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STAR M CIIROMCLE.
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE
OF
ANDREW G. CURTIN,
GiVcinor of lJ'Hi)lv iina,
To Both HouseB of the Legislature.
'
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BEAD, JANUARY 8,
luOle ;
lb tU hfm&ahU 0 Smote and Haw of Rryrtitn-
tattst$ of tM Commonirtalth of I'cnMylvama, !
:
. . . . .. j .i
nbaSplcaiUiviueiT.Ai.ieu,e.uu..nS vo,
Ufctneasou. to rivvuh abundant cioi, uubiokeu,
peace within our U-rdeis, unanimity among our ,
people, and thus to enable this Commonwealth
to do her lull iiuiy to tne cuuuny, w
and to posteiity- ruT th
bieteinge we have
cause to be f. rat tul
The lalance iu the
Treasury on the
80tb Nov., IdoO,
was
The receipts during
the fiscal yeai end
ingSov, 3o, IStil,
were as f-.llow ;
From oid'y sources, 6,017.64-67
FromtemiKirary I an
under Art of Apr
VI, 1861, nt 6 -r
cunt inieTebt and
negotiated at pr 4"5,0UO
From 0 p" cent.
Ioau under Act
ilay Vo. lfl, alio
negotiated at p:tr.. 2,0l.t0
From socie y of Cin-
cinuatus 600
Front United States
iju ac t military
espeuaefi CJCiri.OOO
From I'ay M- hter
mnA others, reiund-
luol.43S.0S
ed .2'J9 46
0 743,525 02
Total int Treasuiy
(or flfoil year end
ing Nof.'ao, lbdl
And the p-iymcnttt ai followii :
For ord'ry pnrpiwe $a,144.4c) 4
For mili Wry exjwn-
ar.
Under Ails Apiil 12.
ISti!. aii'l Mav, 15
and Id. 18il
474 t-73 86
!,"(?. 4-2 .a
. . .
7.424.yj(.IO
17u.36 oi
2,fto3,S72 04
For Am t l-ii ninfi r
At April 12. ISt'.I,
repaid . .
Leaving bino.- in
TruaKUi),Nov 30,
1S61
S7,tj00 .1 8T8.3'.2 W
70
rctuo utifi, rcMJKii a?id csrcsDtD.
Beceived from tem
porary loan, under
Act Apr. 12 1831 475.0K)
Repaid as abor S7o,000
Outstanding Nov 30,
1861. . . IWUW
100.000
Bac'd from I'mu un
der Act Mty 15.
ISol
2.612.160
Am't of public debt.
lunde-i and nn-
funded. Not. 80.
1860 37.fe.647 60
Paid during ficl
year iOl.831 42
S7,8t8.516 08
Remain int: unjuid,
(excluxire oi rnili
tary loans atve
mentiotieii.) st.
SO, 1861
87.6Sti8.flltt OS
BH-'EIPTrf &M RXi'ENDXICBlS OT VILITABX Loa-
Becelpts from mili
tary loan und r
Act Apr 12, 1341 475 00
MiiT 15 2,612,150
From Pay Meters
and others refund-
cd
82.229 i
3 119.379 45
Paid for military ex
pense, as ah vef
Fatd f r redeeming
loan, Act Apr. 12,
Unexpended v1 mi'i
tary loans
2.868.87204
375,000
2,728.872 04
890 6n7 41
uonrra ajd kxplkditcrks or okdixabv rkvb
ai;a.
Balance iu 1 reasury.
fmmord'iVuree.
Nov 30. IbiA)
Bace'd tiom ord ary
aoarces daring n
oal year
681,488 03
8 0l7.o4i ll
3.6t9.07a6
Paid for ordinary
expenses, as above 3,144 40 61
Unexpended of or- - .
dinary revenue. . .
664,58 31
Bee' d from Uni tc J
Slates Gov on ac t
military expend.
Bee d from Society of
Cincinriatut!
Balance iu'lieasu;y,
as above
6O6.0OJ
04.10
1,551, 005.
It will te oWrvcl that the fiscal year ends
on the 80th .f N'verabr, and the sinking
fund year on the tirst Monday in September.
wbKh accounts for thr apparent deficiency in
the amount of debt paid as stattl in the Treas
urer' report, aud by the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund. The State has ou hand a sur
plus of uniforms and equipment which ct
About $190,000, which the I'mted States have
agreed to take and pay for at cost. Arrangements
have been made with the general governtuniit
for the reimbursement of the military expenses
of the SUt-silica the 27 lb of July list. The
bills AS paid are forward' d to Wellington and
partial repayments have already been made
It will beot-S'-rved that the receipts from or
dinary source of revme for the year 1861 have
decreased, but as pay men 1 8 have been made ou
some of them since the settlement at the end of
the fiscal year on the first ot December, and
mora may reasonably heexipcted in addition to
the payment to be mad by the National Gov
ernment as hereinafter s'ab-d the balance avail
able in the treasury will In? largely itu.re-ise 1.
It will als bo olm-rvM that it has not yet
been found neo-snary Ut call in all .f the lo-n
effected under the act of the lS:b of ilay lat
In some item- the ordinary revenue of IhOI
was in excess of that of 1800.
The loan authorized by the act of May 15th,
1861, was taken at par. This occurence, most
' giatit'j hig under all V e then existing citcuin
E
ices of embarrassment, ntiord triumphant
ietice of ihe conlideu e of -he peoolc iU tin-
sia'-Hity and integrity ui the Commonwealth
. and of their determination to support the Gov
J eminent.
1 be operations of the Sinking Fund during
, tbe last year liave trn a shown by tuy Proda
mat ion of oth September la.-t, as follow :
! Debt redeemed Irom 4th Septeui-
tier, lbO, to 1-t Sept lSbl HJU.Ol 01
oi stock loans $;'.w,050 00
" interest ou certifi-
cah 8,830 01
1 ' relief notes 41 00
! 30U,S01 01
I refer to the reports of th State Treasurer
and Auditor General tor the details oi me n
naucial ailairu of the Commonwealth. The re-
purls of the S irvevor General and State Libra
ihin will exhibit tue state tf the IM artinent
under their care.
he Commissioners of the Sinking Fund dur
iog the hut spring received trom the Pbiladel
delnbia and trie (late buubury and Erie) Kail-
roii.1 O miMinv foity bonds of that Company for
tl00 w0ch d a niortage to secure the
itl m,.,rlit w;th tho third
tfae7th 186 Thal
i omtiauv has alt). deposited iu the State Treas
ury in bonds to the amount of nve uiilliont of
dollars, in aivordan-e with the 6th eection of
the same act On the 9tb of May last I granted
my warrant author mug the State treasurer to:
dt liver to the caid txtmpiuiy one thouhand of
said Iond0, being to the amount of one million
of dollam. This warrant wat Uaucd iu coutorm
ity with the law, the five per cent bonds men
tioneil in the tilth section of the act lexcept
tltone W-ioit"iii to the State and now in the
' Sinking Fund; having been previously surren-
derel and canca-lled, and satisfaction entered
j ou the Ri cord of the Mortgage men
tionttl iu said fifth Section. Having re
; o -ived notice from the company that
' tt lKudt so delivered to the company or their
1 nroceedrt had been approotiated in wuitrdaitcv
; with the provisions of the law. ou the 2Ut of
June liit-1 1 appointed John A. Wright an Com
I mirieiouer to examine and to report to m whe
j ther sant Undn nr their proceeds had been ap
! pn.priated to the purpose required by the act.
' Hit retKirt has not yet been received by me.
I H is understood that amuigemeuU have at
: last )Men nia-ie under which the direct rail row)
! connection letwen Phihwlelphia ami Erie will
be corur.leted within a Rbort time. It is imp
1 sil-le to estimate too highly the importance of
: nv to pi.iUd. h.hia and Erie and the hither-
i to ueirlected counti s dear its route west of the
Sui-om h;inna
! IU- the net of the 2 1st April, 1S68, fir the
i,, of theSLito canals to the Sunbury and Erie
! railroad company it wag provided that if that
' cummiiv should sell said caualrf for a greater
'sum iu the aggregate than three and a half
' miltmnH oi dollars, seventy nve pr cenium ox
1 Mich ext-etw fhouhl be t'-iid to the Common
! wrMlth bv a transfer of so much of such bouls
j und securities as said company should leceive
tor the same and uaable in like manner.
i The coiiiiKUiv s-ld the canals and re,oried
that the share of the profit mi such sale, due to
j the Commonwealth wan fUil.oU or wnicn
I $r( was p. in rah and t.r thi remaining
j $2l.0tm tha Comuiuu wealth rtxvive! oupon
boiidn of the Wyoming canal coiutauy to that
amount, beiui; a port it n of tionds lor i'A0.0X)
iut il bv tlmt couiuny and secure! by a mort
gairr of the Woiuing canal, formerly called the
J Lower iorth Pranch canal. 1 bene bouds liear
an interest of six per cent per annum, payable
rtemi annually on the loth of January and July,
anil the interest was paid by the cotnpauy to
Janimrv Jast inclusive. The ititerest due iu
July lat has not been paid. Judgments hv
tf t':e ooutiou for the uniiaid July interest.
bill in equity was filed in the supreme court by
a boud ai d stock hoi ier in which such pnawed
intfs were bad that by a decree made ou the 2d
September last the property and affairs of the
company were placed in tne nanus 01 a reci
ver.
A Plan has been suggested for the aam;nt of
the sUn k and bond holders which contemplates
a sal" of tb canal under lawful process antl a
purchase of the same for the purjMise of forming
tt new comfiany, of which the capital stuck
-hall lie one million of dollars, divided into
twenty thousand nhares of titty dollars eali, of
which each assenting holder ot a mortgage bond
tor one thouoand dollars shall be entitle. I to
eighteen hharea, and each assenting holder ol
fitty shares of stock of the Wyoming canal com
pany shall be entitle! to nine share. Of course
no ofucer of the Commonwealth had authority
n assent Ui the propjsal or iu any way to atWt
hr nsitinn. It la believed also that the
plan is not one that ought to 1 ase nted to
by the Commonwealth, and that under all the
circumstances, if the convenience of individual
parties requires a change such as proposed, t'.e
debt due to the Commonwealth ought to be
first paid or fully secured.
I suggest that the Act passed 8th of April,
Ifttil entitled "An Act cono-mlmr the sale ot
raiiioad-, canals, Si:.," should lie modified so
that in all cases in which a debt may be due to
the Commonwealth by the company an whose
propei ty a public work may be sold, the pur
chasers thereof shall not be entitled to the b ue
tits and privileges eouferred by the Act unlest
they shall have finst ptud the debt due to tht
Stiit;. or secured the same by their bonds to the
Commonwealth secured by a first mortgage on
the work itself.
I ciminend the subject to the Immediate
consideration of the Legislature, ad an ellort
may be male at an early day to enforce a sale
-f the canal, aud some provision by law to pro
tect the interests of the Statu would in that case
he neccssarv
Thewiikedaud moustrous retiellion which
broke out many mouths atro, h:is not yet been
quelled. Every sentiment ot loyalty aud pa
triotism demands its effectual suppression.
in my messages of the 9th and 30th of April
last. 1 set to th at length my views ot tbe char
acter and objects of the contest which is still
pending. Subsequent reflection has confirmed
me iu the correctness of the opinions then ex
pressed and to which I refer. In addition it
oubt to be understood, that looking to the va
riety and character of her productsand indus
try, her material interest alone would render
the preservation oi ine union irom ine pre
ent assault upon it, indispensable to Pennsylva
nia She cannot afford to have a foreign pow
er below or above or bounding her on the Dela
ware, the Chesapeake or the Mississippi, and
she will never acquiesce in such a result, what
ever may le the ot in men and money of her
resistance to it.
Ou the 9ih of April last I directed the at ten
tion of the Legislature to th necessity which
exist 1 for an improved military uranisition,
and on the 12th of the same month the Act
entitled "An Act for the better organization of
the Uiilittaof this Common wualth pa.ced, ap
propriating the sum of $ jOO.OOO for the purp se
of organizing, equipping and arming the mill
tia. On the loth of April the Pi evident, by
proclamation, called for a military force or to,
000 men. of which tbe quota assigned to Penn
ylvatiia was at tirt sixteen (afterwards reduced
ti tourleen) regiments to serve as infantry or
riflemen for tint term of thr-e mouthd uuless
WKmer discharged. This call was enthusiast!
caliy reniiouded to by the people of Peuusylva
nia. The first military aid from the loyal
Strtt-s. wliich Uie Government received at
Washington. wa- a Pennsylvania corps which
amved there prior to the Ii;h of April. On
that day the passage of other corps from this
aud other States through Baltimore was linied
ed b force aud during nearly two weeks after
wards the communication between Washington
and the I ova I btates was almost entirely cut oft.
On the 19th 1 received a request from the
War Department that the troops preparing
-,- , hi.iik-m'iuu ii..i!t ?--k o.,rFOi(iior?,rn)i-i'Hn?.,n(llltl..-.rnre!. to ihe amount j f every other State wbich b a credit ) I h:,')," JLi
aui llicj iu tui-a " sock" tiie rebeb. o( $.HV catmeJ m1 liuut. jkudt ia lli V Peptaeo. i,t.j,s r. if..
in this SUte should b cl thed, armed, equip- of
ptd, subsisted and transported by the Statu in in
msequence ot me men inability 01 me mi t-i
.t.tts 11.1 reqmt was ot Course omptaa
with, and twenty nve regmienU, (being eleven there are muety-twu regiments m service au.i
regiments beyond our quota,) comprising 20,176 preparing tor it. vv'e have tlso in service and
men from Pennsylvania served lor the term of prepiriug twenty-four companies
three months under the President's proclama ( The following table of the exuding Penueyl
lion above referred 10. As the tuuifehiug tht we ; vauia volunteer force is given tor informa
volunteers with supplies was necea-aiUy under turn:
the ciicuuuuicc hurried operation, and as J auiiasT is mutick.
complain were made in regard to them and , I( o m(lUlll ot wtlith 0 were
upiioiuted a board of commicsiouers to iuvesti- .
gale the whole subject. A copy ot ttieir report .
with the evidence taken by them has been al
ready laid before the public It is the intention
of the Auditor General to open the accoUute ot
such parties as appear by the testimony to have
been overpaid aud this course has already been
taken in two of those cases.
Ou the expiration ot the term of the three
mouth.-, men in July last, somecightor U n thou
sand disc uarged Pennsylvania voluuteers were
thrown into Harrhtburg without notice aud de
tained here, waiting to l-e paid, for an average
tune of sonietcu days, ihrirtents, cauipequip
age aud cooking utensils had b:eu taken irotu
ihemat Williamsport, Md ,aud they arrived here
destitute of all means ot shelter aud of preparuiK
their lood. the Commissary 01 ine uui eu
States fuinished uncooked rations, aud under
the circumstances of emergency 1 deemed it ne
cessary to make arrangements for aiding in the
cooking aud bkiug of the rations, and also
lor luruishiug meals to such of the regiments
as arrived during the night or under circum
stances n .luuiug instant relief. Tbe expeiie
attending these operations amounted so tar as
ascertained to $741 20, aud 1 recommend that
the Leu slature make au appropriation to pay
them, it ought to be stated that th se expenses
would have been much larger, but tor tne uu-
ral and patriotic efforts ot tt.e citiaeua aud espe-
eiiillv the ladies of Harris! aim ; their free band-
. it httsiutaiuv ana iieuerous aiu wouiwi-mw
nd fcim.TV soldiers, deserve remembrance aud
isrMlitil.lf
At the special sesbiou 01 tue uegisiaiure wmiu
commeucvd on the 30th ot April nt-i, 1 r.cuw
mend d the organization of a reserve Corps, u
be armed, equipped, clothed, subsistetl aud pa d
bv the State. ai.d drilled in camps ot Instruct
ion in anticination of the exigencies of the
country, and by tne Act 01 tue ioui 01 way im,
Miien a euriM wa uirecbeu w iw , -
loan of 3 000,000 was aulht.rtEeci u defray tne
expenses ot that aud other military preparations.
ileu more than sufficient in numnur u 101 m
ine ten rei!lments of tlie Reserve Corps had,
previous to the 15th of May been aca pied by
me in pursuance 01 a call on me aiLexwaius ic
A .ndeil 1 tor twenty live rvs.menta, and were
then already aaieiuoied and subject to my con
trol. Mosi of these men volunteered tor the
deserve Corns imd were iiume-iiaU-ly organized.
ihe remiiuiing regimebta wtrerapidiy reciuitcd
and the Corns was thus completed, aud Georg:
A. SlcCall. ot Chester couuty was commissioned
as Mai or General, aud assigned to the command
ot all the forces raised or to be raised under the
provisions of the last meutioved act. Ihe regi
meute comisisiug th- Uesenre Corps were in-
stiucted iu four camps in different parts of tbe
Slate, until they were taken into the service 01
the Lulled biatea. iwu ot these regimeuu,
under the com mauds of Colonels Charles J. Bid
die aud Seneca G. Simmons, and two compa
nies oi artillery uuder the command of Col
Char Ic 1 Campbell at the pressing in
stance ol the War Department were sent ou the
21 1 of June last to the reiiet of Col. n allace,
Cumberland, and remained for about six weeks
there, and in Western Virginia engaged in act
ive operations.
Towards the close'of July tbe whole Corps
wts called for under requisition, and taken iuu
the seivice of the Lulled States, v iiuiu lour
days alter tbe disaster at Bull's Bun, eleven
reirimenta of this fine body of men (armed,
drilled, clothed, equipped, and in all respects
ready lor active service.) were in Washington.
The regimeuu aud companies from Western
Virginia and the remaining two regiments
niakimr the whole number of fifteen, soon
joiued them there, and they are all low in
service under the commana 01 uen, mccaui,
ho his been commissioned as a Brigadier
General by the United States.
These fif teen regiments contain fifteen thou
sand encht hundred aud fifty-six men, aud con
stiuiTe a division comprising three brigades, a
reuimeiit of Artillery aud one of Cavalry. 1 he
whole expeuse of raising, clothing, equipping,
aubsistiuif and Davinir the Keserve Con
including the txoeuse of establishing ana nt'
tin it tbe camns ot instruction, of recruiting, and
suppl) iug regimental tlaus, and the expeuses ot
the ctmoauiu ol the two reel men is anu cmiw-
nies lu Maryland aud Western Virginia, which
were all defrayed by (he State) has amounted to
3oo.444 S7. I his does not include tne trans
port ,tiou on Kul Uoads, an tne separation 01
that a. 01 ml would have been a work of great
labor, nor does it include the pay of tbe two re
gi menU during the campaign, but itdotsinclude
all the expenses, which were heavy, of teams and
transportation, not ou l&ailroaas, lor me two
Uemmeuts ou the campaign above tnemioned
I welve raiments of the Reserve Corps were
paid, sub-isteti, sc., by the State to the average
date ot 22. July. The two regiments in Wes
tern lrgmia were paid by the stare to tne
date of their departure from Harrisburg
ou that exeditiou. The Cavalry regiment was
not paid by the Suite. It will be perceived that
the whole average extiense per man was $o-5 10.
Previous to the 31st of April lasr, a regiment
had been euhsted in the city of tale trom Mortn
western Pennsylvania. When the call was
made on me on that day, for 25 additional re
irimcns,the Erie regimeut was ordered to march
to liarrisburt: . Ihe cad was rescinded, how
ever, before th regiment reached Pittsburg,
and I ordered it to encnip at that city where
it remained uutil the 30th of June. The Na-
ti -ual Government declined lo muster the regi
meut into service-as all existing requiaions
made on the State were more than failed.
Much apprehension existed in the Western
and aouth western Wirders ot tne auue, ana it
was deemed prudent to retain the regimeut at
Pittsburg to meet any emergency that might
arise. After the passage ot the Aot 01 torn
May, 18bT, it was expected -that the regiment
would form part of the Keserve Volunteer Corps;
but as the men had been a long time from home
and remained inactive in camp, they declined
entering tbe service, and were subsisted aud
paid up t the 30th of June by the State. Two
regimeuts have since been enlisted from the
same part ot Pennsylvania at tbe city of E ie.
oneol which has been at Washington in service
since September, and the other is now ready lor
marching orders and it Is due to the first Erie
regiment to say that most of tne men are now
in service.
Further requisitions for sixteen regiment of
Infant 1 y and two regiments ot Laval ry were
shortly afterwards made by the War Depart
ment. Of these, sixteen have already been
raised and are In the service of the United
St 1 ten, aud the remaining two are iu the
course of organization and nearly ready to
march.
In addition to tbe requisitions on the
State, the War Department hail given au
thontns to numerous uidividuals to raise
volunteers in Pennsylvania, but at that
system was found to create much embarrass
ment, a general order was Issued by the War
Department on the 25th of Septemlier last plac
ing all such organizations under tue control of
the Governor, and shortly afterwards a requisi
tion was made on the State to increase her
quota to 75,000 men. Those independent or
ganizations, as they were called, thus became
Pennsylvania regimeuts and as completed aud
sent forward form part of the quota of the
State.
The etate regiments have been numbered,
and the last to tads data is numbered 115. Two
the three months regtiuente have coutiuiud
servio under the later reqtii-iti-ris, an I r-
nil 11 wieir ungiuai huuhhmb twm
remaining twenty mree inreeiiionins regimen w.
m 11 rtc 're.1 'fi'J?" " "
71.1SW
12,H0
1,077
leKltUMUia 01 cavairy . . .
regiment ot artillery...
84.V56
CoMl'ASUKS IN SUtVlCa.
companies of infantry,
707
578
- cavalry
artillery
2,221
7,177
Enlistments in other than Penn&ylva
nta oi ganutations. enliinntci, he
officers ot which are iu course of t
iug commissioned,) .
Total iu service
asuiMSMS pfiKP.auiO r-a Slavics.
12 regiment ot iutantr 13 WZ
cavalry, l,iio
4 artillery, . 1,0,
1.J.805
goMPaxus fauAaia rua Fkavica.
00111 pai 1 y of cavalry, . . .
companies ol aitiliciy.
lOJ
024
733
10 Odb
u service
reoarlug for service
ih,03b
Pennsylvania's contribution, . . .
lod,t15
Exclu-ive of 20,175 three mouths men now dia
banded.
Ihe regiments preparing tor service are in
complete. Thie that may not bo titled by the
loth instant wid tie consolidated aud sent lor
ward. Of the regiments iu service, the lllh
il 16tu regimeuU of lutautry are at Au
uaiMjlis; the 25th, 2tnh, 21st, both, 6'Jtb
i 1 lot, t Ztia and luoiu leimenw ana one com pt
uy of In tan try aie in ihe command of Moj.ir
General P-tnks; tue 46lh, oOih, o-Jlh, uth aud
1 00th regiiiieuls of lutautry are iu South Caro
lina ; the 431U lutautry are at llatteras inlet
ihe lOrtlh lufautiy and lltk Cavalry are at
Fortress Monroe ; the . u, iStn and Jtniu
tan try, the 7th aud m cavalry, oue troop of
horse, one tquadrou ol cavalry, two baiiali ns
f artillery aie in beutucky , the BJihaua iiutn
lutautry are in Western Virginia, as are also
thiee companies ol lutautry, .our cumpauics 01
cavalrv. hve companies, of lignt artillery ; the
37 1 h lutautry are at Cockeysviiie, lu uaryiana,
one company ot artillery is at run Delaware
alt the remainder ot tne volunteers are at 01
near Washington L'nwardaof i00 v..lunU-en
trom Peuuayivania are now piiaoueis, but a-
arraiigcmmu have been made tor tne exchge
f ptiMHiers it may be expected that they will
souo be leleased.
In coin ol lance with the luiut rcsoluiloua ol
tlia lhth ot Mav last. 1 have procured rwgimeu
tl flags for the" Pennsylvania volunteers, and
have presented them in pcism to mt of tiu
regimeuts. In uth' r canes, the regiuieuta being
on or near the Potomac, 1 have requested air
Cuwau, Senator, aud Messrs. Grow and Wright
members ot the llouae of ttcprcseulalivcs, Horn
Pennsylvania, to present the in in the uaine ol
th Cuuimouweatth.
The General Government requested that the
States would attflaiu tiom purchasing arms,
as their competition wan fouud injurious iu the
market, and tu view ol Uie large expeuiiuie
ot umue inarmiug aud equipping the volunteer
iorce of the State, providei tor the defence of
the National Government, 1 did not purchase
any as authorized by the ;!8tb section of ihe act
of the lath of ilay. isni. the Male uas n
quite & many arms as are necessary to arm all
her volunteer organizations iu existence ; out,
influenced by the threateuiuK aspect of our rela
tious with foreign governments, 1 havediietted
ihe Adjutant General to procure arms as soon as
it can be doue on reasonable terms and without
injurious competition with the National Gov
erui-nt Aiiis have oeeu dnirimiui amon,
the border counties to all the orgauizti ions that
have been formed to receive them. 1030 arms
have been thus distributed. I have also ad
dressed a letter to the commissioners of all the
border counties, offering arms to them as soon
as militaty organizations shall be formed to
receive th m. Besides thus complying with
the requirements of the 27th section of the Act
of 15th May last, I have deemed it prudent to
offer five thousand arms to such military organ
izatiuus as may be formed in Philadelphia on
nlAii to hf uniiruved bv me as Commander-in
Chief. Musket and rifles to a considerable t
extent hive been furnished to the Pennsyl
vania volunteers from the State arsenal
Others have been Sent by the United States
authorities to arm them before leaving the
State. In some cases regiments have gone
without arms under assurances fiom the War
Depanment that they would be armed at
Washington or other near designated points,
and that their Immediate departure was requir
ed. It was thought wise iu these cases not to
insist on the arms being sent before the regi
ments marched, as this would have imposed un
the government an unnecessary expense iu
freight, aud would have tieen productive of de
lays which might have been seriously detrimen
tal to tbe public service. Forty two pieces of
artillery with limbers, caissons, forges, ammuni
tion wagons, harnesa and all tbe necessary hu
piemen ts aud equipments were furninhed by
the State to the artillery regiment o, the Re
serve Cort. Teu of thetie were purchased by
the Stat", and their cost hits been refunded by the
United States. Diligence has been u-ed in col
lecting arms throughout the State and repdi
iug and altering them in the most approved
manner.
The State has now
62 pieces of artillery, of which 17 need
repairs.
26,758 muskets and riflrS, some of which are In
tbe hand- of mechanics lieing repaired.
liHO are in the hands of volunteer
corps throughout the State; 1930 in the
p ssesaiou of County Commissioners,
Hnd 1.000 with the reserve corps of
Philadelphia.
In addition to this the city of Philadelphia
has
9 pieces of rifled artillery, and
4,976 muskets and rifles.
Tbe State has also in the arsenal at Harris
burg
1.166 sabres and swords, and
1.967 pistols, a d the city of Philadelphia has
440 sabres, and
326 pistols with the necessary accoutrement.
There is also in the Arsenal at Harrisburg a
large amount of Accoutrements and ammuni
tion for artillery and small anus.
The Adjutant General is successfilly enraged
In collecting arms throughout the State, aud it
is ex pec led that the number above star at I will
be largely increased Probably, at least, 6.000
muskets and rifles and several pieces of artil
lery will still be collected.
Ihe care which has been bestowed upon the
comfort of the voluute rs, and the goodness
and sufficiency of their supplies of all kinds.
and Ihe excellent arrangements of the Medical
Department under the control of Surgeon Gen
eral Henry H. Smith, are proved by tbe fact
that more than Wmmk) men have been lor van
cms. generally short periods at Camp Curtin
since the 19th of April last, and that down
to the 1st January inst there died but forty -nine
,t that camp, via . foity-four fiom MrX
two (helMigiug to remanent from other
tie. 1 who ha.' been injured 011 r.iiliods, two
cideniahy kiii-l 111 Camp Cuitiu and one
ot in lUrrMMir
lo UtlhUU: the miking oi allotment of
their nay by our volunteers in the h.-ld for the
support of their families at home, 1 apointcd
on tugar i owan, 1 u'iuun l. nmikiiu m.u u
Uuuies. Liiis. , comminSt-iouers to vieit the
cams of our men on and south of the Potomac,
and also Junes raik ul m v . u nznouver,
tu-u-j.. commisoiouers ti visit those in Kentucky
aud elsewhere iu the western cou dry, to call
the attention of the troops to tbe system ot al
lotiuenl and to encourrge them in aioptiug a
practical plan for carrying it tub) effect.
ihti several reports ut these comnjut-ionersare
iubly salisfactory
1-ordtUilson the several uriects wnnectea
with the luilitaiy ojieratKif s of this Stale, 1 re
fer to the reiNjrt ut the Adjutant General, Sur
gfon General, Quarter Master tjeneral, t ommis
sary Gcueial and Paymaster Geuerd which ac
compaiiy this Mivg.
he duties iuito-il on me were so onerous
that 1 found U ueeeaeary to invito t!.e Umpirair
awlance 01 g n lie men ou my statf to aid me
lo perforin them
n this capacity, tots, inoma A. ?coir, uid
eim J. Ball and John A. Wttght tontrib .U1
their valuable nr vices from the middle of
Aptd until th;y wrecallel away byoiher du
ties. Col. Scott reuiaiuing until he Pecaniecon
uected with the War D. tKiitui nt. 'ol Hill
until the l.-i ot June ami Col Wright until the
23d of July ; for tbe time thus devot-d to the
service of the Sta e they have retusd to re
ceive any compenaalion.
Joseph U A. L. Uussell, J. Urown
Parker and Ciaiic Kiddle were in service up t
he J0tu of Decern Itr-r. Ihe lA-partmeiit ol
lelegtaph and 1 ransportatlou wt&s uuder tbe
exclusive c-hi trol ot C 1 I'olU. Ibe sWui
and ecuomy ot lis luan.igt-uieiit how how
lalthluliv aud well he fulfilled his OttJce.
It is but ju-t loall thce gi utleUicu that I
ould bear hsttimony to the untiring i-ii
aud ndeiity with which tlieir dutiu-i were per
tued.
1 he quota ol the State having been more than
tilled, and her military force organized, I was
enabled on the twentieth of December
lo than use with periual staff, and the
tetiqiorary arrangement which had been made
tor it euioloyiuent wan then elo ed
Ity the Uth Section of the Act ot the loth of
M.y, lsl, 1 w.is authorLteil t i diaw inv w.cr-
ranus ou the Treasury lor a sum not exceeding
SOOOOtor comp oNitiou to such persons as
might be required to serve the country in a
military ciipu.it v, xc. Ut this luud 1 have
dtawu from the Treasury ,600, out of which I
uuid the compensation ot my personal staa,
,Uno other expenses of th-; milibiry jep.tr t meut.
and the actual expenses ol persons empioye
on temporary service, none of whom received
uv tuituer couipeuHiti'o. au-J expenses or tne
com missions appointed lo investigate alleged
frauds. Sc., and the expensts ot ewLil-iichinir
mdtuuy patrols ou the Ataryhmd line and five
hundretl dollars ou secret rrvice. My acvouut
is sett bd iu ttie ofhee of the Audiur General
up to tbe 1st of Decemtter. On that day
hd exiK-'ndeil b.400. and except mhw incon
siderable Mmneiits matte siucv, the talancv
renuuus in my hands.
the report of ihe Audit -r General will exhi
bit the items of the account.
Au acc aiut of military expen litures by the
Stale ou behall of the Luiu-d states, as lar as
tiie same had then been aocerlaiud and settled
by the accounting Jepattui nU here, was made
uo to the 1ft day ot September, loot, aud pre
sented on the 12th of tnat month al the irea-
urv Departmeutof the United Slates tor settle
ment and allowance. Tle sum ol ob.OUO, has
been received from the Ireasuiy Department on
that account, ihe repayment by the Geuerai
Go v eminent of the ex peuaea a lend iug tbe organ
isation and support ot the Ueeeive Corps, may
1 tot be provided tor by any existiug act ut Cou
giess. As these expenses were incurred by the
Mate tot the beuehtot tbe Geuerai Government,
and have been productive ot results most im
pulaut to the weliare and even safety ut the
cuuntry, it would be riuhl that an act ot Cou
gress should be Ntosed providing expressly tor
their retaiymeut. It lies with the Legislature
to adopt the proper means tor directing the
attention ut Congress to this eUtMect
Asurai ees have been received from the
Treasury Depart in ut thai the examination ot
the military accounts of the State will be pro
ceeded iu w thout delay, so that the State may
receive a credit tor the balance due, in time to
apply tbe same towards tbe payment ut her
juotaot the direct tax. Assumiug ihecompletion
of this arrangement, if the Slate shall assume
the direct tax for this year, a stviig of hi teen
per cent will accrue to her, and no present in
crease ot her taxation will oe necessary.
Whether thw credit be uivcu or not, I
couiuiend that the 1 aymeut of the direct tax
bu assume i by the Slate.
Iu cue the State assumes the payment of this
tax there should be such revislou ot the
tax laws as will hereafter equitably apportion
the burden among the varioU interests now
sm ject or that can properly be made subject to
taxation. The naviug ot firt'jeu per cent, to the
people of the State by the assumption is a mat
tcr worthy of thought, but a more important
consideration is that it will enable you who re
present all the varied interests ot the Common
wealth to apportiou tne tax in su n manner as
to bear equally upon all uur revenue lawi
had imposed on real and personal property
its full proportion but Utile ni-we than one-
third of the Uxes neeiled for tne oraiuary ex
penditures of the government. By the act ut loth
Mav last, the tax on mis specks 01 property
has already been increased one-sixth. Should
tbe Slate refuse lo assume the L'nited State tax
the whole burden of it will tall upon these in
turests. interests too. most unfavorably a&xted
bv the war. whilst other kinds ot proterty antl
other sources of revemw, judged by our laws
able to pay nearly two thirb ot the present
revenues ut Urn Stale, uuni ui ue c.nwi uu
to contribute one dollar of additional tax.
The militia system ol tue Ctmiuouwealth
very impelled I recomuieud the estiblt-h
tuent ot a coiumusiou to frame ana report
svstem more adequate to the exigency ot the
times.
I earnestly recommend to th legislature that
provision tie made lor tne military instruction
of youth. The appointment ot a military in
structor In the normal schools, would iu a short
period give teachers to the common schools
who would be competent to train the Ktys in
attend mctoa them. It would in my opinion
tie wise also to provide for the purchase or
leasing by the Commonwealth of a building for
a military school, and f--r emplovicg competent
Instructors at the expense of the State. requirii g
the pupils to defray the other ex pens-s. No
pupil should be admitted to this school without
having passed a thorough examination on
mathematics and all fitting subjects of instruc
tion xcept the military art proper. I respect
fully uri;e this subject on your early considera
tion, as one of material perlaps vital Import
ance. 1 have taken measures to direct the efficient
attention of the General Government to the
fortification of the water approaches on the sea
rrd and the 1-kes, and arrangements are In
the course of being effected which tt is hoped
will be satisfactory in their result.
I send with this message a copy of a com
munication from General Totten, chief of the
Military Engineer Depaitmeut at Washington
1 have al represented to the Secretary ot the
Navy the necessity for tl at trig defences on the
Delaware, and have his assurance that they
shall be prepared at tbe earliest moment.
I have had a correspondence with the au
thorities and some of the citizens of Erie on
the subject of the defenceless condition of that
oity, and the part of the State" bordering on
the 1 ke On examination it t forma ta&t
theie are no defence the lake, and that
the ordnance at the ity of Eiie was withdraw
by the National Government in the summer of
1S01 1 he Secretary ot the Navy. 00 a request
made, directed that the crew of the United
State steamer Michigan shoald not be die
banded, as has beeu usial, and that vessel will
main iu the harbor of Erie during Ihe winter.
uld the National Government nmixpectedJy
in its duty providing adequate defence at
our assailable point. East and West, I eei-
n.stly recoiuiueuil that the Legislature lace
prompt means for that purpose, we snoma
be almoupheii. by lecent indications from ,
abioad. to be prepared tor our own defence, as
well as tor the suppress ol domestic insur
rection. In selecting a site for a National Armory, If
the public good be alone considered, Pennsyl
vania will lai preferred, as she affords the cuatr
nued advantage ot a central position, abun
dance of material aud skilled mechanics, and a
people of undoubted loyalty.
1 commend to tne attention 01 tne Legisla
ture the report of the Suriutendent of the
ublic Schous, the Douiishing state of whJca
and the rapid progrees of education are subjects -
ot just congratulation.
Ihe rep.rt ot the Lunatic Hospital at Har
risburg aiid uf W enter n Pennsylvania, of the
Houses or ttefuge at Phiiadelphteand Pittsburg,
f the in-.titutious tor the Deal and Dumb and
1 the Hliud and the Northern if - me for Frieod
c C'.d.lien it Philaib hihia, and of the Penn
sylvania i raiumg chool tir Idiotic and Feeble
Minded Cbibireu at Media, show that these
meritorious charities are well administered.
aud I recommend lb it the counter an ce and aid
of the Commonwealth be continued to them.
Under the joint resolution ot lhth May last.
commissioners have beeu appointed to revise the
revenue las, whose names will be forth with
ubuiitted tor the a-1 vice and consent ot the
Seuate. It is hop d that the commissioners
will te able to rep rt during the present session.
i the Legislature. Considering the greit labor
uipo ed uu them, and the vast importance at
t.e piest-nt time ot an a'-feaud emcient per-
toi mance of the duties ut tne commissioners, t
suggest that the compensation provided tor by
be joint resolution should be increased to an
adequate amount.
It was evident, long since, that It would be
impossible fur the liank- to continue to redeem
heir ovulations iu coiu, in the face ef tne
large issues of paper, th necessity tuff which
was imposed ou them aud the government by
the exigencies of the times. No surprise, there
tore, was felt at the supeusion of specie pay- -men
la by the banks, which took, place 00 Mon-
Uy, the 30th ot December last, tnder the
ircuinitancvs, l recommend that they be re
lieved from a I penalties bx this breach Of the)
law
Pennsylvania has made great efforts to sup
port the Government, he has given more and
bet'er clothed, and better equipped men wan
any other State, and lias far exceeded her quota
if the military levies, f he sons ot our beet civ
izeua. youug ineu ot euucaiiun ana means uu
theiaiiksof her volunteer regiments. Their
ifallant conduct, whenever an opportunity has
tieen afforded to them, has doue hoo la
ihe Commonwealth. The universal move
ment among our eo;de, signifies that they
loial to the Govern men t establlsaea by
their lathers, and are determined to quell the)
present iuurrecli"n and preserve the Union,
mil that they w.ti not tolerate any plan jot
either the dissolution or reconstruction of it.
A. G. CURTIS.
Exact itvs Chamubr,
Harruburg, Jan. 8, ltfbl. (
The South Despairing
TKAB CLJSUIO I. ID KB GLOOM T SCSPIOSS AM .
OFSX1MO WITB EVIL TlOlMBS.
tr.ta Ut Kicaai aJ ax . n.aer 01 Jauoary Z.
The year closed under gloomy auspices ; with
a check at Dniuosvilttt, aud a rumored disaster
in Missouri. The year wbicn yesterday began
b.ts opened with evil t dings. We tear that
there is no diubt of tue f-tct that the Northern
Union has consented to the, surrender of Mason
and Slidell ; aud with that event all hope of an
immediate alliance between the Southern Con- -tedcracy
and Great Britain must cease.
Uuder other circumstances we might derive
consolation fur th- loss by considering the in
eftacraUe disgrace that falls on the enemy.
Never, since the humiliation of the Doge and .
enate ol Genoa beiure the footstool ot Louis
XIV has any nation consented to a degradation
so deep. If Lincoln and Seward intended to
h,rive them up at a menace, why, their people
wi d ask did th y ever capture the ambassadorsf
Why the exultaut hurrah over the event that
went up from the niueleen millions ot tonatsf
Why the glorification of Wilkeef Why the
coward insults to two unarmed gentlemen,
their close imprisonment and the blood-thirsty
movemeuU ut Cucgress in their regard t But
must of all, why did ihe Government of Lin
colu iudidge a lull Cabinet with an uoanimous
resolution that, under no tux-umstances, should
the United States surrender Messrs. Mason and
li dell f Why did they encourage the popular
sentiment to a similar position t -The United
States Government and people swore the
great oath to stand on the ground they had
taken ; tbe American eagle was brought out, be
screeched his loudest screech of defiance then
"Dropt Uk a craven cock his conptrrtdwtnrf '
at the first growl of tbe lion. 1 his is the atti
tude of the enemy. It would grea- ly console us
to contemplate him, did we n t know that no
new exhibition of insolence and cowardice could
tink him lower in the wuild's estimation. The)
United States has hist no character by an exhi- '
bition of poltroonery as yet unknown in the di
plomacy of other nations. 'Ihat country has
already sunken bene.th the reach ot infamy.
1 he only charge of bayonets made during the
war by Lincoln s soldiers was that of the Fair
fax marines on Mbw Slidell ; and the surrender
of her father at tbe first menace of Great Brit
ain will create rather more disgust or further
dismist.
Nor can we hope for a popular revulsion In
the Nornern people against the folly and pusil
lanimiiy uf their rulers. People and rulers are
alike. It is only in the sentiment of England
that we can find a my of encouragement. It is
certain that the British wanted war; that they
were confident uf getting it ; and tley will be
bitterly dtsappuiute 1 at the utisat&actorT re
sult. Now, this result, though apparently doe
to the Inly livers of ttie Yankees, is partially
attributable to the nianntfemetit of the Palmer-
-ttoa Ministry, 'that Cat n net gave Seward and
Liuouln the chance of humiliation, wh a it
could have taken retires with the high-hand.
and shut the dor to apology by ve-calling
Lyons, sending home Adams, and setting the
British fleet at ou in full ml for the scene of
action. Tbe Pairncrtn Ministry is tbe friend
ot the north, and i-i d. recti y an tag mistical to
the majority of the Briti.-h naticu. On thess
data we venture th prophecy that in less than
three months this Ministry will fall from power.
Whenever it does so, we may anticipate tra
ined iat intervention by Or at Britain in the
affaire of this coutiueot 1 he inclinations and
ititerest of that people are so chwrly united on
this oue point, that we do not hesitate to de
clare the result a moral necessity. But for
some time we may he b it alone in this quarreL
Let in nut repine, though the task be heavy
on the arm. If wo would rcRpct ourselves,
consolidate our nationality, ensure our future
independence, and t anmit a heroic memory
to posterity, we must prove to ourselves an! to
all others that our uwn uuaided strength Is
sufficient for ourowu redemption. If it h not,
there remains one resolution by which every
citizen that in worthy of freedom can avoid
the sight of its extinction and the spectacle of
his country's ruin to die iu the last ditch of
their defence, ...
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