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
<ir« w filnt and fainter »n th»- 1 ar
\\ hl!e«v«ry nerve *«- *»ral«#d to hear,
Anxiety wit* rrowned with fear,
And every vulce wan dtimh.
>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 <he comity of Phil
adelphia. In 1828 he was elected May
or of Philadelphia by the Councils of the I
city, a position which lie re-igu. 1 during
the following year to accept the appoint
ment, of Cnited States District, Attorney.
Tn 1831 -he was elected to the Senate of
the I nited States, and while there lie was
among the most prominent supporters of j
a protective tar ill and the ro-chal'ter of
the Hank of the I nited States, both of
which measures lie subsoijuently op;—
cl.
After the expiration of his term of
office in is:!!! he was appointed Attorney-
General of this Slate. In I s .>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
,<vas probably one of the most popular rep
resentatives the I'uitcj States ever had at
the CourU,of St.. Petersburg and St.
.James,
Bremer utters benedic
tions on America in its-grievous trials.—
She says hei heart is there now more than
ever, and were she younger she would he
there soul and body, and mix among
those who take care of the sick and
wounded.
SaT" At Carboudale, 111., there are three
cotton gins in operation, and all have been
busy since the beginning of the season.
Three hundred bales have been pressed
there and sent to market, all from the vi
cinity. Other gius arc at work in the
couuty.
ANNUAL MESSAGE
OF THE
GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA.
To the Senate mal House of Rep.
During the pint year the people of this
Commonwealth 'luive had reason to he
grateful to Almighty God for many bles
sings. 'I lie earth has heen fruitful, in
dustry has thriven, and with the excep
tion of the injury suffered i>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<v. 3<>. 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<<r Act 15th May, 1801 3,«WM1,000 0U
Totalpttblie debt Deoeinburl, 1804 $39,379,003 94
The Commonwealth hold* honda reeei\< I from th -
-inle • 112 Publie \\ •-i U am iinting tot« n million, three
livndred thou aiuldollar** (10,31)0,000), aw follows:
I*'-nn»ylvaula KitllroadCo.
I m »iui. $6,800,000 00
Philudeljdiia ami Erla U. K.
IVmnany buudu 3 ."1)0,000 00
and reduce the public debt to £20,071',-
(iUB !>-l.
The tax on ton ago imposed by tho act
of oOth April and 2oth August, 2*ii-t.
ban yielded something less than £300,000,
a much less sum than was anticipated.—
1 recommend a revision of thee acts I r
the purpose of rendering this source of
revenue more productive', and amending
other defects in those bills.
The revenue derived from the tax on
banks during the year, amounts to
(SOti t>7, but under the enabling act of the
State so many of our banks have become
National Jiauks under theaot of Cmigri
that this source of revenue may be con
sidered as substantially extinguished, an !
it will be ,nccc--ary in some way to make
up the deficiency from other sources.
Tho act of Congress authorizes the
taxation by the State of tho stock in the
National IJanks in tho hands of the hold
ers, not exceeding the rate of taxation
imposed on other similar property, and
part of tho deficiency may be thus provi
ded for.
The amount of debt extinguished by
the Sinking Fund during the year is un
usually small, which is to be accounted
for by the extraordinary expenses which
have been incurred. Seven hundred and
thirteen thousand dollars(s7l3.ooo)havc
been paid to refund to the banks the
[ money advanced by theiy to pay thevol
, untecrs iu service during the invasion ol
the State tji IJ-tiS. One hundred thous
' and dollars ($-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 <iovernuicnt. of' troops that
have been nin-lcred into the service of
the United States, he will recommend to
Congress to make an appropriation, for
the payment of troops called into State
service to repeal an actual invasion,inclu
ding those of the State of Pennsylvania.
If, in tho meantime, you can raise the
necessary amount, as has been done in
other States, tlie appropriation w : ,ll be ap
plied to refund the advance to th i \vh >
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 <ur
statue book. I approved the act in ques
tion with great reluctant e.and subsequent
reflection and observation havo ssMaslicd
me of its mischievous character! *
1 also recommend the repeal of an-act
passed the2-d day of July, A. I>-. 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<il< of the army itself, by put
ting iuto the ranks men actuated by mere
ly mercenary motives, and who are, temp
ted to desert by the facility of escaping
detection, and the prospect of new gains
by re-enlistaient. a process which (hey
expect to be able tore) eat an indefinite
number of times. Of the number of
men for whom bounties have been paid.it
is believed that not one-fourth have been
actually placed in the ranks of the army,
and even those who have joined it, huve
probably not on an average received for
their Own use one-half of thebounty paid
for them. Immense sums have thus been
appropriated by cheats and swindlers, in
many cases believed to L.e acting in com
plicity with agencies of the Government.
An effort was made to prosecute some
of the parties concerned in- such frauds
under the act of Assembly of 14th Au
gust last, and they were Jjoundover by tho
Mayor of this city, but after the witnes
ses had come here on the meeting of the
court they disappeared from the public
eye. 1 rerommend the whole subject to
your careful consideration, that the system
uiity be purged of these evils.
I am officially informed that the
<luota of this State, under the recent
ca'l, is 06,1)99, but I am not inform
ed of the principle on which the draft
is to be made.
It* appears fron: the President's
proclamation that it is made chiefly
to supply an alleged deficiency in for
mer calls. I am surprised at the
amount of thi-; large can
only account for the difference be
tween the number of men furnished
by the State and the deficiency al
leged to in the assignment of
the present quota by the assumption
that the men never reached the array
a'though enlisted and mustered after
the payment of bounties by the ly-
ealMes to which they were supposed
to be credited. It is possible that
there are very few counties in the
State which have not paid large boun
ties for a number of men sufficient
to fill their former quotas.
Taking the local bounties at the
low averages of four hundred dollars,
it is believed that it can be demon
strated that tho people of Pennsylva
nia have been thus robbed of more
than twelve millions of dollars during
the past year. This estimate does
not include "the money fraudulently
t:iken from men who have actually
gone into the service.
The continuance of these monstrous
and unparalleled abuses cannot be
tolerated.
Certainly moro men aro required
to aid our gallant soldiers in the fiield
in crushing this rebellion, and every
consideration of patriotism, and of
regard fur our brothers who are now
in the face of the enemy, obliges us
to spare no effort to raise the necessa
ry force.
In June last 112 gave letters to a
Committee of the Prison Society of
Philadelphia, requesting that tho
members of the Committee might be
allowed to visit and examine the pris
ons and poor-louses throughout the
Commonwealth. 1 trafisftntwiih this
communication a copy of the report
made tojmo by the Society of the re
sults of their labors, and commend
the same to your attention with a
view to the adoption of proper meas
ures to'reform the abuses which iuive
been found to exist.
In connection with ibis subject, 1
again call your attention to the expe
diency of providing for the reception
in tlie penitentiaries, of persons con
victed of mufder in the first degree,
arid who may be pardoned on condi
tion of serving a limited term therein. I
has become a custom that an incom
ing Governor should notjs on: a war
rant of execution in discs left unact
ed 011 by his predecessor, and it fre
quently happens that even in cases
which aro recent, whilo some punish
ment should be inflicted that of death
may appear to the Executive to be
too > '-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