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Ti pre: •enta a Tory satisfactory account of State The people; however, will not he satisfied with }iO nU6ven ors erapranatioriOT fusel to permit enlistments to be made lathe state for ralidock'seorps: It Seems strange that he' should apply to Gen. 11..tacoes for information , as to the inw nntitorizini the ftl# l 32*, thipetainC.. lialtetAnt. yea Properly answersthat it is not his province .to discuss the questions suggested by the 'Governor, andrteXerif to She War De- Vatment for the Information sought. A.p- Oftiitifotabonldlemeheeniziade there, bytho Governor,in the first Instance; and the War Department is!Vobiblywalfing for that ap- Vacaticm to be made. The Goremor, mean whlle;-;reganli Sho.'ablitsst4en;tut., haying been made, General Usricocr haring re fereed latalotter : to ,ttto Deparpropt, dad o " aiiiiting' the seitlenieni tamere question of punctilio between thd Governor 110110 far Depattmditt, the State is kept out of her chance of siding in raising this As to tlii . 'vipt bt lave Tor tubing it, and the lack of provisions for 'the soldiers and their families, -Congress will. cure all that if any legislation is needed. In all previous cases!hero the Wosj Department. has an ticipatedieilsiathilliy its iction, - the legis laticra has alwayi followed promptly. This "islioAiree, we may to suggest, for raising any difficulties on that scow. Wctrtait the 'War Department will fore go all mere etiquette and satisfy the scruples .ofthe Governor. The people of the State, we feel satisfied, will not be content' to be: excluded:front' a representation in Min comes7 corps, unless upon better grounds Allan nra set forth in the .3lessage; but that -. should not be allowed to - hinder the reinoval of clie dilllcinties'raiseik.hy the Governer. iiiiital - 114isitge._ of the CoTernor of 'Peniltql,ania. To At !Senate .and Moons 4f Representatives: During the past year the people of this 'Oedimonwealth have had reason to be grate ful. to Almighty God for many blessings. The - lart4 has teen fruitful, indttabzr has thriven; and with the exception of the in jury suffered by the 4tizens of some of our border •comaties; through the disgraceful barbarltrof the rebel forces which ravag,ed parts' orthem, and burned the town 'of (lhambersinitg,:we hate.no public misfor tune to lament.- The „year closes :with a train of; brilliant successes obtained.by the dritiled thrafitited-Statos, inspiring: hope - in every loyal mind that the accursed rebel , lion will 'tonal° crushed, and • peaee be re stored to,nnrconetry.. r ' The befeieele theTresseryil49:94i , We, Iptewas . 32,147,331 70 Il ebe duet= the lived year ending EPT%3/S--18§1, s 02 I's Total le Tenantry for the decal year ending Nor. 90, Viet 33,237,011 72 . The payment* for the game period !YTS lance In Trcasnt7 Nos. 30, 01,942,203 63 • - 'The opetilionsof the sinking fund:during :1116 last, year bate been shown by my me :Llani*tl4ll 9r th o2 7t4 .44 of September !a%ti AmWealth, r ount of eddeuced' in of ()minion:. ' • t&slallowa eta. ' - JEW* per:tenr. loan of, the', Commonwealth " .M,e0103 *dense a:Apt:atm redeem- „ 'The 't3searyear aceountedTor In the state- ment of the Treasury Department, embraces the time 'familia lst of December, 1863, to the /101.11'of liareinber,'lMll. The sinking fund yeir:conimenced 'the • first Monday in _,.43eptembei DM, and closed the fi rstjues- • day.-illffejitainber,•lB4l4.: closed explain - the, .discre panc y- between the statement or 'the ' ‘ Tteasimi Depaitmerd SIS. to tbe:niduc - Don of the public debt of the ' State, all” the statement embodied in the preclinnatlinf,re lative to the sinking fund- , Amount of Plittild ‘ debt day of Dee.LICI • f 29,496,203 73 Deduct &Wt. redeemed ' . • the State Trento _ tho decall • _year coding with Tember .11), ' ..41. - re pert:oft: idoeka..4l - - 104,7;12 Four and a haif per ceptalockft IttOoft Oo '•., Interest tettlficatee.:.. • lt,clo tt P 0411.0 aeDt, Dee. 1, 111121019,903 91 . dak , 9 fax. per rest. l o ans or• fay:Vett Fiseper eetct loins, on • Fouroast= sad S so; era s juio; lf per . ' VAPO 00 10401,093 ii irffit.l4l Aote'tn u'lCgm. 4iiiterett wee OrtlELsates „ / ,4,441" ikd*"ti d c i e ditc " cer ' 116441;4a • , 111ta loan per•ct 0.4 The commonwe alth o ld a bora a. — e Attie the 'sale of Pabfib wOrks, amounting edillarta; three hundred thotiaanit dol-. Dtvg.(4.10.800,0 00 00) siscollowai • ; 3 ' : . :l= i t r i=4 l l:l ll"ad i C t= S : "i?"3 ".bohdi 2,500,000 00 _ \l/2 twilit Sinking Fund, and • -.7; rethitie tre, Public,debt to melkova, 04.- • Theta% on tonnage , Imposed ,bj,; the acte '":ot 'ooth April . and th•AtigwVl/104, has yielded something less 'Ain,' V200',90 4 )-11 much ins VIM than was anileipsted, I re= • '';';'`ixtattitetid'lt terlsion , of these . acts, for the;: - purpose br tendering this scoare of revenue' : u,satire, productive; and amending other i 'Teets n those - . • - - The revenue =de ve item e tax on ,fainhaquiing the year amounts to $330,1308 ---- '''67; bet Under; the enabling act ifor the' State 'n,,aa.thslay of our banks have become National 7- I Brenks under the :bet of Congress, that!thle s latertrcie of revenue Mat' be ..considered as iSAstinthdlrextinguished,and • will bo serneCway, to make up She de ' licrency from tither sources. „ f - 7.- PIC act Congress authorizes the Ma , 'Aron bythe State - of the stock in the 'No " tional Banior In _tin :bands' of the holders, not exceeding the rate of taxation imposed cttnother similar ,proPerty, and part of the deficiency may be thus provided for. The amount'of 'debt extinguished by the .Sinkhag Fund during the year ls • unusually small, which is to be accounted for by the nxtraordliary expenses which have been in ,' -rarred. BUMS hundred and thirteen thou sand - dollars ($113,000) heretic= paid to .Refund to the hanks the money advanced by them to pay the volunteers in service during .deedt - mien of the State ift JIM. One Mut housand dollars (slo9,ooo) , ltavebeen distributed among the inhabitants of Chem. - -bemiarg, suffering by the rebel' destruction their. town.. About t two hundred thou. send dollars (1200,000) have beetioxpend. under the acts providing for the payment oftextra military claims, and in addition to these 'extraordinary outlays, the amount ap. .piiipriated.to chanties was last year larger • - • 4, lliin Usual. my °Pinion this matter, of donations to charities is fast running Into a great abuse. Illotnics of 'Refuge and Insane, Blind and Meer and 800 Asylums, appear to be 'subjects of State bounty„ because ..,..; , ;their objects are of public importance and ,-,••• lean useful, and and economically 4 - 2 - rummaged, It seems to be necessary that they anduldbWitore extensive than would be re : -. 7 .entired forthe wants of a particular county. 11 ' ,„, aln mai system,: on nary:. local charities .anrleft to the care of the 'respective locali- Ates,'and'to give the public mono . for their *a_ OPvki la really:Mc tax; the inhabitant of all the counties for the benefit of one. • It being 1,11 .ged. , Atilt the 'Atlantic and avrew;Westent itollrood Company , has hot *Nazi= partteuten. obeyed the law by 'Ablchlt was unorporntea the Attorney Ccaral (o 3; the sum' alien of parties claim= , log tolie therehy . injuried,yhas•Tel-an in tomatier. itretonly against' {hat company, seeking an injuctien to prevent a continu ance °fits past. and the perstitenee of 'Lain loaded illegal course. Sines rtv last annual mei , sage on the re prat•of Julio A. W.right, Esq., that the Sunbury end Erio railroad was finished, I ordered the bondi remaining 'in . tile treas ury to be delivered to the Company. • It is n i.tibject of just pride to the people of this Comutonercalth, that this great work is completed,ned whilst it opens &large and wealthy pert of .the Slate to the commerce *of the.seutoord, and unites capital and en terprise within our borders, it secures to the Constuonw&tith the payment of sums due her front the company. • . The nationaltaxation is heavy- and must _probably be made heavier and the local tax es authorized by unwise legislation and paid by our-people, arc excessive. In view of these circumstances, we should endeavor to Itrold increasing their burdens by making writhe appropriations for any purpose. In my special message of-30th April last, to which 1. refer, I communicated to the 'Legislature, in some detail, the• eircum -stances connected with the advance by banks and other corporations of the` -funds to pay the-voluateer militia of 1803.. It is not' necessary - here to reapitulate "them at length.. Thocaae was peculiar,and It:is believed none like It has occurred. The call for volunteers was made by the authorities of the-United -States, but It be ing found that men could not he got -under that call, the form of a call by the State • authorities for the'defence of the State was, . with the assent ef-the President, substitu te& 'The United. States, egad' furnishthe aria, subeistence and supplies, •but it wasalleged that ron g resslad made no ap .propriation covering the pay. In this state of things, the emergency being great, the Secretary of War telegraphed me, thus: Wssimkorow, July 23, 1841 S. To Ills F cefZnrry, Gor. A. O. Curtin: Tour telegrams , reporting the pay of militia, 'called out under your proclamation of the 27th of June, bare been referred to the President for instructions, and have been under his coneldera tion. Ile directs me to tar, that while no law or appropriation enthotizes itic payment, by the General Government, of troops that have not been mustered Into the service of the United States, he will recommend to Congress to make an appropriation for the payment of troops called Into State service to repel an actual lava- Including those of the State of Pennsylva nia. If, In the s nicantime, you can raise the • necessary amount, as has beat done. in other States, the appropriation will be applied to re fund the advance to those who made it. Measures have been taken for the payment of troops mus tered into the United States service as soon as thrmuster and pay rolls are made out. The an swer of this department, to you as Governor of the State, will be given directly to yourself, -whenever:tile department Is prepared to make answer. (SiglJed) EDwrx .31. STANTON, Secretary of War. Tile banks and other corporations refused to advance the Money unless' would pledge myself to ask an appropriation from the Legislature to refund it. It will be noticed that the pledge of the Presidentis clear and distinct, but, notwithstanding the money was paid and the accounts settled and placed in the hands of the President before the meeting of Congress, no such recommenda tion as promised. me was made, and for that reason the bill introduced for that purpose failed. The men were raised and placed under-the - command of Major Gen. Conch and the other U. S. officers In this Depart . meat. The troops were held in service longer' than the emergency for which they were called - out required. several of the regiments were marched immediately into distant .parts of—thc State, by order of the officers of the, army-stationed in Pennsyl. mama, -against my repeated remonstrances. They were retainedi us was alleged, to _pre serve the peace and enforce the &aft. Near -1 ly, if not quite, one-half the money was paid to troops thus held, and after the emer gency had expired. .Finding that the ap propriation was likely to fail in Congress, I laid the matter before the Legislature, just 'prior to their adjournment, in May last, and 'en act of Assembly was immediately passed to 'refund the money out of the' State 'Prea sn which, as above stated, has been done. obght to say . thitt the appropriation by - Congress was vigorously ,supported. by a -the members, from thie State, In bath branch es. 'laving done everything in my power to procure the payment of this just claim of the State, I now recommend that the Legis latans take' the subject into isensideration . With a view toinduce Proper aetton by the President and 'Congress. • • - "tithe act of 22&Atigtud, 1804, I was au thorized to cause . anitomediate enrolment of .the mliftth to be made, unless that recently . made the United States should lie found ;"sullielent; and :to raise by voirmtheririe or drift a corps of fifteen thousand.tnen for the defenceof our Sindhern border. The United States enrolment being found 'eery defective, 'I 'directed an enrelmerft to be made,' which is tow , in pre,grese'toider the charge of Col. - Lemnel Todd, whom 'appointed Inspector- General A. craft by the - United States was then in progreskand it was not thought ad.' 'sizable to hamiss our people, by a content poraneous State :.draft, even if, a draft had been practicable , . under • the .present law. Volunteers could not be obtained, there be ' ing no Wanda; and the Men' not being ex empted, by their 'enlistment in. that come, Imps. raft by the United States. Porta- AStely the 'United States Placed an army, :under, Gen Sheridan, between us and the , enemy* and thy; proHded effectuallyfor our • defense. - With such adequate protection, as proved hy the' brilliant campaign of that army, I did not flhink It right to incur the expense to the State of an independent army, and the vcithdraWiii of _so many of our peo ple. thoni their Homes and pursuits. Mean while arranger:ants - have 'beenmade with the authorities atWaslungoon for arming, clothing, subsisting and supplying the corps 1 at the expense of the,United States, and All m order, has been given - by the authorities of 1 , the United States to furnishouchlrolunteara fu thecorps as Maybe drafted by the United 1 .-States. ' e corps ,do privileged, not to ex - 1 cad 0,000 men.. It la my' intention to raise 5,000 men during the:winter,' and I bale already adopted.' mosastiree" to that end. There may 'occur irruptions of irregular -ballad the rebels, and it is well to be pre . sided' against them.: The number proposed, to be 60thised pat into actual service, . 'risijiidgmept, be Sufficient, and: a regard_ to - due _ceononty. regalia, that no -moth than are sufficirat should be placed on pay: .:The'rernalainglo,ooo be organ— izedi wacheady for serilca in case of necea. 'shy: - I invite your imintediate attention to' :Ilieveiyablereportof thelnspecter-General; • which sets faith ,fitur_defeets :lir the law; which,beAss discovered in his preparation, ,for carrying it Into: rThe State agencies et: ashington Rain. BA South:west, are in active and successful opertition..:lcemmuilatelereWith the re porteof Icol.-.Toslari,-.fortgWisidngton, End Chamberlain, agerit i South.west. The. provisicia" of the . agents to collect moneys dustiry the United Slates to .soldient, - have e neticent...A A = reference:to their reportateill sboW the mag nitude and usefulness of thisbranch of their service.. I disTretcrinvitattalittenGon of all our voluntrmrs, ollicers, l . - Soltliers - and ;weir familicatOthefaet that the ill collect all their clahna, on the Govern;. mat. grattiliouply, as I have =sant to ileve. that many ar e still Ignorant of that •fact; and air greatly - imposed upon by the • exhurbltant ammisslons charged by private claim agents.: "Under the act of-the Oth 'of May, ; 1804; I appointed Hon. Thomas 11. Burrows to thke charge of theeanangements for the educa tion of the orphans of soldiers. I comma. 'ldeate herewith n copy of his report on the subject. Ile has discharged his dirties with commendable zeal, fidelity and. efficiency. I earnestly recommend that a permaueat" and literal appropriation be made to support this just and - worthy scheme of beneficence. I recommend that an appropriation be made for pensions to the volunteer militia men, (or their families,)- who were killed or hurt In service in the years 1802 and 1833. As soldiers sometimes arrive here who are Insane, and who should be protected nail cared for, I recelumand- that. provision' be mode for their being placed in the State Asylum for the Insane, at this place, and kept until notice can be given to the author= ides of their respective counties, who should be required to remove and care for them. . I feel It to be,my duty •to barite your sirloin attention to the evils growing out of the system of passive acts of.theorporation, for purposes which are provided for by general laws. :We have passed acts authorizing charters to be'ob. Wised without special Irglslatlon.. These acts, have been geneintly preppeeil with:some care, and contain_ the provisions Which the Legisla ture thought necessary to protect the,Cominen- . wealth, and her citizens. If these general itwa `are - not found' to answer mitt 4 1 9, should ba amended and perfetted. Tf any am .pony desires to be incorporated with greater - MI climes than are conferred, or to be relieved 4•0113. any of theconditioes Imposed by these - acts, It appears to me that It should be required 'II* to obtain a charter under this general laws, and then apply to the Legisbiture rot an act making .taEkw:o- so : 721 11.3.1 P "Tax= Dl t P'*")°3- EZEMI - ~~-'{; , .. . the'etarges which ere (I ih: rM. The 'aiteatton Witt-Lark' attire Will thu • b: drawn ter tit- - - pc- - cefle o j.a t. oat - . a j. d meat can le: formed of is I cofeety. - Iteotild a's a u'e-erve - that grant evil mutts trim thc - habit - of g,rantiag ariell.aie3 to a coiparation be a - mere reference to s mie fs.,r nier pritate 2e/relating to other cetrporation, aorectimes witlieut even giving the date of these:ft ts. . All these practices are bit. and al though they may immetimes he punned by p ir. th,s having no bad [amnion, yet thee' certainly oricinaltdin the designer surprising - the ('am moitwealth tuld grants oLprivilegee which It was known could sot be obtained If their extent were nnderrtood, and they are often followed now for the smite fraudulent ptirPose. 'I strongly recommend the rental of the act paved the Stith day of 'July, A.. D. 1663. enti tled "An act relating to corporations for me chanical, reanufasduring mining, and quarrying purposes." Ito provisions are found to be prartically so in consistent with the due proteetion of the citizens, and with the just policy of the ComMonwealtb. that it ought not - - - to be allowed to stand longer on mit itautte-bcole. ' I approved the act in qu.- time with great' reluctance, and snbseonent re lieetltm and have satisfied me Of its Misitilevons character. • . I also recommend the repeal of an act passed the Wet day of July, It. a. 11166. entitled - "A fur ther supplement to an act to enable joluttenants, and imams in common, and adjoining owners of mineral lands in this Canunonwealth,.to man arm and develops the same.. " -- 'This . act allows foreign corporations to hold three hundred acres or. land in -this State - for mining purposes. - It wastpassast, It Is belleted, for the purpose of enabling companies near our ' border, engaged in: the rommfacturo of Iron, to hold land as ore-banks. But under the Idea that the slaking of an 011-well is mining, It is believed . 1. that companies have already Seen organized un der the laws of other states, and teat more will be, for the purpose of holding lands and carrying mints - all business In this State. It would be better to remove all doubt - on this question by re pealing the act. These companies, being foreign corporations ' are not within the control of oar ISMS to the extent •that they ought to ha for the purposes of taxation and regutattoa. The immense development of wealth in some of our. western Counties by the discovery of oil, has added vastly to the resources of the Com monwealth. I have made efibrts to ascertain the value of this product doling the last year, bat have failed In procuring Information sufficiently accurate to justify mein estimating Its amount. It is al ready vast; and is rapidly Increasing. ' The productions and maimfdetures of ice State have become so diversified and abundant that some measure should he taken for an aces• fate ascertainment of them, to that 'their extent may be generally known, and also that the ne cessary taxation may he Intelligently' imposed. I recommend for these purposes the creation of a Bureau. Of which the Auditor General and Slate Treasurer Anti be members, and the bead Of which shall be a new officer, to he styled Commissioners of Statistics, or designated by env other appropriate title. • The act of 25th August, 1564, providieg for tlat voting of soldiers, should be carefully eN• innined, with a Tien - to its amendment, avid, in deed, a revision of our whole election laws would seem to he desirable, with a view to the two err FC'ulial objects of, 1. The admission of lean, and • excluelon of [regal votes at the polls mid. 'I. Faithful and coned returns of the votes :fat ally polled. I communicate herewith the sphilou of the Attorney General on the conflicting re turns for the 16th Congressional District, which will show seize of the practical difficulties which arise under the existing system. Without un deitakiug to recommend the adoption of any particular plin, I submit the whole Subject to your careful and earnest consideration, lit the /tope that in your wisdom-you will he able to de rfr-,c some measure which will.produce the rein t FO csFentlal to the existence of a free govern ment: that votes shall by fairly taken is the tint instance, and fairly counted and returned after- Wards. . _ .• . _ . I have endeavored since I came into office to extras c as cautiously es posslblethe powers con fided to the Executive, and avoid usurping any. I shall endeavor to persist to this course to the end - . A new call has been made by the President for 00,000 men. This renders It proper that I should invite your attention to the evils which have resulted from abuses of the system of local bounties which was bmun, in an emergency, by the voluntary and generous loyalty of our citi zens, before the • passage by Cougrees of the en rolment ace, and has since been continued by sundry acts of Assembly. The result has been to the last degree oppressive to our citizens, and unproductive of corresponding benefit to the Government. In some counties fled townships, It is believed thatahe bounty tax during the last year exceeded the average income derived from the land. The large eums offered In some °laces In the- competition for teen, have derncrialized minor - of our -- people, and the most atrocious frauds connected with the system have become cotturton. Themen of. some of he poorer cella tiee have-been neatly exbauatedby their volun teers -being credited to richer localities paying heavier bounties. The system aepraeticed "low ers the morale of the army itself, by potting into the ranks men eetruited by mercenary modem and who arc tempted to desert by the facility of- eacafAng , detection, and the prospect of oevr gains by re-ezdietment, a gmears which they expect to be able to repeat an Indefinite clamber of times. Of the number of men fir whom hotuithe have been paid; It la believed that aotone-fmrth have been seneffly placed In the ranks of thb army. end everethhose -who have I joined it, have probably not En an. average re-' ceivertfor their own use ono-half of the bounty raid for them; Immense stuns hare thus been' appropriated. by Meats and swindlers, in many cases believed to be acting In complicity with agencies of. the Government. An effort Wee made to prosecnte. some of the• parties consented In such frauds under the act of Assembly of 14th August last, and they were bound over by the Mayor of this clty,-but after the witnesses bad come here on the meeting of_ the court, they disappeared ftom the public eye. recommend the whole subject to -your careful consideration, that the system may he purged of these: evjlt: I am officially informed that the quota of this ftate, under Um recent sell, is 66,01,0, but I am not Informed of the principle on which the draft tabe made. It appears from the President's proclamation that It is made chiefly to supply en elleged defi ciency in former calls. I am surprised at the amount of thin large deficiency, and can only ac count for the difference between the number of men furnished by the State and the deficiency allegretto eclat In the assignment of the present 'quota by the assumption that the men never reached the army, although enlisted and mus tered_ after the payment of bounties by the local ' Meg to which they wore supposed to be credited. It Is probable that there are rery few counties In the State which have not paid large bounties for a number of men sufficient to fIU their former. ,- Tatting the local bounties at the low average of four hundred dollars, it is believed that It can be demonstrated that the people of Pennaylvania hare been thus robbed of .sore than twelve mil lions of dollars duringthe past year. -This eat!. matte does not facie& the money fraudulently taken from men who hare actilally gone lab this' service. - • The continuance of these monstrous nail on paraUed abuses cannot be tolerated. Certainly more men are required to aid our gallant soldiers - In the field in crushing this re beleee, .arid- every conableration of patriotism and of regard for our bnclffers who are now In the face of the enemyobliges us to gore no effort to. - raise the necessary force. In-June last I gave letters to a committee of • the 'prison society. of-Philadelphia,. requesting that.the tomb= of the committee - might be al . lowcd'lo visit and mandrel the prisons and poor - houses throughout the Commonwealth. I trans mit with this- cOMMutiteatlen a copy of the re port made tome by else society of the remits -of their. labors, and 'contmend the same t‘yoar et ,tention` -with e view to the adoption of proper , rneasurenter reform theahums which have been, 'found to exist:. _ he connection with this subject, / again mai your attention to the expediency of lambing air : ; the -reception; in Ore prnitentlarles, of venom ' Convicted ofmurder,lothe fast degrees-and who may bd pardoned on , gontiltion of serving a Ihni tedtermtberglit.' It- bete become es engem thet an' incoming' Governor ;should iot issue a war. rant of execution in cases left needed on by his vedette-Me, and It not unfreqtlently lieppens that, even In Mime which are' rtUeut, while sortie ohs letarnent 'Obeid be Inflicted - thatotdeath may appear to ' ,theExcettilre io lento* liateree The reetiliM _that there ate this - time, - in the various Damon, some eighteen or twenty persons under setclence Of death, and who um'lle there for an. Indefinite period of time. . . ' The vest amount of additional labor which has been Imposed upon the Secretary of the Com inonw.etrith by the existing dateoffiffein, rev 'dere It absolutely necessary- . dintthe clerichl force of hie deportment "should be Incraned. The maklngout Of commissions for our large to my of volunteent In the field, and the prepa rations of election blanks required by law to be scut to the army—the receipt, filling and record ing the returns of the eoldiere votes—the enrol ment of the yearly increasiug comber of nen of 'Assembly, and of charters oblahred under gen cr.%l tuns and the making oat of. letters patent for them—all there, together :rub the previous -heavy (Indio& the, office—then% .an aggregate, the weight orjrhich must ultimately break.down his few enborMnatte, diligent, filltbfrkund en. during as they ore. I recommend, therefore, that provision be promptly made, to meet the neceasitles - of this tom. . • • It is a subject of just congratulation that not • ' withstanding the distrected leuditim of the weeny. our system orcommon. sehools tics to Ilotuish.. The report of the liaperinten• dent, which I ht., orbit. transmit, shows GMt there bee limn an lentos° of scholars durifig the past year. It is Important to recurs as (coh ere a sufficient lubber of men of suitable edu• i *clime and ability, and with ft --view to • this ob ject, I suggest for your consideration the creed.' leery of making out of the • reboot fund itself some provision for the support of etch teachers -. as shell slick Is OM term of service become sus - Peliumunted or disabled , while In the perform. Arno or, thee duttek . . • Of the fluids placed 41 my hariil3 by the sets of the 76th of May. 1861. and of the 4th of May, IEO4, and texas appropriated In my judgment ht 7 .-.--. ...._.... .. • . mile ari terelet, I have e6t•tdet (nth I 4, ! :rear V 1 .1%4 eS in-Eapport of tha ax-rtey at. WI t'.1.1-r -t,h— up hell( I hr, 7;01.11 of May Lt,t, for .•t, 7, 7 - , "77 ' .01131 sing and other military s-rete, att or. roam or illelnit tretactria Ufa oTflea orChe A it. I, l ilitor General. • t . . . No similar appropriation avill be rel tired att this rerston. A bill was hitiodnced, and ju,ett the Ifouac lit - the last session of the Legistature,,praridlo4 far the Urii6int.ment of it coinniissitiu to rt ein the demure done. In theermutles of fl tCord. Ful ton, Frlnklin, Cumberland, Turk, and Admits, by Ate rebel. army. 111 1663; which la the Berate for wont of time. . . I commend to your consideration the propriety of the passage of such n bill during the present - merlon. It Fs lustto the peopie'of these coun ties who have suffered, as wells, lathe Govern- ' meat, that these damages should he fairly weer , . tamed and the - evidence - perpunated, whatever may ho the view to betaken ou. future consider. non by the United States or State Governnient as to the propriety ot poking such Claims. Major-General Hancock has been authorized by the War Department to ruse a corps of veterans, to be called the Irirl4 Gawps. Oak of the regula dons is that, on application by the governor of any state, Tart:thing officers will be designated for melt state- I have been requested, by Gen. -ffantock — tto make • such application', but 'bash hitherto declined.bacomply with the request. It appears to me that the families of men raised un the plan adopted by the War Department, world Probably not be entitled' tothe relief proVided by one own laws for thetamilica of volunteers. I have inquired of General Hancock whether the prOpoied corps Is to -form part of the 'repast Brtjay or of the volunteer Swee ' and If the latter, under what act of ,Conyess It is to be raised. Aoluae refiried that communication to the War Department, from which 1 have as yet received no answer toil. -Tito following Jena's haw, paased between, Gen liancock and myeelf on thla enbject ' l'altrsrl.raNia Exucuievu CuAmeba, } Ilmousittma; Pa., Dee. '29th, 11364. GElCSuit:— . l received your letter at the mo. Merit - army departure tint Philadelphia on Monday last. I returned this morning and hasten to reply, flaring no knowledge of Die organization of tke corps you are to commandihan what appears In the newspapers and orders, X will be obliged If you will Inform me if it is to be regarded as a nano( the regular army of the United States or as port of the volunteer service. If it la part of the army of the linked States, I certainly hove no connection with it, as Gover nor of the State. If It Is organized as volunteers, be pleased to inform me under ghat act of Con gress 1 . I need not say, General, that I would be most . happy to do all in my power personally and of to raise a force to be commanded by you. ('on we not raise you two Or three rer,lmente in Pennsylvania, In the, usual manner and accord ing to theact of Cdngreses, for your corps 1 Of course, I would consult you in the selection of officers and only commission where you ap proved. I cautrot understand the importance of my asking that pawns be sent to Pennsylvania to induce veterans to go to the District of Colum bia to enlist. I etrtaialy will do nothing to em barntest the plan proposed. We hero benefits, by `general and special leg islation in :Pennsylvania, which attach to the volunteer aid his family. While 1 will do !loth ins to deter the veterans of the State front en tering your corps, I hesitate, to connect myself with a mode of enlistment - which may deprive them of such benefice, unleash Is my duty under the law. I nal, General, seri respectfully, Your obedi e nt tumult, A. G. CENTIN Major-General WINFIELD S. [UNEVEN. IcrtnquAnTrns FtnsT Conrs, tt WASIIINGION. D. C. Dec. 31, 1861. To Ito Er et . liency lion. A. C. Curtin, Gorcrnor ' of Peransiiitsraid : Stu have the honor to acknowledge the rot cipt of your communientipn of the 20th Inst., and have referred the samo to the War Depart, Ment. I thank you for your kind 'expression of/ pevonal goodwill, and regret, that there should be any.,cccasiou , for hesitation on your part to I , nd your official infinettec, as Governor, td the raising of the corps as proposed by the War De partment. It is pot within my province, perhaps, to dis cuss the plan of organization, as I am siting un der the direct orders of the War Department, and my own views, therefore, are of no practi cal moment. I may my, however, that I have no knowledge of the organization other than what I have derived from the orders and circulars of which I Mailed you official copies December Sth. I cannot see how volunteers for this corps from your State lost any of the advantages at. :aching to those for other organizations. They are credited to the localities where they or their familial are doadelled, and count on the quota of your. State. It should he Umtata mind that this Is . an ef fort to get men Intl sash* Who 670 not subject to a draft. • I have the honor to remain . , very . respectfully,, your obedient. servant, ' • Wnsmaxn S. FLthcocg..„, Majortteneral U. S. Voinnteers,.comtnandlng First Corps. The only act .of Congreia for raising retail. tee's that r im aware of, requlreis that The field and line officers shall be commissioned by the Governors of the several States. . Tpc men lb this corps ere not to be formedlato organizatlods of the respective Stales, and it Is proposed that Its officers shall be appointed bythe general gov ernment. Ilmow of no act' of Congress or Of • Assembly under which men so raised will be en titled to pensions or . their familia to benefits (Tom the United States or Elate Government,. In addition, I will observe that without any ~feeling of jealousy, I am still . net ready to participate actively In transferring to the litilta.d States 11t e rally the _right of appointment vested In the State, and which the State authorities' can exer • else with more discrimisaticaa by. reason of bar - Ink a greater familleritY • adth .. the merits • of the citizens of their own State than the United States authorities can - possibly have. I will 'transmit any further pommnuication that I may receive on this subject: ft will •be parcelled be reference to the correspondence, that I have of • feted to cries, In the manner provided by lair, I two or three regiments elf veterani for tfandock , a Corps. PI fdesire IS to assist the Government in every legal mode In raising men, and especially to facilitate ea .officerr-s. nativeil'ennsyleanien —to 'distinguished as General Hancock, in Ids efforts to 'organize a new corps. ' ' ' I shaft throw ho obstacles in his way on t he present occasion, put I cannot, certainly, be (Tv peeled to invite a violation of laws In carr ying out a plan .whielt sacrificer the rights o fthe State under existing- laws, and • would leave th 3 men unprotected by them, so far as concerns future provision for their comfort and that of their families. • I will further observe that It appears by the" re port of the Adjutant General herewith : traps •Mitted, that the State, under the - system °stab ' belied b . ? law, ban put Into the military service of the , 'alted States , Slam the commencement 'of the war, the follOwitig number of men, viz: . . - • TroOps vet info tee Scrrfee derma tat. Orir.rilrAllons for three yeora' term... Organizationsfor one hundred. day.. Orgonizoilomo for one year terse to unteer reentitO liralteil =IA and subStituterr tiqinltt for regular army tintillithnttlf of ?consyreanin Velun , infantry I.:ntnltlr Artillery • tecredited to other Sates $1,104 Troop tent Into the sender Pi Mr United Slam flifre the totowteeteroteat of. the rebellion, including the, nfildy Jaye! mlfilia fn Me drporlmeide dl the /Konen. goado endlletagnMinten ma': • ' • During the year Met " do do MCI do do . do do 1001. lir•eultatmeni OT lrenneylynnin Volun. '•• Ise, it • The twenty-live thousand militia of 1101 re pot included in tlblastatement. ;I:millthesittentloir.of the LegWater° 4:ots . Deport of the Surveyor General , herewith 1 suited, and continent the suggestions madery .that °Meer to , your comilderatlent. • . . Thlemessage Is accompanied by flill - repoiteLor* all the military departments. They exhibit the largo amount • of eerelen parrots:pelt-, daring the pest-year, and contain a full , history. atoll this military operatilnalet the State. Many valua ble recommendations Am rpoda In theist to pr° , mote the cfileieney 'of our. voltratiers . ' and the comfort er the sick and wounded, witioh I ceita mend to your earnest hait.laimadlate attention. It affords me greet catinfOtlow to bear my testi mony to the utility. diligence and fidelity of ion the cinema In these serum! departments., Delon cloning this message I denim to advert s o the delay which 1100 sometimes °Centred in the passage of the general appropriation bill. It it Pecessaly that this hill. should_ Leconte ti as IA berwlso the ,action of blovarnoteut would he stepped, To delay its presentation to the , Exce• tillecols was tloue at the lent regular evasion—till Asian, hour of the night before the tnornlng lived for the hold adjournment, 15 to deprive Ilia pea pie of their right to have all acht itiamitted to itiC I CVI.4OLI of the Legielature before becoming laws, In ease the I:seemly° should not appriave them. If there had been time, 1 shouhl prat/s -lily have returned the appropriation hid of lost year for Foch revision, no pp Leal had the oppor. timity of deliberately exquidning it, I-found pro viclolin which I could hot have approved—bat that opportunity was denied me Wore the hill had heroine o low; and In fact-4a the foetal& tore was on thopolut of' adjournßient, the only question presented to ate woo whether (bat ;hill should become a law without amendment, °tithe neeessitiesof the (Invernmept remain unprocid . ell far. , . • , • . ~T ho gannet") , of our solillire la the geld still Eheda luttre ou the Cumuicorkealth,' liniA that their meth Is oppreeletoil by II td olorern by the cronthluell and cheerful libersllty with. which the moo and ,womeit or:tho, !Unto .contributo,of Choir tonne fat. their Oolnfort welfare: stay the Wesahig: of. OA be ion those breve- loon: who . . - lutte .stesbl. by. tho soubil7 through the ilsolcto?re.ollter total. *AL gotrorru effusion; j Ilarrltherg o Jut. 4,1865. j . • orniarr -rorreEs rf Alt]) ALLE(4III:N. err V..—There wilt he a tnect.or of the dlizena of the .9,ECOZ.in WARD. at the PUULIC St 111001.. 11011 SE, on T - It i tßBl/i.T,3an- 6th, at 114. **cluck P.M:, for the mow o f determining what comae to pursue in.oftler to fill the quota of the Ward, tend, r the last still of the President for ! aree,ue men. An citizens of the want nreearneatty requested to attend, as the matter to be ,resented to the meeting will interest all. JO:ad ELECTION NOTICE.—AN EEEC TION FOIL T-lIMTEES,DITLECTOILS of the Iron City National Itsoh of Pittsbur4h. mtil Le heW at-,tho Banking Ifoule, TUESDAY', the tO y and P. M th da of January; 1663, bet GOFFIIf, °saween the hours ieor.- f 12 .' NIAlt je4dlrd • ENCEI.I.4IOO. INniIeITUTE AND GYMNASEUIL—The Winter Session of thin School will open I.IIONDAY, Jan. ff. A tete nddlt tonal pupils con benceniumtklated. For Lerma Ice., roll nt the rooms of the Inntitute. corner of Penn and St: glair Eta, or whimss for a circular jx2:twd Rev. IV% S. GRAY. Prindipal. BIUNISMIAIf DEPOSIT COMPANY, 11xuletsrmAst, Dee. LI, Ib6L A.H.ENZICALIIIIEPTING Ti E STOCKHOLDERS of this na.: , :K wilt be held at the BANKING HORSE on MONDAY, Jesturcry 7.01h,166,5, et 1 o'clock p • m, to consider and decide whether the Company, shall become an Association for the Business of Banking, under the Laws of the limited St t ea; 'and whether it di exercise the power c alerted by the Act of the Legislator° of this S te, entitled, "An act etus• bling the Banks of this Comnionwenith to become Associations for Banking Under the Lam of th • Baited Stat...,” approved 22410 f -August, tact, And to take any further action that may ho deemed ne tts!. By order of the Staid of Directors. de am JOHN P. BEECH, Cashier. MECHANICS BANK ODTITTSBII ROll Pittsburgh, Dec. 2s. lege. NOTICE.—NOTICki . HERE BY given, agreeablygo Section Sof the Act of the General Assembly of the CoMmonwenith . of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act enabling Hanks of the Commonwealth to become Associatioroffor the porpoie of Banking, under the Laws Of the 'United Stoles," approved the SSA day of August, A. lk thee, thattbeStoekholderi of the Mechanics Bank have this der voted to Demme such an ASIOCIatiOIIi and that eta bltectors have:procured the authority of the owners of more than tvro.thinicof the Cap, ttnl Stock to make 'the certifteate therefor hi , the Laws bf the Pelted States. • dettedni 3NO. G. MARTIN, Cashier. & PreVanoson R. R. 00.; °thee of .Scaretarr and Trena'r, Clevelanda.Mo. e,lBBl. • Iw , TFIE ANNUAL MEETING OF T STOORROLDEMS of the Cleveland sad Pittabtrgh Railroad Company will, be held at the °Nee of Abe Company, in Cleveland; on the 4ra DAY OF JANUARY, 1886, at 10 o'clock for the election of Directors; also to vote upon (imp osition to lease that portion of tho railroad known as the Tuacarawns 'Branch, for a term of pears, also to. vote upon a: proposition to purchase the half ifi terest•in the late Cleveland, Zanekallle anti Railroad, (formerly known as the Akron Branch, of the Cleveland k Pittsburgh Rallrbak) Also, whether to increase their Cap) Stock un der the Acts of April llth, M3d, and April sth, 1563. The Trimpfer Books will be closed on and after the lath endtaint: E. ROCKWELL, de6(td Secretary, Dena (Dar Baal:, Pittsburgh, Dee. r-zy, OTICE IIEttERIC agreeably to Sec.2<l of the Act of the Gen eral Assembly of the Commonwealth or Pennsyl vania, entitled "An Act enabling Banks of the Commonwealth-to become associations for the pur pose of Banking,. under the Lows of the United States," approved the .2.1 , 1 dny of Au g ust, A. D. ISA, that the Stockholders of the Iron City Bank of the City of Pittsburgh, and connty,of Allegheny, have this day voted to become such an association, under the name and title of "The Iron City Na tional Dank of Pittsburgh:. and that: its Directors have ttrocureil the antliority of the owners of more than two•tbirils of the Capital Stock to ,make the, certificate required therefor, by the - Larry of the dc23:lm 301 IN MAGOFFINI Cashier. Llcncitaara ANT MANlTlTACTillttittil NATIONAL Boor,. L • (Late Merchants 4 , Masa eartiorre Titteburch. r'•,. 12th. AN ELECTION FOB DIRECTORS 11.-ncg OF THIS BANK, to servo during the ea,.. suleF year, will bo held al the Banklbs Bowe. oa TUBSDAT, the 1010 day of January, MO, between the boon of 11 o'clock a. m. and R pp. m. deladd .7011:11 St.KFFF,' Jr:: Cashier._ 111.8 T NATIONAL BANE OP PITTSBURGH, (Late Pittsburgh Trust Campanya Pm - mum - in, Dee. 19th. 1801. iws AN ELECTION FOR NINE LIRLC• TORS OF THIS BANK will be held on the „SECOND TUESDAY. 10th day .of January •next, bey/scathe hours of 11n tn. and 2p. m. . delAtd JOHN D. SCULLY Cashier. iiirricn or Ahhicarenr BrawnAncs M flo. t 1 December Roth C l eat. AN ELECTION FOR TWELVE la RECTORS of this Company, to servo foe the ensuing year, will be held et the office of the Company, the ere DAT OF LLNUART, between the hours of lOa m. n o d 2 p m. deltnd 1). M. BOOK, Secretary. OPPICS OF TUE TOIRD NATIONAL 11/011 Or PITTEIIVILOH t PA. NLECFION FOR NINE DIR • M ' TORS OF THIS BANK, to cerre during the, ensuing year, will be held. at the Banking Gouge, earner of Wood atieet and Tillie alley, op ,TUESDAY, the 10th day of January, leGJ,betweep the hours of 10 a. na. arid 3 p. m. • driedm ' 350. B. LIVINGSTON, Cashier, • OTKICS. Or 'MIN ALLrOIIKST VALLEY R. IL Perrentnturs, Lee. slat;lest. tar THE 810111-ABINIIIAL ICOUPOLf et the lit Mortgage Bondi of this ~,Al, due January lit, HO , will he pald on• and after that te, at the Office of the eetopesiy. deilatd R. O,ORR, Treasurer. NXTIONAL BAEZ ALLKOHENTL ' • Deeember Nth. 1861. ELECTION TOR SINE DIR _TORS OF THIS-BANK, to serve for the ensuing year, will be held at the Banking House, on the So TUESUAT Or JANUARY. MN. bt• tweenpe noon 0616 and •rt o'clock. deli, P. Kaummt, Caplet.; • ta,.THE DIVIDEND •OP ERL U T p H a E T - 01; boh h P d T s O fs E e M a C t O e w ffi b of d lo eP ßib SON, RIELLY It CO., 19 Irwin street. dealdf MEW' AD NE TAW E.ArTS. OPTICS 01 THE PeoTLS's Drstril c'eClosirs.xV, Prreemoran. Jan. t, VMS.. DlVlDEND.—Ther:Premident and Ditec -1-, tors of this pompany have this day declared a Cash Dividend of FIVE DOLLARS per share, free of ,tae, out of the pronto of the past Btu months. payable on and after the nth lag. SaS2w4 'WM. F. GARDNER, Sec'T. CO-PARTNERSUIP NOTICE. -1 have day aesoclated my brother, RICHARD R. HLONES, with me In the WALL PAPER AND" WINDOW SHADE business, le bleb sre:nrUl Unite at the old stand, No. 207 mmittt, • it., ander the nap of JOS. R. HUGHES I"3". CTRES. SOS. R. RV ihreintmen, Jan. Ma. J.Ss:lwd A LLEGHENY GAB BTOCK, _TUESDAY EVENING, January 10th. at 714 o'clock, will be !Bold at Commercial hale. Itoona, 04 YI lb street, 100 shares Allegheny O. Stock; Merchant/land Manufacturers , Hank; 20 " Mechanics , 'tau • . w..raar.wAmv.. Awr. ittortes or rut Prrrancnon asp thamuton.tat Ravel:nowt 00, ' Prnahrnon, Jan. o , tESS, TIIE A NIIII&L MEETING OF THE * Sleekboldera of the PlttabOrghlbUttmlnichani Passenger Railroad Company *PAU be held on MONDAY, the lath Reit, at toM Weller-ha a. re., at the Monongahela Rouge; inthe City of Pittsburgh, - at which time. and place an-election for Directors will be held. ,Whl. X. NIMIUK, Seey, jasd.d. T ,ETTEUS ADhIINISTRATIONiift m-s. the estate of SAld'L BAKER, late of SOuth Fayette township, Allegheny. county, debeSsed; having ham grained tO the undereignell br the ' , Register of Allegheny; caul. : all persons Indebted to - mid estate are reqUest to make Immediate payment, andthose borings ims against the same to present them for settlement, properly anti:watt. sated, to the uneerslgnad. _ • • afeetwF ' W. B. LEA, Admlnlstratoi. T. • siMmd offers pis FANIt for! salo, situated la. Derry township; - Westmoreland county, on the main traveled road between Blairsville and New. B M erry, eantainiag 4SAOR of good LlmoStone land; abundance of Lime-Stoat and Cool on the premises, together will •a good Stone Quarry:. 'File place le well timbered; Fruit trees of various kinds; also a never fallingetream of water running .through the center of the Fitrm. Tb! buildings are a Log House and Bain. For further particulars enquire on the premises Of ' _ I. JetwatF ' r I'. BRADLEY: ~.. 12,862 iiM= AESOIVIO EALL. .= FOR FIVE NIGHTS. Taftlfirt Wfditetlift raindat, Friday ' Jai; 10; ti t 12. a sir . 3b 311 E , GREAT 041GINAIL: BIHNO,iOTEgIAO.. Trete the:AoademY of Art IParit, as exhibited there two hundredand earenty consecutive nig4ts. Representing Thrilling andEubltple Hermes In ri- CIIIEDRE'N% ORANTFYiLi.TINEF,E, geode' and Saturday afternoons; Jan:llthend 18h. Look out for the Mammoth Fregrammet tolm, distributeden Monday end Tuesday. r • AulltemoirEveliing, 93 .cts; Sdatisilon, ; after; noon for Children,lo ea. Doors open et o , clobki . commence at 8 o'clock. , 111 , Y1 DB NOD. —The , Dlroetorg of the FLEhIING AND BILANHJ CARE-PETRO. ' LEU111.00., - baire this dey. declsred .n.dividend of THREE per omit. on the capttal stock of the sista Company, payablison and after ALONDA,Y, .3nnu. oil am, the office of the Secretarn - He.tO Dia mond street. - • . Dividends pill hereafter be declared quarterly or , semi-annually, at the Directors May determine: jakiw J.ll. 11,1,LDWIN,See,y. TIAItTNEBSHIP .NOTIOE,—The und6-- itth: i er,;, ^ o7; . °R;:evi , ttr4vni i i nt i ° .‘w ,i r r a .'r. atoll tinder tho On, tonne 'nod, otylo 'ofJ. IL PHILLIPS, ~Inctory lo DletSure .tounchln,;Al leghvoy county; Worahoupo and Office ; Nw, 2 tont 00 lit. tnalr it., ; • PITILLIPS • PITI.NUTtnIf, tOUJ; ' jot:3W - °Wilt% .M.t.letUtZNY BUIDUIt co., ./ PtTifillt.lllol4 lannsry 4d, 1803; 11IVIDEN1).—The President, MtiThigerd -11- , wed Compile) . for erectin g a- Brittle over the Athltheny Rivet, opposite Ylitsbtintiti therantn ty of.Allesliony, have this day declare hookvidend of r; ()ENT., on the ldripitrd oUthe Ornotiany, payable to Stink holders OP thole legal reprtsenthtives on or after the tdih 'aslant. - pieta AW4WW..' Trees. I?()lffiT.l3.—Thilitnexpirmt term of a Leneo of A LOT of O ROWIII, in the Ninth wiitibit feet front on -Liberty street and SA feet os Ruth street, on whlett is a FRAMS SFATS.F. y, 21 antis lor-100 home.. The Stable , could, with snAll eApente, be turned Into a ttooper Shop or uth" tn4 " l 'agliblNVl r tTt a i!gleTr i att, l'ean street. nese Ittikli .., 11. r LivER,Y EiTAIL.Ps 11. PATTERSON 41, BRO., riropeletiore. Itoryea r Ootriner :and !luau's for Hite: none* kept At Urety. "hot Amass, P•catitil ALIA * Grant. , in'AVES.—One ea - to Prime Onk'Eitaves. Ver mile byBll. RIDDLE, Jae No. ISt talbhrty et. • .T.EII" IrI'EFITISENEWTS. .r. 11. n - m.r.sn; President. 1./ashler. (late with Iron City Its oh. FOOrcrit Its.rtnvrAr. 13.i,rE or Ptrrsnr:r.on. • U. S. Government Depotifary, Pcr - rsne non, lan:lvry 3.1. IS 15. PY ORDERS 'RECEIVED Fito3l Ho N. W;".t.l. PITT VESSI:NDEN, U. S. S.' ecretary 'of the Treasury, the subscriptions to the U. S. 1040-GOLD BONDS, WILL CEASI 111-1" tor a'zimmurix - sr 7, 1861 The 10-10 loan asill be withdrawn after that date. TILLS DANIC AND U. S. ouvEnNattLxr DEPOSITARY is authorized to receive subaerlp dons - Vp to and Inclusive of January 7th,1865. • Full commiaPions will be allowed pll pur••hsacrs of this d“lrable THE 7-30 LOAN, Q. la. Troctis - u-m - y I•74^.tors, convertible August 16th, trig; into 111 PER (ENT. GOLD BONDS AT PIR, are now for Bale by us, and will continue to be for The 7-305 after January 7th, tBB5, will bd the only Ooyernment Loan in the market,.Full conjoin aloes paid to all parchaserf of 740. S. D. HERRON, Cashier J AMISS O'CONNOR. S. IL uncomic, Prealilcnt. Cashier, pate with' Iron-City Bank.) For - sni NATIONAL BANE, Or PCTCOBUROIf , U. S. (Corer - amen( . Dcparfirtry, ' Pirrt!nir unit, January MOWS. IN ACCORDANCE MUTH THE RE-' QUIREBIEIVI ' S of Or Act of - Congress, tip proved June 341c1857, the following VEARTERLY MORT OF THE CONDITION Fourth Notional Bank of Pittsburg IS PUBLISHED LIABILITIES: Capital Stock ; 200,000 110 ' Circulation ' 200,000 00 Due IlBpoBitors 8:44155 80 Dividends unpaid—payable on demand. PO , OG Surplux fund required by law 3,513 as rota surplus fund reserved by order of the Board ' ...... Profit tad Loss SIIICC Nor. 10t4, 1001 ASSETS: D. S. Lamm and Dircounts $ G 15,192 08 l'.. S. Treasury Department 2,821 5t pue by Banks 115,041 00 r. S. MO Bomb. and U. S. Treasury 'Notes 87,= 50 " Drafts and clievinl 41,003 OS, la And gilrer Coin 32120 82 • , -ndee I.:. S. and Dank Note,— 205,1121 70 gel Ten d er Personally appeared before me, a Notary Fuldid, duly commissioned and sworn,S. D. Herren, Cashier of the .Fourth 'National Dank of Pitts , burgh, Ps., who, on oath, deposes and states that the above stetethent is true to the beat of his knowledge and belief. • Sworn and subscribed before me, the day - and car above written, S. S.BRYAN,' Notary Public. P.. D. IiERDON, Cashier. PlTronyunn, Jan. 3d. IMO. - jatt-vi TIISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. —The business connection of &Mullah & Gar rison, and of BoSmart, Garrison ft Co., wan dis solved on theist instant, by thesnie of the interest .of ii. L. Boilman and G. W.13011man..• An Settlements will be kttendeil to at the °Alen of the late lions, on Smithfi L. eld Arent. H. ROLLISf • A: GARRISON, GEO. W. ROLLA! A.N. l'irisncrant, January 3, 1966. In - retiring from the above; theimbscrihmi would express thanks to then. friends for the patronage give,n during the long lutrial of their business, sod also take pleasure in recommending theirsuceossors to the public, with the fullest continence that every Wert and attention vrill tut given to render satis faction, - PITTABLUGW, Seaway 3, ttlet: , • • PO-PARTNERSHIP NO'llet. • '4- , • PIITSECCROII FOTHMEIII".. A. Garrboa ballet purchaved the entire faun dor ;: t = s o u n d Lusiness un o , r,the a rte ile n ca Co., and kaving.itaMelited with, Mut in business John H. Itirketaon, the undersigned will continue the buslnese under ,the name andatide of Gat , risen & Co. GARRISON, • • • - .3011 N ii...awrrsoN. rivr.ncimu,ffsnuan . sosas. - . • Jach. _COP.SII 3 LA:IiVER :ICUS( • CMGs C2COTarr.Bl,6l,r Cipital Stock, . 1225,000 Working Capital, -11.2.5.000 Par Value of Each Share, 81,00 Donna eon Stnarrarrion to the Stock of the Company will be opened on the 4th of ,January inst. Theroperty of the Company la 100 acres' Of laid. In fee p simple on Complanter 'Ron, near its Junction with Oil Creek, onomile /Moroi/Li CAT 1 on which ts a Well. about n o feet deep, withfire ; rains of 011,nienty of gas, mid now In prOceas o ol . cubing, end, in the opirdon'of inekrwl:u • fine well. There ample - vitae on mad-nun zor . •-houdreds of 011 Wells, and is the most desirable, twit In fee Simple on 011 'Creek for Oil purposes. ,at Person. desirous of. making a `o pen -invest- Molt In Oil lands, can loonlre of all sons sa, qusinted about 011 wken they 1011 ascertain that there is nothing bogus about this territory. • • •• ::• ' •JOSEPH• Ross, • If 0..12, Diamond, tdttaburgh , January 2, Odd. . • , fani-Or TI:IIA.SCILY -DZPAIITJEK:IT, OYEICS,Oir TEE Comi - Mot.uxu.. OT. CCURCICCT, WAsIIIXOTON, December 31,MA. • W 'HEREAS, BY SATISFACTO Y mrldence presented, to tho.undemigued, it kis been made to appear that the ••• • - !nom CITY NATIONAL BANN OF PITTABBIGIL in the city of Pittsburgh, in the county ef•Alle ebony, nod Stele of Peansylvsnia, has been duly' organised under and accordlog to the requirementt - a. the acts _of Countess, entitled "An Act le,pro. vide a National Currency, scented by a pledge's); Vetted States Dom% and to provide for the thou. lotion and redemption thereof," approved JIM@ 16e1, and boo complied .with all the provisions of sold net required to be'complled with before o,w:e -mended the business of flanking underlaid natl. n NOW, therefore, Laugh McCulloch, Comptroller of the Cocncy, do hereby certify THE: IRON CITY 'NATIONAL BANS' OF that " PITTS. • In the city of Pittsbufgh;ln the county of All sad -State . of Fensuolvnnin, Le ato • thee:mite commence the business of Ranking an ger the act aforesaid. • '•,• • In testimony Whereof,Witneis my hand [L. MI and seal of offict„ - thir thirty hurt day of .December, A. 11:113114. - •• , . AIeCTILLOCII, ' CoMptroller bf the Ourrettay. : J ft lf anl Amos o'colrrou, . - • s: Eletdent. Oakliter _ , _ t 1 to wlt.h/ron CTltjßank. N . locum ATKMAL 11.6,xx or Perrrnuipu, 1.4. Goreroment 'Depofiterjr,4, • • • • .Privontznon,JattuaTyldtlEt l6 . WOTICE.-4/C 'ACCORDANCE , WI 11 4 . 1 OFFILITAI; INSTRUCTIONS from - 1-1. Spinner, Treasurer united stmeik, . , TEIS BADE AND:tt. S. DEPOSITARY ILL C ASH AT_ AINTURINY. The One Tear S. persent, LegatTeuder Notes The Thee of the ante.: and llCCrited ' interest; to date or maturity, . - : WILL BE - PAID IN FULL. Theito.notett vete issued' under tho net of Con grass, March 3d, 1563. ' T. HEltßolc,6ashiee. 'kat tofore existing between JOllliy PHILLIPS Rubber'. PHILLIPS in ,the 011,0Ioth, India Rber, and Painting bustness, , wris diuolved b e . the death of Henry Philtiphon the Ith of Augus t. tali. The business of the late awn will be sett! lateum:weaned, atthe placeof buslotas of the dm, Nos. and 2$ St. Wale .st..Pittaburgh. The business will be continued front the 2$ day of SlinUnrY.l l ekEk by 3 011 /5 PH1LL1t... 4 , - ItErritt PHILLIPS., ate A. It. 1)11000H.HT,' _ tinder tin liana. of Y. & li. PHILLIPA. JOHN PHILLIPS, • PO/11151M, • A. ILDHOOOIfIIT. • jalilw Executors of Honey Phillips, ate'd, - -20.Pcon 11. • TILE ST OCKTIOLDE.B.SLA.RE VouED to call on - thy Trensgrer, and pay the of their Subscription by the FIFTH 01?,' Y, or their . • ' Stork vilf Le 'Forfeited to the Company. (VIE •:TROECSAIiaI)OLLAIIS - CABE( purebase a nest Cottage Roar, porch treat routes and a: cellar, well of water, frult ems, shrubbery, etc.. Lot Bo feet fronbby aeodeepi situate in Vtileykosfiert. oppoalte Railroad shalom. . jot •• • S. t,nII.IIERI s.SONS; tl Nathan: • • 61.01 boxes W. IL Cheery OR RE) T.—A I ape of the heat. Irealitteila - FlFTElatreet, Apply so9n..with real tisme. Addiese Look box 0 Azar= 091er. • ,lallayrd .4 - Evi• .1 p7.er: Tuvr.v.iifirTg. p C".oll'.‘ of Prri-sinritan, capital, Dart• le",• raising" t'apital Ihe Org.aniztilion cf the. i•..nuivoy Ivrie ! upon the o myemhip,of the coal under tor acres and by -I exemitlatione mode by boring. ronthleatii that the entire tract is Iz:oh:child with mai.) situated on the Allegheny Valley Railroad. , thirteen miles from Pittsburgh, and Maytag n front t. one4oilf mile on the Allegheny River, with the toe of all The surface between the base of the hill and the river line, through which the track of the Allet belly- Valley Railroad' run , the entire. &a- 1 lance. a !lording sunialent spare and excellent lom :ions for t o additienal thatta and the nene , mr7 I I nildlnsa belonging thereto. miners' houses. he., IL for milfcli surface it Yearly rental of 1100 Is paid. ! Thetotal thickiew of the vein of cool:-Is eight 1 . feeithsee.inehes, and after making once for hearings in. slatemo nee.; win leave ,hoot Pere road, wide]. n will produce • much larger amount of merchantable coal to the nere than le usnally found to thin •lidoity, where the - entire - vein rarely exceeds tire feet in thickness, - .111 le frequent .7 1c... The dprility of cool as as certnlned by actual trial, and oleo by chemical analysis , is of superior quality, bring fret-from sul phur and other substances usually found with coal, and which ore oldeettunahlt. The following to the report of Mr. Grill Wren. of thin city, of an analysis ovule by him: of coil from this property: Contains neither sulphur,. - phosphorus, Magnesia nor alkalies • cokes and Is to he considered very super ior coal •' for Monufecturing rumen.. • • . The Improvements now made, and on which has* been expended soma tao,uno, arc a shaft sixteen feet In diameter, with ell necessary machinery - for hoisting and for draining the raincly, with an Roan , : 'tory engine. he.. to gimol against accidents or con. t ingenele• which might !wile to interfere with the operationuf mining. Entries turd:Ur courses have been driven, pit tracks had, roams turned, sod everything 1.1% much state at forwardness, that. witti I _ln a very few wevica a very large amount, of coal could be Liken out daily. Pat'-eon and large cora , for the transportation of coal to market, with •ne. rectory aide tracks. turn-outa, hr., are completed nod fit daily There are also eight houses tot .rotiners in conne of construction ands:wady ready for pecupany.. , There is. at.tbla time, a considerable quantity of -meal being taken oat daily, arid a good-market is found for nil that can Ito produced immedlisteir on the line of the Allegheny Valley Railroad ; nail the rapidly Increasing number of manufacturing, estsb lishmentaand Rowing population In the port of the city and ad mining districts, through wide!: the rood pandes, will continue to demand all the fuel which eon be produced in the Valley of the gheny. The rapacity of the present shaft, 5.c., is estima ted at shout 10,000 bushels daily; Nvhick, with t additional shafts and but little additional ex prose, could be Increased three-fold. • ' The close proximity to the river, with goad har bors, Mier farilities rarely 'toast:Med for loading coal into data rod brwaes. we- Boons ran SIIII,CEICTION to the Catiltsi stock of the Company are now open at the follow. Mgplaces : Office of KING S.PENNOCK, 22 Wood street. " P. 11. 5. W.IIIIL.LER, Coe. Third 5. Market Stu., ;at story ; And Iritil R. MII.LEIi, Jr., at Western InsurauceCorniey. jantdw . . TENNYSON CLUB I.ECTITIIE COURSE. , • By general desire of our literary community, the Tennyson Club have Mailed course tickets fur the remaining lectures arid readitlgs of the 'Ol-5 season. Arraugements hare positively been made for IV IN E. EVENING ENTERTArffiti= TS, and it la hoped that the number will be increased to twelve or fln' teen: Course tickets two dollars each, ads:titling the holder to all entertainments of tile season, end granting him, without charge, the brat choice of , reserved seats. TENNYSON CLUB LECTURE COURSE.. • Jan. 20, MS—Ralph Waldo Emerson. . '7, 1866—Orace Greenwood. Subj Feb.—, W.d—Alf Burnett as Hem Ward Flect—The meher Feb. —, 1865—Alf. Burnett—Humorous delleee, D 913 and rggltAlonp. rierolc In Oonittoit Life. Feb. —, 1866-13 r. It Shelton hlrtekernie. Sub , jot--14nts and Shodows i of it Mb Chancier. Feb. 1808—Dr. -H. Shelton Mackenzie. Sub-1 jest —lrish Law and Irish Lawyers. Feb. to, 190—8. F. Taylor, Of Cnicx.ge. Subject —English IVordst tiler use, abuse nod beauty. March 8, 186,5—Iter. Dr. E. ll.Clhapin. Subject-z... Tim Old and the - New. 'March—, 1885—James F. fdrudoch. Reading 4 from Shakapeare. Merck theB6s F.... Murdock. "An Evers- Ink with Mitient and Mottoes Poets." Mr. Mitrdoeh has - been re-engaged this season at the solicitation of the many friends and admirers In tour city of titer great elocutionist and patriot. ' Single admission to each entertrdinnent, 50 tents. Course 'tickets, ed. Con he procured ht the law office* of the members of our association, or at tke Batik, Music sad DrueStorml. - • HALL PATTERSON, . J, R. BUTTERFIELD, S, C. McCANDLESS, T. P. HOUSTON, • . Lecture Comadttee. $1,270,7M 70 $1,...76,707 1,3 A COMPLETE MY OF THE .GRIAT REBELIIO. Chronologiesll7 arranged from the commencement of open treason and active hostilities, April 30th, liffgf, down to the lk>.dt:dion of Lbrabsaa Liwzoln. ;on of General IlloClensm, ' , October Bth, ISM, Is published in- HnnetiSitOurgli.Alinanao forlB6 Pi -1.400 Tom Comas. P 1110; pipit paid, on retelpt of price. Andres BAILEY, RRELL'& CO;, OA." AND STEAX 'FITTERS, Havereenstantly on Lands largo assortment o Gas, Slum Ina Rater Fixtures In general. air Prompt attention gives tiisti orders 129 FOURTH ST., 'Pittsburgh. .o . B.RISTAIAS PRESENTS, AT THE CENTRAL DUN • STORE. .•• • • • EXTRACTS IVA THE HANDHERCHIEP, COLOSONES: FIFE TOILET SOAPS,. •• 5 . HAIR 'BRUSHES, HAT BRUSHES, BRUSHES. • , NAIL BRUSHES, - DRESSING COMBS - -, • PUFF BOXEI • • rOCICET Wait, . . . . allArm(lhic irsiies, • - • - " HAIR'PREPARATIONi. We would' will trtleulnr attention tonnz tai sesortnent of TO EP-SETS einlanntig twenty different patterns, any of whit& ;,• • wapiti Make a Hauidaome Present:' . . . H' Control Drug Store, corner Otdo and Fodeng streets, In Market blouse, Allegheny. . , OD). a—Kt.a.' Ur 011. QVATIT/411(.415TXII'll Ormuz, • New AIMANY, Intl., netag INS. • • EALED. PROPOSALS, DUP I-. ClATE c t r iiill be reeelied'arthe didoe of Col. °ROSS, ty ter. Wr. General . at Pittsburgh,. Pea.a., am I Oclock -1%.,.T.1=DAY. the nth, day Of Jettnery; Igge, for furnishing, la good botts,, IDO,BB Wallets , ef., gOOd PITTSBURGH CORR, each, at Qat* sad New Orleant any time be.. tweak the dig above mentioned, all the £I.R.S7 . prop:Ag OF a to be for the Coal. ta.Boata,,withont . Pay for the boats. A bond with approved security, - „equal to onwibird the price of the coal lobe deliv ered; will be reyalred. - • Teo undersigned reierves the right to reject any,- or all the bids, for pronyr cause. JAMES llUt OK 1, - Jai Captain and A. Q. M.., _ - _ Op-PARTNERSHIP.—We have this day k / dEIV. %TAT ra +l3 &II C n ITSI Wa s . OPiiisuait.oll,lrtnuitry 31":11* ismivltnAstra,_Es.. Rimy. rummer. KisAlma, I • j.1 , 7,. - Pavirr, liChicaninoe. ' • • BAN - HERS and EXCIFANGE _II3sOmERS. • - No. WI, Butt Block, Fifth !Arent, I?UR.NITURE,"BEDDDIG, AUC •TIO,N.--On THTIRSDAY; SAM in. at Si o'clock, Tit Masonic Hall Auction House, a:Fifth' street, will be Sold Fine ahogany Bedstenth, Marble Top Wnalt •Sti M nd, Sewing Stands, Tables, Winds, Alattranen, Bed Comforts, Minicets, ear -51177 Fl"e4 T l ..r. IV: Br-Bemoan having Furniture or other House. held qmpds to dispose of, will plume spud them to nia6 , • jit WM. W. tHERRON, on orbefote Seoretai7 sniti Treisurer , "WAREtibtSEt9.II 6II TE. , . 110..2.15 LIBERTY STREET, . • - . - oppoetp the mouth of Sixth !street, nett house to the corner or Irvine street; petuided at prftent by .ldr. R. Bad. - For partlettlart in.:llllre of '• .. . . . . . jsinf . • .. ..-. : No. t63.l..therty street. EAD."----500 pigs for sale by j 1,4 - J.' B. OANTIELP 0 11, -- -25 ) bpi& refined Carbon Oil for ege lin4l ' - ` ?.'A 0 ANFIELD. T's AII 3BL ABll-40 casks for sate by jai , .7. 15.02MIELD .; 7 \ .1.330,0 m) 1.09.01) t. 10,0013 JOAN P, HO7l, Pablishet, if EIFTII.St., DIASOICIC HALL PRACTICAL PLVXBZRS. rirmvs, TEEING VALVES, 'V I 1 , :" P S Til ( ITV •7to-..1(•17..1 I.POBT _ad Comwn• l ( ~ .•11711 75r• IJ 'Of o it, Vl , O l iiboith: Nita —ln pretentioe Uhl .Inenni retiot . t. lilartret, required by yet' i'• It eft cS ate ploy.- tic to ...att. that the' ...tit, or the ;iv: year 1, •• ue It y ed I. eC ty tI. 10.1111 310 . ttlitiltUilll 6 11::.01 the h... el ter 1,1,0,1 1,t,tt,.. Ma olt.Vt 101:, 1.1114:: 1.1 . 1011 /1:1t htti licert ~.ttett, as well ilt the, prosatiL e, I,lllt ion of three mar it.rs; it will Lai ne,..,,ary rotor Mill(' 1,/ttC 01 . 1 1 ;0 pt., le 1,-rill: CWllitlOAltSl'.. 'the City 044 ill atltt,eribed to Lho enpital leek of Leitniu follows: tqt Td the O. r• - 4,vto shores , feit'W•im Pitts d.troorells 10.rio •• reat,trai •• 't ..Ory .0 satysit eel •• A Ilegheag t.it ley 0.000 • tit I t ltat iU •1 ; POLIO. p. 11,1e1.1. 11.4.1,1 nitigt tt ........... ta,itoeittiglatddn The coy :deo ma: thart , in the Pittstiurgli i I .te 110. All the-re dnela hod her,a ns.ignett by the to troller.. In 1-st, 91rt In January . . 11141, nil it/Esc itocits, eztrept the Pillt•telMit et SI e‘theur ♦iile. [OA thmen 10 toe Pittsburgh, Ft. Woyire it (1,1(1..1,1N-try 1 11.111 of the tool to the Ohio Is fiemen "Ole le, 6,1 •Wpou mleVeohl L . , the Dior- Or that,. under vahcelea loom. he.X.' • Court. mntistorou .hm lent •• • t •-•, The Truth:en tried to recovet there oioeks at tiled to dispose of t hap -rtooinol untold. I. oil their ettorts fatted. 1 „temotnlng t.llO were le•led wan Ittet .Inl b)ithe Marti.* ir The stile of She be the Trurteer, and they tweezer a e4nity suit In the C!I cult Court of the States, to test the t the Ades. In January i:6.1,, there were ;lid:melds in ti. (Iseult Court 0n.,11/0 Coupons of the Rollroo.' of itte,gga OS; Londe, let on.tittoolor,titglutllng Interest and On the.. judgtueuts mondani... ' executionslont been instkni. the funds in the Tress ury tied up for n }ear, anti the untotbern tif Coon. clls arraigned helot,. rho court on the charge of mint mitt in not payitigtlieJude-airntl or hot print tiding for • . ; Such were the circtunstaticee under . *Melt' the Controller and flanneettommitteeminursenceitthe cork ul compromise- At drat it seemed almost, hopelers. Although tilt attorneys here. generally, were. inclined to favor a gromproutise, or at least rot to shunt difficulties in tioN, way, yet the atter• ne)s nod agents In the Eastern cities, who had con. t' trot of thesejudgments, srere not dictated to. rotor ; e0:1111101111 , e It( crest to coennqnteate to their clients the terms hroptmeti by the Ml'. Met lte lieved they eould cunkvel payment L t! , the last watt a and at emit determined 1 a exact It. Beehle3, some of them Were luirtested In the ptirchose of the A railroad %lock, suit would hear to 00 propnsition of eoutpromise Hitt Aht not yield all rialto on the 1 part or the city or Llie ?trustee. to thooeativks. It ; 1.0•11111 e gesc.sary, [Left fore, In toter to rtecaucillah Anything, for 11;1 : t . trotrOlfri to swam. or conduito- 4 cote directly with, the parties holdirr: Bonds or ) judgment. Att., Wto were the . parties, and 1 where did 11.ty maids[ The records of the t cot= - did net them and the limitern .attor- ~, step. and agents wore to t. disposed to give the t , intormation.• The if rat step. therefore, mat to find ... 1 out these parties and try to snake terms withthenn. 3 lint the Controller. atot the Committer found this e ~,t work' of considerable instaittude. • Some Of them . 1 ;raided in Europe, and some jo nearly every StAte . 4 of Owl:Mon. Sonnet i ,-es on party held - the Hoods t and another the Coupons. Anti It. frequently hap- ; peeled that the convert" , belonging to different par- ‘'., ties were embreeed in it, Saraejialgment. '. • V. h i t Cue Contro:ler awl 17mm - sitter. were then w it h iug to Mal ow 1: e imrtim7 soil make terms with them, other suit.. were brought and farther t prneetallngs had t a row p.. 1 plimmt. Addnal I judgments were obtain. at the ally teem gild, to I the amount Of 041,250 fit and again at th e Moroni- 1 ter term ISM, and May term feet. until the number 1 of suits against the eity en coupons renelted 99, - and ! the nggregnte amount of judgments, interest' anti . . rosin ohm t 5r.7 7 .",•5m Cr. •.„ .. On the tint , t 1561 January the Cont roller bad --. lifted -ISO of the aid hands, and had arreqehients t hin more: Since then he ban n o ted . D tionde , -- aking-the total nuMber he 11115 nw li his prui le. sion And ea ncelled, In l. Tie Inns alto negotiated I the compromise of irt more -t-making In all, Olt That will leave only Del of the old bonds still out- Blending.. Of these I'M, perhaps . 200 r are held by persons unknown—most likely by persoas In Eii.. rope or lathe Southern States, for It LI know n [het quite n number of the bowl' were held by CH LVDS of Narylind - srul" Virginia b: Poem the war. Neatly all the judgments have also been eamora mitred on tire same !ems as the bonds. Many of ttiewjurigments have not yet peen satisfied on the record, because of the hbor anti dithoult les IttrOlT , etl tr..! tanking the necersary calculations, nountlng L and serf:fling the , coupons, awertairduCthe llamas or the different parties. But the units have been paid and the terms of compromise of all these judgments (with only a few exceptions) have 'been definitely nettled, lint it will take Sometime and require a- good deal of care and labor to' settle these fully. I here arc I.boo bonds, over 4A,000 eon. 'ports, and,SS suits In court. to he considered, beVider the semi-anneal interest for six'or elgtd:yend.l? After a year's struggle, mud. exhausting every • effort, the Finance Donunlttec lone I they could i not .succeed with the compromise without also • compromlnlng the equity suit In the Olrmlit Coen, • Involting_the•valtdby of the Marshal's 'salc.OE the r Stocks. That snit wen therefore compromised •Iby 7 yteldttie. the Mocks,. and securing terms whirl. . . night . 11 . ! n toter nulnTer of and In other 'l3 resnati 1;1 iti7. eumpromlhe' With Maths of the entire rallrosd debt el the city arranged, it 1. not likely there will be many more, Hasty, suits brought Against iheolty on this account, or that there will be any serious dtillcohl •• in arranging the balance. :n—STREET ASSESSMENTS. Prior to IfrO, all street improvements were paid for out of the general Hind raised by the city - Ur. from 1010 to lour, they were paid out of a special' - fund, raised by epeeist tax, tattled the ° Improve meat Tax's The legisistlOn of ISIVI latrodUsied a new system, charging the properties on each street with all future grading, and part= on It and with the oast of sewerolks.—But as a great m any of the II streets had been graded and pared at the common expense, it_woold be unjust torelleVe propiutteston' these streets from the °improvement tax,. and throw the UM& expense of new improvententsv7i upon the properties on the -unimproved streets, *hen they bad paid tlielrtaxeaforyearsto improve the other streets. Hence, the-Art of If May,1657, . which provided tor assessing ,upon the tToperties on the improved streete. the value of there/ail:A and paring of those streets. This wardens, • flied in the Prothesotatts office, In May, Ma. lt ettft.ared rill the properties on the Improved stroke of the city, and the assessments were pays ble In - five equal annual Instalments—the first one due July 1, Ugh All the propertied owned by eon whesever situated, were embraced In one assessment, underhlepame, but Indicatingthe amount assessed upon each preperty.l -The thin' her of persons thus encased was about The Sewer Act was psesed Appril 22,18 , and,the Ant sewer under it constructed to Colon Alley,jasikt. 1853., But that. Oct provided ne mode of 1111Ineup mammoth ImUchs on the properties. To enforce psymerits of those ouseasmente, sults were brought Defer! END Boon, O ne,Of the Aldermen 014110 city. In January 1059. That alley was also graded andl., paved et the Wage time. sot r sfatlla suits were brought for the issessments. Abletansq linen died is few day-softer these snits were ouditaded. +Bowe I of the parties paid to - him before. hit daland f some paid to those. rho had his docket. , era those chitunstances, end of thosu elatme ere .The sewer low amended by the . Aldo! Feb. 10, PM, authorizing liens to be Med lathe District Court. Chem alley. sewer WAS constructed In I Me and the assessments filed up as Hens in; the Plothnnetary'tem• Ttite new system led to a vaseamount of litiga tion; partly because it was not generally ender . stood, and partly in consequence of 4.ke vary im perfect character of the Acts es Assembly. • =lf; j er t e c auTrit m at ut tbles= were fatal defects in the pow-nein% To enforce. l' a irrl em w b e i' re tb :l4 e rV i s igir..4fi c ued s ts v nrs e u and November Terms, to:,o, and HI to tho January Tenn, len. Many of Hose parties subsequently larit e 4 , ll: full amounts of their assessments to the urer,but the costs on the writs were not - paid. Wh the books were placed In my Windt forced. g lectlon, April 1, lag; the ntunberreinalallignimald ,of the general grading mutilating assessments.was 796; and of 'ewer and other more recent street sts..l sessments, 77. I eatmed.personal notice be acv ved upon all the parties. externs possible. the claims wereltft for collection, and I delay .1Pso• leg sag new writs until some of the olds • 4 - been passed upon by the Supreme Court, an • t, dtd In favor of the city.- 17/st was done In t of IBMs. Notices of these desislosts were publ - Make city papers and the parties again wimaed R`Seef.fl,nditi nin t an'..l.7%ll% , lll:".s`Zhr sued. 312 writs to the April Tart; embracitu • the unpaid auesaments. Most of these weed before judgm=t, but In sotne, executions h. 3 tuned.. However, there were but few odes all of these, wan three or four exenpU properties were bought In for the benciltg. parties interested. The costs on the old writs, In all these esses,J endeavored to collect. Butin - stances the partite rbfused to pay thein.eltrygo Rases they had paid all that was dub at thestime a. snits were matted, and in others, the'hOsti Deo or three times no ranch ac the limount araeiretnent due. collected, hOlgever, the ti eases, besides whotiwits ppfd le thefibmiHn° costs in the cases where the whole amount tkJ ii,,,maamants was paid to the'rreSSlUme resale our paid. The whole number of suits wullll3:„Thare remain Mtn which the costa ere not paid, nod the costs would avers - (lncluding 13,00 attoresl Do) • about WWI In nth ease. To collect thearrestsiq . even if It Were practicable, by executiDoOlitoultre subject the patties to additional oasts of 4,W0 or • three times that amount. In view of all the Pots in the case, perhaps It wCalid.ho heiteiterAhO oily to 114910 them. • • Delius the last two ye an foollehed histpaid over on theist assessments as fellows, slat , Paid to City TM/larder On general grad:" Hag and paving assessments p.fie,flkffr Paid to City Treasurer, sewer atud,other • 'TOW pal& greasuret:... .. .::11310. 1 ‘ 10 Paid Prothonotsiry.losto -NlaLea .Collectett ► od paid to contractors °a side; " ttolikt,tkod to Itn..ltoo, damages on., tho;rl4ll2g. of yrasttlngtoo NtSS.os . . 'Total 1:3 011 , 10846 • t All the general gradlisit• and paving sate/wheats. are now settled, encept MI. 01 those, 21 are eases where the city ,should release, being. on 4lns prop-, .trues of engine companite, or.on'streete where se work had been done by the city, or where there are evident mistakes ;SS arc wises which may be eon , sidered lost; it ate pending in court on questions of law taltml-by•aflidnvlts of defenlc ii ILO In the • remainlnglit eases, the tmountt - nmy be collected. • The total amount of the. =Paid ""calme . t i to t 1116,..al Co: The netentment agninat the United States • wag *MS CO, and. agninet the tonal of Allegheny 81.1W5 to; The court* decided' hattkese cutildnot bek liedticting theseObe manna unpaid , 'Would be 440 -1 4 6a, and is 0 1 . 1 ded = O 4 the dame above mentioned as followe:: ; • • Oases to be releosed • 1 Ern 19 So •," Lost In court Cr. afildamts •In - 1 139 ,83 11 Tt May yet be collected; •• • " • 933'87 I hare Made out," to necampany.thle elgifte statemeet of: all the unpaid cases af[every with the thrum stances Of each cure;, ableallot o the writs of ref fd, to width the mate artroot sold. In. same of the rases to the. April terowillat,ltie costa must be paid. by the Theban M of them yet ansettle4--embrtteleg the cases bike sae "court 013 affidavits some of the lost caties thatwillyet-bepohi. .- „aM a sag • The application fOr an leititlefett CO - TilltYlllll2 the • P 113041 D. B. Co. from eonstreet. Its - peepOsed "Branch,” through the city, to eennecr sea the Pittsburgh er. Steubenville R.IL on the South side I of the hloneogebela,[w°4 arguestrarthr, District Court, and the laiutiction refused. In obedience to the instructions of Connell!, Co finest wan taken [to the - Supreme %Court, TheLdeet&net the Dl" Wet Court was .given too inte'tO hftrellie Ca l e prepared and argued at the Dabber ancrNotembet Term of the :Supremo Court. , at , we, called nOr" however, but the Court defected the ort'utilent *PA' ' fixed the heat Monday of rebruanenexWat Yidla [ delphie, for the hearing-- '• • ;YOUNG Ificif - WilCr IVIBIUSI TD • perfect him elf in•theraglighLanguage want of °Professor . to taktpriViste rev dress yey., j . o. Box 14, Plttel,7 I 'if
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