. I • • I i • ',. ' 1 - . , 1 , • ' . I ,_ • - 1 , I ; I , . . .. . , I . . . • . • , r • • . . _ •1. • . ..- • , . i' 1 . • , . I ! _. ._______.. __...,..._. • , . - T ~ . ~' - , • . • I I '• 1., ..• . :::., ':, .: , ._,ll.lilliQ r. ~.. . I 0 t• , ",, '.. ^ . ~, , i - I . ' ~ ~ , ...,,!... 1 . A. : " ..- . .-r .• i -,... NAL ..... ~ •,.., 1 ~ ... :____..„.:,„...... [ ..., , 1 , . • ..... . Mann, -- . • S. F. Hamit Iff vpr Mon ; ; I • - ' 1 I . 1 ' ''' '"' :' - - ' l'' -' ' ''''• ' ' '''',7-- "1-31`.41 e10i.149i.:11.1..tie..1...:: { , .L,..1 .. ;zit !Ci. t 4 . ,1 ~ - i.. - 1 .... ,1,,,, ,“-.. -, , :I• I`• ;'• , • J no. S. VOLUME XXIV, NO. 26. The ;POTTER TO AI CM NEWS ITE1I; IR:RUSHED EVERY FRIDAY AT CC UDERSPORT, PA (Oilice in 0/nistea Piock.) 1.75 l'Eit A_DV.L.IO3. Th:BV.9; S. F. Hamilton, Publisher. Jno. S. Mann, Proprietor. ' C: J. CURTIS, Attoniey at Law and District. Attorney, Unice. MA IX .t., (over flee Post Office, CUL - ERsPowr, PA., Solki preLalning to his profession. .ttLeution given to collections. =I JOHN S. MANN & SON, Attorneys at Law and Coni - eyancers, (`inA)EnseonT, PA., i",lLFstioos promptly ittteuded to. • • Arthur B. Mann, Ileu•ral lu.urauca Aout Se Ziotary A. h 7. REYNO(DS, ' 131.4K0 C( it7.I)ERSPOIZT, Pl:Nr.ti 'A. Baker House, curer.,[ SECOND and FAST Streets, ' cur Every aticolion rtid te the ronveinitniee vonoort of cuss's. Lewisville Hotel, • Conner of MAIN and NORTII Streets, LEtft,vll.l.l:, 1 f:o.ri :-Ning tacilvd. JOHN B. PEASSALL, 3.IOUSL PAINITR and 14LAZIER, col IiEItSP9RT, PA. All kinds GRAININC6.V.OtNISIIISO. dole orde..-.4.left at the will be attended lt,n. = THOMPSON &MANN, U.}:11: I Drugs, Medicines, Books, Stationery, IWO GOODS. P4IYIS. OILS. WALL PAPER. SC.. (Air. Main rani Third Sty:. COUDERSPORT, PA S. l':1-1AMILTON. BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, , ((br;lcr 3foin Thir,L) C,OU DEIZSPORT, PA 0.- M. ALLEN, SUrgical and Mechanical Dentist, • LEWISVILLE, l'A. All ,orl: gtfaranteed to give ,Itisfaetion p. J. CROWELL, r • D. B. Ball Linter 3 B liinz Machine, s NE :11.1 110 N I l'aint,ron cn., I'a. •11.1 the SIDE CUTSIII-V(;LE C/1/SE, fisou 1:1'. 414 - C..p..iriug M.ll:lli.h and GoniuMl Custom Work 4 ,1 Zl' _ ' .'rtf John Grom, nous e. fr- 3 . 3 ,14'n Ornmental, pccorative fresro PAINTER,. COUDERSPORT, PA. GRAINING and PAVER HANGING done with neatness and dispatch. Satisfactit)n guaranteed '4.);llms left I4.OILTSTE: Kill Ind promptly atteaidetl D. B. NEETE, CARRIAGE FACTORY, COL7DERSPaRT, PENSN'A. , . ;111. -kinds of Wagon-making,- 13lacksinithing, Painting, Carriage Trimming and Repairing done CO order with neatness atattlurability. Charges reasonable. ' 2-125-1 y t. BRMLE, i%.1. A. FA 13 W 0 'RIK Mir. COUDERSPORT, PA. Ileadstonea, Footacones, etc., finished to order :La cheap as at any other.Rlace. Orders left at office of dOcaNA.I. k italifi receive prompt itteentrim. guer i t. itj Christmas .kthyme. One Christmas Evening, long ago— Just how long I forget— • The funds of Santa Claus ran low, i So he ran hitt, debt. "Could he hiS usual gifts bestow And allthose bills bo met'? , : I lie pulled his ! beard l and'seratebed his litiati„ And set Ids,t...ap awry. ".There ore things lathe world," he said, • "That money cannot buy—.- Things needful as one's daisy bread ; This year those gifts tryi" And so to one'lle gave la friend. Aud to another ina.tli,l And snowed a thlratuellaneful end Of blessings won by 'sfeintlii— Toward wont sore loss-their footsteps tend Who toe much halte for wead - u. 1 ' I For one lie won a husband's life - Back from the drunkard's quom: And for another hope,ess = Opened tileveacefulttomb Through many a vidage rank tith strife Bade flowers of Foni.vai tine sore-tried sod le made so brave That light tile victory won :I With tears upon a new, , maile graie Saw higher die begun ; • Back to a widowed niutiier gave An erring, soil - wring en. - lie - brought to many, a tionseltold band A weatonie little gueof ; I " To more Luau one the heart atul hand Of her he aired the ; To work-worn flames ;throat : oi all the land, The, blessed boon of 'test_ An opining rosebud, sweet June, 6w.llles line repo suM.,,er's Woe ; A stain froth wine forgotten tulle Revives thutwiihrilt gioW Wit-u fists, whose music died so soon, hauranewl lou.oug "A good day's work oiled Santa Claus. Yet won lie little fame ; Men look his-guts likel.Notilrells laws, heeding whellze Lucy collie;; Anil some areried 116 clause— Their logic.Wass6 Ti, you with assn Slilallistult of gold I have a wind to Sag s. eat !Leis:wigs in Youithands you hold To gladden Chit:dm:l4 nay, . Sluice ,ova eillllloLlie apd sold ur kindness, throWit ; way. 1 I For, should no other[ soul be blest, lour own Wilt IIhtl" grow, Awl each la..t Choi tact., be your best, II such Of is you bestow For elitist wilt he yew' : Cia ; Winos guest, Beginoing ile treli Uelew.—.lndepentirhf. GOVERNOR'S 1 - SLESBAGE. I, Owing to the disar l p 1 ii , em of the office oc. , cailoned I.y moving, be pub.le;ttion of the lee. sage of the Govei nor iV.II unavoidably nostponed 1: Lst wsch,...mi it • s i...•11,t.e.“ 1,17.41. - ,..i it ~... pal sary to omit stone p.t.i.s of it in this Issue. We give v.....t seems most, vain:line. ; ~ ! i - 1 i To the Solute «niil Rouse (if Itepresent(c.; i lii.,;.s. ;nj the I(.' , Aniacintrealth of 1 , [ l'enhsyfrtthitt: G ENT 4: - .ItEN a In Obi (hence to. the ILquiremilutS of the (.:onstitution I havei the honor of transmitting to you tny sixth 'iutranil inelsage. Since your last meeting the geilehil coarse of events'. but h',State and . ;;NiLonall, has been so propitious as to al4rd aluticlatit cause for mutual cong l tat illation, and of thanksgiving. tol [Hit Almighty Provi deuce whose will controls the thstinicS of all. While i wei have been exempt from the calamity' by lire that has b+.;,. fallen the ruetiU • poiis of a gßat sister zdatc. her misfaltutie has tumid to tla bk.iiclit of our piande by the enlistinei4 of that :sympathy for the sulterink which is one iif the most entioblink, sentiments of the human heart. 1 Tile seasons, though atoso fayorable for the productions of Mir soil as in some past 1, sears. have beep and no general epidemic has appeared to disturb the mishits, or lilt with sor row the hearts of Our population. Our 'titling industries I manufactures and internal columerce are being copstantly enlargt d and extended, and their entei prising propriO.ors n re generally receiv ing reintinerat.ive returns. A great political tiondict has occurred, resulting in a sighal triumph of the same principles that were asserted in the restoration of the Cilium the amend ments of the Conitittition, and the re constiruction of tile States. • Tile victory in Petinsylvithia decisie of the victory in thelcation ; and will ever be rem( inhered its an inestimal4e contri intion to the.hartii(My. prosPerity and ;41ory of the Country. The election of tie soldier, who tirst in wa!r," to the office teat nnikes hint ih pence," was an apprhpriate of na= tional gratitude, a.! d inspire s tote deep est feelings of satisfactiOn 'in thellearts of his countrYineM" While the Cons6tution wisely with holds frbm the Governor all power ul interference in legislntioi, it impo.,.es upon him the duty of laying befoie the General Assembly Isuch itdormation 01 the state of allairS, and recommending to their consideration such measures as he may deem lexj>cilient and important to the public 'velfare. =MEI I.alu happy to inform you Old peace and good order have been maintain& d by the enforceniedts of just and equal laws; :out-the !legitimate exercise; of authority contiiThs to lied an enduring basis of support' in the intelligence, affections and ;Moral sense of the people j The - credit of !tile Staterenianis auii questioned abroad - , because her public, faith has beeit inviolably maintained at hothe: The following cundenseillstate ment of the receipts, expenditurtis and indebtedness If the Comumuwetilth is respectfully subinitted: Receipts. .i. Balance In Tieamiry Nov,l 30, 1571. 01$ 1,47,808 59 oruinary recd l[,' ttwai rea r ending T. 030. le,d 4,1{13,637 . • Total in Treasury dui lug e t end. 1, Ing Nov. So, 1612. , - 8 8 .64,446 04 ' D, l ur men b•b 6k t • Ordinary expenses paid du I tug year &r , • uing Noy-49. 7,44 • E1,9*..ta45, ~ Loans etc.; tt...tleenittl k,476.LYX Ou Interest ou toanspalk 1, - iota.2 SS Total disburberni/n --. -- .4-;--- , -- , *7,14 2 , 990 41 ----- lial=a4PWß9,l ll4 re SO. 1872. $L4B2.4Cfr4 - i 1 ruble debt on Nov. 30, 1571, was, 428,900,071 73 Add Ag Add Chricultur aambersbul College Laud Scrip rg .V 0,748 01 fluid, held In.trust, as per Act up ' proved Aprii , 3, IK2 - 500.000 00 . , Deduct amount paid by Commissiun. ! ers of the Stuking'Fund during the ! year ending Nov. SU, 2,47§,X . 6 CO IhibHe debt, Nov. 30,i1872. Deduct assets hi Sink ?big Fund • *9,300,000 00 And cash bwance freasur) . • - 1,482,1:4 61 Amuunt :tabets'autl cash 10,762466 61 &Vance public debt unprovidid for $16.521,039 CK , widelimn be extiuguisned in Lea years by tut an nual payment of 41 5 ,600,u of During the last six gears payments on the debt have been madts follows: .amount twain 1867 • 1,741,644 10 Do.. .IBGB 2,414,816 64 Du, lBOl -; 472406 18 Do., 1870 - 1 1,702,874 05 ii. , ., 1 71 . 2,131,90 17 D O ., 11372 i ! 2,47 :',„ , ..i.i 00 Total payments *1%992,662 :14 . . tieing a little over tecent!kitine. per cod. on the debt due Deeembeel, 186 ti, which Was their $37,701,4b9.77. 1 , SINKING FUND. In remarking upon this subject, I g ust it will be instructive to r.fer, briefly, to some of the faits relating to the accumulation and payment of the public dent, and the origin of the assets arising from Lie sale of t..e public im pLoviwints. i . ! I However wise our predecessors were in Opening avenues for titde and cow ! mince, and however great wire the oLmeins resinting to'toe people from tile internal improvements of the State, i is obvious, that while 4hose of °tin i states rarely failed to bi:cOme sources of r'Venue, the management of ours was sriclh as to produce iesultS Widely ditfer e it. A large, majority of tile taxpay ers, therefore, after long and patient ehdurance, becoming dissatisfied with theif Management, dtAnanded they should be sold ; assuming ; it would be a measure or (xenon., .....J. .:,...... 1.1 nvevela a 1 increase of the obligations. , Tile,construction of the improvements r 'suited in a public debt Which in 185 rL-aelied its. maximum, $ int; interests, pre:mamas and other ex witscs that have been paid upon the debt, 'do' its incipiency to Nov. 30, 1872, sum Lip $76,8-13,7.-1-1.00; and make the (lain. .epeialiture on account of the public docks 118,370,62.0.36. In pursuance of law the State canals ;111(1 railroads were sold in 1557, for eleven Millions dollars in bondS ; upon which the State has received $1, 1 700,000 in easo I . and $9,300,000 remain in the hands of ile Commissioners of t ink ing and, .1s follows : ' ILands of the rennNy . lvania Itallroad Company, .seea.ed by Jes, tat the I•;J.i ade. .p,l."ditt Colombia:lt. It., t 1.1.500.000 0 , .. " fli.iy-n re 1..11,13 of the A:legbell) . ia..ey IL IL Co., each to, ileaneu. , guarani ted hy Lie Pennsylvania IL It. Co., .N o. the, o Centra.: it. W. Co., 1 undli,e I'Lli.ad a. :Lod IL is 1C111.C0., pil.,alise 41..A.L0W :, nun:l.4, j heghl. ulna Jan. 187 , , I ea , jag a Pqr cent. L.terest trout Jan. 1, ISTZ I I -; I Amount of assets 9.:lonlrvu tie utlicienUp fruitlo The Governor speak, of the reduction of the .f Ertl' dept and the 'eduction of ta,sution as ha v nig - gone istuddli hand Unto:gin:tit Ids adwiuie nuil CCO linnends a continuance of that lU icy. Ile inenti,oe: callous items Of ta3i.ttion 1 51 u t initna x‘i,e.3 to - 1 c.itoluidied, and eunenide.,: It is' belivved ,that witl, these proposed reductions; tei k ch atwount 1( $1.041,901.51, tlie State 1:1111 still pay I he . ei etrrent expenses, the interest oil I e public tle'ut WA make an atipual re- iiet of :t least one million live mite red thousand dollars upon the prineil - .Numerous counnnideations, signed by any enterprising and intelligent chi ns, continue to reach ine on tile sitik ct of a geological atal inineralogieai irvt-y. urging me to commend it to your irclul consideration. In lily annual niessage4 of '7.0 and '7l, laid before the Oener..l Asseinbly'the n i Leessity for a continuation of tile sur e)s already made, in urdilr that the min tdogical resources of tiiti State should ire mote fully alidAperfeecly ihscertained; ;aid expressiti tau opiuioliu tut the results iirkfuld be interistiag alai Valuable, not to . our citizens nal&ittually but to ai entire country. tssnr:utces nave been given by the of.; !iic'ers ot "Undid Statts Coast Sur r. vty" of • tue grunt interrsi tiaey will take iti our State, the eVelit they ca Ty, out 'their inteutunito ; ross Le continent to Honnect toe "iieciin 114 of Coit4 Sur , ThisconnectionWillyasstnrotigh 1 eenusylvittlia and will niaterfidly assist kir determining and estainlistlink one or • ore polls is iu eac u county through wilier t W oe hue wdl aid ia trranw,uudiugso at as to enable us to realty our county maps:aid connect Chesil in a correct tuap IA tae State. And Its tie State ueoki- Igiat sttidirs and ex-' taiiiiiiittons he stiould•cause to be aecu , !intely - represented. upon the . corrected ap4, by colors, old other tipKopriate treti 3 OCcalluctl by ddierent geolokticalforitiationsanilplaCe theca nil the posessioiryf the'pedple, for their prier 'ttatte . .eotno4; tiintianttpttillitiatioti of a fall account of the surveyi • .: ..; ;..:: , , . Ablate LOap elth.el4indint)igatedosith al4 04F.:44 : 9Y.0YP Wku l t d t / 0 4 :? 04: °3l;-VlV°Pan'4l,/(I.,,SYYt-.011.e t4oi.lsatiAlg of iitSi (iris froin our 'Ctilittifialid COUDERSPORT, Public .I;w6t .i29,779,fkb) 6a 1127,V11,4.41 64 GEOLOGICAL st:OvEr " VRIDAY. J Cent • ' •l• • ' :at - T ro xi • mat: idea'of the incalculable • • th bet neat • the soil of our State; and :1;:suld have an impedance in their flight bat Could be 'conveyed to. them iti'no o posSiblemahner. The expenses 'or a geological corps; properly organlied, and such as Would be cOmpetent to Perform the 'dutieS re quired, have been carefully estimated and will Mat exceed forty-five thousand dollais for the first year, and need not be quite as much annually thereafter. In recommending. this measure two. ears ago, I said: "For , want of a proper bu reau of statistics, and 3 corps of obser vation and publication to collate and re late the facts of our geology and Mine= ralogy as they have appeared: the - State eas already suffered severely... Much valuable information has been lost; never to be recovered; and but little certain luimeledge of :slit mining, tind other scientific operations, has been preserved fegliVern and assist the ut ure engineer. , Et is; therefore; neither wise - nor lust policy to delay this work under the pre. text „that it May be more pettedly ef fectel at some! future time. ,There is a present necessity for it, thOugh the time never will curie When suer a work, can be eraisidered perfect. New •develop ments iu mineral resources, as well as additional acquirements in scientific knoWledge, will constantly be wade as long ilia the world exists. The sooner, therefore, in my opinion, a th_ eroUgh sur vey is anthorizi.d the better it will be for the prospeCtive interests of the State, as well as for its present necessities." The golden destiny of the Pacific States may well be envied ; but our coal, ore, iumberand soil are a much better foun dation for wealth and permanent great ness than thei prod ucts of all theirplaccrs, and the7transient prosperity they have modneed. Let us build,upou an eudur t lug basis, and the world will forever pay a golden tribute to our products and in •- - a , .. , .1•..•• --the true wealth of Permsyl- orm EDUCATIO'S With great yropriety, the Superinten dent in the opening of his, able report, congratulates the people upon the con tintid growth and prosperity of out schools. Their progreSs is clearly indleated by ,:oniparing fife expenditures of the last six y j ears, with those of the six years t uior to 1467, viz: Total cost for tuition from 67 t0'72,2V1.578.258 61 lolui 'colt for tu1.1.44 Irma 'IA Ll'tki. 12.74,0til 71 1 1 Itlcrea.4 total' ; ; expend li tres uf the system from INii to 1572 312.9:2.152. 11 Total" expetbilluteA bysLelll ISu/ 19.n90.149 :1 Increase Pennsylvania, less fortunate than many of her sister states, has nu school The legislative appropriations amotint'only to about Six hundrtd thou ; sand dollars arm ually ; but the people, in the Several districts, volutnarily vote all other IntaleyS necessary to support the schools. The foregoing sta.ements exhibit the deep and int:Rasing interest entertained in,beintif of ptipulai education. Intelligence and virtue are conceded to be indispensable COllditiOllS of the I;eitininent existence and prosperity ul 1 13 t , • .0 Orm of government. The necessity tif these supports increa&S iu proportion as the area of freedom and privilege is tinla'rged. follows, tenth these un tlue'Stioned maxim, that the demand for general education is more imperative iih the United States than in any other ~,ouidry. Our Constitution recognizes the people as the inherent source of all over. All; participate in the great net 41, creating the country's rulers. The I alMt decides all cfnestions of cho.ce, a ndfills all °Mend positions, franc that Ilia: chief magistrate of toe nation to uuti of the lowest town officer. This BEM upretue and resistless power of univer a! 'inivage, at once suggests the abso lite, utcesity of universal edticittion. uGj triitli 01 these premises admitted, f i lo argument is required to establist tile conciumou. • . COIIIIIIOII school system doul less owes its origin to a common CUllVlaipli (13;.1. no people call be properly atiollper matuently self-gov'erning, Nvilos ,, e, ilitelli ge4d. is unequal to• tne 'coniprelensioir of their and responsi- Min ies, or \rause virtues are too feeble anill imperfect to restimu thew from a Violation of those duties which they owe I I • to their Creator and to eact other. When tlie systein was introduced tliiity7eiglit years agd, it was generally viewed in the light of an experimeit. T 4 act creating u it made its adtiptiou dependant upon the vote of the people in their resPective districts. " Their le luelant and .tardy accept:awe of toe priceiess boon is neither matter of Sid prtSe. to us, uOr . reproacii to them; whim all ue circumstances are duly eunsidiir eel.t Its present popularity, indicated by he eutire MiSence of complidatotrid a sill more significant readiness by the penple to assume flie expenses requisite ford its constant improvement applicatipp, .poubtless nanny years Lutist elapse before the full fruition-of its 'influences pan be received, but, mean. iwtipe it will lietgriedually m9uldnigyhe popular mind Wtoloore perfect coaforig i. Y 4 23 --. 1 1 87 31,":671J,..5..77, itSr. with .: the -,requirements of out free institutions. - FoitUriately the old prejudice against, 410 system ,no longer exists; but hulif,- fcrence_' i to a lainginable extent occupies t . ta.Phic l e, • the report, of the. Supct- Lutend'ent,it,appears that the number of hildleiiin the State, who do not attend lad, exceeds 7.),000. This criminal n • ect: is most prevalent in cities. In . elphiattwelye per cent. of the chil dren,. -iwcen the ages of five and fifteen not• :: fteud school.. But more signif icant alv : alarming still. of the whoie Utnnber r., istered itS attendants, forty six, perl cent. afe : absent from the daily sessioni. In this State at large the un registeied amount to six . per cent., and the absentees to thirty-three per cent.. A . .nd„as xvai naturally to be expected, the resulting, ignorance from this neg lect has I proved a fruitful source of crime. Sixteen per cent. of the.inmates of the State prisons,are unable to read. therefore, . 01A*SlY, he it Is not sutli cleat that the . State Makes ample pro vision. Such uieasures should belmule diately adopted as would Secure a uni versal Participation of the beueilt. The childreii are not to blame. They nat urally prefer freedotu and amuSenient to the 'confinement and studies of the school room. Parents . and guardians are the parties with whom] the State mu, t deal. She owes it al ke to her own peace igid security, mid to the highest welfarci of the children who are fo be :ter futilre citizens, to see that they shall be rescued fronl the Perils ofignorance- After careful and anxious deliberation upon all the Ideas, and their inevitable ,:ouSegaences, I recommend the adoption of a comps lsarg i:ysittit of education. that afaw to tld. effect will encounter objectieus is not to be doubted; for in view of the probability of 'such a meas ure, its opponents have already com menced to marshal their forces. In ICorway,'Sweden and Prussia this system was first ndopted, and such have 9tduhsrx _effects that other European governments have made haste to follOw their example. ' Austria, ad monished by the defeat at Sadowa, erance by the Ci;nshing disaster at Se dan, and Englind by the posibility of a real "battle of Dpriiing," nave drat:iced by statute that all their children shall be taught:to'rena 'Und write, influenced tiy a conviction that knowleitg . ki, give§ in creased prowess.ittwai: as well as.eapae ity and iategrity , .for the peaceful pur suits of life„And it isafactof striking. signitimuee that none. of the states that nave pabs“l such enactments donedor repealecl =MEI . , In passing, front flits ,topic, - of mount ingiorniuce to - the future. well- . being of the . Conunuawealtii, f unliesi tatingly express the hope that the day is not far distant, When through the Bu reau of :National 'Education, seconded IT the, concurrent legislative action of the states, every el lid int he. AinCrican, t; n ion ; utrefetTnee : tue4d. caste, color or condition,: rill, he [wrung and effectually instructed in all-,theele mentary branches of .4,ngiiSh i edueation; and that , unit : twin texti. books; setting forth ,: the true history and theory of our National and ,State• gbl,'c.:itnnents, gill be provided !nut introduced the schools of the country . ..Approximation of thought 4/14 upuuuu of these jiubji.cts Is of vital colietletlett to.th • perina llenCe of the Union' and the stability of our republican institutions.. Had such a measure txten opportunely initiated, the war of the, rebellion would scarcely have been-possible. I= Simi ,You dcetu yoUr powers inade quate to enact suitable I7s upon this subject, the Cuustitutieual Convention t ; now in session, should not hesitate to nabiliate you with suet authority, and thus lend their aid in making m the, great ulissiou of u cation. .eroul the rCport of tit dent of §oidiers' yrphatis' other sources, .1 feel . fully assuring you they N% erp tie a more nourishing itid pr ditiou. _ . . Every child, iug made applieittion, is to these schoeLs. I Tim wb admissions since 1~U•i is charges from :ill milks :L9 attendance 351.7 will piol . iably iieteafter be Jl may eentiOeutly lie exile nutulier will by subject to , . ductient of at least WO, uii I shall have accouiplishe4 The entire ex ease of ti the'State, since they went in 1805, 53,467413.11 dating the hut year wi It is tstimatcil by the S tliht the futuie expenses, of e7xtkoution;w S 1,30u,1100 Tlie health of the child pox, while it was Iwo - ailing ail around them, is remaik.-ibleil..L9 stronger evidence of ,good management phd, the iwovitious results of na ,systelitic -vacci natioa could. beadduced. The exeut- Phtry conduct' of the pupiL . s after their discharge is one cf most ,gratifying circumstancesconneciedw4 their 6- tedi. The Icaiwing a'atom62' t, o 1 tl~e 1121frita Siapetintendent_will be highly satisfac tory to the Legislaturesuid the people: From the beginning of these Schools to the present, the greater part of the children 4110 have received their advan tages have been, honorably discharged. And froi facts in possession of the de-• pa rtineut : it appears that more than ni4- tg-eiyht yer ccitt. are cloing Acell,und stem likely. to become upright and useful citi zens." 1 :Among the States of the American. Union, Penusylyania stands pre-miti-: neat hi, her "Care fur the soldier . Who has borue the battle, and for his wed y and orphan .children." Her noble! Scheme for clothing, educating, main taining and adopting the orphan chid tun of her soldiers:Wto gaseetheir liiies! in defense of the Nittional Union, is Iter : Own invention. In this the generosity of her people has been imitated, llut not egualiA, by those of any other state. To her will ever be acciirdeo the leader ship in this_ work of patriotic ben9:o lence, It. will form the brightest page 'of het' history. It will seal the devot l i on m 1 of her, people : to the comon emm;4"Y; au it our legislators, in view of its liemigif intluences, will. vontinne to accost{ a CheerfuLand liberal.support to a systpu: so faithful 'in blessing to the orphan_ : children of our martyred heroeS. I i Upon no material interest of the StitM is the influence of education more silltr tory than that of agriculture.. Penn:4;3 - 141 vaunt by wise legislation-has autlio44 the purchaSe of three experimeiltall farms, and the establishment of a coil lege, all of which are now in suceesfifa operation, and the,restilts of- the scr e en; title working of the farms haVe already, ltdded touch practical knowledge ulion! , 1 the generatsUbject. - i The Agricultural College has just;- closed a most proSPeromi - Yeartla. number of students being 150—wilich - mbeeds: that of any year since the offemi tug of the institution. Any One of three! 'courses is optionatto the students, viz.; 'agricultural, ;scientific or classica4 ! tin all of which is 'added a generaL cotirse of military instruction. i .: The adMissioit of fonales. which }ray 'first permitted sixteen months ego, heel :thus far Worked . exceedingly well.--4 'Thirty young women - have availtd themselves of the oplortnnity thusi - aff• :forded to obtain a first-class educatiuM All students are taught to regard hart' :'./ r as beneficial and honorable. frhe rule of tift college requiring ten litk*S .;manual labor per week from students iy; 'cheerfully complied with ; and relult4 advantageously to their health and contort. .. i ' This state institution is pre=eraineffe l ly the PeoPc's culleve.' its prepal'itionl . (I,ePitrtment receives Students at. a!lot - 4 grade,swelll as those more advan ,eci; 'This school is "cheap enough for the pOorest and good enough for time ilicii est.," either in, mind - or estate; and it 'agords ; healthful exercise. instruction :in:useful labor, and free tuition in L'Ve' 7 . .rybratich of its ample courses of silly', •; no-Anp . oit I'ULIC CHARITIES. 1 - TiY...CIIIIIIOH philanthropic get, tlernen composing the Board teliarities have carefully invcstigatO n number of 'subjects which they de( MO ' of stalk:lent importance to lay 'before I the Legislature.. Among them specially not iced ' Prison Discipline;-41; question now generally' occiiPying thi. attention of statesmen and philanthrik pists' throughout the civilized world; the condition and treatment of the hi, sane and the workings of that class of institutions known as local charitied.. I founded and• conducted fOr benevolent pUrposes. These asylums are Mcated various parts of the State, mostl3t, hoWever, in Philadelphia and Pittsburg. They are perforining an excellent work —relieving the sick, indigent, jinfirus I and neglected portions of our popula tion. The General :gent ;has dkotO ; a considerable portion of his time to 1 I their inspection, the results of which I will appear in his able report• to Board, in Which be exhibited' their charader and the large amount of prix= i rate charity best Owed upon them. This Board was organizid during my administration, and I have entertained a deep and lastind interest in its labor.* The gentlemen Who compose it volun:- iarily devote the 4. tithe, without enni pensatidn, to thisinoble work of bene- Monte. The impress of their intelligent efforts is everywhere perceptible; and the large annual contribution's of the State to clutritatile institutions have, 'under their Supervision and examini& tion, been proper)y and systematically applied: t I • • ; The third volume of their reports will Ibe subniitted at an early day. It will I present a large , aMount of statistical formation, and many interesting faces and valuable suggestions upon subjects ;of great importance. I cannot top strongly' commend this Board—tie I great regulat(ir of state charities—to thefavorable ;consideration' of tile Leg islature, and recommend such apprO-. priatioils' fa . expenseS - and; addition4l 'Macttrients ais May be necessary.to in i crease its etlicfeney. • - id irniuyi lee lie vanguard iver6al edu- Superinten seltools,'wol uthorized 'et : heroic in sperous Con- le, and hav ow admitted 16'ilataber of dis :2,lellying in 'ger •number .It,tainbtl, and ted that:this . ,nt antuml ye il the system mission. Rim •se schools to do operation Their cost $ perintentlent to the period 11 nut excetd en has been i froin swan- r6iITENTIARLES u.kro.ro.l4Tp au*. "rote persoaal tuspedion of the pevy itentiariee i are able to bear testa/4011Y to the evidences that were everywhere ton, rubtishet $175 kIYEAR manifested of their general good man agement and excellent discipline. The Eastern pen itontiaryl;aslong been deservedly regarded hs the umdel prison in which the "separide". or "individual treatment " system Of imprisonmept is apPlied, and the animal rePorts 4 Its faithful Board of InSpectors, embracing their observations and invet‘tigations, show that they have elevated the subject of crime punishinent almost iu the !lig nity of a science. Among the circunistances that at tracted my attention was the insuffici ent number of crIE to cakry out the "solitary confinement?' priliciple, and the incarceration there of It number of boys and youths for first offences, and of females untrained in crime. Some times two or more in one cell were thus Unavoidably .brought into associations which could sea rely fail to produce con tamination of character and moralS. would, therefore, recommend twit , the Legislature enable the courts to sentence minors and fetnales to the county pris ons, where with proper teaching—train ing in some laindi-craft business—and with due attention given to discipline, the object would be more effectually at : - tabled ; and the penitentiary, thus re=_ lieved, would have cells sufficient for all ordinary purpoSes. It is a great mistake in almost all cases of minors convicted . for their first, and ,ctften trivial, offence, to send them to a State's prison; because the punishment is less in its effect than the idea of degrada' ionin the after-life Of the prisoner. Such persons should he punished in the local' crime was ,committed, aIJ would not be so likely ti affect the character after of the prioner. From 1529 to IS7I, inel hundred and forty-sLx f eeiviAl in the Eastern pe of this number one him ty-seven wire minors. Th, fully justify the proprieq by the Legislature as has The 'Western peniten' atuple space for present conducted on the "comb "solitary" and "congs..!, meat, the workings of w entire satisfaction to all The commissioners fr the International Prison' ly Lon,loii, Eng] twenty-one governimmts . cd: priocipally 1 limn criminal legislation aml p America sei a study delegitte. s, rem c:xMl. mg asylerns and reform:lVA; Among' these were many branch of penology.- Th' of the Congress oeeripit results Sal• difficult to est hoped the great interes involved in theprober liappily subserved lad nal ions. The managers of the Ilecoun School" (late House of liefuger - propose o change their location front Allegheny l City to a farm, containing 504 ;ten s, in Washing ton county, seventeen miles from Pitts burg, near the Chartiers Valley railroad, and adopt for its government the best features of what is known as the "family system" of juvenile reforinatorses. Thes'e will Mai: lv consist iM the aban donment of walls, bolts an bars for confining the children ; and 'in an ear nest effort govern theta through sympa thy and kindness, and prepare - thun for useful occupations. The Board w ill ask an adtional ap propriation to pay for the laud and lin provr•lllel4.s. SA :s: (TART EGUI.AT NS. Of all my official recommendations, I deem those most important which relate to the public health. Facilitieg..for the minerhil development, nail the accumu lation of wealth, estimated at their, highest value, are of hut minor consd (Oulu Whin compared With the presei. 7 vation of life itself. "All that a man bath will lie give for his lifer" At the' time of presenting my last atinual mes sage,- small-pox was fearfully prevalent in yhiladelphia and hi many towns and populous districts of the state. I then called attention to the subject, and in the strongest terms at toy command, urged the impendive necessity of adopt ingsuch measures as would acres[ the distlase and prevent its re-appearmce. Mylsuggest ions, however, were utterly unheeded by the Legislature. The dreadful scourge extended itself iota theifirst half of the past year, lied, in the, abs dice of well known preventives, it would be!prestimption not to a xpck its. annual return: Neither the cxteid of its ras'ages, nor the fatal (diameter 0 the disease, last year, is generally know to the public; or, I ;gll confidiiit, then [would 101Vc been such au Outcry as. would have compelled immediate inten tthin and. relief: Among the iutvitcein- - ted, the ordinary proportion of deaths has been thirty-three per cent.; lait the recent death-rate jin Philadelphia amounted to nearly fOrty-Seven per cent. This is fearful to oritemplate, and yet, more fearful still—the fatal perqutage has Iw4ti r ucarlysixty-six in the country at, large. This mainly the resultof an indifference, so reckless, as th be Ell GI lit where the id the disgrace :e permanently the discharge -ive, only three imales Were re iitentiary, and red and t wen pse facts Ni•ould of such action en suggested. iary contains icmands. It is nedl' system of ,ate" imprison rich are giving oucerned. tit this State to Cot'l gress, late iliid;report that. vero represent ho haw nualo renal treatment t . seventy-three pen Rel. t hiries, y institutions. xperts in every thliberations . ten days. Its' write: but it is s of humanity • tmentuf eritno 4inong all civil- Pennslvania the Western
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