Mxiidh
D. W. MOORE, Editor and Proprietor.
70L. XXXVI.-WIIOLE Na7s2a
Prom the Philadelphia Ago.
"9 apart Au9u,t ilh, im, a, a f
siiny, JIumtlwtwn and i'raytr."
s Iruttrul labor and with bounteous rest:
Sabbath bulls, that oiled ths lanl to praj.
tbe tweot stillness of the iQiumer air,
all our borders o'er, from tear to year,
arther ruurie broke upon the ear
I the broad grain field of the Northern
plain
, prosperous furmcri drove thoir loaded
wains
iir savannas if the Southern land
Md with tbe tillago of the negro's band
rimplo negro, kborlaf with the light,
I cheering with the dunce bit happy night
faithful beurt was to bis matter bound,
thought bad he beyond his daily roud'J
knple duties all uD.killeJ to know
i be njio fed hiui iu hit foe I
"y to onr souls were battle's dread alarms,
i old men bad heard th clash of arms,
thai In wars thut made nod kept ui free
all tbe States were One for Libert.
watched the peaceful summers como air1!
wane,
Writing fulness of the gulden grain
larked the days and told the pasting honrs
Jkll garlanded with fruits and flowers;
w liehold frew cfaaagei the happy pHln !
reaper falls whore once ho ctt the grain
we, once yellow with the ripening bread,
l(h the harvest of tbo untimely dead
Wddon moadows, red with ghastly strife,
) graves to those to whom they ouce gave
, life
lltople slave, torn from the fields he tilled,
Kiit by craves Vaukoe to be killed
In their stead to play the warrior's part.
Vive the bayonet to his matter's heart !
blackened chimney, tottering to tbe earth,
I ghastly tokens of the ruinod hearth,
tun goes down upon some tcene ol (loath
t mangled sufferers gasp for failing breath
saiKTow sends the inoxurable drt
I breaks and blights some peaceful, nappy
. heart.
ts who wail at eTe, at noon were wivet
tour dooms helpless tubes to orphaned
, lives,
pre we note tbe months by what they Irinj,
Hits of summer and tbe flowen of tp ring
t they (aire we mark the patting years,
too my dial watch with darkening tears,
hours by butchered friends tho brat find
ourcalondur in brothors' blood,
i
kbliling Jester, Who, Wltn oar mum
lint a joke on Misery's hidoous wisilt,
then Antiotatu't awful Hold lay spread
troaning wounded and with murdered deed,
ted out no helping band to lift or late,
oth the ghastly pathway to tho grare j
lot a word of cboer or friendly nod,
itho the victims toyonr party god,
rawued the piteous cries of human woe
the congenial ruusio of " Jim Ctoji I "
ire like this, of anguish and despair,
Jar to summon smitten hearts to prayer i
t to Invoke tho beggared wretch to fait
a the poor loaf now left him is his last I
widows and their babes to leave their crust,
he who earned it sleeps in Southern dust,)
j that Go J will guide and bless the band
rought this ruin on our striken land !
I;
f you will lot fiddle and bassoon
I the leisure of a crowned butToon ;
ins go round lot Dot tbe laughter fall
I stintless slaughter taints the Southern
gale
t your shambles, seise on legions more
Jed and rot where logions fell before ;
eon from mother, husband toar from wife,
ier on the floods of fruitless strife ;
lught but tears and groans and misery be,'
M lost negro slave Is starved or free 1
hilo the broken heart Us wo endures,
no sacred grief with balm of yours;
no not bursting bosoms to despair
icing "rounds that your hands planted there !
lim not duys to ml, but days to ret,
eeo wbo sutfer from perpetual need.
It God's tomplos beagaiu profaned
aycr for bands with daily slaughter stain
ed-
Mon asked fof sins of yesterday,
swords nro whetting fcr to-morrow's fray !
Ion; ! Ob, Lord 1 bow long I " tbe mother
ries.
r lonir . Oh. Lord 1 how long ! " tbe widow
tilths.
ool"( voice breathes In her car who
weops,)
ill 1 Uod's awful justice enly sleets ;
111 I a foT moro months of dark misrule
TlJ the nation of ibis throned fool,
pic's fiat, rung from soa to sea,
teal his doom and make a people free,
to tho filthy purlieus whence he oaina
ikulk, disguised, this wretched spawn of
tamo f
I, dosplsed, scourged by a twofold rod,
torn of millions and tho ourso of God! '1
Jams F. Suukk.
,ra', August 4th, 1861.
x rbe kind of penco to be had in the
I Elates under Aholitton rnle, Is now
'Juttralod In Missouri. TaciflcateJ
a year since tuo rebellion besnn. bv
i tword, in the words of the Tribune,
lierrillu war, moro ferocious than
hat preceded it, has broken out
whole State, and imperiled the
j and tho lives of the uncompro-
Uniomsta and anti-slavery men
. it may be safely asserted that, da
l past few weeks, it has in no olh-
i of the Union been more danger
s' pointed out as an unconditional
San than in Missouri."
ie radicals achieve all the success
Jdost dreams ever pictured, and
1 be the condition of tbe eenquered
Drover, Boston Vourur.
Ie tho ravs dollar to an Aboil
itical preacher might as well pay
Hilary to set ore to nis own uouse,
be prevailing eenliment Lot it
i ratniuc. Anv amount oi rain
opular except a roign of terror,
euemv of Thnrlow Weed de-
'inl at a good sample f wisdom
G0VESN0R S MESSAGE.
To the Senate andl,,, nf n ,
Pannyhania : " '"rmmtM VJ i
GcvTuupy. ti,. n , .
tuencemcnt of the present rebellion I'enn-
u'o ernmen? Tina' l? lh
SunKo'inte "..
tho borderand tbuV" f
invasion, a selfuh Sau .!'
her to rolain a sufhcient Dart of ber ni.
lurif lorce lor Her nivn .lnUnn.
t n i . juour -iu i'ui i ui me rpuei army at that t me
fL'tlZ1 hV ftt,l?d. in er duty ,kad come witbin the State.y The people
hprVn T, ! 'm7 , ,'raw
her men have been, withheld from tho
and taxalinef?e.rall0D,,: lL,6 ,oun9 '
and taxation h luch would have become
dfminiT' iT J V-r6 t0, 1 larso extent-
mriJ "7i .7 """"j ' "r peopie to.reucrat armies and ol courso not or the
comply with the pecuniary demands of atratenv of il.Pir m,mn.n,u. . u
She would also liBvrt 1
necessarily interfered with and hampered '
air tho military action of the Government,
arid made herself to sohio extent respon-1
aibwwr anyrailures and short comings !
of tbo jvojicy thut deliberately adopted,
this State Jinn ste&dily devoted ber men
uuu .iuT VV.V.UHCU. 111 pursuance .
.. .i . . 1
to the ctnerul service. From tbo beeln-
uing she hat always been among the iirst
to rssnoud (o the calls of Ilia United
Stales, as is shown bjfber history from
the three months meo, and the Keserve
Corps, to tbe present women t. Thus
faithfully ful!il!iui ber oivn obligations.
ne uas a right to bo defended by tho Na
tional lorcf, as part of a common country.
Any othor view would ho absurd and un
just She of course csnnob cou'ipluiu
when tho tut'ors by the ueceSnary cor.tm-
goiicics or war.
ihe reflections that have in too mnnr
quarters beeu tuado upon the people of
tbo southern counties, ure moat unfound
ed. They were.iuvaded in 18G2. when a
Union army, superior to anv force of the
rebbls, (aod on which thev had a rinht of
courso to rely,) was lying in thtir immo-
umie vicinity, anu norm ot tuo rotomuc.
Thoy were again invaded in 18(53, after
tlio defeat of trie Union forces under Mil-
roy at WiOchester. and thev buve ncnin
suffered in 1804, after the defeat of the
Union forces under Crook and Averill.
liow could an agricultural people iu an
open country be expected to ris up sud-
uuiny anu beat buck hostile forces whicu
ucrauieU organizeu veteiau muiiuv --
Qovernment? It it, of course, expected
that tbe inhabitants of an invaded coun
try will do whfrt is in their power te'resist,
t .1. . , ! '
ius) icvauerox anu me iacis uereinaiter
tlUlod will show, I think, that the people -'"' threatened in lus rear and on his lelt
of those countiet have not failed in this 1 by the column which crossed at Sheppards
duty, town, he thereforo fell back upon Ureen
If Pennsylvania, by reason of her ceo-.castle.
graphical position, has required to be de-
raQdecl by the national lorcos, it uas only .
been against the common enemy- It has
never Leen necessary to weaken the army
in the held by sending henvy detachments
of veterans to save ber cities from being
devasted by small bands of ruffian com
posed of their own inhabitants, nor have
her people been disposed to sneer at tho
great mass of law abiding citizens in any
Male who have required such protection.
let wlten a brutal enemy, pursuing n de
feated body of Union forcoti, crosses our
border and burns a defenceless town, this
borrid bacbarity, instead of bring tho
heart of nil the people of our common
country, it actually in somequarters.mado :
the oceAsiort for mocks and jibes at tbo
unfortunate tuflerers, thousands of whom
hare been rendered honse ess : and these
heartlees scoffs proceod from the very
men who, when lho Stato authorities, for- j
Boeing the danger, were taking precau-,o
tionary measures, ridiculed the idea on
there boing any danger sneered at the
exortions to prenaro for ruoeline it. and '
tucceoded to some extent in thwarlioe'
their efforts to raise forces. TIipaa men
are themselves morally responsible for the'
calamity over which they now chuckle and
rub their hands.
H might have been lror edr-nav. we had
a right to expcot that tho peoplo of the
ioyai Mates, engaged in a common ellort
to Preserve their Unvnrnmnt and nil that
is rlcar to freemen, would have forgotten,
at least for a timo, their wretched local
jealousies, and sympathized with all their
loyal fellow-citizens, wherever resident
wilhin the bordcrtof our common country.
It should be rcmemDeied that the original
tout co of the present rebellion wai in such
jealousies encouraged for wicked purposes
by unscrupulous politicians, xue men
who for any purposo now continue to en
courage them, ougut 10 uo nciu up ni
publio enemies enemies 01 1110 ijuion
and peace, and thould bo treated as tucb.
Common feelings, common 'sympathies,
are the necessary foundations of a common
free Government.
I am proud to say that lho paoplo of
Pennsylvania feol every blow at any of
her sistor Stales, at nn assault upon
themselves; and give to them all that
hearty good will, tho expression of which
it sometimet more important under tho
infliction of calamity than mere malcriul
aid.
It it unnecessary to refer to the ap
proach of the rebel army up the Shenan
doah valley on the 3d day of July last to
the defeat of Gen. Wallace on the Monoc
acy, their approach to and the threatening
Of the Capital, or to their destruction of
Property and pillage of tho counties of
aryland lying on tho border. These
event have passed into history, and tho
re-nonsibilities will ba tettlcd by the
judgment of the people.
At that time, a can was mauo upon
Pennsylvania for volunteers to be muster
ed into the service of tbe United States
and "to terve for one hundred day in the
States of Pennsylvania and Maryland and
al Washington and Ht vjoinity." Not
withstanding the mbarrasBtnenU which
PEIUCIPLE8,
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17, 186k
I t lPaei "rM .'orun -a
ra .aoJ .muster, six reciments were en
Jl8lea .organized and a battallion of
ix companiei. 1 he regiments were with-
State, of Pennsylvania and uZ land nnd
"Bdt SUCb to t7e l?e
P"1!11!?''. A' rropo.ition did not
rrot,0 " jted,
r"' ?mef ?tanW lo include
oiomity. "
V .r n , .
OI luouorilor counties were warned and
removed thoir stock, rnd nt chaml-.
,burfe'LR,?J York "ere organised and armed
for their own oroteclion. 1 was not olli-
cia:'y 'ntormea of the movements of the
atAtfil in Ida
nrmv was closf-lv .,..,! r.. u 1...1
crossed tho Totomao and was retiring up
the va'dey of tho Shenandoah, liepeatecl
successes of our troops were also announc-
oti. anu tne neon or Hi sinia
1 i- - .. . .. ... f
"nu'o 10 ueueve tuut auita su licii'nt
federal lorce had been thrown forward
for its protection upon the line of the
Potomac.
On i'riday, tho 29tU of July, tho rebol
urigaaes 01 Johnson ami M'Causlnnd.
consisting of from L'.&OO to 3,000 mounted
iucn, with eix guns, crossed tbe Potomac
ut Clear Spring Ford. They commenced
crossing at tea o'clock a. in., and marched
clirectly on Mercersburg. There were but
forly-Cre men picketed in that direction,
under command of Lieut. M'Lean, U.S.A.,
and as the enemy succeeded in cutting
U'O telegraph communication, which from
Miat poiut had to pass west, by way of
JJodferd, 110 information could be sent to
Gi2n. Couch, by telegraph, who was then
at Chambersburg. The bend of (hie col
umn reached Chambcrsburg at o o'clock
u. ni., cn .Saturday, tho 30th.
The reiiel brigades of" Vaughn and Jack
son, nuulu'ering about 3.UJJ0 raounled
men, crossoa tbe 1 otomuc at about tbe
tame time at or near Williamsport ; part
of thecommnirej advanced on llagerMown,
the main body moved on the road leading
from Williamsport to Greencastlc. An-
oiuer reaei column ot miantry and ar-:
1:11 I...,,-. 1.
uaery croiseu ine ioiomac simultaneous-;
mdmn Ln.,..
ly at Slieppanlstoa'u, and moved towards
ed a force reduced to about ,10U mi'ii,
was i,t llagerstown, and beiQg threatened
hi front by Vaughn and Jackson, 011 his
right by M'Causlnr.d and Johnson, was
T 1 . . . :,i 1 1
Uon. Averill, it is understood, was un-
u - " uiuuisui unu, uuumr, uun
kept as fully advised by Uen. Couch as
was possible, of tho enemy's movements
en his right uud to his rear. Gen. Couch
was in Chainbersburj, where his entire
force consisted of 00 infantry, 45 cavalry,
and ascetian of a battery of artillery, in
all loss than 150 men. The six companies
of men enlisted for ono hundred days re
maining in the State, and two companies.
6f cavalry, bad, under orders from Wash
ington, (as I am unollicially infor.nej,)
joined Gen. Averill. Tiro town of Cham
bersburg was held until daf liht, by the
small lorce under Gen. Couch, during
which time the uovemuicnt stores and
trains were eaveu. ivro batteries tvere
then planted by (lie enemy commanding
tuo town, and it was invested by the
whole conmaud of Johnson and M 'Caus-
land. At 7 o'clock a. tn., cix companies
unmounted men, commanueu uy
svecr;y, entered the lown, toiioweu oy
mounted men under Gillmoio. The maid
force was in line ot battle. A demand
w8 for $100;000in gold, or $500,000
in Government funds, as ransom, and a
number of citizens weie arrested and held
as hostages for it payment. No oiler of
money was mado by the citizens of tho
town, and oven if they bad any intention
of paying a ransom, no time was allowed,
at tho rebels commenced immediately to
barn and pillage the lown, disregarding
the appeals of women and children, the
aged and infirm, and even the bodies of
the dead were not protected notu iueir
brutality. It would have teen vaio for
all tho citizens of the town, if armed,
to have attempted, in connection with
Uon, Couch's small force, to defend it.
Gen. Couch withdrew his command, and
did not himself leave until the enemy were
actually in the town. Gen. Averill s com
mand being within nine miles of Cham
bcrsburg, it was hoped it would arrive in
timo to save the town, and etlbrls were
mado during tho night to communicato
with him. In tho meantime the small
force of Gen. Couch held tho enemy at
bay. Gen. Averill marched on Chambers
burg, but did not arrive until after tho
enemy had retired. He pursued and over
took them at M'Connellsburg, in Fulton
county, in timo to save that place from
pillngo and destruction, Ho promptly
engiigcd and defeated them, driving them
lo Hancock Mid across the Potomac.
1 commend the houseless and ruined
people of Chambeisburg to the liberal
bcnevolenco of the Legislature, and sug -
gest that a suitable apptoprialion be made j ogainst any cavalry force that might as
ter thoir relief. Similar charity has been gauit it. 500 citizent of York, irrespoct
hcretofore exercised in the case of an ac-j iveof party, volunteered, were armed, and
cidental and destructive fire at Pittsburg, wenl down to the Northern Central rail
and I cannot doubt tho disposition ol the road to puard the bridges or hold their
Legislature on tho present occaion. town. This is Haled In order to show you
On the 6th day of this month a loreo that the "border citizens" are beoinnini
rebel array was in Maryland and at vari-
Dill nninla nn i K a P-l Aman bsi fu.i Bant n
ou points on tbe Potomao so far west as
.New Lreek, and as there was no aduquate
force withisi the Slate I deemed it my du-
ty on that day to call forThirlr Thou-and'
volunteer Militia, tor domestic protect-
ion. They will be armed, Iransportedand t
supplied by the 'United States, but, as bo'
not MEN.
" ! P-ision i.ado for thoir
will be necessary,,
payment, it
tdd you approve mv
action, to make 1
purpose
s'ptBrtiation for that
Feeling it to boTthe duty oithe (Jeneral
uuiriuuicui 10 uuoru full
imentto allbrd full tl(.;
me peo
ty the defence of the line of tho Potomac.
1 united with Governor Bradford in the
following letter to tho rrosideut, dated
July 21st, 4. d. 1864
State or Marvland, Execitivk Dei-V, J
ANifAi-oLis, July 2f. 1804. f
Hia Taii."r- .kt,.uai i.iucoiu, j. resi
dent of the United States ;
Sir : The repeated raid Hitman I Ita P.-i. :
lomac river made by portions of the rebel
army, and the extent of tho damage they
have succeeded so frequently in indicting,
have most injuriously cUeeted the people
of Maryland and Pennavlv.mi.i ;.. n,h
neighborhood of that river, and many of
men,, Jt 19 oeueveu, as the only security
against such lowes in the future, are seri
ously considering the propriety of aban
doning their present hotnei and scekin"
safety nt the North. 0
It seems to us that not merely in this
sectionul view of tho case, but in ita na
tional relations, tho security of this bor
der line betweun theloval nml rl,iiiniia
oiutes 19 nn OlMOCt lUstl villi' nm rmnir.
ingii disposition of a portion ol thu na
tional force with 011 oarm.iul i n.
defence. The Potomac river can only be
crossed in its ordinary stato of water at
some five or six lords, and we prorose to
enlist from our respective States a vnlun.
teer force that shall Up BiiMir;...it tj 1 1 It tlin
uidofthe fortifications, whicb the foice
itself can speedily construct, to effectual
ly guard them nil
We ask the Government that the re
cruits so raised shall bo credited to the
quotas of out several Slates on tho call
last made, and bo armed: enuinnnd nn.l
supplied as other volunteers iu the ser
vice.
We nre atvaro that
founded ohiocliona exist tn iIip on iu f nt on t
of a force to be exclusively used for home
or local defence, but wo regard such aser-
viuu us wo now suggest us
(1 li ft a rt.tr I innnl
I pneA nrul t Ka rtn.,...Li. . p . 1 .
Vofou tamte .f a SZ
ui iupc-riauce '"'"-u nauin
I Soo'n aftef tbe oulbreak of lhij rebellion
j ihe iu)portance of a special defence o he
Wtt8 recornizfld ho D, ri '" " ..
"e w Ull UIO Upper 1O10U1CC
the Hon. Francis Thomas, of Maryland
ments with a view lo lho prbTection of ihs
counties on cither side ol that river.
These regiments weio raised, but the sub
sequent exigencies of the service required
their employment elsewhere, and they
therefore afford at present no particular
security to that region beyond other troops
in tho service
The necessity, wa think, for 6omosuch
peculiar provision has now become "so ob
vious that we would, wkh great respect,
but most earnestly urge upon your Ex
cellency, tho expediency of nccoeding to.
thoiitfgeBtiona we have made, and we
will immediately set about raising the for
ces required, and we have no doubt lhev:
will bo promptly procured,
"Wo havo the houor to be with great res
pect, yodr obodieht servnDt",
(Signed) A. V. BRADFORD,
A. G. CUKTIX.
The following letter from tho Assistant
Adjutant General, dalod August 1st, a. p.,
is the only reply received by mo up to
mis lime :
War Department.
, I
iiil.j
Awi'tavt General's OrncE,
Washington, I). C, August 1st. lstji
11 in Excellency, tho Governor of Pcnn.xyl
vania, unrnsuurg, i'enn a:
Sir: 1 havo the honor to acknowledge,
the receipt of the joint letter from your
self hnd tho Governor of Maryland, dated
July 21, 1804, asking authority to raise a
volunteer force in your respective States,
to be exclusively used for homo or local
defence, and for guarding tho fords of the
Potomac.
In reply, I nra directed by the Secreta
ry of War to inform you that tho proposi
tion has been fully considerod, and that
the authority asked for cannot bo granted.
In this connection please seo tho net of
Congress, approved February 13, 1S02, as
promulgated in General Orders No. 15,
series of 1802, from this office.
I have the honor to remain, sir, vory
respectfully, your obedient servant.
(Signed) THOMAS M. VINCENT,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Hi.-Similar letter tent Ms Excellcnry,
inc .iovcrnor pj .naryianu ltis dan:
How tho reason given for tho refusal to
acton this proposition, can be made con
sistent with the enlistment of men forone
hundred days, to serve in Pennsylvania,
Maryland and nt Washington, and vicini
ly, it is hard to perceivo.
On this suggestion made by citizens of
tho border counties, tho following com-
munication ciaieu July, NO-i, was
mado by Major Gonerul Couch to tho Sec
retary of War:
llEAlxlLAUTERS, Dep't SlSQlrElIANNA, )
Jlirridurn, Pa., July 22, 180 1. J
1on. FJuiin M. Stanton, Secretary 0 'ar.
Sir: During tho recent raid into Ma
ryland, the citizens of Chanibersburg turn
ed out with the determination to stand by
i the few soldiers present, and hold the town
t0 realize that by united action they have j
t t. an H.ni..i iL 1 .
. the ttrensth to protect themtelves against
n ordinary raiding party. Enclosed, I
invite your attention to a letter addressed
tn tlin Gavnrnnr. lAffnth with i,; .
dorsemont upon the subioct of formini n I
special corpt from tho six border counties (arming and equipping such a force cannol
mott exposed. If 10,000 men can lb us U( bo correctly aseerlained, but the Cjuarter-
TERMS:
NEW
organized, its existence would be a pro
tection and give conlider.co,
Para informed that the general senii
ment of the people in question U in fivor
01 Bnmp lim.. imi.... .
.,1 i-, s ""'"fa ni onco, and sa
.vwu,mcuu turn uie war Department
encourage the movement by atttborwine
tbe loan orissuo of uniforms, provided tho
law in question is enacted.
it is netieved Hint the new militia
of this State will nrnntiz-rtii.. .... .
i.
vaiue. excepting tbal an enrollment will
rill
probably be mado.
o,i, vliv (oxpoeuu V. vour o hndi-
cntservunt, (Signed) L ".c "u , i"10"1 army or fifteen
j rni-rrr r,ln!'-,'' would involve an annual cx
Mai. Gen;ComdV H k'l '1'C?l,Jllu,'0 "f ,J10") U'tcea millions of
'nuwAmu S s, 8 1 ' dollar--, and any smjiler fo.cn would bo
S riT" ""adequate. Tim plan which I havo
A true copy re.Vv fuinthp.1 L S woM. 1 R-vt tho
the information of his Jixcollenev. Govm-.'
nor A. G. Curtiu.
JXO.S. SCHULTZE,
, , A'-s't Adj't General.
On the samo day I approved in wriiing
of the proposition, nnd cxpierd my opin
ion thut the Legislature Would pa'san act
in accordance with it at its adjourned
session on tho 2.!d of August. I am fur-
niHiica wiin an olhtiulcopy of Ihe follow
ing reply, dated August l.lbGI, to tho
proposition of Gen. Couch ;
Copy.
Waii DiVr, Adj't Uu.MinAt's Orrics, )
, Washington, D. C, Aug. I, mi,
.l.y. Gen. 1). X. Couch, Cmmuiullry, dc.,
Jhtrrislury,
Gonerul; I have lho honor (o acknowl
edge the receipt of your letteruf the 22nd
of July, relative to the Uoited States pro
viding uuiforms for a Special Corps " of
militia from certain border counties of
Pennsylvania.
Iu reply, I am directed lo inform you
that lho subject has been carefully consid
ered by the Secretnry of War, who cannot
sanction the issue of clothing in question.
I am, General, very respectfully, your
obedient servant. (Sinned )
Til OS. M. VINCENT,
Ass't Adj't 'General.
'IlEAUqi-nTEnst, Dei-'t Si s'ji kha',
Jlnrrisbur, August fctb, IStU. )
A true copy renpectlully furnished for
tho informal ion of Lis Excellency, Gover
nor A. O. Curtin.
JNO. S.SCIIULT'K,
Ass't Adj't Gen.
in each of lho three years, 1802, 1803
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Villi IIIU III 1 1 1 1 111. llir 1118 lluleilCU uf
the State, tond this has buen done with lho
assent and a-sistanco of the General Gov
ernment, tiom tho
fiom the want of organization
arc havo been obliged to relv exclusively
ou the volunteer militia, and with fe.v ex
ceptions to organize them anew for each
oocasion. This has caused confusion and
a loss of valuable time, and has resulted
in sending to tho field bodies of men in a
great measure undisciplined. Tho militia
bill pns-cd at Ihe last session is 1 think
lor ordinary timos tho best bill wo ever
had ; but under the existing extraordina
ry circumstances, it seems lo require mod
ifications. I suggest that tho assessors lo
directed to make an immdiateonrollmenf.
ciassiiying the militia as may bo thought
tesi
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lai me oinceis hoappointei bv tho
Governor, on the lecommcn.lation, ap- well being of our bravo volunteers in in
proved by him , era board of examination, question. In my epecinl niessa.-o of 30th
composed of thr-o Major Gencr.ils for April lust. I staled the circumstance at
each division, of whom tho Major 'leneral tending the advance or bauks und other
of the division fchtlll bo ono, tho Other two corporations, of fundi for the payment ol
io bo designated by tho Governor, from the rnilitiu called out in 18C.;:. jnconso
adjoining divisions, or in such other modo quence lho Legislature passed tha act of
as the Legislature may think fit ; that in -1th May, 101, authorizing a loan for the
all cases the officers'shall bo selected by 'purpose of refunding, with iutorust, tho
preference from olllccrs nndrr.cn who , amount thus advance J, iu ca;s Confess
havo 'been in service, and shall have been ' should fail to muko tho nccojsary appro
honorably discharged by lho UnitcdStates, ' priatiot, ut its then current Fusion. 1
and that eireclual provision bo mado for regret to say that Con-rrss atljou-ned
drafting tho fnilitia Ivheu required. Tho ' without making such appropriation,
recommendation in regard to appoint- Tho balance in tho Tie.isury bora-
ments is mauo to avow the angry ilisscn.
lions, anu. loo o inn. nn : le.i n.ni,inii
which divide military organizations by tho
election of olhcers, and lo securo the ser
vices of tho most deserving and competent
lii eh.
The election of officers in tho volunteer
forces in tho Held hai been found to be in
jurious to tho servico, while promotions
by seniority, and appointments of merito
rious
private.", has produced harmony and
lated to faith fulness. In tho enlinl -
stiinu
ment of new organizations the plan ador
led of grnuting authority to officers to re
cruit compauies has been found to bo the
best policy. I also recommend that tho
Governor ba authorized to form (either by
tho acceptutico of voluntoors or by draft
in such parts of the Stato as ho may deem
expedient) a special corps of militia to
consist in duo proportion of cavalry, ar-
lillery and infantry, to bo kept up to the
full number of fifteen regiments, to be
slylcd " Minute Men," who shall bo sworn
and mustered into tho 'service of the Stato
for three years ; who shall assemblo for
drill at such times nnd places as he may
direct, who shall bo cloihad, armed anil
equipped by tho State, and paid whe"n bv
sembled for drill or called into seryioe,and
who shall at all times bo liablo to be call
ed into immodiate servico for tho defenco
of tho State, indepondeut of the rcmiin -
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uvr ji mo iiiiiiiiii.
As this forco would be subject lo sudden
calls, the larger part of itshoulJ beorr-in'-
izod iu the counties lying on our extreme
border, and as the poople of theso coun
ties have mote persoual interest in their
protection, the rccommendution is mado
to authorize tho Governor to designate tho
part of the State io which it should bu
raised and to avo the timo and expense
of transporting troops from remote parts
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of the Slate and the subsistence and
in going to and from the border.
A body of men so organized will, it is
bclioved, be effective to prevent raids and
inan minus. The exnentet of clothini!.
tl 50 Per Annua, if paid in advance.
SEUIES-VOL. V.-N O.
5.
( master General has been directed lomako
I approximate entimalcs for jojr imforma
I Hon, which will be iudependotit of pay
The State should provido at leai-t six
rour-gun batteries of field artillery with
an no modern impiovomenta.
lho suggestion bai bee.11 frequently
made by uniellecting pcrsonsthat thoStaU.
i.houI ruwoaforcoandkeepitpermaneni-
I ' " "V',u 11 r uer ueienco. Apart from
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' .u.. .l ii 10 im ouservea
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, ue quite ueyouu Wo present ubility of tho
Stilt,'
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1 . 1. . . 1 l.T?1-'0". "." H?e Lc-
, ..uio snuun mini- into adopt it,
tint
expense can bo readily provided for by
Having an organized force under thu
control of the authorities of theStnLn.
I mustered into service for domicile prolec
jtion, wo would not ai heretofore, losotimo
I" arranging for transportation and sup
plies with the Natiocnl Government,
when it beiMtno necessary to call ' it iut.
, T 1 V . " "l,u Wirouguly orga.iizod, it
should be in all iu appointments an army
which could bo incu-aued by draft nudj
from our enrolled and rlas.-sfied citizen.
Tbo plan which 1 havo above sjgestod
m the i t-Milt of reflection and exporUucj
which I have had dining tho last thrno
yt-ars, and I havo folt it o bo my duly to
submit it for your consideration." Of tho
purpose! of providing for the cllectual de
leiice of tho Slate, I of courso cuuaot,
doubt your approval. Jfthe Legislature,
should prefer lho adoption of any olhor
plan more eSici.mt, and econoiuical, than
the ono which I hate htiein i)roiOf.ed, it
will give me ploaure to co-operato heart
ily in carrying it iuto odeot.
Iu accordance with the act of Jlify 4th
18C1. I havo appointed for lh Easter u,
armies Col. F. Jordan as nent at Wash
ington, nnd Liout. Col. Junius Gilliland
as Asfistaiit Agent at that plane ; nd al
so for the Southwestern armies Lieut. Col.
James Chamberlia a Agent at Nashville.
Theso A genu aro now actively fcngad
in the performance of their duties, aii'd iu
is desirable that our peoirfo should Lo
aware that a pnrt nf them consist in lho
j giatuitous collection of ull claims by renn-leinmcnU-
Volunteers having claims on.
! fithrr iJ iT'i'tn (Invoriu iu
them collected through these n-unla wiLh.
out expense, und Urns 1m rcsejecd from
the oxinrtionh lo which it is feared they
hiivofcouiutiiiiea horetofoie Leen sul jocled.
Haying received infonnuliou Irons thu
ngenu of the .-tato that our sick and
woutufod were nuflering greatly from thu
want of comforts and even necossutios, 1
havo been recently compelled to cad ou
the; people to contribute supplies mainly
in kind for their reiiel', und it give tno
pleasuro lu say Hint this appeal has been
cheerfully responded to, ls have beeu all
my former appeals to the same end.
It Mi nmH iitiiiikhuil.li, i,. iwl.n..t., t:t...u
I - .i .v,., tv v.uuuoi inn iiui'l
.ntvr.l' ill 1 1 irfiMiirniu itom.1,1 n. ! . si...
found sufficient lo reimburse tho (Und so
advanced, without unduly diminishing thu
Sinking Fund, I havo deemed it ndvisablu
not to udvnriiso for proposals for the loan,
and recommend the paesnge of an acldi
looting tho payment to be mado out of
the moneys in tho Treasury.
As the omission of Congress to act on
this subject involved an unprecedented
disregard of Ihe good faith of the National
I Bullion! ie.-, I recommend that lho Legie,
. lature lako measures for procuring an
procuring an
appropriation at the next session of Con
gress Tho revenue bill passeJ at the last ses
sion has boon found to bo defectivo in
sovenil points, and I loeomrneud a careful
uud iminaiiiato revision of it.
The bounty bill pne.l al the lott session
jmany of its pr-visions, and from the man
is lOmul to bo dcioctive und umustin
nor in winch it is administered in somo
parts of tho Stale, oppressive on tho peo
ple. I iherofoio ricjuiuiund c.tufal
levision of it.
A lho present session has been culled
for tho consideration of matters of vital
public importance, I recommend thoia to
your earnest and exduMVo nttuntion.
A. G. C'CJMTN.
f5yTi!E i.ublieation office of tho CM-
1 ra at Fniderick. Jim been colored, and
I. - . r..ia It inohmnn r Vr.
its tirotirieto.-s, aiessrs, isaU'Miman Mor
ris, nro under arrest. They will hi tent
South.
rfuA coTSurovar hopea Washington
will bo out of danger somo day. It can
not be ivhile this administration la there.
-a?TiiK yWsays New York smells so.
badly that people cannot livo tluro. It
is a ycry oUonsivo city in many respects.
&tfTwo huadred thousand acros of
laud ia Ireland hai Leoj pormitcd tu full
to waste and sterility the past yjr.
tf&.K nnisru paragraph tho sjato
ment Uiat IOj.OLK) patieuti aro In tlio mil
Uiry hospilais.
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