TERMS OF THE (}LOBE
Per annum in advance
Six months...
Three months
TERMS or ADVERTISING.
1 time, 2do 3do 1 month
4 75 fa 2.5 $l5O $l 75
1 50 2 25 2 75 3 25
One loch, or lees
Two Inches
Three Inchee,.....
3 months. 6 months. 1 Year
One inch, or less 544 $6 00 $lO 00
Tao Inches, 625 900 15 00
Three teaches 8 60 12 00 20 00
Poor inch • 10 15 18 00 25 00
Quarter column, 13 00.. 18 00 ......... .30 00
Half column, 24 00 30 00 ...... ....45 00
One column, 30 00 40 00.... ..... .80 00
Professional and Business Cards not exceeding six lines
One year, $5 Od
Administrators' and Executors" Notices, 6 times, $2 50
Auditors' Notices, 4 times 2 00
Betray, or other short Notices 1 50
Advertisements not marked with the number oilmen.
alone desired, will be continued till forbid and charged ace
carding to these terms.
Local or Special Notices, 10 cents a line for single in.
section. By the year eta reduced rate.
Oar prices for the printing of Blanks, Handbills, etc.
are reasonably low,
twt
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roftssionati Nusintss Qtaos.
DR. A. 13: BRUNIBATJGII,
flaring 'permanently located at Huntingdon, offers
his professional services to the community.
Office, the same as that lately occupied by Dr. Luden
on 11111 street. - ap10,18043
DR. JOHN MeCULLOCIT, offers his
professional service. to the citizens of Minting - lon
and vicinity. °Bice on 11111 street, one dooresst of Reed's
Drag s.tore. Aug. 2S, '55.
ALLISON MILLER,
DE VTIST,
.fl removed to the Brick Row opposite the Court Route.
Aprill3, 1859.
J. GREENE,
E 4 • DENTIST. h lsjO
Office removed to Leleter'e New Building,
11111 street. Huntingdon.
July 31,1867.
J . A. POLLOCK,
.SURVEYOR&REAL ESTATE AGENT,
lIUNTING DON, PA
Will attend to Surveying In all Its branches, and will
'buy and sell heat Estate tunny part of the United statue.
Bend for circular. dec294(
W ASHINGTON HOTEL,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
The undereigned respectfully Informs the citirena of
Huntingdon county and the traveling public generally
that he bus teased the Wastongton How. on the cur
nee of 11111 and Charles street, to the lint ugh of lion
thagdon. Hod he is prepared to accommodate all tubs may
fa.vr hint 'Hiatt a call. 11 ill be pleased to receive a liber
al share of public patronage.
AUGILI,TUS LEITCERHAIv.
July 21,
A C. CLARKE, AGENT,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in nil kinds of
Z3T.V.,12' , TV'Mf2.TIC),
HUNTINGDON, PA.
llpposite the Franklin !tome, In the Diamond.
(turnery trade supplied. aptreS
AG RE NC FOR COLLECTING
OLI)IliltS' CLAIMS, BOUL , TY, RACK PAY AND
STONS.
MI who may have Boy claims against the Government
for Outstay, Dank Pay and Pondaddycnn have their claime
promptly collected by applying either in person or by let
ter to
W .11. WOMN4
ATTORNEY AT L.l F;
MINTINOLVS. PA
aag12,1643
1=213=121
EMI=
rrbe name of this tirm has been ehang
-1 ed from &Carr kBROWN, to
SCOTT, BROWII - &, BAILEY,
under which name - they w I hereafter conduct their
practice as „ •
ATTORNEiI .iT LAN,‘IL . U.STPNGDON, PA.
PENSIONS, *O.ll claims Ursoldibra and soldiers' heirs
e.
'win the Goiernment, wilt tar prouTtly prosecuted.
May 17, 188 4f. - 7 •
pND COLLECTION
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K. ALLEN LOVELL,
'District Attorney of Huntingdon County,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
OFFICE—In the room lately occupied by R. M. Ppeer.
Jn0.1.1807
MILTON S. LYTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lIUNTINCIDON, PA
Will attend promptly to all kinds of legal business on
trusted to hie care.
COLLECTIONS made with the least possible delay.
Special attention given to CoNVEYANCINO In all its
branches, such as the preparation of Deeds, Mortgages,
Leases, ponds, Articles of Agreement, &C.
MI questions relating to
LtV TITLES IN PENNSYLVANIA
carefully eumidered.
Ile will also ascertain fur land owners whether their
Sande ate patented soil obtain
PATENTS
dor those who may &sire them,
IHEELER & WILSON'S
HIGHEST PREMIUM
311174111
Sewing Machines,
-Received the only GOLD MEDAL at the
PARIS EXPOSITION, j 1867.
They are:
iilapted to all kinds of Family Sewing. and
to the urn of reamrtressca. tar, monikers, T tiers. Manu
facturer* of shirts, Collars. skirts. Cleaks, Mantillas.
Clothing, lints. lam Corsets. linen Goods. rnibrellos.
Parasol., rte. They work equally well upon bilk. linen.
woolen and cotton goods, with silk, cotton or linen
.thread. Ihey will seam. tont, gather. bent. fell: cord.
braid. bind. out perfecto every .metes of sewing. making
a beauttful nod perfect stitch, alike on both sides of the
amt. le sewed
. .
TheguaHues which won:mead them are:
1. Beauty /111.1 excellence of stitch, xl.ke on both eldes of
the fabtle sewed.
2. Str.ngth, Armless and durability of seam, that will
not rip nor ravel.
.3 Economy of 'bread.
4. Attachment. and wide range of epplication to purpo-
let and matenale.
5. Compactness and elegance of model and Antall.
4. Simplicity and thuroughuesa of Ceadtrurt..m.
7. Speed. roar of operation sad numagenieut. and quiet
flees of inat run•uo
bulructiens free to all. Machines kept in repair one
year tree of charge.
11, B, LEWIS, Agent,
CEO
THE G-I
-1033 M
JOB PRINTING OFFICE
TAE
"GLOBE JOB OFFICE"
the moat complete army in the Cotintry, and pos•
muss the moat ample facilities for promptly executing in
. the bed style, every variety of Job Printing, such as
HAND BILLS,
CIRCULARS,
BILL HEADS,
POSTERS,
BALL TICKETS,
CARDS,
PROGRAMMES,
LABELS, &C., &C., &C
CALL AND IXAKINR OPZCIUUNB OF WORK,
LEWIS' BOOK. STATIONERY tr. MUSIO STORE.
WALLACE & CLEMENT,
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Groceries, Queensware,
Boots and Shoes.
New goods constantly arriving and being Bold cheap
Se any In Unntingtion. U,ve them a call before porch.-
lag elsewhere.
September 9,3 m.
arb COUNTRY DEALERS can
buy CLOTHING' from me In' kAnitingdou at
WHOLESALE as cheap as they can in the
time' I have a wholesale store In Philadelphia.
ROMAN
ARRISBURG STONE - WAR'
at tdannfacturte 4 prtere, forte loat
NRY .1. CO'S.
$2 00
1 00
WM. LEWIS, HUGH LINDSAY, Publishers
VOL. XXIV.
HOORAHS GERMAN BITTERS
Hoofland's German Tonic.
The Great Remedies for all Diseases of the
LIVER, STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
Is composed of the pure Juices (or, as they aro medici
nally termed, Extrocte,) of Root a, herbs, and
Barks, iunicinga prepare Bon, highly concentra
ted, and entirely free from alco.hottc admixture
of any find.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC,
Is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bittern,
with the purest quality Ut Santo Cruz Rum, orange, &c.,
melding tme of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies
aver offered to the public.
Those preferring u Neniclue free from Alchoholic ad
mixture, situ use
1-100FLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
Those who have no objection to the combination, of
be batters, no stated, wail use
HOWLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
They are both equally good. nod contain the same
medicinal vistaed, the choke between the two being a
mete matter of mate, the I mile being the most palatable.
The aromach, nom a Villiet3 of calmed, such on ludutes
-0
Lion, Lt3epepsia, Nei eons Di:Witty, etc, in Tery apt
to linen its ItaletlOOS U. immed. Tbe Liver, s) to
paduraug as closely us I, Mtn with MO stomach,
then becomes alleeteMtbr i esult ul a Ludt is atoll the
patient ealtrers grunt ileVerni to wine ut the fuiluWlus dis
entieV:
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fat
mess of Blood to the Head, Acidly of the
Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust
fur Food, Fulness or Weight in the
Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sink
ing or Fluttering at the Pa ig the
Stomach, Swimming of the
Read, Hurried or Difficult
Bi calking, Fluttering at
tue Real t. Choking or
Suffocating Sensations
when in a lying posture,
Dimness of iiswn, Dots
or Webs before the Sight,
Bull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, 3 ellow
nessiJ the Skin and Eyes, Pain in
the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, etc.,
,Sudden Flushes of lied, Burning in
the .Ple.sdt, Constant linayidings of Evil,
and Great Depresszon of Spirits.
=l3
The sufferer from these diseases should exercise the
greatest caution in tli.• so leclion of A remedy for
tue case, purcliusing 010 t 11
hin wind' 1113 assured
Italic file 1/11113110a11.111 ntl unituried posarendca
m
tine u it, 1.1 skill 1.1113 compounded. is tree irl/111
111,11.1310113 1111,111111131itd, cilia lt•o eelllllll3ll3tl for itsell is rop
umtiuu fur the cute al tin do discuses. 11l Clue connection
xe would submit these null lonian it:medics—
WORLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC,
Prepared by DA. C. M. JACKSON,
Twentytwo years since they were first Introduced Into
this country trues Germany, dui lug which time they have
undoubtedly pet funned more cures, and benefited antler.
jug humanity to a greater extent, than any other rums-
dial known to the public.
... . .
F
Ilene remedies %vat ell ectually cure Liver Con,
phalli, Jaundice, Dyspep . I.:
1, W.lk or Nerllollll
t.
nubility, Chronic In 111023, Therm. Willa hul
ueys, and all Discuses ail wog trout a disordered Li
ver, Stomach, or iuteatioee.
Resulting from any Cause whatever; PROSTRATION
OF TILE STaTE.II, induced by &sere Lobar,
sposare, levers, etc.
There Is no medicine extant equal to these remedies in
such uses. A tone and tiger is hundited to the Whole
spite., tile appetite is fit...gt wned. laud is enjoyed, the
sitouscu digeeta promptly. the blood Is puiified, ti.eCeni•
nleatot. utwwee sduud and healthy, the eitow tinge is
eiltUlea.ett /tam the e 3115, a bloom is given to the cheeks,
and the a..att and Saa,utid invand becomes a stlong and
healthy being.
ME
And feeling the handuf thno weighing heavily upon Mein,
with all Ha attemintit the, Will had 111 the was of Ibis 11117-
frAt6, or the lUiSte, nu elixir that alit taunt uew lilt
tutu their veins, lecture lu anitatuure the uuergy uud ar
tier ut mule youtl,iul day e, build up Weir Amokea lurine,
awl give health and happluean to thiarlewatmug years.
It is a %ell established fact that fully one half of the
L
female purlieu 01 out pep ;nation are tohlum in the
enpl cant of VIA health; or, to nee their OVill eir•
pitieoleth peter tea tad.. bey ere languid, dotal
ttl an euelgy, extreme,,.terYOUt. owl town nu op
pane.
to this Lbws of persons the Brrrkats, or the TONIC,
to estanuttly Mullnaleutted.
WEAK AND LELICATE CHILDREN,
Are :nude atroug by the trot or either of these retuedlee.
They ant cute est.* . c uuel dIAItAJ.uUa,
ltioueautie vi eta t.iieutee lattl'af I.(ULI/Ultitedlll the 1,414113
ul IL,, proprietor, but qiet, std allow tit the publication
el but a tea. /tube, it alit be obeei red, ale 1110 U of IMO
slid vt tutu .1.1.1.11111 i that they wont be believed.
'I'MSTINC.OI , T.I.A.MS.
HON. OEOROS W. WOODWARD,
Chisf Justice qf the Supreme Cool of Pa., writes :
Phitudelphia, Jletch 18.1767.
"I find 'lloofland'e Our man Thum' Is u good
tonic, oeu.to to dm tnua ut thu thkumtivu urgdus,
mut ut bteat bum tit 111 teats ut damn), and
000 t ul .0 the oeteut.
luurs, ti tut ,
LI). W. Wth.WWARD."
JAMES THOSIVSON,
Judge of the Supreme Cuurt of Pennsy/vania.
Piladetyhta, April 28, 1868.
4 .1 consider •Iloofand s Usratuu thltscs' a valuable nted
-4C171e iu unto) u/ Attache us Indigestion ur
coo cermy this hum thy eXpettellt:o of it. }'ours, with
respect, JANa. THUALVoUN."
IiUNIZAODON, PA
Fltoll REV. Jo.lll'll 11. KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of Mt Tenth Baptirt Church, Philadelphia
Dr. Jachion—lreur air: 1 have been Itequeutly mgt...
WU to Coutiettt my MAIM %NMI ITCUlittlitlltldllUtle of ditILI-
Olt kinds a. I 111,filtallt, but lemu g; um the plant,. as um
N
ut 1.1) Apprt.opl. Into eittlule, 1 bats 10 all caves lit,ollued'
0111i.13 LW, utth u t.b_nr proot llt Vtal Wily 1091031• cat and barnculutly ih my tau loudly, ul rim
tidelo.llll.B at Or. 110. titian, Oct MAI lintels. 1
depot t fur tome hum my u_uu, butlrdd, to express my lull
cauvicnau that, fur general cleeilsey of Me eysleos, awl
especially fbr Liver thuaylaml, It ,3 a safe sod valuable
prepurulatm. it: eutuo catst. It. may lull; but usually, 1
duuut list, it a ill be %my bemobtal to those Oho butter
from the above CuUses.
Yours, very respectfully,
J. fl. ix n.NNARD,
eighth, Lam Coates St.
FROM REV. E. D. k'k,is,DAL.L.
Assistant oticor ir.lhrutian Chronicle, Philadelphia
I have derived decided beer& hum Ow mu of Hoof
laud's beranin hitteriu dud reel a my pi ivilege to recent.
wend Wean and trust valuable wine, to all Woo are cut.
faring teem geuerat debility or trout iliaeases arising from
deraugemout of the liven
Yours truly,
E. D. EENDALL.
BLANKS,
Hoofland's Clernutti Remedies are counterfeited. See
that the signature of C. M. JACKSON is on the
%rapper at each bottle. All °there are counter
feit. •
Principal Office and .tlanufectory at the Ger
man Medicine :aura, ND. wc..iILULL ntreut, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Charles M. Evans Proprietor,
'Formerly C. 31. JACKSON & CO.
Lioatiand's Pert.= Bitters, per bottle. $1 pp
Jtr • I 4•••• half dozeu, . 5 00
lloofland'a German Tonic, put up in gnat tottlea $l. 60
per bottle, er•a half - dozen for $7 50. ~, .
not forgot to examine well the article you buy,
in older to get the genuine. ,
For sale by all Dealers in Medicine.
April 2268-Iyl. pntrin.
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ORGANS
PIIILADELPULI, PA
DEBILITY,
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
NOTICE_
C,AUT2ON_
PRICES.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY N. 1869.
Governor Geary's Annual Message,
To the Senate and House of Represent
atives of the Coninzonwealth of Penn-
sylvan ia :
GENTLEMEN : For the harmony and
general relations of comity and friend
ship existing between Pennsylvania
and all the other States and Territories
of the National Union; for the present
prosperous condition of the Common•
wealth; for the glad signs of coming
political tranquillity; and fur the suc
cess which attends the progress of our
free institutions, we owe a heavy debt
of gratitude to Divine Providence.
Finances
The following is ft carefully prepared
statement of the financial condition of
the State for the fiscal year ending No
vember 30, 1808:
The reports of Oro Auditor General and
State Treasurer show that the balance in
the Treasury. NoNember CO. 1867, n.8—.44,661,936 46
Ordinary receipts duri nit the fiscal ,) ear end
ing November 20, 1809 5,216,049 55
Depreciated feuds in the Treasury, um all
able 41,032 00
Total in Treasury for fiscal Sear ending No
vember 30. 1869 $9,918,918 01
Pay moats, viz:
Ordinary expendes during the
fiscal :•ear ending Nevem.
ber 50, 1804 $2.454.100 00
Loa., dc, redeemed 4,417.03 61
Other pas went, 02,8u0 00
Interest on loans 1,979,101 91
Depreciated Donis, unavailable 41,032 00
8.905.402 04
Mance In Treasury, November ;A 1563 $1,013,713 37
By an act approved April 10, 1808,
the transactions of the Commissioners
of ti:e Sinking Fund were ordered to
be thereafter reported annually to the
311th of November. Their last report,
therefore, includes a period of one year
and three mouths
The tbllowing is the "recapitulation"
of the operations of the sinking fund,
from September 3, 1867, to November
30, 1868 :
Balance In fund, September 3. 1867 $1,737,912 41
Receipts in fund from Seine-111er 3, 1867, to
November 30, 1663 3,418,992 31
Paid interest $1,608,005 54
Premiums paid as equivalent
fur sem 40 08
Loa. redeemed 2 414,616 GI
nalancu In fund Nor mbar 30, 1569
By the sixth section of the act of
May 16, 1861, a special tax of one-half
mill on the dollar was especially set
apart for the payment of the interest
and redemption of the loan created by
an act of May 18, 1861, entitled "An
Act to create a loan and provide for
arming the Slate."
Balance on hand Foptombar 3, 1867 $319,033 17
The receipts hum maid tax atm tax engross
tecripts !rem September 3, 1867, to Nov.
36, 1868, amount to 423,079 20
Total 743,912 37
Interest paid In January and July, 1868..... 169,245 00
Balance in fund November 30, 1868 $574,697 37
Condition of Balances.
Balance in sinking fund Nov.
39, 1867 $034,032 76
ll:dunce In sinking fund, Nov
30, 1868 574,667 37
-- $1,508.7 0 0 13
Deduct balance in Treasury, Nov. 30, 1668 1,013,415 37
Balance in favor of sinking fund $ 495,284 76
Reduction of the State Debt
By the report of the Commissioners
of the Sinking fund for the year ending
September 3, 1867, the "loans redeem
ed" amounted to $1,794,569 50, and by
their report from September 3, 1867,
to November 30. 1868, the "loans re.
deemed" amounted to $2,414,816 64,
making a total reduction of the State
debt, in two years and three mouths,
of four million two hundred and nine
thousand three hundred and eighty-six
dollars and fourteen cents.
The assets remaining in the Sinking
Fund are as follow, viz: Bonds of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, six
million, four hundred thousand dollars,
and bonds of the Philadelphia & Erie
Railroad Company, three million, Live
hundred thousand dollars. These are
non•interest bearing bonds and will
not mature for many years. I, there.
fbre, recommend to the consideration
of the Legislature the propriety of the
passage of a law authorizing the Coin.
missioners of the Sinking Fund to sell
these bonds at public sale to the high
est bidder, and direct the proceeds to
be applied to the liquidation of the
State debt.
Public Debt
Public debt outstanding December I, 1861 $31,701,409 71
Deduct amount redeemed at nude Treasury
during the focal year eudiug November
du. Don, viz:
per cart. 101.'8 44,354 253 64
4;4 p r cent. 1143,11uu 00
Iteilef motes camelled. 210 00
-- 4.417.103 64
Public debt December 1, 1868
Statement showine the condition of
the indehtednessot the Commonwealth
on the Ist day of December, 1868.
Funded debt, viz:
6 per cent. luaus .$26,311,180 00
b p •r cent. loans 7, 740 ,77 1 56
4% per cent lawns 112,0u0 00
T o w f un d e d,........ ...... $33,172,051 56
llultuided debt. viz:
Roller :Lutes in circulation .. —.. ...$06,315 00
Interact certificates outatanding 13,086 52
InG•rest cortiacwes 1111 claimed, 4,414 38
Domestic creditors' cortificatos, 44 t 7
Total ouruutled 113,994 57
Total funded and unfunded $33,286,943 13
Which is the amouut of the State debt
as before Stilted.
During the last eighteen years there
has been carried upon the accounts of
the Auditor General and State Treasu
rer, and in their several public state.
ments, "depreciated funds unavailable"
to the amount of forty-one thousand
and thirty•two dollars. 1 recommend
the appointment of a joint committee,
by the Legislature, whose duty it shall
be to examine the said depreciated and
umi.Vuirable funds and dispose of them
to the best advantage of the Treasury;
or,'
if found to be worthless, to cancel
and destroy them, so that *the account
ing officers may be relieved from the
ne2easity and responsibility of annual
ly accounting for them.
The large cash Mance remaining in
the Treasury on We 30th of November,
1867, has been udety for the payment
of the twenty-three loan' and
for the liquidation of • outstanding
Claims against the State. The invest
nien't; of the funds, in One of the Inodea
recommended in my last annual mes
sage, has, therefore, in a great meashre
been rendered 'uunecessary for_ the
present. Bat in the event of large ac-
cumulations of money hereafter, the
recommendations thereir given are re
spectfully referred to, and renewed.—
Whenever there may be surplus funds
in the Treasury, they can, with safety
and benefit to the State, be employed
in the purchase of its outstanding
bonds, and in saving the interest on
them which would accumulate prior to
their maturity.
I regret to state that the last Legis
lature, although fully forewarned in
regard to the insecurity and want of
proper and sufficient guards for the
safe keeping of the money of the Com
monwealth, failed to determine upon
any mode by which the Treasury may
be effectually guarded against the pos
sibility of loss. The present Legisla
ture has it in its power to secure for
itself no ordinary honor, by the enact
inept of such a law, strong and effi
cient for the purpose indicated, and
the enjoyment not only of the appro.
Wien, but the permanent gratitude
of every citizen.
Notwithstanding the satisfactory
reduction of the public indebtedness,
as shown in the foregoing statements,
an immense State debt is still upon us,
requiring nearly two million of dollars
to be collected to pay the interest ac
cruing upon it annually. Its extin
guishment at the earliest practicable
period, not inconsistent with other
public interests, is of the highest im
portance to every tax-payer. I can
not, therefore, too strongly urge the
strictest economy in respect to every
expenditure and the utmost retrench
ment in every department.
Retrenchment is emphaticaily de
manded by the people, in legislative
expenditures, as well as in every other
branch of the government. Their eyes
are open to investigate every transac
tion, and by their ballots they are
ready to strike down those who will
not take effective action in favor of
positive and radical reforth. The mo,
ney paid into the Treasury is the pro
perty of the people, every one of whom
has a just right to hold his representa
tives to a strict accountability for eve
ry dollar that may ha appropriated or
expended.
5,1.0,50i72
IMENIZI
4 9.34,,32 713
L hero renew the remarks made last
year on the subject of "annual appro
priations," to which you are respect
fully referred. For lour successive
years the general appropriation bills
have been signed on the 11th day of
April, being about the time of adjourn
ment. The Governor has been forced
either to sign the bills without proper
investigation, notwithstanding any ob
jections he' may have; suspend the
means to defray the operations of the
government tor the ensuing year; or
cull an extra session of the Legislature.
1 repeat that "it is earnestly desired
that the appropriation bill be taken up,
discussed and passed at a sufficiently
early period during the session to ena
ble it to receive that thorough exami
nation which its importance demands."
Com7lloll . Schools
The annual report of the Superin
tendent of Common Schools exhibits
the condition of that department in a
highly satisfactory manner. Within
the State there are 1,918 school dis
tricts; 13,760 schools; 2,382 graded
schools; 11,698 school directors; 73
county, city and borough superintend
ents; 16,771 teachers; and 800,515 pu
pils. The cost of tuition for the year
was 33,273,269 43; of building, pur
chasing and renting school houses, 81,-
991,152 55; of contingencies. 8854,-
253 21. These three items, with ex
penditures for all other purposes con
nected therewith, amount to the ag
gregate of 30.200 537 90.
These facts are exhibited with great
satisfaction, as they show the average
annual cost for the tuition of each pu
pil to be about seven dollars and sev
enty-four and a half cents. The aver
age amount paid to each teacher is
about 8195 17 , 1 per annum. This, in
my opinion, is too small a salary to
secure the services of competent teach
ers; and I am fully justified in urging
the necessity of increased compensa
tion. It is hut- just. and it will have
an elevating tendency not only upon
the teachers but the manner in which
their duties are performed.
Your attention is called to the fact
that, notwithstanding the ample pro.
vision now made by law for the educa
tion of all persons between the ages of
six and twenty-one years, large slum
bers of children, principally in our ci
tios,-do not attend any kind of school
Over twenty thousand of this class pre
found in Philadelphia, snd the num
ber in the State is estimated to be not
less than seventy-five thousand. These
children grow up in ignorance, fre
quently without employment, and ma
ny of them contract habits of vice,
which eventually cause them to be
committed to houses of refuge, county
prisons or penitentiaries. Humanity
and sound public policy demand that
something be done to remedy this
growing evil, and also that of the neg
lected condition of considerable num
bers of children in the alms and poor
houses in many of the emetics.
Four Normal St.:libels aro now ree
ogiiiied as State institutions. The
number of students attending them
during the past year was 2,115, of
whom eighty graduate]. Two addi
tional Normal Schools will probably
gp into operation during this year, ono
Ideated at Bloomsburg, Columbia Co.,
and the other at Califmnia, Washing
ton county. The valus of these insti
tutions to the common school system
cannot be estimated: OUT schools are
comparatively Voribleii without qual
ified teachers, and suet teachers can
most easily be obtainedfrom the Nor
mal institutes, where tie art of teach
ing is made'a specialty
A meeting of the preidents and oth
er Authorities of a limier of - our prin
cipal collegeg was beldin Harrisburg
last winter, the object I Ishieh was to
bring about a closer Ilion of all our
.$33,28u,04u 13
-PERSEVERE.-
educational institutions, and connect I
by a bond of sympathy, if not of orga
nic structure, the common schools,
high schools, academies and colleges.
The establishment of such an educa
tional department seems to be desirable.
Soldiers' Orphans' Schools
In his report the Superintendent of
Soldiers Orphans' Schools exhibits the
the total expenditure for their support
from December 1, 1867 to May 31, '6B,
to bo $236,970 26; total number of pu
pils in the schools 3,431 ; average cost
per pupil $69 06i for six months; and
the average weekly expenses per pu
pil $2 65i. The fiscal year of these
schools, terminates by law on the last
day of May of each year. The pres
ent report of the Superintendent,
therefore, embraces only six months,
and reports will be made to the 31st
day of May, annually, hereafter. The
special appropriation of February 25,
1308, made in accordance with an es
timate of the Superintendent, present
ed in my last annual message, exceed
ed the actual expenses $6,004 74.
The schools are all in good condi
tion and improving, and their useful
ness is daily becoming more manifest.
Agricultural College.
Before the General Government ap
propriated public lands to the several
States for the purpose of agricultural
and military education and the me
chanic arts, and prior to the time
when Pennsylvania endowed the Ag
ricultural College with her share of
these lards, it was dependent wholly
upon individual influence, without any
other means for its support than its
own earnings. History proves that
seminaries of learning cannot be effi
ciently sustained by their own internal
resources. The education of youth in
the higher branches of knowledge
seems to require the aid of philanthro
pic contributions. This institution had
not these benefits to any adequate ex•
tent, and though the board of trustees
bestowed upon it the most anxious
care, their zeal and labor, combined
with those of its friends, were not
equal to a contest with the want of
means. Hence the school did not com
mand the confidence of farmers who
were able to educate their sons, and
who could not fbrget that the charac
ter of the college attached to the char
acter of its graduates; and that its
failure would 'enter into the estimate
which the world would place upon the
education it bestowed. This feature
has now been removed. The people,
through their Legislature, have endow
ed this institution with the interest
upon a fund of $318,500 00, (invested
in United States and Pennsylvania
State six per cent. bonds,) payable to
it semi annually. Last year this in
terest amounted to $25.642 78. The
residue of the fund, $43,886 50, has
been appropriated, under the law, by
the board of trustees, to the purchase
ofthree model and experimental firms;
one at the college, in Centre county,
fbr 88,000 00, one in Chester county
for -$17,750 00, and one in Indiana
county ler $18,136 50. The board has
also recently re-organized the faculty
and remodeled the course of studies, so
as to adapt them to the wants of the
agricultural community. This new
order of things goes into operation at
the commencement of the next session,
and it is earnestly hoped will be a suc
cess.
Military
From the report of the Adjutant
General you will learn the condition
of the Military Department. The in
activity in military affairs after the
cessation of hostilities and upon the
return of peace, has in a great meas
ure been dispelled, and an active mar
tial spirit now prevails throughout the
State; more particularly in Philadel
phia, where, by a special legislative
enactment, the minimum number of
men required to furm a company has
been reduced, and a brigade fund is
raised by a tax upon those who are
not members of a military organiza
tion, but liable to the performance of
military duty. I recommend the pas
sage of a similar law for the whole
State. For the sake of preserving the
great interests involved, which include
the lives, property and happiness of
our people, this is presented to you as
an important subject fur your deliber
ation.
Every possible oneouragevent of
volunteers has been afforded, and not
withstanding the difficulties indicated
it has resulted as follows: In 1866
there were eight volunteer companies
in the State; in 1867, thirty-eight; and
in 1868, seventy-seven, and'a number
of others in preparation for organiza
tion.
By a reduction of the number for a
company from that now required to an
aggregate of fifty officers and men,
companies would soon be numbered
by the hundred, any of which could
easily he recruited to the maximum
number if required for active service.
The State that alivays maintains the
highest 'degree of,proparation, accom
plishes most and suffers least in the con•
flint of arms; and by being in readi•
ness it often prevents improper en
croachments upon her rights. • •
The Adjutant General" presents a
full and detailed statement of the' dis
buisements'iu his dilitir'tment during
the year 'ending November 30, 1868,
with an estimate for the necessary ap
propr ations for the current year, and
also Ibf such amounts as have been dis
covered to be due from - the Transpor
tation Department, contracted during
the war.
State Agency
The existence of the Military State
Agency at Washington tertnivated on
the 31st day of July last, atwhich time
the appropriation forthe payment of
its expenses was ei . hausted. Much
benefit resulted to many of the soldiers
of our State, and their representatives,
from this office; in wbjoh their just
01, .1 . •
TERMS, $2,00 a year in advance.
dues from the United States Govern
ment were collected and transmitted
to them free of charge. In August,
after the agency ceased to exist, there
still remained a considerable number
of unsettled claims, and as no ono
knew more about their condition, or
could possibly obtain an earlier settle
ment of them than the late agent, GU.
Cook, I permitted him, upon his own
offer, to close up the business of the
office, and to transact any other busi
ness for the soldiers of Pennsylvania
at one half the fees that are charged by
any other private agency in Washing
ton City. This arrangement has thus
far been carried out, and I am pleased
to add, with very general satisfaction.
All the books and papers of the agency
will be transferred to the office of the
Adjutant General.
I?egistry Law.
At the last session of the Legislature
an act:was passed known as the "Reg
istry Law," the intention of which was
to protect the ballot box against cor
ruption and fraudulent voting, to which
it has for many years been disgrace.
fully exposed. This law seems to have
been so defective in some of its provis
ions as to have received the condom
nation of a majority of the Supremo
Court, by which it was pronounced
"incongruous and unconstitutional."
At the election immediately after this
decision, it is alleged that frauds were
perpetrated, surpassing in magnitude,
perhaps, any that have been consum
mated heretofore in the history of the
Commonwealth. These frauds have
demonstrated the necessity of the pas
sage of some law, or laws, that will ac
complish the desired object, without
being subject to the exceptionable feat
ures pointed out by the learned gen
tlemen who pronounced the opinion of
the Supreme Bench.
There is no subject of such vital im
portance to the whole country as the
sanctity of the ballot box, and the pro
tection of all citizens in their right to
the elective franchise. This right is
our proudest. boast. It endows the
American citizen with a freedom and
a power not possessed by the subject
of any other government. It makes
him the peer of his follow man, what
ever may be his rank, station,
or posi
tion of life. To be deprived of it by
any means whatever, his boasted free
dom becomes a sham—his especial and
exalted prerogative a mockery and a
farce. What avails it to the citizen
that he is entitled_to a vote, if that
vote is to be nullified by fraud ? Such
guards, then, should be thrown around
the polls as will effectually, if possible,
preserve them from the taint of a sin•
gle illegal vote. Not only should false
voting be severely punished, but false
swearing to obtain a vote, be visited
with the pains and penalties of perjury
and with perpetual disfranchisement.
The people must be perfectly free to
regulate their public business in their
own way, and when the voice of the
majority is fairly and clearly expressed
all should bow to it as to the voice of
God. They are the sovereign rulers,
and their will must, be the law of the
land. Corruption of suffrage in are
publican government is the deadliest
crime that can be perpetrated; it is as
sassination of the sovereignty of the
people, and will be followed by a des
potism, the motive power of which
will be money and perjury. And if
this privilege be tampered with, soon
er or later the sure and indignant pop
ular condemnation will be rendered
and condign punishment administered.
All good citizens, of whatever political
opinion, should lend their aid for the
accomplishment of any and every
measure that may tend to secure to
each voter, not only his, right to the
elective franchise, but the assurance
that his vote will not he rendered
valueless by illegality, corruption or
fraud.
Each proper facility for the natural
ization of citizens of foreign birth
should be afforded; but the Legislature,
in its combined wisdom, can surely
enact some mode to prevent the possi
bility of a single'vote being east upon
spurious naturalization papers, and
thus fully secure the purity of the elec
tive franchise.
Insurance _Department
I repeat the recommendation made
to the Legislature at its last session,
that an Insurance Department be
established, and a superintendent ap:
pointed by law, who shall have super
vision and control over all insurance
companies allowed to trasact business
within the State, and annually publisb,
under oath, full reports of their trans
actions. The community is•deeply in
terested in this matter, and demands
the protection which can thus only be
afforded.
Paris Exposition
I have received through the Secre
tary of State of the United States, a.
bronze mad and diOorna from the
Imperial Commissioners for the pest
specimens of Pennsylvania .anthracite
coal ekhibitecf•at the Paris Exposition
in 1867. Those tributes to an impor
tant branch of 'the internal resources
of PennisYlvdnia have been assigned a
plabo'itinong other valuable relics in
the' Executive Chamber.
State coat of Arms.
Diligent but unsuccessful search has
been repeatedly made . for th 6 coat of
arms or the State, and for the author
ity udder 'which the' present design
was established. It seems that for
years past "nel . trap of either the origi
nal authOrity or design could any-
Where be found, and it is recommended
that the Legislature take the necessary
steps to supply the omission, by such
means as they in their "wisdom shall
determine.
The prevalence of contagious or epi
demic diseases among cattle and other
animals has for some years past been a
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ornamental Job Printing neatly and
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prolific source of anxiety and alarm
among the producers and consumers
of meats in many of the States. It
was therefore deemed important to
call a convention of competent persons
to take into consideration the means
best calculated to remedy this greo
and growing evil. This convention,
composed of three commissioners each
from the fourteen States represented,
appointed in accordance with an agree
ment by the several Governors, assem
bled at Springfield, Illinois, on the first
of December last, and an account of
their transactions is herewith presented
Without legislative authority, but
believing my action would be sanction
ed by the peoples representatives, I ap
pointed Dr Hiram Corson and Messrs:
E. C. Humes and A. Boyd Hamilton,
commissioners to represent PentiSyl
vania in that convention. These gen:
tlemen freely gave their time and ek
perience, and also incurred a peewit
ary expense of about three 'hundred
dollars, to defray Whibh .I. recommend
that an appropriation be made.
Resolutions of the Vermont Legislature,
Your attention is called to the ac
companying joint resolutions, passed
at the last session of the Vermont Legielature, bearing a just tribute to
the - late Hon. Thaddeus Stevens. Joint
resolutions from the same body are al:
so sent you, which I regard as worthy
of your consideration, relative to the
act of Congress ''to establish and pro
tect National Cemeteries," and recom:
mending "to the Legislature of tfici
State of Pennsylvania the passage of
an act empowering the board of com
missioners having charge of the So 1:
Biers' National Cemetery at Gettys
burg, to transfer all the right, title,
interest and care of said Soldiers' Na-:
tienal Cemetery to the General Gov=
ornment, upon the completion of the
same." .
It has been the misfortune of the
State during the past year to lose, by
death two of her reprontativeS in the
Congress of the nation, Hon. Thadde-
us Stevens, of the Ninth, and Hon.
Darwin A. Finney, of the Twentieth
District. Both were natives - of Ver
mont, but in early life selected Penn , .
sylvania for their home- and identified
themse:ves with her interests, .~which'
they were chosen to guard in 'the
Legislature; and the people of. the
Common Wealth will long rethembei
with gratitude their faithful and , effi.-
cient services. The first went 'down
to his grave after a long-life-of public
usefulness and in well mfitured"hon.:
ors; the other in the priinn of -mim:
hood, which gave promiee Of a 'scarce : :
ly less brilliant career.
Pardons
The list of pardons issued during .
the past years will bp found among
the papers to which ybur attention, is
called. The principal reasons' upon
which they were based, and the names
of some of the prominent petitioners;
are given in every case. That, a few
of these pardons may have been -tin=
worthily granted, through misrepre
sentations of relatives, friends; sympa•
thizing neighbors and other interested
parties, there is no doubt, but in ,the
majority of instances it is 'certain
that the facts not only justified 'but
demanded Executive clemency. ; -
The whole number of applicatiots
for pardons during the' year heti teen
sixteen hundred and twenty-three,--
The number of pardons granted : ,iti
that time has been one hundred and
six, which is a little over 61-percent:
Of those pardmied about five per cent.
have been:gain brought before' the
courts id consequence of their, return'
to the commission of crime.
,
I am fully impressed with the
weighty responsibility of the Pardon
ing power, which ranks .anieng (Abe
most difficult and embarrassing:4ooEl
of the Executive office. Daily
.bes 4
with powerful and pitifnl' importuni
ties, as well as conflicting representa
tions, from those in whom s he should
be enabled to place the fullest 'confi
dence, in order to avoid errors in the
decision of any case,-the Governor is
compelled to take into consideration
the action of the court before
the convict has been tried ; the' majesi
ty of the law which may or may not
have been violated; the , condition , of
the prisoner; his temptation to err
the injury that may be inflicted upon'
his helpless and dependent relatives,
and the arguments and appeals' Of cit
izens whose opinions and wishes , ho , is
bound to respect. And .however just
his decision and humane and generous
his action, either in favor of or against
the petitioner for clemency, 'he' innst
expect to have his Motives --imPugned,
his name and chaiacter maligned, and
te suffer virulent attacks for .the ex
ercise of this no9t, important and mer
ciful prerogative. '''
The pardon report Will exhibit that
many instances 'in 'which Exedutivc;
Ourreney has been invoked, youthful
prisciners, charged with their first.of
fences, and those of a trivial character;
have been the recipients. The' object
of punishment, in all cases,'shotild•-not
be so much to inflict pain ad to reform
the sufferer and preven't the repetition
of evil deeds. This fact is frequently
lost sight of in impdsino• punishment
upon criminals, especially when irlex:
ppriericed'yoUths are-shut up in close
della with men hardened' in' criniii;
where its arts are daily taught' :and a
romance thrown around lin commis;
sion. Instead of being* iiilpioved;•l hey
come forth at'the expir l taion of their
terms of sentence with the loss of self
respect, their mOriii sentiments .blunt
94,and prepared to practice upon • so
ciety the infamous lessons they hitVe
learned. Such pupishmonts 'tend to
inciTabe rather tbalessen the'-ipian
tity or crime. When houses' of•cor
rbetion and reformatories are, con-
Structed;'or a proper system'•ot„con
finoment and prison discipline is tiflop•
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