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VOL 20.
STROUDSBUEG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JANUARY 16, IS62.
NO. M.
jPiiblished by Theodore Sclioch
TGHM3. Two dollars per annumin advance Two
Hollars anl u quarter, half yearly and if not paid be
fore the eul of the year. Two dollars and ah-tlr.
H i oipers.lisconlfnued until allarrearagesatcpaid,
fcxsem at the option of the Editor.
Cvh'ertisemeiUs of onesquarc (ten lines) or less,
one or three insertions, $100. Each additional inscr
4. -J3 cants. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRINTING.
Ylnvins a general assortment of large, plain and or
bamental Type, we are prepared to execute everydc
criptionof
crdv circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, niank Keceipts,
Jiiii(p anil outer Li ii ks, i .1 i uiiui. o-i ., in 111 . - . . . t j i
ted wftiVeaii'ess and rcasonuDicteims dition to the payments to bo made by the
at this office. National Government as hereinafter ata-
' '-' -l-i"- tfl(j tjjo baan00 available in the treasury
G-OVerilOr'S MeSSage. ; will be largely increased.
3b the Honorable the Senate and House of, It " also be observed that it has not
RcpresanUUivesofUie Commoiceahh of jot been found necessary to call in all of
Pennsylvania.- j tbo loan effec,ed under the act of the 18th
n t i i i rv -n 'of May lat
Gentlemen,' It has pleased Divine Frov- i T . , ,. e
wuiucmirt, " i ln sonje items, the ordinary revenue of
lilonnu fliinnrr tho Inct snnsnn. In TIVP IIS :i- ' ' J
bundant crops, unbroken pence within our .
border?, unanimity among our people, nnd ! The loan authorized by the act of May
thus to enable this commonwealth to do her 15, ItsGI . was taken at par. This oocur
full duly to the country, to herself, and topos- ' rencc, most gratifying under all tbe then
terity. For these blessings, we have cause j e xisting circumstances of embarrassment,
fn VlO fT r.'l 1 nflll i
The balance in the Treasury on the 30ih j
November, 1800, was GS1,433 US ,
The receipts du
ring the fiscal year
ending Ni.v.30,1561
were ue follows;
From ordinary
source?, 3,017,045 67
From temporary
loan under act of A
pril 12, 1561, at 6
per cent, interest,
& negotiated atpar 475.C00 00
From 6 per cent,
loan under act of
May 15, 1861, also
negotiated at par 2,612,150 00
From Society of
Cincinnatus 500 00
From U. Slates
on account military
expenses. 606,000 00
From paymasters
and others, refund
ed. 32,220 45
6,743,525 02
Total into the Treasury for
fiscal year ending Nov.30, 1661. 7,421,959 10
And the payments
as follows:
For ordinary pur
poses. 3,144,480 84
Fur military expen
ses under acts April
12, 1861, and May
15 and l.'i, 1861:
474,878 85 . -1,708,462
63
170,535 51
2,353,572 04
For amount loan
under act April 12,
1861, relaid. 375,000 00
5,873,352 33
Leaving balance in Treasu
ry, Nov. 30, 1661. 1,551,605 72
PDBLIC DEBT, FUNDED AND UNFUNDED.
Received fiorn tem
porary loan, underact
of April 12, 1861. 475,000 00
Repaid as above. 375,000 00
Outstanding Nov.
80, 1861.
Received from
loan under-act of
May 15, 1861.
Amount of public
debt, funded alid un
100,000 00
2,612,150 00
funded, Nov. 30,
1661.
37,969,847 50
Paid during fiscal
Year.
101,331 42
37,665,516 03
Remaining unpaid
(exclusive of milita
ry loans above men
tioned, Nov. 30, 1-6L 37,861,516 08
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF MILITARY
ilOANS.
Receipts from military loan,
under act April 12, 1661. 8475,000 00
Act May 15. 2,612,150 00
From paymasters and others,
refunded. 32,229 45
3,119,37945
Paid for milita;
ry expenses, as a
bove.
$2,353,972 04
Paid for redeem
ing loan, uct April
12,
375,000 00
62,739,872 04
Unexpended of miliary 9XKjm u
RECEirTS AND EXPENDITURES OF ORDINARY
REVENUE.
Balance in Treasury, lrom
ordinary sources, Nov. 30,
I860.
Received from ordinary
sources during fiscal year,
631.433 08
3,017.645 57
3,699,078 65
3,144,480 34
554,593 31
606,000 00
Paid for-ordinary expenses
as above.
Unexpended of ordinary re
venue.
Received from U. Slates
Government on account of
military expenditures,
Received from Society of
Cincinnatus,
Balance Treasury, as above,
500 UU
fcl,010,OUi t
It will be oberved that tbe fiscal year ' quit wai filed in tb Supremo Court by
ends on tbe 30th of November, and tbe a bond and stockholder, in which suoh
siokiof fund year on tbe first Monday ia j proceedings wero had, that by a decree
September, which accounts for tbo appa- j raade on tbe 2d of September last, tbo
rent deficiency in tbe amount of debt paid property and affair of the company wero
ts stated ia the Treasurer's report, and placed in the bands of receiver.
V? the Comissioners of the Sinking j A plan has been suggested for the bs
Fnd. The State bas on band a surplus Bent 0f the stock and bond holders, which
f aniforms and equipments, which cost ' contemplates a sale of the canal, uuder
aieut $190 000, whiob the United States lawful process, and a purchase of tbe same
have agreed to take, and pay for at cost, j for the purpose of forming a Dew compa
JtrrMfeeBts have been made with tbe Dyf of which the capital stock ehallbe odo
General Government for the reimburse
ment of the military expenses of the State
t,ince the 27 th of July Iat. The bills, as
paid, are forwarded to Washington, and
partial repayments havo already been
made.
It will be observed that the receipts
from ordinary eources of revenue, for the
year 18G1, have decreased, but, a9 pay
ments have been made on some of them
since the settlement at tho end of the fis
cal year on the first of December, and
mow may reasonably be expected in ad
1 8G 1 was in excess of that of I860.
IT I . .:. t, . llm nnnfl
(,euce of the peop)e ;Q the fitaViHty and
;ut it of tho Commonwealth, and of
the determination to support tbe Govern
ment. The operations of the Mnking fund du
ring the last year have been, as shown by
my proclamation of 5th of September last,
as follows :
Debt rcdeiMiied from 4th of Sept.
1S(K), to 1st of Sept. 1861 300,801 01
Of stock loans 300,050 00 '
Of iut'st on certificates 3,330 01
Of seiief notes 42100
300,801 01
I refer to the reports of the State Trea-
surer and Auditor General for the details jQ my messages of the 9th and 30th of
of the fioauoial affairs of the Common- prjj agtf j 8et fortn at iength my views
wealth. The reports of the Surveyor 0f tuQ character and objects of the con
General and State Librarian will exhibit te3t WQ;Cu -Xi bt poking. Subsequent
the state of ihe departments under their refleotion has confirmed me in the correet-caro-
ness of the opinions then expressed and
The Commissioners of the Sinking to Wu;Cu j refcr iD addition it ought to
Fund duriug tbe last springreceived from De understood, tbat looking to the variety
tbe Philadelphia and Erie (late Sunbury an(j character of ber produota and indus
and Erie) Railroad Company forty bonds try, her material interest alone would
of that company for 100,000 each, and rendcr the preservation of the Union from
a mortgage to secure the same executed the present assault upon it, indispensable
in conformity with the third section of to Pennsylvania. She cannot afford to
tho act of March tbe 7th, 1861. That have a foreign Power below or above or
company has also deposited in tho State bounding her on tho Delaware, the Chcs
Treasury its bonds to the amount of five apCab0 0r the Mississippi, and she will
millions of dollars in accordance with the never acquiesce in such 'a result, whatever
6tb section of tho same act. On the 9th may he the cost in men and money of her
of May lat I grantod my warrant author- resistance to it.
izinjr the state Treasurer to deliver to tho
said company one thousand of said bonds,
being to the amount of one million of dollar-.
This warrant was issued in confor
mity with the law, tho five per cent bonds
mentioned in the fifth section of the act
(except those belonging to tbe State and
now in the sicking fund) having been
previously surrendered and cancelled, and
satisfaction entered on the record of tho
mortgage uieuuoueu .u aa.u aitu secuou.
. j : cm
riawug rece.vuu uouoe iroai iuo oou.ua-
ny tbat the bonds so delivered to the com.
pany or their proceeds bad been .ppropri-
ated in accordance with the provisions of
the law, on the 21 of June last I ap-
pointed John A, right as Commissioner
to mine .ouwrepor.ro me wonoer
- v r
propnated to tbe purpose, required by the
ct. His report has not yet been receiv-
ed by me.
It is understood that arrangements
have at l.t been made . under which the
direct .railroad I connection between Phil-
adelph.a and Erie will be oompleted with -
id a short time. It is impossible to esti-
mate too highly the importance of this
great work to tbe Commonwealth, and o-
peoially to Philadelphia and Eric and tho
hitherto neglected counties near its route
west of the Susquehanna.
By tbe act of the 21 at April, 1853 for
the tale of the State canals to tbe Sunbu
ry and Erie Railroad Company, it was
provided tbat if that company should sell
said canals for a greater sum in tbe ag
gregate than three and a half millions of
dollars, seventy-five per centum of such
excesB should bo paid to tho Common-
wealth by a tran-fer of so much of such
bonds and seenritics as said company
should receive for tho same and payable
in like manner.
The company sold the canala, and re-
-..a ,u, j,.rn nf.Unmfif n ci,
sale, due to the Commonwealth, was S281,ibem.and auds were alleged to have
250, of which 3250 was paid in cash, and j been Perpetrated, I appointed a Board of
for tbe remaining $281,000 tho Common- Commissioners to invo.tigato the whole
wealth received counon bonds of the Wv- 1 bJect- A C0Py of tbe,r roPort W!th th
oming Canal Company to that amount,
hin a nortion of bonds for S900.000. is-
sued by that company, and secured by a
mortgage of tbe Wyoming Canal, former
ly called the Lower North Branch Canal.
These bonds bear an interest of six per
cent, per annum, payable semi-annually
on tbe 15tb of January and July, and the
interest was paid by the company to Jan
uary last inolusivc. Tbe interest due in
o i
' July last has not" been paid. Judg-
jjjgQtu having been obtained against tho
the coojpany on Borne oi tne coupons
. .. nn:j interest, a bill in e
, vf V U V MMU " J I
million of dollars, divided into twenty ! ring instant relief. The expenses atten
thousand shares, of fifty dollars caob, of .ding theso operations amounted, so far as
which absenting bolder of a mortgage
bond, for one thousand dollars, shall be
entitled to eighteen shares, and each as
senting holder of fifty shares of stoek of
tbe Wyoming Canal Company shall be
entitled to nine shares. Of course, no
officer of the Commonwealth had author
ity to assent to tho proposal, or in any
way to affect her position. It is believed
also, that tbe plan is not one that ought
to be assented to by the Commonwealth,
and that, under all the circumstance, if
tbe convenience of individual parties re
quires a change, as proposed, tbe debt
due tho Commonwealth ought to be first
paid or fully scoured.
I suggest that the act passed 8th of A
pril, 1861, entitled, "An act concerning
tho sale of railroads, canals, &o.," should
be modified so that in all cases in which
a debt may bo due to the Commonwealth
by tho company as whose property a pub
lic work may be sold, the purchasers there
of shall not be entitled to tho benefits and
privileges conferred by the act unless they
f r.i.ll Unnn cf nnlll frViA ilrtVvf til flirt
' State, or secured the same by their bcuds
! to the Commonwealth secured by a first
mortgage on the work itself.
I commond the subject to tho immedi
ate consideration of the Legislature, as
an effort may be made at an early day
to enforce a sale of the canal, and some
provision by law to protect the intcrosts
of tbe Stato would in that case bo neces
sary.
Tho
wicked and monstrous rebellion
which broke out many months ago, has
not yet been qnolled. Every sentiment
of loyalty and patriotism demands its ef-
fectuai 6UDDression
On the 9th of April last, I directed the
attention of the Legislature to the neces
sity which existed for an improved mili
tary organization, and on the 12th of the
same mouth the act entitled ,fAn aot for
the bettor organization of tbe militia of
this Commonwealth'' passed, appropria
ting the sum of $600,000 for the purpose
of organizing equipping and arming tho
militia. On tho 15th of April tbe Presi-
. proclamation, called for a milita
: forc(J of 15 QQQ q wfaich tb(J
A tQ Penns lvauia was atnfirst
6ixteci)e(afterwarda roc-ucctJ to fourteen)
lme t0 serve aa infantry or riflemen
fJ term Qf mQQtha uq1c8S soon.
cf d;schared. Thia oaH wa8 entbusias-
responded to by the people of
Pennsylvania. The first military aid
from ,o , gt th(J 6overQ.
j Tccch'cd at Washington, was a Penn-
! sylvania corps which arrived there prior
thfl lgth A n Qd thafc d th(J
Q q othe-eorpB from this and oth-
Ste8 th fc hlmon waa impcded
' b f and during nearly two weeks
; JtnrnrA iho nnmJnn bntwonn
Wasbi t0Q and tho , al State3 was a.
! most enre,y CQt off 0q tfao 19th l .
ceivod a request from tbe War Depart
ment that tbe troops proparing in this
State should be clothed, armed, eqipped,
1 subsisted, and transported by the State
in consequence of the then iniability of
the United States.
This request was, of course, complied with,
and twenty-five regiments, (being eleven
regiments beyond our qootu) comprising
j ra0Q irora, x euuy.vuU,B
I tii t r c r T 1 !
: J tcm 01 wree monw 8 uuuer uio
I President s proclamation above referred
j t0; As J.bc "ishing those volunteers
with. supplies wa necessarily, under the
circumstances, a hurried operation, and
1 as complaints wero made in regard to
! evidence taken by them, has been already
J 'a,Q DC,oro lue Puu,,c-
It is tbe inten
tion of tbo Auditor Goneral to open tho
accounts of such parties as appear by tho
testimony to have been overpaid, and this
wooniuuiijf i,u u f j . nf viCe. as all exint ne requisitions made on
oourse has already been taken in two of v,ce lu hu UA,nt,uK m
t, J tho Stato wero more than filled,
these cases. luu w . . . .
n tu : f tu i,m rtf ft,n Much apprehension existed m tbo wes
On the expiration of tbe term ot tdo AiU unr.Aava nf
. r t i i i : l, nrn and soutbwessern borders oi too
tbree-months men, in July last, some eight jorn an" " AnwnaA .11lnnnn rn
, id i State and it was deemed prudent to rc-
or ten thousand discharged Pennsylvania state, anu u pww n mPot
, .i . tr : u....t&m tho reciment at 1 ittsourg to meet
vo unteers were thrown into Harrisburg 18111 lU0 vb im . , Af
without any notice and detained here 1 "j:"? ,"'5? tlsITKb May
waiting to bo paid, for an average titoo of the pa age or tn ,
0m nn dnra Thoir tints. oamD eaui-
O W l J 14U J - 1 J 1
e ten days ineir "7. BH -
i, and cooking u ensils had been taken
, than, at W.ll.amsport Md., d
r arrived here destitute of all means
page
from
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of shelter and of prepanna their lood.
Tbe Commissary of tho United States fur -
nished uncooked rations, and, under tho
. . t 1 aii.
5r,iimBfi,tinoa nf nmnronnov. I deomed it
... . . -
necessary to mate arrangomcnis wr am-
1 11 LL I IS tuv vuttius,
in lha ninL-mir onii nairiniT ni mu I Lk-
a..., and Uo (or furmsbig ...I. .to .o 6cmco s.aoo 0 eptcn, r . ... . - --J ?ot,xistenoei bllt, m lU lbo ,3a of Jul,.' For tk. Hw. hW
Z VSTa JdltU d Htl te.-i io . flueoccd S, ,h. ,.l., , of ordolBd o ,ta ot t,.,o U.,
O I -
ascertained, to S744 20, and I recommend
that the Legislature make an appropria
tion to pay th.eni. It ought to be stated
that these expen-es would have been much
larger but for the liberal and patriotic ef
forts of tbe citizens, and especially the la
dies of Harrisburg, their frco banded
uucjmuufcy uuu gcuuruua am 10 our wea-
ried and hungry soldiers deserve remem
brance and gratitude.
At the special session of the Legisla
ture, which commenced on the 30th of
April last, I recommended, equipped,
olothed, subsisted, and paid by the State,
and drilled in camps of instruction, in
anticipation of tho exigencies of the coun
try, and by the act of the 15th May last,
suoh a corps was directed to be raised,
and a loan of 83,000,000 was authorized
to defray the expenses of that and other
military preparations. Men, more than
sufficient in number to form some ten reg
iments of tbe Reserve Corps, had previ
ous to the 15tb of May, been accepted by
me, in pursoance of a call on me (after
wards rescinded) for twonty-five regi
ments, and wero then already assembled
and subjeot to my control. Most of these
men volunteered for tbe Reserve Corps,
and wero immediately organized. Tfao
remaining regiments were rapidly re
oruited and the corps was thus completed,
and George A. McCall, of Chester coun
ty, was commissioned as Major General,
and assigned to tbe command of all tbe
foroes raised, or to be raised, under the
provisions of tbe last mentioned act.
The rogimcnts composing the Rescrvo
Corps wero instructed in four camps, in
different parts of tbe State, until they
were taken into the service of the
United States. Two of theo regi
ments under tho command of Colonels
Charles J. Biddle and Seneca G. Sim
mons, and two oompauies of artillery, un
der the command of Colonel Charles T.
Campbell, at the pressing instance of the
War Department, wero sent, on the 22d
of June last, to the relief of Col. Wal
lace, at Cumberland, and remained for
about six weeks, there and in Western
Virginia, engaged in active operations.
Towards tho close of July, tho whole
corps was called for under requisition,
and taken into the service of the United
States. Within four days after tho disas
ter at Bull Run, eleven regiments of this
fine body of men armed, drilled,
olothed, equipped, and, in all respects,
ready for active service were in Wash
ington. The regiments and companies
from Western Virginia, and the remain
ing two regiments, making the whole
number of fifteen, soon joined them there,
and they are all now in eervice under the
command of General MuCall, who has
been commissioned as a brigadier gener
al by tho United States.
These fifteen regiments contain fifteen
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six men,
and constitute a division comprising threo
brigades, a regiment of artillery, and one
of cavalry. The whole expense of rais
ing, clothing, equipping, subsisting, and
paying tho Reserve Corps (including the
expense of establishing and fitting the
camp of instruction, of recruiting, and
supplying regimental flags, and tho ex
penses of tbe campaign of tbe two regi
ments and companies in Maryland and
Western Virginia, which were all de
frayed by the State), has amountod to
855,444.87. This does not include tho
me iransponauou ou ra"BU0' uo luo
separation of that account would have
been a work of great labor, nor does it
inoludo tho pay of tho two rogimcnts dur
ing the campaign, but it does include all
the expenses, wbioh were heavy, of teams
and transportation, not on railroads, for
the two regiments in tho oampaign above
mentioned. Twelve regiments of tho
Reserve Corps was paid, subsisted, &o.,
by the State to tho average date of 22d
July. The two regiments in Western
Virginia wero paid by the Stato to the
date of their departure from Harrisburg
on that expedition. Tho cavalry regi
ment was not paid by the Stato. It will
be perceived that the whole average ex
pense per man was S53.95.
Previous to the 31st of April last, a
regiment had been enlisted in the city of
Erio from Northwestern Pennsylvania.
When the call was made on me on that
day for twenty-five additional regiments,
the Erio regiment was ordered to march
to Harrisburg. Tho call was rescinded,
however, before the regiment reached
Pittsburg, and I ordered it to encamp at
tbat city, where it remained until the
30th of June. The National Government
declined to muster tbo regiment into ser
lou'i " "tta r"-. " r .
1 ,J f of tbe Re8erve volUDte0r
would ior p &
"'from homo, and remained inactive
1,0,6 lrom Damy , " ' . .
.... . . ,
xl .1 niilmrii Anfnrinff Inn it n T-
m camp, iuy u,.. vU..-K v--
1 vice, and were substituted and paid up to
the 30th of June by the State. I wo re-
:) uP mnnn hpon en isteu lrom tne
eiment8 nave since ueeu cuusicu iiuuj mo
o vonnvvnnti. at ihe cltv of
- - j. , .
jiic. wuw w. -
. o t . .1 r.rra nc on nflnAiBtrv in urui an ner yoi- limit- inn i.t 01 .1 nnp; Ana t :ni v. M..Lt
say that Kost of the men arc now in ser -
ice-
Further requisitions for sixteen" fegi-
ments of infantry and two regiments of
cavalry were shortly afterwarda made by
! the War Department. Of theso, sixteen
have already been raised, and are in tbe
j-orvice of the United States, and tbe re -
; maining two are in the course of organi -
zauou, auu neariy reaay 10 marcn.
In adition to the requisitions on the
State War Department had given author -
ity to numerous individuals to raise vol
unteers in Pennsylvania; but as tbat sys
tem was found to create moob embarrass
ment, a general order was issued by tho
War Department, on the 25th of Septem
ber, last, placing all such organizations
under the control of the Governor, and
shortly after a requisition was made on
tbe Stato to increase her quota to 75,000
men. lbose independent organizations, f Ubief. Muskets and rifle to a consider'
as they were called, thus became Penn-able extent have been furnished to the
sylvania regiments, and, as completed and I Pennsylvania volunteers from tbe State
sent forward, form part of the quota of Arsenal. Others have been sent by IhS
the State. United States authorities to arm them be-
The State regiments have been num- fore leaving tho State. In some case"
bered, and the laot to this date is num- regiments havo gone without arms, under
bered 115. Two of the three months re- assurances from tho War Department
gimcnis nave continued m eervice under
tbe late requisitions, and retain their o-
riginal numbers. Deducting tbe remain-twenty-three
three-months regiments,
there are ninety-two regiments in sort ico
end preparing for it. We have also in
service and preparing twenty-four com
panies. The following table of tbe existing
Pennsylvania volunteer force is given for
information .
REGIMENTS IN SERVICE.
66 regiments of infantry, of which
6 were rifle regiments,
11 regiments of cavalry,
1 regiment of artillery.
71,189
12,690
1,077
84,959
COMPANIES IN SERVICE.
7 companies of infantry,
6 companies of cavalry,
6 companies of artillery,
707
578
936
2,221
87,177
Enlistments in other than Pennsylva
nia organizations, estimated (the
officers of which are in course of be
ing commissioned)
6,400
Total in service,
93,577
REGIMENTS PREPARING FOR SERVICE.
12 regiments of infantry, 13,092
1 regiment of cavalry, 1,136
1 regiment of artillery 1,077
15,305
COMPANIES PREPARING" TOR SERVICE.
1 company of cavalry
4 companies of artillery
109
G24
733
16,038
In service,
Preparing for service
93,577
16,038
Pennsylvania's contribution. 109,615
Exclusive of 20,175 three-months men now
disban led.
Tho regiments preparing for service
are incomplete. Those tbat may not be
filled by the 16th inst., will be consolida
ted and sent forward. Of tbe regiments
in service, tbe Eleventh and Fifteenth
Regiments of Infantry are at Annapolis;
the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Twenty-first
Sixty-Bixth, Sixty-ninth, Seventy-
first, Seventy-second, and Une-bundrcd-
and-sixth Regiments, and one company of
Infantry are in the command of Major
Gen(jraf Banks. tbo Fortj.fiftb, Fiftieth,
Fifty-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and One-hun
dredtb Regiments of Infantry aro in
South Carolina; the Forty-eighth Infant
ry are at Hatteras Inlet; tbo One-hun-drcd-and-ciehth
Infantry and Eleventh
Cavalry are at Fortress Monroe; the Seventy-seventh,
Seventy-eighth, and Sev-
pntv. ninth Infantrv. tho Seventh and
Ninth Cavalry, one -Troop of boro. o 0
squadron of Cavalry, two battaliori of
Artillery aro in Kentucky; tbo Eighty
fourth and One-hundred-aud-teuth In
fantry are in Western Virginia, as are
also three companies xf Cavalry, five com
panies of Light Artillery; tbe Eigbty-so-
- . . ..
vontu iniantry are at uooKcysvino, in
Maryland; one company of Artillery is! E. Franklin, and E C. Humes, E-q
at Fort Delaware; all tho remainder of ! commissioners, to visit the camps of our
tho volunteers are at or near Washington. me n ad south of th? Potomac, and,
Upwards of 300 volunteers from Penn- j also. Jamea Park and M. W. Beltzhoo
Bylvania aro now prisoners, but, as ar- ver. E-qs., commissioners to visit those
rangements havo been made for tbe ex-',n Kentucky and elsewhere in the west
.Li.nA nf .nrisnncrs. it miv be oxnected!em oountiT to 11 the atteu ion of the
that they will soon bo released.
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Tn comnlianca with the ioint rosolu -
tiouB of -the 16th of May last, I have pro-'pla? for carrying it iuto effect.
cured regimental flags for tbo Penusyl- The e -oral reports of these commu-
vauia volunteers, and hn.ve presented them! Sonera are highly satisfactory.
in person to most of the regiments. In ! For details ou the several subjects coH
other cases, the regiments being on or rxeoud with the military operations of
near the Potomac. I have requested Mr. th State 1 rcfcr t0 tbo "ports of the
Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and Adjutant General, Surgeon General,
Wright, members of tho House of Repre- Quartermaster General, Commissary Gen-
sontatives from Pennsylvania, to present eral, and Paymaster General, which ae
thorn in tho"namc of the Commonwealth, compaay this message
Tho General Government requested '-Tho duties imposed on me wero so on
tbat the Siate would abstain from pur- erous that I found it neceseary to invite
obauinjt arm, as their competition was tho temporary assistance of gentlemen on
found injurious in tbo market, and in view niytaff to aid me to perform them,
of tho large expenditures of money in In this capaoity, Cols. Thomas A.
arminc and equipping the volunteer force Soott, Gideps J Ball, and John A
of
the State, provided for the defenco of
tho
1 National Government. I did uot
nurcnaso uy "j
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section or ine aci 01 iuo xm ui .uy,
, Th(j gute ha8 UQW Uo many
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. relations with foreign Government, I
,'hsve directed the Adjutant General to
procure armB, as soon as it can be dotrt
on reaonablc terms, and! without injurioas
competition with tho National Govern-
ment. Arms have been distributed
mong the border counties to all !bo or
Icanizations that have been formed tn rm.
fceive them. One thousand nine hundred
lanu. iniriy arms uave been thus diatribe,-
ted. I have also addressed a letter to
the commissioners of all tbe border com
tics, offering arms to the no at soon ft
military organizations aba!) be formed (
receive them. Besides thai eoaplyinf
with the requirements of the 27th section
of the aot of I5th May last, I have
deemed it prodent to offer five thousand
arms to such military organisations as
may do formed in Philadelphia on a plan
to be approved by me as Comraander-in-
tuat tccy would be armed at Washington
or other de&iguated points, and tbat their
immediate departure was required. Ik
was thought wise in these casos not to in
sist on tbe arms being sent before the
regiments marched, as this woold have
imposed on tho Government an unneces'
sary expense in freight, and would have
been productive of delays which mighS
havo been seriously detrimental to the
public servioo. Forty two pieces of artil
lery with limbers, caissons, forgo?, ammu
nition wagons, harness and all the neees
sary implements end equipments, were?
furnished by tbo State to the artillery
regiment of tbo Reserve Corps. Ten: .6f
theso were purchased by the State, and
their coft has been refused by tbe Uni
ted States. Diligence bas been used Is
collecting arms throughout the Stato, aad
repairing and altering thesa in the most
approved manner.
The State has now
62 pieces' of artillery, of which se
venteen need repairs.
26,753 muskets and rifles, some of whick
aro in the hands of mechanics being
repaired; 1,910 are in the hands of
volunteer corps throughout the Statej
1,930 in the posscesion of county
commissioners, nnd 1,000 with the
Reserve Corps of Philadelphia.
In addition to this, the city of Phila
delphia has 9 pieoca of rifled artille
ry, and
4,976 musket and rifles
The State has also, in the arsenal at
Harrisburg, 1,966 eabres and swords,
8nd
1;957 piBtols; and the city of Philadel
phia has 440 sabres, and
325 pistolsj with the necessary af
coutre'ments.
There is also, in the arsenal at Harris
burg, a largo amount of accoutrements
and ammunition for artillery and saall
arms.
Tbe Adjutant Oenerat is successfully
engaged in collating arms throughout
the State, and it is expected tbat the num
ber above stated will bo largely increased.
Probably, at least, 5,000 muskets and ri
fles and several pieces of artillery will
still be collected.
The care which bas been bestowed up
on the comfort of the volunteers, and the
goodness and sofficiency of their supplies
of all kinds, and the excellent arrange
ments of the Medical Department, under"
the control of Surgeon General Henry H.
Smith, are proved by tbe fact that more
than 60,000 men have been for various,
generally short, periods at Camp Curtin
since the 19th of April last, and that
down to. the 1st January inst., there died
but forty-nine men at tbat camp, vis:
forty-foar from sickness, two (belonging
to regiments from other States) who had
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uuuu jujureu on rauroaus, two aceiueni-
ally killed in Caap Curtin, and one shot
in Harrisburg.
To facilitate tho making of allotments
of their pay by our volunteers in the field
for the support of their families at homo,
1 appoiuted Hon. Edgar Cowan, Thomas
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troops to the system of allotment, and to
! encourage them in adopting a praotical
Wright, eentrtbuted their valuable so-
vice, from uieniddle of April until tleV
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ooou remainiua uuui no ocease eonnee-
tod wih thfl War DeparttB;nl; CoK ual
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