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X erected for it on Randall’s Island. The site i3 a beautiful and healthful one, and the bhildings are well adapted to the purpose o f their erection. A more thorough sys- -im of dllit^ificHihxi -of juvenile offenders h’as been nttcnypled, but not accomplished until the completion of the buildings de signed for the separate accommodation of die ghla. During the past year, the foun dation of the House intended for females tins been laid, and the building for their in dustrial occupations enclosed. The num ber of inmates o f the Refuge it is estima ted will be five hundred and fifty during the winter. About four hundred of both sexes have been received since the first of January last, and three hundred have been indentured. The institution, os at present arranged, is nearly full; but the withdraw- *al o f the girls, on the completion of the House designed for their accommodation, will affUrd additional room for at least three hundred. • It will then be the largest, and, .1 trust, one o f the best, reform schools in the coontry. During the thirty years of the existence of this institution, about six thousand delinquents have received the benefits o f its discipline. At least three- fourths o f these, it is believed, have been permanently rescued from a vicious career. No further argument is needed to demon strate the value o f our Houses of Refuge, and the wisdom of the policy which estab lished and sustains them. every department and branch o f our Indus try. From England and France come nr- tizans whose skill and-experience enable us to compete successfully with the immufuo- tovivs and work shops of the Old World1. Northern -Europe supplies us with thrifty and industrious tillers o f the soil. Ireland sends us laborers, without whose bone and sinew our country would not now rejoice as it does in more Canal Navigation ami inoro miles of Railroad than have been constructed by a*iy other nation. To Em igration we are largely indebted fur the early settlement, the rapid development and the rising greatness of the Western States. If our citizens realized how di rectly their own individual prosperity springs from the manual labor of Emi grants, or even reflected how indispensable arc their services to our domestic coinfort, they would bo less solicitous to “ to pass laws to prevent the population of these States; to obstruct- the laws for the natu ralization of foreigners, and to rufuso to pass oiliers to encourage their migration hither.1* In pursuance of a Law of the Inst Le gislature, the Commi^hmors designated Castle Garden for the Landing Depot of all abuses and meet new offences. The exten eion of the principle'of association, has led to frequent frauds in the organization of corporations. These offences should be summarily dvlt with, particularly those of fraudulent companies to insure against joys by fire. They inflict wide sprtftd injury.— Now safeguards, seem to-be needed for the faitlilul administration of corporate trusts. Criminal pleadings could be simplified witli groat advantage to justice. The mischiev ous distinction between grand and petit lur cony, might profitably ha abolished, and Emigrants arriving at ths Port of New York. Though encountering persevering op position from all classes of persons interest ed, for a series o f years, in extortions and ASYLUMS. tt would be wiworthy of a great Com- fnonwealth to neglect to make adequate provision for the care of its Insane. Now York has heretofore done her duty to Hu* •manit.y in this regard., But her popula t i o n has increased without nn increase ot her provision to shelter and subject to dis cipline and treatment the deranged. One hundred and sixtv-seven applications for admission to the tllica Asylum during the last year were made iervain. In order to make places for recent cases, thirty-four in mates of the establishment during that time were discharged— not cured and not improved. Nearly one thousand insane persons are now confined in the different County Poor Houses ot our State. In too many o f these the afflicted languish wretch edly, without the chance of a cure. In nearly all of them, their treatment is simple imprisonment. Their helplessness arid de- stvuctivesa make their confinement, in most cases, more painful than that o f criminals. Generous and creditable as has been the provision made by New York for her in sane, it is manifestly inadequate. I ear nestly recommend to you to make provis ion for the construction of a now Asylum. The Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, deserves your favorable consideration. The present number of pu pils is 289, of whom 218 arc beneficiaries of the State. The funds obtained from the sale of the property previously acquired, have been applied to the payment, in part, of the recently purchased premises, and for the construction of suitable buildings. The directors not being able to complete their improvements, an appropriation was xuade at the last session of the Legislature, upon the condition that no application should be made for further assistance. That appropriation proved to 'be inadequate.— The directors will doubtless be controlled by the restriction which accompanied it, but it is worthy of your serious considera tion whether a purely benevolent institu tion, incorporated mainly supported by the State, and possessed of valuable property, in the title of which the State holds con trol, should remain iu an embarrassed con dition for want o f means to accomplish the ■charitable object for which it was estab lished. *. The education of the Blind has become a part of the policy of every civilized State. Its instiution marked an era in the pro gress of Humanity. New York, fur a quarter of a century, has been foremost in the discharge of her duty iu this respect. The results o f her labors are o f the m o st! practical and encouraging kind. One hundred and sixty pupils ore now taught in ^ the New York Institution for the Blind.— These all receive a sound English educa tion, such as is acquired iu our various me chanical arts, to give them the means of support. The importance of these are the manufacture of carpets, mats, materasses, baskets, band-boxes, plain sewing, and pi ano tuning. The study and practice of mu sic constitute a largo part o f the course of instruction. The graduates of the Institute are found in every part o f the State, as mechanic?, merchant?,musicians,teachers and manufac turers. ’ A number have found a demand for their services in kindred schools spring ing up in other States—and alow are re tainod at the Institute, to servo as teach- ere. During the past year, the Institution lias been remarkably exempt from sickness, and entirely so from mortality. The Asylum for Idiots has, during the past year, been removed to the new build ing erected for its use near the city of Syra cuse. This has been completed^ in general accordance with the plans submitted in the report o f the Trustees to the last Legisla ture, and is a commodious structure. The number o f pupils at present enjoy Sng its benefits is 80. Applications fur the admission o f more are awaiting the notion of the Trustees, and will be decided so soon as the resources of the Institution shall jus tify it. It appears, by the returns of the late Census, that a largo number ot idiots, of a teachable age, are still unprovided with the means o f education. A moderate annual increase, by the Legislature, of the income of the Asylum, would enable its Trustees to discharge the duties of human ity to these unfortunates. The want of some responsible general supervision of the various benevolent in- . Btitutions receiving aid from the State is seriously felt. A Bill for this purpose was considered at the last session of the Legis lature, but failed to become a law. 1 rec ommend the subject to your attention. frauds alike oppressive and unjust to Em- grants and discreditable to our State, the Commissioners, sustained by the City Ail t/i ritie? and tlie Courts, are now working out, with eminent success, the beneficent objects contemplated. The Garden affords ample, commodious and grateful shelter and protection to the tens of thousands of strangers heretofore cast upon the open wharves to be preyed upon by rapacious Runners, Bookers and others, who were the more successful by reason of speaking the languages, and claiming to be the countrymen and friends of the Emigrants. The different Railroad and Steam Boat Companies supply tickets to Emigrants, within the Garden, at their regular and published rates ol Fare. Information re quired either to guide or facilitate their course or promote their interests, is fur nished by the Commissioners or their em ployees. Such as are disappointed either in meeting friends or remittance?, on their arrival, find a temporary Home in the Gar den, or are assisted to their destination.—• The favorable location and peculiar ad vantages of Castle Garden lmve fotttunntely rfiFbt, f)b t. enabled the Commissioners to per their arrangements for the protection of Emi grant?, and it is justly regarded as a wise an^ enlarged measure o f economy aud hu manity. QUARANTINE. The prevalence of a tearful epiJo*nio du ring the pa>*t summer and autumn, in the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, in Vir ginia, filled the public mind with sadness, and excited serious apprehensions that, in its progress, the scourge might, reach our own commercial emporium. Happily,these apprehensions were not realized, yet the opinion has been expressed by eminent med ical uutlu rity, that, with the approach of another summer, that disease will appear in move northern latitude?. 'Whatever val ue may be attached to this opinion, all will concur in the importance o f vigilantly guard ing the public health. If the authorities are not already clothed with powers ade quate Vo this end,ample one? should be con ferred. The public health should be subsi diary to no other interest, for, on that all others are ultimately dependent. . ” The pe cuniary loss sustained in a hundred years by quarantine restrictions upon commerce, could nut equal the desolations ot a single year of pestilence.” Theexpenses imposed upon commerce by a strict enforcement o f our quarantine laws are greatly enhanced by the dilapidated condition of the structures erected by the Federal Government upon the quarantine grounds. These structures must be thoroughly re paired before they will be suitable for lb storage of infected cargoes while under quarantine. The administration of the rev enue laws of Congres?, so ns not to inter fere with our quarantine regulations,cannot be secured unless these repairs me made.— I therefore submit to your consideration the propriety of instructing our Senator?, and requesting uuv Representatives in Cong ress to procure an appropriation for this purpose. AGRICULTURE. e The legislature of 1853 granted a charter for an Agricultural College to be connected with au experimental farm. Applications will be made to you to aid the endowment of this institution, with money from the public treasury. The great value to a State of intelligent Agriculture, ami the iinpor- punishinents h r theft be graduated in nil cases, to the ciiininalHy of the offender.— The right o f peremptory challenge accorded to the prisoner on trial, has been enlarged by const ruction, to a hurtful limit.’ The People Qro without protection, by the right of challenge, against the introduction o f the friends of criminals upon petit juries. An increasing inconvenience is experienced from the working o f the rule, which practi cally excludes from the patinel toMry for a crime, all persons who hftvc read newspa per accounts of it. The laws regulating Gram! Juries might be amended with ad vantage. In many cases their action, thro1 tho malice and lulsehood of informers, is unjust and aggressive. The evidence upon which bills o f indictment are found, is fre quently insufficient. A great injury is done to good government by the delay in bring ing criminals to trial, and the facility with which the postponement o f criminal causes is effected. The evils I have summarily re ferred to, are worthy of the carctul atten tion of the Legislature. courts . In the present constitution of our Courts of Law the poor man is often practically debarred a hearing o f his just claims, from his inability to pay the charges incident to their prosecution. A s a remedy for this evil, 1 would suggest the establishment, in' all our cities, o fC o u rtsof limited jurisdic tion, to take cognizance of claims, ranging from one dollar to ten dollar?, and, by tho simplest and most economical processes, to hear and adjudicate the same, without charge to the parlies. With the increase of population and busi ness in our State, has come an increase of litigation. Although the judicial force was largely augmented by the new Constitution the court?, especially those in tho commer cial districts of tlie State, are burdened with accumulation? of business which no amount o f labor can dispatch. Tho creation of local tribunals in large cities lias afforded some relief. While the evil is acknowledged, the ob vious remedy, and one which the Constitu tion wisely contemplates, lias not yet found favor with the Legislature. That is the es tablishment of Courts o f Conciliation. The experience of other countries furnish evi dence of the beneficent workings of these Tribunals. Through their instrumentality much hasty and needless litigation is arres ted. Misapprehension of rights, and the conflict of interests among neighbor?, by Conciliating intervention, are amicably ad justed. Here, where courts are more re sorted to than in any other country in the' world, it is believed that the Tribunals of Conciliation would accomplish the reform so generally, and yet,hitherto,so unavailing- ly sought. I respectfully solicit your at tention to the subject of their establish ment. CENSUS The returns of the Census show tho fol lowing general results : Total population of tho State, 3,470,063 ; showing an increase, since 1850, o f 372,024 since 1845, 864,923. Native voters, 516,745; Naturalized vo ters, 135,076. Aliens, 032,740: Colored persons not taxed, 35,950 ; Indians, 3,945. A report will be submitted to the Legis lature, by the Secretary of State, embrac ing the details of tho Census necessary for for the reorganization of tho Senate Dis tricts, and the new apportionment ol the Assembly required by the third article ol tho Constitution. The sixth article o f that instrument also confers upon the present Legislature the discretion and authority tt) reorganize the Judicial Districts. In view of what 1 have elsewhere stated in relation to the accumulation of business in our Courts 1 recommend the creation o f nn ad ditional Judicial District o f the Supreme Court. The recent enumerations chows that the city o f New York will be entitled two additional Justices of the Supremo Court. I reccommend a law authorising their election. INDIAN tance of improving uuv knowledge and practice of this inos; dignified Art, with the EMIGRATION. The number of Emigrants landed at the Port of New York during tho year just closed, is 136,233. During the year 1854 the number was 319,223. This falling oft\ has caused a corresponding reduction in the receipts o f the Commissioners who were burdened with the support of the sick and destitute arriving the preceding year, their diminished revenues during the Vast season has occasioned serious timbarrassuwsnts.— The length and severity o f the winxer o f 1855, and the high prices paid for all xbe necessaries of life not only increased tin* number of Emigrants requiring aid, but added largely to the expenses o f tho Com missioners. The Commissioners within the last year have entered vigorously upon a system of economy and retrenchment. The inmates of tiieiv various institutions were largely reduced in numbers. The Medical Depart ment was recognised aud further improve ments are contemplated. The general su perintendence was changed, and all super numeraries were discharged. In these of- ficienfltereforms, ns in their generous devo tion to the laborious duties o f their office, the Commissioners o f Emigration cam their only reward—the approbation of their fel low-citizens. and im The indebtedness of the Commissioners, from the causes stated, will probably re quire Legislative relief. It should be re membered that-the money to purchase the land on Ward's and Randall's Islands, to erect thereon expensive and noble struct ures, to maintain the inmates, and to re turn to the counties the sums expended for the support of Emigrants, has all^bddn de rived from the Emigrants thoinselvc^.— Since tlie passage of th© Law creating the Board of Commissioner?, our owyi citizens have been relieved from tho burden of sup- porting sick and destitute Emigrants. You will, I trust, be prepared to consider favor ably such application as may be made for the temporary relief of the Board o f Emi grant Commissioners. Foreign Emigration is an element o f na tional prosperity, the importance o f which we ary not likely to over estimate. The strangers come to us rich in what we most need, the ability and the disposition to la bor. Their labor enters immediately into aids b f modern science applicable to it, in duce mo to reccornmend you to grant that application, and with liberal measure. The diminution of the cost o f raising the food o f the people of this State and the increase of the productiveness of the farms, are consid erations upon which it is not necessary to dwell. Economical farming in New York, seems to require Governmental aid in mak ing n knowledge of Chemistry as applied to agriculture, cheaply accessible to all who till th© soil. Arbitrary governments iu Eu rope have by public instruction popularized this knowledge. Republican New York surely can afford to do so. SALT MANUFAOTUKE. The Salt manufacture at Syracuse during the past year has been prosperous. The ^number o f bushels inspected amounts to six millions* which is an increase of two hund red thousand bushels over the year 1854.— New works are being added to the salines to meet the increasing demaud for both fine and course salt, and it is confidently antici pated that the product of the coming year will reach nearly seven mllHonsof bushels. The revenue, which arises from the moder ate duty of one cent per bushel on this amount, will be amply sufficient to support a:;d extend the w<r!;s belonging to the State at these 9,-r’ng?. MILITARY. The report, o f the Adjutant General Inspector General show a gratiflying provement in the spirit and discipline of the uniformed militia o f tho State*. The law of 1847 has fully accomplished its objects of securing to the State the services o f a small but i effective military force, and re lieving the great body o f those liable to mjl- tary duty from an indirect tax, which was the more burdensome because productive o f ho useful'results. 1 recommend, with the concurrence of Iho above named officer and tho Commis sary General, the sale of the New York Ar senal, nrul the adjacent land belonging to the State. q'|,j3 property id situated be tween the V'n\h and Sixth avenues, in the city of New Yoti^and embraces about ten acres ; on which *\so, is located a powder magazine. They form part o f tho new cen tal Park, and the sale wifi probably be re quired to enable the ot New Yoik to derive the advantages from the Park they are entitled to expect. The continuance of tho Arsenal there, and particularly the powder magazine, will stand in th© way of necessary improvement*. The Commissary Geoonil estimates that more than a quarter of a million of dollars would be -realized from the sale, which bum it is proposed to appropriate . in part to the erection of an Armory in the city of New York ; tho pur chase of the United States Arsenal at Rome ; the erection of an Arsenal at Buffalo ; and the improvement of the.one at Albany; leaving, after such expenditure, about one hundred thousand dollars to be paid info the treasury, Th© arms in th© possession of the 1st division will always bo amply suf ficient for the ordinary use and defence of the erty of New York, and the location of the balance of the State arms at Albany, Roma, and Buffalo, will lessen the expense of distribution, and also the time required therefor. It is, moreover, advisable that the Commissary General's office should be at Albany, now that all the arms and equip ments *jeedJ>y the militia are owned by the State. CRIMINAL CODE. The criminal laws of our State need amendments and addition?, to suppress old The Stockbridge tribe of Indians claims title to large tracts of land in several coun ties o f our State. Suits have been brought, to recover possession o f some of these. Our Government has always recognized the or iginal title o f the aborigines to the soil. In J853 the Attorney-General in a report made to tho assembly said 11 It appears that the title of this tribe (the Stockbridge) to large tracts of land has never been extin guished.” Justice alike to the red man and to the present occupants or claimants of these lands demands the speedy settlement of the question. 1 therefore deem it my du ty to direst your attentiou to the subject and to suggest the adoption of measures to .bring (be .controversy to an early aud equit able adjustment. HARBOR ENCROACHMENTS. part o f those opposed to the law in the ulti mate decision of the Court; and atill less, of a willingness to let the statute be tested by actual experiment. That some of the details ot the Prohibitory Act are imper fect. and that some of its provisions are sus ceptible of a lax of interpretation, is not to bo denied. These defects do not., how ever, vitiate the main principle of the law, which seems to me to be entirely accordant •with our Constitution, and in harmony with the obligation which government owes to the people. My confidence in the power and duty of the legislature to prohibit the traffic in intoxicating liquor?, and in the good results which may bo anticipated from such prohibition, is in no degree sha ken. But no further action on the eubject is recommended, until tho Constitutional questions involved in the existing law shall have been adjudicated by tho Court of Ap eols. What amendments, if any, may be need ed to render tho statute more effective for the suppression of u Intetnpsrance, Pauper ism and Crime,” and to guard against tlw neglect or malfeasance o f those to whom its execution ia entrusted, may be matters f >r your subsequent consideration. Tint LEMMON CASE. In pursuance o f a resolution of the last Legislature, I appointed two associate coun sel, to net with the Attorney General, in the suit pending iu the Supreme Court, be tween t h i s t l e and the State o f Virginia, known as the “ Lemmon Slave Case.” The case has been prepared and is noticed for the February term of the Court, when it is expected it will be argued. As there is no provision made to meet tlie expenses on the part o f this State, it will devolve upon you to make the necessary appropriation. KANSAS. The Commissioners appointed under the act o f the last Legislature, to prevent fur ther enoroaohments upon the llarbor of New York, organized promptly, and have been diligently prosecuting their Survey?, Soundings and Observation?. An applica tion made by the commissioners, through the Secretary of State, to the President, for the services of experienced United States Civil Engineers, was met in a spirit which evinced, on the part of the federal govern ment,.a just appreciation of the importance of the Harbor -of New York to the Oom- mered of the Union, and o f the World.— Distinguished Officer?, with the advantage o f large experience in Coast Survey?, were immediately doubled for this duty. With the Harbor Commissioners they have been efficiently employed during the season.— The result?, though necessarily incomplete, will be submitted in a Report to tho Legis lature. It is deeply to bo regretted that this eub ject had not attracted the attention of the Legislature at an earlier day, aud before the channels o f the two noble rivers that form the Harbor whose tonnage exceeds that of iany other port in tho world, lias been seri ously narrowed by encroachments. Much however, is now being done for the protec tion of the rapidly increasing Commerce of tho Port of New York. The law authorising\ the appointment of Harbor Comtnisioners, while it defined their duties an:t fixed their compensation, by iundvertance, made no appropriation for their'payment. This, while the Commis sioners have practised the most riged econ omy in their expenditures, 1ms occasioned inconvenience. 1 therefore ask tho earliest attention of the Logi-lature to this defect I in ihe Law, that the Commission may re- I ceive what is already due. and be enabled I to prosecute its duties to a conclusion. The people o f our State have observed with painful interest the course of events resulting from the passage of the act of Congress, organizing the Territories of Kan sas and Nebraska. Those Territories com prise a very large portion of the region ex pressly shielded from slaveiy by the Com promise of 18*20. By virtue of that com pact a most reluctant anti partial consent was wrung from tho representatives o f the Free States to the admission of Missouri in to the Union as a Slave State. That act so prejudicial to the fame and prosperity of tlie American people, and even of Missouri herself, was slowly nm) grudgingly acquies ced in by the North, uudev the conviction that tho evil it, involved was instant and ir reparable, while the good it stipulated wo’d be greater and rauro permanent, becoming inure ami more positive and obvious in coming year?, lint at the expiration of thirty year?, after a large and valuable strip of country hud been transferred quietly, if not clandestinely, from free soil to slave holding Missouri, the favorable occasion presented by an unprecedented triumph of the slaveholding interest, was seized ^tu press the repeal of the Missouri Restriction, and consequently Vo open Kansas and Ne braska to .Slavery. No Congress that ever yet assembled, except that just dismissed and rebuked by the people of the Free States, could have been induced to sanc tion this repeal; and it is believed that no other Federal Administration, but that now going out of power, could have been im pelled to* urge it. The opportunity was improved witli desperate assiduity and en ergy. and the effort was too successful — All legal barriers to the establishment of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska were re moved by Congress; removed, too, by the aid of votes from this and other uon-slave- Fiulding States. Tit© assumption of uncon- stitutionality, which every earnest effort to restrain any great moral and social evil seems fared to encounter, was invoked to excuse the repudiation of 8.solemn contract by those who had secured all its advant ages. And thus the Missouri Compromise, so long the them© of general extravagant eulogium, was overthrown by the very in terest which hud proposed aud constrained its adoption. The consequences of this act of perfidy* have thus far fully justified the apprehen sions and fulfilled the predictions of the champions of Freedom and Public Faith. Nebraska entrenched behind Free States only, will probably be permitted to add an other to their number without a serious contest. But Kansas, on the other hand, bordering on a populous portion of Missou ri, fanatical in its devotion to slavery, and through which nearly all emigrants enter the new Territory, has, in some respects become a subjugated province o f that State. By Missourians its Delegates to Congress have been chosen, and the semblance o f it? Legislature organized. That Legislature has appointed its county officers for a term of six years; and the earn© authority as sumed to establish slavery on its soil, and to fortify it by most extraordinary inhibi tions and penalties. And when its Federal Governor called for military force to up hold these outrageous enactments, his or ders were responded to, not by the inhabi tants o f Kansas, but by armed band? from Missouri. The sympathies of the North ami West have been keenly alive-to the menaced subjection by the rifle and the knife of the Iree soil citizens of the Terri tory gathered at Lawrence. Their calm courage and determined attitude rolled back this first demonstration of Slavery to conquer Freedom by force of arms. They are entitled to the respect and gratitude of all who love the Republic. • Tho voice of New York has repeatedly been heard in Lite assertion of tho Jefferso nian policy or restricting Slavery and ex tending Freedom. 1 trust that it will be ul tered again, witli an unanimity and nn emphasis worthy of her history, her princi ples and lier convictions. conclusion . Republiean Government, Popular educa tion and Industry, guided and assisted by the Wisdom and Goodness which watch over the affair? o f tho Universe, have ex ceedingly prospered the people of New* York during the last year. The condition? of the contiuuauce of the Divine favor, are just legislation, wise public economy, and the recognition by the Slate of the equality and fraternity of its citizen?, and of the Republican destiny of the Goofed eraev. Let us address ourselves to the dis charge of the duties we owe to the Cum monwealth whose servants we are, in a spirit o f humble dependence upon the Great Law-giver, aud of fidelity to our responsi ble trusts. MYRON II. CLARK. A lbany , January, 1856. (E 0 nnti) (Eljronirlt PENN YAN. N Y„THURSDAY T h e G o v e r n o r ’ s Message. M ovements of the S ocialists . — The fol lowing we find floating without a credit, and do not know how far its statements ore to be relied upon : — Besides the new associative enterprise No lehgthy notice of the Governor’s Message can be necessary at our hands ^— for the reason that nearly everybody \will rend it. It is a document that is justly admired on every hand. It is a plain sen sible State paper, full of wise and salutary suggestions. It treats briefly, but clearly, of all the great interests o f the State, and offers such advice to the Legislature as the advance of good morals and social intellec tual and material progress demands. We concur most heartily with nearly all the recommendations contained in tins message, find we regret that many of them cannot be practically adopted at once. The Gov ernor evinces a thorough knowledge of the great interests o f the State, and appreciates the proper means by which they should be fostered. P olitical M eanness .— The Lt Roy Oa - Letter from A lb a n y Ifo. 6. zette publishes the votes in Congress of Mr. P ringle , the Representative in Con gress o f the Genesee District, b y which it appears that P ringle votes steadily for • » B anks , whenever the House is voting di rectly for Speaker; but on all motions for the adoption of the plurality rule and other collateral questions, Mr. P ringle votes with the doughface?, and against the Re publicans. Of course P ringle does not de sire the election o f B anks , and only acts the part of a hypocrite to vote for him.— Such men are a thousand times meaner than open straight forward opponents. The people will make all euch men feel the force of their indignation when they get a chance at them. F. II. R andall has forwarded us a number of late papers from Aepinwall, for which he has our thanks. A lbany , Jon. 16, 1856 S. C. C leveland :— . The battle has been fought to an end.and the “ Triumph over Ilindooism ” complete. At 2 o’clock to-day O rville R obinson was elected Speaker, receiving 62 votes to 62 for nil other?, S. A, F oot and throe other Republican members scattering their votes. This was unjust on the part of Judge F ooti and looks os though he was willing, could lie control matters, to have had O dell , (Hindoo) elected. He may be wise as Sol omon as a Lawyer, but as a Political Lend er lie is in the position of the blind man attempting to lead the blind. lie may learn much useful political knowledge bo fore the close of the session. ablest debaters in the House, made bis de but to-day, and flayed the Hindoo leaders, and the course o f action here to the quick. There is plenty of metal in the House, with the true ring, which Vill be brought out when the occasion demands. Pending action on the plurality vote, the House ad journed. O bserved T o w n M e e t i n g s . progressing, in Texas trader the lead of M. Considerant, that of the community of PROHIBITION. The Act for the suppression of Intern peranee Pauperism and Crime., passed by the last Legislature, in accordance with the clearly expressed demand of the people, went into operation on the fourth of July last. Notwithstanding it* has been subjec ted to an opposition more persistent, un scrupulous and defiant titan is often incur red by an act of legislation; and -though legal and ltmjistevial influence, often acting unofficially and extra-jnuicially. have com bined to render it inoperative, to forestall tho decision of the Court? wrest the statute from its obvious meaning, and create agen- llopedale, or the u Republic of Practical Christians,” as they term themselves, con template the establishment, of a large asso ciation in the West, having already selected a suitable location. The Nauvoo lcarian? have also purchased 4,000 acres in Iowa, and the colony of Icai inn? already on the spot are reported to Vein a thriving condi tion. The Icnriftns intend, if possible, to gain possession, of 100,000 acres in Iowa, and eventually remove their establishment lliiiher.” ernl distrust in, if not a hostility to, all leg islative restrictio'ns in the traffic o f intoxi cating liquors,-it has still, outside our largo cities, been generaljy obeyed. The itiflu- D onation V isit to EmroRs.^-The 'editor of the Stauton (Va.) Vindicator says: We have been up to the eyes in sasenger, bank bone and spare ribs for the past few weeks. Our country friends have not forgotten us. We’re living high now at their expense.— Pile on the agony friends; we'll try to bear up under it. dice-is visible in a marked diminuition of the evils which it sought to remedy. In the city of Now YorK, and in others of our large town?, it has, through the connivance of magistrates, and executive officers,sxvvrn to sustain -the laws, been flagrantly disre garded, on the pretence, principally, of its onoonetitutionality. The course pursued lias indicated but little confidence on the E vents of tub Y ear 1855.— A partial list of railroad casualties forethe year 1855, giyes the number of accidents as 142 ; per sons killed,116; wounded, 639. Ot steam boat accidents there have been 2 7 ; peraous killed, 176 ; wounded. 107 ; Uurmg the year, 73 soldiers of the revolution have died, and 43 persons were over 100 > ears of age; The oldest white man was 1 1 0 ;-- the oldest white woman 109 ; oldest male, colored, 130 oldest female, colored, 110. It ia but a single month now to the peri od designated for our annnnletown meetings in tliis county. This is from five to sir weeks earlier than heretofore, and is t.l- e most at hand. II the Republican organiza tion is to maintain the ascendancy which it achieved in Yates county last Fall, the Republican voters in each of the several towns,, will make it effective in the town meetings. There is a great work fur the Republican party to perform in 1856, The V cause of Freedom needs powerful and effic ient aid. It is the Republicans of the Free States that are to rescue Kansas from Sla very if it is done at all. It is the Republi cans that are to orurJt out the doughfaces, and restore the Federal Government to the friends o f 1 freedom. Tliis work is to be begun and accomplish ed in the towns, and the influence o f the It is a fact observed aud comment ed on with considerable emphasis, that this County was represented at the late Demo cratic Convention at Syracuse, by no one but the Penn Yan Postmaster. He was a supporter of Oass in 1848, and has always been a Dickinson man, though latterly a Hindoo. It is a gratifying fact that there \jas no representation o f the Free Soil De mocracy of 1848, at Syracuse frouiYutes County. Immediately after the reading of the Journal in the House, the plurality rule •vas re-adopted. After the first ballot, W m . P rbnderoast , the Republican Candi date withdrew, and named lion. Orville Robinson as his choice for the Speakership. Ibis was received by demonstrations of applause. It was then that the Hindoos presented a picture worthy of the pencil of a R aphael o f old. Some with visages elon gated to an unusual length for human be Others with nostrils dilated with A lbany , January, 18, 1856. S. C. C leveland : D ear S ir *—The machinery of Govern- ment is once more in working order. The House to day succeeded in electing Gen. S hearman Clerk by one majority. They had previously adopted the resolution to apply the plurality on the third ballot.— This is a great triumph to Mr. S., being aa oot and out Republican. But the House took worth into consider ation tor office, and in spite of Hindoo ma- lignity, did an act of Justice, and one which will be placed to their credit here after. mgs. The Elmira Gazette, the Democrat ic organ in Chemung County, denounces unsparingly tho action of the late State Convention of its party, as an outrage and betrayal of the honest sentiments of the people. Whether the Gazette, however, will merely grumble and finally yield to the doughfucing process, remains to be seen. rage ready to explode at a moments’ notice, while others looked as though poor S ammy had escaped through their clutches at last, and their bright dreams of prominent pla ces an the coimnittcs of House,all wasted in empty vapor. The occasion for an explos ion soon followed. Hindoo P rescott , of Herkimer Co. and Hindoo N orthrup , of Washington Co. discharged their pent up exhalation of u Midnight Dark Lanternism’ A Resolution was then adopted giving the Speaker tho appointing of Sergk at Arms, assistant, and Doorkeepers. Tine ends the contest, and places Hindoobm completely out of the pale of the Succes sors to the Spoils of the Hous». Tliis is a sad blow to their expectations, aud espe cially to such as have been here for three weeks, at a great expense, in aoticipationu They died hard; and the last words uttered* was something about the spoils. The House then adjourned to 11 A. M. to-mor row. Very little business was done in the Sen ate except going into committee of the whole, or a bill to appoint a committee to town meeting will perhaps influence tlie political character of many young men, if not others. It will have its weight on the fall election,at all events. Republicans stand by your own organization. Nominate for town officers, good men. Let them be men who will lend character to tho party, and 3’ou will lay broad and deep, tho foundation of |iermanent success. All previous party distinctions should of course he ignored, and Republicanism alone made tho test of party adherion. The town meeting is one of the finest ex amples of immipipal liberty, ami lies at the basis o f our Republican institution?. Let its purity be preserved by the watchful guardianship of every citizen. The Hindoos are to hold a State Convention at Canandaigua, on the 25th o f February. To save the'Union nod to pre serve tho Protestant Faith are of course visit all the AssyJums, Alin? Hous*?, Poor to the entire satisfaction of the brethren Honset and Jails of the State and epurt and to their everlasting disgrace. It was their only object?. S tate N ormal S chool . — The next term of this School opens on the 25th of Febro- There is One vacancy to t e filled nrj from this county. The Town Superinten dents will meet on the4th of February and appoint some one to fill the vacancy. The amount paid to the pupil fn»m this county will be $6,36, about enough probably to pay for one week’s board at Albany. The Governor wisely recommends the removal of the Normal School from Albany to some place w I urc ’ board can be obtained cheaper. P enn V an S chool E nterprise . — During last summer a portion of the most public spirited citizens of Penn Yan, were suitably awakened to the importance of better school priveleges for this village, and settled upon the plan of a large Union District School to embrace the entire corporation, and that considerably enlarged beyond its present limits. This plan involved the necessity of vbtaining an act of the Legislature to bring it into effect. Before application to the Legislature, it is necessary t«>eadvcrtisc a notice of the same for six wrecks in the M artin ’ s F ur S toke . —-Among the perma nent and reliable business establishments of Penn Yan, that of D klanoy M artin ' s Hat, Cap and Fur Store is one of the um?t prominent aud successful. Mr. M artin makes hi? business thorough and compre hensive. He is up witli the times and fashions and furnished with all the varie- un worthy of freemen and especially o f H en ry N orth rut , who was supposed to posse a a soul above the demagougism he now de fends. It iu said that all great men have some weak spot; this inay be hi? apology. Ills temperament may be sanguine^ and lie sees the ie Bulls lio- ns ” already red with the gore from Protestant hearts. Their death was mighty hard, ami their last gasp was about a wedding between the Republi cans and Deni* crats. In their dying ago nies they forgot that they occupied the position of an old maid who had been oiler- I lug herself for two weeks, but had been re- jected,n>an unworthy alliance tv the young Republican giant. The great heart of the ti:atv brat? fur Freedum, not prxistiription, and ihe democratic masses are with us,and will not lived the doings of such dotards as assembled at Syracuse last week. The House adjourned without completing the election ol subordinate officers. Mr. their condition to the next Session o f the' Legislature. The discussion brought (jtL some startling facts, which the people are mostly ignorant of. It seems there are confined in the Jail? and Poor Hounesof the Slate over 900 insane person?, witlivae any prospect of relief, except such a? way be furnished by the keeper? ot these insti tution?. Senator W a d s w o r t h stated tlie greatest proportion of those who dted'iu the Poor House, in Buffalo, during tU clioWrn last year, were of this class,aud jtt the citizen? of that city were ignorant of their existancc, until death hud revealed it to them. State Paper. With the usual tardiness of Penn Yao enterprise, a notice was first in serted in the Albany Journal on the 17th inst. two months later than it should have been done. It is well understood by ah who know anything about Legislation that all early bills have much the best chance of consideration at the hands o f the Legis lature. The bill proposed fur the benefit of our village school cannot now be introduced till near the close of tho session, and will be very likely to fail for that reason, and with it will of course go down for the pres ent. our anticipated school. While the citizens of Rushville are about ties o f goods which his branch ot business and the public taste require. There is uo- wliere in Western New York, a more ex tensive and reliable dealer in that depart ment o f trade. M asonic F uneral .— J osetii H avens , ot Bentun, a member of the Masonic frater nity who died last week at the advanced age 86 years, was interred ou Sunday last with Masonic honors. The members of Milo Lodge at Penn Yan, and Seneca Luko Lodge at Dresden attended the funeral in considerable numbers. W jj . IloYLB (Soft) offered a Resolution that R. U. S h e r m a n be elected Clerk o f the House. This will be adopted by a large to build an Academy at an expense of $15, 000. Penn Yan does not sceui to have nerve and energy sufficient to get up a Uu- io t School. D oings at W ashington .— T he struggle for Speaker still continues. Nearly a hun dred men are still faithful to B anks . If they continue true he must in the end be elected. We ardently hope they will all have the necessary backbone to remain faithful against ali-opposition and all temp tation. The Republicans have been told by the Slave driving leaders that they could elect any one but Banks. Some timid creatures were faiu to yield to tliis arro gant dictation on the part of our Southern masters. But the great body of the Re publicans stand firm fur Bunks. There they should stand if necessary fora year to come. Tho House is voting this week uu- i der a rule which prohibits all debate. A P leasant P arty . — Mr. C harles M. S haw , only sun of O rrix S haw , of Ben ton, is teaching a large and flourishing select school nt Rushville*the present win ter. Ou Tuesday evening Mr. S haw vis ited his father’s residence with 40 or 50 of his pupils, attended by some o f their parents and adult friends. The young people en joyed the occasion greatly, and the party passed off' to the entire satisfaction of all. Rev. S. S. II lghsox and D aniel M orris , Esq., of Rushville, with their ladies, were member? of the party. The Rushville peo ple evidently take a laudable aud_ just pride in their schools. Our space is much too limited agajn this A’eek fur all the mait.v crowding upon us for publication. C anal A ppointments . —Tho Canal Board has appointed Doctor F. M. H ammond ol Peun Yan, Superintendent of the Crooked Lake'Canal, and Doctor H. P. S artwkll , Collector at Penn Yan. The Collector at Dresden is not yet appointed. For Doctor S artwell ’ s sake we are sincerely glad he has the appointment of Collector, but we cannot commend his change from Free Soil . Democracy to Ilindooism. Doctor H am mond has been a zealous apostle of ihe Dark Lantern party from the start, and his brother is tite editor of the Albany Regis ter. We invite the attention of the mer chants of tliis county to the advertisement of the Wholesale Dealer? of Philadelphia in another column. It is quite as easy to go to Philadelphia as New Yoi k, and we are informed the opportunities fur trade are quite as good in th© city of brotherly love as in the Commercial Emporium of our own State. majority to-morrow. in the Senate, after the transaction of some uiiiini octant business, the Gov1? Pri vate Secretary appeared and presented the second annual message of Governor C l a r k , which was read by Mr. A llen in a clear, concise manner in fifty minutes, and what was mole strange, was listened to through out with marked attention. The finances of the Slate arv shown to be in a healthy aod sound condition, with an increase of over $30,000 from hist year in revenue re ceipts, and a saving o f nearly $250,000 in repairs on the Canals. This is truly grati- fyligand shows the Canals are abundantly able to take c u e of themselve sif faithfully and honestly managed. There has also been a saving in the expences ot\ maintain ing the State Prisons of over $30,000, be ing an increase o f earnings amouniinn to $11,000 showing that these institutions have been the very reservoirs of plunder and robbery, and it ia no wonder that so tunny of the convicts have found their way # back after such examples from high author ity. It is to be lnq>ed that the day for sncIi wholesale pilfering? has gone by, and departed with the old de/uuct parlies to which they belong. The strictures on these legal gentry who have sold their opinion nt wholesale in fu vor of Pauperism and Crime, receive their just deserts at his hands. His faith in the good effects to be received Innn a faithful execution of the law remain? un shaken. President P ierce and tho 1 This bill is in accordance with a reaw inundation of the Governor iu hi? nuwii message, and will undoubtedly bccoiuei Law. The amount of human, sufferingUy tlk innocent in these places of confinement/it very little understood, or additional; tap lums for the unfortunate would have born prepared ere this, us proud monument#to the care the State manifests for its uufrfr lunate. The Seaate adjourned over, until Monday evening at 7. P. Mt. The city is increasing ini populations this time very fust, and. will continue G do so undoubtedly,, until) the 22d,, whenil will decrease as fast. The- contests- fit the spoils is becoming, veny auituatedinid warm. Each applicant claims that it wm he who saved the Unions ami kept llie glv rious old fabric from tumbling down. Poor fellows, how their love of Union will ooze out after the 22tb m?t. Di-mini* G oodwin .had belter be on hand a? grand chaplin of Ilindooism^ to. looo: after tb Protestant Fuitli,” or it may Xie eor what injnrvd by hard expressions. The weather is warm tv-dav,. aw/thaw* ing quite Ireely. Yours Truly, © bsbkveil T h a t A w i e l l M o n s t e r Snake. Attention is invited to the notice of * the Donation Visit to the Rev. T h o m a s T ousey .\ Mr. T ousby is one of those whose deserts are large, and the public will, we trust, be mindful o f the fact. The injunction granted by Judge W elles to restrain tho Treasurer and town . Collectors of Schuyler County from paying the appropriations made by the Supervis ors (or the erection of county buildings at Watkins, was sustained by Judge S mith , at Corning last week. Matters in Kansas begin to wear a threatening look. Civil wav is npprehen- den between the Missouri ruffians aud the Free State settlers. We hope the * latter may be liberally aided by the friends they have lelt at home. 41 Border Ruf fians ” of Missouri, receive duo attention, anil tho acts of his Administration summed up very briefly, but understandingly, but not very complimentary to the parties con cerned. But I will not call your attention to any more point? as your readers will have read before receiving this, undoubt edly. As I predict ed, W m . K ing , of Orleans Co. lias been appointed Clerk of the Auction department, instead of Hindoo W atbrbury of small potato notoriety. The argument* on tho Prohibitory Law before the Court ot Appeals, is set down for to-morrow again. The weather to-day has been delightful, and indicates a thaw. M e . E ditor : — The monster Snake wliitli died again after being caught iu Silver Lake, has mnffe his appearance In the out let o f Crooked Lake, and may be seen et several points on tho bank? of this valua ble Stream. It is seen almost everyday \in that flourishing and beautiful village of West Dresden, and also iu Penn Yan.where it fks many admirers. Even those who have been bitten, are unwilling to have it captured ; indeed, they have rudely treat ed those who were anxious to kill t h e w N e w Advertisem e n ts. Yours Truly^ O bserver . #/er, and prevent the possibility of his do ing mischief hereafter. Those who frequent the splendid ifr tel*y Stores and Groceries, where into*** ting Liquors are sold, will find thatlti* Snake “ biteth like a serpent, aud stingeih like an adder.” I noticed in your paper some beaotitol Poetry by Porcupine, of the thriving fi& lage of Dresden, and as an offset I offer the following, which I remember reading: LINES TO A STONE JUG. J ohn A. R iddle , Philadelphia—To tlie Merchants o f Western New York. E astman , S hkj . dun *$5 T ownsend , N. Y .— Spring Trade. 11. A. Y ates , Auburn ----- Book Agents wanted. Lull©!' from Albany, No. 7. L a R oy S underland , Boston— Nutritive Cure. jEF\1 The gentleman and lady who came here a few day? since, with four babies of one bi th to exhibit, lelt a small account unpaid-nt this office. Wo will be obliged to Mr. E kvay if he will remit tho amount. Franklin Engine Company No. 4.oi Geneva have their second animal Ball at Linden Hall, iu Geneva, on Friday Evening l?eb. 8. It is one of tlie finest, fire compan ies ever organized, and they will of course have a splendid Ball. Music by D ud - worth ' s celebrated Cornet Band, of New York City. Tliis Band will give a concert at Linden Hall on tho evening of the 7:h for the benefit o f Franklin Engine Compa- Dr. R ussel J. W hite — New Appointments. W m . S. B riggs , Att’y— Mortgage Sale. S piritual L ecture . D. B. P ro s s e r . — Supreme Court Notice. A lbany , Jau. 17, 1856, S. C. C leveland : D ear S ir — In the Senate a number of Local Bills were pre>em*d, besides a Inrge^ number of notices for more. Tht-v begin now to lay out their work in anticipation of being able to accomplish something “ Here only by a Cork controlled, And slender wall of earthen mould, In ollthe pomp of Death repose, The seeds of many a bloody nose; The stammering tongue, the horrid oath. The Ibt for fighting nothing loth; The passions which no word cad tame. That bunt like Sulphur into flame; The nose carbuncled glowing red ; The blackened eye, the broken head; The tree that bears the deadly fruit, Of murdering, maiming and dispute; Assaults that innocence assails, The images of gloomy Jails; The giddy thought on mischief bent, The midnight hour in riot spent; AII these within this Jug appear, And Jack, the hangman, in the rear.*1 Yours, Respectfully, P . Q G yet, before the expiration of the hundred days; alter rderring the Governors Mes sage to the .nppropria'o committees the We most gladly call attention to the advertisement o f L a R oy S underland , whom we consider one o f the greatest rv formers of the day. His Philosophy of Nutrition and mode o f curing diseases seem as beautiful and true to Nature as they are simple aud original. Having tested the efficacy of his •treatment, we are fully prepared to give it our heartiest commen dation to all who tiro in any way afflicted with disease! bv tire a few night? since while lying at the wharf at Watkins, Schuyler county. Ihe fta?** The steamer John Arnott, plying tieneeu Lake, came near being de>tri»)ed A t _ 1 _ I A & ^ ^ 1 A 1 A ^ Senate adjourned Tlie House was again the centre of at traction to-day. Three ballots were had for Clerk, without an election. Mr. S hek man receiving 52 on the la-t halier. A motion was then made to vote four times, and should no person have a majority on either of the first three ballots, the candi date having the greatest number on the fourth ballot should be declared elected.— This was the signal for. another Hindoo ny We place at tlie head of our col umns this week n call for an informal Con vention of Republican?, to be held at Pitts burgh, on the 22nd of February. Tlie ob ject of tide Convention is to initiate a Na tional Organization of the Republican Par ty. This will probobly not be a full Con vention. But it is desirable that a number of prominent and reliable member? of the party attend from each State in which it is fire took near the boiler room, and not un til they were almost suffocated by the smoke did the men sleeping on board learn their danger. The tire was soon extin- guibhed, and tlie boat was not so damaged as jto prevent her Junking regular trip?. _ __ We learn that an aged lady and two children were burned to deatli near Smith1? Hollow, in Hector, Schuyler Co. near Oay- uta Lake, The lady, named Owen, left her mother and children at home,and while she was absent for a short time, the children sat the house on fire, and they and their grandmother perished in the flame*! ^ . (IthacaJournal. splurge; and Mr. would-be-Speiiker.ODKLii unburthoned his pent up gus to tho entire satisfaction of the fraternity, no doubt; he manifested his disappointment in the most unmistukeable manner. Many pitied his sufferings, but more rejoiced at his defeat But what a change lias come over tlieir dreams ; for the last week they have been, denouncing everybody who did not full in tend go the plurality rule, eo that i speedy organization might be effected. To-day they were found banded together with the Hard Shells to defeat tliis much wanted T he C uming C ampaign .—The cunt^*1. Washington tvtvls ro re-veal the operation nf the different parties The Southern Km»w-N«#iMngs will go\wV* tlie content «n an ultra, pro->dnv«.fj plat-1 form, so as to stand well ai h-miv. .TV? think it possible to carry tl.e South, m-d will rely* on the skillful engineering of ihr councils to get up a respectable vote ill tl)«f Free Slates, lt U understood that tl» Know-Nothing members fmin ijie Nurlli. in view <>t theenorinotis politiytil power of Slavery, have cuii»ented to ihe arrange ment. and will unite in making the Anwt' ienn party I»0epti servile,»if pw^ible/thsO the Democratic. There is good reason tv doubt tlie aricoess of tlie plan. The Deism* emtio party has rei ved the South long and liiiilifnlly, and by so doing, has ruined V prospects elsewhere. The slaveholder! have ooHfideo.ce in its long fidelity. Where as, the American party at the North i» known to be controlled* by broken down politicians, without any fixed princijike* who would flatter slavery with tho prom ise of support, and then desert, in the liouf of trouble. [Buffalo Express, organization. There i? a great difference between 11 Twedle-dee and Twedle dum.” especially when the Turkey turns out to be a Crow. Mr W akbman , of Genesee, one o f the One of the best joke? o f the sen*0! is the following:*-. When Mr. Dnnn,oflndi- ami, made hi? personal explanation Ibeotb* er day, he made use of the word? nit#* quoted, that Caesar had a party, and An* t.liony a party, but Rome had no party i* tiiis House, it appears that a warm and jubilant member of the American pari)’ New York, who probably is not well rsfld in classical literature, addressed a lorgh'b tvftoM r. Dunn,, in which he wanted know why in h—-11 Rome should have * party in Congress, when that foreign puff* er had ruled America for the last twenty five year?. 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