VO L. LXIV. umudauptii 1141.11213 TVIZY 70118033, Ar 70. 8 NORTH V 933 1131337, BY GEO. SANDERSON. TIRMB. Sessearmaos.—Taio Dollars per annum, payable In ad• sauce. No sabscription:dEopshtfuned until all arrow ages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor. 4DXsENSFXlErte.—Advertisements, not exceeding one square, (12 lines,) will be inserted three times for on. dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional Inser tion. Those of greater length in proportion. Jos Pantrntn—Buch as Hand BBL, Posters, Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels, &c., ke., executed with accuracy and on the shortest notice. ANNUAL MESSAGE Governor of Pennsylvania. READ JANUARY 7, 1863 To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : GENTLEKE*—Notwithstanding the pressure of public calimity which has weighed heav ily on the country during the past year, it has pleased Divine Providence not only to en able the people of Pennsylvania to perform in 4411 all their duties to our common govern ment, but to give to this Commonwealth do mestic peace, plenty and prosperity. The balance in Treasury Nov. 29th, 1861, was Receipts during fiscal year end ing Nov. 30th, 1861, were as . follows : Ordinary Sources $4,047,822 39 6 per cent, loan, act May 15,1861 . 387,850 00 From various banks as an • equivalentt, for coin for the pay ment of interest on Public debt Refunded oash,mi litary United States Gov ernment Total into Treasu ry for fiscal year ending Novem ber 30, 1861, And the payments have been as Sol lows : For ordinary pur poses, , $3,083,110 06 Paid on State inter est as an equiva lent for coin, Military expenses, Act April _ 12, 1861, Military expenses, • Act May 15, 1861, Military expenses, Act May 16, 1861, Military expenses. Act April 16, 1862, Military Peneions, Act May 15, 1861, Commissioners o f Sinking Fund, Domestic Creditors Temporary Loan . redeemed, United States Gov ernment Direct tax, 140,768 SO 29,66642 605,740 52 5,211,747 63 146,631 22 460,648 68 1,217 26 20,607.04 '427,881 61 106 32 100,000 00 850,000 00 4,690,609.25 Leaving balance in Treasury Nov. 30, 1862, of which amount one hundred and ninety : five thou sand five hun dred and seven t y-six dollars . and twenty.sev en cents is the balance of unex pended military loan, as follows: Bal an oe of said fund Nov. 80, 1861, Receipts under Act May 15, 1861, 390,507 41 387,850 00 Paid for military expenses as above, Paid for redemp tion of tempora ry loan, 482,781 14 100,000 00 Receipts from ordinary sources : For year ending N0y.30,1862,54,047,822 39 " " 1861, 3,017,645 67 Excess of receipts for '62, $1,030,176,82 Payments for ordinary. purposes, Excepting interest : For year ending N0v.30,186131,118,662 93 44 44 44 44 " 1862, 1,023,345 77 Decrease in expenditures of 1862, $ 95,317 16 From the tables exhibited it will appear that the receipts from ordinary sources of revenues for the year 1862, are in excess of the receipts of the year 1861 one million thirty thousand one hundred and seventy six dollars and eightytwo Cents, [the excess of interest paid ; in 1862 over that in 1861 being $144,095 37;] and that the ordinary expenditures for 1862 .were ninety-five thousand three hundred and seventeen dollars and sixteen cents less then the year previous The healthy condition of the revenues, and the excess of the receipts over toe expendi tures, secured by the rigid economy which has been practiced, (especially considering the necessary increase of taxation by the National Government,) seem to invite the attention of the Legislature to:a revision of the revenue laws with a view to lightening the burthens of the people. In this connection it is proper to invite your attention to the justice and expe diency of restricting the rate of local taxation, now, in some parts of the State, oppressive. Amount of public debt of Pennsyl vania, as it stood on the Ist day of December,lB6l, Additional amount received at the State Treasury during the fiscal year ending Nov 30,1852, on Mil itary Loan, au thorized per act of May 16, '6l, Deduct amount re deemed at the State Treasury during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1862, viz : 6 per cent. State stooks $268,809 49 per cent. acme etocks 4 per cent. State stooks 100,000 00 Interest certificates 17 26 Relief notes 1,411 00 Domestic creditors' certificates Military Loan, per act of April 12, 1861, redeemed 100,000 00 50,000 00 Public debt Deo. 1, 1862 ......... $40,448,213 82 Towards the extinguishment of the public debt, the Sinking Fund holds . secttrities amounting to ten millions Seven hundred and eighty-one thousand dollitivia to • Bonds of Sunbury and Erie Rail road Company. $3,500 000 Bona' of Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Bonds of Wyoming Canal Com pany. $10,781,000 Should there be no - extraordinary demand on the Treasttry,.there can be appropriated from the large balance now on band and the increasing revenues, at least a million and a half of dollars during the coming year towards the payment of the public debt. The operations of the Sinking Fund during the last year have been. as shown by my Pro clamation of the Bth of September last, as fol lows: Amount of debt of Commonwealth reduced, As follows, viz : Statejoans, $261,178 74 Interest certificates 870 41 Domestic creditor's certificates, Relief notes can celled, It will be observed that the fiscal year ends on the thirtieth of November, and the Sinking Fund year on the first Monday of September. This is the reason for the appaient deficiency in the amount of debt paid as stated in the Treasurer's Report and by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. Under the Act of 11th of april, 1862, I ap pointed William McClelland, R. B McComb and M. Russell Thayer, Esquires, as Revenue Commissioners, who have printed a report, and will no doubt submit the result of their laboros to the Legislature, to which I invite attention. I refer to the reports of the State Treasurer and Auditor General for the details of the financial affairs of the Commonwealth. The reports of the Surveyor General, Superinten dent of Common Schools, and State Librarian will exhibit the state of the departments under their care. $1,651,605 72 In accordance with the Act of 10th of Feb ruary 1862, the quota of this State of the di rect tax of the United States, amounting to one mill on nine hundred and forty-six thou sand seven hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-three cents, was on the 14th June, 1862, paid to the United States, partly by a relin. quishment of a portion of the sums claimed by this State from the Government and partly in clash, after deducting the fifteen per cent. allowvd by tho act of Congress for prompt payment. Pennsylvania thus paid her quota of the direct tax before any other State.— There is still due to the State, principally for advances since made for transportation and equipments of volunteers, about three hun dred thousatid dollars. On the 20th of February last., I issued my warrant authorizing the State Treasurer to deliver to the Philadelphia and Erie. Railroad Company one thousand of the bonds deposited with the State in conformity with the Act of May 7, 1861. On the 20th of November I is sued a similar warrant. Both warrants were granted after receiving reports from John A. Wright, Esq., the commissioner appointed for the purpotie, that the proceeds of the bonds previously, issued had been appropriated in accordance with the provisions of the law.— The company has now received three of the five millions of bonds deposited in the State Treasury. With the proceeds of the bonds issued, fifty-two miles of road have been com pleted, making with what had formerly been finished, a total of one hundred and ninety nine miles, leaving eighty-nine miles unfin ished, of which, nearly all is graded and ready for the iron. The bonds still in the Treasury will'yield an amount ample to com plete the road, and thus open this important route of trade and commerce. The develop ment of the vast mineral and other resources of our north western counties by this means, will undoubtedly in a few years render valu able the securities of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, now forming part of the Sinking Fund of the Commonwealth. The interest on the State debt was paid in Auguit last in specie or its equivalent, in con formity with the existing law, at the cost of one hundred and forty six thousand six hun dred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-two cents, ($146,631.22,) for the difference be tween specie and paper currency, of which the banks under the provisions of the Act of 11th April, 1862, have already refunded to the State one hundred and forty thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars and thirty cents. $6,768,353 35 *2,172,844 10 This burden on the banks has become heavier than in my judgment ought to be borne by any special interest. Unless the Legislature should otherwise _:provide it will be Vie duty of the State Treas urer to pay in like manner the interest which will fall due hereafter. We should all be care ful not to violate the faith or impair the credit of the Commonwealth. The serious and early consideration of the Legislature is invited to the whole talliect. In my 9r-coon there are already more in corporated banks in the Commonwealth than are at present required for the public conveni ence, and I therefore recommend that no more shall be incorporated. On the 7th of July last, a call was made by the President for three hundred thousand vol unteers. This State had already supplied nearly one hundred and ten thousand men, yet her people promptly bestirred themselves to respond to this new requirement. Although it was believed that no bounties would be ne cessary to induce the men of Pennsylvania to enter the service of their country on such an occasion, yet as some of the neighboring States offered large bounties, it was thought not right to expose our citizens to the tempta tion thus afforded to them to enlist in regi. ments of other States. There being no appro priation for the payment of bounties, I, of course, could not direct them to be paid out of the treasury, and it was-evident that to call The Legislature together and wait for the ne gotation of any loan which might be author ized for the purpose, would be attended by injurious delay. Under these circumstances I confidently appealed by proclamation to a people who have never faltered in the perfor mance of any duty of patriotism, calling on them to raise in . their several counties, the sum necessary to insure their proportion of the quota of the State. This appeal was effec tually answered. Public meetings were held, and liberal amounts subscribed to individuals. In the city of Philadelphia,besides a very large fund thus raised, the municipal authorities contributed heavily from their common trea sury, and in several counties the county com missioners, generally under the guarantee of a few of their eminent citizenEl, devoted county funds to the . earns purpose. I recommend that these proceedings be legalized, and sub mit to the wisdom of the Legislature the ques tion of what legislation would be just and pro per'on the whole subject that the burden of this patriotic effort may fall equally on all classes of people throughout the State. The result of this manifestation of public spirit was that thirty-eight new regiments and three unattached companies of infantry were raised ; four other regiments, which, previous to this call, had been authorized by the War Department to be raised are still in progress of organization. 778,357 41 682,781 14 $195,576 27 $40,680,668 08 887,850 Co $40,068,516 08 Oa special requisitions from the War De partment there have been raised and are now in service fiveiadditional regiments, and three companies of cavalry, two batteries of heavy artillery, and one battery of light artillery. A battalion of heavy artillery is being raised by Maj. Jos. Roberts, U. S. A., with my as sent, also under special authority of the War Department. Early in September last the rebel army crossed the Potomac into Maryland, with the design of invading this State. On the 4th of that month I called upon the people by Proclamation to organize into companies and hold themselves in readiness to be ordered in to actual service for the defence of the State. And on the 11th of that month, under the authority of the President, I issued orders for fifty thoeand volunteer Militia, to rendez vous at Harrisburg, for the defence of the State. The call was promptly responded to, and a large lone was sent forward to the Cumberland Valley and its vicinity. The first part of this force, consisting of one reg iment and eight liompanise of infantry, :mond frond torrfilburg °kilo idea of the $ 620,302 26 7,000 000 $262,801 67 ------------- X 262,801 67 " THAT COUNTRY D 3 THE YOST PROSPEROUS warn LABOR OCIEXANDB Tgl GRBATZEIT REWARD." LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1863 . _ . 12th of September, and were folloived by other regiments as rapidly as they could be organized and transportation provided. The command of the whole force was taken by Brigadier John F. Reynolds, who left his corps in the Army of the Potomac at my ur gent request, and hurried to the defence of his native State, for which he is entitled to the thanks of the Commonwealth. Fifteen thousand of the Volunteer Militia were push ed forward to Hagerstown and Boonsboro', in the State of Maryland ; ten thousand were posted in the neighborhood of Greencastle and Chambersburg ; and about twenty five thousand were at Harrisburg, on their way to Harrisburg, or in readiness and waiting transportation thither. One regiment at the request of Gen. Halleck, was sent to protect Dupont's Powder Mills, in the State of Dela ware. On the 24th of September the Volun teer Militia were discharged by me from ser vice, having by their spirited demonstration greatly aided in preventing the intended in vasion of this State by the rebels, and in compelling the sudden evacuation of the por tion of Maryland which they bad polluted.— For these services, the thanks of the Gover nor of Maryland and of the - Commander of the Army of the Potomac were rendered to our patriotic troops through me. Measures have been taken to procure the payment in full of these troops, and of the expenses at tending their services, by the United. States, in accordance with the terms of the call of the President. A large portion of the amount has already been paid. Having ac companisd this force to Hagerstown, I am enabled to speak of the courage, fidelity and cheerfulness with which the men suffer ed unaccustomed privations, and bore the fire of the rebel force, performing with alac rity all the service that was required of them. On the 4th of August last, .a draft of three hundred thousand militia, to serve for nine months, was ordered by the President under the act of Congress of 17th July, 1862, and regulations were made by his authority in persuanoe of that act, under which regulations the enrolment and draft were conducted in this State, our militia laws being found to be defec tive. Several counties and districts having already supplied by volunteers their proportion of the quota of this State, were exempted from the draft, and time was given to enable others to raise the required number of men by volun tary enlistments. The draft was generally proceeded with throughout the State on the 16th day of October last, and the drafted men were directed to be placed in the several rendezvous established under the regulations, where they were organized and elected their officers, and have since gone forward to the army in the field. The draft was eminently successful, and when the men had been march ed to the Rendezvous, my agency in the mat ter ceased and all authority and control over the men devolved on the United States officers. I cannot bat commend the people of Pennsyl vania for their cheerful obedience to the re quirements of the Government on this occasion. All the expenses of the draft are, of course to be paid by the United States, and I learn that officers are now in the State ohsrged with the settlements and payments. Including the three months volunteers, Pennsylvania has furnished to the general government, more than two hundred thousand men since the breaking out of the rebellion, besides some fifty thousands who were in service, or actually ready for it, as volunteer militia under the call of 11th September last; making in the whole more than two hundred and fifty thousand men. In October last, a body of rebel cavelry with a battery of artillery suddenly crossed the Potomac and made their way as far as Chamberaburg, plundering what they found of supplies useful to them and committingiother depredations. They went out of the State by crossing the South Mountain, and thus reach— ing the Potomac below Harper's Ferry. The troops in the field were not prepared at the moment to punish this attempt on her soil, and it is to be much regretted that efficient measures could not have been taken by the army to capture the rebels on their return to the Potomac. Immediately after I received notice that this force had crossed the line of the State, I called into strvice the Anderson Cavalry, then encamped at Carlisle, and two companies or Regulars at the Herrick; at that place. These troops were pushed foward in the direction of Chambereborg and South Mountain. The cavalry at Camp Curtin, con sisting of one full and two imperfect regiments, were armed as infantry and a battery a volun teer light artillery of Harrisburg, were held in readiness to go forward, when Major General Wool arrived and assumed command of all the forces. He had previously ordered part of his command from Baltimore and marched the troops to Gettysburg. The rebels marched with so much celerity that they did not encounter any of the (Drees of General Wool, and escaped from the States. I reccommend that aplication be made to Congress for an appropriation to compensate our citizens for the damages which they suffer ed by the raid. On the two emergencies to whichl have re ferred, I acknowledge valuable counsel and as sistance from Brigadier Gen. Andrew Porter, of th'e United States At my, who thus testified his affection for his native State, and zeal In hrr service when threatened. And on the game, and other occasions, I am indebted to Col. Thomas A. Scott, Col. John A. Wright, and C donel J B Parker, members of my staff, who came promptly on my summons and serv ed with their - accustomed zeal and fkility, with out pecuniary compensation. The militia law of this State is greatly de fective, and I earnestly recommend the ap• pointment of a commission to prepare and submit an efficient system, to be reported be • fore the adjournment of the Legislature, so that action may be had on the subject at the present :session. In the hurry of ordinary business the Legislature might not be able to give the necessary attention to the preparation of a proper measure, and events which have already ocenred prove the necessity of some effectual Legislation on the subject, so that our people may be adequately protected. The State is in possession of the following Ordnance, Arms and Am:tuition : 63 pieces of artillery, of which 22 need repairs. 2 batteries of new cannon, consist ing of 12 Griffin rifled cannon, 6- pounders, 2 caissons and 2 batte ry wagons, presented to the State by the Committee` ofSafety of Philadelphia, in September last. 26,492 muskets and rifles, of which 11,- 614 are ready for issue, 4,460 in the hands of mechanics for re pairs, and the balance, having been used by the militia called out in September last, require cleaning. 12,427 setts infantry accoutrements coin plete. 1,293 swords and sabres. 684 pistols. 1,938 rounds artillery ammunition. 1,622,000 rounds of ammunition for small arms. The following arms, accoutrements and ammunition have been furnished according to law to the border counties, and to volun teer organizations formed under the Militia Act of 1858 : 5,840 muskets and rifles with accoutre ments complete,were issued to and are now in possession of border counties. 4,958 muskets and rifles, and 3,041 setts of accoutrements issued to and now in possession of organized compa nies. Also 80,000 rounds of ama nition issued to border counties and organized companies. 1,755 muskets and 895 sets of accoutre ments, were issued to Cols. Brown and Glantz's regiments on going into the service. 82 pieces of artillery, issued to First Pennsylvania Artillery, Colonel Charles T. Campbell, commanding, on going into the service. 528 sabres, 1,056 pistols and 528 sets of accoutrements, issued to organ ized cavalry companies. Showing an aggregate of .107 pieces of 119,046 muskets and uses. 1,740 ARM& 1,826 sabres. 22,203 seta infantry accoutrements. 628 sets cavalry accoutrements. 1,603,938 rounds of &munition. In addition to the above, the following mil itary property of the city of Philadelphia is reported by the " Home Guard of the city of Philadelphia," to be in its possessioa. viz : 6 20-pounder Parrot rifled guns. 2 10-pounder Prussian rifled guns. 1 10-pounder English rifled gun. 12 eassions for 20-pounder Parrot rifled guns. 2 cassions for 10-pounder Prussian • rifled guns,with tools and stores. 1 12-pounder rifled howitzer, Dahl green. 1 12-pounder rifle howitzer, 750 lbs., Dahlgreen. 2 field carriages for ditto. 2 small howitzer guns, 12-pounders, with carriages, tools and stores. 1 12-pounder rifled howitzer, Dahl green. 1 12 pounder smooth bore, 750 lbs., Dahlgreen. 2 field carriages for ditto. 2 small 12 pounder howitzers, with carriages, tools and stores. 195 saddles. 127. saddles, with traces, breast strap, &c. - 68 saddles, incomplete. ' • 2,296 muskets and rifles. 200 pistols and 124 holsters. 1,997 rounds of shot and shell. 672,884 rounds musket and rifle cart- ridges. The foregoing does not include the arms and equipments that have been issued to the several regiments of the Home Guard, and which are in their possession. For the details of military operations and of statistics, I refer you to the Reports of the Adjutant General, Quartermaster General, Commissary General, Surgeon General, and the Chief of Transportation, which accom pany this message. In regard to the election of officers in the Reserve Corps and the recruitment of the re giments of that corps and of our other gal lant regiments of volunteers, I propose to send a special message in a few days, as I desire to treat these subjects somewhat at large, and to sumit to . the Legislature some documents relating to them. By the thirteenth section of the act of May 15th, 1861, I was authorized to draw my war rants on the treasury for a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars for compensation to such persons as might be required to serve the country in a military capacity. At the date of my last annual message, I had drawn Ireful the treasury eight thousand five hun dred dollars, and had paid out up to the Ist of December, 1861, six thousand four hundred dollars, when my account was settled. Since that time I have drawn two thousand dollars from the treasury, part of which, with the balance in my hands, has been expended In the payment of members of my personal staff in service when I required assistance, and in procuring information, and to persons employ ed when the State was threatened with inva sion in September, 1862, and during the raid in October last. An account of these expenditures will be found on file in the office of the Auditor Gen eral. Under the act of 20th April, 1858, it is my intention to take early measures for the sale of the powder magazine in the city of Phila delphia. The powder magazine at Harris burg is not .judiciously located. A State powder magazine ought, in my judgment, to be erected on a suitable site in the vicini.y of this place, and I recommend the attention of the Legislasure to the subject. In September last two batteries of rifled cannon were presented to the Commonwealth by a committee of citizens of Philadelphia, through S. V. Merrick, Esq., which are now in the arsenal in that city. I recommend that provision be made for procuring car riages, caissons and other equipments for them. The liberal donors are entitled to the thanks of the Commonwealth for their patri otic gift. Under the joint resolutions of the 29th of February, 1862, measures were promptly tak• en for the relief of our sick and wounded men in the field. The wounded at Winchester, StraPburg, Front Royal, Williamsburg and Fair Oaks,and those in the corps of Major Gen. Banks were duly attended on the field or in the vioinity by Surgeon Gineral Smith and a corps of surgeons under his direction, and were brought into this State. The sp.me system would have been continued, but in June last, I received a let ter from the Surgeon General of the United States, representing that it was found incon venient to the service, and must create diffi caliies in the regular identification of the sol diers for pay and pensions. In compliance with his views, I was reluc- tautly obliged to discontinue the system, but I have not ceased to urge on the War Depart ment the propriety of sending our sick and wounded men into the State, where they can be nursed and cared for by their friends, and have to say that at length such an arrange ment was made with the authorities at Wash- ington, wbich it was hoped would be effec tive, but there has been such tardiness in putting it into practical operation, that I re commend the Legislature to invite the atten tion of the War Department to the subject. Our suffering men have a right to the sympa thy and aid of their State, to be so rendered as not to injure the service. If the bringing them home to be attended could produce even inconvenience to that, I would not urge it. But it is cruel to leave them to the care and (I regret to say it) frequently to the neglect, or worse, of strange officials, at points in the immediate vicinity of all the abundant corn forts which the solicitude of their families and friends would rejoice to provide for them. In addition to the expenses of attending and bringing home our sick and wounded as above stated,l have expended less than $4OOO in the transportation of friends of sick killed or wounded volunteers, and other per sons sera by me for their care to the several battle-fields and hospitals, and in bringing home for interment the bodies of those slain. The whole expense incurred under the joint resolution was $5,118 83, the details of which will be found in the report of the Surgeon General and Chief of Transportation. Ihave uniformly, when applied to, allowed the expense of transportation of one person to the field to bring home the body of his friend or relation, and the expense of his re turn with the body. The cost of this has not exceeded $6OO, which is included in the sum of less than $4OOO as above stated. In this connection I must speak with ap plause of the active benevolence of our citi zens, who have without compensation devoted their time and care to their suffering fellow citizens, disabled by the casualties of war.— Not only have many gone to the field, to ad minister their kind offices, but in every part of the Commonwealth thousands have ap plied their means and exertions to the same end ; and especially have the women of Penn sylvania,obeying their true womanly instincts, shown that they are worthy to be the mothers, wives and sisters of the brave men, whom they have stimulated to their duty, and sooth ed and nursed in the eufferings that have en sued in the performance of it. The pity of Philadelphia having patriotioal oy offered to the United States, League Island as a donation for a Navy Yard, Congress di reoted a commission to report upon the avail ability of that site and also of New London.— To the general astonishment, a majority of the commission have reported in favor of New London, but the minority has presented a re-: port, which is fortified by the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, showing so couslusive ly the superiority of League Island that it is scarcely possiple that Congress should hesitate to select that location , . To, establish a Navy Yard for the construction of iron clad vessels at a point remote from all necessary supplies situated on salt.ater, and accessible by more than one route to any enemy, who may have a momentary superiority at sea, would appear to be quite inconsistent with the wisdom of Congres, especially when a site is offered con venient to iron, ooal and other necessary sup plies, situated on fresh water with a suf/oient depth for tbe draught of large vessels, and safe from hostileuUsok Capt. Henry R. Wrigley, of the oity of Philadelphia, at my request, and without com pensation,_has made a report to me on the de fences of the Delaware, which I herewith transmit for information. In July last, I received, at Pittsburg, by telegraph, an offer from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, of a donation of fifty thousand dollars to assist in paying bounties to volunteers. I declined this offer, because I had no authority to accept it on behalf of the pnblio, and was unwilling to undertake the disbursement of the fund in my private capacity. I have since received a letter on the subject from the company suggesting other modes of disposing of the money, a copy of which is annexed to - this message. If the Legislature should accept the dona tion, I recomend that it be applied towards the erection of an asylum for our disabled sol diers, and that the trasteos appointed to sup erintend the erection and management of the asylum be authorized to accept each further contributions as our citizens may offer. IO a well managed establishment of that kind,it is probable that the pensions to be allowed by the Government to the men, will enable them to support themselves with comfort. By an act of Congress passed on the second day of July, 1862, lands were granted to the several States for the endowment, support and main tenance by each State, of at least one college for teaching such branches of learning as are related to agrioultnre and the mechanic art, without excluding other scientifio and classical studies, and including military tactics. I recommend that proper provision be made by the Legislature for having the lands thus granted to this State selected, and the title made to the State, and that Congress be reqested to allow the lands and their pro ceeds to be used by the State in the con struction and support of such an asylum as I have above suggested. The details of the operations of the com mon school system, during the school year that terminated on the first Monday in June, 1862, manifest scarcely any evil effects front the troubled state of the country. Absence of the usual degree of progress in the various departments is the only result observable.-- To have held its own, however, during the severe ordeal to which, in common with all our great social interests and enterprises, it has been subjected, is the strongest proof of its inherent vigor, and of the hold it posses es upon the affections as well as the judg ment of the people of the State. It has come to my knowledge that in some parts of the State a system exists of paying the wages of workmen and laborers not in money but in orders on storekeepers for mer chandise and other artioles. This system, by preventing all competition, leaves the men to the uncontrolled discretion of the storekeep ers. It is a system most unwise and unjust, and it effects classes of useful citizens, who, as they live by the proceeds of their daily labor, have not adequate means to resist it. I have no doubt that most of the difficulties which occasionally occur between employers and their workmen are due to the prevalence of this system. That every man, for a fair day's labor, should receive a fair day's wages is but the dictate of common honesty ; and while it would be most unwise for the State to interfere at all with the rate-of Wages, it is in my judgment incumbent on her to protect her laboring population by regniring that whatever may be the wages stipulated, they shall be so paid that the recipient may pur chase necessaries for himself and his family, where they can I , et had best and cheapest. I do most earnestly recommend this subj.-ot to the Legislature for prompt and effectual action. I believe that the several charitable institu tions to which the Legislature has been accus tomed to grant aid, have been well managed during the past year. The Wyoming Canal is still in the hands of the receiver. Certain creditors of the Com pany having instiuted proceedings in the Su preme Court for selling the canal under the mortgages, the Attorney General has inter vened in the suit to oppose the making of a decree of sale. No decree has been made, and the proceedings are yet pending. Mean while, it being alleged that the subscribers and stockholders have paid up but a small part of the nominal capital of the company, an information has been filed in the Supreme Court by the Attorney General, to compell them to pay up the capital, or such charges and assessments as may be necessary to ex tinguish the debt due to the Commonwealth. This proceeding is also still pending. It is understood that the gross receipts of the canal during the last season have been about one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, and the annual interest on the mortgage bonds of the company a little over fifty-one thousand dollars In pursuanci) of the joint resolution passed 11th April, 18(2, the Attorney General has in stitnated proceedings on the proper cashier's bonds, to recover the money due to the Com monwealth bythe bank of Commerce at Erie and I have employed John H. Walker, Esq., as special oounSel for the Commonwealth, in the proseotitio4 of the officers of the bank, in the Court of QUarter Sessions of Erie county. In acoordange with the provisions of the Aot of 6th Maj., 1862, an information in equi ty was tiled b 3; the Attorney General against the Delaware .tind Hudson Canal Compnay and the Perintylvania Coal Company. The case was argued' before the Supreme Court at Sunbury in October last. By an Act p(i.ssed on the 16th day of May, 1861, a compatiy was incorporated by the name of the litivy Yard, Broad street and Fairmount Rai;way Company. It being al leged that the , lompany, instead of making a railway on the - route and in the manner pre scribed by its charter, is constructing a rail road of a diffeient character by a route ex tending from;ho Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore ;Railroad depot to the Phila delphia and Menton railroad depot, both within the city .: of Philadelphia, the Attorney General has proceeded aga . nst the company by quo warrants for the violation of its char ter, and has also filed an - information for the purpose of restraining the company from proceeding in the construction of their road. Both these progeedings are now pending. By the act of 29th March, 1813, it was pro vided that oitiz4ns absent from home in actual military service, might exercise their right of suffrage as if they were present at the usual places of election. This act was substantially re-enacted in the general eleotion law passed' on the 2d of Jmy, 1839. The Supreme Court has recently decided that by reason of a phrase in the - constitutional amendments of 1838, this provision has become unconstitn tional. Pennsylvania has sent to the service about two hundred thousand citizens, who, by this decision, are disfranchised. This seems to be a hard measure—that men who testify their devotion to the country by going to the field should thereby lose the most inestimable right of a citizen. I recommend that the ne cessary steps be forthwith commenced to amend the constitution, so as to give the right of suffrage to the citizens who are thus excluded. I cannot close this message without speak ing of the unbroken loyalty and spirit of the freemen of Pennsylvania. They feel that on the preservation of the Union and the suppreeion of the most causeless and wicked rebellion which history records, depends the honor, tnesinterests and the hole futurs welfare of - . the Commowealth. .They will never tolerate schemes for destroying the Government of the United States, or forming separate Confedra— ales, or any other schemes for creating general confusion and ruin, and aiding and comforting the traitors who are in arms against the country. This State has furnished more men for the defence of o'er institutions, and has lost more by the casualties of war, than any other State. She has given her blood and treasure freely, and is ready to give as much more of both as - - may be needful. Her people intend that by the blessing of God, this rebellion shall be suppressed, and will not be turned from their settled purpose by the wiles of masked ene mies or the vacillations of feeble friends. On the contrary, they will, (as is their right,) in sist that competent Integrity, Earnestness, Intellect and Vigor shall be employed in the public service, to preserve the Government, and to maintain the unity of the country. A. G. CIIRTLN. ' ilreilmsli Du , 1 , ./143710iirgiaa g." 7 j -- -BUOHANAN It is at Eylan that Murat always appears in his terrible aspect. This battle, fought in mid-winter in 1807, was - the most ine= portant and bloody one that had then oo ourred. France and Russia had never before opposed such strength to each other, and a complete victory on either side would hive settled the fate of Europe. Bona parte remained in possession of the field, and that was all; no victory was ever so like a defiat. The field of Eylan was covered with snow, and the little ponds that were scat tered over it were frozen sufficiently hard to bear the artillery ; 71,000 men on one side and 85,000 on the oth'er, arose from the frozen field on which they had slept that night of February, without tent or covering, to battle for a continent. An gereau, on the left, was utterly routed in the morning. Advancing through a snow storm so thick he could not see the enemy, the Russian cannon mowed down his ranks with their destructive fire, while the Cos sack cavalry, which were ordered to charge, came thundering on, almost hitting the French infantry with their long lances before they were visible through the storm. Hemmed in and overthrown, the whole division, composed of 16,000 men, with the exception of 1,500, were captured or slain. Just then the snow storm clearing up, revealed to Napoleon the peril to which he was brought, and he immediately ordered a grand charge of the Imperial Guard and the whole cavalry. Nothing was further from Napoleon's wishes or ex- peotations than the bringing of his _ re serve into the engagement at this early stage of the battle, but there was no other resource left him. Murat sustained his high reputation on this occasion, and proved himself, for tne hundredth tithe, worthy of the great con fidence Napoleon placed in him. Nothing could be more imposing than the battle field at this moment. Bonaparte and' the Empire trembled in the balance, while Murat prepared to lead down his cavalry to save them. 70 squadrons, making in a 11.14,000 well mounted men, began to move over the slope, with the Old Guard marching sternly behind him. Bonaparte, it is said, was more agitated at this crisis than when, a moment before, he was so near being captured by the Rus sians. But as he saw those seventy squadrons come down on a plunge - Jrot, pressing hard after the white plume of Murat, that streamed through the snow storm far in front, a smile passed over his countenance. The earth groaned and trembled as they passed, and the sabres, above the dark and angry mass below, looked like the foam of a sea wave at its crest on the deep. The rattling of their armor, and the muffled thunder of their tread, drowned all the roar of the battle, as with firm set array, and swift, steady motion they broke down with terrible front on the foe. The shock of that immense host was like a falling mountain, and the front line of the Russian army went down like net work before it. Then commenced a pro tracted fight of band to hand, and sword to sword, as in the cavalry action of Eck muhl. The clashing of steel was like the ringing of countless hammers, and horses and 'riders were blended in wild confusion together, the Russian reserve was ordered up, and on these Murat fell with his fierce horsemen, crushing and trampling them down by thousands. But the obstinate Russians disdained to fly, and rallied again so that it was no longer cavalry charging on infantry, but squadrons of horses gal loping through the broken host that gathered into knots, *still disputing with unparalleled bravery, the red and rent field. It was during this strange fight that Murat was seen to perform one of those desperate deeds for which he was so re nowned. Excited to the highest pitch of passion by the obstacles that opposed him, he seemed endowed with a ten fold strength, and looked more like a super human being treading down helpless mor tals, than an ordinary man. Amid the roar of artillery and the rattling of sabre strokes like lightning about him, that lofty white plume never once went down, while ever and anon it was seen glaring through the smoke of battle, the star hope to Na poleon, and showing that his 44 right arm " was still uplifted and striking for victory. He raged like an unloosed lion amid the foe; and his eyes, always terrible in bat tle, burned with increased lustre, while his clear and steady voice, heard above the turmoil of strife, was worth more than a thousand trumpets to cheer on his follow ers. At length seeing a knot of Russian soldiers that had kept up a devouring fire on his men, he wheeled his horse and drove in full gallop upon their leveled muskets. A few of his guards, that never allowed that white plume to leave their sight charg ed after him. Without waiting to count his foes, he seized his bridle in his teeth, and with his pistol in one hand and his sword in the other, burst in headlong fury upon them, and scattered them as if a hurricane had swept by. Murat was a thunderbolt on that day, and the deeds that were wrought by him will forever fur nish themes for the poet and the painter. A SMART LAWYER.—Governor S— was a splendid lawyer, and could talk a jury out of their seven senses. He was especially noted for his success in criminal oases, almost always clearing his client.— He was once counsel for a man accused of horse stealing. He made a long, eloquent and touching speech. The jury retired, but returned in a few moments, and, to the surprise of all, proclaimed the, man not guilty. An old acquaintance then stepped up to the accused, and said— Jim, them danger is past • and now, honor bright didn't you steal that very horse 1' To which Jim replied— , Well, Tom, all along I've thought I took that horse ; but, since I herd the gov ernor's speech, I don't believe I did !' UNITED STATES STAMP TAXES POSED BY. TfIE ACT OS 1862. Publiehed for the convenience of STOREKEEPERS, NIERCHANTS, BROKERS t LAWYERS, CONVEYANCERS and the public generally, on a large neat card shOwing at a glance. the amount of duty on tax to be paid. Price 10 cents. For sale by . J. M. WES - TIIAEFFER; No. 44, Corner of North Queen' and-Orange streets. oat 7 tf 21 F UNION HOTEL, N.a. - 92SMARKET STRBIT, Between 9th and 10th, - P.IIIL A.DELPHI A. J. 0. EWING and S. H. KURTZ, Proprietor. BOARDERS secoinraddated; isasonable teozna, and ttatudent canto, ana atpar thry. Sion V.M.. botylive Hirrejr '4y • .li l 7/ 1 " ":97.!':.•• • "•• _ Charge of 21fwit at Eylau ►pUE HORA OE WATERS MODERN ImParmai OVEASTRIING BANI rum IRON IMAMS PIANOS are jaetly pronounced by the Press and Nude Masters to be superior Instruments:. They, are built of the best and most thoroughly se 'ariared materials, and will stand any climate. Thu tonal* ;very - deep, nand, full and mellow; the touch elastie. - Each Plano warranted for three yam. Prices from $175 to $7OO. OPINIONS °slag Peas.—.Tke Noraee Waters PLUM ars known as among the very - best. We are enabled to spat of these instruments with some degree of confidence: front personal knowledge - of their ,excellent tone and durable guality.".—Chriztiern infefligroorr: $ 1 5 0 .—NEW 7-OCTAVE PIANOS In Rosewood easel, Iron frames, androveretrung bass, of different seakeis, fok $ 1 50; do., with mouldings, $160; do. with.carvedleini and inlaid nameboard, $175. VIA and $210; do. nith, peers keys, $225, $250 and $300; new 634 octave, mai do. octave, $l4O. The above llama are fulaytwarranted, and are the greatest bargains 'that can be ftezpd in thisLcity. Pleaxe call and one them. Second hand Pialoa assss,s4ll $5O, $85 . 578, and $l.OO. THE HORACE W. TEES MELODEONS. Rosewood'Oeses, Tuned the Equal Temperament. with the Patent Podded well and Solo Stop. .Pricem tom $ B 5 to 6200. Organ Hertnonlcons with Pedal Dais. $430. $276 and 000. School Harmoniums, $lO. $6O, VW and - MC Also, Melodeons and Harmonenms of - the following makers, Prince & Co'e, Carbon A Ner-dham, Mason a Hamlin, and S. D. a H. W. Smith. all of which will be sold at eatremely low prices. These Melodeons remain in tune a long time. Each Melodeon warraoted for three years. Stir A liboraldisconnt to. Clergy men, Churches. Sabbath Schools. Lodges, Seminaries, and Tsaohera trade supplied on the moat ilbiral terms. ' • . . THR DA P SCEIOOL BELL 35,000 COPIES ISSUED. A new Singing Book fOr Ifs* ;BChoiis, called the Day School Bell, Is now ready. It contains, about 200, choke songs, rounds, catches, dnetts, trioC - quartetts and -chor uses, many of them written asps°. Sly for this wort, be eides 82 pages. et.the-Blements The Elements are so eisy - andistrogroissivei; that oidittaty`teachers will find themselves , entirely,-snasissful . in. Instrimthleyeven young scholars to sing correctly' and" scfentlitesily; while the time. and words embrace such-A variety, ofilvely, at :tractive, and soul-stirring Maude and :Sentiments - . that no trouble will be experfencedln inducing :all beginners to go on with seal in .acquiring skill , In one of ;Imo mod healtivogiving; beantyAmprOving, order-producing exercises of school life, In. slospliat) , of Its elements, In variety and adaptation - ,61 tninOle, .add' in excellence and number of its songs, originaS, selectm4sond adapted, it claims by mach to excel all,competltors.. It will - be Lnindthe beet ever lamed for siminariet;lliCade miee and public schools, A few sample pikes of the ele ments, tnneoi And songs, are given ireaeirculari . send - end get ..one. It is compiled .hy ,f4nrace Meters, author. of "Sabbath School Bell," Noe. 1 and 2; which; havelsad - lhe enormous sale of - 735,000 copied. , ,Yricee-- t pepprowsveri 20 cents, $l5: per 100; bound. .40 cents, .222 per 100; cloth bound; embossed gilt, 40 cents, $BO %capita fur nished at the 100 price. Nalledato tpe total p rice. NORAOI4 0PA192 RS; Publisher, 481 Broadway, Ns! York. SABBATH SCHOOL BELL No. 2. 86,000 COPIES ISSUED. It is an entire new work of. nearly 200 page.. Many of the tunes and hymns were writteo, expressly for. this vol. ume. It will-soon be ea popular-ea its predecessor, (Bell No. 1) which has inn up to the enormous .number. pf.660,- 000 coples—outetripping any Sunday school book: of its else ever based in this country,_Also,. both volumes are bound in one to accommodate tehoole afishing them' In that form.. Prism of -Bell No. 2; paPercovers, 15 sepia; $l2 per 100; bound,. 25 cents, $lB per 106; cloth bound, am. bossed gilt, 30 cents, 621; per 100. Bell No. 1. paper coven", 13 cents, $lO per 100; r bound, 20 seats, $lO per 100; cloth bound, embossed gilt, 25 cents, $2O per hundred. Belle Noe. 1 end 2 bound togetber,4o cents, $3O per 100 1 croth bound, - embossed gilt, 60 cents, $4O per 100. 26 copies fur nished at the 100 price. Mailed at the retail price- HORACE WATERS, Publisher, 481 Broadway, New -York. NEW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. President-LAl:mold's Grand 'March:,-witb the host Vignette of hie Excellency that has yet been published; music by Efehnsmuller, leader of the 22d Regiment Baud; price 60 cents. Our Generale' Quick-Step, with .vlghatte of 35 of our generals; music by Grainlla, leader of ;lie 7th - Regiment Band. fit cents. The Seven Sops' Gallop, and Laura Keens Waltz, 35 cents each. Comet Schottische, 25 cents; all by Baker. Mask Box Gallop, by Herring, 55 cents. Union Waltz, La Grasse, 26 cent... Volunteer Polka, Goldbeck, 25 cents. Spirit Polka; General Scott's Farewell' Grind March, 25 cents each ; Airy Castles, 30. cents. all by A. Parkhurst. Freedom, Truth and Right Grand March, with splendid vignette; music by Carl Heineman,. 60 eta All of which are Hue productions. VOCAL MUSIC I will be true to thee; A penny for your thought, ; Lib tie Jenny Dow; Better times are coming; I dream- of my mother and my home; Merry little birds are we, (a song for children;) Slumber, my darling, LIEZIO dies tonight, Jenny's coming o'er the green; Weer my Brother In the Battle, and Why hove my loved onee gone,',by Stephen 0. Foster. Shail.wo know each other there? by the Heir. R. Lowry. Pleasant words for nil, by J. Roberts. There le a beautiful world, by I M. Holmes. Price 25 cents .each Freedom, Truth sod Right, a national- song and grand chorus; music by Carl'Heluerdann, with English and Ger• man words, 30 cults.. Where liberty dwells is my,conntry, Plumley. Forget If yott-cad,'but forgive., - bear sweet voices ringing, and Rome Is home, by J. H. Thomas,' 30 cents each. Three songs are very popular. Mailed free at retail price.' Foreign Sheet Maisie, at'S coots per page. All kinds 0 Mueic merchandise at war prices. HORACE WATERS, Publitiber, 481 Broadway, Now York • NEW MUSIC FOR THE MILLION, IN CHEAP 'nem, A.NADOED Al QUARTETTES AND CHORUSES 70 ILORICAL BOCIRTIES. OES.IRs. SUNDAE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC eCilools, SEMINARIES MO. Shall we know eachnther there; Shall we meet beyond the river? 13e in time; There le a beautiful world;' Don't you bear the Angels coming; Where liberty dwells ;is my country; Freedom, Truth and Right, (national songs.) is there a land of love? 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