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Wm. DI. POILTEIM, Editor.
VOL. 62.
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE
ANDREW C. CURT I,
Governor of I'enn'a,
.TO 110T11 nowsm or rm LEGISIATURE
READ, JAINUMAY 8, 1862
To dm honorable Site Senate and house of
,Re •
presentotives of etc CommonwealM of Peon
• eylvania :
GENTLEMEN —lt has pleased Divine
Providence, during the last season, to
give us abundant crops, unbroken peace
within our borders, unanimity atnong our
people, and thus to enable this Common
wealth to do her full duty to the country,
to herself; and to posterity• For these
blessings we have cause to be grateful
The balance in the
Treasury on the
30th Nov., IMO,
was
The receipts during
the fißcal year end
itig, Nov 30, 1801,
were as follows:
From nrd'y sources, 3,017,313.57
From temp or'y lout
under net of Apt.
13, 1801, at 6 per
Cent. itu crest, and
negol lato,l at par
From 6 per cent.
;9311 11n , 11. Act
ty IS. 1861, also
neo"tialod at par,
From sotttely of Cin.
0113,
From United Stq;e4
an U C • l Nry
I==
From
rw:lotlicrs,rr(uwl
Total into TrraFtiry
for 114al yvar rna•
lag Nov ;10 . 1861
An the 1)131,1.111S
is :
H 1,480,34
F iiiir!•(Ng2S 3
• For military
unl Pr pct , Ay,l i 1 13,
1861, nri.l 11,q, 13
Ufld 16, 1 61
471 R7:}nfj
1,7t1R..1(;2 Fri
470.333,31
Fur ain't !win under
art Api ii 12 , 1861,
rc,,al 1,
Leaving tmlancA• in
Tr'ensury, Nov. SU,
18131,
I=ll
PITIII.IC nsnr , L'l's I
flooMymi from tem
por:iry 10:1T1. under
Am Apr. 12, 16fi1,
I,:topmf RH oio,l 0,
thuslandtog i Nuv 20,
17 , no
87000
100,006
ME
Recd from loan un
der Act May 15,
1861,
Ain't of public del,
funded and un
funded, Nov. 330,
1860. 4790,817,50
Paid during fiscal
year
101,=,42
87 ,866,5 OS
Remaining
(exclot-tce of mil.i
uiry loots :Wove
montiontol,) Nov.
'3O, 1861,
'RECEIPTS AND' tNrENDITI'RES 1,1 , MILITARY
HEM
ltervirds frotn
tnry loin, under
Act _\pr. 12, 1661
" :kitty 15,
From Pay 91n.sters
and others refund
ed,
475 010
2,61' 15U
83 229. 1 1
3,119.370,45
Paid for military ex
penses as above,
Paid for retlemning
loan, act Apr. 12, 375,00 n
2,333,872,04
Unexpentlea of mili
tnry Is.,ns,
==9
=3
Balance in Treasury,
from ord'y sourceo
Nov. JO, 180,
Rece'd froin ord'ary.
sources during &s_
calyear,
681,433,03
3,01 ,645 57
3,M1,078,66
Paid for ordinary
,apenees, as above 3,144,480,34
Unexpended of or dinary revenue,
Reed from United
States Gov. on uet
military expend.
Roe'd from Society
•of Cincittnatute,
Balanco in Treasury,
1113 abovo,
- It will be observed that the free y,..,, cf/ Is
on the 10th of November, and the t , ioldi g
'fund year on the first Monday in Septernl'es.
which accounts for the apparent, detiriem-y if ,
the amount of debt paid is stated in the 'll,l
surer's.repert, and by'the Cot Mi,•sioners of
the Smutting Fund: . I'he State has all hand 11.
fitirplus of uniforms and equipments which
nest ebbitt $/90,000, whirdi the lluitc , l ~ f ;.t-s
have agreed to take and pay for at con
itingernents have been au/de Wit h the tlimeral
governmotit for thereinihurateut or the mil
nary expenses of the State Auto the 27th of
July rest, The hills as paid are forwardi.d to
Washington and Rurtial repayments Brio al
ready been. made.
It will he observed that.- the r'coeipfs from
ordinary sources Of revenue for the year 180
have_dccreased, lint as payments have been
Made on Soule of them since the settlement at
the cadorthe - IP , CaI year - RI - 11M first
cember, add more may reasonably be e.xpect,-
id in addition to the paytifents,te be, made by
the •National'Government as hereinafter Stated
the balance availablein 'the .treasiiry Will
_be
largely increased. ' .
...It will alio be observed that it has net yet
been found necessary to of theloan
Difeptid,untlpr the act of' the latkof May'last.
In Sento items.* 'ordinary revenue oflBol
- in exeese of lhat of 1 ft6o, . •
The loan dutlior4ed by , the act of lifsylGth.
1861, - yits - taiten at par. This - occurrence,
moat, rgratifying T ifindcr aliAlio-then existing
in
eireusrangesinl
of
,eiiiiritssinent, affords ,tri
uctiphout . - eyidence ;of' the' confidence of the
Pesplo in the - 'staltiliiy-nud - intadrity of the.
Commonwealth end Of Weir dotertninstion'to
support the Gorernment?
Theltipeititions of the .Sielting , Fund - during
the hist year hare. been ttA ellown bY,r6i Vro-:
olawation of Pith teptembei lest., as foiloty -
idnill4-; the last spring reccivcd from the
l'hilsd,Thhia and Erie (late Sunbury and
Erie) Railroad Company forty bonds of
that Com , ,,any tier 00.000 each, tind - b,
mortgage to its s lice the same eKeentcd in
contorwity with the third section of the
act of March the ith, That coin
piny has also deposited in the State Trea
sury its bonds to the amount of five mil
lions of dollars, in accordance with the
lith sent ion of the same act. On the 9th
of Th.ty last I granted my warrant autho
rizing the State Treasurer to deliver to
tho - said company one thousand of said
heals, Irving to the amount of one million
of dollars. This warrant was issued iu
con bninity with the low, the five per cent
bom' nalitioned in the fifth section of
the act (except those belom , ing• to the
State and How in the ;•, , ittliing Fund) ha:
vin g li . pon previously sot rendered and can
celled, and satisbietion entered on the
Record of the Mort,a , 4 e mentioned in said
ec•tion Haring received notice
from ti, e c•onimny that the bonds so de.
t the c , ,omptlns , or their prose ds
h.,.1 b.aot.app;o : ,ri , ted inaecordatice whit
the provisions of 111 , 1, w. ,in the :(1-1.. 01 .
.1 nit, :tppo.lited John A \V right as
toner to oxainin,‘ sod to report to
III• their proceeds
oad novo ap i i-priatthl tai the I ,l lrpu'o ,, ru
,in,!tal by I set llis report, has not
y,•t 1), , N1 r ,, :eived 'by me.
MEI
$BBl
47') 000
CO 2 150
( , 00•)
12,229,4.1
43
lEEE
MEM
HMI
(iii . l , 'Nl‘rd Ih,l NIT:11101`111PlIk 11:1Ve
at j,l,t iti.t(hr tinder which t
ruin :nl v , . lJii , • cttoli Lit wecii Philallclphia
Eric will lw emnploto,l within a
C,.:10 It '1,4 iiii hlr to c,tiii.at 1.0,1
)1..1.11) OW ur this ;2rc.tt Avorik'
th,, e,iweialiy
iuhl,iviphi,3 utid Erie unit the h;thcrti)
.L.iLcte,l emuitic6. ]ii ar Its ruuto
Che
=I
37.(10q 5 S":
Hy the apt Of the 21st ,Ipril, I• , :iq. for
the of the t=tute cunals to the -''.llll
- and Eric railrotid company it wtis
Itnu'idttcl that if that convoy should :cid
cuitak for a : , rcuter runt in- the rig,
r..rite flow tLreo and it Italy willions of
MEE
'nu 1
~entf s. seventy five per eitutum or• FAfell
Fhould be paid t/ thellowniph'-
wealtll by a transfer of s 5 ouch of such
bonds and securities as said company
should receive fur the saute and payable
in like wanner.
100,000
The company sold the canals and re
ported that die share of the profit 0111.'1Ich
sale, due to the Commonwealth was
id which :3231/ was paid in cash and
for the remainimi i'7 .0 .",1,000 the Common
-1 wealth received coupon bonds of the Wy
oming canal company to that amount, be
' ing a portion of bonds ffir $900,000 issu
cal hy that company and secured by a
1innt..4,1g12 Ole Wy , nlllll , canal, former
ly milled the Lower North Branch canal.
kinds bear an interest of six per
per annum, payable semi-annually on
the 1, - )th of Janu,ry and July, and the
interest was paid by the company to Jan
nary last inclusive. The intcre,t due in
lily riot has not been paid, Jul" uivats
ha, nag been obtained aiminst the company
on some of the etlpoll.9 for the unpeiil
July interest, a bill in equity was tiled in
the k,upreine court by a bond and stock
holder in which such proceedings were
had that a decree wade on the 2d Septem
her last the property and affairs of die
company were placed in the bands of a
receiver.
2 r 1.2 100
3. SG ft;
2,728,872,01
A plan has been suggested for the as
sent of the stock and 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
ny, of which the capital stock shall be
one million of dollars, divided into twenty
thousand shares of fifty dollars 'each, of
which each assenting holder of a mortgage
bond for one thousand dollars shall be en
titled to eighteen shares, and each assent
hol'air of fifty shares rd stock of the
c nal ek miim), shall be tint low
w Of course no oilier of
the CionitionWealth had authority to as
sent to the proposal or in any way to Si
Inc position. It, is behoved also that
Om plan is not one that ittiht to be as
tent, Ciannii.ll wraith., and that.
ind• 1 till 110! r.,11111' thr co/AP.-
$:3 , .1(1,507,41
554,53 x,; ;
G 06,000
IMMIIM
I,lCies rcluircs
sta:ll 49'pnlio,ed the debt due to
wiituonweaith ought to be first paid
01 fully secured:
suprest that the Act passed Bth of
April, 15di1, entitled, " An Act concern
tintr sale of railroads, canals, Fee.,"
should be modified so that in all cases in
Whidi a deld,Mtp , y,be due tolheCommon
wcalth.hy the Company as_whose proper-
Ty a Public work may be sold, the purcha
sers thereof shall not be entitled to the.
benefits and privileges .conferred by the
Act unless they shall have - first paid the
debt due to the-State, orsecured the same
by their bonds to the Commonwealth se
emed by a first Mortgage on the work it-
. I Cenimend the' subject to - the imme
diate eowidet'ation of the .I. ? cgislature, as
an eflbrt may be made at an early day to
epforeb a sale of the canal, and seine pro
vision bylaw. to protect . , the interests:of
the: S tate:would. iik.that. case.be_necdssary;
The wicked and, monstrous 'rebellion .
which broke out Many months ago, hD
not: yet heen•quelled. .Jilvery sentiment
off_loyalty and_ patriotism tlennino,,i4',.`447
ibctual suppression.
In my iiieSsagee
-April set', ; t
of the cluiraetai- and 'oblects.:of
test .which is still penditi,g:::snbs'o4l-101t
reflectioti.ims confirmed itie`:itt:the 'cor
redness cf the opinionS then eipressed
Debt redeemed from 4th Sep
t ember, 18110, to Ist Sep
tember, 1861, $300,801,01
Or stock loans, $300,050,00
interest on (ter
ear Cs,
" relief notes,
3,1:10,01
4'21,00
I refer to the reports of the State Trea
surer and Auditor General for the details
of the financial anitirs of the Common-
ro b e• is the Surveyor Ge-
calth
!lend and State Librarian will exhibit the
state of the Departments under their care.
The C.ounnissioncrs of the F‘inhing, fund
PLRomm WOE TEM 7521U51T 0tE20,1
and to which I refer. In addition it
ought to be':understuod, that looking to
the variety and character of her products
and industry, her material interest alone
would render the preservation of the Un
ion from the present assault upon it, in
dispensable to Pennsylvania.. She can
not afford to have a foreign power lelow
or above or bounding her on the Dela
ware, the Chesapeake or the Mississippi,
and she, will never acquiesce in 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 to the neces
sity which existed ior an improved mili
taty organization, and on the P2th of the
!same month the Act entitled "An Act
fur the I „
better Organization of the militia
'of this Commonwealth" passed, appropri
ating the sum of $500,000 for the pur
pose of organizing and equipping and
arming the militia. On the 15th of April
the President, by proclamation, called for
a military force of 73,0110 men, of which
the quota assigned to Pennsylvania .was
at first sixteen (afterwards reduced to
twirtect) regiments to solve as infantry
or riflemen for the term of three mouths
unless sooner discharged. This call was
enthusiastically responded to by the peo ;
lie of Pennsylvania. 'I he first military
aid
-from the loyal States, which the (Iciv
eminent received at Washington, was
$300,801,01
Pennsylvania corps which arrived there
prior to the 191.11 of April (i that day
the - pa , sage el other corps from this and
other States. through Baltimore was im
pe'dedliy force and during, uoarly-two weeks
ei ward-; the comm unicat ion between
‘Vzishington and the hi:fill Mates was
witirrqj cut on the .Bith I rd.
veil d a rclitet , t from the War Depart
ment that the troop, preparing in thi, -
ta Le should be clothed, al nied, ipped•
and transported by the ~late in
com.equenec of the then ina!iiiity of the
United -totes. This reiptest was of
',mice 6 - implied with, and, twenty-Jive
Oieing eleven regiments be
mt our ipnitao '2t) 7 175 men
from Peitii,2,ivania servod for th e t e r x o f
three months under e President's proe.
IlUtt;lii,_lll tlhu%o referred 1.0 A. the tar
volunt,..ers w ith ralpplio.s
was enter the
1711.1.1ie I Op latiou, ad :IS et - 11111)1;1in( s
Wcre re;2.lllA Io ILi i i, 1111 , 1 frauds
were aile ,, ed to have hour perpetrated, I
appointed a board of commissioners to in
the Whole subject. A copy of
their teport with the evidence taken hy
them has been already laid before the pub
lie. It is the iiitentidil the .Aladitor
tiunerat to oral the of suc':a
Ci!P, zipped' . by the testis to have.
rpdikl CiOul - Se• has already
wen taken in two of these cases.
On the expiration of the -t6.tur of the
three months men in July laSt, sonic eight
ur ten thousand discharged Pennsylvania
volunteers were thrown into Harrisburg
without notiee and detained here, waiting
to be paid, an average time of some
ten days. Their tents, camp equipage
and cooking utensils had been taken from
them at Williamsport,. Md., and they ar
rived here destitute of all means of shel-
I ter and of preparing their food. • 'l•he
Commissary of the LTnited : Wes
llu•-
nished uncooked rations, and under the
circumstances of emergency I deemed it
necessary to make arrangements fur aid
ingdu the cooking and baking of tiro ra
tions, and ids° fur furnishing meals to such
ol• the regiments as arrived during the
night or under eirClllll,,talICC.S requiring
ins antrelief. The expenses attending
these (per:mons amount e d s o far
honed to i 7 4=42u, and I recommend that
the Legislature make an appropriation to
pay them. It ought to be stated that
these expenses would have been much
larger, but fur the liberal and ; , atriotic, ef
forts of the citizens and especially the la
dies of Harrisburg'; their free-handed
hospitality and generous and to our• wen
lied and hungry soldiers, deserve remem
brance and grathude.
_At the special session of the Legisla
ture which commenced ea the ;10th of
April last, 1 recommended the organiza
tion of a reserve corps, to be armed,
equipped, clothed, sullaiste.d r and paid by
the state, and drilled in camps for instruc
tion, in anticipation of the exigencies of
the country, and, by too Act of the 15th
of Ray last, such a corps was diretcd to be
raiscal L old a loan-of $3,000,0up, was att
thorizeti to defray the expenses of that
awl other twilit ry preprations. Alen
more than sufficient in number to form
sonic ten reOtnents of the Reserve tlorps
had, previous to the 15th, of May been
accepted by we in pursuance of a call on
me (afterwards rescinded,) for twenty-five
regiments, and were then alread, assent
bled and SUbjea to my control. Most of
these men volunteered for the Reserve
Corps and tVere immediately oreitized.
in=
united and the Corps wa3 thus completed,
and querge A. McCall, of Chester County,
was conimissioncd as. Major-Oen:we!, and
assigned to the command of all the ibrees
raised or to be raised under the 'provis
ions of the Veil - motioned act. The reg
iments coiaposing the Reserve Corps wore
instructed in }bur eatuPikin different parts
of the State . until they
. Were taken into
the service 7fthe United States. Two of
these regiments, under the commands of
Colonels Charles J. Biddhi and Seneca
11,..Sinionsfand-two-oompanies-oftirtillery
under the, command of Col. Charles T.
Campbell at, the pressing instance of the
War I)epartinent were sent on the 22d of
3-une-last-to the-felief of Col. Wallace, at
Cumberlanitilantii:,etiiiiicmdfor . about six
weekso
,I ,9tei',aoj.)",V:PAcrn,YliginialjP:.
ToWardii:(ll6lUgniciPJ - ulj , tbe . .whole.
,Qiarps , wa& e ailed ;I;4' under • requisition;
and takoii iuttoThiseeviee of the United
.
fnur day! the dis
Bull's it eleven ,regiments of
,thiu.fine body of inen — (iiimedi
r . Oetlied, - . equipped; and. all respects
ready for active s.erViee,) were. in 'Wash,
ington. The - regiments ; rind
the
twin Western Virginia and . .,the ; remain-.
ing two regiments making din wlioh) num.,
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1.7, 1862.
ber of fifteen, soon joined them there, and
they are all now in service under the com
mand of Gen. McCall, who has been corn-
missioned as a Brigadier General by the
United States.
These fifteen regiments . contain fifteen
thousand eight hundred - and fifty-six men,
and constitute division comprising three
brigades, a regiment of Artillery and one
of Cavalry. Ihe whole expense of 'lds
ing, clothing, equipping, subsisting lnd
paying the Reserve Corps (including the
!expense of establishing and fitting the
camps of instruction, of recruiting, and
supplying regimental flag,q, and the ex
penses of the campa;r,n of the two regi
ments and companie" in rtiary,latid and
Western Virginia, which - were all de-
frayed by the State) 'ha'sr amounted to
"M 5 ,-1.14 t 7. This does hot include the
; transportation on i.dhilroads, as the.sepa,
ration of that aecoua would have been a
work of groat labor, net. does it include
,the pay of the two regiincnto during the
campaign, het it (Icon include all the
expenses, which were heavy, of teams and
tramporttidn, Pot en .11ailreads, for the
two UN:k . new-3 on the campaign above
mentioned Twelve regiments of the Re•
serve Corps were pail, subsisted, &e., by
the State to the average date of 22, July.
The tern regiments in Western Virginia
were paid by the rrate to thedate,of their.'
departure from Harrisburg on that expo-
Aitien The Cavalry regiment was_not,
paid by the State. It will be perceived
that the whole averm,re expense par man
was ti-:)."_;,9,1.
Previous to the 31st of April last, a,
r e , 2 -,i meu t h a d been enlisted in the city of
PI it from North-western Pennsylvania ,
When the call was made on me that day,
for '25 mlilitional ret;;lnents, the Erie ri.l4-
i uncut was orderedto march to Harris
burg. - The call was rescinded hoWe,ver,
the regiment, reached Pittsburg,
and 1 ordered it to clidamp at that city
where it vein:line-1110H the 'dOth,ofjune
The National Govi:rninent declined to
InitAtcr the regiment into service—as all
ex.istin math: on the State
V.'el'O 1110 re i11:111
Much apprehension existed in the Wes
tern mid South Western borders of the
State, and it urns deemed prurient to re
tain the r...giiiient to meet
any cinerk tic , / that might arise. After
' the passa.. ; e tho Art of I itch May, I S6l,
it Wee eypeeted that the regiment would
form part orthe Iteserve Voltuiteer Corps;
but az, the men had tmen a long time from
home and reemitied inactive in camp, they
declined enteriv, the service, and xverel
subsisted and pekil; 80tit of June;
by the state. !Li TO a,v sine6l
been eniiptc4 anii9,;;;;il Of P3:l','•
..r4y a i thin'6l' ie 11 —
has .been .at Washington in . erviee since
September, end the calor is now ready
forMiarehing orders—and it it is due to
the first Erie regiment to any that most of
the teen aro now in service. I
Further requisitions for si.gteen regi
ments of Infantry and two regiments of
(,'avid ry were. shortly afterwanls made by
the Tar Department. Of these, sixteen
have already been raised and are in the
service of the United States, and the re
maining, two are in the course of organi
zation and nearly ready to march.
In addition to the requisitions on the
State. the War Department had !riven au
thorities to numerous individuals to raise
volunteers in Pennsylvania, but as that ;
ststem was found to create much etubar
rassniewt a general order wt.s issued by'
Fite War Depariment ell the 2.5 th of ..t",ep-,
eetuher last placing :ill such organizations
under the contrid of the; Governor, and
shortly afterwards a requisition was made
on the State to im:reatsc her tiuota to 75,-'
000 taco. Those independent organiza
tions, as they were called, thus became
Pennsylvania regiments and as ooniplet Q d
and scut forward to form part of the quo
ta of the State.
- The State regiments have been num
bered, and the last to thia.,,date is num
bered 115. Two 'a the three mouths reg
iments have continued in service under
the latter requisitions, and retain their
original numbers. Deducting the remain
ing twenty three-months regiments, there
are ninety-two regiments in service and
preparing for it. We have also in ser
vice and preparing twenty-four companies.
The following table of the existing
Pennsylvania volinteer force is given for
information :
REGIMENTS rN - S ETtVICE,
6G regiments of infantry .Ql„wilieb, 6
were rifle regiinerits, 71,189
1 I rcgi in en tscavalry 12,090
1 reginierit of artillery 1,077
COMPAZVER rtv SERVICE.
7 companies of infantry, —707
6 " cavalry, 578
9 . u " artillery, 930
Enlistments in other than Pennsyl•
ilania organizations, - estimated,
(the effblers of whieh are in course
of being commissioned,)
Tot4l'in service,
ItEGOIEN'T'S PREPARING FOIt ATM.:OCE
1:?, regiments of,infitntry, 13,02
2 ." , " cavalry, 1,136
1 44 " nrtiller-y,—, 1;077
15,305
COAIPANIES rnrrinina ion
• ssnvioi,
companies of cavalry,
cowpanios of artillery,
In service, • -
krepiring_for
_senieg„,_
'Pemmylvania!s contribution, 109,015
Exclusive . of 20;175 tlileo Months mon
now disbandaL •••
regiments - preparing for service
are , ineobipleto, 1110£?() . that may not be
filled by tho,,loCh instaat bo copsoli-j
The State ha.-; now
62 pieces of artillery, of which 17
need repairs.
20,753 muskets and rifles, some of Which
are in the hinds of mechanics
being reptired; 1910 are in the
hands of volunteer corps through
out the State; 1930 in the pus
- session of County Commission
ers, and 1,000 with the reserve
corps of Philadelphia.'
In addition to this tie city of Phila
delphia has '
9 pieces of rifled artillery, and
4,976 muskets and rifles.
The state has also Ilk the arsenal at
Harrisburg.
1,966 sabres and swords, and
1,957 pistols, and the city of Philadcl
- phis has 140 sabres and
326 pistols with the necessary seem'.
tienien ts:
84,056
2,221
87,177
'There is also in the Arsenal at Harris
burg - a largo amount of aceontrementS
and ammunition for artillery' nUd small
arms.
6,4.00
03,577
The Adjutant General is successfully
engaged. in collecting L ams' throughout
the State, and it is expected TibUt the
- tiitinher-abe'ver :stated- -will;be-largelsr---i&
creased. • Probably, 'at least, - -5,000
kets and. rifles aml-several pieces of nail:,
dory will .still be collecfed. - .• -.-
,ThO care .tiviiich_ has been 'bestowed
upon" the comfort of that volunteors; - . and
the - geoilliess and. aufficiency of their.
.supplies.of all kinds,..-and the excellent
urratigu.ments of-the Medical Department
under - lite contrpal of Surgeon 7 -General
•Ffeiiry 1L &with,. are -proved by s the fact
• thittain4than-611,00Q-menliii,e-been-for
varibue, generally Short'periods; at Camp
Curtin since' the 19th of April last, au
that downjo - the Is 4 January inst. there.
died but fortpnitiememat.that camp;_viz. ) :
fertjl-four from sieknes's,-.•tiio (belonging
1 'to.regitnents from •other_States;). who .bad
-been injured on railroads ? ' ftvo.atioid6nMlly.
1.09
024
is .
93;57"i
16,088_
INI
dated and sent forward. Of the regi
month in service, the 11th and 15th regi
ments of Infantry are at Annapolis; the,
2Sth 4 21st,66th, G9ch, 71st, 72nd
it'nillOtith regiments and one company
of Infantry are in the command of 'neje?
Gen, Banks; theCith, 50th, 55th 70th and
10,0 th regiments of Infantry are in. South
Carolina; the 4Sth Infantry are at Hat
teras Inlet; the 108th Infantry and 11th
Cavalry are at Fortress Monroe; the 77th,
78th and 7 Jih Infantry, the 7fh and Oth
cavalry,,one troop of horse, one squadron
of cavalry, two battalions of' artillery arc
in Kentucky; the 84th and 110th Infan
try are in Western Virginia, as are also
three companies of Infantry, four compa
nies of cavalry, five companies of light
artillery ; the 87th infantry are in Cock
eysville, in Maryland; one company of
artillery- is at Fort Delaware ; all the
rest of the volunteers are at or near Wash
ington: Upwards of 300 volunteers from
Pennsylvania are now fi. prisoners, but as
arrangements have been made for the
exchange of prisoners it may he expected
chat they will soon be released.
in compliance, with the joint resolu
tions of the 11411 of May last, I ha7c
procured regimental flags for the Penn
sylvania volunteers, and have presented
them in person to most of the Regiments,
.In other cases, the regiments being on or
near the Potomac, I have requested Mr
Cowan, Senator, and Messrs. Grow and
Wright members of the IfonSe of Repre
sentatives, iron] Pennsylvania, to psesent
them in the name of tte . Coninionwealth.
The Genera! Goyettiment requested
that the States would abstain from, pur
chasing arms, as their competition wits
'found injurious in the market, and in
view of die largo expenditures of money
in arming, and equipping the volunteer
force of the State, provided for the de
fence of the National Government, I did
not - purchase any as authorized by the
2 2 4th motion of the act of the 15th of
May, ISO I. The ;Aare has now quite as
!many arms as are necessary to arm al/
her volunteer organizations in cxirtsnce ;
but influenced by the threatening aspect
of our relations with' Ihreign governmeats,
1 have directed the Adjutant General to
procure aims as soon as it can be done or,
reasonableterms and wit I) t injurious.
einniietition with the I‘.Tational Govcem
men t Arms have been distributed
among the border counties to all, the or
ganizations that have hof_ , n fornwil to
receive them. 10:t0 arms have been
thus distributed. I have also addressed
a letter to the commissioners of all the
border counties, offering aims to them is
-coon as ' , military organizations shalt be
formed to receive them. Besides thecc
complying with the' requirements el' the
27111 section of the Act, of 15.,h May last,
I have deemed it prudent to rifer five
thousand amine to such military organiza
tions as may be formed in Philadelphia
on a plan to be approved by me as Com
mander-in Chief Muskets and rifles to
a considerable extent have been furnished
to the I 'elinsylvania volunteers from the
State arsenal—Others have been sent by
the United States authorities to amid
them before leaving the State. In sonic
cases regiments have without arms
under assurances from the War Depart
snout that they would be armed at Wash
ington or other near designated points,
and that their immediate departure Writ
required. It was thought wise in these
cases not to insist on the arms being
sent before the regiments marched as,
this would have imposed tipen the Gov
ernment an unnecessary expense in
freight; and would have liven 'product ire
of delays which might have been serious
ly detritueotal to the public service
Forty-two pieces of artillery with limbers,
caissons, fi.rges, ammunitien wagons,
harness and all the necessary implements
and equipments were furnished by the
State to the artillery regiment of the
Reserve Corps. Ten of these were pur
chased by the State . , and their cost has
been refunded by the United States,
Diligence has been used in
~eollectints.
arms throughout the State and repairing,
and altering them in the most approved
manner.
killed in Camp Curt:n and one shot in
Harrisburg.
To facilitate the making of allotments
of their pay by our volunteers in the field
for the support of their bindles at home,
I appointed Hon. Edgar Cowan, Thomas
E. Franklin and E. C. Humes, Esqs.,
commissioners to visit the camps .of our
men on and south of the Potomac, and
also James Park and M. W. Beltzhoover,
P,w1,1., commissioners to visit those in
Kentucky and elsewhere in the western
country, to call the attention of the troops
to the system of allotment and to encour
age them in adopting a practical plan for
.carrying it into effect.
The several reports of thetio commis
sioners are highly. satisfactory. •
For details on.the several subjects con
nected with the military operations of this
State, I refer to the reports of the Adju
tant General, Surgeon General, Quarter
ill aster General, Commissary General and
Paymaster General which accompany this
~lesiage.
The duties imposed on me were so on
erous that I found it necessary to invite , '
the temporary assistance of gentlemen on
my staff to aid me.to 'perfinatt them.
In th is capacity, Cols. Thomas A Scott,
O ',leen J. Ball and John A. Wright con
tributed their valuable services_ frem- the
middle of April until they were called
away by other duties. Col. Scott remain
' ing until=he became-connected with the
War Department, Col. Ball until the let
l of June and Col. Wright until the 23d of
'July; for the tune thus devoted to the
service of the State they have refused to
receive any compensation:
Cols. Joseph D. Putts. A. L Russell,
J. :Brown Parker and Craig Biddle were
in serviee up to the 2.ith of December
The Department of Telegraph and Trans
portation,yas under the exclusive control
of Putts The system and economy
of its namag,ement show how faithfully
and well he-fullillod his ()Rico.
It is' but
.just to all these gentlemen
that I should bear testimony to the untir--•-•
lug and fidelity with whith their du
ties were performed.
The, gnota of the State having been
tepee than filh 3, and her military force
organized, I was enabled on the of
Deem:it I?er last, ta,dispense with a person
lsniff, and the temporary atirane.entent
which lied been made for its employment
MIS then cloF:ed.
By the .I:3th• section of the Act of the
15th of I was authorised to
draw my we, tants 011 the Treasury for a
fqllll not exceeding $2.0,000 for compen
sation to such persons es might be requi
red to nerve the °mint? in a oliti'ary ca
pacity, Of this fund I have t: i. l,rawn
j;r,,,u the Ti - easury t:',51)(1, cut uf sAieh
1 paid the compawation of joy Frsonal
-nary, also other expenses of the military
department, and the actual expenses of
persons employed on temporary service,
none of whom received any further com
pensation, and expenses of the commis
sions appointed to investigate alleged
frauds, and the expenses of estab
lishing military panels on the :Maryland
line and five hundred dollars on secret
service. illy account is se:Weil in the
office of the Auditor General tip to the
let of December On that day I had 01:-
11 ,1, 1 1 ( A ;?,(3,100, 1111(1 ' except sonic lIICOII
- pa) flints netile since, the balance
Ycmnitis irt rue heels
Chc
refai:st . t.f . the Allflit Or CCTlcral
exhibit the items of tlio account,
Att account of military axpentlitures by
the Lehalf tits 'lilted N:rate,
as lane the suue bad then been ascer
tained and settle:l by the neeountim• de
partments bete, was wade up to the Ist
day of September, IStl slid presented
on the 12th of that month at die Treas
ury Department of the United States for
ttlement and allowance. The sum of
e60(3,000, has been received from the
Treasury Department on that account.—
The repayment by the General Govern
ment of the expenses attending the or
ganization and stipllort of die lleacrve
Corps, may not be preividad fur by any .
existing act of Congress. As theee cx- ,
' penses were incurred by the State fur the
benefit of the General Government, and'
have been prodnedve of results most
portent to the wenre and even safety of
the country, it would be right that an act
'of Congress should ho passed providing
expressly for their repayment. It lies
with the Legislature to adopt the proper
means for directing the attention of Con
gress to thiS subject.
Assurances have. been received from
the 'Treasury Department that the exam
ination or the military accounts of :the
State will be proceeded in without delay,
so that the State may receive a credit for
the balance due, in time to apply the
same towards the payment of her quota
of the direst tax. Assuming the COW
pletion'of this arrangement, if the State
shall assume the direct tax for this year,
a saving of fifteen per cent will accrue to
her, and no present increase of her taxa
tion will be necessary.
Whether this creditlio given or
recommend that the payment of the 'di
rect."tax be assumed by the State.
In case the State assumes the fayment
of this tax there should he such revision
of the' tax laws es will' hereafter equitably
apportion the burden among the various_
interests now subjeetor that clki properly
be made subject to-taxation. The .saving
of fifteen per_oont..le the Kopio
.of.the
•Stale:kfilie assuiriptiow is a matter wor thy
of thought, but a more important consid
eration is that it will enable you who re
present 41 the_ varied _ interests of the
Commonwealth to apportion the tax in
such Manner :as bear equally r upon
Our revenue laws .ho ihipoged .on•reOld
and. personal' property ;is its;full propor
tion but little more 'than olio-third - of.this
taxes needed for .the.-erdinary expendi-,
tUres,,ef the goveinnient. ,thi3..act of
Property haAalrottly-heek increased one.
sixth::Should: t k e' State refusoto assume
the - United 'Statei taX, the Whble burden
.of it Willfalittßon . ;the>e , interests, interz.
leSts,is.ii,)ifiig,Ofifainrably affected by the
War,..whilst other „kinds of - iiroportfund
otherlpur9es, of reeuue-, judged-by'piti
f $1 50 per annum In advneee
t $2 00 If not paid In advance
laws able to pay nearly two-thirds of the
present revenues of the State, would not
be called on to contribute ono dollar of
additional tax.
The militia system of the Commonwealth
is very imperfect. I recommend the es
tablishment of a Commission to frame and
report a system more Adequate to the ex
igency of the times.
I earnestly recommend to the legisla
ture that provision be made for the mili
tary instruction of youth. The appoint.
went of a military instructor in the nor
mal schools, would in a short period give
teachers to the common schools who would
be competent to train the boys in attend
ance on them. It would in my opinion
be wise also to provide for the purchase
or leasing by the Commonwealth of a
building. for a military school, and for em
ploying competent instructors at the' ex
panse of the State, requiring the pupils
to defray the other expenses. No pupil
should he admitted to this school without
having passed a thorough examination on--
mathematics and all fitting subjects of
instruction except the military art proper.
I respectfully urge this subject on your
early consideration, as ono of material
perhaps vital importance. •
I have taken measures to direct the ef
ficient attention of the General .Govern
nicht to the fortification of the water ap
proaches on, the sea-boar - d_and the lakes,
and arrangements are in, the course - of - be 7 --
ing effected which it is Hopedwill be sat.
isfaetory in their result.
I scud with this message a copy of com
munication from General Totten, chief of
the Military Engineer Department at
Wa:diihgton. I have also represented to
the Secretary of the Navy the necessity
fur floating defences on the Delaware, and
have his nssurance,that they, sliall,l)epre-
Pared at the earliest moment. .
I hare had a
,correspondence with the
m:thoritics and - some of the citizens of
! Erie on the subject of the defenCieless con
dition of that city, and the part of the•
State bordering en the lake. On exami
nation it is found that there are no defen
ces on the lake, and that the ordnance at
the city of Erie was withdrawn by the
National Government in the summer of
ISGI. The Secretary of the Navy, on a
request made, directed that the crew of
tbil•United State steamer Michigan should
not be disbanded, as has been usual, and
that vessel will remain in the harbor of
Erie during the winter. Should the Na
tional Gdvernment unexpectedly fail in
his duty providing adequate defences at
our assailable points, East and West, I
earnestly recommend that the Legislature
take prompt means for that purpose. Wo
neld he arlinonished, by recent indica
tions from abroad, to be prepared for our
own defence, as well as for the suppres
sion of domestic insurrection.
In selecting a site for a National Ar
mory, if the public good be alone consid
ered, Pennsylvania will be preferred, as
she afiltrds the combined advantages of a
central position, abundance of 'material
land skilled mechanics, and a people of
' undoubted loyalty.
I commend to the attention of the Leg
islature the report of the Superintendent
of the public Schools, the flourishing state
of which and the rapid progress of educa
tion ate subjects of just congratulation.
The reports of the Lunatic Hospital at
Harrisburg and of Western Pennsyl
vania, of the Ilow.es of Refuge at Phila
delphia :111.1 Pitti-hurg, of the Institutions
for the Deaf and Dumb and fur the Blind
and the Noll hcrn Home, of Friendless
Children at Philadelphia, and of the Penn
sylvania Training Sct 00l for Idiotic; and
Feeble Minded Children at Media, show
that these meritorious charities aro well
administered, and I recommend that the
countenance and aid of the Common
wealth be continued to them.
Under the joint resolution of 16th
May last, commissioners ' have been ap
pointed to revise the revenue laws, whose
names will be forthwith submitted for the
advice and consent of the Senate. It is
hoped that the commissioners will be able
to report during the present session of the
Legislature. Considering the groat labor
imposed on them, and the vast importance
at the present time of an able and effi
cient performance of the duties of the
cMumissioners, I suggest that the compen
sation provided for by the joint resolution
should be increased to an adequate amount.
It was evident, long since, that it would
be impossible for the banks to continue
to redeem their obligations in 'coin, in the
face of the large issues of paper, the -ne
cessity thy which was imposed on them
and the government by the exigencies of
the times. No surprise, therefore, was
felt at the suspension of , specie paymentwk ,
by the banks which took place on Monday,
the 30th of December, last: Under the
circumstances, I recommend_ that_ they be
relieved from all penalties for this breach'
of the law.
Pennsylvania has made efforts to sup.
port the Government. B . he has giveli
more and better clothed, and better equip.
Tied 'Mon "thin any other State, an has far
exCeeded her 'quota of the military levies.
The sons of our best citizens,
.young zush
of education and means fill the . ranks- . of
her volunteer regiments.. Their gallant
conduct wheneVer an opportunity has been,
-afforde'd to them, has done honor to th 6.
Qmninonwealth. The universal movement
.
among our people, signifies, that tbfifao•-:,
;163ial to - theaovernment estalilialred_. by,
their fathers, and'are determined to knoll'
the present insurrection and proseri,re_thn::
Union ; and -they. will nottolorlitc an..+, plan
for either the dissolution or, rceonstrue
tion of it
4.. G. CURTIN,
Harrisburg; Jan,;-&,,1861:-
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How Far, is it korq Cowes to 14110". de-
.mailecLa—gentio-rnon-Of ri,--poor-tirati.-pades;----7-
trian. "I don't know hole far it, is to ride,"
amwered dig poor-ntaty'it is a prenius.l6.og , _
way- to loct/AT , --,
~
Giinuto . srrY,.—Thero 'gaol-nattiTpd
butlioror,' so • gi:ivirous poor fellow!'iro,
,vould two' givohis.hosrrawayifhecould
SoUlifiod ititcqslina object to take
Tityl %. ; • • -
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