TERN'S OF - THE . GLOBE.
Yer a mtlM in ad-.ante.
Six toonth4;
intinVlA4
11714ESIS OF ADVERTISING.
1 invrtion. 2 do. 3 do.
%Noe stEgare;(lo . lloesjor less.s 75... .... .41 25.........8 150
'Two agnates, 1 60 2 00......... 3 00
3, ThreetquAres, 2 25 5 00 4 50
8 months. 6 months. 12 months.
Llne inquaro, , er less 44 00 06 110 410 00
'TWO Sqllarce f • 6 00 9 00 15 00
' , Three squares 8 00 12 00 20 00
efour itinarmy , 10 00 15 00 25 00
'Mara column 15 00 .0 00 ...... —.SO 00
'One colutur .0 00 25 00..........00 00
'Professional and Business Cards not exceeding six lines,
(On sear, $5 00
'Administrators' end Executors' Notices, $2 50
:Auditors' Notices, 2 00
'Emmy ' or other short Notices 1 60
"--- '• "
ieZ-Ten lines of nonpareil make a /ignore. About
tia;ght words constitute a line, so that any person cams ea
sily calculate a square in manuscript.
Advertisements not marked with the number of inser
tions desired, will be continued till forbid and charged ac.
cording to these terms.
One prices for the printing of Blanks, Handbills, etc.
are reasonably low.
Vrolusinali Xlitsincss aarbs.
DR. R. It. WIESTLING most respect
fully tenders his profesalonal services to the citizens
of Huntingdon and vicinity.
Oface that of the Into Dr. Snare,
DR. A. B: BRUMBAUGH,
Having permanently located at Huntingdon, oilers
bra prof.sional services to tho community.
. Office, the same as that lately occupied by Dr. Laden
on Hill street. R 1110,1868
111. JOHN MeCULLOCII, offers his
professional eereices to the citizens of Huntingdon
sin vicinity. Mee or, 1110 street, one door emit of heed's
Drug 6tore. Aug. 2S, '66.
ALLISON MILLER,
0 Ink in •
„:,: , „ D fr,
removed to the trick Row oproatte the Court Rowe.
April 13, 1839.
FJ. GREENE,
4. DENTIST.
Office removed to Lelateen Now Building . ,
11111 street, Huntingdon.
July 31,1867.
lATASTrINGTON HOTEL,
11UNT14iGDON,
The 'lndere/gat:a rospectfully Informs the citizens of
iluntingdon county and the traveling public generally
that lie has leased thd IRfebington House on the cor
ner of 11111 and Charles street, In the borough of Hun
tingdon. nod lie is prepared to accouitioulute all who may
favor him With a coil. Will be pleased to melee a law
ni oar? of public patronage.
ACOLizTIIS LETTERMAN.'
gl,
jMILTON S. LYTLE,
ATTOR'YEY AT LA. TV,
lINTING DON, PA
Trotupt attention given to all legal business entrusted
to his care. Claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against
tho Governineut collected without delay. seltrtiti
McitURTRIE,
ATTORNEY AT _LAW,
Office on 11111 /fired.
Prompt attention will be giten to flit) prettecution of
the claims of soldiers nod soldiers' heirs, against tho Gov
onion:at. nut:2,lBo
. 4
GEENCY FOR COLLECTING
SOLDIERS' CLAIMS, BOUNTY, BACK PAY AND
I'EA DION:3. •
All who may have any claims against the Government
for Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions, can have their claims
promptly collected by applying either in person or by let-
ter to
W. it. WOODS,
ATTORXEY A 2' LA Tr.
augl2,lSC,.
tsttp COLLECTION
.• o
Or 4"
• = ALLEN'ID:i7"ELL, ; -
District Attorney'of :Huntingdon County,
:71iINTINGDON,- PA. :
0271.0,.. 1 -in, the Brick Row, opposite the Dont nOlllBO
JOEY' BROTTi NINULL T. BROW N,
Til nariie o f this firm -lifts-been
froltit scow & BROWN„ to,.
- SCOTT, BROWN & BAILEY,
itlatir which name they As 'hereafter conduct, their
vractico as
JTTORATYS Jr LAW HILVTLITIDO.S, PA.
PENSIONS. end all cloims of soldiot s nod soldiure hells
against the Uovet omen!, trill be promptly prosecuted.
.51ey 17. 166f—tE
NuntinOott Nusittcss pirator,ll'.
[The following Cards arc published gratuitously. Mer
chants and (wanes" men generally -who advertise liberally
In the columns of Tilt Gpone for six months or longer, null
hate their Cards insetted here during the continuance of
their adrertisentent, Otherwise, special Vastness Cards in
serted at the usual rates]
rill; WM. BREWSTER, lleCon nens
iowu. [Cures by ElictrolutthM
M. GREENE, Dealer in Musie,ma
ji
_ft.ico Instruments, Sewing Mechli., in Ideiiiter'a
new building, (second
WM: LEWIS, Dealer in Books, Sta.
tionery and Musical Instruments, corner of the
Diamond
WB - • ZEIGLER, Dealer in Ladies
..una allartn'9 Furnishing Goods, opposite the
Eitel National Walt.
WP. ItIUDOLPH,DeaIer in Ladies
rind Gents' Furnishing Goodo, apposite Leister's
new building
( - ±E0,7.-MARSH,
Vf Morebent Tailor, opposite, Lewis' Book Store
GREEI\.TBERG,
. Merchant Tailor, in the Diamond
I'f , CAITAN & SON, proprietors of
Juniata Steam Pearl Mitt, West 'Huntingdon.
M. GREENE & F. 0. BEAVER,
„T. Marble Maufacturers, Mifflin atact, near the Lu
-4 ran church. •
WRI. WILLIAMS,
rlain and Ornnmentnl Marble Manufacturer.
v-VA.M.ES HlGGENS:Manufacturer of
ty Furniture and Cabinet - Ware, Ifuntingilou,
T- 2.- M.' . WiBE, Manufacturer of Furni
fel ...tyre, Huntingdon. Undertaking attended to
WHARTON & MAG Whole.
sale and retail dealers in foreign and domestic
.Hardware, Cnt !cry, dc, Railroad street, Huntingdon.
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TAMES A. BROWN,
et, Dealer in 7lardnure, Cutlery, Mints, Oils, kg., Hunt
pgdon, Pa.
el H. MILLER & SON, Dealers in all
kinds of Fine Leather : Findings, &e., dc., near the
Presbyterian clutch.
7WM. AFRICA, Dealer in Boots and
Shoes,in the Diamond, Huntingdon, Pa.
JOIN 11. WESTBROOK, Dealer in
Booth, Shoes, Hosiery, Confectionery,
fIEO. STIAEFFER, dealer in Boots,
k_A khoes, CI niters, &c., Huntingdon.
AJ. , holesaie and retail
31eridiant, Leigtoesi New Buildfug, Huntingdon.
TOIINSTON WATTSON,
tints, Main at, oast of Washington Hotel, Ilnutingdon
GLAZIER & BRO , Retail .31.0.-
chants, Waehiogtou st., u..er the juil, Huntingdon.
Z - VENTER, Dealer in Groceries and
*Provisions of oil kinds; guntingdon,
W. INIAROII. & BRO.
lleatera to Dry Goods, Querustrare, llsnlware,
Roots, Shore, ,tc.
ftUNNINGH•AI & CARRON,
Merchant., Iluutindon, Pa.
'LT ROMAN,
j_j_. Dealer in Ready Mule Clothing, lints and Cap+,
T 1 P. GIVIN,
• Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, I lard ware, Quvons
ware, ifata and Caps, Doors and &loss, AV. 141.10ingdULI
Q E. lIENItY & CO., "Wholesale and
Ly e Retail Dealers in Dry Donde, Qroccrica, Hardware,
queendware, and Drurisiuna of All trin,da, liuntingdan•
Ile' For neat JOB PAINTING, COI 0
the "GLOBE JOB PRINTING Gt [CR, " at lino
tingdou, Pa.
42 (J
. 1 'JO
WK. LEWIS, HUGH LINDSAY, Publishers
VOL, XXIII.
Message of Governor Geary.
To the Senate and Houseof Representa
tives of the Co7lllllo7lwealth of Penn
sylvania.
GENTLEMEN : -BefOre performing the
customary and constitutional duty of
transmitting to you information of the
affairs of the Commonwealth , and rec
ommending, such measures
,to your
consideratitin.as are doemed.necessary
and expedient, it affords me great grat
ification to tender to you my most
friendly greetings on your assembling
at the seat of Government, and to, wel
come you to the council chambers of
the State.
n chl3•ly
Our grateful acknowledgments aro
duo to the ,Beneficent . AuthOr of all
good for the continued prosperity and
well-being which every where prevails,
for the abundance which has crowned
the labors of the husbandman, for the
general health with which we have
been so signally favored, and for all
the enjoyments of peace, contentment
and happiness Within our borders. ' •
One of the most important duties in
volving upon the Legislature is the
consideration' of the public finances.
Such action should be taken for the
provision of footle to defray the cur.
rent expenses of the Government, the
preservation of the credit of the Corn-
Mon ivealth, and the speedy extinguish
ment of the public debt; as circumstan
ces shall be found to require. These
objects are of the highest importance
and claim the first attention of the
Representatives of the people.
Finances.
The report of the State Treaiurar shows
that the balance in the Treasury,
November 30, ISO, was $ 1,741,033 27
Ordinary receipts during the fiscal year
ending November 30,1807 6,423,330 07
Loan for the redemption clover due betide --23,000,000 00
Depreciated funds iu the Treasury, una
vailable 41,032 00
HUNTINGDON, PA
Total in Treasury for fiscal year ending
7ioe. 30, 1067 $ 70;205,390 34
Payments, tie:
Ordinary expenses during
the fiscal ear coding
I gigs% 30,. 1E67 $ 4,580,96 99
Loans, a c., redeemed 20,018,829 89
Depreciated funds, una
vailable 41,030 00
—25,50,55 S
Balance in Trettenry Nov. 350867 4,60,336 46
°Cm Lich the Tivnedrpr reports as appli
cable to the payment of over ituelitic,
the sum of 2,937,975 55
QM!
Amount of State debt on November
213, 1060_, $35,022,052 16
Funded debt, viz:
13 per cent. •
1uanz...525,011,180 00
5 per cent,
loan. 12164,025 20
414 per cent..
100110 1 - 5,000 00
$27,500,205 20"
Unfunded debt, one:
Ilellel nutra
ell et/itt
*NMl 0.1023 00
Into est cel
- cat us
0,11 stand
ing 13,00.6'02
1117 reef
claitovd..... 4,41 S $0
0-
diner. err
line:des 44 67
I=l32liti
Total outstanding.... 537,704,409 77
From la Inch deduct the
amount tat treasury
appheable to the pay
moat of overdue loano 2,931,975 55
34,796,435 2.1
Amount redeemed dining the fiscal year
ending No% ember 3U, 1861 P 55,620 04
That Um operations of tho Onion fund may ho Clearly
understood, the following "recapitulation" is quoted from
tho report of the Comuuraioners for the yoar ending Sept.
2, lora. . .
Balance lu sluking fuid, Sept. 3, 18t77. $2,752,351 77
Receipts in Cuud to year eliding Sept.
3, 1667 3,355,810 69
Tibbureemeut.:
Paid ihtewbt $2,575,350 55
Loud 3 redeemed 1,794,569 90
MEM
BEMZE=I
E!!MI1211
fly the sixth section on the act of )lay n spe
cial tax or one halt mull on the dollar Was especially set
°part for the payment of the in eel ea - , and redemption of
the loan creatod by nu uct of May It, 1001, etnitted "Art
Act to create a loan aud prim ids for Arming the State."
Thu receipts how said tax and tax on
gross receipts amount to $ 160,17 g Fr
interest. paid iu February and Au;sidt, 1e:1,245 00
Walla, on hand
Public debt, N0v.30, 1807 0,700,431, 22
Assets to /lie Treasury, viz :
Bowls of the reucsylvaubt.
Boßroad Company .... „.• $0,500,000 00
Bonds of Philadelphia and
Company. 0,500,000 00
Interest un bends 01 MO
Philadelphid and Prio •
Redhead Company 1,400,000 00
Cash to Tseaaury 4723,857 91
13,113.557 01
Liabilities in excess of assets..,,,,.
The above assets will be available as
follows:
By the act of May 16, 18137, the
Pennsylvania railroad company are to
pay on the above bonds, 8100,000 a
year until July 31, 1890, when one mil
lion of the residue shall full due, and
one million annual - thereafter, without
interest, wail the whole is paid, which
will be iu the' year 1895.
By the act of March 7, 1861, the 0,-
500,000 of bonds of the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad were surrendered to
that company, upon the deposit offour
millions otdollars of their bonds as col
lateral security for the payment of the
original bonds, and a mortgage of four
millions of dollars was also given by
the company to secure their payment.
These bonds are to be paid in forty
years from date of issue, and will ma
ture A. D. 1901.
There is always a discrepancy in an
'nonncing the reduction of the State
debt, between the annual proclamation
of the Governor and reportof the State
Treasurer, arising from the fact that
the sinking fund year terminates on
the first Monday in September and the
fiscal year of the Treasury on the 30th
of November. To prevent complica
tions of accounts and annual explana
tions 1 recommend that the termina
tion of the sinking fund year be made
the same as that of the Treasury,
The promptitude with which citi
zens of Pennsylvania came forward
lust Apt il and took the whole amount
of the twenty-three million loan, •:the
bids being .tot• upwards of thirty-three
mittit,ms.)inay be considered a most au
spicious circumstance in the financial
history of the State, and indicates un
bounded confidence in the good faith
and substantial credit of the Common•
wealth. The foregoing statement of
the finances is set forth with pleasure,
in consequence of their flourishing con
di tion.
In addition thereto, the balance in
favor of the General Government fur
Pennsylvania's quota of the direct tax
levied in the several States for war pur
poses and for cash from the United
States,Amounting, in all, to nearly two
millions of dollars, has been settled in
full by the allowance of claims for ex
traordinary expenses incurred by the
State during the war.
In consequence of the lapse of time
since the remaining claims were con
tracted, the want of sufficient vouchers
acid explanations, and the difficulty of
finding the parties, some of them dead
by whom they should be made, render
their settlement difficult, and in many
instances, doubtful,, the accomplish
ment of which will, however, be vigor
ously pursued and the results laid be
fore the Legislature.
Passing from this general review of
the finances of the State, I cannot per
mit some of the most prominent ideas
connected with thou to pass unnotic
ed, because they clearly indicate the
path of duty in the discharge of the
EXecutive trust,' It, is deemed proper
to call your attention to the fact that
during the entire year a very large
sum of money is in the keeping of the
State Treasurer., This sum has not at
any time for years been less than a
millionof. dollars, and at present
amounts to considerably over four mil
lions of dollars. That it is unnecessary
that the greater portion of. this money
should be kept in the Treasury to meet
the ordinary demands upon it is obvi
ous; and, that it should' be withdrawn
from circulation is certainly a detri
ment to the business of the communi
ty A contraction to the amount of
several millions, as at present, cannot
fail to make its impression upon those
engaged in mercantile,, manufacturing,
agricultural, mining and all other
kinds of employments. This money,
I am informed upon good authority,
can be loaned; • with ample security for
its re-payment.when needed, for cer
tain specified periods, at a reasonable
-rate of interest, and the proceeds pla
ced in the Treasury for the benefit of
the State, which would not only be
beneficial to the tax payers, by increa
sing the public revenue, but also en
large the accommodations for business
purposes. If this plan were adopted,
the withdrawal of the circulating me
dium, by the payment or taxes, would
be so brief that it would not materially
affect the public welfare. The fund .
thus acquired could be added to the
sinking fund, and would materially aid
in the reductionof the State debt.
7,9.7 91
A glance at the condition of the
Treasury will show that at least thin'
millions of dollars might now be loan
ed, and at four per cent. would realize
the handsome sum of $160,000 per an
num. Or nearly the whole amount of
the balance now in the Treasury might
be rendered productive by being inves
ted in the bonds of the State, hearing
six per cent. interest, oven though,pur
chased at a premium. Or, it might be
invested in U . S., interest bearing
bonds which would be available at any
moment a necessity might arise for the
use of the funds. if that amount were
exchanged at par for United States
ten forty bonds, bearing five per cent.
interest in gold, the product would be
at the rate of $200,000 per annum, in
gold, or, at the present value of gold,
.9266,000 in currency. Besides, the
innds would not become "depreciated
and unavailable" by long continuance
in the Treasury. A law for this pur
pose could be passed, specifying the
method by which the unneeded money
of the Treasury may be loaned, au
thorizing and empowering the State
Treasurer, and such others as you may
designate, to execute, or carry rout, its
provisions,
Your attention is also invited to the
fact that the salary of the State Treas
urer, now only seventeen hundred dol
tars, is entirely disproportioned to the
duties and responsibilities of that off'.
cer, and that the amount of the bond,
eighty thousand dollars, given by him
to the State, is equivalent to no secur
ity at all, under the present system of
placing, unconditionally, the On tire
funds of the State in his hands.
MEM
6,109,1.62.
SUM
It, 00
4,81(,,25) 05
1,737,912 41
...... $318,93317
21.642 67.3.3 L
The report of the Superintendent of
thoCominon Schools exhibits a full
view of our excellent system of public
instruction, which is widely diffusing
its blessings by securing a sound and
substantial education to all the chil
dren of the State. A brief summary
will give an idea of the immense pro
portions it has attained and the vast
amount of usefulness of which it is ca
pable.
At the close of the year the number
of school districts in the State was
1,389 ; the number of schools, 13,435;
graded schools, 2,147; school directors,
11,534; county,city and borough Super
intendents, 68; teachers, 16,523; pupils,
786,389; the cost of tuition, 83,028,065-
70 ; building, $1,202,798 68 ; contingen
cies, $700,675 33; tuition, building'und
contingencies, $5,081,539 71; and the
amount expended for all purposes re
lating to schools, $5,160,750 17.
Your attention is particularly inci
tot] to the want of uniformity and con
stant change of books in the public
schools. These are matters of serious
inconvenience and needless expense
to the poor, and might easily be nine;
died by judicious legislation.
The chief aim of our hystem of com
mon schools is to place the advantages
of an education within the reach of kt)/
the children of the Commonwealth ;
and when it is considered that
,rance and virtue aro the principal
safeguards of our free institutions, this
!system earnestly claims the fostering
care and wise guidance of the Legislu
tore.
The graded schools have largely in
creased during the past year. The
system esta.blisbed by the 'State was
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14. 1868.
Education
--PERSEVERE.-
designed, not only to furnish instruc
tion to our youth in the elements of
knowledge, but, wherever practicable,
to impart to them an education in the
higher branches of learning. The
multiplication of grammar and high
schools should, therefore, receive every
encouragement, for they are necessary
to perfect the system and enable the
State to avail itself of that talent
which is born in the cottages of the
poor quite as ftequently as in tho pal
aces of the rich,
Good schools cannot exist without
good teachers, and good teachers can
only be obtained by using the proper
means to prepare them. Recognizing
theSe facts, the Legislature of 1857
passed a general _Normal school law,
dividing the State into twelve district;
and looking forward to the establish
ment, in each of them, a Normal school
According to the provisions of this law
fourof these schools are now organized,
the prosperous condition of which is
exemplified by the fact that two thous
sand cob hundred and eighty-five stu
dents attended them during the past
year, of whom forty-six graduated.
Fourteen colleges and thirty-two
academies have made reports to the
School Department - during the past
year, Such institutions supply a great
public want, as,the common school sys
sem is not competent to perform the
whole work of, popular education. A
State requires men of generous culture
in all the walks of life, as well as in
the profbssionpf teaching, and the per
fection of the system of public school
instruction is one of the wisest and no
blest objects of . legislation. All of the
different institutions of learning would
be strengthened and their usefulness
increased by bringing them together
in a closer union, which possibly can
be best accomplished by the. creation
of a general Department of Education.
Solidus complaints have been made
concerning the neglect of the educ e tion of the children in the alms and
poor houses of some of the counties of
the State. They aro permitted to grow
up in idleness and ignorance, and When
sent upon the world to 'earn' a living
are better-prepared to receive•-•lessons
of vice than .those or - usefulness. The
directors of these •institutions should
he compelled, by law, ,o send such
children to the, common schools, or
provide. proper schools for them, and
it should' be made' the duty of common
school. §upernituudente to supervise
and entbree the execution of the law.
Soldier's Orphans'! School
COI b 'F. Pzt iwrin•
tendent of Gammon SehOols'reporta
the expenditures for the eleven months
ending November 80, 1907,,as follows :
Total amount, $894, 420 W. The es
timated expenses from December 1,
1807, to June 1, 1808, is $242,975 00.
Total actual and estimated expetnies for Eel ,
enteen months, lion; January 1, lbll7,
to June 4. 186 S $637,303 02
Or at the rate of i• 449 925 85 per annum
from which &duet total amount appropria.
led for seventeen months. at $350,000 per
1.1111111 496,833 33
And a deocit for seventeen months is shown,
of 111,561 OP
Or, at the rote (4890,025 80 per ainhum
Add the amount doe for December, 1006 31,049 77
E=l
her d, 18d6,. to June 1, 1398, to be provided
for by npecial approprtatiori.....
I do not deem it inappropriate here
to state that if the bill which passed
the House at the last session had be
come a law, making an appropriation
of 8450,000 per annum for the orphans
schools, it would have boon sufficient
to have paid the total expenses.
The estimates for the year ending
June let, 1808, will be found fully sot
forth in the report of the Superinten
dent. From that report it will also
be seen that there are in operation
thirty-nine orphan schools and homes,
having in charge an average of two
thousand nine hundred and thirty-one
pupils, for the year ending November
30, 1867, at an average cost of one
hundred and forty eight dollars and
forty-three cents per annum.
Agricultural College
The act of Congress of July 2, 1862,
granted land scrip to the several
States, to be appropriated to the main
tenance of colleges, whose leading ob
ject it shall ho to give instruction in
the sciences which minister to agricul
ture and the mechanic arts. By the
rule of apportionment, adopted by
Congress, 700,000 acres fell to the
share of this Commonwealth. The act
of Assembly of February 19, 1867, up
propriated the benefit of the whole of
that grant to the Agriciltural College
of Pennsylvania, which has thereby
become a subject to the supervision
and guardianship of the State. I there
fore invite your attention to the or
ganization and condition of that in
stitution, as exhibited by the presi
dent of the board of trustees, in his re
port for tho year 1867, which will be
laid before you. The commissioners
appointed by the Legislature to sell
the land scrip have completed the
sales, which amount to' $4439,186 86.
In accordance with the act of Assent.
bly, the ono-tenth of the proceeds has
been applied to the purchase of sites
for "Model and Experimental Farms,"
and the residue invested as follows :-
6126,000 in United State 5-2,0 bends;
$20,000 in Pennsylvania war loan, and
$235,000 in the Pennsylvania laduds of
1867.
The college has been thoroughly re•
organized in order to Make it fully re
spond to the objects and requirements
of the ant of Congress and to the edu•
cational interests of the industrial CI
SOS, and to meet these ends it now
gives courses of instruction in general
science, agriculture, mechanical and
civil engineering, metallurgy and min
ing, ancient and Modern languages,
and military tactics, omployinga Neut.
ty comprising six professors and two
instructors in the college department
and three instructors in the grammar
school. This important educational
enterpriecin the interests of agricul-
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tore and the mechanical arts deserves
favorable consideration,
Military.
The Governor advises the Legisla
ture to adopt a liberal and effective
system for increasing and regulating
the volunteer Militia.
The Governor as that asks appropria
tion be made for the purchase of a site
and for the erection•of a new arsenal.
He has turned over to the Reynold's
Monument Committee, aeeprding to
act approved March 7, 1867, five con
demned six pounder brass cannon.
In 1804 the Legislature made an Bp
propriatimi for the purpose of having
prepared and published a complete his
tory of the military operations of the
State in reference to the late war. My
predecessor appointed S. P. Bates, Esq.,
for the purpose of consummating the
provisions of that act, who proceeded
to collect the necessary trutterials'and
to prosecute the work.
In the prosecution (Ole war Penn
sylvania, always among the first to
answer the country's call, gave addi
tional evidences of her devotion to lib
erty and to the nation's glory. Over
three hundred and sixty thousand of
her sous stood in the ranks of the Un
ion army. Many have fallen, and near.
ly thirty thousand by, wounds and dis
ease received' it:the' field, repose in
death. To commemorate-their hero
ism, to preserve their, names and per
petuate the record of their deeds are
among the objects of the work in pro.
gross. In its pages will be found an
account of each and every military or
ganization of the State; the officers and
men of whom they were composed ;
the name'of every individual, with its
place of residence, time of muster, date
of discharge, and the special nets by
which he was distinguished, as well of
the dead as those who have survived.
Transportation Department.
The Department of Transportation,
created during the war, has accom
plished its purpose, and ceased-to exist
by the determination of the Legisla
ture, expressed in the ,approprintioa
bill approved The re
port of the Superintendent shows that
for theyear ending November 30, 1867,
the ;whole number, of claims settled
and paidi was eight hundred and eigh
ty-two. These were for the disinter
ment of the bodies of 'deceased 'Penn
sylvania soldiers. on distant battle
fields and transportation to, the homes
of their relatives,, andthe total expen
ditUres were thirty-two, thousand five
hundred and twenty-nine dollars and
forty cents. 'There remain unsettled
one hundred and twenty three claims,
:mounting to about four thousand dol
lars, for the payment of which and
some unsettled transportation, an ap
propriation of four thousand five ,hun
dred dollars will be required.
All the papers and business of tho
Department have been transferred to
the office of the Adjutant General,
State Agenoy.
During the year ending December
15, 1807, one - thousand seven hundred
and eighteen claims have boon settled,
and three hundred and twenty-one
Treasury certificates collectod,amount
ing to 8241,00043. Two thousand one
hundred and twenty nine new cases
remain unsettled, the most of which
will probably be settfed by the 30th
of June next, at which period the ap
propriation terminates. When this
is exhausted, the Department will have
doubtless fulfilled its mission, and the
documents and papers can be transfer
red to the Adjutant General's office.
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Cometerie t s.,
The reports of the commissioners
appointed under the act of March 12,
1867, to investigate the transactions
relating to certain cemeteries are here
with presented.
The work at the Gettysburg Ceme
tery is progressing, but with less expe
dition than was contemplated, in con
sequence of the difficulty of procuring
such blocks of tumble as were requir
ed for statuary.
The appropriation of three thousand
dollars to the cemetery at Antietam
has been withheld, as it appears from
the act of incorporation by the Legis•
lature of Maryland and the revolutions
of the board of trustees, that the rebel
dead are to be interred within the en
closure and to be honored with the
same memorials as the Union soldiers
who are there buried.
While there is no reasonable objec
tion to giving decent sepulture even to
the rebel dead, those who consider
them deserving of honorable testimo.
nials may bestow them. It is our du
ty to render honor only to whom wo
believe honor is due.
Mont to Deceased Soldiers of the
Mexican W. •
The commissioners appointed under
an act of the Legislature, approved
April :12,1855, "to contract for, and
superintend thu erection of tt monu
ment to the memory of citizens of
Venitsylva,nia who were slain or lost
their lives in the late war with Mexi
co," have contracted for the erection
of a mopument,in a prominent portion
of the Capitol grounds, and the work
is progressing as rapidly as circum
stances wit( permit. The appropria
tion of $.6,000, to whiih the commis
sioners are limited, is inadequate for
the object contemplated. The lowest
bid for the contract was 58,200. I
join the commissioners, therefore, in
requesting an additional appropriation
of three thousand dollars, to be used,
or so much thereof as may ho neces
sary, to complete, the undertaking.
Charitable In4titutions
The Pennsylvania Institute for the
pouf and Dumb, the Institution for
the Instruction of the Blind, the-train
ing School for Feeble Minded Children,
the Northern Homo for Friendless
Children, the House of refuge, several
Soldiers' Homes and other similar
TERMS, $2,00 a year in advance.
History.
charities, which have received aid from
the State, are according to the reports
of the principals and superintendents,
all, in their different spheres, aceotn.
plishing much good for the unfortu
nate biasses ftir whose benefit they
were established.
A liberal appropriation for the Wes
torn Hospital was devoted to the ercc
tion of buildings, on the Ohio River,-
seven miles below Pittsburg, known
as the Dixmont Hospital for the In
sane. The great increase of popula
tion renders necessary the establish
ment of other institutions of this kind
It is estimated that thOratio of the in
sane is. olio to every thousand persons,
and on assuming the population of the
State, to be about three 'millions five
hundred thousand, we have abOut
three thousand five hundred insane.—
The hospitals in the State ,afford ac.,
commendation ter only two thousand.—
Hence there are fifteen
,hundred for
whom no provision is made, and man.);
of them aro languishing in the county
prisons and alms-houses.
Revision of the Civil Code.
Pursuant to the first section of a
joint resolution of the Legislature, ap•
proved on the 10th of April last, lion.
David Derrickson, W. 3laelay Han,
Esq., and Wayne M.Yeigh, Esq., were
appointed to "revise, collate and di
gest all such public aetti. and statutes
of the civil code of this State, as are
general and permanentin their nature."
These gentlemen have commenced the
work assigned them, and fioin which
the following benefits are hoped to be
derived :
First. The correction of the redun
dancies, omissions, repetitions and in
consistences of the existing statutes.
Second. The framing of general laws
as substitutes for the innumerable lo
cal statutes, Which for many years
have comprised the bulk of the 'acts of
Assembly and occupied the attention
of the Legislature to the'detriment of
general legislation. •
Third. The conferring upon , the
courts many pewers now exercised by
the_Legkiature; -- awir - Xfirei, it is be
lieved, will greatly relieve that ' body
by deercasing - tho demand for **chi)
legislation - and allowing ampler upper.
tunity for the consideration of the
public interests.
The gentlemen comprising the com
mission bave prepared a largo number
of bills, most of which will be laid be
fore you rit'an early - day. 'The most
important of these; which the .eommis
sioners, in harmony with' my own
views. aro of the opiniOn should re
ceive early and favorable.action of the
Legislature, are those relating to ear.
porations, the poor, public highways,
railroads, evidence and interest. The
others, with,perhaps, it few exceptions,
might be left unacted upon until the
entire wort; of revision is completed.
Laglala,tion,
At the htst session certain bills were
passed in which large numbers of citi
z,ens were deeply interested, the re•
aponsibility for which,itfter the adjoUrn
ment, but few members could be found
willing to assume, or even to admit
any knowledge of their passage. It is
expected that every legislator should
be acquainted with all that is transpi
ring in the legislative halls. He is not
simply chosen to give his support to
certain bills which have .been called to
his individual attention, but to be con
stantly on the alert to frustrate every
act that may have a tendency to jeop
ardize the public interests. To plead
ignorance after a real or imaginary
wrong has been don e, is to acknowledge
a want of attention to the trust reposed
by his constituents. Quo bill, the an
thorship and knowledge of which has
been generally disclaimed, passed both
branches of the - Assembly, and was
sent in duo form, with the signatures
of the proper officers, for the Executive
approval,"and in several instances bills
were passed and Bent for approval in
duplicate. All such hasty and careless
legislation should be avoided, and the
members of the session now about to
commence be enabled at its close to
give an account of their participation in
every act, hoWever unimportant, The
Legislature, coming as it does, fresh
from the ranks of the people should set
an example in economy, retrenchment
arid reform. It is the castodian , of the
public interests, and any unnecessary
extravagance or prodigality in the ex
penditure of public money is reprehen
sible. It was a matter of common no
toriety at the last session that a num
berof subordinate officers, in both bran
ches of the Assembly, were appointed,
to whom liberal salaries were paid,
and who were never seen at their des
ignated posts, and rendered ro service
to the State. The practice • has been
emphatically condemned by the press
and the people; and will not be colitiii;
umd by any Legislature which means
to acquire a reputation for a thitlifui
performance of duty. Your attention
is respectfully invited to the law on
this subject as contained in sections
fifteen to eighteen of the act a pp rove d
the 7th day of May, 1855 •
Your attention is directed Lathe prac
tice of withholding the annual appro
priation bill until the latest moments
of the session. In the public estima
tion great importance is attached to
this hilt, and no action of the Legisla
ture undergoes a closer or more care
ful scrutiny. Its provisions concern
the entire community, and in their
enactment too much caution cannot be
observed. Last year the appropria
tion bill was not passed until the last
night of the session; when it was hur
ried through both branches of the Leg
islature, and on the following morning
presented for approval, without
affording time for the nee:ssary
investigation, and subjecting the Mk- I
eeutive to the alternative of signing it
with all its imperfections, or suspend
ing, fur the ensuing year, the indispen
sable means for the operations of the
State Government, It is, thereforel
TO SIIIISCRORS.
Those subscribing fop throe, six or
twelve months with the Understanding
that the paper be discontinued unless
subscription is renewed, receiving a pa,
per marked with 4,1 - before the name
will Understand that the time for
which they subscribed is up. If they
wish the paper continued they will
roiiew thoir subscription, through the
mail or other Wise. ' tf:
w,, All kinds of plain,. fancy and
ornamental Job Printing neatly and
expeditiously e.eauted'at the "GLone
office. - Terms moderate. , „
NO, 26.
earnestly • desi'red that:the, appropria•
lion bill be t:taken.f up,:diseuesed, and
passed 'ate, suflicientlyearly,period day.
ing, the session to enable !it to receive
that thorough examination which its
importance demands.
Very many serious complaints have
been made for many years past rela- -
live to the disposition of the debris
which annually accumulates about the
Capitol. This seems to have been re
garded as legitimate perquisites of ear ,
tain.ettaches of the several legislative
and other departments; and has conse
quently led to practices which should
be 'prevented. - It is alleged. that val u
abletproperty has thus been taken pos
session of and applied to personal uses,
or sold for mere nominal sums, and the.
amount obtained privately tppropria
,ted. A remedy:for thiS evil•is to allow
no perquisites whatever to any of the
employees of the government. Sala
ries,sufficient in all cases for:the servi
ces rendered, should be appropriated,
boyend which 'no other r consideration
should be allowed..:
General Railroad Law
The subjeet'ef a General railroad law
has long been agitated, and although
it has found opponents, brit faw objec
tions.has been urged againat it, Whilst
arguments aceumulate in its"favor..lr
seems impossible that any'peredn, can'
receive injury Vain its'adoPtion, Whilst
its benefits maybe felt by alrelassee
of citizens. 'Even,the chartered 'com
panies have no reasonable grOunds foti
opposition. The intention of the pro
posed laW is.not to' deprive them of
any vested right's or, franchises; but' to
Secure to othersthe same" privileges
add : Opportunities for' cbmpetitinn - It
Will 'open new 'avenues Of," distant .. Ma p.
frets; iMprove . the value' of
, property;,
give new, impulse to immigration;. put
additional lands under cultivation;
sti mu la Mtrade 'agrietilture,,
.mannfite
tures atidTmechanic arts to. in'crease'd
energy ijurnisti' grelitOr
and facilities for travel, antl'ildd to bur
general prosperity.r-OtherrStates have
tried the eXperiatent with satisfactory
results; and there. is -no. -reason, why
Pennsylvania:should be a laggard iu
the grand match of progress• and ,im
provement.
Next to the importance of -creating
additional railroad's on the free princi
ple, is the -reduction .of charges jor
pasbage and freightto minimum rates.
This is a matter
,that eaneerns .every
individual. .' Transportation -will' in
crease ir, quantity in proportion to the_
reduction of:ifs cost, and as the,
lies ineretam :and , the costs decrease,
the more , vigbrous will be the,develop
mon t of our industrial resources. Rail
roads will derive more benefit from low
than from exorbitant charges.. The
increase of travel and freight ,Will. be
vastly greater than the increase-of ex
pause, The transportation of a- load
ed-car costs but.little 'more than that
of one that is empty. In the matter
of passengers alone, -it is: reasonable
to Suppose, that the lower the rates of
fare,the greater- the, number , of , per
sons to avail themselves of. the_privi
lege- of. railroad , transportation...•-• The
same it- Line in regard. to freight,;, for
the engine that draws a. half-dozen
cars, can with equal facility propel a
larger number. Moreover, . the _road
that is worked to its utmost capacity
must neecasarily, at :Very. reduced
rates, acquire great'er prefits than :one
that transacts but a small
. portion or
the business for which it-is competent.
The adoption of a system of; unifcirm
vacs for passengers and- freight, ea
graduated as to be profitable • to, all
immediately interested - in the use and
conduct of such works,.would; be, pro
ductive of decided benefit in lessening ,
the prices of food,- clothing, fuel, and all
the necessaries of life, to every citizen
of the Commonwealth, •
insuranae pepartment. •
I would recommend the establislateep,t
of an Insurance _Department, .similar
to those in New York. and MassaChu
setts, that shall have . : superviSibn f and
control over all companies allowed. to
transact hnsin ess within this State,
Such enactment is : required:for the se
eurity of our,eitizzns, of doI,
lays are,,anonally paid by them ; for
_in
surance—much of it under such eirdoe ,
stances as,to render it impossihle for. a
private- individual to -know whether ,
the company,tewhieh he pays is, Or is
not - tellable, Careful supervision, by
a superintendent. appointed.,by Jaw,
and published reports of the same, un
der oath, ,would prevent Minh 144
and 'fraud. , •
" The Legislature of .a neighboring
State has created the of of Inspec
tor of gas motors, 'A bill -might; bo
e n acted creating a similar position ,in
any city in which it may bo required
in this Btatb,, and such . arrangements
made as would ensure justice ,to 'con
-911111Cr3 and producers without au ex
pense.to the State;
Pollee for the Hieing Districts
'•' In conformity , to, ati . Act of 'Atisem
bly the bettor protection of per
son, 'property and life in the mining
regions of this Commonwealth,"
ap
proved April 13,1.867, and on the earn
est appeal of many citizens, I appoint
ed, immediately after that date, a mar
shal of police and a number of -subor-
Ilinates, to give protection to the in
habitants of Schuylkill and Northum
berland counties. In these counties,
for a long time previous, crimes of heirs.,
ous character were of frequent of„cap,.
renco. A similar state of I,k/tira to,
that which existed in the ecillil4 1 1 38 :-
in ecl is said to prevail in come parts, of
the oil regions, and applicatiods, have'
been made for the h , 4 1 304 , 001e:shove
named net. Ittherefore, .4ecom
mended that its provisions be extended
to those, or to. any other counties, up-,
on the petition of a suirtoi,ent number
of citizens, who shall furnish good red-,
sons for desiring their benefits : ,
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