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Forever float that standard sheet I
Where breathes the foe but falls before us!
W Ito terredont's soil beneath our feet,
nod Freedom's banner streaming o'er us!
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filE UNION-THE CONSTITUTION--ANt
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
IiARRIBUR(;, PA
Wednesday Afternoon, January 8, 1662.
PEOPLES' STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the members of the Peoples'
State Central Committee will be held at Coy
arty's Hotel, Harrisburg, on
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22d, 1862,
to determine the time and place for holding a
State Convention to nominate State candidates,
and to transact such other business as may be
presented. A fuli attendance is requested.
ALEX. K. McCLURE, Chairman.
GLo. W. HAMMLBSLY, s ecr eta
JOHN U. SULLIVAN,
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GOY. AN
DREW G. CURTIN.
A plain and practical public document, such
as is the first annual message of the Governor
of Pennsylvania, admits of no review. It is a
statement of facts, which cannot be criticised;
an elaboration of truths and principles which
can be pondered with more benefit by the pub
lic when left to their own judgment, than if
we were to indulge in a lengthy analysis of
all its points and arguments. In the entire
message, Gov. Curtin confines himself exclu
sively to the official business of Pennsylvania.
The financial affairs of the state are healthy,
and the fact that, in the midst of the pressing
demands on the Treasury, it has not been
found necessary to call in all the loan effected
under the act of last May, and that the ordi
nary resources of the year 1862 were in excess
of those of 1860, is a cheering evidence of the
economy of the administration, and the watch.
ful care with which its resources are guarded.
In this connection we may also state, that the
operations of the sinking fund for the past
year ending with September, have been very
satisfactory, and that $300,801 of the public
debt have been paid.
The sale of the public works, with the re
ceipts in money and bonds, is also a subject for
detailed statement in the message, and one too,
which is presented in a lucid and comprehen
sive style. These works were long a source of
earruption in the government of the, state, in
viting fraud in procuring, and malfeasance in,
office, so that their sale not only put an end to
the most notorious system of robbing the
treasury, but it has also to some extent rid the
polities of the state of a nuisance in the shape
of mean contests for patronage.
The great business feature of the message, Is
its reference to the slaveholders' rebellion in
the south, and the connection of the people of
Pennsylvania with the eft ate of the national
Administration to crush that rebellion and
bring its guilty participants to punishment.
The devotion of the people of Pennsylvania in
this particular, is now made a matter of docu
mentary history, and this message of Governor
Curtin will be preserved among the archieves
of the state as the proud record of the chivalry
of its citizens their dauntless adherence to
the nation in the hour of its danger, and their
boundless enthusiasm when called on to de
fend the honor, the authority and the perpe
tuity of the national government. No Penn
sylvanian can peruse the facts of this portion of
the message, without an emotion of pride, and
the fact that the first military aid which the
government received when the capital was
menaced by a traitor foe, was hurried forward
by the enthusiasm of the people of Pennsylva
nia, will also hereafter be regarded
as one of our proudest boasts. The
main facts of this Mature of the mes
sage have already appeared in unoilic•al
statements in these columns, but the figures as
they are now presented in an official shape in
the message, are made more interesting and
important. As it was no doubt presumed that
this portion of the message would be jealously
scanned by the authorities, matesmen and sol
diers of other states, its preparation is marked
with much care and ability. It shows in its
conclusion that Pennsylvania has actually in
service ninety-three thousand five hundred and
:aunty-seven men, with sixteen thousand and
thirty-eight men being disciplined, making a
total of one hundred and nine thousand six hundred
and fifteen men, exclusive if twenty thousand
one hundred and seventy-five men now die
banded. These are gratifying results, but there
are details connected with their establishment
presented by the message, which must be care
fully examined to arrive at a just appreciation
of what has been accomplished by Pennsylva
nia in this juncture.
It is not necessary for us to enter further
on au exhibition or condensation of the de
tails of the message, because it is damaging to
the truth to attempt the abridgement of offi
cial facts and figures. We therefore must con
tent ourselves by repeating that the message is
a just tribute to the imposing position of Penn
sylvania in this crisis, and that, as a state
paper, it will attract the attention of the peo
ple beyond, as it will command the respect
and admiration of those within the limits of
Pennsylvania. It is equally vigorous as the
subjects it discusses—plain and practical as the
facts it presents—and distinguished for a pa
triotism of tone and temper, which accord well
with the loyalty and enthusiasm of the people
of the Keystone State.
HOW T. RAYMOND, the editor ofirthe New
York Daily Time, bee been elected Speaker of
the lower House by the New York Assembly.
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REPORT OF THE STATE TREASURER.
The most difficult, responsible and laborious
Kaition in the government at the present time,
is that which Imposes the care of public funds
and the duty of financeering for the safety of
public credit. To recruit armies, construct na
vies andmake war, are all merely the accom
plishment of physical effort, easily achieved
when the essential means of money ate provi
ded. Without credit or money, nothing that
is practical can be achieved. Soldiers may plan
and statesmen devise, but all is to no purpose
for actual results, unless the essential, money,
is forthcoming or in sure prospect,to give encour
agement and impetus to those engaged in the
service. In this respect and at this time par
ticularly, the duties of hose who guard the
treasuries of the states and the nation have
been greatly increased within the last year. Not
only the nation, but the states have added ha.
mensely to their expenses and expenditures. th us
increasing the duties of the Treasurers of all,
and making the business of financeering one of
great responsibility and labor.
We print the report of the State Treasurer of
Pennsylvania, this afternoon, and auk for it the
careful perusal of the people, not because it is
a mere exposition in figures of the financial
condition of the state, or that it describes the
extent of the public credit and the public re•
sources, but because it is in every particular such
an exposition of the financial condition of the
state, as to show the creditor of the commou
wealth the safety of his investment, and guard
those who have the authority to use those re
sources by appropriation and disbursmeut.
We cannot refrain from alluding personally
to Hon. Henry D. Moore, while thus briefly re
ferring to the able report of the State Treasurer,
and in this allusion we do not presume to in
terfere with the duty of the Legislature any
farther than to observe, that the selection of the
present state treasurer is as essential to the suc
cess and prosperity of the state, as is the healthy
condition of its &lane, s or the sacred protection
of its credit.
OLD SPLEEN ON NEW SUBJECTS
The old Breckenridge o.gau in this city, not
satisfied with having exerted all its influence
trt behalf of the rebels, is now determined to
vent its spleen on those indeperait'ul Democrats
of the Haus: who have been true to Int Ir obli
gations and their pledges, i t uniting with the
Republican , to organize the H use on a Union
bast,. In a characteristic article, the Patriot
and Uuion assails honest men because they re
fused to obey the mandates of a small though
desperately corrupt clique of Democrats in the
House, tnereby saving the organization of that
body from falling into the hands of a set of
man who sou.dat the power that they ....girt
use it to desparal,e the efforts of the people of
Pennsylvania t,, crush rebellion, if not ac
tually to wield (he influence of legislation in
giving aid and comfort .o their old allies, the
traitors of the south and the common meuries
of social, religious and political liberty. It
charges John Rowe with being no Democrat
because he accepted the support of a body of
men elected on Union principles, and boast
ingly claims that the Erten who arrogantly
refused to accept any union 'with their
colleagues of the House to effect au organiza
tion of that body on Union principles, are the
h nored representatives of the Democratic par
ty, whom it applauds for their con rage.
No respectable man in this community re
gards the utterances of those who control the
Patriot and Union as of the the least importance,
hut for tear that its base misrepresentations in
reference to the organization of the House may
have any influence in circles wh- re its menda
city is not known, we will mention for the
credit of the truth, that the organization o f
the present Legislature was effected by influen
ces alike honorable and just. John Rowe was
elected Speaker because he is an honest man
and au experienced legislator. His record is
as fair as that of the men who control the
Breckinridge org, to—his reputation as pure as
that of those who now denounce him, and his
patriotism and devotion to the American Uu ion ,
qualities more eminently worts y of the emu
lation than toe denunciation of the men who
so wontonly assail him through the columns of
the Pariot. The representatives of the people
have seen fit to trust him, and therefore he can
afford to treat the secret sympathizers with trea
son, who attempt to impugn his Democracy,
with contempt.
THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE
The re-election of Capt. E. H. Rouch this
morning, as the Clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives, was a triumph of which he can be
personally proud and politically gratified. His
known Republican enthusiasm—his ardent at
tachment for the Union—his uncompromising
hostility to those who in any manner oppose
the war to crush out the slave holder's rebellion,
have made him a man of such positive mark,
that we were almost fearful of his re-election,
whateler the compromises might be, which
were to be made on other candidates. But the
very independence and radicalism, which we
feared would injure Capt. Rouch, have tended
to enlist the sympathies ot the bold men in the
House, and after a spirited contest, he finds
himself the Chief Clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives, if anything, with renewed honors,
and the increased confidence of its members.
As a personal friend, we highly rejoice at the
election of Capt. Rouch; as a tiiumph, it does
him great personal or. dit, and as a result, it
will add greatly to the success and the economy
of legislation, during the session just organ
ized.
WASHINGTON STAR asserts that the re
port of the disloyalty of Ad. Gen. Lorenzo
Thomas, which filled that city with dismay and
consternation a few days since, was concocted by
the friends of Gen. Fremont, as a revenge on
the Adjutant General for the part he played
in the recent investigation and exposure of the
frauds in the Western Military Department.
A large number of speculators and contractors,
who have fr een frustrated in their speculations
on the National Treasury by the vigilance of
the Adjutant General, are now in Washington
city determined to destroy him, and to accom
plhh this evil resolution have started stories
in regard to his treasonable tendencies. Their
first effort, however, was a signal failure.
ANNUAL REPORT
HENRY D. MOORE,
State Treasurer.
READ JANUARY 8, 1861
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
GENTLEMEN :—ln obedience to the require
ments of the Act of 16th March, 1832, in refer
ence to this Department, I herewith submit the
following report for the fiscal year ending No
vember 30th, 1861:
The disbursements and general duties of the
Department for the past year have been largely
in excess of those of any previous year in
history of, our State. An unholy war and re
bellion against the General Government, upon
the part of a number of the Southern States of
the Union, rendered it nee, scary for the Presi
dent to call upon the loyal States for aid to
assist him in sustaining the Government, main
taining the Union, and upholding the Constitu
tion and the laws. In response to that call,
Pennsylvania has most nobly done her duty,
as is attested by a hundred thousand of her
brave and loyal sons who are now in the field,
sustaining her honor and assisting the Govern
ment iu crushing out this traitorous rebellion.
The arming, equipping, and sustaining such a
large force as this by our State, has necessarily
involved a large expenditure of money, and
caused the vast increase of labor and expendi
ture of this Department to which I have alluded.
Presuming that it will be more satisfactory to
have the ordinary receipts and disbursements
of the Department shown separate and distinct,
from the war expenses, I respectfully . report -
Available balance in the Treasury
at the close of the fiscal year
ending November 30, 1861.... $681,433 08
Receipts into the general fund for
the last fiscal year `3,017 . 645 57
Total $3,699,078 65
Payments of the ordinary appro
priations and general expenses of
the State from December Ist,
1860, to November 30th, 1861,
inclusive $3,144,480 34
Available balance of the general
fund, November 30, 1861 8654,698 31
By comparing the receipts into the general
fund for the last year, with the receipts for the
preceding year, it will be seen there is a falling
off or deficiency of $461,611 74.
This deficiency is mainly on the following
items, viz :
Tax on bank dividends.
Tax on real and personal estate.
Interest on railroad and canal bonds.
The deficiency on account of taxes is to be
attributed to financial embarrassments and
great depression of business, caused by the war
in which our Government is engaged.
On the 12th of April last, the Legislature by
" An Act for the better organization of the
Militia of the Commonwealth," authorized the
Governor to negotiate temporary loans to the
amount of five hundred thousand dollars to
carry out the provisions of that act. Under
this act temporary loans were obtained from the
banks in Philadelphia to the amount of $475,-
000. On the 15th of May following, another
act was passed, "to create a loan and to provide
for arming the State." By the provisions of this
act the Governor and State Treasurer were au
thorized "to borrow on the faith of the Common
wealth any sum not exceeding three millions of
dollars, and to issue the bonds of the Cdmmon
wealth for the same at six per centum interest
per annum, and reimbursable at any time after
the expiration of ten years from their date :
Provided, That no certificate should be negotia
ted at less than its par value." There being
doubt upon the minds of some of the members
of the Le?islature as also of the officers of the
State government, whether a six per cent loan
could at that time be negotiated at par, the
Governor was authorized by the sixth se:tion of
the Act of 16th of May, "for the payment of
members, &c., to advertise for proposals for the
loan or any part thereof, and allot the loan to the
highest and best bidders." On examination of
these two acts by gentlemen conversant with
financial matters, as well as by the Hon. At
torney General of the Commonwealth, it was
decided that they did not confer any power to
negotiate the loan at less than its par value. In
this situation of things, with a civil war exist
ing against the Government, its very existence,
as well as the capital of the nation threatened,
and Government sixes under the panic then ex
isting, selling in the market at 15 per cent be
low par, it seemed almost useless to undertake
the negotiation of our State loan at its par
value. In this emergency, by the consent of
the Governor, I called upon two of the promi
nent Banking Houses of Philadelphia, Messrs.
Drexel, and Jay Cooke & Co., and after
consultation with them, they agreed, with
the assistance of this Department, _to under
take the negotiation even in the face of
all the difficulties surrounding it; and to the
the credit of Pennsylvania be it said, that in
this dark hour of our country's trial, and in the
midst of an excitement such as the country had
never before known, with the credit of the
General Government rapidly falling in the mar
ket as it then was, the citizens and corporate
institutions of our Commonwealth most nobly
responded to the fervent and patriotic appeal of
those gentlemen, and vindicated the loyalty
and patriotism of our people by subscribing to
this loan at its par value, and setting a most
noble example for her sister States, who were to
follow her in like appeals to their own citizens.
In this connection I cannot forbear expressing
the thanks which are due to the banks of the
Commonwealth for the promptness and liberali
ty with which they responded to the call for
this loan. But for their subscriptions the loan
never could have been negotiated, and I deem
it but an act of justice that this acknowledg
ment should be made of their valuable assist
ance to the State in the emergency then exist
ing. I conceive it also to be my duty to say
that in consequence of a doubt existing as to
the power of the Governor under the Aet to
pay the gentlemen who rendered such eminent
service in• the negotiation of this loan, they
have never received any commission or remu
neration for their expenses or services. In view
of these facts, and in consideration of the in
vuluable services rendered the State by them, it
is to be hoped that the Legislature will make
prompt provision for the payment of their com
mission by authorizing the Governor to draw
his warrant for the same.
The receipts and expenditures for Military or
War purposes up to the end of the fiscal year,
November 30, 1861, are as follows, viz:
Ainount received under tempo
rary loan, Act of 12th April,
1861
Amount received under Act of
15th May, 1861 2,012,150 00
Cash refundej. by Paymaster
and others 32,229 45
Total . $3,119,379 45
Expended under
Act 12th April,
1861 474,873 85
Expended under
Act 15th May,
1861 1,708,462 68.
Expended under
Act 16th May,
1861 170,535 51
Amount of tempo
rary loan of 12th
April, 1861, re
paid 375,000 00
Balance on hand unexpended,
November 30th, 1861 $8 9 0 7 007 41
A detailed account of receipts and txpendi
tures will t,e found in the report of the Auditor
General. Amount outstanding against the
Commonwealth, November 30th, 1861, of the
war loans, viz:
Temporary loan, Act 12th April,
1861 $ 100,000 00
War loan, Act 15th May, 1861. 2,612,150 00
Amount of public debt funded
and unfunded, November 30,
1861 37,969,847 60
Amount paid during the fiscal
year ending November 30th,
1861 101,331 42
Amount of public debt exclu
sive of war loan, Nov. 30th,
1861 537,868,516 08
By reference to the report of the Commission
ers of the Sinking Fund, it will appear that
$300,801 01 of the public debt was paid during
the year ending on the first Monday of Septem
ber, 1861, at which time they are required by
law to report to the Governor.
On the 12th of Se, tember an account was
presented to the General Government of expen
ses incurred by our State for war purposes, up
to the Ist of that mohth, amounting to about
$1,515,000.00.
On the 25th of November following $606,-
000.00 was refunded to the State, being 40 per
cent. on the amount of account thus presented.
There was therefore in the Treasury on the
30th of November, 1861, as follows, viz :%
Balance of general fund . 554,598 31
Unexpended balance war loans.. 390,507 41
Amount refunded by General
Government . 606,000 00
Cash from the society of Cincin
nati 500 00
The stmi-annual interest on the State debt,
which will be due and payable on the Ist of
next month will amount to nearly one million
of dollars.
It is gratifying to know, that the State will be
ready and prompt as usual to meet the interest
on her obligations.
How much of the balance in the Treasury
may yet be required to meet expenses of nor
military operations is impossible to say, but the
probability is that the unexpended balance will
be sufficient for all those purposes, unless the
State should receive a future requisition from
the General Government for more troops. If
no further requisition shall be made upon us,
the refunded balance in the Treasury will then
be applicable to the defenses of our State, the
redemption of her loans, meeting the direct tax
of the General Government, or such other pur
poses as in the wisdom of the Legislature may
seem most proper.
By an act of Congress, approved August sth,
1861, a direct tax of twenty millions
of dollars was levied against, all the States of
the Union. The quota of Pennsylvania, under
that Act, is $1,946,719.33. Two modes of pay
ment of this tax to the General Government
are presented by the provisions of the Act. One
is, that it may be paid by the citizens of each
State direct to collectors to be appointed by the
General Government ; and the other mode, that
the State may assume and pay the tax and
collect it herself from her own citizens.
I would respectfully urge upon the Legisla
ture the assumption and payment of this tax
by our State, for two reasons : First. The
innovation of Government tax collectors among
Our people would be distasteful to our citizens,
who would undoubtedly much prefer to pay the
tax to ek t ur own State collectors in the usual
manner. Secondly. Because the adoption of
that course will save about three hundred thou
sand dollars to the State, as an allowance of
fifteen per cent. is made by the. Act to all States
who will assume the collection of said tax.
Under the supposition that the State will
assume the tax, I would respectfully suggest a
mode by which our citizens may be relieved
from the payment of it for the coming year
By a proviso in the sadsection of the Act afore
said, it is allowed that this tax may be " paid
and satisfied in whole or in part by the release
of any State duly executed to the United States,
of any liquidated and determined claim of such
State of equal amount against the United
States." It is further provided " that in case
of such release, such State shall be allowed the
same abatement of the amount of such tax as
would be allowed in case of the payment of the
same in money."
I would respectfully propose that the claim of
our State against the General Government for
military expenses be "determined" as soon as it
can be done, and that the Legislature shall au
thorize a release to be made of such claim to
pay the amount of our State tax aforesaid.
This would relieve us from imposing this tax
upon our citizens for the present year, and it is
to be hoped that by the time it would be ne
cessary to levy such tax for any succeeding
year, that the existing war and rebellion may
be crushed out and the general business of the
country will have recovered from its present de
pression and financial embarrassment, and our
citizens be better able to sustain the burthen of
such a tax.
In this connection I cannot but express the
hope that our Representatives in Congress may
be requested by the Legislature to take such
action as shall put the expenses of this unholy
war and rebellion upon the traitors who com
menced and are now sustaining it; that they be
requested to support such measures in Congress
as shall authorize the seizure_ and confiscation
so far as it can be done constitutionally, of the
property of the rebels engaged in this rebellion,
to pay the war debt of the Government, and
thus relieve the loyal citizens and their chil
dren from the onerous burden of taxation which
they will otherwise have to sustain for Sears to
come.
The State is holder of bonds of the Wyoming
Canal Company to the amount of $281,000 00.
Upon these bonds the interest was punctual
ly paid up to the 15th of January last.—
In July the company defaulted in its in
terest due at that time and it yet remains
unpaid. Being informed that 'some action
was about to he taken by the bondholders
to reorganize the company by a sale of the
canals under the mortgage, I addressed a let
ter to the trustees of the mortga g e on the 30th
of September, requesting that they would take
no action in reference to a sale without first
notifying me as the representative of the inter
est of the State in the matter. They referred
my letter to C. 71, Clark, Esq., attorney for the
bond-holders, who informed me by letter that
he was "fully authorized by the large bond
holders to treat with the State for the bonds
she holds, and that it was his and their desire
that the interests of the State should be properly
protected to the same extent as other bond
holders." I subsequently had an interview with
Mr. Clark, and ascertained from him that in
consequence of suits having been instituted
against the company, a receiver had been ap
pointed, and a plan matured between the stock
and bond-holders to reorganize the company,
and that application would be made to the Court
to grant a decree of sale. The action contem
plated would result in a substitution of stock
for the bonds held by the State, and a reduc
tion or loss of about ten per cent, of the
amount of her bonds. I declined to act for the
State in the matter, for the reason, that I had
no authority to compromise or make any settle
ment which would not realize to the State the
full amount of her claim. Under these circum
stances, I would respectfully recommend imme
diate action upon the part of the Legislature to
protect the interests of the State in this matter.
At the last session of the Legislature an act
was passed "to change the name of the Sunbury
and Erie Railroad Company and to facilitate the
completion of a railroad from Sunbury to Erie."
475,000 00
-- $2,728,872 04
Balance in Treasury $1,551,605 72
Alt the provisions of this act binding upon
either the State or Company relating !0 the is
suing, delivery, and cancellation of-bonds, have
been fulfilled by the respective parties, and the
State nowliolds all the bends of the company
as specified in said act, excepting one million of
the bonds authorized by the second section,
which were delivered to the Phihalelphia and
Erie Railroad company on the 9th of May last,
under a warrant of the Governor as authorized
by the sixth section of the act aforesaid.
My experience in this Department for the last
year has satisfied me of the necessity of a
thorough alteration and revision of our revenue
laws The burthen of taxation under our
present system is certainly unequal and unjust.
Whether this arises from the inefficiency of our
laws entirely, or a laxity on the part: of asses
sors, collectors, and other officers iu enforcing
their provisions, I am unable to say; When
the fact is scat d (which was alluded to by my
predecessor in his last report) that the valuation
of property of all kinds in our State, including
money at interest, tax on offices, &c , is one
third less than that of Ohio, and two thirds
less than New York, it must be evident
to every one, that property in our State
is either assessed at a mere fraction of its
value or else that a very large proportion
of property escapes taxation altogether. It has
been the boast of Pennsylvania for years, that
our rich agricultural domain and our immense
mineral wealth and resources, constitute us one
of the richest States in the Union, and yet ac
cording to the valuation of our property for
taxable purposes, we are comparatively one of
the poorest. Fsom theta which have come un
der my own observation, I am satisfied that a
large number of our wealthy citizens escape
taxation almost entirely by reason of having
their wealth mainly, if not exclusively in bonds
and mortgages, ground rents, and -other se
curities which they fail to return for taxation,
and which cannot be discovered by our assessors
under the present system„ thus: throwing an un
just and unequal amount of taxation upon real
estate and other tangible property, and upon
those citizens who are faithful and ju,t, in the
returns they make of their means and wealth.
This state of things should not exist ; every
citizen of this Commonwealth is protected alike
in his person and his property by our Govein
meet and its laws, and should pay a fair propor
tionate share of the expenses of the Govern
ment from which he receives such protection.
By a joint resolution of the Nat Legislature the
Governor was authorized to appoint a board of
commissioners "to revise, collate, and dijest all
acts and statutes relating to or touching the
revenue laws," that commission was ap
pointed, and it is to be hoped they will be ready
to report some basis of action during the presen t
session.
$2,712,150 00
I beg leave respectfully to refer to a matter
affecting the honor anii credit of our State, and
to which reference was wade by my predecessor
in his last report ; I. refer to the law taxing her
own loans At the time our citizens responded
to the call of the State and gave her the use of
their money, it was with the express agreement
and understanding that they were to receive
interest for the same at the rate of five percent.
per annum. Surely this obligation on the part
of the State should have remained sacred and
inviolable, and I cannot but think that she suf
fered in her character and reputation, when,
without consent of the parties whose money she
thus obtained, she repudiated her obligation by
reducing that low rate of interest still lower by
taxation. I cannot but express the hope that
the State will do that justice to her creditors
which they have a right to expect by repealing
the law which is thus affecting her own honor
and credit.
The subject of guaranteed interest on loans
to the Danville and Pottsville Railroad Compa
ny is one which should also receive the atten
tion of the Legislature. A balance of interest
is yet due to the holders of that loan, and the
faith and honor of the State having been pledged
for it, she should in this, as well as in all other
matters, set her citizens an example of unim
peachable good faith, by making an appropria
tion to pay the balance of that interest.
My predecessor has truly said, "It would
greatly simplify the acconnts in this department
if the amount of State taxes assessed was charged
directly to the county,"and he might have added
it would also save a large amount to the State,
for in some counties the taxes have been accu
mulating for years, until in the aggregate over
a half a million remains unpaid. Thse taxes
are handed down from . year to year to new
Treasurers as they are appointed, and some
counties are now .behind more than a whole
years assessment. It is to be hoped that this
subject will also receive the attention of the
Board of Commissioners appointed on the reve
nue laws.
I herewith subunit tables giving in detail the
operations of this department for the last fiscal
year, together with estimates of the receipts
and expenditures for the present year ; all of
which are respectfully submitted.
_ _ _
Jitnitctry 7th, 1862
Pennsylvania Legislature.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE TELEGRAPH
The Senate was called•to order at 11 o'clock
A. M.
Mr. PENNY read in place a bill entitled a
supplement to an act relating to an act extend
ing the charter of the Pennsylvania Salt Manu
factoring Company.
_ _ _
Mr. BOUGHTER, one to authorize Wm. G.
Freeman, administrator of the estate of Win.
Coleman, late of Cornwall township, Lebanon
county, to sell certain real estate.
Both the above bills were laid ou the table,
no standing committees having yet been ap
pointed.
A joint resolution to purchase Legislative
Manuals and Purdou's Digests was considered
and adopted.
Mr. FULLER offered the following resolu
tion, which was adopted :
Re.nlved, That a committee of three be ap
pointed on the part of the Senate to act in con
junction with a similar committee on the part
of the Rouse of Representatives, (if the House
shall appoint such committee,) to contract for
the publication of a Daily Legislative Record, if
deemed advisable, at a price not to exceed that
paid for similar publications at former sessions,
and that the contract, if made, be submitted to
the Senate for approval.
Mr. CRA.WFORD, from the committee ap
pointed in conjunction with a similar committee
of the House to inform the Governor that the
General Assembly was organized, made a report,
after which the Governor's annual message was
read, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House was called to order at 11 o'clock
A. M.
After the adoption of a few business resolu
tions Mr. PERSHLNIG presented the petition of
citizens of Bedford county contesting the right
of Geo. W. HOUSEHOLDER to a seat in the House
as the representative from said county.
Mr. REIOADS presented the petition of citi
zens of Adams county contesting the right of
lons BUSBY to a seat in the House as the repro
tative from said.county.
Both of the petitions were accompanied with
the usual resolutions, that in the case of Mr.
HOUSEHOLDER, fixing 12 M. to-morrow and that
in the case of Mr. BUSBY, fixing 1 o'clock P. M.
to-morrow, as the time for drawing the com
mittees to try and determine the cases.
The resolutions were both adopted.
HENRY D. MOORE,
State treasurer
WEDNESDAY Jan 8
SENATE.
I=l=ll
Mr. [LYON, (Dem.,) introduced a joint reso
Intion provi , :iug for the appointment of a com
mittee of three by each House to contract for
the publication of a Daily Legislative Record.
and report the same for the action of the
House.
The resolution was laid over under the rule.
On motion, the House then proceeded to the
election of Chief Clerk, which resulted as fol
lows :
Messrs. Abbott, Alexander, Armstr.mg.Bates,
Beaver, Beebe, Bigham, Blanchard,Bliss,Brown,
(Mercer), Bushey, Chatham, Cochran, Cowan,
Crane, Dennis, Dougherty, Elliott, Fox, Free
land, Gamble, Grant, Gross, Hall, Hapyer, Hen
ry, Hoffer, Householder, Hutchman. Kennedy,
Lehman, 11FCIellan, 3Ft'o_y, Moore, Myers, Rit
ter, Ross, (Luzerne.) Rowe, Rursell, Schrock,
Sellers, Shannon, Smith, (Chester,)Smith, (Phil
adelphia,) Strang, Tracy, Twitchell, Vincent,
Warner, Wildey, Williams, and Whittle -52,,
voted for Mr. RAUCEI.
Messrs. Banks, Barron, Boileau, Brown, (Nor
thumberland,) Caldwell, Craiz, Dellone, Divins,
Donley, (Greene,) Donnelly, (Philadelphia,)
Duffield, Early, Gaskill, Graham, Greenbank,
Hess, Hoover, Hopkins, (Philadelphia,) Hop
kins, (Washington,) Josephs, Twine, Kline, La
bar, Lichtenwallner, M'Culloch, M'Makin, M'-
Manus, Nieman, Pershing, Peters, Potteiger,
Quigley, Ramsey, Rex, Rhoads, Ross, (Mifflin,)
Rowland, Ryon, Tate, Thompson, Tutton,
Wakefield, Weidner, Wiml , y, Wolf, and Zeig
ler-46. voted for Mr. ZEIGLER.
Mr. SCOtt--1, vested for Mr. CAPRON.
Worley—l, voted for Mr HILL
Mr. Rouen having received the highest num
her of votes cast, was declared elected, and dul)
sworn into office.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth was in
troduced, and pr , sented the annual raesnige of
the Governor, which was read by the Clerk
The Chief Clerk announced that he had made
the following appointments :
Assistant Clerk—E. S. Capron.
Transcribing Clerks—C. W. Walker, J. B.
Niles, Robert Brown, James Connelly.
The above named gentlemen appeared and
were duly sworn into office.
The House then resumed the election of its
officers, which resulted as follows :
Sergeant at-Aries—E. B. Picket ; who ap
pointed the following assistants :
James Sulers, J. C. Sturdevant, Richard
Hutchens, John W. Wright.
Door-Keeper—Casper Gang ; who appitited
the following assistants :
Geo. W. Gettys, Lewis Frederick, I. M. Bole,
A. B. For.
Messenger.—s. G. Blanchard.
Postmaster—H. A. Woodhouse
All the above named officers, with the excep
tion of the Messenger, Mr. Blanchard, appeared
and were duly sworn into office
The resolution from the Senate in reference
to the appointment of a joint committee to con
tract for the publication of a Dai:y Legislative
Record, was taken up and concurred in, the
Speaker announcing that the name of the com
mittee on the part of the House would appear
on the journal. The House then adjourned.
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