Pir vow umniarazeur mrM®®nausvlrsclDECZ Neatly and Promptly Executed, at the ILDIMTIBEB, OFFICE, LEBANON, PENN'A. Tars establie'hmelit is now supplied with an extensive assortment of 308 T S7PB, which will be increased aa the patronage demands. It -can now turn out l'etiqme, of every description, in a neat and expeditious ntuner— linden very reasonable terms. Such as Pamphlets, 'Checks, Businese Cards, Handbills, Circulars, Labels, Bill Headings, Blanks, Programmes, Bills of Pare, Invitations, Tickets, &c., &c. iDtzos of all kinds, Common and JudgmentßOstos. School, Justices', Constables' and other Asks, printed correctly and neatly on the best paper, constantly kept for sale at this office, at prices "to suit the times." , *** Subscription price of the LEBANON ADVERTISER, One . Dollar apd alien' a Year. Addfess, Was. H. BRESLIN, Lebanon, Pa eljaite lattet;s4 "THE BE.6.lMipuL [Could anythingb e rne , re Bt . :tenting than the follow ing? Its author's Utire e is unknown, but he de serves a hi gh P i a" e it* the poetic tanks :1 ',Oh I the snow, tv ti r Billing the sk- 'ea" . B "Pw , Over the he a i 1 earth below, tom, tier ,osn tops, over the street, .., heads of the people you moot, Dancing, Flitting, Skimming along : Il'amitiful snow I it can do no wrong, „Flying to kiss a fair lady's cheek, , Clingthg to lips in ti`froncicsomo freak, Beautiful snow from the heaven , above, PIM) as an angel, gentle as love! OW. the :now, the beautiful snow, How the flakes gather and laugh as they go Whirling about in its maddening fun, It plays in its glee with every ono, Mae lug, Laughing, Hurrying by: It lights on the face, and it sparkles the eye ! And even the dogs with a bark and a bound ; Snap at the crystals that eddy, around, The town is alive, and its heart in a glow, To welcome the coming of beautiful snow ! How wild the crowd goes swaying along, Railing each other with humor and song! How the gay sledges, like meteors fly by, Bright for the moment, then lost to the eye; Ringing, Swinging, Dashing they go, Over the crust of the bountiful snow t r Snow so;pure when it falls from the Sky. To be trampled and tracked by the thousand aof feet Till it blends with the filth in the horrible street. Once I was pure as the snow—hut-I fell! Pell like the snow fliikes: trout heaven to boll ; Fell to be trampled as fil4ll in the street ; Fell to be scoffed, to be spit on and beat; Pleading. . Cursing, Dreading to die, Selling my soul to whoever may buy, healing in shame Ihr a worsel of bread, Flitting the living and fearing the dead; Merciful nod! have I fallen so low? And yet I was once like the beautiful snow guttuantru. LETTERS FROM MAJOR JACK DOWNING' WASHINGTON, Dec. 10; 1863 To the Editor : Sua .—When I writ you last, the Messige warn't finished. Viral, sich a time as we had finishin that docv ment you never did see. The Kernel an I set up all nite long three or four nites, but it was nigh about onpossi bul to git it to suite him. Ho would git, it fixt, an then Seward would cum in an say it was too bold. Then I Chase he'd cum an say it warn't bold .enuf ; and finally I Wiled him to rnak.e:it as old Deacon Grimes did his oven. He wanted to know how that was. \Val, I telled him it was this way : The Deacon built an oven fedinat - 611.34 'N'orth, - when - one of his nabars cum along an sed that would never do, as the North wind would blow rite in the mouth of the oven.— So the old man turned it around, an put the face to the South. Purty soon another naber cum along, an ses he, 'Deacon, it will never do to have the oven face the South, for there ain't any wind so blusterin as the South wind.' So the Deacon turned it round to the \Vest. Putty soon a man cum along, and ses he, 'Deacon, don't yOu know that the worst show ers an hurryeanes we have always cum from the West? It will never do to face your oven, that way.' So the Deacon determined to change it around to the East. lie hadn't more than got it dun, before another naber cum along, an see he, 'Why, Deacon Grimes, I'm perfectly astonished to see you buildin an oven an facin it to the East.—There ain't no wind so Barching an penetratin as the East wind, an it will blow your fire ell out of the oven.' Wal,' ses the old Dea con, perfectly discuraged, sui t you all. I'll build my oven on a pivot, an when you cum along you can turn it around jest as you want it.' 'Now, !see I, 'Kernel, that's the way with _your Messige,'—Ses he, 'that's a fact; the only trubbil is to fix on a pivot .on which it kin turn.'—'Val,' ses 'that's the easiest thing in the world. 'Take the nigger for the pivot, an it will suit every man in your party.— 'The only difference between 'em is, that some don't like to look him ;square in the face. That sort can turn your Messige around a little, an they'll see the nigger sideways; an - those that can't stand that, can turn it clear around, and then they'll see the nigger in the back, but it will be nigger all the time The Kernel sed it was a capital idee, an he ment to carry it out. It got noised around that the Kernel was cumin out with sum big thing in his Messige, an every Congressman, when he got to Wash ington, run rite to the White louse to give the Kernel advice. They nigh about run bim to deth. 'Wel,' oes I, 'Kernel, make 'em believe you're _sick.' 'Sho, see he, 'that won't do a bit of good. I've tried it often, an they bore me was than ever.' Wal,' sea I, 'tell 'em you've got scarlet fever an that will scare 'ern away.' The Kernel sed it was a lust rate idee, an so it was.announeed in all the papers that the President had the scarlet fe ver; but it didn't do much good._ Sum staid away,_ but the crowd y e t was tremenjus. 'Now,' sea I, 'Kernel this is too bad ; hero it's almost time for Congress to meet, and no Messige dun yet. Jest let the reporters an nounce that you've got the small pox, and there won't be a mother's son of 'em cum within gunshot of you.— Then you can fix your Messige, put in that patent pivet, an grease up things generally, so they'll run ano ther year without teehing.' The Ker nel sed there was no other way than to do it. When it got out that the Kernel had the small pox, you never see such a calm. The White House was nigh about deserted, an it seem ed like a Sunday up in Maine. The Kernel then set rite down to his Mes sige, an worked like a hewer. Ile r Y = t er QT VOL. 15---No. 29. i 0 shape after the foundation timbers were 'laid. An so he did. When he go,' t it finished, be called Seward and red it to him. He sed it was capital Then he sent for Chase and be sed it was all rite. 'Now,' ses I, 'Kernel, send for a War Dimmyerat, an see how he'll like it' Wheri I sed this, the Kernel , laffed rite out. See ho, 'Majer, you're . jok in—l know you are.' See he,'The War Dimmycrats remind me of a . story about bar.hunti•n out West. Old Josh Muggin had a young dog which was very firce for bars.— So one day• ha tuk_ him along on a hunt. In the very first fite the bar bit the dog's tail off, an away he run yelpin an barkin like mad, an Josh could never git his dog to fite bars at. ter that. Now, it's jest so with War Dimmyerats. They were very fierce to fite me if I issued my Emancipa.- shin Proclamashin , but I .did it, an by so doin, l l ent their tailsoff; an they have never showed any fite agin me sence, an they won't. No—l ra'aly wish I hadn't eny more trubbil on hand than the War Dimmycrats will give me.' Sesl, 'Kernel,' I think you've rath er bard on the War Dimmycrats.— They supported you because tfrey thot you was tryin to restore the Union, but now when they read your messige an see that you won't have the Union back eny how, they'll say you deceived 'em, and you may find 'em the most trubblesum ens tomers you're yet had to deal with. They ment to sustain the govern ment, but now when they see that you won't. sustain it, they may turn on you wus than the copperheads have,' an see I, 'Kernel, you jist git the Dimmyeratsunited, and I shudn't wonder if they wud'be after this, an then let all your Miss Nancy Aboli tionists look out., for there won't be as much left of 'em as there was of Bill Peeler's dog after his panther fite.' Ses the Kernel, ses be, 'how much was that ?"\Val,' ses I, 'Bill always sod there warn't nothin left but the collar be had round his neck, an the tip end of his tail, about an inch long.' Wal,' ses the Kernel, 'l've got to go abed, no matter who don't like it, or who gits licked in the fite. I'me in the Abolishin bote, an you can't stop it now eny more than you can put Lake Superior in a quart bottle.' See I, 'Ciu abed, Ker nel ; I alters like to see a man bold an strong on his own principles.- - rnere's nothin like pluck. Let ev et.y body know jist what you mean; and then if they support you it's their own fault.' 'Wal,'-.•ses-:.b.e, 'ain't .1 plain enuf this time ?"Yes,' sea I, 'Kernel, all but the amnesty part— that's kinder puttyfogy."Wal,' ses ho, 'Majer, men that can't see a hole Oro a ladder ought to be humbug. ged.' Ses I, 'Mebby that's so, but we'll all know more about who's humbugged an who isn't after the war is over.' But I never did see people , so tick led over the Messigo as the Republi. bins all are. They say it is jest the thing—that it is going to wipe out slavery, an prevent the 'Union as it was' ever bein restored; an then it's dun so cutely. that a good menny people won't see thru it. That am nesty dodge throws dust in their eyes, an kinder sounds generous like. There's a great fife cumin off a mong the Abolishinists about who's to be run for next President, an L think I'll hay sum noos for you afore long. Enyhow, I shall keep my eyes open as ushil. Yourn, till deth, MAJER JACK DOWNING. ARCHBISHOP HUGHES, - Archbishop Hunrup, though of humble origin, had .:.ttainect to the highest dignity of the Catholic church on this Continent, and was universal ly beloved and venerated by his peo ple while his powerful intellect, his zeal in his sacred calling and the unquestioned purity of his life, chal lenged the admiration of all, no mat ter how they may have differed with . him. His was the controlling intel leet of his church in this country.— Others may have been more versed in the intricacies of church doctrine ; but for the last ten or fifteen years, it has been to Archbishop RucatEs that all have looked as the guiding mind, at least in all the temporalities of the church. He has held the helm with a vigor, sagacity and bold intel lectual power that .has overridden prejudice, and given to the Catholic church in the United States, a wis dom of administration and a prosper ity second to no other religious sect. Archbishop HuonEs was born in Ireland, in 1798, and emigrated to this country in 1817, very soon after entering the Theological Seminary at Emmittsburg, 111 d. He was or dained a Priest in Phil: d'a.,in 1825, and for a number of years labored with great zeal among his people, founding St. John's Church in 1832, where he continued as pastor until called to more responsible duties in N e w York. In 1832 he had his cel ebrated correspondence with the Rev. Dr. BurAcKimunGE, and two years of ter, an oral discussion with a brother of the latter. Both the correspon dence and debate were published, and excited much interest among the religious .community. From this - time Archbishop illlollEB took a front rank as a controversialist; and in the thirty years which have since elapsed, his faith - has never been as sailed, that it has not found in him a ready and powerful champion, maintaining to the last all the vigor of his intellect, and an almost faseina. ting power of argumentation. In 1837 he was appointed by the POPE .o Bisho. DUBOIS of New LEBANON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1864. York; in 1838 administrator of the diocese, and succeeded to the Bish opric in 1842, on the death of Bishop Dupols. It is needless to recount here, his successful labors in the New York diocese for the• next few years. All are familiar with the reform ho successfully introduced in the tenure of-church property, and the zeal he dovotcd to the correction of what he held to bean abuse in ,he school laws of that State. His hand was never idle. Here a college was to be found ed, and there a church debt liquida ted. To him labor for - his church was rest; and with a firm faith, in Gop and right, ho was appalled by no obstacle no matter how lormidable. In 1845 he visited Europe on mat ters connected with the church,- and again in'lBso, 'ivhen he was raised to the dignity of Archbishop, and went to Rome to receive the palliurn at the hands of the Pope. Again in 18- 55 he visited Rome by command of Pope Pins, to be present at the defin ition of the dogma of the immaculate conception. In the years which in tervened between this period and 18- 61, Archbishop Hughes devoted fresh zeal to the affairs of his church, and progcted many new church edifices, in eluding the Cathedral in New York which was commenced in 1858, and is designed to be the largest church edifice in America. In 1861, he visiti. ted Europe for the fourth time, on this occasion in a somewhat official capacity, and since his return, as while abroad, has labored earnestly to avert the evils impending over his adopted country. He died peaclully on Sunday night in the midst of his great labors. Full of honor, and with a memory em balMed in the hearts of tens of thou sands of the American people. ' John Hughes has gone to his God, and to his exceeding great reward. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE The past year has afforded us new causes of thankful ness to the Almighty for the moral and material bless ings which heli3lsbeqtowed upon as. The balance in the Treasury, November 30,1-02. was $r,172 3.44 10 lieceipts during the fiscal year ending No vember 30, 1003 4,209,451 00 Total in Treasury for fiscal year ending November 30.1651 8,462,205 76 The pqments for the same period have been ..... 4.314,04 05 Balance in Treasury, November 2.0, 1683_ 2.117.331 70 The ope-ations of the sinking fund during the last year Lave been shown by my Proclamation of the Sth day of September last, as follows : Amount of debt Commonwealth reduced.. $954,720 40 As fvllows, viz Coupon Loan Act, 4.1863 100.000 60 hive per cent 790.114 Four .nct cue-Leif per cent 633)00 09 Relief bates natiseied 963 Co) Domestic croditarc' cert ificatoa 13 06 Inturet , .. cci tifiattca pan! - 9.7 99 Amount of public debt of Penn , ylvanitt as it stood on thelst day, of December, $40,448,213 82 Deduct amount red,•emed at the State Troesury during the fist .1 year ending with Noveininte UO. 1803 Vez. : Five per emit stock $888,499 78 Four and a half per cent mucks 02.000 00 Relief notes 109 00 - Domestic credi ora' certificates 8 :t1.3 $951,617 04 Public debt, December Ist. 186^ 539,490 ; 596 78 Funded debt, viz: 6 per cent loans $400,630 00 Funded debt, viz : 5 per cent 10an5,35,742,686 4i Funded debt, viz : 434 per ;,:eut luaus 269,200 00 --- V 36,376,816 46 Unfunded debt, viz Relief notes in circulation $07.251 00 Interest tertiOcates outs'antling 15,3!,6 63 Interest certificated unclaimed., 4.448 38 Domestic creditor? certificated.. 7 ;32 $88,410,598 78 Military loan per Act of ]lay 15th, 1541... .0,000 Total indebted nese tho net of the 15th of May, 1861, anthorizing the_ military loan of 53.000,000 utt, a tax of one-half mill was laid on real and personal property, to furnish a fund for rede-ming the same I recommend that the comntission ers of the slaking fund be directed to invest tin:proceeds of the tax on State loan at that i may be drawing in terest, to be in like manner invested, or that they atom hi apply such pros-eds directly to the purchase of certifi cates of the militar loan, and cancel such certificates as shall be purchased. Although our finances are still in Is healthy condition, it is necessary to invite, the serious attention of the Leg islature to the considernthon of the means of tunintain- Me them unimpaired in future. By theact of 1 .Ith Aunt. 1841, it was provided that the interest on the State loans should always be paid in spe cie or its equivalent. tort that whenever the funds in the Treasury should lie of lens value than specie, the dif ference in talue shlild be ascertained and certified to the Governor. who should thereupon issue his war ant to the agents or banks authorized to pay such interest on behalf of the Commonwealth, to allow such difference to parties receiving the interest, or at the option of the par ties to pay the same in specie. By the act of ilth April. 1802, it was provided that for the purpose of paying in specie or its equiva out, all in terest thntshould thereafter he due by I he Common wealth as required by the act of done 12. 1810, the several banks who should avail themselves of the provisions of that act, (at 7.lth A pril,18)0. and should refuse to redeem their totes in specie, on demand, at any time v. lieu such interest should become due, should they. after. when re quired by the State Treasurer, by notice in writing, pay into the State Treasury, in proportion to the capital stock paid in • f each bank, their ratable proportion pf 8101 premium for gold or its equivalent, as should have been a tually paid by the State By the net of the 30th jinni:try. 1 803. it was provided that the State Treasurer should exchanze with the bank an amount of currency euilicien• bi pay the interest on the State debt fulling due on the first days of February nod August, 1863 for the same :ttnottril of coin, and should give to the hanks specie certificates of exchange, nut transferable, pledging the fetch of the State to re turn said Win in exchanee for notes current at th e ti me , on or before the first Monday of March 1864. finch certi ficates to bear interest at the rate of 2% per cent.. per annual Under the provh!inne of the act of 18 1 '2, certain banks paid into the State Treasury $140,768 30 as nn equiva lent for coin for the payment of interest on tho public debt Under the act of 1863, specie certificates have been gi ven to the bunks. amounting in the who e to $ ,666.004- 67, which.with the accruing interest, will fall due on the first Monday of March next As the provisions of this act were of a temporary char acter. the only acts now in force on the subject are those of 184 and 1862, above mentioned, under which it will be the duty of the State authorities to pay the interest on the rst of February 1854, and thereafter in coin or its equivalent. and look to the banks that may be liable under the act of 662 fur reintbursement uf the premium pa•d by the commonwealth In the face of all difficulties this Commonwealth, ac tuated by a sentiment a hick does its people honor, has Itithertoltaid its interest in coin or its equivalent Existing circumstance.. make it necessary to consider now the iltir extent m her just obligations The exigencies .-f the times have compelled the Gov ernment of the United States to issue large amounts of 'treasury notes for cir Illation, which lire not red einable in coin. and which form the great mass of our circula ting medium. It Is our duty as a loyal State—it In our interest as a State whose welfare, and even safety, depend em phatically upon the maintenance of the cre it and the success or the military operations of the General Gov ernment—to do nothing to impair its credit or elebarrass its measures. On the contrary. we owe it to ourselves and to our posterity to give an active support to its ef forts to quell the monstrous rebellion.which is still rag ing, and thus restore peace to our distracted country. It is our own Government, and we could not, without gross indecency attempt to refuse its currency in pay ment of taxes and other debts due to the Commonwealth In 1640 the case was very different The didlcuities then arose front the suspension of specie payments by our State banks, mere local and privatecorporations,and the Stale very properly, by the act of that year, intend id to provide against loss to its creditors by reason of such suspension. An exigency like the present could not then hare been foreseen by the Legislature, and it is to be inferred therefore that they could not have intend ed i.o.provide for it. We derive our system of public Mans. from 'Europe, end thstroe extent of our obligation is to be Ascer tained by referring to. the known establislact piastice or European goVernMents prior to the autos when our loans were effected I mean; of course, such of those governments, as were held to have malataitied their national credit. It is believed to have beta the uniform mot* of such governments to Ay their interest ID imPor cur rency, however depreciated, during a legatizsJ moven. giOn ut specie payments. Au observanie tto , tanee of this is afforded by fitte Nome Of the British Borer-- ment, which, during twenty-flue yeare, from fiffi to 1822. during which the bank was prohibited by law from paring oat coin for any jovrpeett. paid tho intercot On its pnbli debts in bito k notes,which during a great Part of that time were at u heavy didcouut, sometimes a,nottuting to :SU per Gem. or thereabout. Their.neccs sities thou wore not gutter tbd u oars are now. Akti.oug ourselves., at the present titne...,lllastiachneetts (whe-ie debt IR bOliOveil to be very small) itaye :he trite. rei.t in coin Ohio an Indiana pay 'in currency. In Nee Y'rk it not hitown what will he dune. Her kgistature, by coucart;ent resolution.. ordered the to tes eat to be pal„ in COIIII. - 0 foreign stockholders,in April last. AL the prosenC rave cf premium on gold the ante ne cessery to p.f: Ott no OtiotOll6 sufficient to di:citer4,- the annual interest on the State debt would No more then .$1,000,000, t inlto itteira le,tedf t flaunt texar Mit to that tiXtenc would be unavoidable. The do ontids on the Tteasktry for other nice. eery purtupss must probably .I,e'siteli as to render it; wpru .1 , 11 t to throw any nen of this expeueliture n fir- saluting Notions. To borrow .money gone tams. )ear to' pay the interest on peat loans muttW ofe.mrs , ..;;ttholli inatituiseable To Lave the act of nth: in tette, anti attempt to throw the pay unlat'of tide 'larva' trz-i , toni aunualiy on the berths. wruld be tint ()mo a t eipAily tit just, bp Tilts ilaplnC tiettete. riff:vent eiliioeauli-et to tire cark-fri'l unit median, conriderstiou of the to; slature. Foote le_istetion ought it, beliad on it briore 'he-ekes of the itti-ent month. In opitilen the Cettimmwesith will have fie:IWO lit r oblig.ttiohar by providing "for the payment of Mr interest in the currency of the OGvern clout. If the letgitelatitee altooht think 11l to cootie tie VI pay it in CAD. P their duty to tery forth with the heavy tuxes :14 - -cessery for the - pd 'poet, I u.t, onesin g oe.ars a tit AL the plan adopted by one of the ritates of peyio,tt coin to foreign. and currot,cy to lit)llPlitie lout, 11.3itlyr,d, to - me to be .% betty wise rind-f. , undcd on:nu,let-itturate principle. .i4,,the close of the lax.iir.oisiott, nineteen bills renew ing the charters °feet - lain hanks tor anotherrrikid of score pr.-sent:ll to me Oft hese Ilicee (for reasons w bleb will be reactor communicated,) with laid my signature fru:. our and approved the r..nratu• der. I have been NI twits'. them by the considerations that the banks of the Comm to wealth pay a tares Love title {nearly 1.4-10,000), we left the State can ill eifird to 109,, and that, lm the present condition el the country, -it would be impolitic o drive en notch capital out of to die cue or force it into new employments. • 1f the Nation system afford sufficient in discontents, capital will rel•entari:y toffs that direction. It is proper to wiser:is - teat the ohs, sera efface: of the batiks it. quest lon ote efer, at an early porfod.svisite to con sequence of the invasion of the dtate, during the last Klinanor. tuey could not have beeu reasonably (..N.piictod to give the liecesSary nottes of renewed appltcatious tar re Chanter,. I tempt:nond an extension of the Won during wldeb the tangy rtro now rolinkel from proolti-:o for of ing their otligati”ne: in coin. The iticrnstß.oxi•cl. - 11 of living Invite attendee to the eolitries of our pundit ollicere Tho-o of the Seer,-- fury of the 0 onono 'newt!), Auditor 0,13 , 1.0 end :Auto Treneurer, and of the Okras in their eint.lii men In toy opinioe, too tow, esp•iniellv es the oxigeorien of the tireei hove greatly eubence4 the tet,ore and reepon liti ties of al Lund in the veer of to:, lien4s of tre•te, ‘le puetnionts,enterni a eoteitant, iirtemiouce at Harris hurt, which ores not vrinir•ei. Under the Act of leth April, lSti> and itseuiplernent pee-ed 224 April, 1883, the hrialitht Geuoral.Quorter matner General and easninf-sel. tlonorut have horn acting es the Board of M•litery Claims They have up is this time, :WM...feed ehiald to rho ameltur of 8.68,415 81, and others have been elieady Inesenteel to the further ranee ut of $t1f.41,120 4, which hero opt y,t been anted 00. • Under toe Act prri 2'2,1E63. (P L. 629) the Cratrt f Common Piens m... Anted three tik,prniaers to at.,C.wtaite the »mare datku to the cot:nava an the eau there hor der 'dy the militia ^riled into service in Set. tember. ttit2. by the Aud,rgent Cavalry is the tattne rnoelte. nod by the rebate in their:hit tat the loth oud OetoLer. V ell The appreitters hate - not yet completed the perform anent of their ditties. When their tepee 8 ehait have boon made to the Court u(eorommt ,Pleas and affirmed, u elentinor in part, by that Chun, it will be the duty of the Onverntar to el .im the payment of the from the General Govornment and on failure to secure the same, then to reper;Lo the next Letrlslatur ,reento• mending moth Action as he may deem just and peeper. The f:XtItqI,MYS of the Transportation and Telegraph ntipartlll4llL durtug the peat year have Lee. as 1,41,1 rIiACI (out Of appinpriatiott mode by alititary Loan Act of ISM) f. 13.868 Unpaid (the isporom ta ion Wag 0.1 h ste4).. 155 , 4 74/ I,rutltatautr, oatiinz.ted uu $14,413 66 Theal expenses havehenn mainly incurred in keep Eng up the necessary ttmttP estam ductee tt.ucuilita,y .ttkportittsiicui 4.104 11.441i4er.41Deportto,1711 9F sick Rua wonntled and the dead beli.•s of our voltm Mere, as Will be aeon by :be report of ;be Chief of Tr au sportation, herewith communicated. I recommend an appi opt lo tion to meet the arti dewy, and atsu to csrry on the service epf this l , f+partrn , utherwitter. By the thirteenth section of the act of the 15th May, ISCI, the suns of 3.:9.0u6! was appr printed to be ex pended by the Governor for the compensat ion of such persons es he might require to serve the Commonwealth in the military oeganizetion of the State or the General Government, a a for the ixpennes ineitlent to the busi ness in which they might he entteloyed I have, according to Mw settled annual Recounts of the expenditure of this fund in the Auditor General's office, to which the Legislat strOs referred. The unexpended balance is now $.l ottl 98 A farther sum should be appropriated in'ltke mattn . ltr Out of this fond 1 have paid the person, whom I thaw' it necessary so empty in the military department. an the expenses of the agency which I was coropellea tip cstabtish at Washington to attend to the interests anil welfare of our volunteers— The continuance of this ape cy and the estaLliststuent of a similar one in the West are of vital importance to them. I recommend the passage 'of an act authorizing the ap point meet of agents at Waal ington and ittiashville, and defining their duties. which should include the collect ion of all bounties, back pay, tensions, etc, due to Penns, l ve nia $054,720 40 $t17,750 ^ • On thin subject I refer the Legislature to the report of Colonel R. Biddle Roberts, late Agent of the State, at Washington. herewith ccunnouleated,and connueutt It to your careful exam lualiou On the invasion of the* . tale daring the last summer the President made a call for militia, and with his as sent 1 subsequently unitise call fur volunteer militia tor the defence of the Stare Under these calls men were assembled and o ganized with peumpteess,af or the re ality of the etnetgency canto to be understood by our people The Cenerol Uolortilllent clothed and subsisted this force, and agreed to guy it, and as no :tom initiation for that purposeltiolleies made by Congress, the Presi dent and Secretary of War pi oinked if th money should bit advanced from oil:erg:inners to recommend its im mediate rep:l3lllmi: on the meeting of Congress. It is understood that steps have been already taken to NM, this pledge. Sevin al of the Minks cheerfully and retail advaoced the nocimary funds to the amount of 3071,416 43. on my promise to recommend to the Legis lative an appropriation; to rotary them in ease Congress should fail to runke one I accordingly make that re- COUltiletelatien Moot , . Saollll it he oeees e.ry, 1 will hereafter. is especial message, give the de tails and :orrespondence reitiiiag - to this outtrict. New York tool New Jersey, under the President's call sent regiments to miser in our deft ore, fir which our thanks are due to those Stales. our good neighbors After the twn: of that:vatting. in widen toy I volr unto.-re front °int:tem:B44 e, including I•elitts) were engaged, it t i F yi.areil y lee proper thitt ail those StuteS should unite it cos:: try on the spot. in which tneir satir , rs. of f e ll-,, i n t h at conflict, amend be boon arty ir terted. I see .rdingl, appoint.' David Wills. Ptq ,of tiottydang. tidy agent. and throto,„dt him a site was porch t a coet of $z 47a ea. and the convey:met, .n.do to the rele mon we...ith. On emu monicuting with the action tine of the other Stereo. they all readily atried to become psi• ties to the arrangement, and on toe 19th day of No vember last, the Cemetery Wee fladie.4l-O wit'. appro pritte ce re monies in the predepeo of the tss salient of the United Status, tne :overman el the :states concern ed. Imti other high officers Suite root Natter: d. On the 10th any of december, on the invitaticdt of Mr. Wit:s, Commissioners representing the Stmett interested in the Cemetery, metro Darr:atm g, and (a:are:du:itspiv. n a let P o l l a y ". „ for its improvement and care in the future, and the apportioionent of tho .atim cf motley requtred , to the auroral States, whieh Is herewith commit iceted. The c l' i u o u rri " g " cite "d j o i e ' g e t th r n if v t a l t i: bi st l e ' .. " Siti of removing 'be bodies or thcalain, bare then far Merle ted to $5.2u9 38, and an epprorriarien will be required itt pay these ex penses, and to meet our portion of those tidunding its y ex-reuses lautehru'e'sneeutlUUtti:lini'leei their t nl o :l" b ir" e bir e °' proceedings..e' r r i, L l l e G d '4' b o y l l:ti e Statue on e aecoant they were mule. It is just to say that Mr. Wills hug tiechtu ged hie delicate and iLtp ti ri o, tt i tut dilate with fidelity, and to my entire satito The act for the relief of families at volunteers in service may require some ft:vision. It is alleged that In smite parts ol the State the county authorities are backward in ex: eating the law if goo be SO, the t to k" .tn:k il e i st h ie 3 h a l s i t t e b:r f wieldier:* front the diff in eLe t rit re c ,t e d u 3 n . etuh i c e lt. :F r i e tn" ,: a n i s t w : ill t 'l l r e inb p 'o re P ie ro p p t. ' a r tlen I ion of the Legislature thu subject of the re'ief of poor orphans of one soldiers who have g iven, or shall give, their lives to I hecountry during this crises. In my opinion, their in:totem:nee and education should be provided b.] by the Cole.-- Foiling ether natural friends of chili y to provide for them. Jo.) shonld be lam toddy recede ii and f istered as children of the Cimmontecalth. The sbu,tto net it tofore giver: b • the Railroad Company, referred to le my Intl ant ual illialrego, is till mower° orltiteil. and I recommend that this w th omit Other reeling as the Leiti-laddre may think fit, be ap plied to this end. iii melt manner as may be thought meet expeiliset and elf alive. In male:potion of the adoption of a more perfects stein, I rec urns n t that p rev i e i o u be made for securing the admission of such A.:Airtime into existing educational ealnUffek metare, to be there chatted, uurtored and instrueted a t the public expense. t make thii reed mendatten earnest' fee!• tug assured that in doing no, I represent the wishes of , the patriots.:, the benevolent and good of the State. I invite the attention of the Legislature to the con dition of the loyal peom oatple of East Tennessee, which is represented to ho deplorable, and appeals wi th. irresistible force alike to:your sympathies and your sense of justice. Their whole country has Wen laid waste by the contending Remiss of. the Government enartrteiyMirgliol'rvecalarge i ins "i olf l" al i rt ;t e al ' d ga is t t h r e ic re t' d for the approaching whiter, and now the women and children are left in e State of ohavnadtbttleiheettrehels. Font' Mutton st,'l3 o 496 5•3 1 3 7S The representation made by' sundry' gentlemen of the highest respectability, from.iliat .State, are of the moat heart,rendering chaiacter. Starvation, actual and present, now exists. Can wo, in the midst of af fluent abundance, for a moment hesitate la to what onr better; chat} kfse towards the people whom only A . ~ . ~ i i '1 . 4. '. ,0- . . . -.,,, , 4 ., - + . ' ' 1.. 'x,