( Continued from first page ) t,mt of industry. In this respect our 'lotion! svstem is -wholly deficient. It turns out lawyers, doctors, preachers and rrofcional men in superabundance, while there is a startling dearth of intelligent fjrinetfS manufacturers, miners and mechanics. A few of the States have started forward in the cause of industrial education, by introducing into their public schools, and providing museums and schools cf doHzn. The large and varied industries of Pennsylvania demand a similar liberality. The Centennial year has brought us the opportunity, and placed the material for be-riuning at our disposal. The Geological Survey of the State has collected a "mass of specimens, which is now hid away in boxes and wholly useless of being a source of instruction to the people." The lYnrv sylvanii Museum and School of Industrial rt, modeled after the celebrated South Kensmzton Museum of London, has secured Memorial Hall in which to form an art library ; special collections, illustrative of industrial processes ; and a thorough system of instruction in the arts of design as applied to manufactures, accompanied by general and technical lectures. In this, they are about to place the nucleus of a collection gathered in the rich field of the Cemtcmiial Exposition, intended to pro mote the improvement of American in dustrial art. I trust these efforts will not escape your notice. Some means ought to be devised to make available the rich collec tion of the Geological Survey. And 3011 will no doubt seriously condsidcr whether in the case of the Museum and Industrial School, the State ought not to extend a hand to place upon a firm foundation a work of so much public utility. IIIS.OTUAI. rL'DLICATIONS. The Ceiitonni.il celebration has attracted particular attention to State history with the irratilying result that this Common wealth has not been behind others in pro vi'Jinz liberally for the preservation of its tru:1 sources. The twenty-nine volumes of jl.coivis and Archives (1031 1700) published under the supervision of the late S. iiiiad Ua.ird. the five volumes of Hates'' Iit.-rv of IVnnsvlviiii'u Volunteers (1S01 ISo.')) an 1 the more recent publication of fjur volumes of a second scries rf Archm contain a large bodv of valuable inateri-ils, bv that !)io;iii- placed beyond the p"-ssib:.!iry of d.-trrttion. Th labor? ; UiC u :.'. !.. i ui i ennsyivanin in tiiis o::v( i !:). are worthy or especial ii:tii.e. Lis well nv.:nag'd publication fund hu cositributod to bisroiical resources, the (' o n s! ! !.'!! e of lVtm and Logan ; the Jli.v'.i v. by Acrelius, or our Swedi.-h set tlers upo;i :ho 1 'hiW.ne bclbr the time of 3 Vim : I i'.'c'x. -welders' Indian Nations, and the Historical M.ap of Pennsylvania, pub lished in lTt. ;f.,log:cal xr.r The Hoard of Conimissioiier3 of the fve"'ud tJeolwgieal Survey" of Pennsylvania will inform you of the progress of the work, aJ the lu!i:is Lieeiuea necessary to com- :e it. rr m3 surinise may be expressed t i iiv.x tiie amount shouM so far exceed tny jrijiii-d es:i::i .t-s ;irid the additional sums .-.Irci'ly aj-projiriated. Hut the work is. ll'i fi-r.l.'i. boin:r thorouirhiv and economi- u-s-. and, if finished, will be of i:r.ui!i ;! v.1 s "i vi.-e to the government and p-.!.. I laving been bgun, the Survey .;i.dit certaina! the be satisfactorily com- i.i-.d. Wirii t!i present trained corsp o f-.irvevors and assistants, the work can be expensively and more perfectly !!.;sM it ill-'C nuiiueu and commenced anew t! 1, ?'e f som. years. The IJoart .r-l-osfj.l ssiii-3 moditicatioji in the law .atroiling the distribution of their reports 1 ask for some disposal of the specimens C-i.iif 1 1 ted ;v the Survev. 1 trust vou wiil s :e the wi-dsit:! of "-r:.!iti:i- their rconst an'l p-osiiiag a suitable )!ace for the di.-- v,y ' the1 collections. The propriety of cte:; .i'.i t-tate aid to the United Mates Coast S irvcv, in its triangu'ations of the ;ate. lu. already been referred to in form-- ia. s -::-is. At the ..resent rate of rr-sjrress k ii-.kc. r eiJi.T -.s, twenty years to com- ;eto it. Ail appropriation of three thou fan J uuhars would enable it to e pusned rward wit irreat rajiidltv, and materiailv 1 th surveyors iu their labor. NATIOAL GUAKD. A maeu larger militia than the paesent frcc has always existed uii pnt.cr, but the people of the State, before this yc never able to judge of its real strength and availability. J lie policy of the present adnnr.i.-tration has been to cut out all inefficient organization, and while reduc ing the cost, and nominal numbers, to in crease the t'libetivencss of this necessary department. The aim lias been to make a Ji'ill, compact, elacieut body of troop.? that could be quickly called together, and con iuently relied upon in an emergency. The Homf t rcsj.oij.se of the soldiers on several important occasions, and the numbers that assembled in the Centennial encampment a:id participated in the parade, are evidences cf the success of the policy adopted. Out of a muster roll of S70 officers and S,U'J0 enlisted men, 7,301, rank and file, took I'trt u the military demonstrations of the Ceutennial year. (lonwidprin" the voluntary n j jad other causes of enforced absence, the wrge attendance is in itself a most convinc es proof of tiie spirit and patriotism of tae troops. The year has afforded an excellent op portunity of comjaring the militia system Pcnnsylvynia atvl its results with those of other States. Opting the State much jess in pr p' rtion to its size, I thiuk it may safely asserted that it is very ruuch; Kuperiur to any other in the pr portion of elective troops, and especially in the feel of professional pride aud patriotism that it teedg to develop. Every year, the decided inip.ruvemeut of the National Guard has attested the wisdom of the change in the law, and the salatary influence of the support and encouragement of the people, ft is to be hoped that the valuable services the troops in preserving the peace of the late, and the soldierly qualities shown on ln.sT'e,-'tion, in encampment and ott parade, M.j , ke,-P ave public interest, and remove locling that the svstem is one of merely ostentatious display aaruco. r oi tiie service, and that the men sore all the expenses, except transporta 11 n, tne exigencies of business, sickness LAWLESSNESS; ' Although the peace of the Common wealth d tiring the year has been unbroken, I feel it my duty to call your attention to the plan for providing against future con tingencies set forth in my last annual message. Such emergencies from time to time may be considered inevitable, and in spite of the fact that much has been done within the past year to break them up ad discourage their formation, organizations may continue to exist whose lawlessness will require more than ordinary measures to repress. To devise such measures will be a matter of ordinary wisdom, and to provide them, a precaution of common prudence. Theoretically the sheriff is clothed with the power of the county. A pleasing, delusive phrase "which keeps the word of promise to the car and breaks it to the hope." The posse comitatiss is the rem edy of a warlike age. In these days of ex tended industries and complicated social re lations, with all their pacific influences, it is painfully inefficient. At all times the fears, and frequently the prejudices of a community in which disturbances occur, prevent the decisive action of the sheriff. It is at the best opposing mob to mob. Re sistance to law, or S3'stematic violations of it by large bodies of men, can only be sup pressed by an organized force. Such a force the State has in its militia. But to bi effectual, the demonstration of military power should be overwhelming and there fore targe. A hundred policemen or con stables organized under the command of the sheriff might supply the place of a regi ment of soldiers. The frequent use of troops has ever been distasteful to a free people, and while casting an unpleasant duty and delicate responsibility upon the Executive, and causing loss to a large num ber of peaceful citizens called away from their usual avocations, entails, likewise, an enormous cost upon the tax payers of the State. And there is always more danger of bloodshed in employing troops than in the use of civil power, ror these seasons, which have acquired additional prominence in the light of the unusual military ex penses of 1ST."), I am constrained to press upon you what seems to be an adequate remedy. The sheriff is the representative and in strument of excutive authority in the coun ty. In the discharge of his responsibility, the Executive has a large, well disciplined bjdy of militia at his command, v.diile the sheriff is left with one or two constables and the rude machinery of the posse Coinitafis. It is true, he can call upon the Hxeculivc fbr assistance. Hut for the rea sons set forth above, it is advisable that the necessary support should be of a civil rather than of a military character, aud prompt ness is always essential iu dealing with law less men. The proposition I have to sub mit to your honorable bodies, is the pas sage of a law which will enable the sheriff, iu troublous tim .s, to organize a force com mensurate with the opposition to be over come. A f iree that may be called into be ing at the beginning of an exigency, con tinued while it lasts, and disbanded at its close. If, when the sheriff calls for ai l to suppress riots and unlawful assemblies, or to protect the people from systematic mur der, arson and intimidation, the proper authority could empower him to enroll a constabulary sworn into the service of, and aid by, theeounty, many disturbances which now demand the intervention nf the mili tary could be settled by civil process. Troops would then be necessary only on the gravest occasions. Hut such crises would onlv occur after an honest effort had b:-cn made to suppress the outbreak by the local authorities, and not, as now, after a few spasmodic efforts which are supposed to exhaust a power which is in fact scarcely seen and never feit It is the more important that your at tention shall be civen to this because of the growth of lawlessness in our national life We rejoice in the fact that we arc a law abiding people, and we have, in truth, a substantial b i-is fgr our pride. But there is in every civilized society a lawless ele merit, and courts and police are at once thc guards and measure of its force- During the past decade these lawless characters have been receiving a dangerous education They have seen, throughout a large section of the country, systematic intimidation in which the perpetrators of murder, arson and innumerable crimes against persons and property, have escaped with impunity, and, in too many instances, accomplished their ends. They are incited by the probability of like immunity and the hopes of like suc- cess to pursue the tame metnod. as a counterpoise to thc dangerous education of thc times, I earnestly advise the formation of a civil svstem which will convince thc lawless classes of the futility of all such at tempts. A power that will be prompt and effective, that can be directed at once to the threatened locality and crush insurrection before it gains standing and momentum. PENITENTIARIES AND PRISONS. t the last session of the Legislature your attention was called to the overcrowd ed conditon of the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia. No action vras taken there on, and during the ear the inspectors were seriously embarrassed to provide for the criminals consigned thereto. The institu tion has 580, cells, and there are now in confinement 'J 14 convicts. Of this number 2.5 are confined on sentences under two years, and 703 for two years and over. The . 1 v . 1. 11 1 law requires tnau eacu prisoner snau ue kept singly and separately at labor iu the cells or worksnops of said prison, lhe Constitution prevents the inspectors from contracting for additional buildings with out previous authority of law. They are therefore placed under the necessity of violating the statute in one respect, by re using to receive prisoners, except as vacan cies occur, or disregard the law as to thc mode of confinement, in order to receive those sent there by the courts. I respect fully urge upon vou that it is time to re lieve these gentlemen, whose admirable management of the penitentiary is a matter of notice at home and abroad, from this un pleasant dilemma, aud enable them to carry out the law in its letter and spirit, and thereby secure the advantages of the sys tem of discipline, which are now in a great measure lost. The remedy is to be found, either in building another penitentiary, or in extending the accommodations of those already in existence, and perhaps in reduc ing the number of convicts authorized to be sent to the State institutions. In the course of time other State prisons will be required, since it is generally agreed that there is a limit in size and numbers beyond which a penitentiary ought Dot to go. It is not advisable, nor is it necessary, at the present time to incur that expense. I, therefore, recommend that authority be given to the inspectors of the Eastern Peni tentiary, and funds be appropriated, to en large the accommodations of that institu tion to 7S0 cells. I also recommend that lhe law authorizing the courts to send to the penitentiary persons sentenced to im prisonment at labor, by separate and soli tary confinement, for any period not less than one year, be modified, so as to permit those only to be seut there who are sen tenced to not less than two years' imprison ment as above. The increased capacity would at once give reuef, and operation o the proposed amendment, within the year remove the pressure from the institution Such a course would also tend to induce the counties to erect proper and substan tial prisons. Many counties now have such prisons, and a glance at the reports of the inspectors will show that fewer criminals are sent from these counties to penitentiaries than from others. The counties whose jails are reported first-class by the Hoard of Public Charities, are Armstrong, Clarion Clearfield, Lehigh and Potter. In Berks Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Craw ford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware Fayette, Juniata, Lancaster, Luzerne, Ly comidg, M'Kean, Mercer, Mifflin, Mont gomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Warreo, Wayne, Washington and York, the same authority report the jails good and substantial, al though some are small. A few counties Greene, Monroe and Northumberland, are now building new ones. Any legislation tending to hasten the action of the balance will be to the benefit of the counties an the State. The reformation of persons con victed of crimes of a venial character wil be sooner attained in a community where they are known, and when they are spared the deeper disgrace of penitentiary mi prisonment and separated from the hardene and desperate characters who will be turnei over to the care of the State. Whatever action.is taken, should be taken at once. The trouble is constantly increasing.and measures should lie devised immediately to relieve the penitentiaries from the pressure of an over population, winch impairs their cm ciency and endangers the security aud safety of their inmates. BOARD OV PUBLIC CHARITIES The annual report or the Board of Pub lie Charities wid place before you mucl valuable statistical and other information in regard to the condition of the various charitable, reformatory and penal institu tions of the State. Much has been accom plished during the past year in the correc tion of abuses stnl lingering in some of the county institutions, by the assistance ren dered by wise counsel and judicious en courageincnt to those who are endeavoring to improve the condition of the unfortunates intrusted to their care, and by a caret u and discriminating oversight of the manner in which the funds of the State and appro priated to public charities, and expended bv them. A marked improvement is ob servable in the general attention paid by the local managements of almost all grades of institutions coming under the jurisdic tion of the Board of Public Charities, to a strict economy and a care over the various clasps of inmates more in accordance with thc a(lVance,i view3 of our modern civiiiza- tion. The benefits of an intelligent, ex perienced and disinterested supervision, such as is afforded by the Board of Public Charities, which were very imperfectly un derstood at first, have come to be more and more appreciated by the local manage ments of public institutions, and it i.s a mat ter of sincere congratulation that a growing spirit of confidence and co-operation is clear ly perceptible as the work of the Board ex tends itself. The cost of managing such a State agency, trifling as it is, becomes whol ly insignificant when compared with the large saving of public appropriation, and the constant improvement of the State's care of the defective and criminal classes within its borders. fish. The operations in the Fish Department during the year have generally kept abreast of the movement in other States. The Commissioners have employed the means given them, in distributing and cultivating new tribes of fishes, and in purchasing, on reasonable terms, another extensive hatch ing establishment west of the Allegheny mountains. The State is now in possession of two establishments of the kind. Thc lishways continue to admit shad in large numbers, but they cannot as yet be said to have reinstated the fisheries above the dam As there is no physical impediment to the fish passing through them, the failure is as cribed to the natural timidity of the shad. the predatory fishing of the rivermcn and the deposit of detrimental substances in the river. The neglect of the local authorities to enforce thc appropriate legislation, or, possibly, some inherent defects in the laws, seriously embarrass the effort of the Com mission to stock the waters of the State with food fish. The results in other States and the partial successes of the Commis sion, with all the drawbacks, have fully proven the feasibility of the scheme when properly supported. Thc importance of an unfailing supply of cheap food calls for an energetic and systematic effort to re-stock the magnificent water courses of the State before the attempt finally abandoned. INSURANCE. I desire to repeat and emphasize thc en comium of last year passed upon the In surance Department. The labors of this Department, though arduous and of great serious to the people, are of the quiet and unobtrusive kind, which escape publicity and are too often passed over without credit. It performs a work of great utility, not only to the public, but to the responsible companies as well. By exposing fraudulent companies it increases the field for good ones, and saves the public from loss by an nually informing them of the character and standing- of all insurance companies, foreign; and domestic. To do this it must cftcn contend against combinations and cor porations that are intent upon private gain at the risk and expense of the people". The Department is a most important one, the interests it serves and protects are vast, and it should receive, at your hands, cor dial support and proper attention. CONSTRUCTION OF" PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The recent holocaust In Brooklyn is a terrible reminder of a subject that has been frequentlyagitated but never sufficiently in vestigated. In the lurid glare of that sad experience, the laws relating to the con struction of public buildings and places of amusement of public buildings" and places of amusement ought to be examined. If found to be sufficient, measures should be taken to have them vigorously enforced. If found to be deficient, ample provision should at once be made to prevent the re currence of such frightful calamities. The law should be largely in favor of safety and security even at the expense of private profit and convenience. It generally happens that a great parade is made beforehand of the means of escape until some sacrifice re veals their utter inefficiency. Such mat ters cannot safely be left to the discretion of individuals but must be controlled by a power having a supreme regard for the public welfare. It is better to err on the side of over-officiousness than that hun dreds of our fellow creatures should expiate our irresolution. NAVIGATION OF OHIO RIVER. On April 27, 1870, I had the honor to call your attention, in a special communica tion, to the necessity of legislation by the State of Pennsylvania, to provide for the cession of jurisdiction over land within the limits of this State, required for the sites of locks and dams on the Ohio river, in the prosecution of improving the navigation o said river by the National Government. In accordance therewith, House bill No. 270 was introduced but no final action w; taken thereon. The act should be passed promptly, not only out of respect to the National Government which is voluntarily .1,.: 1. . .1 C-. . uiuui; a ivuih. oi great utility to me otate but on account ot the great important o tue wort itseit. STATUARY". By the act of Congress of July 2, 1SG1 the President of the United States was "authorized to invite each and all the States to provide and furnish statues, in markabl or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown, or from distin" uished civil or military services, such as each State shall determine to be worthy o that national commemoration ; and when so furnished, the same shall be placed in thc old hall ot the House of Kepresentatives in the Capitol of the United States, which is hereby set apart, or so much thereof as a national statuary hall, for the purpose herein indicated. Several of the States' have availed themselves of the invitation and caused to be erected, in the Capitol at Washington, statues of their illustrious citizens. I do not doubt that it will be your pleasure to select from the long list of the famous men ot this Commonwealth two, whose lives and services commemorate great events and great principles, and pro vide for placing their statues in the Na tional Capitol, to remind observers of the part that Pennsylvania his contributed to the greatness and glory of the nation. MUNICIPAL COMMISSION. The Municipal Commission to devise plan or plans for the better government of the cities of the Commonwealth, created by the act of May, 5, 1S76, has been ap pointed and commenced its labors. The great quantity of material to be digested and the necessity of an exhaustive discus sion of thc subject will probably delay its report until Jate in the session. A deep interest has been manifested by the people in the work, and it is hoped that the wis dom and experience of the Commission and of the distinguished citizens whose views will be laid before it, may devise a plan to relieve the cities of the State' from their heavy burdens, and suggest a municipal policy winch will make impossible the ex travagance and mismanagement that have characterized the last decade Among thc many miscellaneous subjects which will claim 3our attention during the session, several seem to me of more than ordinary importance. The destruction of the forests of the State, proceeding with an alarming rapidity, and producing many ill consequences, should be neutralized by some legislation lor renewing this great source of prosperity and health. The poll tax throughout the State ought to be equalized. The exemption law was passed for the protection of the wife and family of the poor man, against his misfortune or folly. If he can waive it, it is a simple nullity, and a law that is only a mockery to those it pretends to protect had better be removed from the statute book or amend- d. I suggest that a waiver of the law be made impossible. Thc conviction is steadily growing among intelligent men, and es pecially physcians, that a State Board of Health is nccessrry to the health and hap piness of our people. Many epidemics can be prevented and contagious diseases sensi bly confined or mitigated, by the observ ance of a few sanitary precautions which are now ignorantly or wilfully neglected. It is our duty as legislators to secure the ives and health and happiness of our peo ple by all the means that the knowledge and ingenuity of the age place within our reach. A State Board of Health, having general supervision over local boards, in vestigating systematically and scientifically, and disseminating correct information, would inculcate proper habits among the people and enable intelligent and salutary a ws to be framed for thc preservation of ife and health. CENTENNIAL The Centennial closed amid general com mendation. Nothing can be conceived more admirable than the temper in which it was undertaken, and the manner in which it was carried out. la sixe, interest and attendance-, it is admitted to have surpassed all previous exhibitions. Many things con tributed to this signal success, lhe co-operation of of other States and the United States and the cordial good will of foreign nations materially aided the' enterprise But the main cause is to be found in the -il l I untiring energy ana real, the pruderies,' judgment and ability of the distinguished managers, and in the unexampled libcr'adity and hospitality of the people of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. Throughout the Exhibt tion the utmost good order prevailed, and its associations have powerfully strengthen ed the reciprocal good will of the nations of the earth. The results have been great and far reach ing. It has deepened and widened the public mind at home, and contributed to a better understanding and higher opinion of our nation abroad. It has been an exhibi tion not only of the material products of our institutions, in the necessities, comforts and luxuries of civilized life so lavishly dis played, but it has also shown the mental characteristics which are at once the source and security of thc same institutions, the patriotism and liberality, the love of law and order, and the superior average intelli gence of the American people. It has brought the work of our people into com parison with that of civilized nations, and in summing up what we have done has dis covered to us the direction in which we must proceed. It has crowned the century with unalloyed satisfaction, and we can en ter upon the work of the future with the confidence and hope derived from the pro gress of the past. PROGRESS OF THE CENTURY. The past year was the centennial of the State as well as of the nation. It is na tural to review the progress of the century; to trace the rise of the useful and orna mental arts, and to mark the changes that have taken place in society. At the latter part of the eighteenth century the province contained about four hundred thousand in habitants. Thc population scarcely ex tended beyond the Susquehanna, except a few settlements that straggled into the wilderness and held a precarious existence amid hostile tribes of Indians, and the diffi culties of communicating with the more populous regions. The people were chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits ; a few in thc east were manufacturers and merchants, and the rude distilleries of the west turned thc products of that region into merchan dise. There were faints traces of the min ing, manufacturing and lumber interests of the present day, and only a suspicion ex isted of the incalculable treasures buried in the earth. The means of disseminating in telligence and knowledge were scanty, and while the higher classes were educated and refined, illiteracy was common among the people. A hundred years have wrought a wonderful change. The population has in creased ten fold, the area under cultiva tion a hundred fold, and wealth almost be yond comparison. Thousands of miles of canals and railroads intersect the Common wealth. Immense mining, manufacturing, agricultural and carrying enterprises give employment to the toiling millions of the State. All the products of the earth are within our raach ; fuel and provisions are brought to our doors ; gas and water in our houses, and the news of the world of yes terday is laid on our breakfast tables in the morning. Thousands of schools and col leges are scattered over the State, and the post is burdened daily with millions of let ters attesting thc general diffusion of know ledge. The people are more intelligent, freer and happier ; more cheerful, tolerant and liberal. The charges of modern de generacy arc refuted by the clear testimony of a hundred years. The cant of politics is a wilful perversion of the truth of his tory. Comparing 1S7G with 1776 itisap- parent that we have advanced not only in population and wealth, but in freedom, in intelligence, in morals and in general wel fare. PERIODICAL DEPRESSIONS. " In common with other ccmmercical na tions we have had periods of depression That these have caused by public and private extravagance and are no. proof of tiie corruption and degeneracy of the times is easily shown. The aggregate taxes of the United States are less than those of any other nation, s'ne) the percentage of thc cost of collection and the los3 to the Treasury through defective laws and dishonest ofh- cials is less than theretofore. If the amount per capita is greater than formerly so also the relative proportion of capital to each inuividual is greater still. Uther nations prosper under greater burdens ; no good reason carr be given for a different result in the United States. That the people spend more and live better is undoubtedly true Such expenditures are not hurtful unless they impair the' principal of the nation's wealth. If the purchase of luxuries is ruinous in itself, then the purchase of any thing beyond bread and butter and coarscs clothing is ruinous also. Nations, as well as individuals, ought to live within their incomes and save wealth fast enough to em ploy the natural increase of laborers. With in that limit comforts and luxuries are the just rewards of industry. As the capital accumulated since the war and invested in extending old industries and starting new ones i3 amply sufficient to employ the labor of the country, the cause of hard timos is evidently not the extravagance of the peo ple. The capital of the country ha3 not been wasted in riotous living but U looked up in unprofitable enterprises. Over-pro duction, and not over-consumption, is the cause of thc stagnation in business. The war, for the time being, changed the entire industrial relations of the country. The demand for some products was enormously increased, and the industries supplying them ecame very profitable ; capital flowed stead ily for some j'ears in that direction, and the result was an abnormal growth ot those in terests at the expense of all others and in creased production. When tho war ceasid there was in certain industries an enormous production- that could not be absorbed by a- Kjaceful community. Capital sought, an outlet by projecting new railroad enter prises and other improvements for advance of the natural growth of the country. For awhile there existed a period of intense ac tivity and apparently of extraordinary growth. But capital invested in unduly inflated industries will in time become un renruncrative. When that happens those industries and the interests connected with them will wholly or partially fail ; the capi tal, or so much thereof as can be realized, must seek other investments and the labor engaged find other employment. Hard times are the period of inactivity consequent unou the re-adjustment of these relations. a 1 1 J , . I A-ny legislation tending to maxe. toia re-J adjustment easy and expeditious will hav9 the effect of presenting panics. Instead of simply attempting reductions, which, sveu if advisoble, would not have accomplished the object intended, Congress should have devised measures to release capital frcru temporarily unproductive enterprises, to as sist labor in changing to other fields of operations, and to foster, encourage and pro tect the neglected industries of the country. Such legislation would go to the foot of thc matter. For such legislation we must depend almost entirely upon the National Government. It would not be proper for trie to refer to the subject except that our State policy must also accord with correct principles. By encouraging the closer-cd-operatiou of capital and labor, by creating new industries and diversified interests, so that proportionately hrrge amounts of capi tal will, not be fcuddeirfy transferred from one to the other, nd by establishing sav ing funds, such as have been feeommendedy whereby the savings of the laboring classes will bo made absolutely" secure, much can be done to prevent hard tidies ami mitigate their evils when they come. CONCLUSION. On the whole, a candid review of th situation Will justify our hopes and awakcz our gratitude. No mn can regard tho satisfactory growth of his State without feelings of pride and thankfulness. No man, certainly, can undertake to legislate for so many millions and such vast interest without a sense of dependence and account ability to God, who has guided the Com monwealth to greatness and prosperitj', through the vicissitudes of a hundred years. Invoking His blessing anl guidance, let ua then address ourselves to the task of re trieving past errors, perfecting past efforts and devising just and salutary laws to as sist the people in their further progress. JOHN F. IIARTltANFT. Executive Chamber, ) IIarrisburg, January !i, 1577. j All the News! The Philadelphia Times, A First-Ciass, Independent Morning Newspaper, Universally quoted a? the ablest and best newspaper ever published in Philadelphia. It contains all the latest news, including the Associated Press Telegrams, Special Tele grams and Correspondence from all points of interest, full and accurate ' local reports and fearless editorial discussions of all current topics. It is a first-class live newspaper in every respect. The Daily Circuiation2 of -a "THE TIMES" m exceeds that of all the other Philadelphia Morning Papers combined, with one excep tion. fS?" TermH, including postage, S3 a Year, or 50 cents a month. Addres "TIIE TIMES." Times Euilding, Phila Jan.l, '77 Happy New Year. CORNER STORE! O. Bu Andre & Co., C. E.. Andre & Co., AVILL OFFER FOR THE NEXT SItTY DAYS, SIXTY" DAYS, THEIR ENTIRE STOCK OF Dress Goods and Shawls, Brcss Goods and Shawls, AT COST, AT COST. Come for Bargains. Come for Bargains. CLACK ALPACAS, BLACK MOHAIRS, BLACK CASHMERES'. AfermocS redifced from $1.00 to So cents. Cash meres reduced from 60 to 40 cents Cash meres reduced from 1.00 to 80 cents. "We have made a general reduction"in the price of all oirr goods, giving an opportunity to any who' mar dsire to purchase at the Corner Store. C. R. Andre & Co. STROUDSEURG, PA. January 4, '77-tf MONROE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE Stroudsburg, Pa. The second term of this institution opens on Tuesday, January 2d, 1877, and continues twelve corsecuti?e weeks. The object of the In-viitute ia : First. To furnUh a thorough and practical education for the ordinary pursuits of life. Second. To prepare young men and ladiea for the higher instructions of learning. Third. To. aJUwv.1 those desiring to teach the advantage of preparing themselves at or near homo. For further information address GEO. a KUNKLE, A. M., Principal, Stroudslmrg, Monroe Co., Pa., or PuE-fr. J S. Kohleii, Stroudsburg, Pa. References: Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, Hon. John B. Storm, Hon. Jesse Kennedy, A.O uirsiinaiu, .J. vUpt Dec, 21, 137fl--et uit-iwaiii, ,i. wppenzaiiei:.
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