AMERICAN V GLUNTEEB'. 1 '‘VJiußaviwiii T StTH»« «•?«?!>: °f , :,; ' ’ • Jottii «• i '.‘“i ■'.' " TBBMS:>' ISoD.ioaibTioy.—Ono Dollar ond Fifty Cents, I paid in iulvntico i Two Dollarjit. paid, within tho vfrfr'* 'antl;TAvot Dollars and Fifty .Cents, if not ioWtWlWniftio .year.. Tbosojerms Will bo rig wfriftdhorccl to in .every, instance.. No sub- Borlptlp.® ; discontinued until all arrearages br'o paid ,o(‘ the Editor. -Acconipdnlcdliy the cahu, amf not,exceeding Oneaquare,Wni. bo Inserted I tfirob't’lrfioi M Orto boilnt, artd twenty-five conta 1 jflf’dKWadditlbria! insertion. ThOßobrAgreot tdpfc^]li; ' • Jdß»rfln#iifd- J -Slifclf as Hand-bills, Posting blllff,d^iWphfdtSi’Blankb, 'Labels; &ci, &c.,oxc* cntod lvrtb Ucditrhey and at the shortest notice.' GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. • 1 ‘ '' ' i 1 To'fhe Honorable the Senator* and members of * ifojlouse of Representatives of the General ...Assembly* - FeM.OW‘CitizbK3— Tn mbedienco to the con fUimiiVii and lows of this Commonwealth, yon W»c assembled to discharge the Important and responsible duties that devolve upon vou. To protect the rights and privileges of the,people, advance their interests, and promote the welfare R of . the Slate, Should be the aim antfend of all your legislation. In the discharge of iny duties. «t will be a pleasure to co operate you in the accomplishment ol 4 these objects. •’i f hc past year lias nccn one of unusual pros* pent/. '.The bounlicaofa kiud Providence have not,been withheld from our Commonwealth.— j\ plenteous l|arvest has rewarded the labor of the husbandman. Honorable industry, in all jfe has been encouraged. No fi irtdcial 'embarrassments—no commercial dis political or social evils, have inter rllptcd the progress,'or checked the energies of th'c ; pcop|e. The great interests of education, hiorahty and Religion, have been cherished and sjtsiaiilcd. Health and peace, with their at tendant 'bluings, have oeen ours. To Him •‘who rules the Nations by bis power, and from whom (Someth' down every good and perfect glft» * arc we indebted for these mercies, and to iliih should be given the homage of our devout gfalilmlc and praise. The financial condition of the Commonwealth is highly satisfactory. Every nunand upon the Treasury has been promptly met and paid, without the aid of loans. The operations of, this department will br exhibited in detail in' iht Report of the State Treasurer. j For thy fiscal year ending November 30, j 1856. the receipts at the Treasury {including the balance in the Treasury on tho fu st day of December, 1855. of 61.243 OUT 33) have boon 1 50.C21.937 C 4. Tho total expenditures for the sartte period, was 55.377.142 22. Balance in tile Treasury December 1,1850. 51.244,795 42. Excluding tlie balance in the Treasury on the first of , IWcchibop. 1855. the receipts, from all sources, were $5,378,240 33. The ordinary expenditures for the same period, were $4 113.- 144 J 77,'tdjowhig an excess of receipts over or dinary expenditures of §1.205,095 SG. The "extraordinary -payments for the same year/were $1,203,997 45, as follows, viz,: To the completion of’the Portage Railroad, and for (Inpayment of debts previously contracted on I that'work,'slBl,494 11: to die North Bronchi extension. 51 22 723 52: to re-lay the south j track'df the''Columbia Railroad. $207 000 00 : for motivepower In 1855. 8118.049 42: to en large? the Delaware Division of tho Pennsylva sl3,9oo 00 : for general renai rs in 1853- , 54—*55; $03.9(55 llflo domestic credi tors, $l5l- OS ; toold claims on the Main Lino, examined by (he Commissioners, and paid un- ofMay ; 22, 09 ; to tho redemption, of. Loans.. $327,824. 47; and Ktlh*rdoles eanct‘ir»<rs3k.2l7 00. - - " - ’ - >Tho jntrt*o«t on'tlie flimled’debt which fell i iuo \w,February and August last, was then i_ paid, and that which becomes duo in February ||noxt. will be paid with equal promptness, nut jf*of available means now in tlie treasury. The ‘punctuality with which the interest on the pub. lie debt has been paid, and the ability of the I treasury to meet all legitimate demands upon I it. have inspired public confidence in our wen • Iwilies. and contributed largely to establish ami ■ sustain the credit of the Commonwealth, r The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund re port the sum of $722,432 93 as due by the ‘Treasury In (hat fund. This amount will be applied to the redemption of Relief notes now in circulation, ami to the payment of (he land ed debt. Heretofore the available means in the treasury have lieeii applied, to some extent, in litvmcnt of outstanding temporary loans.which tear an annual interest of six per centum : ii Iwing deemed advisable as a nm'ler of economy to pay these loans, rather (Itan the fund <1 debt, which bears a much less rale of interest 'flt i* expected that the balance of the tempora ry loans will be paid before the close of the current year, and the operation of (ha Sinking Fund resumed and continued as directed by law. .Tho.funded and unfunded debt of the Stale, including temporary loans, on the first day of December, 1855. as per Reports of the Auditor General and Stale Treasurer, was as follows, ▼is funded debt. 0 per cent, loan . . $51fi,154 93 S. .do. . . do . . . .38.903 445 04 44-do. ..do. . . . 388.200 00 4 . do. ..do. . , . 100.000 00 Total funded debt 39,007,799 97 UNFUNDED DEBT. Relief notes in cir enlalion $258,77.1 00 lot. cm. outstnd'n 29.157 25 Domoaio creditors 1,204 00 B*l. lenip’ry loan April 19, 1853 . 525,000 00 Bsl. Icnip’rv loan May 9, 1854.. 346 000 00 Tot. unfund d debt .—-1,100,194 26 Total debt Deo. 1. 1855. . . . 41,007,994 22 Tho funded and unfunded debt at the close «l the last fiscal year, Dee. 1, 1655, was ns fed i '»»«. vie r I 5 prr cent, loan . . $511,781 00 do. , .do 38,800,994 50 4|, <10.,. .do. .... 388.200 00 4. .do. . .do. .. . . 100,000 00 Total funded debt 39,800,975 60 UNFUNDED DEBT. Relief notes Id cir culation $220,550 00 Jnt, cert. outstnd’g 21,091 37 Db ; . .unclaimed 4.448 38 notnqslic creditors 1,104 00 Dal. tcmpVy loan April 19. 1853. 400,000 00 Ral. tctnpVy loan •May 9, 1554.. . 184.(300 00 . Tot. unfunded debt 834,859 75 Total debt Dee. 1, 1850. . . . 40,701,835 25 Total debt Deo. 1,1855 $41,007,994 22 . Do do. 1,1856; 40.701,835 25 ' 'Dccpcaso . j. . 300.158 97 St thus appears that during tho past fiscal year the sum of three hundred and slxty-nix, thousand one hundred and fifty-eight dollars *nd ninety-seven cents has been paid in liqul-; datlop of tho public debt- This, taken In con-' pcclion with tho fact that during the year end •ng Npvembcr<oo,lBs5 r six. hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and one dollars and two Wua wire paid, on tho .same account, exhibits Jfratlfylng fact, that ,tho process of redu ce.tho nublic dcbt hau,'commonccd ; and. tin chocked-by reckless mismanagement nnd expenditure, mtiat conlinuo.’nntili fllf °'Commonwealth arc relieved debt, and taxation with which they K? SJfrSH *. n to this reduction of tmJIIi *”B° appropriations and nayr «ana veto made for tho completion of tho Por- !■«»■ I t il(^|f, ■, yrey /yy ' v^'y^ BY JOHN B. BEATTON. YOL. 43. Inge Railroad and for debt a previously contract ed on thatwork—for old and unsettled claims/ recently.adjusted by the , Commissioners ap pointed under tbo act of lost scsatdb —for re laying llic South tract of the Columbia Railroad —for enlarging, the Delaware Division of the canal, and. for other purposes. These extraor dinary demands upon, the Treasury have, or will soon cease, with Die necessity that created them ; and thus leave a still larger portiop of the revenues to be applied in payment of 1 the public debt. A careful examination of the financial condi tion of the Commonweal th—her soti rccs of rev enue and the probable future expenditures, has inspirted the hope that the lime is not far dis tant when tho public debt will be fully paid, and this without increasing tho subject erra tic of taxation. It has already been shown that the revenues of the past year exceeded the ordinary expenditures one million two hundred and sixty-five thousand ninety-five dollars and fifty-si be cents. The estimated receipts and expenditures for the current year, winch will he presented to you in tho Report of the Slato Treasurer, show that the excess of receipts, over ordinary expenditures, may reach the sum of one aim a half millions of dollars. These es timates. although approximations, will not be far from the true result. Allowing, then, four ; hundred thousand dollars for annual exlrnordi , nary expenditures—-and tinder a wise system of i I economy in no probable contingency can they I ! exceed that Hum—we will have at hast one' 1 million of dollars to be appropriated annually 1 , for the payment of tho public debt. With the j rapid devdopctnenl of the wealth and resources jof the Commonwealth—tho increase of popula- i lion—of the value of real estate, and of the a mounl and value of property of every descrip tion, the revenues most and will continue to increase. This natural and necessary increase of revenue will supply every deficiency and ev- 1 cry demand upon (beTreasury that fulls within the range of probability. If. then,- the sum of one million dollars be appropriated annually in liquidation of this debt, and the accruing in terest on the sums paid be applied in the man ner of a sinking fund, the entire indebtedness of the Commonwealth will be extinguished in less than twenty-three years. If these premi ses arc correct —and their correctness can only be impaired by unwise legislation, or the im prudent management of our finances—the MUh of the proposition is susceptible of the clearest demonstration. Assuming tho public debt on tho first day of December, 1,850. to be. in round numbers, forty millions five hundred thousand dollars, and at theendbf each fiscaT year one million dollars, with Pie accruing in terests on former payments, will lie paid, yn erring caloulali n will determine the result to be as,before indicated. Thus, before the expi ration of the year 1879, Pennsylvania may stand redeemed from the oppression of her pub lic debt, and her people be released from a tax ation imposed -to.mcet.itp accruing-imcrcst.and to umimpin the faith : and, credit of the Coin-. iiiionwealpK ’ views arc not utopian. By tpracticibg' htrict DjoTibhi'y fii 1 alt “departments of’the government—avoiding-extravagant ex pumliiure—refusing to .nmiertpkc, any new schemes of internal improvement, ami holding to a ligid accountability the receiving and dis bursing agents of the State, their realization may be anticipated wnb confidence. I must again call the attention of the Legis lature to a subject referred to in my last anim al message, in the following terms : J •*lly Iho thirty-eighth section of the Act orj thclGMiof April, 1845, entitled An Act u» 1 provide fur tin- ordinary expenses of fluvern ment, the repair of tin-canals and railroads of j the Stale. and oilier claims upon the Common- 1 wealth.’ tho tiovernor was authorized to cause certificates o( Slate slock to l»e issued to .all persona or bodies corporate holding certificates for the payment of interest on the funded debt of the State, which fell due on the first day of August.. 1842. the first days of I’Mmmry mid August. 1843, and the first days of February and August, 1844, in an amount equal to the amount of certificates ro held, upon their de livering up said certificates to the Auditor t Jen eral. In pursuance of the authority thus giv en, certificates of Stale Stock to the amount of four millions one hundred and five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars and twenty cents bearing interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum, pnj able semi annually on the first days of February and August in each year, and re deemable on or after the first day of August. 1855. were issued. The minimum period fixed by law for the redemption of these certificates expired on the first day of August, 1855. No provision has been made for thcirrcnewol or re demption. Although by the terms of ihc Act oulhoriz-* mg these certificates of Slate stock, as also by the conditions of the certificates issued m pur suance thereof, the time of payment, after the expiration of the minimum period, is optional with tho debtor, the Commonwealth, yet a due regard for the credit of the Stale requires that provision should be made fur their renewal or redemption. To redeem those certificates, n loan would Income necessary, and ns a loan cannot be elleCled in the present financial con dition of the country, on terms more favorable to the Stale, than those on which these certifi cates were issued, I would lecommend that au thority Ikj given to issue the bonds nf the Com monwealth iq renewed of suit! certificates.bear ing interest at the rale of five per cent, per an num. payable semi nnnmdly, and redeemable on or after thoexpirnllon of twenty years t and that the bonds be Issued with coupons or cer tificates of interest attached, m simm equal in amount to tho semi-annual Interest thereon, payable oh the first days of February and Au gust Jn each and every year, at such place as mov bo designated. This change in tho form «n; character of the certificates, it is believed, will be so advantageous to.ihc holders, without increasing tho liabilities of the Commonwealth, ns to induce a willing anil prompt exchange, at aprcmlum for the bonds proposed to be issu- Thc report of the Canal Commissioners will belaid before you. and will exhibit in detail the condition of tho public works—their gener al operation, and the receipts and expenditures for the past Usual year. The total receipts at the Treasury, from the public works, for the year ending November 30, 1850, were $2,000,015 00, being an In crease over the revenues of the previous year of $03,638 96. Of this sum. $1,013,589 16 wcro'canal and bridge tolls, and $992,420 60 were tolls of the Columbia and Portage' Rail roads. The aggregate expenditures for tho same year were $1,943,890 82. being an increase over thosoof the previous yenrof $105,105 04. .the revenues exceeding tho expenditures only $02.118 84. i Tho Increase of tho revenues from those works would be encouraging, were it not for the fact that the expenditures hftvo Increased fri a still greater pl-opoKion—l|iocxpciidilurcs, ordinary and extraordinary, exhausting almost tho .en tire revenue from this source. The system must be; defective, or',ino‘ro care arid economy should be exercised in its management. the receipts, at tho Treasury, from tiiq sev eral divisions were as follows—vix'; Maine Line $1 Susq’n N. Branch & W. Branch Dataware Total receipts 2.000,015 CO Tho extraordinary payments during tho year amounted to $808,892 10 ; ordinary expendi tures 81.135,004 00; net revenue, (excluding extraordinary payments and for motive power) $871,011 00. 1 On the Main Line, tho tolls received at the Treasury from tho Columbia Road were $091,- 070 60; expenditures 5528.048 80: lolls on, the Eastern Division of Canal, from Columbia i to the Junction, $119,718 30; expenditures,! $53,048 50; receipts from the Juno ion to 1 Pittsburg, including the Portage Railroad. ! $117,778 00; ordinary expenditures $304.-! 702 22, The 'dial receipts on the Main Line were SI .229.272 80; aggregate expenditures.! (excluding $207,000 0() paid for relaying the south track of the Columbia Railroad, and; $103,049 42 for motive power in 1855 and of-1 ter December Ist, 1850.) were $885,835 05. being an excess of revenue over ordinary expen- ■ Mures of $343,439 21, I Although tho receipts from iho|Delawaro Di vision arc less than those of the previous year, yet the general result of its operations is satis factory. The net levenuc at the Treasury was $204,095 40. Its management has been char acterized by a degree of economy ton seldom practiced on some of the lines of our itnprov o ments. However important this Division may be to the trade and business of that portion of the ! S ate, its proposed enlargement should not be undertaken, unless demanded by reasons of; over-ruling necessity. Tho experience of the ■ past, ns connected with the Alleghany Portage Railroad, and the North Branch Extension should warn ns against undertaking, without great caution, any new measure of improve ment. which may drain the Treasury, aiding materially, if at all. io the public inter ests. K kept in good order by efficient and timely repairs, its capacity will he fully equal to all tho demands of its trade and business. The Portage Railroad is not fully completed. | A small additional appropriation may yet be \ required to complete, for the fourth time, this , road. It is anxiously hoped that this tinpro-' ductivo improvement niay soon cease its cor-; mornnt demands upon the Treasury. Every year’s cxpeiicncc more dearly reveals the im-; policy of the State in undertaking this work. ] It gives me no ordinary pleasure (o Inform ' you that the North Branch Extension of the Pennsylvania Canal ha a been so far completed, that boats freighted with coal and other pro ducts, were successfully passed through its en tire length from Pittstnn to the Junetkm Canal. This work Was commenced in 1830—suspended in 184l>r-reBUtnedi in 1849. and finished- 1 in 1850;.although its,completion was ofiloiallyqn. nminccd in lBp3. It extends rmm.Pjtttytnn lb the Now York Stafo’Lme, a distance of/'about ninety-four miles, following the of Die Susquehanna'to Athens; and-thence.along*ilic Chemung* Riycr -lino. wjujre.jti joins the V Junction CunaK’ ana is thus con nected with the New York Improvements. The importance and value of this improve ment cannot easily be over estimated. Pass ing through,one of the richest and Ag ricultural portions.of llie Stole, ft offers in the mundnSc'and valuable products of that region, a safe and cheap transit fo'tlip markets of New York. Baltimore, .and Philadelphia. In ibe completion of (his Canal the difficulties to he overcome and ibe labor to he performed were | great. Bolh these, In a great extent have . been accomplished under die superim end* tic v , of Wm U. Mntill. Iwj , to wlium ibis work was assigned. This canal although completed and befon i the close of navigation, used for the purpose of> Iran-porlaiion, is not peifed. Sinks in thej ImUom, Irom Ibe nature of Hie formation and “nils (lirnnyh winch il pn<;si-s. shdifi from llie , hills, and breaches may occur but these after ; a few vents nf well npplnd labor, will lie di mmished. and by vigilance and care entirely prevented. This improvement, olthongh subject to the rhnlry of competing railroads, if kept in good condition under proper management, will re ccive iik full share of coal and odier tonage. Il is anticipated that (he revenues for the cur rent year, will equal, if not exceed the expen ditures : ami inocnsing with the facilities af fonhd and the rapid developetnent of trade will, instead of its heretofore unceasing de innnds upon the Treasury, tnly? precedence m revenue over any canal in the Coingiomrenllh In relation to the propriety and policy of the sale of the Main Line of our public improve mcnfs. my opinion has not changed. Even consideration of public policy, of present and future interest, requires the separation of the State from the management and comrniof these works. The expenditures on that pop fion of the line, between the Junction and Pits burg. largely exceed the revenues the excess averaging annually not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ; and causes are in constant operation that will still more increase I his deficiency. This rontinnal drain upon the Treasury, to sustain a work, so unproductive, should at once be checked. A sale of the Mam Line, fora fair consideration, and upon terms just and liberal to the purchasers is the proper remedy- Such sale on terms amply protect, ivo of the rights ami interests of the people.can by proper legislation be elfccled. In cornice lion with the payment of the public debt, ibis question becomes deeply impoitant The sale would constitute a new era in the financial his tory of the Slate, and assnie a still more speedy reduction of tho public debt, than that to which reference has been made. The snhjtct is earn estly commended to your favorable eonsidem lion. Phe subject of hanks and banking capilnl in its relations to the currency—(hegeneral inter ests of; trade and ond the industrial pursuits of the citizen, deserve your careful at tcntfnn. My ‘ views expressed irt a former communication 'remain unchanged. 1 Tho In corporation of new, or the rebhhrler of old and solvent banks, when actually, necessary, and demanded by the warps of legiiimnu* trade in the community where located, should ho fat-nr od under no other circumstances should erth or b« permitted. In the creation of hanks the interests of’the Slate apd people nhpuld boron, suited ; artel a just discrjnnpation os to number locality a ltd the demands of trade tjc exercised "ho rapid Increase of population tho Impor tance and value of our homo aml'fbiMign loom mercc. the constant dcvelnpcmenl of the mate rial wealth of tho .State, thoyxleut.of our man ufacturing, inechapical nnd ngricnltnrul imiim. try. the fact that State is Hooded by depreciat ed currency introduced by private bankers and brokers, might justify, tinder, the. foMHotlniH nnd limUaiions indicated, a judicious increase lof hnnkjiiu capital wiiliin our Cnmnionp’cnltii. This, whilst it would.aid the Operations' of trade, and supply the real business wains of the people, would, at the same lime, remedy, to some qxtcnl. the evils of a dc|)rooia;ed,for eign and illegal currency. By the Act approved the oth day of Novem ber last, tho thirtieth section of the Act'of 1850, regulating banks, will be after ihu first day of July next, extended to all incorporated “oun oocxTiiY--mat it ALWAYS nfe'ntGiiT—DCS luanion wnotro, our ooosrav." CARLISLE, PA., TIIURSDIY, jANUAiIY 15,1857. 86 1 saving fund, trust antJ insurance pompamca, .*)1 i Thai spciion declares “that it flliaJT'nbt bo law*-' 29 ; fill for nny of thesaid bariTtg' loMssuo or pdy out any bank notes othet*,than- by. 229.272 420,820 349,922 ) itself, payable on, demand, in gold orsllver i, r roles of specie paying banks of tliirt State wtycH ~ arc taken on depositeef in paVrofent'of debts, at ,' par at the counter of the bank where paid out; [ or notes of banks .under the authority of-i I the Act of the 4th of’Maj% 1841. nt the option . i of the person receiving the same,*'. . 1 Tliese enactments' were intended to protect i the community against {Wevilauf a dcprccia-: I led currency, and :pr<*ycnt Ub introduction from; jollier States. However welljirtlendcd they' ,' will fail to sccnre'tbcsc object's, bplcss made to’ ! embrace private ’ bankers of that, claw, whoso profits are laVgciy.dependent upon the introduction into the a* cur* j rency. la many tpp nptea of oiir. own banks are collected Dy.priv ( a_|c haukcia and , ; brokers, and with k 'thesc‘,'Or/ witli the specie ( I withdrawn fromlho’ bhpksissiilfig'llitro, they^ ! purchase deprccloicjl and .foreign’bank paper' ! which is paid out aj at their count era. By ! I others laigo .loans’ iwc, nVgpdstsl, with banka., I o;it pf the fjlatbi at less tliftn ihc' usual rate of ( interest, and their notes; 5 6IVcn r df a less denbm-'! motion than five.'dollars, and always at a dis-, ’ count, brought into, the StyterfUid put into cir*:| 1 cninlion in the manner indicated, and,this loo, ' under an ngrqeMcnt with the bank - making the loan, that the nbtraUWiSipoldWU shall he kept ,in circulation. Tho>'cffeot)tiJt , iliis system of ' private honking has been tp ljpiit the cirailn > linn of the par, pnpei; of. oap.Own banks, and 'substitute in its : pirice ; ft foreign,' depreciated, fknd often a worthless cdrrerib.t'.-justice to ’the Bank, Trust 'and r Tnsturahce icompnuies, paying o heavy anmvfl - laxity .the Common-, wealth for their privileges, ois for the. protec tion of the people 'against thcSj evils, cither the provisions of the thirllfeth Rcdti&n of the Act of IH6O, should.-be repealed, or rfurthcr extended.; I so ns to embrace ppvwtq individuals ond asso* f ciaiions. who may f m9.nopolize‘pnd control, ip , the detriment of Ihc'pubhc, this' trnfilc in de- J precinted bank paper, wllhwit restraint and ; without taxation. | [ The Report, of the SiiMfintcndcnt of the , Oornnion Schoolit'wnVcxblbitlb'yon the mtm | lier and conditioii dr the'SdWftls—-the number . of teachers and scholars, amblhcgeneral opera ' lions rifjtho past year. To , the vnluable'StalfllukU 'infoyfiiation of the re j port, and the : nsofiij .stfggostfohs for the im- I p-ovement of the yoOr early and intelligent considerations ■ - From ft small'.nrd iSoroptCtofively unimpor tant incident ofitbc StfttC pcMrlnient. the caro find mnnngpjncnt of the publiq schools of the Commonwealth’.* with tjWir ’gwlntcen hundred districts—ten dhnnsriricT directors—twelve ihon- Hftnd teachers,‘ftjul dvet thousand scholars, have hecomq-pw lmportant and laborious 'branch ,of that Oeiiarluicni. The in creased nlid Increasing 'business of tlio system, lifts'been met by o '(lOFrtalipndeni increase-of zeal. Inline and cffaricrjoy impic-officcrs W Whom the law has commhu-ditsj?\poral direction and suptr&lsltVn? 'lTTcy' wt*e ana generous legislation. 'The.magnitude ami importance of the Kystetn. in its polllioal. social, and moral relations to the present and future of the people, that UiiftißhiiM lx* done. . The-gilnnlianslitp <af t/io . r rotrtd- 6f the .Siaic. should occupy a rlijufnct nnd prominent; place among the noble institutions of the Com-, momvialih It should receive the efficient aid and encouragement of tlx? government. and he I soH'Qine't by n virluous and Intelligent people | If t lie revenue and treasures of the Si me— her , public improvement s—her lands and ilieir title* 1 require and deserve the marked nnd distinctive , can* ot the government, how much mnie should ! her menial and iniellec ual mamm-s. richer > ihun gidd— '.he social and moral improvement jof Ini people nmte valuable than canals nnd i ailwi \ s --i he tides nf her youth to the hound i less He'd' - of knmrlo Ige higher than any oft arth , nr might growing out of‘its ownership. claim I an Imnorahlc position, nnd receive a care and | aid ismmien.suraic with their greater value nnd | usefulness I The t’mjnly Superinlendcncy, wherever il I Ims h n en committed to faithful ami efficient I min lum fully vindicated tlie wisdom and poli ;iv of 1 1 1 al incnHiiro It is slowly but surely 1 M‘ino\iii{! the prejudices mid gaining the con ] lidi'in'c ol ihc people. VVlutltviT »Jlc:lfl limi 1 ■anil experience may devclope. in this or nny | nt hf branch of I hr sysreni, nhonld be prompt ,iy eorrecicd Uni lin'd |{;o necessity for change is esta hli-htd. the system, in its unity ami integrity. should t>c pioinlained, nml if ehnngid. ehangul only to render more certain ihe accomplishment of iU hublo purposes and ohjecis A sufficient number of competent and well trained teachers is die great want- of the sys lem. hi its structure nmborgamzaiion it is as perftci. if no iimre so than any of the sys ictus of onr sister Suuw But the teacher is wanied to cm* it proper vilullty and efficiency ti. devclope Its true force and value—to secure die great object of ns creation, the thorough education of the youth of the Commonwealth How can tins nant he supplied? How arc teachers to he trained and provided to meet this ednen lonnl demand ? Must we tie depen dent upon the i rum Mi-' schools of other Slates i Must nur system In* jenpnnlwl, and its success perilled, by waning die -low and unaided ef forts of yolinii ni\ u-sne.iatiuipi to furnish thi much needed -a -lm ' Voluntary ftssoeintto-s of common school nnHiers have accomplished much in their cii-mtieiested and noble eflnrts to remedy tins deled They ore wor.hv the highest commend o ion —l hoy deserve .very en eiuirngeiiii iil The\ can and Will do more • Inn unaided ilun cannot accomplish the objec desired, The l,e r I'lnturc must provide tin remedy—they mil supply the dellciency. Ii should lie done promptly and effectually. No subject of greater mteiest can occupy iournt (entiop ns lepidit ms—no one oppcalp piury earnesily to only it"d patriotism, fn n fornuT enmmomcniion to the legislature the rStahllshtnem of Siato Normal Schools, for the education of teachers, was drged as indis pensably ncot-Ksni v to i he perfection of the sys tern. With full confidence ip their utility and necessity, I ngain ncuitmicnd them/ These itisi.ituiSoiis. with iheir proper Professors, and ftimUcitnccH. snpported by the, Stale, would rm'ct'ihe wants and elevate the character of our oonhuon schools. Tl-hcWh' fristhntp-! nH mod) ary lo Normal Schools. whe n:m "pern iimi and supplying their place, till f-livnld b« aided by- tho fjlnlo. .One snob ii>'iiuHt! 'in enc;i ronnty. meollng nnminllv muU-r Ihe fostering cure of tho (hivernmeot « 'd hi* productive nr most bnnHioinl i-chmlin. Wmlsi ii would improve teachers nmi pn-puv iliem f.*r iheir important arid fcHpopsililc dm ii-.s. it would, vlwuie i\nd dignity- a prnli 109 lf»njs, neglected mid m)dfr-vn|iu il bv most deeply In I crested pi limWnhlo lilhhrs Tlnw mi-rtsfm-s an also in addition' lo the minimi Sm'o ‘appropriation for common HChools, m mi amount limited only by t!|e necessities of'lie Tryas'iry, wmjjd (five civ yrgv In the, hVKinn —mcronfle s's crtlclcncy— find Unis prohibit l the inn l interests of llio pco* plo and tin* Commonwealth Our educational, charitable and reformatory iiißtitulioDß have strong claims upon tho befun* tv, .of the. -people, and I cordially commend : Them to your caro and liberality;. ' The, State Lunatic Assylum at Harrisburg, , aWd the ' ‘Weaterrt Pcnnaylvarim Hospital for tHe Tnflanc, ’ and other kindred purposes at Pittnborg,arb noble-charities, and deserve the aid and encouragement of the. State. The an nual reports of these, inelitutions will belaid i before yon, and will exhibit in detail their op erations'during the past year. -’The House of tlefugo in Philadelphia, and; the Western House of Refuge near Pittsburg, are institutions, of great excellence, and their results clearly establish the wisdom of the pol* icy thnt founded and sustains them. They o'nght not to 1 be neglected : nor‘should the aid of thfc Commonwealth bo withheld from them. and the “Deaf and Dumb As sylpHis” at Philadelphia : and “the Pennsyl vania training school for idiotic and feeble mjp {ded children ,arc institution that appeal, in ( silence and sorrow, to the best and purest feel ings of the heart, arid ask your sympathy and aid. They should receive a generous shore of ! the benefactions of the State, i Agriculture in its varied departments, is the great interest of the Commonwealth. It is ! the basis alike of financial and commercial , success, and.of Stale and 'national prosperity. I An interest so important should be fostered by the Stale. l and honored by al! classes of society. To its promotion nhd success all should, cheer fully contribute. In a former communication I recommended the establishment of an Agricul tural bureau, in connection with some one of tho Slate Departments, to give efficiency to the collection and diffusion oruseful knowledge on this subject, ami to encourage scientific and 1 practical agriculture. Science, with wondrous I energy, has aided the husbandman in his lion- ]. orable vocation, ami pi offers still more help. | The Sin*v should hervo his arm and cheer him onward in this, (he first and noblest pursuit of mnh. ’This subject, in connection with an ap propriation to Inc ‘•Fanners High School of l > ennsylvania”- i -nn Institution destined to be an honor .to the Commonwealth —is recommen ded to, your favorable'consideration. The “Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania,” established by the'enterprise and liberality of some of t|tb patriotic citizens of Philadelphia, ns a school of tljo applied sciences, deserves honorable mention, and should receive the con fidence and patronage of the public. In the teachings of th{s TiistitutiOn, literature science and art, in happy* union, meet to prepare our young-men for .the practical business of life. : for-mining, mechanical and civil engineering, and fpr promoting intelligently and efficiently the great interests of manufacturing and agri cultural industry The lows bn the statute book regulating manufacturing and improvement companies. I require revision. They arc unnecessarily strin gent in many of their provisions, and thus de feat the object of their enactment. They drive capiial from the-Stale, instead of, .inviting its investment here l and' inWtcitd ‘6T encouraging individual and associated enterprise and energy in Tho develbpement of our Immense natural resources, they.bind and crush both by severe Vestneiionfi-H-unwiw limitations -.and .personal liabilities. The sulycct deserves careful atten tion and liberal legislation. T have so'frequently expressed my views in relation to local.--special ami ‘'omnibus’’ legis lation. that tberr.reiteration ;fpjw becomes tm necessary Legislation.’so-far ns practicable, j should tm general ind uniform- Local and I spennt legislation, when the object desired can j be seen red by general laws nr by the action of j the (’'iiirts should tie avoided ‘-Omnibus , l.egisln’ion" ennnol under any cireunwlnnees j be pistilied or approved 700 »nt«r b legislation i is an eiil ibnl prevails eTtensivelv in l.«‘gislt\ Mve Hulls 1 1 s avniduiwe would not be mju t nous to public nr private ini eresls 1 I The practice of delaying the passage of the j general appropriation bill until lh" last flays of the session and incorporating m Us prnvis j ions uncompiiLiblc with its general diameter I and obnoxious’ when standing alone In tnsur -1 mountable objections is higblv sensurnble and should lie discontinued. The attempt thus rnado to force, by a species of legislative legdr domain, the passage of objectionable measures ; through the Legislature, and compel their sanction by the Executive, has been 100 often I successful. The practice cannot bo 100 strong ly condemned—it cannot receive my sane-J lion f The Militia fiow of the Stare is imperfect In many of Mb provisions, and should he revised r The powers and duties ol the Commnndy in ' (’li'ef hlmuld he more clearly defined, ns also of the other officers connected with the Mililn .’ ry organization of the Commonwealth. This is necessary to prevent a conllict of jurisdio lion with oilier departments of the Govern -1 menl. and to give greater efficiency to our Military svslem. Volunteer companies should 5 he encouraged—onr enure military system should he r.-nml ’led and unde to occupy that ! honnniMc position which fiom its-importance and necessity it deserveH Near the close of the last session of the Leg islntore, I transmitted to that body An Ordi nance passed hy the Select and Common Conn ‘ oils of the Guy of Philadelphia. approved by the Minor on the 7th of April 18f*0 and' «fll einllv communicated to me proposing to con vey in the (’ormnnmiealth of Pennsylvania a lot of ground in llml city for the purpose of erecting thereon a Stale Arsenal. Want of i mi<’ alone prewutM actum on the propOKilion 'hen vuhtniMed Tne ground thus oUered to ihc Suite is valuable and its location most ollg itile for (he purpose intended The condition of the propose dgraul ore favorable to the States, nml highly creditable to the Municipal author iiih of Philadelphia . evincing a liberality and pobho spirit worthy of all The necessity of a State Arsenal hi that city is so apparent that the snbjl-ct needs noelnhor ofion in this communication. Af'ertho Bale of ihe Slate Arsenal in Philodelphin. the public arms were deposited in an old building, or out house unsafe nml unfit as a dcpnjiory for pub i lie properly. The sum of $3O 000 00. real!/. ' cd from that sale, is now in the Treasury : and i by the 55t)i section u f on Act passed .the 19lh day of April. A. D. T«53, entitled “An Act to | provide for the ordinary expenses of govern- ' mom. &0..” the Governor was authorized to 1 apply the same to the purchase of a lot of [ ground and to the erection of an Arsenal there* | on- Thin Hum wan found inhufllclcnt fur these purposes, and consequently the object intended < by the appropriation has not been accomplished, i 'By tiio cession of this lot. the Slate will bo 1 relieved from the expend!lure.of nny monoy for' tho purchase of suitable grounds: and tho on 1 tiro sum of $30,000 00 may ho applied to tho erection of tho necessary buildings • to which sum can bo added, if deemed advisable, the amount that may tyo realized from tho sulo of the Arsenals ol Mcadville and Harrisburg, ob recommended in niy Inst annua! 'message. Tbcsti sums would ho amply sufficient to ac complish this object. 1 would therefore again recommend the im mediate. passage of a hill accepting the convey ance of‘the said lot of ground from tho city of Philadelphia; for'tho purposes nml upon the terms and conditions contained ih the brdi nßU?o t and that tho stun of $30,000.00 ho ap propriated for the erection of % Stale Arflcual, thereto. [ AT $2,00 PER ANNUM. I On tlio sixth day of October, 1855, I appro ved and signed a bin entitled "An act to repeal the charter of (ho Eric and North East Hailroad Company, aod to provide for the disposal ol (lie Barao.” In pursnnnco of its provisions, lion. Joseph Casey was appointed to take possession and have the charge and custody of the road. Before possession was taken, application was nmdo-by the Company, to one of the Judges o( the Supreme Court of Pa., for an injunction to restrain the Agent of the State Ironi taking pos session { and subsequently a cautionary order was made by the Supreme Court, in banc, to stay ( rocecdings under the Act. The questions then pending before that Court were determin ed in furor of (he Commonwealth—the constl. lotionality of the Act sustained, and flic appli cation for an injunction refused. Possession of (tic road was then taken cy the Agent of the State, as directed by law. On the twenfy-iecond day of April, 1860, nn Act, entitled “An act supplementary to the act incorporating the Eric and North Bust Hailroad Company” was passed. By this act the Brie ! and North East Railroad, as origjnully located and 'constricted, was legalized nml continued ; and certain changes hrthe road, were directed lo bo made, and other acts to bo dotio by the | Company. It was also provided “that the Gov. | emor shall retain possession of the Erie and North East Railroad, under the Act ol the Cth I of October, 1866, until the provisions o( this I act shall have been accepted by a vote of the | stockholders of the Erie and North East Rail- , road Company, at a meeting called for that pur pose.” On the fifteenth day of May, 1866, nln meeting Of the stockholders called lor that par- I pose, (he provisions of the act were accepted by their vote. This acceptance, duly certified, was received and filed In this Department on the (illoonth day of July last. Possession of the road has been restored, and it is now under the care and nmnauonient ol (lie Company. A final account for money received from the r<aid, whilst in possession of the State, will be settled with the Company at (he earliest .practicable period. It is tint proper to state that since (he accept ance of the Act of the 22d of April, 1866, a i writ of error, In fho cases adjudicated by the I Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, has boon Is- 1 sued at the suit of the Company by the Supreme { Court of the United Stales, and is now pending i In that Court. The Commissioner first appointed having re signed, A. K. M’Chirc. Esq., was appointed In his place. Tboduties ol both officers were ably and faithAilly performed. Copies of their cor respondence nnd reports, herewith submitted to (he House of Representatives, for the use of (he Legislature, will furnish information Id detail on the subject now under consideration. It is sincerely desired that good faith nnd honesty of purpose may characterize the conduct of this company in the discharge of the duties nssum. cd by their acceptance of the act of 22d April last, and that this much vexed question will not again disturb (ho harmony or retard the pro»- perity of the city of Erie, or any other portion of this Commonwealth. The resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution ol the Commonwealth, have been published ns directed by that Instrument. It will be yonr duly to take such action In refer, cnco to those amendments os will, in yonr Judg ment, bo most consistent with the wishes of (he people** An appropriation will bo required to pay tho o'kpehSefc Heir"publication", and to this yonr earliest attention fa requested. Tho iraportnnt.dtiity.of districting tho State for (ho election of Senators nnd Representatives, will devolve upon you. This duty should be performed falthfhllv, and with -strict reference to tho Interests ana rights or fho whole people. Returns of laxahtes, required to be atsde by j the different counties, have noLnll boenfonvar-1 ded lo this Department, ns by low directed.— Circulars have boon issued to (lie officers charg ed with these dull on urging (heir speedy per- ’ formniico, ami the returns will us soon us rccei. J i vcd. be transmitted lo \ou. The I'liH'livo fr.iurhißC In the highest and most I responsible privilege enjoyed \»y Hip American I citizen. Involving in Its exorcist* the sover oignty of flit- people*, ami constituting as It does the substratum of our free institutions, it can not ho too highly appreciated or carefully guard ed. Tho ballot box. through which tho people speak their will, should ho preserved fVom vio lation nt every hazard and sacrifice. Upon its purity and integrity depend the existence of our republican government, and the rights and pri vileges oi the citizen. Every legal voter, what ever may bo his political affinities or party pre dictions is deeply interested in this question. Any attempt to sully its purity, nr impair its efficiency, whether by violence or fraud, should bo sternly resisted and severely punished. 11-I legal voting whether founded on forgery or per-1 jury, or both; on false assessments or false and forged certificates of naturalization, is an evil that deserves (ho severest condemnation. It prevents an honest expression of (ho popular will corrupts tho sources of legitimate power and influence and strikes a fatal blow at the cherished rights of freemen. These evils are alleged to exist In our large rifles—the rural districts of the State nro comparatively free from such corrupting abuses. A remedy coextensive until the evil should tic provided. Everv de. fence should be thrown around tlie ballot box, and whilst the rights ol legal voters should ho secured and protected, fraud in evorv form should ho prevented and punished. Whether a Judicious registry law, or some other measure ol refoim. adequate to tho necessities of the case, should lie adopted Is referred to (ho wis dom of (ho Legislature. As appropriate to this subject, the reform of the naturalization laws—the prevention, by (he National Government, of the Importation of fo. reign criminals nod paupers, and a more careful, i rigid and persona! examination, by our courts. I of all demons coming before them ns applicants for admission to the rights of citizenship, would, to some extent, correct existing abuses, and re lieve (lie hnllot-hox from tho pressure of cor-1 rupling and dangerous Influences. To tho policy and acts of tho National Gov ernment, affecting, as (hey do. tho rights and Interests of the Commonwealth, the people of the State cannot he Indifferent. Pennsylvania, occupying a high and conservative position in the sisterhood of States—devoted to the Con stitution and the Union, in their Integrity and harmony, has boon, ami will over be. as ready to recognize (ho rights ol her ulster Stales, ns to defend her own. Those sentiments she lias never abandoned—these principles she has never ! violated. Pledged to the maintenance ol tho rights of tho North, as well as those of tho South—sincerely desirous to promote (ho peace, harmony and welfare of onr whole country— and disclaiming all Intention or desire to Inter fere with tho Constitutional rights of tho States, or (heir domestic institutions—the people of this Commonwealth viewed with alarm and ap prehension tho repeal of the Missouri Compro mine—a compromise rendered sacred In public , esteem by Its-ossoolation and connection with j the groat cause of national harmony and nnlon i —regarding U os a palpable violation of tho i plighted faith and honor of tho Nation, and ns j an unwarrantable attempt to extend tho Institu tion' of domdstld slavery lotorrltorles then free. This reckless snd Iqdefbnslblo act of our Na tional Congress, has not only ajonsed sectional Jealousies and'renewed (ho agitation of vexed and distracting questions, but. as a consequence, it has Oiled Kansas with, fraud, violence and strife, has stained Ita soil with blood.'ard hy'n syslotp pf territorial legislation. Justly «(yjed *«lnf(imnna”ba® madofVoedomorspeeeh and'of the press ft felony, aqd perilled tho great princi ples pf llhorty ftudoqust rights. < U the doctrine of “popular sovereign**” Is In good ,fslfh to bo applied to fhst terrify—* r the*people thereof I are to lie left “ perfectly free to form and regu late tfadrdrtoeßtltfrOTtltutioDß In their own way, 'subject'” bhlyto’ tlio'ConqtlinHon qf flys llplted States,” 4Uuo tlie? obstfuction of tb'o]gteaf tionai highways to tbo Northern erotgraat.ibc employment, of tl:o . forces, And the subversion of‘law and'jufltJcO iclals in Konaaß.aud Washington,!? force Slav- - cry upon an unwilling people, cannot'bd too severely condemned. ~ Freedom la the. great cenlredrhtfi o£Amerf can Kepubliciinism—the great law'of AjnerttiWl Nationality; Slavery Is the exception. It is lo cal and sectional; and its extension beydhdiEo jurisdiction creating it, or to the frtoterrifOriarf i of the Union, was never designed ted by tbe-patrlot tounders of the In accordance with these sentiments,’Fenihfrlll Vania, true to the principles of the net of which abolished Slavery within her territorial limits—true to tho great doctrines of .ibe'Ordi nanco of 1787, which dcdicnlcd'to freedom ttbo* ■North Western Territory of the National (bill) and National honor,asks ■ pects, os due to her own Citizens who have-lff* good faith settled in tho Territory of‘KAtisai;'" | and as dne to the Industry nm( energy df’afrtw* people, that Kansas fhbnld be frde. ’- 5 ;: ‘~ c In tills connection, and ns consequent Tfifibn* tho repeal of the Missouri Conipromisevldferl' l ■ enco to a proposition made b}’ spinpofthe lefad | ing Southern journals,mnd' more recently tioned l»y high ollicjpl authority in a sisterfltafo,-* ' to rc-opcii tho Africnm slave trade, will not bo I deemed impioper. That shellVfr&rffc,-(lecf(lr ed to be Piracy, and execrated-by tlie-Clvinpcd) world—so crowded with horrorajn cmy stago ol its pursuit -so revolting, to e‘.very' I 'WUtl!pept of hmnanltj even- Impulse of ptfrd ahU hbofo tooling, should he advocated or approved,dirtldtf I hinoteontli ccutuiy, wuti apparent sfocerltyjOnd urged us a measure ol political economy’and Of justice and erpuiliU to the Southern SfhYbl*6f? tho Union, m o tads that llr.d their' only Cxpttal nation mid apology in a wild uuthuslnMU., pr»B still ivildei lanotiei.sm that ou-n\helmsolike Ih6 r reason and the conscience; Thu wisdom'and”* humanity of a proposition so afartlmgandmooi! slroiiH, must seek thoir parallel and, illustration, in (ho dungeons of the inquisition, or in till* hold of the slave ship, an.id tho horrors of lfio n “middle passage,” -Equally repulsive t6-lho.< , Intelligent and ilrtuous sentiment of the Sonfh n ■as well ns the North, It should receive tho In dignant rebuke of every lover ol Ids <>l every friend of Justice and Immunity. . TjjO’t history ol tiie world and of crime dpef-not r?-j veal a trnllio more inhuman—an atf(»cjly f morq, horrible. Against a proposition ho nmiorrchfr, ami against (be pnneipU*' it involves, as lbt> Feu* preseutativea of a hue people, ami name, you should cuter lluir uimnlhious'awl emphatic protest. * ' ' * NO. 31. Tnc union ol llic States, which constitutes!!** one pimple, should be dear lu you—to American citizen. In tho beat and excitement of political contests—in (be whirl of BCCt|oi)&l ami coiitlicimg interests—amM tho surging bf human passions, harsh mul discordant voids mny bo heard, ilircaleiilng Ita integrity itnd de nouncing its doom; but in the calm usubelMC oml thought'’ ofapatriotioaml virtuous people, will bo found its security and defense. ‘Found- f cd In wisdom, and cherished by iho intense sf-i lection 01-puru uml deleted patiiotisni, itwlllt stand, safe and undisturbed, amid tho rage ot political demngogism, and the 'Cffut bowling ol Irantic fanaticism ; itud wheti it fulls —it hill it must— u will ho when liberty and} truth, patriotism and Tirlne, have pcrjshcd.— I‘eonsilmnUi tolerates no senMinonts of fllsrtn- 0 ion—she knows not the word. an after-thought—a monstrous wish—unborn till ilrfuo dies.” The Union and tho Constitution —tho sale-guard and bond ol American NntiOn-s nlily—will bo revered and defended bv every j American Freeman w ho cherishes the principles., and honors the memory of the illustrious found.' 1 era of tho Republic, ' ‘ Recognizing our responsibility to JlituwUo controls tho destinies ol nations apd.uf and inrnking his blessing on \ our deliberations, may order and harmony chnrnttdnte’-'yoltf Kef.' 4 sions, and with single reference io tbopUblia< good, may your legislative action. In, tor and results, promote the happiness and tye)* 4 faro of the people, and the honor and prosper!!/ of the Commonwealth. Executive Ciumdeh, I llaiiishurg, Jan. 7, 1867. } , The Liverpool Times, with less pretension**; than its JyOndon namesake, understands AtnernT ! lean character much better. Commenting, on on our Ihte presidential election, it thus pays' da a compliment which no other people yct ff (mem ; “It is amazing how soon party,-,spirit, carried (o the verge of’excess, subsides in tho , Cnited States when the will of the BOvtreign' 1 * people becomes known. The minority'bow - ' , with instinctive respect to (hat niiincrcial'pre. * I jtonderance which it in the gvniuus of ihcArner- . mmi comaiiuiion to reprerent. However fierce j I the Struggle, however Bup«rliaman the eilort* { | which have l»evn made to satire victory, the' belhgm-niR. whtn the hnttlc i-i over, lay down v ' their arms without forfeiting inch oilier’a rei- 1 pict. It requires a long enurse uf educaiional* | training in practical freedom to al’am this con- 4 trol. hot it i.> {xi.vsesseil by tin* Americans lo jcxuml unknown in any other country where , free institutions ixist ; and the solution of lho r cmginn tnuHt he looked for in the foci that ' ‘ ivery man feels himself an aiom in the great total—the iqiittl ol the (orunost m the l*nd{ . and the M-lfrespict so generated pays to the. Stale the homage nf an ungrudgingsubmission. ' Men deserve to he free who can make such sno* * nllees for individtidnl opinion, and yil yield ’ wnh pnlimiic plnlosin hv to the course of ■ events whicli they cniinoi cunlrof. ThcUujop-, stands in little danger of disruption white (his noble sentiment animaus the brijW of AniCrp con citizi ns.” ' A Wifk in Tttot uj.k. —We do not know ’ when we have nod anything m> mournfully touching—so llmlimgly pathetic—as the fyl-, lowing. U proven the dehths of sriii-ihllily and fveiing, and gives us Mhoughm tod deep’ 1 for terns. ’ IVniM* it. “gentle render.” andd raise from it “a sadder ami a wiser man,” for* woman;) , “Pray (ell me in) dinr, nljal is llio cause of ihose (cars?” • (Mi, what r» disgrace!”' 4 Why. I have opened one of your h Iters,!snp-i posing it wuh addressed to myself. Certainly i it looked moic like Mis. than Mi.” Lethal { all ' Wlmt harm can there he iu a wife’ll, opening a hnshnml.s letter ?” No harm in It self: but (he contents! Such n disgrace.*-*' "What, has any one dnnd to write mo *'• letter unfit to be wotl bv-niy wijo/” “OhnQ:. it is couched iu the most uApioifid language. Ihil the contents !" * ' * 1 Here the wife bnriid her face in licr liahdker- J chief, and commenedo nobbing aloud, when her husband eagerly caught the teller. nqd com incnccd reading tlic epfsile that lin'd been tile rncnnsof nerly blinking his \\ ifva liearti dt' was from a printer Jut nine ycors’ M/bscrfjj- . bon ! C When old Bogus's wile (ell in, he sent,, for u doctoi ns sordid and u\ urieiom as hiuixelC. Before the doctor saw the patient, he wished-fo'? have an understanding uitii (ho miserly hu»H band. , . vi “ Here’s (orty (bdl.ua.” s.iid Bogld, “and you, shall hare iinheibvi veil cure my wife or kill her.” • ' * , Tho woman died, and tho doctor called .far* tlio fee, v ! . •■ t “Did yon kill my wife'7 naked „ , , “ Certainly not!” icplied the dod* (l Well, yon didn’t cure liar 7 V ' r:vi,' ;•>:> “ You know she’s dead.” -..jp.* Very well, then, leavo (ho house. In tyn/doj quiak time,” said Bogus. “ A hjrKitjD’B a bar gain. It was kilt or cure, but 'yoirulttfridfiifer. C7* A Schnoctsdy editor, describing .Ihtftff* fqrla of ’».6<iv»ll op a canal boot. tfia gale was at its lilghcsMhe tinlorliiqalo keeled lo the larboard, and,(ho cdptMn and ano ther cask of brandy rolled overboard.” *■ ■ ‘ : 1 bliefiartfliiKlijiltancouHly CUKtI by bribing fvjllsjfinc water. , -. .. , KV(< (CT Trifles often (ill im tho measures''bf'hu* man character and actlbni. • ’ ’'-‘d H7’ A sick coblcr inusl-bc regarded oagcU ting well wbit’n ho begins lo JAMES roLT.OCK, A Just Compliment'
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