Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-01-14

lD 'ht t.N'I.l nlhles iot tlb endowment
support eud m%ninttuauce Nv oacl staiool
'ni least ono college lof ,cochlne sucl
branches oi learning as nie toihtsd Al AL.
uculiufc and The mechanic arts without
excluding Other scientific and olassir,i
Studies and including military tactics.
recommend thai proper provision he
lmndo by the Legislature fr having the
land, thus granted 10 This State selected
and the tito made To- the Stbtc, and that
Congress be requested TO allow the lands
and their proceeds to DO used by the
State In the construction and support OF
such an asylum as | have above suggest.
ed.
The details Of tho operations Of tho
common school system, during the school
year that terminated on the first Monday
in June, 1869, manifest scarcely any evil
effects from tne troubled state ofthe o U
try. Absence Of the usual degree of pro,
gress in the various departments is the
only result observable, To have held its
own, however, during the severe ordeal to
which, in common with all our great 50,
sial interests and enterprises, il has been
subjected, is the strongest proof OF its in"
herGnt yIgor, and of the hold il possesses
upon the affections as we'll as the judg>
fHent of the people OF the State.
II has come to my knowledge that in
some parts Of the State n system exists Of
paying the wages of workmen and labor
ers not in money but in orders on store
keepers for merchandise and other arli
Giles. The system, by pr venting all COM
petition, leaves the men 10 the uncontroll,
ed discretion of the storekeepers. 1t is a
system most unwise and unjust, and it az
fects classes OF useful citizens, who as they
live 10y the proceeds of their daily labor,
have not adequate means to resist il.
have no doubt that most of the ditheult4
les which occasionally occur between em-
ploycrs and their worknIen are due to the
prevalence of this system. That every
man, for a fair days labor, should receive
a fair day. wage, is but the dictate OF
common honesty and while it would be
most unwise for the State TO interfere at
all with the rate of wages, it is in my iudgr
ment incumbent on her TO protect her la
boring population by requiring that what,
ever may be the wages stipulated, they
shall be SO paid that the recipient may
purchase necessaries for himself and his
family, where they can be had best and
cheapest. ! do most earnestly recommend
this subject to the Legislature for prompt
and etiectHal action.
believe that the several charitable in.
situations to which the Legislature has
been accustomed 10 grant aid, have been
we'll managed during the past year.
The Wyoming Canal is still in the hand,
of the receiver. Certain creditors of the
company having instituted proceedings
in the Supreme Court for selling the cana.
under the mortgage, the Attorney Genera.
has interviewed in the suit 10 oppose tn,
making Of decree Of sale. No Secres
has been made, and the proceedings arc
yet 2sndIng Mcnnwhile,it being ALLEGED
that the subscribers and stock colder
r have paid up bat a small part Of IiS nom.
inal capital Of tho company, an inrornA'
ten has been Fled in the Supreme Court
4, BY the Attorney General, to compel then
20 pay up tho capital or such charges, asC
assessments as may be necessary to eXtin.
: guish the debt due TO the Commonwealth
This proceeding - also stu pending. 1t
Is understood that Hne gross receipts o.
the canal during the last season hsve beer
about one hundred and thirty thousans
? dollars and the annual interest ON tn,
mutgage BONDS Of tho company a llttl,
y over titty-one thousand dollars.
/, In pursuance Of the joint lesolUtion pas.
} sed llth April, 1852, TIE Attorney Geper
al has instituted proceedings on the pop
er cashiers bonds, TO recover the money
. due TO the Commonwealth by the Bank
r OF Commerce at Erie, n have employ
ed John II. Walker, Esq, as special ccun.
sci for the Commonwealth, in the prose
cution OF the officers OF the Bank in The
9 Court OF Quarter Sessions OF Erie county,
In accordance with the provisions otth'
= Act OF 9Th May i6O2, an reformation Il
: equity was HE'D by the Attorney Genera
; against the Delaware and hudson Cana
= Company an"ihe Pennsylvania Coal Com
: pany. The case was argued before the
g Supreme Court at o~urOury, IN October
last.
o ny an Act passed on I0th May, 1867,
company was Incorporated bJ the name
e OF the Navy ard, Broad street ana FAIR
mount railway company. 1t being alledg