01 PRXNUNG S OF EVERY DEKIIIPTION Neatly and Promptly Executed, at the Advertiser Office, Lebanon, Pa.l Tina establishment is now supplied with an extensive easortment of JOll TYPII., which will he increased or the patronage demands. it can now turn out VItINTIN.I, of .'every description, in a pint mud I.xpeditins inanner— .lll4 on very reasonable toms: Such Ito Pamphlets, Checks, Business Cards, Handbills, Circulars, Labels, Bill Headings, Blanks, Programmes, Bills of Fare, Invitations, Tickets, &c., &o. The friends of the establishment. and the pnblic genre `ally are respectfully solicited to send in their orders. igirIIANDDILLS Printed at an lames milieu. 4•sl"Dturis of all kinds. Common Alla. ‘ Fichool, Justices', Constables' and other lit Attics, printed Correctly and neatly on the best paper, constantly kept for ode at this unite, at prices "to suit the times," N*Subiterlption prier of Dso LEBANON ADVERTISER, Ono Dollar and a Unif it Your. Address, W3l. M. lIIINSIAN, Lebanon, Pn. MIIBIIC A CCORDEONS, Flutenas, Flutes. Fifes. 'Artlgia itanjoA, Temborinoas, 'Violin and String ,'&a. Strin'ke. Tory" clump, for WO at, ItHITZENSTKIN i 1:Itcl. The Groreries A T tim Centro Buildings of & you ilk. lied vary clump. and a full assortment. „J.olmnon, Oct. 21.1 w. Hard Times Overetnike, 41 11 lIRSE aro Ow days in which we want our inilUey to last as long WI possible. And the only stay to do so is to go to SWARTZ k Into .I.l.htly your Winter 'flood% {Noy. 25,184. . SECOND ARRIVAL; s d rkv FALL and WINTER coops, which will be Fold 1,1 cheap fur c.roh at SWARTZ h BRO. lkannn, Nor. 25, 1857. Irish Whiskey. w a , TIQUItt . IONTIIBI.(F,Y and N. :It RUM of n 3 ;..., \ lN,Uperlnr ptyl o y,: and fur Rohr nt 'S. Wirt-and ,Lifmor More. ebnuon, Doc . 3 0, 1 057 ; . Presents fin• th e li~Yiils. T UST received a now supply of Watches, Jewelry, and 0 other Valley Article , euttnbtc forehristinas Presents, and for sale at low prices to salt the times, by Mo. In, ISM. ItIiITZENSTEIN Ic Illto. 1 • . .Ii ' l l ul ir o 1 001 1 : li l t n ' il l e i s l i 3 i T r tang i l ruiv 1 1 "Yed. w s l it e t h t o m n u mj! L - F c amen awl those contemplating innrrlagc."! AMlcers. enclnslng lime wiling's, Eli. U. W. AD ,DISCQIIIIO4.BrookIyn, N. Y. Dec.lo, '57.-61n. -For Cheap Cloth ) Cassinter , *C . I ATINETZ And an kind of Woolen flood. tail at the 17:, Centro Building of nAnnit BRO`S, Where you will Mot orPry variety of Goods for Gentlemen t Boys' hoar, in kind tut the season and to price to suit tho times. Lebanon, Oct 21, Mi. Revolvers. COLT'S dllett's and other Revolvers, single and double barrel Plaids, Sue Nelcet Knives,. Port Monales, Purses In great variety and sohd at the lowest figure at, lIIIITZENSTSTII k DUO'S. Cheap Jewelry and Fancy Store. Ike. 10, 1867 Feed—Feed Pl. ItSONS In wont of Feed for CUIVH - or-Plgs, can ob -toin It dolly at the Brewery of the subscriber, In nuouberlauit street, West of Plank Road. Price, from 1234 to 25 coots a bushel, Me. 9,1857.-1 m Fancy Dress Goods. AT RABIIR & 1111.0'S tiblNti you will find a splontild assortment of ail kinds of Fancy Clouds— Shawls, Capes, Seirfs. Collodi, and in short, every variety 'of (tootle for a complete Vireos—very cheap. All kinds of thematic Goode---3l Hanna aro very Cheap— 'Chock. Ticking. Slicettng, Blankets,&c., &c. tarn- 1 . 11.11.118 'call and ace for yourselves, Lebanon, 0ct.21, '57. !Henry figrianaiils BrelVery AND LAGER BEER SALOON, TN Cumberland Street, west of the Plank Bowl, Luba nun,, Schweitzer and Limburger Cheese, Holland Herring, wholeitelo and Hotta A large room in the 'second story It free fur meetings, societies, 'Lebanon, D e c. 9,1857. heady-nude Clothing! '0 Cell AS OVERCOATS, Sack Canto, Frock Coats, Pants a I,J and Yene. nll colors and all prices, Just received and :offered at such prices no 'have already Induced many to purchase. We defy competition on Ready-made ClutLing. For cheap Coats, Pants and Vests. all at HENRY S'PINE'S Sortie. Lebanon, October 'LS, 18bi. Call and Sec! 4- I AIII4ITS t Carpet.; Oil Clothe! Oil Clutlis I Baskets! Ilaskets I Carpet Chain! Carpet Chain l lied Feathers! lied Fonthera! Corn iiioo/11dI Corn Ihroonml nand Poxes: Mai n variety td' tither (heels, received anti daily receiving by Reward gxprois, ishich Will 6c .old cheap by I.abanun, Oct IN,Vd. II nItY & STINE. For Sale. 36,00 G onnArßeß.Z.`'„r,TA,l'ri',', B ..:; ; -vh;VAi'Qn„ni,'iluerls;ntt E 1.1.14.11, it t,. \ 1111131 A AN, ItolllllltT W. COLEMAN, JOH N IJI,IIICII. Adtkiin'rs of tho Estate of Jacob 13. Weidman, Dee. 2,1857. New Barber Shop. C 4 DODGE W. DALY, lkisnitcv STREET, opposite the Lob \ anon Bank, would respectfully Inform the atithenh of Lebanon and vicinity. that he still continues Ids firstolass Shaving 4.• Hair Dressinu 6 Saloon , is proptrud to du business In the neatest and boat style, and would eoltelt all to give bho a trial. LabanOn, Oct. 21,18 M. BIAMOVAL. S Li DAlti RISS. luts removed his 11AT E CAP &TORN, to hie New Brick Building, (epposito hie late stand,) n Onnberland Street, midway between Market stmt., and the COUrt House. He extends a cordial Imitation to all his friends, and the public, to give him a call in his . new lnt:ntion, Ile has just opened his NEW GOODS, bought in anticipation of his Removal and the Christmas ;holidays. Lebanon, Dee. 30, 1857. , Bargains I Bargains rr HI: undersigned having purchased at Sheriff': sok, 1. the entire stuck of CIS/THING of L. B. Oppenheim er, now offer fur sale, at their store, out, dour south of Henry is Stlim's store, in Market street, in tho borough of Labium, nil kinciflof Ready , nuale Rai, Winter, and ffitia tner Clothinp. Their assortment Is extensive, and of the finest and beet materiel, and well made, And us they ore sextette to sell out speedily. they nru prepared to sell at LOW DAM. All in want of Clothing will do well to give them a call before purchasing elsewhere. JACOB lIKOHT, BROS. A CO. Lebanon, November 11, Its7.—tf. A GREAT. PANIC AND GOODS 'SELLING WONDERFULLY • 11C311E - 31EME:_eft_31E , "' Tilt pndarsigned are now opening a very large assort miint. Of FA and WINTER. (MODS, among - widen see . Cansimeron, Venting. Iteadymiado and all kinds Mon's and Boys wear. ALS% 'MI kinds of Lioods [or Ladles' wear, such no black and limey Delaines, French Merino, Coberg and plaid 'Goods, Sh awls °fail descriptions,Bonnet Trimmings, Sr Ames n large stock e(GltOCkl Ji tIES QUEENSWARE. SW" Cott at' the Bee Rise. gip. 'Lebanon; 0ct.7,'57. (I FORD} k SffEId i ENBERG R. The Clothing Store A' Tail oring Establishment of It&BEit& kill.ol you will now find In their New Build ,log, a few doors East of their former plaee, on the 2d tory,whero you can find all kinds of CLOTIIINO—Coats, lOyer4Conts, Flacks, Hound Jackets, Pants, Vests; boys iltdMitg, all very cheap. You can dress yourself from top eq.ble ist.pileh low prices as will suit the times. orders for TAILOKENO will be promptly (a top ed to. 110 - All kinds of naintry Produce taken in ehange for Clothing and Waring. [hebanon, Oct xc . 21, $10;000 Worth Store Ooods AT VERY LOW PRICES I TIRE UNDERSIGNED, having purchueed at Sheriff'e Sale, the large and complete assortment of STORE * GOODS of SHIRK & TICE, at a very low price, and being `desirous to close up the concern at an early day, will rem tail the stock at lower prices than Goods have over been - sold In Lebanon, and mob cheaper that the tame kind of 'Goode can he bought at Wholesale In the cities. The orig inal cost of the 00005 wee $12,000, and the stock it large, 'complete and wellioisorted. Wk. Such an opportunity to cadent CHEAP GOODS Is rarely offered. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES and QUEENS , "mtlyx In great qunntittes. 'Cline of all nollvnt Banks taken in exchange for Goan?. ballet', Oct. 7,'67. ABRAHAM SHIRK. Prices Reduced To suit' the Time:. rIONSLDERINO the present aspect of the time% we J have adopted the following resolutione: 'RiaoLVAD, that we will cell all kinds of Clothing at 1/0- V . .. 7 reduced prices, no as to give everybody a chance to buy what he wants for the winter. Raemien, to sell all kinds of Furnlehing Goode Erlich tee tllidergarmente,. Books, Shirt!, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, La go. cheaper than the theapeet. .g aso z ionto , give evor ytimq , the Worth '4 their money In whatever they Welt td hey in the line of Iteuelpintuie Clothing. ReaoLvan, to inthrn our thankg to the people of Letet, hen county, far the liberal patronage heretoferobeete*ed November ItEI[TZE NSTEIN & 11110. November 18, 1857. Notice to Creditors. ALL VERRONE! Indebted to the firm of SraltiC & TICE, or to SAMUEL IL SMIRK, by Note, Book Account, er othertvbie,ain eetpipitted to make early payment MAIMS R.BOOOIITCR,EirvAt rdeOffles, lit LO4IIIOEI, and StiTOCOSie. LEVI KLINA" AMOS R. JIDITOLITBR, Attorneys for `Creditors:: Lebanon, Oct. 7, '57 CALL and examine tho now, stock of Atkins dt A.) MoAlan. Come soon and purchase your %tots,' Oboes,. tic., at Atkins et, Moltdam'si VOL. 9---NO. 2%). LANDRE THS' gricultural ll'are-house, Nos. 21,k 23 South Stith Street, near the State House, PIII LADELFII I A. T EN FLOORS of this spaliMlS erected express " ly for the Proprietors' trade. are stored with Seeds and Itnpletne l ikLi'arintereet to Farmers and Gardeners. Sixty rears Establisbed.—The subscribers ,(,-sire to call the attention of every ono interested hi Farmingaud Car dening. to their well-selected stock of .Allsicititetrai implements am/ IThebinery, Great VarieSq of Horticultural Tools, Warranted Garden and Flower Seeds, Grass and Raid Seats of Menton reliable quality. - The Agricultural Imptemplits sold ; twits are mostly manufactured at our Steam Weeks, ftristel. . • linNinK fitted up this establishment without regitrd to xPelPov'flth, the most complete machinery, for tho man ,qtaqfure 'of vaTions kinds of Agricultural Implements, we aru i tte r propand it 9 supply all articles in this line fully tr" ,. /r itaFl4inirtor, any thiug of the kind ever effac e to the italic. Landrath's Mirranird Garden Seeds, Ulm been before the public for upwards of sixty years their wide-spread popubsrity, and the Constantly lamas. log demand from year to year, is the best &Waco of their superiority over all others. Country merchants can be Silpplipil with seeds In pa pers, or balk, on the most liberal farms, Bloonisdale, near Briatel. l'a., our ilarden Stied grounds, contains three hundred and seventy acres. and Is tho lar gest establishment of its kind in the world. P. LA N OREM. k SON. 0ct.7,'57-3m. N 114.21 k 23 South Sixth Street, Philiels IV YOU want to EDT VBESENTS for Ow Holidays, call at WALTZ & ROEDEL'S BOOKSTORE. HOWARD ASSOCIATION :„. rimaoiN.rtx: Important Announcement ! 110 all persons aftheted with Sexual Diseases, suet: as Spermatorthrea, Semi nal Weakness, Impotence,tionor. rhino, G the ice of Onanism,or Self-AbuseAc. The How a rd Association, in view of the awful destruc tion of human life, caused by Sexual diseases, and the de .ceptions practised upon the unfortunate victims of such dletttsca by Quiets, have directed their consulting Sur geolyts a Charitable Act worthy of their name, to give illettecal Advice Gratis, to all persons thus afflicted, who apply t letter, with a description of their condition, (age, occupation, habits of life, Ac.,) and in all cases of extreme poverty and suffering, to farnish Medicines free Vahan's. The Howard asswiation is a benevolent Institution, es tablished by special endowment, for the relief of the sick and distressed, afflicted with "Virulent and Epidemic Dis eases." It has now a surplus of means, which the Direc tors hare voted to expend in advertising the above notice. It is needless to add that the Association commands the highest Medieal still df the iige, and will furnish the most approved modern trehNinr. ...Published, IT die ASsoCtoYfil, 3toort on Spar matorriam or Seminal Weaknesb, ut Wee of Onanism, Masturbation or Self-Abuse, and other'peases of the Sex- UM Organs, by the consulting Surgeon, which will be sent by mail. (in a sealed envelope,) free of charge, on the re edpt of two stamps for postage. Address, Dr. GEI). 11. CALIRAIN, Consultulg Surgeon, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth Street, Philadel phia, Pa. fly order of the Directors, =HA D. lIKARTIVIILL, Praia. _ a SO. FAMCIIILD, &Cry. • [Oct.T, CALL and exantinc WALTZ & 11.0EDEL'S stock of Holiday Books More purchasing elsowlicro. ITMTRY TIARTMAN ONE of the largest and best literary papers of the day. An imperial quarto, containing eight pages, or for ty columns of choice rending matter each week. TERMS OF sunscim"rioN Two tiOLLARS A YEAIt. And u Gift will be presented to each i3Vbseriber Myrtle diately on the receipt of the sullserlptlon money. Each subscriber will he entitled to a gift worth from $1 to $.500,00 in (told. TO CLUBS. 3 Copies for I year,OA . 10 " 1 . •' 15,00 HEAD THE LIST OF GIFTS. I Package containing $5OO, in Gold. 1U Gold Patent Laver English Hunting Cased Watches $lOO Each. 15 ;' .11 • CC al 75 ... 25 " With \rotates, ' • 60 Ii 100 '. ft ' is 50 li 300 Ladies " o o 8 5 o 11)0 Silver Hunting Cased Wiitdit es 26 " 200 . Watches . .10" to 20 .4 500 Cold Vest and Guard and Fab Chains 10. to 30 7 . 5000 Gobi Lockets 2 tar° .. Cold Rings—Ear Brops—Broaches Breast Pins.---Stads—Cuff Pink Hueco Buttons. &e.. ke., , Ito 15 Each. Immediately on receipt of the subscription money, the subscriber's mime will be entered upon our subscription book, opposite a number, and the gift corresponding with that number, will he forwarded to his or her address by mail or entipig, pest paid.it,„, , _ Afadiess BECKET' `it'CO3IO.NY, Publishers, 4S and 40 Moffitt's Buildings, New York. Specimen Coniea sent free. tike,, tints of all the )3ankv taken that pass current in the States from whence they are sent. Postage stamps are also received. Dec. 16, 1317.—5 t. An6nl:l4,le4sir"SAMll.4 place fr t t l o i e tda) handsomee. Heinthld's Genuine Preparation OP Highly Concentrated Compound Fluid Extract Buchu. For diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys. Gravel, Dropsy, Weaknesses, Obstructions. Secret diseases. Fe male Complaints, and all diseases of the Sexual Organs, Arising from Excesses and Imprudenries in life. and re moving all improper Discharges from the Bladder, Kid neys, Or Sexual Organs, whether ex i s ti ng i n Mole or Female, From whatever cause they may have originated, And no Matter of Row Long Standing, Giving Health .and Vigor to the Frame, and Bloom to the Pallid CLeek. Joy to the Allikted!! It cures Nervous and Debilitated Sufferers. and remortb all the symptoms, among which will he found Indisposition • to Exertion, Loss of Power, Loss of Memory, Difficulty of Breathing, Hen - eral Weak ners, timer of Dis ease, Weak Nerves, Trembling, Dread ful ilorrorof Death, Night Sweats, Cold Feet., Wakefulness, Dimness r.f Vision, Languor, Univer sal Lassitude of the Muscular System, often Enormous Appetite, with Dyspeptic symptoms, liot Hands, Flushness of the Body, Dryness of the skin, PAM Countenance and Eruptions on the Rice, Pain In the Back.'-!tiff` „ ',BUM .of On Bytilids, Fre onently Bloat Spots Flying beford. • ' the Eyes.. w ith' Temporary suffusion and Lots of sight', %Taist •or ntßestlessness, with tirthir notftesueileotoi.l lr ro t thi A n lo g b i lty, s li more desirable to such Pa -Heins then solitude, and Nothing they more DreasH for Fear of Themselves no Re. . pose „ of manner, no earnestness, nu elioculatlon, but a hurried transition from one quest-Mott:ram other, These symptoms if ullowed to go on—which this med icine invariably removes—suon follows Loss of Power, leituity, and DPILXPTIC FlTS—ln one of which the pa tient may egpire. ll'ho can say that thcsu excesses are not frequently folloWed qy those direful diseuses—lN SAN,lTY AND CONSUMPTION ? The records of ilte -In sane ASyl ulna, and the melancholy deaths by Consoni4l - bear ample witoege to the truth of these assertions. in Lunatic Asylums the moat melancholy exhildtion ap pears. Thu Countenance is actually sodden and quite destltute—neither Mirtliirt Her ever visits it ; should a sound of the voice occur & it is - rarely articulate. • , •wirh woeful measures wan despair Low sullen soundS his grief beguiled." Debility is most terrible.? and has brought thousands upon thousand to untimely graves, thushiasting the am bition of many nohieyouths. • It can he cured by the u se of this INFALLIBLE RENEDY ! If you are suffering with ..ny of the above distressibg ailments, the MUD EXTRACT BCCIIU will cure you. Try it and be convinced of Its eireacy. lleWare of Quack Nostrums and Quack Doctors, who falsely beast of abilities and references. Citizens know Bud avoid them, and save long suffering, honey, and Exposure, by sending or culling for a bottle of this Popular and specific Remedy. It allays all pain and inflammation, is perfectly pleas. ant in its taste and mini., hut immediate in its action. lieltthola's Extract Buchu is prepared directiy according to the Itulee of Pharmacy and Chemistry, with the greateet accuracy and Chemical knowledge and care devoted in its combination. See Professor Dewees' Valuable Works on the practice of Physic, and most of the late standard Works of Medicine. Misi_ll_6PlED. One hundred dollars will be paid teeny Physician who can prove that the medicine ever injured a patient; and the testlinony of thousands can. t)t ptelluderl to prove that It does great good. Cases of ff6lll Ohl.) Wbblt ba thir. teen yilars standing have been effected. Thu niece of Voluntary Testimony in possession of the Proprietor, vouching its virtues and curative powers, Is immense, embracing names well known to SCIENCE AND FAME. 100,000 Bottles Have Been Sold and not a Angle Instance of a failure be been reported I Personally appeared before .rne, an A itterituth of the City of Philadelphia, If. T. 1011.31110LD, Cheniist, who being duly sworn does say, that his preparatiMl 'contains no Narvotle, Mercury, or injurious Drug, but are purely Vegetable. I. T. 1-1001 BOLD, vole manufacturer. !Sworn and sbbeuxibed before me this 28c1 day of Novem her, 1864. WM. P. lIIIIDARD, Alderman. Price $1 per Bottle, or six for $5, De litered to any Address, • kiednipabled by NH able alldrtomonsible Certificates fidm 1 rofessors of bleileal Collega,tiergymen and °there. l'esperethind Sold by 11. T. trEmii BOLD, Practical and Analytical Chemist. No. 52 South Tent* St. below Chestnut, Assembly Buildings, Pkita. 11E1,. To be had of Dr. George Ross, D. S. Mbar, and or all Druggists and Dealers throughout the 'United States, Canadas and British Provinces. BEWARE OF COUNTERPEM Ask for Helmbold's—take no other. Cures Guaranteed. s.e., 1&67.-ly. - ) • C b trill cr. VIRTUE L IliEßTr",":7ir-W4Frkiaiit:TENcr. The Golden Prize. The New York Mastroled Weekly Golden Prize, LEBANON, Pk, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1858% Well, Peter.where have you been? J ill', I hnve been nt the STOVE STORE of JAMES " N. ROGERS. and bought one of his superior COOK% ING STOVES, ne he has just returned front the city and brought one of the 'largest assortments of • STOVES ever brought to Lebanon. Aly neighbor got one from him, and it is the best Cook ing Stove I ever saw. They can Hake, Roast, Cook and Trash at the same Mao, if goy wish to, nod it does eve rything to perfection; I was determined lo get one of the saute sort, and the best of all is ho wititants every COOKING STOVE he sell." to do as he represent. 4. , , , A few more of the mune sort left, with a general as krtmont of • .arlor, all, or twig Room Stoves, which be sold cheap, with a full assortment of TIN and SHEET lIION WARE, generally connected with his business. .41ILV- All work entrusted to him will be done with neatness and dispatch lA:Limon, Sept. 23,'57 REMOVAL. Lebanoia Marble Yard. THE subscriber respectfully Informs the public in general that he is prepared to do all kinds of Rawer ASI) ORNAM . ENTAL work nt his Marble Yard, in Walnut street, half way between the Court House and Lebanon Valley Railroad Depot, aL the shortest notice, as good ns work done in any city iu the United States, and being tbe only Stone Cutter in Lebanon county who hits served a regular apprenticeship to the business, he pledges liiinself that he can =lnure°. tore cheaper; and, gire a better finish than any other man engaged in thusame business.. MD stock consistent illobuinents; rave Stoves. Muter% Cemetery Posts; Furniture Slabs, &e. SANDSTONS of the pestgyaltfy Yfir ftill uses, plain and ornamental. A larg=o lis'sortment of LIME .s.ToNE: for all kinds of housework, of any size and Oh :nifty. 4.4Wlease call and examine prices and the stock before you purchase elsewhere. JOHN FARRELL. Lebanon. DeZetnber 19,15:1... N. 8.—A.1.7171M INO done ln ae , ftWitnlo:l , l 'fs'y the best Ofiefteal workmet. . Of all diseases, Oie ;feat, first Wain, Springs from ne4eet of Nature's laws SUFFER NOT! IVIIEN A CURE IS GUARANTEED IN ALL STAGES OF - SECRET DISEASES • 5 Self-abuse. Nervous Debility, Strictures, Olcete, Grav el, Diabetes, Diseases of the Kidneys and Bladder, Mercurial Rheumatism, Scrofula, rains in the Bones and Ankles, diseases of the Lungs, Throat, Nose and Eyes, Ulcers upon the Body or Limbs, Cancers, Dropsy, Epileptic Fits, StSitus' Dance, and all Dis eases arising from a derangement of the Sexual Or gans, such as Nervous Trembling, Loss of Memory, Loss of Power, General Weakness, Dimness of Vision with pethiliarittiots appearing before- tile, eyes. pos,s of Sight, Wakefulness, Dyspepsia, river Disiiiiite.graptloYis upon the Face, Pain in the Back and Head, Female Ir regularities and all improper discharges from both sexes. It matters not from what cause the disease originated, however long standing or obstinate the case, iiscovcar is Ci:RTAIN. and in a shorter time than a permanent cure ran be effected by any other treatment, even after the disease has battled the skill of eminent physicians and re sisted all their means ofeure. The medicines are pleas ant without odor, canting no sickness and free from Mercury or balsain. During twenty years of practice. I have rescued from the Jaws of Death many thousands, who, in the last stages of the above-mentioned diseases, had been given up to die by their physicians, which war rants me in promising to the afflicted, who may place themselvee under my cars. a perfect end most speedy cure. Secret Diseases are the greatest enemies to health, as they are the Arst cause of Consumption, Scrofula and ninny other diseases, and should he a terror to the hu man family. As a permanent cure is scarcely ever ef fected; a majority of the cases &Ding into the hands of incompetent persons, who not only fail to cure the die-, eases but ruin the constitution, tilling the system with mercury, which, with the disease, hastens the sufferer into-a rapid Consumption. But should the disease and the treatment not rause death speedily and the victim marries, the disease is en tailed upon the children, who are born with feeble Con stitutions, and the current of life corrupted by a virus which betrays itself in Scrofula, Tetter, Ulcers, Erup tions and other affections of the Skin, Eyes, Throat and Lungs. entailing upon them a brief existence of suffer ing and consigning them to an early grave. SELF ..4.I3USE is another formidable enemy to health, for nothing else in the dread catalogue of humanAistia sea causes so destructive a draiu upon the system, draw ing its thousands of victims through a few yearn of suf fering down ;to en untimely give,. Ittreys the . Nor vOns System, rapidly wastes away theonergfes 'Of life, causes mental derangement, prevents the proper devel opment of the system, disqualifies for marrirge, - society, business, and all earthly happiness, and leaves the suf ferer wrecked in body or mind, predisposed to Consump tion and a train of evils more to be dreaded than death itself. With the fullest confidence I assure the unfortu nate victims of Self Abuse that a permanent and speedy eitre can be effected, and with the abandonment of ruin cue practices my patients can be restored to robust, vig orous health. The afflicted are cautioned against the use of Patient Medicines, far there are so many ingenious snares in the columns of [hepatic prints to catch and rob the unwary sufferers, that millions have their constitutions ruined by the vile compounds of quack doctors, or the equally poisonous nostrums vended as ~P atent Medicines." I have carefully analyzed many of the so-called Patent Medicines. and find that nearly all of them contain Cor rosive Sublimate, which is one of the strongest prepara tions of mercury and a deadly poison, which, instead of curing the disease, disables the system for life. Three-fourths of the patent nostrums now in use are put up by unprincipled and ignorant persons who do net understand even the alphabet of the MATERIA MEDICA, and are equally as destitute of any knowledge of the hu man system, haring one object only in view, and that to make money regardless of consequences. irregularities and all diseases of males and females treated on principles established by twenty years of, practiet. Afid sanctioned by thousands of the most re ittarkalda cures. Medicines with full directions sent to Any part of the United States or Canadas, by patients communicating their symptoms by letter. Business cor- Paspondence strictly confidential. Address J. SLIMZ4IERVILLE, M. IL, Om' vo N 0.1131 Filbert St., [Old No. BOA below twelfth, PLIILADELPUIA July 8, 1857,-March 18, 1887. -vir.eurz h HOEDEL lu3ve just roceleed a large as y aortu3out of NKW BOOKS. Dr: Riorse'slndiaa><Root Pills - 11 it. MORSE, the inventor of Morse's INDIAN ROOT Pius has spent the greater part of his life la traveling, having visited Europe, Asia, arid Africa, as welt as North America—has spent three years among the Indians of our Western country—it was in this way that the Indian Root Pills were' first discovered. Dr. Morse was, the first man to establish the fact that all diseases arise from Impurity of the Blood—that our strength, health and life depended upon the vital fluid. When the various passages become clogged, and do not act in perfect harmony with the different functions of the body, the Mite al loses its action, becomes thick, corrupted and diseased; thus reusing all resins, sickness rind distress of every name; our strength is exhausted, our health wo are deprived of, and if nature is not assisted in throwing off the stagnaut humors, the blood will heroine choked and cease to net, and thus our light of life frill colorer ,be blown out. How important then thatwe should keep the, various passages of the body freo and open. And how pleasant tons that we have it in our power to put A med icine in your reach, namely, Morse's Indian Root Pills, manufactured from plants and roots which grow around till nrountainells cliffs In Nature's garden, for the health and reeevery .of dieeased man. Oue of the roots from which these Pills are made is a Sudorifie, which opens the pores of the skin, and assists nature in throwing out the finer parts of the corruption within. The record la a plant which is an Expetalrant, that opens and unclogs the passage to the lungs, and dins ' in a soothing manner, . pbrforms its duty by throwing off pflegm, and other hu mors from the lungs by copious spitting. The third is a Diuretic, which gives ease and double strength to the kid neys; thus encouraged, they draw large amounts cif iht purity from the blood, which is then thrown out bounti fully by the urinary or water passage, and which could not have been discharged in anyother way. The fourth it a Cathartic, and accompanies the ether properties of the Pills while engaged in purifying the blood; the coar ser particles of impurity which cannot pose by the other outlets, are thus taken tip and conveyedoff in great quan tified by the bowels. From the above, it is shewn that Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills not only enter the stomach, but become uni ted with the blood, for they find way to every part, and contpletely rout out and cleanse the system from all im purities, and the life of the body, which is the blond, be. • perfectly healthy,: consequently all sickness and pain is driven from the system, for they cannot remain when the body becomes so pure and clear. The reason why people are so distressed when sick, and why so many die, Is because they do not get It medicine which will pass to the afflicted Arts, and which will open the natural passages for the disease to be cast out; hence, a lergelitantity of food and other matter is lodged, and the etentacteand intestines are literally overflowing with the eorruPtilig maw.; thee uudeigoing disagreeabledier mentatieti, constantly mixing with the blood, *Etch throws the corrupted matter through every vein and arte-. ry, until life is taken from the body by disease. Dr.! Morse's PILLS have added td themselves 'victory upon, victory, by restoring millions of the sick to blooming health and happiness. Yes, thousands who hitve been racked or . tormented with sickness, pain and anguish, and whose feeble frames have been scorched by the burn ing elements Of raging fever, and who bare beenbronght OA it were, Within a step 'of the silent grave, now stand ready to testily, that they Would have been numbered with the dead, hittl it not been-ler this great and wonder ful medicine, Morse's - Indian Rent Pills. After one or two rinses had been taken, they were absolutely astonished, in witnessing their charming effects. Not only do they give immediate ease and strength, and take away all side . . hem. pain and anguish, but they at once go to work at the foundation of the disease, which is the blood. There for• e, it will ,Ire ehnlkri, especially by those who use these RIRR, thin. RSV Will so cleanse and purify, that disease-- that deadly eheihy--will take its flight, and the flush Of youth and treaty will again return, and the prospect of a long and lumpy life will cheetah and brightett your days. Cmertes - ..-Ifeware of a counterfeit signed A. B. Moor.: All gettuilid tave the name of A. J. Wenn .0 Co. on with box: Alee, the signature of A. P. White & Co. All ethers are seuiltibri. A. J. WHITE & CO., Sole a _Proptintors, 50 'Leonard Stiontr Noki York. Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills are wind by all dealers in .ditirles. Agents' wanted in eVoyy, toner, village and hantlet in the thud. Parties desiring the agency will ad dicks as abOve for terms. Price 25 teat per pox, five boXes trillbe sent on receipt of sl,okitege paid: -Dem 10, 185T,1r. A certein English gentleman, who was a regu lar frequenter of the green room of Drury Lane Theatre in the trays of` Lord Byron's emilmitte, and who always eteed'quitqy on the hearth rug there, wiA hack to the fire, was in his usual place one Wight whew a narrativeNas 'related by . . another gentleman.newly returned from the Con fluent, of a barrier-duel that had taken place in Paris. A young Englishman—a more boy—had been despoiled in gaming house in the Pala's. Royal, had charged a gaming Eoutit with cheat ing him, had gone out with Count, lied wasted his fire, and had . been slain by:the Count under the frightful circumstance's of th; Count's walking up to him,layinghishandonhishead,snying : "You are u brave fellow; ltuve you a mother'?" and o'n his replying in the,itfirmative, remarking. coolly: "I am sorry for her;; ; , and blowing out his victim's brains. The gentiviark on the hearth-rug paus ed in taking a piii4Of snuff 'to yea this st&y, and obs,crvedwioWitt ant afraid, I mild kill that &iota. A few nights elapsed, during which the green room hearth-rug was with out him, then ho reappeared precisely as before, and only ineidently mentioned in the courie of the evonirg : "Gentlemen--I killed that rasci&" Ile had gone over to Paris on purpose, had track ed the Count to the same gaming house, had thrown a glass of wino in his fate - in the presence of all the l cOi4any assembled there, bad told him ho had come. to 'avenge his young 'C'etnpairiot— and had done it by putting the Count out of the world, and coming back to - the imart6rug as if nothing had happened. JAMES N. ItOGNRS NICELY Dora.—At e. er In n eating-house a day or two since, a very lean, cadaverous looking mortal was so allured by the inviting appearance of a ten-pound turkey, all done up in "fixings." that he unoonsciously uttered: the ejaculation that he could eat it op in ten minutes. "What'll you bet you eau)" askWd 'it snob, standing at the door. The "lean and hunii - Y-looking YlaiSAs . '' immedi ately responded, "Will you pay for it?" "Yes." "Well, then, I'll bet a drink. "It's a bet," said snob. The lean man immediately set to. The choicest parts of the fat and savory monster were consumed with a most enviable relish, but upon the expiration of the ten minutes he found himself stuffed up to the brim, and the turkey not a third demolished. Rising very eooly, he acknowledged that he could'nt go it, and quite as cooly forked over twelve 'AA 'a half Vents for two 1044 tod dies—lost. Snob looked black upon being done up inn decidedly cheap package, paid down two and a halfdollars for the turkey, and lefthis friend enjoying digestion and a prime smoke by the stove considerably the better for a first rate dinner for nine pence.—Pittsburg Dispatch. A Cocaxer Warren's PALSCli.—Albert Smith is a clever Viiiter, but a close imitator of Dickens. Dis pen yielded him an indifferent income; but a few years ago he made an ascent of Mount Blanc, and went home to London and put ad account of it in such a shape, in the form of lectures, as to please the cooltneys, and the result was a fortune. At Pathan, near London, this fortunate Smith has bought two or three acres of land, dear enough in that.place, and.haamear,ly-eompleted. the erection of a strange-looking villa, in which every known order of architecture:is set at defiance, and a new composite style, which may be called cotufoitable set up instead. This mansion is to be not only snug, but magnMeut, in parts. There is a ball room of great magnitude din ing-room of ample dimensions; a library adapted for ten thousand volumes ; and a barrack-loom, to nacommodate from fifty to one hundred bachelor guest. at a pinch. Since the erection of Abbotsford, never has any man of letters gone so largely into brick and morter as Albert JUDVIEN SHOULD :NOT BLOW THEIR N 0514.9.- The following story is told of the celebrated Ser gent Wilkins of the English bar: On ono occa sion he was Counsel for a poor girl who had been charged with robbing her master. It happened that just before Wilkins rose to address the jury, one of the latter had been bloiVibi his nose so powerfully, as to produce a red and watery ap pearance about his eyes. The ineiden t was turned adroitly to account by the learned advocate, who exclaimed, "I preceivo one of the jury has been weeping," and following up the words in a tonb of sympathy for the accused, he so worked upon the feelings of the jury, that veritable tears at last did respond to his appeal) and the contagion quickly spread through the court. The conse quence was the acquittal of the prisoner, (guilty or not,) who never imagined before that sho had been so iviilnged. • About one year ago, in St, Louis, a Ger man girl, five years of age, mysteriously disap beared from its parents, and all efforts for its re covery were rain. A few days ago, the mother of the lost one noticed, while passibg through the street, a finely dressed child playing with a num ber of others, and almost immediately recognised her as her own. She took her home and learned that she had been taken away in a carriage to a family in the country, who had kept her and treated her kindly. The itiolmiht of her recov ery she had been brought to.the city in a carriage, in - which she was left while the lady, who accord peeled her, went to visit a store. She left the carriage to play With some children, at the time her mother fortunately passed. The affair has a curious air of. romance,- but the St. Lotis papers vouch for its actual occurrence. IrEm.---Vetv Sitecies Steiod /it/ff.—The proprietor of the Columbia Hotel was made the-victim of a sharp tack en Chiittnlas.— It appears. that being desirous of supplying his guests with a something superior in the poultry line, he purchased a turkey, the largest and heavi est to be found in the market, which was found to weigh some twenty-three pounds.. Upon prepar ing the fowl for the table a discovery was made of sundry pieces of lead, weighing over four pounds, which had been inserted in the inside, and the apertUre deliciously closed up. The lead had been cut into small pieces, of about an ounce each: As lend is seven cents cheaper thin the Pres ent price of turkeys, the "sharper" made some thing handsome, provided he sold a very large hit of leaden turkeys. "tm.. An old man, remarkable for his intftrity, wore the same hat so long that it became E pro verb with his neighbors. At last one day he was seen with a bcW baton. The next ntorning all the fences in the neighborhood bd the inscrip tion, "John Green has got a no* hitt !" A com passionate friend went to the old tnan and inform ed him of this ridicule, and eating to hare the inscription erased; ere ho Vimild make his appear ance in the streets ugaith "No," said the honest economist; "go Mid faith—and it is paid for :" OSit- One of our clergyman, on Sunday last, says the Portland Advertiser, preached a sermon of tinustial interest and ability, and, at the same time of ittitolliti length detaining his congregation for O. half int hour beyond the accustomed time. That the thelights of all his hearers were not fixed on heitittilY things duriug the last thirty minutes, may be interred from thertnittk of slimly listen:. er, as she tlassed out of the ettllith : "Well, I geese tse# tUrinay is spoilt b# this`thwei" gli,seittaunilo. A COOL AVENGER GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE To the Honorable the Senators and Members of tra goitre of Representatives of the General As- auTiamEN.--Eptite suffrage of your fellow citizens, you have been charged with the duty of representing tiled', and the iuteresfs id the Com monwealth,,fa theimgislative branch of the Gov: ernment. " The responsibilitiei - You have assumed and the duties to be performed-should ever be re garded as paramount to every selfish or - partizan consideration. The prosperity of the State and the general welfare of the people, should receive your earnest attention, and be the aim and end of your legislative action Tu promote those objects, I will cheerfully, in every legal and constitutional manner, during the cootintudiee of my official term, co-operate with you. The past year, with then:l-001)6Am of recant financial embarrassinellf, has been one of general prosperity... .1 - carNisigit wars—no fraternal strife. has distitrfied'tlWeaceful quiet of our homes.— Unwonted health, with its blessings, has been vouchsafed to us. Seed time and harvest have not failed—the earth bath yielded her increase, and richly rewarded the labor of the husbandman. The Arts and Sciences have been advanced, and the great interest of Education, Morality and Re ligion liberally encouraged and sustain 4. Our na don. in its unity- 77 , ifistitations in their InT‘grity, with .our rights, 3:iiiirju'tvileges:eiYil and religious,. have been preSerAd. , linthogifiting in these sings the goodness of Millie - 4y God, we .should render to Him the hoinage Of grateful hearts and the devotion of onrsiticere praise; and whilst hum. bly ackno&leaging his mercies to us as a people, let us still further express our gratitude to Him. by acts of individual charity and kindness to the poor and helpless in our midst. Sorrow now fills the hearts, and adversity darkens the homes of many of our citizens. Our liberality should be generous ; our benefactions munificent ; and thus whilst the wants of the poor and suffering are re lieved, the generous giver will find a rich reward in the pleasure that results from communicated good. The finances of the Commonwealth are Ma very satisfactory condition. During the past year ev ery demand upon the Treasury has been promptly paid, from the revenues derived from the ordinary sources. The operations of this Department will be presented to you, in detail, in the report of the State Treasurer. For the fiscal year ending November 3001, 1857, the receipts at the Treasury, including balance in the Treasury on the first day of Beceadier 1856 of one million two hundt'ed and forty fosr thou sand seven hundred and, itiuety:five and forty-two cents, (1,224,705 42) were five millions nine hundred and thirty -live thousand three hue dred and nighty three dollars and twenty six cents. ($5,935,283,28.) The aggro:gate expemlitures fur the same period, were five millions four hundred and seven thousand two hundred and seventy six dollars and seventy nine cents. ($.i,407,276 70. Balance in the Treasury December .1, 1857, five hundred and twenty eight thoueand one hundred and six dollars and forty-seven cents. ($528,102 47.) Excluding the balance in the Treasury on the first day of Dee: 1856, the reeeip's from all sources were four million six hundred, and ninety thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eightyelour cents .(24,600,587 84.) The or dinary expenditures forMe same period were three million nine hnndrod and ninety-two thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and twenty nine cents ($3,992,370 29;)exhiltitinein excess of receipts ovet expenditures of six hundred and ninety eight thousand two hundred and seven teen dollars and fifty-five cents, ($693,271 550_ The extraordinary payments for the year, were ono million four hundred and fourteen thousand - nine hundred and six dollars and fifty cents, (I, 414,906 50,) as follows to wit. To the completion of the Portage Railroad, forty-nine thousand six ty-one dollars and ninety-two cents, ($19,061 92) to the N. Branch extension, one hundred sr thirty eight thousand seven hundred ninety-eight dollars eighty-five eent5,(5139,798 85;) to relay the South Track of the Colnekbia R trread, ninety-onli thousand font hurfdreil add five dollars eqd forty six eentS. ($9R4b6 46;) to - ealare-.,e-the Dela Ware Division, six thousand two hundred and six ty-three dollars, ($46,263 00;) for motive power in 1356, eighty one thousrnd six Immleedand lout dollars and twenty four cents, (t81,a4 24;) for repair in 1855 and 1856, forty-nine thousand five hundred and sixty four dollars and seventy-eight cents, ($49,564 78;) for the redemption of loans eight hundred and twenty thousand atiii,ninety seven dollars and three cents, 0820,097 03:) dam ages on the Public Works, forty-six thousand fik-5 hundred and fifty two dollars and sixty-five cents ($46,552 65;) old claims on the Main Line adjust ed under the several ,Acts of Assembly forty-six thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollarsand fifty seven cents, ($46,548 57,)and for the new State Arsenal and Farmers High School, forty-five thousand dollars, (45,000 00.) The interest on the funded debt, due in Febru ary and August last, was then promptly paid, and that falling due in February next, will be paid out of available means no* in the Treasury. By virtue of the provisions of the Act of the 38 of October, 1857, entitled "An Act providing for the Resumption of Specie Payment, by the Banks, and for the Relief of Debtors," the State Treasur er will he enabled to pay the interest due in Feb ruary, in specie or its equivalent.' The credit of the CemMonlinalth has been ftilly and honorably suittainsll: The liroilltitness with Which eioem regilimate demand upon the Treasury has beeb :net has inspired public confidence in our seenri - - ties; ehd although recent and existing financial refirtilslan may embartass the operations of the Treakiiiy, and reduce to some extent. the revenue yet th 4 ability of the State to meet her engage ments and Innintain - her credit, under en honest and econoliateal administration of her finances, is undoubted. The honor and credit of the State must and can be preserved intact. The Commissioners of the. Sinking Fund, report the sum of four hundred and fourteen thousand nine hundred and twenty (toilers and twenty nine cents, (414,020,29) as now in the Treasuty to the credit of that' fund: This amount will he applied to the redemptiou of Relief Notes yet in circula tion, and to the payment of the funded debt of the Commonwealth. The Commiisioners of this fund, on the 7 7 th day of September last, reported to MU that the sum of ono million forty tau thousand eight hundred and fifty seven dollars and silly four rents, ($l,- 042,357,64) of the debt of the CoMmousrealth, was held by them, as Loans of 19th of April, 1853, over due, tom- • porary 000,000 00 Loans of ah of May, ISM, over duo, tempo= - rary, • 1.61,000 00 , Certificates of stock, loans:of April 11, 1848, 6 per cent., ' 64,501 00 Certificates of stock, Wens of various 'ditcs, 5 per cent., ' 016 o 4 Relief Notes cancelled and deaf 373,1316 *1 " " in Treasury, Pot aside for ranee- . I=l ECM As required by lawif directed the certificates and evidences of this indebtedness to be cancell ed; 'oh the - 19th of September, .1857, issued my proditithation declaring the payment. extin guishment; and final discharge, of one million for ty two thousand eight hundred and fifty seven dollars and sixty four cents (31,012,857,64) of the public debt. In addition to the aillontit retorted to be in the Treasury to nit credit of the sinking fund, and Applicable to the itayineut of the public debt, the Commissioners of the fetid now hold the sum of seven and one half millions of dollars ($7000,000 00) bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, pledged by hi* to - the payment of the funded debt Of tins torinbortinealth. • it the 4th section of the nth article of the Constitution, as amended and ratified by a mary of the qualified voters of the State at the general election held on the second Tuesday of Octeher. 1857, it is made the duty of the Legislature at its first session after the adoption of this amendment, to create a Sinking Fund,which shill be sufficient to pay the accruing interest on the present pub lic, debt and any additional debt thereafter Pdhsti tittionally contracted, and annifally to redueb the principal thereof by a shin not less than tee hun dred and fifty thousand dollars, ($250,000,00.) which "Sinking Fund shall consist of the net an nual income of public works from thee O time, owned by the State, or the proceeds of the'sfile of . the same, or any patt thereof, and of the interne or proceeds of the sale of stocks oWtted.by the State, together with other funds resources, that may be designated by law: 'the said Sinking Fiend may be increased front time to time by as signing to it any part of the taxes or other reve nues of the. State, not 'required for the ordinary and current expencea of govoinment, and, unless in case of war invasion or insurrection, no part of said Sinking Fund shall be used or applied othertrise than in extinguishment of the public debt; Until the amount of shell vitlbt is reducedlie loW the sum , of five minipill df Collars;' ($5,000,- 00.) This being the first session of, the fiegislature 'sines the adOptithi df thiti oniendnitittb, the duty WHOLE NO. 446. therein enjoined devolve:4 upon you, and should be promptly and faithfully discharged. . The funded and unfunded debt of thwState, in 'eluding temporary loans on the first day of De ember, 1456 - , as per Reports of Auditor General and State Treisnrer, was as follows, viz . 6 FT cent - loans, 5 4, Total funded debt, $32,855,975 50 UNFUSDED beet. Relief notes in circulation, - $'210,056 (K) Interest certificates on tatan,rg 24,691 Syr unclaimed, 4.448 SS Domestic creditors. • 1,164 00 Balance temporary lean, April • 19,1803, 400,000 (JO }lain= temporary loan, :limy 3;1854. 134,000 00 Total unfunded 'tibbt, -- 834,859 75 The funded and' unfunded debt, at the close of the last fiscal year,. December 7, 1857, was, as follows, viz: r 0:Imp Imam 0 per cent. locm, $ 415,180 Ott " L!,772,212 52 4 1 ,4" - " 388,200 00 "lOC,' .100 , 000 _OO Total•Atuded debt, - .` - 'l2,trolraen DEBT. it &let notes in circultoti4o, $140,121 015 eurtillstesAiptatatility,", 23,473 82 4,448 Dome#lle treditorm, 802 CO Total unfunded daft Total debt December 1, 1857, $:36,881,788 lY Total debt December 1,18513, • "5tn„7111,835 •.‘ 1.5.57, 39,181,738 22 Decieese during late fiscal year, $3110,097 US These statements exhibit the 'gratifying fact, that &ring the past fiscal year, the public; `ffebt has dean reduced eight hundred and twenty theft sand, ninety-seven defiers and fifty-five cents,— Durinli tile same period large appropriations Mid payinenti Were made on account of our public im proveinehts, for old and unsettled claims adjusted under the act of last session, and for other extra ordinit4 purposes. The anditioll of the Treasury prior to the sus pelishin Silecio payments by the Banks, justifi ed the &ppropriatiun of at least two hundred thou ssnd ' , tellers more in payment of the public debt. and . 4l4 . angernents were made by the . Treasurer, under the direction of the CeiuMiasioliers of the Sinking Fund, to liquidate that amount; but af ter the silSpeusfel' and the consequent financial embarraSsinent of the country, the - proposed pay molt, from prudential motives, was postponed.— Had this payment been made, in addition to the payments already reported, the statements and calculations sulmitted in my last annual Message in relation to the early payment and final extin guishment of the public debt, Would thus far llave been sustained by their actual verification. The causes that prevented their realization, it is be lieved, will soon cease to affect injuriously the revenues of the ComniOnwealth. Actuated by that indomitable energy that has ever character ized the American People—faltering fora moment, but not disheartened by the adverse eircumatan esis that surround us—roused to more vigorous action by disaster and defeat; our progress can not long be checked, nor Mir prosperity long be intert'upted. Confidencb;Cie sebsitive, yet power ful agency, that binds in dliltY itnd strength the great financial commercial iln iliditstrial inter ests of our country and the world, has been sud denly impaired, producing financial and commer cial distress, and affecting the, revenues of the Commonwealth; but with the advantages result ing from the rapid development sf our-resources during the last quarter of a century—the im mensely valuable increase of our agricultural, mining and Manufactering industry during the same Period—the abundant harvests of the past year—Lour completed improvements, and all the elements of matelial wealth in our midst, its res toration at an early is not problematical-- Returning confidante Will be the herald of return ing prosperity. Notwithstanding, then, the pre- Fait embarraSsnient aild gloemy condition of tin couritrY;liffeT'll — ent'lM eoWsideyetien the present and prospective condition of the flitintes and re sources of the Cohittionwoulth, f canna hesitate to re-affirm my belief, "that the tithe is not far distant when Pennsylvania will' stand iddeetmid from the oppression of her public debt and her people relieved from a taxation imposed to meet its accruing interest and maintain the faith and credit of the Commonwealth," aud that "by prae tilting strict economy in all departments of the - Government—LaVoiding extravagant expenditure —refusing to' undertake any new schemes of in ternal improvement, and holding to a rigid me countabilit'y the receiving and disbursing agents of the State, the realization of these views may be anticipated with confidence;" As corroborative of the I.:Pinion now and here tofore expressed, a brief retie* di - the citiblittions of the Treasury during the past throb years, as connected with the payment of the debt of the Commonwealth, may not be inappropriate. In my first annual message to the Legislature, the fact was stated, that, during the three years inter vening between December 1, 1851, and December 1, 185 the public debt has been increased one million, five hundred and eighty-four thousand, three hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty four Mitt ; that the total debt at the close of the fiat:al year, Deeeiiiber 1, 1854, was forty one milliebs, six hundred ittid ninety-eight thou sand, fit'b hundred and ninety:Me dollars; and Seven tyltiitir cents, (41,698,5 . 05 74.) At the blese of the late fiscal year, December I. 1857, three years the funded and unfulided debt, as be fore shown; iiBe' thirty nine millions, eight hun dred and thousand, seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars and twenty-trio cents, ($39,881,738.22) decrease in three Airs, one mil lion, eight hundred and sixteen thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-two ets. (81,816,857 ) Thus in three years the public debt has been decreased, by actual payment and without resort ing to the expedient of temporary loans one mil lion, eight hundred and sixteen •thoinand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-two eta. If to this be added the 01111 . 0 four hundred and fourteen thousand, nine hundred and twenty dol lars, and twenty-nine cents 4114,029) now in the sinking fund, and applicable to the payment of the funded debt, the reduction will be two mil, lions„-two hundred and thirty-one thousand, see. en hundred and seventy-seven dollars and eighty one cents ($2,231,777 81.) These facts are not only gratif7ing, but encour aging. It has already been stated that there is in the - Sinking Fund the sum of seven millions five hundred thonsithd dollars—bonds of th e Pennsylvania Railroad Company, bearing inter est at, five per genftun per annum, payable semi annually, and pledged to the payment of the funded debt, If this sum be added to the reduc tion before stotedj we have presented to us a vir tual, if not an actual deerease, of the 'State debt of nine millions, seven hundred and thiliy-o»e thousand, seven thousand and serer] ty- setee dtli la:ra and elghty-one cents, 40,73 On 81;) show ing the total funded and unfunded debt of the Stab: un the first day of December, 1857, to have been thirty-one million;, nine hundred and sixty six thousand eight Initit'lred and eighteen dollars anti forty-one cents (30811,818 41.) Iu anticipation Of the sale of the Main Line and the decrease in the ptiblic debt, the State tax, by an act of the last regular session, was reduced from three to two and. one-half mills on the dol lar: a reduction equal to one-sixth of the tax im posed for Stale pt.trpoma plior le that eat- These facts speak Mr theitiselves. Well may the people he congratulated on Well art suspicions beginning in the procOS, df littilidation; and well may they with confidenee anticipate the day'of their erance frOitt State taxation. Financial and eon:- menial etubarraftsment may postpone—nothing b-t unwise legislature, and the imprudent, or dis honest management:of our finances, can prevent the early realization of their well founded antici pations- The condition of the public works, their gener al operation, the receipts and expenditures during the past fiscal year; will be presented to you in detail in the Report of the Canal tellimiasioners. 10,000 00 $1,942,857 64 The total receipts of the Treasury from ihe public works, for the year ending November 30, 1.857, including receipts from the Main Line tip to the first day of August last, were • one million, three hundred and eight thousand Min himilted and ninety-eight dollars and sixty-tilin ennts, ($1,308,696 02.) The, aggregate expendititres for the same period were one million three biltidred and twelve thousand'iseven hundred and fire dol lars and sixty-seven cents, (1,42,506 67 i) the eipenditures exceeding theleventies four thou sand MO hundred and seveitdollari Ind five mints (4,4.07 65.) The receipts at the Treasury Mina a several DiVistons were as follo*s, via: main Line, to itigritit 1,1857; - $79 6 , 5 50 35 Bussuehanrut and North and West Inman Divisions, - - - 267,71.8 95 Delivhire Dlvisioil , - ' - • 224,4 g EUNDED MDT. $ 311,281 04 38 . 806 , 3 84 30 383,200 00 100,000 00 $40,701,836 25 CD's Attliaton atitittlistr A FAMILY rArtiklpp.yoWN & COUNTRY, IS 'POINTED AND M113LI:3111lbWu L , WM. M. BRESLIN, tike 2. St ory of Iriatis New Building , Cumbrialand et.. At One Dollar and Fifty Vents. a Year,. CU. titidoid at thee usual into 4 RATES OF POSTAGE. In Lebanon County, postage &ee. lu Peunsylvants, out of Lebanon county, VA cent! tnit, quarter, or 13 cents a year. Out of this State, cta_ per quarter, or 2G as. a yew If the postage is not paid in advance, rates are deablei. The receipts troni We. Delaware 171cieion less than those of the Previous year. The com pletion of rival Railroads and other causes, have lessened Cho Vdielpts from this important division of our public works; ',via it TS feared *lll tnitin ; tie to decrease them. Its management bas been satisfactory, and compared with other divisions of the public improvements, economical. The net revenue, at the Treasury, was $174,001 87, a de- OreaFe of $50,003 53, as cornparedwith 'Me ceipts of the preceding yFari,, rn 'addition to.tbe ordinary expenditures, the Sum of $46,263 was paitt for the enlargement and improvement of this division. The iFer i th .Branch Extension of the Pennsyl vania deal, aWhough so far completed in the el 4 l of 1856, that boats freighted with noel are/ "Ot*t products, were successfully pasied through its en tire length from Pittston to the Junction canal, yet in consequence of a large portion of thoglorse Race Darn' having been curried away by the freshet of last spring, business on the canal was suspended the greater part of last year. It was repaired during the summer and in the fall busi ness was resumed along its entire length. Soon after, the same dam was again extensively injur ed by a sadden and heavy freshet, and theoet er part of the eanatYbndered useless for turn sea :, s. apPrOVaiirdari Will be required to re construct the data. This canal. anw;e ,m Pie 1 nable, appespi,,t4 be duem,tl to Mara XnetYgisatoi...Theso are the fruits or formei:mismanagentent and fraud iu its construction. Every- alert has be, n madc to repair the errors of its early management, and to complete and render useful this dit hien of our public works. 'Under preper man. sgemuut it can be successfully r • ornoth.hc‘i. In pursuance oldie act of Out iota 34,).•,,t4tr,i4 riding for the sale of the lain Lino of the mimic works.; ;titer giving the notice required by law. I caused the sa id Mani Line to be exposed to public sale pt the Merchants' Exchange, in the city of Philadelphia, on the 2:Alt day of June lasi, and suld the same b, the Peunsylvaoia mid Company, fur the sum of S7,SMO,UW, the price bid for the same, d the utillimum price fixed is the act, Alter a full comp:i ,nee by this purchaser with the conditions of the nt authorizing the sale. and the de livery of their Minds In number and fir the ainuputs equal to and falling due ut the thee provided lie-, the pay meet of the nispeetVce instal/mote t t ' hp SegretarY of the Connititiwealth, on the dlet day of July, A. ifi.s7' as directed by the tent, train furred, tinder the great seal of ihu State, to the Pen neylvanie Lath owl Company, their sureeesors or aisi,ms. the whole Main tine or roadie works beta - yen Piitsbdrg. together with an the right, title and interest, claim and dernaq - , at the Cominunwealik of Pennsylvania to all property, real, personal and mixed, belonging to or need in consme ith the same its the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia aul the parch liners Moine given notice of their readies, to tt.kepossessisu of the said works, peemsshin of the same was accoriMmly delivered to the Company on the first day of A iigust if which noti c e wee given t Super iuttendeit is and ge ta of t Com emit weal Li t by Proelam .tier lemenig date the 31st day of duly, 1811; us required by the law authorizing the sale. The Eue da of the Pennsylvania Beamed Company, in the sum of ;7 51:0100. acre rem le,tl by the State Treas. urcr and are held by him for the Counnia,biners of the Sinking Fund ; the entire proverrls of the sate, b e lk . ri u , Inired by the 12th it erten of (lie ht. I,thi to the Smiting Fund and applied to troy P . l.34:iht,} it the statii debt. I cannot forbear congratulating the peeplo of ibis Commonwealth on the consummatiou of this sale. Public sentiment as expressed through the baliot-box. and in other forms equally significant, demanded it— pu tic pci icyavd the itilen est of the Gun monwealth reunited It is done. Tice many approve; few complain. those most who have gained sn on aviable reputation by a reckless disregard of the public interests, as exhibited in the extravagant. useless and fram.ulent expenditures it the public money for selfish or partizan purposes. The este of the 31.10 Line has directed Wine 4.lielltioe to the hill)", taLee and-necessity of disiinsing lir tile re. mottling' divisions of the public improvements. The red sons and policy that required and justified the sale of the sue. apply with equal force to the sale of the other. The propriety efselatrating the State from tl ca re a ode° n trol of the public works,is hot only evident to all who have given the subject a candid and iruparti at consideration, but the necessity is clearly established, by the history of their constructivx and management. They hat* failed to be a torture of revenue to the Commonwealth, and if retained by the State, will require:art expenditure in their repair and matiagetitlint; lat.gblv exceeding 4114 revenue, that under the Meet Moral& circumstances, can be derived front them. In any obits° Of /lie questioa, this Separation is dekhoble, but iii connective with the payment ut the 'albite debt, end the reduction of State taxation, it becomes an di ject of More than ordina r y in. terest. A sale, at the earliest Pratticnble period, of the whole of our public wo. ks, f.,r a fikir 6614109 h. terms just and liberal to the purchaseramel at the maths time amply protective. ut the rights and intettiiitli of the people, tiliehld lie authorized by the Legislature. Such oaks, with the aliPlikiatidn df the proceeds to the payment of the OM - indent, would Beare lig still Mae rapid ex tinguisMitent. The atilibet reconliiieuded tut biaSelt,honnideratieri. The licorportiting the Pennsylvania Railroad Corm. Patty imPOsed tax of thi•4 nine, per . thii; Pet tulle, on all tonnage passing over that road, ni au e4uivalent for decrease in the revenues of the CoiiilltoO•lisltb, that might [Mae from the anticipated competition hf the road, with the business of the Main Line of the public ins. provements. This tax is not imposed upon the Company; but upon the tonnage, and is paid by the owners of the freight transmitted over the Had Lille ,Company neting as agents in its collection semi tut . I ?..tatm, It is virtually a tax upon the trade and coillifii4Ce of the Commonwealth, and upon the mann sere of othei• States whose productions seek an eastern market rivet thief road; and tints by inereasiug the rate of charges and lit cost of transportation tho produce of the West is forced upon the entSpeting, railroads of other States and to other Markets than our own. The necessity that required aim Maass regards the Commonwealth and her improViimenti; has ceased. Its continuance can only be justified as a revenue measure. It should he the policy of the :t . ikto to invite the transmission of the proiliicts.of ?Wei; through her territory to her own Markets. and, there: fore, the propriety of k - dieting 'the trade and business of the Ounntonwitltla stud country friiiit this tax upon It, is respectfully subtklitted fur jour ednehieratiou. In consequence of thli Itisfiension itf stase ie,pey mon ts by the Banks of this and the °the . ? lltatbt Of the Guinn, and the financial embarrasslistdit gbiteral prostration of buslisSiet I deemed it my duty to call, as a ti therited by the ' irtibstito Gott en Eitrt Session of the Legislature, to meet at Harrisburg on the sixth day of October last. Al though the relief provided by this extraordinary session of the General Assembly, was not as am ,pie as the exigency of the case required , yet it was productive of many beneficial results., and served to allay the itemise excitement and alarm that pervaded the entire community. By the act providing for the resumption of specie payments by the Banks, all banj4ing institutions accepting the provisions of that Ittli; were required to pay into the Treasury one-lettlidi of one per cent. on their capital stock ; the.ameblit I . tstlithti by .th.e payment of this bonne has not only derrayed all the expenses of that session, but will len ve a bal ance in the Treasufy of not less than thirty-five thousand dollars---a result certainly not injurious to the finances of the Commonwealth. My views expressed in former communications on the subject of banks and banking capital, in their relations to the currency and the general in terests of trade, remain unchanged: however di verse our epistles may he On this Abject, it must bo admitted by all, that the hunkifig and credit sestems are so intimately interweied with the business; and commerce of the country; that their sadden separation, or a rash innovation, would prodded' Viinaorpbuces of fearful magnitude. That the present system Of banking it Pckfeet, is not pretended; that it could be essentially unit iniproved, ni l not be denied. The presort d..rangetnent of the currency may and will flug glita time necessity of reform, not only in the sys tem itself, but ht the management of otir banking institutions. titlittilted credits by eerporntieue or indirid• eats have and will never he an unmitigated evil. They contribute to bank expansidstS, rash Specie= Wiens, extravagant living, and excessive over treding; always sure to be followed by ruinous revulsione. What the remedy should be, I do not deem it my province, under existing drown: stances, to suggest ; but to be permanent and ef fectual, it must accord w ith th e natural and nee_ essary laws of trade.. The currency of a country resale no exception to {lleac inWe, Ana atibiticl be I.ft to their operation and coetrdl, so fat as may be consistent with the public geed. It is, there fore. that a system of free banking, based on un doubted public securities, end coin -in such pro portion to eirculatioil and depositor as may be deemed suffieient to secure their conversion into speciei on demand, with proper limitations and restrictions, is deemed preferable to the present system. Its intrbduction would current many ex isting ainiees not only in the system itself, but in the present mode of hankiug.._ These,„questions, however, with the renediei-neeessarys,ps , pfeveut a recurrence of the evils .under which we now suffer, together with the nature and extent of the relief; if any, that , . may.yet be required by the Banks of ilia edilitileniicalth, to enable them to resume the payuient of their liabilities in specie; are all referred to the wisdom of the Legislature. They are practical and iniportant business ques tions, and as such should receive your intelligent consideratiOn. The present condition of our Commonwealth and ounntrl deserves at least a passing remark: A severe linalicial revulsion. has occurred, induo ing a suspension of spitie payments by the Banks ; not Only orthis'Ciammonwealfh, hut of all the Union, deranging the currency and affecting dis astrously all the great interests of commerce and the industrial Tursuits of the citizen. , Labor is without otoployment, and thousands of strong ac tive yttfil are now asking for work or bread. The causes assigned for these evils are silliest as vari ous as the infrareds or prejudices of then Who un dertake their eaplicuttion. To'WhafeVer cause or isauses they may be referred, it is neither just not
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