The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-01-16


tioos TO any desirable extent, and tend TO
renew and keep alive IN our soldiers the
proud memories Of the service aud TO pre-
serve the military ardor born of orr re-
cent struggles for national existence.
The Necessity for new arsenal afford
;og plaue OF safo deposit for ordnance,
ordnance stores, aud n magazine, is SO
tbvioas rs to require nothing more on my
part than 10 call your attention 20 the
sGhj"ct, aud TO ak tnat authority be given
mud an appropriation made tor the pur-
chase OF site aud for the erection OF
rgitablc buildings for the purpose indi-
Gated.
Agreeabiy to the requirements o! he
act af : :SeIcbly, entitled IAN Act 20 au-
thor % the Governor to transfer 10 the
X" R"yuo,d1 Monument Committee unser-
vIceabis and cnnds III ned oIdm4nce," up-
proved Mareh I, 1867, | caused the ord
nance 10 ihe arsenal TO he Inspected, and
turned over to The camH,ittcc for the Dur-
pose indicated five condemned six-pounder
has canno weighing in the aggregate
3.7lS pounds
IA l06i, the Legislature made an ap-
pr5priatinh for the purpose OF having
prepared an'i published i complete history
Of the military operations Of the State IA
reference to the late war My predeces-
sor appointed Samuel L. Rates, Esq, for
the purpose of comsummatiug the provis
ious Of that act, who proceeded To collect
the necessary materials and to prosecute
the work. In its pages will he found al
account of each aud every military organ
izItion ot the State the officers and men
OF whom they were composed; the name
of every individual, with his place ct res
idenee, time OF muster, date OF discharge,
aud the special acts by which he was Gs-
tinsushed, as we'll OF the dead as those
who have survived.
Daring the war, a State Agency for
the examination, adjustment, aud cotlec-
tion, free Of expense, of military claims,
was established ut Washington, for the
maintenance of which the Legislature
with commendable liberality, has annually
made the necessary appropriations. Dn-
ring the year ending December 10, 1861
LIS claims have been settled, aud 32l
Treasury certificates collected, amounting
TO S24l go 43 2,l29 new cases remain
unsettled, the most of which Will probably
be settled by the 30th Of June next, at
which period tie appropriation terminates.
When this is exhausted, the Department
WI have doubtless fulfilled its mission.
The reports of the commissioners
appointed under the act OF March II,
1867, to Investigate the Transactions
relating TO certain cemeteries are herewi;h h
presented.
The work at the Gettysburg cemetery
Is progrc sing, but with less expedItio.
,han was contemplated, in cIn<eq renee vi
the difficulty OF procuring suen blocks vi
marble as were required tor statuary.
The appropriation OF three thousand
dollars - The cemetery at Antiefam has
becn Withheld, as It appears from the act
OF Incorporation ~ the Legislature oi
Mar land aud the resolutions OF the t0aId
Of trustees, thar the rebe. dead are to be
inferred within the enclosure and to be
hounred with the same uemorel, a. the
UaIun spiders who are there buried.
The commissioners appointed under an
oct Of the Legislature, approved Apr! -
1888, 80 c'ntract Tor, aud supeIIhtcud
the erection OF a monument To the memory
OF ciiizans OF Pennsylvania who yer.
lain or lI5t their lives in the late WEI
Sith Mexico have contracted for the
erection of monument, III Il promiucni
portion OF the Capitol grounds, anu the
work is progressing Is rapidly as clrcum'
stances will permit. Tne appropriation
OF $4,000, 10 which the com missioner:
arc hmi cd, is inadequate ior the UbJec
contemplated Tue lowest bid tor hC
contract was $500. JOIN the commi,s
jJners, therefore, IN requesting 9n addi
,ponai appropriation of three thoGSaut
dollars, 10 be Ii ed Or much thereof IL
may bv necessary 70 complete the under
takI"g.
Puc-uan, 70 the FIRST section of join
reso .u,ion of rhe Legislature, approved OF
the l0th OF April Last, HU,.. DAVID Der
rickson, ". Maclay Hall, EI., a"'
Wayne McIeigh, Ell, were appointed :.
revise, coilate, aud digest all such puoli
acts aud statutes ui the civil code ut TIN
State, AS are general and permauenU il
fheir nature" These geutlemen huv
commenced the work assigned them, al,
from which the following benefits ar
hup.d u De derived:
l. rnc correction OF the redundanoies
missions, repetltIons, and IuconslSten
c:ss o! the ex !StIng statutes.
z. The framing OF genera laws as sui
stitutes Tor the inLumcrIbls lical statutes
which tor many years have comprised th
bulk OF the acs al A,se niGly aud occupie
aha attcntion al the Legislature to th
detriinent uf general legislation.
5 The couirTrIng upon tho tour'
many posers now exercised by the Aegl
la,ure, and which, il Is believed, vi
greatly relieve that body by dccressin