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BEUABKABLE PBOVIDENOB, Jlldstratlng the .Divine Government; , ldnid. ,>.*.* 'l, BOVm»:C»;BEBNTZ;i Or -The jword or Truth.- 1 A fetcxrof'ltalyArid Switzerland. By the author of -HiUilde^ara. l '3BmoV, Illustrated. '■'-•> v ? .KTHBtfOUJfG HOPTICKBBB ' By the author of ... , vMatty Gregg.-,; > - > .iyy 1 .■' THE MINE: or, DarknesinudLight.Bj A. L 0. B. •-’lllMtratfed: . ' \ , --- u v 'PRECEPTS IN PRACTICE: or,.Stories Illustrating : vj 'the ProT«b»r By'A.L. 08. • .^ f THB; j OWy. J :OE EDINBURGH. A series of.oll ' •• - - f ?or sale at low, prices .br . . . -- ■ • ‘’’ *• ' T ’7-WILLIAM S. «TALFRED HARTIHN, . . r,. \ -'WoVCOd CBBTMDT Street! - * /rHE PHTSIOULN'S POCKET DAT ‘ i BOOK, VISITING I4ST, and BOOK OF ENGAGE '"<■ MINTS fferlBW; ' J ' *; - -Now:ready, in various styles’of blndingl. the.Physi ,., clan's Pocket Bay-Bock for 1869, v greatly improved and ; revised, with the co-operation of several eminent mem bars or the profs, sfoa/ :-- The ’Day-Book contains an Almanac, Tables, of Com parative Medicinal Coses, Colsons ard their Antidotes, British;,and French ‘Medlolnal Measures, Afcftnlc 'Weights and Combining Proportions, Articles of Diet, ' 1 Comparative Thersmmetrie Seales. Baths—Simple and ' .-'Medicinal. Tables ofßQjesof all theprinclpal prepara . tlooa of the PhertnecopUyVisltihgUst and Addresses,. Index, Blaekaior Monetary Engagements, Bank Ac ‘'count, Norses’Bills and,4ccouat4 asked for, Vaccina-. : '' tied and'Obatetrle Engagements, English, French and . 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KBW BOOKS. 1859. ’/Firms ’bpenlhg new Books; are invited to call and ex amine otirvxtensive assortment of BLANK BOOKS, all of which are made K of the best materials la our own manufactory, and under our owhidperriaion. * ' Blank Books, of. any special, pattern ruled to order, and bound In the'moat substantial manner, at the shortestn&ttse. - *’ JAB. B. BMITH & CO., °dBt.6t « -* 610 OHSBINUT Street, above Sixth. \TE R Y .CURIOUS,. SOAROE, BAKE, F. ANB OLB BOOKfI bought by JOHN CAMPBELL, Fourth and .Chestnut streets,-Philadelphia. . Highest ptlwpald. Ordure attended to in. ejrery State of the Union. ' Books imported from Inropa. nlo*Bm fIfIIDBEN'S BOOKS in aU styles, Bolling at m lowest rate*, atALLEN’B, 811 Spring Garden -atraatr*'/' r * J * / • JUST STEP IN AT ALLEN’S CHEAP : BOOK-STORK. 811 Spring Gardfln Htre.t, to'get youtHoiidirßooiuV: • i - Slereoacopes. nPHB STEHEOSOOFE.in every Variety, jUfoVMile bV !'■ JAMES W. QUBEN, dH . ■ , Kit CHESTNUT Street nriHs MARKIAGE CEREMONY IN THE J, BUreoeoope.for uleby JAMES W. QUEEN, 41* , . - J4 _ O24OHEflTNDTOireet.: O' ■'* ;i .v otatiott«ts. M O fSi BEOTHEB, & 00., Ho. mbobth toirat jßrtuqw, BLANK ACCOUNT-BOOK MANUFACTURERS, ' ‘ , BOOKSELLERS, isTATIONEBS, </ . s AgOOUN T; B 0 Q KI; Of ejery deserlpHon, on kwfdjor-ltatad-iuid Bound to Puttera; suitable for 1 ' MERCHANTS, HANUTAOTURIRS, BARKBRB, BROKERS, IHSURANO* AND RAIbROAI) OOHBAHIBB. Wornntod ill auklliy.AndVi loereat yrleee. fORKON AND DOMISHO stationery, COMMERCIAL BLANK*, to., (to. job br’intino, lithography, ; ; ' ■■ ;'vrnidi'the(r'yeHetie«. PUNCTUALITY & BATIBIAOTION GUARANTiBD. : MOSB,BBOTHEH, * 00., J nollJm , Newßo;W SOBinrOOBTH STREET. 1859^^^tJ^iJL859i greet rerietr of ityiee And,lew, of tbe Jnetlr oeiejbrated FHILARBLbHIA .EDITIONS,’ (nanltely eaperior in, orerynepeOt to th»,sH(Btil«*,'JMlttoMjßl<ni eele, Wholee»lo uißetail ,by tbePnblUhet*',' -■■■'■ ’ v7«ipl-.e - “ ij.-i rt'nr;'* v '~Counting HodßeßUtion.nl, ’ 4M-lm?/S;: :Ho.a,esouthloUßTßiBtr«.t, \ - -•' * v .- . . * vi* :•’'<! . i>t» «-tr y? Tt> ;M <•; i TOtANJC,BOOKS ANff jBTATIOifEBT. OJ ttijfl»M/HsSAlt.BlMit B^bAuAnteotarer. or meW’WontapyßooliiiiWif dr, dwcrlptlon, enitable' for Beaki.fnUtaflibM, Mewhimta, •ptoMtataj.cil Ah*. keet«aaUiy.tt^UA^igaHM‘B»mM > bo{Si > in Tgrlatu .tylW, to til. mofl entatmtleTmenner. Orden'fcr Jgß.PiUiraiHaof.OTerj' deecrlption'i Xnetlttrtflto OraiiAlttobMjfV''. ®U» dlepley of: Wiuii i--,-? Oj-*-.! • - *-3 *<■ y VOL. 2—NO. 136. Retail HDrs <®aoi)B. f-'IBEAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS.— W, , B.;Y. B. HUNTER Hu BEMOVED from Ho: 80 to Ho. 40 Booth BECOHD Street. where noir prepared to farnißn the Ladies with a fresh and well-selected stock of „ . 7 i, -« DBE 8 8 GOODS, a 4 , . .To whldhhe InYites their attention, being determined ' to eell'et exceedingly LOW PBIOBB. . iNiB A large assortment'of Bcoohe, Stella, and french' Blanket Shawl*. Also, a variety of Silk and .oioth Wo. 40 Soath SECOND Street. OODS KBDUCKD PBIOH TO STOCK :rAKINQ^ H oj, NLK Y fc OHIBU, . . Would be* leave to announce that the Holidays belnj - now orer they ere preparing for end will ’ OLOaE OUT VERY CHEAP ! THE BALANOS OP TBBIR I ALL AND WINTER » . >. • < GOODS! ‘ ” Cloaks and Raglans, . Shawls and Silks..;-' Mwtnoes and Oaabmeres, DeLtmes and Permattaa. Satin Traversa and Yalenolas, , ~ Chtotrea and Ginghams, , clothe and.OaSaluerea, r- ; , '> Blanketsand Shawls, Lioensand Muslins, • ’ ’ ‘ Table and Piano Covers, '' ' : Table Linens and Towels, Ladies' and Gentlemen'sHdkfs. - “ Hosiery and Gloves. &0., &o. ' With a large and well assorted general stock of • ’ YANOY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS. All Bought CHEAP for OABH, and now to be sold - ~ AT REDUCED PBI08S! JToelose outiprepsratnry to , • ’ fITOCK-TAKtNG! ‘ THO R N ifß Y * CHISM’S, . Hotthetit Corner EIGHTH A SPRING GARDEN 11 WE BELL YOB CASH AND HAVE BUT ONE , , PRICE,” jal-tf CLOAKS CLOSING OUT, VIRAL BEDUOTION IN PBIOEB ' AT THB Paris mantilla & clqak emporium: $l2 Cloaks Reduced to $9 00. ' $l4 Cloaks Reduced to $lO 60. : L sl3Clo*ks Reduced to 812 00. • $lB Cloaks Reduced to $l6 60. $2O oioftks Bedticdd to $l6 00. $24 O’oakfl Seduced to $lB 00. $BO Oloakfl Beduced to $22 80. *4O Oloaki fiiiuSdi to *3O 00. , $9O. Cloaks JWwwi to 00. SSO Gloafcs Bednced to §®o $lOO Cloaks Bedaeed to $75,00. The subscribers have still la Store a fall assortment of all,the leading Btjlea. bat haring closed their work rooms' for the season, no NEW CLOAKS will henceforth be receivtd, ; - : _ _ _ J . W• P R OOTOE k 00,, d 29 5 70S CHESTNUT STREET. "WINTER STOCK REDUCED. fvT>- -Ladies* Server Cloths, yine Black Cloths. Boys’ Wear^Cseslueres. Batinette.and Vestings. • . All at WHOLESALE RATBB. DRESS GOODB. Heavy Valencias, ;iBjf to 46 cents, : 26 «ant Delaines at lf centa. ’ , Merrimack Prints *t 11 eents. _ - ■ HerinoeS—Colors—Pine Bines and Blacks. CLOAK BOOM. Elegant Bearer Oloaks and Raglans. Very handsome Garments' at’ mneh Ism than nsnal prloes for same quality.., $l9, sl9i*nd $l6 Oloaks are UNSURPASSED. , ~ . ;) ,BBOOHB SHAWLS. A very large stock Also of Woollen Shawls. ; . 'EKDnoiiotf ■- • Will eomnenoo on thelBth DEOSHBHR. Nf; B.—No'derlatlon from price. COOPER & CONAKD, dlB v. . corner NINTH & MARKET Sts. BOijolesale fflra ©coils. f\RILLS & SHEETINGS F,OR EXPORT. JLr , BROWN, bleached, * blue drills. - , HEAVY LIGHT SHEETINGS, . , •., Suitable for Export, for sale by ./ J , PROTHINGHAM A WELLS, 84 S6*i A BRONX STt $6 LBTITXA BT. . eols-ly . Com mission fjonees. JB. VALENTINE & CO., . ~ ~ ,Q@MMI&sION MERQttAHTB r "ton TaasALß or AME RIOANMANU FA OT URES, No. 61 COMMON BTRBKT, NEW 0 BANS'. Special attention given to Collecting and Remitting Exchange.' - . dSS-Sm* Linens for hen’s wear. American Linen,Company’s superior style Brown Linen Coatings,end various shades: Brown and Bleaohed Linen stacks, various’ styles;. Brown Linen Drill*. A‘ Choice assortment of the above Goods now oh sample, and for,sale by /. - < JOSEPH LEA, . j.u;., : : .188 and 180 CHESTNUT Street., ; (efnfljetWtt’* Jsrnisfjin# QEso&s. n/iNCHESTEB & 00., GENTLEMEN’S W’TURHIBHIHQSTORI FAVJQtT BHOIXLDIR UAM OHXBT MANOTAC- Itth« OMfitani, I TofoHMTKB* SEB**Tt<«»o- Afteth* WidUotfUrtf mHUTV'. 'Z ; A ■* ■ - Ai'WINCHESTER will rire. erf heretofore, Us per* fond jiapfirrUloP to the .Catting *d<l Manufacturing 'lepirtmentfl.-' Order* for Ills celebrated style of Shirts tod Collar* filled- at the>hoxt*et,9otiop. 'Wholesale trade supplied on liberal term*. jjSi-lj J- 'W*' SOOTT/(latettf the firm of. Win? • aswrn'ft SboY-rn GENTLE HSN’fl fURNIBH ING - STORE v na4: 'KANUf JtOTOBY, .814 the GirudHouse,) Philadelphia.'’ ■•■*' J» W. o ..would respectfully call the attention of.his termer jalxoria andfriend*tohl* new Store, and Is pro-! -pared'to fill orders'tor OHIBTS st short notice. A; ’perfect fit guCftSstSed., COUNTRY TRASS supplied with MNI ■ jjlfi-tf ■ ••' . Jemelrfl, &t- JE. OALDOiL & 00., • . 832 CHSBTNDT gtm*. Have resolved; per steamers, new styles Jewelry, Chatelaine, Vest Chains Splendid tfanj.Hair Pine: * fruit Stands, Sugar Baskets, Jet Goode and flower Yaees. . , Coral,3*viumd Mosaic Sets, Sole Agents In Philadelphia for the sale of Charles Jhfbdflham’sLONlKJN TIMEKEEPERS. boy a T S. JABDEN & 880. ■ &•; , tUMOWAOXXrUMMB AMD tKPOUTBKg OP . i ! BILTJB B-PLATED ’WARE, No. 8M Chestnut' Street,abore Third, (up stairs,) .. T - - } vPhiladelphia,' - 1 . Constantly on hand and for sale to the Trade, TEA BJ9TB. COMMUNION BEETICF SETS, TJRRB PITQKKRS, OOBLETB, OUPBj 'WAITERB, BAS -1 JCETBj CABTOBB. KNITBB, BPOOKB, FORKS, LADLES. &0., AO. . oild(iif and, platldg on ali kinds of metal. seS-ly ©nnc. JJietols, & t. GUN STOKE. PHIIiIP -WILSON A 00., 439 CHESTNUT STREET, 1 BELOW FIFTH, WILL OPB* MONBAT, NOVBMBBR SB, An aaeortmentof . FINE GUNS OF* THRXB OWN MANUFAOTUBB, ’ AMD THOBI OF THJ MOST <OBLBBRATBD MAKHBB IN ’EUROPE, The attention of BPORTBHIN Ip requested to their Stock, which they oan pr SHALL NOT BB BURPABSBD By any In the United States. BIBTOLS, FLASKS, SHOT, &o. 1 GtJN FBBNITUBB IN ALL YABIBT7. no!8.8m rpHE WAREHOUSING COMPANY ! . OP PHILADELPHIA. , ‘ DIRECTORS. PATRICK BRADY, PUNY MSK, AMXiHDBtt HENRY,- CEO. L. HARRISON, A IJ. PLBASONTON, WILLIAM NEILSON, W4f. H STEW AM, S. B. ORAWPOBD. . PATRICK BRADY, Preeldeat. S. B. CKAWPORD, Tice Preeldent. : WILLIAM DUNN, Tieneorer. WILLIAM HIILBON, Secretary. ' OLIffOBD S. PHILLIPS, Werehotue Keeper. TOB WAKEHOCSINCI COMPANY OP PHILAD’A AH* rUBPAHBD TO RKOBIVB QOODB ON BTORAGR, Wliethti in Bend or. Dnty pree, at Current Rates, end will ieene reoelpta or werrente therefor. Application may be made at their OFFICE, IN LAUBBL STREET, Lately occupied by the United BtatesOuetom House, or at tkelr premises, better known as the TOBACCO. WAREHOUSE, 1 ’ BOOK BTBBST. ;EI^HST-PREMIUM AWARDED , • * *.; f bt vnu ;7 INSTITUTS, NOVBMBHB, 1858, r - ?, t . \ ' t ‘ • TO THU ;; WESTPHLLADELPfIIA COMPANY i, i\ ‘ i roe Tillia . Damtaluid PE AR li STA R O H JtND CORSr FMINJ. l -\; ’THOMPSON, CLARKE, A YODNO, ~ V ■ 1 ; i'f l". 1?°. “A 138 Sonth YBONT Street, oil~tf ■ • - Ir - i Agent, for the Company. '(TiIGABS, HAiTANA oigaes, fAvorlfebrenJe, by let.,errivele from Herene, in ,P j Londrei, Am, Ao.y in .tore mlwim %\i |j t e s $. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1869 GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE To the Honorable the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the Common •wealth of Pennsylvania . Gbntdehen : Although the year just olofled has been one of great depression in the business and monetary affairs of the country, 1 am happy to be able to announce to the Representatives of the people that the finanoes of Pennsylvania Are in a most satisfactory condition. The reoeipts at the Treasury, from all sources, for the fiscal year ending on the 80th day of No vember, 1858, were $4139,778 35; and the ex penditures, for all purposes, daring the e&me time, were $3,775,857.00 ; leaving an exoeßS of receipts over expenditures of $363,921.29, * This exhibit shows that there was actually in the Treasury, on the first day of December, 1858, the sum of $363,921.29 shore than there was on the first day of Deoembor, 1857. In addition to this, among the expenditures for the year, were : Loans redeemed $380,306 65 Relief notes redeemed.* ‘ 41,071 00 Interest certificates redeemed.... *••• 116 70 Making of the public debt, funded and unfunded, paid during the year, the eumofi..... 421,494 65 If wo add to this the excess of money on hand, at the end of the' fiscal - year, over what remained in the Treasury at the same time last year, vis. 363,921 29 We have the sum of. Bat this Is not all. The amount paid on the pub lic improvements, inoluding damages and old olaims, during the fisoal year, was $341,036 58 While the amount of revenue from the , . r ; same souroe, for tho same period, was only 95,07006 Making an exoess of expenditures over ! receipts, which happily we will here- ' j lieved from in the future, 0f.........5245j066 52 • Thißsnm should also be oredßod to the opera tions of the Treasury daring the year, for it was an extraordinary expenditure, whioh oannot. again ocour; and was, in faot, a redaction of the liabili ties of the Commonwealth to that extent ( • If we add this sum to the amount of debt paid, and the excess of oash on hand, we have for the year a balance in favor of the reoefpts, over the ordinary expenditures, amounting in the aggre gate to $1,031,382.36. « But from this, however, 1 should be deduoted the extraordinary receipts, whioh were: > Ist. The amount paid by the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, os the principal of the debt due by the said company,' to , the Commonwealth, for the purchase of ; the Main Line. * $lOO,OOO 2d. The amonnt reoelved from the Gi- . < rard Bank, for loans of the Commonwealth sold by.that bank.... 28,000 In all $128,000 Wfaiob, deduoted from the foregoing aggregate of $1,031,382.36, leaves the true balance of the; or dinary reoeipts ove r the ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year at $903,382.36. . The funded and unfunded debt of tho Common wealth on the. Ist day of Deoembor, 1857, was as follows: 6 per oent. loan.. $445,180 00 5 percent, 10an........38,773,212 52 41 per oent. 10an... * 388,200 00 4 per oent. loan 100,000 00 To this should be added 5 per oent. ooupon bonds sold by Girard ’ Bank, not before reported........ 28,000 00 Total fandod debt unfunded debt, Relief notes outstanding........... $146,42L 00 Interest certificates outstanding... 23,473*82 Interest certificates unolaimed..... 4,448; 38 Domestic creditors 802 50 Total unfunded debt..... ' $175.145 70 Making tbe entire debt of the Commonwealth at the period,named $39,909,738 22. The funded and unfunded debt of tho State at theclose of the last fiscal year, December Ist, 1858, stood os follows: 0 per cent, 10an5.................. $445,100 00 5percent.10an5......... 88,420,905 67 it per oent. loans. 388,200 00 4 per oent; loans. 100,000 00 - Total fdnded debt $39,354,285 6? 'UNFUNDED DEBT. Relief notes outstanding $105,350 DO Interest oertifioqtes. 23,357 12 Do. do. unolaimed 4,448 83 Domestic creditors...... 802 60 Total unfunded debt. .$133,958 00 Making tbo pub Ho debt on the Ist of December, .last = Since thedose of the fiscal Wear, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund have redeemed of the five per oefit. loan, the Sam of $220,132 51, leaving the real debt of the Cdm monwealtb, at this time. lUnded and unfunded. $39,268,111.16. n . ' - To meet this, besides the ordinary souroosof .public revenue, the State owns bonds reoelved from the sale of the publio works, and whloh I have every reason to believe are well secured, amounting to eleven millions one hundred and one dollars. Deducting this from the out standing debt, it ■ leaves to be otherwise provided for, the sum of twenty-eight millions eighty-seven thousand one hundred and eleven dollars and six* teen cents. It is believed that, with the existing sottrcoß of revenuo, and the observance of strict economy; this earn may be reduoed, daring tho current year, at least one million of dollars. ! The present would seeiu to' tie the appro priate time—when our nation 1b at peace, and when health and reasonable prosperity prevail within our own borders—to greatly reduce the pub- Ho debt. Wu have but to hhsband eur legitimate rekourtek, aVoldintf extravagant and unneOessaky appropriations, and practising a proper eoonobiy In all the departments of Government, to! render the entire extinguishment of onr debt a fixed fact within a very brief period. To oarefully pard tbe pnblle treasury at this interesting epoch in our financial history, is so manifestly the duty of the public authorities, that I cannot for ohe mo ment believe that any other policy Will bb proposed; If there bo any who> relying on the improved con dition of the finances of the State 1 , wottla bhboUrfigo the auopUon.of no* sthemekfer dkpletitog the trea- BDry) or would out olf this Sources of our present revehnej and thus reduoe it, let all such efforts, owning from whatever quarter they may, be sternly resisted. Let Pennsylvania bo just before she is genorous. Let our good example be a light in the Pathway of our sistor States, as well as an admo nition to our own looal governments. This Is due alike to the favors whloh Providence basso bounti fully bestowed upon us. and to that high character for honesty and integrity whloh has eVer distin guished the people of this good old Commonwealth. In purauanoe of the aot entitled 11 An aot for the galo or the State canals,” approved on the 31st day of April last, I dia, as the Governor of tho Commonwealth, on the 19th day of MaV> 1858, oonvey to the Banbury and Erie Rallfoad Com pany all tho publio works belonging to the Gom monwealth, thott remaining unseld, consisting of the BetaWareDivision, the Upper and Lower North Branoh Divisions, the West Branch Division, and the Susquehanna Division of the Pennsylvania Canal, with all the property thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and aU the estate, right, title, and interest of this OoinmonweaUb therein, for the sum of thfeo millions five hundred thousand dollars. Toseourothe payment of this sum, the Banbury and Erie Railroad Company paid to tho State Treasurer its bonds, seoured by a mortgage, as directed by the aot, for the amount of the purobase money. The oompany, also, oom plied with the provisions of tho aot whioh required It, as additional security, to execute and deliver to the btate Treasuror a mortgage on tho Dela ware Division for one million, a mortgage on the Susquehanna and West Branoh Divisions Tor half a million, and a mortgage on the Upper and Lower North Branoh -Divisions for half a million of dol l*”. The deeds and mortgages wore aU executed under the immediate supervision of the Attorney General, and wore In striot oonformlty with the requirements of the law.. After the conveyances were duly executed and delivered, possession of the canals was given to tho railroad oompany. The aot further provided that the Sanbury and Erie Railroad Company should not resell the ca nals, or any part of them, without the consent of the Governor; and that if a resale were made for a' greater sum in the aggregate than three and a half millions of dollars, seventy-five per oent. of the excess should be paid to the Commonwealth, in tho bonds of the purchasers. It was also pro vided that upon a resale the mortgages given by the Sanbury and Erie Railroad-Company to the Commonwealth, upon the oanalß, “ should be can celled by tbe State Treasurer and surrendered to the oompany by tbe Governor, on deposit-made by the said comuany In *the office of the State Treasurer, of an’equal amount of tbe bonds of their grantees, seoured by mortgage of the canal or oanals sold as aforesoid”—with a provision that no transfer of securities should be made until the Governor should be satisfied that the now securi ties to be given were sufficient to proteot the in terests of the State \ and that his written approval of tho change should he fiiod in thb office of the Seoretary of the Commonwealth. POWDER, Sales were mode by tbe Sunbury and Erie Rail road Company and reported to me, under the oath of the presidents of the different lines, as follows: The Upper and Lower North Branoh Canal, to the North Branch Canal Com- pany, for $1,000,000 The West Branoh and Susquehanna Divisions” to West Branoh and Susque hanna Canal Oompany, for. 500,000 The Delaware Division, to the Dela ware Division Canal Company of Penn sylvania, for 1,775,000 In all the sum of. $3,^75,000 Upon Investigation and inquiry, having become satisfied that these sales were made for fair prices, and upon suoh terms, and to suoh persons compo sing the various purchasing associations, ab to In sure the payment of the purobase money, they were severally approved. After the contract for the sale of tho Delaware Division had.been entered into, and my consent had been verbally given, and seventy-five thou sand dollars df the purohase money had been ao tually paid by the purchasers, upon tho faith of the oontraot, and my assent thereto, I was in formed- that a higher prioe had been offered, by responsible persons, for the canal. But under tho oironraßtahoes, my opinion was that the offer oame too late; and as the Railroad Oompany considered Itself, bpnpd to .consummate the agreement by a delivery of the deed and possession of the pro perty t<* the ufirst purchase**, ooold not, in good ... $785,415 84 FUNDED, DEBT. .$39,734,592 52 FUNDED DEBT. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1859, faith, withhold my assent: The Northlßianoh Canal Company, to • the purchase dr that division, sold that portion of thecqnallying between Wilkesbarre and'Northumberland, to the Wyoming Canal Company for the sqm [of nine hundred and eighty-flvo thousand dollars.; ' ’ On the 13th of September, 1858, bonddj of* the various companies owning the differentoonals, sc oured by mortgages, were in pursuance of the a‘ot, 4 and by my .approval, deposited with tho 'State Treasurer to the amount of two millions of dollars i and tho mortgages on tho oanals glvon by the Sun? bury and Erie Railroad Company wero cancelled by the State Treasurer, nnd surrendered by mp to the oompany In aooordanoe with the.direouopir, of the law At the same time a settlement Was tqadebe; .tween the Commonwealth nnd the 'railtojutbom pauy, by whioh the latter paid to the State* feventy flvo per oontuiq of the proooeds of the ft- site over and above the oontraot price of three,ana.ajialf millions- This amounted to two fthd eighty-one thousand two hundred and fiftfedoUars and was paid in tho following manner, -vl&*.- Bonds of the Wyoming Canal Com- -4*] ([ pany, scoured, by mortgago on, the i •- oanalfrom Wilkesbarre to Nortl tnn* i • beriand, payable ih twenty years r . “J-’. ~, with interest at six per cent, payable ■ * ! i, semi-annually. $281,000 Cash 250 Total v,;v;.*u These bonds are well secured, and the accruing interest and prinoipal, when due, will doubtless be promptly paid. ? I i- ' From Information of a reliable oharaoter, re cently communicated to me-by tbe, proridentof the Sunbury and Erie Railroad; pears that the prospeots of an early compt9|loh of that great public* highway are very enoodrkjring. A large amount of work has been done ontqe Hne of the road during the.past season, mid, time, very oonsiderable portions of the roffi are graded, and rapidly approaching Jt i the opinion of the president of the Company, that within two years the work finished, so that oars will be, running duoetty from tbo oity of Philadelphia to. the 1 harbor of Erie. - t '■ ‘ 1 -,** i, 7.* - .'When this great enterprise shall'be.' cofieum raated, and tho desire of its friendsfinaßy accom plished, the payment of the three millions and * naif of mortgage bonds, whioh,.the , State re*, oeived in exohange for tho oanals, wRI pngdes- v tionably be Well seourdd—wkilst the rallwadftself will prove of incalculable advantage to our great) commercial emporium, as well as to the important, but long negleoted, region through whloh’icih&itds; Its constraotion will undoubtedly add to the Value of the real estate Of tho Commonwealth many -timeß its cost, and develop and bring into use the rich resources ofaoountry which nave bUHoTrtb 1 remained as they wore lavishly strown by the hahd of Nature. I have an abiding confidenoathat the - result will abundantly prove the wisdom of the measure, whioh, while it guarantied .the'comple tion of one of the greatest improvements ever'pro jected in the Commonwealth, it, at the same time, divorced the State from the unprofitable And , moralizing management ot her. railroads Jand canals. - - A ; Whatever differences of opinion may, at iapy ( time, have been entertained in regard to tbe pro priety of the details of the legislation authorizing the sale of the Main Line, or tbe branches,'it jean scarcely bo doubted that thq, publio welfare will) In every reapeot, be vastly promoted by the .trans fer of the management of the publio works; ittaa. the Stateto individual owners. 1 'Y* > The short experience that we have had already proves conclusively that , the Commonwealth is* greatly tbe gainer, inafinanoial point of view»fUd it has been equally demonstrated that the people at large have been os well, if not better, accom modated by the change. v ■■ ;s -f It would, in my judgment, he a publio oolanutv,. If, by tbe happening of any oontiDgehoy. theCpa monwealth should be dons trained to again become the owner, and resume tbe management, of snjr portion of the publio Improvements. * j . The power of the General .Assembly to passHKe 1 aotof the 21st of , April, 1858, relative tothe sale of tho State canals, was questioned before the Bn? preme Court of the State since the transfer of the canals, and after full argument the cOnstilUtfozf allty of the act was sustained, by the unanimous judgment of the court. , >• ’ % Since the sole of the publio .works, and the set tlement of the prinoipal outstanding olaims against the State, It is obvious that there is ho further p&> oassity (for a board of canal commissioners or-ja. oanal department, t therefore recommend, the abolition* of tbe board, and that provision be mikti for the transfer of the reoords to the office of- ate .Auditor General. ‘ .T- In view of the>foregoiog exhlbltof our resouropZ and financial condition, it is. apparent that a mbit interesting era has, boen resohed in the history bf tbe Commonwealth Relieved ,from the ling embarrassments of an extensive system of ip- f ternal Improvements,‘ tho mfcabs of the State are now ample for all legitimate purposes, and hbr frablie debt is gradually but certainty Dg. From these and other oauses, governmental action has become greatly simplified, and the ture of the subjeols ot its operation has ohanged: in a degree no less remarkable. ; ' Tho almost ehtiire disposal 'of thfi lands belohgod to the State nos already d&mbnved witw one of the departments oroated for-thwcareVanS-, will, ultimately, render tbe other unneettear&- . except for preserving the evldeiwka pf „ The sale of the public works* has rSlieVed tfie Bxecutivb BrUboh of the Government oi many 1 of its most responsible and perplexing duties,-'and in effect dispensed with one of its most formidable’ ! and difficult departments. In the same proportion, the notion of thq Legisla ture will, if the representatives of the people be true to the interests reposed, and sternly refuse to entangle the publio with ..those numerous pro jects’ana enterprises whioh are continually seek* lug Its alllanoe,' be simplified and economized,* purified and strengthened. And It is as remarkable as It is propitious, that an era whioh has thy& relieved the State ties of burdebs that consisted ditfier.of there ttta*; terial interests or the Care of Ideal administration' —cotomittibg the One-to tbo local soVereighty of the people 1 , and the other to private or associated 1 aUo prefiOdt for consideration and promotion intellectual and lhoral claims bf pepuliak importance.' It is at this period in our history that tbe sys tem of publio education ohallenges the attention' of the moßt unobservant. And £ shall he muoh mistaken'ln the cautious but steadfast oharaoter of the people of Pennsylvania, if their represen tatives do not make it tho first objeot of their soli eltudo. The annual report of the Superintendent of Common Schools will lay before you the present condition of the Coin men* school, sy ide hi, and of its operations daring the past year. iTour olose and ipruttfiMg attention 1b invited to tho details of that document. Inoluding the oity of Philadelphia, It will be observed that thoro were In tho publio schools of the State, during ‘the year whioh terminated on the first Monday of last June, 623,201 pupils; these wero instruoted during an average term of a little over five months, in 11,281 schools, by 13,856 teaohers, at a total cost of $2,427,632.41. Hero Is a publio interest whioh, whether we •regard Us ramtfitations into ovoty portion of onr social fabrlo, its large oosti tbe important powers over the present *Moh it wield*, of its inoaloula blb influence up’dn the. future, undoubtedly tran scends all others commuted to the oate.oF the seoular authorities. This being the oaso, I have no hesitation In asserting that the time has ar rived when its full importance should be recog nised, And that its due administration should be made tbe duty of a fully organized and effootive, as well as a separate department in the Govern ment. But the mere oare and promotion of onr system of oommon sohools, important and extensive as It obviously is, should not bo tho cole objeot of suoh a department. If it is true that the power to pun ish crime inoludos also the right to prevent it, by providing for tbe proper intolleotaal and moral training of the people, it would seem to follow that tho department charged with the latter momen tous duty should also be in possession of all the souroes and subjeots of information ealoulated to shed light upon the objeot of its sotion. Henoe tbe oolleotion, arrangement, and praotloal deduc tions from population and industrial statistics; from natural defeots, suoh as deafness and dumb l ness, blindness and lunooy \ froih oriiho in its va rious forms and developments; togethor with suoh oontroi over al! the literary aud soientifio institu tions in the State as shall bring their full condi tion into view, should also belong to the samo de partment. Therefore, I most respectfully, but earnestly, urge upon your favorable consideration, at tho present propitious moment, tho organization of snob a department, in tho room of those for the care of more matter, whose agenoy has been, or soon will bo, discontinued by the ohw&rd and up ward progress of the Commonwealth. A suitable department of public instruction will not, however, of itself, effeot all that is neoded in this direction. The general results of the com mon-school system, already olted, .show the im portance of its nature, aud the magnitude of its operations. If wo look, also, into its apeoial sta tfetios, tho conolusion will be equally olear that certain improvements in its working machinery are equally indispensable, It is needless to attempt to prove tbe truism that tbe properly qualiflod teacher is the life and success of tho'school. But tho foots aro startling, that of tho 12,823 teachers of Our publio sohools, exclusive of those in Philadelphia, only 5,087 are reported as “ qualified n for thoir important trust, while 5,387 are returned os t( medium,” or such as aro only tolerated till Better oan bo obtained, and that 2,3X3 are stated to be “ unfit.” In other words, of tbo 569,880 children attending the sohools out of Philndelphia, only about 230|000 (less than one-half) are under proper Instrirabn and training; while about 240 000 are receiving insufficient Instruction from inferior teaohers, 100- 000 are actually in charge of persons wholly unfit for the task. This presents tbe subjeot in a light that cannot be shut out; and, though the great and oom* mondablo efforts reoontly made by the teaohors of Pennsylvania, for their own Improvement, are fully reoognised, it cannot bo ooncealed that there is a work yet to be done, in tbU relation, whioh would seem to he beyond tbeir unaided power to aooompllsb. When, however, we look farther into tbe speoial statistics of this branoh of tbe system, the material for improvement is found to bo of tho moat pro mising kind. Of tbe 12,828 teaohers of our com mon sohools, 10,889 are under thirty years of ago, and 10,946 arq natives of Pennsylvania; and a larger proportion than in most of the other States are permanently devoted to the profession of teaching. To render these fit for tho position to whioh they aspire—undoubtedly ono oi the most useful and honorable in the world—and to raise' up a donatant supply of well-qualified successors, is tho work to be done. Various modes of effecting this objoot have boon suggested or tried ; but, after mature refieotlon, I am led to prefer that devised by the aot of May 20, 1857, entitled “An aot to provide for tho due train ing of teaohers for tho oommon sohools of the State.” It places, in relation to the State, tho teacher on the same footing with the members of suoh of the other learned professions as have been reoognificd.by public authority; and it is to bo ;o- gretted that the prof tration of business and scarcity of monnv, that so soon followed the passage of,the aot, had tho effeot of ohecking ’ many laudable efforts to pat its provisions into operation. Under these airoutpstanoes, does it not oeoome the duty 5f the State, to afford such aid. or at least hold out fuoh inducements, as Zhali enable this measure to bp fairly tested t The passage ; of a law guarantying,tbe payment of a moderate,stim to one Teachers* School.in eaoh of the districts created by -the' a&t ot 1857, Would po .doubt pause sufficient number to establish tite efficiency and practicability.of the plan to bo completed in a few years,' tho money not to be paid: till the schools were in *full ana approved operation. It is not probablo that this grant would cause any oonsiderable draft on tbe Treasury; but/ even if the Wb'ole twelVo sobbols should ul timately be established, the boonrtbuidhelthtirba out of proportion to, that whioh has been oonoeaea 'to other literary institutions, nor the number of graduates beyond the wants of the community. Up to the present time, Pennsylvania has appro priated about $600,000 In aid of heroollegeeand academies, and this mainly in the hope of obtain ing from them teachers-for'the common schools. Though the benefits of thiamunlfioenoe have been mother respects quite equal to the-amount given, it wilt be Asserted by no one that tbe avowed ob- Jeot has been to any oonsiderable extent effected It would therfforq appear to be time that the old of the State should bp brought directly to bear In •favor of the grea£object so long contemplated. t .have ,thus 'briefly laid before.you the condi tion of our noble educational system.. It will af ford file sincere pleasure to confltir in the adoption of these, or-any other ‘measures, for its perfeotfon/ that; the-Wisdom of the Legislature may:dpvisb. l ‘ ■ f la this country, the .want of a school whioh shall combine the‘elements of learning'and agrteultural labor, end thus adapt itself id the edUoation of the farmer, has beep most seriously feltrfor« whilst' bur many ooUcges will fill tb& mearoro^.useful-, ness in- their' appropriate spheile influence, it rnust.be conceded that the training'they impart is b'odly adaptpd;to the art of practical ogrioulture. Pennsylvani al that interest is ko important as to demand at all times our anxious attention and' active support, “ The Fanners* Righ' Sohool of Pennsylvania,** lately projected and.manned by a few publio spirited individuals, aqd .which h&s re* , oeived, to cope* extent, the patronage of the Btate, and thb contributions of a number of our patriotic citizens, is destined to afford a place where-young men may be educated at an expense commensurate with their-means, And to a condition qualifying them for the pursuit of, the business of the, farm. Here, whilst daily occupation will train the body to tbo ability to labor, and give to the student the enyinble feeling, thai he contributes io bis own 'support'and education, UwiU instruot and enlarge bil mind, that it may give' fordo and effeot to all hiß future efforts. The design'of the institution is to afford & school where boy.B may be thoroughly educated in all .the branches, of natural ,solenco, and, at tbe same time, be inurod to the perform ance of labor; so that at their graduation they may return to their parentfe abundantly prepared to join the domestio circle, to give a right direction to.the business of agrloUlture, and aot well their part in every department of life. An objeot so fraught with usefulness is entitled to, the highest commendation. * Tho application bf scientific principles to tbe Eractical purposes of life is but realising the full enefit of thoso laws of Nature, to discover, and to profit by which, la Undoubtedly one of the great ends of /human reason. The more this important object is held in view, and effected by ottr higher Institutions of teaming, the more valuable and useful will they-become. Tbe Polytechnics Col lege. of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, is founded on this,basis; and its attempt to popularize science, and connect high acquirement with prac tical ability, is presorted’ to your favorable con sideration.. 1 Undef a of the last House of Repre sentatives, a 'Committee was appointed by the Speaker of the House to examine the state and condition of several banks obArtered at the sea non of 1857. The resolution directed the commit tee tp report to the Governor the result of its examination within ninety days after the adjourn ment of the Legislature. ■ On-the 20 th of July last, the report of the committee, together with the accompanying evidence, was filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, a oopy of whioh will be laid before the House of Represen .Uttves. • In view of the foots reported by the commutes in referonoe to the organisation and subsequent management of the Tioga County Bank, the. Craw ford County Bank,and tho Bank of shomokin, I .would .recommend a careful inquiry into the pre sent condition of these institutions; and if it shall bo asoortafned that the public is likely to suffer injury from ! the further exlstenoe of either, s' speedy and certain remedy may be found In a legislative repeal.of the tights and privileges granted by the dote of incorporation.. Tfie -power to altef, revoke, of an&ill t&e chatter of tbe bank, whenever its oontinuanoe may, in the opinion of the Legislature, be Injurious to the oltizons of the Commonwealth, is expressly given by tbe Consti . tution to the General Assembly—to bo exercised, ■however, in sqoh manner as that no iDjuitioe shall $e done to the corporators. . j :. -Obedience to this oonstitntional Injunction would require ln the event of a repeal of the Charter of a bank, Care flhould bo .taken that the rtgnts of , the stockholders to the surplus'assets of, thebank; aJta*r paymept of its. debts, were prot'eoted, and ' that Mutable -p'rofriiio&s Should. Bo made for Set-' Ding to affairs. The injunction contained in tho that the repeal or revocation of a bank ohartar shall be in snob manner as to work no injustioe to ; the corporators, Is not a qu&hfiootionpf the power to revoke or annul the obarter, but it is simply a requirement that,, in taking away the charter, the rights of the'stockholders shall be protected, so far as Is consistent with the aot of repeal itself. I do not doubt that the Legislature may alter, re voke, or annul, any exieuog bank charter, when ever, in its opinion, theoontinuanoe of the obarter. may be injurious to tho citizens of the Common* Wealth. Any dther construction of the constitu tional tesoftaiion Would ihakb the interests and' safety of the public subservient to the gain of the private Stockholder. Believing, therefore, that there i& no want of power, I Cannot refrain from, expressing my npoidea opinioh that tihCnCvet it is blear.tbftta bnhk iq Ibfiolvent, dr Ih great danger* of becoming so. or whenever its privileges Afe so. used or abused as to .seriodriy prejudice tbe Inte rests of the public, it is the duty of the law-making power to protect the people, by destroying its cor porate exlstenoe. In this connection I deem it my duty to reiter ate the views expressed in my inaugural address. I then stated, as my decided opinion, that there should bo no further inorease of banka or banking oapltal under the present system; expressed, a do* stated Hostility to the issue of noted of a small de nomination, and leoommtnded such a change in oar laws relative to banks, their organization and management, as would at least seoure, beyond all question, the prompt redemption of all bills or notes putin circulation by the several banking In stitutions of the Commonwealth. Well satisfied of the imperfeotion of existing laws relative to banks and banking, I deem it a. duty to inform tbe General Assembly that I oan* not give the executive approval to any bills chart ering additional banks without a radioal change in the entire system. It is but just to state that, in my opinion) a large majority of tbe banks of the Commonwealth are well and safely managed, and in a perfectly sound condition; but this is due to thb honedty afad ibtelllfjenoe of those having ohargb of thorn, rather than to the emolOUoy of the laws. Under the management of inoapable or dishonost men, experience has shown that there is really but litfclo, it any, sooarity to tho pablio in the regulations and restrictions now to bo found in our banking code. True wisdom dlotates a refor mation. The ruinous losses Whißh have, fallen the people durlog the financial pressure of the past eighteen months suggest the necessity of prevent ing their recurrence. Although many onuses may havo combined to produce these disasters, it is too plain to admit or doubt that our banking system h? 8 been one of the most prominent. The value of tbe prooions metals, the prices of pro perty, nnd tho wages of labor, are always affected by the abundance or scarcity of tho paper medium reoeived as a substitute for gold and Bilver ooin. Tho power of States to authorise a paper currency, through,the agenoy of banks, has boon so long ex ercised and acknowledged throughout tbe Union that It is no longer an open question. . But it must be aohnowledgeu that tho power has been greatly abused. The delegation ot tht* attribute of sove reignty to a numbor of irresponsible corporations, without proper oheoks to limit its exercise, and without providing any seourity whatever for tho redemption of tho issues thus authorized, has been attended with evils of tho most alarming oharaotor. Theso corporations are prdotioftllyffiade tho exclu sive judges of the amount of paper ourronoy to be furnished to the people, and have exclusive power to oontraot or expand their eiroulation at plea suro. Depositors and other ordinary creditors of banks need no legislation for their proteotion. Every one who has direct dealings with these in stitutions, either as depositor or otherwise, enters into such engagements voluntarily, for his own advantage, and may be safely left to his own vigilance, and tho orainary remedies of the law, for his proteotion. But the millions of poople en gaged in industrious pursuits—the farmer, the meohanio, the morobant, and the laboring man— are under an imperious neoossity to rocolvefor tbeir merchandise nnd their labor the ordinary Jiapor ourronoy of tho country. It is impossible or persons of tbls description to investigate tbe •oqcerns of every institution whoso notes are in circulation. But no investigation could save them’ from the losses arising from the defaults and frauds of bank officers, and the insolvency of bank bor rowers. The note-holders of banks have peculiar claims to the protection of the Government. They are involuntary creditors, who are foroed to receive the notes authorized by the Government. They have no direct dealings with the banks. They do not trust tho banks from any hope of gain. They have no profit Id passing tho notes whloh they would not have had in passing gold and silver ooin. Tboy constitute almost the entiro community, and tho bumble and ignorant are always tho greatest sufferers when a bank fails to redeem its notes. The wholo people are therefore deeply-interested In tho seouilty of the circulation allowed by law, although many of them may never have had a share of bank-stock, nor bson within a hundred miles of Us plaoo of business. The Go vernment that authorises the Issue of a paper ear ronoy is undor a high moral obligation to require amplo and available seourity for Its redemption. The certificates oi loan issued by the General Go vernment, or by this Commonwealth, at a value to be fixed upon, with the power to require additional deposits of Seourity from time to time, as the loans dopreoiato in tho market, would be a* safe aud available as any guaranty whioh oould be pro vided. A law requiring all issues of banks hereafter organized, to be seoured by the pledge of these loans, would enhance the value of the present loans, and thus give the holders a premium not contemplated when they became purchasers, and for whioh thoy never gavo any valuable considera tion. This enhanoed value would bo derived from a privilege granted by the Btate, and tho State ought, therefore, to have the benefit of it, as farag ’ this > may bo secured’by legislation The'recent amendment of tho Constitution ciroumsoribes tho power of tho Legislature in creating Btate dobts, With an, oxoeption Id favor of debts contracted “ to redeem the present outatandiog'indebtodoess of tbeStato.” - A lawauthorisingnew State loans for the purpose of redeeming the present over-due debt, would be within the constitutional excep tion, and would be free from objeotioh on con stitutional grounds.. The new loans thus authorised, redeemable at the elptr&tion of twenty years; with- the' banking privilege attached-to them, .would undoubtedly sell at a high premium. The proceeds ot tbeir sale should be applied to the* payment of the' present State debt, now overdue, f 'amounting to mote than seventeen million, of dollars. Under this system'the State loans Would nd longer be held by foreigners, and the fleitl-aflntial ship ments of .specie, te now interest, would therefore cepse. . v * , , As tho tiurrenoy would be limited to the amonnt actually CeoUred,’ the danger from expansions, which have Hbtetbfare stimulated the - incautious to embark in ruinous etiteriJrjfied, in overtrading, and in extravagance in their expendifdfes; WOuld be greatly lessened, if not entirely overcome; As the securities would be in the hands of- a high and; responsible officer of thq State,,with authority to sell them’for the purpose of-redeeming the'circu lation, the power of the banks to arrest speoie -pay ments at r their own pleasure would, be at an-end. The system proposed is as near an approach to a specie basis as- the condition and habits of the people are at .present prepared fori The duty of securing the community from losses continually arising from unsafe ourrency cannot be longer de layed without a 'manifest disregard of the nubtfo' interests. -The subjeot is therefore commended to your early attention. ■ - J The report of ‘the commissioners appointed' to ooatrtfot for-and' superintend the erection of, a monument to the memory of citizens of Pennsyl vania, who were slain or lost .their, lives in, the •lato Wat with-Mexico, wiUiriformfHe Legislator* ofthe proocedings had on that subject.' After re ceiving proposals for; the erection of the monu ment and the adoption of a plan, it was deter mined, in view of the limited and inadequate propriationmade for the accomplishment of the purpose by the, last Legislature, to postpqnb the commencement of the work until further legiala- - tion could be had. - It is the opinion of' the' com missioners,.that sueh ,a,monument, as, would do. credit to ‘ the State, and honor to the Lying and the dead, cannot be' built for a less sum than thirty thousand dollars. ’< If the Legislature should ooncOr .in that opinion; the appropriation should be Ihoreased accordingly. - 't - - The repdit'of the - State Librarian will inform' yon of the progress made in the catalogue au thorised by thoTast Legislature, and the general Condition of the library, which hasgrown to be an inEtUntion that deserves'your fostering oaro. I would oommend to your attention the suggestions of the librarian. The topdft of the Attorney General, which will be laid before yob* will exhibit the operations of the* law department of the Government for 1 the past year. The oofc of the 21st of April, 1857, whioh requires the Attorney General to kdop an office at Harrlsbarg, and whioh provides that all debts due to the Commonwealth shall be collected by that.officer, has proved to be a highly beneficial enactment. 1 Under’ its provisions large shms are saved which were.formerly paid tor commissions and counsel fees. And the - improved state of bur finances Is in ho inoonslderable degree owing to the prompt manfcer In whioh outstanding claims are collected and paid Into tho State Treasury. The'Adjutant'General’s report, whioh will be laid before you, will show* in detail the present condition of the military department. I would respectfully call the attention of the Legislature to the recommendations of that offioer. The militia law of 185$ has not yet been fully tested; bat it is believed to be, in tbo main, an improvement on the laws in foros at-theiime, of Ite passage. " One of its best features, and, one that should be strictly enforced, is, that the system is self-supporting. In no contingency should that department be a charge upon the publto Treasury In time of peade. In referring the attention of the Legislature .to the elaborate reports of the Auditor General and State Treasurer, relating to ( the flnanoes of the State, which will be laid before you, I cannot re frain from giving expression to my views on the importance of a change in the mode of keeping and disbursing the publio moneys The State Treasurer receives and disburses be tween four and five millions of dollars annually) and it not unfrequently happens that there is a balance in the Treasury exceeding ope million of dollars. ■ Tbo bond of the Treasurer is out for eighty thousand dollars. He deposits the money of the Stato wherever ho pleases, ana it is paid exoluaively onhjs own'oheok. The monthly settlements with the Auditor General affordfome seeUrity that the funds' of the Commonwealth will not bo-misapplied; but it is entirely inadequate to the complete protection of the publto Interests. - • Until the State shall adopt a different system for the collection, safekeeping,.and disbursement of her'retonued/tbe money on'band must,be kept either In the Treasury fault or deposited‘with tba banking institutions in the State, For many years the Tatter mode has been adopted. I fa*, speotfully recommend 'that provision be made by law, that no-money, shall be deposited in any bank by the State Treasurer without requiring security to be first given to the Commonwealth for. the re* payment of the sums deposited—that all checks issued by , the State. Treasurer shall be counter signed dv the Auditor General they are that daily accounts of the moneys ref oetvod and paid shall be kept in the office of the Auditor General as Well as In the Treasury De ftertra'eni , - The bommftsioaeril .appointed to revise .the orimlnal code of this UounhdtiftSalth Hit prfrgressj Ing with the duties of their appointment, ahd Will report the revised oode before the adjournment of the Legislature.' JThe various - oharltsble and reformatory instl-l tutions, whiob have heretofore received pecuniary assistance front the Suite—such as tbo State Luna-; tio Hospital, nt Harrisburg ; the Western Pennsyl vania Hospital, at Pittsburg, the Houses of Refuge, at Philadelphia and Pittsburg J the Pennsylvania; Training 8ohoo!' for Idiotio and Feeble-minded Children, the Asylums for the Blind and Deaf and Dumb, at Philadelphia! the Northern Home for' Friendless Children, at Philadelphia—l recommend ‘ to your' fostering Aid and oaro. The annual repottfi adhibiting A detail of the operations of these noble and excellent oharltios, during the past ydaf, will bfci Iriid before you. I cannot re commend apptepriatiOhs to tfiiariidble associations of a purely local character, tWWever praise* worthy the objqots snd motives of their founders or supporters, or however useful they may be to their particular localities. The present condition of the revenue of the Ge neral Government demonstrates the urgent ne cessity ofinoreased duties upon foreign importa tion Thb pSople of Pennsylvania have ever taken a lively ihUtest in the proper adjustment of a tariff; and they havo. with singular unani mity, at all-times, favored such an assessment of duties as would not only produce revonue, but furnish the largest, inoldental protection to the great mineral, manufacturing, and industrial in terests of the country. Had their vofoo hitherto been more potential In the oounoils of the nation, it is no longer problematical that muob of the pe cuniary distress lately experienced by all olasses and conditions of business men might have been, to a great extent, averted. The necessities of the Government and the people, now alike demand a change—an infifeaso of duties; and I take great pleasure in endorsing the views of the President of the United States as expressed In his last an* ptial message, relative to the ohange proposed. Hisadtooaey of Bpeoifio duties on all “ commodi ties whiob are gefldially sold by weight, or by measure, and whiob, from their nature, Are of eq[ua), or of nearly equal, valuo—sdon ail irofl< or different classes, raw sugary and foreign wintf and spirits,” has met with a hearty response from the great body of the people of this State. It is to be hoped that hl3 views on this question .will be favorably regarded by Congress, and that the action of the Federal Government may cor respond with the suggestions of the President. When I was oalleaupon to assume the Guberna torial ohair, nearly one year ago, in deferenoe to public opinion, and my own feelings, after a rapid review of events in Kansas, I stated, that “to the people of Pennsylvania the admission of a new State into the Union—into that Confederacy of whioh she is a member—must be at all times a sub jeot of high interest. And I bolleve I express their sentiments, as well as my own, in declaring that all the qualified eleotors or a Territory should have a full and fair opportunity to participate in selecting delegates to form d Constitution prepara tory to admission as a State, and, if desired by them, they should also be allowed,an unqualified right to vote upon suoh Constitution after it is framed.’ * Subsequent events have confirmed me in these sentiments. The deplorable disputes In the first session of the present Congress—the popular ex citement tetilUtag frbm those disputes, together with other proceedings In their nature novel and alarming, would all h&?e been averted had the people been'scoured in “ the Unqualified right” to vote upon their domestic institutions. I regret to be compelled to *ay that, under various pre tences, this sacred franchise has been virtually withheld from them. When they reftised to ac cept the Leoompton Constitution, made for them by delegates representing the minority, they were explicitly denied the privilege of malting their own Constitution,.unless upon a condition not pre viously oxaoted. If they accepted the lieeompton Constitution, they entered the slstorbood of States at Once, with a population less than one half of the existing ratio of Congressional representation; bat, if they refused that Constitution, thoy could not be admitted into tbo Union, with the Consti tution of their choice, until tbey were ready to show by a formal oensus that they bad attained a population equal to that ratio. The results havo become historical. The last expressive vote of the people of Kansas against the not of Congress, commonly known as the English Bill, has for a time arrested Congres sional intervention. Feaoe has resulted tuono from the votes of the people, not from the sug gestions of outside influences. But, during tbo angry feelings whioh this controversy has aroused, the theory lias been started, and insisted upon, that it will henoeforward be tbo duty of Congress to protoot slavery in the Territories, If the people of the Territories shall fail to do so. The warrant for this extraordinary assumption Is alleged to exist in the deoision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the dase ef Bred Sootfc. Enter taining, as I do, profound revorenoe for the de risions of that angust trlbuital, and standing ready to obey them wheneyer they are enunciated, I have yet to be convinced that any suoh oonstruo tion oan be fairly given to*their notion in the ease referred to. Suoh a doctrine,' no matter how sanctioned or supported, will shake the very pil lars of' our constitutional fabric. It would oom pol every Territory to elevate property in slaves above every other description of property, and to establish a slave oodo in its early munioipal regulations; or el3e it would Convert the Congress Into a theatre of crimination and confusion, and fill the whole country with strife. And all this, without securing a single advantage to the North, or protecting a single right of the South. Regarding myself as fully committed to tuo doc trine of popular sovereignty in its broadest sense, loan never’subsoribo to the theory of Congress* ionnl intervention, as understood and supported by. the .opponents of this dootrino. By popular sovereignty, I mean no violation of the rights of tho States—no assault upon the institutions of the TWOGEINTS. Sodth—no appeal to sectional prejudices. On the contrary,'l regard the dootrine as the embodiment of the popular will in' States and'Territories; as the'conservator of, thoughts and the,equality of States and people ; and as the only meapsby Whioh a vexed and dangerous agitation will J be satisfac torily and perpetuolly,s“settled. n - . r . : A, theory equally Heretical has in.' adothbr portion of tbie Union;' It has beku .held, thdt-this Government, divided fnto : f-Aeondslave States, as it wasframed by our revolutionary fa-* tbers/oannot endnre— that all, must become free, or all become slave; When each ndbetrlne shall be enforoedj tbe Constitution will'* have been jrab verted—State sovereignty ;prostrated-70»t© righto disregarded, And the liberties of the peoplede strdjed. It should’ nieot an indignant -rebuke from every lover..of his country, 1 and the blood-* bonght rlght of the, people and the States to self-, government. “ * ‘ ’ * , Under the'various'amdnfimetitodb'theCoratitu tion of Pennsylvania, the;infioeflce of .the Exeou-. tive has been greatly, reduced by the transfer of 'pdtfobage from the thepeople) .This: is in abCdraatirio tilth the principles of self-govern ment, but ty mUstht that in reliev* ihg tne Executive Irom.tflftfly Periods fespohslbili ties it hat diminished hid ability td ttAffltalfl the righto .of the State ogainstFoderal ana dfttef to aroaohmeoto, and has thrown-a greater share Of responsibility' upon jbe people. The extensive patronage ( of the Federal Government, and the large salaries paid toitsoffioers in'comparison, with those of the State, present constant induce ments to our oitta’ens to ov^rlookthe'State iq pur suit of morelucrative employments -under the. United fetaus.j,-It ; is,-. therefore,; the more freces* ’i&xy that the people should guard the, sovereignty of the i State with inVfO’dsfng watchfhlnesa.) The Uonßtitutlon'of .the Unites States Contains the great fundamental, principle; which go vern its construction on every, questlop re specting the extent of the ' Federal 'newer. The . powers not delegated to- dhe united States .by the Constitution, ■ por prohibited by it to the States, afro reserved to the' plates re spectively) or to the.'people.” It is oh-this broad platform that- every claim of Federal: power? not granted bribe Constitution should be aternlV re sisted. ‘ The tendency to centralization'is so great; and the overshadowing 'influences of power] ana patronage so seductive.that liberty be' {jresorved without the exeroise .of , sleepless yigk ance in enforcing a strict construction or the Fede ral compact. The doctrine of State* rights is the doctrine of true, liberty. -Popular .sovereignly is tim life-blood of oixr free Institutions, and the pal ladium of our safety. 'Every*patrletic inducement to sustain those great.principles should be fearless ly held out to our citizens, and every unauthorized assumption of power should be'resisted with | un ceasing energy, and by ail constitutional means. Having now discharged the duty, imposed on the Exeoutire by the Constitution, I oannotnconomde without oongratulatlog you upon the peculiarly favorable auspices uuder whtch yotr enter upon the duties of the session of 1850. Few important subjects of legislation press upon your attention. Prudence, firmness, fidelity—a watchful regard for the interests of the Commonwealth—a. jealous guardianship of her finances—on the part of .the Government—are all that are required, under Providence, to insure' the continuance and in crease of our onward prosperity ‘Pennsylvania may then, at jio remote period, rejoice in the bx tingoiahment of her paolio debt—the repeal of her onerous and burdensome taxes—a fame and a oredit untarnished—a free and popular educa tional system—and an industrious and loyal peo ple, prosperous and happy. \ wri.i.iAM v. pacebb! Executive Chamber, > r Harrisburg, Jan. sth,-1859. j j BY TELEGRAPH. THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, . Second Session* ‘ ; U. B. OipiToi. ffiiHisoTOS, Ita. 6. A communication was received from the President, enclosing a letter from Mr. Seed, United BUte» minis ter to Oblna. which was' referred to the Committee 6n the Judiciary. \ Also, unimportant communications from the -Navy and Interior Departments. 1 • ) Among other ontiness; Mr; Iy*RBox,of Georgia, pti- Rented a reiolution adopted by the Legislature of Geor gia, askieg for a commission to obtain information in regard to the yellow pin* barrensof that State,:within view to the preservation of the timber for naval par* posse. Deferred to the Committee oh Naval Affaire, j Also, a resolution passed' by the Leg'stature of Georgia, for the establishment of'a. national armory within her borders. ' ' 1 1 j Mr. Guar, of Alabama, presented the credentials of Mr. Oheanut, as Senator from South Carolina. t The oath of office was administered- to Mr. ChesnulL and the Senator took his seat till 1859.. f Mr.-SawABD. of New York, offered a resolution iiv standing the Committee oh the, Judiciary to inquire UT it is necessary,to amend the taws for the suppression of the Afflcao slave trade. “ Adopted.' 1 Mr. WiLaOB, of Masiaohuaeits, .offered. A resolution providing for the appointment,of •. committee of five tv inquire whether any employee of any department of th 4 Goveroment, since March 4,1857, was required to eou4 tribute a portion of bis piytddefray the expensesif,{ or to influenee, uiy election' held during that perlo j j or whether,any snob employee hat been removed so contributing ; and whst legislation is necessary to prevent thus Infiaenoibg electwnsi," Lafd ovir. ; ) ‘ Mr. Voor. of Vermont* moved that.the Vice Fxeslj dentes Address bwiearina the old'Behate hall be entered, at length onlthe jcornal.of the Beoate- end that flit/; copies of Senator Crittenden's and the Vice President’s; speeches be printed. Adopted. ’ *' \ The Pacific B allroad blll vas taken up i Mr Biolsßj of. Pennsylvania, addretsid tbe Senate j - While Mr. Bigler was of the Paoifol Railroad, he was;interrpptedf by'a mewag*. from the! Hottce Renouncing the decease of General Qultmim. j Mr. Ditto, of-Miitisalppif m’eved the nmal Tteoln tlons of respect to* the deceased, add paid a? eloquent tribute to his hiauly virtues And political probity. He touched Uabtly on the flllbaster proclivities fcf the de ceased. aod not m a tone of Oassure. r • Mr. BSIBLDS, of Minnesote, also paid a feeling tribute' to the memory of his late companion in-arms He re lated several Incidents of their jo nt Mexican carte% showing the bravery of the defeated as well, as bis warmth of heart ■ 'Americsns, he raid, will never be utjust to the memory of Qaitman. < Mesirs. WABD and Houstov, rf Texas' briefly spoke, awardiog to foe deocas?d!*he'roeed.or gratitude which hin sympathy with.Trtxssinsrited The 8«not», after adopting the usual resolutions, ad journed. HOUSB OF BKFEB3BNTATIVEB. . Mr. Moßis. of Mississippi, announced the decease of his immediate ..predecessor, General Quitman, and sketched his eventful career as a statesman and soldier, pronouncing a beautiful eulogy oh his private and pub lic woith. Mr. BoshAW, of South Carolina, speke of the wisdom aod sterling integrity of the deceased, incidental'/ alluding to his brilliant military oareer in Mexico* Mr. Wbiobt, of Tennessee, paid an eloquent tribute o the deceased. Mr. Tuoxfsoh. of New York, trusted it would not be ;deemed an intrusion for him to resp*nd to the expres sions of bereavement and regret, coming from the Boutb, by the uttertoce of a kindred sympathy from New York, from whioh, as one of her sons, he went out to win distinction in another State, and which delighted to honor him while living, and now.tameots him when dead. He spoke of him as an honest man, a model of courtesy, nobleness, and devotion'to duty and to the Federal Union. Mr Thompson did not agree in all of Mr. Quitman’s political sentiments, but he honored his memory and dropped a te.tr on bis grave. ' Mr. Moors, of Alabama, who *erved under the im mediate oootrolof General Quitman In Mexico, spoke in glowing terms of his private and military worth. Messrs. Coitis. of lowa, and Bowib, of Maryland, spoke in similar terms with those who preceded them. The usual resolutions of respect were passed, and the House adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. OENATB. .The Senate met at 10 o’elook this morning. The Journal of yesterday’s proceedings was read. A number of bills was read in place and laid on the table, among whioh were the following: Dr Mr. Wright, one to Incorporate the Broad-street Railroad. _ By Mr. R a SPALL, to lnoorporate the West Bod Pas senger Railroad. Also, a bill to Incorporate the Philadelphia Associ ation for the Improvement of the Drama. By Mr. Cofvst, a bill relating to evidence. By Air. Ftksbt, a bill to make the sessions of the Supreme Court permanent at Harrisburg. ■ . By Mr. Palmsr. a bill for the better security of waxes and labor in Schuylkill county. By Mr Schell, a bill to prohibit the circulation of bank notes of a less denomination than twenty dol- A resolution authorising the clerk to appoint two pdxes was adopted. Mr. Fncssyrtad a bill extending the rime specified for the completion of the Brie City Railroad, whioh was takenup and passed. The Senate then proceeded to the election of the ad ditional officers, when all the Democrstlo nominees weie elected—'each receiving 17 votes, and the Ameri cans and Republicans 10. The following are the offleers elected: . Transcribing Clerks—J, Simpson Africa, A. Jackson Barr, Wm. 8. Ticking. Sergeant-at-Aras—Theophllus Snyder. Assistant—Wm. P. Brady, elected unanimously. Doorkeeper—Charles Rolf. Assistants—John Farrell, J.R Dunbar. Messenger—Herman Yerkes. Assistant—jGeorge W. Long. The Secretary or tho Commonwealth was introduced and presented the annual message of the Governor, which was read. Six thousand copies in English, and one thousand in German, were ordered to be printed. The annual report of the State Treasurer on the finances was presented A message from the Governor was received, announc ing the titles of a number of bills passed at the last session, which had been signed during the recess. Among them are the following: To Incorporate the Pennsylvania Literary Union of Philadelphia. To incorporate the Moshanon Railroad, Lumber, and Manufacturing Company. A supplement to the Liquor Law. A supplement to tho'Brie and Pittsburg Railroad. A supplement to the Home Manufacturing Company. An act regulating the rets of interest. A supplement to the Pennsylvania Railroad. An act to enable the city of Pittsburg to raise addi tional revenue. Adjourn.*. noDBH . The House Assembled at 11 o’clock, when the Gover nor’s message was reocired, snd 10,000 ooples ordered presented the petition of William Mat thews, contesting the seat of David R. MoOlain, who Is returned ns elected from the Thlrddtit.iotof Phila delphia. • The committee en the matter will be chosen on Tuosdsy next. A resolution was adopted to appoint a committee to provide for the publication of tho daily record of pro ceedings. The House proceeded to the eleotion of olerk, when Samuel J. Rea, A R., was elected, receiving 87 votes, and bis opponent, Jacob Ziegler, 88. Judson Holoomb, of Bradford, was seleoted as assis tant clerk. Mr, H4ktfRRBLiT submitted a' resolution returning thanks to Jacob Ziegler, the late clerk, for the faithful and efficient performance of bis duties. Adopted aoatumonsly. Mr. MoOlorb read a bill t 6 abolish the Board ef Ca nal Commissioners, which was read and passed finally— ytasM, nays 6. , . Mr Williams, of Books, read a bill to repeal the act of last session increasing the pay of members. Mr Mill read a bill to abolish the Board of Revenue Commissioners. . , Mr, Ohuroh -read a bill to vest the Girard School House, <m Pa«S}uuk road, Philadelphia, In the Board of Directors of the Common Bchools. Mr. Obcrch also read * bill to incorporate the Cen tral Market Company. Adjourned. Oorreapoadento forjf Txi win please bear fa the following, rule* 9 ■very oomnranieat'oa moat bo abeonpaaied by tfca name of the writer, erdef ootHctneM is ths^typography,but one tka sheet should la written upon. ' •- ;■ v*i -. »- We shall be greater obUgedtogentiemec fa Penr*. *ylvanlaand otherßtatea fat ountaibulloas giving •Mrent am the day ’ta their partfeular loealitfes 9 the resources of the cochtry, the inoressa of poptUataon, or any lufdrtostion that will be fnteneU tag to the general reader.- r . ,* , . Further by the Overland M^il. WAR MCI/ABED BT THB CAMASCBZS—IHBEAT - - . .A -fXRXD BOSTILmsS. •’ v hows,- Jtfl, 6 —Mr. Woods, a. passenger arrived tI.»! I'allfotaita tsall.'says thattbe Camaaebo sriS*. deel.r.d »*-. xtti ut only wilting » f- Corg-, j-jrar the eotwlt pnnteA b-tw-pn two camp Are. reo.n-.17 w-.tlt fncl. lndto.tlng .tke, pruenc. „t the Cnunohe,. who wnr. d00h«.4 deterrcJ. from maiog .o «tt.dr tty.tin onmlwr ud .f thn malt ptS- It la hoped-the: the ppa »enMj>r the trooM r»»ntf T wet .long the rente, from »ott Bm'th.'wlll chaek ttaop-rciin,,, of the onrondnre. . ftrqnmlt hrebaeodlioornad nu tfiw OU*-7iTnr. Bdrnrnl agnnl. at the California M nlog Com pan/ ■» m*ltiig««mio»Hoiw »romt»ih whather misehiceiy e4n be introduced with pr at. : ( .Tha weather hM Bees rnycold in Californfi r Upwards of twenty,thleyisg.ladians hrre been killed ihT4mp*>» cottnty. L '' George the agent of tie-Greea.Coach Coro pahy Stage Priprietore, is said to'heve absconded w»th upwardg of $L WO of hie etopfoyeralmoßey: -.-later Horn Salt I.nke. ' ! fir. Lrrns, Jao. 6.—The Salfe Laks Vatisy Tau of De cember 10, received by the mail, says that the weather vm intensely odd, pod several pereoos bad-been frosen todeitlriD the valtay and adjieent canons ‘ UtakLegUlatore wee to meeva; FiUmow oily. Dscember 16, ■ .. . - ' The Steatnboat Vandbrbilt Aihore-** ••’’o, Safety of the^afifieucevs* Nsw;LoxnQX } <Jcnn/, •'/AuTtaTy s>—The steamer Oor neliut V«oderbjltaof the StociagtoflldneJ w* n t ashorw on Bate Point, Fluierta island, atfhipß-p'eioek yrston*' day mbrubig.~,'ebe fcasihree bo)<£tVn'.ner hull, nnd'ie* ThrpAiMn'qereirere safely landed on foe island. Two steamer* nave been sent tbhqr afsistaotei bit have bten on^btevto'render Any service to the boat, to eonse queuteofthehtevystei; • !> *--< ‘i: Reported [Outrages* in ( FT..Louis,'JaD': 6.—'The Omwitootie'{KAusat) eor- T 8 spondsnt ©r theJDimocmf says tta< OaptaHtunUton, the leader of thepartywho committed/the* atrocious murders at the 'ChCteau tradlog post last May, ban token the field in Southern Kaosas, with a targe body of desperate men, and has {already committed various outrages. •’ " j Mr .Bailey, a free-StetejmAa.' who was charged with stealing hegroes from, Vernon Missouri, has been killed,hhd ihe house of Mr.'Blbomfield, a wealthy free-Btato mao, residing'-in VersMU County, has been sacked and burned. .. . n «• It is reported that Montgomery J* rtlslnr a party to repel the invaslon -by Hamilton, amt that both parties are determined t» fight/ ; •*' - * . tWashliifii Afiblfs* WashtsotobVJsh. 6.->TbeHon.Thtooteß.Ylor«noe, who was confined to his room by siokness during the m» tire recent Congressional reeete, has ao far'fstevered as to resume his seat to the House of Representatives. Soathern ltems. : _J. J fATAinii?, yaocary first raee,'tekday. was won by fiocks. and the seeond by Obarley Ball. ‘ .Augusta. Ga.,January 4—’ W* A.-Choice, who re osntly killed BailiffW>tb,hu besn conveyed, to Mil tadgeTftie, and lodged'in a cell In'the 1 penitentiary, to prenat tb. thmta of JjMk law bflog imt into uih cation. , , t , . , .. - 1 The weather fe now lorel,' thronghnht S^orgtk The UtageaGhnsettg hegltlatnre'i Boaros, Jen. 6—The hogiiletor* of aulteteor ganised to-day., , ~,i r t . Hon/ Charles Phelps was'elected President of the Berate, and Stephen A. Gifford, Clerk. / Hon , Oharles. Hale, editor of foe Daily Ad94ttiur t w*s elected Speaker of the House. and Wm, Stone, clerk—ell Bepublieans. ’ Governor Banka' message wiUbe rcoalvU to-motrow. Detention, of Railroad < Hkw Ypsc, Jan 1-Neitter, Hew-, York, tcafn of ytstetday had *• reached Bwtoa up %6 eleven o’clock to day. ■ , t - ■ ! - The Portland train, of yesterdayhad not arrived up to the Mine time. - The Sixth Coneressional Digtrlct l of lllinois. - Snuirorfsnn, XU.. Jan. 6. —Mr. Hodges (Democrat) was elfcted yesteraay,' ae Bepfseutative to Coucees from the Sixth Congressional dis Met. . AMUSMNTB THg B VSIUIfG, : Mia. D. P. Bowna* WAunrr-urtm Tnlnt,- “ The King of foe Qiunmons ” —Helplsg Hands. n * WiuAWJT A oiAßxato Auck-araxav TKuafßit. “Our American' Corwin*^ ‘ 1 BoWhsoa Crusoe antt. His Man ' , 9AWOUAL OtoOVB —“Lent’s Oircas OcimiAhy. l ’ u EquMtrtan. Gyizmastie, and Acrobatio feats. }> . SigroiD’a bmi Hoosa.—lthlpplau' Eutortato ments. AakiMßLT'tonLßiuos.—Kgnor BUto. Gommoh Coujiciii.—This hody held an ad jcurned meeting last 'evening for the purpose of com pleting some anflhished business.' , Hr. Steeling; reported from a select joint committee, which was appointed to consider tb*proprtety of adopt ing spp»e j&ta&a for the welching of- coal at the doors of consumers'. r pbereport highly reoemmende ‘‘-Mar tin’s telf-weighing cart,” as admirably adapted for the shove purpose, and recommends themes & pefftotgut rsntee r.f accurate weight to the. purchasers, ,n» report had aarcrdtotaM* attached rendering It on* of the oorditiona in ?he Jutanw delirmy of eoal to.the ■cjtr. that ft shall be delivered, in.Mvtin’s-self wflghing.csrts. The mdinanco wss' brdteed fo b* printed, r'-f <- Mr. D’ckinteh propjsed the nnsidsratlon of a retold tion to prepare contra eta for the ooostruetion ef certain culverts, which , was .vetoed by the Mayor on the 23d nit. . ' • - Ur. Kelly and others desired that the resolution be passed over the veto. Mr. fueling'explain ed:thit the Mayor doubted the power.of the city to wafve .the legal Incidents to its eontracta tR Ranettaned by tho joint resolution ”• The section objected to by tkeMayoc it as follows; ■ - “And it Is mutually s greed, and distiectly under stood. that the' decision of the Chief Bnglnter und Sur veyor .ball be float and eonelnsive to ary dispute whioh may arise between the parties lnthl% agreement rela tive , thereto, and touching the same; and eteh and •very of the said parties do hereby waive any right of notion, suit, or suite, or other .remedy in law or other wise, by virtue of'stid covenants, tbat thedeoteiou of Raid Chief Engineer and Surveyor shall, in the na ture of an award, be final and conclusive on the rights and claims Or said parlies.” ’ The d-bata upon the propriety of the Mayer’s veto was discussed at teegth. after which the vote was taken upon the resolotloa. a d resulted in a vote of ayes 93 and nays 82. The Mayor’s veto was accordingly sus tained. . ' Hr. Dickinson submitted a resolution directing thw City Bolioltor to enter into a contract with the sutf eeaefhl .bidders for the-'eonfltruction of the culverts above referred to, but without waiving the Tights of action or remedyor taw against the city. The vote Was taken on an amendment to the above resolution, which Inserts after Surveyor the'Vords, >“ Chief Commissioner or Highways sndOityßolldtor.” iThe amendment was agreed to, and the resolution passed , Mr. Ellis offered a resolution that no member should be allowed to speak more than fire minutes at a time, •nor more than twioe on the tame subject. Agreed to. * Mr. Hacker called up a resolution from the opposite Branch, prohibiting the Commissioner of Markets from Renting any stalls in Market street beyond April Ist. j Mr. Kelly stated that* he had sotietd an advertise ment in the papers from the Commissioner of Markets, fcalting upon persons to. pay their rents for 1869, and moved a postponement until the foots could be ascer tained. • After considerable 'debeta, in whioh there was some sharp shooting, the question was taken on the motion to postpone, and was not agreed to. i The vote was then taken on the resolution, with foe following result: Yeas 80, nays 2; and as there was no quorum present, the meeting adjourned. ; Csxss Stjpfbb.—A. very elegant entertain ment was given last evening by the committee of Phi ladelphia chess players to foe gentlemen connected with the American Telegraph Oompauy, and the How aM Kxpress Company, iu acknowledgment of the libe rality and courtesy evinced in the tats chess match with New York. The supper was in Dorsey’s finest si/le, and was followed by toasts and speeches, oom ntamorative of the brilliant victory of the Philadel phians. We regret that the late hour at which the eompany adjourned prevents our giving some of foe toasts, whioh sparkled with the happ'est hit* The whole affair was a most happy and tasteful oonduslon tq thl* unique chess match. : Coboher’s Case.—Coroner Fenner resumed the investigation yesterday morning In foe case of Pe ter Ward, who died from foe effeota of a blow or blows received on Ohriatmaß eve, as waa alleged, from foe hands of William Johnson. No farther testimony was elicited at foe hearing yesterday whieh eonld throw any light on the subject, and the jury accordingly ren dered a verdict that the deceased came to his death from a blow or blows inflloted by William Johnson on Christmas eve. Johnson waa arrested foe morning af ter the attack, and was held to bail to await foe result. Immediately after Ward’s death he was ra-arreated and committed to prison, where he will remain until he is tried on foe above charge. HaArisboro, Jan. 6. Lost Bot.—A boy about fourteen years of age, named Clayton H. Page, Iwt his home in Mount Holly, Hew Jersey, on the 27th of December, aodhaa not been heard of since then. He is described as being about four feet eleven inches in height, dark haxel eyes, slender in form, and walks with a military gait.. His clothing consisted of a black doth cap, block satin cra vat* brown-mixed pantaloons, and eream-oolered over coat. Any information respecting his whereabouts can be left at the mayor’s office. A Mas Killed.— Mr. Thoms* Chambers, an employee of the City Gas Deportment, was knocked down yesterday morning by a runaway horse at Tenth and Tine streets, ana so badly iniured that he died shortly after, at-the Pennsylvania Hospital, whither ho nan been conveyed. The deceased was on his way to work when the accident occurred. He was about fifty 1 years of age, and resided at No. 1080 Richard street where he leaves a family to mourn his sudden demise. Sailed.— Tho steamship Keystone State, Oapt&in Charles P. Marehman. for Bavannah, sailed yes’erday morning with a valuable freight and the fol lowing passengers: N. G. Boo*, John Kohoe, Miss Kate M Pices, R.f. Sinclair, H. K. Thompson, B.f Jus tice, Henry 8.-Jones, 8. B. Linnard, A. B. Henderson, James B Kennedy, A. L Thomas. Miss F. R. Jones, Mlm Julia A. Frauds, Miss Jennie Wilson, and. fifty In the steerage. Charged with Robbery. —Wm. Douglass, Daniel Cato, and Oliver Morris, were before Alderman Braaler, yesterday morning,- on the oharge'of stealing a quantity of block tin from Front street, below Arch. Douglass was found sleeping on the tin on Taeaday evening, in Quarry street.. The others were arrested yesterday mrrning while' in bed. at a house in Malia street. The defendants were held for a farther hearing to-day. > . ■ Caught in the Aor.— William Mullin was before Alderman. Shoemaker, yesterday morning, charged with enteringihe house of John Miller. Third below Franklin avenue, on Tnesday night, with a felonious jntent. He was caught in the act ot breaking open k trank in the second-story back room, to' whlc i he had gained an entrance by a shed. ‘ The accused was held to answer at court. „ Pawnbboxxhb* Licenses—The fallowing gentlemen, have obtained -pawnbroker*’ licenses from the Oily Treasurer: Abraham Nathans, Robert Steward Henry Marcus. I. Nathan*, Jamea-M.-Gibeon. John Bailey,' Isaiah Nathans, Bobe.-t Turner, P. B. Hyde, Joseph McKeal, Iraao Y. Oulin,’ Joseph J. Harvey, and John Dhiiy. Passing Counterfeit Money, Thomas Blyoff was committed yesterday morning, by Alderman Shoemaker, to answer the change of pasting a counter feit two-dollar note of the Cirissns’ Bank or Baltimore, at the .famishing store of Thomas C. Parker, Fourth street, neat Arch. Slyoff is said to be an old offender. Serious Accident.— William Sullivan, a stevedore, while assisting to nnloid the ship Columbia, lying sear Lombard-street wharf, yesterday, morning, fall into the hold and wae badly bruised. One foot was . alsofraotured. The sufferer was taken to the Pennsyl vania Heap tai. •* ** Polios Items.— Theodore Fggundug,agalflxt ,• whom several serious are ssidto be periling, was arrested on Tneslay night, while in the net of breaking Into & house on Third street, btlow Coate*. He was sent below, MOYIUt TO TOURIiarONMENn. TH E CIT Yi
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