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... expressed that the new custom - house and post office at Dubuque , Iowa , would be ready for occupancy by the close of the then current fiscal year . This belief was founded upon the report of the then local superintendent , who expressed ...
... expressed that the new custom - house and post office at Dubuque , Iowa , would be ready for occupancy by the close of the then current fiscal year . This belief was founded upon the report of the then local superintendent , who expressed ...
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... expressed was confirmed , of the imperative necessity of the work , but that it would be of com- paratively little use to slope and grade the bank until the owners of the adjoining property should do the same . The work should be ...
... expressed was confirmed , of the imperative necessity of the work , but that it would be of com- paratively little use to slope and grade the bank until the owners of the adjoining property should do the same . The work should be ...
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... expressed it . I told him that I had been ordered positively by General McDowell to hazard nothing , and showed him my written order to that effect . The colonel did not pursue the subject , but mounted his horse and went off , and I ...
... expressed it . I told him that I had been ordered positively by General McDowell to hazard nothing , and showed him my written order to that effect . The colonel did not pursue the subject , but mounted his horse and went off , and I ...
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... expressed himself . Question by accuser . How did he sit his horse ? Answer . He was over on one side , well nigh off the horse . Question by accuser . Was accused fit or unfit to command on that day , about sunset ? Answer . He was ...
... expressed himself . Question by accuser . How did he sit his horse ? Answer . He was over on one side , well nigh off the horse . Question by accuser . Was accused fit or unfit to command on that day , about sunset ? Answer . He was ...
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... expressed by Mr. Thouvenel on the part of France , it will probably perceive that , while it must be admitted that those three powers are equally impressed with the same desire for the establishment of principles favorable to neutral ...
... expressed by Mr. Thouvenel on the part of France , it will probably perceive that , while it must be admitted that those three powers are equally impressed with the same desire for the establishment of principles favorable to neutral ...
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&c.-Continued 1st quarter 21st July 31 To amount 3d quarter 4th quarter A. M. Robinson abstract is correct Abstract of disbursements account current accounts given embrace agency amount of abstract amount received annuity Answer April balance due Blackburn's Ford Branch mint Captain Centreville Heights certify Chippewas Colonel Miles Colonel Richardson command Commissary Congress correct and true current with A. M. Date due the United duty Elias Rector ending June 30 fractional 2d quarter Fulfilling treaties heretofore accounted honor Indian Affairs Indian agent Inspector James John June 30 objects expressed paid Peter Lammond ports President public money received purchase Question by accused Regiment New York requisition respectfully Salary Secretary Secretary of War Senate Sept September 30 SIMON CAMERON Subsistence superintendent of Indian Thomas Tilden's extract Total transportation treaty stipulations Vanderslice vessels vouchers Washington William
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Page 164 - States ; and thereupon all commercial intercourse by and between the same and the citizens thereof and the citizens of the rest of the United States shall cease and be unlawful so long as such condition of hostility shall continue...
Page 164 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 10 - If I decide this case in favor of my own government, I must disavow its most cherished principles, and reverse and forever abandon its essential policy. The country caunot afford the sacrifice. If I maintain those principles, and adhere to that policy, I must surrender the case itself. It will be seen...
Page xxxiii - An Act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes...
Page 164 - State or section, the inhabitants of which are so declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles, and for such time, and by such persons as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest ; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury...
Page 162 - States hereinbefore named as may maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution or may be from time to time occupied and controlled by forces of the United States...
Page 3 - This government would not hesitate to avail itself of so generous an offer if the object were one which could be made practically useful in the present condition of the United States. Our political jurisdiction, however, does not reach a latitude so low as to favor the multiplication of the elephant...
Page 162 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 15 - The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate...
Page 162 - President, through the Secretary of the Treasury, or proceeding to any of said States, with the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons to or from said States, with said exceptions, will be forfeited to the United States...