Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-01-18

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second OF September last the property and
affairs OF the company were placed in the
hands of receiver.
plan has been suggested for the as
sent of the stock and bondholders which
contcmplates a sale of the canal under
lawful process, and purchase Of the same
for the purpose of forming a new company,
OF which the capital stock shall be one mil.
lion OF dollars, divided into twenty thou.
sand shares of fifty dollars eac', of which
each asserting holder of mortgage bond
for one thousand dollars shall be entitled
to eighteen shares, and each asserting
holder of fifty shares of ock of the Wyo
ming Canal Company shall be entitled to
nlne shares. Of course no officer of the
Commonwealth had authority to assent to
the proposal or in any way to affect her
position. 1t is be'ive also that the plan
is not one that ought to be assented to by
the Commonwealth, and that, under all the
circumstances, ii the conv nience of indi-
vldual parties requires change such as
proposed, the debt due TO the Common
wealth ought to be first paid or fully Sc
cured.
suggest that the Act passed Sth of
April, 1861, entitled. can Act concern
ing the sale Of railroads, canals, &C.,
SHOULD be modified so that in all ceases
in which debt may be due to the Com
lnonwealth by the company, as whose
property public work may be sold, TIE
purchasers 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, or secured the
same by their bonds to the Commonwealth
secured by first mortgage on the work
itself
commend the subject to the immediate
consid ration of he Legislature, as an ef-
fort may be made ct an early day to en-
force sale of the canal, and some provis.
lou by law to protect the interests the
State would in that case be necessary
The wicked and monstrous rebellion
which broke ou. many months ago, hfs
not yet been queled. Every sentiment of
loyalty and patriotism demands its effect
ual suppression,
In my messages of the 9th and Both of
-ApriI last, | set ;orth at length my views
OF the character and objects of th1 contest
which is still pending. Subsequent rehec-
ton has nGrmed me il the correctness
OF the opIlions then expressed and to
which L refer In addition, it ought to be
understood that looking to the variety and
character of her products and industry,
her mat rial interest alone would render
the preservation of the Uni from the pre-.
sent assault upon it, indispensable to Pen.
nsylvania. She cannot afford to have a
foreign power below or above or bounding
her on the Delaware, the Chesapeake or
the Mississippi and she will never acqui-
eS ce in such result, whatever may be
the cost in men and money of her rcsis-
tancc to it.
On the Oh of April last directed the
attention of the Legislature to the necess-
ity which existed for an improved military
organization, and on the 18th Of the same
month the Act entitled "An Act for the |
better organization Of the military of this
Commonwealth ~ passed, appropriating the
sum of $780, 900 for the purpose of organ
lining, cquipping and arming the militia.
On the 18th Of April the President, by
proclamation, called for military force
of $4,000 men, OF which the quota assign
ca to Pennsylvania was at first sixteen
(aiterwafds reduced to fourteen) regiments
to serve Cs infantry or riAemen, for the
term of three months unless sooner dis
charged.
This call was enthusiastically responded
to blythe people Of Pennsylvania, The
first military aid from the loyal States
; 'hich The Government received at Wash !
ington, was Pennsylvania corps which
arrived there prior to the 10Th of April
Or that day the passrge Of other corps
from this and other States through Balti-
more was impcded by force, and during
nearly two weeks afterwards the com
between Washington and the
loyal States was almost entirely cut off -
On the 10Th, | received a request from the
War Department that the troops preparing
in this State should be clothed, armed,
equipped, subsisted and transported by
the States, in consequence of the then in
ability of the United States.
This request was, of course, complied
with, and twenty-five regiments, (being
eleven regiments beyond our quota,) com
prising 2O,l75 men from Pennsylvania
served for the term of three months under
the Presidents proclamation above refcrr-
to, As the furnishing those volunteers
with supplies was necessarily, under the
hurried operation, and as
were made in regard to them,
and frauds were alleged to hdve been per.
petrated, | appoil ted Board of Commits
sions to investigate the whole subject. A
copy of their report, with the evidence
taken by them, has been already laid be-
fore the public. 1t is the intention o! the
Auditor General to open the accounts of
such parties as appear by the testimony to
have been overpald, and this course has
already been taken in two of these cases.
On the expiration of the term Of the
three months men in July last, some eight
or ten thousand discharged Pennsylvania
Volunteers were thrown into Harrisburg