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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., .
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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?
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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