Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1867-01-09

/ cordially unite in the statement and re-
concentrations of the memorial herewith
presented.
invite your attention to the condition of
the Arsenal.
1t is too small-unsafe as depository for
the large amount of valuable military ma
terial to be kept in it, and is, in all respects,
inconvenient and not adapted to its pur
poses.
during the war for want of sufficient room
and safety; and | recommend that ground
be procured and a new and commodious
arsenal be erected In or near the capital of
the State.
Since the adjournment of the Legislature
| drew my warrant on the Treasury for five
thousand dollars, appropriated to the Ma
tional Cemetery at Antietam, and appointed
Major-General Jno r. Brooke, trustee to
represent the State. Before the warrant
was drawn [ appointed Colonel VIM H.
Blair and Captain j. Merrill Linn, who ex-
amined the ground and made full investi-
cation, their report Of which accompanies
this message. 1t will be noticed that they
report seven hundred and ninety
bodies of Pennsylvanians that will be re-
moved into the cemetery, and recommend
an additional appropriation, in which l
most cordially unite.
| cannot close my last Annual Message,
without renewing the expression of my
gratitude to the freemen of the Common
wealth, for the hearty approval with which
they have cheered the labors of the Execu-
tive Office. To have earned such approval
by my official conduct, during the last six
years, must always be source Of pride to
myself and children. Without the consci-
business that L was endeavoring to deserve
their approval, and without the hope that
l should succeed In attaining it, | must have
sunk under the responsibilities of my posi-
ton. 1t was only reliance on Divine
Providence, and the active, resolute, hearty.
support and zeal of the people and their
representatives, that encouraged me during
the dark and terrible crisis through which
the country has psased. [ tried to do my
duty to my country, and | know L was at
least faithful to her in deep distress, and
conceived that duty not to be limited to the
merely putting of men into the field to sup
press treason and rebellion, and maintain
the national life, and doing of everything
In my power to sustain the just war forced
upon us. | felt also bound, so far as / could
to protect and promote the rights and COM
forts of our volunteers, after they had left
the State, to aid and relieve the sick and
wounded, and to care for the transmission,
to their bereaved families, of the precious
bodies of the slain, and the maintenance
and education of their orphans as honored
children of the country
To have been the Chief Magistrate of this
great Commonwealth during the period
through which we have passed, and to have
earned and maintained (if indeed | have
done SOY the confidence and affection of her
people and their representatives, are quite
enough to satisfy the highest ambition, and
in my retirement from the high trust given
me, pray God that the State may continue
to grow in power and strength, and her peo-
pie in prosperity and happiness
A. G.. CURTIN.
Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, January
q 1867.