Should, iftereferr. certain kindsof tonnage he; and the natural /dements of pr0 . ..p1.:4 ate tie
ftnproportv oppressed, the Nettie with the tom- l less than heretofore. , It . in the shadow, not
pany, eat in the kw. And surely it'wiil not ?, the substance that in oassinglitray: The bus-
be contended that the protection then thrown r iness community should look the danger brave
around the work', In tinneressnly; so far Irene ily in the lice, and by their eiterAy s honesty
thin. the wisdom and utility of thin lecture of ' and enterprise, Overcome It. ' Memel confi- 1
the company's charter has already been made denco and ferheareneu should ho cherished by
et tnifest , rite very exigency anticipated by . all, an a means of eccomplinheig this desire
the beginlatare has nrincin the coin plaid no of , hie mid,
the railroad ht-ideality seriously. (At by the, In accordance With the proviskiiit Of ii iste
main line. Relieved from this restraint, but iti l pa.A.l ii April. last, a vote of lib- Truffle wee
too vim 4eartion of time carrying tulle would he, ttliem et the October election;on the policy
left for that branch of 04 4mprovementS, Mos iof prohPrifinu the ma nufteldre amid sale of in
will it he contended that tint Cominterrocmlidel seriestimy liquors; 1:i..4,510 votes were east
.
dues ii.oi titled - the sourest ofrevenue. iin favor of the measure, anti 163,510 vents
(ant viewed, alone, al :II 11/11tti4 111IPPPA11ha' to i 1101114 it.
ulna owners and trana t ehtere of tonnage, what ' ' The propt riqulation of this subplot great.,
guarantee ormald•ne Adduced, werwthis tax ta• ly er,.,neerns, the moral Weldhle oi 9 10 .Pd9let ,
Lon on None whatever. 'rite company would and sot that rea , ..M will claim pint ' itieueus i
r h stge an dlerexedbre,. and thus 'realise the ur.nsideranion..-Porttites tin oilier nnltal.,TUes - i
mwiltet of ilfii - ttax•iit datltlition tre their pretWin l' eon within, tlie. range of your authority: so,
prafiin. If mill should riot do this.lhoir at. , deeply interests the people of eiverY elMoi. race ,
ti m W.1111 , 1 Juror front,that of abetter corpet7.-' an- condition: Indeed, the onniodertti Use
tints un,letLilltit oireumeteneea... Rot to adeait ol intoxicating dritike is AA evil 'that , 'hie '
i 4
whit in cldittted::thava reduction in the e'en! , left ita foil lit every vicinage. ' Its pro.;
gen nf tratininittiition to atemilar extent, Would gress, fortunately,' hen been steadily resisted
aka plare.; If meat b.' perceived wroth' , iltipli- itv ilitlividitals end SOCieliew. who linear employ
ram the loan' to the Stele; Int , she, would not ed the power of truth and reason evilest it,—
Only therettylene the amount I,f the three mill -. Menu efforts have done Much, nut may do
ir,x, bat beildeprived of a very Large portion of More hereafter to mitigate the evil. Avoiding.
tonnage whlelywould be attracted to the romps- all vexatious ell:e(03011111elltI4 upon • thh right,'
nv's road bYthlf reduction in. the rates of troy- and, privileges of evert; cifexe'n. there i.e cle a rly
partatitm. "ltieltre thus brought to the simple HQ reason WilyAlly,llltrUelleeola will designed
lerptiry, whetheeilienSteteeliall Tonle this val. law, regulating !sild restbaniiiit the Pale or
la stile menthe; to miliett she it, no jusily entitled, i Minnie:llbn; I blown,. 'Blllllllll not he brought
or whethet'afie 1411:111 give it to the railroad colts- to rho Ind of these individual 'Otitis. Al
PleY• MI/ 4 ' eertsinlY the latter alternative though' the votes of the people would seem to
shoithl not bti'ltdolitatl, go longer the qoestiee indicate their aversion to the particular int's
ef selling the'Sultetropreveinente remaing - uu. site of *storm proposed, ti 14 int tube interred,
decided. -."` ' ''-', ..;,-•' --- for that reason they are everse
„to nil attempts
As at piere reventifernMalltV, this tax con• at reformation. Such. en inference, I inti eon.
stitutt , s an important 'end increasing item in fidentovoeld nut. ue n trio, iehection of their
the animal recelPts of the Tremeny. In the ofili tli n e n t g . So far ho lt ; this, they 'acknow.
Year d l s3'. it Set mntod to th" ROM 01 $74,000, ledge the existence of the ovil and the necessity,
mini fOr tire year'lBs4, to $131,000. . of. proper_remediess, Our present license
Thattitit' entenet will be materially inereas- laws..to this end, might,.in my, mpininn,, be
rd herrallit is self evident. If this 'moonset usefully revised -tam object orood! ~teviston
item he witlidravin from the sinking fond, there twios to' lessen the wive of lowthporithoo,,-
will be biAtlittleleft to sustain its operationa. 'that' th o s e l aws nee d ansd, ,yr,virtioe. Is eon.
I ant Ware thud these 'viewe may he met ceded: So fat its 'relater' to the city of Phials
with the nrgument that trade end delpitia; they are peculiarly preiudicial tit pub•
commerce - should net be thus hurthened—that lie n an d 's; an d see m to h a v e hen. cons tructed
the elreallt rriodlielsl to the hoeiness of the to pro Mot- the • convenience ol drinking, far
Slide. Tllle is IMO to a certain extent; and murn.than_ is
restrain its evil ounnequences.—
should havilts:foil weight ill the adjustment The subject s worthy of your early and deli's
tit .it question - of this char:toter• tlut it artil erahrisonsideration. . . . • , , --; r - - -
scarcely becontended that trade and commerce The report of the. Superintendent will et
ild it ,d 11 '-ibutiens from s bibit to you in detail, the operatione of the
slum. .is sustained by contributions ..-...
needy Treasury. On this principle, it could
a. reasonably he nutintained that the State
sheet(' Mike 'no charges whatever fur the use
of her own works. ,
The administration of Gnvemni Shank com
menced the cancellation of the relief issues;
an 4 that of my immediate prnteceartor arrested
the prate**, leaving 1it650363 00 of this un•
sightly cereecy in circulation. In the sprino
"of 1853 1 the! palicy orri.ncellation was again
resetriedi and up to this date, $485,3f14 Si
have been received into the sinking, fund, ap
plicable , tn' that inditurte, leaving the mentor
PQM Of 8151;774 le, to provide for. The geati
fyicg fart is apparent, therefore, that withoet
ally. further leinalation on thin stilijent, the en
tire outetanditig balance of relief notes can be
withdrawn from circulation and destroyed du
ring the current year.—lt is true that thee.
Lours lime not come into the Treasury an
rapidly.. f at the funds fur their cancellation
have adeontulaled. and that, consequently, a ,
pardon nfthe 11.301ptS have net beer. invested;
Lai ibis difficulty will he obviated in June
nett, when , the law will go into operation
which fothids the banks tied reeeiving officers
of the Coniinonw,ealth to pay out these issues
sad reqnires' them to be presented at the Treao,
ury for - Cancelletion.• 11'e shall, therefore,
sotto seethe last oi a currency which has pol•
bated the chnimels of circulation for thirteen
years paid; and I trust that the lessen thus
taught has heen quite sufficient to %twn us
against= similar errors in all tune to come.
y opinions or, 'all questions that concern
the currenity,' have been so often expressed,
VIA 'they inust be well known to the hegiala
titre, and'need not be given, nt length, in this
coultuuniention. Without, at any time, at
smiting that it would he wise fore this Suite.
rnpardl'r}ss'of the policy of other. Common
wealthe;Cto dispense suddenly and entirely
with bilitikaUf issue, it has been uniformly held
that the amount of banking capital 811 a basis
for paper:circulation, should be closely limited
to the urgent wants of oainmerce and trade.
if the eep4iierice of the country is worth any
thing st all, it has 'demnristrated the cermet•
hems of this polity ; and that the use or small
bank notes should he discouraged and forbid •
den. liii ectiordance with this view of the
subjedt; I'have,' on mud occasions, refused to
sattetiiiii any , extensive increase of banking
• Every commercial country is liable to alter
nate seasons, of exciietneet and depression ; to
leriods of ,extravagant oyertrading, followed
ay icirioussevulsions.--'flel re-action now felt
is the inevitable, if ant the natural counterpart
or an endue expansion of ciedit. in the fonn
or bank peper,State and aorporation bonds And
individual obligations. In those States where
the free, or stuck-banking system had stimu
lated t h e expansion, the workings of the re.ac
d lion have Imen, disastrous. In our own he
leved,A:onittionwealth the shock has been sea
eifily felt, though far less severe than in other
pails - of the country. , — , Fler partial escape, it is
lotlieved, It mainly owing to. her prudent and
restrictive policy in the use of hank credit. 11
is, at.least,-very clear, ;hat had the free, or
stock diankitig plan, at one time so zealously
advocated. been adopted in this State, or had
our 'present systensbesn greatly expanded, time
politemor afftirt in our commercial metromi
ie would not have been so Javorable et present.
Mid the natural tendency to speculation re
, cei red tbia artificial, stimulant—the limits of
saleiy.-like the lessons of exPerience, would
have beim passed unheeded ; as it is, some
gteelmtert, in the pursuit of useful enterprises,
have been prostrated. It is ono it unfortunate.,
that under this influence, all must suffer alike.
Those who.profit least by the explosion, are
oiler". effected most by the contraction. - This
is 1114:M610y the ease with labor,
noir. windy' the last to be elevated in lianas of
proapenty, and the first to go down in those
of depression. The banks, as a general rule.
makethe most out of Chute convulsions. It
is urten.their error to items the merchant and
iratiet :when the tide of prosperity tuna high,
and te fursaktiltim nit the first appearance or
its ebbing.. Even sound banks and of. good
repine, it is 'aid. are seeking to make money
out el the.preatentoriain, by sharing their cap
ital and its benefits with brolmrs and jobbers,
instead of aiding the business comanunily at
iegitimate rate*. How far thele allegations
are 'warranted, it is, difficult to decide; but it
ie to.be hoped that few, if any of our banks
are justly liable to this charge, for such a prac
tem would be highly improper, and well cal- .
colitis:A to excite diicontect.. Such a departure
front ,legitimate business would demand a
prompt. remedy at your halide. It may be
difficolt to eonfine these institutions to then
limper Ittediwre. with the prospect of better
profits in other quarters ; but they should be
med. to feel that they have berm created fur a
illititeS4tarpose them merely to enrich the stock
huldess.., • .
1)0 Millis is a trying one; lint there is still
reawanitolive that tee credit end trade of the
country, will sever suffer as-much as it bus
done' oat" oceasions, in times past.—
Thaw is now no National Bank. to mislead
the. mercantile rimis4 and to eashatraes the
comatose* which it professed maid. Still the
rime* ,will-be great enough to lead the public
min* tanitsmuire after a remedy for these pert.
edmi convulsions. And. surely. we may he
perialitteak to.hope, that the reel sense of the
peopith will never again be imposed upon by
/ 4 090•OfOdO.fispetitotints which have, on;sotne
fuela-Miterions, so fearfully aggravated the
*vita titer were intended to remedy. I mapect
fisltinlaitat the General Assembly against ill
oveJl lsrtiatents. The remedy, to be want
he.ratt, WMet. lee Wen! one; unificial means
m. *4 4 t present ilemageozeuta ; but cannot
.'worretd Mein, Au extensive increium of batik• ,
ingicapitid and outer expedients wilt, doubt. ,
letto,;10 1 0 pliMmad !anon your attention; but it,le
• - hoped thed. fleet** fallacy may dad favor.—,l
thrm ui settlelent reason for the alma).
.ikur) scataltivrtems manifested in certain lieu
uNi; the awl wyelkii of the cooutry still exists.
.... to you in mum, ..... , .
Common School System fer the year just lor who sin because of the utter want of moral
closed; anti 1 respectfully recommend the egg -hold mental perception: who do 'wrong, rather
geations of that officer to run careful consul- than right, because they have not the power to
elution. ' . - • • distinguish between them. 'For such unfurtr
The general law of 113e9; with amendments nate beings, the House of Refuge possesses' the
mid modification's, was roonntlelml by . the last advantages of restraint and correction—with
Legislature. The most materiel pans of the moral and intellectual training. as well as of
old law. which were omitted In the new, were instruction in the usual pursoits oflife. without
i lie glib -dist Viet, the endow tiieni, and sectarian the disgriee and chill ing influence of prison con
feutures. • The former wite-rejeeted because of' linemen!. The results, theretore,oftenare, that
The eneeeesaare nutiliPlle 4 llnlin i nitcot w . IliCh Its Minato% go back to society, cured all moral
it authorized, and the. eotiltiet a hick perpetual• defection, and coinpetent to fill the place of
ly Arose hetweep the coin meta's - and directors: correct and useful members of community.
and the latter. because in tnantfest, hostility 'to During the east entrituer. the magnificent
the true intent of the Common School system. structure erected under the supervision of ate-
These provisions which .seetned to contemplate fai n benevolent gentlemen of Philadelphia, as
a separate echuol establishment'. tinder teeter- - I a new House of ,Relnee, was, completed and
ian patronage.although controlled by the Com- thrown open to public tnepection. The capac
' mon Sweet( directors, were ertgliettly engraft- ity, Otdee. and arrapgements, in every partici'.
ed upon the acts of 1836 and ttiele, and were ler;of this edmimble building, are fully equal
again re-mimed in 1849. They • were very to' the deeign of its fotinders. It le an honor
properly stricken from the Hystern by the law to them and en ornateent to the beautiful city
of last session. • teliould efforts be made in in whielt it is situated: and its good effects in
the future, at dinner innovations, come whence I future, under the same systematic and, wise
they may, it is:hoped 'they may' he' pioteptly !discipline which so eininetnly distinguished its
rejected. The aytenin tube iffectital, tuust he past' management, will not be readily over.
stioople end uniform in its opertitions.. Special rated.
legislation; inconnistimt with the general leWs The western Houk of Refuge, siteate on the
applicable to psrtieular localities or distriets, hankteirilfeHttid river; a short distance below
to answer twopenny er ,partial, ends, elwaYs j Pittsburg. I am gratified to say. is also corn-
has, and always,will euitiarrass ,the ad minis- ! pleted' and ready for Minutes. Though less
tratioe of the general eystetn, and skink! fur lim po•ting, as to size and, capacity, than. its
this reason, be care folly nvoided, , The' inn- stately compeer of the emu, it possesses all the
rity of its forma. not lesa - than the, means to !ordertu
tinny of space, and'perfect adapta
setain its operatioons, ehou Id be consteptly I lion t oe purposes designed. that character
maintained, and sacredly . , cherished by the I ize thore costly, structure et Philadelphia;
government. - . . land it hi also believed to be'quite adequate, as
A now feature•in the syetern, adopted in the to size,lo present wants, while it is built with
law of last session. mewing the office of Coen express reference to; future additions, should
ty Superintentleta s hits nut, ne yet s been fullY'they become necessary. - , . .
tested; and there evitheaSy s exists suture diver- ' Neither utothese Weddings nave. 1 presumes
shy of °elide') Be lit the wisdom of She - pro'= been erected witlismt, involving their,projec
vision.. It re alteady 'very ohviouti, at Wee', tors in pecuniary liability, and perhaps loss.
th at itrt beneficial working 4 MUM d'ePewl main. t The entire State hes a deep interest in such
ly upon the oharacter el the agents selected I wnly itieritorioee instito dons ; and whatever
to carry it bite operatiee, Competent andirelief can'he given to them by the Legislature.
faithful Su perin m teedesmay prod nee the leonstatentlY with the condition of the !Freese
happiest results ; es lam the egeney of the Iry or our publieengagentents, should be cheer
ignorant nr inefficient will he *mended by'the fully extended.
reverse coutiomneticet. le miler to give this , Fite interests of Agriculture are ardently
new feature of the law Wetir trial. it 4'll be lemninendeif to your care. Extensive and en
„,,,,e„,,0y,, therefore. for the dirprquiB.l,l time t i entetie efforts have been recently made to die
respected counties, to select euperintenolents o seminete correct ineinnation concerning'this
with sole reference to, their edaptation to 'tile ! great pursuit, and In this way to. confer. upon
duties of the, spleen.;the lathier the advantages • of a scientific as
Of the many olattacial l in the . way of the well its-regreatly refined, practical understand
complete success of our Common Scheel sys.” ing of the noble pursuit to which he is eli
te/0, the one most pretninent 'mei' most diflicult'l gaged. oo
t o remove , i s the want of cum patent telichere. I . The ,utifite of a :College, devoted to the
In some communities. I regret to say, the esessl scimme of agriculture, with a model tarn °t
win has fallen inte s compartoive ineffichuiejst taelletl•L;.W herein the principles of a scientific
because good treaters cannot he found ; and . cultivation Of the soil, end manual Mbar in
i n t ai lors , the m ost v e eteiune eunsequeneeee that persnit, would be , joined to the Wiled m
imeo arisen front the esn &toy went of the dee ladenocal studiew—has been strongly pressed
epee Hind incompetent. Nothing cotild'exer. !upon tiny, attentionesil is believed that such
cite a more prejoulichilinfluence ; indeed, toe lan institution can, be successfully organized,
tween a very . had teacher and 'none at all, the, undeethe auspices of the State and County
latter alternative nitget. in -Many illetatiewe he I agrleultel t el 40 cielies•
Preferred. 'Fliht defieitemy is clearly main,' The practice adoeted and maintained by the
fest, and hard to °lodate. Souse of the' best I Met General 'Aseertibty, in reference to omni
minds of the State have• heen occupied nod" : bus Mined special legislation, Man improve.
perplexed with it; and until recently no genet : . ; inent of such value as oto commend itself as a
al and practicable phut for, its removal, had ! . settled . rule; ant i 1 confidentlyrtrust this sale
,
been devised. . tail precedent may nut be disregaided.
The plan of granting panne tient Prefeeeten - Obsculity; entifitatoe and inaccuracy in
al certificates, by officers skilled in the art or t h e eomorticison,ol - our laws. inrundi
upon
,
teaching, end eminent in literary and scientific ' . ;.,.,. ,;,,1„. .„4 „,„.
u ti d co n t
eireiiieittii to teachers W 1.9 `eidetic! wily e t— ..5
.'"
...
-- es et s r ' - cur orat e
" ct i • ' •• ' o ' ' ' i nit .' privileges e litigntion and confusion to the
past a 'thorough examinatioe, Mt the Sew
hi:lnches of study. w e'd, the s ot or May. lees, interpretatiott.of our statues, have been the
requiem to be taught in every district, tied al. : fruits of a leelle,anit unguarded system of
so in the art of teanhing—is already obviated! t m ! legielation, ' , The evil has been, one of 'the
t frellting decided imp:ovement in thlt!rogar regar d, 'grea tes t and the r ernetly should
:
and it i* believed will do touch towards elaeleff be cherished with unyielding, tenacite
the profession upon a high and live baSio.-- ' Special I eglelation has so Bui e to rteoros
Norval schools, it is urged, could in addition, :
i , •
men. ,,
or suetain it n peincipte, it is our ,
to some extent supply the deficiency; hut the t
eroenses of such an institetion would e t , prieirtg it bus been ao Mug endured. •Al
hea ey.. , ' ,• r though. snitch Was .done by slim two pro-
Thu eouree of thi s difficulty ; it is 'afar, can t castinglegislatureo by general laws, to eb
be traced% in e great measure, to tfir went of a o state any'suppmed necessity for spatial
the public mind; of dia l ects; there still is much to bu n pe donned in
prover appreciation in
The
Pr 4..
"niiiia°
a re tu rn
general ti. laws a'
elle . be 1 9
position mid business of 'a teacher,. rn in ns onstue.practice.---
fession for oili:s reason. in aridition to this ab- 2 , i , 5 , A ,
Bence of fair tunapensatinn, hAli not been at:. It
"I
"eheYe" t hat
framed as to avoid in moat cases the neces
tractive. ,indeed, it ilea scarcely been regerd- •
ed as a profession in all, but rather as a pre- ' shy for special acts, and the proposition is
liminary step to sosm other pursuit. Well'most earnestly contended to youifaverable
directed efforts have i ecently been made to eimeideration.
change the general seutiuo,ent on Oils point. and ', The' munibue system-4 pernicious
I rejoice in the belief thief INese have not been' mo d e of le „ iwation . b .. ...,. h! ,
w lee time I.Bftit op.
in saw; and that the day is net 'far diluent, :„ u . 'e '
mate theesures, and and bad, are thrown
when the profession of teacher Swill he equal to '
one bill end Under one title
the aspirations of the meet an i tiiiietle ill Ma Nether 'le
was, I rejoice.to say, entirely broken down
people; ,wlten its distinctions, dt . :,inities and
pecuniary rewards. will , annulated the time ' and discarded by the last General Assenes
I and attention of the meet .gifted. 1 'tarn see bly. 'The volume of lame-for 1854 con
ntl reason why this foam of le sling ohm. d not rains, no acts of this"character. Each
I prevail ; why the profession of teacher ell le Id :•law entbraces but a single subject' and that
I not rank ill honer and profit with the 'other ' indirated by its proper title.
%learned professions; why the acieoce of de- l %is ' te • 55,1 lle e! sen ;
of • the act providing
refold ng the human i null lecte-of giving scope - -' 1 ' •
land force to mine—of elevating t e n moss ; Is e , I for the
. expenseisof Goyerpment for 1853,
!tildes of our race—of controlling the'pessione eutnorized and required the . Governor to
, and tempering the desires. should not be ex- sell. Om State arsenal at Philadelphia. and
' teemed as beetle as those profeseions and 'apply ,the proceeds 01, stich sale towards
callings, whose ornaments have received all the purefrase of adothet site and the trec
i their 'capacity and pellet' at the hands of
CAWpant ire tam
tion of a new, building; and restricting the
ti ly humble and illy rewarded
expenditure tothe sum received for the
1 1 earnestly recotumend the common school old property. ,
_The beilding and lot were
I syetem to your gintrd inn wire, as the . In n s ; sa ,, readily sold for 430,000.. The selection
Icred Mall our institutions. The ofrspting of of a new ,location,
: and the , erection of
a conetitutional injunction on the --- L ltalature — another • building, presented a far more
; the intention and perpetuity or its usefulnees,
its Political e s equ ' ole t o accomplish
difficult task. I readily, discovered that
ie the plain duty of all. Resting . at the very
the: sum thus appropriated was entirely in
foundation of the government,
workings should be a true reflection et our 're-the end in view.
publican system. end its blessed opporunities'
'Fite prise uf a similar location would leave
Made aesiluble to all, tegardletis of rank, or but aeneagee sum with which to erect the
eonditimi s or pereuaition. It should aid Om huildieg. Under all the circumstances, I
poor, advance the rMis, and make the ignorant have not felt authorized to attempt to car
ry' mit the law, and would respectively
1 confidently . Anticipate. for it, a • day of ""
greater perfection and wider Linilnence.° 'No " t i e° the PrePriet'Y of teerettele g the e i t.
better object mu engage the attention of goy; :1"0"9" heir ilib'Pe.rPeeee . o .
aliment, or collimate its means. than the ed. "•-. flue report of "the presen t able and en
eesoloo o f the peuple in th e . um; comare e r O. ergetic Adjutant General will inform you
sive sense of the term ; embracing the use of :
lettere, the cultivation of the moral faculties,!
and the diffusion of elitist:tin truth. In this
we have the surest guarantee for the perpet
city cf our republican, government, and for
the enjoyment of civil liberty and religious
freedom. Such an education may be safely
claimed as the moat potent means of 'prevent.'
kg crime—of ittereautngintlividual happiness
and national dignity—of promoting chrlatiani
ty and civil's irinn—of extirpating moral and
political evils—of clove:tog, dignifying and
adorning oar social condition.
Our various charitable and reformatory insti
tutions—au creditable to the State. and which,
in their practical (maleficent,. have dorm too
much for till relief of suffering huniartity-4rill
claim the continued care and bounty of the
Commonwealth.
,• The. State, Lunatic Haapital at Harrisburg,
under its present efficient control and manage
ment. meets the just anticipatinns of its wise
and beneettlent advocates. lis humane and.
benignant Agency in ameliorating the condition
of the.unforturiale class for whose relief it was
'designed, can be judged by no ordinary stan
dard. The benefits of inch en institution rise
above all mere pecuniary estimates. Its pur
poses add retie t Isemsel ves to the heat and noblest
filellogs of our nature, and can only oe rated
nt the price of human hope and human reason.
• A souewlrt dissimilar, though not less mer-
Iterious Inutitution has recently been establish
ed 'in Philadelphia, for the mental training of
Mei/Hole end the Imbecile. 'lle astonishing
• results it has already achieved in developing
and invigorating the weak and clouded Intel
lect, should secure for it puhlic confidence and
patronage, It commends itself to the bounty
. and cure of the State.
The institutions for the education of the Deaf
'and Dumb. and Blind, will also need. as( they
justly merit, the usual annuity &our' the
State. They are in a flourishing condition, and
continuo to bestow numberleis blessinig open
the unfortunate beings committed to their
charge..
As a scheme for correcting and reclaiming
wayward and offending youth.the llouse•of Ref
ug!:t stands pre-eminent; and ia, eyei7 where
• gaining public confidence. Its general influence
upon this class of erring creatures, is far mere
effectual and humanizing than that of the or li
modespf punishment. It tikes charge of
those whose offences are often the re - sults off
cirCurnstauces rather thirri - Oriinitiat intent; who.
fall by the influence of bid example, of wicked
association.•of idle habits or animal necessities:
of the condition of the military affairs of
1110 State. Thin depatanent of public af
fairs. I regret to say, Ise been ins con
fused and declining erndition for several
years.
The public Libitrianhas called my at-
tendon to the fact, that'he law teporis of
twenty-two other Stateihave been :egoist
ly received by this, and that no provision
has ever been made on our part, to recip
rocate this mucosity andgenerosity. 1 re
spectfully suggest the popriety of author
joint some officbei of de Government to
procure the necessaiy copies of the Penn.
sylvanir reports, to supply these • States
who have so generously added to our li
brary.
The registration irt.l respectfully sug
gest, haat essentially failed to accomplish
the end designed, and should be repealed
or attended. A record so incomplete and
imperfect can do no goad, but may really
do harm. It has slimily coat the State
about 525.000. to which there must be an
nual additions. Tlie object is a desirable
one, but I am confident it can never be at
tained by the mode antemplated io this
law. It isa subject of onstant complaint
by registers and physicians, and only such
registnltion is made as is compollowy, in
order to legalize letters of Administration.
By the 07111 section of the appropriation
law of last session, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth was authorized- to con
tinue the publication of the Archives to
the year 1790. Under this authority. the
selection of documents., flom 1783 to 1790.
has been made, and !hix path volu me. con
mining this matter, will Se ready for distri
bution before the close 3f the session.—
Two additions! volume. will complete the
work as origin Ily desigied.
The councils of Philadelphia, by an or
dinance passed in Octobir.lBs2., dedicated
the necessary ground in liitlependence
Square, to the erection
,of a monument
commemorative of the declaration of inde
pendence. and tentleredpie'p 3ssession of
the premises to ilia' repirsen ta.tives - of whit i
or more ob the original ttatr
Since that time. the Sates .11 - New Yori..
New Jersey, New [lamps:hire, Ritod e
Ornmeeticut. 'thrirgia and Pentis!.l
- have signified diet; willingness to .ac
cept lite proptiiition oft Ito t.aring indicated
by the councils, mid to:par ticipate it. this
patriotic work. .Deliws re, Maryta.nd.
Virginia. anti the two 7 3atvlinas, have ta
ken no action on thwsutiei:t.
I cannot refrain from wain expressing
my unabated solicitudefmr the success of
this movement. ' If Aunt ican !notary fur
nishes a single event war thy of coommem
oration by . a mottutrient,l he Declaration of
Independence is ithat event. h moral
grandeur it is without a pa.rallel, sad stands
above all others for the.tnighia- influence
which it has exerted u p.m the ritfittcal, re
ligious and social condition of mankind.
It has beensaid, it ushered in sinew mem
ber into the family of it:Zionis. sad 'electrifi
ed all . Europe. It opened new wevelations
of liberty, and changed the relations of
people and government, by teaching the
one how to resist and comezer the oppres
sion, and the other iliti absistwe necessity
to its own continuaricti, of recognizing and
reipecting the rights cif humanity. From
that time forth, a new, vital and quickening
spirit has pervaded thOwnrid. Thrones
have been shaken, es. wires bave been over-
unied, societly has I Ten , entivulsed, bhio
and carnage have tieliolated she earth ; but
still the intelligence and voids of the pea
pie of all Christeneittsii Itat+een so vivified,
and grapanat. irclii4COnitiriltenlllo
uf their rights, a* never be obliterated
or forgotten. but w advnace, enlarge and
,increase, until that 1- lora end social , prep
aration fur the appre , :iation and enjoyment
of liberty shall be e jfe -, etd. which in the
divine economy. is a.) indispensable to the
,perinanence ul free it tatiliusions.
As the third genes - moo of that poster
iiy for whom them m of the revolution
chiefly labored, and a offered and died. it is
peculiarly fitting 111 at- we should erect
such representations d their great and con•
trolling acts as shall Speak to our own
hearts, to our own cluildraes hearts, •and
shall testify to God and the world,that we
appreciate and reverence. sod would culti
vate and disseminate, dry mighty truths
and principles which brought our nation
into existence,. which constitute its very
life, and of which it :seems designated by
Providence to be—die special defender
and protector.
I believe we !should:have a monument
to perpetuate the remeniliranee of the great
event, from which such manifold and •in
eatimable blessings have sprung ; some
imperishable memorial of our gratitude to
the authors of the Declaration of lode.
pesidence--to the heroes who participated
in the mighty struggle ; an enduring wit
ness of the great things done amongst us
and for us ; an embodiment of the origin
and principles of our -government ; seine
distinguishing mark of the place of a na
tion's birth•; a cenietrated temple of lib-
erty, about which tinhorn generations of
AmericUns may meet and renew *their as
surances of fidelity to theprinciples of the
Declaration and to their natural offspring
—the Constitution and the Union. lam
for ttis work most earnestly, and I Artist
that Pennsylvania. will 'not permit it to fail.
but that it may be pressed upon the alien
tion of the original thirteen States, until
each and all shall evince a willingness and
detennitattion to .participate in the erection
of this glorious SitUell3o. To this end I
respectlully suggest to The General As
sembly the propriety of again calling the
attention of the original States to the sub
ject, by resolution or otherwise.
In closing my last communication to
the General Assembly, and terminating my
official relations with the people of my
native Commonwealth. I may be indulged
in a brief and general reference to her
present proud position as a member of the
great family of States, and to the patriot
ism, integrity, and general prosperity of
her citizens. The advantageous geograph
ical position of Pennsylvania, with a fine
harbor open to the Atlantic, and another
Connecting her centrally with the magnifi
cent chain of western lake navigation—
her long branching rivers, spreading their
arms and arteries through every portion
of her territory—Ml added to her fertile
soil and exhaustless deposits of valuable
minerals—present a combination of the
natural elements 'of greatness, scarcely '
equalled in our own or any other quarter
of the globe. These have made .her an
attractive field for the science, industry
and enterprise of man ; and all her natural
advantages have been cherished and culti
vated, until she has reached a condition of '
varied wealth and po . shire prosperity.--
Her system of internal improvements will
safely compare with those of any sister
State, whether in regard to completeness
in construction, or the extent of country
which they traverse. Nor have the high
er hopes of humanity been disregarded by
our 'Lawmen, and the people at large, as
the liberal provisions fur Cumtion Schools,
Academies and Colleges, and our numer
i ous crowded Churches. attest, ; while, at
the same time. the various Asylums for
the insane, and for she unfortunate of all
classes and conditions, and Houses of
Refuge for the relormatien of the way ward
and erring, silently, yet surely, bear wit
ness that the• cause of of benevolence has
always found effective advocates within
her borders .
physicalln improvement and popula
tion her progress has been steady and rapid
In the day s of Governor Snyder, the erect
lion of a Fridge over the Susquehanna ri
ver, and the construction of a turnpike
road, was the , subject of executive exulta
tion. and a matter ot congratulation among
the peop'le. Now her whole surface is
checkers d over with railroads, canals,' and
other hi ghways. Then the whole reven
ues of the State amounted to but $460,
000. - Now they exceed five millions. Of
the lon r large States, her per centege of
increas e in population, since 1840, is the,
greater it ; and she ha& besides, excelled the
best it f her sisters •in thee production of
when t, iron and coal. Her population
numbers not less than two and a half mill.
ions- —nearly as large as all the States in
the time of the revolution. The present
vale a of her real and personal estates ez
ceet Is $850,000,000. Herannual prodire:
tine t of coal is worth. in the market, over
twenty millions. Her great interests of
agriculture, manufactures and commerce,
are rapidly extending.
She has. in addition, a history, of which
w e may well be proud. Within her lim
it s is lound the birth-place of indepen
.?letico—that sacred spot where was first
declared those great truths which lie at the
foundation of American nationality. In
the maintainance of those truths, she bore
a glorious part. Her contributions of men
to the field. and money to the treasury—of
talent and wisdom to the Congress of the
Colonies, were not surpassed by those of
any .other State. It was her sons who
I crossed the Delaware in the tlntil of winter,
under the lead of Washington, and for a
Lima turned.the title of war. Again. in the
struggle of 1812, for the rights of Ameri
can citizenship, and iu that of 1846, for
American honor mut progress, she contrib.
uted with a profuse genermity. The con
test Rummest her sons was not as to who
should have- the right to stay at home, but
who shoved have the prtidege of going
into the field. Bearing this• honorable
part in [linnets of foreign ways—she has
had a no , leas enviable participation in al
laying domestic strifes. Whenever the
exigency seemed to 'require it, she has
stood firmly by the Constitution and the
Union. and ever contended 'for the rights
of all sections of the country, and all clue
sea and denorchiatione of the people.—
Such is our State. To live and die with
in her 'baits, and to have borne evens very
humble
_part in her civil service and in her
history, I shall ever esteem as a proud
privilege—one that, as it draw* nearer to
its close, swells my heart with gratitude to
her people, at the recollection of the numer
oua proofs of confidence I have experienc
ed at their hands.
The fullness of my exultation in the
character and happy condition of our be
loved Commonwealth, and of the grati
tude I have expressed, leaves no room in
my bosom for even a lingering regret at a
decision of my fellow citizens, which is
soot) to relieve me from the cares and la'.
bora of a public life. Its transient excite.
%eras have already been-forgotten- and
is atiemmone - forgiven. I shall
resume my place in the ranks of the-peo
ple, with a calm consciousness of having
alivays sought to advance their beat inter
ests to the extent of my ability ; and of
never having yielded my convictions of
right. either in subservience to any selfish
purpose, or any narrow or unworthy pre
judice.
Having adverted to various subjects of
congratulation, in regard to the public
affairs of my own State, I may be indul
ged in a brief reference, also, to the hap
py aspect of our common country. and the
elevation it husreached among the nations
of the earth, iu the light of liberty, and
through the workings of its benign insti
tutions. Who amongst ns, and through
out this broad laud, does not experience
at this moment, and at every moment, in
hittown condition, and the condition of
those who surround him ; the influence and
benefit of our happy Union, and the well
considered compact by which it is sustain
ed. A basis of calculation, exhibited by
past experietirle, will give our country a
population of thirty millions, in less than
tee years from the present time—of eighty
millions - in thirty years to come—and of
one hundred millions at the close of the
present century I But mere numbers are
of no moment, compared with moral ele
ments, in's 'widen's greatness. The vital
strength and stability of the United States,
as a people. consists in the substantial in-
Wrest which each individual has in the
permanency of those glorious institutions,
which were baptized in the blood of our
revolutionary struggle, and banded down
to us as the sacred legacy of our (Alters.—
Peril, or destroy these, and we peril or de
stroy the share of sovereignty and equality
which they were designed to secure, alike
to the richest and poorest, to the highest
and humblest in the land. The experience
of more than three fourths of a century
proves, lam persuaded, that the American
people, in the main' truly appreciate the
beneficent structure and beautiful opera
tion of our American system. We have
been assailed by an insidious and open
hostility from abroad, and have at times
before the present, been encountered by
both the conbealed and palpable spirit of
faction at home'; yet the constitution still
stands as widely and firmly rivited iu the
affections of the honest masses of Ameri
can freeman, as atany former period of our
history. . •
The more fruitful sources of our nation
al prosperity. undoubtedly consist in the
freedom, industry and intelligence of our
peo2le; and in the, rich natural resources
of our country, united to an advantageous
commercial Intercourse with a warring
world. But there is one element which
we would cherish as more potent than all
these : it is the protection and encourage
ment afforded by the union of the States,
under an adequate and stable government.
To this and the virtue of otter: Wane, un
der the smiles of Heaven, we are more in
debted as a people, than to any other cir
cumstance or relation. No one who has
studied our history, and marked the spirit
in which our Union was formed, can avoid
the conviction that our government so far
as concerns the stability of this confedera.
cy, must be one of opinion rather than
force. Borne in compromise and concilia
tion, it must be cherished in the same spit.- I
it ! it must present itself to every member of
this republic
,in the . welcome guise of
friendship and prote ction—not in- over
bearing pride, or as wielding the strong,'
arm of power.
We have before us the plain, written
compact of our fathers, to which they re
flectingly subscribed, and so bound us who
have succeeded them: Its blessings and
its benefits have been felt throughout long
years of unexampled prosperity. If we
would change any of its provisions, let us.
with at least common honesty and manli
ness, pursue themode of amendment
Pointed out, with admirable precision; in
the noble instrument itself. But until
this is done, those amongst us, who, from
whatever motive, or under whatever pre
text, either openly repudiate any of its
plain provisions, or, covertly retreating
under the cloak of a secret organization,
seek to violate its spirit, or avoid coaipli
ance with its clear behests, dishonor the
faith of their fathers, and deny their Dian
palpable and solemn obligations. Enter
taining these views, how can any Ameri
can patriot regard, with the least degree of
complacency, the continued and embitter-
ed excitement of one'section of the country
against the domestic institutions of another;
or the more Teeent organisation of secret
societies throughout the lluion, based upon
doctrines of exclusion and pretiOription
utterly at war with our National uud State
constitutions, and obnoxious to the liberal
spirit of American republicanism F What
admirer of the venerated fatlierof his coun
try, but must now feel, with resistless
force, his solemn warnings against secret
societies for political mgt's, us placing a
powerful tngine in the hands of the selfish
and designing, and enabling them not only
to acquire power unworthily, but also to
sap and destroy the most sacred principles
of our government T
In these reflections upon certain politi
cal organizations, if 1 rightly comprehend
my own motives, I am actuated by no
mere" pirtisau hostility or resentment.—
Were Ito say less at the present moment,
I should stifle my clearest couviutions of
right, and shrink from a duty I owe to
the people of Pennsylvania who have so
generously sustained me in various public
relations in the past. Nay, 'more : I
should, by silence in this regard, fail prop
erly to reflect that constancy and unswerv
ing faith which our noble Commonwealth
has ever evinced towards the principles
of our national compact. in reference to
the freedom of conscience and universal
religious toleration; and also to the wise
doctrines of popular and State sovereignty
and the inherent right of self-govern
went.
During the brief period which remains
of my official term, I shall readily and
cheerfully co-operate with the General As
sembly, in all proper measures to advance
the public weal; and I earnestly knoske
upon our labors, and the labors of those
whe. may follow us in our public vocation,
the kindly care and keeping of that Great
and Beneficent Being who holds the des
tinies of nations, as well as individuals, as
it were, in the hollow of his hand, and
without whose continued smile there can
be neither national or individual pro's
peaty.
WILLIAM BIGLER.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
Harrisburg, January 5,1855.
Rome lotoilelated with Joy.
The Univers of Paris has received and
publishes the , following telegraphic account
of the result of the Papal Council, held at
Rome:
-D00t0r03001.0,--10114 • oTho-Pope offici
ating et St. Peter's has promulgated after
the Gospel (at eleven o'clock y the ex ,
pected decree. The Immaculate Concep
tion. is declared the faith of the Church,
and iwhoever denies ti is a heretic. Two
hundred Bishops were present. Never
has such a multitude been seen. Rome
is intoxicated with joy."
The Reeman's Journal, the organ of
Archbishop Hughes, publahes a letter
from one of the Prelates of the Council,
which says the discussion lasted about
twenty hours, and four sittings at the
Vatican. •
The same paper has a lengthy artiele
on the subject Irons which we annex the
opening paragraphs:
"The glorious news has reached us that
on the Bth of December, Pope Pius IX.
of immortal renown. in presence of the
Cardthals and Princes of the Church, de
clared it an Article of divine Faith, that
the Mother of God, our Most Blessed Lady,
,was conceived without Original Stain.
He that has ears to hear let hint hear
He that is athirst, lot him leuve of waiting
beside dry und broken cisterns, and make
haste to this City of God, which is made
glad by the torents of a river flowing from
the living fountain of , waters.
The doctrine which is now promulga
ted as an article of faith, and• which hence-
forth it will be heresy not to receive, has
long since 6een believed by all pious
Catholics, but this dogmatic definition of
its truth and character is a favor beyond.
It has given joy to the whole world and
is it too 'whit' we expect croon it the
pacification of Cm nations, and a general
prostration .of 'heretical and persecuting
forces'?"
A MAN DEVOURED BY Hoag.—The
Bingliampton (N. Y) Republican of the
29th ult., gives au account of a shocking
accident' which occurred in Orange town
ship, in Schuyler county, and which re
sulted in the death of Charles Sprowl.—
He went nut of , fiis house for the purpose
of. Cutting fuel in the yard in apparently
his usual health, .which war generally
goo. • In less. than a half an hour his
daughter, on going to the door, espied him
on his back in the yard, dead ! and ihtee
hogs devouring him' around the head and
face: they mutilated him horribly, having
devoUred his nose and ears, all the mus
cles of his face, and almost all the scalp
off the top of the held. The jawbones
were entirely denuded, and also the wind
pipe, all the large and deep seated vessels
on both sides of the neck being torn and
devoured by the ferocious animals. He
could not' have been in this situation but
a few moments. as the blood was still
flowing warm from the torn arteries and
veins when found. The cause of hie death
is unknown.: He leaves and interesting
family and a large circle of relatiima to
mourn his untimely loss. . . ,
THE •FAILORE OP GEE. LARIESER, the
banker of Pittsburg, seems to have. caused
considerable excitement there. A number
of • suits, 'rime them for very heavy
amonnts, have been instituted against Gen.'
Larimer. and in the District Court on
Saturday an affidavit was presented ask.
ing that a bench warrant for his arrest
might be issued.
A few weeks ago the wife of Mr. Fa
nelli, residing in Loganiville, York (Ytun
•ty, gave birth to three daughters. They
are all "alive and kicking."
[ COMMUNICATED.
Pe!ohlbillon Meeting.
A meeting of the County Committee of
the frienus of .Prohibiting," was held in
the office of R. G. M'Cuasar, Gettys.
bnrg, on Tuesday Jan. 9M, inst.. when
WILLIAM YOUNG was appointed Chairman
and IL U. WeavArty Secretary.
The following named delegates were
appointed to the State Convention, to At.
setnble in Harrisburg on the
. 17111 ipst.,, i
with power to till vacancien,vis : HinrY
A. Picking. Esq., Joel Wierinan, Daniel
11. Markley. John o..lloughtellnAlgitan.
der Kotler, William H. .Wright. Aid Xi.
Markley, Jeremiah Diehl,Esq., Ammo W.
Maginly. Esq., David A. 'Buehler, Earl..
Robert Sheath', William B. Meals. Dr. ,;
John L. Hill. Samuel Duyborow.
Jas. G. , Reed, Esq., .R.• G. M'Crearsi •
Esq„ Maxwell Shields. William 8.. WI);
Ron. Abel T. Wright. William Wright..
William Morrison, Edwin „W.. Burblit,
John Diehl, Josiah Benner, James R. . •
Marshall, George. Flegcisisan, Esti., Joseph
Dosed, Samuel Shelly. John: Meteor, 2...
E. Tansy, John F. Feliy, Esq., Johw4' , 7
Dickson, Jacob (`over, Gen E. Brim/0Y
man, William King, Daniel D.. Ohs, J",
seph Kittit.ger. Robert IW.Curchr.
M'Cleary, (Freedom,) William 8., Bran
don. . . . .
The following remolutione were upon
motion unanimously adopted :
Resolved. That in the expression Or •
opinion giver. at the late. State election, •
we find nothing to discourage its in the el. •
fort to secure the passage of a prohibitokr i
kW, but on the contrary Wel '
one more vigorous and invited effortcm. -
part of the friends of thia.great,messorp,
cannot fail of securing a large popular ma
jori*v in its favor.
Resolved, That we are utterly opposed .
to ally special legislation an this anbject,.
believotg that any law of merely 'Most.
plicationlvotild lot IX ;fleeting 010 ea Peeta, .
lion of its friends, that inseparable
culties would be found in the way of
operation, that such partial legislation.
would materially retard and prejudice the
cause in a large portion'ol the State, and;'
that the true policy 'of the friends of prci
hibition is to demand and labor lot a gen
eral prohibitory law as the surest and moat:
effective mode of securing the final triumph
of our cause.
•
Ranked, That our delegate, to the
State Convention he requested to support
and enforce the views embraced in the fore
going resolution.
fiesolved. That we recommend to the
irk tide of prohibition thoughout the county
to agitate and disenss this meeinre in
district and neighborhood meetings ; es
we believe that 'much . of she opposnion
manifested towards it ts the result of mil
appeeh.ension of facts, and that a proper'
undemanding and duo appreciation of our
principle will insure their adoption by
I every intelligent, reflecting and welt regu
lated mind.
Resolved, 'That the several newspaperi
of the county be requested to publish. these
-
proceedings.
EBITOIIIII—On. last Monday evening •
I had the pleasure of witnessing the installation•
of the officers In "Adams Division Sons.of Tern.
prance." The ceremony is a very imp ing
one, and calculated to leave ...lasting impassion
upon the heart of the careful observer. The rib.,.
ligation, administered to'thedifferint OlSForilliet "
Wietnn, toriching, and beautifnl, The-nerensieny''
was Braced ty the presence of WWII illtllllll,
and gentlemen. who participated in the exercises
with delight. The Worthy Patriarch, installed,
Mr. William B. Meals, made a happy end beautiful
address, in which he spoke of the principlea upon
which this noble order is based, with deep feeling,
and urged his brethren to greater diligenoe in the
great temperance reformation... He was followed
by William (Jamphell , Esq. in an eble arid
eloquent manner. The speaker went Into/in . ex-,
position ufthe Act of Assembly in regard to , the
sale of spirituouvliquor. passed at the session of
our Legislature in 1854. and urged . upon hie
brethren their duty in seeing that the law is id.
gbily enforced. An temperance men it was their
solemn duty to lay hold of everything within their , ,
grasp, to advance this great morel inform, awl
sane their fellow-men. He believed if eve% rum
seller, who sold liquor to persons of 'known in- %
temperate habits, to'persons when &unit er ln.
toxicated, to minors, or for telling adulteriled 111 '
quote noxious and injurious to health, was , in- '
dieted, and made to feel the. punishment of the
violated law, it would in a great measure twee
tendency to break up the infernal traffic. He
went on to say, • , if the voters 'of 'Pennsylvania "
have decided to keep the monster amongst us. let
us make use of inch !swe e p we have.vrithin any
power, to curb and restrain him in his. onward
course, of ruin, devastation and death." The ad
dress was listened to with deep interest. Thus..
closed the ceremonies of installation in this noblii
order. We were. however;pained to see so feel'
in attendance. Why is it that 00 little interest
manifests itself 'amongst the citizens of Genre.
burg on this great queetion of Temperance. We
see our fellow-men day alter day visiting thegrop
Phone of the borough, ruining, themselves soul and
body, andyet we do not put foil) a single Wort
to save them. And we profew mho Curistians,
and yet calmly and composedlY look upon their
ruin. Day alter day rumwellers ablate she law.
and yet no one complains of them fear fear of
curling their di.pleasure. Oh I . it the v,irtuous,
'the moral part of our community would come up, ;
to the Wink as they ought to do, if the kW wee. :
enforced as it ought to be, whet might not be se
cumplished I There isLpfir men in society who.
is exempt from a certaia duty in this great '
and if drunkards go down to hell through his no" ~
elect sit duty, verily believe their blood will be
found clinging to the skirts able garrnentl in the
' lest day.
A BUDICRIBER.
A CHILD KILLED BY A IAT —A. Moat •
singular and Intel occurrence took plane at
the hone° of Mr. IL M. Morrie, at Rich
mond, Va., about two weeks since. ; ,Wei•
learn from the Poet that, about six months ,
ago, a negro women, in the employment,
of Mr. Morris, heard her child cry. In the
room next to. her, and went in to 'stet
whet occasioned it. She saw, as she en
hired the room, a large rat running tar
from the child, whb was lying on the
floor, and, upon approaching the infant, elle•
found a bite upon Its cheek ; it bled ‘Pro'
fueely. The Mother thought nothing or
the accident, and, about two weeksoinceii ,
was again called into the roots by theory-.
ing. of her 'child. Upon getting in, she'
saw a large rat leap from the bed, Indiia
king up the infant, which was about iivoll;
months old, she found that it had been se..!
verely• bitten on the mole of the heed,—.
No attention was paid to the matter, itv
consequence - of the trifling charsoter of khe•
wound, and a few hours afterwards , the
child died. ' Dr. Wilson),who had' the
,
case under consideration, gives it as his
opinion that the bite nosed death.
A Convention of soldiers of tho War a
1812 assembled in Washington city .
Monday lasi, the 8:h of January. Tim
objeot of the Convention is to induce such
legislation on the part of Congress, as ,will,
put soldiers of die war of 1812 on tbestipte
footing with regard to bounty lamb aF.
soldiers of the Mexican war.
flank words are like hailstones iu aunt+
mei., which if melted would fertillae.,thai
tender plant/ they batter down.
t conton;
'HIE STIR LAD BANNER
CIEVITSBIVIte"
FridO, Evdning, Jan. 12 1855.
- WOOD -WANTED.
We are out of WOOD,
and watitqsattie iiu i nediately. thiie
friends,-who , intend sending us. Wood, at.
tend tolt 41', lOW ? Don't, wait, on eaoh
ntlserAut.,ond it in. No danger, of too
usuoh,ooming—provided it bo good.
_ .
lipt , The s governor's lllessitge occupies a
large aptMelu togiay's paper. It is a lengthy,
document, but.will repay perusal. On the
wholet,` it ,is a pretty fair message. The
Goverrior gives 'a parting fling at the
Know Nothings, who weldn't vote for his
reelection.
0:73.1). McCort/wpm>, Esq., the ion•
ornry Se,oretarj fur ,Arltims, county of, the
"Cormiopolitan Art and Literary Aesocia• .
rvecives and remits subscriptions,
and fdraishes certificates of membership.
and distributes works of Art, Sec., to mem
bers. Persons desiring the advantage of
membership will r;nll' on him at his office.
Distribution on the 30th of January.
The mothers of the Gorman Re
!formal Congregation, in this place, re
.eeittlytuade a hundpeme dentition visit to
their janitor, Rev.. J. ZEloLVit—something
new in th►..se parts, but none the less cred
itable to the congregation; nor any the less
agr.a.:4l4 to the recipient.
We also notice that Rev. 11. JOHNSTON,
of the Presbyterian Church, acknowledges
the ieeeption of a "rich and beautiful Ri
ding Equipige, as a News Year's • gift,"
from a .umber of gentlemen belonging to
hie congregation
7The election 'for Proiident and Di
rectors of the "Gettysburg Railroad Com
pany," oft Monday last, resulted in the
choke of the following persons:
Presidimt—Robert M'Curdy.
Directors—Thaddeus Stevens, James
Wilson, Abraham Krise, John L. Tate,
John Mussel man. James G. Reed, Freder
ick Diehl, David McCreary, George Trone,
Josiah Benner, William Douglass, George
W. McClellan.
p'We are indebted to Hon S. L. Bus-
SELL for a copy of "The Constitution,"
. a od"411 er valuable-• Congressional docu
ments ; alsO to Messrs. M'CLEAN and
NELLINoEtt for early copies of the Gov
.relorti Message awl other favors. .
las..We notice that Mr. THOMAS Man
:MN, formerly of this place, has bought out
floe "Clinpn Tribune," published at
Lockhavert, (Hinton county, and will here.
after issue it under the title of the "Amer.
icon Watchman." Mr. MARTIN is a gen
tleman 'of tact and ability, has had consid
crettle experience in the newspaper busi
ne4ind,vrill publiah a good paper. Al
though Litton° an active and consistent
DegiOef4l., ha 'aitedUtieet hie adheeion to
the , outnicticau"- -Ilrganization, and will
:support the - following principles:
1. I:itte appointment of none but Amer.- Pit:tipsy:wised on American soil, to offices
.of public. mist
• 2. Such further extension of the !mu
biws as 'shall be neiessary to
..dimericsaire foreigners before they shall
be nuturegized.
3. Tate passage of laws to prevent the
importation of -foreign paupers and
4. Such.a , change in our foreign policy
as shall: secure 'to . our ,citizens in other
lands the •ssine rights of conscience and
sepulture :as .are accorded to foreigners
there.
15: The ipreiervation, increase, and ex
iention of our .free system of instruction.
.and its entire separation from Jesuitism.
8. Uncompromising "hostility to every
form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Oneenkofs Alumni Arithmetic, consist
ing mainly of mental exercises.
Graded". Common School Arithmetic,
for wore advanced Scholars.
Greenlee:l's National Arithmette. being
the third and most advanced of the series.
p - rWe aee indebted to the publishers
for (*pies of the above works, which are
based on the Inductive- System, and aro
cote ended. to the attention of Teachers
Ja u d Directors as an improvement upon the
Atitlipotics now in use. A cursory glance
at the 'arrangement inclines us to the be
lief that . their claims ere well founded.—
B> nett kuarc is the Agent for the pub
lishers,'
WI - Governor Pollock has tendered the
.oflicaof,Attorney General to Thomas E
Franklin, Dol l of Lancaster, and the ap•
pointatent has been accepted.
Prohibitory State Convention
will meet at Harrisburg on Wednesday
ue'ke r ilui Jay . !following the inauguration
4i : the Governor.
pr l :PTh'e inauguration of Governor
tUlte place on Tueaday next. A
grand inauguration ball bo given on Tues
day night, and the occasion will doubtless
be the moat brilliant witnessed , at the Cap-
UAL for many iears.
Ilir_leFrom the tone of the Whig jonr•
male Iro t reeeive fram Virginia, we infer
tlat The Whige, of that state will not hold
a 69iveution to nominate candidates - for
4ovinmr, kn. ,The contest will be be
!„4e peEp 9 orata and the Know Noth
ings
110"The' Pittsburg Union gams that a
dciiiierktion'Of Know Nothings, composed
019) . 0,040es from different sections of the
866 it'ilitt in' session in that city last weei.
a'heir deliberations had not transpired. •
.o*!l'here is .a rumor afloat that Joseph
whorl; the Democrats elected State
Trogiurer hest year, has joined the Know
Nothingi. In order to secure s re•eteo.
*fon. Itilliltartily save him.
ol e itt Th . ,' Brio Railroad Riots have broken
oat 'll4llVli' "
Legislative.
lic7The House completed its .organisa
tier' by electing the following officers:
Clerk—A. W. Benedict. of Huntington,
Alpiatant —A. L. , Hennerscholn, of Reading.
Tramcribing Clerke--.E. Cowen, of Warren;
J. L. Wrighhnver, of Barka ; F.. Smith, of Wy
outing C. tolaymaker, of Lancaster ; Wm.
W. 'Taylor. of Drums.
Sergeant.st•Arma--Bheehbaszar Bantly, of
Washington ; Awilitants—G. W. Fria. of West
moreland. A. J. Brower, Isaiah-Whitlock, Thom
,
as McConnell.,
Doorkeeper—John . J. Horn, M Northampton ;
Aesiatanne--Oeo. (PDonnel, or Cumber land; Jas.
A. Dean, of A Ile gh en y ' Daniel Negart, of Union;
Jacob A. Kenny, of York. 8a W. timith, H. B.
D. (him, Win. White, and Levi McCormick.
It is said that 10 of the House . officers
fortnerlywere,Demootats, and 11 Wbigs—
, oil now members of the "American" or;
ganization. A majority of the. Democratic
members of the House 'voted the
Know-Nothings, including WALT= Zito
(formerly of this place,) who. last
winter figured as one of the Democratic
leaders of the Ilousb ; also three of the
Berks county members, who were elected
by -8,000 majority. Is Know Nbthingism
I still a "Whig trick ?" -
I The Senate sueecded, on Friday, in
electing Wm. M. limena, of Berke,
(Dem.) Speaker, on the 29th ballot. The
vote stood—Wm. M. Meister, (Dem.) 15;
Skinner, (Whig,) 11; Frazer, (Whig) 2.
I I Music, (Whig,) voted for Holster, and
t Price, (Whig) did not vote, thus giving
tHeister a majority of all the votes cast.
The Senate subsequently proceeded .to
elect the remaining officers. G. W. Ham
ersly, of Lancaster, who formerly held the
same position, was elected . Clerk, over
Maguire, the Democratic incumbent, and
Henry Pettibone was re-elected 'Assistant
Clerk over John - K. Zeilin, the latter not
receiving Mr. Darsie's vote, on suspicion
that ho was a Know Nothing. The trans
scribing Clerks elected are Nelson Weiser,
(Dew.) and John F. Filler, Jolitt - lEwing
and John N. Kerr, (Whig).
Sergeant-at-Arms—Cyrus P. Miller;
Assistants, Win. P. Brady, John J.
Stewart.
Doorkeeper—O. D. Jenkins; Assistants,
E. B. Lylle. Geo. J. Bolton.
GEORGE H. BINDER, Of East Berlin,
came within one vote of being eleoted,As
sistant Doorkeeper. Darsie, holding the
balance of power, threw his vote against
every candidate suspected of leaning to
wards Americanism. ,
Senator Buckalew, from the Luzern,
district, has returned from his trip to
South America, and took his seat on Tues.
day.
In the House, on the 4th inst., Mr.
McClean presented the petition of Josiah
E. Eyler, for license to travel as a focit
pedlar iu the county of Adams. Also two
petitions from citizens of the townships
of Union and Conowago, in the county of
Adams, praying fur a repeal of the Act of
last session authorizing a State road from
Gettysburg to the Buck tavern, in the
county of, Lancaster, solar as relates to
the said townships.
Mr. MaClean also read in his place and
presented to the House an Act to repsal
the Act authorizing said road, so far as ex
tends to the entire county of York, and
the townships of Union and Cogowago, in
the county . of Adams.
lE3'lhe inauguration of Gov. GAttD•
NER, of Massachusetts, took place on Tues
day. Ilis Message is mainly devoted to a
defence of Americanism. Ho recommends
that all schools aided by the State should
use the same language, that all military
companies founded on and developing ex
clusively foreign sympathies be suppressed,
that the Bible should be retained in the
public, schools, mid every measure tend-
ing to the union of Church and State should
be opposed.
SerA bill passed tho House of Repre•,
sentatives of Illinois, on the Gth inst., re
pealing all license laws, by a vote of 51 to
21.
11C7"An anti-Know Nothing resolution
in the Illinois Legidature was tabled on
Monday last by a vote of 88 to 86.
leL. JAMES HARLAN,
_anti-Nebraska
Whig, has been elected U. S. Senator by
the Legislature of lowa. •
ICP.Mayor VOLTZ has been reelected
Mayor of Pittsburg by 473 majority over
Mottoes, the Know Nothing candidate.—
Voltz is a Whig, but ran as an indcpcnd•
eut candidate.
Mayor ADAMS was also re•elocted May
of Allegheny city over the Know No-
thing candidate.
BETTER TIMES.—The Now York
Mirror atter refering to the recent 'hard
times," and the indications of relief from .
the present preesure, suggests the Wowing
excellent. advice: ,
Without placing too much faith in legis
lation, we venture to suggest another act
to Congress, awl that•is the IMMEDIATE
RIKPEAL OF ALL DUTIES ON WOOL, MK
STUFFS, and all other raw materials used
by American manufacturers: - Then the
shuttles in our Woolen Mills will again
leap for joy, and the curse of hard times
will only be "as' a dream'when one awe
keth." •
In the meantime ; let all true Amerl;•
cans join hands, and !corm a mutton, whoie
cardinal purpoae shall be to Paorscrr
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS, by wearing
American cloths--eating American mood—
drinking American wine—riading Ameri
can bOoks—adopting American fauhions—
patronizing American artista—traveling
in American vessels. und living and dying
for AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
Ttie Missouri legislature on the 4th, had
seven . ballots for a United States Senator.
The last stood—Doniphati 54, Benton. 40,
Atchison 58, Wilson I—Doniphan voting
for Mi. Wilson. The Senate then' ad-
journed tiknext day„ The vote was ninth
ly a, party vote. •
TIER REFUSAL OF OUR IVIEDIATIONo-. 4 .11
it stated that the French Minister hat inti
mated to the President that his goterninent
did not desire our mediation in the Eas
tern war.
BURSTING OF A MOUNTAIN.—T/1 0 Fort
Smith Herald, of the 16th ult., says that
a mountain about fide miles from Waldron
has exploded three times during the last)
week. The explosions were very loud'
and terrific, causing the earth around to
quake, throwring up stones and earth, and
filling the atmosphere with clouds of dust
and smoke. The report of one of the ex
pinslons was heard in the vicinity of that
town a few mornings since, a distance of
forty-five or fifty miles. The earth on
the mountain has sunk to a considerable
depth.. The . people in, the vicinity 'are
very much alarmed.
The Lancaster Intelligence,. • mentions
the receipt of letters by, some of Mt.: Buc
hanan's friends in that city, ,in which Mr.
B. states it ICI be his intention
,to mum
'home in the month of October next.
Myers , Rock Rose.
(From the Plyniouth Rock.)
We have very little faith• lir Patent .mediclnes
generally, in consequence of the thousand and
one quack nostrums, which' are reline& through
the country, with no twititly'llse but to swindle
the purchaseedut of his money. Occseionally,
however, a good medicbrie id advertised, and such
•we believe to be the article which heats this/10;1m
We have had occasion to use several bottles of the
"Hock Rose" for dyspepsia arid' indigestion, and
its results have been highly beneficial.. ad.
vise others to try 'the Rock Rose, because we be
lieve they will lie benefited by it.
AG eNTs —S. H. Buehler, Gettysburg; Jesse
Houck, Menallen P. O;'Abel' I'. Wright. Ben.
deraville ; Jacob Mark, Cashtnwn ; Spalding &
Brother, Littlestown : Aulaltsugh & Spangler
Hast Berlin ; Jacob Martin, New Oiford ; H. 8.
Fink, Pleasant Hill.
CROUP 1 CROUP ! !—This awful complaint
is immediately cured. by Dr. TOBIAS' Venetian
Liniment. No Family who value the lives of
their children:should be without a bottler in the
house. Sold by all the druggists and storekeep
ers. Depot GO Cortland' at., New 'York.
AGENCIES.—S. H. Buehler, and Samuel S.
Forney. Gettysburg ; 11. 8 Fink. Plc:build Hill ;
Spalding &Brother, Liwlestown ; John Bushey,
M'Sherrystirvn,; Samuel Faber. Jr, Lower'.
Mill ; Jesse Mud'. Ratler - rowuship - ; - Andrew
Creglow, Centre Mill ; Abel ; P. Wright, Benders,
villa; Jacob Peunsyl. Middletown ; Jacob F.
Lower, Arendtsville ; H. W. Whitmore. Mum
mosburg ; Philip Hann, McKnightsville ;Thomas
J. Cooper, Franklin tp. : Jacob Mark, Cashtown ;
Aulbaugh & Spangler, Eaat. Bei ;J. Martin,
New Oxford ; J. IL Henry, Abbatatown ;
October 15, 1854.--tln
DALTIIIIORE MARKET.
BALTIMORE JAN. fl. 185$
FLOUR AND MEAL.—The Flour market is
rather quiet and slightly depressed. There was
a sale early this morning of 200 barrels Froward
street brands at $o h 74 per bbl. City Mills held
at $$ 75. per bbl. We quote Rye Flour at $7,-
126 ; Country Corn Meal $•1 44, and city do. at
$475.
GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat—the market
is steady. The quality and supply was not quite
so good. Gond to prime white at $2 it) as 2 12;
very choice white would bring $2 15 a 2 le--
sales aim; of good to prime red at $2 00 a 2 05
per bushel. Corn—sales of white at 91 a 92 cis.
yellow at 93 a 94 cents, And mixed at 89 a 90
cents per bushel. Oair--market very steady,
with a moderate supply, dales of Maryland at
53 a 54 cents, Virginia 54 emits, and Pennsylva
nia Oats at 55 cents per bushel. Rye—selling at
$1 33. Seeds firm ; we note melee - of Clover at.
$7 25 s $750, es t ) quality ; Timothy, .6.3 25 a
$350:
PROVISION 5,-Ploviiia no are somewhat firm
er, and a better feeling, with more dispoyition to
buy. A sale of 11 I.llda bulk Sides at 6 cents ;
also 20 bbls. old Mess Pork at $l3 7.5 per bbl.
cash. Bacon firm at previous prices.
YORK Alt K
Yimit, JaN. 9, 1865 .
FLOUR. perbhl.. from'%vadoos, 148 50
WHEAT,'per bushel, 9 0 0 to 2 1 0
RYE, 1 2•J
CORN, " 85
OATS, " 50
TIMOTHY ScIED, per bushel, 3 OD
CLOVER SEED, " 6'25
FLAX-SEED, " 1 50
PLASTER OF PARIS, per ton, • T CG
LIANOVE'R MARKET.
HA:coven. Jim. 9, 1855.
FLOUR, per bbl.. (foul wagons) $8 37
WHEAT, per bushel, 1 85 to 2 00
RYE 1 25
CORN,
OATS. 50
TIMOTHY SEED,
CLOVER SEED,
FLAX SEED,
PLASTER OF PARIS,
On the 28th ult., by the Rev. 1). Hartman, ?4r.
SAMUEL 'W ILL! A MS, of Adams co., and Miss
ELIZABETH CARTER, of Franklin co., Pa.
At Oak Grove, Spauldiurt county. Ga., on the
21st ult., by the Rev. J. C. Simmons.'lVlr. H. D.
LOTT, of Adam■ county, Pa.. and. Muss LIZZIE
JANE, daughter of Jelin ti..1.0u, deed. of Au
gusta, Ga.
DIED.
At the residence of his uncle, Joel Wierman,
near York Springs, on the 11th ult., TI.I'US
HILTON, son of William and l'hatbe Hilton, of
Bordentovrn, Now Jersey,. aged 14 years and 14
days.
On the sth of October, near Salem, Ohio,
RUTH HA 51510 ND, (formerly ,of this county)
id the 83d year of her age.'
On the Ilst ult , in Butler township, Mr. JOHN
DULL. aged 77 years 7 months and 14 days.
On the 31st.ult in the vicinity of Liitlestown.
Mr. DAVID HOUCK, aged 42 years 9 months
and 18 days. • - , •
On the 4th' inst., in Denderaville, Mrs. OATH
'ARINE EYSTER, telict of Jacob Eyster, aged
tlo years 10 months and 2U days.
NEW STORE.
FARMERS, look to your interests. .If
• you want to get hack the money you
lost, just call at the Northwest corner of
the Diamond, where you will save at least
25 per cent. and get the full worth of
your money, and where you will not have
io pay for those who don't pay.. Don't
forget to bring your 4upney. Also bring
along anything and everything you hive
to sellsuch as BUTTER, EGGS, BA
CON, LARD,;. RAGS, and everythinC
you think will sell--and I willbu y' at
what they are worth.. Just call at. the
People's Store. , '
•'. IE7. The Stock consists 'of DRY;
GOODS,. Groceries, Clothing made to '
I
order, ttto.
JOHN HOKE.
.
Gettysburg, Jan= 1855.—tf
.
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION..
AMEETING, of the Adams county
Teachete' Association will be held
in the Lecture Room of the German Re
formed Church, in Gettysburg, to com
mence on Thursday the let day of Ilk
ruary next, al 10 o'clock, A. M. All the
'rehchers of the County are earnestly so
licited to be present. An interchange of
sentiment on the methods of teaching the
various branches must necessarily, result
in the mutual improvement of all, who at-
It is expgeted that the Ipireetors in this
county--as they have done in other (mon
th's, will grant'the Teachers , the time . they
spend in attending this nasetieg.
,D 41.11 ID W ILLS, Preal.
DISSOLUTION:
THE partnership,, heretofore 'existing
between the Subscribers under the
name and style . of S. Fahnestuck & Sons,
is this day diOulved by limitation. All ,
persons indebted to us will please call and
settle. as it is necessary that our Books
should be. closed immediately. Either
member of the Firm, is : authorised to use
the names of the Firm in settling their busi
ness'. • . .
SAMUEL FAIHNESTOCK,
• ' • JAMES F.. FAHNES
HENRY J. FAHNEST OCK.
Jan. 1, 1855.. .
•
. CO-PARTNERSHIPe
•
PlO RE undersigned baits this day
ed a Co•partnerviiip. under the name
and style of FAHNESI'OCK, BROTH.
ERS, Hoping for a continuance of . the
liberal patronage heretofore extended to the
old Firm, they will in-return do their ut
most to merit . the confidence reposed in
them by the Public. • '
JAMES F. FAHNESTOCK.
HENRY. J. FA HNESTOCK,
EDW. O. FA lINESTOOK.
Jan. 1, .1855. , -
LAST NOTICE I
IN retiring from business, the subscriber
. desires to return his grstrful acknowl
edgment to his friends, anti'the public
generally, who have so liberally patron , ,
ized Wondering a peiind of a quarter of a
century. and solicit lily Sons, in the
New Firm, the gener.us support' s° long
extended to him. A
'it is necessary that
his business be close ,'he hereby gives
notice to all persons •nowing themselves
indebted to him by n to or .otherwise that ,
his accounts have bee 'laced in the hands
of R. G. McCreary, sq., for collection,
to whom all persons dented will please
make immediate -pa tint: tie hopes
- this will: beLA mane
ST O'l'ICE require 4
as the long indulgenc given thein should
prompt them to disch rge their obligations
immediately.
' SAMUEL AUNE3TOCK.
Jan. 12, 1855.
.51.411110NID) ,11 4, 02;601L...
JOHN VV
. TIPT ticibk ; Fashio
ber and flair 1.1 saer,cau stall tin 4
be found prepared to tutted to the calla of,
the people. it the 'Fe pie d in the Dieinimd,
adjoining the Courtly, Building., •. From
long experience, he qattera kilnedf that lie
can gu througliall th ractlfications of the
'Tonsorial Deparlatient
with such an infinite degree of skill; as
will meet with the entire satisfaction of all
who may submit their chins to the keen
odeal of his razors. He'hopes therefore,
that by his attention to,business, and a:de
sire to please; merit as well as-re-
ceive, a liberal P are i(,)t • public patronage:
The sick will be attended to at their pri
vale dwellings,. _
Gettysburg, Jan, Ili 1855. •
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY•
AT
SATED M.F.PTING of the Adams
County Agricultural Society will take
place at the Coon-house, in Gettysburg,
on Tuesday, the 16th inst., at 1 o'clock,
P. M. The examination . 01 the subject.
"the application of 'Lithe to land," will he
continued, and, the atintiakelection for offiuewheld
-.
, „ „
JNO, NicOINLEY, Pres't.
H. 1. STAlitx Sec . y
LOOK UK LADIES !
NEW FANCY GOODS.
11111 SA% -.M'O6IEIALA
ESPECITFULLY informs . the La
dies•and Gentlemen of Gettyaburg
and vicinity that she has just returned
front Philadelphia with a stiPerior assort-.
went of FANCY .GOODS including some,
beautiltil new style •
3 00
6 62
1 5U
760
Calicoes, Ginghams, De Laines
Silks, Cashtneres,
De Bilge, Coburg Cloths, Muslin, Lin
nen, Sack Flannels, Bonnets and Bonnet
Trimmings, Satins; Ladies' Dress 'Trim
mings, Velvets, Artificials, Black . Veils,
Blue do. Gloves, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs,
French . worked Coils's' Jaconet
and Swiss. Edgings, Ineertings, Muslin.,
Sleeve's . . Mohair and' Silk Mite; Black
Lace and Embroidered Handkerchiefs,
Braids, Fans, Gentlemen's Collars, Combs
of all kind's; &c., &,c. prot.Latlies and
Gentlemen are requisted to call and ex
amine our Good.. It q ill give us pleasure
to hhow, ttient. • •
Oct; 8, 1854.7-
MONEY LOST
,117 is an ESTABLISHED. FACT„ that
AL many persons lost money, by not put,
chasing Goods's' the well known
,OHEA.I"
STORE of Abram Arnold. at his old stand,
on the South East curlier of the Diamond,
where he is now receiving the cheapest,
prettiest and befit selected Stock of
Fall ,and Winter Goods,
ever before offered to the citizens of Ad ,
lone county, consisting in part—as fol
lows : • • -
Bieck, Blue, and Brown French Cloths,
Fancy, Felt, and Beaver Cloths for Over
Coats, (Newest Styles.) Black and Fancy
Casimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, Casinetts, &c..
&c., for Men's ware, Silks, Moos de Lame,
Alpacas, Merinoes, Plain and Fancy Sack
Flannels, 'also a. beautiful assortment of
Satins and Silks for Bonnets, Bonnet Rib
bon and a great variety of `other articles,
all of which the public are respectfully re.
quested Meal! and examine for themselves,
believing that it is only' necessary to see
our goods, price them, and examine, to in
duce persons to purchase. A large lot of
Trunks also received which Will be sold .
low. • ABM. ARNOLD.
September 29, 1854.—tf •
I% °VICE.
LETTERS of Administration on . the
estate of SAMUEL WITIIEROW,
late of the Borot , gh of GettyshUrg, Adams
eountv, Pa., deettailtd, Itaiing been grant
ed to the subscriber, residlug in .Fayetville,
Franklin county.. Pk, !MIA is hereby giv.
en 40 such as are indebted' to' said estate
. to
make, payment without delay, and those
having claims are requested to present the,
came, properly, authenticatid, for settle
ment..
WM. H. WITHER° %V, 4threr
Dec. 20, 1854.-6
KrPersons having claims against a.
.bove'estate,orknowing them agree indebt
ed tbereto. can call upon It. G. WerteAuv,
Esq., in Gettysburg, and make eettlentent
therea t ~.
Profesolonal Carte.
ora a --aro
. .14
Dr. J. LaWrence Hill,
D'airritrr, •
OFFICE in l'lmmbersburg street,
one door West of the Lutheran
Oburch, nearly opposite Grammer's,siore.
where he may be found ready and willing
to attend to any case within the province
of the Rentist. Persona in want of full
sets of teeth are invited to,call.
• `. REFERENCES.. . .
Hev.C.P.KikauTH,D.D
' 4, D.Hoaltxst, Prof. hi•J•coms,
a H.S. Hlllll.. " H. L. ILAionste ,
" D. G tT II.OIIIIT, " H.A . MOULtrftlette
RAW R. idiumotr. . 4 M.
July 7. 1848. • •
3DOCTOn
ID IL g
(HOMOEOPATHIST)
"LATE from Philadelphia, would re.
spectfully'offer hie services Tithe cit•
jzons of Benderaville -and . .Adaine county
,in general.
jizrOfficit in Bendereville, where he can
at all thrum be found and consulted, when
not profeessinnally engaged: ; , ,
Bendereville, May 26,'1854.—1y-
DOCTOR..
110 SWOP lE,
AVlNGl"lndated permanently in Get-
■- 11 tysburg, oiTere Itie professional ser
vices to the public.
ICPOITice end residence in York Street,
opposite the Brink.
April 2S,
Di WCIALS
Attorney at LatV, . .
ILlAS_te,ken Mr. STsvrognes,offiee,
Noah West Corner of Centre
Square:
ROFERENUE.--Hou. Thaddeus Messes,
Esq.. Lancaster.
Dee. 80, 1853.
7 'W. A. hi
AVTORN
OFFICE• in th e South West corner hf
the Square iorinerly brcupied by. D..
M'Conaughy. Esq., will ahead promptly
to all-business entrusted tg_his care: •
May 12, 1854.--Iy .
D. 111 -9 CO N A ITGIIIIr,
ATTORNEY AT. LAIP,
. .
(Office removed to one dour West of ffluehler
Drug Sc itoo4•Sture r Chumbereburg duvet.)
ditorney and for.
Patents and Pensions,
Bounty. Land . - Warrants, Back-Pay pus
punded Dta ints,-and all othqelnitne egainat
the Government at Washnigtom D. •C.
also Ainerionit Clidine. in Englabd.
Warrants located and sold; M . bonghi, rind
highest , - -
(Ands tor sale, ' in. 'hitch, and.
other Western States ; and Agents engaged
locating Warrants there.. • •• :
ktirApply • to hint personally' or by
letter: •• - • •
Gettysburg, Nov:11,1853:, .'•
POULIC SALE.
BY' virtue of an ()Mei of the Orplia'n°e
Court of Adams Couto.llie
signed, Ailmiu idirator of ihe Egtate'of
808 SOURS., late of Tyrone 'townsitiO,
Admits county, Pa., deceased, at
Public Bale, 7'hursdaydhe 25th day
of January mrxt, al 12' o'clOck;' M.,' on
the premises,
A - 1:r Litnd
situate in 'Prone tOvtiship. iforeesid,
the roil!, leastilag Irma Bsoulefsailla to car
.
isle" asij (qui i g . ;ands, 91 • Jesse
,Stsaper,
Daniel Sliou er. and °tilers, and ,coutain
jug 71 Ai)11 ES, inure sluices.
~Cue, kn.
provetuenta aro, a
atwa•eronv LO
i',.. 761.-4111 . G ,1 01St.
Log Barn, :Intl the used out 61111(11147.-
I%er° is 'oil. tit" lot a Varielyo
fruit, anda good 'spring of Water 'convibi.
ant to the &lot. ,
Attendatule will be given and terms
made known on day of sale by
13A.A.6 J. WRIGHT, Jidner.'
Dec. 29, 1854.—tis
GETTYSBERG, STEIN 1114
subscriber has completed his new
A L Steam Aril!, and now prepared to
SAW TIMBER, and — CHQP' GRAIN at
liquid rates and • short notice. -Farmer:a
and others can hayeSawing and Chopping
done at any, time. •
11:3`Hanover prim' in Cash , willhe paid
for Rye. Corn, and Oats delivered at , the
Steam Mill, west of Warren's' Fonndry,
Gettysburg.
0:7 - Feed constantly on - hand and 'for
sale.
C. W. HOFFMAN.
August 11, , - •
THE NEWAAT STORE,
.. .
&111AGAINT'' ALL OFPRSITIOIi 1,
S. 8. DVCREARY, op
wiraufEßSLitlßd STREET,
l I IASHIONA.BLE Hatter. The best
ill 82 1 60 Hit sold in Gettysburg, made
by, myself on the, premises. Call and see
them. Also, the best $3 Hat, superior ,to
many sold at 84. Being an experienced
and practical manufacturer; I ati deter
mined in be ahead of all competitors.
Oct. 20, 1854.—if
TAKE ,JVOTICE.
rirtHE'una..rsigned wishes 'all who tire
indebted io hint by note or book si
enna to call and pay iip,'on or beforethe
Ist day of feflrt.torst ne.rt. Those who
disregard Ting notice 'will findt.lielr ac
counts in the hands of an officer for collee
tion. . .
ABRAM ARNOLD
Dec. 211, 1854.--td
FOR RENT,
FRO" khe,,firet day of A. •
pril. next, '-'VIRGINIA
MILLS."- Afar - Enquire. of g
Mre. MARY MYERS, at tl'e
Mile. or in Fairfteldol •
A. W..MAGiIsiLY.
Dec.:22, /854...--ti •
Almanacs
OR - 1855, ;113geifilii , fin, 1 4Ithei.10
ii
Preetqleilsn,,Otitiitlin,Ziriner'b suit
HQUSOkiterleit as' KURTZ'S Book Envie
FOURTH VOLUME OF tiNlit NOTIONS
GREi IMI*OVF6I2INTS •
ripHE present' nurnber commences the
jil " Fourth Volume of this popular. Pert,
odtcal. Its success has been beyond pre
cedent, and its circulation, already larger
than that. f . any similar pubiloation IN i
THE WORLD, is constantly increasing.
Arrangements have been m u le which will
enable the , publisher, w make the NO
TIONS far superior, to any Comic ps . per, I
ever pubtislikd in We, United tßates.
, The heat , Artistic 'Paletit i n the country '
hap been engaged on the ILI.USTRA•
'PIONS, and each natither will emitaiii mint
Sixty to b'eventy-tive ENGRAVINGS'
in 'the liighest sehoolyf comic Art.
lie literary court,„ by a large Corps l !
of 'fulento Con Winona, whichvelial-1
lenge emit pariaim with those Of any Comic I,
Periodical tither ill Europe or America ,•1
and will cilia:list of a choice riipertor) iiiri
litimor, Ain, Satire, In!, Cutnic Yltles,l
Z'ketches, 4:c., mining io"Slitiot - folly as;
it flies," but never u'erstepping the fines
of strict pro . priety ; it being We object ol ,
the Publisher to . make no. YANICE.T.' I
NOTIONS an ever welcome visitor 'et 'I
every Hunie Circle. ' ; ' ;
Subscription prise, 81 25 . per annum.; 1
or 12! eenta per ntimber. For Sale by all 1
the, News Agents and Perimlicall Dealers
in every City; Town. and Village In the
United States all', Canada.
T. W.' S'T'RONG Publisher,'
' ' ' No. 98 tv.,,iiiu a ,New York:
January 5,1855. '
DO YOU WANT A WELL MADE
AND CHEAP
SUIT , OF AVINTEII CLOTHING?
lEao, you ran be areominodateu by calling
On MARCUS SAMSON, who has
:pat opened and ia now xelling rapidly at
his Store in. York ;street, opposite the
Ranh, a very' late ; choice mid ; Cheap' al.
eoriment •
, .
.
FALL .and WINTERN -GOODS
to which , he invites 'the, attention of the
,
They have been selected with great
care in the Eastern cities, haie been
bought cheap for cash, and, will ; be sold
,
clump fur cash-,-cheoper than at any other
tablislonent Oellysburg. ilia stock
Minsisis in part of [Peek. 'Blue; Olive, and
Green CLOTH COATS, with Irock,dress,
and sack Floats ; also • Tweed, Ciehmeret,
rigid . kaftan clink ;' also,
.n'larire stock of
OVERCOATS,,; which can't be' bait in
variety, quality, or price, out of the ciniea ;
atm.. a. very-,euperior.,- rock ~of PA N TA
.LOON S, untwisting in. pert of excellent
aild wellAnadi' - French Black , Doe-skin
Cassimare, 'Fancy Caseitnere,. Satinet's,
- VelVels, Cord, Linen,' and Conitnade.—
The stock. of VESTS '...:6liiprises every
,variety of 'manufacture—fine black Satin.
Vetvet, Italian Silk, white. fancy
'and buff Mufseilltr. Sitnuner, cloth,
;Alen eliiteraOtly on haul a largo lot of
'llo4qcS k fatv,,Carpetliags. Umbrellas.
Monti and S hoes ,' Windo'n , kitadeit, V id
.
Flutes; Fifes,
tty,c , Wd'enna, Guitare, Flu
elq1161)114,. M Spectacles,
B Ponitio. 11 t f !1.t. , 4s amid Watch Onards, silk
MM l
.and COiatidlie rc io e k, Cravats,,Sua-
Polt , h,rfsPinvel'• Stockings, Spring Stocks,'
Shirts, and alArt,C'ollara, Mid a `,splendid
assortment of. J ELRY.-in tem eVerV
thing in the, way.. of •, Boy's and Men's
furnialting Iwo,
110"Tiraviate chewingTobaCeo always .
nn hand—vi anti' article- which .Cheiwers
are requested, to try,.
MARCUS SAMSON.
Nov. 10, 185 C-0
, . „., •
TAI PI! _... •
.
rilrHE POMMISSIOEHS of Adams
.1. ounly. he'reby gives notice that' they
have fixed upon the following times for the
holdingof nppeals fur the several Bcroughe
and Townships of Adams dowdy. et the
office ol,the County Coinissioners at (ilet•
lYshurg. when and whet(' they wilt attend
to hear appeals; between the hears of 8 0 '
clock A. M.. and 3 o'clock P. M.
For the, townships of Idituittjoy, Ger..
Many, Union, Conowago, Mountpleasant,
Berwick,
.Ggford, l trabut, Hamilion.
Reading, and ..Tyrone, oil 7'huradoll the
15th of January next. • •
For the townships of Huntington . , Lan
mitre; Menallen, Butler ,: H
er,: Franklin,. an&
Jonhan. Liberty, Freedom, Cumberland.
Haruki' :
and'the of Gettysburg on iliday:
'the 28th of January next.
.JOHN •MICKLEY;:jr..
`.. JAMES' J. WILLS.
GEORGE, M YERS; Comm's.
Attest—J. Aunnismtuott. Cletk.- •
Dec. 15. 1.854.:—rtd • : • .
ON,. WHAT A PILE
OIF MEV NODS
CAN NOW BE FOUND AT
SCRICKS CHEAP CORNER!
JL. SCHICK has just opened ore of
• pip lergeet, prettiest and cheapest
sior4s 'of
ali Fir Vilfrittr gootro,
evM‘ , brouent 16 Gettysburg. He invites
the public to call; examine,'' and Judie for
themselves—no trouble to show Gouda.
•His ,new stock embraces a very large
varjety, of . • , •
Ladle's' Dress ,Goods,
such'iis•'; Vurk Satins, Mous De
!Sines, Boinhazitirmi - Alpaccdft, Coburg
Cloths, French • Merinnes, De 13ages,
inghatur.; Calicoes,
In the EN'S .WRAR,
he has eiC;rekeil . tot or Ml isiy less
antlyrictis Clutha, Casiitruirt,
Satintite; 4te. " ' •
His stock of FANCY , (11090$ is also
very tine, ar.d too nutnerius to specify.—,
Call apd see.
That:kidl for past . rnvors, Spites solicits
a continuance, of •puttlic , patronage, lie
will always emit:lvor to deserve it, by
selling good, tiQODS, at the Jowest hy
ing prices. . %Quiet; • Sales end &pall
•
Profits ' iris
his molls. . •
Octuber 27, 1854.—tf
sircui Crzrzeiery.'''
91111EistMscriber takes, this Innthod of
:s- respertfully informing...thaw periOns'
who intend removing the remains of their
dead from present jooatioits to Ever Green
Cemetery, that he will undertake snob. re
rhovals at moderate charges, and feeis con
fident that he will meet the satisfaction of
all , Who tray employ him. He has a Ye.'
hiole fur the conveyance:lff bodies and
tomb stones—and can be found either, at
Pow.rl'a Grettiie,Yard or at . his residence.
in Orecitenridge;eireit. ,
PLEftt.Moflo:
;Deo: 20 . 1854!:—'it
, .1.
4;l't )
FARMS FOR SAAf
IiIIEbtit,CETTISSUR.44‘,
No.l-160 AerefiLgoodAtOPEt
House and Barn, , with other out•bulidmge•
plenty of good timber, meadow, and never.
tailing' water. • :nt
_ -
No. 2.---175 A eres:,large
House r large new Earn. ,Shede o ti
Coro-cribs, water to • nearly •every t
plenty , good fruit, sufficient ,
good meadow. ,
I
. . •
~Douseutl Baru, endunit-buadi nga, eAcel•
root inentiOw. gt.oti running,:water, choice
fruit, 'unbar, deo, ; nenr the turnpike.
No, 4-180 Acres: geed large.
Brick Nouse, with uut ,, buildingt, plenty '
ver failing water ut the hones end in the
rielde ; 60 Acres exeolllent timtier,pientY,,
"gnu& enendow, first-rate Dr/shard, of` ; ell
kinds id . fruit, good tenant-house. ke.
No:s-200 Acres :large brick";;
House; with . baCk-buildings, large. am*
Hank Barn. with sheds and cribs. , end ii
Tither out-bitildings, such as dry-Lomeli
'smoke house, Ate. ; bet Ween 50' and'6o'
Acre's in good meadow, ,plenty godd'ehTfL'
her, good fencing, Orchard of all
choice fruit, several wells of water. le.
No. 6-247 Acres : near Pipe
. • ,
reilerick tfounty, Mil,farge ,
ti•JUre, Darn, Smoke-house, Spring-46e,
,(
sheds, pens, cribs. plenty. of water
fruit, (rein 50 to .60 acres 'good timber......;)
can be bought cheap. 7-• 't
NO. 7--105 Acres: a'djojiiitig :
the above, good Stone House. Swiss Sam
UUt•bltiltlings, good water. &e. [Those •''
two Fortes are handsomely nitusleifon the 0
public road.] • • • .
No. B—A Mill with 30 Acres
, „
of Land. good bulldinge, ahups,
usher out.buildinga"to. ' • ,
Any permit' desiroua of buying ' or eel
lug property will pleuse call quo
F. E. VANDERSLOOT, Agent..
Gettysburg, Pc, Feb. 1 7--eow .
11C7 2 •Dr. F. E. VANDERSLOOT t i SURd: I
GEON DENTItrF, will be at
alter the laet two weekko in eviry , Tenth:
PROCLAMATION
147 HERE AS Hon. RoaRRT J. Faintly
v ESq. President of the Nevem!'
Courta of Common Plea's, in the court*,
composing the 19th District, and , stice ,
of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and.
general Jail Delivery, for the trial of ;all r
capital and other offenders in the'said
trict—and SAmum. R. Russam.,and Jotter'
MAoira.av,EsqrP., Judges of the Cbuitibf
common Pleas and Geneml Jail 'Dellvety,
(or the trial of till capital and other offend
era in the county of Adams—have issued.
their precept, bearing date the 24th day or'
November, in the year of mir Lotti:ente.' l l
thousand eight hundred and fifty`rouf,anr
to me directed, for holding a Ceutt
!non Pleas and General• Quarter Sessumek t ,,, :
of the Peace and General Jail Delivery,
and Court of Oyer and Terminer, at GeV:
yabarg 'On Monday the 1514 OVartectril
next--
isiOTICE IS HEREBY GIYEN:To ,".•,
all the Justices of the Peace, the Coroner, I
and Constables within the said County of (
Adams, that they be then and there in their' .
projier persons, with'their Rolls, Reeords,
Inquisitions, Examinations and. Other Re-
„:
membrances, to 'do those things Which,fti,
their offices, and in that behalf appertain,
to be done; arid also they who will prose. • !,
cute against the, prisoners thatare or.then
Anal be in the Jail of the said County of,,
Adams, and to be then and
. ; there to Pf9f,l •
came against them as shall be just.
• • HENRY THOMAS,,SherW•I
Sheriff's Office, Gettysburg, ?, . , •
Mit , . 7,'1864. ' tit:
11.3AL - ...3371i7::::;
AGZN3Y•
rrHE undersigned has made twinge
• mews to open. an Agency in ,13Ittkly!
burg for the . saltiof Real Estates to tehleh
he inviteb the attention of, persons Nish
lug to sell of purchase Fiume oi Real E
elate.. I have provided a Hook in which
will be registered. (for a trifling Ice). tl..gen= ;
eral deseriptiOn,of such PrUperttee'ir. pe'r
lt)diSpOSe at.
These looks will be open to thiise 65464
of purAising property, Secrecy; is to„
ownership; t'ertna, dr.c.. will be. inviolablY,' ,
obeerved, when desired. '
Alt further necessary informition''
can he Obtained upon application'' td
subscriber si the 'Register Offieei . 'Or at m
his 'residence. '
DANIEL PLANK:
Angus' 11. 1854.—1ir
.
•
REGISTER'S, NOTICE.
N.O TIC is hereby given pH
tees anti other persona couce/10e i t
that the 3dministration accounts herein
after m6ntioned, will be presenleirii"lbe.,
Orphans' Court of Ada ms . cooky,' foi cifii
firwation and allowance, on i lfortchist !Al •„
151 k duy 'O/January next., viz:':
1. Tho account of JacobliiiikeY, Liu r
armor of the last will and testament
Philip Schriver, deceased, who • %Via' Ad. I
mintatisator of Win. Hartzell, deCialetr
2. The first and final account of, '
Chritzman, Administrator of Henry HOW
linger, deceased.
'
' • W M. F. WALTER, Regist e r:
Register'o; Unice, Gettysburg:4 . " •
December 22. 1.8541. • • •' •
NOTICE.
ETTERS Testamentary on' the - e*: ,l
tate of WM. WALKER. •latit 'of
Meunijoy township, Adants.countity P&p
ilee'd, haring been grantecito• the suberitio;
beri residing in the seine townships
lice is hereby given to such as are in,
debted to said estate to nuke: payment'
without delay, .and 'those havingwhnota.
aretequested to present the saine v propers
ly authenticated. for settlement: 4
• • SA M'L DURBORAW
Dee. 22, 1854.--41 t
'IIOTIOS4
LETTERS Testamentary on those**
of JACOB NAGLE, fete of Hineielt
ti.,-Athuns Co., dee'd,bii o A.', ll4llll '
et! to 'the tindersigned,nliditer la
township, notice is heieby4.
iuttabted to said setae to eikt•pfdelilit
without delay; and to Those baring Ad*
to present the sante repeat stabilities*,
for settlement,
SAMUEL NAttE, Zei t ;
Deo. 7. 18154.-6 t
RISH LINENS, kluilins f -Tie, Ws )
I °Flannels; Linen TAW CiOlkilt' l o 6 ""
snd
Ist, it •i
r .
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