jH£ DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA : Thursday Morning, January 16,1862. Letter from Camp Pierpont CAMP PIKRPONT, Va., Dec. 21,1361. PSAR FBISSO :-Your vr, cloome letter wa. received niglit tefore last, aud I ' m P roVe th(f first opportunity of repljiw About 11 Sk of the night 1 recei.ed joor letter, we recti'ed orders to b- ready, with one da, sra St 0 march at 0 o'clock the next morn, The morning found your humble .errant and six other member, of our baud all ' who ere in marching order), prepared with a. hunk_of bread and a piece of beef, for a marcK We got under way at 7 o'clock, a ra.. and menced the march, the column consisting of tbe Third Brigade, I' RC , Gen. G KD 15001 mandin", together with part of a Regiment of Cavalry one battery of four guns and the Bucktaii Rifles. We inarched 12 miles to prainesville, and bad a sharp fight, as you probably have learned by the papers long be fore you will get this. One Regiment of our Brigade was superintending the loading of wagons with foruge, aud was not engaged in the %bt— so 'hat our force was less than three thousand men. The enemy knowing we were coming had chosen their ground and planted their battery. Our skiruiistiers were out and the first intimation given was just as we were i eoteriug Draiuesville, when one of them came running in, saying the enemy were coming up nas up that road. The Cavalry and Artil ,rr were in advance ; oar rear wholly unpro iccted, save by the 12ih Regiment Baud with cot arms or horns, (if we had had the latter te might possibly huve scared them back.) — The rebels did not advance upon our rear, but opened upon us with shell from their battery. Vou may believe there was lively work among oar troops A line of battle was immediately formed iu the road, by the iulautry, nearly in the position they occupied at the tin; • the alarm was giveu. The artillery wheeled to take positiou, supported by cavalry, and the ' Bucktaiis came back to our left aud uiade for the rehtls with their uuerring rifles. The ar tillery in getting position, turned one o. their heaviest guns clear over, it being on aside bill, ami with it the wheel horses clear on their backs This hindered some, hot they were soon all right, ai d opened on them with good effect. AH this was done iu less tune then 1 Lav. been writing H ; the rebels all the while si'iiiliinr their shell which were whizing about us but fortunately doing no damage. Our Quarter Master had his cap knocked off vvitli a piece of a shell as it burs' By 'his time the riflemen hud s;ot up in the field near enough to lie on their bellies and pick the re- Ms as they showed themselves in tTie edge of i lie wo tls The infantry, too, tiudiug the en- I my would not leave their cover ami advance '-pou '.liecn, made an advance, so that the en gagement was general. The battle raged about an hour aud a half, when there was a general route of the eneuoy. Blankets, overcoats, hav ersacks, Ac., being thrown iu piles by the road <ide so that tlnir flight might lie more rapid There weie seventy nine dead aud wounded re bels left on the field—how many they took *itb them of course I did not know. Our men took eight or ten prisoners, and I think ! >ir entire loss could not have been much less tl iu one hundred. I think there were but * ve of our men killed, and probably twenty rthrty wounded. It is astonishing (their u*iog advantage of position and waiting for oar men IO come on) how badly they were wVpped, aud if I had not seen it I could hard ly Mieve it. We did uot lose a man by their artillery.— T'H-T fired too high, while ours seat out a re jorter to see the effect of the shots ; he came in and said they were a little too high, the aim *as changed and men, horses, and trees were mowed down like grass One shot struck their magarne causing an explosion. Trees of pine , M large as mv body were cut dowu by the can ton halls A grf-at deal of credit is due the riflemen. Th-y are always found iu the thickest of the -•ght, and they make about every shot tell.— d a space uot more than two rods square I i4w I think, not less than twenty dead rebels -hot by the Bucktaiis while lying in front of ''hem in an open fi Id, while they (the Buck Ms) had only one man killed while in this po sitiou—this, too, with onr men io an opeu field Ml the rebels skulking behind trees The brilliant result of the battle is owing, I 'hick, principally to the accurate shots of our ®"n ami the miserable random firing of the <?nemy Our troops w< re certainly more ex than theirs. , m c' l ' fill pages in relating incidents of - hatt:-, that came under my own observa tion <} ea q K() j s deserving of a great deal He managed the thing admirably. ' ""a? perfectly cocl, but his hawk eye seem take iu everything at a glance, and he 5 *3"s did the right thing at the right time, y .re were sights too horrible to describe, j n jast in the death struggle, with terrible -' J 'fla;ions ; boilies with their heads entirely away—horses lying in heaps dead, and - r s wounded, without riders, rearing and * ;i o 1 don't think a person would ever ur to see more thau one battle field. There !- r !) e nothing more horrid. 1 passed thro' ( " L, "' jr t, though the balls and shells some offles whistled thick aud fast. ie relx-ls fought in their usual Indian fash *"3. skulking iu the woods. One fellow, a OiLer of the 6th Band brought in a big e ";Uckiau prisoner, without having auy wea tut a club—he said if he had had a gun .7 a rev olvtr he would have brought in two or one of them. The prisouer snid they ® beard of the Pennsylvania Reserve and |Spo-*d two of their Regiments would whip them, but was mistaken He * t ®'' r force oo the field was 4,000 with a i reserve not far back. As soon as onr dead and wounded were car- I ■ f, the wounded rebels were brought in and j etived the same attention as our men. The I of tnusiciaus in battle is to bring off the THE BRADFORD REPORTER. dead and wounded a9 fast as they tall. There were none killed in our Regiment, and but one wounded. I brought off a quantity of relics. A mus ket and cartridge box—musket aud rifle balls, grape shot, pieces of shell, Ac., which I inteud to take home if I live to get there. The mus ket is ODe of our old Springfield guns that they stole somewhere. It was the hardest day's work I ever did. The march out and back made 24 miles, be sides from 1 1-2 p. m. till suu down we were on onr feet traveling over the field and back and forth to the hospital, so that in all we trav eled over 30 miles, getting back to camp be tween 9 and 10 o'clock, p. m., a tired lot of boys. * * * * Yours truly, L. WELLS. THE GOVERNORS MESSIGE. To the honorable the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the State of Pennsylvania : GENTLEMEN : —lt has pleased Divine Prov idence, daring tbe last season, to give us abun dant crops, unbroken peace within our borders, unanimity among our people, and thns to ena ble this Commonwealth to do her full duty to the country, to herself, aud to posterity. For these blessings we have cause to be grateful. The balance in the Treas ury on the 30th Nov., iB6O, was $681,433 08 Tiie receipts during the llscal year, euding Nov. 30, 1861, were as fol lows : • For ordinary sources 3,017,645 57 From temporary loan un der Act of April 12, '6l, at 6 per cent, interest, and negotiated at par... 475,000 From 6 per cent, loan un der Act May 15, 1361, also negotiated at par- 2,612,150 From society of Ciucinna tus 500 From United States on ac count of military ex penses r... 606,000 From paymasters and oth ers, refunded 32,229 45 6,743,525 02 Total in Treusnry for fis cal year ending Nov. 30, 1861 7.424,958 10 And the payments as follows .- For ordinary purposes... $3,111,480 $4 For military expeuses, uu der acts April 12, 1861, and May 15, and 16, 1861 ; 474,878 85 1,703,462 68 170.535 51 2.353,872 04 For amount ot loan under Act April 12, 1861, re paid 375,000 5.873,352 33 I.e.iving balance in Treasu ry, Nov. 30,1861 $1,551,605 72 PUBLIC DEBT. FUNDED AND CN'F.NNDED. Received from temporary loan, under Act April 12 1861 475,000 Repaid as abo7e 375,000 Outstanding Nov. 30,1861 100,000 lOO 000 Received from loan under Act May 15, lstjl 2,612,450 Amount of public debt, fuuded and unfunded, Nov. SO, iB6O 37,969.347 50 Paid during the fiscal year 101,331 42 37,863,516 08 Remaining unpaid, (ex clusive of military loans above mentioned,) Nov. 30, 1861 37,5§8.516 OS RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF MILITARY LOANS. Receipts from military loan under Act April 12, 1861 475.000 Act May 15 2,612,150 From paymasters and oth ers, refunded 32,229 45 3,119,379 45 Paid for military expenses as above 2,353,372 04 Paid for redeeming loan, Act April 12 375,000 2.728,872 04 Unexpended of military loans $ 890,507 41 RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF ORDINARY REVENUE. Balance in Treasury from ordinary resources, Nov. 30,1860 681,433 03 Received from ordinary resources during the fis cal year 3,017,645 57 3,699,078 65 Paid for ordinary ex- Ilenses, as above ... 3,144,480 34 Unexpended of ordianary revenue 554,598 31 Received from United States Government, on account military expen ditures CC6.000 Received from Society of (Jiuciuuatus 500 Balance in Treasury, as above • $1,551,605 72 It will be observed that the fiscal year ends on the 30tb of November, aud the sinking fund year on the first Mouday in September, which accouuts for the apparent deficiency iu the amount of debt paid as stated io the Trea surer's report, and by tbe Commissioners ol the Sinking Fund. The State hasou hand a surplus of uniforms and equipments which cost about $190,000, -which the United States have agreed to take and pay for at cost. Ar rangements have been made with the general government for the reimbursement of the mil itary t xpeuses of the State since the 27th of July last. The bills as paid are forwarded to Washington and partial repayments have al ready been made. It will be observed tbat the receipts from ordinary sources of revenue for the year 18G1 have decreased, but as payments have been made oo some of them since the settlement at the end of tbe fiscal year on the first of De cember, and more may reasonably be expected in addition to ibe payments to be paid by the National Government as hereinafter stated, the balance available in the treasury will be largely increased. It will also be observed that it has not yet been found necessary to call in all ol tbe loan effected uuder the Act of tbe 18th of May last In some items the ordinary revenue of 1861 was in excess ot that of 18G0. The loan authored by tbe Act of May loth, 1801, was taken at par. This occurrence PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0. GOODRICH. most gratifying under all the then existing cir cumstances of embarrassment, affords triumph ant evidence of the confidence of the people in the stability and integrity of the Common wealth, and their determination to support the Government. The operations of the Sinking Fund daring the last year have been, as shown by my Pro clamation of the sth of September last, as fol lows : Debt redeemed from 4th September, 1860, to Ist ! September, 1861 $300,801 01 Of stock loans $300.050 00 " interest on certificates 3,330 01 " relief notes .... • 42100 5300,801 01 I refer to the reports of the State Treasurer and Auditor General for the detalis of the fi nancial affairs of the Commonwealth. The re ports of the Surveyor General and State Libra rian will exhibit the state of the Departments under their care. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund dar ing the last spring received from the Philadel phia and Erie (late Sunbury and Erie) Rail road Company forty bonds of that Company for $lOO,OOO each executed iu conformity with the third section of the act of March the 7th, 1861. That company has also deposited in the State Treasury its bonds to the amount of five millions of dollars, in accordance with the 6th section of the same act. On the 9th of May last I granted my warrant authoriz ing the State Treasurer to deliver to the said company one thousand of said bouds, being to the amount of one million dollars. This warrant was issued iu conformity with the law, the five per cent, bouds mentioned in the fifth sec tion of the act (except those belonging to the State and now iu the Sinking Fund) having been previously surrendered and cancelled,and satisfaction entered on the Record of the Mort i gage mentioned in said fifth section. Having received notice from the company that the bonds so delivered to the company of their proceeds had been appropriated in accordance ! with the provisions of the law, on the 21st of June last I appointed John A. Wright as Commissioner to examine aud to report to me whether said bonds or their proceeds 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 aud Erie will be completed within a short time. It is im possible to estimate too highly the importance of this great work to the Commonwealth, and especially to Philadelphia aud Erie and the hitherto neglected couuties near its route west of the Snsquhanna. By the act of the 21st of April, 1858, for the sale of the State canal to the Snuburv and Erie railroad company it was provided that if that company s 1 ould sell said canals for a greater sum in the aggregate than three and a half million of dollars, seventy-fire per centum of 6uch excess should be paid to the Commonwealth by a transfer of so much of such bonds and securities as said company should receive for the same and payable in like maimer. The company sold the canals and reported that the share of the profit on such sale, due to the Commonwealth was $281,250 of which $250 was paid in cash and for the remaining $281,000 the Commonwealth received coupon bouds of the Wyoming canal company to that amount, being a portion of buds for $900,000 issued by that company and secured by a mort gage of the Wyoming canal, formerly called the Lower North Branch canal. These bouds bear an iuterest of six per cent, per annum, payable semi annuallj on the 15th of January and July, and the interest was paid by the company to January last inclusive The in j ten st due in July last has not been paid.— Judgments baviug been obtained against the eompauy 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 iu which such proceedings were had that by a decree made on the 2d September last the property and affairs of the company were placed iu the hands of a receiver. A plan has been suggested for the assent of the stock and bond holders which contemplates a sale of the caual under lawful process and a purchase of the same for the purpose of form ing a new company, of which the capital stock shall be one million of dollars, divided into twenty thousand shares of fifty dollars each, of which assenting holder of a mortgage bond for one thonsauddollars shall be entitled to eighteen shares, aud each assenting holder of fifty shares of stock of the Wyoming canal com pany shall be entitled to nine shares. Of course no officer of the Commenwealth had authority to assent to the proposal or in any way to af fect her position. It is believed also that the plan is not one that ought to be assented to by the Commonwealth, and that uuder all the circumstances, if the convenience of individual parties roquires a change such as proposed, the debt due to the commonwealth ooght to be first paid or fullp securey. I suggested that the Act passed Bth of April 1861, entitled "An Act concerning the sale of railroads, canals, Ac.," should be modified so that in all cases ir wuicb 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 tbe benefits and privileges conferred by |the Act unless they shall have first paid the debt due to tbe State, or secured the same by their bonds to the Commonwealth secured by a first mortgage on the work itself. I commend the subject to the immediate consideration of the L"gis'.ature, as an effort may be made at an eraly day to enforce a sale of the canal, and some provision by law to pro tect the interests of the State would in that case be necessary. The wicked and monstrous rebellion which broke out many months ago, has not yet been qnelled. Every sentiment of loyalty and patriotism demands its effectual suppres sion. In my message of the 9th and 30th of April last, I set forth at length my views of the " RE9ARDLE3S OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER." character and objects of tbe contest which is still pending. Subsequent reflection has con firmed me in correctness of the opinions tbat expressed and to which I refer. In addition it ought to be understood, that looking to the variety and character of her products and in dustry, her material interest alone would ren , der the preservation of the Union from the present assault upon it.indespensable to Penn sylvania. She cannot afford to have a foreign power below or above or bounding her on the Delaware, the Chesapeake or the Mississippi, and she will never aquiesce in such a result, whatever may be the cost in men and fc money of her resistance to it. On the 9th of April last, I directed the at tention of the Legislature to the necessity which existed for an approved military organ ization,and on the 12th of the same month the Act entitled " An Act for the better organ ization of the militia of this Commonwealth'' passed, appropriating the sum $500,000 for the purpose of organizing,equipping and arm iug the millitia On the 15th of April the President, by proclamation, called for a mil itary force of 75,000 men, of which the quota assigned to Pennsylvania was at first ents to (afterward reduced to fourteen) regimrm of serve as infantry or riflemen for the term of three months uuless sooner discharged. The call was enthusiastically reepouded to by the people of Pennsy Ivauia. The first militia aid from the loyal States, which the Govern ment received at Washington, was a Pennsyl vania corps which arrived there prior to the 19th of April. On that day the passage of other corps from this and other States through Baltimore was impeded by force and during nearly two weeks afterwards the communica tion between Washington 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 the State should be clothed, armed, equipped, subsisted and transported by the State in consequence of the then inability of the United States. This request was of course complied with, and twenty five regiments, (being eleven regiments beyond oar quota,) comprising 20,175 men from Pennsylvania served for t'tbe term of three monts under the President's proclama tion above referred to. As the furnishing those volunteers with supplies was necessarily under the circumstances a hurried operation and us complain s were made in regard to them, and frauds were alleged to have been perpetrated, I appointed a board of commis sioners to investigate the whole subject. A copy of their report with the evidence taken by them has been already laid before the pub lie. It is the intention of the Auditor General to open the accouuts of such parties as appear by the testimony to have bees overpaid and this course has already been taken iu two of those cases. On the expiration of the term of tho threo months men in July last, some eight or ten thonsand discharged Pennsylvania volunteers were thrown iuto llarrisburg without notice and detained here, waiting to be paid, for an average time of some ten days. Their tents, camp equipage and cooking utensils had been taken from them at Williamsport, Md., and they arrived here destitute of all meaus of shelter and of preparing their food. The Com missary of the United States furnished uncook ed rations, and under the circumstances of emergency 1 deemed it necessary to make ar rangements for aiding in the cooking and bak ing of the rations, and also for furnishing meals to snch of the regiments as arrived during the night or under circumstances re quiring instant relief. The expenses atteuding these operations amounted so far as ascertained to $744 20, and I recommend that the Legis lature make an appropriation to pay them. It ought to be stated that these expenses would have been much larger, but for the liberal and patriotic efforts of the citizens, aod especially the ladies of llarrisburg; their free handed hospitality and generous aid to our wearied and hungry soldiers, deserve remembrance and gratitude. At the special session of the Legislature which commenced on the 30th of April last, I recommended the organization of a reserve corps, to be armed, equipped, clothed, subsist ed and paid by the State, and drilled in camps of instruction, in anticipation of the exigencies of the country, and by the Act of the 15th of May last, such a corps was directed to be raisrd, and a loan of $3,000,000 was author ized to defray the expenses of that and other military preparations. Men more than suffi cient in number to form some ten regiments of the Reserve Corps had, previous to the 15th of May been accepted by me in pursuance of a call on me (afterwards rescinded,) for twenty five regiments, and were then already assem bled and subject to my control. Most of these men volunteered for the Reserve Corps aud were immediately organized. The remaining regiments were rapidly recruited and the corps was thus completed, and George A. McCall, of Chester county, was commissioned as Major- General, and assigned to the command of all the forces raised or to be raised under the provisions of the last mentioned act. The reg iments composing the Reserve Corps were in structed in four camps in different parts of the State, until they were taken into the service of the United States. Two of tbese regiments, under the commands of Colonels Charles J. Biddle and Seneca G. Simmons, and two com pauies of artillery under the command of Col. Charles T. Campbell at the pressing instance of the War Department were sent ou the 22d of June last to the relief of Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, aud remained for about six weeks there, and in Western Virginia engaged in active operations. Towards the close of July the w hole Corps was called for under requisition, and taken in to the service ot the United States. Within four days after the disaster at Bull's Run, eleven regiments of this fine body of men (armed, drilhd, clothed, equipped, and in all respects ready for active service,) were in Washington. The regiments and companies from Western Virginia and the remaining two regiments making the whole number of fifteen, soon joined them there, and they are all now in service under the command of Gen. McCall, who has been commissioned as a Brigadier , General by the United States. These fifteen regiments contain fifteen tliou -1 sand eight hundred and fifty six meD, and con stitute a divistion comprising three brigades, a regiment of Artillery and one of Cavalry. The whole expense of raising, clotbiDg, equipping, subsisting and paying the Reserve Corps (in cluding the expense of establishing and fitting the camps of instruction, of recmiting and sup plying regimental flags, and the expenses of the campaign of the two regiments and compa nies in Maryland and Western Virginia,which were all defrayed by the State) has amounted to $855,444 87. This does not include the transportation on Railroads, as the separation of that aceount would have been a work of great labor, nor does it Include the pay of the regiments daring the campaign, but it does in clude all the expenses, which were heavy, of teams and transportation, not on Railroads,for the two regiments on the campaign above mentioned. Twelve regiments of the Itererve Corps were paid, subsisted, Ac., by the State to the average date of 22d Jaly. The two reg iments iu Western Virginia were paid by the State to the date of their departure from Har risburg on that expedition. The Cavalry reg iment was uot paid by the State. It will be perceived that the whole average expense per man was $53 95. Previous to the 31st of April last, a regi ment had been enlisted in the city of Erie from Northwestern Pennsylvania. When the call was made on me on that day, for twenty-five additional regiments, the Erie RegimeDt was ordered to march to llarrisburg. The call was rescinded, however, before the regiment reach ed Pittsburgh, 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 exist ing requisitions made on the State were more than filled. Much apprehension existed in the Western and South-western borders of the State, and it was deemed prudent to retain tbe regiment at Pittsburgh to meet any emergency that might arise. After the passage of the Act of 15th May, 1861, it was expected that the regiment wonld form part of the Reserve Volnuteer Corps; but as the men had beeu a loug time from home and remained inactive in camp,they declined eutcring tbe service, and were sub sisted and paid up to the 30th of June by the State. Two regiments have since been enlist ed from the same part of Pennsylvania at the city of Erie, one of which has been at Wash ington in service since September, aud the other is now ready for inarching orders—and it is due to the first Eric regiment to say that most of the men are now in service. Further requisitions for sixteen regimeuts of lufantry aud two regiments of Cavalry were shortly afterwards made by the War Depart ment. Of these, sixteen regiments have al ready been raised, and are in the service of the United States, and the remaining two are in the course of organization, and nearly ready to march. In addition to the requisition on the State, the War Department had giveu authority to unmerous individuals to raise volunteer 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 such organizations under the control of the Govern or, and shortly afterwards a requision wa3 made on the State to increase her qnota to 75,000 men. These independent organiza tions, as they were called, 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 tbe last to this date is numbered 115. Two of tbe three months regiments have con tinued in service under the late requisitions, and retain their original numbers. Deducting the remaining twenty three three mouths reg iments, there are ninety-two regiments in ser vice and preparing for it. We have also in service and preparing twenty four companies The following table of the existing Penn sylvania force is given for information : REGIMENTS IN SERVICE. 66 roftlments of infautry of which 6 were rilled regiments 71,189 11 regiments of cavalry 12,690 1 regiment artillery 1.077 84,956 COMPANIES IN SERVICE. 7 compauies of infantry 707 6 " " cavalry 578 6 •' *• artillery. 936 2,221 87,177 Enlistments iu other than Pennsylvania or ganizations, estimated, (the officers of which are in course of beingconsmis'ned) 6,400 Total in service, 93,577 REGIMENTS PREPARING FOR 6NKVICE. 12 regiments of infantry, 13,092 1 •' " cavalry, 1,136 1 " " artillery 1,077 15,305 COMPANIES PREPARING FOR SERVICE. 1 company ol cavalry 109 4 companies of artillery, 624 733 16,033 Tn service 93,577 Preparing tor service, 16,038 Pennsylvania's contribution, 109,615 Exclusive of 20,175 three month's men now disbanded. The regiments preparing for service are in complete. Those that may uot be filled by the lGth instant will be consolidated and seut for ward. Of tbe regiments in service, tbe 11th aud 15th regiments of Infantry are at Anna polis ; the 28th, 29th, 21st, GGtb, 59th, 71st, 62d and lOGth regiments and one company of Infantry are iu the commaud of Major Gener al Banks ; the 45th, 50tb, 55th, 76th and 100 th regimeuts of Infantry are in South Car olina ; the 48th Infautry are at Uattera3 In let ; the 108 th Infantry trnd 11th Cavalry are at Fortress Monroe ; the 77th, 78th and 79th Infantry, the 7th aud 9th cavalry, one troop of horse, one squadron of cavalry, two battal ions of artillery are in Kentucky ; the 84th and 110 th Infantry are iu western Virginia, a: ; VOL. XXII. —NO. 33. are also three companies of Infantry, fonr com panies of cavalry, five companies of light ar tillery ; the 87th infantry are at Cockeysville, in Maryland ; one company of artillery is at Fort Delaware ; all the remainder of the vol unteers are at or near Washington. Upwards of 300 volunteers from Pennsylvania are now prisoners, but as arrangements have been made for the exchange of prisoners it may be expect ed that they will goon be released. In compliance with the joint resolutions of the 10th of May last, I have procured regi mental flags for the Pennsylvania volunteers, and have presented them in person to most of the regiments In other cases, the regiments being on or near the Potomac, I have request ed Mc* Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and Wright members of the House of Repre sentatives, from Pennsylvania, to present them in the name of the Commonwealth. The General Government requested that the States would abstain from purchasing arms as their competition was found injurious in the market, and in view of the large expenditures of money in arming and equipping the volun teer force of the State, provided for the de fence of the National Government, I did not purchase any as authorized by the 28tb sec tion of the act of the 15th of May, 1861. The State has now quite as many arms as are ne cessary to arm all her volunteer organizations iu existence ; but, influenced by the threaten ing aspect of our relations with foreign gov ernments, 1 have directed the Adjutant Gen eral to procure arms as soon as it can be dono on reasonable terms and without injurious com petition with the National Government. Arms have been distributed among the border coun ties to all the organizations that have been formed to receive them. 1930 arms have been thus destributed. I have also addressed a let ter to the commissioners of all the border conn ties, offering arms to them as soon as military organizations shall be formed to receive them. Besides thus complying with the requirements of the 21th section of the Act of 15th May last, I have deemed it prudent to offer 5,000 arms to such military organizations as may bo formed in Philadelphia on apian to be approv ed by me as Commander-in-Chief. Muskets and rifles to a considerable extent have been furnished to the Pennsylvania volunteers from the State arsenal. Others have been sent by the United States authorities to arm them be fore leaving the State. In 6ome cases regi meuts have gone without arms under the as surance from the War Department that they should be armed at Washington or other near designated points, and that their immediate departure was required. It was thought wise io these cases not to insist upon the arms be ing sent before the regiments marched, as this would have imposed ou the government an un necessary expense in freight, and would have been productive of delays whmh might have been seriously detrimental to public service.— Forty two pieces of artillery with limbers, cais sions, forges, ammunition, wagons, harness and all the necessary implements and equipments were furnished by the State to the Artillery regiments of the Reserve corps. Ten of these were purchased by the State, and their coat has been refunded by the United States. Dil igence has been used in collecting arms thro'- out the State and repairing and altering them iu the most approved manner. The State has now 62 pieces of artillery, of which 17 needs repairs. 26,753 muskets aud rifles, some of which are in the hands of mechanics being repaired, 1910 are in the hands of volunteer corps thro'- out the State ; 1980 in the possession of Coun ty Commissioners, aud 1,00) with the reserve corps of Philadelphia. In addition to this the city of Philadelphia has 9 pieces of artillery, 4,976 muskets aud rifles, The State has also iu the arsenal at Ilarris burg 1,966 sabres and swords, and 1,957 pistols, and the city of Philadelphia has 440 sabres and 326 pistols with the neces sary accoutrements. There is also in the arsenal at lisrrisburg a large amount of accoutrements and ammuni tion for artillery aud smull arms. The Adjutant General is successfully en gaged iu collecting arms throughout the State and it is expected that the uumber above stat ed will be largely increased. Probably, at least five thousand muskets and rifles and sev eral pieces of artillery will still be collected. The care which has beeu bestowed upon the comfort of the volunteers, and the goodness and sufficiency of their supplies of all kinds, aud the excellent arrangements of the Medical Department under the control of Surgeou Gen eral Henry 11. Smith, are proved by the fact that more than 60,000 men have beeu for va rious, generally short periods at Camp Curtin since the 19th of April last, aud that down to the Ist of January Ist., there died but forty nine men at that camp, viz : forty four from sickness, two (belonging to regimeuts from oth er States), who had beeu injured on ruilroads, two accidentally killed in Camp Curtiu aud one shot in llarrisburg. 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, Esq?.,commissioners to visit tho Camps of our men 011 and south of the Potomac, and also James Park and M. W. Beltzhoover, Esqs., commissioners to visit those in Kentucky and elsewhere in the western country, to call the attention of the troops to tbo system of allotment and to encourage them in adopting a practical plan for carrying it iuto affjet. The several reports of these commissioners are highly satisfactory. For details on the several subjects connect ed with the military operations of the State, I refer to the reports of the xVdjutant Gener al, Surgeon General, Quarter Master General, Commissary General aud Paymaster General which accompany this Message. The duties imposed on me were so ODerous that I found it necessary to invite temporary assistance of gentlemen on my staff to aid me to perform then.
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