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j VOL. XXXVIII. WHOLE
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MESSAGE
OF
j EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
f Hariustiuik;, Pa., Jan. 30, 'GO
I To the Senate and House of Rcpracn
I tatives of the Commonwealth of Venn-
sylvania :
I Gentlemen : We have cause to be
I thankful to Divine Providence for the
1 blessings of peace within our borders,
1 abundant crops, unanimity among our
people, and that thus this Common
's wealth has been enabled to'do her full
duty to the couutry, to herself and to
posterity.
I apprised 3ou in my message of the
I 27th November, 18G5, and delivered to
; you at the beginning of your session
of tho necessity under tho pressure of j
whicu 1 was compelled, ior mo resio-
ration of my health, to sojourn for a;
i time in a warmer climate. 1 return
I cd from Cuba refreshed and invigora-
ted, and have resumed the discharge
of my public duties. I cannot omit
f to Rcknowledgo, with profound grati
tude, tho kind, considerate and affec
tionate course w hich you pursued du-
? ring my constrained absence. A heavy
addition has been thus made to the
s dobt which I already owed to the pco-
iloofthe Commonwealth and their
iepresentatives.
I The bal. in tho Treasury,
Nov. SO, 18C4 $1,912,203.03
Iieceipta during fiscal yr.,
ending Nov. 30, 1805 619,589.07
Total in Treasury for fiscal
v yr.endingNov.30,lb65 8,162,193.30
Tho pa yinonts for same pe
riod havo been . r o,7Si,525.16
Bal. in Treas. Nov. 30 'C5 2,373,003.14
' The operations of the sinking fund,
daring the year ending on tho first
Monday of September last, as stated i T? ! '"I T 1 , , a T
in my proclamation, were as follow.:! "7 l?!'0 ,n ! Auditor
Amount of debt reduced, $745,811.20, rS'li '"r ! "i" mttnm"r-
as follows, viz
Five per cent
Coupon loan
War loan
Interest certificates
Domestic creditors
4C6,S24.02
230.000.00
70,400.00
2,008.04
578.00
The discrepancy between tho reduc
tion of tho public debt, as shown by
the statement at tho close of tho fiscal
year, and that in my proclamation at
tho closo of tho sinking fund year,
I arises from tho fact, that tho ono clo
I eos on tho first Monday of September,
tho other on tho 30th day of Novem
ber. , Amount of the public debt of Penn
sylvania, as it stood on tho first day
of December, 1S04, 839,379,003.91.
Amount redeemed at the State
Treasury, during tho fiscal year end
ing with November 30, 105, viz :
Vive per cent, stocks $1,703,517.8
4 per cent, stocks . 20,000.00
Domceticcrcditorsccrt'fs. 578 00
Jlil'y. loan, act May 1501 179,250.00
1.003,345.88
rcV.ic dobt, December 1, L j5, -37,-470,258
06. ,
Assets in tho Tre.isur)':
Bonds Tenn'a. railroad
company $0,700,0000.00
Bonds Philad'a. h Erio
railroad company 3,500,000.00
Interest on bonds Phil'a.
k Erie railroad co.
?asb in Treasury
1,050,000.00
2,373,008.14
13,023,003.14
r
liabilities in
assets
excess of
23,852.583.92
-liabilities in excess ofas
r fcts Nov. 0, 1800 $20,40S,108.94
-Jabilitit'sin excess of as
sets, Nov. 30, 18C5 23,852,589.92
Improvement in condition
of tho Treasury sinco
Nov. 30, J800
2,255,579.02
By 1,ho report of tho Stato Tronxnr
er, it will bo observed that the evtrn.
ordinary expenditures growing out of
xno war, not refunded by tho General
Government, havo been $4,028,027.21.
This includes tho direct tax paid to
the U. S. by the Stato, which is not
ro-.mburRablo. In flic balance is in
eluded the $071,176.43 paid to the mil
itia, which, with a good portion of the
remaining expenditure, is clearly due
the Stat from- tho GcncraJ Govern
ment. .
The ncnoRsify of extraordinary ex
penditure having ceased with tho sup
pression of tho lato rebellion, measures
fhonld be taken to' ;6xnmine our re-1
NO. 1C05.
sources, and relieve, ns fur as
the heavy burdens to which our people
are subjected.
It has been the habit of lute years,
to ajipropriato freely, r.tintuil nuns for
the support of loeul charities; and
such appropriations arc almost every
year increased in number and amount.
Houses of refuge, institutions for the
deaf and dumb, and for tho blind, lu
natic asylums these appear to mo to
be proper objects of State bounty, bo
onuso few cf them arc .Fufllcient for
the whole S.'titc, and to leave them to
bo provided far b the local authori
ties would, n tact, ho to deprive ot
protection tne unlortunato classes lor. brief lnno assumed,
whoso benefit tho are designed. lut M3 confidence- in Pennsylvania, in
mero local charities, however merito-jher even, yet stubborn will", her abili
rious and effective, should, I think, boy and resources, has been fully justi
left to tho Buppovt of tho boucvolent ' tied by the manner in w hich she- has
parties who establish them. ' done her duty during the late eveiit-
Jt is unjust that iho pcoplo ot tlio
Commonwealth shall be coerced to pay
taxes in order tnat part ot the monej
so raised may be given to the support
of local charities, conducted by lri-
vate associations, especially when it
is remembered that hitherto but a
small proportion of tho private- than-
lies in mo muio navo aMceu jor cutn
appropriation.
, ,
above specified.
i rccommcnu, incrciore, mat no np- vania yicldeif to no Stato in her rc
propriation bo made for charities, be- .pect for and w illingness to protect,
yond tho institutions which I Lave bv all needful truarantees. tho oonsti-
Tho taxes at present laid on cor- dependence of her sister States, no
porations arc unequal, and to a certain contemplated attempt to resist the
extent thereby unjust. I recommend enforcement of the National law could
the subject to the attention of tho Log- meet withsympathy orciicoiiraement
islature, with a view to a revision of from the people of this Common wealth,
the system. j and asked for authority and means to
Within a few years, acts havo been organize a military bureau at the cap-repeatedlj-passed
directing the fTpen- itnl. and to soimend and modify the
diture of as much money as may bo militia laws as to give vitality and
necessary to effect named purposes, energy to the military organizations
sometimes without clearly designating of tho State. On the 12tli day of the
by whom the inonc' is to bo expend- samo month, I signed a bid providing
cd, or how the accounts are to bo ex- for tl.o purposes indicated in my mcs
amined. This custom is very recent,' sago.
and has already led to abuses. It will be remembered that this pa-
I recommend that tho practice bo triotic action of the legislature oeeur
corrcclcd, and that no appropriation ' red before it was known that hostili
bo mado without having the exact sum tics had actually commenced and is
appropriated, tho specified purposo to believed to bo tho first official action
which it is applied, and designating by tho authorities of an- Slate, or by
tho officer by whom tho money is to tho National Legislature.
'diturcs by tho Stale for military pur-
jkiscs, since mo oreaKing out oi tno
s, since the breaking out of the
rebellion, tho condition of tho Treas-; regiments, to servo threo months, un
ury Is now $2,555,579.12 better than it less sooner discharged. With unsur
was then, and I nm proud to bo able' passed alacrity and earnest r.ess, vol
to stato further, that on tho 1st da)" untecrs answered to this call, in such
of December, 1805, the State debt was numbers as manifested tho intuitive
$192,938.00 less than it was on tho ' conviction of tho people, that the inon
lst of January, 1801. These are tru-.! strous wickedness which had conceiv
ly gratifying facts. I ed an armed rebellion against tho Con-
Under these circumstances, it may stitution and the laws, could not be
bo possible, with entire safety to our suppressed but by a colossal forco.
finances, lo reduce or even repeal tho j Major Genera"! llobert Patterson
ordinary Stato tax of two and a was assigned, by tho General Govern
half 'mills on real estate. Tho tax Of ment, to a command, which included
one-half mill laid by the act of May I tho forces raised in Pennsylvania.
15, 18Cl,wns by that net expressly! Within a week after the call of the
pledged for the repayment of the loan President, communication with Wash
of $3,000,000, thereby authorized, and ington was almost entirely cut off.
of course cannot bo repealed or ro- General Patterson, prompted by the
duc?d until that repayment shall havo necessities of the situation, made, on
been made. I recommend this sub- tho 25lh of April, a requisition upon
ject to tho careful and deliberate con-' mo for twc,iity-five additional rogi
sidcralion ami judgment of tho Login-1 mcnts of infantry and ono of cavalry,
lalure, and if it should be found that to bo forthwith mustered into thescr
thc tax can be repealed, I recommend vice of tho United Slates. Un b r this
that all laws authorizing tho levying requisition, 1 accepted, from amongst
of local taxes on bonds, mortgages, tho many pressing toMie admitted into
loans and all property of that kind the service, n sufficient number ofeom
be also repealed. Such a repeal would panics to fill it : caro being taken to
largely cneourago tho investment of allow to each count, up nearly as pos-!
capital in this State, and add bunions- siblc, a fair representation. Onbydev
ly to tho wealth of tho State, whilo.cn regiments, however, in addition to
tho local authorities would hmo very ' the fourteen called for by tho Prosi
httle, as it is notorious, that from tho dent, wcro orirunizod and miiUm-mi
difficulties of assessment, they rcccivo
very nuio irom llioso sources. i (icn. Patterson was countermanded
In caso oftuch repeal, 1 recommend by, him, under instructions from tho
tho adoption of some effectual mens-. War Dopnrtmcnt.
urts for enforcing correct returns of. On tho 14th day of May, 1 SOI, tho
such objects of taxation, with appro- Secretary of Wur, in a letter eon'imu
priute penalties for tho neglect or re-' nicaling the plan of organization, for
fusal to make them. (three year regiments, confirmed' the
I make theso recommendation: bo- revocation of the order in tho follow
lieving that it will lead to more equi- ing language: "Ten regiments are
tablo local taxation, and to greater unsigned to Pennsylvania? making, in
economy in their disbursement. ! addition to tho thirteen regimen" of
Many acts aro on our statute books.' three months militia, already called)
incorporating companies for various for, t wenty-threo regiments. It isi
purposes, which companies havo never important to reduce, rather than cn-!
been organized or gone into operation.' large this number, and in no event to
I recommend that all such acts be ro-'exceed it Let mo earnestly recoin
pealed by a general law, and that pro-1 mend fo you, therefore, to call for no
vision bo mado that in future every moro than twenty-threo regiments, of
"i-i 11111110117.1112 a cornorauon snai
1 , , I
.1...H orniio
within a limited time.
Sinco my last annual messago the
spun which animated our nconle nt
the ou,..,et of tho rebellion has never ,
finL'Lred : nnd wo run Hut li.uk . i i
ji.K.e.m.a8usiHci.on.to tba part t-l
..:.ij J , . . ... .
Mill u 'I I MI, nrillOil TrontiAii line I ,rr t I ..... r nui. . 1 -. I
broiKdit in n ,.lrt-A f)r,i.i I m i...r 1 ... ' . . I .. . ,v"u" wvt '1 "n tTeiriuiiig -io,- lliiail! ry,
V ' - - ---v.. ...... .-vv.( M1ry.1v r l,t L.J. VW 111 I M INt'll ' i f 11 1 0 II ' III fTl T B fit liln n. 4 M d Z t ii
f,.;i.n7;V. i '-v-; ie nru-.roi our pco io was unabated. . ;j,H ri,0 Wt.,.w putinservice. and vn-'of artillerv 1
11 101 uons mado in 1 ennsylvama to Many of the comnan en. lindpr m t- nr. ilnr I lm lfn ,....1 1 A. . 1 , h. . e .1
the National armv but a f uv of ihe".! h.t .v' " . . , Yfji 1 V ' . ",:""PU " "V 01 "7- .
men now remain in the service: Th 1 , I ,.7 " .. Z V. '7.. -1 "Z"?' MX ?"uncS
. 1. . - H, vii 1 p iiiiiii in 1 - 111 .1 tit m ih 11 11 r mm rw iriirn t rti
miNCIPLE3,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
ken ly this Pir.lo in aiding to main-( try, and anticipating that, in case- of strength of 1, 858 officers and men.
tain the unity of tho Government, and rcver.se. to our arms, tho border of it will bo remembered, that the ard
in its defence against tho assaults of Pennsylvania would bo the portals to or and promptness of our peoplc.undcr
its enemies. ; tho rich granaries, manufactories and such trying circumstances, in pressing
In my first inaugural address, 1 store-Louses of the North, I deemed the troops forward, was such as to
took occasion to declare that Pennsyl-( it niydnty to convecuo tho Legisla- call from the President especial
vauia would, under any -cireumstan-'turc, that adequate provision might thanks, and to request me to express
ces, render a full and determined sup- bo made to enable mo to render tho ' them to tho people of tho Slate,
port of the free institutions of tho military power of tho State as avaiia- During tho year 1 803. forty-throo
Union. Tho p,cdgo so mado was bio and efficient as it should bo.for the thousand and forty-six (43, 040) men
based npon my knowledge of the solid , common defence of tho State and the WCPe furnished for tho service, princi
patnotum other citizens. At that i Gene-;d Government; and acccrrting, !pav to fill re-iments in tho field
time danger threatened but" no one on Iho 2Cth of April, 18(51, issued m.'
H 111 ll'lim f i 1 t i-i t If u-in lit Iii-i.ii I.- i.r h nvric ii mutian Tjlm,, ,. i f . . J O
' r " ,
ni nimueim , nor iiiul u wuiuu iji uw
j to fiucli fearful proportions
as it in a
lul period
On the request of tho President of
tho United States, I made a commu-
ideation to the Legislature on the t'lh
' day of April, Isij,' Bi tting forth that
military organizations ot a formidable
character, which did not seem to bo
demanded by any existing public exi
genev, liau be
en lormeu in certain ol
tho Slates, and I hat. ivliilf-t. Ptiii1.
. . . . , .. ...... . ..j.
tutional rights and constitutional in-
!r ' ! , y ine TC8,lcnl
for rooj.s to aid ... 6unj.rcSb.ii- the
T' waslonrt,, $t of April,
and that of this number, tho quota of
l'ennsvlvama was settled at
rennsvlvarna was settled at fourteen
into tho service, before tho order of
w no i on v ten nm in
mT v .-ti,v UUllli.umui
Icharce."
The twenty-five regiments raised as
mnzaiinn- itlinmn .nu;. 1
peso, and by contributions from their
ai... .....1 1. , . 1
Jnthc critical condition ofth coun-
not
WEDNESDAY, FEU. 7, 1CCG.
u, 7," ." lu uiigui
i liiu uenerui wvpsoniuiv. on tno :atn. Ii .m
, me same month.
J ,
In my message to tho Legislature
at its opening, I recommended tho
imniediato organization, disciplining
and arming of at least fifteen reg
munta, cxclusivo of those called into
tho service of tho United States.
Tho Legislature acted prompth
upon this suggestion, and mado full
provision for its effectual accomplish
ment. Tho result was the early and
completo organization, clothing equip
ping and equipment of tho Pennsyl
vania llcservc volunteer corps, with
its thirteen regiment of infuntrj-, one
of light artillery, and ono of cavalry,
under tho supervision of George A.
M'Call, w ho was selected to command
it, with tho commission and rank of
Major General. This corns contained
15,S51 men, and tho whole expense of
raising, coming, snbr-isting and pay
ing them, until their entry into the
United States service, was $55,441 87.
They were encamj-cd in different parts
of tho State, excepting two of tho
regiments, commanded by Colonels
Charles j. Biddle and Seneca G. Sim
mons, aud two batteries of artillery,
under tho command of Colonel Charles
T. Campbell, which, at tho request of
tho War Department, wcro sent on
tho 22d of Juno, 1801, to tho relief of
Colonel Wallacc,at Cumborland.Mary
land, and remained for about six weeks
ihere, and in Western Virginia, en
gaged in active operations. Towards
tho close of July the whole corps was
called for and taken, on n requisition,
into the sen ice of tho United States.
Within four days after tho disaster at
Bull I'un, eleven regiments, in nil re
spects ready for active service, were
in Washington and Baltimore.
The troops sent to West Virginia
wero re-called, and with the other two
regiments of tho corps, forwarded to
Washington.
On tho 20th of July, 1801, the Sec
rotary of War expressed his gratifi
cation and thanks for the prompt re
sponse from Pennsylvania.
Tho wisdom of tho Legislature in
providing for tho formation of this
corns, for the Interests of tho State
and nation, was fully shown by sub
sequent events. Most of tho men who
filled its ranks had been accepted by
mo under tho call for twenty-five reg
iments, which was afterwards rescind
ed. , They had left their families and
homes under the deep senso of duty to
theirconntry.nnd to havo sent them
back unaccepted would have caused
serious difficulty in making future en
lisitmenU. By net of Congress of 22-1 and 25th
of July, ls1, tho President wns au
thorized to call upon the several States
for volunteers to serve for three years.
Under this authority requisitions, were
mado on (his State, and fourteen reg
iments wero promptly furnished. In
tho meantime aiitliorilies bad been
granted by the President and tho War
Department to a number of individu
als to raiso regiments in different parts
of tho State, w hich seriously interfer
ed with tl.o. notion of theStatennthor
itits in filling requisitions regularly
mndo under tl. acta of Congress.
The embarrassments arising from
this conflict of authorities becamo at
length so serious that 1 was const rain-
ca to ran tno attention ot tho Presi -
.1 .. i . rwr . , I
dei. t and Secretary of ar to the sub-
if ft lw a nnmitinn n.l An ,1.1. ' ,1..'
.11 "V
eonimun.cnuon, aatea IHO
IstofAiiirusf, lSGl.nndon iho "5.1,
fk;,m r.ii,..;n. 1 1 . .
of Sep. following.and order was issued
requiring these independent regiments
-ei.cr, and placing
10 rej.ort to tbo (.overnci, aud placing ' nn, twentv-three regiments and fivo
t hem under his authority and control, j unattached companies of cavalry, for
Acting under this order, ninny of the ninety days; one battalion of inli.ntry '
independent regiments wore tilled tipono battalion of ciivalry, and four in- ,
other, consolidated and evonty,., Z !
regiments, with an aggregate strength threo months ; three regiments Jf cav-'
itwa 1 mC"' WU ,,U""l'Uy 8ca''T;fwobattalionsof infantry, audi
,ttho,earl,,l2 a draft wa,,
ordered by tho General Government,
ato
I ( nu ll.. c J,.. !
eaiufjui
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v. :.r . . ....
otio.uuu
E W
rO OI L'MP-
During the same period nine
. . ".M"" I" yu
ized in that Stato. wi.h'.n
uen. uakiiTICti OI uri erv worn ril-i'lT.
' &t."a,-.-
TE2MS: -
NEW
,CICS oi tno war,
During the year 1803, under the var
ious calls of the General Government,
thirty-two regiments, two battalions
and eight unattached companies of
different arms of tho sendee and for
various periods, wero organized and
sent to tho field, aggregating, with re
cnlistments in the field, amounting to
17,870, an aggregate force ol 91,704
men, furnished for that year.
On my jnggestlon, the policy con
solidating our reduced rcginionts,and
filling them np b tho assignment of
new companies was adopted, and in
18C5,under this sj-st em. besides organ
izing threo entire new regiments, seventy-five
companies were assigned to
reduced regiments, by which they
wero again filled to the regimental
standard. Theso threo new regiments
and seventy five companies, with vol
unteer recruits for regiments in the
field, reported by the superintendents
of that service, amounted, in tho ag
gregate, to 25,790 men for this year.
In tho month of September, 18G2,
after the second disaster at Dull Hun,
it becamo evident lint the enemy bad
adopted an aggressive policy ,and was
about to invade tho Northern States
through Maryland and the southern
border of Pennsylvania. Under tho
sanction of the President of tho Uni
ted States, on tho 11th day of that
month, I issued my proc!mHtion,caIl
ing into immediate service fiAy thous
and of the freemen of this Stato. Un
der ting -call twenty-five regiments
and four companies ofiufantry, four
teen unattached companies of cavalry,
and four batteries of artillery were
immcdiatly organized and sent to the
border, tho greater portion advancing
beyond the State lino into Maryland"!
Gen. John P. Reynolds, at that period
commanding tho Pennsylvania lie
servo Corps' was temporally assigned,
b the Secretary of War. to tho com
mand of theso troops, bv whoso -order
uiey wero rcturnea to Pennsylvania,
and by my proclamation, disbanded
tvrt u... - H . j 1 t 1 '
on tho 24th of tho samo month. In
acknowledgement of the services ren
dered by the men of Pennsylvania,
Major General M'CIel!an,commanding
tho Arm of tho Potomac, by Jotter
dated the 27t1. of September, 1802,
acknowledging the servieo and thank
ing tho State, uses tho following lan
guage: "The manner in which tho peoplo
of Pennsylvania responded to our
call, and hastened to tho defence of
thcirfront1er.no doubt exercised a
great influenco upon tho enemy ;" and
the Governor or Maryland. II is Ex
cellency A. W. P.radford, in an order
dated September 29, 1SG5, used tho fol
lowing language in regard to theso
Imnn. . ITK V.,. .......... . I. ...
.rZWui .it I i V . lltle''l'taryopcrationsofthoStato,
c osse l the border and took their l0 thc reports 0f the Adjutant Goner
and hosido Maryland br,gades.shoslftUflIl0)lhcrnU
that the ..rder. ,s , a I respects, but tlic SuUo, an(l to s
an ideal line, and that ,n such a cause racssages. This brief military record
as now unites us Pennsylvania and wouWo imperfect, ifl IXitocZ.
Maryland arc but one." jincm, tll0 fiJe, .Jd
In tlio month of June. 18G3. it nr-ain of tbi militnn- n.".
1 . , , . ,'
iiniv, , iijriii iuiiu mo renei uriny
was auvancing
also -tho western
ancing North, threatening
ivestern border ofPennsylva-
Dii the 20th of that month I
nia, and on
again issued my proclamation, calling
the militia of tho Stato into immediate
servieo. Jn the Department of tho
.Uononganola, five regiments of infan-
.try,-one company of cavalry and one
1 bntterv nf nrf;il..m- :,;..
J . .......... , .... ,,,,, u,ii o
service,and ono battalion of infantry,
1 .... I n . . . J '
day a
r. I
. ono bnttn inn of Mm iv m.l 1....
m, . r 1, t " r ' " t I V V -V"
, V.' "iwiiiiMr uiu-
j ted States servieo, wero organized
In the Department of tho Susquehan-
,m, twenty-three regiments and five'
were or-mved
Tl.ro were also organized in this
iwt.nont,for tho cmorgency term,'
r;.:r l" f :d
- um.i.v III,., 1. 1 Ijl l-B II
- , . . .
,nt luwrin-innMiL uaLieriei
1 iwocompanios otcav-
partment of tho Monon-I
gal,eU,.the troops under this call, iu closo, the Suto l.asnevcr filer,!
?TT!,B,Iirf lT. .M'-r (An0ra,lSn i,s ""PPort of the ...vernmen 1
m(tit fit n Siunnobfitinn ?..:- i . . . '
noli .lllinv.',., I. 1 1 ...
7i: ir vir'V"'"'
- v.wucu, severally ao-
$3 00 Per Annnm, if paid in advanoa
SERIES VOL. VI. NO, 29
tailed by the War Department.
Tho details of tho services of the
militia on theso occasions, as well asj
the generous assistance rendered by
the militia of the States of Now York:
and Now Jersey, have been fully rco
ognized in previous messages.
cting under orders, they did not
hesitate to cros the Stato lino and
enter Ohio and Western Virginia, in
the west ; and in the oast.they defend
ed tho lino of .the Susquehanna, wcro
at Gettysburg befor the -advance of
the Army of tho Potomac, defended
Carlisle successfully when attacked by
a superior force, made long marches,
patiently Buffering great privations
for the want of sufficient means of
transportation,crossed into Maryland,
w hen ordcred,and attacked tho eneni3
nucccBsfully, and saved tho Capital
of their Slate from destruction. When
tho history of tho rebellion is truly '
written, no part, w hich relates to
Pennsylvania, will reflect more credit
on the patiiotism,couragoand fidelity
of her people, than their prompt an
swer to the call made for military ser
vice for domestic protection. It is a
record of which tho great body of tho
peoplo aro aparty,and of which they
may all bo proud.
In July, 18G4. a retel army again
crossed the Potomac, threatening tho
southern bordor,nnd marched to Wash
ington. Under the pressing demands of the
National authorities, all tho organized
troops in Pennsylvania were immedi
ately sent forward. Tho rebel army
was defeated and driven back. A rebel
col umn, of threo thousand men, had,
however, crossed the border, and, on
tho 30th of July, burned the town of
Chambersburg. In my mcssngo of
last year, I stated in detail the move
ments of the enemy, and tho circum,
stances attending tho destruction, of
that borough. Although tho peopla
of tho southern border suffered much
from annual incursions of tho enemy)
Chambersburg is the only town entire
ly destroyed within our border, and,
it is believed, in any loyal Stale.
Tho citizens of tho town wero sud
denly reduced to poverty, and, for a
time, were sustained by the active
benevolence of the people of other
parts cf the Slate, .aided by an appro
priation of one hundred thousand dol
lars from tho Commonwealth. They
nave su-iiggiou energetically to revivo
, fro,n this cal uniity, Lut it is now fear-
I cu inai low oi tnem will be able to
succeed. I submit, therefore, to tho
w isdom of the Legislature, w hether it
would not bo proper to extend to that
people somo additional relief.
The number of troops furnished the
service from Pennsylvania, during tho
rebellion, may be stated as follows,
viz :
During tho year 18G1
Do do ISG2
Do do 18G3
Do do 180 4
Do do lSGi
130,594
71,100
43,045
91,704 .
25,841)
-302,284
Thisstntemcntisexcliisive of militia
and enlistments for tho United States
navy.
1 . ' ' ' .'. I"" leet, UCtailS OI
"i I'liillllVHH Ml IUU
Mat ana to
express in v personal ob-
ligations for the ready obodienco and
constant support I have uuiformily
received from tho chiefs of the depart-
part-
mcnts, and officers of my
'staff.
personal
An approximate judgment or tho
amount of bib,
departments, nnd in tho office of "tho
, Secretary of tho Commonwonlth.mav
1 I . ...1 . ... ' J
rvereia. v OI llio .
bo mado when it
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is stated ibat over
' (,W)n.lilary
coiumissions wero issued duriii" tho
w ar ' 0 110
Tho first renn0st for t raons from
this State wuTl cJ nt WastlnSnn
thi
on
foi
V
qntheloih Anril. 1S01. and on lb.-
lGvh tho telegraph announced to tho
'Xr SSi
i., order" ns",nh'm n'" ,l'
It is our proud privilege to have it
fi"rst military
.'"""' ,!U S-r"Kn r
ed Washington, was the force of 400
Pcnnsylvnnians, wh arrived thero on
tho lSih day of April, and that, when
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Hill I n A iv.uIam.1 1. ... I -
- .--i, . .iiivi iiiu lj .1 1 1 m
rt (lull i-.m iv. f .1
Pennsylvania Keset ve Corns wero th
. u. ....... vmu rv-mieiiuj VI ine
fil'St tlO0!l RPnl. fii-irohl
Prom the boginnim of tho war to
. , " :
r of Poimsylranu, whet!,-
cr m men or money, have tieithef been