TOR STIR AMBINNIR. A STRONG VOTE..--Eleven Repub- I lican members of the next . Congress from the State ofNew York received an aggro- I gate of 1n,1149 vetch h i eing an average of 12,950 each.. The highest vote among them was 14,717; the lowest was 9,368. Their names are Dodd, Spinner, Goodwin hoard, Granger, Morgan, Pottle, Parker, Kelsey, Sherman, Fenton. The seven slaveholding States of'Dela ware,.Maryland, Florida, Mississippi, Lou isi.tna, Arkansas nod Texas, which gave at the lad election thirty.flve electoral votes for Mr. Buchanan, being 12 per cent of tho whole, cast only 12(1,979 votes Gafernorle Melange• for the Buchanan electors ; while 182,549 sarTh o Annual Message of Governor votes in New ork give only 11 electoral Pollock — will be found in our columns to votes for Fremont. Each of those Frensout day. a , very able ' statesman-like electors represents 14959 'free votes:— document, containing a general review of ' ' IA if theßuchanan elector* rep., the Condition of the State, and all subjects I , other requiring the attention of the Legislature " sculls onl y OA ! ; eing a little mere end it to the etteetie3 of ltlisn a quarter. In other wools; one vo vva‘aa!ll7cue;ter in those States could help Buchanan as , reaa r a ' • • much as four voters in , those' , Distrbts of New York could help . Fretuotit.—hule pendent. CETTYSBURC. Friday Dolling, Jan. 9,135;. D. A. BUEHLER, EDITOR The lEteippl. Decision hr Pinot*ln. 1116.50M0 - Of: Otlr ootemporaries express considersble surprise at a recent decision madit bittie Superior Court in Prussia.— In thneante of a negro applying for his freedoti,, the Cdurt held that is the negro was purchased in - Brasil, where Slit-, very was . rettognised, his ,removal to Prus sia did not release him from that condition. This is exactly the reverse of Lord Mans. field's decision in England in 1772, in the case .of , the negro Somersett, where the Court held that, Slavery not being recog nized in England,' a slave who touched its- shores became free. These decisions aptly illustrate the difference betwoeu the legal system of England arid that of the ' Continent,. The former has a common law which protects all from the privation of their rights', but the latter is under the dominion ofothe civil law, which is, in es- Bence, atid - wal introduced a mong tle'depotisais of the Continent thro' the influence of the Emperors, wbo fouod its prinolitles eminently suitable for the overthrow of the liberties of the people. An attempt was made to introduce the civ il law into England; but it failed, and to that failure is clearly traceable the superi pricy of -thd• English •in political liberty over any of the continental nations. With the devil law,'there can be no political lib eery ; and it is - not singular that pros. sian,Court, acting in t is spirit, should as, silt in upholding the principles of alavery, not only in Prussia, but even- on another continent: The 'Precedent is - rooralicone for us to follonr, unities, indeed, we wish to , substitute the slave-making civil law for the liberty-preserving common law: There is a natural sympathy between tyrants; and it is not singular that the Slavery interest in thiseountry should quote with wisps°. tion she action of the Prussian Court. Nev erthelos, we hope the niasims of the civil law will not moon obtain permanent foot hold here, to' assimilate the people to the despoiled and degnpled peasantry of Con tinotibil Europe. Epropean Venn. oZrieront the last letter of the . London correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, we Dill these items : • The great literary event in Germany, is the announcement that the last volnine of Alexan der von Humboldt's cosmos will appTir in the beginning of the nest year. I am informed. that this last part of the great work of the it lustrious natural philosopher will close in a bril liant manner oue of the most important publi cations of our age. The King of Prussia called Humboldt "the greatest man since the deluge," and the learned of all nations will be glad to ratify this designation. The old Lutherans of Germany, who recog nize for their creed the Confession of Augsburg, walk more and more in the steps of the English Puseyites. In. Bavaria, the clergymen en deavor to restore auricular confession. A hire number of Greenwich-Electors, hair., in;; pronounced themselves for the ballot, tlu Times takes this opportunity for declaring that it is ,not ; worthy of the English people. who want to vote openly ; in other words, it being theinterest of the domineering class that trades• men tied farmers shall be obliged to follow the' impulse of theirlords. a great word must coy er a base practice. The practical good sense of the British will, however, soon discover that this is no "fair play." It is just the same thing , as with the salary of the members. The Times and its friends pronounce against it, because they want gentlemen in the House. Recently events, in France us well as in England. lkve, shown that gratuitous service in Parliament is by no means a t paranty for the return of rich candidates. Ministers are paid, landowners are paid, every servant of the people or the crown is paid, but the men who take money even for allowing their names to appear on the committee lists of new financial companies. call it patriotism and gentility to framelaws without a sufficient indemnity. Venal repre sentatives find always means to get a stipend at a'greater loss for the public. Financial. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Harrisburg Bank, held on Wednesday of last week, Wm. M. Kerr, Esq., was unanistfaus ly elected President to fill the vacancy occa sioned bY the death of Jacob M. Haldeman. The Monticello Bank. at CharlottetivillvVa., has increased its capital stock $25,000. The following semi-annual dividends have been declared in Baltinuire t Citizens' Bank, 6 percent. ; Bank of Commerce, 4 'per cent. •, Merchants' Bank, 31 per cent.; Union Bank of Maryland, 41 per cent.; Farmers' and Plan ters' Bank, 41 per cent.; Firemen's Insurance Company. fit per cent. ; Associated Fremen's Insurance Company, per cent.; Franklin Bank 4 percent. The Indiana& State Bank went into opera tion on the let inst. It is to have twenty Innuches, and its entire capital is fixed at six . millions. The Presidentof the State is Hugh M'Cullogh, and its cashier zanies U. Bay. • 11:7'From the last paragrapA wo infer Oafsh. Looofacos of Indiana are not as anti•enrporation as their brethren in Penn sylvania pretend to be. We presume it does tnot "pay as well" .out there, to play on that string., OVIIATION.—Gov. King of Not-Twit. was duly laaegurared on F r i.. itq tai'. Ilia Inaugural addr.aa is a mo del atm It tottalats of three puagraphe, aid the language la elegantly utdeloqueut. I .l .o *o 4l e t t• . - irrThe bassi mounts from Hamm, 1 1 04414 ,.0 Drs Knit Ws *ay ill, ' with flak opt" iseirus, Central and Southern Airiest. tante , . Hr. LiViNtisToN of England, has recently returned from an extended tour of parts of Africa. At a recent meet. • ing of the Royal • Gee-graphicel. Society, .he was warmly se tv reeced,and a me d a l present . et! him as "a testimony of the esteem and high admiration With which they regard ' his labors."- Ho has beim absent from Englantraixteep years. In his address to stated settle new anti interesting facts:: Dr: Livingston, seing called upon by the President, said that South of the 20th degree of South latitude the country was arid and con tallied very few rivers ; but to the North of that hire the country was well watered, and very unlike what the centre of Africa was rep resented to be. The country which he bud j traversed, indeed, was covered with a net‘work . bf waters, many of which were large and very deep and never dri ed . up. The natives be to_the. true .negru family, having a geed deal of very woolly hair, and being darker than the Bechuanits. They hold their women in high estimation. If a men is asked to go any where qr to agree to any arrangement, he says, "I must •go home and ask my wife ." lf she said "No," there was no possibility of getting him to move. ,Women sit in their councils, and while a Bechuana swears by hie father, these negroes swear by their mother. Dr. Liv ingston related several amusing instances to show the high estimation in which these tribes hold their women. He believed they deserved it, and he and his men had always been kindly treated by .the "fair" sex. The country in most parts abounded with elephants, buffaloes, zebras, giraffes, and other game, and he had shot three new antelopes not yet known in Eng lead. - He had found if unnecessary to burden himself with provisions in travelling, for the anniriniTs did flotsam to know'a gun, and weuldstand within bow-shot of his weapon.— In the ititerior t the people were very kind to him, but he could not say they improved as I IL apiurunclied the confines of civilization.— The English name had penetrated a long way into the interior, and the English were known as-the "tribe that likes the black man." Do mestic slavery existed, hilt the exportation of slaves was very effectually repressed. Ngnmi was not a deep lake, but was what was left of a large lake which existed before the fissure was madg near tha ,Lakai - fulls, Which allowed uourea •,./. the &e.t . a...it. • The PresidentOsked what articles of com merce not hitherto known to British merchatits were likely to be opened up to the British tra ders? Dr. Livingston said the new articles of com merce he had found, ill the course of his trav els, were chiefly fibrous substances, some of them eXceedingly strong, and one resembling flax, which wireToMid in large quantities cn the North bank of the 'Zambe i. The sugar cane also grew, abundantly, though the natives had no dee of the. use of sugar; and indigo grew wild all oter the. country. There were, acres ofit neat the village of Tete. It was. in fact, quite a Week: Wax and honeY, quinine and Senna, were also among the natural pro ilticts—oT the'cotintry. Then there wore differ ent metals. including veryfine iron ore and mal :Mhite, from which . copper was extracted.= There were also coal fields, in working which' gold, was oceasiunally found:. The people, in-• deed, bad been washing for. old from time im meMorial, and 'were doing so still. Near to Tete there were no fewer tatieleven seams of coal, one Of which was 57' inches thick. The country was so fertile that' in the gardens cut- ' tivated by the natives. a constant process of sowing amid reapingwent on all the year round. It likewise grew immense quantities of grain. (K;t Quite a number of intelligent politi cal , refugna flow Frunze, ana some other good aud industrious men, have been sent down to Virginia to labor there, by an "Industrial Association" in New York.— Tbe Richmond Roquirov snuffs ironing and all sorts olratagemS, cud amiably denouticathern as follows : "The impudence of this attempt on the part. or the Abolithmistit of New York and Boston togarrison Virginia yrith their janisaiv rios, and to pulute our soil with the presence of their rabb.e of paupers and criminals, pro. yokes rebuke and retaliation. The danger with which they threaten our institutions calls Mr the interference of the Legislature." ADVANCE ;OF FREEDOM.—Ao. cordibg to an etotiMate in the Button Mtn, under the next apportionment the free Statea will be in "a majority of two to, one in the popular branch of the national logic. latnre. Tloe present House contains 90 members from the slave States—not teak oniug the slave , members .from the free Statts—and 146 from the free gate& It is stated that John Appleton of Ma re hoz been appointed Prirate Secretary of the Presi dent elect.—Tlte Papers.; . . John is used to being Secretary. He was one of the earliest and mast enthusias. tic Secretaries of the Maine 46olition So ciety.--Painestiille (O.) Telegr rph. PCPThe York papers announce the death at Key Wobt, Florida. of Mr. SABI IIEL J. flouan, of that place. Mr. H. was attached to the coast survey, and at the time of his death, waxen hoard a vessel in the harbor, of Kcy West. He was a brother-inlaw of the Mr. icILTON, whose unfortuttate death wo announoed a few weeks age. MARY. i r. Jolvejoy, of Oambridge g Mass., has been elected Diftworatio mem bet 'of the Legislature of thafetate. Ho hu been invi t ed ;to ' addreuTai flirty and has aceepteiL Won't some religions pa- per rebuke him for "preaohim polities," and not "miuding hie own buifness 11:7•Air. Swift, tie American candidate, ha. been:_elootod Mayoi of Le*ingtou, lieutualty." - , GOVERNORS' MESSAGE. 2bthe Honorable Me Senators and' Members qt the Hour of Repretentatices of the General Aesembly: FCLLOW CITii6NB 1--lii obedience to the 1 Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. you have assembled to- discharge the impor Cant and responsible duties that devolve upon you. To protect the rights and privileges of the people, , advance their interests, and pro mote the welfare and prosperity of the State, should be the aiut and end of all your legisla tion. In the inscharge of my duties, it wilt be a pleasure to co-operate with you in the ac eemplislitnent of these Objects. The past year has been one of unusual prosperity. The bountiesi. of a kind Mari- dunce have not been withheld from our Com monwealth. A plenteous harvest hail reward ed the labor of the husbandman,— Hondralfie 1 industry, in all its departments, has been en- Amurageil.. No financial eniburruSsments— no commercial distress—no political or social , evils, have interrupted the progress, or click ed the energies of the people. The great in t lemma of education, morality and religion, have been cherished and sus:ained. Health and peace, with their attendant blessings, have been ours. To Him "who rulca the Na tions by his power, and from whom cometh down every good and perfect gift," are we in debted for these mercies, and to Him should lie given• the homage of our devout gratitude and praise. The financial condition of the Common. wealth is highly satisfactory. Every demand upon the Treasury hal been promptly met and paid, without the aid of loans. The operation of this depa.tment will be exhibited in detail in the report of the State Ti ensurer. For the fiscal year ending November 30, 1856, the receipts at the Treasury (including the balance in the Treasury on the first dby of December, 1856 p. of 1t1,243,607 33) have been $6,th;037 64. The total expenditures for the same period were $5,377,142 22. Balance in the Treasury, December 1, 1936, $1,244,- 79342. Excluding the balance in the Treasury on the first of Dccetnber, 1835, the receipts from all sources, were $5.378,240 33. The ordina ry expenditures for the same period, were $4,- 1131144 77, showing an excess of receipts ov er:ordinary expenditures of $1,265,095 56. The extraordinary payments for the some par, were $1,263,997 45, as follows, viz the completion of the Portage railroad, and for the payment of debts previously contracted on that work, $181,49,4 11 ; to the North Branch extension, $122,74; 521 to re-lay the south truck of the Columbia railroad; $267, 000 081 for motive power in 1855, $118,049-, 42 ; to 4oularge the Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal, $13,960 00; for general repairs in 1853—'54—'55, $63,965 11 ; to do inestic creditors, 8151 63; to old claims on the main line, examined by the commissioners, and paid under the act of May 22, 1836, $130,- 54 09; to the redemption of loans, $327.824 47 ; and relief notes cancelled, $38,217 00. The interest on the fimded debt which fell due in February 'and August last, was then paid, and that which been aes due in February next, will be paid with equal promptness, out of available means now in the Treasury. The punctuality with which the interest on the pub lic debt has been paid,, and the ability of the Treasury to meet all legitimate demands upon it, have inspired public confidence in our secu rities, and contributed largely to establish and sustain the credit of the Commonwealth. Tim Commissioners of the Sinking Fund report the sum of $722,43: 93 as due by the Treasury to that fund This amount will he applied to the redemption of relief notes now in circulation, and to the payment of the fund ed debt. Heretofore the available menus in the Treasury have been applied, to some ex tent, in payment of outstanding temporary loans, which hear an annual interest of six per cent= ; it being deemed advisable as a matter of economy to pay these loans, rather than the funded tlehttavidch bears a much less rate at intoren., tt is expected that the bat ance of the totnporary loans will be paid before the close of the current year, awl the operation of the sinking fund resumed and continued us directed by law. The, funded and unfunded debt of the State, including temporary loans, on the firnt day of December. 1855, as per reports of the Auditor General and State Trasurer, was us follows: FUNDED DEBT. $516064 93 38,903,445 01 6 per cent. load 5 do do 4/ do do 4 do do 388,200, 00 100,000 00 Tgital funded debt UNFUNDID DEIST Relief notes in circa . lotion '5258,773 00 Interest cer'ificates outstanding Domestic creditors Balance . of temporary loan, April 19,1953 525,000 00 Balance of temporary luau, May 9, 1M34 345,000 00 29,157 23 1,264.00 Total unfunded debt Total -debt, Decem ber 1, 1855 41,067,994 22 The funded and unfunded debt at the close of the lust fiscal yenr, December.l, 1856, was us follow 4, viz : 6 per cent. luau 5 do ' du 4/ do do 4 do do $511,781.00 38,866.1104 50 :188,200 00 100,000 00 Total funded debt 039,866,975 50 UNFUNDED DEN; TIE Relief notes in cir culation f $220,556 00 Interest certificates outstandimi • . 24,691 37 Interest certificates unclaimed 4,448 38 • Domestic creditors 1,164 00 Balance of temporary loan, Apri119,1853 400,000 00 Balance or temporary loan,May, 9, 1854 184,000 00 Total ufunded debt Total debt,.Dec. 1, 1866 40,701,835 25 Total debt Dec. 1, 1855 $41,067,994 22 Do do 1, 1856 40,701,835 25 Dee: ease It thus appears that during the past fiscal year the sum of three hundred .and sixty-sit thousand one hundred and fifty-tight dollars and ninety-seven cents has been paid in , liqui dation of the public debt. This, taken in con nectigit with the fact, that during the Year en ding -November 30, 1855, six hundred and thirty thousand six hundred and one dollars and t.vo cents were paid on the same accou9t, exhibits the, gratifying fact, that the process of reducing the public debt has commenced . ; aud unless checked by reckless mismanage me gt.-and extravagant expenditure, must coa ti-unit until the people and the Commonwealth relieved front the debt and taxation with which they are burdened. Iruulditioii to this reduction of the public debt, large appropria tions aud payments were made fur the comple tion of thu Portage railroad and for debts pre viously contracted on that work i • fur old and unsettled claims, recently adjusted by the com missioners appointed under the , act of last ses sion; for, re•laving the south track of the Co lumbia titilrodd; for enlarghig the Delaware division of the canal, and tor other purpOses. These extraordinary demands upon the Treas ury have ceased, or wilhinon cease, th e the'. necessity that created them ; and that leaee a still larger portion of the revenues to be ap plied in payment of the public debt. , A careful examination of the financial con dition of the Commonwealth—her sources of revenue and the probable future expenditures, has inspired the hulas that the, time is not far distant when the public debt will be fully paid, 'and this without Increasing the subjects or ra- tie of ta xation. It Ins already been shown that. the, revenues 'ord.:, past year exceeded the ordinary expenditure, one million two hen drelland eiztyfivb thousand ninety-five dollars .1 .0a fillf•six :cents. The estimated receipts .sod expenditure* fur the current ye ar,. which will be presented to yeti in the report lir the State Trenourer,. show trait the excess of re. ceipts,,over ordinartexpenditures, may reach the sum of one and half million - of dollars. These estimates, &dough approximations, will not be far front thetrue result. Allowing, then, four lundred thonsand dollars for annu al extraordinary expenditures—and under a wise system of economy in no probable eontin• ~trtic n they exceed that sum—we will ave at ldad one million of dollars to be ap propriated annually for the payment of the public debt. With the rapid development of the wealth and rdsourthsot the Commonwealth —the increase of popdation—of the value of real estate, and of the amount and value of property of every description, the revenues , must and will contintie to increase. This fiat; ural and necessity): intense of revenue will supply every dcfictenty and every demand up on the Treasury that,faft within the range of probability. If, theil the sum of one million dollars he approprintd annually in liquidation adds debt, and .the accruing interest on the sums paid to be tippled in the manner of a sinking fund, the entire indebtedness of the Commonwealth will be extinguished in less than twenty-three gains. If these premises are correct—and their correctness can only he im paired by unwise legislation, or the imprudent management of our finances—the truth of the proposition is susceptible of the clearest dem onstration. Assuming the public debt on the first day of December, 1856, to' be, in round i numbers, forty niiiiions five hundred thousand dollars, and that at the end of each fiscal year lone million &Mari, with the accruing interests on former payments, will be paid, unerring calculation will determine the result to be as before indicated. fhtis. before the expiration of .the year 1879, I'ennsl,yania may stand re deemed front the dppression of her public debt, and her people bo released from a taxation imposed to meet ks accruing interest, and to mLLi ll tain the faithand credit of the Common wealth. These views are not utopian. By prneticing strict eeonomy in all departments of the government—avoiding extravagant ex penditure—refusing to undertake any new schemes of internal improvement, and holding to a rigid accountability the receiving and disbursing agenta of the State, their realiza tion may be anticipated with confidence. I must again call the attention of the Legis lature to asubject referred to in my last annual message, ill the following terms: "Ely the thirty-eighth section of the act of the II;th of April, 18-15, entitled 'An Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of Govern• ment, the repair of the canals and railroads of the State, and other claims upon the Common weeltli,. the Governor was authorizes to cause , certificates of State stuck to be issued to all persons or bodies corporate holding certificates for the payment of interest tat the funded debt I of the State, which fell due on the first day of August, 1842, the first days of February and August, 1843, and the first days of February and August. 1844, in an amount equal to the amount of certificates so held upset their de livering up said certificates to the Auditor Generrl. In pursuance of the authority thus given, certificates of State stock to the amount of four millions one hundred and five thousand, one hundred and fifty dollars and twenty cents, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum, payable semban nuttily, on the first data of February and August in each year, and redeemable on or after the first day of An gust, 1855, were issued. The niiiii.num period)) fixed by law for the redemption of these cer tificates. expired on the first day of August, 1855. No provision lists been made for their renewal' or redemption. "Although by the terms of the act atithori zing these certificates of State stock, as also by the conditions of the certificates issued in pursuance thereof, the time of payment, after the expiration of.giel./F11,111m.. iirrind. ip im punity wit u tee nentorotie tom monwealt n. yet a due record for the credit of the State requires that provision shoold be made for their renew al or redemption. To redeem these certifi cates, a, loan would berme necessary, and as a loan cannot be effecti9, in the present finan cial condition of the, country, on terms more I . :tremble to the State than those on which these certificates were issued, I would recom• mend that authority ho given to issue the bonds of the Commonwealth in renewal of said certificate's bearing interest at the titre of five per cent. per annum, payable send-annually, and redeemable on or after the expiration of twenty years ; and that the bonds be issued with coupons or cerificates of interest attach. in stuns equal in amount to the semi-annu al interest thereon, payable nn die first days of February and August in each and year. at :inch place as may be designated: — This change in the form and character of the certificates, it is believed, will be so advantageous to the holders, without increasing the liabilities of the Commonwealth, as to induce a willing and prompt exchange, at n premit.m for the bonds proposed to be issued." The report of the Canal Commissioners will be laid before yen, and will exhibit in detail the condition of the nublic works—their gene ral operation. and the receipts and expendi tures for the past fiscal ye..r. The total receipts at the Treasury, from the public works, for the year ending November) Ifkifi, were 82,006,015 65, being an in crease over the revenues of the previous year of $63,638 95. Of this sum $1,013,589 16 were canal and bridge tolls, and $992,426 50, tolls of the Columbia l and Portage railroads. The aggregate expenditures fur the seine Year were $1.943,896 82, being an increase over those of the previous year. of $105,105 64, the revenues exceeding the expenditures only $62,118 84. The increase of the revenues from these works would be- encouraging, were it nut for the fact that the expenditures have increased in a still greater proportion—the expenditures, ordinary and extraordinary, exhausting almost the entire revenue from this source. The sys tem must be defective, or more care and econ omy should be exercisedin its management The receipts at the Treasury from the sev eral divisions, were as follows, viz ' Main Ine • . $1,229,272 86 $39,91)7,799 97 1,160,194 25 39,866,975 '5O Susquehanna North Branch and W eat Branch • Delaware Total receipts 2,006,015 66 The extraordinary payments. during the year, amounted t 0.5808,892 16; ordinary ex- I penditures„sl,l3s,oo4 00 ; net revenue, (ex cluding extraordinnry payments and for mo tive power).sB7l,oll 00. On the main line the tolls received at the Treasury from the Columbia road, were $991,676 50 ; expenditures $528,084 86; tolls on the Eastern division or canal, from Colum bia to the Junction, $119,718 36; expendi tures, $53,048 50; receipts from the Junction to Pittsburg, including the Portage railroad, $117,778 00; ordinary . expenditures, $304,- 702 22. The total receipts on the main line were $1,229,272 86; aggregate expenditures, (excluding $267,000 00 paid fur re-laying the south track of the,Dolumbia railroad, and $153,049 42 for motive power in 1855, and af ter December Ist 1656,) were $885,835 65, being an excess of revenue over ordinary ex penditures of $343,437 21. Although the receipts from the Delaware division are less than those of the previous year, yet the general result of its operations is satisfactory. The net revenue at the Trea sury was $264,095 40. Its management has boon characterized by a degree of economy too seldom practiced on some of the lines of our improvements. . • However important this division may be to the trade and business of that portion of the State,lts proposed enlargement should not.be undertaken, unless demanded by reasons of over-ruling necessity. The experience of the past, as connected with the Allegheny Port age railroad, and the North Branch extension, should warn usagainst undertaking without great caution, any new measure' of improve- ment, which may drain the Treasury, with out aiding materially, if at all, the public in terests. If itept in good order by efficient and 366,168 97 , timely repairs, its capacity will be feilrequal to all the demands of its trade and business* I I The Portage railroad is not fully completed. A small additional appropriation may yet.be required to, complete,for the fourth time, this" road. It ie anxious ly hoped that this unpro ductive improvement mkt)* soon cease its cor morant demands'epon the Treasury. Every year's experience more Clearly reveals the im-1 ' policy of the State in Undertaking this work. ! It gives me tio ordinary•pleasuro to Inform' you that the North Brunch extension of the Pennsylvania canal has been so far completed, that boats freighted 'With coal and other pro ducts, were successfully. passed through its entire length from Pittston to the Junction canal. This work was Commenced in 1836 —suspended in 1841—resumed in 1849, and finished in 1856 ; although its completion was officially announced in 1853, It extends from Pittston to the Now York State line, a distance of about ninety-four miles,follovring the valley of the Susquehanna to Athens, and thence along the Ohemung river to the State line, ' where it joins the "Junction canal," and is' thus connected with the New York improve ments. The importance and value of this improve ment cannot easily be over-estimated, Pass ing through ono of the richest mineral and agricultural portions of the State, it offers to the immense and valuable prodoets.of that region, a safe and cheap transit to the markets of Now York, Baltiinore, and Philadelphia. I in the completion of this canal the difficulties to be overcome, and the labor to be perform ed, were groat. Both these, to a grout extent, have been accomplished under the superin tendency of Wm. R. 3laffet, Esq., to when' this work was assigned. This canal although completed, and before the close of na.vietion, used for the purpose of transportation, 18 not perfect. Sinks in the bottom, from the nature of the formation and soils through which it passes, slides from the hills, and breaches may occur, but those, after a few years of well applied labor, will be di minished, and by vigilance and care entirely prevented. This improvement, although subject to the rivalry of competing railroads, if kept in good condition, under proper management, will re ceive its full share of coal and other Mintage. It is anticipated that the revenues, for the current year, will equal, if not exceed the ex penditures ; andpereasing with the facilities afforded, and the. rapid development of trade, will, instead ;of its heretofore unionsitg de mands upoiithe Treasury, take precedence in revenue over any canal in the Commonwealth. In relation to the propriety and policy of the sale of the main line of our public im provements, my opinion has not changed.— Every consideration of public policy, it pres ent and future interest, requires the separa tion of the State from the management and control of these works. 'rhe expenditures on that portion of the line, between the Junction and Pittsburg, largely exceed tire revenues, the excess averaging annually not less titan one hundred and fifty thousand dollars • and ru cises are in constant operation that will still more increase this deficiency. This continual drain upon the TrfaWry, to sustain a work, so unproductive, should at once be checked. A sale of the main line, fur a fair considera tion, and upon terms just and liberal to the purchasers, is the proper remedy. Such sale, on terms amply protective of the rights and interests of the people, can, by proper legis lation, be effected. In connection with the payment of the public debt, this question be comes deeply important. The sale would con stititte a new era in the financial history of the State, and assure it still more speedy re duction of the public debt, than that to which reference has been made. The subject is •Irtritestly commended to your favorable con sideration. The subject of banks and banking capital in its relations to the currency—the general Interests of trade and commerce and the in dustrial pursuits of the citizen, deserve your careful attention. My views expressed in a former communication remain unchanged.- 1. tie lIICOrpUt , 61.. old and solvent banks, when actually neces sary, and demanded by the wants of legitimate trade in the community where located, should be favored; under no other circumstances should either be permitted. In the creation of bunks, the interests of the State and people should be consulted, and a just discrimination as to number, lucidity and the demands of trade be exercised. The rapid increase ot population, the im portance and value of our home and foreign commerce, the constant development of the material wealth of the State, the extent of our manufacturing, mechanical and agricultural industry, the tact that the State is flooded by a depreciated currency introduced by private bankers and brokers, might justify, under the restrictions nod limitations indicated, a ju dicious increase of banking capital within •,ur Commonwealth. This, whilst it would aid the operations ot trade, and supply the real business wants of the people, would, at the same time, remedy, to some extent, the evils of a depreciated threign and illegal currency. By the act approved the Gth day of Novem ber last, the thirtieth section ot• the act of 1850, regulating banks, will be, after the first day yid uly next, extended to all incorporated' saving fund, trust and insurance companies. That section declares "that it shall not be lawful for any ut the said banks to issue or pay out any bank notes other than those is sued by itself, payable on demand in gold or silver; notes ut• specie paying banks of this State whip], are taken on deposit or in pay ment of debts, at par, at • Ow counter of the bunk where paid out; or notes of banks issued• under the 'authority of the act of. the 4th of May, 1841, at the option of the person receiv ing the same." These enactments wore intended to protect the community against the evils of a depre ciated currency, and prevent its intruduotion front other States. However well intended, they will fail to secure these objects, unless made to embrace private bankers and others of that class, whose profits are largely depen dant upon the introduction into the State of such a , currency. In many instances the notes of our own banks are' collected by pri vate bankers and brokers, and with these, or with the specie withdrawn from the banks is suing them, they purchase depreciated and foreign . bank paper which is paid out at par at their counters. By others large loans are negotiated with banks out of the State, at less than the usual rate of interest, and their notes, often. of a less denomination than five dollars, and always at a diseount, brought into the State and put into cir culation in the manner indicated, and this, too, under an agreement with the bank mak ing the loan, that the notes thus paid out shall be kept in eirculathin. The effect of this sys tem of private banking has been to limit the circulation of tho par paper of our own banks, and subltitute in its place a foreign, deprecia ted, and'often a worthless currency. In kis- Lice to the bank, trust and insurance compa nies, paying a heavy annual tax to the Com monwealth for their privileges, and for this protection of the people against these , evils, either the provisions of the thirtieth' section of t:te set of 1850, should be repealed, or fur ther extended so its to embrace private indi viduals and associations, who may monopolize and control, to the detriment of the public, this traffic In depreciated bank paper, without restraint and without taxation. The report of the Superintendent or Com mon Schools, will exhibit to you the number and condition of the schools—the number of teachers and 'scholars, and the general opera tions of thesystem during the past year. To the valuable statistical information of the re port, and the useful suggestions for the im provement of the system, I invite your' early and intelligent consideration. From a small and comparatidely unimpor tant incident of-the Ftat i e Department, the care 'and management of tliepublie schools of the Commonwealth, with their seventeen hun dred districts, ten thousand directors, twelve thousand teachers, and over five' hundred thousand scholars, have been the most impor tant and laborious branch of that Department. The increased and increasing business of the system has been met by a correspondent in crease of zeal, labor and efficiency to tho offi 426,820 61 349,922 29 • tiers to wh'om the law has committed ite gen eral direction and supervision. They should be Sustained by wise and generous legislation. Thd magnitude en I importance of the•sylitem, in its politiCal. social and moral relations , to the present and future of the people, Terviire that this should' be done. The guardianship of the mind of-the State should occupy a dis tinct and.prominent place among, the 'noble institutions of the Commonwealth,- IS should receive the efficient aid and entundagement of the gov4rnment, and be sustained by a virtu ous and intelligent people. If the revenue and treasures of the State—her public im provements—her lands and her titles, require and deserve the marked and distinctive care of the government, how much more should her mental and intellectual treasures, richer than gold—the social and meal improvement of her people, more valuable than canals and railways—the titles of her youth to the bound less fields of knowledge, higher than any of earth or aught growing . out of its ownership. claim an honorable position, and receive a care and aid Commensurate/ with their greater val ue and usefulness. The County Superintendency, wherever it has been committed to faithful and efficient men, has fully vindicated the wisdom and pol icy of that measure. It is slowly, but surely removing the prejudices and gaining the con fidence of the people. Whatever defects time • and experience may derelop„ in this or any other branch of the system, should be prompt ly corrected. But until the necessity fop • change is established, the system, in its unity and integrity, should be maintained: and if changed, changed only to render more certain the accomplishment of its noble purposes and oljeots. A sufficient number of competent and well trained teachers is the groat want of tho sys tem. In its structure end organization it is as perfect, if not more so, than any of the sys toms of our sister States. But the teacher is wanted to give it proper vitality and efficiency —to develop its true force and value—to se cure the gtwat object of its creation, the thor ough education of the youth of the Common wealth. How can this want ho supplied ? How are teachers to be trained and tirovided to meet this educational di4nand? Want we bo dependent upon the training schools of other States? Must our system be leopard ed, and its success perilled, by waiting the slow and unaided efforts of voluntary associa tions to. furnish the much needed teacher? Voluntary associations of common school • teachers have accomplished much in their disinterested and noble efforts to remedy this defect. They are worthy the highest common ' dation—they deserve every encouragement. They can and will de more ; but unaided they cannot accomplish the object desired. The Legislature must provide the remedy—they can supply the deficiency. It should be done promptly and effectuidly. No subject of greater interest can occupy your attention as legislators—no one appeals more earnestly to duty and patriotism. In a former communication to the Legisla ture the c,.tahlishinent of State Noemal schools. for the education of teachers, was urged as indispensably necessary to the perfection of the system. With full confidence in their utility and necessity. I again recommend them. These institutions, with their proper professors, and appliances, supported by the State, would meet the wants and elevate the character of our common schools. Teachers' Institutes, as auxiliary to Nor- mill Schools, when in operation, and supply ing their place till established, F honk] be aid ed by the State. One multi institute in each county, meeting annually, under the fostering care of the government, would be productive of most beneficial results. Whilst it would improve teachers and prepare them for their important and responsible duties, it would ele vate and dignify a profession ten long neglect ed and under-valued by those most deeply in terested in their honorable labors. These measures, as also •an addition to the annual State appropriation fir common schools, in an on !y }.y Iha 1100/14"14410 o f aho Treariry, would give energy to the system— increase its efficiency—and thus promote the true interests of the people and the Common wealth. Our educational, eh +able and refbriratory institutions has stry ig claims upon the bounty of the people, - and I cordially c(1111 mend thou to your cure and liberality. The State Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg, and the Western Pennsylvania Hospital for the Instill% and other kindred porp Wes at Pittsburg, are noble charities, and deserve the aid and encouragement of the State. The annual reports of these institutions will be laid before you, and will exhibit, in detail. their operations during the past year. The House of Refuge at Philadelphia,and the Western House of Refuge near Pittsburg, are institutions of groat excellence, and their re sults clearly establish the wisdom of the pot. icy that founded and sustains them. They ought not to be neglected ; nor should the aid of the Commonwealth be withheld froM thein. The ''Blind" and the "Deaf and Dumb Asy lums" at Philadelphia; and "the Pennsylva nia Training School for idiot, and feeble mind ed children," are institutions that appeal, in silence an sorrow, to the best and wrest feelings of the heart, and ask your sym pathy and aid. They should receive a gen erous share of the benefactions of the State. Agriculture, in its varied departments, is the groat interest of the Commonwealth. It is the basis alike of financial and commercial success, and of State and National prosperity. An interest so important should he fostered by the State, and honored by all classes of so ciety. To its promotion and success all should cheerfully contribute. In a former cuininu ideation t recommended the establishment of an Agricultural bureau, in connection with some one of the State Departments, to give efficiency to the collectiun and diffusion of use ful knowledge on this subject: . and to encour age scientific and practical agriculture. Science, with wondrous energy, has aided the husbandman in his him/maid° vocation, and proffers still more help. The State should nerve his arni and cheer him onward in this, the first and noblest pursuit of num. This subject, in connection with an appropriation to the "Farmers High School of Penusylva nia"—an institution deitined to be an honor to the Commonwealth—is recommended to your honorable consideration. The "Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania," established by the enterprise and liberality of some of the patriotic citizens of Philadel phia, us a school of the applied sciences, de serves honorable mention, and should receive the confidence and patronage of the public. In the teachings of this institution. literature, science and art, in happy union, meet to pre pare our young men for the practical business of life, for minin , mechanical and civil engi neering, and for--.promoting intelligently and efficiently the great interests of manu facturing and agricultural industry. • The laws on the statute book regulating manufacturing. and improvement companies, require revision., They aro unnecessarily stringent in many of their provisions, and, thus defeat the object of their onautment. They . drive capital from the State, instead of inviting its investment here ; and instead of encouraging individual and associated enter-{ prise and'energy in the development of omit immense natural' resources, they bind and.; crush both by severe restrictions, unwise itation and personal liabilities. The subject deservps careful attention and liberal ' , I have so frequently expressed my views in relation to local, special and "omnibus" leg islutrop, that their reiteration now. becomes unnecessary. Legislation, so far as practica ble, shodld be general and uniform. Local and special legislation, when the object de sired can be secured by general laws, or by the, action of the courts, should be avoided.— "Omnibus legislation!! cannot under„.atty pir cumstances, be justified or approves. Too much legislation 28 an evil that prevails ex tensiiely in l9gislative balls. Its avoidance woad not be irdurious to public or , private interests. The praetiee of delaying the passage of the general appropriation bill until the last days of the session, and incorporating in it provi ' tir o talons incimpatible with its galore! eharact and obnoxious, when stAbiling alone, to inset. mountable objeetbms, is highly censurablie said sheathd bt- discontinued. The attempt dm mule tofcirce; by a species of legislative legeitlerimin.!' the passage of objectionable measnrwi through the Legislature, and com pel their munition by the Executive, Ims boon too often successful. The practice cannot be too strongly condemned ; it cannot receive my sanction. The militia law of the State is imperfect in many of its provisions, and should be revised. The powers and duties of the Commander-in- Chief should be more clearly defined ; as also of the other ofFeers connected with the -midi.' tar t y organisation of the Commonwealth.— This is necessary to prevent a L:inflict ofjuria diction with other departments of the govern ment, and to 'give greater efficiency to our milieu) , system. Volunteer companies should be encoutrigtsl; our Mitire military system should be remodeled. and made to occupy that honorable position which from Its importance and necessity. it deserves. Near the close Of the. last session of, the Legislature, I transmitted to that body an or ! dinance passed by the select end cominon i.couricils of the city of Philadelphia. approved by the May the 7th of April, 1856, and I (acidly communicated to ice, proposing to convoy to the Commonwealth of Pennsylva - nia a lot of ground in that oily, for the pur -1 pose of erecting thereon a State arsenal.— I Want of time alone prevented action on the proposition thin submitted. The ground thus offered to the State is valuable, end its location most eligible for the purpose intend ed. The conditions of the proposed grant aro favorable to the State, unit highly creditable to the municipal authorities of Philadelphia, I evincing a liberality and public spirit worthy of all commendation. The necessity of it I State arsenal in that city is so apparent that the subjects &el l s no elaboration in thia commit } nieation. After the sale of the State arsenal In Philadelphia the publio arms were dopos ' ited in an old, building, or out house, UlO4llO Ind unfit as at depository of public property- The sum of $30.000 00, realized from that sale, is now in the Treasury ; and by the fifty } fifth section of en net passed the lUth day of April, A. B. 1853, entitled ••Aut Act to pro vide for the ordinary expenses of govern } went," &c., the Governor was authorized to apply the same to the purchase or a lot of ' ground and to the erection of nn urrenal there . oat. Thin sum was found itomflici. lit for therm purposes, and consequently the object intend ed by the apprepriatimt lea, not b e en accom plished. By the cession of this lot, the Sotto 'will be relieved from the mil...inhume of any money for the purchase of suitable grounds ; nail pm entire sum :0.0011 110 may be up plied to the erection of the neeess..ry buibl at,ge°rto•whielr-sa advisable, the amount that may be realized from the sale of the arsenals at Meadville it... 1 Ilarrisl•urg, as leeom6aended in my last an nual messitee. The4e sum., would be sufficient to necomplipli this object. I would, therefore; again recteaunend the Mime Hate passage of bill a ecerting the con v••yanee of the snid hot of ground from the city of Philadelphia. for the purports mid up on the terms and condition , COlltllifle.l in the ordinance: and that the sum of $30,000 ta) br ionpropriated fit the erection of a State ar • senal thereon. On the 6th day of Oetober..lBss, I approved and signed a bill. entitfed "An Act to repeal the charter of the Erio and North East railroad company, and to provide for the disposal of the some." In pursuance of its provisioss, lion. •Joseph Casey WAS appointed to take possession and have the charge and ct.stody of the road. Before possession was taken, ap plicatien was made by the coo t ?a ny, t o ono of of the Sur eine Coln of I'a., for an i ejta notion to restrain the egent of the Sta o froth taking possession ; mind subseq•:untly a cautiounry order eats made by the Supreme Court, in bane. to stay proceedings under tie net. The questions. hen pending belt re h it. ett o st were determined inn fa% or of she Ceinmenweatth—the enstitutionality of the act sustained, and the appli.•atinn for an in junctien refused. Po:session of the road mss then taken by the agent of the State its direct ed by law. On the twenty seeroul tiny of Apia, ISAti, an net, entitle.! "An Set supple.rient i cy to the net incorporating the Lite and N Dolt East railroa t compatij'• was tensed By this not the Erie 3111(1 North East railroad. no Li n illy hunted and constructed, was legalized and confirmed ; nod entrain cluing s in the read wera dirccted to be made,. ano other acts to be done by the company., It was also pro vided othat the if overnor shall retain p ,sees shin of the Erie aml North Eart railroad, un der tho net of the sixth 40i:tidier. 1555, until the pr this act shall have been ac cepted by a vote of the stockholders of the Erie and North East railnanol company, at a meeting called for the purpose." On the tif. teenth day of May, 185 e, itt it meeting of the Bto6kholders called for that purpose, the pro visiemi of the act were net by their vote - This acceptance. duly certified. was received ;and tiled in this Dertment.on the fifteenth day ofJulv last. ossessiun of the road bus been restored, and it is now undt r the care rind m inagentent of the company. A fatal account for money received from the road. whilst in possessiun of the State. will be set tled with the cowpony at the earliest practi cable period. It is bat proper to state tl at since the ac ceptance of the net of the 2 0 -d of April, p 56, a writ of error, in the eases adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. has been is sued at the suit of the company by the Sit promo Court of the United ,States, and is now pending in that court. The commissioner first appointed having resigned, A. K. M'Cluro, Esq., was applthit in his plum. Thu duties of both officers were ably nod faithfully performed. Copies of their correspondence and reports, herewith submitted to the Rouse of Representatives. for the use of the Legislature, will furnish in fornottion in detail on the subject now under consideration. It is sincerely desired that good faith nod honesty. of purport) may . char acterize the conduct of this company in the discharge of the duties assumed by their ac ceptance of the act of 22d of April last,' and that this much vexed question will net again disturb, the harmony or retard the prosperity of the city of Erie, or any other portion of this Commonwealth. The resolution, proposing amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, have been published as directed by that instrument. It will be your duty to take such tuition in reference to these amendments as will, in ;our judgment, be most consistent with the wishes of the people. 'An appropriation will be re quired to pay the expenses of their publica tion, and to this your curliest attention is re quested. The important duty of districting the State • for the election of Senators and Represents fives, will devolve upon • you. This duty should be performed fuithfully,.atid with strict reference to the interests and rights of the whole'peoPle. Returns of taxables, required to be made by the different counties, have not all been forwarded to this . Department, as by law directed. Circulars have been issued to the officers charged with these &Ries, urging their speedy performance, and the returns will, saloon as received, be transmitted to The elective franchise is the highest and - most responsible , privilege enjoyed ,by .the. American citizen. Involving in its exercise . . ' I the sovereignty of the people, and constituting as it does the substratum of our free institu., tions, it cannot be too highly appreciated or carefully guarded. `l`he ballot-box, 'throult which the people speak their will, should preserved from violation at every hazard sacritie% Upon its purity and integrity de pend the existence of our republican govern.. ment, and the rights unclprivileges efLthe lien. Every lepl voter, whatever may be b is iz political affinities or party predilections, deeply interested in this question. Any tempt to sully its . purity, or impair its efficient, ay, whether by violence or fnuni t should' be sternly resisted and severely punished. Ille gal voting, whether founded on forgerY or pep . , hey or both ; ore &lee aisessenents, or `false Ind !Urged certificates of naturalization, Iran .• ' ''' lei! Ant deserves the severest condemnation. It prevents an honest expreesidn of the pope. ...Baltimore, on Chrbitmas•-day,' 'Was the L. : • ler will; 'corrupta the sources` of legitimate scene of numerous bloody riots. actwer rind influence, and'strikes a fataltlow ...The cost of PlYmouth itmument will be it the cherished rig hts of freemen. These evils $300,000. are alleged to exist in our large cities—the ~.-_ - rural d , stricts of the State are comparatively Religios' Services for the tielq that numbers 21,000. free from much corrupting abuses. A remedy, Sabbath. ...The value of imports at Philadelphia, last co-extettsive with the evil ' shOuld be provided. Presbyterian Church.—Serviceo morninir was . . Every defence should be around thrown the and evening' Rev. Mr Van Wyke. '' year, . . $17,858,617. ... . bollot:box, iiiid whilst the rights of legal voters Christ Church, (Lutheran.)—Services in The hoop style was in vogue in.the reign should be Secured nod proteoted,, fraud in ev- the morning and evening--morning Rev. Prof. i of George 111. i ery form should be prevented and punished. Jacobs evening, Rev. Ur. Schleifer. ...Hon. John A. Ring was nauguratedras Whether a j uditnea s registry hew, °room° oth- Si. St J ames' Church, (Lutheran, )—Services Gov. of New York,.on therlatinst. : - er measure of reform, adequate to the near- morning and evening. ...It was Snook's wife who loved to make shies of the ease, should be adopted, is refer- Ifssfhodiet Eiriscoind Church.—Services ram. bread because it cleaned her hand se beau. redid the wisdom of the Legislature. ning and eVening. . tifully. , . . .. As appropriate to this subject, the reform German &Armed Church.—No Services. ....A:i Lawrthic e : Ka esas, the people are Or a the nateralization laws—the prevention, Associate - Reformedt;burch.—No Services. ganizing a municipal , government oh their bythe National Government, of the imports- . Catholic Church.No" Services. own hook. that of foreign oriminals and paupers, and a The/ . Prayer. Meiling of the Presbyterian, inure careful, rigid and peraonal exaMination. Garman Rdformed, and' the two Lutheran ...Caroline Speers, aged 25 years, was acct by Barks -oure.Ceurts, of all persons coning before churches is held every Wednesday evening.; county, ou !mt. Christmas night, . teunf as st plicants fur admission to the rights Methodist, Thursday evening. . of citizens p, mould, to souse extent, correct ________ ......_,_ states that existing ims, and relieve the ballot-box I LOOK-OUT. ther . e ..T a rh:ini''tohrtrilta Portland V A fi d v v e e t r l t i i o s u e s r an from, the tessure of corrupting and danger - I oil _ iii spiritualism. OUA influences. . ...The total number of vessels of every de 'Po 'the "'enjoy and acts of the National 1 (KY - With the new - year, it is our liven. scription laid up in Chicago for the winter, is Government, valet:tin , as they do, the rights tion to commence making out Bills of 8411 two hundred and forty-seven. and interests' of the eo ' imnonwealth, the peo. unsettled accounts for Subscription and ...It is estimated that the number ofpersone pie of tie State cannot he Indifferent. Penn- Jobbing, which we shill send out as soon afflicted with insanity in the United States, sylatania, occupying a high and conservative us possible. ' . We hope those who rectlive reaches at present 25,000. ' position in the sisterhood of States—devoted • them will find it convenient to meet them ' ...James A Bayard, Senator from Little to the Constitution and the Union, in their integrity and harmony, has been, and will eve ' promptly and without further notice. The Delaware, is the best billiard player in the ,. Ai Jr be, as ready to rerognize the rights of her atom ing anuary Court will citable' m a ny United States. f .sister' States as to defend her own. 'Thuile to send or bring in money ; while those ~.During the past year thirty rovclutionary sentiments elle has never abandoned—those • living at a distance can remit by mail at Id' havedied,Then umber on the en so tors in u p Bien list July last, was 314. principles she has never violated. Pledged - our risk. to the maintenance of the rights of the north, j ...A trader in Hartford distributed to the as well sae those of the south—sincerely desi- nis,..O n Mo n d a y last, the Directo rs of th e i poor children - o f the city, 100 - pairs of rub rem to promote the peace, harmony and wel-P beta on Christmas day , oor completed their appointments, a month's faro of our whole country—and dinclaiming —Lady }3 fns widow of the poet, has by caucusing having enabled them to settle the 1 till intention:or desire to interfere with the the death of the incumbent, inherited the title Constitutional rights of the States, nr their do. - conflicting claims of rival applicants for office. , of Baroness Wentworth mystic institutions- the people of this Corn- The Board adjourned their December meeting I ...The Sheriff of Hudson county, New Jer• ithei wealth viewed with al a rm and a pprehen• with rather indefinite action, th e node di Ili- i sey, treated the, pr in his custody oil sion the repeal of the Missouri Compromise— culty being to satisfy the demands of the Cuth- • j Christmas day with a rich dinner of turkeys. a muinproinise rendered ietcred in public es- . , • !Greece between terse verunee and ohm; wing of .Ire party. But the appointment I ...The (.1. is . 1 . teem by In' association and connection with , Obsttnacy—one a saung will—the other a the great eatt,e of national harmony and union of If SN'ItY REMY, as Revenue Commissioner, : strong wont. _v —regarding it as a palpable violation of the seemed to held! over the sore which hod been - dollars pl igh tail faith and honor of the nation, and as Between two and three millions o f develop el b the "black-balling" that get l 't 1. worth of oysters are sold at Baltimore year- I an unwarrantable attempt to ext -n I the itisti- • ''' : " Mall hail received at the hands of the party tits' ly. tution ot domestic slavery to territories then free. This reckles., and 'indefensible ant of 11 candidate for Associate Judge, and left the ...A wealthy citizen of Brookliti, on Christ. our 'National Congress, has Ind only aroused : way open for a judicious admixture of rut tit• . minis day, distributed $25,000 among Ilk ! e• io'Lltiolial j 0.11.11.4101 and renewed the agitation - now. Nothings nail orthodox I hanocrats I Mews and nieces. ~ ot vevex e d:tiol ilistr.leting questions. but, as a n poet consequent-it.• ...Law is like prussic. acid—a dangerous it has tilled Kans.'s with fraud, l" III" now ulll'ill"lill""ltl- Tl"' ''''''t"t ' , '''' r ,,,„,1„ , an d the smallest dose is generdlly x ;01 0/ ,,,,, ;m a ~tr i le— has sraitied its soil with' (menu Mr. LYTLE.: and 51a• flitiseintitore, after „„ei,,i,„. t. Woo I, :mad by a sy..tein of territ , i 7 lal lo 4itilitli"", a montit's abeyance, term Mated in favor of the ; ...Miss Slirvock an old lady of Loudon!' co., , justly ..tyli,d, " infamous," hots ',Lade freedom of. , h I e straggle for Physician, we, believe, ' Va. Wile Loral to death on Tuesday of last s i t ii h and of the press. a feloly. awl periled l a tter. . ' tire great prineiplet &liberty an I equal rights. •of Hunters ' l lay between Dr. Gennatiottoutat, . . week, and her house entirely destroyed. If trio iltictrine of .impular sovereignty" is in I town, a i nd Dr. Swoec, of this place. The •••For the year ending March, 1856, the tux on dogs in England yielded about cue million g .. a d litich to be applied to taa t Territory—if; Bused seem to have thought an orthodox Dem. toe people thereof are to be left "I wrre " tl Y: (wrath, Know Not hi ngf I I pre era i e to a tens- t of dollars. free to form and regulate their domestic insit- ' . ..! ...Anthony Burns, the hero of the famous t talons in their ew.l way, subject only to the ! garb Whig, and gave Dr. Swope the appoint- . slave rendition case, is now delivering a series Constitution tif the United States." then the I moot- tilistructi 4444 of the great National highways to' Counsel to the Board. Whether this itetien is l ...The funeral of Father Mathew, in Cork, i ties n - wtherit ein'g runt—the employment of' was attended by fifty thousand people, and the ! attributable to the fact that there was nu rival ' the - National forces, and the subversion of a " , I•LAV and justice all ke by the official!, in Kan- applicants, or that Mr. W. had been unt ... ortu- bishop and seventy priests officiated in church. ..., The flavor . of Newport, eincin• ea.; and Washingt,mn, to force slavery upon all unite in his previous aspirations for the Dis- . I ant i , receivi.,da ma iiiteebt Ch ristmas }resent unwilling people, cannot be too severely eon- ; I trio ...ttorneyship and Colliliiol to the County •;„ the shape of three fat bouucing babi es from dimmed. f:',•eo bai is the gre it eentre truth of Amer- I Commissioners, or to both, we have not heard- • his wife on Christmas eve. . . i;in It .•pu .olinatikin —the great law of Amer- Mr. DANNER wanted the Treasuryship, and : ...The Governot ot Vermont has - sent three ii- in N iii.iiiiility ; slavery is the exeeption.— of course got it—no one daring to dispute his t Cointaissioners to Kansas to ascertain the con- It idition of the people, with a view to the aid vo- Is 100.11 ;Mil enati in el ;and its extension be- i claims. The list is now complete, viz : 1 tad by the Legislature. y-,nl the juris liction creating it, or to the free I Steward—Jacob Culp, (Borough.) , t.irriteriet of the Union, was never desigied 1 ...A Yankee at Panama sought' shelter at Clerk—David Brinkerhoff, (Straban.) ~r emit tonplated by the patriot, foutido:s of the I T ,) . 1. I ) 1 B B , . , 13 0 , 1 the American Consul's from an earthquake ; ant•cr, k oruti i. ) It .mitilie. In iteeorila nee with these _anti r a ! li . nt —'e B. , ihe thought even the earthquake would respect Physician—John A. S wope, (Borough.) i in•oa.. P •suisylv 'ids, true to the prieciples of Counsel-1V our flag. m. M'Clean, ( - Borough.) I the act or 1780, whio which abolished slavery with- ...A Sentiment to the ladies—Mity their ie her territorial limits—true to the great gyp -W t ,, W. Pairoe, Esq., has disposed of virtue exceed - even the magnitude of their d earines of the Ordinance of 1787, which while their faults are still smaller than his Hat, Cap, Boot and Shoe establishment to : skirts mlediettrd to freedom the north-western terri their I;onnets. Messrs. Geo. E. itringinan and Henry Angbin- I tor} o'' the Uniea—true to National faith and Notional lemur, asks and expects, as duo to bough, store building and stock. Messrs. Our hearts are like instruments of music ; they will make no me or y the ! I well tunedl 1 in linr own citizens who li a ll , in good faith, met- Bringinau and Aughinbaugh will cont:nue the , ear of God, unless they be gentlyt^ .1 el by . .llt 11 tied in the territory of Kanmite, and as due to busiuess at the saute stand. ) the finger of the Spirit. the industry ited energy of a free people, that Kon•mat should be fret. Or A State Educational Convention met nt 1 ••••I'lle population of New York is dying In i tie wooer. ion, tied a• conseqnent upon the ! away at about the rate of one iu every seven- Harrisburg last week. Our County Superin• - t • • r peal of ills IlisAouri Compromise, reterenee to a con minutes, day and inght, all the year pr . •oeiti oi made ny some of the heeding 8.,,,it,,,, tentlent, Rev Mr. Hitt. and Mr. f• R ..yerte l round. pure it., nee I Ilore recently sanctioned by hith of- wore present as Delegates from this County. 1 ...A little girl about three years old wont to Metal authority in a sister Stine, in re-open the A church. On her return home she was asked Incite sieve trade. will net he deemed improper.— gia}t-IVe understand that AT TT —r. —ENtIY Rorer 1 - • • • 'Pitta fllleh ii trellis, declared to be piracy and ''b what the minister said, when she replied, "Oh eernie I by the ntyilized w.irld—se crowded with intends putting up in the Spring a large and : he went up on top of a high mountain, and horrors in every stage of its pursuit— so revolting handsome brick building upon the corner of hurrahed for some body." to every sentiment of humondy—every impulse of pere mini no.i e feeling-should e d or York and Stratton streets, on the lot now oc- 1 ...Mrs. Fly was asked if she kneaded her Inc OdVOCII approved, in this niociecuth century with apparent copied by him. It will he a decided improve- . dough or beat it up with a stick. ''lfyou can sincerity. and urged as it measure oh political econ- ! find any body that needs the dough ally more tl t portion of the town. meet to ut ~,,iy and ofjustiee and equulity to the south ern! thim I do," said she, "pray take mercy on exclamation - -- -- - .. States of (ho Union, are facts mat find their only gel - Rev. A DAM LONO, late of the Seminary 'exclamation and apoiogy in a wild enthusiasm, or a soil wilder finaticism lien overwhelms alike the at this place, has located at Chester Springs, • •••Mr. Benton, when in Lewistown, Me., ni reame sod the conscience. The wisdom end his• Penna. luding tolis old age, remarked thstt he was lii.nitirof a propositiohso startling and monstrous, I walking upon the broken arches of lifdJitrul mast seek their parallel and illustration in 'll.sth:it. SAD.—Hinsis Coven., son of Eti COVER, I Wile liable to slump through at any Moment.' e r...tes oftiMinquisition err in the held of the slave I shin. 'mid this haters of the "middle passage."— "Prised India, '' t formerly of this place, met with a sad axis ...It is estimated by theof Keanity repulsive to the intellicent and virtuous tal accident, on the 25th ult., 'l at toe residence I that in India and Ceylon theria•are one hand= mime-lament of rho Sou th ns well as ilia North, it i red and twenty thousand converts to Christi efineld receive the indignant rebuke of everrlover of his father, in Knox county, Illinois. He was amity. - ot Ills conntrv--of every friend efjustice and hu on horeback, in chase of a hog, which hakes- ...A. co rre spon d en t o f the San Francisco minim The history of the world and of crime does le reyeat a traffic more inhuman—an atrocityP ca ed from the pen. The hog ran under the Herald, writing from ULM), gives a list of forty . more horrible. Against a propositionsuablierrent, horse, causing him to stumble and throw off' leading men tu Utah .territury, who have in a id iIg , IIIIIII the proiciples it involves. as the'repre. all four hundred and twenty wives. the bey, upon whom the horse then fell , • • tem rem:Elves , s( a free people. and in their name. you ...A family named Joyce , numbering four should enter their unommous and emphatic protest. ring hitn so severely as to cause his death in • . l'he union of the Stated, which constitutes us dill' th e persons, an .- lig near ~. month of Salt Itiv• two days after. He was only 15 years old I on e people, should he dear to you—to every A me. f er, Ky., was killed on briday, by throe slaves, dean citizen. In the heat end excitement o r pri m, and was a fine, promising boy, and the House burned. . , i al contests—in the whit! of sectional and conflict• -, --... ____ - _______________ ins inierests —amid the surging of human passions, eiiise"Yesterday, being the anniversary of the ...Mayor Hall, of Brooklyn, has been pre- f 1 • d I b - ' sente with a house an ot 7 a number of harsh nnd chsentdant voices may he heard. threat- battle of Now Orleans , was • ' cc ebrated by the ening its integrity andmdennencing its doom ; but •citizens, as a testimonial of th ee appreciation{ eir to the calm, “tember, second thought" cda patriotic Independent Blues, who paraded in the morn- of his conduct during the prevelencelf the i and virtuous people, will he found its security and ning and afternoon. They looked well and yellow fever on Long Island last stuniner. defence. Fmoided in u re wdom, and cherished by the Nene,' alfention Of pre end devoted pattiotiam, marched well. In their afternoon parade they ...KANSAs AFFAIIIB.--JObn Curd/ling has in will stand. safe an I undisturbed. amid silents:me had with them their field-piece, drawn by four been convicted in Kansas of the murder of race ni politiesldemagoesm, and the fitful howling ho (T hi sp i ece,b th h issaid horses. y- e- y, to be Wm. Norton , Sheriff hue's, .so noted in the ! of frnntic fanaticiem ; and when it falla—if fall ntroubles in the Territory, has 'resigned. WM. 1 meat—it will be when liberty and truth , pairietisrfi one of the trophies of the memorable battle . Shantiard, formerly ofllirginia, has been ape 1 andvirtne, have perished.. - Pennsylvania tolerates which tli d . commemorate d ,) It ' kit • pointed in his place. , a ay was s I - no sentiment tit theunion—ehe knows not the word, Disunion ! ''' tin en . after-thought—a monstrou s fully managed by the gunners detailed for that ...An enterprising but ignorant South Amer werh-e-unborn till virtue dies." The Union and eurpose--makin' ei g ht d isc h arges• 'less g .. In. neat'! hits tent to an Albany locomotive shop the• Constitution—the iiffeeguard and bond of A me- " • for one hundred heow.catchers." He expects resin Nationality—will be revered and defendedhy than four , minutes. - Prett y rapid firing, we to use them in taking wild cattle on the plains every American freeman who cherishes the princh think, under the eirenmitainheit.: --- ' ' plea and honors the memory of the illustrious roue. '''.'4' ' of Paraguay, in place of the lasso. dery of theft eptiblie: • ' • • ...The South Carolina Legislature has alter- 1 Ritangniting otirresponisibility to Rim whit eart ' ed the law of that State relative to negro sail- . trek the destiniee of nations, end Omen, end invo king His blessing on yeur,Maliberations, may murder ors on board vessels arriving at that port— end harmony characterize your seesions, and with They are not to he imprisoned hereafter, but • tames referenceto the public good. may your legis must not leave their ships.. . boom amine, in its chamfer and results , promote ...Gen. G. S. Dolan was Knocked deim, the happiness and welfare of the pantile. and the honor and prosperity of the Commonwealth. with a slung shot, by 'some highwayntep in JAMESPOLLOCK: Reading; on Thursday evening of last, week, o .., ;..• •._ litirristaurg Jan. 7, 1857. and robbed of a geld watch worth $l5O, of $3O in money, besides ether articles. - W hir: ANGEL Genuisr.."—This man, whin had created so-many disortlers throughout va rious portions of the world, and thereby dis tinguished. himself as an hallueinationist re cently died at a penal settlement in Dernartim. ...The Scarlatina having attacked two chil dren in a family in Pittsfield Mass., lately, the canary bird whose cage hung in their route, , died with till tin hdeymptos ofthe disease, and two kittens they had played . with in bed also died ot it. Tun Delta or Mu. WlLsou.--We fame time since alluded to the capture by the Indians of Mrs. Wilson a lady who weir, on her , way from st.. to Salt Lake City, in Col. Babbitt's train. Mea. cures were immediately taken to secure her rescue, and Captain Wharton, of the United' states Army, exerted himself to the utmost. He offered large 'rewards, sent parties fti searA, and even anticipa ted the, Wishes of the ; family. so anxious and energetic was he in this work of int. amity. appears, however":' ; :that his labors were in vain . , for a letter received in this nity yesterday states that Mrs. Wilion wee killed on the 'day after her .capture, itemise 'she , could not rye on horseback 'gild keep up" with the train. She was a most estimable lady, and her melancholy "fate..has prOdtioeci a painful sensation in jne minds and hearts of those who knew and appreciated, her.— Phil. Ini/dren A P,ofsoeFous TONOEVE.-A celebrateA fatly once said of a him, neighbor. Ail, mouth Goofs riothrtig, for he al. ways opens it', at the' expense of oilier.. 'I wish that some - day he would bite his tonguevfor thett be would pollen ham. Mir Th e **mbar is moderating-;-gild ! TUB STIR INR ',BANNER. CIETTYSBUITIC: Friday Evening, January 9. When you catch, a man' ridiculing the wrongs of liansas, or the wrongs of the poor crushed slave, look at him carefully. You will see a cold, glittering 'iye, passion .- Antarked features and a' self weishipper.• Watellhim in every department of active life. "Po bath a devil." He haS no heart, or'none that will make the world, any better though it should beat a thousand years .—Ern True Ameri can. gro..Strong language, but true to the letter. ...This A LLEWID iNBI: I IIO.KCTIONB.—The com. mittee appointed at Nashville, Tenn., to ex amine into the grounds for the rumors of the slave insurrection in that vicinity, rep ort _ that after a careful inquiry t they could find no ciri deuce of any ituturreetzonary tendencies or par. poses by the slaves. and recommend that such as have been arrested bO discharged from con finement. THE PREVAILING COUGHE AND Comic—the speediest, and most popular, and only gener ally admitted positive sure for coughs, colds, influenza, difficulty of breathing, hoarseness, soreness of the cheat, tickling m the throat,. &c., is Clickener's Sugarcoated Vegetable PurgativeTille. They &Ward alinost unmedi- I ate relief; and the most eminent of the faculty recommend them excluitivelg in these diseases. ' To enh ante their value, being s eented with su• gar, they'•have no taste whatever of medicine, so that a child can take them as easy as pep permint drops l and then again they produce not the slightest sensation of gripe or nausea. In shirt they are so much superior to any oth er known medicine, that a single trial will melt ing person • patron of them for life ; and so assured is the proprietor of this, and so Confi dent in their re vet-failing virtues, that he will immediately return the money paid for them in all canes where they do noLgtve the most unlimited satisfaction. it' fa' These F,tills may be had of Storelteetters in every city, town and villagein the United States; Jan.9,2t , MISCELLJNE ...Toucutxu.—Two children, the daughters of a minister in California, died recently within five dais of each other. Their names 'were Bertha and Amy. Bertha a few moments be. tor, her departnre; said "Amy, come I" Amy died saying "To-morrow I shall see Ber tha." ...A. LAR ' O6I Caoe.-,The. Crop of,pOtatoas;in Monmouth county, *N. J., for last year, is es timated at 2,050000 bushels; some 700,000 bushols'of which were sold for about 75 cents per bushel, netting the iiroducers $500,000. We doubt if any other county in the Uiiion can exhibit such a result.—AreioarkAdverli.ier. . ...PuziLa FOR 8031 E SUBSCRIIIRO,--Those who are fond of applying their ingenuity topaz. zlee may, give the following. a trial and fork over the malt: MQNFY 11- . "[ONLY 11 • The 'nub' of the above is ;eh visible'.to moat eyes by folding the lower I' through the mid. dle and laying it halfwax pver the upper one. If you dont "fogey," thea 'call up to the "cap. ing's" office. •is ' ' 1 ; .; •. , : • • c,IA. --4w•k 41:41g0P2- TELE GR.IP.h7C, Terrible Acciden t- whit •7olllfe - - of :Judge Daniels Bu tt tto Death ! WAiiiIiNGTON; ' Jan. 4.„. most shocking accident, occurred here last night, by which, i the wife' ofJ ridge Daniels,of the United States , Supreme Court, was burned to death. Thu f Judge end hiii wife had just returned from a party to his residence in Franklin roW, and, Iliad gone to his library- Whilst Mrs. Daniels 1 I repaired to her sleeping rem and commenced 'disrobing preparary to to retiriag for the night. Being very near sighted, she old not: perceive ' a candle sitting on the hearth or the flames I which communicated to her plothca mail they I completely en. elopedther. She then ran from I her .room, shrieking for assistance, but her motion only ridded strength 'o the flames, and it is supposed she also inhaled the tiro. De• fore effectual assistance•could be rendered the main- amts lady was burnt almost to a crisp, and died after niglit hours' intense suffering. She was an estimable lady, about, :35 yours of age. Her terrible death line curved much re gret among her large circle of friends And the community at large. Much sTnipathy is felt on all Laude for the Judge in this sad bereave. 1 anent One statement says that Mrs. Duni* was in her night dress which caught fi Anoth er that she was in bed reading-when the audio caught to her sleeve. - . Mrs. Daniels was. the daughter of t he late Dr. Harris, of Philadelphia, formerly Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy. She leaves two children, the youngest about eight months old. Judge Daniels, was slightly burnt in his efforts to extinguish the flames. Her consciousness was preserved almost up to the last moment, and she observed to her attendants, that just berbre the necident She hod been reflecting upon the degree of happi !WAS with which she had been blessed. Der marriage attracted much remark iu soviety fe ye.,rs Iwo from the disparity of ages, but it was siiigalarlv thrtmlate in mutual devotion and satisfaction. A child, afi w m , intb s is .me Lathe victims of this deplorable visita tic n. anllngton's Arrival al Slog Shag. NEW Y”ItK, Jan. 3.—Deputy Sherillingles left yesterday afternoon fu: Sing Sing, having in custody Huntington, the forger. A number of his friends were at the Tombs to bid him good lye as he came into Old passage. was e7egantlp dressed, and seemed to have hut little element about his situation. I have since learned that when liuntiushm arrived at Ski r t. Sing, he, in charge of the Deputy Sheriff, went to the St. Nicholas Hotel, in that town. and ate a jolbr good supper—the last of. the kind he will elcjoy for lour years and ten months. unless he is pardoned out. He was then deliverer) to the prison officers, and lock• ed up in his cell. It has been suggested that in choot.ing n work shop for him, lie is put to the for; snug department. The SllkVe Excitement In Arkan- SASS, AC. • LotiISVILLE, Jan. s.—The.lfe,mphis Appeal, of Tilettlay last, says that there asconsidera ble excitement in St. Francis county, Ark., by rumors of a projected rising of the slaves a- bout Caristmas • and several negroes were whippet until they confessed to it plot. A similar report prevailed at Napoleon. The committee appointed by the Mayor of Nashville and Judge Davidson of the County Court, a examine the charges of insurrection against t lie negroes, report that they could find no evide .cc, and recommend the discharge of the pristners. The :aissiAsi i pi paper,' ridicule the tele graphic .-cpurts .a negro insiirrectioa U. Jackson mad say that it has nut the shadow of a (timid° tiou. Illinois Li,glslalure. Srau uena.n , Jan. b,—The Illinois Legisla ture me. to-day, When the democrats forcibly expelled Mr. Bridges, the tepublican clerk of the last house, whilst he wits calling the roll, and orp Anized finally by the election of Sane' lfulmet. (dent.,) as speaker, and Mr. Leile (dent.,` clerk. Peturdvassla Legislature • HATXRISBURCI, Jan. L. deti•, was elect ed Speaker of tho House to-day. Th e Senate met this afternoon, when David Taggart, Re ; publican, was elected Speaker on the first bal lot by 3 majority. 36. Haulers!y was chatted Clefk unanimously. A bill has been introduced relative to con tempt of court for the purpose of elliteting the release of Gen. Small,. who has been confined since June last for coutempt of the Supreme Cotirt. Message of the GoVernOr of PesipsylVania. Harrisburg, Jan, 7. 7 -Gov. Pellock's mes 'sage was read in the LegiPlature today. The financial cudition of the State is satisfactory. The receipts, including the balance at the end of the lust fiscal year, was nearly $6,022,000, andothe expenditures :4,114,000, leaving a balance hi the Treasury of $1,265 , 000. The State debt has been decreased during the year 3366,000. The Governor also recommends the passage of a constitutional amendment in relation to banks, and pledges to support the present rail- Toad system. The Governor calls the attention of the Leg islature to the prevention of illegal voting, and favors a reform of the naturalization laws, by the National Government, and stricter gnnrds upon the extension of the rights of citizens by the State courts. Ho alludes to the repeal of Missouri CoMpromise, and coinlemus the con duct of the officials of Washington and Kansas Territories to force slavery upon au unwilling people. untsinnia,Jan.B.—TheSenAte'completed ito(Organizqtion to-day. The otficers are as lot ows : Speaker,David .Taggreit; Clerk, Geo. W. flainersly, sistant Clerk, Judson Hol comb, Transcribing Clerks, Lucius Rogers, It. W. Leeils i and John •H. Wells . ; Sergeant -at- A mai, Joseph R. Smith ; AsSit. Sergeant at Arms, Win. P. linuly;• Doorkt.eper, 'Jas. Free, born ; Assist. Door-keepers, B. Lytle arid Daniel Neyininl ; Messenger, S. B. Hamilton; Assist. Messenger, John L. Bland.' In 'the House, Jacob Zi9gler was elected Clerk.: Win. S. Picking wns appointcd'AsSiSt ; Clerk; and Geo. Shads, Jnines DPKenna, J. A. Magee and • E.• R. Brady, iTratuicribing Clerki ; sergeant-m• Arms, Jacob Glassmyer. Successor to Sir._ Crampton Ap- • • pointed. WAsuitiovou, Jun. 6 .—The - Administration has been officially advised that Villiers, - the brother of Lord Clarendon and the late Judge Advocate Oenertd, has been appointed British Minister to thib country,' and will shortly ar rive here. • • • Burning of Vermont Capital • Hui , Moureatastt, Vt., Jan.. 7-8,.P. 711.r—The Verraohtoiapitol,building is now on fire, with no hope of saving the entire edifice from des. traction. The capacibus dome is enveloped in flames and the fire is spreading t0,,a1l parte of the building. The origin of the fire is laid to some defect ill the heating apparatus. Later. ' • ItfoSipzumt, Jan. 7, A. M.—lctithing re mains of the, capitol but bare Walls. The paost serious - Toss is the contents of the apartMents of the State naturalist, the destruction of which is total and irmperable. COLD.--the cold was intense yesterday all day In the morning at 7 o'clock the mereu, ry wail 1° below hero. this morning it was 4° above= -G oring the nighrl° below, Whew , 1 . 11 Ar#aktit'Vloader: of !the Age. No Pay if Dr. 'rebiati-oelebrated Venetian Llbiment does nbt eettre: Cholera, Dysentery, Croup, Chalk' COugbs, Dyspepsia, Vomiting, Mulapsiroothaebe,Headache, Chapped hands, Cold Peet, 'Mesquite Bites, Insect • Stings, ChrOnle Houitittistei Swellingti, Old Sores ! Cuts Burns,:Breiseiiind Pains or: Weakness in the Limbs, Back and. Chest.; No neneee, Tai Dr. Tobias has warranted his r Linirnent , for eight years without ever having # demand for the return orate mote ,y—all that , is asked is to use it according to thtdilitietions. /aims:tall ever 'be . witkeut it after:Onee using it. ' If you do not find it better than any thing you have 'ever tried before, get your , money returne4l !leg-Thousands of certifi c ates have peen re ceived Speaking . brits Virtue S. 'New.aglityki ii is the praettee tb , fill" 'the papers With . eertill: cites from unknown 'persons; -or Fired 67 those who .have never'used the metlitnatenow Dr. Tobias offers to pay- 1000 dollars .to'any one who will prove that he over . published false, certificate during the time .he has had hid medicine` helbre the ,pfiblic, ' Call 'on the Agent and get ti . pathpltlet Con- Ming' genuine certificates: As persons envious of the largo sale - of the Venetian Liniment have stated'lt .is ,inlurious to take if littera:illy, Dr. Tobias has talceji the following -OATH I, Samuel I. Tobias, of the city of Now York, being duly sworn , do depose . that compound Linittient called Venetia:l;llml that, the ingre dients of which it is compounded are. perfect ly harmless to take internally, even in double, the quantity named to-the-directions, tteeem paving each bottle. Istew York, January oth; 1855: • StVorti this day before me; ' • • ' PERNA ,•.stDO WOOD, 'Mayor: Price 25 and 50 cents ;.sold by the Druggist and Patent Medicine Dealers throughout the United States. ,• • 11t9„..A150 for sale, Dr.. Tobias' horse Lini ment, ha pint bottles, at rd. cents, 'warranted superior to any other. Dr. Tobias' Office; 5a Conrtland street, N York. B9k.A Inn, by A. D. BUEITLER, Gettysburg and If. S. Miller, East Berlin. Sept. 19, 1856.—in MEV OF A ?if RICA (IF THE ACE. —The greatest man, "take hhn 'a 111 all." 111 he lasi hundred years, wai George Washington—an A inerican. The iireatest Doctor of I•)ivinity wait .lona than Elwairils--an American. The gromteJt I'hilo*mph Or WILY lionjmnin Franklin—an American. The greatest of living Sculptors is Hiram Powers—an American. The greatest living Historian is Wm. H. PreAeott—at. American. The greatest ornitliuliOsf was J. J. Autlu boa —an American. The greatest remedies known to the world for piipular Chermr Peeioral and Calhadie Pil. , were invented by Dr. J. C. Ayer—ua American. • The greatest Lexicographer since t h o litho of Johnson wits Isionli Webster—an American. The greatest inventors of modern times, were Milton, Fitch, Whitney and goraa—all Americans. A. DYE FOIL THE HAIR: Perfection is not attained by indolence and ease; there is no across-lot road' to universal fityor. The world will not be blown like chaff into a chan nel indicated by imitators. Withems the fast nnehored fame of BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE, won tic watching when others slept. sus•. twined by its intrinsic worth and truthtullitess to nature. IVarranted not to disappoint the hopes of those who use it. Made and sold, or applied, at the Whit Factory 233 Broadway, New York. See that each box, has . Wu. A. BArcumma on. no others are genuine. TIMEI! - earqtully corrected to Thunday, Jan. S. 1857. Flour. Froward Street. $6.25d . 6.37 6.37 Rye Flour . 9.25 (iil 5.00 Corn Meal 1.00 01 3.25 Wheat white 1.50 (tis, 1.65 Corn, white , ' '6O (4 62 Cori!, yellew. . r. ' 01 ' CO 63 stye, Pennsylvania . 75,(1 00 thug, Peolmylvdoio - . ' '4O 0?), 50 Clov!.;r Seed 7,25 (irl .000 Timothy Sued. - • , 1.00 00 l5O Hnv Timothy 15.00 6420.00 Hops , • •7: (.i.k r 14 . Potatoes ' .70 (it 75 bacon, Shoulders '7l - :!:. 7.1 . . Bacon, Sides Bacon, Hams t'ork, Mess • Pork, Prime Beef„.Mess . Lard.'in barrels T,ard, in kegs Wool, 15nwashed Wont,' Washed Won], Pulled Wool f Fleece, common.... Wool, Fleece, fine.- NVool,.Choieu ... Butter, IVestorn,. in kegs. Butter, Roll Cheese Coffee, Rio Coffee, Java HANG ER MARKET. HANovim, Jan 8, 1856. FLOUR bbl., from wagons, $5 75 WHEAT, bl bushel, 125 to I RYE, CORN, OATS, BUCKWHEAT, per bushel POTATOES per . bushel 4 TIMOTHY-SLED, CLOVER-SEED, FLAX-SEED, PLASTER OF PARIS, I'OIIIK , IIIARKET.. YORK, Tuesday, uB, 1857. FLOUR, 11 hhl., from wag ~ .1.5 76 WHEAT, 11 bushel, • 0 to 1 42 RYE, 18 . 66 CORN, " ~ • 52' OATS. 41 TM/THY-SEED, 11,bushol, , 3 40 00 CLOVER-SEED, .. . " 050 FLAX-SEED, •• ',:" —.' . 175 PLASTER OF PARIS,. Id ton. - ; 6 76 Marrietr. On the Ist inst.,by the Rev.. Dr. rauth, Mr. WILLIAM H. :KING, of'lovia,: and Miss LIZZIE SHULTZ, of this place. On thd 24th ult., by Rev. T. H. W. Monroe, Rev. LEONARD M. GARDNER, of the 'Baltimore Annual , Conforencei : end Miss, ANN 'MA RI A, daughter 'of Mr. Wm. Blaidei; near Greencastle, Pa. . • On the 25th ult., at the Conaway) Chapel, by the Rev. T. Enders, Mr. JACOB KALE and Miss ANN MARY. WEAVER, both Of Adams county. On the 25th ult., at Greencastle, by the Rev.. F. FitithritulT; WASHINGTON. CROOKS, Esq., or Charobersburg, (senior Editor of the Repository,' ) and Miss, SARAH 'JANE RUTHRA UFF, of Greencastle. On the Hith ult., by the Rey. Jacob Sechler, Mr. HENRY BUCHER, and Miss SARAH •WOLLET—both of Adams county. 111.11,111111 / . 1 ._ DUO. • On Tho. 30 instis at New Oxford, S&RAH AG DALEN,daughtgr of Wm. D. and Mag dalen lilies, aged 7 years seven months and .ix days. In Columbia county, Ohio, on the 20th ult., 3fr."JOHN WEAVER, formerly of this coun ty, aged 76 years Mid 10 months. In Westminster, on the 15th i nit., ISAAC lt SHRIVE, Esq., President ofAhe Bank of Westminster, aged about 84 years. • On the 19th ult., in New Oxford, Adams county, Mr. 4,N.NRX, STAUB, aged about7o yetitir'' On the 3d ma., at the residence of Dr. Schrnubker, in, this place, M4RY, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Sadder, or Easton, Pa., aged about 2 years and 6 months. diffpond of my }lnt,: Car t Boot tend Store 'fi; McNarer It ftIN(I:iIANI . A.UGIIINHAUOIt, 'Who t•ill'earry'bit the busineta at the old atand,l reapeetrully . nak a miitionanee to•tily-aue'eessora. of the liberal; patronage,.withmhieh the publie_haye favored rag Altirmg am ay • ant . now, out of liklineaa, it is neeessary.that any Bonita and, Aeeotinti be eledi•il up at antie. All ierson4, ,thereforti, WO) 'know tlleituieketi "itidehthd on Note or 13tidk Aceotint'ittle An without delay awl.. make. dettletrient. be found at the old stand 1 EWERS Teatotnentary on the:Vita*, . of IA JACOB deenttned,t l 4te of 51enallen Mena ;bounty,. Penn i a, having been granted' to the hubscriber, they hereb' gives notice to all •personn indelbted to: said Estate to call and settle the atnef and those having claims am requested to presort them properly ionhontiented thr settlement. The Executor r.s‘hles in snow township. GEORGE CONRAD, Ex' r. Jan. 9, 1856,—(4 J. LAW ICE ist CE 'II I L I.i; , Denim,. . .. i FFICE' in Chambersburg street one door West ol the Lutheran Church,nearly opposite Gramriter'satore, whore he may be found ready and willing mattend to any case within the province orate Dentist. persons:in want - of-full sets of teeth are invited to call. . ''. REFERENCES. - , Dr. 0.1.1 f Jut LU 'll c V, tev..P•KaAorn,l) D "D. Wail:a, , Pror.M.JAcons,.- Fl.M.iluumt '" • 11.L.BA.1;011111' ;. 0 D. GT r,nalyr , i' H.A.Mustwcsoniv , . fay. R. J umecur. I .'" M. I/ &ram's: 4 July .... '18413 . ' %V 51 . 111 - a (.1 1 E A-1%1 • Attorney •at Law, • AND PROHECUTINO ArvinNlT • nITICE on the south side of • the 'public, A-F•square, two doors West a the'gicethier 011iee. • , • • • • . • ' Meech 28,1850. • ' D, I •D u • 4florney,at-Law, proinptl):'attend to CollectiOna.and V V all other beamona entrustekto his dare. Or Office in the Diamond, adjoizilitg the Starlf of A. 11. KtraTz. Gettyehurg, 1 a,, reb.,l, 1156., ' , D A:, V . D . lA*,, 4S,taken Mr. .ST.EVEl.l9Ktf,officp ,Nartk West'edrner of Ceatrii :;;quare., .• ri EFEßENClE:l6ll..'Thuddeuit Stevens Esq., Lancaster. 9 } Ca) 14 9 i If 4 ~19.50 '0.19.7g .:.17.00 (1400.00 16.00 a .17,00: 12 a 12/' • 111 a . 121 24 a 26 33 a 36 23 a 32 35 a 3:7 50 4 50 60 a 35 ..,.... 14 a /6 20 a 23 10 a 11 1 a 104 , • 14i a 15 E D IV,el D B. .13,1 J 1114,p , , . .• , • .. A aoinneY al. Laws' Lite German language. 011 ice at tho same place, in South lialthnore streeknear'Forriefs l)rui. Store, awl nearly opposite & Daiiiier:: Ziegler's Store. ' ' W. L. CKM LL• • , torasWy ul Lew, fiFFICE on Chamborsbutx, street; Gettys lUF burg. two doom from Uoo. Arnold's storp. will 'attend to filing claims for RouvrY ter U, under the Into Acts or emi g res.; P6utions; &C. All business entrustetkolis ,hande , will re euivo prompt attention. • • • D.. o ON A ,G FIT • , Astoiruer at. Law,. ,•• • ,(0111ce re.noved to one door West of Buehler's /)rug tit Book•Storo,Clumbirsbufgstreet.). Attorney and Solicitor jOr Palonta and Pen- 3 00 6 50 I 50 6 00 • awns, Bounty Laud WarTatits,.' Back-Par ana• panded Claims, and all other claim; against the Government SC Wasitingtint,'D. C.: also American claims in England. Land Warrants located and sold,,or bought,und highest price* given. ,, Lands tor sale in lowa,lllinois. and other Western Slates ; and - Agents engaged locating Warrants there. • tter ApplY to him peisoually or by otter. frEIE following Selior:4 Houses and Lot's will be exposed to Public Saln., on ll'itinetday the 21tt 'at' the Conrt liouAl t in the . ttor• ough ut Crettystthrg i to wit : * ONE-STORY BRICK BUIL DING, with a basement, and half lot ofground, situate on'High stre4, and adjoining-proper ties of T. F: Brinier, and Samuel Volk. No. 2...=A ONE-STORY LiktlCK BUIL DING and lot of ground, situate on East Mid dle street, adjoining property .Of E. Pantieway. No. 3.—A ONE S 7 BRICK BUILD. ING and lot of ground, situate on the South West corner of D't9hingtou and High street. Sale .to commence ut one o'clock; P. M., when conditions Will bu made known. Persons wisling to view the property 'will please call on iho President or, either of the Board of School Directons. • ; . W. L. CA3IPBELL, Attest—J. Attuutstsyntt, Cler4 Jan. ; 1857, .* 113ROPOSALS will -be received until No* A. day the 19tA itut., for the erection of an additional story on front and back building of i the EAGLE HOTEL, now occupied by Peter Shively, and fur many other improvements. Plana and speciffeatione can be seer by calling on either of the undeniii4d.. A. COBEAN, ' 11., D. MENET, • I GEORGE THRONE. ran. 2, 18457.td FOR RENT—tt small two story brick HOUSE,.with lot 'and stable, on Rail 14reet, between Carlisle and Washington . 4sucinire at this office. ' • • - • • - ,IS, '...•; t_ •„ '0 ",''t :...,;,..; .. • REGTER'S 'NOTICE. N OTICE is herobigtven toalfLeigeties end other persons concerned, that the Admin- THEIi. , i istrafien•Artliflllit ,hereinidter Mentioned will nideFsigned having purchased 1:72 be presented at the Otphans' Court of Adams Wm. W. Paxiour Esq.+, his ehtir e . B `"''''' ' for confirmation and allowance 441 orGodds, will continue the business at the old a id county , ~ . , , „ ,r et ay, the 19th eau of Janwary next, vle s 207. The find account of Joeiah Cook, A stend, in Chambersburg street, a few doors west of the diamond undertho firm of BRING , minntrator of the estate of J Cook, de- IIAN & AUGHINBAUGH, and. solicit thol rewd. , , putronage of their friends and ,the public gen 208. The first acc emlly. ount of Margaret Gm to increase our ,lock of We have made arrangements largely mer, E xecutrix of the last will and • testament of Benjamin Grammer, eceased. Boats and - Siloar • • • Hate,. caps, , ' 209. The 'second and final account of David , and will alwais keepon hand it lid, ussortment E. liollooger, one of the Administrators of the, of all kinds, ,cuitable :ta:the season, which will i estate o f Tempest Wilson„tlemuted. be sold intim lowest possibloprices.. Hoping, 210. The tine] account orstouuel Durbo by etriet.attention It, busiuess, to Merit split). raw, Executor of the last' will and testament of anti pat ronege.,We invite,all needing anything i Joseph Miller, deceased. , iu our line to call and examine our goods be. I 211. The second account 'of lotto' B. IP fore purchasing elievihere. ••, . ' , ! Pherson, acting Executor of the lart:wilr and .GE'O. E. BRINGH AN, .. testan3ent ofJohn 'Duncatipilecetutedi - , -, H. 'ACC CINBAUGH,2I2. The first Mid- finel. account 14' Loci . 'Gettysburg, 'Jan. 9;1857.—tf ". '' Pitzer, Administrator of the estate of ..T,olui, 11. '' ' ' ' 'Pitzer, deceased ' • 213. The first and. final accouitt•of,Aftehael . Overbauglf, Guanlien of Maria, Louisa, Cath arine anti Pitn, Shenfelten i.. • . - 214. The - first and final account of' John liver, Administrator' of the estate of Sarah Hoover, deceased. ' . • • 215. The' . first and final ace Mint ofloltts • Boyer. AdministratOr with the Wilt annexed of 31 agdalena,kfoover,•tleceased. ',, r? r : r , .••; ,2. •'...., ' i WIC' .0. "WAL TEX gegitter; 2 , ,. # . , per PAN let. PIANIC, pepuly. Register's Office,' Gettyibifrg, ' Dee. '26, 1886 td NEW 'FIRM ! ` , slats; Capi, Roots trad Shoe., SOLD. OUT—P.dY Jan: 9,1 85 i: _ if 9V-M.W. PAXTON EMIZEI Pi•ultssional Ca;ds #l , 14404 PUBLIC-SAXE. 13 order of the Board To Builders. • EL I 0 N,, • ItToTICEi is hereby given to the Stoekhtilil-'' Alenvoi the GETTYSBURITRAILROAD, COMPANY, thitt archEection. will be held, for a , President and TWelfe,'Directors for the ensiling year, at the Court•house in-the-Bev ough, of Oettysburg,-on lionday tit5.1261 ,, ,e0,4 ty"Jantuirli,..lBs7,: between 'the hourrrof.2l and 4 o'clock P. .M. There krill' ,e a.tneeting Of the Stockholders on the same day, and at the same place,. at I o'clock, P. M. D WILLS, AVID L, Se&y. N. 13.—N0 stockholder is entitled, lefally, to a vote at the above election, who is In „art , , rears on any 'of the` :Sleet; w hich have been called II by ,the Dec. 12,0, !.- rent aollectaT,af,Tpcs tovnvillips ,tht. county are hereby notified that theiwjll bieietjuired to settle up their duplicates on or before'Mcmila'Y r thailYth day qj Janoary nort, on which day the Com missioners will , meet at their office 'to give the necessary exonerutions, itc. If the Duplicates aro not settled up in full by - the above date, Clio Collectors will be dealt with according, tp laiw, without 'regard to persons. Itel.-A • meeting' of the Commissioners talco place at their office, in Gettysburg, - ott on Monday the out of. Tanual, at which timo exonerutiona will be gran,ted to" such' of the' ' Collectors as may prefer , attendiag and mith , jug settlement on that day: GEORDE MI ERiit, 4. - • ' HENRY A. TICKING,' '• JOSIAH-BENNIiR, • . -J ' Comminionert. Attest.—. J. U. WALT Ckrk: Jan. / 867 . , 741 • : :..T4.y..ki1k;.: . "1,43 : 0,44,; . .. IRE following Application to •keep ti Pubi Lc House ofentertaintnent it, the Countk,• of Adonis has been filed •in my office 'With be requisite number of signers, and will 14 prognntert - nt - thnf.nart of Quarter Se:pint:a, on the 19th of Jantway next.: • - ,TSAAU UYLIts, eranklin , Township. JACOB IdAIiTIN, Oxford Borough. J. J. lIALIII4 IN, Clerk of Quarter Seasions, • Dec. 19, 1856.-,.31 N ()' l 4' cE. T HE undersif r gned, appointed Auditor to MI. tributeithe assets in the, bands of Altos L. tlel'ESpt t pomutittee of . l'uotsss ,131TTLII. and ) wife, auntAig the creditors. and paFties .putitleit thereto, will attend at hia office in ileityaburg, on 7itestlay Me 18M day. of , January nett, at 10. o'clock . A. M., to, discharge said, duty, of t. Which all parties iu interest are hereby flooded. ' D. IfeeQ.IAI,TG.IIY, -Auditor. Dec, 96, 1856.-441. ' NOT.ICE. T ETTERS Testamentary on the Estate -it of GEORGE' . GULI,PE:i, late of.Etra; ban totiniihip, Adams ,county, Patina, de-;:. ceased, havbig . been • granted to the' subieri her, rdsidiiig in Momitpleasant township, he hereby gives, notice to portions indebted bssabi l Estate, to call and. settle the samo4,and; those having claims are requesteit to, presei4 „ the stns, properly tutthenticsitrd „for settles, ;. went.': DANIEL GULDEN , Euculor; Vac. 26,1866.---60 ;,NOTICE. LETTERS Testaentavy on the estate e f Testamentary MICHAEL HANES, late of Reading township ; Adams county, deceased, having; been grunted to the subscriber;' residing iu Hampton, Reading township, notice is hereby' *. given to those indebted to said estate to make payment, and to 'those having cluitns'to pro:, sent the same properly autherkticated to, the subscriber for settlement. • Jan. 2,1856, JOHN BROUG.I4 Ez4.. Pal' UP! TgE undersigned, desiring to close up his , 4ctoks and Accounts, has pideedAtutt the tanda of * MoCi,s4uir, En,' for collection. 'All ;persona diamond of saving ' costs, aie reopiested to'eall with Mr. kteGlel449‘ art an early date and make settlement: ' _ Noir. 28, 1E156:-L4tilill 43/LBEItT. LADIES , 'DRESS FURS. • A Fitie Assortment of new and elegant 11l FANCY FURS, eoniistimg, in part, of Sue French Sable, Ermine, Silver and Rock- ; Martin, Getiett, and French Cony ; all and Mahlon:Ably made into Itlantilletts,Oeffip Victorines, Wristlets,;Bluff4, &c—just received •.'; and for sale' at the Hat and lap Store of S. S. Iti'CRLARM ItiSY•lPOxted to Ptirchtute--Iduskrat, Otter, and Fox gifts. , a, is,. Irv, Dec.l9, 1856.-34 • pour lor Sale. F you want a good barrel of Floir, , car , at I .HOK.E'S STORE, as 6 hatinutde evangel. wants to hare always`the beet, which hisrwill etell at 25 cents advance. JOHN 11011 E. May 2, 185.6 - umwoulei Alarge lot Of Trunks : and' Nara 140 baud which will be sold low to maks room at ' • SAILSONIL vesire j v 67‘. • • . A N runusoelly: Urge' assoruees of an ryi. 'description just rescind. at • • • • .1 - BA XIIONIF: frIRUNICS„ " CARPET RACE end pit.' J. BRELIAS, for tele at COREAN 'A'PAXTON , II. 11 LACK Silk and Semi Hese of &risks* "4 IN style %el at redseed prices far afoot COBEAS4 ' 06Z:11-it?