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In Louisianaestablished.

established.

Troy, to St. Augustine. From Manchester in Morgan county, by Linnville, Bethel, and Arenz's Mills, to Beardstown in Cass county. From Quincy, in Adams county, to Macomb, in McDonough county. From Lewistown, in Fulton county, by the Table Grove, Rall's Mills, Huntsville, Indian Point Camp and Gilmer's farm, to Quincy. From Chicago, by Geneva, the seat of justice of De Kalb county, and Oregon city, to Hitt's farm, on the road from Dixon's Ferry to Galena.

Louisiana. From Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Walnut and Roundaway bayous, across Tuecas and bayou Macon, to Monroe. From Harrisonburg, by Funne Louis and Dugdemonia, to Natchitoches. From Vicksburg, Mississippi, by New Carthage, Hardy hills, Bœuf prairie, and Columbia, to Dugdemonia. From Shreveport, by Epps's settlement and Caddo prairie, to Long prairie, Arkansas. From Alexandria, by Hineston, to Jenkin's and Droddy's ferry, on the Sabine. From Thibadeauxville to Knoblock's in the parish of La Fourche interior. From Madisonville, in the parish of St. Tammany, to Warners, in the parish of Washington. From Natchitoches to Grand Cane.

Alabama.—From Columbus, Georgia, via Mount Ararat, Salem and In Alabama Coleman's, to Tallapoosa court-house. From Spring Hill, in Marengo county, via Boston, Dayton and Whitehall, to McKinley. From Cussetta, Chambers county, via Mount Jefferson and Auburn, to Tuskegee. From Benton to Selma. From Suggsville, via Gainestown, to Mount Pleasant. From Montreal, via Wedowee, to Carrollton. From Talladega, 'via Abney's old ferry, on the Coosa river, to Ashville. From Jacksonville, via Alexandria, to Ashville. From Jacksonville, via White Plains, Lackey's store, on Cane creek, N. Pond's in Tallapoosa, to Carrollton, Georgia. From Salem, via Larkin's fork, Trenton, Larkinsville, Santa, Langston, Wyatt, Coffee's, to Van Buren, and from Bellefonte to Scraper. From Nanafalia, in Marengo county, via Hosea's store, Rawl's store, Dumas settlement, Upper and Lower Peach tree and Packer's settlement, to Monroeville, Monroe county. From Rome, Georgia, Gaylesville, Alabama, Lynchburg, Warrenton, White Sulphur springs and Sommerville, to Decatur. From Pineville, via Tuscahooma and Mount Sterling to Quitnam, Mississippi. From Florence to Buzzard roost. From Marion, Mississippi, via Alamucha, to Gaston. From Blountsville to Ashville. From Demopolis, by Longdon's store, Daniel's prairie and Clinton, to Pickensville. From Favette court-house, by Millport, to Columbus, Mississippi. From Walker court-house, by Chilton's mills, R. J. Murphee's and R. Cameron's, to Blount's springs. From Russellville, by Heshbon, to Itawamba court-house. Winchester, by Crow creek, Coon creek and Bolivar, to Loving's, in Wills valley. From Hickory level, by Adrian's ferry, on the Coosa river, Abacooche Gold mines, and Canal Gold mines, to Franklin, Georgia. From Fayette, Georgia, by Hopkinsville, through the Chatooga valley, by Chatooga old court-house and Jeffersonville, to Jacksonville. From Somerville, by head of Cotoco creek and Brooksville, to Bennettsville. From Clayton, by Fagan's store and Crockettsville, to Salem, Russell county. From Rockford, by Socapatoy, to the Georgia store, in Tallapoosa county. From Columbus, Georgia, by Fort Mitchell, the Natural bridge, Sand fort, Uchee post office and Fort Bainbridge, to Feagan's store. From Irwinton to Stockton. From Wetumpka, by Nixburg, Socapatoy, and Hatchet creek, to Talladega. From Columbus, Georgia, by Gleenville, to Irvington, in Alabama. From Springfield by Benevola, Bonners' Mills, Carrollton and Yorkville to Columbus in Mississippi. From Bellefonte by Langston and De Kalb court-house to Paris in De Kalb county. Discontinue as follows: From Bellefonte, by Larkinsville, Trenton, Loweville, Hazle green and Madison cross-roads, to Athens. From Winchester, Tennessee, to Bellefonte. From Bellefonte to Rawlingsville.

Discontinued.

From

Mississippi.-From Holly springs, Marshall county, via Ripley, Tippah county, Jacinto, Tishamingo county, to Tuscumbia, Alabama. From Holly springs to Hernando, De Soto county. From Pontitoc, via Oxford, to Panola. From Coffeeville, via Oakland, to Charleston, Tallahatchie county. From Brandon, via Raleigh and Garlandsville, to Quitman. From Carrollton to Douglass, on the Yazoo river. From Granada, by Preston, Oakland and Ragbourn's to Panola. From Wyatte, in the county of Lafayette, by Chulahoma, Hancock's, Labeau's, and Hernando, to Memphis, Tennessee. From Ripley, in Tippah county, via Cornersville, to Oxford, Lafayette county. From Jackson, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, via Canton, Bole's ferry, on the Big Black river, Franklin, Lexington, Carrollton, Grenada, Belmont and Jefferson. From Carrollton, via Grenada to Coffeeville, Oxford, Wyatt, Chulahoma and Holly springs, to Lagrange, in Tennessee. From Jackson, via Madisonville, Doak's old stand, Kusciusko, Greensboro, Houston, Pontotoc, and Ripley to Bolivar in Tennessee. From Fulton, in Itawamba county, via Pontotoc, Ponola, or Belmont, to Tunica court-house. From Ellisville, via Paulding, to Quitman. From Quitman to Washington courthouse, Alabama. From Columbus, by Winstonville, Somerville, Philadelphia, and Dixon, to Hillsboro. From Madisonville, by Densonville, Ludlow and Hillsboro, to Carthage. From Houston, by Grenada and Middleton to Louisville. From Pontotoc, by Red Land (Williams,) to Houston. From Chulahoma, by Oak Hill, and Castlehill, to Memphis, Tennessee. From Ponola court-house, by Peyton, to Helena, Arkan

sas.

From Helena, Arkansas, by Powhattan, Coohoma county, to White river, Arkansas. From Stackville, by Lafayette and Bell Fontaine, to Greensboro. From Hardin court-house, Tennessee, by Nashobee, Jacinto and Carrollsville, to Pontotoc. From Aberdeen, by Fulton, to Jacinto. From Fulton to Russellville, Alabama. From Tuscaloosa, Alabama, by Jamestown, Brooklyn, Mount Pleasant, Mo-za-bu-sha to Hillsborough. From Greensboro, by Graysport to Grenada. From Panola court-house by Sardinia, Oakland, Preston and Troy to Grenada. From Kennedy's store, in Clopiah county, Mississippi, by Haley's ferry, Concord, Steen's creek, Brandon and Densonville to, Carthage, in Leoki county. From Mobile the nearest and most direct route to Winchester in Mississippi. From Columbus by Waverley or Mullin's bluff in Lowndes county, to Colbert. From Hernando, by way of Castleville, Oak Hill and Chulahoma, to the town of Wyatt. From Manchester by Benton, Montgomery, Franklin, Lockhart's store, Wheeling and Shongola, to Greensboro in Mississippi. From Pontotoc, via Heiston to Greensboro in the State of Mississippi. From Montgomery, via Selma, Marion, Greensboro, Erie, Jones's Bluff, and Livingston, Alabama, Marion, Decatur, Hillsboro, and Brandon, to Jackson, in Mississippi. From Panola court-house to Grenada, via Gen. John Raybourn's, Caledonia, Yokanapatalpho, Oakland and Preston.

In Mississippi established.

In Missouri

Missouri.-From Bailey's landing, on the Mississippi, in Lincoln county, by Troy, Thomas Glover's, Dutton's, and Anderson's, to Dan- established. ville. From Columbia to Mexico. From Carrollton to Far West. From St. Francisville to Farmington, Iowa Territory. From Richmond to Camden, thence to Liberty, Clay county, via Smith's mills, Camden point, and Blacksnake hills, to the mouth of Nodaway river. From Martin's, Clay county, at the falls of the Platte, to the Blacksnake hills. From Plattsburg to the Blacksnake hills. From Lexington, by Greenton, Cool spring, and Lone Jack, to Harrisonville. From Georgetown, by Rives court-house, Oceola, Henry Clement's and Sarcoxie, Barry county, to Mount Pleasant, Barry court-house. From Warrenburg, Johnson county, by Rives court-house, to Bolivar. From Meramee iron works to Jefferson city. From Columbia, by Mount Vernon, Pisgah, Palestine, Mount Carmel, and Arraton, to Georgetown. From Jonesborough, by SaltVOL. V.-36

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In Arkansasestablished.

In Michiganestablished.

pond grove, and Johnson's grove, to Lexington. From Jonesborough to Georgetown. From Mount Pleasant, by Cowskin, Beatty's prairie, and Vineyard, Arkansas, to Fort Smith. From Rocheport, by Connor's mills, Cooper county, and Pisgah, to Round-hill post-office. From Bloomfield, Stoddard county, by the lower end of West prairie, to the house of Martin Wood. From Van Buren, by Charles Huddleston's, to Izard court-house, Arkansas. From Jefferson city, by California, to the Round-hill post-office. From Carrollton, by Utica and Naves's store, to Thompson's settlement, in the territory attached to Livingston county. From Richmond to Utica. From Glasgow, Howard county, to Four-mile prairie. From Woodville, Macon county, to Newark, Lewis county. From Huntsville, by Johnson Wright's, to Macon courthouse. From Sand Hill, Lewis county, to St. Francisville. From Mexico, Audrain county, by Bowling Green, to Clarksville. From Keytersville to Macon court-house. From Keytersville to Linn courthouse. From Jefferson city, by Miller court-house, to Versailles. From Jonesborough to Johnson court-house. From Arrow Rock, to old Jefferson, Saline county. From the city of St. Louis, to Portage Desseaux, by the way of the mouth of the Missouri river and Bellefontaine. From Clarksville, in Missouri, to Phillip's ferry, on the Illinois river, in the State of Illinois. From Palmyra to Shelbyville. From Springfield, Missouri, to Fayetteville, Arkansas. From St. Louis, by Springfield, to Cane-hill, in Arkansas. From Palmyra to Shelbyville.

Arkansas.-From Dwight, Pope county, to Crooked creek, Carroll county. From Dardanelles, Pope county, to Fort Smith, on the south side of Arkansas river. From Little Rock, by Clinton and Marion court-house, to Springfield, Missouri. From the mouth of Cache, by Pine Bluffs, to Ecore a Fabre. From Little Rock, by Erwin's settlement, White county court-house, Litchfield, and Powhattan, to Jackson. From Ozark, Franklin county, by Huntsville, Madison county, to Osage, Benton county. From the Mouth of Cache, by Searcy, White county, to Clinton. From Helena, by Tunica court-house, Mississippi, Panola court-house, and Oxford, Lafayette county, to Pontitoc. From Athens, Izard county, to Springfield, Missouri. From Pocahontas, through the northern part of Green county, to Stoddart courthouse, Missouri. From Jackson, by Long's on Strawberry river, to Athens, Izard county. From Fayetteville, by Ozark, to Scott courthouse. From Fort Smith to Scott court-house. From Clarksville to Carrollton, in Carroll county. From Lake Port G. Bayou Moses Hill, to Bayou Bartholomew. From Ecore a Fabre to the Union courthouse. From Scott court-house, Hot Springs and Coddo Cave, to Paraclifta. From Conway, Long Prairie, to Natchitoches, in Louisiana.

Michigan.-From Battle creek to Hastings. From Whitmansville, by Charleston, to Lafayette. From Belvidere to Mount Clemens. From Detroit, through Greenfield, to Southfield. From Marshall, by Verona, to Hastings. From Paxton, by Howell, to Owasco. From Granville to Port Sheldon, in Ottowa county. From Jackson, by Ingham and Howell, to Flint. From Pontitoc, by Howell, to Jackson. From Flint, Genesee county, by Bearsleyville, to Lapier. From Cassopolis, by Whitmansville, to Keelersville. From Monroe, by Stony Creek, Exeter, Huron, and Rosou's mill, to Ypsilanti. From Flat-rock, in Brownstown township, to Gibraltar. From Lapier, by Langdon and Mount Pleasant, to Grand Blanc. From Ingham to Jefferson. From Saranac to Ionia. From Springville, by Brooklyn, Jefferson, Spring Arbor, Concord, Albion, and Berne, to Marshall. From Concord, Jackson county, to John Wilbur's, in the town of Pulaski. From Battle creek, Calhoun county, to Cold water, via Goodwinsville. From Battle creek to Galesburg, via Augusta. From Bellevue, by Vermonticello, to Ionia. From Jackson to Gamblesville. From Galaston, by Otsego, to Allagan. From

Jonesville, in Michigan, to Evansport, in Ohio. From Ingham to the mouth of North black river. From the county seat of Van Buren county to the mouth of South Black river. From Monroe to Adrian. From Adrian to Springville. From Marshal to Ingham.

Wisconsin.-From Janesville, by New Albany, mouth of Picatonica, and Rockford, to Dixon's ferry, Illinois. From Rockford, by Brewster's ferry, to Wiota. From Chicago, by McHenry, Fontana, (at the head of Lake Geneva, Turtle creek, Janesville, Hume, and Madison, to Wisconsin city, on the Wisconsin river. From Southport, by Pleasant prairie and Geneva, to the county seat of Walworth county. From Milwaukee, by New Berlin, Springfield, and Troy, to Janesville. From Green Bay, by Depere, La Fontaine, Calumet village, Fond du Lac, and Fox lake, to Madison, and from Fox lake to Fort Winnebago. From Fond du Lac, by the mouth of Fox river, to Little Butte des Morts. From Fond du Lac to Sheboyegan. From Green Bay, by Neeshoto, to Twin river. From Milwaukee, by Lisbon, Belletere, and Watertown, to Kentucky city. From Janesville, by Jefferson, to Watertown. From White-oak springs, by New Diggings and Milseat bend, to [Elk Grove.] From Duck creek to Green Bay. From Helena, via English prairie, to Prairie du Chien. From Galena, Illinois, by Sinsinawa mound, to Du Buque. Discontinue as follows:-From Milwaukee to the outlet of Lake Koshkenong. From the outlet of Lake Koshkenong to the city of the Four Lakes. From Little Butte des Morts to Fort Winnebago. From Fond du Lac to the city of the Four Lakes. From Fond du Lac to Fort Winnebago.

Iowa. From Dubuque to the county seat of Delaware county. From Dubuque, by the county seat of Jones county, and Rochester, on the Red Cedar, to West Liberty. From Dubuque, by Richfield, Point Pleasant, and Davenport, to Stephenson, Illinois. From Davenport, by Centreville and Moscow, to Rochester on the Red Cedar river. From Fort Madison, by West Point and Tuscarora, to Bentonport. From New Boston, Illinois, by Blackhawk and Wappello, to Mount Pleasant. From Fort Madison, Iowa, to Carthage, Illinois. From Bloomington, by Cedarville, and West Liberty, to Napoleon. From Wappello, by Catesse and Sissinamo, to Napoleon. From Wapsepinicon to Bellevue; the present route to be changed so as to run by Camanche, New York, Lyons, and Charleston. From Burlington, via Ellison's creek, Illinois, St. Augustine and Middle grove, to Peoria.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each and every railroad within the limits of the United States which now is, or hereafter may be made and completed, shall be a post route, and the Postmaster General shall cause the mail to be transported thereon, provided he can have it done upon reasonable terms, and not paying therefor in any instance more than twenty-five per centum over and above what similar transportation would cost in post coaches.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the above post routes shall go into operation on the first of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, or sooner, should the funds of the Department justify the same; Provided, That as soon as a responsible contractor shall offer to transport the mails over any portion of the above routes for the revenue derived from the new offices to be established thereon, until the first of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, the Postmaster General shall forthwith put them into operation.

APPROVED, July 7, 1838.

In Wisconsin -established.

Discontinued.

In Iowa-established.

All railroads shall be postroutes, and the Postmaster Ge

neral cause the mail to be trans

ported thereon.

The above

routes shall go
into operation
on 1st July
1839, or sooner,
&c.
Proviso.

STATUTE II. July 7, 1838. [Obsolete.]

Fort Warren. Castle Island and Fort Independence.

Fort Adams.

New London harbor.

Fort Schuyler.

Ft. Delaware. Fort McHanry, Redoubt

CHAP. CLXXIII.—An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the
United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following
sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any
unappropriated money in the Treasury, for certain fortifications, viz :
For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, one hundred thousand dollars;
For the preservation of Castle island, and repairs of Fort Independ-
ence, Boston harbor, fifty thousand dollars;

For Fort Adams, Rhode Island, one hundred thousand dollars;
For fortifications at New London harbor, Connecticut, twenty-five
thousand dollars;

For Fort Schuyler, East river, New York, one hundred thousand dollars;

For Fort Delaware, Delaware river, forty thousand dollars; For Fort McHenry, Redoubt Wood, and Covington Battery, near Wood, and Co- Baltimore, thirty-two thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars; vington battery. For Fort Monroe, Virginia, one hundred thousand dollars; For Fort Calhoun, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars;

Fort Monroe.
Fort Calhoun.
Charleston

harbor.

Fort Moultrie.
Fort Pulaski.

Fort at Foster's bank. Fort Marion, and sea-wall at St. Augustine. Bridge at Fort Monroe.

Fort Caswell.

Old fort at the Barancas.

Fort Niagara.

Contingencies.

How to be expended.

STATUTE II.

July 7, 1838. [Obsolete.]

The Collector, and District Attorney of New York to consti

Naval Officer,

tute a commission to ascertain the amount of

goods destroyed by the great conflagration in New York, &c.

For fortifications in Charleston harbor, and for the preservation of the site of Fort Moultrie, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars : For Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Georgia, one hundred thousand dollars;

For the fort at Foster's bank, Florida, thirty-three thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Marion and of the sea-wall at St. Augustine, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars;

For the purchase of the charter right to the bridge across Mill creek, at Fort Monroe, four thousand dollars;

For securing the site of Fort Caswell, Oak Island, North Carolina, eight thousand five hundred dollars;

For repairs of the Old Fort at the Barancas, Pensacola, seventy-five thousand dollars;

For repairing Fort Niagara in the State of New York, three thousand dollars;

For contingencies of fortifications, ten thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That of the sums appropriated by this bill a portion not to exceed fifty per centum upon all the items above fifteen thousand dollars, shall be drawn from the Treasury during the present year, and the balance of the said appropriations shall be expended for the objects designated, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

APPROVED, July 7, 1838.

CHAP. CLXXIV.—An Act to remit the duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at the late conflagration in the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the collector of the customs for the port of New York, the naval officer of the said port, and the district attorney for the southern district of the State of New York, be, and they are hereby, constituted a commission to ascertain the amount of duties paid, or secured to be paid, upon all goods, wares, and merchandise destroyed, in unbroken and original packages as imported, by the great conflagration which took place in the city of New York on the sixteenth and seventeenth days of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and the name or names and places of residence of the several persons entitled, as owners of the said goods, or otherwise, to receive or have remitted to them the amount

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