BY S. J. ROW. CLEAEFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863. VOL 0.-XO. 20. BELIEF .NOTICE The Board of Relief forUhe county of Clearfield, will meet at the Commissioners' office in Clearfield, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 23th and 29th days of January, The Board of Relief have 'directed that the wife of the soldier must appear before the board, and produce her sworn statement, detailing name of soldier, regiment and company, and when enlis ted ; the number of children, with age and sex of each ; the t. wnsbip in which they resided at the time ot enlistment, and their present residence ; and that she is without the means of support for herself and children who are dependent upon her. Two witnesses of credibility from the township in which she resides, must also be produced. whose certificate (sworn to before the Board of Relief) mast set forth that the applicant i9 the person she represent1! herself to be, that the statement of the number and age of her family is true, that she is in destitute circumstances and her family in ac tual want, and that all the facts set forth in her application are correct and true. Forms containing these requisitions can be ob tained at the Office of the Board of Relief, when application id made and the witnesses appear. X. B. Illness of the applicant, properly proven, will excuse personal attendance Jan 7. 1363. WM. S BRADLEY. Clerk. CLEANSE TI1E BLOOD. With corrupt, disordered or vitiated Blood, you must be tick all over. It may burst out in Pimples, or Sores, or in some active disease, or it may merely keep you listless, depressed and good for nothing. But you cannot have good health while your .blood is impure. Ayer's Sarsaparilla purges out these impurities and stimulates the organs of life into vigorous action, restoring the health and ex pelling disease. Hence it rapidly cures a varie ty of complaints which are caused by impurity of tne blooa, sucn as scrofula or Kings fcviJ. J u inors, Ulcers, fores. Eruptions, Pimpies, Blotches. Boils. St. Anthony's Fire, Rose or Erysipelas, Tetter or Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ringworm. Cancer or Cancerous Tumors. Sore Eyes. Foinalo Diseases, such as Retention, Irregularity, Sup pression. Whites. Sterility, Syphilis or Veneral Diseases Liver Complaints and Heart Diseases. Try Ayer"s Sarsaparilla. and see for yourself the eurprising activity with which it cleanses the blood and cures the disorders. AVer's Cherry Pectoral is so universally known to surpass every other remedy for the cure of Coughs, Colds. Influenza, Hoarseness. Croup, Bronchitis, lneipiect Consumption, and for the relief of Consumptive Patients in advanced stages of the diseac. that it is useless here to recount the evidence of its virtues. The world knows thi-m. Arm's Cathartic Tills for Costivoncss, Dys- fcpsii, Indigestion, Dysentery, Foul Stomach, aundice. Uead;iche. Heartburn, Piles. Rheuma tism, Dropsy. Worms, and in short for all tho purposes of a purgative medicine. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ateh k Co , Lowell, Nag . and sold by C. D. Watson. Clearfield. Wm. Irvin. Curwens ville. S. Arnold. Luthersburg. Eliia Chase, Anson ville, J. C. Benner, Morrisdale. C. R. Foster, Phil ipsburg. and Dealers everywhere. May 7. tSr.3. IHIEXDS AND RELATIVES OF THE 1 liKAVK SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. HOLLO WAY'S PILLS AM) OIST.HE K T. AH who have Friends and Relatives in the Ar my and Navy should take especial care that tbev be amply supplied with these Pills and Ointment; aud where the brave Soldieis and Sailors have iKg!ectd to provide them selres with them, no bet ter Dresent can be sent them by their Friends. They hare been proved to be the Soldier's never failing friend in the hour of need Cough.? .ind Colds Affecting Troop?, Will be speedily relieved and effectually cured by using these admirable medicines, and "by paying proper atteuliou to the Directions which are at tached to each Pot or Box. Eick He.dache and Wait of Appetite, Inciden tal u Soldier. These feelings which so sadden us usually arise from trouble or annoyances, obstructed perspira tion, or e:iting ami drinking whatever Is unwhole some, thus disturbing the healthful action of the l.iver and Stomach. These organs must be reliev ed, if y.)u denire to bo well. The P Us taken ac cording to the printe- instructions, will quickly produce a healthy action in both Liver and Stom ach, and a a natural consequence, a clear had and good appetite. Weakness or Debility Induced by Over Fatigce Will soon disappear by the use of these invalua ble Pills, and the Soldier will quickly acquire ad ditional strength Never let the Bowels be either cjalioed or unduly acted upon It may seem trance, that Holloway's Pills should be recom niended for Dysentery and Flux, many persons supposing that they would increase the relaxation. TIik is a great mistake, for these Pills will correct the Liver ami Stomach, and thus remove all the acrid humors from the system. This medicine will give tone and vigor to the whole organic system, however deranged, while health and strength fid low a, a matter of course. Nothing will stop tho relaxation of the Bowels go sure as this medicine. Volunteers, Attention Mnd'scretions of Youth. Sore and Ulcers. Blotches and Swellings, can ith certainty be radically cured, if the Pills are taken night and morning, and the Ointment be freely used as stated in the printed instructions. If treated in any other manner, they dry up in one part to break out in another. Whereas this Ointment will remove the humors from the system, and leave the Patient a healthy and vigorous man. It will require a little perseverance in bad cases to insure a lasting cure. Tor Wonndg cither o-casioned hy the Bayonet, Sabre, or the Ballet, Sores or Bruises, To which every Soldier or Sailor are liable, there are no medicines so safe. sure, and convenient, as llolloiray's Pills and Ointment. The poor wounds edand aimost dying sufferer might have hiswound dresied immediately, if he would only provide himself with this matchlessOintmeat. which should be thrust into the wound and smeared all around H. then covered with, a piece of linen from his knapsack an J compressed with a handkerchief. Taking, night and morning, 6 or 8 Pills, to cool the system and prevent inflammation. Every Soldier's Knapsack and Seaman's Chest should be provided with these valuable remedies. I'TION. None are genuine unless the words Hollowat. New Ycrk axd Losdos," are diseernable as a Water-mark in every leaf of tne book of directions around each pot or box; the same may be plainly seen by folding tub lfaf To the light A handsome reward will bo given to any one rendering such information as may lead to the detection of any party or parties counter feiting the medicines or vending the same, know ing teem to be spurious. "Sold at the manufactory of Professor IIol Wat, 8 Maiden Lane. New York, and by all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines, tnroughost the civilized world, in boxes at 25 cots. 52 cents, and SI each. There is considerable saving by takine the arger sizes. i- B Erections for the guidanee of patients in every disorder are affixed to each box. aew York. Jannai v 7. 1363 It. D ISHES AND PLATES Just received will k , . piats, Mil I WOKO tori TXd h.8l pri0- Wholesale dealers are " cheap ChbtoF.f wt.C2.1. R.M0S3OP. CHIC20EY AND ITS USES. Chickory has been considerably cultivated the past season in some portions) of the West as a substitute for coffee. It has been nsed, several years by coffee grinders for the purpose of adulteration. The root is the part used for this purpose. The roots resemble the parsnip in color and shape, but do not grow quite so large. The roots are dug the first Autumn after sowing, cleaned, and partially dried, or cut up at once and kiln dried. depending up on the character of the market and condition in which they are best sold. The manufac turers cnt up the roots in small pieces, roast them, and grind to powder between fluted rollers. The tops are also acceptable food to cows and sheep. It is said when cows are fed upon it, the quality of the millk is improved It may also be nsed as salad. Its leaves blanched, are sold in the market of the Neth erlands very early in the Spring as salad long before lettuces are to bo had. The roots are taken tip on the approach of-Winter, and packed in cellars in alternate layers of sand, so as to lotm ridges with the crowns of the plants on the surface of the ridge : Here if the frost be excluded, they soon send out leaves in such abundance as to afford a supply of sallad during the Winter. If light be ex cluded the leaves are perfectly blanched, and in this state are known under the name of Barbe da Copucin. The plant is not without its faults. If all the roots are not taken from the ground the first season, it springs up and spreads the next like a Canada thistle. It is also very exhaust Hive of the soil. The presence of chicory in coffee may be detected in the following manner ; If a little genuine ground coffee be thrown in a glass full of water, it mostly, floats, and slowly moistens, communicating scarcely any color to the li quid. Powdered chickory tested in the same way very speedily absorbs moisture, communi cates a deep reddish brown tint to the water, and in a few niDutes falls to the bottom. - THS BEGGARS OF MOSCOW. In Moscow exist about forty thousand beg gars by profession rather a $Wt)g proportion in a total of three hundred and eighty thous and inhabitants who chiefly ply their trade in the shops and galleries of the Gostinnoc Dibor, a kind of Oriental bazaar. On every step you will f ill in with women carrying their children with them, with persons- dismissed from the hospitals, with burnt-cut people from the neighborhood, and that particular species of the Russia beggar who appeals to yonr gener osity on bchalt of recruits and the starving families . they hav left behind them. The most impnuent of all are discharged officials and soldiers, who are gneral!r drnnkards, covered with rags, and decorated with orders and clasps. Then, ngiin, rou meet old wo men earying cpen coffins with them, and beg ging films to defray the cost of burial. Other women of the stamp, applying to you. in the name of a bride who would like to be married, but wants a dowry. Peasants will stop you, to enable them to buy a new horse , the old one having gone to the wall by some accident or other ; soldiers in full uniform, who have broken a glass in the barracks, clamor for a trifle to replace the departed one. To the secnlar members of the fraternity is admixed a strong portion of monks and nuns, walking in the sober garments of their order, and asking a mite for the erection of a new chnrch, the restoration of a chapel, or such like pur poses. All ' point imperatively to the boxes, plates, coffins, prayer-books, and altar-covers they present to yon with an entreating gesture. Pilgrims and pilgrimesses, too, who have vowed to go to Palestine, to the Solovizki Monastery, or to the grve of the sacred Tychon, will accost yon, each enlarging with great emphasis and considerable fluency npon the holy object of their journey. letter from St. Petersburg. Let every man avoid all sort of gambling as he would poison. A poor man or boy should not allow himself even to toss up a half-penny, for this is often the beginning of a habit of gambling, and this ruinous crime comes on by slow degrees. Whilst a man minds his work ho is playing the best game, and he is sure to win. A gambler never makes a good use of his money, even if he should win. When the celebrated Hayden was asked how all his sacred music was so cheerful, the great composer replied : I cannot make it other wise. I write according to the thoughts I feel ; when I think upon God, my heart is so full of joy that the notes dance and leap as it were irom my pen ; and since God has given me a cheerful heart, it wilfbe pardoned in me that I servo him with a cheerful spirit." - - It is a vain thing tor you to stick yonr fin ger in the water, and, pulling it out, look for a hole ; it is equally vain to suppose that, how ever large a space you occupy, the world will miss you when you die. . In the second half of the loth century, Rus sia was but 18,000 square miles In extent. Now it covers 392,000 square miles. In 1722 the population of the empire was 14 millions; now it is 65 millions. The women must think thkt we men are great robbers ! We are all the the time going bout robbin them of their very natnea ! AMTTJAL MESSAGE OF ANDREW G. CURTIN, Governor of Pennsylvania. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commtnwtalth of Pennsylvania : Gentlemen Notwithstanding the pressure of public calamity which has weighed heavily on the country during the past year, it has pleased Divine Providence not only to enable the people of Pennsylvania to perform in full all their duties to our common government, but to give to this Commonwealth domestic peace, plenty and prosperity. The balance in the Treasury on November 30th, 1801, was $1,551,605 72. The Receipts during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30th, 1862, were as follows : From ordinary sources $4, 047,822 39 ; from 6 pur cent, loan act of May 15th, 1861, $387.850 00; from various banks as an equivalent for coin for the payment of interest on public debt $140,708 30 ; Refund ed cash, military, $29,566 42 ; from U. States Government $605,740 52 making $5,211,747 63, Total recefpts into the Treasury for the fiscal year ending Nov.30, 1862, $6,763,353 35. And the payments have been as follows : For ordinary purposes, $3,083,110 06; Paid on State interest as an equivalent for coin $146, 631 22; Military expenses, act April 12,1861, $7 62; Military expenses, act May 15, 1861, $460,548 C8 ; Military expenses, act May 16, 1861, $1,217 26 ; Military expenses, act April 16, 1862, $20,607 04 ; Military pensions, act May 15, 1S61, $400 54 ; to Commissioners of Sinking Fund, $427,881 51 ; Domestic credi tors, $105 32; to Temporary loan, redeemed, $100,000 00; to United States Government, direct tax, $350,000 00 making total expen ditures $4,590,509 25. Leaving a balance in the Treasury on Nov. 30th. 1862. of $2,172, 844 10, of which amount $195,576 27 cents is the balance of unexpended military loan, as follows : Balance of said fund on Nov'r 30th, 1S61, $390,507 41 ; receipts under act of Mav 15th, 1861, $387,850 00 making $778,357 41. Of this fund w is paid for military expenses, as a bove named, $482,781 14, and for redemption of temporary loan $100,000 00, making amount paid ont $582,781 14 leaving a balance of $195,576 27 of the milltary.fund in Treasury. Receipts from ordinary snnrces tor the year ending Nov.30, 1862, $4,047,822 39. From same sources for year ending Nov. 30, 1861, $3,017,645 57. Excess of receipts for 1862, $1,030,176 82. Payments 'or ordinary purpo ses, excepting interest, for the year ending Nov. 30, 1861, $1.118.662 93. For year end ing 1862, $1,023,345 77. Decrease in expen ditures of 1862r$95,317 16. From the tables exhibited it w ill appear that the receipts from ordinary sources of revenue for the year 1862, are in excess of the receipts of the year 1861 one million thirty thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars and eigh-tv-two cents, the excess of interest paid in 1862 over that in 1861 being $144,095 37; and that the ordinsry expenditures for 1862 were ninety-five thousand three hundred and seventeen dollars and sixteen cents less than the year previous. The healthy condition of the revenues, and : the excess of the receipts over the expendi tures, secured by the rigid economy which has been practiced (especially considering the ; necessary increase of taxation by the Nation al Government,) seem to invite the attention of the Legislature to a revision of the revenue j laws, with a view to lightening the burthens of the people. In this connection it is prop er to invite your attention to the justice and expediency of restricting the rate of local tax ation, now, in some parts of the State, oppres sive. Amount of public debt c'f Pennsylvania, as it stood on the 1st day of December, 1861, $40,580,666 08 ; additional amount received at the State Treasury during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1862, on Militarv Loan, au thorized per act of May 15, 1861.50S7.850 00 making $40,968,516 08. Deduct amount re deemed at the State Treasury during the fis cal year ending Nov. 30. 1862. viz: 5 per cent. State s ocks $268,809 49, 4 per cent. State stocks' $50,000 00, 4 per cent. State stocks $100,000 00, interest certificates $17 25, Relief notes $1.41100, Domestic creditors' certificates $64 52, Military Loan, per act of April 12. 1861, redeemed $100,000 00 mak ing $52'),302 26. Leaving Public debt Dec. 1, 1862 $40,448,213 82. Towards the extinguishment of the public debt, the Sinking Fund holds securities a mounting to ten millions seven hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars, as follows : Bonds of Sunbnry and Erie Railroad CompHny $3, 00.000 Bonds of Pennsylvania Railroad Com panv $7,000,000, Bonds of Wyoming Canal Company $281,000 making $10,781,000. Should there be no extraordinary demand en the Treasury, there can be appropriated from the large balance now on hand and the increas ing revenues, at least a million and a half of dollars during the common year towards the payment of the public debt. The operations of the Sinking Fund during the last year have been, as shown by my Proc lamation of the Sth of September last, as fol lows s Amount of debt of Commonwealth re duced $262,801 67, as rollows.viz : State loans $261,178 74, Interest certificates $370 41, Do mestic creditor's certificates $64 52, Relief notes cancelled $11 88 making $262,801 67. It will be observed that the fiscal year ends on the thirtieth of November, and the Sink ing Fund year on the first Monday of Septem ber. This is the reason for the apparent de ficiency in the amount of debt piid as stated in the Treasurer's Report and by the Commis sioners of the Sinking Fund. Under the Act of 11th of April, 1862 lap pointed William McClellan, R. B. McCombs and M.Russell Thayer, Esquires, as Revenue Commissioners, who have printed a report, and will no doubt submit the result of their labors to the Legislature, to which I invite attention. I refer to the reports of the State Treasurer and Auditor General lor the details of the fi nancial aflairs of the Commonwealth. The reports of the Surveyor General, Superintend ent of Common Schools, and State Librarian will exhibit the state cf the department under their care. ' In accordance with the Act of 10th Februa ry 1862, the quota of this State of the direct tax of the United States, amounting- to one million nine hundred and forty-six thousand seven hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-three cents, was on the 14th June, 1862, paid to the United Stes, partly by f relin quishment of a portion of the sums claimed by this State from the government ud partly in cash, af'tertleducting the fifteen per cent, allowed by the act of Congress , for prompt payment. Pennsylvania thus paid her quota of the direct tax before any. other State. There is still due to the State, principally for advances since made for transportation and equipments of volunteers, about,tbree hundred thousand dollars. On the 20th of February last, I issued my warrant authorizing the State Treasurer to de liver to the Philadelphia and Erie Rarilroad Company one thousand of the bonds deposi ted with the State in conformity with the Act of May 7, 1S61. On the 20th of November I issned a similar warrant; Both warrants were granted after receiving reports from John A. Wright, Esq., the commissioner appointed for the purpose, that the proceeds ot the bonds previously issued had been appropriated in ac cordance with the provisions of the law. The company has now received three of the five millions of bonds deposited in the State Trea sury. With the proceeds of the bonds issued, fifty-two miles ot road have been completed, making with what had formerly been finished, a total of one hundred and ninety-nine miles, leaving eighty-nine miles un finished , of which, nearly all is graded and ready for the iron. The bonds still in the Treasury will yield an amount ample to complete the road, and thus open this important route of trade and com merce. The development of the vast miner al and other resorces f our north-western counties by this means, will undoubtedly in a few years render valuable the securities of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad ompany, now for ming part of the Siuking Fund ot the Com monwealth. Tne interest on the State debt was paid in August Jast in specie or its equivalent, in con formity with the existing law, at the cost of one hundred and forty-six thousand six hun dred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-two cents for the difference between species and paper currency, of which the banks under the provisions of the Act of 11th April, 1862, have already refunded to the State one hun dred and forty thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and thirty cents. This burden on the banks lias become heav ier than in my judgment ought to be borne by any special interest. Unless the Legislature should otherwise pro vide it will be the duty of the State Treasurer, to pay in like manner the interest which will fall due hereafter. We should all be careful rot to viol.ite the faith or impair the credit of the commonwealth. The serious and early consideration of the Legislature is invited to the whole subject. In ray ppinion there are already more incorporated banks in the Com monwealth than are at present required for th-.s public convenience, and I therefore recom mend that no more shall be incorporated. On the 7th of July last, a call was made by the President for three hundred thousand vol unteers. This State had already supplied near ly one hundred and ten thousand men, yet her people promptly bestirred themselves to respond to this new requirement. Although it was bolieved that no bounties would be nec essary to induce the men of Pennsylvania to enter the service of their country on such an occasion, yet as some of the neighboring States offered large bounties, it was thought not right to expose our citizens to the tempta tion thns afforded to them to enlist in regi ments of other States. There being no appro priation for the . paymeut of bounties, 1, of course, could not direct tbem to be paid out ot the treasury, and it was evident that to call the Legislature together and wait for the ne gotiation of any loan which might be author ized for the purpose, would be attended by in jurious delay. Under these circumstances I confidently appealed by proclamation to a peo ple who have never faltered in the performance of any duty of patriotism, calling on them to raise in their several counties, the sums neces sary to issue their proportion of the quota of the State. This appeal was effectually an swered. Public meetings were hell, and lib eral amounts subscribed by individuals. In the city of Philadelphia, besides a very large fund thus raised, the municipal authorities contributed heavily from their common trea sury, and in several counties the county com- ' missioners, generally under the guarantee of a few of their eminent citizens, devoted coun-1 ty funds to the same , purpose. I recommend that these proceedings be legalized, and sub mit to the wisdom of the Legislature the ques tion of what legislation would be just and pro per on the whole subject that the burden of this patriotic effort may tall equally on all clas ses of people throughout the State. The result of this manifestation of public spirit was that thirty-eight new regiments and three unattached companies of infantry were raised; four other regiments, which, previous to this call, had been authorized by the War Department to be raised are still in progress of organization. On special requisitions from the War De partment there have been raised and are now in service five additional regiments, and three companies of cavalry, two batteries of heavy artillery, and one battery of light artillery. A battalion of heavy artillery is being raised by Maj. Joseph Roberts, U.S.A., with my assent, also under special authority of the War Department. Early in September last the rebel army cros sed the Potomac into Maryland, with the de sign of invading this State. On the 4th of that month I called upon the people by Proc lamation to organize into companies and bold themselves in readiness to be ordered into ac tual service for the defence of the State. And on the 11th of that month, under authority of the President, I issued orders for fifty thou sand volunteer Militia, to rendezvous at Har risburg, for the defence of the State. This call was promptly responded to, and a large force was sent forward to the Cumberland "Val ley and its vicinity. The first part of this force, consisting ot one regiment and eight companies of infantry moved from Harris burg on the night of the 12th of September, and were followed by other regiments as rap idly as they could be organized and transpor tation provided. The command of the whole force was taken by Brigadier General John F. Reynolds, who left bis corps in the r Army of the Potomac at my urgent request, and hur ried to the defence of his native State,' for which he is entitled to the thanks of the Com monwealth. Fifteen thousand of. the Volun teer Militia were pushed forward to Hagers town and BoonsboroV tn the State of Mary land ; ten thousand were posted in the vicini ty of Greencastle and Chambersbnrg; and a bout twenty-five thousand were at Harrisburg, and on their way" to Harrisburg, or In readi ness and waiting for transportation to pro ceed thither. One regiment, at the request of Gen. Ralleck, was sent to protect Dupont's Powder Mills, in the State of Delaware. On the 24th September the Volunteer Militia were discharged by me from service, having by their spirited demonstration greatly aided in preventing the intended Invasion of this State by the rebels, and in compelling their sudden evacuation of the portion of Maryland which they had polluted. For these services, the thanks of the Governor of Maryland and of the Commander of the Armj ot the Potomac were rendered to our patriotic troops through me. Measures have been taken to procure the pay ment in full of these troops, and cf the expen ses attending their services, by the United States, in accordance with the terms of the call by the President. A large portion of the amount has already been paid. Having ac companied this force to llagerstown, I am en abled to speak of the courage, fidelity and cheerfulness with which the men suffered un accustomed privations, and bore the fire of the rebel force, performing with alacrity all the service that was required of them. On the 4th of August last, a draft of three hundred thousand militia, to serve for nine months, was ordered by the President under the act ot Congress of Ith July, 1862, and regulations were made by bis authority in pur suance of that act, nnder which regulations the enrolment and draft were conducted in this State, our militia laws being found to be defective. Several counties and districts hav ing already supplied by volunteers their pro portion of the quota of this State, were ex empted from the draft, and time was given to enable others to raise the required number of men bv voluntary enlistments. The draft was generally proceeded with throughout the State on the 16th day of October last, and (he draft ed men were directed to be placed in the sev eral camps of rendezvous established under the regulations, where they were . organized and elected their officers, and have since gone forward to the army, in the. field. . The draft was eminently successful, and when the men had been marched to the rendezvous, nsy a gency in the matter ceased, and all authority and control over the men devolved on the U nited States oliicers. I cannut but commend the people of Pennsylvania for their cheerful obedience to the requirements ot the Govern ment on this occasion. All the ' expenses of the draft are, of course, to be paid by the U nited States, and I learn that oliicers are now in the State charged with the settlements and payments. Including the three months volunteers, Penn sylvania has furnished to the general govern ment, more than two htindred thousand men since the breaking out of the rebellion, be sides some fifty thousand who were in service, or actually ready for it, as volunteer militia under the call of 11th September last, making in the whole more than two hundred and fifty thousand men. In October last, a body of rebel cavalry with a battery of artillery, suddenly cross-.-d the Potomac and made their way as far as Chamr bersburg, plunderingvhat they found" of sup plies useful to them and committing other depredations. They went out of the State by crossing the South Mountain, and thus reach ing the Potomac below Harper's Ferry. The troops in tho field were not prepared at the moment to punish this attempt on her soil, and it is to be much regretted that efficient measures could not have been taken bj the army to capture the rebels on their return to the Potomac. Immediately after I received notice that this force had crossed ihe line of the State, I called into service the Anderson Cavalry, then encamped at Carlisle, and two companies ot Regulars at the Jiarracks at that place. These troops were pushed forward in the direction of Chambersbnrg and South Mountain. The cavalry at Camp Curtin, con sisting of one full and two imperfect regi ments, were armed as infantry, and, together with two companies of infantry and a battery of volunteer light artillery of Harrisburg, were held in readiness to go forward j when Major General Wool arrived and assumed the com mand of all tho forces- He had previously ordered part of his command troru Baltimore and marched the troops to Gettysburg. The rebels marched with so much celerity that they did not encounter any of the forces ot General Wool, and escaped from the State. I recommend that application be made to Con gress for an appropriation to compensate our citizens for the damages which they suffered by the raid. On the two emergencies to which I have re ferred, I acknowledge valuable counsel and assistance from Brigadier General Andrew Por ter, ot the United States Array, who thus testi fied his affection for his native State, and zeal in her service when threatened. And on the same, and other occasions, I am indebted to Colonel Thomas A. Scott, Colonel John A. Wright, and Colonel J. B. Parker, members of my staff, who came promptly on my summons and served with their accustomed zeal and fi delity, withont pecuniary compensation, The militia law ot this State is greatly de fective, and I earnestly recommend the ap pointment of a commission to prepare and submit au efficient system, to be reported be fore the adjournment of the Legislature, so that action may be bad on the subject at the present session. In the hurry of ordinary business the Legislature might not be able to ' give the necessary attention to the prepara tion of a proper measure, and events which have already occurred prove the necessity of some effectual Legislation on the subject, so jure the service. If the bringing them home that our people may be adequately protected, t to be attended could produce even inconvenl . The State is in possesion of the following J ence to that, I would not urge it. BotitiS Ordnance, Aims and Ammunition : E3 pieces J cruel to leave them to the care and (I regret of artillery, of which 22 need repairs ; 2 bat- to say it) frequently to the negfect, or worse; teriesoi new cannon, consisting of 12 Griffin ' of strange officials, at points in the immedi rifjed cannon, 6 pounders, 2 caissons and 2 ate vicinity of all the abundant comforts battery wagons," presented to the State by the which the solicinde of their families and Committee of Safety of Philadelphia, in Sep- f friends wonld rejoice to provide lor tbem. '' . te ruber last; .26,492 muskets and rifles, of In addition to the expenses of attending which 11,614 are ready for issue, 4,460 in the i and bringing home our sick and wounded as hands of mechanics for repairs, and the bal- above stated, I have expended less than $4000 ance, having been used by the militia called j in the transportation of friends of sick, killed," out in September last, require cleaning : 12,- j or wounded volunteers, and other persons sent 427 setsot infantry accoutrements complete ;! by me. for their care to the several battle 1,298 swords and sabres; 684 pistols ; 1,938 fields and hospitals, and in bringing home for rounds artillery ammunition; 1,522,000 rounds ! interment the bodies of those slain. The whole' ammunition for small arms.' - i i j expense incurred under the joint resolution The following arms, accoutrements and am- ' was five thousand one- hundred and nineteeti munition have been furnished according to 'dollars and eighty-three cents, the details f law to the border counties,' and to volunteer which will be found in the report of the Sur organization formed nnder the Militia Act of j geon General and-of the Chief of Transport J858 : 5,840 muskets and rifles with accoutre- I tation. -t ' - ments complete, were issued to and are now f I have uniformly, when applied to, allowed' in possession of border' counties ; 4,958 rani- 1 the expense of transportation of one person to kets and rifles, and 3,041 sets of accoutrements the field to bring home the body of bis friend? Issued to and now in possession of organized or relation, and the expense of bis rtturn wtthr companies also 9,000 ronads of ammunition the body. The cost ef this has not exceeded- issued to border counties and organized, com panies ; 1,755 tuskets and 895 sets of accou trements, were issued to Colonels Brown and Glantz's regiments on going into the service ; 32 pieces of artillery, issued to First Pennsyl vania Artillery, Colonel Charles T. Campbell, commanding, on going into the service ; 928 sabres, 1,056 pistols and 528 sets of accoutre ments, issued to organized cavalry companies. Showing an aggregate of 10? pieces ot artille ry ; 39,045 muskets and rifles ; 1,740 pistols ; 1,826 sabres; 22,203 sets infantry accoutre ments; 528 sets cavalry accoutrements; and 1,603,938 rounds of ammunition. In addition to the above, tbefolIoing mili tary property of the city of Philadelphia is reported by the "Home Guard of the City of Philadelphia," to be in its possession, to wit: 6 20-pounder Parrot rifled guns ; 2 10 pounder Prussian rifled guns ; 1 10-p.tuoder English ri fled gun ; 12 caUsons for 20-pounder Parrot rifled guns; 2 caissons for 10 pounder Prus sian rifled guns, with tools and stores ; 1 12 pounder rifled howitzer, Dahlgreen; 1 12-poun-der rifled howitzer, 750 lbs. Dahlgreen ; 2 field carriages tor ditto; 2 small howitzer guns, 12 pounders, with carnages, tools and stores; 1 12-pounder rifled howitzer, Dahlgreen; 1 12-pounder smooth bore, 750 lbs. Dahlgreen ; 2 field carriages for ditto; 2 small 12-pounder howitzers, with carriages, tools and stores; 195 saddles; 127 saddles, with traces, breast straps, &c.; 68 saddles, incomplete ; 2,296 muskets and rifles ; 200 pistols and 124 bols ters ; 1,997 rounds of shot and shell; 672,884 rounds musket and rifle cartridges. , The lorogoingdoes not include the arms and equipementa that have been issued to the sev eral regiments of Home Guard, and which are in their possession. . For the details of military operations and of statistics, I refer you to the Reports of the Adjutant General, Quartermaster General, Commissary General, Surgeon General, and the Chief of Transportation, which accompany this message. . . . . In regard to the election of officers in the Reserve Corps ami the recruitment of the regiments of that corps and of other gallant regiments of volunteers, I propose to send a special message in a few days, as I desire to treat these subjects somewhat at large, and to submit to the Legislature some documents re lating to them. By the thirteenth section of the act of May 15(b,I8Gl,I was authorized to draw my war rants on the treasury for a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars for compensation to such persons as might be required to serve the country in a military capacity. At the date of my last annual message, X had drawn from the treasnry eight thousand five hun dred dollars, and had paid out up to the 1st or December, 1861, six thousand four hundred dollars, when ray account was settled. Since that time I have dra.vn two thousand dollars from the treasury, part of which, with the bal ance in my bands, has been expended in the payment of members of my personal staff in service when I required assistance, and in pro curing information, and to persons employed when the State whs threatened with invasion, in S pt' mber, 1862, aud during the raid in October last. An account of these expenditures will be found on file in the office of the Auditor Gen eral. Under the act of. 20th April, 1858, it Is" ray intention to take early measures for the sale of the powder magazine in city of Philadelphia. The powder magazine at Harrisburg is not ju diciously located. A State powder magazine ought, in my judgment, to be erected on a suitable site in the vicinity of this place, and I recommend the attention of the Legislature to the subject. , . In September lost two batteries of rifled cannon were presected to the. Commonwealth by a committee or citizens of Philadeldhta, through S. V. Merrick, Esq., which are now in the Arsinal in that city, I recommend that provision be made for procuring carriages, caissons and other equipments for them. . Tho liberal donors are entitled the thanks of the Commonwealth for their patriotic gift.- ' " ' Under the joint resolutions of 28th of Feb ruary, 1862, measures were promptly taken tor the relief of our sick and wounded men in the field. . The wounded at Winchester, Sfrasburg, Front Royal, Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, and those in the corps of Major General Banks were duly attended on the field or in the vi cinity by Surgeon General Smith and a corps of surgeons ' under his direction, and were brought into this State. The same system would have been continued, but la June last, I received a letter from the Surgeon General of the United States, representing that it was fonnd inconvenient to the service, and must create difficulties in the regular identification of the soldiers for pay and pensions. I compliance with his views, I was reluc tantly obliged to discontinue the system, but I have not ceased to urge on the War Depart ment the propriety of sending our sick and wounded men into the State, where they can be nursed and cared for by their friends, and have to say that at length such an arrange ment was made with the authorities at Wash ington, which it was hoped would be effective, but there has been such tardiness in putting it into practical operation, that I recommend the Legislature to invite the attention of the War Department to the subject. Our suffer ing men nave a ngni to me sympathy and aid ot their State, to be so rendered ss not to in-
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