U i I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hikry Clay: t p n m 3.0II I i: R'ASfX I'M . J0".?, 'J and Publisher. EBENSBURG, PA;, THURSDAY . JANUARY 10, 1808 8. NUMBER 48. rjiLlAM K1XTKLI-, Atiorney at iriar j i 1 ou 4 I ' f-beitsburg, i ft. Oflire opposite tfce Bank. LJn..4 HGK M. UK AD 13, Attorney at 1 Law, r-Densourji, x A : r'rviMinailA Row. . rian24 Utnce m " i.- tTkRNKY, Attorney at Law, W rv,nshurcr. Cambria-county, l'a. Office in Colonnade Row Ijp24 WINSTON & SO AN LAN, Attorneys t FhpnshuriT. Pa. 5y-Office opposite the Court House. fTMKS C. KASLY, Attorney at Lw, CrrolItown, Cambria, county, I a. 0 ...i.:t.MuFal r)r-!ncra ft mi Sneeifi- S f un'24 OIIMl.'M T7'1?t All.imnn f 111 w-B . . V I M Law, KbetisDnrpr, i a. rf-Office one door east of Lloyd & Co.'s otitis House. jan-J4 .iMITF.L SINGLETON. Attorney at h' Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office on High "ft. t of Foster s Hotel. Kill practice in the CouTts of Cambria and fcS- A ttends also to the collect:on of claims soldiers arainst the Government. fjan-4 p KOKGE W. O ATM AN, Attorney at Law and Claim Agent, toensDurg, tnbri county. Pa. gof Pensions, Back Pay and JJonnty, ana Mlilitarv Claims collected. Ral Estate jht and scIJ, ana pajmfni or im lt to. Rook Accouutg. Notes, Due Bills, "iiwats. c, collected. Derds, Mortga 1'" i,wmmt!. Letters of Attorney, Bonds, ,'Vr:ly written, and all lff"! business ,',.'u.';.r attended to. Tensions nii:ienc, it'qualiied Bounty collected. jan2-l b dj:vp;ijj:aux, m. d., phyicia , and Surpeon, Summit, Pa. fr-OiTice east of .Mans-on llou-e, on uau d ytrcet. Night calls promptly attended U. 1 K W I TT Z K 1 G L 1 3 It J H:vins permanently located in Ebens iV, cC'ci-3 hifl professional serrices to the .:cns of town wnd vieirity. Ieeili extruded, uithout rutin, with Xilrous or y.iiu.7iy Gas. CaT- Rooius over U. K. Thomas' store, liign Ti;xrSTiii. U The i::niers;gued, Graduate of the Bal- u.''c'!(t:c of Dental Surgery, respectfully y-.v... professional services to the citizens t'ieusburg. He lis; spared no means to irr frMy acquaint hinisvlf with every wn j'tiueiti iu his art. To many years of per lhJ experience, he has sought to add the purled eiperience of the highest authorities . Utntal Science. He simply asks that an ortuuity may be given for his work to tak itd own praise. SAMUEL BELFORD. D. D. S. Mmices: Prof. C. A. Harris ; T. E. liond, , W. II. Handy; A. A. Blandy, P. 11. Aus of the Baltimore College. Jt3jVill be at Kbensburir on the fourth :nd.ij of each month, to 6tay one w;ek. linwsty 21, ltG7. T WYD k CO., Bank" Ll Edensburo, Pa. Y-'--t: Spturitiea bought and sobl. Interest lii.'.'iWr im Tiitip Di'nosits. Ool!rctiori3 Rude "".Accessible points in the United States, ' Gene ml Bui.kng Busiues3 transacted, -r.uury 24, 17. 1. LLOYD & Co , Bankers Altoosa. Pa. Draf-s or. the principal cities, and Silver 1 Gold for sale. Collections made. Mon ! received on deposit, payable on demand, aom interest, or upon time, wita interest tir rates. jan2 Jf. llovd I'rea't. JOHN lloyd. Cathier. LMKST NATIONAL isANK Uf A11UWA. GO VERXJUEXT A GEXC1', AND SIGATED DEPOSIT ORV OF THE UNI TED STATES. 3aT Comer Virginia and Annio ets., North :a, AKOOQA, I'A. !H'Hi2 kd Capital S300.000 00 CaV'IIaL I'aid is loO.v.00 bU All tusine 33 pertaining to Banking done on '-uUe terras. Ivt'mml Uevenue Stamps of all denomiua- '.wavS on hand. To purchasers of Sninnff ntrciintiiro !n 1!P-.' Ul he "dlow'di as followi : $50 to $J' -I'-ftent.; $!0C to $200, '6 per cent. I 1 1 l'V4 W II . JtH WS J. LLOYD, Succtttor of 12. S. Bunn. "nr rr,. Dealer in -E DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS, AND 1VE-STUFFS, PEKFUME- v,.AXD pANCY ARTICLES, PUKE r Is AND BRANDIES FOR MKDI- K UI'OSES, PATENT MEDICINES, &c. Cap, an(l Note paper3j Pens, Pencils, Superior Ink. And other articles kept ' .VM-cian,' pretention; "l e n"MIy Uffiee on Main KrmT ""T u..e, Ebensburg,!-f """I iP :den.w,re .U Tubs, and Pto. kl"u". rromptly attend- h I". 7, '807-3m i ',cn n,h !trt, wt of rot-f iio- THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.' READ TO BOTH HOCSKS OF TUE IKOIStATCBK JANCAHY 7, 1863. To (7tf. Smote antl Jlmixe of firprexentah'vet of thr. C'mmim wealth of 1'fiumylonnit : 'J KNTLEMKN Before per! ortiit.; the customary and c institutional duty ot Iran niittii'ir to ytu-iniormutior. of -the affairs of the Coiuui'n wealth, and recoiiinjetdinj huc'i measures to your consideration an are deemed necessary and expedient, it affords me jrrcat gratification to tender to you my uiitt friendly fUeetings on your assetn blinf; at the seat of government, and to wlcouie you to the council chambers of ihe State. Our :rateful acknowledgments are due to the beneficent Author of all jiood or tlio continued prosperity and well-being which everywhere prevails, for the abun dance which has crowned the labors or. the hu-ba.dinau, for the general health ( with winch we Have been so i-;ually fa I vored, and for all the enjoyments..' of ! pence, contentment aud happiness within I our borders. Our-couniry has just emerged from the I trials and dangers ot an unnguteom re bellion aud entered upon a period of im portant political struggle arising therefrom, jk'iui.' cooveotd as ihe. representatives 'of a confiding cinsf iiuency, grave duties and responsibilities devolve upon you to so legUlate upon the great aud manifold in terests . committed to your chargo as best to subserve the welfare pf the people and advauce I lie honor vf the State. - The fullest c 'tifidence is entertained that your deliberations will reult beneficially aud your public duties be faithfully discharg ed ; and on tny par., permit me to give you assurances ot zealous co-operation in all your labor.- to promote the general weltare. One of the mot important duties de volving upon the Lei:iliiture is the con sideration of the public finances. vuch action should be taken fur the proviion of futids to defray the current expenses of the Government, the preservation of the credit ot the Commonwealth, and the speedy extinguishment of the public debt, as circuiuoance. shall be lound to require. These objects aro of the highest impor tance, and claim the first attention of the liet-rt'seutativtM of the people. The report of the State Tri rsh- rer shows that the balance in the Treas. Nor. 30, '66, wasS 1,7 41 ,033 27 Ordinary receipts duringthe ti - eal year ending Nov. 30, '07, 5,42r.,33t 07 Loan for the redemption of over due bonds 23,000.000 00 Depreciated funds in Treasury. unavailable 41,032 00 Total in Treasury for fiscal year ending k'or. 30, 1807 30,205,395 34 Payments, vir. : Ordinary expens. during Gsca! vr. cud Nov 30,67$4)583.696 93 Loms, &c., re- deemel -20,013,829 83 Deprec'td funds, unavuiUble .... 41,032 00 25,513,558 S3 Bal. in Treas. Nov. 30, .FG7.... 4,0tl,36 46 Of which the Treasurer reports us applk able to the payment of over-due loan3 the sum of 2,937,978 r5 Balance .. 1,723,837 91 Amount of the State debt Nov. 30, 1866 35,622,052 16 Funded deit, viz : 6 p-r cent. lo:.ns$25,311,180 00 5 per cent, loans 12,104,025 20 4i per i (. lo-ms.. Unfunded debt: Relief notes in circulation Interest certili cutes outstand. Interest certifi cates unclaimd Domestic credit ors' certificates 175,000 00 96,625 00 13,086 52 4,448 S3 "44 C7 Total outstand'g.37,704,419 77 From which de duct the amt. in Treas. appli cable to p.ivmt. over-due loans 2,937,973 55 34,766,431 22 Amt. redeemed during fiscal yr. endiug Nov. 30, 1U7 855,620 91 That the nperat imiH ot the sinking lund may be cleaily underht-'od, the following 'recapitulation" is quoted Iroui the report of the Commissioner:! for trie year ending September 3. 1807 : Balance iu sinking fund Sept. 3, 1867 $2,752,351 77 Receipts in fund for year end iug Sept. 3, 1867 , 3.355,810 C9 6,loa,lG2 4b' Disbursements : Paid iuterest $2,575,330 55 Loans redeemed.. 1,794,56!) i0 Premiums 275 0C domestic creditrs 75 00 4,370,250 05 Balance in fund 1,737,912 41 Dy the sixth section ut ilie act ut May 16, 18Gl,a special lax of out-half millou the dollar was especially ef apart lor the payment of tie iuterest aud redemption of the loan created by au act ot May 18, lb61, cutitled "An "Act to create a loau aud provide for arming th State." The receipts from said tax and tax on gross receipts amts. to $480,173 17 Interest paid in February aud August, 1867 160.215 00 Balanr.ii n hand. 319,933 17 Public debt Nov. 30, lt67....$34,766,43l 22 Assets In Treasuryizl " ,j- ' Bonds of Pa. R.R. ' . Co $6,50000 00 iJonds of Phila. & : Erie R R. Co.... 3.500,000 00.'. Int. on bonds of P. ' ' . ' ' &. Erie R.R. Co. 1,400,000 00; . ' : 1 t Cash in Treasury. 1,723,857 Dl . - 13,123,857 91 Liabilities in excesj of assets... 21,642,573 31 The above assets will be available as follows : 1 Dy the act of May 10, 1867, the Penn sylvania railroad company are to pay on the above bonds, $100,000 a year until Julv 31. 1890. when one million of the residue shall fall due, . and one million annually thereafter, wiikou.4 1 merest, tin til the whole- is paid, which will be iu the year 1895. . : -... By ihe act of March 7. 1861, the $3,- 500,000 of bonds of the.Fliiladelphia aud Erie railroad were sufre'ideretl to that company, upon the deposit of four mil lions of dollars of their bou Js as collateral security for the payment of .the original bonds, and a mortgage ot four milliou? ot dollars was also given by the company to secure their payment. These bouds are to be paid in 7ovty years from date of is sue, and Will mature A. D. 1901. There . is alwas a discrepancy in an nouncing the. red uc.! ion of the tState debt, between the' annual proclamation of the Governor icd repoit of the iSta'te Treasu rer, arising lrom the fact that, the sinking iuud year terminates ou the firt Monday in September aud the fiscal year of the Treasury on the 30th ot November. To prevent complication ol accouuta and an nual explanations, 1 recommend that the termination ot the siuking lund year be iijade the baaie as that of the Treasury. The prompti'ude with which citizens of PennslYaC'a came forward lust April huq tok tUs whole amount of the tweuty three million loan, (the bids being lor upwards ol thirty-three millions.) Uldy he considered a most auspicious circumstance iu the financial history of the tvate, and iudicates unbounded cotifiJ2nce in the good faith and substantial ciedit of the Commouwea'.th. The foregoing state meut ot the finauccs is bet forth with pleasure, iu coustquence ot their flourish ing condition. In additiou thereto, the balance iu lavor of the General Government for Penn-ylvania'k -quota of the direct tax levied iu the several Scares tor war pur poses and lor c-sh f rum the Uuited States, amounting, iu all, to i cirly two millio ns of Joliar.-, lias beeil settled in lull by the ullowauce el-iuis lor ex'.raordinaiy ex penses incurred by Siate uuring the war. In coustqucneo the lap.-e of time aioce tnc iemainiui: claim were contract ed, the want ot sufficient vouchers and explanations-, and the difficulty of finding Ihe pal tits, home of tnem being dead by whom they lioaiJ be made, render their settlement difficult, and in many instances, doubilul, the accomplishment of w'.ieh will, however, be vigoruu-ly puisued and the result laid before ihe Legislature. l'a-siug lioui this general review of the fiuance-i ot the 3iate, 1 e.iunol permit houit! ot the uiot prouiiuetti idea cr.i ucei ed with theui to puss unuoticcd, beCJU-e they eleariy indicate the part of duty iu 1 htt dt-ciiai o ot the 13xecuiive trust. ll is.deeimd proper to call your a'teniiou to the fact tiiat during the entire ear a very large sum ot tuouey is iu ihe keeping wt the State Treasurer. Tni sum has uot at any lime tor years beeu less lliuu a uniliou ot dollars, and at prtSeut amounts to c-tnsiderably over four millions of dollars. That it is unnecessary that the greater portiou of this money should be kept in the 't reasury to meet the ordinary dem tnds upon it is obvious ; and that it should be withdrawn from circulation is certainly a detriment to the business ot the communi ty. A contraction to the amount ot sev eral millions, as ut present, cannot tail to uiake its impressiou upon thoo engaged 111 uicrcumiic, manufacturing, agricultural, uniting aud all other kinds ot employ menu. This money, 1 am informed upon gooa autholity, cau be loaned, with ample security tor its re-pa meut when ueeded, lor certain specified periods, at a reasona ble rate of nielei, and the proceed placed 111 the Treabury for the be ictit 01 the S'ate, which would uot only be bene ficial to tbe tax-payers, by incicasiug the public revenue, but aiao eular.e the accommodations for business put po.-es. It this plan were adopted, the withdrawal of the circulating medium, by the payment of taxes, WoUd be si briei that u would not materially affect the public welfare. I The lund thus acquired could be added to the sinking fund, aud would materially aid in the reduction ol the State debt. A glance at ihe condition ot the Treas ury wut show that at least four millions ut doilaro might novr be loaned, and at lour ber cent, would realize the handsome sum d $160,000 per annum. Or nearly the-whole amount ot the balance now iu the Treasury might be rendered produc tive by being iu vested iu the bonds of the State, bearing mx per cent, interest, even though puichancd ut a premium. Or, it might bo invented iu Uuued Sate iuterest beariug bonds which would be available at uy moment a necessity might urUe tor the u-e of the lauds. It that amount were exchanged at par for Uuited Siei ten forty bonds, bearing fiv.e per cent, interest in gold, the prodact would be at the rate ot S200.000 per auuurn, io j $zbt,000 in currency. ' JJesides, the funds wfuli.nbt bec me "depreciated. and una vailable" by long continuance in the Treasury. A law for this purpose could be passed, specifying the "method by which the unneedd money of the Treasu ry ? taay bo loaned, authorizing .and cuYpowVrinsr the State. Treasurer, and such others as you may designate, to carry oar its provisions. . Your attention is al?o iuvited to the fact that the salary of the State Treasurer, now. only seventeen hundred, dollars, is entirely " disproportioued to . the duties aad 'fespOnsibilities of that officer, and that the amount of the . bjncf, ergKty thousand dollars, given by him to the State, is equivalent to no security at all, under the present system of placing, unconditionally, the entire funds of the S&re in his hands. The only sesurity is the incorruptible honesty and integrity of the Treasurer. Suppose that when there is in his keeping millions of dollars the incumbent ot that office should he tempt ed to become a defaulter! How easily could he secure to his bondsmen the amount for which they would legally be liable to the State and appropriate the balance to himself ! For years, it seems to me, the Treasury ot the State has stood, as it were, upon a volcano. Examples all arour.d us show the lallibility of man, and how frequently and easily he is swerved from the path of rectitude aud honor. Even many of those in the most elevated positions and enjoying the highest confi dence of the public, are often found to yield to the temptations thut surround 1 hem. The desire for the rapid accumula tion of wealth ; the thousands of schemes prevented to excite the cupidity ot human nature, ' and the looseness ot public morals, engendered by the escape of the guilty Iroiu puuishment, have eo demoral ized pubiic sentiment that it may be Con sidered a wonder almost a miracle that Pennsylvania has so loug escaped irom the calamity that might at atiy time have happened, or that may hereatier happen, by the robbery ot her Treasury, aud render tbe suspension of the payment ot the interest upon tho State debt, lor a time, inevitable. In the performance of my duty, I have forewarned the Legislature of a danger as rcbpects her finances, ot no common mag nitude. It 'remains for it to determi-e whether this danger shall be averted by prompt and etficieut legislation aud the Treasury guarded agaiu5 the occurrence of so great a calamity. The report ot the Superintendent of the Common Schools exhibits a lull view ol our excellent system of pub. 10 iustruc tiou, which is widely diffusing it bless ings by securing a sound aud s-ubsiautial education to all the chitdreu of tho Si ate. A briet summary will give an idea ot the iiumeu.se proportions it has attained aud tho vast auiouut ot' useluluess of which it is capable. At the close of the year the number ot school disi.-icts iu the S ate was l.SfcOj the number 01" schools, 13 435; giaded fcchools, 2,U7 ; seajul directors, 11,534 ; county, city and bor. ugh -up rnMeudems, OS ; teacuer , 16,523; pupils, 789,389; the c st ot tuition, $:j,uJS.u65 70; bmd-iu-, $1 202,793 03 ; contingencies, $790, 675, 33 ; iuiuo.i, building aud coniinger. cies, $5 081 539 71; and the -annum ex pended for all purposes relating to schools, $5,160,750 17. Your aiteulion is particularly invited to the want of uniformity aud constant change of books in the public schools. These are matters of e-erious iucou veuienee and needless expense to the poor, aud might easily be remedied by judicious legislation. The cnief aim of the system of common schools is to place the advantages of au education within the reach ot all the children ot the Oomin mwealth ; aud when it is considered that intelligence aud virtue are the principal safeguards ot our Irc-e institution's, this system earuesily claims ihe fostering care aud wise guidauco of the Legislature. Thegraded rchools have largely increas ed during the pat year. The system established by the State was designed, not ooly to luruish instruction to our youth iu the elemeuts of knowledge, but wherever practicable, to impart to them an educatiou ir. the higher branches ot learning. Tne multiplication ol grammar and high schools should, therelore, re ceive every eucouiagement, for they are necessary to perfect the system aud uable tho State to avail itself of that taieut which is born in the cottages ot the poor quite as frequently as iu the palaces ot the rich. Good schools cinnot exist without good teachers, and guod teachers can only be obtained by Using the proper nicaus to prepare them. Recognizing then tacts, the Legislature ot 1857 pissed a general Normal school Jaw, dividing the State into twelve districts, and lookiug forward to the establishment iu each ot 'hem of a Noruul school. According to the provis ions of this law, lour of these schools are now organized, the prosperous condition of which is exemplified by the fact that 2,185 studeuts attended them during the past yeir, of whom 46 graduated. Fourteen colleges end thirty-two a6ad ernies have made reports to the rJehcol Department during the past year. Such institutions supply a great public Want", as the common chool system is not compe tent to perform the whol work of papular education. A State requires men ot gen erous culture in all the walks of life, as well a in the profes-iou ot teaching, and the perfection of the fystem .of public school instruction is one of the wisest and noblest objects of legislation.- ; All of the different institutions ot learning would be strengthened aud their usefulness increas ed by bringing them together in a clo-er union, which possibly can be best accom plished by the creation of a general De partment of Education. Serious complaints have been made conccmrug the npglectof the educatiou of the childreu in the alms aud poor houses of some of the counties of the State. They are permitted to grow up in idleness and ignorance, and when sent upon the world to cam a living, are better prepared to receive lessons of vice than those of usefulness. The directors of these insti tutions should be compelled, by law, to sendsueh children to the common schools, or provide proper schools for them, and I it should be made the duty of common s;hool superintendents to supervise and enforce the execution of the law. The last annual report of the Saperin- ! tendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' Schools j was made up to include tho 30th of No- veuibcT, 18b6. Tho appropriation for that year, extending from January I, 1806, to Januiry 1, 1867, was insufficient to cover, the expenses of the whole year, am! consequeutly those of December, 18G6, were unpaid. The next appropria tion, under the present law, extends from January 1, 1SG7, to June 1, 1863. It was, therefore, determined that there wis no Iefjal authority to apply any part of it to the payment ot expenses prior t ) Jan uary, 1867 ; hence those incurred in De-ceu-ber, 1806, amounting to 31.019 77, remain unpaid. lion. Thomas II. Durrowcs, wb.3 was appointed Superintendent by my prede cessor, continued in office uutil May 1, 1SG7, when, under the act of April 9, 1867, I appointed Col. George F. Mc Farlaod, Superintendent, He v. C. Coni furtli, Inspector arid Examiner, and Mrs. E. W. llutter, Assistant, who nt once entered upon th discharge of their du ties by visiting and re-orjaoiziug the schools, currying abuses which had crept into the local management of some of them, aud iu settling arrearages, which was done with zeal, fidelity, aud ccuiineu dable pr.ompti' ude. The preteut Superirjt endent r?ports the expenditures hr the eleven m uiths end ing Novenibt r.30, 1867, a follows : Education and maintenance $341,839 85 Pirt'o 1 relief 210 00 ClotliNig lurmshed children in advanced schools 37,1S7 83 Making and repairing clotl.iug. freight, &i: 8.350 74 General expenses 6,781 b0 Total amount from Jan. 1 to Dec. I, 1S67 394,420 02 The expense tor the six mouths, iroui December 1, lb07, to June 1, 1868, at" estimated by the Supciioteudeut is fol lows : Education and main'enance of l,6oo children, ia advanced schools, at $140 per auinurn.... 5129,500 00 Educatiou and maintenance for 610 children in primary sciioola nt $125 per auuuin Education and maintenance of 1,050 children in '-IJ ouie?,'' at $10-3 per annum Clothing 1,850 children, at $25 per annum Transferring pupils, salaries, 4c. 31,250 00 55,125 00 23,125 00 3,975 CO Estimate for six months ending June 1, 1863. 242,975 00 Total actual aud estimated expen ses for 17 mouths, lrom Jun 1, 137, to June I, 1868 ..$637,395 02 Or at the rate of $449,025 80 per " annum. From which deduct total amount appropriated for 17 mouths, at $i50.UOO per annual 495,833 33 And a deficit for 17 months is tliowa of 141,501 69 Or, at the raie ot $9,925 8' per a n num. Add the amount due for Decem ber, 1&60 31,049 77 And it exhibits the total deficit from Dec. 1, I8dd, to June I, 1863, to be provided for by special appropriation 172,611 4? i do not d-em it inappropriate here to state that it the bill which passed tha House at the last session bad become a biw, making au appropriation of $150,000 per anuum for the orphans schools, it would have been sufficient to have paid the total expeuscs. . Tho estimates lor the year ending June lr, 1869, will be lound luliy set lorth in the report of the Superintendent. From that report it will also be seeu ihat there are iu operatiou 39 orphau schools and homes, having in charge an average ol 2,931 pupils, !or the year endiug Novem ber 30, lb07, at au average cost ol $14S.43 per aunum. Tm-se schools have doubtless reached their maximum numbers. Sjxteeu vears being the age at whicu the orpnaus cease to be ciurgeuble to the Sure, and they will heucclorward decrease iu the follow ing ratio, viz: 374 will reach that age iu 1S68, 329 in 1869, 31S iu 1870, 403 in 1S71, 479 in 1872, 460 iu 1873, 416 in 1874, aad "344 io D375, after which there probably will not be more than 600 re maining in the schools. -Should the term be reduced to fifteen years,' as lias been proposed by some, fully one-filth of the number now in the schools would enter upon trades or business within the present year. No calculation can furnish an estimate cf the benefits and blessings that are con stantly flowing lrom these institutions Thousands of orphau 'children are enjoy ing their parental care, moral culture, and educational training, who otherwise would have suffered poverty and want, and been left to grow up irf idleness at:d neglect.- Many a widow's heart has been gladdened by the protection, comfort and religious solicitude extended to her fatherless off spring, aod thou-ands are the prayers de voutly uttered for those, who have not beeu unmindful of them io the time of their afHictiou. Ic making the generous disposition it has done tor these destitute aryd helpless orphans, the Legislature de serves and receives the heartiest thanks of every good citizen, all of whom will cor dially approve a continuance ot thai be neficence. In shielding, protecting, aud educating the children oi our dead sl dicrs, the Legislature is nobly performing its duty. Those children are uot the mere objects of our charity, or pensioners upoa nur hrmnrv lint' tb ixr.irrto nf ihn P.-.., mon wealth, and have just ciai-ms, earucd by the blood of their fathers, upoa iti support and guardiauship, which can ouly be withheld at the sacrifice of philanthro py, honor, patriotism, Slate pride, and every principle of humanity. The act of Congress ot July 2, 1862, granted land scrip to the sevetal States, to be impropriated to the maintenance ot colleges, whose leading object it shall be to give instruction iu the sciences which minister to agriculture and the mechanic arts. Dy the rule ot apportfcn uiojt, adopted by Congiess, 700,000 acres tel' to the share ot thi3 Commonwealth, Tho act of Assembly of February 19, 1867, appropriated the benefit of the whole of ihat grant to the Agricultural College ot Pennsylvania,, which has thereby becomo subject to the supervision and guardian ship of the State. I therelore iuvite your attention to the organization and condition of that institution, as exhibited by the president of the board of trusteej, in his report for the year 1S67, which will be laid before you. The c jmioission eis appointed by the Legislature to sell the laud scrip have completed the sales, which amount to $139,16 80. In accor dance wiih the act ot Assembly-, the oue-teuth of the proceeds has been applied to the purchase of sites for "Model and Experimental Farms," aud the reidu invested a3 follows : $126 000 in United States 5-20 bond-; S20,000 in Pennsyl vania war loau, nnd $235,000 iu the Pennsylvania bonis of 1867. The college has Weti tborongul? re-oriianized iu order to make it fully respond to the objects and requirements of the act of Congress ond to the ed:ica iii.ua! interests ol the industrial clussep, and to meet these ends it now gives courses ot instruction in general science, agriculture, mechanical and civil engineer ing, metallurgy aud mining, ancient aud modern languages, and military tactics, employing a faculty comprising six pro fessors aud two instructors iu the college department and three instructors in the grammar school. This important educa tional euterprise in the interests of agri culture aud the mechauica! arts deserves favorable consideration. Au adequate preparation in time of peace is a preservative against the proba bilities aud contingencies of war. Thia oft icpeated axiom was not Sufficiently realized before the rebellion, tor, when it broke out, it found the nation wholly unprepared. Had it been otherwise, the war which continued through a period of four years, and cost the Country millions of treasure, hundreds of thousand of lives, and an incalculable aniduut of suf fering and want, would havo been of comparatively short duration, if not crushed in its incipiency. That war, however, has not been without its useful letsons. It his taught the necessity of adhering to principles in practice which we have heretofore only acknowledged in theory. It has trained many thousand of our young men in the science ot arm aud infused among them a ppirit of mili tary ardor which may safely be relied on in any future emergency, and paved the way for the establishment of military or ganizations that wiil prove a saieguirl and honor td thef'tate. The Legislature, availing itself of these facts, should ad opt a liberal and effective system for in creasing and regulating the volunteer tuilith. The law ot 186ft, though excel lent in many respects, docs not meet th requirements yf the times, and alteration and amendments aro needed before it car accomplish all tho coutcuif dated and de sired objects. The minimum ot men, necessary to form a company is entirely too high, a"od i many places wherj smaller companies woii!d b formed, it is impossible to raise them in accordaoca with the ratio established by the act.-. From the report of the Adjutant General, it will be teen that there ere now but thirty-eight uniformed companies in tho State, comprising only about three. thom and lueD, whilst the suggested aiaend naea'Sj which iho'-ild bs ica-i? as oarlv 33 5