—No. 140.]
AN ACT to authorize the construction of
a bridge across the Mississippi river at
or near the city of Red Wing, in the
State of Minnesota, and to establish it
as a post road.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall lawful for any person or persons,
company or corporation, being first there
to authorized by the legislatures of Min
nesota and Wisconsin respectively, to build
a bridge across the Mississippi river, at
or near the city of Red Wing, in the State
of Minnesota, and to lay on or over said
bridge railway-tracks for the more perfect
connection of any railroads that are, or
shall be, constructed to the said river at
or opposite said point, under the limita
tions and conditions hereinafter provided;
that said bridge shall not interfere with
the free navigation of said river beyond
what is necessary in order to carry into
effect the rights and privileges hereby
-granted; and in case of any litigation
arising from any obstruction, or alleged
obstruction, to the free navigation of said
river, the cause may be tried before the
district court of the United States of any
State in which any portion of said ob
struction or bridge touches.
SEC. 2. That any bridge built under
the provisions of this act may, at the
option of the company building the same,
be built as a drawbridge, with a pivot or
other form of draw, or with unbroken or
continuous spans : Provided, That if the
bridge shall be made with unbroken and
continous spans, it shall not be of less ele
vation, in any case, than fifty feet above
extreme high-water mark, as understood
at the point of location, to the bottom
chord of the bridge; nor shall the spans
of said bridge be less than two" hundred
and fifty feet in length, and the piers of
said bridge shall be parallel with the cur
rent of the river, and the main span shall
be over the main channel of the river, and
not less than three hundred feet in length :
And provided also, That if any bridge
built under this act shall be constructed as
a drawbridge, the same shall be construct
ed as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over
the main channel of the river at an acces
sible and navigable point, and with spans
of not less than one hundred and sixty
feet in length in the clear on each side of
the central or pivot pier of the draw; and
the next adjoining spans to the draw shall
not be less than thirty feet above low-wa
ter mark, and not less than ten above ex
treme high-water mark, measuring to the
bottom chord of the bridge ; and the piers
of said bridge shall be parallel with the
current of the river: And provided also,
That said draw shall be opened promptly,
upon reasonable signal, for the passage of
boats; and in no case shall unnecessary
delay oceur in opening the said draw du
ring or after the passage of trains.
SEC. 3 That any bridge constructed un
der this act, and according to its limitations,
shah be a lawful structure, and shall be
known and recognized as a post-route,
upon which, also, no higher charge shall
be made for the transmission over the same
of the mails, the troops, and the munitions
of war of the United States than the rate
per mile paid for their transportation over
the railroad or public highways leading to
the said bridge, and the United States shall
have the right of way for postal-telegraph
purposes across said bridge.
SEc. 4 That all railway companies de
siring to use the said bridge shall have and
be ent'tled to equal rights and privileges
in the passage of the same, and in the use
of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and
of all the approaches thereto, under and
upon such terms and conditions as shall be
prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon
hearing the allegations and proofs of the
parties in case they shall not agree.
SEC. 5 That the plan and specifications,
with the necessary drawings of saidbridge,
shall be submitted to the Secretary of War
for his approval, and until he approve the
plan and location of said bridge it shall
not be built or commenced; and should
Any change be made in the plan of said
bridge during the progress of the work
thereon, such changes shall be subject to
the approval of' the Secretary of War; and
all changes in the construction of said
bridge that may be directed by Congress
shall be made at the cost and expense of
the owners thereof.
SEC. 6. That the right to alter or amend
this act, so as to prevent or remove all
material obstructions to the navigation of
said river by the construction of bridges,
is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE—No. 143.]
AN ACT to refund duties paid on goods,
wares, and merchandise remaining in
bond or store on the first day of August,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Be it enacted by the 'Senate and . House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That when
ever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of
the Secretary of the Treasury that parties
are entitled to refund of duties paid on
goods, wares, and merchandise remaining
in public stores or bonded warehouses on
the first day of August, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two,, under the provisions of
the eighth section of the act approved
June six, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, entitled "An act to reduce duties on
imports and to reduce internal taxes,
and
for other purposes," it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to draw
his warrant upon the Treasurer, directing
said Treasurer to refund the same out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise
oppropriated.
Approve', June 10, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE—No. 144.]
AN ACT to repeal so much of section six
of an act entitled "An act making ap
propriations for the support of the army
for the year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, and for
other purposes," approved March third,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, aspro
hibits promotions in the Engineer de
partment of the army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houee of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That so
much of section six of an act entitled "An
act making appropriations for the support
of the army for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
and for other purposes," approved March
third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as
prohibits promotions and new appointments
in the Engineer department be, and the
same is hereby, repealed : Provided, That
nothing herein contained shall authorize
promotion in said departibent above the
grade of colonel.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
Cash System
Could a cash system be adopted gener
ally ? Would business in general be ben
efitted by its adoption.? Would any one
suffer by its adoption ?
These questions, Mr. Editor, are import
ant to many business men. They give
trouble continually, yet but few give a
thought to the subject, or if they do, their
opinions are weakly expressed in private,
and do no good.
That the cash system is the best mode
of doing business requires no argument to
prove, it' we accept the manner of doing
business by a large number, and perhaps
the majority of the business men, as cor
rect. In considering the case, but two
classes seem to suffer from the credit sys
tem—the merchant or the distributors of
products and the manufacturer or producer
of fabrics. The day laborer receives his
pay as fast as he earns it; the farmer re
ceives cash for whatever he has to sell;
railroad, express, telegraph, banking insti
tutions and a score of other operations de
mand ready money for service in advance,
or upon delivery of goods, because they
say if we dealt on credit we could not car
ry on our business, and could not meet our
obligations, therefore they adopt the rule
of cash, and a willing public grants that it
is right. But the manufacturer and mer
chant are expected to furnish to the public
their goods and receive pay at the conve
nience of the purchaser.
Could a cash system be adopted ? If it
is practical and good in one place it is
equally good in al. Every man who buys,
if he is honest, expects to pay for what ho
buys at some time. If he have resources
he can as easily pay now as at some future
time—if he have none he will not likely
be any better off a year hence than he is
to-day. No man, however, who has health
and ability to work new ask indulgence
for what he buys. But would paying rea
dy money carry with it any real advanta
ges ? Both buyer and seller would be in
calculably benefitted. But how ? Many
good reasons may be given, but a few only
can be noticed; what has been passed over
by the writer the reader can easily discov
er by exercising some thought. In the
first place if the buyer lacked the greatest
of all business qualities—economy—he
would be brought to it from the force of
necessity. Running accounts has sunk
more ships than "Poor Richard" ever
dreamed of. Many bad habits would no
doubt be broken up. No old scores to be
squared up, the buyer would feel that he
was up to time. What "Poor Richard"
characterized the "empty bag" would be
filled and would stand upright, and he
would have all the noble feelings of a man.
The great Philosopher said that the "first
vice was running in debt—the second was
lying." For the verification of this truth
you have only to meet a man who is in
debt and wants to get in debt more. The
buyer would have control of himself and
his resources. No patent leather shoes
would peep from his shining French cloth
"trousers," no glossy broadcloth would
encircle his muscles after the latest cut of
the fashion, no Greeley, Grant, Fred Doug
lass, or Mrs. Woodhull hat would soar
aloft frcm his raven curls unless he could
say I am monarch of all I possess my
right there is none can dispute, for I owe
no man anything but to love him, and I
would much prefer he were a girl. There
would be fewer braces, and stays, and raft
ers, and spires, and modillions, and feath
ers from the birds of Halifax hawing
around and about his Dolly Varden ; there
would be fewer brilliants hanging on each
side of her overflowing head to keep it in
proper balance; fewer bands around her
dainty fingers to keep them from breaking,
but more of the solid and spbstantial com
forts of life and these all paid for. "How
happy are they who this injunction obey,"
"Owe no man anything." The seller who
sells on credit adds a percentage to cover
losses and additional expenses of help, &c.
This the buyer must pay, and consequent
ly does not get as much for his money as
he would were no such additional expense
necessary.
But now for the man who sells. In go
ing into a business a man can generally
NO. 30.
know what his profits are, and can keep
his expenses within his income. He can
enter into business with a much smaller
amount of capital when sales are made for
cash. In doing a business on credit it is
necessary to have money enough not only
to begin, but to carry it on for a long time
afterwards, the trouble and expense of col
lecting is equal to one-fourth of the profits,
for this drain on the profits many good
men have failed who, had they sold for
cash, would have succeeded in building up
the largest trade. Under the cash system
more men would be employing instead of
employed, as much less money would ena
ble a man to embark in many trades from
which he is now shut out on account of the
risk there is in a credit system. He who
buys and sells for cash has no open obli
gations to meet, pays no discount on pa
per, loses no time going after his debtors,
and consequently can devote his whole time
to the perfection of his trade and there
fore can sell at lower prices and in larger
quantities, and having no risks or no losses
the aggregate of his business is much
greater than if selling at greater prices on
credit with its attendant losees. Finally,
when a man has passed anything from his
hands its measure in money belongs to
him at once, and any detention of the
amount, by the buyer, is a wrong done to
the seller. The sun should never set on
an unsettled debt. The seller would be
relieved from a duty that is often very
unpleasant of informing some very good
men as well as some not so good that his
"terms are cash," which is now hunr , up
in every sale-house in the country, and is
a phrase without meaning. A railroad
ticket agent always keeps his one hand on
the ticket until he gets the price of it in
the other. This, of course, is the cash
system with a vengeance. But so long as
he does not do worse who should cora
-1 plain ? The system once established every
one would comply without a murmur.—
What a benignant countenance would you
possess, editor of the JOURNAL? Satan
would have to go back to his dark and
lonely cave—his work was done—he could
find no one who owed the printer.
In answer to the last question : Would
suffering be produced by adopting it ? To
adopt it at once might be a little oppres
sive in some cases, but in three or six
months it would have lost all its terrors.
People would then, instead of living a
month behind, be a month ahead, and soon
these months would amount to years. Soon
they would get a taste for saving and would
be surprised at the amount of wants they
seemed to have when running an account
that they did not have when their bills
were paid with ready money as they were
contracted. Soon they would learn that
the same amount of money provided so
many more solid comforts than it formerly
did, and securing this fact and feeling
happy in themselves and at peace with all
mankind, they would look around for the
man who first established the plan "pay
as you go," and if he is found he will not
be able to bear half the good things be
stowed upon him. But as this man cannot
be found, having died several centuries
since, and as you, Mr. Editor, are always
ahead with new ideas, the labors may be
cast upon you, and if they be greater than
you can bear we will send you our hat.—
Let us all begin now and pay as we go, and
what we cannot pay for we better forego
the enjoyment for the present. Franklin,
whose practical maxims, if observed, would
bring more sunlight to the American peo
ple than all the other works on political
economy ever written, says, "we fancy you
consult your purse."
The President's Daughter at the En
glish Court.
Much has been said in some of the sec
ular papers, says the 6'hristian Advocate,
concerning the visit to England (just at
this time) of Miss Nellie Grant. The fol
lowing correspondence sufficiently answers
any unfavorable criticism in which certain
maligners of the President have indulged
with regard to the matter. The letter was
dated at Langley Hotel, London, May,
1872 :
My Dear Lady and Queen: lam em
barrassed at the honor of an official re
quest, given through a high officer, (your
Lord Chamberlain, I think,) to be pre
sented to your Majesty. I should dearly
love to see you, that I might tell my moth
er ancAllither that I have been thus hon
ored. I am but a simple American girl.
That I am the President's daughter gives
me no claim to your recognition as a sov
ereign. If; with the kind lady who is
acting as my chaperone, I might visit you,
I should be very glad. Our Secretary of
Legation hints at some political significance
in this opportunity. I cannot so interpret
it, and would not wish to be so received,
because it would not be right, as I am
nothing in American politics; and I am
sure my father would not desire me to ap
pear other than as my simple and humble
self. If, with this explanation, your Ma
jesty will allow me to vislryou, I shall be
greatly honored and be very proud.
I have written this note of my own mo
tion, and because I think it the right thing
to do. lam your Majesty's very obedient
servant and admirer, NELLIE GRANT.
To the above Queen Victoria very kind
ly responded, writing with her own hand:
WLNDSOR CASTLE.
Miss Nellie Grant : I have instructed
Lady - to convey to you this note, and
we shail receive you as the daughter of
your honorable parents without the inter
vention of our high officers of State. I
shall accept your visit as an "American
girl," and there shall be no other signifi
cance in the fact than your kindly-express
ed desire to see the lady and not the sov
ereign. I shall find it pleasant to forget
that I am Queen in receiving you to-mor
row afternoon at our palace of Windsor.
VICTORIA.
A HAPPY WOMAN.—What finer spec
tacle does the earth afford than a happy
woman contented with her sphere ready at
all times to benefit her little world by her
exertions, and transforming the briars and
thorns of life into roses of paradise by the
magic of her touch ? There are those who
are thus happy because they cannot help it
—no misfortune dampen their sweet smiles,
and they niffuse a cheerful glow aronnd
them as they pursue the even tenor of their
way. They have the secret of contentment,
whose value is above the philosopher's
stone ; for without seeking the baser ex
change of gold, which may buy some sorts
of pleasure, they convert everything they
touch into joy. What their condition is
makes no difference. They may be rich or
poor, high or low, admired or forsaken by
the fickle world ; but the sparkling fountain
of happiness bubbles up in their hearts,
and makes them radiantly beautiful.—
Though they live in a log cabin, they make
it shine with a luster that kings and queens
may covet, and they make wealth a fountain
of blessings to the children of poverty.