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GEORGE BERGNER.
nrisylvania Legislature.
gyOgrED H
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lifillsE OF RE VBESENTATITEB.
THURSDAY, March 7, 1862.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
APPROPRIATION BEM.
rbe
making provision for the payment
tteordiliary expenses of the government,
eu p o n COIRI reading, and after a long
nogrd finally the Howie of Represents
follovs :
Aul to provide for the ordinary expenses
t i o tiovernment, and other general and
oc a ppropriations.
itmos 1. Re at enacted by the Senate and Bowe
:urnentrves of the Commonwealth of Penneyl.
timed Assembly met, and it it hereby
4b, d e authority of the ram That the fel
" Lz , eilms I , e, eta the saute lire hereby ape?
,
' a ppropriated to the several objects here
rl WALLA, for the year commencing on the
day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand
hulhnei and sixty-two, to be paid out of
high@ treasury not otherwise ap
iiatel
or the salary of the Governor of the
11101 wealth, four thousand dollars.
r the salary of the Secretary of the Om
aealth, one thousand seven hundred doI
%DI the further sum of two hundred dol.:
f •„ r one year, to take effect from and after
s. s[ do- of June,Anno Domini one thousand
t. ht:nditd and sixty-one.
the ittlary of the Deputy Secretary of the
- at avkalth,one thousand five hundred del
a., and the farther sum of one hundred d 01..:
..: fLr ON year, to take effect from and after
ir,t day of June,Anno Domini one thousand
t hundred and sixty one.
the Wary of the Auditor General, one
.sand taco hundred dollars,axid the further
7..(` No hundred dollars, for one year, to
~ ,kttt'tct from and after the first day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and
tuu
the salary of the Surveyor General, one
and six hundred dollars.
Jr the balmy of the Attorney General, three
, dollars.
bi the salary of the State Treasurer, one
,ertn hundred dollars,and the further
of two hundred dollars,for one year,to take
tree, and after the first day of June,Anno
one thousand eight hundred and slaty-
the salary of the Superintendent of Coni-
Dlikhools,ono thousand five hundred dollars.
For the slimy of the State Libratian, eight
Lndied
Fur the salary of the Superintendent of Pub •
',lc Printing, eight hundred dollars, and for of-
fict teat, windy dollars, or Ito mash thereof as
may Ir 2 entraltd therefor.
ate For the ealary of the private were
d the Governor, twelve hundred dullard.
For messenger insimitive department, Ave
hundreli4ollare
Sr, d. Fo, the salary of the chief clerk, In
the ogre of the Sitretary of the Commonwealth,
thoussul two hundred dollars.
Far the salary of the military clerk, one
, Jsnil dollars, and the further sum of one
lred dollars, for one year, to take effect
ti) and oiler the first day of June, Anno
1 , 1[1,1 one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
!tip silary of the commission clerk, one
and dollars, and the further sum of one
.so.llollare for one year, to take effect from
kfter tho firEt day of June, 41nrko Domini
:.e and eight hundred and silty-one.
Re salary of the first tramictibblg clerk,
01,411
the saktry of tho second transcribing
One liuudred dollars,
tie salat y of the third transcribing clerk,
.x.irol dollars.
tLe
salary of the messenger In the State
tutLt five hundred dollars.
',04,14e, telegrams, freights and express
to the State department, thirteen hun
jilitn, or 60 much thereof as may be ne-
!4aLk books, fifty dollars, or so much
•as nay be necessary.
nationery, six hundred dollars, or so
thereof as may be necessary.
ale] and lights in the State department,
alted and twenty-five dollars, or so much
as Lay be necessary.
.leaning offices, one hundred dollars, or
a thereof cc may be necessary.
:siseellaneous expense, two hundred 61-
to much thereof as may be necessary,
0, Fur the salary of the chief clerk in
Ittor General's office, one thoussuid five
I &liars, and the further sum of one
I dollars for one year, to take effect from
the first day of June, Anno Domini
11F tad eight hundred and sixty-one.
ne Salary of the clerk in the banking
eat One thousand two hundred dol-
,;
,hehecwlnt salary of
of the clerk in
treasurers, department for
s county
its registers, recorders, clerks of coupre
rts,
me thousand one hundred dollars.
` salary of the clerk for settling the ac t co rporations, and In charge of the
with foreign insurance companies) re
:Nixoad and manufacturing pnies,
oar thousand one hundred do ll a rs.
salary of warrant and bond clerk,
"=sand one hundred dollars, to take effect
'! after the first day of June, one then
. . I t hundred and slaty-one.
..te salary of registering and copying
3
21. e thous aid dollars.
salary of clerk in charge of papers re-
Othelt• public improvements, formerly
Sta o ff icers, ttling accounts of
4disburdiug
,and assisting chief,
and warrant clerks, one thousand
'me Year, and the further sum of one
• iollurs, to take effect from and after
li 45 ' of J une, Anno Domini one thou
hundred and sixty-one.
rY of clerk for copying accounts, aP
, rr,eVondence, reports, et cetera, nine
g ollars•
a t
` i f messenger, five hundred dollars.
' dge a nd telegrams, five hundred and
'n ' or 00 much thereof as may be ne-
4ti° nerY, three hundred and fifty dot
:qtriuelt thereof as may be /1"451/17.
eveuty-cessaryfive dollars, or 80 Mac—
be ne .
z doll ars, etharieun s expense of the office, BOV
be
or so much thereof as may
1 , 0
c , t 6 salary of three clerks in the
*neral's office, the aum of one thou
eieh one of whom shall make out
I„,:r4sti to each county in this CBmmon
:;
r ''. ll, t. of Janda on which the State has
a',"/ kcordance with the requirements
ut atarch twiny - firs t Anne Dornial
one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Pro
vided neverthelas, That the clerks heretofore em
ployed, shall be paid the rates provided in the
general appropriation bill of one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, until the first day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
two and no longer.
For salary of messenger, five hundred dol
len.
For postage in the office of the Surveyor Gen
eral, four hundred dollars, or so much thereof
as may'be necessary.
For stationery, two hiindred dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
For cleaning office and Miscellaneous ex
penses, one hundred dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary.
For fuel, seventy-five dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
Sao. 7. For the salary of the clerk in the
office of the Attorney General, eight hundred
For the contingent expenses in the Attorney
General's office, three hundred and fifty dol
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sao. 8. For the salary of the chief clerk in
the office of the State Treasurer, one thousand
six hundred dollars, and the further sum of one
hundred dollars, for one year, to take effect
from and after the first day of June, Anno
pornini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one.
For the salary of the book-keeper, one thou
nand one hundred dolling..
For the salary of the account clerk, one thou
'and one hundred dollars.
For the ealary of the recording clerk, one
thoinand dollars.
For the salary of the messenger and night
watch of the treasury department, six hundred
and fifty dollars. •
For postage and telegrams in the treasury
department, four hundred and seventy-five dol
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For stationery and blank books, two hundred
and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
For express charges, one hundred dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary.
For fuel and light, seventy-five dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
For miscellaneousexpenses, one hundred and
fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
Sao. 9. For the salary of the messenger in the
Adjutant General's office, the sum of three
hundred dollars, and for expenses In fitting. up
and repairing room and for miscellaneous , ex
penses, the further sum of three hundred, and
seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may
be mammon , .
Sao. 10. That the State Treasurer is hereby
required to pay to each of the commissioners
of the sinking fund, the sum of three hundred
dollars, and they are hereby authorized and
required to impose the duties of clerk to said
commissioners urion one of the clerks of the
treasurer's department, at an increased salary,
not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum.
Sao. 11. For the salary of the Deputy Super
intendent of Common Schools, one thousand
three hundred dollars.
For expenses of school department in visiting
the several school districts in the State three
hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be
neoessery.
For the salary . of the warrant clerk in the
school department, one thousand dollars.
For the salary of the report clerk, one thou
sand dollars.
For the salary of the letter clerk, nine hun.
dred dollars.
For the salary of the messenger, five hun
dred dollars.
For stationery and blank books in the school
departments, three hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
For postage telegrams and express expenses,
one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may
be necessary.
For fuel, light, cleaning office and miscella
neous expenses of the school department, one
hundred and ten dare, or so much thereof as
may be necessary. •
For expenses in packing and distributing blank
forme, reports, school laws end decisions to the
several school districts of the State, sit hundred
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sus. 12. For the salary of the -assistant
librarian, one hundred and fifty dollars.
For the purchase of law and miscellaneous
books, six hundred dollar&
For the exchange of lase - books, two hundred
and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary.
For postage, freight on books, stationery, pur
chasing books, cleansing apartments, making
fires, et cetera, one hundred and seventy-five
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For binding, one hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
Sac. 18. For the public, printing, folding,
stitching and binding, thirty thousand dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, on set
tlement of the account of the public printer,
according to law.
Sac. 14. For the payment of the expenses of
the Legislature; including the pay and mileage
of members, clerks and officers thereof, and the
amount authorized by law for stationery, et
cetera, the sum of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be ne
cessary to be settled by the Auditor General, so
oording to law.
Sso. 15. For packing and distributing the
laws and journals of the Legislature, to be per- I
formed under the direction of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth, seven hundred dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary.
BEL 16. For miscellaneous expenses, to be first
audited by the Auditor General before being
paid by the State Treasurer, the 110112 of seven
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as maybe
necessary.
Sao. 17. For the salaries of the Judges of the
Supreme Court, the sum of twenty-one thou
sand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof
as may beneeessary.
Sic. 18. For the payment of the salaries of
the judges of the district court, and the judges
of the court of common pleas of the city of
Philadelphia, the slim of eighteen thousand
dollars, or three thousand dollars to each judge.
Sac. 19. For the payment of the judges of
the district court, and the president and assist
ant law judges of the court of common pleas of
the county of Allegheny, twelve thousand dol
lars.
Sac, 20. For the payment of the salaries and
mileage of the president and associate law
judges of the several courts of common pleas
in this Commonwealth, except in the city of
Philadelphia and the county of Allegheny, the
sum of fifty-five thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
Sac. 21. For the payment of the salaries and 1
mileage of the associate judges of the courts of
this Commonwealtth, the sum of forty thou
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be ne-
VmAarr
-Bse: 22. For the payment of the interest on the
ftnide4 debt of the (Imiunonsessdth, that will
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1862.
fall duet on the first days of July and August,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two, and on the first days of JanuAry and
February, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, the sum of one mil
lion nine hundred and seventy-six thousand sev
en hundred and , seventy-three dollars, and for
the expenses of paying the interest on the first
of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two, in specie or its equiva
lent, the same having been paid into the treas
ury by the banks of the Commonwealth for that
purpose, twenty-four thousand dollsroor so
much thereof as may be necessary.
Sac. 28. For the instruction of indigent mils
in the Pennsylvania institution for the instruc
tion of the deaf mad domb, twenty-five thous
and two hundred and eighty dollars, to be paid
in proportion to the number of indigent pupils
from the stiVend counties of the Commonwealth
at the rates prescribed by-law, .the evidence of
.h is to be presented to the State Treasurer..
For the Northern Rome for friendless children
the stun of five thorustuad dollars: - '
Sao. 24. For the Pennsylvania institution for
the instruction of the blind, the sum of twenty
four thousand eight hundred dollars, to be pad
in proportion to the number of indigent pupils
from the several counties of the Commonwealth,
at the rates prescribed by law, the evidence
of which is to be furnished to the Mate
Thimnirer.
Sim 26. For the Western Pennsylvania hos
pital, 111 , e thousand doltars, to be milled to the
salaries of officers; and fifteen thousand dollars
for completing of the New Dix Mount Hospi
tailor the insane.
Sec. 26. For the Pennsylvania State lunatic
hospital, at Harrisburg, for the payment of sal
aries and wages, and for repairs to the build
ings and machinery, and for the support of the
house, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary. Provided,
That the said appropriation shall only be paid
upon the production of an account to the Audi
tor General, and under the oath or affirmation
of the principal of said institution, which shall
specifically set forth the items of expenditure
made, or to be made, and the amount of as
sets received from the several counties of this
Corianonwealth, and assessed upon the patients
per capita, and from private mums, and the
amount of said assets on hand, and that the
State Treasurer shall not pay any of the afore
said appropriation unless such statement shall
have been made and certified to by the Auditor
Gem/M. ,
Sao. 27. For the Pennsylvania training school
for feeble-minded children, at Media, in the
county of Delaware, the usual sum for each
pupil as provided by the act of incorporation.
Provided, That the number -of said pupils sh all
not exceed seventy.
Sao. 28. For the Philadelphia school of de
sign for women, the sum of two thousand dol
len, to be paid out of and deducted from that
part of the school fund appropriated to the city
of Philadelphia.
Sao. ,29. For the support of the common
schools, to be paid on warrants drawn :by the
Superintendent in favor of the several school
districts of the Commonwealth, in proportion
to the number of taxables therein,. by the enu
meration of one thousand eight hundred and
'sixty, the sum of three huadred and three
thousand six hundred and twenty -11 m dollars,
'inclusive of the salaries of the county emporia
tendents, and of three hundred dollars to the
State Normal school, at Millersville, In Lancas
ter county, to be applied to the
. payment of
interest on debt; and of live thousand. dollars
to the North-western State .Normal school, in
Erie county; and of seventy-five cents a year
for one copy of the Pennsylvania School Jour
'nal, to be subscribed for and sent to each board
of school directors in the State, for ; public use,
according to the act of Assembly,. approved the
eighth day of May, Anno Domini; one thous
and eight hundred and fifty-five for the
school year, which will begin on theltrirt Mon
day in June, A.nno Domini, ono thousand eight
hundred and sixty.two, to be accounted for in
the usual manner'; Provided, That the city of
Philadelphia shall be entitled to a proportion on
said basis, without contributing to the salaries
of the county superintendents; Andprovidedfur
ther,That neither of the said State Normal schools
shall alienate nor divert to any other use than
those appertaining to said echools as provided
by law, the whole or any other part of the real
estate now owned by them, without first reim
bursing to the State the whole amount of v.
propriationa which have been mode or may,
from time to time, be Mule, for th eir use and
benefit.
The Superintendent of Common Schools is au
thorised to pay them their proper portions of the
State appropriation for the school year which
terminated on the fourth of June,
one thounind
eight hundred and sixty-one, to the townships
of Cass and Union, in the county of . Hunting
don, and Beackerick township, Cambrindounty,
and to any other districts which had common
schools in operation within said year, but
which, owing to causes satisfactory to the su
perintendent, failed to keep them open the fall
term of four months ; Provided, These said die.
tide shall have complied with the provisions Of
the school law in all other respects:
Sao. 80. For the payment of the salaries of
the officers of the Eastern Penitentiary, thesuie
of twelve thousand eight hundred dollars, arid
the additional sum of four dollarsior each dis
charged convict, in equally quarterly payments,
on or after the fifteenth day of thatremthei of
June, September and December, A.ntto
.
one thousand night hundred and faxty-two, aeii
March; Anno Domini one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty,-three; and for books and station
ery for the use of the convicts, two hindted and
fifty dollars, to bo expended under the direction
of the warden, or so much thereof _es may -be
necessary, and to be accounted for to the Audi
tor General.
Sta. 81. For the payment of the salaries of
the officers of the Western Penitentiary, the
sum of twelve thousand dollars, and the ad
ditional sum of four dollars for each discharged
convict, to be paid,in equal quarterly payments,
on and after the fifteenth day of the months
of June, September and December, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty
two, and March, Anne Domini one thousand
eight hundred and sixty three.
For the payment of the balance due for the
completion of block B, the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, and for work on:block C, the
sum of ten thousand dollars, to be drawn from
the State Treasury, when satisfactory evidence
shall be rendered to the Auditor General, that
the work has been done according to contract,
and that the balance due is not lens than the
sum so appropriated.
For books and stationery for the use of the
convicts, two hundred and fifty dollars, to be
expended under the direction of the warden, or
: so much thereof as may be neceesary, and to be
accounted for to the Auditor General. -
Sao. B2. For the House of Refuge, in phil a _
delphia,:twenty thouiond dollars...
Sao. 83. For the House.of Refuge of. Western
. Pennsylvania, in the anat . / of Alleghex , (7l for
balance of salaries of officers, due for the year
one thous*nd eight hundred and sixty-one, two
thousand dollars.
For the salaries of officers, for the year one
thousand eight hundred and ,sixty-two, seven
thousand dollars.
For the construction of sewers and out houses,
one thousand two hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
For the erection of a new and separate build
ing within the enclosure, eight thousand dol
lars, to be paid as the work progresses, on the
presentation to the Auditor Getupl of estimates
of the work actually done, ten per .cent. of
which estimates shall.be reserved and held back .
until the final completion of the work according
to contract; Provided, That no part of said ap
propriation shall be paid until satisfactory evi
dence is furnished the Auditor General that as
contract Ines been executed by responsible par-,
ties or the entire completion of,Ake building„,
neitshide**iblistriscami of this ap-'
ropriation, and the directors of the said-House
Refuge shall he allow the inmates, in.
ass, and under , regulations as may be
'Wished by their , y-laws, spiritual advice
ministrations from any regular ciergymesr,!
the denominations to which
,such begnat i ew l
yy belting, the same to be given in sight of,
t when requested, beyond the hearing of any
of the institution, reqaired by the by
laws to be present on each 000a stona-
Sse. 84. For the payagiiiit ofpenslegis and
gratuities, the sum of seven thortsand dollars,
and such further sihn asmat be necessary to
Illy to the widows and child* of deceased
soldiers such stun or sums as theyornew be en
titled to receive according to law.
85. For the payment to the city of Her
idhliburg for supplying the public buildings with
Watiii,*according to the act of April twenty
eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun
dred and forty, the sum of sir , hundred dol
lars ; and also for gas for the , public buildings •
and walks, fifteen hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be found due by the Auditor
General on the contract with the company, in
pursuance of its charter and supplement, to be
paid on the warrant of the Governor ; and the
further sum of five hundred and' seventy-five
dollars for the balance due for gas for the year
ending June first, Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundrtd and sixty-one.
Sm. 86. For the superintendent and watch
man of the public buildings and grounds, the
sum of two dollars and fifty cents per day dur
ing the period of his appointment.
Fur new pavement on the east of the capitol,
and for brick solvers from the same, with cast
iron footings and grates to conductors, the sum
of five hundred and eighty-seven dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
For repairs at the Governor's house, the sum
of four hundred dollars, or as much thereof as
may be necessary.
For copper sheathing on , roof over rotunda,
with wooden slat floor over the same , ; the sum
of two hundred and seventy-five dolly* hr so
much thereof as may be necessary.
For wagesrui incidental expenses on public
grounds, an eitending road to
the arsenal, the sum of two thousand' dollars,
or as much thereof as may be necessary to be
= e t fili erNe er44 ra ll ato g4llll'.
401 - don o end
Auditor. Genial -
For furnace and fixtures, complete, for heat
ing the law library, the sum of two hundred
and ninety-ftye dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, the work to be done under
the supervisioit and direction of the State Li
btaxian.
figt. 87. For George Bergner seven dollars
per psige for the Legislative R ecord, published
during the present amnion of the Legislature,
the amount to be certified by the Superintend
ent of Public Printing, and upon such certifi
cate, the BWA.Treasurer shall pay the same,
and for inag an index to the same, the fur
ther sum of 'one "hundred and fifty dollars ls,ag:
prokiriated to the publisher of the Record; .14n
vided, That the making of the index doea not
detain the forwarding of the bound copies more
than two weeks ; and the said publiidter is
hereby authorized to continue the publication
of said Record at the next session of the Legis
lature, under the terms and condit i ons of the
existing contract, until the two Houses other
wise order, or a new contract is made for such
publication.
Sao. 38. For each of the fire companies of
the city of Harrisburg, the sum of fifty dol:
Eno, 89. For trezusii)ikig for the Committee
of Ways and Means, to be paid on order of the
chEdiMan, the aura of thirty dollars, and, for
transcribing for Finance Committee,.to be paid
on order of the chainxian, the sum, of thirty
dollars. _
SRL 40; That the State Treasurer is hereby
authoiiked and directed to pay to each of the
chief clerks of the Senate and House ' of Bepre
sentatives the usual per diem for
_ten days' ser
vice after the close of the session, and the
usual per diein to three additional officers, who
may be kept by each clerk to assist him in his
duties, and to the chief clerk of the Senate and
House, for the expense of indexing the Jour- •
rude, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five
dollars each, and forindexing the journals of
the' Senate and House of Representatives, for
the extra session of one thousand eight han
dfed and sikty-one, the sum of twenty-five
dollars each, to be settled in the usual manner,
and for miscellaneous expenses of the chief ,
clerks of the Senate and House of Representa
tives attendant upon their duties during the
recess, each the'sum of one huncirti dollars, or
So Sin& ihereof as may be necessary.
• Bro. 41. That the clerks appointed according
to the seventeenth Section of the act• of May
seventh, one thouaand eight hundrd end fifty
five, shall be allowed the same rate of compen
sation and mileage as is now allowed to the
transcribing clerks by said act in proportion to
the time they shall serve as such ; the pesters
and folders in either House shall be entitled to
two dollars and fifty cents each per day from
the time 61 entering on their duties, and mile
age-
To the wife of J. R. Miller, one of the ass's-
taut doorkeepers of the House during the ses
sion of one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one, the sum he would have been entitled to as
a retiring officer per diem and mileage if he
had been. here at the opening of this session.
Sze. 42. For the payment of John A. Smull,
for his services to the House of Representatives
as an assistant clerk for the present session, and
for services during the recess filing away and
taking charge of the papers and documents, the
sum of one thousand two hundred dollars;
and
it shall be his duty to receive from the State
printer the bound copies of the Daily Record and
forward the same to the address of the mem
bers of the Legislature as soon as practicable
after the adjournment.
Sao. 48. That the State Treasurer is hereby
authorized to pay to the chief clerk of the Sexi
st° and House of Representatives, the sum of
ape dollar per'day for each of the 'pages em
ployti4,-
.1: thSi and :'Hozym during` the
• • .
present session, the yonchers for the same to be
furnished in the usual manner.
Sac. 44. That the State Treasurer is hereby
authorised to pay tO Jno. Wilson, at the rate of
two dollars per den for services in cleaning and
keeping in order the closets in the basement of
the capitol ; and also to Jacob Radebangh, door
keeper in the retinae, the sum of one dollar
and fifty oents per day, the actual !number of
days employed to be certified to by the clerk of
the House ; and to, William Diehl, the sum of
one dollar and fifty cents per day and mileage,
for the regular session only.
Sao. 46: For the payment of the firemen
having in charge the furnaces in the basement,
the sum of two dollars per day, the actual num
her of days employed to be certified to by the
clerks of the two houses.
fisc. 46 For the,payment of ellpiet . a c
• • • andniskibuting bound copies of# ; 4
Record, the enur of one hundred d 01.4
tars, or so much thereof as may be necessary .
be paid to John A.' &null. '
• Sao. 47. That. all annual salaries herein irro4
•# ed for,amionso all appropriations to pad.;
Mullaney, houses of refuge and charitable
liilttninhashall be paid qtruuterly at the office
of theltiate Treasurer, unless otherwise specified
by law t. and that no money appropriated by
this act for any specific object shall be applied'
to any other in any" 6f the charitable institu..l
tione„ - pertitentlaries br houses of refuge.
810. 48. For final balance of guarantied in-!
terest due on account of the Danville and
Pottsville railroad company, eleven thousand
three hundred and flity-six dollars and sixty
seven cents.
Sio: 49. For the payment of expenses attend
ing the cooking rations and furnishing meals
- to regimenti of discharged Pennsylvania volun
teern, on the expiration of the three months'
term of service in July last, detained . at Her- ,
risburg waiting to be paid for an average of
ten days, the sum of seven hundred and forty
four dollars and twenty cents, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to be settled by the
Auditor General.
Sao. 50. For the payment of the expenses of
the several investigating committees appointed
by the Senate and House of Representatives at
the present session, such sums as may be regu
larly presented by the said respective' commit
tees and approved by the Auditor General.
The House then adjourned until Monday af
ternoon at half-past two o'clock. ,
SPEECH( OF
Hon. HENRY D. MOORE.
Delivered in Philadelphia, February 22d, on the oc
casion of the Banquet given by the authorities of
that city, to the Governor and Leganure of /Penn
i' eylventia. •
.The President then
_read the twelfth regular
toast, whichAe said was the last, and yet one
of the beet of the evening : r' Woman, to her
arms only , do we surrender ;" .and be called
upon Mr. Henry D. Appore,the State Treasurer,
reliPC94t9fg• , , •
Mr. Moore said that when he was informed
by a Mend, but a `few moments ago, that he
would be called upon to respond to the senti
ment in honor of WOmen, be opuld scarcely
think that his friend was in earnest, but now
that it had proved to be a reality, he must
say that he could feel but little less than
obliged to his kind Mend for the compliment
which had placed him in that position. Bat,
Ur. Chairman, if I should go home to my
, wife and tell her that I failed to respond to a
sentiment in honor of woman, I should blush
myself, and I know she would blush for me.
Sir, in the response which our friend, Senator
ure gave to the toast in honor of the navy,
id that when the history of this war was
iten, the brightest page upon it would be
P . , at which recorded the gallant and heroic
Ateds of our navy.. While I would not detract
In the least from the intuit and honor which is
so justly due to our gallant navy, I must never
theless, take issue with the honorable Senator.
I maintain that when the history of this rebel
lion is written, one of the brightest pages upon
it be that which shall record the self-toed
acing spirit and the patriotic deeds and offices
in behalf of our sick and wounded soldiers on
the part of the women of America! Why, Mr.
Chairman, when the President, in April last,
issued his proo.amation calling upon the true
and loyal men of the land to assist him in sus
taining the Union, the Constitution, and the
Laws, the women of our land, the wives and
mothers of the nation, with a true, self-sacrific
ing spirit, said to their husbands and their sons:
Your country is in danger ; she needs your
services ; go and do your duty ; and, sir,
in response to that call, every hill-top and
mountain, and every valley in our State and
country, gave forth their thousands and tens
of thousands to do battle for their country and
sustain the honor and glory of our nation. Sir,
when England wrote her history of the Crimean
war, and recorded 'be deeds of her soldiers
upon that battle field, she pointed with • pride
and pleasure to a Florence Nightingale, who
sang her sweet notes of comfort and conso
lation around the couches of her sick and dy- '
ing soldiers ; and while we- award them and
her all the honor and prolix) which is justly
their due, we also can point with a just pride
and pleasure to one who, for long years, has
ministered to the comforts of suffering human
iv, and who. has been hovering around the
°ouches of our sick and 'dying soldiers, scatter
ing her deeds of mercy atakindneeelike smirk
istering angel, in the peison Of Mist Dlxi Oh,
Mr. Chairman, -what an eventful year
of - trial and trouble has .the last one
been to our beloved country ! The
strength and durability of our institutions'
have been tried and tested as never
before were the institutions of any other na
, tion. And this trial has been the more severe
to us, beimuse it came upon us so suddenly, and
so unexpectedly, when we were but poorly pre
pared, and little expecting the midnight awes
sins and traitors who aimed a death blow at
our Republic! But, thank God, they hive
struck no vital part yet,for the nation lives to
pur d a h traitors, to assert its strength, and to
vindicate the iudestructibility of our republi
can institutions.
And here, sir, on this hallowed evening—
, this day, which is consecrated by all the mem
odes of the past which , cling around it—this
birthday of the illustrous Father of our Conn
try, we may all of us congratulate ourselves
upon the dawning of a brighter and better
thy for pur common country, for almost
So ev u er th y banreed Westsewhich i , u n in o lo w %Tel:stra theus from the
depute of our gallant , and victorious army and
navy. And let us not forget, in the pietism
of our congratidations, that we owe much of
'their heroic•deedi and exploits to the comfort
and, hind ministrations and encouragements
,they receive from the women of,...4maTtso, r
PRICE ONE CENT.
BY TELEG H.
From Washington.
EIEENITOR TOOES IN TEE PIED -113
REEL LINTAIEBRIL
Administration on the Mexican Question.
The President's Emancipation Message.
NOVINATIONS AND CONrIRIRTIONS.
IPUITUILE OF GOT. LNWW JORNOOS,
FOR TENNESSIII.
WAsirnrcrrozr, Mesch,7
Information has been received here that Rob
ert Toombs, ex -Senator, and now traitor, is in
the field as rebel . Lient.-General, and that be
r armly supports an ,aggressive policy on the
part of the rebel aditiinhttration and army.
The policy of the administration on the
Mexican question will soon be set forth in an
official way.
People have recovered from the surprise cre
ated by the President's emancipation message,
and it is regarded as one of tale most important
documents ever issued. It is received with
high favor, and it is thought that its effect
abroad will be to extinguish the laat, ray of
hope among the rebels for foreign record
tion
Hon. Andrew Janson Is engaged in draw
ing up a plan for a provisional government for
Tennessee
Major Samuel D. Sturgis, of the regular
army, bas been confirmed as Brigadier General,
to rank from the 10th of August, 1861. for gal
lant services on the battle-field of Wilson's
Creek, where the csinmand devolved upon him
.n the fall of Gen: Lyon.
The-Senate to-day confirmed the following es
Brigadier General of volunteers: Major Law
rence Graham, of Seooad Cavalry; Eleser Paine,
of Illinois; William A. Richardson, Illinois;
Daniel Butterfield, New York ; W. T. Ward,
Kentucky; Major Geo. Syhes, Thirteenth In
fantry:; Captain David S. Stanley, Tenth Cav
alry ; Thos. r'A.. Davies, New York ; Colonel
St. George Cooke, Second Cavalry; Major GOO.
Stoneman, Fourth Cavalry ; Captain Joseph B.
Plummers, First Infantry, for gallant conduct
at Springfirdd and Fredericktown, Missouri—
The Senate also confirmed Henry Van Resselar
to be Inipertor General,with rank of Colonel,
and Thomas Hillhouse, New York, to be AS
Blatant Adjutant-General of volunteers, with
rank of Mejor.
Gov. Andrew Johnson, accompanied by his
son, Colonel Robert Johnson, William A.
Browning, Secretary, etc., Hon. Horace May
nard and Hon. Emerson Ethilisid g e, Clerk of the
House. lett-z.Washington tahvattesnoorr.....kre
Nashville, via Pittsburg and Louisville.
From Charlestown, Va.
Cliz)4:.{ - 0113 134 41)**:.1.041
COLONEL GEARY'S COMMAND
The Report of his being Surrounded and eat
up Untrue.
Caaaraerows, March 7.
Nothing of importance in a military view
has transpired since the last dispatch.
Some transition of troops have taken place,
but nothing to indicate any special move
ment. Last night a mistake occurred on an
outpost station, resulting in wounding a caval
ry man and killing of two horses. The affair
was magnified by the Secessionists into the
capture of four companies of Col. Maulsby's
Maryland Regiment. Such interpretation
caused considerable elation in southern cir
cles.
Rumors having been current here that Col.
Geary was surrounded and cat to pieces, it Is
but fair to say that he has not been able to
come up and test his strength with any enemy.
From the Rocky Mountains.
INDIAN BATTLES,
Denver news to the 24th says that delegates
from Conejos and Gsudelupe counties arrived
in that city the day before, and gave the Gov
ernor information respect ing the threatened
difficulty with the Utah Indians. They repre
sent no imminent danger.
AL number of fights recently occurred between
the "(Raba andArrapahees. They said our al
liance between the latter tribe bad been made
on purpose for warring upon the Mahe the
coming season.
The settlers in the counties named fear that
one party or the other may encroach upon the
white settlements.
A B.II.ERMISH ON THE 0000QUAN.
WAAKINGTON, March 6
A reconnoitering party of the Sixty-third
Pennsylvania, Heintselman's division was am
bushed yesterday morning beyond the Occoquan,
two or three miles in advance of our pickets,
and received the fire of, as was reckoned, forty
concealed rebels. The rebels instantly fled
through the wood. Capt. Chapman and Mgt.
Lyle were killed, and two privates were woad-
ed, one of them mortally.
XXXVIIth enema —First Bandon,
HOUSE OF TIKPBESENTATIVEB.
WASHINGTON, March 7
Mr. Burs denied the truth of the reports
that Freemont had demanded a trial, and that
the committee on the conduct of the war had
reccommuded his appointment to another
division. Fremont's statement and speech of
thanks inaugurated a new campaign, but the
formers proclamation did not injure the ad
ministration as much as a s i ngle purchase of
worthless arms and useless earthworks. In
his statement, Fremont bad shown himself to
be a better apologist for defeat, than a General
to achievivictories. Mr. Blair spoke at length
tOthOlif`Fri3mont's responsibility for the disma
-1 Amt at Springfield and Lexington. • •
Caroacio, March 7.