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IS PIBLDUKL
EVEIiY FRIDAY MOHNI.V&
1. K. M BBORBOH U*P JOHN l\ TJS,
ON
JUL. LAN A St., opposite the Jlengei House
BEDFORD, PENN'A
TEBMLS:
92.00 a year if yat4 btricUy i advance.
If not puiti within nix month* 82.50.
If not fmitl within f lie year 85.00.
grcffssioiiai & §u,t>iuuss <£nls
ATTORNEYSAT LAW.
JH. LONGENECKEIt.
. A I TUUNEV A'F LAW, BE CORD, PA ,
AH h•' tness cutruste'i to hit cat., will receive
pro nipt I '.Mil tioa.
/ .; 0; n :: with H. L. RVSBBL,
oopcaite ;hu Court House.
Oct. 16, 'fifi.-Cin.
8. r. MS VERB ... J W. PICKKRSON
MLVr.r.S * DICKF.RSON,
ATTORN i'.VS AT LAW,
Br.nronn, PESN'A.,
Office same a., formerly 0.-vupieJ by Hon W. P.
Schell, two doors- cost o.' the G*kU* office, ki.l
pr. ctioe in the sever > -urt- of ILJforJ county.
Pensions, bounlu nmlbak ; -y obi. neU ana the
EHuebase of Heal jNi.itc alteniwl ..
* May IJ. 'o6—• lyr.
J OHN" 'C. KEAGY, , _ *
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ISSUFURD, PKNS'A.,
Offerg to iive satisfaction to all wuo uiay cn
tnist tLoir lego! business to him. Will collect
moneys -n evidences of de . -rod • ~ec uiy pro
cure bounties an 1 j enslon.- to soldiers. t.eir Wid
ows or hclis. Office two Ho rs west of Telegraph
office. a P rll: 6®*ly.
J 15. CESSNA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office with JOBS CESSNA, OL Julbuma street, in
tie office formerly occupied by King & J Or Jan,
and jccontl" ''7 Filler A Koapv. All business
entrusted to his care will '"cAe faithful anJ
prompt attention. Military t laiuis. Pensions, Ac.,
speedily collected.
Bedford, June 9,1865.
J* M'D. *• R. KERR
STIARPE A KERR.
A TTORNE iS-A T-LA If.
Will practice in the Coaru of Bedford and UA
joining counties. Ail busii ISS entrusted 1 ■ their
care will receive careful and prompt attention.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
lected from the Government.
Office on Juliana street, opposite the ban,ring
house of KecJ & Schcll, Bedlord, Pa. marlrtt
I OIIN PALMER,
fj ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to
his care.
£3, Particular attention paid to the collection
of Military claims. Office 011 Julianna st., nearly
•ppo: itc the Mengcl House.) inne2:l, 'Co.ly
j. B. nrßßonttov <■. JOB* LUTE.
DURBORROW A U'TZ,
ATTORNEYS AT l AW,
BBBFOI-.D, PA.,
Will attend promptly - J all 1 usini T intrusted to
their care. CV llecti. ti ic 1c on tic shortest no
tice.
They aic. *!-•, rc-'-.'arly lice Claim Agents
a> tv. -d give petial .. tentioafco the prosecution
o. lain. 'a. ...1. • lovcrnmc..,. • Tensions,
B • V- Pay, L unty, Bounty ' an 1-, Ac.
Office on Jul' ma -. ■ uc >r Sor-b ••{ the
•Mtm-IHvUSo" and nearly pp -rite the I ; "'-cr
office! _ April 28, 1865U
}rtsFY m. a,SIP, t( i
U ATTORNBY AT LA 7 . Ri.ni-our, 1 A.,
Will faithfn'ty ar.J pr -aptly •>'< t<l to .ill busi- I
BOSS entrusted to hie care fa Bedford and AUM
juv, Bounty, & ' -1" tilye'".o't •!. Ofii c with '
Mann A Spang. 11 ' ; " Ire, t, 2dc rt. uth :
oi'ihc Mengcl House. ',■ '
A I . A. WfNT?,
IVI ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEPT D, PA.
Rcspectt'uily tenders h,- i ' ■; ■ " c i iiCCS j
to The public. Office w J • ■
E 1., #ll Juliana -trctt, t c *'•>. •>: the j
"Mcnglc Bon-c. ' |
To!IN MOWER,
J ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BBUFOB!), PA.
April I, 1?'":.—-:
KIMMF.LL AND LTNGKNFELTER,
\TTORNEYS AT L AW, BK&FORD, BA.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South
of the Menge! House,
aprl, 1864—tf.
DENTISTS.
—
C. H. niOKOK.. j- G. MISSIUt, JII.
1 ■ r : v : .
XJ Office* 8*
All operatioa *} rrtalning rgleai or M
ckanical Dsntistry careful!/ and fuitlifaily per-i
formed t .d >■ arractcd. TERMS CASH.
Tooth POWOCTF ar,d Warb, excellent ar j
tiles, always on hand.
jan6'6s-ly.
DENTISTRY.
I. N. BOWSFB, 111 ' KN-T DSKTIST, M'oon-
BKRRY. Pa., visit.- Bloody iluii hrce f ea -h
month, c innienciiig tvith the aeooml Tu*.- lay of
the month. Prepared to \ all Dent.il oper
ations with which he may be favored. Terms
within the resuh of all and btrirtly cash csrrpt la/
special contract. Work to be Fent by mail oroth-
YTise, must be paid for when impressions are taken.
auirs. '64:tf.
PinHKIASN.
Dlt. GF.OKGE C DOUGLAS
Respectfully tenders bis j rol service*
to the people of Bedt rl and vicinity.
Residence at Maj. Wasb&baughV
stairs. aui7:tf
WJM. W. JAMISON, M. !>.,
W Bi.< vIU s. PA.,
Respectfully tenders his professional pcrvi-e* to
the people of that place and vicinity. [dc< lyr
OR. B. F. HARRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizen. of Bedford and vicinity.
Office and residence ..n Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by I>r. J. 11. Ho£u*.
April 1, IS64—tl
Jr. MARBOI run, M. r>.,
• Having permanently located rcspc tfully
tenders hi? pofessional service- to the citizens
ofßcdford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street,
opposite the Bank, one d r north of Hall & Pal
mer's office. April 1, 1864—tf.
JEWI'.iA B, *vc.
A BSALOM 0A1:1 UK,
Jt\ CI. . A 0 ■ .i'rl, iAK
Bl .tiv , ,* F ]'*.
C.'-xskt, ft'utchc- .'ulry, Ac., p, -
Jini:v-J. All work •: tri ,;:> 1 r ]
to gh c aucfactiou.
s. He al. o koej r nnlum l and ; rut 11/ iit if
::£S, CLOt A'.V, . . j '/; |. ~ / ■
I W Oficc with Dr. J, A. mvi
:T\ iNIKL lioilPl H.
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I*o ti- n.irEL, I'a.
IV.MCUMAKLH AM- IX iiV- KL
KV, SPECTACLEc. AC.
Hckeept .Tt hr.'.'l a - .-MofC ue (i -M r i U '
rver Wat.. . . ,fj }M fi - !t D, , 1
V l * l ' G'/IS.-. • • • - > t | Hit G]JU (i. '.i
Chains, Breart Pin", ringer Wait . b - :
4|3i diijf of lioldPtr.?. He will sapj 7 t p'tr
pit, tliint' tn his line not . n hand.
'
"T M. LKHMAN,
tl .Ji'STicii or rat rK.v'K urn r r i><
COAL DALE.
Will prnnivi!;/ attend to nil colic• i. it. intrusted
rto hint. I> ill •' ■ execute ah i tnisnei.ts „I ■
w tiajj *' h . f h.
fiI'KBOKROW d: LI TZ Editors and Proprietors,
IPOfftH.
VO t*.
THE BItIBED LEGISLATOR.
BY \VM. B. COKWAT.
Of uil lhc crimes, with which tbe Tempt
er's art.
Has blacken'd and defiled the human heart;
The meanest meanness, and the vilest wile,
The basest baseness, and the deepest guile,
That ever tinged the conscious cheek with
shame,
Destroyed a character, or damned a name,
The crime of crimes—is clearly that which
must
Result, per se, from VIOLATED TRUST !
Though trusts are various, (as all agree,)
Tu weight—extent—importance and degree,
Yet stiil the principle involved in each,
; (We care not what Dishonesty may preach)
The principle is recognized as just,
That EVERY fairly delegated trust,
Which, as a trust is mutu'lly believed,
As such imparted, and as such received,
■ Despite of all the arguments that wave,
The scruples from the conscience of a knave,
However deep in subtle tactics skilled,)
SHOCLD BE IN TRlTil AND HONESTY FULFILL
ED !
This is the doctrine, Equity proclaims,
Sustained by learn'd and venerated names,
And this the doctrine, to which Truth has
given
The broad, approving seal of righteous Hea
ven,
Destroy this sacred principle—and then
Can justice dwell among the sons of men ?
Conld peace aad order, here consent to dwell.
Or would not Earth, itself, become a Hell?
Of all the trusts, which can to men be
given,
(Not to include the Miuistry of Heaven)
Those trusts are dearly greatest, which re
late
To man—considered in his social State ■
Those PCBI.IC TRUSTS, which always must em
brace,
The weal, or woe, of thousands of his race,
These trusts are truly sacred, and as such,
Corruption's vile, contaminating touch
Cannot pervert them, without spreading ill,
Beyond the basest purpose of the will.
Sad ills —ah.,' —which in their scope must
urge
Their dire 1 ... to tlu ri latest vi rge
Of that soe y, through w! h th■ 1 spread,
Like bitter we or: rom a : tair. read.
The Legislator, borecY sa - IRK,
Direct —or . the- all " tribe
Of eausuistii juiiibi rs aould unite
Their deepest skill—"t. prove the black i s
white,
That Legislator violates !;!.- trust,
Becomes defiled—and ceases to be just !
'Tis true, no man can dee:u it very strange,
When mere opinion* undergo a change :
But when opinions plainly manifest
The FACTS and PRINCIPLES on which they
rest,
And TRIMS are THI S confided—clearly then.
Opinions TEST the HONESTY of men ' ! !
: Tis true, the bribed apostate may pro
claim,
A host of facts to palliate his shame,
Fact?, well prepared, to meet his wretched
vase,
And mitigate the horrors of disgrace.
Yes—he may prove—or try, in vain to prove,
That scruples rose, reluctantly to move
His artless inind—which bad —alas ! to strive,
Against the fact, that two and two make five!
Thus to u concilia ions" he was "forced"' to
come,
And darkly wrote his artful letters home ;
To prove his conscience is not made of flint.
He droj s a sly preliminary hint :
Suggests his "doubts.'' which finally prevail,
An 1 then he halts, in '"matters of detail
He deprecat' 3 the Spirit of the times,
And speaks of''party"'as he should of crimes,
110 ioodifies his motions, day by day,
As, for a total change he paves the way,
Is anxious still t o justify his views,
And still defends himself, though none ac
cuse ;
And when he hears the biting— taunting
jibes,
This sensitive recipient of bribes
lletorts—and plunges deeper in the toils,
And proudly hear:- his infamy and spoils !
' Before high heaven, lie plays his frantic"
pranks,
Abhors c rruption! —and supports the Banks'
Still for " democracy, " he rants and raves.
Vilest of hypoc-rite-:!—and worst of knaves!
Appeals to his " •omtitwt i's —ah why ?
Vortkey confirm his damning infamy ! !
if that base n-.au detestable appears,
On whom the orphans tries and widows'
tears
Make uo impression from whose callous
heart,
No sigh of pity or remorse can start;
Who Lastly cheats the mute confiding dead.
And drives the orphans forth, to beg their
bread,
In sorrow and in wretchednes.; to roam,
Expelled by 1 u i>. from happiness and
home !
If fraud like this, must ever be despised.
Can greater au Is—though artfully disguis
ed,
Be lo.v i ' Let orcd ? —because
The fraud i uii j —not it: breakin i laws
Has been < 1: J? T .if this be true,
The world: ... • it.tegr: .-die::
Is that 1 ■ n- dp end' t;f ■■ ■ ri.
Who fittA in th- h .-glen.
11 he not ba.-.cr L-; >■ claims,
Who wraps a Cm in devouring Ibmes''
And if a wvn !i aAN —who his guilt can tell V
! hat lights t'.t torch and niter — ll All is
icrfi!''
And so the .Legislator:—ll he would
fake every ill, and countervaiing good,
V, hieh man esijoya, or suffers, here below,
And justly balance human weal and woe, ;
We must pr. claim that man to be the worst, j
The most dttestible—the most accursed, ]
Whose action- tend—directly by his will,
To have on stales the greatest weight of ill ; i
The bribed apostate, who on States would
draw,
1 lie greatest cues, in the forms of law!
Ihe sit 1 i f'crt <hi villauy imparls
A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS
May reach ten thousanh times ten thousand
hearts,
Ah think of THIS! —in weighing public
crimes,
Which injure other men, in other times!
Ah think of this!—with jealousy and fear,
Nor deem the writer wantonly severe ;
Crimes which to sorrow, slavery and scorn,
Doom freemen's children's children, yet un
born.
These are no trifles—"trifles light as.air,"
As bribing Bank Directors are aware j
If these be trifles, why did Freedom's son,
The great, the good, the Godlike Washing
ton,
Devote his lite to vigilance and toil,
To rear a Temple on Columbia's soil ;
Beneath whose high, and bright, and hallow
ed dome,
Freedom might find a shelter and a home,
Where every lovely virtue might appear,
Bright as their native heaven's unclouded
sphere,
Whence Peace and Order might protection
draw,
From Truth —and Justice—Liberty and Law 1
If these be dreams, or trifles, if you will,
Ah! why did Warren bleed on Bunker's
Hill ?
The Judge— the Magistrate—vie. dont des
cribe ;
Nor e'en the Editor —who takes a bribe ;
The difference in this brief view,
The evil each — within his sphere, may do,
The principle's the same —'tis understood,
From Libel-suits—to gallant Cilley's blood ;
Pure blood!— by bribes and base corruption
spilt,
Whilst bribing Bankers flaunt in pride and
guilt!
In pride and guilt ;—Whilst lo ! the widow's
tear!
And hark 1 the orphans' wailings—strike the
car!
Ah ! who but God, can estimate their pain ?
They cry to Heaven !—nor will they cry in
vain I
The man who takes a bribe would strip the
dead,
Or rob the orphan of his crust of bread ;
So lost to justice—equity and right—
This man would steal the aged "widow's
mite
Is well prepared for every kind of fraud,
Would sell his country, or betray his God,
■ "age the palace of the King of Kings,
Or strip the ■ ling from an angel's wigs 1
On ad events — not gassing —do reflect; |
S'rc-i n!—hi firm, aid stern, and sreum- !
lo pamper vulgar— artificial wants,
Let ov'ry idle —vain —and vicious drone
Lire 'f he can—but TRUST NOT such a one :
Iten ber wkr.t Time's faithful record saith.
That Carthage fell—and fell by "rvxic
FAITH !"
The man who is unfaithful to a trust,
However small—is vitally unjust,
And he who is unjust —in little things,
Would be a villain in the Courts of Kings,
Present a bribe ! —and down his virtue falls,
In Courts—or camps—or Legislative Halls !
The bribed apostate ! —Ulot his hateful
name
From each and every scroll of honest fame,
Let no man trust him:—None forbear to shed,
Contempt—and deep dishonor—on his head:
Let scorn still point her linger ad her jibes,
And say —JEST'Behold the consequence of
Bribes!
Let guileless children—as he passes by,
Shrink from his touch, and shudder at his
eye ;
Let lovely woman loath him with disgust,
And shun him—like the reptile in the dust;
And, whilst he lives, let Infamy alone,
Claim the Jlribed Legislator —as her oxen ;
Until he dies—and sinks into the grave,
To poisou worms, that feed upon the knave ;
There—'midst the storms—let hideous Furies,
foul,
Hold nightly revels—and in concert howl 1
Let hh ng serpents make that spot their
home,
And be the watchful guardians of his tomb;
And when he goes to Hell, let Devil's stare,
And ii.-k him—who the Devil sent him there?
And feel the insult —deep, severe and keen,
To see a fiend—-pre-eminently mean
'Midst bet or Devils, rudely ushered in.
A foul —appalling prodigy of sin :
And in Hell's fiercest —hottest—furnace
cramm'd,
Let him be damned!—-superlatively damn
ed !
And why not damned—for such transcendent
crimes?
Yea—damned eternally, ten thousand
times! '!—
liBENMUTto, PA., March 28, 1838.
MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR ANDBEW
G. CURTIS,
To tlo S< note and House of Representative*
of th< Commomoeedth of Pennsylvania:
We have reason to be thankful to God,
for the blessings of peace, abundant crops,
that industry has been rewarded, and that
♦ hostile Commonwealth has been able to do
iter full duty to herself, to the country and
posterity.
The condition of our finances is as fol
lows .
Dalau ein reasury. Ne
ve tber . i 1865.. $2,87 ..068 14
Recc.pts dUi iiig fiscal year %
ending IS ovcmbci 30,
1 oT. 5,839,608 54
Total in Treasury for fiscal
year ending November
30, 1 >'o6 8,303,336 08
Payments ibr satnc period
have been 0,403,303 41
IJulauoe in Treasury, De
cember 1, 1860 1,741,033 27
Amount of the public debt
as it stood on the first dav
of December, 1805 $37,470,258 06
Amount reduced
at the State
Treasury, du
i in' the fiscal
year ending
Nov. 80,1866,
BEDFORD. Pa,. FRIDAY. JANUARY 11. 1807
5 per cent.
loan $1,828,5a3 26
41 per cent.
loan 25,000 00
Relief notes.... 020 00
Domestic cred
itors' certifi
cates. 26 65
— 1,854.205 'JO
Public debt December, 1,
1866 .'55,622,052 16
To wit, funded debt:
C per cent, loan $400,630 00
5 per cent loan 32,073,192,"9
4] per cent loan 213,200 00
6 per cent, loan, military,
per act May 15, 1861...... 2,820/50 I*l
Unfounded debt, relief
notes in circulation. so,ozo oo
Interest certificates out
standing 13,080 52
Interest certificates un
claimed 4,448 38
Domestic creditors' certifi
cates 119 67
35,622,052 16 j
Assets in Treasury:
Bonds Pennsylvania rail
road company $6,600,000 <s i
Bonds Philadelphia & Erie
railroad company 3,500,0n0
Interest on bonds of Phila
delphia and Erie railroad
company 1,225,000 l0
Cash in Treasury 1,741,033 27
13,086,033 27
Liabilities in excess of as
sets 22,536,018 89
35,622,052 16
Liabilities in excess of as-
I sets, Nov. 30, 1861 $28,148,060 36
Liabilities in exeess of as
sets, Nov. 30,1866 22,536,018 89
Improvement in Treasury
since 1861 5,612,041 47
The extraordinary expenditures, during
the war and since its close, in payments
growing out of it by authority of acts of
Assembly, have amounted to upwards of
five millions of dollars, which, added to the
actual payment of the indebtedness of the
State, and money in the Treasury for that
purpose, shows the revenues, above the or
dinary expenditures, to have amounted to
5/0,012,000, which would all have been ap
plied to the payment of the debt of the
Commonwealth in the last six years. A
careful attention to the revenues of .he C >m
: mv. tlth, with such ju-t and. Pr lent
change as may be required in • future,
nd a wise economy in expenditure, will, in
yjudgment, ensure the entire payment? of
il public debt, within the period ol i iocn
y<:u\s.
The time fixed for the redemption of 823,-
108,626 24 of the indebtedness of tbe Com
iu£?acai'n iia,i.. 6 i-rnired, I r>-■•mmend !
Dial provision be made foi in P p,Eruption,
by making a new loan for that purpose, pay
able at such periods as the prospective rev
enues will justify.
I recur, with much satisfaction, to tbe !
wisdom, prudence and economy of the rep- j
resentatives of the people, in the manai. - j
mcnt of the finances of the Commonwealth !
during a period of much embarrassment. 1
uncertainty and distress, and congratulate
you and them on the near approach of the
entire liquidation of the public debt.
Since my last Annual Message. I hare
drawn from the Treasury, two thousand
dollars of the fund placed in the hands of
the Governor for secret service and other
extraordinary expenses, which I have ex
pended, in payment of my personal staff,
and for other purposes, as heretofore,except
five hundred and sixty-three dollars and for
ty eight cents, which I have returned into
the Treasury.
I present, for your consideration, the
amendments to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, proposed to the Legislatures of
the several States by a resolution of both
Houses of Congress, passed on the lGth day
of June last. I was glad that it was possi
ble, without delaying the final adoption of
these amendments, to ascertain the opinion
our people unon them, at the general elec
tion, in October last. By the election of a
large majority of members openly favoring
and advocating the amendments, that opin
ion seems to me to have been abundantly
expressed. Indeed, the amendments are so
moderate and reasonable in their character,
that it would have been astonishing if the
people had failed to approve them. That
every person, born in the United States, and
free, whether by birth or manumission, i
citizon of thq United States, and that Li
State has a right to abridge the privileges
of citizens of the United States—these are
principles which were never seriously doubt
ed anywhere, until after the insane crusade
in favor of slavery had been for some time
in progress. What is called the decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
in the J>rcd Scott ease has made it expedi
ent and proper to re-assert these vita! prin
ciples in an authoritative manner, and this
is done in the first clause of the proposed I
amendments.
I ho right ol prescribing the qualifications
of voters is exercised by the respective
States, under the Constitution of 1780;
three-fifths of the slaves were counted in
ascertaining the representative population
of the several States. The amendment to
the Constitution abolished slavery in all the
States and Territories. Though it was for
merly otherwise in most, if not all, of the
old Southern States, yet for many years past
free Negroes have not, in any of these,
been permitted to vote. At present, there
fore, the late slave States would be eutitlcd
to count the whole of their former slave
population, as a basis for representation,
instead of three-fifths thereof. That is u>
-ay, they would have in the existing ratio
about twenty more members of Congress
than they bad before slavery was uooli bed,
.nd the free States would lose the uiie
numbc: making a difference of bout forty
tomb -t of Congress, or, say, eo six i of
•e w . e body. In other word . tin rca
nof the rebellious States, ihesuppr ~ion
oi which has cost us so many hundreds of
thousands of precious lives, and so many
thousands of millions of treasure w- lkl be
rewarded by giving them a vast inert ase of
political power. This absurdity, tin .-a cond
clause of the proposed amendments, de igns
to prevent, by the just, equal and moderate |
provision, that in future, the representative :
population of each State shall be ascertained i
by making a proportionate deduction from
the whole population thereof, if its law- ex
clude from the privilege of voting, any m
citizens, not criminals, of the age of twe,.
one years. I have yet to learn that any
plausible objection can be offered to such a
provision.
The third clause of the proposed amend
ments excludes from Congress, and from
the College of Electors, and from all offices
civil and Military, of the United States, or
of any State, persons who, as functionaries
I y the United States, or as Executive or
•judicial officers of any State, have hereto
fore sworn to support the Constitution of
the Lnited States,and afterwards violated
their oath by engaging iu rebellion against
the same, unless Congress by a vote oi two
thirds, shall have removed the disability of
airy such persons.
The fourth clause affirms the validity of
the debt of the/nited States, and prohib
its the payment of the rebol
debt, or of any claims for the loss or eman
cipation of any slave.
j The fifth clause provides that Congress
J ■'"hnil have power to enforce the provisions of"
the other clauses by appropriate legislation.
I hat these wide and moderate provisions
will meet the hearty approbation of the
Legislature, I cannot doubt. If proposed
?f eac !' Douse of Congrc s
anil ratified by three-fourtns or tue 1,7.^!..
laturesof the States, the Constitution pro
vides that they should stand as adopted
amendments of that instrument.
A question has been raised whether the
States lately in rebellion, and not yet resto
red to their privileges by Congress, are to
be counted on this vote —in other words,
whether those who have rebelled and been
subdued sball be entitled to a potential voice
in the question of the guarantees to be re
quired of them for future obedience to the
laws. So monstrous a proposition is, it
appears to me, not supported bv the words
or spirit of the Constitution. The power
to suppress insurrection, includes the pow
er of making provision agaimt its breaking
out afresh. These States have made an
unjust war upon our Common Government
and their SisterStatcs, and the power given
by the Constitution to make war on our part
includes the power to dictate, after our suc
cess, the terms of peace and restoration.
The power of Congress to guarantee to
every State a Republican form of Govern
ment, would cover much more cogent action
than has yet been had.
The duty imposed upon Congress, to
provide and maintain republican govern
ments for the States, is to be accepted in
the broadest meaning of the term. It is
not a mere formal or unnecessary provis
ion. The power was conferred, and the
duty enjoined, to preserve free institutions
against all encroachments, or the more vio
lent elements of despotism and anarchy.
And now that treason has, by rebellion sub
verted the governments of a number of
States, forfeiting for the people all the
rights guaranteed by the Constitution, in
cluding even those of property and life, the
work of restoration for these States rests
with the National Government, and it
should be faithfully and fearlessly perform
ed.
By their passage by Cor -rees. and the
declaration of the pc pie of 'he . : eh
lions, the faith of the atic pi ..cd i
the amendments and they will be fairly cat
ricd out. and their nefit given to the
rebellion.- State-. IJ r win . the mend
meats shall have passed iuU. the organic
law, should the poop! lately in rebellion
persist in their re'jeot;,.ii, jiiul in continued
disobedience, and the olxstruction of the
n-coutif.ii -f the rati n:il law*-, it lit be an
admonition to >he nation that the .
and force of treason still exist among a peo
ple who enjoy none of the privileges of the
government, save of its tolerance. With
their rejection, all hope of re-eonstructlon,
with the co operation of the rebellious
States, on a basis that would secure to the
Republic the logical results of the war will
have vanished, and the duty must then
devolve upon the government, of adopt':,
the most effectual method to scour" for
those State- the character of governments
demanded by the Constitution.
They are without lawful governments —
they are without municipal law, and with
out any claim to participate in the govern
ment.
On what principle of law or justice can
the rebellious States complain, if after they
have rejected the fair and magnanimous
terms upon which they are offered brother
hood with us, and a participation in aii the
blessings of our freedom, and they have
refused, if the government, in the exercLe
of its powers, should enter anew upon the
work of re-construction at the very founda
tion ; and then the necessity will be forced
upon us to discard all discrimination in fa
vor of the enemies of our nationality, to
give us and them enduring freedom and
impartial justice.
The Constitution has defined treason, and
has given express power to suppress insur
rection, by war, if necessary. It has not
provided, in detail, the terms to be granted
after such a war. How could it do so ?
It would probably not be contended by the
wildest partisan, that these States had a
right to be represented in Congress at a
time when they were carrying on open war
against the government, or that Congress
was not then a lawful body, notwiihstan-'.-
ing th>. ir exclusion. llow then have they
regained the right of representation ? Sure
ly not by simply laying down their arms
when they could no longer hold them. The
United States have the right, and it is their
duty, to exact such securities for future
good conduct as they may deem sufficient,
and the offenders, from whom they are to
be exacted, can have no right to participate
in our councils in the decision of the ques
tion of what their punishment shall be.
Practically, common sense determined the
question of their right so to participate,
when Congress proceeded in the enactment
of laws after the surrender of the last reb !
military force. It was determined again,
when the now peuding amendments were
proposed by Congress. Tf two-thirds of
Congress, as new constituted, could lawful
ly propose those amendments, then three
fourths of the States, not excluded from
representation in Congress, lbrra a sufficient
majority to effect their lawful adoption. It
was determined again by the forma! sanc
tion of both the great political parties, when
Congress by an almost unanimous vote,
declared the rebellious States without the
right of representation in the Electoral Co!
lege in 1864.
We ought to go on resolut ely and rapid!)
-A ith all measures deemed u eessa to the
future afoty of the coumry, .hat til
i urtsof it ma;, at tin- carle day, lie rest
'lO just and equal -. ivile: -s.
The annual report Hon. Th uias 11. !
Burrovres, Superintendent of the mainte
nance and education of the soldiers
orphans, will exhibit the present condition
and the result thus far of that undertaking.
Nearly three thousand of the desiitute ehil
dreu of the brave men who laid down their
lives that the nation might live, are now
not only comfortably provided for and guard
ed from temptation, but are receiving an
education which will St them to re-pay the
State.
The appropriation made for ibis purpo-e
at the last session, has been sufficient
meet all expenses of the financial year ■ t
closed. And I recommend whatever
propria!ion may bo neoo sary, to eortinue
and perfect the sy stem under whie the
schools are conducted.
There can bo no doubt that the appropri
ation wili be made. Were I to select any
¥011! If K 40 ; HO 3
State interest which I would more warmly
commend to your prompt attention and lib
eiahty than another, it would be this. AU
1 eiinsylvanians arc proqd of it, and it lies
near the hearts of all true men.
Owing to their greater destitution and
want of information on the part of their
relatives, the orphans of our colored sol
diers may require some special attention.
1 erbaps authority to the State Superintend
ent. to use, fbr a short time, the services of
an agent, to ascertain their numbers and
claims, and bring them into the schools that
may be provided for them, will be sufficient.
1 he whole number in the State is not large,
ol whom a few have already been tempora
rily provided for.
I recommend that provision be made for
the maintenance of sucb of our soldiers as
are in poverty, and bave been so maimed as
to prevent them fromseen ring .a livelihood
V lUrLto, by renting buildings at once
or such other mean as you may deem wi.-e
and proper, until the arrangements propo
sed by tue National Government for their
support are completed. They are probably
few in number, and it is due to the character
of the Commonwealth, that they should
not remain in, or become the inmates of
poor houses, or pick up a precarious sub
sistence by begging. Patriotic and charita
ble citizens have done much for them, but
speedy and proper relief can only be given
tneni by the sj'stematic aud continued be
nevolence of the Commonwealth, The Leg
islature can alone afford immediate relief to
all of this class of our citizens, and in thus
exhibiting gratitude to heroic and faithful
men, who did so much for their country,
the burden will M equally on all her peo
ple. J
By our existing laws, juries are selected
by the sheriff arid commissioners of the re
spective counties. As these officers are
generally of similar political affinities, the
system has -always been in danger of being
abused for partisan purposes During the
last six years, it has been frequently so abu
sed, in many of the counties.
Jo secure, as far as possible, the adminis
tration of equal justice hereafter, 1 recom
mend that jury commissioners shall be elec
ted in each county in the same manner as
inspectors of elections are chosen, each citi
zen voting for one jury commissioner, and
the two persons having the highest number
of votes to be the jury commissioners of the
respective county, to perform the same
duties, in the selection of jurors, that are
now imposed upon the sheriff and county
commissioners.
It is impossible to provide, in all respects
for the increasing and changing interests of
our people by the enactment of general laws
but to a large extent it is practicable to re
lieve the Legislature from special legislation
whi' is demandcd and o" ipie so much of
its : : on . a! legi- ion is generally
pass without iu consi'l uion, much of
it at : close r. the sessi and is chiefly
obje<: nablefi ithe par ity with which
newer- end pri ■ "e are ec 'erred
I again recommend, the pa sage of gener
al laws, wh n it is at all practicable; and in
thi- connection, recommend tlv pa-sage of
ar TO •! law. regulating railroads now cxis
itu • Old .j; n persciou of new companies
so that so far as possible there may be just
uniformity in the franchises granted, and
equal facilities afforded to the people of all
sections of the Commonwealth.
There are at this time, in the various
prisons, a number of pci -ono under sentence
of death, oineofthem for many years, and
as it has become a custom that an incoming
Governor should not issue a warrant of exe
cution in cases unacted on by his predeces
sor it not unfrequently happens that in
many ease some of which are recent, while
SMne punishment should be inflicted, that
of death may appear to the Executive to be
too severe.
1 earnestly repeat my recommendation
heretofore made, that provision be made
for tho reception of such persons into the
penitentiaries, who may be pardoned on
condition of remaining a limited time there
in.
I reappointed Hon. G". 11. Coburn, Su
perintendent of_ Common Schools, on the I
expiration of his term in June last, and he
continued at the head of that Department
until the first of November, when he
resigned, and I appointed Col. J. P. Wiek
ersham. It is due to Mr. Coburn to say,
that he fulfilefl all the duties of his office
faithfully and efficiently. It appears from
his report, that there were in the school
year of 1-05, 1,863 school districts in the
State; 13,146 schools; 16,141 teachers, and
725,312 pupils, with an average attendance
of 478.066. The total cost of the school sys
tem, for the entire State, including taxes
levied and State appropriation, was for the
year 1866, $4,105,258 57. The increase in
the number of school districts was 26; in the
! number of schools, 222; in the number of
children attending school, 19,932; in the
average attendance at school, 18,945, and in
the total cost of the system, $581.020 02.
I invite yonr attention to tho valuable sug
gestions made in his report and that of Col.
Wicker sham, and commend our system of
public instruction to the continued fostering
care of the Legislature.
1 herewith present the reports Col. F,
Jordan, Military Agent of tho State, at
Washington; of Col. H. 11. Gregg, Chief of
Transportation; of S. P. Bates, .>n military
Kintory of our volunteers: of trustees of the
Soldiers, Gettysburg National cemetery; of
theproeeedings and ceremony ofthc return of
the flags, on the 4thofJulyat Philadelphia,
and of Col. James Worrell, commissioner ap
pointed under an act relating to the passage
offish in the Susquehanna, and invite your
attention to them, and the reports of the
Surveyor General and Adjutant General.
The Agency at Washington should in my
judgment, be continued. It has proved
very useful in all respects and especially to
our volutecrs and their families.
Four thousand six hundred and ninety
claim- have passed through the Agency du
ring the pa-t year, and three hundred and
eleven thousand seven hundred and three
dollars have been collected fromthe Govern
meut and transmitted to tbe claimants free j
ofVirgr , .
p be nc- • •urf to itiuue the office
of fofTre -p na SIT ,is there are un
set i aceouiu withraiir. i companies and
the 1 .lional' vernmciir red duties to be
pcrfi ... din .1, . ureval a.. J care of bodies
of the dead, Which r quirt it. Au addi
tional appropriation will be required for this
Department.
f earnestly recommend, iu ..osticeto the
in ing and th- dead, that our military history
lie pushed forward vigorously, and that
money for that purpose be appropriated.
The trustees ofthc State Lunatic hospital
ropre ent that it is impossible lor them to
I accommodate aud care for the number of
patients committed to them under the laws
regulating admissions into the hospital, and
earnestly recommend that provision be made
for increased accommodation. ....
i need not sav that the institution is
carefully *ad economically managed, or to
refer to the great good it has produced; and
that I cordially unite in the statement and
r, ounuendations of the memorial herewith
presented.
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onehaif additional. All reiolntiens of A-rocia
tion, communication* of a limited or individual
interete and notices of marriage* and death*, r.jc
ceeUing five line*, 10 eta. r , er line. All legal noti
* of every kind, 4llu all Orphu. *' Court md
otner Juduiai ealee, are required by law to be puj
hahed in both ppe r . Editorial Notice* 15 cent*
' Ail Advertising duo alter first insertion.
A .iberai discount made to yearly advertise.-..
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Une tquaro | 4.50 $ 0.00 110.l i
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three squrai d.oo 12.00 2010
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I invite your attention to the condition of
the Arsenal.
It i- too small—unsafe as a depository for
the large amount of valuable military mate
| rial to oc kept in it, and is, in all respects,
™ente„t and not adapted to its pur-
Much inconvenience was experienced du
ring the war for want of sufficient room and
safety, and I recommend that ground be
procured and a now and commodious arsenal
be erected in or near the Capital of the State
Since the adjournment of the Legislature
I drew my warrant on the Treasury for five
thousand dollars, appropriated to the Na
tional Cemetery at Autietam, and appointed
. lajor Leneral Jno. K. Brooke, trustee to
represent the State. Before the warrant
was drawn I appointed Colonel Wm. 11.
lilair and Captain J. Merrill Linn, who ex
amined the ground and made a full investi-
U r M,? f r which accompanies
mis message, it wm ne noncoa that they
report seven hundred and ninety seven
bodies of I ennsylvaniansthat will lie removed
into the cemetery, and recommend'an addi
v.°„ appropriation, in which 1 most cor
dially unite.
I cannot close niy last Annual Mesa"e
without renewing the ex nresson of my grati
tude to the freemen of the Commonwealth
lor the hearty approval with which they
have cheered the labors of the Executive
cc- To have earned such approval by
my official conduct, during the last six years
must always be a source of pride to myself
and children. \\ ithout tho consciousness
that 1 was endeavoring to deserve their ap
proval and without the hope that I should
succeed in attaining it, I must have sunk
under the responsibilities of my position,
it was only a reliance on Divine Providence
and the active, resolute, hearty support and
zeal of the people, and their representatives
that encouraged me during the dark and
terrible crisis through which the country
has passed. I tried to do my duty to my
country, and know I was at least faithful to
lier in her deep distress, and I conceived
that duty not to be limited to the merely
putting of men into the field to suppress
treason and rebollion, and maintain tlie
national life, and doing of everything in my
power to sustain the just war forced upon
us. I felt also bound, so far as I could, to
protect and promote the rights and comforts
of our volunteers, after they had left the
State, to aid and relieve the sick and wound-
and to care for the trausmission, to
their bereaved families, of the precious
bodies of the slain, and the maintenance and
education of their orphans as honored chil
dren of the country.
To have been the Chief Magistrate of this
great Commonwealth, during the period
through which we have passed, and to have
•arned and maintained (if indeed I have
done so) the confidence and affection of her
people and their representatives, are >ruitc
enough to satisfy the highest munition, and
in my retirement from ue high trust rivi n
me. 1 pray God that the State may continue
to grow in power ate! strength, and h .
people in prosperity and happine-s.
zx. D. CUMTN.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, >
U'lrrkburg, Jan umy 2,1 Sf>7, ]
ADVICE TO "GREEN" SKATERS.
Now that the skating mania has broken
out with violence, an exchange takes occa
sion to print the following directions for
new beginners. 1. Never try to skate in
two directions at once. This fea: has often
; been attempted by new .beginners, but never
i successfully. It always ends in sorrow. 2.
Eat a few apples for refreshment sake while
skating, and be sure to throw the cores on
the ice, for fast skaters to break their shins
over. Fast skaters are your natural ene
mies, and should not be allowed to enjoy
themselves peaceably, 5. Sit down occasion
ally, no matter where—right in the way of
the rest of the party, if you want to. There
is no law to prevent a new beginner from
sitting down whenever he has an inclination
to do so. 4. When you meet a particularly
handsome lady, try to skate on both sides
of her at once. This is very pretty, and
sure to ereate a sensation. If the ladv's
big brother is in sight it is well to omit this.
5 ; Skate over all tbe small boys at once.
Knock em down. It makes great fun, and
—they like it. 6. If you skate into a hole
in the ice, take it coolly. Think how you
would feel if the water was boiling hot. 7.
If your skates are too slippery buy a new
pair. Keep buying new pairs till you find a
pair that are not slippery. This will be fun
for the dealers in skates. 8. In sitting down
do it gradually. Don't lie too sudden: you
may break the ice. 9. When you fall head
long, examine the straps of your skates very
carefully before you get up. This will make
everybody think you fell because your skate
was loose. Beginners always do, you know.
10. Wear a heavy overcoat or cloak until you
get thoroughly warmed up, and then throw
it off, and let the wind cool you. This wll
insure you a fine cold that will last you as
long as you live. 11. After you get so you
can skate tolerably well, skate yourself sick
immediately. Don't be reasonable about it;
skate three or four hours—skate frantically
—skate till you can't staDd up. Do this
every day, and it will be .-ure to make you
sick at last: and then you may die, and that
will be an excellent thing: it will bo such a
good example to the rest of the young peo
ple.
A few simple directions for lady skaters
are added: 1. If you wear tilters on the iee
be sure that your calves are properly adjus
ted. The spectators along the "bank are
generally critical. 2. Scream prettily in
passing an air hole, and give the arm of
Charles Agustus a frantie squeeze. It
makes hiiu feel his oats, in a protectional
way. 3. If your skating partner is eligible,
and your foot is pretty, don't hesitate in
asking him to adjust your skate straps every
ten minutes. He will rather like it.
BOOKS. —Give us a house furnished with
books rather than furniture' Both if you
can, but books at any rate! To spend sev
eral days in a friend's hou-e, and hunger fw
something to read, while you are treading
on costly carpets and sitting down upon
luxuriant chairs, and sleeping unoh down,
is as if one were bribing your body for the
•ake of cheating your min i Books are th e
windows thiough whhh thcsuul looks out.
A house without' ok : • a room without
windows. A book is $ >od company; it s
full of conversation without loquacity. It
talks to you, not through the ear, but an
other way.
HAVE the courage redo without that
which you do not need, h >wever much your
eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to wear your olu clothes
until you can pay for new > nes.
Have the courage to obey your Maker,
at the risk of being ridiculed by man %
Have the courage to prefer comfort and
propriety to fashion in all things.
1 lave tho courage toaokmiw'cdge yotir
! i noranco rather than ! ■ ■-'! credit 'or
i knowledge under fah-e ptei-u