-■■■• t; ERMS OP PIBUtATIO\. S 2 00 per annum* in advancc-^or 552 50, if not paid within the year. , No subscription taken for a less term than six months, and no. discontinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, A failure to notify a discontinuance at the expiration of aterm, will .be considered a hew engagement, Advertisements gl 00 per square for. the .first three insertions, and twenty five, cents for every 'subsequent one, ■ ■ - .' -I i ■. tight Artillery! An atljourned ; Court of Appeal will be held on Monday the 18th day of January next, at Allen’s Hotel, between- the hours of Sand 6 !’• Mi, Where till interested may at tend. -■ ~'— L * PORTER, Citiit. December 5 k 1,840.,' -: TO LET. ~f^-HEJargejindJ:pmnioclioiisJioUse.in-thc_BQ ; JL: rough of Mechanicsburg, now occupied by the subscribers, for the term of one year from. . the Ist of April IS4I, until,the Ist of April 1842* The dwelling Will be rented separate or togelli er with the Store Room' and Warehouse. For conditions call on the subscribers. • “ ARNOLD £j* Co. ilrchauirsburg, Dec. 31,'1840 t N. 11. We have leased another property in said borough for the term of three years Irrm the Ist of April next, aiid had leased the first described property for the same term, ami said lerurdoes not expire until the Ist of Apiil 1842;- NOTICE. THE creditors of Dr. VV..A. VV. Steiglcmaii, late of the County of Cumberland, deceased ’ ore hereby notified that the undersigned an au ditor appointed- by the Orphans’Court of the Ccamty aforesaid, to settle and adjust the rates and proportions .of the remaining- assets of the estate of saiddeceased, in the hands of Lewis liyer, and Daniel Shelly, jr. his administrators, among said creditors;»will attend for that pur pose at Hoover’s tavern, in Meelianlcsburg, < n January next, at 10 o’- ch civ A. M. ot said d.ty, . V W-M. M. PORTER, Auditor: December Si. lf-10. . gj ----- ■ • Estate of Frederick FJtftT, deed. WOTICI3; .^T I--EHS- tg«ameiitaiy~oir 'theVTsfntemf rredene.k llild, deceased, late of Allen town - slop, v.u'nberland county, have been issued In the subscriber residing in the same township All persons indebted to saiid,estate will make -o , ir'rs'"- v ‘- ;WM. HAUKNESS, Executor. , DecembcrSl, 1840. Notice.- -c -lyOTlcfe is hereby: given that suits will by X\ .bretight against all persi ns having in tin ir possession aiiy Muskets. Hides, PistolsorSwm'ds, • r any other public military property, unless - ‘hey d( liver.up the same to the undersigned or to s>.ine commissioned volun'eer i (fleer nr enn . stable, all of whom are hereby authorised to ask, - --ormand,:receive, .-.ml receipt lor the .same.— Property of tlris kind in (lie hands of ant actual member 01. an existing volunteer cnmpiiny will not be A reasonable compensath h • will be paid to liny person’collecting and deliv. ermg any such property to-the undersigned. ... r ~_, _ WcFOULK, Urig. Insp. n* lb ig.lnsp,. Office, 5 1 Carlisle.; Dec. 31, 1840. 5 IHstale of Peter Cremer, dec'd. T&T O PICK is hereby given thatlolters testament -1" ary on the last w ill and testament of Peter Cremer, late of Southampton township, Cunibrr land county, dcc.’d., have been issued to the sub scriber residing in the same township: All per sons having claims or demands against the estate of said decedent are requested'to maltc known Uie samj wilhont delay, and those indebted to make payment to . ‘ > JACOB CRKMER, J r . Executor. Mfjr 7,•'184 . Janui ' . I)R. 11. EBAUCrSI, &nvg'co*t Demist, fWAS returned to.this place, and will remain JlMor several weeks, and may be. consulted at MacFarlane’s Hotel,.on professional matters. December 17, 18-10. * lu illo Court of Com inuii VlCas ol Ciunlx’rlnnd County. In the ease of the petition of R. G. Young, Ex ecutor of James Graiiam, deceased, for the appoint ment" of a Trustee, &c. in reference to Eleanor ■■Taylor, deceased’s estate. Now to wit; 15th De cember, 1810. On. motion of Mr., Reed, rule on 'oH persons in interest io appear on the lllli day of January next,.auhe Court of Common Pleas, there I to be hold, to sliow cause why a Trustee dhallnot : ha appointed agreeably to the, within petition, no tice jn one paper in Carlisle forthreewee'lts to he suflicient notice. Cumberland County, ss. 'li George Sanderson," Prothonotary of IheCourt of Common Pleas of said county, do pcttify, iliaTilio above js a : true copy of a rule entorCdin the above In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed tlie. soal. of- said ' Court, at Car lisle, tl(e 15th day of December, A. D. 1810. GEO. SANDERSON, IVolh’yr. dcc?d; ", rougF/ri EUSVif adnunistrutidn on ilie Fsfati.- ol - B Wilriiiha Kriatzeiy (ate ot East Tenhsbo . JLih township, dec’ll., have been issued to the .subscriber residing in the-samc town Ship. All : persons indebted to said estate will .make pay "• merit, and those having claims will nresmi them lor settlement. . , , . PETER BARNHART, Acim’r. —,_:,ijccemlici: T l(i,.lBj,o. ' ' ' Constables, Jletaikrs, s‘c. - ® ,11 ! nii act ul the General, Assembly '?‘ ,”-H * vunia * entitled “An act graduat ing tpe-duties upon wholesale dealers i and , retailers of and prescribing ; the mode of issuing licences and collecting’ said du tints,” it isihadethc dutyoftheCon° 'f stables of the respective; townships; within ; the County of, Cumberland, anil, they are -lierebyrequiredtoinakeout.oiuoatlidrnf = firmatiohj aiid delivcr to .the Clerk of the' Sessions,-a' separate.; list of j> wholesale and retail dealers in goods, i pslt.d'nfeycliaridizc-—-wittes or distilled ; s P^*to~dru"g those . tliatarc the grbwlh'orprotluceof the United the ll.lli of > tlf an (s; ; .OeAlers.. % •^shccd- l in ithc;Baidlact7]arc^Also'np "tined.-tliatthe Associate Judges and Corn 's- raissioners of said.eourity, will attend at the Comidissioners’ dffice.ou Friday tlie lslh pf'January JB4I, at ten o’clock id the fore noonV for the, purpose of hearing and classi fyipg all retailers within said County agreea bly to tlie said act, where aU euch as thiiik ■' proper may attends f ■ v. • ,AUcsh-lOHN IIIWIN; - ’ Clerk''taComaU»^6neral'^ Office, ? Carlislcj Dec; 24, 1840. j V: ; Wholfl Ho. ,1381. C* overnor’s M essage. To'the Senate, and House offieprcserilativcs of the.Commomvcalth. of Pennsylvania. Fellow ■ Citizens:—Aiqphj*' the various duties enjoined Gy the Constitution on' the Executive magistrate, none'is more import ant anil more frequently perplexing, than that of “givingto tlte General Assembly in formation of the slate of the Commonwealth, aiuli'cconihieiHlingtothoifconsideralion, such measures as he should deem expedi-1 *nt.” On this occasion lam happily reliev- j ed from much of the anxiety-and embarrass- ' ment attendant upon the discharge of this I duty, by'referring your attention to - the an nual message which 1 had the honor to. trans mit to the Legislature on the Bth day of Ja nuary. last, la that message, 1 felt it to be my imperative duty, to enter into a full and elaborate exposition of my views on several deeply inlieresting subjects connected with the public welfare, and especially on the subjects-of the internal improvements of the I’Cummonwealth, the public debt, and~the re j formation ot the banking system. In regard' to these leading questions of vital interest;" and the numerous subordinate matters in^i-1 ■mate!v associated'and blended with, them, I can add very little to the opinions I express ed, and the recommei\dalions I made.in the message to which 1 have just referred you. j ’l'hc: experience of the past year, has not on ly confirmed, but strengthened mv.convic tion of the justice and propriety of those o- j pinions and recommendations; the people at large with unexampled unanimity have ap pro' ed , : them, and- I earnestly‘lnvite your careful ’deliberation, as I did that of.thd last legislature, upon those portions of the mes sage; (trwhich you will find convenient -oc nieTCTQTmoiilicSankingsysteinjiprceive no necessity for changing- or modilying, in aiiy essential-particular, the recommenda tions therein contained; and I now here re spectfully, but earnestly recommend the a doption of the recommendations I then made on this subject, and trust that the present Legislature will not separate, until they shall have made a searching and thorough relorm Of the imperfections and manifold a buses of the present, system. To nie it has. been a subject of deep regret, (hat my. re commendations On,(hi(t subject, diil not meet the approbation-of the last Legislature, per suaded as I am, that the most beneficial in-, fluences" would have resulted from (heir a duption. It is not, however, too late to ap ply the remedy still, and t : again recom mend,with anxious earnestness, those mea sures for reforming the abuses of the bank ing system, to your early attention. ihe resumption of specie payments on the part of the banks, which constituted a year ago such a formidable .portion of the difficulty in the bay of efficient legislation, is about to be consummated, .without your active interference at all. Under the reso lution passed the--3d day last, those institutions are required on and after the loth day of January inst. to pay bn demand all their notes;Jbills, deposites.and other li abilities, in gold or silver coin, on penally of the forfeiture of their charters, upon cer tain conditions set forth in said resolution. It a fiords me great pleasure to state; that although the day fixed for resumption was more remote than I wished at the time, yet the’period, of indulgence has nearly passed away, and there is now good ground lb be lieve, that the banks of (bis commonwealth | will, as they are required to.do, be prepared f again-to discharge their liabilities in specie. 1 Should they do so, by continuing strictly to observe the law, and byfulfilling (lie just expectations oftlfe public, they may regain jjbe confidence which they have hitherto lost, and more particularly.:may they do (his, if proper ineasuros.be. adopted, for the,belter regulation and control df their operations. One ot the inost iininediute advn'fitagcs re sulting to-the community,, fi’otn'tlie resump tion of specie payments, will bo’ the - entire expulsion Mn circulation of the illegitimate broiid of small notes {hat have been poured in. upon iis, from the neighboring’ slates oii all sides, indtfiance>of law, and of (he most active endeavors to'suppress them.' I can pot, however,-conclude this part of my sub ject,-without recommending (hat no increase of-bur banking-capital be made underranv circumstances, apd that effectual he madc,by„jaw7itlraf if -any bank shfgßtt any time licrcafter.suspcud specie payments,, it shall be ipso facto a forfeiture of its char ter. Nothing short of an absolute and un conditional-provision of (his kind, can arrest ■the frequent Over issues pf the banks, indu ced by the- inordinate"cupidity of those un- directions tlicy cd. I,«t Jhe great principle be distinctly , announced; ds the foundation on" which our' hanking institutions rest, that - hereafter, there are to be no more of spe cie payments In-Pennsylvania, : The condition of the public improvements during: the:past year, has been attendcMPby ihewtficers entiusfcd with their manage m’ent, w.ith untiring assiduity. They arc in a mucli. beltor state of repair than they ever I ,- a ', e ! Jeen , B '. n ,??; t heir construction, and but httle delay Or interruption, iii business has! occur red, _Th oan t of business. ijun'e on themain line, it is true, has been less than ! last year, but it has been owing to causes in no. way connected with the management of the public improvements. I-refer; you to tlie Keport for a detailed and; accurate statement,; iff (be present condition of t!ic improvements,.the sum.required .to complete those H.nes in a Stale of forwardness, and,the amount need cd fur repairs :on the- canals and - railroads npw m, opeco tionTaa well as the Amount due -for repairs heretofore dongr n i ; . 1 feel it to he my duty again fo 'to the Legislature, that as soon as those por tions pi the unfinished lines of improvement, howa!mos_tcOmpleted;iire 'finishcd.iindup iiioic would have Gccti lost-to the common- By the Court, BY GEO. SANDERSON ] —v, ! wealth than by hastening their completion, I think it lull time for Pennsylvania to pause iii hcr.career'of internal improvement, and test for a time the usefulness and value of the stupendous achievements slie has already made". I have'bEcoJ'rom lhe bcgihning the friend and ad vocate of the internal improve ment system of this Commonwealth, and shall continue fb be, so long as that system is confined to the main tines and their im mediate tributaries: but our immense public debt, and the sacrifices which the people are callcyl upon to make in consequence-of it, for the payment of the interest, and of -the principal as it falls due, forcibly admonish us, to consult prudence and economy before we incur additional responsibilities, without a corresponding increase of means to meet (hem. A revival of business, and' the nat ural augmentation of our population apd re sources, will in a short period of time, ena ble us to realize from oCn; improtannenfs, many of the advantages of which, they are susceptible, and ns 1 confidently trust, e nough, and more than enough to.demnnstratc the \yisdom, of their projectors, and, flic soundness of the policy, which led to the enormous investment of capital in their con struction. _ When that day’arrives, let can als and railroads be constructed wherever they promise to be useful'throughout the wideextent of the Commonwealth; but un- i til jt does arrive, let us husband ourresour- i ces, and diminish as much as practicable the i burthens now imposed upon the people of 1 the Slate. . . I . Tlib amount necessary to complete the main lines, and to put (he improvements now. in use in a thorough state of repair, you wilt be.fully informed by the'-Canal Cotii missioners; ,which amount of money I would 'respectfully suggest, should be immediately missionGVs to make proper arrangements to apply it with the most advantage to the pub lic service. Great and immediate repairs to our improvements al e indispensible, if we ho'pe to hmintairl (he character of those im provements, and to,prevent our immediate Northern and Southern neighbors from di verting from (hem a large share of the busi ness of the West and South. The honor of Pennsylvania is too deeply involved’in this measure to admit'of apathy o’r delay. Feel-, ing ns citizens of this Commonwealth-should feel on this subject, 1 am sure, no stronger motive to action could he presented to you J ■than that of man'y and enlightened state state pride, addressing itself to you through the medium of official duty. PUBLIC DKUT. The present'amount of public debt is. Permanent loans at 5 perct. $33,086,013 32 “ - atd.J perct. 200,000 00 Temporary loans at 4 perct. . ■ ‘15,000 00 Due United S'ates, on' ac count of ilcposite surplus • revenue, 2,867,514 78 Unpaid appropriations, . . 622,247 59 Upon an examination of the debts and li abilities of the Commonwealth, on (he loth of January, 1839, and (he subsequent laws passed, authorizing loans and bulking ap propriations, it will be found, that nearly the whole sum borrowed since that period', has been applied to debtsartd'liabilitics then due or falling due, on account of the public works finished and in progress—to (ho pay ment of temporary and stock loans—for in-' tercst on the public debt, and for the repairs of the canals and rail-way's of the Common weal th. V ", • • The only sums appropriated out of (he loans authorized (0 be. made since I came into office, which were not applied.to liabil ities then due and growing out of contracts, which existed at th,at time, arc the follow- ! n e ; To tlic survey of a isil-road ifoin Harrisburg~ty) I’itls ,, ■ ■ To stock.in (lie Pcrinsylva : nia ami Ohio canal, ■’ 50,000 00 To do. in Franklin'rail road,- 100,000 : 00 To ddrMonongnliela Naviga tion company, PUBLIC PROPERTY. - Bank stock,... . $ 2,108,"00 00 Turnpike & Bridge slock.j 2,830,348 89 Canal & Navigation stuck, .. 645,269 00. Kail-road stock, ->'-T . 555.546 90 Money, due on land, cslir , . (Dated Public works, canals, rail , ways. &c, 29.5^8.506, 17 .836,498,370 06 .Thus itappears that ihc : resources of the Commonwealth are.abundant, but not im mediately available forthe purpose of pav ing either the principal ort h ein tc re s tof llitr public debt. ■ . -V";?, It is proper here to remark, that it has not been the uniform practice of the : Legis)pture, to providesufficient revenue to ■ meet the current demunds upon the State Trcasurv. The various.appropriations. of :tho .''public treasure have exceeded the .public; income. Qut of this state of; things, a custom has grown, up at the Treasury it seems,' to pay the demands upon. it, ns they arerfronV time to time presented, 'without;refei;enco-to"tlie specific appropriation of part of the monies therein, to Ihe pay.ibentof'th'e interest.'upbn the public '.debt,' which falls duirseini'annu ally, on-the Ist of February and Ist of Au gust. ■ Under this custom, it has happened, that from-a deficiency of other, means', the monies arising' from tolls, . Cuctioii duties, fax on collateral iiilientanccK. iliyiilciuls oii turnpike; bridge and navigation, stocks; and escheats,•wbicfr had been set apart, liy law’, towards ihepayinentoftlie interest on it he public debt, have been.paid out indiscrim inately to meet other demands upon; the “OUR COUNTRY- —RIGHT .OR-WRONO.” Carlisle, I*a. Thursday Jfamiavy 11841. $33,301,013 32 $36,790, 775. 69 ' S 45,000 00 100,030 CO $295,000 00 .1,000,000.00 Treasury. There wil.l, therefore, be a de ficiency in the fund /or,the payment of in,- forest on the public debt; upon-lhc Ist 'bf February next, of perhaps $BOO,OOO. This, as well as every other subject relating to the reyfeime, belongs so exclusively to the Legislative branch of the government, that no recommendation of the Executive can be 'required, to bespeak for it the necessity for some special legislation in relation to its fu luredisburs c m c n f s. : ; u 1 It is computed that the tax which will be rendered available under the act of the 11th June, 1840, entitled “An act to create ad ditional revenue to be applied towards the payment of interest, and- the extinguishment of tlie debts of the Commonwealth,” will a mount to about $600,000 The sum which will be raised under this Act, together with the other resources of the Commonwealth, wi|l most probably liquidate the interest aC count,, without further resort to loans for (hat purpose. This act is to continue in force five years, and provides such a rule for the assessment of (axes, as to fall with gentle weight on those who are little able to l|Bnr any addition to their expenses. The articles taxed .are those purely of luxury, such as gold watches, pleasure carriages, household furniture exceeding in value three hundred.dollars, together with bonds,.bills; ami notes of solvent obligors, bank stock or stock,in other corporations,-yielding divi-.j dends of at least one per cent, .salaries of public officers, and real estate. Although this act "undoubtedly operates with consid erable hardship upon those who fall within reach of itspi'.ovisioris,- still they arc com paratively, subjected to very little inconve nience, fur in most instances they do not belong to (he poorer classes,.on whom tax v s ** ri» • ;Y>~‘,cvfc £ - ■ I'o impose taxes on any class of our fel low citizens is not very agreeable, nor a very popular task; blit when,as in this case, th.c honor, and the fidelity of Pennsylvania must be sacrificed, or a (ax of this kind be endured., there are few, very, few men in the- Commonwealth worthy to be ranked ipiiong her. free, intelligent and upright., citizens,- who will shrink (rom their share of the bur then. W hen, too, it is 'known that those vvho recommended, and .who sanctioned the hill imposing the tax, arc no niore.responsi sible for (he necessity that -compelled a re sort to .it,-than any of those who areto pay if, the Tolly and injustice of those who would condemn; are rendered still -more conspicu ous. I found the-debt upon ,which this in terest was to he paid in existence, when T assumed the (unctions of (he Executive, abd found nothing to pay it with. ‘The Treasu ry was exhausted, and no inuaris left'to mcet this responsibility but further-loans", a.sale of the improvements, or taxation. The first two were impracticable, and I was driven by stern necessity to the .adoption of the latter alternative. I saw but one path before me open to pursuit, and that was the path of duty. 1 recommended taxation: that recommenda tion Uias adopted by tbe Legislature, and it is a source of proud gratification to me,'when I consider-that tbe people of- Pennsylvania, almost to a man, so far as I have been in formed, with a firmness and patriotism wor thy of themselves,- have yielded to this nc 'sitv -ithou! I ' ccssity without,murmur or repining. . feel fully convinced, that nt the cxpiration.of the five years at furthest, with ,a reasiniable. de gree ol prudence, and with strict economy in (he.managcment of our affairs; the income of our improvements will render 4 renewal, of this law wlrjlly unnecessary. If any difference of opinion exists, as to the necessity of this tax, let these questions be answered by those objecting; Does not Pennsylvania owe this debt? Is she not mbrally'and legally,bound to pay it. and its interest, as U falls due? Can they point out any other mode by which this.can be done? You, however, have come directly from the people, and are supposed best, to know their,opinions on this as well,as all.other subjects;'and if you differ ip opinion with me on this.important subject, and think the tax ought not to have been laid, it isyour duty to, repeal the fa instantly of the tax fas, yet, been collected. Seeing no other .mode of extricating the Common wealth from the‘difficulties in which, I found it, my views and,opinions'remain unchanged 1 . Yet if the immediate representatives of the people, think proper to repeal thq-law, and can ,substitute apy otltel- ihode less objec tionable, which vyili promptly meet the exi gency, be it ; Bo;tlic responsibility wests with, them. ■ ■ ■_ . r cft'n never consent, by word nr deed, to countenance the idea.that the faith of the State can be her engagements. If there be any in our country who \vouldbe,wiHing, if they were able, to abrogate the contracts of the Com monwealth, and be faithless to,hot* creditors',: let their doctrine be distinctlyjirvoived ahd 1 the issue fairly made up befofethejpbople.. The .inte,l ligehc.e and integrity of our^ertFt' yens, would speedily convince the world, that they feel the necessity, in a republican government of inaintainingjuflsullied.public laithanif national honor. ~,.. ’ ; .The deficiency in the funds set npart for (lie payment of die interest on die'.public defat falling dpedn die Ist of.Fefaruary next; mustefac promptly-provided for. Jlytheact Of die eleventh June- last,- the Governor Ts. authorized to procure it on.lo'an, and for that, purposc.proposals have been.-invited;, wheth ertfae money, can fie procured i tnow not: and in, case- ifoannot, .!• see' no, other, mode left to-uvuid the. dishonor of the but,-the-sale: of a~ sufficient amount of the stock, owned by the-State, in orie'of the otbV or, or all of the batiks in which she iadnier sated; The, State, owns::the:•follu.iving;ar ihpulit;of stock ia eacli ofjtlie Batihs'riaoied,; viz: Uank of fiS'SO.'shares! Phila(letphia]s|nkEsa33,,Bharesj;:Farii),cr’B and stock would' a ready hope that not a: day-~wiU lost before this possible, bio'/ [AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, Kow Series—Vol. 5, Wo. 31 upon the faith and horior of the State is ef-( factually guarded against, by the prompt I action-of the Legislature; ■ •J • In my last annual message, (he question was uislinctlypresenlcil. to the Legislature, whether the works*then- in progress, should be prosecuted to imme'diate cumplefion'or not, and thy question was-by them deter-; mined iq the affirmative; and the sum of $600,000 appropriated to each of ivhu.t has usually-bcen-denominated "the HVain “lines; and the works being so far progressed in, as; to warrant the expectation of - their ; being I completed in another year, all will now con cur, in the opinion, I presume,-'that provision should be immediately made for the com plelton of the unfinished . works as soon as possible. A judicious and immediate appropriation promptly made in anticipation-of the usual appropriation bill, specifically for the works under contract—for the completion of the reservoirs, at each end. of .the Portage rail j’ oilc l~and for ordinary repairs, is imperious-; ly called for. and will enable the cbntraciors tq complete the whole,.’and have them rend v for tise by the opening, of the navigation in the spring of 1842. The vast .importance of the immediate completion of the main lines, as well to the “Citizens immediately interested in them, as to the,fiscal interests of the Commonwealth, cannot be too strong ly pressed upon your attention. They will complete a communication between the great Jakes, androur commercial 'metropolis.—- .. ,y ,"'*l a ' so > by. a proper arrangement with the authorities of New York, connect our improvements with those of that great, .Commonwealth, thus affording an opportuni ty of exchanging the products of the two states, and strengthening (lie bonds of our f.vi I *!) j.. Whatever difterehces of opinion may have existed as to the policy of commencing the Erie Extension and North Branch Canals, there ought to be none notv as to theiy spee dy completion. Theyare nearly finished, a comparatively small sum is necessary to complete them, and the policy of .ncontin'ucd and protracted delay in completing works, which the state is pledged ,to accomplish, until' the first work done ufmn tlicnvhas be come useless from decay, lias proved disas- ruinous on many occasions. The Course heretofore usual; of neglecting to appropriate a sufficient sum fur repairs, and that earlyin the session, has been seri ously "detrimental to 'the iritefesfs of (lie Commonwealth. At the last session the Commissioners Stated that the lowest esti mate for repairs required $700,000, and the Legislature appropriated 9500,000, a great portion of which was absorbed by debts then due. The result has shown that the Com missioners were right. The fund-lias long since been exhausted. The necessary re pairs have not been completed. Those who i have been engaged at them are unpaid, and the Supervisors are without funds to lay in the necessary articles for repairs. The re pairs on the lines of Canals in Use should j ordinarily. be made in winter, when they .would not interrupt the use of the Canals; and it has usually happened that before the arrival of winter, the officers have no means at their command, and no appropriation bill js passed until late in the session.’ The whole system of' repairs in consequence of the uncertainty of tlie time of paying the workmen, and those who furnish matcriuls, cost the Commonwealth much more than it would do;wore the means of payment ample,, certain, and promptly Applied. Ihe Beaver division of the Pennsylvania Canal is already connected with.,Jjie_pu.blic improvements of Ohio, by the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal, a work which has been com pleted by individual enterprise, aided by public appropriations.frorii- both States, ami bids fail* to be a valuable tributary. to our public improvements, and a profitable invest-* ment for the stockholders. It has been ac coriiplishcdata less cost than any other work of the kind which 1-have visited,, and is a monument of the’wisdom of-its projectors; and of the skill, prudence, arid economy of those charged with its’construction. I respectfully recommend, to the Legisla ture, the,enactment of a'liiiy authorising the Carial Cbinmissiuners to trqnt, with the au thorities of tlie state of Now York,, for such a connection of bur internal improvements with theirs, aswill best promnte.the iiijerest.S of.tiie two Commonwealths.... The law should limit-(he terms , arid’ conditions, and defined the power arid authorities of the Commission; ors in such manner as on ilue' considcrarion shall be deemed proper-;. . -i: ‘ ' The interest ofjhe Cbmmonwcaith would -alsOv,-be-advanccd-by eritnißting (lie same board'with the power of selling, or leasing, water power created by our internal, im provements. There are at'niany points, arid in very advantageous situations, surplus ’quantities of water, which could.be profita bly applied to various branches oPanariiifac ture, without injury to the due supplybf our canals; • Tlije tolls on our public improve ments would be increased thereby, and a considerable su in realized .j'lptii such sale, or lease.;",,' ■ 1 viv,; ■ By an act oftheseycrilh' April,, JB3s,'a Tor the, payment of an interest of .five; per cent. Tor twerityifive; ycarsi on .$200,000,' of j the capital Stock- of the Bald. Eagle and SpVing ■i. bubscqUent',act;.,iae State Jias‘ since sub scnbed,®2S(ooPtri the.stock nf. thecuiripany, The.yvJmle.of^lheti’dikJ in the last! miles,; tlidexcavatiun. apd/jeiribanknim^ 'pletM'ffindVnoßieYfnearlyycoviijAt^.’lfAi comparatively trifling Sum would| finisli;(iVis work, but ihe funds of tlie bonipany are cx hausted/aiid'thc CommonWealth-ißarinuai ly called upon for theanipuntolTierguaran-' ty', and. her subscriptiou is wjiitljy .uppri^uc-. Sg^TißiVTO' A Q ENTS. John Moore, Esq. Newvill BASS » Esq.'Hopewell township." * Wunderlich, Esq. Shinnrnshui-E, ? Mbhaffv. Dickinson'township? Joh» CLKsDE»njr,J|..Esq., Hbeestown, • .George F. Cain. Esq. Fuf.dkiiick Wondkrlicu, i|o ■ ■ James Elliott, Esq. Springfield. ; Daniel iChysiikh; Esq, Ciuirchtown, JACOB LiONGN'kcKEii; Es * f LXlieconsequences of;the; embarrassment. in our mercantile anU ihanttlacturing opera-.- tibiis, : jirc also, by dhow, recent reductions although the / 15 the Secretary of; the, is cheering." ilia t' during the last i'ear the exports from this couhity havp exceeded the imjiurfs bv.neai-. iy fwcnty-seYenniillionspf dollars. ‘Thisis ; y. ,-e'ncqu espe^ hu. : j^rsa