,
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 „
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