, gutubtr, gime, &r.
k and Parlor
STOVES,
I. 11\1)8'
and n,nct niproVCd St Ie
IIIEET-IRON AND
)I,LOW WARE.
and Lumber
91.' AL!. KINFP-:
t' Extthtine !
11. BLIII.LER'S
re Rooms,
C'ARLISLE RAILROAD
STREET
TTYSBURG
E KILNS
} . L ati. Li ught hip loin
.nlnd nor continue,
E-BURNING BLSINESf
113 pt.rg It I roast.
Stratt.J.,Ntreet. TlixcY
rogi tindcaTor to deserve. it,
r. , dcrt,lg the but.illept. n• tipClit.
/1:.‘1, ,
treetqurr. Farn,rs an
For el. , prompt C 111,4 ordern
L li UBINES
ludo. housekeeper, •b
him a call. Blacksmith Cosi cop
dellveredstnywher.; o Gttymbrirg
• 20 . 14967
J 41013 RETLICI
gee, giarntoo, &r.
JOIIN P. McCREARY
Iways Cheapest."
arid Cheipest,
• .RIID.L.EAS,
COLLARS and,
nJ all kinds, in the County
Grand at th, old. and well known
*.,opposite the Presbyterian Church
CREARY'S.)
nd Wagon Saddles,
Lantially built sod I:loatest
. (plain and aqver mount
:, every respect and warranted to be
twrial and workmanship.
• ther Draft Collars,
They are the beat' FITTING LaD
• raft Harness,r
a cheap at they can be toatle•ny.
twit subatantia I manna:.
•8, Whips,. Lashes, Draft
ad sc•rytbing in the 1f Nene
to thelowelill , ltibtaadard.
tagt forcsah,off allbillmmountlng
R bet the beet of ■toct sad will
cis turned outt obein evellteepect
ttororo well:trite attention to our
iandexamlne paicie Axr QUALITY
D. bIeCREARY & EON.
-MAKING RESUMED.
ver,theandersignedhaveresum•r
GE-MAKINGBUSINESE
to East Itiddls street. Glettyabuil ,
idia prepared to put up work In the
abstantlalosnd superior manner
ecoud•bend
AGER.BUGGIES
they will dispose of at the lowest
fere will be supplied as promptly
as possible.
EPAIRL.NG.Mi
,andat cheapest rates.
new azidold Il\s6B hand to
e liberal patronage heretofore ea
e) +. licit and yell/ endeavor to do
at.
DANN/Mai
and 'Carriages.
IOVAL.
ed ha• removed Ida Carriage-mak
e east end of Middle etreet, Getty'.
*4lll continue to build allkinds of
viz:
^S, TROTTING lk FALL
' BUGGIES, JAGGER
OOHS, &C., &C.
I pit utt of good material and by
nicsoind cannot (all to gins
ware always reasonable. Ile tone
eat that he can please.
romptly don*, at moderateratee.
, W.'lE CIA LL.II.OIISIt
I y
ARNESS SHOP,
HN CUII
friends and the, gep.r4ty that
ed the Hamm.- Junking bunueas, and
n Carina. atrnet, Ileittyatitirc adjoin.
er depot s niter, helwill manufacture
•d &Ill:Inds of
L'!
WUIPA
LA Blik:S
FLY•NBSE, Ac *C
ad at the lowest tail) prices. Also.
NKs of all kinds.
and SI FXDI NG atiended topromptly
',king at the totinlattl. fur 30 years, 1
yr teat .'f briDg niuir
•upetinteudruco. ti it.. Mr a 001.
tf .7.)11.N CULP.
ware, e`utlerp,"
ire and Groceries
Sri Lryr , jet r. lured from the cities
sorTly r t lIARDWA ICE and ORO.
• they are t-flerlaa ht their old stand
t - rvet, at pikes to suit the times. Our
sand
TOOL 8,
BLACRAIIITH'S TOOLS
COACiI FINDING?,
"ET-311 K FP'S TOOLS.
11.011ENK St:PER'S FIXTURES,
ALL KINDS OF IRON,
Of ALL •AINDS,
. There i. r.a article Included In the
rents went, ued above but:what can
t. , rftYterf ciaaa nt Mechanka can
ed bare • ue. tools and findings, and
Ind evrrierfirle In their line.—
. Wear* stared to sell as low for
Wane art of the City.
DAVID VIEBAB
Jon. D. DA.IIIXB,
.—tf
HARPER, NePHEILSON s BrEalLiß
PROPRIETORS A.. , M PVIIIASMERS.
/7 et/more st. between OntrphOttlf antiDtamond,
Gettysburg, Pa.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION
TEE STAR AND SENTINEL IS published every Fri
day morning, at V.OO a Sea in advance; or 12.474
if not paid within the year. - No subscriptions dis-
Continued until all arearagos are paid, unless at
the option of the publishers.-
Anymtrisammyrs. are inserted' at reasonable
rates. A liberal reduction will be made to persons
advertising by the quarter, halt year, or year.—
Special notices wilrbe inserted at special rates, to
be agreed upon.
*Z•The circulation of the STAR AM) SEwrnai,
Is one half larger than that ever attained by any
new paper in Adains county; and, as an adver
tising, medium, it cannot be excelled.
Jon Wogs of all kinds will be, promptly execu
ted and at tair rates. Hand-bills, Blanks, Cards ,
Pamphlets; Sze., In e% - ery variety and style, will be
printed at short notice. TERMS COIL
Vrofintoual Canto, ttr.
I. M. KU IJT i, Attorney at
• l.tw, tiettysourg, Ya. dollections sod *lllegal
butioess promptly atteLded to.
Oahe on B,ltarru street,soutn of thnCourt-house
JinvilB,ln6O-tf
AIoOONAUCLLIY, Attorney at
-N-F
• 4, , weatdaUEHLEa'n ring
21 tultl,rat,urg Street. •
.re LI w ia its, Jullecrious-aiid
4,11 lugal business, and
Li k,t,',101/[1
11 Jal vt
~11t : at. pa 1: ty', duck.-pay, and Daniages
-11.. 1. ittto4,at ol i ale, ," . ... uptiy Lad efficient
.ily atteudod to.
1.,a 1:a lice farms for .rile
r womtel, State..
.1 iau td, L93U.-t1
J. COVER, ATT01.11" AT
•-• 41y, xi Jromptl, rtcbud to op 111K4ionsand
J 4 if ueienntrolCed to hiSCAre:
/ • .1C.1 , 01.1 .aanitack .nd JAILLIer lad 'Meg
•
.. •rr.:reet. I attyaburg,Pa.
=8
BUE EILE It, ATTOR
• •• oro.uptly ..itteti h t • to Collet:
• r It
.truited s care.
~ I tteAttreestory buildiug
. 1 I rlia :'l,tlsburg, May 29,18137
Eli
iIVLD PILL, ATTORNEY
" , 411,,ceintheionth-eas
~
.t !c it re 3 par, . s e
21,1V27.
•-
DR. 11. S. [TUBER,
• e tr ‘,"‘ sat urg and Was4ington slrect
=I
111111EZI:111
. J. W. C. O'NEAL
14 ):1 , 1, It ill •.ssi l:•ncc i n .1 sitillsort
s ruet,' 4 I IrS owiro the Y4rispiierthrica
29,1567.
J OLIN L. JILL, D.,
DENTIST
Iticow C1.. - .l.l,reber 3 / 4 vtreet, needy opposite al
M:ac
PENN L
Car,f,tving been in constant practice over 20 years,
ptt leots car, be earared of ,r ril work. (July 9.—tfk) A .iE
, ___ RITANT FOR ALr-
1
nit. J. E. BERICSTRESSER, Dent- 4
,
_._ .
11 ~, i wing located to , lettstittuts, offere bia
ors-ieoa to the oniiiic. 0111ce in York street, nearly
.. o ;i,ilte CI.. ..ilube Inn. where he atil be prepared to
ttt •'I.I t' , soy 'AI f. .VittlinthoPreTinee ofthe Deutist
~ tt•555.•5 e L it ~ I i.tll ,r p trtialsetso fteethdre In
vital td , 7411. rerniareascinable
Jot!, 34, 1.019.—tt
DR. H. W. LEFEVRE
Littlectown, Adams co., Pa.,
f 1 V iNti recta ently located in that place, all
t the eeueral practice of Medicine an
Sur,,,,y. Juice Its Lombard street, near Dallis:nor
tr,et LAug.l), 180.-t
*tarilinto.
WHEELER& WILSON'S
LOCK-STITCH
Family se -wing Machine.
OVER 400,000 NOW IN USE
,E.rAiIIME IT BEFORE BurING AXJ' OTIIER
SuLD ON LEA: I: PLAN,
10 PER MONTH.
OARP.PTER, General Agents. -
11.. N I.rt A L OF VICE for ADAMS COUNTY, JACOB'S
CIIAMIIERSBURCI STREET,
GETTY:ACURCi, PA.
Nov. I. 1U —tide
I-I() \VE MACHINES !
T LI E I. A.. 1 EsT I.II.PUOVED & GENUINE
ELIAS HO WE, JR.,
SEWING MACHINES
JACOB F. THOMAS, Agent,
GErrystscrto,
N. F.. caner of Centre Square, in tlin'St.iro room o
=
1113.DEtt9 will tiedroMptly nt tended to. Machines
\_./ trlirr r... 1 to li parts of the county a - ,1 tnstruc
tl.ll4 ,fIVIIII gratis.
kly. C ie !1.1 *re oautioned against parties who
use tut:a , . of LI )WE iu ..12eCli01.1 with their MY-
CtlitteS 11.1 acrouut of the popularity of the tiara, Ma
chilies. niece tre uone 4ESUINK unless they have
Int, flat to a. .eh knAchiue a no tallioa hoeing the
ikonete of giel AS 110Wit,Jr.,uti it,*c.
l i eu . .16.-t.
GROVER & BAKER'S
FIRST PREMIUM
ELASTIC STITCH
FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES,
495 Broadway, New York
730 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
ttesaty and Elasticity of Stitch.
flerfectiJa and Simplicity of Machinery.
Using both thrf6scis directly from toe spools.
No fast,uing of seams by hand and uo waste of
thread.
Wide range of application without change of ad
nattuent.
The loom retsini Ita beauty a ndilrhunessafterwaib
ng anti ironing.
Beside+ doing all kinds of work done by other Sew
ing Afachineo, these binchines execute the most
beautiful and permanent If.mbroldaryand orn•mentai
work.
dirThe Highest Pren7U7s at all the faire and ex
hibitions ul" the United States and Europe. have been
awarded the Gliover & Baker Sew'. g Machines, and
he work done by them, wherever exhibited in cora
tetition •
Wile very - highest prize, TllB CROSS OF TIES
LEGION OF I.lONOa, was confem_ed on the repre
sentative of the Grover k BakerWpringklachines,at
the eispositiou Universelie, Paris, I'B7, thus attest
ing their great superiority over all other Sewing
Machines.
air For sale by D. W. ROBISON, Gettysburg
NOTICE
1111. undersigned having had 1.7 years' experiehee
.lam a practical Operator on Sewing Machines
would recommend the Drover k Baker- , Family Ma.
chine:“ the cheapest and beet machine fur family
use. The simplicity of construction and elasticity of
stitch made toi these machines are two very imp,rt
ant points in their 940,000 of these machines
are to.d,y bearing Fltiord to the truth of our as
sertions and the demandis steSeLl . ; increasing. .
IVe have also flbtatte Machines fin band for Tailors
and C....e11-trimmers use. Call and see ro.- •
D. w. ROBISON, A: . ent,
Cha:nbersburg et.,Biottyst,4fro,, Pa.
Jut..
Lift and tire gasuraurt.
ADA'A.IS COUNTY
.i,!UTUAL Flai,'E INSURANCE COMPANY
,%:: - 001iP01LATED, ILAZO/I 18, 1851.
QFFICERS
Pro.ident—GeorgaSwcp.
V Ice-President—Samuel R.llati,alj
Socretary —D. • .linehler.
• Tr as arer—R .6. Pah nestock
Execottr e Commit tee—Robert McCurdy ,11, .Piek
g, Jacob King.
Alsnsgers.:—OeorgeBwope,D. A .8 nobler, Et.licOnr
♦y, 8. R. Rasoell, Fahrreotock,Gettysbarg;Jooob
King, Straban township; Frederick Diehl,Franktin
A. Pizking; Scroban; Abaci F.Oltt, Now Oxford;
Wm. (toss White, Liberty; 11. C. Peters,Petersharg
as .Tb a Company 11 limited in its opera ticne te t
c,onty of Adam,. It hal been In operation for mote
ban 17 yfars, and in that period tu . mads but mesa
: t .matet,leartng paidloasee by Are dating that Period
•munutt lag to over $15.060. Any pawn desiring into
reac.e can apply to t elther of the managers.
04.111 e CxeectUye Committee meet. t dee
cimpanyi, on the last ilnkneeday Is every month
t loek. P. M. finite 10.111011.—..
. _
'THE_ STAR & SENTINEL Imo - •
/larger circulaticia Lau al Ilia paßeislotlm Cosi"
paabia B 4l-6ettalt Is tfrobed advaillattsts *dim
VOL. I,XX. NO. 8
gusintss
BLAC K6MITHIN Gr:
B. G. HOLLEBAUGH
H AS opened a Black emit Lifiop on Waahington
street; next door to Chritstnan's Carpenter Shop
and Isprwared to do all kinds ol dLACKSIIITIL
at.ceasonable rates. andi uvitesasbareot public
patronage
REPAIRING ,r All kinds. Gite me octal
t
April 30,1889-41
JEREMIA.H CULP
GETTYSBURG, PA.,
Undertaker & Paper-Hanger
p preparodeo furnish on shos* noties and reasonable
COFFINS OF ALL STYLES
noels° keens on hand a 1 trge assortrnthtol WALL
PAPEtt. which he sells et lowelitcaeh rates and it de
sired will furnish heads to put it on the wall.
PLAIN & FANCY 'BION PAINT
ING EXECtITED TO ORDER.
...v York v tract-o raw dnorsemit ottuthernojCburch
Ma) 27, IS6S—tf
D. ARMOR,
GAS FITTER, PLUMBER AND
BELL HANGER,
East Natille strect,haVa square frost theca:ire-how
GETTYSBURG, PA.,
4, TILL promptly attend to all or
den in his tine. Work done in the most oath•
factory manner, and at prices as low ae can possiblybo
afforded to make a living.
GAS PIPE
urnished, as well as Chandeliers, Brackets, Drop
Lights tr.c.• ' also' WATER PIPE, Stops. Top ant Prost
Spigots, and,lti short. everything belohging to gssor
water fixtures.
Belts ttaag,and furnished If desired. Locks of s
kinds repaired. {Dec. 28,1867.-
Roth's Improvement for Opening, Closing
and Latching Gates,
Ur AY be attached to any gate and.tperated from
IVY buggy, team or .addle, by one hand, in any de
sired 111-action from the gate—opened . andcloeed front
one point. at any distance from [begat° This im
provement lesimple and cheap, yet perfect andstrong;
will not be .disarranged by the saggine Oahe gate,
nor by the frost raising the posts; may be made at •
country ulackstnlth's.and easilyattached to • gate.
The mderslgned, haying the Right for Adams comi
ty, will cell township and Farm Rights ol thisim
preatement.
Also, ROTII 311ANE'S AMERMAN LEVY/OATS
—which will be round valuable and convenient toll
who have gates to drive through—as they remain by
their triam, , ,per; . cruse and latch a gate. without the
necessity of getting In the wet or mud.
Forfurtherinformaiion.Ac.,address
ISRAEL BRICKER,
May 13.-ti Menalles, P.O..Adamsco.,Pa.
NEW BUSINESS.
Upholstering, & Trimming
WILLIAM E. CITLP
HAS opened an establishment opiVostra Weaver's
Livery Stables, on Washington street., for
Coverinc , Sofas, Chairs, Alat-
trasaes, i and Upholstering
in all its branche,s
le also continues hie old business of Trimming
Buddies, Carriages, kr., and solicits fr em the public
their patronage. Charges moderate.
Gettysburg, Pa„-Dec.ll.—tf
COOPERING!
z PE ; TER CULP
line cormilenca4 tLe
COOPERING BUSINESS
In all its branches at his residence on the Mumma*.
bprx road, at the end of , gritsle strata, Gettysburg,
Pa. tbeisubllc can always have made to order all
kinds and style. of
MEAT VESSELS.
CR 0 UT STA NUS.
PICK EL .STANDS,
TUBS,
I also mannLict tiro :St and 10 cal. Kega .Cider Barrels.
And all other ksnds of Coopering. Repairincdone
cheaply and with despatch. giro us a coll.
Aug. 13, 1662-1 f
SarVeym . g—Uonveyancing.
J. S. WITHEROW,
FAIRFIELD, PA., •
Tenders his services to the public as a
'PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
and isiprepare* to sorvey [farms, Lots, itc., on roe.
sonable terms. Flaring taken out a lonveyancer's
License, he will also attend to preparing
DEEDS. BONDS. RELEASES, WILLS, L EASES,A
TICLES 09 AGREEMENT, cLniuNo
AT SAIiES, *c.
flaring had co nsidorable experience in thisline,he
hopes to receive * liberal share of patronage. Boil.
014 preuptir st toaded to and.: hArguer reasonable.—
Post Office arld.ross,fairfleld, Adams co., Pa.
Jan. 1, ISAIL—t)
FURNITURE.
D. C. SHEAFFER
PET ETtf3 81.1 RG, (Y. 5.,) PENNA.,
Is prepared Weiler tothe Public,anything l n hie
as cheap mica be bad Iu the county.
s3.Purchasere will do well focalt and examine
my stock befc buying elsewhere.
FURNITURE
made to Irder. itepairing done neat cheap and with
llsoe"b. 4 Jan. 22. 181311—tf
CABBAGE SEED
IHATE grown and a ill mead by mail the gild of the
1 following vial ieties of CABBAGE:
"STONE M ASl)lti."—a remarkable sweet and tender
variety. I bare succeeded In raising this variety,
to welsh trore IL. to 2l pounds. Under favorable sir
enmetaneev every plant will head.
Mammoth Drumhead
--cqiaal in quality with the Btane mason. tinder high
culture beads attain to Sim widen of 40 lbs.
The Seed le put up iu packages and sent to any ad.
&Tea on the receipt of 50 cis. for one'package, or S 5
cts. for bath varieties.
Directions for succesefal• cultivation 'Accompany
each package. Several Specimens of the above vari
eties were on exhibition at the last agricultural Fair
in Gettysburg.
Address SOLOMON WEIDNER',
Bigler, Adams co., Pa.
Oet.S.—t f
GRANITE-YARD
GETTYSBURG, PA.,
O.N RAILROAD, SEAR FREIGHT DEPOT: -
-
PETER BEITLER
.4 prepared to furnish GRANITE, for all kinds of
BUILDING AND MONUMENTAL PURPOSED,
at reasonable rates.—
Curbing, Sills, Steps, Athlers,
Posts, Monuments, CemeL
. tory Blocks, &c., &c.,
maim' finished in evell . etyle desired, by beei . o
workmen..
16.0rderstrom a distancepromptiyattended to.
Jana B.—ti
BROOMS! BRoaMs!
The anderalgttedeOalloure to nutontacture Brooms
athlamen stand on thajtorth•east mazer or Oestra
&pare, eittoinieg Sterbower's Seger Store. He ‘lll
Same dart ak ten halm Mill saipply en basrd, and min
to• aid* to Watch them WBOddllistLl OIL. MAIL
har e * to enterer on the Aires Penman hav
ing rstemmil dteargetn gimp him a call. _
B. a. UPTON.
a5tr11inui..17,044.13100-1111
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114 4 I V:
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URN W rIPTON, FASHION
ABLE BARBER, opposite the Eagle Hotel,
Gettysburg Pa., where be count alt tbsetbefonsd
read)to attendto all business in bis line Hahne
•lscsit,zeellan I assistant ndwil Insure lathe
feCtier. Give taint stall.
Hay 29,1867.
GETTYBUIIG BAKERY.
THE firm of Newport ak Ziegler having been din
solved,the undersigned willeontlunetbe Baking
business, in all its branches. at the old stand,
Corner of South Washington and TI eat
diddle streets, Gettysburg, Pa.
All kinds of
CRACKERS,
CAKES,
coot taut!) baked and alwaysto be had fresh.
With many years experience and •very dispoeition
to please, be feels that he can 'promise satisfaction in
all cases. Order . ..dinned, and promptlyettended to.
With many thanks for the patronage bestowed on the
old firm, Its continuance Is asked.
ALTZER NEWPORT.
if pd 9. Mg -t I
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
llrs Just received the largest visor tete, t of
CHRISTMAS GOODS
FINE CHINA TOYS,
. BOHEMIAN GLASS WARE,
Something for old 11 nd young—all of which he is selling
very low. Toe public are invited to call and examine
the stuck. It will give him pleasure to show them.
Dee. 10. 1569.-t I
STEAM SAW MILL
E undersigned has in operation a STEAM SAW
1 MILL, at the Stuth Mountain, near Oraeffon
burg Springs, and is prepared to saw to order bills of
WHITE OAK. PINE, HEMLOCK,
or any kind of Timber desired, at the shortest notice
and at low rates. He also manufactures
SHINC,4LES, PAILINGS, dc.c
LUMBER
delivered at asy point at the LOWEST RATES. 3
per cent. will be deducted fur the cash pay zueuta, or
intersat'will be charged hom the time of delivery it
Lumber. 'nankin' for past favors, he would claire
a doutinuance fur the borate.
All letters mould be eddreteed to Lim •t Uric ffen
burg P.O. Adams county. Pe.
MILTEAERGER.
Oct. 29., ISC3.—tf
y OUNT' S COMPOUND
FOR THECURE OF
PUTRID SORE THROAT, INFLUENZA
or and lalarisissAtor. , of I nwsrodisessi of th•
Throat i f not o i too tong statid:ng AIsti,sICARLIST
FSVICA . This medicine has beentrieO ln
THOUSANDS OF CASES,
a different parte of the country, end has never
been known to r9l If taken In time and according
todirections. It m warr .nted to cure. Give It a trial
and it outspeak for itself. ,ffvery household should
provide themselves with. box 01 this medicine and
keepiton hands. Th ec u rem that It has effected are
truly marvelous.
gli.Preparedand sold by I zzzzz YOUNT /k Co. Get
ysburg, Pa ,or by their authorized agents. Fe
el a. nearly all the Morsel n Adam• county.
My) , 29,1887.-ti ISRAEL YOON'I *CO.
BARGAINS IN
NE W FURNITURE.
A NUMBER of sets of COTTAGE FURNITURE bay
lag been sent by mistake to the Gettyobarg
Springs Hotel -parties wishing •cry cheap and good
farnitore can be accommodated by calling Immediate
ly at tho Furniture Store of G2O. A. Iranian t Co..
(In Old ..butidelOiScs,)
July 16 -tf PROPRIETORS
F A R at R - g
Star Bone Phosphate.
TO all agriculturists, therefore, who are In *mach
of an active and permanent manure, and who
may have the claim, ofthis :rude presented to their
notice for the first time, the manotartnrers would
suggest, that the
• - STAR BONE PHOSPHATE
is worthy of their experimental trial. at last; past
excellence warranting the fullest confidence, that at
ter a trial they will and their testimony to that of
hundreds of farmer, who now regard it as the cheap
est and best manure in the market.
FLC UR' BARRELS.
THE ABI3IO,NIA.
isimppliedabuniently from the organic portion o
the bone.
PRICE $65 PER TON IN BAGS.
Farmers wishing Ground Bone, 011 of Vitriol ,CAD b
supplied. Gieeusa call.
• Spangler has our Phosphate far sale.
PETER BUBLITZ. Manufacturer.
BURKHOLDER I WILSON,
Beater Hay-Prows Buildings,
N. W.corner Washington and Railroad str,
Gettysburg, Penns
SIL,The Phosphate is for tale by
A. SPANGLER, Gettysburg, Pa.
WHILE * :‘ONS, Gettysburg, Pe
GRAFT I ECK IaiRODE,
Granite Station, Pa.
•
SIELHORN I BENDER,
New Oxford. pa
CHARLES KUHN, Hanorer,Pa.
March 12.—t f •
A Word to the Wise
a_ •
HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
•• •
Renner's Chemical Fertilizer
THE importance of a quick, ac
tive acid durable Fertiliser, adapted to thersol
of our county, Is acknowledged by all Farmers. Hay
lug satisfied nsyself,after tong study and careful ex
periment, that F. 0,
Chemical Fertilizer
eurpasseh all others In attaptednessa to a/1 hinds ol
soil, I bare purchased the right for Adams county,
and am prepared to All orders for It promptly asides
reasonable terms. It is no humbug, but
11A13 BERN SUCCESSFULLY TRIED
by slumbered' our /armors, and Is admitted by a/I
who have It to be the ben In the market, and the
cheapest. lam prepared to furnish this /actinium In
any quantity, and will deliver
In any town or vi:lage in the
County,
when ordered in not less quantity than • TON. I
manufactuae it for sale at $6O per too without begs,or
US in bags. This fertilizer Is composed of the best
fertilizing chemicals that can ballad. I use no oil of
vitriol; it does not contain any ammonia,. therefore I
'do not use it. Neither dolt nee lints nor ashes.
TILE OBJECT OF VIZ OIIEHIC&L FERTILIZES
Vto introduces fertilizer that, will lut for eeriest,
clops—not only for one. It contains raMolentan tuna
matter to mature the grain and make it ripen early,
while the ammonia *woes the growth. I expect. to
manufactures large ripply this winter for the spring
crops,and therefore invite farmers and tbepubito ro
ars-11y to give It atrial on 111 kinds of
.Graina and
Vegetables.
daI:MOS.—I hereby VT e notice that lriam Rights
hereafter sold unlsassignsd by me. av Infringements
on my Right, and will be prosecuted and dealt with
according to law, from which there is [manual.
101..ellorders willbe promptly attendul by ad.
dreesing
GEORGE BENDER,
Simearirvitle. Plena.
03, B. N. MeICIMM General Agent tbr sale of Con e =
ty and State alga ta,Ganderrellre,Adarareonnr7 Pa.
Dec.2s. —ly •
BOWER'S
COMPAXTE MANURE,
lIIIMACTOI23I
HENRY ROWER,:Chemiat,
Super• Phosphate qf Zing, ‘4lltagonia and rot a
Wl1.11111•1231MIM PZOtt AIMILSIZILAS WIN
This Manure eantaise aU the slimessbi teo Produce
large Grope *faith/ad; Anglo highly. reeisosessied
by all who used It, Ilse hydairlagabbeed *hombre
who hbverbY abblislae :embed Itsqualttiark
Packed in Bags O/ WO
DIXON, 81112.17.151 aCO.,
80 ffcrigh Waterand 40 sonai Dabwpp AlOllllll,
10111.41k/M. .
WILLIAM REYNOLDS,
T 9 4617141 sTalurr.t
BALTIIOIIII MD.;
And by donjon' iiippriaribrougkoist Abe cap vitt,
Tottalbrmation,addrus Res Bomar, Ninitii
Rob. visrty
guointso Cardo.
BREAD,
ROLLS,
PRITZELB, it
JOHN GRUEL
ever - cpeut d to Gett3 sburr, consisting of
TOILET BETA,
TOYS OF ALL RIND?,
YRENCII A.COMMON CANDIES
Xtrtiliztro, ar.
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lUD{ now
rirLADILFat.t.
GETTYSIIURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1870.
Vitt ffitax and #entjutt,
GOVERNOR'S MEM&
To the Senate and Rouse of, Repre
sentatives of the 4'ornmonwisca4h of
Penn/iv/mein—GENTLEMEN: VFOUI the
days of William Penn, the great and
pious founder of our Common*ealth.
it has been the universal custom of
my predecessors, when making (their
annual communications to the Genet
eral Assembly, to acknowledge 'their
gratitude to and dependence upon the
Great Lawgiver of the Univerea. In
imitation of.their• noble example, let
as earnestly invoke His blessing and
guidance in our efforts to perform the
great work of legislation now beibre
us, iu such manner as to meet'Bie air
probation, as well as.that of our com
mon constituents.
%In conformity to the retinireceents
of the Constitution, f proceed to Invite
your attention to suob. ti atinutes as are
deemed necessary for ,your, consider*.
Lion, and to assure you of 'my willing
riess to share with you the anxieties
and responsibilities of all legislation
calculated to advance the prosperity of
the people and the best interesia cif the ;
Commonwealth.
FINANCES
i
Frcm the reports of • the Auditor
General and State Treasurer, the fol
lowing statement has been carefully
prepared, and exhibits the receipts
and disbursements for the fiscal year.
ending Nov. 30, 1869:
Rece.
Balance in Treasury, Nov.Bo, '69— 14112,106 82
Ordinary receipts during the Lis
cal year ending Nov. 30, 18131 041;711
Total in Treasury during year
ending Nov.Bo, 1869 exijsas 96
Disbursements.
Ordinary expenses paid
during the year eraling
Nov. SD, 1880 92,488,114 27
Loans, .484., redeemed at
Treasury.- 109,644 09
Loans redeemed by the
Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund.- 8E2,762 09
InterestpaidatTiessury. 170,665 74 .
Interest paid by Commis-
sloners of Sinking
Fund 1,125078 97
4,853 774 Id
Balence ht_Treasory Nov. 30, /369-91.400,929 45
It will be observed from the above
that part of the loads and part of the
interest, are paid at the Treasury, and
part of both by the Commissioners of
ttre Sinking Fund. This produces a
complication of accounts, which, in
order to avid and simplify the finan
cial statements, I recommend that au
thority be given by law to charge the
Commissioners with the whole amount
of the State debt, and also with all the
money applicable to the payment
thereof, and that they alone be credi
ted with all payments on both ,priuci
pal and interest of tt.e State debt.
PUBLIC DEBT
The following is a statement show
ing the nature of the indebtedness of
the Commonwealth on November 30,
1889:
Funded debt. via:
6 per cent. loans $25 311 Iso 00
5 per cent. loans- 7,273864 418
4% per cent. 10an5.........1120u0 OR
.700.501
Unfunded debt, viz:
Relief notes in circu1at10n.396,397 00
Interest certificates out
standing 13,986 .52
Interest certificates un-
clalmed.-...- 4.448 ad
Domestic creditors' cer
tificates. ......
Am 3o ount of public debt November
1809 ..................
The public debt Nov. 30.11468. 833,296,917 13
Deduct amount redeemed at the
Treasury during the year ending
November 30, 1809, viz:
5 per cent. loans ......3472,837 18
Relief notes canceled._ 19 00
va,46 18
Public debt November, NEC as
above,. $82,814510 96
REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.
At the commencement of the pres
ent administration, in January. 1867.
the total outstanding indebiednees of
the State was $37,704,409,77. Since
then, and up to November 30, 1889,
the sum of $4,889,868 82 has been
paid, and at five per cent. the sum of
$244,493 44, la interest, is annually
saved to the Commonwealth. Glow
quently, the total amount of Indebt
edness of the Commonwealth on No
vember 80, 1809, was $32,814,540 05.
The reduction during they ear end
ing November 30, Isop, animinte to
$472,406 18.
ASSETS IN SINKING FUND.
The assets remaining in the Sinking
Fund are as follows, viz: Bonds of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, $6,-
800,000. Agreeably to an act dated
March N. 1869, the Sinking Fund
Commissioners delivered all the obli
gations of the Sunbury p.nd Erie Rail
road Company, being third- mortgage
bonds, to the Allegheny Valley Rail
road Company, and received therefor
thirty-five second mortgage bonds of
$lOO,OOO each, making in all $3,500,000,
executed by the said Allegheny Val
ley Railroad Company, and
_guaran
teed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
CAmpany, the Northern Central Rail
road Company and the "phladephia
and Erie Railroad CoMpany, MAW
to the Commonwealth as follows , ;
The principal of one of said bonds
($100,000) shall be payable each and
every year, beginning January 1; 1875,
and Bo continuing annually thereafter
until the said sum of $3,500,000 shill
be paid, with Interest thereon from
January 1, IEB2.
The citizens of Pennsylvania: have
always borne taxation not only pa
tiently but cheerfully, and they are
still as willing as ever to contribute to
the payment of all the obligations
resting upon the State; but they ex
pect theirpublic servants 'who are en
trusted with the management of their
affkirs, to act upon the most prudent
and ecouomical basis. In a Trotd,
thAy demand reform in the manage
ment of the financial affairs of the
State, and as far as p.ssible, the to
tren ch inept of 411 unnecessary ettpend-
Iturea.
TUE STATE TaitAinntss,
I beg, once more, to remind the
Legislature that the salary of the
State Treasurer should at least be
equal to that of the Governor. It 'ls
only $l7OO, a sum entirely insufficient
to command 'the services of any re
sponsible man who is required tp.fur•
nigh. a bond with good and approved
sureties for $BO,OOO, and to run the risk
of handling at loot 3§.0100P0 or *-
000,000 per annum, without the un
lawful use of the State fends 'Adepts
sidles from sources that.dare not be rep
vealed to' the nubile, because they are
positively prohibited by law under
penalties of no ordinary magaltude.
Yet there are but few men who! have
held this office, however poorl they
may have been when they took large
of< it, who have not become -rick.
There Is certainly-some advantage in
be gained by the holding or tlict poet-
Wm of State Treasurer, pflognoah tp
the public but which readily sodomite
for the dl rceftil scramble, and for
political an moral debauche ry: which
the people of this State -seem to be
doomed annually to witness, In the
election of that officer ; and because
of the disgrace it brings upon ' that
representatives, the people han a ttileir
beads in indgination and" eine.
Then, in the name of the good panda Of
Pennsylvania, I call upon the-Mem
bers of the Legislature, without. digi
tization of party, to ilse.ahos* the
murkiness of the polluted atmosPhere
01 the past, to the true dignity of nun,
hood and exalted patriotism, add pu
rify the election of Triaturer, as well
as that of 'every other officer within
this Commonwealth, and pionish
ciery one who tampers with the puri
ty of elections, whatever may be his
position or pretensions.'
Liberal
Liberal appropriations are madrcan ,
nuttily to our penitentlarle4 s Austie
asylums and otl er charitable hew ,
etlehd instituthns, without -; tatlalg
from those who receive-and, .1 - lone;
the meney any , sitiaraetry, gy r
- . .
that it itiae been faUhful g aggpl in
the oblboteiniiistled 'l3befefo fie;
commetui4o l o"kiityibre*ON
ttighliprsOditTWito mania an 4
s te
WO, Slit. sProPIiiNPUI Y) e
i!!!MONffl
propier vouchers for all •moneys so ex
pended brtbem, and so isakequarter
ly settlernents of the same In the Audi
tor General's (Coe.
!for Many years the general appro
priatlmf blllll have been Signed on the
.day of the adjournment or the Legis
lature. mid here repeat my sugges
tions of last year. that the appropria
tion. bill be taken, discuised and pass
ed at a eufficiently early 'period daring
the session to enable the Governor, to
give It that thorough examination• its
Importance demands. •
the peculiar interest which itt al
ways manifested by the people in the
subject of education, fa an Inducement
to lay befote Pon, more al length than
would otherw6e be done, the princi
pal 'Wisp* of the velem. lrawn
from the report of the Superintendent
- of Common Egolools.
There are:within the' State 1971
school distaiete; 111,938.1ahools; 2448
graded,wzbooki • 12.800 Wiwi direo
tors ; 78 superigl i endenh; ; 17,142 teach
ers, and filsff pupils. The average
cost•of tuition tor each pupil is ninety
seven, cents, per month. The whole
coot of tuition for the year is $3,600,-
704.28: Total Oat, including expendi
tureshf all Me& during the year, $l3,
988,148.91. FatlONlted valde of school
ptoyartlr $14,0440112.
Notwithatasalog the fact that our
sehnol, law was blade general in the
year 1848, it hridtharkable that there
still -remain eve districts within the
Statei,which have. not yet conformed
thereto. Hopes.
will
entertained that
four of these will loon accept the con
ditiOns of the la*, and the remaining
one, known as the Harmony district,
under the control of the "Piccolo to i tee,' k
having a good .1%001 system of its
own, will probably not edupt the pub
lic school systent so long as the pres.
ent organization lethal society exists .
It is, therefore,. g subject worthy of
hearty congratulation that our school
system has been So universally adopt
ed by the votuniary,oonsent and gen
e. al acquiescence o' the people
As important autiillaries to our com
mon, schoole, the Normal schools are
irutitied to swipe the front rank..
Their flourishing condition may be
understood from the following statis
tics: The whole number of students
that •have attended the tour Normal
schools; Is 10,287, of whom 821 have
graduated. During the past. year there
were In these Institutions 78 teachers
and 4178 students.
Your attention Is again Invited to the
fact that there are about seventy-five
thousand children in the State that do
not attend schools of any deem iption,
and who are permitted to grow up in
ignorance and without employment,
and, in many instances, from lack of
industlial and educational training,
become not only the votaries of vice,
but a prolific source from which the
inmates of our prisons and peniten
tiaries are supplied.
The number of children throughout
the State Attending private schools is
estimated at eighty-five thousand.
The aggregate of the educational
condition of the children of the Com
monwealth may be thus stated
Attending Uzi wale schools-..._._.......816,758
Attending private schools 85,000
Not attending eeboole of any kind....._...75,000
Whole number of children
The subject of non-attendanee by so
large a portion of children is'specially
and most piirnestly oommicided to
your consideration. It is true econo
my on the part of the State. if poriiible,
to save these children from Ignorance.
vagrancy and Crime. To neglect them
would be inexcusable, if not criminal.
Doubtless in your assembled wisdom
You will be able to devisepouse effectu
al mode by which this evil can be rem
edied.
MMI
Many of the recommendations con
tinued in the report of theidaperinten
dent are of the utmost importance. and
eminently deserving of serions atten
slop and leglalative action. The facts
above pet forth illustrate most forcibly
the Practical value of eurstoest admi
rable common school systim, and bear
testimony that cannot be misunder
stood, to the wisdom and liberality by
which it has been conceived and so
successfully carried into effect.
soransrat ORPHANS' SVHOOLS.
Attention is invited to the report of
the Superintendent of the Soldiers'
Orphans Schools for the year ending
May 31 1889, in which is exhibited
their condition, circumstances and ex
penditures.
The Whole number of children ad
witted 'lnto these schpols final their
origin to the illst day of May, 1859. is
4509, of whom 807 have been discharg
ed on order, 618 on age, - and 58 have
died, making a total of 878, which lett
3881 hi the schoots at the end of the
year. Up to May 81, 1869, the number
of cilsoitargse from toe schools have ex
ceeded former estimates by 176. The
number of applications for admission
on Oh, and not acted on, was 701—
some from every county in the State,
except six. •
The sanitary condition of these
schools has been remarkably good.
Tile eittlre cat of maintenance ed
gcatiOP;Oltlthisf 1411.141/1141P411"
for the yes" inuring ••• 1
CMOUn=I:E A .T., •••• 5505,9714*
ere was aa
arelpeaded ce 0.1 .418,0 N 74
Appropriated A ri,/08/1 00,000 to
Appropriated Mara 15,1860 50,000 00
----SOON 74
..$44,105 88
Balance =provided for
For Which sum there should be a
'pond appropriittipo 71itif/0. deley
to tneec t oOrenting walita of the
teachers of Om different institutiome
who have been already compelled to
await its payment for more than seven
months.
For th 4) IMPOilffAllor Olen soh'.ols
during the year ending ay /8? .
it is estimated that 1.04, will' r.
quilted. Which sum I recommend to
be appropriated With the positive un-
derstandwg Mist the expenditure. shall
'not exceed that. amount.
we are gdmonielied by the rapid e*-
p4psipp Untie OYetew. 4;30 oft le -epn
licaptly InPressitig desire ls Arbtaln ad
mission into th there ischoci,_ that Soltle
'definite limit should be determined
upoohy law. It is, therefore, recent
.mended that the indigent children of
rennsylvaula soldiers, who served in
Pennsylvania regiments, and who
died priot, to January t, 4144, from
wounds received or disease contedoted
'in the service of the patted Banes d w .
rWg the war, shall be hereafter admit-,
led', and none others.
'l and
have the lieople en
dorrie4 aPttnil Melt ppm
mutative" 1 relation to them Nowa,
anu there,sgistit not sitigif doubt but
that, they will moat cordially approve
ail, necessary appropriations 14 the
ouppots,r education and . guardianship
of these 'adopted children of the Vain
lion Wealth. • To the honor, Stns pride
and humanity., of lite, Lelledallare is
poallided the goading and,niaintkin
iiiit
a t a h:, "pe red fliterellta l " and lu
the Uittlftt dlaPhatile petit" thr
ty you receive from me especial
and zealous concurrence.
I .4GBICUISIMAS4 COMPEChik • -
establishateat of this diage
was undoubtedly lutooded as, a ,prp !
ratedon movement,
twnidd
much to tie easy aeguleithill of a cow
bluedi kuowleise at saticallatoi•
en" and ittarittkres !WA Utlnnweiao tke
practical education ot Ike 140a/rid
classes in the `several nfe.
it tiaa been fostered by. tbii War
all eglelatkin Addis lindowild'Wl "Abe
sum of $1181;61W invested lb fitted
•iitatowalig ilecnuiyaraatalioade,--rekl-
Xea lairremito Wets* thirny iar.bt
ror4 tsfailfg*Atais.-b t rbb Pig YI Olt
tcugete 0 the rasticu on.. Tins: far
the loan eatishictoryTesults from the
liorlithipottie maw have tiot'lkieti
reitiNed, Bat le lc *ow andatike di- ,
=akin iota president intikalz learned
maw* It waives for Its. piat il
outt ; autlea - Over - tie - age clr - arken
years,
Iflotspatottatikauledialinow. , oo.oo
1 4,41/Wkwirtitadowav
WitiflOtlr prospect t a coasksirakla
100 la imagist Tultioa, - With
andOporillm*sesesorlos or Ws us
l!M=11
COMMON SCHOMAL
EMI
=EMI
there furnisbednt a less rate than is
"generally demanded for boarding alone
thus affording an extraordinary oppor
tunity to the you Ch of the country tot
acquire en accomplished education
with comparatively small expendi
ture. Under these circumstances the
college deserves the indulgent sympa
thy and support ot the people.
Three experinpatal farms are con
nected with the college purchased ut
an aggregate tog, of $43,888 50. One is
located at the college ' one in Indiana
county and one In Chester county. It
Is confidently expected that the record
of these experimental results will
prove highly interesting, and greatly
beneficial to the community.
MILITARY
The military department la one of
great importance to the honorable his
tory V the. Comixionwealth and to
that of her citizens individually. The
circumstances connected with the
present nourishing condition of the
volunteer militbz in the State induce
me to request the continuance of legis
lative favor for the Adjutant General's
department, and that i: be gener
ously supplied with appropria
lions as nave .been a-41 -plod by the
Adjutant General fort. . office.
An nntleniti martl.•.' abtivlty pre
vails throughout the but more
particularly in Philadelphia. The en
couragement which bus been afforded
to the uniformed militia has been re
sponded to with alacrity, and is exhib
ited, as follows t In 1866 ti.ere were
eight volunteer companies; .n 1867,
thirty-eight; in 1868 sixty-seven; and
in 1869, one hundred and eighty-four.
No less than otie hundred and seven
companies were organized during the
year ending No.vember 31; 1869, of
which fifty-six are in Philadelphia
and fifty-one In other parts of the
State.
This is a small but efficient and well
equipped force which in case of riot,
rebellion, or other public da7ger,
would be ready at once to imperirlt
self for the enforcement of the laws
and the protection of the lives and
property of the citizens. It is there
fore desirable that the Legislature
should give the volunteer companies
awn pra.:tical aid as would, in some
degree, compensate them for the time
and money expended to maintain their
organizations, in which the people are
as much interested as the volunteers
themselves.
The report of the Adjutant General
will be found a very interesting docu
ment, containing much valuable in
formation and many important. sug
gestions.
MILITARY HISTORY
• The report of the State historian is
deserving of your careful attention.
The work of the historian, when com
pleted, will embrace four large octavo
volumes, In whieh the name of every
Pennsylvania volunteer will have its
appropriate place. Two of these vol
umes are already completed, in a men
der highly creditable to the Common-
wealth. The third Is rapidly progres
sing, aud, with a generous appropria•
Lion ou the part of your honorable
body, the entire history will be execu
ted, if not before, soon alter the close
of the present year. Most of other
States are publishaig histories similar
to this, and it Is doe to the importante
of the subject, and to the credit of the
State, that Pent,sylvania should not
be behind In this patriotic undertak
ing.
HOME FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS
There is probably no State in the
American Luton that has contributed
more liberally toward the support of
charitable and benevolent institutions
than that of Pennsylvania. The ap
propriations annually made for the
benefit of tile soldiers' orphans' schools,
asylums for the de..f and dumb, blind
and insane, and many similar worthy
estabitsoinents, in which the poor,
helpless and otherwise friendless are
cared and provided for, reflect great
credit upon the Legislatures who have
donated the requisite means for their
support. But there is one other insti
tution needed, and the claims for
which are more strongly urged oy
every principle of humanity and pa
triotism than any other now in exis
tence, which has not yet received the
attention its vast importance impera
tively demands. This is a home fur the
soldiers who have "borne the battle"
in defence of the honor, Integra) , and
perpetuity of the American Union.
Igo men living have as power
ful Chains upon the generosity and
nurturing care of the Commonwealth
of Penuaylvania, as those who upon
the tame-field fought to protect it
against threatened devastation and de
struction, and who, in this patriotic
service, endangered their lives, seed-
Maxi their health, lost their limbs, and
became enfeebled and disabled for life.
Attu yet we daily pee these meta, (and
who does not blush to see them ?) to
whom we olve the preservation of our
Government, the homes we enjoy, and
almost everything we possess, hob
bling about our streets upon crutches,
wiLti missing limbs, and otherwise so
enfeebled as to be entirely untlaed for
any, remunerative employment, beg
giug trabiebreed from door to door, or
!Sian upon' the obrnerse of the streeti
turning au organ for the taw pennies
the charitable passer-ky may feel die-
EZltto bestow. Every one of there
ess men, whoie patriotic devotion
to his country has brought him to
this deplorable condition, is a burning
reproach to the State for whose welfare
be has MOS tbe meat serious and lam
etitable of all naisfortunps. All of
them appeal, toy their wounds and des-
Mutton to tue people of the Common-
wealth:for that care watch, in such
contingencies, was promised the sol
dier of the ptop, his widow, and his
orphan It la time that all
aUoh promises should be redeemed.
The wounded and helplesli soldiers
have a claim frixin the State which
should not and Cann it be ignored.
And .! do earnestly recommend, In
their name and in their behalf, that.
measures be taked by your honorable
bfnly, la
th establish for es home
where ey iihtsll be amply provided
with the necessarybonaloits of life, mad
no longer be compelled to be pension
ers upon the scanty charities of the
world. This Is a debt the State abso
lutely owes, and ne tithe should be lost
in its honorable
LIFE INSURANOZ.
• I earnestly repeat the reoommenda
tion made to the Legislature • at its last
session, that an insurance department
b e es itched, and a superintendent
, •
appointed by lao r wtio pimp have su
pervialpu. and enotiol over all insu
ram* pompanise allOired" - to transact
business within the Wale. The com
triunity is deeply l interested in the
matters and demands legislative pro
'Motion.
. Ourlaws in relation to life Insurance
oompanles are defective and need revis
ion and correction: Without the pro
tectitin refeiTed to, throe lairs Wiz-un
equally upon our own and furilign
companies. The latter, being protect
ed.,, ay legislative enactment, are ena
bled to transact an Imineaseaunoustof
business within the Ibuits of ,ibis Qom .
114010bidlli t Aiitlist our ooMpaules,
-having no such protection, can do but
little in other States',
The, abolishment* therefore, of the
audr.tot wkistOttasiou in its
reasonable and espiltable tax,
would' 'cadet Mb' approbation of all
ocnpauletz,lte favor of equal and exact
whether belongfog to thli ur
Nor .404tlia.istOlte... , ilum li
inure a large lucerne to tie
recary. For instants, there are
thirly - ieven Iffe insurance - ocurpantes
'front - other &ens doteg - towinerir ht
felkagr/VORthti Wig comb pay o License
.of SOO% making, the auto uf,P4600.
. li9t, one of 'these criwpames would oh
Itast to paying au equal lax of say iut
ile!! Drone percent. urns toe- ttmouLt
of their bualuesa., . ,
• *kw AVG/MALI" WILMER:,
•:. I TfitviGicrefigner brit* , namanew-the
Mister 4 4•4 1 4.-'_dbmolcr. op* mew:.
Una nuxunbustinle 400,
it be used about the sh tins
the lit ntibUnit feu be tetreguod, and
that every mine shaft hive more than
a sing% avenue of ingress and 'egress.
The/ best method of constructing. ven
tlintlng-andlgetiting the mines should
he .- Amitesitatlngly pidopted, and the
system adopted rigidly enforced.
BOAPB OF PUBLIC CHARITIES.
Iti accordance with an act of the last
Legislature; a Board of 'Public Chari
ties has been appoi- ted, consisting of
Ate fallowing gentlemen, viz: Gen.
Thomas L. Kane, for five years; F. B.
Penniman, Esq. , years; Hon. G.
Dawson Coleman, three years; Geo.
L. Harrison, H. q., two years ; and
one year: The board
organized by electing Gen. Kane.
Prestdent,'and Hon. Wilmer Worth
ingtOn, Secretary and General Agent.
Prom the establishment et this bard,
and especially from the high character
and qualifications of the gentlemen
whd have consented to assume its im
portant trusts and responsibilitlen; we
have reason to hope for the most bene
This - changatothe man
agement of our charitable Wain, Is
deettled of the highest Importance by
many persons intimately conversant
with the workinmeand management of
.these institutlene.
A tininitigh review of all the estab
lishments receiving appropriations
from the State by this board, will give
an assurance to the Legislature and the
people, which they , have never hereto,
fore possessed, that their benefactions
%Ili be worthily bestowed and properly
employed.
Some time during the present sea-
Rion, the board - will present to the Leg
islature, a report of the oondition and
requirements of the various institu
buns that have been recipients of ap
propriationa mom the &ate, with such
recommendations as may be deemed
necessary; and, therefore, no informa
tion concerning them, eixeept the an
nual reports of the superintendents,
will at present be laid before you.
GEOI,OGIC.II-1, SURVEY.
Many prominent chiller* havere
sent-d that there exists great nec essity
fcir a more' complete geological and
mineralogiall survey of the State than
at. present exists.
Should the Legislature concur in
these views, and passe law authurixing
such a survey, it will meet with the
Executive approval.
INSPECTION OF GAS
At the last session a law was passed
creating the office of Inspector of Gas
and Gas metres for the county of Alle
gheny, and in accordance therewith I
!rive appointed an inspector possessing
the necessary qualifications. The ne
cessity for such a law btu) been long and
extensively felt., and it. has been earn
estly demanded by a large number of
highly r4pectable \,olti!ens, whose
opinions are eminently worthy of
consideration. I thereibrerespectfully
recommend that the just and equitable
provisions of the Allegheny county
law be extended to other counties iu
w filch gas is largely consumed.
RevO3TON OF TILE CIVIL CORE'
The law on this subject does no •
template a full report from the Com
m issioners to revise the general statutes
(Wale State before.the session of 1871.
ft may, however, be important testate
that this work has so far progressed as
to make it almost Certain that it will
be completed and ready for the preasso
soon after the close of the present am
sion as will allow time to bring within
the code such of your enactments as
may with propriety be incorporated:
A general road law, and one for the
support and maintenance clf the poor,
have heremfore been reported, and
should receive your yearly attention.
STATISTICS.
The recommendatiCon made last year
for the establishment of a desk for the
collection and preservatfon Oritathities
relative to exports and imports, agri
culture, manufactures. coal, iron, oil.
lumber, etc., and for the collection of
tnineralogical andgeological specimens,
and other things that may be deemed
appropriate to such a departmeict, is
respectfully renewed with the sugges
tion that the duties be attached to he
office of the Librarlau and his assist
ant, with a reasonable Increase of com
pensation, and au appropriation for the
same.
PRISON DISCIPLINE
In accordance with a law approved
April 13, 1867, Mahlon H. Dickinson,
Esq., of Philadelphia, was appointed
"to visit, for , philanthropic purposes,
the prisons and almshouses in the va
rious counties of the Commonwealth."
His second report, which is herewith
presented, embraces a vast amount of
useful information, and will be found
h ighlyintereati ngand worthy of mature
mmsideration. It will be seen that
while some of our county prisons have
been constructed and are being con
structed with Atria regard to the pro
per objects of punishMeitt, others are
utterly unfit for any such purposes,
and are a disgrace and reproach to a
civilised age and a Christian people.—
The comm some
of these, describes them "as being un
safe, where prisoners could not be held
unless loaded With chains where the
sexes were PO separated, 11 , thire there
was no discipline, orAmy iftbrt made
towards the moral Or religious im
provement of the Inmates; the build
ings totally unfit for the purpose of a
prison, and where the prisoners become
schooled in viceyand evendstl4 grad
uated, prepared for a life of lawiesst
ness. In some of 'the prisons the
cells are reorpsentect as tientrapted dot
gems, lntd 'which. not k 'ray of situ
shine or a draft of pure air can enter,
and in which a human being could not
po.-slbly live tbropgh a lengthy term .
of sentence. And 111 SIM WM%
conesquencent the ripest? proper - ac
coiwnodetiotgt.all,offtaseeof criminals,
from the west hardened and aged to
the youth of tender years, are permit
ted to congregate, a
playing, pro }l aft ps every
speciese
Co otimnio trandme
'eri.
Thnlin era waisted "to
inquire into the. Miens a of
prison tiltaiPlirlei hie firaPil in other
states and countries, as trimpared With
what is known as the 'Petatisylvania
system," .will stdimit. yoe ibela report
at an arly day, from which gm• will
learn that the capacity of ,ijur petite
safe !It prelept reprinettutt Mr the
Safe k ni"ll WI PRP*" ruNiment
of all onentiers of the hig teT• grades.
and that work
, Mgt,,Nl/;p i o w , o f
correction are n for Moo* whose
crimes are of-a more , trivlit•tharatter,
and whom regormathat and future lase
hiltless may be_amipplabliti.ivr tt, int
mane egstim of ltipidrpillie t eileirall will
be reootomended, • ,
laptclAtlYt•
Commintentions received !min van
oua parts of the State,- represent that
the prerieutjudielat form is inadequate
for the r,purposes designed. si t nee ti
number of Judg
nese of the courts asgreatly nerettne4
with oarlOpidWealding ptypithr
don, and Abe anultiplisaterf-tosar
mertial and btuttnimorms of out
growing Commonweal frouilar re
lief should be i fi btded Weft' worthy
of careful corasidentbaltr' .
'wen, .41atflet et hbolinpreine eburt,
over seven tutudred Atew Dative, have
been dookeW within one year. Mani
of these ibeelte Very large aka:mute,
and important legal pabrel i theet•snli
theft proper con . _
on theJudsm .. grest-lalsoustid imepabari-
GLOW._ Irvine' o th er insular' is
court the , antemiseit lista Wnelitifsi be
coming so:efoltded* a tioinipaisibis
to'dhipara,n( ,ihe
, p n. that
promptusbiiiiit Intel' genus d
by. the public interests; anft . . H
with up, of the jlll4l4lllperligiff ',',l: -_'.
by law' allelitoastss the mast
or rshrfpritorat..l bias J.ilietir
himpaanaisairfon inked au a dition-
Ailudge MAU( teal* Milts ng it a
;Await:Aft/eft, ininstlosio the marry
eOlera - sad, to' the. Woe ...h4*; ham
more eforktikan ahouid, in r i mg re d of
the Wrest% niiiiiliet 'of - u - Jet . them
be seeneutfileMoittrafrft -
„
i..s itotr ft naltif
&Int
-.:l_lnniredienoe to "an act, to settle; de.
tempo. atnltoosteiboaoutatem Wood
er7 Hoe of the VOITHIMNIViIabbi II ap•
+
WHOLE NO. 3596.
proved literati 1869, I appointed
James Worrell, Esq., of Harrisburg,
and Strickland Knees, Esq., of Phila
delphia, both civil engineers, Commis
sioners on the part of Pennsylvania,
to act "in conjiinctlbn with like Com
missioners on the part of the State of
Delaware."
The Governor of that State was
promptly furnished with a copy of the
act, and informed of the appointment
of Commissioners under it, and ma
co-operation invited. But, so far
am advised, no aetion of any kind has
been taken by Delaware - on the sub
ject; and onneequently the work con
templated by the act above. referred to
has not been performed.
Your special attention is invited to
the report of our Com m bedoners, which
is herewith communicated.
It is eminently proper that special
notice-should be taken of the decease of
such persons as have ooeupied pro
minent positions in, and rendered Ms
tinguished services to the State. Con
spicuous among these were Hon. Jo
seph Ritner and Hon. David it. Por
ter, both of whom died during the pre
sent administration. During their
eventful lives they shared la , gely in
the public confidence and regard, and
filled many poets of honor, trust and
responsibility, including that of Gov
ernor, with distinguished fidelity and
latriotism. They were conspicuously
dentified with all the grave and im
portant questions of State policy and
administration, through the eventful
period in which they lived ,and contri
huted largely to shape and strengthen
the firm foundations of our Common
wealth. upon which others have been
enabled to build securely. They have
away, ripe In years and full of
onors; and it is respectfully submitted
Whether it be not proper for the Legis
lature to take some appropriate notice
of the lamented death of these two dis
tinguished public servants.
During the year ending December
31, 1869, there have been 1555 applica
tions for pardon, of which 62 or four
per cent., were granted, 1108 rejected,
and 380 are still under advisement.
For some reason, not easily under
stood, It seems that public sentiment
has become perverted on ibis import
ant subject of pardons. The framers
of our Government, as I understand it,
never certtemplated or Intended ati in
discriminate use of the pardoning pow
er. It was only designed for the cor
rection of manifest errors or oppres
scone, palpable mistakes, cases of after
discovered evidence, and others of ex
ceptional character. Both the theory
of our Government and public policy
require that the pardoning power
should be kept within these limits,and
not be made an Instrument to defeat
the execution of the laws and the ad
ministration of public justice. All or
dinary cases, therefore, are wholly out
side of, and kr - conflict with, the prin
clples on which Executive clemency
- mould be based ; and non . such should
be presented for consideration It is
earnestly hoped the public will under
stand and act In accordance wth this
view, of the subject, its due alike to the
Executive and a proper regard for the
execution of the laws.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS. .
Having laid before you a general sur
vey of the affairs and condition of the
State which relate to the common wel
fare, it affords me also the highest gra
tification to add t h at the -atateanie in
tercourse and pleasant relations which
have so long existed between the Gov
ernment of Pennsyliania and Unit gov
ernments of all the other States and of
the Union, continue unimpaired; and
consequently our resolution "to pre
serve, protect and defend" these fund
amental principles of humanity, equal
rights and equal justice to all, unlvers-•
al freedom and a united couotry, is
greatly strengthen -d.
The general relations of the National
Government, asset forth in the recent
annual message of tue President, eon
tinue to be •peace at home and without
entangling alliances abroad ;" the re
construction of the States lately in
rebellion is being rapidly accomplish
ed ; the revenues are faithfully collect
ed ; the national debt is being liquida
ted at the rate of about $100,000,000 p er
annum, and repudiation has been
ernhatically repudiated. A strict and
uncompromising adherence to this po
licy by a prudent and economical ad
ministration has already restored the
National character to the full es t confi
dente in the minds, not only of our
countrymen, but of foreigners, and has
allayed all spirit of discontent that
might have been dangerous to the
stability of our institutions.
There is another subject also of Na
tional importance claiming our atten
tion, because It directly affects the in
dustrial operations in which Pennsy l
vania Is so largely Interested.
Movements, characterized with the
greatest energy, are now being made
by those interested in free trade, to in
duce Congress to take such action as
will permit the free introduction or
steel, Irou and iron materials for ship
bnilding, and many othet modifications
of the tent!' laws. Should such efforts
be suocessfal, the result must prove dis
astrous to the great coal, iron and other
Interests of our State, diminishing the
prodUction of iron and other manufac
tured articles, and consequently the
consumption of coal, and be destructive
to oqr valuable dome markets. It
Wonld aleq prove disastrous to many of
our capitalists find working people—
depriving them of all reasonable pro
spects of future activity and remu
nerating wiles-414d bring our. pro-
Owls 414 14 4 ;14140411001npetition with
irrV labor from abroad. So far as
plisent system affords protection
tothe mannbetures labor and pro
ducts of Pennsylvania, it is obligatory
upon tut tq Inui all favorable means to
plievent spy redOrthin of existing
donee. gut miners. laborers And man
ufacturers should not de thrown nut of
employment tiy the proposed change of
dUties on foreign imports, which basal
ways heretofore resulted In the pmstra
ourt of every department of trade, la
bor and business, and entailed upon us
the manifold evils of Now: t rd, ,s tate
and Individual haniuriptcy. We owe
It as a duty to our constituents to in
struct our Senators and request our Re
presentative! in Congress to oppose all
such attempts. For the same reasons
we shouldopoose any reciprocity treat
lee by which the people of Canada can
pin advantages over our own lumber
men, Arum and other producers,
whtin our limits.
STRUGGLING CUBA
While acknowledging the rightful
constitutional authority of the General
Government to dispose of all questions
relativeto national affairs, and while
itt no manner seeking to interfere with
the ert •reise of that authority, I.mtanot
refrain from alluding :o thefeet, that
for more than a year a brave people. in
Cuba - have been struggling for their In
:dependence against great wide, he the
ales of barbarities and atrifieftles which
will ne forever be a-foul-blot upon the
hilitory of Spain. We 'should indeed
be unmindful , of humanity and of the
greatness of our nationality, if w
omitted to notice We patriotic end
by the Oubans to throw off the Spanish
yaks, and like our own , ancestors, "to
assume among the powers, of the earth
She seperate and equaietAdoll which
Ordure and naturers Gbd but Lilo the M. "
The - new organisation • , has abolished
sliver/ awl attested its rights not only
to dtir Sympathy but to recognition, by
Um vigor and determination of its re
sistanoe tethe oppresslonsof the mother
country. Almost from the beginning
of our Nutioual Government, Cougrea.
has furnished numerous precedents lor
the action here ludkusted, even when
the people struggling for liberty were
not Upon the American gee anent.
Theyrecognized (freeze In h. , r efforts to
maintain ner nationalist* againet nark-
I iSh upw-mloit. Tito same stails pre
veiled not oust' toward's Poland, Its y
ind Hungary,•bus to Ireland In all •her
incesemente tp regain - her long lost
natioualiky. These eottutries had the
usimistsdiatokrityl l / 1 1144 of the_ MO)
. .. 1.;
IN MEMORIAM
PARDONS.
,
of the United States, and our publie
men, In every branch of the Govern
ment, never hesitated to speak in their
de= In the case of the French
revoit>Rion,
re n, the statesmen of America
gave encouragement ,to the people of
that-lonntty to•• establirh.a republkrau
fornsof government. • Upon - this atm
tinent.there are numerous lestancesof
of active syrn path les with the struggles
of the peoplelor liberty in various na
tions. In the case of 'rexas, during
her conflict"with Mexico, she not wily
had our undisguised friendship,: but
obtained our reeugnitlon of her iride•
pendent nationality, and soon after. ,
wards she Was annexed to our great
sisterhood o 'States.
It is in singular contrast with these
historic precedents that the people of
Cuba have as yet received no national
encouragement or recognition, while
they are imitating the extiniple of our
fathers, who, ril, colonists, struck doWn
the hand whieli oppressed them, and
established for themselves a free and
Independent government. There is no
question but that the patriots of Cuba
have the warm will emphatic sympa
thy of a great , injorlty of the people
of this and other States, and I but
give the utterance to what is uu abidlu
sentlinelit among the mosses, when I
declare a hearty sympathy with the
people of that island now endeavoring
to oast off the yoke of oppresiun (sate.,
ed so lung upon them by au intolerant
government. The gem of Vie Antilles
of right belongs to republican rule, and
is, to all intents and purposes, covered
by the Monroe doctrine,•so that what
ever recognition the' I.ioverument
might extend ti) Republicans of Cuba,
it would only amount th \ the praetical
enforcement of whit our nation has so
long advanced In theory. Cuba is an
American Island. Geographically it
belongs to the Uulteti States. Its acqui
sit lot, has been alearling principle with
many of our ablest statesmen from nu
cal ly period in our history. Jefferson,
Madison, Adams, Clay, Van Buren,
Buchanau and many others advocated
the lueorporation of Cuba into the
Union. It. is hoped the time will soon
tsmie If it has not already arrival,
.when, by the enunciation of a prottipi.
and decided policy, a brave people may
tie recognized as indepetideut, and the
cause of republican principles receive
new enco ragement,
Tit NATIONAL Fla a Nees.
Themanagement of our national
la
finances is one of the most delicate and
important questions now under consid
eration by the Muerte:ln - 4 peopitt, and
while it is not my intention to offer
any plan to settle a matter which seetus
to give so much trouble to many of our
most expireneed financiers, a few sug
gestions may not be out of place.
It will be remembered that by the
establishment of our national [mutts,
the best and safest paper currency tiait
ever existed in this nation has been
aftbrded. Great caution should theft.
ore be taken hot to mar a system that
has been so geuerally belittle:ult.--
W nen the Government established lA, 0
national banks, our State banks were
taxed out of existence and destroyed
as such; but in many instances tney
were renewed by the solemn enactateut
of Cougress, under whose supervisto.l
they were promised a just, kind and
fostering care. It seems unjust, there
tore, that the Government should pro
pOSe to withdraw a part of their circu
lation from them and give It to in W
ones, to be organized where none now
exist. If new banks should be created
wiierever.tney Way be required, they
should receive their eirculatten front
au increase of the amount ire , author
ized by law ; tue eirculatiou to be the
same as the banks now naite, and on
the same kind of hecurities2 -
In my opinion u policy of expansion
of the currency should bp adopted that
will give ease and comfort to the people,
and that will cheer up and reassure our
oushiess men and put the wheels of
commerce, manufactures.- and labor in
full - operaUon. It will prevent a de
cline in the revenues delved from the
tariff and internal taxation, cud Will
!give thousamis of citizens from the
crushing eff'efts' of contraction. As a
part of tue same policy, there should
be nu hesitation about the abandon
ment of the itiea of reducing the cur
rency by the adoption of any plan to
curtail the amount of legal tenders now
in circulation. •
constant and natural approach
to specie payment is the only safe
mode, iu my opinion, to accomplish
that desirable end. Ally compulsory
inw that may be enacted will in all
probability be a failure. Ido not hesi
tate to say. that We t:sintruction of the
currency at tides time would be produe
-ttve of great injury botu to individuab.
nod to the general interest of :he 113
Lion.
Let there be a liberal encouragement
of railroads, manufactures and every
project that will afford employment
and compensation to our toiling mil
lions. lincourage a vigorous collection
of the revenue on luxuries. Main tain a
strong treasury, with gold sufficient to
keep a check upon those who might
uc disposed to u:sturb the natural ten
dency towards specie payments, or for
the purposes of speculatian.
There should ue a steady but moder
ate reduction of the national debt, a
funding of the present six per percent.
five-twenty bonds In others,. a: a lower
rate of interest, not by compulsion, but
uy fair dealing, and the establishment
of a sinking mud, at such a rate us will
pay utf the debt in about thirty years.
We shall then not only rind tae busi
ness of the country reviving, but our
business men leady to expand their
operations with the greatest encourage
went. - JOHN W. UEARY.
ILLuutrutO A LOAD.—N, Yolk society has
just furnished another instance, with a 'act
and lamentable ending, of the passion that
exiats in the region of American aristocrat •
ic-snobbery.-for petting, feasting, and, it
ixts.sible, of marrying their daughters to a
lord. The passion is so low and so essea
daily pitiful that, were it not that the hap
piness of an innocent girl is often the sacri
fice, we should be inclined to pronounce the
verdict of served them right, when the
denouement shows a dissipated and heart
less rake or a showy impostor. Last sum
mer there appeared in New York a young
man calling himself L•nd Rube: t Ainsloy.
He dressed fashionably; spent his money,
or the money of somebody else, freely ; had
•tawny" mutton-chop whiskers and a wax
ed mustache a undeniably aristocratic ap
pearance; drove an English dog cart with
an English "bobbed"horse,.and was waited
on by a tiger all buttons and gilt. Hip ac
cent was undeniably Dtmdrearyish, and Le
becagie the rage. Re was courted in fash
ionable circles, and formed theacquaiutanco
of a wealthy young lady whom he sot n
entrapped into an engagement. Doubts as
to his real claim to the name' curd title Le
bad assumed became current. The mother
of the young lady made inquiries and found
out that he was an Impostor. But the
daughter bad become Infatuated and would
believe nothing to Ida disc:edit. The gait.
ter of a title had taken her, end the arts of
a scoundrel had done the rest. She clung
to him and m:.rried him. The end of the
story may be imagined. Fur awhile • he
floated on the crest of fashionable society.
He took a house In ad aristocratic goat ler
of New York and gave stylish dinnert..—
.
Then be Intik to a boarding house, and lust
week dhapearelgltogether, taking with him
his wife's diantooda,iticioey, and eye!) Ins
watch. The "poor• girl, abandoned and
heart broken, forced at last to believe what
she had stabboinly rejected, leas retained
to her mother's house, anti is lying danger
ouslyiEd of brain %vet Such a stony
heeds no moral.
A Psnts telegram gives the minisity an
trounced u the Caps Legible!if by N.
Brolly 'Mister. Of the eleven mentb,rs 4,t
the Cabinet lie has allowed four of tbe Eire
viotts Ministers to remain, cod has appoit.t
erl seven new oues. Of the new inetubeta
unly two bear mmes that are prominently
iwu and the 'complexion uf the. Govern
meet most probably - stands Li, a Liters
Empire,. „ . „
Tug stdtiijll felt severely in this
vieluity on tidiellipaivears.lo have iagrd
with tiemendointitesibieth-4nd *est of
os. . Rivers base: oirtirliPssarn4beit. banks
and poolons of eslinteds.llllllon
iiiste4. Nearlytilkil the iertkilitelhtee to
,We not hand west us down and consequ
ently since likturtley night the news tele
puns here bete teeelveti vejsposely,