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and November of each year, at which t;r,os
and place terms of the district court shall he
holden: Provided this act shall not interfere
with the terms of said district court now nro.
vided for by law for said district. The ailot-
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,
ne ana the same is hereby repealed; and
there snail hereafter be circuit courts held for
saiu ulstrlct by the chief or associate justices
OF the supreme court, assigned or allotted to
the circuit to which said districts NAV re-
specuvely belong, and the district Judges of
such districts severally and respectively. eth
er of whom shall constitute quorum. which
circuit courts and the judges thereof shall
nave ike powers and exercise like Jurisdiction
as other circuit courts and the Judges thereof:
ana the SAID district courts and the Judges
thereof shall have like powers and exercise
like jurisdictions as the district courts, and
the Judges thereof, in the other circuits.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, that all
actions, suits. prosecutions, causes, pleas.
process, and other proceedings relative to any
cause, civil or criminal, (Which might have
been brought and could have been originally
cognizable in a circuit court, now pending in
or returnable to the several district courts of
Texas, Florida Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
and Kansas, acting as circuit courts, Cor so.
empowered to act on the first day of Octo-
Der next shall be and are hereby declared to
be, respectively, transferred, returnable, and
continued to the several circuit courts con-
stituted by this act, to be holden within the
said districts, respectively; and shall be-
heard, tried and determined therein in the
same manner as if originally brought. entered,
prosecuted, or had in in such circuit courts.
And the said circuit courts shall be governed
by the same laws and regulations as apply to
the other circuit courts of the United States
and the clerks of the said courts, respective
| ly, shall perform the same duties, and shall
! be entitled to receive the same fees and emol-
uments which are by law established for the
clerks of the other circuit courts of the Uni
ted States.
Sect. f. And be it further enacted, that all
acts and provisions inconsistent with this act
be and the same are hereby repealed.
! Approved, July l6, 1862.
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pproved, July IA, 1862.
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 authori-
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 Phila-
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-
ibe 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 hereAbefore referred to them make Il
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 a naval depot and navy yard in
or near said harbor 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 10, 1862.
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PUBLIC--No. HI

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 CT 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 can 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" ap-
proved August four, eighteen hundred and
tifty-two, and of the act extending the same to
all of the public lands Of the United States,
approved March three, eighteen hundred and
fitty-fve, be and are hereby extended for the
term of five years from the fourth day of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
Sect. 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 10, 1862
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PuRLIc REsoLur1oN-No- 81


RESOLUTION regulating the employ
ment OF the convicts in the penitentiary of
the District of Columbia for their improve
ment and benefit.
Resolved by the senate and house of repre-
sentatiYcs of the United States of America in
congress assembled, that the warden of the
pententiary of the District of Columbia shall
so tar as may be practicable employ the con-
vets therein in the manufacture of shoes for
the use of the army and navy, to be made az
the war and navy departments shall direct .
orders for which shall be, by said departments
given to the warden from time to time mon
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 penitentary for term of years, who con-
duct themselves so thatno charge for miscon-
duct shall be sustained against them, shall
have 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.
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dren, shall forever thereafter be free. anv law
usage, or custom whatsoever TO the contrary
Notwithstanding: Provided, that the mother.
wife, and children of such man or bow of Az
rican descent shall not be made tree bv the
operation of this act, except where such
mother, wife, or children owe service or labor
to some person who during the present rebel
lion, has borne arms against the United States
or adhered to their enemies by giving them
aid and comfort.
Sect. IA. And be it further enacted, that
the expenses incurred to carry this act into
effect shall be paid out of the general appro-
| priation for the army and volunteers.
Sect. 10. And be it further enacted, that all
! persons who have been or shall hereafter be
enrolled in the service of the United States
under this act shall receive the pay and ra-
tons now allowed by law to soldiers, accord
ing to their respective grades Provided, that
persons of African descent, who under this
law shall be employed shall receive ten dol
lars per month and one ration, three dollars
of which monthly pay may be in clothing
Sect. Is. And be it further enacted that
medical purveyors and storekeepers shall give
bonds in such sums as the secretary of war
may require, with security to he approved by
him.
Approved July Il, 1862.
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Approved, July Il, 1862.
TPUBLIC-NO, 1872.


AN ACT concerning a 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 tOrty-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 in the
construction Of the Keokuk, Fort Des Moines
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 fiftv-eight.
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 Of
this grant, the title of which has proved inva-
lid, any lauds which shall be certified to said
state in lieu thereof by virtue of the provis-
ions of this act shall inure to and be held as a
trust fund for the benefit of the person or per
sons respectively whose titles shall have failed
as aforesaid
Approved, July II, 1862.
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owed, July 10, 1862.
PUBLIc-No. LAG.

AN ACT to amend the act of the third of
March, eighteen hundred and thirty
entitled Gan 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 Louis
lana, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ten
nessee shall constitute the sixth circuit; the
districts of Ohio and Indiana shall constitute
the seventh circuits 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 lnthe
districts heretofore included within any circuit
of the United States which by this act are at
tacbed 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 this act are for the first time
attached to circuits shall be held ut 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
the circuit court shall be holden at the capitol
of the state on the second Tuesday of NAV
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PunNrc REsoLur1oN-No. S.

JOINT RESOLUTION to amend section
seventy-seven Of can 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
sentatiyes of the United States of America in
congress assembled, that section seventy-sev-
en- of an act entitled Gan 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 he 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 sixtv-
two, not later than the first day of October
eighteen hundred and siXty-two, which NAV
be fixed and determined upod by the secretn.
ny of the treasury, if in his Judgment later
day should be fixed in order to put said mot
into practical operation, and all parts of said
act having reference to the said dates nt Tho
first days of July and August, eighteen bnn.
dred and siXty-twO, shall be taken and CON
strued as having reference to the said dov
which may be so fixed and determined mon.
Provided, that the secretary of the treasury
shall give public uotice ofthe day so 0xod ana
determined upon, in such manner as he NAV
deem expedient.
Approved, July II, 1862.
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Approved, July II, 1862.
GPUBIC-NO. 1927

AN ACT concerning the courts of the United
States in and for the district of Michigan.
BE it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled, that in addition to
the courts now provided by law to be held in
the district Of Michigan, Il general term of the
circuit court of 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 IA, 1862.
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n r H / l. L S
BOTANIC MEDICAL ESTEBLISHENT,

FEW WORDS TO YOUNG MEN.-During the prac
tce OF fifteen years Dr. Hill has i'll contact with
almost innumerable of Debility, Occasoned b,
dreadln habit Of solitary self abuse. They continue
to warn all Young men whb not afflicted avoid
1t they value their lives, and advise all who
troubled with the habit or its consequences where
they can be cured VI such trouble and to let them know
the dire disasters resulting in the attendance them
in time 1t snO eNsEgeraton 10 that three rouIhs
Of the insane their naady to this hOrrd habit The
proprtturs Of Insane Asyluns coGrObOrae the state
ment, and the victim escapes sanity idocy yet he
she is entirely utttcd for the real pleasures life,
either III out of the domestic ecle-wth ptocreatve
powers ruined afflicted with disrust, doubtful OF
his friends in uc perfect hypOchOndriac. what is he
h for but 20 he cast out and die Attend to them
ali you who addicted to this miserable habit,
may be too late, and you may down 10 dshOnored
grave hardly fiji to meet the God who gave you the pow
which have made instead Of u blessing,
they intended. There exists not in the Whole
world an object more lOathsome miserable than enc
thus broken in health and hopes AYoiu it then you
wish for happiness and heaven.
DIR lill' practice is wholly the botanic principle,
and therefore upon natural foundation
Office No. 81 v ain street orCester, open from a. NJ
to p. M Letters post paid will receive prompt attcn
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Mortester 9aiIp Syn.
yvoree.ter Posi- omee-summer Arrangemen.

Mails Close as follows:
northern worcester County, Vermont and New Hamp.
hire via orcester Nashua Railroad, at 500 and
are due at loop. m.
Fitchburg, Lancaster Leominster West Boylston Oak
dale, Clinton. Lowell and Nashua n H. at SEQ a. M,
eno $50 p. and are due at 9l5 m. and 100
els BAN.
City Of Boston, 80 and 500 a. NJ l2lO, 3 and 500
m and are due at 50, $50 M, $50 and q IS 2: M
Maine, Eastern New Hampshire, and Eastern Massa
chusetts-9.00 q H. and S00p. m and due at $40
a. m, $50 and els D. m.
Rhode Issnd-(Except towns on the worcester and
Frovdence Railroad, $50 IN, and $3.50 p m; and arc
e at $40 a M and $50 p. IN. r.,,-...s qa
ay Mail on Providence and Worcester Railroad 81
m. and is due at $40 q. m. w
Western-tAn towns in Massachusetts West of WoI
cester,) a. M, and are due at l2i5 p m. -. , . ~,
Albany (western New York and Western States,) ON
M, and 800 D. and dHe at l2i5 and 10 As p m
Springfield, 500 and 90 p M and are due at w
a. H., 2,4j and 10 As p. NJ.
Hartford, all Connecticut except Windham and New
London counties 81 a. and 800 p m; and due
Towns on line Of Norwich and worcester Railroad and
New London and Windham County, Conn, 1000 a.
nd due at q.l5 am.
New York city and Southern States 80 a. H. and al
Scg and 6l5p M and are due at 800 m, and at S,3l
and lO45
Barre barre Plains, Petersham, Paxton, Dana North
DANA, West Rutland, 945 a. M; and due at OIL
Holden, Rutland, North Rutland. Hubbardston. Cold
brock, and Oakhsm $50 p. m, and are due at 800
Leicester As a. M, and 80 M, and are due at 800
a. m, ana 800 p n.
Hnd are due al 80 q. H.. and 6Se p N,
shrewsbury. 81 ?. M and is due at 500 a. m.
Grafton New England Village, and Cordavile. $50
m; ana are que 81 J5g p M
birmingham, South birmingham. Hopkinton. Ashland
Woodville, Westboro, Northboro' Southboro' Coria
vile, and Grafton, l2.l0 p and are due at 80 a. m
Milford, Mendon. Iollston Bolton Rerlin. SEQ a NJ
and SUI p. M and are due at $50 M 6.l5 p.
mail for New York and Boston and beyond is closed
at this ONCE on sunday at . 90 O'Clock p. m.
Oface hours from SIS a. D to 500 p. m. Sunday,
from 1000 to 1910 a. m. J. NJ EARLE P.
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Approved. July IA, 1862.
PUBLIC-No. 143.
AN ACT to extend the territorial limits of the
territory of Nevada

AN All 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 intersection 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-ninth 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 IA, 1862
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4 CASE OF GENERAL DEBILITY,

MIEAC ULOCS CURE. About seven years ago, 1
contracted very heavy cold, which chung to me with
and the power Of medicines. suffered constantly from
pain in the heart; appetite; pant Of the time too
weak TO walk; night sw cats which reduced to a
shadow; aeonzing pain in every Joint in my boy CEN
stantly chilly; in a word, | poor miserable. un
happy wretch and often prayed for death. employed
six eight physicians, and must have taken least
hOgshead Of nauseous cdicines OF kind and anOt-
er, but to good purpose as grew every day.
Finally, went to DR.. Hill, who succeeded in curing me,
by his ana delightful system OF treating diseases
which the patient is not required To take nasty medi-
cincs[ thoroughly cured in about three months
and am well and hearty a buck / advise the
sick to 10 DR. Hill. VINO will effect speedy at
one-ha the price charged by other physicians, and
filthy medicines, "tO be well shaken before taken "
JOHN TRASk Providence, X. |.
To IL IL AI.nit. LrunIN nnaIur AI.aa
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mEbrrimfs.
DOCT TOR &C. A. HILL
Female Regulator,
The Greatest Remedy of the Age.

For the use of Single or Married Female s
may be Justly ranked as the most sue
cessful and invaluable specific for all
deranpements, distractions, and Private
difficulties peculiar to the Female ser,
now before the public. Dr. Hill, the
senior in Especial Diseases, during his
long and varied practice of Twenty
years and upwards, has made the
ca Delicate and Difficult Disorders
and Diseases. arising from the construc
tion and functions of the Female Sys
TEN, his particular subject of attention
and study, If which department of his
practice it has been his aim to bring 10
q thorough test and issue the different
~ Botanic and Indian Agents of the
M.teria Medica, with the view of pro
ducing Convenient. Safe and Certain
Remedy for all cases Of Irregularities
Suppressions and Distractions, and their
affections of the female system, and the
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A CURE RANTED.

DIR. HILLS MIXTURE is warranted to cure emissions
and all diseases OF the Urinary organs Within the last
turee upwards OF 1900 bottles have been sold
Boston, not single can be produced where it
has failed to make quick and lasting This is
a assertion, but well known fact, which he
proved at any moment. DIR. Hill would not take this
method to make known the virtues OF this failing
Mixture were it not to put the public ON their guard
against the humbug preparations which advertised
b. certain apOthccares who know nothing Of the dis
bch they pretend to cure, who for the sake
making few dollars, endangcr the life health and con-
sutiUn of their dclude victims. 10 all who are afflicted
with private complaints, but more especially to lou who
have been duped by miserable pctenders Dr. I'LL would
earnestly recommend trial ci his nev or failing Mixture
1t never fails the worst cases III short time,
without regard to diet risk OF exposure Ii is mild
pleasant and safe TO take. 1t pucs the boOu DESTROY
the poison lurking i'll the system, and completely
and the constitution DR. HIS Mixture,
il taken in season, will prevent well a. the
plants which IL is recommended; i'll short il is the
only and safe remedy which has been discover
ed for the OF all private complaints The price
DR. iils Mixture is only s. bottle ana 1t will he
securely packed aed to pArt of the city
country when ordered it'll the price enclosed Lete,
(post-paidJ direcIed to Pr Hi will receive prompt
tention All consultations are held in private without