ESTABLISHED IN . .1786. cojajainsiojr, kc. t/> iin mfotTiiuiia Maacßiire-aiid'wliolo . m)» daalerjin .WESTERN RESERVE. CHEESE, BOTTXEv LAE&. K>BKi BACQS, JLOlTft, ymL : POT £BXrF£XBLASHEBr*ALEHATUSrfcIH. SEED LARD 01R8, DRIED FRUIT ‘utd Pwdog^yry y, "1*1 ati<r IC-FwuMtn»t, /vK. (HCTijbr GUIiPA SHEPARD.. Coioossion 3£br- . dura and dealers in FLOUR, GRAIN AND. . Pituburgh, Pa. brand*of.Floorforßakar*and Family dm' ~ ctnAfaatK on band. Particular attention paid to ; ming-dtpeftfor Merrhandlte generally. ■ • ocfedly - A? C<ntaQfcfOjrUnciii‘'f < dealer In FLOUR,BUX~ TER-BROOMS; SEEDS, LARIVCHEESE, PORK,. DRIED AND GREEN FROITB add gen* •rally. Liberal caahadrancec made omonalgnmenta. Warehouse. No; etreet, Pittebargh. -s ; JA M Kri A PogWARDPto A3CD- CoxjruaiQ* UttCßAdT.for tbeaaledf FLOUR, ohauTbacon, lard, butter; beers, dried Produce-generally, No.* 10 Market at.; coroefbf FiWt, Plttabcrgh.- • - ■ oc&dly .: •m. ac*Ci*Uxsa~—^*~~~v—v«. t; i^xo. QCHQMAKER Sc . LANG, Cosoussimf O MttCSa»T«:!aod wholnale dealer* (n'i'QBOOE RIES, FLOUR, ORAUi, PRODUCE, Ac:,'Nol 203 LUwtrtrwtrPttttbcrgh, Pa. —j eelftdly - XT OUjAKU RIDDLE, BUccessopjQ JmT A Son, No. 183 Liberty jitmt, Pitta* burkVAENERAL PRODUCE, MtfOERY. AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,.. CoiaisPwnta reepectfnlly aoUcUeA. ..fc2B:dly. vx. yratTK;... ......... jx0. warrs^.....^ m joa. whxu. WHITE . BROTHERS, Forward^ VV AlCaczLaan and iiealera In' PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE GENERALLY, No. B»aDHArtyiitreet, Pitt»burgbrPa.._L roy27 7 SOHOiOSK: Uoxrsnssiox Merchant. l ; dealer lk CRUDE AND REFINED CARBON OILS,QLAS£,TRON, NAILS. AC.. Xo.lMLiberty ■treeL , , . ‘.’V' :mhgftdly ••' VXUXim MXJUfS, l j DaUP aa*. a. com*,/® 4 *;**" •* t. SpcUl Partner. ! ■JuiTEANS <te‘ COFFIN, successors -to JU. Mtta&ffleiß, Mease tCo., WHOI'ESAXSOSOs' coiterof Wood and Water etroet*, PittaburgH, - POBtffej ;- Jyfcdl; WM. i. JUTEa*AjtK~-.aiancL u. voiat. T ; H.-VOI6T & CO., successor to Xl G. JLJ*~GNdK *KODCOE AND COMMISSION MRU. CHANTS, MTXfbferty itwet, Pltt»bargh» P 4. ans. t jobs l u0c**..;....... iwvtx, TOUK X HOUSE. & CO., Wholesale O Gkocuu axd Coxkusioh Ucbcuakts, corner of BmlftUUldeari Wateretrcete, Pittebnrgh,Pa.- jy7, • pWEfiTOK ■i!i nu Cmocra axo H6. 107 Vfoodtreet, PitUburgh. ♦ ,. 1 ~ ; • je2:dly ~ j. usapjitbiok. m .b* b. Bscrvx xxixpArmicb T>KOWN& 3SIRKPATHICKB,-Wholb- JJ Ul* Gmocraa «nd dt*ler» PLOUB AUD fl££DS,2Toa;i9l’snai93 Liberty itreet, Pittabanth. ■ je&dly '-'••• “ • tor tv- r 'Oißr <*■ lUb* . . Mkkt* tor the Hie of CBU9B-&K2KBE BISXD CABBOS OTE3 t Tfor. 09 ttd TO Water met, Flttfborgh.' arr coturfgnmentg. -••"•■ h • ; : DnVGGISTti.' QIMON JOHN SION, Dealeb tn -Pubs ; DBDOS AND-OHKMIOALB, PEBFCIEEBT; : FA3ICT‘GOODS, ED&2TCSG FLUID, OILS; FAM- Ac/ Ac., 'Of itrittly prime qual • itjr,*wtfchli»efl*rtatlowert price*.’ UJm*r Smith* fieM tad Foarth vtraeU, PUtat>srgh, Fa., ?' FmcrtptlDDi cmlhUyaompoondedai all Won. TUfJBfH ItfJSJUAa. coxier of Market Job Diamond, fceepa ‘ttrturtabtly on - hand a -lull amortmknt of DRUGS," ~~ FSBFUUEBT hhd‘all, aruF deapiftaifUpgtoaU.bpalheeq. ;‘ v " EhyaWan* pnpcripubn* 'canlhU y cofapo united kt' • ■ ■ - ' , ~ *ja9:lyd ~ ‘ B 1 A. FAHNESTOCK * CU, Whou&t • »aj.* DbvocUt and' Kanuliicnirer of WHITS atmty Jittabtttgb.-.;:, tri • ■ <?,'•■.• .< tcftiT-T iObu. V. J.V Wholsuli i»-- PiIHIS, VABN’IRHK3-ANB unfarwra, Ko.\»> uWtjVnwt; mu*Uir*ii.—. Atf-otffjHrytU tyQrirepfomift«t»gtf« . rmm>|ncK»*Ap* — B£uiX :* Aia} ftnu.voiM«uii, comer, of-ÜbertjLendSt. Cleft? atmu, Pittsburgh., . ; . m KEU, H. KEYiiiSK, Dhoooist, -L/liO Wood, street, earner of \Tood street end .Virgin alley, Pittsburgh, P*. tf kt jW' u»4, *2ir'-W Diamond tth«t. >..-,• ,>. Ji f—V 4 . . Wtt mtteod lo tha asitbaanl* wearing and coller tiOflSf claim*, in Washington; District of.QutpmbU. ~ . . . , "'. JaOigiCmh | MELLON. Attok- Xk.'**!*-**: Law, fourthatrMtt ffiradodtk ■tow fodthfleld, RtfrWgS, ra.V ttylTiSfH mHOMAS ‘KWLXIi,; 'Amoenkx and X'B&tnrtnto*iTLAw. ; ---f-' --ii i?j.. ' Ufrtcx, No.'UO Tinirih *tr«et,'«un>*r ot Cherry »n«y, Virtrlntrsb, Pw.- ? ;:■•» • *»lltdmyT ;> : gAMUfcJti-A. JWKVIAKCU, Attoenkt ;oyiiec'j , uui''BtrTOt > ~'«flOotPtpg tiw-efflec’of V«f-r ihMi xTtonutTiitlburfSiT*. -H7— >• - . - - -'£l— ijifoaur; .ijuul ,SMITH; AmoK-SEy Tak6 trJAiri bu restored to Kum^S 1 LAW BUULLUiQA, Nq,:l2 Diamond etcset, next' doqrtoi aufeut*! Church. myl&dly ; BCSfi. AdM/Atf, ATTOBNiT-AT /iki » OtRBSt JCoi 72. Great street, PL , t;. ,-y, •■ ■ . .. _ , S^^SGuoSlE^ijAfTOiMiFlfliir; • V&Ud'fcnrtb Law Boßdlnir, 1 •gUUjb.ar^;'^'*';*;.; : r.; : ..~... t mhl PKODwr/ ; lEECH *HDTCffINSON,CoMjnasTow i AXpFoKWAft&BaatraciuLaTK.'&Alin inWEBT XBJS-"BtSEBVE CHEKSE, PLOUB, FISH, BA* LISBEKO OIL, POM A2iD _ peabL ashes;sxEuaroß ahTjljbikd 1 kbuit «nd Produce generally. Bert braflA'FiiMlyTlq* jivMVOD.luxid. Agent.far tbeule of Uadiaos m . Oo‘.*t ddttbhuW Patented Pearl Js<*reb. '' Noe; ' 116 Beet-ndnadliA Pint eta;, betveea'Wood iad Hmttltf Eluafrorgb Pan ; ; >- ... . apSajl'y fUOiliiUS . WAUimuUSK—IUSNIii \JIL CoLLlKB,Forwarding udOommiasloQ.Her* chant and dealer In, CHEESE, BUTTES, Ii&XS FISH and Wood itrr«t; aboVa Water* Plttabnrgini; r xnyg - * CO. r -£outi>iU^ O «M 4sd 4«U»nia PBOTISI OHH, .comer of Hat >»t «»4 rnmutftu, ■ .... . J>C;dly. . AGEjrrs.. ' tX«jr&un(X4K». FauMOPniA- in EitiiAci ls •mrai!Ockjaxu*, Kohh4ut ronur.Wootf'axia Tttiittmi. -W/ij.- ,>4oipii>pMß Aysai -:.fl »<Q*»:otCt*«t,Onnvj2T<tnU Wafr / \. TT ,-. AMUEtr HEAj bBCSSTAiT Vtxizß&&' lljWfr&KitGoxT+'fii cdr^cr'Sarkrt l aodWeur j []jjiLtiOKJX>K', -SjßtfßkMav.-W-teJratt; V akU iiOUli, .tiEatrrijnr! jVu.ROHLTfV gtirißli ■«!««■:; TmtSQN, A CO.*,: '. : — ■: •>■ I ‘' 1 ‘ : (ia<- VtffaM, M ) l>. .„- - ~ wxolcsXU'ojuuu rx : . XOBEIOS ASD »<>iU6ll6 pEi GOODS, : jg*. M^WbodttnwV thjrjgMiMn «Wr. -- -Jii _ jtd j”^"*—' 1 Iw«iTlTml>i» Vfir WCAFIdE IiSD- TASOTi DRT.OQOBSt Jiorth. TmrcoHMr'onftytrtb and Mtrkwttmto.—,tea i 3MvTsSESmSWi l/fcU*RjIMI)SX » tt .bjatirpeo Tfalrfl *£>4 TwWih, ■f. ■■>.;, - , '* ! Vavct DBTjGOO2)9«#IKV:OftWofU» B- Vo. 70Urk«* ptryot, rut*bur(bl t ; ■ »—w»i—iwt———> ',3 J TXMMJnrjITGSy-ttc. lhuuai ix tsufr 1 GkAMtJfci 7T *■! *?■<.> i •;«pg { ffvaUuLl&is tfitf-N 7 Usajler ;nr i)a.j jyoiwdf« Has wipe ■aarttt.j' Th Vukit itrot,. MAtJHUiifcCO., D&ouuur v ' Ci jtiwouittmfliwwiQi. Sotzoxj* Hoi, ftTyfl. Pittfbcria. ,v. ,/ % ♦ y|6 • JUMJHMCj 4jt« ■y. /7<HAKL(m!E fiLUUE, JUscfactde ■ ‘V/ «T MVtintm jki nASO.rOBTKa, tzi'Jn fl?<««>KMicutMralal(i>ranni)ntK ; Sol,jfc»t “S'.St HAMBURG PIANOS,jjjSTfar-fiitEST, - nits tod wflk TOHW«; MEXiU>H7D£i*ii w Pusoa, - l ff Wind rr»ei^.bgtTrMa GROCERS. tHOe. HTTtti tUSSLK. Little & thimble, wholesale IGxocsu e» Comtuuox Uucxasth, dealers •id PKODUCB, PLOUB, BACON; CBULKSE.-JTISH CAKBON AND LABD OIL, IKON, NAILS, GLASS! COTTON YARNS,- and Plttsbnrgh manu&cturee generally, 112 Second street; Pittsburgh. MAC**r&OXAU)— 3. AUmui, 3H....C. ARBCCKLI. Tl/TcDONAU) £ AKBUCELE. Whole "AlU;lO»OCI».,P»ODra AMD ComilMlON Ml»- OrSBGABS ud MOIASSE3, Jb?KS?iL s JKP 4BS “4 SYBBPS.'riOUEi IIA •SS.^ItSbSSh* 8 ®' SEEDS ’ 4c " *“• 25* EiSflrty meat, Pittibttrgh. ... • tiol4:lT & BBOTHEKS, B uo“Lora !'#MJS ikdtooli; WlmlMal. denlui In ’•2SSSSL3?® 118 ’ ndls AliD bpioes, con ’s?S 0 f < ll?^ 0 2£ BS ’ WIUi "'OKKS,ic., Non KWind 123 Wood otnoot, atOT». Jlnh,, Pltubureh, £2??*- jyiaiaiy JHUITri. a. KOIUOX 1R KOBISQS-& XXX, , Wholesale Geo: .'4-V* oua, CnoniUox Mnuatai** add dealers In «a kind*. of.EBOVISIQXS,. PEODUCE, and PittU pn^b4nadofllclari|^KoLi2ss‘Liberty .atreet. Pitu • on. ./TliSO. B. JUNLB, WHQt.KaAi.i{ ■UTafIEOCEBIB, MANILLABOPE,OAKUM. manuikctured article*, »0-141 water street, abore the Monongahala Bridce. • FitUbnrgh, Pa. -. fc°***T PAAIKIt.... k. nunnii.^ 3DOBEKT DALZELL &, CO., WW iLv »alx Gaocns, OokiisuioH aito~ FeawAanxxo • aIxgCTUKT*, and dealer* in PBOUUCE and Pitt*- bnrgU manufacture*, Pituburgh. T^^"PBS£pTos?;"w^rmS JUGaocsttm PaoDocx Dxalm* and Coxntseio.N MtacHAXTs, No. 6 Sixth street, Pittsburgh, Pa. s ■npHzly . ; •• 4o UM watt " jpua wii.noV WATT & WILSON, Wi™ S: exavUojUHaaioji JUMaaxTi* and dealer* to ,«puace and Sttiburgh manufacture*, NoT 158 Lib «rty atreet, Plttabnrgh. . IfaAIAH UiUKiSy & Co, WHOLEdALK Gaocxai, ComuMios Mx*rHArrt,*nd dealer* in PHOUCCE, Nu. SO Water atreet, and 05 Front atreet. Pittsburgh. ’ w. niLwoarn... MM . M , M ...joux &.oilwohtb. T S. DILWORTH <fc CO., WbolesaS U m Oaocaas, No*. 130 and 133 Second atreet. near Malthfteld, Pitfbutgh. ooj joaa fLovp.mcitAEi> mnrn:-/»...w«i n.«. »..» T 'p fOHN FLOYD k CO., Wboubale S CUI iKII COKItIUIOV SUICHABTS, No. 17l! Wood .mad 228-Liberty Hraat, .Tttubttrqh,-,. . Jelti W ILXjIAjM BAUALJSV, Wholesale -* JT Qmoc«», Moa. IS and 20 Wood street. Pitta iburgb.Pa. U^dlf Jn^jrUf'JLCTUREttS. W: I. MACKUfTO«H.....~..J. BULPUILL JC f. Bi»T i]M-ACKINTOSH, HEMOTOf. A CO.. jUii. corner Pike and O'Hara itreeu, near the-City* water Work*, Pittaborgb, Pa., Manufacturer* of MACKINTOSH ANDJIJU(PAU,L!S IMPKOVED .Patent osciLLATiiwraXiriNGiNia and JiLLDE VALVES, of all rim and best stylo. put np ntachinsrj of large capacity and ot tbe beet quality,.,are-are doLearr Job bing, and toUcit vork 'loilJa mating that, by promptness, and ihecliaratHarbf our .work,: t© merit public patronage. •. -. . .... - . j AVa write epecial attention to our BALANCED VALVE OSCILLATING ENGINES, u combining advantage* heretofore Admttiinhd Uh >thia olaae ol --Ensi&o*- __ Jaftfclyd Vnj^ajc HIMHIIL Jtatp g UUIB iTITULLIAAI BAKNHILLafe 61 ■- 1 I r“-I*nm »treet,li»i6w ■BYEAM BOILER MAKERS AXDSHEII'IKON WORKERS; Manoftcturert of BARNHILL'S PATf .TSNX BOILER, LOCOMOTIVE, FLUEI) and CVL /Ih'DER. BOIL EBB,, UiUMNEYS. BBETCHEN. ;FXBE BED.STEAIi PiPES, CONDENSERS, SALT PANS, SUGAR PANS, IRON YAWLS, LIFE BOATS, etc., tic. Alto, BLACKSMITH'S WORK. BRIDGE.andjVJADUCX IRONS*, dooe at. tbo tiiort* Tetl QOtUSi' ' All JrtrA-fa ftruw k'.U»+«T.<s.pm,yrrtty at itudedto. --r- ~ - fpHOMAS MOORE, Manufacturer os . X 4Jcb Dtujutnt aiA.xxxne or COPPEU-DIS TILLED PDBiJBTfc .-WMiSKt 'vxii FAMILY YIXEGAB, Non. IW, 191,103 and U&Finrstnet, between Smithfield and Grant atreete, PitUbnrgb. eolldtnii. Uigbwt nurket price i W" Fuitl Oil and all otlwr pcatonotia. ingredient* carefully extracted, by a proceaa new -and improved. 1 ocl2 ' ' iTOEUi OLLPHANT & C 0. I ' B uccM«taj W of T. H. Oliphant, Manufacturers of HOT >KE33ED MJT3' AXD WABHEKS,:t)HAIICoAL HOBSE-SIIOE lEOS ami SAIL BODS. BOILEB IBOS and KIVKTd. . j FAUICnASCE IBOS WOBKS. Eajeltol'g., Pa. 1 ' 1:. Wood at., tlttabarab. SHIRT MANUFACTORY. —Missea J. A N. AUL| Ho. 22 fit. Clair street, make to dr* /defi fe£h&4,&Ql£TB, COLLARS 4c., on short n»*' lice. Also, hare oao*tan\ly on' Ladd a~Bhe'asb6n-' jmeot of SUIBTB AND COLIABfi, in the best, most feahlonable and desirable manner, Jeiafcdly S SEVERANCE, Nd.-SO' Water St., • Pittsburgh, manufacturer of BOILEB HI VETS. ; WBOUGHTSPIKES, COMMON AND BAILBOAD, ft 4 evcrrdstcrlptiop. - - MrPartlcular sizod or shaped’SPlKED add'HlV* f ETb, large or small, made to order at short notices ; A good assortment coostaotlj op betid. my2o:Ml \xt elis/ klddLe & co.; xo. 215 YV Liberty street, opposite Sixth, Pittsburgh, i manufacturers of WHIPS, LASHES AND SWITCH* • ES, and every description of LEATHER BRAIDED I y . m - , • ~ Orders solicited iron* tbs traded and goods'prompt* 1 ly shipped as per Instruct ions. fa&tdetrlyP •*. A , J. A. W0L71..T. FLUXKXTT T. CAMPSU.L. •pXCELaiOB: GLASS. W.OBKKr- X!i CO., GkAJSIUxcxAC- Ttmxna. Warehouse,'Nd.l2 Wood. street,- corner of Plrtt, Pittsbarghj Pa; ; t I,j < ;ee6oyd riHAKLES '&)ALE, ;Nkw Brighton, Pa., Uana&cturet bf BUCKETS. TUBS, .ZINC WASHBOARDS, FRUIT BOXES and/LASELB. ~ ''.r U.U'.-W?,-.: _' rf^Tii~i^RAGTES^WITfIOUT X PAIN. BriTHI USE OT AN APPARATUS WHEREBY NO DRCGSoeGALVANICBATTERY ARE USED. -C-Ci.i --ir:. : • Cold w eit her iatbet line -when'the apparatus can be tued to Its tmt advantage,-i r Uedkxl gentkmisn andthSirfkmlUee have had their teeth extracted by my paoeees. aad era ready to testify M to tbe>safety-and of xh* opera* Uon-^-whatever hxebeeneaid by persons iaiereetedin asserting the. contrary, baring no knowledge of my 1,1 V,M ' ' ‘ style. E, OUPBTj : Pwtnr f lM fimlthfletd st. *TOSEPH ADAMS,. DptTisT.'Cicninßliy'a tf Building, corner bt Diamond ana G/ahVitreets,' Pittsbargh. Bxrxßxxcx*—Dr. A. H. Pollock* Dr. Theodore Robbins,.Rowell Errett. my3:dly REAL ESTATE AGEJTTS. TI7TLLIAM WARD,IHaiiK» m Prom- V T isaoxT Notxs, Boxes, Moxtoaoxs, and all se*' curt tie* for monsy. Persona can procure LOANS through my agency onreasonaWa.tenne;;! V,\ •. -■* Tboee wishing to inreet their money to good ad-i rentage, can always find first and second class paper at nr office, for sale. All. communication! and interviews strictly eonfl* dentiaL Offioe, Grant'street,'opposlte'Btl Paul’s Cathedral. . ~ jelidtf , -,D£iaoAt -•iftOjdt % BOOT^UfJmSBOES. TOHN CAMPBEXAi. Manufacturer or v BOOTS AND SHOES'of every description, Now M Bmithfleld street, Pittsburgh, Pa. oc2l:aly 1 Wr^hl. TAMES M. BALPH, late assistant t 6 P re P*«* EXPLICIT DRAW*" t N 9® AND SPEffffIOATIONfI for all kind* of »blet«mJ 4Wfetl * riat ® 4a ‘ lhi4i * irtlbtloa on rtMO ? «5S2»?2»^S d^, !S?l lr * #t ll betWwn Lwcockind' vroSßa&imr^i: y «"• ??“• i*os Bank block, ymb •tree!. PuraUbaa PLANS AKD fIPICIIIOAIIOaB for Building, of ™y oamodwxtimiii it-.'; my&dlj: 7, / B O aK#jaiEfts, » (i r KAY & CO.. Booksellers and Sta-' wWopdi-rtreet, next door to the earner of Third, Pittihargb, Pa SCHOOL and LAW BOOKS constantly toaowL- >:'.... ~ I f ui, Bxjutk Bo 9& JLureTACicjum. ax* Jo® PapfTEM, No. 67 Wood «tract, Pftttbnfrgb. »*3O U : ■ Ia KEAO. ahd -.Bia . woeeit Jfa.7tßwiritl«W»liA<AUa ftiißlto. bbla. Southern liitnols. X bolrea received and far tote by ■£W J.-XUQOSTZ.«OO,I , dost Ho* 76 Water end 98 Front itrertA AHD eOMMERCIAL JOXJJtHSTJAJL,. PITTSBURGH, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1862 § ittstoiruft (Sa^tty s. riddle & CO., EDITORS- AND PBOPSIETOB8 t Publication Office So. 84 Fifth Street. MORNING AND EVENING EDITIONS, DAILY, CONTAINING THE LATENT NEWS UP TO THE HOUB OF PUBLICATION. TERMS: Uo&xtitt Enmoy—sB per Annum In advance, or 12 ceuta per week from carrlefv. Erzxxxo Editioa—s3 peranonm In advance, or 6 centi per week from carrirr*. Wsiut Edition—Single coplee, *2 per annum; JPive or more, 81,15; Ten. or opwanie,Blper annmn, Invariably in advance. ADVERTISING AT SEASONABLE BATES. THURSDAY MORNING, JAN., 9, 1862. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. To the Honorable the ■ Senate .and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Gentlemen:— lt has- pleased Divine Providence, during the last season, to give us abundant crops, unbroken peace within our borders, unanimity among our people, and thus to enable this Common wealth to do her full duty to the country, to herself, and to posterity. For these blessings we have cause to be grateful Tile balance in tte Treasury on thb SOih - November, 1800, $ 081,433 OS The receipt* during the flacal joar end ing November 30,1801,' eera ai fol lows: t Fronrordlnary eourcea $3,017,045 67 From temporary loan under actofAprlUStlSOl, atclx. per cent, interact, and ne gotiated at -pvr, .ii From flpercentfloan under act of May 16,1861, aUo *t par.....^.. M 2,012,160 00 From Society of Ciacinatl.. ■ 600 (o From United State*, on ac count of Military expeu- < - aai (300,000 00 From pavmarter* and oth er*, -refunded..'.... ToUl into Treasury for fiscal jrnr end log November 30, 1861 . And the payment* as lottow* For ordinary parpoe«t-~„._83,H4,450 34 For military expen'e trndor * act April 12, 1861 1474,87.185 Do, fact May 16, 1861 ....1,708,463 G 8 Do, act Hay 16, 18C1 170,536 61 Amount loon under act of April 13, 1861, repaid 376,000 00 . 5.873,358,98 Leaving baL InTreaniry, Not. 30,18ol„ 1,651.605 72 public our—-rcxuco akd carrxotn. Received from temporary loan, under act April 13, 1861 M75/4D 00 Repaid aa 376,000 0U OntaUndlngKor. 3U.1861.- fIOO,(X© 00 Becetrad from loan under act Hay. 16, V. 1861 ........ , 8,618,160 00 Amount of . public debt, . .... .funded and uti landed, November 30. 1860 .37,90,847 50 Paid during 101,331 43 Bemuinuigonpaid, (exclu iive"of mflitiry loan* above mentioned,) Nov.i J -- ' 30,1801 08 f . I ' 1 —837,868,516 08 Ktaira Aso nznaiorrcßta or in lit a. nr uuai. Becelpu nailer the act of ' April.l2,lBol _.:.SttSjOoO’tt> Receipt* udder the act of M* 3^l^ lB61 -"***:^oo \U0,379 • *390,607 UOPtM JJCD KXTEXDnCKXa or UJtDt.NAJtY XEVEXCcir': Balanca In Treaftory, from . , ordinary,: tearer, Sot.-. SO, ... *01,433 u$ £«celr«d (tom ordinary eourcca daring focal year 3,017,04} f> 7 Piid Par ordinary expentee, M ... 3,144,480 34 Unupecded Of ordinary ’ ' ■ revenue ■ ->■ 664,608 31 •Kccfiiveddl'oni thdUnited Stal«*oa ac count of military cxpenm...• >600,000 00 Becelved from Society of- Cincinnati... 600 00 BnUrtcefnTreaaury, uabbrre 91,651,606 73 It will be observed that the - fiscal--year coda on the 30th of November, ana. sinking fond year on ihe first Monday in September, which accounts for the app&r-: ent deficiency in the amount of debt'paid* as. stated in the Treasurer's report, and bv tho Commissioners of ,th« ,Suikfng Fupa. The Sute has on hand a .surplus. optof forma-and- equipment* • which.• < coal about sm,m;which th e Uiiilkd 'Stbtes-' have agreedto. take. and .pay for aV'&sti./Ar rangements bare been made with ths Gen era! Goveminehtfor the Te-imbiirsemeut of the miUtary ispehaea of 'the 'State/since the 27th of July’ last, Thehilla .aapaid are forwarded to , Washington and partial re-payments haye alreadj \. It, will be observed thattbe roeeipta from ordinary sources of. revenupjar_the year 1861,'hare decreased, biit-aS-paymebti hive been made on some of them since the settle ment at the .end of the fiscal year on the Ist of December, and more may reasonably be expected in addition to the payments to ; be made by the National Government as! hereinafter stated the balance available in' the Treasury wiltbe largely-increased. It will also be observed that 'nol ■ yetheenfound’hecessary~Uroafl 'in' fcU ( -dfj the loan effected undv the aot of the IGth' of May last •• ••» »: •< •> =. -i In some items the ordinary revenue of 1861 vu in excess of that of 18601.. The loan authorised by the act of May; 16,1861, was-taken . jat_ : par. ;,This Occurs rence,. most gratifying under all then’ of embarrassment,' affords triumph amt evidence! ofjHke rynfi dence of the people in the stability tegrity of theCcmmoriwealth; and of theltj determination:to support the;GovernmentJ The operations of the sinking fund du« ringlho last year, have'Wen as shows by my proclamation of 6th of September last as follows: ' T7_ .•". it : ; r j • Debt redeemed from 4th September, BSCO, Vt j • to let September,l3oo,Bol 01 Of etock 1300,000 00 ; Or internet certificate Of relief n0te5..................... I refer to the report#,-of the State . Treatl urer and Auditor. General,for thedetaili of tiie financial'affairs ofthe, CommopA wealth'. The report* of the Surfeyor Oeai eraland Stale LibrarianuM jfthiblL-the •tote of the departments undertheir core. " The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund during the lut tpriog received from the end 'Erie)_r»Uroid ddihpehj.foriybißdepf that company for $lOO,OOO eacipendamortgege, to eecure, the uni,eiecuted in oonformitj' with the third, section or tho act of March the 7th, 1801. That company baa alao de posited In the^latelreaedryJti';bo.bdail) the amount of: $5,000,00000, in accordance with' the eiithdeotion bf'the mme act. Oh the StbefMay laat I granted my warrant authorising the State Treasurer to de*ii-er to the saidoompauy, one thousand of Aid bonds, being to the amount of $1,000,000 00. This warrantwee Iseued iu.oonforjnity.with the law; thefive.percenibomdimentiohed.. m the nfth;«tcllmi of .the actfekWptthosei ' belonging to the' Statehood now iuthe jink- 1 \$S foodyhaTing.beeh previously'furred, -dered endctnMUed, andeallifactioasiiter ed dh.thtf jyprtgtge meaß(rtedln'*eia>(|fth: fecUon.-Saving recelvednotiee7iieilrthe l 1 |4the ■i s i tn.; '.'•!•••,•; i !• f. ' ‘•'■l V<l ,-r i/i •. • 1 .r a- • • • •• d; IX)., Statiok- ,X . 7 i/J company or their proceeds had been appro priated,' in accordance with the provisions of the law, ontheBlat of June last I jap-, pointed John A. Wright , as Commissioner, to examine and to report to me whether said bonds dr their proceeds had been ap propriated to the pnrposesrequiredbythe act His report has not yet been received by me. .. . .. _ It isunderstood that arrangements lave at lastbeeh made under which' the'direct railroad cenneotion between Philadelphia and Eric will be completed within a short time. It is impossible to estimate too high ly the importance of this great work to the- Commonwealth, and especially’to Philadel phia and Erie and the hitherto neglected counties near its route Westof the Susque hanna.' 1 /.By the act of the 21st April, 1858, for the the sale of the State ; canals to. tho Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company it was provided., that: if. the Company should sell said canals for a greater sum in the.aggregate thahthreeaudahslfmUlions of dollars, seventy-five percentum of.such I excess should-be paid to the Commonwealth I by a transfer of so much of.such bonds and securities as said companyshould receive | tor the same.aud'payabloi in like Wanner. The company , sold the canals and Report ed that theshared! theprofitonsuch sale, due to the Commdnwealth wa5;5281,250, of which $250 was paid in cashand fpr the remaining: $281,000 the Commonwealth re ceived coupon bonds of the Wyoming canal eomponyto that amount,being a portioned bonds for $900,000 issued -by that company and secured by a mortgage of the Wyoming : canal, formerly called the LowerNortb Branch Canal. These bonds bear’am inter-, j est of hix per cent, per annum; payable semi-annually on the 15th of January and j July, and the interest waapaidbythecom- I pany to January last inclusive: Theinter est due in July last has.'not bften paid: ) Judgments having been obtained* against’ j ibe company on somebftheeoupons for the unpaid July interest, i bUi in cqUiiy waa hied in the Supreme Court byWbohd’and' stockholder in which : such proceedings were had thatby a decree intdeon the2d of Sep-- tember last, the property andaffaira of the ; company were placed in thehabds of a re i ceiver. : ;; ‘ 32,229 46 ‘ **43,685 02 j A. pianhos been suggested fo&the assent of the stock and bondholders wMchcontem- Cplatea.aeale of the cAMl'unjletrlfiwfttl pro ; cess, and* purchase of ihe; aaine for the. I purpose ut. fonnifig..a.nev company, of ! which the capital of dollars, divided into twenty thousand j shares of-fifty dollars each, of which each ; assenting .holder.-of bond for. I one' thSustiird dollars 11" be ; eh titled -to [eighteenshares, and each oarimting. holder “of fifty shares of stock of ca nal £tttit3etßonini Aires:. Of course, no officer* of the" Commonw&Ttlf' had authority Ui proposal or ia any way. to. affect, bpr position. It is believed, also" that .. ‘fhti vplan •fa not .one that ought to be asseiftol to by the Commonwealth, and that under all the cir -oumstances, If tbeVouyOniebce of individ ualpartiea requires a change such as pro posed, the debt due to the; Commonwealth ought to be first paid or fuMjy secured: 1 Buggeet-thatthflactpa(B«d Bth of Apnl, 1861, entitled “An. Act concerning the sale of railroads, be modi fied so that ia all cases in jrhich a debt may be due to the. CoxnmonwAUh by Che com pany as whose 'property be sold, the purebaserramreof sKiUfiotpOi entitled to the. benefits ufid.privileges con ferred by tbe act’ ulileM-.tlifly BhaU have first pud the debt-due j&ihe; State, or se cured the same by thei|jjL&ads to the Com- i jnonw ealth on | consideration of the Legislature, as an efiq£E !made at. an early day. to.enforee a sale of the cahai,‘and soft© ‘provision by law to protect the interests of the State would in 1 bat-case bO hecesAry: u ! • ■ The wicked 'and monstrous rebellion which broke out many months ago, has not yet been quelled. Every sentiment of loy alty . and patriotism demands its effectual auppressiofi,, V'."- i: - In my messages of the 91h 'and SOth' of April last,.l set forth at-length my views of the character and objects' of the contest • wbtch_jr ; BtiH'jeiniin^.“-9nbse^uehtre ifieo rion has confirmed me lit the the opinions the n. ex pressed,” and which I refer. In addition it ought to be ondcr stcKidy and char acter of her.; products' and ihdusiry, her material interest' alohe would' render the ' preservation of the Union from the present 1 assault upon it, indispensable to : Penriayl . ranla.; She cannot afford to have a foreign* ; powor below or above or bounding her on ; the Delaware, the Chtfeapeake or the Mis-. : sissippi, and she will. ; neyer> aoquiesce in such a result, whatever may be the cost in men atid money of her resistance to.it. Dn the 9th of April last I directed the atten tion orthftiXflgiilature to the necessity jwfcieh existed for an InjuredffillUar^orgshixstfom and on the 12th of.‘l&'sariik month the' oc£ entitled for thf 'organisation of‘thetamtiS oftM* Commohwealtb/*:'pisH bd,’; appropriatingtbe/iam 1 of 9600,000 for the eqnlptdng and arming themilitia,v'Qn thed&th ox .Abril theProsi dent/by proclamation,caUed'ror ;».amilitary force of »eyenty-fire‘thoßsand<men,iof . which the 1 quotkairigned tb. ’Pennsylvania ‘was a) firsji; siitopn (jafterwafdarfldaaod, to- four teen) segments ,to semi as Jnjahtry, orrifiemejifor the term of -three months unless, sooner cUs- esll* was* enthusiast! callyrre y)Qnded td v by the pAple "of Pennsylvania. TThs firet military‘aid from-th* -loyal- States, , Wtrtbh tlit Qordrnifiehi i-eedHred *t‘ WasUnk-' ton,'.w»sa'PiinnßylTania' i c6iTpf ; whioh ! ,arnvM ' there prior to the 10th,‘Apm.:. On’'that,day; thepastageof r other oorpairidm other States throogh-Baltimore vi«M impeded ,by forerj and daring nearly two weeks afterwards the eommanieauon between Washington l find .the bff. inn mb' I' ‘received c a i reijneBt from the War Departmentthat the troopspreparixigvn this State ehoalthbe clothed; armed, equipped, 1 and/transported* by the State in oon-. sequence df the .th«V Inabfffty;* bf - the ' B nited States. with,ondtwanty-fiv«iog)mi«ats,.Cbeing,eieyen regiments beyond -dor ■ quotas)-..comprising twenty' thousand 1 onehundred and : seventy-; five men from. Efmnyrvania jenred for the term of three taohthl. (fade* the "President's proclamation above referred to. As the furn cessarily upder the circumstances' s' harried operation, and as complaints were made in re gard to them,-and frauds were alleged-to have been perpetrated, I appointed a board of com missioners to investigate the whole subject, A‘j&opy;of their report with the evidence taken by them has been already laid before (he pub lic. It is the lntentibO; of .the Auditor Hen oral to open the accounts bf inch parties as appear testimony- to have been over fiaid and this coarse has already been taken n two of thoie cam: v ' l - 5 7,424,958 10 *353,572 04 U, 099,078 6> VJ3O 01. ; ' 421 OO . gao om<n On the expiration of the term of the three months men ih'Jnly'lAsf/iome 8,000 or 10,000 discharged Pennsylvania volunteers yrere ; th ro j» n In tp Harris burg W l fhont notfpp end j3e> j tainedhere, waitingtbbo paid/forahaftiTfge •. | time of some tan days. Their tenu,eamp eqtiip j age and eobklrig utensils-had been taken from; : them at .William sporty Maryland, and they i arrived or'aU means of shelter : and of preparihgthslrifobd. -The Commissary of the AJnlted' Btatajfatnianed abcooked r**; flhia; kad« ringer the circumitanees of smsr ‘gencry>l>deemed it. necessary tpmiAe artage ments for aiding in the cooking and befcifaj| of the rations/ and albo‘-fo* furnishing-meals to each of the regiments al arrlted during the I night or tthderj dfchmsUncea requiring ih rgtigrwnrf»~;'.Tn« expenses attending .these ; rppmtftM at artntih|M to ; 15426, make .toJbejlUtsd that these expenses beenmocb pa^: 'triofiio efcrte.of espa&raibe (ladies *f‘Haanrlshnr*<j thair ;J frec-bAßdedooi-. »-rr -~Ht—r-~ ■—> ' " ,)■< . i*. )t f-.j , V '4./i J r & v-.t vJ- ! .* pitality and generous aid to oar wearied and hungry soldiers deserve remembrance and latitude.. m At the special session of the Legislature which commenced oh the 30th of April last,l recommendedthe 'organisation of;a Reserve Corps, to. be armed,.equipped, olothed, sub sisted an<i paid., by Jlhe State/and drilled in" catnpvof instruction, of 'the exigencies of (be codht^,*|^d r ihe tt'ct T)f the 15th of May last saoh'acorps irh's directed to be raised,"and r loaUof Was au thorized tb'defray the expenses, of that and Mother .military, .preparations.. more than , sufficient in number to' form some ten" regiments'- of' 'the' Reserve Corps had, : previous : to the fifteenth of May been aeeepted,by meju pursuance of a call on me (afterwards rescinded) for twenty-five regi'- ments, ahd were then and subjeoFto 'my Control. ' Most ; of. these men volunteered for the Reserre Carps and .were immediately organised. ..The remaining regl ments were rapidly recruitedTand the was thus, completed, andGeorgeA.' M'Call;" of Ohestetetttinty, was commissioned asMajor General, and assigned’to ' the command ©fall theforoerraiaed or to be raised under pro visions 'ofthClast mehtiobed act. ’ 1 The regi ments compdsing the Reserve Corps were- in structed in four camps in differentparts of the StateJ'until.they Were' taken into the service of theUnit&l States;" 1 Two'of thesexegiments, under the ' of Colohels-Charles J. Biddle'and SChCcaG. 1 Simznons> and two com-' ponies' of artillery under the command of Col. Chirles T. the pressing instance of the War department were sent on the22d of June ,last to the relief of Col. Wallace, at Cumberland,' and remained for 'about ' six ftreefcs there and to Western Virginia engaged to activ«f l opetatipns. f Towards the cloke ofJuly the whole-corps was called f6r,..'ihder. requisition, and-taken into the serfifreoftbe United States: Within four days'after : lhq' discs ter’atßull Buneleven regiments of ’this'fine body of'men (armed*' drilled, clothed, ‘equipped, ’abd ih all' respects ready for active s6rvice)'irwc‘ta Washington. The regimen ti ; and'Cotrfpanies t £fotttWegtern Virginia and the remaining : two .regiments, ; malting .the whole .number' of.flfteeiij soon joined them there, and they are all now in ser-* vice, under the 1 command of Gen. M’Call/'wbo t has boen commlesiOned as a Brigadier General by the United States* ! 1 These. - fifteen., regiments . contain, fifteen, thousand eigbt'auhdred and ‘ fifty-six ’men, and cobltitttto a 'division* oompriiing-three brigades; a > reghnient of i artillery: and one of "cavalry,. - The <w,Jiole,:;ejsj>enaß ~of- raising, closing,'equipping, subsisting' and paying' the* Reserve Corps, (inbludiDg'tfte expense of eatablUhihjf ‘ ahd 'fittlbg the-' esmptof- In struction, of recruiting, and supplying and„the: expenses .of the. of, the .two regiments’antt coin jpinie'sin' Maryland and'Western Virginia, r which - were-all-defrayed, by: the Stote,>; has; amounted to $655,444.87-. This-, doe*- not .in-., elude the iransportatioa on. railroads, separation of that accooat would ha vo been p work of gnjat labor, nor dpBS 'IV Include the pay of the ; two I ‘regimentr 'during'‘thV cam paign, but it does inetude all the expenses, Whioh. were hoary, inf .teams.and .-transporta tion,.not cm. railroads, .toy Jpo, twoYpgimenta ou.the campaign |Dentiqned. : regiments:.of the, '■ Reserve,-Coxps. were paid, subsisted, ic.,by ; ,the .-Slate date' of 22d.jduly,i The.;two. regiments* in Western Virginia were paid by the State.‘to the date of theif> departure Xrqm_Jl£gjsbqrg ou that expeditiqn, .The was notpaidby theState.-It ed that the whole average expense>por man. waass3:tfs. . • >.».< r’.’if-.:--.-?! *Vj * Previous to the 31st o{.April last/.».• regi ment had been.enlisted.ln .the city, if jErie from;N.oithw»itemP.CDntylyania...\V)yßnihe caU. was made on me on that day, for tivehty fiva additionaijtegipiea.Lft .the Erie regiment' was ordered to marobto Harrisburg... The sfjl_ . was meittdedt.'hpwg&rjhbffe 1 ’* the.regimppt peached Pittsburgh, *ndo it L to;enV, camp'nttbateUy; whetejprf matowqnlpjthe 30th of June. The KatiqnaiGoyernment'iTe clidsd JO mast«tthftre^fl^nt f int{i4ervice--as' filLaxhiting requisitions' mcde*~dn’ thV^teile* : Maoh apprehension existed in.theiVeiUeVn. and South-western.;hor.d*rs,‘oLthe f> it was.deemedipratMutto tetato.lner regiment at Pittsburgh to meet any emergency. that might arisen Aftet;th*. passage, r af'; the', aci ’ of 15th May, 1861, it was expected th*£this regiment: would, r/orm, :of» the. Reserve Volunteer Corps; but as the been a. Jong-time, from •home, and ..reHaitined inactive in camp, they declined ehteringihe, someerand werq 30th of June hy tho State. Two regiments have.tiacebeenentisted from tbeeamemart of Pennsylvania at the city of £rie, one olTwluolt has been at. Washington. in- service sinee Sep-' teinber, and the other is nowreadyiCr marcn ing.order&rrand-it is due to, thafirstEHe reg iment to s ay,, th a t too st; 0 f't he. faenjare - n u win service. ........‘.V r . Farther Requisitions fof sixteen ngpmpnia-df ; and twoTrygiments-rof-icayalry-were jbortly aftewards made.jby., meat. •Orthqse^sixteen.have,already been raised aqd are thq' service of, the United -Btotes,‘iahd jthe re'toainitig, : 'ftrb’ course t jsndnbarly'ieadyio march../' : J >V !“ 'i""” Xnaddltipn jtoTEo reqaisltioDs bn the the gitehxhth6ritiea > tQ uumepqtis - individuals in Reanaylvan ia, ‘as ,th4t' system'WU fouhd to-create r, genbratbr-r der was'issued by the War'CCpaYtutenioh .the 25th of September last, plaoing alljaach izations and shortly jutierwdrdß a on'the’Stite"to increase hor^Uotitb fivptheusand'£qens.(,Thqaatoaependent''6Tgun iiatioos,' as thej were thus' PennBylvaa^^"r«giments‘ i atia'as'cqiatjlcttd and seat'forwardfoim'part’ of the qndta: nfvke State,jj v Tho State regiments haVe numbisied, and-the,tost rpf this> date 4s numbered 'ene hundred and fifteen. Ttto'bf the three months’ regiments hare continued in Ails late requisitions, 'land ;^etoih^thair'.<|tig^ial : V.TJeductlne'tßp’iemmni^gtWßhty-: three three- ./months*" regiifieAt>,“ there L '>re; ninety-two regiments.'in.servToi andprepar ing for it, ' We. haVpltish 1 andpre-: paring twehfy-iour compabtsi. ‘/'.i' J . .. The follovring tehle;Of the -.existing ‘Pehti- < sylrahla'volunte'er ibrce foc tnfbrnia- > tioh: \‘ f ,• vf 5 ~j r s '^‘aiwi'iuxn'isstktrcil. 1 66 irgiments of mlaatry,.of-which C were Vlfie.’ J . ; n^ments.,....^. w ' ..71,189 11 tegtineots-bf-caralry. M M .1^690; l regiment of artillery 1 ' ;■ ‘ -"; b4,95c' > - . .conaxtioi in 'ssaVi'ct."' *■ •' - ;l - 7 compAul*sof'inftnlry.'..‘.--..‘.‘._f... 1 . ; r.. - \ 6 do cavalry 678.-. ij f; 1 6 do erti11ery^.....11,221 ' " ■ '• ' ! EollittneoU Id other, than Penney lTtnUorgxn-’: - :i \ ~ ; in cobjw of Msg 0,400 Total In • V,* , noatarta tasTaurfaroa cavica.*’., jj' 12 regiments of Infantry...... !13,072 1 regiment of cavalry 1,130 1 •• - > 1 do artilleryl,o77—ls,3os coxraintß’tas#AUKoroft'aExrioi.'r*u r I cumpanr of caralij<»;iaiA<«*>»wl.~-; 109 ,■ ! :4 ccmpanfodtn^tlUyry r .;., t >;..... _ 924—;, 73$ . '■ - . - •-'•wis In'service 93^677 Preparing fur 16,03* Pennsylvania's contribution. ....'. t-ofduslve three months' niBD,ao*r ! <na* bandad^"' 1 **♦ - I ’-— i'l> ?. The regiments preparing for perrice are Incomplete., ThoiethatAiaynot-bolDUd by the loth 2 instantJfwiH-beYebiisalideted;'an* - *• 'Of thp' rbgiments iniaexViccv' the 11th and 16th regiments,ofihfantrj-.ariat- Aimtfpdn^tiif 71st. TSd-and’lOSth rtgiihents/ and.ionaeomr • -pabj arm inroommind of HajorY General, Banks; the'4sth, 50th, 65tb*’7Cth. ; ! ud KOtb lnfantTy;are.m South ' Carolina;'the 48th lnfantryiare;at' Hatteraa* Injet; the ICSlhlhlaaU’y-and.llth-eaYalry, • Arb iat J Fortress; Moaioe; ■ and, 79th infantry, the 7th*andti9th-earalry/ one troop o£ ; baralry/ two battalions of artiHegy: are; in - jCt* Sdofcy; the 84th. andUUflth-infan try .ara-mJyWtern Vir ginia, as are *l*oilbsef t ea9q?ani&*of infantry.! :, four, ppmneniM, of oaralry » companies of 1 light nmffery; tib~s7th J IhfrntSfr hrhat Cock- * : ifttffitfW-hLaiylaid'? osef etonpaayYoMr •; WUry IWavare; remainder • ofxhai^dHptVCT^^n^P'WWMhingivn.. t'WTTH;* .jr.frj ,-vi{TiJiiso"'r.-! r-p r-:^a.VVtf . ■/Y 1 ' * ui ,w '?-iff ■ ttlßxQdta wo# m<ii*££ . o AZETT VOLUME LXXV—NO. 45 Pennsylvania are now prisoners! bat as ar rangements have been made for, the exchange of prisoners, it may bo expected that they will soon be released. In compliance with the joint resolutions of the 16tb, ef May last, I hare 'procare& 'regi mentat flagejfor the Pennsylvania volunteers; arid hare presented them' In person to'most of the regimonts.' In other eases, the regiments being onorhear thePototdao, Ihave requested' Mr. Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and •fright; members of the Moose of. Uepresent ativev&om Pennsylvania; them in the naae.ofthflipomtnonWealtbjr' • ’’The,General reqnested that the. States . wonld rpfrain from phrah&sing arms, ai their competition was found injurious in the market, and ih. view of the Urge expendi tures oT money in arming‘and equipping the' volunteer fdree of the State; provided 'for'the defence of the 'National Government,: I did not purchase any ui authorised/byrthe- twen ty-eightlrjseotlon cf the aot of the. 15th..0f May, 1861. The Shite has now aoite as many, are necossary to arm all nervoluntcer existence; but,influenoedby 1 the threatening aspect of our relations 'with foreign governments, I have directed the Ad-. 1 jotant General' toprocure artashs soon as* It cin beefohe on reasonable tenns and without injnriobi competition irith theNailonal Gov ernment. Arms have been distributed among the border counties to all the oTganiiations, that have been fonnod to receive, them.:- .One - thousand nine .hundred and thirty, arms, have bqea thuadistributed. I. have also addressed a letter to the commissioners of<all the border counties, offering, arms,.to.-;them.os soon- as ailitary'.prganizationa shall';bq formed to re - eeive them..' Besides thus' complying with the requirements of the twenty -seventh section of the aot of 15th May ‘' last/ Iharavdeemed it prudent to offer tve' thousand arms to tßioh military Organizations as may be'formed in Philadelphia, on a plan to bc approved by me as Commander-id-Chief; 1 Mussets and rifles to ;a considerable extent have been furnished to ib'ePebnsylvania volunteers from the State arienaL Others .have been sent ,by, the Uni ted States authorities to arm them before leaving the State.' In some oases regiments have gone without arms, under assurances from the War Department that they would he . amedat Washington or other near designa ted points; and. that their. immediate depart-* urß.waa required: It was thought wise in , these cases not,.to insist, on the arms being Sent before' the, regimenta' marched/' as ‘Would ■ have, imposed ou the unneceesiry expense, in freight/ ; and .ffonld have been productive of .delays Which /might ‘ hare been , seriously detrimental to the public! lervieei!. pieces of artillery/ with' limbers,, caissons/ forges, hsrnui/ 'srnd - ail;' the’ 'necessaiy : lnipl«fee , hts ; abdhquipoehts/were furhishedby/the State' to the artilteryregiment'of the Reserve Corps." were purchased hythe'State/' ahdtHeir .oost.hasbeeh.refiihded by, tbeMJhl-T :ldd SUtisar Diiigence. haa been locting arms "throughout thtf Sialeindrtpair ingan<f altering f theff ? in the most approved, manner.' n::-? : The.State ; has now 62 pieces of artillery, of whicbjlf need repairs. 26,753 muskets and rifle?, some <Jf‘ Which are in-thehamlsof me rchantsbeing-repaired; l}9l&arain the hands 'oi imtunteer corpe throughoaC thq, State;.l,93o. in ;4ho.possession s .of county . commissioners, and .UfOd wifh“the reserai' corpShf Philadel phia: v - ' : V - : In additioa lo Ihia the city of Philadelphia of rifled, artillery, and 49TC mus kets and rip as.'. ’ / i The State has also in thearsenalat- Harris burg sabreeande words; andl9s7_pistolfl; aod thaleity of Philadelphia has 440;xibre5. and 826 pistols,.with. the .necessary accoutre-' mints.. “• •"* ; Thera isalao hr the 1 arieual-ai Harrisburg,: a Urge amoeßf.ofaceoutra manta: endommu- ; ftitloxi for artillery and smaUerms,.... j ,/tbo. Adjutant. en- ; gaged'ihcolieetinganußtbwughoatlhtf State, enditiaeipeotedihsttlw nnmber.bboveata ted- nill be Jwgely {germped/,, Probably at least, ..-ftiQllO. muskets* and rifled, and several pieces still'be collected. r • j ‘The'caze'wii.ieb bias been bostowedupdn the tpmfort ofvtbe'*VoldittteT*f and Sufitaeiieyorkheir- supplies;of all,kinds, the Medi cal,Department, under .the control, of .Surgeon" (General Hehry H. Smith, are proved by the fact that’tnOrfe thsn L 60,W)0 men nave- been for .vkrionij geherally'ahort periods at Camp Cur jtia sin«e.’tbe 9th,Qf : April Ust, end that down. Itojthe.ist of .instant, there’died but .forty•nine’ men at that camp/ via t Forty-four* [from sickness, tiro (belohgingto regiments from other* Ststes,)who bad'been .injured on; Ira»lroad»i' -t7ro : [accidentally, kilted in Camp. Curtin and one. shot in Harriahurg* „ To facilitate’ the making of allotments of-| j their pay by ourvoldnteersin the field for: the i ! support oHtheie families 'at home* X appointed. I ; Hon. Edgar Cowan, Franklin and' | > E,C. Humes, Eaqs., oommisaiorierirtoTisitthe ; camps of our men the Poto»- mac, and also James Park and M. W. Belts-, [hoover, EiiqSTpeommissioners'ttr visit those lin Kentucky -ahd : olsewherd -in the_. western | country, to call .the attention of : the. troops to ■ the aystepr of .allotment. and .to encourage Ithemin adopting' apractical plan forcairy -1 Ihg if ihtbeffebt.' • ■' ’ t; - • -• ;: ‘ 3; The several reports of these commissioners erohighly. satiafaotory- ; . For details .onthe several subjects connect-: ed.trith.the military .pperations.of ibis State/ to Surgeon* •General/ ’ Quartermaster General; Cbmmiisary General. :and;FajmasteruGeneral whiohjacoompanythla message. .. The duties imposed on me were so. onerous that I found,it neeessury to invite'the’tempb raiy-assistanceof si-gentleman'on my staff to aidae.tbpexfQnn.thqtn>^: ; . ; c,-, . In this capaeity, Colonels Tbomaa A.£ooU, Gideonf J,i Ballsmd, contribu ted. their vatoahje services, frptn .the m|ddlo- of April until they l Kere called;‘aray.*.by. t other duties.; vCoL iScottxemainlnguntii he became 1 bonneqtedrwitk.the.i.War departments, !Col.' Ball .until ithj*lat_o(: Jonoand .Coj/. Wright! nntilthe 23d ©£ Julj : ; for the time,'thus de-. voted tothewervloe, of L the, Btat*,.they hare i«fßsod.tA.receive'any oompep^atiph v ' . Josephs Potts, A., I».;Bussell r J Brown. Packer and Craig Biddle- in . eer -nbe up to,the . fifth of December,-;lh«‘De partment r. of ; Telegraph and: Transportation was niulrr ihe. exclusive. Oonlxolof-Cob, Potts. The system and eoonotny of its .mpsacemedt showdiow£aithfullyandw&U : he t fulfilled.' his •OffiOCa'i a InJ.j.; .■. “;! ; “L : f *'• ’ ■ It ifl but jast to »U I ibbnld besr testimony -’to.,, the /untiring, iekl *mlliiielity»rithwhich shelr duties .VAnv-per formed^..l.; j*. l . J ( 'i - Tbrqaota, of. lb». ; Suteharing been more than filled, and her military' force organised j -1 'waj^eimhlad.onithe 20 th : of-. December 7last, ; ie dispense: With and ; ' ( the -temporary amaf*mens,whibh had;been made for its employment was then closed.. ; By n the thirteenth section of, the actot the of iTayV l iB6l, I rrajf'authorized to - draw ihy Treasury- for a enm hoi compensation to each persona as might bo required >to servo the country, in, a miliUrycapaoity, 'Ac.,'Of'.this 'ftiha Ihare drawh from the' 500 oat of which I paid the compensation -of-ay fictional ataff,. also other .expenpee-qf the mil tary department,; and r the APtnaf; expenses of, •ppytanK.employed on temporary ; Mivicc,none. of whom received any farther bothpehfchtion, end expenses of the oommissiotie nppoinUd ' r tonhreBtigat»-'alleged .frahde,; 4e,p and' the expense* ofee ttblisbiog MnUiUtr?: patroUloh theMaryUnd Une-aaissGo on.secretsferriwv “If y aboonfet’ U tettledintheroE&o«n£the And itortJensral-cnp -tothe Ist 3o£December.; - Oh .that d*jr I had expended so,4oo,rand except tome/' inconsiderable payments jnado since, thebrilanobtemainiinjnyhaads; : f The report of" the Auditorr General will tx -hibit'the items of thexceonnt. :• Jil; Ahadcdurit of milltaryaapenditnres hj- the IS teteon behalf of the jutted States,’ as f» r as then Went. ascertained and" fet tled fcythe a<»oufltiajj'l>ej»riment* fcere;waB -made dp' to tbV li t 'd&y jof ;Beptaabar r v 'lBol> aad'presezited on.the lSthiQf.tbatiaonthat .tbaJiwttij Department of theTJnitedStatei for SCOffjOOO/fces bworweiTedfrOm <mt that -account;: ;mtat:by.thfl(.QwiMalGoTerimi»ataf,tlie «-. ,pen»»,»t tending. the. or^wiUation.andaiip*. ni of tLe Corpt/may notbo provi fot byißy exiiHoj-aetOfCcmgress.As the btnentof-4hftdO«xMatJ3oTemtteßt,Aad- -rapjita WssBpuV 1 „nnt ; tq tbewf lfar* and eT,en ; aaitfthp.coan' -j il'-ij#*# ..'ill' try, itwoaTd be right that an act of Congress ' • i should -bo passed providing expressly for *h#ir - v re-payment... It Ues.withtho Legislature to adopt the prppor means ler- directing the at- ' tentioriof Congfesstb tKis r 1 Assurance# have.been;received from< the 1. a Treasury Department tbatthe.examinatlon of *! the military aecoanta or th’e State'WUl be' * J ‘ proceeded iu without delay; to that the St»tr_ • *. may receive a credit for; the, balance, dne,. in. -v -time to apply the same to ward s 4 eu t of .her quota' of the direeftax.-A.«ufahig ; ■ v the ocmplatiomof if the. . * State assume the. direot tax'for this year,' *■ . saving of fifteen per cent, will acerue to her, and. berta*atioff : .wUl - r -'-« be necessary,: ~ t , n . . '• Whether this crodit.be given or not, I iree piumehd that the payment of the direot tai be assumed by. the State... f ' Incas#theStataassume*thej»jjnentcf thii tax, - ; .there should based! revision'of the tax laws as will ' hereafter equitably apportion tbabuWeh among 'various.interests now subject or that.can properly be Undo subject To taiatlab. 'The sartrig' offifleen per'*' *- J cent, to thapeople ofthe Stab* by the assumption i»_.. a .matter-worthy of thought, but a.more Important* ' ’ consideration* is lhatli wiUenablS youwbonptiaent v.y* all thavaried Interest* ofthe. Commonwealth, toan- .portion the"tax in'such manner atf 'tObear ‘eqiud« f '' ; .upon all. - Our revenue laws had jmpcse'danrral #nd • - personal property, aa its full proportion, bur little * morethan one-third of UfeTaxesnOsdtdfortfcgOrdt- >«. - nary expenditures,of the government., By. the set of .lfith May last, thotax on thiifsbcdti of property has i x> ' already increased oor-slxth.. Should refuse to assume the United State# bus, the whole ' burdeh ofit will ftll xzppn-theee lhterwtt, tnteXMta vu i too, most unfavorably affected.by- jhe war* whilst, Other kinds of property afcdbther sbftrees Of revedtwp' Judged by our laws aMo to pay nearly twcHhird*-«f ■, the present reveunet of the State, would not be called’ on ferctmtribnte onedolkr of additional taxi •*: v. The militia systen.of.the Commonwealth Is very •imperfect.'l recommend theretablishmentofaccm*'*"*' mission to frame and report a-aytem mop to the exigency of the. times. ’ . - 1 earnestly recommend to th« Legiaiat«re lhatpro* ~*■■: vision.be made far. the mi litary.instruction of youths The appointment of a Jfbirv** mat schoola,.‘wgji}d in a* short period gireteadiffli to r the common school# who wdnlu be competent to train" the boys-in at tendance on them.: It .would inmy 'a; opinion be wise also .to provide for. .the purchase or . . leasing ty the Cosurionwealtli eta building fbr a tnil-' " Itarytcbpol, shA-for.,employing, oompetnnt ,iastrnc». .. r tors, at, the expense of the Stated reqtUringmO'paptli' ’’ ' to de&ay theiother axpeemm:* No:. pubil .ahoulib« ■»* ;; admitted to ,this.school .without having passed ..i *' .thorough exattifaationHomQafhejnatkeana all fitting' '- ■ * • subjects qf instruction escq>t tbemiii taryari proper-, I respectfully,urge.this sabjoci on your early oonaid- ■. oration, asumahtmiteorlal pediapa Vital :impoitanpo<-.ij .: 1 have tahenmessures to direct tbe efficient Atten tion of the Genual Government to theTortifiimtion of the water 4 kEproachew ■on’ t&» wooboard ■ anaithe lakes, and artangomenu are in the course, of being., 'affected which itfs'hbpod will be aaHsfiietoiyPfn'thatri <result. . .... r v 1 send, with'.ihis menage*a''copy of a commtihieh- ' tioo-from Geaaral.Tott«h,Chief of thelMUitary-fin-r J glneejrPepartment.at Washington.’ I have also rep resented *to fhe tfeerotary of the Navy the necessity‘• -i ? for footing defiincee on r .the-Delawan,andb&vaJui rA i auurhnc# that they a'hAll'be prcpared at the , m .il.! -Met Bf; a.t; I’.hava had a corr«p>ondenc#'with.tfae anthontiaa and'kmrt of the-dtlrcns bTfirte.^oatlbj#ct r uftbir-^' 7 def^n£*iaaa r qondiU«i r ofibat city,.anii; the part.oC.-< ■ the Stateborireiingoh'thh hike; On WatnfnartntMt- -■ ia fotind that there:irelnni detenoee (n th# (hat the ordnance at the city of Erie was withdrawn by the National Govornment in tho summer OTISSI." ''-; The becraury of.the Navy, on a, renuest-mjuJfljdi. ' rected that 1 the crew'nf the" United Statesrteamsr 1 Michigan abouMnoti Wduhani^i t >aa al, vessel will remain In ibe hafbpr of£ri# dnring-thnWihter.-' Shooldihh Hatloaal’GMr«tnnrtft o) ■ estiy;recommend that ihe; JbegisUtui^tskd prompt ti nreana for that purpose. We should be admonished,' by rtcent indications from abroad, td oar-own defence, as .well, as far the.supnrasabni of do- ,„ ' ,-meitlc ihsometioh." ‘ : .. « sUe/for;aJjMion4J Ara«y;j| ; tbq;-- V 'puldic good bo alone, will J)#- preferred, he tho-combihedadrautaghiidf-'J • 1 .a central abnndance of. material andilllud,.. mechanlca, and'a poopla Of anddabtwtloyalty.* 3 " t**- * -* ; : I connnetid Legisl>tQrd th«r; report of the,Snpeirinteudont of the public ' 4 thflfrottrhhiog stafca'drwhichiand tha* rapid : prtgi«a#;£ .ofedocatlonara rabjecta of Jqat conoatniatioo. The LnnicttcHospital at Hiniatnfrg' l * and of Westeto:PiannsjlTanla» of- the iHouim of B*--" frige at Philadelphia and. Pittsburgh, of tha'Thstlfn-' tloba for the-TtoafahdDmabnnd for the Blind sadihrr.j : Northern Hoaiqfor Children atPhiladei-V " .phis; and' of UmvPefiifeylvanfoTrafrifnir frchobl • Idiotic andPeehlr th#t these meritorlons charities are"well aSm&fitaf- . ed, and l reOommendihat the:coonttaiano#; ahd';'#id ofthe Commonwealth bo.continned to them.' .... , . Und-j-thC'Jolnt- rcSoloUbtt or-lCtbiiaylaatirmtr mbiiiODfcwhair# been.appointed Iff • ravt*» th» tBW37-*b(i« ‘ OjMiaa“w'firD^forihwith submitted foV •• the edvic# -4hc'conaenttf-the -SenaUi-.rltis’bopKlr): that the commierioners w'Ui be able 4o report dtmhc. the'pleiebt bcislon'of iHe thegreatlalx7.lsipoecdoathe^],an<lthevaft4mpor-.. l , tanoe, ai the present time, of enable and ifftwr peifonhjitnc&-uf> tb6: ddtia# ofthe ccamlsaiDntevjil'y suggest that the compensation provided for by ths, joint resolution shoold bo increasttl to ''ah' 7 amonql.• ';ir ..•■■r. ■».*■ . It, waa evideqt, long sluce/that' it would US ifopo#- eibleforth#:banks tnconttaueteredesznihaiCQbtta.'; ■ gatlona in (x>ln, ia-tbe tace'of the large issue# of pa- ' per, tbemceiaityfor which was the goTermpcn tby .tha exigencies of, the tlisv. , £az surprise, therefore, wajiTolt at- the iuspehsfoßof'speCie 1 psymantaby-the an Monday,;; •' th(i 30thpf December last., Under the circumstance#, I teebmmend that they bd relievid from aU r jMSliiSs for thh} law. t-’ . v ,Pchnsylvaiii*hasmide'greatbfforta'tt>iutpporttlrt'‘ and better equipped, men than any other State! and baaflu*'exwwed ! ber qnotaofthemilitarTlOVtt#. r Th#i sops ototir. best young men of education and. means',"fin' fho ‘rdaks' or ' htr Voinbti»r regiments: F ' ' ' BiHt gritot oußiMt, ! been afforded to "them, has done honor to the Cam-,' mrawtolt&"Tbe'nh£vw*ul-movement-am ohgjomK poople r aignlfi,o»thatthoy*reloyaUothsGovenment establislied' by' theirtauunj smd are'deterinlned'to' ' quell tb« present inlurreetiongxtdiuceervethfUnloiKr and that they , will not tolerate any plan for «ii&air the dissolution ®r ro<o'nsini6ti6nof it. i T- . A. G. CUB TIN.. , • ExECfTIvxDErAnniEST, 1. y; ; J. MEDICAL. T\K. JkIo34U?W3 jEUXIROF OPWJM. 1 JUf —Tbewrfaction of this Inestimable pnpantloh »ft bleoslDKt6 nfftiiViod; 'Without detc^&uiluEikr jnsdidaftl-'flrtnes of.oplom. the Bixir u purified from all' the noxious qualities of Oh artijr In cases of fractures, burns; sqddii'ai&cegfaiifailf and otherpalnfrU_ft®ctlonsj U’trJU jreUet# pain and conTialslonsrrßasniodlc action.sal fiorfW ttefuS/Wslf lac ridkzuM^btisttftnttft^u ‘ THii itinl render JtLSn**fcSn*ifcla tfmiisi '• -■Frtpftrwi knd' scAd &y r : frD;siiOJ3, SfcW .gists* 100raltoa«tXB*t/;KtnrXOTk.. v .- • owd ftiso-Tyr b/a: CO., tburgh.P*. !. £qld ftUo by jpmendly. uo2fl;dlVwTtT ww T W ti BppSXHAMSBytt.^ K . i ..^ ' or.irew to** emr, l iSkrlDg'urired'la Snku/ii^A his exclusive attention; teh tW>M«ttcalasdFsandai treatment of Ctarortc .Disease*, especially Umw oftbs -Dower ; Boirtl,-«och- as-PQos, ..Harare, falling ctf theSowsLfitrictu* of tits Bowel, Iflicrattonofthe-Bowii: ‘Be will also treat tbevirl* f 4c, Bis rooms are at the HonongabeU Hotue* wbsre ' ho'miy'.he seen aMoonaolted- from fc’e&ek si m: fo ip’dockp, m.d*ily.-,P<\tiefli*, if they dsalroit-wJll WrjSfeJifitbygrtVtinatT.'-'• :a etixSeS- ‘^3oB' • which. be 'chectxSL; ~ _ with , a simple ■ if nepledted, cftrr. terrr.irw.tes serisiuHy Pew are aware of ihe importance'if ■ ■ a Jt3o&jf} l £ ■ or v gftigixt imH, }0(t& 'to;, ft \ Truid ranedy,]if rwtatUndedtcrsecn “Oft&tlce-(he lunjfsr ir.r,-^ '^j^ojust^^l^ojicJu^^dcfike >jt.-fyaa been prwe<titt rbest-- article rbefont-rthe.'puilia rfbr 'Hieing mmoliat* reUef.io.srm.’iwgp ”„• ’&n& -stren£t)ii7Zpig ifo voice. ;■ y : V? 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