The Western Journal, Volume 12M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1854 |
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Page 81
... reached nearly $ 11,000,000 ; showing an increase of imports corresponding with the decline of the iron business at home . It scarcely admits of a doubt that , had the tariff of 1842 remained unchanged , the produce of iron in this ...
... reached nearly $ 11,000,000 ; showing an increase of imports corresponding with the decline of the iron business at home . It scarcely admits of a doubt that , had the tariff of 1842 remained unchanged , the produce of iron in this ...
Page 86
... reaching this country , it is found to conceal stones or rubbish ; and then woe to the purse and the cutting - knives of the purchasers ! Besides this , however , the block often contains a vast amount of unavailable material in the ...
... reaching this country , it is found to conceal stones or rubbish ; and then woe to the purse and the cutting - knives of the purchasers ! Besides this , however , the block often contains a vast amount of unavailable material in the ...
Page 88
... reached London , and a kind of historical interest is attached to this sample from the fact that , from this humble beginning , a large branch of manufacture has arisen which now employs some thousands of workmen . Several ingenious ...
... reached London , and a kind of historical interest is attached to this sample from the fact that , from this humble beginning , a large branch of manufacture has arisen which now employs some thousands of workmen . Several ingenious ...
Page 97
... reached the Atlantic . So little notice was taken of this expedition that but very few even of our own people were aware of its existence until the enterprise was accomplished . And yet we are persuaded that it will be the means of ...
... reached the Atlantic . So little notice was taken of this expedition that but very few even of our own people were aware of its existence until the enterprise was accomplished . And yet we are persuaded that it will be the means of ...
Page 113
... reached the mouth of the Ozark or Arkansas , he sailed up that river , some twelve or eighteen leagues , to the head of back water from the Mississippi , and above the overflown ground ; here , he deposited one of his boats , and ...
... reached the mouth of the Ozark or Arkansas , he sailed up that river , some twelve or eighteen leagues , to the head of back water from the Mississippi , and above the overflown ground ; here , he deposited one of his boats , and ...
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Page 110 - The castled Crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strewed a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.
Page 311 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 312 - Secretary of said Territory, who shall reside therein, and hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Page 318 - That when the lands in said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be and the same are hereby reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the state and territories hereafter to be erected out of the same SEC.
Page 315 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 385 - Virginia inclusive according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 315 - Columbia ; and the first six days of every term of said courts, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be appropriated to the trial of causes arising under the said Constitution and laws...
Page 311 - Nebraska, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make, if this act had never passed.
Page 315 - ... the said writs of error or appeals shall be allowed and decided by the said Supreme Court without regard to the value of the matter, property, or title in controversy ; and except also that a writ of error or appeal shall also be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision of the said Supreme Court created by this act, or of any judge thereof, or of the District Courts created by this act, or of any judge thereof, upon any writ of habeas corpus involving the question of...
Page 148 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.