OFF.`I`OIAL.
LAWS <OF THE MIMED STATES,
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LeußLzo—No. 68.1
AN Acr ranking appropriations for sundry ,
civil shimmies, of the Goverimmtut for
ths year ending June - thirty, - eighteen
hundred end sixty-four, and for the
year ending June Mt, 1888, end' for
other purposes.
Be n it enacted by the &MU and Bowe of
Represntatives of the United Statee of Am er :
ion in Congress amettible4 'That the follow 4
ing sums be and the same are hereby sp.;
propriated, for the - about
_hereinafter ex:
premed, for the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth June, eighteen htindred and sixty 4
four,
SURVEY OT TEC COAST. •
For the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts, of the United States, (including
oompeneation of civilians engaged in the
work, and excluding pay and emoluments
of officers of Gleamy and navy, and petty
officers and men of the navy employed on
the work,) one hundred and seventy-eight
thousand dollars.
For oontinuinig the surrey of. the western
' coast of the United States, (including corn
*nation of civilians engaged- in' the
work,) one hundred thousand dollars.
For-continuing theaurreyof the Florida
real and. keys, (including °civet:tition of
civilian' engaged in the win% and exeln4
ding pay and emolumente of officers of the
army and navy, and petty officers and men
of the navy employed on the work,) elevelS
thousand dollars.
For-puhlishing the observaUbsus madebt
the progress of the survey of the coast of
the United States, (includingoompenastion
of civilians employed in the, work,) four
thousand dollars.
For repairs of steamers and sailing
schooners used in the coast survey, fon;
thousand dollars.
timersy end redone of engineers for tout
[f need in the hydrography of the
Coast Survey, no longer supp li ed by the
Navy Department, nine thousand dors.
F6r supplying deficiency In the fund ll lb
the relief of sick and disabled "seamen, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For the discharge of such - miscelleneoth
chum, not otherwise *sided for, siittollf
be admitted in duo-course of settlement at
the Treakry, ten thousand AMAMI,
LIOUT moan INTABLIMILICErr.
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For the Atlantic, Galf,and .Lake COWS ;
viz:
For supplying the lighthotuses and hiss=
con lights with oil wicks, glans chimneys;
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and othger necesseq.expenses of the same,
. reairin Ind keegngin. repair. the lighting
apparatus, one • hundred.- and- fifty-fcror
. thothind six hundred -and ninety-eight
dollar, and eighty ciente.
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For repairs and incidental expenses, re:
fittiagand improving all_the light -homeas
and inaildlnp connected kerelkla. one
hundred and two
dollars thousend two hmuirsd
.
For salaries offlie hundred and ninety.;
six 'keepers, of light-houses and light:
beacons, and their aseistanto, lifty-threei
thousand one hundred and - ninety-three
dollars and
o ftthithree mate.
For Werke forty keers of
light vessels, threl thousand nine h pe undred
dollars.
For seamen's wages, repel* supplme,'
and incidental_ expenses of forty4ve light
vessels, one hundred and seventy thousand
nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars and
seventy cents.
For expenses of raising, *leaning, paint
kg, repairing, re-mooring , and supplying
losses of beacons and buoys, end for chains
and sinkers for the same, one hundred
twelve thousands three hundred and fifty
dollars.
For expenses of visiting And inspecting
lightsand other aids te. navigation, two
thousand dollars. • .
For the purchase of a lot and erection of
a =liable banditti. thereon' for the BOA.
house establishment k New 'fork city of
vicinity,. fi ft y thousand dollars: Provided,
That the price of pikihsw of lot, - - and
erection of building.
her
shall not
exceed the sum hereby apyropriated.
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For supp yang nineteen light-Unsex and
beacon-lights with oil,- glue ahimneys,
chamois aka, polleldrigrisrdell.end 1464' '
cleaning o nierialgtransportis_ „
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of keeping lampe andmaccuserykasspefri
publishing notioes marines' of change*
of aids to navigation,Setenterou thousand
two hundred and seventy dollen.
For repairs and incidental e of
nineteen- light-houses and " usgeaoM.;
nected therewith, ten thousand dollars.
For salaries of forty-three keepers and
assistant keepers of light-house; at an
average not exceeding eight hundred dollars
annum, t wenty - five thousand eight
hundred dollars.
For expenses of ralstuag, cleaning, paint.
kg, repairing, remooring, and supplying
losses of floating buoys and beacon and
for chains and sinkers for the cam .,
e, and
for coloring and numbering all the buoys,
ten thousand dollars.
For maintanisioi of the vessels prOilaid
for - by the act of eighteenth Amnia,
eighteen hundred and fifty-el;
.trttna
portation of supplies and ratted* and
for repairs of light-houses,end buoy service ;
and for inspectionyurposes, twenty thota•
sand dollars. • • r - - - •
For compensation of twolkspeolore of
customs acting as superintendents for the
lifasaving stations on - thee - trial! of tons
Island •and New Jersey, three thousand
dollars.
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For c ompensationtififtOmm keepers of
stations, at t wodollars each; ten
thousand eight h ollars.
enumo Blumtkos AND CROUNDS.
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or support, care, and medical treatment
of forty transient ,pauper; medical and
surgical patients in some proper medical
institution in the city of Washington, to
be selected by the Commissioner of Public
aisthousentdollane---- --
For hire of carts on the public groin:44
two thousand dollars.
For purchase and repair of tools used in
the public grounds, twohundred dollars.
For . purchke of trees and tree boxes, to
replace, when necessary, each so have beets
planted by the United States to whitewash
tree Sox e e and retilik andlo repair pyq
meats in front of the public growths, three
thousand dollars. .
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For annual main, of the Capitol, wets*
closets, public stables, waterlipes, pave
ments,,and other walks within the Capitol
aque„ broken glass, and look; and, for
the protection of the balding, and keeping
the main approaches t. it:, unenoutottered,
eight thousand dollars.,
For annual repairs of tie Preside - ml'e
_House and funaurfc, . irllPlnvezavot of
ureads, purofplmits far - saidu l and
six
Cellingiat
thousand dollars. incident thereto,
For fuel; An - part; - ;of - the - Pretildull
Moue, two thousand four lialdred - de
For lighting** Capitol and Preablent'e
H e m, the pep/I0 irounds around thin
and around„thesiscuttuolVPOtin
eylvazda sumult;, 'Bridge i d: 6" a
Georzetowv - roitr-sid • :4 2 - ii l f
43,,viath r and--Twelfth-atmeti_semei ; the
mall, rixty- two thousand doliarul
To enable the Conunissisner of Piddle
B u ndia g e to erect two new furnaces under
.the rotunda' of -the CoPital,AWQ gager . zb i
o ld hall of the house, and two under the
a greai court room and vestibule ..***
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For repairs of the Potomac, navy yard, 1 For defraying the expenses of taking the
and upper bridges, and the roads appurte- ! census of the Territory of Nevada, two
nant thereto, and to repair the housethousand live hundred dollars. -
occupied by the bridge keeper at the navy I For defraying the expensee of taking the
yard, and to erect a wing wall to protect t census in the Territory of Colorado, three
the same, eleven thousand five hundred and thousand t wo o hnndred and sixty-awo.dol
eighty-five dollars,
tars and sixty-eight cents.
For repairs of Pennsylvania avenue, six For the purchase of a Territorial library
thousand dollars. -
for the Territories of Colorado, Dakota,
For publiii reservation number two and and Nevada, two thousand five hundred
Lafayette square, two thousand dollars. dollars each.
For taking care of the grounds south of TERRZTORY OP
n o the President's Holum, containing [confirm- For salaries of Governor, three Judges,
lug) the improvement of the same, and Secretary, and Superintendent of Indian
replacing trees destroyed last winter and Affairs, fourteen thousand dollars.
g For contingent expenses of said Territory,
spring, by United States Cavalry, repairing
'fences, and other injuries, two thousand ono thousand dollars.
dollars.
For interpreter and translator in the ex
dollars For repairs of water pipes, five hundred eoutivo office, five hundred dollars.
.
For cleaning out the sewer traps on For compensation and mileage of the
Pennsylvania avenue and repairing the members of the legislative assembly, offt- same, three hundred dollars, ears clerks, and contingent expenses, eigh-
For casual repairs of all the furnaces teen thousand dollars.
For incidental expenses of the Indian
tinder the Capitol, five hundred dollars . service in the Territory of Arizona, and for
For continuing the repairs of Delaware presents of goods, clothing and other useful
avenue north of the Capitol, ono theueand articles to the Indians, to bo expended un
dollars.
der the direction of the Secretary of tho In
footpathtenor, on First street between the For surveying the public lands in the
Capitol grounds and Botanic garden, and Territory of Arizona, five thousand dollars.
making a pavement on Third street on the To pay Jacob F. Kautz for work on the
side of said garden, one thousand two survey of the United States and California
hundred dollars.
For making improvements provided for
boundary from September first, eighteen
hundred sixty, to ,
lathe tidrteenth section of the city charter, hundred and sixt April y
-one, one thou eighteen
sand del
act Of May saventeen;eighteen hundred
and forty-eight, five thousand dollars. tars.To pay W. 11. Shultz for services on United
For 'lmprovement of B street south from States and California boundary survey
Sixth to Seventh street west, Maine avenue front October one, eighteen hiindred and
&Olathe canal to llirthetreet west,and Fear- sixty, to March thirty-one, eighteen hun
and-a-half,east side, from Missouri to Maine dred and sixty-one, four hundred and fifty
avenne,all bordering on the public grounds, dollars.
according to the surveyoes estimate, six To enable the Secretary of the Interor to
thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. pay detective police, employed by a former
For repairs andrebuibling-fentite around head of the Department, for expenses in
laxs.Sniitheenian grounds, two thotiaafid dol- curred and services rendered in the cities
Washington and Philadelphia, in the
For compensation to the Commissioner of
detection and arrest of counterfeiters of
of Publlo Buildings, as disbursing agent of United States coin there shall be er a d Patent Office building and the Capitol hereby is transferred to the Department of
extension and dome, for the current fiscal ,The Luterier, from the appropriation by the
year, five hundred dollars ,
aet of Congress "making appropriations
oorruancure woarrrsa Pox roes IN SANE -- for the legislative, executive, and judicial
For the supper!, clothing, and medical expenses of Government for the year end
treatment of the insane of the army and iug June thirty eighteen hundred and
navy and of the revenue service, and of the sixty-one," approved June twenty-three,
District of Colambla, at the Government eighteen hundred and sixty, to be expend
huhospitaldrei in said District,' including five • under the direction of the Secretary of
incidental .nl dollars for books, stationery, and the Treasury, so much thereof not exceed
hund expense; five
fifty thousand ing eleven hundred and eighty-four do l lar
e,
red dollars.
furnishin
. as may be necessary for that purpose:
~,For finishing, g, heating, and Provickd, That if the unexpended portion
lighting of additional accommodations in of the appropriation a foresa id be not suffi
the east wing, five thousand dollars. cient to allow of the transfer aforesaid,
For extension of workshops and machi. then, and in that case, the amount afore
nary therefor , to afford additional facilities said shall be paid out of any mOney in the
for the curative and economical employ- Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
meat of patients, two_ thousand doll.—
For .coand ars.
catinp.iitton of the us wall enclosing
the grounds of the hospital, ten thousand
dollars.
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For the continuation of the Treasury
buildings, two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For repairing the Government ware
NIPLOILING EXPEDITE:M
houses, wharves, and fences at Staten
For preservation of the collections of the Island, fifteen thousand dollars. For annual repairs of custom houses and
exploring and surveying expeditions of the marine hospitals, twenty thousand dollars.
Government, four thousand dollars.
To complete the alterations in the office
BOTANIC GARDEN. of the astant at York,
Forgrading,drain . ing, procuring manure, authorized sis
by the treasurer
act of July New
ve
elenth,
tools, fuel, and repairs, purchasing trees eighteen hundred and sixty-two, fifty thou
and shrubs under the direction of -Library sand-dollars.
h Cothiniiiteepf Cadgresi,three thousand three For petection and bringing to trial to [of]
undred dollars. '
rsons engaged in g the cots
For pay of horticulturist and assistants of pe
the United States, Treasury notes, and
in the botanic garden and green-houses , to other United States securities, twenty-five
be expended under the direction of the 'Li. thousand dollars.
brary Committeeof Congress five thousand To reimburse J. L. Fattier, late postmas.
one hundred and twenty-one dollars and ter at Cincinnati, for balance expended
w fifty cent
INSTITU s.
and paid upon Government post office at
co:more TION son TIIE DEAF, AND Cincinnati, seventeen hundred dollars. -
DUE; AND THE DLINDf To complete the compilation of the last
For salaries and incidental e: uses of census, fitly thousand dollars.
pay f the United States Commis
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said institution, four thousand four hundred . , For o
' stoner and surveyor, and for transports
dollars.
Lion and other expenses attending the ex-
For supplying the institution buildings
amination of coasts, and for the making of
with gas-making apparatus and fixtures,
the final chart showing boundary lines at
one thousand four hundred and seventy
dollar/. tablished by the Commissioner jointly un
der the reciprocity treaty with Great Brit-
For supplying the institution buildings
at
s, thousand dollara
With steamtheating apparatus two thous- ani ' . • Kh w •
For repair of
the
pier at anon a, is
and two hundred and fifty dollars.
coast; and rebuilding the beacon-light
PATENT orisca.
thereon, seve
For expenses, of receiving, arranging, forty dollars. n thousand six hundred and
and taking care of the copy-right book; For the erection of two lights near the
charts, and other copy-right matter, one mouth of Maumee river and Maumee bay,
thousand child/ I =ood dollars. ' ten thousand dollars : Provided, That the
For preparing illustrations and descriP- Light-ouse board shall determine that there
lions for report, Ave thousand dollars. exists a necessity for snoh lighta.
•Fer finishing the saloon in the north wing For the establishment of a series of range
of the Patent O ffi ce building, and for fur- lights as aids to navigation at - Port Royal
nishill the awns with ' suitable cases and harbor, South Carolina, seven thousand
accommodations for the reception and con- d
venient exhibition of models, fifty thousand For establishing a fog bell at or near
. '
Sandy Point light house, Chesapeake bay,
the olit.
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Fon repairing : end painting the saloon one thousand dollars.
in 'portiait'of the
Patent Office build- For building a beacon light at Ediz Hook,
ing, and for inridithing the same with suit - Port Angelos harbor, Washington Territory,
able cases and scconupodations fer the [re] five thousand dollars.
caption and convenient eihlbition Of models, For expenses -incurred under directions
twenty-fiiitheisand dollars: of the Governor, Chief Justice, and Marshal
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.itrit
- irirk of TIM PUBLIC LANDS , of the Territory, In fitting up a Territorial
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For surveying the public lands, (exclu- prison at Denver, inthe 'Territory of Cola
sive of California, Oregon, Washington
ratio, to be?ended under the direction of
New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska , Utah, De,. ,
the Secretary ei
of the Interior, five thousand
, ~_ " , ` iars.
kola, Colorado, and Nevada ,) including in-
For pay of the United States District
cidental expenses' Ind island surveys in
Judge for the western district of Michigan,
thointerier, atatbill other itperial and diffi
e thousand five hundred dollars.
oitle 'ettiveys deManding inginental - wites, Iw F
For pay of Marshal same district, two
to the apportioned and applied to the ear
hundrred dollars.
oral surveying districts, according to the
For pay of District Attorney same die moles of the public service, in addition
, ars.
to .e unexpended balance.ces of all former trios two hundred doll
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
a t eznations for the same objects - tea
the current expenses for the year ending
d dollars..
thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-
For surveying the publio - lands and prii
fur-
cate land claims in California and Territo• four, for the Denver Branch Mint be
thorized to be paid out of the unexpended
zy ofMtireda t tweao , -nve thousand dollars balance of the appropriation of seventy-five
I For surveyurethe' public lands in Kan. balance
dollars made for the establish
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ens and Nebrashk.fi,fteen thousand dollars.
F surveying' . bli •
or the tat o lands in Ore- meat and current expenses of said mint by
gon, ten thousand dollars.
act of Congress
approved April twenty-first,
For surveying the public lands in Wash- eighteen hundredand sixty-two.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
ington Territory; five thousand dollars. mileage, as non allowed by law tot:feasters,
For surveying the public lands in the Representatives, and Delegates
Territory of 00l "credo, five thousand dollars. paid for the 13resent session by thpro p er
For salaries and commissions of register officer of the Treasury, out of any money
and receiver for the Territory of Nevada In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
,•fur ilsoulon en ding th irtieth J uner r eigh- as soon as -Certified by the presiding officer
teen hundredand sixty-three, and thirtieth of cash House.
June, eig,.htettnltandred and six.ty-four, two Soo 4. And be it further enacted, That
thousand ' five 'hundred 'dollars ; expenses the Secretary of War cause a register
Aye' depositary, datingLiaid priodly two to be prepared showing the present organ
•-died-irdiani; 7. ,
ization of the. volunteers of the United
For incidental wrpenses, furniture, iron states army, with such facts in reference
_safes, fifteen hundred dollars.
thereto as ma be with
i f os lialarie s and
_commissions of register the public serv y
ice;not Incompatibl
and the sum of e,
fifteen
and receiver for the. erritory of Colorado hundred dollars be and the same is hereby
for the fiscal - ears ending thirtieth June, appropriated, out of any money in the
eighteen a ndaint7-three, and thir- Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
tieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty- for clerk hire and compilation of said reg
four, two thousand five hundred dollars; • later.
two hundred dollars.
expenses for depositary for said period'', For lighting Maryland avenue west'
Sixth street south, with gas, made nemeses.-
For Incidental expenses, furniture, iron ry by the aroupanoy of that street by (lov
able; fifteen hundred dollars. eminent railroad, thereby endangering the
For parchams and fitting up of coffee- lives ofoitizens in the night,fifteen thousand
roaster, mole! ! and mill, In the inspection dollars. '
office of 'Prollsions and clothing, navy For alteration of steps and improvement'
yard, New York , one thousand one hun- to the entrance of the coetom-house at Ites
dred. and atity-Iterea: - dellars and forty ton, Massachusetts, twelve thousand nine
hundred and four dollars.
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For completion of the wart house at In- For rair of N
&awe* fire thousand dogma... avenue repair
, near the culvert
Capitol,on
fiveehundreddy
-For c ontteridnrthrworkenlhe - Capitot doll ars .
do ex
llars tension, one hundred and fifty thousand For the purchase of books of tactics and
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gar.rOcnt. Of
instructions for the armies of the 'United
juk nsressnes to Capitol'• States, fifty thousand dollars.
'Pliaerwie'under esifit er April: trinity- To defray expenses incurred in the raising,
second, eighteen 'hundred and fifty.four, equipping, I r:importation, and subsistence
nine thousand Eve hindred dollars, of minute men and 'volunteers, in Perinsyl
• For.tiontinaing the work on the new dome main, Illfiryland, Ohio, indiane, and Ken
o! the Capitit - twe - Mindlnik Wagged del- Lucky, to repel rebel raids, six hundred
tars.
thousand dollars, to be settled upon proper
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To defray tie: tinerunrrincarred in Lk- thousand
anapissed upon by,!
Ant th
aedn census of the Territory of Dakota, 'the proper accounting officers of the Trace
:432. itsnd four hundind • and fifty ;del - ' •my : Provided, That in determining the'
*Aims to be allowed Wider ' this not the
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For salaries of two additional judgee,
from the eighth of March, eighteen bundrcd
and sixty-three, to thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, at an enamel
salary each of four thousand dollars, tea
thousand five hundred and twenty dollart
For salary of bailiff, from eighth Marc
eighteen hundred and six -three, tothir
(loth June, eighteen hun dred" end
four, at an annual salary of one thousand
dollars, one thousand two hundred and
ninety-five dollars.
Fora minister residentin Greece, Wits
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollarst
See. 10. And be it further' meager at
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized to allow to Butler and Carpen
ter, contractors, for engraving internal
revenue stamps, thirty per cent of the
coat of engraving the special dies for ,that
purpose, and not to exceed in amount the
sum of twenty thousand dollars.
Bea IL And be it further reacted Thai
the sum of one hundred thousand dollard,
or ea much thereof as may be neeessary,
be and the same is hereby appropriated,'
out of any money not otherwise aPpreprit'
ted, iolrards:4ofre74ll
. a exppeenve, cod
snent .upod carrying.into mot tallislot;
of Congress of fildtdate,3 entitled stA n i c k,
ne at aati E 410.4.03 bi lUlt4t4o/0 ;',
these. ln4
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Same principle; rules, ,and regulations
shall be observed by the *donating offioeti
in auditing said expenses as have_been
applied to the alumina allowed to States,
under the act approved July twenty.seventh
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eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitle
"An act to indemnity the States for ex
penses incurred by them in defense of the
United States."
For additional compensation to the pub
lishers of the Statutes at Large, four thou
sand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to
purchase of Messrs. Little, Brown & Corn.
pony, two thousand copies of the twelfth
volume of the United States Statutes at
Large, for distribution agreeably to the act
of Congress directing the distribution of
the other volumes, seven thousand dollars.
For oompensation of the receiver at Santa
Fe, New Mexico, acting as depositary, two
thousand dollars.
For tour laborers employ' d by the Com
missioner of Public Builgings in-the Capi
tol, (heretofore autioridA 'by special ap
propriation,) two thouW.nd four hundred
dollars.
For now roof to liongtessional Library,
three thousand five hundred dollars.
To supply defiolency in the appropria
tions for Agricultural Buren; for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, twenty thousand
dollars.
To supply deficiency in the appropriation
for rent, fitting up, and furnisling of the
rooms temporarily provided for the use of
the Quartermaster General's Department,
including stationery and miscellaneous
items, for the current fiscal year, six
thousand eix hundred and eighty-four
dollars.
For the Mississippi squadron building,
repairs, equipment, maohinery,lliree million
eight hundred thousand dollars; increaseon
cost of materials, five hundred and eighty
thousand dollars ; completion of armored
clad vessel; four million five hundred
thousand dollars.
For contingent fund of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks for eighteen hundred and
et:ty-two and three,three hundred thousand
dollars.
For enlarging hospital cat marine bar.
racks, Washington, and constructing sewer
to Eastern Branch, nine thousand and fifty
dollars.
For deficiencies of appropriations in the
Navy Department for the fiscal year end
ing thirtieth Jtine, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, as follows, viz:
For increase and repairs of the navy:
completion of side-wheel steamer; hulls,
equipment, and machinery, two million
eight hundred thousand dollars.
Completion of screw steamers, hulls,
equipment, and machinery, one million five
hundred thousand dollars.
Purchase of large steamect; two million
six hundred thousand dollars.
" Purchase of small steamers and tug
boats, seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
Repairs of steam machinesy,,one million
nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For Instituting and condnoting experi
ments for testing various. methods of
working steam expansively, twenty thou
sand dollars.
Sea. h. And be it further '0 , 60..4 That
the surgeon and the cillseniiii..large, who
are, with the , provost marshal, to form the
enrolling board of each Congressional die.
trier, shall receive the compensation of an
assistant surgeon of the army, excluding
commutation for fuel and quarters for the
time actually employed, and that the same
may be paid by the Secretary of War out
of appropriations already made for the
services of that Department.
Seo. 6. And be it further enacted, Tp.at
the President cause to be . thruok from the
dies recently prepared at the United States
Mint for that purpose, "Medals Of Honor"
additional to those authorized by the act
.of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, and present the same to such
officers, non-commissioned officers, and pri
vates as have most distinguished or who
may hereafter most clistingnish.themsolves
in action; and the cum of tzsmkty thentiand
dollars is hereby appropriated` , 9ut of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, to defray the expenses of the
same.
For surveying the public lands in Colo
rado Territory, in addition to . the sum
hereinbefore appropriated, five thousand
dollars.
For surveying the public lands in K/LOBSII
and Nebraska, in addition to the sum
hereinbefore appropriated, ten thousand
dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Dakota
Territory, ten thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Wash
ington Territory in addition to the sum
hersinbefore appropriated, five thousand
dollars.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That
to supply a clerical 01 14118i0E1 in the act
entitled "An act making appropriations for
the legislative, executive, and judicial et
pongee of the Governmeat, for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, the following 'words be and
hereby are added to the end of the para
graph for the support of the bletropolian
Police of the District of Columbia: "One
hundred and ten thousand dollars.":
Sec. 8. And de it further enacted, 'That
in addition to the clerical force 1101, au
thorized by law in the office of the Second
Comptroller, the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized to appoints follows:
Foar clerks of class four; four of class
three, and ten of class two, and one assist-
ant messenger at a salary of seven hundred
dollars per annum; said additional force
shall be employed and continue only daring
the rebellion, and for one year after its
close; and the amount .necesarry to pay
their salaries fiom the rune of their ap
pointment, for The decal year ending June
thirtleth,eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
and for the fiscal year ending June thirti
eth, eighteen bandied and sixty-four, is
hereby appropriated.
Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, That
the appropriation for temporary clerks
the Treasury Department, for the year
ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four shall apply to and include
stationery and furniture for the use of said
clerks,
COURT OF CLAIIO3
Seo. 12. * And be it further enacted, That
so much of the second section of lite
act of August sixth, eighteen hundred
and forty-six, entitled "An act to provide
for the better organization of the t ipLiry;
and for the collectioktnife keep , ans
fer, and disbursement of the' pub a 'reve.
nue," as designates the Mint of the United
States In the city of Philadelphia to be the
place of deposit of the public money at that
point, is hereby amended so as to authorise
the deposit of the same in the customhouse
building of the said iiity, whenever, in the
opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury;
the public convenience will be - stibierved:
thereby; and the sum of ten thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated, payable out'l
of any moneys in the Treasury not other
wise
appropriated to be expended under 1
the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-1
ury, in the construction of vaults and the
fitting up of offices in the said custom house
building for the proper receipt, custody,
and disbursement of such public money as
may be deposited therein.
See. 18. ' And be it further engcle4 That
the Treasurer of the Mint of the United
States, by virtue of that office, Assistant
Treasurer of the United States at Philadel-
phis, is authorized to designate from among
the clerks in his said offices respectively,
one to act as chief clerk to the Treasurer of
the mint, and one other to act as chief
clerk to the Assistant Treasurer of the
United States.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That
in case of the sickness or unavoidable ab,
Bence of the Treasurer of the Mint, he may,
in his discretion, authorize the respective
chief clerks to act in his place, and to die
charge all the duties required by law of
the Treasurer of the Mint or Assistant
Treasurer of the United States at Phila
delphia.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That
the chief and other clerks in the Treasury
Department of the Mint shall give such
assistance in the Assistant Treasury of
the United States at Philadelphia, in the
receipt, custody, and disbursement of the
public money, as may be required of them
by the Treasurer, with the same responsi
bility for the faithful performance of such
duty as is imposed upon them by the laws
In force for - the government of the mint
and the officers and cleirks thereof.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Senate be directed to
pay, out of the contingent fond, for such
extra messengers, pages, laborers, and tier-
vices for the Senate during the present ses-
sion, as the committee to audit and control '
the contingent expense* of the Senate may
approve and direct.
See. 17. And be it further enacted,
That an Assistant Collectorof Custems,ehall
be appointed at the port of New York, in '
the mode prescribed by law for the appoint
ment of deputy collectors, at an annual
compensation of fin thousand dollars, who
shall perform such duties and exercise such
powers now devolved on the collector as
may be assigned to him by - that officer; and
all the official acts of said assistant, in pur
suance of such assignment, shall be as valid
in , law as if performed by the collector
himself: Provided, That the collector shall
be responsible for the official acts as afore
said of said assistant, and that no addition
al appropriation shall be made for the pay
ment of his compensation.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That
the signal corps of the army shall, during
the present rebellion, be organized as fol
low' : There shall-be one chief signal officer,
a colonel, who shall be signal officer of the
a I ,
army; one lieutenant co mil; two majors,
who shall be inspectors;land for each army
corps or military depart exit there shall be
one captain and as m lieutenants, not
exceeding eight, as the P ident may deem
necessary, to be appoln d consent President,
by and with the advice and of the
Senate, who shall receilsve the pay and
emoluments of cavalry officer* of similar
grades; and for each officer of the signal .
corps there may be enlisted or detailed one
sergeant and elm privates, who shall receive
the pay of similar grad of en_gineer sot
diem: Provided, That no Meer or enlisted
man shall be allowed to a eve in the eignil
corps until he shall have been examined
and approved by a military board, to be
convened for that purpose by the Secretary
of War.
Soc.lo. And be, it further enaeied''Thnt
the officers and enlisted men herein provided
for shall be subject to the rules and articles
of war. They may be mounted upon horses,
the property of the United States, and shall
serve in any military department, or with
any forces to ,which they may. be ordered.
Andefficere of the army who may be ap
pointed in this corps , may, after the rebel
lion, be restored to •their respective regi
ments or corps, and receive the same rank
and promotion as if 'they had continued to
serve therein.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That
there shall he appointed in the office of the
signal officer two clerks aides' two. And
in selecting officers and men for the organ
ization of the Signal corps, as ;herein pre
vided, preference shall be given to such as
have served fiithitilly, or es are now serv
ing in the acting signal corps of the army.
Sec. 21. And be it further markt; That,
in order to allow time for their thorough
examination the President may appoint the
1 ,
officers authorised by this act during the
recess of Congress ; whi - appointments
shall be submitted to the nate at their
next session for their staid° and consent.
Sea 22. And be it fur enacted, Thit
the . sum of thirteen thousand dollars be,
and the same is hereby appropriated, .to be
paid out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for reconstructing ,
the bridges and market house in George
town, built across the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, and for raising the same se ae to
open a convenient outlet to the trade of the
loans' to the Potomac river, in place of thit
' which has been interrupted by the occupa
tion of the aqueduct connecting the Mese
peake and Ohio and the Alexandria cans*
as a bridge for the transportation. At sup
plies for the army of the United. State,.
acmes said river, said BUM to bo expended
under the direction of the President of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canel Company.
Section 28. And be it further emote .
d,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be dud
he is hereby directed, oat of any money in
the Treasury not 'otherwise. appropriated,
to pay to the Governor of the 'Natant Min
nesota, or. his duly autherised agent, the,
costs, charges, and . expenses properly in- ,
enured by said State is cuppressing Indian ,
hostilities within said State and upon its
borders,• in the-year - Aishteen - hundred and
sixty-two, not exceeding tiro hundred' and'
fifty thousand dollart v to ,be settled upon'
proper vouchers to be Hied and passed upon
by the proper accounting, officers of: the .
Treasury : Prosidid, That, . In: de tarmining
the claims to be allowed'under tide ac, the
same principles, rules, and retdatlbas shall
be observed by the accounting officers in
auditing said expenses as leve Iwieni-pPlied
to the claims ' allowed to Sista under the act.
Approved July = ewentreetentlii eighteen
Approved
- and eiitj-one;. entitlede"dn
to--indemnify. the.. States ;for expens in-
Act
curred by them itt , 'defeetteil ot• the United
ileati e h'4, And as 4i-.;s4gigi,;ariiii4
That: so ' mach of the sok approved- the eigh
teenth of:Auguel, eighterelitindrief and:
1 / 1 4 .. , 4 4 4 ;1 11111 1et. i'An : act id regulate the
diplomatic' and - 41 te . i the
0011 a, sr 5711 tCup 0 ,
tFirgAlUreiV'se proldtilthe gratAiegjef
haPOria tOs&V O th er than , oltliens'of eder
't tatel, 014 be and Is hereby to.
le a led an so ro t s ao ot thitt_ vo.. -pralAhitlenalaY eat
liable to milltist
duty by the lattAilihTifitited Stater: ,
faeotWt 26.4i1l hat &fail m esse s That
got - grooymtvwfTrallArAtiteeb e end
he is hereby authorized, whenever in his
judgment the public interes t may so require,:
to disoontinue tbenonsulate of the United
States at Trinidad de Cuba, and to appoint
at Cienfuegos, in that island, • coneulwith
the same salary and emoluments as those
now alloWed by law to the consul at Trin
idad de Cube.
, Bection 26. And be it further enacted,
That any judge advocate of a court martial'
or court of inquiry hereafter to be consti
tuted, Shall ban power to issue the life :
precise to colnpelveitnesses to appear and
teetify which courts of criminal jurisdiction
within the State, Territory, or district
where such military courts shall be ordered
to sit may lawfully issue.
Approved, ?larch 3, 1863.
. .
Acr for [Papua—No
increasing the 59 rev ]
enue by re
servation and sale of town Bites onpublio
lands.
.Be it enacted by the Senate and Renee of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
tea in Cowen assembled, That it shallbe the
duty of the President of the tin - Red States
to reserve from the public land!, whether
surveyed or nnsurveyed, town sites on the
shores of harbors, at the junction of rivers,
important portages, or any natural or pros
pective centres of population.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted., That,
when, in. the opinion of thejresident, the
public intereats require it abill be the duty
I
of the Secretary of the Interior to cause any
of said reservations, or part thereof, to be
surveyed into urban or suburban lots of
Suitable &lie, and to fax by appraisement of
disinterested persons their cash value, and to
offer the same for sale at public outcry to
the highest bidder, and thence afterward to
be held subject to sale at privet* entry as
cording to such regulations se the Secretary
of the Interior may .prescribe: Provided,
That no lot shall be disposed of at public
sale or private entry for less than the ap
praised value thereof: And Provided fur
ther, That said sales shall be conducted by
the register and receiver of the land Once
in the district in which said reservations
may be situated, in accordance with the
laws and rules and instructions of the de
partment regulating the sales of public
lands.
Approved., , March 3, 1868.
The Harrisburgars.
Bat for the look of the thing, there are
• good many loyal people who would not feel
greatly pained were Ewell and his dragoons
to water their hones in the Susquehanna and
help themselves to the - hospitality hospitality of the
capital of Pennsylvania. In the first place,
• majority of its cattalos widertook to act the
part of the wagoner in the fable: calling luti:
ly upon Harrell* to help .their _vehicle oat
of the slough, when they ought to have pat
their own indolent shoulders to the wheel.
They produced a rare panic, not by way of
induoing their neighbors to join them in the
good work of repelling the /3obel invasion,
but to justify titenselves in disgracefully turn,
log their backs upcin the Weft and Skedad
dling into New Jersey 'and even the - Empire
State. They spread terror and alarns--er at
least, did their utmost to [do so--4.11 the way
to the Delaware and the Madsen. For every
A~rrppin that approached the:place with assist,
there was • train of eble.bodied men--
t say Rocking of the women and ohildrea—
running awaVirenait• -
lbw** was by no means the worst beton
in the can. it appears that • portion of the
inhabitants 'remained or have shift returned
to Warrielarg. With the avaricious propels
sity which oharacteriess more Suite Capitals
than that of Perrasylvanis, they forthnha'oot
about earning "an honost , peany"Atthe ear
pens* of the soldiers who had volunteered"to
defend them. We blush to record that an*
community in the free Suites could le:demurs
itself as to make
.extravagant chanies tor
every mouthful of victuals doled out toward
its protestors. ,I stead"el sainillointi
their inglorious time and sari trinsiXelltif sol
diers cromfortabliii - or even to give Ohm
cent reception en their arriralithe Weres' oar.
respondent deelares that they refuted to open
their doors or part with • sing* Meal unitise
[ exorbitant price had been agreed upon. . The
ruling use*a strong in death—Yee; verily;
Abalone prices meet be paid to heartlese
speculators for articles which, daring Depart,
nodsre ready to be saoritioed at almost nomi:
[ What ham eharadarlietthe pimple of
risharg, in` this uneidentik has also* ddreat
measurer been true of thole of the whole State.
We credit Peapsylvaida, daring the past, with
the diseharre of her whole duty as a loyst
Stith. Her regiments have been - equally
ready to march and expose them/elm to dan
ger in the 'fold:. What has come .ever her
people that, . la "the midst of durger. : tkoi
should *end their time in giggling and chef
faring about the conditions of" the Wel*
which they propose to fender; while the mil
itia from other States have no questiiine
tb
ask except "where Is the foe 4" It waswhikr
the foot of the invader was on the soil of their
, own State, that the "unotrivalroin sons of
I Pennsolvanie stank away in ear loads at a
r time. The 'Keystone State hu' been'deeply
disgraced. And for Harrisburg, that had not
a solitary welcome for her brave defenders--;
well, perhaps it was only what should have
been expeetet. tram tire place a legislative
body annually assombles.„ .
.
The above It pretty severe, but not more se
than the facts, as 'reported bYtnany *deport
der* witnesses, "justify: SithVitatements as
,'the following, from various letters of *nu
pendia* in. Harrisburg, daring the put week
or two, might be quoted to any amount
I hardly llnts to say It, and still Isis do
I like to bonnet:, but it is an incontestibla
fact, that the. eplrit of the. nektPlo in not nkat
It should be. They] do not ooze op to the
[ crisis. Varlons.reaserur are issignixtfor this,
but it senor 01:31.thitthey *wail supenloird..
At thitottom there . bri be 'reliant of heart
in tie causei"Exeiser 'are phony to those
who are willliettilint 'for them. But if a
man Is imbrue; with the true fire of patriotism,
he wan* no.excesei z
[ 2'hereare mew enough here who are willing -
to solute the trenches: and shoot their muir
kith off to - save,theirproPePth bilk fers•Who
are willing to VtattOteltt..4l!, the defense", 9f
their country . • _ Bust 9; re
an this forsiiion i
and he said to a gentleman who was walklnat
with me ono or.** l eading citizens' of the'
State " We have a felt oompaily'rif one huts
.dret and ten ant we are waiting to
over into the trenc h es ; but we don't want : e
ta'.
be mustered in." One whole company that'
was enlisted here Outerionthe ago, cilsbaaded
when they pound they must be mesterei*
free to go for sit months. The Olden whre
ran off at fi rst have return ed, and axe taking,
advantage of the:nodded state ed,theeslty
charge threi prices -foruesything they rell."
Some have even charged One men for Wet&
wherewith to t i lttheirvinteei*.[,'lt le
that
sit wh en
have *Hetet from this *els*
b them twenty live thotuan
-1
p . ro A r ni x 7 Tufa felinfbeliteite:itigeftltisoces7araip4soeiv
tee Rebel - ftelt .
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some : a fric: ! 4: l ;:it
Chlogo rieletoo
be , we roost&
otelfuttreet . z .
l° Errs
tr
i , 000mont of thrainey di
moiabit• 'bout t h * bd n ui . It is as`
the ono 4 l f/sad on a."
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foiteeez
Curoutaavz, Jana 21.
&pinto I•Star remind from our 'oorrti.-
adiat N Maiirosaboro, thLt dated.
Tasadayemlag, states that Itoaaatiaetrax,
bad beta outset with an dayietratlont, nut
Wryer, all Is Inotioll,qllho dlatlrption 1r
otatraband ; but it may beislartwftdarklia;
hat ail Brat& with irlatgit lortlon of Ida.
'array, Is reported to lista'. roardoteltleitaolul
blotka =l9th:`2l4 , 104e,n101 •adlltiu}
quarters Iwo; It that ilarrabld loaders havo
Shoal* the ideao Wag abl* to hod Vitali
auttiasClaire.tutorauwa 141 gin itp lb.
llnotez'klNE,fo to- tairosto: of
st ood. , orklla • boo's Mut' *paws north. and
tbasa teardlidtbiAbt!.skdiYal o !l
lromr lb. praint impost of stalls at I
eas4llda Mem looks Plaialida.
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Pablleation 01114;10« 84 Ma IlltiteL
110E1ING AIID NIFMIONIIDITIOIEI, DAILY.
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ROM OP PCOmparnom
kIONDAIr MORMEIG O 4IINA . 29
Tim Rebd:illlb?
13(fi lut mu klaillna•inalleil iumedstiomly , yea-
Mrday, while Mang in our dispatches the
statenianti :Ceiba to the . strength and in
tentions of eho rebid army ' under Lee, -We
Mew, of course, that the curtain which fails
in front of the rebel Map is not b a ir s
, 7 , 7 moan
either transparent or ewes semi.iransperent,
and at the "somm-shifthlgs, when that tartan
Is doWn, we never have been able tipt nen
a gliropsi . of the real movements_ping on lie
hind 11. Yet, it was mere—and perhaps it
still is more—than .we can Where, that Lee
has an arsey,•mie..imednd and twawy-fies
demand seamy, In the immediate vicinity el
the Potomae,.whiie Biolunond is garrisoned
by twenty thouenad wee from ~Bropeo, =me,
commanded by Bragg in person—he having
arrived there on the 17th inst.
This informition, neverthaleis, appear. to
come to us through two independeat channels—
one, a letter remind in New York; and the
other, an account derived from persons in
friendly communication with the rebels In
Western Miryland. According to the um
rebel authority, Hill's forms are to oosopy
Gen. Hooke?, attention until the naive body
of the rebel army is well on the way, when
Lee will mare rapidly North, having in the
meantime supplied himself with fresh horses
from Maryland and Penuaylviale. He ex
pects to capfani Harvishrug almost without
opposition, when he will .more at once on
Philadolphla. Farther ,thais this the rebel
Pro/gamma is not at Preseni,;ilsolosed.
Now, it must be owned *that all this look,
improbable—extravagant even. But, on the
other hand, I t will many be aoseedetthat his
tory--(not snob hlitory either at that whiali
the critics have =Welted to their "proof/pee '
in the earlier books-of LitY)—is fall -of pas
sages *Undisputable iccuracy; which. would be
discredited utterly by applying to. them the
doctrine of probabilities.- We must not, there
fore, toosammailly dismiss :this statement pf
Bragg having succeeded In withdrawing per
haps the greater,part el. his armyjerin Tim
, noose, and
.bringini:l it with ; him Into Vire
nia. A atrorm oircurasniiin, kn.inn2nblnstka
of Bragg's . ammonia may he fined in the
news we publish to:daj from Murfreesboro--
which certainly means that cows cheep in
the ferns and position of thiV rebels has tot
only taken plaice, but haa at lengthimoome
known to lioseerins, thine. •
But besides the' reinforoemente-mp tallo
v ir
have come 'fern' Um , west, ,ma lan hardly
doubt that others hairs coniefrolit . Haiti".
We have already-kmdd something like evidence
—testimony, at least, or what we hive efts*
had to accept as inch, for lack °flatter—that
4 general withdrawal of all: the .rebel 'beeps
Chit could le spared from North Carolina, ,the
*oast region of :Beat Virginia, and Ortla lent
South Carolina, has boon going on leemne
time.
It is at least_well to consider. ali v that _ we
as put before uson thin 11111billOt,...1)10)111'
utterly /sleet and discredit this horn trip
rebeidim. We should suitgrisive,'.lSoweier,
if eierj word of it is true. The work of he •
war it to dots* the anuisitof the rebels; sad
"thet . work'cit . bi aztorithorouildi dens Mirth
-of the Potomesirthaii • anyWhire Bouth,Ofdt.—
"and &oath we do mot bilis that-
Sable Arategeddozpliald should. be .fosialt
In
`Pituas,yirsala, stlil, If it eau be loosest feted
ikon, so belt. 1- - -
'he' Cohentimid of Harper'l
'Lee Mid Ilooktie both' Mirth et the
Pet°Mao., - • , , -
ghlkletatm t juncture Elarpeee :ferry- is
I one:of the moot important Orate& pohttain
the whalialleld - of military operatic= in
Plr-
Maryland .; " The 1f uriand gaights
overlook and. oommaid Harper's Leary itself,
aa of 'Maras Ip well kaiwn to the pulls by
the latatillatiag record of the foots brought
oat le the inquiry relative to the shamifal
aad stareadei of them lut yogi by
Cot. mites ; aro while the kfaryhad Heights
are held E by no, Lee WM hart to look auxins
l7 behind him every.mile he moves aorth of
the line of the Upper Potomac We West,
therefore, that In" assiamiag • the ootamsztd of
ibis important position to..eueral Truth s as
we au samameed La our dispatches, the Gov
ernment has , this time n0.p5044 la lading
"the right man to pule the risht,plaoi."
O. fUt, also reported bz telsgrapk, ia
oar quetehis;in uremia to the Mar/laid
tiights; sitighot(l7. Wite'that
the jairliMithereitis been plead under the
command of Eliaerid ' Hooker; And lashed of
being hoisted, pow forms the right wing of
—Since writing the - ibove, dilute/tea tun
come to hand width Wiest* that Lee has. ao•
tnally'moud his headquarter tha north
aide of theTotomass; and if auk is tha fact,
as liookar has now the( advantage of storing
on -insida lines Iselin eampaigni we singles'.
peot tu#Ar veer soweha; Me iteadotiatties
him! H l MAltPeenmend. deed • 11 .1111
to tut offset ennui to u Erma liarrisbug.
In that ease, Buono) lam widelLu hive
'spoken' Of . 'above' 'now 'flaming in
twine sight; wasidiesema tin:post on /MA
wonid rest, , •
'Tige ,Stediels CoulaskiPfortht •
AIL doubt sessakat tenth :bodispelled
.wititregasd to the letiatkras of liou.lsta,
haitestot Scdrow rasa. Rooker late a masa
taie PanaP. 4 if the Petatoot), sad thea tneh
uPP!):TeeidNite*l et?!llWeet 4.tAreittbSire
r hea beset bailed; and has caoued the PAWL',
to fcl4 4 ll4 fie# l its be
yeses thrartialirtjkla ado
kite the 'MK or
tout that tialimoioAkil is iiitt
be diverted front it—that Gers. Boo*
Will
itiene*iir
aid 'sal
thatorellid4void &rakes - : aboigsw .nt il
thi rota is* be arolkid-siddroted, wed that
tki !Were Mai of
sarreerso poodbie by iodide's dispoettloos
eelkiliailer desks sad aktridaliesiuslitwo_
4241 .beleadZie dal bYiwabalabalt be
Urt i Olß. ool l4 7 o ,l .gis kit!, pet
..11. - not, let arm 1: tooross the PA/Tr
*Mt tha wreck ot ati enl7;
Moisfeke North Piwasylvaaisaaolierott•
et eer-ifetiXerkeredNow
gadtaarkso.keUe
fe'at Zone Coiersi An! yes till le" et
toisV-deilvis isea' , or eederiiel
Patriots reselved iutd. deserriog,7o
voy•lt asivangWiealilltef
Vairtilibc tCr Ittl4t . r
imps , 1-441; dialyee.,;
Pal WWI/. 11 1101 r
iniestltited , wirnueesso;
Ur say to Obles.....4lttbisiedoao
-bootesifosestesAstTlPla .
frith the