Delaware, by the British fleet, in the war of eigh- other than foreign contiguous territory of the Uni- PUBLIC, LXXXIII.-An Act to change the Boundaries of the Land Districts in the State of Iowa, and for other purposes. ted States, a greater number of passengers than in proportion of one to every two tons of such vessel, not including children under the age of one year in the computation, and computing two children over one and under eight years of age as one passenger. That the spaces appropriated for the use of such passengers, and which shall not be occuBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- pied by stores or other goods not the personal sentatives of the United States of America in Congress baggage of such passengers, shall be in the followassembled, That all that portion of the public lands ing proportions, viz: On the main and poop decks in the State of Iowa lying north of township line or platforms and in the deck houses, if there be dividing townships ninety-three and ninety-four, any, one passenger for each sixteen clear superand east of the range Kne dividing ranges twenty-ficial feet of deck, if the height or distance between four and twenty-five, shall constitute a new land the decks or platform shall not be less than six district to be called the Turkey River district. feet; and on the lower deck, (not being an orlop That all that portion of the public lands in said deck,) if any, one passenger for eighteen such clear State now situated in the northern land district superficial feet, if the height or distance between which lies north of the township line dividing the decks or platforms shall not be less than six townships eighty-five and eighty-six, and not feet, but so as that no passenger shall be carried included in the Turkey River and Dubuque dis- on any other deck or platform, nor upon any deck tricts, shall constitute a new land district to be where the height or distance between decks is less called the Fort Dodge district, and the name of the than six feet, with intent to bring such passenger northern district is hereby changed to, and shall to the United States, and shall leave such port or be hereafter called, the Fort Des Moines dis- place and bring the same, or any number thereof, trict. That all that portion of the public lands in within the jurisdiction of the United States; or if said State now lying in Kanesville district, and any such master of any vessel shall take on board situated north of the township line dividing town- his vessel, at any port or place within the jurisdicships eighty-five and eighty-six, shall constitute tion of the United States, any greater number of a new land district to be called the Sioux River passengers than in the proportion aforesaid to the district, and the name of the Kanesville district is space aforesaid, or to the tonnage aforesaid, with hereby changed to, and shall be hereafter called, intent to carry the same to any foreign port or the Council Bluffs district. That townships eighty-place other than foreign contiguous territory as six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine, nine- aforesaid, every such master shall be deemed guilty ty, ninety-one, ninety-two, and ninety-three, of of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, ranges seventeen and eighteen, are hereby attached before any circuit or district court of the United to, and made a part of, the Dubuque land district, States, shall, for each passenger taken on board and townships sixty-seven, sixty-eight, sixty-beyond the limit aforesaid, or the space aforesaid, nine, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventythree, seventy-four, and seventy-five, of ranges thirty-two and thirty-three, are hereby attached to, and made a part of, the Charitan land district. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys for each of the districts respectively hereby created, who shall each be required to reside at the site of the respective office to which he may be appointed, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is authorized to cause the public lands in said districts respectively (with the exception of sections numbered sixteen in each township, reserved for the use of schools, or such lands as may be selected by law in lieu thereof, and such other tracts as may be selected for military or other purposes) to be exposed to sale in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as the other public lands of the United States. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to designate the sites at which such of the several offices shall be established, and to remove the same to any other places within said districts respectively whenever, in his opinion, it may be deemed expedient. voyage, to be recovered by the United States in any port where such vessel may arrive or depart. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all vessels, whether of the United States or any foreign country, having sufficient capacity or space according to law for fifty or more passengers (other than cabin passengers) shall, when employed in transporting such passengers between the United States and Europe, have, on the upper deck, for the use of such passengers, a house over the passage-way leading to the apartments allotted to such passengers below deck, firmly secured to the deck or combings of the hatch, with two doors, the sills of which shall be at least one foot above the deck, so constructed that one door or window in such house may at all times be left open for ventilation; and all vessels so employed, and having the capacity to carry one hundred and fifty such passengers or more, shall have two such houses; and the stairs or ladder leading down to the aforesaid apartment shall be furnished with a hand-rail of wood or strong rope; but booby hatches may be substituted for such houses. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That every such vessel so employed, and having the legal capacity for more than one hundred such passengers, shall have at least two ventilators to purify the apartment or apartments occupied by such. passengers; one of which shall be inserted in the after part of the apartment or apartments, and the other shall be placed in the forward portion of the apartment or apartments, and one of them shall have an exhausting cap to carry off the foul air, and the other a receiving cap to carry down the fresh air; which said ventilators shall have a capacity proportioned to the size of the apartment or apartments to be purified, namely: if the apartment or apartments will lawfully authorize the reception of two hundred such passengers, the capacity of such ventilators shall each be equal to a tube of twelve inches diameter in the clear, and in proportion for larger or smaller apartments; and all said ventilators shall rise at least four feet six inches above the upper deck of any such vessel, and be of the most approved form and construction; but if it shall appear, from the report to be made and approved, as hereinafter provided, that such vessel is equally well ventilated by any other means, such other means of ventilation shall be deemed and held to be a compliance with the provisions of this section. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every vessel carrying more than fifty such passengers shall have for their use on deck, housed and conveniently arranged, at least one camboose or cook be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and may also SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no such vessel shall have more than two tiers of berths, SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That any loca- and the interval between the lowest part thereof tions or sales of land in either of the districts of and the deck or platform beneath shall not be less land now subject to sale at Dubuque, Fort Des than nine inches, and the berths shall be well conMoines, or Kanesville, after the passage of this structed, parallel with the sides of the vessel, and act and before the receipt by the land officers separated from each other by partitions, as berths respectively thereat, of instructions from Com-ordinarily are separated, and shall be at least six missioner of the General Land Office under this act shall be as good and valid in law as if this act had not been passed. APPROVED, March 3, 1855. PUBLIC, LXXXIV.-An Act to Regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Steamships and other Vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no master of any vessel, owned in whole or in part by a citizen of the United States, or by a citizen of any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel, at any foreign port or place, feet in length and at least two feet in width, and to four feet long and one foot six inches wide for every two hundred passengers; and provision shall be made in the manner aforesaid, in this ratio, for a greater or less number of passengers; but nothing herein contained shall take away the right to make such arrangements for cooking between decks, if that shall be deemed desirable. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all vessels twenty pounds of good navy bread, fifteen pounds of rice, fifteen pounds of oat-meal, ten pounds of wheat flour, fifteen pounds of peas and beans, twenty pounds of potatoes, one pint of vinegar, sixty gallons of fresh water, ten pounds of salt beef, free of bone, all to be of good quality; but at places where either rice, oat-meal, wheat flour, or peas and beans cannot be procured of good quality and on reasonable terms, the quantity of either or any of the last named articles may be increased and substituted therefor; and, in case potatoes cannot be procured on reasonable terms, one pound of either of said articles may be substituted in lieu of five pounds of potatoes; and the captains of such vessels shall deliver to each passenger at least one tenth part of the aforesaid provisions weekly, commencing on the day of sailing, and at least three quarts of water daily; and if the passengers on board of any such vessel in which the provisions and water herein required shall not have been provided as aforesaid, shall at any time be put on short allowance during any voyage, the master or owner of any such vessel shall pay to each and every passenger who shall have been put 33D CONG....2D SESS. on short allowance, the sum of three dollars for each and every day they may have been put on short allowance, to be recovered in the circuit or district court of the United States; and it shall be the duty of the captains or master of every such ship or vessel to cause the food and provisions of all the passengers to be well and properly cooked daily, and to be served out and distributed to them at regular and stated hours by messes, or in such other manner as shall be deemed best and most conducive to the health and comfort of such passengers, of which hours and manner of distribution due and sufficient notice shall be given. If the captain or master of any such ship or vessel shall willfully fail to furnish and distribute such provisions, cooked as aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any circuit or district court of the United States, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year: Provided, That the enforcement of this penalty shall not affect the civil responsibility of the captain, or master and owners, to such passengers as may have suffered from said default. Laws of the United States. to, and between the ports, and in manner as in this act named, and to such vessels and to the masters thereof; and so much of the act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes,' approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, as conflicts with this act, is hereby repealed; and the space appropriated to the use of steerage passengers in vessels so as above propelled and navigated, is hereby subject to the supervision and inspection of the collector of the customs at any port of the United States at which any such vessel shall arrive, or from which she shall be about to depart; and the same shall be examined and reported in the same manner, and by the same officers by the next preceding section directed to examine and report. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the vessels bound from any port in the United States to any port or place in the Pacific ocean, or on its tributaries, or from any such port or place to any port in the United States on the Atlantic or its tributaries, shall be subject to the foregoing pro merchant vessels, except so much as relates to provisions and water; but the owners and masters of all such vessels shall in all cases furnish to each passenger the daily supply of water therein mentioned; and they shall furnish a sufficient supply of good and wholesome food, properly | cooked; and in case they shall fail so to do, or shall provide unwholesome or unsuitable provisions, they shall be subject to the penalty provided in the sixth section of this chapter, in case the passengers are put on short allowance of water or provisions. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the cap-visions regulating the carriage of passengers in tain of any such vessel so employed is hereby authorized to maintain good díscipline and such habits of cleanliness among such passengers as will tend to the preservation and promotion of health; and to that end he shall cause such regulations as he may adopt for this purpose to be posted up, before sailing, on board such vessel, in a place accessible to such passengers, and shall keep the same so posted up during the voyage; and it is hereby made the duty of said captain to cause the apartments occupied by such passengers to be kept at all times in a clean, healthy state; and the owners of every such vessel so employed are required to construct the decks, and all parts of said apartment, so that it can be thoroughly cleansed; and they shall also provide a safe, convenient privy or water-closet for the exclusive use of every one hundred such passengers. And when the weather is such that said passengers cannot be mustered on deck with their bedding, it shall be the duty of the captain of every such vessel to cause the deck occupied by such passengers to be cleansed with chloride of lime, or some other equally efficient disinfecting agent, and also at such other times as said captain may deem necessary. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the master and owner or owners of any such vessel so employed, which shall not be provided with the house or houses over the passage ways as prescribed in the third section of this chapter, or with ventilators, as prescribed in the fourth section of this chapter, or with the cambooses or cooking ranges, with the houses over them, as prescribed in the fifth section of this chapter, shall severally forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of two hundred dollars for each and every violation of, or neglect to conform to, the provisions of each of said sections; and fifty dollars for each and every neglect or violation of any of the provisions of the seventh section of this chapter, to be recovered by suit in any circuit or district court of the United States, within the jurisdiction of which the said vessel may arrive, or from which she may be about to depart, or at any place within the jurisdiction of such courts, wherever the owner or owners, or captain, of such vessel may be found. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the collector of the customs at any port of the United States at which any vessel so employed shall arrive, or from which any such vessel shall be about to depart, shall appoint and direct one or more of the inspectors of the customs for such port to examine such vessel, and report, in writing, to such collector whether the requirements of law have been complied with in respect to such vessel; and if such report shall state such compliance, and shall be approved by such collector, it shall be deemed and held as prima facie evidence thereof. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the provisions, requisitions, penalties, and liens of this act, relating to the space in vessels appropriated to the use of passengers, are hereby extended and made applicable to all spaces appropriated to the use of steerage passengers in vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and navigating from, SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the captain or master of any ship or vessel arriving in the United States, or any of the Territories thereof, from any foreign place whatever, at the same time that he delivers a manifest of the cargo, and if there be no cargo, then at the time of making report or entry of the ship or vessel, pursuant to law, shall also deliver and report to the collector of the district in which such ship or vessel shall arrive, a list or manifest of all the passengers taken on board of the said ship or vessel at any foreign port or place; in which list or manifest it shall be the duty of the said master to designate, particularly, the age, sex, and occupation of the said passengers, respectively, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the voyage, the country to which they severally belong, and that of which it is their intention to become inhabitants; and shall further set forth whether any, and what number, have died on the voyage; which list or manifest shall be sworn to by the said master, in the same manner as directed by law in relation to the manifest of the cargo, and the refusal or neglect of the master aforesaid to comply with the provisions of this section, or any part thereof, shall incur the same penalties, disabilities, and forfeitures as are provided for a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo aforesaid. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That each and every collector of the customs to whom such manifest, or list of passengers as aforesaid, shall be delivered, shall quarter-yearly return copies thereof to the Secretary of State of the United States, by whom statements of the same shall be laid before Congress at each and every session. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That in case there shall have occurred, on board any ship or vessel arriving at any port or place within the United States or its Territories, any death or deaths among the passengers, (other than cabin passengers,) the master, or captain, or owner, or consignee of such ship or vessel, shall, within twenty-four hours after the time within which the report and list or manifest of passengers mentioned in section twelve of this act, is required to be delivered to the collector of the customs, pay to the said collector the sum of ten dollars for each and every passenger above the age of eight years who shall have died on the voyage by natural disease; and the said collector shall pay the money thus received at such times and in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury, by general rules, shall direct, to any board or commission ap pointed by and acting under the authority of the State within which the port where such ship or vessel arrived is situated, for the care and protection of sick, indigent, or destitute emigrants, to be applied to the objects of their appointment; and if there be more than one board or commission who shall claim such payment, the Secretary of the Treasury, for the time being, shall determine which is entitled to receive the same, and his decision in the premises shall be final and without appeal: Provided, That the payment shall, in no case, be awarded or made to any board or com- . mission, or association formed for the protection or advancement of any particular class of immigrants, or emigrants of any particular nation or creed; and if the master, captain, owner, or consignee of any ship or vessel refuse or neglect to pay to the collector the sum and sums of money required, and within the time prescribed by this section, he or they shall severally forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars in addition to such sum of ten dollars for each and every passenger upon whose death the same has become payable, to be recovered by the United States in any circuit or district court of the United States where such vessel may arrive, or such master, captain, owner, or consignee may reside; and when recovered the said money shall be disposed of in the same manner as is directed with respect to the sum and sums required to be paid to the collector of cus toms. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the amount of the several penalties imposed by the foregoing provisions regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels, shall be liens on the vessel or vessels violating those provisions, and such vessel or vessels shall be libeled therefor in any circuit or district court of the United States where such vessel or vessels shall arrive. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That all and every vessel or vessels which shall or may be employed by the American Colonization Society, or the Colonization Society of any State to transport, and which shall actually transport, from any port or ports of the United States to any colony or colonies on the west coast of Africa, colored emigrants to reside there, shall be, and the same are hereby, subjected to the operation of the foregoing provisions regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels. SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the collector of the customs shall examine each emigrant ship or vessel on its arrival at his port, and ascertain and report to the Secretary of the Treasury at the time of sailing, the length of the voyage, the ventilation, the number of passengers, their space on board, their food, the native country of the emigrants, the number of deaths, the age and sex of those who died during the voyage, together with his opinion of the cause of the mortality, if any, on board, and if none, what precautionary measures, arrangements, or habits, are supposed to have had any, and what, agency in causing the exemption. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, with respect to vessels sailing from ports in the United States on the eastern side of the continent, within thirty days from the time of its approval; and with respect to vessels sailing from ports in the United States on the western side of the continent, and from ports in Europe, within sixty days from the time of its approval; and with respect to vessels sailing from ports in other parts of the world, within six months from the time of its approval. And it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State to give notice, in the ports of Europe and elsewhere, of this act, in such manner as he shall deem proper. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That from and after the time that this act shall take effect with respect to any vessels, then in respect to such vessels, the act of second March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act regulating passenger ships and vessels," the act of twenty-second of February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An act to regulate the carriage of pas sengers in merchant vessels," the act of second March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled An act to regulate the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels, and to determine the time when said act shall take effect," the act of thirty-first January, eigh 33D CONG....2D SESS. teen hundred and forty-eight, entitled "An act exempting vessels employed by the American Colonization Society in transporting colored emigrants from the United States to the coast of Africa from the provisions of the acts of the twenty-second February and second of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels," the act of seventeenth May, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled "An act to provide for the ventilation of passenger vessels, and for other purposes," and the act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An act to extend the provisions of all laws now in force relating to the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels, and the regulation thereof," are hereby repealed. But nothing in this act contained shall in any wise obstruct or prevent the prosecution, recovery, distribution, or remission of any fines, penalties, or forfeitures which may have been incurred in respect to any vessels prior to the day this act goes into effect, in respect to such vessels, under the laws hereby repealed, for which purpose the said laws shall continue in force. But the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, and upon such conditions as he shall think proper, discontinue any such prosecutions, or remit or modify such penalties. APPROVED, March 3, 1855. PUBLIC, LXXXV.—An Act to establish certain Post Roads. Laws of the United States. From Frontier P. O., Clinton county, to Churubusco P. O., on the line of the northern railroad. From Randolph, in Cattaraugus county, by way of Connewango P. O., (Rutledge,) to Cattaraugus P. O., (station,) on N. Y. & E. R. R. New Jersey.-From Freehold, via Colt's Neck, Tinton Falls, and Eatontown, to Long Branch, Monmouth county. Pennsylvania. From East Berlin, via King's Tavern and Farmer's Post Office, to York. From Lancaster, via Neffsville, Liliz, Durlack, Scheoneck, Reinholdsville, and Sinking Springs, to Reading. From Selingsgrove, via Middle Creek Hotel, to Middleburg, in Union county. From Marehand to Newman's Mills, Indiana county. From Mitchell's Mills to Newman's Mills, Indiana county. From Kengua, Warren county, Pennsylvania, to East Randolph, in Cattaraugus county, New York. From Clearfield Bridge, on the Erie turnpike, via Ansonville, to New Washington. From Warren, Warren county, via the Jackson Run and Chandler's Valley, to Sugar Grove. From Eden, in the county of McKean, to Littleton. From Clearfield Borough, via Bold Hills, FrankBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-ville, Karthause, Salt Lick, and Buck Island, to seniatives of the United States of America in Congress the mouth of the Sinnamahoning creek. assembled, That the following be established as post roads: Maine. From the city of Gardiner, via West Gardiner, Litchfield, South Monmouth, and Wales, to Sabbattisville, in the town of Webster, there to connect with the existing route to Lewiston. From Liberty, in Clay county, via Gilead Meeting-house and William Atchison's, to Plattsburg, Clinton county, there to connect with a mail route to Lewiston. From Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, via Hermon, to North Carmel. From West Trenton, in the county of Hancock, via the Shone Road, Eden, Salsbury's Cove, and Hull's Cove, to East Eden. From Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, via Bremer village, East Orrington, the house of Ephraim Goodale, jr., the Herney Settlement, and Buck's Mills to Buckport village, in the county of Hancock. From Bangor, via Brown Village Post Office, East Orrington Post Office, the house of Ephraim Goodale, jr., Shelena Harriman, Herney Settlement, and Buck's Mills, to Buckport village. From West Lebanon, York county, to Great Falls, New Hampshire. From Alfred, via Waterboro' Centre, to Bar Mills, (Hollis.) From East Newport, Penobscot county, via Stetson, to Exeter, in said county. From East Machias, via Plantation No. 14, to Cooper. New Hampshire.-From West Rumney, via a corner of Groton, Cheever's Corner, in Dorchester, and the River Road, to East Canaan. From West Rumney, via the southeasterly part of Wentworth, North Dorchester, and Dorchester Centre, to East Canaan. From Winchester, through Richmond, to Fitzwilliam, in the county of Cheshire. New York.-From Redford, via Harris's Mills, Union Falls, and Bloomingdale, to Saranac Lakes. From Lewiston, via Dickensonville, to Cambria. From Groton, in Tompkins county, to Cortland village, Cortland county. From Lisle, Broome county, via East Berkshire and Wilson Creek, to Newark Valley, Tioga county. From Ketchamville, Tioga county, to Newark Valley, being an extension of the present route from Maine to Ketchamville. From Prattsburgh, in the county of Steuben, via Riken's Hollow, to North Cohocton. From Dryden, via Hanford, to Killaway, and from Dryden to Marathon. From Shrewsburg Station on the Northern Central railroad, via Plank Road, Shrewsburg, and Meedstown, to Mitzell Mill, thence via County Road and Strawbridge's Store, to Farm Grove Meeting House. From Selinsgrove to Middleburg, Union county. From Waynesburg, Greene county, via Hunter's Lane, Harvey's, Windridge, and Ryerson's Station, Pennsylvania, and Rock Lick, Virginia, to Cameron Station, Marshall county, Virginia. From Spring Forge to Codorus. From Prompton, Wayne county, via Aldenville, and Stevenson's Mills, to Pleasant Mount. From Waynesburg, via Jefferson, Carmichaels, Mapleton, Greensboro', Dunkard, Davistown, Willow Tree, Whitely, to Waynesburg. From Lewisburg, Union county, via Forest Hill, Wolf's Store, Rehrersburg, and Madisonburg, to Nittany Hall, in Centre county. From Brownsville, Pa., via Carmichael's, Willow Tree, Davistown, Mount Morris, to New Brownsville, Va., thence to Blacksville and Warren, to Bunton Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. From Lancaster to Henkletown, via Oregon, Brownstown, and Farmersville. From Doylestown, via Cross Keys, Dyerstown, Danborough and Brownsville, to Point Pleasant, in Bucks county. From the Borough of Oxford, in Chester county, to Oak Hill, in Lancaster county, via Hopewell Cotton Works, Glen Roy, and Kink's Bridge. Maryland.-From Sandy Hill, via Lindreysville, to Oak Grove. From Point of Rocks, Maryland, to Waterford, Virginia. From Monkton Station, on the Northern Central railroad, via County road, to Shades Tavern, Taylor's Store, to Upper Crossroads, Hartford county. From Harmony, via Still Pond and Rogers Store, to Rock Hall. Virginia. From Cameron, via Beeler's Station, to Wheeling. From Prillaman's P. O., in the county of Franklin, via Greenville, to Rough and Ready Mills, in the county of Henry. From Grayson C. H. to Scull Camp, N. C., to connect with the Route from Grayson C. H. to Wytheville. From Wytheville, via Independence, to Salisbury, North Carolina. From Claysville, in Taylor county, via Fairview, to Grassland, in Harrison county. From Newbern Depot, via the town of New bern, Draper's Valley, and Cedar Mount, to Max From the village of Woodhull, via East Troups-meadow Depot. burg, to Troupsburg Centre. From Maxmeadow Depot, on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, to Draper's Valley, in Pulaski county. From New California to Ravenswood. From Leadsville, via Job Triplett's and Thomas S. White's, to the mouth of Senica. From Weston, via Keysville and J. W. Marple's, to Burnersville. From New Milton, by River road, to Oxford. From Arnoldsburg, via Knottsville to Davison Atkins, on Sandy Creek. From Weston to Genley Bridge, via the Weston and Genley Bridge turnpike road. From Parkersburg, via the Ohio river, to Portsmouth, Ohio. From Winchester, via Gainesborough and Bloomery, to Paw Paw. From Winchester to Mount Vernon Tannery. From New Milton to Oxford, in Doddridge county. From Weston, in the county of Lewis, to Burnersville, in Barbour county. - on the North Western From Toll Gate No turnpike, in Doddridge county, to the town of Sistersville, in Tyler county. From Lexington, via Kirkpatrick's shop, to Kerr's Creek store. From Holloway's Cove, Hancock county, via Freeman's Landing and New Cumberland, to Fairview. From Raccoon, in Preston County, to White Day Glades, in Taylor county. From Wheeling, Virginia, via Mount Pleasant and Hopedale, Ohio, to Carrollton, Ohio. From Jane Lew, in the county of Lewis, via White's Store on Freeman's Creek, Fink's Creek P. O., the John Husk Settlement on Fink's Creek, to Troy, on the Parkersburg and Stanton Turnpike. From Lee C. H., Virginia, to Fayetteville, Tennessee. From Jonesville, via the Cumberland Gap route, the widow Ewing's and Omittee, to Robert Hamb-, lin's store, thence to Tazewell, Tennessee. From Trout's Hill, Wayne county, to Warfield, Lawrence county, Kentucky, and thence to Logan C. H., via Pigeon Creek. From Buchanan, in the county of Botetourt, to Buford's Depot, in the county of Bedford. From the Upper Falls of Cole River to Peytona, in Boon county. From Point Pleasant, crossing the Kanawha river and down through Mercer's Bottom on the Ohio river to Herford's Post Office, thence via Upland P. O. to Mud Bridge P. O., in Cabell county. From Trout's Hill, in Wayne county, to Warfield, Lawrence county, Kentucky, and thence to Logan C. H., via Pigeon Creek. North Carolina.-From Goldsboro' to Jericho. From Hendersonville, North Carolina, via James Davis's, on Big Wilton, Thomas Asteen's, on Crab. Creek, Minjah Thomas's, on Little river, and Caesar's Head, to Pumpkintown, South Carolina. From Shelby, Clearenland county, via Mull's Store, to Morgantown, Burk county. From Newton, Catawba county, via the Sulphur Springs, to Lenoir, in Caldwell county. From Monroe, in Union county, via Morgan's Mills, to Salisbury. From Clinton, in Sampson county, to George Robinson's. From Sill's Creek, in New Hanover county, via Harold Stome, to Lisbon, Sampson county. From Hookentown, via Snow Hill, to Kinston. From Eagle Rock to Earpsboro. South Carolina. From Columbia to Sandy Run. From Timmonsville, Darlington district, Rol- \ linsville, Philadelphia, Swift Creek, Gully P. O., Andrew's Mills, and Sparrow Swamp, to Timmonsville. From Anderson, South Carolina, via Harlwell, Georgia, to Athens, Georgia. From Pickens C. H., via Clayton's Mills, Pickinsville, Davisville, and Eastatoe, to Pickens C. H. Georgia. From Dublin, via McLendon's Store, to Little York, in Montgomery county. From Jacksonville to Douglass and Magnolia. From Thomasville, via Tatesville and Greenfield, to Ocklocknee. From Atlanta to Wanesville, Paulding county. 33D CONG....2d Sess. From Griffin, via Zebulon, Shoas or Jones's Mills, to Greenville. From Columbus, Georgia, and Midway, in Barbour county, Alabama, via Oliphet and Enon. From Buena Vista, in Marion county, to Geneva, in Talbot county. Laws of the United States. From Elizabethtown to the Wolf Spring, in Harden county. From New Haven to the Nelson Furnace, Nelson county. From Bradfordsville, Marion county, to Liberty, Casey county. From Mount Gilead, in Mason county, to From Griffin to the Indian Springs. Alabama. From Godesden, via Hake's Bluff and Ball Flagg, to Goshen. From Jacksonville, Benton county, via New Bethel, Hake's Bluff, and Ball Play, to Center, Cherokee county. From Wesabulga, via John Powell's and Delta, to Chulafennee, Randolph county. From Jasper, in Walker county, to Elyton, in Jefferson county. Florida. From Bayard, Duval county, on the St. John's river, via George's Lake and Daniels ville, to Newnansville. From Camp Izard, via Homasassa, to Bayport, in Hernando county. Mississippi.-From Edinburgh, via Yorka, to Centreville, Kosciusko, to Carthage. From Pittsboro,' via Sarepta Brachear's, to Oxford. From Macon to Crawfordsville. From Rolling Fork, Washington county, to Hermitage, in said county. Louisiana. From Bellevue, Louisiana, to Mag. nolia, in Arkansas. From Vernon, in the Parish of Jackson, to Winfield, in the Parish of Winn. From St. Martinsville, in the Parish of St. Martin, via Breaux's Bridge, Arnandville, Leonville, and Barry's Landing, to Opelousas, St. Lundry Parish. From New Orleans, via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, to the city of San Francisco, in the State of California. Ohio.-From New Lisbon to Columbiana, in Columbiana county. From Steubenville, via Hartford's Mill, to Bowlinggreen. From Charloe, via Paulding, in Paulding county, to Dixon, in Van Wert county. From Van Wert, via Paulding and Emerald, to Cranesville. From Defiance, via Gilead, to Perrysburgh. From Willshire to Van Wert, in Van Wert county. From Middletown, in Butler county, Ohio, via Jacksonburgh, West Elkton, Grates, and Wheatville, to Eaton, in Preble county. Crawford county. From Logansville, in Logan county, via Hugh T. Kinhart's, in Auglay's county, Amherst, in Allen county, to Lima. From Bourneville, Ross county, to Waverly, Pike county. From South Rome, via Freeburgh, to Parris. From Rome to Barryville. From Louisville, on the O. & P. R. R., to Osnaburgh. From Bethel, Clermont county, via Maple, Feesburgh, Lewis, to Higginsport. Indiana. From Cambridge, Wayne county, via Bentonville and Falmouth, in Fayette county, and Grokes, Melrose, and Smelser's Mills, to Rushville, in Rush county. From Forest Grove, via Fish Lake, in Elkhart county, to Haw Patch, in La Grange county. From Fort Wayne to Liberty Mills, via the Maning and Tracy Settlements. From Washington, in Daviess county, to Pierce Arkansas.-From Fort Smith, via Choctaw Agency, Perryville, Boggy Depot, to Fort Wash-ville, in Pike county, via Hudsonville and the ita, in the Cherokee Nation. From Rockport, in the county of Hot Springs, from thence to A. H. Henson's, in said county, and from thence to Montnoy, in the county of Dallas. From Osceola, in Mississippi county, via A. F. Snody's, on the Maumell Prairie, thence to B. F. Freeman's, thence by John Pierce's, thence by Charles Garmon's, and to Jacksonport, in Jackson county. From Huntsville, thence to Augusta Todd's, in Madison county, thence to M. D. Felford's, in said county, thence to Washburn's Prairie, in Missouri. From Napoleon to Florence, in Desha county. From Batesville, via Sullivan's Creek, to Evening Shade. From Robinson's Cross Roads, Arkansas, to Neosho, Missouri, via Enoch Trott's and Shell's Mill. From Searcy, via Cedar Creek, Quitman P. O., and Greary Valley, to Clinton. From Galley Rock, in the county of Pope, to Hurricane, Stephen Lewis's old stand. Highlands, on the East Fork of White river. From Mishawaka, St. Joseph county, to Bremen, Marshall county. From South Bend, St. Joseph's county, to Edwardsburgh, in Cass county, Michigan. From Morgantown, in Morgan county, via Gold Creek, to Unionville, in Monroe county. Illinois. From Palestine, in Crawford county, to Olney, in Richland county. From Galena to Dunleith, by the Lower Road. and Rush, to Nora. From Galena, by Guilford, Thompson's Mill, From Marion, Williamson county, via Fredonia, to De Soto, Jackson county. From Golconda, Polk county, via New Liberty, to Metropolis City, Massac county. From Rock Island, via Pleasant Ridge, Holley, Buffalo Prairie, Copper Creek, Eliza, New Boston, Keithsburgh, Oquawka, Hopper's Mills, Shokakon, Dallas City, Pontoosac and Indianola, to Nauvoo. From Palestine, via Robinson, to Newton, in Jasper county. From the depot of the Central railroad, near From Huntsville, Madison county, via Kings-Jonesboro', Union county, Illinois, to Cape Girarton, Samuel Whiteley's, in Newton county, to Jasper, in Huston county. From Little Rock, via Jericho and Chenault, to Hot Springs, in Hot Springs county. From Hamburg, via Maria Saline Landing, on the Ouachita river, to Eldorado, in Union county. From Richwood's, Izard county, via Turkey Creek, in Van Buren county, and Middletown, to Clinton. Tennessee-From Dover, Tennessee, to Pine Bluff, via Iron Mountain and Great Western Post Offices. From Dover, Tennessee, to Eddyville, Kentucky. From Dover, Tennessee, to Hopkinsville, Kentucky. From Parris to Elm Tree. From Centreville, via Madisonia and Lobbeville, to Britt's Landing. Kentucky.-From Somerset, in Pulaski county, to Columbia, in Adair county. || deau, Missouri. From Apple River Station, Illinois, via Shutesburgh, New Diggings, and Benton, to Platteville, in the State of Wisconsin. From Macomb, in McDonough county, to Plymouth, in Hancock county, via the State road leading from Peoria, on the Illinois river, to Quincy, on the Mississippi river. From Oquawka, in Henderson county, to Macomb, in McDonough county, via Coloma, Olena, Terre Haute, and Blandinsville. From New Bremen, via Palos and Summit, to Lyons. From Lyons, via Summit, Yellow Springs, and Lamonte, to Lockport. Missouri.-From Russellville, in Cole county, in Morgan county, to mouth of Big Gravois, in via Mount Pleasant, in Miller county, Blue Spring, Morgan county. From Memphis, in Scotland county, via Wilmothville, to Kinksville. From Canton, Missouri, to Marceline, in Adams county, Illinois. From Franklin Depot to Little Prairie, in Crawford county. From Warsaw, via Dunoe, Rainey Creek and Bolinger's Creek, to Linn Creek, Camden county. From Curran to Ozark. From Milan, in Sullivan county, via Unionville, Putnam county, to Centerville, Appanoos county, Iowa. From Bloomfield, via Indian Ford, to Poplar Bluffs. nois, to Cape Girardeau, Mo. From Railroad depot near Jonesborough, Illi From Prairie du Rochen, in Illinois, to the city of St. Genevieve, Missouri. From Fredericktown to Dallas. From Cape Girardeau to Bloomfield. Michigan.-From Whitneyville, in the county of Kent, to the city of Grand Rapids. From Albion, in the county of Calhoun, to Charlotte, Eaton county, via Sheridan and Clufield and Walter, and on the township line benem, Brookfield, and on the line between Brooktween Charlotte and Carmel. to Muskegon Rapids. From Greenville, in the county of Montcalm, From the village of Ontonagon to Lacview Desert, and from thence to Big Bull Falls, in the State of Wisconsin. From the village of Ontonagon to Gogeber Mine, to Norwick Mine. From the village of Ontonagon to Isle Royal Mine, on Portage Lake, Houghton county, via Adventure Mine, and Douglass Houghton Mine. From Fentonville, in the county of Genesee, to Flint, in said county. Wisconsin.-From Waupara to section twentytwo, township twenty-three, in range eleven east. From Fox Lake, in Dodge county, via Shoenaka, Kingston, and Long Lake, to Montello, in Marquette county. From Plattville, via Montfort, Highland, Muscoday, to Onion, thence north on or near the meridian to R. J. Darnall's farm. From Plattville, via Wingsville, Muscoda, Mill Creek, Fancy Creek, and Sinesville, to Quincy, in Adams county. From Madison, via Black Earth, Arena, Richland City, Sextonville, Richland Centre, Fancy Creek, and Vinoqua, to Prairie La Crosse. From Argyle, via Yellow Stone, to Mineral Point. From Necedakin, Adams county, via Eagle Point and Black River Bridge, to intersect with the Prairie du Chien and Hudson Mail Route at the Eau Plain P. O. From Onion, in the county of Richland, to Black River Falls. From Portage City, via Semonair Valley, to La Crosse. From Prairie du Chien, via Johnson's Landing, Bell's Mill, and Waterville, to Waukon, in Allamakee Co., Iowa. Iowa. From Quincy, in Adams county, to Hawleyville, in Page county. From Lewis, in Cass county, via Mount Vernon, in Montgomery, to Clarinda, in Page county. From Afton, in Union county, to Winterset. From Afton, in Union county, to Avon, in Ringgold county. From Quincy, in Adams county, to Adair, in Adair county. From Cedar Rapids, via Vinton, Toledo, Marshall, Marietta, Nevada, and Boonsboro', to Jefferson, in Green county. From De Witt, via Grand Mound and Toronto, to Tipton. From Fort Des Moines, via Nevada, Minerva, Grove, Honey Grove, and Eldora, to Cedar Falls. Kay, Penora, and Bear Grove, to Council Bluffs. From Fort Des Moines, via Leaning's Point, Hornbuckles' Point, Kinney's Mill, and Cousin's Point, to Fort Dodge. From Fort Des Moines, via Boone, Odel, Mc From Fort Dodge, via Lizard Point, Ida Grove, and Sargeant's Bluffs, to Sioux City. From Iowa City, through North Bend, via Henderson's Mills, Monroeville, Dutch Colony, Hick 33D CONG....2D SESS. ory Grove, Toledo, and Bumen's Mills, to county seat of Hardin county. From Independence, via Janesville, Waverley, Bradford, St. Charles, in Floyd county, to Osage, in Mitchell county. From Independence, via Camp Creek and Nantville, to Janesville. From Keokuk, via Charleston, Salem, Mount Pleasant, and Crawfordsville, to Iowa City. From Newton, via Nevada, Smithville, and Homer, to Fort Dodge. From Oskaloosa, via Wilson's Ferry, Hamilton, A. C. Wilson's Mill, thence in a direct line to Chariton, in Lucas county. From Oskaloosa to Union Mills. From Penora, in Guthrie county, via Caplin's Grove, in Carroll county, Garland's Grove, in Crawford county, and Sargeant's Bluffs, to Sioux City. From Winterset, in Madison county, via Allen and Penora, in Guthrie county, to Jefferson, in Greene county. From Winterset, via Peru, to Osceola, in Clarke county. From Cedar Falls, in Black Hawk county, to Fort Dodge, and thence via Townsley's Grove, Austin Settlement, Purple Creek, Smith's Settlement, and Sioux City, to Sargeant's Bluffs City. From Fort Dodge to Fort Ridgley. From Davenport, via Tipton, in Cedar county, and Mount Vernon, and Marion, to Cedar Rapids. From Cedar Rapids, via Vinton, in Benton county, to Fort Dodge. From Iowa City, via Marietta, in Marshall county, to Fort Dodge. From Fort Dodge to Council Bluffs. From Fort Des Moines, via Adell, McKay, Panora, and the county seats of Audubon, Shelly, and Harrison counties, and Sargeant's Bluffs City, to Sioux City. From Bear Grove, in Guthrie county, via Ballard Bridge, on the east Nishuabotong river, Indian Creek, in Cass county, Nooster, on the Nishuabotong, in Pottawatomie county, Allen's Mill, on Big Creek, to Council Bluffs. From Fort Des Moines, via Winterset, Quincey, Clarinda, and Sidney, to Nebraska City. From Fort Des Moines, via Nevada, Minerva Grove, and Eldora, to Cedar Falls. From Marengo, via Legrand, Mashal, Marietta, Eldora, and Homer, to Fort Dodge. From Burlington, Iowa, to Nauvoo, Illinois. From Dubuque, via English's Mills, to Cascade, in Dubuque county. From Dubuque, via Delhi, Harmick, and Fort Dodge, to Sargeant's Bluffs. From Dubuque, via the Milwaukie and Mississippi railroad route, to Janesville, Wisconsin. From Eikada, in Clayton county, via George S. Peck's, on Coxes Creek, Strawberry Point, Brown's Mill, in said county, Buffalo Grove, to Independence, in Buchanan county. From Waukon, in Allamakee county, via Waterville, Bell's Mill, Johnson's Landing, to Prairie du Chien, in Wisconsin. From Hardin, via the town of Franklin, to Waukon, the county seat of Allamakee county. From Hartwick, in Delaware county, via Hazel Green, Nugent's Grove, Buckhorn Hill, Clarke's Grove, to Marion, in Lynn county. From Bear Grove, in Guthrie county, via Ballard Bridge, on the East Nishuabotong river, Indian Creek, in Cass county, Wooster, in West Nishuabotong river, in Pottawatomie county, Allen's Mill, on Big Creek, to Council Bluffs, in said county. From McGregor's Landing, in Clay county, via Elgin, Illyria, and New Albany, in Fayette county, to Independence, in Buchanan county. Texas.-From Oyster Creek to Hodges Bend. From Gonzales, via Zoar, Sulphur Springs, and Black Jack Springs, to La Grange. From Huntsville and Centreville, thence to Fairfield, and on to Corsicana. From Seguin, via Bonito, Sattlers, Clemens, Hinds's, Wabroops, and John S. Hodges, to Fredericksburg. From Lynchburg, in Harris county, via Tarkington's Prairie, to Cold Spring, in Polk county. Laws of the United States. From West Liberty, via Tarkington's Prairie, Grasshopper Falls, Rock Point, Vermillion, to to Cold Springs. Dyer's, on Big Blue. From Bonham to Greenville. From Bastrop, via Hopkinsville, and other intermediate points, at the discretion of the Postmaster General, to Gonzales, in Gonzales county. Minnesota Territory.-From St. Anthony, via Fort Union, to Puget's Sound, in Washington Territory. From St. Paul, Minnesota, to Leavenworth, in Kansas Territory. From Brownsville to Elliota. From Beaver Bay, Minnesota, to Superior, Wisconsin. From the Falls of St. Louis River, Minnesota, to Superior, Wisconsin. From Red Wing Shakopee. From Fort Ripley, via Sandy Lake, to Pokegonia Falls. From Sandy Lake to the Falls of the St. Louis River. From Anoka to Henderson. From Beaver Bay to the mouth of Pigeon river. From Farreboult, Minnesota, via Medford and State of Iowa. the valley of Straight river, to Bradford, in the From Brownsville, via Riceford, to Traverse des Sioux. From Brownsville, via Hokah, Mound Prairie, and the Forks of Root river, to Chatfield. From Traverse des Sioux to Eureka. From Reed's Landing, Minnesota, via Chatfield and Richland, to Bur Oak, in Iowa. Oregon Territory.-From Point Orford, via Kawes' Bay, to Scottsburg, and from Scottsburg to Winchester. From Starr's Point, in Benton county, to Eugene City, in Lane county. From Atchison to Marysville. Kansas Territory.-From St. Joseph, in the State of Missouri, via Highland, to Marysville. From Doniphan, via Wolf river, to Highland. From Atchison, via Independence Spring, to Grasshopper Creek. From Kickapoo, via Pensanolus, to Grasshopper Creek. From Leavenworth City, via Stranger Creek, Hickory Point, Osawkee, Whitfield, St. Mary's Mission, Vermillion river, Big Blue, and Pawnee, to Fort Riley. From Westport, Missouri, via Franklin, Law. rence City, Tokeska, Douglas City, Lacompton, and Tecumseh, to Whitfield. From Westport, Missouri, via Bull Creek, Black Jack, One Hundred and Ten Mile Creek, and Council City, to Council Grove. From Westport, Missouri, via Wea Mission, Oзawattomie, Miami Agency, Sugar Creek, Mine Creek, and Little Osage, to Fort Scott. From Osawattomie, via Henry Sherman's, to the Sac and Fox Agency. From West Point, Missouri, via Thomas Polk's and Old Catholic Mission, to Dr. Stockton's, on Sugar Creek. From Tecumseh, via Wakanusa, to the Sac and Fox Agency. From Douglas, via Osawkee, to Highland. From Fort Scott to Catholic Mission, in the Osage Nation. From Fort Scott, via Thomas Polk's, to West Point, Missouri. From Fort Scott to Neosho, Missouri. From Leavenworth City, via Kickapoo, Atchison, Doniphan, and Bryant, to Whitehead's. From Pawnee to Marysville. From Council Grove, via Fort Riley, to Paw nee. From Weston, Missouri, to Atchison." Washington Territory.—From Pacific City to Town, and Waupansa, to Pawnee. From Chenook City to Pacific City. From Fort Vancouver to Fort, Steilacoom, on Puget's Sound. Territory of Nebraska. From Oregon, in Holt county, Missouri, to New Fort Kearney, on Platte river, via Stephen W. Story's, on the Missouri, between the two Nemahas, Mr. Purket's, on Muddy Creek, Jno. A. Singleton's, on the Great Nemaha, Mr. Bobet's, on the Great Nemaha, and Marysville, on Blue river. From Nemaha Agency, in Kansas Territory, to the mouth of Nyorvay river, in the Territory of Nebraska, via Stephen W. Stary's, at Stary's Ferry, Brownville, Nebraska City, Weeping Water, Thompson's, at Thompson's Ferry, Plattsmouth, Belleview, Omaha City, Winter Quarters, Florence, and Black Bird Hills, and Black Bird City. From Belleview City to Fort Laramie, via Omaha City, Fontinelle, Pawnees, on Loup Fork. From Nebraska City to Fort Laramie, via New Fort Kearney and Ash Hollow. From Lindun, in Atchison county, Missouri, to Nebraska City, via John Worland's and Bennett's Ferry, on the Missouri river. From Glenwood, in Mills county, Iowa, to Belleview City, via St. Mary's, Iowa. From Bluff City, Iowa, to Omaha City. From Oregon, in Holt county, Missouri, to Brownville. From Sidney, Iowa, to Nebraska City. From St. Mary's, Iowa, to Plattsmouth. From Sonora, Missouri, to Brownville. From Sonora, Missouri, to Nebraska City. From Bluff City, Iowa, to Winter Quarters. From Florence to Fontinelle, by the way of Dodge City. From Glenwood, Iowa, to Plattsmouth. From Sidney, Iowa, to J. D. N. Thompson's, at Thompson's Ferry. From Magnolia, Iowa, to Florence. From Magnolia, Iowa, to Black Bird City. From Sargeant's Bluff, Iowa, to Black Bird City. From Leavenworth City, by Stanley's, Mooney, From Pawnee to Reeder. From Westport, Missouri, via Powell's Store, and St. Barnard, to Sac and Fox Agency. From Kansas, Missouri, via Wyandotte and Jacksonville, to Osauke. From Independence, in the State of Missouri, to Stockton, in the State of California, via the settlement at the mouth of the Huerfano, on the Upper Arkansas, and the Little Salt Lake settlements on the head waters of the Nicollet river. From St. Joseph, in Missouri, to the town of Marysville, in Kansas Territory, via Great Nemaha Agency and Urbana. Missouri, via Jaton, Missouri, to Atchison, in From the city of Weston, in Platte county, Kansas Territory. From Fort Leavenworth or Leavenworth City, up the north side of Kansas river to Fort Riley, via Stranger Creek, Crossing, Dawson Store, Hickory Point, Osauke, Whitfield, Soldier Creek, Silver Lake, Catholic Mission, Rock Creek, and Blue. From Fort Leavenworth, via the settlements and towns of Lawrence, Wilson Springs, Pottawatomie, and Sugar Creek, to Fort Scott. From Kansas, Missouri, to Lawrence, in Kansas Territory. From Fort Scott, via Dr. Stockton's old Pottawatomie Mission, and Henry Sherman's, to Hibbard. From Atchison to Marysville. From Whiteheads, via Highland, Iowa Point, to Story's Landing. From Oregon, Missouri, via lowa Point, to Highland, Kansas. APPROVED, March 3, 1855. PUBLIC, LXXXVI.-An Act to provide Accommodations for the United States Courts in the city of Jackson, Mississippi. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to contract with the public authorities of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, for the permanent use of rooms for the courts of the |