1.,' . r•1'A.5.1....-47.i.1A:i.',1 - - tr ZIT:' , ..T. 1 0 0 Wit Mint gi I , ' II Him inama44 anal "!i ay. of nfunrwsk. mamma' ma& ans- ==l -2,RWILIRAT.Akt , e.Affo , *us coirmanoints'inEssnce. ' Plibno ,ftecilnents bad, in iiiii Vat, tneorn byr *fails mortang. - Its "somewhil unusual leatithioxidteatudoii Le brieG. „ . AtliCi iriadal ..... 2ciiair:Whlch 00 ~iwra bleulags enjoyed daring the iota year bj the people of the tannaiiiiirealtit,c the Gefieknor peanuts a concise but clear tem* of the finances, ambodliig tLc most istisfactory !lore" facaltoo9l447.lrlndiclaing the Repot. can conduct of,que Bute affairs dining the ' thitei juin "put u well es the:7;Cle heir just. okra. Vb. 'aii)e — ae been reduced by liktivibi te the °Cajon . , and $4,1169,- Bed 82 In'thetbreejetri since the °or ; efttie fttet'Oirtrance epee office. Ms :etlitceent of the precise form of the re• schthefileht la ao &edited convect that It will be slWaysmitadielor popular ref- 111 Mat. WO ICIVIIO4 prepired to concur; In the bitlidle*Nates of tiff Governor's, reocconandados touching the investment, lbr,tlpl Tiwittrh` flake, • emir the benefit °film Midden , lend, Pox it would be manifestly wise and impracticable that this available lbalanoe should be at any time in that way whdtp , TiChserbed,. "...Thin Executive sur geedeteirtli.ire 'be 'autitintlally i , 'supported _in the Report of the State diabolism. bet we foresee insuperable obi Vatter to -Inv' eettiplete adoption. - The Stateidepalpary on lead no more cash: taken half 114 tai payers In 'any form. thrill - bag iss ter, punka or not rinnote,;, 'gijdthatbahWaldbitputwhereit cis always be lima when wanted. Not:dace billiftlitflittf - ;' If Mel to 4f. -fiTenie prove II ey 6 • l62 .ticipstio. a . .talgliA Nepali. be ern. either to the - Thallenestleas. or to,the Commissioners Arabs Slaking Fund, to satisfied aid WI ply a parties of that surplus ai suggested . 17.,the 1 / 4 4, Aeveraor, A nima such a dis 4 mitron 'confided to 'mule quarter, it la clear that any inflexible, rigid provision Voila be found to work more inoonve.: ethos than benefit to the nubile interests: 'What b old of .tbis-Vriirrer's ortha _ upon the , public ear: *Joint' that 'the nialing of this pas: JC . Oradea si*t immatiOn In the Leg' „,pe,1161141)9.1 system Is judged by ite bulls, and merits the Executive commeni darkma This 815,758 pupils have oost an tilasse tr each, ulnety : sem an qa-intinth: sottools , other children:are adulated. It is a drawback-to these gratifying aletena4 to heerthat there ape still 75,O00othoni of our youth. who ire growing up with: out my instroction whatever. I - puma** oftatsoqui expliadou' f lifitirldelidAli Pact wblidikas t ei tablishedend maintained the schools and homes for soldistn' . ,orytunts. A. limit suggested for die public Justice in this! direction a io Whirl We shall again refer atl aniita* trieleiii &at fha alliadion it the Agri-i enitend Colleges_ la more cacuuragingi for the future thia — litterlng at vestal A *are exteltdadorganaitioeof the:roll • •ireliaWadliiery `Tstne giM del strable, and Its encou r agement urged.i 414,4=7.414101T0fi4,03Wi be an it MI: .A OMR*. - -Molded &Wm; its:LaistlC e worthy of the legislative attention:: ,Thei recommendatiew for :a, cringe. d* , the ! 'mu& cif taxing insurance companies is! Nitylxftted-bl'oilield artralutuaLii Time; L forte ler ther euggeslion' that etfal Bureau should be added t 6 the, Lltaary. , "'Vire revision of the Civil,Cedo IS to be ,licot of an ingtioia tlapiesai, Judge la recommended. Herein, tharnewage wig doubly littered the - Profession. 'The'litoVranteifellirehei to the kion.l Aide Blitaster; Sid to the eiying need tor{ • acre elf eetiv ~* J.l et;iimwaia for the protect that!oflifeht minei, is forcibly ex HL remarks upon Ridlcead vioalletly militia enlightened public anti gawk. en all .polnts which have any; •Itstne• and antersatal pabile Interest.; Weeuraet all :subscribe to his view of. the Oaks ttiteetiOn, but all of us mOs . • :such warns ss that 04 , • • . or Ueda disnees, the GoVernou Mart; ' ' ' riteiiegt: !Along' because It coffers . with geld, and Is 'nearly ellen:ail fi Ve ISO 46i beat to pronoutioa lima hes; yelpreJ .11014aterosi that q uatet. sad fit impede wvdfill his Wail reneasta.d ; 4 4' 1 eeryVßAltrit IIENEIAGA •=o;:theekeineipsdi - Name ../ignesexial oStoos attar Wixom* ita of Xassoyo usgais: _ ' • u "lissiii.=•Priins• the 'dayiiof lase Plank. thn rata Sad phnur roan -stow tilanunesessetth, am been g i el , pruppipaht -beirresal -essauwv a M.T...Pradatmecital tai mom aantud ootodunthm, Cada ISS the assisial hatititity, ibletrbiellso gnatlido.lo: WEI - dr..t pods.= Upod , taw Great; Lavers: or „ how 1,02/111i1011,ar Mgr no: Up Ist as earmattitnvoluittal ' egnicatioriti • tar effort* ha ,IplataMn the ammt. work •of leffintaion; now Won us. in such manner as to .W 0 his OPPlPhsiloas; ii that,of viol talkiest taultlttienta • . 1, TO erisoleibihat yot,tbe *beauty.' - - adgettonsioa. ohms Um, organ. .14 1 /10 0 m 4 0 ( reillus SW* sontentwit„ . It use the Wiliest graidostionto :.emgruW e you and our telknrlcitiewil yosienkilyob their satidytigt - to iss Un aaoal disgrosilbe bUssisionfbeslias mad inatlntad . and that our prin. dal" and pride and beeeq WWI" lataid, tap* annMia, the laminta ot 41 r s r i ra 1 1 art 4 4 2 AM l e r n= ' remain part. _ tosimpeired....and vital in every . 1 0 1 % tesrA c r 414 ' clunhts6". tbs - pastas' of ;e Ma Important duties, aid ItimnahM.OL u V a ..ralipOttathtlittan "Inslott dwroleg isextrems ly &Moult, even with the greatest gl=l l lPwil f i r. iftlig I W "IC- ths :i4s= slogs and approbation of - the people boa natieit a = 4 =nay.=i essaieer oessaisi Intentas, and not being'on aloe thellsgielipda of the insenres Mates oisdotelgrapidlyadviosing - ElltreaUfited lonians,* so, deo iCetstad, the teeth at tronMn • 4thblit • 4 m. Nem] =ti tat - Man tian.lbat ,whish pes. ' of obeigessisel toWaranawsisis area of more .Th.itittYAber.thoirsend agnate attest S i Wast. - • with " otw s nagittm• wil l w s" s nae onte ins of :well ...plsins abed with well onist= "l" farml sZ t XMI, betas: worked odWibes sevionlanue-the .parestosopporter and 111611868- e siutriPeries ton." saematfoi owneakcia t ll into:ltt• AsseAtt i SaCit , == , 1320 is=hills4garl:ll%"uol and iron - *aim all prXbaceni, sad zosordiluits full of - activity. and confidence; with thousands of_- , ,ntiles of railroads and canals to transfer:the vast products to market, and accommodate the travel of four millions of happy and prospertals people. clior 'Mona we be forgetful of ednostleMin all Its branches, of the wh ite charities. prisons, reformatories, the collection of properly Imposed taxes, the speedy reduction of the State debt, the preservation of order, and the more cer tain protection of life, business and pro party. All these • interests and perhaps others of equal importance, demand legisletioner m e most enlightened, lib eral add ru rehebre character. In oon ty to the requirements of the-*loststitntlon; I-proceed -to - invite your attention .to each measures es are deemed "feats:My forjoureinuideration, and to assure you of my willingness to share with you the anxieties and moon abilities of alt legislation talcalated to advance the prosperity of the people and the beet Interests of the Commonwealth. Ezisa3 n 2 the report of the Auditor Gen eral and State Treasurer• the following statement bee been earefally prepared, sailexhibits the receipts and disburse. merits for the Meal year ending Norma her, ;10, 1669: =II 110101100 In 'hoary. Nov. $1,1712„1:5 r thiT:rggarlrriry.4lo.nrL g "gg' 5,241,:11 tatollo Treatory during year endlrig Nor. 1k MO. ' 0.Z.1.GX • Dlarseremeats. .' I Ordlsm expense* peol dnrlee its veer ending Nov. 141. IBM 1.3.466.114 117 Lonoi. ••.. redeemed at. • Tremor, ' US 644 Cil l' OTE " :=l:r C ers It e 15177177 Fano e '3C 7G CO T atenet veld elenet. patd 1.7 001211.1 at Treaeotv .. 1170,02 74 11 • onus of Blotting runo 1,75 647 01 4.653374 16 • -- I Be hndeltt Tee 143647. N. 3 7. 93. 1.400:60 _lt will be observed from th e above, that pert of the loans and part of the In terest are paid at the Treasury, and part of both 'by the Commissioners of the Slaking Food. This produces a pomp• carton of socoantiu which, In order to avoid, and to simplify the illuntelal statement, I recommend that authority be giveniry law to charge the Cammle. stoners with the whole amount of the State debt. and also with all the money .spnlicebbc to the payment thereof, and that they alone be credited with all pay ments on both pifnicipsi and interest a the State debt. PulUeDdie. The tollgate" Is a elatemeat ibeertOr the me. tare of lb. Indebtedness of the Commonwealth loaded eebt. per eons. lo.el ..... Male CO apar,etat, 7.97 04 Se 4.1 Weald. tome -112,00 k ao — 711A 7 C0.C . “ trateaded debt. viol jtelltt now. la clients. $50.397 CO 'alarm serilleates oat ., ladled 13.1da OS talere.t, nertlaeotes ea- Doosetto amnion , eer , Meats. CM OEM 1.9999 01 Pub119.459t4, ASH LP 95 Dalglo'debt o Notmnaber 10. S33.PIAC /3 • • • ........ Dee. et moans red•tost -*d .kt toe IT•asery, dkru4 lik•ye•s• ead embark° LIS. 'dr: • - %Der e Ant. Hues • sc:.-in lteLlet no4ks awaited.. co • 472.4te LS rattle debt Novetabtria, leQa. ba. =11„... ReductiOn of the Public Debt. At the commencement of the nreeent adattnlarsUon In January, 1887, the to. tai Outstanding indebtedness of the State we thirty seven MaZiOlt. seven hundred and four thousand fourhundrea and nose dollars and seventy seven cents. Since then, and up to November 30, 1869, the sum of four million, eight hundred and eigity,nine,thousand, eight hundred and snady.eight dollars and eighty two erste have been paid, and at Ave per cent., the nun of 1241,493 44, In . Interest,ls anon. ally saved to the Commonwealth: Don. eopreutly, -, the total amount of In. dabbidnem of. the • Oammonwsalth on Nommnbea, 30th, 1889. was , thirty. !mei mlltion, eight hundred and - Purloin thonimukdoe hundred and forty dollars andminetyjlos mats. rsdnattou.dosing the year melba, November 80, 1869. amounts to /Darken. drat aid seventy boo thousand, four taw 014 as; sixdpilara and•ell;ittem eats. BUT/ 11V SINKING 71311 D. The *WM Xentalning in "'the Sinking Pend tren se tbllonracein I . —Berndt of the 'Penury . Istinde liadtpocopnny. 'tniilloWthree •ed-, 4 thousand dol. March 10;111169:th• Sinking' Pend Commisaion-1 era delivered all the obligatkert of the gralburk and :Ree'Raftroad Company, • • • Third vlart irate Wrodoila ths mop gheny Valley Railroad Company, and received thereibr r thirty-live second moraine bonds of me hundred thous. aud dollars each, making in all three million, Ave hundred thousand . dollars, executed by the said Allegheny Valley Radroad Company, and guaranteed by lbe Pannalliraola -Railroad-Company. -,,'nti-th= N yit 11 3 =5 IR Pewww ITtnew Erie R ailroad TOO opal of one of said bonds (6100,000) shall be payable each and every year, beginning. January 1. 21115. and ao eontinning annually Gilman er until the wed stun of three million, Are hundred thousand dollars shall be paid, -with lastest thereon Tem January 1, The citizens of Pennaylviuda have always borne taxation not only patient ly but down:4W; and they are still es willing as war to Contribute to the Pay ment of all , the obligations resting upon. &hal State; but they aspect their public mean* who are entrusted with the snanagentent, of their • affairs, ,to act , open sbe mad Eaudant and economical basis. In a word, they demand reform iwalanusuinsitetnanlat. the _financial at. adis of the State. and. as tar as posaiins. the retinal4*mM of all unneweessy ex , Oa theßth of Isinary lot, replying to reweattowof the Senate. I said: eve the hence wekaowledge the weskit, through the Clark of your Hon.. arable body, seepj of th e following rea. olotlon, parmnal on the 12th inst., to wit t • gerelsat, That the Governor be re. ipasna3 mabolit same OM to the &In. ate tossiera the State from law ly the accumulation of lemiarsountsof surplus fends le the 'Downy. • • - • wln reply; I nag leave to direct your attention to my message of January, 8, 188 4 . fn which Jaty, 4 tba balance now in the Treated, might be rendered pro rfantivabyttaling invested In AM 'bonds of the Wiwi bearing- nix per cent. Inter est and to the message of January 6, tw a, wbnl remark, ' : *whenever then. may be MGM* Madrid -the Tiemnsy, Gary win with safely " end - benefit to the Mate, tne employed in Abe ••Minims of Ita ontakmdleg hoode,sntlin• awing [MOW on thee WOIOU • would 'accumu late DAM . lO their maturity." , ghalnittlabitric thIwESPIMMIXI O I II S - .snd maturely **basting upon the subject, I have watt sae mega ,to Mange my mind in ligation thereto; and now sub , mit the tame plan, mare enecifkally at t m br e th, ~ be p a m d t n g p bin Clorn 'theemen fallowing state. Atwatth, lost • sat 44.1101.44 and relief 101.4 ,til ' agAUr s; lin o. 4 Off 1.10 tO • Ft 4:: • fp 11.2., ....b.. ...do. L IDS, 41.60 10. - - s:.deoa to .liTtiiherliqtddstion of. these loans, the surplus funds in the Treasury could, with cepa recoriady.. be applied. Title Indebtedness Is held in bands bearing Interest's - and it will readily be perceived that tins hatsreat 'will bra need to the Stets upon*. whatever 'AMOnnt of. these bends may be redeemed, and the Mate b e wows from risksof. loss by thew artattdadbu Of lance ouldwer of 'wreck! fonds in the Treasury. A few illoatrations will show the ben eficial morbanis, of Ibis plea. At the terminsttrin of abiders' yearenidtogNo. vem bar 80, Ina% there was an unezpand. ecti , w o lawreathe Trsesury of $1.012.91g. at . ? greggee,barekdbre made had been carried nu t,by the Investment of one million of dollars, at that time, In the nveloent. hands that will fan doe July 1: anderhlth I am credibly in formed co d then have been purchaeed at,emeoglsee,lhen Abele par galas. thiled.l3l the July Norm* be? 10, 1868 , to l, /899, would be seventy-nine thousind, one hundred and sisty.seven dolimsand eixtyarn e n mute, which has been !Mato the Slate . ' Again. on the =beg Itoreathir.l969, there was in the Treareimett imeepluded balance of 114400,862 49. If one million, four hundasdahottaand dollars of this sem had been Inirested In . the same kind of bonds, at Dar r en the Ist day of Ihtwate b0r.1809. the interest for the seven wreaths , laionthsv ending Jaly .1, 1370. would be 940,863 34, but which, In mom queries of nonleanformity to • this .Pluna *Maw .lats to the Oommativrealth.' .1. cannot reiterate tat strongly my, record famedatidnit an this subject, end would, thersibre; • recommend that s law be pared mai:intik the dety of the Cbm. aniammess of the Sinking and to Wrest hasellttleitte fonds as rapidly se they ammeter the Treasury, in the Deuebow 944 beads t!Ao . prrgokinaltil nit= _ 7 44" IM I A II O III6 I bsg,:ooos more, co remind thelgt. lature that the ealeryof the Mato ant ;Dodd at teaatbe Good ha that of the Governor. It la only seventeen brut dred dollars, a gum entirely Insufficient ta contanand the services of any respon sible man, who is required to furnish a bond with goodtmd approved securities, for eighty thousand dollars, and to run the risk of handling at least five or aix millions of dollars per annum, without the unlawful use of the State funds, and imbsidleg from sources that dare not be revealed to the public, because they aro positively prohibited by law under ptn alas' of no ordinary magnitude. Yet there are but few men who have held this office, however poor they may have been when they took charge of it, who have not become nch. There is certainl come advantage to be gained by the holding of the position of State Treasurer, unknown to the public, but which readily accounts. for the disgraceful scramble, and for the political and . moral debauchery which the people of this State seem to be doom ed moistly to witness, in the election of that °Ulcer; and because of 'the disgrace It Wino upon their representative, the people bang their beads in indfinatlon and shame, Then, Id .the name of the good people-of Pennsylvania, I call upon the members of the Legislature, without distinction of party, to rise, above the murkyness of the polluted atmosphere of the past, to thotrue dignity or manhood and exalted patriotism, and purify the election of Treasurer an well as that of . . every other officer within this Common wealth, and punish every one who tam per with the purity of elections, what ever may be his position or pretensions. -And then every one who shall have per formed his whole duty to sustain the true Interests of the State and to main tain the high dignity of her character, may return unpolluted and with a clear conscience to his constituents, who will receive him with open arms, and with thejoyful exclamation of "well done good and faitlithl servant." ACCOUNTING YOB DIABURSIIMENTIL Liberal appropriation - is are made annu ally to our penitentiaris% lunatic asylums and other charitable and bone dotal institutions, without requiring from those who receive and disburse the . . money any satisfactory evidence that It hss been faithfully applied to the objects Intended. Thla is wrong, and should be corrected without delay. All officers of the State who receive public money, not excepting the Governor. are required by law and usage to settle their accounts, on proper vouchers, - In the auditor Goner. al's office. This is right; and there is no good reason why the same accountabili ty should not be enforced against all those who receive annually such large sums of money from; the bounty of 'the Commonwealth. I, therefore, recom mend that slaw be passed requiring• all persons who roosts e and disburse State • appropriations, to take pro per vouchers, for • all moneys so ex. pended by them, and to make quarterly. settlement:sof the agree at the Auditor General's; Mee. This Is Important, not only to protect the interests of the State, but also the good name of those who re. 'calve anddisburse the money. god the members of the Legblature through whose Influence the appropriations are represented to be procured. EARLY APPROPRIATIONS. For many years the general nppropria tion bills have been signed on the day of the adjournment of the Legislature. and I here repeat my suggestions oiliest year on this subject. "The Governor has been Ibroed either to alga the bills with• out proper Investigation, notwithatand log any obiections he may have t suspend the means to defray the operstlonsof the government for the ensuing year;; or. call In extra session of the Legislature. It is therefore earnestly desired that the appropriation bill be taken up, die cussed and paned at s sufficiently early period during the session to enable the Governor to give it that tbojough exam; !nation its importance demands." ooxmox wamug. The peculiar interest which Is always manifested by the people on the subject of education, is an Inducement to lay be lure you, more at length than would otherwise. be done, Um prlnclpaistatlstica of the system drawn from the report of the Superintendent of Common Schools.: There are within the State 1,971 Batool dittriebu 12,936 schools 8,1141 graded schools 12,000 echoed directors 76 super intendents; 17,142 teachers, and 815.753 pupils. The average. cost of tuition is ninety seven oasts per month. The whole ooat of tuition for the yeas la 83.560,704.- 26. Total cost including expenditures of all kinds during the year, 613,263,148.92. Estimated value of school property 1114,- 'Notwithstanding -the.' fact 'thit our , school law was made general in the year 1848, it is remarkable that there still re main five,dlattricie withinthefittate Which+ have not yet ccafornied thereto. Milani arsassisse- reor - ur - tneie soon accept the conditiotutof the law.and the remalteng one, known as the Berme ny District, under the control of the ...Economical.," having a good school of Its min, will probably not adopt the pub. Ile school system so long se the present'' organisation of that society exists. It Is, therelbre, a subjectwonhy of heartyoon. gratulation that our school notch has been so univerally adopted by the vol notary consent' and generalaoquiescencel of the people. AJiltoportant anxilanes to our common schools, the Normal *hoar Ale entitled to assume the front rank. Their flour haling conditkin may be 'understood 1 from the following statistics: The whole! number of students that have attended the tour Normal schools is 10.237,0 f whom IN have graduated. Daring the past year there were in these inaututions 76 teachers, and 4,178-students. Since my' last annual communication a StateNor mai school has been fully established and recognised at Bloomsburg, Columbia county. Its buildings are of the most liniahed and substantial character,. and it commences initareer under the most auspicious circumstances. &ember Is now in a state of preparation at Califor nia, Washington county, and will proba bly be completed during the current year. . Your attention Is again invited to the fact that there are about seventy-five 1 thousand children in the State that do not attend schools of any deseription.and who are permitted to grow up In IRMO ranoe and without employment, and, In Itudanceo,from Oct of industriel-end od. motional training become not only vote. rim of vice, but • prolific source from which the Inmates of lour prisons and penitentiaries are supplied. The number of children throughout the State attending private schools, Is estimated at eight live thousand. The aggregate of the educational <Seidl don of the children of the Common ' Wealth, may be them stated : I A toodUjlbiwobllesch , Atten.los.pflwite oecoolo A.attending o hauls of toy Kind. Whole mealier of children* 473 711 The subject of nonattendanoe` by so large a portion of children, Is specially end most earnestly , commended to your consideration. It is true economy on the part of the State, if possible, to save these children nom ignorsnoe. vagrancy and swims. To neglect them would be inexcusablet if not criminal. Doubtlees in your assembled wisdom you will be able to devise some .effectual mode by which this evil can be remedied. Many of the recommendation con. Mined in the-report of the Superinten. dent are or the utmost importance, and eminently deserving of serious attention and legitimise action. The facts above set forth illustrate moat forcibly the practical value of our most admirable common school system, and bear natl• many that cannot. be misunderstood, to the wisdom and liberality by which Ii has been eonosirad and so successfully carried into effect. - ; soirdkus' minus's' Repots. Attention is invited to the report of the Superintendent of the Soldiers. Orphans , Schools, for the year ending May 111. 18e9,'in width Is exhibited their condl Um), circumstances and expenditures. - The whole dumber of children 'MX mined into those Schools &Om theft origin's° the Met day of May. 1889; ta four thousand five hundred and nine; of wham three hundredand seven .have been discharged on order; five bdtiored and• eighteen wage. and fty.threetave Med; making a total of eight hundred and severnyeight, which left -- three thousand six hundred and thirtrone in the schools at the end of the year: - ITP ' to May Al, 1809, the number of?dis charges from the schools have exceeded former estimates by one - hundred • and aeventpdve. 'The number of 'applica tions for admission on file and not acted on. was seven hundred and one; some from every county 'in the State except • The sanitary condition of Me children in these schools has been remarkably good. And from the foregoing - state. went is appears that dozing the four years in which they have been in opera non, the - Whole- number of deaths has been las than one-third of one per cent. Therinticp cost for melons:Lanai, edu cation, Clothing and general expenses, f,r the year ending May Bi, 1809, diffeni but little from the. original estimate of the SuPerintendent, and soosacs to Tops, which Wert was an • ano.noended balanee.f.... a 004 74 Appropriated •Tnii It tea tonks ore approodateo Much 1teD.,44.t00 - WSW* snipe . ..Wed ..... 41,903 es For which sum there • ahould be a special appropriatkut without delay, to meet the prowling wanta of the teachers of the, different institutions, who Min teen already ociropello4 to await 14 pay mane tor month= seven months In his lost 'smug) report, tho Superin. Modern estimated the expenses . for the current year terminating . Afar-34 Me, at P 94700, 7201 sum approplated far PITTSBURGH DAILY GAZETTE: THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, .1870 that year, by act of April 16, 1869, was " $450,000. As the Superintendent reports the expense. will not materially vary from his estimate, there will therefore be deficit of ;44.700 for the currenbyear, to be provided for during the present Rowlett. For the maintenance of these schools during the year ending May Si, 1871, it is estimated that $534,500 will be required. Which Rum I recommend to be appro- priated, with the positive undendandlog that the expenditures shall not exceed that amount. We are admonished by the rapid ex , pension of the system, and by the con stantly increasing desire to obtain ad minion-into these schools, that - some definite limit should be determined upon by law. It Is-therefore recommended that the indigent children of Pennsyl vania soldier., who Reeved fn Pennifyl. Tanis regiments, and who died prior to January 1 1 1864 from wounds received or diaease contracted in the service of the United States daring the late war, shall be 4eteattez admitted, and none others. . , . With unsparing patience, well coned• ered meaSures, and earnestness of pur pose, many defects have been eradicated, and the schools have been advanced to a more perfect and efficient system than that by which they were at dcci charac terized, and elevated to a condition not second teeny all:idler institutionein the country. This humane and philanthroplo 'service ia beans performed uy intelligent officers and faithful teachers, which will ' be more fully ahown by their reports. communicated for the information of Legislature. • 'The establiahment of these inatitu. Sons, where the destitute ophan chil dren of the soldiers who lost their lives in the suppression of the late 3 °baton, are fed, clothed and educated at the pub. do expense, continues to command the cordial support; approval and encemr• ment of our clams, and tends to ele vate, everywhere, the reputation of Pennsylvania, (the, find State to estab. Itch such schools) to the highest degree, for her justice, patriotiam and philart. thropy. Most heartily have the people endorsed the past action of their representatives in relation to these schools, and there exists not n single doubt but that they will mcstexed Idly approve all necessary appropriations for the continuance of the support, edocallou and guardianship of these adopted children of the Common wealth. To the honor, State pride and humanity of this Legtilature is confided the guarding and maintaining of these sacred interests, and in the faithful. dia• charge of this noble duty, you shall re °etre from me a special and sealous con currence. AQIIIMILTIJEAL COLLEGE. The establishment of this- college was undoubtedly intended as a progressive movement, and under the impresalon that St would contribute much to the easy acquisition of a combined knowl edge of agriculture, science and litera ture, yid to promote the practical educa tion of the illduptrlal elevate In the see. eral pursuits of life. It has been Motor ed by the moat liberal legislation, and le endowed with the sum of $381,6011. te etotal in United Mates and Penneylvania bonds, yielding an - aggregate Interest Ude year of $25,t51 90. which has been paid to the trustees of the institution. Thus far the mrot•satistactory results from the workings of the college have not been realized. But it is now underthe direction of • president. and do learned professors. It receives for its pn plls only makeover the area fifteen years, qual. bled for. admission by a good common I school educator'. -There are In it at present forty.flee 'students. with s fair prospect of a considerable increase In number. Tuition. board and the ordi nary necessaries of life, are there furnish ed at a less rate than Is generally de manded for boarding alone. thus afford ing an extraordinary opportunity to the yeah. of the country to acquire an accomplhthed education with common• tively small expenditures. Under those circumstances the college deserves the Indulgent sympathy and support of the people. Three experimental farms are connec ted with-the college, purchased at an aggregate cost of W. 9 90 MO. 000 is to rated at the college, one in Indiana county, and one in Cheater county. Op erations have been commenced- upon them ander the prescribed programme of a aeries of experiments with prom ises of complete sumo% the results of wblob are to be reported annually to the Legislature by the Professor of Agricul ture. It le confidently expected that the record of these extenmentarestilth will prove: highly interesting, and greatly beneficial to the community. =1 ant _la ima_or Iran. etiltonorible his tory of the commonwealth, and to that of her citizens Individually. It is the custodian of all the military records of the State, embracing that of every officer and private soldier, and the history of every military tran saction performed by the State for the suppression of there. hellion. It has alsO in its maned, all the regimental. State and Nationel flags borne by. oar soldiers, and many tro phies of war won by their valor on the tibld. All of which should be syatem. aurally and carefully preserved and per petuated. Daring the last three yews all the staff officers rendered noceesary by the war, and the different offices established for the convenience of the' soldiers; hive been discontinued, and the duties per formed by them, as well as the official books and papers. have been transferred to the Adjutant General's department. Ile is, therefore, the only military offiper remaining, to whom recourse-iseitin. latently had for statistics and illfiNSl3lS. don, not only by the soldiers, and their relative, and attorneys, but by' mbar States and the War Depa rtment at Wash , Ington. All these circumstances; con: netted with the present flourishing con ditto° of the volunteer militia in the State. induce me to request the continu, snob of legislative favor for the Adjutant General's department,' and that it may be generously supplied with such appro. pnations as have been requested by the Adjutant General for that effice. An unusual martial activity prevails throughout the State, but more portico. larly In Philadelphia. The encourage. went which has been afforded to the.uni. formed militia has been responded to with alacrity, and la exhibited as fol. lows: In 1886, there were eight voitm tear companies: in 1887, thirty-eight; In 1888, sixty-seven, and In 1889, one hun dred and eighty-four. No lira than one hundred and seven oompanlee were Or ganised during the year ending Novato ber 844 1869, of which fifty-six are In Philadelphia, and fifty-one In other parts of the State. . • This is a small but efficient and well equipped force, which; In case of not. rebellion, or other public danger, would be ready at ones to imperil itself for the enforcement of the lima, and the protec tion of the lives and. property - of the, citizens. It is, therefore, desirable that the Legislature should give the yolun. tears such practical aid. as would, in some degree, compensate them for the time and money expended to maintain their organloMons, in which the people are as much interested as the volunteer! themeelves. - The report of the Adjutant General will be found a _very.fsiterestint docu ment, containing much 'Mumbler Infor. minion and many important animations A careful Perusal uf Its contents, and each action thereon, as seems to -be de. mended by their Importance, is recom. mended. tail:tent D. B. McCreary has been elected to membership In one of your honorable bodies, sad with his last report he closed h4 - weer as Adjutant General. In !ming his valuable services from a position he has so ably. filled for more than two. years, the hope is In, dulged that the department will gain an intelligent- and devoted friend, and an obis and efficient advocate in the halls of 315.733 IL: ,OA 73(.7 = : . :.The report of the Slate Historian Is de. serving of your careful attention. In it you will find a" detailed flee:flint of the operations of 'his department from its commencement to the preterit time. The work entrusted to his care is one of no ordinary ebsracterand responsibility, requiring talents of a high order, patient indwitry, careful research, and unbiased judgment. `The labor to be performed Is Issmonso.. and can- only be properly appreciated by those fully acquainted with Its nisinitude. It embrwee a faith ful • account of all, the erganizatlona of rennurylvania troops during the war of 'lbis' 'rebellion; the' collection and adjastment, in a comprehensive form. - of : each military organization, and an unprejudiced descriptienot all mili tary transactions of Leaportanoe, so far as the volunteers of .this State are- con oerneel. In • the camp and In . the field, throughout the moat ierritio conflict cd arturahat has ever cc erred In the tory of the world. The propristyof Wulf work mud be apparent to every lOW lige= -einem of the' Commonwealth Certainly It it la duo to' the citizen =fa dims, who offered' their lives in' the defendeof tbelr country, that their names I should, at. least r receive .5 place: lathe archives of the State, toward wholebonor and glory their gallant deeds: have SO largely contributed.' The work of the Ithetorian, when oboe. plated,' will embrace four large r : octavo : volumes, in which the name of every Pennolvanla volunteer will bays- Its appropriate place. Tan of tbeee volume, are. "" l :l' completed.. in manner highly -ft liable to the Commonwealth. The third . rapidly pro og, and PIM • -licolfrous: IIDP Won on'-the = your honorable body we entire will be executed, it not before, soon after the present year. Moat other =3 I States are publishing Licarir.e similar to this, and it Ia due to the importance of the aubjrct, and to the credit of the State. that Pennsylvania ebould not be behind In thhi patriotic undertaking. MOUE ?OR DIRABLED somotEris. There le, probably, no State in the American Union that has contributed . . more liberally toward the support of 'charitable and benevolent Institutions than that of Pennsylvania. The appro priations annually made for the benefit of the soldiers' orphans' schools, say toms for the deaf and dumb, blind and insane, and wetly alzollar worthy eatab lishmentslo w hinh the poor. het plea and otherwise friendless are provided and cared for, reflect great credit upon the Legislatures who have donated the re quisite mean* for their support. But there Is ono other lostitntlon needed, and the claims for which are more strongly urged by every principle of ha• inanity and patriotism than any other now In existence, which has not yet re ceived the attention its Importance Imperatively demands. This Is a home for the soldiers who have •'borne the battle" in defence of the honor. in• tegray and perpetuity of the American Union. No men living have as powerful claims upon the geneTosity anti nurtur ing care of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, as those who, upon the battle. field, iboght to protect it against threat ened devastation and destruction, and who in this patriotic service, endangered their lives. sacrificed their health, lost their limbs, and became enfeebled and disabled for life. And yet we daily see these men, (and who does not blush to see them?) to whom we owe the preser vation of our government, the homes we enjoy and almost everything we possess, hobbling about our streets on crutches, with missing limbs, and otherwise so enfeebled as to be entirely unfitted for any remunerative employment, begging their bread from door to door, or sitting upon the corners of the streets turning an organ for the few pennies the charita ble passersby may feel disposed to be stow. Every one of these helpless men, whose patriotic devotion to his, country ,I has brought him to this deplorable con dition, is a burning reproach to the State for whose welfare he has met the most serious and lamentable of all mis fortunes. All of them appeal, by their wounds and destitution, to the people of the Commonwealth for that care which, in such contingencies, was promised the soldier of the Union, his widow, and his orphan children. Ultima that all such .promises shduid be redetmad. The I wounded and helpless soldiers have a claim upon the State which should not and cannot be ignored. And Ido earn ; estly recommend In their name, and in their behalf, that measures be taken by your honorable body, to establish for them a bomh where they shall be amply provided with the necessary comforts of life, anti no longer be compelled to be pensioners upon the scanty charity of the world. This is a debt the State shim. Intely owes, and no time should bit , . last In Its honorable liquidation. INBURANCH DIirAIITAIENT In two former communiettions your attention wee called to the importanceof establishing In the State an bun ranee de ointment similar to those existing In other States. But the Legislature his thus tar failed to give the subject that consideration whicn interests of such magnitude to the people seem to demand. Insurance departments In come of the i States are regarded of paramount Import. ance, as they effectually guard the Inter. We of the insured, and through their healthy Influence frauds and spurious compazilea so common in Pennsylvania, are rendered almost impossible. The greatest benefits would certainly accrue both to the companies and policy hold. era, as has already bean demonstrated in the States of New York and Idasaachu setta, whore the subject of Insurance Mu received the most careful study and at- Motion, and been reduced to a science which commands the approbation and confidence Mall who seek Its protection. The necessity for such a department, with full powers to organise and exam. lne all losuranee companies, issanctioned by the wisdom of experience. And as I Vase heretofore remarked, the result of the protection thus afforded, is, that whilst foreign companies do immense business in this State, scrlittle confidence is had in those of Pennsylvania thattheir business Is almost entirely confined within the State limits; and even here foreign companies maintain an ascend. may. To this same defect Is attributable the operations of thenumber of worth lees companies that time suddenly sprung into eziatence without any solid basis, and as suddenly expired to the in jury of thou whose confidence therob• tamped, and to the diationor of the ilk:mi -1 monwealth. _ Sn -view .M.-these Ilitat...ta•roraly re peat the reoommermaUcen made to the Legislature at its last 80E0100. that an Insurance department be established, end a superintendent appointed by law, who shall have gunmetal= and control over all Insurance companies allowed to transact business within the Siete. The community Is deeply Interested In this matter, and demands legislative promo- UM. ' Out laws In relation to life insurance companies are defective and need revis ion and correction. Witliout the protee tion referred to these laws bear unequal. ly npen onto:mu and foreign companies. The latter, tieing protected by legislative ensettuent," are . enabledto transact au 11Mmazialeattiount of !guineas within the limits of this Commonwealth, whilst our having no inch protection, can' but little In other States. The pansequenee is, that foreign companies canreadlty_afford to pay a license of Jive Asedred- doliars to conduct their eaten.' sive operations. In Pennsylvania. whilst Our eiompaniei would be sorely oppressed by the imposition of the same license fax in States where their opreratlons are exceedingly limited. And yet these other States have retaliated upon our lieensie law by adopting its provisions and demanding from our companies the sune amount of license. In each State thai we demand of their Companies In ours. This Is not only oppressive to our own nomected companies, but it fails to Welsh a just and equitable revenue I from ;be various companies for the amount of business tratMaeted.The tax should be made to bear equally - upon all -companies, whether home or foreign, and be adjusted proportionately to the extent of their several operations. Ttdsarrange. ment would be just to all—oppressive to none. The abolishment, therefore, of the license law, and the substitution in Its plus of a reasonable and equitable tax, would meet the approbation of all MM. whetheror or equal and exact jus tice. belonging to this or any other Mate. At the same time It would insures larger income to the Treasury. For Minutes, there are thirty seven life Immune companies from other. States doing burliness in Pennsylvania, who each pay • Howse of five hundred dol lars, making the sum of eighteen thou-' sand and five hundred dollars. NO; one of these companies wood object to pity. Mg an • equal tax of. say one. ball of one per cent. • upon_ the amount of their business. This, In the aggregate of the thirty-seven cOmpa. Wu, is more than five millions of dol. lars, on which a tax of one half per cent. would be twenty-Hoe thousand dollars, Increasing the revenue of the State from thbi source more Win six thousand dol lars, and at the same timetqualiring the tax In accordance with the business done and profits received. An efficient law. establishing an Iniuranee Department, such as is recommended, would meet this and all matters contreoted with the subject of insurance, In all Its branches. TILS'ATO . NDALS DIHASTM The recent disaster in the Avondale Ooal Mice, In-Luzerne munty, is still (rub in the minds' of the people. It caused ■ thrill of horror to spread throughout - the country t and even In Europe it-has been productive, of the most painful emotions and deepest eor• row for the- sufferers. Women and children who bad been accustomed to regard the occupation of the miner as one of ordinary ammeter, now look upon It air fraught with danger, end part with relatives awl friends, when about to Pantie their perilous occupation, with fearful forebodings. And even the stur dy miner. himself, trembles at his dan gerous calling, and demands greater protection than hu hitherto been al forded. TtOhlitiori of this terrible ,calamity aeons to be as follows: Early on the morning, of the 6th - of September last, one hundred and eight men - enterod the &vandals Minato prosecute their - Avoca. thm. None of -them anticipated danger as they descended' the fatal abaft not one supposed that be was entering a tomb in which he was doomed to . be burled alias. But the destroying Angel hovered over them, ono the shatt,,' constructed principally of coinbustible materials, Boni having become Ignited Bo Wane cause, yet undetermined, was ROC* a sheet of .tpulid tinge bnoilog timbers came from above, °bolting up with " 4 ' lociohlt the only 'avenue of es. 41 '4 1 !ei 'Whelble Of their peril, the watt , flUlatertien sought a place of Safety, but BIM not to be found.' They cried for mom,- but ncrearthly arm could give Lem holPt hoPelow they , h uddle d to. gethea - and. Clasped In each Where arms. met d eath In ons of lie most frightful and Whilst this fearful scene was - , tran►pir fttg w.ibelmalease wociden att amuse above the *haft took fire. -end -burning with frightful rapidity, waSsoonreduce to-• ar - Crumbling 'maga. • Thousands of men women and - children loon aurroondl ed the placeiand being unable to afford the -allghteas, relief -to their suffering Mend' Wait, 1111"Ithe altirith ents. Sons, appidttog I even Lai, the= s lam toutest hearts Never before was a atone more heartrending witnessed within the lim• - - • Its of this Commonwealth, and it is trusted that through your prompt and efficient legislative sedan another such will never be permitted tdoccur„ The mines In many cases are eon 'traded and managed In the moat xeltlsh arid parsimonious manner, the owners exacting the largest amount of profit from them, from the least possible out lay; consequently some of them, like thee of Aveindale, are nothing tnit un derground man-traps, without any other outlets than wooden chimnies. and these constantly liable to become blazing vol canoes, through which escape 19 impossi ble. The lives of so :Useful a cleaner men aionr miners should not, and must not be permitted to berthas sacrificed' upon the altar of human cupidity. Yet a re prehenalble neglect to give them that protection by law which their valuable services,, at hest laborious and danger one, unquestionably deserves, renders our mining system worse than that of any other country, whilst our mining Intereits are unequalled by those of any other part of the world. The most appalling accidents on record have been traced to unsafe methods of ventilation, and more especially to the employment of furnaces at or near the bottom of the shafts. Where the funiace Is need, and the smoke is carried through a wooden chimney, it seems almost cer tain that, sooner or later, by the inevita. ble accumulation of soot or carbon upon the frame work, it must Ignite from the ascending sparks or from the beat of the furnace, and a conflagration ensue. To guard against this, it should be made ob ligatory, If the ventilating furnace be still allowed., to build the chimes's!, the sides of the shaft, and the building. stir rounding it at the top, with incombusti. ble materials. But even this precaution is not' a sure safeguard, for the fire is Its hie, at env moment, to communicate''; with the onto damp" or other gaseous vapors, that, despite of all known means I of prevention, will generate In the best I regulated mines. The propriety of dila perusing entirely, therefore, with the fur mum, has received the serious considers-' tion of scientiflo miners and eugineers, and the fan, In many Instances, his been substituted, which being worked by ma chinery at the surface, produces a more I constant current of air, dispenses It more I freely through the gangways and cham bers; and, in all respects, accomplishes the object desired with better effect; and when the shafts and surface buildings are fireproof, without the possibility of danger. This system of ventilation, with advantages so palpably obviaus, will, no doubt, be universally adopted.- Bat the very nature of mining operations sue- Jects them to other dangers. The walls and rooting of the mines, from the effects of blasting and other causes, frequently ' give way and all up the gangways so as to render them Impassible, as in the more recent' calamity at Stockton, which re sulted in the death of ten persons. Bence it is absolutely necessary, and should be imperatively demanded, that every mine should have more than a single avenue of ingress and egress. Whether as re gards fire, er any other source of danger to which the. miner is exposed, this teas surest promise of safety. Whatever aye. tem of ventilation may be approved, or safety lamp adopted, the Millis of escape from the mines, when danger occurs, will depend very materially upon .the provision made for the silt of the miner. The teat method otrairistructing, ven tilating and working the mines, should be onhesnatingly adopted; and the sys tem adopted rigid/3 , enforced. The in quiry. therefore, into the causes which produced this shocking catastrophe—the various theories that bays been promul gated concerning it. the remedies for the prevention of similar occurrences here after, the construction and ventilation of collieries, and the modes of conducting , their operations no that th e operatives I I may prosecute their labor without im perilling their lives, are proper subjects for legislative consideration. ' Such laws as you may enact can most certainly be enforced by competent in spectors in the mining districts, who 'timid be chosen with strict regard to character, integrity, capability and act entities knowledge; and whose duties should be so specifically defined 'that they cannot be mbundsi stood. I, therefore, most respectfully and earnestly recommend that this whole *object receive the attention its-impor tance demands, and that a law be passed, so general in its enarocter and so strin gent in its provisions, that the people of this Commonwealth will never again be appalled by a 'eternity, within her Limits, so sad an that of Avondale. MOLD OW POALIO CIIABITIII. In accordance with an act of the lest Legislature, a Board of Public Charities has been appointed.oonalating of the fol. lowing gentlemen, yin; Gem Thomas L. .Kse.. for -Bye years; P. B. Penniman, Fac.,four years; Hon. G. Dawson Cole man; three years; George L. Harrison. Ess., two years; and year. The Board organised by electing Gen. Rano, President, and Hon. Wilmer Worthington, Secretary and General Agent, Prom the establishment of this Board, and especially from the high character and qualideations of the gen tlemen who have consented to assume Its Important trusts and responsibilities, we have reason to hope for the most be neficial results. This change In the man agement of our charitable affairs is deemed of the highest importance by many persona Intimately conversant with the workings and management of these Inatitutions. . A thorough review of the eetabliati. manta receiving appropriations from the State by this board, will give an &sear. once to the Legislature and the people, which they have never heretofore poa. seated, that their benefactions will be worthily bestowed and properly em. pioyed. Some time during the preterit session, the board will present to the Legislature a report of the condition and require meats of the various Mentalism, that i have been recipients of appropriations from the State, with such recommenda tions as may be deemed necessary; and, therefore, no Information concerning them, except the annual reports of the superintendents, will at present be laid before you. GZOLOGICAL BURPS! Many prominent citizens have repre sented that there exists great nonentity for a more complete geological and mineralogical survey et the &ate than at present exists: There is no doubt but the develop. moots of mineral wealth that would re. end from much a survey would be lm• men" and the beneficial Mums to the State would many times more than re. Imburse the Treatmry for the expensed attending It, including the printing of reports, maps, Sc., sufficient for the In. formatter. ante people. Should the Legbelatare concur in these view.. and pass a law autherialog such a stem It will meet, the Executive ap. . ticerzeriort OP OAP, At the last session a law was passed creating the °Moe of inspector of gee sod gee metres for the county. of Allegheny ; and in accordance therewith I have ap• pointed an insoeiner possessing the necessary scientific 'qualincations. The necessity for Inch a law has been long and extensively felt, and It has been earnestly demanded by a large number Of highly respectable citizens, wham opinions are eminently worthy of consideration. I thereftirs respectfully recommend that the Jag, and equitable provisions of the Allegheny county law be extended to other counties In which gas islargely consumed. IMIRION Of THE creiz. CMDIL The law on this enhieet does not con template a full report from the Conunla stoners to revise the general statutes of the State, before the session of ten. it may, however, be important to state that this work has. so far progressed as to make It almost certain that it will be completed and reedy for the press so soon after the oloseof the present mutton as will allow Moe ro bring within the code inch of your enactments: as may with propriety be incorporated. The Oommissioners will report for Your consideration, the reeked sohool as the present edition la exhausted, and it would be Inexpedient to reprint them. when they might be superseded by others In the course of the current year.A general roid law, and one for the support and - nsalntananee of the poor, have heretofore been reported but not dtlinitely acted upon, and the frequent demands made for such enactments to correct many existing abases, and supply a Common public want, render it wade stile that these enactments should re oeive your early attention. The State commit will be taken deririg the year. and the law for Its regulation having in It some provisions not now required, a revised bill will be presented by the Commiselonere for legislative In view of these changes which the revised code Is expected to produce, ltis &affable that no more lam' of a general charscter be enacted than is indispanwa biy neesaisitrA es they might occasion a neoseeity fora revision of what has al ready reoeived appropriate' attention, and came delay in the comldetion of the . . •- • • A great Inc:outputs/ice his long been' Volt In °Very department .31 the execu tive and legbilailve bnumbes of the goy. moment, .for Abe want of properly re. COlded statistical InfOrnuOlon, relating to the doieloptnent and growth of the rraotncee, of the. Commonwealth. It, la ImpOodble for any State officer to report the actual or even apprarlotate amount of any of our great - natural reactirces, and It cannot be aseertraned from year to year the amount of coal mined, petro leum proanced, lumber cat or Con man. nfactured, Without special reference to those who have charge of the industries growing out of these productS At very little wet and labor, statistics relating to all these objects could be gathered and annually embraced in a report to be made to and published by the Legisla ture. The value of such information would be of incalculable importance In an official way, aa well as In the general business of the country. It would stim ulate competition, exhibit the inexhausti ble materials within our borders, and give nur people and others, a more per fect idea of our wealth' and resources. The recommendation made last year for the establishment of a desk for the col lection and preservation of slatted.% re lative to export and Imports, agricul ture, manufactures, coal, iron, oil, lum ber, &c., and for the collection of Miner alogical and geological specimens, and other things that may be deemed appro priate to such a department, is respect fully renewed, with the suggestion that the dutiesbe attached to the oMceof the Librarian and his Asabstant, with a rea sonable increase of compensation, and an appropriation foi the same. =I In accordance with a law approved April 18, 1887, Mahlon H. Dickinson Esq., of Philadelphia, was appointed "to visit, for philanthropic purposes, the prisons and almahouses in the various counties of the Commonwealth." His second report, which is herewith Dm rented, embosses a vast amormtof useful Information, and will be found highly interesting., and worthy of mature con sideration. It will be seen that while some of our county miaow have been constructed and are being conducted with strict regard to the proper objects of punishment, others are utterly unfit for any such purposes, and are a tilsgrace and reproach to a civilised age and a Christian people. Tho Commissioner, in regard to some of these, describes them .as being nnsaferwhere prisonem could not be held unless loaded with chains, where the sexes were not separated, where there was no discipline, or any effort made towards the moral or relig ions Improvement of the Inmates; the buildings totally unlit for the purposes of a prison; and where the prisoners be come schooled in vice, and eventually graduated prepared fora life of lawless ness." In some of the prisons the cells are represented as contracted dungeons, Into which not a ray of stnishine or a draft of pure air can enter, and in which a human being could not possibly live through a lengthy term of sentence. And in still others, In consequence of the want of proper accommodations, all classes of criminals, from the moat bar; dened and aged to the youth of tender years, are permitted to.ciongregate, and Indulge In card playing, profanity, and almost every species of Immorality and crime. Under such circumstances, re• formation which Is the grand object of divine, and should be of all human laws and punishments, Is rendered impend ' bleu whilst hideous lessons of vice are I taught and learned, to be practiced when I future opportunity occurs. This is all I wrong, and a remedy for the evil should I by all means be applied. No commu nity hiss moral or legal right to indict I punishment as a mere retaliatory meas. are. or In such a manner as to endanger j the health and life of the criminal, to j deaden him to all tho better sensibilities of his nature, and to absolutely harden him to the commission of crime. The commisakmers appointed "to in quire into the various systems of prison discipline, as practiced in other States and countries, as compared with what hi known -as: the Penruryl yenta syntem, , will submit you their ree• port at an early day, from which you will learn that the capacity of our peniten• Series is at present competent for the safe keeping and proper punishment of all offenders of the higher grades, and that work houses and houses of correction are needed for those whose crimes are of s trivial character, and whose refor: mation and future usefulness may be accomplished by a humans system of discipline, such as will bd recommended. 1= Communications have been received from various parts of the -State. repro. Renting that the present. judicial force is Inadequate for the purposes designed. since the number of judges was fixed, the businees of the courts has greatly In creased, with our rapidly expanding population, and the multiplication of commercial and business operations of our growing Commonwealth. Hoer far relief should be afforded is well worthy of careful consideration. In one district of the Supreme Court, over seven hundred new cams have been docketed in one year. Many Of these In volve very large amounts, and import. ant -legal - principles; and their proper consideration Implies upon the judges great labor and responsibility. In the other districts of this court the argument lists are also becoming so crowded that it la Impossible to diaposeof the boldness with that promptness and intelligence demanded by the public interests; and especially, with one of the judges, as now required by law. signed to duty to the court of niatprius at, Philadelphia. I therefore earnestly recommend an ad ditional judge for this court, believing it a public necessity. in justiceto the many stators, and to the judges who have more work than should be required of the present number of men, let them be ever no laborious and efficient. BOUNDARY LINE. In obedienee to an "an act to settle, determine and locate the southern holm. dary line of the Commonwealth," sp. moved March H, nes. I appointed James Worrell, Esq.. of Harrisburg, and Strickland Knew, Esq.,ofPhiladelphia, both civil engineers, Commissioners on the part of Pennsylvania, to act "In con. Junction with like Commissioners on the part of the State of Delaware." The Governor of that State was promptly famished with s oopy of • the act, and informed of the appointment of Commissioners under it, and hits co operation Invited. Hut, w 0 far as lam advised, no action or any kind has been taken by Delaware on • the subject; and consequently the work above refer red to has not been performed. • Your special attention is invited to the reporrof our Commissioners, which herewith communicated. lIIINORLLIC It Is eminently proper that specialno. tic* should be taken , of the deoesse of such peruse; as have occupied prominent potations in, and rendered distinguished services to the State. Con. Rpitman among these were Ham Joseph itzier and Hon. David It. Porter, both of whom died during _Ake present administration. Dining their eventful lives the altered •largely in the public confide n ce and regard, and Ailed many posts of honor, trust and re. sponsibility, including that of Governor, with distinguished fidelity and patriot. tam. They .'were conspicuously Woun ded with all the grave and Important questions of SW* policy =dada:Mikan. don; through the eventful period In whichthey.ityed.sndcontributal largely to shape and strengthen the Arm loan. &adorns of our Commonwealth, upon which others have been enabled to build securely. They hags: passed away, ripe in years and thilsof honors; and It is re.. apectfuily submitted whether it be not proper for the Legislature to take some appropriate notice of the lamented death of these two disUagalshed public ear. I= It has grown into a custom to regard an application for Executive clemency can Indispensable pert of the _machinery or criminal justioe. /luaus. the Emu , live is invested with the power of pardon. it is by many supposed that be rum not ally the right, bat it to his duty to ex- amine into every allegation of error, and give'a riverside reeponse to every appil. cation; and tunes. Petition* ree Pm* don Sri becoming so numerous that the mere' examination of 'them' is ex haustive of a large amount of valuable lime; at lead an hour In each 01 ,11 , =CIR.' I sive of the time occupied in conespan- dance with the Judges, district 'attorneys end othr parties. Criminals are no sooner co e nvicted, than thole friends, and other interested parties. who Ileettl SO think it is the Governor's constitutional duty to nullify the laws Instead °fusing that they are faithfully unaided, prepare a raid upon him, .11nd- employ in their importunities for pardon overr device human ingenuity _can suggest, ebrd If but • tithe Of the representations set forth were believed. one would be led to su ppm thet our courts are daily gy of the grossed blunders._ and that Jul.J rice a far mere blind than abe has ever been painted by the mad Ailing artist. Daring the year ending Deoember 1869, there have been fifteen hundred and fitiy applications far pardon, of which gity.twoi Or four per Cebt., wars granted, eleven hundred and nicht reJeo. red. and three hundred , and eighty are tinder added:tent. - For some rumen. not eullyundentood, it seems that nubile sentiment blebs come perverted .on this important sub ' Jam of pardons. Ths framer' of our government, arLIC understand it, never contemplated or intended an indiscrimi nate use of the pardoning power.- /t wu only designed for the correction of manifest errors or appressioni. palpable mistakes, cases of after-dlacovered evi- dence. and- others of. exceptional-char macter. -Both the theory govern., eat' and nubile policy rennin that the pardoning power should be kept within these redouble/Wilts; and not be nude an instrument to defeat the execution of the laws ana the seitanlatration of public justice. All ordinary_ cases, therefore. • ere wholly, outside of, and in conlitd, with, the principle on which Executive clemency should be based; 'slid eons each 'Wald be presented hoped considera tion. zuso earns the Plinne will understand and sot in accordance with this view of tho subject. as due alike to the Executive and a proper re. gsrd for the execution of the laws. NATIONAL A77A1133. Having laid before you a general sur vey of the affairs and condition^ of the State. which relate to the common wet. . . . . • - fare, It affords me also the highest gratification to add that the amicable In- terronnse and pleasant ridations which have so long existed between the gOV. ernment of Penrusylvanla and the gov ernments of all the other States and of the Union, continue unimpaired; and consequently our resolution, ""to pre. terve, protect and defend" these funda mental principles of humanity. equal r i g hts and equal notice to all, universal freedom and • united country, la greatly strengthened. The general relations of the National Government, as sot forth in the recent annual montage of the President, con tinue to be .‘ peaCe at home and without entangling alliances abroad ;" the recon struction of the States lately in rebellion la being ispldly accomplished—the rave. flee are being faithfully collected—the National debt is being liquidated at the rate of about one hundred, million dollars per annum, and repudiation has been emphatically repudiated. A strict and uneompromising adherence tothis policy by a prudent and economical adminis tration has already restored the Na• onal character to the fullest confidence In the minda, note only of our country men but of .foreigners, and has allayed all spirit of discontent that might have been dangerous to the stability of our institutions. ' Theta is another subject also of Na tional Importance claiming our attention, because It directly affects the ihdostrial operations In which Pennsylvania in so largely interested. Movements,' char acterized with the greatest energy, are now being made by those interested in free trade, to Induce Congress to take such action as wilt nermit the free intro duction of steel, iron and Iron materials for 'ship building. and many other mod!. fictitious of the tariff laws. Should such efforts be successful, the result must prove disastrous to the great coal, Iron and other interests et our State, dimin- , !shins the production of Iron and other manufactured articles, and consequently the consumption of coal, and be aestruo live to oar valuable home markets. It would also prove disastrous to many of our capitalists and working people—de priving them of all reasonable prospects of • future activity and remunerating wages—and brirg our producers into a ruinous competition with pauper labor from abroad. So far as the present sys tem affords protection to the merman. tures, labor and products of Pennsylva nia, it is obligatory upon us to use all favorable means to prevent any r o deo- I don of existing duties. Our miners,s• 1 ' borers and msnufacturem should not , thrown out of employment by the p c, t posed change of duties on foreign imps • which bas always heretofore resulted in ' the prostration of every department of I trade, labor and business, and entailed upon us the manifold evils of National, State and individual bankruptcy. We owe It as a duty to our constituents to 'instruct our Senators and request our 1 Representatives in Congress to oppose all I each attempts. For the same reasons we should oppose any reciprocity trest-- Ilee by which the people of Canada can gain advantages over our own lumber. men, - Larmers and other producers, with , in one limits. - While acknowledging the rightful coo. 1 atitutional authority of the General Gov ernment to dispose of all questions relative to national affairs, and while in • no manner leaking to interfere with the exercise of that authority, I cannot re- train from alluding to the fact, that for more than a year a brave people in Cuba have been struggling for their indepen• donee against great odds, In the face of barbarities and atrocities which will forever be a foul blot upon the history'of Spain. We should indeed be unmind- I nal of humanity and of the greatness of our natiobality, it we omitted to notice this patriotic effort by the Cubans to throw off the Spaniah yoke, and like our own ancestors, "to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which nature and na ture's God entitle them." The new or ganization has abolished slavery, and attested its right not only to our *yams; thy, but to recognition, by the vigor and determination of its resistance to the op- Drentions of the mother country: Almost from the beginning of our National Gov ernment, Oangreeshu furnlitied numer ous precedents for the action here Judi, cited, even when the reophirldroggling for liberty were not upon the • Aneridart continent. They recognized Greece in her efforts to establish • her nationality against Turkish oppression. The same spirit prevailed not only towards Poland, Italy and Hungary, bat to Ireland in all her movements to regain her long lost nationality. These - countries had the I unmistakable sympathy of the people of the United States, and our public men, In every branch of the goverument, nev er hesitated to speak in their defence. In the case of the French revolution, the statesmen of America gave every encour agement to the people of that country to establish a republican form of govern ment. Upon this continent there are' numerous instances of active sympathies' with the struggles of the people Iler.-11b erty In various nations. /xi the. CM of, Texas, during her conflict with Mexico, she not only had our undisguised Wend ship. but obtained our recognition of her independent nationality, and' soon after wards she was annexed to our great id*. terhood of States. It is in singular contrast with these Idstorio precedent*, that the people of Cuba have u yet received no national encouragement ,or reoognition, while they " are imltating the 'example of our lathers, who, ' -am colonists, struck - down the hand which op. pressed them, and . established for themselves a free and independent government. There is no question but that the patriots of Cuba have the warm and emphatic sympathy of • great ma jority of the people of this and other , States, &Ertl but give utterance to ~ what is an &Whig sentiment among the names, when Ideclare a hearty aympa. ,thy with the people of that Island now endeavoring to oast off the yoke of op. 1 premien rearmed so long upon them.by an intolerant government. The gem of the Antilles of right belongs to republi can role, and iti to all Intents and - par-' poses, covered by the Monroe doctrine,' an that whatever recognition the govern ment Might extend to republiesas of. Cabs, tt wand only amount to the prac tical enforeement of what our nation:bee so long advanced in theory. Cuba is au American Island.'.Geographically It belongs to the United States. . Its acqui sition ins been a leading principle with many of our &bleat statesmen from an early period in our history .'-- Jefferson, - Jefferson, Modison, Adams, Clay, Van Baran,. Bu chanan and many others advocated the incorporatiOn of Cuba into the Union. It Is hoped the time will soon tame, if It ha not already arrived, when .by the enunciation of • prompt and. decided' polio • brave people may be recognised is Independent, and the cause of zepubli can prMdples receive new encourage. The mansgemetitotour national linen. ' me is one of the most delicate and im portant questions cow tinder considera tion by the American People. and while it. Is nos my intention to offers any plan to settle s matter. which seemp to give so much trouble to many of our meet experistioed financiers, a few angifestlens may not be out of place. - • It will he remembered that by the eia. tabliabment crone national. banks, Us best and safest paper currency that ever existed in this nation has been afforded. Great Caution should therefore be taken not to mar a system - that has been so generally beneficial. _ „When the Vitra mein established the National banks, our State banks were taken out of existence and destroyed as ash, but In teeny' In. staneerthey wererenewed by thesolemn enactments of Congress, under whose supervision they were, prordhed • just; • kind and kattering are. • 'steams uojust therefore, that the government should propose to withdraw a part of their drew lattontence theniand sive It to new ones to netlegantsed where none now =lSt If new banks should be created wher ever they may be required, they should receive their eireulation (roman increase of the amount now required by law: The ittroulatton to be the same- as - the. banks now have, and on the tame kind of Seca. mei, • In itvopinion, • polleyof expan- . 1 don of the currency should' be that. wilt give ease and comforX-to the • people, end that will cheer up and re ,enure our business men and put - the ' wheels of commerce, mantffectines and., labor Infoll operation. It will prment • decUnein the revenues derived frointhe tariff and internal taxation, =awnless* thousands of einem from the crushing effects of- cantraoticm. Asa-part of the same policy" there should be no. heats , tiers 'Wet the abandonment of the idea ,of , sanding tho currency by Me adnla [ lion of any plan 0 curtail the amount of I legil tenders now In cdratlation. - , The constant and natural approach 'to specie payments is the only safehnode, in my opinion, to amompllalatbat datea ble end. Any oompuiwiry lair that may be enacted wills in all probehilitY be a 1 failure Ido not - hooltas to =Final the oontraetion of the currency. at this time would be productive *tweet Injury Loth to individuals =lto the general Inter ests of the Salta- jet therobes liberal 1 anwUraiMent -of railroads,- mannfac. [ hires and, every project . that will afford. 1 employment sod compensation - to our_ wininiX millions. Encourage &vigorous collection ot the rfivemiTes on luzuriel. Maintain a strong twsuntry, with gold 'sufficient to keep it check upon • thews • who might be disposed to disturb the ' , natural tendency towards specie pity- . mends, or Air the purpose of speculation. There should be a steady but moderate reduction of the National debt, afuuding of the present six pet cent. tins twenty bonds In others, at a lower; mite or Interest, not by cont. putalon but 'liy fali denting, and the establishing of a sinking fund, at "such rate as will Day off the debt In about thirty years. We shall then not only find the brudneasof the country reviving, but our business men ready to extend their operations with the , greatest en. conrageuient. The foregoing • are the only subjects connected with State and National af. fairs that I have deemed ofauffent Ira portents to offer for your consideration at the present time; and I conclude by expressing the:lmps that your sedition will be marked by harmony anions yourselves and the members of the WT. eral State Departments, and your dela• eritions result In lasting benefit to the Commonwealth. INO. W. (leant'. Iludcnibled Security. Many persons, haying at this time more or less surplus funds, are seeking informs tion as to the hut investment. Railroad bonds, if well secured, are generally considered the best form of security now in the market. The Chicago, Danville b Vincennes Railroad, whose First Mortgage bonds are advertised In another column, seems to be the one which in vites the closest examinsUon, and grows in favor upon intimate acquaintance. In the • that place, the name of the General Agents for negotiating the Bonds is a strong recommendation. For forty years in Boston and twenty years in New York, W. Bailey Lang & Co., have been the agents of a number of the moat ex tensive and noted railroad Iron makers in the world. In that eepacity they 'hive acqnired en Intimate and practical' so qnaintance with every part of railroad building and requirements, which is I n in enabling them to judge beyond • question of the character and market value of any railroad work. They have; diming all these years of successful trade, been honorably distinguished as a house of sagacity, energy and integrity, and their unqualified endorsement of a rail road enterprise means that there Is no sham in , it from top to bottom. • • In' the next place, their railroad has some very strong and convincing advan tages.. It Is to be 140 miles long, ran.; nlng southward ; from Chicago through the eastern tier of counties In region with a large population a rich soil, widelyepreadlng coal fields, and rich deposits of superior Iron ore, all of which will find, in this road, the shortest and cheapest route to profitable market. The road will cost $4,500,000, and Is reasons-. bly expected to earn $2,600,000. More than $2,000.000 of capital stock has been paid In, and to provide the additional means required to finish the line, ;166 miles are already In operation), the Com pany have mortgaged their road (the Union Trust Company of New 'York being official Rqpiaters), to secure-the payment of First Mortgage Bonds , at $lB,OOO per' mile, the sale of bonds' to follow the completion of the mad; The bonds run 40 years, and pay 7 per eartt. gold interest, and any holder of Gov eminent Bonds may make a handsome. present profit by exchanging them; for the O. D. at T. 7.40'5, beside realizing thereafter the high rate of Interest. Al'ee bonds are Mimed, for the present. at it.S. and accrued Interest, at which price they, pay nearly 10 cer cent, and we are not, at all surprised at the prominence-which they have taken among railroad seemi. ties. THIC designs determined for , the new series of postage Stamps are one-third larger than the present stamps, and 'con- . sist entirely of profile baste, comprising, the heads of the following distinguished Americans: One cent, Tranklin:trt Barton, of the Prankllnlnstitate, of Phi ' adelphia; two cents; Jackson, by Powers; three cents; - Washington, by Hondas:. six cants, Lincoln, by Yolk; ten cents - ,, , Jefferson, by Powers; welve cents; Cla' by Hart; fifteen cents, Webster, by. Cusp , coder; twenty four cents, Scott, by Col*, thirty cents, Hamilton, family bust; forty, cents, 0. H. Perry, by Walcott. - ' 1 lIELP: - NATURP.` DISTRD.OI; lthig nese of DR. 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