Year: 1867

that money for that purpose be approprl-


ated


The trustees of the State Lunatic Hos


pital represent that it is impossible for,
them to accommodate and care for the


number of patients committed to them
under the laws regulating admissions into
the hospital, and earnestly recommend
that provision be made for increased ac-
commodation.


need not say that the institution is
carefully and economically managed, or
to refer to the great good it has produced;
and that [ cordially unite in the state
ment and recommendations Of the memo
rial 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
material to be kept in it, and is, in all
respects, inconvenient and not adapted to
It's purposes.


Much inconvenience was experienced
during the war for want of sufficient room
and safety, and l recommend that ground
be procured and new and commoGious
arsenal be erected in or near the capital
OF the State.


Since the adjournment of the Legisla-
ture drew my warrant on the Treasury
for five thousand dollars, appropriated to
the National Cemetery at Antietam, and
appointed Major General John r. Brooke
trustee to represent the State. Before
the warrant was drawn I appointed Colo
mel VIM. II. Blair and Captain J. Mer-
rill Linn, who examined the ground and
made full investigation, their report of
which accompanies this message. 1t will
be noticed that they report seven hundred
and ninety-seven bodies Of Pennsylvani-
ans that will be removed into the ceme-
terry, and recommend an additional appro-
priation, in which most cordially unite.
[ cannot close my last annual message
without renewing the expression of graf
itude to the freemen of the Common
wealth for the hearty approval with
which they have cheered the labors of
the Executive Office. To have earned
such approval by nay official conduct dur
ing the last six years must always be
source of pride to myself and Children
Without the consciousness that [ was en-
deavoring to deserve their approval, and
without the hope that | should succeed in
attaining it, l must have sunk under the,
responsibilities of my position. 1t was
only reliance on Divine Providence, and
the active. resolute, hearty support of the
people and their representatives, that en-
couraged me during the dark and terri
BE crisis through which the country
passed. / tried to do my duty to my
country, and know [ was at least faithful
to her in her deep distress, and [ conceiv-
ed that duty not to be limited to the
merely putting of men into the field TO
suppress treason and rebellion, and main
tain the national life, and doing of every
thing in my power to sustain the unjust
war forced upon.us. [ felt also bound,
so far as could, to protect and promote.
the rights and comforts 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 fam
lilies of the precious bodies of the slain,
and maintenance and education of their
orphans as honored children of the coun-
try.


To have been the Chief Magistrate of
this great Commonwealth, during the pc
riod through which We have passed, and
to have earned and maintained (if indeed
1 have done so) the confidence and affec-
ton of her people and their representa-
tives, are quite enough to satisfy the high
est ambition, and in my retirement from
the high trust given me, pray God that
the State may continue to grow in power
aud strength, and her people in prosper
ity and happiness. A. G. CURTIN.


Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, Jan.
2, 1867.