I ' Eli C rotor* adat 1 4 am". El *ear in sal wit tie* 4nt Nairntele ebrira. tenon of the “szlie lactiluurtlinkEr Is zaacb Inagne Slam aasyntater i ntioer publtsbed la an iCeinfty, aoleirly by not lens Man 11.1000 El= A NIMBER of articles in type Wive been crowded out to _make room for int. Goverimr's message. - Ws. surrender the larger portivu of td-d ay's paper to the 'Governor's Mes sage, which we publish in fUll. Ma lt m odel state paper, takes up almost ix °Judie& with a ocnsideration of prac tical queitions 'connected With State Legishdtt.' Governor GEARY gives a plain,- terse - resume.. of the various matters ofligenentl late:rest demanding the atteilalon of -ihe Legislature and the peo - ple, and the reader will-find in the message a mOstiathtfactory exhibit of 'the finances of the State, and other matters. -The State Debt has been largely reduced under the operation Of the Sinking Fund, but the Governors insists upon the most rigid economy in legislation,. with a viel 'to lessen the I drafts on the Treasury. He advises a sale of the Bonds held by the State, growing out of the sale of the public worts, and the application of the pro eeeds to the payment of the principal .1 the State Ikaby The message is brief—the vieersjudielons-4ind we be ,peak for it the careful periisal of our readers, as in striking contrast to the wordy, arrogant, dictatorial style of president JOHNSON'S Messages.. Gov. I ;CARY has a just conception of the r.-Intl ve duties and perogatives of the Executive and Legislative: branches of the Government, and while modestly and frankly stating his 'Own views when necessary, he is evidently dispos ed to defer largely to the judgment of the -Legislature as the law-making power. The message Whoa 'with a pertinent reference to national affairs and the great popular triumph of No vemfier. TAE contest for U. States Senator, to succeed Mr. Bucx.uarw, ;was virtually tettled by the -caucus of Republican enators and Members, at Harrisburg, on Wednesday list, Hon.- JOHN ScarT, of Huntingdon county; receiv ing the nornination. He will of course be elected. In his nomination the in tellect and virtue of the Rate. nobly as4Fted themselves. He is one of the motif / eminent lawyers and purest citi zens of the Commonwealth, of whose interests we doubt not he will prove a faithful guardian and manly represen tative. Other excellent names were suggested—honored names in. the Re publican party, and accepted as such throughout the nation. But it is no reflection upon them to say that the selection finally made is one of which all may justly be proud. Mr. SCOTT is about 48 years of age, a native of Huntingdon county. He studied law in Chambersburg, and was In the legislature one or two years &l ing the war, but has made his reputa tion chiefly at the Bar. In polities, he was a Douglas Democrat, but earnestly and unfalteringly espoused the cause of the country when assailed by the South ern Democracy. He is an advanced Republican. ge has been active, on the stump for many years, and was President of the Republam Judicial Convention which met at Williamsport in 1887. • Our State contains no abler or purer man ; and We congratulate all the oltizens thereof upon his election. TEE Legislature mat on Tuesday last, and both Houses were promptly organized by electing the nominees of the Republican caucus. WILLIAM WORTRINO3iON, of Chester, was elected Speaker of the Senate, by a vote of 18 to 16, CR,►RLETON BURNETT, of Mon roe, being voted for by the Democrats. The officers of the Senate are : Chief Clerks--george W. liarnersley, of Germaniqyrn. Assistant Clerk . —Lucius Rogers of Mc- Kean, and F. H. Braggins, of Mercer. . Transcribing Clerks—Ebenezer Williams, of Pittsburg; H. C. Boller, of Montgom ery ; Charles Williams. of Philadelphia, and John Anderson, of Beaver. Sergeant-at-arena.—William A, Rupert, o I 'rawtord. Mr. WHITE, of Indianla. Introduced the following resolution, which led to a protracted discussion, Mr. WALLACE and other Democratic Senators oppos ing it, and it was withdrawn Resolved, That, If the House concur, John Burns, of Gettysburg, whose patriotic cour age at the battle of Gettysburg is tiunlllar to the people of Pennsylvania, be and he is hereby continued as Assistant Doorkeeper Of the Senate for the session of 1869. JOHN CLARK, of Philadelphia, was elected Speaker of the House, receiving 60, and Mr. JOSEPHS, the Democratic nominee, 57 votes., The other officers elected are : Mel Clerk—Gen. James L. Selfridge, of Northampton. Resident Clerk—John A. Smull, of Pfar fisbnm. Assistant Clerk—E. G. Lee, of Philadel phia. Transerlbirkg Clerks—G. A. Magee, Philo Burritt, W. B. Irwin, J. D. Miller, R. Ber. nand, Charles Tubbs, George A. Bakuven. - M. Cowell, of Philadelphia. Postmaster—A. G. Henry, of Arms. 'strong. Assistant Postmaster—A. W. Kimmel], of Indiana. Messenger,—;Jsmes M'Calley, ofPhilade phis. CONGRESS re-assembled on Tuesday with a quorum in both Houses. In the Senate a debate was cussed by the introduction by Mr. FERRY of a reso; • lution of inquiry as to the authority of the President to issue his recent Am nesty Proclamation. Mr. FERRY said that, whilst he was in favor of amnesty, he doubted the authority of the Presi dent to confer it in this sweeping way. Messrs. Howard, Frelinghuysen and Conkling concurred in doubting the power, of the President to pardon by generalproolamation. Messrs. Dooptr- TLE and DAsus defended the pies', _dent's action.. AL tile close of the de bate the resolution was adopted.. THE Philadelphia Morning Pori, started as a penny paper a year or so ago, has been view successful, and now makes Its appearance greatly enlarged and will.fiereafter be issued aka two cent paper. The Pori le a bold, out spoken advocate of the principles of the Republican party, an enemy of po litical*rings and corruption, and is con ducted withial editorial tact and ability that is alwayti sine, to command sue-. THE gener u t impression 11 that tbere Will be alfaroh seision of the 4lst Con grees,;ar 0 . the question Of organization Is being Agitated by the Republican members.. Jinni% BLAINE, of Maine, and Dewitt, of Massachusetts,' are the most o prominao eandidates for Speak- Despatches from Washington say that Mr:llclizmussort will have no.op pnent for. the Clerkship among his .-, and It is iwobable the Demooraia wilkirote for him silo, _ ji0.6.6W W. JILLOKEY, cashier of the All4 - 111e_hy 'National Bankot Pittsburg, was notattutted for ;State Thasum-- Isrui p the prament, inciunbeinf s62linthir• lb Me Sinaies and House of Iteir: &dives of Me amsmoriwecgth of Pennsylvania 4 • theertmeag --For the baniwril .anti gen relations or Comity and trisifflehip eitoing between Preimaylvantent all the ofi other States rritories it:National Union; for the i:tsent prosperous condi tion of the Commonwealth; for the glad signs of coming political tranhuility; and for the success which attends the 'progress of our free institutions, we ovie a heavy debt of gratitude - to Divine Prtividence. In view of thellivomble - eireumeltmees under which you are now assembled, it becomes my province and duty, as it is my pleasure, to offer you my hearty congratulations, and to tender you a cordial welcome to the Leg : islative Halls of the State ; This, indeed, affords mea higher gratification because I participate with your constituents in the confidence manifested by them in selecting you to represent‘their individual interests as wall as thoseeitf the Commonwealth. On your wisdom, integrity, judgment and dis cretion, all will undoubtedly rely-for the correct determination of every question af fecting• the largestinterests and gravest re sponsibilities, and for a continuance, and even an increase, of that prosperity which has hithertoleen so signally enjoyed. It is nottwithout a conscionsnelis of the great responsibility resting upon me that I undertake theiperformance of a censtitu: tional duty, requiring that - the Geverttor "flail from dine to time give to _the Gener al Assembly information of the state of the Commonwealth, and recommend, to their consideration such measures •as he shall judge expedient." In conformity with this requirement your attention will be called only to such matters of public interest as in my judgment deserve careful consideration and action on your part during the present ression, F . FINANCES The following is a carefully prepared statement of the financial condition of the State for the fiscal year ending November 80, 1867 : The reports of the Auditor General and State Treasurer shows that the balance In the. Treasury, November 30,1867, was P 4,660336 46 Ordinary receipts during the - fiscal year ending November bO, 1868 —... Depreciated funds In the Treasury, .... ;Total In Treasury for fiscal year end ing Nov. 30,1868 Payments, viz ; Ord Mary expenses dar ing the fiscal year ending November 30, 1388 $2.454,308 00 Loans, de., redeemed—. 4,417,463 64 Other lily menu. 12,800 00 Internet on 1,979,090 91 Depreciated fund', un available. Balance In Treasury, Nov-10, $1,013.415 31 SINFLING FrICD By an act approved April 10, 1868, the transactions of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund were ordered to be thereafter reported annually to the 80th day of No vember. Their last report, therefore. in cludes a perkd of one year and three months. The following is the "recapitulation" of the operations of the sinking fund, from September 3, 1867, to November 30, 1868: dAlsacu iu fund September 3, jpSt,7 $1,737,NU 41 Receipts In fund irutu September 3 1607, to Votember 3Q,1965.. :056,t004 72 sl,sos,vis b 4 Paid interest Premium. paid ...lair alent for Luaus rode emed. 49 £8 9,414,819 61 Balance In fund November 30,15C,S By the sixth section of the act 'of May 18, 1861, a special tax of coequal mill on the dollar•was specially set apart for the payment of the interest and redemption ot the loan created by an act of May 18, 1861, entitled "An Act to create a loan and . pro vide for arming the State." Balance on hand September 3, ICr VD= .17 The roes STAB from said tax and tax on grosa receipts from September 3,1507, t o N nrember 1668, amount to - . . Total _..... v 41 , 12 87 Inierest paid in Jarmary and Ju1y,113158 160,245 t,O Balance in fond November 30, 1868 $574,667 7 CONDITION OP BALANCES Balance In elating fund o ven,ber 30.1848 $931,03i 76 Dalanee in sinking fund Nurember 30, IEI6B 57-I,G6t 37 $1,508,700 13 Deduct balance In Treasury, November 30, 1565 Balance in favor of sinking fund REDUCTION' OF ME STATE DEBT By the report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund fur the year ending Sep tember 3,, 186'7, the "loans redeemed" amounted to $4,794,569 50, and brtheir report from September 3, 1867, to Novem ber 30, 1868, the "loans redeemed" amount a to $2,414,81G 64, making a total reduc tion of the State debt, in two years and three months, of $4,209,386 14. The assets remaining in the Sinking Fund are as follow, viz :—Bonds of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, $6,400,000, and bonds of the Philadelphia and Erie Rail road Company, $8,500,000. These are non-interest bearing bonds and will not mature forinany years. I, theiefore, re commend to the consideration of the Leg islature the propriety of the passage of a law, authorizing the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to sell these bonds at public sale to the highest Milder, and direct the proceeds to be applied to the liquidation of the State debt. rraup DRBT Public debt outstanding December 1, 1867 837 704, 400 7 Deduct the amount redeemed at State Treasury during the fiscal year end ing November 30, 1868, • iz S per cent. loathe-- 54,351,253 64 43‘ per cent. 10an5......_.63,000 GO Relief notes cancelled.. 210 00 Public debt December 1,1888 Statement showing the condition of the Indebtedness of the Commonwealth on the first day of December, 1868. Funded debt, viz : . 6 per cent. loans ... 1126,211.180 00 - 5 per cent. loans. 7.749,771 66 4)4 per cent. loans 112,000 00 . -- • ~. Total funded Unfunded debt, vis : Relief notes in circula tion ' - $96,415 00 Intermit certilicatee out standing- 12,086 62 . = 1 otereat - cas &ideates un- claimed..... '. ....... . '• .4,440 38 - -...... .. Domestic creditoiecer tiflcates. 44 67 Total unfunded— . 113,9951 57 Total landed and unfunded Sa B 26 6.34 3 13 $414444144444 Which is the amount of the State debt as before stated. During the last eighteen years there has been carried upon the scommts of the Au ditor General and State Treasurer, and in their several public statements, "depreciat ed funds unavailable" to the =mud of $41,082. I recommend the appointment of a joint committee, by the Legislature, whose duty it shall be to examine the said depreciated and unavailable funds and dia. one of them to the best &dui:digs of the Treasury ; or, if found to be worthless, to 1 cancel and destroy them, so that the ac counting officers may be relieved from the necessity and responeibilLty of annually ac counting for them. The large cash balance remaining in the Treasury on the Stith Sof November, 1887, has been used for the payment of thetiven ty-three million loan and for the lignidadon of outstanding claims against the State.— The investment of the fundk in one or the modes recommended in my last annual message. has, therefore, in a great measure bees rendered unnecessary for the present. Bat in the event of large - accumulations- of money hereafter, the recommendations therein givan are respectfully referred to, and retiewed. Whenever there may be surplus - Am& In the Treasury, Um can, with safety and beneth to the State, he eat ployectin the purriteue _of its ovAstainting bonds, sod In esving-the honest on; them wig* voted sonnittgeslo4er 40111* . ww IMdir, &Dhoti& fhtlyfoniwarttett in regard,-to the security and want of preper and diffident guards for the safe keeping of the money of the Commonwealth, failed to determine upon anjyy - whie:h theTimentrzinay be efreottmllygeastrded against the peasibiti, st#W 10811. 'Pie present Legislature has it itt its newer 14 . seeneelfor itself no ordinary honor; by the enactment' of such a law, stiong del efficient for the purpose indicat: ed, and the enjoyment not only of the, tip probathin, but the permanent gratitude of every citizen. Notwithstanding the satisfactory reduc tion of-the public indebteitepea, es show% in the foregoing statements, an immense State debt is dill upon us, requiring nearly $2,000,000 of dollars to be collected to pay the interest accruing upon it annually. Its extinguishment at the earliest practical pe riod, not inconsistent with other public in teresta, is of the highest importance to every tax-payer. I cannot, therefore, too strongly urge the strictest economy in re spect to every expenditure and the utmost retrenchment in every department. Retrenchment is emphatically demanded by the people, in legislative expenditures, as well as in every other branch of the gov ernment. . Their eyes ire open to investi gate every transaction, and by their ballots they are ready to strike down those who will not take effective action in 'favor of positive and radical reform. The money paid into *he Treasury is 'the property of the people, every one of whom has a just , right to hold his representatives to a strict accountability for every dollar that may be appropriated or expended. I I here renew - the remarks made last year on the subject of "annual appropriations," to which you are respectfully referred. For tour successiveyears the general appropri ation bills have been signed on the eleventh day of April, being about the the time of adjournment. The Governor has been forced either to sign the bills without prop er investigation, notwithstanding any ob jections he may have ; suspend the means to defray the operations of the government for the ensuing year ; or call an extra ses sion of the Legislature. I repeat that ""it is earnestly desired that the appropriation bill be taken up, discussed and passed at a sufficiently early period during the session to enable it to receive that thorough exami nation whichits importance demands." anrcArion.—oommox - SHOOLS. 5,216,1M9 55 41,032 00 The annual report of the Superintendent of Common Schools exhibits the condition 'of that department in a highly satisfactory manner. Within the State there are 1,918 school districts; 13,766 schools; 2,382 grad ed schools; 11,698 school directors; 73 . county city and borough superintendents ; 16,771 teachers ; and 800,515 pupils. The cost of tuition for the year 'was $3,273,269 ; of building, purchasing and renting school houses : $1,991,152 55; of conting enc,es, 84854,253.21. These three items, with expenditures for all other purposes connected therewith, amount to the aggre gate sum of en,26 . 0,537 ee. These facts are exhibited with great satis faction, as they show the average annual cost for the tuition, of each pupil to be about seven dollars and seventy-tour and a half cents. The average amount paid to each teacher is about $195 171 1 ! per annum.— This, in my opinion, is too small a salary to secure the services of competent teach ers; and lam fully Justified' in urging the necessity of increased compensation, It is but Just, and it will have an elevating tend ency not only upon the teachers but the manner in which their duties are performed. Your attention is called to the tact that, notwithstanding the ample provision now made by law' for the education of all Per sons between the ages of six and twenty one years, large numbers of children, prin cipally in our cities, do not attend any kind of school. Over twenty thousand of this class are found in Philadelphia, and the number in the State is estimated to be not less than 75,000. These children.grow up in ignorance, frequently without employment, and many-of ..ct, Imbita which eventually cause them - 10 be commit ted to houses of refuge, county prisons or penitentiaries. Humanity and sound policy demand that something be done to remedy this growing evil, and also that of the neg lected condition of considerable numbers of children in the alms and poor houses in t9,915,01ft 01 41,0a2 00 9,905 3,418,992 1 4,:2:,871 95 $034 032 70 ~~s' ~"~ MEM 1,013 415 37 many of the counties. . Fohr Normal Schools are now recogniied as State institutions. The number of stud ents attending them during the past year was 2.115, of whom eighty graduated. Two additional Normal Schools will probably go into operation during this year, one located at Bloomsburg, Columbia county, and the other at California, Washington county.— The value of these institutions to the com mon school system cannot be estimated.— Our schools are comparatively worthless without qualified teachers, and such teach ers can most easily be obtained from the - Normal institutes, where the art of teaching `is made a specialty. A meeting of the presidents and other au thorities of a number of our principal col leges was held in Harrisburg last winter, the object of which was to bring about a closer union of all our cdtiettlional institu tions, and connect by a bond -of sympathy, if not of organic structure, the common schools, high schools, academies and col leges. The establishment of such an edu cational department seems to be desirable. There Is no subject more worthy the de liberations of the Legislature than the pro motion of the welfare of our common schools. They immediately underlie the characteristic features of our social system ; they are fountains of that wide-spread in telligence, which, like a periennial vitality, ,pervades the nation, and are nurseries of that inquiring spirit to which we are in debted for the purity and tireserration of our free institutions. In a ziOptiblican gov ernment educatiOn Is a sure. heals of power and public prosperity. ~-Hy it the people are taught to discern and tetimate the value of :their own righta ; to diiiiingnish between oppression and the exercise of lawful au thority ; to discriminate between liberty $.45.t64 in /4444144414 • 17,46.1 64 . zsts.ose 13 14"-41:t4=131 and licentiousness; to preserve an inviola ble respect for the laws, and exercise "etern al' vigilance" against any encroachments up on them. It is cdmitti3d that a thoroughly educated people alonepan be permanently free. By educational culture patriotienit is expanded, and the principles, manners and sentiments or the whole people are assimi- stud. ,Many of the sources of Jealousy and prejudit* are diminished; social harmony largely increased . , and the structure of our free - happy system of government cemented, strengthened and adorned. Borman' ORPRiall' 110110OLL In his report the Superintendent of Sol diers' Orphans' Schools exhibits the total expenditure for their support from Deoem her 1, 1867 to Mai 81, 1888, to be $286,970 26 ; total number of pupils in the schools 8,- , 481; average coot per pupil $69 06 } for six months; and the average Weeklytexpenses per pupil $2 64, The fiscal year of these schools, dike that ! of the comp= schools, tee:wages by lave on the last day of May of each year, The prevent report of the .13u perintendent, therefore, eiTthreefs only eix months, and repoits-will be made up to tint 21st day of May, annually, hereafter. The epode' appropriation of February 25, 1868, made in accordance with au estimate of the Superintendent, presented in my last an nual memo, weeded the actual expenses $6,004 14. • Notwithstanding every possible effort has been, and will continue to be made, to economise in the mimes of the ppitont year, and to keep them as far as possible within the appiwpriation midis by the last - It will readily bi *lamed that there will a, tor the year ending liay 81, 1889, 09 iknount of Which will be Ardour adondord sag prearnwd tom session The schools are all In gercidcOndition and improving, and theirmsefulnese is daily be coming more manifest. They are among the most phihmtprople institutions of the Itgei.anitreflect •hig}x .honor on the patrio that. of the'4egildiduts -by which they_ have been so *wally endowed and upon our.peo ple by-Whom they.Mis` sustained. The chill then who are the recipients of their tenefits are the offspring of brave men who volun tarily, emlangered their lives in the cause of their country in the most trying hour of its existence, and as heroically as the noblest men in the word's history. Thousands of them who left their homes in the bloom of health and with the brightest hopes of manhood, now sleep in death, leaving their widows and little ones to the care of the country in whose service they fell, and which' promised them its protection. Their children are the wards of this great Com monwealth ; and too, much praise cannot be awarded its people for the munificent and tender manner hi which they have thus far, through their representatives,dischargett the sacred and delicate trust. AGIIIOULTUUAL COLLEGE Before the General Government appro printed public lauds to the several States for the purpose of agiieultural and military ed ucation and the mechanic arts, and prior to the l time when Pennsylvania endowed the Agricultural College with her share of these lands, it was dependent wholly upin indi vidual influence, without any other means for its support than its own earnings. His tory proves that seminaries of learning can not be efficiently sustained by their own in ternal resources. The education of youth in the higher branches of knowledge seems , to require the aid of philanthfopic contri butions. This institution had not these bene fits to an adequate extent, and though the board or trustees bestowed upon it the most anxious care, their zeal and labor, combined with those of its friends, were not equal to a contest with the want of means. Hence the school did not command the confidence of farmers who were able to educate their sons, and who could not' forget that the' character of the college attached to the character ails graduates ; and that its fail ure would enter into the estimate Which the world would place upon the education it bestowed. This feature has now been re moved. The people, through their Legisla ture, have endowed this institution with the interest upon a land of $318,500 00, (in vested in United States and Pennsylvania State six per cent. bonds,) payable to it semi-annually. Last year this interest a mounted to $25,642 78. The residue of the fund, *43,886 50, has been appropriated, under the law, by the board of trustees, to the purchase of three model and experi mental hums; one at the college, in Centre county, for gi , S,ono no, one in Chester coun ty for :$17,7.10 00, and one in Indiana coun ty for $18,136 50. The board has also re cently re-organized the faculty and remodel ed the course of studies, so as to adapt them to the wants of the agricultural com munity. This new order of things goes in to operation at the commencement of the next session, and it Is earnestly hoped will, be a success. There is no profession, trade' or calling in life, where the value of know , ledge and the lights of science, and the prac tical application of both, are st, potent for profitable results as in their adaptation to agricultural p.orsuiis. And in this truly practical age it is well worthy of the con sideration of parents, whether they should not avail themselves of the benefits of this institution, now so generously endowed by the State. MILITARY Frdm. the report of the Adjutant General you will learn the condition of the military Department. The inactivity in military af fairs after the cessation of hostilities and upon the return of peace, has in a great Measure been dispelled, and an active mar tial spirit now prevails throughout the State: more particularly in Philadelphia, where, by a special legislative enactment, the minimum number of men required to form a company has been reduced, and a brigade fund is raised by a tax upon those who are not members of a military organi zation, but liable to the performance of military duty. I recommend the passage of a similar law for the whole State. For the sake of preserving the great interests in volved, which include the lives, property and happiness of our people, this Is present ed to you as an important subject for your deliberation. Every possible encouragement of volun teers has been afforded, and notwithstand ing the difficulties indicated it has resulted as follows: In 1866 there were eight volun teer companies in the State ; in 1847, thir ty-eight ; and in 1868, seventy-seven, and a number of others in preparation for organi zation. By a reduction of the number for a com pany from that now required to an aggre gate of fifty officers and men, companies would soon be numbered by the hundred, any of which could easily be recruited to the maximum number if required for active service. The State that always maintains the highest degree of preparation, accom plishes most and suffers least in the conflict of arms; and by being in readiness it often prevents improper encroachments upon her rights. The Adjutant General presents a full and detailed statement of the disbursements in his department during the year ending Nov ember 30, 1868, with an estimate for the ne cessary appropriations for the current year, and also for such amounts as have been dis covered to be due from 'the Transportation Department, contracted during the war. STATE AGENCY The existence of the Military State Agency at Washington terminated on the 3lst day of July last, at which time the appropria tion for the payment of Its expenses was ex hausted. Much benefit resulted to many of the soldiers of oar State, and their repre sentatives, from this office, in which their ju .t dues from the United States Govern ment were collected and transmitted to hem free of charge. In August, after the agency ceased to exist, there still remained a considerable num i laiof unsettled claims, and as no one kne4tSte about their con dition, or could obtain an earlier settlement of them ilian the late agent, Col. Cook, I permitted that, uponsftown offer, to close up the businpasoftbAAce, and to transact any other tuft: e soldiers of Pennsylvania at one- see that are charged by any other p: 7 • envy in Washington City. This ~ ent has thus far ban carried out, attik am pleased to add, with very general satisiketion. All the books and papers of the agency will be transferred to the office of the Adjutant General. REGISTRY LAW. At the last session of the Legislature an act was pissed known as the "Registry Law," the intention of which' *ae to pro test the ballot-box - against co*. . and fraudulent voting, to which it . h " many years been diagracefUlly i - f? 1 seems to have been so defective • ,` its provisions as to have received ' 4744 e; domnation of a majority of the Stftiriglf : ;court, by which it 'was pronounced "kid congruous and unconstitutional." At the .election immediately after this decision, It Is alleged that frauds were pa:pet/veil, sur passing in magnitude, perhaps, any tha t have been consummated heretofore in the' history of the Commonwealth. These trends have demonstrated the necessity of the passage of some law, or laws, that will itecomplishtile desired object, without be ing subject to the exceptionable" features pointed out by the learned gentlemen who prnounceS . the 'ropinion of the Supreme Bench. ' There Is nosaideet of such vital impor tation to the whole mostly is the emellit7 of *Fax citizens id their right to the electiie fran &Lie. This right is our proudest boast. It endows the American citizen with a freedom and a power not possessed by the subject of any other govekunent. It makes -him the peer of his fellow man, whatever may be his rank, station, ' or pos ition in life. to be deprived of it by any mesas whatever, his boasted freedom be comes a sham—his especial and exalted prerogative a:mockery and a farce. What avails it to the citizen that he is entitled to a vote, if that vole is, to be nullified by fraud ? Such guards, then, should be thrown around the polls as will effeeillaDY, if 1708- Bible, preserve them &oil the taint of a sin gle illegal vote. Not only should false vot ing be severely punished, but false swear ing to obtain a vote; be visited with the pains and penalties of perjury anti with perpetual disfranchisement. The people must be perfectly free to reg ulate their public business in their own way, and when the.volee of the majority is fairly and clearly expressed all should bow to it as the voice of Gad.. They are the sovereign rulers, and their will must be the law of the land. Corruption of suffrage in a republican government Is the deadliest crime that can be perpetrated; it is assassi nation of the sovereignty of the people, and will be followed by a depotism, the motive power of which will be money and perjury. And if this privilege be tamper ed with, sooner or later. the sure and indig nant popular condemnation will. be render ed and condign puhistimen administered. All good citizens, of whatever political opinion, should lend their aid tor the ac complishment of any and every measure that may tend to secure each voter, not on ly his right to the elective franchise, but the assurance that his vote will not be rendered valueless by illegality, corruption or fraud. Every proper Itti:ility for the natuntllza tiou of: citizens of foreign birth should be afforded ; but the Legislature, in its com bined Wisdom, can surely enact some mode to prevent the possibility of a single vote being cost upon spurious naturalization pa pers, and this fully secure the purity of the electiom franchise. REVISION Or TH . EYLL CODE. The commisssonem a pp ointed to codify the statute laws of the State have diligently prosecuted the work assigned them and with every prospect that it will be fully completed within the time prescribed by the legislative resolutions of April 3, ; and in further compliance with them, they will cause to be laid before each In such of the _General Assembly, at its present session, _Various titles of bills, with • brief abstracts of the several sections of each, which have been matured. INS MA ECE DEPARTMEYr Among the sunjects of importance to the citizens of Pennsylvanian is the establish ment of an Insurance Department. Such departments are in SUCCCSBiIIi operation in several neighboring States, by means of which the interests of insurers are ,guarded and promoted. So careful a siiiiervislon is had over the transactions of insurance com panies that frauds are rendered almost im possible, and spurious companies can have no existence. The result of the protection thus afforded, is. that whilst foreign com panies, thus protected, do immense busi ness in this State, so little confidence is had in those of Pennsylvania that their busi ness is almost entirely confined within the stale limits; and lately some of them have withdrawn their agencies front other States, because no risk will Jr taken, in conse quence of the inadequacy of the laws to afford protection to insurers. To this de fect, - moreover, many be attributed the operations of the number of worthless companies which have suddenly sprung up, without any solid basis, and as zstddehly expired, to the injury of all whose confi dence they obtained, and to the dishonor of the Commonwealth. Whilst Pennsylvania insurance companies transact little business outside of the State, it is alleged that for life insurance companies alone paid taxes la" year an 1 13 , 15 0 6 ,00 u of pmannins received in Pennsylvania, a great propor tion of which would be confined to this State if the same protection was given by law to its citizens as is afforded by other States. The report of the Insurance De partment of New York, published in 1867, shows that the companies which were doing business in 1866, in Pennsylvania, and also in New Yark, had risks in force for more than five thousand million of dol lars ; and it is believed that the risks in Pennsylvania companies, which, fur want of a proper Insurance Department, cannot be obtained, would swell the amount to over six thousand million. In view of these facts, and of the costly experience of the people who have been imposed upon and defrauded by unsubstan tial and ephemeral companies, I repeat the recommendation made to the Legislature at its last session, that :in Insurance Dc. partment be established, and a superinten dent appointed by law, who shall have su pervision and control over all insurance companies allowed to transact business within the State, and annually publish, un der oath, full reports of their transactions. The community is lleeply interested in this matter, and demands the protection which can thus only be afforded. NEW HOSPITAL POE THE INSANE. • The commissioners appointed by an act of the last sessi on "to establish an addi tional State Hospital for the Insane," have notified me that they will present a report of their proceedings sometime during the present month, which will be oommunica ed when received. DA3LABES BY lIALDS In accordance with an act of the last ,session, providing for an investigation and adjudication of the claims of citizens of several counties "whose property was de stroyed, damaged or appropriated for pub lic service, and In the common defence in the war to suppress the rebellion," a com mission of three competent gentlemen was appointed, who have performed the allotted duties, and will soon make tifull report of their transactions. PAWS BroPosrnoN. I have received through the Secretary of State of theynited States, a bronze medal and diploma front the Imperial Commis sioners for the best specimens of Pennsyl vania anthracite coal esuibited at the Pods liCaposition- in 1867. These tributes to an important branch of the internal resources of Pennsylvania have been assigned a place among other valuaide relics in the Execu live Chamber. • STAFF COAT OF ARMS., Diligent but unsuccessful search has .IKen repeatedly made for the coat of arms of the State, and for the authority under which the present design was established It seems that for year) past no trace of either the orightal authority or design could any where be found, and it is recommended that . the Legislator) take the negassary steps to supply the4mmissiop, by such means as they in their wisdom shall deter- mine,. I2",er; sun itsvolinotslints. ntimber of benevolent, charitable and Institutions annually receive aPPro• priationo to the State ibr their support. 'these appropriations, in most, if not In all abets, appear to have been adeqnate for the purposes to which it was intended they ahould be applied, and are as liberal as clat *lona* be expected in the present con dition of the Treatniry of the State. Tut strilgusua NNA sisszarmL ;A'Prelimbiary report on theBusquelaanna fieheries has been submitted by Col. James Ir * all ' Civil Rogittetw, CommiNdoner en d east of the Legman in reference tlrreta. There are some facts which should._ be embodied in the report, but watch Cannot be ascertained ®tile early in dainuy. Peamirsion, has therAbre been ;manila the boxiiiiiisidoner, at his request, to'posqXma the submission of his regular report until the earliest day practica ble during the present month. CATTLE DISEASE. I I The rcevalence of contagious or °Odom tlc dilations among cattle and other.&abash) has for some , years pest been a prolific I scource of anxiety and alarm among the 1 producers and consumers of meats in many lof the States. It was therefore' deemed important to call a convention of compe tent persons• to tyke into consideration the means best calculated to remedy this great and growing evil. This convention, com posed of three commissioners each from the fourteen - States represented, appointed in accordance with an 'agreement by the several Governors, assembled at Springfield, Illinois, on the first of December last, and an account of their transactimui is herewith presented. Without legislature authority, but believ ing my action would be sanctioned by the people's representatives i —T appointed Dr. airman Corson and Messrs. E. C. Humes and A. Boyd Hamilton, commissioners to represent Pennsylvania in that convention. These gentlemen freely gave their time and experience, and also incurred a pecuniary expense of about three hundred dollars, to defray which I recommend that an appro priation be made. STATISTICS In view of the vast amount and great variety of the products of the State, a desk for the collection of statistics, relative to ea . ports and imports, agriculture, manufac tures, coal, iron, oil, lumber, &c., might, with propriety and profit, be establbLed. This could be accomplished by the employ ment of a competent clerk, under the su pervision of one of the present heads of department, whose duty should be to collect and publish such farts as might tend to stim ulate and increase our productive energies, instill new life and vigor into our manufac turing interests, lead to more accurate knowledge of all our internal resources and the proper methods for their development. There is abundant space in the Capitol buildings to be appropriated as a receptacle for books, papers, mineralogical and geol ogical specimens, and other articles that might be contributed appropriate to such a department and which iu a few years would form an invaluab:e collection. Under legie 'mute direction, the good results would be almost incalculable, and are required by the progressive spirit of the age in which we live. RESOLUTIONS OP TIM VEEMONT LEGISLATURE Your attention is called to the accom panying joint resolutions, passed at the last session of the Vermont Legislature, bearing a just tribute to the late Hou. Thaddeus Stevens. Joint resolutions tram the same body arc also sent you, which I regard as worthy of your consideration, relative to the net of Congress "to establish and pro sect National Cemeteries,' and recommend ing "to the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania the passage elan act empow ering the board of commissioners having charge of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, to transfer all the right, title, intere.Qt and care of said Soldiers' National Cemetery to the General Government, upon the completion of the same. = It has been the mishit - tune of the State dining the past year to lose by death two of her representstives in the Congress of the nation, lion. Thaddeus Stevens, of the Ninth, and Ilou. Darwin A. Finney, of the 'twentieth District. Both were natives of Vermuut t but in early Lite selected Penn sylvania for their home, and identified themselves with her interests, which they were chosen to guard in the Legislature; and the people of the Commonwealth will long remember with gratitude their faithful and elfit,lent services. The first went down to his grave alter a long life of public use tulness and in well matured honors ; the other in the prime of manhood, whichgave promise of a scarcely less brilliant career. PARDIUSP, The list of pardons issued during the past year will be found among the papers to which your attention is called. The prin cipal reasons upon which they were based, and the names of some of the prominent petitioners, are given in every case. That a few of these pardons may have been un worthily granted, through misrepresenta tions of relatives, friends, sympathizing neighbors and other interested parties, there is no doubt, but in the majority of instances it is certain that the facts not only justified but demanded Executive clemency. The whole number of applications for pardons during the year has been 1623. The number of pardons granted in that time has been 106, which is a little over 63 per cent. Of those pardoned about 5 per cent. have been again brought before the c. , urts in consequence of their return to the commission of crime. I am fully impressed with the weighty responsibility of the pardoning power, which ranks among the most difficult and „embarrassing 4luties of the Executive office. Daily beset with powerful and pitiful im portunities, as well as conflicting represen tations, from those in whom he should be enabled to place the fullest confidence, in order to avoid errors in the decision of any case, the Governor is compelled to take in to consideration the action of the court be- tore which the convict has been tried ; the majesty of the law which may or may not have been violated ; the condition of the prisioner; his temptation to err ; the injury that may be inflicted upon his helpless and dependent relatives, and the arguments and appeals of citizens whose opinions and wishes lie is bound to respect. And how everziust his decision and fiumane and gen erous his action, either in favor of or against the petitioner for clemency, he must expect to have his motives imPunged, his name and character maligned, and to suffer viru lent attacks for the exercise of this most important and merciful prerogative. - The pardon repott will exhibit that many instances in which Executive clemency ins been invoked, youthful prisoners, charged with their first offences, and those of a tri vial character, have been the recipients. The object of punishment, in all cases, should not be so much to inflict pain as to reform the sufferer and prevent the repeti tion of evil deeds. This fact is frequently lost sight of in imposing punishment upon criminals, especially when inexperienced youths are shut up in close cells with men hardened in crime, where its arts ere.- daily taught and a romance throws around its commission. Instead of being improved, they come forth at the expiration of their terms of sentence with the lose of self-re sport, their moral sentiments blunted, and prepared to practice upon society the in famous lessons they have learned. Such punishments tend to . increase 'rather than lessen the quantity claim. When houses of correction and reformatories are con structed, or a proper system of confinement and prison discipline is adopted, there will be a material decrease of crime; and com paratively; fevr cases to demand the exercise of the pardoning power. 001ORITATION OF BILIFFENOZ& There are *maned in the Philadelphia county prison the foUo ing named convict; under sentence of des , for whose execu tion warrants have not been issued: Ed ward Ford, sentenced May 12, 1851; Jerry Dixon, May 80, 1868; Patrick Finnegan; Feboary 9, 1868 ; Newton Champion, De cember 1,1866, and Alfred Alexander and Hester Vaughn, July 8, 1868. Successive Governors, for satiatkctory reasons, have declined to order the execution of these persons. The law requires that they shall be executed in accordance with the sent- Rice, unconditionally parioned, or held In close confinement in the count 7 jail dazing us.. The letter punideent, with the ado ditional easbltiernitit &mmiddy preying upon the mind that a death warrant may at any 'moment be issued, is, perhaps, the serverest that could be inflicted. It would be-both just and merciful to give the Gov ernor authority to commute the sentence Of death in the above named cases to imprison ment, at labor, in the penitentiary, for such a term of years as the ameliorating cirmun stances May seem to justify and demand. One of the convicts named has been im misoned about eighteen years, and although it might not be advisable to set him at lib erty, humanity and the ends of justice re quire the commutation of his sentence in the manner suggested. CONCLUSION. The foregoing subjects have been deemed of sufficient importance to submit at the present dine for your information and con sideration Others may occur before the close of tfie session which may be wog thy of special communication. It will be my constant care and determination to co-oper ate with you in ~the prosecution of any measures that may tend to preserve and in crease the prosperity of the State and the happiness of its people, with the firm belief that your united wisdom will aim constant ly to promote these desirable results. Many of the events that have transpired since my- last annual communication to the Legislature have been unusually interesting and significant. They have been infinitely more than political, and bear directly Ivo., the great interests and most sacred destinies of the nation. - Apart from the vindication of the principles of the party which sus tained the government and the army during the contest for the preservation of the Union, anti the election to the Presidency of the first soldier of the age, is the fact that the people have by triumphant major ities forever settled our controversy upon certain fundamental principles. Parties may and undoubtedly will arise upon other issues, but there can be no future struggle about slavery. Involuntary servitude, as a monopoly of labor, is forever destroyed. The monster obstacle to the national pro gress has been removed, and henceforward all the faculties of our people ran be de veloped "without let or hiudemnce." The fair and exuberantly fertile States of the South, heretofore comparatively retrogres sive and unproductive, relieved from this terrible curse, with the influx of northern immigration and capital, will soon become the rivals of their northern sister States in all the arts of peace, and additional markets will be developed in which to exchange tie varied products of the heretofore hostile sectioug. Hardly less magical has been the effect upon other nations. General Grant's elec tion has confirmed the hopes of our na tion's friends, and the fears of its foes in the Old World. It supplements and seals the verdict of arms and the progress of repub lican principles. The downfall of the re bellion in the United States was quickly followed by the great civil revolution in England ; the peacetul expulsion of the last of the Bourbons from Spain ; the unrest of Cuba ; the concession of mote liberable prin ciples in Germany ; and the necessary ac quiescence of the Emperor of the French in the republican sentiments he fears even as he has betrayed them. What arc these but the echoes of the dire catastrophe that overwhelmned aristocracy in the Uni ted States ? Notwithstanding the importance of the issues involved in the late canvass, and the bitterness or feeling as well as the earnest ness with which it was conducted, its ter mination has happily met with the acquies cence of nearly the whole people ; and at no time in the history of the nation has there been opened beiore s us a brighter pros pect of continued peace and increasing prosperity ; and we have no greater cause for universal congratulation than that no differences of opinion now exist that can materially mat our national happiness, re tard our onward progress, or threaten the peace or perpetuity of our government. In conclusion, permit me to remark that the voice or retnisytvatua, as well as TIMM of a majority of the States, has at the bal lot-box proclaimed to the world that all our national indebtedness, no matter how heavy the burden, will be paid according to "the letter and spirit" of the., agreements made and entered hoto at the time the debt was contracted ; aid that in this as in all other respects our individual and national honor "must and shall be preserved ;" that we are determined by all honorable means in oar power to secure ample encouragement and protection to each and every branch of Home Industry, and every manly enterprise that contributes capital, labor, skill and in. dustry to our material wealth, social ad vancement and political tranquillity ; that foe4rall our citizens, the children of the Com- I monwealth, being also citizens of the Uni ted States, we'demand the fullest protection, in their dr - sons, their property, and in all their righiPand privileges, wherever they i may go within the national jurisdiction or in foreign lands ; and that whilst our finan cial policy shall be such as to maintain un trammelled our national credit, it is to be hoped that it may at the same time be such as will permit and sanction the construction of the great railways now in progfess and stretching out their giant arms to grasp the mighty commerce of the Pacific, to develop the untold resources of wealth in the Inter vening territories, and to connect the most distant portions%four country in a common union, not only with iron bands, bat by the still stronger and more indissoluble ties of a common interest and a common brother hood. To lessen the burdens of the pe )ple, and to keep the expenses of the State as nearly as possible within the limits of its absolute necessities, will always be among the chief objects of wise and just legislation. Let us, then, with a due sense of our obliga tions and high respcmsibilities, endeavor so to discharge our duties as to as to secure the greatest good of the comniunity and mer it the approbation of Him by whom our Commonwealth has been so abundantly blessed. JNO. W. GEARY. Ructrrin Cu/Lunn, Harrisburg, January 6, / 1869. NEWS or NSIOILSONING COUNTIES Ctuaamuxau.—A brutal murder was committed new Shippensburg, on Wednes day of last week. Adam Titus killed Hen ry Stem, in order to obtain &time forty dol lars in money in the possession of the latter. Titus buried the body of Stem, Which led to the discovery of the murder, and was ar rested and committed to prison at Carliski: Both men were Germans. Fkurkisi.--Etforts are being made to ! organize a Second Building:Association in Waynesboro.--On the 23d nit., an interest ;ing little son of Daniel Hoover, of Way nesboro, was fatally, scalded; Mr. Hoover was in the act of removing a crock from the stove containing boiling water when the bottom fell out, a part of the water fall- , ing upon the child and scalding it, from the effects of which it died on Thursday.— Nancy Tothas, an aged_ lady, residing near Mercersburg, recently. died under circum steams which have given rise to the sample.' ion that she was poisoned. The body was 'disinterred last week, and the contents of Abe stomach removed for chemical analysis. Suspicion attaches to a man named -Jones, now in Ohambersburg jail on a charge of robbery.—Morrow R. Skinner's Grist in Roxbury, was destroyed ay fire on the 80th ult. ; there was an insurance of $2,600 , n the property. Fununez..--flenry Routzahn has sold his Farm near Myeraville, 210 acres, to Josiah Harp,' at 4685 per acre. Maurice Jones has sokl- his farm of 22 acres, well improved, n.• ' Walkerußle, to Geo. CM kise, 1: —'4,3 Frederick Town • Who' • Ma declared a semi. tunnel orals per eeit—A dangh - ter of F. 144nondknear Middletown, aged 6 years, had her leg broken while slitting on the ice, last week.—Mrs. Mary Linetun, of Middletown, last Tuesday fell on the ice in her yard and broke on arta. WASIMSIOTO3,—A red Durham cow, be longing to Lewis Snively,of Fairview, gave birth last week io a calf by his Durham Bull, which weighed when dropped 120 -poundi. YORK.—Last Saturday, George Barshing- ' er, of Windsor township, aged 27 years, while driving his wagon met with his death. One of the traces got loose while going down hill; Mr. B. replaced the truce, and while in the act of re -mounting the saddle horse the team started running ; the unfiirtunate man slipped and fell, the wagon passing over his head, causing•his death..— A SgII of Israel Richer, Conwago township, aged 12 years, while skating with a number of other boys, fell on the ice ,and broke a leg.—On Christmas morning Hanover Lodge, No. ::27 I. 0. 0. F., presented a barrel of flour to the widow of each ceased member of the Order in ilauover.— John Zinn, of Ileidclburg township, had his leg fractured on the ith inst., by the caving in of an ore bank. --The Columbia Bridge has been thrown op at for loot tray el ; the bridge will be coin pleted and thrown Open for general travel by tliki I,t or Feb ruary. INDIAN WAlL—General Sheri an has ar rived at Fort Cobb with Custer's command, and in a letter to General Sherman says that he came upon a camp of Kiowas who were friendly; but. discovering evi. tenor treachery among them, he seiz-•d Sa Manta and Lone Wolf, and threatened to hang them it all the Kiowas did not repair to Fort Cobb. The Kiowas were already coming into Fort Cobb, and he proposed to purdah all of them who have been concern ed in murders. The Cheyerine s are very humble, juid General Sheridan thinks that the novel idea of carrying on the war in winter time will bring the hostile gibe- to terms. TUE Government of Chili has declared its adhesion to the Peace Confereine v, Lich our Government had proposed for termin:::- ing the war between Spain and the allied South American Republics. As Spain, Peru and Bolivia had adhered to the Imo position before, the Peace Conference will meet in Washington in the course t r the present winter. A SL' 11PRISE.—We were astonished the other day at the numher of persons we met on the streets, carrying packages of Dry Goods, Queensware, &C., and up• , n inquir ing, found they had all wine from Dcc-- uons . ..F, corner of the Square and Cfutii,le street. Ile seems to have ereakil Tnte excitement with the Vw prices at trhieh he its now staling goods. Give him a call he lore you make your purchases. 1 ~. ;•- " `The Poet; Priest, Philosc.plier :Lnd ".".- - Sage, all turn with rapture to the I 'olden ge," in which is found the !no,: U ~ ira-13:e 13:e hair renewer in the world, r,.v.- widely nown as "Barrett's Vegetable ILtir 1f..-,.. rative. — Satod ctury and surpri,in.; :n t. 4 results. hallole•fs in its application, it '1 fa.t securing public confidence ht - ifs WII intrinsic merits.-- ...V, w• Fork Veers. Dn. CHASE'S RECIPES.--Mr. D. W. Weigle 11a,4 on baud a few enpie, of "fir. elia,,e's Recii Oi and In forinati , u for Everybody," and will be at Fahnestock•s store, in GettV,burg, during the January Court, %%here any person dt:siril:g a copy can get one. C! C:—Nona; will, alter the Itt day of January sell all kinds of Wint , r Clothing at greatly redued prices—Over Coats as low as $4.00, Cavalry Over Coats at to; 25, Infantry Over Coats $5.2:., and all other ‘Vinter goods at greatly reduced pri ces, to make room for Spring goods. tf The attention of our readers is direc ted to the advertisement of COE'S DYS PEPSIA CCRE, in another part of this DaDCr TI,LI t,ntr Col.•oh.L, recommended by all who use it. Read the -Certificates. POCKET BOW: LQ-.t day the 13th iest. , beovec-n ur; and Salem Church, Moun:pl,a , ant ship, a leaber ,k, yob , . I:II:n:4. 'J). The finder will be liberally r,7.arb ed on returning it CO this JOHN T. Hort.Fm_tx was inaugurated as Governor of New York on the Ist inst. cspetiat Aotirts. A CA RD A Ckrgyuivn, whiloresiding in S,uth Arni.rin a: a tiab.d.triAry, d..overed a Safe and ,1,111.1 c the Cure , •r Nerr,n, Weakuels, F irly D tea y. .-es of the Urinary and Beinitial 4,1 the wh4. train of diaordera brought on by baneful and vieip . ut habits. Great numbers have been cured by [tile n. , !.1.• remedy. Prompted by a desire to benefit the attict,i and ulifortunate, I will send the recipe La preparing and acing this medicine, in a sealed envelupe, to any one who needs it, free fj" char>y. A ddVvasi ..b.SEPLI T. INNiAS, Station D, Bible lluuee, New City. Sept. 18.-1 y • REATISE ON THE HAIR, SENT FBEE BT MAIL BT THE rEoPulEromi HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILAN HAIR RENEWER, Which ie the beet article ever known to RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL YOUTHFUL COLOR. It will pi event the Hair from falling out. Makes the Hair smooth and glossy, and does not stain the skin ! R. P. HALL k CO.. Naebna, N. H., Proprietors. For sale by all Druggists. Jan.l.-Im --- TO PHYSICIANS. -- New Year, August 15th.1;67. Allow me to call your attention to my PR ISPARA TION OF COMPOUNDEXTRACT MICHEL Therm's ponent parte are RUCH% LONG Lin% DILEBS,JUNI PER BERRIES. Hoes or Pasraitation.—Buchu, in Taco°. itraiper Periled, by distillation, to form a One sin. Cobol). extracted by displacement 'by liquor obtained • from Juniper Berries, Containing very little sego, a em a il proportion of spirit, and more palatable than any now in mu. The attire properties are by this mode ex tracted. Bache, as prepared by. Druggists generally, fa of a dark color. It is a plant that emits its fragrance ; the action of a Same deetroys this (its action , prlncip le) leaeing a dark and glutinous decoctive. Mine is the color of ingrtdients. The Buchu in my preparation predominates; the smallest quantity of the other in gredients are added, to prevent fermentation; upon inspection, it will be found not to be a Tincture, as made in Pbarmacopna, nor is It a Syrup—and there. fore can be need In cases where fever or Intl exists. In this, you have the knowledge of the Ingre• dienis and the mode of preparation. Roping that yon will favor it with a trial, and that upon Inspection it • ill meet with your approbation, With a feeling .'f o nOdence, I am, very respectfully, _ 1.1. SOLD, Chemist and Druggist of l a B Y nsl ears' krperienco In Philadelphia, and now located at his Drug and Cheimical Warehouse, 594 Broadway, Dew Ycrk. [Prom the Larsen Manukcturing Chemists in the World.) "I am acquainted with Mr. H. T. Heimbold; he o^- en stied the Drug Store Opposite my residence, and wee suoteesini conducting the businemthere others bad not been spoilt: so belbre him / have been fa rorahlY ittPttintti with i dadheracter and enterer se . WILL WRIGHTSI AN, e Firm of Powers Wegwiteow Manufacturi Chemists, Ninth andltrown Streets, Phll&del.el. phis. autwilcdn'S nom igrnuor Boum fir weakness ing from Indiscrethin. The tabulated powers of 'Home which are accoMpaeled by so many alarming symptom, among which will be ibund, Inditraltiou error Of to 'exertion, Lou of Memory, Wakefn- Disease, or Pond oiling. of vii, in ikti, lynie sea d Lassitude* Prostration, and inability te, ent er i nto tho enjoyments of society, The Constitution, once affected with Organic Weak ness, requires the aid a Medicine to strengthen and invigorate the upwind, which EiBLMBOLVS IX.. TRACT BULEIU invariably does. lino treatment le submitted to Consumption or Insanity ensued. ' Hiustainn's Stow hatitact Boca°, in affections po em.. t o males, is unequaled by any other prepara tion, ee or Retention Painfulness, or goopteo t io n of Customary Reacnations, Ulcerated or &ta me Stets tot the Uterus, and a./ ctunplalfte inci dent t o the sox, whether arising from habits of Masi atlon, Deprudencein, or the decline or change of MINNOLD'a Pi.171.D Blinn AND INSIWYND Bon WA= will radially exterminate rrom the spawn dintattes arising from hablta of dintipation, at little or pima, little or no change in diet, no Inconvenience or exposure; oompletety superseding those ono/Ewan: and daMeasee s. ngerous remedies, tlopai vs and MarottrY, a ll these Val irktkbotti'S fit= Iterzacr Hooey In all dlr. awe of these organs, whether existing In male or fe. kW*, from whatever cause originating, and no mat ter al how lout standing. It • pieasant In taste and odor, "immediate" in action, and more strengthening than any or the preparations of Bark or Iron. Those entering frombroken-down or delicate colt 'Winle der e ast be aware tberamedy et once. The re ss, ader M that, how light may ba the attack of the above diseases, it is certain to ak tact the bodily health-and mental powers. 'lndia above diseases itigaire thi. aid ors Diuretic. HIILMBOLIYB =TIM 8110HU is the great Diu talk. Sold by Druggists everliters. Price-81.26 per bot rigor six betties for Ilan. Delivered to any ad dress. Describe emit's* to all mimic nf interns. elddrers a. T. HVALICILD, Drag and Chemical Warehouse, NM it rued!sy t . T N. MON.II Alta Ditielillbia Dina= DONI UP IN 'AN stetakengyveved newer. *llk AO4llllllll ol my Watehalswisidales.6 4.4ba H. T. BiLltliel.D. (Walton, Sego, "&Km, &r. MIDMMI CRAMEERSBURG STREET. 'tint door to Hie Keystone Hotel, GETTYSBURG, PA., Confection, Periodical and Nes;vs Depot. . The Daily Papers of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and choice Magazines, All kinds of Confections, Can dies, Oranges, Lemons, Nuts, &c.; &c., constantly un hand ICE CREAM & CAKES supplied to families and parties at shortest rats* March 25.—t f WONDERFUL DISPLAY TEE. "rAmmorif COLLECTION Toys and Notions, French and Common Candies, • e,,i t be teen, free of charge, at the Store of SANTA CLAUS (JOHN M. MINNIGH,) ON BALTIMORE STREET. The greatest choice collection of Children.' Toys, ever I:r,llgitt the, ity. Also, Cakes, .Nu Raisins, 1 , 101. orange, ac, In variety and abundance: 11/110, T.il. 311 , 1. 4 e5...tut; of tine heat brand,. file a 'ill et all the People Come I jinn Goode mid Con [(et' loner!' Store 'I I IIE undersigned, having bought J. V. Warneel Pancy Goon, and Contecneon try It ltaltimorc litreYt, grnrly oppeflitii k?' ntore, l l.ttyxburg. in v:teo the public', irarrOLe no Large and ta,leful as the %t IA fits Lc, n. na , t n1:1 be Apared to render it still rnore attractive !• •ira!, , e. Ile n-lv errerg Plain Candy, tY:,rk Bea , •, let,cy do., Per:. I: Pickle?, Sardinea, Pocket 11 ;.- Lot- ter?, China T pocket C,nlo r . Fancy Cakea, JPWidr), reparrackora, Wine Sloclntro, Mn9rot,n Pe , murn, y, Fire Werks. e,A, Pen? k Pen,' it,, Cr. LPrlriog Pan.r9, Fru C., Envelope., Nut, T a: r. k Frgll NUNIEILOUn ENTIGN " 11.• to aril every:, 1.... qt sl rto prices beherin.: ant -.mail, .og - .lnock Kiln, - in I are theref , re Dolt fer boy, r cud r C Irne aJI!. A. P.. PETFTET.. April I, 1,04.—tf 1-- THE VERY BLS f ! Bierbowefs Segar Store, ri T.: s I: It G,P A . , N.)ItIll EAET CORNER OF THE DIAMOND Hi: th.inkful prat n f 11,. public t,ltid I=l Segars, Smoking & Chew ing Tobacco, Pipes, &c., h he ia prepared to hen at tLe WII , JI.EALE AND RETAIL. U. will ki,p ME THE BEST BRANDS, and will manufacture fur g,-n -eral sale throughout the County Reineruber the place, in the Diamot,d, hetw, en Brink erhoire. Store and MeClellalteß Mt 61 WASULXOTON Bik:RBOTVP.II 11, 1 569.-t PIIOTOGRAPII ALBUMS, BM LADIES' COMPANIONS, MI TOILET SETS, WRITING DESKS, PERFUMERY, FANCY CHINAS; BOHEMIAN VASES, TOTS, &C., cc G , &C., AT A. R. FEISTEL'S, Opposite Fahnestneks' Store (,; orr,. .Q, kung thor teattv tin:-, Quango.", Sc. A gift of • ksionary fund hy Mr. tatti OYSTER SALOON reported. 11, , tzyJbtirg, April 1.1968.—tr "JOHN GRUEL, ChambersburgSt., Gettysburg, next door to Eagle llotel, Annannees to Ws frimild that in achliti,n to hie CONFECTIONERY, be Asa opened an Orator Baluon, at Ida old stand on C eep cona hamberebnr n s et+ , "here during.the seneou he will k tan y owa64 PRIME OYSTERS, the best the market can affoid, with special -.loam mixfatiuns fur LADIES & GENTLEMEN. Oat. Give us a Nov 13.-4 f E. W. CLARK & CO., BANKERS, NO. .1b S. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA ,G ENER A L AGENTS I= NATIONAL LIFE UIBURANCE CO IMEII UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, =1 States of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey: The NATIONAL LIPR IMP:MANOR COMPANY Is s corpurstion Chartered by Special Act of cotivou, approvedJ o ly 11, 1843, with a Cash Capital of Ono Million Dollars,. and Is new thoroughly organized and prepared for be- Liberal term. offered to Agents and-Solicitor., who tire invited to apply at our offlee. Tull partioulan to be had on applleatlen at our o 6 us, located la the second story of our Banking Room,. 'where Circulars and 4amphiets, &fly dmoriblog the advantages offered by the Company, may be had. Applications for Central and Western Pennsylvania to be made to B.S. RUSSELL, Manager,. E. W. CLARK dc Co., No_ 35800th Third Street, PRILADRLWIA, PA Aug. 21,1968.-171 n Surveying--Conveyancing. J. S. WlTHEliovv, FAIRFIELD, PA., Tenders his services to the public cc a PRACTICAL SURVEYOR , and isprepared to oar& Perms, Lott, Ac., on res . *suable terms. awing taken oat a Ntranyanear's Limns he will also attend to preparing DEEDS, BONDS. RELEASES. WILLS, LEASES, AR TICLES OF AGREEMENT, CURRIE() AT SAVES, So. Rasing had oonshiereble experience in this line, to hopes to receives. Liberal share of patronage. Bus& nom promptly attended to andshanple, ressohlatter. Pies Oftleo address, 4dains co., h. Jan. 3, 1130..., f Deo. ll.—tf Mu Any •gni'. --••••-v+1 ,, .• tiettielvarg. FAT 110i;.5. B 3tr. au t,..,vethip. UAL. wet two bogs—one weig3liis 3 the -flier W(• arA. requested t 0 4:. 1" ricr.srAA'3lllll4 ~f •1; S.tinantan. I*t., M." un evening I=IZZE :11 -Our Carrier 4eetree. thanks to the parxeue Of SENTINKL," for the givou to him on New yes" `Rev. Wag. EATUN pastor of the SiethisiGit Cti• burg, is at presf•ut al As) loin for Disahletl diets, laeatea at 11.4ytim, 9h SP.: It I."lClf.s. —The (.7butc . Cret•k wilt be olnm tor put? sabkitit mohti Lig-Jun. 10;.• at 11 tl u terltown ottSubbu4G 17. • • rwv. GEDDES will , l'relbytt3riaLl etinrob Sabbath returning 1:10X.t. WITLIDR:I.wN.--WO. John \l. Stevenson, 5eu,.,1011 I.L iunt., froufactive in the line or Steven:soli Howard Si., Baltimore. ,t.l b,eu taken by Espy Stobiein see, and son the late lEMEM _,setr - On Suuday evening . * the hexton or the new Jon s t at LittleNtown, was engin" Lamps preparatory to thee the lighted lamps pioduil, mettitig tire 'to.thie Ii I'C NVFO4 promptly extloOtiii age 110ing 1 . 1)11fillfsil to the: (MO r two pews,. sALEB.-1;our4o A. Liusiu h Wl ft.ttnu dwelling,. and a. :of J 1.11111, 10:toy, ch.h.'d, ha, sold tilt) taa ilitpro%ol.llelit .1. 64 J 4 , 4 1, j,,rtri7ll. X FLAW UNVNi3/1 1 / 1 : ... • i 1 teiseluisa. Luivis Wlll4u . live been appoluted uy, it ttutelor 'Setmoious Comm* . cxatiiino report tipop ci (• tudoporft lv,-Iriet in ( ) x:"ur.l will ..ti A. it 14 ctr Het -Itry's Al t:10 tclooly i ~t 1 tl.t. fourth ::.t. f,i,....r n,rny the ';" t:ut tystiorg..l3 ~ + n.•;;ttvin," was huh( uu L'.ll s , tlimg in the yhttieo of tJ eioi 11. J. - - I', ; ri'—lit nry /' • • —Jo. .1 is. o,llr4er. -.lit Attglitrant r. it L 11. t r, LI stleee'64 secretary. Mf. 1 11 OW .1 , 1 1 /(10111)ii S 1 1114 .11.1/111111y .11 i a tc-utccu•.o r St •, , ,it.tt yelturdar, pi I.• o :11.; nl CLIO - 46;11311 of Itititanit v.,t, '•Pcarsrtn: isl—:uguageanil Llte.intur ;,' ,tli.lentiqi up 'U hi au I. . bperl e 0 .3 tli ,ruughly in4tintia will I'. and 'l • u Ittri ;ma). hurl—tl,u only vßetulpy !It! I r:,,Mry, tho 'pawl* tho =EEO 1-N 1111; EL ii:: '1 FP m aril alter'kt OeeNlibur, tiles Avslitse euipt .ye•l in the tl ip Ye i-• 1141 e tti Utcir fu ,1 =MEM kl,rurse Le to Sale a large ttn,ut•c As.,t4kin and to red uco the litatillt4c2tt.tru . wally t tilluric, wi:inutop , re6ulatiou, and therefoin Ali - till, 1 :::111 , ,Ls Ili Ue: i11t.7134* 111 , _ : r earcity.• E. Clll2 1: 1 ,:11.—.1u uotici d 8,111 , 30! extrei.t.tv on Cbil ..niated ch , J^,e of Lhe :traTho. wlri,b, we wide •• c i uite interesting. wa, or, Itf•v. Mr, (Ai Elsrtt:t ()Lithe previ IL ru \ Lti :ALI° tilt:3 • tet3 ' They Iteire. ::I.I:Ty b:Likeim of Illlturim ett 11 the whole forming » Vet' cutl I),UtitifUl supply. The t 1 ,, to; an.l tunLly ivero term A.CCIDENTS.—Witiff) AP • rat was thrt•shing with a 'flirt chine at the barn of 1,f.1 1 1 331 !mire towle , hlp, on the 20th 114' mismanagement the 31. ed get too high, rentleripg, it s J.rl/, ft, ed with sufficient rapitfitY. ning a few moments. empty, the speed could be reduced, burst with a tremendlei. ex • / or 111k):'11 pieces beitair'gtAthettlid OW, torts or the barn. 7 person was injurod. ' al.o learn that ZA I • EssvEll ,, sit, or the came De wa-, kicked in the taco by ortitiot while in the net of 4ditiFiting.ib; (• tl It ing eh& . Mr, B. the stablein,en,ibie, bht sytt.k. t thin of the tleith- wound in thip f eel ,eri,ui injury. . . _etiV.,APsmoKii tluV4i. in the we.tteru part 0 i New Yor 'l,l plan fur a cheap and gutal s • _which as it may contliln SO hints to our readers we pubs - no farmer should be wiltdzonits: house, and such a one as tvli[ and tolerably 'secure freak - , ty tisuis can be smoked at ono smoko-house seven by eight - f: Mine is six biseven, and lis/a• fr most farmers. I tiro: - '. gratin' out below whet* We reach, and filled it up ko dm small stones. Oil this I Isd4 ibior, On lime mortar:_ The brick, eight inehes thick, and highwith a do , ir on nue ghi i wide The door Should he ma and 1 t i with sheet iron. Fo put u olsts, two by four, sot wi.tt, and night and* halt* ;sun tre to oebtre,..ooviiihedlivigb, :onl pot on a_ heavy cdaet. built a small chi money on' centre, arching It over audlf. ~ with :i single rourAn the usuil arum should. Ulf built in the t)4 a neardl Iron door to ,hut it up, a stove door, with a bole frehi through the well of the smoke all Iron grate over it. The at couvenieut and bettor to'.put t than to build a Lire Inside t house, and the chimney eau. through into die- stay : ice-in . corncobs or hickory , Wood • *1 materials to tusks It smoke?:: The oust of ilk I swinktio'.. about Illk . ' '. ' i.
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