GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XIX.---NO.. 245 EVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, (Sundays excepted) at &To. 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia "Evening Bulletin Association.' PROPRIETORS. OLSSON PEACOCK, j CASPER SOIMER, FETHERSTON, ERNEST 0. WALLACE - THOMAS .T. WILLIAMSON. The Ittriaamer is served to subscribers In the city at as cents per week, payable to the carriers, or 04) per DIED. • BAXTER—On the gath 'natant, Mrs. Magdalene .Bazter, relict of Schuyler Baxter, in the 8811 h year of ater age. Fin.eral from the residence of her grandson, James W. T. Scott, Al North Seventeenth street, on Wedtss. day afternoon, 31st instant, at 2 ?clock • FIIGDET—On the 29th instant, at the residence of her brother, Stephen Fognet, 1828 Arch street, Mrs. vita Fugoet °ninon. se* GREAdLEY—Suddenly, on the 29th.instant, Grace 'Orne, daughter ofAbraham and Sarah °Teasley, aged -17 months and 13 days. The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her grandfather, No. 1010 Green street. on Thursday afternoon, at two -o'clock. McLLHENNEY—On Monday, the 29th instant. in the 64th year of her age, Ann Elizabeth. wife of W. H. • MAHON —On the morning of the 29th - of January, 'Frances E. Mahon, daughter of the late John D. Mg on. of Pittsburgh. The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her mother, south west corner of Thirty-fifth and Hamilton streets, 'West Philadelphia, on to morrow (Wednesday), at 11 A. M. (Pittsburgh papers yo' ease copy.) • SMEDLEY—On the evening of the 26th Instant, Phi lena Smedley, in her 68th year. Funeral to take place from the residence of her son, Isaac Yarnali, Edgmont, Delaware county, Pa., on Fourth day, 31st, instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Carriages 'will be at Glen Mills Station, West Chester and Phila delphia Railroad, on the arrival of tha BA. M. Train from the city. Her relatives and friends who cannot attend the funeral, are invited to meet at her late re -eidence, 231 Jacoby street.on Third day. 30th Instant at 12% o'clock, P. M. previous to removal. WILSON—On the afternoon of Saturday, the 27th Instant, Mr. Joseph T. Wilson, in the std year of his I ,age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend the funeral from his late reel deuce, No. 963 North.. Tenth street, on Wednesday morning, the 31st instant, at 10 clock. Services at 'Third Presbyterian Cturch, Fourth and Pine. • TITHITZ DIOREENS FOR SKIRTS. I 'V Green Watered Moreens. 64 and &I Green Baize, White Cloth for Sacks. White Evening Silks. EYRE & LA.NT)ELL, Fourth and Arch SPECIAL NOTICES. IF HOWARD HOSPITAL. Nos. M aixt S and l Lombard street, Dispensary Department. Med treatment and medicines tarnished gratuitously toithe poor. seSel Tb E ANNUAL ALERTING of the Stockhold ers of the Atbenmum, of Philadelphia. will • be teld on Monday, Feuruary sth. at 11 o'clock, A.. M. At this meeting the Annual Report will be pre• :sented, and- officers elected to serve the ensuing • -year. la3o-st Oa. CARD.—The undersigned hereby tender thanks to the Fire Department, for alcient services to saving their property on the night of the 25th inst. _ROBERTS & MACALTIONEE, - lt* /29 Market street. Ca. UNITED STATES TREASURY, CUSTOM HOUSE BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA. January ..,0. 1866. On and after the Ist of February next this °Mee wilt be open for business, from 10 o'clock A. M. to 3 o'clock if N. B BROWNE, ja3o-3t • AWL Treas'r 'United States, 1 1. OFFICE CATAWISSA RAILROAD COM PANY—No.M Walnut Street—Pamsnsa.plu.s, •Jrumau 27th 1866. NOTICE TO THE STMCHOLDERS OP THE CA TAWISSA RAILROAD COMPANY : In pursuance of tht expressed desire from the Hon. Judge sitting in Niel Prius,before whom several cases are now pending in which this Company are vitally interested—that - no action shall be taken by the Company until the -cases are decided by him. Therefore, the issue of the :Scrip as proposed on the let February will be post poned, and therefore the Transfer Rooks of the Ceni :Tally will remain closed until Ruttier notice. T. HAI:MUNE DUKTY, ja.3o-54 President. .10b OP.ENING OF THE NEW ORGAN, BUILT by Jelin Roberts, orthe 'UNION M. E. CHURCH, FOURTH Street, below ARCH, THURSDAY E v.eOSING , February 1. W The following organists well perform on the occa sion MR. D. D. WOOD, KR. S. S. DOYLE and KEW. E. MACE. • -- • • The vocal arrangements are very superior. Tickets 50 cents. No. 56 North Fourth street, or a the door. Ja27-e.tu.w,th,4t,rp* LeyOFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, PHILADRLPHIA, • LOAN FOR S ALE. IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS. The Loan of this Company, due April let, 1881, inte rest payable quarterly, at the rate of six per cent. per annum. This Loan is secured by a mortgage on all tbe Com pany's Coal Lands, Canals, and Slackwater Navigation in the Lehigh river,and all their Railroads,constructed and to be constructed, between Mauch Chunk and Wilkesbarre, and branch roads connected therewith, -and the franchise of the Compitay relating thereto. Apply to SOLOMON SHM.HERD, Treasurer, de2l-rptfi 122 South Second street. 0. AMERICAN UNION COMMISSION.—A . /l 4 TIP TING OF LADLES AND GENTLE -ALEN, friendly to the poor Willies and Blacks of the ;South, and to the work of education among them,will be held at the rooms of the YOUNG MEN'S CEIRD4 TIAN ASSUCIATION.No. 1210 CHESTNUT street.on TUESDAY EVENING next, 20th inst., at o clock, - to devise ways and means to relieve the suliering in 'Georgia, which State has been assumed by Penusyl - and West Jersey as their portion or the wort. Al.! friendly to toe movement are invited to be pres ent. By order of the Finance Committee, L. MONTGOMERY BOND, Chairman. P. S.—Gentlemen recently from the South are ex pected to make etstements regarding the destitution , existing there. ia27,2tru, KENSINGTON SOUP ROUSE, NO. 247 ALLEN STREET, keir Marlborough Street, PHILAD.ELMITA. Jan. 9, 1860. TEE KENSINGTON SOUP SOCIETY .are distributing SOUP daily to the suffering and worthy poor of their District, and Mr. Daniel B. No. 1019 Shackarnason street, has been ap pointed their Agent to solicit and receive contributions ln aid of this desirable object. Any donations either in money, wood, coal, flour, or vegetables will be thank fully received by the Managers or either of the un -dersignea, GEORGE STOCKHAM, President, Foot of York street, on the Delaware River. ELI GARkJSON. Vice Press. , 1031 ShrickaMaxOn St. ' , GEORGE T. HA'arrr TON, Treasurer, National Ex -change Bank. Northwest cor. Second and Green Sts. CHAS M. LUKENS, Secretary. 1035 Beach st., above Maur* I. ja-stmt-rp* 10.. CONCERT HALL.- COURSE OE LECTURES BY TILE SOCIAL, CIVIL and STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION THE COLORED PEOPLE O.I OF PENNSYLVANIA. Feb. B th—FREDERICK UGL ASS. Subject—" The Assassination and its Lessons." Feb. 15th—WM. LLOYD GARRISON. Feb. 22d—Gen. CARL SCHURZ." Subject—" The Problem of the Day." March Ist—Mrs. F. E. Fnbjec—“TheNation's Great Opportunity." March Bth—Prof. WM. IL DAY. March 15th—Hon. WM. D. ELLEY. MISS E. T. GItEI FIELD, e(Th a Black Swan), has kindly volunteered to add to the interest of the Course, by furnishing appropriate ;music on each evening. Tickets for Course, tl:5 O. Single tickets 35 cents. To be had at T. B. PUGH'S Book store, Sixth and •Chestnut. . . ROBBED HIS EMPLOYER.—Isaac Purnell, .colored, was charged before Ald. Peltier, _yesterday, with the larceny of money from letters, at the place of business of Mr. Chas. P. Williams, No. 138 Walnut street. The :accused admitted the theft and said that he .had spent the money during the Christmas .and New Year holidays. SERIOUS Aocinarrr.--George Souders, aged twenty-eight years, was seriously in jured yesterday afternoon, by the giving way of a scaffold attached to a new building at Third and Berks streets, upon'which he was working. The sufferer was removed to •his residence at Second and York streets. • A CoMPANY has been formed in Louis ville,ll7.,to prevent the wanton destruction .of fish m that State and to introduce artill .oial propagation of them. -..."- ' .. . , . - 1.. . • . : ' : ''' .' - • - . ...- ' - , -' -: . •'.-.-. - '.' ; '. ; ;- ' '. . -- • ' ,i,i - :'-'. 7 '.... - .' '-, - ' 'f'. - f - .- ',":. -,-,- .-.' .---, - - - - . . l z :-.." - - .. . .., , .. . . n __ • - , •• , • .. • ~ 0 • •, . .•, . : • . . - - .•., ..._•.. ~.._ 4....... ,:.:„ t . .... ' .„. . .. . • .... • . ..., • .. ;, , . .. • . .1(1 . 11 .. fib. ... .... ...,:e . _ • . ~ ! : ..• „ .•_.,... .. ...„... . ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GOVER NOR CURTIN. Read in the Legislature Tuesday, PENNSYLVANIA, ExEctrxrvE CHAMBER, HAXIMISIIIIRG. PA., Jan. 30, 1866.—T0 the Senate and House of .Representatives of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—GENTLE -I.N : We have cause to be thankful to Divine Providencefor the blessings of peace within our borders, abundant crops, unan imity among our people, and that thus thie Commonwealth has been enabled to do her full duty to the country, to herself and tO posterity. I apprised you in my - message of the 27th of November. 1865, and delivered to you at the beginning of your session, of the neces sity under the pressure of which I wan compelled, for the restoration of my health, to sojourn for a time in a warmer climate. I returned from Cuba refreshed and invig orated, end have resumed the discharge of my public duties. I cannot omit to acknow ledge, with profound gratitude, the kind, considerate and affectionate course which you pursued during myconstrained absence. A heavy addition has been thus made to the debt which I already owed to the people of the Commonwealth and their Representa tives. The balance in the Treasury Nov. 30,1864,. . . . $1,942,203 63 Receipts during fiscal year, ending November 30th, 1865, 6,219,989 67 Total in Treasury for fiscal year, November 30th, 1865, 8,162,193 30 The payments for the same period have been, , Balance in Treasury,November 30, 1865, The operations of the sinking fund,dnring the year ending on the first Monday of September last, as statekln my procla mation, were as follows: Amount of debt reduced, $745,811 26, as follows, viz: Five per cent., . . . $436,824 62 Coupon loan, . . . . 20,000 00 War loan, . . . . . 76,400 00 Interest certificates, . . . 2,008 64 Domestic creditors,. . . 578 00 The discrepancy between the reduction of the public debt, as shown by the statement at the close of the fiscal year, and that in my proclamation at the close of the sinking fund year, arises from the fact that the one closes on the first Monday of September, the other on the 30th day of November. Amount of the public debt of Pennsyl vania, as it stood on the first day of Decem ber, 1864, $39,379,603 94. Amount redeemed at the State Treasury during the fiscal year ending with Novem ber 30, 1865, viz: Five per cent. stocks . $1,703,517 88 Four and a half per cent. stocks Domestic creditor certificates, Military Loan, act of May 15, 1861, 179,250 00 ' Public 'debt, Dec. 1, 1865, $37,476,258 06. Assets in the Treasury : Bonds Pennsylvania Railroad Company, . . • . $6,700,000 00 Bonds Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company . . 3,500,000 00 Interest on bonds Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company 1,050,000 00 Cash in Treasury, . . 2,373,668 14 Liabilities in excess of assets, $23,852,589 92 Liabilities in excess of assets, November 30, 1860, . . '826,408,168 94 Liabilities-in excess of assets, November 30, 1865, . . 23,852,589 fL Improvement in condition of Treasury,since Nov. 30,1560, 2,555,579 02 By the report of the State Treasurer, it will be observed that the extraordinary ex penditures growing out of the war, not refunded by the General Government, have been $4,028,627 21. This includes the direct tax paid to the United States by the State, which is not re-imbursable. In the balance is included the $671,476 43 paid to the mili tia, which, with a good portion of the re maining expenditure, is dearly due the State from the General Gov The necessity for extraordinary expendi tures having ceased with the suppresion of the late rebellion, measures should be taken to examine our resources, and relieve, as far as possible, the heavy burdens to which one people are subjected. It has been the habit of late years, to ap propriate freely, annual sums for the sup port of local charities; and such appropria tions are almost every year increased in number and amount. Houses of Refuge, Institutions for the Deaf and Damb and for the Blind, Lunatic Asylums,—these —these appear to me to be proper objects of State bounty, because a few of them are sufficient for the whole State,and to leave them to be provided for by the lo4il authorities would, in fact, be to deprive of protection the unfortunate classes for whose benefit they are designed. But mere local charities, however merito rious and effective, should, I think, be left to the support of the benevolent parties who established them. It's unjust that the people of the Common wealth should be coerced to pay taxes in or der that part of the money so raised may be given to the support of local charities, con ducted by private associations, especially when it is remembered that hitherto but a small proportion of the private charities in the State have asked for such appropriation. I recommend, therefore, that no appro priation be made for charities, beyond the institutions which I have above specified. The taxes at present laid on corporations are unequal, and to a certain extent thereby unjust. I recommend the subject to the attention of the Legislature, with a view to a revision of the system. Within a few years, acts have been re peatedly passed directing the expenditure of as much money as may be necessary to effect named purposes, sometimes without clearly designating by whom the money is to be expended,or how the accounts are to be examined. This custom is very recent and has already led to abuses. I reccommend that the practice be cor• rested; and that no, appropriation be Made without having the exact sum appropriated the specific purpose to which it is to 'be PENNSYLVANI 4. Jan. 30, 1866. $13,623,668 14 applied, and designating the officer -by whom it is to be expended, and providing that the accounts shall be settled in the Auditor General's office in the usual man ner. Notwithstanding the large expenditures by the State for military purposes, since the breaking out of the rebellion, the condition of the Treasury is now $2,555,579 12 better than it was then, and I am proud to be able to state further, that on the Ist day of De cember, 1865, the State debt was $492,938 66 less than it was on the Ist of January, 1861. These are truly gratifying facts. Under these circumstances, it" may be possible, with entire safety to our finances, to reduce or even repeal the ordinary State tax of two-and-a-half mills on real estate. The tax of one half-mill laid by the act of May 16, 1861, was by that act expressly pledged for the re-payment of the loan of $3,000,000, thereby authorized, and of course cannot be repealed or reduced until that repayment shall have been made. I recommend this subject to the careful and deliberate consideration and judgment of the Legislature, and if it should be found that the tax can be repealed,l recommend that all laws authorizing the levying of local taxes on bonds, mortgages, loans and all pro perty of that kind be also repealed. Such a repeal would largely encourage the in vestment of capital in this State, and add immensely to the wealth of the State, while the local authorities would lose very little, as it is notorious, that from the difficulties of assessment, they receive very little from these sources. In case of such repeal, I recommend the adoption of some effectual measures for en forcing correct returns of such objects of taxation, with appropriate penalties for the neglect or refusal to make them. I make these recommendations believ ing that it will lead to more equitable local taxation, and to greater economy in their disbursement. Many acts are on our statute books, incor porating companies for various purposes, which companies have never been or ganized or gone into operation. I recom mend that all such acts be repealed by a general law, and that provision be made, that in future every act authorizing a cor poration shall become void, unless the cor poration shall organize and use its fran chises within a limited time. Since my last annual message the war against armed treason has been brought to a close. Of the large contributions made by Pennsylvania to the National army but a few of the men now remain in the - service. The spirit which animated our people at the outset of the rebellion has never flagged, and we can look back with pride and satis faction to the part taken by this State in aiding to maintain the unity of the Govern ment and in its defence against the assaults of its enemies. In my first inaugural address, I took oc casion to declare that Pennsylvania would, under any circumstances, render a full and 'determined support of the free institutions of the Union. The pledge so made was based upon my knowledge of the solid pa triotism of her citizens. At that time danger threatened, but no one anticipated that it would break forth so suddenly, nor that it would grow to such fearful proportions as it in a brief time assumed. My confidence in Pennsylvania, in her even, yet stubborn will, her ability and re sources has been fully justified by the man-' ner in which she has done her duty during the late eventful period. On the request of the President of the United States, I made a communication to the Legislature, on the 9th day of April, 1861, setting forth that military organiza tions, of a formidable character, which did not seem to be demanded by any existing public exigency, had been formed in certain of the States, and that, whilst Pennsylvania yielded to no State, in her respect for and willingness to protect, by all needful guar antees, the constitutional rights and consti tutional independence of her sister States, no contemplated attempt to resist the en forcement of the National law could meet with sympathy or encouragement from the people of this Commonwealth, and asked for authority and means to organize a military bureau at the Capital, and so amend and modify the militia laws as to give vitality and energy to the military or vanizations of the State. On the 12th day ~ f the same month, I signed a bill providing for the purposes indicated in my message. It will be remembered that this patriotic action of the Le g islature occurred before it was known that hostilities had actually commenced—and is believed to be the first official action by the authorities of any State or by the National Legislature. Tne first call made by the President for troops to aid in suppressing the rebellion, was on the 15th of April, 1861, for seventy five thousand men; and that of this number the quota of Pennsyivania was settled at 5,788,525 16 2,373,668 14 20,000 00 578 00 1,903,345 88 fourteen regiments, to serve three months, unless sooner discharged. With unsur passed alacrity and earnestness, volunteers answered to this call, in such numbers as manifested the intuitive conviction of the people, that the monstrous wickedness which had conceived an armed rebellion against the Constitution and the laws, could not be suppressed but by a colossal force. Major General Robert Patterson was as signed, by the General Government, to a command, which included the forees raised in Pennsylvania. Within a week after the call of the President, communication with Washington was almost entirely cut off. General Patterson, prompted by the neces sities of the situation, made, on the 25th of April, a requisition nponme for twenty-five additional regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, to be forthwith mustered into the service of the United States. Under this requisition, I Accepted, from amongst the many pressing to be admitted into the service, a sufficient number of companies to fill it; care being taken to allow to each county, as nearly as possible, a fair representation. Onl eleven regi ments, however, in addition Ito the fourteen called for by the President, were organized and mustered into the ser 'co, before the order of Gen. Patterson was ountermanded by him, under instructions rom the War Department. On the 14th day of May, 1861, the Secre tary of War,,in a letter communicating the plan of organization, for three years regi ments,confirmed the revocation of the order in the following language: "Ten regiments arelassigned to Pennsylvania, making, in addition to the thirteen regiments of three months militia, already called for, twenty three regiments. It is important to reduce, rather than enlarge this number, and in no event, to exceed it. Let me earnestly re commend. to you therefore, to call for no, more than twenty-three regiments,of which only ten are to serve during the war, and if mote are already called for, to reduce the number bydischarge." Thetwenty-five regiments raised as above stated, comprised 20,979 men. • The ardor of our people was unabated. Many of the companies,, under my order, had arrived in, camp at Harrisburg, and others maintained OITR 'WHOLE COUNTRY PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1866 their organizations at home at their own expense, and by contributions from their neighbors and friends. In the critical condition of the .country, and anticipating, that, in case of reverse to our arms, the borders of Pennsylvania would be the portals to the rich granaries, manufactories anffstorehouses of the North, I deemed it my duty to convene the Legis lature, that adequate provision might be made to enable me to render the military power of the State as available and efficient as it should be for the common defence of the State and the General Government; and, accordingly, on the 20th of .April, 1861, issued my proclamation, calling for a meet ing of the General Assembly, on the 30th of the same month. In my message to the Legislature at its opening, I recommended the immediate organization, disciplining and arming of at least fifteen regiments. exclusive of those called into the service of the United States. The Legislature acted promptly upon this suggestion, and made full provision for its effectual accomplishment. The result was the early and complete organization, cloth ing and equipment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, with its thirteen regiments of infantry, one of light artillery and one of cavalry, under the supervision of George A. M'Call, who was selected to command it, with the commission and rank of Major General. This corps contained 15,856 men, and the whole expense of raising, clothing, equip ping, subsisting and paying them, until their entry into the United States service, was $855,444 87. They were encamped in different parts of the State, excepting two of the regiments, commanded by Colonels Chas. J. Biddle and Seneca G. Simmons, and two batteries of artillery, under the command of Colonel Charles T. Campbell, which, at the request of the War Depart ment, were sent on the 2d of June, 1861, to the relief of Colonel Wallace, at Cumber land, Maryland, 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 and taken, on a requisition, into the service of the United States. Within four days after the disaster at Bull Run, eleven regiments, in all respects ready for active service, were in Washington and Baltimore. The troops sent to Western Virginia were recalled, and with the other two regiments of the corps, forwarded to Washington. On the 26th of July, 1861, the Secretary of War expressed his gratification and thanks for the prompt response from Pennsylvania. The wisdom of the Legislature in provid ing for the formation of this corps, for the interests of the State and Nation, was fully shown by subsequent events. Most of the men who filled its ranks had been accepted by me under the call for twenty-five regi ments, which was afterwards rescinded. They had left their families and homes under a deep sense of duty to their country, and to have sent them back unaccepted would have caused serious difficulty in making future enlistments. By acts of Congress of 22d and 25th July, 1861, the President was authorized to call upon the several States for volunteers to serve for three years. Under this authority requisitions were made on this State, and fourteen:regiments were promptlyfu.rnished. In the meantime authorities had been granted by the President and the War De partment to a number of individuals to raise regiments in different parts of the State, which seriously interfered with the action of the State authorities in filling re quisitions regularly made under the acts of Congress. The embarrassments arising from this conflict of authorities became at length so serious that I was constrained to call the attention of the President and Secretary of War to the subject, by a communication. dated the Ist of August,lB6l, and on the 2.5 th of September following, an order was issued requiring these independent regiments to report to the Governor, and placing them under his authority and control. Acting under this order, many of the independent regiments were filled up, others consolidated, and seventy-three regiments, with an aggre gate strength of 59,04 S men, were promptly sent forward. During the year 1862 a draft was ordered by the _General Government, which was executed under the State authorities. (f the quota of the State, under the call of July 7, 1862, forty-three regiments of volunteers, aggregating 40,383 men, were put into service, and under the draft, ordered August 4th of the same year, fifteen regi ments, containing an aggregate force of 15,000 men, organized and sent forward. During the same period nine independent batteries of artillery were organized in the State, with an aggregate strength of 1,358 officers and men. It will be remembered, that the ardor and promptness of our people under such try ing circumstances, in pressing the troops forward, was such as to call from the Pre sident especial thanks, and to request me to express them to the people of the State. Daring the year 1563 forty-three thousand and forty-six (43,046) men were furnished for the service, principally to fill regiments in the field which had, been reduced by the exigencies of the war. During the year 1864, under the various calls of the General Government, thirty-two regiments, two battalions and eight unat tached companies of different arms of the service and for various periods, were organ ized and sent to the field, aggregating, with re-enlistments in the field, amounting to 17,876, an aggregate force of 91,704 men, tarnished for that year. On my suggestion, the policy of consoli dating our reduced regiments, and filling them up by the assignment of new compa nies was adopted, and in 1865, under this system, besides organizing three entire ----- • -- - new regiments, seventy-five companies were assigned to reduced regiments, by which they were again filled to the regi mental standard.. These three new regi ments and seventy-five companies, with volunteer recruits for regiments in the field, reported by the superintendents of that service, amounted, in the aggregate, to 25,790 men for this year. In the month of September, 1862, after the second disaster at Bull Run, it became evident tbzt the enemy had adopted an aggressive policy, and was about to invade the Northern States through Maryland and the southern border of Pennsylvania. Under the sanction of the ?mgdent of the United States, on the 11th day of that month, I issued my proclamation, calling into immediate service fifty thousand of the freemen or this State. Under this call twenty-five regiments and four companies of infantry, fourteen unattached companies of cavalry, and four batteries of artillery were immediately organized and sent to the border, the greater portion advancing be yond the State line into Maryland. Gen. John P. Re.ynolds. at that neriod commanding the Pennsylvania Riserve Corps, was temporarily assigned, by the Secretary of War, to the command of these troops, by whose order they were returned to Pennsylyania, arid by myproclamationi, disbanded on the 24th of the same month. In acknowledgment of the services rendered by the men of Pennsylvania,Major-General McClellan commanding the Army of the Potomac, by letter dated the 27th of Sep tember, 1862, acknowledging the service and thanking the State, uses the following language "The manner in which the people of Pennsylvania responded to your call, and hastened to the defence of their frontier, no doubt exercised a great influence upon the enemy," 4ind the Governor of Maryland, His Excellency A. W. Bradford, in an order dated September 29, 1862, used the following language in regard to these troops: "The readiness with which they crossed the border and took their stand beside the Maryland brigade, shows that the border is, in all re spects, but an ideal line, and that in such a cause as now unites us, Pennsylvania and Maryland are but one." In the month of June, 1863, it again be came evident, that the rebel army was ad vancing North, threatening also the western border of Pennsylvania, and on the 28th of that month, I again issued my proclama tion, calling • the militia of the State into immediate service. In the Department of the Monongahela,flve regiments of infantry, one company of cavalry and one battery of artillery, for ninety days' service, and one battalion of infantry, one battalion of ca valry and one battery of artillery, for six months' - United States service, were organ ized. In the Department of the Susquehanna twenty-three regiments and five unattached companies of infantry, and two unattached companies of cavalry, for ninety days; one battalion of infantry, one battalion of ca valry, and four independent batteries of artillery, for three months; three regiments of cavalry, two battalions of infantry, and three independent batteries of artillery, for six months' United States service, were organized. There were also organized in this depart ment, for the "emergency term," eight reg iments, one batalion and a number of unat tached companies of infantry, twobidepend en t batteries of ariillery, and two companies of cavalry. In the Department of the Monongahela the troops under this call, were commanded by Major General W. T. H. Brooks, and in the Department of the Susquehanna, by Major General D. N. Couch, severally de tailed by the War Department. The details of the services of the militia on these occasions, as well as the generous assistance rendered by the militia of the States of New York and New Jersey, have been fully recognized in previous messages. Acting wader orders, they did not hesitate to cross the State line and enter Ohio and Western Virginia, in the West; and in the East, they defended the line of the Susque hanna, were at Gettysburg, before the ad vance of the Army of the Potomac, defended Carlisle successfully, when attacked by a superior force, made long marches, patiently suffering great privations for the want of sufficient means of transportation, crossed into Maryland, when ordered. and attacked the enemy successfully, and saved the Capital of their State from destruction. When the history of the rebellion is truly written, no part, which relates to Pennsyl vania, will reflect more credit on the patriot ism, courage and fidelity of her people than their prompt answer to the call madefor military service for domestic protection. It is a record of which the great body of the people are a party, and of which they may ' all be proud. In July, 1564, a rebel army again crossed the Potomac, threatening the southern bor der, and marched to Washington. Under the pressing demands of the National authorities all the organized troops in Pennsylvania were immediately sent forward. The rebel army was defeated and driven back. A rebel column of three thou sand men bad, however, crossed the border, and on the 30th of July burned the town of Chambersburg. In my message of last year I stated in detail the movements of the enemy and the circumstances attending the destruction of that borough. Althougn the people of all the southern border suffered much from annual incursions of the enemy, Chambersburg is the only town entirely destroyed within our border, and, it is be lieved, in any loyal State. The citizens of the tows were suddenly iebuced to poverty, and, for a time, were sustained by the active benevolence of the people of other parts of the State, aided by an appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars from the Commonwealth. They have struggled energetically to revive from this calamity, but it is now feared that few of them will be able to succeed. I submit, therefore, to the wisdom of the Legislature, whether it would not be proper to extend to that people some additional relief. The number of troops furnished the ser vice, front Pennsylvania, during the rebel lion, may be stated as follows, viz During the year 1861, Do do 1862, Lo do 1863, Do , do 1861, Do do 1665, 362,284 This statement is exclusive of militia and enlistments for the "United States Navy. I refer for more perfect details of all the military operations, of the State to the reports of the Adjutant General of the other military departments of the State,and to my previous annual messages. This brief military record would be imperfect if I failed to commend the fidelity, zeal and industry of the military departments of the State, and to express my personal obliga tions for the ready obedience and constant support I have uniformly received from the chiefs of the Departments and officers of my personal staff. An approximate judgment of the amount el labor performed by these departments, and in the office of the Secretary of the Com monwealth, may be made, when it is stated that over forty-three thousand (43,000) mili tary commissions were issued during the war, The first request for troops from this State was dated at Washington, on the loth of April, 1861, and on the 16th the telegraph announced to the War Department that over 4,000 men were at Harrisburg, await ing marching orders. It is our proud privilege to have it re membered that the first military aid, from the loyal States, which reached Washing ton, was the force of 460 Pennsylvanians who arrived there on the 18th day of April, and that when the Capital of the Nation was the second time threatened, after the battle of Bull Run, the regiments of the Pcnnayl vania Reserve Corps were the first troops sent forward. From the beginning of the war to the close the State bas never faltered in its support of the Government. Proceeding in the strict line of duty, the resources of Pennsylvania, whether in men or money, have neither been withheld nor squandered. The history of the conduct of our people in the field, is illuminated with incidents of heroism worthy of conspicuous notice ; but it would be imposeble to mad, . F. L. FETHERSTON.Iicher DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS iron , them in the proper limits- of a message, without doirig iteustice,or,perhaps, making invidious distinctions. ;z3 Arrangements are in progress to have a complete history of our regirr.eiats, such as has been contemplated and is provided for in an act of Assembly already passed;• and on this subject I commend the report of the Executive Military Department to your favorable consideration. It world' be alike impossible to furnish a history of the asso ciated benevolence and of the large indi vidnal contributions to the comfort of our people in the field and hospital, . or of•the names and services, at all times,. of our volunteer surgeons, when called to assist in the hospital or on the battle field: norisit possible tordojustice to the many patriotic Christian men who were always ready to respond when summoned to the exercise of acts of humanity and benevolence. Onr armies were sustained and strength ened in the field, by the patriotic devotion of their friends at home; and we can never reader full justice to the heaven-directed, patriotic—Christian benevolence of the wo men of the State. During the war I had occasion, from time to time, to communicate freely with the Legislature on subjects bearing upon the interests of•the men representing the State in the armies:of the Republic. It is with a sense of unfeigned gratitude that I acknowledge how cheerfully and promptly the Leigislature and the people acted upon my suggestions, whether for the support of the government, the enlistment and organi7sttion of troops, or for the com fort of our people already in the field. Without this generous confidence and liberal support, the labors of the Executive would have been in vain: the treasure that has been ex pended would have been wasted, precious lives lost would have been an empty sacrifice the bruised hearts of kin dred and friends would have been without solace the strong men whose health has been broken and whose bodies have been maimed would have been monuments of heroism wasted, and the honor of this great Commonwealth would have been degraded amidst the fallen ruins of the institutions of the Republic. The report of the Hon. Thomas H. Bur rowed, shows the gratifying result, under his active management,of the system adopt ed by the State, for the maintenance and education of the orphans of our soldiers. His report exhibits the fact, that 1,242 or phans are now actdally admitted to the schools, and that 1,846 applications in all have been allowed, and orders issued for their admission, many of whom have been admitted since his report. It will also be seen that the largest appropriation that ever will be required, will be for this awl the two ensuing years, and that then the amount will be gradually reduced. I have heretofore commended this charity to you, and I deem it unnecessary to add another word, in asking a continuation o an appro priation which is to providefor and educate the best blood of the State, and support the living legacies which have been bequeathed us by the men who laid do's in their lives for the country. When we remember that every sort of public and private pledge that the eloquence of man could tier , or utter, was given to our soldiers as they went -- ward. tbatif they fell, their orphans should become; the children of the State, I cannot ror an instant sup pose that you will hesitate to continue an appropria tion which is to bless their little ones, providing com fortable 'homes. instead of leaving them ha want and dear Ration, many of them to fall victims to vice and crime. At the trios , of the invasion of the:..North. in 1863. by the rebel army, the President made a requisition on me for militia to serve during the emergency The men came forward promptly, to the number of 36,588, of whom upwards of 25,0e0 refused to be mustered a c e of service of the United States, in consequence of circumstances of prior occurrent* not necessary to be here stated. In this embarrassment, the emergency being very pressing, after consultation with the President, he an therizea and requested me to call them on bemalf of the State. and for the defence of the State, the United States paying all the expenses of their clothing, equiv.- men:, subsistence. etc. It was, however. alleged that there was no appropriation for their pay. To remove this diflculty the General Government applied to banks and other moneSed corporations in Philadel phia to advance the amount of the pay, on a pledge that, wile n Congress met, the passage of the bill to re• GT horse them should be recommended. These instate ions declined this Proposition, but ex pressed their willingness to make the advances if would pledge myself to recommend to the Legislature the passage of such an act in case Congress should no; provide for reimbursing them. toper these circum stances I received from the Executive of the United states the pledge which he had proposed to give to the banks, .5 c., and upon that I gave the necessary pledge to them. and they advanced the required lauds accord '', gly. The foliose-we t elegratn from the secretory of N.‘ ar will show in part the ground on which I acted : WAsBINGTuN, July 22, ltdt.—Jo fits .e..Xcelfrilcy Gtr. A. G Curt n: Your telegrams respecting the pay of militia called out under your proclamation of the 2 - th or June. have been referred to the Pr.:Adept for in structions, and have been under his cmsideratiou lie direr , s me to say that, while no law or appropriation authorizes the payment by the General Government of troops that have not been mustered into the service of the United states: he will recommend to Con •.,r , ss to make an appropriation for the payment if troops called into state service to repel an mutat invasion, In cluding those or the state of Pennsylvania. If, In the meantime. you can raise the necessary amount. as hos • been done in other states, the appropriation will be uplifted to refund the advance to those who made it. - Measures Lave been taken tor the paynic ut of troops mustered into the United states service. ss soon as the muster snit pay rolls are made our. The answer 01 this D- partmeat to you, as Governor of the State. will be given directly to yourself whenever the De partment is prepared to make answer. (signed) EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War . When Congress met. the Executive or the 'United States did not reef impend the passage of the necessary Pet. 1 have understood that the su' ject was called to the attention of the proper committee by the Secretary or War, but, as the President did not send a message explainitg the circumstances of the case, the appro pi tat lon failed a. the members or Congress had thus no means of explaining to their constitueros the differ ence between this case ,which was in substance a loan to the United States, upon the pledge of the Executive for its re payment,) and the case of the voluntary ex penditure of money for military pus poses by Pennsyl vania and most of the other State,. o / will add, that the men cams into the service for the emergency only, and on the latih Mist they should be discharged as soon as, in my judgment, the emer gency should have ceased. The enitergency ceased im mediately alter tr e battle of Gettysburg, which cme xnenced on the Ist of July, 1861; yet the men, against my urgent and repeated remonstrances, were k eat in the r ervice long afterward oend used by the Unite States lOr various purposes. The last of thein - Were-slotr discrarged tilt in September. I recommend that the Legislature adopt measures to bring the subject again before Congress, and obtain re payment of this sum, amounting 5'e.71.476 43, with in terest on the same, which the General Government has thus far so unwarrantably withheld. Great injustice has been done to private soldiers,who went into the service under thu provisions of tne act of congress, by refusing to pay them the full bounties offered by the terms or that act The following letter, which I addressed to the Secretary of War, sulliciently explains the positieu of this affair: .r:XECIETTIVE CIIAILI3ILR, HARRISBURG, Pa. June sth discharge volunteersuects connected with the discharge of w h ic h are of to much impor tance that I feel justified in calling your attention to them. 130,594 71,100 . 43,046 . 01,704 . 25,840 First. The men are being paid only to the day of z , their arrival at the pl.ce they are to be discharged. This will cause them to lose a few days, pay, depending principally , tu on the promptness and 4 dispos Lion (1 the officers of tne rniied State, [taring , the matter in charge. it is a matter of litt,e moment,‘ to the Government, but the men feel It to he an in,los tice, no if, under the act. er Congress. they can be paid until discharged, I think you will agree with: them. &mut. In Circular Ito. 29, from Provost Marshal General's Office, dated July 19, 1864. "under which the. t •01 volunteers now to be discharged were raised:* it Is stated that the bounty provides by law. Is es follows: • - "For recruits, including repreive =M it a% e or colored. $100." ' •ndit is further added, that, the 'Brat instalment of - the bounty will be paid when the rentigt mustered In ”To a recruit who enlisted in the they for one year,' On these terms the men enlisted and they are of opinion that they are entitled to the remainder of • bounty when discharged frem service. It ka propoeed, however, to pay them bat a part of this remainder, becarche the Government does ,not , re- • Quire their services for the full term'of their enlist and appears:l(i be a breach of the centrwit between the Government and the:men. Tile was held out by the Government en an Indtiochnent . • tinned on the Eigix age. - „v••
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