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Au intensive increase of banking capital and other expedients will, doubt less, be pressed upon your attention; but' it is hopeddhat no; each fallacy may find favor. Nor is there any sufficient reason for the alarm and sensitiveness manifested in certain quarters; the real wealth of the country still exists, and the natural elements of prosperity are no lees than heritofege. It is the shadow, not the substance that is passing away. The business community should look the danger bravely in the face, and by their energy, honesty and enterprise, over come it. Mutual confidence and forbearance should be cherished by all, as a means of ac complishing this desirable end. In accordance with the provisions of a law passed in. April last, a vote of the people was taken, at the October election, on the policy of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxi sleeting ; 168,342 votes were cast in favor of the measure, and 163,510 votes against it. The proper regulation of this subject greatly concerns the moral welfare of the people, and for that reason will claim your anxious conside ration. Perhaps no other moral question within the range of your authority so deeply interests the people, of every class, race and condition. Indeed, the . immoderate use of intoxicating drinks is an evil that has left its fatal mark in every vicinage. Its progress, fortunately, has been steadily resisted by societies and individu als, who have employed the power of truth and reason againat it These efforts have done much, and may do more hereafter to mitigate the evil. Avoiding all vexatious encroachments upon the rights and privileges of every citizen, there is clearly nofoason why the influence of a well de signed law,regulating and restraining the sole of intoxicating liquors, should not be brought to the aid of these individual efforts. Although the vote of the people would seem to indicate their aversion to the particular measure of re form proposed, it is not to be inferred, for that reason they are averse to all attempts at refor mation. 'Such an inference, I am confident, would not be a true reflection of their senti ments. So far from this, they acknowledge the existence'of the evil and the necessity of proper remedies. Our present licence laws, to this end, might, in my opinion, be usefully revised—the object of each revision being to lessen the vice of intemperance. That those laws need such revision is conceded. So far as relates to the city of Philadelphia, they are peculiarly prej t. dieial to public morals, and seem to have been constructed to pronlote the convenience of del,' log, far more than to restrain its evil consequee ems. The subject is worthy of your early re. ! deliberate consideration. The report of the Superintendent will exhibit to you, in detail, the operations of the Common . School system for the year just closed; and I re spectfully recommend the suggestions of that of ficer to your :went ooneideratioo. The general law of 1849, with amendments and modifications, was re-modeled by the lest Legislature. The moat material parts of tee old law, which were omitted in the new, were the sub-district, the endowment, and sectarian features. The former was rejected because of the untie:estary multiplication of offices which it authorized, and the conflicts which perpetually arose between the committees and directors; and the latter, because in manifest hostility to tic true Wept of the common school system. The.: provisions, which seemed to contemplate a sepa rate school establishment, under sectarian t -.- teenage, although controlled by the emcee, school directors, were originally engrafted up •,, the acts of 1836 and 1838, and were again re enacted in 1849. They were very properly stricken from the system by the law of last ses sion. Should efforts be Made in tip future, ut similar innovations, come whence they may, it is hoped they may be promptly rejected. The aye tem, to be effectual, must be simple and uniform in its operations. Special legislation. inconsis tent with the general law, applicable to portico lar localities or districts, to answer temporary nr partial ends, always has, and always willetobar rasa the administration of the general eyStem, and should, for this reason, be carefully avoided. The integrity of its forms, not less than the means to sustain its operations, should be con stantly maintained, and sacredly aherlchel by the government. A new feature in the system, adopted in the law of last session, creating the office of County Superintendent, has not, as yet, been fully test ed ; and there evidently exists some diversity et opinion-aa to the wisdom of the provision. It is already very obvious, at least, that its beneficial workings must depend mainly upon the eherac ter of the agents selected to carry it into open. tion. Competent and faithful Superintendent, may produce the happiest results; whilst the ee. agency of the ignorant or inefficient will be at tended by the reverse consequences. In order to give this new feature of the law a fair trial. it will be necessary, therefore, for the director,' in-the respective counties to select Superintend eats with sole reference to their adaptation to tb• - duties of the station. . NO. e 'VP"' 'As ;: n " - EMIZENNE .I , L ,','* E .' ,~.~`~; Of the many obstacles in the way of the cm ,plete success of our Common School system, th• one most prominent, and most difficult to re move, is the want of competent teachers. In some communities, I regret to say, the system has fallen into comparative inefficiency, beefily good teachers cannot be found ; and in other: the most vexatious consequences have onset, from the employment of the illiterate and incom patent. Nothing could exercise a more prejudi• eel influence; indeed, between a very be, teacher and none at all, the latter alternltiv. might, in many instances, be preferred. This deficiency is clearly manifest, and hard to obvi ate. Some of the beet mind's of the State hove been occupied and perplexed with it; and until recently no general and practicable plan for its removal had been devised. The plan of granting permanent professional certificates, by officers skilled in the art of teach lag, and eminent in :literary and scientific ac quirements, to teachers who satisfactorily pass a thorough examination in the several branches of study which the act of May, 1854, requires to be taught in every district, and also in the art of teaching—is already obviously effecting deist ded improvement in this regard, and it is be tieved will do much towards placing the profes siodupon a high and firm basis. Normal schools, it is urged, could in addition to some extent sup ply the deficiency, bat the expenses of such an institution would be heavy. The source of this difficulty, it is clear, can be traced, in a great measure, to the want of a pro per appreciation in the public mind of the poet Lion and business of a teacher. The profession, for this reason, in addition to the absence of fair - compensation, has not been attractive. Indeed, it bar scarcely been regarded as a profession at all, bat rather as a preliminary step to some other pursuit. Well directed efforts have recent ly been made to change the general sentiment on this point, and I rejoice in the belief that these have not been in vain ; and that the day is not far distant when the, profession of teacher will be equal to the- aepirations of the most ambi tious of our people ; when its distinctions, digni ties and pecuniary rewards will command the Arne and attention of the most gifted. I can see no reasons why this state of feeling should not prevail; why the profession of teacher should not rank in honor and profit with the other learned professions; why the science of devel oping the human intellect—of giving scope and force to mind—of elevating the moral faculties of our race—of oontrolling the passions and tempering the desires, should not be esteemed as highly as those professions and callings, whose ornaments have received all their cepaci• ty and polish at the hands of the comparatively humble and illy rewarded teacher. I earnestly recommend the common school sys tem to your guardian care, as the most sacred of all our institutions. The offspring of a con stitutional injunction on the Legislature—the extension and perpetuity of its usefulness, is the plain duty of all. Resting at the very foun dation of the government, its practical workings should be a true reflection of our republican system, and its blessed opportunities made avail able to all, regardless of rink, or condition, or persuasion. It should aid the poorradvance the rich, and make the ignorant wise. I confidently anticipate for it, a day of great er perfection and wider influence. No better ob ject can engage the attention of government, or - Consume its means, than the education of the people in the most comprehensive sense of the term; embracing the use of letters, the cultiva tion of the moral faculties, and the diffusion of ohristian truth. In this we have the surest guarantee for the perpetuity of our republican government, and for the enjoyment of civil-lib erty and religious freedom. Such an education may be safely claimed as the most potent means of ,preventing crime—of increasing individual happiness and national dignity—of promoting christianity and civilization—of extirpating mor• al and political evils—of elevating, aignifying pad adorning our social condition. Our various Charitable and reformatory insti tutions—so creditable to the State, and which, inlheir practical operations, have done so much for the relief of suffering humanity—will claim the continued care and bounty of the Common wealth. • The State Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg, un der its present efficient control and management, meets the just anticipations of its wise and be• nevoleutAdvoCates. Its humane and benignant agency in ameliorating the condition of the un fortunate ease for whose relief it was designed, can be judged by no ordinary standard. The benefits of such an institution rise above all mere pecuniary estimates. Its purposes address them selves to the best and noblest feelings of our na ture, and can only berated at the price of human hope and human reason. A somewhat dissimilar, though not less meri torious Institution has recently been established in Philadelphia, for the mental training of the Idiotic and the imbecile. The astonishing re sults it has already achieved in developing and invigorating the weak and clouded intellect, should secure fur it public confidence and pat ronage. It commends itself to the bounty and care of the State. The institutions for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, and Blind, will also need, as they justly merit, the usual annuity from the State. They are in a flourishing condition, and continue to bestow numberless blessings upon the unfor tunate beings committed to their charge. As a scheme for corroding and reclaiming wayward and offending youth, the House of Re fuge stands pre-eminent; and is every where gaining public confidence. Its general influence upon tots class of erring creatures, is far more effectual and humanizing than that of the ordi nary modes of punishment. It takes charge of those whose offences are often the result of cir cumstances rather than criminal intent; who fall by the influence of bad example, of wicked aesociation, of idle habits or animal necessities; or who sin because of the utter want of moral and mental perception; who do wrong, rather than right, because they have not the power to distinguish between them. For ouch unfortu nate beings, the House of Refuge possesses the advantages of restraint and correction—with moral and intellectual training, as well as of instruction in the usual pursuits of life, without the disgrace and chilling intlubace of prison con finement. The results, therefore, often are, that its inmates go back to society, cured of all mor al defection, and competent to fill the place of correct and useful members of community. Daring the past summer, the magnificent structure erected under the supervision of cer tain benevolent gentlemen of Philadelphia, as a new House of Refuge, was completed and thrown open for public inspection. The capacity, order, and arrangements, in every particular, of this admirable building, are fully equal to the de sign of its founders. It is an honor to them and an ornament to the beautiful city in which it is situated; and its good effects in future, under the same eystematic and wise discipline which so eminently distinguished its past management, will not be readily over-rated. The Western House of Refuge, situate on the banks of the Ohio river, a short distance below Pittsburgh, I am gratified to say, is also comple• ted and ready for inmates. Though less impos ing, as to size had capacity, than its stately com peer of the east, it possesses all the order econo my of_rtpace, and perfect alaptittion .to the purposes designed, that characterize the more costly structure at Philadelphia; and is also be lieved to be quite adequate, as to size, to present wants, while it is built with expresi reference to future additions, should they become necessary. Neither of these buildings have,' I presume, been erected without involving their projectors in pecuniary liability, and perhaps loss. The entire state has a deep interest in suck truly meritorious institutions; and whatever relief can be given to them by the Legislature, consist ently with the condition of the Treasury or our public engagements, should be cheerfully ex• tended. The interests of Agriculture aro ardently commended to your care. Extensive and ener getic efforts have been recently made to die. een.anate correct information concerning this great pursuit, anal in thin way to confer upon the farmer the a•lvantage of a scientific as we❑ as a greatly refined, practical understanding cf the nob'e pursuit in which he it engaged. The utility of a College, devoted to the science of Agriculture, with a model farm attached— wherein the principles of a scientific cultivation of the soil, and manual labor in that pursuit, would be joined to the usual Academical eto ties —has been strongly preened upon my attention. It is believed that such an institution can be successfully organized under the auspices of the State and County Agricolturel Societies. The practice adopted and maintained by the last General Assembly, in reference to omnibus bille and special legislation, is an improvement of such value as to commend itself an a settled rule ; and I confidentiy trust this salutary pre cedent may not be dieregirded Obscurity, confusion and inaccuracy in the construction of our laws, inroade upon private rights, and unguarded corporate privileges, Ni tration and confusion in the interpretation and administration of our statutes, have been the fruits of a leosie and unguarded system of leg islation. The evil has been one of the greatest magnitude, and the remedy should be cherished with unyielding tenacity. Special legislation has no little to recommend or sustain it in prin ciple, it is surprising it has been so long en dured. Although ranch was (1300 by the two preceding legislatures by general lure, to amt. ate any supposed necessity for special acts, there still ie much to be performed in avoiding a return to thin unsafe practice. It is believed that general laws can be no framed as to avoid in most cases the necessity for special acts, and the proposition is most earnestly commended to your favorable consideration. The omnibus system—a. pernicd as mode of legislation, by which the moat opposite mea sures, good and bad, are thrown together in one bill and under one title—was, I rejoice to lay, entirely broken down and discarded by the last General Assembly. The volume of laws for 1854 contains no acts of this character. Each law embraces but a single subject, and that in dicated by its proper title. The 55th section of the act providing for the expenses of Government for 1553, aathorized and rtquirr I the G ',teener to sell the State ar, renal at Philadelphia, and apply the proceeds of such sale towards the purchase of another site and the erection of a new building; and restricting the expenditure to the emu received for the old property. The building and lot were readily sold for $30,000. The selection of a new location, and the erection of another build ing, presented a far more difficult task. I read ily discovered that the eum thus appropriated was entirely inadequate to accomplish the end in view. Too price of a similar location would leave but a meagre sum with which to erect the building. Under all the circumstances, I have not felt authorized to attempt to carry out the law, and would respectively suggest the proprie ty of the appropriation for this pur pose. The report of the present able and energetic Adjutant General will inform you of the con dition of the military affairs of the State. This department of public affairs, I regret to say, has been in a confused and declining condition for nevehil yore. The public Librarian has called my attention to-the fact, that the law reports of twenty two other Staten have been regularly received by this, and that no provision has ever been made on our part to reciprocate this courtesy and generosity, I respectfully suggest the proprie ty of authorizing some officer of the Govern ment to procure the necessary copies of the Pennsylvania reports to aupply those States who have so generously added to our library. The registration act, I respectfully suggest, has essentially failed to accomplish the end de signed, and should be repealed or amended. A 'reacted eq incomplete and Imperfect can do no good ; but may really do harm. It has already cost the State about $26,000, to which there must be annually additions. The object ie a de sirable one, but I im confident it can never be attained by the mode contemplated in this law. It is a subject of constant complaint by registers nod physicians, nod only such registration is made no is compulsory, io order to legalize let tere of administration. By the 07th section of the appropriation law of last session the Secretary of the Common wealth was authorleed to continue the publica tion of the Archives to the year 1790. Under this authority the selection of documents from 1783 to 179 Q, has been made, and the tenth vol ume, containing this matter, will be ready for distribution before the close of the session. Two additional volumes will complete the work as originally designed. The councils of Philadelphia, by an ordinance passed in October, 1852, dedicated the necessary ground in Independence Square, to the erection of a monument commemorative of the Declara tion of Independence ; awl tendered the posse-- siou of the premises to the representatives of nine or more of the original States. Since that time, the States of New York, Now ..I,reey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connee ticut, Georgia and Pennsylvania, have eignilled their willingness to accept the proposition or the terms indicated by the councils, and to partici pate in this patriotic work. Delaware, Mary land, Virginia and the two Carolinas, have ta ken no aotion on the subject. I cannot refrain from again expressing my unabated solicitude for the success of this movement. If American history furnishes a single event which is worthy of commemoration --- • :;:fr - tit , 4 ; t ts' •• • ..„ •••• • , - • ' ,P t, • ,•`, • y9w t .4 . 4 -*. L • - "% , " „A• 4.: • #14.10 . - , ' 1.- - . • ~ 4',1•,i , ,o.ok 4VI Irtif • 4 ",r.~ , 11:'1. .: ~`_"_Fwd°~.a.:;t+isu~i'two`.~-ntrtPYx~n'..v,.'.''.~":r^r:'..?'.: by a monument, the Declaration of Independ ence is that eve t. In moral grandeur it is without a parallel, and stands above all others for the mighty influence which it has exerted upon the political, religious and social condition of mankind. it has been justly said, it ushered in a new member into the family of nations and electrified all Europe. It opened new revela tions of liberty, and changed the relations of people and government, by teaching the one how to resist and conquer oppression, and the other the absolute necessity to its own continuance of recognizing and respecting the rights of human ity. From that time forth, a new, vital and quickening spirit has pervad d the world. Thrones have been shaken, empires have been overturned, society has been convulsed, blood and carnage has desolated the earth ; tint still the intelligence and souls of the people of all Christendom have been so vivified, elevated and expanded to a comprehension of their right, as will never be obliterated or forgotten; but will ad vance, enlarge, an increase, until the moral and social preparation for the appreciation and en joyment of liberty shall be effected, which, in the divine economy ie so indispensable to the permanence of free institutions. As the third generation of that posterity, for whom the men of the revolution chiefly labored and suffered, and died, it is peculiarly fitting that we should erect such representations of . their great and controlling acts as shall speak to our cirri hearts, to our children's hearts, and shall testify to God and the world, that we ap preciate and reverence, and would cultivate and disseminate the mighty truths and prin ciples which brought our nation into existence, which confidante its very life, and of which it seems designated by Providence to be—the spe cial defender and protector. I believe we should have a monument to per petuate the remembrance of the great event, from which such manifold and inestimable bles sings have sprung; some imperishable memo rial of our gratitude to the authors of the Decla rations of Independence; to the heroes who par ticipated in the mighty struggle ; an enduring witness of the great things done amongst us and for us; en embodiment of the origin and principles of our government ; some distinguish ing mark of the place of the nation's birth ; consecrated temple of liberty, about which un born generations of Americans may meet and renew their assurances of fidelity to the princi ples of the Declaration and to their natural off spring—the Constitution and the Union. I am for this work most earnestly; and I trust that Pennsylvania will not permit it to fail; but that it may be pressed upon the attention of the ori ginal thirteen States, until each and all shall evince a willingness and determinat on to par ticipate in the erection of this glorious struc ture. To this end l_respectfully suggest to the General Assembly, the propriety of again calling the attention of the original States to the sub ject, by resolution or otherwise. In closing my last communication to the Gene ral Assembly, and terminating my official rela tions with the people of my native Common wealth. I may he indulged in a brief and general reference to her present proud position as • member of the great family of States, arid to the patriotism, integrity, and general prosperity ,f her citizens. The advantageous geographi cal position of Pennsylvania, with a Sae harbor open to the Atlantic, and another conneotingher centrally with the magnifioent chain of western take navigation—her long branching rivers, spreading their arms and arteries through every portion of her territory, all added to her fertile soil and exhaustless deposits of valuable miner als—present a combination of the natural ele ments of greatnees, ecarcely equalled in our own or any other quarter of the globe. ?helm have made her an ,attractive field for the science, in dustry and enterprise of man; and all her na tural advantages have been cherished and culti vated, until she has reached a condition of varied wealth and positive prosperity. Her system of internal improvements will safely compare with those of any sister State, wkether in regar l to completeness in construction, or the extent of country which they traverse. Nor have the higher hopes of hums ity been disregarded by our statesmen, and the people at large; as the liberal provision+ for common schools, Aeade• mi - s and cur 00110010111 crowded 'hutches attest: whi:e, at the lame time, the srious Aoylums fur the ineene, and for the un ortunate of all clasees and nonfitione, and err of Refuge, for the reformation of the way ard and erring, ■ileutly. yet eurely, beer wtt• egs that the cause of benevolence hie always amid effective advocates within her border.. In physical improvement" and popalation her progress has been steady and rapid. In the liiys of (1;v. Soy ter, the erection of a bridge - iver the Susquehanna river, and the construe :ion of a turnpike road was the sutject of execu tive exaltation, sal a matter of congratulation among the people. Now her whole surface i+ checkered over with railroads, canals and other highways. Teen the. whole revenues of the state amounted to but 141.',0,000 Now t h e y es. coed five millions. Of tie four large States, her per centage of ItiCrell,C in popu!uion, since 1840, is the greatest; and she has besides excelled the best of her sisters iu the production of wheat, iron and coal. Iler population numbers not less than two and half millions; nearly as large as all the States at the time of the Revolution The present value of her real and personal estate ex ceeds $8.50,000,000 liar annual production of coal is worth in the market over twenty millions 11cr great interests of agriculture, manufactures and commerce are rapidly extending. She has, in addition, a history of which we may we:l' be proud. Within her limits I. found the birthplace of Inkependence—that sacred spot where was first iriclared those great trutlil which lie at the foundltion of American nation ality. In the maintenance of those truths she bore a glorious part. liar contribution of men to the field, and money to the treasury—of talent and wisdom to the Congress of the Colonies, were not surpassed by those of any other State. It was hersons whocrossed the Delaware in theilead of winter, under the lead of Washington, and for a time turned the tide of war. Again, in the struggle of ISL.!, for the rights of American sit• irenship, nod in that of trig;, for American honor and progress, she contributed with a profuse generosity. The contest amongst her eons was not as to who should have the right to stay at .home, but wbo should have the privilege of going into the field. Bearing this honorable art in matters of foreign war—she his had no less enviable participation in allaying domes tic strifes. Whenever the exigency seemed to require it, she has stood firmly by the Constitu- Lion and the Union, and ever contended for the rights of all stations of th — ccuntry, and all classes and denominations of the people. Such te our State. To live and die within her limits, and to have borne even a very humble part in her civil service and in her history, I shall ever esteem as a proud privilege—one that, as it drawn nearer to the eloee, swells my heart with gratitude to her people, ►t the recollection of the numerous proofs of confidenee I have expe rienced at their hands. The fullness of my exultation In the ohmmeter and happy condition of our beloved Common wealth, and of the gratitude I have expressed, leaves no room in my bosom for even a lingering regret at a decision of my fellow-citizens, which is soon to relieve me from the cares and labors of a public life. Its transient excitements have already been forgotten, and its alienations, if any, forgiven. I shall resume my place in the ranks of the people, with a ealm consciousness of having always Bought to advance their best interests to the extent of my ability; and of never having yielded my convictions of right, either in subservience to - any selfish wpm, or any narrow and unworthy prejudice. Having adverted to various subjects of oon gratulation In regard to the public affairs of my own State, I may be indulged in a brief refer ence, also, to the happy aspect of our common country, and the elevation it has reached among the nations of the earth, in the light of liberty, and through the workings of - its benign intaltu tionii. Who amongst us, and throughout this broad land, does not experience at this moment, and at every moment, in his own condition, and the condition of those who surround him, the in fluence and benefit of our happy Union, and the well-considered compact ty which it is sustained. A basis of calculation, exhibited by past expe rience, will give our country a population of thirty millions in lees than ten years from the present time—of eighty millions in thirty years to Dome—and of one hundred millions st the alone of the present century I But mere num bers are of no moment, compared with moral 'elements, in a nation's greatness. The vital strength and stability of the United States, se a people, conflate in the substantial interest whioh each individual has in the permanency of those glorious institutions which were baptized in the blood of our revolutionary struggle, and handed down to us as the sacred legacy of our fathers. Peril, or destroy these, and we peril or destroy the share of sovereignty and equality whioh they were designed to secure, alike to the richest and vorest, to the highest and humblest in the land. The experience of more than three-fourths of a century proves, I am persuaded, that the Amer ican people in the main, truly appreciate the beneficent structire and beautiful operation of our republican system. We have been assailed by an insidious and open hostility from abroad, and have, at times before the present, been en countered by both the ooncealed and palpable spirit of faction at home; yet the Constitution still stands as widely sod firmly riveted in the ' 1 , 0 ,4. 4k • ' ' • •• • : s P. te.ik a 4."`4" , :r.r r • - - • , • ~„ : ~. • f • 4 , • , a! , ,1• „! ;• .• 4 *: P.., • p-. 111 0 4: ";I,tir. MEE MEE *.d o ; . 1311=MS The more f,L, prosperity undoubie,„, , industry end intelligence of the rich natural resOurcee of our coo u ~ ) to en advantageous commercial intercourse with a warring world. But there is one element which we should cherish as more potent than all these: it is the protection and encouragement afforded by the union of the States, under an adequate and stable government. To this and the virtue of our citizens, under the smiles of Heaven, we are more indebted as a people, than to any other circumstance cr relation. No one who hoe studied our history, and marked the spirit in which our Union was formed, can avoid the conviction that our government, so far se em:terns the stability of this confederacy, must be one of opinion rather than force. Born in compromise and conciliation, it must be cherish ed in the same spirit; it must present itself to every member of this republic in the welcome guise of friendship and protection—not in over bearing pride, or as wielding the strong arm of power. We have before us the plain-written compaot of our fathers, to which they reflectingly con sented and subscribed, and so bound ue who have succeeded them. Its bleseings and its benefits have been felt throughout long years of unexampled prosperity. If we would obange any of its provisions, let us, with at least com mon honesty and manliness, pursue the mode of amendment which is pointed out, in admirable precision, in the noble instrument itself. But until this is done, those amongst us, who, from whatever motive, or under whatever - pretext, either openly repudiate any of its plain provi sions, or covertly retreating under the cloak of secret organization, eeek to violate its spirit, or avoid compliance with its clear behests, dishonor the faith of their fathers and deny their own palpable and solemn obligations. Entertaining . these views, how can any American patriot re gard, with the least degree of compliancy, the continued and embittered excitement of one sec tion of the country against the domestic institu tions of sootier; or the more recent organiza tion of secret societies throughout the Union, based upon doctrines of ,exclusion and procrip don, utterly at war with our National and State constitutions, and obnoxious to the liberal spirit of American republicanism? What admirer of the venerated Father of his Country but must now feet, with resistless force, his_ solemn warn hags against secret societies for political ends, as placing a powerful engine in the hands of the selfish and designing, and enabling them not only to acquire power unworthily, but also to sap and destroy the most sacred principles of our government? In these reflections upon certain political or ganizations, if I rightly comprehend my own motives, I am actuated by no mere partizan hos tility or resentment. Were I to say less at the present moment, I shohld stifle my clearest con victions of right, and shrink from a duty I owe to the people of Pennsylvania, who have so gen erously sustained me in various public relations in the past. Nay, more ; I should, by silence in this regard, fail properly to reflect that constan cy and unswerving faith which our noble Com monwealth has ever evinced towards the princi ples of our national compact, in reference to the freedom of conscience and univeral religous tol eration; and also to the wise doctrines of popu lar and State sovereignty, and the inherent right of self-government During the brief period which remains of my official term, I shall readily-and cheerfully co operate with the 0 I Assembly, in all prop er measures, to advance the public weal; and I earnestly invoke noon our labors, and the labors of those who may follow us in our public voca tion, the kindly care and keepipg of that Great and lßenificent 'Being who holds• the destiny of nations as well as of individulals, as it were, to the hollow of his band, and without whose continued smile there can be neither national or individual prosperity. WM. 810 LE R. EXECUTIVZ CRAM/MIL tarrubtarg, January 3, 18.56-. FROPI HARRISBURG. ,Correapundono. of the Dan, Morn in; Post HILL ca Ruts. 0? RZIALIMNICTIT le, t Ja•nuar7 4, 14.15. /41; , .4.av fir .]raler of Smote—JO. 414a4u.Lrec .N.4.4.aes .41,nal—Srnatar aloprr AMisog—The tilunn N./ , —lrr lAyt. r. DC. l'orr Agala , with lay "grey gouge quill," I Chi , . vor to teerb you, and you, tiltilbeoo.ll realm% le r.Ellri to the ravings and delep A suit about trite "peas city ." And ben a dltkrulty ettopoittexplaglft: although treat dal has been mil, little or wildlife - has been dose ; abieb te e however, by the way. s vary aillaSPOO Ot<PlTrra. here, and Wen 1 have eery llltl. to note. The &nate be: all of yesterday and this forename f,r a speaker, bet that far have failed In obtaining one The ikereocrecy, true to their hut/nets gal characteristics, rack le their men—Pyrou D. Ilatalha, Ken —whilst the Whig. ant K N.—post Whirl alliance;—_ , Ariveu at.,tr, by • a•-'•-••••1".Ilgklihe trugnestions, kaow unt upon shorn oett/e Tile afternoon, they eassi• within one vot• of •toi.thig !Arouse—oil lino Whig Senator from Erie—hut that gentleman utterly refusing t, vt.te frd himself, the matter etands Cl shale qua. A telegraphic dupatrh .u, I understand, received from Mr. BoAslew, tielel Hattie.. atetlag that he would be here on Monday . • sleet Mr itemise. Whether his prwieure walled for, la another matter I trust it will "Bun" ••• enti! ko.day, ae was alleged, sal elev.] every Mincer, from tb. highest to the loweet, in the noose, lye vote sl nearly, I: cat alt,rether, three to ono. I sore by the rape., that y ;0 tripped him up in your malt ward mualcipal adve rt,. Truly, he la "eon." in a "AriminawiC" Your great Leh will lake pllre, I Judy, on Turelay nest, when and where we expert to bears guest lar.Lat of you. The !all ure of Ileum Latimer, 'Goon A Sergeant, end Wm. A.lllll A CO, . it.. ermalaal quits • sexual/es here, as ala. in rhila• delphha Th. Uta•raTa proof:trete for the U S. Frenatorehtp are cattalo!, by Ude ttaexpeeted riewouctiwart much obecu. red. •hilet thaw of another reputed m- sled Geseral are largely Improved. renal. 'roper has been through "the hone," ape in It, for the past tes days, with his Meted., moving bearen and earth, but he mil come In ! I °berri ed lying up.o aka/ meroler'e desk, this morning. a Is. k, or public dneumrost, hearts,- his moo, mutable ',rank.' hue .5 Ruch • belt the flah thin year will not bite. H e mu,t hare a waeteru watt and •Druaorrat., eel that mitil ought to b. your wilted and elatneot toy unman, Col. Wh at, Ihreandbea. Whether be will receive the support of ',Wu" la another matter. If he dorm sot, I much fear his "rake te ell dough I" The name of Gen. .I. K. Moorhead, of your city, also circulates very froiwy ris 'Change. It Le is in the ring, well; bat if eel, why thou—not I .peak entirely from the "Aloha as they here maritheted them roles, and not from tiny thing that "I myself do leo," I hal the pleasure of shaking by the hotel, tilts afterrown, lila Excelleney, our noble chief magistrate, Governor Big ler. Ile is looking remarkably well, and haw I !ethos, entirely recovered from his late Indlepoiltion. The wheel of fortune will make another round, and his star, which has undergone • temporary obicuration, will soon atilt. more brightly than ever. Na man in our state Is more-de arrelug. with a damn wish that your dlekultlea,:pecaniaril, as a city, may won paw away, sad contldeooe be again r athred, 1 remain oath another Ulna. A. per- The Russian privateer, which arrived at San Francisco on the let of December, was a fine clipper ship of 800 tone, named Kamchatka, and said to have been built at New York. She mounted ten guns, and had ► fine crew of one hundred able bodied men. She came from Baku, on the coast of Russian America, and when approaching Ban Franoisoo ran close along shore, not knowing whether the Allied fleet wee or was not cruising off the harbor. Arriving at night, she anchored on the bar, and remained perfectly safe from attack until morning, when she went up to the city. The Allies were com pletely off their guard, for the English frigate Presipent was In the harbor at the time, and left two days afterwards to hover about the vi cinity on the watch for her. The French frigate Aleut° and the English steamer Virago were also expected there. Bo the privateer will hard ly be able to get off. New COUNTEH/lITS.—Look out for law of the Farmington Bank, Mass. Vignette, • milk maid, sitting with bucket in her lap, cows in the distance, a large X and • goddess with the American flag, surrounded by three cherubs at right end of the bill. The Lexington (Ky.) Observer says that they have been shown a coun terfeit bill of the Northern bank of Kentucky. It is a one dollar bill made into a twenty. By holding..the bill to the light and rubbing the finger over the face the fraud can soon be de tected. By the , arrival otAtie Empire City at New York from. Havana, igg_leara that the examina tion of Fninoieco Etatmpes alias Laporte, ar rested on the charge of fillibuetering at Barra- Goa, was progressing. In his declaration he unhesitatingly avowed that his purpose was the liberation of his countrymen from the Spanish yoke. Capt. Hawkins, of the schooner Charles T. Smith, has been cited to appear to answer the charge of having clandestinely brought arms to the island. WHAT A CITY BAWL—Soma time ago we gave some statistics, derived from the London papers, of the amount of food that metropolis consumes. The New York Tribune gives a statement of the number of beeves, cows, calves, swine, sheep and lambs brought to that shy during the past year for slaughter. Estimating these animals at the present market value, it appears that New York paid to the farmers, the year past, $14,- 669,000 and over for the indulgence of the car nivorous appetite. ~N.. ~w{ j ~ ~' a R d r` ~ S i IMMIME2MEI ' 71 1 orninn SAIL . q BIORNANtir POST JOB OFFIGNI. We would call the &Heaton of MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN to the fact that we have Just received from Philadelphia a somber of tooth of new Job Type, and are now prepared to fill orders for Cards, Circulars, Bill Reads, Paper Books, Posters, and Programmes for exhibi tions. All orders will be promptly Bled. Saturday Morning Post. Our weekly, for the week ending to-day, is is sued, and for sale at the counter. For single copies, per year, $2,00; to clubs of ten, $l,OO each ; and five oents for a single number. Iptir The Address of the Committee should here been sent to us directly, and in time, if its publication vas desired. We diin't choose to follow any one. Send your documents to its, gentlemen, If you want them attended to. News of I.lta Day Miee Emma Moore, the mining Rochester girl, has turned up at Cincinnati, it is said. The election of Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, to the presidency of the 11. B. Senate, caused the bring of a salute of 100 guns at Madison, (Ind.) The Engineers' strike on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has ended in the Company em ploying new men, and operations hare been re sumed. Important from Washingten I Dan. E. Sickens has not resigned. He will therefore continue as Secretary of Legation to London. This an nouncement on 'change is said to have produced no effect upon the fonds. The election in Nebraska, has resulted in the choice of N. B. Giddings as Delegate to Congress, there having been about eight hundred votes polled. Giddings is a Democrat, from Missouri, of the Benton school, and opposed to slavery. He was qualified and took his seat in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Samuel Legget, of the firm of Sloan & Legget, of the Empire Works, New York, is supposed to have committed suicide, from lettere which have come to light. Mr. L. was one of the directors in the Empire City Bank, which recently suspended, and it is said owes that in stitution itloo,ooo. He is 26 years old and leaves a wile and two children. A despatch from Washington says It was re solved, at a caucus of the Democratic members of both houses of Congress, that it is tight and props . ; the duties on goods, wares and merchan dise, imported into the United States from for eign countries, should be reduced by Congress at its present session to the revenue standard, carrying out the principle of the Tariff of 1846. The Governor of Michigan in hie annual mes sage, recommends the repeal of the Prohibitory liquor law, and in its stead an act making il legal the sale of liquor in a smaller quantity than by the gallon. The Governor of New Pork, in his message, recommends Prohibition, but at the game time confesses the subject is sur rounded with difficulties, that will require great caution in the legislators to avoid. SPEAKER or THE SESATEt This body was organized yesterday by the election of W. M. Heisler as speaker. Mr. ❑eister is the Senator from Berke county, sod an out and out Democrat. It is his third year In the Diute, and he is nndoubtedly one of the ablest members 'of that body; univeisally re spected for his soundness and ability; and es teemed for his gentlemanly and agreeable man ners. We know him well, and think the Senate could not ban made abetter oholoe. Mr. Ham lin too wax a good man for the place, but it seems he could not combine all the strength ne cessary to his election. The Senate has now a Democratic organization. Mr. Buckalew's ar rival on Monday, as is expected, will give the Democrats the control of that body for all prac tical purposes. NIORNEII INVIGORATING CORDIAL We would again call attention to the adver tisement of the above valuable medicine. We are informed that the sales of this remedy for numerous diseases is very large, and rapidly in creasing. It is highly spoken of by those who have tried it as a cure for nervous diseases, and a restorer of debilitated constitutions. We can safely and cordially recommend it; and feel sure It is what it is recommended to be, or Dr. Keyser and Fleming S Bros would not sell it. We would advise the feeble and diseased to rent the advertisetnenv, and then give the medi cine a trial. Tem MarottaLry.—lt seems to be the general impression that Mr. Vol! will be elected Mayor next Tuesday, try a decided majority. The results last Tuesday point to each a conclusion. The K. N strength in the city appeared by the lute rote to be not over 1500. If Whigs and Democrats generally support Mr. Vol:. he will receive a far larger vote than that. There are good many voters absent on coal and steam boats; but we should suppose the candidates would be about equally affected by that. There are no other candidates who can have any ex pectation of an election ; and it can do no good to throw away votes for them. We choose to support a public candidate--a known and tried man :—one whose principles are known, and, though not ours, are openly - avowed. We go for open political parties, and an open and public announcement of candidate. and principles. No INVIISTICIATIONS.—It was said, soon after the election in New York, that the K. N.'s in tended to have an investigation, and show that f eroando Wood was not fairly elected Mayor of New York city. It was even threatened that they would mist his induction into office by force. Mr. Wood,' however, has been duly in stalled in the office, and has issued a message promising great reforms. He is a Democrat. It was also said that a legal investigation would be instituted, which would show that Clark was not Governor elect of New York. He has taken his seat, however. In his message he recommends the enactment of a Maine Liquor law; and admits the difficulty of framing one that will be constitutional and yet stringent enough to answer the purpose desired. Ton MAYORALTY. —Mr. B. T. C. Morgan has been interrogated on come subjects connected with the Mayoralty, and his answer was pub lished in the Journal, of yesterday. He pledges himself, if elected Mayor, to use all lawful moans to suppress the liquor traffic on Sunday. He also promises to make thorough work among the hucksters. That is right. We hope, who ever is elected, that huckstering will be thor oughly suppressed. It is a great evil, and im poses a heavy burden on the whole people of the city. But we see not why Mr. Vol: cannot suppress huckstering, as well as Mr. Morgan. Mr. Vol: has done it eo far as well as his pre deoesser did. HYDROPATUT.—It will be 880 U by an adveigise meet in another column that Dr. Baelz is about opening a Hydropathio Institute in this city. The Doctor has the beet of recommendations, and is well known to many of our citizens who have experienced the benefits of his method of treating diseases at his Water Cure titabliabm nt in Fayette comity. We have much faith in pe water as a medi cine, and have no doubt Dr: B. knows how to apply itaa effectively as any physician in the country. A Hydropathic Institute has long been wanted in this city ; and the want will now be supplied. We predict for it Ample mow. M WiM '....\ . . sir Thu large vote of Strong, (Whig mid-' tlOl American,) for Speak.ri is eapladued flow As • • fact th-it he . " was sustained by alt the members t county; from the Armstrong, . ....on and Jefferson district; from the Beaver, Butler and Lawrence district; by three of the four members from Berke county, (Linderman, Mengel and Shearer;) by the Representatives of Blair and Huntingdon, of Bradford and of Bucks; by one of the Carbon and Lehigh members ; by the members from Center, Chester, Clearfield, McKean and Elk, Clinton, Lyooming and Potter, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin and Delaware ; one from Erie, from Fayette and Westmoreland ; one from Franklin and from Indiana; three from Lancaster and from Lebanon ; one from Lucerne, from Mercer, Venango and Warren, and from Mifflin ; two from Montgomery, from Perry; three from Philadelphia city; nine from Philadelphia county; from Somerset, from Bus.. quehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming; nogg, Wash ington, Wayne; from York—in all thirty-six of the forty-four representative districts into which the State is divided. Of the supporters of Mr. Strong, classified according to previous political .sfftnities, 49 were Whigs, 23 Democrats, and 4 Natives, including under the title Whig a few Free Boilers. This vote shows the crinplexion of the House to be this, as nearly as can be as certained: 63 Americans, 21 Democrats; three of these, however, being so much American r, s to refuse to vote for foreigners; 6 Old Line Whigs, 2 Free Boilers, and 8 who have not yet definitely classified themselves." Tan Govsattort's Masseur. —The message, which we publish today, will well repay an attentive perusal. It is an ably written and excellent document, giving a full and clear account of the affairs of the Commonwealtb. The financial condition of the State is satisfacto ry and encouraging. None understands them or can explain them better than Governor Bigler. The message was delivered to the Legislature yesterday, at precisely 1 o'clock P. M. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISL AT ORE. RAHILISBUBA, Jan. 3 OMUTA The Senate met at 11 o'clock to-day, and, of the reading of the journal, on motion of Mr. Haldeman, immediately proceeded to a fourth ballot for Speaker, the result of which wee— B. D. Hamlin, Dem., received 14 votes. John Hendricks, Whig, 13 " Scattering, 4 " So there was again no choice. The vote was in every respect the same as on the first ballot of yesterday. The balloting was then continued with the same result, until 15 ballots had been had. Mr. McClintock then moved that the Senate adjourn ; but the motion was lost by a tie vote —yeas 15; nays 15 Three further ballots were then had, with no change in the result, Messrs. Darsie and Price etch voting for the other. Mr. McClintock, after the 18th ballot, renew his motion to adjourn, which was agreed to. The Senate then adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock. HOOPS OP EZPEZZEITTAITVZS The louse met at 11 o'clock Mr. Foust read in place a bill to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath, and , to prevent the rale of adulterated poisonous liquors as a beverage; also a bill to confirm the title of the Rev. John Sisty to certain real es tate in Philadelphia. Mr. Cummings read in place a bill to repeal the tavern license laws of Philadelphia. Mr. Simpson read in place a bill supplementa ry to the act incorperating the Belmont Avenue and Plank Road Company ; also a bill to incor porate the City Bank, of Philadelphia. Mr. McCombs read in place a bill to incorporate the Bank of New Castle, and a bill to require the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company to fence their road. Mr. McCombs also in!roduced a serious of joint resolutions relative to the rights of foreign ers in the United States. • Mr. Palmer read in place a bill to authorize the North Pennsylvania Coal Company to pay interest to its stockholders; also a bill to incor porate the Anthracite Railroad Company. Mr. fall introduced a bill to reduce the ex penses of the government, and to secure the more faithful payment of all taxes clue the Com monwealth. Mr. Ball made some remarks upon theimport ance of the bill, when, on motion, one thousand extra copies were ordered to be printed. Mr. Denning introduced -a bill supplementary to the act incorporating the Big Mountain Coal Company. Mr. Eyster read in place a bill to incorporate the Ohio Improvement Company. On motion, a resolution was adopted authori ring the purchase of copies of Dunlap's and l'ardon's Digest, and Sutherland's Legislative Manual, for the use of members. The House then adjourned, after an hour's e e si on. CIVILIZED INDIANS.—A delegation of Wyandot Indians is in Washington to make arrangements with the government to have their lands in Kan sas territory, now held in common, divided out among them in fee as the whims own lands. They are civilised, and cultivate the earth. * Fact., Without. Comment...... The public should know them. Mrs. Hanley, No. 119 Suffolk street, writes to. that ehe has been troubled with worms fur some three years, and that the us.' one vial of Dr. S.I'LLNES CELlatlietTED kilkiliUG 4 which brought away over fifty large worms. tier usuil goal health immediately returned. Mrs. Qulgby, No. 182 Kris: street, New York, under date of November 1852, writes no that the had • child.whlch had been unwell for better than two months. She procured a bottle of !Plane's Vermifuge. and administered it. The child passed a large quantity of worms, and in a few days as to hearty as ever it bad been. Parents, with each tee. simony before them, should not hesitate when there is any reason to suspect worms, and lose no time Id procuring and administering Dr. Winne's Yermifuge. It never falls, arta i. perfectly safe. P. B.—The above valuable remedy, also Dr. SPLarte's cel ebrated Liver Pills, can now be had at all respectable Drug stonetin this city. Purchaser. will be careful to ask for, and take none bat Dr. &Plane's Yermifuge. AD others, is comparison, an worthies. also, for sale by the sole proprietors, FLEMING BROS, Successors to J. Klrld a Co., No. 60 Wood street fl Nervous Disease■ Controlled and Conquered.—Three-fourths of the physical pain en dured by the human moos proceeds (rota affections of the nerves. The unutterable agony of neuralgia, rheumatism, gout, spasms, headache, and a thousand nameless pangs that dart through every portion of the system, and distract the brain, are referable directly to an unnatural condition of the nervous system. The weaker sex are a prey to a variety of agonies that may truly be called infinite. all growing out of the disordered action of the nerves. The nerves are the sent of all pain. Rill the nerve of a "raging tooth,^ and the pain ceases. Destroy the nerves of a limb, and it it paralysed. Render all the nerves of till frame insemdble, and you produce death. Of whet immense im portance, therefore, must a preparation be that will Infuse health, vigor, hardiness, and permanent energy, lute this complex arrangement of vital agents known se the nervous system. Experience has proved, the faculty admit, the reconl shows, that Dr. MORSE'S INVIGORATING ELIXIR OR CORDIAL will produce these almost miraculous effects. If all men could witness the changes it brings about lathe condition of those who are "ready to perish ^—how it ban. idles melancholy, begets strength, controls pain, builds up and fortifies the constitution, and prolongs life—it would be unneceemry to advertise it. Newspapers are merely used as media to draw attention to it. To 1w universally used, and unbesitatiagly relied upon, it merely requires to be universally known. The aid of the press is Invoked to guide the public to this Living fountain; but no printed words can adequately set forth Its value. The Cordial is put up, highly concentrated, In plot bot tles. Price three dollars per bottle . ; two for give dollars; ski for twelve dollars. C. IL. RING, Proprietor, 192 Broadway, New York. Bold by Druggists throughout the United lltates, Canada and the West Italie. AG&NTS. PLEXUNG A BROS., No. 60 Wood street, Pittsburgh. DR. QEO. H. KEYSER, N 0.140 Wood street, do R. B.ERLIZED3 k PO., No. 67 Wood street. J. P. FUMING. Allechyriy City. iley3o:day. air Great care of Rhennuitlisni.—The editor of the Richmond Republiosis, of December 24th, 1852, ray that Ca/Wee Spanish Mixture is no quack mall:lne. Thej had a man in their prows room who WS% IldaktA4 with violent mercurial rheumatism, who was continually complaining of misery In the tack, limbs and joint.:—ids eyes had become feeeriah and miwery, neck swollen, [brat sore, end all the symptoms of rheumatism, combined with Scrofula. Two bottles of CARTER'S SPANIf3EIBLIXTURP. cared him, and, In an editorial notice as above, they bear testimony to its wonderful effects, and my their only re. gret L., that all suffering with disease of the blood are not aware of the existence of such a medicine. They cheerfully recommend IL See their oertlllcate, and uotice in full, around tie WSW &dam .• ' , t .., la, A 1 lIE!E:E=i2 Sir The Pleareire awl elmlint at Wag on& palm in • WIT OF CLOTH" gradly . sodtaaold 1, 7 boob* . dont sassi, aid iinsciuglo•ru ban got all Oat Is seaumay to •Itsot that gnat onssanalls• bath both al Maids et .and pointy of sca b. bosom ohltdoir to .MParienell ail this, aad a only saaisraasly ebatipsd, eta 4k , so by ashlag at WO Loam mat, hied It Wood. P. B.—PantsWOOS, In particular, le one of hie resket forks. a. comet be beat In the style ead It et this gss• meet. lisieeresis Wows= could be per, If seemeem serrobente tlde statement: (duel) •I. GEIIIBLEI N Soar, October 10,1652. .-:~ :,'. NNW AD [Ou Third 'Ward Clitsioas , Tiokimt Select Council—A. M. Pollock. Cotarno Witham M. Mgardoooph W. Lawis,Jaimeilladmas; Wal- ter Kirkpatrick, J John B. Kaanedy. Jana& • ' ' A g• HAND BT ~.(:i t o f t . ! ) p , AND Tali RIVKB, PITZBBEINGH : PA DOCTOA BAELZ : Graduate and Practlfirstne in tie (Id Schcols of Medicine, Allopathic and and tar the past tan years •aueessehal Ebthttlistilia, a WATAK CURE In the abor• loestim . . The pathway safe, direct and humadlate Meet We W. tern has on all Fryers, and all ammo wad iod ee aLthele-- hlle ft is mild, grateful and istrigarsang to the mink and debilitated, modem it neenderiT pod:aids be, depths% mho will be treated at their homes. Allopatine sad Hamel:attic treed:meat Will hi adminio tem] where desired; hot, alts long end thorough expe rience, Doctor Bads gives a decided pealsreace to Hydro patby, which has, throughout the old end mnrrvorkl, proven or eminently summed In every bra of Masao, Including Incipient Consumption,' Drosehltb, Dyspepia, Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Asthma. Calm= neoue, Nervous and Liver iliamises. TesUmonlais of =so from highly reputable elthens of needy every Stoic in the Union, can be extuniluxt at Doctor Baeles 01100 The Rev. Clergy are invited to consult him grads. Warm water being wed in the ecommancoment, and dam throughout the trealanset,lt Is a luxury tested of airplant ant, es throe unacquainted might *oppose. fbarissocca—hteras.Charles Brewer, Waterman Pilate* W. W. Wilson, W. if. WiHsay Thompson Bell, J. B. Will. deu, D. T. Morgan, Wm. B. Holmes, IL H. Roglish, B Y. Kerr. The andenigned, having ybitad Doctor ➢ eels UMW*. tton and whammed hie sumennal treatment, re commetui him aa a thoroughly educated and , deism: Charles T. Russell. J. M'Connells, David Hunt, Joint C. Curtis, Bobt. Patrick, John B. Livingston, John Weed. W. W. Patrick, Moses P. Baton, 0. Ormsby Otegi. jug =::L=l BT A SOBER AND INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG MAN, a OW nation m SEND CLERK on a Steamboat, or to n wholesale or retail Dry Goods or Grocery Store He will make himself generilly useful to biesinp/oyer,se andoebt• ed references one be given of Die business capealty and honesty. A note addressed toe Q. R. 0.," and left et ebbs Dice, will receive prompt attention. jaattlPv Cal s, Shanghais and Misosenrias, ATIL N . D . I O I4 . I) ; Of MOODtii.TERICEIf, tha :cry: n nil/ together with a large stock of Bilk and Noah Cap, whiak will be sold eta greet reduction on fames prim, to *MI the stock for tie season. jug) J. WILDON BON. LANKATA—A. MASON A CO. will open an War t) day, J•nuary 6th, 103 more Slasiketa, wblekrthey rail $2 and $3 per pair WI than nasal rates. Jane DRIEBB GOODB.—A. A. MASON & W. offer the belenoe of their Merinos, Parancettas, Allow, le, at a large reduction. juin VVVWISH TO PROCUttE Ati ATION far a Young y Han, as a Partner in a small stumnfacturlng estabb hment. He le able to mate himself useful In any &pit- meat, and haa • capital of from $6OO to slo. Ha is a good plain koo:.-teepor and saleeman but would prefer being , employed in or about the manniactory. • jan6 6. ClTTlVlEStillaght. 0, LIOUSES TO LET—Apply to B. COMM= I 808, . DR. HENDERSON, OCULIST AND AURIST, TILLiTs ALL DI!H OF VIZ OTH AND Li WITHOUT CIMINO, LBSCHIBCI. BUBTIBITIN, 01 THI LIBB OP CLUB= - OFPICR 4M BROADWAY, COS GRAND RT., NW YORK. Boom from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. - ono% GRANULATED LIDS, Inflammation, &mbar ..IA, Chronic Blindness with Films, Did., Ammon& end Catena &retitle.., Weeping or Watany 8y.,, are among the diseases of the eye w ht.& are treated by Dr. H. with psrfect matislictkist. All diseases of the Ear treated upon sclentlfkiirlielpies. Artificial Eyee Inserted without an operation. All Idlers post-paid will recurs prompt attention. We celect the following references from among the thou sand. of mesa which have been socostallally treated by Dr: Henderson; Wm .Liryer, 3.264 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. . *Alfred Southwick, Printer, " Goodspeed, Glens &Its, N. Y. *Wm. W. Smith, Detroit, Mich. *Mrs. A. M. L. Wilson, New York City, N. Y. plias Mary Bellow* N. E. Stadon, Ihmhem co, N. Y. *Edward 0. Solger, Bristol, Coon. - .John Seamen, Engineer, N. Y. David Little, Engineer, N. Y. Wm. F. B. Ogee, office Courier and &K., N. Y. Venus W. Kirby, Brooklyn, L. I. Jan'. &igen, 64 44 A. R. Reeves, Telegraph Operator, St Nicholas HotaL R. M. Perris, Organ Builder, Howe= Bt. IL B. Doolittle, M. D, Hudson, N. Y. • Mn Knickerbocker, Yonkers, N. Y. N. P. Collins, Teacher Penmanship, Troy, N. Y. R. L. Roes, Albany, N. Y. A. Dillenbach, Schenectady, N. Y. . Capt. B. IL Hariland, Athens, N. Y. John W. Hooked, Btagisampeon, N. Y. *These patients were blind., and halo bs led to thsolielh At the expiration or two weeks they would so shout the idly at pleasure. - *Then cues of dammed/ were =toed to Sett after they wet* Ores up u incurable by tbe faculty, and mbe referred to by any perm% who whiles to learn the Leta to them came, by writing to them. J.* Great Redaction to Wails it if USIC AT HALF PRICIA—CHARLOTTE BL/THIC,No. ffj. 118 Wood .tree[. having made arrangements with the rot noire Music Publishing House of *Tabun Hall a Bon. of New York, for the sale of their saleable Catalogue, le enabled to offer all their non-copyright HUFIC, torah* , vita that of her entire stork of Music and Musical Works, at an average of clse half the lamer pnees. Hereafter the price of Music will be made to conform to our national currency, and the price will be marked on fryers thus t On copyright piecers—" Copyright, met e, . nod on ocmooPYright—" Reduced prim. oeute e All Instruction Books end Musical Workawlll be reduced in proportion. to anticipation of the great lacrosse of tales, in mope. r t urpoo of reduced price. / have made large additions to my tomer extensise Mack of Sheet Music, and will melee all new publican:at as eon aaLssoed. " ' CHARLOTTE SLIMY, No.llB Wood street, F.eisi'Agent Ter the eeletratod Hamburg Mance ; also,Shr 141 let, Darla & Co , Boston; Nainee,Broe.& Co, New York . J. & C. Fisher, New York ; and /hdehenbeck & Bon, Phila delphia. len& iron Claw Monsmaeretcar College. REDUCTION IN . PILICYS—GtoIy $4 for a fell ammo of Mann-time ie writing. As the times are hard and money 'mica Prof =LAS k 1140. have determined to reduce their terms in Penman. chip. in order that all may have auegual chance to seguire a splendid style of Writing, superior to any trove wag taught in this city; and with the std of their hood-braes, and new exercises, (which am need by them only.) they guArattoe entire weir:anti= to every individual stay desire to improve their handwriting. k lira. have Leen obliged to enlarge their. eartaldish merit, and in redoing hare valid neither palm nor expense in making their apartments in every way store specions and =go Moan than those of any other institadon of the kind In Pittsburgh. The pribbe are politely invited to call and judge for themselves, and at the same time clatahea the improvement made in Writing by perms in this city. Ladies of Gentlemen wishing to become poplin are re. pectfolly informed that an introdootory lemon, explaiasto ry of the mode of teaching, practically illustrated, and free of charge, will be cheerfully green. Open from 8 o'clock, A. H., till 10 P. M. Terme for the worse. dd. janb LtruetiliJde FOIL JANUARY—FxANK• LULLS'S LA. DIEB . O AV:MTS.—The January number of this Yid mine commence. the third volume. The Gazed* is pub lishol on the first of every month, and eoulains ail the newest fadsions for the following-month, in every depart ment of ladies' and children's coatume. Each number has al." a large variety of patterns for needle work, a idled of new music, and a paper pattern to art a dress by. Price 7.5 cents a number, or p , a year, postage free. antsselp• Cons received or single numbers sold by W. A. GILDMICNNEY & CO., jan3 No. 78 Fourth Meet. ! iv, AZlNlU.—harper, for January. P.nteuun, for January. Godey, for January; third supply. Graham, for January; second supply. Peterson, for January; Meant,. Ballow, for January; 10 dental Blackwood. for January. Subscription to four British Reviews and Blackwood, $lO. Those wbo would ease 20 per cent in subscribing by the year, or buying single copies of the ohne, shoal earl at SAMIIIIL B. LAUFSII6I3, j.oS ' No. 87 Wood Amt. tixst , DWELLINti Rut/Or:S.—We hare on our Regis. ter several good substantial Dwelling Houma, which will be sold at low prices and on easy toms of payment. Perweis wishing to become their own landlords. hare now a good opportunity to obtain bargains. Oril you probe to build a lionso to suit yourself, we can furnish you with a handsome Building Lot, atna low a price as S. CDTEIBERT t SON, Jana Real Restate Agents, 140 Third street. - EMI.ANIVUAL SALR—A. A. MASON * OG. will open CI 400 more of those Long rhawLs, at $2, on Thutichig; January 4th. Jana GOLD MEDAL DELALNES—A. A. MASON A 00..10 cpen 300 pieces more of Ookl Ueda/ Detainee, at 12% cent.. per yard. Jana AA. SLSSUN A t* will open, on the 4th hurt, 5 more . same of those 4 and 5 cent Wines; also 2 mon cases at &A cents. jan4 HATHERB-3,000 Ms prime Kentucky Feathers War. • Ire end An sale by dec33 I ikTIMIC-1,000 boxes W. IL. Orem for sae by disEE HENRY H. 03LLIN8 S ALT-50 sacks Ilse Table sat; 1 box fresh Matearord ; Just receivrel by deal Y. R. DRAVO NEW YEAR }WWI...WA—GoId and silver Watches, of new and beautiful patterns, jest received; also, Obelna,Neys and Seals to match. Jewelry of late patterns and fine quality. Rich Variety Goods. Also, Tea Wares, Cesium and the usual staple goods In our line; at as low prier as eau be Sound in this or eastern cities. W. W. WILSON, Watch Maker and Jeweler, 67 Market elswet, corner of Fourth. 13 IITT dee3KR —8 bide Just received end for Role by 1113NRY 11. COLLIN& 11X68— b Mb fresh Eggs this dyy received and far Ws try .E 24 j• a HEN RY H. COLLINS. AGOOD FARM FOR BALE — Situate six miles freckle? Ph =legion, V. and on the Penneylran= line, comfit lig of 2:17 acres well improved, 100 USW cleared, • large orchard, good buildings, dwelling house and barn ; plenty of excellent coal; 23 Lerell of meadow. This is • dretnible Dino, and will be sold fire $3,503. Terms siisy ; poison:lnn given on let of April neat. B. CUTHBERT & BON, jar.'l4o Third street. • 1/di re:NTS.B'B SHOE 1 1 3 F. SALE-8,40". on Qom , street, tielhreen Factory and Walnut arrest The &bop ft. on 1,...,1 ground . For further ..tleulare enquire of 8. CUTTIBRET k SON, 140 Third stmt. eracires—ao bnajnat remand and fermi." by • d." 28 MOW( H. P 4 LJNI. 8131.1 . 8-20 bbla me We by HENRY H. ()OLLIE& LOIL-23 6w for Wet by lIENRY 11 . mum lid K-100 bble Loolseille 'Lime for sate by 6,23 KENDS H. COLLIN& 'Ea PUNK-72 bble for sale by dec.26 ussair IL COLLIN& HG BUTTISK-15 kap ICI A1....10,11 r Bal. B 2.6 b E t ELM:MAIL LAZD-1.0 Icep for ale by des9B SICCEB,4 1 • `a v. ..'ter ~j,f ,ti -, rg; • , IBM S i ::p:.~-- HENRY H. 00LL12113. ENS MEW El ~~ , ~. ' V. , ' .. ..- EZI e•-- t.s-t BIS -~; 13 ; _ - ke , - Enni MINI
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