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No 2856
GENERAL STATEMENT
Of Receipts and Expenditures of
Mifflin County.
n.t Ihol. Treasurer nf Mifflin County in
Account with said County from January
9, 1805, to January 8. iB6O.
Dr.
To outstanding tax fi.r iB6O sl9l 33
|' o " " 1802 178 *9
" " 1803 253 9ti
1804 4.9-t; 32
To State, Co., and Relief tax '65 42.316 91
To balance militia fund appropri
ated tn relief fund 185 11
To amount received on bunds iisu
t>s County Commissioner* 15,500 "0 ,
To amount received of Geo Fry
singer, clerk of Co ifnissiotiers 2.*24 Oil
To balance due Treasurer 2.342 77
68,810 29
Cr.
Rv outstanding tux ol 1860 191 33 ,
By " "
By percentage of collectors of 1862 I'M rt)
•' exonerationsol " " 1863 I. 19 ,
• percentage " " " -•' "l* j
" exonerations " " 1861 438 _7
" percentage " " " I ; '66 52
" commissions for prompt pay't 13 85
error in amt. of 1). F. Stevens
duplicate 50
" outstanding tax of 1864 _ 224 3 '
" exonerations of collectors 1865 219 5;
" percentage of eollectors of 1865 253 9.
" coin, for prompt pavment 'OS I 37 g3
•• outstanding tax of 1865 5 331 96
'• amt. appropriated Poor House 6 61" 92
" amt. paid for gas bibs 4 4"
.1 •• r tad views 19 "0
wild cat Jk fix scalp* 128 ;M
" amt. paid James Mtfeer exniio
ra*! 01 nil'ivred alter h 'ttlriiient .4 Jo
•' on" 1 tie Tr 1 - previ-ms set B'JO 64
1 n tSt ite (ax paid f 1 '65 i I
*• suit *>l percentage on same
•' amount paid State tux on Id
ind loean -ss 19 51
" amt pet enta/e on same 55
Ci untv orders lifted 28 9ii3 95
•• Relief orders lilted 9 .375 51
" amt. paid Eastern Slate Pen 194 3!
■' Treasurer's commission 1 35 79
68 810 29
By balance due Treasurer 2 342 7i
Treasurer in Account with tire Commonwealth
Dr.
To amount State tax for 1865 51031* 7 i
i null - " 1996 40
12342 il
Due county at last settlement 325 23
$12016 8-
Cr.
Bv amount allowed Collectors 611 i.
" oi Treas. eointnission 1s T -i
paid State Treasurer 112*2
• _
$12016 8e
Tavern Licenses
Dr.
To amount of said licensea $34.' 'lO '
Balance du * treasurer 272 "25 i
-—I
y 1. 2 -r
Cr.
By cash paid State treasurer 600 90 j
" treasurer's percentage 17 2? j
$617 ..5 j
Eatiny House Licenses
Dr.
To amount of said licenses $129 09
Cr.
By treasurer's percentage 6 00 \
Balance due Commonwealth lil 'O j
$l2O W
Distillers and Brewers Licenses
Dr.
To amount of said license.. $•;) 90 ;
Cr.
By treasurer's percentage 9
Balance due Commonwealth 9 50
sl9 90
Liquor Dealers' Lie •uses.
l>r.
To amount of said licenses ssn Op i
, Cr *
By amount treasurer's percentage 2 s'*
Balance due Commonwealth 47 50 I
$••• i'(
Retailers' Licenses
Dr.
To am mm of sa i licenses *7'.' > i
Cr.
By cash paid State treasurer 5 7 si
" Jw M Lish'-ll m - '(>
tile appraiser Ix6l ■ •*' "
" " for advertising in 49
" " .1 I. P- rter. iu> <• upi. 7 G*
6 46 75
'f .'nn r's i> reentsge .; 1 < *
Blitiee Ui t', IIIIII'I'W ealtll
s79> 18'
Bd'iard and Boy at tile Licenses
v Oi - '
To amount of said Bo rises 95 00
T! lr "
<>y amount of treasurer's percentage 475
Balance due Common wealth 90 25
$95 "9
I'a'eut Medicine Lire no's.
_ Dr.
To amount of Slid licenses $5 00
By^amount cf treasurer's percentag 25
B ounce due C >.ntn inwe.ilth 4 75
s•"> 00
Militia Taxes.
To outstanding tax of 1861 *!t Pt
do 1862 37 95
d* 1863 25 50
d.. 186* 648 00
752,00
Cr.
Bv exonerations collector- 1861 25 50
percentage .to I 92
outstanding do 14 08
do |o 1862 29 79
B v percent vge ~f c 'llecr tr f 1863 1 27
ex oo rati jiis d-. {*64 4*o 0"
crei ltajje do 8 33
B i nlir t-i it lad- if tr --isii-or an
propri tted t> relief f;ud !8. 11
$7 2 09
We ..be Uinl TsijJll'- I \.|(i:t't -id •! tH 11
untv. having io-i *t the i: urt Hois-, in
the ti .i 'Ogii of L--- i*t>wii according ' • law.
and carefully eXami'ed 1 settled it" He.
C UIUS .J t.ui .s (I I, K <t| r.eaoir .r. with
the C' nitiio'iw-a'tii, rh. t' muty. and R.-dhf
1 fund, do o> rtifv ta it said O -u/ity is in.lebf -d
to the IV a-nrr af.r s.ii!. in the sum of
twenty-ihres liutnirei] and forty tw.. dollai
i and se\f-fity seven cents. ($2342 77) and .ha<
j aid nee nil's a- here sfan-d are wired. In
testimony where f we have hereunto set our
hands tins i*>rp dav of January 1866
MARTIN MOfILEK. 1
DAVID \vFILER I Auditors
, G B PKNJIPAI'KER j
A 'test: JOSEPH S. W'arev M t'lerk.
Mate. ijuity aad Relief Taxe for 1335
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m =r
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L s. yj Ex tier i
- - - * .. ,'S
Si f- ! Collect.-rs'
Wj - n r"*-
•r p. j cejitage.
! • ofiiniiss'n
| L~ ( xtc -i Cj Ti Zl aZ m 5. Z !•*
| A c 27 0? x-■ i~ ' ~77 3 pay 'ii.-nt
r* ... r
■x •*. ~Lo 23 ~tl ~'i h"3 jr Chi (stand
|*r iisrr.it x—is .u
i o; t: a v. o a v-> n, ic
•tate and Tonuty Taxs. for Idol
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Z :'*i 5 * I
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- - V..P--!.liX p
I -i IC ii ci '±_'x r*p 'i L_2
i C nnniss'ii
17 77 i pr"innt
5i •£ i PHVIUei t.
_ i
ti -i w , Outstand
(v c. o fw ro i • _
inc
Oi x X c C ri
C- 4- }
The .oi mot* appearing due to.I ho Peach
ay and -Jtin.s Wallis were pa;! 9 cm f> v
Treasurer I). T 8; vines should hare credit
in ad'Jiti' n aieiVe f r fj-ri.r in nniount . f
Duplicate $15.50
Cutstatid ug Taxe- for 1860
J •) * one, ted it-dor Armagh—
Am aitit due sl9l 33
Oiitsimding taxes for 4332
Dante Si. i ik. iJoiiect '• . .• j,- _
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y 4"* ; d ii > uJ
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1866
1 II $ Price. Collector Oliver-
Amount doe sllß 36
do paid 13 96
) Percentage 104 4'J 118 36
( Geo. W Mcßride. Col. McVejtuwo—
, Amount due $2? 70
J do paid 16 43 16 43
! 0 itstanding 13 27
i Outsta iding Taxew for 1963
! Obvistian V-crs. G i' lector Armagh
Am uut due $253 96
do pail 5 29
pe cent age 2.31 48
ex-meratious 17 19
> * $253 96
County IndebtcdaeiA
A ituniof ol bunds issued $39,500 uO
Run I* redeemed 2.000 00
du uu'st-in ling 37,500 00
0 ier to Mdß o u. Rmlt 1,000 00
! <1 t'sravd o nrilers on relief fund 3.125.34
do du urtl indebtedness 2,962 23
?> i*: Toi l-. II l it. i <tc treasurer 2,342,77
846,930 34
i B?nnties Paid by Commissioner! of
Mifflin County during the War.
I'.ipr. W a ream's Co. 84.900 00
attoll't? 4 850 ii I
."Unit's 2.70 i'
| I'll- llbisc s
! ilicliy's 5,9' i
!-' > i
; t> - t
■ ii f - ;>;•(
. •> :>.*| r,..*::i. Nts 8 1
s'u—UsC*. 205.
• . .-:'s 13 hi
■i: 1 li'in'm.* 2 |35 8 j
> Vuicu'* r.i ciUHui.ile- Si.' 10 ) 8|
1 t* .lids ut C'ri;i till- S., :
I.ft >t orders issued l>./ the Commissioners
I from Jetfuiury t. 186 i. to January 1 ; ->•;
.1 11pay, dauiiiiry term 83:.* >7
Un, O'ltriet n. tn iking out lis', ti 47
■i -'in itu -ti. ilii tin ** j ;
1 \\ Vtu.itJs, K- ( | . aiturn v iurcu 25 u0
R Bntiii: assossoi and constable 656
' - ; .Januiry '.cnii
! , du if, :;i!
ili ii!'. Zeriut. HHcrcst 32 6
| !i•>;.;• A: '1 •N.iiih, interest 3>J !••
| 3 cry smg. r. c- rk i- f. •. 31 '64 ).>
ft .*1 v '.ti'lu r. .1 iii -£ • itMi.-f'*.' t,* 133 si !
j •do Sheriff'- let - Iv;) JOS
jail 'ill
j .i C Riy liver & Co . . 126 t:i r
K*. ••• i •>. • >a k. . ,v ;
i ! 11 'iji)'-e> , x a!' 1" s<* ; 1!■ tin t, 1 ' 4
! IV;r Han iiM, x uii parsruiage 5
j .James Rurns interest 309 li.
\Vllilalll Willis, do }h/
j D \V Wouds B3: 8'
| Asse.-su'S* pay fur 18(5.3 65-! ,-7
j c Si oi v I'es (.'UIII.'. - S lay ior • ii I S3
f L Glass. do do 5;
ii S .VlcNabh, do do 2 09
j .> 11 Hi'iiiieu, titi do 2 09
) >1 Taylor. U account of >a'a*y 75 Of
j ,'3uses Miller, •11 190 00
i I B,aroom ■■ •-r rleel:, t'B 12 ' 0
j E E L't kc. <i>. 9 00
| Mr* Sample. du 9 00
. F ti Fis :••.< t|s J..eks A* I ;j di 2 ♦):,
! I'', u ; tet-. 'j • i_ t*s spruit . Iv-di n. 27 43
:j • * ■ - i uicl k s S i
j do til l" ' j liots. \prit 1•• an !i:5 .j.i
du Pt-i if do 148 18
i ti ti Swigarf. list, .t atfendiiig dec 8 9,s
Win Ross, return judge !7 20'
C. Myers r - in ti 1 ' n .i p .r-on 1 5f
o'iiisi.c, v. pay a'tcu'liiig sj-ring
'. lectern, and itpiit ng Vv turns 65 13
, i t; ( s ft ,ves pay. Aj.'i r :ii 24 00
F. J Hoftman. siinori's 19 Bvi
i (i Frysittger & S'.ts, piiri? & civ 89 50
ii Fry.-tf'get, idv: rii-. 'g 75 00
Samuel Drab", OTI a'*C"Unt of .'aUry 133 09
j l. Frysingcr, clerkship to April
and incidental expenses 106 22
j C Rtinieli. for or Vr 192 of 1858 276
I 1). Taylor, int n re-t 98
Eliza Ru'ler, do
, .John t) Taylor, do , ,
A|. Miller, on a-coiiM o<
j John I"V do . • . ,
1 r.v* 11 Riouin tti'eH'sf • . j
•Ldii- 1' •icuey. do , t 1
J Li e'! T \t.. lu ? *V. I!..
; M 111 1,1;,.; I : 12i !
; J 'tin ..1 Xwioie;,do 12 U0
John C Sigitr. do 12'J 0
d ieha 1 Ruble, do 60 00
• ' "i Co iittier. tee* to May 19. 65 3 3 7.5
' I*rvsinget, clerk tu.July 1. '65 100 00
i\ ater rent at jul to Get. J, "65 25 09
Win Crii htou, iutereat 60 uO
John 1 limes, do 3d jO
• T G. Rcß. do *BO 0
Hon . S S. Woods, do 6 > 99
8. Ma day, guar, do 99 •;;;
Jos. II 'Mz; r do :\j 06
K. z t Roller. do 39 09
1 G ,Mthcr, repairs at c house & jai fi 25
J !) L Bear, bearding inrot board 12 4'
A T iiaintltor., statium-ry. tjpes. Ac. 1 88
Ad.ia. Lfi'Z. work at c-urt house 3 > i
\V !> tictiniao, lunsl.r, s t C h ,osc 3 51
G W 1 iitt'l: IS, fl ed t; a,k ft r Reg
A lice .vV •••".e (in 1 1 ;( y officii 08 25
I U i.-.1, rei I*. A*ijis:.;vc. Tug tcr'tii 10 10
ihitu *f "ti Nmn J Ikinz ml
prof s-i.oiai ~e vires 35 76
J;i '1 1 jj ' 19 - .
U • 1 1 iiie . "1 , j
J M c ♦i-'ji
| J. F MaNcur, do 5 :>0 !
>i Whllh. exoneruion 18-U 19 3d
s jurors pay, rm 124 47
I etit do do 4)7 89
r> Tipstaves do 04 5^
} I) Over, blank printing and adv. 114 00
_ j >l. .Miller, 011 accouiit of salary 50 99
1j s - Drake. do do 117 00 |
J. A. M'Kee, Auditing State acc. 000 1
; J Evans, painting Court House 100 00 :
i j Pay of Inspect'* <fe clerks of elec 90 00 ;
j tli Return Judges .do 104 39 j
do Return Clerks 10 00 '
. - Wareaui. oilinjr & peuc'jf CH37 00 1
14 liration. nuking assessment lits 4 70 I
- | Jacob Hook, d' do 500 !
; • I. M Stevens, aiieiidiii;; election 1 45
1 | t>. 1> M uttherstioujh 5 cords wo.sl 25 00
1 j G. Miller, repairs at jail 5 95 j
■ I II Fry-singer, in lull tor adv. 75 00 j
' j Constable pay, Nor term 19 4(> 1
1 j Grand Jurors, do 110 72
j Petit Jurors do 199 99 ;
i Lewislown Water Co . r ter rent
at jail to April 1. 1800 25 00
G Frysinger, clerk relief fund 100 00
L. J Elberty, assessor, lists, &c 14 43
r G Peters, cleaning C. 11. cellar 2 ."i t
■ Robert Taylor, interest 90 00
S Coinlort. ooal lor jail 92 59
1 J ones Rice, exonerati on 4 00
S i) 'ke, tor service* as cum 100 00
i'i: staves at Nmeiiilirr term 24 00
.1 N. W .ream, re indexing records 205 00
1 "!(•, •'urK > jail Si t'l-urt. I|. 27) 00
■ m S i>< ii inieiest 00 00
n ticXsti.Jwi. On lju 00
i * Sijjer, <li. 129 yy
ich iei Ruble, do t)\> 00
• n IJ -tiies, do 39 oy
ion:* o Vay lor, do t)0 00
\llsos Hunt. (to 30 00
pit Grower. do 30 00
'• m ! Vines do 30 00
-••pit liatfly do 30 00
J't-nli Centner. • nd,
At , at j id 8114
. ( iiitoi r u i> is 393 35
<1 • sessnuis .10 298 4t)
o s .) 95
'••■t" A linos collected 08 00
■. 1-. is*, s !!•-. Ac 7 73
r r.. ii, eie.iang a' c uin n 9 15
' * Rlyiiiyer, cover for 'dice wimtt r 75
. iittli! _. a>. s:-,.i lists. Ac 7 55 !
\ . Keller. iep:ii at court house 025 |
G I'i ■.singer, in tuil a* clerk lor t)5 .50 00 !
I'. .4 fJtilcy, D st. AttoriicyV fees 74 (KM
. itm ssc* ctW* in sundry com •••..,s 52 95
!• ' r.-O. •" s • t. , A Id 5: |
•i - l-fii i is do 1 15 1
J in: i> i t>. do_ i 25 :
!• civ. • ;,J t _5
tio _1 .1 til
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i N !
C[ ti v IU9V \l;l>.— fhe (" onrui■>>.. 11
; *1 f ft- . ft' niov i • ray
aii- v !•••. ml i.i: 9r- upti.-. bensi e ?.J
miiti.n f On- per* 11 n.~ 5 ers'-ns ti.
r s ■ i>.r 'lf I T > isi.rt 1 s the -on tlie night
i ? lin 1'" and e\p:. o-J :! ( e 1 r->t•
- .1! \ 'U ". O ! IVll- I
Si MiU,Kil. I
Ct.'li ) . ;;i 8
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1,.* S 'A AKr. V M < :-l k
• V|.l \v 1 .1 :|!1 il lsbtl— li'
P£IXTL?H.tI KULHOib.
1 jilts til ! •'■• Hi-!••• ns i fui 1 '•lulli .c. !,tj.
!ollt>**:
Wt.MAV Mill
Station*. * ?'■ -- • c: . r - |
■1 m •. 1. ■ !>■ • ••
'.la .1 '.l .V> <•** 127 I*) 45
.• j, . IC Hill!
f-> i,.w :t 4;i .Isi Ii 20
?aj.a .. . 512 1 II 41
• Haioil:... : 4 I.V SJ4 •11 Sa
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•* rin.o j ! k s a * If
a.a- m. a. ra \>. m i>. ni.
. H cnlltoi. • 4 39 8 54
UaiKvutiil ! '4 52 9 07
i McV-vtuwii 1 . 1024. 5.04 919
lovkoa'n : i il9 9.34
U'Wialowri 1210 4.03 10 51 5 34 9-49
, !
!'!i Clni). Ex. ami Eris mall leave east an.| west dally
! .-x.-ppr .-uii'lav; Baltimore Express wst .lailv rxcrpt j
.l. ii-iay ; I'liiiii.lelphla Exiwrss i al ami .vest.tally : J'aat 1
j i nn- .-a*t oaily .-Xv.-pt 3.0n.1ay and west daily except !
•S:m lay ; Mail t ast and w.-st dally rxcnpt Sunday : Hay >
•Xjirrss ra*t uai!> except Sunday; tmlaralil ,-st dallv !
■X'-cpt Mmnlar.
I'-ilns will ato;. it Sis'.l-ins marked '(•" only wln-n atg
• mil la tlVell.
►'a..- to i'lil'-i 'elpfila fl *5. Fare to 11arri>1-11 re $2 10
• Baltimore 5 20. " Altooua 2in
in I'itrshmvb $6 si.
UN'.Kir. LKWIS, General Superintendent.
sA.M L U VOUNG, Supt. Middle Oii-'fun.
1 >a!hralth's Oiiinil.uses convoy to
nd irom all the trains, takinit up or aetrlns them
dow-.rnil points within the borough limits
Huctiugpion and Broad To,? Ratirniid.
Accoinin.illation, southward, leave- Hontiiifjilnn at
i p. in., arrives at Ml. iJMltas at T.lo p. n>.
Mail train, southward, leaves Iluntindgon at 8 a.m.,
arrives a; Mt. Uailas at 11.10 a. in.
A cm: tutti alai >on t northward, leaves Mt. I'alias at 9.25
a. in., arrives at Huniinuu-.ti it 12.35 p. in.
M . I tram northward, have- Mt I '.ilia- at .1 4*' p. n|..
riives at itiiauoo'loo at i ; ...- ja m.
vue ■ -it c-.aehvs fr >ih Medior I. connects with the
runs at Mt. liailas. leaving heil'onl at Ba. m. and I
p. ui. ,
ILsIIiWHSSCIIIMyniUK'
Poor House Bu iness
The Directors f tin* P.iur meet at the Pe
li uise on the 2-1 Tuesday of each ui inth
'3-EO. W. 22i2SK 9
Attorney at Law,
'tttiee Market Square, bewutnwn, will *i.
j end to business in Vtlttfm. Centre ami Hunting
?IHI counlie* mvSf
SCRIVINER & CONVEYANCER
JOSEPH S. WAREAM,
Late Reg:ster and Recorder of Miffiin county'
OFFICE, the one lately occupied bv
Es<p Hoover, dee'd.,"opposite Eisenbiee'e Hotel,
j Lewistown. Pa.
Deeds. Mortgages, ie drawn neatly and with dc
i spate h
i Levristown. Nov. 15. 1565. 3m*
1 i.®3£ aisa^jeißKiir,
DENTIST.
OFFERS his professional services to the eitizens of
Lewistown and vicinity. All in want of good, neal
woVh will do well to give him a call.
He may Vie found at all tunes at his office, three
•oors east of H. M. A li. Pratt's store. Vallev street.
aplß-ly*
TR. SSLPOSrD,
DENTIST.
iFFERS his professional services to thn citizens or
' Lewistown and county. If you warn substa itia!
work, give him a call.
Office next door to thv Post Office. apld-ly*
M. R. THOMPSON, D D S
n AVI NO permanently located in Lewistown. offers
his professional services to the ladies anil gentle
men of this place and viein
itv. Being in possession
ments in the Dental Profes
ll"n l " these who may need
\ Ins services in all branches
enees—best families.
Office west Market street, near Eisenbise's hotel,
where he can Vie found for professional consultation
from the first Monday of each month until the fourth
Monday, when he will he aVi-ent on professional busi
ness one week. mayliMl
OUB STOCK
OF
II A R ii H A R E ,
| i' B.\l>S
LEATHER,
Saddlery-Ware- &c M
j Al'.VrlV* Itlii.
i nnvli F.J.HOFFMAN.
DFLUGS,
MEDI CI 3SJ" E S ,
I rn|,is branch of our business receives full attention
! 1 novli F. J. HOFFMAN.
i>mc, our own juj iniJinjjr,
novtS at F J. HOFKMAN'B
i
!<*?. *rovi>,
V 'il'lNi'ii! I. a->.TI uicitf ;i! low
: . 1 pr:.-.s Niagnta Im.k •! '.he very best,
N 8.
N . 7. $39
i Frsaeat HOFFMAN'S
SALT !
J AIiGK Birrris $3 25.
J B:cks 3 91)
n..v15 at F. J. HOFFMAN'S
FURS! FURS!!
Ladies 5 and Misses' Fancy Furs •
: TWRNTY percent. (7HEAPER than
1 any other house in town;
Ladies' Fnr Triined Hood?,
tiiiff*, $3 *lO. VichiriHi * $4
and ad others CHSAT in proportion, such as
SA3LE, FITCH,
*Ut IKHKL, tc. My arrangements made with a
; city manufactory are -ticli tVutt will enable me to un
j det-ell all oihers. I am loannbe turing Fur- my
; sell. II you want ald Furs altered or re-lined I ain
j prepared to do it. N. a. Kl'Dlr-ILL. Agt.
N. B. 1 hitrr just returned from the Ea*t w:tb a
large st >ek of H t I'S and CAPS of the latc-l -tyles,
wlucli I selected wit'i eare. Call an 1 ex-umne my
stock before purchasing elsewhere.
HIGHEST CA-H PHH ES PAID FOR FURS.
Lewistown, Nov. £A 1805.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOFICE.
I ETTERS of Administration having been granted
Ii to tne subscriber on the estate of George Bubt*.
late of Mt-mio towns.ijp dee'd.. all persons indebted
; TO said e-rate are notified to make immediaie pay
ment and tnose bavmg claims agaiu.-t the same will
present them properly authenticated for settlement.
NICHOLAS HARTZLER.
jan3* Altenville.
Administrator'! Notice.
lETTEHS of Administration having been
granted to the subscriber, nn the Estate
of Mary S Junkin late of the B*>ri>ugh nf
Lewistown. dee'd. all persons indebted to
tait! Estate are notified t > make pavraent im
mediately, and those having clai . a against
the same will present them duly authentic*
ted for settlement II W. JUNKIN.
Le*.viti>w n, Dec. 20. 1865.
ilststte of Joseph Hart, deceased.
NOTICE is iieieby given thai Letters tes
tameiiturv oti the csiate nf Joseph Hart,
late ol Wayne township MiHiin county, have
been granted to the undersigned, residing in
said township. All persons indebted to said
es'ate are r*-que-fe.i to make immediate pay
inet'.t, and riiost- hustng claims f* present
ti.eui duly aNtJn ntieittei) for seiri.-n etit
KLIJ Ml MGK9IBON.
January 91* ExefUtiir.
I*i TON w; best prepar-'l WII-KIB
If) j?ARRE SHNBffjy & PITTS
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jaui7> wm. B. HUFFMAN.
Vol. LVI, No. 6
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
1 I.*.* Message of Governor Curtin
was read in the Legislature last week.
It its mainly devoted to matters con
nected with the late tchellion, MI which
Pennsylvania took such an active shurc
in suppressing, the facts of which how
ever are larnil ar to our readers. This
portion we omit for want of room.—
I'lie remainder of the message is as
follows :
Amount of the public debt of Penn
sylvania. as it stood on the Ist day of
December, 1804, 930,370.603 04.
Amount redeemed at the State treas
ury during the fiscal year ending with
November 30, 1865. 41.803,245 88.
Public debt, December I, 1805, $37,-
476.258 U6.
Assets in the treasury, consisting of
bonds and cash, amounted to 813,623,-
568 14.
By the repot t of the Slate Treasurer,
it will be observed that the extraordi
nary expenditures growing out of the
war, mil refun Jed by the general gov
ernment. have been 84,028,627 21.
fids includes the direct tax paid to
the United States by the State, which
is not rcimburs; bio. in the balance is
included the tr071.476 43 paid to the
militia, which, with a good portion of
the rem lining exp-tidilure. is clearly
■iue the State from the general govern
ment
Ihe necessity for extraordinary ex
penditures having ceased with the
suppression of the late rebellion, meas
ures should be taken to examine our
resources, and relieve, as far as possi
ble, the heavy burdens to which our
people are subjected.
It has been the habit of late years
to appropriate, freely, annual sums for
: lie si pporl of loealiii.-*; and such ap
propriations ate almost every year in
creasing in number and amount.—
Houses ot lieluge, Institutions for
ibe Deaf and Dumb and for the
Blind and Lunatic. Asylums. - these
appear to me to be. proper objects of
•State bounty, because a few of them
are suttii ient for the whole State, and
to leave them to be provided for by the
local authorities would, in tact, be to
deprive of protection the unfortunate
classes for whose benefit they are de
signed. But. mere local charities, how
ever meritorious and effective, r-hould,
I think, he lei I to the support of the
benevolent parties w ho establish them.
It is unjust that the pt-opie of the
Commonwealth should be coerced to
pay 'axes in order that part oh the
•i.oney so raised in.iy be given to the
siop irt of local charities, conducted
b. private associations,especial ! y hen
a is remembered thrt hitherto but a
small proportion of lite private churi
lies in the State have nsived for such
ipptopriation.
J recommend, therefore, that no ap
propriation he made for charities be
yond the institutions which I have
above specified.
The (axes at present laid on corpo
rations are unequal, and to a certain
extent thereby unjust. I recommend
the subject to the attention ef the
Legislature, with a view to a revision
of the system.
Within a few years acts have been
repeatedly passed directing the exj eh
diture of as much money as may be
necessary to effect named purposes,
sometimes without clearly designating
by whom the money is to be expended
or how the accounts are to be exam
ined rii< custom is very recent, and
bus already led to abuses
I recon.mend that the practice he
corrected, and that no appropriation
tie made without having the exact sum
appropriated, the specific purpose to
which it is to bo applied, and designa
tirig the officer by whom it is to he ex
pended, and fir. viding that the ac
counts shall he settled in the Auditor
General's office in the usual manner.
Notwithstanding the large expendi
ture* by the State tor military purposes
since the breaking out of the rebellion,
the condition ot the treasury is now
§2,555,579 12 better than it was then,
and 1 urn proud to be able to stale fur
ther that on the first day of December,
1865, the State debt was $492.938 66
less than it was on the first of January,
1861 These are truly gratifying facts
Under these circumstances, it may
j be possible, with entire safety to our
finances, to reduce or even repeal the
j ordinary State tax of two and a halt
! mills on real estate. The tax of one
j half mill laid by the act of May 16,
; 1861, was by that act expressly pledged
for t he repay ment of t he loan ot $3 000,-
; 000, thereby authorized, and of course
cannot lie repealed or reduced until
| that repayment shall have been made,
I recommend this subject to the care
ful ami delihciate consideration and
judgment ot the Legislature, and if it
should he found that the tax can be
repealed. I recommend that all such
laws authorizing the levying of local
taxes on bonds, mortgages, hums, and
i all property of that kind be !* re-