, regniee d outemanded by theettenetilated areeutinecees.ary e and efretpentlye'othele. authorities: " . . ' , thing; ere excluded which the law pose ; Tae Auteuil . coielition of eiffeire iir Lu ! tieele - requires. This evil should be re z-•rne county during' the tuOttlid of Apr,l : media; and I can suggest no better way and ]lay hist, demonstrate the necessity) of doing itetlian fur. the Secretary of the, for and eflicitnecy ofithose velum - ary mil- . ) tionnumwealtli or .titre Attorney General itary organizations. rof a full - aceeinti to-pieepereond distribide suclra form:of of these disturbances of- the ,peece, end', proclamation is the taw prescribes. , the Operations of. the %Atm teem . ordered :' . RAILROAD COSIOIIDATION. '-" inter service, you kirZereferred to the report I O r f at ri t tl y lrLiads com an a l q 'rai uite l- 1 ot Major 'General.' EiWin S. _Osborne, s e,,,, t e l t e etr °ll 3 B° tr l i j o a s igkm hito commanding the Ninth 'division of, the tr " o " in “ mon, and tlie interests involved arei National Guard, Which well be found in 'very great. The laws heretefore ereeted e , the ,relicuet., .01,the e Adjutaut.. Gener- leal. nitearizing . title - to La dune;6 re li - requi Fromthis'docnneeileand other facts daily.' Met the articles of merger shall' be filed cogintlipeltt . edlo inedpringthe.existence braee ofliee of the Secretary of State, but of the F;Crantou troubles, it is evident, confer , no , authority - for recording. in that our citizen. moldiery cannot V ' e t°° _. .view of the nia,guitude of these interests, highly eateemetiler e theiteervices on Luau f recommend. that authoeity lee given to, occasion; and their usefulness • is , demon; the geeerda,,,, to record , e . m 5„„,,,,, seeks, stetted should similar, or any other civil le v a '" rt r cioe li a ,,,,, o ' n 'i a "" o r o . 3 "l 3oi r t " ti : . disturbances, her After occur. ' tiou and merger Vretefore filed, and, ull But fee 'Alm .eirompt, appearance and , National , ..tha , t vu m sc a! !termite , retie peeseneed . for that judiCieMs :raanagentente et the. Guard on the oceasfun *male riots, oat , v"' of Mer mist proeperetts cities might have cavrr° 4 AN V 1 c'evt ' T° .l : 6l2o' nps . • , , _ been reduced to ashes, millions of proper- A suitable-place 13 desirable for the , ty destreyed, Many valuable. lives sacri- proper ethibittoti of the-painting of the fl - and genies - of general . ruin and de- i Battle ofkiettysberg, tind s , the . - flags now eel; ristateen produced., '‘ , ' • - I stowed away ire the office of the State His-- By act of, the - Legislation provision was torian. Few .persona 'visit •Harrisbnrg - Made for the expenms necessary for. the who are nottlesirousorvieWing, not only suppression _of the disturbances in • Lu- the painting; bnetlie worn , and 'tattered zerue county. They amounted to thirty colors carried ' triumpher:fly s :weer • Men" seven : thousand eight hundred and sixty- battle-flelde, by Oar brave soldiers during - seven dollars and-thirty-six cents. The the recent war. •These should as not be hid , varieus itemeecooprisiug this sum, prop: den from public 'lnspection •as so much. _ erly audited, and paid by the. State Treas. useless and - condemned rubbish.--The urer, will be fotipd in: detail in the report, rooms in the Capitol used by the State of the Adjutant General historian and the Board of Charities, The history Zr .the volunteers in the . .would, eonjointy, answer the purpose in. I tato war is completed and ready for die- fficated, and but small expense need be' tribution. It einbrice.s five royal, octavo itienrred - to lint them in proper Order. volumes, and bearseevidence of being a The Legislature has Tregnently bad work of much labor and research; Ac- 'under consideration the propreity of pun corapanving thee you will receive the final chasing a small piece of land atthe east :alma of Historian. , corner o,f the Capitol - grounds, necessary . mans or ERROR IN ea:Nit:see cetees. complete the Reece -I recomniend that further efforts be made to secure the At the session of 1870, the Legislature object indited, and that the iron fence passed au act, emitted ""Ali Act to allow the grounds be completed. • ' writs of error in cases of murder and' enclosin g , , • .. CODIFIc'AT . I . O.I.I o .. P . .TRE E . A 15.9. :. , vOianiSTY manslaughter," the first section , of which prevides that a Writ of error In my lait anneal message .. .thee ; feyorae " shall be of•right, and may be sued, out ble - consideratien Of the Legislature ;vas upon the oath of- the defendant or de- invited to the revised civil .code; but no fondants; min civil 'eases." - The second action was taken;on it other than the ap e section makes itiire deter of the judges of •pointteent of ',a - joint committee of the the Supreme Court, in all each cases, to two Houses to examine it-and make re review . both the-taw -end the evidence. pert at the present session. . -The corn- The importance of this subject, and i the inwsionera informed me that, in the inter neglect of the Legislature to act upoirit , val of time, they have ibgrafted into the in response to the request in as last an, code so much of the• legislation •of last anal message, makes it incumbent upon winter as was necessary to harmonize the Me to repeat my recommendation . Before whole, and have also made some correc thia-inactment the leer required the de- tions oftheir earlier work, and_ that their fondant to: allege that some error had production is now. in the .bands of the been committedeby, the court on the trial, Joint committee. and teatime canto, within thirty dare, why , COAL : AIME& the writ of error, shcned be - granted; but , During the session of 1870 the Legisla this law gives a *rite , esinither any „error fete passed" 'a la, "providing for the is afteder not, and allow 4 the defendant healtlinfid safety, of persons employed in seven years in whiCh to issueit, according 'coal mines," which has been productive of • to ihsPrfielio in Ova tames. . 'Heretofore. beneficial. results. Yet there are deft- , the Executive did ordinary issue the cioncies to be supplied in order to fully warrant for execution of -any criminal Accomplish the desired objects. In a pre-, until "etheexpiration of the thirty days sinus message I .endeavored to make it within which he-was-, permitted to apply appear that no extensive coal mine could for his writ of error. • That limitation of besafo without more than one outlet,and thirty days:being pow - virtnally repealed; and not even then unless, secured by in and seven years substituted therefor, it is combustible material. .The recommends expected the warrant - shall be withheld .tion that at leait two openings should be for the sevenyears? If not, when may it required has been incorporated in the law, properly issue? And if issued •at any but that, regarding the use of wood in time within the seven years; may not the their construction wag nuliereled. It is criminal sunerrle it at any time be, comparatively, of little importance how pleales by his wof error. . And may it. many means of exit there may be if these not be nmsonably expected that this will are chokedup with the flames and smoke be the practical itsalt in many cases? of burning timbers. This yea . &mon- This would seem like trifling with very strata Its September last in the terrible serious matters; and • I respettfally sub- • calamity at Pittston, which followed so mit whether the net iliould not be reel- socm sifter that of ATondate, and wen less ed, or very materially modified, without horrible only because leas extensive, by delay. In my message of 10th February, which the !Free ief eighteen miners were 1870, returning the bell with are olejec- sacrificed, and which, with the proper Pre tions, I gave sundryreasous why ft should„caution =most fife, might probably have not be appreved, - and the views therein been saved expressed mutate michenged; and the.. , A still more recent casualty • suggests Supreme Court . orthe State, in the another amendment to the ; actreferred to. Shooppe case, expresses its opinion of this By the reprehensible practce of robbing enactment, as follows :• . . the supporting columns, theroofs of the "It is not improper before closing to say a few words in reference to the ' act of mines, the . overlaying surferes of • which ,1870, to draw attention to some of its de- aro in some mama covered with houses, sinking into the vaimum; causing the de fects, and to the radical change in our structioli of many thousands of dollars criminal jurispendence it wilipeceluce. wag passed forthicase, hot owing to de - wor a' property, as at Scranton, Hyde Governor's Veto it Cal3lo WO late.. It is - Par t' and - Wilketiarre. It should, there fore, be made unlawful to remove the coal another evidence that laws which are the supporters withoutsupp yingthin p 1 • lace otr ffspring of feclitie are. seldom wisely with others of substantial masonry, or ed. It con:minds this 'court to re view the evidence, and to determine something mule 'gent. . whether the ingredients to constitute Thoreports of Inspectors of Mince fur murder in the firstelegree were proved to wish much' statistical information and . exist; and vet in forgetfulness of the other valuable and interesting matter, ex former law, it provides no means to take,' hibiting their usefulness .and vindicating eireservo anti bring up the evidence. ,the propriety of their appointment. _ This, the.firat ettempt to act, wider it, ' , e eI:WPM...SODi' VACOLSATION., - , proves its inefficiency, the - judge below _ Theetnnall-pox bat, : during the trait returning to our certiorari that be was year made its appearance in -the cities and not able to make the return of the era-. 1 populous districts of the State. ,In Jelly' dome. lie is not bound by,law to take-last it assumed an epidemic character, the testimony or to certify to it. A bill.; snd its ravages still continue. During of exceptions brings up only so much of the last six months, in Philadelphia alone, .theeevidenee as ma ho required to ex - over eight thousandcases Were reported, Vain the point of taw contained. in the of which eighteen hundred and reventy- L'ill- - • ' -• A •• ~ nine proved fatal. On this point the Port, "rho effect of ,this law s.-ems not to I Physician and the Health Of of that rave excited attention. It his changed . I city, in their 'report of December 11th, ; the whole doctrine of the criminal law as 1 Eays - "itis a deplorable shame that ten to the - s Peed and eataintY afilllnislitnenis hunetred" and eighteen lives (the .number and left to the felon 'both - the hope.and a I reported 'up to that date) have been &seri . door of escape, not offiy from the law's ' eced this year, Which could and-.should .delay, but by prison breach, and all the bave,been preserved by,the known means '.'various meansof avoiding retributive jus- of prevention." - From this statement it ~ties. :At,, this- 'inoment, - two apes occur appears that more than one.per- cent. :of to m memory Of Convictioes,of. mantel) tfi c population of that - city was smitten be 4llegheny county, 'delayed, ,by dilatoryl with theitifection, and,that the mortality. , ,motions, where-the prison doom opened. exceed e d twenty-three per %%tot the cases :beimeknown means, zulthe „ prieeness es - reported. The epidemteprecid wide -taped forever. Aby.mtirderer may, tinder, ly-ovelthe . State, afild*etee*t borhoods .this law—though like Probst he may hove bare greatly iniff • cleefteeere. :-•- • -' =ordered a .whole fatally—tithe out his , The cause evidettiimalse . our. writ of error, without -limitation of time- selves, and it becomekenhiibiltottalllt 'se or condition, whether in raison antler means to arrest pro t eentence, or stepping ettiorithetrep of the e eee jc„eaktion as , em - eeee - ese e s •galloweortth cause, or without it, and against its recerr e n "L c ", Te e re i ette suspend his case until the next term of subject, e bet it is one whiceilkelbeepefeeiV. the Supreme Court: No one could con demn him, Hate death warrant not pre- sects the welfare of our cifizengillse general interests of the State anCl‘i iest venting, he should Veit till the term of comes my duty to speak frankly Vift:', {: the Supreme Court be passed, and then • the point. And it is also one in sett ' t • take oat his Writ of error to delay the ex- every member of the General Assembly* motion-of his sentence for a whole year. n illy concerned. Eminent medicate That only severity to the public , ' the ex- men unhesitatin ely declare that thoneanthil ambulation of the eine and alloivance of i of lives have been eacrir for want of the writ for mum. irrepeelnill' • 1 - proper &in , itarg. laws bete are none PROCLANATIOM Rik .I,teettoel.e. - ' such in the . tate ;find' if they am not , Complaints 'have been Made to the Of speedily enacted a weighty responsibility sr want of uniformity in the sheriff's pro = e wittiest upon Whom the ditty detolves. - . danaticollBforelections,to which I deene it , I quote from-a ircent work of Dr. P. 11. important to-invite your attention'. Therei Chevasse, an eminent 'Engel) sturgeon, are Bunchy total . Las, on the - embjeet of i tend Dr. F. IL Getchell,lecterel,4efferson elections,_ to which the local airoctem' a.-' -1 Medical College, the folleivingew _. • aph. . tione. must neteetwily conform: , 'hie * O SM - ell-pox is a pest. it ra itcirse than election , lave me . generally uniforne; . toule thelfapene for if-not kept in „eithjectiort no are good - reasons Wiry tilt' thsiii lit is mote gefiera . l -. .-- . -epenng weitherioteng , lead:- erne sheriffs' proclammumeabotdd levor"ohl, Nth torpooteandebininits great -net' also be iir.iform. For many eyeanti ee meagre, then the plague evelrdide- - - . &et reely env. two proclamatiotis have been ISmall-pox' ka. diegratte to' Any' ciiiiiied neit t e e end - they ,seeni, io many instences ' land, as there is no iietestitifer .ifs, SiteS-, to have been &Toed With mom regent,' emcee. .If vaccination Were freq.lesithi and to supposed partisan: advanta,ps" thee to properly performed, small-Pex Volk( be aco ugh:ince with the, plane requirententelunknewn. Cow-poi is a weapon to_ con eelaw. "eleriy etines wale:eluded which - goer small-pox, and drive it teorniniens. tam !ha field. ~Dty firmtlienjs that if every ;person were,. eVery seven years, duly and properly vaccinotea, small pox might be 'utterly exterminated. Bat as long as there ire such lax Lotions on the subject, and - inch gross negligence, the disease Will always be raaipaut ; fur the 'poison of small-pox never 'slumbers nor sleeps, but requires the utmost dill pace to eradicate. it: The gNatDr. ,Jen nes, the discoverer of cow-pox as a pre ventive for smallpox, strongly advocated the absolute necessity of every person be itigVactinrited-dnee every :seven years or oftener, if there was an epidenlic of small pox in the neigborhood" These eminent physicians also aver that - very few fatal I cases are recorded asoccurriug after vac ! ciliation, and some of them might bp traced lo the vaccination not 'having ta.- ken effect. They. moreover say that per sonittaiho take smallpoxaftervaceination are seldom pitted" and the disease assumes a comparatively mild form. till° neces sity, therefore, for, a .compulsory vaccina tion law and its utility is also demonstrat ed:bfainanswerable statistica, contained in the report of the Port physician,: here-, with .submitted,...and to which you are I Most respectfully,' referred. STATE-SO.lth) OP 11E4111 . . Many eminent Medical and other ECi entitle gentlemen have suggested that the Organization of a State Board of Health, under the auspicies of the Legislatuee, Would be greatly,'condneive to the genenif welfare of the people of the Common wealth. After mature deliberation I thor onghly: accord in this opinion. Local boards of health may answer, the purpose for which they are established; but their fields of operation are limited, and they cannot accomplish the objects contem plated by the appointment of a general State Board. The prevaletiCe of yeller: fever informer years, which spread beyond the boundaries assigned to the Philadel phia Board; the devastation,prodnced by the small-por during the past year ; the fact that the Asiatic -cholera is steadily marching over its old track to our very doors; and the !many other influences which coastantly.threaten the health of onrcitizeus, seem imperatively to demand ilio.tmation of as efficient a sanitary in- T.stitutitin as legislative wisdom. can possi lily devise. The Board could be formed somewhat similar to Publie Charities.— The expense of the State4ietkl be no great er, while the benefits to be derived are in calculable. The head of the:Board should be a physician of undmibted respectabili ty in regard to every necessary acquire ment, and large experience in the prac tice of his profession, while the Board might consist of five or more medical men, resident inNlifferent parts of the State, who would perform the duties, if nut gratuitousl: , , at least atla very mode rate cost The general objects should bo clearly specified and defined; and each member should 'exercise a Careful super vision over the einitary condition of the district of the State to which he might be atsigned. The' appointment of such a Board Cannot result otherwise than in great sanitary reforms. ; REMOVAL OF Tut QrXRAsrLNE. The propriety of removibg the Quaran tine station has foralong,. time been a mooted - question. Popular opinion de cidedly favors change, and in a few years it will be an imperative necessity. The existing Tiizaretto Was established nearly' a centnry ago in a ;sparely popu lated district. ,Since then its neglibor hood has becoMe thickly settled, and many dwellings - and. townsarc springing up in its 'immediate vicinity. The rapid vowth of the city of Cester. and its 'being made a port or entry,will neeessi. tate the'removal. BesideiCthere are cit ies ,and villages of considerable size 11r below the Quarantine station, on both sides of the ricer, which should receive the protection now only inadequately af forded-to Philadelphia. It should be lo cated at the mouth of thd, Delaware river, or upon the bay, if a proper situation for the erection ,of the necessary buildings can be obtained. No argument, is necessary to show that quarantine, to be effective, should be a:3 far remote fropi thickly . populated dis tricts as possible, and hence the necessity for the change suggested 4 To effect this change the co-operation of the States of -De!award and New Jer sey is desirable and important, in order that.a joint Quarantine for the proteCtion of the-three contiguous States may be es tablished. I recommend that two. COM missiois be appointed to correspond with similar comthissions of the other States named, for -the purpose, of successfully:lc coMplishing this greatlyZesired object. TILE POWDEII MAGAZINE.; The tumoral of the powder magazine in Philadelphia, from its present location is a subject demanding prompt attention. It is nearly contiguous to the city gas works, coal oil refineries; the new League Island nail , yard, mauy manufacturing establishments and dwelling houses; and consequently" an explosion of the ptnriler in the ma..erazine might result in great loss of life and destraction if property. The magazine should ; e in some more Isolated district. , PUBLIC CHALLITILS. You will, in dne time, receive a fall re port orthe traustictiona of the Board of Public. Charities dnrint the - past year.— The usefulnestof the board will be shown' by the facts to be presented. Several sag gestiona as to improventent of its organi zation and management will be made in the report, to which year attention is . in vited.- Its importance ;o the cause othri- Inanity and the intrests of the 'Cemrnon 'wealth iagenerally acknowledged. • ItE3IOIILI4 ‘ During the last few years it has been $ y melancholy duty to chronicle the death •, , i a nnmber of eminent citizens, who had .r heretofore been, or were at the time ~-, , 4.ted officially with the Common • ~ ~ nd at the presirnt time I would v. ,4 30 ‘:• .to my ownifcelings, were Ito. -'; =';4o ;',.fi.=•:ea th; fact,' that three noble 'St, rt . :=4lo,6ens of Pen usylliauia, whom , • *. •• =- : ":lately honored .with their 1 ...„ ~. = ', - " j finfilerminateitheir earthly el 'd f. '' 114-ilii*Po l ' l 96l , er"; , 'M - 1: It 7.,; e' r' s ..I_.will.,;' l lstei*potdAhe State '= $ ==.• $. , . -: s4l4l4,l=rial district, 4. - $ lei. ' .. = , = Aritlac=', v ial of Octobe --;-"',.. . f -- -. . . A brief tribute' c• - $ • ;',== ': ' •,: - • • ex cellencies is $ =';= .„ • ==, :44,_/1 . =',l .$ A 41*, lie servant. Du - ~. ,:, - i -, ' L W' , '. * Of his life he was enga„=,:. 'VP, ~`,:;.., _:,:.; 14 , , , of in real f 3 , '.l' ;;;;,r,„ . .s'- ' ' W, and jubsequently, fro = = ,',, ' • „,, =" • $ of turelre years, was a men '.`"=:' 4. ~ .;:fl = • '. :tate Senate, during SerenSti—= $$ ii . .„4liich time he was chairman. $ll-4,143.4ittee du Finarice. Ho Was tt et totff st - ,,, - ver, eauwitli th'e financial 4 ,4* tate, a* cloilitent, rind CoUrfecOs • -,, , -/' 4 . wise ebiteserot. nail Au - able ' n,...— lie olio elected Gy'oinaj. , ?' 'of, rten, .._. ..-k- ,- • thousand'-vetes in -October hist to his fifth term. His death leaves a vacancy in the t Senate, and will canse - a void in the polit ical and steial circles of the State that will not easily be tilled. faithful and valuable services will long' be rentembenid. Hon. David Stanton, Auditor. General elect, departed this life' under. - distressing circumstances, at New 'Brighton, Beaver county, on the fifth ornvember last, aged forty-two years. He was a physician, having graduated at tho'Cleveland Medi cal College, and at the University of Penn syliania. During Hie late war be . professionally engaged in several brine-h -es of the army, viz: Surgeon ,of the First Pennsylvania Cavalty, burgeon •of the United States Vol un teers.l3uperintendent of 'Hospitals, Medical . Director of the northern department, and at the close of the war Was brevetted Lieni.enant Golonel and Colonel. Ho continued actively. en gaged in his profession until the time of .his death. He was a scholarly, refined and thorough gentleman;', kind in his deportment and eminently skilled in his profession. His departuro is the More deeply latnented as' lie• had just become the.people's choice fOr 'another and more extended field of honor and usefulness. J. W. Dickerson, Esq.; of Bedford; de parted this life - on the 26th December last. 110 had distiognislied himself' . as successful teacherof onrcoMmon schools, and as County Superintendent. iVithiu .the l:st few years he attuned law,. and was admitted to the bar. He was a ,younk man of ability and much promise of, fu tura usefulness, ,and' was. elected, - last October, a membeil,of the House of Rep resentatives from the district composed "of the counties of Bedford and Fulton: PARDONS Among the most embarnming and: re sponsible duties, required of the- Execu tive is the exercise o 4 the pardoning pow er. There is scarcely a petition for par don made, upon wind) strong conflicting interests and opinions are -not brought CO bear, all of which Must receive close and unprejudiced scrutiny in order that men.' cy and justice msy alike be satisfied. This demands much time 'and no small amount of patience. The pleadings -of relatives, friends and humanitarians must be heard and duly considered on the one hand, and on the other the action and de-. vision of the courts, and in many cases the earnest protests of either sincere or malicious prosecutors. And after his de cision is fairly given in favor of an unfor :tenate convict, the Executive must, in al mcst every case, be prepared to encounter acrimonious criticism from':parties who have never given the subject one moment's consideration. -During the past year - titer applicationa for pardons numbered one. thouaaud and twenty three. Of these, sixty were gran ted, less than six per cent. of the entire• number, being about ono .to'l every' sixty thousand inhabitants of the State, and far below the average in any State, in to the population in which com mittees are appointed to, exercise this power. Accompanying this message will •be fuund a pardon report, in conformity with a plan adopted the first year of my ad ministration. Theo reports are made for the purpose of showing that no secrecy adheres to the exercise of the prerogative in question, and to inform the Legislature and the people, every. one of whom has an interest in the subject, what reasons have been adduced for the liberation of persons convicted of crime, and what personal in fluences have been employed .for the ac complishment of that °hied. COIL) UTATIONS OP 131PHI8O'SMENT. The act approved 31421, 1130U,autilor- . izing cozen:in:J=oons upon the terms of prisoners convicted of crime, has produced a decidedly salutary effect. The:disciplihe of the prisons is reported as beinggreatly improver by the voluntary good conduct of all desirous of availing themselves of the merciful provisions of the law ; and reformatory influences have been manifest in many eases by the good behavior of those who have been the fortunate reciii ieuts of its benefits. The improved habits of prisoners during their confinement have gone with them intoprivate life, and the wisdom of the Legislature in passing the law has thus been signally , confirmed. In accordance with the act referred . to, commendable conduct on the part of a prisoner, such as will merit and receive a favorable certificate from the warden of a piison, with the approval of its beard of inspectors, secures the following deduc tions from the terms of sentence, vii:,. "One month on each of the first two years; two months on each succeeding year to the fifth year; three months on each following year to the tenth; and Tour months on each retuMning year of the term of sentence." The number of convicts directed to be, discharged, under this act, before- their terms of sentence had expired, from the State penitentiaries and county prisons, during the past year, amounts to fivehtin dred and fifty-three, and iPis a gratifying fact that thus far I have not beard of any one of them returning to habits of crime. GENEB,AL BEIIARK3. Herewith is submitted -a communica tion trom the President of the United States, in regard to the -twenty-seventh article of the treaty concluded in Wash ington on the eighth day 'of May last, be tween the United States and Great Brit ain. It relates to the navigation of the lakes, rivers and canals along the north ern, boundarieriof the United States,- To which, and the accompanying copy of the -treaty, your attention. is invited. In accordance with an existing - law, the banks io the Corrimonwealth are required at stated, periods • to .publish • a correct Statement of their business -transactions and financial condition. A law similar in all respects shonld•be passed in regard to all saving fund institutions. A re-survey of the geolosical and min emlogical resources of the State has on several former occasions been recommend ed. The, subject is again commended ' to your consideration. The report of CoL James Worrell, Fish Commiseroper, will-be-laid before. you; from whioh it will be seeb that although !'the work assigned • him-' progressing slowly, it is surely accomplishing the de aired results; • • - • In previous Messages legislative atteri tiourima been called to sundry subjects'', upon which no, action- has been, taken. Among the most important of these are the creation of an inenninee department, the protection and multiplication of:oiw fisheries, and the establishment -of a brit , man - oftptatistics: regard, to the : latter, it is important that' the resources of the State should , - be more thoroughly ascertained and, understood than they are at present. The extent and. value of our ail, silt; coat and iron fields ate Unkno,Pn, and there is no /Viable info/oration.tolb obtained fiOni any one isottrix — ) ittmearfling the amount of theiso great-041er, and the `value '"Of - Their -- sandal Production, The same may ie said of all our produc tions, whether they result from mining, manufactures 'agriculture or commerce: There should also be recorded in this pia 'posed burettirill such facts and . . statistics as are accessible, concerning the condi tion, wages and treatment. of all classes of our working people. „Facts ,on all these and other subjects relative to the business and productions of the State should bo collected and properly recorded by an officer appointed for that purpose, and who would not only keep. them easily accessible to all'persons desirous of using them, but publish them annually for gen eral information. 'The expense of such bureau woidd be insignificant when cent; pared with the advantagea•to he derived . therefroin.' The obnoxiaruldoatrine Of frce-trade is again raising its hydra head with a view to destroy, as far as,possible, some of the most important interests of the State and nation; but it is hoped and - expected that, our Senators and Ilepresentatives in.Con greet' will inteipose.in solid phalanx: be tween its advocates and the accomplish ment of their designs. opinione,„ heretofore so fully mid freely expressed in relation to' tariff pro tective of our products andpianufactures, and espeeially upon salt, coal, iron: andl steel, remain not only unchanged but are greatly strengthened by reflection' and observation. Any attempt to reduce the protection now afforded cannot but-be re-1 'garded as an effort to benefit foreign in terests at the expense of our Home In dnstriee, anti to place our toilers on a par with the ill-paid labor of foreign' coun tries, which musk eventuate 'in- the de; struction of. the very influences which have, since the war, made us, so prosper ous a people, and laid the foundation of such great 'individual and national wealth. The-available teachings of ex;.' perience on this important subject should not-be heeded,nnd legislation on it should' be for the welfare of the people- and - the nation. It should unhesitatingly protect American labor, maintain its 'compensa tion, hold out inducements to capitdlists for investment, give ibe producer a home market, and afford the amplest opportu- - nity for the development of the unbound ed reaonrcee.of the country, and not for the beuelit of 'those who are industriously endeavoring to Inre our capitalists to fri nanciul ruin, and bring about the impov erishment of our mechanics,and citizens who are now prosperously engaged in all branches of trade and industry. An ".International Congress on the Preventation and_ Repression of Crime, llncluding Belied and Reformatary 'Treat ment," has ben appointed to be held in London, on the 3d of July, 1872. By res olution of Copgress,'E. C. Wines, LI,. D., has been chosen Commissoner of the United Statei. The philanthioPie ob jects and .heiieflts contemplated are, too numerous to be here set forth. The ac companying documents will furnish all necessary information. • 'Cominissioners , from nearly every civilized nation are ex - - pected to be preslmt, and a number of our own States will, doubtless, be repsesented. It is suggested, very properly, that the Legislature of .Pennsylvaniaanthorize the appointment of one or more commission- , ern to represent the State in this impor tant Congress. • , Upon alluational question/1 'the views then entertained apd advanced in:my last annual message remain nnclian,ged. this account,. together with the belief that Congress will soon dispose of the subjects then discussed. and others that have since been brought prominently before the public, I deeps it unnecessary to occupy your time with any especial remarks on the affairs of the nation. I concluderwith a sincere and earnest, desire that your session may be,charac terized by universal kindness an gene rosity, while on my part I will be pleased to give - a cordial - conctirrence in -every measure calculated to advance the.:inter; eats of our common constituents and the general prosperity of the Commonwealth. , Joins W A GEAIit • Executive 'Chamber, Jan, 3,1871: ighe potion @mount. 3.. 3t morilmitosts. PAI2II,A I {YSDIIHBUAY • . idNVAI3Y , IO • 18?9. fdr"Governor Geary, has...thtt-Jnajor part of our paper thii week:in : Pie publi cation of his Message in full. dthas one thing to commend it—the rabid' portion of the Radical press do•not like it. We hope all our readers will peruke itcareful ly, and judge fir theinselve& ' Every ip dividual in the State should take. a_yer sonal interest in his State as well as Na tional government. • FISK'S FINALE! HE IS,NiILiEI IIY AN -ASSASSIN The Murderer Arrested on the Sped NEW Yonn, Jan. 6,1872. Jim Fisk, wis shot • by Edward' Stokes, at' the Grand Central llotel, . at' - 4:20, P;3l to-day. The; following, are the dream stances: At 4:30 P. sr., a carriage stopp ed at the entrance of the Grand Central Mote!, containing Fisk: anda oempanion. The-former alighted - and entered the hotel' for the purpose of. proCeeding to his room; and as he asended .the :first step, Stokes came out of an , adjoining passage-lay; mid unperceived by Fisk, unbuttoned his coat, drew aresolver, and mildly : discharg-. ed. tbree,shOMat Fisk. The first lodged in -Fisk's shoulder, the second whistled by his : bead, and the third, with more fatal direction, struCk him in the abdomen, ; . in flicting a Mortal : wound. • Fisk it ante sta g gered and 'fell, while Stokes, casting a look of hatred On his prostrati form, said in a - savage tenet "I have done for the's--fi of ,a b—h this: time. 7 Fisk 'evidently re- cognized his asiailant before falling, lust made no ImMediately after the I shots were flied, the hotel employes' rush. ed to the soeni.„ and while mutt cared •for the worinded man, others seized :Stokes, who, racing ,th eicape was , impassible t made; no resistance,- and- was promptly banded over' , ta ,the police 4 Fisk *43 quietly Coriveyd tolls foal* Oiler° 'tile ilatfie o W.okite hotel was send ritterida, ecnee 316111E110v telefittlkii piesiges werl, sent for Audio:1)&04 aid Mid for the friends of. Flak. %lie scale at the hot - el after the shooting was ono of extraordinary excitement, The; crawas coniors the various theatrical mail •n*, bearing of the affair, thronged the coividois• Of- the' hotel, eagerly discussing ,the evcl4 and Making inquiriesabout the partienlaM ok tins outrage. • The &Beers Who arrested. Stokes took him to •the Fifteenth precinct station house; where he is now lodged—in s-tall. Stokes, on being taken to the station-house, was in terrogatad on the snivject of the shooting', but; on advice of 'counsel; refused to snake any statement, W ood notl - White,. aro in attelidanco - oraitik. ' • Nvs,youx, - ,Tanbary 7.--4amas - Fisk, Jr., died at 10:45 A. ft., to-day.' nts inLL. The following: are the provisions of Fisk's will: Mra•Hooker, Ws sister,: ter ceives $lOO,OOO in Narragnnsett Steam ship Company's:Shares; his &Gra, and motheiieceivea $30,000 a yens each; to each• of the two .Misses Morin hC _gives $2,000 a year; to the Ninth_ Regiment, $ll,OOO (this was made a week •ago, but was legalized last night,) to his wife he bequeaths the balanc:e of his . property, of all kinds; to Jay Gould, (althorn he en tertainett the waroseeland !nos; distinter ested-triendshiP, he leavei his personal ef (vets, and entrsts to him "the labor of love (saikie called in the will) of carry ing ont'all his (Fisk's;) projects in regard to public improvements: Mrs.':Fiek in herits all her husband's - shares in the Erie Railroad. • • State Leirhlidurot _ . The Legislature of our State-convened at slarrisburg on Thursday. The House organized promptly by the election of Hon. William Elliot, Repnblican of Phil adelphia, for Speaker, and Col. James L. Selfridge, of Northampton, for Clerk.", The death of-Senator Connell, -Repub. lican, of Philadelphia, left the Senate a, tie-16 Republican to 16 Democrats. The first seven ballotings for Speaker resulted in no ' chnice. .But on Thursday ,)Ir. 13nekalew asked for &recess of 30 minutes. On resuming their places, and being call ed to order, he stated that the time had ar rived for ,organization, and he was author ized by the Democratic -Senators. to say that there would tmien election on ballot. When hiiname was called he voted* for Mr. Ratan, • - the Republican candidate, thus securing his election, and the organ ization-of the Senate. WorrruT NOTE.—An exchangesar's there is scarcely a day plisses that we :ao not bear,nither frum persons coming into our office or some other way, of the suc cess of Johnson's Anodyne laulinent in cure of coughs and colds, so prevalent about town jnst now. , • If we can benefit the ' readers of the DEstocusT any by- recomtnending _Par sons' Purgative Pills to be the best anti bilious medicine in the' country,. we are willing.to do So. We have had about as good a chance to know as any One. put ativntiotmento. SIFF'SEIALES—Brrirtue of writs tweed by th e Court of Common/lora of itheptelounia county and to me directed, I will eapose to wile by public render. at the Court Douse in Mcnatrdae.on Bittoday.retouiry, et. IW2. at I deWck, p. - m., the following pieces or pan :riser land. to wit: • By thine of a writ of Lenart Parlis. all thit certain piece nr penal of load, sheath itt the lourtahlP of Trauldin. to the comity of Surqueh.ona. Sias cot Penn. eilrania, bounded and oi follows, to wit: On the cortb by lands of 13. - W. Truesocil. on the an by lands of John Watson. on she south by lauds formerly ofJohn Webster and the higbwari end fin the went It, bade of CbarmeyTurner , vow obectit licKinaey. t befog lot. number X in Lawnrilla Amer. enduing about 103 saws of lead. be the make more or low. with the appurtenances. dwelling h..tise. S barns and sheds, orchard. and ithout'M wee Improved.' (Taken In exe cution at the colt of Orrid.limiker, - Jr„ and Jeremiah Banker, to. David Banker.* ALSO—AB that certain piece or parcel of .iiita• ate In the thrombi p ofJesturo. to the county of Stove.' henna. and g tate of Pennsylvania, houndrd and descrits ed as follows. to wit t Beginning at the northeast tor- net terror; thence along land of Byron Grins and land Dauirl Pickett BO rods to a twat and stones to the, cretrgef the leadleading by Daniel Pickett and Lew is Bissdell's; thence west BO rods to is to line of 8. Wardell's land: thence north SO rods to a poet and slimes corner of BrrotrOtifils's laud: thence east along said Grillis's tine BD rods to the place of b ginning. contalulogtill sun of bud. be the same more or leas (excepting therefrom 1 acrd and DO. perches former/I ecrorered to Timothy Walden and now owned and co• enided by Led El, Modell) with the aliTurtenattees. frame hmtacai.2 ume barns, frame hog pen and out buildings. orchard and mostly Improved. (Taken In execution at the nit or Wm. ft. Wallms, assigned to D. 1). Searle re. Milner.) -Ifothus is hereby gives that all bids must be paid in cash on day °lsola. • ' . • . • - WIL Nosizr; Sheriff.. Sherif a Ofllie. Boutrose. Jen 8 . `lt. •., TIIE PLACE TO £VI Torn D" .GQODE4, READY. MADE • CLOTHING, ETC., IS AT GUTTENBERO, ROSENBAUM, & c The Larren.vitriet7 of Dress Goods, Shawls,: Donreetii Goode; Flannels, Fancy and Millinery - Goods, Dress and. Oltnili Trimmings. Velvets. Velveleess;- Furnishing . • - Goods Ohms kept on, hand, READY MADE. CLOTHING, for Meats, Yogi.lie 11114'130p; Wear. . CLOTLIS, OASSI3IEIIES, kc., ' for Custom Work. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, HATS & GAPS? Best SelOcted in Town, and at - PODULtIi PRIOESI - Oat)tennis "Now to the anderiald," whether at UMW winirrEn Goons; ' viiaris; luta. 7. , - El &mar redlioeo prim am alsa. OUTTF 4 NBEIIMIOSMCBAU4 & CO ' zontrokisamitau unali ata. . !0P B ! iituastliilhn. Salo ifyls:li; Aosi;a2.s, DJ taa Tam - 11311;ovias pricosi eglanEgg - • • a* a' !•11.4 70. Bemis +I. .*. * - • •• • 441 00i Millfait •• • e••• 4 f: • • 84 go, : gopbottom,ltoi:s3„ 111r14at . , 7 101/SICI-4116 retest 6366166661111616611 6666611 =fre chgluft Der6e, had at teals 16 616 umber 13,107_1 an °Mums nraa patina antananat the limns tlf am Bora of Raniqze , henna DOM 'morals I' a MI Ottmad* b Timothy Bolta. IL DMITUTT,l6tropt.. y (Attest) tiltia Itemrw, aesY.. . - ntinthannalitepot, October 19,1t1t. - • ' fit. fXotlrtxU=ll, .D71110015T,,, 20191101 Z PA., • eonito cony iteciOnt wmvu pi.coc,•Tas: . . A odkacpeconatsztta on fund aNU and desinal as 14.10 rt:nent of AFRolne DiVGS, LSDICAL3, CantiCALs..Llqtr, 011*,Dle-doiro.Tesa. 8 plder, and et/teeth id cartel/JUDD Ware. Welland Window Paper, Mary awe, Fruit Jar', Mirrors. lamps. Chimneys. Kau" seas. lameldacri 011. rilhatte OH, Neat tract. 0 11. Ira land Whale 011 - „Rearra 011. 01111).011, ElplrltrTarpeal titte.Varalattea. Canary deed. Vlar,Tar.Pataeh. Camera. tested Lye. Azlr Grease, Troup . Sapportero.fledlea• • Inattirmards.Elltaakler Brum Whirr, Gata, Phdala,. Cartridges. Powdar, Sbot, Lead. GOD Ceps.Slaptlng Powder and Page, Vionna.datinfro. Bows-ate. Phila., Plrecete..Pleb troatiand Llars,flar and Talletdospa. I[atrOilr. Hair Wagoners, sad flair Dyes. Pralltes, Parfet Italrea.Spectacler,Bllre r Plated Spoose,Porbs, It eaves. dd. pe.itlat dztlefes.a gederalaaaortioesd or 'OCT GOODS, JCiTELUT, awl PLUM! KIT t Alitholudlng and be.st kinds. et PATENT SIEDICINZ3. , , W to short, nearly gym thlng to restore the et, to pease the taste. to delight the ere; to gratify the Cape/. gait fret° =dere to the real end eebstaetfal eosaMtte Zglratetut leas Is Impreeticable. as it would dl a sesspapa. Cell at the Dnig nod Variety Store of • 31oattenatin.5.18'a.) THE EAGLE Y3rua.tStc•re!'. PROPRIETORS BRICK BLOCK, MONTROSE, PA.,' Sign of the Golden Eagle -and Maar, YDesire to Inform the public that isobar° 'more d our Stook of Dm.,3tedlclace. Paints. 011 r. linithe ee.,Combes Perfumery. Fancy Articles. etc.. tato th e. Brick Elton. formerly mooted by Gottenberg....Xthattu,- town We bare recently fitted moth's 'dojo In 3fottern Style, end shalt indenvor talent well septillod with all anldes pertaining to the Ding Fastness. We extend to everybody a orrdial farliattott to esti end ate us when in wont of anything In our IMO. and When NOT ward, give es friendly nil. Tu aq oor old customer' we desire urenntesconr thanks for the rely liberal path:rage heretofore extended to or; We shall endeavor to uteri , a contioaance of the alma. Very Truly Toner. A. B. triva. AMOS itICIH,24. • UDITOR'S NOTICE—The undersigned. an Auditor, 11 appointed by the Orphan's, Court. of Susquehanna County, to distrlhate the funds hi the hands of the Ad ministrant. of tho estate of Catharine SlcOr.ith, deers.- ed. will aitepd to the tholes of hie appointment. ea his office.ls Afoot:one. on Wednesday. the idth day of 0e- toter. ISMI, at I o'clock p. m., sat which thou sad place. ail persona interoeted to said hind mast preen,' theft etaisna or be forests. debarrod Punt condos! In on said fend. _ *_ 0. CAMP, Audit4wor. Sicntzese. Orpteatiari4), 1971' AtIIDTTOITS NOTICE —The undersived an Andifor,' appointed hy tbe Orptntn'• Court. of Susquehanna county to distribate the footle In the band' , , tr tt.C.Tvter, }senator of the arum. Wolin Danmora. dec'd, will at tend 10 tho • WIC* Of his nitrogen:K.lA at his once. Mt Montrose, on the PI day or - Juneau, next, 18 - 4. at I o'clock p. in.. at which lima and place, 41 persons its. rested In estd rand must present their eLtitnr, or be fon ever debarred from cumin: in on sold fend. • It. S. LITTLE. dtulltor. 3fontrate, December 11. , • A DDITIBIII NOtlCX.—Theonterslgued. an Auditor ill *minted by the Jeers of the OtphAn's Cwt. of .Stmoehanne coon ty. todistribute Cho fonds in the hands nr It F. Breed. Motto tot vitae or the estate ef Ward, N. YMk. atom:tee& VIII el rend lo the dotter of hi, ~,,,o r n t. meet, it hia soles; to Montrose. on Bridle the Inth day of Deeember.ltal, ail o'clock In the allectroort of that doe, at which tlmeAto I plate, all persons Int. rene.l are retreated to present theirelnims. or he rem,' do., L. BALDWIN. Auditor. !Montrone. December 6, Itft.-45-tw. , A.LI. LIDITOR'S NOTICE. The under:Sinned. an Audi toe. appointed by the Junzos of the Cutirt of Com mon Pleas of Susquehanna county, to distribute the Inn& In tha halide of the administrator of the rotate of Williams, downtrod. will attend to the duties of his appointmex tat the Mike of William li. Jeesup, Esq.. In tdontrow. on Thuniday.~ the second day of No reinber next, at owe d'elixti in the afternoon of that day. All pa Meant term tea are required to appear and pram t their dales at the above time and place or be ram= debarred- 11. C. JES.II.Ir, Auditor. Iluntrose„ °Moline - 4.ISM dar _ . Wait) , ititeriont—or Melly tororn.bip. for 1811.— earteClM dOO as per lare statement. (Itrin,yll.l6llll !merest from May AVM. to'Notr. 1, tOli Dat!nee &Leon Jod.txtent of Jessup Total. . 41,5t9 OT Amount of Doonty duplicated to bands ottol lectors, i4.1.-Trevesinzu.,wx. .BAtLrr. . JA3IMiI) OWNS, . Arullteis Moly. lionlober 29.1912--it-BW. ' . A 17DITON9zioni•N.—TheundersIgned,an Amiltor . ZS. appointed by thoPoort of Common ma, dasqnse henna county. to melte distribution of the toads In the - hands of the ddmtnls. rotor. *than/ from the mints of g John N. Neeney.thereby. Metal:Loll= that he w1:1 attend to the dotles of his appointment et hie ante; f o r Mon trose_ ,on Friday. Nit other the n o t e MM. at ket, P. IL, at nbith time and Oath. all twrt , orts tnienntad are requested to present theirelaims or be !ureter de• barred from comma le upon said fend: Il9those, Nor. W,'11.-48-4w. Z. WAMITII, 443'4 :• ASS EIIsTES'S SALE .— The undersigned will tell At ' ;ahne rale;on the nrenrea. rote th e estate Cl • N. Walker. In South Gibson. Stun'Gehenna =nib .Pa„- ' on Tuesday. Ncrrembor t 3.1 5 4. at precisely One o doer; P.. 31.. the followlug property, As: One two nom Vat , : form Wive, one uood Team Horse. gee or slit ICUS OM. FlTO.Talig BAY.' Slxfeee Wlllitelllllll sad 01:11V 130. 04N, M S ll outh Mann. Igarember, V, IS:il.-4:-131". _ , , resh Varint i . maim esteldes for Ws F m. 1.167).. , wzDa UNIVBRSALISM, SeiVl for free mole atl7 of thr HIRICTIAN . Met elate.weellylottnant. pubbebbel by life* inle fettle I,,ronrentlen of Valveradlita.sed =tag tb a t• 117 elect' yr. IR 11. (DAM Tines per var. CarbitietZeldey, Mvatlcrayilenty York City. • • , • WOODIQ. 1701,8-..VOLD 'nolisnrs • atm, rnm o_ r ie ; tbeeeells_ga g e , C , to teary sehserfber of mareate, the Inaba, Pet....l=Deme. vetch I. an art -al:* w isuri •am• • • • ity.i itevOreele , James Pgatnn TheadoreT ion. elm. %lite 1:4 tve47 , 4. - DC • • . Mr7ll vice 0 =WU t• . ?aria, of premiums on mostly Ilberel - terms.' !tit an orlon*, 0 rst.eises magstlue. Voltime tn:los utile Jan. Imen en les free. Address „ S.ILWOO NM= • • 1 * VI A = E r Fiela ovzi• Our Rvmakasi sAoic Printed:a Tvra Colas. ansisPerbTimm PO". V at NuAdsM Ergwri n i Flovasaliatir .amesorithpioss so . TWO COLORED 1%24* t • add 'plans fob "kiwOr WlWth e lj a• Gudrun de. The •tondnotnenn end bal QV IDE tea W_orfil: An tor Taff COttilo w" uunk et blabs; bovas.. Not water Oncost. tompol *Ad 611871: . "' ' - • lit tiFßPWltOdinstat; E-1-E R Vi= 2 :llll=grallprrA t • • - Arndt( /IA In inset trant . Ida dn. • • mons& Non, toted& Axe Ibr 'at all (CILJan.t6IPW*II,turOU. . Wind etwtes for 1 oigs std,edrnt, $l.• .7be Mink tab, Thoants Kintel,Clednrod;sie. Aetna.- M O ,NTH t tf, L.- PkflUtk vr0:1 . 7. . „ - 'ADEL 7011.11113;
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