Regular annual interest on loans, nearly Add guaranteed interest on internal improvement companies, $2,002,629.72 17.500.00 Total interest for the year, exclusive of that on interest certificates, &c., nearly, $2,020,129.72 The productive property owned by the State is: Stock in incorporated companies, Pennsylvania railroads and canals, Total productive property, The State has an unavailable deposit in the United States Bank, of And depreciated funds in the treasury, unavailable, Total receipts during the year ending November 30, 1853, Total available means, Total expenditures during the same period, . Available balance in treasury, November 30, 1853, $1,673,996.62 32,492,754.14 $34,166,750.76 $ 280,000.00 41,032.00 $9,486,770.08 1,382,611.00 $ 10,869,381.08 10,144,963.73 $724,417.35 Loans, Common Schools, Commissioners of Sinking Fund, 505,057.55 Retailers' licenses, Interest on loans, 4,020,287.26 Tavern licenses, 177,039.19 96,992.31 The total valuation of the real and personal estate of Pennsylvania taxable for State purposes for the year 1851 was $492,898,829; tax assessed, in 1853, $1,685,691.76. Number of taxable inhabitants in the State in 1853, 547,191. Banks. In February, 1853, there were in the State, exclusive of the city of Philadelphia, 39 banks with a capital of $ 8,450,551, circulation $7,500,000, specie $2,000,000. In Philadelphia, there were 15 banks, with a capital of $ 10,518,600, circulation $4,500,000, coin $4,200,000. Common Schools in 1852. -A system of popular education was attempted in Pennsylvania, and a common school fund established, in 1831. The State was not divided into dis tricts for school purposes until 1834, and the act of April 1st of that year is generally considered the first common school law. The whole number of school districts reported, exclusive of the city and county of Philadelphia, for the year ending June 30th, 1853, was 1,531. The whole number of schools was 9,507. The average number of months that schools were taught was 5. Number of male teachers, 7,590; number of female teachers, 3,640. Average wages per month of male teachers, $19.25; of female teachers, $ 12.03. Number o male scholars, 260,269; number of female scholars, 214,286; number learning German, 11,121. The average number of scholars in each school was 42; and the cost of teaching each scholar per month, 43 cents. The amount of tax levied in the accepting districts was $1,021,337.34; received from the State appropriation, including $31,307.30 paid to Philadel phia city and county, $184,390.27. The cost of instruction was $731,743.18; fuel and contingencies, $ 84, 158.76; of school-houses, repairs, &c., $ 147,516.73. The number of taxables by the triennial return in 1853 was 645,164. The returns of over 100 districts are not included in the foregoing, as they were received too late. Since, and including 1844, the annual appropriation by the State for the support of schools has been $200,000. Common Schools in Philadelphia in 1853. — -The city and county of Philadelphia constitute the first school district, but are not subject to the general school law. The grades of schools are a high school, a normal school and school of practice, grammar schools, secondary, schools, and primary schools. The whole number of schools in operation was 286. Number of teachers, 840, 80 males and 760 females. Number of male scholars, 25,836; number of females, 24,249; in all, 50,085. $411,303.85 were expended during the year for the purpose of education, of which $223,305.26 were paid to teachers. Average annual cost per pupil in all the schools, $7.16; in High School, $32.97; in Normal School, $ 10.68. State Lunatic Hospital, Harrisburg. — John Curwen, Superintendent. On the 31st of December, 1851, there were 37 patients, -24 males and 13 females. Admitted during the year 118, sent by public authorities 63, by friends 55; discharged 49; leaving in the hospital, Dec. 31, 1852, 106,- 59 males and 47 females. Of those discharged, 13 had recovered, 16 were improved, 10 unimproved, 7 died, and 2 eloped. Of 155 admissions, 58 were married, 11 widowed, 86 single. The forms of insanity were, acute mania 22, chronic do. 50, epileptic do. 7, puerperal do. 1, monomania 13, melancholy 45, dementia 14, imbecility 1, idiocy 2. The disbursements during the year were $ 38,225.95; receipts, $38,385.21; balance, $159.26. The State appropriates $ 20,000 per annum to the hospital. There are apartments for 300 patients, a farm of 130 acres, and a garden. Institution for the Blind, Philadelphia.—Wm. Chapin, Principal. 2 principal teachers, 2 assistants, 4 teachers of music, one prefect, 3 teachers of handicraft, 2 matrons, 1 salesman. The school was opened in March, 1833. Number of pupils, January 1, 1852, 107; discharged during the year, 14; died, 2; received, 18; remaining, January 1, 1853, 109, — 62 males, 47 females. Of this number there are from Pennsylvania 75, Maryland 13, New Jersey 13, Delaware 4, all other places 4. Number of pupils from its foundation, 237. Causes of blindness: ophthalmia 74, amaurosis 32, cataract 20, congenital 18, small-pox 10, scarlet fever 6, other fevers 4, measles 6, accidents from stones, &c 15, explosion of powder 12, pistol or gun-shot 5, accidents not stated 5, scrofula 3, hydrocephalus, arrow-shots and fire 2 each, kick of a horse, foul air in a well, rheumatism, whooping cough, polypus, acute iretus, irritable retina, neuralgia, 1 each, unknown, 13. There are 52 classes in 22 different studies besides music, Value of goods manufactured, $5,755.37; sales, $5,021.77. Expenses of the Institution, $25,092.24; receipts, $27,330.02. No sectarian faith is inculcated. School, music, and work alternately occupy 8 hours daily. 21 volumes, in raised letters, have been printed. The terms for pay pupils are $200 a year, including board, instruction, and medical attendance. Blind children in indigent circumstances from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware, are provided for by those States for 8 years. Pupils are not usually received under 10, nor over 17, except for a shorter time than the regular course of eight years. House of Refuge, Philadelphia. -Thomas G. Rutherford and Elisha Swinney, Superintendents. Admissions during 1852, 164 boys and 60 girls in the white, and 36 boys and 44 girls in the colored department; total, 304. Discharges, 169 boys and 58 girls in the white department, and 43 boys and 37 girls in the colored; total, 307. Remaining, December 31, 1852, 149 boys and 49 girls in the white and 84 boys and 40 girls in the colored department; total, 322. The institution is designed for the reform of juvenile delinquents. Most of the inmates are committed by magistrates, and a few by the county courts. The boys are employed in various manufacturing occupations. Their earnings amounted to $6,654.58. The expenses of the year were $87,912.78, and the receipts $87,064.13. State Prisons. Eastern Penitentiary. - John S. Halloway, Warden. January 1, 1853, there were in the prison 283 convicts; received during the year, 117; in all, 400. Discharged by expiration of sentence, 97; by pardon, 24; by removal to Lunatic Hospital, 8; revocation of sentence, 1; by death, 3; in all, 133; leaving in prison January 1, 1854, 267. Of the 117 admitted during the year, 55 were natives of Pennsylvania, and 26 of other States. 36 were foreigners; 106 were whites, 101 males and 5 females; 11 colored, 10 males and 1 female. Of the 117, 21 were temperate; 44 were convicted of larceny; 5 of horse stealing; 4 of counterfeiting; 12 of forgery; 9 of felonious assaults; 7 of arson; 5 of manslaughter; 3 of murder in 2d degree. 3 were sentenced for over 10 years; 75 for 2 years and under. Since the opening of the prison, October 25, 1829, there have been admitted 3,089 convicts, and discharged 2,822, of whom 2,102 were by expiration of sentence; 446 by pardons; 228 by death; 4 by suicide; 14 by writ of error. Western Penitentiary.-A. Beckham, Warden. January 1, 1853, there were in the prison 187 convicts; 184 males and 3 females; received during the year, 98; in all, 285. Discharged during the year, by expiration of sentence, 62; by pardon, 20; by death, 2. In prison January 1, 1854, 201. Whole number received since the opening of the prison, July 1, 1826, 1,746; being white males, 1,447, females, 30; colored males, 229, females, 40. Of those remaining in the prison, 7 were convicted of arson; 24 of murder in the 2d degree; 3 of manslaughter; 91 of larceny; 20 of burglary; 2 of robbery; 6 of counterfeiting; 8 of horse stealing; 7 of felonious assaults; 6 of aggravated riot; 7 of rape; 1 of bigamy, and 1 of perjury. 92 were natives of Pennsylvania, and 32 of other States; 77 were foreigners. Since the opening of the prison, there have been discharged by expiration of sentence, 1,123; by pardons, 325; by death, 82; by suicide, 1; by escapes, 24; by process of law, 4. The Orphans' Court consists of the Chancellor and a Judge of the Supe Fees. 1,100 Common Schools. The system provides a free school within reach of every family. The districts are laid off, numbered, and incorporated. 236 of them are organized. Each district entitles itself to a portion of the fund by establishing a school, and contributing towards its support not less than $ 25. But any district may lay a tax on itself of $300; or (by a special vote) may increase it to any sum deemed necessary for school purposes. Towns or populous districts may unite their resources and form schools of higher grades; the only condition is that they shall be free. The number of free schools in operation in the State was 236; number of scholars (in a white population of 71,169), 10,230; receipts from school fund and contributions, $57,738.95; expended for support of free schools, $49,469 30. The following table gives the statistics of the schools in the several counties, as well as in the State. the 2d Wednesday in Jan., 1858), Use of a furnished house, and $3,600 THOMAS W. LIGON, of Howard Co., Governor (term expires Edward Lloyd, of Baltimore, of Talbot Co., Pres. of the Senate, $5 per day dur. ses. Speaker of the House of Delegates, [$5 per day during session. Chief Justice, 1861, $2,500 Associate Justice, 1861, 2,500 1861, 2,500 1861, 2,500 Clerk, Fees. John C. LeGrand, of Baltimore, 1851, The Court of Chancery, by the new Constitution, was abolished on the 4th of July, 1853. It had been continued from the adoption of the constitution to that date, to give it time to finish its business. The judicial power of the State is vested in a Court of Appeals, and in Circuit Courts. The Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction only. Its judges, four in number, are elected from districts, by the voters therein, for ten years, unless they shall before reach the age of 70. They must be above 30 years of age, citizens of the State at least five years, residents of the judicial districts from which they are elected, and have been admitted to practice in the State. The Court of Appeals appoints its own clerk, to hold office for six years, and may reappoint him at the end of that time. When any judge of any court is interested in a case or connected with any of the parties by affinity or consanguinity within the proscribed degrees, the Governor may commission the requisite number of persons, learned in the law, for the trial and determination of the case. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, designates one of the four judges as chief justice. The office of Attorney-General is abolished by the new Constitution. Judges of the Circuit Courts. |