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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,
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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
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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