Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 34, Number 46, 12 January 1865 — Page 1

THEPALLADIUM: ,rX"BM5nI WEDSESDAT MORXIJIGS, BT XtT TERMS: $2,00 A TEAR. .jr " Pil'AELK IK ADTAXCI." ALL KINDS JOB PRINTING, fVine in the beat manner end at fair prioee. Office ia WwitfT Itnildin;, Hiensnond, lad

Governor's Message. From the. rjrttf t'-e Adjutant General, I am able to fira the number of men w bo bar goee into Uie military rrnra f the I nl States from Uta Stale, from the beginning of tU war until the 1st day of January, lsoi. LL-"tTirM to JCT 1, 1S2. Infantry. KsfiBaeitU raont'is 2 Keg ituuol I yeir ineo 17 liaturiei 2l28J 4 C.Vrr, Ail.liei ' ' rvneit calls roB 1SR2. 1 Rijitntot. iaili, 1 year, ... . I 3 a, 7 7 RatterWa "H Infantry, 44 Cara!r' Artillrrr, 1,023 3 1. ear aKTKirTM HUl '2, a si) to srrr. i, H'jJ InfanJrr, 4,S): Cavalry, 437; Artillery, 4 if . 5.M5 iMbcaCALL or lw3 ivu 1H(".4, Infantre, 4 licpmenta, 6 m-rat'ii mm.... " "3 y.ara 3,773 u 2 " 3 Car air, 7th Ilejri metit. .. . " S Iltrimeiita ... Artrilrry, 1 Uath-rr, 2Mb. . I 11AJ 1,S0 l,l7 6,0'Jl 144 U,tT BICRL'IT.4 fllO iEPT. 5, 1HC3, TO PT, Infantry W.707 aralry 1.347 AMill.TT 12.3S2 A'MitHml nunitier lcn bv rolla in the A&jntant (tHneral'a Olli-, ear 900; Additional for li-Uh b'. fi. Colon-I Volunteer AH ; One hundred day rolunt -era, O Heiutceta... 7.12V Ue-Kulistwl Vru raua ll,4i4 14H,SiO lsrafteil men aatt suuxtitiitrs !orwarMand in camp, ai reported by Oeneral Carrinirton, Sup't .. 14,io0 Kniiiti-.l in 114-pniar Army 1,110 tnlutad in the .Vary 774 I",4fl4 lr 5,314 Total number of men furnUheil.. BKi al ITU KOK I kUriKtU TIKMS. There ia a peculiar hardship eaiatiiiir iu regard to Die recruits of H'!2 for the old regiment,. They nndoubli'dlr enUaf 1 upon the nndertandinj; that hey were to be DTlatcrol out alonjr with the regiments into whiah lh..-r went, and would not lie held for three , . , , , ', ' , .; , Un.lini, uf.j oirtiei it. tf. 1 iii or Liieir recrilltlnir ornthe tune of their enlntment. This UD.ier crs, the k-enerai m...WinX officer stati-.o.l here by ! tlie t.ororumeul, and by the State authorities. When the time came for mnstennu out their regiments, they d. m inded their discharge, which was refused. 1 prent- I tha matter to the .Secrctarr of war, who de--lin,l u. ,,.t on it on the irround t!iat the lorina mas- I t- r roll which the had .Ued. showed that they ImA rnUirrd tho servieo for the p, riod of three rears, and left him no discretion to interfere in their U-half. This j . , ., I...-, ,,i,n .,i.i.t in foil aa H.e statement in the muater roll was i explained by the miiflttirinK otficer as a mere technical j n. '"easily. 1 atti-rwarils aaurcss-j a meinonai on ine ubject to CoiiL'ret i, ntatLnir all the facts, and invituiif them t titiio action for the relief of those nu n, but they failtsl to do so at the time. I present the matter for roil r consideration, trusting tliatyou will see lit to lay it U-fore t'ontrre.ss. ;ai.lntkv of inoiana hoLbiKus. The duty of sppoiutin- officers to command cmr riegments is full of responsibility an l eiulutrrasOient. I liar n commissioned many whom I did not know, and for whose titn-es I w compelled t rsly entirely upon the opinion of others, lint it affords me (Treat gratification to state that the Indiana olficers as a body bare lus-n fouud equal to those of any other State, that they have upon cverv battle -fli Id nobly sustained tlie rreat cause, and slieJ lustre upon the Hair, uieh r Inch they fought. Many have lavn appointed to hizh commamls, in which they sequittM them vires with tlie irr. aU st honor and aiillity, and very many hare laid lown their lives in battle fur tlieir emintry. (hir priTale soldiers have behaved with uniform and distiueiiishisl )rllantry in ever, action in which they have iwen enratid. They form a part of every armv in the field aud have la-eu snion the foremost in deeds of (taring, while tlieir blKi,lha.s hallowed every soil. Hitherto enaif.sl in the peaceful pursuits of trade and agriculture, they have uiaiiifeHt-d that lofty courage and hiirh-tons'd chivalry of h hieh others have talked so much anil Kaesl an hulo, and hieh belnLpsonly to the in4llu(eiitpatriidnhn understands well the sacred cause in whu b he draws Ins sword. Thnussnds hate fallen the vii tiBis of au unnatural rohellioi. They were fighting from deep convictions of dutr and the love they bore their eounlrv. Their uolettend graves mirk an hundred lH(tle-tiel Is, and oar country can never itiscbarjre to their m. luorv and their posterdv the debt id uratiiitoe ii owe. i nst gratitude suotii.i n vstinni oy wie i tender care we taku of their families and dependent ones whom the, have left Iwhiud, and by the education of . their children. u ktt t ear Bu er. u kt hut . AfliT the batfe of (s-ttysburff, arranpemcnts were made bv the State of lYmi-vU .una, for the establislintent of a national cemetery upou the battle ticld, in which each State having troops enaed, should have plaoo set apart for the burial of its dead . As ln.ltaua lost lniny irall.tnt and cherished sons ia that conflict, I took the responsibility of co-nperatinir with 1'ennsyli ani.t and other States, by the npiiiltment of Col. John U Su'phenson, as commissioner to selci t t!ie place a".d sup, rintend the removal then-t, ot our dead. These duties he faithfully performed, and fi-r more j full information von ar, referred to his report here with siihinittod ! and for an aecoflnt of the expenses incurred, to the financial report of .Mr. Terrell. l'or m, action iu this matter, your approval is respectfully soiiciUsl. C ARK or HOLOIKSS' rAUlLIRS. I invite your immediate attention to the necessity of Baking an ap(epriation for the relict an I support of the families ot our aoldicra. It is too w ell uuds-rstuod to require argument or statem -nt. that tlie monthly pay which they receive, especially ft-T deducting that pars wntcn VMwr owo wants in inc nei.i ao.scuufcciy require tlieia to expend, is w holly insnilicient for the eupport of their families, at this period of hih liees. The limy resting iip.nl th.- people of the State to pro- j Vale, anpp irt.aaj prevent s-irt-riuf fid destitution in tlicse case. .Is al-o too clear for argument, and needs only to He s'.a'e.t to coie-a in 1 g-oer.tl aisant. If the relief be funnsSrd iu Lie uwii'tsr jmpose 1, tlie burden will fall upon all the pi'-ple of (he Slate aceordmij to their several capacities t ts-ar it. an I will . be Iicht as t be sosrtssly felt, and will, 1 am sure, i be cheerfully home.' it as aa hour of great tr I to! Sirs nation, ajsd solemn dnti.'i are devolved upon the ' people, whether it b-me or in the held. Our Idvers , are performing their duties glerio.isiy, and t.i the adsniraauin of the aa-kL It tlie people at liouis do theirs, and atl w ill be we'd. . , rwiit tv sr ATI eAdtr AST coaxttssios. I Vave thought proVr t tsy tvfore yon the n port if Pr. Haanamsii. 1'rvi.Jsut, and Alfre.1 Harrison, Treaaurrr, of the latiaaa Suite Sanitary Cisanaiesioa. (since its form. I organization on tlie 31 day of March, 1SJ, it hss received contributions 13 iruinev to the amount of One luiniryd and Fiftr five Thousand, Ssven Ha:dr '.I and Xmeiy e.x IM'irs and r ei tyfive rents, aa l supplies l-r the army va'.u I at TbreJ Muni, el nul ThirUen Tl.eiisinl. S-x Iljndrsd and $.1,111, visaing au acrigate of $ t '.(M '1,11. As ;o fie . ma: nr in winch this money and those su ';des?isve esin expended a ru distritwiteij. various mill! try atretic that hv be:i et.v4 itis.l. the p7o.nt iie.-il Hip'xll 'Uf'.'WTis. snd trsrsil'Sf Saattrv 'oiitm:wTiers.-ron are re: -rre-l to Pr. fTannsra aii's rep art. Tins Cwmmussiva Iiaa been instrumental in prx'serviw; many !:., and re'ieving vntesd suffering an I distress. It has re.e:r, d e supptTt fro as tSe fairs la id in tlx ktsaI ciUes, in hieh lartre same b t bcee realised, but has Kva sustained by a system ot ooilecttons and vusuntarv roniribulions en the part ef our people, which arc full v described by l'r. 11 uioaOMn. I am aware that aa this Conraissioxt has ot been nuUalaJ by law, and is not toeref. re legally ivspon.iois to ti e L vhiMutv. it mar I sawt by oiu t!'A you shoul 1 late no cognisance cf it what, ever, but i the peoplo of the Sile have a right to know what lis petition h been made of their patrtotie gua-aaJ as lh 4diers of Indiana ars dsep'.v in. tcresled iu Us continued aticcee, whicb can oolv be ta.mt.iM v-y preserviwe the w,Vu.i.-e of the peorde in its Integrity and effiewuce. it is sit cVkv. and that cf all the ecers engag-eU its) administration, that TOU u shout I take tssrniianee of ft. and lesl.tute such vst itsfions. bv a vf.T-r cemmitveo, as w.u MtaV loves tish its merits and claims to nubbe confl ieace. or nabld It cue'.n.es 1 1 point ont lis detects. t cnrt-t tfie swbwct witTo.it rsjrsssinf to Pr. rtanrisms i ray sincere thanks for the .tewtion, ability, and disinterested patriotism with whi-shhe has pre.tdeJ osvt -its .iTa r. Fee more than two Trs norelr abend "rJ his business, and given tua t:me end labor wl.ollv to tae esvat work ef rif tn our rk a-l w.,vUd .dr, without rseerd r tbe snpnf sssi has Viue set a noble .sample before cmr cn.nrrenset, of th. naiHs in which t. bnrthenj a4 duiK'vi tu war aiwi4 i bora, vr sSouM t

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omit to return thank to t!ie Treaiarar an ! a!! other rtir of tha CommixiMD, lor their iTotion aotl Ificmney in th diachanra of their duttea; auJ especially ti ti rtrx.tic women of Indiana by whoe (ahra ami intiueaoe the ereater part f the cjntrit)tinna have been made. llM-ir zeal haa ni t ir-va li-mioishe-i by tle prutra?tion of the war, bat has inrreaaed with the inrreasinit wacM of our aiiliiar : and while many have Labored anceaiting'.y with tLeir lianJ. frtl.rra hare (riren most librailr, and ofun I'rotn rery mall means. They hare ti.eir reward in the support they have friirea to the esiise. aikl in ttie (rratilu L- of the many thousand of brave iieartj that they hare ma le light and happy. The duties of collecting back pav. jnatni. and boantiea f'r our ftoldier an 1 'ld;i-rj' widowa and I orphans, free of charge. I d rolvu 1 up.o tfie air-ncie I eUhliahed at Waahinton and in thi city, uearly two rear ao, and th.-y hare arc nif',n e.l in ivTU jTjoJ .n this way. But i hare col Ihu a hi- t wnpioy the lorce n-c.--;.iry to meet the 1-ai hi 1 of a buatuega tt !are and iiiijx'rtant, an I I n-.-coiumend that auch legitatioa be had aa " ill cstabiith atfeikriea upon a p.roian.;t.t haaia. with a nuiliciei.1 to transact t!e Iniiincii, and aave tlie elaim;iiti from the great itcrifice th;y mar rtherwi? be cnnf-!tt? I ti luaAe, mauy of whom arc but poorly ab'e t j bi-ar it. gOl.OIF.lt: VOTIS. ln Icr the prorisionj oT oar constitution, n person can ot except in tlie precinct in winrh he n?side. Thin ahoul l he ho amended, in mv opinion, Hi to euhie ' such of our citizum as are in the military stvic; of I the tJorernmcnt, and who would be entitled t vote j if at lrim.. to rote wherever they mar be. in cum;) or field, undr such reAsonahle rrtrtilationa aud ife(rurli as mitht be prenrrilie 1 by tiitf lftrilature. 1 J can conceive of no $rreat-r tuihtic 1 injustice, tlian j the eicluin fn.m the richt of auffraev. of tiiose ralI lnt men who at absent from home, Itecaose thev aro j (iifhtintf the battles of their country. I oarn-stly h 'pc I that inun'-di.ite stejw will'lw t-ileii t i rrheVrt onr c-:i-atitution o! tn injustice, an I alllion-M it may not im? accomplUlie Ifn tun to Ix-coia - ort-r.iti- durii? t'n-' war, it should not on th tt account b; uegK cted. LK'.IOV. ft is important to t'ie peat Suite, that ue have a wll or an ! eeiir(t y of t!i.' ;ini' ! an i e liiipp- i 1 Militia, which nnv be ip-edde called out riv of I emergency. To the orri -erj an 1 tuun of the Leirion, the St itc chietlv owes the iinmuiiitv In liana 1 enjoyed frem inraaKn, piitn ler aa l mur.Wr, by t ie I (rnernlla an 1 111 iran linj; b inds which have infest ! I ranny of the adjoining counties ot NenturKy. i'n I several occasions tfiey met the enemy in battle, when j they ably maintained' the credit of thu State, an 1 leharud with that dixtinjfuisiied couraa which ha I characterized the soldiers of Indiana throughout this I war. Some have fallen in battle, and I earnest. reeeommenl flint their families be provided for, anl place1! upon a footing at lea&t equal 1.1 the !'a indies if tiioe who fall in tho f'eileral aerri-'c. The orjranization, discipline nud efficiency of the Militia should lie encouraged, and promoted by every means and inducen,ent which the f.i'isl.iture can prosent, and plaol, if possible, uixiti an endiirini; bas'.s. l. v..r . . . h", l' -.'T-": V , t,Mt MI'al1''f ' " ,- , .- -y. I iM3 coinciieo 10 renoer nin.iary wr e c, an.i trie uej fence of the State not left to tfmse "illy who enter : voluntary or(raniatiin3. Where all ur- equally in- "". ""J'--' i" e.,..a. uies an.i .- t "ni " M,',t' '-l 1 , T . 'cient f, r the -pr-.tection of the tate, under winch ""y able bodied man ivithm mill arr sire cannot, upon anr einerirencv, he calle 1 into tlie held. In this present law is ent n ly wanting eutirelv waiitiiiir, anl in many others is so uetective as to m ike it a matter of surprise that the organization of the Lcirion should have been so efficient and well maintained as it has. I therefore call your attention to the necessity of sj amending the law, as to ere ite a inilit irv or-anir.ation that ivill lie ellicietit and suite I to the cireiimstaucca by which we are surrounded. The very able report of Major General Mansflell, of the jreneral operations and condition i f the Legion for the last two years is interesting and important. jr artkkmasteb's repokt. The report of the Q iart- rmaater and 'oinni'ssry General is herewith laid otforeyou. an t vonr Attention especially called to its contents. Tho Adiuimstr.ition of this department by Oeneral Stone has been highly successful and satisfactory. KXrBNDITrKZS OP TBI T ATM 4STEK. Th State Paymister, Major Stems Fisher, has dishnrscd for all purposes the sum of two hundred mi l I flitv-eittht theus ind six hundred and t-n and ID-ion I dollars. Of this amount I advanced to him ou huni dred and seventy -one thousand six hundred an 1 sixty- ; one dollars and eihtv- cents, of which he repai i to : iin' tho sum ot ti.ty thousand dollars. II drew by my ! ordor from the special military fun I, cr-ati'-l by lsw of ! ls.il, the sum of seventv-hve thousand dollar. When j this latter sum was refun led to mebv the li.ivprniii.-nt UHn tihni; with it the receipt.sl r-.lU. 1 psid tiie j nionev into the State Treasury to ,. i-r,- i.t of the ap- . propriatiou from which it was draw:, i'.il fr.on whiv-'i fie has drawn a-ain, the sum of sixty-nine tle.usan 1 eight hundred and forty-two dollars and nine cents. A coor linjf to his report, which i her-v. .: i Mi'iinitte 1, the w hols ain Mint of liabilities incurred b. t.ie In. lain Iiehon and mintito men, for unlit iry s t. i.-, is tour hundred and nineteen thousand s -ven hundred and fortv-two dollars an I i,.'l.t cents, of wl.ieh amount the sura of two hundred and thirlv-live tii-usao.! seven i hundred and aixly-eiirht dollars and f rly-ox cents j has beea paid, leaving unpaid the sum of one huridr.' 1 ! and eighty-three thtmsand nine hundred and aeventyj three dolfars and sixty-two cents. Hut the l'aymsUt lias still in Iks ban ! the sum of twenty-seven I tlnHisand four hundred an I seventy -three dollars and aeventv-aevcu ceuts iu taah, i.-aviu the balance t) be ! providel for. rAMAtiKS BT THK W0ROAN BAII. In the month of July, H-13, the State was iuvs led by the rebtd (ieueral John Morgan, an I the force under Iris cotLiiuand. In response to ai-allwloeh I issue I formilitsrv f-rces for toe t.urnose of rapturing and punishinp this robber horde, cur o.wiple flew t arms in anm'.vers and wit'.i an alacntv 1 rs unknown in trit history of tlie war. In a fe.v s vasion was converted into a flight, being all ui.iunte.1. were unahlv 1 to c over our cistern lioriler, into Ohio, i. rt hours tlie iti.uid t'.e inva l -rs :li-, t ti.cir escape ii here the r v, ere finally captured. During their brief presence in the State, however, they indicl.it uine'i damage by the destruction of propertv, the pl'in lerinj. of stores, the stealing of hora-'S an 1 provisions, and robberies of varions kinds. The true and hist the-rv of onr irovermnent is tint it shall protect xhe people in t'-eir persons and propertv agatn-t invasion and loss from public enemy, or injury by dom 'stie insurre-tion. Vucre losses irx property hive en tlms s.ist.xine I. it ia much easier for t'e people of th. Stat." in lesr them iu the-.r collective capacity than it is f-rthe parttenUr iihlividnrls upon whom tliey inve fsl!n. In many iustni-es, persons have lost their property in the M rgau raid were ia bumble circimstanes, nnd were put to great inivnyenieni-e thereby, and m s-me cases redues.1 even to destitution. I th reforc recommend that a ce'mniis.soiu lie created, clothed with such poners as will enable them to rntke a full sal c -rvra' .iporAisroeut of the J.ia.if ' sustiineA. an I thst S", appropriation Is- mole todefrnT them out of thfl I'ressury, when tliey have Isten legally asses, -1. Ast'tcreis a natural tendency t eatrgerafe d imige when they are tj ls paid for by the public, such ss".jnsrds sh ju'd be adopted by tlie commissi. va as will prerr-t im.isiuon upou the State. ARKX.tL When our first regiments were ready to take t lie field, they were unprovided with ammunition, and a n(in cm;ld he readily procured, it become nacsssary to have it prepared. Colonel Strum theu was engpged tor tliat purpose. He had studied t!;o art ia Kuruj e. and was thoroughly instructed in all its details. He succeeded well in the enterprise from the bosri lining, and Li? ammunition was pronounced tho very be-st in use. Thus was the Arsenel cstalbishod. and as the demand for ammunition tlaily increased, and the necessity so far from passing away become constantly greater as the war progressed, what was first intended as a tempnrary convenience, become a larpe and permanent estakdshment Colonel Strnra continued at the head of the estnbKwirment, rtisnsjinff it with irreat I auoxAss and ability, nrensrin- .imrnnni .- ,- ...... a . r -n ! tlon ot r-v descnptnotl for artillery 1 and Small ariUS, not Olily Supplying OUT ; own troon whoii crnfx.r t. Ll, ri-1,1 t, j .' . . . , " onditi g immo ie qnp.ntities to t!-c armies in the Wiist and Sovith. In sevcraj craergencica. the armies in tho West aud South were supplied from ,lere, when they could not procure it in timo from j other arsenels, and serious ' . , . , , disaster Qrepy atOiaed. Shortly after the Arsenel was fully ; ... vi: -w- .1 it KmimSt taWliedt It Was Brought to the ftttent.n of tr. wr department, and the a ru

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munition bavin? been tlioroughly tested, the Government agreed to pay for what ha I already been issued, and to receive and par for what should be prepared thereafter, at prices which were mutually satisfactory to both parties. These prices were generally below what the Government paid for ammunition, but ! such a it wa believed, woul l fwirly lnj demnify the State for all costs and cxpenses incurred on that account, j The operations of that Arsenal were j suspended d iring the session of the late Lofxislaturc, and its condition and j results fully reported to that body. ; No Legislative aotion having ben taken j in regard to it, and the necessity for its j continued operations still existing in ; full force, I proposed to the Auditor and j Treasurer of State, that they should coi operate with me in carrying it forward, ' this they declined to do on the ground that 1 it was authori.ed by law. Afterwards I I determined to take the responsibility of continuing its operations, provided the j Legislative Auditing1 Committee would i examine and audit all items of expendij ture that might be incurred on that account. To this the Commute agreed I upon condition that one of their number s.'iouM ho seloctC'l to lie present at tnc Arsenal at all tunes, for the ilauy exami nation of its expenditures, and insp?ci tion ot its operation. YV ith tins arrangej inent I was well satisfied, and the Committee selected the Hon. Samuel II. Haskirk for that duty. He continued in ! tlie performance of the duties thus asi signed him with ability and industry. 1 until tlie winding tip of the Arsenal, at which time the Committee made a full ; report of its operations, which is herewith submitted. It will be found from j an examination of this report, and the ; detailed accounts of the arsenal from the ) time of its starting, that it yielded a net , cash profit to the State of seventy-one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars aud one cent, (71,.'W,01, ) besides , having on hand, for future use, if neces- ' sary, all the tools and apparatus stored away in the Quartermaster's Department, ! valued at four thousand and two dollars and forty four cents. All sums drawn at nnv lime from the State Treasu- ; ry, oa account of the Arsenal, have been retnrned, and the profits only have rei mained in my hands, which I have ! charged against myself in the general ! account, and have used in defraying the ; expenses of tho State Government. It I was no part of the original plan that the prolits should result to the State from its i operations and they have sprung solely from the economical and skillful management, for which Colonel Strum is entitled to the chief credit. Its original establish ment and continuance were strictly a military necessity, and whether absolutelj covered by tlie law or not, have been of great benefit to the State and the Government. It entailed upon me great responsibility aud anxiety, from which I gladly escaped at the earliest moment. EIr'ATIOX. Your attention is called to the report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the suggestions and recommendations contained in it. The School Law requiers amendment in several important particulars, and it is believed that the fund can be materially increased I without adding to the burdens of the people of the State. While Indiana has a larger school fund than any other State, ihe has not, by any means, the best system of common schools. Money alone will not make good schools, and an indispensable requisite is educated ami disciplined teachers. The necessity for a State Normal School has been severely felt for many years, and earnestly urged by tho most eminent teachers and friends of education. Indeed. I am satisfied from my own observation, and the recorded experience of other States, that our system of common schools can never even approach to what it ought to be, until an institution shall be established in which j teachers shall be trained ami disciplined ! for tlieir high and honorable calling j A few thousand dollars diverted every ; year from the school fund revenue for this purpose, would soon make the expenditure of the balance vastly beneficial to tiie cniidren ot tlie state. ncn we

u -hi- cuiuiini in me ouur. mu we j or uciore me second i uesuay 01 reoruaconider the magnitude of the school j ry of each year in which the taxes were fund, the wealth of the State, and the to be paid. "The section also contains this

1 c ability of our people to pay taxes for the advancement of education, there is no reason why we may not have a system of common schools equal to that of anv other State, save the absence of qualified teachers, and tins? we shall never have in sufficient numbers, until a State Xor- ! mil School has been permanently established of sufficient capacity to receive and instruct all who desire to enter the ( profession of teaching. i j POXATtOX OF LASD RY CONGRESS FORAGUII CrLTl'RAL COLT.KtiES. I j In presenting the subject of the doI nation of land by Congress for Agricul- ! tural Colleare-. in the several States, I cannot do better than repeat the recommendations of my former Message. "On the 2d day of July. 1"32. the Congress of tho United States passed i an act donating to each of the States not l in rebelllion againt the Government, an amount of public lands eiualto 30,000 j acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress, to which the States are j respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 160. This entitles Indiana to 3W,lho acres. henj ever there are public subject to sale at priv lands in the Stats?. jeet to sale at private entry at 91, '2o per acre, the quantity to which the State ! is entitled shall be selected from such lands, but if there are no such lands in i the State, or not enough, the Secretary of the Interior is to issue the State land crip for th requisite number of acres. This scrip cannot be located by the State to which it is i3ued, but the purchaser must locate it upon any of the unappropriated land of the United States subject to the sale at private entry at 91,25 or kssper acre. "There being no pablio lands in this State for sale at private entry, neli by the

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WAYXE CO.7 IXD., Government t 91.25 per acre, Indiana is ! entitled to receire her donation in st rip. "This donation is made upon the fol lowing conditions: First That all moneys derived from the sale of lands or scrip shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks j ielding not less tLaa five per centum per annum, on the par value. "Second That monies so invested shall constitute a prepetual fund, the capital of which shall never be diminished, except as hereafter stated. 'Third The interest on the stocks to be inviolably appropriated by the State, to the endowment and support of at least one College in which the leading object in it shall be without excluding scientific and classical studies, and including .Military Tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic arts. "Fourth If any portion of the fund thus invested shall by any. contingency be lost, it shall be fully restored by the State. "Fifth That portion of the sail fund shall be applied to the purchase repair, or erection of anv building, but that a 1 sum not exceeding ten per cent, 01 tne Inriiriniil siimmi-ir iimv V j e t non .1 1 for the purchase of sites or experimental farms. "Sixth No State shall be entitled to tlie douatiou, unless the Legislature shall express its acceptance thereof, within two years from tlie date of the approval of the Act by the President. "I recommend that the Legislature promptly express its acceptance of the grant, pledging the faith of the State for the performance of the conditions upon which it is made. "The necessity for scientific instruction in agriculture, is generally acknowledged, and Congress intended bv this magnificent donation to provide mean for the permanent establishment of at least one ethcient Agricultural College in each State. "The question presents itself as to the disposition which shall be made of the grant. Shall it be given to the State Univesity, or apportioned among all the Colleges in the State, upon such terms and conditions as the Legislature may prescribe; or shall a new Institution be created expressly designed to carry out the will of Congress? It may be difficult now to determine the question from the fact that we cannot know how much may be realized from the sale of script. i If an amount should be realized large : enough to endow respectible and successi ful Professorships in each of tlie Colleges now in the State; attaching to them experimental farms, it would perhaps be the best disposition that could be made. Hut it should not be large enough for such division, which I apprehend will be the case, then I recommend that it be applied to the establishment of an Institution for Agricultural and Military instruction, to which the children of soldiers who shall die in the service during this war, shall be admitted free of charge. "At thj last decision of Congress, the time was extended within which the States might accept the grant, and it is important that you take action upou it before the final adjournment." NATIONAL Dill EOT TAX. By the Cth section of an Act of Congress approved August Cth, 161, adirect annual tax of twenty millions of dollars was levied upon the United States, and apportioned among the several States. The apportionemcnt devolved the payment of 9904,875 33 on the State of Indiana. By the 53d section of the Act it was provided that any State might assume, assess and collect its portion of the tax and pay the same into the Treasury, and if thus paid on or before the last day of June of the year for which it was levied, should entitle such States to a deduction of fifteen per cent, of the gross amount j to be paid by such State. The section ! further provides that notice of the inten tion of the State to assume ami pat her portion of the tax. without the intervention of the Federal officers, must be given to the Secretary of the Treasury by the Governor, or other proper olficer, on or bctore the second Tuesday of r ebruaproviso : that the amount or direct tax apportioned to any State shall lie liable to be paid or satisfied in whole or in part by the release of such State, duly executed to the United States, of any j liquidated and determined claim of any such State, of equal amount against the United State ; Provided, that iu case of such release, such State shall be allowed the same abatement of the amount of such tax as would be allowed in case of the payment of the same in money. From the very beginning of ihc war, the State wag compelled oSdvavrtrri large sums of money to equip and supply our volunteers, and, in fact, f urn i shears npplies of every kind until the Falof lstjl, and it was shortly after the passage of that act, that our advances, over and above all reimbursements, would soon be sufficient in amount to set od" the amount of tax apportioned against the State. Accordingly I opened a correeoudncc with the Secretary of the TreastrtT on the subiect, and ascertained from him that the advances made.byicete on behalf of our troops ouioHbe regarded as a "claim" within'' the spirit and meaning of the Act, aod wVul J be admitted in paynAnt ofhe tax to aa amount which 6hould be found due on settlement. After consultation with the Auditor, Treasurer and Secretary of State, and in conjunction with tbdsn, oa the day of December. 1861, I filed ia the office of the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, a paper olcially signed, of which a copy is herewith transmited. In which we "assumed that the State would pay her portion of th direct tax without tITetnVrventioa of Federal officers, and projoing to set-off against the same a lik sa due to the State for advances made in furntSBinp oar troops, and to release the United

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J State from further liability for the sum emigrate to America, information of the ithus set-otTand advanced against the j geography, population, Wealth and rei tAX This paper was accepted bv the sources of the State, and the prospects Secretary of the Treasury, who there- forhealth.com fort, wealth and education, i ...i;i .-, o,,;r,r t'bo .-jiwra nr,v presented to those who come in search

i vided by the law to collect the tax with- j in the State. On tlie of January, ; IS'32, Mr. Lange, the Auditor of the . State, proceeded to Washington with the I I papers and vouchers embracing our ; , claim against the Government up to the , Hma f.c t! mi rnnip nf makinc settle- i T 11 Kuia Vlt-a tilt. - JW V a-'-' a 1.1 v --w - - . I .r tt- iVmn.l. hnwovpr. thattht mode i of settlement with the several States had , not been determined upon bv the Treasu- ! rv Department, and that the press of ! business iu the Department was sucn as j to prevent the taking up of our accounts. He was directed to tile them in the Ie partmOiit to be taken up for adjustment j whenever they could be reached. It ', then became obvious that our accounts j would not be settled and adjusted by ! the last day of June. lsGl, so as to be j "liquidated and determined" within the ; meaning of the Act of Congress, as be- ' fore quotel, and that, after all, our set1 off against the tax was about to fail. ! Accordingly, I brought the matter to ; the attention of our Congressional delegation, and asked them to procure, if j possible, such legislation as would facili- ( tate the settlement of our accounts, and J if that could not be done, to procure the i extension of the time in which accounts could be filed and settlements made, so 1 that the advantage of the set off need not be lost. After much trouble and delay, thev procured the passage of an Act, which was approved on the 13th day of May, 102, the concluding part of which f is as follows : "Provided, tuat in case I of such release, such State, Territory or District shall be allowed the same abatement of the amount of such Tax as would be allowed in case of the payment of the same in money," shall be construed as applying to such claims of Suites for reimbursement of expeuses incurred by them in enroiliug, subsisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying and transporting its troops employed iu aiding to suppress the present insurrection against the I'uited States, as shall be fil ed jwith the proper officers of the United States before the thirteenth of July next. And in such cases the abatement of fifteen per centum shall be made on such portion of said tax as may be paid by the allowance of such claims, in whole or in part, the same as if the final settlement and liquidation thereof had been made before the thirteenth of June." This act healed the difficulty and under it we have filed with the proper offi cers, anterior to the 30th of July, 18G'2, claims against the United States, due to the State, more than enough to cover the amount of tax due from the State, after deducting the fifteen per cent, from the gross amount. By this operation, the State has saved fifteen per cent, of the original amount which is 8135,731 30, reducing the amount from S'.K) 1,875 33 to 9705,141 03, and the latter sum is set off and paid by our advances. The arrangement is mutually ad vautageous to the State and General Government. It would do the Government no good to draw a large amount of money from the people of the State for taxes, while she was debtor to "j the State to a still larger amount, which indebtedness must sometime be paid by money raised by taxation. Besides this, the Government was in no condition to reimburse the State in the full amount of her advances, and if these advances were not used to pay the direct tax, the tax must have been collected from the people of Indiana immediately, while the advances would in all probability, remain as a suspended debt for years to come, on which the Government, if it followed former precedents, would pay ! no interest. I respectfully recommend ; that the Legislature approve ray action, I aud that of tlie State Olficers, in the ! premises. This subject was laid before the Legislature at its lat sessi on, but no j j action was taken in reference to it. The j j settlement of our accounts with the j Government has progressed slowly, j owing to the imperfection of many of j i the vouchers, growing out of the haste , ; with which the business was done, and ! the inexperience of the officers in the beginning of the war. At the request j of the Department I have made arrangej ments to send an Agent to Washinston j S to co-operate with the accounting officers j !! of the Government, and anticipate but j little trouble in bringing the settlement to a speedy and successful issue. EMIGRATION. It is not necessary to argue the importance of adding to the wealth fe population of Indiana, by increasing the emigration to her borders from the various countries I of Europe. The agricultural an i mineral resources of the State are, as vet, compar 1 ativelr undeveloped, for the want of pop- ' ulation, labor and capital. Nearly one I fourth of the whole area of the State is a coal field, a large part of which is said i to be of the best finality. Excellent iron ore is found in vast quantities in many

counties, and throughout the State, ex- an i the Penitentiaries." Without attempt- ! centino' a fpw small localities, the soil is ; inir to enter into the history of the tran-

i rich and fertile, capable of producing all ! the grains and gras ises in the greatest tate abounds in fine i abundance. The State

! timber, aud living s'reams of water, and . under such circumstances, as forbade ! in every respect presents faclities to an ! the idea of harmonious and beniflcial j easy and profitable agriculture, while an j action to the State, should it be rej abundance of coal and water power furn- i assembled in extra session. The Audiishes the means for manufacturing on the j tor and treasurer promptly declined that I largest scale and cheapest terms. Large i no money could be ilrawn from th treas-

tratts of country are ret unsettled, and in many counties the population is quite sparine and it is not too much to say, that the State can support in case and comfort a population three or four times larger than the present. The war has made a heavy draft upon tbe labor of tbe j State, which is cow scarce and In great ; demand, and should be replenished and j increased bv every legitimate means. I i therefore earnestly recommend theestsb j or more agents in Europe, whose duty it ' shall be to furnish to persons about to

J Itshmeatof a InircaHor Jvra taxation, npem j In regard to them, ana the renitentiarie, j,, mules, 1CK) wsnasQQiiogs j a plan similar to that adopted by several ! that was extended to the avtncnt of the i. was - retseato , Toaealoosa, I of the Western States, providissr for one State Printer. thT won Li all have been 1 arpnruze hLa ahattersd array.

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lrfa'.'Ltfr i ! . Tate-a- a g A C"e Whole iuberV of new home?, and of such facilities for petting bere as the State may be able to furcifth. Some of our sister States have in this way added largely to their population and wealth, and while we are somewhat late in beginning,-it will bo later and worse for us the longer it is put I oif. In accordance with this view I have i caused to be prepared and published, to I lotU English and German, a pamphlet setting forth the condition and resource I e oww, iir-uuu .us muvrc ments offered to emiriStS frof! abroad. copies of which are herewith subiuitWd. C0L0S1ZATI0K. I reccommend that the second section of an act approved March 5th, 153, which authorizes) the State Hoard of Colonzation, to appoint an agent Or Corresponding Secretary, be repealed. Since the passage of the act, I learn that nearly S.OOO have been paid out in salaries to the Secretary appointed by the

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been sent to Liberia from the State. This orlice is a mere sinecure, and the duties which have been attached to it by law, can be readily performed by the Secretary of State, should any arise in the future. Nkt.KO TKSTIMOKV. 1 he statute wtnen excludes negroes j from testifying in courts of justice, in case in which white persona are parties, is, in ejv opinion, a stigma upon the humanity and intelligence of the State. The idea that the white race must be protected against tho colored, by imposing on them this disability is absurd, and has been made the cover and protection foj much crime and injustice. As the law stands, murder may be perpetrated with impunity, by white persons in the presence only of colored witnesses, and it is well known that negroes are often employed by white persons as the instruments of crime and fraud, because of their inability to testify in courts of justice. The interests of both races demand that this disability be removed, and if the fact of color affects credibility, that can be referred to the court and jury as in other cases, and would undoubtedly receive due considerationIndiana and Illinois are the only free States whose statute books are dishonored by the retention of a law so repugnant to the spirit of the age, aud the dictates of common sense. IhNUUEKATloX AND AProKTlOXMKNT. Sections fourth and fifth of the Constitution of the State are in these words: "Sue. IV. The General Assembly ohall, at its second session after the adoption of this Constitution, and every six years thereafter, cause an enumeration to be made of all the white male inhabitants over the age of twenty-one years. "Skc. V. The number of Senators and Representative shall, at the session next following each period of making such enumeration, be fixed by law, and apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of white male inhabitants above twenty-one yeara of age in each: Provided, That tha first and second elections of members of the General Assembly, under this Constitution, f.h all be according to the apportionment last made by the General Assembly, before the adoption of thi9 Constitution." The enumeration required, of the white male inhabitants of the State over twentyone years of age, has never been made. An apportionment for Legislative purposes was enacted in 1S57, and justice as well as the constitutional provisions renuire that a new one shall be made. Under the present law, which was very j imperfect in the begining, great iui equalities existed in three presentation I in the Legislature, aud these are rapidly ', increasing by the increase and changes j in our population. STATU TRKASLKtu's llkl'OKT. The condition of the Treasury will be presented iu the report of Mr. Brett, State Treasurer. While I have had occasion to except strongly to his policy in several respects referred to in this mpsj sage, it is but just to say that in others the admiui&trution of his Department has been entirely satisfactory. liEVRVOLriNT rxSTITCTIOyS. The anuual reports of the ltoard of Trustees of the Benevolent Institutions are herewith laid before you, from which it will appear, that wleen the high prices of all articles that enter into their consumption are considered, that they have been carried on with more economy. and at lens cost than at any former peri j od in their history. This statement I am advised is fully sustained by a careful examination and comparison of the rt ports of their expenditures from the time cf their first establishment. The late Legislature adjourned without making formal appropriations for the i support of the Benevolent Institutions, ; sactioos of that body, or the causes which ( led to its disruption, it is enough to say , that it was so constituted, and adjourned ; ury for the support of these Institutions, because ot the abiense or legal appropriations for that purpose. To this conclusion I offered no objection, although In my own opinion, an appropriation for the support of the benevolent institutions as the clear leral result of tbe constitutional provision, and tbe t.atutes, crcsting them, and providing for their sup. port; and it Is very certain that bad the same liberal construction ben adopted supported from the treasrrry. , , , As the matter stood, the operations of

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The j financial report will show that I was ' generously sustained by the constituted f authorities of various counties, by many I private persons, andShy orie railroad t corporation." to all of whom I desire in the, rq0t 'l!? jnQner to return lny ' thanks. Tt-t money thus obtained, added to, the, profits of the State Arsenal, was sufficient to anpport the Benevolen Institution, 'and Penitentiri, and defray all other civil - expenses, from the time the duty of providing; for. them devolved ujHn me, until the first day of January, 1SG5, leaving a balance of "the civil funds in rat hands ot 8C7o 05. Conclubed next VeeV' Petrol jm in California. Professor Silliman, in a report recently published, has some important observations upon the ocenrance of petroleum in California. II says that the occurence of an inflammable fluid was known on the cost of Santa Barbara as early as 1792, but that no importance was attached to it until lately. The first attampt made to apply it to a useful purpose was by a Mr. Gilbert, who drew and refined it'by means of a refinery put up try himself, on a small (scale. Prof. Silliman writing July '2nd at Buenaventura; Santa Barbara county, aya there is a farm in that locality of lS.OUO acres where there were twenty natural oil wells, some of them of the largest size. The oil is struggling up to the surface at all available points, and running away down the river for miles. The property has already been purchased by a company of New York capitalists. The Bankrupt Bill. The following are tho principal features of the Bankrupt bill as it has passed the House of Represntatives at Washington: "-' 1st. The discharge of tho honest debtor upon the surrender of his property. 2nd. Tho protection of the creditor against the fraudulent practices and reckless conduct of his debtor. The District Courts are to be mad Courts of Bankruptcy, and the bankrupt business, where there is no opposing interest, is to be transacted by offlcers to Ihj called Registers, When there are opposing interests, they are to make up the casts for the decisions of the judge. They are to be the bands and the eyes of the Court, but are neither to be clothed with its power or its direction. Receiving fixed salaries, it will be their interest as well as their duty : to discourage litigation. . Creditors are to have assignees, but the law ignores the cumbrous machinery of official assignees, accountants, registry of courts and accountants general. Insolvency is a matter between the bankrupt and his creditors, and can best be managed by them under the direction of the courts. Every question raised by litigants contesting the bankrupt's discharge,, must bo heard and decided in open court, in which r cp pec t this bill j differs from other laws. Commissioners i appointed by the Supreme Court are to i establish a code of rules to secure uniform ! jractice. Honest debtors are to receive an alj lowanvc, so that they may not be turned j, upon the world without a currency note, ; if they have surrendered their effects f r f administration and distribution among "their creditors. ' '-.i i Another provision gives a debtor an . opportunity to meet his creditors, and if j they are satisfied of his integrity and I ability, to wind up his affairs under a . trust deed, with the same effect as if the ' proceedings had been conducted in the i Court of Bankruptcy, . j j This law has yet to be acted upon by the Senate, and what disposition will be I made of tisdoes not seem to be indicated 1 by i any action of its metabers, or any ! canvass of their opinions. " A Mine efThre Cent Piece. An eccentric individual" named Wm. Cilley died recently at Look-port, N. Y. He lived alone, kept a grocer, and willed his property, valued at 819,000, to his relatives in England. " He kept his specie buried in the collar in an old boiler Among the deposits in. this private vault were over fifty thousand thre cent pieces. How many millions of coin are thus hoarded in various parts of the country? 'The Tribune has thc otloirlng Wash ington special of the 2th: The Natj ional Intelligencer has been sold. - Its politics will not be chsngtid. The quota of this District, under the President's last call for three hundred thousand men, is announced at 3,019. Under the call for fire hundred thousand it was 2,900. The , District Is Tidntly rapadly increasing in population, In the ectimatioraoX Provost Marshsl-0neral ' A Paris letter says: It good fsslintf of France toward the United States dally Jncrcasina. Th'rf Ynfederate ' Com mis - i rionersto Maxbnil'an havsbeen stopped. , . - , . V,J .. J',' A dupautuonCCkrt f announces that SisajojfUJfs cavalry bsd ; captured JlocD pontoon train; also, 000 Hood to re Robot' a i rebel cavsnUgr .naifid ru almost to.. tlraly nfrlrsi ,