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For completion Of marine hospital AT Pittsburg, !
For completion Of marine hospital At Louisville,
For completion of the marine hospital at Ceve-
land,
For complexion Of marine hospital at Chicago, 2
For completion Of marine hospital M Paducah,
For completion Of marine hospital at Na,chez, ,
For completion OF marine hospital at Napoleon,
Arkansas, y
For the purpose Of erecting a marine hospital nj
or near st. Louis, Missouri, in addition to the
ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated by
The acta?Proyed August third, eighteen hundred
and forty eight, tOr.l;c same object, q
To enable the Secretary nf the Treasury 70 coffee,
facts and information In relation IN marine Hos
pitfalls and the marine hospital fund, and 10 re-
port To Congress what alterations are accessory
and practicable in the administration OF the
same,
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For supplying light houses, containing two thou
sand eight hupdred and forty three lamps with
oil, tube glasses, veks, huff skins, whiting, and
cotton cloth, transportation, and other expenses
thereon, and for repairing aud ieerng In repair
the lighting apparatus, t35, 10:
For repairs and incidental expenses, refittinR ana
improvement OF ii houses and buildings con
nected herewith, si,7li
For salaries OF two hundred and seventy four
Keepers Of lighthouses, and ffteen assistants,
twenty Of ihein charged with double and two
with ripe lshts,) isclpdths one thousand two
hundred dollars ior that OF an inspector Of lights
on the upper lakes, ll6l9
For salaries of thirty three keepers Of floating
lights, I7,s1
For seamen's wages, repairs, and supplies for
thirty three floating lights a. 3es
Fur expenses Of weighing, mooring, cleansing,
and supplying losses OF beacons, bnoys, chains,
and sinkcrs, 1857,
For EXPENSES incurred By superinendents in Wis
iting light houses annually and examining and
reporting their condition., 1D0t
For superiniendents' comm ssons, at two and-a-
hall per on the four hundred End sirty- sig
thousand nine hundred and thirty doliats and
eight cents, appropriated above for light house
purposes, III 81.
sl,oai, Delaware Bay, %, 800
For completing he lighthouse on Carysort reef
coas, OF Florida. 81 ,59(
To pay the balance due to Ebenezcr Warner, for
constructing the ight- house al White Fish point
on Lake Superior, 3 29t
For Illuminating apparatus for the light house Al
Minnts rock, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, 4, 5G
For the reimbursement Of the New York. Proyi-
dence, and Borton Rarond Company, and the
New Jersey Steam Navigation Company, for
their expenses in maintaining a light boat on
Eel Grass. Shoals in Fishers Island Sound,
from the month OF Novcmber, in the year eigh
teen hundred and thirty-seven, TO the present
time, 1910
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act entitled An act 10 supply debcienc'es ~
the appropriations fos The iseal year ending tbe
thlrlierh Of June, eighteen hundred and fofsJ-
nine, approved the twenty-srth OF Januasys
eighteen hundred aud forty-nine," under :
resolution Of the House Of the seventh o' hu
gust, eighteen hundred and fony eight, direct
ing the Clerk 10 furnish Che members OF NE
House the books therein authorized,
For the redemption OF the treasury scrip hefcfoTpsx
Issued for the Satisfaction OF the bouiiies prom
issd iu Tie noB-conHisrionsd officers, must
clans, and pdsates, by the ninth section OF the
act OF the eleventh Of February, eighteen hun
dred aud forty--even, 10 raise ~ limited Tins
AN additional military force, and for Othef Fur-
pJses, and for the satisfaction IN money o' suen
boaalies due under said section of said act ~
those 10 whom the5 or. due may elect TO receive
In money instead OF land 30
For completing the room under The post once OF
the Senate, and the staircases and passages
communicating herewith, aud the circular
. rosm on the upper hoor of the Capitol,
For cleaning out aud deepening that portion ~
the Washington city canal which passes through
and along tiie public grounds, tn be expended
Treasury, y
For sewer under Fifteenth street, 10 he expended
under the direction of the Typographical Bn-
reau,
For payment Of annuiues and grants by speciai
For payment, by the secr-,sry Of state, to VIII
hsm G. ReddaTi and William G. ZaniHinger,
equally 10 be divided between them, fl,s sum
III seven hundred and seventy one dollars and
forty-three cents which has been already ap-
proprared for clerk hire IN the Stale Depart
nient, hut not drawn from the treasury,
For the expenses incurred under the i1int rcsoiu-
ton of Angus, eleventh, eighteen hundred and
forty light .ifiHed "A resolution authorizing
the submission Of eeriuin ctalms TO arbiHa
tion,"
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Post Office Department for the year ending the
Ai,tieth Of June, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty.
70, transportation Of the mails within the usitsd
For uanspor,ation orhe mails in four se amshps,
nj one hundred thousand dollars each pr year,
from New York to Bremen, by way Of South
ampfoB, under the contract made with the
Ocean steam Navigation Company Of New
York, in addition to the Of three hundred
and eighty three thousand six hundred and nine
dollars Of former appropriations for me zane
pended on the h,rtieth OF June, eighteen hun
For transportation Of The mails between Charles
ton, south Carolina, and Havana, by way Of
tract s made with n. c. Mordeca, 10000 %
And transportation OF the mail by said line
by other steamers to such other places the
coast OF Florida an the Postmaster General may
deem practicable and expedient, 5000 90
For compensation Of pOstn,asters 100000 90
For ship steamboat, and way letters, $1,000 90
For ofsc. furniture, (n the ONCE. Of pos,m..-
v er.2 .9 3cco %
For For % "n,ilns' 5000 %
For For s %sa, set. keys. and stamp SS g g
For the detection aud prevention Of mail dcpre-
danen. and a. roy special sfcni:; including the
For clerks for Offices, t,he on'ces n pos,mss-
For miscellaneous, 10000 %
s4,sss;el %
By the act making appropriations for sAouses light
boats, buoys, &c, and providing Jor the erection
and establishment Of the same, s,sd for other pur-
poses.
In .Mrin<
For thirteen spar-baoys and three beacons in
For lighthouse at GiIkeys hsrbov, $500 90
For lighthouse at Bcauchamp point, IN the
Tamdcn ~, W. $500 no
For log bell at the light house Lbys leland, $50 90
In .Nassachuseffs
For A screw-pite beacon, or other PFacucene
structure on the south rhoel OF Nantucket,
lately discovered by the survey OF the csast, N
c csra,"r",s "" =, Ena,nssrs $4,000 N
n $50 h,ovs IN the shoals on Nantucket, IOO0 90
~, ,,gh, soa on Pollock Rip, Oh Chatham, 1880 Oh
In .Ns,o York.
For ,,rt, boat on Horse reef Niagara river,
Jishhouse instead thereof, II after the survey
herein provided for IL shall he deemed more
advisable N,ooo oe
For four spar-buoys mark the channel from
the aforesaid shoaI 10 Bird island, 40 %
For . the southeast part NJ Romss
shoni the lower bay Of New YORK, lo,00) no
For three spar hucys Ia Butsrmiik channel, go W
fsr four additional spar buoys In the lower bay
OF New York, such prints may be desig
mated by the Secretary ~ the Treasury, 600 No
In Nsw Jersey.
For lighthouse the rocks at Bergen Point 5000 10
Concluded on fourth paSs)
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ny inc dct making 0ppropfsMton Jor Me payment OF
revolutionary and other pensions of the United States
for the year ending the tkirtistk Of Esxs one thou
sand eight hundred and thy.
For revolutionary pensions, under the or the
eighteenth Of March, thousand eight han
dred and eigltFen, 926<O0 %
For invalid pensions, under variou. acts, -Msooo 90
For pensions to widows, under the act OF the
second Of February one thousand eight hun
bred and o6y-eght $4,000 %
For pensions to widows and orphans, under the
act Of the twenty first Of July, thousand
eight hundred and forty eight $4,000 %
For half pay pensions 10 widows and orphans,
under the act OF the sixteenth Of March, one
thousand eight hundred and twelve, and the act
OF the sixteenth Of Aprii thousand eight
hundred and sixteen in addition
pended balance remaining In the treasury Of
eleven thousand hundred and SIXTY bur
dollars and htty-seven cents, payable through
the Third Anditor's Office, 10000 90
For ausarsges prior the nrrt n July, one thou
snnd eight hundred and fifteen, under the act
fthe first Of May thousand eight hundred
aud twenty in addition pended bal
ance remaining in the treasury oF two thousand
nine hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty
nine cents, payable through the Third Audit
or's office, 1000 90
s4s7,4oo %
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s5.6g2, II

For tie purchase sf the remaining manuscript
books ard papers OF James Monroe, 1000
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Made during thS second Session or the
ThiE>4eth ConErsss.s
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&5r85,7H IS

BY the act making appropriations for the support Of
The Military academy tor The year ending shs hir-
ieth Of June, one thousand eight hundred and
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BY the act making appropriations for the service Of the
Post Office Department for the year ending the
hirtisth Of june, one thousand eight hundred snd
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By the act making appropriations for the support Of
the army for the year ending the fhrfieh Of June,
one thousand eight hundred aud fly.
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STAT E NJ E N L S

First. Appropriations made during the second SEES
sion OF The Thirtieth Congress.
Second Offices created, and the salaries therscf
Third. The Offices the salaries Of which have been
increased, with the amour, Of such increase,
during the same period.
AyNL is, Is49.--Preparsd by the Secretary Of the
Ssnais and Clerk IF the House Of Repre- SIGNATURES,
Ia pur,uanee cf the 9Th section Of the oet Of July 4,
1886, $50 authorize the appointment Of additional
payn,asters, and for other purposes.
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own country, where he will tell such Wild
and wonderful tale of chair breadth es-
capes" as will have an excellent effect Ia
lettering others Of the same stamp from
risking a similar adventure.
This is the first attempt that has been
made for considerable length of time by
any of the upper Indians to Introduce spir'
ituous liquors-that greatest bane OF the
whole race-into their country. This, ana
other beneficial changes believed to be now
operating among them, is attributable to the
energetic measures adopted by the authori-
ties for some time past, in concert with the
efforts of few phiIanthropic individuals,
and much credit is certainly due to the Sioux
Agent and his efficient Interpreter, for their
personal exertions and their zealousness IN
endeavoring TO promote the welfare Of the
Dacotahs.
July Is, l849. M. ~.
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Amend the Law.

The lien law existing here, is objection
able on several accounts. 1t is too intricate
and requires much care and expense to re-
cover by virtue of its provisions. Again j,
does not go far enough. A lien law ought
to protect every kind Of labor. He who
saws cord Of wood, has as much right to
a lien upon it for his pay as he who fur
nishes lumber and nails to finish building
Let the law be framed SO as to protect the
rights of all. Partial Legislation is what we
object to. Any thing short of an effectual
lien, easy to enforce, to which all labor can
promptly resort to enforce its recompense
we consider worse than no lien at all.
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To Correspondents.

The editor of the Pioneer believes IN the
responsibility of the press. Some one ough.
to stand up as sponsor for every article tina.
is printed. We " i'll have it understood that
nothing anonymous appears in this journal.
What we write we are ready to stand up to;
what others write, the authors themselves
must he ready to ayow the authorship of,
unless we withhold the name Of the writer
On our own responsibility. The writer of
every communication for the Pioneer, must
send us his name; but the name of the wri-
ter will not be disclosed unless We think
such disclosure due in justice to some per-
son who may be the subject of it. We
mean to deal justly, honorably and fairly by
all men; and when we deal in censpre, we
intend that it shall be we'll merited.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-08-02

W-Considering all things, the election has
gone off as quietly as could be expected
There was some excitement; of course we
have among us all the elements of excite
ment. The candidates are all men to-
wards whom we have the kindest feel
ings. Of course we could not prefer them
all; but there is not one Of those who are
defeated who has not our best wishes;
and not one of those elected, who is not ca
pable of rejecting credit upon HIMSELF
Our readers will bear US witness, that we
have admitted nothing abusive or indecent
into our columns. We deem it duty we
owe to Minnesota, to maintain for the
Pioneer an elevated character; that it may
be known by those who read this paper
abroad, that our people are not a mere set
Of vituperative demagogues, and men who
are influenced by the low tricks of denla-
gogues.
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N- Cohasset is rock-bound town upon
the sea-cOast between Boston and Cape
God. The girls of Cohasset, are celebra-
ted for personal beauty and intellectual
charms. Though Of the most delicate and
fairy like structure, they sail the sea, catch
fish and battle, in the breakers upon the
beach, like mermaids. They are equally
graceful in their youthful days at clam
bake, or in later life, as presiding natrons
in the parlors of their lords in the neighbor-
ing cities. The Philadelphia Times says
"that the girls at Cohasset make nothing of
going into the water aud bringing out a
shark or nackerel by The nose. They dig
CLAIMS with their toes, and open quahogs
with pinch of their fingers. They live
chiefly on sea fare, so that when kissed they
taste salt, and when they die are preserved
half century. Their hair in old age turns
into dry sea-weed; and if they have worn
caps in their old age, the cap is stiff and
glittering with crystalizations of salt; and if
you fall in love with them in their youth.
you find yourself in pickle"
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ANOTHER RAILROAD TO THE PActFIc.-
The Mexican government has passed an act
authorizing the construction of Railroad
from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, and
thence to some point on the Pacific Ocean,
with branches to such places as may he Sc
Iected-=and offers for the contract are off
chilly invited. 1t seems to us that surveys
viii! have to he made preliminary to receiv-
ing offers to construct the road; for they
will he indispensable to proper estimate
of costs. That the proposed Railroad and
branches would be of great advantage to the
internal trade of Mexico, there can be 10
doubt; but that The trade with the East In
dies will take this channel we have no APP
prehension, provided the Congress OF the
United States should faithfully discharge its
duty by authorizing the construction of a
Railroad from St. Louis to the Pacific. If
this he neglected, the road across the 18TH
mus Of Panama will divert the trade from
this country, and be the means of building
up large commercial cities on the shores of
both oceans for the interest of other powers /.
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20 The Senator, made her ap-
pearance Oh Thursday morning, well as
usual. Capt. Smith, remained at home nn-
well; but we are glad to hear that he is like
ly to he IN command again this week. The
Senator never fails; and is universally and
deservediy popular. The clerk and our
friends Of rhe Galena Advertiser, have placed
us under further obligations 10y the favor of
late files of papers. The river continues at
a fine stage for boating.
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Reported for the Pioneer,
Red River Gentlemen.

Mr.. Ballendor is Governor Of the Hud
sons Bay Company. He controls affairs a
Red River. 1t seems that he advanced
money and goods to some halt breeds t.
trade with the Indians for furs, &c. Thi,
being reported through the settlement, 9th
ers influenced by so high an example, also
engaged in the Indian trade, Ballendor
fiutiing himself in trouble about it, consult
ed with Alexander Ross, Esq, Justice OF
the peace, what to do-whether to Interfere
with the unlawful traffic which his example
had originated, or not. Ross advised him,
for the peace Of the settlement, not to dis
turb the traffic. BaIendor was not satisfied
with the advice Of Ross; and went for
counsel to Judge Thorn, commonly known
as Adam Thorn, another officer, to- wit: the
Recorder of Rupert's Land. His Honor
advised BallendOr to have the contraband
traders arrested in behalf Of the Hon. the
Hudson's Bay Company. and examined on
complaint before Esq. Ross. They were
accordingly arrested, examined and COM
united to Jail, to await their trial at the next
asszes. On the day Of their trial, the half
breeds armed. assembled in a mob around
the court house, and fired several vuleys of
musketry. Polesot, the judge, was seized
with a panic in his body and limbs, beside
feeling rather uneasy himself: His Honor
felt like taking an airing-fatgue,l probably
with the confinement of the court house,
concluded to get away from the "noise and
contusion;" or perhaps he felt Disguised
with the drudgery of business-or-weIl,
no matter why his Honor wa> taken with
sudden leaving. With most iincharacteris-
TIC lberality, he paid hystander S. to take
ais seat Oh the bench Ga bass-wood man
might have answered the same DurDOSt)
and sneaked out through the crowd; mount
ell his horse and fled at full speed. Lean
ing forward OF his horses head, so strong
was his leaning to be ''away and away from
dangers reach.'' WIN. DHALL.
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For the Pioneer.
Capture of Whiskey and a Sisseton,

A few days ago Sisseton Indian from
the upper st. Peters, Oh his return home-
ward with supply of whiskey, was cap
tured by Major Murphy, the Sioux agent,
a few miles above Me,idota. This was ef-
letted by the Major in person, WITHOUT the
assistance Of any armed force. Having got
the Indian aud his keg Of whiskey into 4;
wagon that was passing very opportunely,
he returned towards Fort Smelling with his
prize, but in passing wooded ravine, the
Indiana most active and athletic fellow
succeeded 10y bold and desperate exertion
Of courage and muscular energy, in leaping
from the wagon to an astonishing distance,
and dashing through the covert with won
tlerful CELEBRITY, was lost to sight in a mo-
ment. He no doubt s'made tracks''-and
not very well defined ones-direct to his
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o. The "Evicting'' process as it is term
ed, by means of which the Irish tenants
who are too poor to pay their rents, are got
ten rid OF. is too horrible for christian ma
ton to tolerate.
On the 9Th Of June, in the House of Com
mons, Sir Robert Peel spoke as follows:
81 must say, | do not think that the re-
cords Of any country, civilized or barha-
rous, ever presented such statement as
that which has heen presented to the House
in letter hy Captain Kennedy, Cloud cries
of hear, hear.) This gentleman states this
fact, that in one unon-at a time of famine
within one year Is, 900 persons have been
driven from their homes (cheers); and that
within the last month 900 more persons
have had their houses leyeled to the ground
! (hear.)
"He then states three facts-tIree such
tragic instances, that | do not believe the
like was ever equalled by reality, or ever
conjured up by imagination of any human
being. He says-for mark, he is the per-
son who saw this dreadful state of things.
He went into a wretched house, have for
gotten whether it had a roof or not-whct
had been taken possession of by father, a
mother, and their two children, who haG
been evicted from their home. The father
J was IyHIS ueau-tne n1Otner In state d
hopeless dysentary, was about to dean,
the children were sleeping on the corpse Of
their father. He next mentioned the cast
OF mother in dysentary who was lying If
a wretched howell, whence the smell Of dung
was so offensive that he could hardly APP.
proach it,
"The third case he mentioned was that a
few days since at a stone-breaking depot,
he saw man suddenly seize on the remnant
ut pair of shoes, and taking them, started
across the fields in the way to which his
eyes had been directed. He saw a fire in
the same direction, and he made inquiry as
to the cause of the mans sudden departure,
and he was then told that the man having
been driven from his wretched house the
day before, occupied still worse mud how
ei on the land. His eye had been caught
by the fire; he started off and found that in
his absence the person who bad driven him
from his home had set fire to his miserable
dwelling (hear, hear.) These are consc-
duences Of these evictions. | know not,
Sir, IT it be possible for the law to apply
re'nedy to that system, but in the House Of
Commons at least, it provokes the express
sion OF our deep indignation"
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LocUsrs.-The Pittsburgh Gazette, ofthe
18th inst, states that iocusts in countless num-
bers have appeared in that vicinity. The
ground, in woods, orchards, and gardens, is
perforated with holes, from which they have
emerged to the light Of day, aud the trees,
fences, &C., are covered with the skins which
they have shed. BY examining the trees,
they are found in immense numbers, about
half grown and very active.
The usual destruction of vegetation, some
times immense on the appearance of those
insects, is of course looked for now.
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For the Pioneer.

Mr. EDIToR:-While others are propos-
ing various modes Of improving and build
ing up the new Terrtory-let us not neglect
EducatiOn-which is The foundation Of our
government. ST., Paul offers good induce
ments as regards its healthy location, beauty
Of scenery, etc., for the building Of large
Seminary-to he devoted to the education
of both sexes-the erection Of which will
he All honor to our Territory and those who
forward the movement,
Yours, &c, HUDSON,
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sCP Secretary Smith has removed his
office into the Capitol.

Corn Mr.. Hoyt, of St. Pagl, has preseateJ
us with some fine large ears of corn roasting ears,
raised upon the soD-that is, the first crop on the
ground. The soil, MIR. Hoyt says, on which this
corn grew, is of no better than second rate quail
ity of land, being very sandy; yet the is now
standing upon it IL feet high. The world may be
safely challenged to produce better soil than ours
for Indian corn; and yet corn sold here last win
ter for 81 per bushel, and will sell as well every
winter for years. to supply the Indian and lumber
trade and the wants of immigrants.
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90 Two young men, just from Califor-
mia, where they have been for several years,
arrived here per steamer Griffin Yeatman,
on Tuesday morning, having in their pos
session two hundred thousand dollars, the
products of their labor in the gold diggings.
Gin COM