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SOOTHING SYRUP
For children Teething,
j PREPARED BY HIMSELF.
To .Mothers and jVurscs.
THE passage of the Teeth through the
gums produces troublesome and dan
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! ers that there is great irritation in the
' mouth and gums during this process. The
gums swell, the secretion of saliva is in
creased, the child is seized with frequent
and sudden fus of crying, watching?, .start
! ing in the sleep, and spasms of peculiar
parts, the child shrieks with extreme vio
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j have their little babes afflicted with these
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REGULAR AGENTS.
J. M. Redmond,
Geo. Howard, C arooro?.
M. Russel, Elizabeth Citv.
January, 1840.
BY AUTHOUITV.l
L WS OF THE UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
T1VEN' r"-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Private No. 51.
AN ACT for the relief of Ebenezcr Lob
dell. Be it enacted by the Senate and. House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
That the Secretary of "the Treasury be.
and he is hereby, authorized and directed
to pay to Ebenczer Lodbell, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, the sum of one thousand and
eve;ity-five dollars and thirtv-ninc cents
for exira labor in clearing out certain ob
structions iti the river Kennebec, not
within the terms of a contract executed by
him and Peter Grant, the agent of the
United States, on the thirtieth d,iy of May
eighteen hundred and twenty-nine.
R. M. T. HUNTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
WILLIAM R. KING,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, July 20ib, 1S40.
M. VAN BUREN.
Private No. 52.
AN ACT for the relief of John V. Faunce
and Oliver Perrin.
Be it enacted bij the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Congress asse?nOledt
That the Commissioner of Patents be, and
he hereby is, authorized to issue a patent
to Jhn W. Faunce and Oliver Perrin, on
their specification filed in the Patent
Ofiice on the first day of September, eight
een hundred and thirty-four, on their pay
ing the sum of thirty "dollars and deposit
ing a model and drawing according to the
existing laws: Provided, That on exami
nation, the Commissioner shall be satisfied
that the said Faunce and Perrin were
the original inventors of the machine des
cribed in their said specification.
Approved, July 20th, 1840.
Private No. 53
AN ACT for the relief of John L Bow
man and Enoch J. Noyes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United. States
of .Jmerica in Congress assembled,
That the collector of the customs for the
district of Passamaquoddy, in Maine, is
hereby authorized to pay to John L Bow
man, and Enoch J. Noyes, owners of the
fishing schooner called the George, of East
port, in said district, of sixty-tight and
thirty eight ninety-fifths tons burden, and
to the persons composing her late crew, or
their legal representatives, such allowance
to be distributed according to law, as they
would have been entitled to receive if she
had completed htr fishing term; the said
schooner havm been totally lost in a gale,
after hav; ig been employed more than
two and a ha if months of the term required
by law.
Approved, July 20th, 1840.
Private No. 54.
AN ACT for the relief of Pierre Molai
son, the widow Pierre Richoux, Alex
ander Comeau, Alice L. Foley, widow
of John Foley, and Francois Martin, of
the Slate of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
oj Representatives of the United States
if America m Congress assembled,
mat the claim ot nerre Molaison to a
tract of land of one arpen and a half front,
more or less, with forty arpens in depth,
situate on the left bank of the bayou La
fourche, about three milts below the town
of Thibodauxville, be, and the same is
hereby, confirmed.
Sec. 2. JJnd be it further enacted.
That the claim of the widow Pierre Rich
oux, to a tract of land of one arpen and a
half front, more or less, with forty arnens
in depth, situate on the left bank of the
bayou Lafourche, about three miles below
the town of Thibodauxville, and bounded
on the lower side by the land of Pierre
Molaison, descnoed in the first section of
this act, be, and the same is hereby con
firmed. Sec. 3. Jlnd be it further enacted,
rhat the claim of Alexander Comeau to a
tract of land of four arpens front, with
forty arpens in depth, situate on the left
bank oi the bayou Lafourche, about four
leagues and a half from the Mississinoi.
and designated as fractional section num
ber fifty-eight, in township thirteen, range
fourteen east, be, and the same is hereby
confirmed.
Sec. 4. And he it furher enactcdf
Tint the claim of Alice L Foley, widow
oi .jonn roiey, 10 a tract ot land in the pir-
i-li ot Assumption, on the leu bank of the
eighty, of townships numbers fourteen and
tourtecn, in range numbers thirteen and
fonreen east, be, and the same is hereby,
confirmed.
Sec. 5. Jind he it further enacted
Tint the claim of Francois Martin to a tract
of land in the parish of Assumption, on the
right bank of the canal, to Lake Verrit,
containing one hundred and forty and
sixty-three hundredths acres, be. and thr
same is hereby confirmed: Provided,
That none of the confirmations contained
in this act shall amount to any thin-; more
i ban a relinquishment of claim on the part
uf the United States.
Approved, July 20th, 1840.
Private No. 55
AX ACT for the relief of certain settler.
on the salt-lick reservation in the wes
tern district of Tennessee.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
ff Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Cujignss assembled,
That the provisions of an act of Congres
entitled An act for the relief of certain
-settlers living on what is called the salt
lick reservation in the western district ot
1'ennessee," approved on the third day of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty- nine,
be, and the same are hereby, extended to
the first day of June, eighteen hundred
and thirty-nine.
Approved, July 20th, 1S40.
Private No. 56
AN ACT for the relief of the widow and
heirs-at law of the late Lewis Grant
Davidson, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representat ives of the United Slates
oj Jimerica in Congress assembled,
That it shall be the duty of Eliza Davidson,
the widow of Lewis Grant Davidson, late
Georgetown, in the District of Columbia,
deceased, and guardian of the infant heirs
of the said Lewis, to make out and return
to the orphans' court of Washington coun
ty, in the said District, a full and complete
list of all the real estate of which the said
Lewis Grant Davidson died seized, lying
and being in Washington county aforesaid,
distinguishing on the said list such of the
said ral estate as is unimproved and un
productive, and such as is improved and
productive; and it shall and may be lawful,
and the said ElLa Davidson is hereby
authorized, from time to time, to baigain
and sell that part of the said estate which
is unimproved a"nd unproductive, or any
portion thereof, on such terms as to her
may seem most for the interest of the said
infant heirs, and, "immediately after any
such sale, the said Eliza shall report the
same, and the terms thereof, to the judge
of the orphans' court aforesaid; and the
same having been approved and ratified
by the said judge, and the purchase-money
having been paid and not otherwise, the
said Eliza Davidson is iurlher authorized
and empowered, by a deed of bargain and
sale to eonvey the premises by her sold to
the purchaser or purchasers thereof in fee
simple.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the judge of the orphans' court afore
said shall have authority to allot and ap
portion to the said Eliza, out of the pro
ceedsof such sales, an equivalent, or satis
faction in money, for her right of dower
in the said premises sold and conveyed by
her; and, also, a commission, not excee
ding five per centum, on the proceeds of
such sales; and to pass all sucn orders and
decrees relative to the disposal and invest
ment of such proceeds by the said Eliza,
as to him shall seem proper lor the preser
vation and improvement of the estate of
the said infant heirs.
Sec 3. Jlnd be it further enacted,
That the register ot the orphans7 court
shall take and state an account of such
sales as may be reported, and of such or
ders as may be made in the premises, under
the direction ot the said judge, and shall
be paid therefor such fees as by law
he is allowed to charge and receive in
the settlement of other guardian ac
counts. Sec 4- And he it further enacted,
That, as the said infant heirs-at-law of the
said Lewis Grant Davidson arrive at law
ful age, it shall be the duty of the said
Eliza Davidson to account with them for
the oroceeds of the said real estate by her
sold by virtue of this act, and to pay over
to each of them the balance or portion
severallv due to them on such account;
and, on her failing so to do, her bond, as
guardian of the said intant heirs, may be
put insuit,and tnesaiu uaiance or portion
canal leading to Lake Verrit, and cor.tdn- ,' , ? T
& c .i r " of Representatives of the United States
ms; ten arpens front by forty arnens in , V n , , .
i n i i 3 , 1 f America in Congress assembled,
depth, designated as sections numbers one r n ... -.u o. . e .
i i j if . i , , , , nit I homas Bennett, ol the Sate of New
hundred and forty and one hundred and v . . , ,, . ..
severally due me aia neirs, may
recovered thereon.
Approved, July 20lh, 1840.
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Private No. 57
AN ACT fur the relief of Thomas
Ben-
nett.
5 piaeeu on the pension-
rate of thirty dollars per annum during
hi naltir.il lift-; to co.nmence on the
fourth day of March, eighteen hundreJ
and thiriy-one.
Approved, July 20 h, 1S40.
PrivateNo. 5S.
AN ACT granting a section of land for
the use of schools in St. Clair county,
Slate of Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
f v'Jmerica in Congress assembled.
That one section of the public lands sub
ject to private entry and sale in the State
of Illinois, be loca'ed'for the use and bene
fit ofsi hiols for the inhabitants of town
!np one north, range ten west of
li3 third principal meridian, in said
"Mate, in lieu of the sixteenth section,
which has been appropriated by the
Govt rnnient for the ue of private claims.
Sec. 2. Jlnd be it further enacted,
That any person appointed by the county
commissioner's court of the county of St.
Clair, in the Slate of Illinois, be, and he
is hereby, authorized tj locate the said
section "named in this act for the purpose
above-named.
Approved, July 20th, 1S40.
Private No. 59.
AN ACT for the relief of Captain John
Dovvnes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be,
and he is hereby, authorized and directed
to allow to Captain John Downcs, in the
settlement of his account, the sum of
seven hundred and twenty-three dollars
and sixty cents with which he stands
charged twice in his account at the Treas
ury Department, and cause the said sum
of seven hundred and twenty-three dol
lars and sixty cents to be paid to the said
Captain John Dovvnes out of any money
remaining in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
Approved, July 20th, 1S40.
Private No. GO.
AN ACT allowing further time to the
Trustees of Centre College to dispose of
the land heretofore granted to the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, in the State of
Kentucky.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United Slates
of America in Congress assembled,
That the further time of two years, from
and after the fifth day of April, one thou
sand eight hundred and forty, be, and the
same is hereby, allowed to the trustees of
Centre College, at Danville, in the State
of Kentucky, to dispose of the lands
heretofore granted to the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, in said State of Kentucky.
Approved, July 20;h, 1S40.
Private No. 61.
AN ACT granting two townships of land
for the use of a university in the Tern
tory of Iowa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be,
and he is hereby, authorized to set apart
and reserve from sale, out of any of the
public lands within the Ierntory of Iowa,
to which the Indian title has been or may
oe extinguished, and not otherwise appro
priated, a quantity of land, not exceeding
two entire townships, for the use and sup
port of a university within the said Terri
tory when it becomes a Slate, and for no
other use or purpose whatsoever, to be
located in tracts of not less than an entire
section, corresponding with any of the le
gal divisions into which the public lands
are authorized to be surveyed.
Approved, July 20th, 1S40.
Private No. 62.
AN. ACT for the relief of the legal repre
sentatives of William Williams, senior,
deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives oj the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That John Campbell, James Campbell,
Hamilton C. Campbell, and Mary W it
iams be, and they are hereby, authoiized,
to relinquish to the United States, in such
form as the Commissioner of the General
Land Office shall prescribe, the southwest
quarter of section fifteen, of township ten
north, range four east, in the tract appro
proated (by the acts appropriated and
granting land to the late army of the Uni
ted states, passed on ana since me sixuv
Tio i or-.rtr.tnrl A.i A O- - I TT
i ui r i.'-; uutitll uu iw ijviiji uii-i u 1 1 Jl lilt
day of May, eighteen hundred and twelve)
for military bounties in ihe Territory of
Atkansis; andupon such re inquishment
being m ide as aforesahi, and upon satisfac
tory proof being also made to the said
Commissioner that the said John Camp
bell, James Campbell, Hamilton C. Camp
hell, and Mary Williams, ore Ihe only
legal lepreentatives of the s:dd William
Will iams, deceased, the said John Camp
hell, James Campbell, Hamilton C.
Campbell, and Mary Williams, shdl be,
and they are hereby, authorized 1o enter
any other quarter section of land, in the
State of Arkansas which shall be liable to
entry at private sale.
Approved, July 20th, 1S-10.
Private No. 63.
AN ACT granting a pension to the heirs
of Leonard Smih.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
That the Secretary of War cause to be paid
to the heirs of Captain Leonard Smith,
late of the county of Orange, in the States
of New York, the p iy allowed to a Lieu
tenant in the army of the Revolution, for
six months service, under the act of Con
gress passed the seventh day of June,
eighteen hundred and thirty-two; said pay
commencing on the fourth day of March,
eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and en
ding on the death of the said Leonard
Smith.
Approved, July 20th, IS 10.
Private No. 64.
AN ACT for the relief of Cornelius Tiers.
Be it enacted by the. Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembted
That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to
Cornelius Tiers, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one
thousand two hundred dollars; the amount
of loss by him sustained in delaying to
give him orders to make blocks, &c. for a
ship of the line, frigate, and sloop of war,
contrary to his contract with the United
States.
Approved, July 20th, 1840.
'Private No. 65.
AN ACT for the relief of Mary Perkins.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
That Mary Perkins, of the county of Wil
liams, in the State of Ohio, be, and she is
hereby authorized to enter, within twelve
months after the passage of this act, with
the register and receiver of the land office
at Lima, in said State, the following tractof
land, to wit: the west fraction of the south
east quarter of section numbered twenty
one, in township numbered one north, of
range five east, in the Lima land district,
Ohio, she paying therefore, as other pur
chasers, the price of one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre.
Approved, July 20th, 1S40.
Private No. 66.
AN ACT lor the relief of William
Mar-
bury, of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled.
That William Marbufy, of the State of
Louisiana be ,and he is hereby, authorized
to enter, without payment, at the land
ofiice at St. Helena, a section of six hun
dred and forty acres of land, in township
seven, range three east, in the land district
of St. Helena, in the State of Louisiana,
in lieu of and as a full equivalent for the
same quantity of land to which he had a
private claim, which was confirmed, under
a certificate numbered seven hundred and
ixteen, in October, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and
which tract of land." Was then required, by
an order of servey from the land office at
St. Helena, to be run out and allotted to
him in the parish of St. Tammany, in the
same land district, but which was not
surveyed or allotted in pursuance of said
order, and was returned as public land;
the most valuable part of which has since
been sold by the United States: Provided,
That before a patent Shall issue for the
land, the entry of which is authorized by
the provisions of this act, the said Mar
bury shall relinquish to the United State,
in such manner as the commissioner of
the general land office may direct, all hij
interest to the land originally confirmed,
which should have been run out and allot, .
led to him in the parish of St. Tammany.
Approvkd, July 20th, 1840.
Private No. 67.
AN ACT for the relief of the children of
Stephen Johnston, deceased.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hovse
of Representatives of the United Stales'
of America in Congress assembled,
That upon the President being satisfied
that the claim of the children of Stephen
Johnton, named in the treaty mad with'
si