tere °try at .settecti,potittrif ta.sat thorizedlo - m aka ItiO, ur itrerruction in indhstri: al and: nreuhanittal drawing. both r. day antlevening schools; also that schools be -established wherein trades may be tanght ot , tarrangements made for such intorno- tion in - connection with schools - already establi4sed sti-that skilterl mechanics can be gradtratetkand the principle iticulea- Aed that there is nothing ungraceful or jundignifiedin honest and hard labor.and shot the handiwork of the skillful arti . an will confer in the future as noble a title as any to toe achieved in profeMiOnal Calling& More thorough (-lamination of the sub :lea. strengthens me in the conviction that the State must adopt some mode to compel the attendance of those children ~wintseparents are unwilling or unable to ',:fdlourtite olfspring to aystl themselves of 'the behefita our -school system affords,-,- solntion of this :important-question grove difficulties, but 1 ealuset see them all surmoithietl. 'Somme plan iitedst - be devised msnatch these children -from the career of idleness and crime h, orltioh ignorance will consign them. •fur the greater portion of o n, inmates of -onr petritentianes never attended schools. t or had the advantages of education. Is -..taudern civilization unequal to to the task . of, rescuing the children of the indigent the erunnial front such a fate? .. The viewsexpressed in the report of: the BuperinteMlent of Common Schools upon this very point, embrace, iu me 9 3iliniun, a feasible plan to secure the at -*riga.* at sChnol of in the state, and I earnestly solicit your nom. sideration of that part of his report, with the additions) suggestiondhat when these ° pour or vagrant children are gathered' in to schools or homes, that the industrial pion be engrafted' span the condnct or these institati rn s, so that those taught may also aryl !re useful tradeA. Observa tion shows that a man thoroughly ac quainted pith a trade is sectary against Many of the temptations that open the dOors of the prison to grEat numbers whose hands are unskilled and who are Winged to any steady or exacting labor in the able and comprehensive report of the inspector* of the Eastern Penitenti , ary for 1872, unions other details of value is found this significant statement: that, of the 240 convicts ad mitted .0 the prison during the year 1871. 90 per cent. bad never been apprenticed, and 56 per cent. bad never uttended school. These figures are eloquently and painfully. suggestive of the relations indolence and Ignorance bear to ovule, SOLDIERS . ORPHAN'S ' No act of the State ever secured her mire ho nor that which pledged her yroOple to the care a-id education of the' orphans of the soldiers who tell in her service, rind no part of her policy have fleeted en much credit upon her peoA as the 6defity with which they have been redeeming that promise. The ge.ierosity which former lA-gislatures have displayed in providing for the maintenance and in struction of these orphans will now. I am pnrsoaded, bespeak for them like con sideration and favor. I feel constrained also to renew inc jiroportion that. some measure should be taken to furnish these children with trades. BOARD•OF PUBLIC CHARITIES. During the past year the gentlemen composing the Board of Public Charities have fulltilled the important trust com mitted to their care with their wonted 'fi delity and zeal. The results of their la bors clearly demonstrate that true phi lanthropy, well' guarded and directed, can be of, great practical service to the State. The numbers of the criminal, pauper, insane and other detective classes that am in some degree dependent on public sup port, must always be large, and the prob lem of caring fur these multitudes in a way to decrease their number, and so add to the productive force of the communi ty, is one which addresses itself with griat force to the attention of the L•gi;- latgre. 113MEE21 In the lizlit of the reports of the Board of Public Charities and Prison Inspec tors, and of my own investigation, I am firmly of the belief that the system of comtantation,whereby the term of a pris oner is shortened by reason of his good conduct, has twen productive of reforma tory re:stilts. By examination, also, lam possessed of this other conviction. that for the purpose of awakening theself-res peel of a priso: - .er, an, to provide him with some incitement to good behavior and , industrious habits, every inmate of a Wson should be instructed in a trade.— hen competent to do the work belong ing to his particular trade the- convict should then ree,ke while in prison as compensation fur his labor, a portion of hicearnings, to be given to his family if oecessitons. or if he has no family, to be mereed for his own uses when released. Accustomed in this way to toil fur those dependent upon his support, the prisoner, when liberated, will be apt to carry into life the skill and habits of industry thus actrired, and make of himself a useful citizen. Society is as much interested in the ivformation as in the punishment of the criminal, and experience shoWs that teaching him a trade contributes to that end: INSANE 110SPITALS. The hospitals for the insane, tinder the controdof the State, are steadily ac complishing the benefient work for which they are intended. The hospital stErarriaburg has been full .during the wholeyear,audat the t mP of the last report the inmates were considerably in excess of the number that etin.be properly cared fur in this institution. The building will hare to undergo a series of repairs and improyemcnts to make it a safe and corn tortalde home for those placed there for treatMent. The hospital at Danville has been in operation about a year, and at the latest report bad 160 patients, and at the rate at which.patients have been ailmittedmill have more than its complewnt before another year has elapsed. It is desirable that-the additional wings 'to this hospital should be4nisbed forward to completioa at the emliest possible day to provide for those greatly in need of accommodation To Insure the delicate and pecnliar treatment required for the insane. too much' care cannot be exercised to prevent these hospitals from breathing cmwded. The. commissioners appointed under the act approved Aug. 18, 1873, to settle a site . and build a hospital for theinsene of the-ten north•vvestera counties of the State, fixed upon a property at Warren as the most eligible for -the -purpose, ;and thisi.selection bail been approved. . .This property contains 330 acres of land2oo • aeneremhieb are arable 42 1 4 and cost *raped 'The-numberil~gipat>}ileln the north.westem EP Olen of the State r ! whojtogetolivety ti dolonkt, beiforngified is h pith, admonish ut of thei' oecessitifitfor.the im mtdiut~;conhtrnFtionof the #pilikit.gs t tjg IN A , 14704 E. f The suggestions of the committee of the Metheal 43oeiety -- of-Penlsytvivu* - ,poiaied to polture a me;roria,l fo _Ake -Legishittire reference forilidlOtlfee cure tout treatment_id insaun_rriotitt , l4, which will be submitted to you, merit yourresmctfnl'qoutiideration. The hard ship sits ihtptilicy of associating this class the'indatteielittrthettb'letft - Tellblit - tats for medical and moral treatment must wear to every rational.mind. The restraints necessary to Secure, Lite OF criminal insane • in every hosliihil . hekr with - like ,itie'npor. ail the ocempany3, to tnany 4-oultmitiett ie ettli - emelYifilitfdf,,` while it IA obVitins - that if-the ordinarydiscipline ti,ti:eo4- eti 'thistriminal class titre liable lti;eCitille' and renew 'their depriAlttfonrtttith soef ' ety. Nor do the in tiniate "velattookibitt.' nowt. exist bettered rho andttlit' criminal insane *lien , 4 coriflned legethri improve the tnorals 'of • the foitter;',Rilte •some sensitive minds • among - thise unfortunates feel degraded- by enforced contact with those who hove been es pelted from society. for their crimes: It eeetes to be the duty of the 'Stale there hire to provide-fur. the separate- eontihe metit of the criminal insane.- rATE . BANKS, SAVII46S FtSDS; Trit:st =2l I still adhere to the principles laid down in the Iffiffiinburg . tupt . Wood'S Run _ve toes of hilt sCssiou. •Tecent eteats have demonStrated the necessity Of fixing prop er lirditations to the powers conferred qv' these nioneyed ccirporationi, and have al' forded a practiCal illustration of the wis-. dom of rigidly . coufining them to' objectii that nee-recognized by the people as dig tinctivelv belonging to teach instituticiii. 'When a "book of disecinrrt is perirritted to become also a savings fund, a trust cat:u p:toy, an insurance company, to buy and sell real -estate, and to have the rights and priviledges of a building association, rt is difficult to .determine what are its legiti mate functions, or what security a corn-. inanity has fur the safety of its deposits.. I have always entertaiued serious doubts. as to the propriety of banks of discount paying interest on deposits, and ton now con%ineed that this pernicious practice should be prohibited. 91 oney will always How to banks paying interest pn deposits, and the large surplus thus aggregated.se duced by attractive offers is sent to the great money centres where it gives more impulse to speculation, while the sections from which it is drawn suffer in all their enterprises from the higher rates they are compelled to tia.v for the money remain ing at home. This system of purchas ing deposits was conlessOly one of the principal causes of the financial crisis of 1F.57, and of this year. When banks have large deposits on call, and have their halogen time, in the event of anV great stringency in the money market, disaster is almost inevitable. Within. a few years triar:y State banks have been chartered, with the captivating names of saving s banks, designed to at tractdepesits. These banks-and savings fonds are entirely distinct in organiza tion and purpose. and should never be as sociated in their management The one is a bank of discount, intended to sup ply the wants of bhaincss, the other is simply a repository for people's money, limited to small amounts to each individu al, the aggregate of the amounts thus re ceived to be invested in mortgagee on un incumbered property worth double the amount of the mortgage, and in secure puke stocks, in safe proportions. A bank Is conducted with the avowed object of benefit to its stockholders; a saving fund is presumed to be managed entirely in the interest of depositors among the laboring chisses,or those of limited means and business .qualifications, and the es seattal requisites of which are, such pru dence and safety iu the disposition of the funds as will best'enhatice their value for the benefit of these classes of depositors. Men iu charge of savings funds should have no personal ends to serve; should be above temptation, and receive their highest reward in the good accomplished by inducing a saving habit which, once fixed, leads to prosperity. The objects of trust companies should he equally specific and weft defined.— Some of these companies are invested with very extensive powers, are the de positaries of immense sums of money and charged with the keeping and man agement of vast and important trnsts,.,- , - it should be the duty of the State to see that their affairs are administered with fidelity, not only to the indriduals who confide in their management, but to the public who are interested in the security and stability of- these companies as bar riers to wild speculation and its conse quent financial panics. Allow me to suggest, therefore, that all. State banks,sayings funds and trust com panies be made subject to the examina tion of a committee appointed by proper authority; that these institutions be re quired to publish quarterly statements, under oath. of the amount of their-as sets and liabilities and the names of their officers; that by a general law their skckholders be made personally liable for, double the amount of stock held by them and that they be compelled to have con stantly in their vaults a cash reserve, of ten per cent. of their net liabilities. These examinations, reports and restrictions cannot - be hurtful to institutions of es tablished credit and high character, while they will disclose the unsoundness . or mismanagement of those that ought (lot io exist. . „ INSCR.S.NCE. The Thpart men t, established by; an act approved April,4, 1873, for the snpervis-, ion or the .insurance inteEesta of the State, went kite operation on the first Monday of May' last IV the fermi of this act the. Department is self-Sustain, ing, and in DO way, burden upon the, public treasury. - While Pennsylvania can boast of Some strong and subStatitiat insnraneti com panies it must be acknowledethat the want of system in the organization and management of these corporation, - and the reckless manner: in which the Liegia lature hat granted special charters,-to gether with the entire absence of restrain ing 'supervision, have introduced' defects that cannot be too sootr , remedied. , The. capital with • which. ire • insurance ..coM4 panics have been permitted toibegib, and continue bitsitiessos hr-most cases *en. weir inadeqtrate, and..inuntdiate; steps shouldtic ; taketv:l4 , placed insurance! , tn. :this State upon a firm and el:nit:ring, found:dim:l To: thtalend, I lecorameapl the enactment:of. whim providmg. far-,the organization awl inulsuos of 4am/rum compinies,.botlx fire aral life r wihkiti shall errtal it ture a ' atrlttut oF i tri i iiz pe:', isi . toco emMusiwit. and e e.,,- ! g a-t flu kinds f ' . .7)est,*ilits tatt,bit s mutt `-,1 may AS.o bti ad t ypiable tp dome D • f•eal . litforglihi4il 411kv -' withir a reasonable tino7,flie en tire amonet of-their-umaittaLuaftital—actually kutitbin. and inrestrd in good securities. Dire in lufaitci., excepting that conducted within' a limited sphere upon the purely mutual !italic - R.lj a I reseilial aT, - and this -- eavtal should be actual tuid- poi in iiherillusar form of stuck unfits! litikinferbto der's'- .idertstitwAlretosimsrrottas-mumw-rf ii i i nually by the citizens of .this State in the shape of pretiAms 'to - "ifiletance cora -1 Pi4niPliAlleY bane a right to, demand the tatgest in - leas - are- of - prttecuon , agaimitt JeckleuttessAndifrandt' i ,,, ' , ". • - ' FISH COillitSVrON". ' ' - The .14 • 5i0n , re , ...,44*.`2 - e,xel 'fea a, 490:3t. itgergat among oar, pc wit.. an Amount th the nov elty of the, ell terpriv_ond tl,te bevetitAk to arise from'tbiiihaeti . .istor r .pf.isei.mt,iFig of their laborS: FlBll coital*, it , as , now conceded; has based beyond Ehe realttll e4l , eviniFt't , and .48autiSessIn 'thii future is only to be tneaBll rea. hy the wants of our ii , oople and the capacity.of ftlial and lakes of the •49uutry. , Peunsylittoisr- is .aingtilariyr sgassA - 1 . the superior advantages , - she TossesseB4or the cultivation of tislt,"ltbobtalint in waters adinirably.adapted to their needs, .414.4 iotiect.and: other .food they stipple, there is no reasonable obstacle toelock ing ot4-tiveni arid streitin eiviih'inntlinera ble and delicious Ilan gf varionsand ere', rare kindd.' • .. , The work assigns(' to Abe'cointriission had Wets diligently panitued and premises substantial results. Availing tlataselees of the use:Ot Mr. Seth Green s . patertr,the Commissioners sticceetling . .ia batch/lig, aelu:evrprirt:;'Pertruteintyovirere - the wa• ter is pecaliaur , for the- purpose, about 2,7oC4ioo.shad, which were hailed into ther , Jueiata"riter at that liuint , ,Two thousand six' hundred hlack'bitss were al so distrilmted ia the , SusquelianutuuLelligli and Juniata rivers duritipthe months of July and August kast, and - through the kind nest-of Prof. Spentet• V. Haira,Un ited States Fish Cemmissioner 4 .17,00 n Cali fornia salmon have bt . -eit planted in the Susquehanna and its tributaries. 'rite bats are outmigrabary tish and are very prolific. Two or three, hundred were placed in the Susquehanna„ near Harris burg, in 1870,and the rapidity with which they multiply is manifest in. the great numbers of this beautiful and choice Lids that now are, found in. the Tiler in that vicinity. The law of 1873 authorizing the Fish Commission, directed that four fish•ways should he constructed at different darns on the Susquehanna and Juniata flyers, so-as to enable shad, on their spring in cursions from the sea, to make the ascent of. these streams. The qnestion whether shad will ascend an artificial way is still however, a mooted one, uud encountering this doulit, the commission, in the (+ser ena of what will he deemed-a sound dis cretion, concluded to erect but one fish way, and, that at the Columbia dam. This way.is..l.2o.feet lung •by 60 feet wide, is very.grudnal •in the incline, arid made as nearly conformable as }possible to natural ways over winch shad do undoubtedly pass, and will afford a . practical test tp'. this_ezperiment If in the spring it is found shad du pass up this tislt-way, the others rerptired by law will be construct ed without delay. The hatching-house erected by the Commissioners, ,near Marietta, and sup pled With water from an inexhaustible spring, is'said by those familiar with the subject to be completed in its arrange ments and furnished' with all the nets . eary appliances for the'propagation of fish. The capacity of ttie house is equittl to the proper cart; of 700,000 young fish, and is susceptible of enlargement, if required. The fish Commissioners of New' ,lereey recently had a eonfefence with those of Pennsylvania, with a view to obtain from their respective States such concurrent legislation us will best promote the shad and other fisheries in the Delaware river, and to HO harmonise the l a ws o f th e t wo Stares as to pi event a conflict of authority. Any suggestions resulting from this con ference. and submitting for your action, will, I trust, be respectfully Considered. IiCIMAL" OF STATISTICS. The report. of the Commissioner of La bel an? Statistics for the current year,em • bract ng many instructive details, will be read with interest. The organization of this Bureau within it very limited period has, of course, precluded it from making, any'extengive investigations, but enough has been dune to demonstrate the neces sity fur snch a departure - et and the.ser, vice it can render the people by enlarg ing continuously the knowledge of our resources, trade, internal improvements. and the various processes of education and enlightenment in our midst. This bureau was created with the special object of -investigating the relations of labor and capital, to discover the cause of thetrequent contests between employ ers and employed ; to determine what share labor has in the progress and pros perity of the State; to examine with a view to its proper adjustment the question of wages, and to compare and collect factsthat will afford a better understand ing.of the ditty of the State to the la boring classes having in view their pro.- tection, amelioration and happiness. No More worthy object tiivites research or shotildnornmand public support, when we consider how numerous are' these class es in ithiß - Common wealth, how various are aieflelds for their labor;and how much they boos: contributed-go develepe and build up our mrsent-grand industries. 'ln this connection, the • propriety of a State census, to be taken in 1875, pres ents itself with great force. -It is of the utmost importance that in 1876, the Cen tennial year, .tre-sttuall hare the mush. re aud recent information-possible of the eztent otour population and products. and of .the condition of 'our labor, agri cultural and industrial interests, that we may atiquainttlie , world with all,oar ca ' pabilitleisand _needs,. and thus -prepare the way..tqr tbe .exPensiou of our trade and commerce. , NATIONAL GUARD. -The wisdom of the new militia law is al. ready•epparent in .the it creased efficiency of , theneveral commando, and the'enthu. elastic spirit aroused among the troops liigidinapections have .been conducted by the Adjutani General,..und tlie%com paniegluAtaseeffngf the. requirenkenta:of the law have-been promptly:diabanded.— ,still zuctre ,eigtaurtaging Qua d , :satittfactely reenlissuaylbe wpciated arm the,operk , tion 11/431nrw . !8Yale;nr.Ifluting f 3 Uing yeartAnd .lup4ie, the, Naippal• Pvuulttoll4.l4sT4 4egcmtil , .. to ciucowiitis eirtei pan its discipline, that fitdeserie the eon ' • •- poOlthe putdie are now tiling ex ud and? be worth) , of the grrapi4ile sairet and honor in autne fiat& 4rteis mug atwendAitou the cluttactv4.d valor of her eittzen sAltery. STATE - A ns-exim. #tal• P l lFe.ltas!o. ,skip pyo., : p iU ertles adjotnthe Capital groinils, with a view- to.4..heir -extension, 1 recomme n d, tkie removal of the arsenal, situate there oh, aqtl;_qhkenulyprintrtittiou he wade tti rchase a s i te slid 41,1,4 t sitmeiitheill - ;calify:"The service requires a building of this kind, and thereon. of the repair of the .present arsenal,,,wonict .probably,be moat to the expense of..er eeting a new one, w hile the lvanty A nn pymmetry. of the public park will he great ly. enhanced : by the. removal of all itigti,frotti•that,porttoti of the gruuod4. • _i rownen • mitoAztse.. ' , .Your nttputioti is:pdrtietrioly •dintfed to.thatquirt of 1.114 report of 'the Adju tant General which refers to the gale of the old and purchase:of a new site for a 1 powderctnaozine in the tity of •Philadel phi4 'With ii saggestioli that the new site be- tiokk i , on account of its unfitness . for the stieciul uses desiened, and the addi tional reasou that to build a new mufti. wizd would sol , jeot,the State 'to an expense of at least 828.000,' Ti! T nirrim, storin g powtinr, under anyproper restrictions nu posed by the city atithorities'of Thiladel pina, will doubtless gladly avlil them selves of the piiviledge to erect store honstwor 11111gUZIlke8 of their own, and thetitate will thus be relieved of a charge which' nine herollter lie the cause of the desandlion of property and n consequent claim fordatuages. LA gb `Di.l".l ralt ENT. '''l'Ve'repOrt of the Suryeyor Cwueral gives a de:ailed and eery satisfactory ex hibitiytt.Ll 'ihe,llosiness and cunditi•in of 140.0?,ttuient. Attention is called to the vniuuble suggestions made in nQer eitce warrants to Sur vey lands and the enlargement of the rtght uf pre emption, both beirgihown by experience to be niae&ary to the better, protection of the holding titles from the Com moitw,ealth, and as tits sithjrct is of im portance to a large class of our p..uple, earnestly 'Commend the some to 3 ourcare ful consideration. G EOLOGIPA Tr Fil'ltV ET In my inaugural address mention was made of the rich deposL's of minerals found ii very part of theCottimon wealth and la suggestion offered that it 'should be our earnest aim to detertihne the extent of these 41eposits und'Multe, them availa ble and productive. ToProvide the high est possible knowledge of , the charicte•r and fficatton of our valuable minerals we shpuld first institute a thoronch geologi cal slime:- ur.d•-r tie supervision of gen tlemen whose scientific attainments trill be IL sufficient warntnt that the work will be properly performed. To attain thisi desirable end, therefore. I -earnestly rec ommend that a geological survey of the State he made finder the superintendence of a commission to be comprised of ten scientific or practical gentlemen repres enting different inti rests :Ind' localities, who understand the ifecess.tufs fur this survey :Lad under whose direction it shall be conducted, the commissioh to serve gratuitously and'to have the selection of a geologist who shall receive such com pensation as-may be fixed by law. This survev'thould bemade to eint.race a cherrlical'ainalysis of the different soils and sub-soils of the State, and a simple and intelligible classification and descrip tion of the same, from olnch our farm ing cominnoity may gather sonic comprehended pt;ticfples to guide them in the cultivation of their land, so us to prevent its impoierisliment and increase its productiveness. The late Governor 11 dham F. Johnston in his annual message in January, 1851, advised the selection and arrangement for publication of the large body of or iginal papers in the State Department connected with our Culunial and Itevolu• tionary 'history. In aecordance with his advice an act was passed, and dazing subsequent ad ministrations supplementary acts were assed which resulted eventually in the publication of the invaluable repository of Pennsylvania history, known as the "Colonial Records" and "Pennsylvania Archives." The minutes of the Board of War and Navy Board could not ut the date of that publication be found, and have only been recovered since the com• mencement of my official term. They cover an important period of our Revo lutionary history, and are accompanied by vouchers and correspondence; inclu ding muster rolls of soldiers and the names of officers, marines and veasels of the Pennsylvania Colonial navy. The American steamship company, an enterprise in which our commercial and industrial interests arc so largely concern ed, may new be considered au assured suc cess. Tice beautiful and capacious steam ers of the company have beep making the passage of the ocean in the same time as those of the old and established lines,iand . -the number Of passengers and the freight carried are itelidily, on the increase. Phil adelphia is now in direct communication with 'Europe,. through the medium of a. line of splendid steamers of her own, and from this times new impulse will be giv en_ to her commerce that will be felt in every channel of trade throughout the State. PAgDONS. A year's experience in the ,exercise .of the lw.riloning power has confirmed me in the opinion, expressed, in my inaugural, that it is unwise and unjust to impose this reeppusibility upon a single individ ual. The importunities of distressed rel atives, the pprsonal appeals of men or character Ind reputation, the inconsider ate and.indiscritoiriate manner in which. petitions are signed by responsible parties the absence of protests in almpst, every, case, and .the ; disproportion between the offtoice and the penalties ,fregio-ntly im •poied, are allcalculated.to embarrass and prevent a right. conclusion. I\rhen it is Lovtsidered, also, that the Executive, in any application, is forbidden to enlist his . sympathies, while his discretion: is pre snrued to be proof agaicstincenuity and falsehopa A the - perplexity of his situation, can readily, be ennui yeti • -It luta beenrny constant ;endravor ,to. btlimpestmaiderately the.,intereste in"" May and,the elaimatif humanity, tuJiift, weft:illy the evidence ,nreaenteiti andto ,arrive ape , de t itrminatiou only::gfter the rnegnipof. itifmrnati2m. haustett To ctimpass this latter - end, it, bas beep tlte,Prtictiegte.psacura the viewi tif the,inagegna -aktPrucYli of the court Xise p riQl/. OP otepddrs, -:4loralmost prjat.illtore: Ahem °pink:mit- iMinefleed • 1..1.4 .-c my decision. Appended herewith will be oonryrrevErt iL tiseto ‘ telt Alnring the learl, tFori*TimEs. k' atten tips to ail: at nsiderisble--tnaguitild every year grows more aggrivated, and in certunt - Tegione., - at timer, is the occasion of,fivrions apprehension esul loss. .1, ..re let- to the wholesale destruction Orocir forests- tha.stripping our mountain and bills of their trees, resulting in an cunt-. I rqbas-tifibliiii(ita Qt ~:Ifater for mechani cal and fertilizing purposes, and in great untimil'-'-htitidlThiliff — ti „temperature and moisture. affecting the ;general healthnodat tie , WWms bringing .about derastatitg 4 114.0 e, do nee• tioemans, uS the effeets futliScrim mite demonstrable, diid a _*ise forecast.: phi, ;future iegyiliiionit as' will. TesFue our ,de . e.e,endenti from ihe ill4.tt iterserereWee' 9 . Iy,.eut t,.,, Tap peurTLOA L.W.4 The'treb tit - J18.19 .1:1 - empting otrtain •nmon tit oWhr propecity.uf a•debtttrfrum laity and side,:oti kseeutian ur distreestlur rent, uas intended Cur the wiset un i Ku, main; piirpusg of prmetit I:A*11Y horn titich.len and iihs t ibite e,Klet. , This beneviihmt draign is, Iniwever, often de reafrd, mid the law praettealy i;,lll)ilied, the liarrassell detour waving the benefits of the.acq to mom Ibu sxactittus of his creditor. 1)u nut konnd puPd.ic policy and humanity ,detimail a suppfrineut..te this btu-, tbat will. forbid a debtor „haring a family waiving the benefit uf..tne i4ani).• nun, so that a houselmq war 11.ot be btittrn, in an instant, of .411 t necessaries of bre by rensiiii_af. the wenkniw, rrt:ti lessness r misfortune Of .48 .cud, or to satisfy the greed of a grasping creditor? =II By the destruct lie fire which consum ed the priniing estuhlithment of the Stale Printer not only did he lose largely, but it hiss was also suffiqed by the State. At the time of the fire there was considera ble work, finished and Ainfinished. on band, belonging to the Skate and to Vie Coustitntional Convention, winch latter, by a resolution udoptedon the last day ur its sessions, authorized the Auditor. Gen eral and State Treasurer to settle iut ad just its accounts with the Slate Printer, Mr Singer The Stu Trraquer and Audi tor Gen.- era 1 am • informed, desire legislation to enaWe them to carry outkihe .esullitum and:intention of the Convention, and 1 would suggest the legislation you may adopt may also confer like uni homy up. on them to equitably settle and adjust the accounts fur printing, binding, and other work. finished and unfinished, dune by Mr. Singerly, fur the State as well as fur the Convention. The Co mmis,,kners of tlo of rennsrlrania, to the World's indinorial Exposition at Vienna, have made a re port of 'their obsen attune. A number of suggestions hielnded in this report veil! he of value to those entrusted with the pre m inary ummgemen ts and so perinte . tome of the eponym,' to be held in Phil adelphia inchile the broad, Moral and Furl 'cal views expressed by the Goo missioners will help our people to a more intelligent comprehengl,lloi the purposits and advantages of the Great Centeduittl: IN lIENIoItIASI. On the Bth of February rozi, by one of those sudd n interpuritiovs which are con stantly r. minding ns of the uucurtaiat•. of l•te arid the mysteries of. God's trot Ex-Cover - I.or John W. Geary,. to tire prime of manhood aad in the midst or LI Career era wdt.tl Willi honors and Ilse-, Icess, was. without a moment's Warning sotutflotwil to his Last occottot. Tr-sttMoil lois of respect and sorrow befitting the character and services of the dcCelltits'.l. tt3 statesman arid soldier, were appropi and solemnly offered by both briii3Oes of the Legislature, the idlicers or the State arid wry, and many prominent citizens, who attended the lamented dead to Iris grave. The State has been deprived of the sr r vices of wrotht r and tf Heti t. Citi zen in the decease.of the distinguithed scholar and jurist, Win. M. Meredith. IL-cognized for his .extensive literary attainments and prolound knowledge of tire law,well known for his earnest patriot ism and fidelity to the interests of the Demmer wealth, welcome everywhere for his generous qualiries or mind and heart„ his death leaves a void in private and public circles that none lint cornisqwril ing graces and in:wore:news can ever succesffully fill. A sever• loss has been sustained iu the death Of Dr. Wilmer Worthington, the respected Secretary , of the 13oaribof Cab lie Charities- The impr•ss of his strOng mind can be observed, during the last quarter of a century, in various move ments to promote the public welfare, and in the several institutions of learning and charity in his o wit immediate neighbor hood, while hip conduct as a legislator en titled- him to The esteem rind sr : cured him theconlidence,of the people of the whole State. coscLusioN The United States have jost, cause for congratulation in the peaceful solution of our difficulties with Spain without re course to arms. War is always to be de precutetl, and it is to be hoped that in ,the, futnre,aB ill the present, the. true teat cif wisdom and gooirailininistratidu will. be' the honorable udjustmetit of all differ-. ences between nations, without ,flinging the sword iuto' the 'scale. Our people areawaiti ng With painful un certainty the conclusions to be reached by Congress to meet the financial* and busi ness require hunts of the country. The questions involved are of grave ti.uport;de mandffig broad and comprehensive Views . of public policy, mid the action of eon gress will have much to do .With widening or dispelling' the,fr ling of distrost,that now bolds 'so imuiy of our industries in its th rail and_ paralyies trade trod entri-, , merce.,4,llespite the temporary piustra ,tion of business owl enterprise we have,, however,, eminent occasion pelts to the Supreine,l3.eingovlitiie - graciorts, care and beneficence are manifest in every ntage or our progress . nation: - .War audits 'attendant evils.lnive been nvrteil; we. have Oe .full ,ru/ i tisure ' the, 'eariles bounty in abunilanttcr,uPs,. increft&k l . tniliaritv with mit. frscources nivelifino• new flado'for devel t upetnent.; Atiktpttit.,l ; rec,onoilh (104ron *uninn i .fiFp'belug ,I:4orEc* °Ptf4f" ii i? mrth (frieftlnkii .chasteni f ig 1 1; :f:°°i . .0 1 e , of' .g °Ne1 . , 1 19 1 ,e '4 l ?tVA ( r' and conffdepcei4hUtn?aregiviiigplyngtli .and cutu're`seents frtfighc,'WlWotitirtilattikn' of ue 4111 10 1 4 4 7 . !i!iq gio#AVp4k l et.,41P75,, ‘ , . , g'c'Tifq 4 l4 aucf):4;, • . • • • of Boob a'nation is su • -nu in..•:•ider-1 r•ablAnborm. • vli, lm cha with' thicWntr 'of on i 11,$ it,inb r''' of this ..„,da t ~., deracy_, o ail! ~,x ' .urselfes ,to on rise% - 1 ern p q t7 t t r pi ,a sw s a becom ring se h thcAin . fv. per tiaqa.mle of the trust, and a tirin re liance on him who iiireota all -ottr-eutio. ---- ----,------ JOll Ne F: IhiITRA NTT. Etctoclrliz Ibthicerau, giirtfebsq,N:64 ,l 43A . V. ti 1 TWO FOES OP,ZIEALTH. Cold and damp aro I):lniorAt4penlMlX4ll genendly have an un'whofes&neterfibrarallun of and iutegurnents liettelTect the tmisculsr,-glau dular and nervousgorpoizations, producing. rheumatism, ncuraght,-Chills and fevers, and where-there is a tendency to dyspepsia or. liver co nsep4 l l'enitO l tirlirt'-n4 l 4l4.ildigniina or iousacss. . act.. efit'arivree- t can be given under itch eirednaa. tanalat *kg keep the external su4ase tyct and to keep thC„Mterntit; i pfg4n s in., vtgprous working ordcr_44 j - TFlladasid,ma and genial of nil tonics, Vinsh;itteel3totnach;Olitets- GtOtm/Y tut int is supertiedjm„ tOtp.sti l ottell,: Vat's of e a mmainOinqiin l l • I, ldl tiattkrflailknairea dee, s orthj.' country. It will be a happy day for Jinnutuilyzoomidslo come, when this.purs.restOralivo,shalllutve ta ken the place fft..ittitlPitits.B3.. - a .sikuulftnt In all our public aud.private-itospitata., le is not, however, mcroly.ts Isrudess,suluitiote far the fiery stimulants referred . 10.. properties are not its chkf arthodkii in this re 111 11 1:“ alllPAtilMnld/bemnedcated pros ducts of the still, thanttlitie or-imported. The powerful intintace;itl;txercises over the torpid and toneless implant:Oho, disordered hirer, the constipated bowels, and. the gehoted.sretvaren der it a positive specific to dye opgda,litrer com plaint, intestinal cunstrietistn, nervous- Weak ness, hypnclumdrits,,rheutenttsm.• astdoddepless !less. All chosnia,compbtima nips.lrggratated by a cold, moistlatmosphere, soddv is therefore particularly necessary for those Who are afflict ed with ailments of Alas msittai, , ivlikteVer•thei r 1) pc may be, to meet thlSpredltrpOsiingenpse of sickness.witb adwlttilesolne anticline!' linstet. ter's Bittentddionki ho token Afliilr• at'tlds sea son by all persons laboring-1111dd. +chremie ail ments that trod to wealcett the itvtehr: ••• New MVPllsements. C. .Wl/44 TOY,. Cavu. MUMMER AHD LAND 80111r67011,' o.luldress. Prankilo:Vbtlzi. ' • rAiticirturtliiitCo„ Pa Tlt t PEClllf:tye irARA - Et." Pptiur ILna l Pmpacton Fresh [lnd Salted Ilea* Haili4Peik. iltik,glals of heat qualiqmxonainaly am na66. at p.c., to alit lfomrvse, Ca„ dal. 14, 1173.-17 , IN BANNIWP.TcY,-L. WetternirNeitiet , Pe At Now Alliferti, Pee. the 10tbda7PC441enutri. !KO. the upth.retzucd.Atrus Amite of hi.appointment ne i•rlgnen of W. 1.. hive . of New 1111111 rd I op., in the 1'4.017 or r hwtawhintiao ,4101,3t0 aF el'enerylvetsia wit 1110.1 d Dlifriat, tihoLIA.4 hero. edjodgetlailun krupt Oil creditor.' petition, by the Dm rict t'onet of the chid Df4trict, TRACY lIA D 1 , 1 4:. New Milford, Jan. 14. 1111.-3. • At.lvace, etc. • onD. • The ARSlleintrff RefiiHoeil Pinisliyteriun says —Nut years Perry Davis' Pain Killer him been awn us a must, useful taludy au.lircint. For painS and oche. we,kuoUr . oothilig eo giM{i pi the Pain-Killer. For t nnni• discuses it is equalli'''hontl. We sprnk front e'xiwriefice, and testit'y 6n adult we know. N Nitrify might' to be without u bottle of thirti-PAin,iiiller, Mr sllits, PErcni DANIS Prov., IL Gent. :—Althougu a ..Traii . gor to 300 1 on l Rot to yetur •Strvalltahle" Peisi.Rlll.4. font.orl its, nequalatiurr irriltl47 An4l ifo' tuovi WOO it said:Olt t•Nikfrictice in its Two cuutirou. my I.aliar t 1,341 thgre is or , trosliaiti• equal It; l'aia-Killi,r,rrihe quirk and .Pre en', Stionitor ColnidJinits: tiiront. C.Mnp;lllll . 4 .A and Cuts. I ham used it In all and found a .per tom in ono: rose_ Yonrs Truly, , /tering by err own acltertenre wlitwier rifler undo, 1141 ”i"Parrr 11 , tr will :ad fail to recninniettif n wiri , ly a an' nn. vatualile inlerual ertuedy fur i-"lda and various yidar atimplaitits.—/.;r4, Month.'" ' Theeflitar . t. of Perry t):lYbe ' ll'orl4l4lll)%ynett KllVeir in nil ritsettstss . hi , t l ;;` . bo94+l;'. belt thrt,iestilrle geotirtm. tbu Asistit-obwitirs, ttAs beettlibiY fl!itlib•ii by the Itltbt .nl'l'l4l44o' Au *3ll.4ionnriti n (liirla n 01114154 love written home in rtlininentilt4 tit this it, intsly in terms thnt Almultl est ry er.riYll•ll,ll3 to