Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-12-18

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quarters, 32.15e
With General Taylor, .tsR ..i e,727 res
In Santa Fe, on the Oregon snd San
ia Fe routes and Indian territory, 1884
In California and on route thther, i,olo
The actual strength, il appenre, is much less
than this amount, but the number not in active
service cannot be precisely ascertained The
Secretary advises that the present organisation
be completed BY enlistments. An enlistment
of I 3sl is necessary TO complete the regular
organization, and to complete that Of the volun.
teer force. an enlistment of l2,50o, to serve du
ring the war. There appears TO be now in ser
vice numerical force Of % regiments, bat
talions, and a3 companies not organised into re-
gimen,s or battalions.
The most important action recommended is
the immediate organization Of ten additional re-
giments of regulars, TO serve during the war;
and he also asks authority to accept, in case Of
cxigency the services O: volunteer force of
no, less than 10000. The Secretary states he
has no means OF ascertaining the smount Of re-
venue that can be collected in Mexico.
The total amount already collected
in Mexican ports amounts TO s330,el0 Ae
or this sum, there has been handed
over TO the Commissary Depart
ment, ... 44s.722 80
| Remaining s02 0Ss II
His further recommendations nre as follows:
Payment of expenses Of States for organizing,
transporting and subeisting volunteers. Gle
specifies the claim of Texas to such compensa-
tion)
| The formation Of retired ffst.
An appropriation for repair, &c, OF the pub.
lie defences along the seaboa,d aod northern
line.
An increase in the engineer force.
The appointmen, Of elk additional hospital
surgeons. .. ....
An appropriation for tho payment OF addition
al clerks employed by the department 10 furnish
discharged soldiers with scrip and certificates
OF location.
A pension for the widows and children OF
those dying by disease while IN active service,
(no such provision now exists by law)
Such a modification of the pension law az to
place the widowe and children Of officers and
soldiers Of the regular army on the same footing
with those Of volunteers, W th regard TO pen
sion.
The Secretary reports on the present conditio;
of the indian tribes, and their relation toward
the United States. The following list OF pa
, pers accompany the repoI,:-
Report Of the Adjntsnt Genera! f
o Reports o, the various battles since BueD
o Vista, inclusive.
o Orders and instructions regulating coutribr
o tions in Mexican ports.
70 Reports of Commissary Genera, Paymas'e
8 General, Chief Engineer, Chiefot Torogr'ph
s cal Engineers, Chief of Ordnance. Commission
10 er of Pens one. Commissioner Of Indian Affair
n. and sccond and third Hudi,ors.--N. Y Heral
;, AMOUNT OF DoS.rroSs To IRrLANp.-From
=. statement in :he American Almanac, 1t apPea
n that the amount of donations sent from the Unit
State. for the relief of the destitute in Irean
|
ports from which the contributions were shi
w ned and the amounts, are stated TO be as follow
Boston, STA SAT 90; Philadelphia, $50 2s4
dy New York, $751;, ,45O IS; Baltimore, SO 90 0
ch Washington, $40, 300 90; Richmond, SIS 600 ,
IN New Orleans, $50 3s5 90; Providence, r. 1. s
'ut 377 90; Salem, Mass, S3,43s TO, New Bedfo
he Mass s3s47 co; Nantucket, nfass, s2,lsOt
lus vigo county, Indiana, si,4,l G5 5;-total, s5s
he $500. Add the contributions transmitted fr
nd Piusburg and Charleston. Got included in tn,
The bove, sec, ,39s s0--total, s65l ,6l2 09 The
turns are not yet complete. The whole amo
is exclusive OF the private remittsnces from
ers, lone, reached the aggregate Of $3.50 ,o56 bstw
ent November I, ls46. and October !, lsl7 In
hat ding all the donations, in kind and money,
the vate and public, for the year, the total value
the not fall short OF million and half Of dollar
heir -
The wife Of one Of the New York Pilots. C
,pin Mason, came to her death al New London,
nty, distressing manner, q few days since.
the daughters had been at an evening meeting;
on their return found the house envelopes
flames, and their mother lying dead in
han hall. with the fragments Of spirit gas lam
ltOr round her.