I ! il;jsc Ife j,itllWSS r- ,c f Sti.OO PER AXIVUM . ' 1 4 niRKCR, Bailor and Proprietor. fTODO IHJTCIIINSOX, rubllsaer. VOLUME 8. DIRECTORY ?,:EPAIiKI EXPRESSLY FOR "THE ALLEGHAXIAS." LJLFr OF POST OFFICES. rost Masters. Districts. Bain's Creek, Bctncl fetation t'arrolltown, Chess Siuinss Cressou, tbensburg. Fallen Timber, GiUUzin, Hemlock, Johustown, Lcretto, Mineral Point, Master, Pershing, PUttsrille, KoselanJ, S:. Augustine, Scalp Level, ouuian Suiaineruill, Summit, Wilmore, J-Vll v.---- -1-,1. losepu etrauum, iuun. Enoch Reese, Blacklick. William M. Jones, Carroll. Datil. LiUinger, Chest. John J. Troxell, Washint'u. John Thompson, Ebensburg. Isaac Thompson, White. J. M. Christy, Gallitzin. Win. il'Gough, Washt'n. I. E. Chandler, Johnst'wn. ?. Shield Loretto. E. Wissinger, Conein'gh. A. Durbin, Munster. Francis Clement, Conem'gh. Andrew J. Ferral Susq'ban. G. W. Bowman, White. Win. Ryan, Sr., ClearSeld. GeorgVConrad, Richland. B. M'Colgan, Washt'n. Ii. 1 Slick, Croyle. Miss M. Gillespie Washt'n. Morris Keil, S'ninierLill. CKL'RCSIES, 3IIXISTERS, &C. Vrahjterian Rev. D. Harbison, Pastor. Reaching every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock, and iu the evening at 3 o'clock. Sub fcfth School at 1 o'clock. A. M. Prayer meet ing everv Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. "vj.hodist Episcopal Churt h Rev. S. T. Snow, Preacher iu charge. Rev. J. G. Gogley, As sunt. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately at 10 o'clock in the morning, or 7 in tne evcin. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Pr;ivermeeting every Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock. Welch Independent Rev El. R. Powell, PisTor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10 o'ci xk. and in the evening at 0 o'clock, bbith School ut 1 o'clock, P.M. Prayer Ki-c-tii on the first Monday evening of each jaouth ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and i'ridaj evening, excepting the first week in each month. Culcinistte Methodist Rev. John Williams, Pa-tor. Preachi as every Sabbath evening at Z and G o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock, A. M. Praver meeting every Friday evening, at 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening A 7 o'clock. DisciulesltZY. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach iaj every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. 'particular Baptists Rev. David Jenkins, Pastor. Preaching every sabbath evening at 3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'c lock. P. M. Catholic Rev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor. i-'rrvices erry Sabbath morainst 10 j o'clock mi Vespers at -1 o'clock in the evening. EBESHJO 31 AILS. MAILS ARRIVE. Eastern, daily, ut 12 o'clock, noon. Western, i4 at 12 o'clock, noon. MAILS CLOSE. Eastern, daily, at 0 Z o'clock. P. M. Western, at 8 o'clock, P. M. 5,""Th mails from Butler,Indiana,Strongs tDTa. k:., arrive on Thursday of each week, at j o'clock, P. M. Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week, tt s A. M. lA,The mails from Newman's Mills, Car rulltowrn. &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday tii'i Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M. Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays ci Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M. Sx Post'Office open on Sundays from 0 to 10 o'clock, A. M. IIAKLIIOAE) gCSIKBULE. V.-1T.MORE STATION. West Pvnress Train leaves ut 9.4-t A. M. P. M. ' Pan Line " Mail Train " 10. Oil 4.01 8.25 28 C.23 P. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. i-iict Express Tiair " Fast Line ' Mail Train CRESSON STATION. K'est Express Train leaves ut - Mail Train u Kjsi Express Train " " Mail Train " The Fast Lines do not stop 9.22 3.31 8.53 0.50 COUXTY OFFICERS. Ju tyes of the Courts President, Hon. Geo. Taylor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George Yv". titsley, Henry C. Devine. 1 '.-it ho, to tart Joseph M'Donald, licj'mfr and Recorder Edward F. Lytic. SlieriJ John Back. District All jrntn. Philip S. Noon. Comity Commissioners L. T. Storm, James Cooper,' Peter J. Little. Trt-uarcr. Juhr A. Blair.. I'oor Iljuse Directors Jacob Horner, Wil :'.a:a Douglass, George Dclany. Poor Home Treasurer. George C. K. Zabm. i'oor House Steward. James J. Kaylor. Mercantile Arraer John Farrell. An litors John F. Stull, Thoaias J. Nel son, L J ward R Donnegan. County Surveyor. E. A. Yickroj Coroner. James S. Todd. ERKXSIirilG BOR. OFFICERS. Juttict of the Peace. David H. Roberts Harrison Kinkead. Erjts David J. Evans. Tjwh Council Evan Griffith, John J. Evans, ,rdiiaui D. Davi3, Thomas B. Moore, Daniel Evans. Koroujh Treasurer George Gurlt-y. I'eijk Matter William Davis. S'-.hool Directors William Davis, Reese S. .v'l, Morris J. Evan3, Thomas J. Davis, "ah Jones, David J. Jones. 'casurer of School Board Evan Morgaa. iW il?eGeorge W. Brown. Tiz Collector George Gurley. '-Jjr . Uiertir.n Meshac Thomas. '-.; -fori! Robert Evans, Wm. Wiiliair.s .vr--l':-:iard T. D-iyig. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16. 1862, GOV. CURTIN'S ANNUAL MESSAGE: READ TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE, JANUARY &, 18G2.. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commomcealtli of 1'cnnsylvania Gentlemen : It has pleased Divine Providence, during the last season, to giro us abundant crops, unbroken peace within our borders, unanimity among our people, and thus to enable this Commonwealth to do her full duty to the country, to her self, and to posterity. For these bles sings ve have cause to be grateful. The balance in the Treasury on the 30th Nov., 18C0, was The re.-eipts dur'g the flscalyear en ding Nov" 30, 'CI, were as follows : From ordinary sources, S3,017,C4j G7 From temp'y loan under act of Apl. 12, 1801, at G per cent. interest, S6S1.433 CS and negotiated at par, From 6 per cent, loan under act of May, 15, 18G1, also negotiated 475,000 00 at par. 2.C12.150 00 c rom Society of Cincin natus. 500 00 From the United Sta'es on acct. ot military expenses COG,000 00 From paymasters and others, re funded, 32.229 45 0,743,525 02 Total intotheTrea- sury for fiscal yr. ending Nov. 0, 18C1, And the payment's as follows : 7,421,058 10 For ordinary pur- poses, $3,144,460 8-4 For military expen ses under acts of April 12, 1861, and Mav 15 and 1G, 18Cl": 471,573 85 l,7C8,4f-2 C8 170,535 01 !,353,S72 04 For amount loan under act April 12, 1SG1, repaid, 375,000 CO 5,373,352 38 Leaving balance iu Treasury, 2OY. 30. ISCl", $1,551,605 72 PUBLIC DEBT, FUNDED AND UNFUSDEi). Received from tem porary loan, un der act of April 12, 18G1, 475,000 00 Repaid, as above, 375,000 00 Outstanding Nov. 30, 186.1, 100,000 00 Received from loan under act of May 15, 1SG1, 2,612,150 00 Arnourt of public. debt, funded and unfunded, Nov. 30, 18(50, . 37;G69,S47 50 Paid during fiscal year, 101,331 42 37,8CS,516 08 Remaining unpaid, (exclusive of mil itary loans above mentioned) Nov. 30, 1861, 37,861,510 C8 RECEIPTS AN D EXPENDITURES OF MILITARY LOANS. Receipts from mil itar loan, under .ct April 12, 'CI, Act May 15, From Paymasters and others refd, Paid for military expen., as above Paid for redeeming loun, act Apl. 12 475,000 00 2,612,150 CO 32,229 45 3,119,379 45 2,253,872 04 375,000 00 738,872 04 Unexpended of mil itary loans, 390.507 41 RECtirib AND EXPENDITURES OF OKDIKAliT EKT ENUS, Bal. in Treasury, from ordinary sources, Nov. 30, J8C0, 031,433.08 Reed, from ordina ry sources during liscal year, 3,017,045 57 3,699,078 65 Pd. for ordinary ex penses as above, 3,144,480 34 Lnexpended ot or dinary revenue, Reed, from U. S. Govt. on account military expen., Reed, from Society of Cinciuuutui, 654,598 31 C0G,000 00 500 00 Hal in Trensurv. as above, $1,515,605 72 It will be observed that the fiical year 01J3 on the oUth ot JNovembcr, and the siukiug fund year on the first Monday in September, which accounts ior the appa re.it dchVw noy in the amount of debt paid I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Henry Clay. u a J1 $1.50 IX AD VAXCE. as stated in the Treasurer's report, and by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. The State has on hand a surplus of uni forms and equipments which cost about 6190,000, which the United States have agreed to take and pay for at cost. Ar rangements have been made with the General Government for the reimburse ment of the military expenses of the State since the 27th of July last. The bills as paid are forwarded to Washington and partial repayments have already been made. It will be observed that the receipts trout ordinary sources of revenue for the year 1801 have been decreased, but as payments have been made on them since the settlement at the end of the fiscal year on the first of December, and more may reasonably be expected iu addition to the payments to be made by the National Gov ernment, as hereinafter stated, the balance available in the treasury will be largely increased. It will also be observed that it has not yet been found necespary to call iu ull of the loan effected under the act of the 18th of May last. In some items the ordinary revenue of 1SG1 was in excess of that of 1800. The loan authorized by the act of May 15, 18G1, was taken at par. This occur rence, most gratifying under all the then existing circumstances of embarrasiment, affords triumphant evidence of the confi dence of the people in the stability and integrity of the Commonwealth and of the determination to support the Govern ment. The operations of the Sinking Fund during the last year have been as shown by my Proclamation of the 5th of September last, as follows : Debt redeemed from 4th Sept., 18G0. to 1st Sept., 1861, $300,801 01 Of stoc k loans, $300,050 00 Of interest on cer tificates, Of relief notes, 01 421 00 $300,801 01 I refer to the reports of the State Treas urer and Auditor General for the details of the financial affairs of the Common wealth. The reports of the Surveyor General and Static Librarian will exhibit the state of the Departments under their care. The commissioners of the Sinking Fund during the last spring received from the Philadelphia and Erie (late Sunbury and Erie) Hailromj Company forty bonds of that Company for S100.U00 each, and a inort case to secure the same executed in conformity with the third section of the act of Murch the 7th, 18G1. That com pany has also deposited in the State Treasury its bonds to the amount of five millions of dollars, in accordance with the Gth section of the game act. On the 'Jth of May last I granted my warrant author izing the State Treasurer to deliver to the said company one thousand of said bonds, bein" to the amount of one million of dol lars. This warrant was issued in confor mity with the law, the five per cent bonds mentioned in the act (except those be- lnnMnsf to the State and uowiu the Sink- ing Fund) having been previously surren dered and cancelled, and satisfaction enter ed on the Kecord of the Mortgage mentioned in said fifth section. Having received notice from the company that the bonds ho delivered to the company or their proceeds had been appropriate! in accordance with the provisions ol the law, ou the 21st of June last I appoiutcd John A. "Wright as Commissioner to examine and to report to me whether said bonds or heir proceeds had been vppropriated to the purposes required by the act. His report has not yet been received by me. It fs understood that arrangements haye at last been made under which the direct railroad connection between Philadelphia and Erie will be completed in a short time. It is impossible to estimate toy highly the importance of this great work to the Commonwealth, and especially to Philadelphia and Erie and the hitherto neglected counties near its route west of the Susquehanna. 13y the act of the 21st April, 185S, for the sale of the State canals to the Sunbury and Erie llaijroad Company, it was provi ded that if that company should sell said canals for a greater sum in the aggregate than three and a half millions of dollars, seventy-five per centum of such excess should be paid to the Commonwealth by a transfer of so much of such bonus aud securities as said company should receive for the same, aud payable in like manner. The company sold the canals and repor ted that the share of profit on Mich pale, due to the Commonwealth, was S28 1,250, of which $250 was p-iid in cash, and for the remaining $281,000 the Common wealth received coupon bonds of the Wy oming Canal Company, to that amount, being a portion of bonds for 5900,000 issued by that company and secured by a mortgage of the Wyoming canal, formerly called thv Lower North Branch canal. These bonds bear an interest of six per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the 15th of January and July, and the interest wa? paid by the company to Jan uary last inclusive. The interest due in July last has not been paid. Judgments having been obtained against the company on some of the coupons for the unpaid July interest, a bill iu equity was filed in the Supreme Court by a bond and stock holder, in which such proceedings were had that by a decree made oa the 2d of September last, the property and affairs of the company were placed in the hand of a receiver. A plan has been suggested for the as sent of the stock aud bond holders, which contemplates a sale of the canal, under lawful process, and a purchase of the same for the purpose of forming a new compa U3', of which the capital stock shall be one million of dollars, divided into twenty thousand shares of fifty dollars each, ol which each assenting holder of a mortgage bond, for one thousand dollars, shall be entitled to eighteen shares, and each as senting holder of fifty shares of ttoek of the Wyoming Canal Company shall be entitled to nine shares. Of course no of ficer of the Commonwealth had authority to assent to the proposal, or in any way to affect her position. It is believed, alo, that the plan is not one that ought to be assented to by the Commonwealth, and that under all the circumstances, if the convenience of individual parties requires a change as proposed, the debt due to the Commonwealth ought to be first paid or fully fatcured. 1 suggest that the act passed Sth of April, 1801, entitled, "An Act concerniiiK the sale of railroads, canals, &c." fchould be modified so that in all cases in which a debt may be due to the Commonwealth by the company as whose property a pub lic work may be sold, the purchasers thereof shall not be entitled to the benefits and privileges conferred by the act uuless they shall first paid the debt due to the State, or seeured the same by their bonds to the Commonwealth, secured by a first mortgage on the work itself. I commend the subject to the immedi ate consideration of the Legislature, as an effort may be made at an early day to en force a salo of the canal, and some pro vision by law to protect the interests of the State would iu that case be necessary. The wicked and monstrous rebellion which broke out many months ago has not yet been quelled. Every sentiment of loyalty and patriotism demands its ef fectual suppression. In my messages cf the 9th and 30th of Anril last. I set forth at lensth mv views ot the character aud objects of the contest which is still ponding. Subsequent re flection has confirmed me in the correct ness of the opinions then expressed aud to which I refer. In additiou it ought to be understood, that looking to the variety and character of her products and indus try, her niateriaWnterest alone would ren der the preeratiou of the Union from the present assault upon it indispensable to Pennsylvania. She cannot afford to have a foreign power below or above or bounding her on the Delaware, the Ches apeake or the Mississippi, and she will never acquiesce iu such a result, whatever may be the cost in men and money of her resistance to it. On the 9th of April last, I directed the attention of the Legislature io the neces sity which existed for an improved mili tary organization, and ou the 12th of the same mouth the act entitled "An Act for the better organization ot the militia ot this Commonwealth" passed, appropria-; ting the bum of G0O,0U0 for the purpose of organizing, equipping and arming the militia. Ou the loth of April the Presi dent, by proclamation, called for a milita ry force of 75,000 men, of which the quota assigned to Pennsylvania was at first six teen (afterwards reduced to fourteen) regiments to serve as infantry or riflemen ior the term of three mouths unless sooner discharged. This call was enthusiastically responded to by the people of Pennsylva nia. The first military aid from the loyal States which the Government received at Washington, was a Pennsylvania corps which arrived there prior to the 19th of April. On that day the passage of other corps from this and other States through Baltimore was impeded by force, aud du ring nearly two weeks afterwards the communication between Washington and the loyal States was almost entirely cut off. Ou the 19th I receyd a request from the War Department fTTatthe troops preparing in this State should be clothed, armed, equipped, subsisted aud transpor ted by the State in conscqueuce of the then inability of the United States. This reuueet was, of course, complied with, and Ltwenty-fivo regiments, (being eleven regi ments beyond our quota,; comprising 20,175 men from Pennsylvania, served for the term of three months under the Prcs- ident's proclamation above referred to. j As the famishing those volunteers with supplies was, necessarily, under the cir- 1 cumstanccs, a hurried operation, and as complaints were made iu regard to them, aud frauds were alleged to have been per petrated, I appointed a board of commis sioners to investigate the whole subject. A copy of their report with the evidence taken by them has been already laid be fore the public. It is the intention of the Auditor General to open the accounts of Buch parties as appear by the testimony to have been overpaid, and this course has already been tiikeu iu two of those cases. On the expiration of the term of the three months men, in July list, some eight or ten thousand discharged Penn sylvania volunteers were thrown into llar risburg without notice and detained here, waiting to be paid, for an average time of ten days. Their tents, camp equipage aud cooking utensils hud been taken from them at Williamsport, Md., and they ar rived here destitute of all means of shel ter aud of preparing their food. The t'ommissaiy of the United States furnish ed uncooked rations, aud under the cir cumstances of emergency I deemed it necessary to make arrangements for aiding iu the cooking and baking of the rations, and also for f urnishing meals to such of the regiments as arrived during the night, or under circumstances requiring instant relief. The expenses attending these op erations amounted, so far as ascertained, to 8741 20,?iud I recommend that the Leg islature make an appropriation to pay them. It ought to be stated that these expenses would havebcen much larger, but for the liberal and patriotic efforts of the citizens, aud especially the ladies of Ilar risburg ; their free-hauded hospitality and generous aid to our wearied and hungry soldiers, deserve remembrance and tude. grati- At the special session of the Legislature which commenced ou the 30th of April last, I recommended the organization ofa reserve corps, to be armed, equipped, clothed, subsisted and paid by the State, and drilled in camps ot instruction, in an ticipation of the exigences cf the country, and by the act of the 15th of May last, such a corps was directed to be raised, and a loan of $J,000,CH) was authorized to defray the expenses of that and other military preparations. Men more than sufficient in number to form some ten regiments of the lleserve Corps had pre vious to the 15th of May been accepted by me in pursuance of a call on me (after wards resciuded,) for twenty-five regi ments, and were then already assembled and subject to mv control. Most of these men volunteered for the Reserve Corps, and were immediately organized. The rcmaiuing regiments were rapidly recruit ed aud the corps was thus completed, and Geo. A. M'Call, of Chester county, was commissioned as Major General, and as isncd to the command of all the forces raised or to be raised under the provisions of the last mentioned act. The regiments composing the lleserve Corps were in structed in four camps in different parts of the State, until they were taken into the service of the United States. Two of these regiments, under the commands of Colonel Charles J. Diddle and Seneca G. Simmons, aud two companies of artillery, under the command of Col. Chas. T. Campbell, at the pressing instance of the War Pepartmeut, were tent on the 22d of Juue last to the relief of Col. Wallace, at Cumberland, and remaiued for about six weeks there and in Western Vigiuia, en gaged iu active operations. Towards the close of July the whole Corps was called for under requisition, and taken iu the service of the United States. AVithin four days after the dis aster of Pull's Hun, eleveu regiments of this fine body of men (armed, drilled, clothed, equipped, and iu all respects ready for actie service,) were iu Wash ington. The regiments and companies from Western Virgiuia aud the remaining two regiments, making the whole number of fifteen, soon joined them there, .and thev are all now in $erviec. ui.der the command of Gen. M'Cull, who has been couinih-sioned as a Brigadier General by the United States. These fifteen regiments contain fifteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-fcix men, and constitute a division comprising three brigades, a regiment of "artillery and one of cavalry. The whole expense uf raising, clothing, equipping, sub-ii.liug aud paying the Reserve Corp, (including the expense of establishing aud fitting the camp of instruction, of recruiting, aud supplying regimental ugs, and the expenses ot the campaign of the two regiments and com panies iu Maryland and Western Virginia, which were ull defrayed by tho State) has amounted tob55,444 87. This dot's not include the transportation on railroad, as the separation of that account would have been a work of great labor, nor does 1 N UMJ3JSK 17. it include.the pay of the two regimeuts during the campaign, but it does include all the expenses, which were heavy, of teams and transportation, not on railroads, for the two regiments on the campaign above mentioned. Twelve regiments of the lleserve Corps weie paid, subsisted, &c., by the State to the average date of 22d July. The two regiments in Western Virginia were paid by the State to tho date of their departure from Ilarrisburg on that expedition. The cavalry regi ment was not paid by the State. It wilt bo perceived that the whole average ex pense of each mau was $53 95 Previous to the 31st of April last, a regiment had been enlisted in the ci:y of Erie from Northwestern Pennsylvania. When the call was made on me on that day for twenty-five additional regiments, the Erie regiment was ordered to march to Ilarrisburg. The call was rescinded, however, before the regiment reached Pittsburgh, and I ordered it to encamp at that city, where itremained uutilthe 30th cf June. The National Government de clined to muster the regiment into service as all existing requsitions made on the State were more than filled. Much apprehension existed in tho Western and Southwestern borders of tho State, and it was deemed prudent to retain the regiment at Pittsburg to meet any emergency that might arise. After the passage of the Act of the 15th of May, 1SG1, it was expected that the regiment would form part of the Reserve Volunteer Corps, ; but as the men had been a long time from home and remained inactive m camp they declined entering the service, and were substituted and paid up to the 30th of June bv the State, lwo res- ments have since been enlisted from the ame part of Pennsylvania at the city of Erie, one of which has been at Washing ton in service since September, and the other is now ready for marchiug orders and it is due to the first Erie regiment to say that most of the men are now in the service. Further requisitions for sixteen regi ments of Infantry and two regiments of Infantry and two regiments cf Cavalry were shortly afterwards made by the War Department. Of these, sixteen have al ready been raised aud are in the service of the United States, and the remaining two are in the course of organization and nearly ready to march. In addition to the requisitions on tho State, the War Department had given au thorities to numerous individuals to raise volunteers in Pennsylvania, but as that system was found to create much embar rassment, a general order was issued by the War Department on the 25th of Sep tember last, placing all such organizations under the control of the Governor, and shortly afterwards a requisition was made on the State to increase her quota to 75,0U0 men. Those independent organi zations, as they were called, thus became Pennsylvania regiments, and a? completed aud sent forward, form part cf the quota of the State. The State regiments have been num. bered, aud the last to this date is 115. Two of the thice mouths regiments have continued in service under the late requi sitions, and retain their original nuumers. Deducting the remaining twenty-three three months regiments, there are ninety two regiments in service and preparing for it. We have also in service and prepa ring twenty-four companies. The following table of the existing Pennsylvania volunteer force is given. for information : REGIMENTS IX SERVICE. 66 regiments of infantry, of wlucn 6 were rifle rejriments, 11 regiments of cavalry, 1 rc-jiment of artillery, tl,189 12,690 1,077 84,956 COMPANIES IN SERVICE. t companies of infantry, 707 6 companies of cavalry, 578 6 companies of artillery, t36 2,221 67.17T Enlistments in other than Pennl vauia cpanizations, estimated, (the officers of which. are iu course of bsing commissioned,) 6,400 Total in service, REGIMENTS PREPARING 12 regiments of infantry, 1 regiment of cavalry, 1 regiment of artillery, COSiPANllH PREPARING 1 company of cavalry, 4 companies of artillery, 93,577 FOR SERVICE. 13,092 1,136 1,077 15,305 rO SERVICE. 624 V83 16.C3S 93,577 16,038 In service, Preparing for servic, Pennsylvania's contribution, 100,615 Cxclusive ot 20,175 tLree mouths men now disbanded. The regiments preparing for Kcrvice are i ihr
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