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LETTER FROM A PLAsrER.
Roszy4Ln. Ala, Nov. 4, 1859.

@ RoaEyAlE, Ala, Nov. 4, 1864
Messrs. John Wright 4 Co., ~
q New Orleans La. So
aentemen-Enclosed please find my check No. 79l ethts
days sight on Mobile Sl49 So in settlement Of account
date You will please me three dozen borea
Wghps Southern Indian Vegetable Pills They are the 9rcat
est thing ever came and heavy medical bin
yearly place. The direction. are 60 plain and easily I'M,
deratood that my oyesesr fnds difficulty treating avery
case OF sickness that comes 10 bis knowledge
and perfect Ny negroes are healthier and stronger
than those Of any paHta know and csndly confess 1t
to be my opinion and Of oveseer that this agreeable
fact s oey due to the which Is taken
complaint Of sickness aud their being treated BY Of
these Pills use them altogether my family, and would
not be without full supply for small fortune
praise to but assure you is nothing
than the plain truth Please forward Pits
at once, and by the route before. 8
Yours, truly,
THos, d. HENDERSON,,
From Dr. Humphres Charleston 8. o. we have fsbsivsd
the following honest letter, written him by poor worthy,
man who strong and salwa soldier In the aryo
Southern Independence $50 81
LIVER COMPLAINT.
DR.. HUMPHREYS :g Al assz5;. 51,5tJ=s
Dear sirI don't what say you know how
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Vegetable Pills you gave After having suffered so
many years. and thought wss going gety health
be worth good days strong and heart
and that too, after tried every
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If the prayers Of like viii help you any.
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Yours, gratefully and truly - fsg5 -
IS 81 JOHN ". slMNoNss
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card to females which every q sex ought & read
WRIGIATsss s0UTHERN INDIAN yEGH r.
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Are manufactured MAJ exprsssly for use in The Re,
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. :
unds the personal direction Of Dr. Jons waanr In b,
Pharmaceutical "a Laboratory, New Orleans.
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8g3 III t HEADQUARTERS DEPARrNENr No, l.
2sis EE$ New Orleans March %, 1852. 8
SPECIAL ORDERS No.s7ll 4zs5
Officers Of the regular service are hereby ordered
not 70 visit any of the Camps in the vicinity Of this city,
tho purpose Of ensng soldiers their companies who
have been transferred to the this by
the Of Louisiana Any officer violating order
will have his recruiting orders Immediately revoked.
BY command Of Major. General LOWELL.
y Y. PIcKETF Assistant Adjutant General m3i 2pl2t
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Ernest TM1.2at1s, 25sf
Manufacturer af all kinds Of Fancy ~
GA les sYRUPs, GUM DROPS, JUJUBE PASTE,
AND SUGAR ALMONDS, BY STEAM,
Old Levea Street,. 80
isls 2p3mMo between St. Ion4 Cont New Orleans
Proceedings 4
K 81 -or THE 81 .zts u Z
LOUISIANA STATE GONVEN TON,
IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH,
Together with the ORDINANCES passed by said Conven.
ton, I'm anguageJ and the CONSTITUTION Of the State
amended 81 v ssy {
For sale by 5s$ss 55sss55 g9ts[ ~ I5tSs3
BLOOMFIELD L STEEL PETER o'DoNNELL
4. L WHITE, HERBERT 4 ESCOUssE,
GEO. ELLIS, ". F. GoLDTHWA1TK, :
P.HAWEs& CO., &. EZEKIEL *
T. FITzWILLlAM.
my22 2on = -.--.
@. s. .EiaDy.
- WANTED InInIEDIATELY.
RECRUITS FOR THE @. S. STEAMERS LOUISIANA
AND MISSISSIPPI ~
Persons accustomed to Heavy Artlsry preferred FIFTY
DOLLARS BOUNTY paid at The time Of eniAtment
Apply 10 Capt. !. g. BREsHWooD, c.5s. Naval Rem.
devious No. 2 Ma,igny Buildings.
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3 TEXAN scouTs The Fredericksburg says that
soii Friday, near Dumfries, two Texas scouts, old
Indian glters, Of The ath Texas Regiment saw
three Yankees and puraued them until they came
mex etedly upon about twenty but getting be-
hind q fish house the two killed three Yankees and
swounslad Eve. Tie rest ran and escaped III j.
boat, n The true method of fighting our in
ays kill them whenever yon see them.
ssSA GoapI IssENv 40 SouTHEaN TRoor The Rich.
smond " hig thus handsomely and generously al
lsidess 20 the dghtiig qualities q our southsrn
iAianiaus, MISSISSIPPI Missourans and
3Iexaas haye dstingu themselves on every
:ileae would not dispafaga the lighting quaii-
4lsa ~ tte s0ldiefs from any State Id the Donfed
sSEa9y hnf the history Of the war seems to prove
wv the men Just named have more ela,t more
saAsh dariilg and desperate ion than any other The
ASrG living up had mot been learnt by the
Y be- tore down, and kept tearing
tRs white flags at DoneIson. tompetent
assefts that the only actual hand tohand
snts WHOA have occurred during the war. has.
Nshsa4a nsasonri and ArllaIsas the party to- them
slqe pelng Lonisianians and Nilsson.
IAalSs anG a ways sneeAasful. 81 HI
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sg sSs NEW ORLEANS, March e., 1852
Traffic " and Silver sgansthe Notes Of the Con
edsrae States Of hereby prohibited
VIII b visited by prompt and severe punh
rnent. II
III N.sTREPAGNIER, K
FsSsiis5 50 g5sS5 ~ 53 H. u. OGDEN,
sszis ~ ~ II H. N. sPoFFoRD,
s93 VICTOR BURTHE,
" cYPRIBN DUFoUR,
Y m2a 2ptf .35 PIERRE ,sOULE.
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The undersigned respectfully informs tho officers Of unat
taehed Volunteer Companies recrned for the that in
accordance with the above authorization, he Is prepared
to muster in Sufficient number Of Companies organize
Regiment of Infantry for immediate service and trns
present prospects, to be able to make up the entire command
without delay Having had the experience Of the past
constant service the Potomac Lieutenant of the
9th Louisiana Regiment he hopes to be able ul8 the
expectations Of all who favor him with their confidence
The Companies that wish TO join this organization win
address him. Col j. NJ MAEE, through the Postofee
call personally their Offices. carcneet street and
No Camp street. He is prepared furnish com.
Portable quarters subsistence equipments and the uSual
8 (. LOUIS LAY.
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gnE ~ itef BTeHl aHU gorlouH hereafter
With more espect than in connection with lis
heroic stand for the Union in the midst 81 disloy
alty, and bis nnfinchi1g patriotism which brayed.
that In his alive State, which swept
sosinany away tosthe black abyss Of Secession. ii
he past political DIVISIONS of our country We have
!0ppDsed Major ok honestly hui We now, With
the greatest cordially and sincerity, extend the
g.tasp Of Onion paternity to him, and wish him
Tod epseds In his noble endeavors to reclaim Ten
nessee. We know no party and we forget all for.
smer political eontro yersies when we meet under
the broad banner of the Union in the defence of
of our wounded constitution and 9imperilled Gov
SerhmAnt. NJ .34 III Il 49,
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We will acknowledge promptly he receipt of each order
and will them in the herein indicated with III
least possible delay.
purchasing Wool free of burs at from 80 to IS cent
pe pound for which will cash. or give goods In ex
change at the prices above stated.
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Due Btils.
Dare Ellis,

We Fave quantity of BANK PAPER on hand, suitable
for the above printing. viii be wor ked up CHEAP.
REA'S ROTARY PRESS,
z apl7 2p4t IS Magazine street, N. o.
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i CANSIr IN TRUE ~ We find the following an
ia the louisville journal Of the 4th.
Can't 20 possible that Tennessee has another re-.
taon Or the tale one Of Prentice fabrica-
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT No, /,
New Orleans, Marcel, 20, 1852.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-12

AN ACT making appropriations for the payment of
invalid and other pensions of the United States
for the year ending the thirteth of June eighteen
hundred and sXty~three.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives OF the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the following sums be and the
same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the pay
ment of pensions for the year ending the thirteth OF
June, eighteen hundred and siXty-three:
For invalid pensions under various acts six hum
dred and forty thousand dollars.
For pensions under acts of eighteenth March,
eighteen hundred and eighteen fifteenth Nav,
eighteen hundred and twenty eight, and seventh
June eighteen hundred and thirty-two twenty five
thousand dollars
For pensions to widows of those who served in
the revolutionary war, under the third section of the
act of fourth July eighteen hundred and thirty si,
the acts OF seventh July, eighteen hundred and tbir
ty-eight, third March, eighteen hundred and forty
ty-four, second February and twenty.ninth mi,
eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and second sea-
ton act of third February, eighteen hundred ond
ffty-three' two hundred thousand dollars. ""'
For pensions to widows and orphans undcr fret
secuo hct lourth July, eighteen hundred and thirty
forty-eight, first section act of third Februarv
eighteen hundred and fifty-three and ocf third
june eighteen hundred and fifty eipht threc hun
dred and forty thousand dollars
For navy invalid PENSIONS forty-fye Thousand dol
lars. NV '''o''"iu uo'-
For navy pensions to widows and orphans. under
act oil eleventh August, eighteen hundred and forty
elght, TWO hundred thousand dollars
FOR prNeleer invalid pensions six hundred dol.
lars; provided, That no pension shall be paid un-
ueI tnls act 10 any person who has been engaged in
me present rebellion against the government Of the
States, or who has in any way given aid and comfort
10 those engaged in the rebellion.
Approved, January 8, 1862.
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[PUBMC-No. 81
AN ACT to increase the duties on tea coffee. and |

AN ACT to increase the duties on tea coffee, and
sugar.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That from and after the date of
the passage of this in lieu of the duties heretofore
imposed by law articles hereinafter mentioned,
there shall be levied, collected and paid on the
goods, wares, and merchandise herein enumerated
and provided for, imported from foreign countries,
the following duties and rates ofduty that is to say
First. On all teas twenty cents per pound. Second.
On coffee of all kinds, five cents per pound. Third.
On raw sugar, commonly called Muscovado or
brown sugar, and sugars not advanced above
number twelve. Dutch standard, by clarifying or
other process, and on syrup of sugar sugar cane
and concentrated moasses, or concentrated melado,
two cents and half per pound, and ON white and
clayed sugar, when advanced beyond the raw state,
above number twelve, Dutch standard, by Clarity
ing other process and not yet refined three cents
per pound; on refined sugars, whether lump, crush
ed or pulverized, five cents per pound on sugars
after being refined, when they are tnctured color.
ed, or in any way aduterated, and on sugar candy
eight cents per pound on molasses, six cents per
gallon Provided, That all syrups ofsugar or of SUI
gar cane, concentrated molasses, or concentrated
melado entered under the name of molasses, or any
other name than syrup of sugar or of sugar cane,
concentrated moasses or concentrated melado shall
be liable to forfeiture to the United States and the
same shall be forfeited
Approved, December "a. 1861,
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Wortrster Daily SPY
Woreestcr ross orlec-winter Advancement.

Mails Close as follows:
Northern worcester County, Vermont and New Hamp-
hire via Worcester Nashua Railroad at 80 a. H. ard
due at 90 D. m.
Fitchburg, Lancaster Leomnster, West Boylston Oak
dale, Clinton Lowell. and Nashua, n. H. at 90 a. M
and $3.50 p. and due at SIS m. and 0p. M
Princeton and East Princeton at $40 p and due at
sis q. m.
City OF Boston. $50 and 100 M. 245 and 500 D. M;
and are due at SIS a n, $50 and 100 p.
Maine, Eastern New Hampshire and Eastern Masss.
chusetts.9n a. m, and 500 D. m; and are due at 9l5
Rhode Islsnd-( Except towns on the Worcester and
Providence Railroad $50 IN, and $50 p. and
Way Mail on Providence and Worcester Railroad 80
and are due at $40 =. N.
Westerl-(Ali towns in Massachusetts West Of Wor
cester) SIS a m, and are due at ?; m
Albany western New York and Western States) SIS
m. and , IS and due at $50 and mas p
Springteldsl m, and 2i5 M; and are due at 94O
a m, 3 80 and 10 IS p
Hartford, all Connecticut Except windham and New
Londen counties SIS a M and IS p. M and are due
Towns on line Of Norwich and Worcester Railroad and
New Lo0'ion and windham County, Conn.,, 1000 a. m
nd are due atq.l5 am.
New York city and southern States $50 a. M, and at
245 and lisp. m. snd das at 80 a M and at SSI
Barre Barre Plains Petersham Paxton, Dana North
Dana, ID West Rutland, Is a and are due at 4OC
p m.
brook and 0akham, $3.50 p. m, and duea 500 m
Leicester IS a. m, and 10 M, and sre due at sV'
Miiibury and West Milltar,, 6sp a NJ and 80 D. m.
and are due al $40 a. and sac p. m,
Shrewsbury. 3.l5 p. m, and is due ct 500 A.
Grafton, New England Village and Cosdaville, $50
m and are due at $50 D. m
Birmingham, south birmingham, HopkintoD, Ashland
Woodville, Westboro. Northboro', Southboro' Corda
Vile, and Grafton 2.4i p and are due at Is a. m
Milford, Mendon. Hoston, Bolton. Berlin 800 a. m
and 500 p. m: and due at 9l5 a. and 100 p. m
mail for New York and Boston and beyond, is close
Office hours from a. IN, to 500 p. Sundays iron
1910 to II 40. D. m. j. NJ. EARLE P. n
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AN ACT to provide for allotment certificates am
the volunteer forces

AN All TO provide Tor allotment certificates among
the volunteer forces.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con.
gress assembled, That the president of the United
States shall appoint for each state having volun-
teers in the United States service, not exceeding
three persons, who shall be authorized by the presi
dents commission to visit the several departments
of the army in which volunteers from their respec-
tive states may be, and there procure from said vol
unteers from time to time their respective alotments
of their pay to their families friends duly cetifed
in writing, and by them, or by some Commissioned
officer ofsuch department, attested in pursuance Of
such orders may be made for that purpose by the
secretary of war, and upon which certified al oment
the several paymastGrs SHALL at each regular paw
ment TO troops. give drafts payable in the city OF
New York, to the order of such persons to whom
said allotments were or may be made.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the per-
sons appointed commissioners to carry into effect
the preceding section of this shall receive nav
or emoluments whatever from the treasury of the
United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the fifth
section of the act of twelfth June eighteen hundred
and fifty eight, giving suffers lien upon the sol
dlers pay, be and the is hereby repealed; and
all regulations giving suffers rights and privileges
beyond the rules and articles Of war be and the
same are hereby abrogated.
Approved, December "a, 1861
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-12

AN ACT amending the provisions of the second
section of the act of January twenty .fourth
eighteen hundred and flty-seyen, enforcing the
attendance of witnesses before committees Of Ell
Their house of congress.
BE it enacted by the senate and house of repre-
sentatiyes of the United States of America in con
gress assembled, That the provisions of the second
section of the act entitled IAN act more etfactualy
to enforce the attendance of witnesses on the sum
mons OF either house OF congress, and TO compel
them to discover testimony approved January
twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ffty-seven be
amended, altered, and repealed, so as to read as
follows: That the testimony of witness examined
and teStitying before either house of congress or
any committee of either house of congress- shall
not be used as evidence i'll any criminal pro-
ceeding against such witness in any court of
justice; Provided, however, that no official pa
per or record, produced by such witnesses on
such examination, shall be held or taken to be in
cluded within the privilege Of said evidence SO to
protect such witness from any criminal proceeding
as aforesaid; and witness shall hereafter be al.
allowed to refuse TO testify to any fact or to pro-
duce any paper touching which he shall be exalnn-
ed by either house of congress, or any committee
of either house, for the reason that his testimony
touching such fact, the production of such
paper, may tend to disgrace him otherwise render
him infamous: provided, that nothing in this act
shall be construed to exempt any witness from pros
ecution and punishment for perjury committed by
him in testifying as aforesaid
Approved, Jan. "a 1861.
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TIUbLIU-NO, u
AN ACT to promote tho enicioncv of IA, H.

ter Office. "
Be j. enacted by the senate and house of repra
sentatives Of the United States Of America in cor.
gress assembled, That the postmaster general be an
hozed 10 return all dead letters, except those con.
tanning circulars and other worthless matter TO their
writers, whenever their names can be ascertnined
All valuable letters TO be charged treble and ali 9TH
lccied from the writer's. w '0i'
Sec 2, And be il further enacted, That, TO enobIc
inns 10 Ge donc the postmaster general il AUTHORIZED
70 employ not exceeding twenty-five additionni
cerke at salaries not exceeding am average Of nibt
hundled dollars per scar Provided That he is salts
hed that the receipts for dead letter postage viii
pensaiion And he shall report to the ne t session
OF cOngress the additional income from Ills son,ce
with its cost and statistical results ''"''''
Approved. January p, 1862
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[REsoLUT1oN-PUBL1o No. !

JOINT RESOLUTION expressive of the recognition
by congress OF the gallant and patriotic services
OF the late Brigader General Nathaniel Lyon,
and the officers and soldiers under his command,
atthe battle of Springfield, Missouri.
Resolved by the senate and house of representa-
tives of the United States of America in congress
assembled, l. That congress deems it just and proper
TO enter upon its records recognition of the emf
ana patoc services of the late Brigadier Gem
eral Nathaniel Lyon. The country TO whose service
he devoted his life will guard and preserve his fame
as part of its glory.
2 That the thanks of congress are hereby given TO
the brave officers and soldiers who under the COM
mand OF the late General Lyon sustained the honor
OF the nag and achieved victory against oYerwheln-
and that in order to commemorate an event so hon
ora6le TO the country and to themselves it is order
ed that each regiment engaged shall be authorized
10 Dear upon lis colors the word 'Springfeldn en-
broidered in letters of gold. And the president of
the United States is hereby requested to cause these
in the army OF the United States
Approved, December a. 1861
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Approved, January 2l, lS62.


AN ACT authorizing increase of the clerical
force III the War and Navy Departments
BE ii enacted by the senate and house of repesen-
taVes OF the United States of America i'll congl
assembled, That in addition to the clerical and 9TH
er force now authorized by law in the war depart
lhet as lis bureaus, the secretary of war hereby
authorized TO appoint as follows In the office Of
the secretary OF war, four clerks of class one in
me once OF the adjutant general, eighteen clerks
OF CLASS one and one messenger; in the office OF the
surgeon-generaI, two clerks of class one, and one
Iaborer; in the office of the paymaster-general,
eight clerks OF class one and messenger; the
one; in the Office of the chief of ordnance, three
clerks of class one; in the office of the commissary
general, three clerks of class one and one laborer
And the acknowledgement is authorized to employ in
his office any number, not exceeding ten, of non
commissioned officers, to be selected by him from
the army, in addition to his present clerical force
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Sec
rotary ofthe navy be authorized to employ four ad-
ditional clerks Of class one for that department
Approved, January q, 1862.
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1 j.
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the secrefarv NJ
the treasury to transfer certain balances of mn n
preparation for printing of the second session RI
the thirty sixth congress to the sum Appropriated
Tor the hrst session of the tlirty-sixth congress
= whereas the appropriation for supplying The de-
ncehces IN the appropriations for printing orGerod
10 oe executed by the first session oith tirysixth
congress has been exhausted leaving n balance 70
De provided for OF five thousand SIX hundred onG
flght dollars and seventyone cents and said print
ing having been completed and whereas tIcIc 70
mains OF the appropriation for printing ordeIed NJ
Inc second session of the thirty-sixth congress a
o o",htGe OF twenty-five thousand six hundred and
eiSht dollars and fiity.five cents which will an he
REQUIRED as the printing for the second session thr
com esS has been completed and paid for
.. resolved by the senate and house of rcp,esenta
ahes on me United States of America in congress
nsstnDeu mat the secretary of the treasury be di-
Iectea 10 transfer from the balance of the arplo-
pIiaion now standing to the credit Of said apiro.
prlhuon on the books of the treasury for priitjnp
loi inc second session thirty-sixth congress- sum
sulGieht 10 meet the outstanding claim for printing
1orthe first session thirty. sixth congress.
Approved January 81 1862