GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. To the 'Honorable the Senators and Members of t/ft House of JUjiresentalives qf the General , Assembly r Gemtleuen -A kind Providence has greatly blessed our Commonwealth during the past year. No foreign war, no internal strilc have inter rupted or destroyed the peaceful quiet of our homos. AH tho groat interests ot the people have bean eminently prosperous. The earth, in rich abundance, has yielded her increase to supply our wants, and reward with-her bounties tho labor of the husbandman. Labor, la eveiy department of manufacturing and mechanical industry, has been stimulated and encouraged. The ravages of disease and the horrors m the pestilence have been averted from us; and whilst tho cry of human suffering, from other States, has been hoard invoicing our sympathy and aid. wohftto been blessed with health and permitted to eqjoy tho comforts and Jmppines-s oi social life. "•To Him who I nth bestowed those bless ings Upon us, and upon whose care we arc con stabtly dependent, should be ever paid the will* ing.Tiomage of our grateful hearts. Tho report of tho State Treasurer will exhibit to you, in detail, the operations of his depart ment. The results aro more sntislactory and encouraging than were anticipated. The receipts at the Treasury for (lie fiscal year ending November 30, 1853, including (he balance in the Treasury on the Ist day of De- cember, 18=54, ($1,240,928 72) amuuiiicd tu of ccriiHcatcs *o held, upon their delivering up $6,081,402 83. Tlie total payments for the said certificates to the Auditor General. In same period were $5,385,706 62; leading a bal- pursuance of the authority thus given, cerlifl* ance in the Treasury on the 30th of November, c;ltes 0 f g[ ft tc Stock to the amount of four mil* 1855, of $1,245,697 81. No loans tempouiy j lonS( or)e hundred and live thousand, one hon or otlierwiso were negotiated during the past (I{cd ftJl( j j]ftv dollars and twenty cents, hear tbeat year, as they wore nut reqmmi b\ the . inU , rest the rate of live per cent, per tm wants oJ the treasury. J mnn. nnvnblc seun-annuollv. on the Ist days The receipts during tic pas of February and August in each ytar, and re ",uroea (excluding the Uli « , dmuahle o , or after ll.e first day of August, ontholst day of Peceinner, lo»l.) note »n,- , . . • , *>. , 890,474 11. The ordinary cxp.-admires u-i the 1 55, wire Hsiud. Tiicminimum penod fixed same period, including the i.Meioal on the pub , hy law for the . edemptlon of these cerlittculcs, lie debt, were $4.189..*,12 2H, shoeing an excess e\pmdon the first day of August last. i\o of receipts o'er ordinary expeinliuiiea <i $l.- \ir.ivision been made for their renewal or 260.961 88. Tho extraordinary payments tor the year were $1,246,193 2i, a a follows, viz To the comph-- ' tion ol the new Portage li.nho.-ul <*vt*i flic- Alle gheny mountains, 12; to the X»*itli ■ 11 ranch Canal, $37,661! U” . to the Columbia H ailrotid, to relay .South track, J Id.'!. I "it t" the payment of domestic ciodimi s, $ I So, to the redemption ol loans, 1 <jtin, ami to reUel notes cancelled. s2tP*,6rB <’<). They balance in the lieasniv will he required for the paj menl of tlie in'cre.M on the Slat-- debt falling duo in February next. and lor unpaid appropriations. Tho interest on the landed debt of the Commonwealth, winch became due in February mid August last w«a pi mnpt l> paid, and it is gratifying to state that tin* interest duo Ul Fehrn«r\ next w ill bo paid "Kb eipial pi oinpf nos*. The CJodil i,i tile State tin} 1*• 1 eganlf (1 as firmly established. and with pi "|» r economy anil a careful and honest ni.inagmiient ol her finances, an minimi t eduction oi lon i|. hi to a considerable extent, may b<: confidently esj.ee ted. There is line In (be T'Ci'iit', to th** Sinking Fund tho Bum <>i sBB*. o) 1 to he applied to the redemption of the t ••ln-t not ex now in en m lation, and to the funded d. Id of the (’aiminin. wealth. Tho greater part of the Innded hears interest at the rate ol I>vc p< r cent. pm si.mini ; tho balance hours ft still loss rate >'i up, ir>l But as (he temporary loans. wtm h h\ ia" i c . bo first paid onto! (lie available iimanx m the treasury, boar interest at the i.ito ot six p i »; . it ha* been deemed advisable, as a main i >d economy, to apply the suipl'is re'em,. •» 1 ■ ' - pajumut ul these loans. tVlien lie m- mo oim dat-d, tie l amount due and j'l. jo-iiy ipphe i 1 h to the Sinking fund will he p .ul. and its ope ration continued as directed by l»w i Not withstanding the re venues I f, r Ihe last lour 1 or five years have pirpeh exceeded ih»- "uhnie \ expenditures of the government. \> t in cons., rpienco of the large and insatiable demands upon (ho treasury for the completion of tin* North Branch Canal, tho Portage Raih'oul and other kindred improvements, the public debt, instead of being reduced, lias been increased This in- crease, with tho amount and eondiunn of ilu debt at different pci lods, "ill be seen ;u the w.l lowing statement* Statement of the funded and unfunded debt ol (lie Commonwealth on (he Ist dny i>( Decem ber, 1961, fta per report of the Audilui Gene. Fanded debt, * iz 6 per cent, loans, Total funded debt Unfunded deH. i it ■ Relief mites in circulation Interest certificates outstanding, <« “ unclaimed, Interest on outstanding and nn claimed certificates, when funded, Domestic creditors, Total debt Dec l.ltt.M. f l<» JM.230 3« Statement nhowirig tin* indebtedness <0 ibe Com monwaafth on I In* lat d»y of llec I8')-I , as per Auditor Gefienil’* report Funded debt, vi/ ft per rent loans ToUl lumlod deM, l> nfanded debt. tlz ; Belief nutuß in circulation interest rortiflcaloa out ilad'l “ “ m>cl aimed, Interest on oululanding and mi alamiud ccilillcaU-a, when landed, Domestic cieditois'm Balance of tompuuiy loiui ol A j.rll. If), IHo3. Balance ol temporan lu;m <•! May y. \%b\, Total unfunded debt k temp loan, I.oBH.iVKi) K> To these should be added the f• *U<>\% uiji n hi 1 notes, not included in the “lelief notes m cir dilution," vir. ; Relief notes made by tho I.an caster bank, not charged on State Treasurer's books. Relief notes put in circulation Sept. 1854, and not redeemed Deo. 1, 18.',4 Total public d«*bi Doc. 1, I«u|. 71 •< .« •* Jftol, 4U.1H,230 ay Increase of debt in 8 yra. 1,581,50t* 3«'» The funded and unfunded debt. including un paid temporary loann, on the Ist day <>( Doe. 1655, (he close of the lunt If sen f j eai, on per re port of the Auditor CiL-in-ral and Statu Tieiibur or, was as follows, to nit Funded debt, vis C per cent, loan, 5 *\ ‘ Total Jtmdod dobl, • Unfunded debt, viz •. JloJJof notoi In circulation, Interest ccrtitlcates ouintsnd’g Domestic orodltorn, Balance of lomp’y loan of April • 19, 1868, Balance of loiuji’y. loan of May 9, 1864, Total unfurniiMi doiii, Total debt Doc. J, IH'j.'i, Total dubf, aa above aUiuil, Do comber I, 1864, 41 71 Total tl6bi December i, 1866, •11,0i;7,W)| 72 Decroaui* during (ho fiscal your, 630,0°l 02 This statement exhibits Urn gratifying fuel that during the lisesvl year ending November 30, 1855, the indebtedness of the Common* wealth lifts been reduced $630,001 02. I>ur* log the same period largo appropriations mid payments wo o made for the completion of the new Portage lUilnmd, relaying 'h 1 truck of the Columbia R, I rood, and far other purposes These demands upon the treasury were. with out lb'' md ofl'mnH. promptly paid Refusing to undertake any new Rchetpcs of ititcrnal improvement, limiting all appropria- tions, to the actual demands of the occasion, practising strict economy in all departments nf the government and holding the receiving aiid disbursing Agents of the Commonwealth to a rigid accountability, will greatly reduce tho expenditures, and, under ordinary circumstan ces, leave on annual surplus of the revenues to be applied to the redemption of the public dibt. The estimated receipts and expenditures for the cunenl fiscal year will be presented to you in the report of the Stale Treasurer. The re ceipts Horn the usual sources of revenue, above the ordinary expenditures, may exceed the sum ofone million and a half of dollars. These estimates may approximate the true result,but cannot bo rclud upon with certainty. By the 38th section of the act of the 16th of April. 1845. entitled "An act to provide for tiie 01 (Hilary expenses of government, the rc p-m* of the canals and nulroads of the State and other chums upon the t'onunomvcolth.” the Oovernor aas authorized to cause certifi cates of Slate slock to be issued to all persons or bodies corporate holding certificates for the payment of interest on the funded debt of the State which fell due on the Ist day of August, 1842, the Ist days of February and August. 1843, and the Ist days of February and Au gugt, 1844; in an amount equal to the amount 1 uilrinpiron. Although hv the terms of the net authnriz- ' ini: these <-cr il'irates of Suite stork. as also by tin condu'ons of the certificates issued m pnr- i suaiice (In ienf. (fu’thneof pawnem,after the’ <\pir:uinii of the minimum penod.is optional with the (Kh'oi—the Commonwealth —yet a ifu; t« tin ev* <Ut of the State requires tl.nt ;tiou,-ioii slniuM he made lor their renew al i r iul< mption To redeem llw-e certificates a loan would become necessary, and afi a loan cannot he «dec led. m the present financial con dition of the conntrv. on terms mure favorable to the Suite, than those mi which the-*’ certifi cates were issued. I would recommend thnt au thority lie piven to issue the bonds of the Com mon w< :d 1 h in n new a! of said certificates bear in'; interest at the rate of tiv ( . per cent per an num. payable' semi annually, and redeemable on nr after tin: cxpuation «>f twenty years - and that the bonds be tssmd wnh cm per ns or cer tificates of interest attached, m sums equal in amount to the semi-animal i.r.mst thereon, payable on Use Ist d.ivs of i-\binary and An p isi in (aeh anlcviie \ ear. at such place ns nav be designated, 'lluschanpe in the form and character of the ceri i lV*at rs. U k believed will he S'> advantageous to lhe holders w u hout ifii hnhditics of tho (’“inmomvi ahh. as ( i mdiiev a w dhng and prompt i at a \nmmin, for the bonds proposed to be is* mod Tin* c .udo i'>n of the public works, Ihcirpen* 1 1 o-, i * 11 <t * nil lie n.'i'ips an 1 exjend!- uir* I«i; the past tl-;.d \ c.u wdlbe pi e se‘ll'ed I" \ou m (he ri j)tir ■ <>| the- L’anal t'emiuiis-uon [ Tlii n► r aa'*’receipts a’ the Treason fiom ■rlf r f.'.' <' •u■r!xs. (■ -r die \ i-i r uiding Vo vein 'x-r I "S'' were S 1 '.'-I- '.70 71 'j he nr rt’i i: i r •• i\;i< • ilitiiri s in-l'nlintr (»i»! n:\ry and e\i uv'Morin i ivim-'ii' l‘>'f ilie "iiiiie period. | onv'T.iw '1 i'» C 1 I*, 'h"\\in-z an e\- i | ci "S ' f r<'' ui>Vn. over all ex penduures of S 103 . -1 f.'J.s s:’,. T’oe exlriordimw payments for the same year, (eX 1 imliuc hO paid fur relay ing the Sooth IraoL of the Colombia Railroad, and t2B,()U(i u 0 for rebuilding the Freeport Aqiicdni’t ) were 427 78 The oidinnry expenditures were SI, 14H.3G3 -10. Aggregate receipts ai above stilled, Ord.nary expenditures, I 2 .11/.023 ')! 3(*.7oi,it'* on 109.200 no Not revenue fur the fi-’MI year. 5T94.013 31 Tina balance exhibits a small increase m the nett revenues ns compared with the noil revenues of 1.454. and notwithstand ing; ihe withdrawal of the transportation lines fmm the main hue of the t'anal, the nggiogale revenues for the la«l year have exceeded the revenues of 1854 by more lhan $23,000. From tin* abundant crops of the past year the im proved condition of the monetary affairs of the ennntrv and the general revival of business, a huge increase u\ the rvvenws for the current year may bo ronbdeiulv expected The sum of 5101.125 25 has been paid into the Treasury by the Pennsylvania Railroad t'oinpnnv and other railroad companies, os tin lax on lounge passing over thejr roads Tins amount farexneds the H»m paid by the same companies in 1 854. tno 2H1.707 64 on i.vi'jKi *2 4.118 88 9 r.->2 oi Hl' \I‘A2 7-1 $.‘,82, I'M 98 R9,t»>t,(V>Sl SV7 H 58,200 00 lihmjuu uu Tin* Delawaie I h vision exhibits a siiiisfacto rvrc'Mill. Tin' total receipt* were ST.tLI (173 - 12. expenditures. sf}<) t>o7 showing u nett remote of £332 67/) 66 If :i)) our lines In the present condition of the finances, and m aid of ihe revenues of ihe Stale (in nddilioi lo the taxes now imposed by law) a rvnsonabb pienmmi should be required lo be paid by nl Rinks or Saving msUiulions that may hereaf , ... .. ,i ler be ohatlued ur re-chartered by the Legisda ilaint ainl more confidence m the general op { c lannii of the system jio.ueon 90 40i.r.'w no 21 ''•,7 21 T imjM o\ tim ni eMnbpid n similar balance died llu- people would have less cause of com- Tlmti l has hi on a large iuoroasr ’u the Inisi iu’sm anti lounge ol ihr (.'“lumblfl Railroad, and and a corresponding inereu.su in the receipts tlu iiin>m T)»e operations of jin* road for the I’ahivt ar have been highly aalmf.iclorv The |'l’iTii'i'i"M ' f that pari of tb‘* Mam line, from ' i 'he .lone mn to Piltglmrg including the Pun age Uudrond do not present so favorable n re S "U The receipts nave greatly diminished and were nut sufficient to meet the ordinary i xpvmlit qrcti The revenues from the Mam Line do mil equal the receipts of the previous \ earn Jhe causes of this reduclmn arc appar ent, and Home of them have been referred to 1 R7O ‘IT 2.707 01 .00/h.O oo 4*,n,i«r l r, $2-Vono On and etminemled. It is but just to add that the expenditures on this line have been much diminished by the avoidance of some of iho in- 00,000 00 clined planes on the Portage Railroad. I regret to inform yon that the railroad to avoid the inclined plane* on the Allegheny mountain, has not been completed ns was con fidently anticipated. The delay in the com pletion of this work has occasioned much in convenience lo the business of the Main Line and a Joss to the revenues of the Common wealth The expenditures have largely cx cecdid the original estimates for its construc tion: and although the sum of $277,730 00 was appropriated ut the last session of the Leg islature for the completion of this work —a sum covering the estimate of the Engineer— yet af ter the expenditure of the whole amount thus appropriated, the road is unfinished; and to complete it, and pay the debts contracted, the further sum of $171,673 CO. as now estimated hy the Engineer, will be required. Either the estimates have been very carelessly made, or large sums of money uselessly anti extrava gantly expended in the prosecution of this im provement. As aiding the business of the Main Line, reducing still further its expendt tim->aud nlicving llio Treasury from these cum.taut ih mauds, the iiiiiiminccniout of its eai ly eumph-iiun will hu hailed with pleasure hy every ciir/.en Although tin completion of lb® North Branch tmml. before the close of navigation, was cer tainly expected, \el tins expectation has not been realised '1 lie etVuits of the present Ku- I pn int nidi ul. Mr Mu HU, during the past your, ' lo complete and put m successful operation! this < 'ana! deserves the highest commendation. Every thing that skill, energy and industry could accomplish has been dmu*. The labor lo be performed was gnat, and rendered more ilillicull and perplexing by the imperfect and $77), 000 no soio.im na 88,908,416 . r )4 888,200 00 100,000 00 f 89.907,800 47 2.5R.T78 00 2P.J67 LM 00 626,000 00 $1 .loo.i'.u 20 1 1,007,99 1 72 fraudulent construction of the old work and some portion of the new, The large ijuanlily of kicks, trees, stumps and routs placed in the bottom of the Canal, and the defective material nsdt in tin' embankments vifleml the water to escape almost as rapidly as admitted, and ecu? dered a reconstruction! of the work, in inany places, indispensably necessary... Its success ful completion, H is hoped, will -soon bo an nounced.- y •' i It will appear by the Report of the Commit teo'of Ways and Meafm made to the House of Representatives' in 1849. that the entire S mount necessary to complete and put in opera tion the unfinished portions of thin Canal tfas estimated at the sum of 51,106.037 00. The amount actually expended on the work since that period, ns appears from the Reports of the Superintendent. Engineer and Canal Commis sioner, is *1.857.377 52. being; an excess of ex penditures over the original estimates of $751,- 340 52 ; and the Canal not yet in operation.— With such fads before us—such evidence of mismanagement and reckless expenditure os the history of this Canal shows —it is not mat ter ofsiiprise, that the Commonwealth and peo ple are burdened with debt and taxation. fn pursuance of the Act of the Blh of May last, providing for the sale of the Main Line of the public works, aAcr giving the notice re quired bv law, 1 caused the same to be expos ed to public sale.at the Merchants’ Exchange,in the city of Philadelphia. No oilers were made and consequently the works remain unsold. — Scaled proposals for the "sale or lease of the Main Line," were subsequently invited, as di rected by the seventeenth section of the said Act, and the proposals received are herewith submitted to the Legislature for their action and final disposition. Having on a former occasion presented my views of the propriety and policy of a sale of this branch of our public improvements, a rep etition of the sentiments then expressed be comes unnecessary, lu relation to this sub ject my opinion has not changed. On the con trary the experience of the past, and a careful examination of the question in its economical and political relations, have strengthened and confirmed it. That the Slate should, long since, have been separated from the manage ment and control of these works, the history of their construction and management clearly de monstrates. Public policy and public senti i merit demand this separation ; and every con ' hideration of present and future interest re quires llic’ir sale. The late financial embarras moots of the country—the imperfect character of some ol the provisions of the bill authorizing the sale, together with the adverse influence of rival interests, defeated the recent attempt to Kill These difficulties have been, or can be. removed ; and a sale yet elVccleA on terms am plv protective of the rights and interests of the ' people, and at the same lime just and liberal to the purchasers. To reduce the Sialc debt and relieve the peo ple from taxation, aie objects worthy the earn cs* anu anxious consideration of the Legislature. To acc.itnplish tht-sc* objects sp.rdily and ccr lamlr, a sale of the whole or part of our pub- In improu’tneuts becomes important and nc c-ssorv. The revenues of the Slate, under the present system of management of the public works, are but little more than sufficient lu pay the interrsi of her debt, ami the ordinary ex pi-n-ses of the government. A sale of these woiks, for a fair couHi-b ratio.i and upon terms just and bhera). would constitute a beginning in i lie process of liquidation that would free ..nr ('ommonw. nUb from debt and her people fiorn consequent taxation. In every measure to produce these desirable results. I will cheerfully co operate with the Legisla ture Tlio currency of i!ic Slate in its relation to banking institutions, and their increase, is a Mihjef'i that demands careful and intelligent ■ •(■iiMderatiou l-V'uu the notice given of nu- TiicTonv intend- <1 at'plica'ions to the Legislature |nr new banks and an increase of banking capi tal/this suhioct will doubtless be presented to. 1 ape) .strongly urged upon your altcntion. Shall i the number of Banks and the amount of bank ing capital be increased i and if so. to what ex tent and in what localities V are questions of absorbing public interest. Without desiring to assume a general and uncompromising hostility to all banks, or to an increase of banking capital.! cannot discov er the necessity that requires, or the circum ■-tances that would justify the incorporation of nil that may be demanded from the Legislature The incorporation of new. or the rc-charlcr of old and solvent Banks, when indispensably necessary and clearly demanded by the actual business wants of the community in which they may he located, should not he refused ; under no other circumstances should their in- 51.942,370 71 1 148 303 40 cornura'ion ho permitted- The necessity for increasing the number of Hanks should bo determined more by the ac tual wants of legitimate trade, than by the inimhef of applications and the wild fancies of stork jobbers and speculators- The sudden and unnecevSiir)' expansion of the dfirrmr.y should be avoided, and whatever lends to pro duce such a result ought to be discountenanced ami prevented. Tll the Banks the true interests of the State and people should he consulted : and a just and honest discrimina tion. as to number, locality, and the demands of trade, be exercised by their representatives I’uhtic sentiment does not demand, nor do pub lic or private interests require, the creation of nutiityons Banks. As appropriate to tins subject, and intimate ly connected with it. 1 cannot forbear to ex press my disapprobation of a practice, that has heretofore obtained to some extent, of using tin names of members of the Legislature as cor porators m lulls pending before them for the incorporation of Banks and other companies- Such a practice is pernicious, and cannot Ik too strongly condemned. It perils the inde pendence of the Legislator -exposes him to un just suspicions, and stamps with selfishness,al least Ins legislative action m the premises.— lA'giHlalum should be free, even from the ap pearance of nnpioper motive ; and every undin and corrupting mllenec. inside or outside Vlr Legislative Halls, should bo resisted and con detuned. It is a cause of more than oidhmry congratu lation that Agriculture, the first, aa it is the noblest pursuit of man, has, in its progress of development, vindicated its own importance, and assumed, m public esteem, the honorable position to which it is so justly entitled. Con stituting os it does the substratum of our great mechanical, manufacturing and commercial in terests, it should ever be regarded as the chief source of Slate and Notional prosperity- First in necessity it is the highest in usefulness of all the departments oflabor ; sustaining ami pro moting in their varied and multiplied relations all the other industrial interests of the country. Our financial and commercial prosperity ia largely dependent upon the success of Agricul tural industry. An interest bo important should receive the encouragement of all classes of society. No longer a mere art--an exertion of physical strength,it has reached the dignity of a Science; and to its progress and improvement the people and their representatives should cheerfully con tribute. State and County Agricultural So* cietifs have done much to promote tins cause; and through their agency much valuable infer inalion has been collected and diffused. Much yol remains to tie done. More information is demanded. More efficiency in the collection and diffusion of useful knowledge is required. — To secure this result, the establishment of an Agricultural Bureau, in connection wjth some of the Departments of Stale, would largely con tribute. The importance of such a bureau, properly organized, as an u)i| to the advance ment, of Agricultural knowledge ami the suc cess of Agricultural industry, cannot easily be over estimated. The subject is earnestly com mended to your attention. By an ad of the last session an institution ' designated os the “Farmer’s High School of Pennsylvania” was incorporated. The charter I was accepted by the trustees and the institu tion duly ntgauiml An eligible site for the - r■, ij College has been gccured ift Centre county; toifl two hundred agrcs oC valuable and highly cul tivated land donated tothe trustees, foy the ,bse of the institution, by Qen. James Irvin, of thht county. ,• The citizens of the county with a. liberality highly commendable, have pledged arid securcd.to the trustees, for the use ..of the College, ten thousand dollars in addition to the laud donated. '.This liberality shows that the fanners of Pennsylvania fully appreciate the importance of such an institution and will sup* port and sustain it. The course of instruction will be thorough nnd practical- Scientific and practical agriculture, with the usual branches of academic education, will bo taught, and the effort will be made to make good farmers, good scholars and good citizens. Whilst individual liberality and energy done much ahd will do more for this inslilm, tion, an appropriation by the Stnte. in such sum nff the-legislature may tkciu proper, would not only ai,d and encourage tins laudable enter prise, but wou]d bo an honorable and just re cognition of tho imporlant interests involved. The laws'now in operation, regulating manu facturing and other improvement companies, arc in some of their provisions 100 severely re strictive, and should be modified. Legislation on these subjects has heretofore tended to re strain the investment of capital—check indus try, and curb the energy of the people in the prosecution of those enterprises that aid the de velopment of.our immense resources, and con tribute so largely to the wealth and prosperity of the State.' Liberal and judicious Legislation —encouraging individual enterprise—inviting the Investment of capital and stimulating the various departments of manufacturing and me chanical industry, would greatly promote the interests of tbe^pcuple—increase our revenues, and give to the Commonwealth that prymi neuco and position in the sisterhood of States, to which the character of her citizens and her illimitable naturaV TescmTCCS 3 cutitle her To this subject your attention is invited. The report of.thcSuperintcndent of Common Schools will exhibit to you their condition and the general operations of the system through out the Commonwealth, during the past year. To the valuable and useful suggestions of the Report I would earnestly ask the attention o f the Legislature. The operation and results of the system as (totalled are highly interesting. Our ed ucational system is slowly but surely, con quering tho-pirqJudicL'B and gaining the con fidence of the people. Under (ho fostering care of liberal ami enlightened legislation its ultimate-triumph is certain. When the system was first introduced, it was supposed that jt could be pei/ected and forced into general and vigorous operation by the mere will of tho Lpgi.sl.il uie. Experience has provoo, that in this, as in every oilier great social and moral reform, time and that con sent which orison from a radical change In the popular mind, w**ru required. This slow process of the acclamation of the new system to our social and moral atmosphere, has been In operation for nearly twenty years i and it is now evident that the period fur another effective interposition of legis lative aid oni-BiUlmrity in favor of our no ble system of common schools, has arrived. In « liatovor form this obviously proper and necessary hitorposifi -n may present Itself, if calculated to promote the great purpose in view, It shall receive my cheerful sup- port. After o carerul examination of (ho sub ject, It is my clear conviction that the sys tem is now prepared for and requires in creased efficiency in its general supervision —increased In its teachers, and increased means of support. The experiment of the County Suporfn tendency wherever faithfully carried out, has not disappointed the expectations of the advocate# of that measure. The im proved condition of the schools, and tho greater efficloncr of the system, cloorly es tablish the prupiNity and utility of such su pervision. Thu official visits of an officer of the school department to some of the counties of the State, In connection with the County soporintondoncy, have demon stated.that-lfoo voice ot public authority 10 sustain, presence of an official agent to encourage, have largely contributed to excite and maintain the deep Interest now felt by (ho public in onr educational pro gress ami Improvement. The most marked improvement recently effected in the system, has been in its corps of teachers. With almost unparalleled dis interestedness and devoiion to the noble cause in which they arc engaged, the com mon school teachers of tho State, have In almost even* county boon using all the means and appliances, within their power, for self improvement. These efforts so creditable to them have been highly bene ficial in their results 5 and clearly prove the necessity, and point with unerring certain ly to the establishment of Slate Normal schools. Teachers meetings lor n day have given place to Institutes for a week ; and those again to numerous Normal meetings continuing from m»e to three months. At every step in this progression, it has be come more apparent that permanent institu tions, will) their proper professors and ap pliances, which nothing but tho power of the State can provide, are demanded by, and would meet tho wants of the system and the occasion. In conceding this boon to our children, through their teachers, wo are encouraged )if tho example of other countries, ami the experience oftho past. It is a lemarknble fact, that no state of our Union, nor natron of I ho old world, has perfected its s> stern of public instruction, without schools for tho professional training of teachers, esub -1 Islied nil cl supported by the public authori ty and moans) and It is no Jess remarkable, and still more encouraging that no such in stitution has over yet been abandoned.— Fmm I'msfdii, whoso experience in Hus re gard, is that ofa century and a quarter, to that of our young afstor Michigan, whose existence is os of yesterday, the Normal school has bcun tried throughout Christen dom with unvarying success. This result is in full harmony with tho laws of mind and ofhuman society. Teach ing is a high and honorable profession 1 and no profession has more arduous and com plex duties to-porlorm—no one greater re sponsibilities to meet—-ami no one operates on, or with such valuable and interesting material. The moat thorough preparation is therefore tcqulalto t and as the duties to be performed nro not only responsible, but delicate, and may ulfect tho social, political, moral or religious feelings and rlghta of the cltir.cn, no source la so safe, no authority for their discharge so free Irpm suspicion or bias, ns tho state. Teachers trained by the stole, and representing tho vitality of Us republicanism, will bo tho firm support and sure guarantee of its republican equality. It Is time' also that tho teaching mind should resume its true place In tho schools. In fho communication of knowledge, to be effective, mind, In sympathetic contact, roust act upon mind, and with living, spunk ing energy, leave Us Impress there. Tho Groat Masterblmsclfthus trained the school which was to reform a world. But now tho book has'too much intruded itself between tho teacher and the taught. The teacher has too much become tho more exponent of the printed page, and tho mind of the learn ers the Impressed copy of tho text. In thus saying, Iho value and Importance of books, as d means of knowledge are not Intended to bo overlooked or decried ; hut the uses ol our best agencies have their limits j and when wo find tho book usurping tho place ol the teachqr, to the Injury of the mind of our youth, wo should restore each to Us proper position—require from each Iho per formance of Its appropriate functions, and thus confer upon both the full measure ol their usefulness. As an expedient to supply the place of regular Normal schools till established, and as u valuable auxiliary to Utynj when In op eration, tho Teachers’ Institute would bo of , unquestionably l ya\i\u« , it,would bring to gether tho to?clioi/9 ofapounty under the host influences, for consultation and Improve ment, and exhibit thhni before their fellow citizens In their prober professional charac r tor. A portion oftlio means of the slate, or ot the respective comities, nppllcablojo educational Improvement, could not bo more profitably applied, than to the encourage- inent of thp meeting oi at loasrone stjch-la fctltute, annually, in each county \ An/ta porimont of this kind recently made in vhe county-bfCbester, iiraaid tp.hayo btfen om- - inentlysncoessfuij laaicatlvo «*oJ‘ thfe wlsabm of mcasnrSrf 1 P> If, iniaddUlou to thfis'O, or slfcmar meas ures, [the Legislature ettouid feojl warranted —and tbo-moosufo bos’all the wvpbtionl thls exeouiivo document can glvo.lt^—to make a largo addition teftho annual state (tpprbprl atiou to Common Schools, I bellevo that all will be dono which the patriotism of the people’s representatives can now ofloct; and I do not hesitate to express the opinion that thd time has come for this prompt, full and decisive action. Let the integrity ol the system. In its great purposes and objects, be maintained; undif changed, changed on- ly to render it more efficient, and toincreaso its power for greater usefulness. Whatever else may distinguish your present session, '"ins Hazarding imio to predict,'thaf monr lionor and benefit will result from tho per fection of the Commou School system of education, than from any other exorcise of your legislative powers. Tho public schools of Philadelphia are deserving of special notice and approval.— In their various gradations, from the prima ry up to the High School, they are models worthy of imitation ; and their management and efficiency reflect great credit upon those to whom have been committed their super vision and control. It is to bo regretted (fiat these schools, so creditable to our great commercial and literary emporium, and so honorable (o our Commonwealth, should find no place In tho annual report of the Su perintendent of Common Schools. As at present organized, these schools are inde pendent of the stale supcrintendcncy, and do not report to tho school department ol tho Commonwealth. As everything that relates to the operation of tho Common School system, and the condition ol the public schools in the statu, is importautand. interesting, the statistics of those schools should l>e furnished to the Stale Superin tendent, that the same might be embodied in the annual report of tho Department. A modification of existing laws on this sub ject, so far as to require tho controllers of the public schools of Philadelphia, to report to the school department, the number, grade, and condition of thcor schools—(he number of pupils, and generally such information in relation to their govurnment ns may be denned useful to the cause of education, is respectfully recommended. To improve the social, intellectual and moral condition of the people—reclaim (lie erring, and ameliorate human suffering, are objects that commend themselves to tho consideration of the philanthropist and tho statesman. Our educational, charitable and reformatory institutions arc justly the pride oflhe State, honorable alike lathe wis dom that devised and the liberality that founded and sustains them. They have strong claims upon the bounty ol tho peo ple, and 1 coidiully recommend them to your care and the liberality of the Common wealth. Tho State Lunatic Hospital, at Harris burg. In its objects and results, merits our highest approbation. Tim Just expectations ot Its projectors and founders have nul been disappointed. Kindness and love, with (heir softening and subduing influence, con stitute iho rule ol its government. Many of its former unfortunate inmates have been restored to reason, to friends and horns, and the enjoyments of social life. Those that remain require onr sympathy and aid.— They should not be withheld. The roport of the Directors will exhibit, in detail, the opeiniions of (he institution. Tho necessity and Importance of provi ding additional accommodation for the In sane of western Pennsylvania have been strongly pressed upon my attention. Tho present accommodations nro clearly Insuffi cient, and these have been provided princi pally by tile contributions of benevolent cit izens. It is urged that tho rapid advance of our population—tho gloomy increase of the insuie and tho inadequacy ol the pres ent asylums (or their care and management, render It Imperatively necessary that effec tive aid should be given to • that portion of tho statu, fur the establishment of a new and entirely distinct western Insane Hospital, ns a homo tn those of our fellow citizens whose only alleviation is to be found in their own Ignorance of the frightful malady with which they are burdened. The subject la worthy of calm and dispassionate inquiry. I will cheerlnlly co-operato with Iho legislature, in all proper efforts, to accomplish this ob jvet. Should you decline to act upon this sub ject 1 would thou recommend that, an ade quate appropriation be made to the western Pennsylvania Hospital (or the purpose of ext< riding its accommodations lor the cure of the Insane, as distinct ns may be practi cable from the other class ul patients and inmates. The charter ol this institution is liberal in its provisions, and comprehensive in (he objects liable to he brought under Ub care ; embracing the insane as well aa the sick, helpless and intirm. In lldp connection I would commend (o your attention the pnnusy Wania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Chil dren. Thu u}d ul' the Commonwealth has heretofore been extended la this institu tion Jt m a noldc charity, and appeals to tin* bust b-ehngs of the heart, it deserves to share the boimtv ot the State. The Mouse of liefugem Philadelphia, and the Western Houso of Helngo near Pitts burg, are institutions of great excellence, hiving for their object llie reclaiming of wayward and cinng youth —the employ ment of the idle—the instruction of the ig imrant the re/'oimnlion of (fie vicious and depraved, and llm rebel of the wretched.— They ure schools, not prisons—homes, not places of punishment; (hey ate u refuge (o lire neglected and outcast children and youth <;/ our Commonwealth. ThS success of the past is a sure guarantee of their fu ture usefulness- They should resolve your aid and encouragement. Tho “ Blind’' and the “ I>e«f and Dumb Asylums.” In Philadelphia, invite uui sym pathy, nod ask to share the benefactions of the Commonwealth. They should not ho disappointed. The blind in their darkness —the dumb m their silence wilt cherish the gilt, and bless tho generous donor. Legislation, In relation to all questions of moral and social reform, should be careful ly and wisely considered and matured. On no subject, within the constitutional author ity ot the Legislature, arc the people eo sensitive; and no one more deeply Interests every class and condition ot society- Sump tuary laws, as a general rule, are of doubl* ful expediency; and as abridgments of the liberty and privileges of the citizen, can on ly ho Justified on the ground of necessity. IVhflat (his fs admitted, it cannot be de nied Hint tho evils resulting from intemper ance, create a necessity for regulating and restraining, by legislative acts, the traffic and sulo of Intoxicating liquors. To whul' extent this traffic should bo restrained by positive law, must depend upon the will of the people, determined by considerations of their own moral; physical and social wel fare. Whatever may bo my own opinion, or that of tho Legislature or the people, in reference to tho law of the Inst session ** |o restrain the sale of Intoxicating liquors, *’ U must bo admitted that a full return lu Ibo license system, in operation prior to Ibo passage of the present law, is not demand ed by enlightened public sentiment, and would not promote the good order or hap piness of the community. That (ho laws then In existence were imporlyct and failed to chock or control tho evils of Intemper ance, la a proposition too plain to bo doubt ed-—(hut they needed revision must also ho conceded. In our largo cities and towns, (ho evils of tho system were more severely . foil. The facility and cheapness with which licenses wore obtained, operated ns a pre mium (o vice nnd'immorality, and multi plied tippling houses and places where in temperance, under the authority of law, was not only permitted, but encouraged. My immediate predecessor, In his Inst animal message to the Legislature, In reference to the then license laws, enyst « Bo far as re lates to the city of Philadelphia, they are peculiarly prejudicial to publto morals, and seem to have boon constructed to promote tho convenience of drinking far more than to restrain Its evil consequences.’* In this opinion J fully qodcup. .TJiat arsipedy.Tyaa, demanded, all will concede. Whether the law of the Inst session was the propwjfo'tffcs . cdy, it -is not niy,£]>royfncovnow tor<]4toWf-3 -> x Mltfe. p/' ' the gajrb f that actjmy official 4p- Woval'V. jßecoghUlng; • the.‘people {a,a..tuo jsofirco dfdlj polltlcafpowcr,- and (aelr Rop- the lrhniodUto cxpiponls of .their SvlUl! ‘uponjyod'vylll dovolve/tlm 'uponslbully of further lCg!sla'lloh,jf hny/on this subject. In all Its relations, economi cal, political social and moral, the question-- Is important, and its proper - determination involves fearful responsibilities. It deserves and should reoelVb your serious couslderd tion. If action la had, may wo not hope that it will be such as will promote the vir tue, morality and true interests of onr peo ple and Commonwealth. . , Legislation, so lur as practicably should be general and uniform. Local and special ■‘'iogrshtffoH'shouldnotba encouraged; when tho doalrod object-can bo obtained by gen eral laws. Such legislation is oot.oniy lo cal and special In Us character, but frequent ly temporary —the act of one session being repealed bj the act of tho next, and per haps replaced by one still more objectiona ble, which, In turn, soon shares the fate of Us predecessor. It crowds the statntu booh with useless and unnecessary laws —violates private righta—creatca confusion and un certainly—destroys uniformity of practice and decision—-prolongs the sessions of the Legislature, and Increases the public ex penses. Our general laws regulating roads, highways and bridges, and providing for tho support and employment of tho poor, constitute a well digested system for ihoac complishment of those objects; and yet, under the system of local legislation here tofore practised, wo frcqonlly find in differ ent townships of tho samo county, local laws regulating these subjects, not only dif fering materially from tho general law, but from one another. Reform in this regard Is required, and to this I respectfully ash your attention. ‘< Omnibus legislation” having been con demned and abandoned, should not bo per mitted ngsln to sully tho records ofleglsla- Uvc action. It cannot receive my approv- Numerous application# will doubtless be made for (be incorporation of Insurance; Gas, Water and Boom Companies. To fa cilitate action on those questions—econo mise time—reduce the expenses of legisla tion—secure uniformity, and confine the companies thereafter Incorporated to the le gitimate purposes of tb«ir creation, I would recommend the propriety of enacting gen eral laws regulating such corporations.- Already laws of this character for Coal, Iron, Canal, Railroad, Turnpike, Flank and Bridge Companies have been passed, and iu practice have been found highly economi cal and useful. Such Uwa, well regulated and carefully guarded, would ho productive of similar results in their application to in surance and othor companies named. The propriety of limiting and restraining corporate bodies as to the objects and pur poses of their creation, will not bo denied or controverted. In relation to the powers and privileges of insurance companies, this plain principle has been overlooked and disregarded. By successive acts of legisla tion many oflhese institutions hove acquir ed discounting privileges, and nearly all the powers of banks without their guards, restiiclions and liabilities. This has been effected by the magic of some general pro vision In the act incorporating the com pany, or by reference to aomo forgottuu supplement concealed in the jolds of an « Omnibus bill,” or lost in the mazes of the pamphlet lans. General laws, whilst they would confer on such companies all the powers necessary to accomplish the objects of Uiotr incorporation, would at the same time prevent an extension of privileges for eign to such associations. This subject is commended to your consideration. The jurisdiction ot the courts in relation to real estate, (rusts, the incorporation of literary, charitable and other associations, baa been greatly extended by recent legis lation. This enlarged Jurisdiction was con ferred for thepurpoao of reilcving the Leg islature from tbe pressure of numerous ap plications fur apodal legislation In the premises. The courts are therefore the proper tribunals to determine such ques tions; and in all cases where the subject mutter is within their jurisdiction, the Leg islature should refuse to entertain the ap plication. Divorces, unless lo cases of extreme ne cessity am] clearly beyond lh« jurisdiction of the courts, should uok bo granted by the Legislature. By the act of tho Iflth of April, 18f6, on titled “An Act to increase the revonuea and diminish the legislative eipenioaof the Commonwealth." U was provided that thereafter no private bill, Iheruln deacfibvd and taxed, shoaid he carolled in (ho office of the Secretary of the domtnouwoaUh, or published, or havo the iorcc and eflbct of lan, until tho party asking and requiring tits sumo should pay into the treasury of the Commonwealth the respective sums named in said act. A largo number of Acts passed by former Legislatures, and suited to tiiis tax, remain in the office of the Sec retary ol the Commonwealth, (ho tax on them not having been paid- The number has been annually Increasing and will con tinue to incieuse, unless, a summsiy reme-* dy be afforded for the collection of the en rollment lax, or In default of its payment after a certain period the acts them selves be repealed. Thu amount of en rollment lax now dno tho Commonwealth is large, and should have been paid long sines. I would therefore recommend the passage of a law repealing all acts hereto fore subject lo such tax, unless (ho tax be paid one year thereafter, and fmthor lo provide that all such acta Horoa/icr passed shall not have tho force and effect of law, unless the taxes respectively due (hereon be paid within six months after their appro val. Such a law would secure ttie pay ment of these laves, increase the revenues, and at the same time chock (be demand for private acts designed to be used or aban doned, as the calculation of chances, or the loss or gain of the parties in Ufcoroet might deluiminc. fly a resolution of the Legislature, pass ed the 27th day of March, 1850, requiring the “ New York and Erie Railroad Compa ny to communicate to the Legislature of this Commonwealth, a statement, certified under oath by thuir President, setting forth what quantity of land said company now holds In PenasytvauU—lts location—how much they have heretofore disposed of— Its value—the value of what they now hold, and whoa the title to- said lands were acquired,” li was made the duty of the Governor to transmit a aopy of said resolution lo tho President of said Compa ny. A copy of tho resolution was transmit led as directed ) aad (be aaswur of lha President of tho Company, •uiamnnlcillng the Information required, (s herewith sub mitted to the Legislature. By a resolution of the 30th day of April, 1866, 1 was requested to procure from the Attorney General, his opinion of the right of the State of Now Tork, to divert water from tho natural bed and > channel' of the Chemung River, to the prejudice of the*’ public improvementn df Pennsylvania f the said river belonging to both Slates \ and communicate tho same to the Legislature. As requested, the opinion of Iho Attorney General has boon'obtained, and is herewith cotmnnlbatod to tho Legislature. On tho Olh day of October last, I approv ed and signed the bill entitled " An Act to repeal tlto Charter of the Erie and North East Railroad Company, ami to provide for disposing of tho some.” In pursuance of Its provisions, 1 appointed the Hon. Joseph Ousoy to take possession and have tho charge and custody of tho road. Bolero possession was taken, application was made by tho Company to one of. tho Judges of tho Supremo Court of this Commonwealth for an Injunction to restrain tho Agent of tho Slnto from faking possession of the road; and subsequently a cautionary order was rondo by tho Supreme Court, In ,hauc» lo stay his proceeding under tho Act, Tho questions Involved In the application for Injunction are now ponding before that Court, and will, It is expected, bo deter mined early fn the present month. Tho (the Ar3un n l.««Jwik\ g fS h i,: i &J«m' inecoasity of oMltlonal-lcglstotlM f„ t ‘ t V [protection ol the- hems InM' other ru propiSttyiof'tho;,OoißmenwonUb..doDoffi IntlieAraenal, of. tho .State. The ..ill* 1, " and sale of llio public, orma ond wUhonl.Aethorityof lair, by, the ' . thoAraeniili), or, by. others havinie tiu.„ P r; - charge,.should bo declared.,a lfe?ool punished wllb,seToritj|.and„oU • purchasing:or receding the same, "iffiS' !r 1 proper authority, and knowing them in i. ‘ tho property, of, the, Cpmmonironlih. rtwntJ 1 ‘ oord^gly 04 rrlncl l )als > ml dpunUhed ,c -.The.,bonds now,required, to bo kltoi, t, 1 the.Adiotant,CrenQrol,ftndtbokoeneriiof it 7 - arsenals, for the faithful discharge of. Ih»i sko™ the pnmmon tyoa 11 h awihst. Joss from tiff —e fraudiilhnt salo on .(aklpg Mltlfi irifip/ili committed tt> tbofr caro—Tho sum In wfch' theso.bonds are taken shoald.be increased m an amount proportionate to tbeyaluo Q f»i • property wh|ch is or may hi deposited'l« tho Arscjvdis." ‘ Since Hip ealo 'of IM Arsenal InPhilad.i phla, the public } ttrrasj Itf : tbot cltr hat been placed in a room oTTout-boiiadprocnr * ed forlhat burposo. At a depository U u unsafe arid insecure. 1 Better provision should be made for theirsafo keeping • Tho sura' of, thirty.‘thousand dollars arf«. lug from .the sale'bfthe Philadelphia Arie nal, is now lu fhfl TreSsuryto be crpeDdtd unddr tho'dlrectltjn df tho'GoVbrnorib tha purchase of a fiuitaWriiofc arid the erktloo of a now Arsenal. 'This suid Is Wholly i n aiifftciant for that purposbjdnd without id* ditlonal appropriations,’which ate not rec ommended; this‘ object :canndfc be accotn* plishnd. As arras, and munitions ofW* can, whert t'eqhlred; bd transmitted with A clllly and rapidity,'to distant* parts of the Stale, tho necessity for tnWo than one Am. nal no longer’ exists, if the 1 Arsenal it Me.umlle can bo dispensed with Without without detriment to the public service f 1 would suggest Ibr your consideration ’ibs propriety ofauthorfzlbg Its sole, and the' solo of the one at Harrisburg,’dnd with tbV funds arising therefrom, and the money In the Treasury applicable tq that purpose tho erection of a large and commodious An sonal at Harrisburg, or olsoWborb, as m sy bo doomed moot economical, safe and cod. vonicnl. The Legislature, at their last session haring failed to elect a Senator to represent this State in ,the Senate of the United States, for six years from the 4th of Jlirch last, It becomes your duty to provide for' an election to supply such vacancy. By reference to the existing laws regulatingtho election of Senators to represent (Ids Stats hf the Senate ol the United States, It will' be perceived that their provisions do Dot embrace a case like the present. Having, at the time of my Induction Into office, declared to my follow citizens and their representatives, wy sentiments in re lation to questions connected with buf na tional politics, their reiteration now will not be expected. To tho opinions then ex pressed, and now re-affirmed, you art re spectfully referred. To maintain in Integrity the Constitution of our Republic, and the 'Union of the States—protect the civil and religious prlr ileges of the people—guard wltbjcalou* care the general, great and essential princi ples of liberty and free government—of frecdunj and human rights—and vladlcato by a true and singlo devotion to home and country, the great doctrine of Americas nationality, are objects that awaken tbe pa triotism and claim tbo and tbo heart of every American citizen. In obedience to tho requirements of lbs Constitution and la>vs.o{ the State, ss the representatives of tho people, you have si* sombled to perform the high and responsi ble duties that devolve upon you. ,As a co-ordinate branch of tho government, .It will be alike my duty and pleasure, to units with you.ln tho enactment, of all such Is** as wl|l protect tho rights of] the people, snd advance lbu ; honpr and .prosperity of tbd Commonwealth,' With a 's'olo' | deiit%'«fat the public good—actuated by-,* ttfw of enlarged ami cniighteped patriotism,, and guided by that wisdom which] hath' its'be ginning in tho fear of God, rapy opr effort* in harmonious action bo directed to the ac complishment of those objects, and to the promotion Of that righteousness which ex altnth a nation, and constitutes the true gioiy of a free and independent people. JAMES BOLLOCK. Exhcutm: Chamber, I p Harrisburg, Jan. 1,1866. \ UOOK AGENCY. riinE subscribers have established a Book X Agency In Phllodelphla, and will furnish any book or publication at the retail price ftw of postage. Any persons, by forwarding tbe subscription price of any of the $8 Magarinsi, such as Harper's, Godey’s, Putnam’s, Grahsm'i, Frank Leslie’s Fashions, &c., will receive th« magazines for one year and a copy of osplendld lithograph portrait of cither Washington, Jack son or Clay j or, If subscribing to a 52 and a ll .Magazine, they .will receive a copy of cither of tho throe portraits. If subscribing to |Q nordt of Magazines, all three portraits "HI be i«i gratis. Music furnished to those who nuywlik Envelops of every description and *Jzclnl*r|e or small quantities furnished. Seal Pn!»*«*i Dies, &c., sent to order. Every description of Engraving on Wood ex ecuted with neatness and dispatch. Vie** « Buildings. Newspaper Headings; Views of M»- chlnery, Book Illustrations, Lodge Ccrtlflc» ,f V Business Cards, &c. All orders’ sent by promptly attended to. Persons wishing *!'*• of tlnllr buildings engraved can send a Dig o * l, rootype or sketch of the building by mall or «• press. Persona at a distance having saleable arllcw would find it to their advantage to addraii subscribers, as wo would pet as agents for sale of tbo same BTRAH k PIERCE, 60 South Third Slrttl, Fhila., P‘ J. O. DTUAM. I. MAI Nov. 20, 1865—1 y miNFIEiD ACADEMT. NEAR CARLISLE, PA. THE nineteenth session (6 months) will wcuco Not. sth. A now building h« erected containing Gymnasium, Music Kc« &c. With increased facilities for luslrucm* and ample accommodations, this tnstltu* presents great inducements to poreoti'wno sire the physical and mental ImprovcttW their sons. ' 'cflfi 00 Terms per session, .. For circulars with full Information adctc ji; K. BURRS ’ PrinMal and frrtrm- Plalnflold, Cumb. co., Got. 4,1855. _ Plumbing & Gas Fitting- South H'«i( C or. of Ninth dnd.Xfalnni S(r«' Philadelphia. W«. WnIQDT, • J»o. H. Jno; 0. Hum*, Thomas WRIGHT, UUNTEItfcCO., S. w-v ol Ninth and Walnut S t £ o, f» . fill* phlft. Load and Iron Pipes of all Tubs of Copper and IronV Ilot and oo ‘ k| or Baths; 'Water Olosots arid R. v ***p atn pi d oTcry description. 1 Force and ' Lift * .C.- Iron and Brass. ‘ Hydraulic Rams, •* Hydrants and Load Work of ovoty dosenp . All materials and work In oar lino st and warranted. • 1 " 1 Jlocomliur 2t), 1856—tf ’ -- ■’ 1 Family Con«. . CAf| TOttS, Vullcj 0®“; hI ,W OtJvf (>nd rQ,acrooricd,ptopftrba « X P o [c famllyuso and under cpvori so fl l ** j ■ . Q »sos* nish it dry and oleah during. tlio \vip j , I have also bn hand pnd Jldlor (Joal. from the mines of Bw> > * j nCf 4 Co,, and ,‘Shai\roJ;ln. Coal, lrp n j JJ« j Cochran, Pbalp & o°.» l t*ll,or wr^ < «_y smqil profits for cosh, and, deliver to a / o.oBoro,ugh. . Noromber 15, 1860.
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