tile' MEISEL
,
PUBLIIIEdID DAILY, (etIiDATS IXOXPTED,)
RY7OHN W. FORNEY.
wnlpi 119. 417,0HEIMTT WISEST
-THE DAILY riiEss,
wILYsi 011176 Yin Wsic,'payable to tho Canter.
tiiibieribors out of the; City at Btx DoLtfas
Azirtnr, FOOll DOLLARS TOE EIGHT MONTHS, Foul
Vofrquir Tom• Si: lifoirros—tnrarfably in advance for
the Eine ordered. . •
TIES TRI,WEEKLY PRESS, '
Maned to ttubecrtherstatt or the OUT at Tense Doh-
Lam Pia line; In adeanee.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
QBIPLEY, HAZARD, I
IHUTOBINSON,
Zo.lllll OHIBTM STREET,
00XXISSIOX X BOXiXTV
'7Ol ! L t okLi or
PHILADELPHIA-MADE
GOODS.
stati-em
C OTIIS AND C,ASSIMERES.
SELLING . OFF,
FOR CASH OR SHORT CREDIT,
1131E1
,CLOTHS, CASSIMERES,
VESTINGS, &e.,
wori.irly owned by J. W. MSS k SONS, to be sold
REGARDLESS OS COST.
A. H. GIBBS;
MILITARY GOODS.
ANI;#REWS' ORIGINAL CAMP, OR
TRAVELLING
• BED TRUNK.
l (Pittard Applied for) For sale by
W. A. ANDREWS.
nol6-21ii No. 612 OFIESTITUT Street.
ARMY'CONTRAOTORS
MID SUTLERS
617PPLIND WITH BBUSHICS at the lowed rate&
Always on hand, a large stock. of
CAVALRY BRUSHES.
Government standard;
WAGON BRUSHES.
Government standard;
dlll9 rren - Deocrlption of Brushes required for the Army
1CE.M.13.14E it VAN HORN.
oelll4m 991 MARKET Street, PhUndelphia.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER
de CO..
Vortboalt Verner FOURTH and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLES AIA DRUGGISTS,
UIPORTERS AND DEALERS
IA
'FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
EANIITACTUBERT or
in/ITE LEAD AND ZINO FAINTS, PUTTY, &O.
AGENTS POE THE CELEBRATED
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
:Dealers sad consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
oest-sm
'LUST RECEIVED, per ei Annie Kim_
fey bah' , from Liverpool, Kander, Weaver, & Man
dies preparations :
26 The Extract Anent% in 1 lb Jars.
26 The Extract Hyoscryami, in / D jars.
50 The Extract Beihulonna, in 1 lb jars.
- 300 Es Extract Taraxaci, in 1 )b jars.
60 The Vin Rai Colchicl, In 1 tb bottles.
I.oo"The 01. Succini Rect., In lib bottles. •
500 Ea Calomel, in 1 lb betties.
500 ft. I.llll.vdrarg., In lib Jan.
WETREBILL & BROTHER,
NbS 41 and 49 North SECOND Street.
, FIOLIDAV GOODS
j[ANGING VASES.
Ornamental Flower Pots.
Parlor Vases for Growing Flowers.
Baskets for Jardiniere.
Pedestals with Vase for Flowers.
Antique Vases for Mantels.
Vases Re ottistance for Parlor.
- Bugle and Terra Cotta Vases.
Lava Flower Pots and Vases.
Garden Vases and Pedestals.
Brackets for Bunts and Figures.
With a great variety of articles suitable for Christ--
CM presents, for sale retail and to the trade.
Warerooms 1010 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.
dell S. A HARRISON.
LOOKING GLASSES.
TMMENSE REDUCTION
Ix
LOOKING GLASSES,
OIL PAINTINGS, INGRAVINGS,
CIOTIIHR AND PHOTOGRAPH TRARINEL
JAMES B. EARLE & SON,
816 CHESTNUT STREET,
Ilimennee the reduction of WI per cent. in the mime or sR
Owl Klllllttrwinrod Stock of Looking 6iti-130.1 i also, in
Magni/Inge, Picture and Photograph Frames, Oil Pala
tal's, The largest and most elegant sasortment in the
Costar/. Arose opportunity is now offered to make pall
Ohms in this line For Cash, at remarkably Low Prices
EARLE'S GALLERIES,
)34-tf 816 ORESTNET Street.
CABINET FURNITURE.
CitABLNET FURNITURE AND Kir
LIABD TABLES.
MOORE k OAMPION,
No. 251 South SECOND Street,
connection with their extensive Cabinet Radom are
smssr manufacturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a full evenly, finished with tie
11100EE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
arid& are pronounced, by ell who have need them, to he
Metier to all others.
Nor the quality and finish of these Tables the mama
lecturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the
V.lll/014 who are familiar with the character of their work.
au2S-flm
GRO4LERIES.
MACKEREL, 'HERRING, SHAD,
SALMON, gc.-8.000 bblo Mess Noe. 1,2, and 8
LACHEREL, large, medium, and mall, in insorted
ackagee of choice, late-caught, fat Bah.
6,000 bids. Row Halifax, Eastport, end Labrador Her.
IMP. of choice qualities.
6,000 boxes extra now scaled Herrings. '
8,000 boxes extra new No. 1 Herrings.
8,000 boxes large Magdallne lierrhqs.
260 bbla. Mackinac White Nish.
60 hbls. new Economy Meer ShaL
JS bbla. new Halifax Salmon.
1,000 quintals Grand Dank Codfish.'
600 boxes Herkimer County Cheese.
In store and landing, for sale by
MURPHY & MOONS,
not. Nit 140 NORTH WHARVES.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
PRE PORT WINE.
DUQUE DO POBTO WINE, BOTTLES IN
PORTUGAL IN 1820.
Physitlina and invalids in want of a reliable article of
pore Port Wine can be gunned by Inquiring for the
hoTe wino at CANTWELL k KEFFEWS,
Southend corner GEEMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
HENNESSY, VINE-YARD PRO..
minors, Bison% Trtroche & Co., Maiett, Met,
end other approved brands of COGNAC BRANDY, for
}ale, In bond end from store, by
CANTWELL & 'HEFTER,
Southeast corner GERMANTOWN Avenue
and MASTER Street.
QTUART'S PAISLEY MALT WELIS
-14.7 ET.
Buchanan's Coal Ifs Wbiskit
Old Tow Gin, Old London Gin,
London Cofdial Gin, Bolden'a Gin,
In bowl and store.
CANTWELL & Kzmn,
Senthoind corner GERMANTOWN ATOMIC.
and MASTER Street'
ZouAvE CHAMPAGNE.—A new
brand—am excellent &Melo. Imported and for sale
tit a Wee to mit the times, by CANTWELL & KEP
NER, southeast corner of GXBIIfAIbiTOWN Avenue and
Infant street. .
RITDESHEDIER-BERG, LAUREN.
HELMER, and TIOCKEIXIMER WINE, In eases
of one dozen bStles each •; warranted pure, IroPorlod
end for sale low by CANTWELL & KEEFER, watt.
sad corner GERMANTOWN ATODUO sad MASTER
Street.
ViEI:RMAN'S DRY CATAWBA
I—This approved brand of Cincinnati wine,
the best article out for "cobbiers," for sale pure, bat-
Ned and in cases, by CANTWELL A HEATER, south.
but comes
treet. GIRMANTOWN Means and MASTEN se2 ,
i
FRESH MINCED MEAT.
The gubserlber bogs tears to inform the public that
he is again prepared to offer Ida jurtly celebrated
NE PLUS ULTRA MTNOED MEAT,
In large or small Quantifies. Orders Omagh De.
1111101 Poet will be punctually attended to.
JOSHUA WRIGHT,
SPISING GABIMIX and ISANKLIN Street-ft
Philadelobla.
BEET QUALITY ROOFING SLATE
always an hand and few Nab M Onion Warr, 1613
MOH eared, Xenslmten. T. MMus,
silT-WAranar fins'. pmwasia.
LFAT)-8 :barrels just rowed
per schooner A 1916110, for sale by
JAURZTOIIIO t OnIISTAMS,
nta 909 awl 904 South 'FRONT Street.
BLANK ACCOUNT BOOKS,
• IN EVERY VARIETY, AND
OF THE BEST STOOK,
SELLING AT LOW PRICES.
Buy et the Manufactory.
W. a. PEERY,
BLAME4IOOX MANCTACTUBER,
efo•lm 13. W.: Corner 'FOURTH and RACE
PAMPHLET PRINTING, AND
every other deeerioticin of Printing, of the abet
ertmelior quality, et the most reasonable rates, at WIG.
' , WALT & BROWN'S, Diezer4 Building, 84 South
TAW &mi l , uoSS
VOL. 5.-NO. 134.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
GREAT BARGAINS
IN
FINE CLOAKS,
,TO CLOSE OUT THE STOCK
PARIS MANTILLA, CLOAK,
AND FUR EMPORIUM.
531 MARKET Street,
Which fa replete With every desirable style and descrip
tion, will be open to inspection et prices corresponding
to the general reduction; particularization, among such
an infinity of qualities, being, if not hupossible at nil
events, unsatisfactory.
COWPERTHWAIT & CO.,
Have now on hand
A LARGE STOCK
of
MILSLINS.
Which will be sold at Drices
LOWER THAN THE MARKET RATES.
Also, GREAT BARGAINS IN PRINTS,
2,000 yards of which will be sold very tow. la4•Bm
HOLIDAY DRESS GOODS.
The following goods aro desirable for
Christmas Gifts:
Low priced DoLnines and Calicoes.
Wide English and French Chintzes.
Brilliant Figures now American Do Latins.
Dressing Gown Stuffs of Gay Cashmeres.
French Figured Do Lalnes and Fancy Merinos.
Plain Poplins and Rich Styles of Epinglines.
Plaid Flannels, Bright Broche Dress Goode.
Blankets, Table and Plano Covers, Quilts.
Bid Gloves, Warm Silk and Cloth Gloves.
Embroidered Collars and Lace Goods.
Silk Handkerchief% "French Linen Cambric Hdkfs
Black 1311 k Cravats, Scarfs, and Neck Ties.
Plain and Fancy Silks, Rich Black Silks.
Blanket Shawls, Brodie Merino Shawls.
SHABPLESS BROTHERS,
delB CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
potatoes, at 18) cents; Calicoes, 12g cents.
BIS& and fancy Silk Handkerchiefs.
Neck-Ties, Gloves, Gents' Shawls.
Misses' and Ladies' Shawls In variety.
Nice assortment of Dress Goods.
Balmoral Skirts in great variety, at
J. H. STOKES',
702 ARCH Street.
N. B.—On hand, Jack-straws and Solitaires, malls by
and sold for an invalid. 'they are nice games as well as
presents, and any one would confer a favor by Purchas
ing the same. del2-lf
HEAVY - CLOAKINGS.
Brown and Black Sealskin, 75c to $1.50.
Cheap heavy Coatings and Cloakinge
Fine Black Cloths and Beavers.
Good stock Cassimeres nt old prices.
COOPER /a CONAED,
&IA 8. E cor. NINTH and MAIM=
ri OUSE FURNISHING DRY
GOODS.-811EPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, &
AMNON, Itnportera and Dealers in Linen, and House
Furnishing Dry Goods, etc.
Hare now on band a full assortment of Linen Sheeting,
Table Clotho, Napkins, Table,Divas . Towelling, etc.,
etc., imported under the old WY, or bought a great sac
rifice.
per cent. allowed on parcloses as above, if
ald for on delivery. no2Ttf
WILL CONTINUE TO SELL UN
TIL JANUARY let, our entire stock of
BLANKETS at the old prices. . .
Will open THIS DAY a large stock of all Wool Flan-.
note.
Onr 25 cent White Flannels are the beet in the 'city.
Very handsome neat styloa DeLaines at 18%0 i hand
some dark grounds, all Wool, at 31 and 37 cents.
COWPERTIMAIT & 00.,
deb-if N. W. corner EIGHTH and ISIKIIKET.
PATENT
PATENT MCCLELLAN SCARFS.
AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. F.SHLEMAN'
AT .L A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. EstILEHAN'
AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. ESHLE N'
AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S ! AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S
NORTHWEST CORNER OF
SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT.
SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT.
SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT.
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA..
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA.
P. E 3. The above articles, being PATENTED, cannot
be obtained elsewhere.
P. S. N 0.2. Mon's Furnishing Goods, in every variety
P.S. No.B. PATENT ENAMELLED COLLARS,
10 FOR A QUARTER.
de7-stutb6m
CLOAKS ! CLOAKS ! CLOAKS!
WATER PROOF CLOTH CLOAKS,
In °intim variety;
LIGHT AND DARK CLOTH CLOAKS,
of every ehado
BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS,
of every quality;
BLACK SILK-VELVET CLOAKS,
EVERY NEW STYLE,
EVERY NEW MATERIAL;
THE LARGEST STOCK
/ND
THE MOST' REASONABLE PRICES IN THE CITY
IVENS,
oaf. No. 23 South NINTH Street.
GREAT BARGAINS
IN
LADIES' OLO ANS,
To close out,
At the
ARCH-STREET CLOAK AND MANTILLA STORE,
N. W. corner TENTH and ARCH Ste.
1101-6 M JACOB HORSEALL.
CLoAKs—
Handsome styles of well-made, eforrlceable gar
ments. The been made, the best fitting, oad the host
materials for the mice. A largo stock from which to
select. COOPER dc CONAN%
dad S. E. cor. NINTH and MARKET.
CLO AK B!
The Larva, Cheapest, And Beet-essortod Mock
In the city.
UNITED STATES ARMY AND
NAVY SIMPLY AGENCY AND CAMP EX-
TO MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS, and INs
VENTOIO3, and those wishing to forward Packages to
the Comps of the Army, or Naval Stattons of the Coast
or Golf:
Having secured especial privileges for visiting all the
departments both of tho Army and Navy, and all the
camps of the various military stations, and the naval
posts of the Coast and Gulf, for the purpose of introducing
and selling to the Departments, Military Storekeepers,
Commissaries, Quartermasters, Sutitra, °Morn and Sol
diers, and also to Naval Agents and Paymasters of the
Navy, all articles required for the use, CORIVOIIIOIICo, com
fort, and necessity, both of the Army and Navy, we have
organized time above.entitlod AGENCY AND CAMP
EXPRESS, with its headquarters in the city of Wash
ington. Under this arrangement—entirely complete, and
extending through all the departments both of the Army
and Navy,—we can offer unequalled facilities to Mer
chants, Manufacturers, and Inventors, in readinena of
sale, saving of time, and the ninny expenses unavoidable
through the usual tedious channels of sale to the De.
partnionts, Campo, and Naval Stations. Those wishing
to avail themselves of the benefits of tide thorough and
extensively-organized system of agency, can do so by
forwarding samples of their goods to our address by
express, and prices and explanations by letter. All
packages for Camp delivery marked to our address,
Washington, D. C. All goods, inventions, wares, or
merchandise, of whatever nature, ordered by thin
Agency, will be paid for on delivery. Letters of inquiry
will meet with prompt attention.
Agents well referred, with small means, can find pro
fitable earDintnient in thin organization. A tow aro
wanted. Office No. 211 PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, op•
Poeta Willard'a Rotel, Washington, D. O.
REPERZNCES:
GEOROR LAW, Now York. EILtSTIIS CORNING, Albany
Mosna H. GRINNELL, NORTH & CIIASE, PUMA.
BIIIPLIN k Bnos., J. H. TAGGART,
Alums' Fara Ens, ALEX. COMEING9, la
Hon. HONEY WILSON, Masincbusetts.
Buns ti. Co., Bankers, 'Washington, D. C.
A7-if JOHNSON, SWEETLAND, Jt. CO
PROPOSALS FOR SUGAR AND
PORH.—Office of Navy Agent, 112 South THIRD
Street, Philadelphia, January 711 s, 1862.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Office until
TUESDAY, January 14th, 12 o'clock AL, for (tarnishing
EIGHTY THOUSAND POUNDS OF BROWN SUGAR,
Natty Standard, to be delivered at the Navy Yard in
Philadelphia, without extra charge for transportationl
one-half to be delivered in thirty days, and the remain
ing half In sixty days, from notice of acceptance of pro
posal.
Also, for ONE THOUSAND BARRELS NAVY
MESS PORK, to be delivered a 8 above, one•half In
thirty and the remaining half in sixty days.
JAMES S. CHAMBERS,
Navy Agent.
MD PRINTING, BEST AND
erest in the City, at RINGWELT BROWN 13,
14 Routh TRU= Riot. n 029
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PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL.
SYNOPSIS OF REDUCTIONS.
FROSTED RsAVsn 01.01 KS,
From $26 to 820—From $ to $l7.
FROSTED BRAVER CLOAKS,
From $lB to sl4—From $lO to $7.50.
BRONX SEXLSEIR OR SABLE CLOYS[ CLOAKS,
From SIB to sl4—From $lO to Sl2.
BLACK SEALSKIN OR OTTER CLOTH CLOAKS,
From 818 to sl4—From $l6 to $l2.
VgLTET CLOTH CL9ATCS,
From $3O to $22-From $35 to $26
FINN BLACK BEAVER CLOAKS.
From $45 to B3s—From $35 to $26
FINK BLACK BEATER OLOAKS,
From $25 to sl9.so—From $2O to $lO
FINE BLACK CRAVER CLOAKS,
From $l6 to sl2—From $l2 to $9
FANCY BEAVER OLOAXS,
From $4O to Sal—From $3O to $22
FANCY COLORED BEAVER CLOAKS,
From 524 to slB—From 518 to 513.50
LYONS 'VELVET CLOAKS,
From $9O to sos—From $7O to 655.
OUR FUR DEPARTMENT,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
McCLELLAN TIES.
PATENT
McCLELLAN TIES.
PATENT
McCLELLAN TIES
PATENT
McCLELLAN TIES.
PATENT
McCLELLAN SCARFS.
• PATENT
MoOLELLAN SCARFS.
CLOAKS AND MANTILLAS.
HOUGH & 00.,
No. 25 South TENTH Strout,
Opposito Franklin Markot
:;it Vrtss.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1862
GOY. CURTIN'S ANNUAL MESSAGE.
Read, to both Houses of the Pennsylvania.
Legislature, January 8, 1802.
To Tug HoNonetimE TIIE ,SENATE AND ROUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF TILE COMMONWEAL= OF
PENNSYLVANIA:
GENTLEMEN: IT has pleased bit ins Providence,
during tho last season, to giro us abundant crops,
unbroken peace within our borders, unanimity
among our people, and thus to enable this Com•
monwealth to do her full duty to tho country, to
herself, and to posterity. For those blessings, wo
have cause to be grateful.
The balauco iu the Trea
sury on the 30th Nor.,
1860, was $631,433 03
The receipts during the fis
cal year ending No% . 30,
1661, wore as follows :
From ordinary sources.... $3,017,645 67
From ternporaryloan under
act of April 12,1861, nt 6
Per cont. interest, and
negotiated at par 475,000 OD
From 6 per cent. loan under
act of May 15, 1861, also
negotiated at par 2,612,150 00
From Society of Cincinnatun 600 00
From United States on ac
count military expanses.. 606,000 00
From paymasters and
others, refunded 32,229 45
-- 6,743,625 02
Total lute the Treasury for
focal year ending Nov.
30, 1801 7,42.058 10
Aed the payments as fol
lows:
For ordinary purposes.... $3,144,480 84
For military expenses un
der acts; April 12, 1661,
and Nay 15th and 16th,
1861: . . .
474 873 85
1.708,462 63
170 535 51
:2,353,872 01
For amount loan under net
April 12, 1861, rapid— 375,000 00
5,873,352 39
Leaving ba'ance in Trea
hnry, Nov. 30, 1561 ...
PUBLIC DENT, ENDED AND UNFUNDED.
Received f,om temporary
loan, under net of April
12, 1861 475,000 00
Repaid an ab0ve............375,000 00
Outstanding Nov. 30, 1861. 100,000 00
Received from loan tinder
no t o f May 15. 1661. 2,612,150 00
Amount of public debt,
funded and unfunded,
Nov. 30, 1860............37,969,847 50
Paid durln'g final year.... 101,831 42
37,868,516 08
Remaining unpaid, (exclu-
PIVO of military loans
above mentioneti t ) Nov.
20, 1861
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF MILITARY LOANS,
Receipts from military lean,
under act April 12, 1801. 5175,000 00
Act Idoy 15 2,612,150 00
From Pay masters and
others refunded 32,229 45
-- $3,119,379 45
Paid for military expenms,
RR above 5%353,872 01
Paid for redeeming loam
. act Avlrlll2 373,000 00
-- $2,738,872 04
Unexpended of military
loans $390,607 41
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF ORDINARY REVENUE.
Balance in Treasury, from
ordinary sources, Nov.
30,1660 041,433 08
Received from ordinary
sources during fiscal
year 3,017,845 67
3,699,078 65
Paid for ordinary expenses
as above 3,144,480 34
Unexpended of ordinary re
s emie -- 664,698 31
Leeched from U. States
Government on account
of military expenditures. 00,000 00
Received from Society of
Cmcinnatue 500 OD
Balm.° in Treasury, a ,
above
It will be observed that the fiscal year ends on
the 30th of November, and the sinking fund year
on the first Monday in September, which accounts
for the apparent deficiency in the amount of debt
paid as stated in the Treasurer's report, and by the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. The State has
on 'hand a surplus of uniforms and equipments,
which coat about $lOO,OOO, which the United States
have agreed to take, and pay for at cost. Arrange
ments have been made with the General Govern
ment for the reimbursement of the military ex
penses of the State since the 27th of Tuly last. The
bills, as paid, are forwarded to Washington,
and partial repayments have already been made.
It will bo observed that the receipts from ordi
nary sources of revenue, for the year 1861, have de
creased, but, as payments have been made ou some
of them since the settlement at the end of the fiscal
year on the first of December, and mere may rea
sonably be expected in addition to the payments to
be made by the National Calvernment as hereinaf
ter stated, the balance available in the treasury
will be largely increased.
It will also be observed that it has not yet boon
found necessary to call in all of the loan effected
under the ant of the 18th of May last.
In some items, the ordinary revenue of 1861 was
in excess of that of 1860.
The loan authorized by the act of May 15, 1851,
Was taken at par. This occurrence, most gratify
ing under all the then existing circumstances of
embarrassment, affords triumphant evidence of the
confidence of the people in the stability and in
tegrity of the Commonwealth, and of the determi
nation to support the Government.
The operations of the sinking fund during the
last year have been, as shown by my proclamation
of sth of September list, as follows :
Debt rechemed from 4th of September, 1860, . .
to let of September, 1861 $300,801 01
Of Mock loans $300,050 00
Of interest on certificates 3,330 01
Of relief notes 421 00
8100,801 01
I refer to the re - Ports of tho State Treasurer and
Auditor General for the details of the financial
affairs of the Commonwealth. The reports of the
Surveyor General and State Librarian will exhibit
the state of the departments under their care.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund during
the last spring received from the Philadelphia and
Erie (late Sunbury and Erie) Railroad Company
forty bonds of that company for $lOO,OOO each, and
a mortgage to secure the, same executed in con
formity with the third section of the act of March
the ith, 1001. That company has also deposited in
the State Treasury its bonds to tho amount of five
millions of dollars in accordance with the Oth sec
tion of the same act. On the 9th of May last I
granted my warrant authorizing the State Trea
surer to deliver to the said company ono thousand
of said bonds, being to the amount of one million of
dollars. This warrant was issued in conformity
with the law, the five per cont. bonds mentioned in
the fifth section of the act (except those belonging
to the State and now in the sinking fund) having
been previously surrendered and cancelled, and
satisfaction entered on the record of the mortgage
mentioned in said fifth section. Having received
notice from the company that the bonds se.dalivered
to the company or their proceeds had been appro. '
priated in accordance with the provisions of the
law, on the 21st of June last I appointed John A.
Wright as Commissioner to examine and to report
to me whether said bonds or their proceeds had
been appropriated to the purposes required by the
act. His report boa not yet been received by me.
It is understood that arrangements have at last
been made under which the direst railroad connec
tion between Philadelphia and Erie will be comple
ted within a short time. It is impossible to estimtao
too highly the importance of this groat work to the
Commonwealth, and especially to Philadelphia and
Erie and the hitherto neglected counties near its
route west of the Susquehanna.
By the act of the 21st April, 1858, for the solo of
the State canals to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Company, it was provided that if that company
should sell said canals for a greater sum in the ag
gregate than three and a half millions of dollars,
seventy-five per centum of such 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 manner.
The company sold tbo canals, and reported that
the share of the profit on such sale, due to the Com
monwealth, was $281,250, of which $250 was paid
in cash, and for the remaining $281,000 the Com
monwealth received coupon bonds of the Wyoming
Canal Company to that amount, being a portion of
bonds for $OOO,OOO, issued by that company, and
secured by a mortgage of the Wyoming Canal, for.
merly called the Looser North Branch Canal. These
bends bear an interest of six per cont. per annum,
payable semiannually on the 15th of January and
July, and the interest was paid by the company to
January last inclusive. The interest duo in July
last has not been paid. Judgments having been
obtained against the company on some of the cot.
pens for the unpaid .July interest, a bill in equity.
was filed in the Supreme Court by a bond and stock
holder, in which ouch proceedings woro had, that
by a decree made on the 2d of September last, the
property and affairs of the company ware placed in
the htfuds of a receiver.
A plan has been euggested for the assent of the
stock and bond holders, which contemplates a sale
of the canal, under lawful process, and a purchase
of the same for the purpose of forming a new com
pany, of which the capital stock shall be ono mil
lion of dollars, divided into twenty thousand shares,
of fifty dollars each, of which each assenting holder
of a mortgage bond, for ono thousand dollars,
shall be entitled to eighteen shares. and each as
senting holder of fifty shares of stock of the Wy
oming Canal Company shall be entitled to nine
AMTS. Of course, no officer of the Commonwealth
had authority to assent to the proposal, or in any
way to affect her position. It is believed, also"
that the plan is not one that ought to be assented to
by the Commonwealth, and that, under all the cir
cumstances, if the convenience of individual parties
requires a change, as proposed; the debt due to
the Commonwealth ought to be first paid or fully
secured.
I suggest that the act passed Bth of April, 1801,
entitled, " An act concerning the sale of railroads,
canals, Am," should be modified so that in all cases
in which a debt may be due to the Commonwealth
by the company as whose property a public work
may be sold, the purchasers thereof shall not be
entitled to the benefits and privileges conferred by
the net unless they shall have first paid the debt
duo to the State, or secured the same by their
bonds to the Commonwealth, scoured by a first
mortgage on the work itself.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1862.
I commend the subject to the immediate son
sideration of the Legislature, as an effort may be
made at en early day to enforce a sale of the canal,
and some provision by law to protect the interests
of the State would in that ease be necessary,
The wicked and monstrous rebellion- which
broke out many months ago; hoe not yet been
. quelled. Every sentiment of loyalty and patriot
ism demands its effectual suppression.
In my messages of the 9th and 10th of April last,
I eat forth at length my views of the character and
objects of the contest which is still pending. Sub
sequent reflection has confirmed me in the correct
ness of the opinions then expressed and to which I
refer. , In addition it ought to be understood, that
looking to the variety and character of her products
and industry, her material interest alone would
render the preservation of the Union from the pre
sent assault upon it, indispensable to Pennsylvania.
She cannot afford to have a foreign Power below or
above or hounding her on the Delaware, the Chesa
peake or the Mississippi, and she will never acqui
esce in such a result, whatever may he the cost in
men and money of her resistance to it.
On the 9th of April last, I directed the attention
of the Legislature to the necessity which existed
for nn improved military organization, and on the
12th of the same month the act entitled " An act
for the better organization of the militia of this
Commonwealth" passed, appropriating the sum of
$OOO,OOO for the purpose of organizing, equipping
and arming the militia. On the 15th of April the
President, by proclamation, called for a military
force of 75,000 men, of which the quotia assigned
to Pennsylvania was at first sixteen (afterwards re
duced to fourteen) regiments to servo as infantry
or riflemen for the term of three months unless
sooner discharged. This call was enthusiastiCally
responded to by the people of Pennsylvania. The;
first military aid from the loyal States, which the
Government received at Washington, was a Penn
sylvania corps which arrived there prior to the 19th
of Alai'. On that 'day the passage of other corps
from this and other States through Baltimore was im
peded by force, and during nearly two weeks after
wards the communication 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 this State should , i be
clothed, armed, equipped, subsisted, and trans
ported by the State, in consequence of the then
inability of the United States. This request
was, of course, complied with, and twenty-five re
giments, (being eleven regiments beyond our quo
ta,) comprising 20,175 men from Pennsylvania,
served for the term of three months, under the Pre
sident's proclamation above referred to. As the
furnishing those volunteers with supplies was, ne
cessarily, under the circumstances, a hurried ope
ration, and as complaints were made in regard to
them, and frauds were alleged to have been perpe
trated, I appointed a Board of Commissioners to
investigate the whole subject. A copy of their re
port, with the evidence taken by them, has been
already laid before the public. It is the intention
of the Auditor General to open the accounts of such
parties as appear by the testimony to have boon
overpaid, and this course has already been taken in
two of those cases.
$1,551,605 72
On the expiration of the term of the three-months
men, in July last, some eight or ton thousand dis
charged Pennsylvania volunteers wore thrown into
Harrisburg without notice, and detained here, wait
ing to be paid, for an average time of some ton
days ; Their tents, camp equipage, and cooking
utensils had been taken from them at Williams
port, Md., and they arrived hero destitute of all
merles of shelter and of preparing their food. The
Commissary of the United States furnished un
cooked rations, and, under the circumstances of
emergency, I deemed it necessary to make arrange
ments for aiding in the cooking and baking of the
rations, and also for furnishing meals to such of the
regiments as arrived during the night, or under
eiteuinstences requiring instant relief. Thu ex
penses attending these operations amounted, so far
as ascertained, to 5741 20, and I recommend that
the Legislature make an appropriation to pay them.
It ought to be stated that those expenses would
have been much larger but for tho liberal and pa
thetic efforts of the citizens, and especially the
Indies of Harrisburg; their free-handed hospitality
and generous aid to our wearied and hungry eel
tilers deserve remembrance and gratitude.
At the special session of the Legislature, which
commenced on the 30th of April last, I recom
mended the organization of a reserve corps, to be
armed, equipped, clothed, subsisted, and paid by
the State, and drilled in camps of inetructiou, in
anticipation of the exigencies of the country, and
by the act of the 15th May last, such a corps was
directed to be raised, and a loan of $3,000,000 wait
authorized to defray the expenses of that and other
military preparations. Men, more than sufficient
in number to form soma ten regiments of the Re
serve 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 assembled and subject to
my control. Most of Chest men volunteered for
the Reserve Corps, and were immediately organ
ized. The remaining regiments were rapidly re.
fruited and the corps was thus completed, and
George A. McCall, of Chester county, was commis
sioned as Major General, and assigned to the sem
mural of all the forces raised, or to be raised,
under the provisions of the last mentioned act.
The regiments composing the Reserve Corps were
instructed in four camps, in different parts of the
State, until they were taken into the service of the
United Slides. Two of these regiments, under the
commands of Colonels Charles J. Biddle and Sene
ca G. Simmons, and two companies of artillery,
under the command of Colonel Charles T. Camp
bell, at the pressing inctance of the War Depart
ment, were sent, on the 224 of Juno last, to the re
lief of Cot. Wallace, at Cumberland, and remained
for about nix weeks, there and in Western Virgi
nia, engaged in active operations.
Towards the close of July, the whole corps was
called for under requisition, and taken into the
service of the United States. Within four days
after the disaster at Bull Run, eleven regiments of
this fine body of men—armed, drilled, clothed,
equipped, and, in nil respects, ready for active
service—were in Washington. Tho regiments and
companies front Western Virginia, and the remain
ing two regiments, making the whole number of
fifteen, soon joined them there, and they aro alt
DOW in ecriice under the command of General
McCall, who has been commissioned as a brigadier
general by the United States.
These fifteen regiments contain fifteen thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six men, and constitute a
division comprising three brigades, a regiment of
artillery, and one of cavalry. The whole expense of
raising, clothing, equipping, subsisting, and paying
the Reserve Corps (including the expense of estab•
lishing and fittingthe camp of instruotion, of recruit
ing, and supplying regimental flags, and the ex
penses of the campaign of the two regiments and
companies in Maryland and Western Virginia,
which were all defrayed by tho State), has amount•
ed to $855,411.87. This does not include the trans
portation on railroads, as the separation of that ac
count would have been a work of great labor, nor
dove it include the pay of the two regiments during
the campaign, but, it does include all the expenses,
which were heavy, of teams and transportation, not
on railroads, for the two regiments in the campaign
above mentioned. Twelve regiments of the Re
servo Corps were paid, subsisted, its.. by the State
to the average date of 224 July. The two regi
ments in Western Virginia worn paid by the State
to the date of their departure from Harrisburg on
that expedition. The cavalry regiment was not
paid by the State. It will be perceived that the
whole average expense per man was $53.05.
Previous to the 31st of April last, a regiment had
been enlisted in the city of Erie from Northwesters
Pennsylvania. When the call was made on mo en
that dayfor twenty-five additional regiments, the
Erie regiment was ordered to march to Harrisburg.
The call was rescinded, however, before the mi.-
ment reached Pittsburg, and I ordered it to encamp
at that city, where it remained until the 30th of
Juno. The National Government declined to mus
ter the regiment into service, as all existing requi•
eitions made on the State were more than filled.
37,861,510 08
51,615,605 72
Much apprehension existed in the western and
southwestern borders of tho State, and it was
deemed prudent to retain the regiment at Pittsburg
to meet any emergenv that might arise. After
the passage of the act of the 15th May, 1861, it
was expected that the regiment would form part of
the Reserve volunteer corps; but, as the men had
been a longtime from home, and remained inactive
in camp, they declined entering the service, and
were substituted and paid up to the 30th of June
by the State. Two regiments have since been en•
listed from tho Bann part of Pennsylvania, at the
city of Erie, one of which has been at Washington
in service since September, and the other is 110{Y
ready for marching orders; and it is duo to the fiat
Erie regiment to say that most of the men aro now
in service:
Further requisitions for sixteen regiments of in
fantry and two regiments of cavalry were shortly
afterwards made by the War Department. Of
these, sixteen have already bean raised, and aro in
the service of the United States, and the remaining
two are in the oourso of organization, And nearly
ready to march.
In addition to the requisitions on the State, the
War Department had given authority to numerous
individuals to raise volunteers in Pennsylvania•but
as that system was found to create much embar
rassment, a general order was issued by the War
Department, on the 25th of September last, placing
all such organizations under the control of the Go
vernor, and shortly afterwards a requisition vas
made on the State to increase her quota to 75,100
men, Those independent organizations, as they
were called, thus became Pennsylvania regiments,
and, as completed and sent forward, form part of
the quota of the State.
The State regiments have been numbered, and
the last to this date is numbered 115. Two of :he
three-months regiments have continued in sortie°
under the late requisitions, and retain their orignal
numbers. Deducting the remaining twenty-tires
three-months regiments, there are ninety-two regi
ments in service and preparing for it. We have
also in service
. and preparing twenty-four m
imics.
Tho following table of the existing Pennsyl•ania
volunteer force is given for information :
REGIMENTS IN SERVICE.
CO regiments of infantry, of mblell 6 were rifle
regimentß 71,159
11 regiments of eavolr3 11,09
1 regiment of ititillery . 1,07
CoMPANIES IN SEnVICC•
7 companion of infantry 707
Companies or artillery
Enlistments in oilier than Pennsylvania organiza
tions, estimated, (1110 oilmen of ullich inn in
coure.o of being commissioned) 0,400
Total in service 93,677
REGIMENTS PREPARING FOR SERVICE.
12 regiments of infantry 13,092
1 regiment or cavalry 1,130
1 regiment or artillery. 1,011
- 15,105
comrANms PREPARING POR BERVIGE.
1 company of cavalry 101
4 comoonice of nrlillory OA
733
In service
neparing for service.
rerlllB}lvania'N c.ontribution 109,615
ExcluxiN o of 20,175 tin co-niontliv men now disbanded
Tho regiments preparing for servieo aro Mom
j,lete. Those that may not be filled by the 16th
inst., will be consolidated and sent forward. Of
the regiments in service, the Eleventh and Fif
teenth Regiments of Infantry aro at Annapolis; the
Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Twenty-first, Sixty
sixth, Sixty-ninth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second,
and One-hundred-and-sixth Regiments, and ono
company of Infantry are in the command of Major
General Banks; the Forty-fifth, Fiftieth, Fifty
fifth, Soventy-sixth, and Ono-hundredth Regiments
of Infantry aro in South Carolina ; the Forty-eighth
Infantry are at hatteras Inlet ; the Ono-hundrod
and-eighth Infantry and Eleventh Cavalry aro at
Fortress Monroe; the Seventy-seventh, Seventy
eighth, and Seventy-ninth Infantry, the Seventh
and Ninth Cavalry, one Troop of horse, one squa
dron of Cavalry, two battalions of Artillery are in
Kentucky; the Eighty-fourth and One-hundred
and-tenth Infantry are in Western Virginia, as are
also three companies of Infantry, four companies of
Cavalry, five companies of Light Artillery; the
Eighty-seventh Infantry are at Cockeysville, in
Maryland ; ono company of Artillery is at Fort
Delaware; all the remainder of the volunteers aro
at or near Washington. Upwards of 300 volun
teers from Pennsylvania aro now prisoners, but, as
arrangements hare been made for the exchange of
prisoners, it may be exineted that they will soon
'be released.
In compliance with the joint resolutions of the
16th of May last, I have procured regimental flags
for the Pennsylvania volunteers, and have pre
sented them in person to most of the regiments. In
other oases, the regiments being on or near the Po
tonine, I have requested Mr. Cowan, Senator,
and Messrs. Grow and Wright, members of the
House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, to
present them in the name of the Commonwealth.
The General Government requested that the
States would abstain from purchasing arms, 119 their
competition was found injurious in the market, and
in view of the large expenditures of money in arm
ing and equipping the volunteer force of the State,
provided for the defence of the National Govern
4ient. I did not purchase any as authorized by
the 28th section of the act of the 15th of May, 1811.
The State has now quite as many arms as are ne
cessary to arm all her volunteer organization in
existence; but, influenced by the threatening
aspect of our relations with foreign Governments„
I have directed the Adjutant General to pro
onto arms, as soon as it can be done on reasona
ble terms, and without injurious competition
with the National Government. Arms have been
distributed among the border counties to all the
organizations that have been formed to receive
them. One thousand nine hundred and tairty arms
have been thus distributed. I have also addressed
le)ter to the commissioners of all the border coun
ties, offering arms to them as soon as military or
ganizations shall be formed to receive them. Be
sides thus complying with the requirements of the
27th section of, the act of 15th May last, I have
deemed it prudent to offer five thousand arms to
such military organizations as may be formed in
Philadelphia on a plan to be approved by me as
Commander-in• Chief. Muskets and rifles to a con
siderable extent have been furnished to the Penn
sylvania volunteers from the State Arsenal. Others
have been sent by the United States authorities to
arm them before leaving the State. In some
eases regiments have gone without arms, under as
sureness from the War Department that they would
be armed at Washington or other designated
points, and that their immediate departure was
required. It was thought wise in these cases not
to insist on the arms being sent before the regiments
marched, as this would have imposed on the Go
vernment an unnecessary expense in freight, and
would bare been productive of delays which might
have been seriously detrimental to the public
service. Forty-two pieces of artillery with limbers,
caissons, forges, ammunition wagons, harness and
all the necessary implements and equipments, were
furnished by the State to the artillery regiment of
the Reserve Corps. Ton of these were purchased
by the State, and their cost has been refunded by
the United States. Diligence has been used in
collecting arms throughout the State, and repairing
and altering them in the most approved manner.
The State hes now
62 pieces of artillery, of which seventeen need
repairs.
26,753 muskets end rifles, some of which are in the
bends of mechanics being repaired ; 1,910 are
in the hands of volunteer corps throughout
the State ; 1,910 in the possession of county
commissioners, and 1,000 with the Reserve
Corps of Philadelphia.
In addition to this, the city of Philadelphia has
9 pieces of rifled artillery, and
4,976 muskets and rifles.
The State has also, in the arsenal at Harrisburg,
1,060 sabres and swords, and
1,057 pistols ; and the city of Philadelphia has
440 sabres, and
326 pistols, with the necessary accoutrements.
There is also, in the arsenal at Harrisburg, a
lsrge amount of accoutrements and ammunition for
artillery and small arms.
The Adjutant General is successfully engaged in
adducting arms throughout the State, and it is ex
pected that the number above stated will bo large
ly increased. Probably, at least, 5,000 muskets and
rifles and several pieces of artillery will still be
caleetcd.
The Care which hes been bestowed upon the com
fort of the volunteers, and the goodness and suffi
ciency of their supplies of all kinds, and the ex
cellent arrangements of the Medical Department,
under the control of Surgeon General Henry H.
Smith, are proved by the fact that more than 01,000
men have been for various, generally short, periods
at Camp Curtin since the 10th of April last, and
that down to the let January inst., there died but
forty-nlne men at that camp, viz : forty-four from
Maims, two (belonging to regiments floin other
Start* trho had - been injured on railroads, two ac
cidetrinliy killed Ira Camp Curtin, and one ishol in
Harrisburg.
To facilitate the making of allotments of their
pay by our volunteers in the field for the support
of their fatuities at home, I appointed lion. Edgar
Conan, Thomas E. Franklin, and E. C. flumes,
EFge., commissioners, to visit tho camps of our men
on and south of the Potomac, and, also, James Park
and M. W. Beltzhoover, Esgs , commissioners to
chit those in Kentucky and elsewhere in the west
ern country, to call the attention of the' troops to
the system of allotment, and to encourage them in
adopting a practical plan for carrying it into effect.
The sovoral reports of these commissioners aro
highly satisfactory.
For details on the several subjects connected with
the military operations of this State, I refer to the
reports of the Adjutant General, Surgeon General,
Quartermaster General, Commissary General, and
Paymaster General, which accompany this mess ago.
The duties imposed on me were so onerous that I
found it necessary to invite tho temporary midst.
once of gentlemen on my staff to aid me to perform
them.
In this capacity, Cols. Thomas A. Scott. Gideon
J. Ball, and John A. Wright, contributed their
Taluablo services, from the middle of April until
they were called away by other duties ; Cul. Scott
remaining until ho became connected with the War
Department; Col. Ball until the Ist of June; and
Col. Wright until the 23d of July For the time
thus devoted to the service of the State they hove
refused to receive any compensation.
Cols. Joseph D. Potts, A. L. Russell, J. Brown
Parker. and Craig Biddle, were in service up to
the 20th of December. The Department of Tele
graph and Transportation was under the exclusive
control of Cul. Potts. The system and economy of
its management show how faithfully and well ho
fulfilled his office.
It is but just to these gentlemen that I should
bear testimony to the untiring zeal and fidelity
With which their duties were performed.
Tho quota of tho State having boon more than
filled, and her military force organized, I was en
abled on the 20th of December last to dispense with
a personal staff, and the temporary arrangement
which bad boon made for its employ-1.40a was then
closed.
By the 13th section of tho act of tho 15th of May,
1661, I was authorized to draw my warrants on the
Treasury for a sum not exceeding $20,000 for com
pensation to such persons as might be required to
serve the country in a military capacity, &c. Of
this fund I have drawn from the Treasury 53,500,
out of which I paid tho compensation of my per
sonal staff, also other expenses of the military de
partment, and the actual expenses of persons em
ployed on temporary service, none of whom re
ceived any further compensation, and expenses of
the commissions appointed to investigate alleged
frauds, ho., and the expense of establishing mili
tary patrols on the Maryland lino, and fib hundred
dollars on secret service. My account is settled in
the office of the Auditor General up to the Ist of
December. On that day I had expended $6,400,
and, except some inconsiderable payments made
since, the balance remains in my bands.
The report of the Auditor General will exhibit
the items of tho account.
An account of military expenditures by the State
on behalf of the United States, as far as the same
bad then been ascertained and settled by the ac
counting department hero, was made up to the
Jet day of September, 1661, and presented on the
12th of that month, at the Treasury Department of
the United States for settlement and allowances.
The sum of 5606,000 has been received from the
Treasury Department on that account. Tho re
payment by the General Government of the ex
penses attending the organization and support of
the 'haulm Corps, may not bo provided for by any
existing act of Congress. As these expenses wore
incurred by the State for the benefit of the General
Government, and have been productive of results
most important to the welfare and even safety of
the country, it would bo right that an act of Con
gress should be passed providing expressly for thole
repayment. It lies with the Legislature to adopt
the proper means for directing the attention of
Congress to this subject.
Assurances have boon received from the Treasu
ry Department that the examination of the milt
tary accounts of tho State will be proceeded in
without delay, so that the State may receive credit
for the balance due in time to apply the same
towards the payment of her quota of the direct
tax. Assuming the completion of this arrangement,
if the State shall assume the direct tax for this
year, a saving of fifteen per cent. will accrue to
her, and no present increase of her taxation will be
necessary.
Whether this credit bo given or not, I rezone
mead that the payment of the direct tax bo assumed
by the State.
In ease the State assumes the payment of this
tax, there should be ouch revision of the tax laws
as will hereafter equitably . apportion the tax bur
den among the various interests now subject, or
that can properly be made subject, to taxation. The
saving of fifteen per cent. to the people of the State
by the assumption is a matter worthy of thought
but a more important consideration is, that it will
enable you who represent all the varied interests
of the Cormisonwealth to apportion the tax in such
manner as to bear equally upon all. Our revenue
laws bad imposed on real and personal property, as
its full proportion, but little more than one third
of the taxes needed for the ordinary expenditures
of the Government. By the net of 15th May last,
the tax on this species of property has already boon
increased one-sixth. Should the State refuse to
assume the United States tax, the whole burden of
it will fall upon these interests—intorests, too, most
unfavorably affected by the war—whilst other
kinds of property and other sources of revenue,
judged by our laws able to pay neatly two•thirds
of the present revenues of the State, would not bo
called on to contribute ono dollar of additional
tax.
936
:,221
93,671
16,038
The militia system of tho Commonwealth is very
imperfect. I recommend the establishment of a
commission to frame and report a system more ode
qualm to the exigency of the times.
I earnestly recommend to the Legislature that
provision be made for the military inatruction of
youth. The appointment of a military instructor
in the normal schools would, in a short period, give
teachers to the common schools, who would be com
petent to train the boys in attendance on them. It
would, in my opinion, be wine also to provide for
the purchase or leasing by the Commonwealth of a
building for a military school, and for employing
competent instructors at the expense of the State,
requiring the pupils to defray the other expenses.
No pupil thould be admitted to this school without
having passed a thorough examination on mathe
matics, and all fitting subjects of instruction, except
the military art proper. I respectfully urge this
subject on your early consideration as one of ma
terial, perhaps vital, importance.
I have taken measures to direct the efficient at
tention of the General Government to the fortifica
tion of the water approaches on the seaboard and
the lakes, and arrangements are in the course of
being effected which it is hoped will be satisfactory
in their result.
I send with this message a copy of a communica
tion from General Totten, chief of the Military
Engineer Department at Washington. I have also
represented to the Secretary of the Navy the ne
cessity for floating defences on the Delaware, and
have his assurance that they shell be prepared at
the earliest moment.
I have bade correspondence with the authorities
and some of the citizens of Erie on the subject of
the defenceless condition of that city, and the part
of the State bordering on the lake. On examination
it is found that there are no defences an the lake,
and that tho ordnance at the city of Erie wits with
drawn by the National Government in the summer
of 1661. The Secretary of the Navy, on a request
made, directed that the crew of the 'United States
steamer Ikhchigan should not be disbanded, as
has been usual, and that vessel will remain in the
harbor of Erie during the winter. Should the
National Government unexpectedly fail in its duty
df providing adequate defences at our assailable
points, east and west, I earnestly recommend that
the Legislature take prompt means for that purpose.
We should bo admonished by recent indications
from abroad, to be prepared for our own defence,
as well as for the suppression of domestic insurrec
tion.
In selecting a site for a national armory, if the
publio good be alone considered, Pennsylvania will
bo preforred, as she affords the combined advan
tages of a central position, abundance of material,
and skilled mechanics, and a people of undoubted ,
loyalty.
I commend to the attention of the Legislature
the report of the Superintendent of the Public
Schools, the flourishing state of which, and the
rapid progress of education, are subjects of just
congratulation.
The reports of the Lunatic Hospital, at Harris
burg, and of Western Pennsylvania, of the houses
of refuge, at Philadelphia and Pittsburg, of the in
stitutions for the deaf and dumb, and for the blind,
and the Northern Home for Friendless Children, at
Philadelphia, and of the Pennsylvania Training
School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children, at
Media, show that these meritorious charities are
well administered, and I recommend that the coun
tenance and aid of tho Commonwealth be con
tinued to them.
Under the joint resolution of 10th May last, com
missioners have been appointed to revise thb reve
nue laws, whose names will bo forthwith submitted
for tilt advice and consent of the Senate. It is
hoped that the commissioners will be able to re
port during tho present session of the Legislature.
Considering the great labor imposed on them, and
the vast importance, at the present time, of an
able and efficient performance of the duties of the
commissioners, I suggest that the compensation
provided for by the joint resolution should be in
creased to an adequate amount.
It was evident, long since, that it would be im
possible for the banks to continue to redeem their
obligations in coin, in the face of the large issues of
paper, the necessity for which was imposed on them
and the Government by the exigencies of the
times. No surprise, therefore, was felt at the sus
pension of specie payment by the banks, which
took place on Monday, the 10th of December last.
Under the circumstances, I recommend that they
be relieved from all penalties for this breach of
the law.
Pennsylvania bits made great efforts to support
the Government. She has given more and better
clothed, and better equipped men than any other
State, and has far exceeded her quota of the mili
tary levies. Tho sons of our best citizens, young
men of education and means, fill the ranks of ber
volunteer regiments. Their gallant conduct, when
ever an opportunity has been afforded them, has
done honor to the Commonwealth. The universal
movement among our people signifies that they aro
loyal to the Government established by their
fathers, and aro determined to quell the present
insurrection and preserve the Union, and that they
will not tolerate any plan for either the dissolution
or reconstruction of it. A. G. CURTIN.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
HARRISBURG, Jan. 8, 1882.
THE REBELLION.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
Jeff Davis' New Year Reception
YY~a:+rvk~;il, f~ W.l~i iri Ol:\~'(y,~~~lr~~:~►~~
The Rebel Army of the Potomac.
ANOTHER NEWSPAPER ATTACK ON JEFF DAVIS,
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
MoVements of Gen. Zollicoffer.
GEN. WALLACE'S SKIRMISH WITH THE
ENEMY NEAR PADUCAH.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE BAT-
TLE AT MOUNT ZION
GENERAL PRICE, WITH TWENTY THOUSAND
MEN, AT SPRINGFIELD.
Good NOM from Western Virginia,
THE FIDELITY OF ADJUTANT GEN. THOMAS.
LETTER FROM THE BLOCKADING SQUADRON
OFF WILMINGTON, N. C.
&C., &C., &C.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Late Gen. Coe.ke.
The Richmond Dispatch, speaking of Gen. St.
George Cock°, who recently committed suicide,
says:
On his large estates, both in Virginia and the
South, ho had made ample provision for the reli
gious instruction of his numerous slaves, by erect
ing chapels and providing competent Christian
teachers. Devoutly Southern in all his principles
and feelings, he was one of the first to volunteer his
serviees in the cause of his country, and as a cap
tain, colonel, and general, to devote all hie energies
and abilities in her defence. His countrymen will
never forget his arduous and successful labors in
preparing the department of the Potomac to repel
invasion ; and fearlessly and faithfully, as com
mander of the Fifth Brigade, did he meet the foe
on the famous field of Manassas. Returning home
after an eight-months campaign, with a mind and
body shattered by unreinitted attention to his du
ties, the last sad act of his life was the net of a man
whose reason bad given way under excess of labor
and patriotic anxiety.
Jeff Davis' New Year's-Day Reception.
There was a more general observance of "New
Year's" than usual, owing to the fact that the war
has brought to Richmond a considerable addition
to our population from other cities where the anni
versary is7always a period of social festivity. The
streets were thronged with ladies, and everybody
looked gay and cheerful. Among notable events
of the day was the President's reception, which
commenced at 12 o'clock, and continued three
hours. Tho President stood at the door of the
largo reception room, and thousands of persons took
advantage of the opportunity to give him a friendly
grasp of the hand. Mrs. Davis was not present,
but her place was well supplied by her sister, Miss
Mrs. Col. Davis, and Mrs. Gen. Jones.
The ceremonies of introduction wore concluded by
the President's aids, Col. Joseph Davis and Col. G.
W. C. Leo. The Armory Band was present, and
everything passed of delightfully.—Riebnend
Dispatch.
The War in the Indian Country.
Na trios, Jan. 3.—A despatch has been received
from Little Rock, Arkansas, containing official in
telligence that Colonel James Mclntosh, in com
mand of four regiments, had a fight with tho forces
under Opothleyholo, about 75 miles northwest of
Fort Gibson, on the 20th of December.
The fight lasted four hours, and resulted in the
total rout of the enemy, who lost 200 in killed,
wounded, and missing ; ono hundred wero - :,taken
prisoners. The Confederate loss was 12 killed and
20 wounded. Colonel Mclntosh was still pursuing
the enemy. Opothleyholo was fleeing to Kansas.
The Confederates captured a largo number of no
grecs, 100 horses, eta.
Army of the Potomac.
[Correspondence of the Richmond
DlANAssas, Dec. 27.—T0-day our whole army is
engaged in building log houses for winter quarters,
or in moving to sites already selected. Several
brigades will remain where they now are, near the
fortifications in Centreville, end the remainder will
fall back a mile or two upon Bull Run. General
Kirby Smith's brigade is at " Camp 'Medi," to
the right of the Orange and Alexandria road, near
the run. Near by the whole of Van Dorn's divi
sion aro making themselves comfortable in their
little cottages, which rise rapidly day by day under
the diligent hands of the soldiers, A few brigades
are scattered down toward the Occoquan, where
wood and water aro plenty, the furthest being by
Davis' Ford. The artillery, with the exception of
Walton's battalion, has already been located be
tween Club Run and Stone Bridge. The cavalry
has fallen back a little, and they are now building
stables and houses near Centreville.
Gen. Stuart will remain in the advance. It is
probable that Gen. Johnston will oeoupy the Lewis
House,'on the battle-field, and Gon. Beauregard,
Wier's, his old headquarters, before the 10th and
21st. Longstreet's division will, if I ant correctly
informed, occupy the vtivanced position, and Rill
TWO CENTS,
remain where it is at present. The artillerists; de
tailed to man the guns in the batteries, wilt also
l'enutin by the fortifications. In case of an attack
bj..- the Yankees, it will take about two hours to
get the main strength of the army across to gull
Itutr.. Information of an approach would be givew
at letwt two hours before an enemy could come up.
That is about the situation of affairs for the winter,
and it :emains to be seen whether our men are to
have an opportunity of a brush with the Yankees,
or whoth,m' they will be allowed to enjoy their new
houses in el Itietness. When I soy all are ready for
an attack,..T ezzpreff but feebly the feeling which
prevails throrghout the army.
The Rebels , Fiowsptitts the Federal Go-
1112=12
[From the Eichmcval Dlsaatch,.JarrEary
The developments of the last Istir weeks of the
war have been the most remarkable that have oe
curred during its entire progress. The beginning
of December saw the Yankees in fedi force, app.* ,
rently ready for decitivebtitneat all lio'importantt
points of the frontier: Oti the Potomac they had'
the best appointed army on the continent, stated by
their own authorities to be two• hundrecYthousand
strong. In Kentucky they had znassed , together
two immense forces of th:cty to fifty thotisand'each,
which menaced Columbuo'and Bowling Green, and ,
all indications pointed with certainty. to on -Imme
diate advance upon our lines, at a time when we
were weak and were poorly able to Nvithstand • as-
Pauli from heavy columns. Zolliooffer was pressed
before Cumberland Gap by a force more than dons
ble his own; Pound Gap was at the mercy of Nel
son, having only a thousand men to , oppote•against
ten thousand ; Rosecrans was on the (lanky with•
an army which he now confesses to have been fif
teen thousand strong, against Floyd, having- only ,
twenty-three; hundred ; Reynolds was• on - Cheat
Mountain with five thousand, opposed by Johnson
with only twelve or fourteen hundred; and Sher
man had succeeded in landing fifteen or twenty;
thousand men at .Bcaufort, while we had in that
region at the time bat a few thousand forces, lit
tle better than militia, poorly provided-with arms
and ammunition. And, to crown all, thesplendid
weather invited them to the charge.
Then was presented the golden opportunity to
strike at every one of these points. Bold; effective
blows, stricken then simultaneously by all their
armies, could not have failed to errtsk our
strength in several quarters, and put a; gloomy
tare upon our affairs. Success at Columbus and
'Bowling Green would have been almost annihi—
lating to our fortunes in the West. Sueoess-at
Cumberland and Pound Gaps would have cut our
connections with Tennessee and Kentucky , . irre
trievably. Success in capturing our army m the •
Kanawha would have laid open all middle Western
Virginia next spring to the easy invasion of the •
enemy. A vigorous push from Beaufort upon
the Charleston and Savannah Railroad would'
have separated those two cities, and cut our army ,
of the seaboard in two.
But the enemy have let the golden opportunity ,
slip through their fingers. They have allowed its
time to make good our defences in every threatened
reteanrtarer.
us n a l e a by eri t e h rn m of m t i h n ejo d u a th Lg e e r r n people nwe has
been
e
now safe in every point where before wo were its
vulnerable. Our danger is passed, and we are
WOW at liberty to speculate 711107 Z the blindness or
imbecility which prevented the enemy fromusing •
an opportunity which, will never return to kiln.
To what cause is the enemy's failure everywhere
to advance attributable? It clearly was not due
to the want of men, to the want of supplies, or to
the want of preparation in facilities of every cha
racter. No troops were eves better armed, better
clothed, or better furnished with provisions and.
ammunition. This waanot only the ease with par
ticular corps, but was the case with all. And yet,
though fully prepared- for effective operations;.
though the whole world was expecting heavy
blows to be struck and decisive results to be
achieved, their armies everywhere either remained:
stock still or ignominiously and most strangely and
suddenly stampeded from an imaginary and non
putining foe.
There can bo but one solution for this most
strange phenomenon. The Yankees do not enlisiato •
fight ; they enlist only to draw pay. The cessation
of Southern trade having put a stop to their faoto
ries and mechanical trades, the operatives have had•
no other means of livelihood than enlistment; the
clerks and foremen have, tinder the same necessity,
taken licutenantcles and captaincies, and the bosses ,
are forced to play colonels. They have all gone
into the army as a means of livelihood, and without
any sort of intention to throw away their lives.
They took to the army to keep body and soul to—
gether, and without the remotest thought of employ.
ing that method for separating the two. Accord.
ingly, when McClellan orders an advance from the
Potomac, as he is said to have done repeatedly,
these well-fed, well-clothed, well-paid, and salaried
men of war persistently do not march. So in Ken•
tucky, whore they had every opportunity for a vic
tory •, and so at Beaufor,t when the panic, created
by their landing, invited an advance. All around
the frontier they exhibit this saws frugal regard
for life and comfort, and the same stolid immobility
under orders for an advance. We regard the last
four weeks as decisive of the war, not merely by its
results, or rather barrenness of results favorable to
the enemy, but by its clear developments of the
fact that the Yankees have enlisted in the army for
a living and with a fixed objection to hard fighting.
lion. A. H. Stephens.
The war correspondent of the Savannah Repub
lican closes a late letter from this city with the
following paragraph :
But there are moral as well as military heroes.
There is one in Richmond at this time—a man of
great intellect and high position. His health has
Leen indifferent for some days, but he is much bet
ter now, and will soon be able to resume his official
duties. He may be seen any day, when well, mo
ving noiselessly about the hospitals where the sick
soldiers are sent. lie has a kind word for every
I atient, lingers around their cots, inquires after
their wants, and consoles and encourages them by
his quiet attention and brotherly language. His
public duties press heavily upon him ; yet finds
time to steal away from the crowd that would follow
at his heels, and to search out the sufferer. Does
not your heart tell you instinctively who this hero
of the hospital is? It is Alexander 11. Stephens, of
whom it will not be said in the last day, "I was
sick, and ye visited me not."
An Attack on Jefferson Davis
The Richmond 117tig, of the 4th instant, in the
course of an article on the Davis Administration,
says:
If they have not subjugated us, they have im
pinged upon our soil, and they hold military pos
session of a part of Virginia and of the three slave
holding States. This, we confess, has always been
to us an unmixed bitter. And what renders it still
more disagreeable, we cannot divest ourselves of
the conviction, that it has been owing to the fault
of our own Administration. Our army, composed
of the best materials that over shouldered a musket,
went to the field to fight, and nothing else, and has
been panting for an advance from the moment of
enlistment to the present hour. Doomed to inac
tion, and rotting on straw, we have lost more by
disease than a dozen victories have cost, and wo
have lost the national reputation we enjoyed fur
dash and elap. Unless there is a promise, and ono
to be relied on, of a total change in this policy of
the great Cunetator, we shall have no more volun
teers after the expiration of the present term. This
is a vital matter, to which all our authorities should
at once direct their attention. Con,,oress, as well as
the Executive, is entrusted with the public weal.
All should exert themselves to the utmost for the
common safety and the common glory, for the for
tunes of us all aro at stake.
Letter of Thanks from Gen. Berturegard.
CENTREVILLE; Va., Deo. 29, 1861.
Mits. S. H. Bynum—Deaf Madam : Permit me
to thank you for the two bottles of homemade wine
you had the kindness to send me, and which I have
found to be most excellent. We shall have the
pleasure of drinking it on New Year's day to your
very good health and prosperity, and to the success
of our sacred cause.
With much respect, I remain, dear madam, your
most obedient servant, G. T. Beaunmaastn.
Letter from a Paroled Prisoner.
To the Editors of the Enquirer:
GEZiTLEM.EN : lobservedsome remarks-about the
treatment in Washington of the prisoners lately
released. I have been in the old Capitol prison,
since the 10th day of September, and have never
been myself or seen others insulted. The Govern
ment allowed us soldiers rations, and we received
everything our friends sent us except money. I
was permitted to sco all my friends in presence of
an officer.
I think our passage through Baltimore was
known to but few, and there was no demonstra
tion. At Fort McHenry, Col. Morris was very at
tentive and polite.
I make this statement merely that the truth
may be known.
Yours respectfully,
Gee. HOWARD. of Md.,
Paroled Prisoner.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Zollmoller's Movements
LortsviLLE, Jan. B.—The Democrat is informed
that a Federal scouting party brought five prisoners
into Columbia, Ky., who were endeavoring to join
the rebel Zolliceffer. The party report that MM.
coffer, with four thousand men, is between Greets
bore' and Columbia. The town of Greensburg had
been almost depopulated by the rebels, but Gen.
Ward's Federal brigade bait gone there to take
possession.
The rebels had captured five soldiers, who were
guarding Borate's Ferry, killing, a man named
James, and taking flacon or twenty muskets. The
guard was surprised by rebel detachments on each
side of the river.
Affairs at Green Bridge
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
writing from Cnmp Wickliffe, Kentucky, under
data of Jan. 2, says:
Tho anticipation of an early forward movement
keeps the division in pretty good spirits, notwith
standing the excessive moan disrsititin of the
weather. The sleet or rain, or rain and sleet, has
made picket and guard duty a very onerous
task. This morning large squads of mon re
turning from their posts to camp, came in eni'e
loped in a Con of ice, presenting a glittering ap
pearance. •
General Nelson goes to Louisville to-day, to con
fer with General Buell upon important business.
The Green-river bridge is just rebuilt, and pon
toons aro being made as fast as possible, to render
everything safe for so large an army to cross Green
river. I do not really believe that Buckner will
fight, but when he finds ho is so completely our
rounded will, like Davy Crockett's coon, come
down."
We bare ample proof daily that his army is de
moralized and hard to restrain. We hear daily of
numerous escapes of men who have been with the
Confeds. Once beyond Buckner's pickets, they
are safe, and those who dare venture on the safe
side of the line are not backward in returning to
their homes. Several have since joined the Fedora
troops, thus acknowledging, in a worthy manner,
the error of their way. Important information. is
thus gained by our commanders.
Buckner bas cat his neighborhood completely out,
so that chickens brought from a distance command
50 and 75 cents each. Hams sell at 30 cents per lb.;
eggs 50 cents per dozen. Asa matter et course they
THE WAR PRESS.
Tun Wen Puss will be sent to enbecribers by
mail (per annum in advance) at $9.0111
Three Copies n i‘ 6.04
Five 6 , .1
Ten 11 11
Laver Clubs will be charged st the same rate, they :
20 copies will coat $24 ; 60 copies will cost 8 60 i and
3.00 copies $l2O.
For a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send ai
Extra Copy to the getter•no of the Club.
hWir root:mutters ere requested to act as Until kg
T EN
, WAI PRESS
paq , of i e i,,g but Confederate scrip, Hundreds who
are forced to take it, gather it up and hurry far
ther & nt h, 11 , ell it at 30 and 40 oenta discount, know
ing i t will b t worthless when the Federal troops'
pap them a Titi,L
G e n. ' , gramme 's Skirmish with the Enemy
Lear Paducah.
A corxespondext )f the Cincinnati Gazette, under
data of January 1 r raoa f
Ott the 3fith ult. wdr eantp was stirred throughout
by the report of marthit,:g orders, and then followed
a thousand other rumour, which only those who are
used to camp life Gan , i.'ow. "General Wanner,
and all the cavalry err EarrOrraded;" " a severe
battle is bring fought at General Waila-ce
has unmanned Clay Kitts, and •s.in• were le attack
him in front," de-, do. lin minutsa' time
we wore all' sally to marsh, The . no/uma stored
at half poet one o'clock 321.,- the Eleienth Indiana;
in front, Illortod by the Ealeage „Lijat Artillery
and the N.: - Uth .131nois. The roepect seamed better
for a fight 'Alan even before.
Sunset feted us .2ftnen rotte' distant, where the
railroad forma a jrinatien with. he Mnyffuld read.
Mere a messenger cane from Goneral Walbse, or-'
Bering us to halt, and-caraitfurtlio•torders. It was
a "'damper" on us; The boars' dragged :dowry
ca,- and still HO orders'ennie. Sleepy and eihenst-•
ed,-the troops Truro soon stretched' around their
camp fires. Mining eerie, but•witlfilt no orders.
itchat is up v' was-nowthe' serious- paestion. A
fresh supply of proylsions van - sent for;; but instead
of the provisions mime an. order from General-
Smitli.to General T.'"allace, ordering hinr to return.
About one o'clocil-P:Af., Os:moral %Mace ar
rived, haying been cut ever Baturd'ay night
last, and the entire column took-up its' mach for
Paducan,
Gen. Wallace had Mt this• part last .S.7.larday
night with four hundrerleavalry, and was scouring
the country surroundirs. 11 fayfieles. endeavoring to
entrap the notorious _fling. Sunday night our
scoutsirronght in word to Gen. Wallace, whemas •
then at Vkicia, that the enemy was advancing with
a heavy fume against hint. About three o'clock in •
the thorning our pickets were driven in, and on.
ward came the enemy, ponying-in from every side.
Their.force was supposed to be about two thousand.
infantry^ and six hundred cavalry. Gen. Wallace
ordered his men to fall back , on thin side of the.
creek; the bridge over It was - bursted, and-the
stream Stied with all possible obstructions.
Just as the rear guard of OUP forces crewed -the -
creek, they wane fired into by the enemy's advance,
but without effect. After felling-back ,about a
mile this side of Viola. to a more convenient posi
tion, Gen. Wallace halted to give- them battle,
although-it was sapposed that their forces outnum
bered ours few to one. It was thendhat reinforce
ments were sent far. The iebelerfearing thapdhoy
were being drawn into an ambush, commenced fall--
Mg back; andswerm closely followed by our gallant
general.
Our advance continued harassing their rear all
the way to Mayfield, endeavoring to persuade them •
to halt until the reinforcements could arrive, but to •
no avail. Supposing that they had retreated back
to Camp Beauregard, Gen. Wallace then sent a •
messenger ordering as to await further orders.
Three day's provisions were then ordered and Gen.
Wallace intended following them up, and routing,:
them from their position at Beauregarde But fear
ing that reinforcements would arrive from Colum
bus, which would make similar regnisitions neces
sary from this place, and thereby bring on-a gene
ral engagement, which is contrary to , orders-at this
post, Gen.. Smith deemed it prudent to order the
entire force back.
Several of oui men barely made their escape.
Adjutant General Fred Knefiler, being somewhat
detained, came well nigh falling into the hinds of
six or seven stalwart rebels, wbe came at him with
drawn swords, crying " surrender !" But Fred.
didn't surrender. Three of our guides—Ken
tuckians, and braver men never lived—lost their
horses—and did well to save their own carcasses.
They had just stepped into a house, endeavoring to
obtain some information, when the rebels rushed in
at the front door, and they made their escsio,
through the back, leaving their horses behind.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI:
The, Battle of Mount Zion
(Correspondence of tho Missouri Democrat.]
STURGEON, Mo., Dec. 29,484
One of the severest engagements -that have been
fought during the campaign in Misso• uri took place
yesterday atliteunt Zion, eighteen miles southwest
from this place, between six hundred Federate,
commanded by, Brigadier General Prenthi, con
sisting of a detachment from Colonel Birge'S Sharp
shooters and five.companies from. Colonel Glover's
Cavalry, and seven or eight hundred Confederates %
which resulted in the rout of the rebels, with se
vere loss and the capture of their camp,.
Skirmishing commenced at 11 o'clock, in the
morning. and in three hours after our troops held
complete possession of the field, and not a rebel t>
be seen except the captured, and the dead, and the
wounded, which the enemy were unable to take
with them on account of their precipitate retreat.
As nearly as could. be estimated, the rebel.loss
was fifteen killed and seventy wounded, twenty
seven prisoners, forty guns, and some sixty hence
and mules. They were destitute of camp equipage,
and stores of any kind.
Our iota reached three killed, two mortally
wounded, and thirty more or lesaseverely hurt.
The enemy was encamped in the edge of a wood
upon a hill, dillicult of approach, Witli.eyery ad
vantage in their favor.
Capt. Boyd's rifiemen.wore ordered. o bring the
enemy into action, and although.a perfect storm of
lead swept around them, they stood their ground
and fought obstinately, as long as a rebel remained
in sight.
About 250 men participated in the engagement,
and their courageous style of fighting was highly
complimented by Gen. Prentiss.- The otticom-for
the most part showed coolness -and courage, and
managed their respective commands with skill and
effect.
The command returned, to .their camp at Star
geon on the evening of the engagement, perform
ing the extraordinary feat of.marching upward or
forty-two miles, and fighting. a. severe battle in
twenty-four hours.
There remain but a few. armed bands of rebels
in this part of the country at the present time, and.
the effect of this success of our arms will probably
be to discourage and dishearten the friends of rebel
lion.
Latest from Sprineld—Price Alarmed—
Sad State of Atfaire
Tho St. Louis Republican of the oth inst. says:
Mr. Giles Smith, an citizen of Barry county,
reached Rolla yesterday morning, and communi
cated the following facts to Mr. Turner, a member
of the State Convention, who came in on the Pacific
train last evening.
Mr. Smith left his home, in Barry county, last
week, fearing the Secessionists would take his life.
But a day or two previous to his departure three
Union men living in his vicinity were taken from.
their homes and shot dead by Joe Pevy, the ex
sheriff' of tbo county. Two of the number—a Mr.
- Watson and Sol. Roberts—had been Secessionists,
but had recently espoused the Union cause.
Mr. Smith passed near Springfield, and learned
that Price was at that place, with 20,000 men and
ferty-six pieces -of cannon. Ho had just received
six pieces of cannon from Arkansas. McCulloch
was with Price, in command of a body of Arkansas
troops.
Price expeoted an immediate attack, and had
called upon the Secession Home Guards in the sur
rounding country to come to his aid
Montgomery was at Bower's-Mills, in Lawrence
county. A part of his force was at Carthage. He
raised the stars- and stripes at Mount Vernon, in
Lawrence county, but the Secessionists pulled the
flag down after his departure. lie subsequently
returned and raised the flagagain, and told the oiti
-7.C119 if they tore it town he would burn the town.
The flag was flying at last accounts.
At Spring crook Mr. Smith passed twenty-five
emigrant wagons going south.
Gen.. Sigel.
Gen. Sigel's resignation was dated on the 31st,
and the Post (German) of this city, says that some
twenty or thirty officers in command at Bella have
likewise tendered their resignations. Maj. Has
sendeubel is understood to be of the number.—St-
Louis Republican, Oth, inst.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
The Blockade of Wilmington, N. C
[Correspondence of the Press.]
U. S. STEAMER MOUNT VERNON,
Blockading off Wilmington N. C., Doc. 5, 1861
There are several onboard of this vessel who hail
from the patriotic city of "Brotherly Love," and
their friends will, no doubt, be glad to hoar, through
your journal, of their health and welfare. Our first.
station, after leaving Old Point, was off Beaufort,
N. C., where we cruised for a month. We wore
then ordered to this place, and, since our arrival, it
has been more effectually blockaded than ever before,
for no vessel has got in or out since we anchored.
On the morning of the 20th instant, after the
fog and haze lifted, we discovered a little rebel
tug close in the shore. Our anchor was buoyed
and slipped, and our little steamer was headed
for her. The tug was close into the land, and
between our vessel and the tug was a reef, in
such shoal water that we could not go over it with
safety. We run as close to her as possible, and fired
two shots at her. They fell short about half a mile.
If we bad been properly armed with a rifted can
non, we could have crippled her, and made a prize_
Thetug was very fast, and she pulled quickly for
the fort. We could see the rebels in the fort waving
their rags to her. When she got safely in under
their guns they hoisted their miserable banner, and
let it fly for a moment, and then hauled it down, as
if ashamed of it. All vessels that are blockading
should be armed with at least one gun that is rifled.
If we bad been armed on the morning of the 20th
with a rifled gun, the , c Secesh " navy would have
been minus one vessel. It was a great disappointment
to all of us that wo did not secure her, and we hops
that the Department will give us a new armament
when wo go up to Old Point to coal and water.
Our commander, 0. S Glisson, Esq., is a splendid
officer, and very popular with officers and mon. He
has been in the service thirty-five years, and alwe,ya
actively employed, as the navy register will show.
We very seldom hear what is going on, and news
papers are a great treat to us; and Fie T? ess would
be particularly welcome to those from Philadel
phia, as we would them know what is going on in
our good city.
Herewith is a list of the officers of the Noma
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Commander-0. S. Grissom
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Masters—Alick Allen, Henry L. Sturges, John.
D. Barclay.
Assistant Paymaster—Henry Y. Wisson.
Surgeon—Samuel B. lioppin.
Chief Engineer—Joseph Mcßnight.
Engineers—John Lardner, James H. Hosford.
Master's Mate—Robert G. Wright.
Pilot—John P. Foote.
If anything occurs that would be of interest to
your readers I will advise you of lt,. DI. D.
(Contms:c.icz er.:::•:L. Fags.)