VOLUME XV.--NUMBER 5. THE{ t !' POTTER JOURNAL: PUBLISHED BY M. W. MeAlarney,, Proprietor. $1.50 PR YELE, IHYKIII4BLY IN ADVANCEI *** Devoted to the CrldEe of Republicanism, tht interests of Agriculture, the advancement tlifiEducation, and the best good of Potter soisaly. _ Owning -no guide except that of trincipie, it will endeaver to aid in the work Wilke fully Freedornizink our Country. ADYEATISEMENTS inserted at the folloWing 'Atm except where special bargains are made. 1 Stinsre [lO lines] 1 insertion, - - - ' 1 - 50 I If " , 3 " ' -- - $1 1 .50 Nadi subsequent insertionless than 13, ._ 125 I qqattre three months, -2' 50 1' " six I" 4''oo 1. " nine 1 " ' 550 ; I ' 1 one year, 600 1 Colima six months, 2O 00 II II i U . C a 1 u - - 10 00 V 00 1 " per year, 401 i 00 i se - it n 20;00 Administrator's or Executor's Notice, 2100 Business Cards, 8 lines or less, per year 5100 Ipeeial and Editorial Notices, per line, 10 * * *All transient advertisements - must be paid in advance, and. no notice will be taken of advertisements from a distance, unless they are accompanied by the money or satisfactory reference. 1 * * *Blanks, and Job Work of all kinds, at tended to promptly and faithfully. BUSINESS CARDS. EULALIA LODGE, No. 342, F. A. M. STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4thWedhes days of each month. AlsO Masonic .gather logs on every Wednesday Evening, for work and practice, at their Hall in Conderspoit. TIMOTHY 11; , tAIICELHAITEN, Sec'y. JOHN 8. - MANN, ATTORNEY AND _COUNSELLOR •AT LAW, Coudersort, Pa., will attend the several Courts in Potter and M'Kelin Counties. All business entrusted in his care will receive prorript attention. Office -I corner •of West and Third streets. AIMIUR G. OLMSTED, ATTORNE`ir Ac COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business ntrusted to his care, with promptnes and deity: Office on Soth-west corner of Main :And Fourth streets. ISAAC BENSO.N. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cdtidrsport, Pa., will itten-d"to all bitiness entrusted to him, with tare and promptness. Office on Se,imud. st., .near the Allegheny Bridge. F. W. K.NO'X, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport ; Pa., will . regularly attend the Courts in Potter and tote adjoining Counties. 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa respectfully informs the citizens, of the Vil lage and vicinity that he will promply re spondto all calls for profe'ssional services. Office:on Main st., in building formerly oc cupied by C. W.. Ellis, C. S. & E. A. JONES, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICL'ES, PAINTS Oils, Fancy Articles, Stationer}', Dry Good', GrOceri-s, 4:c., Main. st., Condersport, Pa. D. E. OLMSTED, • DRILER IN DRY GOODS„ READY-MADE Clothing, Crockery; Groceries, '&c. ) Ccidersport, Pa. , COLLINS SMITH, '" ,pICALER. in Dry Goods,Groceries; Provisions, fltthilvare, Quccumare, Cutlery, and all Goods usually found in a country Store.-- Coudersport, Nov. 27,1861. COUDERSPORT HOTEL, D. F. GLASS3IIRE, Proprietor, Corner o- Mein and Seeond Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co., Pa. A Livery Stable is &so kept in connec Son with this HoteL MARK. GILLON, I • - TAILOR-nearly opposite the Court House— . will make all clothes intrusted to him in the latest and best styles —Prices to suit ibe.tintes.pive him a call. 13.41 ANDREW SANBERG &.BRO'S. TA.MIBELS AND CURRIERS.—IIides tanned on the shares:, in the best manner. Tan nery !on the east side of Allegany river. Coudersport, Potter county, Pa.—Jyl7,'6l. M. J. ()LUSTED 013.1STED & KELLY, • DEALER LN STOVES, TIN A - SHEET IRON WAItE; Main it., nearly opposite the Court House, Coudersport, Pa.' Sheet Iron Ware made to order, in good style, on short riotice.r: . Ulysses Adademy Still retains as Principal, Mr.E.R.CAMPRELL, Preceptress, Mn.Nem' JONES ORIDLEY ; 'latent, Miss A. E. Geurnstr.. The expenses per Term are: Tuition, from $&!to $6-; Board, fromsl.so to $1.75, per - week; Rooms for self lociarding from $2 to $4. Each term commences upon Wednesday and continues Fourteen "Oka.Fall terM,Aug.2lth,lB62;Winter term, Dee.lotil, 1862 ; and Spring term, March 25th, pl 3. 0. R. BASSETT, President.. - W. W. GRIDLEY, Seet'y. July 9, 1662. Dixsoluillon, • . • . . • Notice is hereby given t h at Partnership neretoforo existing under tbe name of Banton and Burtis, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.. The - business will be continued...by J. W. Bouto • • . • • J. W. BOUTON, 'WOOLSEY BIIRTIS. White's Corners, Sept. 30. SAPONIFIER The greatest Soap-maker ever For. sale at " : • known 1 . . . •-!'---. . i I , _ . .. . . , . . . . ,- „ , . . r , , ~ ~ - • , . .• . . , 0 • ,•• . . . , . *.,..0 . c ., , ,-, : ....:, ~. :„ ~:•: ......, _:,. :.. . . ~,, I . . . ' - • ‘.. - I V 4 O . iti , ..: , . , • , . . . .. • --,--ly ri1.... , . . ... 1 , ..i. . . ... . , ~. . . . . • DICKENS' CRADLE SONG OF THE POOR I have seen thy beauty fading, And tLy strength sink day by day— Soon I ktow'sf - ill ward:aid fever Waste thy little life away. Famine makes thy mother reckless, Hope andjoy. are gone from me ; I could stiffer all, triy baby ? Had I but a crust for thee. I am wasted, dear, with hunger, And my'brain is sore oppressed ; I have scarcely strength to: press thee, Wan and feeble, to xny.breast. Patience, baby, God _will help us, - • Death will come to thee 'and me; He Will take us to his heaven, Where no want or pain can be. Sleep, my darling—thou art weary; God is good, but life is dreary. , GENT LE.lT.N=Notwittitatiaing the pressure of public calamity which has weighed heavily on the Country during the past year, it has pleased Divine Prov idence not only to enable the people of Pennsylvania to perform in full all their duties to our, common government, but to give to this G9artuonwealth domestic peace, plenty and prosperity. From .the tables exhibited it will ap pear that the receipts from ordinary sourc es of revenue for the year 1862 arc in ex- cess of the receipts of the year 1861 one million thirty thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty-two cents, [the excess of interest paid in 1862 over that in 1861. being $1.14,695 37 ;] end that the ordinary expenditures for 1862 were ninety-five thoustnd three hundred and seventeen dollars and !sixteen cents less than the year previous: The healthy condition of!the revenues, and the excess of the receipts over the' expenditures, secured by the rived econo my which bas been practiced, (especially considering the necessary increase of tax ation by the National Covernment.)`seena to invite'the attention of th,e Legislature to a revision of the revenue laws; with a view to lightening the burthens of the people. In this connection it is proper to invite your attention to the justice and expediency of restricting the rate of local taxation, now in some parts of the State, oppressive. Towards the extinguishinent of the pub lic debt, the Sinking-Fund holds securi ties amounting to ten millions seven hun dred and eighty one thousand dollars. Should there be no extraordinary de mand on the Treasury, thire can be ap• propriated from the large balance nowlin hand and theincreasing revenue:4; at least a million and a half of dollars during the coming year towards the payment of the public •debt. •- f .- - , , • In accordanoe with the act of the 10th i of February 1562, the ciuotdof this State of the direct. tax, of the United States, amounting to one million nine hundred and forty-six thousand seven hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-three cents, was on the 14th June , 1862, paid to the! United States, partly y a relinquishment ) of a portion of the sums claimed by this State from the Goiernment and partly-in cash, after deducting the fifteen percent. allowed by the act of Congress for prompt payment, Pennsylvania thus paid her quota of the direCt tak befdre any other State. There is still due .to the State, principally for advances since .made for transportation and equipthents of volun teers, about three hundred thousand dollars. On the 20th of February last, I issued my warrant atitliotizinethei:State Treas urer to deliver to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company one .thousand of the bonds deposited with the State in con formity with the Act of - Nay 7, 1861. On the 20th of Novembei I issued a sim ilar warrant • Both warrants, were grant ed aftdr receiving reports from John A. Wright, Esq., the commissioner appoint ed for the purpose,' that the'proceeds of the bonds previously issued had been ap propriated in accordance with the provis ions of the law. The compaby has now received three of the five 'millions of bonds deposited in ,the State Treasury.— With the prooesds, & Abe bOnds issued, fifty-two miles of road have been compet ed, =kin with what had formerly, been finished, a total of ono hundred and nine- 131213 Mal 4-nine:Miles; off.which,_nearly all is gra ded and ready for the iron. The bonds still in the Treasury will yield an amount ample to complete the road, and thus oiled this Most inipcirlant •Toutn of trade dad cbmixtereol. - The - development of the vast mineral and other resources 'of our north-western counties by this 'means, will undoubtedly in a . fewiears'terder valua ble the securities of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, now forming part of the Sinkitiggiiild (tribe Cctattlanwealth. BFEBSINS:. Hush, I cannot bear to see thee . • St:retch thy tiny hands in - fain ; - I have got no bread to give thee, Nothing, child, to ease thy pain. When God sent thee first to bless me, Proud end thankful, too, was . I ; Now, my darling, I. thy mother, - • Almost long to see theeidie. _Sleep, my darling=—Lthou art weary "God is good, but life is dreary. Gov. 'Curtim's Message. eboie,D to filo Tlificipies of 'No Qeit)oerqe - y, ORD lip, Elisseinilmf!'osi of iljokqliftt,4rAiffebs. COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA,, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2i 11863: The interest on the State debt was paid in August last in specie or its equiv alent, in conformity with the existing law, at the Cost of one hundred and forty-six thousand six hundred and thirty-one dol lars and twenty-two cents for the differ ence between specie and paper currency, of which the banks under the provisions of the Act of 11th April, 1862, have al ready-refunded to the State one hundred and forty thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars and thirty cents: • This burden on the banks has become heavier than in my judgment ought to be borneby any special interest. Unless the Legislature should other wise provide it will be the duty of the State Treasurer to pay in like manner the interest which will fall due hereafter.— We should all be careful not to .violate the faith or impair the credit of the COm monwealth. The serious and early' con-. sideration of the Legislature is invited to the Whole subject. In my opinion there are already more incorporated banks in the Commonwealth than are at present required for the pub lic convenience, and I therefore recom mend that no more shall be incorporated. On the ith of July last, a call was made by the President for three hundrecl il thousand volunteers. This State' had al ready supplied nearly one hundred and ton thousand men, yet her people prompt ly bestirred themselves to respond to this new requirement. Although it was be lieved that no bounties would be neces sary to induce the men of Pennsylvania' to enter the service of their country on' such an occasion,yet as some of the neigh. boring States offered large , bounties, it was thought not right to expose ou'r citi zens to . the temptations thus afforded to them to enlist in the regiments of other States. There being no appropriatiOn for the payment of bounties, I, of course, could not direct them to be paid out of the treasury, and it was evident that to call the Legislature together and wait for the negotiation of any loan which might be authorized fur the purpose, would be attended by injurious delay. Under these circumstances I confidently appealed by proclamation to a people who have never faltered in the perfcirmance of any duty of patriotism, calling on them'to raise in their several counties, the sums necessary to insure their proportion of the quota of the State. • This appeal was effectually answered. Public meetings were held, and liberal amounts subscribed by individuals. In the city of Philadelphia, besides a very large flind thus raised, the municipal authorities contributed heavily from their common treasury, and in several counties, the county commissioners generally under the guarantee of a.: - few of their eminent citi zens, devoted county funds to the same purpose. I recommend that these pro ceedings be legalized, and submit to the wisdom of the Legislature the question of what legislation would be just and proper on the whole subject that the bur den of this patriotic effort may fall equal ly on all classes of people throughout the State. The result of this manifestation of pub lic spirit was that thirty-eight new regi ments and three unattached companies of infantry were raised; four other regi ments, which, previous to this call, had been authorized by the War — Department to be raised are still in progress of organi zation. On special requisitions from the VTar Department there have been raised and are now in service five additional regi ments, 'and three companies of cavalry, two batteries of heavy artillery, and one battery of light artillery. A battallion of heavy artillery is being raised by Maj. Jo seph Roberts, U. S. A., with my assent, also under special authority of the War Department. Early in September last the rebel array crossed the Potomac into Maryland, with the design of invading this State. On the 4th cf that month I called upon the peoplo by proclamation to organize into companies and bold themselves in readi- pess to be ordered into actual service for the defence of the State. And on the . 11th of that month, under authority of the President, I issued orders for fifty thousand volunteer Militia, to rendezvous at Harrisburg for the defence of the State. This call was promptly responded to, and a large force was sent forward to the Cum. berland Var.ey and its vicinity. The first part of this force, consisting of one regi ment and eight companies of infantry, moved from Harrisburg on the night of the 12th of September, and were followed by other regiments as rapidly as they could be organized "and transportation provided. The command of r the whole force was taken by Brims diem General John F. Reynolds, who left his corps in the Aimy of the Potomac at my urgent request, and , hUrried to the defence of his native State, for which he is, entitled to the thanks of tho , Commonwealth. Fif teen thousand of the Volunteer Militia were pushed forward to Hagerstown and Boonsbor4 in the State of -Illarsiand ; ten thousand were' posted in "the vicinity of Greencastle and Cliambersburg; and about twenty-five thousand were at Har risburg, on their way to Harrisburg, or in readiness and waiting for transportation to prodeed thither. One• regiment, at the request of Geni Halleck, was sent to pr3tect Dupont's Powder ,Mills, in the State of Delaware. On the 24th Sep tember the Volunteer Militia were dis charged by me from service; having by their spirited demobstration greatly aided in preventing the I intended; invasion of this State by the rebels, and in compell ing their sudden evacuation lof. that por tion of Maryland which they had polluted. For these services, the thanks of the Gov ernor of Maryland and the Commandet of.the Army of the Potomac° were 'ren dered to our patriotic troops through me. Measures bare been taken to secure the payment in full of these troops, arid on the expenses attending their Iservices, by the United States, in accordance with the terms of the call by the President. A large portion of the amount has already been paid. Having accompanied this force to Hagerstown, I am I enabled to speak of the courage, fidelity, and cheer fulness with whicb the men suffered un accustomed privations, and bore the fire of the rebel force, performing with alacrity ,all the service that Was requited of them. ,On the 4th of August last, a draft of three hundred thousand militia, to serve for nine months was ordered by the Pres ident under the act ,of Congress of 17th July, 1862, arid T( l 4.l 3 ulations l were made by his authority in parsuance of that act, under which regulations the enrolment and draft were conducted . in 'this State, our militia laws being foutid to be defec tive. Several counties anctdistricts hav ing already supplied by volunteers their proportion of the quota of this State, were exempted from the draft, and time was given to enable others to raise the required number of men by voluntary enlistments., The draft was generally proc,eederr with throughout the State ou the 16th day of October last, and the drafted men were directed to be plieed in the several camps of rendezvous established under the ren.- ulations, where they were organized arid selected their officers, and have since gone forward to the, army in the field. The draft was eminently successful, and when the men had been marched to the rendez vous, my agency in Ithe matter ceased, and all authority and control• ever the men developed' on the Unit4iStates offi- I cannot but commend :the people, of Pennsylvania for their cheerful obedi-1 ease to the requirements of the Govern ment on this occasion. All the expenses, l of the draft are, of course, to be paid' by the United States, and I learn that offi cers are now in the State, charged with the settlements and payments., Including the three months' volunteers, Pennsylvania has furnished to the gener al government, more than two hundred thousand men since the -breaking out of the rebellion, besides some fifty thousand whb were in set vice, or actually ready for it, as 'volunteer militia, under the call of 11th September last, making in;the whole more than two hundred and fifty thou sand men. In October last, a body of rebel cavalry with a battery of artillery, : suddenly crossed the Potomac and made their way as far as Chambersbnra, plundering what they found of supplies useful to 'them and committing 'other depredations. They went out of the State - by crossing the South Mountain, and' thus reaching the Potomac below flarper's Perry. The troops in the field were °not prepared at the moment to punish the attempt on her soil, and it is to be much regretted that efficient meas res could not live been taken by army to capture the rebels on their_ eturn to the Potomac. Imme• diately 'fter, I received notice that this force ad crossed the line of the Stato, called to service the Anderson' Cavalry, then encamped at Carlisle, and two com- panies of Regulars at the Barracks at tha place. These troops were pushed forward in the direetiop of .Chambersburg and South Mountain. The cavalry 'at Camp Curti; Consisting of one full and two iw- perfect regiments, wereartned as infantry, and, together wit tw , companies of in fantry and a battery ' ;volunteer light ar tillety of Harrisburg, sere held in readi• ( v ness to go forward, when Major, General Wool arrived and a”utued the command cif all the farces. Be had prevrousiy or dered part of his command from Balti more and marched the. troops to. b-ettya burg. The rebels marched with so much ce lerity that they did not encounter any of the forces of General Wool v and!escaped from .the State. I. recomnienclnhat ap plication be_made to Congress for an ap propriation to compeUsate our !citizens for the dam_ ages which :they' suffered by the raid. - • ' - " ' On the two emereeneies to which I have referred; I acknowledge' valuable:counsel and assistance from Brigadier General t Andrew ,POrter, ofU the'nited States Ar my, whO thus -testified his affection for his native State, and zeal in her service Iwheirthreatened. And en the same and 'o her occasions, I am indebted -to Col. [Thomas A. Scott; Col. John. A. 'Wright, land Col. J. B. Parker, members of my .Staff, who came promptly on. iny'-sum 'mons and served . with their accustomed 'zeal and fidelityiw . latent pecuniary cora ;ltensation. 1 [The militia law of this State is greatly plefeetive, and I earnestly recommend the, aPp - ointruent of a. commission to prepare and submit an efficient system, to be re- 1 Ported beforo the adjournment of the Legislature, s) that: action may be had en the subject at the present session. In the hurry of ordinary business the Loris ilaiure might not be able to give the nee esiary attention to the preparation of a preper measure, and events which have already occurred prove the necessity of some effectual Legislation on the subject, Sol that our people may be adequately protected. In regard to tbeelection of officers ib the Reserve Corps and the recruitment Of the regiments of that corps and of our, other gallant regiments of volunteers, I propose to send a special message in a few days, as I desire to treat these subjects somewhat at large, and to submit to the Legislature some[ documents relating to them. By the`thirteenth section of-the act of Nay 15th, 1861, I was authorized to draw My warrant on the treasury for a sum not exceeding $20,000 for compensation to c h persons as might be required to serve ' the country in a military capacity. At the date of my. last annual message, I had drawn from the treasury $8,500, and had paid out up to the Ist of December, ]B6l, $6,400, when my account was set tled. Since that time 'I have drawn $2,- 000 front. the treasury, part of which, with the balance in my hands, -has been ex pended in the payment of members of v iny l personal staff in' service Wbeni I re quired assistance, and in procuring infer- Mation, and to persons employed when thel State was threatened with invasion in SePtember, 1862, and during the raid in October last Undeij the act of 20th April, 1858, it is my intention to take early measures for the l sale of the powder magazine in the city: of Philadelphia.. The powder mag azine at Harrisburg is nct judiciously lo cated. A State powder magazine ought in my judgment, to bo erected' on a suit ble site in the vicinity of this place,and I recommend the attention of the Legisla ture to the subject. ' In September last two batteries of rifled! cannon were presented to the State by a committee of citizens of Philadelphia, through S. V. Merrick; Esq.,' which, are nnw in the Arsenal in that city. I re cal:amen& that provision be made for pro cErring carriages, caissons and other equip ments for them. The liberal diallers are entitled to the thanks of the Common wCafth fox. their patriotic gift. it rider the resolutions of 28th of Feb'y 1.8P2, measures wore promptly taken for the relief of our sick and., wounded men in ;the field. he wounded at Winchester,Strasburg, Fr nt Roial,Williainsburg and Fair Oaks, an those in the corps of Major-General Banks were duly attended on the field or in,ih'e vicinity by Surgeon General Smith and a corps of surgeons under . his direc tion and were brought into this State. The, same system would have been con tinkled, but in June last, 1 received a let• terifrorn the Surgeon General of the U.S., representingrs that it 'was found inconve nient to the service,, and must create dif ficulties in .the regular identification of the[ soldiers for pay and pensidn. In compliance with• his views, I was reti l ictantly i obliged to aiscontinue the' sys ,em, but I have not ceased to urge on the 'War Department the 'propriety of sending - our sick and wounded men into .thelSiate, Where they can be nursed and, cared for by their friends, and have to say that at length such au arrangement was midelwith the authorities at Washington, whlbh it wits hoped , would be effective, but [there has been such tardiness in put ting it intc!practical operation, that I re conilmed the Legislature to invite the at tention of the War Department to the subjedt. Our suffering mem have a right to ttie!symPathy and aid.of their State, to be So rendered as not to injure the service. If the bringing them home to be attended eoufd produce even inconvenience to that I would not urge it. Mit 'it is cruel to leavi3 peal to the•care and (I regret to say it) 4.e4ucntly to the neglect, or worse, of strange officials, at points, in the iminedi ate. vidinity%lof all thel abundant comforts whidhlthe solicitude of their families and ' ,rdi friedth Li silk ing tan woutil ed leos of fried untoArS wouixi rejoice to provide for theM. Idditiort to.the expenses of attend- d' brina b ing home our sick and !,above stated, I have expend thanlB4ooo in ihe transportation ids of sick, billed - or wounded vol ., and othet Orions sent by me for re to the several bittle-6elds and Is', and in bringing home for inter he bodies of 'those slain. The et c spal. TERMS.--$1,50 PER AraTtlX; whole expense incurred nntlei:the, - joink resolution- was $5,1°19.88. _ . I have uniformly,, when app liedto_ lowed the expences of transportation - of one person to the field to bring home body of his friend ,or rzlation i .and the ex . -, penile of his return with the-body. The, cost of this has. not exceeded;l6oo,wineh is included in the glint of less than ,',4008; above stated. • In this connection" I must. brink applause of the active benevolence of Or: citizens; who have without cemperisatioti devoted their time and care to thOtt an& feringlellow-eitizens, disabled.by the, cgs: '- ualties of war. Not only havemany gone,: to the field to administer their bind offices; - hut•in every part of the confa,envrealtli," thousands have 'applied their 'means and, exertions to the same end;; and - etipe - : &ally. have the women of `Perinsylvania; . obeying their true womanly. instincts; shown that they are worthy, to be the mothers, wives, and sisters of the brave men,whom they have stimulated to theii duty, and soothed and nursed in• the suf: ferings that have ensued the ierforreaned of it. , The city of Philadelphia havina patriot: ically offered to the United Sta'tes,League. Island as a donation for a Navy Yard,Con 7 ' gress directed a commission to reperi upon the availability of that site and Wad of New London. To the general astouish: merit, a majority of the commission bird reportesl_in favor of New Lond'on, but the minority has presented .a report, which . fortified by the approval of the.Seeretary of the Navy, showing so conelcisively, the superiority of League Island that it id scarcely possible that Congress shonld hesitate to select that location. To estab; lish a Navy Yard for the eonatrucimi3 of iron clad vessels at a point remote 'all necessary supplies , situated on sea, water, and accessible by mere . than ond route to any enemy, who may•have a me: , mentary superiority at sea, would appeaF, to be quits inconsistent with the wisdoid of Congress, especially when a site 'id offered convenient to iron, eoal'and othe r necessary supplies, situated on. fr'esh Wa:, ter with a sufficient depth for the draught`, of large vessels, and safe from hostile at:" tack by its position. I July last, I received, at PittibtiG lby telegraph, an offer from the Peiisyl-: vania Rhitroad Company, of a denation of fifty thousand dollars to assist in paying, bounties - to volunteers. I declined thief_ offer,•beeause I had no anthor4 to accept it on behalf of the public, and was.ll,l3= willing to undertake the disbursement of the fund in my private eapacity - I,havei since received a letter on the subject front the company suggesting other modes of disposing of the money, a copy of Whiell is annexed to this message. If the Legislature shbuld aeccipt th 4 donation, I recommend that it ba applied; towards the erection of an asylim for 'our disabled soldiers, and that the' trustees appointed to superintend the ereetton and . management of the asylum be atithoriied to accept such further contributionti ii . our citiiens may offer. ' lna well maniked establishment of that kind, it is probable that the pensions to 1;:.e allowed by the' Governinent to the men, will enable Ahem, to support themselves with comfort; By, • an act of Congress passed on the 2d day . of July, 18G1, lands were granted to the ; several states for the endowtnengeupport • and nSaintenance by each State,tf at 1, ass, bue 'College for teaching such branches of; - learnme , as are related to., agriculture art * the mechanic arts,withont excluding other scientific and clasaical studies, and inclu: ding military tactics. I recommend tht+t proper provision be natio by the legisla ture for having the lands thus arauted to th;aiState 'selected, and the title made to the State ; and that Congress be requested . to allow the lauds and their proceeds id be used by the State in the ll , constructio and 6iippoit of such'an asylum as ; I• have above suggested. The details of the operations of tke emu- . mon school aysteni, during the school year, that terminated on the first Monday Ili, Juno, 1862, manifest scarcely any evil effect from the troubled state of tire cou p= try.' Absence of the usual degree s of prO: Gress in the various departments': is the' only result observable. To have'beld its own, however, during tbo severe . ord of to which, in common with all our great social interests and enterprises,it has bceif subjected; is the strongest proof-41 its in= herent vigor, and of the hold iiposFessei upoti the affections as well' as thejlidg . : ment.of the people of the State. ;- came to my-litioviledge that-tif: some parts of the State a system eaisti'nf paying the .wages and woiltmea. and labor ers not in money butt in, orders od, seem.. keepers, for merchandise and other This system, by preventing- all:,Co'tupe' tion, leaves the mon : te the übcontrolled discretiou of the storekeeperis. : It is .a system most unwise.and unjust; i:d it affects cltisses of 'useful Citizens,' K v.ras they live by the proceeds of; thAr. labor; have not 'adequate meads to.-rep ; iht l . it. I have no doubt Alla, moat of ;the;dif..r fioultied phial; occasions:AY. occuryet BM II 1111 ,Aa: . .......
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