■^^inirfiSpLGonity iLgitkoflfa
BY I£. H. COBB, i, , ifij
PnbliEbederery Wednesday morning nSd-xnduiato
ncEcribersat ONBjDO|tLAdt'ANB pj3?Ji:£ Ojfes
per year, always IN ADVANCE.' ; -,i' M’ '
.jjwpaperjß sent postage free to
though they may receive tbeir’mpil at p(i|;; T o& fesllo
-cateS in counties 'immediately adjoining,, 'ht cppien
■ icnoe. ’ , ... - ,
' lan AosT/crpy la the Official paper ;
and circulates in every neighborhood Ibprcin. Sub-
4
eoriptions being on Eya%m, U;fci.rca
lates among a class most to the interest'cgjod.Tß it sere
to reach. le'rma to advertisers aslibetsi-ps thi h: of
fered by any paper of eoual circolationNceitiiarn
Pennsylvania. ’ • » ‘f 1
ps3~h. cross'on the ' margin of a pajjerj djijotes
that the subscription is about to ispireif; 11
pS~ Papers will bo stopped.when the fubseilotion
time espircs, unless the agent or’iJerg'tlteir cnlttinji
once. ■ , 4
. jasss
sm. IOWBEI & S. 'F. WE<slim,
.1- TTOEKBY &■& COPXSELLORS at S‘AW,
<?QL .will attend the Courts of Tioga. Potttrand
rlcKesa counties. , . [Wcllsb'oro, Jan. I,
1001 S. - i -
Sl * TtOR'XEY & COOKSELLOR kTTA'W,
lOu. Condersport, Pa., will attend the several Courts
in Fetter and. .McKfan counties. All busies ia en
trusted to Ills care will receive prompt aftent?o'{.' Ho
has the agency of large tracts of good * * land
■snd will attend to the payment of- tases on it n {lands
-in raid counties. Jon.-2S, Js 13.*
. ?—->Vi •
BICKIKSOM HOBSB, ?'!
COKSING, ST. Y
54aj. ■A. FIELD;
•aO UESTS taken to and'from the Dfpi jfree
IX of charge. - * [Jan. I, 115(3.}
, PBSMSYIiYAWSA. HOUSE 7 ,’'
CORKER OF MAIN STREET AND THE ATB'-tTE,
- WfeUabdro, Pa.
■J. W: BTGOXY,,
THIS popular Hotel, haring -bee-o
and re-furnished Ahroughout, is now open iu the
public as a Crst-ciass house, . [Jan* 1,
iZAAK WALTON HOUSEj.!
Gaiiss/Tiogn Comity, Pa. ; j
ft. C. YERMILYEA Propr'ctor.
THIS is a new hotel located within
ceEB of the best fishing und hunting gi-onf.'in
Northern Pennsylvania. Ko pains will be spa'r*a for
the accommodation of pleasure vectors and 'tiO-lTa'v
eliing public. . ■ ■ [Jan. I, ISijS.]
**> WATCHES, CLOCKS • AjlfH
JEWELBI!
Repaired nt BT73jI>AR,D , S db CO'S. STORE,
subscriber, in tbe befetaanncr, and at ns low prt-?«isas
tbe same work can be donb-for, by anyfirgt rate prac
tical workman in ibe State. - "• *
TTellsboro, July 15, 1853, A. Iv. HAS }Y.
WELESBORO hoTSL. .'
U. B. HOLIDAY, ; .Hropi etor.
TEE Proprietor .having again taken pijs3os|jmof
the above Hotel, it ill rparo no pains to ; isure
the comfort of guests and,the traveling puhllisi.At
tentive waiters always ready. ’ Terms reasonable.
TTellsboro,'Jan.2l,_lS63.-tf. . -
A.' FO“Si EV 9
Watches, (Jloohs, Jswelrv,
REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES. j.
POSH OFFICE BUIFDIJ®,
. NO. •'■s, UNION- BLOCK. ?
"Welkboro,- May 20,1563
J 3. 11. EEiACB, '• : ■:, ,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESS
SHOP-OVER C. L. VnXCOX'S STOKPVf
NO. 4, UNION BLOUXO
June 24, 1863» - ' 1 - /.
. FLOim AND PEED STCJWB.
.WRIGHT & BAILE¥ ;
HAVE had their mill thoroughly, tefyired
and aro receiving fresh ground floors feed,
meal, Ac., every, day at their store in town. >' ,
Cash'paid for all kinds of grain, ■
TYEIGHX <t
Wellsboro, April.lSG3. .-.r- .
Wool Carding and Cloth Dre?(lag.
THE subscriber informs his old customers
and tbs public generally that be is prepared to
card wool and dress cloth at the old stand, tJW c wiling
■mson, having secured ibe services of Mr.lL 1 EET,
-a competent and experienced workman, in
tending tp give his personal attention to the I Uf-fjaess,
ho will warrant all work .done at his shop. o. *■}
Wool carded at" five cents per pound, ifld Cloth
dressed at from ton to twenty cents u per
color and finish. J» I. JAOKS&K.
Welisboro, May fi, IS63—tf.
BABBLE SSiOff*. .;.
lAM now receiving a STOCK, of ITAL ',AK
and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bought wUh J fcash)
and am prepared to manufacture all kind^of
TO MB-STON EfS; t
and MONUMENTS at the lowest prices.
HARVEY ADAMS ia my authorized agent and
trill teU Stone ;yl the same pjicds as at the shej).-
WE HAVE HUT OEE PRICE: . .
Tioga, May 20, 1663-ly. . A. D. :;o£E.
JOHN A. BOYVi
T\UALERIN DRUGS AND MEDIO NES,
JL/ Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Dyes, foaj <, Per
fumery, Brushes,-Glass, Putty, Toys, Pac'cy goods,
Pare R'incs, Brandies, Gins, arid other Liquors for
'medical use. Agent for the sale of all the .beat Pat
ent Medicines of the day. Medicines 'warranted gen
uine and 'Of the ■ '*
best quality; •
Physician's Prescriptions accurately cottf aonpded.
Ehe-best Petroleum Oil which is superior to 1 kyxtber
nr burning in Keroslne Lamps. Also* all o>ltr kinds
■ Oils nsaaUy kept in a first class Drug j
FAYCY DYE COLORS in package. hl./cady
impounded, for tbo use of private fatojilis * Also, r
ure Loaf Sugar for medical'componndsj'
Wollsborb/Jane 24, 1863-ly. ! ‘| *
Insurance Agency;.
THE Insurance Company of North AmericfifhaTe
-appointed the undcrugned an agent forlioga
County and vicinity. j
Ah the high character and standing of this C >mpa
nygire the assurance of full protection to of
property against the hazard of fire, I con
,• pfidence a liberal share of the business of- tl b county.
I This company was incorporated in 1794. Lis capital
j is $500,000, and iU asscsts in 1801 as
' Ist Jan. of that year was $1254,719 81. J
PLATT, £Secsta_ry.
ARTHUR G. C0 7 * m >
Office Of the CempaZf Z ? Z Walnut Street
, : . A*
arm. Bdeliieri Centra I A£ e7l! ®f E 5I ‘ -
‘ rjrl«fcnic,jPa. '. j
JOHN W. CUfiKNESF, :j :
Agcatfor Tioga Cocaty, Pa, ft ,
July 15, 1563.. ' fi.
STATE NOBMAE SCBOOj^
r.For the sth District, Pa;] jV
- 1 ;
manifietd Classical Semiflafy-
T-CV. W. D. XATLOE, a. SX PrinijipaJ.
Me. „ Assistant.
'Met-H. S. Tavloh, .X'rtSXplroES,
A. ....Aggistaiyt. -
Assistant, and'Xeacher in Model SciSool.
Assistant, and Teacher of Mheid. ,i
The Fail Term of this Institution trill 'ipsa-Sept.
2d- The Winter Term, Dec. 2d. the Spring Term,
■March 16th, 1564, Each term to continue., ,t| Srteen
steaks, 1 " hj -
A /formal School Course of study for ((rail
embracing two years, is adopted. j
Students for the Kormol Coarse, and ton ‘the fplosai
•Cl'"eparttnent, areesoliclted. . ,'|
. a°r particulars, address Ecr, W. I>.
ncla, lidga County Eenna. Bend for a Cf.TCaljir.'
. „ - w; cocAßalh,
. Presidentef the Board otiSCronees.
WM. Secretary, , ■ . • 'X, n ; >
-Hmefidd, Au®yt,S,:|B6f, , liU.
YOE. X.
GGY.- GUETIFS "MESSAGE.'
To the I Senate and Home of Jleprcseniafitet of. Penn
aylvania: ....
Gentlemen ;--Thei past year hts afforded as"
new cause of thankfulnessto the Almighty for"
the moral and material blessings which lie has
twstowed upon us. ;
The balahco in the Treasury, :
. November 3D, 1662, was $2,172;844 ID-:
Receipts dating the,fiscal year end-’.-
ing November 30, 1863...;..- 4,280,401 65.
Total in Treasury for-fiscal year en^ r . ;
Jug 1 November 3.0,1803......h.h., 75
The-payments for the eame‘‘period " : ■“ ' .
have been.. . 4.312,964,05
Balance in Treasury, November 30, ■
1893 .....h.....:...,;....;.;...;... : 2,147,331.70-
The cfpefations.'of the sinking fund during,
the last-year have been shown, by my Procla
mation of the 8 th: day of-Saptemberuiast, as’
follows: ''...
Amount of debbCommonwealtb ret' ' 3 ' I; '' ' I
ducod .. .... ... ....; $<154,720 40
As follows, viz,: , r ~ *"
Coupon bean Act, May . “ * . ‘‘
4, 1862., 100,000 00 ‘ ? ' '
Rive per 'cent! : '790,716 60' ’ ' ''
Four and ono,hal£ per. -•
cent...'.:.. ..'..'. '63,000 00 ‘ ~ \
Relief note’s canceled.... 963 00 '/ ’ . ■
Domestic creditors' cpr-.’ J '** 1
•tlficatefe.,.' 33 'OO :J ‘ ''
Interest certificates paid 27 80. .
•JProft' |etor.
IPropr^etor.
Amount of public debt of Pennsylva'- ’
as'it stood dn 'iho Ist day of De- " ; '• ' •
• ter; 1-362 :..w:.'.:..;...:.;540,448,218* 82
amount redeemed at tbe State- ”
; during the fiscal year, end- •
ing VUh November 30, 1863, viz’ ; ' ~
Five per cent "stocks,..’ ;858,499 78
Four and’.a half per" cent : *'
■ Et0cTi5..‘,.‘..i....r.63,000 00 ' ‘ i;>i - m
Relief, DotQs.,,.-,..*............ -MOO, 00,. , ? w
Domestic Vrcclitbrs’ certifi- "
cates...,. 820 ' -’*
; $95!,617 04
Public debt December Ist, 1563.........539,400,696 78‘
Funded debt, viz: 6 per. . * •..
cent loans. .$400,630 00
Funded .debt, viz: 5 per ; -
cent 10an5....... ,’...36,700,980 45 ; - .. .
Funded debfc> viz 1 1 A £ per *
■ cent loans. 268,200 60 -o ; : . \
r—: r 536,378,816 45
Unfunded -debt, viz: . . .il , r
Relief notes in circulations97,Ssl 00 • * - . ,
Interest ,-ccrtificatea out, “ - *
5tanding....;..'.;,;,,.;'.,;.'.: 15,356 63- - -
Interest certificates un**v : . . //y
-claimed t i 4,443 88 jj
Domestic'creditors* certifi- ' •[ - ; .j. 1
, 724*32 > . r -
. $117,78f1r53,
*-f~rV2 -
* „ 78 z
Military Loan per Act of May. l'stb* ’ -
<1861*,:. v > ,$5,000,05(j 00
Total indebtedne#p t „4,.. ! ;.nit. 78.
THE MfLJTAftY REDEMPTION FUND-f-COIN PAY
..MENT.OF STATE INTEREST.
By the act of the 15th of Way, 18G1, author-.
ising the military loan of $300,000,000, a tax of
one-balf mill was laid on real and personal
property,.to furnish a fund for redeeming the
same. I recommend that thcTEomniisEionera of
the stoking fund be directed to invest the pro
ceeds of the tax .in State loan, so that it may
be drawingiinterest, to hoin like-manner ini
vested, or that they should, apply; such proceeds
directlyto the purchase pf.the military loan,,
and cancel such certificates aa shall he pur
chased.
Although our finances are still in a healthy
conditionfit-is-nacessary. to invite the serious
attention of - the Legislature-to-the considera
tion of the means of maintaining them unim
paired in future.-
By.the act of 12th June, 1840, it was pro
vided that the interest on the State loans should
always be paid in specie or its equivalent, and
that whenever the funds in the Treasury should
be of bo less value than specie, the difference ,
in value should be ascertained and certified to
the Govenor, who should thereupon issue his
warrant'to the agents or banks authorized to
pay'such interest bn behalf of the Common
wealth, to allow such difference to parties re
ceiving the interest, or at the option of the par
ties to-pay the same in specie.- ......
By the act of .11th April, 1862, it was pro
vided that for the purpose of paying in specie
or its equivalent, all interest that should there;
after be due by the Commonwealth, as required
by-'the act of 12th June, 1840, the several
hanks who should avail themselves of the pro
visions of that act, (of 11th April, .1862,) and
Who should refuse to'redeem their notes in spe
cie, on demand, at any time within ten days
upon or after the time when such interest should
become, duo, should thereafter when required
by the State Treasurer, by notice in writing,
pay into the State Treasury, in proportion to
the capital stock paid in of each hank,, their
rateable proportion of such premium for gold or
its equivalent, asshould have been actually paid
by the State.
By 'the act of the 30th January, -1863, it
was provided that the State Treasurer should
exchange with the hanks an amount of.cur
rency sufficient to pay the interest on the State
debt falling due on the first day of February
and August, 18G3, for the same amout of coin,
and should give to the banks specie certificates
of exchange, not transferable, pledging the
faith of the State to return said coin in ex
change f?* note 3 current at the time, on or be
fore.lhe'first of March, 1864, such cer
tificates to bear inte». a “ ra * e °f per
cent. per annum. ~-
Under the provisions of the aC? °f 1862,
certain banks paid , into the State Treasury.
$140*i768,30 as an equivalent for coin fur the
payment of interest on the public debt.
Under the act of 1853, spejie certificates
have been given to the banks'.'amountingin the
whole to $1,968,904 &T, which, with the accru
ing interest, will fall due on the first Monday
of March nest.
As the provisions of this act were of a tem
porary character, the only acts now in force
on the suhjeotare those of 1840 and 1862, above
mentioned, under which it will be ithe duty
of the State authorities to pay the interest on
the Ist February, 1864, and thereafter,-in coin
or its equivalent, and look to the banks that
may he. liable’under the act of 1852 for . reim
bursements of the premium paid by the Cora
jpsmweiilt^,,, . -.Tit >
liWi; &e£otm*
■WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG IJNRIGHTBI),, AND HNTIL “MAN’S XNni}s£A!NlTY' TO MAN”" SHALE CEASEj' AGITATIONrMEST CONTINUE.';
WEILSBOBO, TIOSA COUNTY, PA,, WIiDpSBAT lIOSNING.: JANUARY 20, . 1564.
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THE DUTY OF STATE FINANCES TO TOrTED STATES
CURRENCY— CURREN'CV 'PAYMENT NECESSARY.'
' In the’face of all' difficulties,' this Common
wealth, actuated by a seriti.ment which does its
people honor, l(as ‘hitherto’:paid its interest in
.coiri-or'its equivalent. ‘ ’ 1
'Existing circumstances mate it necessary to,
consider now-the‘fair extent of her just,
gatitms.- i ' •
of tlia times' have'completed
'the-Government of the United 'Stales to issue,
large amounts of Treasury notes for circula
tion,'which -are not redeemable in '-coin, and
which form! the great mass' of our circulating
-medium. ' ‘ 'r.
■ It is our-duty as-aidyul Stato—lt is our in
terest ns a State whose welfare,-and ; even safe
ty, .;depend .'emphatically 'upon- the -mainte
nance of ! the. credit and the. suoedsß of the
military operations :of the' General Govern
ment—t o'- do nothing to-Impair its-i-credlt,
or embarass its measures. ' On the’ contPa
:ry,vwe " owe'it to ourselves iand' tb our f pos
terity to give an'active support to all.its'efforfs
-to quell the monstrous rebellion which is still
raging, and thus restore peace to our distracted
country.". ■ h . ;
-.lt is onr owAGovernment; and we could not,'
■without gross indecency, attempt to refuse it's
currency in payment of tases und'iitberldebts'
due to the Commonwealth. ,
In 1840 the case-wns very different. The
'difioiftties then ■ arose .from euspension- of spe
cie TpayUients : by ons-Stata hanks, mere 1 local,
and ;private : corporations, and the State very
proporly, by the act of that year, intended'toi
ipfdvsde:against loss toils creditors.by reaSon
of suoh suspension. l An exigency like the
,'present, could hot then haveibeen foTseen .by
the Legislature, and it is to.be inferred there
fore that they could not have intended to pro
wide for it,. y
$954,720 40
' ’We'derive our system of public-loans ifrom :
Europe, and the true,extent nfour obligation
is-to-be ascertained-by ‘referring to the known
established practice of European governments
prior to'the dates when oor loans were effected.
I mean, of course, such of thoee-governmentsas
were - held’to have- maihtained<iheir national
-credit.-! - ; i.-.ii/ ,r ‘ -
It is believed to have been- tho' uniform prac
tice of such governments to pay their interest'
In- paper currency phowsver depreciated,’ du
ring- a legalized suspension of specie payments.
An-observabloTinatanco of this is .-afforded by
■ the -oOurse of the British Government, which,
during- - twenty-live; years, from 1797 to 1822,
duaing which the bank was prohibited by law
IfroW-paying out coin for any purpose - , paid the
interest on its public debts in bank notes; which
dnjing.a great part of- that time were at a heavy
discount,-sometimes,amounting to 3Q psr;cebt,
or thereabout. 'Their necessities them were not
: greater than'onrs are now..
Among ourselves, at the present time, ‘Mas
sachusetts (whose debt is believed- to be very
small) 1 pays- the interest in coin.- Ohio and
Indiana pay in currency. In New York it is
not known what will be done.■ Her Legisla
ture, by cSncurrent resolution, ordered the in
terest -to be paid in coin to ibreigaustockholders,
in April'last. - ; r
LOANS AND TAXATION TO BE AVOIDED—THE
At the present rate of premium on gold, the
sum necessary to pay on an, amount sufficient
to discharge the annual inferesi on the- State
debt •would be more than $1,000,000, and to
meet this, additional taxation to" that,extent
would be unavoidable. The demands on the
Treasury for other necessary, purposes must
probably be such as to render it imprudent to
throw any part of this expenditure on the ex
isting surplus. To borrow money from year to
year to pay the interest on past loans would,
of course, ho -wholly inadmissible. To leave
the act of 1802 in force', and attempt to th’rqw
the payment of this large premium • annually
on the banks, would be not only flagrantly un
just,' but'juita impracticable. I recommend
the whole subject to the careful and immediate
consideration of the Legislature. Some legis
lation ought to be. had on .it before tbo closeof
the present.month. In my opinion the Com
mon weath- will have fulfilled her .obligations by
providing for the payment of. her interest in
the currency of the Government. If the Leg
islature should see, fit to continue to pay it in
coin,, it will be their .duty to levy .forthwith .the
heavy taxes necessary for that purpose-. I most
in passing observe that the plan adopted by one
of the States of paying .coin; to foreign, and
currency to domestic loan holders,.appears to
me to be wholly unwise and founded on. no le
gitimate'principle...
• "At the close of the last session, nineteen
bills renewing the charters of certain banks,
for another period ofrfive years-were presented
to-me.T \Qf these I have-,{|qr reasons -which
will be hereafter communicated,) withhold my
signature from one'arid approved the remain
der. ■ I have been led to sign them by the bon-,
sideration that the banks of the Commonwealth
pay a.‘large: feJcnrie (nearly $400,000), which
■the State cun ill afford to lose, it would-be im
politic to drive so much capital out of active
use or force it info new employments. ' ■
.If the national Banking system afford euffi
: cient inducements, capital will voluntarily take
that direction. , lt;is proper to observe, that the
charters pf most, of the banks in question ex
pire at an early period, while in consequence
of the invasion of -the -State, during- the last
summer, they ebuld not have,beeh reasonably
pxpeoted to give the necessary notice of re
newed application for re-charter,.
-1 recommend an extension of the time du
ring which the blinks are; now relieved from
penalties for not paying (heir obligations in
coin, ' ■ 1
RECOMMENDS INCREASE OF OFFICE WEARIES—•
..The increased expenses of living invite at
tention to the salaries of onr , public officers.
Those of the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Auditor-General and State Treasurer, and of
Clerks in their employment are in my opinion,
too low, especially as the exigencies of the
times have greatly, enhanced the labors and
responsibilities. of all and in,the case of the
heads of these enforce a consent
im
BANKING SYSTEM,
WAR DAMAGES, &C,
'TI I,'
jitteAdajnce .at-Harrisburg, which was not fbr-
M.erljrequired. ...
Under-the act of April 16th, 1862, and its
feuppT&merit passed- April '22d, 1863* the - Adju
- tapt General, Quartermaster General and Cqm
miasary General have been noting pa the Board
tary. Claims.. - They. have,'up.to this
approved claims to the amount of §l6O
- and others have been already’present
bd tobtlie further amount of $332,120 26, which
bane not yet beetrao’ted.oh. *• ‘ '•
Unger, the; act of 22d April,;' 1803, (P.'.L.
;529,) the Court of Common . Pleas appointed
throe .appraisers to. ascertain .the damage fione
in the counties oh the southern'border by the
militia’called into' service in ‘September, 1862,
by Vuo'' Anderson • Cavalry in'the same month,
and by thq rebels.in their raid on thq.-iptlvand
11th of October, 1862.,
The appraisers have not yet.completed the
performance of their duties. When their
port-shall', have been made to' the Court of
'.Common Pleas and affirmed, .in whole oc in
part, by that,Court, it will ; bq.the duty of the
(Joyerpor to cl.aim the payment of the amounts
from the General Government, am/’on failure
to secure the same, then to report to the next
■Legisloture/recoommending such aotion os he;
may deem, just aad'.proper. . . 1
; The expenses of the Transportation and;Teh
egraph Department during the past year have
been as follows; . ‘
Paid (out of appropriation
" by Military Loan Act of 1861)'...513,058 87
Unpaid (the appropriation- being
< exhausted-).;..................15;764 79,
, Outstanding liabilities estimated : . ~ i,
'at.;.
- - - 534 ) 423~68
These expenses'have been mainly incurred
.jn keeping up , the necessary correspondence of.
the military departments and' in the.transppr
' tatidri’of sick and wimnded and’ the dead bodies’-
of bur volunteers, as will be seen by the re- -
port of .the Chief of Transportation; iherewith
communicated. ' I recommend ar> : appropri
ation .to meet the .deficiencyand also to oarry
;on tbe.sorvice of.thisdepartment- hereafter.. .
.-By .the thirteenth section of the.act pf the
15 tU of May, 1861,-the aura,of $20,000 was ap--
propriated to ,-be expended - by-' the Governor-,
frtr the compensation of such .persons as he
might require, to servo the Commonwealth in‘
, the. military organization of ithe-State or the
General Government, andiforlhe.exponses.in
cident to the business in which they might be
employed. ■; - • ' * i ~. - .
' -1 have, according to law, settled annual.ao
couiits.of the expenditure, of this-fund in the.
Auditor-General’s office, .to which the Legisla
ture is referred. _ The unexpended balance is l
now $54,521- 98. ; A further sum. should be ap--
propria, ted in like manner.—Out of this fund I.
have paid the persons whom I. fimndii neces
sary to.employ,in the military.dep.artment, and
the .expenses of the,agency which r I, was com
pelled to establish at Washington to aftend to
tho interests and, welfare of our volunteers.
The continuance of this agency and,the estab
lishment of a similar,one in the West are-of
vital importance to them. . I recommend the
passage .of an apt authorizing the appointment
of agents at .'Washington and Nashville, and
defining their duties, which should include the
collection of all bounties, back pay, pensions,
etc.,’due to'Pennsylvania. i.
On" this subject I refer the Legislature to the
report-of ColoneLß. Biddle Roberts,' late Agent
oUthe State, atf Washington, herewith commu
nicated, and commend it to your careful exam
ination. " ■ -
PAYMENT OP THB MILITIA,
On the invasion of the State during the last
summer, ( the .President made a call for militia,
and with his assent I subsequently made a call
for volunteer militia for the defence of the
State. Under these calls men were assembled
and organized with 'promptness, after the'real
ity of the emergency came to be ’ understood
by our -people, ' ' The General Government
.clothed and subsisted this force, and agreed to
pay it, but;; as 1 no appropriation for that pur
pose has been made by Congress, the Pres
ident and Secretary of War promised if the
money should be advanced from other quarters
to recommend -its immediate payment ori the
•meeting of Congress.' It is understood that
steps have -been already-taken to fulfil this
pledge.' Several, of the banks'cheerfully and
readily " advanced- the necessary funds to the
amount of $671,476,43, on my promise'to rec
ommend to the Legislature -an appropriation
to repay them in case Congress should- fail to
make .one. I accordingly make that recom
mendation most emphatically. Should it bo
necessary, I will hereafter in a special message,,
'givi'-thjj details and correspondence relating-to
■this.subject - . .» , - . ' . ■
New ‘Fork and New, Jersey, under the Pres:'
idenl’mcall, sent regiments to assist in opr de
fence, for which our thanks ate due to those
States, our good-neighbors. .... - ; ; . •
THE GETTYSBURG CEMETERY.
After the battle of Gettysburg, in which loy
al volunteers from eighteen States; including-
Pennsylvania,'were engaged, it appeared tome
proper that all these States should unite in es
tablishing a cemetery on the Spot in which
their "soldiers, who had fallen in that conflict,
should be honorably interred. I accordingly
appointed David Wills, Esq., of Gettsburg, my
agent, and through' him, a site was purchased
at a best of $2,475,87, and tbo conveyance
made ,b the Commonwealth. On communica
ting with the authorities of the other States,
they all readily agreed to become parties'to the
arrangement, and on. the 19th day of Novem
ber lasti_thb Cemetery was dedicated with ap
propriate ceremonies in the presence of the
President of the United States, the Governors
of the States,’ concerned, ond other high offi
cers, State and national. .On tho 19tb of De
cember, on the invitation of Hr. Willis, Com
missioners'representing the States interested in
thb Cemetery met in Harrisburg and agreed
upon a plan for its Improvement and care in
the future/and the apportionment ,of the sum
of money required, to the ae’veral States*, which
is here*with communicated. Tbo expenses at
• tending the- establishment of this Cemetery,
including the cost of the site and-of-removing
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the todies of'the slain,"have tli«> far amounted
•td $5,200,'38, and an appropriation' will be‘re
quired to pay these expenses,"anti to’meet our
Lportion-of those attending-its future mainten
ance. , 'lt-wili appep by the proceedings of the
■Commissioners sthat-their -due proportions of
the expenseaalready incured. are to be refund
.ed by the States, on whose .account they were
made. It is just to say that Mr. Wills has
discharged Kia delicate and impbrlsbt duties
with fidelity and to my entire satisfaction. ’
THE FAMILIESaVd OP.rnASS.'oP SOI.DIESS/
The act for the relief of the famiiies of Vol
unteers in -service 'may require some revision..
It is alleged that in some parts of the State the
cobfity authorities ‘are backward In executing
itbe law. : If,this be sdi. the .members from the
-.different counties will be aware of,;oe fact, and
will'be .most ready to makesuch further en
actments, as may be proper. _
Xcommend to thii .prompt attention of the.
Legislature-the subject of the’relief "of poor or
phans of our-soldier's who.' hate given, or shall,
■give, their lives to the during this cri-,
sis. In my opinion, their ; maintenance anil,
education should be provided' for by the .State.
Pailing'other natural friends of ability to pro
vide, for; tHemi they should,ho honorably re
ceived . and . fostered • ass children of, the Com
monwealth.;. The $50,000 heretofore given by
the Pennsylvania. Railroad Company, referred
lo in my last annual message, is still unappro
priated,'and I recommend that this sum, - with
siichlblber means as the Legislature may think
fiti.be applied to this, end, in, such manner ha
~may; p eithought roost expedient,and effective.
In anticipation of the adoption of a more per-,
feet system,! recommend'that provision be’
malle for •sechring'the admissirn of such'chil
dren intu existing ’educational establishments,
to be. there clothed, nurtured and instructed.at
.tfyeqpubllc .expense.- ,1 make this racommen
tipn earnestly,feeUngassured that in doing-eo,
I represent the wishes of the, patriotic,' the be
■'nevol’ent andthe godSpf'the State. ■
APPEAL POK THE SUFFERING PEOPLE OP EAST TitN-
■ ! " - LESSEE. ;. .- ' •
,I,inyite. the attention ,of ; the . Legislature.to
the, condition of the loyal people of East Ten
nessee, which is represented to be .moat. deplor
able, and appeals With irresistible' fqrcaalike
to your sympathies and your sense of Justice.
Their.wbole coantry.has.benri lud'wasto-by the
contending armies of; the Government and the
rebels.-- Eourjifnes; have., large passed
over that district,destroying or.e.arrying off all
tha_t had heen' gathered for the approaching
winter, 1 and now the women and children' ate
deft in a state-of destitution. • ••
. The representation.madevby.sundry.gentle
men of the-highest respectability; ifr.qm that
State, .the. most heart-rending.character.
Starvation,, 'actual -and present, ' now exists.
Can’ we, in'the''midst‘of afifoenfr abundance,
for ' a Moment ILsoltato It* In wtalnop action
shall be towarda’tho people-.whose only crime
has been .their loyalty and devotion.to the Gov
ernment? Even if a portion of. our charity
should reach life starving ‘‘families qf those’in
sympathy - ' with 'the rebellion,"better it should
thaw that tfiose devoted, self-sacrificing people
.who have so, unhesitating adhered td the Gov
ernment be left to suffer. ■ Whenever pestilence
and famine distressed tho’ pcople of any por
tion of our country, we have-always been fofe
mosfr in relieving them, and' the people of
.Pennsylvania have extended their-open handed
benevolence anil broad charity to the starving
people of foreign countries. Shall, it be said
that the appeals of these people for bread fall
upon the heart of Pennsylvania in vain) and
that wo whd have so recently given thanks for
our.abundanoOrhaye no relief .for them in their
extremities,? ; I commend the subject through
-you (o tho people of- tfie State, as worthy- the
iramediateattehtlon and active exertions of the
charitable and the liberal. ' ' ;
RECOMMENDED REVISION 3P REVENUE LAWS,
'I -should" be glad if the Legislature would
make' a. general revision of our Revenua Laws,
with a view to their increased productiveness.
It ought, to be observed that for.a period,of
more than twenty .years, no material change
has been made in the Revenue Laws of this
Commonwealth. Luring that 7 , time some in
terests have-grown into new importance, and
should be made to.bearthir just proportion of
the public expenses, since all taxation should,
as far as possible,. press equally upon the
property and employments of our people.
Failing such revision, I recommend • to the
consideration of the Legislature, the following
suggestions-connccted -with the subject:
1.. There are ,several companies- in the State
which, in addition to large mining,
have the control of the routes of transporta
tion,by which alone the'products of the mines
of individuals in their respective districts can
reach A:market. .These companies thus., enjoy
monopolies, by means of which tbey.not only
receive the fair profits of their own property,
but are enabled to make additional heavy
gains at the expense off individuals. In'my
Opinion 'srich 1 privileges ought never to have
beemgranted, but as tbeyiexist, it appears to
,be just that the .class of companies, which en
joy -thorn should pay therefor an additional
specific tax.
2. Very large sums are due to the Com
monwealth for unpatented lands. Forbearance
clemency, and liberality have been in vain tried
in the numerous .attempts to procure the pay
ment of at least a part of this de.bt, from the
- larger portion of those who are indebted 6n
that account.' The continuance of this state
•of 'affairsis unjust to the Commonwealth and
to the vast majority .of her. people who have
honestly paid fur their lands. It has become
unendurable. I recommend that the Legisla
ture provide that the Surveynr-Generat-shall.
file on record in the office of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of each county, a description of the
lands subject to the lien of the Commonwealth
for purchase money, and a statement of the
amount of principal and interest now due to
the Commonwealth, together with the patent
fees on • each tract, and ten per cent, on the
amount so due for the labor and cost of mak
ing, and filing, such statement, and the aggre
gate amount thus stated, for each tract, shall
be held to be the amount now due thereon to
this Commonwealth, which ’thall beat interest
Rates of Advertising.
Advertisements will be charged slper Jqasreof 18
lines, one or three JuMrtioiis, sod 23 cent* for every
subsequent insertion. AdvortiaemenU of leas than 10
lines considered OS'S, "square, rates
wiiVue charged for Quarterly; HhJf-Ye-arlyaa<iTe*fly
advertisements: ,! i.r aj
M. 21;
I refer -to the Auditor General's and'State
Treasurer’s reports foipthe details of out finan
cial affairs, abd ’the reports of the Surveyor
General, • Adjutant, General, . Quartermaster
General, Surgeon .General,- Agent .at:Washing
ton, Chief of 'Transportation- and; Telegraph.
Department, and Superintendent of Common
Schools, in regard to their several departments.
TBS isTASioijr of fnc state — a-- noire kbst-’to
■ 1 'CEJT. BETNOID3.
■ In'May last itr was believed'from information
received,'thafGeneral’ Lee intended- to invade
this State.’ Communication's on the- snbjbct
'Were immediately sent 1 to Washington, orgihg
that preparations fer-effective defence should
not be delayed; - - Accordingly tbajWar Depart
ment erected two now military.departments,
viz:-Tba Department of 1 -the MonongahCla,
including that.portion of the-State lying -Test
of th^,mountains to be commanded by Maj--
Gen. Brooks,land the Department of tKA Sus
quehanna,'., comprising tbs remainder, of the
State, an'd'to.be commanded by Major-General
Couch.' 1 - ‘ t
, Early ip, June, Major-General Couch arrived
at Harrisburg and assumed, command ofbia
department,'wbsch He has since exercised with
the soldier-like' promptness,'
jion which were.to Ije expected from bis kbotlm
character;.,'’ : ’
The rebels bavipw’actually entered the State
’in' sonic force, and the approach of their whole
army being' imminent, the President 'madd a
requisition for inuitJa from this and soma of
the neighboring Slates, and several
fV'ua, A r Vnrfe »nd IS’inv Jersey were promptly
sent, and bur own volunteer mmtid‘.'DSgan-'i'b
assemble ; but some embarassmdnti arfshfg,
the. President absented to a call 'by tbeExacu
tive of the State, which wak accordingly made.
Under these caris,s,ls6'of the men of Pennsyl
vania were assembled in 'the. Department’of
General Brooks, and 31,422 of General
Couch’. To give tbe details; or even a summary
of the operations which ensued, would'be im
practicable within tha limits of a message. 1 ’lt
Is unnecessary to do so, as I have recommended
the adoption of measures for preserving" tha
History of our several’regiments and otheror
ganizations.’and in that history tha events to
which I hate referred wifi be recorded. • It'is
doe, however, to the rneh who came forward,
that I should say how that they made long afic;
laborious inarches in parts of this "and other
States which had been plundered by the labels,
suffered great privations,- and were frequently
in conflict with the enemy; and on ! all occa
sions acted in obedience to military diacfplih-j
-and orders, and with coiirage-’and endurance!
Some of the militia called in 1862-and In
1863 were killed-and: others disabled. In all
these cases-where ..there are ,no laws for the
relief of their families, I, reconjmgnd, lha en
actment of,a law for that purpose. , ' ,
Tho campaign on out soil was closed by the
victory of Gettysburg, gained by the veteran
Army of the Potomac, under the command pf
Major-General Meade,, tho officers and- menpf
which displayed all their accustomed
endurance in the,conflict, and in the forced and
rapid marches which immediately preceded it,
■ Dnder Divine .Providence, to them and to
the military genius and unsurpassed energy,of
Gen. Meade, and the promptness and seff-sae
rificing gallantry of Gen. Reynolds,' we are In
debted for success on that bloody field. i.
We are proud to claim Generals ,Meade apd
Reynold? as , sons of Pennsylvania. , The fiat
lives to enjoy the most precious of ail rewards,
the grestful appreciation of his countrymen.
The latter fell in the very front of the .battle,
and we can only -pay homage- to bis memory.
Whatever honors have been at any time devised
to commemorate the, virtues of a patriot—of a
true, fearless, loyal citizen and soldier, ho lias
abundantly deserved. Ilia surviving compan
ions in arms claim, tho right of themselves
erecting a monument to him on the field on
which he fell, and it would not be well to in
terfere with their pious intention. But I hope
that the Legislature will place upon the records
of the Swrtesorae appropriate testimony of tho
public gratitude to him and his surviving com ■
mander. •
i • ; - 3 aoxins. . 6 jxostbs. IZuastm*
I'Square,., .'.....'..53,00 ' $4,50 ' $8,09
“ fo. ...; 5,00 6,50 ' 1 J '3,90
? • ; r,09- ; • • 50,09
i Column,a.oo • ■ . 9,59 : - . 12,1-0
f 15,90 V, 20,09.. . ,?5*OP
1 , .-•25,00 ’ ■ ,-35,00 40,00
Advertisements not having the number of inkr
tiort Paired-marked-apt,* them, still-ha ttht&Led
until oruersa o-at qharsed accordingly 'k ■'
Posters, Handbills, JJilf Heads, Uucr-tfesdi!, and
all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments,
executed neatly and promptly. Jnstices’. Constable's
and olbqr ISI/AHES, conatantly-ea hand, t
at tha rate of twelva per east, per annum, till
paid, and shall continue to be tbs first lien pn
tbs land, till paid, and shall not be divested by
any judicial or, other sale-whatever. I also
reccominend the adoption of .a suggestion con
tained in the Surveyor-General’s report that a
specifio tax be Isjidpn all unpatented lands.
•3. By, existing laws municipal corporations
are to deduct. and. pay into the Treasury! tha
tax on all loan? contracted by theta. It is be
lieved .that'a large addition would accraa to tha
revenue-by this, extension of 1 this provision to
all cbjanties arid to all corporations, private-or
public. ’
I recommend that It be so extended.'' f
4. A tax on Iho gross receipts 'of rail
road and'canhl companies would; it Is haliavbd,
be productive and not oppressive. 1 '
Upon 1 satisfactory reports, according to law,
made by Colonel John] A. Wright;-I hive
drawn my warrant: ‘ for' the delivery to fha
Philadelphia -add -Brie "Eailroad Coinpaby’of
another million of the bonds deposited ill fho
State Treasury. " Pour- millions of said bonds
have therefore 'becn»how r delivered. Thero’dan
be no reasonable doubt of tha early corripletior.
of the work, and, when completed, rt'W confi
dently expected that the bonds held by the
State, secured on the road for $3,500,000, trill
become-good’intefesf-paying securities.
BILITIA LAWS, &C.
I renew most earnestly the -recommendation
made in toy.lnst ianrunl -message of a revision
of the militia laws. They are at present
fcharaefully defective. Indeed, if by a nulitc.
law is meant a law intended to provide foi so
enrol ling and organizing the military force of
the State that it may be put into service when
required, we may be said to have no militia
law. In each of the last two years I have been
'obliged to call out tho militia, but in fact those
who obeyed tho call wore volunteers and, with
some exceptions, were wholly unorganized, so
that\almost in the face of the enemy, time had
tu be consumed la distributing tba men into
companies and regiments, in electing officers-,
and in other preparations for effective organic
ration. .
In the report of Adjatent General vdli