New-York tribune., 1870-01-06
GOV. GEARV'S MESSAGE.
THE CONDITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

THE CONDITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The message of Gov. Geary of Pennsy ylvanla
was presented the Legislature yesterday The cOhdl
RG. R,.D9l oi tT rsaaTy sSalS Edy 95e?su So 5eg j.
Ordinary dusg tie fiscal year ending Nov w. H. o4I 20
Total Treasury during year ending 90 iS69 sG2.e9 IS
pisbuTseu eus
Tue following is a statement showing OF the
Indebtedness Of the state ON Nov 30 l6Gy; On
Funded debt VII; per cent losss''''' t435lllSo 90
a pst ees. 1890
UnDded debt 1890 81
Amount Of pubic debt Noyenbe, 30 s22al4$e 9
Te reduction NH in the public debt during the year end
ing November 90, 1869, amounts to S4I24O6 10.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
There are within the State 1871 school Districts 1880
schools 245 graded schools l29O0 school directors 6
superintendens; l7l42 teachers ana tl605 pupils Inc
average cost Of tuition for each pupil Is cents per
7O4 2G Total cost including expenditures Of all kinds
during the year. 69oG3S 81 Estimated value Of school
As Important auxiliaries TO common schools, the
Normal schools entitled 10 assume the front rank
Tner nourishimg condition may be understood from the
following statistics The whole number Of students that
have attended the four Normal schools is l037 of which
32l have graduated During the past year there IN
these Institutions &c teachers and 4l7S students Since
my last annual COMMUNICATION state normal scnoo
has fully established and recognized at bloomsbury
and ubstantiai Character and IL commences its career
under the most auspiciOus circumstances Another Is
in a state OF preparation at California, Washington
County and will probably be completed during the cur
rent wear About 70 900 children III the State do not at
tend schools Of any description, and are permitted 20
grow up in ignorance and without employment and IN
many instances, from lack OF industrial ana educatOha
training become not only the votarles OF vice but pro
life source from which the inmates OF our prisons ana
pententiaTes are supplied Inc aggregate Oh te eduGa
may be thus stated ~
Attending public schools os753
not attending schools Of any kBJ......,....... 1900
Whole number Of ehildrsu
SOLDIERS ORPHANS SCHOOLS.
The whole number of children admitted into these
schools from their origin the 3s day OF May 1862 is
g OF whom 307 have been discharged on ORDER 5lo on
Which left s IN the schools at end OF the year Up
MAY 81 1862 the number Of discharges from the schools
have exceeded former estimates by 49, The number OF
appAcatloas for admission on e aud not acted on was
1Ol from every county In the STATE except SIX.
The sanitary condition OF these schools mas Deen enah
ably good. And from the foregoing statement IT appears
that during the four years IN %ch ,Iey & esn less
than One-thrd OF per cent per annun Inc ehtlIe
expenses for the year ending May 81 1862 differs but
little from the original estimate oi the eupern'cnuen
'NO ''-'o'''' sGsIcuGTURAL COLLEGE
This College has fosered by the most liberal egs
atOn and is endowed with the SUN OF s3SOO lnycstd
in United States and PeDnsyvana bonds yielding an
aggregate interest this year Of 60 which has been
satisfactory results from the workings OF The College
have not been realized. But titis now under the dree
receives for its pupils only males over the oeS aes
students with fair prospect Of considerable Increase
in number Taiton board ana padny ,SSn ls SepeSy
Il
demanded for boarding alone, thus afording an extra
oTdnary opportunity TO the youth OF the country 70 ac
Guire an accomplished education with comparatively
small eYneuditires. Under these circumstances the
college deserves the ndugent sympathy and support OF
the people Three experimental farms are cOnnected
win ihe college, purchased at an aggregate
cost NJ aa6sas "a Is located al the coueRe ono IN
Indiana Co1nty and In Chester County Operauons
have heen eoumenced upon them under the presooea
mroorsmme of series OF experiments with promises ol
ronet ccess tho results Of which are 70 Do report
sd IN the Legislature by the Professor OF ABl
cnnre n ia confidently expected that the record oi
these a perpental results Will prove hlRny
and or, afly beneficial 10 the community
unITAHY HISTORY OF THE STATE. ,,
Tho ronort n the state Historian Ia deserving OF otIeu
.,tonoP tembraces faithful account OF ul lhe or
asnIastons t Pennvsna troops during the war Oh tno
EebeIlion. the collection and adjustment IN Sonpie
hsnsye form Of each military organization ana ~ M un
nreiudlced desertptOn OF all military VI
pntance Az tT as the volunteers OF ths state aio
cerned I'm tIe camp and IN the neld' ~, kas
ou, the uost terrific conflict OF arms that ma has
ever occurred in tho history OF the na,nd MIt,d
The uorE N the historian, when coilnpo'.hu, lp 90
LII e,"Era four large octave Volumes In whloh tno
ane nf eveyv PennsyiYanla volunteer wiz nave ito ~
pnnrtate 49, Two Of these volumes are hiIoauJ @
pIief.d I'm " ,nanner highly oredltabe 10 te Noi ,G
Yam Tho other II rapidly progressing, anu "r,h
Generous a1ropriaton the part OF y99F nt1c
hiv t,e 'Sp history will be executed, 10. n,Ie1
DoGy asr m eI @ cose oi Tie present year host olHes