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CHAP. CXCVII.

An act to amend an act entitled An act to
amend an act entitled An set in addition to
the acts prohibiting the Slave Trade"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That it shall and may be
lawful for the President of the United States to
enter into arrangement, by contract or other
wise, with one or more foreign governments hay-
ing possessions in the West Indies or other trop-
ical regions or with their duly constituted agent
or agents, to receive from the United States fort
term not exceeding five years, at such place or
places as shall be agreed upon all negroes, mulat
toes, persons of color, delivered from on board
vessels seized in the prosecution ofthe slave trade
by commanders of United States armed vessels,
and to provide them with suitable instruction,
and with comfortable clothing and shelter, and to
employ them, at wages, under such regulations
shall be agreed upon, for period not exceeding
five years from the date of their being landed at
the place places agreed upon: Provided, That
the United States incur no expenses on account
of said negroes, mulattoes, or persons Of color,
after having landed them at the place agreed up
on: And provided, further, That any arrange
ment SO made as aforesaid may be renewed by the
President of the United States from time TO time,
may be found necessary OF desirable, for
periods not exceeding five years. on each re-
newal
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States be, and be is here
by, authorized to issue instructions to the COM
manders of the armed vessels of the United Staies
directing them, whenever it shall be practicable,
and under such rules and regulations as he shall
prescribe, to proceed directly to such place or
places shall have been agreed upon with any
foreign government, or its duly constituted agent
agents, under the provisions of the first sec
tion of this act and there deliver to the duly
stituted authorities, or agents of such foreign
governments, all negroes, molattoes, or persons
of color, delivered from on board vessels seized
in the prosecution of the slave trade, afterwards
taking the vessel and persons engaged in prose-
cutting the slave trade to the proper place for
trial and adjudication.
Approved, JULY IL, 1862. sfN'
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CHAP. CLXXXIX.

An Act in Relation to the Competency of Witness
ses, and for other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
pres.ntatives OF the United States OF America in
Congaess assembled, That the laws of the State
in which the court shall be held shall be the rules
of decision as to the competency of witness,s in
the courts of the United States, in trials at COM
mon law, in equity, and admiralty.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much
of section twenty nine of an act entitled AN act
to establish [the] judicial courts of the United
States" approved September twenty-four, seven
teen hundred and eighty nine, requires, in
punishable with death, twelve petit jurors to be
summoned from the county where the offence
committed, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, July IL, 1856.
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CHAP. exc.

An Act prohibiting the Confinement of Persons
in the Military service of the United Stairs in
the Penitentary of the District of Columbia,
except as Punishment for certain Crimes and
to discharge therefrom certain Convicts by SEN
terce of Courts martial, and for other Pur-
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CHAP. CLXXXVI.

An Act to enlarge the Lake Superior Land Dis
trict in the State of Michigan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That all that portion of the
present "Cheboygan District" in the State of
Michigan, lying west of Lake Michigan and south
of the line dividing townships forty yone and forty
two north, including Saint Martins and the ada
cent islands near the entrance to Big Bay De
Noc," now forming part of the present Cheboy-
gan district and subject to sale at Traverse City,
in said State, be- and the same is hereby, attached
to the Lake Superior District and the lands
therein be subject to sale and entry at the site of
the land Office for said district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act
hall not take effect until three months after the
d ate of its approval.
Approved, July IA, 1862.
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proved, July 16, 1862.
CHAP. CLXXXIV.

An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to
further promote the Efficiency of the Navy"
approved December twenty-frst, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-one.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
preventative of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,> That section eight of an act
to further promote the efficiency of the navy, ap
and sixty one, be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows: That the hours of labor and the rate of
conform, nearly as is consistent with the public
interest, with those of private establishments in
the immediate vicinity of the respective yards, to
be determined by the commandants of the navy
yards, subject to the approval and revision of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Approved, July Ii, 1862.
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CHAP CLXXXVIH.

An Act to punish the fraudulent Sale or Use of
Postage Stamps.
Be it enacted by the Senate and I ouse of Rep
resentatives of tile United States of America in
Congress assembled, That any person who shall
wilfnlly remove cause to he removed from any
postage stamp or stamped envelope the cancellng
or defactng marks thereon, with intent to use the
same or cause the use of the same the second time
or shall knowingly or wilfully sell or buy such
washed or restored stamps, or offer the same for
SALE or give expose the same to any person for
use, or knowingly use the same, or prepare the
same with intent for the second use thereof every
such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be
adjud dged gui ty of felony, and shall be punished
by Imprisonment not exceeding three years or by
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by
both IMPRISONMENT and fine as aforesaid and one
half such fine, when collected, shall be paid to the
informer.
Approved, July 16, 1862
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CHAP. CLXXXV.

An Act transferring the Western Gunboat Fleet
from the War to the Navy Department.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
representatives. OF the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the western gunboat
fleet constructed by the War Department for op-
erations on the western waters shall be transfer
port and maintenance: Provided, That all vessels
now under construction or repair by authority of
the War Department shall be completed and paid
for under the authority of that department from
appropriations made for that purpose.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved, July 16, 1862.
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said District having relation and applicable to
police and health, and publish the same in form
easily accessible to all members of the communi-
ty, as the police code of the said District; and
the said code so prepared, and such rules as the
said board of police may from time to time adopt
for the purpose of enforcing and carrying out the
provisions thereof shall constitute the law of the
said Distr.c ct upon the matters therein contained.
All laws, or parts of laws Inconsistent with the
provisions of this act be- and the same are here
by repealed
Approved. july 16. 1862.
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THE COOLIES IN CALFoRNIA.-The
Sanfrancisco Monitor speaks in unf1at-
ering terms of the coolie laborers in Cal
ifornia
We were informed a month or so ago
that person had arrived in this city
from New Orleans to make arrangements
for three hundred Cinnamon to work on
Southern plantations, and as all distinc-
tions of race and color are abolished by
the civil rights bill, so far as Congress
can do so, we imagine the day not far
distant when the copper-colored pagan
labor will lie substituted for the white
man in all the Atlantic States.
These coolies, for such they are,
demoralizing blight to any community
in which they are domiciled. They are
active and ingenious, it is true, good
copyists, quick of comprehension, and
useful drudges, but they are filthy,
theivish, and infamously vile. They
are brought to this city as merchandise,
to be parceled out on the labor market,
with no other condition than the supply
OF their animal wants and their return
home, living or dead, at the end of the
term contracted for. Very few of them
return alive, but continue to work on
their own account after the expiration
OF their term of service, and after death
their bodies are picked up and transfer
ed to the "Flowery Kingdom" annually.
Their are several companies trading
under real or assumed names engaged
In their import and export to and from
thus city. The Chinese population of
california may be set down at seventy
hve thousand, but it may not become
US now to present any details of the
demoralizing influence of so large hea-
then population on a State which casts
a little over one hundred thousand votes,
or about fifteen thousand less than were
cast in in 1856.
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CHAP. CLXXXIII.

CHAP. CLXXXII1.
An Act to establish and equalize the Grade of
Line Officers of the United States Navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives OF the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the active list of line
officers of the United States navy shall be divided
date of their commissions in each grade, as fol-
lows, viz:
First. Rear Admirals.
Second. Commodor
Third. Captains.
Fourth. Commanders.
Fifth. Lieutenant Commanders.
Sixth. Lieutenants.
Seventh. Masters.
Eighth. Ensigns.
Ninth MidShipmen.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the
number of officers allowed to each grade shall
not exceed nine rear admirals, eighteen commo-
dOreS thirty six captains, seventy two command
ers, one hundred and forty-four lieutenant com
manders. one hundred and forty flour lieutenants,
conc hundred and forty four masters, and one hun
dred and forty four ensigns.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That the
vessels of the United States navy shall be divided
into four classes, to be commanded, near as
may be, as follows:
First rates. by commodores.
Second rates, by capt rins
Third rates, 10y commanders.
Fourth rates, by lieutenenant commanders.
Lieutenant commanders may be assigned as
first lieutenants of naval stations and of vessels
not commanded by lieutenant commanders.
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Navy shall appoint an advisory
board of not less than three officers, senior to
those to be repo ted upon, who shall carefully
scrutinize the active list of line officers above,
and including the grade of masters in the line Of
promotion, and report to him in writing those
who, in the opinion of the board, are worthy of
further promotion in the following words. We
hereby certify that ---- has the moral,
mental, physical, and professional qualifications
to perform efficiently all his duties, both at sea
and on shore, of the grade to which he is to be
promoted, and recommended him for promotion.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
officers recommended shall be Immediately COM
missioned, according to their present seniority,
in the following grades and numbers, viz. eigh-
teen commodores, thirty-six captains, seventy
two commanders, one hundred and forty -four
lieutenant commanders, one hundred and forty
four ,ieutenants, one hundred and forty four mas
- tiers, and one hundred and forty-tour ensigns:
Provided, That this number of officers remain
upon the active list after the action of the board
otherwise so soon as the graduates from the Naval
Academo are available for promotion.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That similar
advisory board shall be appointed at least in
every four years: Provided, That the same officers
shall not be eligible for two successive terms.
Sec. z. And be it further enacted That nine
rear admirals may be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
who shall be selected, during the war, from those
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How TO Stop SUNDAY TIPPLING.-
A law exists in Germany to prevent
drinking on the Sabbath during divine
service. 1t runs thus: " Amy person
drinking in an ale house during service
on Sunday, or other holiday, may legal
ly depart without paying"
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CHAP. CxCvIII.


An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to change the Name of the Steamship Goat
zaeoaIcas'' to "America.''
Be it enacted by the Senate and House; of Re-
presentatives of the United States ofAmerica in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
rected to change the name OF the steamship Co
atzacoaleos," now owned by Marshait y Roberts
issue a register in that name.
Approved, July Ia, 1852
CHAP. &C.
An Act to define the pay and Emoluments of
certain Officers of the Army, and for other
Purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House.of Re-
presentatives of the United States OF America ri
Congress assembled, That officers of the Army
entitled to forage for horses shall not be allowed
to commute il, but may draw forage in kind for
each horse actually kept by them whenand at the
place where they are hS on duty not the
That when forage in kind cannot be furnished by
the proper department, then, and in all such ca
ses, officers, entitled to forage may commute the
same according to existing Regulations; And pro-
vided further, That officers of the army and vo-
lunteers assigned to duty which requires them to
be mounted, shall, during the time they are en-
ployed such duty, receive the pay emolum-
ents, and allowances of cavalry officers Of the
Sec And be it further enacted, That ma.
jor generals shall be entitled to drawforage in
kind for five horses; brigadier generals for four
horses: colonies, ueuttlaiit SotolSies tnaJOrB
for two horses each captains and lieutenants of
cavalry and artillery, or having the cavalry allow
ance, for two horses each and chaplains, for one
horse only.
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That when
ever officer of the army shall employ soldier
as his servant he shall, for each and every month
during which said soldier shall be so employed,
deduct from his own monthly pay the full amount
paid to or expended by the governmentper month
on account of said soldier; and every ofhcer OF
the army who shall fail to make such deduction
shall, conviction thereof before general court
martial, be cashiered.
Sec 4 And be it further enacted, That the
first section of the act approved Augustsi eigh-
teen hundred and sixty one, entitled IAN act to
increase the pay of privates in the reguiar army
and in the volunteers in the Service Of the United
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The Archbishop of Baltimore and the
Negro Question.


The Archbishop Spalding, of Balti-
more, who is also the Primate of the en-
tire Roman Catholic Church in the Uni
ted States, has, in View of the great
Plenary Council of the Catholic Chnrch
in the United States, issued an eloquent
address, in which, among other sub
iects, he speaks of the duties of the
Catholic Church toward the emancipa-
ted colored people of the South. In
this respect he used the following gold
en- words:
&c AS the church knows no nationali-
ty and no sectionalism, so she also ig-
nores distinctions of race and color.
preaching the gospel to all, especially
to the poor, and to work as much as she
can for the salvation of all. Christ died
for all men, without any distinction"
Archbishop Spalding here speaks in
accordance with that bull of the Pope
Gregory XVI, who declared slavery
and all other oppression Of men an ex-
ecrable sin. He also speaks in accor-
dance with the teachings of Daniel
O'Connel, the great champion of Irish
Catholicism, who once called upon the
Catholics of America, in an address of
surprising eloquence, to oppose the sys-
TEN of human slavery.
Archbishop Spalding is the same en-
lightened prelate who, in special
pastoral letter, showed that the condem-
nation by the Pope, in his last encyc-
lica, of democratic institutions, has no
application on our free American insti-
tutions.
Of such man it was to be expected
that he would raise his voice and use
his great influence in favor of humanity
and the human rights of the unfortunate
colored people of the South.
The position of Archbishop Spalding
is shared in by Archbishop Purcell, of
Cincinnati, who also attends the Plena-
ry Council, and who, during the war
and on all occasions and by all means
in his power, sustained the policy Of
emancipation of President Lincoln, and
who voted an open ticket for that pol
icy.
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r Avs OF THE UNITED STATES.

Passed ut the Second Session Of the Ihirty-seUenM
Congress, acaic acas begun and held at the City o.
Washington, in the District Of Columbia, on,
Monday, the second day Of Deeen6er Il. d. 1861,
atsd 'nded on Thursday, the nth dag Of July,
d. d. 1862.
PUBLIC ACTS.
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day of July, and continued SO to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Daily Mississippi clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-24

EF- The painful accident of the
shooting of lady, short time since,
about sixteen miles from this place, is
one. of. mystery A clever Young gen
tlemans. from Memphis who was an
old acquaintance of the lady, while
paying her.a visit, was by measure
ment, six hundred yards from the
house, shooting 81 a very small size
Smith 4 Nelson's pistol at a sq4lir-
rel, when the lady received a gun-shOt
wound. which struck cher So as to
range some four inches lunderTh er
shoulder blade. e 1t was not thought
proper to atfe4nbt 20 extract the ball.
The lady was doing well when last
heard from. But the mystery is, who
shot the pistol q w have seen the
Identical pistol sand,zfrOm actual ex-
pertinent knew that a Bali from it,
viii not penetrate the. flesh one hun
dred Yards, We do not think it could
possibly throw the ball. which is. not
larger than a turkey . sho tT though a
little longer, eyen with the most
powerfnhcondensed ombastiblemate-
rial Known to science, held IN man,
ner thesdistance of Dne hundred and
seventy five yards Twenty steps is
as far as they SilTshbot with accuracy,
or force. ttion9h they shoot remarka-
bly, we'll that distance. The ball
must have come out of a rife. from
great distance. , It Is of course. to be
regretted By everybody, that the BALI
could not bee &tracted ION the part of
the latlB asa measure OF relief; it.
wotda alss have been.gratifying to have
discovered whether it came from a
rife or pistol Sunny South
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The PRESIDENTS SUPPORTERS
The Boston Transcript the 10th inst,
contains the following venomous
paragraph intended to be a cleueeher
against the President
I'VE have only to look at the
character Of the men who rally to Mr..
Johnson support, TO know in what
direction he viii be forced to 90.
The men are generally. dyeotcd rebels
and their ajders and abeNJrs az the
North and il is unreasonable to sup
pose that the President car. rely on
tLeir assistance, without oa4chWq flt
c5atagion Of tbsi- Principles, 'aud1 obey
ing the pressure of their passions and
aims The hand may be Andrew
Johnscn's but the mind that directs
the hand viii be that of Alexander
Stephens . a- ls.
The above. says the National Re
publican. Is high compliment to
William II, Seward, Hugh MeCanoch.
Edwin NJ Stanton, Gideon Welles,
James Harlan, William Dennison, and
james Speed. who constitute the
Cabinet formed by Abraham lincoln
it Is high compliment to Ulysses 5.
Grant and David @ Farragut, our
great military and naval cmefdans; 10
Sherman and Sheridan, and the whole
host of military and naval heroes who
fought to preserve the Union and who
now support Andrew johnson in his
restoration policy. Are the men
named above defeated. rebels " let
the Sumner organ alsHeE3
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Cotton Crop of 1866.


Lonslderaple1 interest appears 70 De
manifested both at the North and
the South concerning the amount Of
cotton to be made IN the South this
year. The only calculation that we
have seen that has any practical sense
in it, Is based upon the crop made be
fore the war. and the loss Of labor
sustained since then. The idea IS
this. Take q large crop Of a season
favorable for the production 81 cot
ton-which we estimate At 100000
bales. we had then 3l3 working
davs. and the hands could be pushed
when the grass outgrew the cotton
We have now but 26l working days,
and the hands sgon'f be pushed in any
emergency. If 1000 600 bales We're
produced in 313 working days how
many bales viii be produced in POI
DAYS. The answer is 3.335,463 bales,
supposing the negroes work as well
as they did before the war But no
one contends that the days work ay-
erages more than fwo-thirds that
produced before the war We
must then make reddction ofone
| third in our calculation This gives
the result 2.223,G42 bales. supp0sing
the number Of Iaborers to be the