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FouapED 1893
L0CAT TED
Cor. baltimore and ChRrleksStB..
BALTIMORE, ND.
rTJFIIs INSTITUTION Is NOW IN THE MOST
prosperous and hourfshing condition Twice du'
ring me last two years has 1t been neeey TO obtain
larger apartments for the accommodation Of the IN
crossing number Of students, representing nearly
every State in the Union.
It now 'oeenpie5 one OF the most sonsPieaots aIo
desirably located buildings In the city The rooms
are eornnlodously arranged spacious aud elegantly
furnished.
men desiring to qualify themselves properly for the
various duties Of the Counting Room, or to obtain
unsurpassed in any particular BY any similar estO
FACULTTt
Z. K. E0SIER,
Principal-Lecturer on the Science OF Accounts Com
meree, Bustness Customs, ETC.
j. NJ PHILLIPS,
aud ConlraerieAl Calculations
Il II. DAVIES.
Associate Professor Of Bookkeeping
n. C. JOHNSON,
Professor Of business and ornamental PeumanshiF,
s. T. WILLIAMS, ESQ,
Lecturer on Mercantile Law
REv. Z. YEATES REESE, D. D.,
Lecturer on Commercial Rthios-
TRUSTEES:
Hon Jno P. Kennedy, Hon Joshua YAn-ant,
Hon. Tbos Swami, VIM. II. KeighleT, Esq,
Jacob Trust ESQ., VIM Knabe. Rsq-
The College Is provided With . Commercial Library
Of STANDARD works expressly for the use Of the ST"
aS Zach studsn. has dssk to himself and j. ,sra
rAteIy instructed
Thetime usually full course,
from TO IL weeks.
! DIPLOMA Is awarded 70 all Graduates.
large and Beautifully Ornamental Circular, Con-
tainfng upwards Of SQUARE, REET representing tile
Exterior and Interior View OF the College, various
Characteristic designs penmanlhp, &C., sent by mall
free Of charge, accompanied with catalogue giving full
PaF'ienlAF'- address Z B 81 lGs1E Va.
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erniheF 1851 so far a. the same can or may be APP
piled the provisions Of this act, ard not inc9nsis-
tent Herewith, are hereby revived or re-ernctsSi
Sec IL. And be il further enacted, That to detray
all the expenses that may attend the execution Of
this aEt, the Of hundred thousand OF
much thereof as may be necessary, De eaI rue
money In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
Approved, July Il, 1851.
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OFFICIAL.
; LAWS OF THE UNITKD STATES.
E,isse9 at ne FFrh Ssssion Of pe Thirty StreSlA
CbagTets
Ru1ic-No. IL

An Acr TO Isfund aud remit the utlss on arms i'm.
ported by States
BE Il enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
pentstiyes Of the United States OF America in Con-
Tess Assembled That the Secretary Of the Treasury
be and he Il hereby authorized and directed 70 re-
fnnd and retnit the duties and fmposts all arms
Imported into the United States since the nrst DAY
OF Nay last, or which may be imported before the
ART daY Of January next, by Or for the account OF
-ny sfSte: Provided the Secretary OF the Trealury
hSil be sstiEed that the said arms are intended, In
rood iaIth for the uSs Of the tTOoga Of any state
SrieiI n ar may be engaged in aiding TO suppress
me infurreCtIon now existing against the United
s'a aSorO,.,,. July 10, 1891.
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10
WlEEiIAD, l3th April, ls6l.


AN and amer the 18th Of April. 1851. the Passen-
" keF Trains viii Be run a. follows. viz:
The E1pFsss Train IsaSes Wheeling daily except
inE N Baltimore At 40 A. 81 connecting with the
Express train for Philadelphia, New York. Boston.
and an the Eastern cities, leaving II 6;l5 A. NJ ar
TiTtE at Nhshtngton st $50 A. NJ making eiose COLI
neetion With the Southern lnss for all parts Of the
South This train stops Al tho principal stations
from wheeling TO Cumberland --..s L.
Returning, leaves baltimore At SIS T. NJ, and
Warrington City at as P. ~. arriving a BenHUOa
At A. ~ and Wheeling At ia M making direct
tpn With the EEpress{rain tr all parts Of the
West, Southwest and Northwest This train stops
0nly for EseAla and wood and UafeT.s
The NAH Train leaves daily including sEndS as At
ESs p. NJ. RenWcod At 7:2s p NJ, and arrives IN
Baltimore At SIS P. NJ, connecting With the Mail
train leaving for Philadelphia, New York Boston,
and All Eastern cities At AS p NJ arrives At wash
tnCton City at $50 P. NJ connecting With the South
EN- lines for All parts Of the South ThstTain stops
on theWest end the road At MOundsTille, Cameron
MAunfnEton, Water Station EaiTmout and Grafton.
Returning. leaves Baltimore AZ $50 A. NJ, Mnsh.
InRton City nj 45 A. II. and arrives nt Benwood at
1910 p NJ. and Wheeling at 1882 T. NJ, connecting
with the Express train for all pArtsof the Southwest
West and Northwest. This train stops Mt the Prtn'
eipai stations only.
daily exropt Sundays leaving Piedmont at $40 An.
and arrives at Wheeling at $40 =: y:
W. p. sMTH, Master Of Transportation.
L. ". CoLR, GenH Ticket Agent hp2O
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TRANSPORTATION
Pittsburg andWheel-
inc Rail Road.

Cleveland, Pittsburg andWheel-
ing Rail Road.
La c..
0YINp AFTER MONDAY, NOyelabsr 2sth, 1881,
~ Passenger Trains VIII leave Bridgeport aS fol-
lows, (sundAyB axoepted;l
HIS A Mail Train steppiss At Al S,atiGns ar;
Cleveland at $40 P. n.
$50 NJ EPr, T5SS ,oRPasg1 g ~ I ~ S
o5syoIss y q "a 81 Z ts' = p ..'l
1000 P. ~ Express Train, stoPpng g all stations,
Cleveland At SsS5 A. "
RETURNING TRAINS
Leave cleveland ut sss5 A. N. and $40 p. NJ, al.
nIs at bridgeport At essS p d3SS A. NJ and 1000
AN.
l.EO ?. IL, arrive q BridgepoTt At OBS A NJ, 1000
A. 81. and o+25 p VI
Connections are made ms Follows,
At Pittsburgh With Pennsylvania R. R. for HArEis
burg, Baltimore, Warrington, PhilA-
delphils New York and Boston.
Cleveland with Cleveland TOled z. 4. for San.
duSky' Toledo, Detroit, Chicago and
all ponts in the NORTH WEsT. With
Detroit steamers for Detroit, Jackson,
Chiago and the NOEIH wHsT. with
Cleveland Erie H II. for Erie, Dun
kirk, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. With
Cleveland. Columbus 1 Cincinnati for
CrOStliRe, Delaware, Columbus and
A, Hudson Win the @ Z. 4 G r. R. for ouyHhoga
Pals, Akron, MiilersburSh and woOs-
AZ Alliance with p TT Wa c. B. n for Canton,
Massillon, Wooster, Salem, EnOn, Gu
iumbuA, &c.
AtsteubenyIIle with p. O. { O. Line and AT BEI1AIE
With @. o. o. R.R. for Zanesyille New.
Ark, Columbus, Xenia, Dayton, Indi-
annapolis, Cairo. Cincinnati, Louisville,
Sc. Louis, st. Joseph and all points
Wkst and South West.
RxeuEsion Tickets to Pittsburgh and return 1915.
Fare always A. Low, and time much quicker than
fhtoreh Tiskeis to all poinls In the Esst, North
and East can be procured At the ONCE No 81 water
street next door TO SprigY House, wheeling. Va ana
PTsIghf contracts will be made at Lowest rates to
any point accessible by this rad and Its eOuneetouss
~ ms Hagt North, West and Northwest, At once
No. 5; Water street or With FrelE Agent at Bridge
mi station R. HAMILTON. Agent,
Wheeling, Va.
JOHN CHAPMAN, gPnt,
\. MCCULLOUGH. President.
PR MYERS, Gent Ticket ACT noS6
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tpuB4o-Eo,l
An ACT 20 provide fpF she appointment 81 AISLE
tAnl PASnaa.sEs Ia che HsSS.

liz Il enacted BY tAs sA6Ate and nehsb Of Repre-
sthtRtiyeS 81 The United statAs Of AMeIiea Ia Con-
efees assembled, THAT the kEe5e o. AHstaiAst pay
S-(St n the navy q tkS Dotted etAteR be AID here
Is e sstS6isht4, ssa thEa tFom and efter the pas
saRs q tkla act The Precedent Of The United stAtea
BY AID Nth iha AdSisA Gn4 eobsShs of The sSnAtS,
REy sbkent assistant paymastsra tfpn time % time.
a. thtY Ihall be hot9td IN AettHp service In the nR
-, pot sEeppaipE tairt1Ai1 IN uumbeEi
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BtlIIous Disorders-Liver Complaints

Pros Or. ThTodSre Bsll. Of Net5 York CIty.
Not only are your Pills admirably adapted their
purrose a. an aperient but ind their beneficial eE
feets upon the Liver yeTy marked indeed. They
have in my practice proved more eheetual for the
cure Of 6iiTfosg eVHTtafHfE than any one remedy
can mention. sincerely rejoice that We have At
length purgative which Is worthy the eORnaenes o.
4he ur,oEslsinTl and the people
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DEPARI1IEST OF I'M ISETERl0E,
.nn.-- u q ~ ~ lEEn

srr: have used your Pilis in my general and hos
pitaI practice ever since you made them and cannot
hesitate to say they the best eAthaTtie employ
Their regulating action the liver Il quick and de-
cided consequently they are an admirable remedy
for arrangements Of that organ. Indeed have
seldom found case Of bii0Es diSaase 80 obstinate
thai it did not readily yield to them.
FTaternaIIT You're. ALOHZO BALL MD,
Physician Of the Marine Hospital
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GEO. ". JOHNSON. w.D. JOHNSON
6. W. JOHNSON & son,

MNnufacturerS OF CopperI TIN aud
Sheet Iron Ware.
HAVING AvAILED OURSELVES OF ALL TIE
fl Improved facilities, are better prepared now
than ever NIL all orders for any article or work In
the above line OF business. YRllies and Conductors
made to order. Steamboat work done In substatl-
particular attention to this branch Of the trade aud
can guarantee satisfactiSnin every particular. To
Wholesale Dealers can offer Inducements that
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completes and the assortment sfnll at all times. We
keep stock of thaiafss and most approved patterns
CIV. JOHNSON 4 SON,
Ho.179 Market Square,
Iyq-dkHH wheeling, Va
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JoHN N. LAKIN,

Successor to Wheeler 4 Lakin.l
WILL RECEIVE AND HAVE OPENED FOR
w inspection on Thursday, March 29th, new
aud well selected assortment Of
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings!
Also a complete assortment Of GESTLEMEN's FUR
NISHING GOODS.
The patrons OF the old hrm, and the public In gen
ernl are respectfully invited to call and examine my
stock before making their purchAses intend SELF
ing ut small profits to cash and prompt purchasers
Thankful for the patronage bestowed upon the old
nFn,I solicit a continuance of the same tor the new
establishment. JOHN 7. LAK1S, Merchant Tailor,
tnh2s4wd Eo-102 Main ST., Wheeling, Va
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WA.s.r. Mrprninr d. !

wAAsAw, wyoming Co., n. Y, oe5. y, 1855
DEAR a. am using your cAthATtie Pills in ny
practice and find them an excellent purEatiye %
cleanse nc system and purify ne f0irHtaiNT u ne
blood. JOHN G. MEACHAM. ". D.
Cora Gpation, Costiveness, SuPPres"
sion, Rreum Afism, Cont, Neuralgia
DrOpsy, Paralysis, Fits. etc.
From Or. j. p Vaughn, MoHfrsai, Canada.
Too much cannot be said Of your Pills for the cure
OF ooiteaets II others Of our fateInty have tound
them a. eficacfOus Rs have they should join ne q
prOeaIminE # for the benefit Of the multtude= VIC
suffer from that complaint. which, although bad
enough In itself Is the prOgenitOr Of other thai arc
VOFse believe eostireHesF to originate in the iVer
but your Pills Affect that organ and cure the DISEASE
Fton, HSs.R Stuart, PIysieiaH and Nidug.f, S'''o"
fnd one or two large doses Of your Pills taken At
the proper time excellent promotives Of the hs
ITat sscTefion when wholly or partially EuPPresed
also very eheetual to etedEe the SE0uaeA and q
pei tooTHtS. They are 30 much the best Ihysie We
have that reeomnend other to my patients
From the Req. DR.. HGugkss, Of the NethodIH
Enisronsy Church
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From the Req. DR.. HGEkes, Of the Method.
EpiseopGI Church

PULASKI HousE, Savannah, Ga Jan. .; 49,
HoN0RED sIR: should be ungrateful tor The rene
your skill has brought meif did not report ny -
10 Jou. A cold settled In my limbs and bTcagnI =
e1rructatiny aeaIGlTie PdfRs which ende 10 sAIat
ThCnmnfiSu. Notwithstanding l had the 0est y. n
physicians, the disease grew wofse and NoLs; -
by the advice Of your excellent agent ID bail4osi
Dr. Mackenzie, tried your Pills. Their enests ~
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am now entirely we'll.
sExITE CHAMBER, Baton Rouge, La. Dee 3 I7Ss-
DE-. AYER: have been entirely cured, BY yeuII
Pills Of Rheumatic GOHi-Apainful dlsease me! 41
affiIcteli me for years. VINCENT silDELt-
H-Most Of the Pills in market contain ASTeut{,
which although valuable remedy in sEiilia h.nI
& dangerous IN public pill from the dreaaial eo
oueDees that frequently follow ta tnca1tlops IT,
These contain no mercury or mineral
whatever. a.
Price 80 cts. per Box, or 8 Boxes for -
Lowell Mass
Yor sale by a. c. GOOD co.. and y ~ s5as
Rf14s ankAAt3S-
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tPITTsBURG, Pa. May L 1855.
Dr. ] c. ATER- Sir: have been repeatedly cured
Of the worst headache any body can have by doe
tuo Of your Plls Il 10 arise from foul Sta
mach which they cleanse At once.
TouEH With great respect. I'D: W. PRABLE
Clerk Of Steamer Clarion
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Dysentery, DIarrhaa, RelaI, Worm

EFOBl Dr.. }. C. Green IF Chicago.
Your Pills have had long trial In my practice, and
hold them in esteem one Of the bess aperienfs
have er found. Their Alternative eject nPon the
liver makes them excellent remedy, when gwen
in small doses for biIli0EE dgaeHnTy AVID diGTThdn
Their sugareoatng makes them very acceptable AID
convenient for the use Of women and children
Dyspepsia, 1mPurity OF the BLOOD
From Rec. j. Y. Himps, PGsfor Of, -AdCs0i
CEurck. Boston,
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Sick He9daehe, Foul st0
Linn Dr.. E,1trnrd RoNd. RnLfituork.

From DR.. EdrGTd Boyd, baltimore.
DEAE Bro. ATER: cannot answer you rLGi cOn
plsfntsI have cIySi With YOUR pills better than IA
say oil EtGf trent trih PaFPntire ulHdiaSS
place great dependence an efeetuai eathaTticin
my daily contest with disease, and believing As DO
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DE-. AIER: have used your Pills with extrserdi
nary success In my f1miiy and among thvse an
called 70 Wait in distress. To regulate the 0rEHni q
digestion and purify the blood they the very bet
remedy have ever known. and 1 can confidently n
command them to my friends u,,,rz
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Three Through Pa senger Trains,

The Capacity OF this Road Is now equal toAny in the
Z ETf Country.
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AYERS
CATHARTIC PILLS

RE YOU SICK. FEEBLE AND CONPLAININS
N Are you out Of order. with your system derarE
Cd, and your feelings uncomfortable Ehese syup
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system from the obStruettnns which make dissAss
cold -ettles somewhere In the BODY and ohsaruSEs
UPON Themselves and the EurrouHdlng organs pEo-
duefne general atgraTatiou, suffering. and disease
While In this condition, Oppressed by the deTanEe
nents take Ayers Pills and see how directly they
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they rapidly, Aad many u them surely, cured BY
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Statements from leading physicians in some Of TIE
PriDdpAl cities, and GrUm other well known pulls
Persrns-
From ForrerdiAg Merchant of ST. LOui,,
FsJ. 4, 1886.
DE- AIEN: Your Pills are the paragon Of all thAth
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Ter Of uIcerous sores upon her hands and Zee; that
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ples On her skin and in her half AifeT or ehl5
cured her. ASA MORGRIDGE
As n Family Physie.
FFOua DR.. z W CdTfI5Tigh, Nslr OrtsrHE
Your pills arc the prince Of pnEges. Their excel
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rs in the daily treatment Of dlfeuse,
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Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road

). Y. MCCULLOUGH. President.
PR MYERS, Gent Ticket AG't- move
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C, DERBY, AstuAry c.A,A.,
$40 BROADWAY, EEw YoHS.
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E.J.SSEEOER, Rhlndblp nlA.
MAGRAW & KoONs, so North Street, BaitmorU
LEEoH Co, No. 2As;or House er Nc. lSe. VIM.
TSt.N.Y.
LEIGH { Co, No. ~ State Street Boston.
a. II. HOUSTON, GeNT Efeieat ASt, PhilAs
L L HoTJpF E11-,I ISessst Asjt, P6IladeiphIR.
THos. A. SCOTT, 6tn't SHP't, Ato0nA Pa, Jan1!eo
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Nnnstarr ana Commercial 8sbithe.
BALTIMORE, March 25 1861.

BALTIMORE, March 25 1861.
The business at the Stock Board was unusually ligh
today, for the present dull times, but the marke
was nevertheless tolerably firm in tone Nothing wa
done in Railroad shares, but Baltimore and Ohio, tn,
transfer books for which closed day preparatory
to the payment of the semannual dividend due in April
left off at $50 bid 62K asked for the opening and North
ern Central closed S14S bid SIS asked regular way
Railroad bonds also very quiet but the quotations
closed at SO bid for lS67s So bid for 1885, 50 bid
asked for lSS5's 62 bid 63 asked for 1925 1.-THE extra
dividend bonds and Northern Central 1885 bonds left
at 52k bid 81 Sales made of 81 900 Missouri
6s at GO, and s763 Baltimore City 6s 1856 &C. For
Baltimore City 1s75s 81 bid and 1905 closed 81
bid, eS asked. The Mining stocks continue very quiet
and the market for them rather heavy. Sales were
made Of 30 shares Gardner Hill ST. which is con-
siderable decline previous sales and 200 shares Conso
dated at 25 cts For Springfield 81 90 was bid and 81
asked, and Gardner Hill left off at only $lS0 bid, 81
asked regular way.
In New York to-day stocks were quite firm. Missouri
Us advanced 81 Tennessee bonds \; Erie q; New York
Central 4; Reading u; Cleveland and Toledo " Michi-
gan Southern $1H Michigan Southern guaranteed SIX;
Harlem S; and Galena and Chicago SIX Virginia 6's
fell off however \; North Carolina bonds \ and Can
ton 4.
SALES AT THE BALTIMORE STOCK BOARD
MONDAY March 25, 1861.
$1,000 Missouri 6s, SO 40 shs. Gardner Hill
200 shs' ns."s n G. &C Con. -a5
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THE NEWS,

In the Senate yesterday the resolution relative t.
the election of officers of that body was, on mo
tion OF Mr.. Hale, permitted to lie on the table.
Is believed that it will not be called up again du
ring the extra session. A resolution was introdu
ced and adopted requesting the President to com
municate to the Senate all dispatches from Majo
Anderson to the War Department during his com
mand at Fort Sumter. Mr.. Douglas resolution
was taken up, and Mr.. Howe, of Wisconsin. tool
the floor and said that he considered the Govern
ment as being still composed of thirtyfour States
and that twenty-six were still necessary to tht
adoption OF amendments to the Constitution
He was not in favor of war for subugating the
South, but he did not want to compromise with
traitors. He only wanted to treat with the Union
men of the border States.
The Washington Star of last evening SAYS that
the President has concluded to nominate Hon. Fl n
ry Winter Davis as Minister to Russia.
We have full details of the news budget OF the
Canada at Halifax. The most important points OF
her intelligence were announced yesterday.
In the Virginia Convention, yesterday, vote
was taken on the question to strike out the maio-
rity report and to substitute Mr.. Carisles Peace
Conference report therefor, which lost by a
vote OF four yeas to one hundred and sixteen nays
Quite an excitement was created in Richmond
by the receipt of an order at Bellevue foundry from
Washington, to send guns on hand to Fortress
Monroe Immediately.
From Charleston we learn that Col. Lamon, the
bearer of dispatches from Washington to Major
Anderson, visited Fort Sumter yesterday. 1t is
not yet positively known when the works will be
evacuated, but it is expected that the garrison will
leave tomorrow.
The steamer BienviNe, of the line between New
York and New Orleans, was not allowed to leave
the former city yesterday, because of her not hav-
ing proper clearance papers under the coastwse
trade act.
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WAR pREpARATIONS IN M,CS ,cur7Srrrs,

WAR PREPARATIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
We subjoin the following important communica-
tion from Colonel Schouler. Adjutant and Acting
Quartermaster General to Col. Coffin, a member of
the Massachusetts, Legislature
BosroN, March 81, 1861
Col. FREDERIC j. COFFIN, House of Representatives.
Str-In answer to the inquiry made by the hon
orabe House of Representatives, "whether any
contracts have been made or liabilities incurred
regard to any of the matters mentioned in the re-
solve reported to the House relating to the equip
ment of troops for active service, and if So what
when and by what authority" l have the honor to
say:
Under the direction of his Exceency the Gov
ernor and a committee of the Honorable Council,
the following contracts have been made by me as
Adjutant and Acting Quartermaster General
l. With the Middlesex Company, Lowell for
6,C00 yards of cloth, 6x4 wide to make 1000 mill
tary over coats, at Sl.37 per yard.
2 With William Deacon, to make {, 600 military
over coats, at So .l5 each, he finding all the trim
mings except the buttons.
g. With James Boyd d Sons, to make l 900
knapsacks (army pattern), J, and with Edward A. G.
Roulstone, to make 900 knapsacks (army pattern
severally at 81 .ss each.
4; With Converse, Harding Co., for ], 900 pairs
oil blankets larmy size), at 1878 pair.
o. With Rubber Clothing Company, for 1000
haversacks, at rs cents each.
.. Inc buttons for the coats have been contracted
cost about $740.
~ 80 "'"oIlZeu 10 contract ter 2O0, ,0OU
pail cartridges TO suit the rife musket The
lowest price for these cartridges is SI4 Thousand
At the State Arsenal at Cambridge there has been
for many years upwards of 100000 musket balls.
suitable for the old snooth-bore musket. 7 have
caused these to be recast and the cartridges ade
at the arsenal, that the entire cost to the Com
monwealth for'the 20O,0 900 musket cartridges will
not exceed S1.500.
The aggregate cost to the Commonwealth 20 full.
fiji these contracts will be S23,77O, to which should
be added $3.50 to pay proper person or persons to
inspect the work when Finished to ascer tain whether
the parties contracted with have faithfully fulfilled
their several agreements.
The resolve appropriating S25, 900 will cover the
entire expense and will leave surplus sufficient to
purchase 100000 percussion caps, which it will be
necessary to buy if the troops of the Common
wealth are called into active service
With great respect, have the honor to be your
obedient servant,
WIN. SCHoULER Adj and Acting O. NJ g.