The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-03


To ne eeoI, As Senate and House Of Representative. Of
the Commonwealth q PeH"syiraNaa IN General -is'e"oy
The petition II the undersigul respectfully repre-
sentcth-Thst they view with no little apprehension ani
alarm the establishment in various part Of our common
wealth of numerous orders communities OF
Who assuming the Of cohscy and of remuneration
Of the ordinary duties Of a isolate themselves from
eiety of which they designed by the Orator t. be
the ornament and in utter disregard Of the sacred
obligations which woman always acknowledges when
properly approaching her true position In life claim
exemption from the responsibilities. cares AMI duties
confessed in their full and binding obligation and per-
formed with truthfuness and fidelity by the sex gene
rally Your mcmoralists further represent that insti
tutions Of the kind referred though cl,uing 1, n,
devotional in their character in ~ wav n.rc sary
To the worship ~ Almighty tod and that their sup-
preston could no degree interfere with the fre ana
proper exercise OF the rights OF conscience md tint their
control entire abrosation within the ctim ate ex
ercse q the legislative functions Of government.
We also submit that the histories Of such eonmni-
ties since their first establishment proves that where
permitted to exist unless subjected to the stctcst
yeance they degenerate into nurseries Of deness
gnoranee-become mere cover for uncontrolled icen-
tousness. and protection for the crimes The
general prevalence Of this evil in connection with
ike character of the main inducements to tbs
Reformation in England. during tho reign Of Henry the
Eighth aud TO the same believe. il to b.
attributed ~ great degree, the degenerate state Of
morals that extensively the society i'll Italy
Spain and France in the present day
We therefore respectfully ask that such action may BE-
taken in the premises TO You shall 81. to
stay the progress this country believing
that the general interests Of all a. wen a. the canse Of
religion will be promoted thereby; and that by thus
ing the eonservators Of the morals Of the people You
will add strength and pcnanency to free insttu-
tions whose very existence depends the intelligence
and morality of the inhabitants of our land. And
in duty bound. will ever pray.
SIGNED BIT ABOUT 1900 LADIES or PM ApEIrHi,.
The table prepared by the revenue board, which
has just closed its abors is not undressing The
table comprises the valuation of taxable property
for each county, with comparison with the valui-
ton fixed in 1913. The increase is very considera-
ble in every county, and the will be greatly
enlarged for the next three years, the last
three. The whole increase of taxable property, in
the last three years is SO, SIS, 81. The total ad-
diion to the valuation returned to the board is
s6,SS, l53, which will increase the revenue over
1 100000 annually, while the whole expense of the
board is triaing. The increase in the whole of tax
able property for the last three years not great
for the three years previous to lSlS which is at
tributed by the board to the depressed condition of
the iron business, and its influence upon the value
ofproperty. SCSQlEuAyyA