VOt. 49. ' ■jSEItICAN TOLUNTMIi; pPDV PIIBD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY JOIIK 15. BRATTON. TEKMS. . Srtiisctnl’Tift:r.— Two Dollars if paid-within tho ; r * nnirdfoo Dollars und Fifty Cents, if not paid flip .your. These forms will bo rijridly ucl \\«,l (o 'ih every instance.. No subscription dis !-linuod until ull ' arrearages are paid unless at li* option of the editor; im'niiTisnMKNTS— Accompanied by the cash, and one square.’will bo inserted throe £ ej J for 6no Dollar, and twoifty-lrvo cents ior each •jTlitional insorlion. Those of & greater length in '•hl'ortion. ! Jon-PiuNTi.vn —Such as Hand-bills, fasting-bills, 7,nplilets, Plunks, Labels, Ac. Ac., executed with piracy and at the shorlcs notice. •jWifal. [From ili'o Philadelphia Ledger.’] TiIB'SENTINEL. ’ EY rUANCIS UK lIAKS. JANVIER. .'iViitclmian, ri-hat of tho night ?”■—Taai:ib, xxi, 11. 'Tia midnight! From yon moas-gi-owu tower Teals forth.the annual hell, _ Pouring upon Ibe passing _ hour The dead year's funeral knell! A year is dead—a your is born: — ■ X .Dark is the night! Bright is tile morn ! Hark !’Xis Time's sen tined-r . “All's well! All’s well-!” Cries Time’s stern sentinel! , ,' . ' A year is dead ! Its doubt’s, its fears, Its narrow minded schemes, Its.vain regrets, its fruitful (cars, ■lts unaccomplished.dreams', Its-bitterness, anil rage, and spite— AT—all are dead! Dark is the night! ■Hark! ’Tis time’s sentinel —' ' “ All’s well 1 All’s well.lV’ Cries Time’s stern sontiuol! A year is borne! Oh, shall it ho A year of grace arid good ? ■ -Of light, and life, arid liberty, - - Of generous brotherhood? Shall purity and peace adorn , This now-horn year ? Bright is the morn! ■ Hark ! ’Tis Time’s sont ; ncl 1 ■ “All’s wolf! All’s well!” ' Cries Time’s stern sentinel! ' . BfoellaneoM. His it to the llos^iials - A writer from Washington to tho Js nlleiin /-Va describes scones in the Hospitals of that Whal' Soldier’s Efdure. One patient in Anny Sijunre Hospital, re ceived iif.een separate wounds;,all but one, after bo foil. He lived several. days, after coming up hero. Another one - had cloven hulls in hi's body. . Nine were extracted and liu was in a fair way . of. recovery. • Another one had three balls .through his hips and is. doing well, while many olhers are shot square, through the lungs'. Yet-yon might goamung. them after being thus riddled, and nftver hear a murmur of complaint. Such patient, enduring heroism-is indeed sublime. A Jldsyilal Scene. -Innumerable are tbe touching scenee.in the Washington hospitals. I will cite one only, which .occurred in the-. Patent Office Hospital, and impressed me strongly: Ariiong the many brave, unooniplainmg follows who were brought up from the battle of Fredericksburg, was a bright eyed, inr; telligbot ypung man, or boy, rather, of 10 years, who belonged to a Northern regiment, lie appeared more plfectioiiate and tender than bis codirados, and attrafcto 1 a good deal of attention from the attendants and visitors. Manifestly a pet of some household, ho longed for nothing so much as the arrival ;6f his 'mother, who was expected, for ho know die was mortally wounded and failing fast. Ere ' she arrived, however, he died; But ho tho’t she had come, for while a kind lady visitor .was.wiping the death sweat' Iroin his "brow,, 'as his sight was failing,.he rallied like an ,ex piring.taper in its socket, locked up longing ly and joyfully, and in the tqnderbst pathos whispered quite audibly :. “'ls that moth er?’' in,.tones that drow tears from every eye. -Then tlriiwifig'her to'ivards him with all hia’feehle power, ho nestled his head in her arriia like 'a-sleeping in (ant, 'and thus died with the sweet word “/Mother” on ; his quivering lips 1 . . ■ 1 It was indeed a touching scene, worthy of a poet’s pen,, which you Wall see I do not wield. Still, as I think of the many brave hoys whose .young lives'had gone out within these dreary walls, With unutterable longings for the dual-old homo, and imagining, .per haps, like thjo one, that all the heart holds most dear had come at last, I can’t help think ing of this little incident'and repeating as I ■go, to my rest— ' * . “ IS THAT MOTHER?” Is that mother bonding o’er mo;. Assho saiig my oradlo hymn— .JCncoling there in tears before mo? ■‘Say:?— m y is growing dim, ’Conies she from tho old homo lowly, . ■ Outamong”£liO’northern hills, To hor pot boy slowly Of,war’s battle' wounds and ills ? .Mother! ob,wo bravely battled— Battled till tho day was done ; \Vhilo tbo lea- cn hail-storm rattled— Man to man and gun to - gun. . wo failed—and I am dying— Dying in ray boyhood's *years— There—no weeping, solf denying— .Koblo deaths domand no tears i Bold your arms again around mo ; Press again my aching head ; Sing tho lullaby yon sang me— . Kiss mo, mother, oro I'm dead! C/* Hero-is an .interesting scrap from tho Waver of a man who was in tho habit of fill jJJS 10 breaks in his petitions with thosylla- . ‘ C Lord, wo pray for our poor brother, J lO has lived for more that ten years on the or( ‘ ® side-er, and hits one foot on tho grave find the other all but-or,” wp*Peasant salutation from a life inau 'SlOOOO" 9 ” 1 ”"** a PPy t 0 your lift for f»ai Q wealth does not mako ns hftp -11 to lcse.it Makes ds miserable, political.,/' GOyERNOR’S MESSAGE. To the Pedate and House of lleprcscnirUves of ihe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : Gentlemen ;—Notwithstanding tho pres sure of public calamity, which has weighed, heavily oh the country daring the past year, it lias pleased Divine Providence'not only to •enable the people of Pennsylvania to perform in'full nil their duties to on r common govern ment, but to give to this Commonwealth-do mestic pence,'plenty and. prosperity. Tho balance in Treasury Nov. 20th, 1801, W iib $1,551,005 72 ‘Receipts during tbo fiscal year ondihg.Nov, ,80th 1801, were as follows : , Ordinary sources $1,007,822 89 Six per cent‘loan net of May 15, 1801 387,850-00 , From various baqks as an equivalent for coin for, tho .payment of interest on ■, public debt 140,703 80 Refunded .cash, military 20,506 43- . , United Spates Government .005,740 52 ■ ' : 5,211>747 OS Total in Treasury Tordlscnl ybar ending ■ Kuv. 80,18(51 ■ : ' O,rG3;3Sb 3o Ami tliO’payments have been as follows : _ For ordinary purposes ..$8,1188,110 00. Ihiid on. State interest asrari . • • oijuivulenI far coin 140,0,11 22 Military expenses, net April 12, ISO I - ,7 02 Military expenses, act “May ■ 15, 1801 . , '100,518 03 'Military expenses, act' 10, 1802 ...3,217. 20 Military expenses, net , April 10, 1802 • ■ . ■ 20,007 04 Milltnry pensions,not Slny 15, 1801 ■ 400 61 Commissioners of Sinking ’ fund ■ ■ 427,881-.51 Duuveslic creditors * ' .',-105 '22 Temporary loan redeemed 100,000 00 United Slates. Government ■ direct tax Leaving balance in Treasury! .Nov. 00 18(52 2,172,844 10 Of ‘ hieh amount ono.huridroH and'niuoty Jive,thousand live, hundred and seyon'ly- • six dollars ami,twenty-seven cents is the - balance.of Unexpected, military loan, as . follows Balance of said fund Nov# . , 30, 1801 . $300,507 41 Receipts under act May T 5, •• . ISOI- ' 387,850 00 Paid.for military expenses, as above * ' 482,781 14 'Paid for redemption .of tem porary loam 100,000 00 • • • , 532,781 U ■Receipts from ordimiry-eources : For year ending 'Nov.‘3o, 1802 $4’,047,822'39 ;For your ending Nov.-30, 1801 • 3,017,0-15 57 ■Excess of-rcceipts for ISO 2 vPnyment for ordinary purposes excepting interest: • For year ending Nov. 30, 18(11 •' §1,118.002 93 Xfoc year ending Nov. 30, 1803 ' 1,023,345 77 •Bocrcase in,expenditure of 1802 From.the table's'exhibited it will appear that the receipts from ordinary sources' of ■revenue for the year dBC2 are hr excess of the' receipts of the. year ,1801,one million thirty thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars ■and eighty two cents, [the excess of interest paid in 18(12 over that' in 1801. being ?143-,- 095 87 ;J and that.the for -1802 were, ninety-five,'thousand three hundred and seventeen dolliSKfiutid sixteen cents loss than the .year previous’. The healthy Condition of the revenues dnd the excess of the receipts fiver the expendi tures, secured by the rigid economy.which' has been practiced, ( (especially considering the necessary increase of taxation by the na tional Government,) seem to invite the atten tion of-the Legislature to a revision of tbe revenue laws, with . i view to lightening the burthens of the, people. In this connection it is proper to'■■invite your attention to the justice and.oxpodiency of restricting tbe rate of total taxation now, in sotno parts of the State oppressive.. , ■ , ■' ■ ■ Amount of public debt of Pennsylvania, -As it s.ood on tho Ist day.of December, 18(11 • .- ?10,580,0.00 OS ■Additional amount received at,tho State- Treasiiry.during tho. fiscal vear ending. Nov. 30, 1802 .on military loan,-author-. .' izs'dqior act of May 15, 1801, '387,850 00 Deduct amount received at thc'SUifo Treasury during tho fiscal year ending . . ■ Nov.' 80, 1802 viz Five per cent. Slate stocks. 5203,599 40 - Four ami a halt per cunt, . ' State Stock ... ,50,000 00 Four per cent. State stocks 100,000 90 , (Interest certificates 17 25 ■Relief notes - - l,fll 00 Domestic creditors’e'er tilioates 0-1 02 Military loan, per act of April 12,1801, redeemed 100,000 00 , -h. -520,302 20 Public debt, Doc. 1, 1802 Towards the extinguishment! of tho public debt, the Sinking fund ■'hold securities amounting to ten millions seven hundred and oighty-one thousand dollars as follows : Bonds of Sunbury and Erie railroad com- - pany - ■ S3,M 0 000 Bonds of Pennsylvania railraod company 7,300.000 Bonds of Wyoming canal company 280,000 Should thoro be no extraordinary domand on tbe Treasury, there can bo appropriated from the larger balance now on bandrand tbo increasing revenue, at least a million and a half of dollars during tho coming year to wards the payment of tho public debt. The operation of the Sinking Fund during tho last year have been, as ahinvij by procla mation of the Bth of September last, as fol lows : Ain't of dobtof Commonwealth .reduced 5262,501 G 7 As follows,viz: State loans $261,178 74 . Interests certificates 370 Jl Domestic creditors’certificates, 64 62 Belief nOtos cancelled It will bo observed that 'the fiscal ;year ends on the thirteen of November, and the sinking fund year on the first Monday of September. This is the reason :for the ap parent deficiency in the amount of debt paid as stated in the Treasurer’s report, and by thaOpmissioners of the Sinking Fund. Under the aot of 11th of April, 1962. I ap pointed William McClelland, R. B. M’Coombs, and M. Russell Thayer, Esquires, as Reve nue Commissioners, who have printed a re port, fcncl will no doubt submit the result of their labors to th'o Legislature, to which I jpyito attention. I refer to the reports of the State Treasur er and Auditor General for tho details of tho financial affairs of tho Common wealth.. ,Tlie reports of the Surveyor Gener al, SuporihfendStit of Common Schools and State-Librarian'will exhibit the state.of the departments'under their care. . In accordance with tho act of 10th Februa ry, 18G2, the quota of this State of the direct tax of tho United States, amounting, to, one million nine hundred and forty-six thousand seven- hundred ‘find nineteen dollars and thirty-three on tho I4th Juno, 1802, paid to tho -United States, party by a relinquishment of. a portion of tho same Claimed by thls-State from the Government’ and partly in cash, after’deducting the fifteen per cent, allowed by the act.of Congress for prompt .payment. ‘Pennsylvania’ thus paid her quota of the direct tax belore any other State. There is still, due to .the State;-prin cipally fur advances "since made'for transpor tation and equipments of-volunteers, about throe hundred thousand dollars. . On tho 20th of February last, I issued my ■warrant authorizing tho State Treasurer to deliver to the Philadelphia arid Erie.railroad company one thousand of tho bonds deposited with the Slate in ooriformity with the act of May'7, 1801. On the 20th of lNuvemhcr I issued a similar warrant. Both warrants were granted after receiving reports from John A. Wright, Esq., the commissioner.ap pointed-for. the purpose; that the proceeds of the bonds previously issued had beenappro priated in accordance w th'the, provisions of .the lari'; ~ The company has now’.received, throe of the five millions of bonds deposited’ in flic Stale Treasury, With tho proceeds of the bonds’issued, fifty-two miles of the road, have hdim .'completed,- malting with .what, ’had formerly -been finished,-a .total of one hundred arid ninety-nine miles. leaving eigh-. ty nine miles- unfinished, of which nearly' all is graded and ready’.for ilie iron'. The hoods Still in tiie Tioasory- will.-yield -an amount uiiiplu to coiiiplcio the. road, and. thus open tliis-iuipiirtaut route of trad? and commerce: The development (if the vast’ mineral : and other resources of uur imrthwestcu counties by. this means''will undoubtedly -in a. few years render valuable the securities of the Sunbury and Erie railroad company, mnv funning a part of tho sinking fund of : tho. Commonwealth. Tiie interest on the State debt, was: paid in -August last in spicio or. ..its equivalent, in cunfurmity with the existing.la tv, at the cost of one hundred and forty six thousand six hundred' and thirty- one dollars and twenty two cents .for the difference between specie and paper currency, of -which the hanks, under the provisions of tho act of 11th April, 1802,' .have-. already refunded. to tiie State one hundred and forty, tliousand.seven hundred and sixty, eight’ dollars and thirty cents. , This, burden on tho hanks has-become heavier than in ray judgment ought to bo. ■borne by any specie interest. ..Unless the' Legislature should othtwwise provide, .it will bo tiie duty 'of life' State Treasurer.to -pay in like-manner the interest which Will fall duo ..hereafter.- We should nil ho 'Careful., not to violate tho .faith-or impair the credit of tho ■Commonwealth. The’ serious and early consideration, of the Legislature'is invited to the whole subject.' . .In- my' opinion’ there are .already mure incorporated hank’s in the Commonwealth than are at. pit scut required, fur the public' conveniences, and .i therefore recointneud that no mure .shall bo incorporated. 350,000 00 :—.1,500,509 25- -.——778,367 41 190,570 27 V030.17fi 82 9;>,317 10 On. tho 7th ol July last a call was made by .the President fur three bund’fed thousand volunteers..- This State itad already supplied nearly one"hundred.and ten thousand men, yet her people promptly bestirred.themselves to ■ respond to this now. requirement.i. Al-. though .it was .believed, that no -counties would'bo necessary to induce-the men. of- Pennsylvania to, enter the service of their .country oil attcli an-.occasion, yet ns same of the neighboring Stales offered large boun ties, it -was thought not right to expose our citizens to the. temptation thus afforded to them to-onlist in regiments of other Slates. There being no appropriation for the pay ment of bounties, I, of course, could not direct them to. lie paid out of the treasury, and it was evident that to call tbe Legisla ture together and .wait fur the negotiation of any loan which 1 might bo authorized for the. purpose, would be attended by 'injurious delay. Under t-ioap'circumstances Lcolidont ly appealed by proplainatimi to a ncople who have, never faltered in the performance of • any duty of patriotism, calling on .them to raise in their several.counties _ tho sums necessary to insure their proportion ot the quota of the State; This appeal was effective ly answered; Public meetings were held, 'tutd liberal amounts subscribed by Individu als. In the city of 'Philadelphia, besides a'very,largo fund tints raised, Abo municipal authorities contributed, heavily fro’m their ’Common treasury, and hi several counties •■tho county commissioners, generally under the guarantee of a few of tliciy eminent citizens,- devoted 1 county foods fo, the mine purpose.. I recommend '.that .these proceed ings be legalized, and to submit to tho wisdom'of the Legislature tho question of whdt legislation would be jiiat and proper on the whole-subject, that tho burden ol this patriotic effort may fall equally on all classes of people throughout the State. . , Tlie result of. this manifestation of public spirit was that thirty eight new regiments and three unattached-companies.of infantry wore rni-ed ; four other , regiments which, previous to this call, had been authorized by the War ''Department to bo raised, at e s til I in, progress of organization. ■ . . On spec at requisitions from the nar Department there have been raised and are now in service live additional regiments, and throe .companies', of cavalry, two batterie-i of heavy, artillery, and one battery of light artillery. A battalion of heavy artillery is being raised by Major Jo cpli Boliort?, U. S. A., with mv assent, and also under special authority of the'War Department.- Early in September last the rebel army crossed tho Potomac into Maryland, with the design of invading this State. On the 4th of that month I called tho people proclamation . to organize into companies, and hold 'themselves in readiness to ho order ed into actual service'fur tho defence ot the State. On tho lllli of that month, under -authority of .the .President,;.! issued orders for fifty thousand volunteer militia, to rendez vous at Harrisburg for the defence pfithe ■State. 'This call was proniptlyTcapnnded-.r0,. and a largo force was sent forward to the' ■ Cumberland Valley and its vicinity. The first part of this force, consisting of one regi ment and eight compares of infantry, moved from Harrisburg on tlio night of tho 12th of September, and wore followed by other regiments ns rapidly as they could bo organ ized and transportation provided. Tlio com mand of tlio whole force was taken by Brig. General John F. Reynolds, who loft-his corps in tho Army of the Potomac at my urgent request and hurried to tlio defence of his native State, for which ho is entitled Ij ths ■10,006,510 03 S-t;-t18,213 82 10,781,000 , 11 88 262.801 67 “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS B CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1863. !E RIGHT- thanks of the Commonwealth. ? Fifteen thou sand of the volunteer militia Were pushed forward to Hagerstown and -Boonsboro’, in the State of Maryland ; -ton thousand wore posted in the vicinity of Greoncastlo and Chamborsburg ; arid About twenty five thou sand were, at Harrisburg,; on their way to Harrisburg, or in readiness ami in waiting for transportation-to, proceed thither.. One regiment, at the request of General Halleek, was sertt to.protect,Dupont's powder mile, in tho State of Delaware. -On the 24th Septem ber the volunteer militih were discharged by me from service,. having by their spirited demonstration greatly aided jo preventing, thovintended invasion of this!State by tho rebels, and in 'compelling their sudden evacuation of tho portion of Maryland which -they had polluted. For those services, the thanks of the Governor of Maryland and of tho Commander of the Army of the Potomho were rendered to oifr patriotic troops through me. Measures have been taken to procure tho .payment in.full of- these troops, and of the expenses attending their services, by tho United States, in accordance with tho termi of tho clu by the-President. A largo portionhif tho nmnunthas already.been paid. Having accompanied this force' to, Hagers town, .1 am enabled to speak of the .courage fidelity and cheerfulness with which tho men suffered unaccustomed privations, and boro the fire of the rebel-force, performing with alacrity-all tho service that was required of ■them, On .the 4th of August last, a draft of three hundred -thousand-militia, to serve for, nine months, was ordered by.the President under the act of Congress of 17th July,, 1802, and regulations were made by bis.authority in pursuance of the act,.under ~which regular lions tho-.crirrilnio.'.t mid-draft were conduct ed in this -State, -pur"ibilUia laws being found, to bo defective.:‘ ;SjeyOra! counties' and dis tricts, having aiready supplied byWolunloers their proportion of- the quota- of this. State, wore exempted from the draft, arid time was given to. enable others to raise the required number of .men by .voluntary enlistments.— The draft, was generally proceeded with, throughout the' S’tafe', on the Kith of October hist, and the drafted men were directed to lie placed iii the several ■Camps of', rendezvous 'established under the regulations.-where they wore organized and elected their.'officers,quid' have since gone forward to the.army in tho field. The draft whs eminently successful, and when the men had been marched to the rendezvous, my agency in .the matter ceased, and all authority and control over the men devolved' on the* U. S. officers! I cannot bht commend-the people of Pennsylvania, for, their cheerful obedience to the requirements of the Government on this otfeasipn.,. All the expenses of - the draft, are, of course, to bo paid by. the-United■Stgtos, and-1 . learn; that officers arc now' in the Slate i-hargod with the settlements and payments,! ; Including the'three months’ .-volunteers, Pannsylvr nia has furnished yq-the General. Government more than two lir.tv.lvcd thouo and men, -sirte'e rebel-- lion,.besides some fifty thousand, who were in the service, of actually ready for it, as vol unteer militia, under the call,-of 11th Sept hist, making in the whole, more-than two hundred and fifty thousand men. In October Inst,'a body' of, rebel, cavalry with a battery of artillery, suddenly crossed the Potomao-and made their way as far as Chanihorshurg, plundering.wlmt they found as supplies useful tb them , and, committing ■ other depredations. They went out of the State by crossing, the South Mountain and thus reaching the Potomac below Harper s Ferry., The troops in the field'were not pre pared at the moment to punish' this -.attempt on her, soil,; and it ia to ho much regretted that efficient measures could not .have been taken by the'army to capture the' rebels on thoir return to tho •I'otomau. Immediately after. I- received notice that this .force had crossed tho line of the State, T called, into service the Anderson cavalry, then encamped at Carlisle, anil, two companies of regulars at .the barracks -at' that place. . ’.These hoops’ were -pushed forward iu -1110 of Ghamhershufg and .South. .Mountain., Tho eavulrv at camp Curtin, consisting ,of one full aiid two imperfect regiments, woronrmetl, as infantry; and, together with'-two'Compa nies of infantry and a battery, of volunteer light artillery of Harrisburg, were held, in readiness to go forward, when Mnj. General Wool arrived arid assumed the command of all the forces. Ho had previously Ordered all liis command from Baltimore and marched tho troops to Gettysburg. . . The rebels .marched.with sn much celerity Unit thev did not encounter any of the forces 'ofGen. Wool, and escaped from the State.- I recommend that application ho made to Congress for an'appropriation to compensate our citizens for tho damages which they suf fered by tho raid. •' , ■ ■ On the two emergencies to which I .have referred, I acknowledge valuablecnuncil and assistance from Brig. Gen. Andrew Porter, of the United States Army, who thus testi fied ids, affection for his native State, and zeal in her service, when threatened. And bn. the same and other occasions, I am in debted to Cols. Thomas A. - Scott,.-John A. Wright, and J. B. Parker, members of my staff?who came promptly on my summons and served with their accustomed zeal and. fidelity, without pecuniary compensation. The militia-law of this Stat.e is greatly do-, feetivo, and I earnestly recommend tho -ap pointment of a commission to prepare and submit an efficient system', to be reported be fore the adjournment of the .Legislature, so that notion may be had on-the subject at the present session. :Tn.the burry of ordinant business the Legislature might not bo able to give the necessary attention to tho prepara tion of proper measures, and events which have-already occurred prove, the necessity of some effectual 'legislation on the subject, so that our people may be adequately protected. The State is in possession of the following ordnance, arras and oramiinition : C 3 pieces of artillery, of which 22 need re pairs. 2 batteries of new cannon, consisting of 12 Griffen rifled cannon,' 0 pounders, 2 caissons and three battery wagons, presented to the State by the committee of Safety of Philaddlphia, in. September Inst. -20,492 mutkets and rifles, of which 11,614 are ready for issue, 4,460 in the hands of mechanics for repairs, and the balance, having been used bv the militia called out in September last, -require cleaning. 12,427 setts of infantry accoutrements complete. 1,208 swords and sabres. 684 pistols. 1.938 rounds artillery ammunition. 1,522,000 rounds ammunition for small arms. • The following arms, accoutrements and am munition, have been furnished according to law to the border counties, and to volunteer organizations formed under the militia act of 1858 :' 5 840 muskets and rifles with accoutre ments complete, were issued to end aro nmv. in possession of the border counties. 4,958 muskets and rifles,, and 3,941 sets of accou- •BUT EIGHT Off WRONG OUR COUNTRY. tromonts issued to and now in possession | of organized companies. Also 80,000 rounds of ammunition issued th-hordor.counties and organized companies. 1,755 muskets and 895 sets of accoutrements, wore issued to Colonels' Brown and Glantz’S regiments on going into service, 32 pieces ©(' artillery; is sued to First Pennsylvania artillery. Colonel Charles T. Campbell commanding', on going into service.' 528 sabres, 1,050 pistols arid 528 sofs.of accoutrements, issued to organized cavalry companies, showing an aggregate, of 107 pieces of artillery. 89.015 muskets and rifles, 1,710 pistols, 1820 sabres, 22,203 seta infantry accoutrements, 528' sots caval ry accoutrements, 1,003,938 rounds of am munition. In addition to the above, the following mil itary pronely of the city of Philadelphia is reported by the “ Homo Guards of the city of.Philadelphia,lf to be in its possession, viz; 6.12-pounder Parrott rifled guns. 2 10- poundor Prussian rilled guns. 1 10-ponndcr English rifled guh, 12 passions for 20.-poun dor Parrott'.rilled'guns. ? cessions for 10- pounder Prussian rifled guns, with tools and stores. 1 12-poundor rifled howitzer, Dabl- Sren. 112-poundor rifled howitzer, 750 lbs. 'qhjgren. 2, field carriages for ditto. 2 small howitzer puns, -12-pounders, with car riages, tools and stores. 1 12-pounder smbutli, boro.. 750 lbs.-' Dahlgren, 2 field carriages for ditto. 2 small 12-pnnnder bow sers, with carriages, tools ah 1. stores.. 195 saddles.- 127 saddles, -with, .traces, breast. . strap, . &e. .68 saddles, incomplete. 2,290 muskets and rifles. 200 pistols and 124 hois, tors. 1097 rounds shot and, shell. 672,884 rounds musket and rifle cartridges. ■ ■ The foregning'dqes not' include.the mrms 'and equipment that-have-.been issued to tl.fe several regiments of tho Home Guard, which ardin-their possession; • For tho details of military operations aiid statistics, 1 refer you to the reports of-the AdjutantGenoral, Quar termaster General, Oommisary General, Sur- . goon General, and'-the Chief of Transporta tion, "which accompany-this, message. _ Hi regard to tlio election of officers in the Reserve corps, and the recruitment of tho.re-, "•iments of that corps and of mil-gallant regi ments of-volunteers, I proposo. to send a spe cial message in a few days,-sis I desire to treat these subjects somewhat at large, and to submit to the Legislature some-documents relating to them. . . . By tho thirteenth section of the aet of May 15th, 1801, I was authorized to draw iny warrants on-the treasury for a sum not' ex ceeding twenty'thousand dollars for compen sation to snolrpersons as might bo required to serve tiie country, 'in- a 'military-capacity. At the date of my last annual'message, I had drawn from the treasury eight 'thousand' live hundred dollars, and bad paid out up to the first of December, 18G1-, six thousand' four hundred dollars, when, my account was set tled. Since' that. time I. have drawn two thousand dollars- from the treasury, part of lavbiqli, ,wit),v.the balance in. iny- hands,, has been expended in the' payment'of nieiiiiiors'of my persona! staff in service when I required assistance-, and in.procuringinformntion, and to persons employed when the State .was threatened with invasion in-September, 1802, and during the mid in October'-last. . An account of those expenditures 'will;,be found on file in the office of the Auditor Gen.- Under the act of 20tli Auiil, 1858. it is my intention to take early, measures for the sale of the powder magazine in the city of Phihi-. dolphin. The.powder .magazine at Harris burg is not jmbcionsly-looated. A State •ponder magazine ought,-in my judgement, to lie erected on q 'suitable site in the vicinity of tins, and I recommend tho attention of the Legislature to the,subject. In September last two batteries of rifled .cannon were presented to the Commonwealth by a committee -of citizens of Philadelphia,, through S.',V. Merrico, Esq., which are now 'in the’arsenal in that'city. 'J 'recommend that provision he made ’ for proouring -carri ages, caissons and other equipments for them. The liberal don Ors are entitled to the thanks of tho 'Common wealth; for their patriotic gift. . ‘.Under the joint resolutions of 28th of. Feb ruary, 1802, ‘measures'wore taken Tor the re lief iff our sick and yVomidod men in the '.field. The wounded at Winchester, StraWshrirg, . Front.Royal', Williamsburg and Fair Gaks, mid those in the corps .of Major General Blanks, were duly attended on the field or in the vic-inity by Surgeon General Smith and a corps of surgeons under bis direction, and wore brought into this State. , The same sys tem would have been continued, but in June last, I received a letter from the. Surgeon General of the United States, representing, that it was found incoiivonienfto the service, and must create .difficulties in the regular in deutifieation of tho soldiers for pay and pen sions. ' ■' ' . , In compliance with bis views, lavas reluc tantly obliged to discontinue tho system, but- I have not ceased .to urge on the war Dofjfevt inent the propriety of sending on sick and wounded men into the State, where they can bo'nursed and oared-for by thoir friends, and have to say that at length such an arrange-, merit was made with the authorities at Wash ington, which .if was. hoped would'.lie effec tive; but there has boon such tardiness in in putting it into practical operation, that 1 recommend'the Legislature to invito the; at tention of tho War Department to the subject. Our suffering men Imve-a right to tho sym pathy and aid of their State, to.'bo sn ren dered as not ts injure the service. If tho bringing them homo to bo attended could produce oven inconvenience to that, I would not urge it. Bat it is cruel to leave them to the care and fl regret to say) frequently to the neglect, or worse, of strange officials, at points in the immediate vicinity of all tho abundant comforts which the solicitude of their families and friends would rejoice to provide f-ir them. In addition to the expenses of attending and bringing liornoW sick and wounded as above stated, I have expended mss than ST OOD in the transportation of friends of sink, killed, nr wounded volunteers, and othei pet: sons sent by mo for thoir care to tho several ba tie fields and hospitals, and .n bringing home for interment the bodies of those slain The whole expense incurred under the joint resolution was five thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and eighty tinoo cents, the details of which will be found in the re port of the Surgeon General and ot tho duel of Transportation. , ■ . , . I have uniformity, when applied to, af low oil tho expense of transportation of one person to the field to bring homo tiie body of .Ins friend or relation, and the expense of bis re turn with the body. The cost of this has not exceeded §6oo,which is included in tho sum of less than $4,000, above stated. In this connection I must speak with ap plause cf the active benevolence of our citi zens who have without compensation devoted i heir time and euro to their suffering fellow citizens disabled by the casualties of war.— Not only have many gone to the field, to ad minister their kind offices, but iu every part of the Common wealth thousands have'applied their means and exertions to the same end , and especially have the women of Pennsyl vania, obeying their true womanly instincts, shown that they are worthy to he the moth ers, wives and sisters of the bravo men, whom they have stimulated to their duty, and soothe and nursed in the sufferings that have ensued •.t'>e performance of it. The city of Philadelphia having patrioti cally offered -to the United States, League Island ns a donation for a Navy Yard, -Cori gross directed a commission to report upon ■the availability of that site, and also of Ncw- London. To the general , astonishment, a majority of the commission have, rcpoi-tod in ifavor of New London, hut. the minority has presented a report, which is fortified by the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, showing so conclusively- the superiority of League Island that it is'scarcely possible that Congress should hesitate to select that loca tion. To establish a Navy Yard'tor the con struction of iron clad vessels at a point remote from all necessary supplies, situated, on salt water, and accessahle by more than one route to any enemy, who may -have it momentary superiority at sea, would appear quite incon sistent with .the .wisdom of Congress, espe cially -when a trite, is offered convenient- to iron, coal, and other necessary, supplies, sit uated on-fresh water with a sufficient deptli for. -the -draught of large vessels, ilnd safe from hostile atfarik by >ts position-. ; Capt. Henry F, Wrigley, of the city of Philadelphia, at my request, and without, compensation, lias made a report to me on the defences of the-llelawriro, which I here with .transriiit for information-. • ■ ' In July Jasf, I received, , at Pittsburg, by telegraph, an offer from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, of a.donati. 'll of fifty .thou sand dollars tu.-assist in, paying bounties to volunteers. I decline this, offer, because I had no authority to accept it.on behalf of the public, and was unwilling to undertake, the disbursement of the fund in , hiy private ca pacity. T have since received a letter on the subject" from' the company suggesting other inodes of disp slug of tho money, a .copy of which is annexed to this, message. If-the legislature should accept life, dona? tion, I recommend that it-bo applied towards the erection of an asylum for out-disabled soldiers,, and that the. trustees.appointed to superintend.tlid erection andmanagement of the asylum bo authorized to accept such.fur ther contributions as our citizens may ‘offer. In a ..well managed establishment of- that hind, it is probable that the- pensions to ho allowed by the Goveifnme.nt to the men, will enable them.to support themselves with com fort. By an act of Congress passed ,on the second day of July,. 1802, lands were granted -to the several States-fur the 'endowment; support and maintenance by each State, of •at least one college for teaching such branch es of learning as are related-to, agriculture and the, mechanic arts, without excluding •other scientific and classical-studies, and in ' "olffdln"g- , mili(,ary‘fnbti