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ship of Brownstown, to the village of Gibraltar . From I.apier to GrandBlanc, by Langdon and Mount Pleasant. From Mason, in Inghamcounty, to Jackson, in Jackson county. From Grand Rapides, countyof Kemp, by Allan’s corners, Lake Alone, Barnes’s mill, and GreenPlains, to Kalamazoo .

In Wiskonsan .—From Patch Grove, in Grant county, to Blue river.From Fort Winnebago, via Grand Rapides, to Plover Portage. FromDelavan, by Darien, to Beloit . From Fort Atkinson, by Cold Springand White Water, to Elkhorn. From Summit, in Milwaukie county,via Piperville and Watertown, to Washara, (or Fox Lake.) FromSouthport, via Aurora post office, to Burlington. From Madison , byMonroe, to Freeport, Illinois . From Milwaukie, via Muskeego, Roch-ester, and Burlington, to Geneva.

In Iowa .—From Dubuque to the county seat of Delaware county.From Dubuque, via the county seat of Jones county and Rochester, (onthe Red Cedar,) to West Liberty. From Dubuque , via Richfield, PointPleasant, and Davenport, to Stephenson, Illinois. From Davenport ,via Centreville and Moscow , to Rochester, (on the Red Cedar.) FromFort Madison , via West Point and Tuscarora, to Bentonport. FromNew Boston, Illinois , via Black Hawk and Wappello, to Mount Pleasant.From Fort Madison to Carthage. From Bloomington , via Cedarvilleand West Liberty, to Napoleon. From Wapsepinicon to Bellevue ,to be changed so as to run from Wapsepinicon, via Camanche, NewYork, Lyons, and Charleston, to Bellevue . From Burlington, via El-lison’s creek, St. Augustine, and Middle Grove, to Peoria . From VanBuren, Iowa Territory, via Fairfield court-house and Washington court-house,to Iowa city. From Wappello, viaCattesse and Sissinamo, to Na-poleon . From Burlington, via Dodgeville, Virginia Grove, Hope Farm,Columbus city, Port Allen, to Iowa city. From Iowa city, via Rich-mond, Washington , Brighton, Pleasant Grove, Fairfield, and Kesauqua,Iowa Territory, to Waterloo, Missouri. From Davenport , via JosephDenson’s, in Cedar county , Seely’s mills, and Paumacho, to Marion.From Savannah, Illinois, via Charleston , Goodenoe’s mills, Burriston’sSettlement, Edinburgh, Tipton, and Washington ferry, to Iowa city.From Keokuck, via Ambrosia, Franklin, West Point, McCarverstown,Mount Pleasant, Trenton, and Washington, to Iowa city. From Keo-sauqua, on the county road, via Ely’s Ford, to B. F. Wilson’s, in VanBuren county. From Keosauqua, via Washington and Salem, in Hen-ry county, to Mount Pleasant. From Iowa city, via Westport, Marion,and the county seat of Delaware county, to Prairie du Chien, Wiscon-sin Territory. From Marion to Pleasantville. From Fort Madison ,via West Point and Salem, to Fairfield. From Fort Madison , via Frank-lin, to Farmington. From Prairie La Porte, Iowa Territory, to Prairiedu Chien, Wisconsin Territory, via Montholon, in Clayton county, IowaTerritory. From Farmington, Bonaparte, Van Buren, Pittsburg, Phila-delphia, Portland , and Iowaville, to the United States Indian Agency,on the Desmoines river.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the above routes shall gointo operation on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-three,or sooner, should the funds of the Department justify the same: Pro-vided, That as soon as a responsible contractor shall offer to transportthe mails over any portion of the above routes for the revenue derivedfrom the new offices to be established thereon, until the first day of July,eighteen hundred and forty-three, the Postmaster General shall forthwithput them into operation.

Approved, August 31, 1842.

Wisconsin.

Iowa .

To go into ope-ration, when.

Proviso.