wmTl^mxth,
T)EOSECUTINg| i?|islON ATTORNEY,
J: and Dealer-in £ ! -if;'!'*
•. IAKP.fW&RANTS,
Aad General CoUe iiiiii and Claim agent,
KNOXVILLE' CO., PA.,
:[ i/- J - ■ '
'Will attend to Supremo Court and
Court of claims, and'to '%'prosecution of claims be
fore the several -Doparti Government. Espe
r.is! attention ‘wilt be ci fcr- 1 to claims for BOUNTY
LANDS and ARHEAI'S’OF PAY; $lOO BO UN
TY and PENSWNs,i'i%he LAND and INDIAN
OFFICES; Se/bre POST OFFICE,
on d MILITARY ClfAlkp'lotnerolty.
The Subscriber hoWnj teed engaged for the past
four ycars.iu tho projectjjan'df claims before the De
partments inWashiu(jttk||rtU-give particular atten
'fi°D 1 CLAIMS
•for Pensions and BOtNjSY’LANDS, especially in
cases where the soldler oifnaow is Unable to state
the officer’s name. In illiSich cases no charge will
'be made unless sacdeftfil® Cngoestipablo references
Vill be riven in 'all casisJu All business relating to
above referred li|*D be done by correspond
•onco With the subscribe! ieSd oil letters addressed to
him at-Knoxville, Pa will receive
■prompt attention.;. WM. is. bMiiK.
August 27,1862.', *•
fiuloa Boom*. ,
H. EC. WOOD’S
SKISpeiIO-liT ROOMS,
OVER C.W.SEAI Mew SHOE STORE,
below C. L. V N'yCO.X.
- H. H. WOOD, vfonld to the inhabitants of
Wellsboroand country, that be is, now
prepared to rurniahitheir ; W|h everything in the line of
*- HIOTOGSAFm ■ ,
• ■ OR
i ' j - Jt^,AINOTYPES,
'furnished at any room- i'l |{« .City. J.UEt received, a
sett of JAMINS CELEI .BattED LENSES, manufao
tflrsd exprissly for the de visile. Also a large
assortment of ~ ‘■ |
pho foam miC albums,
price, from $1,25 tq S4.C(>|i i A ! t this-day, no parlor in
‘ble is considered finished the PHOTOGRAPH
IC ALBUM. i - -m-l
Cases of all styles* from twenty-five cents
to five dollars. ’ • .‘Jaici.
Thankful for past far l Miff would solicit a contin
uation' of the same' by in®"? [first class work for all.
Wsllsboto, May 28, 1.'1^p,,-j H. 11. WOOD.
. >Var!, War. [the Union !
THE andersigned respectfully inform his
old friends, custom the public generally,
that he has opened a J-» j"
• CABINET ‘AH|| CHAIR SHOP
on Main Street, opposite Dartt’a 'Wagon-Shop,
where he intends to keej'Constantly on hand a gene
ral assortment of [1
Cali iasit; 6i
.made of the best mated jd\|wd by the best workmen.
Also Coffins made to .i’r,j&r arici as cJeap as can be
procured elsewhere, tic, opfiaaued with a Hearse.
Also Chairs of-every' from the BEST down
.to'the CHEAPEST r to*-< i t
Suit;f whasers.
Also Turning uf'all kitfda t(one t 0 order and to. suit,
C U $ R S.
The undersigned fid* many years expen
•«cnce, both in-France*an IbU inis country, feels confi
dent that be cannot U < jdd in either of the above
branches of further would recom
mend the public to '
CALL
bis workmanship an& before purchasing else
where. ; V rU JACOB STICKLES 7 .
Wellsboro, Marches,
lIOtSEfeM|if^!jFURXmJnE.
THE LADIES to select Household
Furniture, and?it easier for them to
a carriage andlrid \ £®jw miles and return tbap
sto go 4Q or 50
ber would inform them• Has J us t enlarged his
STOCK before the jilri prices are upon us;
and has a largo nni l isSUiPlg assortment, which he
will be happy to sbqw who may favor him
with a viml j fy I * •
MAHOGANY SQIPXSijfeD, $25 and $2B. Tate a
fetes, *s22, $2B and;:sB?.t| ingrain Carpets
.for s *, by 6, 7,.8 and Jet iljiSftsw* yard. Swing Ma
chines, $lO and sl2;* 1 e; Has also 10 styles
of Bedsteads, with fiat spring bottoms, and
16 different kinds oi' CUailf' ’with everything else.in
the Furniture lino. i. ptf
Jtle is also" of Prince A Co’s, cel
ebrated dnd Church Organs, of
Buffalo, N. V., tbe£ld<& lin'd largest eplablhhment
in the United Sthtejfc. \ ■ I E. D. WELLSJ
Lawrenccville, JijJV ( ® 18C2.
=."*lA _ - _
•THOM iK£| HARDEN
-is now receiving at? ,‘V •
EZTE K W* V E,ST ttC E
•4.-0 r!
■ 1 disc,
Tfhlch he. offers on , ■' 1
SUIT TIMES.
Ail are respectfully call and examine.
"Wellsboro, Juno IS, TTIOS. HARDEN.
STOVES il# [TINWARE.
WtLlilA ROBERTS
HAS opened a; and Tin Shop in the
Store opposite B Building;, where ho is pre
pared to furnb h b?js ol< feiejoda and customers, and
the public generally ivjtaJeicrytlHJig in bis line of
business, including j
. Cooking Stoveskf tlVs&obt approved styles; Par
lor, Diniug
Kitchen furniture allK'l-ncUcs.
Call and stotf.k.
Febj£ i>, rs'i3f ! . ;
Agency.
lnsurance of America*liave
1, appointed the gnc]s?&|gned an agent for Tioga
County and vicinityi| .'r,; ■ w 1
•As, the high ch|afMcti> imd etandirig of Ofts Com
pany give the assnr.}ncd|i*| full protection to owners
of property ogalnsß tlid Jjpzard of fipe, I solicit with
■confidence a liberal 6h* ( a of the of the
county. This ComfearyVvas 'incorporated in 179-1-
Its'capital is ss(l^3,rnlO*{ sfta its in.lSGl as per
Statement Ist Jan,' of ; /tyvt "year wjas $1251,719 81
CHARLIES ■PL ATT.. . j
ARTHUR G.
Office of thq Walnut Street,
PhiJftSfclphia, .
IVm.Biieliloj-, fTuHlr.'il Agent, If ar
riklnii j;, Pa.
JOIIX hvfc'&irlSKYSiEY,
Xgcnl forlrlgiji Comity, Pa.
•Xpril 0, 1862. , ' f '
—
New Goods.
MISS IML’LVNL has ju<t returned
from the City. received a Very largo
“ftUd choice of [g
fa'll goods,
■cmbraojn ? tho latest Ijad; most ttyle of
LADIES' AJiT>* CHILDREN’S HATS,
tie wnmination oLftflcb she invites’the Indies of
\Vellaboro. placc-Ffcst door below
IbeAtatATOß office, iHpljgalfs, '
VfeHsboro, Oct. 8, I'Sftg
iMr
, PENSIdfe. AGENCY.
'TO SOLDIERS THEIR FRIENDS.
T* H ® undersigned bad considerable oxne
drv/f'l" 0 ,!.-'" P f OC ," P<!nsion B««nties and Back
h ‘^?? d l' 0 a " ba " n «“ in ,hat
'entrusted tel htd care trith- promptness and fidelity.
'®r »rtdr" S ™ h a'h W, S?FS r With - “ e will ball
®r address me by lett.’4||Sylvania, Bradford County,
fa. Charges raieonab&g , QUO, P, MONROE.
Refers by permissii : ' -
It. B. Card, Conoid
B. Fi Pomeroy, "Tri votp.
A. H. Spalding, SWb*
Oct. 15,1803. .
all
Receipts from ordinary sources :
For year ending Nov. 30, 1562 $4,047,822 39
r “ “ “ “ *• 1561... V 3;017,645 57
$40,968,516 08
Deduct amount redeemed- at the State
Treasury during tbe fiscal year end
ing Nov. SO, 1562, viz:
5 per cent. Slate stocks*. $268,809 49
44 per cent. State stocks. 50,000 00
4 per cent Slate stocks... 100,000 00
Interest certificates 17 25
'■Relief notes 1,411 00
"'Domestic 'creditors’ cer-
tificates 64 52
Military Loan, per act of
April 12, 1861, redeem
ed 100,000 00
$ 520,302 26
public debt Dec. 1, 1862
.Secretary.
.President
Towards the extinguishment of the public
debt, the Sinking Fund holda securities amount
ing to ten millions seven hundred and eighty
one thousand dollars, os follows:
Bonds of Sunbury and Erie Railroad com
pany $3,500,000
Bonds of Pennsylvania Railroad company. 7,000,000
Bonds of Wyoming Canal company 281,000
1 ,$10,781,000
Should there be no extraordinary demand on
the Treasury, there can be appropriated from
the large balance now on hand and the increa
sing revenues, at least a million and a half of
dollars during the coming year towards the
payment of the public debt.
The operations of the Sinking Fund during
the last year have been, as shown by my Pro
clamation of the Bih, of September last, as fol
lows :
Amount of debt of Commonwealth redu
ced M $262,801 67
As follows, viz:
State loans §261*178 74
Interest certificates .... • 370 41
Domestic creditor’s cerlifi- - ;
cates. 64 62
Relief notes cancelled...... ’ 11 88
5202,801 67
It wHI be observed that the fiscal year ends
on the thirtieth of November, and the Sinking
Fund year on the first Monday of September.
This is the reason for the apparent deficiency
in the amonut of debt paid us elated iti 'the
‘ , i
surer, WelUboft, Pa,
Rwanda, Pa.
THE
Btfeotetr to t&e ISjeteiwdoit ot tf)t of iFm&om bh& tfjt Sbpvtntf of a&cform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG, UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
VOL. K.
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
Jb the Senate and Home of Bepreeentatica of the
Commonwealth of Penneylcania .-
Gentlemen —Notwithstanding the pressure
of, public calamity which has weighed heavily
on the country during the past year, it has
pleased Divine Providence not only to enable
the people of Pennsylvania to perform in full
all their duties to our common government, bat
to give to this Commonwealth -domestic peace,
plenty and prosperity.
The balance in Treasury Nov. 30, 1861, .
was .......... $1,551,605 72
Receipts during fiscal year ending Nov.
30, 1861, were as follows:
Ordinary sources $4,0-17,822 39
6 per cent, loon act May
15,'1861 387,850 00
From various banks as an
equivalent for coin for
the payment of interest
or. Public debt 140,f6S 30
Refunded cosh, military... 29,568*42
U. S. Government 605,74.0. 62 6,211,747 63
Total into Treasury for fiscal year end
ing Nov. 88, \S6I $6,763,353 35
And the payments have been as follows:
For ordinary purposes .....$3,083,110 06
Paid on State interest os
an equivalent for coin... 146,031 22 *
Military expenses, act Ap’l
12,1861 Y 62
Military expenses, act May
15, 1861 460,548 68
Military expenses, act May
16, 1861 : 1,217 26
Military expenses, act Ap’l
16, 1862 20,607 04
Military Pensions, act May
15, 1861 .... 400 54
Commissioners of Sinking
Fund 427,881 51
Domestic Creditors 105 32
Temporary Loan redeemed . 100,000 CO
U. S. Government Direct
tai 350,000 00 4,590,509 25
Leaving balance in Treasury Nov. 30,
1862 $2,172,844 10
Of which amount one hundred and
ninety-five thousand five hundred and
sovenfy-six dollars and twenty-seven
cents is the balance of unexpended
military loan, as follows : -
BrtTauce of said fund Nov.
30, 1861 300,507 41?
Receipts under act May 15,
1861 387,850 00
Paid for military expenses
os above 432,781 I*,
Paid for redemption of
temporary loan., 100,000 00
• 582,781 14
Excess of receipts for 1862
Payments for ordinary purposes, ex
cepting interest:
‘‘-For year ending Nov. 30,1861, $1,118,662 93
“ “ " “ “ 1&62, 1,023,345 77
Decrease in expenditures of 1882, ...$ P&,317 15
From the tables exhibited it will appear that
the receipts from ordinary sources of revenue
fur the year 18G2, are in excess of the receipts
of the year TSOI, one millidlp thirty thousand
one hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty
two cents, [the excess of interest paid in 180-
over that in 1801 being 37 ;] and that
the ordinary expenditures for 18G2 were nine
ty-five thousand three hundred and seventeen
dollars and sixteen cents less than the year
previous.
The healthy condition of the revenues, and
the excess of the receipts over the expendi
tures, secured by the rigid economy which has
been practiced, (especially considering the ne
cessary increase of taxation by the National
Government,) seem to invite the attention of
the Legislature to a revision of the revenue
laws, with a view to lightening the burthens of
the people. In this connection it is proper to
invite your attention to the justice and expedi
ency of restricting the rate of local taxation,
now, in some parts of the State, oppressive:
Amount of public debt of Pennsylva
nia, as it stood on tbe Ist day of
December, 1861 $40,580,660 OS
Additional amount received at the State
treasury during the fiscal year end
ing Nov. 30, 1862, on .Military Loan,
authorized per act of May, 15, 1801 387,850 00
WELLSBORO,TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING*. JANUARY' 14, 1863,
Treasurer’s Report and by the 1 Commissioners
of the Sinking Pond. i
Under the Act of 11th of April, 1862,1. a
ppointed William McClelland, R. B. McCombs
and M. Russell Thayer, Esquires, as RevAud
Commissioners, who have printed a report, and
will no doubt submit the result of their labors
to the Legislature, to- which 1 invite attention.;
Prefer to the reports of the State Treasurer
and Auditor General for the details of- the
financial affairs of the Commonwealth. The
reports of the Surveyor General, Superinten
dent of Common Schools, and State Librarian
will exhibit the state of the departments under
their care.
,In accordance with the Act of 16th February*
1862, the- quota of this State of the direct tax
of the United States; amounting to one million
nine hundred and forty-six thousand seven
hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-three
cents, was on the 14th June, 1862, paid to the
United States, partly by a relinquishment ot a
portion of the sums claimed by this State from
the Government and partly in cash, after de
ducting the fifteen per cent, allowed by the act
of Congress for prompt payment. Pennsylva
nia thus paid her quota of the direct tax be
fore any other State. There is still due to the
State, principally for advances since made for
transportation and equipments of voluteers
about three hundred thousand dollars.
On tbe 20th of February last, I issued my
warrant authorizing the State Treasurer to de
liver to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Company one thousand of the bonds deposited
with the State in conformity with the Act of
May 7, 1862. On the 20th of November I is
sued a similar warrant. Both warrants wore
granted after receiveing reports from John A.
Wright, Esq., the commissioner appointed for
the purpose, that the proceeds of the bonds
previously issued had been appropriated in ac
cordance with the provisions of the law. The
company has now received three of tbe five mil
lions of bonds deposited in the State Treasury.
With the proceeds of the bonds issued, fifty
two miles of road have been ma
king with what had formerly been flinished, a
total of one hundred and ninety-nine miles,
leaving eighty-nine miles linfinished, of which,
nearly all is graded and ready for the iron.—
The bonds still in the Treasury will yield an
amount ample to complete the road, apd thus
open this important route of trade itfid com
merce. The development of tho vast mineral
and other re sources of our north-western cpun
tios by this means, will undoubtedly in a few
years render valuable the securities of-the Sun
bury and Erie Railroad Company, now .form
ing part of tbe Sinking Fund of tbe Common
wealth.
778,357 41
$ 195,570 27
.-$1,630,176 82
The interest on the Stale debt was paid ift
Angust last in specie or its equivalent, in con
formity with the existing law, at the cost of
one hundred and forty-«i'w thousand six hun
dred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-two
cents for .the difference between specie and
paper currency, of which the banks under the
provision of the Act of 11th April, 18C2, have
already refunded to the State one'hundred) and
forty thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars
and thirty cents. •
This burden on the hanks has become heavier
1 than in my judgment ought to be borne by any
1 special interest.
Unless the Legislature should otherwise pro
vide it will be the duty of, the State Treasurer
to pay in like manner the interest which will
j fall due hereafter. We should all be careful not
. to violate the faith or impair the credit of the
j Commonwealth. The serious and early con
j sideration of the Legislature is invited to the
j whole subject.
In my opinion there are already more incor
porated banks in the Commonwealth than are at
{'present required for the'public convenience,
! and I therefore recommend that no more shall
I he incoporated.
On the Tth of July last, a call was made by
the President for three hundred thousand vol
unteers. This State hae.alrendy supplied near
ly one hundred and ten thousand men, yet her
people promptly bestirred themselves to re
spond to Ibis new requirement. Although it
was believed that no bounties would be neces
sary to induce the men of Pennsylvar.i Jto en
ter the service of their country on such an oc
casion, yet as some of the neighboring Stales
offered large bounties, it was thought not fight
to expose our citizens to the temptation thus
afforded to them to enlist in regiments of other
States. There being no appropriation for the
payment of bounties, I, of course, could not
direct them to be paid out of the treasury,
and it was evident that to call the Legislature
together and wait for the negotiation of any
loan which might he authorized for the pur
pose, would be attended by injurious delay.—
Under those circumstances I confidently ap
pealed by proclamation to a people who have
never faltered in the performance of any duty
of patriotism, calling on them to raise in their
several counties the sums necessary to insure
their proportion of the 'quota of the State.--
This appeal was effectually answered. Public
meetings were held, and liberal amounts sub
scribed by individuals. In the city of Phila
delphia, besides a very large fund thus raised,
the municipal authorities contributed heavily
from their common treasury, and »n several
counties the county commissioners, generally
underthe guarantee of a few of their eminent
citizens, devoted county funds to the same pur
pose. I recommend that these proceedings be
legalized, and submit to the wisdom of the
.$40,448,213 82
Legislature the question of wh«t legislation
would he just and proper on the whole subject
that thejburdenof this patriotic effort may fall
equally on all classes of people throughout the
State. i
Ihe result of this manifestation of public
spirit was that thirty-.eight new regiments and
three unattached companies of infantry were
raised; four other regiments, which, previous
to this call, had been authorized by the War
Department to be raised are still in progress of
organization.
On special requisitions from the War Depart
ment there have been raised and are n'ow in ser
vice five additional regiments, and three com--
panics qf cavalry, two batteries of heavy artik
lery, aad one battery of light artillery. A
battalion of heavy artillery is being raised by
AGITATOE.
« - |
Maj. Joseph Roberta, U.' S.-A., with ray assent,
also under special authority of tho War De
partment.
Early in September last tbs rebel army
crossed tne Potomac into Maryland, with the
design of invading this State. On the 4th of
that month I called upon the people by Procla
mation to organize into companies and hold
themselves in readiness to be ordered into actu
al service for the defence of I the ' State. And
on the 11th of that month, authority of
the President,! issued orders for fifty thousand
volunteer Militia, to rendezvous at Harrisburg,
for the defence of the State.; This call was
promptly responded to, and a large force .was
sent forward to the Cumberland Valley and its
vicinity. The first-part of this force, consist
ing of one regiment and eight companies of
infantry, moved from Harrisburg on the night
of the 12th of September, and were followed
by other regiments as rapidly as they could be
organized and transportation provided. The"
command of the whole force was taken by
Brigadier General John F. Reynolds, who left
his corps in the Army of the Potomac at my
urgent request, and hurried to the defence of
his native State, for which he is entitled to the
thanks of the Commonwealth. Fifteen*, thou
sand of the Volunteer Militia were pushed for
ward to Hagerstown and BoonsbOro’, in the
State of Maryland ; ten thousand were posted
in the vicinity of Grcencastie and Chambers
burg ; and about twenty-five thousand jjere at
Harrisburg, on their way to Harrisburg, or in
readiness and waiting for transportation to pro
ceed thither. One regiment, at the request of
Gen. •Halleok, was sent to protect Dupont’s
Powder Mills, in the State of Delaware, On
the 24th September the Volunteer Militia were
discharged by me from service, having by-their
spirited demonstration greatly aided in prevent
ing the intended invasion of this State by the
rebels, and in compelling their sodden evacua
tion of the portion of Maryland which they
had polluted. For these services, the thanks
of the Governor of Maryland and of the Com
mander of the Army of the Potomac were ren
dered to our patriotic troops through me.—
Measures have been taken to procure the pay
ment in full of these troops, and of the expen
ses attending their services, by the United
States, in accordance with the terms of the call
by the President. A large portion of the :
amount has already been paid. Having ac
companied this force to Hagerstown, I am ena
bled to speak of the courage, fidelity and cheer
fulness with which.the men suffered unaccus
tomed privations, ahd.hore the fire of the rebel
force, performing with alacrity all .the service
that'was required of them.
On the 4th of August last, a draft of three
hundred thousand militia:, to serve for nine
'months, was ordered by'-the President under
the act of Congress of ITth July, 1802,
recnhuiors were made by bis authority in
pursuance of that act, under which-regulations
the enrolment and draft were conduced in this
State, our militia laws beiiig found to he defec
tive. Several counties ahd districts having
already supplied by volunteers their proportion
of the quota of the State, were exempted from
the draft, and time was given to enable others
to raise the required number of men by volun
tary enlistments. The draft- was generally
proceeded with' throughout the State on .the
10th day of October last, and. the drafted men
were directed to he placed in the several camps
of rendezvous established under the regula
tions, where they wore organized and elected
their officers, and have since gone forward to
the army in the field. The draft was eminently
suacessful, and when the men had been marched
to the rendezvous, my agency in the matter
ceased, and all authority and control over the
men devolved on the United States officers. I
camlot but cororaeud the people of Pennsyva
uia fur their cheerful obedience to the require
ments of the Government on this occasion.—
All the expenses of the draft are, of course, to
be paid by the United States, and I learn that
officers are now in the State charged with the
settlements and payments.
Including the three months volunteers, Penn
sylvania has furnished to the general govern
ment, more than two hundred thousand men
since the breaking out of tho rebellion, besides
some fifty thousand who were in service, or
actually ready for it, as volunteer militia un
der the call of 11th September last, making
in the whole more than two hundred and fifty
thousand men.
In October last a body of rebel cavalry with
a battery of artillery, suddenly crossed the
Potomac and made their, way as far as Cham
bersburg, plundering what they found of sup
plies useful to them and committing other
depredations. They went out of the State by
crossing the South Mountain, and thus reach
ing the Potomac below Ilarper’a Ferry. The
troops in the field were not prepared at the mo
ment to punish this attempt on her soil, and it
is to be much regretted that efficient measures
could not have been taken by the army to cap
ture the rebels on their return to the Potomac.
Immediately after I received notice that this
force had crossed the line of the State, I called
into service thr Anderson Cavalry, then en
camped at Carlisle, and two companies of Reg
ulars at the Barracks at that. place. These
troops were pushed forward in the direction of
Chambershurg and South Mountain. The cav
atVy at Camp Curtin, consisting of-one full and
two imperfect regiments, were armed as infan
try, and, together wkh'two companies of in
fantry and a battery of volunteer light artillery
of Harrisburg, were held in readiness to go
forward, when Major 'General Wool arrived
and assumed the command of all the forces.—
lie had previously ordered part of his com
mand from Baltimore and.'marched the troops
to Gettysburg.
The rebels marched with so much celerity
that they did not encounter any of the forces
of General Wool, and escaped from the State.
I recommend that application be made to Con
gress for an appropriation to compensate our
citizens for the damages which they suffered by
the raid.
On the two emergencies to which I have re
ferred, I acknowledge valuable counsel and as
sistance from Brigadier Genera! Andrea' Por
ter, of the United States Armyi who thus.tes-
Lificd his itgectioa Sut fimr native State, and zeal
in her service when threatened: And on the
same, and other occasions, I am indebted to
Colonel Thomas A. Scott, and Colonel John A.
Wright, and Colonel J. B. JParker, members of
my Staff, who icame promptly on my summons
and Served with their .accustomed zeal and fidel
ity, without pecuniary Compensation.
The militia law of this State is greatly de
fective, and,l earnestly recommendtbe appoint
ment of a commission to prepare and submit
an efficient system, to be reported before the
adjournment of the Legislature, so that action
may be had on the subject at the present ses
sion. In the hurry of ordinary business the
Legislature might not bo able to give the ne
cessary attention to the preparation of a proper
measure,- apd events which have already oc
curred prove the necessity of some effectual
Legislation on the subject, so that our people
may be adequately protected.
Tbo State is in possession of the following
Ordnance, Arms and Ammunition;
03 pieces of artillery, of which 22 need repairs.
2 batteries of now cannon, consisting of 12
- Grifen rifled cannon, 6 pounders, 2 cais
sons and 2 battery wagons, presented to
the State by the Committee of Safety of
Philadelphia, in September last.
26,492 muskets and rifles, of which 11,614 are rea
dy for issue, 4,468 in tbe bands of me
chanics for repairs, and’tbo balance, hav
ing been used by tbe militia called oat
in September last, require cleaning.
12,427 setts infantry accoutrements complete.
1,293 swords and sabres. ,
1 684 pistols.
1,938 rounds artillery ammunition.
1,522,066 rounds ammunition for small arms.
The following arms, accoutrements and am
munition have been furnished according to
law to the border counties, and to Volunteer
organizations formed under the Militia Act of
1858:
5,840 muskets and rifles with accoutrements com
plete, were issued to and are now in pos-
I session of border counties.
4,053 muskets and rifles, and 3,041 setts of ac
coutrements issued to and now in pos
session of organized companies. Also
80,000 rounds of ammunition issued to
border counties and organized companies.
1,755 muskets and 805 setts of accoutrements,
were,issued to Cols. Brown and Glantz’s
regiments on going into the service.
32 pieces of artillery, issued to First Pennsyl
nia Artillery, Col. Charles T. Campbell
, commanding, on going into the service.
I 628 sabres, ],056 pistols and 528 setts of ac
coutrements, issued to organized cavalry
companies.
Showing an aggregate of—
-107 pieces of artillery,
j 39,045 muskets and rifles.
1.740 pistols.
J 1j?26 sabres.
j 22,203 setts infantry accoutrements.
I 528 setts cavalry accoutrements.
1,003,038 rounds of ammunition.
sln addition to tho above, the following mili
tajry property of the city of is re
ported by, the “florae Guard j)t the city of
Philadelphia,” to be in its possession, viz ;
' 020 pounder Parrot rifled gtme.
| 310 pounder Prussian riflwl guns.
] 10-poumler English rifled g«n.
32 cassions for 20-poinuler Parrot rifled guns.
2 cassions for 10-pounder Prussian rifled guns,
r i with tools and stores, i
■ 3 12-pounder rifled howitzer, Dahlgreen.
- I 1 12-pounder rifled howitzer, 720 lbs. Dahl
green.
2 Bold carriages for ditto.
, 2 small howitzer guns, 12-poundors, with car
riages, tools and stores.
1 1 12-pounder rifled howitzer, Dnhlgreen.
1 12-poundor .-mouth bore, 720 lbs. Dahlgrecn.
2 field carriages for ditto.
i 2 small 12-pounder howitzers, with carriages,
tools and stores.
192 saddles.
127 saddle B , -with traces, breast strap, Ac.
G 8 saddles, incomplete.
2,296 muskets and rifles.
200 pistols and 124 holsters.
1,997 rounds of shot nnd shell.
6T2,554 rounds tnnsket nnd rifle cartridges.
The foregoing does not include the arms and
equipments that have been issued to the sever
al regiments of the Hume Guard, and which
are in their possession.
For the details of military operations and of
statistics, I refer you to the Reports of the Ad
jutant General, Quartermaster General, Com
missary General, Surgeon General, and the
Chief of Transportation, which accompany
this message.
. In regard to the election of officers in the
Reserve Corps and the recruitment of the regi
ments of that corps and of our othc-r gallant
regiments of volunteers, I propose to send a
special message in a few days, as I desire to
treat these subjects somewhat at large, and to
submit to the Legislature some documents re
lating to them.
By the thirteenth section of the not of May
15th, ISO 1. I was authorized to draw my war
rants on the treasury fur a sum sot exceeding
twenty thousand dollars for compensation to
esuch persons as might be required to serve the
country in a military capacity. At the date of
'fny last message, 1 had drawn from the treasu
ry eight thousand five hundred dollars, and
had paid out up to the Ist of December, 18G1,
six thousand four hundred dollars, when my
account was settled. Since that time I have
drawn two thousand dollars from the treasury,
part of which, with the balance in my hands,
has been expended in the payment of members
of my persona! staff in service when I required
assistance, and in procuring information, and
to persons employed when the State was threat
ened with invasion in- September, 1862, and
during the raid in October last,
i An account of these expenditures will be
found on file in the office of the Auditor Gen
? Under the act of.2ottfi|j>rll, 1858, it is my
intentionjo take early measures for the sale of
the powder magazine in the city of Philadel
phia. The powder magazine at Harrisburg is
not judiciously located. A State powder mag
azine ought, in myjudgment, to be erected on
a suitable site in the vicinity of this place, and
I recommend -the attention off the Legislature
to the subject.
In September last two batteries of rifled can
non were presented to the Commonwealth by a
committee of citizens of Philadelphia, through
S. V. Merrick, Esq., which are now in the Ar
penal in that city. I recommend that provision
be made for procuring carriages, caissons and
bthcr equipments for them, The liberal donors
bre entitled to the thanks of the Commonwealth
p>r their patriotic gift.
i Under tho joint resolutions of 28th of Feb
ruary, 1862, measures were promptly taken for
the relief of oar sick and wounded men in the
field.
The wounded 'at Winchester, Strashurg,
Front Royal, Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, and
those in the corps of-Maj. General Banks were
duly attended on the field or in the vicinity by
Surgeon General Smith and a corps of surgeon*
under his direction, and wep*e brought into the
State. The same system 1 would have been
continued, but in June last, T received a letter
from the Surgeon Genial of the United Statesj
representing that it was found inconvenient to
the service, and must create difficulties in the
regular identification of thejsoldiers for
and pensions. " * *
In compliance with his views, I was reludj
tantly obliged to discontinue the system, bat I
have not ceased to urge bn the War Depart
ment the propriety of sending our sick and
wounded men imo the State, where they can
be nursed and cared for by their friends, and
bare to say that at length such an arrangement
was made with the authorities at Washington,
which it wai hoped would be effective, but
there has been such tardiness in putting it
into practical operation, that I recommend the
m m.
Legislature tp inv’itje the attention of the Wa i
department to the subject. Our suffering men
hare a right to the sympathy and aid of their 1
State, to be rendered as not to injure the serf
Tice. If the bringing them home to be attend*
ed could produce even inconvenience to that, I.
would not urge it. But it is oraejto leave then!
to the care and (I.regret to say it)' frequently
to the neglect, or worse, of strange officials, ai
points in tire immediate vicinity of all the
abundant comfortwhicb the solicitude of tbeit
families and friends would rejoice to provide
fur them. * "
- In addition to the expenses of attending an<(
bringing home oar sick and wounded as ebovd
I have expended less than $4OOO in the
transportation of friends of sick, killed, orf’
wounded volunteers, and other persons sent by;
me for their care to the several battle-fields.
and hospitals, and in bringing home for. inter*'
ment the bodies of those plain. The whole'
expense incurred nnder the joint! resolution’
was five thousand one hundred nineteen
dollars and eighty-three cents; the 1 details,.of
which will be found in the report Of the Sur
geon General of the Chief of Transportation..
I have uniformly, when applied to, allowed'
the expense of transportation of one person t a
the field to bring home the body of his friend
or relation, and the expense of his return with'
the'body: , The cost of this- has not exceeded
$6OO, is included in the snm of less that!
§4,ooo,'above stated.
In this connection I must speak wltti ap*
piause of the active benevolence of our citizens*
who'have without compensation devoted their 1
time and care to their suffering fellow citizens*
disabled by the casualties of war. Not only
have many gone to the field, to administer theif
kind offices, but in every part of the Common
wealth thousands have applied their means and
exertions to the same end ; and especially harO
the women of Pennsylvania, obeying their trod
womanly instincts, shown that they are worthy
to be the mothers, wives and Sisters of the
brave men, whom they have atimulated to their 1
duty, and soothed and nursed in the sufferings
that have ensued the performance of iti
The city of Philadelphia having patriotically
offered to the United States; League Island as
a donation for a Navy Yard, Congress directed
a commission to report upon the availability of
that site and , also of New London. To the
general astonishment, a majority of the com
mission have reported in favor of New London*
but the minority has presented a report, which -•
is fortified by the approval nf the Secretary of •
the Navy, showing so conclusively the sbperi*
ority of League Island that it is scarcely possi
ble -that Cpngress should hesitate to select that
location. To establish a Navy Yard for thd
construction of iron clad vessels at a point re
mote from all necessary supplies, situated od
salt water, and accessible by more than- one
route to an enemy, who may bare a moment l
ary superiority at sea, would lappear to ba
quite inconsistent with the wisdom of Congress*
especially when a site is offered convenient to
iron, coal and other necessary supplies, situa
ted on fresh wafer with a sufficient depth for 1
the draught of-large vessels, and-Safe from
hostile attack bjf its position-.
Capt. Ilenry K. IFrigley, of the city of PbiU
adelphia, at my request, and without compen
sation, has mado a report to me on the defen
ces of the Delaware, which 1 herewith trans
mit for information.
In July last, I received, at Pittsburg, by
graph, an offer from the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Company) of a donation of fifty thousand doR
lars to assist in paying bounties to' volunteers;
I declined this offer, because I had no authority
to accept it on behalf of the public, and was
unwilling to uddertake the disbursement of the
fund in my private capacity. I have since re
ceived a letter on the subject from the company
suggesting other modes of disposing of the
money, a copy of which is annexed to this
message.
If the Legislature should accept the dond;
ion, I recommend that it be applied towards
the erection of an asylum for our disabled eul
diets, and that the trustees appdnted to super
intend the erection and management of the
asylum be authorised to accept such furthfir
contributions as our citizens may offer. In a
well managed establishment of that kind-, it is
probable that the pensions to b 6 allowed bjf
the Government to the men,-will enable thbnl
to support themselves with comfort. By ah
act of Congress passed on the second day Of
July, 18G2, lands were granted to tbfe Several
States for the endowment, support and main
tenance by each State, of at least one c'olt'egS
for teaching such branches cf learning as are
related to agriculture and the mechanic arts;
without excluding other scientific and Classical
studies, and including militaty tactics.
I recommend that proper- provision be mide
by the Legislature for having the lands thus
granted to this State selected, and the title
made to the -State, and that Congress be re
quested to allow the lands and their proceeds to
be used by the State in the construction and
support of such an asylum as I hkve above
suggested. .
The details of the operations of the common
scbbol syetem, during the school year that ter-'
initiated, on' the first Monday hr Jnhe, 1862,
manifest scarcely any evil effects from the
troubled stale of the country. Absence ef the
usual degree of progress in the various depart
ments is the only result observable.-. -To have
held its own, however, during thr severe ordeal
to which, in common with all oar’great social
interests and enterprises; it has been subjected,
is the strongest proof of its inherent vigor, and
of the hold it possesses upon the affections ns
well as the judgement cf the people of the
State.
, It has come to my knowledge that insoms
parts of the State a system exists of pitying
the wages of workmen and laborers not in
money but in orders on store keepers for mer
chandise and'other aiiitlcS; This tsthm, by
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