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GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of
. Jtepresentatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania;
Gentlemen: It has pleased Divine Provi-
=errniCC,' ua. LO gao uy
abundant crops, unbroken pence within our
borders, unanimity among our people, and
thus to enable .this Commonwealth to do her
full duty to the country, to herself, and to
posterity. For these blessings wo have cause
to bo grateful. ’ ■
The balance in tbo Treasury on tbo .
the 31)tli November, 1860, was ‘ $081,433 ..OS
Tbo receipts during tbo fiscal year
' ending November 30, IBCI, were us
, follows':
From ordinary sources, $3,017,043 57
From loan uu-' \
der actof April 12, 'Ol,
at Opor cent, interest,
. and negotiated at par -4.70,000 00
From 0 per emit, loan uu'
der -act of May 15,
•' 1801, .also’ negotiated
at par,
From Society of Clacin-
2,013,150 00
nati,' •;
From United Staten, on
account©!' military cx
! ponses,
From paymasters and
otlio’rs, .refunded;
—0,743.525 02
Total nto Treasury'for fiscal year end
ing -November 30,18431,
• And pay men td as foil own;
X'ur ordinary purposes, ?3,1-14,J.50 31
X'or military •
expenses, ■
under, act •
April 12,
•1801, $174,873 85 .
■Do, act May-*
, • 15, 1801, 1,758,102. itS
J>o, act May
• 10, ISOI,' 170,535 51
•-’•A ; $2,353,872 6t.
Amount loan under uu
act l2, ISO I, ro-:
I’uiil, ’
Soaring- tjil.'incc in Trcjieur,', X'jVLin
; l»cr 3(1, ISUI, ' '
PUBLIC I)i;nT— rij>L)Ll) AND UNTU.VBiiiL
Receiv'4 from temporary
bniu,•under dot oX April
• 12, i6UI, '
Unpaid.as above ■■■
?$475,000 01)
.375,000 00
Outstanding November,3o, 1801
.llecclvcd'.-from loan un-
der uft of May 15, 'Ol.
'Amountof. public debt,
■ funded.and Unfunded,
37,909,847 50
101,331.42
, Nov 30.1800
■Paid during fiscal year
TtomaiDiDg unpalii, (ex
clusive ol‘ military loans
above mentioned,) Nov
.ao, ISO I.
37,868,516 OS v
OB
frUSCKII'TS AND EXPENDIT.UHCS OP SHLiTAIiV LOANS
lUiceipfs under the act of
April 12,1301
.Receipts underthc act«f
May 15, 1801 5,(112,150 00
paymasters,. and
others,.refunded
$3,119,379 45
Paid for military expen
se, us above
Paid for redeeming loan,
• act of April 12 375,000 ,00
2,353j572 04
Unexpended of military loans #90,507 41
receipts axi) jSxrKxmTimns of ordinakv eev-
ENUE,
Ualanoo in treasury from
ordinary sources, No
vember SO, 1800 .
Received from ordinary
sources during fiscal'
year
$681,433 08
3,017,645.57
3,699,078 65
Paid forordinary expen
ses, us above
3,144,480.34.
Unexpended of ordinary
revenue
Received ■ from United
States on account of
. military expenses
Iloceived fr.>m Society of
- Giuciunu.il
Utilanco in Trodsury, ay above
It will bo observed that the fiscal yearends
oil tho 30th of -November, and the sinking
fund year ori'tho first Monday.in September,
which accounts for the apparent deficiency in
the amount of-debt paid as stated in the Treas
urer’s report, and by the Commissioners of
tho Sinking Fund. The Statojbna on hand a
surplus of iit.iforiua and equipments which
cost about §190,000, which the United States
have agreed to take and pay for at cost. Ar
rangements have been made with tho Gen
eral Government for tho re-imbursemont of
tho military expenses of the State since the
27th of July last. The bills as paid are for
warded to Washington and partial repay
ments have already been made.
It will bo observed that the receipts from
ordinary sources of revonuefor theyoar 1861,
liavo decreased; but as payments have boon
made oii some of them since the settlement at
the end of the fiscal year, on the first of De
cember, and more may reasonably Pe' expect
ed in addition to the payments to bo made by
the National Government, ns hereinafter sta
ted, the balance available in the Treasury
will be largely increased.
It will also be observed that it has not yet
been, found necessary to call in all of the loan
effected under the act of the 15th of May last.
In some items the ordinary revenue of 1861
was in excess of that of 1860.
, Tbe oau a-nthorized by the act of May 15,
I®6l. was taken at par. This occurrence,
most gratifying under all the then existing
circumstances of embarrassment, affords tri
umphant evidence of the coufidenoo of tho
people in tho stability and integrity of the
v.ommoawoalth, and of their determination to
support the:Government.
The operations of the Sinking Fund during
the last year have been, as shown by my
1 issuecfin conformity with the law, the five
per cent, bonds mentioned in the fifth section
of the act (exdfjrt those belonging to the
State and now in the Sinking Fund) having
been, previously'surrendered and cancelled,
and satisfaction entered on the record of the
mortgage mentioned in said fifth-section.—
Having received notice from the company
that the bonds so delivered to the company,
or their probeeds, had been appropriated, in
accordance with the provissions of the law,
oh the 21st of June last I appointed John A.
Wright as Commissioner, to examine and to
report to mo whether said bonds, or their pro
ceeds, hae been appropriated to-the purposes
required by the act. His report has not yet
been received by me. .-
It is understood that arrangements have ot
last been made, under which the direct rail
road connection between Philadelphia and
■ Erie.will be completed within a short time.—
. It is impossible to estimate too highly the im
portance of this great work to the Common
wealth, and especially to Philadelphia and
Erie and the hitherto neglected counties near
its route west of the Susquehanna.
. By the act of tho2lst of April, 1858, for the
sole 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 and'
■a half millions of dollars, seventy-five per
.centum of such excess should bo paid to the
Commonwealth by a transfer of so much of
such bonds and securities as said company
should receive for the same, and payable in
■ like manner, '
The company sold the canals and reported
that tho share of the profit on such sale, due
to tho Commonwealth, was $281,250, of which
§250 was paid in cash, and for theremaining
§281,000 liho: Common wealth received, coupon
r biinil's of the WyomihgioannV company to that
amount, beingaportion of bonds for §900,000
issued by that company and scoured by a
mortgage of the Wyoming banal, formerly
called tho Lower North Branch canal; These
bonds bear an interest of six percent, per
annum, payable acmi-amm.-Jly on the loth of
January and July, and the interest was paid
by the company to January last inclusive. — 1
The interest duo in July last has not been
paid. Judgments having been obtained a
gainst tbe company bn some of the coupons
for the unpaid July-interest, a bill in equity
was filed in tho Supreme Court hyn bond and
stockholder, in which such proceedings were
had that by a decree made on the 2d Septem
ber last the property and affairs of tho com
pany were placed in tho hands of a receiver.
•A plan has been suggested for the assent of
the stock and bondholders, which contemplates
a sale of the canal under lawful process and a
purchase of the same for the purpose of form
ing anew' company, of which the capital stock
shall hb one million of dollars, divided into
twenty thousand shares of fifty dollars each—
of which each assenting holder,of a mortgage
bond for one thousand dollars shall he enti
tled, to eighteen shaves, and each assenting
holder of fifty shares of stock of the Wyoming
canal company, shall be entitled to nine
shares. Of course no officer of tho Common
wealth had authority to assent to the propo
sal, or in any way to affect her position. It
is believed also that the plan is not one that
ought to ho assented to by the Commonwealth,
and that, under all the cifeumstances, if the
convenience of individual parties requires a
change such as proposed, the debt duo to this
Commonwealth ought to be first p’aid or fully
secured.
[ ■ I suggest that the act passed Bth of April,
1801, entitled “ An art concerning the sale of
railroads, canals, &0.,” should be modified so
that in nil cases in which a dett may bo due
to tho Commonwealth by the company as
whose property a public work may be sold,
thb purchasers thereof shall not bo entitled to
tho benefits and privileges conferred by the
act, unless they shall have first paid the debt
due to tho State, or secured the same by their
bonds to the Commonwealth secured by a first
mortgage on tho work itself.
I commend the subject to the immediate
consideration of tho Legislature, as an offori
500 00
000,000 00.
32,229 45
lO
r.7,5;00n on'
■■. ; - OS
.■5:.5J1.0M5 72
$lOO,OOO r OO
2,012,150 ftfi
$-175,000 00
32,229 45
2,728,872 0-
554,508 31
606,000 00
500 00
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 be necessary.
The wicked and monstrous rebellion which
broke out many months ago has not yet been
quelled. Every sentiment of loyalty and pa
triotism demands its effectual suppression.
In my messages of the ,9th and 30lh of
April last, I set forth at length my views of
tho character and objects of the contest which
is still pending. Subsequent reflection has
confirmed me in the correctness of the opin
ions then expressed, and towhioh I refer. In
addition it ought to bo understood, that, look
ing to tho variety and character of her pro
ductsaud industry, her material intofostalone
would render the preservation of the Union
from the present assault upon it indispensa
ble to Pennsylvania. She cannot afford to
have a foreign power below or above or bound
ing her on tho Delaware, tho Chesapeake or
the Mississippi, and she will never acquiesce
in such a result, whatever may be the cost, in
men and money of her resistance to it.
On tho 9th of April last I directed the at
tention of the Legislature to the necessity
which existed’ for an, improved military or
ganisation, and on tho 12th of tho same month
the atet, entitled “ An Aot for the bettor or
ganization of tho militia of this Common
wealth,” passed, appropriating the sum of
$500,000 for the purpose of organizing, equip
pingand arming tho militia. On tho 15th of
April, the President, by proclamation, called
for a military force of seventy-five thousand
men, of which the quota assigned to Pennsyl
vania was at firatsixtoon (afterwards reduced
to fourteen] regiments to serve as infantry or
riflemen, for the term of throe months unless
sooner discharged. This call was enthusias
tically responded to by the people of Penn
sylvania. Tho first military aidfrom tho loy
1,551,605 72
proclamation of sth of September last, as ■fol
lows: . ,
Debt redeemed from 4th September, l nnnonl : M
1860, to Ist Soptombor, 1861 $300,801 01
Of stock loans -, 3 °2’Son n?
Of Interest certifioates J,tJdU oi
ofreliofnotoB , - 01
I refer to the reports of the State Treas
urer and Auditor General for the details of
the financial affairs of the Commonwealth.—
The reports of the Surveyor General and State
Librarian will exhibit the state of the departr
meets under their care.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
during the last spring received from tho Phil
adelphia and Erie (late Snnbury and Brie)
railroad company, forty bonds of that compa
ny for §lOO,OOO each,*and a mortgage to se
cure the same, executed in conformity with
the third section of tho act of March the 7th,
1861. That company has also deposited .in
the State Treasury its bonds to the amount
of §5,000,000 00, in accordance with the. sixth
section of the same act. On the 9th of May
last. X granted my . warrant authorizing the
State Treasurer to deliver to the said compa
ny one thousand of said bonds, being to the
amount of §1.01).Q..0.0Q,Q0..._.Thia warraiit_wji.a.
"OUR COUNTRY—STAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY."
' al 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 im
peded by force and during nearly two weeks
afterwards the communication between Wash
ington ond the loyal States was almost en
tirely cut off. On the 19th I received a re
quest from the War Department that the
troops preparing in this State should be
clothed, armed, equipped, subsisted and trans
ported by the State in consequence of the then
inability of the United States. This request
was of course complied with, and twenty-five
regiments, (being eleven regiments beyond
our quota,) comprising twenty thousand one
hundred and seventy-five men from Ponnsyl
vania served for the term of three months un
der the President’s proclamation above re
ferred to. As the furnishing those volunteers
with supplies was necessarily under the cir
cumstances a hurried operation, and as com
plaints were made in regard to them, and
frauds wore alleged to have been-perpetrated,
I appointed a board of commissioners to inves
tigate the whole subject. A copy their re
port with the evidence taken by them has
been already laid before the public. It is the ;
TOT("™^-' - 1 ’ “ - ■-> the r*
-CnTibn or tne Auditor Generaftb open no
accounts of such,parties asappear‘by the tes
timony 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, s:me eight of ten
thousand discharged Ponhsylyaniayolunteers
were- thmvn into Harrisburg without notice
and detained here, waiting.to be paid, for an
average time of some ten days. Their tents,
camp equipage and cookingutonsils had been
taken from them at AVilliamsport, Maryland,
and they arrived hero destitute of all means of
shelter and of preparing their food. The
Commissary of the United Slates furnished
uncooked rations, and under the circumstam
ces of emergency I deemed it necessary to
make arrangements for aiding in the cooking
and baking of the rations, and also for fur
nishing meals to such of the regiments ns ar
rived during the night, or under circumstan
ces requiring instant relief. The expenses at
tending these operations amounted so far as
ascertained to §744,20 and I recommend that
the Legislature make an appropriation to pay
them! It ought to be stated that these expen
ses would have. beCn much larger, but for
the liberal and patriotic efforts of the citizens,
and especially the ladies of Harrisburg;
their free handed.hospitality and generous aid
to our wearied and hungry soldiers, deserve
rememboranco and gratitude. .
At the special session of the Legislature,
which commenced on the 30th of April last, I
recommended the organization of a Reserve
Corps, to be armed, equipped, clothed, subsist
ed and paid by the State, and drilled in camps
of. instruction, in anticipation of the exigen
cies of the countryTaridi by the act of the
15 th of Stay last auoli a corps was directed to
bo raised, and a loan of $3,0000000 was au
thorized, ,tn defray the,expends,of that, I'vuV;
'other military preparations. 'fiSilJihi'ice than
sufficient in number tolorm some ten regiments
of the Reserve Corps had, previous to the 15th
of May been accepted by mo in pursuance of
a call on mo (afterwards rescinded) for twen
fivo regiments, and were then already assem
bled andeubject to my control. Most of .those
■men volunteered for the Reserve Corps, and
were immediately organized. The remaining
regiments were rapidly recruited, and the
corps was thus completed, and George A.
McCall, of Chester county, was commissioned
as Major General, and assigned to the com
mand of all the forces raised or to be raised
under tlio provisions of the last mentioned
act. The regiments composing the Reserve
Corps' were instruclcd in four camps in diff
erent parts of the State, until they were tn-.
ken into the . service of tlio United States.
Two regiments, under commands of Colon.el
Charles Jf. Biddle and Sernica G. Simmons,
ami two companies of artillery, under the com
mand of Col. Charles T. Campbell, at the
pressing instance of the War Department,
were sent on the 22d of June last to the re
lief of Col. Wallace, nt Cumberland, and re
mained for about six weeks there and in West
ern Virginia, engaged in activp operatiflns.
Towards the close of July the whole corps
was called, for under requisition, and taken
into the service of the United States. Within
four days after the disaster at Bull Run, clov
en regiments of this fine body of men (armed,
drilled, clothed, equipped, and in .all respects
ready for active service) were in Washington.
The regiments and companies from Western
Virginia and the remaining two regiments,
making the whole number of fifteen, soon
joined them there, and they are all now in ,
service, under the command of Gen. McCall, .
who has been commissioned as a Brigadier ,
Goneralby the United States. j
These fifteen regiments contain fifteen thou
sand eight hundred and fifty six men, and
constitute a division eomprisng the brigades,
a regiment of artillery, and one of cavalry.
The whole expense of rasing, clothing, equipp
ing, subsisting and paying the Reserve Corps,
(including the expenses of and
fitting the camps of instruction, of recruiting,
and supplying regimental flags, and the ex
penses of the campaign of the two regiments
and companies in Maryland and Western
Virginia, which were all defrayed by the
State,) has amounted to $855,4-14,87. This
does not include the transportation on rail
roads, as tho separation of that account would
have been a work of great labor, nor does it
include tho pay of the two regiments during
the campaign, but it does include all the ex
penses, which were heavy of teams and "trans
portation, not on railroads, for the campaign
above mentioned. Twelve regiments of tho
Reserve Corps were paid,-subsistcd, &c., by the
Slate to tho average date of 22d July. The
two regiments in Western Virginia,were paid
by the State to tho date of their departure
from Harrisburg on that expedition. The
cavalry regiment was not paid by the State.
It will bo perceived that tho whole aver
age expense per man was $53.95.
Previous to tho 31st of April last a regi
ment had been enlisted in tho city of Erie
from North-western Pennsylvania- When
tho call was made on me oiithiitday, fur twen
ty-live additional regiments, tho Erie regiment
was ordered to march to Harrisburg. Ihe
call was rescinded, however, before the regi
ment reached, Pittsburg, and I ordered it to
'encamp at that city, where it roinainod until
tho 30th of Juno. Tho national Government
declined to muster the regiment into service,
as till existing requisitions made on tho
State were more than filled.
Much apprehension existed in the Western
and South-western borders of tho State, and it
was deemed prudent to retain tho regiment at
Pittsburg to meet any emergency that might
arise. After tho passage ol tho act of 15th
May. 181)1, it was expected that this regiment
would form part of tho Reserve Volunteer
Corps j but as tho men bad boon a long time
from home and remained inactive in camp,
they declined entering tho , service, and wore
subsisted and paid up to the 30th of June by
tho State. Two regiments have since been en
listed from tho same part of Pennsylvania at
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1862.
the city of Erie, one ,of which has . been a*
Washington in the service since September,
and the other is now ready for marching or
ders—and it is duo to the first Erie, regiment
to say that most of the men are now in ser
vice.
Further requisitions for sixteen regiments
of infantry and two regiments of cavalry wore
shortly afterwards made by the War Depart
ment. Of these, sixteen have already been
raised and are in service of the United States,
and the remaining two are in the course of or
ganization and nearly ready to march.
In addition to the requisitions on the State
the War Department had given authorities to
numerous individuals to raise volunteers in
Pennsylvania, but as that system was found
to create much embarrassment, a general or
der was issued by-tho War Department on the
25th ot September,,placing all such organiza
tions under the control: of the Governor, and
shortly afterwards a requisition was made on
the State to increase her quota to seventy-five
thousand men. Those independent organiza
tions, as they were colled, thus became Penn
sylvania regiments, and ns completed and sent
forward form part of the quota of the- State.
Tho State regiments have been numbered-,'
and the last_to_thia-dato is mimbaMiil—nnn
hundred and fifteen. Two of the three months’
roginionts have continued in service under tho
latter requisitions, and -retain their original
numbers. Deducting the remaining twenty
three three months’ regiments, there nro nino T
ty-two regiments in service’atid preparing
for it. Wo have also .in service and prepar
ing twenty- foqr companies.
Tho following tabic of the existing Penn
sylvania vohfnteer force is given for informa
tion :
. nuoisENTS iy .service.
GO regiments of infantry, of wliiek 0 wore
rifle regiments ,
II do ' cavalry
1 regiment Of artillery,
COMPANIES IN SERVICE.
7 companies of infantry
6 do cavalry
C do artillery
Enlistments in other than 'Pennsylvania
organizations, estimated, (tbo officers of
which aro ia coarse of being commis
sioned,) - •
Total in service
REGIMENTS PREPARING SERVICE.
12 regiments of infantry _ . 13,092
1 rbgimont of cavalry 1,136
1 do artillery k 1,077
COMPANIES PREPARING FOR SERVICE
109
624
1 company of cavalry,
companies of artillery
•y.-; .j- '■ '
vn. service ‘ ’
r'rcp.uHng for service^ 1 ry,
Ponnsylvauia’s contribution. 109,016
Exclusive .of 2u; X 7- Lhroo months’; men now dis
banded.
Tim. regiments preparing for son-ice are in
complete. Those that may not bo filled by,
the IGth instant will be consolidated and sent
forward. Of the regiments in service, the
11th and Jsth h-egiuiohts of infantry are at
Annapolis; the 28th, 29th, 21th, 65th, 60th,
71st, 72d and 106th regiments and one compa
ny of infantry are. in the- command of Major
General Banks;; the' 4Sih, 50th, 55th and
100th rogimoutsof infantry arein South Caroli
na; the 48th infan try Are at Hatteras Inlet;
the 108th infantry and Tlth cavalry are at
Fortress the 76th, 78th, and 791 h,
infantry, the 7tK.and9th cavalry, one troop of
horse, onesquadof cavalry, two battalions of
artillery are iO.Kphtuoky; the 84th and 110th
infantry are:.iai't'tVestern Virginia, as are
also three companies of infantry, four- compa
nies of light artillery; the 87th infantry are at
Cuokcysvillbj ih Maryland; one.company of
artillery is at Fort Delaware; all the remain
der of the volunteers are at or near Washing
ton. Upwards of throe hundred volunteers
from Pennsylvania are now prisoners, but as
arrangements have been made for the ex
change of prisoners it may bo expected'that
they will soon bo released.
In compliance with the joint resolutions of
the 16th of M’ay last, I have procured regi
mental flags fur the Pennsylvania volunteers,
and have presented them in person to most ol
the regiments... In other oases, the regiments
being on or near the Potumae, I have request
ed Mr. Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow
and Wright, members of the llouso of Repre
sentatives, from Pennsylvania, to present them
in the name of the Commonwealth.
The General Government requested that the
States would abstain from .purchasing arms,
as their competition was found injurious in the
market, and in view of the large expenditures
of money in arming and equipping the vol
unteer force of the State, providing for the
dofonoe of the National Government, I did not
purchase any as authorized by the twenty
eight-section of the net of the 15th of May,
1861. The State has now quite as many
arms as are necessary to arm all her volun
teer organizations in existence; but, influenc
ed by the threatening aspect of our relations
with foreign governments, I have directed the
Adjutant General to prop.uro arms as soon as
it can be’ done on reasonable terms and with
nut injurious competition with, the Notional
Government. Arms luvVo been distributed
among the border counties to all tha orgnniza-
ions thathavoboonformoiUoreoolvotliom. One
tbousaud nine hundred a.ld thirty arms have
been thus distributed. I have also addressed
a letter to the commissioners of all the bord
er counties, offering arms to them as soon as
military organizations shall bo formed to re
ceive them. Besides thus complying with the
requirmouts of the twenty-seventh section of
the act of 15 th May last, X have deemed it pru
dent to offer five thousand arms to such mili-
tary organizations ns may be formed in Phila
delphiaona plan to bo approved by mo as Gom
mnnder-in-Ohicf. Muskets and rides to a con
siderable extent have boon furnished to' the
Pennsylvania volunteers from the State arse
nal. Others have boon sent by the United
States authorities to arm them before leaving
the State, In some oases regiments have gone
without arms under assurances from the War
Department that they would bearmedutWash
ington or other near designated points, and
that their immediate departure was required.
It was thought wise in these eases not to in
sist on the arras being sent before tha rogi
mehts marched, as this would have imposed
on the Government an unnecessary expense
in freight, and would have boon productive of
delays which might have been seriously detn- j
mental to the public ‘service. lorty-two.
pieces of artillery with limbers, caissons, a a*-,
gos, ammunition wagons, harness and all too I
necessary implements and equipments wore j
furnished’ by the State to tbo artillery rogi- j
moot of the Deserve Corps, leu of those i
were purchased by the State, and has |;
been refunded by the United States. Dili-
gence has been used in collecting arms through
out the State and repairing and altering them
in the most approved manner.
The State has now 62 pieces of artillery, of
which 17 need repairs; 26,753 muskets and
rides, some of which are in the hands of me
chanics being repaired; 1,910 are in the
hands of the volunteer corps throughout the
State; 1,930 in the possession of county com
missioners. and 1,000 with tho reserve corps of
Philadelphia.
In addition to this city of Philadelphia has 9
pieces of rifled artillery, and -4,976 muskets
and rifles.
The State has also in tho arsenal at Har
risburg I,{TOG sabres and swords, and 1,957 pis
tols, and tho city of Philadelphia has 440 sa
bres, and 326 pistols, with tho necessary ac
coutrements.
There is also in the arsenal at Harrisburg, a
large amount of accutrements and ammuni
tion for artillery and small arms,.
The Adjutant General, is successfully en
gaged in collecting arms throughout tho State,
and it is expected that tho number above sta
ted will be largely iriereased. Probably, at
least, 5,000 muskets and rifles and several
pieces of artillery will still be collected.
u__-3!ho <lOJ»a—mJkirxt*
the comfort of the volunteers, and the good
ness and sufficiency of their supp ios of nil
kinds, and the excellent arrangements of.tho
Medical Department under tho control of Sur-.
geon General Henry H. Sc.ith, are proved by
the fact that more, than 60,000 men,have been
for various, generally short periods at Camp
Curtin since the Bth of April Inst, and that
down to the Ist of January instant, there died
but forty-ninemen at that camp, viz : . Forty
four from sickness, two (belonging to regi
ments from other States,) who had .been in
jured-tin railroads, two accidentally killed in
Camp Curtin, and one shot in Harisburg.
To facilitate the making of allotments of
their pay by our volunteers in the field for the
support of their.fnmiliesat home, I appointed
Hon. Edgar Conan, Thomas E. Franklin and
E. G. Humes, Esqs., commissioners to visit
the camps of our men on and couth of the
Potomac, and also James Park and M. W.
Boltzhoover, Esqs., commissioners to visit
those in Kentucky and olsewhorein the wes
tern country, to call the attention of the troops
to the system of allotment and to encourage
them in adopting a practlcal plan for carry
ing it into effect.
The several reports of these commissioners
are highly satisfactory.
For details on the several subjects cenneot
ea with'the military operations of this State,
I refer to the reports of the Adjutant General,
Surgeon General, Quartermaster General, ■
Coramisary General and Paymaster General
which accompany this message.
The duties imposed upon mo were so one
rous that I found it necessary to invito the
temporary assistance of gentlemen on my staff
tq aid me to perform them.
In this capacity Colonels Thomas A. Scott,
Gideon J. Ball and John A. AVright contribu
ted their valuable services from the middle of I
April until they wore‘called away py other
duties. Col. Scott remained until he became
. connected with the War Department, Col.
, Ball until the Ist of June, and Col. Wright
until the 23d of July; for tho time thus devo
ted to tho service of tho State they have re
fused to receive any compensation.
Colonels Joseph D. Potts, A. L. Bussell,-J.
Brown Parker and Craig Biddle were in the
service up to the 20th of December. The De
partment of Telegraph and Transportation
was under the exclusive control of Col. Potts.
The system and economy of its management
show how faithfully and well he fulfilled his
office.
V 1,189
12,690
1,077-
84,950
87,17 V
6,40*0
93,57!
15,305
16.038
93(577
IB 038
It is but just to all those gentlemen that I
should bear testimony to tho untiring zeal
and fidelity with which their duties were per
formed.'
The quota of the State having been more
than tilled, and the military force organized,
I was enable on the 20th of December last, to
dispense with a personal staff, and tho tem
porary arrangement which hiid been made
for its employment was then closed.
By tlie thirteenth section of the act of tho
15th of May, 1861, I was authorized to draw
my warrants on tho Treasury for a sum not
exceeding $20,000 for compensation to such
persons ns might bo required to serve the
country in a military capacity, Ac. Of this
ftmd I have drawn from the Treasury $8,500,
out of which I paid the compensation of my
■ personal staff, also other expenses of the mil
itary department, and the actual expenses of
persons employed on temporary services, none
of whom received any further, compensation,
and expenses of the commissions appointed
to investigate alleged frauds, Ac., and the,ex
penses of establishing military patrols on the
Maryland lino and $5OO on secret sorviee.—
My account is settled in the office, of the Au
ditor General up to tho Ist ofDeoember. On
that day I had expended $6,400, and except
some inconsiderable payments made since,
tho balance, remains in my hands.
Tho report of the Auditor General will e-x
-hibit tho items of tho account,
An account of military expenditures by tho
State oh behalf of the United States, as far as
lie same had then been ascertained and set-
tied by the accounting departments hero, was
made up to the Ist day of September, 1861,
and presented on the 12th of that month at
the Treasury Department of the United Slates
for settlement and allowance. The sum of
$OOO,OOO, has boon received fjwm the Treasu
ry Department on that account. The re-pay
. ment by the General Government of the ex
penses attending the organization and support
of the Reserve Corpo, may not be provided
for by any existing act of Congress. As these
expenses wore incurred by the! Slate for the
benefit of the General. Government, and have
been productive of results most important to
the welfare and even safety of tbo country, it
would bo right that nn act of Congress should
be passed providing expressly for their re
payment. It lies with the Legislature to
adopt the proper' means for direuting the at
iontion of Congress to this subject.
Assurances nave boon received from the
Treasury Department that the examination
of tho military aooonnls of the State will he
proceeded in without delay, so that tho State
may receive a credit for the balance duo, in
time to apply tho Same towards the payment
of her quota of tho direct tax. Assuming the
completion of this arrangement, if tho State
shall assume the direct tax fur this j-oar, a sa
vin"-of fifteen per cent/ will accrue to her,
and no present increase of her taxation will
bo necessary. ... . T
Whether this credit bo given or not, 1 roe- ,
onnneud that the payment of direct tax bo as- ,
suuiod by tbo State. |
In ease tho State ossumos the payment of
this tux there should bo such revision of the -
tax laws as will hereafter equitably apportion i
the burden among the various interests now
subject or that ’Can properly be made subject
to taxation. The saving of fifteen per cent,
to the people of the State by the assumption
is a matter worthy of thought, but a more im
portant consideration is that it will enable
you who represent all tha varied interests of
the Commonwealth, to apportion tbo tax' in
such manner as to bear- equally upon all.—
Our revenue laws had imposed on real and
personal property as its full proportion, but
little more than one-third of the taxes needed
for the'ordinary expenditures of the govern
ment./lfßy the act of 15th May last, tho tax
on thirspooieS of property has already been
increased one-sixth. Should the State refuse
to assume the United States tax, the whole
burden of it will-fall upon these interests, inter
ests too, most unfavorably affected by the war,
whilst other kinds of property and other sorces
of revenue, judged by ourlawsjable to pay near
ly two-thirds of the present revenues of the
State would not bo called on to contribute one
of additional tax.
The militia system of tho Commonwealth
is very imperfect. I recommend the estab
lishment of a commission to frame and report
a system more, adequate to: tho exigency of
the times.
I earnestly recommend to the Legislature
that provision bo made for tho military instruc
tion of youth, Tho appointment of a milita
ry instructor in tho Normal schools, would
in a short period give teachers to the common
schools who would be competent to train the
boys in attmdauoo on them. It would in my
Uj |uuvmO lur mo- pUV-~
obaso or leasing by the Commonwealth of a
building for a military school, and for employ
ing competent instructors, at the expense of
. tho State, requiring the pupils to defray the
other expenses. No pupil should be admitted
to this school without having passed a thor
ough examination on mathematics and all fit
ting subjects of instructions except the mili
tary art proper. I respectfully urge this sub
ject on your early consideration, os one ofma
torial perhaps vital importance.
I have taken measures to direct the. efficient
attention of the General Government to tho
fortification of the water approaches on tho
seaboard and tho lakes, and arrangements
are in the course of being effected which it is
hoped will be satisfactory in their result.
I send with this message a copy of a com
munication from General Totten, Chief of tho
Military Engineer Department at Washing
ton. 1 have also represented to the Secreta
ry of the Navy tho necessity for floating de
fences on the Delaware, and have his assurance
1 hatt they shall ho prepared at the earliest
moment.
I have had a correspondence with the au
thorities and some of the citizens of Erie on
the subject of the defenceless condition of that
city, and the part of tho State bordering on
the lake,, On examination, it is found that
there are ho defences on tho lake, and that
tho ordnance of the city of Erie was with
drawn by the National Government in the
summer of 18G1. The Secretary of tho Navy,
on a'request made, directed that the crew of
the United States steamer’ Michigan should
not ho disbanded, as has been usual, and that
vessel will remain in the harbor of Erie du
ring the winter.. Should the National Gov
ernment unexpectedly fail in its duty provi
ding adequate defences at our assailable points;'
East and West, I earnestly reoommopd that
tho; Legislature take prompt moans for that
purpose. Wo should bo admonished, by recent
indications from abroad, to bo prepared for
our own defence, as well as for tho suppress
ion of domestic insurrection.
In selecting a site for a National Armory,
tho public good be alone considered, Pennsyl
vania , will be preferred, as she affords tho
combined advantages of a central position,
abundance of material and skilled mechanics,
and a people of undoubted loyalty.
I I commend to the attention of the Legisla
ture, too report of the Superihteddent of the
Public Schools, the flourishing state of which
and the rapid progress of education are sub
jects of just congratulation.
The reports ol the Lunatic Hospital at Har
risburg and of Western Pennsylvania, of the
Houses of Eofuge at Philadelphia and Pitts-
burg, of the Institutions for the Deaf and
Dumb and for the Blind and the Northern
Home for Friendless Children at Philadel
phia, and of the Pennsylvania Trad ; ng School
for Idiotic and Feeble Miuded Children' at
Media, show that these meritorious charities
are well administered, and I recommend that '
the countenance and aid of the Commonwealth
be continued to them. ' ■ •
Under the joint resolution of 10th May last,
commissioners have been appointed to rcvbo
the revenue laws, whose names wijl bo forth
with submitted for the advice and consent of
the Senate. It is hoped that the commission
ers will be able to.report during the present
session of the. Legislature. Considering the
great labor imposed op them, and the vast im
portance, at the present time, of an able and
efficient performance of the duties of the com
missioners, I suggest that the compensation
provided for by the joint resolution should be,
increased to an adequste amount. ,
It was evident, long since, that it would be
impossible for the banks to continue to redeem
their obligations in coin, in the face of the
large issues ot paper, the necessity for which
was imposed on them and the government by
the exigencies of the times. No suppriso,
therefore, was felt at the suspension of specie
payments by the hanks, which took place on
Monday, the 30th of December last. Under
the oircumstaneos, I recommend that they bo
relieved from all. penalties fur this breach of
tbe.law,
Pennsylvania lias made groat effort B.to sup*
port tho Govcrhmo.iit; Slhj has given more
and better clothed apd bettor equipped, men
than any other State, and has far exceeded
her quota of tho military levies. The sons of
our best citizens, young men of education aud
means, till tho ranks of her volunteer, regi
ments. '.Their gallant conduct, whenever an
opportunity has been 1 afforded to them, has
done honor to the Commonwealth, The uni
versal movement among our,people signifies
that they are loyal to the Government estab
lished by their fathers, and are determined to
quell the present jnsureotion and preserve
tho Union, and that they will not tolerate any
plan for either the dissolution or ra-canstruc- (
tiouofit
A. G. CURTIN,
Executive Department, )
Harrisburg, January 8, 1802. J
Simple Prescriptions.— A lad swallowed
a small loud bullet lately. . Ills friends were
very much ■ alarmed about it. and his father,
that no moans might bo spared to save his
darling boy's life, sent post-haste to n surgeon
of skill, directing his messenger to tell him
the circumstances, and urge his coming with
out delay.
The doctor was found, heard the dismal
tale, and with ns much unconcern ns he would
manifest iu a case of common headache, wrote
the following lai-uuio note :
“Sir—]>ou’t alarm yourself. If after throe
weeks the bullet is not removed, give the boy
a chago of powder. Yours, &o.
P. S.—Dout shoot the boy at anybody.”
This is much akin to the 'laconic prescrip
tion of the celebrated Dr. Aboruetby :
An Irishman called in groat haste upon the
Dr. stating that—“Bo jabors, me boy Tim
has s\valled a-mouse 1”
“Then be jabers,” said Abornothy,
your boy Tim- to swallow a oat.”
CU4BGB TO TUB CB4SD JTET ,
Hon. JAMES 11. GRAHAM.
JAJJBARV TEBU, 1802.
Gentlemen of. the Grand Jury; In again
assuming the duties of the highly responsible
position assigned us by the suffrages of the
citizens of this Judicial District, it is natural
and almost unavoidable, that we should in
dulge in a retrospect of the past ten years,
when we first -occupied the seat we how-re
sume and assuniea the discharge of thosd
duties which have again, bcoii committed to
our hands; >
Then we were a highly favored nation—•
the envy and admiration of the civilized
world. Peace, Unity and fraternal kindness
{irevailed throughout oUr wide domain, and
lappiness and contentment, .(the blessings
most coveted by man in this world,) appeared
to havd selected our beloved country as their
favorite abode. 'Our on.wdjfii mdrch to great
ness .and''power, during our brief existence
as d nation; had been 'unexampled in the
worhTa history: and we were.in name-and in
Tact, too nappy Homo Of the exiled and op
pressed from every laud and clime. Wo
boastfully proclaimed to the nations of .the
Eastern llomispherc, that the problem of self
government had been fully solved, and the
principles of civil and religious liberty, firm
ly and endurahly established on the Ameri
can continent.
But within the short period of the past
eight months, a most lamentable change has
spread over the face of. our hithertoTiappy
country. Wo are now in the midst of all the
horrors of ci,vil war. A most wicked and.un
just rebellion has been inaugurated by the,
t desperate counsels of a few bold, bad men of
the Southern States, who are now_ attempting
to destroy the best and most benignant Gov
ern mailt .over devised by man’s wisdom.—
These rebel chiefs of the South, by violence
and fraud, have usurped the government of
their respective States, und. hold the masses
captive at their will, bound in the chains of
an iron despotism more cruel and relentless
than over marked the reign of the most, san
guinary despot. _
' The necessary consequence of this treason
able attempt to destroy the Government of
the United States, and wipe out .our existence
ns a nation, has been to involve the lawfully
constituted and legitimate government of the
Union, in a desperate and sanguinary conflict
with those in armed rebellion against the
Constitution and laws, and who With patrici
dal hands have torn and sullied and trampled
in the dust our national banner. _
Our young, ■ but gigantic natiofti ‘IB now
passing through a bloody ordeal, on which
depends our national existence, nndbven.vast
ly more than the existence and. perpetuity of
n nation. The principles of civil liberty, and
man’s capability Of self-government 'hang
pendant on the issue ; and the problem’now
being solved is whether any other GoVern
ment than a. Monarchy or Despotism, is capa
ble of self-preservation. .. ■: .fvf vf -.
Does the Government of those Dinted States
—once united, hut now'dissevered —founded
upon tlm principles, of .popular sovereignty,
that tho people possess sufficient intel ligenoe
and honesty to frame their own .laws and se
lect tlioir own magistrates, possesefthe power
to protect and perpetuate the Government
thus formed, and the constitution and, jawaof.
tlioir own choice, from the wicked devioSO.-of
those who have rebelled against it, and turned
traitors to tho constitution and laws of their
own formation ?
. Erom tho consequences involved in the
I present issue, its magnitude and its results
for good or evil, cannot be Over-estimated.—
While we shudder in horror at the wicked
ness of those who have plunged ourhappy
and peaceful nation into this unnatural and
fratricidal, war, induced by imaginary or an
ticipated wrongs, the possibility that the
present rebellion may terminate in the dis
ruption of our Union, and result in the estab
lishment of two or twenty Governments, “dis
cordant and belligerent,” is sufficient to fill
the heart of every good man with dismay and,
terror. ' .
In an'issue of such magnitude, involving
1 the existence of a nation, there can be but
1 two sides. On the. one side are those who
support the Government, constitution akd
laws, pure mid unsullied, without erasure or
interpolation, as handed down to us by our
revolutionary sires. On the other .are arrayed
traitors and rebels—those who are iu armed
rebellion against the national Government,
their sympathizers, their aiders and abettors;
and those' who add fuel to the flames of rebel
lion now, so fiercely, raging in the Southern,
States, by boastfully proclaiming their hatred
and contempt of the constitution and laws,
because in their fanaticism they assert that
some of the provisions of the constitution and
laws of Congress, which ore the supremecivil
rule of every patriot’s obedience, are. in con
flict with what they term the higher-law; are
therefore of no binding validity, and may be
violated at pleasure, and with impunity.—
Those higher law disciples measure their, al
legiance to the Government by their own per
verted views of right and wrong, and are wil
ling to obey onlysuoh lawsasraectthelrohtire
approval; . ’ ■ , ,
In the present crisis, when our <?ou ntry iff
waring with ppcu armed rebellion against the
Government, there are soloninhind imperative
duties which every loyal, law abiding citizen
will not fail to discharge. It is the duty of
every citizen to aid iu s protecting and parpot
, uating the existence and honor nt the nation*
Ito which lie owes allegiance. Disloyalty to
I the Government constitutes the crime Of troa
* son, which is punished by all nations with
the extreme penalty of the law. The consti
tution of our Union declares that *** treason
against the United States shall'consist only
levying war against them, or iu adhering to’
'their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
That the citizens of the Southern States,
who are now attempting to withdraw from the
Union, and form a separate Confederacy, who
‘have seized bv force of arms, the forts, arse
nals, 'customhouses,' and other property of
the United Slates, within their respective ter-'
ritorlee, are guilty of treason, as defined by
the Constitution, cannot admit of a doubter'
And it follows us a necessary consequence, .
that all who give aid and coipiortto those
gaged in open- acts.nf hostility agaic&t the*
Government, by sending them intelligence,
supplies, aims, munitions of >yar, or in any
other way, would he guilty of tfrouidu, and k-'
able to the punishment of traitors.
But the State Courts hi-vc no jurisdiction,
over the crime of treason against the United'
States. The courts established by' the con-' ~
stitutioa and laws of Congress have exclusive '
jurisdiotiuu of this crime, except so far as tha, -,;
laws of a State may recognise treason, either,’;
against the Stale or Union us a crimC, an(l
proscribe the punishment by State tribunals.
In accordance with the legislative power
vested in every Stale, which is supremo, ex
cept so fur,ns it may conflict with the Consti
tution and lawserthe Unitod,States, tbeXag
ialuturo of Pennsylvania passed au uot ou the 1
“toll
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