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OOYFIt VOK'N Uf.VSAOK.
KkNNSYI.VA.MA ExBCI TIVK CIIAWBF.n, i
II ARB ism ro, t'a , Jan. 30, 1866. t
ye ,Si nut* oiuf J/ott.-t of li-tpi'i'M n/ i
lin.s of flu (+n)mOrurraffh of }'• mis'/f
--withi:
(KN'i'r,KMK.v: —We have cause to Ix
thankful to Divine Providence for the
hS-.-ings of peace within our borders,
abundant crops, unanimity anion;; our
people. and that thus this Uommon
\o*alth im- lieen enahll to do her full
.iuty to the country, to herself and to
jm-iCrity.
i apprised you in toy message of the
.'Ttlt November, and delivered to
v, ! at the beginning of your session, of
the necessity under tin* pressure of
which 1 wu-compelled, for the restora
tion of my health, to sojourn for a time
in a warmer climate, i returned from
('aim refreshed and invigorated, and
have re-utiled the discharge of my pub
lic duth*-. I cannot omit to acknowl
edge. with profound gratitude, the kind,
em-iderote and affectionate course
which you pursued during mv con
straineci ahsence. A heavy addition
has been thus made to the debt which
1 already owed to the jieopleof t-he( 'inn
monwealth and their Representatives.
The balance iu the Treasury, Nov .
ts6t. * $1,942.2(13 63
Rs'eif.o during fi! year, ending
Nm . 30, 1865. 6 219,989 67
I>*l in Treasury lor fiscal rear end
ing Nov. 30. 1865, 8.102,193 30
the payments for the seme period
have hcen 5,785,525 16
Balance in Treasury, Nov. 30. 1865, 2.373,668 14
the operations of the sinking fund, during the
or ending on the first Monday ot September last.
a.- ;ted in uiy proclamation, wore as follows:
Aus'Uut of debt reduced, $740.51 l 26, as follow*
Five per cent.. $436,824 62
Coupon loan. , 230.1M10 0"
War ioan, 76.400 00
Interest certificates, 2.DOS 64
L'lmestie creditors. 578 00
The discrepancy between the reduction of the
public debt, as shown by the statement a- the close
6 the fiscal year, and that in my proclamation at
he :i i-eof the pinking fund year, arises from the
to r, tiia, the ooe closes on the first Monday of Sep
cuicer. the other on the 30th d ty of November
Amount Of the public debt ot Cenusylv aula, as Jt
' ■"••I on December 1, 1864. 639.3i9.btt3 94,
Amount redeemed at the state 1 reasury. during
the fisc *1 year ending with Nov. 30, 1864. vit:
Five per cent, -tucks. $1,703,517 88
four and a half per cent, stocks, 20.600 00
Domestic creditor certificates. '76 00
Military loan, act of .May 15. 1861. 179.250 00
1,903,345 88
Public deb*. December 1. 1865, $.".7 476,2.>8 06.
Asses in the Treasury :
E"iids Pennsylvania Kail road Co., $5,700,000 00
R uds Philadelphia and Krie Kail
mad Company, 3,500.000 00
Interest on bunds Philadelphia and
trie KiilroaJ Company. 1 050.000 00
Cash in Treasury, 2,373.668 14
13,623.668 14
I. (abilities iu excess of assets, 23,852,589 92
Liabilities in excess of as-ets, Nov.
30, 1860, $25,408,168 94
1. ihilities in excess ot wets. Nov
10, IM4, 23.852.589 92
1 . iruvement in conditiou ot the
Irca-iiry, since Nov. 30, 1860, 2.55u,5,9 02
lly the report of the State Treasurer,
will lie observed that the extraordi-,
try expenditures growing out of the
tr. not refunded by the General Gov
3inent, have Ihhui $1,028,t>27 21. I bis
eludes the direct tax paid to the U. S.
,v die States, which is not re-imbursa
■■ In the balance is included the
371,474". t:l paid to the militia, which,
.ith a good portion of the remaining j
xpendirure, is clearly due the State :
r "iii the General Government.
I'll' l iiKt—ityof extraordinary ex jwii
■ifures having ceased with thesUppres
i 'if tiie reliellion, measures should
taken to examine our resource-, and
ieve. s far as possible, the heavy bur
i- in which our people are subjected.
It ha.- I wen the habit of late years, to
|'|>rt)priate freely, annual sum- for the
U;p>rt of local charities; antlsuchap
'|iriatioiis are almost every year in- i
•"I in number aiidaniount. Houses,
: " luge, institutions for the deaf and
Riband for the blind, lunatic asylums
hese ajipear to me to be proper ot>
,v !> of stale bounty, because a few of;
"a art sufficient for the whole State, j
to leave them to In* provided for ;
the local authorities would, in fact,
'"depriveof protection tiie unl'ortu
classes for whose benefit they arc
-ited. Rut mere hK-al charities, how
i" meritorious ami effective, should,
iiiiik. be left to the support of thelie
• 'icvcient parties who establish them. |
k h unjust that the people of theUom-,
!i| ; iwcalth shall ce coerced to pay tax- i
■• in order that part of the money so l
"I may in* given to the support of;
•"'1 ''harities, conducted by private as
; Lition-, e-jiecially when it is remem
r-,l tiiat hitherto but a small pro[Mr
':i"f the private charities in the State
" av asked for such appropriation.
' recommend, therefore, that no ap-1
"'tpriation he made for charities, be
. 'Hd the institutions* which 1 have
I've specified.
Ihe icxes ut pn-ent laid on eorpora
"e unetjual. and to a certain ex
"3l tiwreby unjust. 1 recommend the
;"jjeet to tiie attention of the I<egisla
with a view to the revision of the
"v-tym.
Within a few years, acts have lieen
"!"iuedly passed directing the expen
'• ur> i,j ;1 . mm.h inoncy a.- may l** ue
"■•trv to effect named purposes, some
without clearly designating by
"'"n the money is to be expended, or
P'\ s die accounts are to Is- examine<l.
,' I] 7'Mstoni is verv recent, and has al-
lei lo a i )UN^.
r '/'j oiiunend that the practice he cor
■u ' ami that no appropriation IK*
• > without having the exact sum
JWM, the purpose sjiecifled to
asHt* i 1 iin< d designating the
"" r by whom the money is to be ex-
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BY MEYERS & MENGEL
)iended,and providing rhattheaeommts
,-lialt be settled in the Auditor General's
offiee in the usual manner.
.Notwithstanding the large expendi
tures by the state for military purposes,
since the breaking out of the rebellion,
the condition of the Treasury is now
f>2,AV),77P 12 better than it was then,
and I am proud to he able to state fur
ther, that on the Ist day of December,
I*l si, tile State debt was *4ll2,U'Jb III* less
than it was on the Ist of January, IHfil.
These are truly gratifying facts.'
1. nder these circumstances, it may lie
pos-ihle, with entire safety to our finan
ces, i< reduce or even repeal the ordi
nary state tax oi two and a half mills
on real estate. The tax of one-half mill
laid by the act of May hi, Iktil, was by
that act expressly pledged for the re
payment of the loan of &i,ooii,(joo, there
by authorized, and of course cannot be
repealed or reduced until that repay
ment shall have been made, i recom
mend this subject to the careful and de
liberate consideration and judgment of
the Legislature, and if it should In
found that the tax can he repealed, i
recommend that all laws authorizing
the levying of local taxes on bonds,
mortgages, loans and all property of
that kind lie also repealed. Such are -
peal would largely encouragethe in vest
ment of capital in this State, ami add
immensely to the wealth of the State,
while the local authorities would lose
very little, a- 14 is notorious, that from
tin- difficulties of assessment, they re
ceive very little from these sources.
In case of such repeal, i recommend
the adoption of some effectual measures
for enforcing correct returns of such ob
ject-of taxation, with appropriate pen
alties for the neglect or refusal to make
them.
1 make these recommendations be
lieving that it will lead to more equita
ble local taxation, and to greater econ
omy in their disbursement.
Many acts are on our statute hook-,
incorporating companies for various
purposes, which companies have never
been organized or gone into operation,
i recommend that all such acts be re
pealed by a general law, and thai pro
vision 'oe made that in future every act
authorizing a corporation shall in-come
void, unlos the corporation shall or
ganize and use its franchises within a
limited time.
.Since my last annual message the war
against armed treason has been brought
to a close. Of the large contributions
made by Pennsylvania to the National
army but a few of the men now remain
ill the service. The spirit which ani
mated our people at the outset of the
reiiellion has never flagged; and weean
look back with pride and satisfaction to
the part taken by thi-State in aiding to
maintain the unity of UieGovernmenl,
and in its defence against theas-aultsof
it- enemies.
hi my first inaugural address, I took
occasion to declare that Pennsylvania
would, under any circumstances, render
a full and determined support of the
free institutions of the Union. The
pledge so made was based upon my
knowledge of the -oli* patriotism of
her citizens. At that time danger threat
ened, hut no one anticipated that it
would break forth so suddenly, northat
it wutjkl giuw t> suc-ii fWtriut propiir
lions as it in a brief time assumed.
My contidenee in Pennsylvania, in
her even, yet stubborn will, her ability
and resources, has been fully justified |
by the manner in which she has done
her duty duringthelateeventful period.
On flit- request of the President of the
United ."states. I made a communication
to the Legislature on the Jlth day of A
pril, latil, setting forth that military
organizations of a formidabiecharacter,
which did not seem to be demanded by
any existing public exigency, bad lieen
formed in certain of tiieStates, and that,
whilst Pennsylvania yielded to no State
in her respect for and willingness to
protect, by all needful guarantee-, the
constitutional rights and constitutional
independence of her sister States, no
contemplated attempt to resist the en
forcement of the National law could
meet with sympathy or encouragement
from the peopleof tliis Commonwealth,
and asked for authority and means to
organize a military bureau at the capi
tal, and to so amend and modify the
militia laws as to give vitality and en
ergy to the military organizations of
the' State. <>n the 12th day of" the same
month, i signed a bill providing for the
purposes indicated in my message.
it will If remembered that this patri
otic action of the Legislature occurred
before it was known that hostilities had
actually commenced—and is Iflieved
to If the first official action by tlm au
thorities of any State, or by the Nation
al Legislature.
The tirst call made by the President
for troops to aid in suppressing the re
bellion, was on the loth of April, 1861.
for eeventv-five thousand men; and
that of this number, thequotaof Penn
sylvania was settled at fourteen regi
ments. to serve three months, unless
sooner discharged. With unsurpassed
alacrity and earnestness, volunteers an
swered to this call, in such numbers as
manifested the intuitive conviction of
the people, that the monstrous wicked
ness which had conceived an armed re
bellion against the < Ymstitution and the
: laws, could not be suppressed but by a
i colossal force.
Major General Robert Patterson was
assigned, by the General Government,
to a command, which included the for
ces raised in Pennsylvania. Within a|
week after the call of the President. !
communication with Washington was
I almost entirely cut off. Gen. Patterson,
i prompted by the necessities ot the .—it—
| nation, made, on the 2-ith of April, a <
I requisition upon me for twenty-five
; additional regiments of infantry and
! one of cavalry, to he forthwith muster
i ed into the service of the United States.
Under thl- requisition, I accepted from
; amongst the many pressing to headtnii
' ted into the service, a sufficient number
i of companies to fill it; care being taken
i to allow to each county, &- nearly as
j possible, a fair representation. Only
i eleven regiments, however, in addition
to the fourteen called for by the Presi
i dent, were organized and mustered into
the service, liefore the order tf General
| Patterson was countermanded by him,
j under instructions from the War De
i partment.
On the Uth day of May, 1861, the
Secretary of War, in a letter communi
cating tiie plan of organization, for three
year regiments, confirmed the revoca
tion of the order in th<- following lan
guage: "Ten regiments'are assigned to
! Pennsylvania, making, in addition to
tht- thirteen regiments of three months
militia, already called for. twenty-three
regiments. It is important to reduce,
rather than enlarge this number, and in
no event to exceed it. Let me earnestly
recommend to you, therefore, to call for
no more than twenty-three regiments,
of which only ten are to serve during
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1866
the wttr. and if more arc air; ady called
for. to reduce the number by discharge."
The twenty-five regiment- raised a
ahove stated, comprised 2nj>7! men.—
The ardor of our people wa- uuahated.
Many of thecom panics, under my order,
had arrived in camp at Harrisburg, and
others maintained their organizations
at home at their own expense, and by
contributions from their neighbors and
friends.
in tin critical condition of the coun
try, antl anticipating thai, in case of
reverse to our arms, the borders of
Pennsylvania would be the portals to |
the rich granaries, manufactories and i
ston houses of the North, i deemed it
my duty to convene the Legislature,
that adequate provision might he made i
to enable me to render the military
power of the State as available and efii
eieut its it should he, for the eoiumon ;
defence of the State and the General
Government; and accordingly, on the ;
2oth of April, IStll, issued my proelama
tion, tailing for a meeting of the (Jen
era! Assembly, on the JUH-h <if the same
month.
In my message to the Legislature at i
its opening, 1 recommended the imme
diate organization, disciplining and
arming of at least fifteen regiments,
exclusiveof those calieil intotheservice
of the United States.
The legislature acted promptly upon
this suggestion,and made full provision
for its effectual accomplishment. The
result was the early and complete
organization, clothing, arming and
equipment of the Pennsylvania Reserve
volunteer corps, with ils thirteen regi
ment.sof infantry, one of light ar illery, i
and one of cavalry, under the supervi
sion of George A. McCnll, who was se
lected to command it, with theeommis
sion and rank of Major General. This
corps contained to,*"> 6 men, and tlie
whole expense of raising, clothing, sub
sisting and paying them, until their;
entry intothe United States servieq,
was SSbf>,444 >7. They were encamped
in ditferent part- of the Slate.excepting
two of the regiments, commanded by
Colonels UhtiVle- J. Kiddle and Seneca
<J . Simmons, and two batteries of artil
lery. under ihe command of < olonel
Charles T. ( ampbell, which, at the re
quest of the War 1 lepartment, were sent
on the 22d of June, ISHI, to the reiief of
Colonel Wallace, at Gumlierland, Md.,
and remained for about-i\ weeks there,
and in Western Virginia, engaged in
active operations. Towards the close,
of July the whole corp.- was called for
and taken, on a requisition, into the
service of the Uniieu States. Within
four days after the disaster at Boil Run, I
eleven regiment-, in all respect- ready
for active service, were in Washington I
and Baltimore.
The troop- sent to Western Virginia i
were re-called, and with the otlwr two
regiment- of the corps, forwarded to
Washington.
On the 2(1 th of July, W>i. rhe Secre
tary of War expres-cd his gratification
and thanks for the prompt response;
from Pennsylvania.
The wisdom of the Legislature in
providing for the formation of this;
corps, for the interests of the State and
nation, was fully shown by subsequent
events. Most of the men who tilled its
rank- ltai .'wen suivpLsi b.v me umtci
thecal! for twenty-five regiments, which
was afterwards rescinded.
They had lefttheirfaniiliesand homes
under ;i deep -ense of duty to their
country, and to have sent them hack
unaccepted would have caused -erious ;
difficulty iu making future enlist- i
meat-.
By act-of Congress of 22d and 2fth
of July, Isfll, the Presi'lent was au
thorized to call upon the several States
for volunteer- to-crve for three years.
Under this authority requisitions were
made on thi-State, and fourteen regi
ments were promptly furnished. In
the meantime authorities had been
granted by the President and the \Y ar
Department to a nuiniwr of individu
als to raise regiment-in different part.-
of the Stale, which seriously interfe
red with the action of the.state author
ities in filling requisitions regularly
made under tiie acts of Congress.
The embarrassments arising from
thi- conflict of authorities Iwcanie at
length so serious that I was constrain- j
ed to call the attention of the President I
and Secretary of War to the subject, by
a communication, dated the I-; of Au
gust, is'll, and on the 25th of Septein-!
Iter following, an order was issued re
quiring these independent regiments
to report to the Governor, and placing \
them under his authority and control.;
Acting under this order, many of the
independent regiment- were tilled up,
others consolidated and seventy-three
regiments, with an aggregate strength
of 89,04-s men were promptly sent for
ward.
During the year ls(j2 a draft was or
dered by the General Government,
which was executed under the s tate
authorities.
Of the quota of the State, under the
call of July 7, IH>2, forty-three regi
ment.- of volunteers, aggregating s!>.-
men. were put into service, and un
der thedraft, ordered August 4th of the
same year, fifteen regiments, contain
ing an aggregate force of 15.000 men,
organized and sent forward. During
thosame period nine independent bat
teries of artillery were organized in the
State, with an aggregate strength of
1,30b officers and men.
it will be remembered, that the ar
dor and proinptne— of our people, un
der such trying circumstances, in press
ing the troops forward, was such a-to
call from the President-especial thank-,
and to request me to express them to
the people of the State.
During the year isr,;;, forty-three
thousand and forty-six i4.',olfi) men
were furnished for the service, princi
pally to till regiments in the field which
had been reduced by the exigencies of
the war.
During the year 18fi4. under theva
riou- calls of the General Government,
thirtv-two regiments, two battalions
and eight unattached com panics of dif
ferent arms of the service and for va
rious periods, were organized and sent
to the field, aggregating, with re-en
listments in the field, amounting tolT-
S7<>. an aggregate force of 01.70J men,
furnished for that year.
On my suggestion, tin* policy consoli
dating our reduced regiments, and till
ing them up by the assignment of now
coin panic- was adopted, and in ISiiO,
under this system, besides organizing
three entire new regiments, seventy
five companies were assigned to redu
ced regiments, by which they were a -
gain tilled to the regimental standard.
These three new regiments and seven
ty-live companies, with volunteer re
cruits for regiments in the field, repor
ted by the superintendents of that ser
vice,' amounted, in the aggregate, to
20,7!>0 men for this year.
In the month of September, 1%2, af-
ter the s<\*ond disaster at Bull liun, it
became e\ ident that the enemy hud a
dopted an aggressive policy, and \va
ahout to invade the Northern States
through Maryland and the southern
border-of Pennsylvania, Under the
-auction of rhe President of the t iu
ted States, on the 11th day of that
month, ! issued my prociamatinn,Csdt
ipg into immediate -erviee fifty thou
sand of the freemen of this State, fa
der this call twenty-live regiments and
four companies of infaptry, fourteen
unattached companies of cavalry, and
four batteries 01 artillery were imme
diately organized and to tiie i>:.r
der, the water portion advancing be
yond the State line into .Maryland. (.ten.
John r. Reynolds, at tijat period com
manding the Pennsylvania Reserve
<'ore's, was temporarily assigned, by
the Secretary of War, t<> the com
mand of these troop-, bj whose order
they were returned to Pennsylvania,
and by niy proclamation, disbanded on
th< 21th of the same month, in ac
knowledgment of the service- render
ed by the men of Pennsylvania, Major
General McClellan, conmoaiuling the
Army of the Potomac, by letter dated
the 27th of September, i>U2, acknowl
edging the service and thanking the
State, uses the following Rmguagc:
"The manner in which the people oi
Pennsylvania responded to your call,
and hastened to the defence of their
frontier, no doubt exercised a great in
fluence ujkui the enemy;" and the
Governor of Maryland, llis Exceilen
cyA. W. Bradford, in an order dated
September I s, i2, used the following
language in regard to these troop.-: "The
readiness with whicii they cr-.-ed the
border and took their stand In side the
Maryland brigade, -how - that the bor
der is, in all respects, but an ideal line,
and that in such a cause as now unites
us. Pennsylvania and Maryland are hut
one."
in the month of June, 1 sffff. it again
became evident that the reb ! army
was advancing Xorth, threatening also
Die western border of Penn-ylvania,
and on the 2ffth of that month i again
is-ued my proelaniation, eal • ing the
militia of the State into immediate ser
vice. In the Department of the Mo
nongahela, tive regiments of infantry,
one company of cavalrx and one bat
tery of artillery, lor ninety day.-' ser
vice, and one battalion of infantry, one
battalion of cavalry and one battery of
artillery, for six months. United states
service, were organized. In the i <epart
inentof the Susquehanna, twenty-throe
regiments and five unattached eompa
nies of infantry, and two unattached
companies of csivtilry, for ninety days;
one Imttalionof infantry,one battalion
of cavalry, and four independent bat
teries of artillery, for three months;
three regiments of cavairy, two bat
talions of infantry, and three inde
pendent batteries of artillery, for six
months' United States service, were
organized.
There were also organized in tills de
partment, for the "emergency term." I
eight regiments, one battalion and a
number of unattached companies of
infantry, two independent batteries of i
artillery, and two companies of caval
ry.
' in me i.ieptit u-ni of
hela. the troops under tins call, were
commanded bj Major Gen. W. T. li.
Brooks, and in the Department of the
Susquehanna, by Maj. Gen. !>. \.
< 'ouch, severally detailed by the War
Department.
The details of the services of the mi
litia on these occasions, as well as the
generous a—i-tancc rendered by the
militia of the States of Mew York and
New Jersey, have been fully recogni
zed in previous messages.
Acting under orders, they did not
hesitate to cross the State lint* and en
ter (>hio and Western Virginia, in the
west; and in the east, they defended
the line of the Susquehanna, were at
Gettysburg, before the udvarus of the .
Army of the Potomac, defended Car
lisle -atectSsfully when attacked by a
superior force, made long marches, pa
tiently suffering great privations for
the want of sufficient means of trans
portation, crossed into Maryland, when
ordered, and attacked the enemy suc
cessively, and saver! the Capital of their
State from de-iniotion. When thehis
tory of the rebellion i- truly written,
no part, which relates to Pennsylva-'
nia, will reflect more credit on the pat
riotism, courage and fidelity of her
people, than their prompt answer to
the call made for military service for
domestic protection. It is a record of
w inch the great body of the people are
a party, and of which they may all he
proud.
in July, |s<>4, a rebel army again
crossed the Potomac, threatening the
-outhern border, and inarched to Wash
ington.
Under the pressing demands of the
National authorities, all the organized
troops in Pennsylvania were immedi
ately sent forward. The rebel army
was'defeated and driven back. Arris
el column, of three thousand men, had,
however, cros-ed the border, and, on
the doth of July, burned the town of
Uhambershnrg. hi my mt--age of last
year, i stated in detail the movements
of the enemy, and the' circumstances
attending the destruction of that bor
ough. Although the people of all the
southern border suffered much from an
nual incursions of the enemy. Cham
bersburg is the only town entirely de
stroyed within our border,'and. it's
iielieved, in any loyal State.
The citizens of the town were sud
denly reduced to poverty, and for a
time, were sustained by the active be
j ncvoience of the people of ot her parts
i of the State, aided by an appropriation
lof one hundred thousand dollars from
I thet'oniinonwealth. They have strug
gled energetically to revive from this
calamity, hut it i> now feared that few
iof them will be able to -awed. 1 -uh
j init, therefore, to the wisdom of the
j Legislature, whether it would not be
! proper to extend to that people some
I additional relief.
j The number of troops furnished the
j service from Pennsylvania, during the
j relied ion, may be stated as follows,
i viz:
During the year 1861 130,591
j Do Jo 1862 71,100
j Do do 1863 43.016
j Do do 19(51 91.701
Do do 1805 ' 25.8W
302, 281
This statement is exclusive of mili
tia and enlistments for the United
States navy.
i refer, tor more perfect details of all
the military of the State, to
the reports of the Adjutaut General,
of the other military departments ol
the State, and to my previous annual
messages. This brief military record
would be imperfect, if I failed to com
mend the fidelity, zeal and industry ol
the military departments of the State,
and to express my personal obligation-;
for the ready obedience .And constant'
support i hnvi uniformly received from
the chiefs of the departments, and offi
cers of my personal staff.
An approximate judgment of the n
nnnintof labor performed by these de
partments, and in the otliee of theScc
retary of the Commonwealth, may be
mnde, when it isstmed thai over ;'or-:y
three thousand itff.ffOb, military eom
inisplons were issued'during the war.
The first request for troops from ihi.-
SUite was dated at Washington,on the
loth April, lsffl, and on the 16th the
telegraph announced to the War Dv
parrment thai ever l.iDff men were at
Ilarrisburg,awaiting marching orders, j
It i- our proud privilege id have it
remembered, thai the lirsfc military
aid from the loyal States, which reach- ;
ed Washington, was the force of Iffo
Pennsylvanians, who arrived thereon
rhe Isr 11 day of April, and that, when
the Capital of the nation was tiie sec
ond time threatened, after the battle of
Bull Bun, the regiments of tiie Penn
sylvania Reserve (orps were the first I
troops sent forward.
From the beginning of th- war to
it- close, the State lias never faltered in
its support of the Government.
Proceeding in the strict line of duty,
the resources of Pennsylvania, wheth
er in men or money, have neither been
withheld or squandered. The history
of the conduct of our people in the held
is illuminated with incidents of bero
ism worthy of conspicuous notice; but
if would be impossible to mention them
in theproper limits of a message, with
out doing injustice,or, perhaps, making
invidious distinctions. Arrangements
are in progress to have a complete hi— :
torvof our regiments, such as has ocen
contemplated and i- provided for in an
act of as-emblv already passed: and on
tiii.- subject 1 commend the report of
the executive military department to
your favorableconsideration. it would
i* alike impossible to furnish a histo
ry of the associated benevolence and of
the large individual contribution.- to
the comfort of our people in the field
and hospital, or of the names ami ser
vices, audi tiines,of our volunteer sur
geons. when trailed toas-ist in tin* ho—
pita! or on the battle field; nor.is it pos
sible to do justice to the many patriot
ic Christian men who were always
ready to responu when summoned to
the exercise of acts of humanity and
benevolence.
Gur armies were sustained audi
strengthened in the field by the puti -
otic devotion of their friends at home;
and we ran never render full justice to
the heaven-directed, patriotic, t hris
tian benevolence of the women of tiie
State.
During the war 1 had occasion, from
time to time, to communicate
with the Legislature on -übjocts hear
ing upon the interests of the met reo
resenting tin* Htatein the armies of tin'
Republic.
it is with a sense of unfeigned gnu- i
itiuie that 1 acknowledge how cheerfui
ly and promptly .the Legislature and
the people acted upon my suggi'siions. ■
whether for the support of the govern
ment, the enlistment and organization
of troops, or for the comfort of our Don- .
pi* -ibv-ifiv in tb" netu.
Without this generous confidence and
liberal support, tiie labors of the K\e •- i
utive would have been in vain; the
treasure that has been expended would
have been wasted, precious lives'lost j
would have beeu an empty sacrifice,
the bruised heart- of kindred friends
would have been witiiout solace: the
strong men. whosehealrh has been bro
ken and whose bodies have been ma im
ed would have been monumentsof iier
oism wasted, and the honor ol tiii
great Commonwealth would have been
degraded amidst tiie fallen ruins of the
institutions of The Hepuhlic.
The report of the H on. Thomas H.
Buirowes, -hows the gratifying result,
under his active management, of the
system adopted by the State, for the I
maintenance and education <>: tiie or
phans of our soldier-. Hi-report ex
hibits the feet, that 1,242 orphans are
now actually admitted to me schools, ,
and that l.Mfi applications in ail have
been allowed, and orders issued for their
admission, many of whom have been
admitted since his report. R will also
be seen, that tiie largest appropriation,
that ever will he required, will lie for
this and the twoensuing years.and i at
then the amount will tie gradually re
duced. i have heretofore commended
this charity to you, and I deem it iiii
neeessarv to add another word, in ask
ing a continuation of an appropriation,
which is to provide for and educate the
best blood of the skate, and support the
living legacies which have been be
queathed lis by tin* men who laid down
their lives for the country. When we
remember tiiat every sort of public and
private pledge that the eloquence of
man could dovi-e <>r utter, was given to
our soldiers as they went forward, that,
if they fell, their orphans sho ild be
come the children of the State. 1 cannot
for an instant suppose, tiiat you will
hesitate to continue an appropriation, 1
which is to bio s their little one- , pro
viding comfortable homes, instead of
leaving them in want and destitution,
many of them to fall victims to vice
and crime.
At the time of the invasion of til-
North, in Miff, by the rebel army, the
President made a requisition on me for
militia to serve during the emergency.
The men came forward promptly, to
the number of.'lff,fib's, of whom upwards
of 2b.U'o refused to be mustered into
the service of the United Stales, in '->n
• sequence of circumstances of prior oc
currence not necessary to be here sin- j
ted.
In this embarrassrhont, the emergen
cy being very pressing, after consulta
tion with the President, he authorized
and requestedmetocal! them on behalf i
of the State, and for the defence of the
I State, tin- United States paying all the
j expenses of their clothing, equipment,
! subsistence, Ac. It was, however, al-'
leged that there was no appropriation
| for their pay. To remove this difficul
i ty the Genera! Government applied to
hanks and other moneyed corporations j
in Philadelphia to advance the amount
of the pay, on 5i pledge that, when Con
gress met, the passage of a hill to reim
burse them should he recommended. —
These institutions declined this propo
sition, hut expressed their willingness
to make the advances if I would pledge
myself to recommend to the Legisla
ture the passage of such an act in case
Congress should not provide for reim
bursing them. Under these circum
stances. I received from the Executive
of the United States the pledge which
iie had proposed to give to the hanks,
Ac., ami upon that I gave the necessary
pledge to them, and they advanced the
rebuffed funds Accordingly. The fol
lowing telegram from the Secretary of
War wiH show in part the ground on
VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,334.
i which I acted:
WASUINOTOX, July 22. 18G3.
% mi -Extern wy, Gov. A. G. CTT.TIX: ,
Your telegrams. respecting the pay
of militia eallc-1 ou: un-Dr your procla
mation of raeif.'h F I;I x ituvebeen re- ,
erred to die President for instructions,
and have b en under his consideration. |
He directs me to say that, while no law j
or:ipprooriationauthori/.osthepayineiu !
in h- General Government of troops ;
thai have not been mustered into the |
' service ofthe United States, he will re- i
commend to Congre-t to make an ap-;
proprlation for die payment of troops i
called into Hkif -orviee to repel an sic- ;
tual invasion, including those of the
State of i Vnusylvania. if, in the mean- ;
tint'. you can raise the ne.-es-ary amount i
as Ims been done in other States, the
appropriation will be applied to refund |
■ the advance to those who made it.
Measures have been taken for the pay
ment of troops niu.-temi into the b'ni- ;
ted States orvlee, as soon as the mustoi .
and pay-roils are made out. The an- \
swer of this Department to you, as Gov- i
ernor ofthe State, will be given direct- j
!y to your -el i" whenever the Department !
i prepared to make answer.
(signed EDWIN M. STANTON, I
Secretary of War.
When Cougri-s met, the Executive i
i ofthe T aited Scales did not recommend j
the passage of the neet>sary act. I have j
understood that the -object was tailed j
oi the attention of the proper commit- j
ree, by the Secretary of War, 'out, as i
the Pr>iSi nt did not send a message j
explaining the circumstance- of the
cit.-e, nie appropriation failed, .as the j
members ol'Congrms had thus no means )
of explaining to ilieir constituents tin |
difference between thi-ease < which was j
in substance a titan to the United St.-ugs ■
upon the pi- 'ago <>i the Execuiivi^w ,: i
its repayment, and the case of the vol- i
urttary expenditureof money for niiii-
I tary purposes by Pennsylvania and j
most of theotheir Slates.
i will add. tiiat the men came into j
the S ice for thg emergency only, and J
on tie faitii that they should be <! r —j
charged a- soon as, in my judgment, j
• theemergency should havecm-ed. The I
i emergency cease:! immediately aftei j
the bnttm of (, sty-bur::, whicii com- '
menc'i; on the Ist of,J :*!.}' lbfifl; yet j
; the m< n, against my urgent and repeat- j
ed remonstrances, were kept in the-or- |
'vi long afterward and used ay the I•*
nited Slates for various purposes. The |
i :-t of luem w : not discharged till in I
! September.
i recosomend tin.x the Legislature a- i
do.- aicas:;re.- ■<> bringihesuycet again j
be,ore Congress, and obmin repayment :
of tiii." sum, t-jsl, i7ti -U j
with interest on tiie same, which the j
< a.: Government has thus far so un-1
i warmutably with held.
Great injustice nas been done to prl-1
vate soldiers wtid Want into service I
under the provisions of the act of Con- j
gre-s, by refusing to pay them the tub .
bounties offerer! by tiie.terms of that
I ac- the following letter, which I ad
dressed to the Secretary of War, suffi
; ci< ntlv explains the position of this af
• fair:
EXECUTIVE CLIAMBER., '
I HOrrisbftrg, Pa., June .J, 1865. J
Sua Pinae arc iwo siibiect- unnccV-!
Ted wi.b til.' di-.-harge of Vt-itinmer.-j
; which are of - > much importance that j
! I fee: justified in calling. our attention
I to tiiem.
f-'ir-'. The men are being paid only j
! to the day of their arrival at the place j
i they are to be discharged. This will;
! cause them to losea few day-' pay de- j
' pending principally upon the prompt-j
ne- and disposition of tiie officers oi I
the United State- having the matter in j
charge. !: is a matter of littie moment j
'■ to the Government, but the men feel!
j it to be an inju-t. -e, and if, under the
acts of < 'ongre-s, they can he paid until j
dischargi d, ; tliinx you will agree with !
them.
Second, in circular No. 2b from Pro- ;
vo.-t Mar-ic.d General's office, dated Ju
ly "ihiii: r which thevoiun'e ers '
now to be db-barged were ivus'-d," ir '
i- stated '.hat tiie bounty provided by
j law i- as follows:
"For recruit-, including Yep re-en tn
• tiv-.- recruit-, white or colored, sloe." J
Ami it is further added, that the i.rst
ins.alimen: of tiie' aunty will be paid
w lieu the recruit i- mustered in as fol
lows:
" i'oa recrnii v.lioeulisted in thecrmy
i for one year,
On the-e terms tiie men enlisted, and
theyar - of opinion that they are enti
tle'! to tiie remainder of their bounty j
when discharged from service.
!i i- pro, a-ed,hiiwever, to pay them
hut a pari of this remainder, because
the Govenunent does not requi.etiieir
, services for the fuil term of their enlist- i
mi!:, and Appears to bea breach of con-!
tract between the Government and the
: men. The bounty was held out by the I
Government a-an inducement UieitfM, \
not as additional pay tor services to be:
reudcted. Tin men became entitled to j
i. by the fact of enlistment, and could i
only forfeit what remained mqiaid by'
-ome misconduct, of which such fori'ei
! tr<- sho.ii I'■ a legal penalty. These
matter- are ereating much unpleasant
■ feeling among the men, i need not
■ say to you, they naive behaved gallant-;
!y and the country owes them every--
thi ig : ami ii It can possibly be avoid.- J
ed they ougiit ,:ot to be sent home tin-1
dor the ftv ing t'nat Lie Government,!
when their service- are no longer re-'
quired, takes the first opportunity to
treat them unjustly and violate its con
tract with them.
1 assure you that unless these difficui
tie- are relieved there will be created a .
general discontent Which will be inju
rious hereafter; and it is my fervent
desire for the success of your adminis
tration which leads me to bring them
directly to your notice.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
A. G. CUBTJX.
TQTJLIE PRESIDENT.
The refusal has been persisted in, un
' der an opinion of the Attorney Gener
al qf die United States, a copy of which
! was sent to me.
] recommend that the Legislature
j make proper efforts to have thi- injus
■l tice corrected.
Thereport of David Wills, Esq., pres
ident of the .Soldiers' National Ceme
i tery, at Gettysburg, herewith transmit
| ted*, -how- tiie present condition of.the
t cemetery. As tiie battle of Gettysburg
j resulted in a glorious victory, anil was
i in fact Hie beginning oi' the end of the
war and occuindon the soil ofthoUom
, nionwealth, 1 think it would be well
; thai it should be commemorated byan
-1 historical painting, to be placed in the
Capitol of the State; and 1 recommend
i that the Legislature take measures for
' that purpose.
1 The State of Maryland has proposed
j to her sister States that they unite with
'j her in establishing a cemetery for our
soldiers who fell at Antietam. 1 here-
with transmit copies of the Maryland
statutes, ami other documents 011 this
subject, and recommend the passage of
an act heartily accepting the proposi
tion of the State of .Maryland. All the
State- having promptly and generousiy
responded to our proposition to have a
cemetery at Gettysburg, it would seem
proper that we should reciprocate, and
unite in this. The duty is made more
sacred when we remember that mou nt
i Vonsylvaniu's sons fell in that lattlc
than those Of any other State.*
The report ol'the State agent at ash
ington, herewith transmitted, shows
that under his efficient nmnagomi ntthe
ciaiprs of our soldiers are prornptiy ex
amined and paid. Every eflort has Utn
made to apprise our officers and flien
that their ennuis will be collected by the
State agent, (Col. Jordan,] without ex
pense to them; yet it is feared that
many of themcoutinue to employ pri
vate ciaim agents, whose fees bcarLtuv
iiy on the claimants.
Since my last annual message I have
expended of the secret service lundthe
sum of lour thousand three hundred
and thirty-three dollars and twenty
cents, out of which 1 have paid my pi r
.-onai stuff and other extraordinary ex
penses. No appropriation is required
for the increase of this fund,
I invite your attention to the reports
of the mil i airy < lepart ments of iheState,
to Uie reportOf the superintendent of
common schools, which exhibits the
prosperous condition of our system of
public education, and to the report of
die Surveyor General, and recommend
toyourfavorubleeonsideration theman
y excellent suggestions made by that
officer.
1 commend to your earnest consider
ation the suggestion made by the JSur
geon General in h s report, herewith
transmitted, 011 the propriety of legis
lation for the protection of our people,
by proper sanitary measures, from the
ravages of the cholera, which is now
approaching our shores.
1 commend to the wisdom of the Leg
islature the subject of providing for the
relief of our many maiiued and wound
ed.-oidiers. IV ssibiy tiiis might be done
by continuing and enlarging the acts
providing for boards of relief in the
'..vi ral counties. 1 recommend the a
doption by the Legislature of this or
-ome other plan for doing justice to the
class of men in question.
By the joint resolution of May IG,
!B<>l, authorizing me to give flags to our
regiments, it was made the duty of the
'Executive to receive tiie flags when the
regiments returned. This has not been
hitherto done, inasmuch as they have
not vet ail been mustered out. As soon
.isthis . hnl! have taken place, the flags
will he received with appropriate cere
monies, and 1 recommend tliat the Leg
islature make provisions for causing
ihem to be hung in the new library.
i refer to the suggestion of Brigadier
>; nera! Todd, Inspector General, on
the subject of the militia. 1 arji not
preps recrto make any recommendation
on this subject, as 1 observe with great
pleasure, tliat Congress is proposing to
establish a uniform system throughout
the United States.
The arsenal at i [arrisburg is decay
ing and unsafe, The arm-and muni
tions of the ittate there deposited are ol'
the value probably of a half a milion
of dollars. 1 recommend that provis
ion be made for repairing it, or that a
new■ ar-enai he constructed in this vi
cinity, for the purpose of securing their
preservation.
since my last annual message, the
late President of the United States has
fallen a victim to the most foul and base
a-.sisination recorded in history. It
will afford me pleasure and i will hear
by unite with you in any expression
>f indignation o.t the crime, and tit' ap
eeiatioa oftße public virtue and ser
vice- of its vietim, Abraham Lincoln.
My uniform course, during the late
war, was to avoid the discussion of the
policy of the General Government,
while giving a hearty support to the
national authorities in ail their meas
ures to suppress the rebellion. I shall
continue to pursue the same course dur
ing embarrassments necessarily connec
ted with the entire restoration of tiie
country. The principles expressed in
the message of the President, at the
commencement of the session of Con
gress, will receive my cordial support.
Luring the last five years the people
o; t his State have suffered deeply front
Pie calamities of war. Thousands of
her men have been slain, and others
arc maimed and broken. Almost ev
ery family has been stricken, and ev
erywhere therearewidowsand'orphans,
many of them helpless and in poverty,
it is a subject of sincere congratulation,
that peace has at last returned.
i am not aware of the existence of
any difficulty with other nations which
mavnotbeamicablya justed, and tin re
iore venture to express the hope that
long year-of tranquility and happiness
are before us. A. G. Cuutix.
TWO KUGJTA IXSTEA3 Of OSE.
An amusing incident is related of a
woman in Jbiugiand whose husband, a
- Thy man, died suddenly without
i tug a will. The widow, desirous
< . earing the whole property, cOn
cs a led her husband's death, and per
suaded a poor shoemaker to take his
p., e while a will could be made. Ae
ro- dinglv lie was closely mu filed in bed
as if very sick, and a lawyer was called
to write the wiil. The shoemaker in a
feeble voice bequeathed half of all the
property to the widow. "What shall
-e done will the remainder?" asked
the Sawyer. "The remainder," replied
he, "I give and bequeath to the poor
little shoemaker across, the street, wiio
lias always been a good neighbor and a
docrving man," thus securing a rich
no p sifor himself. The woman was
; hunderstruck with the man's auda
cious cunning, but did not dare expose
the fraud; and so two rogues'shared
the estate.
F.nwix Fouuest.—By the by, a good
joke is told at the expense of one of our
citizens. A most rantankerous Repub
lican, who owns a large interest in the
opera-house, wrote to Mr. Forrest, at
Dayton, urging him to visit Columbus.
Mr. Forrest replied that his visit to the
West was omy at the urgent solicitation
of an old friend, whom lie was anxious
to oblige—Hon. Clement L. Vallandi
gham—who also urged him to visit Co
lumbus, and hence he would accept the
osier.— Columbus Cor. Cleveland, Ohio,
Plaindealer.
Tin-; shoe businessisexceedingly pros
perous, because every pair is sored be
fore it is finished.
Wirv is the punishment of the birch
practiced by some pedagogues? Be
cause they are of opinion that it makes
dull boys smart.
—lie olutions have been introduced
in the Georgia Legislature recommen
ding the President to grunt a general
amnesty.
—The smail-pox is spreading among
! the negroes in Louisiana.
—There are twenty three thousand
negroes in Washington.