( fob . Stinting: CIDCP CRICP011:18142 COUNGDMICSOOMPII<Dsze. Neatly and Promptly Executed. at the ADVERTISER OFFICE, LEBANON, PENN'A TUB establishment is now 'applied with an extellaira essortinent of JOB TYPE, width will be increased as the patronage demands. It can now tarn out PIUNTING. of *very description, in a neat and expeditious manner— and on very reasonable terms. Snell Si • • 'Pamphlets, Checks, Business Card', Handbills, Circulars, Labels, 11M Iteadingit, ' Planks, Programmer, Pills of Pare , Invitations, Tickets, keg ' Am 'gar' bane of all kinds, Co mmon and Juogateritoons. Spotveb Justices', Constables' and other nano, printed correctly and neatly on the beet paws, emeneety k ept rev sale at this oMce, at prices "to suit the Ulnae.' toe One otibstri ar ption pric eHalof f theea LEBANON ADVERTISER Doll and a a Yr. Address, Wx. M. Inumut, Lebanon, Pa. The Attention of SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS is called to the INFANT SCHOOL CATECHISM, printed in chapters, on tine white voile. PART I. Chaptpr L—" The Creation:' Chapter Y.—" The PART 11, Chapter 1.-2mThe Birth of Chriat, 'Visit of the Shipp. herds," *me Chapter Fish of the Wise Men, and Jeans' Flight into Egypt." Chapter M,- 42 .1enue 2 Return, and his Journey to the Pareover ai Jerusalem," Price, eel each i 26 eta per dos; $2 per hnedred. 3.214fee1, 11. H. ROEDEL, Nol, 13, 2 01. Lebanon, Penn's. . The Eclectic Class-Book s NON. TUB USE ON Tall SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER, S pronounced by all, who hams , examined it, better , adapted to the wants td4t-11111411.a0h00l towb ' ar any now In nee. Band coop, for axamfattott. price per dom. 40 cants I par hundred $3.00 Nov. 0,'61. Addroso—ll. R. ROEDNL, Lebanon, Pc boul PALL & WINTER I G DS 3178 T REPErVED HENRY Itt STINE'S S T 0 RE! LADIES' DRESS GOODS *snob Marinas, Cobnep, Osahnister, Kaolin De. lalnee, all Wool Rept, Seek Xlanoele and Plaid Goode of every deeerlptlon and at all prim. For s splendid knorittiont of Dress WO& all at HENRY k SHANVISI aHAMIA!! Drabs Square and Lonrillooolo, all Wool plaid Long *lbw,/lei MoOwning Wool Shawl's laid a largo lot of Agnate Wool Shawls °tared allow prices by 11,11NRIf 'k MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR Clotho, Centimeter. Minuets, Union Car►lmera, Non. Curley Joins, Ermine Clotho, and an aiwortment Beaver Clothe, wbldb will be offered at reduced prim by Lebanon, Nor. 6,'61, BENNY k STINI. almanacs. almanack. - ALMANACS FOR 1562, JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY H. H. ROEDEL, CUMBERLAND STREET, LEBANON. Vls:—Leneeeter Alonmar—English 'and German. Lutheran . 1 do do Philadelphia " do do Reeding " Rennin. Lebanon, November 8,'61. CHEAP STORE OP RAUCH & LIGHT. dt tha Owner qf Cataerkmd Nina and Plank Road, LEBANON, PA, 'rm. &mon a LIGHT take pleating hiform. tog tbolr friontimend the publto sonorsily ttutt they Oast opened a large awl err:dell? selected anon. Went of intlf 0008, 41100 MMES. QtneehtsWAßEl, to., tO trhieb they respectfully Invite the httoalloh of the public. Their DRY GOODS, biro all been ealoeted with the greatest care from the largest Importing IHnnints ph li athiphia. GROCERIES, A large atm% of sheep Sugars, Coffees, Tess, Chocolate, and all kinds of Weee. lame suortsiceot of QIJEENSW.A._RE, awn which are the newest pattern'', together velth al mon an endless variety of Goode la Gish line of bind. nese, widelreill be Bold very (heap cash,or Cottony Produce taken in ezehsoge. BAGS! BAGS! I BAGS!! The latently* of Milers and fanners ie directed to their large Oak of BAGS, which they will sell at wbolessie prices. October 17,1160.1 IP YOU WANT PICTCSH of your (teaselled Mend, enlarged ani7 eoloted hr oft, call at. DAILY% Gallery, next dear o Lebanon Deposit Batik. Wailear & W 00 1 1 4 98 191111. rlifl Ottbscrlbers respectfully inform the public that 1 they have entirely rebutitthe Mill on the littlediwa. tars, formerly known an "Strata's" and World "Wen. gorge," about one4burth of a mile from Jonestown, Lebanon county, Po.; that they have it now in complete running order, and are prepared to furnish customers regularly with a very superior article of - JlEr'3ll—.l:3lolE.33E l llLer itS cheap is It can be obtained from any other sefUroe.— They keeps also on hand and for sale at the lowest cash prices OIROP, BRAN, SHORTS, do. They are also pm. pared to do all kinds or Commune' Woag, for Warmers and others, at the very shortest possible notice and in vile all to give them a trio:. The machinery of the pMEI ie entirely new end of the latest end proved kind. By 'titbit idtentiowto inalneseand fah dealing the hope to merit a abated public patronage. WIIKA T, RYE, CORN, OATS, &c., bought, for which the highest Lebanon Market priced will be paid. gRANELIN WALTER. Nov. '4, 11101. . WILLIAM FOCHT. NEW LIVERY STABLE. r IMO andersigned respectfully informs the public tket I be has opened 6 .NEW LIVERY STABLE, at Mrs, 4eE418E13 Hotel, Market street, Issto omen, where he will keep for the publio accommodations good • of UORSES end VEHICLES. Us eel 1 sp gentle and good driving Horses, and handsome und eilfb Vibleles. Also, careful Drivers flornlehed when desired. Also OMNIBUS for Parties, Se. Lebanon, July 17, 11161. JAMES MARCH. BOWMAN, HAILER & CAPP'S LII.NIBE R R 7/! This Way, if you Want Cheap Lumber. TBB undersigned have lately formed a partner -L. ship for the purpose of engaging in the Lum ber Buslners, on a new plan, would respectfully inform tmablio at large, that their place of business is DAVID rt'a Old Lumber Yard, in Last Lebanon, fronting op Chestnut street, one equate from the Evangelical s uureh, They have enlarged. the Yard and filled it with • new and excellent sweortment of all kinds of Lumber, such Ag BOARDS., PLANNA, JOISTS, SHINDLIC AND SOAMINA, of ell lingthe and thicknesses. In short, they keep con stantly on hand, a full and well-seasoned assortment of All kinds of RUILIIIMG MATERIAL'S. Persons inward et anything Hi theft Me are invited to call, examine their stock, and learn their peeve, Thankful for peat reform, they hope, that by attention o biwinese and Moderate prices, to writ a continuance of public patronage. BOWMAN, MAUER CAPP. Lebanon. September 6, 11100. Out-Lots at Private Sale! WILL be sold et Private Sale, 8 ACRIOB OF LAND, situated in Long Line, near the borough Hoe, in Corn wall townehlp. It adjoins the land of Widow fulmar, on the North, tiros. Atkins and John Milli* Oil the/kat There lea one atory LOO II01:18E, weather boarded, erected on the land, and a good WELL se the garden.— The lend has One atones for quarries. This t rac t will make • nice home for a small hinny. Mit. It Is tree item around Rent. Good title will be given. ADAM RITCHSER. )I..lL—lbis tract is now covered with fine grass, half of which will be given to the purchaser. Warm, June LS, 1800. 4 `ffilarket Otreet Ilatet,” CornerDirket and Chestnut Streets, Lebanon. JOHN '.MATTILES, ~ Ploprietor. ITAPING Wen the above stand, long compled b y Mr. LiOttAiri StidtiimMO, I will Ilan no'psinato aue the I'm/Whig Pahl is who stop at it, perfectly cousfortablia and inVita all to give ma a total. The Rouse is imp and Itellenunged. The Table supplied with the Net ameetteßlis edibles I the Bar started with the choicest Monte, and the Stabling large and coup modiona JOHN RATTILI ES. Lebanon, May 13, 18431. 1861 NEW STYLES. 1861 ADAM RUN, in Dumbedland Street, between Market and the Court House,tiortil Mei big 111 pow band a splendid easortusent of the New Style of HATS AND CAPEI, for men and ,f2r / 86 3 to which the attention of the public is reepontiell7 tpd tad. Hate of all price., from the ous opin ed a cusped to spies, the Ex'•• espy, always on baud. , g o bar did sinortMenS of BUMMER HA T& 'lnsibmiaing malt as SYSAW I PANA3I.4_I I ZDAL, Mak NOM, LSO ROSSI:PINATA and all„ gis,,slit also Wholesale all Wiwi, of Matrit term a4, - ,lo.otauilay Neraltanta ca admatagaada .CerttlVe Lobanadidaly ly, ISOM VOL. 13---NO. 30. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Tb 18e Mu oftddc The Senate and House of Reproolosta• Um of Ms Oolnotonwoulth of Pentsyteania : Gentlemen:—lt has pleased Divine Pro vidence, during the last season, to give us abundant crops, unbroken peace within our borders, unanimiti among our people, and thus to enable this Commonwealth to do her full duty to the country, to herself, and to posterity. For these blessings we hive cause to be grateful. Thebalanee In the Troluntry on the 30th November,lB6o, war $681,433 08 The receiptdub'. the final year emUnit Neeeiiiber 80,1881, were es 80110 w : Prom ordl= l 7 moms .43,91!)10647 Prom temporary loan under sket of April 12, 1884 ot. A per amt. hltsreet and Atte satiated at par '' 475,000 00 Prom 6cent , lout oder act of pw MO , 15, 1807 1 also negotiated at par....... 2,612,150 03 'From society nnittl. 500 00 Pram United 9 an ac. 11% . count of urinary ae 606,000 00 Prom Paymasters others ratlanded 32,229 45 •"' ' ' ----- 6,743,56 02 . - --- Total into Treasurtfoi:64- - - eal year r andleg Piormerbar • 3 0. 0 61 7,44658 10 And tborPayinento ea follow: Tlb r ordhulty. pernome....-..83„144,480 34 intlitaty att. pongee under act, of Aprll 12, 1861 $474,873 85 Ditto, set May 15, 1861 .. ....... .. ...1,708,40168 Ditto, act Stay le, len ...... ......,... 370,635 61 .------ 363 Amount loan under art 3, / 872 04 April 12, 2861, repaid 375,000 00 Leaving balance fa T661636 1 7*. November 30, .......... 1,661,605 72 Received from temporary Lean, under net of April 141M11 $476,000 00 Repaid asabove . 146,000 00 Outstandbm November 30, 1861......, 3100.000 00 Received from loan under Rat May 16, 1861 ,2 Amount of public dlibt,feed- 261 150 00 ed and unfunded, Novem- e ber 301860 837,144,114 t se Paid Miring final year , Rapt. 42 Remaining unpaid, (erchl eive of military loans above mentioned,) November 30, 1801,-- 37,860,616 05 37,868,516 08 P.lOB 918 AND ELPIIMITITIZe Or =lnn wawa. Receipts under the act of April 12, 1861 •245,000 00 Receipts under the act of . May 15,1801 2,012,150 00 FnunPaymasters and others, refunded 32,229 46 Paid for military expenaes, $3,119,379 45 as above 2,3'3,872 tla Paid for redeeming loan, act April 12 ..... 378,000 ob ---- 2,728,87 204 ----- Unexpended ot military loans MOUT 41 1120113P111 AND ssesierrelue OP 02DINA.11 PYPINOZ. Balsam In Treuury, from ordinery sourced, Novena ber SO, 1860...... 01403 08 Reedited from ordinary aotlites during nue! year 3,017,668 57 3,699,076 66 Paid for ordinary expenses, as above 3,144,480 34 Unexpended of ordinary masa— 6 54,698 31 Received from United State, on at bunt of milieu, expense*, ... Recolved from Society 0f . C14 .” .1nn51.17... " 64 70 0000 Balance In Trey/vary as above 1,661,605 72 It will be ohlerriernhat the fiscal year ends on the 30th of November, and the sinking fund year on the first Monday in September, which accounts for the appar ent deficiency in the amount of debt paid as stated in the Treasurer's report,and by , the GommissionerS of the Sinking Fund. The State has on hand a surplus of uniforms and equiptdeats which cost about $190,000, which the United States have agreed to take and pay for at cost. Arrangements have been made with the General Govern ment for the re.imbursement of, the mili tary expenses of the State the 27th of July last. The bills as INS are for warded to Washington and' pietist,' repay ments have already been made. It will be observed that the receipts from ordinary sources of revenue for the year 1861, have decreased, butes payments have been made on some of them since the settlement at the end of the fiscal year on the Ist of December, and more may reasonably be expected in addi tion to the payments to be made by the National Government as hereinafter stated, the balance available in the Treasury will be largely increased. It will also be observed that it has not yet:been found necessary to call in all of the loan effected under the act of the 15th of May last. In so me items the ordinary revenue of 1861 was in excess of that of 1860. RAIICII A Limns The loan authorized by the act of May 16,1861. was taken at par. This occur rence, moot gratifying under all the then existing circumstances of embarrassment, affords triumphant evidence of the confi dence of the people in the stability and in tegrity of the Commonwealth, and of their determination to support the Government. The operations of the sinking fund dur ing the last year, have been as shown by my proclamation of the sth of September last as rigleW Debt redeemed from 4th September, 1860, to Ist September, 1681.........».... 5300,801 01 Of stock loam • 2, Of Interest certlflostei..4...... 3,330 01 Of relief rioter 421 00 2300,M 01 I refer to the reports of the State Treas urer and Auditor General, for the details of the financial affairs of the Common wealth. The reports of the Surveyor General-and State librarian will exhibit the state of the departments under their care. The Comissioners of the Sinking Fond daring the last spring received from the Philadelphia and Erie (late Sunbury and Erie) railroad company; forty bonds of that company for $lOO.OOO each; and it Mottage to secure the same, executed in conformity with the third section of March the 7th, 1861. That company has also deposited in the State Treasury its beside to the amount of $5,000,000 00, in accordance with the sixth section of the same act. On the 9th of May last I granted my warrant authorizing the State treasurer to deliver to the said company, one thou- Send of said bonds, being to the amount of $1,000,000 00. This warrant was issued in conformity with the law, the five per cent. bonds mentioned in the fifth section of the act (except those belonging to the State and now in the sinking fund) having been prevfonely !surrendered and canceled, and satisfaction entered on the- record of the mortgage mentioned in said fifth section. Having received notice from the company that the' bonds so delivered to the company or their 'proceeds had been appropriated, in accordance with the pro visions of the law, on the 21st of June last I appointed John A. Wright as Commis sioner to examine and to report tome whe ther said bonds or their proceeds had been appropriated to the purposes required by the act. His report has not yet been re ceived by me. It ia understood - that .arrangements have at last been made under which the direct railroad connection between Philadelpide and Erie will be'i3ompleted within" a short ' _ .........- -• .- - 4. . 7 . ... .. . . ....... it. ~,. r c 'IRTUt u • Eirrr u a Pt utiocHe. ' IMMO UST-toWDZII aft larPtimaD time. It is impossible to estimate too highly the importance of this great work to the Commonwealth, and especially to Philadelphia and Erie and the hitherto neglected counties near its route west of the Susquehanna. By the act of the 21st April, 1858, for the sale of the State canals to the Sunbury and Erie railroad company it Was provided tjutt if that company , should sell said ca nals for a greater sum in the aggregate than three and a half millions of dollars, seventy-five per centum of such excess should be paid to the Commonwealth by a transfer of so much of such howls and se curities as said company should receive for the same and payable in like manner. The company sold the canals and report ed the share of the profit on such sale due to the Commonwealth was $281,- 250 of which $250 was paid in. cash and for the remaining $281,000 the Commonwealth received coupon bonds of the Wyoming canal company to that amount, being a portion of bowie for $900,- 000 issued by that cpmpany and secured bit .i..mortgage. of •:.the Wyoming canal, formerly called the Lower North branch canal. These bonds bear an interest of six per cent. per annum, payable semi-an nualy on the 15th of January. and July, and the interest was paid by the company to January last inclusive. The interest due in July last has not been paid. Judge ments having been obtained againsts the company on some of the coupons for the unpaid July interest, a bill in equity was filed in the Supreme Court by a bond and stockholder in which such proceedings were had that by a decree made on the 2d September last the property and affairs of the company were placed in the hands of a receiver. $,873,35: a 8 A plan has been suggested for the as sent Q 1 the stock and bondholders which contemplates a sale of the canal under lawful process and a purchase of the same for the purpose of forming a new company of which the capital stock shall be one million- of dollars, divided into twenty thousand shares of fifty dollars each,• of which each assenting holder of a mort gage bond for one thousand dollars shall be entitled to eighteen shares, and each assenting holder of fifty shares of stock of the Wyoming canal company shall be -en titled to nine shares. Of course no officer of .the Commonwealth had authority to tut sent to the proposal or in any way to af fect her position. It is believed also that the plan to not ont that ought to be as sented to by the Commonwealth, and that under all the circumstances, if the conve nience of icdividnal parties requires a change such as proposed, the debt due to the Commonwealth out to be first paid or fully secured. I suggest that the act passed Bth of April, 1861, entitled "An act- concerning the sale of railroads, canals," &c., should be modified so that in all cases in which a debt may be due to the Common wealth by the company as whose property a public work may be sold, the purchasers thereof shall not be entitled to the benefits and privileges conferred by the act unless they shall have first paid the debt due'to the State, or secured the same by their bonds to the Commonwealth secured by a first mortgage on the work itself. I commend the subject. to the immediate consideration of the Legislature, as an eft. fort may be made at an early day to enforce a-sale of the canal, and some provision by law to protect the interests of the State would in that case be necessary. The wicked and monstrous rebellion which broke out many months ago, has not yet been quelled. Every sentiment of loyalty and patriotism demands its effec tual suppression. In my messages of the 9th and 30th of of April last, I set forth at length my views of the character and .objects of the contest which is still pending. Subsequent reflection has confirmed me in the correct ness of the opinions than expressed, and to which 1 refer. In addition it ought to be understood, that looking to the variety and character of her products and indus try,ber material interest alone would ren der the preservation of the Union from the present assault upon it, indispensable to Pennsylvania. She cannot afford to have a foreign power below or above or bounding her on the Delaware, the Chesa peake or the Mississippi, and she will never acquiesce lu such a result, whatever may be the cost in men and money of her re sistance to it. On the 9th of April last I directed the attention of the Legislature to the neces sity which existed for an improved military organization, and on the 12th of the same month the act, entitled "An Act for the better organizatioun of the militia of this Commonwealth," passed, appropriating the sum of $500,000 for the purpose of organi zing, equipping and arming the militia. On the 15th of April the President, by procla mation, called for a military force of sev erity-five thonmand men, of which the,quota steeped to Pennsylvania was at first six teen (afterwards reduced to *fourteen) regi ments to serve as infantry or riflemen for the term of three months unless sooner dis charged. This call was enthusiastically re sponded to by the people of Pennsylvania. The first. military aid from the loyal States, which the Goverment received at Wash ington, was a Pennsylvania corps which arrived there prior to the 19th of April.-- On that day the passage of other corps from this and other States through Balti more was impeded by force, and during nearly two weeks afterwards the communi cation between Washington and the loyal States was almost entirely cut or. On the 19th I received a request from the War Department that the troops preparing in this State should be clothed, armed, equipped, subsisted and transported by the State in consequence of the then inability of the United States. This request was of course complied with, and twenty-five reg iments, (being eleven regiments beyond our quota,) comprising twenty thousand one hundred and seventy-five men from Penn syl vania,served for the term of three months under the President's proclamation above referred to. As the furnishing those vol unteers with supplies was necessarily under the circumstances a hurried operation,and as complaints were made in regard to them, and frauds were alleged to have been per petrated, I appointed a board of committ stoners to investigate the whole subject. A copy of their report with the evidence taken by them has been already laid before the public. It is the intention of the Audi tor General to open the accounts of such parties as appear by the testimony to have been overpaid, and this course lute already been taken in two of those cases. On the expiration of the term of the three months men in July last, some eight or ten thousand discharged Pennsylvania volunteers were thrown into Harrisburg without notice and detained here, waiting to be paid, for an average time of some ten days, Their twits, camp equipage and cooking *tensile had been taken irminr them at Wiling:wort, Maryland, and, they ar rived beie destitute of all means of abel- LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1882. Miiiai ter and of prepsring . their food. The Com missary of the United States furnished un cooked rations,and under the circumstances of emergency I deemed it necessary to make arrangemeniir for aiding in the cook ing and baking of4lite rations, and also /or furnishing meals toltuch of the regitnents as arrived during . „&lie night or under cir cumstances requirog 'instant relief. The expenses attendinjE these operations a mounted, so far as ascertained, to $74420, and I - recontmendArat the Legislature make tin approp riation tolnis them. It ought to be state that theft exiienses would have been mu larger; but for the liberal and ach patriotic efforts ofiethe , eitisens And. etre. niftily the ladies etßarris: burg ; their free handed hospitality tted generono aid to our wearied and hungrasoldiera, deserve y e . membrance and gritltfiae.. ' At the special session tethe Legislature which commenced on the- 30th of April last, I recoMmendedue.oletinizatititt of a Reserve Corps, to be "waled, equipped, clothed, subsisted and -paid by thatEltate, and drilled in pampa - of tstruction 4 1 .1 1 0- ticipation of the e 'unpack:ref the country, and by the act of the 15th of , May last, such a Corps was ditetted to be flogied,and a loan of $3,000,000 was authorlied to de fray the4expenses of that and other milita ry preparations. Men more than sufficient in number in number to loft some ten re giments of the Reserve Corps had,previous to the 15th of. May, been accepted by me in pursuance if a call on lie (afterwards rescinded)-for, twenty-five regiments, and Were then beady assembled and subject to my control. . Meat Of these men volun teered for the Reserve Corps-and were im mediately organized. The remaining regi ment& were rapidly recru4ed ;and the corps was thus completed, and Geerge A. IlL'Call, of Cheater empty, was ,commissioned as Major General, and assigned -to the com mand of all , the foites raised or to be raised under the provisit us of the last mentioned act. Tha regiments _cam eo:4ldg the Reserve Corps were instructed in four campein different `parts of the State, -until they were taken into the service of the United States. Two oftheseregiments, under the commands of Colonels Charles J. Biddle and Seneca G. Simmons, and two companies of artillery under the command of Col. Charles T. Campbell, at •the :pres sing instance of the War Departmentwere, sent, on the 22d of June last, to the relict of Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, and re. trained for about cis weeks there, and in Western Virginia, engaged in active ope. rations. Towards the close of July the whole corps was called for under reoluisition, and taken into the service. of the United States. Within four days after the disaster data' Run, eleven regiments of tbis fine body of men (armed, drilled, clothed, eqnipped;and allin respects ready for active service,) were in Washington. The regiments in companies from Western Virginia, and the remaining two regiments,making the whole number of fifteen, soon joined them, there, and they are all now in service under the command of Gen. itt'Call, who has been commissioned as a' BrigUdier General by the United States. , These fifteen regiments contain fifteen thousand eight hundred and gty-siie men, and constitute's- divisioii ciiiiipristrir three brigades, a regiment of artillery, and one of cavalry. The whole expense of raising, clothing, equipping, subsisting, and paying the Reserve Corps, (including the expense of establishing and fitting the camps of instruction, of recruiting, and supplying regimental flags, and the expenses of the campaign of the two regiments and com panies in Maryland and Weatern which were all defrayed by the State,) has amounted to $855.444 87. This does not include the transportation on railroads, as the separation of that account would have been a work of great labor, nor does it in clude the pay of the two" regiments during the campaign, but it does include all the expenses, which were heavy, of teams and transportation, not on railroads, for the two regiments on the campaign above men tioned. Twelve regiments of the Reserve Corps were paid, subsisted, &c., by the State to the average date of 22d July.— The two regiments in Western Virginia were paid by the State to the date of their departure from Harrisburg on that expedi tion. The cavalry regiment - was not paid by the State. It will be perceived that the whole average expense per man was $53 95. Previous to the 31st of April last, a re giment had been enlisted in the city of Erie from Northwestern Pennsylvania.— W hen the call was made on me on that day, for twenty-five additional regiments, the Erie regiment was ordered to march to Harrisburg. The call was rescinded, how ever, before the regiment reached Pitts burg, and I ordered it to encamp at that city, where it remained until the 30th of June. The National Government declined to muster the regiment into service, as all existing requisitiona made on the State were more than filled. Much apprehension existedin the Western and South Western borders of the State, and it was deemed prudent to retain the -regiment at Pitts burg to meet any emergency that might arise.— After the passage of the act of 16th 'May, 1801, it wee expeoted that this regiment would 'form part of the Reserve Volunteer corps ; but as the men had been a long time from home and re mained inactive in camp, they deorined entering the service, and were subsisted and paid up to the 30th of June by the State. • Two` regiments have.since been enlisted from the same .part of Pennsylvania at the city of Erie, one of which has been at Washington in service since Septa:xi • her, and the other Is now ready fer marching or dere—and it is due to the first Erie regiment. to say that. most of the men are now in service. Further requisitions for sixteen regimenti of infantry and two regiments.of cavalry were short. ly afterwards made by the War Department. Of these, sixteen have already been raised and are in the service of the United States, and the re maining two In the course of organisation end nearly ready to march. In addition to the , requisitions on the State, the War Department .had given eiriberitiee to numerous individu elate raise rola:ries:Tin Penn eyliania, but as that system wed found to create much emberraerineet, a general order was limed by the War Department on the 26th of S'eptem ber last, placing all such organizations under the control of the Governor, and iihottly afterwards a requisition was made on the State to increase her quota to reventy•five thousand men.. Those independent organisations, is they were nailed, thus beeame •Pennsylvania regiments• and as completed and lent forward form part of 'the quota of the State. ,• The State regiments have heed numberevl, and the last to this date is numbered one hundred -and fifteen. Two of thi three, months' regiments have o i:taint:a in service, as:der-gm late .requist- Oasis and retain their original isibirs. ductng the remaining tenuity-three s uinty-three thrieilionthe i regiments, there are ninety-two regimes:Win fer ries and preparing for it. We Imre elso in ear , - vine and preparing twenty-four romps:tie/. The following table of • the existing Penntyl veal* volunteer force is !Mee for information : =I . , 88reeroeuts of lefao!ry, of whlehll were 'rifle reghnenti., • 71,169 U ^regiments Of ea- - 12,1196 1 regiment of 's ry, • lon ....... , 14,956 wiarri zit ristivii.. vet i belvinfai 67a do 011...ra, 1 e do artnitiiit va? !WM Salida's/Its ,other than. Peonsyleaula organi -87,217 rations, eetimiti4 (the otllcial of which are In course of being coramielioned,) 'MOO Total lo ferries, rrearvawm. Prierasmo FOIL 011211C1C. 12 regiment' of Intimlll. 13,092 1 regime nt of cavalry, 1,136 .1. do artillery, 1,977 10,30 E, courASITS ?i916iu60 ron 61011102. 1 eompikrof pnalry, -109 4 ecanpuldeirof &rill/sty 624 Itcservice, 98,577 parlarfor stinks, 16,088 Pinsolvinia'alenntribution,. 109;015 fixolualve 0120,176 three months' pen, non dfillessoled. 'The regiments preparing fur service are Iticout idetei Thine:that tney.nut be filled by the 16th instant willbe consolidated and sent forward.-- Of the regiments in service, the 11th and 15th regiments of, infantry are at Annapolis ; the 28th, 29th,,815t, fitith; 69th, 71st, 72d and 108th regi ments and - one company of infantry are in, the 'hontitts' Itijiirzthltiartal Banks; the. 4 /Bth,f. 55th, 100th 'roe:Meats ofinfantry are in South Carolina; the 48th infantry are at Hatteras Inlet; the 108th infantry and 11th oar. Airy era at Fortress Monroe; the 77th, 78th and' 79th infantry, the 7th and 9th cavalry, one troop of 'horse, one sqadron of cavalry, two battalions of artillery are in Kentucky_; the 84th and 110th infantry are la Western Virginia, as are also three companies of infantry, four companies of oavalry, live companies of light artillery; the 87th infantry are at Cockeysville, in Maryland; one company'6f artillery is at Fort> Delaware all tha remainder of the volunteers are at or near Washington. Upwards of, three /wafted volun teers froMPettusylirania are now prisoners, but as irrangententit have been made for the exchange of prisoners it may bit expected that they will soon be released. In compliance with the joint resolutions of the llish of May last, I htive procured regimental Saga for the 'Pennsylvania volunteers, and have presented them in person to moat of the regi ment,. In other cases, the regimentS being on or near the Potomac, I havorequested Mr. Cow an, Senator, and Messrs: Grow and .Wright, nent , bore of she Rouse of Representatives, from Penn sylvania, to present them in the name of the Connowsitealth. The General Gorarnment requested that the States would abstain from purchasieg arms, as their competition was found injurious in the mar kit, and In view of the large expenditures of money in arming and: equipping the volunteer forms of thelltate, provided for , the defence of the National Government, , I did not purchase any as authorized by the twenty-eighth 'motion of the sot of the 15th of May, 1861. The State has now quite u many arms as are necessary to arm all her volunteer organizations in existence; but, influenced by the'threatening aspect of our rola lions with foreign governments, I have directed the Adjutant General to procure arum ae soon as it can be done on reasonable terms without in jurious competition with the National—Govern ment. Alma have been distributed among the border counties to all the organisations that have been formed to receive them. One thousand nice hundred and thirty arms have.been thus distrib. sited. I have Liao addreseed a letter to the com missioners of all the border counties, offering arms to them as soon as military organisations shall be formed to receive them. Besides thus complying with the requirements of the twenty meventh section. of the- act of 15th May last, I have deemed it prudent to offer five thousand arms to auoh military' organizations as may be formed in Philadelphia on a plan to be approved by me as •Commander-in-Chlef. Muskets and rifles to a considerable extent have been furnished to the Pennsylvania volunteers from the State arsenal. Others have been sent by the United State. authorities to arm thous before leaving the State. In some came, regiments have gone with out arms under assurances from the 'War Depart ment that they would be armed at Washington or other near designated points, and that their immediate departure was required. It was thought wise in these case. not to insist on the arms being sent before the regiments marched, ea this would have imposed on the government an unnecessary expenee in 6eight, and would have been productive of delays which might have been seriously detrimental to the public service. Forty-two pieces of artillery with lim bers, caissons, forges, ammunition wagons, har ness and all the necessary implements and equip ments were furnished by the State to the artille ry regiment of the Reserve Corps. Ten of these were.purohased by the State ' and theircost has been refunded by the United States. Diligence bag been used in Collecting arms throughout the. State and repairing and alfering them in the most approved manner. The State has now 62 pieces of artillery, of which 17 need repairs. 26,763 muskets and ri les, some of which are in the hands of meohan los being repaired; 1,910 are in the hands of vol unteer corps throughout the State; 1,930 in the possession of county commissioners, and 1,000 with the reserve corps OrPhiladelphia. In additfon to this the city of Philadelphia has 9 pieces of rifled artillery, and 4,978 mns• hots and rifles. The State has also in the arsenal at Harris burg 1,988 sabre. and swords, and 1957 : pistols, and the city of Philadelphia has 440 sabres, and 326 pistols with the necessary accoutrements. There is also in the arsenal at Harrisburg, a large amount of accoutrements and ammunition for artillery and small arms. The Adjutant General ie successfully engaged in collecting arms throughout the State, and ills expected that the number above stated will be largely Increaeed. Probably, at least, 5,000 mus kets and rifles and Altera pieces of artillery will still be collected. The care which has been bestowed upon the comfort of the volunteers, and the goodness and sufficiency of their suppliem of all kinds, and the excellent arrangements of the Medical Depart ment under the control of Surgeon General Hen ry IL Smith, are proved by the fact that more than 60,900 men have been for various, generally aboreperiods at Camp Cut-tin since the 9th of A pril last, and that down to the Ist of January in stant, there died but forty•nine men at that clamp, viz : Forty-four from sickness, two (belonging to regiments from other States,) who had been injured on railroads, two accidentally killed is Camp Curtin and one shot in Harrisburg. To facilitate the making of allotments of their pay by our volunteers in the field for the support of their families at home, I appointed Hon. Ed gar Cowan, Thomas B. Franklin and B. C. Mimeo, Bags., commissioners to visit the camps of our men on and South rf the Potomac, and al. so James Perk and M. W. Beltzhciover, Bev., commissioners to visit those in Kentucky and elsewhere in the western country, to call the at tention of the troops to the system of allotmeet and to encourage them in adopting a practical plan for carrying it into effect. The several reports of these commissioners are highly satisfactory. For details on the several subjects connected with the military operations of this State, I refer to the reports of the Adjutant General, Surgeon General, Qoartermaater General, Commissary General and Paymaster General which accompany this message. The duties imposed on me were so onerous that I found it necessary to invite the tempora ry assistance of gentlemen on my staff to aid me to perform themt In this. capacity, Colonels Thomas A. Scott, Gideon J. Ball and John A. Wright contributed their valuable services from the middle of April until they were called away by other duties. Col. Scott remaining until he became conneoted with the War Department, Col. Ball until the lot of Jane and Col. Wright until the 23d of July ; for the time thus devoted to the service of the State they have refused to receive any compensation. Colonels Joseph D. Potts, A. L. Russell, J. Brown Parker and Craig Biddle were in service up to the 20th of Decembei. The Department of Telegraph and Transportation was under the ezaluslve control of Col. Potts. The system and economy of Its management show how faithfully and well he fulfilled hie office. It is but just to all theta gentlemen that I should bear testimony to the antirlng zeal and fidelity with which their dales were performed. The quota of the State having been more than filled, and her military force organized, I was en abled on the 20th of December last, to ,dispense with nperionat staff, and the temporary amuse. Omit which had been pada for its employment *as 'than oloeed.• timr thirteenth nation. of the Ant - of die iStli of May, 186, Z , was authorized &titbit* , ray. war 'ratite or titi ikreavary foV not exceeding WIIOLE NO. 656. $20,000 for enmpensation to such persona as might be. required to serve the country in a mil itary Capacity, M., Of this fond I here drawn from the Treaattry4B,soo, out of which I paid the compensation of my personal staff, 11110 other expenses of thcutilitary.departioent, and the act ual-expenses of persons employed on temporary service, nonWif whom received any further corn pensadon;.andlsiipeltses of the commissions ap pointed to ,investivite alleged frauds, dm., and the expenses Of establishing military patrols on the Maryland , lines and' 000 on 'most service. My ammo& is tiettlitd in the office of the Auditor General up ttilhe 4.14 of December. On that day I had expended $6,400, and except some ineon aiderable paymente made since, the ballance re mains in my ,hatilit. The report lAtua itor General will exhibit the, items ofllist account. An account of Military expenditures by the Strife_ol7belialfefthe United States, as far as the eame.had then been ,ascertained and settled :by the tiedentiting thpititinetiti hire, was made up to the lit day offlepamber, 1841, and presented on . the 12th of that month at the Treasury depart ment of the United States for settlement-and al lowance. The ante at $606,000, hap. been receiv ed from thliVraM,fiedepartmeilt on - that account.. The re-payistrliy;:4l General "Government of the'expensetiattemifteg-the organisation and rop• port of the lieseivetArpe, waSeiiet be '-previded for by any existhigu . dtr.of ConOnsf,_ •As these expenses were incurred by the State for.rhe ben efit of the General Govierninent;': and have.• been productive of results most important to the wet fare and even safety of the country, it would be right that an act of Congress should be passed providing expressly for their re payment. It lies with the Legislature to adopt the proper means for directing the attention of Congress to this subject. = - Assurances have been received from the Treas ury "Department that the exernination of the mil itaty accounts of the State will be proceeded in without delay, so that the State may receive a credit for the ballauce due, in time to apply the same towards the payment of her quata of the direct tax. Assuming the completion of this ar rangenient, if the State shall assume the direct tax for this year, a saving of fifteen per cent, will accrue to her, and no present increase of her taxation will be necessary. Whether this credit be given or not, I recoona mend that the payment of the direct tax be as sumed by the State, CIE -- '33 EMU In ease the State assumes the payment of this tax there should be such revision of the tax laws as will hereafter equitably apportion the burden among the various interests now subject or- that can properly be made subject to taxation. The saving of fifteen per cent, to the people of the State by the assumption is a matter worthy • of thought, but a more important "consideration is that it will enable you who represent all the varied Interests of the Commonivealth, to appor tion the tax in such manner as to bear equally upon all. Our revenue laws bad imposed on re al and personal property as its full proportion, hot little more than one.third of the taxes needed for the ordinary expenditures of the government. By the act of the 15th May last, the tax on this species of property has already been increased one-sixth. Should the State refuse "to assume the United States tax, the whole burden of it will fall upon these interests, interests too, most unfavorably affected by the war, whilst other kinds of property and other sources of revenue, judged by our laws able to pay nearly two-thirds of the present revenues of the State, would not be called on to contribute one dollar of addition al tax. The militia system of the Commonwealth ,is very imperfect. I recommend the establishment of a commission to frame and report a system more adequate to the exigency of the times. I earnestly recommened' to the Legislature that provision be made for the military instruc tion of youth, The appointment of a military instructor in the Normal . selibols, would in a short period give teachers to the common schools who would be competentqo train the boys in at• tendence on theoc. If would in my opinion be wise elan- previdefiir the -purchase or leasing by the Commonwealth of a building for a milita ry school, and for employing competent instruc tors, at the expense of the State, reqnring the pu pils to defray the other expenses. No pupil should be admitted to this school without having passed a thorough examination on mathematics and all ailing subjects of instruction except the military art proper. I respectfully urge this sub ject on your early consideration, as one of mate rial perhaps vital importance. I have taken measures to direct the efficient attention of the General Government to the for tification of the water approccobes on the sea board and the lakes, and arrangements are in the course of being effected which it is hoped will be satisfadtory in their result. I send with this message a copy of a communi cation from General Totten, Chief of the Milita ry Engineer Department at Washington, I have also represented to the Secretary of the Navy the necessity for floating defences on the Dela. ware, and assurance that they shall be prepared at the earliest moment. I have had a correspondence with the authori ties and some of the citizens of Erie on the sub ject of the defenceless condition of that city, and the part of the State bordering on the lake. On examination it is found that there are no defen ces on the lake, and that the ordinance at the city of Erie was withdrawn by the National Govern ment in the summer of 1861. The Secretary of the Navy, on a request made, directed that the crew of the United States steamer Michigan should not be disbanded, as has been usual, and that vessel will remain in the harbor of Erie du ring the winter. Should the National Govern ment unexpectedly fail in its duty of providing ad equate defences at our assailable points, East and West, I earnestly recommend that the Legisla. tore take prompt means for that purpose. We should be admonished, by the recent indications from abroad, to be prerared for our own -defence, as well as fur the suppression of domestic insur rection. In selecting a site for a National Armory, if the public good be alone considered, Pennsylva nia will be preferred, as she affords the combined advantages of a central position, abundance of material and chilled mechanics, and a people of undoubted loyalty. I commend to the attention of the Legislature the report of the Superintendent of the Public Schools, the flourishing state of which and the rapid progress of education are subjects of just congratulation, The reports of the Lunatic Hospital at Har risburg and of Western Pennsylvania, of the House of Refuge at Philadelphia and Pittsburg,- of the Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb and for the Blind and the Northern Home for Friend less Children at Philadelphia, and of the Penn. sylvania Training. Schools for Idiotic and Fee ble Minded Children at Media, show that these meritorious charitks are well administered, and I recommend that the countenance and aid of the Commonwealth be continued to them. Under the joint resolution of 16th May last, commissioners have been appointed to revise the revenue laws, whose names will be forthwith sub mitted.for the advice and convent of the Senate. It is hoped that the commissioners will be able to report during the present session of the Legis lature. Considering the great labor imposed on them, and the vast 'importance; at the. present time, of an able, and efficient performance of, the duties of the commissioners, ',suggested that the compensation provided T?r by the joint reso lution should he inereased to an adequate =mint. It was evident, long sincie, that it would be impossible for the banks to continue to redeem their obligations in coin, in the fuoe of the large issues of paper, the neeeasity for which was im-- posed on them and the Government by the exi gencies of the times. No surprise, therefore, was felt at the suspension of specie payments by like banks, which took place on Monday, the 3Gth et! December last. Under the circumstances, I re- , commend that they be relieved from all ponaltiee' for this breach of the law: Pennsylvr n i a has made great efforts Jo support: the Government. She has given more and bet,' ter clothed, and equipped men than any other State, and has far exceeded her quota of the military levies. The sons of on r beat citizens, young men of education and mensal' the ranks of her volunteer regiments. Their gallant con duet, whenever an opportunity has been , afforded to them, has done honor to the Commonwealth. The universal movement among our people, sig. rifles that they are loyal to the" Oarernment es tablished by their fathers, and are determined to quell the present Ineurreotton and preserve the Union, and that they will not to lerate any plan for either the disolation' or re;emistruetion of it. • ' A. G. CURTIN. Exrcartvz DEranntwir, Harrisburg; Jain - wry IC, 18621 Kt burnt grinuriion. A FAMILY PAPER FORTOWN AND COUNTRY, IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IVEFALT By w.m. M. BRESLIN, 24 Story of ranch's New. Cumberland St At One Dollar and. ifey Cents a Year._ ilqr A ovrarisexEs-rs inserted at tho tisinsil rates. The friends of the establishnent, end the pnblicgener ell) , are lespectfolly solicited to send hi their orders. &A-HANDBILLS Printed at en hours netice, A SKETOH , OF THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. A soldier who went to AccoMat and Northampton in Lodkwood's com mand, sends toile Cincinnati gazette a pleasant descriplion of the region just occupied by our troops in East. ern Virginia : They classify- farmers, among the poorer classes of the peoinsulay.ac cording to the number of korse's they work. There ie the one horse farmer, the two and three horse farmer, and a man who works five horses is a "right smart" farmer. They plant their corn one stalk in the hill, and it grows close to the ground, with one ear to the stalk. They know noth ing about acres, but any one can tell You how many thousand hills of cord he has raised. The oxen of the peninsula are TM's. erably small and mean looking. They work them singly in shafts, the load being pushed along by the head.— One of them, if properl*fatted,,might make e. meal for a hungry - RAW, but 1 wouldn't give a "els.eo" for the fragments. FARM ITOUSES The dwelling of well.to.do agricul. turists along the- route are built in a style peculiar to the country. First a tolerably large two story house, theft a little one-story building stuck onto the end, of it, and a stm7.and.a-half biiiiding to finish up the row. This, with roof, of a dull red color, white walls and green blinds, makes up the picture of an Accomac or Northamp. ton farm house. The resources of peninsula architecture appear to Mitre been exhausted in these quaint-look: iug structures, and the design is rare. ly departed from. HOOSIER TRAVELING We left Oak Hall in the evening and marched some six or eight miles before camping. The Zoo-zoos were in the lead, and having marched in pretty quick time, they took up -an. idea they were "putting the 'Hoosiers' through"—an idea that seemefi to tickle them amazingly. The ,next day, however, we were in the lead, and concluded to give our red breth ren a taste of HooSiertraveling, We marched fifteen miles in five through sand shoe-mouth deep; and stopped for dinner a short distance this side of Drummontltown. The Zoo•zoos were strung along the road for two miles hack ; and came -strug gling in, crestfdlen and disgUsted, for -half an hour after. On- the after: noon's march their surgeon rode up and begged Col. McMillan for God's sake to halt, saying that his MOIT could not possibly stand it, HUNTING RUM This peninsula, cut off from com merce in a great measure with beth the North and South, has suffered for inany articles of domestic comfort. - -t:: Srtgar, coffee; stationery, and even the necessaries of peninsular 111—e rum and tobacco—are reniarktiblY scarce; the two latter being parted with reluetly at exorbitant prices. Some of our officers have no p - artieu..- lar objection to a "nip" befOre break fast, as well as a postprandial smoke, and many were the weary pilgrima: gee in search of rum and tobacco.— The country for miles around our en campment was thoroughly stoilied. One Lieutenant secured a canteen full at Drummondtown, and left it ill the bar-room of the hotel while he ate his dinner. While be was'piteh. ing into the solids, some -heartless ' wretch stole his canteen, and substi tuted one filled with water. The Lieut. carried it about five miles, and thought he would refresh Those who saw him throw his head back, and turn the bottom of the can teen to the firmament, say that his countenence was a study for, the pen of Hogarth. A rigid investigation has been going on ever since, but the culprit has not yet been discovered. - .. 1812 WAR STORY: ,The following, we believe, has not,; er seen 'print. Ogden Hoffman used t,O tell the story. He was in tJ great fight between the Constitution and the Guerriere, and said that as the British ship came sailing down on them, as they heard the sharp or• dors, when the guns were run. out and the men could be seen ready with their matchlocks, an officer came id haste to Captain Isaac Hull, and ask ed for orders to fire. "Not yet," was the quiet response. As: they came still nearer, and the British vessel poured in her fire, the first lieutenant of the Constitution came on the poop and begged permission to return the broadside, saying that the men could not be restrained much longer. "Not yet," was the indifferent reply. Still nearer the British ship came and the American prisoners, who were in ,the cockpit of the Gurriero, afterw'ard said that they began to believe that their own countrymen iverenfraid measure their strength with, that Of the enemy, and this thought gave more pain than the wounds which some of them were stilt stiffering from. In: moment after the Guerrier rodlalitlyiorward showing her burriislicld sides ; and as the swell envied her close to the, very muzzle of - . 6 ll:::kie=ironsides ' " Captain Hall, who ..it/Vl:then quite fat and dressed in full tigl e its, bent himself twice to the deck ~and With' every muscle and vein thitribbing With excitement, • thoilted out , as he 'made another gyration, 'Novi, boys, pour 'it into thka.—=- That bfoadside settled 'their cppo; vent, and when r: he ani:Oliocleared a. way the CointriOdovilikAghtzi were to be seen splitYroru waistband to heal. Truly the,Commodore ,had a,:ectul "too big,for his breaettes.v• Hoff . , used` to add*that Hull, tiothips . . disconcert ed gave his orders witily-perfect 000l nos, and only changed his tights when thp British .cominandeeti sword was given up to him
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