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II. EI. TVISOiV,
THE OONHTITnTION TUB URIOS AKt BJ C$rOECl-EST Of TRB HWS.
EDITOR AXD TIBMSUER
VOLlfM A NO. "40."
BIFFLLNTOTO JUJSIATA COUNTY, PM'A., JANUABY 9. 1967.
VtUOLE NUMBER 1023-
OF PUBLICATION
Tni Jcwiata Pesti.iict. is published eTcry
Wednesday morning, on Main street, by
H. H. VtLSO!.
The pmeCKil'Tl' iN FKiCE of the paper
will he TWO DOLLAK3 per year in advance,
nJ $2.50 if not paid wituiu the first three
months.
Jr- So paper discontinued until nil ar
rearages aro paid except at the option of the
"'pvkkttriso. The rites of AIUTJtTtS
IN i are (or euo e.piars. of mout lii.es or less,
one insertion, 75c-nt. three. ?d ". : and r, cts
or ouh gaVniiiient ins.'rli.m. Aduiinistra
or'(, Executor'sacd Auditor's Notices, ?-.oo.
Jr..rosionul aud Ibuiness Cards, ti.it cswd
Ing 25 lines, and iucHi .ling copy of piper.
$o.e; per ye:ir. Yerchmos a.iverti.-inz
(ch-itigiaM quarterly) ? 1" per year, im'i'v!
Im: pi.por ul their Store!!. Notice in reading
ooiuit.r.1. t?a cin's p.-r tie.?..
J:i Vci.it. Tho prices r.f JDK V.'ORK;
fr thirty HiEh. cae : !it ni.eet, une-
f..;:r:l., ?2.oa: one-!
kt Btlliit'Hri, h."l:f pl'i'
pp- j;i;rn.
:r. 5t.o: e.r. l aillitin:-
a.id ir Eiai.ks. J-J.o.i
iC'i-toJ.
JELlEMiAii LYONS
Miffiintovrr", J.i'iatft County. Vn., Office
oa .Vain street 8?otb of Nri-!;re fir et.
ILLIAM M, AZ.LIi.DN.
.Atiir!"i at IjCZW.
Will atieul to all lninfM cr.rt!cJ lo l.;-'
re. Uilii;e oa .
iin .iri.-t, Mil.titiown, im.
f TTAP "v TV- A '7-S A. V.?
Afijii'ntoirn, Jisnrttu -,
V.o. I'.)1 1 2- in! U'l ii'.l O'
ri-Cxirt pr.3-pt nit .'!'''
I..T '.It!-
Oifce tir:t
(upM-liVM.)
dor
...r:h of !!::'..: a More,
JOHN T. L. SA ilM.
C3
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VII-i-LlN-TO-.VN, JUNIATA CDUNTV, TA.
.; iT.f,--r':o:i:'i fierrt.9 'o in
t . ..-.v.ii, l.r..?vni r.ltititt-n e'.rea to tl
r.r.)vi:ii.)n of e!v.i:is .igainst lieD.or:nnei!!,
. . ,, I I... ,:..r.. r nn'ri-ulAi Ti
CMms una ai.
bis cr
liri ifie t
ept.
Office ia tia OiJ ni.j
.ft
,
CHIKK?
AUCTIONHCu
The un ler
I elTTS hid sertlecs to t'se
puMie ns V..-nauc 'ryf nnd A.i.:tt.mttr. )
I. n !.sl a ver7 large e spcrioace, 8'l
ccr.nJ.nt that he i-.:.ug:TC HtHisfactitm to .
vLo may employ Uii:. Ho laay te '. !: ??'e l
Rt MiCiiiiiorr.. ' r t'oui: 1 it uis home i" Kr
raanagh town-liip. t!i-i-;M may o be left
at Mr.' Will ' Ilu'.el.
Jan. 25, 13-t. WILLIAM OIVES.
MILITARY CIAIi5.
VpHE un br.sined will pro:i.p'ly ntten.l to
X tho c...Uetion of c!ai:i'i aiitsM-tfitVr tbo
f.tste or Niitional 0)Nirn.:.. nt, i'( :!.-: r.s. l;ac
Tar. !( ity, l'.x'-ra 1'sy, au.l all o .hvr c':a:iuj
arl'.in;; out 'of the preot crony wet war,
eolieitel.
JEREMIAH LYONS,
. At'.ora.'y-at -La v.
MiSint-iwn, Jnuiata Co., l'a. i,-bl
""TE?f 10UAVD Sl'Dllll. J-ict receive!
1 i al I? iru.' .'i?ar and Tobacco Biore. a
frih Biirt.lv of i uru YaraOiarsaii'l Tobaeo-is.
Jleut'NaVry Sl.W Per lb
2n.l " 'I0c- " "
.-.r.i " " "
( ....-! Coll iar i.- ( f-
Oraaose ;
X- .-. beat brand!! Fine Cut i.io and m
Mj"all tia-t of J5rii;!it Toa-JCO tit rduc
c4 p; ioc5. The lovers of got.d eliewiu? find
moi-ag trbaceo are rc-?Tctfu!!y inv.ttd to
ell 3 1 exa uiue my stock.
June M-if. 4- T- BAriNi.M.
... .,.., v-.- T.-V'P Ti... iji,.l..r..i.'!litl
O r..i. ...i i . c--- )
. . Jt-J it impos sii.to v. ii u win ........i -- . if. . I
t - ,!.,i:iy their custoiners.havepuvchas,-! The t'.tlO hsed for the redemption of
na- i.or, Vol arc now prepn- i t i furnish j ?23;1'J3,GG li t of thr I.-iiicbtodtie? d
r.:ari-.e;ii.c restuh-.r'y twice a nei-i after the j Ue OouuaotiWOaUL baV..:..'cSV.rc!, I T(.i
l-: of Aa-i. Oo Oar will arrive in 1 at , hhn bu :;!i;lto for its
'.vllredempt-on, by .an.a new loan , or
It. distii.ctl.v un '2i s-.oi.-i we will do utl.ins that purpose, pr.yai.le at stic.a porio-s as
bat a strictly cah l.a'iac.S' in fa'aro. 1'er- prospective rCv'er.UJ3 Will justify.
..;-. ii. imoo- dldo with one Market
tens oMermg "?t,':1- -- !
n.-e exnecie t to p -7 proi'ipity e...;i. trip. j
(n- r-iv v.iii leave IV.ttersja tr Z'Lila 1,-h a.d i
11 "leave
fiery Monday jaorninjc, tae t'r
Hfi-f ei'i-.e-f l'i'.' mor
ja!v 2 "-!
' UOLLO tJ.VUOTI ft EO'.VE.
l t -j
R. M. K-IIVEH, UIIXTAL SURG tiU
rpAKES thiri method of infcrm5n: his fricu-in
X 'in JuaH-a cMtaty. ilia! owing lo the lea
eonnbiy eo-vl u.:c!-s he has met with, daring
the lew mouths he hit been practising his pro
fession in said county, he feels w .rratte-t iu
malting suited Mshs to Miulintowa and Ms
Ali-tersrille The tir-t Mon-l.iv of each rnotiih
J!r. Keever nay b; touad at the Juniata lio
tol, MiiHin. te reonia two weeks. The third
Monday, t McViisiersvi' . . to remain during
the week. Teeth iuscrted on VULCANITE,
GDL1 SiLVEtt. UlilTtl FILLED and
extracted ia the most approved uiaaucr, aud
with the ler.t possible paia.
55, Strict nttentien p;iTen to diseased
puuis, fte. All work wanosuied. tTeruis
ler.sonab'.e.
January 24. lSOo-lf.
JOSEL'U S. DULL,
CLOTHIER,
0. V, XOKTH TIlIBiJ STUEET, 111 i LAD' A
Clothing fupeii-.r to uy other niiib'.isu
raent in the City and and at lower prices.
Merchants will and it to their iidvkiita-re to
cull. All 10. !i wa.-i-atl. l'ieeated by
J. E. cw3yei
-ly.
THE LAST ANNUAL
CF
A. fGMfllJ
tievcrsor cf 1 .n&sylriinia.
TO T11E LEGISLATURE, JAW
1807
To Ae Smite anil Jue of Rrpret(n!ativt) of
the. Voninwt'.tccitltk of l'cnntyivania:
We have reason to bo thankful to Cod, f-r
the !.len(-iii)jrt of peace, abundant crops, that
industry has Veil rewar i i and thai thus
too Comi:io!r.vfaltli hrm been able to do her
full duty to herself, to the country and pos
terity. 'l utf condition of our finances is as f diows :
Balance in Treasury, Novem
ber. Ii--;:. ." $,373,f.(W 11
Uei-eipts duriu;; ti-f.l viar
cadi :'ovei.it.er IH), KV.O.. C.fi29,r,f.S L
Total in Treasury for fiscal
year eti Iin,; .Nov. oil, l!-iil
raymentsi i r tainv period have
b.cn
!':..!aice in Tr"asu'y, Deceiu
bur 1, Vi .'
Annim! r.f t'.e pubii.i debt ns
it. stood on the first il.iy of
lteconjl.orfc. 1 S(io. ....... .......
Aiu'i rcilueuu at
theStale I iv i-
mry, duiir.fr
the Osc-i! year
eiidinu Nov.
3 i, IN'.:'.. 5
t'.T CCiitUUl
Jo'aa ifl.82-S5.-3 23
It per centuin
a,2o;i x:r, c,t
r.,l!l2.:ii:s 45
l...i:i
Ui'iiof n.tcs. ...
Domestic ered-
iiora' ccrti.l.
catcs
C".co.' DO
C2ti W)
21 03
1.P-.J.20.I
11.1
cee.T.her 1,
lvji'.
Ta v't. fundid debt :
' pt r cent, loan
" j-ir ce::t. l i-in
p :r cent. 1 jail ,
0 p.r eert. bum, mil
4iio.-'.:;: 0-!
?2.'.'73 V. l .Vii
2! ),'J'..J Oi'
2,820.7.-!) 00
!.1,n2'i 0,i
i s., s i .vj
4,1 I i :
It J !'7
8j,;22,liu2 l'i,
S'l.fiOD.OPO ('(!
S.C0O,f"iW ()'
I ,ooo o1;
1.7 11,1 i.v; T,
I3.t'".i; (sS;t 27
22. '' Vlb h;
tjivy.
-!T May 15, 1' 0!
L'ii-.a.!ed .iebt, nlief not.-? iu
circulation
lut'jt certificates oiuslaiiding
lo unclaimed...
Domestic creditor' certificates
Acs in Treasury :
If'iis 13?-Ivanlii Uailre.al
t" mii-a iy
Ii Ti.i-i l'iiind.-'.phia and lirie
I'.ailroa 1 t'.unp my
Ir.i.Tea! on Von-lsof I'iiibubd-
p'.iiaaii'i El i-' iluiire.i '. Cu'n-
p-i'iy
Cash ia T:tasuiy
Liabilities in c00j3 of asseiss 2:
8.-...j'.!,t
L!bi:iti.s in !. nf .liretti,
N .vey.i-er '.K IS!! 528,HS,UIk) Cd
Liabilities in c s.?e t aspcitu,
Noveuib. r 30, is;... 22.5S0.ttlS :
InirTrtVoinen' in t'le
sce l-'-'jl..
Tren-r.-
.(it
:ll 47
The e.i'.rior liiiary espcuditurss. during
t!i war ar.a siuee itj eiusa, iu payments
lowin out of it by authority of acts ol
Asseuib'.y, have amounted to upwards of
five ini'lioRS oi dollars, which, added to
t.he act'i il payntent of the in Jebte loess ol
tho Sixt.-i, and uiouey iu the Treasury for
that r;.u.rp re, shows too revenues, above
the. or Iniary xp"iidit:ires, to have amount
ed to SlO.'i'l-'.WO, which wi'.I all have
i bceu applied to the paymeut ol the debt
of the (JomoiiWeMitti ui too last sii. years.
A cavoful attention to the revenues of the
Cumonweaith, with such just aud prudoiu
eiia:ij;ts
no 1 a wi
diaii.-i s eh titiv bo reou-.re-l to Die icture,
r.s may bo xar
so ecouoicv in exp.
iliiuie, v.i!i,
iu
a my judgment ensure the eutiio pay
ieat oi the jmblic debt, within the period
me
oi n.iceii j
i I recur, with inuea satu.aeuos., to .at
,ni, prudence aiiu economy
of the
1 ropresentatives of the people, ,!li ,l'fin
a-'eueat of the S-taaotu of ti-.e Oomuioti
weaita, d-inuj; a p 'lloa oi u.ue.i cm
!r.iim!. ur.cWtainttr and distress, and
' eoueratu ata vou and them on the near
j apprrmoh of the tntif o li-niMitiou of the
i.ublie deL
Since my last Actual "wage, I have
drawn from the T;ea.jury, two thousand
dollars of the fund placed in the bauds of
iLe Governor for secret service and other
extraordinary expenses, which I have ex
peijded, in payment of :.y personal stall,
and for other purposes, as heretofore, ex
cept five hundred and six'y-three dollars
and forty eight cents, which I have re
turned into the Treasury.
I presnut, for your ousioeraticn, the
amendments to the Constitution cf the
United States proposed to the Legislatures
uf tho several States by a resolution of
both Houses of Coucress, passed on the
loth day of June lat. I was glad that
it was possible, without delaying tho final
adoption of tae.-:e amendments, to ascer
tain the opinion of our people upon them,
at the gauoral tlecticn, iu October last.
By the election ol a large majority of
members openly favoriti-r and advocating
i tLs aajeudiaents, tLat opinion fceoms to
use to hnve been ubundautly expressed.'
lmlct'il, tLo auicnJmcuts aro so modcrato
uq'1 reaeonablu iu tbeir cliaracter, that it
lit 1 1
wuuta nave been asiouit.Mng u mc people
baJ failed to approve thcui. That evcij
person, boru iu tbo Uulicd States, and
lreo, whether ly birth or ntaautiiiasiyn, ic
a citizen of tha United Stales, and that
c?. i- I ... - " L .1
ti'j oiaic iiua a nsui aunijjro tue privi
leges of eitizens, of tho United States
these aro principles which were never se
riously doubted anytdiiiro, until after tac
inroDt ertipado ia lavor of Elavery had
been fr somo time in progress. What
U called the diit-ihioti of tho Supreme
(mrt of the United States, in tho Dred
j-'cott caso, litis tnade it csj'cdient and prop
er to le-asscrt ti.cne vital principles ic'an
auiliKi-'tt'ttlvo wanner, and thi-j ia duni in
tho firot ilauso of tho proposed 8d
u:eiits. The ri-ht cf presrribinw t!io qnaljca
lions of volets is exercised by the reeo
tivo ytatc, under the Coustitutioj of
ltri'J; tlnec-tiULs of tho slaves ffcre
counted in ascertaining tho rcpresnta
tivo population of the several ytntM.
Th i.rii.-n lim.i.l tn iV.ii Prnsfitulifin abol-
i.shed shivery ia all tho States and Terri
toxics. Though it was formerly othcr-
ivery la all mo o.aics nnu ittri-
Though it was formerly othcr -
. ii .i . .io....i.
wise m niot, 11 not a:i, oi ins ooutu
orn iatj!t, yet for many yearn past freo
ticrot.ii have not, in any of those been
permitted to vote. At present, thcrofoie,
the late Mjve Slates won! 1 be entitled to
count the h.!o of their former shice
populatio:
instead of
, as a ict-is for representation,
three .fifths thereof. That is
to say, they would havo in the xi.stiiij
rati ) about twenty more nieti-bers of Con
Tfs than they hud before s'avery was
aholi-.hcd. and tha freo States wouM lose
the same number, mating a diilerence oi
ilmat forty members of Congress, or, say
..i:!:--ix:!i t!' tho w!ile body. In other
tv.jids, the t.vason if lb? robellioui States,
th Eiinjirchm td tvh'.en
has
st us HO
oiitiiy hundreds of thousands of precious
, . -i . i . r . -ill .
live:-., anil so many iiiuusmi js in iuui;.i;i.
d' treas-.'.p, wiiti!.J be rewarded by pviup
them a vast iticrea-.; i-f political power
This abs.UT.5i!
second clatiso id the
i.rotiosed atiR'ti tnier.ts,
Icsiims to prevent,
iy the just, e-i'i.-.!
ion, that in fufi
noi.ulati'.n tf e.ieii
and moderate provis
re, the representative
Slate shuil Lo ascer-
tKt'ne 1 by irinV. in ' a proportionate drdu
tion trim the wludc populiti.m I hereof, if
ita laws exclude fior.i tho piiviliec o!
voting, any male citizens, not criminals,
of tho a no of twenty o:o years. I have
yet to learn that any phm-ib'.: objection
"can bo offered to such a provision.
The third c'au-c of the proposed
amendments deludes f.om Congress, and
rrom the Co!lci of Klectors, aud from
lit i.nicos, civil and military, tf the
United Sta'cs, ; ol any Slate, prisons
who as lnaeilotvtriosi.f the Uui'ed -t.itcs,
or as Kxccu'ive. or Judicial omeer? of any
State, have heretofore r-wirn to t-uppurl
tho ('onstiiiiti 'n of tho Unite 1 Stat. s, aud
iftenvar-ls violated their oath by en-; i--n-i
in rebellion agniast the same, utiless
Coiirrrt!ss( by a vote of two thirds, shall
have removed the disability of any tueh
pcrs'MH.
The fourth e!une afarr.is the vaiiotty
of the bobt. of tbo I'iiiicd Slates, aud
prohibits tho a.t:mptio;i or paymet-t of
the rebel debt, or cf any claims for the
!o or emancipation of any slave.
The fifth clause provi les that Corr.rrc.-3
.-hall havo pover to enforce the provis
ions of tho other clauses by appropriate
legislation.
That these wise and moderate provis
ions will meet the hearty approbation of
the Ue:ris!atttr', I cannot doubt. If pro
posed by two thirds cf ouch House of
Conro-s and la'iued by tLr -c fourths cf
tho Wwlaturr of the States, tho Con
stitution provides that they should etaud
as adopted amendments oi" tht.t instru
ment. , ,
A o'to.-tion has been raised whetS cr the
tnti hitc'r in rebellion, rc-i nor ; et re-
stored to th
their privileges by Contra .s, arc
)'iLt.-d oa this vote in otbci
to lo co'iut-l oa this vote m other
word' whether those v.-ha have receded
and boi.n ttiSdued shall be entitled to a
potential voice in the quo-nioa of the
'uarautees to be required of them for fu
ture obedience to the laws. So monstrous
ii trnp-wition is, it appears to mo not sup
ported by tha words cr spirit, of the Con
stitution. The power to suppress insur
.,..;.. Jn.ln:l..: tVin nower of niahin;'
trovisions against its brcakins out afresh.
These States have made au unjust war
n,vernmeet aud their
siser States, and the power given by the
Constitution to mane war ou uui pa.i, iu
eludei the power to dictate, after our suc
cess, the tonus of peace and restoration.
The power of Congress to guaiantoe to
every State a Republican form of Gov
ernment, would cover much more cogent
action than has been had.
The duty imputed upon Congress, to
provide and maintain Republican govern
meuts for the States is to be accepted in
the bro vdet mcauiri- cf the term. It u
not a more formal or unnecessary Toy
sion. The power was conferred, and tao
duty enjoined, to preserve tree instituDons
a-iicst all encroachments, or- the more
violent elements of despotism, aud anarchy.
. . ,i . v. bw rebel. ion,
Ana now tnat ireasou .a, j -subverted
the Governments of a DaO"
the iicopla an w-e
rights guaranteed by the Ccastitutwn, '.a-.
blW(liVit' ibo of property and lifo,
lire ivtrk. tf restoration lor those. States
rests with too National Oovcmrucni, ana
Ic ,it thould hi faithfully aud foarluos! per
ir l
1U1U1CU.
By their passage by Congress, and the
declaration of the peoplo at the late
elections, tho faith of the nation ia pledg
ed to the acndcnta, and they wiil bo
fairly carried out, and their benefits given
to the rebellious States. Hut whou the
amendntcntB bball havo passed into the
orsuio hv7, should the people lately iu
rebellion persist ia their rejection, and in
continued disobedience, and tho obtruc
tiau of tbo execution of the national laws
it wiil bo an admonition to tho nation
that the animus and force of treason stiil
exist among d people who enjoy none of
the privileges of tho governmeut, save of
o rrnnarmi!) iidrtM Tl fl Wltll their TO-
t buw..- .-.w
jection, oil hope of reconstrnetmn, with
tho co-epcrauun oi tho rebellious urates,
on a bufis that would secure to the Re
public? tho logical results of the war, wil!
Iiive vanished, aud the duty must then
devolve upon the government, of adopt
in tli moj-t effectual method to secure
for those States tho character
of trovern
wi -
l. - r.tj demanded by tho CWtitution.
I , Tl,..,. n.n ..,iD.....t Inn-!n I or.vemmentS
they aro without muuieipal law, and with
.t any claim to participate in the Gov
t-riiniet.t.
On what principal of law or justice can
!:o rebellious States complain, if after
tLov hut rr iect.-d tho fair and masnt.Di-
moiis terms upon which they aro offered
brotherhood with us, and a participation
in all the blessin.es of our freedom, and
they Lave refused, if the Governmeut, in
the exercise of its powers, chould enter
anew upon the work of reconstruction at
.ho very fonudatiot) ; and then the n-eesi-ty
will be fireed upon us to discard all
ais-tir-iinatirn in favor of the enemies of
our RStionalify, to give us and tbeiw ecdur
iu freedJiu and impartial justice.
Tlu Coi-stitution has delii cd treason,
ir.d has ;iveu express power to suppress
insurrection, by war, if cccwary. It
has not provided, in detail, the terms to
he L'fuitcd afier such a war. lkw could
it do hi. ! U would probably not be eou-
tended bv the wnoest pa.usiu, ..-.-
:v::t - La'i a right to bo rq -r.-entcd m
Cea r ut a limu when they ncio cairy-i-ig
on open war again.-t the government,
or that Con-zress was not then a lawful
body, tot withstanding their exclusion.
flow then have they regained the riht
ol rei-tes..taiion-f Surely cot by s.:u
p.ly laying do'vu thoir srms whnu they
could no l.,n.,-cr held then. Vhe tutted
States have the riitht, and it is their du
IV, to exact such securities for futurc
iod cond-aet as they may do-v.n .- u lietent.
and the ofTon-'eTS, lVota v.'.ioi'. they are to
lo exieicd, can have no right to i-artici-r.ate
iu our councils ia t'.e decision -f the
.'jUKStion of what their puaUimeut bhull
be.
lYietically, all common sc nro ilefernitR--d
the .(iiestioti of their right, so to par
titipate, when Congress proceeded in the
enactment of laws, after the surrender ol
the last robed military force. It was de.
tcraiiued agaiu, when the uow j euding
atucuotiitiuts were proposed by Congress,
if t. 7 . thir ls of Congress, a.- now consti
tuted, could lawfully propose those amend
pieut. , thcu three fourths of the States,
,,'it ei.clu.Jcd from reprcseutatioa ia Cou-..re---.
1 orui a snffscieat majority to chect
tb-ir h-vfol aJot.tion. It was determined
a-Viii bv tho formal sanction of both the
-4c at political parlies, when Congre.-s, by
au Jtaost unanimous vote, declared the
. . . i .V.f th n
r be'iious States wfliout the ngntoi rep
resentation in tho Electoral College ia
loGl. , , .
v.' a (r.i nn resolutely and rap-
idlv wit - 'all measures deemed necessary
to 'the future safety of the country so
.i t ...ru nf it io v. at the earliest
djy, bo restored to just ana c-faal politi
cal privileges.
Tho atiuuai report oi ji-
t.,...v.i..-u iinerintendent oi too main
fenrnco an 1 education of the soldiers or
. ... M... I
r,haos wiil exhibit U.o present condition
l ' . . I .O' il.O ..r, l.-t.,'.-.
rnd the result tnus lav uj. .u"--
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in". INeariy mree iu.iu.-anu
Miihlien of the brave wr. who rua
uma - , i
down their lives that the cation m.got
live aro now uot only comtur.ao.y pro
vided for and cuarded from temptation,
but arc receiving aa eJueauoa w: ic.i wi..
t them to repay tho care of mediate.
Tin. appropriation made lor this purpt3
tt the l ist session, has beea smllcient to
nwetall ex-enses cd tuo nnancmi j.
justeloacd. And I recommend whnrcv-
cr apt ropriaUon may do necessaij
iinuu and perfect the system under which
the schools are conducted.
There cau be no doubt that tho oppro-..-;.,tmn
Tpi'l ho made. Were I to select
aay State intcrcrt which 1 would more
warmly commend to your prompt atten
tion aud liberality thanianother, it would
be this. All rennsyivar.ians re .....uu
d it, and it lie3 near tho hearts of ad
true men. ,
Owing to their greater destitution and
wani of information ou the part of t.ieir
relatives, the orphans' of our colorid sol
diers may require some special atti-t:&n.
l'crhap3 authority to the State Superin
tendent, to use, for a short tim?, the ser
vices ot au t''ent, to ascertain tue.r uu...-
ana claiu.s, ana briug -.uem ili- j "-
schools thai may be provided for them,
will le 8n2iclcat. Xhe rhole number in
tho Stuto ia not large, of whom a few
havo already beeu temporarily provided
lor.
I recommend that provision le made
for the rcaititecmco of such of our Bol
dicrs an aro ia poverty, and havo teen 60
maimed as to prevent them from securing
a livclihocd by thoir labor, by rentiag
buildings at oaco, or 3uca other means as
you may desm wise and proper, until the
arrangements proposed Ly tha National
Government for their support aro com
pleted. They ara probably few in num
ber, and it i3 dae to tho character of tha
Commonwealth, that they tihould not
remain iu. or become tho iamatcs cf poor
houses, of pick up a precarious Eubsis
teuee by beggiug. Putriolio and charit
able citizens have dono much for them,
but speedy and proper relief can oidy la
given them by the systematic and contin
ued benevolence of the Commonwealth.
The Legislature can alone afftXl immediate
relief to all of thin class of our citizens,
and ia thus exhibiting gratitutc to heroic
and fiiithlul men, who did so much, for
the country, the burden wiil fall equally
ou all her people.
By our existing laws, juries nro selected
by the sheriff and commissioners of the
respective counties. As these officers are
generally of similar political afiiuilias, the
sys'e u has always beeu in danger "f ba
iug abused for partisan purposes. lour
ing the last six years, it has been fre
quently so abused, in many of the counties.
To secure, as far as possible, tho ad
miuis'ratiou of equal justice hereafter, I
rccommeud that jury commissioners shall
be elected iu eaou county in the same
manner as inspectors of e'ections are cho
sen, each citizen votitig for one jury com
tuissiuuer, aud the two pcrsms having the
highest number cf votes to l-o the jury
commissioners of the- respective county,
to perform the fame duties, ia the selec
tion of jurors, that are now imposed upoa
the sheriff and county commissioners.
It is impossible to provide, in all re
spects, for the increasing and changing
interests of our people, by the ena-jtmcnt
of general laws, but to a large estent it
is ptacticable to relievo tho Legislature
IViiu special legislation which L demand
ed and occupies so much of its sessions.
Special legislalian is generally passed
with out due Consideration, much of it at
the dose of the session, and is chiefy ob
jectionable from the partiality with which
powers aud privileges arc conferred.
1 again recommend the passage of gen
eral laws, when it is at all practicable,
aud in this connection, recommend the
passage of a general law, regulating rail
reads now existing and the incorporation
of ucw companies, so that so far ss possi
ble there may be a just uniformity ia the
fnnchiscs granted, and equal facilities af
forded to the people of all sections of the
Commonwealth.
There- are at this time, in the various
prisons, a Lumber of persons under sen
tence of death, some tf them for many
years, and as it has become a custom that
an incoming Governor should not issue &
warrant of execution in cases unacted on
by his predecessor, it not uiifrequently
happens that in many cases, some of which
arc recent, while somo punishment should
bo iullicted, that of death may appear to
ihe Ilsccutive to bo too severe.
I earnestly repeat my recommendation
heretofore mads, that provision be made
tor the reception of such persons iuto the
penitentiaries, who m.iy Le pardoned on
condition of remaining a limited time
therein.
1 ro appointed Hon. C. Jl. Coburn,
Superintendent cf Common School;, on
tho expiration of his term in June last,
and he continued at the head ot that Io
partmcnt until tho first of November,
when he resigned, and I sppointei Col.
J. P. Vickersbaui. It is due to Mr. Co
burn to ay, that he fulfilled all tho duties
of Lis i Lice faithfully and efficiently.
It appears from his report, that there were
in the school year cf 18(i5, school
districts in the State: 13,14(5 schools :
10,141 teachers, and 725 312 pupils, with
?.n nverajrc attendance of 473,0'.;
The
total oo.-t of tha school system, for the en
tire State, ircluding taxes levied and
State ar.pr.5r.ri-it.ioa, was for the year 1SCC
11,103,25!$ 5S7. -The increase ia the
j number cf school district v,.-.s 2 '5 ; ia the
' cumber cf schools, 222; in the number
! ,r ..t.n.tn .Mnodinff Kchnn!. 10 fit! 1 in
UI VlllK.1 UkVWU " - - -; ,
the average a'tca.laa. . at school, IS. 945,
and in th tctr.1 cost of the sptem, 51.
020,02. I invite your attention to the
valuable suggestions made ia Li3 report,
and that ot Col. V. ictcrsham, ar. l com
mend our system of public instruction
to the coatinued fostering care of the
Legislature.
1 herewith present the reports of Col.
Jordan, Military Agent of the State at
Washington: cf Coi. II. IL Gregg, Chief
of Transportation ; cf S. 1. Bates, on
military history of oar volunteers ; of
trustees of the "Soldiers' C ettysburg Na
tional Cemetery ; -of the r. weedings and
ceremonv of the return of ihe flags, on I
the 4th of July, in tho city tt Philadel
phia, and cf Col. James Worrell, com
missioner appointed under an act relating
to the passaco offish iu the Susquehanna,
-ii J invite your attention to them, and the t
reports of tho Surveyor Genoral asd Ad
jutant General.
Jhe Agency at Washington should, ia
my judgment, be continued. It has prov
ed very useful in all respects, and especi
ally to our volunteers ana their families.
Four thousand six hundred and ninety
claims have passed the agency during the
patt year, and thres hundred aad t-lcveu
thousand seven hundred aad three dollars
has been collected from the Government
and transmitted to the claimants free cf
charge.
It will be necessary to continue tho of
fice of Chief of Transportation, as tliero
aro unsettled accounts with railroad com
panies and the National Government, and
duties to be performed ia the removal and
care of the bodies of the dead, which re
quire it. An additional opprupriatioa
wiil be required fur this Le artnictit.
I earnestly recomuituJ, iu justice to
the living and the dad, that our military
history bo pushed fur-vard vigorously, an I
that laouey fur that purpose be appropri
ated. The trustees of the State Lunatic II08
pitul represent that it is impossible for thm
to accommodate and care for the number
of patients committed to them under tho
laws regulating adiiihjlons into the hos
pital, and earnestly recommend that pro
vision bo laade for increased accoiumoda
tiou. I nead not y that the institution is
carelully and esonomically managed, orta
refer to the great good it has produced ;
asd that I cordially unite in the state
ment end recommendations of the memo
rh'l herewith presented.
I invite your attention to the condition
of the Arsenal.
It is too small unsafe as a depository
for the large amount of Valuable military
material to be kept ia it, and 13, in all re
spects, iuconvonieat aad tot adapted to
its purpose.
Much inconvenience wi3 erparienccl
during the war for want of suCicieat room
and rafety, and I recommend that ground
be procured and a new and commodious
arsenal be erected in cr r:ar tho Capital
of tho State.
Sinco the adjoarnmect of tho Legisla
ture I drew my warrant oa tle Treasury
for five thousand dollars, appropriated to
thi National Cemetery at Antictam. ani
appointed Major General Jao. 11. Brooke,
trustee to represent tho State. Bcforo
the warract was drawn I appointed Col.
Wm. II. Plair aad Captain J. Merrill
Lion, fiho examined the grouud and made)
a fuli investigation, thoir rtport of which
accompanies this message. It will bo no
ticed that they report seven hundred anl
niuety-seven bodies cf Pennsylvaniaathat
will be removed iuto the Cemetery, and
recommenJ an additional appropriation,
ia which I most cordially unite.
I cancel close my last Annaal Messaga
without rericwiag the expression of my
graitade to the freemen cf tho Common
wealth, for tha hearty .approval with
which they have cheered the labors of tha
Kxcoutive Office. To havo earned such
approval by my 0-ci.;l conduct, during
tue last six years, must always be a source
of pride lo myself aud children. With
out the cca5eiousaei3 that I was endear
ing to deserve their aj prov.-.I, aad v.Ithout
the hope that I shorn -j succeed iu attain
ing it, I must have si'n'i under tha ro-snoi-sibilities
ff my position Itwasculj
a' reliance on livine Providence, aud the
active, resolute, hearty tupport and zel
of the people, and tluir representatives,
that encouraged roe during the dark tin J
terrible crisis through which the country
has passed. I triod to do my duty to my
country, and know I was at least faithful
to her in her deep distress, aad I con
ceived that duty net to bo limited to tla
cr;ly putting cf men itifo tho CeM t
suppress treason and rebellion, and nmia
tain tha rational life, and doing of evcry-thit-tr
in my power to sustain tue juit war
forco l upon us. I felt also bound, so far
as I could, to protect and promote tha
ritrht3 and comforts of oar volunteers,
after they had left tho State, to aid aad
relieve tho sick cad wcuadid, aad to caro
for the transmission, to their bereaved
families, of the precious bodiss of tha
slain, and the maintenance aad education
of their orphans as honored children c:
tho country.
To Lave been tho Chief Magistrate of
this great Commonwealth, during tho pe
riod through which wa Lave ras-ed, and
to have earned aad maintained (if indeed
I havo done so) the ct.r.fJcnci and affec-
I tion cf her people and tl.eir representa
tives, arc quito tnougn to ftatis.'y tao
hi''h tract given me, I pray God that tho
State may continue to grow in power and
strength, aad her peoplo in prosperity and
hai meis.
A. G. CUR-TIN.
Executive CnAiitEit, )
IIurruLurff, Januaiy 2, 1SC7. )
The Agricultural College of Penn
sjlvania has bad during tbo year just
closed, 114 students. Of these, 0 are ia
the Senior, 21 in the Junior, 23 in the
Sophomore, 29 ia the 1'resLman, aad S2
ic the Preparatory Department. Thy are
from near'y every State in the Union, and
from nrly every county in our own
Suto.