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, fer one regimental cOmmlSSary, one sergeant
major. one quartermaster sergeant, one COM
missary sergeant, two hospital stewards, one
saddlcr sergeant one chief trnmpeter, and
one chief farrier or blacksmith, and each reg
iment shall consist of twelve companies of
troops, and each company or troop shall have
one captain, one first lieutenant one second
lieutenant, and one supernumerary second
lieutenant, one first sergeant. one quarter
master sergeant, one commissary sergeant,
five sergeants, eight cOrporals, two transfers,
two tarriers or blacksmiths, one saddler, one
wagner, and seyenty-eight privates; the
regimental adjutants, the regimental quarter
masters, and regimental commissaries to be
taken from their respective regiments Pro-
vided, that vacancies caused by this organiza.
ton shall not be considered as original, but
shall be filled by regular promotion.
Sect. -. And be it further enacted, that
the president he and he is hereby authorized
to receive into the service of the United States
for the purpose of constructing entrench-
mentS, or performing camp service, or any
other labor or any military or naval service,
for which they may be found competent, per-
sons of African descent, and such persons
shall be enrolled and organized under such
regulations, not inconsistent with the conSti-
tuition and laws, as the president may pre-
scribe.
Sect IS. And be it further enacted, that
when any man or boy of African descent, who
by the laws of any state shall owe service or
labor to any person who, during the present
rebellion, has levied war or has borne arms
against the United States, or adhered to their
enemies by giving them aid and comfort shall
render any such service as is provided for in
this act, he, his mother, and his wife and chill
dren, shall forever thereafter be free, any law,
usage, or custom whatsoever TO the contrary
notwithstanding Provided, that the mother,
wife, and children of such man or boy of At
rican descent shall not be made tree by 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 then
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. Is. 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 ia,
tiOns 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. 16 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 be approved by
him.
ApDrOypd Julv II 1860
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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 appertan-
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 indcfeas-
lble to the whole island and marsh adjacent to
low water mark nor if, upon more thorough
examination and survey Of the premises by Il
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 rs aforesaid.
sect. 2. And be it further enacted that the
Doaro Of officers to be appointed by the secre-
Iel'ry OF the navy, according to the provis-
IONS OF the ilrst section of this act, shall. he
lore proceeding 10 any decision of the oties-
uoh hereinbeiore referred to them. make
survey and examination Of the harbor of Now
London, Connecticut, and its SURROUNDINGS
win reference to its capacity and firmness for
naval depot and navy yard, and whether
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Approved, July II, 1862.
PUBLIC-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 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 fifty-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 u, 1862
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Approved, July u, 1862.


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, 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 II, 1862.
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Approved, July II, 1862.
[PUBEC-No. l43.
AN ACT to extend the territorial limits of tn

IUBl-lC-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-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 II, 1862
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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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A CASE OF GENERAL DEBILITY.

MIRA CLOUS CURE. About seven years aco
contracted very heavy cold which chung to me Win
dreadful tenacty resisting all the skill Of phy sicians
ana the power CT medicines suffered constantly from
pam III inc ncalti no appetite; part of the time TOO
weak to walk; night swcats, which reduced me TO a
shadow agonizlng pain in every Joint in my body con-
happy wretch and often prayed for death cmploved
M OF eigh' physelans, ana must have taken al least
hogshehu q nauseous cdicnes of one Kind and aot
eT oSt to no good purpose grew worse every daV
fmhllN' went 10 DR.. HILL who succeeded in curi;,
by ms new and delightful system of treating discss III
Wcp Ihe patient Is not required to take nasty medi
cInSsd was thoroughly cured in about three nnn,i
an9 am now as well and hearty as a buck advSo IN,
sick 70 700 Or Hill who will effect snredy cr de
9n9nal thc price charged by other physicians an az
hi'hS medicines to he well shaken before taken 9'u 10
Tom mn co =, Join IkASK Providence K
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~ A u T l o N
For the last four years "PRoF. II. X. FLAGG" has
had no connection with the sale of Medicine or Med
cine called
"FLAGGS INSTANTANEOUS RELIEF"

Four years ago the name of
FLAGGS BALM OF EXCELLENCE
Was substituted in place OF the old abandoned
account Of limitations.
There are still many persons making plants that
lhey have been imposed upon by INSCRIPTIONS persons
selling Pain Curers similar to the
''B AIM OF + XCFLLEN CE,''
and headed with the name of "FIAGG, ~ to We them
respectable appearance and representing them
same as manufactured by IL. X. FLAGG, All such rel
reservations are false,
PLACES BALM OF EXCELLENC E,
HAS BUT ONE NAME.
" Secured by COPYRIGHT.
FTAGG's BALM OF EXCELLENCE!
Gives Instantaneous Relief 10 Rheumatism.
FLAGG'S BALM OF FXCELIENCE
Gives Instantaneous Relief to Neuralgia.
FLAGGS BALM OF EXCELLENCE!
Giues Instantaneous Relief to TicdolOareur.
ELAGG'S BALM OF EXCELLENCE
Gives Instantaneous Relief to the Toothdche.
FLA GG's BALM OF EXCELLENCE
Gives Instantaneous Relief TO Burns and Sores.
FLAGG'S BALM OF EXCELLENCE
Gres Instantaneous Relief TO Sprains.
FI.AGG's BALM OF EXCELLENCE
Gisss hs Is Re'iS % (rgmPg
FLA cos BALM OF EXCELLEN CE |!
TLAGG s' BALM H 0F I S;iEG SS
Gge sHta. X &s 81 20 4SSs GTd gESG9
Instantaneous Religion PAN in The Body Limbs Stom
dch OF BOUeiS.
l HAVE APPOINTED
a EO, II. SPURR, 201 Main street, WOr
cester, Mass.
WHOLESALE AGENT.
For the United States of America, TO whom all orders
l"F the balm of Excellence" should be addressed.
10 deOdtf II. X. FLAGG.
- VETERINARY SURGERY,
6SS4Ass~ The undersigned has procured a stand at
ea$Y\ m. STOCKWELL'S Stable, No 3 Mechanic
S<~A~ street, where he is ready at all times to
er tine calls of those who desire his services III
the treatment of tine various diseases incident to Horses
and Cattle. Patients visited at the stable.
All OF dcrs for the spaynG of Cows promptly attended
To- By this operation they become permanent mixers
1t is unattended with danger and amply repays the
er with supply of milk at season when the
article is usually scarce.
lnfrmary at No. 10 Mechanic street.
WILLARD E. RICHARDS,
Is daMtf NeterinarY SURGEON.
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ID II l L L S
BOTANIC MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

FEW WORDS TO YOUNG MEN.-During the prac
ce OF fifteen years Dr. Hill has in contact it'll
almost lnnumerable of Debility, OCcasiuned b;
dreadl habit OF solitary self abuse They continue
TO warn all Young men who not afflicted to avoid
II as they value their lives, and to advise all who arc
troubled with the habit or its consequences where
e can be cured OF such trouble and them know
me are disasters resulting in the attendance of them
te IL no eXaggeration TO say that three oulths
he insane owe their malady this horrid habit The
pfopretos OF Insane Asylums corroborate the state
meht ana the victim escapes Insanity docy yet lie
or she entirely untitled Tor the real pleasures Of life
either IN or out of the domestic erce-wh
powers ruined afflicted with dstrust ever doubtful Of
ms friends IN fact, perfect hypochondriac what is he
NJ Tor put 60 be cast out and die Attend them at once
an you VINO are addicted TO this miserable habit or it
grave hardly fit to meet the God who gave you the DOW
els which you have made instead Of blessing
as they were intended There exists not in the hole
world an object more Oathsomc or miserable than one
mus oroken IN health and hopes Avoid it then as Won
wish for happiness and heaven. ~
Pr Hils practice is wholly on the botanic principle
ana therefore upon natural foundation. iN'
Office No - Vain street, Worcester opcn from a II,
ton FVp' "''eh
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Rarirga0s.
5aaasz5s.a BOSTON & WORCESTER
< SO !s5i=::ERAILROAD. - SUMNER ARRANGE.
commencing on MONDAY, MAY

1sslss5sllsaaS-a BOSION & WORCESTER
+Ess=5s..=ssi=5ERAILRoAD. - SUMNER ARRANGE.
5Z.-- ---E-.MENT Commencing on MONDAY NAV
S, 1852.
PASSENGER TRAINS leave for Boston as follows;
Leave Worcester at 4.3O EXP ASS Fxp to Fran l.
$40 a. m, IL, As, 325 Exp 500 1920 EXp n m The
7, $40 M and 500 D. M trains start from The upper
all others from the Low err Station
Millbury, $40 a. M A. 40 n m
Grafton III. 1905 a. M i 5ispm
Westboro' 1870 10. II a m LIP 53Op.m
SOuthborough 3S lO26a m 20 and 53gpm
Cordaville I Al To- % A m 2S SAP n m
Ashland las 10 rs A m / 30 40 D. m
Milford, ITO $40 a. m 5OOp m
Northboro L a. m II 30 n m
Marlboro, I24 a m / o. $50 p m
Framingham : l6 EXPRESS $40 500 10 40 m l3)
EXP, 4 III Ex.. 8 o. lIUi EXP. D. m.
ssxonve ,' / IS a. M IL .i IS B. M
Natck 8 40 49, $40 / 100 a. m. Loo 6l2p.m
West Necdham. S S. Isl, s. is ii6S a m, los 62Opm
Granville $50 T,54 S2I, HIP M, Ill. 20 p IN
Newton Lower Falls + S. 500 A. m O5 lao & 55 RI
D. 10
West Newton. IL, 7l2 s u. S32 Wor, II ll22 Wor
Newtonville, SIG 7I6 SIG SIC am 81 POI AS Sill
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4 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA

- ChUSETTS Worcester, ss.-Probatc Court-To
the hefsataw next of kin and all other persons inter-
ested in the estate CT JAMES LEACH late Oh North
borough m sad county, deceased. CIR ETING:
GU are clted to appear at Probate Court held
a. worcester in SAID county of Worcester on the first
tuesday of September next nine o'clock in the fore
noon TO show cause, if any have why an instru-
ment pnrportnG to be the last will and testament of said
deceased shoudnot be approved And the Court orders
uOe ouce thereof to be given by publishing this cita
non once weektor three successive weeks in the news.
paper called the Massachusetts, Spy, printed in Worces
said Court '' " ''' ~
witness, HENRY CHAPLIN, Esquire, Judge of said
court this sixth day of August in the wear one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
aul3 WIS JOTIN pJpD1,
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COMMISSIONERS, NOTICE.-Notice

Is hereby given that the subscribers have been ap-
pointed by the Hon Judge of Probate the county of
worcester Commissioners to receive and examine the
GAINS OF the creditors to the estate of JOHN G.
OSRAD4 late Of scarborough in SAID county deceas-
eu mtestate represent nsolvent and six months from
the first day of july 1862 allowed bv said Jndpe 10
the creditors bring and prove their claims the
VIII attend to the duties Of their appointment at the
house of Sullivan Fay in said SOuthboroueh on the FIRST
Monday Of September, 1892 being the first day of said
month and on the first thursday of january 1863 being
lhe hrst Gay OF said month, from four O'Clock n
m, on each day. DEXTER FAY,l c,o,,,,,.a.i.,,s-. /
JOHN HUNT, : Commissioners.
scarborough, August 4, 1862. wat au6
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THE HORRID BARBARITY OF THE

= SOUTH, IS only cquaed by the seductive and des-
troylng powers Of the Lightning Fy~Kiler 1t is rem
dered attractive 10 flies, and kills instantly You will
see them dead and dying within five minutes Darken
al Fvd the windows but and there place the Fly
Rcnember is the Lightning FlyKiller that does this
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THE DEAD-sHOT FOR REDnUGs.

Is certain and immediate death to these noxious nests
IL breaks up their nests destroys their eggs and Is be-
som of destruction to all that venture near Both arti
cies Tor sale by Z. A Harring ton, 81 Co Worcester-
jy2 w2mis e''''
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HIGHLY MP0RTANT CURE

psUg m years was aced with the most DISTRESSING
b "iiis III my mead, bones, and stomach and n ccg
bTg Oh soreness over my whole body toecib6r ith
onY nnst IG po enpilng ana fearful dreams which not
ouauoh' tired dozens of remedies wiihont s tse
n "v , ,ye sPpied to Dr. I'M No 80 Main street and in
,t McehS ny MS new and expeditions sveten NJ tro ~
vno, no aected cure. ann now in bertcrt bei,b
fatigue. eN' N"i ~ i"pppr without pain or
10 DR. mn 90 Na,,.. . u A. H., Nashua. N. IL,
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COMMONWEALTH OF NAsSA.

- ClUSETTS--W orcester, IS Probate Court-TO
the heirsaaw next of kim and all other persons inter
GSted IN the estate Of THOMAS HOUGIITON, late Of
hayward, IL sad county, deceased, GREETING:
GU are hereby cticd To appear at Probate Court to be
ele at worcester In said County OF Worcester the
tst tuesday OF september next at nine O'Clock in the
e PnTpGfng to be The last willard testament said
vigseu snoulI not lie approved And the Court orders
v,on once week for three successive weeks in the
eaed the Massachusetts Spy, printed at Wor-
fore said Court. W ' "
n w Iness, HENRY CHAPLIN. Esquire Judge O. said
Court, this NTH dnv Of August in the wear one thou
sand eight hundred and sxty-tw0.
aus w3t* Holm J. PIPER Reg.
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A CURE WARRANTED,


DIR; HILLS MIXTURE is warranted to cure emissions
ana ali diseases OF the Urinary organs Within the last
hce years upwards of 1900 bottles have been sold in
iostol d not single he produced where If
mas laed to make quick and lasting CRE This is not
mere assertion, but well known fact which can he
proved at any moment. Dr. Hill would not take this
method to make known the virtues this never failing
MIXTURE were il not to put the public on their Guard
against Inc humbug preparations which are advertised
ON CERTAIN apothecarics who know nothing of the dis
easeS Nch lhey pretend TO cure, who for the sake of
iHhs ieW dollars; cndan?er the life, health and CON
suton oil Their deludcd victims To ali who are afflicted
WIN private complaints, but moro specially to GU who
ndNe pech duped by miserable plcteIdCrS DR. Il would
earnestly recommend trial CT his falling Mixture
IL never lalS to cure the cases in sbort time
WITHOUT regard to diet or risk exposure II is mild
ana safe to take 1t puriiics the bloou DESTROYS
the poison lurking in the system, and completelv reno
Yates and renews the constitution. DR. Hills Mixtnre
taken in season. will prevent well as cure The com
dts LOT winch II is recommended; in short il is the
OILY sure ana safe remedy which has been discover
81 l9T me cure OF all private complaints. The price of
Dr l Mixture is only bottle and 1t will he sent
securely packed ana acd to any part of the city or
country when ordered, with the price enclosed Letters
lpos!-Palol directed to Dr. Hill will receive prompt at
tentlon All consultations held in private without
lear OF exposure. '''NN'
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3 wsiS CHAs. Z. STEVENS, Asst Reg.
COMMONWEALTH LIZ nASSA

2 ' Z NIAODA~
- CHUSETTS-WOrccster, ss.-Probate Court-To
of ALMER f. MAYNARD late of Grafton in said Conn
ty, minor GREETING;
You are hereby cited to appear at Probate Court TO
be held at Worcester in said county, on the first Tuesday
Of September neat, AT nne O'Clock in the forenoon to
snow cause, If any have why the petition of Rolin
g. White, the Guardian oi said minor for license to sell
oI investment certain real estate said ward therein
Speched should not be granted. And said White is or
dered TO serve this citation, by publishing the same
once a week, in the Massachusetts Spy newsponer
printed IN worcester three weeks Successvcly The last
puhcaon to be one day, at least. before said court
witness, HENRY CHAPLIN, Esquire, Judge of said
Court this fifth day of August in the year eighteen hun
bred and siXty-two. ~
aul3 w3t* CUAS f. STEVENS Acct Do,
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GOMMONWEALTH on MASSA-

-. OCIlUSEITS.- " orccster ss-Probae COurt,-To
me Eers-at-law next OF kin, and all other inter
eSStcl IN the Estate of BENJAMIN DAVENPORT, late
oI MendOn, in said county, do ceased, GREETING;
gu are hereby cited TO appear at Probate Court 10
3e held at Worcester In said county Of worcester on
thc rst Tuesday of september next, at niue clock IN
instrument purportng be the last Will and testament
orders public notice thereof to be given by publishing
this citation week for three successive weeks, in
the newspaper called the Massachusetts Spy printed at
Worcester the last publication to he one day at least
before said Court.
Witness HENRY CHAPLIN, Esquire, Judge of said
Court, this thirtieth day of July, in the year
thousand eight hundred and siXty-twO.
au6 wat CHAS. T.. STEVENS, Asst Reg.