subject of instruction, the natural science, in
their relation 3nd application to practical agri
cultuie, wHI also be taught. The student of
the institution Will be enabled to test, in his
daily occupation," the trnth and value of the:
knowledge communicated.
Much of the land connected with the school
ha 6 been successfully cultivated during the past
year. Orchatds of every variety of fruit and
hedges have been planted, and many valuable
improvements made. A double storied barn,
laige tuid convenient, as also the farmer's
house and pan of the out-buildings have been
erected and occupied.
From the report of the trustees we learn that
"a contract Lao lecn made for the erection of
an cJifife calculated for the'residence of Prc
fctsors, Lecture Hulls and Dormitories for
•tudents, to Le built of stone, four stories high,
two hundred and thirty-three feet in front,
wiih wings, and to cost fifty-five thousand
dollars. This building is already in progress,
and it is hoped that a part of it may be put un
der roof and be so far Completed as to enable
the Board to make arrangements to receive a
few students belorc the close of the current
year." The Legislature, at their last session, i
appropriated filty thousand dollars to this in- !
stitution, one-half of which has been paid; (he
remaining twenty-live thou-ami dollars to be
paid on condition that an equal sum be realized
trom other sources, within tiuee years froui the ;
passage ol the act making the appropriation.
'lie objects and character of this institution
its relation to agricultural knowledge, and as j
(fce pioneer iu the great work of agricultural j
education,commend it to thegeuerous patronage i
of the Legislature, and to the 'Confidence arid j
liberality of ihe people of the Commonwealth, j
ihe report to be submitted by the Super- j
intendent ot Common Schools will present u j
clear iiud satisfactory statement of tho gene- ■
ral operation ot the system during the past j
year.
Jhe separation of the School from the State
Department, by the act of the last sessiou, was
a just tiiouie to the importance and value of
our common school system. The great educa
tional interests ol the State, the caro and j
guardianship of the intellectual, social aud i
moral improvement of the youth of ihe Com- j
Uicuwealth, shouid occupy a prominent aud in
dependent position among the departments of!
the government. It ihe care ot the treasure '
ot the Cominouwealth, the development of her j
material wealth, and the advancement of her j
pilitteo-econc mical interests, have received !
tri m the government the marked and distinct- 1
'tve recognition ot their importance, how much
more should the luiud of hot youth— with its j
uimdrous activities—iis constantly unfolding j
eutrgies, and its infinite superiority to the |
-material and physical, claim a still higher con- I
bidcratioD, and receive trom the representatives j
of the people, a more honored recognition.
its an luutpenueut department, greater !
ifficitucy wiil be given to the System—a more j
direct and immediate supervision will bo se
cured — ihe dt tails ot its operation more care- (
luily observed—its deficiencies discovered—its 1
errors corrected—the accomplishment of its
noble purposes and objects rendered more
aai/gWutfs''tfilA^gbifßffig ; lnriuicc of 'political
•excitement, and partisan prejudice.
ihe country supertntcndency, tested by ex- !
q crieucc, has realized tho just expectations of j
•the friends ot *he measure, ami uray now be re- j
igarded as a penuameut ainl indispensable part !
ot tbe system. When committed to Competent
men, it lias accomplished a noble work iu pro
moting the success and usefulness ot our com- i
u-cu schools; and wherever the duties of the
vffioe have been faithfully performed, the char- !
actor of tbe schools, has been elevated, their j
stumbcr and ihe number ot scholars increased, !
ami Ihe coufi icnce aud encouragement of the
public secured. Iu the hands of incouipcteut i
men, these results have uot been obtained, but,
on tiie contrary, opposition I-.as been provoked,
and the cause of coinmoir school education re- j
•arded. This office should not be committed to 1
any hut men thoroughly qualified by education
*Od experience for the performance of its ar
duous aud responsible dures; and if the school
directors of any county, in disregard of their i
obligations, from opposition either to ttie system i
or the office, select au incompetent person for ■
the place, the odium of the act, and of failure j
to secure ihe benefits resulting froiu a proper |
tnd inti i.ijjent administration of the office,!
should rest upon them, and not upon the law I
authorizing ihe appointment. The defects of
the system, when clearly established, shouid be j
promptly corrected; but change is not always,
icform: and innovation, induced bv selfishness
or prejudice, may endanger its pertnantney uud j
destroy its efficiency.
The act of the 20th day of May, 1857, pro
viding for the due training of teachers for the
COIoUK)n schools of the B'tate, by encouraging
the establishment of Normal schools within the
districts designated in the law, has received the
cordial approbation of ail interested in the
success ot our common schools. The passage
of that act inaugurated a new era in the history
of common schools education tu Pennsylvania.
It is a movement in the right direction; full of
encouragement and hope for the greater per
fect iou and usefulness of the system. Large
uod enthusiastic meetings of the friends of
education have been held, in many of the dis
tricts, to promote the estsblisliiocnt of Norma]
schools, as contemplated by the act; and liberal
sums of money Lave bneu subscribed to secure
this desirable object. A noble work has been
'•ouimeuced, ami sustained by individual enter
prise and liberality—encouraged by the State,
und vindicated by its own iutrinste merit, it
must go on until State Normal schools, in
number and efficiency, equal to the supply of
well-trained teachers, shall become the just
pride and boast of Pennsylvania.
Ihe organic structure of our system is as
pcifect, perhaps, as human legislation can make
it; hut it needs the competent and thoroughly
traiued teacher to give it greater vitality and
efficiency, and secure the full accomplishment
of the put poses of this creation. The teacher,
the properly educated, the well traiued, the
scientific teacher, is the great want of the sys
tem. We need the fdic/tinir intnd, not tint
automaton movements of mere physical or
ganization or antiquated routine, to direct ami
control the intellectual energies of the youth
of the Commonwealth. We required miud,
educated miud, iu our schools, that knowledge
may be commuuicuted, not only effectively and
praciieaiiy,! ut that in training the young, they
may be taught to think—and how to think— to
investigate, ami ko-jw for themselves, and thus
be titled and prepared for the high aud respon
•ibie duties of the man and the citizen.
This deficiency can only be supplied by State
'Normal schools for the education of teachers.
To them we must look. The future is full of
hope. Much has already been done to provide,
for their establishment and support. In con
nection with honorable individual effort, more
legislative encouragement may be required. It
should be given cheerfully and promptly. No
subject of greater interest can ciuita your at
tention; no one appeals with more reasou and
tiuth, to duty and patriotism.
Teachers* institutes, as auxiliary to Normal
schools, should be aided by the State. —
Through their "gency, sustained by the uoble
and self-denying efforts of the teachers them
selves, much good has been accomplished iu
educating and training teachers, and in digni
fying a profession too long undervalued by
those most deeply interested in their useful
| labors.
in the great work of popular education
i there should be no retrograde movement in
: Pennsylvania; no yielding to the impotent
I clamor of ignorance, selfishness or prejudice,
in their attempts to stay its progress. These,
; one and all, may denounce and condemn, but
1 virtue, patriotism, truth, bid yon onward. Lot
the system he maintained in its unity and use
fulness; let it be improved and perfected in
its details; but le' no act of yours impair its
strength, or mar the beauty and harmony of its
proportions.
Based us our institutions are on the will of
the people—dependent for preservation on
their virtue and intelligence—knowledge with
us should occupy the high position to which
it is so pre-eminently entitled. Knowledge
founded upon the pure principles of eternal
truth, is the crowning glory of the citizen—
the safeguard and defence of the State. Ed
ucation, full and free to all, is the boon we
ask for the children of the Commonwealth—
it is the duty, paramount to alt others, the
State owes to tier citizens, The aid of the
Commonwealth should De liberally bestowed.—
The subject, iu all its relations, is warmly com
mended to the generous care and patronage of
tho Legislature.
Legislation, Whilst propelly encouraging the
development of the material wealth of the
State, should reeagnize the still higher obliga
tion to improve the sodiuf, intellectual and
moral condition of the people. Tho amelio
ration of ht.-iiiHU suffering, the reformation of
the eftUtg, susd the correction of youthful vf
ciousncss, are objects thbt deserve the atten
tion of the philanthropist and statesman. To
secure these results, the educational, cbai ita
hlc and reformatory in-titiuHns of the Com
monwealth should be fostered aud encouraged
by libera! legislation.
Tito reports of the Siate Lunatic Hospital,
a: ilarrisburg, and the Western Petinsylvaui.t
Hospital Tor tbe Insane, at Pittsburg, will be
laid before you, and will exhibit in detail their
operations for tbe past year.
Those institutions, in their objects and re
sults, merit and should receive our warmest
approbation. Tho condition of no class of suf
fering humanity appeals with more thrilling
power to our Sympathies, than that of the in
sane. Ignorant of the frightful malady that
oppresses them, shrouded iu the fearful g'oor.i
c:al joys of home and friends, the aid of the
benevolent and the benefactions of ihe Com
monwealth should be liberally and eheerfaily
given to them
The House of Kefuge in Philadelphia, and
tie Western House of Refuge near Pittsburg,
again ask to share the bounty of the Common
wealth. These schools for the erring, neglected
and oul-cast children and youth of the State
these homes where kindness ruies and love
subdues tho vicious and incorrigible, should
not be denied their request.
The •♦Blind" and the "Deaf and Dumb"
Asylums at Phiiadclphi•, and ihe Pennsylvania
Training School for idiotic and feeble-4Jth'fed
children, present their annual claim for vour
sympathy and aid. Tie darkened eye, the
silent longue, and the weakened intellect, in
sorrow and saline-?, appeal to the representa
tives of tho people for this boon. It com the
refused.
My views in relation to "local," "special"
and "omnibus legislation," have been si fre
quently expressed, iu communications to the
Legislature, that their repetition now is unne
cessary. Such legislation, often so subversive
of private rights —so detrimental to the public
iuteiest, and gener ally so mischievous in its
consequences—should not be encouraged or
permit ci.
The report of the Adjutant General will be
laid before you. To it< valuable and import
ant suggestions I invite your careful consid
eration.
I must again call the attentidn of flic Legis
lature to the .subject of revising the militia laws
of the State. They are so crude and imperfect,
in many of their provisiou.% and obscuro in
some of their enactments, that it is difficult to
discover the object intended, or comprehend
the duty enjoined. The powers and duties of
the respective offi-ers connected with the mili
tary organization of the Commonwealth, should
be more clearly defined. Greater encourage
ment should be givctf to the formation of vol
unteei companies; the entire system should be
remodeled, and placed in ft position to become
alike honorable and useful to the State.
The Select and Common Councils of the City
of Philadelphia, by an ordinance passed the 7th
day "f April, 1556, and officially communica
ted to the Legislature at their last general ses
sion, proposed to convey to the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania a lot of ground, in that city,
for the purpose of erecting an Arsenal thereon.
By the act of the Gtii of May, 1857, the Gov
ernor was authorized to accept from the Mayor
of Philadelphia, under the seal of the Corpora
tion, the conveyance iu fee simple of the lot of
ground proposed to bo douated to the Common
wealth, for the purpose indicated. The con
veyance was duly executed by the Mayor on
the 26th day of June, 1857, and delivered and
accepted on the 31st day of July following, as
directed by the act. The fourth section of the
same act authorized the Governor to apply the
proceeds of the sale of tbo Arseual ftf Philadel
phia (9-10,000 00) to the erection of an Arse
nal on the lot of ground thus granted to the
Commonwealth. In pursuance of the authori
ty couforrcd, a contract was made with a skill
ful and experienced Architect, for the erection
and completion of the proposed Arseual; to be
large and commodious, and adapted to the pur
poses intended. The building was immediately
commenced under the direct supervision of the
AVijuUnt General, and is uow completed and
ready foi the reeep'ion of the Arms, Military
atofus and equipments of the Commonwealth.—
It is of brick, three stories high, one hundred
and cghty-two feet froDt on Filbert stroct, and
BE&F0RB m
1 fifty feet in deptb. The walls of
stone, are solid and massive. The cost of con
struction did not exceed the appropriation. It
is a substantial und elegant structure and will
he a safe depository for the publio arm? —an
ornament to the city, and a credit to the Coiu
moCweaiili.
One of my predecessors, in his annual com
munication to the Legislature, immediately af
ter the close of the late war with Mexico, re
commended the erection of a monument to the
memory of those citizen soldiers, from Penn
sylvania, who died in the service of their coun
try in that war. It is due to them, that some
public acknowledgment of their patriotic ser
vices should be made by the State. Concur
ring in the sentiments expressed in the ccniuiu
ideation to which reference has been made, I
would also invite your attention to the p opri
ety of erecting, iu the public grounds of the
(J ipitol, a suitable monument to their memory
' —and thus honor those who by their undaunt
ed bravery and invincible valor, honored our
noble Commonwealth.
The publication of the Geological Report tf
! tue State, under the superintendence of Prof.
i Rogers, is rapidly apptoaching completion.—
I The engravings and illustrations aie nearly
j completed, und the first volume now in press,
■ which ho expects will be ready for delivery
I soon after the meeting of ths Legislature, and
| the second aud last volume before iis adjuurn
■ nient or immediately thereafter. Tho style and
j general execution of the work will be equal, if
cot superior, to that of nay iit:iiar publication
jby our sister states. It will fully sustain the
reputation of the distinguished Geologist, by
i whom the surveys were made, and who has dn
j voted so much care and attention to its publi
' cation. The large geological map of the State,
which will accompany the volume*, will not be
i finished before the close of the yoar. Great
- care has been taken to make it perfect in all
j its details. The whole work will be a valurt
1 Lie addition to geographies 1, as well a* geolo
; gioal, science, an-.l mh be alike useful to the
j citizen's of the Commonwealth, and honorable
j to its author.
i The resolutions proposing amendments to the
! Constitution of the Common wealth, were pub
j lished as directed by that instrument. In ac
| cordatiee with th : provision* of the Act of 12 h
iof May, 1857, the proposed amendments were
I submitted to the people for their ratification or
! rejection, on the second Tuesday of October
j last. The returns of said election have been
received, afcri will be delivered to the .Speaker
'of tho Senate, s> directed by law, when the
j fact of their adoption by a large majority, will
: he officially ascertained and announced.
The fourth section of the first article of the
! amended Constitution, requires the Legislature,
| at their first session after tho adoption o( this
amendment, to divide the city of Plfiiidedphia
] into Senatorial and Representative districts, in
: the manner provided in that section. This du
ty devolves upon you, and should bo performed
! with fidelity and due regard to ton interest and
rights of the people of that city.
Relieved from the Imputation of selfishness, 1
cannot forbear presenting for your consideration
a subject that should claim your earliest uttug^
Scat of the Government, for the use of tho
Governor of the Common wealth. Tho want of
at uldic mansion ha* been seriously felt by all
who bavo been oaiicd to occupy that official *i.i
tioii. Whilst almost u.l our sister States have
provided residences for the accommodation of
tltoir Chief Magistrates, Peuusyivanii, for rea
sons ti.it cvifiitttblc tj her as the "Keystone
State," h>s refused to incur the expense ne
cessary for the erection of such a building. The
fat uro to provide, in this wanner, for his *<_-
eotmnodatiou, subjects the Governor to much
inconvenience, oftentimes vexations and annoy
ing. A suttatdo house cannot always be ob
tained hero, and in that event he is compelled
to be shut up in the soouis of 1 hotel, or crowd
ed with hi* family into some swell and obscure
dwelling, alike unfitted for dntnestio comfort,or
tha exhibition cf tha amenities and courtesies
or social lite. It should be remembered that
tha Governor of the Common wealth is regarded
as thd representative ot the people, socially, as
weil as politically, and therefore he should be
enabled, by every proper appliance, to repre
sent truly their social virtues and character.—
Thi* he cannot do, to the extent deired, 011 the
very meagre salary ho receives; and I do not
hesitate to affirm that no one occupying this
office oan, Without drawing largely ou his pri
vate income, exercise the hospitalities or main
tain the dignity properly associated with the
position. I have avoided all usele-s expendi
tures, au l yet the salary received, lias been
wholly insufficient to defray the expenses ne
cessarily incurred. This should not be permit
ted. Every consideration of public policy,eve
ry honorable impulse of proper State pride, re
quire that the Obief Executive Officer of the
CoiumouweallU should b*; provided with a suita
ble resideuce, at the Seat of Government, aud
With a salary adequate to the expenditure in
cidcut to his high official position.
In my last annual communication to the Gen
eral Assembly, uiy sentiments wore fully ex
pressed in reference to reiorui iu the naturali
zation laws, and the admission of applicants to
the right of einzeuship—to the prcservatisa of
the purity of elections, by tho prevention and
punishment offrauduieut aud iilogal voting,and
the enactment of a judicious registry Uw to
freedom as the great centre truth of American
republicanism—the great law of American m
tiouality—to the rights of the States, as Inde
pendent .Sovereignties, aud tho power and duty
of the General Government to prevent the ex
tension of the institution of slavery to the free
territories of the Union—to the wrongs of Kan
sas, as exhibited 111 the violation of the doctrine
of popular sovereignty by the General Govern
ment, in its attempts, by tho military power of
the country uud otherwise, to defeat the will
of the majority iu that territory: wrongs still
existing and aggravated by receut outrages pn
ihe rights and privileges of that people, and
approved by high National Executive authori
ty. To the views then presented, you are te
spectfully referred.
ljy the expiration of the constitutional term,
my official couoeotion with the Government of
tho Uoiuioonwealth will soon curse. The pow
ers, uuJef the constitution, vested i'u tue by the
people, Will bo transferred to auother of timr
own selection; and with uiy warmest wishes f>r
his success, I will, relieved from the cares aid
suxieties of official place, retire to private lib.
Iu tho discharge ol the duties devolved
me, I have endeavored to the extent of my ah!- j
ity, to promote the interests and" hotter of jie 1
Commonwealth, aud the virtue, the happim,*
antßprosperity of her citizens, it not suceeis- '
fat, I have a least labored to deserve sutTccis; j
!and iu surrendering the trust committed to rue,
by a generous people, my only regret will be,
that I buve uot been able to servo our nolle
| Ouuiiuonvuukh with a zeal aud ability equal to
| the interest I feel in her progress and welfare.
1 Whatever of meat, or demerit may attach to
| my adniinistration,whatever may be the opinions
entertained of my conduct cf the affairs of State,
: I can at least claim from my fellow citizens,with
& full consciousuess of its right the award of
good intention, and will enjoy in my retirement,
the proud satisfaction of knowing that no act of
mine, or of my administration, in tendency or
fact, injured or corrupted the public morals,
retarded the prosperity, or tariiislmd the fair
| fame ol uiv native State. 1 will surrender to
! rny successor the cares and responsibilities of
| the office I now hold with greuter cheerfulness
j than 1 assumed them; and will return, without
a murmur, to the society aud companionship of
those, who can approve without selfishness, aud
censure only at the bidding of truth and friend
ship. To the judgement of impartial history I
commit my administration and its acts, without
a fear of the result: and when lime shall have
softened the asperity cf paitizan feeling—heal
ed the bitterness of disappointment and correct
ed tha errors of prejudice, truth will sustain
the judgement and justice approve the record.
Our beloved Commonwealth, rich in all the
elements of material greatness, her broad and
fertile field*—her lofty mountains, filled with
inexhaustable mineral wealth—her rivers and
her streams —her internal improvements, her
furnaces, roliing-uiills, and factories—her col
leges, academies, and her noble system of cotn
i men schools—Ler • Lurches aud charitable iu
' stiiutions—her population, enterprising, ener
i getic, intelligent and prosperous—all these are
| justly the pride of every true-hearted Eennsyl-
I vaniau. Our mighty republic, '-the free heart's
! hope and home"—the Constitution and the
j union of the States—the civil and religious
! privileges of tho people—the right ot conscience
j und freedom of worship —the great and essea
j tial principles of liberty and free government,
! here enjoyed, uud our American Nationality,
founded 111 a true and single devotion to home
and country, arc objects that till with patriotic
emotion, the heart of every American citizen.
May they bo cherished and defended until pa
j iri Jtistu ceases to be u virtue and libeity be
; kuown only us a u.wne.
! Ihe true glory and greatness of a nation eon
, sifrt, not aloue in the number, privilege? or iu
\ teliectiial superiority of her people, her inntui i
! al wealth or physical strength. Iter political po
sition or form of government. "Righteousness
cxaltotli a nation," and -'happy is that people
whose God is the Lord." Our fathers trusted in
Him, aud were not disappointed. Recognizing
1 Him as the Sovereign Ruler of Nations and
i Men; invoking u continuance of His watchful
| care over iho interest of the Oommuuwealth.and
: liis blessing upon your ofiici.l labors—may
i yotrr acts and the acts of those who tuny succeed
' us in the administration ot tbo government, in
their character and results, be such as patriot
i i.sm demand, and honor, truth ami conscience
I can sanction and approve.
JAMES POLLOCK.
\ "j
OlPGttriM Filfli wLshixgtos.
Washington, Jan. 9.—Front advices re
cieved to-day it appears that the Mormons will
not retreat from Utah, as was expected by the
Government, but will fight it out where the/
are. This iii*uics us a bloody war in the
j Spring.
Tim following orders will be issued from ihe
headquarters of the army on Momhiv, directing
the movement or th : te mpsde-ui. : ' to reinforce
the troops now en route for Utah:
GF.XKRAL OItnEHS—NO. I.
Hridq'tarttrs of the sir my, j
New York, Jan. 8, 'BSB. 5
The Geneml-in-Ohiif, with tho approbation
of the War I) paVrtuent, directs the following
! movements :
I. Tho army of Utah will ho reinforced, as
| soon as practicable, hy the First Regiment of
Cavalry, Sixth and Seventh Regiments of In
fantry, an ; light companies A. aud M., Second
1 Artillery.
| 'i. Forts Smith, Waslrtn, ArbUckle and
Belknap will be abandoned for the present,and
1 all the troops comprising their garrisons, except
tha Ordpancc Sergeant*, will at the eatlicst
; possible day proceed In Jefferson Barracks.—
1 Ihe companies at Fort Smith, by the Arkansas
and M'ssis.-ippi river-, those at Forts Washita,
Arbuckle and Belknap, by the lied and Mis
sissippi river-", if transportation on the former
river can be obtained without too groat a delay
otherwise by Fort Smith and the first named
| rivers.
8. l'he Fourth regiment <■{ artillery, now in
Kansas, will take post as follow*:—Headquar
| tors, with two companies, at Fort Riley; the
Lieutenant Colonel, with four companies, at
Fort Laramie; the junior Major, with two com
panies, at Fort Kearney, and two companies at
Fort Leavenworth; the companies in each e*<.
tri be desegnated by the Colonel, '{'his regi
tnerit will be put in march for its several sta
tion* by the Commanding General of the De
partment of the West as early as practicable.
4. An officer of rank being necessary at Fort
Kearney, ihe junior Major of tho 4th Artillery
will at once proceed tbithor and a-isumo com
mand of the post.
5. In due time further orders will be given
for the march of tho reinforcement across the
Plains, and preliminary measures will be com
menced at once by the several Staff Depart
ments aud officers concerned for preparing the
troops aud the supplies for the movement.
6. Measures will also be takeu for filling up
the regiments and companies to the maximum
standard; and also for furnishing recruits for
the other roops composing the aimy of Utah.
7. The several Departments of the Staff will
take prompt measures to secure the publio pro
perty at the posts to be abandoned.
By command of Lieutenant General Scott.
Irvino McDowell, 4sst. Adj. General.
Despatches were received here this evening
from Kansas to the effect that the free State
men had elected their ticket. At least such
was the asp-ct of tho vote as far us h :rd from.
Everything was quiet in the Territory.
Considerable excitement prevails among ini
tiated politicians as to the position of Governor
V ise on the Kansas questiou and the policy of
the Administration' It is believed there is a
combined and deep political Wise and Douglas
movement against the PresiJent.
Ihe stockholders of the Bank of Corydon
(Ind.) have resolved to wind up their concern
because the times are too hard to make it nay.
*i • ' J
UPWARD MM,
PHILADELPHIA.
A Benevolent Institution. tslublithed by special en
clou-meut for thu relief of the tick and dis
trested, cjp.ie.Ud inth Virulent and
Epidemic disease*.
rill) all person* afflict -<l vri<T Sexual Diseases.
JL such as SPEKM A TORRHUSA, SEMJ.VEL
WEAKNESS, IMPOTENCE. GONORRHOEA,
GLEKT, SYPHILIHS, the Vice ol ONANISM,
or SELP ABUSE, Ac., Ac.
The MOW AKD ASSOCIATION, in view of the
awful destruction of human life, caused by Sexui I
diseases, and the deceptions practised Himn tie
unfortunate victims of such diseases byXJuacks,
several years ago directed their Consulting Sur
geon as a CHARITABLE ACT worthy of their
mime, to open .1 Dispensary for the treatment of"
this class of diseases, in ali their forma and to
give MEDICAL ADVICE GRATIS, to allv.no
apply by letter, with a description of their condi
tion, (age, occupation, habit* of life, Ac..) and in
cases of extreme poverty, to FURNISH MEDI
CINES FREE OP CHARGE. It is needless to
add that the Association commands the highest
Medical skill of the age. and will furnish lUe meat
approved modern .treatment.
The Directors, ou a review of the past, teed as
sured that tbeir labors in this sphere of bensro-
Jent effort, have been of great benefit to the afflict
ed, especially to the young, and they have resolv
ed to devote themselves, with renewed to
this very important but much despised cause.
Just published bv the Association, k Report on
Spermatorrhoea v or Seminal Weakness, the Vic_>
of Onanism, Masturbation or Self-Abase, ar.d oth
er Disease* of the Sexual Organs, by the Consult
ing Surgeon, which will be sent bv until, (in a
sealed letter envelope,) FREE OF CHARGE, on
receipt of TWO STAMPS for postage.
Ad-ires*, f'-r Report or treatment, Dr. G EORGE
R. CALHOUN, Consulting Surgeon, Howard As
sociation, No. 2 South Ninth Street, Phiiadei
ihia, Pa.
By order of the Directors.
EZRA I). HEART WELL. President.
GEO. Faihciiii.d, Secretary.
Dec. 4, 1857.-zz.
THE GOLDEN PRIZE~
TIIE NEW YORK ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY
Ciiolden I'riir.
One of the largest and best literary pipers of the day.
An imperial qiurtp, containing eight pages, or
fortv column* of ch"s -•■ reading matter w.,-ek.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION fWt) DOL
LARS PER YEAR.
And a Gift trill be presented to each subscriber im
mediately on receipt of the subscription money.
Each subscriber will be entitled to a gift worth
from $1 to .190,00 In Gold.
I'D CLUBS.
3 Copies for 1 venr $5.00
10 - I " 15.00
ERE AD—RE AD~R E A I)—R EA D.
THE LIST OK GIP't'S—GIFTS—GIFTN.
1 Package containing SSOO in Gold.
10 Gold Pnte'st Lever English Hunt
ing Cased Watches, 100 Each.
1.5 "" . .. .. 75 "
25 " Gold Wat.-hes 00 •<
100 .* >• ■■ - 60 .i
300 Ladies, " •' " 35 "
100 Si: ver Hunting Cased sYatones 2-5 •
J 200 ♦ Watches 10 to 20 '•
500 Gold Vest and Guard and Fob
Chain* 10 to 30 •<
5000 Gold Lockets 2to 10 "
G< 1-1 Rig-r-Ear Drops—Broaches
8.-east Finn—Studs—'Cuff Pita
Sf-eve Buttons, Nc.. Jrc 1 to sls Each.
lu.mediately on receipt of the subscription mo
ney, the suie-Tiber's nunc will lie entered upon
our subscription book, ujumsite. number. And ih;
,-. .(.- -noj .Tt.ri ,i ituinw --II isrrv
v.vu'disi to his or ner .td-lross by mail or express
post-paid.
Address BECKET A COMPANY. Pc3i.isui.rs.
48 and 49 Mo Hat's Buildings.
New s*o ik.
Soecimen Copies t fret. . .
lT* Rills of all the liank.i taken pass current
I ; the Stales frvm whence they are teat Postage
slumps are also received.
Dee. 10, 18 >7.-81
a I:SI uiium.
rpHE subscriber still continues his R F.ST AIJ-
I. RANT, AND BAKERY AUN CONFEC
TIONARY. at his old >tan-l. in ;ho Rising Sun
Bunding, in Julian., i Str -.-t, wfiere ho will be
pleasc-l to a-c all ir.s old fr ends and customers.
lie has fitt. 1 no \ 1 OYSTER ROOM, and wis!
keep on h uid tl.r nighout the si as .n -1 full supply
of the freshest and choicest OYSTERS the Baiti
birtro market wlli.affor.f.
He ttcepi cotista-it'y on hand the choicest sad
bn-i C AKES. CANDIES. FRUITS and N UTS
ever offered to the puhbe.
Also, Chantberyjutr* ALE and BEKR.constant
ly on baud, also CIDER and other drink*.
lIT" Parties supplied, on the sho'test notice,
with Ice Criam, Cike* and C infections.
Having s-rve-l a regular apprenticeship to the
above business, and having been constantly engag
ed in it for many years, he te*ls confident that he
can rmnl--r sii.sfactiou to all who miv favor him
with a ri-.it. JOHN J. LUTIIER.
Bedford, Nov. 27, 1857.
FOUXDI&Y AND SHOP!
THE subscribers havirg formed a partner
ship under the stylo of "Dock A Ashcom" tor
the purpose of c and acting a general
I A.YI> .31 AC IB IYK
business in the establishment recently erected
by Giiliard Dock, in Hopewell, Bedford coun
tv, arc now prepa-ed to execute orders for
CASTINGS ASD MACHINERY of every de
scription. They will built to order steam-en
gines, cost and drift-cars, horse powers and
threshing machines—also, casting of every
kind for Turn: -s, forges, saw, grist and rolling
mills, ploughs, water-pipe, columns, house
fronts, brackets, Ac.. Ac.
They are also, now making a fine assortment
of STOVES of various kinds of the latest pat
terns and most- approved styles, including sev
eral sizes of COOK STOVES of the l>est make,
heating stoves for churches, offices, bar-rooms,
Ac.
A tul! assortment of Stoves will be. kept
constantly on hand, end sold ut wholesale and
retail, at price* to suit the times, and quality,
warranted equal to the best eastern Make.—
Machinery of all kinds repaired promptly.—
Patterns made to order.
GILLIARD DOCK,
C. W. A SITCOM.
Nov. 6, 18-57,
DISSOUJTIOS or PARTVERBHIP
ffYHK partnership heretofore existing between
A Henry S. King, and James Madan, under the
na—.e and firm of Ma lara, King A Co.. doing
business at Lemnos Iron Works, in Hope-veil
Township Bedford Countv. is dissolved bv mutual
consent. HENRY S. KING,
N0v.27, 18-51.-tf. JAMES MADAKA.
THE business of manufacturing iron at Lem
nos Iron Works, will b i.coiitinue Iby thu under
signed, who has purchased all the interest of his
late partner James Mad ira in the books, property
and effects, belonging to the late firm of Madar a
King A Co.
Nov. 27, 1b57.-tf. HENRY S. KING.
laook Here, Storekeepers and
Others!
THE greatest assortment of Toys of every
description, and Fancy articles of an endless
variety, you can find at tha great Curiosity
Store, No. 144, N. 2d St., above Arch, Phil
adelphia. Also Fancy Baskets, Pipes, Segar
Cases- Tobacco Boxes, Dominoes, Canes, Chi
na, KIiJ, and Wax Babies, and a great many
other articles too numerous to msntioa.
JOHN DOLL, Importer.
144, N. 2d St.
Sept. 4k 1867.
W E CALL T!iE ATTENTION OF ALL,
. a 'd young. to this wouJrriul prepa
ration, wtiicb turns back to its original ccW,
gray hair—cover* the head ©f the bald nitha
luxuriant growth—removes the dandruff, itch
ing, nmt ai 1 cufaiuoH* cru^tiors —causes a con
tinual flow of the natural, fluids; and hence, ir
used as a regular dressing for the hair, will pre
serve its color, and keep it from tailing to ex
treme old age, in .'! its natural beauty. TV#
cail.then upon the bald, the gr.iy, or diseased
in scalp, to use it: and surely, the young will
not. as they value the flowing locks, or, th#
witching curls, ever be without it. Its prairi#
is upon the tongues of thousands.
Watertown, Mass., May 1. 1855.
PROF. O. J. WOOD; Allow niu to attest
the virtues and magic powers of your Hair Re
storative. Three months since, being exced
ingly gray, I purchase! and soon commenced
to use, two bottles; and it soon begun to tel!,
in restoring the silver kicks to their native col
or, and the hair which was beiore dry ami harsh,
and falling oil", now became soft ana glossy, and
it ceased falling; the dsndrutf disappeared,
and the scalp lost all the disagreeable itching,
so annoying before, aad now, 1 not only look
but feel youu c - again.
Respectfully, vonrs. e?c.
CIIAS. WHITNEY",
New York. Oct. 2. 1855. ,
PROF. O. J. WOOD- Dear ,Sir : Alter read
ing '.he advertisement in one oi the New York
journals, of your celebrated Hair Restorative,
i procured j half pint bottle, and was so much
pleased with it that 1 continued its use lor two
months, and am satisiied it is decidedly the best
preparation before the public. It at once re
moved .ill the dandruff and unpleasant itching
from the scalp, and has r; -tored my hair nat
urally, ans, I have no doubt, permanently so.
You have permission to ,tfei tome, all who
entertain any doubts of its performing ail that
is claimed lor it
MISS IEESS, 2t>i Greenwich AT.
I have u-ed Professor O. J. Wood's Hair
Restorative, and hav c admired its wonderful
edicts. It restored my hair where it had falieu
otf; it cleans the head, and renders the hair sort
and smooth—much more s-> tii.ui od.
MARY A. ATKINSON
Louisville. Nov. 1, 1855.
St.,te of Illinois. Carlisle, Jnnr 27, '56.
I have used ProfessorO. J. Wood's H<ur Kof
storutive, and have admired its wonderful effect.
.My hair wss becoming. as I thought preinatute
ly gray, but by the use of the "Kestorativ#." i*
li.is resumed its original color, and, I bave no
doubt, purmauetlv *w.
SI D.NEYBRKF.SK.
Ex-Sei.ator Uuiteu State*.
{Frcui tAe Wcs'iu glon Stcr.]
Atrvng the many preparations now in use for
the i-.•storing, pivseriitig *ud beautifying tb
hair, there a>e none that we ran recommend
with more confidence t: :.t Prof. Wood'* Ilair
Restorative, mm in getural Use throughout thj
| States. This preparation possesses the most
| iuvigoratin qualities, aud hover fails in produ
| Ctng te most Sappy res.iits when applied c
--| cording to directiul:< Wo r fer our reader* to
| the ,vdvertlaenient fot a tew of the iuuumerabfe
certificates which have been sent by p.irticai
; who Uuve Weeu heb- fitted by it, and who feol
happy in giving testimony ta it* woudeti'nl ef
feels produced on theuj.
O.J. WOOD <k CO., Proprietors, 312 Ercad
! way, N. Y., and iU .ttarivi-t street, Si. Louis,
I Ms.
j For sals by Dr. it, F. Harry, nod Druggists,
! geoeiaily.
Oct. oh, 1857.-3 m.
i*ii. SA.\itlD s
IMiiifllUTOß,
on LIVER REMEDY
: T S AN ARTICLE THAT K V ELI Y BODY
■ JL needs who is not in a perfect state of health
J for the Liver is second i.lv to the heart m our
human economy, and when tnot is deranged the
j whole vita! machinery runs wrung. To find *
1 medicine peculiarly adapted to this d.sense h*
Ixren tau study <>f on* >t the proprietors, in a
large an i extended practice for ti:o past twenty
years,and the result ul iis experiment is the
invigor.Uor, as a ucv .-failing remedy where
medicine his ar v power to he'p. As "a Liver
Remedy it has to equal, as all testify who use
it.
A 'ady writing from Brooklyn, say*. •< Would
thai I c aid e.\jrcss is this short letter Abe vab
u'.' voiti liiVigorstor has been to me ia raising
large family of children,fi r it has never fail
ed to relieve ail affections of the .stomach, bow
iris or attacks of worm*. If mothers oncu had
this remedy placed within tlit-ir reach, and were
| taught how to use it, a tearful ami untold *-
mount of agony m gbt lie saved."
One of our prominent bankers says, "-Five or
six veers since 1 found myself running down
with a liver difficulty ; resulting to your Invig
i orator, was greatly relieved, and, continuing
I for a saason, was entirely restored."
A clergyman called at our office the other
i day ami said ho had given a poor woman a bot
tle, who was suffering very badly from Liver
Complaint, and before she bid taken the whole
of it she was at work earning bread tor hcrlam
j ily.
A gentleman, recently from the Meet, says,
while at Chicago, he v. s attacked with a slow,
! lingering fev.-r. that baffled the skiil ,cf physi
! cutis, but the Invigorstor cured hitn in a few
j days.
One of our city merchant* said, while or. a
visit to Troy, a lew days siuce, he was attacked
with bowel and stomach disorders, sons to con
fine him to his room, he sent to the drug store
for a bottle of Invigorator, took one dose, which
relieved him so that he was able to attend hi*
business.
Au acqnab-tr.ncr, whore business compels
him to write most of the time, says, he became
so weak as to be unable at times to bold his
i pen, while at others, sleep would overpower
[ aim. hut the Invigorator cured hiro-
A gentleman from Brooklyn culled on us *
week or two since, looking lut the shadow of a
man, with a skin yellow, pr.lo and deathlike.—
He had been for a long time suffering frcin
Jaundice and Dyspepsia, and unable to attend
to his business. We saw him again to-day a
changed man, and to use his expression, ho has
not seen the bottom of the first bottle, and fur
ther adds "it saved my lite, for t was'fhst go
ing to a consumptive's grave.'*
Among the hundreds of Liver Remedies now
offered to the public, there are none we can #<>
fuliy recommend as Dr. San ford's Invigorator,
or Liver Remedy, so gent-rally known now
throughout thu ITnion. This prep.iration is tru
ly a Liver Invigorator, producing H'o inert
happy results on all who use it. Almost innu
merable certificates have b-eo given of the great
virtue of this iti -diciue by those of tho highest
standing ia so ciety, and it is, without doubt,
the best pveparotion now bqforc the public.
T SA.\'FOKD k CO., Proprietors, 345 Brod
--■av, N*w York.
For sale by Dr. B. F. Harry, and Drnggiat'a
generally.
Oct, 30 .1857*
Biams Fqiu v Soap—Shaving Creain. juM re
ceived from tle city, by Dr. Harry.