STATUTE II.

March 3, 1845. CHAP. LXXIII.

Appropriations.

Improvement of roads from Mississippi bluffs to lowa city. Mississippi bluffs to Fox

agency. Proviso.

Dubuque to Missouri.

Harbor at Du

buque.

STATUTE II.

March 3, 1845.

Post roads established.

Maine.

New Hampshire.

Vermont.

Massachusetts.
New York.

An Act making appropriations for certain improvements in the
Territory of Iowa.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the improvement and construction of the following roads in the Territory of Iowa, to wit:

From the Mississippi bluffs, opposite to the town of Bloomington, to Iowa city, five thousand dollars;

From the Mississippi bluffs, opposite the town of Burlington, to the old Sac and Fox agency, (Agency road, so called,) five thousand dollars: Provided, That such changes in the location of said road, and in the positions of the bridges thereon, may be adopted as shall be approved by the War Department;

From Dubuque, to the northern boundary of Missouri (the Military road, so called,) eight thousand dollars;

For the improvement of the harbor at the town of Dubuque, in addition to the appropriation of last year, seven thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 3, 1845.

CHAP. LXXIV.—An Act to establish certain post routes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following be established as post roads:

Maine. From Letter B to Wilson's Mills, in township Number Five, in the second range, county of Oxford. From Winthrop to North Wayne, in the county of Kennebec. From Springfield, in the county of Penobscot, through townships Numbers Six and Seven, to Topsfield, in the county of Washington. From Vassalboro', Connecticut, through North Vassalboro', Winslow, Sabasticook, Clinton, Burnham, Pittsfield, Detroit, Plymouth and Elma, to Carmel. From Thomaston to South Thomaston, in the county of Lincoln. From Oldtown through Argyle and Edinburg, to Howland. From Augusta to Thomaston, to East Thomaston, about four miles. From Morison, through Wilson to Greenville, at the foot of Moose Head Lake. From Freyburg corner in the county of Oxford, by Bridgton Centre, in the county of Cumberland, North Bridgton, Harrison to Norway village in said county of Oxford.

New Hampshire.-From Antrim South Village, via Bennington village, to the middle of Francestown, in the county of Hillsborough. From Gilford, in Belknap county, by Lake Village, Meredith Village, Holderness to Plymouth, in Grafton county. From Hillsborough Bridge, through the centre of Deering to Francistown. From Hillsborough bridge to Frenertown, through the centre of Deering, in the county of Hillsborough, and that the present route from Deering through Wier, to Concord, be discontinued.

Vermont.--From Brunswick, in Essex county, on Connecticut river, via townships of Brunswick, Wenlock, Ferdinand, Brighton, Charleston, and Brownington, to Irasburg.

Massachusetts.-From Ashburnham to New Ipswich, New Hampshire. New York. From Baldwinsville,via Plainville, Cato Four Corners, Cato, Victory, and Westbury, to Wolcott. From Holland Patent, via Floyd, to Oriskany. From Almond, via Ebenezer Allen's house and Cartwright and Waldroff's store, to Phillipsville. From Wilna, via Natural Bridge, to Diana. From Stockholm, via Brasher's Falls and Helena, to Hogansburg. From Richfield Springs, via Page's Corners, Jordanville, and

Dennison's Corners, to Mohawk. From Brooklyn to Gravesend. From Truxton to Tully. From Ithaca, by Rumsey's Settlement, Cayutaville, and Catharine Centre, to Havana. From Elmira, via Post's Corners, South Chemung, and Athens Valley, to Athens, Pennsylvania. From Mount Morris, via Keyserville, and Woodville, to Dansville. From Prattsville, via Lexington, Westkill, and Melville, to Shandaken. From Stokes to Lee Centre. From Westville to Milford. From Bath via Thruston, West Addison through Allen's Settlement in Cameron, to Woodhull. From Bath via Campbell Creek, Towlesville, East Canisteo, Canisteo to Greenwood. From Oneonto, via Butternuts, to Newberlin. From Greenwood, via Canisteo, East Canisteo, Towlesville, Campbell creek to Bath. From Pen Yan, via Branchport, Italy Hill, Italy Hollow, Naples, Bloods Corners, to Danville. From the village of Serry, via East Castile, to Munda valley.

New Jersey. From Deckertown, in Sussex county, through the Clove New Jersey. and Mount Salem, to Minisink. From Flemington to Baptistown.

Pennsylvania. From Belfonte to Boalsburg, via Centre Furnace. Pennsylvania. From Indiana to Blairsville. From Sunbury, Northumberland county, by Snydertown and Rushville, to Danville, in Columbia county. From Newcastle, in Mercer county, to Butler, in Butler county, by Princeton and Portersville. From Athens to Rome. From Wattsontown to Muncy Dam. From Stroudsburg, in Monroe county, by Snydersville and Fennersville, Kunkletown and Kreogeville, to Lehigh Gap, in Carbon county. From Sennamahoning post office to Rathan's. From Russelburg to Sugar Grove. From Tunkhannock to Bowman's Creek. From Pittsburg, by Logan's Ferry, to Shearersburg. From Washington, via Cross Creek and Eldersville, to Steubenville, Ohio. From Attleborough, Bucks county, by way of Oxford and Fallsington, to Morrisville. From Wilmington, Delaware, by Centreville, Pennsville, Hamerton and Kennets Square to Unionville, Chester county. From Penningtonville in Chester county, to the Buck, in Lancaster county. From Willsgrove, in Lycoming county, by way of the Hogland branch of Plunkets creek, through Fox township, to Canton corner, in Bradford county. From Washington, Pennsylvania, through Cross Creek village and Eldersville, to Steubenville, Ohio.

Maryland.-From Snowhill to Nasaongo, in Worcester county. Maryland. From Barren Creek Springs, Maryland, via Sharp Town, to Laurel, Delaware. From Jarretsville, Hartford county, to Parkton, on the Susquehanna railroad.

Virginia. From Buchanan, in Lewis county, to Beverly, in Ran- Virginia. dolph county. From Charleston, in Kanawha, via upper falls of Coal river, and the falls of Guyandotte, to Wayne court-house. From Chatham Hill to Bradford, in Smyth county. From Arnoldsville, in Kanawha county, to Ripley, in Jackson county. From Little Plymouth, in King and Queen county, to Urbanna, in Middlesex county. From Germantown, via Wearsville, to Summerville, Fauquier county. From Looney's Creek, via north fork of the south branch of the Potomac river, to Crab Bottom, in Pendleton county. From New Martinsville, via Sistersville, to Parkersburg. From Prince Edward court-house to Gilead, in Prince Edward's county. From Chatham Hill, in Smyth county, to Buck's Garden, in Tazewell county. From Broadford, in Smyth county, to Tazewell court-house. From Newburn, in Pulaski county, via back road, to Wytheville. From Abingdon, Virginia, via McConnell's, to Elizabethton, in Tennessee. From Tazewell courthouse, via Clear fork of Sandy river to its mouth; thence down said river to the house of Philip Lambert; thence to Eli Lusk's, on Little Huff's creek; and down said creek to Guyandotte river, crossing at the Beaver Bown, to the mouth of Gilbert's creek; thence to Thompson's fork, Island creek; thence down said creek to Logan court-house. From Osborn's ford, in Scott county, or from Beckley's mills, in Russell county,

North Carolina.

South Carolina.

Georgia.

Kentucky.

as the Postmaster General may deem most expedient, via Guest's station, glades and pound, in Russell county, to Letcher court-house, in the State of Kentucky. From Hillsville, in Carroll county, to Floyd court-house. From Chatham Hill, in Smyth county, to Sharon, in Wythe county. North Carolina.-From Rutherfordton, via Poorsford, Edwin Thorns', Buck creek, and R. H. Hicks's, to Shelby court-house. From Catawba View to Deal's Mill. From Rutherfordton, via White Oak, Green river, Edneyville, and Hendersonville, to Mill's river. From Jamestown, via Deep river, Browntown, Midway, Hussey's Store, and Philips' Ferry, to Mocksville. From Ashboro' to Laurenceville. From Merry Hill to Edenton. From Kinston, Lenoir county, via R. D. Nunn's, Lewis Jones', and Stephen M. Graddy's, to Hallsville, Duplin county. From Hallsville, in Duplin county, to Richland, in Onslow county. From Hunts cross roads to Nashville, in North Carolina. From Chilhowea, Blount county, Tennessee, to Cheoce, Cherokee county, North Carolina. South Carolina. From Newbury court-house, Shop Spring, John Williams, Wells' Store, Island Ford, and Saluda Homestead, thence to Woodville, in Abbeville district. From Laurens court-house, via Anderson court-house, to Athens, Georgia. From Augusta, Georgia, to Greenville, South Carolina, so that it shall run from Abbeville court-house, by Due West Corner, and Craytonsville, to Anderson court-house. From Union court-house, by Meansville, Smiths Store, and Rogers bridge, on Tygers river, to Woodruffs, in Spartanburg district. From Cannons Store, in Spartansburg district, by Furgers Mill, to Buck creek. From Sumterville, in Sumter district, to Gadsden, in Richland district.

Georgia. From Hawkinsville, by Milwood, Vienna, Cedar creek, and Holydaysville, to Albany, Georgia. From Monticello, by Indian Springs, to Jackson, Butts county. From Marthasville, De Kalb county, by Newnan, Corinth, and Lagrange, to West Point, Troun county. From Marthasville, De Kalb county, by way of Villarica, Carrollton, Carroll county, to Jacksonville, Benton county, Alabama. From Talbotton to Pineville. From Marietta, through Roswell to Cumming. From Villarica, Carroll county, through Van Wert, Paulding county, via Carpenter's Store, to Cassville, Cass county. From Savannah to Charleston, by sea. From Greenville, in Meriwether county, to Newnan, in Coweta county. From Sumpterville, in Sumpter district, to Gadsden, in Richland district.

Kentucky. From Mills Point to Little Prairie, Missouri. From Somerset in Pulaski county, Kentucky, to London, in Laurel county, via John Babbitt's. From Lancaster, via Crab Orchard and Elkinsville, to Somerset, in Pulaski county. From Somerset, in Pulaski county, via Harrison, to Jamestown, Russell county. From Somerset, Pulaski county, via Gilmer's store and Mount Vernon, to Richmond. From the Poplar Plains, in Fleming county, via the dwelling-house of William Philips in the same county, and the dwelling-house of Joshua Knap, in Carter county, to Grayson, the seat of justice in Carter county. From Mount Sterling, in Montgomery county, via the store of Thomas T. Dobbins, and North Middleton, to Paris, the seat of justice of Bourbon county. From Morefield, in Nicholas county, via the dwelling-house of Thomas Hawkins on Licking river, in Bath county, and the dwellinghouse of Thomas A. Matthews, to Sharpsburg, in Bath county. From West Liberty, in Morgan county, via the dwelling-house of Daniel Horton, to the dwelling-house of William Brown on Paint Creek, intersecting the mail route from West Liberty, in Morgan county, to Louisa, in Lawrence county. From Princeton in Caldwell county, via the house of John W. Jenkins, to Providence, in Hopkins county. From Murray, via New Concord, to Pine Bluff, on the Tennessee river, in Calloway county. From Newport, by the way of the mouths of Four mile and Twelve mile creeks, to Carthage, in Campbell county. From Warsaw, in Gallatin county,

by way of Napoleon or Buck Park in said county, and Downingsville
and Williamstown in Grant county, to Falmouth in Pendleton county.
Tennessee. From Wilcocks to Milledgeville. From Rodgersville,
via Thomas I. Lee's, to Russelville. From Charleston, via George-
town and Harrison, (late Vanville,) to Cattanooga. From Charleston
to Benton. From Cleveland, via Red Clay, Georgia, Dogwood and
Medicinal Springs, to Rome, Georgia. From Cleveland, via Carother's
Cross Roads, Harrison, Poe's Turnpike, Walling's Ridge, Rankin's on
Brush Creek, crossing the main Cumberland mountain at Hill's Turn-
pike, to McMinnville, Warren county. From Murfreesborough, via
Lebanon, to Gallatin. From Lynchburg, Tennessee, via William A.
Tucker's, Arnold's Store, Shelton's Creek, and Jacob Hamilton's, to
New Market, Madison county, Alabama. From Lynchburg, Tennes-
see, via Jacob Awalt's, to Winchester Springs. From Fayetteville, via
Stone Bracker, and McCarty's Mills, and Arnold's Store, to Salem, in
Franklin county. From Lafayette, via Witcher's Cross Roads, High-
land, and Flinn's Lick, to Kinchlow's, in Putnam county. From Jack-
son, via Brownsville, Wesley Haywood, to Memphis. From Battle
Creek, via Rice's Ferry, to Lebanon, Alabama. From Waterloo, Ala-
bama, by State line ferry, Lester's Sulphur Springs, to Jacinto, in
Mississippi. From Mount Pleasant, via Waynsboro, Roaches Bluff, on
Tennessee river, Bolivar and Somerville to Memphis. From Savannah
in Tennessee, by Hamburg to Jacinto in Mississippi. From Somer-
ville, Fayette county, to T. W. Herveys, thence ten miles to Whiteville,
Hardiman county, thence to Meden, Madison county, thence to Jackson.
Ohio.-From Ripley, on the Ohio river, via Russelville, Fincastle,
New Market, Hillsborough, Petersborough, Greenfield, and Frankford,
to Circleville. From Uniontown, Muskingum county, via Buckeye Cot-
tage, Rehoboth, New Lexington, and Straitsville, to Logan, in Hock-
ing county. From Finley, in Hancock county, via Cannonsburg, Wil-
liam Morrison's in Orange township, and Armorsville, to Round Head
in Hardin county.
From Sunbury, in Delaware county, by way of
Fredericktown and Newville, to Ashland in Richland county. From
Bucyrus, in Crawford county, via Upper Sandusky, Crawfordsville, and
Cary, to Finley, in Hancock county. To continue mail route, number
two thousand and fifty-five: from Youngstown, in Trumbull county, to
Kelloggsville, in Ashtabula county, and thence by Sheffield and Ply-
mouth, to Ashtabula. From Portsmouth, on the Ohio river, by Locust
Grove, Belfast, and Marshall, to Hillsborough. From Cleveland, via
the township of Brooklyn, Rockport, Middleburg, Olmstead, Ridge-
ville, Eaton, Laporte, and Carlisle, to Oberlin. From Strongsville, via
Berea to Olmsted. For extension of route from Meadville and Kins-
man, Ohio, via the towns of Gustavus, Johnson, Mecca and Bezetta.
From Marietta, via the valley of the Little Muskingum, Conner's Mill,
Chambers' Mill, Flint's Mill, and Gaysville, to Woodsfield. From To-
ledo, via Lyman Parker's Farm, Chatfield's Mill, Bridgewater, Angola,
Jackson, Prairie Lima, and White Pigeon, to St. Joseph, in Michigan.
From Cincinnati, by Mears' Farm, Withamville, Amelia, Bantam, [and]
Bethel to Felicity. From Goshen, Clermont county, Ohio, through
Sloansville and Woodsville to West Borough, Clinton county, Ohio.

Indiana. From Indianapolis, via Broad Ripple, Bethlehem, Westfield, Farmington, Shieldville, Canton, and Kokamo, to Peru. From Columbus, in Bartholomew county, via Rock Creek, to West Point, in Decatur county. From Franklin, via Hensley and Bean Blossom, to Nashville. From Decatur, in Adams county, via Port Mahon, to Liberty Mills, in Wabash county. From Rochester, in Fulton county, via Troy, Gilead, Niconza, and Joseph Beckner's, to Wabash town, in Wabash county. From Lafayette, via Parish's Grove, Milford, Illinois, Spring Creek, and Oliver's Grove, to Peoria, Illinois. From Lafayette, via Rensselaer, John

Tennessee.

Ohio.

Indiana.

Illinois,

Jones's, in Porter county, and Valparaiso, to City West. From Washington, in Davis county, via Edwardsport and Robin's prairie, in Knox county, to Carlisle, in Sullivan county. From Sinking Spring, via Bryantsville and Dougherty Shoals, to Mount Pleasant, in Martin county. From Mooresville, via Waidsville, Millgrove, Upper Falls, Eel river, and Samuel Kaufman's to Poland post office, in Clay county. From Mount Pleasant, in Martin county, via Harrisonville, to Bedford, in Lawrence county. From Madison, via Paris and Springford, to Brownstown, in Jackson county. From Slateford to Rockford, in Jackson county. From Brookville, via Jennings, Oldenburg, Enochsburg, Georgus, and Allen's Mills, to Greensburg. From Jamestown, in Boone county, via Darlington and Yorktown, to Dayton, in Tippecanoe county. From Fort Wayne to Van Wert, in Van Wert county, Ohio. From Delphi, in Carroll county, through the great Miami reserve, to Marion, in Grant county. From Clinton, Vermillion county, via Indiana Furnace, in said county, to Paris, Illinois. From Noble court-house, via Springfield, Northport, Wright's Corners, and Ontario, to Lima, Lagrange county. From Princeton, in Gibson county, via the road commonly called the "Buckskin road," to Boonville, in Warrick county. From Bluffton, Wills county, to Fort Wayne, in Allen county. From South Bend, in St. Joseph county, to Carmel, via Hammonds and North Liberty. From Sages ferry, to Rockford, in Jackson county. From Indianapolis, Hampton, Danville, New Winchester, Bainbridge, Portland Mills, Rockville, Homansburgh, Montezuma, to the State line between Indiana and Illinois, in the direction of Springfield, Illinois.

Illinois. From Monmouth, in the county of Warren, in the State of Illinois, via Berwick, Greenbush, Woodville, Ellisville, and Centreville, to Lewiston, in the county of Fulton, in the State of Illinois. From Peoria, in the county of Peoria, via Mount Hawley, Wyoming, Toulon, Wethersfield, Cambridge, Geneseo, Sharon, and Crandall's Ferry, to Fulton city, in the county of Whiteside. From Indianapolis, Hampton, Danville, New Winchester, Bainbridge, Portland Mills, Rockville, Armiesburg, Montezuma, to the State line between Indiana and Illinois, in the direction of Springfield, Illinois. From Peoria, in the county of Peoria, via Mount Hawley, Wyoming, Toulon, Wethersfield, Geneseo, Sharon, and Crandall's Ferry, to Albany, in the county of Whiteside. From Peoria, in the county of Peoria, via Mount Hawley, Wyoming, Toulon, Wethersfield, Geneseo, Sharon, Crandall's Ferry, Parker's Grove, Otter creek, and Johnson's creek, to Savannah, in the county of Carroll. From Macomb, in the county of McDonough, via Bladensville, La Harpe, Camp creek, Pontotoc, and Appanoce, to Nauvoo, in the county of Hancock. From Freeport, in the county of Stephenson, via Panama and High Point, to Savannah, in the county of Carroll. From Savannah, in the county of Carroll, via Mount Carroll and High Point, to Freeport, in the county of Stephenson. From Pekatoneca, in the county of Winnebago, to Rock Grove, in the county of Stephenson. From Monmouth, in the county of Warren, via Cedar Creek, McBride's Mill, and Millersburg, to Illinois city, in the county of Rock Island. From the city of Galena, in the county of Joe Daviess, via Bellview, to Andrew, in the county of Jackson, in the Territory of Iowa. From Petersburg, in Menard county, to Beardstown, in Cass county. From Springfield, via Petersburg, Bath, and Macomb to Burlington, in the Territory of Iowa. From Jacksonville, in Morgan county, via Petersburg and Middletown, to Postville, in Logan county. From Beardstown, in Cass county, via Arenzville, Exeter, Winchester, Glasgow, and Wilmington, to Carrollton, in Green county. From Bellville, in St. Clair county, via Fayetteville, Sparta and Georgetown, to Murphysboro', in Jackson county. From Murphysboro', in Jackson county, via Vergennes Prairie and Pinckneysville, to Nashville, in Washington county. From Bell