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CHAP. XIII.

An Act to amend the Act entitled I" An Act to
amend the Act of the third March, eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven, entitled An Act
Supplementary to the Act entitled can Act to
amend the Judicial System of the United
State''
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That from and after the
passage of this act the districts of Ohio and
the district of Illinois, the district of Indiana,
and the district OF Wisconsin shall constitute the
eighth circuit.
Approved, January %, 1858.
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VIM. q. BURLINGTON,
and Shipping Merchant.
WILMINGT(

WILMINGTON, N. c.,
HAvING RESUMED BUSINESS, WILL BE
III pleased to serve his old friends and custom
ers, and all others wishing business attended to
with promptness.
Solicits consignments of Cotton, Naval
Stores, Bacon, Timber, Grain, sc.
tY Charges made light.
Sept. II, 1866. S7-w1y
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CHAP. VII.

An Act to improve the Organization of the Cav
airy Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That hereafter each regi-
ment of cavalry organized in the United States
service, may have two assistant surgeons, and each
company or troop of cavalry shall have from sixty
to seventy eight privates.
Approved, January g. 1868.
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DECEMBER 6, 1866.

seven, entitled An act supplementary to the act
entitled An act to amend the judicial system of
the United States, ~" approved July fifteen,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, as conflicts with
this act be and is hereby repealed.
Approved, January IS, 1868.
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOU-
SEES OF CONGRESS AT THE COM
MENCEMENT OF THE SECOND sEs-
SION.
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proved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty y-two
be SO amended that no instrument, document, or
paper made, signed orissued prior to the first day
of March, Ammo Domini, eighteen hundred and
sixty three, without being duly stamped, or hav-
ing thereon an adhesive stamp to denote the duty
imposed thereon, shall, for that cause, be deemed
invalid and of no effect: Provided, That no in
strument document, writing, or paper, required
by law to be stamped, signed, or issued, without
being duly stamped prior to the day aforesaid,
or any copy thereof, shall be admitted or used as
evidence in any court until a legal stamp or
stamps, denoting the amount Of duty charged
thereon, and the initials of the person using afix
ing the same, together with the date when the
is SO so aSed e 4 nave 6eea
to use any such instrument, document, writing
or paper, evidence, his agent or attorney, is
authorized in the presence of the court to stamp
the same as hereinbefore provided. And section
twentyfour of an act entitled An act increasing,
temporarily, the duties on imports, and for other
purposes" approved July fourteen, Ammo Dom
ini, eighteen hundred and sixty-two is hereby
pealed.
Approved, December IS, 1862.
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PUBLIC ACTS.

ANDREW JOHNSON, President. LA FAYETTE
S. FOSTER, President of the Senate. LA
FAYETTE S. FOSTER was elected President
OF the Senate pro temapore on the seventh
day of March, anil so acted until the end
of the Session. SCHUYLER CoLFAx, Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
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Annex OBJ to the Treaty between the United
States of America and Great Britain, for the
Abolition of the African Slave Trade, sign
ed at Washington on the 7th day OF April,
1862
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+ Avs OF THE UNITED STATES,

Passed at the First Session, sohich ,oas begun
and held at the City Of Washington, in the
District Of Columbia. on Monday, the fourth
day Of December, 4. d. 1865, and ended on
Saturday, the taoenty- -eighthda Of July, 4.
d. 1862
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0FFICI
r Avs OF THE UNITED STATES.

u
Passed ut the Second Session OF the 1n'reySeOe'''"
Congress, schieh acas begun and he0d al "e o"y@ "
-Rasaiuotoa. in the District of Columbia, om
Aouday, the second day of Pecem6er, 4. d. 1861,
and snded on Thursday, the 17th day Of July,
A. d. 1862.
PROCLOMNTIONS.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President. HANNIBAL HAM
LIN, Vice President, and President OF the Sen
ate. SOLOMON FooTE elected President
of the Senate, pro tenapore, on the eighteenth
day of July, and continued so to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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An Act to adjust Appropriations heretofore made
for the Civil Service of the Navy Department
to the present Organization of that Depart
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An Act 10 amend an Act entitled "da
Act 10 prohibit the sale Of iHf",r,cdf'
mg liquors IN NE rie,n'iy n NE
torn Of Dallas, in Dallas coaHfy
passed Deosn,Jr iGth, 1883
SECTION I. Be II eadctsd by hs
Legislature Of the State Of ItrdS'
That the first section Of AN act To
prohibit the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors in the vicinity Of the town
of Dallas, IN Dallas county passed
December 10th, 1863, be 10 amended
MS To read rs follows: "That II shall
not be lawful to sell any ardent
spirits or Intoxicating liquors ofany
kind in quantities less than one
gallon, within the corporate limits
of the town of Dallas, or within two
miles of the corporate limits Of said
town, (unless sold by apothccaries
for medicical purposcsD and any
person or persons violating the pro
visions Of this act shall be guilty OF
n misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereofbcfo any court ofcompetent
jurisdiction, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars for each
and every violation Of the provis
ions of this act; Provided, nothing
in this section shall be so construed
as to prohibit any person from sell,
ing ale, porter, beer, cider, and
native wines, in any quantity,
SEC. 2. That section second o
the above and foregoing rccited act
be SO amended rs to read rs follows
"The District and County Court o
Dallas county, and the Mayor of thu
town of Dallas, shall have concur
rent jurisdiction for the trial of al
persons offending against the pro
visions of this act and all the fine
assessed by the Mayor under the
provisions of this act shall, whe'
collected, be paid to the Treasure
of the corporation of the town o
Dallas, and be expended, under tn
direction ofthe Mayor, in improvln:
the streets of said town; and an,
person who shall be tried and con
victed by the Mayor, and shall re
fuse to pay the fine assessed agalns
him, may be required to work OF
the streets of Dallas until he shaI
discharge the amount of said fin;
such party so convicted and fined
shall, in payment of his fine, be al
lowed one dollar for each day h
shall so work.
SEC. B. That this act take ctfec
and be in force from and after tn
first day of December, one thousan
eight hundred and siXtysiX.
Approved November 10, 1866.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-12-08

CHANGE OF Mr.. DAVIS QUAR-
rERs.- The Fortress Monroe cores
pondent of the New York Herald,
writing on the 14th of November
1866, says:
The very fine rooms, four in
number, besides a kitchen, fitted up
in Carroll Hall for jeff. Davis and
family, have at length received the
finishing touches Of carpenter, ma
son and painter. Vacating bis old
quarters, which were United to two
casemates, he has moved into his
new and more commodious apart
ments; so that now barring his de-
privation of the freedom of the out
er world he is as snugly and COM
fortably situated, has rooms as airy,
as liberal supplies of fuel, as nu,,
merous attendance of servants, and
as complete and elaborate cuisine
auxillaries as any officer in the fort.
He now enjoys facilities not only
for making himself and family com
Portable, but to extend becoming
hospitality TO his numerous callers
and friends. In his own mind and
that of most of his friends, the con.
viction is now very firmly settled
that he will remain here prisoner
all winter. Whatever fate may be-
tide him, he will show himself firm
and resolute in meeting it.
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newspaper establishment, and fur
nished Il with everything requisite
for publishing paper larger than
any heretofore published in the
South. The Press alone, where II
stands cost $40 900 As soon as
his arrangements are complete
which will be in n few days no Will
publish the Crescent every day In
the year, or 3G5 numbers annually
He will also publish an evening pa
per daily. lie has abundant means
and unlimited credit, for he is back
ed by one of the wcslthiest firms IN
the city. As none but talent OF the
highest order will be employed, we
may soon expect to see paper
which will answer the requirements
of the reading public. The future
prospects Of the Crescent, under the
leadership of Col. Nixon, are in the
highest degree hattering
Tomorrow is the Inauguration day
Of the State Fair. The most OK
tensive preparations have been
made, and it will no doubt be a very
interesting and crcditable af fair
/ In my next letter / may give yot
some facts concerning it.
The Telegraph communication
with the Fair Grounds iscompieted
and during the Fair two daily pa
pers will published on fairgrounds
| have but a slight improvement
in the business of city generally
to chronicle this week. The whol'
story may be toldin these few words
business is unusually dull for tn
season Of the year.
CRESCENT CITY.
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The Tomb Of Sidney Johnston.

"Town Talk" ofthe New Orleans
Timey gives us the following. . The
TT ], be- is indeed rarely beautiful
and aIpjrAopriate. He says: A lady
correspondent, in y recent stroll
through the st. L,auis Gem, cry, in
this city, visited the g,". en
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, andf0fhRl
q written cpitaph pasted upon a
rough board attached to the tomb.
In her note to Il. II, our fair cor
respondent says she was affected to
tears upon reading it, and took the
trouble to copy it, verbatim. She
begs us to find out the author, and
she should be gratifed in that de-
sire if it were possible for Y. II. to
do so. Here is the beautiful
cpitaph
IN MEMORIAM.
Behind this stone is laid, for q
season,
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.
A General in the Army of the
Confederate States, who fell ut
Shiloh, Tennessee, on the sixth day
of April, A. d., eighteen hundred
and sixty-two. A man tried in
many high offices and critical enter
prises, and found faithful in ALL
His life was one long sacrifice OF
interest to conscience; and even
that life, on woful Sabbath, did he
yiold as Il holocaust to his country 8
need. Not wholly understood was
he while he lived but, in his death,
his greatness stands confessed in a
peoples tears. Resolute, moderate,
clear of envy, yet not wanting IN
that finer ambition which makes
men great, and pure, in his honor--
impregnable; in his simplicity
sublime. No country Ger had q
truer son-no cause noblcr cham
pion: no people bolder defender
no principles purer victim than
the dead soldier who sleeps here
The cause for which he perishcd is
lost; the people for whom he fought
are crushed; the hopes in which nc
trusted are shattered; the flag ht
loved guides no more the charging
lines but his fame, consigned tt
the keeping Of that time, which
happily, is not so much the tomb o
Virtue rs its shrine, shall, in year
to come, fire modest worth to nnhl'
ends. In honor, now, our grca
Captain rests; a bcreavcd people
mourn him; three Commonwealth
proudly claim him; and hlstor,
shall cherish him among thos'
choiser spirits who, holding theIl
conscience unmixcd with blame
have been, in all conjecturcs, tru'
to themselves, their country, anC
their God.
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SOUTHERN Pacific RAILROAD
The Picayune discusses the advan-
taecs of the Southern route as COM
pared with tho Northwestern. The
latter runs through n barren, unin'
habitcd country, ours through the
already partially settled State OF
Iexas, and the territories of Colo
RADIO and New Mexico, capable OF
sustaining a hundred millions OF
people" The one is in II severe eli
mate, where snow falls to q great
debth during II large portion OF the
year; the other through a country
where snow is almost unknown, and
which is covered with perpetual
verdurc. In agricultural and mine
raj productions, also, our route has
great advantages. Another Of its
superiorities is thus stated:
Theirs can have no support from
branch roads or water communica-
ton to fertile valleys and populous
communities on the way-it is one
long, branchless trunk, unproduc'
tive and profitless till it reaches the
Pacific slope; ours will connect with
all the railroads of Texas, tap the
rich trade of the Rio Grande, and
in its onward progress, connect with
great thoroughfares of travel ant
traffic from Northern Mexico ant
through Lower California. A re
gion of country vast as the CONT
nent of Europe, and far richer II
minerals and agriculture, awaits t(
pour it's inexhaustible trade ant
treasures into it.
The same paper gives the follow
ing account OF what has been don'
and is doing in connection with the
Southern route, and advises q cal
upon Northern and European capl
talists to forward the work, the com
pletion of which will make the Soutl
wsst i'the very centre and capital o
the New World
Att moment we write the tram
of the Southern Pacific Railroad
$50 called" are running daily T.
Marshall, Texas, some fifty mile
west of Shreveport. We understan'
it is being slowly continued west Q
Marshall. East of Shreveport r.'
other road will ere long run to tn
!: banks of the Mississippi, opposlt
connect the Opeloas0 s0usnsilroat
westward, from New Iberia via tn
Sabine with the Texas and New Or
leans road and thereby, at ho"s
ton, with the extensive system o
railroads already constructed by oa
enterprising Texas neighbors-on'
extending west of Houston, eight.
miles to the Colorado River !; and
route surveyed and soon to be pu
under work, thence to San Antonio
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Monroe to prevent and disperse a
lawful convention of loyal citizens
in New Orleans, and melting Mon
roe and his associates to dispere
said Convention, and kill the mem
mcrs thereof.
The address was very long ana
undisturbed in its delivery.
New York, Nov. 25.-Col, Kelley
is now in charge Of Fcnian affairs
hcre-Stevens evidently having LETT
for Ireland. Special messengers
have recently arrived from ireland
who state that the island will soon
be in n complete state of insurrec-
tion. Large quantities of Spring
field, Enfield and Spencer rifles are
hourly arriving here, which are
constantly being shipped to Ireland
All the arms intended for service In
Canada have been turned over to
Stevens.
Suit has been commenced by Jno,
III. Lester before the Supreme Court
against General Butler for false I'M
prisonment-damages laid at SlOO,-
0OO-and for fraudulent conveyance
of propcrty-damages fifty thous-
and dollars. Lester received a free
pass from Secretary Stanton during
the war to bring his family North
Gen. Butler disaegarded the permit
and imprisoned him. Notices ofthe
writs were served yesterday.
Tammany city convention has
nominated Richard B, Connolly FOL
Comptroller.
The New York Yacht Club en-
dorsed the ocean sweepstakes race
between the yachts Vesta, Henrlet
ia and Fleeing.
A Paris correspondent of lat
date states that the alliance betweer
Prussia and Russia, and the coun
ter alliance between France ant
Austria have been consummated.-
The Moniteur says the war bulge
and the army are to be increased , II
preparation for eventualities likely
/ to UCJ.u'i
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"FLY.Loo. Look out for the
blue tailed fy-keep Your eye on
tour sugar lump-@Lor bless yer
soul, sabc yourself honcy"-a new
game has turned up for the freed
men of leisure. We hasten to lay it
within their reach. 1t is called "fy-
loo" and beats keno and draw poker
all hollow. 1t is very simple, and
can be played by any number of
darkies. The players all put up
stake. and after the pot is made up,
each one puts a lump of sugar on
his tongue, and the one who closes
his potato trap on the first fly that
lights on the sugar, rakes down tho
spondulix. Darkies may be seen
sitting in the SUN out West playing
"fiy-lOo," and their tongues hanging
out like SO many yards of red fan
mel.
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HoLLYwooD MEMORIAL Asst -. i.
ZION The ladies' of the Hollywood

HoLLYwooD MEMORIAL ASS i.
TIoN.-The ladies of the Hollywood
Memorial Association, propose hold
ing a Bazaar in Richmond, Va, in
February next, for the purpose of
raising funds to assist them in bu-
rving the Confederate dead, It is
their wish that each of the Confed-
crate States, including Maryland,
shall be represented in this Bazaar.
The Association Is interested equal
" in all the deceased soldiers Of the
South, from whatever State they
may have gone to Virginia. An
agent or agents will be appointed
in each State.
Mrs. Aurelia H. Mohl, of Houston,
as will be seen by the following card,
is the agent for Texas:
Mrs. Mohl is authorized to act as
agent of the Hollywood Memorial,
Bazaar Association, Richmond, Va,
in the State of Texas, and to appoint
such sub-agents as she may find
necessary, in the different parts OF
the State. - ''-''
All contributions of money and
articles that can be disposed of at
the Bazaar should be reported to
her and she can direct their trans
mission to Richmond.
Mrs. LEWIS N. WEBB.
Pres. II. M. Bazaar Association.
Mrs. Mohl publishes in the Tele-
graph an appeal to Texas, which
we copy, and commend to the atten-
ton especially of the ladies of the
State. AS Texas earned not the
least share of glory, on the soil of
Virginia, in the late war, let her not
be last in responding to this call for
giving an appropriate sepulture to
her heroes: '-. '@'-..
HoUsToN, Nov, 20, 1865,
Ed. TELEGRAPH Enclosed you
will find circular of the Hollywood
Memorial Bazaar Association, and
my appointment as Agent for the
State of Texas. The object Of this
Association has been already most
eloouently explained to the ladies
of Texas, by Mrs. M. ]. Young, in
a recent appeal which appeared in
your columns. Even were persua.
sion necessary in a cause so sacred
and dear to every Southern wO
mans heart. I could add nothing tC
the tenderness and force of Mrs
Young's letter. The bravery ano
devotion of our Texas men are but
too well represented beneath The
sacred soil Of Hollywood. Let the
love and faithfulness which the wo
men of Texas bear to their memo
ries, be eloquently told by the beau
tifying and tending of their hero''
rest. Let us come reverently anc
zealously up to that holy duty. LIE
every woman and child in our broac
State make some article to send to
the Bazaar. Ladies in the variou:
towns in the State will greatly oblig'
me by writing to me for circular anc
information. as l wish sub-agen
in every town and village.
Texas editors will advance tn
cause by copying this letter and tn
accompanying documents in SOM
conspicuous part of their journals
AURELIA III. MoHL.
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HEALTH.-our practising physic-
ians inform us that the sanitary con-
dition of our city is good. and daily
growing better. No recent cases OF
cholera reported, and no fears ofthe
continuance and spread Of that NAL
ady are now felt by our citiSens.-
Austin Gazette.
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LITTLE Rock RAILRoAD.-Gcncral
n. b. Forrest, one of the contractors,
and Captain B. d. Castlcman, gene
raj business and financial agent.
with over two hundred hands and
mechanics, leave to-day on The Mol
lie HAMILTON, for Madison, Arkan-
sas. to commence work on the mid
die division Of the Memphis aud
Little Rock railroad. From the
we'll known energy and promptness
Of General Forrest and Captain
Castleman, we can assure our citi-
zens that matters will be put through
with promptness, energy and dis
patch.-Mempkis Ledger, 18Th.
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PERsoxAL.-The New Orleans
Crescent Of the 23d, says Senator
Doolittle. Of Wisconsin, has just ar
rived in New Orleans from a trip TO
Texas. We understand that no
leaves here for Washington early
next week" The worthy Senator
must have Travelled incog otherwise
he certainly could not have been
permitted to visit our State without
meeting such reception as would
have been in some sort worthy OF
his recent manly and unselhsh de-
Tense Of sound rrincivle.-Gzlrsst'n
l NJ
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Graham's horse, and gave the above
narration, as we are informed; .,
From Graham's, Capt, Cobb and
party were to follow up the wagon
trail, leading rs 1t was thought, TO-
wards Cameron. There is much
confidence now, that the guilty par
ties will be overtakcn. But there is
much regret at the escape OF Ora
han,
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The oyster trade is one of the most
important in Virginia. The Norfolk
Virginian says that oyster dredging
has been extremely prosperous
The beds were never more prolific
and the yield is said to exceed that
of any previous year. The ship
ments to New York, Baltimore and
Richmond have exceeded $1,000
bushels per week.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-12-08

MILrrARY.-The Sixth U. s. Cav
airy is reported to be under march
ing orders to Jaeksboro, Jack coun-
ty. Texas, and will, 1t is said, take
M the line of march tor that point
about the 10th Of next month.-The
Second Battalion of the Seventeenth
Z. S. Infantry has been ordered to
concentrate att this place, and the
greater part, If not all Of it, is al
ready here. and deBcsmped jHst below
the city. Brevet Col. Bootes Is 81
command-AVstin IrtslligsncsT 2et'
VII.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-12-08

The Kickapco tribe Of Indians,
who settled in Mexico, on the Rio
Grande, some leagues above Pied
ras Negras, in the early part Of last
wear. have become a terror to horse
rsisers living out West, whose best
stock they are constantly stealing.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-12-08

A lady friend informs the editor
of the Raleigh Progress, that after
long endeavors she has found out
the name of the gallant Texas SOL
dier who was deliberately murder
ed by some of Sherman's army,
when it entered Raleigh. The
murdered man was Lieut.. Wash, OF
the 11th Texas cavalry. The pa
pers of Texas are requested to give
publicity to the fact, so that his rel
atives may know the fate he met,
One of the most accomplished
young ladies of South Carolina, has
seen to it that the grave of this he
no is not neglscted.-Telegrdph
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-12-08

INDIASs.-Mr. Moore, living on
Doublehorn creek, in Burnet, coun-
ty. informs us, that on Monday
night, 18th inst, a party of Indians
made a raid on his neighborhood,
and carried off some forty head OF
saddle horses. The number ofthese
red skin marauders our informant
estimates at from from fifteen to
twenty-five. We hope that these
things will soon be put stop to by
the boys in blue, en- route for the
exposed and suffering frontier
Austin Intelligencer.