THE
' " CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAiV
ruiuiiib Brunt wdj.iidat, it
GOODLANDEIt & LEE,
OLIARFIKLD, PA.
TABLItllBD III lT.
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la Worth Central PenneylTinla.
Termi of Subaoription.
If paid Ib advance, or wtthlo I moDthf....tfl OO
tf paid after I end before montbo 9 AO
U paid aflat tlta eiplretloa o( 6 month!.- I OO
Bates oi Advertising,
f ran.lent adrartloomonte, per aquare of 16 llnoeor
lata, I tlmoe or laaa $1 56
Kor each eui,,eiuont tnaertiun ow
Ailmlnl.lretor.' and Executor.' notice. t 56
Auditore' notice.: I an
Caution, and Betray. , .... 1 an
lll..olntlon notice t 66
Profe.aional Cardi. 5 linaa or leaa,l year..,,. I 00
Local notloe., per line 10
YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS.
I iquare. 8 DO aolnmn til 00
I liuar.. ........... 15 00 , ooluu.n.. I 00
I aquaria... IU l0 I I column.. IX 00
il.B.OOOULANDKR,
NOEL II. l.BK,
Publl.hera.
Cardiff.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW k COLLECTION OFFICE,
CCRWKNSVILLK,
J.! ClaarHi.il CounW, Peon'a. ty
toe. I. oir.
eratu oouoii.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, .
CLEARFIELD, PA,
arOltco la PU'i Opart Horn., iccoDd loot.
liM'7 1
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-A T-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend In all huilneal enlrmted to bin
iptljr and faithfully. norll 70
WH.LIAB A. WAL..ACB,
DAVID L. BIIBB.
JOHN W. WRlOLBr.
babbt r. wallai-b.
WALLACE L KREBS,
(Soieeiiore lo Wallaoe a naming,!
ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW,
U-12'71 Clearfield, Pa.
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
, Real E.tate and Collection Agent,
CI.UAHHIBl.l), PA.,
Will promptly attend to nil legal bu.tnua ea
tru.ted to bi oaro.
jur-ofnoa with John II. Fulford, oppoaite tbo
Court lloo.e,
aprll 1-Oui t
loiarn i. a'axALLT.
dasibl w. n'cc.nr.
MoENALLY & McCURDI,
ATTORN E YS-AT-LA V,
I'learHeld, Pa.
S-LQa.l bnalneaa attended to promptly witty
fidelity. OfDoa on Second ilreet, above the Firt
National Bank. jen:l:74
G. R. BARRETT,
ATTOBNKT AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Having reilgned hit Judgeihip, haa reeumed
the practice of the law in hie old office at Clear
Held, Pa. Will attond the oourti of Jeflonon and
Elk oountioe when epeoially retaioed in eonnectien
with re.ident ooun.el. 1:14:73
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Mf-Offioo In Court Home. (Hberlff'i Offloa).
L"-gal huniutji promptly attended lo. Rul aetata
bmigbt and eo.il. j" '
A . W. W A LT E R 8,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa."
&-O,0uice In flraharo'a Row. deeS-ly
! HT WSMITH,
ATTORN EY-A T-LAW,
il:l:t Oearfletil, Pn.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, ....
. Clearfield, fa.
KTOfloe In Old Weel.rn Hole) building,
oorotr or Second ani Market Sta. novII,6.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTDBNKY AT LAW.
Clearfleli., Pa.
par Offlce In the Court lloo.e. Jyll,'l7
JOHN H. FULFORD, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
6-Wce on Matket atreet, opp. Court Houre,
Jan. 3, IS7.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
and Heal F.atate Agent. Clearfield, Pa.
OIBee on Third .treet, bet. Cherry A Walnnt.
S4T" Heepeotfully offera hie aerrieoa In .oiling
end buying lande In ClaarAeld and adjoining
fonntlel aod with aa experience ot oeer twenty
reara aa a aurvoyor, flatten him.elf that bo eea
render aall.faotlon. fab. Jl:.1:tf,
jTbL A KE W ALTERS,
RKAL ESTATE BROKER,
aan pbalrr
Nhw Ijo;h nntl Ijiuiikor,
CLEARFIELD, FA.
Ilea In Oraham'e Row. 1:15:71
J. J. L INGLE,
ATTORN EY-AT - LAW,
1:11 Oaeeola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
J. 3. BARN HART,
ATTOItWKY . AT LAW,
llellefonte. Pa.
Will practloe in Clearflrld and all of tlio Court, of
the iJla Judicial oi.tnct. neat eeiaie ouiinca.
and oollection of olaima made apeeialtlel. nl'TI
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON,
LtlTIIKRSBURI), PA.
W III attend profeaaional call, promptly. auglO'tO
d1i7t7T"myepT,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OOce on Market Street, Clcatneld. Pa.
Offlce hourat 8 to II a. m., and 1 to 8 p. aa.
jQR." k m7scueureu,
IIOMfEOI'ATHIO PHYSICIAN,
OfRoa in realdrace on Market ,t.
April 14, U!l. ClearDeld, Pa.
" j H KLIN E,M . D
IMIYSICIAN A SURGEON,
HA VINO located at Pennlleld, Pa., offrra hi.
profeealonal aerrioce to the people of that
plaoe and aurronndingoonntry. Alfoalle promptly
attonded to. oet. II tf.
5r. j p. bu rc h FIEL D,
Lata Sorgaon of tba :id Regiment, Pnniylanla
Vol an tea n, having rataroad fron tba Army,
offen bit profaiitonal aarvtoaa to tbalUsana
of Claarflaldeonnty.
fiPrnf0aonal oalli promptlr aUanded to.
nffloa on Saeoad itrait. formarlToeetiplad by
Dr. Woodi. lapr.,'"-.
DR. H.B. VAN VALZAH,
CI.F.ARKiei.l), PKNN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC Bl'ILUINO.
ftT- OEco houii-From II to I P. M.
May II, 1871.
I)
R. JEFFKIiSON LITZ.
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly attend all ealli tn ttia Haa of hia
profanion. nor.lV-TI
D. M, DOHEETT,
FASIIIONAHI.E BARKER A HAIR DREMSKR.
CLEARFIELD, 1A.
Shop next door to Wearer A Belli' etore,
Secoad .treat.
July II, "ti j
nAKKY S.NYDEU,
(Formerly with Lew Scbaler.)
RARtiER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Shop on Market St., oppoelte Court Hnaee.
A clean towel for orery ooitomer. may lit, '7S.
0. W. WEAVER & CO.,
URUCiGISTS A ArOTIIKCAUIES,
Cl'RWEXSVILLE, PA.
Ileal. r. la all a. ml. of Droge, Mrdlclnra, Pan
ry tloo,l. and l'ruiril.l.' Sunrtriee.
Carwen.rilli. Marck 17, Il7e.
GEORGE MTFER QDSON,
with
W. V. LllTIUOTT & CO.,
dealera ki
II ATS 4 CAP3, BOOTS ft 8UOE3,
1:11 III Market Street, rkradelphla.H r
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. QOODLANDEE, Proprietor.
VOL. 50-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
J uit lea of tba Paaoa and fieri vtnr,
Curwenavlllo, Pa.
VfreColtaetloDa nada and nv prompttf
paldovar. fai2rntf
0. ALBiaT....HIMKT aLBKBTv...... W. ALBIfcT
W. ALBERT 4. BROS.,
Uanafaoturara A exten.iro Dealera la
Sawed Lumber, Bqnare Timber, 4o.,
WOODLAND, PINN'A.
Ord.rl nlloltad. Bill, tiled oa .hort notl.e
and roaoooablo tanna.
Addnil Woodland P. 0., Otaarleld Oa., Pa,
.Jj.ly W ALBERT A BROS,
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Prenebrllle, ClearDeld County, Pa.
Keepe lonetaatly on hand a foil aerartment of
Ury leoooe, itmwHi, urveeriee, .n. e
naJly kept la a retail Here, which will be .old.
far oeaa, aa eaaap aa wonwoerw w we
rrenolvlll., Jan. IT, 1SI7-1J.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BiiLia m
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
ORAHAMTON, Pa.
Alio, exten.lra mannfactnrer and dealer In flqukra
Timber and nawea Lomoerol in ainoe.
Janr-Orderl eollolud and all bills promptly
a ilea. i-jr1"'
REUBEN HACKM AN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, I'euu'a.
kuWill execute joba In hia line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. arra.of
-G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
' NEAR CLKARFIEI4), PENN'A.
jfyPoinpi ilwaya on hand and made to order
oti enort aolioe. iMpee ooroa on rcaiuuauie teruia.
All work warranted tu render aatl.faction, and
delivered If deaired. myi:lypd
" E. A BIGLER & CO.,
OBALKItB 111
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturer! of
ALL KINDS OK HAWED l.UMIIKH,
i m CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer lo
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
S1IINUI.ES, LATH, A PICKETS,
9:I0'73 ClcarOeld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
BBALBN IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
jell'7l CLEARFIELD, PA.
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer la
Watcbes, Cloeks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, sc.,
JeH'TI CLEARFIELD, PA.,
S. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABO DBALKB IB
Watcucs, Clocks and Jewelry,
tfroaam'. Bo, Jnrret Strttf, 4
rLEARPlttLD, PA.
All kinda of repairing In my line promptly Bl
ended to. April 2.1, 1871.
HHMOf AL.
REIZENSTEIN ti BERLINER,
wholeiala doalera In
GEMS' FIBISHIG GOODS,
Hara removed to 187 Church atreet, between
Franklin aod White it.., New York. jyl'71
JAMES H. LYTLE,
In kratier'e nulldlnp;, Clearfield, la.
Dealer in Grooetiee, Prorlrlonr, Vegetablea,
Fruit,, Floor, Feed, etc., etc.
aprU'71-tf
JAMES E. WATSON 4 CO.,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A:
Iloueca and Office, to let, Collection, promptly
Itade, and flret-ele.e Coel and Fire-Clay Land,
and Town property for .ah,. GCce in Wctern
Hotel Building (2d floor). Second St. niIJ7t;
JLtlvory WdiUIo.
Til B undenlgnnd bgn leaTt to Inform thr pab
lie that ba it now fully prepar to noeuiuuio-
dftt all In tba way of furniifiing Jl. Itujrgiei,
ttadtllea and HameM, on tna imriaM node ma
in raaaonibla termt. KetlrJenoa on Loouat tret,
aatwean Tbird and Fourth.
DUO. W. (1KAKHAHT
Tlaarflald. Fb. 4, 18T4.
IIME! UMK1
J
Tbo andarirjrntd la now prmrtd to fur n if h
tba public witb an eioelltnt nuilitj of
Bellefonte Wood-Burned Lime,
for pi after! n ff hurpoici, by the largo or imtll
quantity, Can b foond for tba praM-nt at Pia'a
now building, on Market itrtet.
OOtl-tf id. il. WlULiiLaUtUll.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best is the Cheapest I
Thatnai Reilh haa rr eel red another larye lot of
"Mitchell WajroBf." which ara araonir tba very
bent manufaciurrd. and which he will eell at tba
mult reaonali)a ratee. II ii Mock Include atnioet
all deneriptione of wigon larsjrand aiuill, wide
and narrow track. Call ani Me them.
apr874 THOMAS R I. ILLY.
JOllS A. STADI-Kii,
BAKER, Uatktt St., Cliarflhlt I'a.
'reeh Bread, Bulk, Rolhj, Pica and Citken
on liand or made to order. A general affoTimont
of Confection ar let, Ftnlti and Note In itocb.
Io Creini and Oycteri In eeaioa. ffaloob marly
oppoiila tha PotluAoa. Prieea moderate.
March 10-7fr.
A. H. MITTON, -
Manufacturer and dealer In
HarnesK, Saddles and Itridlos,
Colli re, Whipi, Bruibei, Fly Kelt, Trimmlnfi.
Horn UlankeU, Ac.
Vacnum, Frank Mlller'e and Neatafoot Oila.
Agrnt for Bailey and WiUoa'i Bugrias.
Ordera and repairing )rninptly attended to,
Shop oa Market itreet, Clrarfield, I'a,, in room
formerly occupied by Jm. Aleiamlor. 4:H'1b
jJAIZEiSClIWAKTZ,
(late O.o. Eran. 1 Co.,)
MIL1TAKY UNIFORMS
AND
EQUIPMENTS,
NO. IKHS M A It K KT KTHKUT.PIIII A.
Bande, Companle,, Ae., furnl.bed. Samplt.,
pbittograpbl ind .clf-maaaurlng direction, rent
free.
MERCHANT TAILORS A CLOTHIERS,
1108 MARKET STREET,
July 14, '7J.y Pblla.
1SDERTAKINO.
uti' i l I'ii r.liiliir
Tha andatelgned ara now fully prepared to
tarry oa tba biieiaeaa of
imi:kta k .
AT REASONABLE RATE,
Aad reetMotfally MllcW tha palroaege f taoaa
aeeding lock MrvbMO.
JOHN TllOtlTMAN,
JAMIS l. liavt.
Clearield, fa., F.k. 18, 1874.
"2454.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Gentlemen of the (Senate ami Jlousf of
tejireentiitive :
Wo liuvo RKftcmblod to dutlivato our
Ki'lvi'K unow to the pciformnnco oftlio
duties ol'tho ri'Tonniblo trustH'coiiftiled
to our care. Wo cutinot bo unmindful
of tho magnitude of llieso trusts and
tlio window and couni(;o nccoaBiiry to
administer tlicm with fidelity find jus
tice, and tbut we may not bo wanting
in onr conception of or bait in our ef
forts to enforce wbat id riht, let us
reverently auk for the Divine asaist
ance, that our contcionces may be en
lightened end our heart! strengthened
for the task. '
FINANCES.
The condition of the finances of tbo
State, at exhibited in the subjoined
ktHletuseits, demonstrates clearly the
ability of our people to pay all their
Indebtedness aa it accrues, and is an
liitorciitlna commentary upon the sim
plicity aim efficiency of our tax sys
tem, uut likewiBo as pluinly shows the
necessity for some modification of ex
isting laws for the distribution of the
revenues, if tbo difficulties that beset
legislation at the last session ore to bo
avoided. . '
DOT REDEEMED.
During fiscal year ending Novombor
30, IH7& :
Fire per cant, loan t 14,11141
Six per cent, loan 1,111,30! 71
Relief notaa...u ! 00
Intereat eertilcato 10 In
Total $ l,3:tj,4r 01
RECEIPTS,
Duriiif' tbo fiscul year ending No
vember JO, 1. J :
Ualanee la Treaaury Nov.10, 1S14, 1,0S4,5S1 89
Receipt. 8,480,01111 01
Total
7,6S4,DS0 07
blnavilluBBTi.
Ordinary expenm.. W.0,7 10
l.oana reaeemeu..... J,3.ta,eui OS
lnterc.ton loana-... 1.3110.178 48
1 0,541,413 40
DelenceinTren.'jNor.JO, 1874, 001,207 37
return debt.
Six per cent loan..lie,l 55,380 00
Fire rer cent. loan.. 4,800,341 68
Four and a half par
eeat. loan ' 87,0110 00
tart'BDBD PKBT.
Relief notoi in circula
tion 100,184 00
Intere.t oertiflcatea eut
ianJm - I.1.0J8 It
Intercrt octti4catea an.
claimed 4,448 IS
Domc.lio creditor!'
cerliOcale. Ii 00
Cbambcrnburg oerttl
rate, out.tamlina fr,r,29 00
Chamber.burg eertifi-
calo. un-lalmed IV
-S 133,118 18
Tolal publio debt ..S3I,38.1,I3J 74
aiBKiRoVritn aaaRTl.
Bonil. of Fenn.ylTanla
lUtlroau Uomp y f,
3tiu,0t0, reprceenling
an lodebtedneee Jati
aery I, 1878, aa per
frnrduie on tile in of
flceof Stale Trea'er,$5,!32,ll 1 88
Bond, of Allegheny
Valley it. H. Co..,. 8,tuu,uil vu
f8,i32,5t 88
Ca.h In .inking fund
Nor. 1870 V34.02S 41 . ,
19,460,571 85
Indeltedne.a naprorijed for.. ..419,788,584 80
The appropriations made fur tho
fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1875, ex
ceeded tho receipt of tho general reve
nue fund f515,B21.22, and with like
appropriations and receipts the defitit
fur this year would bo doubled. It is
estimated, however, that tho roronuo
of this year will bo eTiOO.OOO dollars
lens than that ol luntyear,whin would
make tho deficiency at tbo end of tho
current yoar about 81,50O,0fHI, tinloas
tlio appropriations can be reduced. 1 no
appropriations are already mado lor
Unit part of tho fiscal year embraced
between December I, lr)i, anil June I,
1870. ' .Moreover, tho principal appro
priations, such as for schools end tho
ordinary expenses of tbo (iovommont,
aro fixed by tbo Constitution or by law,
except those for public charities, and
theco will demuna tinustiliy lanro
amounts at this session by reason of
llictr Iniluro to receive anything at tbo
last. It is manifest, tbcrelbre, that tho
appropriations cannot bo materially
reduced, nntl tlio deneiency must bo
provided for cither by tho imposition
of new taxes or tha diversion into the
general fund of aomo of the rovenues
now flowing mlo the sinking lund. Jo
levy new taxes at a timo when tho
biiHincHs and industrial interests are
prostrated, would bo unwise, and a
great hardship, and would justly nioet
with public condemnation. The neces
sity, tbercloro, of tho ro-distribiitinn of
the revenues Is obviously a duty that
is urgent, and demands your immediate
utteiitiou. .
I!y virtue of a coiiHtiluliomtl amend
ment, the Kinking Fund was created!
lor (he purposo ol gradually reducing
the public debt at a timo when it ex
ceeded forty millions of dollars. An
annual reduction of I2"0,0(l0, and tho
pnyinent of interest of tbo cntiro debt,
were its only requirements, and they
Iihvo been faithfully iulKlicd by the
Sinking Fund Commissioners since tho
creation of tlio fund in 1K57. It will
also bo observed, by the following
statements, tbo must sauguino hopes
of the frumeiH ol tlio constitutional
uniondment have been more than rc
ulixcd, during tbo last cloven years tho
minimi reduction ot tbo debt averaging
neatly 1,500,000 :
Public debt Decembir 1, ISI14 S.1li,370,8O 84
Public debt Ueccmber I, 1876 23,333,187 74
Total reduction In eleven yean f 18,148,406 in
Average annual reduction $1,407,880 66
Tho appended statement will show
tbo balance of tho estimated rocoipla
of the Sinking Fund, at the expiration
of tho fiscal year niter t he requirements
of tho Constitution will have been com
plied with :
Tax ob corporation etoeko 12,100,600 06
Commutation of tonnese Us ,.. 480,1100 60
Allegheny Valley Railroad bond..,. 100,0116 06
lolrre.t on Allegheny Valley Rail
road bond 170 006 00
12,830,606 66
ConHltnti'inalrrquire.
menl ol annual re
duction of publlo
debt l.',o,niin on
Int. on public debt.... 1,3(10,1160 10
1,566,606 66
Burplo 41,386,001 06
It will thus bo soon with tbo present
distribution of tho revenues, there will
remain each year in the Sinking Fund,
alter tho payment which tho Constitu
tion requires, ovor a million and a quar
ter dollars, and when it is remembered
that tho amount of interest to bo paid
will annually decrease, and tlio receipts
be greater, owing to the natural accre
tion of tho tuxes, tlio amount of this
balance will is) augmented from year
to year. If this surplus is annually
applied to tlio extinguishment of tho
debt, a careful calculation will show,
that in ten ycara the entire indebted
aese of the Statu will bo redeemed.
However desirable this reduction may
be and gralilying as il cuituinly would
he to the Executive, under wtoae ad
ministration a large portion of it would
be made, yet the diminution of the
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1876.
taxes In 1873, to the amount of ono
million dollttrs, and tlio live hundred
thousand dollars additional expenses
mado necessary by tho new Constitu
tion in behalf of Common Schools, tho
Judiciary and Legislature, and tbo
claims of deserving public chnrilies,
forbid this largo reduction us the revo
nuos aro now ilistribnted. Jiy another
calculation it appeal's that by taking
iino-tliiift of tho corporation tax, which
tho Legislature assigned to tho Sinking
Fund, and dedicating this ono-third to
tho uses of the general fund, tho whole
indebtedness can still be liquidated in
fifteen years. Without additional taxa
tion, a fund may thus be created, that
with the other revenues of tho general
fund, will, with prudent management,
possibly be Bufllcient to meet all the
necessary and proper expenses of tho
Government, and I recommend that
this change be mado.
At tbo end of the last fiscal year
there remained in the Sinking Fund
the sum of (P3,028.5il. There can be
no further redemption of publlo dobt
Until August, 1877, as all State loans
reimbursable prior to that lime nave
boon paid ; and in tlu meantime the
Sinking Fund, in addition to the above
amount, win continue to accumulate a
largo balance, which there is no author
ity to invest. 1 thorofbro recommend
tho enactment of a law authorizing tho
Sinking Fund Commissioners to invest
too surplus ninus in me nonua oi mo
State, or tho United States, as they
deem most advantageous, which, in ac
cordance with tho provisions of the
new Constitution, ara tho only invest
ments that can be mado, und that
theso investments bo directed to be
made monthly.
EblTATION.
Tho prosperous condition of onrptib
lic schools affords abundant occasion
for just pride. Tbo exhibit mado in
the report of tho Superintendent of
1'ublic Instruction is a gratifying illus
tration of tho liberality and public
spirit of our citizens, and an eurnest
l
ilcilgo of what may bo exported of
them when any great or beneficent ob
ject enlists their sympathy and support.
Ton yenrs ago tho Commonwealth had
1,743 graded schools wilhin her limits;
to-day thoro aro 5,(!25. During tho last
dcvado tho valuo of her school property
has appreciated from ?.rG4,0H8.08 to
U2,15!l,415.83. In 1805 tho Stnto ex
ponded upon her public schools (3,013,
238.55. In tho year 1875 tlio outlay
fur the same purposo wns('.l,3l.,3,?'27.17.
Thirteen thousand eight hundred and
sixty-teachers attended, during the last
year, tho Teucliors' Institutes ' held
throughout tho Commonwealth. In
1805 thero wore only 2,705 in attend
ance upon their sessions. These figures
aro eloquent of tho generosity of our
citizens and their ardent desiro to
facilitate tho attainment und promote
tbo progress of education. JJo pcoplo
bavo contributed more to the advance
ment of human comfort und tho
abridgement of labor by tho application
of mechanical principles, or aro moro
prolific of invention of a useful kind
than Americans, and yet few countries
givo less attention to tho development
of this genius and tho study of theso
principles in their systems of public in
structions than ottr own. With such
capabilities, and tho opportunities fur
tho application ot mechanical principles
at our very doors, in tho unfolding and
manufacturing of our great resources,
does it seem tho part of prudence and
common senso to permit all this vast
expenditure to bo mado without em
bracing in the plan some methods of
iiistraeiirm that win at least tit n small
number of children for some special
trado or occupation.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Tho methods of teachinir have been
vastly improved in tho lust few years,
ana it Is conceded many ot these moth
ods are tho outgrowth of tho formal
schools of the Stato, the teachers Irani
which havocontribnted very materially
to tho character and efficiency, of tho
public schools. Tho greater the number
ol these schools tbo hiKhar we raise
their standard, and tlio moro thorough
tho instruction imparted within their
walls tho moro widespread will be their
influence, and tn secure competency
und promoto welliiro of teachers and
pupils alike, 1 trust tho Legislature
will extend to tbo Mormul schools
whatever assistance may bo needed to
insure their increased efficiency and
usefulness.
soldiers' orphans.
Tho continued favor of the Legisla
ture to tho schools wherein the orphans
ot .our soldiers are inuuituincd and
taught, is an agreeable proof of the
patriotism ol our people. Every year
tho number lor whom the Stnto must
provide becomes less, and it is apparent
that tnero is no necessity lor tho con
tinuance of so many schools of this
kind, and that, under tbo present sys
tem, with tbo receipts for their main
tenance and instruction corresponding
ly diminishing, the proprietors of these
schools eaunot conduct thorn without
loss, or necessarily reducing tho food,
clotlnnir or tuition ol tho children. I
recommend that the Superintendent oi
t'lionc instruction bo directed to select
tho best schools nt tbo moat advanta
geous points, to which shall be trans
ferred all tho children for whom pro
vision is now mado, and that this pro
cess continue until tho last orphan child
is educated.
MUNICIPAL IIOVEIINUENT.
Thoro is no political problem that,
at tbo present timo, occasions so much
just alarm, and ia obtaining mine seri
ous and anxious thought, than tbo gov
ernment ot cities, whoso administration,
in many sections of tho country, is
fraught with perils, not only to" the
material prosperity of our people but
to tho welfare and permanence of tho
Itopnblic. Is it not, thorefbro, incum
bent upon Iboso who ore charged with
tlio conduct of public ntl'uirn, us well as
thnso who aro concerned fur tho good
and honor ol the country, to carefully
anil diligently inquire into the causes
of theso mischiefs that attond upon tlio
rulo of our cities, and soo if thoy spring
from or are tho actual development ol
any inherent defect in the existing sys
tems Of govornmont, or aro tho out
come of a merely transient tendency to
cxtrnvganco that, by iw abuso, will
work its own olloi'tunl cure. A glonco
at tho enormous debts and stupendous
schemes ot public Improvements under
taken and in progress, or in contem
plation by tlio numerous cities of the
country, is sufllcicut Inducement to
this investigation, and will convince '
tho most skeptical that a speedy anil
radical remedy must bo found to ar-,
rest theso extravagant expenditures,
or the credit of our cities will be de
stroyed, and repudiation, lo which re
sort somo bavo already keen driven,
will bo tho only recourse from ruin. It
will not do tu mock at tho voico of
warning and outi-uiicb ourselves in the
belief that the natural growth ot our
cities and the consequent accumulation
of wealth and appreciation of property
therein, will liquidate all the bonds this
generation can impose npon the next,
PRINCIPLE8, NOT MEN.
-sir-
for experience and history uliko leach
that extiiivngiiiico grows with indul
gence, and tlio only safe, wise and
honest course for Individuals and com
miniities to pursue' is to livo within
their means and pity as they go. Tho
aggregate of the debts of tho cities ot
tho United Slates, according to cum
tietent authority, reaches tho enor
mous sum of 7fU,U00,flU(l, and this
amount is behoved to bo rather tinder
lhan above tho actual indebtedness. Is
it strange that tho annual tax levy,
instead of being a fow mills, now
averages in our most important cities
two and a half per oontum upou the
assessed valuo of property ? It is with
reasonable apprehension, thcreforo,
that tho people aro earnestly address
ing themselves to tho study of the
causes of this evil, and the conviction is
becoming wide-spread that some rem
edy must be provided that will go to
Its very-eoru aud virrik a radical onre.
The debts of our municipalities bavo
been Increased enormously, and apart
from the publlo improvements, for
which a largo bonded Indebtedness
has been created, the exricnscs of our
cities and towns have been growing
annually witli a pace that Seems out
of ull proportions with their necessities.
One Bourvo of this additional expense
Is tho increased number of ollleials.
Tho powers of government are too
diversified, ami rcquiro too much
machinery. That mechanism Is tho
best which contuins tbo fewest parts,
and government) aro not exempt
from this law. In view of tho import
ance of tbo proper regulation of our
cities, bocauso of tho relations tboy
sustain to tho trades and manufactures
of our most thriving communities, and
tho welfare and happiness of their
citizens, 1 recommend that the Legis
lature authorize the appointment of a
commission of experienced persons Ui
oxamino into tho condition of our
municipalities and prepare such legis
lation for the conaiderution of the Leg
islature as will, in their opinion, meet
the ubitses sought to bo remedied. It
is my candid opinion that all tho legis
lation upon thestntuto books referring
to municipalities should bo repealed,
and a comprehensive and uniform code
enacted, tlio main features of which
will not bo the subioet of perennial
alteration.
CENTENNIAL.
Whatever misgivings bavo hitherto
possessed tho public mind about the
success of the Centennial aro now bap-
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puy uiraiiauui, nntl .11 is uviuoni me
country lias awakened to the convic
tion thut tho exhibition instead ol being
merely local, with which charnotcg the
inditlurent ami distrustful would bavo
invested it, will transcend in diirnitv
and mngnitude any of the expositions
that bavo preceded it in Kurnpe.
11 becomes f ennsvlvumn, therefore.
to bestir herself and strive to have a
full representation of ber resource and
industries on exhibition. The Com
monwealth has made vast contributions
of means, and tlio energies of many of
ncr Dost citizens havo been ceaselessly
devoted to the promotion of the enter
prise, and sho will be false to her best
interests if tho display alio makes ie
not creditable to her people and in
keeping with her position among tlio
Slates. Every city, town, county and
township that has a pnxliiet, whether
of the soil or manufacture, should take
care that it lias a place in tlio exhibi
tion. Our mineral rcsoureesshouldall
ba shown, and our iron, oil, cuke, lum-
ber, railroad, ship building, and all
manufacturing interests should be fitly
represented. Every beneficial trade
and commercial trade and commercial
association should have charts or de
signs to show their purposes or bene
fits. Tho collections of scientific and
art siK-ieties should be exhibited, and
our poind and reformatory institutions
and thoso of charity, boncfieenco and
learning, should in somo manner illus
trato their managonient. Opportuni
ties should bo ull'urded to study our
forms of government, public nnif pri
vate improvements in our buildings,
cbiiruhes, bridges, water, gas and other
works, and every means and fuoility
furnished to tho stranger to becomo
acquainted with the character, extent
and variety of our products and tho
advantages of our Stato as a place of
residence and a field for enterprise.
To mako this display will rcquiro
constant and unromiting work on tlio
port ot individuals, firms und compa
nies during tlio short timo that re.
mains before tho exhibition opens, and
public and private liberality should
Combine to ellect this object
In this connection it is properyour
attention should ho invited to the ne
cessity of making provision for the
transportation and encampment ol the
militury of tho Stato nt somo period
of tbo exhibition, so that suitable dis
play may be mado ol this branch ol
the public service Tho various 'com
mands throughout the Commonwealth
nro perfecting themselves in drill and
discipline, with a view to this encamp
ment, anil I feel assured thouppeaninco
und bearing of our soldiers will reflect
honor upon our Stale. The troops
Mom this Slnto will probably be en-
cum pod for a period ot ton days or two
weeks in the v,cinit)ol tua exhibition,
to servo without pay, and supply their
own rations, but through the proper
authorities they ask that the State will
lurnish mom with transportation to and
from tho exhibition, and provide shelter
for them while in eump.
INSANE.
Il is apparent to tho most casual ob
server Unit tho hospitals for tho core
of the insnuo in this Stnto are insulll
ciunt fur tlio public necessities. It is
repeatedly asserted that insanity is in
creasing In onr midst, and without
doubt there aro many unfortunates ol
t h is class in prisons or poor houses, and
homes of poverty, who ore now inctir-
nblo, who, coulil they havo received
proper treatment, might bavo been re
stored to reason olid
society,
aiity of tl
the beneficeni'oanil charity of tho Htutu
can there he evoked no plan that will
take charge ol these poorcrculurcs and
placo them under tho supervision ol
those who aro skilled In tho treatment
of tbo disetiso, and can, perhaps, urrest
its progress before Its victims have be
come hopelessly demented. Tho hos
pitals nt Dixmnnt and Warren will
doubtless ba able, fur the next fow
yours, to accommoilnlo nil tho Insane
of tlio western and northwestern por
tions of the State. Thoso at llarris-
buriiaiid Danville will supply the wants
of tbo tame class Ii) tho ountiul and
northeastern sections, 'lucre remain
then, tho large and populous counties
oflbocast, including I'lulodelphia, with
over one-four I Ii of the whole popula
tion oi tho . ominonwcnllh, without
hospital accommodations tor tlio insane
other than those provided by their
almshouses and prisons. In the Phil
adelphia almshouse alono twelvo hun
dred of tho inmate are insane, and its
crowded wards, made necessary by the
limited accommodations, aggravate in
stead of relieve tiieir malady. Con
tentment and cbeerfulnoss aro essential
to promote the recovery of these pa-
REPUBLICAN,
tlenlH. Is recovery possible, and can
there be any enlightened or scientific
treatment tnidersuch conditions 1 No
hospitals that (Jul Slate could const runt
would nllord accommodations tor all
these helplesscreat'tiren. Most of them
aro incurably insono,'and no course of
treatmer.t, lie it ovor so liumnno or skill
ful, .could alleviutotholr misery. Thoro
are, however, many Inmates of this
ulinHhoiiso, who, If they had boen pro-
porly treated in tho first stage ot thoir
allliction, might have boon rescued from
tho deplorable madnoss that shuts them
out from all hope. The construction
of tho hospital at Warren has progress
ed so far aa the appropriation made in
its behalf would permit. This hospital
was onoamongvariousinstitutionB that
suffered by the failure of the appropri
ations to charities at your last session.
I sincerely trust that suitable provision
will be made at tbli seesion for the vig
orous prosecution of the work upon
this hospital to its completion, ss there
Ib pressing nocd for the accommodations
It will supply. The recommendations
of tho commission to inquire into the
condition of the criminal insane of the
State, embodied In their roport made
to you honorable bodies at last session,
are worthy of your respectful atten
tion. ' i '
LAWLESSNESS.
It ncain-bocomcs my painful duty to
direct your attantion to the lawless dis
position that exists in portions of tho
Commonwealth, whoro tumult and riot
at times havo been 80 formidable, thut
tho Executive power of tho Stato had
to be invoked to quell tho disturbances.
Theso turbulent manifestations aro bo
coming alarmingly frequent, and to re
press thorn somo remedy must bo de
vised. That tbo attitudo of tho Kx
ocutivo towards the participants thoro-
in may not do inistuiten, tho lollowinir
plain and easily comprohondod princi
ple are grouped togethorto show what
will bo the rule of his conduct on tbo
occasion of ovcry outbrouk of a kindred
nature. No disobedienco of retrularlv
constituted authority will bo portnit-
teii, whether on the part ot Individuals,
corporations or combinations of men.
Xo senso of wrong, howevor gricvouB,
will or shall justily violence in socking
indemnity therefor. The rights of
property must be respected, and no in
terference with its legitimate use will
oe tolerated, r.vcry man must bo al
lowed to soli his own labor at bis own
price, and his working must not bo in
terrupted cither by forco or intimida
tion. For griovanccs, fancied or roal,
redress must bo sought in tbo manner
tho law provides, and no ono must at
tempt to override its process. If citi
zens will recognize theso principles as
binding upon their consciences and ac
tions, there can be no ncccBity for
Executive interference to preserve the
pcaco, and it must bo understood, once
lor nil, that any violation of private
rights or resistance to public officers
oiiiai in mo uiscuargo oi tncir uuiy,
will bo summarily dealt witb, and
tho civil authorities and the power of
mo county cannot maintain the suprem
acy of tbo law, thon tho wholo power
of tho Commonwealth shall be em
ployed, If nocoseory, to compel respect
lor authority. Again, it is evident a
recurrence of these disorders cannot be
prevented by the uso of a military forco,
for upon tho withdrawal of troops, the
turbulent feeling still exists, and there
is no spounty against similar outbreaks.
One of tho main sources of the evil
bus its origin in tho timidity or unwil
lingness of tho local authorities to en
force the low, and thoir duties should
bo defined anew, and penalties imposed
that would compel their performance.
Theso tumults nro not resistless, and
officers of spirit who know thoy havo
tbo wholo power of tho Commonwealth
if needs bo to support thorn, cm bavo
no reasonable doubt of thoir ability to
repress every form of violenco, and if
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iii mo nice ui tucai uisiuroanco, mcy
tiiil to discharge llioir duty, they should
bo made to feel tho full responsibility
of their neglect and cowardice. Mobs,
too, nro sentient bodies. They know
thoy cannot successfully contend with
the combined power of tho Stato, and
if tlio energy of un officer evinces a
dotorniinatiun to act promptly and res
olutely for the preservation of order,
riutor will quickly abandon their un
lawful designs, il oroovor, mon who
cngago in these riot are votors, and
tho tenure of tho offices of thoso in
nuthority depend in a largo moasuro
upon tho gooJ will ol those turbulent
electors, and it is difficult to find an
officer who will fearlessly and fully per
form what hois legally required to do.
llo pallors with Ins duty until tho tu
mult assumes proportions that threaten
the peace and security of the wholo
community, anil then, unable to quell
the disturbance, petitions for the aid of
the military, and tho Stato is subjected
to enormous oxpenso to subdiio an in
surrection that tho ordinary police force
oi tno county could readily navo sup
piKsaod at Its inception, "
The local officers likowlacalloge their
mammy 10 ropros mis turbulent spirit,
because citisens, whon summoned, ro-
Iiibo to assist them. Citizens tear to
incur the enmity of the rioters .and.
unless tho pcnullio that attach tn tholp
liiiliirc tn assist t lio iittlecr are Innielod,
it is idle to expect them to perform
this ungracious, and, it may lie, peril
ous duty. Thus wo havo, in theso
communities whoro this mob mlo most
prevails, an unhealthy moral public sen
timent, Hint, In the event of a disturb
ance, permits tho officer to neglect his
duty, refuses itself to uphold tho law,
and, when on otTciidcr is arrested, con
n i voi nt the fraud that packs tho jury
box with his sympathizers and friends,
making a mockery of justice and bring
ing the Stato mid its authority into
merited reproach. Through what
agency can wo prevent a return of
theso disorders, make the local officers
ami citixons mora vigilant and active,
and dissuade thorn, fYom. looking and
applying lo tho Executive upon every
occasion of an alarm and tumult, aro
questions to which I bavoglvon patient
und anxious thought, and the (lillowlng
plan will, 1 believo, nllord a practical
test of the disposition and ability of a
county to enforce the law and maintain
order wilhin its limits. 1 rocommond
tbo enactment nf law empowering
t ho sheriff, whenever a riot or disorder
is imminent, to apply to tho court nf
hia county, and upon tho sworn cortifi
cole of said shot-ill that said riot or dis
order Is threatening, then the said court
to nulhoriso tbo sheriff to organize a
constabulary furco suflleioiiV to (iiioll
the diiturbonoo, and lo maintain them
under hii direction and control until
thoro is no longer need for thoir sor
vices. Tlio fbi-ue so mustered should
be paid and subsisted by tire county
while on duty, and armed by tbo State.
A tumult arising, tlio sheriff would thon
have an armed, paid andsubsistcd force
to aid him in prusorving qrdor and en
forcing the process of tho courts, with
out taking citizens suddenly from their
daily vocations, and perham involving
them in injury aitd loss. This armed
body of men would also form a nucleus
around which the law-abiding citlwns
NEW
could rally when tbo disturbance us
suuiud moro dungcrous proportions,
and they would learn to depend upon
themselves und their officers in every
emergency. It is proper that tho ex
pense should bo borno by thut portion
nf thu enininunitv esnociullv benefited.
and the oounty should be mado to beur
thoso burdens, and ir lueir oiiiccrs are
bold to a strict accountability they will
not be likelv to incur the Croat rosnon-
sibility of asking this assistance from
tho coarts.'nnloss the gravity of the
situation justifies the doiuand.
This special home constabulary force
might also bo applied lor ana obtained
from too courts on occasions when, in
certuln regions of tho State, mnrdor
and arson are rifo, and a spirit of law
lessness prevails that does not take the
shape ol organized resistance to law.
' Tbo attorney genoral should also bo
authorised, upon his own information,
to indict any officer or cltiswnwho
failed to perform bis duty, or party or
parties who were engaged id not or
turbulence, and to change the venue
and to summon witnesses to any other
county in tho Commonwealth whore a
fair and impartial trial may be had.
Tho largo expenditures of public mon
oy almost annually incurred in the sup
pression of theso riots, and the peaeo
and good name 01 tne mate, biiko no
maud of tbo Legislature a thorough
Investigation of the causes of these
disturbances, and their euro, if possi bio,
by tho application of some certain and,
if necessary, severe romcdios.
It has not escaped the observation
of those whose duty it is to investigate
tho cause of these ribts that thoso who
become embroiled therein ore often
groivously wronged, and goaded to
madness by wbnt thoy coneoivo to bo
the injustice of tho law, which scores
to protect thoir employer and leaves
thorn exposed to his caprice or avarico,
rosort to violence for redress. As tho
Stuto can tolerate within its limits no
authority superior to its own, and
shorefore can show no consideration
tor a combination tbnt assumes the
right to prevent porsona making any
contract to work they pleaso, so it can
not permit any corporation or corpo
rations to unlawfully or oppressively
use tho powers conferred upon them
by the Stale, to control production and
tho channels of trndo, so as to raise or
depress the price of labor or tho cost
of living. If any citizen, tbercloro,
feels that bo is wronged by tho impro
per and unlawful exerciso of the pow
ers of theso corporations, and lays his
griovance before the Executive, if, upon
investigation, it is found to bo just and
0 legal remedy oxists therefor, ho will
instruct tho Attorney (iencral to seo
tbut this remedy is speedily and surely
enforced.
'Pltoi-n la net nrnhlem of State nolicv.
the solution of which would be fraught
with more advantages to our pooplo,
than to discover some means by which
tho differences between labor and capi
tal can bo adjusted. The solution can
only be reached by slow approaches,
for the sanctities of property, coriorato
or otherwise, cannot be rudely invaded
by any ill-advised assault npon it, any
moro than should an undue support bo
givon to bodies of laboring mon who
may be moved by an inconsiderate im
pulse, or under tho direction of un
principled leader. This question of
labor and capital has agitated tho pub
lic mind for centuries, but it is none
the less our duty, for that reason, to
solve it, if wo can, and especially to
make somo accommodation that will
meet our necessities in this State. Does
it not seom practicable to appoint a
court of arbitration, composed of throe
or moro of tho judges of our courts, as
many operators, and a'liko number of
tho representatives oi inoworaingmen,
to whom could be referred the disputes
arising between employers and em
ployes, so that at least a full, lair and
impartial discussion could bo bad, and
tho publio onligbtcnod upon tho merits
of tbo controversy j and if thore was
no leiral remedy, the forco of public
opinion would constrain tho parties,
whoso claims were arbitrated, to do
justice to those who wore wronged.
May 1 not ass-, in view oi mo immonso
Interests involved, that you will con
sider tho propriety of authorizing
tbo appointment of such a court.
NATIONAL OUARD.
Tho Tloouniarv aaaistunca extended
by the Stato, in tho last two years, to
tho National (iuard, and tho rigid in
spections mado of .ovcry company in
the sorvico, bos wrought a wonderful
Improvement in tho condition of tho
forco, and justifies tho beliet that no
body of citizen soldiery, composed ot
mon ot nncr physique and conversant
with tho duties and discipline, will bo
present at tho Centennial than tho
troops which I'eiinsylvania will muster
there during the comingsummur. Somo
commands aro exceptionally good, and
hnvo no superiors in tho volnntoor
servico oftlio country. At Uoston, on
tho occasion of tho Centennial ntiiu
vorsnry of the battle of Hunker Hill,
tbo portion of the 1'jnnsylvnnio (iuard
in tho line of the parade elicited tho
warmost praise, not only from tho vast
conconrse ot people thero assembled,
but from the trained mid experienced
soldiers who reviewed the trontiB. It
in r, ronor. too. that honorable mention
should bo motto of tho soldierly bear
ing of tbo troops sent to suppress the
riots in tlio coal regions. .
In my annual mossni'oof 1874 1 roc
omincnded the removal of tlio old
arsenal situated on tho Capitol grounds,
und the purchase of a now site, and the
erection of an arsenal thereon. Tho
Legislature accorded with tho views
ol this recommendation, and the neces
sary authority was given. Tho now
arsenal, which is in a beautiful and
available location, has boon completed,
and Is a handsome structure, admirably
adapted to tho uses for which it is in
tended, and with a capacity equal lo
any military necessity fur which tho
Stnto may require it.
INSURANCE.
The operation! of tbo Insurance De
partment havo entirely justified the
wisdom of its establishment. It has
been in existence less than three years,
ami (luring that time has rendered valu
able services to tbo community liy ex
posing and destroying fraudulent com
panies, strengthening thoso that were
weak, and systematizing the entire In
surance business oi tho Statu,
(IKOLOqiCAL St'RVIT.
A report nf tho Cuniiqiasiuiior en
truilod with tho (ioulogiuot Survey ot
tho Stato will be submitted to tbo
Legislature, and I respectfully ask
your thoughtful attention to tlio de
tailed statements of tho progress of this
important work, and the practical sug
gesliens to insure the successful prose
cution of the labors of ,Lo survoy. Our
nuota of tho amount Appropriated by
Congress to mako a trigonometrical
survey of tho several Slates, under the
auspices of the United State Cottst
Survey, is insufficient to make that
of this State complete, and the recom
mendation ol tho roport of the State
Commission, that four thousand itnllara
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
SKRIES - YOL. 17, NO. 3,
be appropriate! to supplement the
work of tho United States Coast Sur
vey i worthy of your serious attention.
This course hati been adopted by older
Mates with satisfactory results.
Hsu.
It is to bo regretted that tho labors
of tbe Fish Commissioners havo boon,
in some rospocts, almost fruitless, bo
oouso tho Legislature has lull them to
their unaidea exertions to procure pro
tection to the fish, while the various
processes for supplying our rivers are
on trial. If authority is not given to
the Commissioners to control tbe
streams while their experiments aro in
progress, it is manifestly unwise to
continue tbe work, however import
ant or promising of groat results it
might be. - It is too late to discuss the
practicability of restocking rivers with
fish, for that question bos been absolved
from doubt, and its feasibility demon
strated tn other States and counties
where streams have been refilled with
abundant supplies of choice fish of vari
ous kinds. 1 trust that past legislation
in this behalf will be supplemented
wun wnatevcr is necessary to mane a
sufficient test of fish culture in Penn
sylvania ,, . ,
BOARD OF PIBLK) CHARITIES.
The public servico has sustained a
severe less in the resignation ol lion.
Gcori-o L. Harrison, the able and effi
cient Presdent of the Hoard of Publio
Charities. Tho brood ond humane
views of Mr. Harrison, and tbe unre
mitted zeal ond enorgy with which ho
devoted himself to ,tlio labors of tho
Board, ond tho faithful administration
of its responsible trusts, have won for
him the esteem ot our citizens, and
wore alike honorable to himself and
useful to the public. The vacancy was
filled by the olection of the Hon. G.
Dawson Coloman, whoso oxpenonco
and charitable disposition eminently
fit him for its duties, and givo assur
ance that neither tbe intorest of hu
manity or the publio will be overlooked
in tbo supervision that the Hoard will
continuo to mako of tho various insti
tutions of tho State.
VAOKANcy.
Tho public mind is becoming scri-
ously alarmed about tho prevalence of
vagrancy, and some measures should
bo taken to reioilato and restrain Hob
propensity to live by begging and in
f ,i. tri .i r .
lUieuesM. i ncru are iiiuunuiiiis ui vug-
ruuts soliciting alms from day to day
who are unwilling to labor, and aro
undeserving ol sympathy, and whom
it isa mistaken and misplaced charity to
aid. Tbe man whoso suffering is roal,
and is driven to common beggory to
supply his wants, will not recoil from
any proposition to work and earn bis
bread, however humble or arduous tho
labor to be performed. Would it not
bo well, therefore, to establish a regis
try to which all theso vagrants or
tramps should be mado to resort, and
where a record of their names, places
of residence and appearance could bo
made, and where, upon application, if
they were in absolute want, they could
bo assigned to some work upon the
streets or roads, or some other neces
sary employment, in compensation for
the assistance they might receive. A
fuilure to report to tbe registry, and
an application to a residence for alms,
should subject the applicant to on im
prisonment, TRISONS.
Tho inspectors of tho Eastern Peni
tentiary will address a communication
to tho Legislature in regard to the
overcrowded condition of tho institu
tion in their chargo, and tho character
of these gentlemen, and their familiari
ty with tho various methods of prison
discipline, together with the necessity
of making somo provision for Ibis ex
cess ot prisoners in tho Lostern rem-
tontiary, will, I am confident, obtain
consideration for their opinions ond
suggestions. ,
COLONIAL RECOUPS.
Tho publication of tho Second Series
of Pennsylvania Archives, authorized
by act of May 13, 1874, has boon car
ried forward to tbe completion of two
volumes tho ftl tnd the tbird of tho
scries. Tho second, which will em
brace such of tho rolls aa aro cxlant,
and memoranda of tho officer and
soldiers from Pennsylvania, who served
in tho Kevolutionory war, has been
delayed that it may bo rendered moro
authentic by compilation of such re
cords as may ho found in the Depart
ment of Stato and Pension nt Wash
ington, and in the archives of histori
cal societies. Tho building containing
tho War Ofllco at Washington was
burned, with all its records, by an ac
cidental fire, which occurred Novem
ber 8, 1800. Consequently the records
which remained in the office oi the
Secretary aro tho only authentic me
morial of tho Pennsylvania soldiers
who participated in ovcry battlo of tbo
Iiovolulion from tho timo they entered
trenches in front of Uoston, in July
1,77, including tho night attack M
Sharon, Georgia May 2 1, 1,82 until ,
July l,h3 when the lust Pennsylvania ;
troops embarked on ransportsal .lames ,
for tho printer, ar.d considerable pro
gress mado in preparing papers, of
which tho act authorizes tho publica
tion, The scries can probably bo re
stricted to six volumes.
salaries for coUNir officers.
lly tho provisions of section & oftlio
11th article of tbo new Constitution, i
"in counties containing over one bun-1
dred and fifty thousand Inhabitants oil
county officers shall be paid by salary,
nnd the salary of any such officer and j
his clerks heretofore paid by lees shall I
not excoed tbo aggregate amount of ,
fees earned doing ids term, and col-1
leeted by or for him."
Tho Legislature passed a bill at tho '
..i,i. ti, ,.,.ri,.i. . . , . . : ' "JI'? ""i''y c.n.
In und. !iotiih l h roh n n. tor riu ndpl. 1
' l " . . . , .. . ' tempiiblo : and, as regards the civil
... ." -Ki V . uw""''1", "'' o war. imo "d 'n'lwd
oiiiMi iiieuiiovovii, urv rvauv ,.lrtn . I.-...I
session of 1871 to mako tho law con-of
form to this requirement but as somo
of its provisions were at variance with that of F:ngland, Ac, based on the hu
tlio Constitution, it did not reecivo Fx-! man invention of class, must noeds
oculivo approval. It is to ho hoped furnish higher types, both ol men ami
that at this session of tint Legislature -
nn act to meet tho objections moy bo
irarnod ann becomo a low. 1 he cou-1
test for theso office, on account of .
their emoluments, ore a fruitful source
of tho evils that attend upon nomiiia-!
tions nnd olection, and havo a tendon- i
cy to degrade and demoralize our noli-1
tioa. It ia tha nm-t c
economy, therefore, and in tbo interest '
of good government, that a chongo in
this regard should bo speedily made.
ever, it should be remembered tbat'll!cr(,s"cll'lou',an(lwrol6",-''-u-g-o-r.
in any moasuro you mav admit how.
thoso on;oe aro trusts of great roaiion-
uihililv. and that tbo anlari !.;,! '
should becommensurate with tl.n dMii.
and accountability of the incumbents, i,
1
' POLL-TAX.
Under exislling laws manv of the
counties, cities and towns M tlio State
impose a tax upon trades, ocounatioiia
and professions, tho payment ol which
a uuouiwtry colore a voter can oxor
ciso his elective ftwhiao. In other
1 portions' of tho Slnto this tax Is so light
that it i only nominal qualification
of tha riibts of the elector. ' This in
equality is palpably unjust, and tha
tax is often burdensomo, and, small aa
it may be, frequently prevents a labor
ing ninn from going to the polls.
Thore is no good reason why the right
oi stinraga in one county should be at
tended witb greater burdens than In
another, and, on the contrary, there
: looms great Injustice in such a regula
tion. , I renuw, therefore, my suggea
j lion of last year, that all the laws im.
owing taxes on trades, occupations '
'd professions bo repealed. and tLata
i.
unjLvm poll-tux bo imposed, and that
I this tu" ,,c l""llu reasonable that
its paynV1 Wl" within the ability
I of every mi-'a m lh '
holhiubt lines.
Tho New Vurk Legislature, by nn
. n 1 o"TF. . 1. . . I
act passed Alay . on, aumnriieu
the liegents of the L'ulversity of Now
York to resume tho will k 01 examina
tion as to the true location oftlio monu
ments which mark tho several boun
daries of tbo Swto, and, in connection
with tbo authorities of Pennsylvania,
to replace any monuments which have
bocomo dilapidated, or een removed,
on tbo boundary line of tho two States,
and 1 respectfully recommend that au
thority be given to appoint commis
sioners to act in conjunction witb those
of Now York, and that a suitable ap
propriation ba mads, so that the neces
sary steps can be taken to accomplish
the very proper object indicated in
tbe above act
BANKS.
My opinion in regard to the organ,
ization and management of banks, say
ings funds and trust cempaoics, and
tha restrictions and safeguards that
should be thrown around these Insti
tutions, wore elaborately presented in
annual messages of 1674 and 1876,and
hove undergone no cbongo, but bars ,
rather been confirmed by investigation
and further consideration of tbe sub
ject, which I am persuaded is ono of
tbe most Important to wbtca roa cat)
devote your attention.
conclusion.
With the voar noon which we have
just entered tbe licpublic has hod a
century of oxistenco, a contury wherein
hor foundations have been more solidly
laid, and which has been crowded with
tbe evidences of her progress in science
and the useful arts, filled with the
proofs of hor increased onligbtenmont,
j benevolence and humanity, and marked
, by many and durable proofs ot her
i statesmanship and genius.
It is fitting, thon, that our peoplo
should oolehrato the Centennial of the
nation's birth, and testify their grati
tude for tho benefits wo have received.
With onr growth in wealth and popu
lation, howevor, wo should romcmbor in
creased responsibilities have come, and
that we can best showottrappreciation
of our institutions and their privileges
by consecrating ourselves to the work
of redeeming them from the ills that
beset tbem and keeping them intact
and pure for those who are to follow
us.
Tbo destiny of our great State may
de)ond npon tbe direction we may give
legislation at this session of the As
sembly. Let us strive thon to so shape
our counsels that tbe verdict of pos
terity will bo that we acted with a
view to the prosperity of tho people,
and tbe honor and lair fume of tbe
Commonwealth.
JOHN F. UAHTRANFT.
Executive Chamber, )
Harrirbi rci, January 4, 187S. j
" THE LA TIX KACES."
From the New York Day Book.
There is a great deal of ignorance,
not among "common peoplo" merely,
but among scholars anij even men of
science, in regard to climatic influences
on character, io. Thus, how often,
especially since tbe Franco-German
war, it is said that tho "Latin races"
ore worn out, especially France, judg
ing, of courso, as usual, from that won
derful accident by which, for the sec
ond timo in twonty ccnturic, the
Gormanic, or "Northern barbarians,"
as Gibbon colls them, havo over
whelmed France ond the Latin raocs.
Of courso that which the Almighty
Creator has fashioned and fixed never
changes, but other things accordant,
that race or variety that is most com
pletely within its specific center of cx
letence must needs reach its highost
possible development, and furnish the
finest types of its kind. Tbe Latin
races, so-called, arc the people of South
ern Europe the French, Italians,
Spaniards, c, including the antique
ti.uvno nuu Aiuiunns, auu luey riuiuiiiy
always have, but always will furnish
tho grandest typos, ond govern the
worm, isot only wore Alexander,
Cnar and Napoloon, by universal con
sent, the three grandest mortals tbo
world evor sow, but nearly all of tho
greatest men of tbo secondary class,
Demosthenes, Cicero, Cato,-Pompey,
and, in mcdaviul times, Cbarlamangc,
Uildebrand, Michael Angelo, Colum
bus, Leo Xtb., Charles Ytb., and in
modern times, Voltaire, Mirahcati,
Canovo, Talleyrand, Hobespicrre, Guri.
buldi, all of tho Latin races. Indeed,
snvo in quite modern times, there nro
no Germans or Selavonians, of oven
second-class men ; and Peter tho Groat,
Guslnvus Adolphus, Walleiitein, Fred
erick tho Great, and Hismarck, about
mako up tbo list. As regards general
history, thoro is none, save as made by
tho "Latin races," until wo come to
tho timo of Luther, ond even then it is
rather history of Latin failures than
of any special records of Germanic or
Sclavonio development On the thus
fnr ciroumsoribed records of tbo New
World, we see tbo samo thing Wash
4ct have a breadtbland grandeur of
nnd riehnCM of ,,, fc (.
ci8UW10r0. Jt lm0 Xow E ,
nroj,100(i onc .. m.nViiolleci.ml
ington, Jefferson, Jackson, Calhoun,
soul
found
lrland
! nrodiiced one irrcnt man I i,l.,llnla lli
? v.......v.m..v,
rlv or perhaps
all that was bornio and that appeals to
future generations, will bo Southern,
and tho small-souled Grants, and Sher
mans, and fraudulent tricksters like
Lincoln and Seward havo won for a
year only to loso Ibr all otcrpity. To
mo anuiropologist all theso things aro
plain, of course, for they belong to tho
nature and organic necessity of things,
It is a universal an inovitablo law that
all creatures, wliito men and negroes,
all animals, and indeed all vegetable
species, other things equal, will reach
their mot perfect development In tho
center of life whoro tho Crcntor placed
thorn. And though men ore vastly
modified by social conditions, and that.
Virginia, &c, based on tbo natural
distinction of species in contrast tn
women, still, the center of tbe to inner.
ate latitudes, as south of tho Potomac
as well as ol the Hhino, always will (on
it always has), continuo to furnish tho
grandest types of our kind, and will
govorn tho world.
,. - -
1 h0 ot'10r dnyi wl'n Detroit gro-
cer socllcd Sllfrar "s-h-n.ir.e-r " a l'nn,l
pointed out tho word, and remarked :
That word Isn't spoiled otiita riirhL"
"Hal I see," laughed the grocer. "One
wouiuiuinKl bad no education." And
,.. ' ; ,
"Oh I vo loved before," said a
Do-
!lroil woman to ber fourth husband, as
' J"?11 hsndful of hair from bib.
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uvnu, vw.um uu ui'jeciuu VO liailg 9ll
the week's washing. .
Tho Rcnova Ktrori appears with a
new, handsome and appropriate head
ing. UropresentstiSerailwayintorrsU
of iionova and the lumber Interests ot
the West Branch.
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