VOL. 47
The Huntingdon Journal.
J. R. DURBORROW,
Office oft the Cornet of Fifth and Washington otreeti
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JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain and
Fancy Colors, done with neatness and dispatch.—
Hand-bills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, Sm., of every
variety and style, printed at the shortest notice,
and every thing in the Printing line will be execu
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
rates.
Professional Cards.
R F. GEHRETT, M. D., ECLEC
-A-.• TIC PHYCICIAPT AND SURGEON, hav
ing returned from Clearfield county and perma
nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his profes
sional services to the people of that place and sur
rounding country. apr.34872.
W. BUCHANAN,
DR.
DENTIST,
No. 228 Hill Street,
HUNTINGDON, PA.-
July 3,'72,
DF. 0. ALLEMAN can be con
suited at his office, at all hours, Mapleton,
Pa. [inarch6,72.
CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law,
D•No. 111, 3d street. Office formerly occupied
by Messrs. Woods t Williamson. [5p12,71.
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
professional services to the community.
Office, No. 523 Washington street, one door east
.of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan.4,'7l.
V . J. (REENE, Dentist:- Office re
-:•11-1d• moved to Leister's new building, Hill street
Pr.-ttingdon. Dan.4,"11.
a L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T.
1-1.1
• Brcwn's new building, . No. 520, Hill St.,
Huntingdon, Pa. [apl2,'7l.
TT GLAZIER, Notary Public, corner
• of Washington and Smith streets. Hun
tingdon, Pa. [ jan.l2'7l.
AC. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law
. Office, No. —, 11111 street, Huntingdon,
Pa.. [ap.19,71.
ir FRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney
rfi • at-Law, HUNTINODON, PA.
jane26,'72-6m,
SYLVA.NIIS BLAIR, Attorney-at
ri • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street,
hree doors west of Smith. [jan.4'7l.
jr It. PATTON, Druggist and Apoth
c, • ecary, opposite the Exchange Motel, Hun
ingdon, Pa. Prescriptions accurately compounded.
Pure Liquors for Medicinal purposes. [n0v.23,'70.
_T HALL MUSSER, Attorney-at-Law,
EP
• No. 319 Hill EL, Huntingdon, Pa. Dan. 4,11.
R. DURBORROW, Attorneyvtt
v • 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,ll
j W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law
r-,
• and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Soldiers' claims against the Government for back
pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
ed to with great care and promptness.
OStie on Hill street. Dan.4,'7l.
ALLEN LOVELL, Attorney-at
• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to COLLECTIONS of all kinds; to the settle
ment of Estates, &c.; and all other Legal Business
prosecuted with fidelity and dispatch.
' Office in room lately occupied by B. Milton
Speer, Esq. Dan.4,'7l.
WES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at
arty, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly
to all legal business. Office in Cunningham's new
building. , Ejan.4,ll.
I have just received a large stock of Ladies' ele
gent Dress Goods, Gentlemeus' Furnishing Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps of all kinds, in end
less variety, for ladies, gentlemen, misses and
children.
Office on the south side of Hill greet, fourth door CARPETS
west of Smith. Dan.4,'7l. ,
M. d:M. S. LYTLE, Attorneys
•• at-Law, Huntingdon ' Pa., will attend to
all kinds of legal business entrusted to thoir care.
A. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law,
• Office, 321 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
[rasy3l,'7l.
JOBS SCOTT. S. T. BROWN. J. N. BAILEY
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. Ljan.4,n.
PT W. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Run
-a- • tingdon, Pa. (Moe with J. Sewell Stewart,
Esq. Dan. 4,11.
WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney
at-Law,Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to concel's, and all other legal business
attended to with care and promptness. Office, No.
229, Hill street. [apl9,'7l.
Hotels.
[ ORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA 11. R. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON, PA
T. H. CLOVER, Prop,
April 5, 1571-Iy.
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
S. S. BOWDON, Prop'r.
Corner of Pitt t Juliana Sts.,Bedford, Pa. mayl.
VXCHANGE HOTEL, Huntingdon,
Pa JOHN S. MILIAIR, Proprietor.
January 4, 1811.
Miscellaneous.
Z. HART.. I A. ICZIGIEDT. i z. Kasen. i DAVID inzioul
BARTOL, KENNEDY Sr. CO.
[Lately Franklin Ma.factnring Company.]
Manufactures Flooring, Siding, Doors, Sash,
Shutters, Blinds, Moulding, Scroll Work, Counters,
Shelving, Wood Turnings, Hobbs, Spokes, Bent
Work, Forks, Rakes, Brooms, Pick, and Hammer
Handles, all kinds of Furniture, ho. Our Machinery
the very best quality and giving our entire being of
attention to the business we are able to manufacture
all of the aboved named articles, as well as many
others, in the best style and always pro,naptly.
All orders addressed to
BARTOL, KENNEDY & CO.,
Huntingdon, Pa.,
will receive our immediate attention. Price list
furnished when desired.
Lumber taken in exchange for all kinds of work.
Jan. 31. 1571.
A. BECK, Fashionable Barber
R• and Hairdresser, Hill street, opposite the
Franklin House. All kinds of Tonics and Pomades
keptonhand and for sale. [apl9,ll-6m
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Miscellaneous
J. A. NASh,
1872.
CARPETS !! CARPETS !! CARPETS!!
SPRING STOCK.
AT LOWEST PRICES !
JAMES A. BROWN
A constantly receiving at Iti new
CARPET STORE,
9ml 1 y
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
525/ Hill Street.
S -7 2V
501 65
65 80
Beautiful Patterns of Carpets, fresh from the
sums of the manufacturers. Ms stock comprises
sol 100
BRUSSELS, INGRAINS,
VENITIAN, WOOL DUTCH,
COTTAGE, HEMP,
LIST anti RAG CARPETS
CARPET CHAIN,
COCOA AND CANTON MATTINGS,
• FLOOR, STAIR AND TABLE
OIL CLOTHS,
and a large stock of
WALL PAPER,
Window Shades and Fixtures, Drugget, Velvet
Rags, 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 care mosey 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
ROWE SEWING MACHINE, IMPROVED,
so well known as the best Family Machine in the
world
Call at the CARPET STORE and see them,
Feb. 14,1872.
W. BUCHANAN
BUCHANAN & SON.
509 HILL STREET,
HUNTINGDON, PA
We have the the largest, cheapest and best as.
iortmcnt of
COOKING STOVES
West of Philadelphia. We constantly keep on
hand
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 clo,thes pin to a cooking
stove.
ROOFING, SPOUTLNG & JOB WORK
done at short notice. Give us a call and we feel
satisfied you caa save money. 10april.
GRAND DEPOT •
FOR
NEW GOODS.
D. P. GWIN
INFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT HE
HAS JUST OPENED A
SPLENDID STOCK OF NEW GOODS
THAT
CAN'T BE BEAT
IN CHEAPNESS AND QUALITY.
CALL AND SEE.
Jan. 4, '7l
FRESH ARRIVAL OF
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
at the Cheap Store of .
BENJAMIN JACOBS,
Corner of the Diamond, in Saxton's Building
OIL CLOTHS,
GROCERIES,
Coffee, Teas of all kinds, best and common Syrups.
Spices, ,tc. Tobacco sad Segars, wholesale and
retail.
These goods will be sold as cheap, if not cheaper,
than any other house in town. "Quick sales and
small profits," is my motto.
Thalkful for past patronage, I respectfully soli
eit a continuance of the same.
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1872.
GRANT AND WILSON,
GREELEY AND BROWN
CAMPAIGN CAPS,
CAPES AND TORCHES,
TRANSPARENCIES AND BANNERS,
with Portraits or any devico for all parties.
Silk, Bunting and Muslin Flags of all sizes on
hand or made to order. Chinese Lanterns of all
sizes and styles; Paper Balloons, Fire Works, &c.
Campaign Clubs fitted out at th Lowest Rates at
WM. F. SCHEIBLE'S,
CAMPAIGN DEPOT,
No. 49 South Third Street, Philadelphia,
jly3-3m. (Send for Circulars.)
GOOD FITS !
SHOEMAKING !
We manufacture to order all kinds of Ladies'
and Gents' Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, &c., of the best
material the market produces, and at the shortest
possible notice. Persons from the country can bo
accommodated with our own manufacturing by
giving a few hours notice.
All kinds of repairing neatly done.
For past favors accept our sincere thank,
D. HERTZLER & BRO.,
403 Allegheny St.,
Opposite B. T. Depot
juneUtf Huntingdon, Pa,
GAS LOAN.
Tho managers of the Huntingdon Gas
Company propose to effect a loan for the purpose
of enlarging and extending their works.
Bonds, seoured by a first mortgage upon tho
works and real estate of the Company, will be
issued in sums of from .
'IOU to
, o o o,
bearing interest at the rate of EIGHT PER
CENT. per annum, payable in January and July.
The bonds will be payable on the lot day of
July, ISM, with the right of redemption after fire
years.
By order of the Board of Managers•
J. SIMPSON AFRICA,
President.
J. W. GREENLAND,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Huntingdon, May 1, 1572-tf.
1872.
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT TUE
FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 78.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the
consular and diplomatic service of the
government for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and rause
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress Assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are here
by, appropriated for the service of the fis
cal year endinr , ' the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the objects hereinafter
expressed, namely :
For salaries of envoys extraordinary
and ministers plenipotentiary to Great
Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, at
seventeen thousand five hund‘ed dollars
each, seventy thousand dollars.
To Spain, Austria, Brazil, Japan, China,
and Italy, at twelve thousand dollars each,
eizlaty-four thousand dollars.
TcrChili and Peru, at ten thousand dol
lars each, twenty thousand dollars.
For ministers resident at Portugal,
Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Nether
lands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
Turkey, Ecuador, Columbia, Bolivia, Ven
ezuela, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica,
Honduras, and Salvador, tawaiian Islands,
and the Argentine Republic, at seven
thousand five hundred dollars each, one
hundred and forty-two thousand five hun
dred dollars, Provided, That on and after
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seven
ty-three, there shall be but one minister
resident accredited to Guatemala, Costa
Rica, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua,
and that the President be authorized to
select the place of residence for the minis
ter in any one of those States.
For minister resident of Uruguay, also
accredited to Paraguay, eleven thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars.
For salary of minister resident and con
sul general at Hayti, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
JAMES A. BROWN.
For minister resident and consul gener
al at Liberia, four thousand dollars.
For salaries of secretaries of legation at
London, Paris, and Berlin, attwo thousand
six hundred and twenty-five dollars each,
seven thousand eight hundred and seventy
five dollars.
To enable Robert C. Schenck, minister
to Great Britain, to employ a private
amanuensis, according to joint resolution
approved January eleventh, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-one, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
For salaries of secretaries of legation to
Austria, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia,
stud Spain, at cue timetAinct of bt frusAlead
dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred
dollars.
For salaries of assistant secretaries of
the legations to France, Great Britain,
and Germany, at two thousand dollars
each, six thousand dollars.
For salary of the secretary of legation
(acting also as interpreter) to China, five
thousand dollars.
For salary of the interpreter of the
United States leg,stion and consulate gen
eral in Turkey, three thousand dollars,
and on and after the passage of this act the
duties of secretary of legation shall be
performed by the interpeter at Constanti
nople. •
For salary of interpreter and secretary
of legation to Japan, two thousand five
hundred dollars each, five thousand dol
lars; and the office of secretary of lega
tion to Japan is hereby authorized and
established.
For compensation of charge d'affaires
ad interim, and for compensation of diplo
matic officers of the United States abroad,
forty thousand dollars, Provided, That no
compensation or allowance shall be made
to any such officer after the termination
of his official functions other 'than for such
time as shall necessarily be occupied in his
direct return to the United States, and the
proviso to the clause in the act of March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
entitled "An act making appropriation to
supply deficiencies fir the service of the
government for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, and for other purposes," "For sala
ries of United States ministers abreact,"
and so forth, be, and the same is hereby,
repealed. •
For compensation of agents appointed
by the President to examine consular ac
counts, as authorized by the second section
of the act approved July eleventh, eighteen
hundred and seventy, ten thousand dollars;
and from and after the close of the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-three, said appropriation
shall cease, and all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent therewith be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
For contingent expenses of foreign in
tercourse proper, and of all the missions
abroad, one hundred thousand dollars.
For salaries of consuls general, consuls,
vice-consuls, commercial agents, and thir
teen consular clerks, including loss by ex
change, four hundred and sixteen thousand
dollars, as follows :
I. CONSULATES GENERAL.
D. P. (}WIN,
SCHEDULE B.—Alexandria, Calcutta,
Constantinopl, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Ha
vana,-Montreal, Shanghai, Beirut, Tampi
co, London, Paris.
SCHEDULE B.—Aix-la-Chapelle, Acapul
co, Algiers, Amoy, Amsterdam, Antwerp,
Aspinwall, Bangkok, Basle, Belfast, Bue
nos Ayres, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brindisi,
Boulogne, Barcelona, Cadiz, Callao, Can
ton, Chemnitz, Chin-Kiang, Clifton, Coati
cook, Cork, Demerara, Dundee, Elsinore,
Fort Erie, Foo-Choo, Funchal, Geneva,
Genoa, Gibaltar, Glasgow, Goderich, Hal
ifax, Ramberg, Havre, Honolulu, Hong-
Kong, Hankow, Hakodadi, Jerusalem,
Kanagawa, Kingston, (Jamaica,) Kings
ton, (Canada,) La Rochelle,, Laguayra,
Leeds, Leghorn, Leipsic, Lisbon, Liver
pool, Lyons, Malaga, Malta, Manchester,
Matanzas, Marseilles, Mauritius, Mel
bourne, Messina, Munich, Mahe, Nagas
aki, Naples, Nassau, (West Indies,) New
Castle, Nice, Nantes, Odessa, Oporto,
Osacca, Palermo, Panama, Pernambuco,
Pietou, Port Mahon, Port Said, Prescott,
Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rio de
Janeiro, Rotterdam, San Juan del Sur,
San Juran, (Porto Rico,) Saint John's,
(Canada East,) Santiago de Cuba, Port
Sarnia, Rome, Singapore, Smyrna, South
ampt3n, Saint Petersburg, Santa Cruz,
(West Indies,) Saint Thomas, Spezzia,
Stuttgardt, Swatow, Saint Helena, Tangier,
Toronto, Triesto, Trinidad do Cuba, Trip-
[OFFICIAL.]
A. W S
OP THE
LI. CONSULATES.
HUNTINGDON, PA., SEPTEMBER 18, 1872.
oli, Tunis, Tunstall, Tien-Tsin, Turk's Is
land, Valparaiso, Vera Cruz, Vienna, Val
encia, Windsor, (Canada West,) &rich,
Birmingham, Barmen, and Winnibeg,
(Selkirk settlement, British North Amer
ica).
111. CONSULATES
SCHEDULE C.—Aux Cayes, Bahia, Ba
tavia, Bay of Islands, Cape Hayden, Can
die, Cape town, Carthagena, Ceylon, Co
bija, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fayal,
Guayaquil, Guaymas, Maranham, Mata
moras, Mexico, Montevideo, Omoa, Payta,
Para, Paso del Norte, Piraeus, Rio Grande,
Saint Catharine, Santiago, (Cape Verde,)
Stettin, Tabasco, Tahiti, Talcahuano, Tum
buz, Venice, Windsor, (Nova Scotia,) Zan
zibar. And the may be appointed a
consul at Windsor, Nova Scotia, at an an
nual salary o one thousand dollars.
IV. COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
SCHEDULE C.—Amoor River, Apia, Ga.
boon, Saint Paul de Loanda, Lauthala,
Sabinilla.
V. COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
' SCHEDULE B.—Madagascar, San Juan
del Norte, Saint Domingo.
For interpreter to the consulates in
China, Japan, and Siam, including loss by
exchange, five thousand seven hundred
dollars.
For marshals for the consular courts of
Japan, including that of Nagasaki, and in
China, Siam, and Turkey, including less
by exchange thereon, seven thousand sev
en hundred dollars.
For stationery, book-cases, arms of the
United States, seals, presses, and flags,
and payment of rent, freight, postage, and
miscellaneous expenses, including loss by
exchange thereon, sixty thousand dollars :
Provided, That none of the books publish
ed by the government, and usually known
by the name of "public documents," shall
hereafter be supplied to the legations and
consulates of the United States, except
such as shall have been first designated by
the Secretary of State by an order, to be
recorded in the State Department, as suit
able for and required by the legation and
consulate to which it shall be supplied.
For expenses for interpreters, guards,
and other matters at the consulates at Con
stantinople, Smyrna, Candia, Alexandria,
Jerusalem, and Beirut, in the Turkish
dominions, three thousand dollars.
For rent of prisons for American con
victs in Siam and Turkey, and for wages
of the keepers of the same, including loss
by exchange, four thousand dollars.
For rent of prison for American con
victs in China, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
For wages of keepers, care of offenders,
and expenses, ten thousand dollars.
'For rent of prison for American con
victs in- Japan, seven hundred and fifty
dollars.
For wages of keepers, care of offenders,
and expenses, five thousand dollars.
For expenses incurred in bringing home
from foreign countries persons charged
with crime, and expenses incident thereto,
ieeludingloss by exchange, five theux..l
dollars.
For relief and protection of American
seamen in foreign countries, eighty thous
and dollars.
For expenses which may be incurred in
acknowledging the services of masters and
crews of foreign vessels in rescuing Amer
ican citizens from shipwreck, five thousand
dollars.
To meet the necessary expenses atten
dant upon the execution of the neutrality
act, to be expended under the direction of
the President, in conformity with the
third section of the act of May first, eigh
teen hundred and ten, entitled "An act
fixing the compensation of ministers and
consuls residing on the coast of Barbary,
and for other purposes," twenty thousand
dollars.
To meet the payment of the ninth an
nual instalment of the proportion contri
buted by the United States toward the
capitalization of the Scheldt dues, sixty
six thousand five hundred and eighty-four
dollas.
The compensation of the chief clerk of
the Department of State shall be at the
rate of two thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, begining with the first day of
July, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Approved, May 22, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE—NO. 120.]
AN ACT to provide for the redemption
and sale of lands held by the United
States under the several acts levying di
rect taxes, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
the lands now owned or held by the United
States, by virtue of proceedings under the
act entitled "An act for the collection of
direct taxes in insurrectionary districts
within the United States, and for other
purposes," approved June seventh, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-two, and under
acts supplementary thereto, or upon the
same subject-matter, may be redeemed and
restored to such persons as shall make ap
plication therefor to the Secretary of the
Treasury, through the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, within two years from
the passage of this act, and furnish satis
factory evidence to said Department that
such person or applicant in each case was,
at the time the United States acquired ti
tle thereto, the legal owner of such land,
or the heir at law, or devisee, (or grantee,
in good faith, and for valuable considera
tion,) of such legal owner; but before such
redemption shall be awarded and title re
stored on any such application and proof,
such applicant shall pay into the treasury
of the United States the direct tax char
ged against the lands described in such
application, together with the costs of ad
vertising and of the sale of said lands, and
all other proper charges against the same,
and interest on said tax from the date of
its assessment at the rate of ten per centum
per annum, and interest on said costs and
charges at the same rate, from the time
they accrued and were payable : Provided,
however, That if any other person or per
sons than such applicant shall in any case
make satisfactory evidence to said depart
ment that he or they, after the acquisition
of title by the United States, and before
the passage of this act, made valuable and
permanent improvements on said land in
good faith and under color of legal title,
it shall then be the additional duty of such
applicant for redemption to pay such per
son or persons the reasonable Value of such
permanent improvements at the time of
actual redemption ; and if the applicant
and such person or persons fail to agree
upon and amicably settle such claim for
improvements, then the value thereof shall
be assessed and reported to the Secretary
of the Treaktry, under oath, by three
competent and disinterested freeholders,
residents of the county or parish in which
such land is situate, who shall be appoint
ed for that purpose by the United States
district judge of the district where the
lands are situate, upon information from
the Secretary of the Treasury that a claim
for compensation for such permanent im
provements is pending in any case, and
unadjusted by' he parties thereto. It shall
also be the duty of said board of freehold
ers to state in their report the nature of
said improvements, when they were made,
by whom, and the reasonable value there
of; as aforesaid, and any other facts that
may be in their judgment material to a
fair and just determination of the rights
of the parties They shall send one copy
of such report to the . Secretary of the
Treasury, and file a duplicate thereof in
the office of the clerk of the highest court
of record of the State, in the county or
parish where such land is situate. The
reasonable fees of said board shall be borne
and paid equally by the parties to said
controversy.
Sle. 2. That whenever the foregoing
conditions have been complied with, and
redemption and restoration of title has
been awarded in any case by the Secretary
of the Treasury, it shall be the duty of
the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
to make out a certificate of release of the
interest and title of the United States in
and to such lands. in duplicate, which
shall be approved, in writing, by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, and his approval
indorsed thereon, and then one copy there
of shall be delivered to such applicant and
the other filed in the .office of said Com
missioner.
Sc.E 3. That the Commissioner of In•
ternal Revenue, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall, as soon
as may be after the passage of this act,
prescribe and promulgate such rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with the pro
visions of this act, as may be necessary
and proper to facilitate the execution of
this sat and secure the most speedy and
least expensive attainment of the purpose
hereof that is practicable.
SEC. 4. That if, at the expiration of the
time hereinbefore allowed for redemption,
there shall remain any of said lands unre
deemed, it shall then be the duty of the
said Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, to proceed to sell at public auc
tion, as soon as may be consistent with the
public interests, the lands not redeemed
and restored, and to releaseand convey the
same to the purchasers in the manner afore
said, and in the meantime and until so sold
to release the same.
SEC. 5. That all lands now owned by
the United States acquired under the pro
visions of any of the United States direct
tax acts, situated in the State of South
Carolina, including all tracts or lots of land
purchased under "army and navy" sales,
not paid for in full at the present time,
shall to included in the provisions of this
act : Provided, however, That the appli
cations of the purchasers under "army and
navy" sales shall, for six months after the
passage of this act, have precedence so
.far
as relates to the land purchased by them.
SEC. 6. That all money derived from
the "school-farm" lands, under the
provisions of section eight of an act enti
tled "An act to continue in force and to
amend 'An act to establish a bureau for
the relief of freedmen, and refugees, and
for other purposes,' " approved July six
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
and which money is now in the custody of
the Freedmen's bureau, be, and the same
is hereby, appropriated for the ese and
support of free public schools in the par
ishes of Saint Helena and Saint Luke,
South Carolina, in equal parts, to be ex
pended under the direction and control of
a special board of three commissioners,
who shall be appointed by and under the
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and shall be duly sworn that they will
faithfully discharge their duties as such
commissioners, and shall give such good
and sufficient bonds therefor as said Sec
retary shall require, and who shall not re
ceive more than one hundred dollars per
year each for their services.
SEC. 7. That the provisions of this act
shall "not be construed to apply to or em
braes any Lads, farms, plantations, or lots
which are now, in whole or in part, used
6r occupied by the United States for na
tional cemeteries, or for the burial of the
dead, or other public purposes, or which
have been set apart to any such pul'pose,
or which, under the instruction of the Pre
sident of the United States, have been re
served for military or naval purposes, or
such lot of land on Hunting Island, South
Carolina, as may be necessary as a site for
the erection of a light-house.
SEc. 8. That the premises known and
designated as block one hundred and twen
ty-three an the plat of the late commis
sioners of direct taxes for said State, in
the town of Beaufort aforesaid, now occu
pied as a court house for the county of
Beaufort, in said State, be, and the same
are hereby, released unto said county, for
the public uses of said county } and that
all sums of money due to the United States
on account of said premises be, and they
are hereby, released in favor of said coun
ty. _ . _
SEO. 9. That section two of an act en
titled "An act for the relief of purchasers
of land sold for direct taxes in the insur
rectionary States," approved May ninth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be, and
the same is hereby, amended to read as
follows :
"SEc. 2. That in all cases where the
owner of any land sold for taxes as afore
said, his heirs or assigns, has recovered or
shall recover the same from the purchaser,
his heirs or assigns, without collusion on
his or their part, by the judgment of any
United States court, by reason of a failure,
without his or their fault or neglect, of the
title of the purchaser derived from said
sale, the Secretary of the Treasury, on the
payment into the treasury, by the clerk, of
the money deposited with him as aforesaid,
and on being satisfied that any purchaser,
his heirs or assigns, without his or their
collusion, has been ejected from or turned
out of possession of any such land by the
judgment of any United States court, in
the manner before mentioned, is hereby
authorized, out of any money in the treasu
ry not otherwise appropriated, td repay to
the person or persons entitled thereto a
sum of money equal to that originally paid
by the purchaser of the land so recovered,
if the same has been paid into the treasury,
or to any person legally authorized to re
ceive the same for the United States."
Approved June 8, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 126.]
AN ACT to create an additional land dis
trict in Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That that
portion of Florida . lying east of the line
between ranges fourteen and fifteen east
shall constitute an additional land district,
and shall be known as the East Florida
district, the office for which shall be loca
ted at Jaynesvillc.
SEC. 2. That there shall be appointed a
register and receiver for said land district,
and who shall be entitled to the same com
pensation as is, or may hereafter be, pre
scribed by law for like officers of the other
district in said State.
Approved, June 8, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE—No. 127.]
AN ACT to provide for filling vacancies
in certain offices in the several Territo-
Be it enacted by aw Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
Jlmerica in Congress assembled, That in
any of the Territories, whenever a vacancy
shall happen from resignation or death
during the recess of the legislative council
in any office which, under the organic act
of said Territory, is to be filled by appoint
ment of the governor, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the council, the gover
nor shall fill up such vacancy by granting
a commission, which shall expire at the
end of the next session of said legislative
council.
Approved, June 8, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 128.]
AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An
act to provide for the disposition of use
leass military reservations," approved
February twenty-fourth, eighteen hund
red and seventy-one.
Belt enacted by the Senate and _lime of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of War be, and he his hereby,
authorized and directed to transfer to the
custody and control of the Secretary of the
Interior, for disposition for cash, accord
inae' to the existing laws of the United
States relating to the public lands, after
appraisement, to the highest bidder, and
at not less than the appraised value, nor
at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, the United States military reser
vation at Fort Walla Walla, in the Territo
ry of Washington : Provided, That the
Secretary of the Interior shall, whenever
in his opinion the public interests may re
quire it, cause the foregoing reservation,
or part or parts thereof, to be subdivided
into tracts of less than forty acres each, or
into town-lots, with the necessary street or
streets to make the same accessible : And
provided further, That each subdivision,
together with the buildings, building ma
terials, or other property which may be
thereon, shall be appraised and offered sep
arately at public outcry, to the highest bid
der, as hereinbefore provided, but not in
subdivisions of more than forty acres each,
after which any unsold land or lot shall be
subject to sale at private enqy for the ap
praised value at the proper land-office.
Approved, June 8, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 129.]
AN ACT for the better security of bank
reserves, and to facilitate bank clearing
house exchanges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of Me United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author
ized to receive United States notes on de
posit, without interest, from national
banking associations, in sums not less than
ten thousand dollars, and to issue certifi
cates therefor in such form as the Secreta
ry may prescribe, in denominations of not
less than five thousand dollars; which cer
tificate shall be payable on demand in
United States notes, at the place where
the deposits were made.
Sac: 2. That the United States notes so
deposited in the treasury of the United
States shall not be counted as part of the
legal reserve ; but the certificates issued
therefor may be held and counted by
national banks as part of their legal re
serve, and may be accepted in the settle
ment of clearing-house balances at the
places whore the deposits therefor were
made.
SEC. 3. That nothing contained in this
act shall be construed to' authorize any ex
pansion or contraction of the currency;
and the United States notes for which
such certificates are issued, or other Uni
ted States notes of like amount, shall be
held as special deposits in the treasury,
and used only for the redemption of such
certificates.
Approved, June 8, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 130.3
AN ACT to amend section five of an act
entitled "An act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of
the government for the year eighteen
hundred and forty-one," approved March
three, eighteen hundred and forty-one,
and to authorize the proper construction
thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
Smerica in Congress assembled, That the
provisions of the fifth section of the act
entitled "An act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expensesof the
government for the year eighteen hundred
and forty-one," approved March three,
eighteen hundred and forty-one, which
established and limited the compensation
of collectors of customs, shall be amended
and shall be construed to apply to all sur
veyors of customs ports performing, or
having performed, the duties of collectors
of customs, who shall be entitled to re
ceive the same compensation as is allowed
to collectors by said act of March three,
eighteen hundred and forty-one, for like
services in the settlement of their accounts
with the treasury : Provided, That the
fees, commissions, and emoluments pre
scribed by law and collected by them shall
amount to such maximum allowance.
Approved, June 8, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 131.]
AN ACT to amend the fifth section of an
act entitled "4.n act making appropria
tions for the legislative, executive, and
judicial expenses of the government for
the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, and for oth
er purposes."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
fifth section of the act approved May
eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
mating appropriations for the legislative,
executive, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, shall not be held to apply to materi
als, stores, or supplies sold to officers and
soldiers of the army or to exploring or sur
veying expeditions authorized by law, and
that said section shall not be held to re
peal such part of paragraph 1032, Revised
Army Regulations of eighteen hundred
and sixty-three, as provides that expenses
of sales of military stores or-supplies reg
ularly condemned will be paid from their
proceeds.
Approved, June 8, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 132.]
AN ACT for the relief of Sarah S. Trapp,
executrix or William Trapp, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
letters-patent granted to William Trapp, a
citizen of the United States, dated the first
day of October, eighteen hundred and
forty-five, surrendered and re-issued on
the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred
and forty-nine, and extended by the Com
missioner of Patents for seven years from
the first day of October, eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine, and again surrendered and
re-issued in two several divisions or patents
numbered, respectively, nineteen hundred
and forty-six and nineteen hundred and
forty-seven, for new and useful improve
ments in barrel machinery, be, and the
same is and are hereby, renewed, revived,
and extended for the term of seven years
from and after the passage of this act; and
the Commissioner of Patents is hereby di-.
rected, upon the presentation of said pat
ents or re-issues, numbered, respectively,
nineteen hundred and forty-six and nine
teen hundred and forty seven, or certified
copies thereof, by making a certificate upon
such patent or re-issue, or certified copy
thereof, of such extension, (the lawful fees
being first paid therefor, ) in the name of
Sarah S. Trapp, executrix of said William
Trapp; and the commissioner of patents is
hereby directed to cause the same to be
entered of record in the Patent Office; and
the said patents so renewed, revived, and
extended shall have the same effect in law
as if originally granted for terms extending
to the end of the term to which they are
extended by this act, Provided, however,
That such renewal or extended patents,
respectively, shall be open to legal inquiry
and decision in the same manner as if issued
under the general law regulating the
granting of patents : And provided
further, That no person, firm, or corpora
tion shall be liable for any damage or
royalty for having made, vended, or used
said improvements in said patents specified
prior to the passage of this act; and any
such person, firm, or corporation having
made or purchased and used said improve
ment since the expiration of the said pat
ents shall be entitled to use the same
without liability during the term of said
extension. -
Approved, June 10, 1872.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 135.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the
construction, preservation, and repairs
of certain fortifications, and other works
of defense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United State. of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are here-
appropriated, out of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the following fortifications and other works
of defense, viz :
For Fort Gorges, Portland laarbor, Maine,
twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Preble, Portland harbor,
Maine, forty-two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For Fort Scammell, Portland harbor,
Maine, forty-two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For battery on Portland head, Portland,
Maine, fifty thousand dollars.
For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Mas
sachusetts, eighty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Winthrop, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts, sixty-four thousand dollars
For Fort Independence, Boston harbor,
Massachusetts, forty-two thousand five
hundred dollars.
For Fort Adams, Newport harbor,
Rhode Island, eighty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New
York, eighty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort on Willett's point, East river,
New York, seventy-six thousand five hund
red dollars.
For Fort Wood, Bedloe's island, New
York harbor, New York, seventeen thou
sand dollars.
For Fort Hamilton, and additional bat
teries in New York harbor, New York,
Forty thousand dollars.
For Fort on the site of Fort Tompkins,
New York harbor, New . York, thirty-two
thousand dollars; and for completing the
earth-work of the glacis and slopes in and
about Fort Tompkins, New York harbor ;
fifty-one thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor,
New York, seventeen thousand dollars.
For For Mifflin, near Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, seventy-two thousand dol
lars.
For a new Fort opposite Foil Delaware,
Delaware river, Delawaie, forty-two thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For Fort McHenry, Baltimore har
bor Maryland, twenty-one thousand dol
lars.
For Fort at Lazaretto point, Baltimore
harbor, Maryland, thirteen thousand dol
lars.
For Fort Foote, Potomac river, Mary
land, twenty-ono thousand dollars.
For Fort Washington, Potomac riv
er, Maryland, twenty-one thousand dollars.
For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, Vir
ginia, forty-two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For Fort Moultrie, Charleston .harbor,
South Carolina, thirty-five thousand dol
lars.
For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor,
South Carolina, thirty-five thousand dol
lars.
For Fort Jackson, Savannah river, Ge
orgia, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Ge
orgia, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida,
forty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Jefferson, Grden Key, Florida,
forty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For Fort Jackson, Mississippi river,
•Louisiana, sixty-four thousand dollars.
For Fort Saint Philip, Mississippi river,
Louisiana, forty-two thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For fort at Fort Point, entrance to the
harbor of San Francisco, California, eigh
ty-five thousand dollars.
For fort at Lime point, entrance to the
harbor of San Francisco, California, seven
ty-five thousand dollars.
_ _ _
For fort at Alcatraz island, in the harbor
of San Francisco, California, forty-two
thousand five hundred dollars.
For sea-coast mortar batteries, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For permanent platforms for modern
cannon of large calibre, fifty - thousand
dollars.
For contingencies of fortifications, two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For surveys for military defenses, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
VOTE the Republican ticket from t , p to
bottom. Remember, no "complimentary
votes this time.
NO. 37.
Zbe Campaign.
THE CONSPIRACY !
liartrallirg D3faffiors Exposed!
Statement of an Eye and Ear Witness.
New York Tribune and Sun, Phila.
Press and Other Journals in the Plot.
The papers opposed to Hartranft have
crowded their readers with the cry of
corruption ad museum. It has been their
stock in trade. Like the thief who jdins
the crowd and yells "stop thief" to draw
attention from himselfthese men, composed
of as corrupt a set of plunderers 'as ever
cursed a State, are urging the cry of cor
ruption against the Republican nominee,
to cover their own iniquity. At the recent
county meeting of the Republicans of
Chester county a speech was made by
Thomas V. Cooper, Esq., member of assem
bly, in which he made a plain and most
damaging revelation of the causes which'
lead Forney & Co. to oppose General
Hartranft. He said :
"I, for one, have good reason to know
that in personal and official integrity he is
really above reproach. Near the close of
the Legislative session of last winter, I
was unwillingly brought into contact with
those who are now and were then in con
spiracy against him in order that they
might protect themselves. One morning
I received a note requesting me to call at
one of the rooms of the Lochiel. There I
was introduced by one of my constituents
since shown to be one of the Evans' recur-
ities, to G. 0. Evans, accused of oppropri
ating 8291,000 of the State's money, to
Dr. Payne, the attorney Strahan and others.
These parties desired me to introduce to
the House that morning, a series of reso-
lotions, charging Harti;nft, with dishon
esty in the management of the auditinr ,
department, and of Mackey, chief of the
Treasury. They went into a long explan
ation of their. proposed movement, and
endeavored to pledge me that if I became
its Legislative champion, my name should
be heralded throughout the State and nation
as a model reformer. They spoke of their
immense power and means—rather of the
means of backing them—saying they could
control $500,000, not for the purchase of
votes in support of the resolution, oh ! no:
that was noteven intimated, but as a moral
support to the Government; that this amount
and this support would come through some
channel of reform, not named or described.
They named a number of newspapers
that could be counted upon to further and
back the undertaking by glowing articles
and such evidence as would at least waken
suspicion. Among tha newspapers named
were the New York Sun and Tribune, the
Philadelphia Press, Lancaster, Harrisburg,
Pittsburg and other papers of large influ
ence. An introduction of their resolutioos
would be immediately followed by flaming
articles from these and other sources, and,
if necessary, the question could be pushed
in the legislature by speeches, and evidence
could be produced sufficient to injure
Hartranft's chances of nomination and
election. When asked for this evidence, a
check or draft, a note, one or two private
letters, and the books of Yerkes & Co., were
shown. An hours examination convinced
me that nothing in the least degree tangi
ble was presented, and subsequent devel
opments have shown that every atom of
testimony bore only upon private and
personal transactions—that nothing in any
way connected Hartranft with an improper
use of the State funds. When this ob
jection was 'urged they failed to meet it,
and the party plainly showed by word and
act that their object was to create an im
proper suspicion—this for purposes of their
own— this, as they were told, with a view
to intimidate Hartranft, and prevent any
further prosecution of claims of the State
against Evans. When asked to treat the
conversation as confidential, I said that
Hartranft ought to know it, that he was a
friend and I should tell him. His after
conduct would attest his guilt or innocence.
Somewhat to my surprise they manifested
a sudden willingness that he should be
told, and this was confirmation that the
whole of this movement was designed to
scare him off fran a proper prosecution.
A few minutes later I told Hartranft. He
replied: These parties have for the past
twenty-four hours been trying to get some
one to introduce their resolution, and only
last night theyieffered me fifty-eight thous
and dollars to withdraw the prosecution,
and I refused. The very lowest amount
due the State may be based upon the de
cision or bail fixed by Judge Pearson, and
that is $lOO,OOO. This suit shall not be
withdrawn until the State gets her due,
and if these parties want investigation
they shall have it. That was the substance
of what Hartranft said. Soon followed,
not the introduction of the resolutions of
Evans & Co., for, in common with myself,
every one approached refused to touch
them ; but those requested by Hartranft,
and those which led to the investigations
wherein Hartranft was unanimously ac
quitted and some of the Evans ring con
demned.
Have I not shown sufficient to satisfy
all that there was a conspiracy here ? A
conspiracy to betray the State if Hartranft.
would scare, if not, to threaten his chan
ces as a candidate for Governor? Why,
the very papers named by these men as
pledges to the "moral support" of their
object, each and all, with singular, with
more than suspicious unanimity, opposed
the State ticket as soon as it was nomina
ted. Yet more, this evidence, then in
the private keeping of these men, has
since appeared in the columns of the
"Press," Lancaster "Express," and other
papers opposing the ticket. Who suppli
ed it? Who else than those still bent
upon keeping within their posessions the
$291,000 retained as commissions for col
lecting the State war claims.
GENERAL W. H. BLAIR, of Centre
county, an old line Democrat, who never
voted a Republican ticket except for
Andrew G. Curtin, in 1863, is now out
for General John F. Hartranft for Gov
ernor. General Blair served as a captain
in General Hartranfc's regiment, from
which he passed through all the grades
until he reached that of a Brigadier-Gen
eral, a position bestowed in recognition of
gallant services at Antietam bridge. As
he supported Curtin, our patriotic war
Governor, so he supports Hartranft rather
than Buckalew, who opposed the war and
was the enemy of the soldiers from its be
ginning to its end.