214q.litigI, 4 (t) 111 Tii Baumann itzfeiresn la pabllabot rimy Tburnakf Iforslbil by 8. Wt Wow it Two Dation per annW tb 114 , 11101;16 sar M'imaVift 01l onsolaudasivrof mbar* tioii to.tbe pester. , • • BPECUL 180TIOZS Inserted at if mom owl pa line fon asst insertion. and Pm (=wpm line far ratwoguont insertions. • • ; 'LOCAL NOTICES. saw style on reading motto/. mow: atm n line. ADVE=BBI[B37B will be inoortod MOM:* to to following table of odes : • ,Iv, I tor I na l gm • I Om I In. j . SLSO I 1001 •.001 LOD I 10.00 $ MEI Inches j - 2.00 16A4 t LOO I 10.001 15.001 1110.00 inches I 2.501 tit 1 10.001 ILOG [30.00 lIPLOO. incites I 8.00 1 8.50 ll .95 145.00 106.00114.00 column 16.00 114.00 I MOO I 44.00100.00 166.00 colsina2 110,00120.00130.00 I 40.00 r 66.001.1¢.00 • ti saimeisieitor's and Ithecutotom Salem. 111: Andl toes Notion. $2 $O r liminess °MK an Da" Iper year) $5. additional linen $1 'earth. • - Yearly advertisers areentitledto quettestrehanges. Transient MMi;ftniiimateninstbeland fOrteadmocs. - All Resohniona of Assechettom ; Colannaticatlons o f.tlmited teinedrentnal Interest, and notices of.Sas !Wee and Deaths, eitconling teethes, are Merged aremsper Line. • ' • The Davit= hosing • larger etre:Wags that all the papers In the county combined. makes Gan bast adventsi medians in Northern Pennarisnita. /0B PEIR ITRG of even kind. In Plain and Foe: colors, done with neatneas and••h. Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets. BiMeaft eistmaentiOns. or every variety and sole, printed at the shornat notice, The Ithroassa Moe Is well supplied nits Power Presses, a good assortment of new type, end everything in the Printing line as be ozecuted in he most artistic winner and at the lowest litho. -• TIMM Th 4 BURLY wan. - - nrsimm cAltst it FOWLER, REAL ESTATE • DEALER; Nok. 278 Smith Water Street, M eV% Illinois, Real Estate purchased and sold. vestments madeand Moitertaaned. May TOHN DU EE,. BLACKSMITH, mcmorrox, Pll., paYs plarticulsr attention to Toning Buggies, Wagons. Weighs, kc. Tire set and , repairing done on.short notice. Work and chokes guaranteed estistacterg. imam. A wain MOS PENNYPACIOR, HAS S establipihed Minitel! In the TAILOICITIG •17EIZIES3. 'Shop over Rockwell's Store. Work at Ivory description done in the latest styles. r;- Towanda, April 21, 1870.—t1 C S._ : IIAISSELL's• -F. i ' . GENERAL 1 -=:- . INSURANCE, AGENCk, . . .. miy23'7o-1.1 • MANDA, I'4. tNVM. H. MORGAN & CO., DE4- w ix Stuar..-Eriverz.—Lots from $lOO hP• wards. Also, Real Estate Agents. Land bought and sold and money loaned. Parties desiring to lid! Wild Lands, 'Panne. or Lots, can have a map"; of Linda or subdivision , made at this Agency, and property sold on &reasonable commission. Office over Postoffice, liercur's Block, Towanda, Pa. ,! L. Ls. MOODY. (Dec.4"721 - RM . IL MORGAN; • = • :41 W • ' 4 1_ - , A •=v,l l F-4 '• • kZ E.( g= —.., C colip FrHE UNDERSIGNED XRCIII4 A- TECT AND BUILDEtt, wishes to . inform in; citizens of Towanda and vicinity, that :be will give particular attention to drawing plena, designs and specification for all manner of buildings, private and public. Siiperintendence , given for reaspnabla compensation. - Office at residence N. E. corner of Second and Elizabeth streets. octs'7l - - W . W. GSBURY, . R SL ESTATE LIFE, FIRE, k ACCMENT INSURANCE. , A 4ENCY4. • . Office, corner of Main and State Streets, e _ • March 13,1812.. .T05T.,!,.41DA. PA. 'SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS:: 1 E g . . i II am prepaied, to furnish Siln-dried Doors, Saab and Blinds of a ny, style, site, or thickness, on sho# notice. Hand in your crrders..ten days before port scant to use the articles, and be sere that yon sill get doers that %sill not shrink or swell. -Terms CaBlll on delivery. • ; " , , TOwanda, duly 19.1871. - GEO. F ASH. t DAYTON & BR-OTHER; Dealers in WOOL, HIDES; PELTS, CALV EOM% FURS, AC., , • • For 'which the highest cash price to paid at all ti.uua, OfFloe in M. E. liosenfleld's Store. Main-it., A. DATTO, J. E. nstibs - .} - ncir.l4.l'o. TONVA'-'7DA , Pd. 3 • NEW FIRM! • NEW GOOPS, LO TT" .P I R ICES! • AT MONZtOETON, PA. • TRACY &, HOLLOTS Retail Dealers in Groceries and Proirlitions, Drage and Medicinea, Kerosine On, Lamps, Chimneys,`,, Shades, Dye Stuffs, Paints, Oils, VarrdalkYankee No.! Lions. Tobacco,_Cigars and Snuff. Pare; Wines end! Liquors, of the best quality, for medicinal purposely only. All Goo& sold at the very lowest prices. Pre4 4cri , f, tirm carefully compounded et all hours of the' . • day and night. Give us a call: TRACY NOLLON.. 7`,l•3nrovton,. Pa., June 24, 19,61-1 y: - ; i , - BAKERY! CONFECTIONERY ! 1 GROCERIES r , . Tho undersigned begs leave to return tbauks to the people of Towanda and vicinity for the very patronage extended to him during fh.) ,casou, and at the same tine to give ttoticc that he has addod'to his business a stuck of BEST GI6)CERIES• Which he ia prepared to fifer- AT THE LOWEST P.RICEA. lie will "Still contilkno the Baking busidess in all branchrrS, and can fnrnish in this 116 e . Jn the short.elt ticn and 4 GUARAIsaILE SATISFACTION.! E ins also fittcd Tip a' • • DININ. ' d ROOM, t ~ Wh-re he-will: at all times be ready to furnish Meals "or Lumehons at much lower rates than usual. .1 Farmers and others visiting town 'are invited lo Fall. . VP Parties supplied with Ice Cream, Cakes, Fruit, rid Confectionery at sport notice. k. Remember the place, nearly opposite the Means House. - • ' • s Sept.ll,'72. ' . HORACE A. COWLE9.I TO THE CITIZENS OF PENN SYLV.ANIA,—Your attention Is specially lei sited to the fact that the National Banks are now piepared' to receive subscriptions to the Capital Stock. of the Centennial Board of 'l' inance. The lands realized from this scoarce are to he employed in the erection of the buildings for the International Exhibition, and the expenses connected with the same. It is confidently believed Batt the • Keystone State ill be representedeby the-`name of evell citi zen alive to patriotic commemoration of the me hundredth bltth-day of the nation:-‘, Me share. of stock:are offered for $lO each, and subscribers 'lllll receive a handsomely. steel engraved Certificate :of Stock, suitable for framing_ and preservation as a national memorial. - Interest at the rate of six. per cent pet annum will he paid' n all' payments of Centennial Stock from date of payment to-January 1, 1876. • Subscribers *ho are not near a National Bauk can remit a check or post-office order to the under. signed. ' - • FREDE. PRAM, Treasurer. 904 Walnut St., Phil a; 1 Sept 4, MISS GRIFFIN , Respectfully announces to her old customers aid the public gmerelly, that she continues the 3IILLECERY BUSLNESS, At her old stand on PINE Eii'llEET, and that she has a cormzrz assonTursr OF GOODS, Which eta 11 selling at her naval moderate prices Every article VAUBAN-FED. 29. 1873. NE'W FIRM, HARDWARE! The new Aim of HOWARD RIDGWAY lIKVE TONS OF ILI.Itr;WARE; IRON AND NAILS, _ • AT WY/MUSING . Stoves of t all kinds; at lower priits for cash, than any establishment In Bradford County. - Blabkamith's and Wagon Make 6 we want to see you sent 30, 13- , , , . Gexiteemen'qf the Senate.and•Housr qf Itepre !tentative* : I , 1 , Since your last m a eetilig grivous public calrunity, in the guise of ' a financial panic, has visited pke °ono tul try; having in its train ase es of dis asters. The industrial .p nits and monetary interests of the S to haVe become greatly depressed, e wealth of many of , her leading cipitalists and most public spirited citizens has been wholly'. swept: , away, the busi ness of her corporations paralyzed, _the machinery of her manufactories arrested, her mineral, iron, oil, and - other productions greatly depreciat ed in value, and poverty and want brought to the firesides of the hum ble homes of thousands of her honeet and industrious citizens, whO toil for their daily brehd. ', To renrdy these evils, under ', which all our industries • are languishing, so far las relief can be administered by legislation, it is barely necessary_ to suggest, should be the first duty of your honorable t i bodies—a duty which I„feel'assuriiid will be undertaken w ith care and de - liberation, invoking to its ai a fail share of humanity and the highest 'll practical wisdom, In any easures looking to this object it will be, my pleasure heartily to:co-opera e. .VINANCES. It is ;gratifying to °bap while many of the most an securities in the market' we, or less depressed during the panic, the finances of the Sta Aniebakeni-__exhibiting unm i evidence of the - stability of t credit. The folkowing. eta showing their satisfact ory t cb will challenge : attention : E , . Debi Redeemed. - . . i During fiscal year ending November 30,1873: s;_x per cent. loan $1,308800 00 rive per cant. Idan '• ' 163,112:46 Cliambeniburg certificates - .1 . 42,760 24 Total _ r -chug fiscal year ending Nov. 30, /873 Balance ib Treatery, N0v.30,187,2, 51482,455 01 ;Receipts 7,076;723 20' • Daring fiscal ylear'ending Nov, 30,•1;873 : Ordinary expense.T., • - $3,44.325 07 Loans redeemed - , t - ... 1,514,672 10 Interest paid on loans .. , .. , - ..... 1, 533 . 029 20 • J. E..FLENSIELNG, Pox 511 Towanda, Pa. Balance to 'treasury Nov:80, 1873. 1,823,151 21 • PCI3I,IC DEBT. - ' Funded lied. • Six per cent. loans ' I 520,541.580 00 Fire per cent. loans 4,972.354 01 Four and a half per cent. Wane, . 87,000 00 , t'nfrimied Ite.lief notes in eirenlation Interest certificates outstanding Interest certificates unclaimed.. Domestic creditors' certificates. Chambetsburg certificates, out standing The same'. unclaimed Total public deb*, No•r. 30, 1573. 25,7! i Bonds idSiziking Fund' Amount brought forward $25,738,821 91 Bonds of the Peraisyliania Bail- 1 ._road Company - . :5,76,000 00 Bonds of the Allegheny Valley '- I ! Railroad Company ' 3,500,000 00 ' 9,200,000 00 Cali in '.tica3ury, Nor. 33, 18731 1,825,151 .24 ludelytetinca rinprovided fur...l 14,773,670 7Q ' In 1874 the receipts from alllsourc, e,s will be $1,500,000 less than the receipts of 1873, while the eipendi, tures will not be' diminished. This loss.of revenue is largely due to the repeal oPtaxes bearjna heav,io upon the industrial, interests of the Com monwealth, and partly to the pros tration of business.' The receipts .of 1875 may be about the Earner's; those Of 18-74, but the expenditures will be greater, - owing to the additional out;-: lay necessary for schools, tegisle tare and Judiciary, . under • the new. Constitution, which will then be in full force. Notwithstanding thisi enor thou is decreaso in the receipt, and increase in expenditure, it is hopeil and'believecl, that . by the most irgid economy in every branch of the gov ernment •and moderate appropria tions, the revenues - in the future Will be sufficient to meet all the deinands on the Treasury, and leave a balance to 'reduce the indebtedness of the State, - as required by j the, Constitu tion. lam in accord with thos'e who believe as the debt decreasesl there should be a' correspoilding relief af forded to thoie interests that- bear the burden of Ita*ation; but at this juncture I would regard any f&rther reduction of the revenues as unwise. In our list of taxes, however, may be found some that are not strictly uni form " upon the same 'class of sub jects," and very unfairin their ope ration, and I think, tlierefore,l a re vision of our tax laws is now desira ble, if not necessary. 1 - - I • - k , SINKING F.,,,.' , 1 In compliance ! with ' the constitu tional amendment of 1857, the I4egii lature in 1858 preated nsinking fund for the payment?of the interest on the State debt,, and for an annual re duction of - the principal in:a sum not less than $250,000 pet aitnunl. In addition to the securities .designated by, the amendmeni„ thh revenues ar rising from certain taxes were assign ed to this fund FrOm that time, each succeeding year, the interest on the debt has been punctually paid,' and the portion of principal redeem ed 'instead of amounting to $150,000; has,grown to the immense sum of one to two milliona Per year. The reason is a simple 44 nei The revenues set apart fokthe sinking fund, • by, the natural - gxowtlir:lif . these i3pecial 1 taxes, have becomniknuallY much larger, whiliethvgnior6mt required to be paid on accohflt of interest, by, reason of theregal d4crease of the public debt, has e ryl, year become smaller, and3nAliis way the annual : mug credits to. they • fund have swollen to proportiens'never Contem plated by the original _friends' of the measure As an, illcistration, - it is simply necessary tol say, that the rev ert- es flowing to this fund were last year over half the 'entire income of the State, or $3,500,060, while only $1,500,000 were needed to pay the interest on the ;deb l:. lln the, mean time, the annual .:avenues allotted for general purposes have beenless than the amount o the -annual ap propriations of the , 1 ' tore, and the Legislature ne-er, having made provision for the difference ~ by 'a re construction of the revenues, S. M. GRIFFIN. NEW GOODS EU =II • 1.1 lIM S. W. AI4VOID, Plibilsher• - VOLUME XXXIV. GOVERNOR'S MESS Iteceip(. ldir Dissurstyzehts MEI MU camp necessa . ritot the Treat* to pai l the dellmencien of appropriations out of the funds properly due to the 'sinking fund or suspend payment. 'nig condition of affairs , rilaces the Sinking Fund Commisidonem in an anomalous position, from which it is manifestly the duty •of the Legisla• Lure to relieve them. , • . , , • i - , 1 iThe progress of the ork of prepa ratien forthe Centennial is realizing fully the expectations ti. our people. The, distinguished gentlemen charg ed With the detailnof this vast un dertaking are driving iealously, with great, intelligence ' and industry,to perfect all the: arrangements in a manner commeMurate with the im portant and conspicuous position our Repnblicr...liccripies among the pa tiona of the earth. A' becoming re gard for" the dignity and, honor ;of the Country, we can . hope, will now induce the General .Government, and all the States, to extend to the Cern!. mission auei material aid -as will se -o,nielt this enterprise from every pos sibility of failure. The ;city of Phila ' delphia, Whose generosity, in differ ent ways, in behalf of tetentennial, has elicited commenda ion from, all quarters, ceded to; the ,Cominission an eligible site in the idst of her beantiful park, whereon!, the , propoiii ed buildings for the , eihibition, the plans of which haVe been adopted, are to be erected., Thiel site was for mally transferred and kietlicated to its special uses on the. Fourth of Julyilast,' in the presence of a large concourse of citizens... Upon I that occaion proclamation Of the Presi dent' was made, wherein, 'the celebra tion end exhibition I were commend ed tthe people of the United States, ands cordial invittitiongiven to all nations,who may be pl ased to take part'therein. - I L With this actthe Proj ct became a national one, -and cooperation was . invited and expected frdra the whole nation; and it 'is a, pleasure to ob serveF that the 'different States end i Territories are earne tly moving n with 'a view to such con butions as Will place . the celebrati n not only upon, a sound. financial basis, but mate it a .succeasful ehibition of their,' various resources and indus tries.; To stamp the Centennial, how -1 I ever, with the character of a national enterprise, it must receive assistance direct and sittstantial from the Na tienal GoVernment. ,L;Coegress must set'the seal of its approbation upon the' work of the ,Comthission, and m l anifest not only, an interest in this great undertaking, but etermina tide that in its pro portions and grandeur the American' Exposition shall !eclipse all those *bleb have preceded it in Europe, as the devel-' opment of our resonrcei , the expan sioniSf our grand rail ay system, and ' the diversified emPloyment of the arts and sciences in 11 the ace niies Of our industryon ass those of the old world. 1.11 Pennsylvania must no neglect this opportunity for the - die lay of her ridb, varied and inexhaustable pro dticts,, nor relax her efforts to rescue the exhibition from every mischance to! which indifference or - distrust may ex!Dose it It is true her contribu qns, have been large, but she - must not forget that the nation has signal ly ,Ilionored her people by . &signet ing her metropolis- as t 'e , place for the proposed celebratio ' and she must show by reneivede rtions that she appreciates theldistin tion. I El 3 !ve that .stantial more recent e were takable e Stag iement, ndition, 1,101,672 70 8,559,178 81 $6,74,027 $25,59,931 01 $ 13,019 0 00 2 4;418 38 41 67 !MEI 267 . .„2 198;887 9,3 MEI 11,1125 . ,151 24 THE NEW CONSTITION. • _Pursuant. to an act i of he General Athembl2,', approved Juni) 2, A. D. 1871, the people, by a large majority, voted in favor of ' calling a Conven- HO tG amend, the Constitution of i f this Commonwealth, and lie General Assembly; by an act ap ved April. 11, 1872, !provided fOr t e caliing of th 4 same, and in coniplia ce with its pri:'?visions the delegat El elected thdreto essembled at' the tate Capi tal; at Harrisburg , on he second Tuesday- qf November, 18 o 2, and 'ad jotirued sine die, on ,Sat m rday, De ce oer, 27, 1873. .The Tire Constitution adopted by the Cori)mati n was sub mitted' to the qualified lectors of the Commonwealth, -on the third Tn i esday of December, 18 3, And by 1 . a pertihcate of the said onvention, on file in the office I of- th Secretary of ;this -Coxnruonwealth, it appears 253,560 votes • were give for, and and 109,19,8 votes agains . the New CoU3titution. In the schedule of the New Con stitution it is provided t i at' it shall take effect on the , first da • of Janua ry 1874. In the act ailing the Convention, it is provide. that the returns of the votes .c: ,t, 'for and a,,iitillst the New Constitu on, "shall be opened, counted and p i bliehed as the returns for'Gth'ernor : re now by law counted and' published,"' : and when So ascertained an , Certified, "the Governor shall decla e by proc lamatien the result: l of the election." The COnstitution of 1838, as well as r, the New Constitution, pruvidea "that the returns of every e ection for Gpvernol., shall be seal d up and, transmitted to the seat f govern ment, directed to the P sident of the Senate, who shall ope and pub lish them in presence - of the mem bers of both Houses of ti e General .4ssembly." • 1 , The Constitutional Con ention the last day or kts session, .assed the following preamble and r .solution : ' " Wririm4q, It appears .3 , the re turns of election in the sereral coun ties, of i,the State, held on Tuesday, the ,16th day of December. A. D., 1873, that the New, Constitution has been adopted by a majoty of quo hundred and; forty-fou r thownd three hundred - and sixty-two; there fore, • : Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be - inforMed by the Presi dent of the Convention, o the result, and that he be respectfully requested to issue his proclamatin thereof without delay.' ii I respectfully call you attention thereto, that there may be no unnec essary delay in'the, counting of :the vote cast for and against the New , Constitution t that I may in conform ity with the, provisions f the act calling the Convention, aid in nem pliance with the result:thou of the Convention, promptly is : .0 the pro per proclamation it be- Eil BIM 1* I. 1111 ME SE I WINIM lIMI ME MN The New Constitution having been epProved by ..a very decided majority di the people, it is expected that all citizens will yield cheerful obedience to its behests, and unite to, strictly and faithfully enforee its provisions. 4Opich day's experience reveals the ibethode of administration, the o,onviction grows ;stroiger 'in 10 .7 mind that good government depends not so much Upon written, b.ws as upon, the - disposition of the . people to comply with the demands of the laws, and the determination of , those delegated to entente them, to see that their 'mandates are enforced. Reform,'it will be conceded, cannot be obtained by mere constitutional enactment, nor by surrounding offic es and A inists! with additional re , atraints. ! ' The world's history from the'earli est ogee heti shown that no cede of laws, however, comprehensive dr re strictive, will evade mares ingenuity, if bent 'un overstepping ;their bounds, en dwise and necessaty as the proviiions of-the new Constitu tion may he they will never secure toe ends 'designed unless sustained bit% strong; active, healthful and in telligent sentinient that will interest , itself in,pithlic affairs. It will not snifice to enact that integrity and fitness are essential qualifications for office, unless the Pepple see to it that none without these qualifications are selected. 'lt is !the indifference and inattention of electors to their pri rdaty politico duties, connected with 'nominations, and elections, that de sPoil the law of its sanctity, and at lord security to those who wilfully .disobey its requirements. Men do not falfillTheobligations of. citizen ship!by merely enjoying the: piotec tiOn our institutions afford. To, per- Orin his Whole! duty to the State, every citizen should actively engage , hi political c oncerns when the recur ring! elections invoke his attention and iaterference. In our system of government every man entitled to vote is invested' witha grave public! tips I, and if; through indifference or neglect, ho fails to discharge the sa ezied!duties 'it imposes, he is almost as culpable es the other who deliber atelY violatee the law. With this new departuro; in lir organic law, let there- also be an accompanying zeso lution on the part of all good !citi zens 'that they will attend diligently and Conscientiously to the selection of, men for ;office whose, dignity of character and intellect will be an ad equate guaranti that the new Con stitution Will be safe in their keep ing. 1 !Upon the Present Legislature! de- volves a dOty involving great,care' and labor, :and which if discharged, ae I believe it will be, with a proper re acid for t the publio.interest, !will redound td its credit and honor. To yon is committed the important t of! niOulding- exiiiting regulations into conformity with `the change about to be inaugurated in the fundamental law of the State! -Bring to the Per formance of this I high and responsi ble ditty all the Wisdom you posies% direst youtselves of all selfish consid ertiOns, devote time and thought to th work, and with the New Consti tution as yotir constant guide, build uri a good Symmetrical system of la s, and let us tar as it lied in : oar ability; start! the . State forward tiPonjher futnre career, clothed With atnple Owen; to extend her enter prise and fulfill her great destiny. TonnotheZ consideration I invite mentattention.! All special enact are not necessarily bad laws,' while it may be equally aceepted as hike atoll general enactments are not good laws. II enjoin, upon the people of the! whole State increased vigilance iii4theirl watch over all leg islation. AttSmPts will doubtless be mide!to obtain special objects thro' the instruMeritality of , general laws, which, while they may benefit one interest orloeality, might prove very oppressive:to 'others. Let every" citi zen' who has the interest of the State at heart lendhie assistance to the Legislature and Executive, to detect and frustrate Such schemes ! j SCHOOLS. The interesting report of the Su perintendent I of Common-,SchOols will command your thoughtful at. tention, because of the important subject of which it treats and the many valuable suggestions, it con -1 tains., Pennsylvania, it will be oh-'I served, is Malting decided progress in the cause of education, increasing the number Of 'schools, enlarging earch !year the sphere, of instruction, extending the, time within which schooling' may be obtained, and stip; plying more of the conveniences 'e cessary for the comfort and he lth of scholars and teachers. For years hi this State, doubts of the, practica bility of a system of public schools beset and enri . pled the cause of edu cation, bilt judicious and car4ful management as happily dissipated- I all this mistrust, and our people are now united in the conviction of the utility and wisdom of free and uni versal education. Those concerned in the aduiimstxation of publidafftiirs are expected to devote to ,the vital problems Of eduCation the time and consideration they deserve, .anl have lie deubt the present. • la-1 tura will look into and provide, r m tegi edies for ',many of the deficien les that still exist in our present:, sl system. Prominent among th uds- . teeth is the leek of proper training and otherinali fi catiods of the With ers of the echoobs. • ",Of the 15,603 teachers ,;receiving certificates Ito teach during the year, only g, 374i:dire found to hare* thorough know ge of rerdin writing, arithmetic, 'geog raphy and grammar, and that pryy tical preparation for , their piefesmon which insures success," is ; the start ling ling declaratiOn made by the Si - intendent of tiouunon Schools. ..r,re must certnirilY be a radical change in in this rv'ard if we would have our children attain even the rudiMents of an ordinary education. The im.' comity of establishing Normal schOols wherein students are specially 4 fied and trained for teachin: ja i cowl's:666ly !shown in these .' ' - tics, and it is ft gratification to is riv that twelve of these useful iniditti= tions have been erected or are in process •of erection ' in various; of the State, and when ' all am . • niched with an able corps of init . ' ; - I 1 ME TOW.tiNDA, iIIMFORD mu* PA, . JANUARY 15, 1874. _ tore, w e confidently h. ' the graduates *era= will lar V, cone tribute to supply this At need of good and competent. teaera. To afford some inducement, ho ver,.to teachers to prepare theme I es for the duties of their* profess On, and 1 13, some assurance: of the pubhU appre ciation of the difficult; reSonsible, and delicate work they,perform, I im satisfiedlhey should • receive lumens ed compensation. I,' ' Dissatisfaction exists also • and com plaint is made - about the Irequent changes of school books, entailing !xpense upon parents, gn! 1/bitrt mg. pupils to novel and perplexing methods of acquiring Jeanne that, mystify more than they instinct, ' :There seems to be an urgent de mand for more training of al teohni cal kind, that willfitchildrenor me chanical pursuits and the p etical l a duties of life. i suggest , th retort that school boards be autho zed to make provision for giving instruc tion in industrial and „ :,,, .ical drawing, both in diy ' •". ening schools; also that • schObls b: estab lished wherein trades may . : aught, or arrangements made' ,for :, ch in struction in connection with :etioOls already established, so tha skilled mechanics can be graduated,jund the principle inettleated- that' the q is no thing ungraceful or 'undignified in honest or hard labor, and at the handiwork of the skillful artii in will confer in , the future as noble' a title as any to be achieved in profeisional callings. • More thorough examinatio of the' ' subject strengthens me in the) onvie tion that the State must ado p some mode to compel the attend ce of those children whose parents ! O re un willing or unabie - to allow th it off spring to avail themselvesl of the benefits our school system ffords. The solution of this imports ques til tion-presents grave difficulti s, but I hope to see them. all surmininted. Some plan must be devised WI snatch these children froria the Caitser of idleness and crime to which) igno rance will conegn them. Byllar the greater portion ; of the inmates of our penitentiaries never attended schools or had the advantages of edneation. Is moderh civilization unequallto the task of rescuing the children li d the indigent and the criminal from such a fate ? The views expressed in the 1 eport of the Supexintendent of Ce mon Schools upon this very point, , em brace, in my opinion, 'a'feasible plan 'to secure the attendance at school of every child in the State, and I ear nestly solicit - your censidera . ,i'on of that part of his report, with the additional etigetion, that when these poor or vagrant children are gathered into schools or homts, that the industrial plan be 'engrafts upon the conduct of these institntibns, so that those taught may , also acquire useful trades. Observation shows that a man thoroughly acquainted with a trade is , secured againstpany of the temptations that open the doors of the , prison to great numbers whose hands are unskilled and who are unused to any steady or I exact. ing likor. 'ln the able and cOmpre hensive report of the Inspectors • of of 'the Eastern • 1 Penitentiaamong other details of value f0r 1872, r; cl is found this significant state ent: thtitnf The 240 convicts admitted to the prison during the year 18'1, 90 per cent. had never been appreticed and 56 per cent. had never att nded school. These, figures are eloq ently i and painfully suggestive of thisi rela tiens indolence and ignorand :, bear td crime. ' No act of the State ever s• ured her tuore honor than that hich pledged ;her people to the ca and education of the orphans of tke sol diers' who fell in her service, and no part of her policy has reflectOd so finch credit upon her people Ids the fidelity with which they hav i I been redeeming that promise. The gene rosity which former Legislaturea have displayed in providing for the maintenance and instruction of these orphans will now, I 7 am persUrided; bespeak for them like consideration and favor. I feel constrained also to renew my proposition that; measures should be taken to fa these children with trades. • BOARD OF PUBLIC CHARITIES] Daring the past year the, gentle• men composing the Board of Piblic Charities halre fulfilled the import ant trust committed to their care with their wonted fidelity and zeal. The results of their labors Olearly demonstrate that true philexithphy, well guarded and directed, ca ne of great practical . service to the State. The numbers of the , criminal,lpaa per, insane and other defective, 'clas ses that are in ;some degree detnd ent on public support, must ays be large, and the problem Of caring for these multitudes' ;in a way todecse their number I and so add to the ree productivelorce the community, is one which addresses itself with great force to the :tten, of the Legislature. • ' rumNs. • _ 1 In the light 'of the reports O the* Board of Public Charities and Prison Inspectors, and of my own in ' esti gation, I am firmly of the belief that the system of commutation wit reby the term of a prisoner is shortened by reason of his good conduct,, has been productiie of reformatol re spite. By ezlinination, also, : am possessed of this other 9,:iviarion, that for the purpose of awakening the self-respect, of a prisoner, and to provide him with some incitement to good behavior and industribus 'hab its, every inmate of a_ prison should be instructed in a trade. When com petent to do the work belonging to his particular ' trade the convict should then receive while in prison as compensation for his labor, al por tion of his earnings, to be given to his family if necoessitous, 7 or.if he has no family, to be reserved for big own uses when released. Accustomed in this way to toil for those .dependent upon his support, - the prisoner, when liberated, ' will , be _ apt to awry ! into life the skill and, habits of incytstry thus. acquired, and make of lunuielf a useful citizen. Society is 143 i 'Finch interested in the reformation 'az in the .punishment of the criminah•and - I . c. I , =1 A . , 'An Walla mmacturioN, MN' ismaiwiAng soranEn's ozwilexs. .y:: N' =I !MI 11211 ~... i r . ~~:. =34~ exprience i shows that teaching, him 'a bade *asibutes Le thatend. • maim now The bospitalsfor the insaue,Under the conte3l of the State, are steadily accompliihing the "beneficent work tor. which they are 'intended. The hospital at -Harrisborg has been : full during the whole year, and at 'the time of the last report the - inmates were Considerably in excess of the number that can be pro pe rly cared for in this institution. The building will have to undergo s series'of re piure and improvementa to Make it a safe and' comfortable home for those placed there for treatment. The hoepital at Danville has been in operation about a yeir, and at the latest report had. 100 patients, and 'at the, rate eV- which, 'patients have been admittettovill have more than its complement before another year has elapsed. It is desirable that the additional wings for this hospital should be pushed-forward to comple titan at th,e earliest possible day to *vide for those .greetly in need of accommodation. 1 - To insure the delicate and peculiar treatment tequired for the insane, too much care cannot be exercised to , prevent these hospitals from , becom-' ing crowded. - - The corn ndssiohers I appointed un der the act approved Aug. 18, 1873, to select a site and build a hoipital for the insane of the ten north-west ern counties of the State, fixed upon a property at Warren as the 'most eligible for the purpose, and their se lection has been approved. This property contains 330 acres of. land, 300 acres of which are arable'=land .andicost $33,000. The niimbeis of the insane in the north-western sec tion of the State, who imperatively require the accommodations to be furnished at this hospital, admonish. us of the necessity for the immediate ' construction of the buildings; THE CRIMINAL MANE The suggestion of the , committee of the Medical. Society of Pennsyl vania, appointed to, prepare a armo rial to the Legislature in reference to-the proper care and treatment of insane criminals, which will be sub milted to you, merit your respectful consideration. The hardship • and impolicy of associating this class of the insane with those sent to hospi tale _for medical and moral treatment must occur to every rational 'mind. The restraMts necessary to secure the few criminal insane in every hos pital bear with like rigor upon all the oceupantS, to many of whom the unusual confinement is extremely hurtful, while it is olsionti that if the ordinary discipline is observed this criminal class are liable to escape and renew their depredations 'upon society. Nor do the intimate 'rela tions that must exist between the in nocent. and the criminal insane when confined together improve the mor als of the former, while some sensi tive minds among these poor unfor tunates feel degraded by enforced contact with those who have been ex pelled from society'font their crimes. It seems to be the duty of the, State therefore to provide for the aaparhte confinement of the criminal insane. STATE BANKS,SAVINGS FUNDS, TRUST CC/M -LA:v-IES. • • I still adhere to • the principleS laid down in the Millinburg and Wood's Ran vetoes of last session. Recent eventshave demonstrated , the neces sitinf, fixing proper limitatiOns to the powers conferred on these mon eyed corporations, and have afforded a practioal illustration of the, wisdom of rigidly confining them to objects that are recognized by the - people as distinctively belonging to such insti tutions. When - ir bank of discount is permitted-to become also a savings fund, a trust company, an insurance I company, to buy and sell real estate, and to have the rights and privileges of a building association, it is ditl , cult to determine what are its legiti mate functions, or what security a community has for the' safety of its deposits. I have always entertained serious doubts as to the propriety of banks of discount paying interest on deposits, and am niMseconvinced that this pernicious practice should be prohibited. - Money will always flow to banks paying interest on , deposits, and the large surplus thus aggregat ed seduced by attractive offers is sent to the great money centres where it gives more impulse to • speculations while the sections from which it is drawn suffer hi all their enterprises from-the higher rates they are com pelled to pay for the money remain ing at. home. *This „system. of pur chasing deposits was confessedly one of the principal causes of the'fman dal crisis of 1857, and of this- year. When' banks have large deposits on call,"and have their loans on time, in the event of any great stringency in the money market, disaster is almost inevitable. Within a few years many _State banks have been chartered, with the captivating names of savings banks, designed to attract deposit& These banks and-savings funds are entirely distinct in organization and purpose, and should never be associated in their ' management. The I one lis a bank of discount, intended to supply the wants of business; the other is simply a repository for peoPle'snion ey, limited to small amounts to ' each individual, the aggregate? of the amounts thus received tobe invested in mortgages on unincumbered prop- , erty worth double the ainoimt of the mortgage,and in secure pu E lie stocks, in safe proportions. A b k is con ducted with the - avowed object ,of benefit to its' stockholders; a savings fund is preimmed.to be mnaged en lit tirely in the 'interest of i epositors among the laboring elasseip, or those of limited meanaand liusinesti quali fications, and , the essentiallrequisites of which are such prudence and safe ty in the dispoeition of the funds as will best enhance their vai n for the, benefit of these classes of epositor& Meniiin charge of ,' go fends v should have no person' ends to serve; sbotdd be .above t mptation, and receive their highest eward in the good accemplished-by dosing a saving habit which, once f aed, leads to prosPerity. . II The 'objects of trust c.ompanies should ,be equa lly spesifiel and well defined. Somg of , pose -*ponies :ome nish =I ll= ME ti:J 11.11 J p i a are invested with very* extensive pow ers, are th e de lories*of !immense Bums of more and charged with the keeping and management of, vast and imnortanti trust& I. It should be the duty of the State to see that their af fairs are administered with fidelity, not only to the individuals who con fide in theii management, bit to the public ' wh°=interested inj the se curity and stability of these imps! , nies - as barriers 't° wild speculation and its consequent financial INII#CI3. Allow me to suggest, therefore, that all State banks, savings funds and trust companies he made subject to the exammatien of a cOmrnittee appointed by'proper authority ; that these institutions be required to pub lb& quarterly statements ! under oath, of the amount of their assets and liabilities and the names of their officers; that by a general law I their stockholders be made personally lia ble for dotible the amountof la w& held by them; and that theyLbe com pelled to have constantly in their vaults a- cash reserve of ten per cent. of their net liabilities. These exaMi nations, reports and restrictions can not be hurtful to *institutions of 48- ' tablished credit and `high character, while they tvill disclose tEe uniound ness or mismanagement of thetse thrt ortOit not to exist, I I '. , INSURANCE. 1 1 The Department, established by an act approved April 4, 1873, Ifor the supervision of the insurance interests of the State, went into operation on the first Monday of May list. By the terms Of this act the Department is self-snstaining, and in no way a burden upon, the public treasury. While Pennsylvania can 'vast of some strong and shbstantial insur ance companies it , must be acknowl edged that!the want of system in the organization and inanagement of these cOrpirations, and the reekless manner in which the Legislature has granted aPecitir- charters, together with the entire absence 'of restrain ing supervision, have introduced de fects that Cannot be.too soon rerne died. ' The' capital with which' fire insurance companies have been per mitted to begin, and continue busi ness, is in Most eases entirely inade quate, andd immediate steps should be taken to place insurance in ' this State upon ',a firm and enduring foun dation. To this end, I' reeommend the enactment of a law providing for the organization" and regulation of insurance companies, 'both fire' and life, sihich shall require tircertain amount of capital qui a prerequisite to commeneebusiness, and designate the kind of investments to be made. It may alsoi be advisible to. ,compel companies already organized to have, within a reasonable time, the entire amount of their nominal capital act ually paid in and invested in good securities. ;Fire insurance, excepting that conducted within . a limited sphere upoh the purely mutual plan, requires capital, . and this capital should be actual arid not in the illu sory form Of stock notes Taking in to consideration / the enormous sums paid annually Eby the' citizens of this State in the shape of premiums to insurance 'companies_ they have a right to demand the largest measure of protection against recklessness and fraud. - The operations of the-Fish Com missioners have excited a 'lively in terest among on people, on, account Of the noveltyof the enterprise and the benefits'to arise from the success= fed prosecution of their labors. i , Fish cultrire, it is now conceded , - I - , has passed beyond the realms of ez periment„.and its success in 'the hi tnre is only to , be measured -by the wants of,onr peop . le and the capacity Of the streams, rivers and lakes of the country; 1 , 1 . Pennsylvania is singularly blessed in the snperior advantages she pos sesses ' for the cultivation of fish. Abounding I in ''waters admirably adapted to their needs, in the insect and other fOod they supply, there is I no reasonable obstacle in Stocking our rivers and streams with inflamer able and delicious fish of various arid evert rare kinds.. i 1 1 The worklassigned to the Cptalllie sion has been diligently pursued 'and promises substantial results. , Avail ing themselves of the nit) of , 'Mr.: Seth Greenrs patent, the Commis era Succeeded in hatchingj at New port, Perry County, where the water' is peculiarly fitted for the purpose, ab0ut...2;700 1 ,000 shad, which we turned into the Juniata river, at thrt point. 2,60* black bass were also distributed in the Susquehanna, Le high and &thirds 'rivers during the months of July and August last, aid through the kinkness of Prof. Spen ser F: Baird, 'United States Fish, Commissioner, 27,000 California sal- . mon have been planted in the Sus quehanna and its tributaries. Tie bass are notimigratory fish and are very, prolific.: Two or three hundred vine' placed in , the SuSquehanna, near Harrisburg, in 1870, - _and the rapidity with which they multiply is manifest in I the . peat numbers of this beautiful and choice fish that now are: found in the river io Hit vicinity. I .Pi The law of 1873 authorizing t he Fish CommiSsion, directed that for fish -ways shunld be conracted at different dams on the • Snsqnehanna and Jnniatai river; so , as Ito' enable shad, on their spring incursions from the sea, to make the ascent Of these streams. The question whether shad will ascend 4n artificial, way is still, however, a mooted.one: and enconn teri.ng this doubt, the commission, in the exercise of what_will be deemed a sound 'discretion, concludi3d to erect but one fish-way, and that at the Columbia dam. This nwqr is 1 2 0 feet long b' 60 feet wide, is very gradual on 4e incline, and made as I nearly co formable as ; possi ble to natural ways over which Shad do undoubtedly paw, and will afford a practical test of this experiment. If ' in the spring it is found ~€4tad do pass up this fish-way,',-the others.re quired by law 'will be constructed without debiy.-, I The hatching-house erected by the CommissionSrs, near Marietta, and supplied wit 'water from an hiex haustibki siiing,lis said by those fa Milisz with the subjeUt to be complete in , its . arraUgemf r atts and furnished . ' i 1 1 r , •,,, • ; , • v.• VISIT COMMISSION NM =I *St "rie _ • with the pro ly of t It' . 1 :b1 13=1 I stump paired: New de, Ala, !a' view tbdse of' l ennivlvaiii with la view ' obtain frbni their ir spec- It#el3ta ' ch CdeCuirent 11.2igislal, t,ll on as '' l tp . Mote :9iiii shad d oth eries ill the 'De, liovarS 'vet, a o har (Mize the .• laws ' f the t tea if as to prti tit is entlict of 'a thorl y. l 'Any Siaggei r Lions tin f ro thee , confence, 9ind sub 'i 't to ye t ut. actio4i tVill, I ;mat, bit ctfulli consideti34: ' rr l .4 i , OF, AVSTM! , , !I, ) rt of !fie Comm ssioner - a d tatist " ics ' for the! cur. ( In ra4iig ",n-aany righmer $ ,13 will bp . read wit ',. iiiter ; p' ' iiation of this tiiefil ve imited period has, o e In ed it from nick g ' any i ye tigatipti l s, but Isnengh one to denionstrilel, the f r 1 'such( a dep ittnent I.r ice ; it cnit render t ming 1 continuon lyi t e 'pep= I • n 1 ' . the e f our 1 iL'eionrces, Ittade, ~,,, in P roremerits, and the vari :.: • ' f education a d: , en-I •n in our'ididst. . , I rein akil . er, eated w thi the I v -'• .jeet, of investigati gi the :f la r ancVcipital, toldis -1 canisii of the freque :t Icon edii el ..plOYers'and tiloy-1 :le* . e what I shar , Ilabori . pro: esii and prosp , 04. of to e amine with a iew to adjn:tment the qne 'lien 6f, .d, t. compare, an Colleet wil fford a better under if th. dtityrof the . tate ,to ' . lc 'sus having i' ' iriew )• tie% jimeliorati n and 13 I li i e No thy object invi, sir . ,- ah. aid Cpnimand ; publ i c hen ..e cOnsider h w ;nu e these classes in thi iCeni ,hc..• varione are th l'Fkelds ber, and Iliew mac 1, they ' 'b i n - . I tci develo , and' k:sent l grand ind titie.4. connection; the pr 7 , etY Census, taken in 18 re- itli great force. me of the . - 18,78, The if Labe . ent ye: eve deta t. The .itbin a , arse, p itensiv as bee necessity and the se ple by : knowled: internal 4tis proc, lightenm This b special a pelations COver the t6Sts bet end; to d, hge in th t e State i 4 prope vines, a fts that s riding t l e Übe) t t eir pro h ppiness [No mor : •4rch o s.ppori, - - therms a i Menwealt for' their 1 have rem b 1 ra up o 4 this o laState gents itsel the Minos t 1 Cetite Ote most tin puss / I s e i dt t n i n ° 1 I ~i 1 i portahce iat in i l in al I year, we shoul rable and recant in ~ Op 1 Of the extent ilndlproduCts, ; and f f oar labor, agric lb rial intere sts,' that a e WOrld wi, th all ou eat lleids, and thus epa or I 'the expansion , f bi edininerce. 1 , x.riloNAL I II I G E AItD. Ii i . 19n of the new mili a law tpparent lin the in' eased f the several corn '''adds, thuAastic spirit a oused rc i l.ps. Rigid insp. tiOnS )n ' acted by the A ' atant d the companies ' hot 4..quirenients of tle law o . ' ptlyi, disbande I Still • ... ' g and- Satis : dory ' a expected ho t .' the ' a new system i nring y : ar, and I _invo , : the aI to renewed e to to e.. bieney Ar i a Perf ' t its li:t it may dese : ..he a' d support the publie I cll ng-to, extend, a I d Ibe t 3 ! mat / State who , slife.' r r ' ia, some future, 1 risie I ' pon the charae " and tizen, so l diery. , ' [ , ^TE AIiSMUL. 1 I The St I ke, having .4mrchaS the roperties , In' joining the 1 . pitol fyounds,, it a_vieiv to theirf xterii soon, I rec ' n 's end the removal l the arsenal, si tia e thereen, and it Mirth niaproprint on be made to, pure ase a 4 to and,er 'at an arsenal in so ,e O i th Or locality. L I he service requires; a kt - aiding o ,ti is 4i 0 .1 3 , ,and the Oost of the repai the / presentl arsenal would pro ' a l ly be egtial to ti t he ex pense of er thug a new on c e, wlile tbe beauty symmetry of it 1 , prib• l park will e greatly . mbar', • d lb: t t e remo a of all / buildin : : 1 ftor tat porti h f,the groundal [ ' , 1 ER MADAME. , 1 our atte ti is particularly ed to tba ' tof I the report 4djutant eral which refe : le off th b and piirchasa o ate for a lip der ;Magazine . itty of Ph il l idphia, with a . on that t ' ew site; be sold, count of i a , ' tnei3a, for the i ilses desiee and ; the id' reason'rth it. Wald a newllm. Would entre th 3 State to an of at leas t Is 2 The parti ing-poWd r,' der any proper tiona im 4 by the , city ant 'f .Philadegi a, will doubtles: ' vail the les of' the phi ' rect rito iti uses or magaz 1 tbeir own in 'the State will 1 relived o a barge vihiel, !ma after be t a use of, the dest Of propert ; d a I conseqiiere 1:1r. dams ea. ' . I 1 - i id, ludas' gnaint t tidies ail le' way ',ide and The witi, iajalready efficiency I asid the en a ong.the t . ve been ec I:i t neral, _ i eetiOg t e ve been p mure enc n results m y operation f the ensnin National. ct increase it i discipline, tl confidence 4'.e ' now, i sorthy of hl ty and ho 61 4} 'fiay- dew . ) d 1 - dor of b rl i 1 1 r _ DPRTM i 1 1 ' of the Surveyor Gener -1 ~. and • very sptigac f the business and con 7 I: l ,eper - ,tment. , ' Attention le, valnable tang estions Fence ItO granti g wai t ey lands and t e /,ert-, i in th on e i rig efa h th t . of i:n p 4 ile t - i e s in lti p 2: i m in po g i i s ta h n o ce wn to by lii e i s i rie ttrg ri e -, ece o s:a l Ty ; 31ini to I :e: co ette n r i. those holdin 1 titles, eto your =OM on 1 / Ocnci, : 801,v5T. ' I 1 r i m itnnnl address, znentipia the rich deltoids of =n n every part of the dom. and a suggestion !offered i be , our, eariestlaiin to Et i d extent of esti depos them ai'railab, e Arid pro -1 O rovide the highest pos•I ,Nil ge of the chaul t etei on of our relnablel miner; , 'n fi rst inatitutel a tttor. li. cal sttivey -under 1 the , . f gentlemen whom eel ,. ente Will be a EitlirMleit 1 . .T t the Work will bie pr,oo - rpm it To, attain tkin - de- , 1 1 i . . , - Tbe!rep.st iz l 41 give s a et try eihi it 1. ition of i la eaNd t : made in p e !ants to cm • 4lrrgement i 0 tioh, boti , b "race to i proteetio . ; fr;:an the! tObject is o afi# 3 0 0 r *end the st tiideratio ' i 1 In my . ‘ as made} ' raki,& onwal at it ith , eteriin 4 am], m' r w ive. 'blb ;Ina ' d locat 1 a nsh . h 1 ng , I . . PtiPeirsl lentifm, at arrant; l int' lierf 1 tmd II =I 1•111 I 1 , 1 ' i , I . • -I , ! ! r ' ; I _ L'' 't • I ; • ; 1 ; .I 1 11 ' ' -.. 44v/ince. I • NUMBi 33 1 'li ' , e 8 for on 4:4 1 I : :.# .. • spp •,.. t. Th = 'Cispao-- - ifi u# lo thiliProli t"i . - Eptuag fish - 1:014 38 o 4 ' ih eif*rgeelene i if i re- Fish mOkiesi 1 p l i ers . of !mat had 11 , , VAreir If er - - it r I II =I • - ' .1 -• ea _ land; MCOIOI 6 / 6 4 A :' -; /Ogied '-inirv.3l of the! Staeibe • • • ana dt •th e ' a peof'v , ,'-• ,„, 'o]te .'m H•., a tine or_ perti - * geOeTen ' -;' -'' g iv at differint ; fere and locali -. •- n• - under-a :tend the nacessi a. • effilri slimy , •ad 'under,'„Whose t , a • , , a s. it shalll a•a cod 'the coMmissioriL to , . trve . iiratnitortidi ' `a '', tie' have the ~ a of ! a, gee mix: , t .who -.shall receive, Stich ceni ea. . a aaa 'loi May • be fixed 'ogler.. A ''' i''' ''• ' .- ''' - F - . Thiniurvefsh4:Ml a be made to elm . brine o:chemical a y . ihrof,_ the 4if erent Ws and sub -. . •of the'State. and a Simple =din :. 1 gibli A iw a; • °11111°1 ; 4 h n ili d b eeeri ar 'l , : :a ' in .'-of g co ih m e m . je ' m unit7 . y gather Some, - a y comprehend- • principles- to iPtide them •in - the, altivation of: their j land, se as Ito ocii prevent, its iinpoi . a a ... ent and in crease ta. praduptise a mans.. I!. ~. a , ai• ' , -- i 1 icaunwni , a a infs.. • •,. • . The' late 'Governor . Wi'lliant l g.. lottnallten in ; his annual message in il l inuary, 4851, adiised Ilie"collectien a d arrangement for' yublication 'of tfir larcao body of original papers in e Sit4i:pepartinent connected with our Oleniaf and i itOvoultionary • history . i ;-: , 1 ~ lwape r erilanae with , his - advice .a n apt was , passed, • and! during subse quent acts re suppleinent ary acts ere.passed; Which retained eyentriall in the publication . Of ; 'the hivairuibl . , reposito4 'of l Pennsylva nia histo ry, known as lbe• ; •Tolonio,l Beeordiii,' and , "PerinsOlvania Archi yie The !nu - mutes of .:the Board of ' War arid B•avY Board • -conld "not at .t e date;of that publication be found,' Et_i4d hail.OnlY l been 'recovered sines' tbe _coinntiencement i of my official irto m. 1 T ey cover ! an :importaat iod of ur tevolutionary history, a d area ccompareed by • -vouchers a d cozies ndenco; lincluding mag tPr rolls o • soldiers and the names , Pf oflicers; m 'nes and vessela of 'the Pennsylvania Colonial navy.,' H . !As these minutes and accorayinY- ' ing doannieats • are , valuable in' an historical Point of !: ; view, and 'the Carilonial 1 Records Sand Archives in-: coniplete, withonf tlfem, I respect:- fatly calll ” the - attention of the Alisenibl7 to the p . ropriety of pub- lis frig and press g: them. ,• ', . . AurrucAm "rummer?. CCIMPARY. 1 ~ I 7 f I he American steamship company, an enteiprise• in , Which our, com mercial and industiiid interestss • are so IlargelY leoncerned,'May now -be considered an • assured success. Tile beautiful l urid :capacious steamers cif. the company have been- making the paasage;of the ocean - ' in _ the same ti eas those of the a old arid estab- Vs ed lineal and j the number of pee segers and the freight carried , sr; ate dily onl the increase. Philaddl -3, phis is Out indirect communication with -Europe, through the medium of a 1 ne of 1 splendid i,teamersopf her ow , and ,frora this 'ime''ta new* iiii-:, pu se will b given- to her commerce that will be felt in every channel of : ,rs' e thrOn bout the State. . ' ' a • , - • ' t ! - I PARDOISB.' ' . ] • - year's expe ri enc e in the exercise , f 'the 1 , pardoning I power hak l firmed me in the. opiii -expresed, -in n 2 - inani -iii, _ ._• A) may - - __ignyb. i itis — nnwise and Unjust to hU, )o e this' eitponsibiliq upon a single n ividnid. , The iin,ortunities of listressed relatives, itfe personal aPz petds of reell of charac.er and repu- T d tation; the inconsiderate { and 'xr!- di ' riminat mane 1p; which , peti tio sure i3i nets by esponsibh3 pai tie , the , ab enee of rotesta in alynot ev;ry cat4;adthe d proportion - ,b -, tw en the o ence algid, the pentilti s frequentiT irnPosed; !ai l +) all- calcula - ed toezeharrass andiprevent a right concliiiior I When it is considered, alio- that, i n ll • Executlys plifation : lis forbidden (Is sympathies, while _los presumed t be procf nur and fa ehood; tl of is situation can. h' cei i _ ed. - . J . . ft has been my constant endeav r to balance iconsidenstely- theinteres of society and the cl 'gra of huma - sit its ity ? to sift earefully tel el evidence pr - seated, and, o arriv at a determin - ; ton after a the Means of inform - tion had be ti exhar i ,sted. To do - .1 pas . s this la ter end, it 1 has been th practice to rocure, the views of the Judge and ,attorneys -iof the' court who tried the offenders, and almost in ariably haVe thei pinions infin en ed mi, d r c i tision. Ai: T ended her ,; wi h will he found report of th pa dons 7 ted , si - • g the ' yeer.-1 FOIItST - I . 1 . speciall3Linvite y r attention t ani evil cif onsidera le - magnittid , which ever year gro s more aggra• va ed and n pertai ' 'regions, ' at times, is th occasion of •eenous ap l -P prOhension d loss. I refer 'to tli i i wholesale d structian of our , forest in ,} tls strippuig our Mountains and hi I s of, their trees,'re, stating in '' enormous diminutionof Water fo tu mechanical and fe rtili zing ,purposes, Ei#d in the no conditions of tetnperatn i t and me' tare, affecting the genet health nd at- seasons brmgmg! ab out dev ding floods. These conse l quences, the e ff ects of this indisc *minate w e, are demoi r , arable, an a wise legislation • forecaster 'fntur and establis t e• ri ..,iti, each rept, l ila 'one as• rescue o decendantn from, the ills a persever, secs in this : practi will certain e rn entail upon them.. 1 t Ulf IMEMPII N LiW. . I .. I 1 - 1311Ei The act of 1849 e empting a cer .. tain • amount ! of the property of debtor frenarlevy and sale, on , execut ion or distress for re t, was intend ed for the rise and moan purpos oflprotecting his fa y from sudden I and absolute want . hie , benevolen - design ishtever, often defeated,an the law . Pra tically nbllified, by th harrasiedszritor wasting the bends of the act t meet ' the exactions of his creditoi L Do not sound public policy- and - t,rmanitYtdemand a Lisu plement to ' law that will forin a debtor having a farhily waiving th benefit of t Es exemf i ti , on, Fib, that household ay not shorn, in instant, Of then a T si ssaries of lif by reason f the weakness otimisfor tune of it I head, ,r to satisfy the ( t u l greed of a graspink creditor s ? , Ii•• , ;ATE inilliTMG. `. , y the, d stru ve ire which eon sunned the priutin • establishment to thejState printer not only did If id lose largely, but laps was also , suf . lose the Ste. . '{A t the time o thE . slfire there was co • arable work fiinshed ! , and tin ' ed,'on' han , belenging to the Statal and to , Constitutional Itkontrentkia, l *hi latter; by a resolutioth adopted on lastlay ,of its smdons, an • flog- Auditor Geri .ral . and State Treasurer ' - ,o' Bottle - , ditat ibla eiOnts with ':‘the II te al rinter, 14. Ban gerly. , - ' , .• I The eta e i ,• , -..• and &Aid Gentirld, am info ~ 84, &die iegiff -1 1 j ( riudea miitterAparo • ~... H any aß to enlist his discretion 7s against inge be perplexity ardly be co*
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