GOTERNOffS MESSAGE. To the Senate and. Home,of Representatives ■ of the Oonrinonipedlth of Pennsylvania: Gentlemen :—For the harmony and gen '©nil relations of comity and friendship ex* istipg between Pennsylvania and all the other States and Territories of the National Union; for the present prosperous condi tion of the Commonwealth; for the glad signs of coming political tranquility • and lor the success the progress of our free institutions, we owe a heavy debt of grutitude to Divine Providence, in. view of the favorable circumstances under » which yoti are how assembled, it becomes ) my province and duty, as it is my pleasure 1 to offer you my hearty congratulations, and ! to tender you a cordial welcome to the Le gislative Halls of the State. This, indeed, utfords me a higher gratification because I participate with your constituents in the confidence manifested by them in selecting you to represent their individual interests as well us those of the Commonwealth. On your wisdom, integrity, judgment and dis cretion, ull will undoubtedly rely for the correct determination of every question af fecting the largest interests and gravest re sponsibilities, und for a continuance, and even an increase, of that prosperity which Ims hitherto been so signally enjoyed. Qttis not without a consciousness of the groat responsibility resting upon me that I undertake the performance of a constitu tional duty, requiring that the Governor “ shall from time to tirnagive to theGener ' al Assembly information of the slate of the V Commonwealth, and recommend to their f / coimiderution such measures as. h« shall ' S kB judge expedient.” In conformity.with this 'm n ' f l u * rei nenl your attention will bo called Ljw only to such matters of publicinteiest as in tj* my judgment deserve careful consideration spT' i'a a,J d action on your part during the pre • T t* tent session. W FINANCES. •? ". _ • The following isa carefully prepared state ' ■ incut of the fmanriul condition of the Stale for the fiscal \oir ending November oO InW ’ 'lh-r.- orLH of the Auditor Gen ial and Sitiie T easurer hUow tliiit ilik oiilauce in iho Treasury, nitier III), 18(17, wan Bl,UGl,fc3(i 40 Uni l nui y i ecel (>u u urlog the fl cal yearcmJi. g November 30, Depreciate * ju-uh In the Treas ury, ..navull.ible To] lu Tr- iiMiry for ll.scal year end ing Nov. ,'iu J&Js i'.t.vrnenls v /.. Ur-unary • x.ii-uaes dur- I i’K In- IN itJ \ e.«r end* Hi«i N«v.:k), MiH SOU$ OU I.u - I j, ite., re ecioed... -1.-417 I;j m Other ,->*> in* ul* J^nhjOd Inti r* Kt on L .iin* I,I#7k#,ULMJ Id iJef.ieida'id lundK, un aval hi ole iidiuuco lu Ticuhiuy, Nov. su. lfcG .. J 1 OJh -lio ;J7 liy »m act approved April 10, ItMiS, the traiiMiictiouH of Commissioners of the Sink Fund wen ordered to bo lliereuf tor rupuried aijiuniliy to tho 3('th duy of Novt'iiiher. Their lust report, in cludes u period of ono year upd three UliilllilH. Tfju lnllowiiij' id the " UMiapitululion” tjf tin* i-inTiiti'ins r»r ihe-.Siiiiiiiii'l’uDii. from iS»*pi*-ml)or I>:tJ7, to November UO, lsfjs • 1 t.il ii.nt 111 mull, .-M-pt J.S',7 ;i 7 Hi ci-ii-t.s in 11.m] hi.m xiptenibcr ,l “ u ‘ l r !i, I’lj IU Lhilunce In fund buv.'i 1 ), ISG.S . ('muliliun nf Balances, B-ikmif l:i sinking l uuil Nuv. ;; , ; B illllll'e 111 .’MliUiti;' I' Ulld is'nv. l,l vs • lucl b.iiiii.ct: in Truiruiy i!-ilano-iu la *or of.-! nk Ing i-'urd M'lo.lM 7ii , Jteiu uy I’ubllc debt Lkcu.i.ber 1, IhdS. Stjilement allowing the condition of tho imlubtediic.sH of ijie CmmnomvoaUh on thy tirHl day of Ik-ceniber, ISIiS. Funded debt, tl pm cent. limns ft per cent loan*,.. ■i l /2 per rent, hmuh n»ta! tiiuilcil Uiilnnded di-ni, viz . Kelli i n lei I n elivu In*.-** • • L"■ i Slli.Hi IKJ i niorest cerl rilculi m !T>,:U'.lM) 00 7,7 1*1,771 ofl JL.UtUIO iiij.i'r-.vm milM-uiulli'K In t..- r «• m r, if found to bo worth less, to cancel and destroy them, so that the accounting oll'ieers inny ho relieved iron the necessity uud responsibility of annually accounting tor them. The large easli balance reninining in the Treasury on the dOth of November, lS(j7, lms been usedgfor llie payment uf-tho iwen .rty-three million loan uud Jur the liquidation \fif outstanding claims against llie State. Thi' investment of the funds, ju one of the. modes reonmuieiHh*! in my last annual t lUie-sage, lms, therefore, in a great measuro llii'cn rendeied unnecessary lor the present, in tire event of large accumulations of naoiiev herealier, tle> ' recommendations therein given are respectlully referred to, amVi renewed. Whenever there may bo sum o- muds in the Treasury, they'can, with\s i' and houelii to tire State, be cun', ployefy jn tire purchase of its outstanding bonds, ,and ;i. saving tin* interest on them which yyould aeeiimulub* prior to their ma turity. ' I regret 11 > Mate that Ihe last Legislature, although fully forewarned in regard tn tho insecurity and want of proper and stilli cient guard * lur tlie sale keeping of the money oi tic- (’mnnuniweiilth. failed to de termine upon any mode by which tin* Treasury lll.iy l„. cifectualiy guarded iigamst tho p. ~il,-l.ilv ol 10.49. Tho preMont Legislature h.ts it m ns power to secure for ltselt no ordin.iry honor, by the enactment oi such a law, strong ami efficient for the purpose indicate.!, and tho enjoyment not only of tho approbation, but the permanent gratitude of ;tvwv citizen. Notwithstanding the satisfactory reduc tion ol the public indebtedness, asshown in the foregoing statemeiws, an immense State debt tssttil upon us, f dniring-nearly two millions oi dollars to be c blcried to pay tho ltperesi accruing upon n annually lisex tingmshment at the Gariiest practicable pe riod, not, inconsi-teiti with otJ u -r public in terests, is of the highest importance Loeverv tax-payer. I cannot, therefore, too strong ly urge the strictest economy in re.spect to every expenditure und the utmost retrench ment in every department. Retrenchment is emphatically demanded by the people, in legislative expenditures,' as well as in every other brunch of the gov ernment. Their eyes are open to investi gate every transaction, aud bv their ballots they are ready to strike down those who will not take effective action in favor of positive and radical reform. Tho money paid into the Treasury la the property of the people, every olio of whom has u just right to hold his representatives to a strict accountability for every dollur that may be , appropriated or expended. I hero renew the remarks made last year on the subject of “ annual appropriations ” to which you are respectfully referred. For lour successive years the general appropri ation bills have been signed on the eleventh day of April, being about the time of ad journment. The Governor bus been forced either to sign the bill-, without proper in vestigation, notwithstanding anv objections Vo may have ; suspend the means to defruy tho operations-of ibo-government for the ensuing, year; or call an extraaession of the ; Legislature. I repeat that “it is earnestly desired that the appropriation bill be taken up. discussed arid passed at a sufficiently period during the session to enable 4 that thorough examination Which its importance demands.” * Education —Common Sc/iools. The annual report of theSuperintendentof Common Schools exhibits the condition of that department in a highly satisfactory manner. Within the State there are 1,918 school districts; 13,760 schools; 2,382 graded schools; 11,698school'directors; 73county, city and borough superintendents; 16,771 teachers; and 800,515 pupils. The cost of tuition for the year was $3,273,269 43; of building, purchasing and renting school bouses, $1,991,152 55; of contingencies, $554.253 21. These three items, with ex penditures for all other purposes connected therewith, amount to the aggregate sum of $6,200,537 90. . These faots are exhibited -with great sat isfaction, as they show the average annual cost for the tuition of each pupil to be about seven dollars and seventy-four and a half cents. The average amount paid to each teacher is abotit $195 17i per annum. This, in my opinion, is too small a salary to se cure the services of competent teachers; i and I am fully justified in urging the ne- , cessity of increased compensation. It is but 1 just, and it will have an elevating tendency not only upon the teachers but the manner in which their duties are performed. Your attention is called to the fact that, notwithstanding the ample provision now made by law for the education of all per sons between the ages of six and twenty one years, large numbers of children, prin cipally in our cities, do not attend any kind of school. Over twenty thonsand of this class are found in Philadelphia, and the number in tbo State is estimated to be not less than eeyenty-five thousand. These children grow up in ignorance, frequently without employment, and many of them contract habits of vice, which eventually cause them to be committed to houses of refuge, county prisons or penitentiaries. Humanity and sound public policy demand that something be done to remedy this growing evil, and also that of the neglected condition of considerable numbers of chil dren in the alms and poor houses in many of the counties. t our Normal Schools are now recognized ns State institutions'. Ibe number of stu dents attending them during the past year of whom eighty graduated. Two additional Normal Schools will probably go into operation during this year, one lo cated at liloomsburg, Columbia county, and the other at California,.Washington county. The value of these institutions to the common school system cannot be esti mated. Our schools are comparatively worthless without qualified teuchers, and such teuchers can most easily be obtained from the Normal institutes, where the art ot teaching is made u.specialty. A meeting of the presidents and other authorities of a number of our principal colleges waslield in Harr.sburg lust winter, the object of which was to bring about a closer union cl all our educational inslitu* lions, and connect by u bond of sympathy if not ol organic structure, the common schoi ' high schools, ucade;nies .and colie ges. Tbo estaolishment of such an educa tional department seems to be desirable. subject more worthy tbo de liberations of the Legislature than the pro motion of the welfare of our common schools They immediately underlie the characteristic leutures of our social system ; hey are lountains of that widespread in elligeneo, which, liken perennial vitality •ervades the nation, and ure nurseries ' at inquiring spirit to which we ure (11,(118,918 01 debted !<>r tho purity and preservation our lreo iestitutinns. In a republican {gov ernment education is a sure basis of power and public prosperity. By it the* peopleare taught to discern and estimate the value of their own rights; to distinguish between oppression and tho exorcises of lawful authority ; to discriminate between liberty and licentiousness; to preserve an inviolable respect tor the laws, and exercise “eternal vigilance” against any encroachments upon them. It is admitted that a thoroughly ed ucated poople alone can be permanentlyfreo By educational culture patriotism is ex panded, and the principles, manners and sentiments of the whole people are assimi lated. Many of the sources of jealousy and prejudice are diminished, social harmony .largely increased, and tho structure of our ' ,reo »»<{ happy -Csystem ot government cemented, strengthened and adorned. Soldiers’ Orphans' School. In his report tho Superintendent of I Soldiers’ Orphans’ Schools exhibits tin* total expenditure for ihoir support from December 1, ].si;7 p, May Ulst to be fcWG.yru.ai; total number «i pupils jn the schools rj,-4'jl ; average cost per pupil ?»>!),OfiJ for six months; and the average weekly expenses per pupil I he liscal year of these schools, like that of tho common schools, terminates by law on the last day of May of each v** ur . Tlie present report of the Superintendent there fore, embruces only six months, and re ports will be made up to tho 31st day of May, anmiully, herealter. Tho special ap propriation of February ”>, 18BS, made in accordance with an estimate of tho Super mtendent, presented in my last annual message, excoded the actual expenses ?(i - ■W H 8 •J,IP,«J(i 1M i:222 h:i «e SWMJ 32 7(i 5:)19.W3 17 B.j7i.t;e; .77 si Otis,; u i 1.0KJ.-itj y; IsutwithstnndiQg overy possibleoflbrt has been, and will continue to bomude, to econ omize) in the expenses of the present year uni! to keep them as far ns possible within Lho appropriation made by the last Legis lature, it wiH readjly'beobserved that there will bo a deficit for the year ending May 81 [.SCO, the amount of which will bo carefully ascertained and presented to the Logislu uro prior to the close of Ihe present ses lhe schools are ail in good condition and improving, and their usefulness is daily becoming more manifest. They are ainon<" the most philanthropic institutions of the age, and relleet high honor on the patriot ism of the Legislature by which they have been so liberally endowed and upon our people by whom they are sustained. The children who are the recipients of their benefits are the; offspring of bravo* men who voluntarily endangered their lives in the cause of their country in the most try ing hour of its existence, and v/ho, glowing with patriotic ardor, fought as bravely etui as heroically as the noblest im-n in the world’s history. Thousands of them who h-lt their homes in the bloom of health ami with the brightest hopes of manhood, now sleep iu death, leaving their widows and little one?: iu the care of the country in whose service they fell, and which prom , ised them its protection. Their children are thy wards of this great Commonwealth; and too much praise cannot be awarded its peo ple for the munificent and tender manner in which they have thus far, through their representatives, discharged the sacred and delicate trust. Agricultural College. I3elore the General -Government appro priated public lands to the several States for the purpose of agricultural and military education and the mechanic arts, uud prior to the lime when Pennsylvania endowed the Agricultural College with her shure of these lands, it was dependent wholly upon individual influence, without any' oilier means for its support than its own earn ings. History proves that of learning cannot be efHeientlv sustained by their own internal resources. The educa tion ol youth 'in the higher branches ol knowledge seems to require the aid of phi lanthropic contributions. This institution had not these benefits to any adequate ex tent, and'though the board of trustees be stowed ( npon it the most anxious care, their zeal and labor, combined with those of its friends, were not equal to a contest with the want of means. Hence the school did not command the confidence of farmers' who were able to educate their sons and wl,n / (,| ’‘dd not forgot that character of tho college at tached to the character of its graduates; and that its failure would enter into the estimate which tho world would place upon the education it bestowed. This feature has now been removed. The people through thf-ir Legislature, have endowed* this institution with tho interest upon a fund of $318,500 00, (invested in United States and Pennsylvania Statesix per cent, bonds,) payable to it seuii-auminlly. Last year this interest amounted to §25 0411 7S Tho residue of the fund, ftt.Ssti 50, has been appropriated, under tho law, by the board ol trustees, to the purchase of t'hreo model and experimental farms; one at the col- •1,417,4(3 64 in t’outre county, for uo o-io in (Tester county lor *17,770 up, und one in Indinna county for .70. The board has also recently re-organized tho faculty and remodeled tho course of studies, so as to adapt them to the wants of the agricul tural community This now tinier ot things goes into operation at the commencement ot the next session, and it is earnestly hoped will be a success. There is no profes sion, trade or calling in life, where the value of knowledge and the lights of science, and the practical application ol both, are so po tent tor profitable results as in their adap tation to agricultural pursuits. And iu this truly practicable age jt is well worthy of the consideration of parents, whether thev should not avail themselves of the benefits of thte institution, now so generously en dowed by the State. From the report of the Adjutant General you will loa.ru the condition of tho Military Department. The inactivity iu military affairs alter the cessation of hostilities and upon the return of peace, has in a great measure been dispelled, and an active mar tial spirit nowprevails throughout the State* nioro particularly in Philadelphia, where, by a special legislative enactment the min imum nutnbo* of men required to form a company has been reduced, and a brigade iuod is raised by a tax upon those who are not members of a military organization hut liable to the performance of military duty. I recommend the passage of a siin ilar law for the whole State. For the sake of preserving the great interests involved, which include the lives, property and hap piness of our people, this is Presented to Kuon UQ imporlant object for your delib : P° S3i ble encouragement of volun- i inS?l,» a ,lm ?on , airorded ' uud uotwithstaad aa frtl m °T U Vo 8 "Seated it lias resulted '* n I'Bb 1 ' 8br ’ thl ‘ re were eielit volun ctchl ,' eS Restate ; in 1567, thirtv numbdr'nrnM li6S ’ sevont y-se'-™, and a izaUomf h ° rs m I>re Paration for organ- Bj a reduction ol the number for a com ' ™ re <3p red to an affi”. gaie or nily officers and men comnsnica would aoom.be numbered by the humW.H any of easilys!*recruitedy 5 !* recruited ?o the maximum number if reouired tnr active service- The State maintainsthe highest degree of preparation accomplishes most aud Lifers ISS, The conflict of arms , and by being in read! ness it often prevents improper enJoaSi ments upon her rights. 1 dsPo 4 d A Q ‘ ant General preseuls a full and detailed statement of the disbursement m vem d De P r a anTsfiS the y eiirB ° contracted during . iS(Qte Agency, The existence, of the Military : 3tate 7 . Drtigwrt but unsuccessful smirch bus been repeatedly made lor the coat of arms of llie Mate, and lor the authority under which the present design was established. It seems that for years past no trace of either the original authority or design could any where be louud, and it is recommended hat the Legislature take the necessary stems o supply the omission, by shell means as they in their wisdom shall determine STATE BENEFICIARIES. A number of benevolem, charitable and o-her similar institutions annually receive appropriations from the State for their sud port These appropriations, in most, ifnot in ail cases, appear to have been adequate for the purposes to which it was intended they should be applied, and are as liberal as can reasonably be expected in the pres sent condition ot the Treasury of the .State, TIIE SUSQUEHANNA FISHERIES A preiiiniuary report on tho Sum. Delian na fisheries has by Colonel I Jumes Worrall, Civil Engineer, Cornmis- ! sioner under the act of the Legislature iu reference thereto. There are some facts which should be embodied in the report but which can not be ascertained until early in January. Permission has therefore been granted to the Commissioner, at bis request to postpone the submission of his reirulnr l report until tho earliest day practicable during the present month. | MILITARY CATTLE DISEASE. Tb© prevalence of contagious or epidemic j diseases among cattle and other animals I has for some years past been a prolific source of anxiety and alarm among the producers and consumers of meats in many of the States. It was therefore deemed im portant to call a convention of competent persons to take into consideration the means best calculated to remedy this great and growing evil. This convention, composed of three commissioners each from the four teen States represented, appointed m ac cordance with an agreement with the sev erai Governors, assembled at Springfield. Illinois, on the first of December last, and an account of their transactions is here with presented. . Without legislative authority, but believ ing my action would be sanctioned by the people ei representatives, I appointed Dr. c ° r r SOD and Messrs. E. C. Humes re«^ Oy D Ham , iltOD . commissioners torep- ThM« »?n e M nsylvania in the convention. eiDerifnei e “s n i reely save thelr ““eand eioense S’.K d al "° ln currcd a pecuniary defrav whLh f Ut three h,ln < ir ased|a!l should bow to it as to tbe|voiee of God. They are the sovereign rulers, aud their will must be the law of the laud. Corruption of suffrage in a republi cun government is the deadliest crime that can be perpetrated ; it is assassination of the sovereignty of the people, and will bo fol lowed by a despotism, the motive power of which will bo money and perjury. And if this privilege bo tampered with, sooner or lutor sure aud indignant popular con demnation will be rendered and condign punishment administered. All good citi zens, of whatever political opinion, should lend their aid lor thoj accomplishment* of any and every measure that may teuu to secure to each voter, not only his right to the elective franchise, but the assurance that his vote will not be rendered valueless by illegality, corruption or fraud. Lvery proper facility for the naturaliza-- ion of citizens of foreign birth should be af forded; but the Legislature, in its combined wisdom, can surely enact some mode to prevent the possibility of a single vote be ing cast upon spurious naturalization papers, and thus fully secure the purity of the elective franchise. REVISION OF TIIE CIVIL COOK. lbe commissioners appointed to codify the statute Jaws ol the State have diligently prosecuted the work assigned them, and with every prospect that it will be lullv completed within the time prescribed by legislative resolutions' of April 3 , : * n further compliance with them! [hey wdl cause to he laid before each branch oi the General Assembly, at its pre sent session, various titles of bills, with brief abstracts of.tho several sections of each, which have been matured. INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. Among the subjects of importance to the itizens of Pennsylvania is the establish lent oi an Insurance Department. Sue! .'purtments are in successful operation ’ several neighboring .States, by" means vrtiieli the interests ofiusurors are guarded and promoted. Ho careful a supervision is had .-ver the transactions of insurance com rauies that frauds are rendered almost im po-sjble, aud spurious companies can havo no existence. The result of thejprotectiou thus afforded, is, that whilst foreign com panies, thus protected, do immeuso busi ness in this State, so little confidence is had In those of Pennsylvania that their business is almost entirely couUued within the Htate limits; and lately some of them have with drawn their* agencies from other States, be cause no risks will be taken in consequence oi the inadequacy of the laws t-o'uflbrd pro tection to insurers. To this defect, more o\ er, mar bo attributed the operations of the number of worthless companies which have suddenly expired, to the injury of all whose confidence they obtained, and to the dishonor oi the Commonwealth. Whilst Pennsylvania insurance companies tran sact little business outside of the Htate, it is alleged that foreign life insurance coinpa nies aloDe paid taxes lust year on throe million eight hundred thousand dollars of premiums received in Pennsylvania a Kreut proportion of which would bo confined lo this Stale if the same protection was given by law to its citizens as is afforded by other Slates. The report of the Insurance l)epartmentofN.-w York, published in 18ti7, shows that the companies which.were doing business in 1566, in Pennsylvania, and also in >ow 1 ork, bad risks in force for more than live thousands million of dollars ; and it is believed that the risks in Pennsylva nia companies, which, for want of a proper Insurance I), partnieut cannot bo obtained, would swell the amount to six thousand millions. In view of these fads, and of the costly experience of the people who have been imposed upon aud defrauded by un substantial and ephemeral companies I repeat the recommendation made to the Legislature at its last session, that an In surauce Department be established, and a superintendent appointed by law,who shall havo supervision and control over all in surance companies allowed to transact bu siness within the Htate. and annually pub lish, under oath, full reports of their trans actions. Ihe community is deeply inter ested in this mailer, and demand! iho pro tection which can thus only be afforded THE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. ' Th« Commissioners appointed by an act of the last session “ to establish an addi tional State Hospital for the Insane/’ have notilied me that they will present a report ol their proceedings sometime durum the present month, which will bo communica ted when received. DAMAGES HY ItAIDS, in accordance with on act oMhe last ses sion, providing for an investigation and ad judication of the claims of citizens of Severn] counties “ whose property was destroyed damaged or appropriated for the public ser 'lee; and in the common defence in the war tosupp.ess lhe rebellion," a commission ed w} 68 < i° ln^eteu r t gentlemen was appoiut ed "ho have performed Ilie allotted duties and w,I soon make a full report of thlfr transactions. 1 I’AHIH EXPOSITION, M M r e ’ iT - 0d , tbruUKb tbe Secretary of Sta e oJ the t mted States, u bronze medal Sh fr , om tbG luj perial Commis sioners for the best specimens of Pennsyl vania anthracite coal exhibited at the Paris Lx position in ISU<. These tributes to an important branch ofthe internal resources of I enusylvama have been assigned a place among other valuable relics in tho Kxecu tive Chamber. STATE COAT OE ARMS. meat, whose dut/shTtSd bfw tSfllS' ™ theeonatrnction DornP » l0 ? o'* TSE TEEEa--°“.'»''res pnblish such facta as might tend to stimn- great raUwava now in P°“ d ™' at Conestoga Centre, -this county, fate and increase our productive energies, mg out their giantf? n , da na 11:6 lowing very intoresUng instill new life and vigor into onr mannfac- commerced the Pacific mdekum ofw/ IeD ,V” a ,?i e< I Un . s tb P remarkable coat tnringlntereste, and lead|to a more aocnrate Ltbeuntold reamrcen orteMth m “ho kfler P ered foT‘, ? Wh ? h f tlle , t ™ ea have be® ll >»v knowledge of all onr internal resources vening to“ the m.lt' Th^ t^ e ?'! 8t fe ? daya: and the proper methods for their develop- distant portions ef onr ™r, in a Sm’ h„Tf at i ce wlth whicb tho ““ have ment. abundant space in the Cap. mon union not onlv with inf u., “ eoverad for several days is the heavi itoi to be appropriated as a re- byTe n S?i a *3s2i u b l !£ mLhu”? 1 1° 1832'l 832 ' »f wbiih our •• oldest ceptacle for . books, papers, mineralogical lira of a common interest and a rammon ‘ hat Mm any knowledge. At and geological specimens, and other arti- brotherhood Q a comm oa that time the weather was similar to that cles that might be contributed appropriate To lessen the burdens of the neonle nnd , h ich we bave hfld slnce the beginning of tQ such a department and which in a few to keep the expenses of the Sta&M Lhs n - ew yea T~; r S m flnd Ble€t fulling, and yeaxs would form an invaluable collection, as possible within the limits of its absolute ezl P® « as I e un ! d the;trees were so Und ®f i e^8 at,ve direction, thegood results necessities, will always be amonc the chief sv!!L Vl y f* oaded , w itb *l°°' tbat lbe y broke wonid be almost incalculabie, and are re- objects of wise and just legislation 1 Let™ down of its weight. Hickory trees of 12 to quired by the progressive spirit of the age then, with a due sense of-our cbe V n ‘ d,ameter were bent until their m which we live. and high responsibilities endeavor so to H ?* S y eacbed the ground, while some were resolutions of the Vermont LEOisla- : dischargeoarduties as to secure the Greatest ® pl J nter f d aud broken off. Other varieties tore. | good of the community and a V* Jk/ £? t t tree8 * w ?^ e wo 9{* waa le ? a tou S h Yonr attention is called to the accompan- probation of Him bv whnmTi than hickory, and fruit trees were almost ying joint resolutions, passed at the last mon wealth baa been soabuodStlv of their branches, and great dam sesston of the Vermont Legislature, bearing jno W ppa??' age Avas done to the woods and orchards, a just tribute to the late Hod. Thaddeus l Executive Chamber.’ ( ' I This time it is not. as bad as it was in 1832, btevens. Joint resolutions from the same I Harrisburg Jan 6 18G9 ; some damage has been done to fruit, body are also sent you, which I regard as ’ ,J, t i shade, and forest trees. Daring Saturday, worthy of your consideration, relative to w * * Saturday night and Sunday, crack after the act of Congress “to establish and pro - ! ptLOCnl 2jUt£|lifl£ttY£ ■ ? rack » and crush after crash oould be beard feet National Cemeteries," and recommend- ' ' —' D • I II L direction, caused by the breaking •ng “to the Legislature of the State of | ■, ho Lancaster ntv foiling down of the limbs of trees; Pennsylvania the passage of an act empov - j ino 4 * onca »**'«g«JdConnty Uorticnl- said limbs being so heavily loaded with ice ering the board of Commissioners having' This assomation nW a , • j l aat they made as mnch noise as thefallmg ®b®fBe°f the Soldiers’ National Cemetery ' one tfcS MoSav aft.™*' B ■“nfb'bour, of large trees would under ordinary circum at Gettysburg, to transfer all the right, ti- ' ?f pn ? ’ q p.K a ‘ ter “? on 1 tbe pres- I stances ; and it would have been a foolish, tie, interest and care of said Soldiers' Na- j 77“ dIDg ’ feCTßta ry i‘f not a rash act, to have attempted to pass ttonal Cemeterey to the General Govern- ! reuular mMtl’nuoftho?«S n ? tßsof the last I thr ? u B h the woods during that time. We mem, upon the completion of the same.” 1 ami lonmved 8 ‘“ on wers read ? otlced a nnmber of youDg yellow locust r , in memorial. trees, from 4 to 8 inches in diameter, which It has been the misfortune of the Stale ‘ B E?b were F° wn by Jno ’ I h , ad S rown ratb er tall in proportion to their during the past year to lose by death two ! •• Free RoV”man!, r a ?° a superior I thickness, which were bent until their tops of her representatives in the Congress of the ' Erb which ho clnim.H n ufact ured by Mr. rested on the ground, and some of them nation, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of the !fa vantages?es™ctmt d Jn.u°f' B33 superior ! , were brok <® off. Shade and ornamental •p mlb ..and Hon. Darwin A. Finney' of the i , he in ™n *“ !° n ' etr ” OTer I {, re “ are sadly ont of aba P®—tkeir limbs Twentieth District. Both were natives of Thoftll^fmirneTsin/wS' Bral U9e - being either.bent or broken-and it will .Vermont, but in early life selected Penn- ! onmoibn P r™i?“ ed “ d ' j mke seyeral years for some of them to grow ?him D, , a !or lheir bome ' and identified ; t ion j GermllTo?F»S aBSooia ‘ I‘at 1 ‘ at , 0 P h ropar sba P a “Sain, and that result cau .themselves with her interests, which they ' s bin’‘ Hon John 7immorm t fl^ Ca / 1 £? town 1 ouly - be by judicious and careful "® re ® bose n to guard iu the Legislature; c LHunsecke? of ManhSm J oflhl3 '? l[y i ! pr a Unl S S ' T^ e old Ci “ r “ a '> farmers cou f„ nd thß P“Ple of the Commonwlalth will I Brubake? of Manomwo M- mus i f!?,'" °. n 11,0 trees ' vill ' er to long remember with gratitude their faithfnl 'of Warwick twn • Sheriff T T? J w min R i tter » \ ,! b e ** 9,^n ” of an abundance ol and efficient services. Thetirst went down | htv k 1 p '-’ &herlff J ' F - b rey, ofthis ; fruit the following season. This is at pres to his grave after a long life of public use- The Treasurer of the ioon-;,,' - 1 eu l a pi ea t consolation, 1/(Aere is any trtuA fulness and in well matured honors - the 1 , °l “ e Association, Dr. P. .«« the “ sign.” other in the prime of SoTd. ! d h, t S 0 "S°l!;^. hicß waa 1 prorn.se of a scarcely less brilliant career. mX e ™ns?stlng of Me“a?s. E The list of during the ! £ T h ' e . r JJ» gffiSd" i P a « b F, “ d I'lO a^bad Iho principHl reasons upon which they j hands°of ' S? in bia are based; and the names of some ol the \ SiU te e suienuenSv sLied C ? m * prominent petitioners, are given in examined stat^m^n^of^hVr 67 bad every case. That a few of these nardons I exa , mi . nec j. tD ’ s statement of the finances may* have been unwortffily “ g P ranteS I a .g d '™ nd “ b ® hruugh misrepresentations of relatives, | , b "eup’on approved fh 1 " Wus Inends, sympathizing neighbors and other I p ro f P ,S a PP ßathvnn n ! i interested parties, there is no doubt but in r> »i- a * Rathvon, a member of the the majority of instances it is certain that j re ' the facts not ouiy justified but demand- 1 Sal the h neVJour ed Executive elemeaev. i?. ca e Lr f J i anc( !r UeT 'Farmer, which is The whole number of applications for 81D £ published under the auspices of the pardons during the year hSs blSi sSteen A f oc ’ atloD - make ltB appearance in hundred and ThS da ys «nd that a large number of sub of pardons granted L S’ time" I one hundred and six which is u little over . i.?* xf-u !■»»“*.' Reist, stated sis and u in,if per cent Of those pardoned f- m' Vs- hael Martl ? ° U PP er Leacock about live per cent, have been agaiubrougrn I acre of mra h u r C °/° ty ’ bad ralsed r ™ °ne rss of the,r 0 w n wit d h z ’ welshty ' ™ 10 lhe hui - and which ranks among the most° d’lfficult and th^eitc/raif^ f eilract from ■portunities, us well as conflicting? represeu ! as having said tations, from those in whom lie should ho lat Ike J f 9t raeBtm ?. ot the association that ho enabled to place the fullest confidence, hi ; wa? oMI ° fdriU ' order to avoid errors iu the decision of anv 1 i H ’ !u was . a . mi ? , , ake °/ llie reporter ; case, the Governor is u* | bribed ° f the °P inioD^ ' ,hat «' baa t should be to cousideration the action of the court be- ! Thocri M <• j fore which the convict has been tried; the read bv 111 1 Hostetm/-Tl' t Ta ‘ h ° n majesty oi the law which may or mav nut > t?n= ofliinV » ° f » u stutod that six bave been violated ; the conchtion of “he 1 SS?,riiSS?i! ate ° r b °u ne Wflre P m "P™ prisoner; bis temptation to err* the : l ' vo lie^da . ol “ U acre s each, upon which there injury that may be inflicted upon his 1 wa3 i llO °, lker raapureput; one of said fields helpless and dependent relatives and the 1 P roduced P 3Ol " 6 than 11 bushels wheat per arguments and appeals of citizens whose ' theoth er a fraction oyer2G bushels opinions and wishes he is bound to respect ' ?,[ pe T acr f> ' vhll st not a farm adjoin- And however j ust hie decision and huTane i g and generous ins action, either in favor of nV?hit , Tb f us ual quan or against the petitioner for clemency, he laml s 300 P U PP ‘f d 4--“* a<;ro cf . must expect to have his motives impugned 1 t ehnnlH^hf2? h Jii i‘ S per 10,1 : suffer vmuleiit'alSck" of ! ™T .bis most intportant and merciful .preroga- . drills “nd^cT^u^ Tho pardon report will exhibit that i l!5 Sl |ho ble ' M , r ’ ■ Uoatetlcr stated that many instances iu which Executivo clc- Wheat SIS- fi ract,ce of sell ‘ n K ' b « money has been invoked, youthful prison- mto llmir Mm l, L i mailulact ur<-'d ers, charged with their lirst offences and ' ln!l ii „^ r tao bran '\ as lost to the farm those of a trivial character have beeil Iho i conse 'l uea oe of this phosphate must recipients. Tho object of punishment in rß f urn to the soil the ingredients all cases, should not bo so much to millet fa of o'r *° h l6 P rodußtl ™ 01 wheat. This 'pain us to reform the sufferer and prevent f m f i " abseuca °f phosphate in lands the repilitiou of evil deeds. This l fact is ,i, b cLI bH i VO bl ? n farmed for a long time frequently lost sight of in imposing nun- m “ y ax P lam the ri>ason why good crops of ishment *up,m criminal cspeS"a Hyphen ‘m°”, nOW * ™ iaad ,«' b ®r U for.'ner inexperiencod youths are shut up in close '-’n s ',? ll ?, Dt V°P, S we , re P roda oed. colls with men hardened in crime, where no/i J l, b " gl0 , bought that manure should its arts are daily taughk-Aid a romance ot 00 ox P osed u P° n tbe su rface of the land thrown around its conunissibu. Instead cl - xl - e P t 111 certain seasons of the year : dur being improved, they come lorth ,t he ‘"K a ''““ months of the year if manure was expiration of their terms of sentence with sCuo'i UPMI ,118 surface ot the ground its the loss of sell respect, their moral senti- a . ubalancu would soon be washed nwify l )v meuts blunted, and prepared to practice ‘ bo boai - v and Pi° trac,ed ™ in s. He agreed upoti society the infamous lessons they have U,e m, terh.Tfn t t er ‘ hat , fart , ne f s . mil « ta | o , y learned. Sucli punishments tend to increase I tbß materia to the land which is ann',..ity rather than lessen the nmmtuv of crime abl P pßd “« ■" > ba crops sold by them to he When houses ofoorreciiou and reformatories ] BX P orteci to distant countries; m,.. -si ibis are constructed, or a proper system of cou- i pov^rNhed 6 &01 W 1 1 uitiuiatel >' U *‘ :uuje m ’ fluement and prison discipline is adooted • 1 n!!; “ t ‘ there will bo a material decrease of crime’ i a i eil(: iy discussion hero ensued and comparatively few cases to demand thfl lke Uler nhers of the Association exercise of the pardoning power which some or them staled that wheat r power. should be drilled thinly in order to vicl.l commutation op, sentences. , wt'li; others at lodged that wheat sown Ji™ cooPocJ m the Fniladelphia ; thinly will not mature early enough and county prison tbo folowmgnumed cunvicts, | hence the rust takes it; a member suggest t j“ d ”', nf death ’ ', or wh " SB execu ed lbat liuiß would cause the wheat toymen , , have “<« been issußd: Ed- ' earlier than it would do if manure instead $ 1 Sg tb:in ia Rnni TI ? der of these per- i Prof. S. S. Rathvon read an article from I , h .° ]nw re fluires that they shaii be the Germantown Telegraph entitled “ Whv tbe sentence, |i» the country desertid ind the chv ?f?n»? dltlol V 1 '• P ar J or te(;1, or held in close l hronged with young men*” this artifin SlflTprn,, 111 ) ba co t UDI 7J (lil during life, and the Professor’s reflections thereon were ~ Punishment with the additional lof great interest and, as they wftl bo nub S lt ™ constantly preying upon the j Halted in the Laneasler l'aZer rmnd that a death warrant many at any from reporting them as our f f Jha^coon 6 . lssu . ed '.^ s ' perhaps, tbe severest obtain them in tbe second number of that that could be inflicted. It would be both valuable journal. 6 01 “““ just and merciful to give the Governor au-! Messrs. L. 8. Reist A D Hosteller I he s o ™ mmalß tllß -’ontonce of death in j Stauffer and J. M. Frantz, briefly expressed lihnr b in , a , mod ca3os t 0 toiprisonmont, at their approval uf tho sugges'fons eomaim d b r, n the pcmtcntlary, for such a in the extract and essay just read L, Pro term of years as the ameliorating Rathvon. jjuniuuuj not, «nd'(taS' S ()ne' 7 r .i secm -° ■ iUStily , 11 was suggested that (he time of holding and demand. One of the convicts named tho meetings of the association be chanced J”, b i‘P h n ‘“, pr, . SOIK ' d ab °ut eighteen years, to some other day, in order to aer d |ibn h nt Ml* llbt uot . be ad vi-'able to preparation of matter ior the new journal 0 ,^“ a ‘ bberty humanity and tho euds but after some discussion it was aireed to ofjustice require the commutation of his let the time of tbe meeting of the sentence in the manner suggested. tion remain as heretofore. asSoLla ' r i , CONCLUSION. The Secretary read a letter from J. Lacey lhe ior-pgomg subjects have been deemed Darlington, President of tho “Chester oi sulncieiH. importance to submit at the bounty Agridulturul Society,” renuestiui? Dresent tune foryour information and con- lbe Lancaster County Association to send sideration. Others may occur before the one of its members to represent it in tbe close ol tho session which may bt* worthy meeting of the Board of Managers of the ol special communications, it will be my “Past Penn’a Experimental Farm” at constant care and determination toco-op- >Vest Grove, Chester county, on tbe Sib of erate with you in tkd prosecution of any lbe present month ; on motion L. S Reist meusures that may tend to preserve and w,ls elected to represent the Association increase the prosperity of the Slate and tbe Tbe society then proceeded to elect the happiness of its people, with the firm be- liel that your united wisdom will aim con- President— H. M. Engle of° Marietta* stantiy to promote these desirable results. v ice Presidents—H. K. Stoner J. 11. iler- Many ol tho events that have transpired sbe 7i J- D- Garber; Recording Secreturv— since my last annual communication to the Ale ** Harris, Esq., of this city* Corres- Legislamrejhave been snnusuaiiv interest- ponding Secretary— A. D. Hosteller ofMt ing and significant. They bave'been inti- J °y; Botanist—Jacob Stauffer ofthis ci*iv : niteiy more than political, and bear direct- Chemist—Dr. J. LT. Musser of Lampeter • ly upon the great interests and most sa- I Entomologist—Prof. S. S Rathvon of this cred .destinies of tho |nation. Apart from C:t y: Librarian—John B. Erb.ofLatnne tho vindication of the principles of the par- ter * 1 ty which sustained fhe government and lhe Go motion, the Society adjourned until army during tbojjcouleat for the preserva- the first Monday of next month (February tion of the Union, and the election to the * Presidency of the first soldier of the age, is the fact that the people bave by triumphant majorities loruver settled our controversy upuu certain iundamental principles/ Par ties may and undoubtedly will arise upon other issues, but there can be no future ? lrt *£gl° about slavery. Involuntary serv itude, as a monopojy of labor, is forever destroyed. The monster obstacle to tbe national progress has been removed, and henceforward all the faculties of our people can be developed “ without let or binder unco. lhe lair and exuberantly fertile states of the South, heretofore comparative ly retrogressive and unproductive, relieved irom this terrible curse, with the influx of northern immigration and capital, will soc n become. Lhe rivals of .their northern sister •States in all the arts of peace, und addi tional markets will be developed in which to exchange the varied products of the heretofore hostile sections. Hardly less magical has been the effect upon other nations. Gen. Grant’s election has confirmed tho hopes of our nations Wo?id ’ H T h r d the [ ears of ils foes in lbe o] d world. It supplements and seals the ver dict ot arms and the progress of republican PntK, r £ G downfall the rebellion bv M?«Vr? d * M tes was f l uick ‘y followed by tUe great dvil revolution in England* he-^eacelu l expulsion of tho last of the US 0115 1 - rom ?P aiu : tbo unrest of Cuba; the concession of more liberal principles in Germany; and the necessary icnuiese?nce of he Emperor of the French in ?he r^pS“ raved t ',^ U wu fe, ' rS 0VC ‘ n a 3 he baa ba ' ™> ed Wb »t are these but the echoes ot tbo dire catastrophe that has over \Win a !' ISt a CraC;s ' in tbß Umted Sla ‘ Ba ? Notwithstanding Lho importance of the issues involved in tbe late canvass, and the bitterness of feeling as well as the earnest neatness with which it was conducted its termination has happily met with the’ ac qinesceuee of nearl/the whole people ; and at no time m the history of the nation has there been opened before us a briebts? prospect ol continued peace and increLimr prosperity; and we have no gremer “use lor universal congratulation than that no differences of opinion now exist thni non materially mar onr national happing, 0 ™ tard our onward progress, or threaten the peace or perpetuity of our’govemmem iu conclusion, permit me to remark that the -v oice of Pennsylvania, as well as that of a majomyofthestates, h’as at box proclaimed to the world that all onr flf/’hn 11 1 lndeb . tßdDess .no matter how heavy the burden, will be paid according to " the letter and spirit” of the agreements made and entered into at the time the debt was contracted ; and that in this as in all other respects our individual and national honor must and shall be preserved;” that we are determined by all honorable means Tn our power to Becure ample encouragement and protection to each and every branch of Home Industry, and every maoly enter prise that contributes capital, labor, skill and industry to our material wealth, social advancement aDd political tranquility that for all onr citizens, the children of the Com monwealth, being alsojcitizenSQf the United States, we demand the fullest protection, in their persons, their property, and in all their rights and privileges wherever they may go within the national jurisdiction or in foreign lands; and tnat whilst oar financial policy shall be such as to main tain untrammelled our national credit it is to be hoped that it may at the Hinkletown Ahead.— We recently published that a hog 14 months old and weighing 4G4 pounds bad been killed by Mr. Brown iu Manheim township: we have since been inlormed that Mr. Thomas Morrow, near Hinkletown, has killed a one year and ten days old weighing G-L»i pounds. Ourcorrespondentstatestbai there is plenty of proof of this as the day the hog was killed there was about 000 peo ple present; they had a box of §25 and Mr Henry Sensennig made a lucky shot by putting in the number G 294 and thus win ing the box. Now let Manbeim pick its largo potatoesiirst instead of the small ones!’ Arrested.— Alexander Gibson was ar rested at Eden, in Manbeim twp., by officer I’lory on Thursday. Gibson was charged uy Philip Daichler, of this city, with false pretense. The affair was settled' by the defendant paying all the costs and the loss incurred by Mr. Deicbler by the obtaining of goods from Mr. D. through said false statements. The Bridge at Columbia.— The bridge over the. Susquehanna between Columbia and Wrightsville has been thrown open for foot travel. There yet remain, however, eleven spans to arch, which the contractor expects to have completed by the first of February, when the structure will be handed over to the bridge company who will throw it open for general travel. A Useful A'SOciation.— The Inter course Association for the Detection of Horse Thieves held their annual meeting on Saturday, the 2d inst., at Win. Blair’s Hotel, in the village of Intercourse. This Association was organized several years ago, and the deepest interest is manifested in it by the farmers of Leacock and adjoin ing townships. Bad as the weather was, there was a full representation of the mem bers of the Association. In case a horse is stolen all the members are immediately called on, and, under a heavy fine, are com pelled to ride in pursuit of the thief and stolen property; the Association in this way is not only a great means of brl ging horse thieves to justice, but even by its ex istence prevents horses from being stolen, as the thieves are aware of the great diffi culty they must have in effecting their es cape with the stolen property. If similar, associations were formed in the different sections of this and adjoining counties no doubt a large number of valuable horses now stolen with impunily would be saved to their owners. A Runaway,—Not long since as Mr. hamuel residing near Fair held, Drtimore township, was driving along the pnblic road in a one-horse wagon, while passing a vehicle which he met on the j 8 „ became frightened and started off at fall speed, throwing him out , ™¥° n on bis side. Mr. Wicker fiTn m o!!s , £ severely Injured by the laij, and be has been nnable to do much since; he is now however recovering from fnr * The h u r ? eran with 1110 wagon for some distance before he was caught? Manheim Still Ahead.—We are in n,ed/il? t T. JohII McQ ratm. Esq., residing this ? p *? n& E° a d, one mile north of o 7d p «gi^‘^ i Fox Hunt.— On New Year’s day, as an. Inounced some time ago, the fox hunt at Hotel, in Leacock twp., came off. Though the weather wa3 rather unfavora ble, n was on the whole, a succes. The fox was started in due style, and after qnite a lengthy chase, was “ holed ” in a lime-uiln. tiuue a number of professional hunters were in attendance, all of whom acquitted themselves creditably with but one excep tion. One of the number, mistaking ih Q yelping of some curs for the baying of the hounds, was thrown ofl the track and rode around through Harristown and Williams town, while the chase was in the vicinity of Buyerstown, two miles ofl, and running in f be oopoai te direction. He had been lost in Keneagy’s Hollow,” on the day before apd was still suffering frem its effects which fact may account for it. The raffling which was announced, also came off, and resulted in Mr. Landis’ winning the laraous Johnstown running mare.” I a tal Accident.— Yesterday moruin c !• rank Musser, aged 12 years, sob of Heilrv Musser, lumber merchant in Marietta chased a rabbit into a pile of boards m bis father’s lumber ydrd in that borounh. And while engaged inYrying to obtain the rab bit by some means upset the pile oflum her which tell upon him crushingtbe back part or the unfortunate boy’s head and kilim, him instantly. ° Stolen.— A gray mare was stolen on the night of the 23th ult., from the stable of LSenj. Groff, in Drumore twp., with a set of smglo harness. On ihe same night, und supposed by the same parties, a falling top buggy was stolen from the premises oi Jacob Aument, in the same neighborhood. i S- r i. < L offered for the recovery oi the property, and ?25 in addition for the i arrest and eonvictionjofjjie thief or thieves. : Important j/o Farmers and Sports men.—Our correspondent in Conestoga township, this county, sends for publica tion the following interesting article con taining some important suggestions respect ing the importation of partridges into Lan caster county: ie Reading Gazelle and Democrat of Inst Saturday contains a communication which says : “ We are glad to see that an effort is being made among the sportsmen of our city to procure several thousand partridges trom abroad, with a view to distribute them in til© spring at various points throughout the county, and thus fill tho country with these much-prized birds within a reasona ble time.” This is a movement that is worthy of im itation by the sportsmen of Lancaster county. These birds have been for several • years entirely extinct in many parts of this county, on account of the unusual severity of the winters several years ago, and the I diagruceiul practice of shooting them out of the proper season, and of taking their eggs which existed not among boys only, but also among boys of a larger growth. From observation, and from the inquiries which we have made, we are satisfied that not a partridge has been seen in this towuship during the last three years. This is also, us far as we can learn, true of the adjoining townships, with the exception of iMartic twp., where a very few still exist among its bills. As they never wander far from the locality in which they are reared the only way to re-stock a district in which they are exiinct, is by bringing them from a distance. should take the i matter in bauds aud makearrangements to | get the birds. The farmers would like to see it done, but they will not initiate any movement, but wilt follow, if others lead the way. Kach farmer would cheerfully pay lor all that would be liberated on his property, or let some y\ bo feels inti rested get several thousand, and make it known by advertising, that they will sell them as low as they cun for re-stocking the country’ and the farmers will buy them to liberate on their farms, for of all birds the partridge is their favorite. When these biids were comparatively plenty, the farmers were too negligent in enforcing the law agaiust kill ing them alter the first of January but now after seeing the effect of their negligence they woul<^ strictly enforce it. But the present latvis not sufficient under the cir cumstances ; in order to give them a chance, there should be a law imposing a heavy penalty for killing them at any time and for destroying their eggs, for at least 3 years to come; and alter that but one mouth or at most two months iti each year should be allowed for shooting them. If such a layv were passed, and the birds could be con veniently got, the farmers would cheerfully pay for them to re-stock their farms. The best plan would be to organize a society to supply and afterwards protect them ; who ever will make a movement in such a di rection will receive hearty cooperation in this seeflon. 1 Dedication* of a Tobacco Wareuou.sk.— Messrs. Levy o qoi«ed themeelvra creditably. The exercises consisted Of vocal and instrumental music, dialogues and declamations. Taking into considera! tion the unfavorable state of the wealhe^ iz^wL 0 WE3 S ° od i ‘ the thi?w° P^Al^ 0N — The tearietlian states that Manetta Furnace, No. 1, belonging to Henry M. Watts years 3 '• o aud 10 “ 0 • “ 10 aud HO “ 2 “ -0 and 30 “ !!... 1 “ 30 aud 40 “ 1 “ 40 aud iiO 0 “ 30 and 60 “ 3 “ 00 and To “ 3 “ 70 und bO “ 2 “ SO and 1)0 “ 3 There were 2 deuths in January; 4 in Febuary; 2 in March; 2 in April; 2 in July; 3 in August; 3 in November, and 1 Jn December. Average age 41 years, 7 months and 17 days. The average age lor 1867 was 26 years, 10 months and 10 days. Accident.—On last Saturday, as Gottlieb Moser, a pump-maker, residing in West King street, near Mary, this city, wus dri v ing towards home in a wagon, his horse took fright on the Columbia turnpike, about s mile from this city, and started oil'at a frightful rate of speed. Iti the neighbor hood of Mary street M r. Moser was thrown from the vehicle and so badly injured by the lull that little hope is entertainedYor his recovery. The horse continued in bis mad career, down West King street, until abou' midway between Mulberry and Watnc streets, where he brought up by striking a post which felled hioi to the pavement. A buggy standing close to where the infuriat ed animal was stopped, and In which a child was seated, was struck and one of its tl> oken. The child which was in the \ougb thrown out by the concus iot injured. The runaway horso down West Kingstroet, took ?nt on the north side of the street, ougb tavern, and strange to ro -1 the vehicle with him for acou i>Unco between tbo &teps of the 1 the trees along the gutter. Moser was injured about the head, and is lying in a critical condition.— Exprcxs. TriK Prick of Lands.—A correspondent j of tiie Agriculturist a Lutes are | euid io the Curoliuus for §0 per ifcre, and in Lancaster county, Pa., lor s2t)o and up \ wards. The correspondent tfska “ What I miiKi's the diiference, and how can we make the cheap lands in the Carolinas j worth two hundred?” To this query tho | editorof tho Agriculturist replies that lands art worth, for cultivation, any sum that they will pay tho interest on. The Caro lina lands do not now pay the interest on live dollars, and the Lancaster county farms do pay the interest on $2OO per acre. The difference is not altogether owing to quality of soil. Good neighborhood, se curity of property, healthful climate, facili ty for getting muuures and for marketing farm products, ull affect the price of land. In the South land is plenty, aud the work ers with capital few. Iu Pennsylvania the workers are many, and they all want land. Of course, the price goes up. Bring in more workers who have capital, and improve your cultivation, und the price of land will increase. A very interesting problem for the farmer to solve is—how to make un acre of average land pay tho interest on $2OO. A Family Remedy.—Xo family should be without some efficacious remedy for the cure of a flections, so universally prevalent, as coughs, colds, sore throat, wboopiug cough, and croup—some remedy, too, which can be relied upon u 7u7oct/7p/ifa, il/ure/i KM, JSCS. jACnn FniEETZ, Esq A>y Dear tsir : Borne elglit nirnlln ago, when sutferlng from ireat nervous prostration, t lie result of exposure and ovf-rta'kert energies, I was ioduetd Oy you (an old friend) to take as a tonic your ce'ebrated Bitter f’i EItRY WHN7 7., ilottres UrlUe and Bridegroom. Essftvs for Young Men on the lute resting relation of Bridegroom to Bride, in the institution of Marriage— a Guide to matrimonial fc'iclty. and true bar pines* Sent bymi'll.in Keiil(*d Jettercnvlopesfreeof clmrgn Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION*, Box P.. delplila. Pa. sep 26 ilnidiw Deafness, Blindness, nn<| Cutnrrli [ treated with tb 2 utmost success by J ISAACS, M. D. I and Professor nf Disease of the Eye and Ear in*the j Medical Collegeof Pennsylvania. 12 y*-ars ‘‘xporience ] (formerly of Leyden. Holland.) No. SOo Arch street. ! Pbba TtvjtfmotiUl.s can he seen at this ffhee. The , medical faculty are invited to accompany tbelr ; patienu, a* be has no «ecrets in hla practice. Artifl , ciat eyes inserted without pain. No charge for ei- I amlnatlo ° Jelo-10mw23 I Nontf or fron. i I am mighty in tliusaber, Fierce.y wielded by tbe brave "" Glor ous in the stalwart st**nui**r Laughing at thest-rm and wave. Beauteous in the palace | iilars Saving in th° pointed roi ’ A- ft brings the deadly lightning { Quelled aoo harmless to the sod. V__ But there is a glorious ass* nc® Where 1 take my grandest power. Giving to the hack my surest, Sweetest aid in danger's hour. See: before me fly diseases' ■ See the darkest bydf as how > Seethe rose of health and beauty Take ihepaiest cheek und brow. Fly, dyspepsia! fly consumption' l *m, ah Ills are crushed at length. For I give what human nature Only ever needed—strength j Shall I tell in wbat great essence your spirits cheer up? I poling, dying sufferer, l ts the famed ,l i ekovian tivaor." the*ll.^»>? Vl A N B YRUP is a protected solution of tho. l !? u {P xl£le of Iron, a new discovery in medicine at l . he root or dla ea-*e by supplying the b th . to vl s al Principle or life element.—ln>n. thegtals Ul6 b “ “ p bio -n in Pamphlets free. J. P. DJNSMORE, Proprietor, Sold by all Druggists. ’ “ st " - New Y “ tk - Chronic Diseases, Kcrofnla, Ulcers Ac. rinlL 3 ! wel i.K no^. n lbnt lhe benefits derived from « th l C 0 R ESS. SARATOGA and other they con^iim r " ea ** princi P all y owing to the lodine I>r. H. Anders' lodine Water I , D3 f , lodlDe \ n the same P ure s t a te that it is found In these spring waters, but over 500 per cent. e « n i3 uanmy, J conta ' nlD ? 83 it does I>4-Valns to fofvent l dlss l olve d ‘o pure water, ulthout a Anri tw^ d co 3^ ry i onKBOu K t 't for. in this country r e -' and 8 the best ln the world to * « ta cer3 ' Balt Bbeunt, Ulcers, and a' \ Chronic t beases. Clrcoiars free "* vilfr* 30 Ley Street, Ne * York. Sold by all Druggists. ’ m Baptnre Correctly Treated by . . , C. H. NEEDLES, PmM o “pbia. conlerTweWn “ d <*. experience In the adjust™ or Mechanical Kemedlea and Knpporla 0 rli years has given him extensive ojjorlnn ro. praclce In this Important bntneglr Sf? a ' T ° “U afflicted with Hernia or • h 7- can B“**™ntee the sncceaslnl api JES" ?; Trusses, specially adapted to eacfi cores' conc l Llomi| often perfecting r. aficai Levies requiring Trasses, Braces, 8n ers. Elastic Belts, Bandages, My, luges ?sr!c«. SC WM find a Department sdf Ugen^MAS£ Cted by coni l* tenl “d tatS French Indesfractable nuan h 'Elf?f c9uS &h£?^ BracM ’ Bp,oal ££ f Boggs—Qbxideb.—on the 6th inat. at the l>ake street M. E. Paisonagevby Ray. B. J. Mr. J. D. Hogg* to MlMSadie A. QredJW, both of this city. » • BntMMD*B r *B T LAHDia -On the slh lush, at Tuodl’a Hotel, by Rev. W. T, Uerhard, Mr! M. Blmmesderfer to Mia* Lime m. Lahdla, both of Eaat Hempfleld twp. Vbight—HjiunrKAH.—On the 8d init at Fagan s HoPrl by Rev. J. J. Strlnfc Abraham M.. Wxlght to Mias Barbara. A. Kauffman, both of Manor twp. Miller—hubra.—On Nov. 22d at the Par. •onage, corner of Prlnoe aiid Orange streets, by Hev. C. H. Forney. Mr. Samuel V, Miller and Miss Rachel 0. Huber, both ot this city. • . Brans—Heston.—On Christmas Eve. Thur sday, Dec. 24th, 1868, at the Parsonage or the Presbyterian Cnurcn at Leara&n Place, Lan. 5* 8 ' 61 * ***•» by the Rev. P. J.Tlmlsw, iosbua Beans, Esq., ot Doylealown, to Mias Hannah Hestou, of Upper Makefleld, both of bucks co., Pa, »2w MJ £ L rr»? ON \‘ — n 'bis city, on the 4th Inst,, Bridg t Templeton, aged 65 years. „,? ’, CK Ches ter Springs, James Beck* ett, formerly off this city, agtdabout 86 yeara Mans.—ln this city, on the ttlh lest.. John Haus, aged 62 years, and 7 days Zahsl— On the 31st ult., In thts city Emflv Bigler, Infant daughter of Al. M. and Marla U Zabm, aged 8 months. SNYnsa —la this city on the 3Ut ult., Mrs Mary Snyder, aged 71 yeara andiffl dais. Nolan.—unthesthlnst.,ln this city. Bridget Nolan, wife of James Nolan, In the 2Sth year of her nge. Philadelphia uraio anrk«u Philadelphia, Jan. 6—The Flour market remains quiet, but prices are quotably un changed; about. 600 bbis were t keu by ihi< b -me consumers lu lots at $5@5.75 or Miper flue; sojj6 50 or Extra; $7.25 fur lowa, Wiscon sin anu Minmsota Extra Kamilv ; $8.75(410 50 for Pa. and Ohio uo. no. and SII(4U lor laucy brands, accord lug to q lallty. Kye F'our oommauue. $7.5 &S per bbl. Nothing ilolug in Corn Meal The dt-maud lor Wheat Is limited to the im mediate wants of the home ooofiumers, who purchase principally of prime lots; sales or Ked at $1.85(42; Amber at $2.04(42 00. and White ftl $2 25® ..45. K>ei» flimkr; sales of 0.0 bus Western at Si 6U@i-02. 5 32 deaths. 2d C..rn isbeld firmly at an advance; sales of 8 000 bus prime dry new Yellow at tofajHKJo , soma damp do at and uew Whit ai B*9 000. Oats are quiet at former rates; sales of 2,0(0 bus Western »t73@75c. Nothing lu Barley or Malt. Whiskey Is held at $U>3&LOj fer duty paid scoob oinraet. PHILADELPHIA. Jsn. 5. [J. 8. 6s 1881 .. 110^(4111 Old 5--Da. UO-> 4 (411' New -20*1861 l;«7U'tvl07»: U. 8. 5-20 S of November 1885 lU7;l 4 m>HiS U. 8. 5-20 s of July 1885 lOti‘s(9lini-} 4 do 1867 _.l08)i(g)l07 do 1888 (9,107', 10-40 H I«sH@loc-* 4 Cold 136 Philadelphia X'nttle Market. Monday, Jan. 4—Evening. The cattle market was active this week aud prices were rather firmer. 1,450 dead arrival and sold at 10®lie for extra Pennsylvania »nd Western steers; 6(g;l)c fur fair to good do; and s@7c >4 lb gross lor oomtnou, as to quality. The followinj are the partlcn'ars of th-salei: 38 A. Christy <& 13ro , Chester county, 8 gross. 25 DeDgler & ilcCleese, Chester co, gruss 5) P. M> Filled, Lancaster co., SiSIOc. gross I*. Hathaway, Laucß«t**rco, I S‘/<;«9 l A»\ urcss. James tt. Kirk, Chester oouuiy, S(g> *ic, gross. B. MoKlllen, Chester comity, StjJOe, gross. 7.5 James M Fl.leu, Western, g.u*H. 20 K. w. McFillcn, Cuoit'.r, county, gro 6. (J 1 Dllman 4 Bachman, Cheater county, 8® 10.', gross. 155 Martin, Fuller A Co., Western, gross. ISO Mooney A Smith, Western, gross. 70 Thom-<8 Mooney 4 Brother, Virginia, 5,# Oc. gross. 58 H. Chain, Pennsylvania, gross. # 75 John *muh, Ohio, gro*s. 64 J. H. Frana, We ttr , 6®OJ-jo, gross. 1H) Prana 4 Suomberg Western, gro.s. G> Hope 4 Co., Chester county,gross. SO M, Dryfoos. Virginia gross. *0 Eloolln 4 Co.. Vlrg nls, tk, c, gross. 12. Chandler 4 Alexander, Chester county, 5 (gtlQc. gross. 27 Kemble 4 Wallace, Chester county, 7«_d 10c. gross. 21 J. Kuip. Pennsylvania. gross. 38 8. Steinberg, Virginia, 7©Uc, gross. 31 Jesse Miller, Chester county 8(«,10e, HoOs—Wero In fair demandat the 1 ite ad vance ; 4,000 head sold at tne different yards at atSi4@l4.6°'ft 10US>H net. WHEitp—Were m demand at an advance; 3,000 bead sold at &@7c lb, gross, as to condltiun. Cowa—Were unchanged: 15'i head sold at $3O @B5 for cow and calf, and $10(»otJO ’p head lor springers. Lancaster Grain Mariekt, Monday, Jan, 2d, 1888.—Grain und Flour Muxkel dull Fumily flour, bar-.. Extra do d 0.... -Superfine ..do do Wheat (white) bus WhcAC (rod) do Rye do Corn do Corn (uew)......d0 Oala do Whiskey in bond gnu Notice to thk hkir.h and i.eoai, Cnthartne Henderson, iMiteof Bart township, Lancaster county, pa., dec'4 —You are hereby notified to be and ap pear In the Orpbaus’ Court of Lancaster county, to bo held on the .21 da> of FEBRU AHf, tSCfi, at 10 o’clock. A. M.. to accept the real estate of Catharine Henderson, dec'd, at tbe valuation thereof nude by an Inquest held thereon, and confirmed by nujd Court or show cu use why tbe , urn** should not he sold according to law. J. F. FREY, HherJfL Hherlff’s Office, Lancaster, l)ec. at, isos. JO ;nwl c. VcCOItniCS, OFFICE *O. 57 WEST KING STREET, (Late Dr. D. McCormick’s.) Lancaster, penna Treats p *lvate diseases successfully With his new rem edles. Also, weamnfhs lndiscr etions of y outh—male or female. The medicine Is pieasan tto the to. teand'smell. No change of diet, and consequently no exposure. Patients »’ot wlsalng to present themselves can have medicine sent to their address Dv de scribing diseases In their letters. Jfl-OtuwM PUBLIC) KALE «lp A VKKY VAItTARI.E CHEttTIIK VALLEY FARM, OF NINETY ACRES. IN EAST CALN TWP., CHESTER COUNTY, PA.—The undersigned wishing to retire from I arming, will offer on thepremiseH, on TiiUKaD AY, FeBRUaRT Ilth, I8s», her farm, contain log NINETY ACRES, more or less, siluat eon 1 he publio road leading nom the Laucaatar to the Harrisburg Turn pike, und bounded by | »nds of Johu «». Edge Elhanau Zook, Allen W. Wills, Joseph Bauglff and Thomat U Hnopos. Thin is a rare chance for persons wishing to enter Into farming, as this is one of the beat farms i □ Chester count . f ——-- - - ■- “ ——— - *«' *** a* u • ucnioi utlliui The improvements consist of a large FRAME DWELLING, containing ou the first floor Hall, Dining Room. Bitting Room and Kltohen with water therein second floor in divided — • * . ivvuuu u'mii ui v turn Into six verv pleasant sleeping rooms. The Attic is divided into three good room*, lathed and plastered, nil in good order. The cellars extend under the whole bulldiug ; there is ulsu an out kitchen for use in sumrin-r, with fur n»LCb and large boilers. Tno bouse is well sh. by forest and evergrf eu tro.-s Jind Is a vei y desirable summer residence. Tuero .s a flat Ap, le Orchard and fruit trees of dUTereni klui is. Noar the dwelling Is a Hath Houh.\ furu Ished with water from a running stream The. Ham is nearly new, 60x10 stone s.Kbi.* high,- the remaluder frame, with floor in cen tre. at id large bays on each side, darners for holdin k about 1,000 bushels of prain Mtab'lug forJOfc ead of stock, water in barn-yard, ami all lo c implete order. There Is also Carriage I House. Tool House. Corn Crib, aud in facti' l | thenect ssary out-buildlDgs are on t.he pia ’e aod In g >od ord r. Tb.* farm is divided into , couvenle ot fle.ds, well-watered by a running stieam, u Oder good fences, very easy to work free from stones, and can be farmed with one haif the te ams and ■ ess hauling than any farm In this »“«i :lon, as the bulldlugs are in the cen tre of lhe place. It is within five minutes oriveof l>< 'wnlngtown Station, on ihe Penna Cen ral Ra'lr.-ad, where all passenger tr.umi st-p; It would make a g r hoo.t, convt nlentto schools, mills «.nd ptaccs of public wt Tship of various proles»l Auditor,appointed to dlßtrlbut e the balance remaining in the bands of Henry R. Hgmmerand John IC. Hammer, Ad “ ln i 9trat L ? , ‘ B .l° and among those legally entmed to the same; will sltlor that purpose on MONDAY, JANUARY Vsth. 18C9 atU4 o’clock, P. M.. In the Library Room of the Court House, In the City of Lancaster where all persons interested In said distribution may attend. j. W. F. SWIFT, J 6 3twl Auditor, Swifts. N < ? T !i JE £“ A .“ 1 iF r tSii WI, L BE held •o the Roudersbuig School House on JAN. 23, 1809, at 2 o’clock P. M., for the purpose of perirnnen ly orgiyiJzloß an Assodatl n for the Detection ot Thieves and Recovery of Stolen Property. AH persons feeling an interest ore earnestly Invited to attend. By order of the Committee, JACOB A. E. MOORE, DANIEL LEA MAN. Jan 6 2twl THE D * RECTORS of the I-armers Mu'ual Insurance Company at lu " Annual Meeting of the Member*, onSat urday. too tO h d»y of Dfcember a l 5 1868* , wlt i l a lon B established 'uts* tom the I im-tors of the Farmers' Mutual fu suranco Company submit a brief statement of ilielr proceeding-* during the year fiow ap proach i 1 g l(a t iininallnu. v Nothing out or the ordiua y routine of busi ness has occurred, so that the Directors deem It unnecessary to direct the ait-ntlon of the meeting to anything moro thau a plain uarra tivo of their action npon the several casual ties that have beeu subm'tied to their con slderailon. It will berecolleo ed by those who have examined the previous reports made by the Hoard, that at the olose of the two preced ing years, the Company was Indebted (or looses susu, Ined towards the close of each year, which necessarily remained unset tle eat bv the payment of losses which properly belonged to a lormer period. The Board of Directors deem t heraselvea for tu-iate lu being able at this lime to exhibit a clear balance sheet, all the losses forthe cur rent year having been paid, and likewise the hack slauding debts of the preceding year leaving a clear field for the Incoming year un incumbered by loancs previously sustained. An actual increase of the amount insured of over a qu*r er of a million of dollars, affords gratifying evidence of the estimation In which me I List l in tlou Is held by a discerning public On t he 12:h of January, 868. the (Secretary was directed to levy a tux of one-tenth of ono i'*?r cem. upon the amount iheu Insured, pay. •i hie on the itilh of .March fol lowing. The great er part ot this has le-*u paid; the remainder s now In course ol collection I lie first fire that occurred during thocurrent year was on tue night of the 14th of January oonsnmlng toe Imru of Hamuel L. Leaman m West Lampeter township, and the con outs, owned bythe tennnt, also Insured. It Is sup noseil that the ' ulliling was fired doslgnediy rhe ue.vt fire wus In tho dwolllug uouko of James Chtoll, In Driiraoro f<-w-t)hblp, on tho night of the Vlst of February. Tho contents were Insured by this Company, but the build ins was insured in anot her onmpany. As there wus - o person lodging In tho bouse that night it must have been set on fire, or oaughl hy s >mc tlr - left by the family on the previous evening. < n the fifth day of March the dwell, lug bouse nj John Wohreck ol Montielm town ship arc dentally took fire and was entirely consumed On thevM day of May the barn of He hen Koyer of Man helm tow us hip was en tirely destroyed by fire, • uppnsed to bo acci dental. 'Hie sluhto ot Ileury Myers of East Htmi Held township was burned ou the day of July. It caught from a Ore kindled In tho stable by a small boy, a grandson of Mr. Myers, who was unconscious of the serious disaster which hlscblldl-h freak produced. several smaller fires oceum d which will bo noticed In detail In Hie Treasurer's account. Ihe Directors Invariably paid three-fourths of the damuge, as estimated and ascertained by Iheappralseru, not exceeding the amount at which the property was entered for insur ance ; and although in most Instances this was far short ol tho actual loss, the sufferers were content, beb gconvlnced tnat they wero fairly dealt with by tho Elr**ctor9, and wore paid all that they wero eutlllol to according to the inle- nnd by-laws ot the Company The number of new policies Issued during the past your were lfl7, covorlug properly to the value ol SC7I 03U Additions imulo to old poli cies amounting to Mak Injf a total addition of Thu number of policies can celled was ly7. ll.u value of whim amounted to Diminutions on old policies amounted to MaKlDc a total decrease of Which being deducted Irom the Increase shows an ac tunl luereaieor....: -|2tw,Gos This Increase added to thp whole amount lusured by company as per last year's report $5,580,588 ... 8 2.5 2 2.5 1 erfectly uarmbs*. and destined to become a popular remedy.” Sold by Druggists and Dealers Everywhere. Johnson. Holloway 4 Cowokx, General Agents, Plilhulelphlu, Pa. m WM, o. BAKER, Agent, Lancsster.Va. J. R. HOFFER, Agent, Mount Joy J“ u 8 3n of puroUmars to oar un u n i / .*' lock of K°od« carefully selected and manufactured to our own order for the FOR THE NEW [YEAR J which we are selling at very Low Prices. FINE GOLD AND SILVER \ WATCHES, ’AMERICAN AND FOREIGN MAKERS. DIAMOND, CORAL, AMETHYST, GARNETT, PLAIN AND ENAMELED GOLD JEWELRY, HAIR :JEWELRY ORDER WITH FINE GOLD MOUNTINGS. Bpeclal attention paid to furnishing WEDDING PRESENTS STERLING AND COIN SILVER. We have a Watchmaker from theSwlasFao. tory to do repairing, and warrant all work. H. Z. RHOADS A BRO„ {Next Door Belcno Cooper's Hotel,) WE*T KING STREET,*LANCASTER. PA. n°v26 tfwflr T \#\f Lancaster County National Bank, i ■ December 7, 1808 f '‘T:.* Ewrrros notice an election for thirteen Directors of this Institution \i\ifr toservednr ng the ensnlng year, will be helj \\s attbe Bunking House In the Citv of Lancaster u\ on TUESDAY, the 12th of JANUARY.IJSbei tween the hours of 11 o’clock, A, li. anci • o'clock, P.M, wf. -pprpLn tt vwffl dec23-tdw6l W ‘ U P£ SSSr ? JJtw&tlMrtisments. t , . , OEO, u’.STEINMAN A CO. J anuary Ist, 18G3. fjan 4 ltd Aw BY THE BIST AND ALL KINDS OF