SUBSCRIPTION, TBRMS, AC" The IIIICIUI i publishede,ery FiuDATmorn ing at the following rates: O'L VICAR, (in advance,) 11.00 " (il not paid within six mus.).,. $2.50 " (if not paid within the year,)... $3.00 AH papers outside of the county discontinued without notice, at the exp'ration of the time for which the subscription has been paid. tiingiacopicsof the paper furnished, in wrappers, at five cents each. 1 ouimunications on subjects of local or general interest are respectfully solicited. To ensure at tention, favors of this kind must invariably be ac companied by the name of the author, not for publication, but as a guaranty against imposition. All letters pertaining to business of the office should be addressed to DC RBORROW A I/UTZ, BEDVORD, PA. NEWSPAPER LAWS. —We would call the special attention of Post Masters and subscribers to the I :qt IREU to the following synopsis of the News paper laws: 1. A Postmaster is required to give notice % Utter, (returning a paper does not answer the law) when a subscriber does not take his paper out of the offi . und state the reasons tor its not being taken : and a neglect to do so makes the Postmas ter r'nonribte to the gubiishers for the payment. 2 Any person who takes a paper from the Post office, whether directed to his name or another, or whether he has subscribed or not is responsible for the | IJ. 3. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay all arrearages, or the pnhlisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether it be taken from thr ojfiee or not. There ran be no legal discontin uance until the paymen' is made. 4. If t: o subscriber orders his paper to be stopped at a certain time, and the publisher con tinue? to send, the subscriber is bound to pay for it, if he taker it out of the. Poet Office. The law proceeds upon the ground that a man must pay for what be uses. 5. The court? have decided that refusing to take new.paper? and periodicals from the Post office, or removing and having them uncalled for, is jot'ma faria evidence of intentional fraud. f roffssional & guslara* glflft. ATTOR_N EYB AT LA W. TOHN T. KEAGY, .1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. V 5,.. Office opposite Reed A Scheil's Bank. Counsel given in English and German. [ap!2fl] RIMMEIA. AND LINGKNFKLTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEitroao, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law Office on Juliana Street, two doors South f the Jlengel House. tAP r " I? 1864-tf MA. POINTS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDVORD, PA. Respectfully tenders his professional services to the public. Office with J. W. Lingenfelter, K=q., on Juliana street. promptly male. [Dec.9,'B4-tf. HAYES IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness intrusted to his care. Office withG. 11. Spang, Esq.,on Juliana street, three doors south of the Mengcl House. • May 24:1y tISPY M. ALSIP, j ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEnroitn, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all busi ness entrusted to bis care in Bedford and adjoin ing counties. Military claims, Pensions, back rav. Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with ! Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south of the Mengel House. apl 1, 1864.—tf. * r. METERS J. w. PICK ERSOH \ I F.YERS A DICKERSON, i\± ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEnrottn. PESE'A., Office nearly opposite the Mengel House, will practice in the several Courts of Bedford county. Pensions, bounties and back pay obtained and tlie purchase of Real Estate attended to. [mayll/66-ly T B. CESSNA. •J . ATTORNEY AT LAW, office with JOHN CKSSSA, on the square near the Presbyterian Church. All business entrusted to his care will receive faithful and prompt attention. Military Claims, Pensions, Ac., speedily collected. [June 9,1865. J, 1 B. STUCKEY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, and REAL ESTATE AGENT, 'ffice on Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth, Opposite the Court House. KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI. Will practice in the adjoining Counties of Mie s .nri and Kansas. July 12:tf a. L. HFGSELL J■ B. LOSGESKT KER RU US3 ELL A LONGENECKER, .VTTOB.VETS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., Will attend promptly and faithfully to all basi ns - entrusted to their care. Special attention a to collections and the prosecution of claims T- r Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac. PSrOffice on -Inliana street, south of the Court House. Aprils:lyr. M'N. SHARPS S- P- KERR CtHAKPE A KERR, 0 A T TO RUE YS-A T-I.A If". Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad joining counties. All buriness entrusted to their are will receive careful and prompt attention. Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col lected from the Government. Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking bouse of Reed A Scbell, Bedford, Pa. inar2:tf J. R. PC RBORROW JOHS LUTX. DU RBORROW A IcUTZ, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BKBTORD, PA., Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. Collections made on the shortest no tice. They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents ; an l will give special attention to the prosecution j of claims against the Government for Pensions, Ba<-k Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac. Office on Juliana street, one door South of the Inquirer office, and nearly opposite the ' Mengel House" April 28, 1865:t PHYSICIANS. \I r M. W. JAMISON, M. D., \\ BLOODT KIR, PA., Respectfully tenders his professional services to 'he people of that place and vicinity. [decStlyr OR. B. F. HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional ser vices to the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence on Pitt Street, in the building ; formerly occupied by Dr. J. 11. Hofius. [Ap'll,64. i I I- MARBOURG, M. D., •J • Having permanently located respectfully i tenders his pofcesional services to the citixene j ' f Bedford and vicinity. Office on Juliana street, ; posite the Bank, one door north of llall A Pal mer's office. April 1, 1864—tf. DR. S. G. STATLER, near Schellsburg. and Dr. J. J. CLARKE, formerly of Cumberland unty, having associated themselves in the prac tice of Medicine, respectfully offer their profes ?i ual cervices to the citizens of Schellsburg and >uity. Dr. Clarke's office and residence same as formerly occupied by J. White, Esq., dee'd- S. G. STATL.EE, Schellsburg, Aprill2:ly. J. J. CLARKE. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 ) UPP A SHANNON, BANKERS, II BlProit, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. lection? made for the East, West, North and h, and the general business of Kxehaugp -acted. Notes and Account? Collected and lbtaitun.-e promptly made. REAL ESTATE '|ht and sold. feb22 I I-ANIEL BORDER. I'LTT STREET, TWO L>OORB WEST OR THE BEP roan HOTEL, BERRORP, PA. MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL RY. SPECTACLES. AC. i ■on hand a st(*ck of fine Gold and Sil- II P A'l* > P* c, - ac ks of Brilliant Double Hefin 'L n— Pebble Glttfos. (JtU n nam.-. Breast Pins, Finder Kings, best i% wy of Gold Pen*. He will supply to order 1 f iung in hislinenet on hand. I) W. CROCSE" „ WiU LES-AUE TOBACCONIST, ; treet two door 3 west of B. F. Harry's A re, Beilord, Pa., l* now }>rep&red t , >y wholesale ail kinds of CIGAKS, All i r -mptly Persons desiring anything "• j *' uie wijl d , we jj gjve hiin a call. ■ Oct tO. 's . A ' : KISD6 OF BLANKS for sale at the In * T'' r ' effice. A full supply of Deeds, Ijea * rticit* of Agreement Ac, ftjcirtorfc DFKBORROW k LI'TZ Editors and Proprietors. itVbforb Inquirer. MESSAGE OF JOHN W. GEARY, Governor of Pennsylvania, TO THE LEGISLATURE, JANUARY 8, 1868. To the Senate and lionet of Representatives of Pemmjleanta : GENTLEMEN : —Before performing the customary aud constitutional duty of trans- * mining to you information of the affairs of ' the Commonwealth, and recommending such measures to your consideration as are deem ed necessary and expedient, it affords me ; great gratification to tender to you my most' friendly greetings on your assembling at the j iSut of Government, and to welcome you to the council chambers of the State. Our grateful acknowledgments are due to the Beneficent Author of all good for the continued prosperity and well-being which every where prevails, for the abundance which has crowned the labors of the hus bandman, for the general health with which we have been so signally favored, and for all the enjoyments of peace, contentment and happiness within our borders. Our country has just emerged f the State. The fullest confidence is entertained that your deliberations will result beneficially and your public duties be faithfully discharged; and on my part, per mit me you assurances of zealous co operation in all your labors calculated to promote the general welfare. One of the most important duties devolv ing upon the Legislature is the considera tion of the public finances. Such action should be.taken for the provision of funds to defray the current expenses of the Govern ment, the preservation of the credit of the Commonwealth, and the speedy extinguish ment of the public debt, as circumstances shall be found to require. These objects are of the highest importance and claim the first attention of the Representatives of the people. FTSAHCES. The report of the State Treasurer shows that the balance in the Treasury Nov. "0, 1866, wa5...... $1,711,03.2 27 Ordinary receipts during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1R67 5,423,330 07 Loan for the redenintiou of the over-due bonda 23,000,001) (10 Depreciated funds in the Treasury, unavailable 41,32 00 Total in Treasury for fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1867 30,205,395 34 I'aymcntf, vix: Ordinary expenses during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1867 $4,583,696 99 Loans, Ac. redeem'd 20,918,829 89 Depreciated funds, unavailable 41,032 00 —— 25,543,558 88 Balance in Treasury, Nov. 30,1867, 4,661,836 46 Of which the Treasurer reports as applicable to the payment of over-due loanß, the sum of 2,937,978 55 Balance 1,723,857 91 Amount of the State debt on Nov. 30, 1566 $35,622,052 16 Funded deht, viz: 6 per cent, loans... $55,311,180 00 5 per cent, loans... 12,104,025 20 4j percent, loans.. 175,000 00 UnfunJcd debt, viz: Relief notes in cir | culation 96,625 00 Interest certificates outstanding 13,086 52 Interest certificates unclaimed 4,41$ 38 Domestic creditors' certificates, 44 67 Total outstanding... 37,904,409 77 From which deduct am't in Treasury applicable to the payment of over due loans 2,939,978 55 Amoont redeemed during fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1867 855,620 94 | That the operations of the sinking fund may be clearly understood, the following '"recapitulation" is quoted from the report of the Commissioners for the year ending Sept. 3, 186": Balance in sinking fund, Sept. 3, 1567 $2,752,351 77 Receipts in fund for Tear ending Sept. 3, 1867 3,355,810 69 6,108,162 46 Disbursements: Paid Interest $2,575,330 5.3 Loans redeemed 1,794,569 50 Premiums 275 00 Domestic creditors ... 75 00 Balance in fund. 1,737,912 41 By the fith section of the act of May 16, 1861, a special tax of one half mill on the dollar was especially set apart for the pay i oient of the interest, and redemption of the 1 loan ereaied by an act of May 18, 1861, en j titled "An Act to create a loan and provide • for arming the State." | Tbe receipts from said lax and lax | on gross receipts amounts to $439,178 17 | Interest paid in February aud ! August, 1867 169.245 01) Balance on hand 319,933 17 Public debt, Nor. 30, 1567 $34,766,431 22 Assets in Treasury, viz: Bonds of tbc Penn sylvania railroad company $6,500,000 00 Bonds of the Phila delphia and Krie railroad company 3,500,000 00 Interest on bonds ot the Phif'a. A Erie railroad company 1,400,000 On Cash in Treasury... 1,723,857 91 Liabilities in excess of assets 21,642,573 31 The above assets will be available as fol lows : By the act of May 16, 1867, the Pennsyl vania railroad company are to pay on the; above bonds, SIOO,OOO a year until July 31, j 189<), when one million of thcre.idue shall fall due, and one million annually thereaf ter, without interest, until the whole is paid, which will be in the year 1893. By the act of March 7, 1861, the $3,600,- 000 of bonds of the Philadelphia and Krie Railroad were surrendered to that company, 1 upon the deposit of four millions of dollars j of their bonds as collateral security for the payment of the original bonds, and a mort gage of four millions of dollars was also giv en by the company to secure their payment. These bonds are to be paid in forty years from date of issue, aud will mature A. D. 1901. A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS. There a always a discrepancy in an nouncing the reduction of the State debt, between the annual proclamation of the Governor and report of the State Treasurer, j arising from the fact that the sinking fund year terminates on the first Monday in Sep- I tember and the fiscal year of the Treasury jon the ;tOth of November. To prevent I complications of accounts and annual expla i nations I rcoommend that the termination | of the sinking fund year be made the same ! as that of the Treasury. The promptitude with which citizens of 1 Pennsylvania come forward last April and took the whole amount of the twenty-three i million loan, (the bids being for upwards of | thirty-three millions, )may be considered a I most auspicious circumstance in the finan j rial history of the State, and indicates uu i bounded confidence in the good faith and substantial credit of the Commonwealth, The foregoing statement of the finances is set forth with pleasure, in consequence of their flourishing condition. In addition thereto, the balance in favor of the General Government for Pennsylva nia's quota of the direct tax levied in the several States for war purposes and for cash from the United States, amounting, in all, to nearly two millions of dollars, has been settled in full by the allowance of claims for extraordinary expenses incurred by the State during the war. In consequence of the lapse of time since the remaining claims were contracted, the want of sufficient vouchers and explana tions, and the difficulty of finding the par ties, some of them being dead by whom they shoultTbe made, render tbeir settle ment difficult, and in many instances, doubt ful, the accomplishment of which will, how ever, be vigorously pursued and the results laid before the Legislature. Passing from this general review of the finances of the State, I cannot permit souie of the most prominent ideas connected with theni to pass unnoticed, because they clearly indicate the path of duty in the discharge of the Executive trust. It is deemed proper to call your attention to the fact that during the entire year a very large sum of money is in the keeping of the State Treasurer. This sum has not at any time for years been less than a million of dollars and at present amounts to considerably over four Millions of dollars. That it is unnecessary that the greater portion of this money should be kept in the Treasury to meet the ordi nary demands upon it is obvious; and that it should be withdrawn from circulation is certainly a detriment to the business of the community. A contraction to the amount of several millions, as it present, cannot fail to make its impression upon those en gaged in mercantile, manufacturing, agri cultural, mining and all other kinds of em ployments. This money, I am informed upon good authority, can be loaned, with ample security for its re-payment when needed, for certain specified periods, at a ) reasonable rate of interest, and the proceeds placed in the Treasury for the benefit of the State, which would not only be beneficial to the tax payers, by increasing the public rev enue, but also enlarge the accommodations for business purposes. If this plan were adopted, the withdrawal of the circulating medium, by the payment of taxes, would be so brief that it would not materially ef fect the public welfare. The fund thus ac quired could be added to the sinking fund, and would materially aid in the reduction of the Stat debt. A glance at the condition of the Treasury will show that at least four millions of dol lars might now he loaned, and at four per cent, would realize the handsome sum of SI6O,(XX) per annum. Or nearly the whole amount of tho balance now in tbc Treasury might be rendered productive by being in vested in the bonds of the State, bearing six per cent, interest, even though purchased at a premium. Or, it. might be invested in United States interest bearing bonds which would be available at any momenta neces sity might arise for the ue of the funds. IF that amount were exchanged at par for United States ten-forty bonds, beating five per cent, interest in gold, the product would be at the rate of $200,000 per annum, in gold, or, at the present value of gold, $266,- 000 in currency. Besides, the funds would not become "depreciated and unavailable" by long continuance in the Treasury. A law for this purpose could be passed, speci fying the method by which the unneeded money of the Treasury may be loaned, au thorizing and empowering the State Treas urer, and such others as you may designate, to execute, or carry out, its provisions. Your attention i.i also invited to the fact that the salary of the State Treasurer, now ODly seventeen hundred dollars, is entirely disproportiojed to the duties and responsi bilities of that officer, and that the amount of the bond, eighty thousand dollars, given by him to the State, is equivalent to no secu rity at all, under the present system of plac ing, unconditionally, the entire funds of the State in his hands. The only security is the incorruptible honesty and integrity of the Treasurer. Suppose that when there is in his keeping millions of dollars the incumbent of that office should be tempted to become a defaulter! How easily could he secure to his bondsmen the amount for which they would legally be liable to the [ State and appropriate the balance to him- self! For years, it seems to me, the Treas ury of the State has Stood, as it were, upon a volcano. Examples all around us show the fallibility of man, and how frequently and easily he is swerved from the path of rectitude and honor. Even many of those in the most elevated positions and enjoying the highest confidence of the public, are of ten found to yield to the temptations that surround them. The desire for the rapid accumulation of wealth; tbe thousands of schemes presented to excite the cupidity of human nature, at the looseness of public morals, engendered by the escape of the guilty from punishment, have so demoral ized public sentiment that it may be consid : ered a wonder—almost a miracle—that Pennsylvania has so long escaped from the calamity that might at any time have hap pened, or that may hereafter happen, by the robbery of her Treasury, and render the suspension of the payment of the inter est upon the State debt, for a time, inev itable. In the performance of my duty, I have forewarned the Legislature of a danger as respects her finances, of no common magni tude. It remains for it to determine wheth er this danger shall be averted by prompt and efficient legislation and the Treasury guarded against the occurrence of so great a calamity. EDUCATION. The report of the Huperintendent of the Common Schools exhibits a full view of our excellent system of public instruction, which is widely diffusing its by securing a sound and substantial education to all the children of tbe State. A brief summary will give an idea of the immense propor tions it has attained and the vast amount of usefulness of which it is capable. At the close of the year the number of i school districts in the State was i,889; the number of schools, 13,433; graded schools, j 2,147; school directors, 11,534; county, city ' BEDFORD. Pa.. FRIDAY. JANUARY IT- !868. and borough superintendents, 68; teachers, 16,623; pupils, 789,389; ,he oost of tuition, $3,528,005.70; building, contingencies, $790,675 33; tuition, building and contingencies, amount expended for all purposes relating to schools, $5,160,750 17 > Your attention is particularly invited to the want of uniformity aid constant change of books iu the public schools. These axe matters of serious inconvenience and need less expense to the poor, and might easily be remedied by judicious egislation. The chief aim of our system of common schools is to place the aeople continue to feel a deep interest in all that relates to the struggle which so recently convulsed the nation. In the prosecution of the war Penn sylvania, always among the first to answer the country's call, £ave additional evidences Of her devotion to liberty and to the nation's glory. Over three hundred and sixty thou sand of her sons stood in the ranks of the Union army. Many have fallen, and nearly thirty thousand by wounds and disease received in the field repose in death. To commemorate their heroism, to preserve their names and perpetuate the record of their deeds are auiong the objects of the Work in progress. In its pages will be found an account of each ana every milita ry organisation of the State; the officers and men of whom they were composed; ibo name of every individual, with his place of residence, time of muster, date of discharge, and the special acts by which he was distinguished, as well of the dead as those who have survived. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. The Department of Transportation, crea ted during the war, has accomplished its purpose, and ceased to exist by the deter mination of the Legislature, expressed in the appropriation bill, approved April 11, ISGT. The report of the Superintendent shows that for the year ending November 30, 1807, the whole number of claims set tled and paid was eight hundred and eighty two. These were for the disinterment of the bodies of deceased Pennsylvania sol diers on distant battle-fields and transpor tation to the homes of their relatives, and the total expenditures were thirty-two thou sand five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and forty cents. There remain unsettled one hundred and twenty three claims, amounting to about four thousand dollars, for the payment of which and some unset tled transportation, an appropriation of four thousand five hundred dollars will be requir ed. All the papers and business of the Depart ment have teen transferred to the office of the Adjutant General. STATE AGENCY. During the war a State Agency, for the examination, adjustment and collection, free of expense, of military claims, was estab lished at Washington, for the maintenance of which the Legislature, with commenda ble liberality, has annually made the neces sary appropriations. In January last, Col John H. Stewart, of Allegheny county, was appointed Agent, and Lieut. Col. Wm. A. Cook. Assistant After a faithful and efficient performance of its duties until 31st of October, Col. Stewart resigned in consequence of domestic afflic tions, when Col. Cook was promotea to fill the position, and Lieut Col. J. Copelan, appointed Assistant. Daring the year ending December 15, 1867, one thousand seven hundred and eighteen claims have been settled, and three hundred and twenty-one Treasury certifi cates collected, amounting to $241,669 43. Two thousand one hundred aDd twenty nine new cases" remain unsettled, the most of which will probably be settled by the 30th oi June next, at which period the appropri ation terminates. When this is exhausted, the Department will have doubtless fulfilled its mission, and the documents and papers can be transferred to the Adjutant General's office. CEMETERIES. The reports of the commissioners appoint ed under the act of March 12, 1867, to in vestigate the transactions relating to certain cemeteries are herewith presented. The work at the Gettysburg cemetery is progressing, but with less expedition than was contemplated, in consequence of the difficulty of procuring such blocks of marble as were required for statuary. The appropriation of three thousand dol lars to the cemetery at Atitictam has been withheld, as it appears from the act of in corporation by the Legislature of Maryland and the resolutions of the board of trustees, that the rebel dead are to be interred within the enclosure and to be honored with the same memorials as the Union soldiers who are there buried. The custom has ever prevailed to special ly honor those in death who won special honor by meritorious lives. The monu ments reared to the memory of departed worth bear ample testimony that our people have not been unmindful of this custom. But whore were sucli memorials ever erec ted for men whose actions were infamous, and who perished in an ignoble cause ? Who would glorify the treason of Benedict Ar nold with such monuments as have arisen to the memory of Washington? Who would dare to insult the loyal heart of this nation by proposing to lay, side by side, in the same aepulenre, the body of the assassin Booth and that of Abraham Lincoln? No loyal man would take the heartless Wirx and the other demons that presided over the prison dens of cruelty, starvation and death, and the executed conspirators against the nation's chief, aud deposit them in the same tomb with the patriotic men who sac rificed their lives in battling for "the right against the wrong." Yet it is proposed that the ioyal States construct cemeteries for their heroic dead, and then desecrate them by the burial therein of those who prosecuted against the country a-warfare which tor its diabolical ferocity is without a parallel it the history of civilisation, and even to erect monuments to their memory. Carry out this purpose and what induce ment can be hereafter offered to the loyal citixon to fight against treason, when he feels assured that should he fall in battle the traitor's grave will be honored equally with his own ? The cause of the Union was a holy one, while that which opposed it must have been its converse. To one side alone tho glory belongs. This was not a war of nations but of treason against loyalty. It was a contest of rebels who would have drained the life's blood of the government which had nurtur ed and protected them, against its patriotic sons who fought to save it from destruction, it was a war carried on by the defenders and promoters of oppression against the friends and lovers of liberty and tneir country's in- there is no reasonable objection to giving decent sepulture even to the rebel dead, those who consider them deserving of honorable testimonials may bestow them. It is our duty to render honor only to whom we believe honor is due. MONUMENT TO DECEASED SOLDIERS OK THE NEXICAN WAR. The commissioners appointed under an act of the Legislature, approved April 22, 1858, "to contract for, and superintend the erection of a monument, to the memory of 1 citizeus of Pennsylvania who were slain or j lost their lives in the war with Mexico/' 1 have contracted fbr the erection of a monu- j ment, in i prominent portion of the Capitol' grounds, and the work is progressing as rapidly as circumstances will [termite The appropriation of $6,000, to which the com- missfiwersare limited, is inadequate for the .object contemplated. The lowest bid for the contract was $8,200. I join the com missioners, therefore, in requesting ad addi tional appropriation of three thousand, to be used, or so much thereof as may be ne cessary, to complete the undertaking. Your patriotism will doubtless gire a fa vorable response to this request, and the en lightened people of the Commonwealth, ris ing above selfish and partisan feelings, will sanction such expenditure for the erection of this honorable memento. A State that baa been prodigal of heT millions in the em ployment of her physical resources and in the performance of every noble and disinter ested act which philanthropy could suggest, cannot forget her gallant sons whose suffer ings and sacrifices for their country have never been fully appreciated, and whose re mains repose among strangers, in a foreign land, without a stone, however rude, to in dicate their last resting places, or distinguish their graves from those of their fallen ene mies. BCRIAL OK DECEASED SOLDIERS IN THE HARRISBt RO CEMETERY. A communication from the board of man agers of the Haraisburg cemetery is here with transmitted, to which your attention is invited. The subject of which it treats, relative to the burial of deceased soldiers daring the late war, is worthy of legislative consideration. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, the Institution for the Instruc tion of the Blind, the Training School lor Feeble-Minded Children, the Northern Home for Friendless Children, the Houses of Refuge, several Soldiers' Homes, and other similar charities, which have received aid from the State, are, according to the re ports of the principals and superintendents, all, in their different spheres, accomplish ing much good for the unfortunate classes for whose Benefit they were established. Detailed accounts of the affairs of the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg, and of the Western Pennsylva nia Hospital, at Pittsburg, will be found in the reports of the trustees and superintend ents. Both these institutions, as well as others in the State for the care of insane, are crowded. The infirmaries for the hospital at Harrisburg, for which appropriation waa made last year, with a large number of ad ditional wards, have been erected, and will be ready for occupation during the winter. A liberal appropriation for the Western Hospital was devoted to the erection of buildings, on the Ohio river, seven miles below Pittsburg, known as the Dixmont Hospital for the Insane. The greatinurease of population renders necessary the estab lishment of other institutions of this kind. It is estimated that the ratio of the insane is one to every thousand persons, and on assuming the population of the State to be about three millions five hundred thousand, we have about three thousand five hundred insane. The hospitals in the State afford accommodation for only two thousand. Hence there are fifteen hundred for whom no provision is made, and many of them are languishing in the county prisons and alms houses. REVISION OF THE CIVIL CODE. Pursuant to the first section of a joint res olution of the Legislature, approved on the loth of April last, Hon. David Derrick son, W. Maclay Hall, Esq., and Wayne M' \ eigh, Esq., were appointed to "revise, collate and digest all such public acts and statutes of the civil cede of this State, as are general and permanent in their nature." These gentlemen have commenced the work assigned them, and from which the follow ing benefits are hoped to be derived : First. The correction of the redundancies, omissions, repetitious and inconsistencies of the existing statutes. Second. The framing of general laws as substitutes for the innumerable local stat utes, which for many years have comprised the bulk of the acts of Assembly and occu pied the attention of the Legislature to the detriment of general legislation. Third. The conferring upon the courts many powers now exercised by the Legisla ture, and which, it is believed, will greatly relieve that body by decreasing the demand for special legislation and allowing ampler oppoitunity for the consideration of the public interests. | The gentlemen comprising the commission have prepared a large number of bills, most of which will be laid before you at an early day. The most important of these, which the commissioners, in harmony with my own views, are of the opinion should receive early and favorable action of the Legislature, are those relating to corporations, the poor, public highways, railroads, evidence and in terest. The others, with, perhaps, a few exceptions, might be left unacted upon until entire work of revision is completed. The enactment of the bill on corporations into a law, at an early period of the session, would, doubtles, serve to prevent much legislation that might be called for on subjects which the bill itself contemplates and for which it makes ample provision. The bills relating to the poor and public highways demand early attention, as the laws now in force on these subjects arc so numerous and diversi fied that scarcely any two counties in the State are controlled by the same law, and it is earnestly to be desired that they receive the earliest practicable sanction of the Leg islature. The commissioners desire to be allowed, so far as possible, to complete the work and present it as a symmetrical whole, rather than in detached parts, and express their opinion relative to the time requisite for its satisfactory completion. They ask a repeal of so much of the first section of the joint resolution as excepts from their labors "those statutes revised, codified and enacted under the resolution approved March 23, 1830," and an amendment of the fourth sec tion, so as to attend from "two" to three years, the time allowed for the completion of the work. The proposed amendments will give them control of the whole body of the statute law, and such allowance of time as they deem necessary for its satisfactory revision. The accumulation of our public statutes, during a period of nearly two cen turies, can hardly fail to present a confusion which it is eminently desirable should be corrected; and the only practicable mode of accomplishing this is the one indicated by the resolution of the last Legislature, and having confidence in the gentlemen selected for this work, it is duo to them, as well as to the public, that they should not be re stricted, either as to time or by exceptions, which would prevent a perfect and desirable embodiment of public statutes. The task is one of more than ordinary magnitude, requiring deliberate considera tion, critical acumen, and careful compari son and arrangement, together with nigh order of talent, literary attainments, legal research and energetic industry, to bring it to that perfection which its importance de mands and the J legislature intended and will doubtless expect. TAX LAW. The Auditor General, Secretary of the Commonwealth and State Treasurer, ap pointed by the Legislature at its last session to revise and digest the tax laws of the State, have discharged that duty. Their report will be submitted at an early day, and I be speak for it that careful examination which the importance of the subject deserves. PUBLIC NOTICE TO BE GIVEN OF CERTAIN BILLS. Your attention is also invited to the acts of May 13, lßa7 and April 2, 1860, (Digest, page 43,) requiring public notice to be given of the application for all private acts relating to real estate and for acts of incorporation. The wisdom and justice of these are mani fest, and their enforcement cannot be other wise than beneficial. [Continued on Fourth i'tipuj