The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-01-08

the several states under tho auspices Of the
United States coast survey, IS insu,ncleno ' 70
make that OF this state complete, ana the recon-
mendation of the report of The stateicomInisel0n,
that $4,000 dollars be appropriated 70 supple-
ment the work of the United states coas. s survey
Is worthy Of your serious attention rms couIse
has been adopted by. other states with satisfaoOe
The proprlety CT having u full representation,
of our mineral resources at tire centennial neeu
only be suggested TO impress you with lts p Impur-
tancc, and the plan proposed by the colnmlsT,lolI
to make piOpor and creditnhlc ulsplhy, WI. WIN
feel assured, meet with your favor and support.
FtaH. -
IL is to be regretted that the labors OF the hsl,
commissioners have been In some respects, almost
frutless because the Legislature has leit t.ei ~ ~
their unaided exertions to procure protecu9n 10
the fish, while the various processes Tor supplying
our rivers are on trial. If authority Is not giynn
to the commissioners TO control the s!reais
their experiments are In progress, u IL mhnliesty
unwise TO continue the work, however imporuInil ~
OF promising of great results It might DC. ~ u
too late 70 discuss the practicabli'y OF res,ocSs
rivers with fish, for that question has been aD-
solved from doubt and ita feasibillty deinon-
strated In other states and countries where
streams have been refilled with aouiuan. M , vp,
plies of choice fish of various kinds are we nov
then Indifferent to an unfalling source Oh cheap
food when we neglect the manifold opportunities
for fish culture in this state and Is II not proper %
attic effort In this direction, OF else iorego All
spasmodlc endeavors tbat are practically useesS
and afford us no enlightenment upon tn,s ,pJ,g ,lp,,a
tant subject? = trust, however, that past iegls-
lation in this behalf will be supplementeu WIN
whatever In necessary to make sufcient test Oh
fish culture In Pennsylvania. -, .,..,
I transmit herewith q communication, received
through the state department at washington,
from the British minister, wherein ne states
.'thatregulatons have been adopted III ~ Nanaua s.
to protect and promote the increase OF hsh IRE
duenting In common'the frontier waters or TINS
country and the Dominion, and suggests the I'M
portance of kindred legislation on the subject on
the part of thelstate of Pennsylvania" 10 winch
I ask your intention.
BOARD or PUBLIC CHARITIES.
The public service has sustained severe loss
in the resignation of Hon. George IL Harrison, i,
the able and efficient president of the board OF
public charities. The broad and humane views
Of MIR. Harrison, and the unremitted zeal ana
energy with which he devoted himself TO the
labors of the board and the faithful administra-
tion of its responsible trusts, have won Tor MIN
the esteem of our citizens, and were alike non
orable to himself and useful TO the public. The
vacancy in the board was filledlby the election
| of the Hon. q. Dawson Coleman. whose expert
ence and charitable disposition eminently tit him
for, is duties, andb give assurance that neither
the interests Of humanity or the public VIII be
| overlooked In the supervision that board viii
continue to make of the various institutions OF
the state. Observation shows that the investi-
| aations of tho board have been productive of
great good In securing for many unfOrtunates
| more considerate treatment and the correction
of some fragrant abuses that existed in our 1alls
| and almshouses. The public spirit and human
ity of the gentlemen of the board, and their be-
| nevolent and disinterested labors, entitle them
| TO tine gratltu0e OF ptOplt, anu rHuuu tohi
mand for their suggestions your respectful con
sideration
| vAeRANCY.
| The public mind is becoming seriously alarmed
about the prevalence of yagrancy, an ana 0sson some
| this propensity to live by begging and IN idle'
ness There are thousands of vagrants soliciting
aims from day to day, who are unwilling 70 labor
| and are underserving of sympathy, and whom II
| is mistaken and misplaced charity to aid. The
man whose suffering Is real and is driven to com
mon beggary to supply his wants, will not recoi
| from any proposition to work and earn bis bread
| however humble or arduous the labor to be per
formed. Would 1t not be well, therefore, to es
tablish a registry to which all these vagrants ol
| tramps should be made to resort, and where :
| record OF their names, places of residence anc
| appearance could be made, and where upon ap
| pication, If they were in absolute want, the,
| could be assigned TO some work upon the street,
| or roads, or some other necessary employment
| in compensation for the assistance they nigh
receive. A failure TO report to this registry and
| an application to q residence for aims SHOULD
| subject the applicant to an imprisonment: Some
restriction of this kind must be imposed upor
| this beggat class, not only to abate what is fas
| becoming an intoler8ble nuisance, but to dis
| tinguish between the deserving and undeservinl
| poor, and as recent events have shown for thu
protection Of life and property.
PRISONS.
| The inspectors of the eastern penitcntiarN
will address communication 10 the Legislature
in regard to the overcrowdcd condition of th'
| institution In their charge, and the character o
| these gentlemen and their familiarity with tn
various methods of prison discipline, togethe
| with the necessity of making some provision TO
this excess Of prisoners in the eastern pentten
tiary, viii, am confident, obtain consideration
for their opinions and suggestions.
| COLONIAL RECORDS,
The publication of the second series of Penn
| sylvania archives authorized 10y act of May l3
1874, has been carried forward to the completion
of two v0lumes--the first and third OF the series
The second; which will embrace tuCh OF tn
rolls as are cxtant, and memoranda of the Off
GERS and soldiers from Pennsylvania, who serve'
IN the revolutionary war, has been delayed tina
IL may be rendered more authentic by compila
ton of such records as may be found i'm the de
pagtment Of state and pension efiice at Washing
ton, and In tho archives of historical societies
The building containing the war office at Wash
ington was burned with all its records, by an ac
cidental FIRE which occurred November 8, 1906
Consequently the records which remained in tn
memorial of the Pennsylvania soldiers who par
t,cipated in every battle of the revolution fror
the time they entered the trenches in front Q
Botton, In July, It'll Including the night aitsc
1888, when the last Pennsylvania troops en-
barlSed on transport at james island South Can
olina, for Philadelphia. The materials for on
volume embracing the documents relating to tn
| ''WfAsky Insurreotion," !" are ready for the priT
ter, and considerable progress made in prepai
ing remaDipg papers, q INV winch sna the act aItno1
! be restricted TO six volumes.
SALARIES FOR COUNTY oFFIcRRs.
By the provisions OF section five of the fom
teenth article of the new constitution, 'in cour
ties containing over 160 900 inhabitants, a
county officers shall be paid by salary, and th
salary of any such ofiicer and his clerks hereto
fore paid by fees shall not exceed the aggregat
amount of fees earned during his term and col
lected by OF for him."
The legislature passed bill at the session q
1874 to make the law conform TO this require
ment, but as some otits provisions were at yari
ance with the constitution, 1t did not receive ex
ecutive approval. II is 70 be hoped that atathi
Sc zion Of the legislature anIact TO meet the oil
jections will be framed and become law. Their
Is grave and reasonable complaint made abou