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Pagsetin'the:Sizond',74piop, of Uic nit"' Ix •-• -sontilkoonstrit#::' Irtriutc-No. ..• , . • As Acillestablisliandniiiiilhithe Eradea of lino officers- Of the United Stites - •:,- --- - !hit enacted ay the windil and 'bumf' —: ilteiseieistativelof Iht UnitecrStatelotAmer- - t4t . ok :anima xuiemblid,:.Shat: the: active __;', :list of the-line officers of the United States ' . .‘,'.'ttnit shall , be divided into 'nine'grades , likiug raj* according to the date of their . - - commissions' in each grade, as follows, viz: First:Fear . Adniirals... - - ; - , :;,-,-likies' iid.:Commodiires. - . 1 ,'. Third. -Captains- • ; - ', Fourth. Cominanderic I iftli-44 - --.-•::-Ftedientutt commanders. ; ''. .. ..._ _ Sixth. Lieutenants. .Seventh.-Masters.--. . , '‘•-_, :i"ordghtluansigiutl • • • '... • f-, Ninth., ?ditlshipmen. , • t •--` I ----'“ " See 2. -- .ditd'be it Wirth& atacted;Tjaat , . . the.ntunber,of officers allowed to.each grade • shall not exceed nine rear admirals, eigh teen': coituiaffines; ' thirty-six • captains, seventy-twtreommanders, one hundred dud .1 7.7f0r1y-four __ltentenant • commanders, ne . ~ :. bundret,*ffi'.fertijfclif :lisiircrituitg, - o ne nirer .ind.fOrty-fonr masters, •and- ne •. • • 'hundred and forty four ensigns. --- ._ - 'l3e6.lt:•Zurbs it'fitrfficr - enneted, That dig - Wessell aliolfitiiiid-fltates navy shall - - beAlsidedintofonrelasses; tobe stonmajid- L. -cd, as ait id hailwiwroubiriv:7 •,;_, Frist — itites,ai nionnosimm., .-,....1: •••• 'i •• - • lecond,rateti,?bybauteiins:;-: - .: 0 -f- 1 : - • l'hfril . PV--tlSl)3rcemrsauders:'-':` - .7iiiaxisEes, by,lientestant commanders. ; t Lieuteimut , commanders may be assigned . ,as first lieutsnsnts'of ',Sicilia - nil end noi; commanded , by lieutenant commanders , et_ th f iti e aretaryalt.the Navy shall eppoin an, :advisory beard of-not :less time 'lbis° 0- ~ • 'cefc Petilo‘rWthiSiiiSoSir alb; who shilt:cirrefUllyssernUmizec. the , active , list of lint etficer s• above - antUnchnlinglhe 'xiqCsto3...4l: and - refo:it OkiM;in writing those whoi in tho SPlon._s4 the . board, " are worthy of furtherpnanotion, in the following wo : We , hereby certify Oust —*:•=z ten e ment4-Vhysical; 'and liicifeisional qualifications to perform efficiently allis iltitkuyleoth.at_sea,_and. -cm- shortc:of o • ; grade in which he is to be ' promoted,' d recommend him for promotion. And be ie bracer enacted; That the oficerssecommended shaille immedi ately :commissioned, according to their present seniority, in the folloWing grades and ambers,._.uis :. eighteen commodoies, • • tbirty-idioptains_ralenti--two ealmwin a4 dato r -iittel hundred and--forty=four-lattn ant sommandersi pne'bruitired - . forty= 14Sarstdat - 4ni,`Stidlinelrattdied did :,rl'orty ±::Ltoar-ensigami--Avvidsdr-That Ahis-niiinber isatiTe . lise after --:Abascrasn..afilteatairplothisalso-s4n „as,gheo•Onatokkn'The naval See. 6..Anditis, it `furthe.elUSCiaj: . . a similar adrisary hasp). shall be appiiim at least once in every four years : lcovin, , •r That ihtsamilificers shall not le .. ..elig:le. 'folftibsuclitiervis 'tenni. Fee. 7 -tad be it father enacted, at . , ~ nine rear admirals may be appo4ted 411 1 ' 1;00 grObideifi btoad ititiiihe sdnects and •-;scostsisiiivillie iienate;whe elotllbe selected, during war,-, from . those'hirscers• upon the active list not below the grade of commin dens, who have ,distiagnia . 00, themsolies, ,orshatt- hiarsaitee , most eminently disiin 'gill themselves, by courage, skill, end - _ genius, in their profession:. rrovider4 That no officer shall be promoted to this grade -, ,i'im - TitikrAlPini isiseaMistiottlithitiiiithii Weal ! dent by name, he , has..xeceived the thaiks .2 of Congress fcir ' distinguished service. 1 2, During times of-peace tilltllllolell-4o_ this `,,;2 . ;liacte shall fated ly.: register 'me:soden T t a Dim the Thst Of etkismodires,ialbjectia x aminations as aforessid, , •-•••• , :- •---: • . 1 _, l , Bea 8. Arid be it farther enacted, t • :; whenever,lPoti• - upon the President of the llnited'l3tatek any crthimr, of the navy. ow- uport the-active list, hot: beliniithettideiteemairinder; has reoeivhd, , during the . Rrishall-recelye, by name, unrang c . ue ps. eat witt:,,e, vote, of thanks of Congress f or • - •'-distingni l . lo l•MArs, euelthirscer shall hot .... be faired' iiicipt for !cense- tintil ;he has been frity-five years in the i nsists' 'Beivice of the 'United !Data. - Se:A;',l ;A6.1 u 1firA.fr. , ... 01 000. 14 4 ragit • auy li ne a iir r e navy or marine cops may be iidiiinced one' grade, if, upon sec -,,, mus i mendathlif the President, ky li amej he ~ receliesllse - thiab of Congress forlughly .h. : distinguished conduct in conflict-with the 11'Nineary,'orforiezttiterdimu7heinisakin the line'ofliiiiiiiolissaiiiii!. - ' . ,;• -7 . , " 1 • Sec. .10. And he: far th er - enaetec; Tha t 1 an c e 4 C oCittstiaball have received or shall ~... -;...: -... " e041i9 aliomPorljry appointm ent` as. acting molunteer , lientestant , or f acting master tathittiavy 'from' citillife; sitth r ot. ised by thertietthr Ccingrese 60.Tulytwentii:- r. •:. four, 04.htoett hundred ateraiatiroiks,'MaY. lie - tantirlited ill said - 1 appointment,ia the ' navy, and,placed in the line of promotion - 'rem the dad or sitid'conftheation, if, upon' . •:. -- .7__ilaravraurmarohaleat=cettident, , tie 1 -receives' the thanks of Congress for -lastly meritorious conduct in conflict with he enemy: Provided, - The number of officers . allowed in each grade by this act shall hot -"E.EttfbaSbic%:-.Bcansen distinguish 1' sag J auk vialtibsalCor'biesordindry hashism in the lipe of their profession, may be prnged tci forward warrant office* or acting masters' mates, as they may be best lnallBed, Upon the recommendation of their ~.cototoanding'offioCrir!oProvik:etr the,flag offfeee••••tal die departnhit::. pen, etch ..- .._,Pmitika.llolvittfliti of; , i -_•,pnelhundred dolbyre and a . ,utedali clichestor to be prepared by the Navy Department. . Sec. 11:-14stiVbe it-faither . enacted, That ' this students.at the !Iva'. Academy .1h:ell - be sty[l]e d _ midshipmen and ' entillheilt nal .. :triduatinieitiskinition, when, if succeo- , 44,.. all be commissioned ensigns, rsinkTig according to merit. The number ..._l4.ll4lltettil , the , seadsm7:iball le4vra for I House of $Wk tIVV: ailit II elktostBil the .ooVreitioooookitesiaiviSzroi :thi, .1 ii of ..-I•sColtnotbik-10 - 4.ettratlariv t:The l y,, a k i n b e , ''' 1 ''' V 4 til*.:,..VlVW4Tautittloginte bn , A . pliimuir Amid alai ileittiiiitil,",intF i -of ......saittitieselAUJCiesam; madam,. Ito s' "elellibe - bandit sp LoT (.9 the ;:;; ''' - '6.V.1'1tifia......, :i Pnvida, , been so to fond far a& t torbotto , noti- 'Matti rim:amend another candidate,who shall be examined in the September follow ing. And it alutil,bp,..theAuty of the Sec 'rotary of thelfaV , - aii 'soon after the fifth Of March ainsweible, to notify, in ;writing, delegate of any,-;vacancy Mit may exist in his district; and •if.said member or delegate neglects to recommend a candidate by the first of July in that year, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to till the vacancy. Midshipmen deficienfit tiny;_ixamintition shall not be, continned,et Witt:minty, or inlhe service, unless upcin recommendation of the academic board t.. nor shall any.officer . 'of the 'navy: 3rhe'llita:blien dismissed. by hentence of a , court-martial, or suffered toretsign to escape one, ever again become. an officer , of the navy... Provided, hoaeier, That no greater number oftaidabipmesi shall be appointed by_the Pnisidant_atlaria, under this-or any other law of Congress than shallite fillbwed 16)..ihe provisions of thin sect's:nil' ) Sec, 12. And be ,it .further enacted, That the three senior , reef ndic t shall wear a square blue Sag nt thelmainmast head; the next three at the fomnest, head,; and all.ollierint 'the mixer. Iti - Sec. 13. And be it frirther enacted, That the relative 'rank between officers of the navy and .the army shall ,belsur follows, lineal rank only to be considered . : Bear Admirals with major generals. Commodores with:brigadier generals.' Captaintirith s eblonele Commanders:vithlientennant colonels. Lieutenant commanders_with majors. • -Lieutenrintirivitheniptirins.' • Masters with first lieutenants. Ensigns'with seccindqieutenants. Bea, 14: And bi4sYtirtber . enacted That there may In Allowed. upon, the retired list nine rear admirals aid 'eighteen cemmol dores. The rear admirals shall be selected by the President, by and with abt.:advice and cement of the Senate, from those cap tains who have given the most faithful see- , viice to'their' country. 'The eighteen com modores shall be recommended from the llst - oraptalits7l,Ftin -- adifeeillzoisiti of admiralli. • - After' the abciee num*re are commissioned, promotion to those grades upon the retired list shall be by seniority, subject to an advisory board. • ;Sec.' 16. And be it farther .autcted, ;That' . fro* WitiliftealtePassage of this act, the annual pay of the several ranks and grades of officers of the navy on the active list hereinafter named shall be as follows, viz: Rear admirabz,yhen, at, eettothall receive five thousand dollarsL (- When on shore dtity, c fOtti thOusend dol lars; • ! „_, When on leave of absence,- or walling or re, three tbotivatek dollars Commodorss, when at sea, .shall receive four thousand dollar's; -When on shore duty, three thousand tiro, hundred dollars; =• . When on leave of absence or waiting or ders two thousand four hundred dollars; Captains, when at sea, shall receive three' Ahousand,five hundred do ll ars; . When'On shore duty, two thousand eight bundra _ • , _When on leave...of absence or waiting or ders, two thousand one hundred dollars; Commanders, when at sea, shall receive two thbusand eight hundred dollars ; . When ,on shore duty two thousand, two bandied' spa forty dollasi SOL etay it i When on lease of absence or waiting or den, one thousand six ;hundred and e ighty , dollars Liontenant commanders„ when' atisoa, shall iseOlve thousind thiret Hundred and forty-three dollars; When on shore - duty, ono thousand eight hundred and seventy-flue dollars ; ,When on,lesse of nhience or, waiting or ii&Soine thontiandllsriliundrid 'dollars; Lieutenants, whenfit sea,. shall receive one thcoasanteight hundred and seventy five dollars. When on shore duty, one thousand end Aee dollar& . • '• • When on leave of absence or waiting Or ders, one thOnisind two hundred dollars. Masters, when at sea,-shall receive one thousand fire hundred dollars. When on shore duty, one thousand two hundred dollars. When on leave or absence or waiting nr deire-4` nine titjridred'arid - sixty dollars. us, — when ateea, 'ball receive one thonisand two hundred dollars. • - Whea on ehore duty, nine hundred and sixty dollars. When on leave of absence or wilting or ders,aesea hundred , and eixtyldght Midshipmen shall, receive, five hundted ie it firther enacted, That whenever any officer of the 'navy of a class subject by law or regulation to - exathination before promotion to a higher; grade, shall have , heen absent on duty at the time when he should have been examined and shall have heenleand 'qualified at ,a subsequent eximiriatien„ the increased rate of pay. to which he be entitled shall be allotted to him fromthe date when he would. have received it had he been found qualified...at the time when his examination should have lakenplaso; ' '' ''''''' •ti.l3ec:l7; An/ be it frirgar:Outeted, !net in calculating the grednatea .of host. Filaneis r earpenters; and ealbsti,-, kers in the Navy, as establisheikbY the law , ,thy tie* aervite,shol coritiited.from tir o Witt of their appointments or entry. into the;servicit of their respective grades In lieu,of the dates of their warrant.,•_ . LlSect: lg.:And-be 4t-further s rgfrk That the Secretary of. the Nair); bs antOte - la hereby authorized to aesign clerk' and la borers attached to one bureau to duty! in another, and also to detaits surgeon or as sistant surgeon, or , :stsited_ assistant Sur geon, to the Bureau of Medieine and Sur pry4:who Jihad receive the highest. shore pay aide grade. Seo. 10. And et ft,firrther matted, That all o ffi cers' while at sea, or attached to-it sea-going ieseeVefill be allowed one ra tion ' See: 20..".:datiii it Ar'iliter enacted, That the relative rank between officers of the navy itid tidy 'on'the;.retired list shall be the same as on the active list, and the an nual pay, of retired ruseal.officere shall 'be as follows, vis: Adosirals, - twoihimss:rid dollars." , Commodores, eighteen' hundred dollar. Captains, sixteen hendred dollars. Commanders, fourteen htindred dollars. Lieutenant commanders thirteen bland-. red .dollsra. -- Lieuteitants one thousand dollars. I ,ifillairOightluitidied dollars. -Swam, tivalundred,do ll ars. - Aiktri'" VreiletUhanae_ allowed .to any. officer of the nary. ort theredr,edllst./ And the pay of all naval officers appointed by , virtue of an set entitled "An eat to provide for the l temporary ; increase of the nary': approired July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall be the same as that of officers of a like grade in the regular navy. Approved July 16, 1862. ' the shell alcua avident ippoLnt ot over >tooted who reerrioe, been Des =EM An exile; antera att set eatitied "An sat to further) pronto% the effioledoy of the ,davy," Approved Deomeber twenty-ant, -eghliten hundred:and :Be ii auscti4 by the &nal; and 'Houle of RepresOrtiini4araitedpatts bf,Anter fle‘ "ffirbsivite" aesein3/41,..that , section edightof ItY:aatid:lttriher Minot/ the al oieney,.of .11u, navy, approved December elghteen hundred and sixty . • e, - be amended sotis - to'nizll ce Mors: -, That the bonze - of labor and - tho rats of vidgeetit -thi 4 eingileyeos in the navy yards shall odnforin, as nearly as is con stem ,into twomi. icto ,of ‘41%. COMMEACIA_L JOURNAL. AND PITTSBURGH, 'MONDAY ORNING, SEPTEMBER , ' 29, 1862. . . . . . with.the public.inlerest, with those of pri vate establishMents in the immediate vi cinity of the respective yards, to be deter mined by_ the commandants of the navy yards, subject to the approval and revision of the Secretary of the Navy. • - Approved, July 16, 1862. [PUBLIC—No.I64.] Ali am transferring the western gunboat fieet.from the War to the Nary Depart ment. Be it enacted by the Senate and Anise of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress rissemider . l, That- the west ern gunboat fleet constructed .by the War pepartment for operations on the western Waters sluali- be _transferred -to the Navy Department,' which ' will be hereafter charged with the expense of its repair, support., and maintenance: Provided, That all vessels now under construction or repair by authority of the < -14ar,Department be completed sad paid `for under the au thority of that Department from appropri ations made for that purpose. le it' . - further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage: ApProied, July 16;1862. [PonLio- 7 11Ci. 155.) AN err to enlarge the Lake Superior land distritit, la the State of Michigan. Be it enacted, by the• Senate and House 01 Representatives Of tlie United States of Amer— ica in • Congress assembled, That all that portion of the present "Cheboygan district," in the State. of, lidichigaii, lying west of Lake Michigan and south of the line divid ing townshipa forty-one and forty-two north,' including ',Saint lifartin's and the adjacent - islands near the atitrance , to "Big Bay de Noe, ' nOti forming a part of the present Cheboygan district, and subject to aaletit Traverse City, .in said State, be and the aquae is hereby attached to the.." Lake "Stiperiou„dhitrict,". and the lands therlein' :be subject' to sale and , entry at theeite of the hind-eace for said_ district. Ehm. 2. And be it 'further enacted, That tide not- shall not take effect until three months after the date of its approval. Approved, July 16, 180. [hanwo—No. 1.56.] An ACT to impose an additional duty: on sugaii produced in, the United States. 'Bo it ettititid by the Senate and Row of Representatives of the United States of:Amer ica in (In - greselettembled, That, in addition to.tho duties lbsticemd 'by the act entitled "An act to provide Internal revenue to support tke Goverkment, and [to] pay in terest, of the . public, debt s ",approved July first, eighteen hundred..an .sixty-tvro, on all.'tirown muscovado, or'clari fi ed sugars produced ' directly from the anpr cane there shill be levied, collected, and paid under' the provisions of said act, upon all ouch sugars produced in; ie United States, a duty of one cent per pound; and each additional duty and the duty spetified in the act ' aforesaid shall-be levied, collected, and paid [on] all such sugars, not manu factured for consumption in the family the producer, in the hands or the ineducer of manufacturer thereof; or of his agent or factor, on the day of the approval of this act by the , President.; ''..%&oldefed, ..That,- within States or parts of States declared to be in :insurrection, the said duties may be collected in ouch manner and by such officers as the President may direct until the insurrection- so declared shall cense or have been suppressed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the provisions - of this act shall not apply to sugar manufactured From sorghum. Approved, July 16, 1862. [Pirattc—No. 167 a As ACT to punish the fraudulent sale; or ..use of postage !letups. Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Bepreitentatices of the United State. of Amer ica in Conserese assenakd, That any periton who shall wilfully remove. or cause to be removed from any postage stamp or stamp ed envelope the cancelling or defacing marks thereon, with intent to use the same or cause the' use of the. same the second time, or shall knowingly or wilfully tell or buy , such washed or restored stampti, Or offer the same for sale,- or give or ex pose the same to any person for use,l or knowingly use the same, or prepare the same with intent for the second use thereof, every such person shall, apott conviction thereof, be . adjudged ' guilty of . felony, be punished by imprisonment bet exceeding, three years _or. by fine not ex ceeding:lone thousand dollars, or by hoth imprisonment and fine when aforesaid: and one-half such' tine, calletted,' shall be paid to the informer, Approved, July 10, 1802.' [PunLic—No. 148.1 - Az IiCT In relation to-• the eompetenoy , o witnesses, and for other purposes: Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse; of Representatives of the United States, of Antes las in ;angina. '4lssenibtirl, That the laws . of_the , State in which the court shall be held ; :the. rules .of decision Ite, to the competency of witnesses ; in the' courts of the United' States, in trials at' common fair;• in equity, and.adznintlty. j . . ,Sec;;;2.. ...dnd, be it further enacted, That . eirmuchnl section --twentpnliterof - pm act entitled' 6 Ari — Oct. - 'establish judicial courts of the United States," approred September twenty-four, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine,--as requires, in cages pen ishable with death; twelve petit jurors to be summoned from the county where the offence WIN 3 Conitaltted, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, July 16, 1862. • trtinto.—No. IhU.) - As AcT prohibiting the confinement of per sons in the military service of the United States in the ponitentisry of the District of Columbia, except as a punishment for 'certain oritneN and; to diecharge these , :from : certain convicts by sentence !of courts-martial, and for other purposes. Ba it enacted by ":the &cant and Howe of Representatives of the:Visfted Mites qf lea in. Congress eterees6ted, That hereafter no person In the military service of the United States,'convicted and sentemied by a court-martial i shall be punished by cendrietnent in the penitentiary' of the District of Columbia, unless the offence' of which such person may be convicted would by some statute of the. United States or; at common law; as the same exists In the said District, subject Such. convict to mild punishment. . • Sec. 2. And be it Ai:ether. enacted,. That all suith.porsois in the military service, as aforesaid, whe have heretofore been orniy, hereafter be convicted and sentenced b a court-martial for any offence which if t ad before, the , criminal court of said Dfstrlct,. would nessubject such Orson to Impriscin ment in said penitentiary, and who ire, now or - may hereafter be confined therel shall be discharged from said imprison ment; upon' such terms and conditions 'of further punishment as the President of tie United States may, in his discreSoh, IM poserui seomrantation of wild sentence, ' See: Sr—And -he it farther "eheteted, That upon the application of any citizen of the United States, supported, by ,his oath, al. legingt.hat a person or persons in -the mil itary service as aforesaid, are . confined In said pcnitentisry under -the sentence of • cionsi-martial for any offence - not piliget*, ble the' pepltedatri by the antler* of 'the' , criminal' court aforesaid, It shall be the duly of the judge ....... ”.r.,•-•i'l 1 , , . . _ . . ... .. ~ , . - .' i -9 ~. 7 , ri' , . . -,4‘,.: ... , . - of said conrt, j oil,in ease of lbrabsence or inability,-of °neer the, judges of ;the,disti cult court of Said District, if upon an in spection of the record of the proceedings of said court4rusrtisil he shall find the facts to be as alleged In tatitlippplication, imme diately to issue the writ of habeas corpus to bring before him the said convict;,and and if, upon an ;Investigation of the case s it shall be the opinion of such judge that the case of Ruch'convict is within the pro- VI/110118 of thaprevions sections of this act, he shall order,such convict to be confined in the common . jail ' of said Diotrict, Until the decision of the President of the United States as to' the commutation aforesaid shall be filed in said court, and thenslnch convict shall be. dispeSed of. • and Stiffer such punishnietat as by said 'commutation of his' said sentence may be Unposed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no person condoled upon the decision ota court-martial shill be confined in' any, pen itentiary in. the 'United State; except un der the conditions of this act. Approved, July 16,1862 . .[Punrac—No. 1604 , As ACT to suppreia ineurroction, to punish treason and rebellion, to seise and dm fount° the property • of rebels, and for other purposes, 'Betii enacted b t the - Renate and Hausa: of Representatives of the United Stales of Allier ica Congreis assemhkd, That every pereon who shall_ hicreafter commit the crime of treason - against the United States, and shall be adjudged guilty thereof, shall Inb fer death,_and itithhisillixesi it any, shall be declared and made free; or, at the dis cretion of the court, he shallte imprisoned for not less than:live years and fined Mot less than ten thousand dollars, and all his slaves, if any, shall be declared - and made free; said fine 8411 belevied and'collected on any or aU•ofi:the propertyi real and personal, excluding • slaves, of which 'the said'person so convicted was the owriei%.at the time of committing'the said inime, any sale or Conveyance to the contrary notw}th •standing. Sec. i. And he it ./urther. enacted Thal if any Orson shall hereafter incite, set' on foot, or, assist, or engage in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority ofithe United States, or - the laws thereof, or shall give aid or comfort thereto, or shall engage in, or give aid and comfort to, any such existing rebellion or insurrection, and: be convicted thereof, such person shall be pun ished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten . years, by ° a fine not ex ceeding ten thousand dollars, and by the liberation of all his slaves, if any he have ; or both of said punishments, at the disire tion of 'the court. Sec. S. And br it' further enacted, That every person guilty of either of the offences described in this act shall be forever inca pable and distfualified to hold any office under the United - States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall notheAonstrued in any tray to street or alter the prosecution, convic tion, oripunislthieut of any person or per sons gtulty of treason againit. the United States before Opp:lmage of ihis act, unless such person is convicted ander this act, Sec. 6. And be it further enzieted,,,That, to insuire the :skeed_y termination of the present o 'rebellitshall be-the duty of she President of th e United States to cause the seisure - of. ak- the estate and: Property, money, stocks, credits and the effectS of the persons hereinafter named in this sec tion, and to apply the use of the same and the proceeds thereof for the support of the army ofthe trAted States ;, that , is to ssy : First. Of any person hereafter - acting as an otricerof the army or navy of rebels in 'arms agiiittitt the Government of the United Secondly. Of any person hereafter acting as President, Vice President, membei of Congress, judge of any court,- cabinet offi cer, foreign minister, co commissioner or con guile the so-Male:l Confederate' States of America. - Thirdly, Of any . person acting on Gov ernor of a'State member of a Convention or Legislature, orjudge of any court of any of the ' an-called Confederate States: of America. Fourth] fourthly. Of any person who, hav ng held an office of honor, trust; or profit in the United States, shall hereafter holdlan office in the so-caned Confederate States of America. Fifthly. Of any, erson hereafter holding any office or agency under the government of theockalled Confederate States of Ameri ca,: or tinder any of the several States, of the said Confederacy, or the laws thereof,, whether such office or agency be national, State, or municipal' in'ite name Or eharao ter: Provided, That Abe persons thirdly, fourthly, and fifthly above described shall have. accepted their appointment or election since the 'date of , the pretended ordinance of secession of the State, or shall ' have taken an oath of allegiance to, or to sup port the Constitution , of thi so-called Con federate States. - . ; , Sixthly. Of any.. person - . who , owning property in any loyal State or Territory of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, shall hereafter assist and give aid and comfort to suet rebellion; and all sales, transfers or, conveyances of any such property, shill be antivoid ;, and it shall be a sufficient- bar to any Suit brought by such person for the possession or the use'of, such oroperty, or any of it, to allege and prove that he is one of the per sons described in this section. Sec. G. And be it further enacted, That if any person.within buy Stale or Territory of the United States, other than thbso named as aforesap,..after the passage of this'act, being engaged in armed rebellion against the Government of the United States, or aiding or abetting such rebellion, shall not within sixty days' after' public) yarning and proclamation duly given and made by the President of the United States, erase to aid,countenance and abet such rebellion, and, return to 'his allegiance I to the United States, all the estate and prep erty, moneys, stooks, end credits of snob person sha ll De liable to selsnre as efore said; and it dull be the duty of the Presi dent to seize and use thermos aforesaid f or the proceeds thereof. And all sales, trans fers, or conveysecee of any inch property after the expiration of , the said sixty days from the date of such warning and procla mation shell be null'and void; and.tt phial be a suffusient bar to any suit brought by such - persoti for the possession or the use of such property, or any, of it , te &Seri-166d .prove.thathe .13 one of thepersons described in this section. • • ' Sec. 7. And. be it further' ettilefei4‘ 'That to rectum the condemnation and sale of shy of each property . after, the: ame shall lure 'been seized, so that it may. be made %yank- Ole for th*tu.pose %foresigt, proceedings:in lent shall_be hustitutedin this name. of the United States in any district wort thereof, or in any Territorial court, or in the United Suttee district court for the district of co.; lumblisOil*TYNO th° .P r° P ° o l deicribed, nr.nny.,:paitthernof, may found, Into , which . fUjtame, If , moves it,. may Silt be brolgii,..which; proceedings shall conform as nearly as. may be to .-pre, eeedings In admiralty.- or. revenue - Jesse ; and if said property . whether real or pdr sonal, shall-be tbundlollavi belongiert4 a person engaged in rebelllon,-, or - 'rho lets given' aid or cemfort thereto, the seine Olin' be condemned as enemies property and Ite - ; - come the property of the United States, and may be disposed of as the court shall ' deorea, and the proceeds thereof paid Into the - Tr.eastrylof th L ii ni . ./3ta los for, this .101*iiiifor44151,_ Sec. 8. And bo it further enacted, That the several courts &foresail shall have power to make such orders, establish such forms of decree and solo, and direct such deeds and c e rveyances to be executed and =delivered b the marshals thereof where real estate heti be the subject of sale, as shall fitly _and efficiently effect thepurposes Al this act, and - Vest' in the purchasers of such property good and valid titles there to. And the said courts shall have power to allow such fees and charges of their dß core as shall be reasonable and 'proper in the premises. See. 8. ,And be it further enacted, That all slaves ttf persons who shall hereafter be engaged In lebellion against the Govern ment chive United States, or who shall in anyway give aid or comfort thereto, esca ping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such portions or de serted by them and coming under the con -o°- nft the - Government of the United States, and all slaves of such persons found on [or] being within any place occupied by rebel forces and afterwards occupied by the forces of the United States shall bedeemed captives ofthe war, and shall be ;forever free of theill servitude, and not again hold as slaves. Sec. 10. And 'be it further enacted, That no slaves 'escaping. into any State, Terri tory, or the District of Colombia, from any other Stair., shalibe delivered up, or in any way impeded or hindered of, his liberty, except for crime, or some offence- against theLlawrc unless the Verson - claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the per •son-to whom the labor of , service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lakirful owner,-and-has-not-borne arms against the United States, in the present rebellion, nor in any way given aid and comfort thereto ; 'and no person engaged in the military or naval service of the United States shall, tinder any pretence, -whatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any -other person, or surrender up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service. . Sec. 11. - And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is au thorized to employ as many - persons of Af rican descent as he may deem necessary and proper (or the suppression of this rebellion, and for this purpose he may or ganize and use them in such.manner as ho may judge best for the public welfare. • Seo. 12. And be it further enacted, That, the President of the United States is here by authorized to make provision for the transportation, colonisation ' and settlement, in some tropical country beyond the limits of the United States, of ouch persons of the African race, made free by the provisiens of thiii act, as may be willing to emigrate, havinr ; first obtained the consent of the Government of said country to their pro- tection and. settlement within the same, with all the : rights and privileges of free men. Sec. 18,'And be it further enacted, That. the President is hereby authorized, at any time hereafter, by - proclamation, to extend to persons who may haze anticipated in the existing rebellion in any State or part thereof, pardon_ and amnesty, with such exceptions and on such time and on such conditions as he may deem ,expedient for the public welftire. , Set). 14. And be it, further enacted,. That the courts of the United States shall haze full power to institute proceedings, make orders and decree; issue process, and de all other 'things necessary to cary this act into effect. Approved, July 17, 1862. [Puntac—No. 161.] • As Ad?' to authorize payments in stamps and, to prohibit circulation of notes of !less denomination than one dollar. Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the Secre tary of the Treasury be and he is hereby directed to furnish to the Assistant Mintz users and such designated depositories of the United. States as may be by him Se lected, in such some as he may deem ex pedient,.the postage and other stamps of the United States, to be exchanged by them, on application, for United States notes; and from and After the first day of August next such stamps shall"bo receivable in payment of all dues to the 'United States less than five dollars, and shall be . received in exchange for United States notes when presented to any Assistant Treasurer or any . designated depository selected as aforesaid in sums not less than five dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of .Augasl., eighteen hundred and sixty-two, no pri vate 'corporation, banking association, firm, or individual shall make, issue, circulate or pay any note,, „cheek, memorandum, token, or other obliging:in, for a less sum than tine' dollar, intended to circulate as money.er' to be received or used in lieu of lawful money of the United States; and every person so offending shall, on ,conviction thereof in any district court of the United States be punished' by fine not exceeding five' handreirdollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both,' at the option of the court, Approved, July 17, _ 1 562. --- - [Pclutac.- 2 1 , 10. 162.] , AN ACT to amend ail net entitled -"an act to amend an act entitled 'AU ant in addi-' tion to. the nets prohibiting the five lie it enacted by .the Senate and Rouse: of Representatives of the United States of Ameri ca us Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the Gaited Steteeto..ekter into_arrangement, by contract or otherwise,: with one or more foreign Governments having posseislons in the West Indies or other tropical. regions, . or with their duly constituted agent :or agents, to receive from the United States, for a term not exceeding five years,,at' such place or, places as shall Atkegreed upen, . all: - negiroesiftinaV or persons of color, delivered -init from on board vessels seized ih the prosecution of the slave trade by commande of United States, armed vessels, and t provide them with suite; } vessels, ltustractio - - and - with comfortable clothing and shelter, and to employ them, at wages, under such regulations' as shall bit agreed upon, for a period not 'exceeding F five years - fro -the date of - their being landed at the late or places agreed upon: Provided, Tha the United - States Incur pit expenses on account of said pegroes, Mu lattoes, or per one, of color, after having landed them et the place or places a gree d upon: And , provided, further, That anyt.-, rangement. BO made as aforesaid may he renewed ,tiy - the,Preedent- of the United"' Pates front time tp tine; as may be found necessary or desirable, for lot dx teedieglie:yeare An each renewal. =-- : Sea. 2.- And be. it: further enacted, That the President of the United States ,be, and, he is-hereby authorized:to issue-histree. tiens to the commendiire of the annodlves:.' eels of .the United ; States; directing Iheel, -, Whatmverit shall be radii:ebb:vend Under! ;sitolt,ttlea and regulatibla is he ehall_ pre._ ierlbe; foiroceed directly to enchpleceni P*Ceis as gain hetteleen agreed upon any feign Government t or ita dulicen:' fititakedagellC - Or AVIAN! ull*r Abe PPS- Mons of the first. action: of.: this aot,fipp, . 410Thi .dallifi:l6:thediiii iiiiiititiiteCtu, lhoritiesLor agenttset such •foreigg.filai.: iiiiiiiintle, 41 Aelini* - ilitalittoillii_ Lir , Pe.v . ' sonnet eolos.delkeeted from.ollboataVlke . Qiiielie4l*:%U.7* - iiiiiisfolifittlislOo Arad% . afterwards- :toting : the Teesel l .ite. , fineekeitgetitt sproseitiirei.*isleve ludo to the properlptaettlaritetal. endlid. jai:Bastion. . . . • . _ .. Appreetd; July 31 1 / 86 i . ... =FEZ VOLUME LXXV---NO. 26a. Vittfiburgh 6auttil. S. RIDDLE & CO., EDITORS A'ND ritoPtirsroas, abliention Office No. 84 Fifth Street. HORNING AND EVENING EDITIONS, DAILY. CONTAINING THE LATEST DIIIWS UP TO. THE HOUR. OP PUBLICATION. TERMS MODNING EDITION-40 par annum ID inlys.o . v. or 12 cents per week from carrient. Ihmerna 12ieniroS-53 per annum In santrue, or 6 cents par week from carders. • WCZILT EDITION--£lfllgle unpile, 22 per snuunti MTN or more, $1,15; Ten or aping:de, 11 per'airoun, Muriably In Omura.' ADyZEITIBINO AT REASONABLE BATES MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 29 The Freedmen of South Carolina. The following letter, addressed to the 'Phil adelphia firm, will beread with great interest In view of the recent proclamation, whose op ponents are either hoWling.with rage, or, with equal malignity, conjuring up all imaginable and unimaginable difficulties and horrible consequences, to stand in the way of, and to result from, the carrying Of it out. The writer of this letter, having better opportunitlei to arrive.at a better knowledge—haviok in fact SOCIZIAe question put to scpraptical Mt( With such! satisfactory results is -he describes evidentlyhas no fears as this soltitiori of the great problem of general . emancipation, though be did not know, when howrote, that a few days more would give the facts ho re ported such an increase of interest ; • Bustreonr, S. C., Sept. 10, 1862" To eke Editor of the Pre.: Sin t. There is no phase of the present war which ban attracted more of .the attention of thoie who look beyond the Or bat tles,. sieges, 'retreats, and - victories, 'than Iho probable Success or faiiire et the experiment orfree-labor as attempted on the' sea-istands of South Carolina.. If 15,000 'freedmen ire fonisd to. have nointane desire to overrun the North, but, on • the contrary, .are foundi to evince the strongest attachment :to the place of their birth . ; if 15,000 freedmen working on these plantations With.no other stimulus than . this common to truakind since Adam wasetiri-, demned to earn his broad by the sweat 'of his - brtiw ' can produce a cotton crop, why may pot three or four million similarly; circumstanced do as well? The experiment' has been tried and •hundreds •of ' fields and thousandsi of acrei whitened 'by the king of staples attest During this week I have riddenvversai= eral plantation' on fit. Helena nod Ladies Island to witness the proms of cotton-pick ing. The plants are opening rapidly now, 'though the crop is generally backward on tte. °aunt of the lite pleating. For the first time in 'South Carolina cau 'now' be witnessed thousands of men, woinen•and Children rap idly filling their-bags with the snowy product without the hitherto indispensable InotiVe peirer of the lash L - , : Many eirminstanoes have oonspiredto pier, rent the production of a large crop of" cotton* One of them is found in the very largo number' qrthe best bands being withdrawn. from- the' i:tinpktibit Cci'irori in the a caktoimaati3Pi de , tment'at 'liken Head'and Beaufort. the V., 10 of the labor performedrby them cannot Citimated - iiiliallais and cents; when it is. r,rJamberad that it would' otherwise have fallen is the lot of our Pennsylvania and Cell noetient solders, who would_have_sunk jby, hundreds under such drudgery in this °lnnate. Gen. Hunter's regiment of South Carolina Volunteers drew off another thousand of prima field bands, now returned to the plantations to find the mops planted by them in the spring overrun by weeds and lost by neglect. Still another loss was experienced in the ema nation of Edisto - Diana; which was the richest . in the quality of land and quantity of crops of any islandin tho - depaitment. Twelve hun dred people were thus added to population of theremaining Islands at a. time when their Industry eould not be available.. -It in hoped that before the crops , planted there aro lost we may be able to return and gather them:" Above all, the sense of iniecurity r so fatal: to • business activity everywhere,- has retarded labof here. It is difficult to, plan broadly for next year or next month when theists no certainty of being here. to-morrow. The total number of effective :plantation hands - on Port Royal, St. Helena, and Ladies, Island, is about, 3;250; non-effective, (includ ing children, old and infirm,) is about 3,600. .The ground cultivatedia;— ' Corn • ....... 6,4441P0a5, palms, ate, 360 • Potaties. L • 3,394 A littitioaloalation will show that smooth food has benn-produeod tosupporttho work= ors, and a cotton orop esti mated to , be worth abort% half a million.dollais,. in addition. ; . Before elesing this 'subject; lot tile . say word of .the conduct of theso ignorant people, daring their transition - period from chattel- . ism to manhood: I' believe I exprees' the, opinion of bOth friends and foes of ethenelim tionwhen I say it i bas beem - admirable... - The same patience exhibited under the oppression of former masters , has been ;shown andeithe frequent illitetS and wrongs of • Portion of the soldier,. .The L- regretful. demeanor to wards whits persons has been preseryed, not.- - withstanding the Prieilegas:of freedom to, corded to them. The crops o n" the plants, tient Land the records of - the' Quartermastet's Department; prove them not to be lazy:',-The' judielout manner whieh' they' expend heir earning proves. themmet to be thriftless.; The experiment thus fat has justified the sanguine expectations of their friends and refuted .the afttutnies of their enmities. • ..sun, sir, with great respect, yours,. ImPortard from Aroanincky.' A . eor,reependent er the GineinriatfGoielte, writin from Loniaville , cootraltcte . the report that Gen.. Morgan had eraenated C i ataberlaa Gap. lb magi Col. DeConreey, with -a, de tachment of Gen. Morgin's forme; hid . taken, 'ltiehmend;bot the Gap was being held. l'he Gazette . rah:kir4. editorially :.-„i!*6 have ion bellien . tbi,repert that, Morgan hold'. the Gap,,ie ;comet, , Gen. Morgan, bee pro :4l2lone maffleient to keep Mr men for some. time; end ft will be found mneheaaier tohol. the poittlon dm; it load • Tat.: &eta: Meaner = In . Vail stiebt,' - ow Thursday', wit to le etate'or , exiolienLeit most beyond prekedent; in obesegnitiee of the to eitapidin in 2darilandi the kresident'e greolinuttion, and Abe relation et the sgt,-. Treasury offering four per nent.:inteiost upon deposits in gold, to edit* soernietlngeef, Al IA :to-:meet anoreingAntereet on ~oaba. .Mete& political °pinhle :operated in inclieei the• ezeiternentandunsettle priper.,-Ifiefirn meeikk,Xean (1613,1) X. pat cont4:dernand notes advanced X--otber stooks, titate ,aild rallreadoedvented-froarticr3 per Cont. Gild rose t 0 ,120%, bnt reeedorliell9%, and mein Bose to Moneris very_abendant, and is.:prileied - upon . tiorrowen at oell'at 4 and 5. Tsr wirweivattioopOt Ziow 'York • • - 41#4 , 9 8 °, , hal2liapnblle maatia to' dendonetc del./ask Proidamation'et Birattrita , spaidani of wiya: It k: paistW that the 'caristagintt:dt.the-origtrkt, datliga*lght belattendad•iiitt.ficason .4.o6,ol4.itis.mast.dititible. at -snap rr„culliZtlrta 'avi44.lt.a hops. thtt not, tntfbsd ,ia4' Mate. p ,very That tigtute, thanighigtaatuilaus (wag am! Mast' atantiaaatl - liattld'otta a hr4eto the hoof cktt the party that - • far toy not bigotomilly known thatoo . tOll. vottwoltsitipstatotryJotakorkthaititirfato, oontniry to law;ottit mad sottleot . the ionize 11=M . The Hattie - luka. - A Cairo correspondent of the New .York Tram's* gives the following account of the late splendid victory achieved by.rien.-itose crane at Inka, of which the telegrePh_ some days ago gave us a brief report : .Those who have watched the- progress of events in Tennessee. lump All .AlOllll- been Aiwa= that a battle was impending, 117141 liable to occur at any moment.' We hate 'known of the movement of troops, bat frfsm considera tions of public policy harivforbigne to men tion them. We 'have known that Gen.. Grant had shipped large numbers of his veterans to Louisville' and Cincinnati to.ald in repelling threatened robot : invasion, and this knowledge has led 'to the fear that when the'decialve mo ment should arrive, oar army would be want ing. Happily these fears were groundless. "We have met the enemy and they are ears." We have routed him, "horse, feet, and dra goons." We hive - slain and wounded from live hundred to a thousand. ,We hare taken five handia prisoners. We , hare captured six entire batteries, thirty - Liz and a large army train. , We are now :punning -the enemy, and hope, lxdore it be Intermit*, to be able to announce the capture of the entire A. glance at the map will show:the poiltion of our forces and the location of the attemY• Troops were on the march' from Grand JUDO tion to reinforce Gen: Prick, who - left Tupelo a week or two ago. United, they marched to the vicinity of the little town of Cottari Plant, whence they were to strike across the country diagoruslly -to Eastport, where they • intended to cross the Tennessee, at Muscle Shoals, and - thin feria &junction with Gen, Pragg. So far as can be learned, the enemy'sforets must have exceeded 1.5,000--;a•weileonta- addi tion to Gen. Bragg's army. • Gen; Grant_ hoard' of this - preJect, and at inAs - set:himself to defeat it. Her proposed "t 0 move upon the enemy's works,"and this is how he did it. First he sent Gen. Bess crates array, the one formerly commanded by . Gen. Pope, to Rienzi. St.cond, with bis divisions, was sent to Inks:. (Rienzi is on the Mobile and Ohio Rall - read, -- solth of Corinth, end fake is on the Chi:tinted and Memphis Railroad, east or Corinth.) Here WO7O the.two sides of the triangle, ,Rositenins at Rienzrand - Ord at Inks; and Gitint's army at Corinth; the eoex. - • Basecrans nached.Pienzi without alien] ty, 'hist Gen. Price is too old a bird to inn directly • into the'fowler's snare, so he turned his course and left the line of-the Mobile and Ohio rail road not-far frerrOotton - Plant station, ten . miles below, and made diagenally-aoress the country for luka.: although - his scouts, Pose. arena learned of this anion, and, not to be behind his enemy in rprise, Ae . also iiarted Tor fake: ' 800 had - the itlialitage of distance, _es he. moped directly , . across the country between the two sides of the, triangle, while• Price had the advantage in time. •' Roseeratis moved rapidly and leeched the village,-or rather what was the village before our troops burned it, just as the enemy's year guard was leaving. This was in the afternotin of Friday. Our army, although weary - and footsore, did not rest, bat eagerly. sough t the foe. They found him two miles east of Inks in the direction 'of the river, and here com menced the battle which 'has . ended' ae there. - was but an hour before dark nese' would settle upon the eartizandeover, as a mantle, the contending armies, it. . not ,deemed advisakle to bring on a_ general en- There was ehiribishing,..first , one side then, on tho other, and the two armies, having surveyed each other; like two 'men preparing. for n pugilistic eneoenteri•seeking each'their advantages, lay down'upon the battle-14M and slept. To the wearied • eel dorsi sleep with her healing wings, came tripping through the_somber night. ~ They waled in sweet dreams .of hopie and the delis ones left behind.' To how malty of ,these brave rnim would the ; morrow prove the occasion of that.elumber,: which, knows no waking, . At - •daybreak the fight 'was 'renewed and continued vigorously Olt boon 'when'the eine- Mes line, wavering under a'Agorous attack, 'give way. Our forces bravely followed up their advantage;- - and soon , the- rebel -army -brake and ran in wild confusion: .:Ontartillery barbtd .deadly.-storm of fire upon the Digitized, and.the cazalry, completed what it hiul , begun. • The enemy wont Peater, demoralized and ,oattered. . - . .• The Union snarls. now.in, pursuit. . Two "iebel` Generals wet*. Sneed lon du coithat. 'Gen: 'Little - kr killed and Gen.' WliltHeld is wounded and a 'prisoner: ' ' ' • ' The Union loss le •Isige=lirobably forir or -five hundred in killed Andircitulded.: , .01 the casualties nothing' more is known. • - News Items Telekraphed = to the Eastern Papers... -Ouz.nows from the Army of • the Potomac to.dayinditates the peogreas of preparations for anadvai-oe into Virginia at an early: me mont.—PMia. Press. SRL FAIN. or cow was& -IR is, now suLta, oa Ult OTT that, Col. billed was shot as own Men after •.tlie empires:tin% instead of being killed, by a Shell. , - TIM following is in extra ct from 4 . letter datedit Norfolk, Va., Sept. ',2o,iind written liren officer - of a New York regiment:' "I am .detailed here at Gedi...Velle's headqnarters on special , deity. My regimezit is now on the march for Richmond; which- you , Will. hear from soon."—N. Tines: . • 211 i :11011Z311 . ' rot coLorizrza TEE sektrzazax -- lion. Pli.Thwyer's schemetor the colonise"- lion,-by armed menimf Alm Southern! States, meets much - favor from the President, Secretary of Vfax, and the otherdecretaries, his been discussed several times in ,the Cab inet meetings, and will probably soca receive formal' fficial sanction. The Projeot oontem plate% as expedition by 10;000 colonists,. en listed for six montW and supplied With trans portation, arms; and e General; by the, Gov eminent; whose business it shall be to "hold, campy and possint the public -lands of ilor- Ida, and ether !aids. belonging to irobelik and seized under the law of the._ last session of Congrese for the non-payment of .the, direct ter. - Tluiyor promises; if allowed to carry.init ,his plan is entipety,lu bring Florida Into the Union as a Feenlitate by the tat "of February mixt: Texas and Virginia -are-ilrelidy' talked of as States tit besubjeeted to like the proela -pzationof thlexelorning, will be another step in the path a More vigorous which the, -in—its - proelantation of freedom alverliped that it -should henceforth PFjui. ' • ' :ac From all we can gether; we - are inclined to believe, that two, if , not three, of. the Rani. . dent's Minliters, if consulted' beforehand, would hive pronounced-against' the sixpedien. et or: issuing the Prevident'o-PrOolimation of freedom, but-we do not believe, es vri Intima ted - yesterday, that more than One or two, at the utmost; if. any, said anything' farprWirsing disapproral of it at the meeting ow Monday. It was ProlisAily: thOught too late, &Sri, to Milce'Opiositionfhhe President' bringing' the Isaper:„'"NrtmO the Cabinet as an oisconsplished fact ? , emitting simply st oritleitsittem them oiti:pbrueology, arid the attestation of the irsiiistary of State,' • We' feil tin* now that erexy,ransobin; Make no one ratios, gm his cordial .sapport to the prindpit*Ad.thil Trivilaniittioii, that; who had opposed 11: - .hith. hith erto - •thatitris teo.hata eivilfor to . This,.we believe, will lO tisivny in which the majority iitthoie who. doubted its expediency befored - will'WorilsoiPithe act of the Preddent - 17 - 3nirows... ntriOsiti - Osittige CHllOlt5.-- , Vhern li a ramerOn'thistreettldiarining . that socrotary Fermi wlll.reelga'Aha charge o f th e, state. Department in oniseonenor of the oferitillng:lif his eleireon the, queatrelot isjningsnemaneipationlircelamatitini;qt. fa furt4T-Ead" that L'fßelrard will bokteltainsa the position sew held by, the Ilms. Charles` , 'Francis - edam b , and•tharibir Uttar will be reeelledtrom.theCtiort:of :131: - .1Smas °to taka - -the ^gr• ill ":# 10.01 0 14 . et,PrV*!u4r4oht by Mr: The inbets:Mniiteinftg , *en And Oldo>ll4.lrue4, - ,bedarepr. gametes rem : . and Cumberland: They are mikorteaLtg pare recently-dnuttnied.mgne.....of:Ahelniiiditent °4 s 4 , o 4l olfgr'*-4 4 - 1 4S- 1 4 11 -t Afir-BWA* , T- - 4- -• • Ii 445419riqIiiikV:A. , PDA edfas ad to the l' in o t F44: 4 / 4 / 2 33 , nicsmtly spa ew.-. thellirglnU side of the PotumiX., Y.
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