Two associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States having been appointed since the last adjournment of said court, and consequently no allotment of the members of said court to the several circuits having been made by them, according to the fifth section of the act of Congress entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States,” approved April 29, 1802, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in virtue of said section, do make an allotment of the justices of said court to the circuits now existing by law, as follows: 

For the first circuit:  Nathan Clifford, associate justice.

For the second circuit:  Samuel Nelson, associate justice.

For the third circuit:  Robert C. Grier, associate justice.

For the fourth circuit:  Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice.

For the fifth circuit:  James M. Wayne, associate justice.

For the sixth circuit:  John Catron, associate justice.

For the seventh circuit:  Noah H. Swayne, associate justice.

For the eighth circuit:  David Davis, associate justice.

For the ninth circuit:  Samuel F. Miller, associate justice.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

Washington, November 5, 1862.

By direction of the President, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army; also that Major-General Hunter take command of the corps in said army which is now commanded by General Burnside; that Major-General Fitz John Porter be relieved from the command of the corps he now commands in said army, and that Major-General Hooker take command of said corps.

The General in Chief is authorized, in [his] discretion, to issue an order substantially as the above forthwith, or so soon as he may deem proper.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 7, 1862.

Ordered, That Brigadier-General Ellet report to Rear-Admiral Porter for instructions, and act under his direction until otherwise ordered by the War Department.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

Washington, November 12, 1862.

Ordered, first.  That clearances issued by the Treasury Department for vessels or merchandise bound for the port of Norfolk for the military necessities of the department, certified by the military commandant at Fort Monroe, shall be allowed to enter said port.

Second.  That vessels and domestic produce from Norfolk, permitted by the military commandant at Fort Monroe for the military purposes of his command, shall on his permit be allowed to pass from said port to their destination in any port not blockaded by the United States.

A. LINCOLN.