VOLUME 2. For the Citizen. KILPATRICK S HAT. « WItITTEX U»D*R THE IHHPIBATIOW or A TOOTII ACHE. bowti from Atlanta KilpHfrfek r.-k\ Jlehlndhim tin- town like* furtm. k1 Fur he hud flrod the Southei a h- tits, And home* at ouc«-. »t».| now away With Hhcrinan-ori his grand I ' Upon that fool November day, Jhe wvrioi atern depart#* bown from Atlanta—we km-wn# mere, The fue around, behind, before; And li-iw the n>>t«* of difftaot drttm tut tevu> and an -n them rain« Front out the H-iuth »i burnt <>f llama, And from tlft- Chivalry u y-H, That told n> h<»w h« wr. u;:ht !il« w,n With Railroad, Furnace - l^-villu, M fthout a etiupglo fell. Hut Boon there enme another note .nit i!..' Iyin»r tfonthen.tHroat, Tint t.-1.l in . I our Imt.m- 1 d« H'li With rh ** til l ' 112 '*■ l '**'" '| ! ,ilt , ild \\ heoleri nun hud Mlaiu IMlj.at HI. k, and that W !«« « !' « had hi* hut, With fear we held out breath. ty>wn ut fcivannnh, Sherman rode, lli-ide hi" m.ttohlng lejtiow tr-du,. And I'll M< Ailntcridone litnitnmrh, Imt with " rheer, Ami midden rush tin* wall they rluor, W hill- tl-l the for a ma/ ! with !• ir; The rlty ia our own. And there the 112 • t T the v m Hilp.itrick ride*, the very mi", Hi" irnlliut Hte»* iwn ! • k -md lit For h -rue and rhh.-r «'«■!! h t I l«"l. And from the fooh" n- er bad lied lu battle hour. and"ii hitfhhcad, ffr wore the nnnt' old hot. Death of Hon Geo. M. Dallas. lion. George Mifflin Dallas died this morning, after a very short illuoss, at bis resilience in Walnut street, below Few Philadelphians have attniiie'l more political iinportaneo than Mr. Dallas, lie was a native of this city, having been horn on the 10th of July, IT'.'-!- lie was the son of Alexander James Dallas, and a younger brother of ConimodWre A. J. Dallas, a eonspicious officer ol the I ni ted States Navy. Mr. Dallas graduated at Princeton College in ISIO, and having studied law in the office of his father, he was admit ted to practice ut the bar in 1> I : . Soon after he went to Russia as the private Secretary of Mr. Oallatin. American .Min ister to that power. lie was also inden tified with the Commissioner at (!hent. which framed the treaty of peace between GreatlJritain and the I'nited .States. In I*l7 Mr. Dallas was appointed Deputy Attorney for i he was appointed Minister to Russia by Van llu ren, and he was recalled at his own re quest in 1839. Upon his return lie 4e liverod a course of lectures upon his Russian experience, that were listened to with great pleasure and interest by those who had the opportunity of hearinj*thein. In May, IXI 112. Mr. Dallas received the Democratic nomination for Vice Presi dent upon the ticket with Mr. Polk. He was elected and the principal act of his official life was the giving I lie easting vote as President of the Senate in favor of the repeal of the tariff of 1SI:J. and in favor of the tariff of 184 li. This vote excited much dissatisfaction among the friends of protection. In March, 184'.*. Mr. Dallas was suc ceeded by Mr. Fillmore in the Vice Pres idency, and lie retired to private life. In IS,")G he was appointed by Mr. Pierce Minister to the Court of St. James, a po sition which he filled with advantage to the country and with great credit to him self until the appointment of Mr. Adams in the spriug of 1801, when he returned home just ut the breaking out of the war. He at once declared himself opon the side of the Union, but he has recently taken no active part in public affairs. The deceased was a lawyer of the old school, and one of the ablest men at tire Philadelphia liar. Ilia very courteous and graceful manner rendered liiuu pecu liarly fitted for diplomatic service, and he ,y th". citizens of some of our border counties, through the disgraceful barbarity of the rebel for ces which ravaged parts of them, and burned the town of Chambersburg, we have no public misfortune to lament.— The year closes with a train of brilliant successes obtained by the armies of the I"nitod States. Inspiring hope in every loyal mind that tlie accursed rebellion will soon bo crushed, and pence bo resto red to our country. The 1» il •.!!«•«• in the Tie.vmry N. 1803. WM I •' |2,117,83170 It- •t, • • :!: •! ' «r muling JN-.V. lsiu 4.733,31$ 02 Total i:iTn:»'iiiTf r Ii-■ 1 venr eliding NOVOIUVM . 30, FOIL $F1,880,W4 72 Tlie mmm-iit* fur tire Mine |"ri< I Intra L«5O?! 193 (41 lioliic ein 1 t.Mirv, N< vumbci 3», I\C4. < : Tin-■ i« i ■ i iil • Sin! iM Kuim 4/Ltjt x tin' I i \•• l avi ! , •». I ' I n #4** 1 th " 1 •It*v «•! Sep !• IIIIMT I fiat, aa li-llow- : 9 • Amount - I .4.» t <\.uim.n uml ill rixliiffl $ 208,560 59 A ! .II.JW*. vi/ : I i\<- pi t rf-tii, I iiiof theCnm finm wealth ?256,3u1 03 Interest certilloite* redeemed... '-til 47 208,560 50 The fisci.il year accounted for in the statement of the Treasury Department, embraces the time from the Ist of De cember, 1*0:!. to the 90th of November, IStil. 'I lie sinking fund year commen ced the tirst Monday in September. and closed the tirst Tuesday iu September 18G4. This will explain the discrepan cy between the statement of the Treasury Department as to the reduction of the public debt of the State, and the statc mcut embodied in the proclamation rela tive to the sinking fund. Amount of Public IMit «>f IVIHIHJIvwniti i ■ '• •• ""1 nil th" I -■» «!:• V of I> - em ber, Im3 : $.19,400,500 *8 Deduct amount r*- at 1 lmtftito r.ii'.fin v dur ing I lie flueal > • •»r •tiling with Nuvomhrr 30, lHt>4 Five f»»-r cent fctuckfl #104,782 73 Four and a half |»er cent. «tock< 10/HK) on Interest curtiUeatfj. 2.270 §1 110,902 -84 Pul.lir tlcf.f IV. mhr r Ih| 1bii4.... M 130,370,808 9* Fnndud 8. I t. vi/ ' 'r'v.!.'.''.V... .V.*.s*tH>.nßo 00 1 ix..',.. I .a. ",diu | l'i 1...1 I .'.MM I- •! II", '"I • 1 itt'L 1 V «H> Kvl-f t iiiitct.lu tlrculAtioii, f»7,251 90 liit« - i i . rtUirat s out Mamllng 13,©50 52 fbt'ic*l t l'i ii 11 Hiu liiiia e I 4.44S 38 !>«•»:! Htlc crmUtor'M eel tUI- ""■ 115,51 J 22 $30,37'.MP U 4 -« 4 Military 10-tu |i<-l. The tax on ton ago imposed by tho act of oOth April and 2oth August, 2*ii-t. ban yielded something less than £300,000, a much less sum than was anticipated.— 1 recommend a revision of thee acts I r the purpose of rendering this source of revenue more productive', and amending other defects in those bills. The revenue derived from the tax on banks during the year, amounts to (SOti t>7, but under the enabling act of the State so many of our banks have become National Jiauks under theaot of Cmigri that this source of revenue may be con sidered as substantially extinguished, an ! it will be ,nccc--ary in some way to make up the deficiency from other sources. Tho act of Congress authorizes the taxation by the State of tho stock in the National IJanks in tho hands of the hold ers, not exceeding the rate of taxation imposed on other similar property, and part of tho deficiency may be thus provi ded for. The amount of debt extinguished by the Sinking Fund during the year is un usually small, which is to be accounted for by the extraordinary expenses which have been incurred. Seven hundred and thirteen thousand dollars(s7l3.ooo)havc been paid to refund to the banks the [ money advanced by theiy to pay thevol , untecrs iu service during the invasion ol the State tji IJ-tiS. One hundred thous ' and dollars ($-100,000) have been dis tributed among the inhabitants of Chani ■ borsburg, suffering by the rebel destrue . tion of their town. About two hundred thousand dollars (8200,000) have been expended under the acts providing ti>r the payment of extra military claims and in addition to these extraordinary outlays, the amount appropriated to charities was last year larger than usual. In icy oppinion this matter of dona i tions to charities is fast running into a . great abuse. Houses of Jtefuge, aud In , sane, Blind and Deaf Asylums, appear to j be proper subjects of State bounty, be cause their objects are of public impor tance and to be useful, and well aud eco nomically managed, it seems to be uec : essary that they should be more extensive i than would be required for the wants of . a particular county. J Jut in our system. I ordinary local charities are left to the care of the respective localities, and to give the public money for their support is real -3 ly to tax the inhabitants of all the coun -ties for the benefit of one. "Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our djty as we understand it"—*- LrNCOtv BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, FA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, .1865. The national taxation in heavy and must probably be made heavier, and tbe local taxes authorized by unwise legisln tion and paid by our people arc excessive. In view of these xsyeumstances, woshould endeavor to avdia increasing their bur bens by making undue appropriations for any purpose. It being alleged -that the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Company has not in various particulars obeyed tlie law by which it was incorporated, the Attor ney General ("on the suggestion of parties claiming to be thereby injured) has filed an information in equity against tkutcom pany, seeking an injunction to prevent a continu nee of its past, ami the per sistence of its intended illegal course. Hince my last annual message on the report of John A. Wright, Esij., that the Hunbury and Erie llnilroad was ttnisht'd, I ordered the bonds, remaining in the Treasury to be delivered to the com pany. i -It is a subject of just pride to the pco ! pic of this Commonwealth, that this great w rk is completed, and whilst it o] ens a large and wealthy part of the State to the commerce of the seaboard, and unites capital and enterprise within our borders, it secures to the <''inmonwcalth the pay ment of sums due her from tbe coin | P«ny. " In my special message of SOth April last, to which I refer, 1 oommuuica'o in the Legislature, in some detail, the cir cumstances connected with the ad anee by banks and other corporations of the funds to pay the volunteer militia of 1808. It is not necessary here to recapitulate them at length. The case was peculiar, and it is believed none quite like it hits occurred. The call for volunteers wm? made by the nuth ritics of the United States, hut it being found that men could not be got under that call, the form of a call by the State authorities for the do fence of the State was, with tbe a- out of the I'resident, substituted. The United £ t-ites agreed to furnish the arms, subsis tence and supplies, but it was alleged th t Congress hau made no appropriation cov ering the pay. In this state of things, the emergency being great, the Secretary of War telegraphed me, thus: W ammxcto.n, July -1, 1803. T<> //is /'. rr-1!> //'//, Gov. /I. (r. Cm-tin : Your telegrams respecting the pay of militia, called out under your proclama tionofthe 27th Vf June, have been re ferred to the President for instruction, and lyivo been under his consideration, lie directs me to say, that while uo law appropriation authorizes the payment, by the General made it. Measures have been taken ior the payment os troops mustered in! • the United States service a.-; gOOA as the tiIUS ter and pay rolls an made nut. ihe an swer of this Department, to you as (iov eruor of tho State, will be given dileetly to your elf, whenever the Department is prepared to make an answer. KDV.IN M. Stan TON, Stcretary of War. Tho batiks and other corporations re fused to advance the money unkss I w mid pledge myself to ask |au appropriation i'roui the Legislature to icinnd it. It will be ii' tiied that 'he [ ledge of the Presi dent is clear and distinct, but, notwith standing tho money was pa d and the ac counts settled and placed in tbe bauds ol the President before the meeting of Con grc.-s. uo such recommendation as prom ised me was made, and for that reason the bill introduced for that purpose failed. The men were raised aud placed under the command of Major General Couth and the other United States officers in this Department. Tho troops were held in service longer than the emergency for which they were called out required.— Sever:.l of the regiments were marched immediately into distant parts of tho State, by order of the officers of the army stationed in Pennsylvania, against my re peated remonstrance. They were retain ed, ns was alleged, to preserve the peace and enforce the draft. Nearly, if not quite, onc-lialf the money was paid to troops thus bold, and after the emergen cy had expired. Finding that the appro priation was likely to fail in Congress, I laid the matter before the Lcgislatuie, just prior to their adjouruuicnt, in May last, and an act of Assembly was immediately passed to refund the money out of the State Treasury, which as abova stated, has been done. I ought tu say that the appropriation by Congress wa vigorously supported by all the members from this Slate, ill both branches. Having done everything in my jiowcr to procure the payment of tlio just claim of the State, I now recommend that the Legislature take the subject into consideration with a view to induce proper action by the President and Congress, liy the act of 22d Au gust, 18(14, 1 was authorized tit cause an immediate enrollment of the militia to be made, unless that recently made by'the I'uited Stat s should be found sufficient, and to raise by 'volunteering or draft a corps of fifteen thousand men for the de feucc of our southern border. Tbe Uni ted States tnrollnieiit being found very dercetivc, 1 directed an enrollment to be made, which is now in progress under the charge of Colonel Lamuel Todd, whom I appointed Inspector General. A draft by the United States was then in progress, and it was not thought advisable to har rass our people by a contemporaneous State draft, even if a draft had been practicable under the present law. Volunteers could not 1 n obtained,there being no bounties,and the men not being exempted by tlieir en listment in that corps from draft by the Cuited Stales. Fortunately the United Stales placed an army, under lien. Sher idan, between us and the enemy, and thus provided effectually for our defence.' With such adequate protection as proved by tin' brilliant, campaign of that army, L did not think it right to incurthe expense to the State of an independent army, ami the withdrawal of so many of our people I from their homes and pursuits. Mean i while arrangements have been made with i the authorities at Washington for arming, clothing. 'subsistihg and supplying the corps at the expense of tlio I nited States, and an order has been given by the au thorities of the T'nited States to furlough such voh.nleers in the corps as may be drafted by the I'nilcd States. The oOrps s i privileged nrd to exceed 5,000 men.—- It i t my intention to raise 5,000 men dur ing the winter, anil I have already adypt i ures to that cud. Thero may occur irruptions of irregular bodies of the rcb : els inl it is well lobe provide! agaiußt them. The number proposed to be so rais ed and put into-actual service, will; in my judgment, be sufficient, and a regard to due economy requires that nomore than are sufficient should be placed on pay.— The remaining 10,000 will bo organized, and ready for service in case of necessity, I invito your immediate attention to the very ablu report of the Inspector Oenoral which sots forth the defects in the law which be has discovered in his prepara tion for dirtying it into practical ("fleet. " lie Stale agencies at Washington, and in the Southwest, are inactive and suc cessful operation, T communicate here with the reports of Col. Jordan,at Wash ington.and Col. Chamberlain, agent for the Soiilhwt The provisious of the law requiring ihe agents to collect mmiir due by tlio I nited Stittes to soldiers.have been beiK'flcient. A reference to their reports will.-!' >W the magnitude and ice fulness of this branch of their service.— I deiire to invite ihe attention of all our volunteers, officers. Mildiersand their f.un ilie |<>tlie fuel ilia: the Stab- agifiits will collect all I heir claims on the (lovcnimiiit' gratuitously, as 1 have reason lo believe that many are still ignorant of that fact, and are greatly impo-nd upon by the ex orbitant commissions charged by private claim agents. I'nder the act «•;' the 6£h of May. '64, I appointed lion. 'j'honii- 11. Uurrowei to take chargqnf the arrangements for the education o, the orphans of soldiers. I coininunie it ■ herewith a copy of his re port on tlio subject, lie has discharge 1 liis duties with eomuiendablo zeal, fideli ty anil elii i.'iioy. I.i mostly recommend that a ; .yuiaucnt and liberal appropria tion be itl-ido to support this just And wor thy Hcheme ns beneficence. I recommend that an appropriation be made li r pensions to the volunteer mililia man, (er their families) who wore billed or hurt in service in the years Ist!2 and 1 Sii'J. \s soldiers sometimes arrive here who are in-line, and Who should bo pro tected and eared tor. 1 recommend th:lt provision be made for their being placed in the Stale Asylum li r the In line, at this placo, and kept until notice can bo given to tlio authorities gX their t Ve counties, who should to required to reinove and (are for them. I fool it to be uiv duty to invite your serous attention to the evils growing out of the systems of passing acts of incorpo ration, for purposes wh! h arc provided for by generrl lan-. We have panted acls authorizing charters to be obtained without special legislation. These acts have been general!? prepared with some care, am! contain the provisietis which the l.egii'aturo thought necessary to pro tect the commonwealth and her citizens. If these general laws arc not found to an swer such purposes, they should be amend ed and perfected. If any company de sires to be incorporated with greater priv iligcs than are conferred, ortobe relieved from any of the conditions imposed by these acts, it appears to me U|at it should be required first to obtain a charter un der the general laws, and then apply to the Legislature fc an act making the changes which arc desired. 'lhe atten tion of the Legislature will thus bo drawn to the specific object, and a judgment can be formed as its propriety. I would al so observe that great evil results from the habit of granting privileges tu a corpora tion by a mere reference to some former private act relating to other corporations sometimes without even giving the datcof these acts. All these practices are bad, and although they may some times be pursued by parties having no bad inten tion. yet they certainly originated in tho design of surprising the Commonwealth into grants of privileges which it was known could not be obtaiocd if their ex tent were understood, and they are often followed now for the same fraudulent pur pose. 1 strongly recommend the repeal of the act passed the 11th day of July, A. u., 18livi. entitled ■■ An act relating to cor porations for mechanical, manufacturing, rainiug and quarrying purposes." Its provisions are found to be practic ally so inconsistent with tho duo protec tion of the citizens and with the juM pol icy of the Commonwealth, that it ought not to be allowed to stand longer on -. 1808. entitled " A further tnpp.emqgt t« an act to enable joint tenants and tenants in com mon, aad . adjoining owners of mineral lands in this Commonwealth, to manage and develop the 9aiue.'' This act allows fureigu corporations to hold jtliroo hundred acres of land in this State i'ur mining purposes. It was patJ cd, it is believe I, for the purpose of en abling companies near our border engag ed in the manufacture of iron, to hold land as ore banks. But under the idea that the sinking of an oil well is mining; It is believed that companies have alrea dy baen organized, under the laws of ether States, and that more will be, for the purpose of holding lands and carry ing on the oil business in this State, it Would be better I i remove all doubt on this question by repealing the act. These Companies, being foreign corporations,aro not within the control of our laws to the extent that they ought to be lor the pur poses ol' taxation and regulation. The immeu.se development of wealth in some of our western counties by ttoe discovery of oil has a ided vastly to the re -ources ot' the Commonwealth. I have made efforts to ascertain the val ue of the product during the lust year, but have failed in procuring information sufficiently accurate to justify me in esti mating its amount. It is already vast, and is rapidly increasing. The productions and manufactures'of the State have become so diversified and abundant that some measure slioftld be ta ken for i.n accurate ascertainment of them, so that their extent mav bo generally known, and also that the neec sary taxa tion may be intelligently imposed, I re i iiuuiend for tie -e pur| Uia creation of a Bureau, of which the Auditor Oen rial and State Treasury shall be member-, and the head of which shall be a new ol lieer. to be style 1 ( , (HnmU"> ,, nsr of Sta tistics, or designated by any other appro priate title. The act of L'fifh August, ISfl4, pro viding l(>r the voting of soldiers, should be rare fully examined, with a view t'i it nuiendim lit, and, indeed, a revision of our whole election laws would seem J > be de sirable, with a view to tin' two e-'-ent'iil object■< of.l. The admission of' illegal votes a' the polls; and, Li. Faithful and correct returns of the votes actually juri ed. I oouiiminicato herewith the opin ion of the Attorney (icncrul en the eon llo tingieturns.for the ltit'i (' iilgrc siciii.il District, wlii'li will show soiuo of the practical diffieultieswhieh nii- : under the e.Mitig system. Without undertaking 1 > Veeoetnmerid the adoption of any par ticular plan. I submit the v. hole subject, to-your careful and earnest con ideiation, in the b' pe that in your wisdian j a will be able to devise Func measure which will pri duee the result so (-Jeiitiat to the ex istence of a free government.: that votes shall be fairly taken in the tirst instance, and fairly cuuiired and returne I after wards. t have endeavored since T came into of fice to exercise t>.« cautiously as jiossible the powers confided to the Executive, and avoid usurping any. 1 diall endeavor to I crsist in this course to the cud, A new call has been made by tho I'n - id -nt for 300,000 men. This leaders it proper (hat I should invite youf aftcUtnn to the evils which have-iefulted from abu ses of the system of local bounties which was begun, in an emergency, by the vol untary awl genorou.-> loyalty of our citi zens, before the p." .-ave by Congress Of the enrollment act, and has since been c .ntinucd by sundry acts of A. send ly. There nit has-been to the last degree >ppivssivc to our citizens, and unproduc tive of corresponding benefit to the (iov ernfnent. In some counties and town hips. it is believed that tho bounty tax during the last year exceeded the; ivcrage income derived from the land. The large sums offered in some places in the com petition for men. have demoralized many of our people, and the most atrocious frauds connected with the system have become common. The men of some of tho poorer counties have been nearly ex hau.-.teil by their being cred ited to richer lcealties paying heavier bounties. The system as practiced low ers the nior '-vcre. The result is that there ari»ut this tirn, iri tho various pris ons, some eighteen or twenty persons under sentence of death, anil who may lie there for an indefinite period of time. The vast amount of additional la bor which has been imposed upon tho Seen ! iry c'the ('• ni:nonw< a Ith I* the ex'sting state of a (fairs renders it absolutely necessary that tfie clerical force of his department should be in creased. Tho making out of com missi'.us for our largo army of volun teers in the field, and the preparations of ( lection blanks rqcuired by law to be sent to the army—tho receipt, fill ing, and recording the returns of t'«c soldiers' votes —tfie enrollment of the yearly Increasing acts of Assembly, and (If charters obtained under gener al laws, and the making of letter; patent for them —all theso together with the previous heavy duties of the ollicc—form an ajrgkjegiate, the weight of which must ultimately break down his few subordinates, diligent, faithful,and enduring ustliey are. . I recommed, therefore that provisions be promptly made to meet tlie necessities of this case. It is a subject of just congratula tion di tnict ed condition of the country, our sys tem of common sclr ols continues to to flourish. The report of the Sn p rintenue'nt, which I herewith trans mit, shows that there has been an in crease of scholars during the past year. It is important to secure as teachers a sufficient number of men of suitable education and ability, and with a view to this object, i suggest for your consideration the expediency of making out of the school fund it-elf some provision for the support of suci* teach ers as shall alter a given term of service become superannuated or disabled while in the parformauce of their duties. Of the fund place 1 ia my hands by the acts of the Iti May liOLnnd he 4th of May, 18<54j and to be appropria ted in my judgement in military service, I have expended in the last year $0,124,- f,.-i in support of the agency at Wanhing ton-»Hp until the -U'th of May last, fur my personal st iff and other military ser vice. an account of which is settled iu the office of the Auditor General. No similar appropriation will be requir ed at this session. A bill was introduced and passed the House at the last session of the Legisla tnre providing for tho appuifltmeut of a commission to ascertain the damages done in tho"counties of Bedford, Fulton, Frank lin, C'umberlaid, York and Adams, by the rebel army in which failed in the Senate for want of time. I coiftinend to your consideration the propriety of the passage of such a bill du the present session. It is just to the people of these counties who have suffer ed, as well as the Government that these damages should be fairly ascertained and the evidence perpetuated, whatever may be the view to be taken on future consid eration by the United States or State Gov ernment as to the propriety of paying such claims. NUMBER 5 Maj. Gen. Hancock has been authori zed by the Wat Department to raise a corps of veterans, to be called tlio First oorps. Ono of the regulations is that upon application by the Governor of any State, recruiting officers will bo designa te! for such Strife. I have been reques ted by Gen. Hancock to make such ap plication, but have hitherto declined to comply with the requet. It appears to me that the families of men raised on the plan adopted by tho War Department would probably not be entitled to tho re lief provided by our own laws for tho fam ilies of volunteers. 1 have inquired of Gen. Hancock whether tho proposed corps is ro form part of tho regular army or of tho volunteer force, and if tho latter, under what act of Congress is it to bo raised, lie has referred that communications to the War Department, from which 112 have as yet received no answer to it. The t''Mowing letters have passed bo tweeu (ien. Hanoock and myself on this subject: I'*.SVsVt.WSIA EXK'I Tl VnCIIAJIBER, 11AUKI-TSUIM), I'a., |»eo. loth, lStji. t rknkual.: —l received your letter.at tJio moment of my departure for Phila delphia on Monday laht. 1 returned this morning and hastened to reply. Having no knowledge, of the organiza tion of the corps you aro to doinmanrl than what appears iu th« newspapers and orders, I will bo obliged if you will in form mo if it is to bo regarded as a part of the regular army of tho United States or as a part of the voluuteer service. II it is part of the army of tho United States, [ eertay&ly haven » connection with it, as Governor of the State. Jf it is organized as volunteers, bo pleased to inform me under what act of Qtmgress. I need not ay, General, that I won Id be most happy to do all in my power, per sonally and officially, to raise a force to be commanded by you. Can we notraise yon two or three regiments in Pennsylva nia, in the usual manner and according to the act Of 'Cony-re-M, for your corps? Of course, I would consult you in the selee tion of offi\;rs, and only commission wlv re you approved. 1 c.-innot un lerntaud the importance of my asking that persons be sent to Penn sylvania toiiidiu • veterans to golotho Dis- I (.of Columbia 1 to enli-f. 1 certainly will do nothing to cmbnmss the plan We have benefits, by general and spec ial legislation in Pennsylvania, which at tach to the volunteer and his family. While I will do nothing to deter (he vet-* cruns of the State from entering your cor; s, I hc-itaic to connect myself with a model of orilistuiant which may de prive them of such benefits, unless it is my duty under the 1 nr. I am, General, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, A O. CUItTI.V. Major"Genoral Winficld S. Hancock. IIF:AI>QI AHYKIIS KIITSFCORPS, ruv, DA!., Dec. Jtl,lS!sl. To UU t'.rcHb >(••//, A. (i. Car tin, <'•■!■ rnor of l't * Slit—l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of tho JOlli in. t.. and have referred the same t.» the War Dej irtmcrit. i thank for your kind expression of personal good will, and that there should be any aCea.-i jii for hesitation ori your part to lend your official influence, as Govcrnor, to tl.e raising of corps at ; ropoged by tho War Department. It is not within my province, perhaps, to discuss the pLiu of organization, as I am acting under the dircit orders of 1 tho War department, and my own views, therefore, arc of no practical moment. [ may "ay, however, that 1 have no knowl edge of the or;raniention other than what I have derived from the orders and circu lars of which 1 mailed your official cop ies December oth. I cannot fto how volunteers from this corps from your State Ipse any of tho ad vantag s attaching to th- o fvr other or ganizations. They are credited to the localities where they or their families are domicil ed. and count on the quota of your State. 1 It should be borne in mind that this is an effort to get men into service who aro not subject to'a draft. I have the honor to remain very res pectfully, your obedient servant. WiNi'ur.o S. HANCOC K, Major General TT. S. Volunteers, com manding Fifth Cory . The only act of Congress for raising volunteers that F am aw ir - of. reqnnei that tl.e field and line officers thai! bo comm' £ : ';cd by the Governors of tho several f-'tate 3 . The men in this ccrpsare not to 1 e formed into organizations of tho respective fates, and it is proposed that it- officers -hall 1 c appo'nte I by the gen eral government, 112 know of no act of Congri s or of Assembly nnder which men so r iscd will bo entitled to pensions or their families to bonefitsjfrora the Uni ted Staes or State Government. In ad dition, I will observe that withrtut any feeling or jealousy. I am still not. ready t > participate actively in transferring to tho United Staffs illegally the right of ap pointment vested in the State, and which the State authorities can exercise with more discrimination by reason of having a greater familiarity with the merit* of the citizens of their own State, than the United States authorities can possibly have.l will transmit any further com munication that I may receive on this subject. It will be perceived by refer ence to the correspondence* that I have offered to raise, in the manner pr<>vided by law, twoor three regiment*of veterans for Hancock's Corps. My det-ire is to assiU tho Government in every legal mode in raising men, and cspeeiuliy to fa cilitate au•officer—«nativo i'eimsyhjmiail