Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-01-14

report OF the Surgeon General and of the
Chief of Transportation.
| have uniformly, when applied 10, al
lowed the expense of transportation of one
person TO the field TO bring nome the body
of his friend or relation, and the expense
of his return with the body. The cost of
this has not exceeded 5000, which is in
clnded III the sam OF less than $4,000,
above stated
In this connection | must speak with
applause of the active bencvolence of our
citizens, who have without compensation
devoted their time and care to their sutf-
ering fellow citizens, disabled by the cas-
ualities of the war Not only have many
gone to the field, to administer their kind
Offices but in every part of the Common
wealth thousands have applied their means
and exertions to the same end and espc-
cially the women of PENNSYLVANIA, obey
ing their true womanly instincts, shown
that they are worthy TO be thc mothers,
wives and sisters OF thy brave men, whom
they have stimulated to their duty, and
Soythcd AMI nursad in the sutftrings that
have ensucd the performance OF it.
The city OF Philadelphia having patri-
otic;,liv offered to the United States,
League Island rs 4 donation for a Navy
Yard, Congress directed Il commission to
report availability OF THAI size AMI also
of New London. To The general aston
ishmcnt. u majority Of the commiss-
ION have reported IN favor of New Lon
don, but the minority has presented Il
report, which l. fortified hv the approval
of the Secretary of the Navy, shuwi .
so cuuciuSivcly the superiority OF League
Island that it Is scarcely possible that
Congress should hesitate To- select that
location To establish - NAVY Yard for
the construction Of iron cl,ii vessels at a
point remote from all necessary supplies.
situated on salt w;,tcr, AMI accessible by
more than one rpItc 10 anv Cnrny, who
may have momcu;;uy superiority ~ sea,
would appear to bc quite Inconsistent with
tn wisdom of' Congress. especially when
4 site Is offered convenient To- iron. coal
and other necessary supplies, situated on
| fresh wafer with = sufficient depth for the
| draught OF larr-e vessels, and s;f, from
! hostile attack 5v It's position
Capt. II nry T. Wrigley, of Philadcl-
phia, at my request, and without compcn-
satiun, mas malc = report to me ON the
| dcfences of the Delaware, which | here
| with transmi, for intorinniion
In July last. received. "a: Pi;tShurr
by telegraph, an Offer from the PemnSvl-
vania Railroad Company, OF a donation of
| fifty thousand dollars to assist IN paving
bollntics 10 volunteers | dzlined
this offer, because | hal no author
| ity TO acccp; il on behalf OF tire public.
and was unwilling To u:3 i,r;..,c thc dis
bur~emcn: cf the fund III my private ca
! pacitv- ] have s.ncc received a letter On
| the subject from the company suggesting
! other modes OF di~ppsing oi ihc money.
a copy OF which Is ann, Ned TO tl,iS message
! II the Legislature should accept thc
! donation. | recommend that il be applied
! towards the erection of an ASYLUM fo- oar
! disabled soldiers. and that the trustees
! appointed To- superiutcn lhr erection au.l
! management OF ihr asylum b. authorized
! T. accept such further contributions a. our
| citizens Inav ofl,r. In Il we'll managed
! establishment OF that kind. il J. probable
! that the pensions 10 ht allowed by the
Government to the mon, viii enable them
to support themselves with comfort By
an act of Congress passed on the second
day OF July, 1862. lands were granted to
the several States t"r the culowm mt.
! support and maiutainancr hv each State.
Of at least one cul.esc for tcarEing such
Lrlncles If lc.rLing as are related to
agriculture and tie mechanic arts. with
ont excluding oth.r scientific and classicaI
studies, and inc'uiin@ military tactics.
commend hat prup.r provision b,
made 10y the Legislature. for having tn,
lands thus granted To this State -
lccted, and tha title mad, to the State.
and that Congress b. requested to allow
the lands and their proceeds TO br used hy
Il e StItc in the cons.rgc ION and support
Of such an asylum a. have above sug-
gcstcd.
The details OF the operations Of tn,
common school system, during the schoo
year that terminated on Ihe first Monday
IN June. 1862, manifest scarcely any cvi
effects from the troubled state uf the
country. Absence Of the usual degree U
progress in the various departments /:
the only result observable To hay,
held its OWN. however, during the sever,
ordeal To which, In common with all oul
great social interests and enterprises. i
has been subjected, l. the strongest proc
of It's inherent yigcr, and Of the hold i
possesses upon thc efitc;ions as we'll 4.
the Judgement OF the people Of the State
Ii has come to my knowledge that il
some parts of the State system exists q
paving the wages of workmen and labor
ers not in money but in orders on stor,
keepers for merchandise and other articles
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