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VOLUME 7.
SALEL1, OREGON TERRITORY, OCTOBER 27, 1857.
NUMBER 33.
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1 Transient adrrtlmnta Bt be prepaid to In-
IT Notice to aarttea llt'-aat. aaba,vea, attach
awat, aad ail leaidaoUrta, If ao pta-o-i4,tll 1 ba oaarr
4 la tae attorney oiwri"t pooiubM.
rr la ht p.fc a -o4. -d t- Uta.eaehrtloM
4 Traalica of l a Ua.iad i ',a4 tie Unini
laeotniioas oftaa Tarritorv ol Or by aa.aorlty.
" Y . C. DVKCA1C.
IT.i'aiBt wltH tke step ef Prrea,
TaKPYSarkeSt BltUtO
tr tae 1 mi, Om pVs sasas!".
bl.a 4 wMajni way t
1 mpioa of oar rita la danger.
Urea espeaar of taa wrona;.
liar Its eonraa aa awayed by reason
Jaatice to taa weak and ittwif.
Lei Ha word of tralk bo apokaa
VTida or atoaat. aad valo aad aea,
' Dr-oou fttra it ha broken,
KrTinf; heart that would b free
' LTra tha elaetrto chain, it pasaea ;
ror from her aat knried
Tv?e and paper roma the masse
. "li tho lever mora the world I
' Foremost in its rlorlons mission,
-Now it paja tho patriot debt,
GiTta to ir rhildren' rhildren
Name like that of JjafVrott. ,
See tha page of hiatorr flnwins;
THih iha record of his fame ;
Twa a oat ion that he sareored.
- . Us her seas who chant hi name!
Ne'er that bond of anion aerer
Which hi pallant deeds hare twined,
With his eonntrjrV fl.tf forerer
Be thtar and Stripe combined.
A re-day ere see them treamine;.
Side hy aide they ateod of yore,
' "fhrotteh the amoke of battle a;le,miaa;
"Oa the far Atlantic chore.
New, the land lie nobly aided
Stretches toward the aettine; inn, -
And ita farthest ontnuat echoee .
- To the name of W ashingtoa. s -'
With that name there is another,
' Like a household word 'tis met,
Twas hi friend, hi comrade, brother-
Greet aad fraUaAt Lafayeue! ,
- An IxTRnnrtir) Axkitusart. Tiie toh
le)inr proceetiing, reported by Martin Ln-
- ther, Khoahl be of special interest to the
Abolition uullifiera, and to Cbeever and the
olit:enl parsons jreneratly: : i :
Thedoril held a great atinitermrj, at
wbidi hi em is arie were convened to te
port the result of their seTeral missions. :
7 "J let loose the wild beasts f the desert,
. ea a caravan of Christian, and their bones
are now b!cachin on the sands," said one.
"Pshawni Mid tha deril, "their sonls
' were all Bared." ' v " 1 "
- "I drove the east wind, said another,
"against a shirr freighted with Christian,
and they were all drowned." '
"What ol that?" said tie devil, "their
eoals were ail saved."
. "For three years," said a third, "I cnlti
rated an acquaintance with an independent
preacher of the'pospel; at last I became on
Terr intimate terms with hira; and I per
suaded liim to preach politics, and throw
away his Bible."
.Then the devil shoated, as the devil only
can shoat, and the night-stars of hell sang
for joy. - v
Appropo of this, there is a clergyman in
Worcester, Mac;., the Rev. F. H..Kewball,
who has been preaching a political sermon,
to which he is said to have uttered these
words: "There is one paper in this city
which support Bitchanan, and the devil is
at the head of it." This is, however, de
nied by the clcrgymau'a friends, who ask the
Bay State, the pajHjr aliuded to, to publish
the whole discourse; to which it assents,
upon condition that Mr. Newhall aarrees to
read from his pnfpit a speech of Senator
Douglas. .Ttie clerfrymaa refases.
Great Britain's Rotal Childrex, For
the gratification of a corresondetit, we pub
lish the names and ages of the children of
Queen Victori a. "
1. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Prin
' cess Royal, born November 21, 1840.
8. Albert Edward, Priuce of Wales,
bora November 9, 1841. -
. "Alice Mand Mary, bora April 25,
184.
4. Alfred Ernest Albert, bora August
6, 1844.
6. Helena Ansnsta Victoria, born May
85 1846.
Louisa Carolina Alberta, born Jarcu 18.
1848. -
Arthur William Patrick Albert, bora
May 1, 1850.
8. LtOo!d George Duncan Albert, born
April?, 1853.
$. A Princess, born April 14, 1851.
Her Majesty, Qu- en Alexandria Victoria
is nearly thirty-eight years of ajre, having
beeu born on the 21th day of May, 1819.
She was married February .10, 1840, to
Francis Albert Augustus Cliarles Emanuel,
Priuce of Saxe Cobnrg ami Got I) a, who was
bwa August 26, 1819. Pmcidevcc Journal.
DacD Scott. The real original Dred Scott,
says the St. Louis Ledger, was tke , lion ot
the court bouse Saturday morning. About
10 o'clock he made his appearance on the
steps fronting on Fourth street. He was
soon recognized and surrounded by a score
of Iawyers,all congratulating hiiuou his. en
viable notoriety. Some said be was the most
celebrated character of the present day
that be caased a greater stir in the United
States than Lafaywt(e himself, and advised
him to go to Boston, exhibit himself there,
and from thence to London, bat to be sure
before he left for England, to get an intro
duction from Mrs. Stowe to the Dutchess of
Sutherland, and that doubtless his fortune
would be made. Others advised him to
join the black republicans and stump it
through the State for Major Rollins duriug
the ensuing canvass, while some others ad
vised him to join the church. 'No mass,'
said Dred, "me not go to Boston,, nor to
England, nor to stump, neider; me stay in
St. Louis with massa Labauin." Dred is
a small pleasant looking negro, between 50
aad 60 years of age, of course, somewhat
the worse for wear and tear, lie wore a
saoostache and imperial, and was dressed in
a srj't of seedy black.
StUlaaaa m Uu
AaaiawtHtwnaMtl yisiiBiiiiy
The following is the memorial or Profes
sor Silliuian and forty-two others of Con
necticut, addressed to his excellency James
Bochnnan, the President of the United
States: .
Tt " .lersigned, cltliens of the United
State nd electors of the Btate of Con
necticut, respectfully offer to your excellency
this their menorial. The fundamental prin
ciple of the constitution of the United
States and of our political Institutions is
that the people shall make their own laws
fd elect their own rulers. We see with
k lef, If hot with astonishment, that Gov.
Walker, of Kansas, openly represents and
proclaims that the President of the Uuited
States is employing through him (Walker)
an army, one purpose of which is Co force
the people of Kansas to obey laws not their
own nor of the United States, but laws
which it is notorious and established upon
evidence they never mudo, and rulers they
never elected. We represent, therefore, that
by the foregoing your excellency Is ojenly
ht-fd np and proclaimed to the great dero
gation of our uatioual character as violating
in its essential particular the solemn imth
which the President has taken to support
the constitution of this Union. We call
attention, further, to the fact that your ex
cellency is in like manner held np to tliit
nation, to ait mankind, and to all posterity,
iu the attitude of the "levying war aguinat
a portion of the United Slates" by employ
ing arms iu Kan sua to uphold a body of
men and a code of enactments' purporting
to be legislative, but which never hhd the
ek-clion, nor sanction, nor consent of tiie
people of the territory." We earnestly rep
resent to your excellency that we also have
taken the outh to obey the constitution,
and your excelleucy may rest assured that
we Khali not refrain from the prayer that
Almighty God will make your administra
tion an example or justice and beneficence,
and with 11 is terrible majesty protect our
people'and our constitution.
The President's REnr.
Washixotox, Cut, Aug. 15, 1807.
Oextlemcx: On my receut return to this
city after a fortnight's absence, your mem
orial, without date.was placed iu my hands
through the agency of Mr. Horatio King,
of the PostoOiee Department, to ahum it
Imd been entrusted. From the distinguished
source whence it proceeds, as well as its pe
culiar character, I have deemed it proper to
depart from my general rule in such cuses,
mid to gire it au answer.
You tirst assert that "the fundamental
principles of the constitution of the Uuited
States and of our political inotitntioiis is, ,
Mint the peoplt shall make Iknr otea laws and
tltct their cicn rulers." You then express
your grief a,"l astonishment that I should
have violated this principle, mid through
Governor Walker have employed an army
"one purpose of which is to fvrtt the ftnpfe
(4 Kansas to city fates not their itrn, tier of
lie L'nUtd Simics, but laws which it is no
torious, aud established upon evidence, tiiey
never made, and rulers they never elected."
And as a corollary from tho foregoing, you
represent that I am "openly herd up and
proclaimed, to the great derogation of our
uatioual character, as violating in its most
essential particular the solemn oaih which
the President has taken to support tie am-
$t tint ion rf the United blattsr
These are heavy charges proceeding from
gentlemen of your high character, and if
well-founded, oughto consign my name to
infamy. But in projortion to their gravity,
omruon justice, to say nothing of Chns
l:au"fcharity, required that before making
t iciu you should have clearly ascertained
that tliey were well-founded. , If not, the;
will rebound with withering coudemnuiion,
upon their authors. Have you performed
this preliminary duty toward tho man who,
however uu worthy, is the chief niagitrate
of your country? If so either you or 1 are
laboring under a strange delusion. Should
this prove to be your case, it will present a
memorable example of tha truth tiiat po
litical prejudice is blind eveu to the exis
tence of the plainest and most palpable his
torical facts. To these facts let us refer.
When 1 entered upon the duties of the
Presidential office.on the 4th of March last,
what was the condition of Kansas? Tliis
Territory had been organized under the act
of Congress of 30th may, 1854, and the
government in all its brunchs was iu full
operation. A Governor, Secretary f t,e
Territory, Chief Justice, b Associate Jus
tice, a Marsha! and District Attorney, had
beeu appointed bj ;-j predecessor, by and
""th V.ie advice and conseut of the Senate,
and were all engaged iu discharging their
respective duties. A code of laws had beeu
enacted by the Territorial Legislature, and
the Judiciary were employed in expounding
and carrying .these laws into effect. It is
quite true that a controversy had previously
arisen respecting the validity ol the election
of members of the Territorial Legislature
and of the laws passed by tliein; but at the
time I eutered upon my official duties Con
gress bad recognized this legislature iu dif
ferent forms and by different enactments.
The delegate elected to the House of U p
resell ta lives, under a Territorial law, had
just completed his term of service ou the
day previous to my inauguration. Iu Tact
I fouud the government of Kansas as well
established aa that of any other Territory.
Under these circumstances, what was my
duty? Was it uot to sustain the govern
ment: to protect it from the violence ol
lawless men who were determined either to
rale or rain! to prevent -it from being
overtcrncd by force? iu the language of the
constitution, to 'take care that tho laws be
faithfully executed?" It was for this pur
pose, aud this aloue, that I orderd a mili
tary force to Kansas, to act as a posse com
ilatus in aiding the civil magistrate to curry
the laws iuto execution. The conditionof
the Territory at the time, which 1 peed not
portray, rendered this precaution absolutely
uccessary. Iu this state of affairs would I
not have been justly condemned bad 1 left
the Marshal aud other officers of a like
character, impotent to execute the process
and judgment of courts of justice establish
ed by ugress or by the Territorial Legis
lature, under its express authority, aud thus
have suffered the government itself to be
come au object of contempt in the eyes of
the people? Aud yet this is what you des
ignate as "forcing the people of Kansas to
obey laws not their own nor of the Uuited
States," and for doing wbicb yon have de-
noonc:J 1 1 taring violated my solemn oath.
I aik, .l.it tl esslJ I hare done? Would
you have desired that I should abandon the
Territorial government, sanctioned as It had
been by Congress, to Illegal violence, and
thus renew the scenes of civil war and
bloodshed, which every patriot in tho coun
try had deplored? This would indeed have
been to violate my oath of office, and to Ox
a daniulng blot ou the character of my ad
ministration. I most cheerfully admit that the necessity
for sending a military force ' to Kansas to
aid in the execution of the civil law reflect
no credit upon the character of our country,
tint let the blame fall nnon the heads of tha
guilty. Whence did this necessity arise?
A portion or tho people or Kansas, duwii
ling to trust to the ballot-bcJt-tbe certain
American remedy for the redress or all
grievances undertook to create au inde
pendent government for themselves. Had
this attempt proved successful, it would of
course subverted the existing government
prescribed and recognised by Congress, aud
substituted a revolutionary government iu
Its stead. This was a usurpation of the
same character it would be for a portion
Of the eople of Connecticut to undertake
to establish a separate government within
its chartered limits, for the purpose of re
dressing any grievances, real or imaginary,
of which they might have complaiued against
the legitimate Stute government. Sueh a
principle, if carried into execution, would
.destroy all lawful authority, aud produce
universal anarchy. .
I ought to specify more particularly a
cond.tioii or affairs which I hare embraced
only in general terms, requiring the pres
ence or a inflitarv force iu Kansas. The
Conn res or the United States had most
wisely declared to sbu "the true intent aud
meaning of this act (the net organizing the
Territory) not to legislate slavery iuto any
Territory or Sratenor to exclude it there
fiom, but to leave me people thereof perfect
ly free to form and regulate their domestic
institutions iu their on way, subject only
to the constitution of the United States."
As, a natural consequence, Congress has
also prescribed by the same net that when
the Territory of Kansas shall be admitted
as a State it "shall be received into the Un
ion with or without slavery, as their consti
tution may prescribe at the time of their
sdmissiou."
Slavery existed at that period, and still
exists, in Kansas, tinder the constitution ot
the U. States. This poiut has at last beeu
Bnally setthd by the highest tribunal known
to our laws. How it could ever have been
seriously douUSrd is a mystery. If a con
federation of sovereign States acquire a
new territory, at the expense of their com
mon blood and treasure, surely oue set of
thepnrtneis can have no right to exclude
the other from its enjoyment, by prohibiting
them from taking iuto it whatever is recog
tiiied to be property by the common consti
tution. But when the people the bona
JtJe residents of such Territory proceed to
frame a constitution, then it is their right
to decide the important question for them
selves whether they will continue, modify,
or abolish slavery. To them aud to. them
alcne does this question belong, free from
all foreign interference.
Iu the opinion of the Territorial Legisla
ture of Kansas the time had arrived for en
tering the Union, and they accordingly pass
ed a law to elect delegates for the purpoes of
framing a State constitution, v .This law
was fair aud just in its provisions. , It con
f rred the right t f sufferape on every bona
fidt inhabitant of the Territory; and for the
purpose ol preventing fraud and the Intru
sion of citizens of near or distant States,
most properly confined this right to those
who had resided thereiu three mouths pre
vious to the election. Here a last opportu
nity was presented for all the qualified resi
dent citizens of the Territory, to whatever
organization they might have, previously
belonged, to participate in the election, aud
to express their opinions at the ballot-box
on the question of slavery. But numbers
of lawless men still continued to resist the
regular Territorial government. They refu
sed cither to be registered or to vote, and
the members of he Convention were elected,
legally and properly, without their interven
tion. The courentiou will soon assemble to
perform the solemn duty of framing a con
stitution for themselves and their posterity;
and in tiie state of incipient rebellion which
still exists m Kansas, it is my imperative
duty to employ ttie troops or the United
States, should" this become necessary, in de
fending the convention against violence
whilst framing the constitution, and in pro
tecting the "bona fide inhabitants," qualified
to vote under the provisions of this iustru
niciit.in the free exercise of the rights of 6uf
feroge when it shall be submitted to them
for their approbation or rejectiou.
1 have entire confidence in Governor
Walker, that the troops will uot be employ
ed, except to resist actual aggression or iu
the execution of the lawt; and this uot until
the power of the civil magistrate shall prove
unavailing. Following the wise example
of Mr. Madisou toward the Hartford Con
vention, illegal uud dangerous combinations
audi as that of the Topeka Couveuliou will
uot be disturbed unless they shall attempt
to perform some act which will bring them
iu ;o actual collision with the constitution
aud the laws. In that event they shall be
resisted aud put dowu by the whole power
of the government. Iu performing this du
ty I shall have the apjuobatioti of my owu
couscience.and.as 1 humbly truot, of my God.
1 thank you for tho assurance that you
will "not refrain from the prayers that Al
mighty God will make my administration
au example of justice aud betieGceuce."
You cau greatly assist me in arriving at
this blessed cousumatioji, by exerting your
influence in allaying the existing sectiouul
excitement ou the subject of slavery, which
has beeu productive ot much evil and uo
good, and which, if it conld succeed iu at
taining its object would ruiu the blave as well
as hU master. This would be a work of gen
uine philauthropby. Every day of my life I
feel how iuadequate I am to perform the
duties of my high station without the con
tinued support of Divine Providence; yet
placing my trust iu Him; and tu Him aloue
1 eutertaiu a good hope that He will enable
me to do equal justice to all portions of the
Uuiou, aud thus render me au humble instru
ment in restoriug peace and harmony among
the people of the several States. Yours,
very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Pat's Emcounteb with a Hobxet's Near.
An I was a tnowln of. a mornin, Just a
while since, on a mash forninst the wood, an
I seed a big, beautiful bird's nest on a bush,
an I axed Mr. Davis what kind ov a bird's
nest it was, an he tonld me, bad luck to
him, 'twas a hum bird's nest ; an I went np
and peep't into it, but divll a bird conld I
see, nor a bit of a Place for her to lay; and
then Mr. Davis toufd me may the divil ran
anrQ wud him to shake the bush and the
ould bird wud coma out; an I shook it,
shure, but instead of a - bird, out cum a
thousand, ten thousand-ocfl, a milMon ov
the big greeu heads, ani they flew iuto me
eyes, iuto me hair, and Iuto me mouth, be
jabers, an they bit me till sb'arely 1 thought
I was dead list j an I scrt'amed, an I rati
och, didn't I run? but t ry stuck to me, an
uo more could 1 run .ay from . the var
mints than I could mo away from inesilf;
an the first I kuow'd I tumbled into a ditch
ov about two feet ov;-ater, an thinks I,
uow, me lionles, 111 c ' l the St. Patrick on
ye, who jist give tlw'li ov aith spalieeus
a little holy wtherra:t r. Iceland. . Bo I
ducks me head under the . wather, an jist
hild it there till I most kilt meself, au inti re
ly kilt every mother's con ov the hum birds
bad luck to 'em.
A Frank Commentator. George Win
ston wus a devoted Baptist of Mississippi,
and an equally ardent democrat. It was
hard to trll which had the warmest place in
his affectious his wife, his church, or his
political party. On one occasion, he had
several friends spending the evening with
him; nnJ before they retired he took down
the B.ble, to read a portion of Scripture,
aud have a word of prayer It so happened
that he opened the sacred book at the Epis
tle to Titus, where the Apostle says, "Put
them iu mind to be subject to principalities
and 'powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready
for every good work." As it was a habit
of his to comment on the text aa he went
along, when he came to this passage he took
off his spectacles, a id with a gravity suited
to the time and place he remarked:
"There, my frieuds, is where 1 differ from
Brother Paul. Mr. Jefferson tells us that
the true t'octriue is jut the reverse of this;
that is, men in office should always be obe
dient to the (teople; aud I agree with the
great author of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. The Apostle was uo doubt a great
preacher and a good Christian; but it is
clear enough he was no democrat."
Coixcidexces. We were struck the other
day in looking at a Work entitled, T:ie Lives
of tha President!", with a few coincidences
or number which relate to the line of five
Piesideuts, begiunicg and ending with Ad
ams. Here is a table, for inslaoce, of the
pericds in a Inch they were bom aud weut
out of office:
John Aiam. .. ...
Ihuma JrOerxon..
JumesMadUtun...
J a me Mnru. .,
John Q. Ada ros. .
Bins. ETIRKt.
17.15 lcl
... 1743 l0
.... 1T31- V ! 1S17
....1739 1S
.... 1T6T 1829
Now, it will be seen by this, that Jeffer
son was boru cight.years after his predeces
sor, John Adams; Madison eight years a i ter
his predecessor, Jefferson; Monroe ci !;t
years after Madison, and John Q. Adams
eght years after Monroe. Another curions
Tact to be observed is that Adams was just
sixty-six years aid when he retired; Jeffer
son was sixty-six, Madison : was sixty-six,
Monroe was sixty six and John Q. Adams,
had he beeu elected a second time, would
have been sixty-six. Adams, Jefferson and
Monroe, all died on the 4th or July.
A kind uo, is often more agreeable
than an unkind yes. 1 ,
Remember nil that is trnly good and
beautiful iu life, blooms around the altar of
domestic love.
Society, like silk, must bo viewed iu all
its situations, or it will deceive ns.
The world makes ns talkers, but solitiude
makes us thinkers.
Thou canst not joke Su enemy into n
friend; but thou mayest a friend, into an
enemy. '
Brave actions are the substance of life,
and good sayings their ornament of it.
The trials of life are the tests which as
certain how much gold there is iu us.
Most men employ their first years so as
to make their last miserable.
There are reproaches which give praise,
and praiso which gave reproaches.
Stick to thk tarji. Are pale fuces, white
hands, decayed teeth, and bad health, more
genteel than robust frames, a good appetite,
sound sleep,, and independent circumstances?
We think not, and for the same reason we
judge that farming is not beneath any pur
suit whatever, in all that makes man virtu
ous, useful, and happy; and it is surely to
bo regretted that nearly all our young men
should prefer a mercantile life or a profess
ion, to the tilling of the ground at their own
quiet homes. Not only is it to be lamented
on account of the welfare of the yonng men
themselves, but . also in reference to the
prosperity of the country, for it is a troth
that cannot be contradicted, that tho best
interests of the inhabitants of any country,
are intimately connected with the prosper
ous condition of its agriculture.
- Don't Give rat New Cext to the Baby.
A fine little girl, tho daughter of Mr.
James Craigie, of the Seventh Waid, swal
lowed one of the new cents, or Monday, to
the great dismay of the parents. Suitable
remedies facilitated the passage of the dirty
little coin, which snw daylight jnst fourteen
hours afterward. The same physician, who
put this eagle through, has a child now un
der his care in Williamsburg, who swallow
ed one of the new cents about a week since
All emetics and purgatives have thus far
proved useless. .Toe patient suffers im
mensely from giddynass and nervous irrita
bility. The new cent is a bad playthiug for
children. "
An Irishman made a sudden rush in
a druggist's shop in Glasgow. Drawing
from his pocket a soda water bottle, filled
to the brim with some pure liquid, he hand
ed it across the counter and exclaimed:
" There docthor, snuff that will yon." The
doctor did as he was directed, and pronounc
ed the liquid to be genuine whiskey. "Thank
you; docther," said the Irishman, ''hand me
it again if yod plaze." The doctor again
did as directed; and asked Patrick what he
meant. 'Och; then," said Pat, " if you
will have it, the priest told me not to drink
any of this unless I got it from the doc
ter. So here's your health, and the
priest's health, and the health of Moses."
BT AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
TniRTT-riltlt CONGRESS THIRD 8ES3IOX.
AN ACT making appropriations for the
support or the Army for the Jrear ending
Jane thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty
eight.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of
Representatives of the Uuited States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
following sums be aud the same are hereby
appropriated, out of any money iu the trea
sury not otherwise appropriated for the sup
port of tint army for the year ending thir
tieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
fight.
i For expenses of recruiting, transportation
of recruits, three mouths' extra pay to non
commissioned ofBcers,musieiaiis and privates
ou re-culistmeut, one hundred aud tea thou
sand dollars.
For pay of the army, three million five
uuudreu and nrty thousand dollars.
: For commutation of officers' subsistence,
nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand two
hundred and one dollars. ' '
For pay of officers of the Military Acad
emy, oue thousand six hundred aud eighty
dollars. ,
For commutation of subsistence of officers
of the Military Academy one thousand and
twenty-two dollars.
For commutation of forage for officers'
horses, one hundred nnd twenty-thre thou
sand nine hundred and thirty-six dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers for
clothing uot drawn, the sum of fifty thou
sand dollars.
For payments in lieil of clothing for offi
cers' servants, thirty-nine thousand eight
hundred and sixty dollars.
For subsistence iu kind, one million iiioe
hundred and eighty-nine thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-four dollars.
For clothing for the army, camp and gar
rison equipage, eight hundred and iiinety
Gve thousand six hundred aud. seven dollars
and seventy-three cents; and that hereafter
all tiie accounts and vouchers of the dis
bursing officers of the quartermaster's de
partment of the army shall be audited and
settled by the third auditor of the treasury.
For the regular supplies of the quarter
master's department, consisting of fuel for
the officers, ttilisted men, guard, hospitals,
storehouses and offices; forage in kind for
the horses, mules and oxen of the quarter
master's department at the several posts
and statious, and with the armies iu the field
for the horses, of the two regiments of
dragoons, the two regiments of cavalry, the
regiment of mounted riflemen, the compa
nies, or light artillery, aud such companies
of infantry as may be mourned, and for the
authorized number of officers' horses when
serving in the Geld aud at the outposts; of
straw for soldiers' btddiug, and of statione
ry, including company aud other blank
books for the army, certificates for discharg
ed soldiers, blank forms for the pay and
quartermasters departments, and for the
priutiiig of division and department orders,
army regulations, .and reports, one million
two hundred thousand dollars. '
-For the incidental expenses of the quar
termaster's department, consisting of post
age on letters and packages received and
sent by officers of the array on public ser
vice; expenses of courts-martial and courts
or inquiry, including the additional compen
sation to judge-advocates, recorders, mem
bers and witnesses, while on that service,
under the act or March sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and two; extra pay to soldiers em
ployed nnder the direction or' the quarter
master's department, in the erection of bar
racks) quarters, storehouses and hospitals;
the construction of roads and other constant
labor, for periods of uot less than ten days,
under the acts of March second, eighteen
hundred and nineteen, and August fourth,
eighteen hundred and fifty-fourt including
those employed as clerks at division aud de
partment headquarters; expenses of express
es to and from the frontier posts and armies
in tiie field; of escorts to paymasters, other
disbursing officers and trains, when military
escorts cannot be furnished; expeuses of the
iutertneut of nou commissioned officers and
soldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of
laborers iu the quartermaster's department,
including hire of interpreters, spies, guides
for the army ; compensation of clerk to offi
cers of quartermaster's department; com
pensation of forago and wagon-masters, au
thorized by tha act of July fifth, eighteen
hundred and thirty-eight; for the apprehen
sion of deserters and the expenses incident
to their pursuit; the followiug expenditures
required for the two regiments of dragoons,
the two' regiments of cavalry, the regiment
of mounted riflemen, and such companies of
infantry ns may bo mounted, viz: the par
chase of traveling forges, blacksmiths' aud
shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes and
hails, iron and steel for shoeing, hire of ve
terinary snrgeons, medicines for horses and
mules, picket ropes and shoeing the horses
of those corps, four hundred aud forty thou
sand dollars. , .
For constructing barrack and other
buildings at posts wbicb it may be necessary
to occupy during the year; and for repairing
altering and enlarging buildings at the es
thblished posts, including biro Or commuta
tion or quarters for officers on military duty
hire of quarters for troops, or storehouses
for the safe keeping of military stores,, aud
of grounds for summer cantonments; for en
campments and temporary frontier statious,
six hundred thousand dollars.
For mileage or allowance made to officers
of the army for the transportion of them
selves and their baggage, when traveling on
duty without troops or escorts, oue hundred
nnd twenty thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including
baggage of the troops when moving either
by land or water; of clothing, camp and
garrison equipage from the depot at Phila
delphia, to the several posts and army de
pots; horse equipments and of subsistence
from the places of purchase and from the
places of delivery under contract, to- such
places as the circumstances ot the service
may require it to be sent; of ordnance, ord
nance btoses and small arms from the foun
dries and armories to the arsenals, fortifica
tions; frontier posts and army depots; tolls;
freights, Wharfage add ferriages; for .the
purchase and hire of horses, mules and oxen
aud purchase and repair of wagons, carts,
drays, ships and other sea-going vessels and
boats for the transportation ef;snpplicii, and
for garrison purposes; for drayage aad cart
age at the several posts; hire of teamsters;
transportation or funds for the pay aod oth
er disbursing departments; tha expense of
sailing public transports on the various riv
ers, the Uuiror Mexico, and the Atlantic
and Pacific; and for procuring water at such
posts as from their situation require that it
be brooght from a distance; and for clearing
roads, and removing obstructions from har
bors and rivers and roads, to the extent
which may be required for the actual opera
tion of the troops on the frontier, one mil
lion eight hundred thousand dollars.
For the purchase of horses for the two
regiments of dragoons, the two regiments of
cavalry, the regiment of mounted riflemen,
the companies of light artillery, aod tneb
infantry as it may be found necessary to
mount at the frontier posts, one hundred
aud ninety thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the army, thirteen
tbousnud dollars.
For the medical and" hospital depart
ments, one hundred aud five thousand dol
lars. For coutingeut expenses of the adjutant
general's department, at division and de
partment headquarters, the sum of four hao
dred dollars. ;
For compensation of clerk and messenger
in "the omce or the comnanding general,
two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the office of
the commanding general, three hundred dol
lars. For armanent of fortifications, three hun
dred thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores and sup
plies, including horse equipments for the
inouuted regiments, two hundred aud fifty
thousand dollars. .
For the current expenses of the ordnance
service one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. . .
For arsenals, including fifty thousand dol
lars for arsenal in California, one hundred
and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars. . '
To enable the Secretary of War to our-
chasc, not exceeding seven hnndred and fifty
two thousand seveu hundred and fifty-one
square feet of ground adjacent to Wasbiug-
ton Arsetial,.and lor the use thereof, at a
price not exceeding ten cents per foot, and
for the purchase of the improvements opon
fraid ground, and for the necessary draining
of a part thereof, eighty thousand four hun
dred and fifty dollars and ten ceuts. - i
for continuing the experiment of stoking
Artesian wells upon the public laad to be
expended under the direction of the Secre
tary of War, the sum of one bnadred thou
sand dollars. ''- -' -: v ; .: -T ' -
For repairs and new machinery at Spring
field Armory. Massachusetts, sfxtv-elght
thousand six hnudred and eighty-five dol
lars. - ; -
For the erection and completion of the
water-shops at Springfield armory, seventy
thousaud nine huudred and eighty-five dol
lars. - ; ' - - -
i For repairs ; and improvements and new
machinery at Harper's Ferry, thirty-four
thousaud nine hundred aod seventy-five dol
lars. For finishing and farnisbiog the armory
for the militia of the District of Colombia,
seven thousand eight hundred aad twenty
seven dollars. ... ... - .a f
For surreys for military defences, 'geo
graphical explorations and reconnoisances,
for military purposes, seventy-five thousand
dollars. ' . ' .
; For purchase and repairs of instruments,
fifteen thousand dollars, . .
, For continuing the surrey of the north
ern and northwestern lakes, including Lake
Superior, fifty thousand dollars. ;"
: For priutiog charts of lake surveys, five
thousand dollars,; n
: For machinery, tools and fixtures required
for an arsenal of construction at Fayette
vilie, North Carolina, including the cost of
putting the machinery in place, fifty thou,
eaud three hundred and fifty dollars. - -
For repairs or the government bridge at
Mill creek, Old Poiut, Comfort, ; Va., eight
hundred dollars. , ,
For rebuilding the barracks at Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, which were destroyed by fire
ou the. tweuty-second January, eighteen
hundred and fifty-seven, twewty -five thou
sand dollars. ......
For the purchase of stoves for the quar
tcrs of officers and soldiers of the army,
twenty thousand dollars. - ' :
: To enable the Secretary of War to settle
the accounts of the three officers of the ar
my who were seut to Europe iu the year
eighteeu hundred and fifty-five, to collect in
formation ou military affairs, four thousand
six honored aud seven, dollars and tweuty-
m ue cents. - . ; ,
For the purpose of making further tests
of guu metal lor.heavy canuou, twenty-five
thousand dollars. ' -
For completing the Point Donglas and
Saint Louis River road, thirty-oue thou
sand four hundred aud twenty-five dollars
and fifty Cents.
For completing the Point Donglas arid
Fort Ripley road, four thousand six hundred
aud niuety-tive dollars and one cent. . . .
For repairing the bridge over Cannon riv
er, two thousaud dollars. ".
Sec. 2. Aud be it further enacted, That
there shall be added to the quartermaster's
department of the army five military store
keepers, who shall give bond and security
required by the existing law, and they aud
all other military storekeepers shall have in
kind, and in kind only, the fuel aud quarters
of first lieuteuaut of the army. ,
Sec. 3. j And be it rurther enacted. That
the master armorers at. the national armo
ries shall receive fifteen hundred dollars each
per anuuni.
: Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That
the provisions of the act approved March
third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, enti
tled "Au act authorizing the sale of certain
military sites," be and they are hereby ex
tended to all military sites, or to such parts
thereof which are or may become useless
for military - purposes: Provided, neverthe
less, That nothing in this act, nor in the act
above mentioued, shall be so con&trned as to
impair in any wise the right of the State
within which such site or reservation may
be situated, to impose taxes on the same, in
like manuer as opon other lauds or property
owned by individuals within the State after
such sale.
. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
there be oppropriated for pay, subsistence,
and commoted allowance of six companies
of volunteers called into the service cf the
United States In New Mejticor' the year
eighteen hundred and fifty-fir, hundred
and fifteen thousand dollars; and for forage
transportation, camp and garrison equipage,
and incidental expenses of said troops white .
in service, seventy-two thousand tire bun
dred dollars; and for reimbursement of the
quartermaster's department, for the expen-4
ses of a spy company, called into service by
Brigadier-General Garlarnd, ia the year
eighteen hnndred and fifty-four, ten thoiH
sand live hundred and ninety dollars and
sixty cents. ."
Sec 0. And be it farther enacted. That
the appropriations contained in the "Act
making appropriations for improving certain
military roads in the Territory of Minneso-;
U," approved February seventeen, eighteen 1
hundred and fifty-five, shall be understood
to apply, and are hereby made applicable to
the improvement of the said roads as may
be judged necessary by the Secretary of
War, as weil as to the pnrpose of "catting
oat the timber," as specified in said act. 1
Sec. t. And belt farther enacted, That
for the construction of barracks and quar
ters at a military post to be estalished in
the northern part of Minnesota Territory,
for the protection of t settlements on the
Red river of the North, fifteen thousand
dollars be appropriated, in addition to the .
sum of five thousand dollars appropriated
by the net entitled "an act for the erection
of a military post on or near the Pembina
river iu the Territory of Minnesota, and for
other purposes," approved the seventeenth -of
February, eigbteeu-hnudred and fifty fire;
said post to be located aod constructed on- .
der the direction of the Secretary of War,
the location to be at soch point as he shall -deem
best adapted for the protection of said :
settlement; and so much of the aforesaid
act, approved February seventeen, eighteen
hundred and fifty-five, as indicates the loca-
tion of said post, is hereby repealed
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That"
the words "non-commissioned officers, musi
cians, and privates," in the first section of
the act entitled "an act to increase the pay
of the rank and file of the army and to en-,
courage enlistments," 7 approved Aognst "
fourth, eigliteen-hnndred and fifty-fonr, shall
be construed to ioclade all enlisted men of 1
the army of the United Jtates.
: Sec. 9. And be it farther enacted, That
the Secretary of War be and he is hereby
authorized aud required to pay to the State
of Arkansas, oot of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, such corns
of money as were paid by said State, ap-
proved January fifth, eighteen hnndred and .
forty-nine, to the Beutou County militia
called Into service by Colonel W. R. Ogdeb
ia July, "eighteen hundred and fordy-six, an-
der requsitiun of the governor of that State
to resist incursions of the Dberokee Indi
ans: Provided, that the amount so to be
paid i shall not exceed the snm of twelve
hundred and twelve dollars.
i Sec 10. And be it farther enacted, Thai .
tie Secretary of Warm be and be is hereby .
authorized aud directed to abolish the Wes
tern Military Asylum, located at Harrods
borg, Kentucky, and nnder the direction of
the President of the United States to sell
the sasd site, fiq,;are,and other property be-
longing to the same, at each time and io
soch manner as may see as best, and the , -amount
arising oat of soch sale shall be re
stored to the Military Asylnm Faud. ' ' "
Sec.? 11. 'And be it farther enacted, That '
the Secretary of Wair be and be is hereby ".
authorized and required to eaose to be aud-
ited aod settled the accounts- f the State
of Florida . againt the United States for
money advanced by that State ia payment -of
volunteers called into serviee for the sop
pression -of Indian hostilities in eighteen :
hundred and forty-nine and eighteen hun
dred and fifty-two:. Provided, It shall be
satisfactorily , shown .that said claims have
beeu atnalty and paid by the State.
') Sec. 12. And be it farther enacted, That
the Secretary of War be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to settle the actaal -and
necessary expenses incarred by the mil
itia called into service in the Territory of .
New Mexico by acting Governor Messervey "
ia the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
to suppress Indian hostilities in said Terri
tory, upon the presentation by the governor
of said territory to the said secretary, a fall
accurate and detailed statement or estimate
of the act rial and necessary expenses incur
red by said militia, accompanied by proper
vouchers and satisfactory proof of the cor
redness thereof, auehenlicated in confomi-
ty with the usages of the department, and .
that the sara of twenty-fire tboosahd dollars
be and the same is hereby a;pTopriaSed oat
of any money in the treasury not otherwise)
appropriated, to carry the provisions of this-"
sectiou into effect Provided, That the said
secretary shall be first satisfied that the call
ig out, of said militia was necessary and
proper for the defense of the Territory. .
Sec 1& And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of WarJe aathorized and di
rected to pay to the commissioners appoint
ed by him nnder the provisions of tiie elev-
enta section of an act. making appropria'
tious for certain rivil expenses of tle gov- -erument
for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, eighteen hnndred and fifty-seven, ap-
proved Aagast eighteenth, eighteen bnadred
aud fifty-six, each sums of money for their
services and expenses as he may deem rea
sonable and just, provided the sum decs aot
exceed in the aggregate the snm ot twelve "
thousand dollars: Provided, That soch of
these commissioners as were officers ia the
army be not paid in both capacities. ., - ;
! Sec 14. And be it further enacted. That
for the pnrpose- of carrying into effect the
joint resolution entitled Joint resolution
directing the payment of certain volunteers
and militia, under the limitations therein pre -scribed,"
approved August eight, eighteen
hnndred and forty-six, so much money as
will be sufficient to pay said volunteers who .,
have not been paid, not exceeding four thou
sand dollars. .
f Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That
for the payment of arrearages of salary daw v
to the late clerk of the Board of Army ofi :
cers appointed under the . act of thirtyrst .
Angast. eighteen hundred and fifty-two at
the time it was dissolved, two thousand four ';
hundred and sixty-five doUara, -,
: Sec 16. And be it farther enacted. That t
tho joint resolutionapproved Febramry O
teen, eighteen Bartered and fifty-five, aoih-
izing the President of the United State Of ;
confer tha title of lientenant-geaera toy br
Tet, shall be so construed froaJ aad after