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[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<sff." , “V :
Irecommandthat prqp trprovision bo made
by the Legislature for having the lands thus
granted to (his State selected, and the title
male to the Slate, hud that Congress, bo re
quested.to allow the lauds and their proceeds
to be used liy the State i.n the construction
an I support ,<if such an asylum- as X have
above suggested.
/die details of the operations of the com
mon school system, during the school, year
that 'terminated on .the first Monday in June,
1802, manifest scarcely any evil efforts’-from
the tronhled's'ale of the country. Absence,
of the usual degree of progress iirthowarions
departments-is the only, result
To havo hold its own," however, during the
severe ordeal to which, in common with ail
our great social interests and enterprises, it
has-been subjected, is the strongest proof of
its inherent vigor and of the-hold it possesses
Upon the affections as well as the judgement
bf the people of the State.
It has come to my knowledge that in some
parts of the State a system ixists of paying
the wages of workmen and laborers not in
money lint in orders on store keepers- for
merchandise and other articles. This system,'
.’ivy-preventing all competition, leaves the men
to the uncontrolled discretion of. the store
keepers. fit is a system- most unwise and
• unjust, and it affects, classes of useful citizens,
who, as they live, by the proceeds of .their
daily, labor,'have, not adequate means do ro
sist-it. 1. have no doubt that most of the dif
ficulties which, occasionally, occur between
employers and their workmen are duo to the
•prevalence-of this'system. That every man,
for a fair day’s labor, should receive a fair
day’s wages, is hut the dictate of oommOn
honesty : and while it wonhl be most unwise
for the’ State to interfere at all with the rate
of wages, i.t is in ’ih'y judgement incumbent
tin her to protect her laboring population
by requiringdhat whatever may ho the wa
ges stipulated, they shall he so paid that the
recipient may piircha.se necessaries for him-,
self and-his family, whore they can bo bad
best and cheapest, I divnmst earnestly rec
ommended this subject to the Legislature for
prompt and effectual action.
I believe that the several charitable insti
tutions to which the Legislature has been ac
customed to grant aid, have been well ‘man
aged during the past year.
The Wyoming Canal is still in the hands
of the receiver. Certain creditors of the com
pany having instituted proceedings in the Sn
prcmc.C.ourt for selling the canal under the
mortgage, the Attorney General has inter
vened in the suit-tu oppose the making of a
decree of sale. No decree has boon mane, I
and the proceedings are yet ponding.-Mean
while, it being alleged that the subscribers
mid stockholders have paid up but a small
part of the nominal capital of the company,
an information has been tiled in the Supremo
Court by the Attorney Genera), to compel
them to pay «P the capital, or Such charges,
and assessments As may ho necessary to ex
tinguish the debt duo to the .Commonwealth.
Thus proceeding is also still pending. It is
-Hudorst tod that the gross receipts of the ca
nal during the last season have been about
one hundred.and thirty thmisand-dolhirs and
the annual interest on the. mortgage bonds of
the company a little over fifty one thousand
dollars. _ .
In pummneo of the joint resolution passed
11 lb April. 1802, the Attorney General has in
stituted proceedings on the proper cashier’s
bonds, to recover tlio money due.to the Com- ,
monwealth by the BankofGominerco at Erie,
ami I have employed John H. Walker Esq.,
tts.spocial counsel for the Commonwealth, in
the prosecution of the officers of the Bank in
the Court of Quarter Sessions of Erie county.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act
ofClh May, 1862, an information in -equity
was filed by the Attorney General against the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company and
the Pennsylvania Coal Company. The case
was nrgueil before the Supremo Court at Sun
bury, in October last. ■ , *
By an Act passed on the 16 th day of May,
1061, a company was incorporated the name
of the Navy Yard, Broad street and Fair-' '
mount railway company. It being aUagnd.
that the company, instead of making a rail- .
way on the route and in the manner prescribed '
•by its charter, is constructing, a railroad i
of a different character by n route, extending ,
from the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore llailroad depot to the Philadelphia
and Trenton 'Railroad depot, both, within tho
city of Philadelphia, the attorney General has ,
proceeded against -the company by quo war
ranlo for the violation of Its charter, and has
also filed an information for the purpose of
restraining the company from proceeding ia.
the construction oftbeir road. Both those pro
ceedings aro.now ponding, -,
•By tho act of 29th March. 1813, it j|(|a3 pro
vided that citizens absent from home in actual ■
military service, might exorcise their right
of suffrage as if they were present at the,us- ,-
Ual places of - election, This act was-sub- .
stantially re-enacted in the general -election -
law passed on the fid of July, 3839. The Su
preme Court has recently decided that by rea
son of a phrase in the constitutional amend
ments of. 1838, this provision has 116001116 tin-,
cunstitntipnal.. Pennsylvania has sent to tho
service about two hundred--thousand citizens,
who, -by this decision, arc disfranchised.—
This seems to bo a bard measure—that man '
who testify their devotion to tho country by
going to the field sbould thereby lose the most
inestimable right of a citizen. I recommend
that the necessary steps be forwith commenced •
to amend the constitution, so as to give the
right of suffrage to the citizens we are thus .
excluded. ■ ■■
‘I cannot close this message withoutspeaking
of the unbroken'loyalty and spirit of the free
men of Pennsylvania., They feel that onjthn
preservation of the Union and the suppression
of the'most causeless .and wicked rebellion
which history records.; depend the honor the.
interests and tho.whole-Tutii.ro Welfare of ,thb
-Comonwealth, they will .never tolerate
schemes for destroyi.ng.the Government of the
United States, or for forming generate Con
federacies,, or any other schemes for creating
general confusion and ruin,, and. aiding, and
comforting the traitors who aro in arms
'against their country. ;
This State has furnished more men for the
defence of oiiv instiutions, and has lost more
by the casualties of war, than any other State.
She has given her blued and treasure freely,
and is ready to give as much more of both, as
inay bo needful. Her people intend that by
the’.blessing 6t God. this rebellion shall bo
suppressed, and will not be turned from their
settled purpose by the wiles of masked' ene
mies or the vacillation's of feeble friends, On
the contrary,they will, (as is' their vightjin
sist, that competent Integrity,. Earnestness,
Intellect and vigor shall bo' -employed-in thh
public service, to preserve the Government,
and to maintain the unity of the country.
A. G. CURTIN ,
Executive Department; . j
Harrisburg, Jan. 7, 1863. J
Busin'c'ss Rales.
,r. bur--.no-- "wll.ll tklwgK.
vou are iiot perfectly, acquainted, any Sooner,
than yon would attempt, if blind, to survey a
city. Jfirst thoroughly understand what you
propose to do. Servo an apprenticeship—do
anything—before taking a single step involv
ing risk.
2. .Never atteihpt a business for which you
have no taste or tact. -Seek TO do that
for which you have a natural faculty and
relish. -Don’t aspire.to bo a merchant, whea
you should be a farmer, a mechanic, or a day
laborer.
3. Never conn Oct yourself in pnrtonership
with those in whom you'have not perfect con
fidence—with those to whom you would 1 not
bo willing, sick or well, at Itonie or abroad;
living or dead, to entrusc-all your business
affairs-
4. Never attempt to do more business than,
yon can safely do on year capital. .
5. Avoid taking the extraordinary risks of
long credits, no matter what profits aro
in .prospect.,
61 .Give no'eredit whatever to any one who
does not possess- a good moral character.
7. Supervise carefully your-'own business,
(mit your neighbors),., and look after your
clerks, and see that they aro faithful.ift-the
performance of their .ditties.
8. Let all, those with- whom you have deal'-,
ings or intercourse, understand, distinctly,
that you will not lend yoursell for the sake of
trade, to do any mean thing—anything bioh,
your-conscience will not approve of. 1
0. Never lend your name by endorsement
or otherwise, except under most extraordina
ry, circumstanoes, And then ‘let the act bo
guarded with every possible security. .
10. Never allow yourself, or your partners,
to draw a dollar from the concern, to invest in
any ‘ outside operation’ whatever.
11. In forming a co-partnership, insist
that a limitedsum only shall bo drawn
by each partner for personal expenses.
* liJ. Under no circumstances whatever,
deal in storks. Don’t believe any one of
the thousand tales of a fortune in that direc
tion. They aro a trap and a lie.
13. Keep all your accumulated profits iA
your business, so long as you own a dollar.
When you have more property than yon can
use-, then it will ho proper to’invest‘it outside.
14. Borrow never, iiTt caii he avoided, If
temporary assistance is needed, seek it.from
a retired friend or from a sound hanking
institution, a'ndThOn return the -loan-, f en. the,
day fixed, with the most rigid punctuality.
15. Have an.eye on the condition of the
country,’ its crops, and tho general -prospect*
for business, mid look Out sharp for the move
ments of politicians, who in nine cases out of
ton, care more for a re-election than for ouf
commercial in|crests or our national prosperi-
ty. 1
There are other and most important mat
ters which should not bo forgotten. Keep
good company. Value integrity more than
money. Live within yolir moans. Eschew
wine, lewd women, and fast horses. Uso no
profane language. Never quarrel with a
partner, Bo kind, considerate, and generous
to clerks, and also to yonr Unfortunate debt
ors. Cultivate the frendsliip of all. Do your
proper share in promoting the publio weal.
Bo a man, a gentleman,- and a Christian ;
and you w’ill make sure of an inheritance, in
this life, and of untold riches in tbe life
which is to oomo.
\O~ A contraband being escorted to tbe
fortifications yesterday by a soldier : whore
ho was mot another gOraiuan oh Color.
Hollow, like, whar ye gwine with dat
gard t
Use gwine to'-reinforce the army.
Is dat so ? ■ ’
Yes, I’m gwine to do mortifications to -dig
trenches. —Louisville Democrat.
57" The foundation of domestic happiness
is faith-fin tho virtue of women ; tlio founda
tion of political happiness is oonfidenc j in tlid
integrity of man tho foundation.of oil "“PP-'
ness, temporal and eternal is rolmnOO on the
goodness of Qodi
NO. 32.