PITTSBURGH G-TrE
Goveries Message-
To the Honoiablo tAo Benators and Ambers of As
Houle of Repisentotion of tito- Galata:llnm-
Pairsow Cirross:—ln obedience to the Con
stitution and laws of this Commonwealth, yon
hive assembled to , discharge the important and
responsible deities that deceive upon you. To
protect the righte and privileges of the people,
advance their interests, and promote the welfare
and peoeperity of the State, should be the Lim
and end of all your legislation. In the discharge
of my duties, if will be a Pismire to co•oporste
with 'yenln the accomplishment of thee° ob
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oe's.
Tho past_ iest. has been one of unusual pros.
PP# l 9- The bounties of a kind Providence have
not been withheld from our Commonwealth. A
plenteous harvest boa rewarded the labor of the
husbandman. `Honorable industry, in all its
departments, bee been encouraged. •No firnum
cisl embarrassmcmte—no commeroial distress—.
no political or social evils, have interrupted the
Progress,'or checked the energies of the people.
The great interests of education, morality and
religion,, have been cherished and sustained.—
Health and peace, with their attendant blessings,
have been aura. - To Film "who rules' the Na
tions by his power, and from whom cometh down
every good and perfect gift," are we indebted
for these maths, and to Him should be given
the homage of our devout gratitude and praise.
The financial condition of the Commonwealth
in highly satisfactory. Every demand upon the
Truancy has been promptly mat and paid, with
out the aid of loans. The operations of this
department will be exhibited in detail in the re
port of the State Treasurer.
For
_the fiscal year ending November 80, 1860,
the receipts in the Treasury Handing the bal.
antteln the Treasury on' the fleet day of Decem
ber, 1856, of $1,243,697 83) tare been $6,021,-
987 64.. The total expenditure, for the same
period; were $5,877,142 22. Balance in the
Treurtry, December'', 1856, $1;244,795 42.
Excluding the balance in the Treasury=the
first ofDecember 1355, the receipts from all
scum, were $1;,876,240 83. The ordinary
expendttnres for the same period, were $4,113,-
144 77,, showing en excess of regulate over
- ordinary eipenditures of $1,266,095 66.
The extraordinary payments for the same
year were $1,288,997 45, as follows, vim To
the completion of, the Portage railroad, and for
tho•psyment of debts previotnily contracted on
work, $181,494 11; to the North Branch exten
sion, $122.728 52; to relay the south track of
the Columbia railroad. $267,000; for mo
tive power in 1866,, $118,040 42; to enlarge the
Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal,
$18,960; for general repairs in 1853.'64.'55,
$63,065 - 11; to domestic' creditors, $l6l 83; to
old chimer on the main line, 'examined by the
commissional', and paid under the act of May
22, 1856, $130,612 09; ta the redemption of
loans, $527,824 47; and relief notes cancelled,
$88,217 01
The interest on the funded debt which fell due
Ln February and August het, was then paid, and
that which becomes duo in February next, will
be paid with equal promptnens, out of available
means now In the Treasury. The punctuality
with which the intereat on the pablio been
paid, and the ability of the Treasury to meet all
legitimate demands upon It, have inspired pub
lic confidence in our eecarities, and contributed
largely - to establish and sustain the credit of the
Commonwealth.
The Commiasionera of the sinking Fond re
port the aim of $722,432 93 ate doe by the
Treasury to that fond. This amount will be ap
plied to the redemption of relief notes now in
circulation, and to the payment of the funded
debt. Heretofore the available means in the
Treasury have been applied to some extent, in
payment of outstanding temporary loans, which
bear an annual interest of six per centum. it be
lag deemed advisable as a matter of economy to
pay those loans rather Menthe funded debt,which
bears sued' lean rate of interest. It is expec
ted that the belsOce of the temporary loses will
be paid bolero tho close of the =meat year,and
the operation of the slaking fund resumed and
continued as directed by law.
The fended and unfunded debt of the State,
iecluding temporary loans, on the first day of
December, 1855, as per reports of the Auditor
General and State Treasurer, ens es follows,
IfirpED DIEM
6 per cent. 10an....5516,154 93
5 do d 0... 36,903.445 04
44 do do. 888,200 00
4' do do 100,000 00
Total funded debt. ' $89,907,799 9
17II1IINDED 000 T.
Relief notes in eh ,
culation ..... .....—.5258,778 00
Interest eertileares
' outstanding
DOClntie creditors...
BaL temporary loan
April 10,1853
Bal. temporary loan
May 9, 340,000 00
Total untended debt
29,157 26
1,264 00
625,000,00
Total dobt Deo. 1, DM
. The (coded end .Infunded debt at the close
'of the lest &Gni year, December 1, 1866, wan
as foliose:
6 per cent. loan $511,781 00
5 do do-. ..... 38,886,904 50
4), do d 0........ 388.200 00
4 do d0........100, 000 00
Total fended debt , $39,886,976 60
VIIInThIPID DZDT, TIS
Belief notes in cir
culation $220,656 00
Interests Certificates j
outstanding 24,891 37 .
Interest certificates nit
" 4,448 88
Domestic creditors 1,164 00
Balance of temporary
lean, April 19tb,
1653 400,000 00
Balanoe of temporary
loon, May 9, 1854 184,000 00
Total unfanded debt -834,86 D 76
tit debt, December 1, 1856...40,701,50
Total debt, Dec. 1, 1855..
do do 1, 1856..
Decreses.s. ,
Iti_thas appears that during the peat fume'
year the burn of three hundred and sixty-six
,thousand cue hundred and fifty-eight dollars
end lithetreeven cents has been paid in liquida
tion of the; public debt: This, taken in conneo•
diem with the fact, that daring the year ending
November SO, 1866, aim hundred and thirty
thousand six hundred and °me dollars and two
cents were paid en the same account, exhibits
the gratifying feet, that the process of reducing
the public debt has commenced; and, unless ,
. e'keeked by reckless mismanagement and extra,-
„ ... mxsat expenditure, must continue midi the pee
pie and the Commonwealth are relieved from
the debt and taxation with which they ere bur
"dened:', Ia addition to this redaction of the pub
liodebt, barge appropriations and payments were
suede for the completion of the Portage railroad
and for debts predocely contracted on that
work; for old and unsettled claims recently ad
jested by the oommiesionens appointed under the
t of lest eessio; for rodaying the south track
ofthe Columbia n railroad; for enlarging the Del
aware didelan of tha mined, and for other pur
poees. These extraordinary demands upon the
Treasury have eessed, or will soon cease, with
the neceesity that created them; end thus leave
a still Larger portion of the revenue to be ap-
Sled in payment of the public , debt.
A careful examination of the ficandst condi.
on of the Commonwealth—her Bourne of roe.
thee and the probable future expenditures, has
inspired the hope that the timels notfar distant
when the public debt will be folly paid, and Ude
without increasing the eubjeots or ratio ortaxe
bee already been ahown that the thee
nits of the past - year .exceeded, the ordinary
expenditures one million two hundred and sixty.
five thaw-and ninety five dollars and Ilfty.str.
dente. The'estimated reoeipte and expenditures
for the current year, which will be presen
tedto you la the report of the State Treasurer,
show that the emcees of deoeipte, over ordlosty
eipendlturce, may reach the aunt of one' and s
half million of dollars. These eethastee, at
thane' approximations, will not be far from the
true result. Allovieg, then, four hundred thou-
Semi dollers for annual extraordlnsay expend'.
teree—and under a wise system of economy in
no probable oontingenoy can they exceed that
sam—we will have at
dhe least one stfillionf dollars
of
'to ba appeopriated annually for payment
the public debt. With the rapid development of
the wealth and-resourcth of the Commonwealth
—the increase of ..population—of the value of
rod caste, and -of Ake amount and vitae
of property of every deseription, the rove
-. need must end will continuo to Increiee.-
- 'lbis national end neceesery increase of revenue
w ill supply every deficleneysnd every demand
•upon the Treasury that falls within the range of
probability. If, thou, the stint of one million
dollars be appropriettd annually in liquidation
of,this debt, and the acoralng interest en the
mama paid 'be applied In the manner of a slaking
fund, the entire indebtedness of the Common
wealth will he extinguished Inlets than twenty.
three years. If those premises are correct—and
their correctness can only be Impaired by unwise ,
legislation, or the imprudent management of cur
finances—the truth of the proposition is sweep- ,
:tibia of the chcareet demonstration. Assuming
the pall° debt on-dhe Drat day of December,
1856, to be, in round ntunbers, -forty millions
five hundred thousand dollars, and that at the
• end of each decal year one million dollars!, with
the enemies interests on- former payments, will
be paid, unerring calculation will determine the
regal to be as before indioated. Thee, before,
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the expiration of the year 187,9, Pennsylvania.
may stand redeemed from the oppression of her
piablie debt, and her peeple be released from e
taxation imposed to meetits accruing Interest,
and to inaintain the faith and credit of the Com
teenweilth. >Theseviews are not Utopian. By
practising strict economy in all departments of
the government—avoiding extravagant expendi
ture—refusing to undertake any new schemes of
internal improvement, and holding to a rigid,
accountability the receiving and disbursing
ageute of the State, their realisation may be
anticipated with confidence.
Imust again call the attention of the Legible.
tore to a subject referred to in my last annual
message, in the following terms -
arty the thirty-eighth ceetion of the act of the
16th of April, 1845, entitled 'An Aot to provide
teethe ordinary expenses of Government, the
repair of the canals and railroads of the State,
and other claims upon the Commonwealth,' the -
Governor was authorised to cane certificates of
State - stack to be leaned to all persons or bodies
corporete holding certificates for the payment of
interest on the fended debt of the State, which
fell duo on the first day of August, 1842, the
first days of Februnry;,and August, 1843, and
the first days of February and August, 1844, in
an amount equal to the amount of certificates so
held, upon their delivering up said certificates
to the Auditor GeneraL In pursuance of the
authority thus given, certificates of State stook
to the amount of four millions one hundred
and five thousand one hundred and forty
dollars and twenty Gents, bearing interest
at the rate of five per cent per annum, payable
eemi-annually, on the first days of February and
August in each year, and redeemable on or after
the first day of August, 1865, were is,aui.
The minimum period fixed by law for the Tr
demption of these certificates, expired on the
first day of August,' 1855. No provision
beefi madefor.thelr renewal or redemption.
"Although by the terms of the act authorizing
these certificates of State etoole, an also by the
'conditions of the certificates issued In pursuance
thereof, the time of payment, after the expira
tion of the minimum period, is optional with the
debtor, the Commonwealth, yet a due regard for
the malt of the State requires that provieion
should be made for their renovator. redemption.
To redeem these certificates, a loan would be
oomo necessary, and as Eileen cannot be effected,
in the present financial condition of the country,
on terms more favorable to the State then these
on which these certificates were 'slued, I would
recommend that authority be given to teens the
bonds of the Commonwealth In renewal of said
certificates, bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually,
andoedeemable en or titer the expiration of
twenty years; and that the bonds be issued with
coupons or certificates of interest attached, to
some equal in amount to the semi-annual Inter
est thereon, payable on the fleet days of Febru
ary and August In each and every year, at each
place as may be designated. This change in the
ferns and character of the certificates, it is be
lieved, will be so advantageoue to the holders, -
:without increasing the habilitiee of tho . Com
monwealth, as to induce a willing and prompt
exchange, lief premium for the bonds proposed
to be ironed."
The report of the Canal Commissioners will
be laid before you, and will exhibit In detail the
condition of the public ercrice--their general op.
Gritted, and the receipts and expenditures for
the past fiscal year.
The total receipts at the Treasury, from the
public works, for the year ending November 80,
1856, were $2,006,015 68, being an increettl
over the revenues of the previous year, of $63,-
638 95. Of this sum $1,018,589 14 were canal
and bridge toile, and $992,426 60, tolls of the
Columbia and Portage railroads.
The aggregate expenditures for the same year
were $1,940,896 82, being an increase over
those of the previous year, $105,105 64, the
revenues exceeding the expenditures only $62,-
118 84.
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The increase of the revenues from these
works would be enoouraging, IMO it not for the
fact that the expenditures here increased in a
still greater proportion—the expenditures. or
dinsry and extraordinary, exhausting almost the
entire revenue from this source. The system
must be defective, or more care and econotay
should be exercised in its management.
The reeeipts at tho Treasury from the several
divisions, were as follows, viu
Man lino
Busgachanna,--North Branch and
West Brapah
Delaware .... . .
Total receipts 2,006,015 66
The extraordinary payments during the year,
amounted to $808,892 16; ordinary expend!.
tares, $1,136,004 00; net' revenue, (excluding
extraordinary payments and for motive power)
$871,011 00.
On the Stahl line the tolls recelvel at the Tres
enry from the Columbia road wet.. $9:11,676 50;
expenditures $528,084 86; tolls on the Easterd
division of canal, from Colorable to the Junction
$119,718 86; expenditures $53,04850; receipts
from the Junction to Pittsburgh, including the
Portage railroad, $117,778 00; ordinary expen
ditures, $801,702 221 The total receipts on the
main line were $1,229,272 86; aggregate expen
ditures, (excluding $207,000 00 paid for re-ley
-leg the south track of the Columbia railroad,
and $153,049 42 for motive power in 1855, end
after December let, 1856;) were $885,835 65,
being an exoeee of revenue over ordinary expen
ditures of $343,4r* 21.
Although the receipts from the Delaware di
vision are loss than those of the •previons year,
yet the general result of its operations is eatis
factory. The net revenue at the Treasury was
$264,095 40. Its management has been char.
aoterited 'by a,degree of economy too seldom
practiced on some of the lines of our improve
ments.
However important this division may be to
the trade and business of that portion of the
State, its proposed enlargement should not be
undertaken, unless demanded byrensons of over
ruling necessity. The experience of - the past,
as connected with the Allegheny Portage rail
road, and the North Branch extension, should
warn un against undertaking, without greet cau
tion, any new measure of Improvement, which
may drain the Treasury, without aiding materi
ally, If at all, the public) interests. If kept in
good order.by efficient and timely repairs, Its
capacity will be fully equal to all the demands
of its trade and business.
The Portage railroad is not fully completed.
A small additional appropriation may yet be re.
gaited to complete, far the fourth' time, this
road. It is momently hoped that this unproduc
tive Improvement may soon cease its cormorant
demands upon the Treasury. Every year's ex
perience mere clearly reveals the impolicy of
the State in undertaking this work.
It gives me no ordinary pleasure to !atom
you that the North Branch extension of the
Pennsylvania canal has been so far completed,
that boats freighted with coal and other products
were successfully paned through its entire
length from Pittston to the Junction canal.—
This work was commenced In 1888—suspended
In 1841—resumed In 1849, and finished in 1856;
although Its completion was offioially announced
In 1853. It extends from Pittston to the New
York State line, a distance of about ninety-four
miles, rollowlug the valley of the Susquehanna
to Athens, and thence along the Chenung river
to the State line, where it joins tbe`..Junetion
canal," and is thus connected with-the New York
1,160,194 26
41,067,994 - .2
$41,067,994 22
. 40,701,1325 25
366,168 97
improvements.
The importance and value of this Improve
ment cannot easily be over-estimated. Palming
through ono the tiebeat mineral and agricultural
portions of the Stant, It offers to the Immense
end valuable products of that region, a safe and
cheap transit to the markets of New York, Bal
timore, and Philadelphia. In the completion of
this canal the diffionities to be overcome, and
the labor to be performed, were great. , Both
these, to a great extent, have been accomplished
under the eoperintendency of Win. B. hiaffet,
Esq., to whom this work was assigned.
Tate canal although completed, and before the
close of navigation, used for the purpose of
transportation, is not perfect. Sinks In the bot
tom, from the nature of the formation and Boils
through which it panes, sluice from the hills,
and breaches may occur, but these, after a few
years of well applied labor, will bo Bminiehed,
and by vigilance and care entirely prevented.
This Improvement, although subject to the ri
valry of competing railroads, if kept in good
condition, under proper management, will re
ceive Its full share of coal and other tonnage.
It is anticipated that the revenues, for the cur
rent year, will equal, If not exceed the expendi
rarer and increasing with the faci li ties a ff orded
and ihe rapid development of trade, will, h
ound of its heretofore unceasing demands upon
the Treasury, take precedence in revenue over
any canal in the Commonwealth.
In relation to the propriety and policy of the
sale of the main line of our publio improvements,
my mind has not changed. Every consideration
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of public olloy, of present and future interest,
requires e eaperation of the Btate from the
managem nt and control of theee Works.. The
expenditures on that portion of the line, be
tween th e Junctionand Pittsburgh, largely ex
ceed the revenuee, the excess averaging seen-
ally not lea than one hundred and fifty thous
and dollars; and cactus are in constant oueration
that will still more increase this deficiency. This
continual drain upon the 'Treasury, to etaitaln a
work, so unproductive, should at once be chock
ed. A sale of the main line, for a fair collide
ration, end u e pon terms jest and liberal to the
putobaset% hi the proper remedy. both rale,
on terms amply protective of the rights and in
testate of the peopl2, can, by proper. legislation,
be effected. In connuollon with the payment of
the public debt, this question becomes deeply
' important. The eels would. constitute a new
era in the Acanthi history of the State, and as
sure a still more speedy reduction of the publia
debt,' than that to which reference has been
made. Mte subject Is earnestly commended to
your favorable coulderntlon. . •
The subject of banks and booking espittlilnte i n
its relations tithe currency—the general
ests ortradeand commerce and the industrial
pursuits, of the citizen, deserve your careful st.
tuition ; Mei views expressed in a former com
mardestion rimaln unchanged. The incarnate
tin of Or the rochaeter of old and solvent
harks, when ,lacturdly necessary, and demanded
by the wants of legitimate trade in the commu
nity !there located, should be favored; under no
other circumstances should either be permitted.
In the creation of hanks, the interests of the
State and people should be consulted, and ajost
discrimination as to number, locality and the
demands of trade be exercised.
The rapid increase of population, the iropor.
Canoe and value 0: our home and foreign coin
mane, the constant development of the msterial
wealth of the State, the extent of oar =ionise
:tiring, mechanical and agricultural induetry,the
fact that the State le flooded by a depreciated
currency introduced by private bankers and
brokers, might justify, under the restrictions
and limitations indicated, &judicious increase of
banking capital within our Commonwealth. This
whibst it would aid the operations of trade, and
supply the real business wants of - the people,
would, at the same time, remedy, to some ere
tent, the evils of a depreciated foreign and il
legal ourrenffj.
Sy the sot approved the 6th day of November
last, the thirtieth section of the act of 1850,
regulating lacks, will , be, after the
. first day of
July next, extended to all incorporated saving
fund, trust and Insurance companies That eeo•
thin declares "that It shell not be lawful for any_
of the said banks to inane or pay out any bank
notes other than those issued by itself, payable
en demand in gold or silver; cotes of specie pay
ing banks of thief State whist are taken on de
posit or in payinent of debts, at par, at the
.outer of the bank where paid out; or notes of
banks issued ander the authority of the set of
tee 4th of May, 1841, at the option of the per•
eon to:relying the same."
These enactments wens intended to protect the
community against the evils of a depredated
currency, and prevent ice introduction from Oh.
er States. Flowerer well intended they will fell
to secure these objeots, Unless made to embrace
private bankers and others of that class, whose
profits are largely dependoot upon the introduc
tion into the State of such a currecoy. In many
instances the notes of our oin banks are oolieo •
ted by private bankers and brokers, and with
these, or the specie withdrawn from the banks
issuing them, 'they purchase depreciated and
foreign bank paper which is paid out at par at
their counter". By others large loans are nego
tiated eittl banks out of the State, at less than
the usual rate of intermit, and their notes, often
of a lees denomination than five dellare, and
always at a discount, brought Into the State and
put into circulation in the manner lodloated, and
this, too, under an agreement with the book
making the loan, that the notes thee paid cot
shall be kept in circulation. The effect of this
system of private beating has been to limit the
circulation of the car paper of our own books,
and substitute in its place a foreign, dcprecia.
ted, and oftln a worthless currency. Is justice
to the bank, tenet and insurance ocmpeniee,
paying a heavy annual tax to the Commonwealth
for their privileges, and for the protection of the
people against these evils, either :the provisions
of the thirtieth section of the eat of 1860,
should be repealed, or further extended so as to
embrace private individuals and assoolaticas,
who may monopolize and control, to the detri
ment of the public, this traffic in deprooiated
bank paper, without restraint and without taxa
tion.
The report of the Superintendent of Common
Schools, will exhibit to you the number-and con
dition of the eehools 7 4e number of teachers
and scholars, and the; general operations of the
system during the past year. To the valuable
statistical infurtnation of the report, and the use
ful suggestions for the improvement of the sys
tem, 1 invite your early and intelligent consid
eration. _
From a smell and comparatively unimportant
Incident of the State Department, the care and
management of the public embeds of the COCO
monwealth, with their eeventoen hundred die.
triota, ten thousand directore, twelve thousand •
teachers, and over five hundred thousand schol
ars, have become the most important and labo
rious branch of that Department. The Inereered
and increasing baguets, of the system has been
met by a correspondent increase of zeal, labor
and efficiency in the officers to whom the law
has committed its general directian and super
vision. They should be sustained by wise and
generous legieletlon The mageitude and im
portance of the system, in Its political, eeei►t
isal rel,tions to the present and future of
the peopl_•, require that this should be done.—
The guardianship of the mind of the State should
occupy a dietinct and prominent place !MOM%
the noble institutions of the Commonwealth. It
ahanid receive the of aid and enrnurage
ment of the government, and be restained by a
virtuous and intelligent people. If the revenue
and treasures of the State—her public improve
ments—her lands and their titles, require and
desert* the marked and distinctive care of the
government, how much more should her mental
and intellectual treaeures, richer than gold—the
social and moral improvement of her people,
more valuable than canals and railways—the
titles of her youth to the boundless fields of
knowledge, higher than any of earth or aught
growing out of In ownership, claim an honora
ble position, an•d receive a care and aid com
mensurate with their greater value and °ecru!.
~$1,229,272 80
420 820 51
545,022 29
0043.
The County Superintendency, wherever it has
been committed to faithful and efficient men,has
folly vindicated the wisdom and policy of that
measure. It is slowly bat sorely removing the
prejudices and gaining the confidence of the pen
pie. Whatever defects time and experience may
develop in this or any other branch of the sys
tem, should be promptly corrected. Bat until
the necessity for change is established, the sys
tem, In Its unity and integrity, should be main
mined; and if changed, changed only to render
more certain the accomplishment of its noble
purposes and objects.
A suffieient number of competent and well
trained teachers lo the greet want of the system.
In its structure end organization It is as perfect
If not more so; thin any of the systems of our
sister States. Bet the teacher Is wanted to give
it proper vitality and eflelency—to develop Its
true force and rains—te secure the greet object
of its creation, the thorough education of the
youth of the Commonwealth. How can this
went be supplied? How are teachers to be
trained and provided to meet this educational
demand? Must we be dependent upon the train
ing schools of other States? Most our system
be ieoparded, and its !metals petiled by waiting
the eiow and unaided efforts of voluntary asws
citations to furnish the much needed teacher?—
Voluntary associations of common school teach
ers have actiomplisbed mach In their disinteres
ted end noble efforts to remedy this defect.
:They are worthy the highest commendation—
they deserve every encouragement They can
and 'Bide more; but unaided they cannot ao
complith the object desired. The Legisleture
most provide the remedy—they can supply the
deficiency. It ahould be done promptly and of
feotnally. No 'abject of greater Intermit eau
occupy yourattendon as legislators—no one ep
psaLe LIMO earnestly to duty and petrlotism.
In a former ooremnelestion to the Legislator*
the establishment of State Normal Bobcats, far
the education of tend/ere, was urged as Judie
pensebly neeeseary to the perfection of the eye
tem. With full confidence to their utility and
necessity, I again recommend them. These in
stitutions. with their proper professors, and ap
plianoes, supported by the .-tate, wield meat
the wants and elevate the character of our com
mon schools.
Teachers' Institutes, no auxiliary to Normal
Schools, when is operation, and supplying their
place till eetab.ished, should be aided by the
State. One Bath institute in each county, meet
ing uneasily, under the fostering care of the'
government, wonid be productive of most bene
ficial results. Whilst it would Improve tench
ate end prepare them for their Important and
respensible duties, It would elevate and dignify
a profession too long neglected 110 i under-val.
ned by those most deeply interested intheir hon
orable labors. These medicines, as else an ad
dition to the annual State appropriation for com
mon school!, in en amount limited only by the
necessitice of the Treasury, would give energy
to the system—lncrease its effieleney—and thus
promote the true interests of the people and the
Commonwealth.
Our educational, charitable and reformatory
iustitellone have etrong claims upon the bounty
of the people, and I cordially commend them to
year care and liberality.
The State Lunatic /mitten et Hrotisburg, and
the Western Peenaylvanta Hospital for the In
sane and other kindred propene at Pittsburgh,
are noble charittee, and deserve the aid an en
couragement of the Stble. The annual reports
of those I:WO:diens will be laid before you, and
will exhibit, in detail, their operatioue during
the past year.
The House of Refuge in Philadelphia, end the
Western House of Refuge near Pittsburgh, are
inetitetions of great excellence, and their re.,
suite clearly establish the wisdom of the policy
that founded and Gestates them. They ought
not to be neglected; nor should the aid of the
Commonwealth be withheld from them.
The "Blind" and the "Deaf and Dumb Asy
lama" at Philadelphia; end "the Pennsylvania
Training School for Idiotic, and feeble minded
children," are inetitutions that appeal, in silence
and Farrow, to the beet and purest feelings of
the heart, and, ask your sympathy and aid.
They should receive a generous share of the
benefactions of the State.
Agriculture, in in varied - departments, in the
greet interest of the Commonwealth. It he the
basis alike of financial and commercial SUCCOPY,
and - of State and national prosperity. Au inter
est go Important chola be loitered by the State,
land horthred by all chorea of society. i To its
promotion - and snecoss, all - should cheerfally
contribute; In'a former commie:acetic/4 I re
commended the estahtirlment of on Agricultural
boriau, In connectiou with seaman , / of the State
Departments; to lira efficiency: to the collection
and diffusion of" armful knowledge on this sub-
Ljetid, - and to encourage:: ederditia -sad • pracilsal
agriculture. Seineuse, with wondrous energy I
has aided the husbandman:in his honorable sro-
Glare, and proffers stm more help., - The State :
should terse his - um Gni cheer him onward in I
this, tho firat and noblest pussuit of msn. This
subject, In Convection with an appropristion to 1
the 4.Farmers' High, School of - Pfnosylvanis"—
an institution dt....tined to be an -honor to the
. . _
Uoritionveslth—is rtao=encled to your favor
able consideration.
The' "Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania,"
established by the enterprise and liberality of
some of the pilot - it, °Rims of Philadelphia, as
a szhool of the applied sciences, descries honor
able mention, and should reed's the confideuce
and patronage of the public. to the teachings
of this institution, literature, eolemie and art, in
happy onion, meet to prepare our young men
for the practical bucioces of life, for mining.
awoke:lb:al sad civil engineering, and for pro
moting intelligently and efficiently the great In
terests of manufacturing and agricultural in
dustry. .
The laws on the eintuto book rogotating man-
ufaaturiog and imprcvemenr companlei, require
revision '/ • They are unneceoaritily stringent In
many, o their . provisions , and thov defeat the
object o their ermatment They drive capital
from to state, instead of inviting its invest
ment here; and instead of encouraging individ
ual andiseaniated enterprise and energy in the
developinent of our immense natural resources,
they bitid and erunb both by severe restrictions,
unwise, limitations nod persoual liabilities. The
subject deserves careful attention and liberal
legjristlon.
I have eo frequeotly expr4esed ety views in
relation to loos!, special and "omniboo"
legisla
lion, that their reiteration now becomes none°.
enteric Legislation, eo fer as pm:finable, should
be general and uniform. Local and special leg
ielatida, when the object danced Gan be Boomed
by general lane, or by the notion of the courts,
should be avoided. '•Omnibus legislation" eau-
not, tinder any circumstances., be jaetified or
approved. Too much legislation is an evil that
prevalle extensively In legimititiee halls. Its
avoidance would not be lejurions to public or
private intereets.
Theipreatice of delaying the paettage of the
goners) appropriation bill until the last days of
the setesion, and ineorporatiug in It provisions
incompatible with its genera! oberacttr, and ob
noxious, whenitemoding eloureto iaeurmountablo
objectlone, is highly oeneuteble and ehould be
diementinued. The attempt thus made to force,
by a !peeks of legielatieo legerdemain the pee
tags of objeetioneble measeres through the Le
gislatare, and compel their eanction by the Ex
ecutive, bee been too often sucoesefuL The
practice cannot be too etroogly condemned: it
cannot receive my sanction.
The militia law of the dente is imperfect iu
many of its provisions, and ehoold be reeleed.—
The powers and dunce of the Commander-in-
Chief should be more clearly defined; as oleo of
the other ;Moan, connected with the military
organization of the Commonwealth. This is nee
emery to prevent a conflict of jurisdiction with
other departments of the goveratuent. and to
gilts greater effiehmoy to our military system.—
Vole:twee compile:lee should be enconraged; our
entire military system about' be remodeled, and
made to occupy that honorable position which
from its importance and ueceseity it deserves.
Near the close of the lett session of the Leg
islature, I transmitted to. that body an ordinance
pissed by the select and common councils of the
olty of Pelladelphis, approved by the Mayor on
the 7th of April, 1856, and officially cornmeal
cetcd to me, proposing to convey to the Com•
monweelth of Pennsylvania a lot of ground in
that oily, for the purpose of erecting thereon a
State arsenal. Want of time alone prevented
action on the proposition then submitted. The
ground thus offered to the State is valuable, and
its location most eligible for the purpose intend
ed. The conditions of the proposed grant are
favorable to the State, and highly creditable to
the municipal authorities of Philadelphia, °vim:i
-t:lg a liberality lied publio eptrit worthy of all
commendation. The oecessity oiti. State arsenal
to that city is co apparent that the sebject needs
co elaboration in this commuteeetiou After
the sale of theietate arsenal to Peiledelphia, the
pnblio arms were depoeited lu ao old building,
or out hence, enure end unfit as a depository
for mina property.
Tao stun of $30,000 00, realized from that
elle, la now In the Tretionry; and by the fifty
fifth section of an act passed the 10th day of
April, A. 1). 1953, entitled, "An act to provide
for the ordinary expenses of Government," Le.,
the Governor was autheriecd to apply the same
to the purohaee of a lot, of ground and to the
erection of an arsenal thereon. Thie earn was
found insofsalent for there purposes, and sense
quently the object intended by the appropriation
has not been aceomplitthed. Ily the ceeeloce of
thee lit, the State will be relieved from the ex.
penditare of any money for the purchase of volt
able grounde; and the entire Hum of $2O 000 00
may to typifed to the erection of the neceseary
beildlege, to which nun can Ire added, if deemed
advbrable, the amount that may be realised from
the !aloof Arsenals at Meadville and liarriebarg
as recommend/0 homy Iset annual metisage.—
These 0a1:1.111-0 , 214 6 amply entfultiect to teems
plish this object
I would, therefore, again recommend the im
mediate passage of a bill accepting the convey
ante of use said lot of ground from the city of
Philadelphia far the purposee and upon the terms
aid ceseditieue contained in the ordinance; and
that the sum of $30,000 00 be appropriated for
the erection of a State arsenal thereon.
On the 6th of October, 1855, I approveeLand
teemed a bill, entitled "An Ant to repeal the
charter of the Mast and North East railroad
company, and to provide for the disposal of the
same. perm:mob of ite provisions, Eon.
Joseph Carey was appointed to take peaseseion
arid have the , charge and custody of the road.
Snore poise:Mon was taken, application was
made by thiZ company, to one of the judger of
the &Trent Court of Pa., for en injunction to
mitten thiligent of the State from taking pos.
retsina and subsequently s cautionary order
was made by the Supreme Court, in bun, to
etaylproceedings under the set The questions
the pending before that court were determined
in favor of the Commonvesith—the constitu
tionality of the act instained, and the applies:
Son for an injunction refused. Possession of the
road was then taken by the agent of the State,
se directed by lay.
On the twenty-emend day of April, 18E4, an
set entitled "An Ant supplementary to the act
incoeporsting thicErte and North East railroad
company" was passed. By thin act the Erie and
North East railroad, as originally located and
omurtmoted, was legalised and confirmed; and
certain changes in the road were directed to be
made, and other acts to be done by the company.
It was also provided "that the Geeternor she(
retain pooecesion of the Pea en-i North Etas
railroad, under the act of eletti of October, 18b5,
mall the prolisleas of this sot shill have been
accepted by a vote of the stoteholiters of the
Erie and North East railroad company, at a
meeting celled foe deer purpose " Oe the fif
teenth day of May, 1856, at a meeting of the
eteckboliere tiled for that pervade, the previa
lona of the met were accepted by their sote.—
Tine emieptenote duly certified, eat. received and
fled in this Department oar the fifteenth day of
J u l y last. p eeeete eee of the rend hue b.rtu re
stored, and it is new reader the care and man
agement of the company. A final account for
money ,t,bilfell teem tbe read, weliet to posses
sion ot the State, will be est`lal oath the com
pany at the earliest preen...bet peeed
It is but proper to elate that —nee tea creep
tinge of the cot of the 211 et A: I, t tele, a
writ of error, in the cases adjudicated by the
Supreme Conn of PedI3II.7IWSPIS, dee been issued
at the colt or the company by the Supremo
Court of tbli United State; and to now pending
In that court.
The comuilszlemer - firat appointed having re
signed, A. Ro M'Clure, Esq., was appointed in
his place. The duties of both officers were ably
and faithfully performed. Copies of their core
respondence and reports, herewith submitted to
the House of Ilepreeentatieee, for the use of the
Legislature, wall furnish information in detail on
the eubjeot now under consideration. -It is sin
cerely desired that good faith and honesty of
purpose may characterize the conduct of thin
company in the disebarge of the duties &seamed
by their aooeptanoe of the act of 22d of April
last, and that ltde much vexed queetlon will not
again disturb the harmony or. setard the pros
perity of the city of Erie, or any - other portion
of this Commonwealth.
The resolution proposing amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth, have been
published an directed by that instilment It
will be your duty to take such action In reference
to these sinendreauttas will, in your judgment,
be most consistent with the wishes of the people.
An appropriation will be required to pay the ex
pensee of their publlcatiou, and to this your
earliest attention Is requested.
The Important duty of districting the State for
the 'elution of Benedetti and Repreeentstives,
will devolve upon yea. This duty ebotild be
performed faltafullyi sod with strict reference
to the interests and rights of the whole people:
Returns of taxable; required to be made by the
different nonnties, hove not ell been forwarded
to t h in dipartment, as by law directed. Ciroulus
have been leaned to the officers charged with
thene &dint, urging their epeedy performance,
and the, returns will, ao coon as received, be
transmitted to you.
The elective franchise is the highest and most
rceporsible privilege enjoyed by the American
citizen. Involving in Its tinnier, thosoveregn
ty of the people, and constituting as It does the
substratum of our free lestituticee, it cannot be
too highly appreciated or carefully guarded.
Tho leillot-bor, through whim the people epeak
their will, should be preeerved from violation at
every hazard and sacrifice. Upon Its purity and
integrity depend the eiletenee of our republican
guarantee; scathe rights and privileges of the
citizen. Every legal voter, whatever may be
his political affinities or party predilections is
deeply Interested in this queetion. Any attempt
to. its purity, or impair Its eiScieztoy,
whether by violence or fraud, should be stringy
!edited and sineigy. ruglike& Merit
Clog, whether founded on forgery or
perjury, or both; on false assamm=ts, or felfM
sad forged oortbloatts of naturalixstlon, is an
evil thet deserves the oivereet condemnation-
It prevents an honest expreesion of the popular
will, corrupts the sources of legitimate power
and influence, and strikes a fetal blow at the
cherished rthta of freemen. These evils are al
legod to exist in our large shier—t`,e rural dis
tricts of the State are comparatively fres from
each corrupting abuses. A remedy, co-exten
sive with the evil, should bo provided. Every
defence shonld be thrown around the ballot box,
and whilst the rights of legal voters should be
secured and protected, fraud in every form
should be prevented and puniehed. Whether a
jadielous registry law, or some other measure
o reform, adequate to the necessitses of the
daze, should be adopted, Is referred to the wis
dom of the Legisture.
t cn MT Wtht g= h37"of
4 ,
razeteslert:WtttionalT=
mont
or the importation of foreign tzlmlaale and pat,
pers. and • more retrial, tied and Prieumel ...uric:alien
by or, court. of all per.oe eluding fester , thelft ea
canto for admiesion to the rights of rittaserhiP. ...Ids to
Rome extent. Comm erlstle g abuses sad relieve the helot
be from the pressor* of corrupting and dangerous ltd. j
onus
To the policy and sets of the Netloral Govertodant, of.
being no they do the ri Ids and Interests of the Com
monwealth, the people of the State cannot be Indiffereut.
permsylveinla. occur/slim • high sad conearnatise poetic:a I
In the sisterhood , of gtates-1 emoted to the Osnatitution
and the Union. in trelr integrity sod harmony, has been
sod will aver be as ready to tor-roof" the rintita of her
sister States as to Mewed her o en. Thews eentiments the
haw nee , sbudoned-these prioriples she has never vice
leek Pio:heed to the maintenance of the righted of the i
north, am u of them of the Putt -sincere' e desirous
to promote the sums harmony and welfare of our whole
=entryf dholeiming all Intention or ceder to inter.
-so
fere with the Constitutional - rights of the stews or their
domestic lostiturione-lhe pop . ° of this Commonwes•th
ri.wat with alarm mad approbenume the repel of the
Klima" Coniston:dee-a compremL , rendered sacred to
nubile esteem by its espoolation pid connection with the
great cause ell:uncivil hesmouy sad radon-regarding It
be • yalpoltd.•lolstion of the pilehtel Leith and honor of
the ration. snd of
an unwarrmetable attempt to extend
the inetitutleo of dentestki slavery so territcules then
fret This reckless sod tudefeneltde act of our National
Congress, has not only attuned sectional jealousies and
' renewedihe signorina of Vexed end Math:Olio( ilfleefiene,
but, as a coneequeoce, It has filled liana. with Irani. vine
Woo. and etrife-hse stained ha soli with blood.sud, by
Per= of beriberi's! logielatioo itchy dried "la faMelle."
has made freedom of Soseeft and of the poem • felony. and
periled the =est Principles of liberty stet equal rights
If the
applied
o . 'oollller revervlicate Is lo geod faith to
hs applied to that Ter/Rory-If the people thenof ore to
be left 'leerier/ay frees° form and regolato their domeetle
Institutions in their own way. eutdeot ..tr to the liatiati
tattoo of the United ntetes,' than the obstructiori of the
greet National highways to the northern emlgrent-the
employment of the National forme, and the eubverelard of
law and justice alike by the officials to Keane sod 'Wash.
Imams to force eleven, opera an unwilling pools cannot
be tooseverely condemned.
Freedom le the great muter-truth of Anculoeu Ramaf
1t., , arm—the greet of Aeuarican tiationalitf: Nanny
fa the eseapdon It le lone sod sectional; and its gitgul
aloe Lwytod the surledidtion =sating It. or.to the free
Unit...ries or the Solon. weeps,. deigned er nontembla
tag by 0.0 patriot rounded of the Eapubila la accord
ance eith theta gentlfsenta Pennsylvania. true to the
Vrinelplas rf theast of 080, which abolished wavers with
In her tarslterlal llmitrestrue to the great doetriowief the
Ordinance of 17ST, which dedicated to !readout the north
wretein ter ri tory of thelhalon-true to national faith end
Nsjioll.l honor, arks and expected sa doe to her ewn el
sans who hams in good faith. settled In the territory of
'Sear, nod sa due to the industry and energy of a nee
people. that Karim thardid be free
In thin COl3 ileeNol3, sodas oarneandmt upon the Memel
of the almond Compromise. renstelo. to • proporitie
mode by tome et the leading methane journals, sell more
recently montioned by high ofiledal anueority in a 'drier
!tats. to ceeelen the African siavetrada. elk not be deea•
sec Improver. Teat such • trellis demi sred to be Weer.
and •semnated ay the civilized eorld-eso crowded with
horror. in every dege cf he pusult-soravoltleg m eset7
eentimont of humenity-oveny impulse acme and noble
feeling. should to .4vented or pproved, fa ride nine.
teeth century, with apparent elocerity. and urge! se •
messere of politkal economy and of indite and sustains
to the eoutharo States et rise Union. are mete Mat dud '
their only explanation and apology in a wild watbusialutt,
or • still wilder tuistiefam that overwhelm. alike the
reason and the omelettes The slalom and bossily of
a yroperirion ido etartbog
t h e mnstros, must seek their
wedeln/editing...lion in dungeons of tee !suable
Urn. or in the bold of the aisle Chip sold the honors of
tO• feliddlepssaaee.' Equedly repulsive to the Intelligent
and virtuous (sentiment ot the south as well se the north.
It should receive the lodize:ant weake of the lever of hie
country-Pee:day friend of justice mil humanity. The
histery of the world soden' crime does not I • tragic
more intstunon-an sorority more horrible. Against a
Prop:eaten .3 &Wrong, and &satinet th e P ri nciple it Ina
voives, as the reureeentatrees of sites people. sod In their
dazes you should eats. their unanimous and emphatic
t.
protee
The melon of the States which constitutes ns op pm-
PIS rimuld be deer to you-to every American citizen. In
the beat and exec Punt of political conteetn-ln the whirl
of sectioned andosoliketteg Intareete-scold the surging of
human percionr. Lurch sad ell/mordant voices may be
heard. threatening Its integrity sod &oscine:l.CW doom;
but in the cabs "robes mood thought" of petriotle
ad lingua. pootle. will be toned it. aemority anddefence.
Founded to wistom, and cherished by the intense elite
tion of pure
amid patriotism, it will stand ufe end
undisturbed. the insane rage of po li tical demagog
.= sod the filial kneeling of frantic fanitticbren sod
when It falls-If all it mult-it, all be when liberty sod
truth, patrictbm and virtue, bare periatied.
nis 'aerats no assetlment of disnnion-ete tones riot the
word. Diner el tb en al tersthought - o
vieb-lenneen till virtue dies" The [lnk , ant the IL;oes
etantion-ths eafeeguud ape bona of Amer i.n hatinrod.
ItT-eill be revered end defended Or eseryLatneriten I,re
some w ho &adobe. the price plea and worms the memors
of the ilinemous founders of the Regale:le
liensgoising our vepolatiblins. eh° nontrole the
&Janke of nations end f mes and levering his blessing
o der mad hummer thsrsc.
.a-rarT ' o d u e r lb =e7 aing Lo with r einsie referee. to the pub
lic good, may your legi•lgugg ans.., 101 0 eheruoter 501
ort the banshees end welfare of the people,
and the honor ant prospenty en the Commonwealth.
SUASine POLLOdIi.
FanCTIVe CH.rxs lierriebesso
January 1011. )
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DU..n.g JILL. r.e.s..err
i'ITTMLIURGH:
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 8 1957
Immo Masa' Ltsaasv..—tie nave no interest
in the Young 11We Library,- sore and except
that which as to citisen of Pittebnrgh we have in
every thing whioh pertalta to the good -name,
and prosperity of the city, Lod oondaoes to the
comfort, intellectual, ph)• or moral, of Its
inhabitants. This 1. , t try is the tnly public
one of any importance in the city; it was ettalo
fished SUS has been sustained by the labors and
donations of a few, comparatively, of the citizone
who abould be aided in their o.ttinued efforts
by a more eubstatitial support from the people I
at large, than they have hitherto received. We
aro sorry to learn that its condition of is
not eo flattering as it should be; that it needs a
vigorous rally of the generous and public-epirit.
ed to its behalf, and that if It bet have that, ell
difficulty in its path will at once disappear.
Sometime eines, we propceed at the suggestion
of some rum friends of the Association, a
[llllOll of the aid of ladies with that of gentlemen
In its behalf; in other words, an opening of the
library to the mothers and daughters of the city,
end such conveniences and eon:darts as to the
roome as should invite them to patronize its
shelves, while yielding their aid to its support_
We have beard nothing about the matter
einoe, but we still believe that those parents :
who haves: heart the inteteste of the.lrobildren,
(as what once have nett) cannot do better than
to lend their aid in a quarter where It
will yield them something better than money.
To us it seems that it should be a point of hon.
or with the Merits to sustala the Library gener
ously, to enlarge it, and to weep Slung its 'theses
with the beet books as feet se they may make
their appearance from the press. The book
cases already filled, need some covering in front
to protect their charge from the all.prevading
duet which floats unseen and "operates unspent"
In this city. The room Itself looks dingy as a
consequence of this same floating dirt, and it is
more than any one man can do to keep It clean
unless at least once a year it be thoroughly
scoured from top to bottom.
We trust sincerely that the inetltntlori which
should supply the miles' want of the communi
ty in this behalf will attract the attention of the
people of tbo men and women 13f the \pity, to
ha wants, and that it may begin the year with
new vigor sod go forward in a new course of
prosperity in Its good work.
A Word to the Benevolent.
A very ancient book epeeke of a feet which
the hlotory of the world boa never contradicted,
and nil the schemes conoomed by philanthropists
to remove It from among the nations of the
earth have proved a failure. The feet la tine:—
"The poor shall never cocas out of the Inni4 the
poor you have "always with yon." It may be
presumed that Divine wisdom has !men fit
that tho icier should be met with in every oily,
town and hamlet, to drew forth the benevolence
of their more wealthy fellow•citisene. I plead
not for the narrow eayetem of benevolence which
can be satisfied and filled with doing good to a
party, but for that, whiob, like the eon; warms
and diffuse Its light, takes in omankind, and re
joices to see poverty, whether in friend or foe,
relieved.
The poor are amongst us; some half starving,
many devoid even of the comfort of a covering
except their westing apparel to shelter them as
they lay down at night to forget their sorrows
In elecp in their cold and, damp cellar,. I ap
peal to the Chrietain benevolence of our otti.
lens In behalf of this aim; and, also, in behalf
of the Ladle.' Industrial Sawing School, the ob
jeet of which is to do good and Instruct the
children of the poor by teaching them a habit of
order, oleanlinees and industry. Aoy assistance
to this °imitable institution in garments, In
brown mask' and print' to make garments, or
in money to enable the ladles to carry oat their
laudable ebjeot eo muoh needed in the communi
ty, will be thankfully received at their Sewing
School, 'blob meets every Thursday, on Penn
Avenue, opposite Tunnel street, from the hour
of 2 to 4 P. M., or at the subsoriber'e residence
on Robinson street, opposite the Eagle Factory,
Allegheny City. J. C. SINCLAIR.
ENCIII3II Ettleneeloll TO AUSTIUMIA —There
is quite a revival of emigration in England for
AostraUtt, as well u an Increased demand for
merchandise from that oonntry. This has
caned a matorial advance in the rater( of freight
from London and Liverpool to Australia, end
several-, American ships have been taken op at
enhanced rates. The Champion of the Bess, be
tonging to Baines /t. Co.'s puket line, is men
tioned among the British ships recently sailed.
61 18 bit 4 .500 peteengere and 2,000 tone OM. .
,
,
Tau Wean Exscrrous.—Wo term with a feel,
ingot pride and triumph to the ran:Lief tho
ward elections on Tuesday last. Tho • llepubli- .
cans carried every ward but one, having antrooexr
ed handsomely in the Fifth, where they were de
feated laet fall, e.cd reduced the loccfano majori
ty in tbo Third to a very small point. ,The vote
throughout the city was comparatively light,
but nun unusually large for ettoh en occult=
The locotoeoe, anticipating apathy and disaffec
tion in Our !Inks, ran full tickets wherever they
had a chance, sod csme the 'Citizens.' and 'lnde
pendent' dodge where nothing else would answer,
but with little avail. The Republicans of the city.
rallied nobly, and their uniform success gives
them renewed spirit for the struggle on Tneeday
next. From the fidelity shown last Tuesday we
are warranted in predicting an cverwhelming
Republican triumph in tiacelection of Mayor
and Councilmen. it will require, however, the
earns energy and determination to scrAmplish it
I that was ea nobly shown in the preliminary one•
test just elosed.
PIED-01 Tveduttr Etb loet.. nt 10 &doe: I'. M.. Col
/ILI/ AIITROVILLO. in the "i'llch year of We 1106
Hie funeral will take rlam from the reeldeno. of El.
ecnOir=. Trovillo, No, 47 Decatur street, eth Ward, on
Thar,ley Bth !mt. at 2 o'clock P.M. The friend. of the
family are revertfuily Invited to eaten d. 21d
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Kenneay's Medical Discovery.—We
nom could hare belles.' that anyone article could ban
had each a tele as has this truly wonderfnl remedy. It
has spread Me wlldflre, nut only [Venal) the state where
it originated (Massachusetts.) but Its scents are WY
terwardtog their orders freak the remotest Etates of the
Ule!012, and throughout Upper and Maws Canada. This
has all been done 1 a the ellen spate or twelve ream;
but before that period of time shall again clam we
propheer that It will spread itself orer mother Conti
nent, and the Wanda of the ma, and not a rowel shall
leave our docks that don not bear imam Its mardfmtrthe
name of denneds's Medical Discovery. Wherwreer hot.
moss calm tills remedy should be (and.
Bold by Dr. DEO. a. HUBER, MD Wood etrest..Dcl
w. ogent; JAIIISS P. IMPALING, AllesSm.Y.
jaaolkwll
PELOCLAMATIPN.
3ITT Of Pirrenunacr,
IN accordance with the provibions of an
Act of the General Assembly of the State of Porno
I soil.. I/ melding tooth. innorrorationef the City Cl Pi ttd•
burgh, andoithe Supplement to the said Act, I. William
Bingham, Mayor otsaid city. do boo this, my Prnclatoan
lion. that on the second Tuesday of January. A. D.,1051.
being the 19th day of the month. "The Sr.emen ofeitch
Ward of said qualified to vote (or mambo. of the
Ilona. of Bepreaentatives Of thil Co.:n.1.610:1, mill
meetfat the aeveral pierds of heeding electione in their roe
sreotive Ward; and elect by ballot a. Miran of Intl city,
Qualified to be elected member of the kioll6ll Of HOW.
tentative , ofthis Commoneeelth, to be bieDn'onwilll oaf.
and that on the'eame day In conformity to the before
recited authoiltles and also to the Ordinance of Councils
dletrictine said city, the citizens of the
First Ward —VFW elect by ballot Om person to to a
member n the &het Council of nil city, and four pergola
to on mem , ereof the Common Col:melt
&wed Word—One perch to be. member of the Select.
and wee oersons to te member. oftte ()canton OonnelL
latird Gerd—OneDerson to be a member of the Select,
awl six serious to be members of the 0.0.1112011
Foartt Mort--0n member
tate a member of the Select
and tno nom. to be members of tneentunion CotinciL
/VA SVirn-Ona+run to be o member of
the Select,
and iv. persons to be members et the Common Connell.
Bich. herd—One person to be • member of the Select,
and lour persOns to be members ef the Common Council.
&ante trerd—One porton toe be • member of the :Select,
and two warn. mho mambas erne Common Connell.
Arlin TVdrol—Cne person to be • meaner of the Select
Connell lb. two years, and coopersdn for one year, and
two renen• to be member. of the CommosiCounvl.
Noefh fferd—CMepersen to be •mem o ber of the Select.
and two persons L. be members of the Cmmon Council—
each of whom shell to onehtled to Ilene an • member of
th. How. of aelre. recitative. of thle Commonwealth,
Given loader ray band and the sell of the mid city of
Inttaburgh the 31 et darer December. A.D., 1836.
ildhdes W• 1. 1113011.1. M. hferer.
The following "Ordinance dividing the llfth weod of
thecite of Plttsbovrh Into precincts, forelemlan Dminme."
is publieladlYor Doe intormetiono, the citizens of Mat
ward. vbs.—
biome/ I.—De It ardalnid and enactedby the rititene
of Pittsburgh. in Select arid Common Connell. assembled.
That tne Fifth and be. and toe sune 10 hereby divided
Into two precincts for elemlon anchors.; All thet Portion
ef the cold ward eitnate North c ut Adems street, shall
be the First District of the filth weld, end the citizens
therein reaidlng. 'hail hereafter bald their elactiond sad
TO:0 at the Pntaladchool nom, on Liberty et:setail Dnt
portion of the Filth ward sitnete Pouth.west of edam
meet aforesaid, shall be the Pocand District, and the MP
Imms theraln residing, &lull tbalt thaettana and vote
at the Public Fshool Come on Pike erect, et Walnut
em 2.—The gated and Common Conneile hereby ea•
thanee and ens °lnt Jamee liamilian. Judea; Thos. n.
Mel, and S. K. Noreivave. Impostors. for the Fin: Di.
triet sfonaseld. and Jam J. Mitchel. Judsnr. John 8 tde.
Firer cod Wile.; Inspectors for the Necond District
.tal e
to haldelectioni Mambo until ofMoers shall be
,1.010.! Re the purpose.
elm. 3—That to moot of Lay orasanys ee cangitte
with • EY whereto= of this orffinamos la hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted into a law in 13ounoilA this :NM
der of November. A. 1151
JASIES IPAULNY.
Attest: W. fL WHIFF= President Peloct CoandL
Clerk pro Dm Pelee% Council.
lII3BSBLL 81111EIT.
President micas. Common Ccor.cil.
Atteet Hued McMartin,
Clerk Of C 011.111012 COCltta. ja.S..ta
PROPOSALS
,1,1 ILL be received by the undersigned,
..ta vninnv the Orb foot,. at 11 ocock. M.. Mr
tiIUDISIO AND PAVING Brewery all. West of Delhi
atrewterry alley and Tunnel ermt. from Grant to
Wooster et, Barker° alley. from Poem atmet to Duquesne
, rer Loco, street, from Pit, Mee tO Butler street;
Weteter et eel, from Hunter'° brute easearardly; Clam
scree, - treat Wetater etroet northwardly; Marian street,
from Pennsyleaula avenue Iltnthwel thy.
ALtO, for n.psvuur Itedonbt Wier. irmi Plug to Beni
and street, from lorry Meet to tioSoubt eller, Cherry
alley. from Warne to Front Area; Barksee alley, from
Pn to Liberty street.
en
ALS°. for existent/ink r. Sewer (of Brick) to DM.n
stme_r from Penn street to the Allegheny river.
ol.eo for Clem Iron Carat, far the mom Date.. Or
Penn st. 64 Wayne street, and Streets .n the sth Ward.
tll . - mid state the Wee for grading by the ruble yard,
paying by toe moved:lel yard, reDaelog by the Inslelek
del yard, brick work by theoe thousand furnished mid
laid. met Iron entente by the r pound. The abate to be
paid for by warrants on the lmormement Panel, which
by law Is set apart toe this mamma. Plan. and Breda
cation. may be men et theofam of B. E. Wittman. Penn
street. AN IDLED , IIILLT.R.
lint Dish,: Omosnimictur.
JAIDDS PAHL
Bemnd District Commissioner.
SEALED proposals will be received by the
linen Om:mitt. of Connell. until Saturday. Jan.
loth. for the news al &ales at the awn. of Grant and
Liberty stmt. Bidders will state the per neut, of the
gra. receipts of raid =sits they will r 4 fsr the nee at
the same, but ne 01$ will be retalnd. under 00 per rent-
The runweefal bidder be , reantred to al. bail In
$2.100. and the award will run until July let 1857. Pro.
meals must be addressed to the undersigned at the
Treasurers' othre THOB. S. OLAHHIE.
iatintd Olen MU. Committee.
EOUNTRY SEAT FOR SALE—We have,
stosutlfal ern:nary romance for to:o. contaloln:
nt 11 ncres of first clue stsrdenbog flndr situate about
WIN from the city. snot near tb• Paryartll• Plank
Brad. on trblela II erected • now Frame Cettate Howe.
finished in ni•dern off's.. Prune barn and] stables 004
odi other necemry out bullaingt• no. fgt. • 8 P h'
f excellent WSW' Afar the hone.. IP In be 4at • tea , .
esta £OOl7 to Defil BLAKELY k 11.10116 Y.
A h EOLLENY OiTY PROPERTY FOR
11 II BBAL15-1•5 lests of ground sltast• so Ystemount
0 50 Rents, sub basins a front 20 by T 5 feet,
bs soldst &barges. Apply en
_
ill • StsidELY hlolllls', Beal Sesta Brokers
ALSO•an loe tionse in the Fifth - Ward fo
rent WARILY & RICHEY.
LIME — CLAY—By the ear load or iribbla
11: far mat by A.
A
TIMMY, comer trout ana Perry
Meets, Plttabsugh•
'IRE BRICK of all qualities; also Tiles
a ' far We try A. A. corner Front sad lorry
etriteta. Pittsburgh.
- DIME RYE WHlSKEY—Superior to any
Beeridy-110)1RIS c PATTON In the Dutnond are
orirtrux wme viz old sod Dun NT. Whlskey at *3 per
cellos that bests any Brandy et. d , 120:8 the Telco l.or•
ere of the article tty it by all means. led
• : ' .1 4'4 ' • •a: 'I I s• H.
—Ms most delicious Ilarcred. Price 20e sers
• 10 ?. scalded. 3 010111118* PATTON,
[lsta Drams's) in the Distmende
Q UNDRIE S-100 bbL3 Gross k De
ko tartarsl6 No 2 o 1 Winter l% IStrabsed Lard 011
bb N Lard 0
251561 A Lauri 61 , 2; •
25 bb3 Gnu%
16 auk. abauldetc
Z 3 MU EltleM
dad ter °I'M.
l i ° 3l:l l 4EY WELL 8,1 3 .26 LlVgyst.
I L
-. entails rame.37 l".. "fetter. Ric erm. Sasldhe,d
.. ... - . ..,. . • . ,r.
GLYCERINE CREAM—Warrantedm all
co acre mush or ollin6yed Eandw Prsrared
and raid by lab JOB. EIYmINO.
RS. S. A. ALLEN'S RE STaltriß
v • 10,0100 01 We celebrated Iteetorerityst
mal for sale at las .10t. FLEMING'S.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
I=!
We think we are justtfled in saying that
no ollisrPat.er Remedy fa• Lines Complaint, ace
devervedlY, the mutation now enjoyed br Dr.Npe
Lewes (demoted Lima Palk Prol:mmi by 74121 ba /MA
of Pittsburgh. Am an evidence Mit they Ida cure. read
then:diming otatlantte from a lady regddiug In Neve
York city
Nrw You, Jan.=.1832.
Thiele to certify that I bare nul the lincrocMDlabot ter
6 years, =done: mold ratan) medleine Lahore me anti'
1 commenced Tvion Dr. Maxcrter Wanda! 1.4.1 . Pak,
twanared
boo.emleg Bros. 1 ova now say to tne public,
that they pmpletely crawl m e 31:14 'I do hereby re
cocimand them to all pennon afflicted with a diseased
Line. Thy urn! care. Try Dim.
!LIMA Mb ANS. No, 03 Lewis at.
411..PurchaserserIll be =Bl%ll to al.k for DR. iIiIf..ANZT
LF.BRATED LVER FILT4 . clatinfactured be 111.1.111N0
RROd of Prrreoczon. Pa. Tberrareotber Pill. parrortlna•
lobe Liver Pill. oo before the public. Dr. WLa.oe's
embalms Liver Pill.. alto tile celebrated Werredfoga can
nor be had at all reepectable drug tram, yon. penutA •
adopt the .re of FLIMII , IO DRDTLIX.RD.
jab-liken.
Pure Cod Liver Oil—Every Dottie war
ranted to be pare Cod 14m Oil. •
Far 111.4 Guns if ititceonatim.
Ybr the cure C .s.rofula,
For the cure of GM,
For as rune .terreture
for lit cure qf Totter.
For the ace Vail aid Ditaua.
•
Fur M. erne of Meanie Zryrrelou.
Fer (he me of °ironic ant Not.
fbr the core if FAdL Suctlinc,
For the cure it Glandular SrooUtect
For the cure ea:Pict rot the &mos.
For the ace of i'utieustory
Rr cure if CernioDirodha o .
For OW Cure gf .MC4%
/km the floe of Dloccuff ea: Skutt. azot Badtleyr.
!brae owe of Constitetiotld Hoolauss 'ea& Genera
Dobßity.
Bold by the dun\ and bot Gee br the doer° or
tingle bath,. warranted pure and Liver 08.
e t the wh e i e retigegetore of Dr. GEC. 11. KEYBEB, 140
Wood er e aim of the Goldon Blotter. notbdru
SAMUEL GRAY.
MERCHANT TAILOR..
No. 52 ST.' CLAIR STREET,
[Or % ittsh's Newltull2axtga,
ITTSBURGA
IS now reoeivhig n fine stook or Fill and
i o l a u g 0,,d0 oonclatiogr of cloths. arer =glom ano
'lgoe" r►►tlnlF to,. which b. I it.prrAtid to teak. to
ad*. on /bort natia in the latest, sod moot Ihshlontalto
stitoi.
gentleman 1n want, omatamaa. asoadmut for alll
or Winter we= will and It to their uttoOtalto to Imo
hba • an.
GEORGE WEYMAN,
atuntraatavr and Desl...vin all Muds et
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars,
Tobacco;
Comer
Tobac - co;
Corner Smithfield Street and Diamond Alley
:>r Pf777BI7RGH.
REMOVAL.
viz =scams= Harz Hp-mosso WHIR
Safe Establishment
No. 129 and 131 Third Street,
Wllere they an reepeeetl to make all Ithas .1
B E S
ON TER BHOUTEST N Cr.
sel(Le lIKKE k BARNES
JAS: McLAUGHLIN,
A -14 .- OEIOI4 . -
COLOGNE SPIRITS AND FUSEL OIL,
Noe. 168 and 170 Second Street.
onsaydb
6. BRABHICAILS-- LIMB
G. 111118LIEARIS & CO.,
• AUCTIONEERS
amt.
COMMISSIONMERCHANTS
.r.rcrustrm.r.
.Ncs.l.7 =fait Miin Etrtet. ancintsati. 01,1 u.
Make liberal advances on nil consignments
and act se agents far all rinds of Ilanufieturial Geod.—
um reggae Wee of Orweries. RJOtiind Shoed and other
Mercharidiee avers Moslem Wmillitr and Buenos of
each week. gOOP totatnutly im hand • lam mask
Merchandise which are cell at private ea:. delliamie
d. M. LITTLE.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
NO. 54 ST. CLAIR STREET,
CD; Irish's New Balding.)
111171873613.
ICE - CREAM
AND
OYIiTER SALOON
BY MAUR= =O.
(Rona Front Btadmr]
altrurruia emir.
anwro POUILTHAND DIMIVIID ALM!
Pr 112261611.
- -
SaDDENTISTRY.
R. .T.MALKSBN"s ----
SURGEON DENTIST,
FROM NEW YORK,
- txtraataKeoth Without Pain,
• Local Bontunbtng Agent to Um 011193
eurtmerrta Teeth on Gold. &Ira. Platlns and Gutta
Perch.. and perform ell Dental np.,..ey.. to Klemm,
JR - Cards and eircniara ab 12 te c•Mcs,
bt BIIIIIIPIELD .STREET, Plll'3.9Oliell.
nolaamdfa
HOLMES & COLLINS.
(00,..20 t..
Agricultural Warehouse,
AND
FEED STORE,
No. 129 Wood Street,
cp2l-Iyd&wT PITT S BIT It Gfi.
GEO. W. EMIG 42 CO..
KEG MANUFACTURERS,
GM. PG:s ani Yeas:sic &rut:, 6E 3 / 4 Ward.
PITTSBURGH; Pk.
Manufacture Pine and Cak Kegs of the
essi.s descriptions of NAIL linos. whieb they will own as
us /smut rutrizet ;Has.
Mr °outran. q ueers, hally eolicasel. All work K .
isnted of the bast eettlrets
TORN COCHRAN & OROS.
36LANITPACTURERS OP
Wind Iron Balling, Iron Vaults, Vault Boom Wind
atmUm, Window Bnardr, he.,
Nos. 91 Second et., Lt. 86 Third et.,
(between Wood end Marko%)
PITTSBURG tr, PA.,
Have on hand a variety of. new patterns
Taney and PLIw suitable for all PIIIISEOI I . Particular st
Caution paid to oneloolss .Orsvg !Abs. /ebb= &co
bout oak*. d&
PITTSBURGH STEEL WORK
ISAAC JONES.
CAST &TEEL
ALSO,
SFRING, PLOW AND A. B. STEEL,
SPRINGS AND AXLES.
Corner Rost and First Streets,
ft 17173131711G71, PA.
T Loam
D
■uIV7LCTCIUS OP
1100tItIP IMPROVED PATENT
. -
Steel Cultivater, Teeth,
Coa.nra Ross om).Fnurr &urn,
.1 U2.433* P11T53317E.611. PL
1r imam
HUTH, Ka& & MINTER,
WHOLESALE
GROCERS,
Seeond and 131 Front Street... •
no= . ITITSBIIRGEt.
W: H. WRIGHT.'
S 2 Pour:lt t. Waxen Vinod mai Janrizt sta
.PITTsBOIIQIi,.PA.,, _
Manufadarers of and Dealers .Irk ALCO
HOL. rrtiNanki. CA.III , IIPCV and Pin MS, GAS
PLXTI3IIIIB, and aft !duds olleimmebard4llers. ulna.
kc.
Infrr i rtMdg's= r inttl r' ._ glial't , r _. "al limes
C 44.
=3 ,
ifir l a above 011sinapplled r7a - mazir alert nrn, khlyt frm.
wascon. aela
HENRY
„It COLLINS
o
COMISISSI R ON w IIERCIIANT,
2ND WIADIABILE DIMES ID
OHNISE, BUTTER, SEEDS, VISE.
2nd No 25. Wo:11'Woo ' t, Piashoritb.
British and Continental Exchange
meal SILLS DRAWN Dl
DUNCAN, SHERMAN Ic CO.,
ON TIIF. UNION BANK, LONDON,
sma or ti AND nPWAItDE.
These Drafts are available at all the pelt
ed:al Tawas crib:Wag:od. Se-ot.Lnnd and Ireland. and the
Clonlinant.
We also draw SIG= BILLS on
.
A. Grunebania & Bailin,
FRANKFORT 1 MAIM,
Whia• toorro so o 33.8:11, to sA vats of ntranny
aslnzeinniond 11.0 and. •
Psns)ra totandlan to trantiolnoonnisMoncrota=o
tu Letters of Craft, on nbleh Mawr can be Obtatnnli
needed. In say put of *taw
Oollactione of BM . Yates. and aka seccritieg In No
rm,. •1111 receive rro. apt urba •
UM. WILLIIME oct..
car, Wood. =non Irkixd dna.
.EUghly hriportant to Invalids
Cod Liver Olt.
now= arr.a. zo..v.rg.tocy
Ma, as one of its dlsagois hed marks of
superiority over other broads of Oils, Kane able= et
that recalls: rukuseoas and ilescresable flaroh c ard effika•
airs odor Loseparabls from on coder end tehprehothr
Prothro&
It n. 7 Itettaten without tilteellitt ttor matt delicate
Datil:it, and retailed tritliont ditties' lb. most Brut.
fire stanch. • • ,
IL suustiotiti in thisindothoslnspostant astute*
ties at genuineness, has gust= WO torn tae canireandee
lion of tho stoat etoinent of the Ifedical Fegolgragolniti
out thattateg
• • - -••• • -
It Is the axon effectual remedy far coussaustloos latema
chids. rho/mole.. esrotals4 , and may be boffin hote
the of the amulets to this ate. or of the utanutsctunirs,
JOHN C. BAKER SOD.,
oaf. tio.loo. 34
Age and Debility—As old age comes
mean an to. It 0111211 may attendant IntimDias:
Lon ot smelts sad ambito. Innate. the health, and
warmed activity mates the Wad dlsotatented and tar.
Imre. In CUES ahem oil scs adis its Janata:A It
almost trapreedble to add vigor and tralth, sad idtboath
many remettlse have been Wed, all have filed. pat I
DCEBSLATZ'S HOLLAND MINDED were. known tad
need. In every ease where they have bane itoPlo7nd
hey bate btratiably given strength and restored to sg
Yeats. They have became a great agent foe Altle Mons.
sedan used by =ay perplo mho are salLtrhur from loss
cdspyettte sad general &VONT. Ja eases of. keg stand•
lag dtronla diatoms, they set Ls a duttra, lartgtgatlaS
rho systans, thus Orbit nature another otTottaalr, to
" rart )l 43 4l .msrd what parehulag an liattattan. To
=rat Impale= be warn! to set for liberlattes Thi
All - Sold at $ll l d j r. beltb o tt fai t IS=
Cri l atstei g alttetnirtib. " Pa., sad
Untsretsta gettatally. . astredlarT
Prof. Wood's Hair Restorer.—A Et.eal
tier Restorer.
Yr. Eel:mud Sonee..a Methodist elersfroen.
di P-422
urrayeellbs, Westmoreland. octant:,
had been getting grey far the lest twenty nal% yea
disposed to fell out lie need two
totlku.t . Poet Wocd .
Rale Restorer, which entirely stelnerd the felling out o
the hair all the hair resermed Its original color, and lem
kept the color now for nine mantra. This Is a entornan
rem, but we publith it bemse• It is npr bon24 so that
the raile may ba mark ed thst WOWS aAr Ristate
• west it purports to fold et W
ean, tee mod the«
dollar rev eortir, Dr. ONO. XL RETREIrrt
nerocteed No. Ito Ward et, erholeaele and retail afloat.
conramption Cared—Be not deceived
by nue I=itstlerut. Eitzeresa, Chart a Co's Genuine Cad
liver OIL never dltappeints,er.d nine yeas' lishesietteli
bypreyed it inverter to all others. and She • oullreilible
now tar Cozuesughtlen.
As there it a great dial of ouritia oil in the rusks
adulterated eddies.' ell, walla oil, dtui au, too-math
we cannot betaken to tdoeuts theCleueles. '
Our Oil la made at our own fastori In Gintlolltudlalut
and each bottle has our earls - harlot:mar the tort, be care"
fat to get Gestossu. Carta Co.. to:sines the easirgo:NY.
Bulmas h , vitiate partner, threw has teen an nethie tut
trodiried celled Rushton . ; which In he ItO way conueetal
with R. C. Co. or It . C. a Co. hold br 11, A . gums.
CO..aTOOsa CO, sad by druggists gni..
remelt. odialse
Dr. Keyser's :snowier &stes—Frorri
pittaar t h pinata, Apil 10th. 13*.—Dor more. than 3
pan bast In bare codstantly worn the Washbagtondes
panda Brice; aurdatketarld by Dr, Gm 11. Ream of S.
1* Wallet, *this city. 3211 Inn* bssreDT 33= 10 . 144
**all Irlid eye =Wed to follow a sedentarT 303,10 .
tioa., de co ha* beton . romarted, td camas Ward=
is Its nvoito, It storm to • braze and saireerb "
-irsigbt of** pardeldimg dawn Owed Arlo 3 antinma."
p tend to lead the stumgdmi to that salmi podtlom
and *3334 the thee: , Waiden, imam* Of vb 6l, -
. 133 . 33 /* Id!ured by tbs. ieedybd or aner3o33 "113:431 ,
shoal oleo ;neon throe bat*: 3.** 3131 *Dm
Mtn tkis lacidawadltomod;as male ttis triennia lair'
b.mtnis. gold at . Dr. 080.11. Ia B YEZMN/0 0 4 0
J/I=4o W001114,4V1 atthi Otnia /11.0".f7y,
'-i;' f A-.:;.1mi1`.' . :..1.;! . : , . - ...'•-:;',?;i - ..f 1,-, ::i . ' . .
' ' 4 4t-Pi . q- - .'.-' - ';' 7 ' .-- '. - : : '' t--7.-