-a'W'ELT-^; -.u \ .1 ii r U) rKllC ) .i-u -Oi'/J ■ '-..1-' p@trtkii?-*v'ißT^ ivx6P*T*£*xo^j*Miji : ointi j"; . •■• BY :- l.- ■ qMstaSte. ■-;■ : - ;: DolUrirper airnuraj'payaiblein»i£ TBo«. .lto !BnbKript4oiL diKontfamafl .turtlf iltarrea* •=«£«*** BffcV ll * ll6 * B **tbfcoptlptt-cf “the Editor*.-. :it Aj?fKTianaKTS.—AdverUjemeiyta, -.not • excefcdlpg ene , iquATfl. (4.ii Uus*o he ( inserted. three time? tor one r<JolU'r; an&twenty-fivfc for each. additional . iaeer* ‘tjoir: 1 Those bfgreaterleb^tiiin proportion. "- f ' JdsPfttftfffrO—£tiefr-«s Hand-BQTs; Poetert, Bl&nka, exectitedirithaeflartcy And on ibaabottedt. notice*, ri.. GOVKHSOR S MESSAGE. 'To (he Honorable .the Senate aridHoute ofße- of the Commonwealth of Tenn i,:92jivania t •: •.Qentxbmbk: "It has pleased Drritie ProYidenceduring_-the last seasoji, .us abundant ctpgs, un d)rpheiv peace within our, borders, unanimity i&mong our peoples and .thus tu-enable this .Commonwealth to do her full dutyto the coun try, to herself, aud to posterity;- For these ‘blessings we have cause to be grateful. The balance in the Treasury* on the .. 30th jNoy. 1860, was The receipts during .v fiscal year ending Novetrr. 30, 1861, were as follows: From ord’y sources, 3,017,645.57 From temporary loan . ; under Act of April 12, 1861, at 6 per cent, interest, and •'negotiated at par. 475,000 From 6 per cent, loan ' . under Act May 15, 1861, alsonegotia r;.ted ait. par •From Booiety of Cin- 2,612,150 clnnatus ;£rom.; United States /•'on ;.ac’t military .expenses ‘From Pay Masters and others, re funded 606,000 Totalinto Treasury • for fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1861. And the payments, as follows For ordinary pur poses, l For military ex- $3,144,480,34 ponses, Under Acts April 12, 1861, and May, 15 and 16, 1861,— 474,873.85 1,708,462.68 170,535,51 2,353,872.04 For Ain’t loon un- . > der Act April 12, 1861, repaid 375,000 5,873,352.38 Leaving balance in Treasury, Nov. 30, 1861... PUBLIC DEBT, FUNDED AND UNFUNDED. Received from tem porary loan, un der Act Apr. 12, 1861 Repaid as above... Outstanding Nov. 30, 1861 Rec’dfrom loan un der Act May 15, • 1861 Amount of public debt, funded and unfunded, Nov. 30, 1860 ; Paid during fiscal year .37,969,847.50 101,331.42 37,868,516.08 Remaining unpaid, (exclusive of mil itary loans above mentioned) Nov. 30,1861 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF MILITARY Receipts from military loan under Act Apr. 12, 1861 475,000 Act May 15 2,612,150 From Pay Masters and others refunded Paid for military ex penses, as above, 2,353,872.04 Paid for redeeming loan, Act Apr. 12, * 376,000 Unexpended of milita ry loans ■RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF ORDINARY HEVENUK, Balance in Treasury, from ord’ry sources, ; Nov. 80, 1860 Rece'd from ord’ary sources during fis cal .year 3,017,645.57 3,699,078.65 Paid for ordinary expenses,as above 0,144,480.34 Unexpended of or ; dinary revenue... Bee’d from United - States Gov. on ac’t ; military expend. Rec’d from Society of . Cincinnatus ' Balance in Treasury, as above $1,551,605.72 It will be observed that the fiscal year ends on the 30th of November, and the sinking fund year on the first Monday in .September, which accounts for the apparent deficiency in the amount of debt paid as stated in the Treasu rer’s report, and by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. The State has on hand- a sur plus uniforms and equipments, , which cost about $190,000, which the United States h%ve agreed to take and pay for at cost. AiTange ments have been made with the general gov ernment for the reimbursement of the military expenses'of the Slate since the 27th of July last; The bills as paid are forwarded to 'Wash ington and partial repayments have already been made. It will be observed that the receipts frhm ordinary sources of revenue for the year 1861 have decreased, but as payments have been mad.e qn some of them since the settlement at the end of the fiscal year on the first of JDecem ber, and more may reasonably be expected in addition to the payments to be made by the National Government as hereinafter stated the balance available in the treasury will be large ly increased. It will also be Observed that it has hot been found necessary to call in all of the loan effected under the act of the. 18th of May last. .In some items the ordinary revenues of 1861 was in excess of that of 1860. -The loan authorised by the act of May 15tb, 1661, was taken at par. This occurrence, hiost gratifying under all the then existing circumstances of embarrassment, affords tri umphant evidence of the confidence of the peo ple in the stability and integrity of the Com* monwealth and of their determination to sup • port the Government. , , :i .. oie operations of the Sinking Pund.during the last year have been as shown ,byPro . clkmation, of sth September last, as follows: Debt redeemed from 4th. Septe mber, 1860, to ist Sept. = 1861.V5366,801 01 Of stock loans-. 5300,050 00 Of interest on certifi cates---. -.. Of relief notes . . $300,801,01. i*efelr to the) reports ' amihAuditor General for ''til'd' details' of 'the - .finfincfal affaire of the ComnioowoAltli ."' l Tile ; ' I d'D .2H3I<UOd . ..... - reports of the. Surveyor General, and State ■Librarian willexhibif the stater ofthe Depart ments -under their care. ' The Commissioners of the sinking Fund du -ring the last spring received from the Phila delphia anS Erie (late Suubury and Erie); Railroad Company forty bonds of that Com pany for $lOO,OOO each, and a mortgage to secure the same executed in conformity with the third section of the act of March the 7th 1861. That oompany has also deposited in the State Treasury its bonds, to the amount of five millions of dollars, in accordance with the 6th seotionof the same act. Oii the 9th of May lastlgranted iny warrant authorizing the State Treasurer to deliver to thasaid company one thousand of said bonds, 1 being to the amount of one million of dollars. This war rant 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) hav ing been previously surrendered and cancel led, and satisfaction entered on.the Record o£ the Mortgage mentioned in.said fifth section. Having received notioe from the company that the bonds so delivered, to c the company or their proceeds had been appropriated in ac cordance with the provisions of the law, on the 21st of June last I appointed John A Wright as Commissioner to examine and to re port to me whether said bonds or their pro ceeds had been appropriated to the purposes required by the act. His report has not yet been received by me. It is understood that arrangements have at last been made under which the direct railroad connection between Philadelphia and Erie will be completed within a short time. It is im possible to estimate too highly theimportance 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 of April, 1858, for the sale of the State canal to the Sunbury and Erie railroad company it was provided that if that company should sell said canals for a greater sum in the aggregate than three and a half millions of dollars, seventy-five per cent um of such excess should be paid to the Com monwealth by a transfer of so much of such bonds and securities as said, company should receive for the same and payable in like man ner. $681,433.08 32,220.45 -6,743,520.02 The company sold the canals and reported that the-shate 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 bonds for $900,000 issued by that company and secured by amort gage of the Wyoming oanal, formerly called the Lower North Branoh Canal. These bonds bear an interest of six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually on the 15th of January and July, and the interest was paid by the company to January last inclusive. The in terest due in July last has not been paid.— Judgments having been obtained against the company on some of the coupons for the un paid July interest, a bill in equity was filed in the supreme court by a bond and stock holder in which such proceedings were had that by a decree made on the 2d September last ihe pro perty and affairs of the company were placed in the hands of a receiver. 7,424,958,10 A plan has been suggested for the assent of the stock and bond holders which contem plates a sale of the canal under lawful process and a purchase of the sameffor the purpose of forming a now 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 mortgage bond for one thousand dollars shall be entitled to eighteen shares, and each as senting holder of fifty shares of stock of the Wyoming canal company shall be entitled to nine shares. Of course no officer of the Com monwealth had authority to assent to the pro posal or in any way to affect her position. It is believed also that the plau is not one that ought to be assented to by the Commonwealth, and that' under all the circumstances, if the convenience of individual parties requires a change such as proposed, the debt due to the Commonwealth ought to be first paid or fully secured. $1,551,605.72 2,612,150 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 Commonwealth 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 unlesß 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 tho Legislature, as an effort may be made at an early day to enforce a sale of ’the- canal,nnd some' provision by law to protect the interests of the State would in that •case be necessary. .8,516.08 32,229.45 -3,119,379.45 The wicked and monstrous rebellion which broke out many months ago, has not yet been' quelled. Every sentiment of loyalty and pa triotism demands its effectual suppression. In my messages of the 9th and 3Uth 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 con firmed me in the correctness of the opinions then expressed and to which 1 refer. In ad dition it ought to be understood, that looking to the variety and character of her products and industry, her material interest alone would render the preservation of. the Union from the present assault, indispensable to Pennsylvania.' She cannot afford to have a foreign power be low or above or bounding her on the Delaware, the Chesapeake or the Mississippi, and she will never acquiesce in. such a result, whatever may be the cost in men and money of her re istance to it. -2.728,872.04 $ 390,507.41 681,433.08 554,598.11 On.the 9th of April last I directed the atten tion of the Legislature to the necessity which existed for an improved military organization, and on the 12th of the same month the Act entitled “An Act for the better organization of the militia of this Commonwealth,” passed, appropriating the sum of $500,000 for. the purpose of organizing, equipping and arming the militia. On.the 15th of April the Presi dent, by proclamation, called for 75,000 men of which the quota assigned to Pennsylvania was at first : sixteen (afterwards reduced to fourteen) regiments to serve as infantry or ri flemen to serve for the term of three months, unless sooner discharged. This call was en thusiastically responded to by the people of Pennsylvania. The first military aid from the loyal States, whioh. thfe Government received at Washington was-‘fir* Pennsylvania corps, which arrived there prior to the 19th of April. On ihat day the passage of other- corps from this and other States through Baltimore was impeded by force and for nearly two weeks af terwards the communication between Wash ington and the loyal States was almost entirely cut off. 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 trans ported by the State in consequence of the then inability of the United States. This re quest was of coarse complied with, aud twen ty-five regiments, (being eleven regiments be yond our' quota,) ’ comprising 20,175 men from Pennsylvania served for the term of three-' months under the . Presi dent’s Proclamation above referred to. As the furnishing those volunteers with . supplies -'.was necessarily ’unde* the circum stances a hurried operation, and ascomplaints wero made im regard to them, land frauds were alleged to have been perpetrated, I appointed a board of commissioners, to investigate the : wlioVe subject. A copy ;: of their report with the evidence.taken by- them has been already laid before the public,.: .itis the jjntention. of: - the Auditor General to open, the accounts, of ; such parties as appear l>y , the testimony to have been overpaid and this course has already . 7 been tak£n in two of ttfose'eases. On the expiration' of tie term of the 'three 1 months men in July last, sbme 'eight' or’ ten thousand discharged-Pemisylvania Volunteers' into'Harrisburg l without notice ; an,4fietaihedthere;kWitiftg't'o be paid, ffe l an’ same* tern days; 'Their twite, - campnieguipagßi and* cookings utensile-had i been takahfromi jthemi alfWilfiamßport, they arrived here destitute ofaHme^iiß 3,330 OV 421 oa ffTHATOOUHTRY IB ra* HOST PROffPYRQtJB WHul LABOR OOHMAHDS THI GIOIATRST REWARD*'’—BUCHANAN. LANCASTER CITY. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING.■ JANUARY,M, 1862. of shelter and of preparing their food. The ..Commissarythe United States fcccmahed uncooked rations, and under the circumstances of emergency I -deemed it necessary to make arrangements for aiding ,m the cooking and baking of the rations, and also for furnishing meals to : euch of the regiments as arriyed during the night or under circumstance*; re? q mring instant relief.. The expenses attend ing theseoperations amounted so far as ascer .tained to $744 20, and L recommend that the' . Legislature make an appropriation to pay them. It ought to be stated that these expen ses would have been - much but for the and patriotic efforts of the citizens and especially the ladies of Harrisburg; - their free handed hospitality and generous aid to our wearied and hungry soldiers, deserves remem brance and gratitude. At the special session of the .Legislature - which, commenced on the 30thi of April last, I recommended the organization of- a reserve corps, to be armed, equipped, clothed, subsist ed aud paid by the State,.and drilledin camps of instruction, in anticipation of the exigen cies of the country, and by the Act of the 15th of May last, such a corps waa directed to be raised, and a loau of $3,000,000 was au thorized to defray the expenses of that and other military preparations. Men more than sufficient in number to form some ten regi ments of the Reserve Corps had, previous to the 15th. of May been accepted by me in pur suance of a call on me (afterwards rescinded,) for : twenty> five regiments, and were then al ready assembled and subject to my control, Most of these men volunteered for the Reserve Corps and were immediately organized: . The remaining regiments were rapidly recruited and the Corps was thus completed,’and George A. McCall, of Chester county was commission ed as Major General, and assigned to the com mand of all the forces raised or to be raised under the provisions of the last, mentioned act. The regiments composing the Reserve Corps were instructed in four camps in different parts ofthe State, until they were taken into the service of the United States.; Two of these regiments, under the commands of Col onels Charles J. Biddle and Seneca G. Sim mons, and two companies of artillery under the command of Col. Charles T. Campbell at the pressing instance of the War Department, were sent on the 22d of June last, to the relief of Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, and remained for about six weeks there, and in Western Virginia engaged in active operations. Towards the close of July the whole Corps was called for under requisition and taken into the service of the United S,ates. Within four days after the disaster at Bull’s Run, eleven regiments of this fine body of men (armed, drilled, clothed, equipped, and in all respects ready for active service,) were in Washington. The regiments and companies from Western Virginia, and the remaining twer regiments making the whole number of fifteen, soon joined them there, and they are all. now in service under the command of Gen. MoCall, who has been commissioned as a Brigadier General by the United States. These fifteen regiments contain fifteen thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six men, and con stitute a division comprising three brigades, a regiment of Artillery and one of Cavalry.— The whole expense of raising, clothing equips ping, subsisting and paying the Reserve Corp (including the expense of establishing and fit ting the camps of instruction, of recruiting, and supplying regimental flags, and the ex penses of the campaign of the two regiments and companies in Maryland and Western Vir ginia, which were all defrayed by the State) has amounted to $855,444.87. Thi3 does not include transportations on Rail Roads, as the separation of that account would have been a work of great labor, nor does it include the pay of the two regiments during the campaign, but it does include all expenses, which were heavy, of teams and transportation, not on Railroads, for the two Regiments on the cam paign above mentioned. Twelve regiments of the Reserve Corps were paid, subsisted, &0., by the State to the average date of 22, July. The two regimentß in Western Virginia were paid by the State to the date of their depart ure from Harrisburg on that expedition. The Cavalry regiment was not paid by the State. It will be perceived that the whole average ex* pense per man was $53 95. Previous to the 31st of April last, a regi ment had been enlisted in the city of Erie from Northwestern Pennsylvania. When the call was made on me on that day, for 25 addi tional regiments, the Erie regiment was or dered to march to Harrisburg. The call was rescinded, however, before the regiment reached Pittsburg, 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 requisions made on the State were more than filled. . Mach apprehension existed in the Western and South western borders of the State, and it was deemed prndent to retain the regiment at Pittsburg to meet any emergenoy that might arise. After the passage of the Aot of 15th May, 1861, it was expected that the regiment would form part of the Reserve Volunteer Corps ; but as the men had been a long time from home and remained inactive in campj' they declined entering the service, and were subsisted and paid up to the 30th of June by the State. Two regiments have sinoe been enlisted from the same part of Pennsylvania at the oity of Erie, one of which has been at Washington in service since Beptember, and the other is now ready for marching orders— and it is due to the first Erie regiment to say that most of the men are now in service. Further requisitions for Bixteen regiments of Infantry and two regiments of Cavalry were shortly afterwards made by the War Depart ment. Of these, sixteen have already been raised and are in the service oi the United States, and the remaining two are in the course of orginiz&tion and nearly ready to march. In addition to the requisitions on the State, the War Department had given authority to nnmerous individuals to raise volunteers in Pennsylvania, but as that system was found to create much embarrassment, a general or der was issued by the War -Department on the 25th of September last, placing all suoh organizations under the control of the Gov ernor, and shortly afterwards a ’requisition was made on the State to increase her qaota to 75,000 men. Those independent organiza tions, as they were oalled, thus became Penn sylvania regiments, and as completed and sent forward form part of the quota of the State The State regiments have been numbered, and the last to this date is numbered 116. Two of the three months regiments have con tinued in service under the later requisitions, and retain their original numbers. DeduoL iDg the remaining twenty-three three months regiments, there are ninety-two regiments in service aod preparing for it. We have also in service and preparing tweniy-foar compa nies. The following table of the existing Pennsyl vania volunteer force is given for information: REGIMENTS IX SERVICE. GO regiments of infantry of which 6 were rifle regiments, •••••^♦71,189 11 regiments of cavalry,* 12,690 1 regiment of artillery, 1,077 COMPANIES IN SERVICE. 7 companies of Infantry, 707 0 “ cavalry, 578 6 “ “ artillery, 936. 84,477 Enlistments in other than Pennsylva nia organizations,-estimated, (the officers of which are in .course of be ing commissioned,) 6,400 Total in service,• * 93.577 REGUIBNTS-PREPARING FOR SERVICE. . 12 regiments of infantry 131,092 ' ‘ 1 “ ; " cavalry, 1,136 1 lt - - artillery, 1,077 : ' r: 15.305 COMPANIES PREPARING FOR SERVICE..’ 1 company of /cavalry,;;;. - 109 . 4 companies or artillery.- 624 • * .;. 733 ;S*IAT HO TIXOB TiSU'SH 3UT ;£• 111. VI ? in awrtrtce^v..;V.i.; fdr service/- 1 .. •y ~ 00ntribnti0n;.;........... 109,615 Exeldsivo’ of 20,175 three months meu xiow’ disbanded. • - The-regiments preparing for service l are in complete; Those that may not- 1 be filledby -the 16th instant will be consolidated and sent . forwarcL Of the xegimentsin service, the 11th and 15th regiments of lnfantry are at Annap- 2Bth, 129th, 21st, 66th, 69th,- 71st, 72nd and 106th regiments jmd one Company _ oMnfantry are in the command of Major Gen. Banka ; the 45th f 50th, 55tb, 76thand 100th : regiments oLlnfantry are. in South Carolina; the 48th, Infantry are at JJatteras Inlet; the :108th Infantry and 11th,Cavalry are at Fort- M3B.Monroe ; the 77th,78th and 79th-Infan try, the 7th and . 9th. cavalry, ohp troop of horse, one squadron Of oavaliy, two battalions of artillery are in Kentuoky; the 84th and ' llOth Infantry are in Western Virginia, as are alsothree.companiesof Infantry, four Com panies of’cavalry, five light 'ar tillery.; the 87th Infantry are at CockeysviUe, - in Maryland ; one company of artillery is at Fort Delaware ; all the remainder of the voU unteers are at or near Washington. Upward! of 300 volunteers from Pennsylvania are now -prisoners; bntas arrangements have been made for the exchange of prisoners it may be expected that they will soon be released. In compliance with the joint resolutions of the 16th of May last, I haveproonred regi mental flags for the Pennsylvania volunteers, . and have presented them in person to most ofthe regiments. In other oases the regi ments being on or near the Potomac, I have requested* Mr. Cowan, Senator, and Messrs! Grow and:Wright members of the House of Representatives, from Pennsylvania, tp pre bent them in the-name ofthe‘Commonwealth. The General Government requested that the States would abstain from purchasing arms, as their competition was found injurious in the; market, 1 and in view of the large expendi tures of money in arming and ; equipping the volunteer force of the State, provided for the defence of the National Government, I did not purchase any as authorized by the 28th sec tion of the aot of the 15th of May 1861. The State has now quMe v as many cessary to arm all the volunteer- organizations in existence ; but influenced by the threaten ing aspect of our relations - with foreifp ; gov ernments, I have directed the Adjutant Gen eral to prooure arms as soon as it oan be done on reasonable terms: and without injurious competition with the National Government. Arms have been distributed among the'border oounties to all the organizations that have been formed to reoeive them. 1930 armß have been thus distributed. I have alßo addressed a letter to the commissioners of k all the .border coonlies . offering arms, to them, as soon as military organizations shall be formed- to re ceive them. BesidC thus complying with the ‘ requirements of the 27th seotion of the Act of 15th May last, I have deemed it prudent to offer five thousand arms to suoh military or ganizations as may be foubd in Philadelphia on a plan to be offered by me as Commander in-chief. • Muskets and rifles to a considerable extent have been famished to the ' Pennsyl vania volunteers from the State arsenal.'— Others have been sent by the United States authorities to 'arm them before leaving the State. In some cases regiments have gone without arms under assurance from the War Department that they - would be armed at Washington or at other near designated points, and that their immediate departure was requi red.. It was thought wise in these oases not to insist on the arms .being sent before the reg iments marched, as .this would have, imposed on the government an unnecessary expense in freight, and would have been productive of delays which might have been seriously detri - mental to the public service. Forty-one pieces of artillery with limbers, caissons, forges am munition wagons, harness and all the neces sary implements and equipments were fur nished by the State to the artillery regiments of the Reserve Corps. Ten of these were purchased by the State, and their co3t has been refunded by the United States. Diligence has been used in collecting arms throughout the State and repairing and altering them in the mosfapproved manner. The State has now 62 pieces of artillery, of which 17 need repairs. 26,753 muskets and rifles, some of which are in the hands of mechanics being repaired. 1910 are in the hands of volunteer corps thronghout the State; 1930 in theposession of County Com missioners, and 1,000 with the re serve corps of Philadelphia. In addition to this the city of Philadelphia has 9 pieces of rifled artillery, and 4,976 muskets and rifleß. The Strte has gftso in the arsenal at Harris burg 1,966 sabres and swords, and 1,957 pistols, and the olty of Philadelphia has 440 sabres, and 326 pistols with the necessary accoutre ments. There is also in the Arsenal at Harrisburg a large amount of accoutrements and ammu nition for artillery and small arms. The Adjutant General is successfully en gaged in collecting arms throughout the State, and it is expected that the number above stated will.be largely increased. Probably, at least,.s,OOQ muskets and.rifies and several pieoes of artillery will still be collected. The care which has been bestowed upon the comfort of the volunteers, and the goodness and Bufflcienoy of their supplies of all kinds, and the excellent arrangements of the Medical Department under the oontrbl of Surgeon Gen eral Henry H. Smith, afeproved By the fact that more than 60,000 men have been for va rious, generally short, periods at-Oamp Curtin siuoe the I9th of April last, and that down to the Ist January inst. there died but forty-nine men at that camp, viz., from siok ness,, two (belonging to regiments from other States) who had been injured on railroads, two accidentally killed in C.amp 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, Edgar Cowan, Thomas E. Franklin and E. C. Humes, Esqs., commissioners to visit the oamps of. our menonapd south of.the Potomac, and also - James Park and &I. W. Beltzhoover, Esqs., commissioners to visit those in Kentucky and elsewhere in the west ern oountry, to oall the attention of the troops to the system of allotmebtj and to encourage them in adopting a pr&otlbal plan for carrying it into effeot.-- The several reports of these commissioners are highly satisfactory. . : For detailson the severslaubjeota connected, with the military operations of this State, I refer to the reports of the Adjutant: General, Surgeon General,Quarter Master General,Com missary General, and Paymaster General, which accompany this Message. The duties imposed on me were so onerous that I found it necessary to Invite the tem poraxy.-assistancd of. gentlemen on my staff to aid me ta : peif6rmthem. -Ih this -capacity, /r Colfli , Thomas A. Boott, GidCon J. BaU and.. John A*. Wright contribu ted their valuable services from the middle of April until they wei§ ' J c2lled away by other duties;’ ‘ ! C6I/Sbon-iOmaitiing untit he became the War Department, Col, Ball, until the;lst of June and .Col, Wright until the 23d'6f July ;■ for the time thus de voted service of the State they have re fused to.receiy'e any compensation. : . Cols. Joseph D. Potts, A. L. Russell, J. Brown Parker and Craig Biddle were in 'ser vice hp to;the 20th of December. The De- of Telegraph and Transportation was under-theexclusive control of Col. Potts. The system ; and econo my of Its management show bow and welt he fulfilled his office. : IHs’ buVjußt to'all tbeae gentl&then tbat ; l Bhotild bearteathhohy to the untlringzSalaod fidelity U'ilh which tbelridhties W&ie perform ed. ;•* ’• •- ( —• • U’ L I.,i','.': - ; of the State having beenmore ; than filled, and her military force organized, r-wasejiabled onthe twentieth of December : with d pereinW'Btaff, andthe : t«n])orary arrangemehtwhiohbddbeeniiiade . for ite employment Tfa»4hetrOlMedi' vm*k.k . 'Bylhe l3th;seoUonof Aot of a» 15th<i .SY/3K HAW -of Mayj 1861,1 was to draw :my . warrants on the Treasury, for : a spm not ex- Deeding 20,000 for compensation to such per sons a» might he reqtflrefftd flerve the country 4n.a military capacity,-Of this!land I-h&ve . drawn.from the Treasury .put of which I paid thecompensation of my personal staff, also other expenses of the -mitftary department and the actual-expenses of persona employed on. temporary, none of; whom received ' any farther compensation., and expenses of the - commissions appointed to investigate alleged farads; Ate.,'and ~the expensed of establißhhig .. military ; patrpls jon the Maryland line and five hundred dollars on Becret service- My account "is settled in the Offioe of the Auditor General r- tip to the Ist of December. 'On that day ! had expended $6,400, and exoept some incon ; siderable payments .made since, the ' remains in my hands. : The report of the Auditor General will ex hibit theitems of the account. . An account of Military expenditures by the State on behalf of the United States, as far as the same had tHen been ascertained and set : tied: by the accounting departments, here, are made up to tha Ist day. of September,_ 1861, and presented on the 12th of that month at the Treasury Department of the United States for settlement and allowance. The sum of $606,000, has-, been reoeived from the Treasu ry Department on that account. The repay ment by the General Government of the ex. penses attending the organization and support of the not. be provided for by any existing hot of Congress'. As these expenses were incurred by the State for the benefit of the General Government, and have been productive of results mpst important to the welfare and even safety of the country, it would be right thaVan act Of Congress should be-paased providing expressly for their repay ment. It lies with the legislature to adopt the proper means for directing the attention of Congfess 1 to this subject. Assurances have : been received from the Treasury Department that the examination of the military aocounts.of the State will be pro ceeded in without delay, so that the'State may receive a credit for the balanoe due, in time to apply the same towards the payment-of her quota of the direot tax. Assuming the com pletion of this arrangement, if the State shall assume the direct lax for this year, a saving of fifteen percent will accrue to her, and no pres ent increase of her taxation will be necessary. Whether this credit will be given or not, I recommend th&t the payment of the direct tax be assumed by the State. : - In case the State assumes the payment Of this tax there, should be snob: 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 niatter worthy of thought, but a more ImportanVOdnsicleration is that , it will enable you who represent all the varied interests of the Commonwealth to apportion the< tax in such a manner as to bear equally upon Our revenue laws had imposed on real and personal property as its full proportion but little more thao one-third of the taxes needed fer the ordinary expenditures of the govern ment. By the act of 15th May last, the tax on this species of property ha 3 already been increased one-sixth. Should the : State refuse -to assume the United States tax the whole irarden of it will fall upon these interests, in terests, 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-thfrds'of the present revenues of the State, would not be called on to con tribute one dollar of additional tax. The militia system of the Commonwealth is very imperfect. Irecommend the establish ment of a commission to frame and report a system more adequate to the exigency of the times. I earnestly recommend to the legislature that provision be made for the military in struction of youth. The appointment of a military instructor in the normal sohools, would in a short period give teaohers to the common schools who would be competent to train the boys in attendance on them. Tt would; in my opinion, be wise also to provide for the purchase or leasing by the Common wealth of a building for a military school, and for employing competent instructors at the expense of the State, requiring the pupils to defray the other expenses. No pupil Bhould be admitted to this school without having' passed a thorough examination on mathe matics and all fitting subjects of instruction, except the military art proper. I respectfully urge this subject on your early consideration, as one of material, perhaps vital importance. I hare taken measures to direot the effici ent attention of the General Government to the fortification of the water approaches on the seaboard and the lakes, and arrangements are in the coarse of being effected which it is hoped will be satisfactory in their result. I send with this message a copy of a com munication from General Totten, chief of the Military Eogineer Departmental Washington. I have also represented to the Secretary of the Navy the necessity for floating defences on the Delaware, and have his assurance that they shall be prepared at the earliest moment. I have had a correspondence with the authorities and some of the citizens of Erie on the subject of the defenceless condition of that city, and the part of the stato bordering on the lake. On examina tion it is found that there are no defences on the lake, and that tho ordnance at the city of Erie was withdrawn by tho National Government in the summer of 1861. The Secretary of tho Navy, on a. request made, directed that the'crow of tho United States steamer Michigan should not bo disbanded, as has been usual, and that vessel will remain in tho harbor of Erie during the winter. Should the National Government unexpectedly fail in its duty providing adequate defences at our assailable points, East and West, I earnestly recommend that theljegislatnre take prompt means for that pur pose. We should be admonished, by recent indi-: cations from abroad, to be prepared for our own defence, well as for the suppression of domestic insurrection. In selecting a site for a National Armory, if the public good he alone considered, Pennsylvania will be preferred, as she affords the coinbined advanta ges of a central position, abundance of material and skilled mechanic's, and a people of undoubted loyalty. - Icommend to the attention of tho 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 -Lupatio Hospital at Harris burg and of Western Pennsylvania, of the Houses of Refuge'at Philadelphia and Pittsburg, of tho Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb, and. Cor .the Blind and the Northern Home for Eriondless Childrenat Philadelphia', and of the Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Eeeble Minded Children at Media, show that these meritorious charities are we'll administered, and. I recommend that tho’Vtmntenance'find aid of (be -Common wealth be'continued to them; •’ 1 Under the joint resolution : of 16th May last, commissioners havo been appointed to revise the rovenue laws, whose names will be forthwith sub mitted for the advice and consent of tho Senate.— It is.hoped that the commissioners, will he able to report during the present session of the Legisla ture- Considering the great labor imposed on them, and’the vast importance'at the present time of an able and effioient performance of the duties of the I that the compen sation provided for by the joint resolution should be increased to an adequate amount. It was evident, long since, that it would ho im.- possible fbr thVbanks (o‘ continue to redeem their obligations in coin, in the face of the large issues of paper, the necessity-for which was imposed on them and the government by the exigencies of the times. No surprise, therefore, was felt at the sus pension of spqcie: payments by the banks,which took place .Q%M' o , n 4ay, tho 30th of December last; Under the'cifcunfstances, I rocommehcl that they be relieved from all penalties for this breach of'the law;- ’ .. Pennsylvania has made great efforts to support the Government;; She has giver* more and better clothed, and better equipped man than any other State, andhaS far exceeded her quota of the nmi-. tary levies. The bohs of our best'citiaens, young men of education and means fill -the ranks of her volunteer regiments. Their gallant conduct when over an opportunity has been -afforded to them, has done honor to the Commonwealth. The uni versal movement among our people, signifies that they 'are to the GOvennhenfc established -by thefts fathers, and are determined to quell the pre sent,insurrection and preserve tfieXlnion, and. that they will not tolerate any plan ibr/eifcher the disso lution or reconstruotioti of it. •JSXBfrtmvfc Caiiirawu i‘| Harrisburg, Jan. 8,1862. J ai'Afi a in? Habits of Husbandft ■ The habits of baabAndß, with regard l to the treatmentof their wiVes;'are so virions that the question can only be answered by individual speehnen&of leaeh-taode- . Somehhsband&hever leAvehomein the morning without kissing their Vwea and bidding, them dear,* IntoA tone of unweifia<J love j.andwhether it hepolicy or faot, lit }iaa : All the efftsot of: and those homes are generally -pleasant: ones, provided; always that their wivea are ap preciatrve and welcome the-discipline in a kindly spirit. knew an"old gentleman who lived with hia wife over fifty-years And never left'his home without the kiss, and the ‘ good-bye, dear.’ Some husbands shake hands with their wives and hurry off as fast As possible, as though 7 the efforts were a .something they were ahsions to forget, hold their headk down, and dart aronnd the first corner. ' Some husbands “say only ‘ well wife, I am going,’ and start at the word ‘ go,’ whioh comes to them from some back retreat. Some husbands before leaving home, ask very tenderly, what would yon like for dinner, my dear V knowing all the while that she will Select something for his par ticular palate, and off he, goes. Some husbands: will leave - home without saying anything at all, bnt thinking a goad deal, as evinoed r by their turning round at the last poinf of observation, and waving an adieu at the pleasant face at the window. ■ Some husbands never say aword, rising from the breakfast table with the lofty in difference of a lord, and going out 'with a heartless disregard of those left behind.— It is a fortunate thing for their wives that they oan find sympathy elsewhere. Some husbands never leavg home with out some unkind wouLor look apparently thinking that, suoh a 'course will keep things straight in their absence. Then on returning. Some husbands oome home jolly and happy, unsoured by the world, some sulky and surly with its-disappointments. Some husbands' bring home a newspaper or a book, and bury themselves in the con tents. ’ ', ' : Some husbands are called away every evening by business, or sooial eugagemeuts, some doze in speechless stupidity on a sofa till bed time. Some husbands are ourious to learn of their wives what has transpired through the day ; others are attracted by nothing short of a child’s tumbling down stairs, or the house taking fire. e Depend' upon it,’ says Dr. Spooner, 6 that home is the happiest where kindness, and interest, and politeness, and attention, are the rules on the part of husbands—of course all the responsibility rests with them and temptation finds no footing there.’ Saddening Woeds. —There are many euphonious words in the English language —more perhaps than in any other modern tongue except the Italian—of which the sound so harmonizes with the sense, that they charm at once the ear and the heart. The vocal body, so to speak, with whioh the sentiment is clothed, seems as appro priate to it as a lovely oonntenanoe to the possessor of a beautiful mind. ‘ Home,’ ‘ Love/ ‘ Slumber,’ < Caress,’ ‘ Weloome,’ belong to this category ; but it is in certain pathetic expressions that the agreement of sound and sentiment strikes us as most perfect, Poe said that ‘ Nevermore’ was the most mournful of-all words ; Byron gave the same melancholy pre-eminence to ‘ Farewell,’ and Dr Johnson thought that of all phrases ‘ The last’ was the most touching. ‘ The last look’— l The last sigh’—‘the last of earththese are cer tainly solemn and effecting utterances; but we think, with a late writer, that there is more real pathos in the word ‘ gone’ than in any other in the language. To use a* Spanish, or rather Moorish, metaphor, it is ‘ full of tears.’ How it appalls the sense and desolates the heart of the weeping watcher when spoken, ever so softly, in the chamber of death. Gone !—it outs off all hope. It vibrates-on the air like the tone of a passing bell. Gone, forever! — what four syllables in any language com prehend so muoh of mystery, and desola tion and woe ! ‘ Gone!’■ says the lorn mother, when the dark angel has borne away the last lamb of her fair flock, « and I am left alone, alone !’ ‘ Gone 1’ shrieks the distracted widow as Bhe reads the name of her heart’s idol on the death-seroll of ' war. ‘Oh, husband, that I had died with thee !’ ‘ Gone !’ sobs the strong man, as he totters, weak as an infant, from the solemn room where the wife of his bosom lies oold and pulseless. Ah !itis a word of sorrow even when spoken of the absent who may return, but, as applied to the unreturning dead, there is no elaborate sentence that ever was carved on tomb or monument so full of genuine pathos. Yet there is a connection in which it imparts consolation to,the bereaved.' ITwe oan say truthfully of those who havh left ns— ‘ G6ne I—gohe to the better land,’ and hope and believe that we shall meet’ them Where there are no more partings and the language of sor row is unknown; we shall not refuse to be comforted ‘ because they areno b.’—Ledger*. rIIHE LANCASTEa INTELLIGENCER ±: ' JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. ; .No. 8 NORTH , DUKE STREET,. LANCASTER, PA.. , The Jobbing Department is thoroughly fhrnisbod with' hpjv and hlegaht type of-every description, and is under, the charge of a practical and experienced Job Printer. — Tl® Proprietors are prepared to" . : j PRINT CHECKS, ' NOTES, LEGAL RLANKS, CARDS AND-CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS, * PROGRAMMES AND POSTERS,; PAPER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, BALL TIOKBTB AND INVITATIONS, PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN»HRINTING,. • with’neatheap, accuracy and dispatch, onffie most reasona ble terms, and in a manner not excelled by any establish ment in the city. 959“ Orders .from a distance, by mail, or otherwise,, promptly attended’to. 'Address GKO. SANDERSON * SON, . lntelligencer Office, No. 8 North Poke street, Lancaster; Pa. I‘TTENTI6NI HOHB GUARDS!! . J\ a Book for every one. “BAXTER’S il lustrated,* kid only 25 cents—the best bookunt-—foreale at J. M. WBSTHAKEPEB’S, No. 44, corner of North Queen and Orange sts. VOLUNTEERS’ MANUAL: for the use of all Volunteers and Home Guards, with 100 illustraiions, by Lieut. CoL D.. W. C. Baxter. Ocly-25 cents, at ’ INCORP ORATED 1810 l HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. OF HARTFORD, CONN, , CAPITAL AND AS BETS $9 8 6,7 b 9.00 . U. HUNTINGTON, President. P. C. AllYw, Secretary.' Polictesiasued and renewed; losses equitably:idjusted and paid immediately upon satisfactory proofa, in New YvvTi fttndt, by tb e unde rsigri ad, theDULY AUTHORIZED; AGENT, JAMBS BLACK, oct23ly4l[ -• Agent for Lancaster 00l BAHK. NOTlCE.—Notie© Is hereby given that the President and ..Directors of the Lancaster County Bank intend to make application to the Legislature of Pennsylvania; at Chhir'flsxtAtottoa. for aiWOSWaI of the Charter and an extension of the privileges of tha satd Baa*;wilb all the rigfctshnd privileges now enjoyed; fob a Liacusxiß, Pa, July 6th, 18£L [julyflft®/2wc« a; g. ctotin. r J. 51. WEBTHAEFFER’S, No. 44, corner of North Queen and Orange rial “O w.T '*.£ gOMKTHUTO FOR. THB TUBS IS A NECESSITY MTiVERY HOUSEHOLD. JOHNS * QSOBI£Y’B AMERICAN QLTTB The Btroafe>lßla&iii tto Wortd. Cm oh«4pMt Olue In the WorM. The Moot'Double Glue In the jffpri&'r The Only Reliable Qlaeln the World.*- The Beet Glue in the WoriA AMERICAN CEMENT; flr-L’U* la the only article of the kind ever, prodooed. whioh WILL WITHSTAND WATJBR, - .. IT MEND WOOD, ~ Sava yptu , .t>roken Yarnltnxv.: tt Mend your IT WILL MEND GLASS* Save the pieces of that expensive. Cut GRass Bottle. IT WILL MEND IVORY* Don’t throw away that broken. Ivory Fan, It is easily re IT WILL MEND ’ , Tour broken China Onps and Saneers can' b. made ai good IT Wilt MEND HAMM, ' " That piece knocked out of your Marble Mantle eanbe pat f on as strOng as ever. IT WILL MEND PORCELAIN. ~. • No matter if that broken Pitcher'did not cost but 1 a - shiL ling, a shilling saved is a ; . > IT WILL MEND ALABABTER; • - i • That cpstly Alabaster Vase to broken and you can’t match it, mend it,'l twill nfevetAhoWWhetLpnt blether. IT WILL MEND BONE, CORAL; LAVA, AND IN-PACT EVERY THING BUT METALS. Any article cemented with AMERIOAN bBMENT QLUH will not show where it la mended., EXTRACT S. '' ' V, • . “ Every Housekeeper should have a supply of Crosley’s Amerlcau CementGlue.’*— JVtto York Oder. “ it is so eonvenlcnt-to have iuthe hhuee.* 7 —fork Express. u It is al ways ready r ibis commends It toe very body Jlr- IndepavltnL • . . % “ We have tried it, and finditas useral in our houeeaa water.”— }VUkes > Spirit of Times, ECONOMY IS WEALTH, $lO.OO per year saved in every Jhmfljrby One Bottla«*f i AMERIOAN OEM ENT <3 L U B Price 25 Cents per Bottle. Price 25 Cents per Bottle. Price 25 Conts per Bottie. Price 25 Cents per Bottle. Price 25 Cents per Bottle. Price 25 Cents per Bottle. VERY LIBERAL REDUCTION TO WHOLESALES BOYERS. TERMS CASH 4®- For Sale by all Druggists-and Storekeepers generally throughout the country. , n JOHNS <& CROSLEY t (Sole Manufacturers,) 78 WILLIAM BTBEBT, NEW YORK, Corner of Liberty Street. Important to House Owners. Important to Builders. Important to Railroad Companies. Important to Fanners. To &11 whom this may concern,, and it concerns everybody, JOHNS * CEOSLEY’B IMPROVED GUTTA PEROHA CEMENT ROOFING, The Cheapest and most durable Roofing In use. IT IS FIRE AND WATER PROOF. It can be applied to new and old Roofs of all kinds, steep . or flat, and to Sbinge Roofs without removing the Shingles. THE COST IS ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD THAT 0& TIN, AND IT IS TWICE AS DURABLE. This article has been thoroughly tested in New “York city and all parts of tbe United States, Canada, West.lndtaa and Central and South America, on buildings of *ll kinds; such as Factories, Foundries, Churehes, Railroad Depots, Cars, and on Pql>Uc Buildings generally. Government Buildings Ac., by tbe principal Builders, Architects-and others, during tbe past fouryeare, and has provod to be tbe Cheapest and moat durable. Roofing in use; .It Is in every respect a Fire, Water, Weather aha Time' Proof covering for Roof* of ill kinds. . - *:T This is the only material manufactured in the United States which combines the very desirable : prbpettiefe’bY Elasticity and Durability, which are universally acknovk, edged to be possessed by Gntti Percha and India'Robber. 1 NO HEAT IS REQUIRED IN MAKING APPLICATION: The expense of applying it is trifling, as an. ordinary 800 l can be covered and finished the sat&e day. IT CAN BE APPLIED BY ANY ONB, and when finished forms a perfectly Fire Proof cur foes, with an elastic body, which cannot be iqjared by. Beet, Cold or Storms, Shrinking of Roof Boards, nor any exter nal action whatever. LIQUID GUTTA PERCHA CEMENT, For Coating Metals of all-Kinds when- exposed-to fW Action of .the . Weather, and. ; FOR PRESERVING AND REPAIRING METAL SOOP£ OF ALL KINDS. - This is the only Composition known which will suecev> fully resistextreme changesof all climates, for any length of time, wheo applied to metal* to which it adheres fiiwuy, 1 forming a body equal to three coat* of ofrliuary ipaipL costs much less, and will last three times as long;, ana from its elasticity Is not injured by the contraction 1 and' expansion of Tin and other Metal Roofs, consequent upon sudden changesof the weather; 1 - ’ 1 It-will not crack in cold or rnn in warm weather, and will not wash off. . * Leaky Tin and other Metal Roofs can be readily with GUTTA PERCUA CEMENT, and prevented from further corrosion and leaking, thereby ensuring*'perfect ly water right roof for many years, . . ..... This Cement is peculiarly adapted for the preservation 6t Iron Railings, Stoves, Ranges, Safes, Agricultural ImpiOf meats, Ac., also for general manufacturers’ use. *' GUTTA PERCHA CEMENT for preserving and repairing Tia.aod other Metal-B*of| pfc every description, from Its great elasticity, is hot .injured by the Contraction and 'expansion of. Metoli, And •’wUl' ntft^ crack in cold or main warm-weather. These materials-are adapted to all climate** and we * are 1 prepared to supply orders from any part of tbe.countnr, at ahorT notice, for GUTTA PEROHA "ROOFING Inrou* ready prepared for uso. and,GUTTA: PERCHA CBMBNTi in barrels, with full printed.directions for application. ( ~ AGENTS. WANTED 1 We will make liberal and-.satisfcctorjr;irrangementJC with responsible parties who would like to establish them* selves In o lucrative arid permanent b pain sag. • • ci - OU E TE B ; Si S AB B 0 ASH . ; '" , ''' 4 • We can glvo abundant proof,of all we claim in favor of our Improved 800 dog Material*: having applied thsm,4o several thousand Roofs-in New York city andvjcinlty. JOHNS* C B 0.8 UJt, ?, E Sole Manuflurture** *jii WaoLisaLs Waexbousk, 78 WiuiiS- Bobus, ' H OoTner of Liberty Street, NEWTCKK'.' 1 Fall descriptive Circulars and Prices will be furnlthed' on application..... .. , Notick to sugar cans.grq^w^ Ah entire new and Improved BD6AE ANDMdairA&-BBS BQJfcßftsui for making Sorghum Sugar and Syrup, directly from .the joins of the' Ohl nese S Ogar Cane.' A cut r*prd*»Pflri%Atb*i evaporation, and samples-of Sugar apd fiyrpp <**be seen, at Adam R. ‘Bari** 'Agricultural ‘wad Seed- street* next.door;to .JXj) Goods Storo.'whb'wlll attend to oil orders sent toTflm. - . V <u: l W.J/WSEtNBY.v:A Facloryrille, Wyoming county, Pa-, • , Bole Proprietor for tiw-Btate^of:Pehnsylrifibl*' , ti; 9& Any person wishing to purchase county rightAcan do so by addrsesing the truoscnbdi*.- [July frfim Vr - “rp a b -'d'b'io'j , '* ’ . . J_ A&OE i» BO T » ll^i',7 i*S*Thle Hotel f» central, oonTenlentby toXirU “ the city, and In erery the comfort-and wante of the bnalneae public. i£. TMtMtwomtrajtr;. mA'ETEItSAIiI.’S HBiV» F WP- I ‘Powdered Borin, Anttaony.Eennigr**, Bnlpfiu* gitpBttii,iu«»fertid», Almn, *°-' *oci»l« «ee 3 tea ra eoi ft’* oPICBfc S SOT 9 . .:; , ;.--=or,,i.; ■; if .o-m;*lafrsJ oisjg o^ocAJaco i'a'ais * .ft M >te\ .!} u.7--s% r: \ 1:1./ a. .S yd,.:)!
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