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VHE SHIPS COMPRISING THIS LINE
Il are the
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insure strength and speed, and their accommoda-
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and comfort.
PRICE OF PASSAGE.
From New York to Liverpool, in first cabin, $40
Exclusive use of extra size state rooms, 800
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DIRECT FROM NEW YORK, PHILADEI.--
PHIA. AND BALTIMORE, TO NORFOLK,
WELDON, WILMINGTON, RALEIGH,
C CHh Mrsy i;ANDAUGusTA, MOBILE,
SUMNER AND FALL ARRANGEMENT.
Daily, except Sundays,)
VIA BAY LINE, and sEABoARD& ROAM.
oKE RAILROAD, to the above mentioned
places, the Schedule being so arranged that the
Traveller is not subjected to any night travel on
the Railroad from New York to wamingtoa, IN
North Carolina.
THROUGH TIcKRrs
From New York to Wilmington. ..........eis 50
Do Do N Ms1STa; ana por;:mo,,S % %
From Phiiadelphia TO Wilmington, N. Gle 90
Do. Norfolk and i;;i;iic;iiiU g So
From Baltimore to Wilmington, N. ......n 90
Do. Weldon. .............. 90
Do. Norfolk and Portsmouth 90
For further information and Through Tickets,
apply in New York at the New Jersey Railroad
ONCE, foot Of CORTLAND street; In Philadelphia
at the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad Oinee,
in Liberty street; in Baltimore at the Once q the
Baltimore Steam Packet Company. foot Of Z nion
Dock, or on board Of the Bay Steamers.
Omnibusses and Baggage Wagons are provided
on the Line. by which passengers and their bag
gage are conveyed through Philadelphia and Bal
tirnore free Of all expense, and Baggage Conduc-
tors whose duty It is to give information and cheek
the baggage TO the several points on this route.
Passengers from New York and Philadelphia
will have their baggage checked to Baltimore and
thence on board the Bay Boats TO Norfolk, Ports-
mouth, Weldon, &c. &c.
The new and splendid steamer LOUISIANA.
,l2O tons buTthen, repeie with every comfort and
convenience, has been added 20 the hne.
THE LINE BEINGNOW COM L.
posed Of the splendid steamers - ~
LOUISIANA. Capt. George w Russell and
NORTH CAROLINA, Capt. James Canon, hav-
Ing unsurpassed State Rooms and Berth Accom-
modations.
The Norfolk or Bav Line Steamers viii leave
the Company wharf. Union Dock, foot Of Con-
cord street, daily (Sundays excepied) at O'Clock,
p. m, or immediately after the arrival Of the Ell
press Train which leaves New York at a. m,
aud Philadelphia at i2k p. N. The following 10
the schedule:
Leave New York at........ o'clock, q. m.
Leave philadelphia Ably O'Clock, p. m.
Leave Baltimore at........ o'clock, y. m.
Leave Portsmouth at....... ~ O'Clock, a m
Leave W eldon at..........2 O'Clock, noon.
Leave Wilmington at. OK o'clock D. m.
For Augusta, Charleston and the South via the
Manchester Railroad, now finished.
IL Passengers for Richmond and Petersburg,
or any other points on James River, connect with
he James River Boats early next morning afseS
leaving Baltimore.
IL All passengers for Edenton, Plymouth,
Newbern, Washington, Weldon, Goldsboro',
Warsaw, Raleigh and Wilmington. ". c., or any
other point on the SeabCr and Wilmington Roads,
will find it the most pleasant and agreeable route.
NJ. n. FALLS, Agent.
Baltimore, Nav u, 1855
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TWICE DAILY BETWEEN WASHING
Il ton and the South via Freder- III.
icksburg. Richmond Petersburg,
Va, Weldon and w Wilmington, n. c., to Charles
ton, ;. c., and Augusta, Ga.
The travelling public is hereby informed that the
swift and comfortable steamers
BALTIMORE AND MOUNT VERNON
leave the Steamboat w harf at Washington daily
at a. III. and p. m. arriving in Richmond al
p. m. and 3 a. IN; and at Petersburg at 2H p. m.
and a. m.
The following Through Tickets can be obtained
on board the boats:
TO + fredericksburg ........................S3 90
To Junction of Virginia Central Railroad ....4 81
TO Richmond, Va NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81
10 orlolk, va; ......-............"...o w
10 retslspufS W.
To Wilmington, n. c ......................l 00
FARE on POTOMAC RIVER.
For each passenger, as follows:
10 Alexandria % cents, and baggage l2x cents.
10 MarDury s....; ...-.:...........--.-Sl W
To Quantico, Sandy Point, 6c..............l so
To Aqua Creek. ........................2 %
Meals and State Rooms extra.
For further information apply on board OF the
boats; or to GEO. MATTlNGLY, Agent
THE POTOMAC RIVER STEAMBOAT
COMPANY'S STEAMER ALICE C. PRICE,
CAPT. SAMTEL BAKER,
WILL LEAVE WASHINGTON AT SIX
p DR. 0 =, a!c 4; %:' a and ALExAN -
On TUESDAY MORNINGS-For Mattox
Currioman, l.. Machodoc, Piney Point, Kinsale,
and Cone
On FRIDAY MoRNINGS-For Chapel Point,
Wicomico, Leonardtown, Piney Point, ST. Mary's,
and Cone
On WEDNESDAY, lreturning)-Leave Cone
at O'Clock, a: m, for st. Mary's, Piney Point,
Leonardtown, Wicomco, and Chapel Point.
On SATURDAY, (returning)-Leave Cone at
O'Clock, a. m, for Kinsale, Piney Point, l.. Ma
chodoc, CurTiOnal, and hattor.
The A. c. Price will call al the usual landings
on the river when signals are made.
BY order of the Beard:
JAMES p. SMITH, President,
Alexandria, Va, June l, 1855.
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rica in Congress assembled, That the State
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into two judicial districts, in the following
manner to wit: The counties Of Belmont
Guernsey, Muskingum, Licking, Franklin,
Madison, Champaign, Shelby, and Mercer,
together with all that part of the State ly-
ing south Of the above mentioned counties,
shall compose one district, to be called the
southern district Of Ohio, and a court
shall be held for the said district at the city
Of Cincinnati, and all the remaining part Of
said State shall compose another district,
to be called the northern district of Ohio,
and court shall be held for the same in
the city Of Cleveland, in said State
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An act to secure the right of citizenship 10
children Of citizens Of the United States
born out Of the Limits thereof
Be IL enacted By the Senate aud House of
Representatives Of the United States Of Ame-
RIGA in congress assembled, That persons
heretofore born, or hereafter to be born,
out of the limits and jurisdiction Of the
United States, whose fathers were or shall
be OF the time Of their birth citizens Of the
United States, shall be deemed and con-
sidered and are hereby declared to be citi-
zens of the United States PrOrided, Aorc-
erer, That the rights Of citizenship shall not
descend TO persons whose fathers never re-
sided in the United States.
SEC. 2. And be n further enacted, That
any woman who might lawfully be natur-
allied under the existing laws, married, or
who shall be married to citizen of the
United States, shall be deemed and taken
to be q citizen.
APPROVED, February 10, 1856
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
BY AUTHORITY.
An At resting The Tile of the United State
to certain Land in the Ctr of CinciRaati

A" AT resting The Tile of the United States
to certain Land in the City Of CinciHaati.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of The United States Of Amer
icd IN Congress assembled, That the title and
interest of the United States to the unsold
land If any there be) in fractional sec
ton number eleven, in fractional town
ship number four, in fractional range num-
Der one, Of John Cleve Symme's purchase
Of lands, within the now State of Ohio, be,
aud the same hereby is, vested in the cor
porate authorities Of the city of Cincinnati,
and their successors in Office, and in any
other occupants Of the same, in severality,
upon payment to the Commissioner Of the
General Land Office of the minimum price
Of land subject to entry PrOrided, That
nothing in this act shall be so construed as
to impair the legal or equitable rights Of
any other person or persons to the said
land, or to any part thereof.
APPROVED, December 30, 1854.
, 1855-08-17
p, il enacted bv the Senate and House of

Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives 0fthe United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled That the provi-
sions Of the act of Congress approved third
March, eighteen hundred and 6fty-one, ito
ascertain and settle the private land claims
in the State of California" and of the sec
ond section of the act of eighteenth Janu-
ary, eighteen hundred and ffty-four, con-
tinued in force for the term of one year,
and no longer, from the third March,
eighteen hundred and fifty-fve.
SEC. 2. And be ii further enacted, That,
the United States district attorney for the
northern district Of California be, and he
is hereby, authorized to employ assistant
counsel to aid him in defending the inter
ests of the United States in the land suits
for the adjudication Of such claims before
the district court, at a salary not exceed
ing three thousand six hundred dollars per
annum, and also to employ such clerical
force, not exceeding two persons, at COM
pensation of one hundred and fifty dollars
per month each /; the services Of said assist
ant counsel and the clerical force aiore-
said, not to continue beyond the eXigencics
of the service, nor longer than the term Of
one year from the period of their several
appointments.
Sec. 5. And be IL hfarther enacted, That
the said commissioners, or either Of them,
may issue the writ Of subpoena requiring
the attendance of witnesses before the said
board, and that for any contempt in refu-
sing obedience to such writ, the said board
shall have the same power to inhict pun
ishment now possessed by he district court
Of the United States.
APPROVED, January 10, 1855.
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An ad changing The appropriation fer The
erection Of a building IN The oily Of Nd
todukic, for Custom House, Post Office,
and The United States Courts.
BE il enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives. of The United States of Ame-
rica, in COagTess assembled, That in lieu and
place Of the appropriation and provision in
section two, Of chapter two hundred and
forty-two, approved August fourth, eight
cen hundred and 6fty-four, for the erection
Of building therein described, in the city
Of Milwaukee, the secretary Of the treasury
is hereby authorized and directed to cause
to be constructed, at the said city of Mil
waukie, for the accommodation Of the Gus
tom house, post Office, and United States
courts, o building Of stone or brick, with
6re-proof floors, constructed Of iron beams
and brick-work, iron roof, shutters, and
sills /; eighty-6ve feet by sixty feet in height
from the foundation to cost not more than
eighty-eight thousand dollars; which said
sum Of eighty-eight thousand dollars, with
ten per cent. on the said sum for cost Of su-
perintendence Of erection and other contin-
gent expenses, is hereby appropriated for
this object out Of any moneys in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED February 10, 1855.
, 1855-08-17

An Act giving tie consent of Congress to the
CsssiOn By tie State Of Massachusetts to
the State Of NeW York, ofMe District of
Boston Corner. liza.
Whereas, the commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, by an act Of its legislature, ap-
proved May fourteenth, A. D., eighteen
hundred and fifty-three, ceded the sover-
eighty and Jurisdiction over that portion Of
its territory known as the district Of Boston
Corner, situated in the southwesterly cor
ner Of said commonwealth, and westerly Of
the southwest line Of the town of Mount
Washington. In the county Of Berkshire
and commonwealth aforesaid, to the State
Of New York, said act not to take effect,
however, until the Congress of the United
States shall consent to such cession and an
nexation: gt y esf
And pohsyeds the State of New York, by
an act Of its legislature, passed July twen-
first, A, D., eighteen hundred and fifty
three, accepted the sovereignty and juris-
diction over that portion of the territory
Of Massachusetts, above described, and
known as the district of Boston Corner,
upon the terms, and subject to the provi-
siOns expressed in said act Of cession, as
appears by certified copies Of said acts filed
in the Office Of the clerk Of the House Of
Representatives
And sehereas, for the better defining the
limits and extent Of the territory above
mentioned, commissioners on behalf Of said
States Of Massachusetts, and New York,
duly authorized for that purpose, have
caused an accurate survey and map TO Le
made Of said territory, and sufficient mon
uments to be erected in and along its east
ern boundary line, as required by said acts,
a copy Of said survey and map, duly an-
thenticated, having also been filed in the
Office Of said clerk Therefore
Be Il enacted By tie Senate and House Of
Representatives Of tie United States Of Amc-
riea IN Congress assembled, That the con-
sent Of the congress of the United States
be, and the same is hereby, given to said
cesaion aud annexation.
aAPPRovED, January 8, 1855.
, 1855-08-17

An act making appropriations for hc con-
strUctiOm of certain Military roads IN tic
Territories Of Nebraska and Washington,
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House cC
Representatives. ofthe United StOtes Of Amer-
ica in Congress assembled, That the follow.
ing sums Of money be, and tue same are
hereby, appropriated for the construction
of military roads in the territories of Ne
braska and Washington, to wit For the
construction of q military road from the
Great Falls of the Missouri river, in the
territory Of Nebraska, to intersect the mil
itary road now established leading from
Walla Walla to 'Puget's Sound, thirty
thousand dollars. For the construction Of
a military road from the Dalles Of the Col
umbia to Columbia city Barracks, twenty
FIVE thousand dollars. For the construc-
ton of military road from Columbia city
Barracks to Fort Steilacoom on Puget's
Sound, thirty thousand dollars. The said
military roads shall be constructed under
the direction of the Secretary of War.
APPROVED, February 6. 1855.