Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, January 14, 1857, Image 1
• EIS 't 4 •.1)44. M , -Ili , .. „,P, , , . • oil frr 1 .L. , 11!2.1 oxhr IT( urgirO LO IL emoiratit idt let 912 „ 1 .str i l U t- Pars. 4 SR 121 , CHUMP, COMM. .4ppisto giro rklualmain )1111tONSULAT, nr •a. 3d T. HotIVEUEL TJA/11f4--$1.,50 in advance, or if paid *Rhin Wiz Months. 112,00 will be chatged on all subeerip ,Adii ratradtvg to the end of the year. • AJOVXR.TJAIRMENTB and Honoree Notices i et.itS 116 Weal rate., and weepy deeerltalen of tek x or x Eltiol 4 7o in the nested outlet. St Ile Jewett p!llliti .. .lll with the *lntent Ileopetch, Basing a lore eellection of type, we are pre tiftMe'Lliary the orders of oar friend/ Governor's Message. • Gh-a Dome qn b e the $ enniors end wasiers "gjAhe 119 use, of Represewieteree elf the - Assembly, -- Iliorttratinc f-Tn obedience to the Chsisti .hitkm 'and laws of this Opmmemwealth you have assembled to discharge the impotent e t qd-rfffionsibl• duties that devolve upon rTe protect the rights and privileges ip.; potpie, advance their interests. and kodurto the welfare and prosperity co? the Onte,eshenH be the aim and end of all your f In the discharge cf my dudes. e t i wi lil tMplearcure to co-operate with you ht , ,the accomplishment of these objects. '—Anks-paricycar_has_ been one of anumad tadee M ity. The luunbeiTeit dame here not been withheldtrom our COM mouwe4lth. A plenteous harvest has rap- Warded the labor of the husbandman. Hon orable indostty, in all its departments, hss Leen encouraged. Na financial eraberrase meats-he commercial di/tress-no pelitical sit social evils. have interrupted the progress, or thecktd the miergies of the people. The eat interests of education, tustlity *id religion. have been cherished sad ikahlt and immix; with theirane= tongs. have been ours. To him "who roles • the atioua by his power, and from whose batleNial down every good and 'perlbrtgrft," ads we indebted Ibr these mercies, and to hies should be given the homage of ear der root gratitude and praise. The financial coedition of the Combos lth satisfactory. Eng mend upon the h ressmy has beep preempay slat. lied laid, without .the aid of lesan.— The. operations of this department will he **briefed in -- -dctail In the Report of State Treasurer - el Far the Meal year ceding November 30, 18344 the receipts st the Treamn(bsdading tim WAWA in the Treasury ea Oa list day yi lletrellther 3 lBss-of o I .243.627.0131 have been 116,01,937,64. The total ex tare for the imeeperiell, were $5,177,1411.- 23k Balance is the Treasury Dennaber 1, 1856, $1,244,795,42. - • NXcludin tole balance let the Treasury ea the o vie s4 lll,4„Ae l net erdleary. stiperskures for same period, sere $4,113,144 77; showing an moms Si rmeipta over ordinary- expenditures of $l,- 565,095 56. he extraordinary payments for the SW rear.- le* $1,263,997 45, as follow. vim To the completion of the-Portage Railroad, and for the payment of debts previously coo tractal on that work, 0181,491 IL : to the North Branch extemikm $122,723 52 to re /ardor South track of the Columbia Rai ned $269,000 00 ; re:Norden power in 1853 1118.040 42; to enlarge the Delaware Di vhdoe of the Pennsylvania Canal $ 1 3,9 60 00; IR; general repairs in 1853-'5-I—'ss, $63,- 166111 to domestic creditors $15166: to old claims on the Main Line, examined by the Cotneditsioners, and paid under the Act -of May 22, 1856, 11130,512 09: to the re demption of Loan.; $327,82,1 47: and Relief eater miticulleil 513,247 (N). The interest on the funded debt which fell Glue is February and August last, WWI then paid, and that which becomes due in Febru ary next, will be paid with equal prompt est/along of available means now in the Treas on. The punctuality with which the inter eat ca the public debt las been paid, and the abilityinf the treasury to Meet all legitimate dearinde upon it, have inspired pdblie tonfl -4.0... in our securities, and contribute - let* to establish and sustain the credit of the. Commonwealth. The Commissioners or the Sinking Fund 'apart Whe sum of •22,432 93 as due by the lirrimitWg to that fund. Th:a amount wi t ll be applied to the redemptinut i..if Relief ootics now In circulation, end to the payment of the (glided debt. 111.retufore the available . •sleams in the treasure have been applied, to isting "Latent, in payment/3f outstanding tern lams, which bear an annual ititizest . sit per cantons ;it r ,being dean • I advise es matter of economy to pay these lOW /Oaths,. than the funded debt, which bears a .aMboh le rate of interest. it is expected 4liat the balance of the liehiporary loans wilt tit=before -the-close of the current year, - operation of the Sinking Pond rim- Asian and continued as directed A l i r. r ...;. .gandsol and untuwled debt of tete, is • teetieporary loans, on lb* lint ay of Dee . , TS/Aim per Reports of the Auditor General Alai , ?Meurer, was as follows, via : rolgoso pus?. • PH eialLiosa 610.151 9.1 411,903,44 S 04 0 . " • " 1 118200 00 • • SA 100,000 00 -- ' 442 11014/ 11044 debt -- $31,10117,71* POIMAD Deer. / 161 /W r imoili Li •Iroi4o. 58, , ' _,11.11 • 11 2ns oe Dia imittlilemor • • I tio esisiamotin 20111 4 ' .ItS - ilts w.. , te.re po., J • • : - Ilet: 420,404 40 *boa of im itpo. ••1 141 1 1 *: NV. '• 340,000 00 ----r1;161.101-b bl. Dee. 1, 41,141,104 U llandoi 'edid gettedill debt at *. Woe dr rept 110811 year, Deee. 1. 18$6, we se A& I, , vfx: I po pipit. 14µ11;., I 611,78.1. 00 8' ", . , . 18,886,994 40 - ii. II . '„.: M 490 00 ft ' tF • ~' 100,000 00 7- Totiattoffeit Cbt WIYONDED WIT, VIII tiller notes In dr • - ' + . 04 1 411 . 4 - ' I :soma 00 --- ,01,0001106, oat. • , . les.limismi 2440 091 91 3 3 7 8 1=:. M: 1 V ' 14" 00 , 1 Ia 1•i i la , - At p'l . ii doo,ooto 00 : ,, ,. .00 .1 1' a tem ihi tt , , iiii.. iMild. , isa,ooo oe ;,IfillJoktimpueddl,t, $ su es/ 70 . . -4. t i, ~ . , • , • . . _ , ... . . i, . , . , . - . r . ' . . • illik , .. -. . . . . . 1 a .;7 .....' . '..---' —. . . : ' . I , .. , ~ ..,- ~, ~, I ~, A• ~, • c • .:Y 6 Joni 1 ! Ow) • -,..,.. _, 1 4:I : .. • .L.l:. . ~ i •:, 'll . . 4 ,'r , , , , 40 • '7 ,l' ... US: .7,1r1 . . I . . . , . . . . t . c.. _. ... pitiit-o-'trat .....„, • . ~,,, . . , ..„.. . _ . . . Mg Mt 14 114 • I.Pl.l44l.Adifiki.. • • ,:ef.eV Weems 2611,1a 91 It lbw* apps Gilt dating the teat thee the vies of 1113156,00-97 bas been paid PI bellielPPrna of the public debt. This, te kes s eamertive with the fact that doting the year cortriatc Nonesabet 30 18.5.5; 5630,- 6 )1/12 Irene purl sa the same aceoant, ex hibits the gratifying fact, that the process c redwing the relic debt has nommen end; sod, dear vlbectord by reckless rois asusgemert and extras - gala expenditure, Joust coutiame, amnia the people and the Corn asoascalth are reliered from the debt and to :sties with Aerie they are burdened. In aiditieu *s this reduction of public debt, large apprapri stietes and payments were sonde der the completion of the Portage Rail sled opt few defies previously contracted on that ones# —isrsW and ensettledmieftnare "odY.9=Pill by the Cnonsissioners sp reads* the act of last seinisn—for re. layiag the teens track of the Colaudne Rail road for ealsagieg the Delaware Division of the curl, and foe Wier parpaaes These ex- i tueordintryikuistiserpoot Timmy have, aawes cease, with the si...cieetr irw t ir that crested doe and thus lons s portion at the rrivivaes to be embed in pay: asst Odle public debt. A emend =annuities of the linaincial een- Alice or the Onnemeenpaldt-Aner sou of revenue end the probable future even& team, has inspired the hope that the tune ikset far distant when the ppuablic debt will tie -OnnygaiipmelLihis." Mama the subjects or ranee( _ IMF - mrdy been shows that the revenues of the past yaw exceeded the ontinary expendi tans 5t„265 , -093.056 ends. The estimated receipts. and expeonteres for the cirrent year. winch wan be presented to you m the Lepoit of the State Treasurer, show that the mores Sc receipts. over ordinary expendi tome. Mery reach the ram of me and a half anilboaa of donee These estimates Al though approximetione, till out be far from the taw :exalt. Allowing, then. $400,000 fee sanest extramodnoty expenditures—and ender a aim armee el economy in no pro bable contiegesey eats they mierad that sum - we will her. is lasellloo,ooo to he cep anmelly for the payment of. the public dekt. With the amid- development W the wealth and reseurne of the Cowmen ;wealth --tit inemose of population—of the case of reel estate, aid of the amount and rabic of property of every description , the Ineemes melt and willemehine to motes& This =twist rod seemary.inerease of rent:- mew will apply envy detkieney ahrt every 'demand wpm der Tommy that fials within the range of prebehifity. If. then. the sum of one naboa donors be spernatiated anon , any is handatiem of ibis debt and the ac imernieginterest as the , nat paid he a plied hi the meow of a sinking fund, the entire indebtedness of the Commonwealth will be crfengailited is lame than 23 yam. If these premises are carnet-had their t - uslya lie inmparcAllijoinnee , or the imprudent amenspriamt of oar linen era—the tooth of the perpiention be anacep tible of the clearest demonstration. Assu ming the paddle debt on the tint day of De cember, lt4fr, to be. in Mood - numbers, $40,- 600,000, and that at the end of earls &sal year me innime donee, wits the seeming interest es b. payments, win be paid, eakaksien . will determine the re. sun te be as before indicated. Thus, before the =spin as Sc iheyear IOT9. Pen - pia may stand rearmed limn the oppreaskm of bee public debt. and her people be re. leased hum s ...wit...AL a imposed to nivel, its arcane` imernit. sod to 440 faith and credit of the tononoondlltht r These eines an' a a utopia*. By pricticin• strict economy in all departments of the wren). sent expesidittini-- refining to • any DR scheme of internal improvement, and bolding to s rig id accountability the receiving and disbur sing agents of the Rate, their realiiation may be anticipated with confidence- 1 must again can the attention of the Le gislature. to a sotil f ,ret referred to in my last annual iseearge, is th e folknriog terms. '• By the 38 metiers of the Act of the 16th of April, 1845, retitled 'An Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of Government, - the repair of the muds fad ratheirad of the State, and other Ativeo upon the Coarratiem wealth.' the Governor was authorized to cuuue certificates of Skate start so be /issued to all persona or bodies corporate holding certificates for the parrot of interest on the fund debt of the Style. which fell doe on the first day of Angest, 18. E, the first days of February sod Aerial. 1843, the first days of Fehmary sad hayed, 1844. in an amount equal to the assort of certificates so held upon their ddivering up said certifkates so hell, upon Mew delivering, up said certifi cates to the Ashlar Galena. In pursuance of the authority thee germ cectitkates of State stock to the amount of 14,tu5,t50xe) per menses, payable ere:;-annually on the first days of Iretwastry and /Masa in each year, and mimeo:A& es or after the first day of Accost, 1855, were issued. The, Minimum period died by law for the re does!. lion of thew certificates expired on t h e first day of Amnia, 1855. No prerision has beim madefor their. renceraLor nitearpticia: Although by the terms of the Act author izing these orrtiAcatios of State stock, as al so by the auditions of the certificate; to Memel in pursuance thereof. the time of pay ment, after sloe espeation of the minimum period, is optimal with tbedebtor, the COM moincealth, yet a yhie regard for the credit of the State requires that should be reads for their renew or redemption. Ter redeem thrum 'certificates, a loan would beware and as a loan esnuot be the presort linancest condition •liber on trims more favorable to State, Vian throe on which them. certificati atcraiatneit_L wool& timunmend List tboritir be earn to issue the bonds of the Commonweank inreaemsjpf said certifi cates, bearing interest at Ilh este of Oro err seat per annum, payable serer-annually, reel reireardte on or alter the expiration of twenty years :,„Widthat the bonds be issued with coupons or certificates of interest at tailud, in some equal irt amount so the semi- Masud intermit Aeleteg, payable on the lint days of February and Augad in each and Miry year at tech place as may be &sic,- dead. This shame is the Gam and charac ter of the certificates. it is believed, OM be so santabigeout to the holders, without in creasing the liabilities of the Common w es! r, as tq indoor a willing *pi peempt exchange, isi Lreenima for the fiends proposed to be UM I b 9,044,073 'be The report of the Canal Commisaioners will be bud before yen, and will exhibit in &toil the doedition of the public works— their general operation, and t/w receipts and wayeadihaus for limpid fiscal yes,— BELLEFONTE , PA.," pnic e t •4. • rem th,l66;3,.were .001,016. 66, be ing is increase aver the revenue of the pre• vious year of *Gi1,638.95. Of (his sum 34,013,599.16 were canal And bntlgo tolls, and $992,426.50 tills of Abu Columbia and Portage Railroads. • The aggregate expenditures for the same flax were $1,943,896 :12, being nn increase ober those of the previous yeatof 840,105. 94, the revenues exceeding the:expend:tures oply 56'2,118.84, The increase Of the revenues •from these works would br encouraging, were it not far the fact that the expenditures have increased in a still greater proportion-7-the expendi tures„ordinary and extraordinary,-exhaust ing almost the entire. revenue from this source, The system muss be defective, or -moee care and economy should be elercised in its Management. , The- refs-nits, at the -TreigirrYytrini) 7th* several divisions wire as follows—viz : 'aio hiss 81,219,272 86 Bvaq.ehanna, North Drench and Writ Branch ' Delaware Tuba Realists • .1,006,015 66 the extreordrry par:acids during the - year, amounts to $808,892.16; ordinary expenditures $ ,135,Q04.00 ; net revenue, (excluding extratrdinary payments and for motive power) $B7l. ,01.1.00. en the Main Line, the tolls received at the Treasury from the - -Columbia. Road were $991,470.50 • .expen4iptres $522,084.88 ; Columbia to the Junction, 6119,718.36.; expenditures 653,0443.50 ; receipts from the J.mction to Pittsburg, including thei_Portv age Railroad, 4117,718.00 ; ordinary expen ditures 1303,702 22. The total receipts- on the Main Line were 61,229 2 272.83 ; aggre gate expenditures, (excluding 8257,009.00 paid for Vlaying the south track of the Co lumbia Railroad, and $153,019.42 for motive power in 1855 and after Deeeniber Ist, 1856) were $885,835.85, being an eicess of reve nue over ordinary expenditures of $543,- 487,81. ' ' - --. Although the receipt: fromthe Delaware Division are less thew *Dee of the previous year„ yet the general result OY its operations is satiefitotorWho" net tirvenne at the" ITressarywae "40. Its mandgentent has been Chstsctuised by a. degree of soon 'any too seldom practiced on some of the ,lines of oarimprovemsuls. Ilovrevillinpiirtaiif this Divisionuily be' to thetrade and Ihnithrtiest tit - that - s tettiorrof State, its proposed enlargement , ould not be undertaken. navel demanded by reason& of over-ruling necessity. The experience of the past,•as connected with the Allegheny Portage Railroad; - ithd'the North Branch Rl teme,on. 'should ararn ma sgstinekundertaktillg, without great caution, any-now measure of improvement, which may drain the Treas. cry. without aiding, matt:rally; Mel elf, the' Itilitic.lntereals e nci d lA y ler , Z effieient end $ ' • " he fully equal to all e demands of its trade and business. The l'ortage Railroad hi not finly comple ted. A small additional rppropriation Amy yet be be required to complete, for the ibutth time, this road. It le a:tit:Maly hoped that this unproductive improvement may soon ' , cease its cormorant demands upon the Trees • my. Every year experience more clearly meals the tuipoliey of the (hate in under- Leaking this work. It gives ma no ordinary pleasure to inform Lou that the North Branch Extension of the Pennsylvania Canal has been so tkr comple ted, *at boats freidtted with gold and other produets,eresiameeskritily putted thrgiqh. its entire length from Pittston Untie' .liste tion Canal. This work was conitimiced in 1835 x—suspended in 1841—resumed in 1848. and tinisbed in 1886 ; *khalif* its Otranto bon was officially. announced M 1863. It ex• tends from Pittston to the New York State Line, a distance of niwdy-fonr miles, follow ing the' Palley of tbet3uaqushamtete Athens, and thence along the' Chemung River to the State line, where it joins the Junction Conti, and is thus connected with the Neer York i tu mweimenta the importance and value of this impreve silent ca sot easily be over.estimatei.— , Passing; through one of the richest Mineral and -AlPienktursi Portiotis 4 th• State, it eters to the immense end valuable products of ILet region, a safe and cheap transit to the markets of New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. 'ln the completion of this Canal the difficulties to be overcoi e. and the labor to be ptrformed were great. Both these, to a great extent, haste boon accocry pinched under the superintendency of Wm:" A. Iffittrit, But., to whom this work was as signed. This ca.i al al:tough completed, and b :ore. the close of navigation, tined for the purpose of transportation, is 'not perfect. Sinks in in the bottom, from the nature of the Corgi: &Mei and soils through which it passes, elides from the hilts, and hr acheit may oc cur, but these, after a few years of well tap plied labor, will be diminished, and by vigi lance Sod mire entirely prevented. This intro; mod, although subject to the rivalry of competing railroads, if kept in . good condition, under prulier inanageineiir, I will receive its full share of coal and other tonnage. it is anticipated that the ieve• noes, fdr the current year, will equal, if not exceed the expentlitnres ; and increasing .with the facilities sillinled, and the rapid clevelopeinent of trade, will, instead of its lwretofore uneesting demands upon the Treasurer, takc,precedence in revenue ever any canal ut the Commonwealth. In ritlation to the propriety and policy , of the silo of the Main Line of our public tin- PoricrrnlititeAny Spinitin lids not cliaugea.— Every consideration of public policy, of present and futhro interest. 'moires the Separation Ortfii - fitate - fionithe management I and control of these works. The. expendi tures on that portion of the line, between the Junction and Pittsburg, largely exceeds the revenues", OM excess averaging /11111111111S.11Qt lees than ono hundred and fi fty thousand i dollars : and, canoes are in cotenant opera tion that will still more increase this defi• ciency. This eontiurial drain upon the Treasury, to austain a work, so unproduc- 1 tide, should at oncebe checked. A !Mk of the Main Line, fora fair consideration, and spun terms just and liberal to dui puroluoi era, is the proper remedy, Such ,sale, on tennis amply protective of the rights and in terest of the people, can by proper legisla tion be nfibcted. In connection with. the [ O, Ftn" Ayittunit - of the public debt, thin question be .men deeply huportant. ,'flip halo would constitute s now era in the financial tindery of :he `State•, and assure a stilk more speedy reduction of the , public, 'debt, than that to which , reference as been • made. ' The-sub jeutio samently4nnuniundeti tolour (sworn- I= Y 'Att , 4 l tr d i . 4 . - ' 'iSflieteliiaterd-banking capitol in its relations to the'eurre"nci--thil general interest of trade and commerce und o ne in (instill:it pursuits of the citizen, deserve your I careful pttention. 1,C1.3i views expressed in a former conimunication remain Michanged.--- v The incorperatian of liew, or ll techarter of old and solvent .anks, when a tunny neces sary, and di.mandettby the w nts of legiti mate trail(' in the' community hero located, slioiiiil be favored ;. tinder no tiler ,eircum- A tences should either be pcyin tcd. In the creation of hanks the interest of the Stine rand pecylo should be consult e ; ,and a just discrimination as to. number, ocality and the demands of tradohe exerci. ' The rapidtherease of mai km. tint im portance and *slue of AI ur hogs and foreign commerce, the co•nilittit clack) cnt of the material wealth of the State, t extent of ourmannfacturing, mechanical iid agricul tural industry ; the faefthetthe teis Hood cd by a.deprociated currency in isluced by private bankers. and brokers 1:13i ht,justify, under the restriothnui and limit riots indi cated, a judicious increase of 'kiting capi tal within our:Commonwealth. his, whilst it you'd aid the opiirations Of 9, endeut." Avila rellinni,in trauta...o the people, Would; at the same time, retnelly, to some ektent ) the . ,evils of-a dopreciettd foreign and illegal currency.( - i By the Act approvetthe fdll day of No 'ember last, the thirt 1 sectjon of the ct ,t. 011850, regulating ban -e, wiltAttLafter he first de of July next, extendeifTo ell in - 246,920 61 349,922 29 - oioapaieat. ' - shall not be lawful for us to issue or pay out any notes other than those issued by itse , payable on de mand in gold or silver; no of hpeoie pay ing banks of this State which are taken on deposits or in payment of debts, at par at the counter of the bank where paid out ; or notes of bonds homed under the authority of the Act of the 4th of May, 1841, at the op tion of the person receiving the ham." These ensotammts were intended to pro. tea the community ageing& the l'N ils of depreciated edimicratlfrprevont its intff duction from other Stated, However well intended they will nail to secure these ob jects, unless made to *abeam private banks ors and others of that dila, whose vntats. are largely dependent upon the introduction bite the State of such eilrrency. In utthijr inetances the 'note* of inalr own basks are uttlis. , Wtiatorasanhooat sad hookers, 414 wi .or witktlngnpecie witbdzaw from the, ks issolitlears, they purchase dgmedisited and fbrei *tit paper whichis path out at par at th eters. By others kage loans are negoohthed Stith banks out of the Sato, at less than tipa papal rate 13r in terestrand their note!, ottetkof a less den'bm inatlon than,llse doMirs, 'lamp! at 'a discount; blobs* idttithe !late and psi hit° oireblation is the runner hogratedi ae this too, Midler in agreement xj ar , t_tlt the bank makim Sus loan. ththth amnia *if 'Mt be kept orafvendi=r — The of Olio system df private banking has been to Bork the oirculatiots of the par paper of our own banks, and substitute In its place a foreign, depreciated: said often t worth less currerdy. In Jiurtite to thoßank, Trust and,lniuranee illorupanies, payeitg a heavy annual tax to the Cotimonweidth for their I privilege*, and for the protection of the peo pie spinet these evils, sillier the provisions of the thirtieth motion of the Mt of 1850, should be repealed, or further emended so as to embrace private individuals and masa efaticint, who may monopolize and control, to the detriment of the public, this traffic In depreciated bank paper, without - asinine and without taxation. The Report of t h e Superintendtbd,of Qom mon Schools will exhibit to you the number and oonditiott of the schools—theipnusber of teachers Mid sabolim, and the general operi• tions of the system during the post year:— TO the valuable stati ...!inforesktlntot the report, and the useful saggeet Ibr the improvernest of the system. I herbs your early and intelligent consideration, Front a stnall and comparatively unim portant incident of the State Departmet t the care and management of the public schtible of the Oomononwealth; with their seventeen hundred districta--rten thousand directors— ' twelve thousand teachers, and over five hundred thousand scholars, have - Wein° fhe ' most important and laborious branch df tart Department. fhe increased and inn ng business of the syatem,has,..beart met b correspondent irferease of zeal, labor and efficiency in the - rift:ere to whom the has eommitted its general direction and su pervision. They should be sustained by wise-and generous legislation: The mega - tude and importance of the system, in Its political, social, and moral rslatinna td' the present and future of the people, require that this should ho done. The guardianship of th.• mind of the kat°, should occupy a dis tinct and prominent pleas ariong the noble institutions of the Consnionweelth. ft should receive the ettloient pie Mid curour agtm rat of the government and besustain• ed by a 'virtuous and intell igent people. If the revenue and treastims of the lilate—her Public improveiWitis - -- - her binds and their titles—require and deserve the marked and diatinctive ram of - thirgotfernmenti how much more should her mental and intellec tual treasures, richer than gold —the social and moral improvetnent of her people, more voltutble than annals and radii ays -- the titter. of her youth to the 'tot/lidless flchls of lama ledge, higher than any of eat th or aught growilng out of its'ownership, !taint an hon orable position, and feeeive It rare and aid commensurate withthoir greater value a n d usefulness. The Comity,:Micrintondency, iikurcscrit has been committed to faithful and efficient men, has fully vindicated tlik• wisdotn and policy, of that measure. It IJ aPiwly, but awrelYrfretneving - the - prejudicor r/ / ,‘l "sr the coofidetice of, the people. Whatever de fcets time and experience may civitelor, in this or any other branch of flue systeni, Should he pillimptly collected. But until the necessity for change is 4:stabil/thud, the system, in its unity and int( griiy, should tic maintained ; and if changed, changed' only to render more certain the accomplishment of noble purposes and objects. A sufficient number of competentapd well trained ,tepeliers is the great want °Tam sys tem. In its structure anti organization it is 'as perfect, if not more so, than any of the systims of our sister States. lint the beach er is wanted to give fit proper Vitality and of develop its true force and value —to amigo the greatnhject of ,its orcAtion, the thorough etlyeatien of the youth firth° Commonwealth, H w can this wsnb by 'aupplkd if flow are finieltern Mt be 'trained and provided to moot this educational 4s man??? Alija' we. be ,dopondent upon, the traitOng sithoolit of other bleat:al ;that our ; DAY, JANUARY j 4, system be jeo4rded, and its success peril-led. by *siting the, slow and unaided efforts Of voluntary associations to furnish the much needed teacher 1 Volunt ry associations of common seined feathers have accomplished much in their disinterested. and noble titbits tic...remedy this defect. L 'They are worthy the highest colnitlendation—,hey deserve every cocouveleatent.. They can and will domore: but unaided they cannot accomplish the ob ject dearrod. The liggislattire toast provide the remedy—they can supply thu deficiency. It should be dune promptly and effectually, l'fo subject of greater interest can occupy your attention as, legislators—no one ap peals more earnestly to duty and patriotism. In a former communication to the begirt gilliature the establishment . of State ?formal sPhools, fl.r the education of teachers, was urgetkas indiepenimblynecessary to the per fection of the system. 9Vith full emaridencw in their utility and necessity, I again realm ; mend them. These ineptutinns, with thei primer Profosscirs, and at pliancesi supported by the State, would meet the walift4 and etc veto the character pf our common scpopls. cu Teachers' Institutes, ad auxiliary to Ve nial &hoots, when nu . operation., and . / pp-- plying their pinee till established, shout tby aided bythe Star. One such institute in each . County, meeting annually( under the fostering care of the liovornmeut, would be productive of most beneficial results. -' Whilst it would iinprove teachers and 'pre pare them for their important and responsi ble duties, it would iterate and dignify a profisskm too 10 . : neglectettond undo. val. - • . -; nom .he a, •. ese Measitres: 00 also an addition td, the annual State appropria tion for common schools, iu an amount bird ied on'y by Om necessities of the Treasury, would give enerjy to the system—increase its efileieeny—and thus promote the true interests of the people and the Common wealth. Our saltuational, charitable and reforma tory instityttions have strong claims upon the bounty of the , °pie, and I con - billy cornmendthem to your claiii_liberslitY- The State I,unniie Asylum at Harrisburg, and theWestarn Pennsylvania Ilosplmt Air the Insane, and other kindred purposes at PitUtburg, are nibble Amides, and deserve the rind and ,naOuragcment ,of the Suite. ThOsidnual reports of them tab tubers will be kid before you. and will exhibit in detail ' their ePerhtions during the' past year. The liciese of Refuge in Philadelphia:and the wegtortk-Atsisatbsk Safings-Javer, Pitts burg.. are -institutions—of gr•••s Imut their results `l**Agiestatilish-tis , Aye of the.polioy thailibunded and sustains thesia. — 'fhev might not to be neglected ; npr abottC t r Of the Commonwealth hawith hold tt4ii, , The ", lin h d",sud the " Deaf anir Dumb Asylums! , at Pitiladslphia ; and " the Penn sylvanie training edilool for biotic and feeble m nded children" are institutions that fer pat, he edam, ind sorrow, to the best and Jak .sympathy and aid. They should receive a g,enerousr alters of the - oenefactiode of the State. Agticultuni, in its varied departments, is the great interest of the Commonwealth.— It is the basis alike of financial and commer cial anemic end national oloorperify. dii interest so important Should be fostered by the State, and honored- ley Iliilahessessof • clay. To its promotion and, success all should cheerfully contributes In a former communication I recommended the estab lishment of - an Agricultural' berean, in eon , nectior, with setae onset the State Depart . silents, to give ellioiZ 7 ncy to . the collection and diffusion of useful knowledge on this subject, and to encouraim scientific and' practical agriculture. Science, with wop. deems energy, has aided the husbandman /0 his immiudile,..vonation, .and proffers still More help. The State should nerve his arm and dicer him onward in this the And and noblest pursuit of man. This auhject in coonection with an appropriation to the "Fanners High School of Pennsylvania " a n-Institutibn destined to lie all honor to the CoMmonwealth—is recommehded to Your favorable consideration. The !, l'olytechnie , tn'allege of Pennsylva nia," established by the enterprise and lib erality of some of the patriotic eitisens of Philadelphia ; as a school of the applied hei.- ene - es deserves honorable mention. and shushd reoeiie tbe'eonflelence and patrmiage of the .üblie. In tko. teachings of this I stitution, - lure, science and.art, in happy union, m pre *re our yOugg men fur there final life, forWming mech iical and civil engineering, and fir promigi g in. telligently.and efficiently the great interests of ruanufacturingand agrieultural industry. Thu laws on the stmtute book reitilatmg, Manufaettiring and improvement companies. retrire revision. They Are unnecessarily stringent in many of their provisions, and thus defeat the object of their enactment. -- "flirt Bride capital, c r o w the Mate. nudead of inviting Its investment hero : and instia , l of encouraging individual anti nnvucoate i en terpriae and energy in the development of our immense natural resouices, they bind and crush both by severe rest' ietions un wise limitations arpl personal liabilities. The subject !Herres cari44l attention alai legislation. I have so frequently expressed my views redition to local. tipecinl and "omnibus" legislation, that their reiteration now be cutuc f*StlttlOn, sn far as rut • !cable, should be general and iiiriform. 1 and special, legislation, when the oh. desired can be secured by general laws, or by the action of the-Courts should be nl i uukda Omnibus Legislation" cannot under any circumstances be justified or alt- proved. Too much LgOtition in in a, i i that prevails ectonnivcly ill Its avoidance would nut be Ourious to pub lie ur private interests. 't,r l the i t •i neral appropriation bill until the last days of the session; and Incorporating in it provisions uncoinpstible •witli its general , charm:Cur, sad obnoxious. when standing alvirm, to,nsurtnolmtahtgeb4ections.ishighly censurable and should be iliscidithin'ed. The attempt dins made to force, by 111.4-pallier' 'of legislative legerdemain, the passage 41 . 'ob jeSionsble illetYllrag through the Legislature and compel their sanction by..the Executive, has been too often sit cessltil. The practice cannot be tiiia strongly Contleinned—it'cannot receive my sunotiom Lew of the State is imperfect in many of its provieio(lM, and should bo re vised., The thwers and duties of the Coin• mender-in-chief should be more deafly de fined ;' orthe other officers connnee. bed ith 'the ltfiiitar4r organisation' of the Ceitintionirvalth. Thie is ligsteasery to pre- Tact it,oestllet of Jurledietion with other de ker.raentl; of the GoiFirnment, and to give greeter effinletor try our blifiteil kitten:6 Vohinteer companies should be en. our eutirtmilltm7 arkinth"Lik vied, and Made to °loopy that honorable po sition whiA tioni itli importance snit nonce• sifyit deserter Near the clone of the last 'session of the Legislature, I • transmitted. to that body an 0 4 rdniance passed by the Select and Common Councilk of the City of l'hiladelphin, alt merged bythe Mayor on the itir of April. 11556, and ofileially..communtentel to mo , proposing to conve y In the Commonwealth of l'ennaylvania, a }tat of groom(' in that city, fo,'the purpose of erecting . thereon a Stato'Arsenal. Want of timealone.prevent, ed Italian on tliorpropoeitine then submitted. The.ground thug, offerod io the State lii eid , nettle . and itsjoeittion nrst eligible for tilt mimes() inttuddd. /the txmilitions, of the propolied gigot are favorable to the State and highly creditable to the Minijcipal au: thorities of Philefulphitt: evincing A fiber. ality and public spirit worthy of all cow; mendatiou. The necessity of a State .A.rde rial 'in that city is do appormt whist subjk.t - needm no elaboration in this commu nication. After the sale of the State Arse nal "in Philacelphin, the public arms were depoeited Man old building, or out hOpetb itrei9f.4and unlit as a deposibiry for publie property. The sum of- s3o,ooo.ol.l;realizeif from thst mato.. is noveduLthe Treasury :_and by Curti...Nth Soction of an Act pse4ed the I.9th day of April, A. D. 1853, entitled .*Au Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of government, he.," the Chwernor was author intst.to_ap y the same to the purchase of a wv PArrarentMu - am mind t eiron. 'this sum wet found' ineute eient for these purposes, and romietpiently the object intended by the appropriation has not been aeonmpliShed, -By the -emotion of thiilet, the State will be refiev.d from the expenditure of any money for the purchase of suitable grounds ; and the entire sum of $30,000.00 may be applied to the erection of the necessary bnildings ; to wii sine can be added, if deemed idyls the the amount that tuay be realized from the it) of th.: Arsenals at Meadville a nd ff. rris rg, u recomMendvd in my lap Annual Message. These ilia% wonW boitn j t l yauffhient tO uc- Irontpiish'thicobject. , I *outd therefore /win menmm •nd the immediate pasAage of a lilt it-cepting the eooeyanee of the said lot of gronod from the Cif,e et Philadvl phis, for the purpose and upon theierras and conditions mute nod in the orttiostutel. and that aunt of $30,000 o) kiF . atipttrpriated - inr the erection of a State Arlene! thereon. On the oth day of October. 1855, 1 np. prim(' and signed a 101 l eittiihiti ‘' An Act to mpeal the charter of the .Etiu and Not th East Railroad Oat)lete,l, and to pros ide for thcerlisposal.of the mune." 111 pursuance of iteprterishins, lion. Joseph Cagey was ap. pointed to•utke possession and have the charge " at . :4 l l, cud: r oily of the road. Ileum. pottsession wat taken, ap,•ll- cation was made by the Company, to one 1 .... the s--peewee C‘oiet..or AL. Air an in auction to retrain the Agent of the State front takiug possetaiim ,'nod rilib. iie: tlently a cautionary order it 0.% to tile by I the -Supreme Court, in ltte•, I. stn . , piti• ceedings under the net. The iitic , tiotit. than pending before that Court were do ernittoxl in favor of the Counnonwealdt—the Con iti tutionality of the Act sustamal. mid the ' inn for . sw--4144tuautioilition.e.i. _ __ll.".la session of the road wag then taken by the _Agent of the State, ag directed by law. On the 2'2 day of April, 185 ti, an AM, eu titled "An Act slipplementary to the Ae,t in cOporsting.the Erie and South Eatt Rad• road, as ort4,inallylocated and (-matt-two d, wail legalized anti confirmed • and vermin c h an g e s in the„.lrOati, wire directed to ,to made, and other act:, to be done lifl tat; 4 - . 1JIZI• patty. It Was also provided ..that the Gov ernor shall retain possession of the Erie .. i d North Fast Railroad, under the Art of the 6th of Oatober, Ifiss until the kiwi:nous of 'this Act shall have been seeepfed lii a vote 'of the stockholders of the I,tie nod North Eist ltatli•oad Company, itt a Meeting called •for that pitriFite.t• On the 15th day of May 16156, at a titeetiivir of the stockloilders called ,for that purpose. the provigiont of the Act wore acceptal by their vota 'Lis accep tance, duly certilkil, u.et rec. nid and tiled in this Department MI the 15 ,143 of July hurt. Possession of the toad has been re stored, and it i 1111 , ‘e un.ler. Wee oink sad olong, ment of the l'oterally. ' -t final 0141- eoWit. 10C orniey rteei%eil limn the raid, whilst in irmaession Of the State, nail lie s it tled With the Company at. the tarlitost Woo tica,Ale period. It 0 but proper to state thrirsincp Om ac ceptance of (lie Act of the 2251 o(.-April, 18511, a writ of error, in the CllSetl adittiliegi• ted by the SapretuegAmii of Poway mils, lots been issued nt, the tont of the Compaty by the Suptetutittourt of thefailed s;flies, and is 1101 V pending 111 that Court.' • The Ctiminoaioners Ilist appoilitcd l a ving Fatigued, A. K. McClure, Esti , tans applYill ted la 111-. place. The ditties of both utile, rit were ably and faithfully pa rot mcd I 'owes of their corresoondenee nod repot ts. hue with s ubmitted loth,. Row... of Representa tives, for the tt.o of the Legal/store. will furnish information in detail at the sultiret BOW under ea,lL 4 ltletaliVll. it is siustezoly thostral that goal faith, and honesty or pur pose may cliameterire the modest of this cotnpany in tlie discharge of the duties as sumed by thdr ac,..eptatieti of thu Act of the L"241 of Apill LW, and that this much vexed iritteAtion will not vein disturb the harmony or retard - 11W Proilwrity or Tho city of nllll, or owyt•otilort porcion of this Cantwitiwealilt. The resolution !imposing allemairaell'a t o the Constitution of-the Commosiwealth, have been published as atreetrik by that, iatstru• ment. It will Is , yotir ditty lii late such' notion in reference to these amendments as will, in your juiljtkumb, be Inost consistent wiLlt the wishes oe the limpl.:„„Ait,.4o,R l ,, l ittutrin, wlll - 110 -- rortred - fOirartllo' , ..l{ , i , u- - set' of their notification, tout to this your. uni'lit'st e i ttuution is Faiu,,441.,... ,Tho irriportamt„44sy of, iliotriotiog, the ate for the ci4etion,Ef Sertatro . and scoenta,tireo, deVedro nroh deity - etiMild'he performed. M4161113', and With strilot roltirmeer , to tho interests *lid rights nr 413. a irls4espool4. • rcutitrno,of toXx af„,des, reqntre4 tv ho onievrs rhorgol 'with theoo chalet+ urgiult their spet.dy perfor mince.; 8n I the return:: will of limo al N obly:al, be tmotinitted.' yod. _ The elitetiie franchise is the highest. sad most respapsible privilege tejoyed by the Ai4eriesn dtixeu. involylpg n ita ext mise the sot ereignty Of the people, sad minstita ting as it does the substratuin er one fVee institutlatis, It Cannot bto to highly appriol-• sled or carefully worded. The ballot box, thrattgh 'which the people apesk their will, she_ tig - be Itetujerved from kitty tiolatlon' basilint 144 - Upon ttir pm- AP boogritYlipuoruftlio exirlenrcot , , • „ • ji‘git • - , üblican governmiet,, and the right*, ; .e t odes of the citizen,` &TV: 1 4!/, • voter, whatever may be his pot tieett affini ties or party predilletiond fei deeply iultl4Fd= ted this question. Any attempt to seillY its impurity, or impnre its efficiency, whetini er violence Mira utl, should be sternly sisted and serenely punished. 1110011 TOT id:4' whether founded on ;forgery or perjury. or both ‘on'false awiessunetts or false and for gad certificates of naturalization, is an evil that deserves the severest coneleetinatiu.a.— ft pkivents an hommt expression of the pop ular will corrupt,* the sourma of h.gitimafe - power and influence and strikes a fataltheer xt the cherished rights of freemen. These' evils are alledged to czist in our large cities —the heril distee's of the State are compel: snidely free front such corrupting 'simples A^reinedy co -extensive with the evil should' be provided. liverry defence should be throsvn , around hskallot : box,.aed the rights of legal ioters should - he secured and proteotol, fraud id - every fops should be preventedeand punished. Whether a jot dicious regietiry law, or moil other mesa. tire of reform, adequate 30 04 nweaildypa of the case, should be adopted is referred the wisdom of the Legislature. As appropriate to this subject, e reform of the naturalization lases—the ention, • by the 'National Noveninseat, - impart , ta: ion of foreign criminals and Paul a more careful, rigid and personal easnaista• tion, by'our epufts, of all persons refining before them as applicants for admission irir th•rifiggAsikiiemeheierwmilliivtommeirrip - 7 -- 0,- - 46riect esiatisig Mame, sad Miami Oa ballot box from the pressure of corrupting and dangerous influences. uragell-, EMIC7 To the policy and acts _of the atiosisil ifr :!,. eaing. as they the rights and interests ot the Cumnrinrealth, thanker pie of the State cannot be indit&ruut. Penn• ayivania, occupying aghigli and euiwervatwe position hi the mieterhood of States—devoted to the Conitittitiou and the Union, in Idle it integrity and harmony, bee Wm. and will 'ever be, as ready.to recognize tin? Aiello of_ her sister States, as to defend her own.-- These sentiments she has never ativuksiiind these princiiiks she 1..+ never vio!sted. Flethted to ehe maintenance of the rights of the North, 14 will as dente of the South sin C e -n ly desirous to promote therefee, hat. m my and welfareof um whole country-4'mi etienlamling all intention ur dealt. to MLit t' re with the Constitutional rights of VW States, or their dom Etc inatitutirlete— peeple of ibis CUIIIITIOCIWCiah vicomi alarm end appreheusion the repeal of Id a monri Comprynnise —a eon:minimise rat. - di. red sacred in public esteem by its allow - abort and eonuection with the great caustics( national harmony and_ Limon—re g a r din g it as a palpable violation of the plighted fait and honor of the Nation, end as an unwar rentable attempt to extend the i rein tion of domestic Slavery to territories then frow„...—i This reckless and indefensible act, of tsar National Con sit ; , DOt qatv irlinnsieg tr, • ritit4-4 the it&i . 4 . l• • flan of vexed and distreeting questleilie:Nrj' as ii,...tnitstritititcr, it has blind KAMM whM fraud, violence and etrife, w i th blood, and by a sy stem of territoivi jn.tly — infamous" has made freedom of up, eeh and of the pets a felo n y, and perilled the great prinZiples aft liberty and equal rights. If the doeteiticot "pepular...itmereiziY.:Lie, in gockiThdal bt applied to that Territory —if the people tfrereof are to Ise left 'perfectly free t o et sio , t - awl regulate their dorneetic institutions in -' thew own way. subject only to the Coaotitu— tion of the United Suttee." then, the °Nome-. lion of the great Nstioo tl highways ttLoii Northern emigrant, the employment orthis National forces, and the initiverstOn of IS* and justice ahko by the officials in Kamm. and Waahington, to force Slavery %RP AIM,, unwilling pcoplu, cannel be WO screk^ekr , , condemned. . . Freedom is the great cell t re• truti of Atom% i can Republicanistn—the great law of AMIIP.t loan Nationality: Slavery is tho exempla, It is local and wettest' I ; and its SZtSaltiatt, beyond the jurisdiction et - eating it, or to tho free terri tones of the Union, was nee dr • signed or contemplated by the patriotlbned— , ' ers of the Republic. In acconianoa those achaitnonts. Pennsylvania. true to tho; principles of the Act et , 1780. whleh cd StarcrylOwithin her territor:sl truo to the greartioctrines of the Oiditiitiki' of 1787. which &cheated to freedom thee. North Weatcr,l Tymtory cd the tine to National fitiA and Nattunal hotlol% - asks and expects. tut dice to her own cifiletis who have in good frith settle/ in the Terri ' lure pf Katona. and as doe to the r.• andip.ergy of a free pcople, that Kan*" shottfil Ice free. In this connection, and a, .40 , 1 , 4e(illelit UP , I on the repeal of are Missouri l'oitynnoter, reference to a proposition made by sot:neer the leading Southern journals, %nil s ave ree - • evntiy sanctioned by high otli inl authority in a sister State, to re optAi: the Africaunlato , trade, %%ill Jipt be deemed improper. That such a traffic, declared to bo piracy ; and ra cer/M.ll by the civilized world -..tat'chnetttidr— with horrors in every siege of it, prima •-•' „ so revultilig . to troy sentiment uf- Ituatistigir! —every impulse of pile« awl -4 should he advocated or eparidett iii tht•t i nineteenth century, with apparent alnetiitY, atuturged a.s a measure of political economy and of Justice and equality fo thst,,. stnntigut States of the rninn,pre Hilts thht 9atl, their . only explinatien . and a wild enthttaissm, et a still milder fanatieimn that nerrwttehrallis" tha reason and the ernseienee, Tfiarwilitaloint and humanity of a proprnition aro tentilling_ , !.- andinonstrous, must seek their pandlel-snot , - illustration in the dattivoria of the Inquiet. lion, or in the hold of a slsie ship , Olathe 1 horrors of the "middle. paantege- 'Equally '• - repulsive to the intelligent and virtuous ant. t" ttri4FC„Alte South AM well As ttlifit6,444_ _..... Vilt erfillfilidriiiatitrizri_ e p every' lover of Itifeountry--:-of !tory-Meng otjlik - nee and humanity. The 'higtoro-44citire Workit a. 1 4 ,0( clittlotbre• eek.tievegicigslho mere nommen --an atrocity, OM*? hotqw„ Agstrist prisposition se ahliertiml, li:1) . i. the prktriplete it ittrolrettotif the !rep limit , thou of a flee people. and iti thadrtettinfoifi, you should, .euteg• their wunainvolist nabeillice p . hatie protest . '„ , -: I -.lei The union 0 ( 41.5t4 6 :05 1044 MlbittligAges _ u s one people, sho uld be, vhg tr, to - 41- T t i o . apt excitement Amerman eiii!gen, in A n excitement of pollical mateetee;4lfatfr .. ; surging of human paviona, ,hoolvoil o wdent voiced may be hood., integrity and - denotineing its doeit ailir w 1 I V I t- the claw ;•sober second Elnitkr" 6,111 V . I triotio and virtnoint people. an hoY L' ~ ~.., *motif) , na.l-dvatoso• •Xonsdelkilte :.,„,., andotieriehedh, the infer": ...,,, „,_ !, t - and devoted patriot - :n, t i' 1 4 4 , ~,;k,..,,, _ n n 4 eattfitevbee, amid - thd * ..,. +; *Meal dattstgotinee, and lac —•— :# tta ~..1 k ?”.J. r" ECM mL_d,. ' IPMEIN