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lodical convulsions. And,
ormitted to hope that the I
ale will never again be im
„, crude experiments which
have, oo some former occasions, so fearfully ag•
gravated the eine they were intended to remedy.
I.e respectfully - advise the General Assembly
against all such experiments. The remedy, to
be permanent,'must be a natural one; artificial
means may add to present derangements, but
cannot correct, them. 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. .
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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sir Thu large vote of Strong, (Whig mid-'
tlOl American,) for Speak.ri is eapladued flow As
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• 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
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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.
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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& •
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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&
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