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dienettif ma) taclif Information
U. S. GUCBR•NNIEST
Pr(ii(l•l,(t --.I O:MKS
Pro•ll , itt
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/IKON!, W. K. KNWILIS -(;. W. KNOX. .
COUNTY OFFICERS
1•,., ft id,,,t, J0e,,,._ , 11,1,..:A•1.,. 11. thaham,
Ans elate .1t1.1....1....-11 , 1,. iit.l/..tel I.:.a.kliti, Fainuel
Woo(11 - meT., ---:___ --- . ... .. _ . _ .
DlNtri..t. All,rltey-IVia. A. Shearer. .
Prothoti..LAry— Philip qtti..:lry. I .
11e....r.1.1. ~ . ..., - -Dailiot S. (.:,ft. :...
-- '"it'el;l7,tr- 7 :—.. N. l'aiirdil,;el`. --
. High :sheriff—Jacob IS:munt: Deputy, J. lloinuling:
Or. -
County Trenstirer--Allam Ser.senlan.
Coroner-11itch. , 11 11,111.11stu.
•---- - County Cominl4,:looor,i-1t 1111 am 11. 11,11deriinn,_Ati,
draw. Fern. Nauiurl 31egt.w. (~
Thouoin 1%
DituelorA of thn' l'acor,-00 irgv Brindle, John C.
Brown, Fuprriottutdent. of Poor ilous
, —Joseph I,oharb. , .
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Boncti al orinclEtts
Chief PurgeFs--.
Assn.t.int.ltittmoto.--(it . ortto Hemll4.
Trot (onto il— It. Pat bur 1 Itrosktont) John MM.
Ph:01..1311Z. Fr:tot.litt tiordnor, Your( Mar.
lino l'etrr rta.r1.,.1. It. Ilttlhort,tlat.tot
Itooy.
CI, Li to Ottunt.ii.--IVotAll. 110tt..1.1.
1'0nqa1.1,,—.14.1m Ppinu, 111,;11 (7onntablic;
1515.1 . ,A1t0e.‘, Nlaval Ortit43llle.
,h t I.lv,l)avill Smith, 311-
.bocl 11”imakh.:t.tirlIvit livrpuss.
CIIURCIIES.
Viral Preal.vlet Ina Sortlt•.roat Aug'. o f co,
tre Symn. Ilev. 0.13 a ay P. Win„ Pahtar.—:ma lutan
rer l-unday glorying M., awl 7 o'clock
(litirrb,rortter of61:11.1i I 111110 et
And l'mulrrt rl orts. Rvv. )h. Loh,
coutilt.i.re at 4;eitrk. A. NI., n1..171;4.41,4, I': M.
Jolta'a(.Larch, k 1:10t.t.,.E•a1)
Coutrr ilrctor.
at II i;',•lorl, A, A. aDd P. 31.
haglint, I,utbeinu l Iturell, Itcdi,nd la.twren 311110
mid 1,,,,11trt• str, , ,•ta. 1.,..1arta. Fry, ,her‘lreF
at II ,P*01,,•1; At 31., and 7 o'cic.cl: 31.
Orraian 1ter,t,,,.,1 Choral. Lauthar, betwoen Ilnm
pver Atilt Pitt MA Veit, 1t,.. A, 11. I: router. Pastur.—
Fervi,•e: at II ~'1•1,,r1, A. NI, I'. M. •
31,4110,144 E. rurherohilain rind
Pitt L'Arec•ls. I•astor. lirrvirr,t, at
o'clot•I, A. M. a, II o'rlo,•I, V. M.
Intr•II ~ennui charge.) Rey. Tilt..
Ihittp.herty. Sel es in C,•llegu Chapel, at II
o'clnek A.. 51. and 4 n.. 1.4 h, I'. 31 •
Human Vat Indic Church, Pomfret. veer East kreet.
Rev..lantes Barrett. luster. Fel vier, on tI e V.tal Sun
day of each num th.
German Lutheran Church not tor of Ikunfret and
Ile.ltord streets. Itev. I. P. Nut.du4d, :turrie,
Il•1„ A. AI.
/$4.-15 hen changes In the 4114,4, arc
h
proper uetsons are requehied td tr t4f3
DICKINSON COLLEGE
11i... Cho rl es D., President and Professor of
Rota! :donee.
• Her. I; ermau M..h•hunan, I). b., Prefensor or Philoso
phy And r.oirHsi] Literature.
.Imam V Marshall, Professor of A•leirot •Ino.
gunge,
ltor. Wm.
I. lt , swell, A. )1.. Professor of mid hem., h•n.
Nlllium 1•.11 Es..n. A. ar., Protest, of Mama! tioi.re
nod Curator 44 . 1 lie
Alesantler Them, A. M., Plolessor of Hebrew and
lAtodero
Samuel It. Hillman. A. M., PIM - A.11.1a the Crammer
L. F. A 11.. Absistind in the Orinninnir :`,.% hoot
,ou orsecitmi. puma°Rs
— Andre' 141 - .;e 'ret.l.lottt„ 11. Saxton. P. QuLley, E.
Coruutau.C. tutter4ll..l.-Ifautittqp,§Pyroar,.lamp
ELy, Trunsurer,-.ltolatt Yphur. 311•Fnetwer. )fret i , t,
the-114 31011,11ty ul each 31131.0 at Is o ' clock A. at Ed
uratj,t.3lllall.
COR PORATIONS
Carlisle. DrrnsiT l:,jl.ldent.hard Palier.
Cat.lll,, Kw. M. Radon; Ilaslcr, .N. C. Mos
',lmmo. C. W. Leed: I)llvrtere.. Ilivhard holm, 7 l.ntna
Paxto, Alt.,,en 11110 , or, Ablall:t111 it, Are, LEILy,
L. C. tr oedu md, Will. B. M 1111111,, l-anooel ti lierre nod
Jolly Zug.
CUMI . /.1".1N1i VALLI I lisle ROM,
Frederick WALL.: crek — nry nod Trent.oror, bolt nrd Al.
t , uporioS..goiNi.t.l).-.N. Lull. I nm.o.ugl-r trades
Cwt., a day,. ..Eastward b iin is.: Carllalu o'rktri:
A. M. and,,,..).00 o'cl..rl. I'. Al. Too trail, every tiny
W e,.t.onrd, 104%11ig Cat lisle al li.Ml A, St.,.and
2.60 I'. M.
Ctitt.lNLK Ctx Vito %V.ttilleoMto(NY..:,Prelotoloolit, Fred•
crlckyatis; deendary. Ladnuel Todd; Trvamlrer, IV»).
M. dept.)); Director). F. IVntts, larlntrd Parker.
Lcmn
el fold, Wm: M. Ileeteld.. I IF•axtoll, J.
John I). (lorgoN It. Woodward. nod E. M. Biddle
Cuutts.m.,int VALLIN John S. Ster
rett; Cesbler,sll. A. Sturgel,n; Teller, Jr.e C. 'ldler.
Inreetem, Jobe S. Sterrett. Wm. Her, Ilreuo•
unlit, Richard Woodo..lelt e C. Th u 11(44: C, Sterrett,
N. A. Sturgeon, met Centel° Julittlmninp.
OC I ET I ES.
•
Comber Ftnr Lodgo fir% As Y. M..meet.A•nt.
Marlon Hall on t h u 20t.1.,..and 4th Tuctbt)s or iivltry
Month. .
St. Johns Lnitte - No 230 A. T. M. . Meets 3d Thum
day of ench month, al‘Marlou
Carlll.lo LndKo Nu 01 I. 0. of U. N. 3loals 'Monday
craning, at Tmuta
FIRE -COMPANIES
• The Union Fire Company. wasorganized in 1180.
l'prtjr; SecrelMT, A. H. Ewing; TITSIAIV l'eter 11104.
yer. Ceupany meals the firer Saturday in March, Juno,
September, and Decrinber. .
Tba•Ciunherland Fire Company. was Inatituted Pant:
ary IR, 1809. Prosideet •lieburt. 3:ceartney; Secretary',
Philip (hilalov; Trennurer. li. S. Ritter. The company
meets lin the third Saturday.t.f January, April : July,
and October.
The Good WIII HosoConrpany won Insiltuted In March.
1855. Prcoldent, 11. A.,S.urgron; Vice Prestdent;Jamex
D. McCartneyf Ferretti ry, :Nnnuol II.• flouhl; Treasurer.
Joseph- P. 'llAlbert. '1 ho vonumny turas the socood
Saturday of Januory, A prlt..hrly. and October..
-0-
RATES 011,98TAGE
.
Pontae.e nn all letteloaof ono , half . onnee weight or un
der, 3 clot. pre paid, ,except to California or CI egon,
.111.'11' to lo coo. It prepaid.
l'oetage myths 'fCee.
Witidu the F•lete I:t Inept, per yeer. Ti."l0 1 part of IJul
United Stale,. 2.i'eeplez . l'.pdage.fr; all t rapider t pshcri
wider a .1.6,, pre..peid lir two Veriilit
A.Jyartiseil lettere r to beuherged with the cost
•
This biiing the first session' of the
!attire since the adoption of this nniend
nicht, the ditty therein enjoined devolves
To I& HoilOrable the Senators _ and . filenila'
• upon! you, "anti. should, be prOmptly :and
of the 1 - 16 use
~.11epresentestires of
faithfully alischaiged.
General .assembly. • • •
The l'etalt4l and tint waded
. deht of the
GENTLESIF:N-13y the suffrages of your lel- State, including temporary loans, on the
low eitlixells,'Yon hays been charged With first day or peeember, 1866, as per Reports
the duty of representing them, and the in_ of Anditor General 'and State. Treasurer,
terests of the Commonwealth. in the Leg,. wins us viz -
islative bratielf 'of - the Government. The • .
.
responisibilities you have awl - Inez! and the
duties to be, performed should ever be re-;
garded. as intramount_to every_seltlsh• Sr
partizan consideration.' The prosperity,of
the-State ...and 'the general- welfare fof .tbe
people, should receive your ' , earnest tat t en:
lion, and he the aim and,end of your legis
latisr„ action. To Promote theSe•objects, I .
withclaverfully,• 'legalelrllsll-CHO . notes in eir
tutional manner, during the continuance of cobl.i." $2.2°,55(1 00
my official tbrm, co-operate with you. • Int ereSt certificates
The past year, with the except inn of re- ' ° t"M""iii"g '
ims been o „„ In
:terest certificates .
'cent financial embarrassment,
of goneraPprosperity. NO foreign' wars— "iiciaimud . • 4 . 448 38,
no fraternal strife, has dilatirbed the peace- DuelsliC Creditors 1,104 00.
ful quiet of mir homes. Unwonted health, Balance temporary
with-its blest's - nags, has been vouchsafed to luain. April 111,
I its. Seed time and harvest have not failed Il<3 , 400,001)00
—the moth Math yielded her- increase, and .13311T1C01t,1111/01717 .
richly rewarded the labor of the husband- 3 IaY 8 .'54 18 . 1, 0 0 0 ' 00
DI 111, The Arts and Sciences In 011! ..--
- arlyancod, - and the greia i1111!l'I•St4 Or Ed •t. I - •
. •
tion..illorality . and Religion Itherlally 'en
entaraged and sustained. t cation iii PS • •
trevinstit talon, in their integ- The.Tuntieti . aptl unfunded debt. at the
rity, with our rights mid tcrivilegen, civil elos r of tho. last liScal year, December. I,
and religious, have been preserved. ' Re- 1847 , Was as follows, viz:
cognizing' in these blessings the goodness Fl - NDlin DEBT.
orAlinighty God, we,shottld render.th 11 6 jeer $415,180 00
the Mintage et grateful harts 111111 OW de- 5• .58 . ,173,212 52 •
lotion of our sincere praise; and whilst .“ ,t. 38821)11110
humbly acknowledging 'His mercies to us 4',,
.100,000 bp
,il,l II people, let us slit I.ltitther.expt•ess tow : Total. funded debt - --...L---- , .539,f00,502 52
-gratitude to Ilim. by acts of inal.ividual elm.-,, r. •
a
ire and kindness to the poor nd h trivcsM:l, too r ornless !
in our Midst. Sorrow now tills tlw hearts,
and adversity darken, Ow honieS•of many
ottr'citiigns. :Our liberality, should be
generous; our beziel'actidtas munificent; and
thus tlw wants of the poor ,and stir
hiring are relieved, dm generous giver will
find a rich rewara . iii, the
_pleasure that re
sults frotri...conain tin ie.- li ig geed.
The finances pt the Conunonavealth, are
in a very satisfactory condition. During
the prod 3•cat every delllllll.l ilium the'freas
nu
v has been promptly pia, front the reve
nues tiers; from the, oitlitaary
operatiMal.eiirt his Department. will ' , 4“
pres, , nted to you, ha detail, in the report of
the State-Treasurer.
For tliti - llscal year ending 'N'orember
110111, 1857, the receipts la I he Treasury. in-'
'dialing balance in the Treasury on the flyst
day of December.-;1556. of 1 1.31t,795 12
w,.r e it...' ! „mls 883 26. The aggregate expen
ditures Mr the same period, were 5.407,-
'27 - 67711. ,-- ltn 111111.Y:1111111f Ti",,ifstiry
lwr.l3-1857, $528,1i10 -17. Exclittling s the
balance in the Treasury On' the lirst. day of
Decemlwr. 1850, the receipts front all ttr-'
nem well! $4 - ,090,587784. The - rilileary ex- -
penditures for the same period were $3:092,-
370 20; exhibiting an excess - el - tirecipts - '.
over expenditures of $698,:1 CI 550 The ex
extraordinary payment's tor the year. were
*1.114.900 '5O. as lollows,.t I, To the
completion ilie:Portatr.o Railroad, $19,-
001 ; to the - North Branch extension.
$138,798 ; In relay' the South Track of
the Columbia Railroad. $01,1115 40; to ,en-'
lorge-the Delaware $40.203
Thar Motive power in 1850, $81.601 24 ; for
repair in 1855 and 1850. $111.504.78: fur
the redemption of loans, $8201 , 07 lei; daub.
mgrs on the Pliblic.Works. $10,552 05; old
claims on the Main Line :adjusted tinder the
elt•Vl,r.ll Acts of Assentbly. $11i;518 48,.„„d
file the new State Arsenal and Farmers Iligh
School. $15,000 '
The inteeest•on the funded debt, due in
Foltruary and August last, wan theta prompt
ly paid, and that falling due in February,
next, will be paid out of as•milahle means
now in the Treasury. 13y virtue of the
provisions of the Act of the 13th of (Wto
ber. 1857, entitled o An-Act providing fir
the Resumption 1,1 Specie Pamela., by 'the
Banks. and for the Relief of_ belams." the
State Treastarerwill he enabled to pay the
interest tine it, February, in specie or its
equivalent. The credit - of the Common
wealth has been fully 'and honorably 8118-
prltilkiltllVSS evely
legitimate dentand upon 'the Treasury "ruin
been ina. - IZa inspired public confidence in
our securities; and altlimmli recent and ex
isting financial revulsion ma): embarras the
opefatimis of the Treasury, and reduce to
some extent rexentle yet the lability of
the State to meet her ettg.tgentents and
tlttlintain tier credit, tinder ;in honest and
economical adininistration of her finances,
is tainlotthted. The honor and credit of the
State must and can be preserved intact.
GOVERNOR'gAIESSAGE.
.
Decrease tiering late, fiscal year 820,G97
'rime ntatefnetitn exhibit the gratifying
liMt, that daring the past fiscal year,the
public debt liam been-reduced.. eight !Mil
dred 'and twenty' thousand, ninety.soyee
dellars and 1111 p-five cents. Diiring the
same period large appropriations and pay
ments were nude on neciitiot of our pit Idle
impreyereetits,f,.nid_siial li nsettled claims
idiiimted•under•tlre act of last session, and
for other extraortiiiiitry"purpoties.• • • .
- The condition -id ' I lie •Trelinitry,prior to
the suspension of 'specie- payments by-the
Banks: Jilst illettrthe apjrroptiation-of at least
:two hundred thinisand dollars more in pity
meet of 'the public 'debt, and, arrangements
were made by the T.reenurer, under' the
directienrof the colniniBSiottel or the sink
hug - Feud,' tit liynidate that amount; but.
alter the letspensien and the consequent ,
financial embarrassnient ;id' the country, the
proposed pa einem, from p;Tidetitial Motives;
waitAn'islpiiiital, flail thin payment been
made. in'additioll to the ',apeman already
reported. the statements and earculations
subnlitted in my last annual Message in re
lation to the unify paymetit and final, ex
tingnislimmit of - the public deld. would Onus
have been sustairied by their:ideal wer-
Die:diem The causes that prevemed their
I realization; it in will soon cease
te allect injuriously the revenues - of the
Conliiitmwealth. 'Actuated by that imbue
it able energy that loin ever charactmized
the American people—falti•ring, for a nice
Merit, bid not disheartened •by the ad:verse
eireitientaileen that surround us.,- ; ronsedHo
Mori% vigorous netion by disaster:lnd defeat,
our pregreSs, earned long be elieelted• N rior
our prospM•ity hung tie interrupted. Con
filletice the sensitive. yet pee erful agency.
that Minis in unity and ntenglh the gee.
financial, commercial and Mile:Arial .
ests of our country and the world. has been
!Infidelity impaired, pi - mincing flrumeial anti
commercial distress, and affecting the rev
enues of the Commonwealth ; but with nit) .
ittlyitittages trim: Ile ratild
opment , ot otir.resolirces during 'the hint
qiiai tel . of a century—the immensely Yalu- •
able increase of our aglicultural, mining •
and manufacturing iminstry during the
same abundant harvests 01 the •
past year- , --our Cienpleted improvements,
:out all the elements td Material wealtWiii •
our midst, its re:duration at tilt entry period
is eta , promblematical. Returning confi
dence will he tbe herald of returning pros
perity. Nem itlistandieg, then, the pres
mit einharranstnetit and gloomy condition
of the country, alter a careful consideration
• of, the present 'and prospectivn eniatition
or the finances and resources of the Com
! inimwealth, I cannot henitale to re-affirm
its belief, that the titim in alit tar distant
sylien I vania • ill sland '‘redeented
from the oppression of her public debt, and
her people he relieved From ti taxathin im
mixed to. meet' its accruing intetent .
• r itiaititaiii-the faith and creditor' nu t Com..
inotpVeallli," and . that. praetisiq strict..
` ecuintlity rdepiti InlylitS 01 the Covet‘ii- -
._nient,aveillitig..e.Ftravagatit experelifurp- 7 .1
retuning toundertake any lielr schemes i.
i eternal \lmprovement, end holding to a rigid
aticotintahility the receiving and disbursing
agents of the State. the realization Of these
! views may be With cotifidence.”
As eerolforati v.ix tit - 1 he; opiniontiow and
lteretorore ex preseil,,a brief review of the
, operations of the Tretintiry during the past
Totld
$1,042,857 61 ' three years, as connected ith t lie payment
As required.by I directed the cur- lof the-debt of the Commonwealth, may not
ti Heiden mud eV idelleeB of this inilehtedness I be inappropriate. hi my first annual men-'
to be cancelled ; and en the 19th of Sep: I sage to the Legislature the fact was Staled.
lelliber, 1857, issued my proclamation de, that tiering the three years intervening - be
-daring the payment, tont ottot h i t tormt and • tweet December 1, 1851, and December 1,
final dintharge, of $1,042, - 1161 ofthe pith- '11854, the public debt had been incremied
lie debt. ewe million, five hundred. and eighty-tour
.111 addition to the 'enema re torten to he ti n ,th ein d, three hundred'und fifty-nine dol
iii-,-.010-Treatiuryto the credit 01 the sinking tars and thirty-four cents; unit that the total
fund, and applicable to the paym e nt of the • debt tit the close of the fiscal year, Decent
public debt, the Commissioners ul the flied ber 1. 1851; was $41,008,595 74.. At the
tioVe hold the sutra dl $7,500,0110 00 bonds close of the late fiscal' year,December 1,
rof the l'etinnylvania Rail-road Company, 1857, three years later, the unded Hod un-
I pledged by law to the payment of, the fund- funded debt,. as before shown, was $89,1181,-.
l ed debt of Diu Cummotoyealth. 788 22; decrease in three Years, $1,816;,,,
By the nth section of - the 111.1 i article
,tif' 857 52.
.111 e Constitutiou, its amended and ratified Tllll5lll three years, the piddle. debt hiss
by a majority of the qualified Voters ill' the • been decreased by actual payment and with-
State, at the general election held, on the out resorting to the expedient of temporary
second Tuesday of October, 1857,, it-in, loans, one milliou ,. oight hundred and six,-
tirade, the ditty of the Legislature at its first teen thousand. eight hundred and Ilfty-sev
session after the adoption . Of this amend- 'en dollars and filly-two Cents. If to this
meat, 'CR .Create a` Siukiug Fund, which - be added the stun of 414,920 29 now in the
shall he sidliclent tepuy the a tuning inter- sinking fund, and applicable to the ',option'
est on the present public debt. and I,ny ltd. of the funded debt, the reduction ,will, 7 be
i!ditional 'debt thereafter constitutionally. 2,231777' 81,„_
and - ennui - 141y -to radish These facts are 'not _only gratifying,- bni
principol there . of by.if - sum nett less then encouraging. - x'lt haft already been stated
$250.000 00,-which.'" Sinking Fund shall that:there Is in tho Sinking Fund the stun
consist of the •net annual inCtpthe Of (110' of stiven'millioris five hundred thousand
public works from tinm to lime; owned by dollarli—bends '..of the - P.ennitylvriniii - ,Rall
.the State, or the proceedB of the sale s i t the tread Company, hearing intermit at the rate
Hanle; or any part the and of the income 'of five per eentnni per ariumn, payable fiend
'or proceeds-of sale otatocks owned by-the annually, and, pledged to "the .payment of
State, together niter funds or resollr- the Funded debt. If thistunia be added to
cis that may tinted by law. The the reduction bidnre stated ire have Ire
stiiii,Shiking Fund may lie inerenged from- dented to us a virtual. if not ati
time time by - assigning try it anyliart'of .erease;nf the Stale debt of $9 741,777 81 ;
the faxen or other_reYenites_of_tho State,„-showitig—the-total—funded--Tatid—unfuniled.__
net, required for the erilhetry and enrrent debt or the State'on the find any of Decere..
expenses of government, and, unless in case. , ber; 14357, to have been $31.066:818 41.'
01
,war, 111vitsinti or insurrection. no 1 1 ,443.0`.' In al - TiTeipatimi of the sale of the Main- -
said Sinking rend shall be timed or 0,014' Line and tho decree:win the' piddle debt,
~
otherwise than in extingtlishment of tint •llie Stale tax byrin'tiet of the 9ast regular .
juridic debt; until the amount ,of:Ntich debt. gottriliM, wan reduced trim threetb two and
ia reduced.bulow the-Bute of $5,000,000. - - • it I m 11 a r 'Nett o
• ou 1a /11 son o ar; t)
'rho Commissioners of the Sinking i , tind,
report the 811111 of .$.111,9211 29 its now in
the Treasury' to the credit of tbat num.—
ThiS Immunt will tie uppiied to the redemp
tion of Relief Notes yet in eirenlation, mid
to the payment of the 'funded debt of the
Commonwealth.
.
The. Cononissioners of this hind, on the
7th day of September' last,• repo' toil to ion
that too snip of $1.012,857 04 et the debt of
the Commonn rata], Was held by them, as
fellows—viz
•
I,nans 111th April, 1853, ,
over -
'due, temporary $400;000 90
Loans of 9th of May, 1854, over
dlnctemporary 164,000 4 00
Certillelt en of stuck, loans of.A
pril 11,
.1818, 0 per cent
Certificates of stock, loans of en
riot's dates, 5 per cent
Iteli_d Notes cancelled and de
stroyed
31_3,0114 . 0 . 0
iu Trenenry, Bet
asidu tbr mu:elation • 30 . ,000 OU
Wea' FAVSALIT GIMOIM°
6 per cent bonne $511,781 00—,
"." 388,200.'00
'•-• . -0 - - • :100,01,0 Ott.'
debt' 539,860,975 50
'
notes in cir,
etd.ititm $116,42v00
Intert!st certineates ' •
witNtataling • 2:3 ; ,173 82 ' • '
liiiti - • .-
ti . nclairm:(l - • 4 ; 4 8
3
Ihaaystie en.diturs: -Bu2 yU -
Total mid debt 175,1.15-70
Total debt,.Dect!mber 1,1857 $89.681,758 22
T, - ,t al debt Depeniber 1,1 f 4541 $40.701.835 25
,• 1, 1857 82;881;728 'l2
IMMO
9,016 61
CARLISLE, PA., WEDNESDAY, 'JANUARY 13,. 18.58„
=I
ME
24,601 17
831,859 75
$40.7111.8;525
revenue to the Commonwealth, and if re
tained by the State, will require an expel)-
. pundit Ore in their, repair and management,
Itrgely exceeding apy revenue, that under
the most favorable circumstances, can, he
del ire& trout theni. In any' phase of 'the
qutPition, this separation is desitithle,`, hut:
in connection with the payment of the pith
'lie debt, and - the reduction of Stitte 'thxll.:
atm, it Iweomes an objeet of more than, or,
dinary .inter - est. A sale, nt the earfiest .
practictle period,. of the Whole ofour pub..
lic works fora i,tr consideration, upon
terms just and littoral to the purchasers',
and st the scone , time amply` protectlVw 'of
the rights and -inttirester or the' people,
should be authorized •bytthe - Lottisldture.
Stich sale, with the applreatiOirof A he•-pro
Coeds to the payment. oft„theqiiildlii - t debt,
_Rif uld_secure its : stfIL4.4 ) .r i LLWEL- t ittur,
gidshment. Tlie-sttlijecti,,ls reCktitnidl4.lCd
to your 'labia - tied considtiltation.:.',,o 3 !, - 2v,,,,:
Tle n u v rtStrffilfiltingatlio:Ptipriiilittania
Railroad Company intp.444.a .. .t4!, 1 4,1:three.
mills, per tob,•tirniiiii,fOtall:tOriagOpnes-
Ag over the' road, an an reqUirlfehtAWL any
decrease, in the tevenues79o.ll . 6;..lPOpl,inon ,
wealth, that_might rise fr,t.Pf.t.llo;4litiflpated
competition of the roudoyff It tlftb ,r hilaittess
of !lift Maine Line of I hOmkuttliti-iftitliprove,
.mentts.. ,This tax is nut Jrpliosetriipoit,;the'
Company, but upon titer 4tati,..ituditt, paid
-by-the-owners of, the.. igittAptaporfed
over - the fond; ibe - ..ii,l '11 1 ,9' , .. - Adjiiig „ter n
gents in its dollection an Apayibrint i, ,to
,the ,
State. rt. is virtue:lly a-
,mtuftwibe:fratle.
'and . C9lllnterew of, the ,-Q,OliiiipOirlO}lti4l"."l
upon the cotumerce,of„lll4!Ni.44il?.v!l°Bo
~productiotia Seek Wm Ettektirp..ftgarltet Aver .
this,road ; and thus by ttictresqvg-lIM rdt•ti '
equal-tcr-one-sixtlimf.the-taf imposod- , for
State purponus Prior te i that; net. - These
facts speak for themselves. Well may I,lle .
people •lie congratillared ett's • tich . ll.ll'
spi
eicos beginning in the procelis of lineida
(loll, and well- may, they-with contidente .
anticipate the day of their deliverance
(rote . State taXation. Financial and-com
mercial embarrassment may postpone,-
nothing but unwise. leginlat lon, mid' the.ltii
prudent or dishonest manniement • of our
thilinkeif-ean prevent 'the curly .railliZaliOn •
Of their ii ell. founded anticipations. ;
i0 4 .44__;111,1- 1 411blje-ivorks„-illeirl
generaj. operation, the receipts and expert- .
ditures - during the, past fiscal year,
Presented 'to you in detail.in_the lie Port of
the Canal COmmissioners. •
The total receipts at the Treasury. from
the public works, for theyear ending No
vember 301 h, 1857, including receipts (ruin.
the Main Litio op to the first day of Autplat
last, were $1,308.508 62. Thu aggre'gato
expenditures for the same period were $l,-
312,705 ; the ellentlitureS exCeetllng the
rdvenites $4,107 05.
.Tile reeeipla..at the Treasury from the:
several Divisions were an filtiOWS,
Main Lino, to At:eat:di, 18.57 $786.550 33
Swquelianim and North HO .
WPM Bradt DiViSintltl • 287.718' 05
Delaware Division . 221.323.64
The receipts from the I)claWare Division
are less than those ;;I' the previous year.—
The oultititlet ion of mitt-Wit- •
et. e tuses, have lessened-the receipts from
this, important division of our ptitilic works;
and it is leered will coniitine to docreasu
them. Its management flatiShie
-1"0.,.5uel ethopitriA with ello.M.4ivisiotm of
t lie • public ituitruventents, ..efurtottliettl:--1
Thu n e t revenue, at the Trensiii,s.WAs $174,-
001 87, it deerense $90,1)98 : - r ns -emu
•pared with. the recidpis of e-preced Mg I.
year. 1;1 addition to the ord Mary. expondi-
tures, the sum (.T.116, 1 463 was paid Ihr the'
enlargement . and improvement-of this . dill-
.
I 'the North Branch Extenaii n i priliV Perm
sylvinti.t•catu'd; although ifil far compl;dtal
ht the fall el' 18 , 56, that beats freighted with
, coal :intl . other : 4,r wallet s, were .anceessfitl ly
,' pan sod through its' - elitire letrgt!t front Pith
! stint to the J tmtit) tit I yet it •ti
n m a , t t,O SO
,, liounco •of 4 birgo portion of file ollorso
liace Nue"' having been carried away by
... the freshet of . fast apt ing. loudness on. the
canal was suspended flu: greater part of the
'past 'year.: - -It was:repaired during flit stun
' tiler and in the fall busitieas_was.resutniol_
1 along Its- . entire length. Some after, the
! same thtll ar3ll:igtilli extensively itijitred ,Ity
a sudden ltel heavy freshet, anti the greater
, part of the canal rendered useliiss for bunt
; !less.' An appropriation wlll'.lie required th
, re-constrnot the dim. . .. .
This' e.inni, Jilt hough nacre] and vnlnable,
appears to_be_deoined_lo.failitre'aml - disast-
I or: 'l''-here are the fruits of former inistnan-
I agement and (rand, in its constfiletion;—
. lEvet'y elforl, heti lit4n ; node to repair the
CriOrS_COAtiisearly management. and to Cant -
, teLiord:reiier_useful_this_tlixlsion of our
public works. “Iftider,proper matittgetnent
it can . tie successfully accompliShiol. -
--Itrintrginince of the not el the-16th day of I
"May, 1857, - pfoviding tOr the elate of the;'
Mal o.Lino of the public workii, Alter giVitut '
; the notice required by hity,:l
. 44tsed
. t he i
said Main Mlle I 5 be exposed to public sale
!nt the Merchant's I , ,xchange, iti the city of
i Philadelphia,'on tim :nth day of JtIllt! last, 1
!and sold• the same to the Pennsylvania
11ailrteld Company for the soul of $7,5002-
OUO, the"' highest price Idd for the sante, and
. the mininunti price fixed it) tho act. .
i, - Alter a full compliance by the purchasers
with the conditions of the net authorizing ;
the wile, and the delivery .f their howls in 1
, Dumber and for the aniquilts . equal to and ;
I falling due at the time provided for the i
I loyinelit of tile repreetire hist:111) 10 o , the.;
Secreta - ry of the Commonwealth, on the :114 I
tl ty of Jitly-,--A-.--1).. 1857 as directed by the
net,- I r:44511.1 . 1.tq17 tinder the great seal - of the
State, to the Pennsylvania littilroad 0.4»-
patty, their successors or assigns, the whole
Maine Line of Illy public works, between
l'hiladelphin and Pittsburg, togetht:r with ,
, all the right, title•and interest', claim and'
41111111111. of the Ctmintonttealth ttr re,... ) I
vtinkt to all property. real personal and
mixed, belonging to or used in connection 1
w ith the sante by the Commonwealth : • and f
tlw iillrellast•lli baring kiet!li notice of their ',
reatlitiesa,..c_posession of the said
pori;esitlti of the settle wits :meetll
ittgly
deli% ered to the Company i,u the flrat
• dav of August 'last ; of which notice wus
• given to all Superintendents awl Agents of
! the Conitniinwealth. by proclamation 'tear-,
log date the ;Ist day of July. 1557, 'as re
, <wired by the law atithorizing the side.
The bonds of the 'quo's.%
COIllpa!ly, iu the 811111 of seven and one belt'
•, were received tiy the
'State Treasurer and are hold hy him for the
t commissioners of the Sinking Fond; the
!ctlitir'e priicyo Is tot the sale to lie paid/to the
Sinking Fund tool applied to the pay 'tient
of the State tield.
et4lllllit .0,1.6e111. congratulating the pen- -
ple'of tithe Cothinonwealth on the commie
.
!illation of this Piddle sOlititneht. as
expressed thiongli the ballot box, and M
other forms equally significant, demanded
it—public policy and the interests of the
Confmonsyealth require it. It isibme. Thu
malty approve few complain. llin . se most,
he linse gained an unenviable reputation
- hyarechlenti disregard of tho public inter
ests, MI exhibited in the exteat.ag.ati.t,. ,use
.less tind fradtilent expendititrea of the pub-
Aic•nioney for selfish and partizan purplises.
Thu sale of the Main Line ,bas directed
iiiildic.attention to the importance tin.
CP - silly - W .- disposing of the remaining di
visions of the 'public illifirovenionts. The
re:18011.5 and pulley that required nod
jttsli
•tiiii t ' ile toile Or the vile, apply slith equal
forecan the Slit: Air the littler. The propri-.
s ety &f separating the State from the '.cars,
and control of thu Imllic ‘Vorlis, is not only
evident to all who .have givoti thu milject a
candid and impartial consideration, lad pm
noceasq ipp clearly ostablistyri, his
tory of I Yfir construction Itiol. noutngo
Meta. They'lltiVO fitiltql to be a soare,o 0,
-of charges. and -the- cost-of - transportation --•
lite product, of the {Vest is forced qn the
conipeting railhaads of other States and to •
other Markets than ,otifeWn. The necessi:
ty that required this tax, as regards the
Commonwealth and - he - rimproventents, has
ceased.. Its continuance can only , lie just i
(fed as a revenue' measure. It • should be s
the policy of the State to itivit6 the trims 7
mission of the 'products Of other States
through her own territory to her own mar 7
Itets, and, therefore, the propriety- of • re- ,
: lieving the tritde and business of the Com
';_ntonivealth and - t..ottutry_f roni-thislax:Lepon_LL.
it, is respecting) , submitted for your . con
,
contaiquenccof the snspension of ape
cit by the Batiks of this and the
•other• States of the Union, and the financial .
:thrtibitrrasinent and general' 'prostration of
Misiness,'l deemed it my duty to call, ais
authorized by the Cianstltation, an Extra
'Session of the I•egislature to meet at Ear
rishurg on the Sixth day of October last.— ••
Although the reli4 provided by *this extra
ordinary session of the General Assembly,
14 . not as iimple ,as the exigency of the
~ , case required, yet it woe productive of ma- .
uy beneficial resitits, and served to allay
UM : intense excitement and idnt in that' per- •
ended th.e. , eritire community. Ily the act
prpviding_for the resunspifuu_uf'speciupny
, 1)1011in by the Banks. all di:inking .institn , •
accepting the provisions of- that law,
••
we're 'retie Nal to pay into the Treasury 'onli-
Tonyl li- Of one per cent of their capital stock ;• •
the lituntint , :dizcd by'
the payment Or this
bOllll.ll flag hilt 0111'y defrayed - all the expen
ses-of thatsession, Mit-will leave a balance -
in the tremolo. of Ma: lee's than thirty•the
•thousand dollars it result certainly itot•in
„jurions IiFOLOOCB .04i: the. COIMOOII . -;
.Aty views ex pressed. in .forniv.r. .conun ni
-cations on the subject of banlclit and_haillting
capital; in their relations to the ciirr - etiey
and thq general interests, oll,sreile. remain
unchanged. I osvever diverse our opinions
any be iin this subject, it must be iiilmitted
by all; t hat' he banking and credit systems
are sp intimately interwoven with the lAI,I
- and commerce or the, Country, that
hob . sudden separation, or a rash, illOOVa.
thin ; would produce•conseqiienees of fear-,..
f til 111111411,itillit`. 'NW the. present liy;40111 of
banking in perfect, is 'not prittentled ; _
that it rout& lie. essentially Modified 11Ild
ildpinnitpl.oill not be denied: Tlie present
-derangement of the curreuey may and • , wi II
...roggest t.lion6ceBNitk only _
in the•system itself, but in thiYaliatjagentent
of ourliankiug• institutions..
Unlintited-ereilits,by corporations of In- '
kiwi' 1114 will CVO in: ' uniniii-•
gattab,evil.. The y. contribme_ hank. ex-,
pansiim!, ,race ' speefilations, extravagant
Itvung find . •excegive • over-trailing; alWayS
assn ft , - ha followed rtntilsions. -
. What the remody.shutilibbe, wri
dnt (Mem
it my previii&i:annier exksling circulnatan- -
- COS CO'SOgglint I.: bid tor*, permanent it must
pecord with tetf laws
hattirabatal necessaryol trade.. , The eureficy of a country, Mulls
• tio excilitine to illeSe laws and should be'
left: to
,their 'operation and control: so tar as
may' be 'consistenbytth•the public good.—
It is. therefore., that a system of free bank
ing, based 'Oil unilimlittid public se - entities,
antbcolu in•skeit-ooportion-14 circulation
and dcposites as•may be •deented sufficient
to soeitre thelr,minvertiint into specie,. on
demandovitliAiroper limitatimis an re
strictions, is deenied - prefi!rable to the pres-,„
out. system.
• Its would correct
many existing abuses not only in the sys
tem itself, but In the, present mode of bank
ing. These questions, however, with -tits
remedies necessary In_prevent a recurrence
aif the evils MOO We flow MONT,
gether ;vial the tiat . re n rail extent o the re
lief', that. 'may be required by the
Banks of •tlie • Cotninimwe•dtli, .to enable
them to resume the payment or their lia
bilities in specie, ale all yorerred to tie
- wisdom of the - Legislature. They are prac
tical and impiirtaut htlhitle44 qiiehtions, and
awl] should receive your intelliient•-•con
sideration,
The 1.1..unt touiliiinn I,lom. elinmAmentill
' 804 couviry. deocro.e4 • At trait a missing re
010t k. AMt iere: financial revulsion lois oc
currrd, unluumg n ,1110110.41 11 l of , p ,•,i,
to by tilt , 13. i wit only of Common
but of all the States of the Union, 'de
ranging the currency an I effecting .I,am:trolls-
I c till the great interests of_commerco_anddho.
Palest, ial 1 , 1,r,1111•1 I,f the eit•vm.. Labor is
without entplirytnt:tit,and thousands of strong
active Itiett'are mow yoking for work or bread
-The souses ossigned for these evils are almo o t
11.• various nei the ititere-is' or prejudices of
Ciotti nhl. midertikko Ilwit• explication. To
wi•aaver 0011180 or'ettinuis they may be refer
.
red,.
if i• neither jlist: nor peeper to charge all'
our present finsnuial and conim.tdial aktri , es
to the Ituolts tn.) their management How
ever touch they may Ini•e contributed', other
reuses hare' operated , 1:11 Mora directly Rink .
you solidly to produce Hesse tesults: and a
tilig client first 'in importance and iullurnfo
is the present system of low duties. ill 'comma
-11.41 with, the wsteliousing system, adopted as
the policy of the lietteral Government in 18-1(1.•
Tim tit Proact ire policy, fix .
toolimided in the' T riff soft orl 842 was resist
ed P , Lot , )lv.llllii •w;t11 It unanimity almost
unp tier. , /kr rel.fePenth.-
IiVPN ill 111,111 brooches of • 11.• National' Ctu
green stridtooli..iy.oppose t i the repeal - of that.
act. The evils,puder which we ere now silt
reriog;were prkulicted, as . El consequence of
repeal. BM
_other counsels_ prevailed, •
the nut .
anifibe industry of the
o entry expoioul to n ruinous competition with
the cheep labor of foreign ittilktlis. The dis
astrous &cis t.r.ibe t,pens, welt, poHlpone•l
by ibe •ort ratio' of causes well underatood by -
every iutrlliaent eiliken • F;lotho• ttbrood• pro
.,iicesl au tioptoeCdt•tot,•l6l4.9ittiol for our bread.
011111 . 8. 1111.1 . the gull of Calif, rein, although it
may added to dm excitanient of our pro- .
I et Cos, ',lnd contributed its. run there in pro—
hoeing existing financial wl , l o,,inmerebil.t.iii
tutiorio-tanott, in niiilions, supplied the means
of paying the overwhelming balances 'if:ideal
its on our foreign importations. Under the
' , retold riyNtetn of low Juries, the excess.of
misers over exports line been 'beyond the .
tr'!ubt extravagant wants of the country.' They
have been entirtholis rind reinothidestruetive
01 domestic industry , nod involving 'lite 'home
manutocturer mud Iti me labor, its one COIIIIIIOII
{fu have • impaled more than we imuld
If .
.hy or. nod much 'note tlinn 'we cooded.
Pennsylvania abounds ill iron ore.. Iron mud
ifs manufactures are '•jui.tly regarded no
potion'. elements of her Material wealth ; nud
from, her nbundancejf properly fosterei.Qatiti
protected by a wise nrilionto poliry:coltbi sup
ply thu,matkots of the world ; and yet, since .
the passage - of the net-of 18-0," we have im
ported of iron and steel tital• 'their ninnitfim
tures,'Wtore than two Wundred minions bf titil
late in value; paid for in - gold or our bonds
and stocks, now beld , bS; loreigh capitalists—
tne interosCon which but adds to tiro burdeuei
. . . ...
imrreport - tOliermuhtnltterarbrf4 - Siriii. - :
liiii iii - i - dalifolrUirli - fora - 0 - 11 - 3tlFl - 41111111 - XIT area,
The same to true of tunny other important • tendout otemanuin Schools will preaent 4 °leer ,
broaches-of borne industry. .111nnyMillimis in and satisfactory etaiement of . thegeneral• op
sale° of cotton and woolen gooderlts,ve, during , eration of tho system during the past yehr.
..,
the earns priiod, beet" - imported, that should', , The eigraration of the 'eohool front tho.Strato
Inive - been. mile in our own workshope, ghoul, Departmert,,by the not orthe lost session, ' was
hove been•..woeen on
,Anieriene, aud not on. a just • trißute tw.the 'importiktme.atl value of
British, Frepoll or German loonte. - . : our, Ovint'uo , n School symeni, - The groat mini-.
. ,AS an exampleof the practical working •of colonel interests-of IMO - Obit..., the pare. lityl
the eystem, °Mob,' OractimentS exhibit the fradt, , gitardionsylp of, Jim, intollootasl,;,neeisl sof
that during the Mist four years' the' intpoi , ts•of . tn4ral improvem6t of thp,youtli of tho.b.ini
foreign merchandise. exceeded'oOr ekports one " rairanweralkh,- should netelpy a proniltient anti
ilumity() and eighty-fettrmillintitt two thoualintl.•:l r'POPllen'iqat position .einong .the Deporimont,'
; 400) h un d re d nut R i st. ,,,,i g h t • d 0„,,, ,, ;, mid , :isthe,Q,OirornmerV,. If tho earn of tho
.treas.
9it entMequeneo, the ,mitt of the.rveto44 . , .Iro or tiTi ommoilw,, ! i,lo , - tlio" tterehtitehtpnt
„ ri m i,,,,
, ~g • co p : p e pi, n dli i i l ly! g r e a t.' . js, n- it' lw,.:,, i miterital ,i0i . 1,110, 4.0 i; the' MI villlC,:ituit
1:1
'haunt of specie cent out of the anun re dur- ''' ''r be , '''Whia , '
'''""m; llll,lo :intel'otlitl.“frtivt , -re
inglhat
„period:Yr ii 0 two hundred qtnl•th.r- .• .4 , •iye.lfrou.tile Ciovviument the murloti' . a n I
”.rauClittllions three hundred ensLur;ty-roui . , .himinnttro..r! ,o "o l i9 ll, of T heir ininnounee ;_
how.innoh inure ehould rho mind of her youth
tkoneend three hundred and etglity.foUt dbl. i
...
lore—specie imported; twenty ix million nine
kindred and twenty-seven thou - staid four bun:.
•Itted and twenty-seven dollars; leaving a bnl
once ngainet as am Specie acConni - of one 11 - tin - -
trod and eighty-sixinillions four hundred and
thousand nine...hundred and, fifty,
..enyen dolliirs. This depleting process, ogre
vatlot by excessive importation. unsettled the .
currency and induced an inflated paper air
oulntion, resulting fn bank suspensions and
tinenchil embarressment lint the evil does
not end hero. An inflated paper curren
cy, by cheapening,tie price of money; Morons
-es-in-this-country-.1 Ite_cost_o f_prodreCtion...nnit_
thuir, whilst:the Anterican-Manufacturer,is'ex
posed, - under a systein of)ow duties, to a roil,-
nos with the cheep Inure of En=
rope, he iS paid-for -his goods in. a currency
less miscible than that intirt to hk foreign
competitor. Asa' necessary result the home
fehric fit driven from the ttinrket, end the home.
manufacturer ruined. The operation of tliC`.o
by low - duties, is sufficient
to destroy the industrial energies of tiny peo
ple. • .
• With these facts. before us, it Is no matter of
surprise that our nulls, factorie'4 and furnaces •
1111 V“ been closed. , and thott.andis of honest 111-
borers tritely!) Oui of .employment; that coin
bus an.extatentitn• that bank
rns toy end:rein ale around - us, and our gen
evil- prosperity - porel,‘ zed - these
digesters, to which we !hive been pettioilinally
exposed...reform ,tint only in our system of
banking. hut,in our revenue laws, become in
dispensable.
If the principle of the act of 1812 had been
• press , veil—even_if its pito of ditties hail been
reduced, our' specie of million - a
would not have
-gone into foreign coffers to build up HIV] 'tills:.
.lain the for:agti manufacturer home industry
would be prosperous. -end the ''cry we - want
work." issuing front a rhouseridltlis, in .roir
large cities rind nitinufeeturingdistrick,lvould
not-riniv ire heard ; nor would a fortitigtirtretif
of nearly five hundred million of dollen) exist
to_startle viol alarm so.. That systemt , thott
'Praelieally prefers. rent:tut: to lions labor,—
that'keep.4 oar workshops:in Eurdpe, instead
of building, nail supporting them here—that
takes our gold to pay the wages Of the British
'Taborer, , whilst our own are without employ
oetit.eo without bread,—that fulls tine coun
try with-foreign merchandise in the' exclip.d.ur
of the home fabric —that lays the British rail
upon the-road through our iron districts null
by nor rolling. mills, wliipst they ere silent and
deserted, Jitel that invites to speculation and
extravagance, i 4 aftver truth every tr . tie - A uteri
owl interest arid should_be;t once a1mn414,110,1.
. A period of. low duties line always been
marked Ify exctssive importations—large ex
prirts
of , specie )/ink expensions•
and suspensions, and financial and commerelel
revulsions. Under the protective policy illf6p
peculiar and meriting cherecierialies - of drce
- trarrhave ell - been wanting. Tho history of
the' country .establishe•• those: facts . A well
'recoiled eil'lneiff; adjusted to prole - et' the pre - e
dilative Industry of the country, is not only
thetriie pdicy of the Gavertituent, a
butter regulator - Id - thecurreney; snit a more
contain security ageinst bank expnrisions, chap
any system of.pftins.and peiniltieS yet devised
for the enntrol 4.f banking institutions. or tile
operations of capitel. .T 0 thii we should re
turn. - Pennsylvania is ;yet true to her ancient
and long
, cherished convictions of its propriety
end necessity. She roily, Lave been misled.
Political "endpariizan pressure may hove forded
lief-from her true position. This was her
misfortune, not her fault. She Imp and feels
the wronti. end 'with nil emphasis, intensified .
by her injuries, will demand redress; ruler
lion for herself arid the - great industrial inter
esta of her people.
Tire a griwiltural interests of the country
mhould ever he fomtvred and sustained by the
Stute, are first in nectp.mity.und
eon-Itiute the Immix Of State 011.1 N -
lttlSpOlity. Upon their progrema and
ilevelcipm• tit depetol the 611000,8 or our Inv
citanical-manufAcietring mei commercial in
terv•ts,
Agriculture, in ita -cried and multiplied rts
tatiotia, in the unrolling !Mere° of Nationml
wii:alth, an I to its promotion all should tiontrf
,hute. lndi.idnnl enterprise and liberality,
St a te and County asimeintions, have dime moult
too Mlvinier thin iMportant branch of prodlic
tite industry; collected and eit soloed
much, salon le information; and encourige I
by theirlion iroblo exertions, the progress of
soiontilb3 ail I- practical agriculture. Seiruce,
litlidnri have nobly proffered their nil—the
Siate not withhold her encouragement
Al/1 , 11..,11.
111 heretofore recommended thVestith
lishinent of an Agricultural Bureali ;
oilil 69,11 e OM , Or tht Stout
Mews. to vire elliciency.to the otillection and
ditfiaii•on of 'ireful knowledge on 0141 Ful.pet.
Impresned with the necessity and itminimise
such it 'Myelin I again earnestly recom
mend it to you'. f.voruide
•• The Farmer.' 'High School of l'enaillve
nit)," Oil iuxtitnliou lucid-pointed by the leig
iilature iu ISSS,As entitled to the espeoal
attention of the of AgtiCtil I 010 In
the teaching:l l .ot' this 00 scientific
ail the practical are Miiteilfr whilst the
art of formingiod all that' pertains to the
mCniieemeat, business of n form,
will be tha.subject of histruetiou, the natural
aciesei , s. in their 1 . 01/11i,11 11101 to
practical agriculture, will ohm he taught Th e
student of the institution will he enabled iii
• test, in his daily ocimpatioh, .the troth and
value of the knowledge 01111MilllitlalVd.
blush of tlfe•lnnil connected with llie schen]
'past year. Orchmio of every variety ofdruit
and hedges have been planted, and way •al
tinifle improvements malls A storied
latru, large an I coneenient, , as also the farm-,
er's Minim nod part or the mu-buildings have'
hero erected ntid tieetipiittb* • •
From the report of the trustees we learn
that •• n contract has hem' made for tha ertio
thin of an edifitsi calculated for the Tesiiletice
of Professors, Lecture owl Dormitories
for students,-to be built of stone, four stories
high, two. hundred end thirty-three feet in
front; with wings, and to colt five thousand
dollars. This building is Ores ly in progress,
tinti it he hoped that ii.part t f it may be put
under roof and he on dor completed as to NIA ,
blo the Board to mike arrangements to receive
a few students before the. close of the current
year." The Legialature, at their leat srotiiiin,
appropriated, fifty thousand dollars to th.s in
stitution, one-half of which has been paid ; the
remaining twentyqlvsthettstual dollars ,to be
paid on condition that an equal BUM ho real
ized from Jaime' smarties, within - ,three pare
from the passage of the net tusking the'appro
priation. 1 4, •
The objects and character of this insittutton
—its retatitin tigritiulturad knowledge, and•
its the pioneer in the great wark,of
education, commend it to the generous
patronage of the Legislature,' and to the onfifi
dental and liberality of the koplo of the Ginn
menwealth.
- : , ;•witlrilt - wintilrees - notivitiee-its constantly'
unfolding enemies, ;unfits infinite superiority.
to
. the matorialiintr physical , - claim a still
higher considerittion, and receive from the
Itepretientatives'of the people, a more honored
recta:maim.
As all independent department, greater .. .eel '
finititcy Wilbhmgisten lb the system—a .more
direct and immediate ittpervifion ' wild he Se
ocreil —the details oft' ire operetieti More mure,.
folly . offiterved•-its -deficiencies discovered—
its errors 'corrected—the occompllehment of
•ite•orffile purposes "mud objects rendered more
eentain_attd_the_Systemiteel f_saved_f.rom_ the__
Itungernits aturtlehasing':infittenee of political
eieitement and partizan prejudice.' .
The County Superietendeliny, tested by ex- •
perienetr. , has - rettlizeil - the justexpectations of '
the frietnls of the meesure; and May now he
regarded as ti permanent and intlisnentfible
port of the system.- IVlletemonmitted to com
petent Merl,- it• has acnomplished a noble work
in promoting the- sucoees and ilsefuluees of
our Gittimon Schools; ctrl ,wherever the du-"
tire of the office have. heart faititftilly perform
ed, the - charaver of the schools has betM ele
vated, ,tlieir number end the number of echo!.
are increased. Allti the entifelence ned:enconr. •
agement of the public secured. in the hands
of incompetent men, these results Intie not.
tr, - ..+o , ibtailletl i but.ott•the come/try, opposition:
has urea provoke 4i 7.!.. , :t this cause of Common
! Sch o ol education retordetl. This offiee,e7i6l - 4,
, n.it be committed to any but•tnen thoroughly
elthiltliiiil'hy_ education and experience forth('
I performance of its urditous• twirl" reaponsible '
I dutiee.; -awl if the
.Seleml Directors of soy •
' county, in disragaril neffseir obligations, from
oppte.ition either to tho system or the office, '
ettleet an Incompetent pennon. for the plaoe,
the ()diem 01, the net, netrof failure to secure
; the benefits reselling foam A proper atudintel
: ligotit.ndutiuhur e t,on , 1 the office, should refit -
upon
upon them, ant not upon !lie his authorizing :
the arpoititteert. - The defects of the,systent "
when clearly est,bli.hed . shodld -be promptly
cot-reeled ; but el.euttee,is . nnt: al W•llyg reform ;•
lied infj,vatom, jetlimi,l by selfishness or pro
j t•lrtio. may endanger its perinottency,and des• • ,
troy its efficiency. - . .
=Tie. act of the : 1 0th dny.of Maj., 1857, pro-_
voting for the' due teething of leachers- fur . .
the Common Schools of the State, by ettcour-•
-• aging the - , -esteblialitnent ,of 'Normal Schools
. within the Dietriets designated in the law, bee
tees-sect the-cordial approbation of all inter-' •
-
weird in the...0130.e of - our-Common Solloole. •
'The passage of that act inaugurated a new era '
- _ ._
h..' li t . history of Common School education in •
Piotiety.lennia -It is e,,,movement in the right
direction ; full of encourugentont no'd hopeLerrr—
i, the greater perfe tine Mel usefulness of OM' •
1 synient. Liege mid etollusinstio meetings of
the friends of • ethic-trios hove • been held. his:
malty or the tfistricte,(o prtimoitt the establish
; lishment of Nartual Stitinuls on contemplated .
- I by tile net; - um( liberal sume.of' ut mey have
been sfieserilied Jo. secure- this deeinible -til.. , _ ..,.
1 'jun. • A nOli , ,e se-rtc Bair' bean' commenced ;,
and sumtnined -by uttlividual enterpriselthd I ill
erelitp—epeeoreged by the State, And vindr
-1 este I by its own intriniii,c merit, it n i ne: f in
lon omit Si-ant Norine I Schools, iti number end,
I efficimicy.ecptal to the supply of well traintid .
1 leacherv. shell becune the just pride antriionst
lof l'eirovyivauie. " -, • , „
1 'Flie argattie structure of war system is as ..
!.perfert, perhaps, tts huniati leginiatirirr - eau
mike it ; het it Ileello the competent and thee
! mighty [ruined ft...totter to give it greater vi.,.
folic:, end t ilicioney, mid secure' thou fall' as- "
, , •
comphsoineet of the purposes of its ore-thio...
i :Om. merher, tho properly educate:l, the-.well ...
! trained, the sAmititie tenelior. is the great
want of the nyntenl. We need the TeACIIINti
, Limn, nor the antomoton movements of inert,
ph:. t.ic.ti organiz ition or iiiitiquittiod e o uti t ,,,
to -lire:A...n.l nottirol ifresintelleettml eirergies •
of the pinch ..f the cootmolwrAith. we re- '
( pi ! , mind. ~,1,,,,..t0 d mind, in ,mte. schools,
the! knowle•lite may lie enimomiteatetl, not on- ,
ly etreetiVely Ale: pr it:tinnily, lint that it: train
ing the young they inay he taught to think
end hew to thine- to inve , tiente, arid know'
for theo,,it, ; 11 , ' , 1 111111 lull fitted and pre
pored f.r the high and responsible ditties of
the man HAI th• ei,izett. .
This ' , lieito el. ran only lie supplied by .
Sr.ntr. Nor;tl ii So-;",.ils for the education of •
tel Che r, 'l' • them we mit=t look. 'The (a
ttire is foil r..i.0. Nhi,t, 1.4 s a'ready been
:lone to or 'Old.' for their t-t•thlisliment atol
siciiiir•i. In r•iiiiii :icon with honorable Anil'. _
ii lual_eifort,-...,0 e- leeisletive eiletturagetptpt
__
snay, he rrqiiireil It slont'll he wren elmei.e..„,
folly sll.l 11:11.11ptlY. , 'Nlk IlliLiCet of greeter in
terest min .tititie: your attention ; no tie np
peak wdl, more reeson end truth, to duty 11 . 0 1
putri••ti.int. .. _
. _
vixiti7tr3' to Nor
-111111 ;41 • ithied by the State.--.
Tbroil.iii their v. ell by tile tod.ile
atti sn•lf- 1. .11 , 0.15 1d the teacher, them-
se!ren, time liven linontaiplislied in
edistinting n I :I.4i:inn.: tenOnitii, and in dig-
p1 . 111 .,, 106.111 to.) Inn . g, linderrnlut.4l by
those must d,e i dy interested in their useful
MC
' In the great work of priinlar etlncaiion there
ohott!.l be no retr anoeent eat •f Penn-
eylvanin yiel Hog to the in:pleat °limier
of i g m.a , . theo, nt prej.Oiccf.•in.their
xrtr•ttipty lo its vroit.CSIS
all, !toy .1.. n nuts. 'ltal . a.atdemn, fiat virtur
pntrt•itiym. trcili, bid you eticritrd Let 111 &I
r.yure be nrnml.r nod ill it± Unity end I.ltl.fill
deny: let it 11l improved mid perfected in' tot
Lit 4 1 1' 101 001 of } ours impair Ito
MEI
otrength.,or p.r tho bequty nod horpony of
itH [Wort
" Diuled as eer irtititiTtiilll4 err onthe will' or
the "1,e0 . 1.11. depetrletjt fur preeerveti , in on
their virtue nil , ' tetelligreoe 7 , k,tewletlge with
1I , 4
. h 1 11 .1 11,1 e cupy , lie high to which
it 1 ,, $) I , le eon. tly .entitled Keen ledge,
nititidot upon purr o.f eiern,l
truth; is he ei-ovreing glutu of !Ito citizen—
the eofFizti ;r , I .it fence tit the Sinte.
fIll) owl fire to ie the boon we emir:
fur the elti'dreTt of the Cotons.'mwettlth—it is
the duty par •iniinitt.,to dl others, the State
owes to tbeeitiiieifi.ii: The old iif the - Coru
nonweillta bo liberally 'bestowed. The
it. reltitions, iq warnaY enni
mewled In the itenyrous care atid patrotings of
the Logiolntnre.
properly eirconrnging
the development of lb. of tto
Stale. r.cognize the still higher oliliga
tmn to improve the social, intellectual and
.1)1111 . 8i Condition of .the people. :The, lIIIICIIO
- of hooum•ttuderieir,'the reformation of
thio erring, an!l the ourreethin of onthfol vi-
ari. Ohjects out detCrve the utten-
Lion of the philmnthropiet Mono:win.. To
nr9urn these re,3lofs the edonitions,l, ,ehisrits
hie and rpforpintoly ithuilutiomi'ot.tbe Cotn
anonwea,tit Omuta he fostered and enetariged
,
t,'' liberstflecialatiotto - - •• -
. __-
The ret , orte of the State Latuttio liektital,
at fkrrisborgi and the WesternPennsYlvnitik -7 "
lloardtal for the Insent, at Pittsburg. 1011 he.
laid baleen you, exhihlt' in detail
tlieir operations for the past ... year.
- These inati . 6i - tkini, - 1 - ii their ohjs7i-:—ltei-1-114---iii::"."
cults, merit tiavl shOuld • receirg
. 0111`, warmest"
approbation. - The condition of no 'chino of stif-'
fering butnoniii oppPal4 *lib, more thrilling
no*or to our 353.!opathirs, than 'Oita of thein-2
Ignorant - of thp frightful . nicandi ;hit
throi, etanirle.l iu lbt fourful ploutu
, WrinetitOl ilurk neon, hit& glUli out fri,u"tiie
cinl joy.rq 'home sad friends,. rid et 'the.
hirtieveletit end the henufsofinos of the °prin..:
innusieoltlititioeld he 1113Prally end cheerffilly
giveirtn than :
of Ref•ige in Philndelphfi, st . id •
the Weetern.llones of Refuge
.
poio. bolt to - Nhtiro tile.tounty of ttio:Com'oion-,
weitith, •e110n1.4 to: Ole e,:riti • A'ologlett 7 ' .
olitchst cliildriqi'oik•l youth vt Itio
L-111 CP• homei whi. rt. Itimii)e',.!'rillt , er 10V,i;
.AkiCIOOR -Ntirkdiso9rrigibl4, Olouhl
not %e deuied. tbeis requeie. "
11
NO. 18.
Them ohe and
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