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VOL. 7.
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@he Democratic Wale
BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 16 1862.
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wa a
NO. 2.
"FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE {Vote
ordinary reve-
nhe..... erase 554,598 3
OF ey
Ree’d from the
ANDREW G.CURTIN "ei Sus
Gov. on ac’t
GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, military exp’s 606,000
Rec’d from Soci-
To Both Houses of the Legislature,| et of Cincin- :
natus, 500
Bal’nce in Treas- eer
ury as above, $1,551,605 72
It will be observed that the fiscal year
ends on the 30th of November, and the sink-
ing fund year on the first Monday in Sep-
tember, which accounts for the apparent de-
ficiency in the amount of debt paid. as. stated
in the Treasurer’s report, and the Commis-
sioners of the Sinking Fund. The State
has on hand a surplus of uniforms and
equipments which cost about $190,000,
which the United States have agreed to take
and pay for at cost. Arrangements have
been made with the General Government for
the reimbursement of the military expenses
of the State since the 27th of July last —
The bills as paid are forwarded to Washing-
ton and partial prepayments have already
been made.
It will be observed that the receipts from
ordinary sources of revenue have decreased,
but as payments have becn made on some of
them since the settlement at the end of the
fiscal year on the first of December, and
more may reasonably be expected in jadditon
to the payments to be mad by the National
Government, as hereinafter stated, the bal-
ance available in the treaury will be large-
ly increased.
It will also be observed that it has mot
yet been found necessary to call in all of
READ ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1862.
To the Honorable Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives of the Commonwealth of enn-
sylvania.
GenTLeMeN :—It has pleased Divine Prov-
idence, during thé last season, to give us
abundant crops, unbroken peace within our
borders, unanimity ameng our people, and
thus enabled this” Commonwealth to do her
whole duty to the country, to herself and to
posterity. For these blesssings we have
reason to be grateful.
The balance in
the Treasury on
the 30th Nov.,
* 1860, was,.......
The receipts dur-
ing the fiscal
ear, | ‘ending
ov. 30, 1861, ig
were as follow: i
From ord’y sour-
CBB ,sevrsnrennr eis HOLTH049. 57
From temporary .
loan under Act
of April 12,
1861, at 6 per
cent. interest,
ant negotiated
$681,403 08
at par,.......... 475,000 the loan effected under the act of the 8th of
From 6 per cent. May last.
loan under Act In some items the ordinary revenue of
May 15, 1861, 1861 was in excess of that of 1860.
also negotiat- The loan authorized by the act of May
ed at par,...... 2,612,150 15th, 1861, was taken at par. This occur-
From Society of rence, most gratifying under all the then
Cineinnatus,... 500 existing circumstances of embarrassment,
From U. S. on affords triumphant evidence of the confidence
ac’t military of the people in the stability and integrity
expenses,...... 606,000 of the Commonwealth and of their determi-
From Paymast- = | nation to support the government.
The operations of the Sinking Fund du-
ring the last year have been as shown by
my Proclamation of 5th September last, as
follows :
Debt redeemed from 4th Septem-
ers and others
refunded,...... + 32,229 45
6,743,525 02
Total in treasury
for fiscal year,
ending Nov. 30 ber, 1860, to 1st Sept. 1861 $300,801 01
186), bervesse 7,424,958 10 | Of stock loans.. $300,050 00
interest on certifi-
cates
‘relief notes.........
And the payments as follows :
For ord’ypurpo-
88,..00unueee enn $3,144,480 34
For military ex-
res under Acts
April 12,1861, .
and May 15,
and 16, 1861::..
474,873 85
1,708,462 68
170,535 51
3,330 01
421 00
$300,801 01
I refer to the reports of the State 'I'reas-
urer and Auditor General for the details of
tho financial affair of the Commonwealth.
Phe reports of the Surveyor General and
State Librarian will exhibit the state of the
Departments under their care.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
during the last spring received from the
Philadelphia and Erie (late Sunbury and
Erie) Railroad Company forty bonds of that
Company for $100,000 each. and a mortgage
to secure the same executed in conformity
with the third section of the act of March
the 7th, 1861. That company has also de-
posited in the State Treasury its bonds to
the amount of five millions of dollars, in ac-
cordance with the 6th section of the same
act. On the 9th of May last I granted my
warrant authorizing the State Treasurer to
deliver to the said company one thousand
of said bonds, being to the amount of one
million of dollars. This warant was issued
in conformity with the law, the five per
cent bonds mentioned in the fifth section of
2,353,872 04
For am’tloan un-
der Act April
12, 1861, re-
paid,..ceeeinnnr 375,000
en eet
5,873,352 38
Leaving balance 4
in Treasury,
Noy. 30. 1861, $1,551,605 72
PUBLIC DEBT, FUNDED AND UNFUNDED.
Received from
tempor’y loan,
under Act of
April 12, 1861 475,000 ? ]
Repaid as above 375,000 the act (except those belonging to the State
Outstand’g Nov. iy and now in the Sinking Fund) having been
30, 1861,....... = 100,000 i previously surrendered and cancelled, and
: FY eid ne 100.000 satisfaction entered on the Record of the
git Mortgage mentioned in said fifth section.
Rec'd from loan Having received notice from the company
under Act May that thie bonds so delivered to the company
15,1361... 2,612,150 or their proceeds had been appropriated in
accordance with the provisions of the law,
on the 21st of June last I appointed Jobn
A. Wright as Commissioner to examine and
2 to report to me whether said bonds or their
proceeds had been appropriated to the pur-
poses required by the act. Ilis report has
not yet been received by me.
It is understood that arrangements have
at last been made under which the direct
railroad connection between Philadelphia
and Erie will be completed within a short
time. It is impossible to estimate too high-
ly the importance of this great work to the
Commonwealth, and especially to Philadel
phia and Erie and the hitherto neglected
counties near its route west of the Susque-
hanna.
By the act of the 21st April 1858, for the
sale of the State canals to the Sunbury and
Erie railroad company it was provided that
if that company should sell said canals for
a greater sum in the aggregate than three
Amount of pub-
lic debt, fund- i
edand unfund- =
ed, Nov 80, io
1860,. .37,969,847 50
Paid during fis-
101,331 42
cal year,
37,868,516 08
Rmainiog 'un-
paid, (exclus-
ive, of milita-
ry loan above
mentioned,)
Nov. 30,1861, 37,868,516 08
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES ‘OF MILITARY
‘ "LOANS.
Rec’ptsfrommil-
itary loan un-
der Act April
12, 1861,...... 475,000 and a half millions of dollars, seventy-five
Act May 15,1861 2,612,150 per centum of such excess should be paid to
From Pay Mas- ! the Commonwealth by a transfer of so much
ters andothers i of such bonds and securities as said cou pa-
refunded,...... 32,220°45 ny should receive for the same and payable
in like manner. :
Theeympany sold the eanals and reported
that the share of the profit on such sale,
. 3,119,379 45
Paid for milita-
ry expenses,
as above;,..... 2,353,872 04 due to the Commonwealth was $281,-
Paid for redeem- 250 of which $250 was paid in
cash and for the remaining $281,000 the
Commonwealth received coupon bonds of
the Wyoming canal company to that
amount, being a portion of bonds for $900,
000 issued by that company and secured by
a mortgage of the Wyoming canal, former-
ly called the Lower North Branch c:nal.
ing loan, Act
April 12......
Unexpended, of
military loans,
375,000
ee 2,728,872 04
$390,507 41
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF ORDINARY
REVENUE. These bonds bear an interest of six per cent.
Bal’nce in Treas- per annum, payable semi-annually on the
ury, from or- ro 15th of January and July, and the interest
dinary sources was paid by the company to January in-
Nov. 30, 1860, - 681,433 08 clusive. The interest due in July last has
Re2’d from ordi- not been paid. Judgment having been ob
tained against the company on some of the
coupons for the unpaid July interest, a bill
in equity was filed in the supreme court by
a bond and stock holder in which such pro-
ceedings were had that by a decree made on
the 2d September last the property and
affairs of the company were placed in the
hands of a receiver.
1qry sources,
during fiscal
Fear, cuu.unnnss 8,017,645 57
3,699,078 65
Paid for ordina-
expenses, 2s:
above,.......... 3,144,480 34
A plan has heen suggested for the assent
of the stock and bond holders which con-
templates a sale of the canal under lawful
process and a purchase of the same for the
purpose of forming a new company, of
which the capital stock shall be one million
of dollars, diyided into twenty thousand
shares of fifty dollars each, of which each
assenting holder of a mortgage bond for
one thousand dollars shall be entitled to
eichteen shares, and each assenting holder
of fifty shares of stock of the Wyoming canal
company shall be eutitled to nine shares.
Of course no officer of the Commonwealth
had authority to asseat to the proposal or
in any way to affect her position. It is
beleived also that the plan is not one that
ought to be assented to by the Common-
wealth, and that under all the circumstan-
ces if the convenience of individual parties
requires a change such as proposed, the
debt due to the Commonwealth ought to be
first paid or fully secured.
I suggest that the act passed 8th of April,
1861, entitled “ An Act concerning the sale
of railroads, canals. &e.,”” should be modi-
fied so that in all eases in which debt may
be due to the Commonwealth by the Compa-
ny as whose property a public work may be
sold, the purchasers thereof shall not be
entitled to the benefits and privileges con-
ferred by the act unless they shall have first
paid the debt due to the State, or secured by
a first mortgage on the work its If.
I commend the subject to the immediate
consideration of the Legislature, as an eflurt
may be made at an early day to enforce a
sale of the canal, and some provision by law
to protect the interests of the State would in
that case he necessary.
The wicked and monstrons rebellion which
broke out many months ago, has not yet
been quelled. Every sentiment of loyalty
and pariotism demands its effectual suppres-
sion.
In my messages of the Oth and 30th of
April last, 1 set forth at length my views of
the character and objects of the contest
which is still pending. Subsequent reflect
tion has confirmed me in the correctness of
the opinions then expressed and to which I
refer. In addition iv ought to be understood
that, looking to the variety and character of
her products and industry, her materal in-
terest alone would render the preservation
of the Union from the present assault upon
it indispensible to Pennsylvauia. She can-
not afford to have a foreign power below or
above or bounding her on the Delaware the
Chesapeake or the Mississippd, and she will
never acquiesce in such a result, whatever
may be the cost in men and money of her
resistance to it.
On the 9th of April last I directed the at-
tention of the Legislature to the necessity
which existed for an improved military or-
ganization, and on the 12th of the same
month the Act entitled “An Act for the
better organization of the militia of this
Commonwealth,” passed, appropriating the
sum of $500,000 for the purpose of organ-
izing, equipping and arming the militia.
On the 15th of April the President, by proe-
lamation, called for a military force of 75,
000 wen, of which the quota assigned to
Pennsylvania was at first sixteen (after-
wards reduced to fourteen) regiments to
serve as infantry or riflemen for the term of
three months unless sooner discharged.
This call was enthusiastically responded to
by the people of Pennsylvania. The first
military aid from the loyal States, which
the Government received at Washington,
was a Pennsylvania corps which arrived
there prior to the 19th of April. On that
day the passage of other corps from this
and other States through Baltimore was
impeded by force and auring nearly two
weeks afterwards the communication be-
tween “Washington and the loyal States wis
almost entirely cut off. Oa the 16th I re-
ceived a request from the War Department
that the troops prevaring in this State
should be clothed, armed, equipped, sub-
sisted ana transported by the State in con-
sequence of the then inability of the United
States. This request was of course com-
plied with, and twenty-five regiments, (be-
ing eleven regiments beyond our quota,)
comprising 20,175 men trom Pennsylvanin
served for the term of three months under
the President's proclamation above refer-
red to. As the furnishing those volunteers
with supplies was necessarily, under the
circumstances, a hurried operation, and as
complaints were made in regard to them,
and frauds were alleged to have been per-
petrated, I appointed a board of commis-
sioners to investigate the whole subject.
A copy of their report with the evidence ta-
ken by them has been already laid before
the public. It is the intention of the Audi-
tor General to open the accounts of such
parties as appear by the testimony to have
been overpaid and this course has already
been taken in two of those cases.
On the expiration of the term of the
three months men in July last, some eight
or ten thousand discharged Pennsylvania
volunteers were thrown into Harrisburg
without notice and detained here, waiting to
be paid, for an average time of some ten
days. Their tents, camp equipage . and
cooking utensils had been taken from them
at Williamsport, Md., and they arrived
here destitute of all means of shelter and of
preparing their food. The Commissary of
the United States furnished uncooked ra
tions, and under the circumstances of
emergency I deemed it necessary to make
arrangements for aiding in the cooking and
baking of the rations, and also for furnish-
ing meals to such of the regiments as ar-
rived during tha night or under circams
stances requiring instant relief. The ex-
penses attending these operations amounted
so far as ascertained to $744 20, an re-
commend that the Legislature nzke an ap-
propriation to pay them. It ought to be
stated that these expenses would have been
much larger, but for the liberal and patriot-
ic efforts of the citizens anl especially the
ladies of Harrisburg; their
| and gratitude.
| At the special session of the Legislature
| which commenced on the 20th of April last
I recommended the organization ofa re
free-handed |
hospitality and generous aid to our wearie I pedusting the eo
| and hungry soldiers, deserve remembrance | months regiment
| The following table of the existing Penn
s given for inform
1, cloth-
ite, and
nticipi-
ry, and
sylvania volunteer force
serve corps. to be armed, equip
ation:
ed, subsisted and paid by the
drilled in eamps of instruction, In
tion of the exigencies of the co
REGIMENTS IN SERVI
66 reziments of infantry of which 6
by the Act of the fifteenth of May last, | wer rifle regiments, 71.189
such a corps was directed to be raised, and | 11 regiments of cavalry, 12.690
a loan of $2 000,000 was authorized to de-| 1 regiment of artillery, 1,077
fray the expenses of that ani other military X
preparations. Men more than sufficient in 84,956
number to furm some ten regiments of the COMPANIES IN SERVICE.
Reserve Corps had, previous to the 15th of 7 companies of infantry, 707
y, been accepted by me in narsuance of 6 io do cavalry, 578
a call on me (afterward rescinded.) for 6 do do artillery, & 936
twenty-five regiments, and were then already 9 991
assembled aud subjeet to my control mE
Most of these men volunteered for the Re- 87,177
serve Corps and were immediately organiz-| po ticiments 1n other than Pennsylva-
rH pi 41) ht : CE ! A
ed. The arming regiments were rpidiy fj, grgapizat ons, estimated, (the
recruited and the Corps was thus completed, officers of which are in course of be=
3 . } » 3 hg “y * fie '. i
and George A. McCall, of Chester county, ing commissioned,) 6,400
commissioned as Major General, and
ned to the command of all the forces
aised or to be raised nnder the provisions
of the last mentioned Act. The regiments
composing the Reserve Corps were instract-
ed in four camps in different parts of the
State, until they were taken into the ser-
vice of the United States. Two of these
resiments, under the commands of Colonels
wi
@
93 577
Total in service,
PREPARING FOR SERVICE.
13.092
1,126
1,077
15,305
COMPANIES PREPARING FOR SERVICE.
REGIMEN
12 regiments of infantry
1 do do cavalry,
1 do do aitilery,
Charles J. Biddle and Sennea G. Simmous, Hernan OF mal 109
and two companies of artillerry under the | 1 patil iL of Sling 021
oammiatd of Charles 0. Campbell, at thei) % COMPANIES Of, 341 Y - as
pressing instance of the War Department i
wore sent on the 224 of June last to the re- 16.038
lief of Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, and re
mained for aboat eix weeks there, and in
Western Virginia engaged in active cpera-
tions.
Toward the close of July the whole Corps
was ealled for under requisition, and taken
03.577
16,038
In service,
Preparing for service,
| Pennsylvania's contribution, 109,615
| Fxelusive of 20,175 three months men now
into the service of - the United States. | rt be
Within four d the disaster at] Sl RAnMEC lng ; ;
Bull’s Run, eleven regiments of this fine i, Lhe regiments p eparing ; or service are
body of men {arme 1 clothed | incomplete. Those that may not be filled
i ¥ oF ’ | by the 16th stant will be consolidated and
equipped, and in ally ¢ sady for ae
tive service,) were in Washington. The |
reviments and companies from Western
sent forward. Of the regiments in service,
the 11th and 15th regiments ot lnfantry are
at Annapolis ; the 28th, 20th, 21st, 66th
Virginia and the remains ois 69th, 71st, 720d and 106th regiments and
making the whole n : it SOO one company of Infantry are in command of
joined them there, und they HLnow in \ajor General Banks ; the 450, 50th, 55th,
service under command of General Mc [76h and 100th regiments of Infantry are in
mio ug hoon Tom 2d 3 Seg | South Carolina; the 48th Infantry are at
Contam] hy te United States. | jjagtoras Inlet; the 108th Infantry and 11th
These fifteen Li : 1% con fificen | Cavalry are at Fortress Monroe ; the T7th,
thousand eight hundred and Af { 78uh and 79th infantry, the 7th and 9th cav-
constitute a division e
; : one troop of horse, one squadron of
y ond { 1 {
giment of Arti
Iry, two battalions of artillery are in
and mipr
i 1
Cavaliys ty, whale atucky 3 the 84th and 110th Infantry are
elothin.z, chap Janssen in Westcrn Virginia, as are also three com
the Reserve Corps (including OSC ais of Infantry, four companies of cav-
of establishing and fitting the camps of in-| 1.0 “gee companies of light artillery : the
struction, of recruiting, and supplying regi
the expenses pf the cd
iments and companies
87th infantry arc at Cockeysville, in Mary-
land ; onc company of artillery is at Fort
Delaware : all the remainder of the volun-
mental flags,
paign of the
)
in Mareland and hy stern Virzinia, which | {0 re are at or near Washington. Upwards
were all de Sh 1by ot State) as SH of 300 volunteers from Pennsylvania are
ed to $855,344 his does not include |, brisoners. but as arrangements have
de
the transportation on Rail Roads, as the sep-| pon made for the exchange of prisoners, it
aration of that account would have been af ov po expected that they will soon be ro-
work of great labor, nor does it include the Sie :
pay of the two regiments during the cam- o compliance with the joint resolutions
paign, but it does include all the espenses, | op he 16th of May last, 1 have procured
which were heavy, of teams and transporta- | eoimental flags for the Pennsylvania volun-
tion, not on Railroads, for the two regiments toors: and have presented them in person to
on the campaizn above mentioned. Twelve | p60 of” the regiments. [nother cases, the
regiments of the Reserve Corps were pi d ereats being on or near the Potomac, 1
subsisted, &c., by the State to the average jG requested Mr. Cowan, Senator, and
date of 224 of July. The two regiments Messrs, Grow and Wiigat, members of thes
House of Representatives from Pennsylva-
nia, to present them in the name of the Conf
monweaith.
Phe General Government requested that
the States would abstain: from purchasing
i Le | arms, as their corrpetition was found. inju-
ment had heen enlisted in the ¢ Erie | pious in the ma ket, and in view of the large
from North-western Pennsylvania. When | expenditures of money in arming and equip-
the call was made on me on that day, for] Mog the volunteer force of the State, provi-
25 additional reziments, the regimont ded for the defence of the Rational Govern
bh to Harrisburg, The | pang, T did not purchase any as authorized
; , before the regi- | py (lie 28th section of the Act of the 15th
: burg, and Tordered it to fof Afay, 1861. The State has now quite as
encamp in thai where it remained Un- | any arms as are necessary to arm all her
til the 30th of June. The National Gov-1 0 fcer organizations in existence; but,
ernment declined to muster the regiment | jy gaenced By the threatening aspect of our
into service—as all existing requis | relations with foreign governments, -1 have
wade on the State were more than filled. | gipecied the Adjutant General to procure
Much apprehension existed m the West- | p50 soon as it can be done on reasonable
ern and South-western borders of the State | yg and without injurious cowpetition
aud it was deemed prudent to retain the reg | (ith the National Government. Arms have
iment at Pitisburg {0 meet an | been distributed among the border counties
that might arise. Afier the passaze of the |, a1] the organizations that have ‘been
Act of 15th May, 1861, it was expected tht | gon cd to receive them, 1930 arms have
the regiment would form part of the. Re- {7 0 qistributed. I have also address.
serve Volunteer Corps 3 but as the men had | oj a etter to the commissioners of all the
been a long time fromm home and remained | yo ger counties, offering arms to them as
inactive in camp, they declined entering the £oon as military organizations shall be form
service, and were subsisted and paid up 10 q 1g receive them. Besides thus comply-
the 30th of June by the State. Two regi= | {vith the 27th section of the Act of 15th
ments have since been enlisted from the | Ty Jase, 1 have deemed it prudent to offer
sune part of Pennsylvania 2% the city of | foe thousand arns to such military organi-
Erie, one of which has been in service at|,oiions as may be formed in Philadelphia on
Washing on since September, and the other | "1 t0 be improved by me as Coinaariden
is now ready for marching ordurs—and it is Ir Chief. Muskets and rifles to a_considers
due to the first Erie regunent to say that | ,i1¢ extent have been fu nished to the Penn
most of the menare now in service. sylvania volunteers from the State Arsenal.
Farther requisitions for sixteen regiments Others have been sent by the United States
of Infantry and two regiments of Cavalry | authorities to arm them before leaving the
were shortly afterwards made by the Wargo 14 some cases regiments have gone
Department. Of these, sixteen have a dy | Without arms under assurances {om the
been raised and are in the Service of i >| War Department that they would be armed
United States, and (he remaining two are in fp Washington or other near designated
the eourse of organization and nearly ready | points, and that their immediate departure
to march. was required. £6 was thought wise in these
In addition to the requisitions on the] =ases not to insist on the arms heing sent
State, the War Department had given au- | before the regiments marched as this would
thorities to numer individuals | have noposed on the government an unne-
volunteers in Pennsylvania, but as that
tem was found to create much embarrass: | heen productive of dels
ment, a general order was issued by the! been seriously detrimer
War Department on the 25th of September | vice.
last, placing all such or: anizations under | limbers, caissons, forges, ammuanttion wag
the control of the Governor, and shortly af | ons, harness, and all the
terwards a requisition
State to increase her quota “0
Those independent organizations, as they | Reserve Corps.
were ealled, thus became |
iments and as completed
form part of the quota of the State.
been numbered | the State and re
d L15.— pthe most approved manner.
fe
in
Western Virginia were paid by the State to
the date of their departure on hat expedi-
tion. The Cavalry regiment was not paid
by the State. It will be pe
whole average expense per 1
Previous to the 31st of April It
3
ment reached Pit
15
8
iN
to the public ser-
Ten of these were purch
id sent forward | refunded by the United S ates.
The State regiments have
and the last to this date is numb
Lwo of the three months regiments
i cont nued 1 service under the later requisi-
tions, and retain their original vumbers.— |
ining twenty-three three |
here are ninety-two reg- |
d preparing for it. We |
> and preparing twenty- |
have |
Noir : 3 3
{of which 17 need repaus.
3 musicets and
repaired, 1910
iments in service
have also in serv
four companies.
1930 in the possession
reserve corps of Philadelnhi
In addition to this the city of Philacel-
phia has :
9 pieces of rifled artillery, and 4,976
muskets and rifles; ;
The State has also in the arsenal at Har-
risburg, 1.966 sabres and swords, and 1,957
pistols, and the city of Philadelphia has
440 sabres and 320 pistols with the necess
sary accoutrements and amunition for drtil-
lery and small arms.
The Adjutant General is successfully eri
gaged in collecting "arms thrdughout the
State, and it is expected that the numbet’
above stated will be largely increased.
Probably, at least, 5000 muskets and rifles
and several pieces of artillery will be collec-
ted.
‘The care which has been bestowed upon
the comfort of the volunteers, and the good-
ness and sufficiency of their supplies of all
kinds, and the excellent arrangements of
the Medical Department under the control
of Sargeon Henry II. Smith, are proved by
the fact that more than 60.000 nen have
been for various, generally short periods at
Camp Curtin since the 19th of April last,
and that down to the 1st of January, there
died but forty-nine men at that camp, viz,
forty four from sickness, two (belonging to
reziments from other States,) who had been
injured on railroads, two accidently Killed
in Camp Curtin and one sot in Harrisburg.
To facilitate tic making of allotments of their
pay by onr volnntecrs in theficld for the sup-
port of their families at howe, I appointed
Hon. Edgar Cowan, Thomas LK. Franklin and
E. ©. Humes’ Esp, commissioners to visit
the camps of our men on and south of the
Potomac, and also James Park and M. W.
Beltzhoover, Esqs,, commissioners to visit
those in Kentucky aad elswhere in the wes-
tern country, to call the attention of the
troops to the system cf allotment and encou-
rag them iu adopting a practical plan for car-
rying it into effect.
The sev ral reports ofthese commissioners
are highly satisfactory.
For details on the several subjects con»
nected with the military operations of this
State, I refer to the reports of the Adjutant
(General, Surgeon General, Quarter Master
General, Commissary General and Paymaster
General which accompauy this Message.
The quties imposeq on me were So onerous
that I found it necessary to invite the tem-
porary assistance of gentlemen on my staff
to aid me to perform them.
In tins capacity, Coils. Thomas A. Scott,
Gideon J. Ba'land John A. Wright contribu-
ted their valuable services from the middle
of April until they were called away by
others duties. Col. Scott remaining until
he became connected with the War Depart
ment, Col. Ball, until the 1st of June and
Col. Wright until the 23d of july; for the time
devoted to the service of the State they have
refused to take any compensation.
Cols. Joseph D. Potts, A. L. Potts; A. L.
2ussell, J. Brown Parker and Craig Biddle
were in service up the 20th of December.
The Department of Felegraph and Trans-
portation was under the exclusive control of
Col. Potts. The system and economy of its
management show how faithfully and well
he fulfilled his office.
It is but just to all these gentlemen that I
§ puld bear testimony to the untirihg zeal
. fidelity with which their daties were
performed.
The quota of the State having been mo e
than filed and her military force or-
ganized, [was enabled on the twentieth of
Decomber last to dispense with a person-
al staff and the temporary arrangement
which had been made forts employment was
then closed.
By the 13th section of the Act of the 15t
of May, 1861. [ was authorized to draw my
warrants on the Treasury for a sum not, ex-
ceeding $20,000 for comp usation to such
persons ag might be required to scrve the
country in a military capacity, &c. Of this
fund 1 have drawn froin the Treasury $8,-
500, out of which I paid the compensation
of my personal stat, also other expenses of
the military depa: tinent, and the actual ex-
penses of persons employed on temporary
service, none of whom received any further
compensation and expen:e: of the com-
missions appointed to investigate alleged
frauds, &e., and the expenses of establishing
mili ary patrols on the Maryland line and
tive hundred dollars on secret service. My
account is settled in the office of the Auditor
General up to the 1st of December. On
that day 1 had expended $6,400, and except
some inconsiderable payments made since,
the Valance remains in my hands.
The report of the Auditor General will ex~
Libit the items of the account.
An account of military expenditures by
the State on behalf of the United States, as
far as the same had then been ascertained
and settled by the accounting departments
here, was made up to the Ist day of Septem-
Ler, 1861, and presented on the 12th of that
month, at the Urcasury Department, of the
United States for settlement and allowance.
The sum of $606,000, hasbeen received from
the ‘Lreasu:y Department cn that account. —
"The repayment by the General Government
| cessary expense in freight, and would have
which might have | safety of the country, it would be right that
Forty two pieces of artillery with
¢ in the hands of mechanics, being
are in the hands of | tion will be necessary.
volunteer corps throughout the State; |
of County | commend that the payment of the direct tax
Cominissioners, and 1,000 with the
of the expenses attending the organization
and support of the Reserve Corps, may not
be provided for by any existing act of Con
gress. As these expenses ere incurred by
| the State for the benefit of the General Gov-
ernment, and have been productive of results
| inost important to the welfare and cven
an act of Congress should be passed provi-
ding expressly for their repayment. 1t lice
| with the Legislature to adopt the proper
necessary imple- | means for diresting the attention of Congress
was made on the | ments and equipments were furnished by | to this subject.
75,000 men. | the State to the artillery regiment of the
Assurances have been received from the
| Treasury Department that the examination
>cansylvania reg | ased by the State, and their cost has been | of the military accounts of the State will be
Diligence
| has been used in collecting arms throughout
siring and altering them in
| proceeded in without delay, so that the State
may receive a credit for the balance due
| in tie to apply the same towards the pay-
| ment of her quota of the dirccitax. Assum-
The State bas now 062 pieces of artillery. |i the completion of this arrangement, if
| the State shall assume the direct tax for this
rifles, some of which | year, a saving ol fifteen per cent will acrue
to her. and no present increase of her taxa~
Whether this credit be given or not, T re-
| be assumed by the State.
| In case the State assumes he payment of