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Abstract of Govorpor't, lieslJ
sa g r .
The - Governor's Mess*e to thet.Leit
islature of 1862,;was to have 'been
read to-day at t o'cieek. Tfirough
the thoughtfulness of Mr. A. L. Rto-
sell, our new Adjutant General, we
have been furnished an advneedV
Icillbikessmonbried by noon mail. e
need' not give it in full, but present ;
ollowlng ample abstract. The
• ft.rnor first notices the State fi
nances. The balance in the Treas-
.zeary en November 30th ;. 1861, was
$680,433. Receipts from all sources
during the fiscal year ending Novem
der 30th, 1861, were $6,743,525.
Total into Treasury $7,424,958. Of
this, including $2,353,872 for milita
iy purposes, there has been paid out
$5,873,352. Leaving a balance in the
Treasury on 'November 30th, 1861, al
$1,551,605. Our public debt, funded
and unfunded, amounts to $37,868,-
516. The receipts of military loans
Were $3,119,379. The expenditures
were $2;728,872. Leaving $390,5071
nnexpetWod. The State has on bands
a surplus of uniforms and equipments
which cost about $190,000, which the
tnited States have agreed to take
:and pay for at cost. Arrangements
have been made with the General
Government for the reimbursement
of the military expenses of the State
Since the 27th of July last. The bills,
as paid, are forwarded to Washing-
and partial, re-payments have al
ready
been made.
The receipts from ordinary sources
of revenue for 1861 have decreased,
'but as payments have been made on
sonic of them since the settlement at
the end of the fiscal year, on the Ist
of December, and more may reason
ably be expected, in addition to the
payments to be made by the Nation
al Government as hereinafter stated,
the balance available in the Treasury
Neill be largely increased. It will al
-so be observed that it has not yet
`been found necessary to call in all of
the loan effected under the act of
the 15th 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, 1861,
was taken at par. This is lauded as
a gratifying circumstance. The op
erations of the sinking fund to Sept.
15t,1861, show that the debt redeem
-0' bystockloans,interest, certificates
and relief notes to be $300,80.
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The Sunbury and Erie Rail Road
The Sunbury and Erie Railroad
next receives attention. Last spring
the Sinking Fund Commissioners re
ceived from the Philadelphia and
Erie, (late Sunbury and Erie) rail
road company, forty bonds of $lOO,
000 each, and a mortgage. The com
pany has also deposited its bonds to
the amount of $500,000,000. The
Governor, on May 9th, authorized
the State Treasurer to deliver to said
company one thousand of said bonds
atmounting to $1,000,000, the bonds
required by law having been previ
vionSly surrendered and cancelled,
and satisfaction entered. By act of
April, 1858, for sale of State canals
to said company, it wasprovided that
if said company should sell said ca
nals for a greater sum, in the aggre
.
than $3,500,000, seventy-five per
centum of such excess should be paid
to the Commonwealth by a transfer
of so much of such bonds and secu
rities as said company should receive
for same, and payable in like manner.
The company sold, and reported the
Commonwealth's share of the profit
was $281,250, of which $250 has been
paid, and coupon bonds of Wyoming
'canal Company,bearing six per cent.
interest, secured by mortgage, given
for the balance. The interest due
= July last has not been paid, and judg
ements have deen obtained against the
: company, and their property placed
in hands of a receistr.
"A plan has been suggested 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 &fining a new company, of which
the capital stock shall be one million
-of dollars, divided into twenty thous
and shares of fifty dollars each, of
which each. assenting holder of a
mortgage bond for one thousand dol
.lars shall be entitled to eighteen
shares, and each assenting holder of
fifty shares of stock of the Wyoming
Canal Company shall be entitled to
nine shares. 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 Com
monwealth, and that, under all the
circumstances, if the convenience
of individual parties requires a change
such as proposed, the debt due the
Commonwealth ought to be first paid,
or fully secured," and the Governor
-suggested that, as an effort may be
made, at an early day, to enforce a
-sale of the canal, some provision by
law to protect the interests of the
state would, in that case, be necessa
ry; that the act passed on the Bth of
April, 1861, entitled "4n act concern
ing the sale of railroads, canals," &c.,
-should be modified, so that, in all cases
ein 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 act, unless
:they shall have first paid the debt
. due to the State, or secured the same
4by their bonds to the Commonwealth,
bemired by a first mortgage on the
work itself.
The 'Wicked Rebellion now Pending.
The Governor now turns to the re
ebellion, the effectual suppression of
' which is demanded by every senti
ment of loyalty and
. patriotism.—
The material interests of our State
also demand it. Since "she cannot
• afford to have a foreign power below
' or above or hoandi Tier ork• the
Delaware,- the C or the
. Migffifrslypi, she will nem* goquiesee
In each stieeottovitativer may be the
• cost iia meo obeimpotbegy of iler:reilit
eonee to
.it: •
Prom the Chronicle
The Governor reviews the history
a( tWoliptuiliation of troops front
car Stag; says the first aid which
ate Govetarnent received was a Penna.
corps,which arrived there prior to
Aprinth. Twenty-eight regiments,
being eleven regiments beyond the
quota called for, were sent under the
first requisition, and served three
months. As complaints were made
of frauds in clothing, SLc., a Board of
Commissioners was appointed to in
vestigate the subject. The accounts
of those who have been over-paid, ac
cording to testiniony,•are to be again
opened.
On the expiration of the term of
the three months' men in July last,
some eight or ten thousand dischar
ged Pennsylvania volunteers were
thrown into Harrisburg without no
tice, and detained there, waiting to
be paid, for an average time of some
ten days. Their tents, camp equip
age and cooking utensils had been ta
ken from them at Williamsport, and
they arrived destitute of all means of
shelter and of preparing their food.
The Commissary of the United States
furnished uncooked rations, and un
der the circumstances of emergency
the Governor deemed it necessary to
make arrangements for aiding in the
cooking and baking of the rations,
and also fur furnishing meals to such
of the regiments as arrived during the
night or under circumstances requir
ing instant relief. The expenses at
tending these operations amounted,
so farasaseertained,tos744,2o. These
expenses would have been much lar
ger but for the liberal and patriotic
efforts of the citizens, and especially
the ladies of Harrisburg.
Organization of the Reserve Corps
The Reserve Corps ordered by act
of May last were promptly raised,
and Gen. McCall assigned to the com
mand. The regiments composing the
Reserve Corps were instructed in four
camps in different parts of the State,
until they were taken into the ser
vice of the United States. Two of
these regiments, under the commands
of Colonels Charles S. Biddle and
Seneca G. Simmons, and two com
panies of artillery, under the com
mand of. Colonel Charles T. Camp
bell, at the pressing instance of the
War Department, were sent, on the
22d of J tine' last, to the relief of Col.
Wallace, at ()timberland, and remain
ed for about six weeks there, and in
Western Virginia, engaged in active
operations. Towards the close of
July the whole corps was called for
under requisition, and taken into the
service of the Unitatl States. With
in four days after the disaster at Bull's
Run, eleven regiments of this fine
body of men (armed, drilled,•clothed,
equipped, and in all respects ready
for active service) were in Washing
ton. The regiments and companies
from Westfir Virginia and the re
maining two regiments, making the
whole number of fifteen, soon joined
them there, and they are all now in
service under the ceommand of Gen.
McCall, who has been commissioned
as a Brigadier General by the United
States.
These fifteen regiments contain
15,856 men, and constitute a division
comprising three brigades, a regi
ment of artillery and one of cavalry.
The whole expense of raising, cloth
ing, equipping, subsisting and paying
the Reserve Corps (including the ex
pense of establishing and fitting the
camps of instruction, of recruiting
and supplying regimental flags, and
the expenses of the campaign of the
two regiments and companies in 3lar4
yland and - Western Virginia,) has
amounted to $855,444; but it does not
include all the expenses, which were
heavy, of teams and transportation
(riot on railroads) for the two regi
ments mentioned. Twelve regi
ments of the Reserve were paid and
subsisted, &e., by the State to July
22. The two regiments in Western
Virginia were paid by the State to
date of departure from Harrisburg.
The Cavalry regiment was not paid
by the State. The whole average ex
pense per man was $53, 95.
The Erie regiment was ordered to
encamp at Pittsburgh, where it re
mained until June 39th. The Nation
al Government declined to muster
the regiment into service—as all ex
isting requisitions made on the State
were more than filled. Much appre
hension existed in the Western or
South-western borders of the State,
and it was deemed prudent to retain
the regiment at Pittsburg to meet
any emergency that might arise.—
After the passage of the act of 15th
May, 1861, it was expected that this
regiment would form part of the Re
serve Volunteer Corps; but as the
men had been a long time from home,
and remained inactive in camp, they
declined entering the service, and
were Subsisted and paid up to the
30th of June by the State. Two reg
iments have since been enlisted from
the same part of Pennsylvania at the '
city of Erie, one of which has been
at Washington in service since Sept.,
and the ether is now ready for march
ing orders; and it is due to the first
Erie regiment to say that most of the
men are now in service.
Parther Requisitions Made.
Further requisitions for sixteen
regiments of infantry and two reg
i intents of cavalry were shortly af
terwards made by the War Depart
ment, Of these, sixteen have already
I been raised and are in the service of
the United States, and the remain
ing two are in the Coarse of organi
zation and nearly ready to march.—
In addition to the requisitions on the
j State, the War Department had
given authorities to numerous indi
viduals to raise volunteers in Penn
. sylvania, but as that system was
found to create much embarrassment,
a general order was issued -by the.
, War Department on the 25th of Sep=
tember lost, placing all such oranni
zations under the controll of t ' the
Governor, ancl .?:,aottk• afterwards a
requisition w.ao made on the State to
increase herituota to seventy-five
thousand men. Those independent
•Ilargaikationii, as they were called;
thnibeestne Pennsylvania regiment's,
An Improved Organization
and as entripleted 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 one hundred and fifteen.
Two of the three months' regiments
have continued in service under the
later requisitions, and retain their
original numbers. Deducting the re
maining 'twenty-three three months
regiments, there are ninety-two regi
ments in service and preparing for it.—
We have also in service and prepar
ing twenty-four companies.
Pennsylvania Volunteer Forces Raised,
The following table of the existing
Pennsylvania for& is given for infor
mation :
REGIMENTS IN SERVICE.
66 regiments of infantry of which 6 were
rine regiments.. 71,189
11 regiments of cavalry 12,690
4 regiments of artillery • • •••• •• •••• • • • 1.077
COMPANIES IN SERVICE
7 companies of infantry ...... • • • • - • 707
6 conipanies of cavalry ..... • • • • • • • • • 578
6 companies of artillery 936
Enlistment in other than Pennsyl
vania organizations, es biniated
(the officers of which are in course
of being commissioned) 6,400
Trial in service 93,577
REGIMENTS PREPARING FOR SERVICE,
12 regiments of infantry 13,699
1 regiment of cavalry 1,136
1 regiment of artillery 1,077
- 15,305
COMPANIES PREPARING FOR SERVICE.
I company of cavalry 109
4 companies of artillery 694
In service .
Preparing for service
Pennsylvania's contribution••••••• 109,615
L'xelusive of 20,175 three months'
men. }IOW disbanded.
Whereabotuts of the State Troops.
The regiments preparing for ser
vice are incomplete. Those that may
not be filled by the 16th inst., will
be consolidated and sent forward.—
Of the regiments in service, the lltl.
and 15th regiments of infantry are
at Annapolis; the 28th, 29th, 21st,
66th, 69th, 71st, 72nd, and 106th reg
iments, and one company of infantry,
are in the command of Major-Gen.
Banks, the 45th, 50th, 55th 76th and
100th regiments of infantry are in
South Carolina ; the 48th infantry
are at Hatteras Inlet; the 108th in
fantry and 11th cavalry are at Fort
,ess Monroe ; the 77th. 78th and 79th
infantry. the 7th and 9th cavalry,
one troop of horse, one squadron of
cavalry, two battallions of artillery
are in Kentucky ; the 84th and 116th
infantry are in Western Virginia, as
are also three companies of infantry
four companies of cavalry, five com
panies of light artillery; the 87th
infantry are at Cockeysville, in Mary
land; one company of artillery is at
Fort Doleware; all the remainder of
the volunteers are at or near Wash
ington. Upwards of three hundred
volunteers from Pennsylvania are
now prisoners. but as arrangements
have been made for the exchange of
prisoners, it may be expected that
they will soon be released.
In compliance with the joint reso
lutions of the 16th May last, I have
procured regimental flags for the
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and
have presented them in person .to
most of the regiments. In other ca
ses, the regiments being on or near
the Potomac, I have requested Mr.
Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow
and Wright. members of the House
of Representatives from Pennsylva
nia, to present them in the name of
the Commonwealth.
The Purchase and Collection of Arms
At the request of government, th ,
Govenor did not purchase any arm
as authorized by the 'Legislature.—
The State has now quite as many
arms as are neceessary to arm all her
volunteer organizations in existence;
hut, influenced by the threatening
aspect of our relations with foreign
governments, I have directed the
Adjutant General to procure arms as
soon as it can be done on reasonable
terms and without injurious compe
tition with the National Government.
Arms have been distributed among
the border counties to all the organ
izations that have been formed to re
ceive them. One thousand nine hun
dred and thirty arms have been thus
distributed. I have also addressed
letter to the commissioners of all the
border counties, offering arms to
them as soon as military organiza
tions shall be formed to receive them.
Besides thus complying with the re
quirement of the twenty-seventh
section of the act of 15th May last,
I have deemed it prudent to offer live
thousand arms to such military
organizations as may be formed
in Philadelphia on a plan to be ap
proved by me as Commander-in-
Chief. Muskets and rifles to a con
siderable extent have bean furnished
to the Pensylvani.a volunteers from
the State arsenal. Others have been
sent by the United States authorities
to arm them before leaving the
State.
In some cases regiments have
gone without arms, under assurances
from the War Department that they
would be armed at Washington or
other near 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
Government and unneceessary ex
pense in freight, and would have
been productive of delays which
might have been seriously detriment
al to the public service. Forty-two
pieces of artillery, with limbers, cas
sions forges ammunition wagons, har
ness and all the necessary implements
and equipments, were furnished by
the State to the artillery regiment of
the Reserve Corps. Ten of these
were purchased by the State, and
their cost has been refunded by the
United States. Diligence has been
tad in collecting arms throughout
the State and repairing and altering
them in the most approved manner.
The Arms now Owned by the State
The State has now 62 pieces of ar
tillerry, of which 17 need repairs.-
26,758 rsilskete and rifles, .Dine of
SEPM
which are in the hands of miiishan
les, being repared; 1,910 are in the
hands *volunteer corps throughout
the State; 1,930 in the possession of
county t mrimissioners, and 1.000 with
the Reserve Corps of I S hiladelphia.—
In addition to this the city of Phila
delphia has 9 pieces of rifled artillery,
and 4,976 muskets and rifles. The
State has also in the arsenal at Har
risburg 1,966 sabres and 'swords, and
1,957 pistols, and the city of Phila
delphia has 440 sabres and 326 pistols
with the necessary accoutrements.—
There is also in the arsenal at Harris
burr a large amount of accoutrements,
and ammunition for artillery and
small arms. The Adjutant General
is success.uly engaged in collecting
arms throughout the State, and it
is expected that the number above
stated will be largely increased.—
Probably, at least ; 5,000 Muskets and
roles, and several pieces of artilery,
will still be collected.
Medical Departmeut—Pay
&e.
84,956
ELM
The Govenor compliments the
supply arangements, and the medi
cal department under Surgeon Gen.
Smith, and says that more than 60,-
000 men have been for various (gen
erally short) periods at Camp Curtin
since the 9th of April last, and that
down td the first of January instant,
there died but forty-nine men in
camp. viz: forty-four men from sick
ness, two (belonging to regiments
from other States) who had been in
jured on railroads, two accidentally
killed in Camp Curtin, and one shot
in Harrisburg.
The Governor alludes to the appointment
of Messrs. Cowan, Franklin, Park, Beltz
hoover, &c., to visit Pennsylvania camps
to make arrangements for allotments of
pay, and alludes to the reports of these
Commissioners as highly satisNctory. He
also alludes to reports of Adjutant, Sur
!,eon, Quartermaster, Commissary and Pay
master Generals for full - paaticulars of
what he has alluded to.
The Governor also alludes to the valua
ble services of his aids and assistants in all
departments. The State's quota being
tilled, lie was able to dispense with his
personal staff. Of the $20,000 allowed him
for these aids and assistants, foi military
patrol on ISlaryland line, and for secret
service, &c., he had drawn but $8,500, the
balance remaining in his hands.
ME
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16.038
State Account With the Government, .S;c
The account with the Government
has been made up to September Ist,
1861, and presented on Sept. 12th.—
$606,000 have been received from the
Government on that account. The
re-payment fOr the Reserve Corps by
the Government may not be, bet
should be provided by Act of Con
gress. The attention of Congress
should be drawn to the subject by
the legislature. Secretary Chase
promises an early settlement, so that
our State may receive credit for the
balance due, to be applied to the pay
ment of its quota of the direct tax
and thus saving fifteen per cent. and
r.7quiriny no present increase of taxation.
The assumption of the payment 'of
tho direct tax is recommended,
whether this credit be given or not.
Revision of the Tai aws
In case ti e State assumes tLe pay
ment of this tax, a revision of the tax
laws is urged, apportioning the bur
den more equally. Our revenue laws
had imposed on real and personal
property as its full proportion, but
little more than one-third of the taxes
es needed by the ordinary expendi
tures of the Government. Rv the
act of 15th May last, the tax on this
species of property has already been
increased one-sixth. Should the
state refuse to assume the United
States tax, the whole burden of it
will fall uponth ese interests, inter
ests. too, most unfavorably affected
by the war, whilst other kinds of
property and other sources of reve
nue, judged by our laws able to pay
nearly two-thirds of the present rev
enues of the State, would net be called
on tO contribute one dollar of addition
al tax.
A Better Militia System Urged
The Governor recommends the
establishment of a commission to
frame and report a militia system
more adequate to the exegency of the
times. Our present one is very im
perfect. He earnestly recommends
to the Legislature that provisions be
made for the military instruction of
youth. The appointment of a mili
tary instructor in the Normal shools,
would, in a short period, give teach
ers to the common schools, who
would be competent to train the boys
in attendance on them. It would in
his opinion, be wise also to provide
for the purchase or leasing by the
Commonwealth of a buidingfbr a mili
tary school, and for employing com
petent instructors, at the expense of
the State, requiring the pupils to
defray the other expenses. No pupil
should be admited to this school
without having passed a thorough
examination in mathematics, and
all fitting subjects of instruction ex
cept the military art proper. He
tespectfully urges thisl subject for
early consideration, as one of mater
ial, perhaps vital, importance.
The Dcteuees of our State.
The Governor has taken mesures
to direct the efficient attention of
the General Government to the forti
fication of the water approaches of
the seaboard and the lakes, and ar
rangements are in the course of
being effected which it is hoped will
be satisfactory in their result. He
sends in a copy of a communication
from General Totten ' Chief of the
Military Engineer Department at
Washington. He has also represent
ed to the Secretary of the Navy the
necessity for floating defences on the
Delaware, and has his assurance that
they shall be prepared at the earliest
moment. He has had a correspond
ence 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 on
the lake, and that the ordnance at
the city of KJrie was withdrawn by
the National Government in the
summer of 1861. The Secretary of
the NAVy, on asequeet made, Crested
that' the craw of the United Stales
IS3=tl
steamer Michigan should not ''be dig:
banded, as has been usual, ttnd that
Vessels will remain in the harbor of
Erie during the winter. Should the
Natitinal. Government unexpectedly
fail in its duty of providing adequate
defences at our assailable points,
East and West, the Govenor earnest
ly recommends that the Legislature
take prompt means for that purpose.
We should be admonished, by recent
indications from abroad, to be pre
pared for our own defence, as well
as for the suppression of domestic in
surrection,
NatlOnal Armory, Schools, ReveneO.,
In selecting a site for a national
Armory, if the public good be alone
considered, Pennsylvania will be pre
ferred, as she atrords the combined
advantages of a central position,
abundance of material and skilled
mechanics, and a people of undoubt
ed loyalty. The Public Schools are
reputed to be in a flourishing state; al
so the hospitals, penitentaries, and Oth
er State institutions.
The names of the Commissioners
to revise the revenue laws will be
forthwith submitted, and it is to be
hoped that they will report at an ear
ly day, and be well compensated.—
The suspension of the Banks is con
sidered to have been necessary, and
it is urged that they be relieved from
legal penalties for their breach of the
law.
The message appropriately ends
thus: Pennsylvania has made great
efforts to support the Government.—
She has given more, and better cloth
ed and better equipped men than
any other State, and has far exceed
ed her quota of the military levies.—
The sons of our best citizens, young
men of education and means, fill the
ranks of her volunteer regiments.—
Their gallant conduct, whenever an
opportunity has been afforded to
them, has done honor to the Com
monwealth. The universal move
ment among our people, signifies that
they are loyal to the Government es
tablished by their fathers, and are de
termined to quell the present insur
rection and preserve the Union, and
that they will not tolerate any plan
for either the dissolution or recon
struction of it.
4rfus tie gag.
Gen. McClellan's Illness.
A dispatch from Washington, to
tha New York Tribune, dated -Tues
day evening, says:
Gen. McClellan is worse to-day,
quite worse. The danger ofa typhoid
fever is now unconcealed. His case
excites a very general interest—ex
aggerated, perhaps, from its import
ance and its untimeliness, but so thor
ough as to provide speculatively even
for his successor. Ben. Wade of Ohio,
is the popular preference.
Gen: McClellan was better this
morning, but too much attention to
business caused a slight change for
worse towards evening. It is hoped,
however, that notwithstanding the
efforts of the brass band, which had
the folly to give him to-niglif i the only
serenade he had since he felt ill, he
will soon be out.
Gen. McClellan possesses a very
vigorous constitution,. and there is
reason to expect that he will weath
er through the disease, if he can have
the mental quiet essentially necessary
to his recovery, if he really has the
typhoid fever. The country will
anxiously await the result.
Cotton from Port Royal--The Negroes Busy
PHILADELPHIA, January 3 .—A let
ter from Hilton Head says that the
negroes everywhere in two districts
are at work collecting, baling and
rolling cotton. Thousands have been
set at their task, for which they are
paid at the rate .of one dollar for
every hundred pounds.
They labor with alacrity under
this unwonted stimnlus. Various as
sistants and clerks have been ap
pointed to oversee their perform
ances, and though they need to be
constantly directed and skillfully
managed, yet a good degree of work
is really gotten out of them.
This is proved by the fact that in
less than three days over fifty thous
and dollars worth of cotton was put
aboard the steamboat which accom
panied Col. Nobles. All this cotton
had been baled by the negroes them
selves, and the bags made by them.
The amount of cotton taken from
each plantation is carefully ascertain
ed. Each bag is marked with the
former owner's initials, and an ac
count kept, both with the estate and
with the negroes, so that at any time
the Government will be able to com
pensate any of the owners who shall
prove themselves to have been loyal.
No Prospect of a Fight in Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, January 4. The
bridge over .the Green river will be
completed to-morrow. Federal re
connoissances are made almost daily
south of the river. The rebels have
retired before Colonel Garfield in
Eastern Kentucky. Colonel Garfield
is advancing on Prestonsburg Gen.
Schoepff made several ineffectual at
tempts to draw Zollicoffer from his
Somerset entrenchments. There is no
prospect of an immediate general en
gagement.
All the Kentucky banks located
where rebel domination prevails, have
been consolidated, under Henry D.
Lyons, formerly of Louisville, as
President, who has authority to run
them for the Southern Confederacy.
The War Fairly Boman between the Indi
ans an - d Texans.
LEAVEN woßaz, Jan. 4.—Reports
from Indiana county show that the
war has fairly begun between loyal
Indians against Texans and rebel
half breeds. In a fight in Cherokee
county, it is reported that Cooper,
a Texan General, and Mclntosh, the
le figlinf of illoe rebel 00,040, wesnkall
ed. Loyal India& loop iburteen.
Banks.
at Work.
From Missouri.
ST. Louis, Jan. 2—Dispatches re
ceived at headquarters announce the
capture of notorious Jeff. 03Vens, Col.
Jones and fifty of their bridge burn
ing gang:, near Martinsburg, Andrain
county, by Gen, Schofield, command
er of the State Militia.
Six regiments of Federal troops
have left Ottoville and Tipton for
Weston on au unknown expedition.
Recent developments disclose em
bezzlements in the county Collection
office amounting to $30,000. These
frauds were committed by Stephen
D. Axtell, chief clerk, and extend
back for a series of years.
Departure of Mason and Slidell.
BOSTON January I.—The steam
tug Starlight left Fort Warren at 11
o'clock this morning with Mason and
Slidell and their Secretaries, for
Princetown, where they will be trans
ferred to the steamer Rinaldo, now
lying there. la ,
PRINCETOWN, Mass., Jan. 2.—The
British steam gun-boat Rinaldo left
at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
with Mason and Slidelland their Sec
retaries aboard. The wind blew a
hurricane all night.
From Port Royal.
NEW YouE, Jan. 3.—Letters from
Port Royal to the 3d ult., state that
Commodore Dupont is preparing
for
a new naval demonstration. The
gun boats are concentrating there,
and the sailors are practicing with a
a large number of launches in the
work of landing troops. About 10,-
000 soldiers could be spared from
Hilton Head, in addition to General
Stevens' brigade, to operate against
Charleston, Savannah, or the rsabel
force at Cossawochie. The latter is
most likely the point to be attacked.
Lafest from Port Royal.
NEW YoRK. Jan. 6.—The steamer
Vanderbilt has arrived with Port
Royal advices to the morning of the
3d inst. She brings 3, 697 bales of
Sea Island Cotton.
Gen. Stevens' brigade advanced on
the Ist inst., and took posession of
the rebel batteries, after a short re
sistance, in which the troops were *
aided by the gun-boats sn shelling
them. Gen. Stevens followed up his
success to within six miles of the
Charlesleston Railroad. A flag of
truce was received from the rebels
requesting permission to bury their
dead. and an hour was granted for
the purpose, when they fell back
upon their fortifications, which are
said to be. very extensive and de
fended by from 11,000 to 12,0 A
men under Gen. Pope. Their loss
is unknown Our force was 4,500
men, and we had only eight wound
ed, including Major Watson, of the
Sth Michigan regiment, mortally.—
Gen. Stevens now holds posession of
the main land, and awaits reinforce
ments.
From the Upper Potomao.
POI NT OF ROCKS, MD., Jan. 5.-
6,000 rebels attacked the sth Con
necticut regiment, near Hancock, yes
terday, while protecting the railroad.
After a slight skirmish onr men retir
ed to this side of the Potvac, to
await reinforcements. Meanwhile
the rebels destroyed the railroad and
telegraph lines, breaking our com
munication with Cumberland. Gen.
Sardner is marching to the relief of
the Fifth regiment with a sufficient
force. The loss on either side is un
known, but believed to be trifling.—
The rebels have been shelling ourpo
sition, at intervals, all day. Our ar
tillery has been responding. The
rebel shells did no mischief.
Skirmish hi Western Virginia.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 6.—A special dis
patch to the Gazette from Hutton
vine, Va., says that an expedition
consisting of 400 of the 25th Ohio,
300 of the 2nd Virginia, and 40 of
Bricken's Cavalry, sent out by Gen.
Milroy to attack Ituntersville, was a
complete success. They attacked
the enemy on Saturday . morning, con
sisting of 100 cavalry and 350 militia.
After skirmishingabout an hour, the
enemy retreated with the loss of
eight killed and wounded. On our
side there were none. Eighty thou
sand dollars worth of army store and
clothing were captured and destroy
ed.
Affairs at Romney.
A letter from Romney states that
there are now some seven thousand
troops at that point, including six
companies of cavalry and two of ar
tillery, all thoroughly equipped and
in a most efficient state. There has
been no advance yet, nor will there be
until large reinforcements are receiv
ed. Gen. Rosecrans was expected at
Romney daily, and, on his arrival, it
was thought that active operations
would be resumed. Gen. Kelley is at
Cumberland, and• is still very low
from the effect of his wound. He
has never quite recovered since he
was struck down at Phillippi, and
months may elapse before he will
again be able to take the field.
'; arri6,
On Thursday, the 12th day of December,
by the Rev. C. Tilton, Mr. ANDREW SIBERT
to Miss MARY HUFFMAN, both of Wash
ington county, Pa.
On Thursday, 26th, by the same, Mr.
BENJAMIN DUNSTAN to Miss SARAH JANE
NICKINSON, both of Greene county, Pa.
On Thursday evening, the 9th ult., by
the Rev. C. Tilton, Mr. HOULSWORTH HAE.-
PER, of Cumberland township, to Miss
REBECCA M. JOHNSTON, of Carmichaels.
On the same evening, by the same, Mr.
Wm. BLACK to Miss 11 E. BOWEL, both of
Jefferson.
On January 9th, 1862, at the residence
of the bride's father, by John Mitchener,
Esq., Mr. GEORFE HARDEN LO Miss MARY
JANE JEWELL, both of Washington town
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On January 11th, 1862, at the residence
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GREENE COUNTY, ss
In the matter of the voluntary assignment of Henry
Kroner 6r. Co. fur benefit of their creditois &c. to Wm.
T. E. Webb, Esq. Insolvent Docket No. 1 June
Term, 1661. . .
ail An d now to-wit: December 19, MI Account
of Win. 'l. E. Webb, Esq., assignee as above
continued showing a balance of five bundred
and thirty-nine dollars and eleven cents, 8539 11, in
accountant's bandA, and Samuel Montgomery, Esq.,
appointed arditor to distribute balance in accountant'a
hands.
By the Court,
D. A. WORLEY, Prothonotary
I will attend to the duties of the above appointment
at 'he office of Buchanan 6r. Lindsey, in Waynesburg
on the last Saturday in January, 11 , 62
SAMUEL AIuNTG()MERY, Auditor.
Jan. 1, 1861
GREENE COUNTY, Ism
Henry Sharpneck In the Coen of Common Pleas of
vs. said Citunty of June Term, 1861,
Benjamin Altman, No. 104.
Ejectment for a lot of ground situate onjllain street,
in the borough of Cartnichaels, bounded by lots of Wm:
Crawford's heirs on the north, by alleys on the east
and south, and by Main street on the wart, and num
bered 48 in the plan of said bcnough.
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- laid new, to-wit I December 19th, 1881, upon
motion or Black & Phelan, Counsel for Plain-.
Lid, the Court grant a Bute upon the Defend
ant to appear and plead, on or before the first day of
next Term or int:poi:lm to be published three times in
Wayne-burg Messenger, the ;ast of which to be 60
Miss boom the return day thatreof. By the Court,
Jan. 1, Ibo 2. D. A. WORLEY, Protoonotary.
Administrator's Noticd
LETTERS of administration on the estate of
McCullough having been granted to the under
signed, notice is hereby given to all persons indebted
to said estate to make immediate payment, and those
having claims against the same Will preeeat them duly
authenticlted for I.ettlement.
Jan. I, 1861. JOHN SCOTT, Adm'r.
Executor's Notice
LETTERS testamentary having been granted to the
undersigned upon the i.state of Jahn Clymer, late
of Greene township, deed, all persons indebted to said
estate are required to make immediate payment, and
all persons having claims against the said estate are
required to present them properly authenticate{ for
settlement. LINDSEY CLYMER,
Jan. 1, 1861. Executor, of Greene townshiph.
Administrator's Notice.
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to the undersigned upon the estate of GRAFTON
GRIDLEY, late of Jackson township, deed, notice Is
hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate, to
make i iiiii tediate payment, and those having daunt;
against the same will present the in, properly autheali.
called, for settlement. GEO. SELLERS,
January 8, 1882. 'Administrator,
Etecutor's Notice.
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undersigned this day. upon the estate of hake
Shrivel . , late of Whitely townsliih, deed, notice is here.
by given to all persons indebted to said estate to make
immediate payment, and those baying claims against
the same to present them, properly authenticated, for
settlement. J ACOB COLE,
January 8, Mk. Executor.
ADMINISRTRATO% NOTI CE.
T EWERS of Administration, Ds Bernie Non, upon
Lithe Estate of Ennui* WILLIartiE, late of Perry
township. deceased; having heen granted to the un
derstmed, notice is hereby given to all persons know
ag indebted is said Estate, are requested
to come. forwent .ad make immediate payment, and
all those hamitsg Malmo against the maw will present
them duly an tad for aottientestM
coutalinranitiors..
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January 1, 11102
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