Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-01-09

schools thas may be provided for them,
will &c sufficient. The whole number in
the State is not large, of whom a few
have already been temporarily provided
for.
l recommend that provision be made
for the maintenance of such OF our sol
d:ers as are in poverty, and have been so
MANNED as 20 prevent them from securing
a livelihood by their labor, by renting
buildings at once, or such other means as
you may deem wise and proper, until the
arrangements proposed by the National
Government for their support are CON-
pleted. They are probably few in num-
Der, and it is due to the character Of the
Commonwealth, that they should not
remain in or become the inmates Of poor
houses, Of pick up precalious subsis-
teuce by begging. Patriotic and charit-
able citizens have done much for them,
but speedy and proper relief can only be
given them by the systematic and contln-
ued beuevo!cnce Of the Commonwealth.
The Legislature can alone az, ? Immediate
relief to all Of this class Of our citizens,
and in thus exhibiting gratitutc to heroic
and faithful men, who did so much for
the country, the burden will fall equally
ON al! her people.
BY our existing laws, !iuries are selected
by the sheriff and commissioners of the
respective counties AS these officers are
generally Of similar political afiuities, the
system has always been in danger of be-
Ing abused for partisan purposes. Dur
/ ing the last six years, it has been fire.
qucntiy so abused, in many of the counties.
To secure, as lar as possible, tho ad-
minlstration of equal justice hereafter, ]
recommend that jury commissioners she'll
be elected in each county in the same
manner as inspectors of elections are cho-
sen, each citizen voting foy one jury coni-
missioner, and the TIVE pcrscna having the
highest number Of votes to be the jury
commissioners of the respective county,
TO perform the same duties, in the sclec-
ton OF jurors, that are now imposed upon
the sheriff and county commissioners.
1t is impossible to provide, in al re
srects, for the increasing aud changing
interests OF cur people, by the enactment
of general laws, but to q large extent it
is practicable to relieve the Legislature
from special legislation which i demand.
ed and occupies so much of It's sessions
! Special legislatian is generally passed
without due consideration, much of it at
the close Of the session, and is chiefly OBJ
jectionablc from the partiali;y with which
powers aud privileges arc conferred.
| | again recommend the passage Of gen
eral laws, when it is at al practicable,
and in this connection, recommend the
passage Of genera law, regulating rail
reads now existing and the incorporation
OF new companies, so that so far as posi-,
BE there may he just uniformity in the
| franchises granted, and equal facilities af
forded to the people Of all sections Of the
Commonwealth.
There are at this time, in the various
prisons, a number Of persons under sen.
tencc of death, some Of them for many
years, and as it has become a custom that
an incoming Governor should not issue &
warrant Of execution in cases unacted on
by his predecessor, it not unfrequenily
happens that in many cases, some Of which
are recent, while some punishment should
be inflicted, tina: of death may appear tt
the Executive to be too severe.
earnestly repeat my recommendation
heretofore made, that provision be made
tor the reception Of such persons into the
penitcn.iaries, who may be pardoned on
condition of remaining a limited time
therein.
| re appointed Eon. c. r. Coburn
Superintendent CT Common Schools, on
the expiration of his term in June last
and he continued at the head OF that Dc
partmeut until the first of November
when he RESIGNED, and [ appointed Col
u. p. Wickersham. Il IS due to ,lr. Co
burn to say, that be fulfilled all TIE duties
9f his oEicc faithfully and efEiciontly y
It appears from his report, that there were
in the school year of 1865, 1868 school
districts in the State; 13,146 schools
16,I41 teachers, and 725 8l2 pupils, with
an average attendance Of 458, ,0G6. The
total cost Of the school system, for the en-
tire State, including taxes levied and
State appropriation, was for the year 1866
I?4.195, ,25S 587. The increase in the
number Of school districts vas IS IN the
number Of schools, 222; in the number
of children attending school, 10 9,932; in
the acreage attendance at school, 1895,
and in the total cost Of the system, &58l.
020,02. / invite your attention to the
valuable suggestions made in his report,
and that of Col. Wickersham, and COM
mend our system OF public instruction
TO the continued fostering care Of the
, Legislature.
/ herewith present tie reports Of Col.
Jordan, Military Agent of the State at
Washington of Col II. II. Gregg, Chief
Of Transportation CT S. Z. Bates, on
military history of our volunteers of
trustees Of the Soldiers Gettysburg Ma
tional Cemetery of the proceedings and
ceremony OF the return ol he flags, on
the 4th of July, in the city O. philadel-