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HATES OF ADVEllTISING.
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18 PUBLIBIII5D KVKHY KMOAY StORNINO
mTitit oof.uuntAw ntur-Dino witAnxni
counT itoosis, nLooitsnttna, rA., nr
CHARLES B. BROCKWAY,
editor and rnorniETon,
bpAc;
40,00 00,00 100,00
Torrns-Two Collars a Year payaMo In advanco.
Kxecntor' or Administrator's Notice, 11,00
Andllor's or Aslueo'a Notloe, tlfl).
JOB MIIITTING
Of .illdescrlptfons executed with ncatnoss ana
dispatch lit reasonable rates,
Locsl notices, twenty cents a line.
CardS lli 11, Kttn.ln... Til n rr tt
VOLUME VI, ---NO 2.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1872.
UOL. DEM. - - VOL. XXXV NO. 47.
3,(lp per yea, for tho first lwo lines, nnd JI.OO tot
each additional line.
U. 1m. tit. Ssr. sm. lr.
"no nch JM H.00 (,rti tifn IO,no
Twolucncs , , SCO 7 00 Vfl) t.voo
I hrco i inches n,m 7 ijo 900 tfm in 00
Four Inches.....-..,. 7,ort 0,00 11,00 17,6) 2i,i
Qnntter column 10.110 12,(1) 14,00 an 01 WS
Half column .,i.'i.M IB.00 20.00 ni.o) 4n.i
Uno column .10.00 30.VJ
D
Ooluinbia Oountv Ofiloial Directory.
VfMT!!.ll(7f-Wn.T.tAM KLWBIA.
Anoclcitr JudgeiMAit menu, Isaac H. Mon
"Svortonoan, .(e.-llcnot.vn II. IttNni.En.
DlitriOi rffftirl7-JAMr.S.liIlYI0!, Jn.
JCierlrt-AAtlON SMITH.
WerW-IsAAO Dnwirr.
7WO.I..M--WI1.LIAM LAMOtt.
Cttl.tllfJlXofteM CYKUS llOIIUIMt, lllllAlI J.
llSMH II. WIM.MM HHAfFKK.
fjiiini(M(onn-j' Clerk Wl I.I.I AH KlllcltnAUM.
AUtllloriV, J. CAMMIKLL. DANIEIi LF.E,
I'HAM.mCONNKIl
Coroner (.lit Altl.KS 0. Sltinr-HY.
Jurji Vommltitoncra Isaac SlnHiunn, John Ma
A SAM..
CexnW A'l'l'cHiifcmloij Ciiaiii.es a, Baiiklky
ltlii.ni JYr T)lttrM Directors, H, II. Mtti.En
11 i.iam Kiiami.1i, llloomsburir, nnd Joimsoil
j Kr 1 1 1 urciuwoou, uiiai'.i.es i.o.NKn. bcc r.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
lltoomtbura Hanking Co. John A. FUXSTON
President, II, II. Oiiotz, Cashier.
tint National Vlnn. C11A9. It. rAXTot,rros't ,
J, P, Ti-stin, Cashier.
Q)tumMa Cvunty Mutual&u Ing 7iml arulfxxtnAt
loefnMon E, II, I.1TTI.E, Preset., C. W. SlILtEB,
r-.f ry.
Jllocnnburg Jlutldtng and Saving Ftnd Atsocta
f(t.n John Thomas, Prcs't., J. 11. RonisoN, Sec.
Jllwmslurp Mutual Gating lvnd Aiioctatton
J.J. HnowMi, President, 0. (1. Haiiklky, Sec'y.
Bloomsbnrg Directory.
pAPER HAOH Just received and for salo at the
COI.UM1IIAN Olllce.
STOVES AND TINWAP.E.
JACOn S1ETZ, denier In stoves nnd tlnwnro
Slain street, nbovo court house
0LOTUING, &c.
DAVID LOWENHERO, McrchnntTallor.Maln
St., 2d door nbovo American House.
WM. SlOttltIS, Sterchant Tailor corner of Cen
tre and Main st over Miller's store.
DIIUGS, CHEMICALS, Ac.
E,
P. LUTZ, DrugsMand Apothccary.Maln St.
below tho l'ost oillcc.
MOYEIt 11U0S., DruKglKtu and Apothecaries,
Ilrower's block Mafu st.
CLOCKS, WATCHES, AO.
rt K. BAVAOE, dealer In ClockB, Watches and
U Jewelry, Main st Just below the American
House.
f 0U1S RKRNHARD, Watch and Clock maker
U near southeast curlier Slain and Iron sts.
R,
CATIICAllT, Watch and Clock Maker.Mar.
kct street, below Main.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
1,1 M. KNOIllt, Dealer In Hoots and Shoes, latest
J'j, and bst styles, corner Main and Market
sueets, In tbo old l'ost Olllce.
H M. HH0WN, Hoot anil BhocrmiKir, Main
J, street, under llrowu's Hotel.
I)
AVID I1ETZ, Boot and Shoemaker, .Main st.
ueiow iiarunairssioro,wesi oi AinrKct.
HKNIlY KLEIM, Manufacturer mid dealer In
Hoots and Hliocs, Urocerics, etc., Main street.
East Hloonibbur.
PROFESSIONAL.
It. II. C. HOWEIt, Burgeon Dentist, Sluln St.,
uuuvu IIU lUlll l
DU. WM. M. HKHEIt, Biircenn and Physician.
Olllco over the Tlrst National l'onlt.
ft (1. 1IARKLEY, Attorncy-at-I.aw. 0!I!co,2d
J, lloorlu Exchange Hlock, near the "Exchange
liolul."
II. McKEI,VY,M. D.,Buri!ei.n and Physician
, uoilhsldo Main St., below .Market.
T C. IIUTTKH, M. 1). Hiirceon and I'liysiclan
O . Mul kct street, above Alain.
I II. ItOHISON, Attorncy-aH.aw, OtllcoIIartr
i) . man's building, Main street.
DU. H, F. KINNEY, Burt'eon Dentist. Teeth
extracted without palu: Mulu st nearly op
(isllu Kplseopul Cliuicli.
T It. EVANH, M. D Burgeon and Thyslclan,
t) south sldo Main stieet. below Market.
MILLINERY & FANCY dOODS.
IJ I'KTEKMAN, Millinery and Face Goods,
ii. opposite Episcopal Church, Main st,
1KB LIZZIE HAKKLEY, Milliner, llamsey
ijulldlng Mam street.
MIHH M. DEIUllCKBON, Millinery and Fancy
ill
L Goods, Main St., below Market,
ItH. E. KLINE. Millinery nud Fancy Goods
Main street below Market.
MHS. JULIA A. & BADE BAIIKLEV, Ladies
Cloaks and Dress l'atteriu, southeast corner
Main and West sts,
riUIH MISSES IIAHMAN Millinery and Fancy
I Goods, Main St., below American House,
HOTELS AND SALOONS.
'011KS HOTEL, by T.
of Main street.
Ilcnt. Taylor, east end
MERCHANTS AND GROCERS.
p C. MARK, Dry Goods and Notions,
U west corner Main nnd Iron sts.
1).
A. HECKLEY, Hoot nnd Shoe storo, books
stationery, Slain St., below Markot.
B.
JACOHS, Confectionery, groceries etc., Main
, below Iron
16x a WEllll, Confectionery nnd Bakery,
' wholesale and retail, Exchange Block,
C.HOWEn, HatsondCnps.llootsandShoes,
. Main St., above Court House.
T II. MAIZE, Mammoth Grocery, flno Gro
.J. ceries, Fruits, Nuts, l'rovlslon, &c Main
mui iron mrecis.
MKELVY, NEAL A CO., dealers In Dry Goods,
Groceries, Flour, Feed, Halt, Fish, iron, Nails,
i Ic.N, E. cor. Slain and Market sts.
Q II. MILLEll fe BON, dealera In Dry Goods,
k). Groceries, Queeuswnrc, Flour. Salt, Shoes,
Notions, ctc.,Malust.
MISCELLANEOUS.
pONSTAHLES BLANKS for sale at tlio Coltjm.
J 11IAN Oillcc,
p SI, CI1U1STSIAN, Saddle, Trunk A Harness
U. maker, Bhlvo's Block Slain Street,
l W. nOBHlNS.llquordcalersecouddoorfrom
L uoriuwesi corner jiaiu auu iron sis.
ri J. TIIOHNTON. Wall l'nper. Window BUndes
u, auu nxiurcs, uuperi uiotic, mam bt.
W. COHELL, Furniture Rooms, thrco story
brick, Slain Btreet, west of Slarket fit.
ROSENBTOCK.Fhotogrnpher, over Robblun
A Eyer's Store, Slain st.
H
I S, KU1IN, dealer In Sleat, Tallow, etc., Chcni
1' bcilln's alley, rear of American House,
rjASUIEL JACORY, Starblo nnd Brown Htono
OWorks, East Bloomsburg.llerwlck road.
WM. I1ABI1, dealer lu furniture, tranka, cede!
willow ware, near tho Forks Hotel,
Ell. BIDLESIAN, Agent for Mnuson'B Copper
Tubular Lightning Rod,
0
I- uoiKilv.UIIID 1UUU11, nini i
, Tauner.BcoUown.
t'AfjTl'll ni... nti.l UTtiltn Dtlfl Vfll1rV
VTOTK1IOOKH, nod blank NOTEH, wllh or with
ll out esoinpUoo.fur bale nt Uio L'oi.umuian
onict.
Light Street.
II
F. OMAN A Co., Wheelwrights, drat door
above School House,
JOHN A. OMAN, Manufacturer and dealer In
Hoots and Shoes
R.
B. ENT, dealer In Stoves and Tin waro In
all Its branches.
l)l.TKIt F.NT. Miller, and denier In all kinds 01
1 (I10I11, Hour, ind, 4c All kinds of Grain
puichsbttl.
Eopy.
1 D. WERK11EIBKR, Boot and Shoo store and
manufactory. Shop on Main Street op
rollo the Steam Mill.
l W, EDGAR, Busquelinunn Platilnn Mill
I and Box Manufacturing,
Oraugcvillo Diroctory.
DIt. liEUItlNa & UIlOTlIEn.Cnrpcntcrsnnd
, Builders, Slain St., below Flue,
HOWEIt & IIEItltINO, dealer In Dry Goods
Groceries, Lumber and general SIcrchandlso
.,111111 Bit
11H1C1C HOTEL nud refreshment Saloon, by
ll III If M'ltMirv nl Unln I ' '
Dtt. p. A.SIEOAltGEL.l'hyslcInn nnd Surgeon
Slain st next door to Good's Hotel,
nAVII) 1IEUUING. Flour nud Grist Mill, and
II ll.nlA.ln ..n I.. ,t III ui.... '
U ..vw,va iniil) .l,u niltCl,
(AMES 11. HAlt.MAN. Cabinet Slnko) nud Uu
J del taker. Slain Bt bolow Pino.
SCIIUYLEK A CO., Iron founners, Machinists
and Slnuufncluiers of plows, Still St.
QAS1UEL SII AltI'LESS, Slakcr of the lloyhure!
O Orntn Cradle. Slnln St.
ylLLIASI Dr.LONO Shoemakeraii't mnnufnc
11 lureroi itncu, iniu hi., wesi 01 i'i
Catawissa,
BY, DALLMAN, Slerchaut Tailor, Second St.
. Ilobblus' Uulldlug.
nil. J. K. ilOBDINS, Surgeon nud Physician
U E3UCUUU 01,, uoiow iiaiu,
pILHEHT & KLINE, dry noods, groceries, and
vi Ki-uuini luercuuuuuie, lunin mreei
J II. KI8TLEH, "CnttnwlBsa House," North
, Corner Slain nnd Second Streets,
IKKILEIt, Hlllard Saloon, Oysters, and Ico
J. Cream In season Slain St.
MSI. HKOHST. dealer In GenoralSIerchandlso
. Dry Goods, Groceries &e,
JSQUEIIANNA or Brick Hotel, S. Koslen
bauder Pronrietor.sonth-rnst enrner Mnfu nnil
Second Street.
yM. H. ABBOTT, Attorney at law, Slain St.
Buck Horn.
G.A W.II. SHOEMAKEH, dealers in dry
111 Kiocerics snu ccnerai mcrcuanuise.
r list, si
store in Bouth end ot town.
Philadelphia Directory.
R
ICIIARDSON L. WRIGHT, JR.
ATTOItNEY AT LAW,
NO. 123 SOUTH SIXTH STHEUT,
I'lIII.ADKI.VUIA
Jan. HI ly
T M. KEPHEART,
tf J WITH
BARNKS, BRO. & HERRON,
HATS, CArS, HTRAW GOODS A FUKS,
No. 503 Slarkct Street,
(Above Fifth,)
PlIILAnELPHIA,
"TAINWRIGIIT A CO.,
WHOLESALE GIIOCEHS,
N, E. Corner Second and Arch Strcels,
PlIII.AnELl'HlA,
Dealers In
TEAS, BVItUI'S, COFFEE, SUGAll, SlOIiASSES
men, spices, m cAitn sonA, &c, c.
30rdcrs will reclve prompt f tlention.
may 10,07-tf.
Business Cards.
c.
B. BROCKWAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HI.OOMHIIUllO, PA.
Okfhuc Court Houo Aller. in tho Co-
i.umiiian building. (Jan4,'67.
A.
L. TURNER
PIIYSICIAX AND SUItGKON,
HLOOSISBUKO, PA.
OFL'ifR over Lntz's DroE! Store. Resldeue
Slaiket Street, 1st door below Htv. D. J. Waller.
UCU1U ,u.
Q W. MILLER,
AliUUrJI AT LA1,
Oinco Court Honso Alley, below tho Coldm-
iiian Olllce, Bounties, Back-Pay and Pensions
collected, Bloomsburg l'a. 8cp.20'7
R
OBERT F. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ofllco Slain Btreet below the Court House.
Bloomsburg Penn'a.
E.
II. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ofllco Court-nousn Alley.
below the Cdluu
bian Ofllco, Dlooinsbiirg Pa
yETERINARY.
Auuu&r r-iii.isi,
luiu trim uci iiuiu uuiib ito 01. ,.1.10 -
public as a celebrated
HORSE AND COW DOCTOR,
and all other animals, forwhich his charges are
moderate. He can alwavs bo found east side ol
Berwick road, ncurH.II, Jacoby's Slarblo laid.
Bloonisburg, Slay 12. 1S71-1V.
J. THORNTON
nr.Mil.1 ntinnnncn In tlinrltlKcnsnf Hlooms-
bury &
and vleinllv. that he basiust received a full
and complete assortment of
WALL PAPKR, WINDOW SHADES,
FIXTURES, COKDS, TASSEIJI,
and all other goods In his line of business. All
tlio newest anil most npproveu patterns in mu
day aro always to bo found In his establishment,
niar,5.'li9-tf Slain St, below Slarket,
TOOTS AND SHOES.
CLARK SI. BROWN,
MAIH STREET, UKIlEIt BllOWN'H HOTEL,
A lull and complete assortment of ready made
boots and shoes lor men, women and children
J ust received and for sale at reasonable rales.
Varieties to suit nil classes of customers. The
liestor work clone nisuori nonce, as ueieiuinru
Olyc him 1108115 fjan I '71.
TW-EW STOVE AND TIN SHOP.
ISAIAH HAOENBUCH,
Slain Street 0110 door above E, Steudeiiball's
'?'? ,T.
A IKIgU iuisuiuiicuv u, kiiuicn. .......cu
Range constantly on hand, and for sale at the
lowest raies.
Tinning lu all Its brauehes carefully attended tfi,
and satisfaction guaranteed,
Tin work of all kinds wholesale aud retail. A
ial Is rcouestcd.
Jan HI
N
E W COAL YARD
The undcrslgntd respectfully Inform tho
citUens of Hloomsburg nnd Columbia county,
Hint thev keen all tho dlllerent numbers ofstove
coal and selected lump coal for smithing purpo
ses, on their wunrf, adjoining Sl'Kelvy, NcalA
Co's Furnace; with 11 good pair of HtilUlii scales
on tho wharf, to weigh coal, bay. and straw
Llkcwlso a horso nnd wngou, to deliver coal to
thoso who deslro it. As they purchase a largo
amount of eoal.they Intend tokcep a superior ur
tlclc, and sell nt the very lowest prices. Pleaso
call and examluo lor yourselves before pnrclias-
lug elsewhere. J. W. HENDEllSHOT,
" AUGUHTUS SiASON,
mTTTO iiiHlorHleiicd Will ttlko ill OX
JL change for Coal and Groceries, tho following
named articles :-Wheat, Rye. Corn, Oats, Pota
toes, Lard, Hani.Shoulder.aud side meat, Butter
FggB, liny, Ac., at tho highest cash prices, at his
Grocery Store, unjoining tneir coai ynru,
J, W, HENDERSHOT
nioorasburg Star. H).'B-ly,
pURLINQ CREAM.
By using Ibis artlclo ladles and Gentleineii
eon liiiiitfrv 1 liftuwlvi h il llKiiisand fold, this
Is tho only nrticlo that wlllciui straight hair,
nnd nt the same tlmo rive to it a beautiful ap
pi'arance. It abii luvlgornles, beauUBes nnd
cleanses. It ran bo so uppllid as to cause tho
hair In curl any length ul llnio desired. Sent
uy man lor so els. a package. Address
Sllddletown, Adams Co., l'a.
C)lll Jl-UUl,
R
LOOMSBURQ
m a 11 11 it v won k s.
MAIN T1IKET, 11KI.OW UAIIUET,
BLOOSISUUItO, I'A.
Slonuments, Tombs, Headstones, Ac, Work
neatly executed. Orders by mull will recelvo
special attention, N, H, Work dellveied frcuol
Charge. J , u uun iua, rropneior,
octU71.tr. P.O.BOXVU7, .
BUPlNliSS CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
ETTKU HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
ritOGRASIMF-B,
POSTERS,
AH , AC,
Neatly and Cheaply Trlutcil
From Iht iJitestSlyleaofTypeatthe
COLUMBIAN OFFICt,
THE mum MESSA&E.
2b the Senatt and House of llenromltt.
lives of the Commonwealth of Venn-
tyivamu.
Gentlesien : You hftve. for n soa
son. Bopnrutcd yoursulvcs from privato
misincss nun personal interests, ami
eoino from tllirurcnt ficctlons of tho
Stalo clothed with tho powers of more
than thrco nnil n-linlf millions of frco,
intelligent nnd Independent people, to
servo them In your representative ca
pacity j nnd to detorniino upon public
aiiairs, 111 sucn mnuncr, it 13 unpen, ns
may ucsorvo 1110 messniRs of uou nnu
tho crntitudo of men. It is becomim?.
therefore, to ndvanco to theso duties
wiui minus untainted with party aca
mony, unswayed by selfish or interest'
ed motives, and with fervent nsnlrn.
tlons of praiso nnd Rratitudo to tho
urcnt l'rpservcr 01 nations, states and
Individuals, and to mlnglo our hutnblo
nnil iiovout supplications lor ills guid
ance and approbation In tho accom
plishment of tho task nsslgned.
I am not Insensible to tho macnlhido
and Iniportaiico of tho sublects beforo
me, nor lo t no rcstionstiiiutics imnosed:
ami approach them with dlffldcnco and
inifuivitiL's, conscious that some of them
niiulro morn extended research than
tinio and epaco could be allotted to their
elucidation.
In comnllatico with tho duty nro-
scribed by thu Constitution, I transmit,
luryour iiiioriiuuiiiu auu unit 01 1110
iicoipIp. a statement of tho condition of
tho finances, schools, military nnd
other matters of interest, with recom
mendations of such measures as nro
dieincd of sufllclent imporlnneo to bo
presented for your consideration.
FINANCES.
iVftcr thorough examination of tho
leporls from tho accounting depart
ments, tno lonowM'; statement is mi'i
milled:
KECHU'TS.
Ilnlntmn l D'.nn.i.... Vm- HI IfiTll eiOrt.n.lul
Or.lln.rry lecelpts during tho flical
mr ciidliiir Nov , 1111 C.IS9 i3l 03
Extraordinary receipts fiom tho Unit.
fu .-mes governmein, uu aceuuui. or
l'rliu'a v.ar claims, applied to tho
pu lueutof the Stato debt 70?,710 07
Total In Treasury diirlu
year ending
.XUl.O'i, 10.1
11
l!lSmjISSl'.MENTS.
Ordinary expenses paid
uuriug year esuing o
vcmber3i). 1871 t.ljns Ala 3",
Loans. Ac., redeemed 'J.iyu.yii r.n
Interest on loam I,7so,OJ.3 Ul
total disbursements (7,021,079 85
Balanco lu Treasury Nov. 31. 1S71 81,I70,S08 69
i cni.iu Di.nr.
Tho public debt on Nov. CO, lwo, was !31,I11.CH 00
x'i:iiiic-ii iiiiniiiiii. iiaiu iy
Hluklng Fund Commis
sioners tiurui! 1110 year
undine Nov. 3J. 1S71 -SI 111 "'s CI
Amount paid by stito
Treasurer dur.u same
lime IS ;'l,l 51
2,131,WJ 17
Tt tal public debt, Nov. SO, IS" I J 2S,OS0.071 7J
Tho following statement shows tho
naturo of tho indebtulnn-isof tho Com
moiiwcalth, November !!0, 1871 :
runded ilcbt, 1 1;
Amount of over-duo lojus tl,CViflo: 16
Do...
Do..
pnynuio in lS72iind IS77, Inter
est a per cent 3.7 Ml 5W to
payable In 1572 sud 1877, inter
esi o per ceni oj
Do...payablo in 1S77 and 1SU-', Inter
est 0 per cent 7,9 l,.Vi) 00
l)o...payablo In ls77. Hit. 5 per cent 3,!TO,7in 1(1
Do lo IS7A, Int. 5 per cant 1111,101 ()
Do do 1K7H. Int. 11 percent 4U0.0U0 (iu
Do do lssiand IS3J Intcr-
e&t 0 pur cent . 0,1171.1.30 00
l)o...payalile In ISS2, Int. 5 per cent 1 IW.'j'iO lo
Do do lbM, int. IJjperc'l 1I2.WO 00
Total funded debt
Unfunded debt, xiz:
,.Si,Maiij iu
Itellef notes In cireulntlon...S9a,1i7 09
liil. certlllcates outstanding 11.0-0 ol
Int. certlllcates unclaimed... 1.1H :ts
Domestic creditors certiays 41 07
t: i3,!0i 57
Public debt, Nov
stated
30, 1S71. as beforo
Sa,0si),071 73
Tho Commissioners of tlio Sinking
Fund report assets remaining in their
hands, as follows, viz :
Bonds of tho Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, secuied by lien on tho
Philadelphia and Columbia It. It ... 1,000,1)01 W
Thlrty.llvu bonds or tho Allegheny
Valley Railroad Company, each for
Siuo.ooo guaranteed by the Pennsyl
vania Riillroad Company, Northern
Ceuttai Hallway comen iiy. anu mo
Philadelphia and Erlo Railroad
Conipiiny, payable SlOO.iitOannnally,
lagliiniiiK Jauuary, IMS, with 5 per
cent. Interest Horn Jauuary l,l!s7J... 3,000,000 W
Am'ouut of assets f'JIOO.OiX) U0
Amount of public debt 5,0.0,071 73
ueuuci aruoiuu 01 iihheis iy,iw,iiw uj
CiirIi balance in theTieas-
,irw -,V' .'til 17 I. IT M.Slil
' : 10,S7C,S0S 69
llal.ol public debt unprovided for 18,103,20.1 11
In obedienco to U10 slxty-soventh
sr clion of tlio appropriation bill, up-
iirrivrl 3Iav "7. 1S71. tlio KlntO lias issu-
id for tho relief of tho citizens of
Chambcisburcr and vIUDity, for war
(lninnuc'sadliidltatcd under lormer acts.
ccrl llcatis 0 loan 10 tno amount 01
twn hundred nnd ninttv-nilio thousand
seven hundred nnd forly-eiglit dollars
nnd ninety-one cents, which sum bears
Interest nt bix per cent., payauiu seiui
minim v nt 1110 Hinto Treasury.
Tho books of tho Auditor General
nnd Stnto Treasurer show tho total in
debtedncbs of tho Commonwealth, on
tho first day or December, ibbii, was
thirty-itven millions seven hundred and
four thousand four hundred and nine
dollars anu scveHiy-uven cents, bwcu
then, and up to November !!(), 1871. tho
turn of eight million seven hundred and
tuenly-four thousand three minurca ana
thirty-eight dollars and four cents has
bien paid, 'J ho reduction during tho
year ending November !!0, 1871, is two
million onehundrcd and thhty-one thou
sand five hundred and ninety dollars and
seventeen cents, tho avei-dgo reduction
(luriiiL' tho last flvo years is one million
seven hundred and forta-four thousand
eight hundred and sixty seven.dotturs ana
seventy jive cents.
it will Do observed, 111 tno lauio ex
hlliitliiL' tlio naturo of tlio indebtedness
of tlio Commonwealth, tho amount of
tho loans now overdue is $i!,G0:2,G9o 10.
Tills sum can, without douut, uu paid
as rupidiy ns mo Holders win
present it to tho Commissioners of tho
Sinking Fund. Tho bonds pnyablo in
187-, and deinnnilanio lu Ib77, amount
to $y.87!),100 00. Theso can also bo paid
wlthiu tho flvo years prior to their ma
turity, nt nu uvurago ot ?77u,8b0 00 per
annum.
For ninny years tho general npnroprl
ation bills Iiavo been withheld from tho
Uovernor until about tho tlmo of ad
journinciit. when ho must cither sign
mem without, proper investigation,
suspend tlio means to defray tho opera
tions 01 1110 government lor tno ensuing
year, or call an extra session of tho Leg
Mature It is earnestly desired that
tho appropriation bill bo taken up. ills
t'us-ed und passed nt an early period
during tno Hussion, to cnanio 1110 Pixecu
tlvo to givo It that thorough examina
tion width its importance domauds.
WAIl CLAISIH.
Ill my messago of January 7th, 1808,
I informed tlio Lcglslaturo that "tho
balaneu in favor of tho General aovorn
incut for Pennsylvania's quota of direct
tax levied in tlio sovcral States for war
purposes, and for casli from tho United
Kintrw. ninnniitliiL' In all to nearly two
'millions of dollars, has been Bottled In
full by tho nllowaneo oi claims lor ox
traordinury expenses incurred by tho
Stato during tho war. Iu conscquonco
of tho lapso of tlmo slnco tho remain
ing claims wero contracted, tho want of
suillcicnt vouchers nnd explanation,
and tho dlfllculty or finding tho parties,
eomo of them being dead, by whom
they should bo inndo, rondor their set
tlement dlfllcult.iiiid In many Instances
doubtful, tho nccompllslitnont of which,
iiowovcr, will bo vigorously purauod,
and tho result laid boforo tlio Lcglsla-
lure."
Latulv nubile attention has been nor
slstcntly directed to tho subject of theso
claims, and their collection from tho
Nntlonal Governmont; nnd in view of
1110 action which it may no your tiuiy
to talto In rcforeuco thereto, tho follow
ing facts. showinL' what theso claiim
consisted 01, 1110 measures taken oy tlio
Stato for their recovery, nnd tho success
resulting therefrom, nro submitted to
aid you In your deliberations,
By a statuto of Contrross. nnnrovod
July 27th, 1801, entitled "An Act to
Indemnify tho States for nxnonscs in
curred by them In dofenso of tho Unit
ed States," it is provided "That tho
becretary of tho Treasury bo, and ho Is
nercny mrcctcu, out 01 any money 111
tho Treasury not otherwlso ntinronrl.
nted, to pay to tho Governor of any
State, or to his duly authorized agents,
tno costs, ennrges, aim oxpenses prop
erly Incurred by such Stato for enroll
ing, subsisting. clothliiL'. sunnlvinc.
arming, equipping, paying and trans
porting 11s iroopa- employed in aiding
to suppress tho present insurrection
ngnlnst tho United States, to bo settled
upon proper voucnors, to do Hied anil
passed upon by tho proper nccountlnir
ofllcors of tho Treasury.''
iiy nnoincr act 01 uongrcss, npproveii
August Cth. 1801. untitled "An Act to
provltlo Increased rcvonuo from imports
to pay interest onthe public debt,and for
other purposes,1' thero was lovlod n di
rect tax upon tho sovcral Statcj. Terri
tories and tho District of Columbia, of
twenty minion dollars, with tho priv
llego to thoso Slates of collecting and
paying tho quota of their lax into tho
Treasury of tho United Slates, of a do
ducllou or allowance of fifteen" per cent.
as compensation for tho oxpenses at
tending tno collection.
Pennsylvania'!! portion of this tax
amounted to $1,010,710 33, tho paymont
of which tho Stato assumed.
1 he fifly-thlrd section of tho statuto
1st referred to nrovidea : "That tho
amount of direct tax apportioned to
nny stale, 'territory or tho District or
Columbia, shall bo liable to bo paid anil
satisfied, in wholo or in part, by tho
rcieaso 01 sucn state, Territory or dis
trict, duly executed to tho United
States, of any liquidated and determined
claim of such Htat, Territory or Dis
trict of equal amount against tho Unit
ed States : Provided, That in caso of
such release, such State, Territory or
District shall bo allowed tho samo
abatement of tho amount of such tax
ns would bo allowed in case of payment
01 1110 samo 111 money."
unoer iuo ii"i 01 v ongres nrf.i ltier-
rcu 10,01 juiy iin. ijiii, claims 011
tho pert of tho State ugiliikt tho
Uulted stales wero nicil. amount
inir in the aggregate lo 3.172 '213 19
Theso claims were llled In six dilltireut Instal
ments ni follow, viz:
l.t lllnl Jlnrch 1. 10 51.1S2.097 22
2d " June II, 85I,'I37 20
3d " February s,INJ1 Ml.o-it 01
till ' Slay 4, lMll 237,0,1.1 IS
Sill " Juno iW. 1S70 71S.I27 01
Gth ' Slay 25, lk7l 33,737 77
51,172,2H 19
It was in rcforeuco to the first and
second instalments of the claims so
filed, that my predecessor, Governor
Cnrtln, informed tho Legislature, Jan
nary 7, 1803, that on tho Mth of June,
18(3:2, tnu quota or direct tax duu ty tlio
Statu had bten "paid to thu United
Stutea, partly by n relinquishment of a
portion of tho sums claimed bv this
State from tno government, nud partly
in o.u-h, alter deducting tno niiceu per
cent, allowed by act of Congiosi lor
prompt payment," Tho settlement
thus assumed to havo boen effected,
.mil which, on tho Information reported
to him, Govemof Curtin supposed to
have been completa, was based upon nn
arrangement, as understood by tho
Slate authorities, shown by tho follow
ing figures:
Amount of direct (ax 51,015,719 31
Ddutt 15 per cent 21)2,007 9)
l.Oil.711 41
Cash aid by tho Slato to tho United
htiien, juueiw, i6u- w,wwnu
Pioportlon of war claims set on" by
uirtmaie - i,oui,ni i
It suliscnuontlv transpired, howover.
that at tho dato when Oovernor Curtin
assumed tho abovo settlement to havo
been completed. ?io nortion of tho
Stale's claims had been ' liquidated and
determined" by tho "proper account
ing olllccrs oi tno Treasury oi tno
United States, as required by tho stat
utes or Congress, approved 27th July
nnd oth of August, 1801, indeed, It was
1 ill I 101'". Il.nf ......
not until iuvi-'iiiuer imw, mat, iwy
portion or tlio Stato's claims bad been
"liquidated and determined" by tlio
United States ofllcors, and even then
tho only sum allowed amounted to one
hundred and twelve dollars and fifty
cents. Still, on September 20, 1801, tho
United States made an advnnco to tho
Stato on account of theso claims of
iOOO.OOO, nnd for this cash advanco tho
Stato stood debtor to tlio United Statoj
until tho claims wero "liquidated and
allowed." So that on tho books of tho
National Government tho btato ap
lionrnil debtor for.
1st, Quota of direct tax 51,010,719 33
2d. fash advanced by the United
Staler to tho State. Sept. 20. 1S62 CjO.OuO 00
SJ.532.7.9 S3
Lots cash paid bv tbo Bla'o to tho
UlUlt'U .MUU-S, UUIIO O', 4Cl,
330,000 00
32.202,719 33
while tho claims on tho part of tho
Stato ngnlnst tho Unlled States were
understood, 11 properly supporieu, to
ho considerably in oxce.n of this
ntnniint. To onablo tho State to iiavo
secured tho benefit of tho rebatement
of firtecii per cent, on tho quota oi tu
rret tax. iimnuiitimr to $202,007 00. It
u-ns iihsnhilelv nfceanrv. under the
statutes or July 27, and August 0, 1801,
that tho monoy bliotllii eimer oo paiti
nut of tho Treasury to tho United
States, or that tho clalim of tho Stato
against tlio .National uovonuneui,
Whlcn had been "disallowed and sus
iimulnl" (extent tho credit of $112 00,
nbovo explained,) for flvo years, should
bo "liquidated and determined" by tho
iiecniint ml' ofllcors of tlio government
It was under theso circumstances that
flirt T.pclslntiirn oft 10 State. In Ibb7. UV
Joint resolution, authorized tho Qovcr-
nnr in nimninr. "n Rlieeiui ULluiiL iu uui-
lent, dis'iiiiuved nnd su-uiended claims
atrainst tho United States," "whoso
enmnniKiilliin for that nurposo shall not
orconii tnu nnr centum of tho amounts
thus collected, and shall bo paid out or
such collections."
As thus authorized, it became my
duty to appoint a competent peison to
attend specially to tho Interests
of tho Commonwealth iu tlio
collection and adjustment or these
claims, and under tho authority confer
red upon mo, I appointed Mr. Georgo
O. Evans, of Philadelphia, whoso
recommendations for cillclency and
faithfulness wero so strong, that I had
no hesitation to plnco in ills hands tho
agency required by tho act of Congress
of July 27, 1801, and tho Joint rcsolu.
Uou of tho Legislature. It was not ox
pected that lie would over succeed In
paying off a debt which seemed to bo
greater tlinn tho amount or tlio claims
then on lllo i uor was It oxpocted that
ho would succeed, under tho best or clr
finiiRfnnces. In obtaining inoro than a
row hundred thousand dollars out of
vouchors, which had tot upwards or
llvo years, nccn "uisauuwuu uuu sus
pended," und deemed almost without
Mr. Evans, upon his appointment,
tmtnriillll fnlv rnvo his attention to tho
duties nslgncd him, and through his
success lu paying tho entire debt duo
tho Genera Government, I was able to
communlcato to tlio Leglslnturo of 1808,
the partial settlement of tlio claims re
ferred to. It ia duo to Mr. Evans to
stato, that that rororenco was or too
meagro n character to placo tho result
of his services fairly and fully beforo
the public. Through his labors, tho
claims of tho Stato, which had for
years been "suspended nnd disallow
ed," wero "liquidated nnd determined"
by tho nccounting officers of tho Na
tional Govorrimont. nnd belnrr thus
"liquidated nnd allowed," tho Stato for
tho llrst time becamo entitled, under
tno provisions or tho act or August o,
1801, to tho nbovo sum of $202,007 00,
ns tho rebatement on tho quota or tho
United States tax.
Tho credit thus secured to the Stato,
deducted from her quoin of tho direct
tax, left n balanco thereon ngnlnst tho
Stato of $1,051,711 13, and ?rom tills
sum thero was to bo deducted tlio pay
ment mado by tho Stnto on account of
tins tax on j uno uu. ibb', oi foviu.uuu uu
reducing llio liability of tho Stato for
direct tax to $1,301,711 '13. This In
debtcdness, ns nlso tlio cash ndvnnced
to tho Stato on September 20, 1801, six
months boforo tho first instalment of
claims had been lllcd on tho p.nrt of tho
State, or $GOO,000 00, wero paid by Mr.
Evans by tho collections Which ho suc
ceeded in making upon tho claims "liq
uidated and determined" in favor of
tlio Stato as already explained,
By net of Congress, tho Stnto was en
titled to a rebatement of fifteen per
cent, on iicr quota or tho United States
tax, provided It was paid boforo tho llrst
day of June. 1802, nnd or ten per cent..
provided it was paid bororo the first or
ocpicniner oi tnatyoar. tho Biaio nan
torioiicil both or theso proposed reduc
tions for prompt paymont by her de
linquency in not paying tno tax lor uvo
years. But, notwithstanding nil this
Mr. Evans not only obtained ror tho
benefit or tho State, tho rebatement or
tlio firteen per cent, on tho amount or
tlio tux, but a releaso of tho interest
which might havo accrued on tho en
tiro claim of tho United Stntcs.
Tho claims collected by tho Stato
from tho Uulted 8tates, nro as follow :
1st. November 1, 1803 112 50
2d. Slav "2. 1S(17...... 1.9S9.U5 82
3d. October 2', 1WH 10.1 031 4d
1111. AllgUSl U, liU , 1W.S1U CO
Stn. April 11, 1871 187,822 (i'l
6th, May 15, 1871 212,107 57
IU. JUUO'J, loll lUS.Iixi 03
S2.010.1G9 11
Theso collections the special ngent ac
counts for as follow:
1st. Slay 2 . 1SG7, paid debt due by the
state to tho unlled states, being
liftlmicH of imnt.fi nf direct Iili St.301.711 11
Slay 2: 1SG7, ro-p.ild casli advanced to
mo iie uy mo unucu iaioi,ep-
tember 20. 1SGI C08.O00 00
2d. Paid Into Stato Treasury as follow:
April 20, 1871, cash Si:i7,sj! 59
Slav 10. 1871. cash 2I2.167 57
June 27, 1871, ensh 203,7m OS
July 21, 1S71, cash S9.007 5.1
7i 8,710 77
3d. UU commission of ten per cent.
on inoaniouni couecieu, iciaiueu
from tlio collections 291.C1G 01
S2.010.4t9 11
From theso lesults it will bo seen that
tho present condition of the claims
against tho National Government
stands thus:
Amount of claims filed ns beforo
shown $3,172,218. lfl
Of which (hero have been allowed
nnd collected 2 010,11,0 11
Tho bal meo at present in suspenso
ii mourns to ,
Further cUlms on the pin of the
201,719 OS
niaitican, l am luiorineu, oo iiuriy
rmulo.wlta ifwd prospect of colloc'
lion, v the amount i
ui...
100,0(0 (XI
outhtutiuruTalTiiryetTirbeoVec'-
ted $31)1 719 03
CREDIT StOHILlER OF AMERICA.
By tho fourth section of tlio act ap
proved May 1st, 1S03, taxing corpora
tions it is declared:
lhat tho capital stuck of all compa
nies whatever, incorporated by or under
any law or this Commonwealth,
shall bo subject to pay a tax into the
Treasury ot tho uominonwcaitu annu
ally, at tho rate of ono-half mill ror
each oao per cent, of dividends mado
ordtclared by such company."
Tlio taxes received during tno last
rour years from corporation stocks havo
annually exceeded one million dollars,
and aro now about tho one sixth part of
tno revenue or tno ataiu.
'Tho Credit Mobllier of America" Is
n corporation created by tho Legislature
or Pennsylvania; and under tlio vast
powers conferred by its cnarter, it un
dertook tlio construction of that great
national work, tho Union Paclilc rail
road. The first contract was mado witli
n Mr. ltoxlufor two hundred und rorty-
seven miles, at tho eastern terminus ef
tho road, nnu east oi me otie-nuniircdin
meridian, for tho consideration of fifty
thousand dollars per milo. This con-
tract was assigned uy noxio lo uio
Credit Mobllier, and the road was built
bv that company, in tno execution or
tho contract certain prollb wero mado
and dividends divided by tho corpora
tion ; nud tlio taxes duo tiiereou lo tno
Stato of Pennsylvania wero voluuturily
paid into tho Treasury. Soon after
wards anouicr contract was mauo witn
Mr. Oakes Ames, for tho construction
of six hundred and slxty-soven miles
or said road west or tho one-hundredth
meridian, ror an nggregato considera
tion or forty soven million nine hun
dred and fifteen thousand dollars. This
part or tho road was constructed under
tho latter contract; and out of tho
profits arising therelrom about tho sum
of nine million dollars was deeland as";
dividends, and paid to the stockholders
of tho Credit Mobllier. But when tho
Stato demanded her taxes on these im
mense profits, payment was reftiscd by
the corporation, on tlio grounds that
tho dividends though paid to, and re
ceived by, tho stockholders or tho cor
poration, and in the preciso amounts
and proportions in which they several
ly held stock iu tlio company, wero yet
paid lo tiiem as individuals, ami not as
btockholders. To mako good this do
leneo sundry papers, agreements nnd
contracts wero produced, and especially
a tripartlto agreement betweeu OaUes
Ames or tho tlrst part, sundry trustees
therein appointed or thu second part,
and thu Credit Mobllier or the third
part, by which, and tlio accompanying
parulo ovldenco, it was contended the
corporation was not responsible for tho
taxes claimed amounting to about one
million dollars. Thoaccountlug olllccrs
of the State, with counsel employed by
tho Auditor General, associated with
tho Attorney General, prosecuted the
claim with zeal and ability, nud on the
two separate inais in tno court oi com
mon pleas of Dauphin county recovered
verdicts nndjudgnieuta ngalust the cor
poration, Tho first was obtained November 25,
1609, for $107,183 39, and tho second,
December 23, 1870, for $010,391 03. Tho
defendant took writs of error ; and tho
Supremo Court roversed tliojudgments,
and In tho opinion or n majority or tho
Judgos certain principles aro declared
which nro considered fatal to n recov
ery by tho Stato, If this corporation,
created bv tlio laws of Pennsylvania.
by tho legerdemain or a tripartlto
agreement, and oilier contracts and
proceedings to which tho Common
wealth was not n party, can thus ovado
taxation upon Its capital stock, I can
linaglno no good reason why overy
other corporation may not by n resort
to tho same Ingenious coutrlvunco. ca-
capo tho payment or taxation on their
capital KtucU, und thus over a million
dollars annually be lost to tho Stato
Treasury. In view of this Impending
dunger, I earnestly invoke your prompt
and careful consideration of this whole
subect, and rccouiuiond sucli action as
will In tlio ftituro effectually protect the
interests oi tnu uominouwcniiii,
CO.SRTITUTIOffAT, UKFORSl.
The people at tho last election having
proclaimed unmistakably In favor of n
convention to rovlso tho Constitution!
it will doubtless bo tho pleasure or tho
Licgisimuro to provido tno necessary
legal machinery to carry out tho popU'
lar will on this important subject. 1
cordially sympathise with this move
ment, nnd in my last nntiunl mesengc
presented my views incrcon so ittiiy
mat n repetition or mem is deemed tin
necessary, but lo which special refer
onco Is mado. A careful rovlslon of our
fundamental law, by men quniiflod for
that duly, is Imperatively demanded
by tlio highest considerations or public
wenaro.
Connected with this, in a consldera
bio decree, nro tho nitrations of tho es
tnbtlshnicnt of n "Court of Appeals,"
and tho appointment of n commission
to rovlso tho tax laws and to equalize
taxation. Both or these measures nro
Important, nnd nro urged upon my con
sideration by Intelligent men from dif
ferent parts of tho Stnto. But, .inas
much ns the constitutional convention
may, with propriety, underlnko tho re
organization of our Judicial system.
and ns taxation should bo based upon
and made cotuormaiiio to tno require
ments of tho Constitution, I inclino to
tho opinion that general legislation on
these subjects had better be postponed
until thu notion of tlio proposed con
vention shall bo known,
CONGRESSIONAL AFPORTION.MENT.
The second section of tho first arficlo
of tho Constitution of tlio United States
as modified by tho second section or tho
fourteenth amendment thereto, defines
the principles and basis or congressional
representation : nnd imposes upon each
Stato the duty of dividing tho same,
overy ten years, into Congressional
districts, each containing us nearly as
posslblo tlio ratio of iuhabltatnts adopt
ed by Congress, based upon tho enu
meration of tno JNationni census oi 1S7U.
No moro Important duty than this
apportionment of tho Stato Into Con
gressional districts is likely to devolve
upon tho present iiogisiaturo ; anu I
hesneak ror It that careful and patriotic
consideration which is required by the
magnitiiuo oi tno interests involved.
EDUCATION.
Every citizen Is deeply interested in
tlio management und welfare or our
common schools, nnd in tho cause or
general education, and should rejoice
that In tho prosperity or so great a trust
lie is charircd with nn npproprlato share
of responsibility. In proportion ns tlio
character of public instruction is elevat
ed, tho vaSt multitudes who emerge
rrom our schools will oo properly pro
pared for tho nctlvo duties or life, nnd
"tho weighty responsibilities or Amer
ican citizenship."
Thirty-seven years havo elapsed sinco
tlio common school system was intro
duced into Pennsylvania, and tho gen
eral prosperity or tho Stato lias, ever
since, been commensurato with tho ad
vantages flint havo been afforded to Its
rapidly increasing population. Thoso
who wero instrumental in its introduc
tion, nnd thoso who hnvo devoted them-
selves to perfecting its operations as to
nicmous oi teaciiuig, tnu adaptation oi
buildings, and all other means er edu
cation, nro rully appreciated and com
pensated by tno graiituuo oi an goou
and intelligent people. But much yet
remains to do uono to periect its ulti
mate purposes, and it must not bo said
or us, now upon the field or action,that
wo are permitting tiiegood work to lan-
TUffi It. M. iS'uJiul UIUI 'ftllfll -
should bo allowed us to its efiieiency,or
that Its great nnd important onus nro
not being accomplished.
It was certainly tlio purpose or the
rounders or our common school system
to give every child in tho Common
wealth, without resrard tolls pecuniary
or social condition, the advantages or
sufficient education to cnablo him or
her to engage In tho successful transac
tion of tho ordinary brandies or busi
ness, and to obtain and maintain n re
spectabllity which Ignorance can novo?
acquire. Thus Tar this lias not been
luuy accomplished ; ior i am lniormcu
thero aro at least soventy-flvo thousand
children in the Stato who attend no
schools of nny kind whatover. It is
unnecessary to inquire Into the reasons
for this shameful neglect. The evil ex;
ists and demands an efficient remedy.
That remedy may probably bo found
either In compelling, or in holding out
inducements to parents and others hav
ing children in charge, whether rich or
poor, to afford them tho benefits, for lit
least a reasonable term of years, of our
public schools.
Thoso who neglect tills duty are un
fit guardians and deserving or sovero
reprehension. Parents are not tho sole
ownersor their children. The hitler aro
tho property of tho Stale, the prosper
ity or which materially depends upon
their futuro usefulness. They aro em
phatically her children, ami have an in
defeasible right to demand her protec
tion in their youth, that iu advanced
life they may, in turn, In eomo her pro
tectors. Let them bo properly reared,
trained and cultivated, and they will
grow up to maturity loving tho hand
that fostered them, and reeling a deep
and lasting interest in ils welhtro Air tlio
paternal care they received. And thus
many who would otherwise be neglect
ed may become an honor to themselves
nnd bright and t-hlning lights in tho
moral, social, religious and political fir
moment of tho Commonwealth. But let
these bo neglected, nnd what are tho
adverso results? Idlencts und ignor
ance are tho prollfio sources of vice nnd
crimo. Tlioy will 1111 our nlnis-houscs
with youthful vagrants, our prisons
with convicted criminals, houses of In
famy with dlssoluto wretches, tho pur
Ileus of our cities with drunken, mis
ernblo and half starved vagabonds and
cover our "l'ottei's ileitis" wun tno
craves of those who might havo been,
with proper instruction, oriiaiueuiH to
society and serviceable to their country.
T hese statements aro luuy sustutiieu uy
tho reports of prison inspectors, war
dens, physicians nnd philanthropists
who havo given tnosunject careiui con
sideration ; and It has been clearly de
monstrated that an exceedingly small
perceutago of tho suffering beings who
crowd our prisons und poor houses hnvo
recoiveu oven tno rudiments oi uu or
dinary education, or moral instruction
durlni? their childhood. This condi
tion of thliiL'siulinonlslies thoio having
chiirL'p.nf thu nubile Interests of a great
responsibility, and that tho application
or effectual remedies admits ot no delay
Therororo, such legislation is recom
mended ns will remedy any derects In
our school system that havo hitherto
railed to make it thorough, comprehen
sive and universal.
I would advise a moro liberal policy
to bo adopted In regard to tho compen
sation or teachers in tho public schools,
that tho highest order oi talent and the
best qualifications for thu responsible
and important duties of Instruction
may always bo eo euitd.
On this occaslou I havo omitted tho
statistical statements exhibiting tho
condltlou of tho different branches of
tho School Department, and respectful.
ly Invito i-our attention to tho carefully
prepared reports of tho Superintendent
for a detailed nccount ol tho Normal.
Agricultural, Common nnd Soldiers'
Orphans' schools and colleges, nud to
tho suggestions nnd recommendations
contained therein. Ills long and sue
cossful career its an educator eminently
entitles them to your attentlvo consid
eration. 1 also recommend an impro
priation or tlvo hundred nnd twenty
thousaud dollars In aid of tho common
Boiinnin mul four hundred ami eighty
thousand dollara for tho coutlnuanco of
tho soldiers' orphans schools, for tho
school year terminating Mny 01, 1873.
NATIONAL ClUAIU).
The nccompnnylng report of tho Ad
Jutnnt General will bo found nn Inter
esflnc document. It Is renlntn with
valunblo Information in regard to which
overy citizen of tlio Commonwenlth Is
lefWy concerned. Tlio present condi
tion nnti eiucieney oi tno military or
ganization or tno Htato, recognized ns
tho "Nntlonal Quard." Is In most in.
stances such ns to givo general satisfac
tion. From n very 3mall beginning,
at thcclosoof tho war. thov havonssnm.
od an attltudo most crcdllablu to tho
patriotic ardor of ouryoung men, somo
of whom during tho past year havo
been enabled to avail themselves of nu
opportunity to provo their usefulness
in tno lieid,
Tho clfcctivo forco of tho Notional
Guard Is at present nineteen regiments,
nnd threo battalions, comprising, with
unattached organizations, threo hun
dred nnd clghty-two companies, vizi
Eight artillery, twenty cavalry, and
threo hundred nnd fifty-four infantry.
Of tlio regimental organizations, thir
teen nro In. tho First division, ono In
tho Second, threo in tho Elchloeiith.
and two in tho Ninth. Tho ntrtrrernto
of enlisted men Is sixteen thousand
soven hundred und thirty-four, and the
commissioned oincers number one
hundred nnd forty-two. Tho Fifth bri-
gado of'tho First division, organized In
accoruanco with nn net or tho last Leg
islature. Is composed or thrco regiments
of colored troops.
lio enllro forco Is handsomely rnulp-
ped. and cenerallv well drilled and dis
ciplined, and prepared to meet any or
dinary emergency In which its services
may ho required or demanded bv tho
constituted authorities.
Tho riotous condition of affairs in
Luzerno county during tlio months of
April nud May last, demonstrato tho
uecessfly far and cillclency of theso vol
untary military organizations. For a
full account of theso disturbances of tlio
peace, and tho operations of the volun
teers ordered Into servico, you are
referred to tho report of tho Adlutant
General Edwin S. Osborne, command
ing tho Ninth division of tho National
Guard, which will bo found lu tho re
port of tlio Adjutant General. From
this document and other facts daily
communicated to mo during tho ex
istence of tho Scranton troubles, it Is
evident that our citizen soldiery cannot
bo too highly esteemed for their services
on that occasion : and their usefulness
is demonstrated should similar, or any
othor civil disturbances, hereafter occur.
nut ror tho prompt and judicious
management of tho National Guard on
the occasion of thefo riots, ono of our
most prosperous cities might havo been
reduced to ashes, millions of property
destroyed, many valuable lives sacri
ficed, nnd scenes of general ruin and
devastation produced.
By act of tho Legislature provision
was mado for the expenses necessary for
tho suppression of tho disturbances in
Luzerno county. They amounted to
thirty seven thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven dollars and thirty-six
cents. Tho various items comprising
this sum, properly audited, nnd paid
by tlio Stato Treasurer, will bo found
in detail in tho report of tho Adjutant
uenerai.
Tho history of tho voluntecra in tho
lato war is completed nnd ready for
distribution. It embraces flvo royal
octavo voltimrs. nnd lr"r.'"-,-,-
oBing it wors oi much labor nnd re
search. Aecompnnylng this you will
receive tho final report of tho Historian.
WRITS OF ERROR IN CRIMINAL CASES
At tho session of 1870, the Legislature
passed an act entitled "An net to allow
writs of error in cases of murder and
voluntary manslaughter," tho first sec
tion of which provides that a writ of
error "shall bo of right, and maybe
sued out upon tho oath of tho defendant
or ucienuanis, as tn cwu cases," The
second section makes It tho duty or tho
Judges of tho Supremo Court, in all such
cases, to review uotn tno law ami the
evidence. The imnortanco of thl sub
Ject, and the neglect of tho Legislature
to act upon it in respont-e to tno request
iu my la-t minimi missaco. makes It
inciinr-cut upon me to repeat my re
eomtii udation. Before tliis enactment
tho law rcqutitd tho defendant to allego
mat fomo error had been committed by
tho court on tho trial, and to show
cause, within thirty days, why tho writ
of error should bo grunted; but this law
gives a writ, whether any error is al
leged or not, nud allows tno ucienuant
seven years in which to issuo it, accord
ing 10 ite practice in civil cases, liero-
toioru mo jsxecuiivouiu not ordinarily
issuo tlio warrant ror execution or tiny
criminal until tho expiration or the
thirty days within which ho was per
mitted lo apply for his writ of error.
That limitation of thirty days being
now virtually repealed, and soven years
substituted therefor, is it expected the
warrant snail bo withheld lor tho soven
years? If not, when may it properly
issuo ? And if Issued nt nny tlmo with
in tlio seven venrs. mnv not tho crim
inal supersedo it nt any timo ho pleases
by his writ of error? And may it not
bo reasonably expected that this will
lo tho practical result In many cases?
This would seem like trilling with very
serious matters; nnu ircspeciiuuysuu
in It whether tho act should not bo re
pealed, or very materially modified,
without delay. In my met-sngo or 10th
February, 1870, returning tlio bill with
my objections, I gavo sundry reasons
why it should not bo approved, and
tno viows tuereiu expressed remnin un
changed. COAL SIINES.
During tho session of 1870 tho Legis
lature passed a law " providing for tho
health and safety of persons employed
In coal mines." which has been produc
tive of beneficial results. Yet there aro
deficiencies to bo supplied in order to
fully accomplish tho desired objects.
In u previous mcssago I endeavored to
mnko It appear that no extensive
coal in I no could bo pnfo without
moro than ono outlet, and not
even then unless secured by incoin-
bustlblo material. Tho recommenda
tion that at least two openings should
bo required has been incorporated in
tho law, but that regarding tho uso or
woou in tueir construction was unnccd
ed. It Is comparatively or llttlo im
portance how many means of exit thero
may no ir thoso nro choked up with tno
flames and smoke of burning- timbers.
This was demonstrated In September
last In tho terrlblo calamity at Fltts'toii.
which followed so soon after that of
Avondale, and was liss horriblo only
becauso loss oxtensivo, by whichtho
lives or eighteen miners wero sacrificed,
and which, with tlio proper precau
tion against fire, might probably havo
been saved.
A still moro recent casualty suggests
another amendment to tlio act referred
to. By tho reprehcnslblo iiractlce of
robbing iuo supporting columns, tno
roofs of tho mines, tho overlaying sur
faces of which aro In somo place cov
ered with houses, sink Into the vacuum,
causing tho destruction of many thous
ands!' dollars worth of property, as at
Scranton. H.vdo Park, and Wilkes-
barro. It should, therefore, bo mado
unlawful to removo tho coul supports
without supplying their plnco with
others of substantial masonry, or some
thing cfiulvnlent.
Tho roports of Inspectors of Mines
furnish much statistical Information
and other valuable and Interesting mat
tor. exhibition- their usefulness and
vindicating tho propriety of their op
poiniment.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION.
Tho small-pox has, during tho p-ist
year, mado Ita nppcaranco In the cities
and populous districts of tho Stalo In
July last It assumed nn epidemic char
acter, and Its ravages still eoi tlnue.
During tho last six months, In Phila
delphia nlono, ovor eight thousnnd
cases wero reported, of which eighteen
hundred nnd sovcnty-nlno proved fatal.
On this point tho Port Physician nnd
tho Health Olllcer of that city, In tin Ir
renortof December 11th. sav "It Is n
doplornbto sliamo that ten hundred
and eighteen lives (tho number report
ed up to that dote) havo been sacrificed
mis year, which couiti nnu snouiu navo
been preserved bv tho known mentis
or prevention." From this statement It
appears that moro than ono per cent, of
tno population oi mat city was smitten
With tho Infection, and Hint, the. mnrlnl.
lty exceeded tweuty-thrco per cent, of
tlio cases rcnorted. Tho epidemic, has
spread widely over tho State, and many
neighborhoods havo greatly suffered.
Tho causo ovidentlv exists nmonr
ourselves, nud It becomes our duty to
dovlso menns to nrrcst Its progress,' nnd
to enact such legislation as win protect
our peoplo against ils recurrence. This
Is n delicalo subject, but It is ono which
so deeply affects tho welfaro of our citi
zens!, anu tno general interests oi tno
State, that ll Is my duty to speak frank
ly nnu to the point. Aim it is also ono
in which every member of tho General
Assembly I? equally concerned. Emi
nent medical men unhesitatingly do-
chiro that thousands of lives havo been
sacrificed ror want of proper sanitary
laws. Theronro nonesuch in thoStitle:
and if they aro not speedily enacted 'n
weighty responsibility will rest upon
whom tho duty dovolves.
I auoto from n recent work by Dr. P.
II. Chovosse, nn eminent English sur
geon, nnd Dr. F. II. Gctcholl. lecturer,
Jefferson Medical College, tlio follow
ing paragraph :
amaii-nox is n pe3t. it is worso
ban tho placuo: for if not kent In sub
jection it is moro general sparing nei
ther young nor old, rien nor poor, nnu
commits greater ravages than tueplaguo
over did. Small-pox is it disgraco to
any civilized land, as thero is no neces
sity for its presence If vaccination
were frequently and properly perrorin-
ed, small-pox would bo unknown. Cow-
pox is a weapon to conquer smau pox,
and drlvo It ignominously from tho
field. My firm belier, then, is that if
overy person were, overy soven years,
duly and properly vaccinated, small
pox might bo utterly exterminated.
But as long as thero aro 6uch lax no
tions on tho subject, and such gross
negligence, tho disease will always bo
rampant; for tho poison of small pox
novcr slumbers nor sleeps, but requires
Uio utmost dlligcnco to eradicate it.
Tho great Dr. Jenncr, tho discoverer of
cow-pox cs a preventive for .small
pox, strongly advocated tho nbsoluto
necessity of overy person being vnccin
ated onco every seven years or oftoner,
if thero was nn epidemic of smull pox
in tho neighborhood." Theso eminent
physicians also aver that very few fatal
cases aro recorded as occurring nftor
vaccination, and theso may considered
as only exceptions to tho general rule,
and somo of them might bo traced to
tho vaccination not having taken effect.
They moreover say that persons who
tako small-pox after vaccination arc
seldom pitted, and tho diseaso assumes
a comparatively mild form. Tho ncces
.etijT, ,j..o,iix-, rur a compulsory vac
cination law and its utility, is also de
monstrated py unanswerable statistics,
contained in the report of tho Port
l'iiysicion, herewith submitted, and to
which you nro most respectfully ro
rerred. PARDONS.
Among tho most embarrassing and
responsiblo duties or tho Executive is
the exerciso of tho pardoning power.
There is scarcely a petition for pardon
mauo, upon wnicn strong conuicting
interests and opinions aro not brought
to bear, all of which must receive close
and unprejudiced scrutiny in order that
mercy anu justice may aiiuo bo satis
fied. This demands much tlmo and no
small amount of patience. Tho plead-
1128 or relatives, mends and lwnianlta-
rhuis must bo heard and dulvconsidorcd
on tlio one hand, and on tlio other the
action and decision of the courts, and
in many cases tho earnest protests oi
either sincere or malicious prosecutors.
And after his decision is fairly given in
favor of an unfortunato convict, tho
lixccuuvo must, in nunost every case,
bopiepared to encounter ncrlmonlous
criticism from parties who havo never
given tno subject ono moment's con
sideration. During tho past year the applications
for pardons numbered ono thousand
and twenty-three. Of these, sixty wero
granted, less than six per cent, of iho
entlro number, being about ono to eveiy
sixty thousand inhabitants or tlio Slate,
anu lar ueiow tno a"erago in nny biaie,
in proportion to the population, iu
which committets aie appointed to tx
erciso tliis power.
Accompanying tins mesiago win oo
found n pardon report, in conformity
with n plan adopted tho first year of
my administration. Theso reporls nro
mado for tho purpose of thowing that
uo secrecy adheres to the exercise of the
prerogative in question, nnu to iniorm
tho Legislature nnd the people, evtry
nnn nf whom has an interest in tlio sub
ject, what reasons havo been nddueid
lor me-liberation oi pertons convicieu
of crime, and what personal Influences
have been employe u lur tno ncccm
pllshment of that object.
COMSIUTATION8 OP IMPRISON SI ENT,
Tho act approved Mny 21, 1609, au
thorizing commutations upon tho terms
of prisoners convicted or crime, bus
prouueeu a ueciueuiy saiuiury mm.
Tho discipline of tho prisons Is reported
as being greatly Improved by tho vol
untary good conduct or all desirous of
availing themselves of Iho mfrciful
provisions of the law ; at.d refoiuiau ry
influences havo been maniftst in many
cases by thu good behavior of thoso wl o
havo been the fortunutd reelnlentB of
Its benefits. Tho improved habits of
prisoners dining tlielrtoufinemeut havo
gono with them inlo privato life, and
tho wisdom or tlio Legislature In pars
ing tho Jaw has thus been signally con
firmed. In nccordnneo with tlio tct
referred to, commendable conduct on
tho nnrt or a prisoner, such as will merit
and recelvo a favorable certificate from
tlio warden of a prison, witn tno ap
proval of its board of Inspectors, st cuii s
tho rollowiugdeductlons from tho tern, s
of sentence, viz:
uno uioniii on eacn oi uio nrsi ivo
years ; two months on each succeeding
year to tno nun year ; mreo juuhiub uu
each following year to tho tenth ; atid
four months on each remaining yiur of
tho term of sentence."
Tho number of convicts directed to
bo discharged, under this act, Lefoio
their terms of tenlcneo had expired,
from tho Stato penitentiaries aiuletuu
ty prisons, during tho post year,
amounts to flvo hundred nud fifty
three, and It Is a gratifying fait H at
thus fur 1 havo not heard of nny one of
them returning to habits or crime,
1 conclude with a tincero nnd earnest
deslro that your session may be charac
terized by universal kindness and geno
roslty, whllo on my port 1 wljl t.o
pleased to givo a cordlul concurrence In
every meusuro calculated to advanco
tlio iutcrebts of our common constitu
ents and tbo gcutrul prospcilly of iho
Commonwealth. .
JNO. W. GEAKY.
FxT-ciiTivH Chamber. 1
II nrrlsburg, January U, 1871. j