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X SKY AT LAW, LABORTE, Sullivau
Connty.Pa.
D. MONT ANY E, AT
-1 TORSE VAT LAW— Office in Union
Block, formerly occupied by JiMiOrilUXE
\V" T. I>AVIES, Attorney at Law,
T • Towonda. I'.i. Office with Win. Wat
ki -. E-<j. I'urticular attention paid to Oi
pßans' Court business and settlement of dece
dent- estates.
UKRCIR A MORROW, Attorneys
at iMie, Towauda, Benn'a,
• he undersigned having associated themselves
together in the practice JT Law, offer their Dro
it.-,--m n.tl services to the public.
ULYSSES MEBCUB, P. D. MORROW.
March i'. INtio. „
I>ATRICK A PECK, ATTORNEYS AT
A LAW. Offices :—ln Union Block, Towauda.
l'a., formerly occupied by Hon. Wm. Elwell.aud
in Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. Tiiey may be
consulted at either place.
U. W. PATRICK, apll3 W. A. PECS.
ÜB. McKEAN, ATTORNEY d
• COl SSKLLuR AT I.A II , Towau
da, Pa. Part;, ular attention paid to business
in the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1800.
UENRY I'EET, Attorney at £aw,
To van la, Pa. jun'JT.OO..
W U. CARNOCHAN, ATTOBr
* • SKY At LAW, Troy, Pa. Special
attention giveu t collecting claims against the
Go\ erumeut for B- nnty. Back Pay and Pensions.
Office with E. B. Parsong. E.-q. June 12,1860.
JJDWARD OVERTON Jr., AtEr-
AAney at /.air, Towanda, Pa. Office in Mon
ta.ives Block, over Frost's Store. July 13.1.-03.
JOHN N. C A LIFE, ATTORNEY
fJ AT LA IV, Towanda. Pa. Also. Govern
m-.-nt A gent for the collection ol Pensions, Back
Pay aud Bounty.
<r No charge unless successful. Office over
the Post Office and News Room. Dec. 1,1564.
0 1) STILES, M I)., Physician and
• Surgeon, wo.dd announce to the people ot
Rom-' Borough and vicinity, that he ha- perma
nei :.y locate at the place formerly occuried by
Dr. G W. Btone, for the practice of his p ofes
-K'ti Particular attention given to the treat
ment oi women and children, as also to the prac
tice ui operative and minor surgery. Oct. 2, 66. j
IXR PRATT has removed, to State j
JLs street, (ar.-1 above B. S. Russe A fCo's I
Bank). Persons trout a distance desirous ; > >n-1
-ii.tt.iu him, w,.l be most likely to find him on
S.v.-vay >f each week. Especial attentionfwill j
be-.veu to surgical cases,and the extraction of !
teeth. ',u-or Ether acimiuistered when desired, i
July D. 1-1)6. P. 8. PRATT, M. D. j
DOCTOR CHAS. F. PAINE —Of-j
A-J fice in GORE'S Drug Store, Towauda. Pa. I
t'aii- promptly attended to at all hoars.
Towanda, November 28. lobs.
LMHV 1) MEEKS—AUCTIONEER.
JL J All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run,
Bradtoid Co. Pa., wiil receive prompt attention.
L? RAN CIS E. POST, Painter, Tow-
X anJa, Pa, with 10 years experience, is con
fident he can give the best satisfaction in Paint
in-. Graining, Staining. Glazing. Papering, Ac.
*#- Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the
country. April 9, 1.-66.
J J. NEWE LL ,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Ot well, Bradford Co., Pa,, will piomptly attend
to all bu-iaess in his line Particular attention
giver, to running aud establishing old or dispu
ted lines. Also to surveying of all unpattented
lands as -oon as warrants are obtained. mjl7
Drntistrp.
rpWENTY-FIYE YEARS EXPERI j
1 EN- E IN DENTISTRY.
J. R SMITH. M. P., would respectfully inform J
t luLabitunts of Biadtord County that he is ,
..ted in Waverly. N. Y., where)
has I -en in the practice ot his profession for
'.V p ,-t >ur tears. He would say that from his •
long -;. d successful practice of 25 years duration 1
ht - uia....r with all the different styles of work
d -tie iu any and all Dental establishments in I
city or country, and is belter prepared than any ;
other Dental operator in the vicinity to do wor';
'he be-! adapted to the many and different I
<.isesth.it present themselves oftentimes to the [
Dentist. he understands the artot making his ;
1 vn artificial teeth, and has facilities tor doing
the same. To those requiring under set- o:
teeth he would call attention to his near kind of ;
w irk which consists ot por elain tor both plate :
ar.d teeth. and forming a continuous gum. It s
more durable, more natural in appearance, and
ai.cii belter adapted to the gom taau any other
k.ud of v. rk. Those in teed of the same are"*
invited to call and examine specimens. Teeth
filled to last for years and oftent mes for lite.—
< - • c o si, ttktr, a.-.J "-Y trmu oxide" admin- j
i-ten d w-.h pertV I soiety. as over four hundred '
patient- within the last four years can testify. '
1 will be in Towanda ir.ua the lith to joth of i
every month, at tie officio! W. K. TAYLOR.:
(formerly occupied by Dr. O. H. Woodruff.)Hav. :
ing made Arrangements with Mr. Taylor. 1 am
prepared to d t'.. wmk ia the very Lest stvle. a;
I - ffi e- Nov. 27. MB. !
DR. H. WESTON, DENTIST
Office in Pattern's Block, over Gore s Dipg
rs.
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, FA. j
On Main Street, near the Court House.
C. T. SMITH Proprietor.
Oct. V 1.-66.
MERI CA N HOTEL ,
towanda, PA.,
Having purchased THIS veil known Hotel OB
or.cue ;-.reel. i have retucaiahed and refitted j
with every convenience for the accommoda
tion of .. who ruay patron Lie me. No pains will
oe area to make - . pleasant and agreeable.
v,. y t. J. s. PATTERSON. Prop
DBR HOC a four story brick j
V t BM: the depot.with large airy rooms, !
'PI rs. cewlv f.iru:-hed. ha* a recess in
*--d:tioa tor Laiies use. and is the meat
- ' and 1 n.y first class ho'e! at Waverly.
o I it is the prill ipal office for stages south
. re-v-. A.-- t>r sale of Western Ticke s. I
atn t anada on Lrand Trunk Rai. av. Fare
' from Buttaio,s4, is cheaper than icy '
--er route. Apply for tickets sal-, veto j
C. WARFORD !
** - s tabliug and ca;e of Horses at reasonable
Waverly X y . 0ct.26.1866-3m. C. W
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VOLUME XXVII.
Go rem or's Messagc.
i To the Semite aiui House of Rrjrresentatives of
the VommoniceaUh of Pennsylvania :
We have reason to be thankful to
God, for the blessings of peace, abun
dant crops, that industry has been re
warded, and that thus the Common
wealth lias been able to do her full
duty to herself to the country and
prosperity.
The condition of our finances is as
follows :
Balance in Treasury, Novem
ber 30, 1806 *. $2,373,668 14
Receipts during the fi.-cal year
eudmg November 30, 1860.. 5,820,668 54
Total in Treasury for fiscal
year ending Nov. 30, 1866.. 7,203,336 68
Payments for same period have
been 6,462,303 41
Balance in Treasury. Decem
ber 1. 1866 " 1,742.033 27
Amount of the public debt as
it stood on the first day of
December, 1866 " .. $37,476,258 06
Amount reduced at the State
Treasury, during the fiscal
year ending Nov. 30, 1866,
5 percentioansl,B2B,ss3 25
4 ? per cent loan 25.000 00
Relief notes .. 626 00
Domestic creditors'
certificates 26 65 1,854,205 90
Public debt. Dec.1,1866. .35,622,052 26
To wit funded debt:
6 percent, loan $400,630 00
5 per cent, loan 32,073,192 59
4f per cent, loan 213,200 00
6 per cent. loan, military, per
act May 15, 1861 2.820.750 00
Unfunded debt, relief notes in
cir ulation 96,625 00
Interest certificates outstanding 13.086 52 i
unclaimed 4,448 38 j
Domestic creditors'certificates 119 67 i
35,622,052 16 j
Assets in Treasury :
! Bonds Pennsylvania railroad
company $6,600.000 00 I
Bonds Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad company 3,500,000 00 i
Interest on bonds of Philadel
phia and Erie railroad Co 1,225 000 00 j
| Cash in Treasury 1,741,033 27
13.086.033 27
Liabilities in excess of asset - 22.536,018 s9
35,622,052 16
Liabilities in excess of assets,
j November 30. 1861 $28,148,060 36
| Liabilities in excess of assets,
; November 30,1866 22.536-018 89
Improvement in Treasury
since 1861 5,612,041 47
The extraordinary expenditures,
during the war and since its close, ; n
payments growing out of it by au
thority of acts of Assembly, have
aruouuted to upwards of five millions
of dollars, which, added to the actual
payment of the indebtedness of the
State, and money in the Treasury for
that purpose, shows the revenues,
above the ordinary expenditures, to
have amounted to $10,612,000, which
would all have been applied to the 1
payment of the debt of the Common
wealth in the last six years. A care- 1
ful attention to the revenues of the
Commonwealth, with such just and
prudent changes as may be required
in the future, and a wise economy in
expenditure, will, in my judgment, i
ensure the entire payment of the pub- i'
lie debt, within the period of fifteen j•<
years. i
The time fixed for the redemption
of $23,108,620 24 of the indebted
ness of the Commonwealth having
expired. I recommend that provision
be ruade for its redemption, by mak
ing a new loan for that purpose, pay
able at such periods as the prospect
ive revenues will justify.
I recur, with much satisfaction, to
the wisdom, prudence and economy
of the representatives of the people,
in the management of the finances of
the Commonwealth, during a period
of much embarrassment, uncertainty
and distress, and congratulate you
and them on the near approach of
the entire liquidation of the public
debt.
Since my last Annual Message, I
have drawn from the Treasury, two
thousand dollars of fund placed in
the hands of the Governor for secret
service and other extraordinary ex
penses, which I have expended, in
payment of my personal staff', and
for other purposes, as heretofore, ex
cept five hundred and sixty-three
dollars and forty-eight cents, which 1
have returned into the Treasury.
I present, lor your consid* ration,
the amendments to the Constitution
of the United States, proposed to the
Legislatures of the several States by
a resolution of both II uses of Con
gress, passed on tne 16th day of June
last. I was glad that it was possi
ble, without delaying the final adop
tion of these amendments to ascer
tain the opinion of our people npon
them, at the general election, in Oc
tober last. By the election of a large
majority of members openly favoring
and advocating the amendments,
that opinion seems to me to have
been abundautly expressed Indeed,
the amendments are 6o moderate and
reasonable in tueir character, that it
would have been astonishing if the
people had failed to approve them.
That every person, born in the United
-States, and free, whether by birth or
manumission, is a citizen of the Unit
ed States, and that no State has a
right to abridge the privileges of
citizens of the United Mates—these
are principles wtiich were never ser
iously doubted anywhere, until after
the insane crusade in favor of slav
ery had been for some time in pro
gres. What is called the decision of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, in the Dred Scott case, has
made it expedient and proper to re
assert these vital principles in an
authorative manner, and this is done
in the first clause of the proposed
amendments.
The right of prescribing the qual
ifications of voters is exercised by
the respective states, under the Con
stitution ot 17s& ; three-fifths of the
slaves were counted in ascertaining
the representative population of the
several States. The amendment to
f the constitution abolished slavery in
all the btates and Territories. Though
f it was formerly otherwise in most, if
uot all, of the old Southern States,
1 yet for many years past free Negroes
have not, in any of these, been per
mitted to vote. At present, there
fore the late slave States would be
entitled to count the whole of their
I former slave population, as a basis
for representation, instead of three
' fifths thereof. That is to say, they
would have in the existing ratio
about twenty more members of Con
gress than they had before slavery
I was abolished, and the free States
would lose the same number, making
a difference of about forty members
of Congress, or, say, one-sixth of the
whole body. In other winds, the
- trea on of the rebellious States, the
suppression of which has cost us so
many hundreds of thousands of pre
cious lives, and so many thousauds
'of millions of treasure, would be re
-1 warded by giving them a vast in
crease of political power. This ab
surdity, the second clause of the pro
posed amendments, designs to pre
vent, by the just, equal and moder
ate provision, that in future, the rep
, resentative population of each State
shall be ascertained by making a
: proportionate deduction from the
whole population thereof, if its laws
( exclude from the privilege of voting,
any male citizens, uot criminals, of
the age of the age of twenty-one
years. I have yet to learn that any
plausible objection can be offered to
! such a provisiou.
The third clause of the proposed
: amendments excludes from Congress,
! and from the College of Electors,
j and from all offices,civil and military,
| of the I nited States, or of any State,
I persons who, as functionaries of the
; I nited States, or as Executive or Ju
dicial officers of any State, have
| heretofore sworn to support the Con
stitution of the United States, and
afterwards violated their oath by en
gaging in rebellion against the same,
unless Congress, by a vote of two
thirds, shall have removed the disa
bility of any such persous.
The fourth clause affirms the valid
ity of the debt of the United States,
aud prohibits the assumption or pay
meut of the rebel debt, or of auy
claims for the loss or emancipation
of any slave.
The fifth clause provides that Con
gress shall have power to enforce the
provisions of the other clauses by
appropriate legislation.
That these wise aud moderate pro
visions will meet the hearty approba
tion of the Legislature, I cannot
doubt. If proposed by two-thirds of
each House of Congress aud ratified
by three-fourths of the Legislatures
of the States, the Constitution pro
vides that they should staud as adopt
ed amendments of that instrument.
A question has been raised wheth
er the States lately in rebellion, and
not yet restored to their privileges
by Congress, are to be counted on
this vote—in other words, * whether
those who have rebelled and been
subdued shall be entitled to a poteu
i tial voice in the question of the guar
i antees to be required of them for fu
[ ture obedience to the laws. So rnou
j strous a proposition is, it appears to
me, not supported by the words or
spirit of the Constitution. The pow
er to suppress insurrection, includes ]
the power of making provision i
against its breaking out afresh.—
These States have made an unjust ]
war upon our Common Government '■
and their Sister States, aud the pow- '
er given by the Constitution to make t
war on our part, iuclndes the power '
to dittate, after our success, the i
terms of peace and restoration. i
The power of Congress to guaran
tee to every State a Republican form <
of Government, would cover much c
more cogent action than has vet been <
had. t
The duty imposed upon Congress,
to provide and maintain republican
governments for the States, is to be
accepted in the broadest meaning of
the term. It is not a mere forma! or
unnecessary provision. The power
was conferred, and the duty enjoined,
to preserve free institutions against
all encroachments, or the more vio
lent elements of despotism and an
archy. And now that tr< a- :i has,
by rebellion, suuverted the govern
ments of a number of Ftat- s, for
feiting fur the people all the rights
guaranteed by the Constitution, in
c 1 tiding even those of property and
life, the work of restoration for these
States rests with the Nat nal Guv-
eminent, and it shou d be faithfully
and fearlessly performed.
By their passage by Congress, and
the declaration of the people at the
late elections, the faith of the nation
is pledged to the amendments, and
they will be fairly carried out, and
their benefits given to the rebellious
States. But when the amendments
shall have passed into the organic,
law, should the people lately in re
bellion persist in their rejection, and
in continued disobedience, and the
obstruction of the execution of the
national laws, it will be au admoni
tion to the nation that tne animus
aud force of treason still exist among
a people who enjoy none of the priv
ileges of the government, save of
its generous tolerance. With their
rejection, all hope of re-coustiuction,
with the co-operation of the rebell
ious States, en a basis that would
secure to the Republic the logical
results of the war, will have van
ished, and the duty must then devolve
upon the government, of adopting
the most effectual method to secure
for sutes tLe character of gov
ernments demanded by the Constitu
tion.
They are without lawful govern
meats —they are without municipal
law. and without any claim to par
ticipa'e in the government.
On what principle of law or jus
tice can the rebellious States com
plain, if after they have rejected the
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 10,1867.
fair and magnanimous terms upon
which they are offered brotherhood
with us, and a participation in all
the blessings of our freedom, and
they have refused, if the govern
ment, in the exercise of its powers,
should enter anew upon the work of
re-construction at the very founda
tion ; and then the necessity will be
forced upon us to discard all discrim
ination iu favor of the enemies of
our nationality, to give us and them
enduring freedom and impartial jus
tice.
The Constitution has defined treas
on, and has giv. n express power to
suppress insurrection, by war, if
necessary. It has uot provided, iu
detail, the terms to be granted alter
such a war. How could it do 6o ? It
would probably not be contended by
the wildest partisan, that these
States 11 ad a right to be represented
in Congress at a time when they
were carrying on open war against
the government, or that Congress
was n >t then a lawful body, notwith
standing their exclusion. How then
have they regained the right of rep
resentation ? Surely not by simply
laying down their arms when they
coutd no longer hold them. The
United States have the right, and it
is their duty, to exact such securities
for future good conduct as they may
deem sufficient, and the offenders,
from whom they are to be exacted,
can have no right to participate in
our councils in the decision of the
question of what their punishment
shall be.
Practically, common stuse determ
ined the question of their right so to
participate, when Congress proceed
ed in the enactment of laws,after the !
surrender of the last rebel military
force. It was determined again,when
the now pending amendments were j
proposed by Congress. If two-thirds j
of Congress,as now constituted,conld '
lawfully propose those amendments, '
then three-fourths of the States, not :
excluded from representation in Con-!
gress, form a sufficient m ijority to ef- 1
feet their lawful adoption It was de
termined again by the formal sanction
of both the great political parties,
wheD Congress, by au almost unani
mous vote, declared the rebellious
States without the right of represen
tation in the Electoral College in
1864.
We ought to go on resolutely and
rapidly,with all measures deemed ne
cessary to the future safety of the
country, so that all parts of it inay,at
the earliest day, be restored to just
and equal political privileges.
The annual report of Hon. Thomas
11. Burrowes, Superintendent of the
maintenance and education of the sol
diers' orphans, will exhibit the pres
ent condition aud the result thus far
of that undertaking. Nearly three
thousand of the destitute children of
the brave men who laid down their
lives that the nation might live, are
now not only comfi rtably provided
for and guarded from temptation, but
are receiving an education which will
fit them to re-pay the care of the
State.
The appropriation made for this pur
pose, at the last sesion, has been suf
ficient to meet all expenses of the fi
nancial year just closed. And I rec
comtnend whatever appropriation
may be necessary, to continue and
perfect the system under which the
schools are conducted.
There can be no doubt that the ap
propriation will be made. Were Ito
select .State interest which I would
warmly commend to your prompt at
tention and liberality than another,it
would be this. All Pennsylvauians
are proud of it, and it lies near the
hearts of all true men.
Owing to their great destitution
and want of information on the part
of their relatives, the orphans of our
colored soldiars may require some
special attention. Perhaps authority
to the State Superintendent, to nse,
for a short time, the services of an
agent, to ascertain their number and
claims,and bring them intathe schools
that may be provided for them, will
be sufficient. The whole cumber iu
the State is not large, of whom a few
have already been temporarily provi
ded for.
I recommend that provision be made
for the maintenance of such of our
soldiers as are in poverty, ud have
been so maimed as to prevent them
from securing a livelihood by their
labor,by renting bti ldiu sat once,or
such other means as you may deem
wise and proper, until the arrange
ments proposed by the National Gov
ernment for their support are comple
ted. They are probably few iu num
ber, and it is due to the character of
the Commonwealth, that th-y should
not remain in or become the inmates
of, poor houses, or pick up a precari
ous substance by begging. Patriotic
aud charitable citizens have done
much for them,but speedy and proper
relief can only be given them by the
systematic and continued benevo
lence of the Commonwealth. The Leg
islature can alone afford immediate
relief to all of this class of our citi
zens,and in thus exhibiting gratitude
to heroic and faithful men, who did
so much for the country, the burden
will fall equally on all her people.
By our existing laws, juries are se
lected by the sheriff'and commission
ers of the respective counties. As
these officers are generally of similar
political affinities, the sy>tem has al
ways been in danger of being abused
for partisan purposes. During the
last six years, it Las been frequently
so abased, in many of the counties.
To secure, as far as possible, the
administration of equal justice here
after, I recommend that jury com
missioners shall be elected in each
county,in the same manner as inspec
tors of election are chosen, each citi
zen voting for one jury commissioner,
and the two persons having the high
est number of votes to be the jury
commissioners of the respective coun
ty. to perform the same duties, in the
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
selection of jurors, that are now im
posed upon the sheriff' and county
commissioners.
It is impossible to provide, -in ail
respeets.for the increasing and chang
ing interests of our people,by the en
actment of general laws, but to a
large extent it is practicable to re
lieve the Legislature from special leg
islation which is demanded and occu
pies so much of its sessions. Special
legislation is generally passed with
out due consideration, much of it at
the close of the session, and is chielly
objectionable from the partiality with
which powers and privileges are con
ferred.
1 again recommend the passage of
general laws, when it is at all prac
ticable, and iu this connection, rec
couimend the passage of a general
law, regulating railroads now exist
ing aud the incorporation of new com
panies,so that so far as possible there
may be just uniformity in the fran
chises granted,and e val facilities af
forded to the people m all sections of
the Commonwealth.
There are at this time, iu the vari
ous prisons, a number of persons un
der sentence of death, some of them
for many years, aud as it has become
a custom that an incoming Governor
should uot issue a warrant of execu
tion in cases unacted on by his prede
decessor, it not uufrequently happens
that in many cases, some of which
are recent, while some punishment
should be inflicted, that of death may
appear to the Executive to be too se
vere.
I earnestly repeat my recommenda
tion heretofore made, that provision
be made for the reception of such per
sons into the penitentiaries, who may
be pardoned on condition of remain
ing a limited time therein.
I re-appointed Hon. C. R. Coburu,
Superintendent of Common Schools,
[ un the expiration of his term in June
last, and he continued at the head of
that Department until the first of No
vember, when he resigned, and 1 ap
pointed Col J. P. Wickersham. It is
due to Mr. Coburu to say, that he ful
filled all the duties of his office faith
fully aud efficiently. It appears from
his report, that there were in the
school year of 1565, 1,863 school dis
tricts in the State ; 13,146 schools ;
16,141 teachers, and 725,312 pupils,
with an average attendance of 478,
866. The total cost of the school sys
tem, for the entire State, including
taxes levied and State appropriation,
was for the year 1836, $4,195,258 57
The increase in the number of school
districts was 26 ; in the number of
schools, 222 ; in the number of chil
dren atten :ing school, 19,932 ; in the
average attendance at school, 15,945,
and in the total cost of the system,
$581,020 02. I invite your attention
to the valuable suggestions made in
his report, and that of Col. Wicker
sham, and commend our system of
public instruction to the continued fos
tering care of the Legislature
I herewith present the reports of
Col. F. Jordan, Military Agent of the
State, at Washington ; of Col. H. H.
Gregg, Chief of Transportation ; of
S. P. If ites, on military history of our
| volunteers ; of trustees of the Sol
diers' Gettysburg National cemetery ;
of the proceedings and ceremony of
the return of the flags, on the 4th of
July, in the city of Philadelphia, and
of Col. James Worrell, commissioner
appointed under an act relating to the
passage of fish in the Susquenanna,
and invite your attei.'ion to them,and
the reports of the Sc. veyor General
and Adjutant General.
The Agency at Washington should,
iu my judgment, be continued. It
has proved very useful in all respects,
and especiall}- to our volunteers and
their families.
Four thousand six hundred and nine
ty cla ; m have passed through the l
Agency during the past year, and :
three hundred aud eleven thousand j
seven hundr d and three d 'liars has !
been collected from the Government j
and transmitted to the claimants free .
of charge.
It will be necessary to continue the
office of Chief of Transportation, as
there are unsettled accounts with rail
rord companies and the National Guv
erume it. and duties to Le performed
n the removal and care of bodies of
the dead, which require it. An addi
tional appropriation will be required
for this Department.
I earnestly recommend, in justice
to the living and the dead, that our
in litary history he pushed forward
vigorously, and that money for that
purpose be appropriated.
The trustees of the State Lunatic
hospital represent that it is impossi
ble for them to accommodate and care
for the number of patients committed
to them under the laws regulating ad
missions into the hospital, and earn
estly reccoinmend that provision be
made for increased accommodation.
I need not say that the institution
is carefully and economically manag
ed, or to refer to that great good it
has produced ; and that I cordially
unite in the statement and recommen
dations of the memorial herewith pre
sented.
I invite your attention to the con
dition of the Arsenal.
It is too small—unsafe as a deposi
tory for the large amount of valuable
military material to be kept in it, and
is, in all respects, inconvenient and
not adapted to its purpose
Much inconvenience was experien
ced during the war for want of suffi
cient room and safety, and I recom
mend that ground be procured aud a
new and commodious arsenal be erec
ted in or near the Capitol of the State
Since the adjournment of Legisla
ture I drew my warrant ou the Treas
ury for five thousand dollars, appro
priated to the National Cemetery at
Antietam, and appointed Major Gen.
Jno. R. Brooke, trustee to represent
the State. Before the warrant was
drawn I appointed Colonel Win. H.
Blair and Captain J Merril Linn,who
examined the groun and made a fnll
iuvestigation.their report of which ac
companies the message. It will be
noticed that they report seven hundred
and ninety-seven bodies of Pennsyl
vanians that will be removed into the
cemetery, and recommend an addi
tional appropriation, in which I most
cordially unite.
I cannot close my last Annual Mes
sage,without renewing the expresion
■ of my gratitude to the freemen of the
| Commonwealth, for the hearty appro
val with which they have cheered the
j labors ol the Executive Office. To
have earned such approval by my offi
cial conduct,during the last six years,
must always be a source of pride to
myself and children. Without the
j consciousness that I was endeavor
j ing to deserve their approval, and
without the hope that I should suc
ceed in attaining it,l must have sunk
under the responsibilities of my posi
tion. It was only a reliance on Divine
Providence, and the active, resolute,
hearty support and zeal of the people,
and their representatives,that encour
aged me during the dark and terrible
crisis through which the country has
passed. I tried to do my duty to my
country, and know I was at least
faithful to her iu her deep distress,
i and I conceived that duty not to be
limited to the merely putting of men
into the field to suppress treason and
rebellion, and maintain national life,
j and doing of everything in my power
j to sustain the just war forced npon
1 us. I felt also bound, so far as 1
could, to protect and promote the
| rights and comforts of our volunteers,
j after they had left the State, to aid
j and relieve the sick and wounded,and
'to care for the transmission, to their
! bereaved families,of the precious bod
ies of the slain, and the maintenance
j and education of their orphans as hon
ored children of the country.
To have been the Chief Magistrate
of this great Commonwealth, during
the period through which we have
! passed,and to have earned and main
tained (if indeed I have done so) the
confidence and affection of her people
and their representatives, are quite
enough to satisfy the highest ambi- s
tion, and in my retirement from the ,
high trust given me, I pray God that j
the State may continue to grow in |
power and strength, and her people
in prosperity and happiness.
A. G. CCETIN.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER (
Harrisbarg, Jan. 2. 18C7. j
ARAB ODDITIES. —An Arab, entering
a house, removes his shoes but not j
his hat. He mounts his horse upon j
the right side, while his wife milks j
her cows on the left side. With him '
the point of a pin is its head, while !
its head is made its heels. His head |
must be wrapped up warm, even in j
summer, while Lis feet may well!
enough go naked all winter. Every )
anicle of merchandise which is liquid (
he weighs, bat measures wheat, bar- !
ley, and a few other articles. He
reads and writes from left to right.
He eats almost nothing at breakfast. |
about as much at dinner, but after ;
the work of the day is done, he sits i
down to a hot meal swimming in oil, i
or, better yet the boiled nutter. His ,
suns eat with him, but the females of
the house wait till his lordship is done.
He rides his donkey when traveling,
his wife walks behind. He laughs at J
the idea of walking in the street
with his wife, or ever vacating his j
seat for a woman.
teir* The beginnings of sin may ap
tly be compared to a im
perceptible break in an embankment.
It may appear as of trilling conse
quence, while in reality it is a breach
in the defence against the rushing wa
ters which, gradually increasing, pre
pares the way for the restless inunda
tion which sweeps sw a y everythiag
jin its course. It is hazardous to say
of any sin, is it not a little one ? It is
a precursor, and encourager of those
which will follow. It is in this way
that the most vicious habits are form
ied-by little and little. Judas was
not protected ev. n by hi.- at> stlestip.
j Coveteousnc-ss had gradu illy 1 • cr-n e
I a habit of his soul; when the oppor
tunity seemed favorable, he became a
thief : then the unresisted 1 ve of mon
;ey seduced him to the fou! betrayal f
; his Lord ; then, when the enormity of
Ins sin tlashed up n liirn he was dnv
j en to despair—and then he went out
and hanged himself. In iulged covet
: • lisnoss at the beginning, -elf-murd- r
at the end. Thus it is in thousands
|of cases—a little pleasurable sinning,
and then hell.
THE MOTHER —The is s mething in
I sickness that breaks d wn the pride
lof manhood ; that softens the heart
and brings it Lack to the feelings of
j infancy. Who that Las languished,
i even in advanced life, in sickness and
despondency ; who that has pined on
a weary bed, in the loneliness and
negeict of a foreign laud, but has
; thought on the mother "that looked
on his childhood," that smoothed his
pillow ard administered to his help
lessness ? Oh 1 there is an enduring
tenderness in the love of a mother to
a so i, that transcends all other af
fections of the heart It is neither
to be chilled by selfishness, nor
daunted by danger, nor weakened by
worthlessness, nor ingratitude. She
will sacrifice every comfort to his
convenience ; she will surrender
every pleasure to his enjoy ment ; she
will glory in his fame and exult in
his prosperity ; and, if misfortane
overtake him, he will be dear to her
from misfortune : and ; f disgrace
settle upon his name, she will still
love and cherish him in spite of his
disgrace ; and if all the world beside
cast him off, she will be all the world
to him.
A mad wag says Hiram Powers
ha.- just executed, -t Florence, a figure of
. "£ t After the Wan.r-.Fall.
THE last case of jealousy is that of
a lady who Jdisoardcd her lover, a sea cap
j tain, "because he tugged the store
#3 per Annum, 111 Advance.
TBEASUBE TBOVE EXTBAOBDI
NABY-
Several years ago a little German
, Jew named Schwartz, believing that
in the sewers of New York might be
found many articles of value which
had been lost, entered them, and for
three days wfndered through the
labyrinth. He was very successful,
picking up some $27,000 worth of
jewelry, spoons, forks, &e. ; but hav
, ing lost his way the first day, he be
, > lieved that he mi „■ ht have found much
more could he have carried out the
original plan, which was to visit
Fifth and Madison avenues, Broad
way, and the wealthy portions of the
city. So great, however, were the
difficulties and dangers he encount
ered, that nothing could induce him
again to visit " New York under
ground."
His adventure for a time created
quite a little sensation, but there
were none venturous enough to at
tempt a second, until Wednesday of
last week, when an adventurous par
ty of three entered the sewer of
Houston street, at the ferry on East
I river, intending to remain for one
i week, during which time they pro
i posed visiting every portion of the
city where there seemed to be any
chance of finding treasure trove. The
| party consisted of Miss Mary Walk
! er, a young lady of eighteen, her
I brother Jnines, aged sixteen, and
, Michael Grady, an old man of about
, fifty. The project originated with
! Miss alker, and lhe " how "of it
j is in this wise :
Some two years ago James Walk
| er, Jr., was a merchant, doing a good |
business at 00.', Bowery. He was
getting rich fast, but in an evil hour j
: he was prevailed upon by frieud(? ;
I to use some of his money, which had
| been "salted down," in speculating
in gold. The result was easy to be 1
foreseen. He lost. To recover he 1
took money from his business. Again
he lost. His business became em- '
barrassed : in despair he committed j
suicide, and Miss Walker and her j
j brother found themselves, six months i
ago, the inhabitants of a room on the i
i upper floor of a double tenement, 209 ;
| Sixth street. Miss Walker, some !
i months ago, in an old paper, wrap
■ ped around a parcel which she was
taking home from a " slop-shop," saw
an account of Schwartz's undertak- j
ing. and resolved to imitate it.
Maps were obtained and the city ;
studied carefully. Each day's work
j for herself, her brother ami Gradv,
I who waa lormerly in her father's em- j
• plot', was carefully marked out. Ev- I
' cry preparation which limited knowl- j
j edge could prepare for was made,
| and the adventurers started. I wish
that I might have room to tell the !
story of the week they passed, but
my manuscript warns me that I must
! condense. Each day they rendez- !
voused several times in the chambers 1
at the street corners. On Sunday
they had filled all the bags they had
taken with them, some fifteen in num- i
bcr, and Miss Walker returned.—
James M alker a: d Grady continued
their search, emptying six of their
bags at the corner t Twenty-second j
street and Fifth avenue.
On Wednesday morning at a very \
early hour, and before people were- j
stirring, Miss Walker was at the
place w:ia a wagon. Ou removing
an iron plate, which at each street I
corner leads into a small chamber '
connecting with the sewer, she found j
her brother, but not Grady. He Lad
staned off on another trip, aithough
the six bags Lad beeu filled in Madi
son avenue, lhe 1" -se treasure was
placed in extra bags and the whole
driven to a Broad vav jewel's The !
res; were taken f rom the places on
Thursday morning. A watch was set
for Grady, but up to ibis time of
writing nothing has teen heard :r m
him, and it is feared that he Iris per- ■
ished. Th" result of t r week's search :
is roughly estimated at M,500,000. i
1 saw me treasures yesterday pil- j
ed in three heaps on the floor, and
the jeweler inl-Trued me that it must
have Cost ver $3,000,000, but in c<>n-1
S"qnenee of the old Ti-lr ned s vie of;
sotting, its bruised .attend and c..r
--r ded Coudit on, ic value was redu
ced at> >ut on -half. A little over a '
bushel how qui., it sounds t- talk'
J" '-•• Iry ye bushel!) has b. en |
sorted, and among it hive been fund j
. lie lit I'll. !. ri r. V ,Iu d at f 16,000.
two m re v.* u . d at So,OUO and half a ■
;• z u v.i;u r. 53,000 and upwards.
The m c...us is a plain g >ld ring
inscribed - n V * inside in Dutch, |
"Peter Stuyv- sant to wife." It is an j
heir-: oin of the -Stuyvesant's, and i
was leu, with otner jewelry, last ■
M rch by burglars IT -w it came in
the sewer :s a problem for phi!' so- j
phers to spec.'!at aboht. Miss 1
M aik* r and h<-r brother, who find :
themselves thu lift d nuddeulv fr>m j
penury to gr. at wealth, intend to pro- j
ceed t E glai-d. wh- re they Lave re
latives. This adventure is talked of j
everywhere, at..! already there art- '
others preparing to Jnliuw in their !
fu tsteps. Corr<-.-]j- adent >he Erie
Dispatch.
EVKKY W ORB TRI E. —lt is A great
aud prevalent error, that children mav
be left to run wild in evmy sort of
company and tempiati us ter several
years,aud tlien it will h-.- time enough
to ! reak them in. This mistake makes
half our spendthrifts..ramblers.thieves
and drunkards. No man would deal
so with his garden .>r iui j no man
w uld r,:se a c-olt or puppy on such a
principle. Take .tice, arcnts-un
1* ss yon till the new soil and throw in '
the good seed, the devil will have a
crop of weeds before you know what
is taking place. I.ot kat your dear
children, and think whether you wiii j
leave their safety or ruin at hazard,or j
whether you shall not train them up
in the way they should go.
NEVER purchase love or friendship
by gifts , when thus obtained they are lost
soon as you stop payment.
THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE.
Where willows weep, where birds are still.
Where infants fold their little hands,
A warrior's tomb—a grassy hill
In yon old village corner stands'
No subtle carving on the stone
Shall tell us who is heath the sod :
Below the body rests alone —
His soul is in the ranks of God!
The scent of one white rose's breath
In sorrow floats amid the air—
The rose of Hope, and Love, and Death
• Her widowed hands have pi mted there '
How often there a woman sits,
While tears are in her soft brown eyes!
The odors that pale ros - emits
To her are airs of Pan->ise !
The laughers cannot laugh at her
The idle pause with eyes intent
i On those clasped hands that never stir—
The knees that in a prayer are bent'
Along the village path she strays,
Nor lingers the wild flower to take ;
Through those long winding meadow ways—
By hedges heavy, for his sake !
Then lighter, softer is her treau ;
Her tears are falling there at last!
Her fingers clasp the rose—her head
Rests, dreaming of the sweet, sad past'
FUN, FACTS, AND FACETI3L
To be dexterious iu danger is a vir
tue ; but to court danger is a weakness.
HE who sets up a carriage at the
i suggestion of his vanity generally sets it
j down at the suggestion of his creditors.
I ARCHIMEDES being asked to go aud
hear a person who imitated the nightingale
to perfection, answered, "I have heard the
J nightingale herself."
IF you are disquieted with anything
you should consider with yourself—is the
thing of that worth, that for it I should so
disturb myself and lose my peace and tran
quillity ?
ALL who love peace, are destined
to live with those of less delicacy of feeling
than themselves, must learn to take no of
fence where none is intended.
Ax excellent old lady says the only
way to prevent steamboat explosions is to
make the engineers ' 'bile their water" ashore.
In her opinion, all the bustin' is caused by
"cocking the steam ' on board.
A gentleman, having occasion to
; call on an author found him in his study.
He remarked the great heat of the apart
ment. and said it was "as hot as an oven."
j "So it ought to he, "replied the author, "for
here I make my bread."
IT is related that the clerk of a rural
church in England recently made the follow
ing announcement to the congregation :
j "You are desired to attend a meeting in the
j vestry, at four o'clock, to consider on the
means of 'eating the church, and to digest
j other matters."
AN odd bit of a dialogue occurs in
j a novel now published in a French paper :
j "Where is your husband?" asks a gentle
; man. "He went out to buy a cigar," re
; plies the lady. "Has he been gone long ?"
| "Eighteen years." "He is quite right." re-'
j marks the gentleman philosophically ; •he
wants to choose a good one."
MAKING THE DONKEY Go.—You are
' very stupid Thomas, "said a country school
master to a little boy eight years old ; • *you
are like a donkey, and what do they do to
j cure him of his stupidity ?"
"Why, they feed him more and kick him
j less, " said the urchin.
A PROBLEM —lf, as the poet says,
: "beauty draws us with a single hair." then
what—Oh ! tell us what—must be the effect
| of a modern waterfall
AN enraged parent had jerked his
• provoking son across his knee, and was op
erating on the exposed portion of the urch
in's person with great vehemence, when the
young one dog into the parental legs with
his venomous little teeth.
"Blazes ! what are you biting He for .*"
"Well, dad, you begined this here war.'
"HAS your sister got a son or a
daughter .- aked a son of Erin. "Upon
my life," was the reply, "I don't know
whether I'm an aunt or an uncle."
A "green 'un" who had never before
seen a steamboat, fell through the hatchway
down into the hold of one. and being unhurt
loudly expressed hn> surprise : "Well, if the
darned thing ain't holler I"
BETTER to be despised for too anx
ious apprehensions, than ruined by too eon
fident a security.
ALT. those things which are nuw
held to be of the- greatest Antiquity, were at
one time, new ; and what we to-day hold up
by Example, will rank hereafter as a Prece
dent.
NUMBER 32.
A> long us yoa are engaged in the
World, von must comply with its maxims ;
because nothing is more unprofitable than
the Wisdom of those persons •* ho set up
for Reformers of the Age. Tis a part a
man cannot act long, without offending his
friends and rendering himself rldiculots.
HE alone is wise who can accomo
date him-d: hi all the contingencies 01
Life : but the fool contends, and is Strug Li
ang, iike a swimmer against the stream.
ADVERSITY has the eflect of elicit
ing Taients, which, in prosperous Circum
stances, would have lain dormant.
A has but one Master, the
ambitious Man has as many Masters as
there are persons whose aid may contribute
to th- advancement ol his Fortune
LET the World have their May
games. Wakes, Whitsunales ; their Dan",
iugs and Concerts: their Pupprt-sbow
Hobby-horses Tabors. Bag-pipes Ball-
Barley-breaks. and whatever sport- and r.
creations please them best, proti l-.-d thr\
W followed with discretion.
.MODERATION cannot have the ert-D IT
of combating and subduing ambiti n
they are never found together. Moderali ■>
Ls the Languor and Indolence of the S
a- Ambition is its Activity and Ardor.
A SERVANT uewly engaged, pre
sented to hi* master, one morning, a pair
oi boots, the leg of one of which was much
longer than the other. •• Ho * comes it.
that these boots are not of the same length' 1
" I really don't know, sir ; but what both
ers me the most is. that the pair down
stairs is in the same fix."
THE bevy of young ladies who re
ceived the King of Pruiaa. on his triumph
al entry into Berlin, have received gifts of
gold brooches, ornamented with the head
of the king and the Prussian Eagle.
A man who knows the World, will
not only make the most of everything L.
does know, but of many things he does not
know, and will gain more credit by his ad
roit mode of hiding his Ignorance, than the
Pedant by his awkward attemts to exhibit
hi. Erudition.
A Snake IMMBEPDSO IN ROCK —A
Texas c -rrespundeat of the Rocking
ham Va J&ginier, relates that a
snake has been found in I.amar coun
; ty, Texas, imbedded in the solid rock.
It was eight inches long. "When
first found," says the correspondent,
"it seemed to have no life, but alter
being exposed some eight or ten mi
nutes it gave signs of life. It was
then carefully disenibedded from the
rock, sent out from the cistern, and
i exposed to the sun. It became very
restless, and in about fifteen minutes
; it assumed the snake shape, round,
and about the size of a common black
lead pencil We discovered that it
could see ; it would lick out its little
forked tongue and crawl eff slowly.
When first taken out it was the color
| of the rock, but soon gTew darker "