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Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13
ALBERT PIKE,

Brieadier-Genersl Commaudirg
Department Ut Indian Territory
7 ui,l receive DO more mounted men.
.irui me Infauuy, o. ~ troops a. all
The grass is burned up, ana the people
O cd All the corn 10 t=ei theMsoirer-
a. l.
host AlcCuIicch. July lTIh, 1852.
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13
AECEEXNX II. DELRNY,
ATTORNEY Ar LAW
TATE LAND AGENT.

STATE LAND AGENT,
WASHINGTON. ARKANSAS,
ID ESPECTFULLI offers his services 70 his
II numerous friends and the public generally.
in the investigation aud perfection Of titles
to swamp and other lands, in the collection Of
money, and especially all claims against the
Confederate States or the State of Arkansas
July Sth. 1852 n25:ly
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13
NOTICE.

ENHE undersigned offers his services to the
l. public in obtaining Deeds from the State
OF a rkansas for Lands sold by the Federal
Government prior to 9th May. 1861, and not
patented up to that time. Also, Deeds for
Swamp Land entries made either with Scrip or
Money.
THOS. II. SIMMS
N. B.-Always found at the Registers Office.
Washington, Jan /, 1862. 52-tf
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13
Cheap as the Cheapest,
AND BETTER THAN ANY STABLE
WEST OF CAMDEN


NV Stalls are large and we'll ventilated, with
dirt floors, 50 there is no danger Of year Aorse
falling through rotten plank floor or coming
out in the morning with siroiiea and sat JOINTS.
have the best Holsters; the best Saddle Horses
the best Harness Horses; the best SnIkles; the
hest Duggios: the best Hacks. and the best
Drivers Of any Stable in Southwest Arkansas.
The travelling public mny rest assured that they
can ut any and all times be furnished with
No l Saddle Horse Suiky. Buggy or Hack ut
my u5p1} price. l. never take advantage of
.sirqngsrs n.ceasities-my prices are the same t.
all persons.
Passengers sent TO any part Of the Sttte-
Indian Territory, Texas or Louisiana, in hGht-
substantial bnggies or hacks. with the best Of
horses and careful drivers ut the shortest no.
Iice and most reasonable terms. | can furnish
anything Al moments warning III the livery
line,
From q Pony to a Four Horse Coach.
Twill give my pndiride4 attention to the I.iv-
cry business, buying and sellin" horses, mules,
carriages, buggics hacks wagons, aud any
thing ii the Livery or Commission line.
My Carriage House is iarge-40 by 60 feet
so can protect the clrliageS and bu"sieS If
my customers from, the Weather tr ot1ar Z gre
sjIHoas, and can store carriages o. Is e7.z- .ul
sale.
/ also tame the widest horses OF I77lvS. n..aa
tAem to the saddle or haTacss; Gtte ts-5ch
horses To 30 tegether; learn trottjng horses t.
uace and pacing horses 10 trot; 'v.ra 5he'" {"
.,flce tie music" or shoot oil ; tea ,n ia.u any
4riels.o,. may wish them to learn make bauik :
horses 70 pull; cure your horse of any disease,
saud nick or dock horses ut the shortest notice.
Connected with my Stables, have
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13
WASHINGTON
LIVERY & SALE STABLES,

HAVING made large
go additions to my Sta & - ~
6gp3[>te15 blcs, would say TO re rs
my Old patrons and the travelling - =
public. that avn prepared to feei and take
care of Horses
Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-08-13
TO THE PECPLE OF RED RIVER
COUNTY IN TEXAS.

I print the following correspondence,
that you may know what true man. the
Chief Of The Cherckees, says 10 the Nor
th.rn invaders Vi his country. at ihc mo-
meut when iEo bundled and fifty Texans
are leaving this camp to 90 hcne, tecaI-9
the Law SLOWS it. they being over thirty
five yeais u agc.
The enemy l. In the Indian cnnnIr.
1t IS worth hurdrei millions, and tber.
are thirteen hundrtd mounted white nis4
IN n q, ietrii,i L.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
PUBLIC-NO. 146.

L
AN ACT to amend the act of the third of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty seven,
entitled ''An act to amend the judicial sys-
TEN of the United States"
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that hereafter the
districts Of Maryland Delaware, Virginia, and
North Carolina shall constitute the fourth cir
cult the districts of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida shall con-
stitUte the fifth circuit; the districts of 4ouis
lana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ten
nessee shall constitute the sixth circuit; the
districts of Ohio and Indiana shall constitute
the seventh circuit the districts of Michigan,
Wisconsin. and Illinois shall constitute the
eighth circuit; and the districts of Missouri,
Iowa, Kansas, and Minnesota shall constitute
the ninth circuit; and the circuit courts inthe
districts heretofore included within any circuit
of the United States which by this act are at
tached to a different circuit shall be held at
the same times and places as are now pre-
scribed by law, and the circuit courts in dis
tricts which by tins act are for the first time
attached to circuits shall be held at the same
times and places as are now prescribed by
law for holding the district courts in said dis
tricts except in the district of Iowa, in which
of the state on the second Tuesday of May
and November of each year, at which times
and place terms of the district court shall be
holden Provided this act shall not interfere
with the terms of said district court now pro-
vided for by law for said district. The allot-
ment of their chief justice and the associate
justices of the said supreme court to the sew
eral circuits shall be made as heretofore.
Sect 2. And be it further enacted that so
much of any act or acts of congress as vests
in the districts courts of the United States for
districts of Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Min
nesota, Iowa, and Kansas, or either of them,
the power and jurisdiction of circuit courts,
be and the same is hereby repealed; and
there shall hereafter be circuit courts held for
said district by the chief or associate justices
of the supreme court, assigned or allotted to
the circuit to which said districts may re-
spectively belong, and the district Judges of
such districts severally and respectively, eth
er Of whom shall constitute a quorum; which
circuit courts and the judges thereof shall
have like powers and exercise like jurisdiction
as other circuit courts and the judges thereof:
and the said district courts and the iudpes
thereof shall have like powers and exercise
like jurisdictions as the district courts, and
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
Approved, July II, 1862.
Prnxrc RrsoLur1oN-No. IS


JOINT RESOLUTION to amend section
seventy-seven of san act to provide inter-
nal revenue to support the government and
pay interest on the public debt" and for
other purposes.
Resolved by the senate and house of repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in
congress assembled that section seventy-sev-
en- of an act entitled San act to provide in
ternal revenue to support the government and
pay interest on the public debt" be and the
same is hereby amended by striking out the
word ''May' and inserting August"
Sect. 2. And be it further resolved, that all
the sections of an act entitled can act to pro-
vide internal revenue to support the govern
ment and pay interest on the public debt"
which require any matter or thing to be done
on or before the first day of July or August,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be so
so amended and changed that said matters or
things may be so done on or before any other
day in the year eighteen hundred and sixty.
two, not later than the first day of October,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which may
be fixed and determined upod by the secreta-
ry of the treasury, if in his judgment later
day should be fixed in order to put said act
into practical operation, and all parts of said
act having reference TO the said dates of the
first days of July and August, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-two, shall be taken and con-
strued as having reference to the said day
which may be so fixed and determined upon
Provided, that the secretary of the treasury
shall give public uotice of the day so 0xed and
determined upon, in such manner as he may
deem expedient.
Approved, July H. 1862.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
TPURIJc-NO. I47.

AN ACT to extend the provisions of the act
of August four, eighteen hundred and fifty
two, entitled San act to grant the right of
way to all rail and plank roads," &C., for
the term of five years, and to amend the
same.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives Of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that the provisions
of the act entitled San act to grant the right
Of way to all rail and plank roads and macad-
amized turnpikes passing through the pub
lie lands belonging to the United States" APP.
proved August four, eighteen hundred and
fifty-two, and Of the act extending the same to
all of the public lands Of the United States,
approved March three, eighteen hundred and
fifty-fve, be and are hereby extended for the
term of five years from the fourth DAY of Au-
gust, eighteen hundged ,apd .siyy Two
seer. 2. And be it further enacted, that the
right of way for railroad through the public
lands of the United States lying in Wasco
county, in the state of Oregon, be and the
same is hereby granted to the Oregon Steam
Navigation Company.
Approved, July Is, 1862.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
July II, 1862.
PUBLIC-No. 145.

PUBLIC-NO. 145.
AN ACT TO authorize the secretary of the
navy to accept the. title to Leugue island, in
the Delaware river, for naval purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that the secretary
of the navy be and he is hereby authorized
to receive and accept from the city author-
ties of the city of Philadelphia the title to
League island, in the Delaware river together
with the marsh east of and adjacent thereto,
within the first ward of the said city of Phla-
delphia, together with all riparian rights and
privileges thereunto belonging and appertain-
ing, to be used for naval purposes by the gov
eminent of the United States Provided, that
said title shall not be accepted and received
unless the same shall be perfect and indefeas-
ible to the whole island and marsh adjacent to
low water mark; nor if, upon more thorough
examination and survey of the premises by a
competent board of officers to be by him APP
pointed, he shall discover that the public in
terests will not be promoted by acquiring the
title as aforesaid.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted that the
board of officers to be appointed by the secre-
rotary of the navy, according to the provis-
ions of the first section of this act shall. be-
fore proceeding to any decision of the ques-
ton hereinbefore referred to them, make a
survey and examination of the harbor of New
London, Connecticut, and its surroundings,
with reference to its capacity and firmness for
a naval depot and navy yard, and whether
the public interests will not be promoted by
establishing naval depot and navy yard in
or near said hiybor of New London instead of
League island, and that they also make the
same investigation in regard to the waters of
Narragansett bay.
Approved, July Is, 1862.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
PURL1c REsoLur1ox-No. SO.


A RESOLUTION regulating the employ
ment of the convcts i'll the penitentiary of
the District of Columbia for their improve
ment and benefit.
Resolved by the senate and house of repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in
congress assembled, that the warden of the
penitentiary of the District of Columbia shall,
so far as may be practicable, employ the con-
victs therein in the manufacture of shoes for
the use of the army and navy, to be made as
the war and navy departments shall direct ::
orders for which shall be, by said departments,
given to the warden from time to time upon
his request; the shoes to be paid for by said
departments ordering the same at the custom
airy rates for shoes of like quality.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, that all
prisoners that may hereafter be confined in
said pententiary for term of years, who con-
duct themselves so thatno charge for miscon-
duct shall be sustained against them, shall
have a deduction of one month in each year
made from the term of their sentence, and
shall be entitled to their discharge so much
the sooner, upon the certificate of the warden
of their good condnct, with the approval of
the secretary of the interior.
Approved July II, 1862.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
Approved. July IA, 1862.
TPUBLIc-No 1887
AN ACT to extend the territorial limits of the

PUBLIC-No. l43.
AN ACT to extend the territorial limits of the
territory of Nevada.
Be it enacted by the senate and house OF
representatives, of the United States of Ameri-
ca in congress assembled that all that part of
the territory of the United States included
within the following limits, namely: begin.
ming at the point of interjection of the forty
second degree of north latitude with the thir-
ty-eighth degree oflongitude west from Wash
ington: thence running south on the said thir-
ty-eighth degree of west longitude until it in
tersects the northern boundary line of New
MeXico thence due west to the thirty ninth
degree Of longitude west from Washington {;
thence with said thirty degree north to
the intersection of said forty-second degree
of north latitude; thence east with said forty
second degree of north latitude to the place
of beginning, be and the same is hereby at
tached to and made part of the territory of
Nevada, subject to the limitations, restrictions
and provisions of the act organizing the terri
tory of Nevada.
Approved, July II, 1862.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
OFEICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Second Session of the Thirty Seventh
Congress.
TPUBLlc-No. 1872

TPUBMc-No. 1872.
AN ACT concerning land claim in the state
of Iowa, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate and house OF
Representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that the grant of
lands to the then territory of Iowa for the
improvement Of the Des Moines river, made
by the act of August eight, eighteen hundred
and forty-siX, is hereby extended so as to in
clude the alternate sections designated by
odd numbers) lying within five miles of said
river, between the Raccoon fork and the
northern boundary of said state; such land are
to be held and applied in accordance with the
provisions of the original grant, except that
the consent of congress is hereby given to the
application of portion thereof to aid i'll the
construction of the Keokuk, Fort Des MONIES
and Minnesota railroad, in accordance with
the provisions of the act Of the general as
sembly of the state of Iowa, approved March
twenty-five, eighteen hundred and fifty light
| And if any of said lands shall have been sold
or otherwise disposed of by the United States
| before the passage of this act, excepting those
| released by the United States to the gam
tees of the state of Iowa under the
| Joint resolution of March second, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, the secretary of the
interior is hereby directed to set apart an
| equal amount of lands within said state to be
certified in lieu thereof; Provided, that if the
| said state shall have sold and conveyed any
| portion Of the lands lying within the limits o
| this grant, the title of which has proved inva
| lid, any lauds which shall be certified to salt
state in lieu thereof by virtue of the provs
| ions of this act shall inure to and be held as
| trust fund for the benefit of the person or per
sons respectively whose titles shall have faile
| as aforesaid.
Approved, July u, 1862.
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PUBLIC RESOLUTIoN-No. OF.
JOINT RESOLUTION requiring the super
intendent of the Metropolitan police to pay
over certain moneys collected for fines and
penalties, to constitute a contingent fund
for certain purposes.
Resolvee by the senate and house of repre-
sentativcs of the United States of America in
congress assembled, that the superintendent
of Metropolitan police of the District of Col
mbia shall pay over all such moneys as shall
'be paid to him under the act of congress en-
titled Gan act to provide for the payment of
fines and penalties collected by or paid the
justices Of the peace in the District Of Col
umbia under the acts of congress approved
the third and fifth of August, eighteen hun
dred and sixty one, and for other purposes, to
the treasurer of the board of said Metripolit-
ar police, in whose hands the same sha con-
stitute contingent fund" to be disbursed
under the order, and for such purposes as the
said board of police may direct.
Approved, July IS, 1862.
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MOrtester aaiIg Spy.


Worcester Post Omlce-Summer Arrangement
Mails Close as follows:
Northern Worcester County, Vermont and New Hamp.
due at Up. m.
Fitchburg Lancaster Leominster West Boyston, Oak
dale, Clinton, Lowell, and Nashua, n. H., at 500 a. m
and $50 p and due at 9.l5 a and 100 N !;
Princeton and East Princeton at $50 and is due at
9l5 g. m.
and due at $50 so m, $50 and el5 2 M,
Maine, Eastern New Hampshire, and Eastern Massa,
500 m, and 500 p. m; and are due al 90"
Rhode Islsnd-(Except towns the worcester anu
Providence Railroad, $50 and SSO p m; anu ue
Way Mail on Providence and Worcester Railroad ~
p M; and is due at $40 a. .. w.. =. W..
WesteFn-(Al towns in Massachusetts "eSt0i WV
cester) a. m, and are due at III P m 49,. , i. ma
Albany, western New YORK and MeSteIn StaeesJ w
m. and 90 D. m. and are due at l245 ana lnao p 10
Springfield, 500 and 90 p M; ana are aue AZ ~
Hslttor6 sIi Connecticut except windham and New
London counes) $40 m. and 800 p. m; and ere due
Towns ON line Of Norwich and Worcester Railroad and
New London and Windhsm County, Conn, le.OO NJ
nd due st 9.l5 Am.
New York city and southern States 30 a. M, and al
Barre, Barre Plains Petersham Paxton, Dana, North
Dana, d West Rutland s<5 M; and are due at 4Vu
Holden, Rutland, North Rutland, Hubbardston. Cold
brook and 0akhsn, 3Sn p. and are due at sOU ID
Leicester SIS m, and 80 and due at 500
a. M. and 300 p.
MillhpTy and West Mllbury $50 a. M, and $50 p m
and are due $40 q M. and 6.3e ?. M
Shrewsbury. BIS p. IN, and is due al 900 a. m.
Grafton New England Village, and Cordaville $50
Framinghan, South Framnghsm, Hopkinton, Ashland
Wccdvile. Xestbora. NorthborO', Southboro CoIdA
VILE and Grafton n 10 D. m; and are due at 80 q m
aud 500 and due at $50 and Sis p.
mail for New York and Boston and beyond, is closes
Office hours from 6.i5 g.. M, TO 500 p. m. Sunday
from l9.OO to 1919 a. m. j. NJ. EARLE P. NJ
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
July u, 1862.
IPUBIC-NO. I42.l

AN ACT concerning the courts of the United
States in and for the district Of Michigan.
Be it enacted by the senate and house o
representatives of the United States of Amer.
lea in congress assembled, that in addition tC
the courts now provided by law t. d II e1d in
the district of Michigana general term of the
circuit c9pT5t the United States for said dis
trict Of Michigan shall be held annually at the
court room in the city of Detroit on the sec
Ond Monday of February, and that all writs,
bills, pleas, suits, appeals, recognizances, in
dictments, and all other proceedings, civil and
criminal, shall be proceeded with at said term
in like manner as now at the June and Octo-
Der terms of said court.
Approved. July A. 1862
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-14
TPuBL1c REsoLUrIoN-No. Al

PUBLIC REsoLUTIoN-No. AZ.
RESOLUTION authorizing the state of
Minnesota to change the line of certain
branch railroads in said state, and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS by an act of congress approved
March third, eighteen hundred and fifty
seven, there was granted to the territory of
Minnesota lands to aid in the construction
of railroad from Saltwater, via St. Paul
and St. Anthony, to point between the
foot of Big Stone lake and the mouth of
Sioux Wood river, with a branch, via St.
Cloud and Crow Wing 10 the navigable
waters of the Red river of the north, the
northern terminus Of which was fixed by
s the legislature of said territory at St. Vim
cent; and whereas it is row believed that
the public Interests require change of To-
cation OF part of said branch road:
Therefore
lie 1t resolved by the senate and house of
representatives OF the United States of Amer
erica IN congress assembled, that, in lieu of
that part of the railroad grant to Minnesota
territory, by act of congress approved March
third, eighteen hundred and fifty-sev which
extends northwesterly from the intersection
OF the tenth parallel with the fourth guide
meridian, there shall be granted to the state
OF Minnesota the alternate sections within six
mile limits OF such new branch line of route
as the authorities of the state may designate,
having its southwestern terminus at any point
on the existing line between the falls Of St.
Anthony and Crow Wing and extending in a
northeasterly direction to the waters of Lake
Superior, with right of indemnity between
the fifteen miles limits thereof, provided this
resolution shall take effect from the filing in
the general land Office of the acceptance by
the authorities aforesaid of such substitution;
whereupon the land north of the intersection
aforesaid in the grant as authorized by the
sad act OF third March, eighteen hundred
and hfty-seven, being by said acceptance dis.
encountered of the railroad grant shall be
dealt with as other public lands of the Uni
ted States Approved, July u, 1862.
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Approved, July II. 1862.


uBlIC hESoLUTIoN--NO. 50.
JOINT RESOLUTION further to provide
for the compensation of members of con-
gress
Resolved by the senate and house of repre-
sentatiVes Of the United States of America in
congress assembled, that, until the further or
der d congress, the secretary of the senate
and ne sergeant-at-arms of the house are di-
reetel to receive, as a valid excuse for absence
from duty in congress, active employment in
military service for the suppression of the
rebellion without pay.
Sect 2. And be it further enacted, that
when any senator or representative shall here
after withdraw from his seat in anticipation of
tile Adjournment Of congress, and does not
return, he shall, in addition to the sum now
deducted for each day, forfeit a further sum
equal to the mileage now allowed by law for
his return home, and it shall be deducted
from his compensation, unless where said
withdrawal is with the leave of the senate or
house of representatives respectively.
Approved, July II, 1862
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every clerk of United States court now bay.
ing any such monies in hand shall Immediate
y pay the same into the treasury of the United
states, less the costs and disbursements to be
sworn to and taxed as aforesaid, and upon
final decree of condemnation or restitution IL
shall be the duty of the secretary of the treas
ury and he is hereby authorized to nav over
the same upon the order of the proper court.
anu al no more shall be retained by any clerk
rom money received and paid over by him
unuer this resolution, as commissions or 9TH
s,,, than one per centum upon the first one
, ~ dollars in each case, and one-fourth
90 :, one per eentum on the excess above that
sum, not however, to exceed two hundred
and fifty dollars in any case. wv """0' Gu
Approved, July II, 1869