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-