' • i t. If 7 T, m i ..eiit, t Itt tat, go ho. until ate Normal ~. - , ~ , ttithet 'trod rad ney, moat the supply f Well trained tea hers, shall become the 4 Ilf. I ride and beast f Psnnsyl vatta. 11 i-1 . . ... The orgy it: structure 'of on system is VI perfeet,k,•rhaps, as human ligishttion eau.rMakc it; but it-needs the_ceTpetent add tfrtirottglilpraited teacher to T e l; it great er„ vitality tits 'Aides:icy, and nre the "'lull aecompl shinent of the purposes of , its 'creation. e teacher, the preperly• edu cltett,-the i ' ,11 trained ; the'sciettific teach. er is the g , t watt of the system. We tired the. t I, iing mita, not tho!ailtotnatob I umvetztaits; mere physical orgitoiattion or I stitiqnuted I! ntine, to direct Tad control .th,e ,iwellce. 7 ..l cuergics of the ysuth of the , Conarubta*ealth. We require mind,•educa 'ieit.mind, inOur scliooli; that -knowledge mit be ee , tn at - Pructre4l y, but Oat' is tr aining the young, they. . ayhe taught to ;think: and. bat* to Wilk to investigate and! know for tbeinsefveNs .d thusilSe fitted arid prepa reil:for•the Ili gli and r L onsiblel duties of the'mati ned . the citruc.n, ' This Ma ney cad (wily be State Islorina Schools for the teachers. T a hem $e - must future is full of : hope4' Much b leen don© te °vide for their est', and'inpport ,lb convection wit fili. logisiclur .0.4. !svgs....J:2-'1 ff be given cheeerfullyl and preen subject of grater interest can ci tenticto; nelline appeals 'with TI4 -and truth to duty anl patriotism. Teachtrel Instituter , auxiliark to Nor `mall School i.ihticati he aided bylthe State. Through their agency, sustained by the noble and•4jf denyitg efforts, of the teach ers , themsel es; mueb got:Flea been se etmplisheli 1,',11 educating and itatisiniteach ers,,and in d'anifyingt profession too long Undervalued v thoselmcst deeply: interest-- al in their : ' ' .fnl labors. ,I. , -4. ' In the grl, t work of popula r education tbere should s!no retrograde m o vement i in Pennsylvania! no yield'ing to:the impotent clamor of ignorance, selfishness I or preju dice; in Mer , attempts to stay lig pregress. These, on °la d all ; may denounic and eon dentn,..hritlV rtne, patriothm„ tr th,hid yot , onward. Le the systert begin nittined in its unity arid usefulness; lettit improved' ankptrfect'F in its derails,but let no act of. yours impai r its strengt, or mar the beauty andib ra wny of its prhpot”" Based as ; r institutions ny e ! of the pecq p il on their viii and intelligence,l, with, 119 - shoud occupy the high I Which it isi,l o: pre-eminently 1 Knowledge) ounded uron the p, 1 , pleS of etein l truth, is the crot of the eitiaiti; the safeguard an Fla l _the t° .E mention, fll and is the boon! e ask fort e- child Cortimonwat tb; it is it duty. pi ~ all others;:t e State o CS • to h The aid.othe eonlmoriwealth ;liberally. be owed. .The .subjeci -telationi -is;! commende d ! i crone care . d pa!tonage of tl mire. •L. . Legible q , w hilst . pperly eri einraging ',the' clevelope ent of th emateriel wealth of the State, Eh uld recng ize the 6tilFhigher' obligationt i improve t e socialiintellertn alland mor e cotdition of the pe•eple. The ametiorattob of human uffcringl;the refor mation of th erring, a dl the correction of youthful, viciousness - ne qbjeCrt lbat -de serve the att e ntion of the phtlanibooist and stairsman. To secure these results, the I L educational, inuitable and ictelrmatyry in stitutiqns of the Commonwealtb[ should be . tosti.reS and encouraged by libeial legisla -9 tion. 1 . f . 1 ' I -- ' - • Theropur -te Lunatic Hospi tal, at Harri, le' W 'e:itern Penn !vivaria-116 Insane, at Pitts .. softheS burg, and pital for t luid bef. I their op: burgh; de.(a year. .! Th.ere it jt.eaults, merit approbar of ruffering -I thrilling riot thatof ful malady ~I in the fearfn 0r.3 shut - on anti friend?, the betAn itntinns in, a'nd thou! inn. Tho tairn.lnity er to o mane. hat npres l •l gloom . from the the aid-of bona of an.l ihauld be ii vt hem. I Thti Hoille:a lien, and the Weitirn How PittEL6gb;gainads 1 ni of the!Co, onwealtb, i i the erring; r eglected ir kntF)outhijf tt e State kintincs To, s• and love acd ineorriiible, shout( tcquet. 'll ,: The "lqd" and tb "Deat Mid Dumb" Asjlums :4 Thiladelpb a, and [ the Penn ' Ulvania Triifaing Sch of for Idiotic and feeble Tnindeiot Children present:4l)44 annu al claim ferisympatbyand aid'i The dark curd rye, ;I, e silent to gue, and thC cVeak ened birdie - t, in sorro ands adness, - appeal to thelepri entatives o the pole for this born. Itle nnet be used. - r 1 % bly kW itr relatio to "ideal," "ape cial," andirornibus lo • lation,l' have been so fricluetilly carless ,in communications I . to the _ Leg suture, that thel4l repetition now is and minty. Such legislation, of. i tep so . sub rsi've to pryate •rights; so detri. Mental toH e public Miereit, and generally so mischioy us ip iticongequences, should not be mei: raged or permitted . , Re re ' tof the Adjutant General will be laid Le e you. To its valmible and l f, i e im portant sag ANIS I invite, your careful , i.l 't , considiratto . 1 ' • 1 '1 • , l must a am cell thO attention Of the LegielOurd to•lhe subject of_ rosining the • "' of :th e • with+ . -lavr? i State. . They nro so -crude andis perreet, in many of, - tlibtr - pro 7 %isions,'a'n obscure in Many ot their. :ea -lnaettrenis that it_is di ffi cult to discovei intendid M . coMPrefiend the • d. , , The powers aitil duties of e officers connected with the .nization of the Coilmonwealth 1 ore clearli, defined. Greater -nt shcnid ia girent,[io the for lunteer cottipaniec'T l the entire • • , ld be remod led, and placed. in became .alike boii6rablo and State. li t and Comnion CoOcile of the, -delybin by( a ordinance lunged i r of pril 1 56, . aid l ed officially to thel gi.16.4 at their • ar . pirn, prr s t d ted ennroy to :wcath of rralugni s a k t ho objet" limy erjol e I respcc military t; ebbuld be Fell , r3g matiopt yf vyitem ph, 3 pat:l6ov useful to I .llm Se _city of Pl'? the -elm nun t - 10!.1 title u. • of prima, latliat bite, tie the parrot se,of eectitini ati ais cni4 I rticreot. ,By thelact - - - -of , the.Gth of lity, 1857 - the Governor p'a ' s authorized - to,dacenia. ' froin the Meyer! of Philadelphia, Smiler the seal of the corpora lion, the yonvT-a cie in lee simple , g 4 kiln= lot of ground - roPoricil to he douatedi to the Commentrlalh far the iiiirposel indi cated. The c7v ance Was duly execulcd 'by the lifa,yor, o he .2Sth thy lof I.Tti.e, i l 1857, and.dc.iiter . and accepted `on - ' the 31st day . ofJulY u towing, as directnd by tlic act. The fau t section ;of. the;same ackwutherized .thb Government to lappty_ the preceeds of the .Isale of- the arsenal l in Philadelphia $0,b90 ; to the erection ilf on arsenal on the lot of. ground ithus gr l anie, 4 to the Commonwc4th. '- - I • In 'pursuance of he authority conTerrid, a cGntract was mad with a skilful and e x , perieneed architect ' , for the; erectioti and completion of theiptoposed arliena l ; to 'be large and emumodi us and s'dapted to th purposes intendedi The building wa im . mediately comrnemtcd under the direc Su pirvision of the Adjutant General, a d !hi now completed - and 'ready-for the ,rece tiC4 . of arms, military atcres and equipme is pf i the-Conitnonwealth. It_is . oft brick stories high, one birdied and eigh t -two feet front on Libry , street, and fifty ! feet; in. depth. The fo li4dation walls of •tone,l are solid and maaiiue.' The Cost of cokot ...1..-44--....va-,•,..1„.i r -,,,,. 7 „....... tit/ 140.4 In aun t aun t _will be strafe depository for the public, rnir, ~) an ornament to t 44 414, and' a credit t the Commonwealth. 1 ' !i 1 ., %e of my predcessors, in his annotial i • pplicd by u"tt° T n fi 'f k roo .already blivbment bnnort !it -Dv worru aim our at ),re reason --lax . : - 7.1 ... , immedi. communication to it e begtslature, i i atcly after the clo -i e of the late war with Mexictr, recoil-amen ed the erection I cor, I monumentmonnent to the memory of those eitize soldiers from Pennotylvania, who 'dud in the services of- their : country in that war' It is due to them that some public ac inowledgearent ofr t• ieir patriotic service shoubl-be made by he State. Coneurrin in the sentiment ez ressed hoWlie _comma i nication to which re erence has been madoi I would also invite our attention to the propriety of crectin .. in the public grciunds . i . of the Capital a sintfble monument to their meteor); and tblis,, Loner those • who by 'tieit. undaunted I hravery. -and invincitilci v lor ' honored- ofari noble Cemmoriweltb ' I The publication of the Geological RPpcir of the State, under' he superinterdence ~ l o Prof. Rogers, Is rnp illy approriaiimo; 'tonal pletioe.. The engfa ings and illustrations, w in press, a-Melt i are nearl f y complete , and the first volume c e expects will be ready "fu ot. delivery soon ear the meeting of the gislature, and tbeiecond and last volume b fore its adjournment or immediately .L. thereafter. . I o _ 1 ' 1 . 1 o'The.,style and general execution of thn. work will be (Taal, if not superior, to ..that, of any similar publication by our sister' States- It will fully sustain the repntatier I of . the disting - uisbcd Geologist, by Who'll the surveys were Made, and who has' devloo l !ed EO-much care and aitention to its jphi y. ion. Am -The large:geolcOcal map of the State, which will accompany the volume, will dotl l Le finished before the elN i a of the .year.±.• ol Great . care hi beentrakenito Make it poir.l l feet in all its details. The whole worlo o ! will be a valuable'' tiddition to geographical I as well as geological science, and ni 1, h e alike useful to -tli:I citizens of the Como 'monwealth,Aand b notable to its nuttier. I i o l The resolutions o - or,osioo. amenclwrlit 1 to the Constitution of the Cotamonwealib I / were published an directed 'ay. that' bruin ; went. N aeeordance with the provisidna of the 40tof 12th r 3lay, 1857, the plc! posed amcndmenttcre-,committer . to the people for their ritiFeation or rejection, on the second Tuesdaylof.October last: I 'Fli t e returns of said clecuomi have, been receile . and will- bo delivOred.to the Speaker of tbe 4 - Senate, as directed by law, when the fact of theiredoption by a large majority, Will be officially- ascertained and announced. i 1 The fourth sectiOw of the first article In the amendcd-Con ti t tution, requires tle L . Oslo tura it , thei tfirst session, afterthe 1 adoption of this alido - tent, to divide lie .14., City of PhiladelrOltia into 'Senatorial and Representative Districts, in the co'niliei provided in that t cetton. • This dui do t vr . ilves iipatr you, l and should he pert ruled with fidelity. and due regard to the inter CoSts and rigLtso ' of the people of that - I city. o i ' I Believed from - ttbe imputation of selfish ness, I cannot forbear presenting for yriut consideration, a Suioject that should cla? i your earliest attention. I refer to th er;-' tion of a house at (he seat of 'of merit, I for the use of thp lGovereer of the cciori -1 nionwealth.. The .can't of a public mnil : I sioe ,has been 4rously felt by a 1 wh I have been calla ;to' occupy that tflliial station. Whilst alitioat all ourksisier o ....tatc c hate provided residences for the ace min darion _of their Chief Magistrates, Peett.4l - for reasons not creditable to heel s the ";keystone Stale," has refused to incur floe eipeose nece sary for. the -erection'O 4 f such a building. The failure to prbvid i in this manner, tor his accommodation,manner, subjects the 'Obvernor to much ieconveni nee, oftentiines vexatious` and annoyie4• A suitable house cannot alwaya` , be obttdo -ed bereiland in, that event he is compelle to be;sbut 4 in : the rooms of a, hotel,' o . crotrcledl with hi family 'it° somelsnial and obscure tiwel ing, alike unfitted for do i niestiel,comfert r r; the ex ibition of ihe amenities and`' courtesies of social li p. I It should turn be, re red that the Governor Of the Commonwealth isi regarded X , s ill' e representative the ple, seciillY 4,i well as politieall ', and tI efore be iihoUl I be enabled, by every pro r to represent , truly - .heir soci.ll vial:tea .. .and character.. This t he cannot do to ttie extent desired, en , the very veagre salary he { red; mires; and Ido tqit hesitate to affirin that no one occupying 'fthis office can,'with'out dtawing largely on' his private income, lesr ercisit the bespitaliltjea or maintain the dig. pity properly sur ged ; with : the position. 1,-• have' avoided nil useless;_ expenditur, and yet the salary ;received has-been who - who ly insufficient to defray the expenses 'Elects., sarily incurred. This should not be per mittcd Every consideration of puhlielpo -Ilicy,. \every hen irnble impulse• of proper Swo pride, requite that the Chief .Exeen. : I tive Ulm :of t 4 Commonwealth should be provided *it :a suitable' residence' tit the seat of Gave cot, and :with a salary adequate to the. imaditure incident to phi ...biih official posit on. ' • - I ol co my, 1 last annual communication to Itb General AssembY, my 'sentiment -*e .filly expressed f i n" 'reference to ref r t l ,th e naturalization laws, and the idmia ion; tr I : opplicanto to thi right of citizenship, to UM 3n the will reservation , - knowledge position to• ntiticd arc .princi rning glory I defense of free t 3 all, rer. of the ; raihouit to I rr citizens. should; be in all its 1,t.0 the gen r Legibla.! you, laid - will_ux lions for the past they . I.jects and re:eh- our warm. andition 'of no class appeAls Iwith mere r sympa l thies,_ than !noraut of the frigh t. Ts then; shrouded r , ental l l l daikness, joy of home the benevolent and 'he CoMmonweaith • c eertu, y given •-tu ge in •Philadelphia, e of Rifuge, near o share i lhe m bounty These sell for d out-cast children • these homes where subdues i the vicious ''not t be ienied their `or" r ; ~ - , • . ,; 1 1, theintsCrcotirM pf, t , ' -: put) byte preveOtion ;toll, pup ii uleof sod. ill'egsl .vtlit4i tricot of: a jOrlicimis ',ties, t 1 dOm as tiro iteat Ce+ei.trOf i as 'ir r. Ce 1.e , . .11A•pciblicatiiim, the eat Xtv of American nationality, to the rights t 1.41 States, as ..f independent laaverei ntiev and thel power of the General Gove Matt, to " prevent the the extension of the in ii Cation of slavery in 1 h r ' teirit • 1r t ' • to, t e ree . ones o A union, to the wrongs of Ivansas, asieshpiited in the.vin lotion of the doctrine eel pnpular Sovereign ty, by the Glineral Oov i r c r p timent, lit its at -, , ' - tempts by the militarjr wer of the coun trV andetherprise, tn . defet tbe will of the majority in that terriio r y; wrongs still ex / isting and aggravat ed by recent ! outrages on the rightslanct pritilleges!of that people, and approvedl by lii ii. ToMonal executive authority. To the iiewsilthen Presented, you are respentfally're nit/. 1 ;By the expiration' f t ct Constitutional ,* , term, my official coon etion with the ,Crov eretnenv of the Commonw ealth will soon cease. The. in Inn 1.1 the Constitu tion, .vested in me ' lit tho people, will be transferred to another of heir I own lselec lion; and witlrtny w i frne i wishes for his success; '' I wilt. reliei d filen the cares and anxieties of official pl ed, lr l etire to private HY , . In the Idischafge lofi 'the duties de volved noir 'MP. T - '