TE RMS OP PUBLICATION.' “ 82 QO per annum, in advance—or g 2 50, if not paid within live year. No subscription taken for a less term than six inonthsi.Un.d no discontinuance permitted until all arfekyages are.paid. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the expiration of a term, will lie Considered a new. engagement. ■ .Mycftifiemeni* —ptr square for the; first three,insertions, and twenty five cents for 1 every subsequent one*. ' V LEMUEL TODD, ; •■.-ATTOS.NST AT LAW. , OKFICE No. AO, Harper’s Row, -in-,the room formerly occupied by Isaac Todd, Esq. j Carlisle, August 26, 1811. ’ SAMUEL R. HAMILL, ; ATTORNEY At law. Will practice in the several courts of-Cumber land countyjOjfice in Main street, tho oflice.now occupied by James n. T)eyor, Esq._ _ Carlisle, September 30, 1841. WILLIAIVI H. I.AMBBBTOH, JiTTORNE¥ JIT LA W. WILL practice and attend to collections in the counties of Vesasoo and ln any husincss that may lie chtruStoAto him, he will be as sisted by SamuelJV. PunviASCE, Esq. of Butler, , ■ Office two doors east of Evans* Hotel. Franklin, - 1 " • \>m. C. OIBSON) MEStECTFUIitY informs the public th'nt be is supplied.with a HEARSE, and ready to per form every duty hf an Undertaker. .He is-preptrred at nil limes* *t6 make Coffins and attend Funerals.— CABINET MAKING, in"nll its branches carried on, as usual, at his old. stand in North Hanover ’ sited, next door to Abel Keeney’s Copper, and shop. Every thin in tho»4ine of his business will be done on the most Jac comodating teems.. [Carlisle, Oct. 28, 1841.—tf. • ITliSt Received at the store of .the 'subscriber a " fresh lot of OJRANBERTHES; White Hominy and Beans? Currants; ap additional supply of best winter spEUM Otti - r Also, Yoißff Hyson and Im perial Tcas;»Horeo Irtish; •4lAihVaud.C , JiOTi£W^tfcdii'xs; v iind a variety 6t articles. . - , ; J. *W. EBY. Carlisle, Decr9, 1841’. - r Assignecship Account. ’ Lx the Court of Cam'rtioYi Pleas of Cumbcr- land comfy, DecanhorAArXXip The account of Moses F.by and Melehoir Rich neman, Assignees of Maj. Johh Craig: head, has! been prc,s\in(cd, to Jhc Court t>£ Melehoir Jircnncman, and (he 2d Monday ol the January Court (being the_ 17Jb day) appointed for its confirmation and allowance, if no objections be made—of which all con cerned will lake notice. - , GEO. SANDERSON, Protldy- Carlisle, Dec. 16,. 1841. , 5t CAPS! CAPS!! CAPS!!! Just received an extensive assortment of. Otter Fur Seal, Hair Seal, Ccylot & Cloth caps, which will be cold at reduced prices by , ' Ouppinoer & Caiist. . - Shippcnsh’g. Dec, 30, 184 U NOT! C 23 TO CONSTABLES, RETAILERS, Ac- IN and by an act of the General Assembly of Penn sylvania, entitled “An act graduating the duties upon wholesale, dealers and retailers of merchandize, and prescribing the mode of issuing licenses and collecting «pid duties,” and its several supplements, it is made the duty of the Constables of the several townships and boroughs within the county of Cumberland, and they are hereby required to make.out, on oath or affirmation', and deliver to the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Ses sions* a separate list of “all persons engaged in the dr Vending of goods, wares, merchandise, of whatsoever Kind or nature.” on or before the first.day of the next January sessions, being the 10th day.— The following is the classification Under the act of the 4th of May, 1841: . . ' Those whoso sales amount to $300,000 and upwards shall constitute the Ist class, and pay $2OO. 100,000 and lees than 000,000 -2d class', $l5O - ,200,000 , do . 200,000 3d “ 100 ' 65.000 . do . 100-,000 4th “ 80 75.000 do 85,000 sth “ CO CO,OOO do 75,000 Gth « 60 40.000 »' tlo 60,000 7>h 40 40.000 • do" 60,000 fclh “ ,So 30.000 do 40,000 Oth. 25 .20,000 do 30,000 IOtH “ 20 - 15,000 do , 20,000 11th 15 ; 10,000 dqj l2th “ ‘ 112,50. ~ do 10,000,13 th “ 10,00 Less than 5,000 14th « ‘ * 7,00 “Provided, That whore such wholesale or rclail . .dealers confine their purchases and sales to buying and vending goods, wares, and merchandise, the growth, .product and manufacture of the United States, he.or they shall pay only one half the amount of the licence Required by the provisions? above-stated. - - “And every adl&por vender of wines or distilled liquors, • either with or without other goods, wares, merchandise, commodities, or effects, as aforesaid, shall pay fqr his license fiftt per cent, in addition to the rates above specified for the respective classes*” •WerchnutS) Il}calcrB, , And others interested in the said act, arc also notified, that the Associate Judges .and-Commissioners of said county, will attend at.thc Commissioners’ Office, on Fn'cfay ike 14 th dayjtf, Januaryat T o’clock" P. M. for the.purpose of- hearing and btassifying all rctailcra witnin said county, agreeably to the said act, all such os think proper inay attend* : Attest— JOHN IRWIN* J . . .s . ■ Clerk io Commissioners. Commissioners Office, ‘ ' -—r- Carlisle, Dec..l6, 1841.' 5 ... FOR SALK OR RENT. .' . That valuable and coiniiiodious property now in the tenure of JgMnltßSaiiiuel.M’Kcchan. Esq. situate €*S£3SSSon Uic north, side of. East High Street,,Carlisle. Possession given, on the. Ist of April next. Apply to , ~ : J AS, H. DEVOK, Ag*t for owners. . Dec. 16, - 1841.:-r3t, ; - • FOR, RENT. JB, AT:,largo and commotlious ~ House, on lhfi corner of' Hanover e glet &' I.outher fitieetfi; it can-bn divided bo' £u»a g m iB& as tb accomodate 2 Fancies, and faSBaHI' well -calculated for a Hoarding IIonse: ther> i»a large Cistern, and a- Well of Waterin the yardt also, a Pump otthe is alsoa Lorge Gardcxf r and Extensive opd a .Citrrioge House.. will be.tenied separately or together. Apply to. JOHN P. LYNEr / Cor’ifilD,,J)cc.-9 f 18-11.—-tf. - 1 . ’ ed qtianUueatoam^by/^^fc^. Cdmraan'.'?•_';V'; 1 ■ r "’ r ;' ; ., ’/ : ~V "v. 1 -*-:^ : -:' SPERM Ortndlo fdr snlc.by J. ; ''i ; : ■■■••'• ■■ s"'. BY GEO. SANDERSON.] Whole No. 1433. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE. To the.Sendte and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: _ Fellow- Citizens: —ln performance of the duty enjoined on tn,c by the Constitution, I proceed to give you such information ot the state of the Commonwealth, and ito re commend to your consideration such mea sures, ns 1 think expedient, at the present time. The discharge of this dufV is, in Tnahv respects, beset with difficul tyr but this, does* not: absolve me from the obligations created by my official station. In a spirit uf perfect frankness, I shall submit to you, the best diefates of my judgment, and shall be happy >f» in your wisdom and experience, you can so modify and improve them ns'to pr/imotc in a greater degree, the welfare of our common constituents, the people of Ibis Commonwealth. The subject of deepest interest, nnd great est perplexity, that caUs for our attention, is the financial comlitiorTof the State. Al though I have, on several former occasions, entered into a full and minute, exposition of this matter, I cannot, refrain from'again pre senting it. to your consideration,-in-a-man ner so ifistinct and plain, as to preclude, I trust, the possibility of misconception on the part of those who feel an honest dcsirfe to understand it. lam persuaded that how ever, embarrassed may be' the pecuniary af fairs of the Commomvealth, nothing is need ed to induce the people to,provide means to extricate them, but.a clear nnd candid,, ex position of the nature and extent of the lia bilities, » - -cost, .id, $29,292,165 33 _The State.ow naJwnkjtuck ■ j .. Which coati at pat ,2/108,7'00 00 . The • State owns turnpike and bridge stock, •’ i The State owns,canal and navigation stock, 831,778 66' The' Slate owns railroad ■ ‘ stock, ■ • 350,546 90 Money due on unpatcnted lands, estimated at —1,000,000.00 Total* 836.426,239 78 The immediate difficulty of our situation, Arises mainly from the payment of the in terest annually accruing on this debt. This interestis about $1,800,0005. and this sum; it is iricuoibcnt on the State fo provide asit becomes due. The inconsiderable portion of the funded debt, now redeemable, can be, doubtless, postponed until more auspicious times, blit the interest admits of no such postponements This is in a great measure payable to those who cannot afford to pro T crastinatcils.rcceplion, ahd, Whose means of subsistence depend, on the 1 faithful' adhe rence 1 of the State, toils solemn engage ments with its loan holders. The income especially appropriated to the payment of thiSjinleresf, is derived from, the following sources to wit£ tolls on canals and railways, auction duties,-tax oncullaferal inheritances; dividends on turnpike, - bridge and' naviga tion stocks,- escheats and the’tax levied on real and' personal property, &c. -"The amuulit received from cacliof these several sources', during the last fiscal-wear, ending 30th NOveinbcr last, is as follows: From-tolls rail- : : ' ; $762j560 44 ■" Auction dalies, 77,022 15 *• Collateral inheritancdjf,' 21,591 43 '*• Divideiidsdn turnpike,’. '* ' bridge and ; navigation''’• ; ‘ ' • i ' . '^80.555572 Tax on l-eal and. pel-jonal • ; ’’ • / ' , pro|terty, &c.. 83.292 T 7 'Vi' $924’,95P 15 The sum in-Jlie treasury, applicable to this object, ort tlie first day of this month, independent of. what will be received during the month, vyaS $ 1,020,936 38, being 3124,042 02 more than is nccesssary to pay the interest due on tlie Ist of February, riext. ■ In relation, to'the assessment and collec tion of the Statjß.laxes, undcrthe act of the lltlr June, 1840, the greatest.delinquency is found, with the, county commissioners.— No return or statement has been received from-several of- the counties, although re quired by the 6th section of .the said act, to be transmit (eel .to the Auditor General bn or before the first Monday of September, in each year. It is, therefore, out of my power to inform you bf the amount assessed under said act. , From the information, however, received, 1 feel warranted in saying that it will amount to about half a million, or with in a fraction of it. That amount will be. considerably increased by the valuation and assessment provided by~the "Act to estab lish a uniform mode for the valuation of properly and assessment of taxes,” 15th May, last, the returns of which are" required to be made to the Auditor General' within the present moh.th, and will be laid, before you as soon as, received; .. 4 The duty of the county commissioners to make returns of the assessments, &c, to the Auditor General, imposed by law, seems not to be designated and enforced with sufficient precision and certainty. To secure its faith ful performance, 1 recommend a revision of the law; ~ , . , During the existing stale of tilings, the continuance of taxes assessed, for the pay ment of this interest,"or .It least of (axes of some, kind for this, purpose, appears to be indispensable.. If the distribution yof the objects of taxation, or.thq mode of levying .arid colled lax be unfair, or rincrous, undoubtedly the,evil, should bo. promptly - - * v,* .■ j _ I have licnstofnro declared my determina- I ti,on to do all that belongs to this department to meet faithfully the engagements of. the State, and to maintain unsullied, the'credit land, fidelity of the Commonwealth. My j sentiments .in relation, to these matters "have I undergone no change, and 1 am pleased, to, ! fin'd that on this subject", there is no diversity j of'opmiori among the great mass of the citi zens of the State. All agree.that, when | ever the constituted authorities of the Com -1 monwealth, have entered into engagements i conformably to (lie constitution arid laws,' ! whether these engagements have been char -1 actcrized by due prudence and a proper fe ’ gard to the interests of the public, or not, the honor of the State, the permanence of our republican institutions, and a sacred gard to the sanctity of public engagements, require that the resources of the Common wealth, and the energies of her citizens, be | put in requisition,.to mcetheC public engagfc | m’ents promptly,.punctually, and unhcaita-. ; tingly. It is, therefore, respectfully and I earnestly urged upon the Legislature, to take the necessary ; at the earliest possible day, to .ensure this desirable result. As the most efficient means that have oc curred to my mind, I would suggest the fol lowing course. Let the Legislature, ascer tain from the financial departments, both the ordinary revenue, and the amount ne cessary to bte raised, annually, for .the pay ment'of the interest on the-State debt, and, the ordinary expenses.of government. Let provision also be made to cover all possible cohtingcncies and losses on collection. Add to this a sum, though, ever so small, fora .sinking fund, to be applied annually to the ! extinguishment of Ihe principal of the public | debt, and. apportion it among the several' counties iff the Commonwealth, designating the amount to be paid by each, by an | uniform apportionment according to the tri i ennial, or last assessments,.with such, cor j rections and equalization as shall be found necessary, and on the same objects now tax able, or any others that the Legislature may j think preferable. Let adequate- and j penalties be imposed on each county com .lrifssioiicr for omitting to haVe.lhe duplicates I issued in time, and on each assessor for the I non-performance of his duties, and allow I the county such . a premium, as shall, be thought .right, if its full quota be paid info the Treasury, on or before .the. day'required jby law. It-is:.bdie.ved, that a. committee of j the Legislature would he as compfetctit, a board as could be raised to apportion tlie Iquotadf the .several counties, as above men tioned, aided, as they will be, by the late assessments and census. The establish ment of this syslenlj. by law, would place the fund to meet the'interest on the public debt, on a permanent foundation, and.si lence-forever all, doubts which interested speculators might seek to raise on this sub ject . I But it-is not only to the loan holders of the Commonwealth, that she ought to-be Just in the mcetirig;Of- her engagements, / A regard to economy, as well as justice to tlleirien who labor upon the repairs mf-oilr canals and rail roads, requires that they should be punctually- paid. ■ The laborer is his hire, and is ns meritorious a creditor as tlie Commonwealth has’, and it is absolutely disreputable-that he-shuuld be depgpdant on the borrowing of money for his pay,.and be unable,-at times, for months together,, to procure as . mucbjfof Ids labor ns will-buy bim liduaf of bread.’ It is re spectfully seggested.i that when abundant means fiom,taxation are provided tß.mect the interest of the State-debt; that (lie tolls oii imr puulic. works shall .be first'.applied to tlißir fepaiiß, so that we mSy a glatfcet Tp wfat the nett, revenue,' it -any, arising from them‘, respectively%mounts. Vlt is' riot .to be disguisedwthatwe are deeply in debt; anil that fiir affounqriailing feaflessriesaj iil our public functionaries, to hVeet'the' criSergency, aftdj The peopie artj rilleadyburdffied with tax*- lition.-ftrid those burdens canrtot be diniin ished. if we expect to pay our:debts. . The conduct arid: motives bf (hose wlio make $36,331,005 68 2,843.048 69 “OUR COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONO.” Carlisle, Pa. Thursday! January 13, 1843. provision, to pay them, may be misrepresent- ( eil.'and for a time misunderstood. Preju dice, from the sordid feelings of maybe invoked, and demagogue's and un principled politicians will, doubtless, at tempt to use it, to ahstyer their orwnpurpo ses» Bat the responsibility is one which every honest public functionary must" meet fairly and frankly, and in so dding he will be eventually sustained-by, the people at large, who never deliberately err, and who alwaya will reward,, with their confulcnce, an honest and fearless d,evotion, to their true interests, even though it may, at first, have met with temporary disapprobation. . The means to pay. off-the loan under the act Of 4th May, 1841,—t0 pay- the foregoing creditors of the State, and the interest on the public debt,—must be provided before the Legislature adjourn?-.. Sound policy, Ihay common honesty demands this much at jyour hands, and I am persuaded no member lif the Legislature will shrink from a duty enjoined by such considerations as these. It will be found on- reference, to the al - of taxes paid-by the pcopies lliat comparatively a small portion is Icyied to discharge the interest on the public debfi— -Although in the aggregate the taxes are onerous, .by far tlj,e greater amount is ab sorbed in the ordinary purposes of town ship, city, and county affairs,'. take great pleasure in stating'the fact, that the in crease of the taxes fortlic maintenanre of the faith and honor of the State, has been regarded in a spirit of patriotic duty by the public at-large, and has beep, borne without repining, unless, except a very few persons, residing in portions of the State which have-reaped almost the eiilite bcndljp of the expenditure of thejnist sums of mo ney, for the jmymerit qf interest on »«iich these’ taxes' are imposed. I felt satisfied when I recomiiichdcd, early, jn my official ;carfCrv (lie - rCsbrt to taxation,.instead ofiad ditiorrai loans; tq^Jy the interest' annually accruing,’ that the enlightened yeoma_nry of Pennsylvania tVbu|d, Under -PlUi tirCuin sta’nces, sanction, the recommendation.' ■> I' am nowconvihccd I did not mistake their true.charactcr; nor can the extraordinary conduct of some persons, professing belter principles, who .first urged the adoption of the measure; and afterwards dciounpid those who .acquiesced in it, shake for a moment mV steadfast convictions oh this subject'. 1 always believed the people would, do their duty, let it cost what it might; (he first instance is yet to he found in our history when they have flinched from it, if rightly understood. The unprecedented increase of our pop ulation and resources, cannot fail, in a few years, to render our improvements so pro ductive as to supercede the necessity fur Taxation. The ultimate value of our stu pendous system of public works can hardly now he estimated. They have.already add ed an incalculable amount of value to the properly of the ’citizens of the Common wealth, and given an earnest of their capa city for future usefulness. The travel and' transportation upon them must increase in full proportion with the multiplication of our population, and the development of our cxhausllcas resources. Wlitft it is recol lected that the population of this State ih the year .1800, was only 602;545; that in 1820, it was -1,049,313; and in 184(5, it was 1,724,033;'5h0wing no increase within the last twenty years, exceeding the wlio'e population; in the year 1800; and when it is remembered that this immense in creased and increasing population has im parted, and- is. imparting, i|s intellect, en ergy anil industry to the. improvements i f the agricultural, mining; manufacturing and commercial ibferests of the Commonwealth; and .'that during the past year, when trade and business were greatly depressed; Wheri the Delaware division was not in use unt l about the Ist of August; and when tlie im portant anthracite coal trade from the Wy oming, Shamokin'-and Bear and Other iriterniediafe poinls to tide; a T ml tlie bit ominous coal Irade from the, Allegheny mountain; on tlie West Branch, and Juni ata region, to tide;-have been baVely com menced, the' feccipts_ofToll amounted; to the sum of $762,260 44, it.will be diffi cult to form a just estimate of the .extent of their future .usefulness and. extended: fe-- cCiptS 1 . t:':. These internal improvemen's, for the construction of which the principal amount of the State debt has been incurred, consists of 768| miles of canal and railways com pleted, -and 16S| miles of canal in pro gress of construction and nearly completed. The finished works are the followings The Delaware canal, from Easton to tide at Bristol, . " 59$ The main line of canaTnnd railway --front Philadelphia’ttt Pitlsbilrg; _ S9s| Canal from Beaver, on the Ohio river/ 1- to Greenville/ in the direction of , Erie, : ' • - 725 Gunnl from Franklin, on the Alleghe- ' 1 ny river, to Conncaut lake, 495 Canal, Susquehanna and North Branch, • ; froln Duncan’s Island- to Lack#- -, i wanna, , . ' 1115 Canal,-West Branch, from NbrtliUm- . . berland to Farramlsville, ; V7§ [ Several side cuts and navigable feeders,*'/? ! Total canals and railways completed, 7^Bf. Canals in progress and nearly completed:," - ■ ' Jr'-. . :Miles, North Branch extension, front Lack awanna to New Y,ork,line, Erie extension, from Greenville to Erie.harbor. • / . Winconiaco canal, /Total canals in'progress, The report of the canal commissioners; be Jaia before jnu;, will show/ ,th?; stale - pndi .condition of bur ~Hating/in. lornVer; cbmf^t^^tlopWufe,jatated^ [AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. New Sorlos«»Vol. 6 iKo 3 1. i my view Sip relation (o our system of in ternal improvements, I. beg leave, respect fully, to refer you to (liem, as being un-’ changed, without ,wishing unnecessarily, to extend this communication, by, embodying them in it. ' ./: . When I first entered upon, the-duties of. the executive department,- the question of completing the North branch and’Erie ex-, tensions,■ wassnbniittcdto.tbe action of the legislature. The representatives of the, pepple.decided..in.fayor>f_completing and, have by. three:subsequent acts, appro-’ printed considerable sums of money-for that purpose. The North Uranch canal has al ready c05t52,348,276 38, of which the sum' of $389,676 42 remains yet due to con tractors'. ' The Erie, extension lias already cost about $2,919,507, of whiclv.tlic sum of $574,406'25, is yet due to contractors. ‘The grave question is now presented, to I I yoiir serious consideration, whether, under >ll the circumstances,those two.lines are to be forthwith finished,:or abandoned .for all i time to come, and'the entire amount of Tabor and money expended upon them-throwh a way. Contractors Who have guhe on to the" I work, and perhaps executed the least pro fit [able part of it, wjll have fair Claims on the justice of: the legislature for .for the losses they have sustained by an a.- bandonment of .the work, by the common wealth.! Judging from the success Which u sually crowns persevcfence.tn s;milarappli cations'before the -.legislature,, there can be but little doubt that , this class of claimants will not go away unanswered and unsatisfied. The farmer whose lands have been,.cut up and.destroyed, will also be a just'claimant Ifor compensation for the injury he.lias.sus tained, for, which the advantages .from the proposed, canal’ will not.be-un aya’djiblediet. off ; arid if may.be welt tb ,eivq,4ite -whether, the amount of those claims would not go far towards the co rrpletion of those branchcs.uf our improvements-. ohly valid objec tion to n.prosecution of these works to coin-, pleti.on, is the difficulty .to be apprehended' in,raising Jhe necessary-'funds for the,pur pose. The' estimated cost, to complete the Erie extension is, $336,142 46,, and the North Uranch $1,293,416, independent of the arrearages due the contractors, as : before stated,.which must he paid at all events*—. More confidence can be placed in the accu racy ofthese estimates of the cost of com pleting, these works, than could be extended to those made in the earlier stages of our fiublic improvements, from the’increased •practical experience of those intrusted with i the duty.of.making them.My own opinion remains unchanged, that it is our true poll . cy to go on and complete bptb These works with al'little delay as possible. This how ever, is a question exclusively for yo jr de cision. For the.-debts jiow due to contractors on these lines, as well 'as for repairs on the other lines, rendered indispensable, and withou t which many portions of our canals would have, been -unavailable and' useless throughout the season,'! respectfully urge that some prompt and immediate provision •be made.- Many 'of the contractors have laid out of their money for a long time, and have sulfercd serious injuries by the delay, ff tin better expedient can be devised, I would recommend the immediate issuing of a six.per cent, stock, tq all such creditors, redeemable at such time ns shall be thought most expedient. ■ The amount required to pay debts due for repairs on the several liiies ot.canal and rail road, it will be observed by the report of r the Canal Commissioner?, is unusually ■ large. This is to be ascribed to the unpre cedented breach which occurred iti the Del aware Division, ill January last, .which cost about S 150.000; lb the.renewal of the North • track of the Columbia rail- road; to the re-, building; in a permanent locks, bridges and aqueducts on several of the. divisions; and particularly Oil the North Branch, where the oHglnal superstructures, :wddd;hadsufaTd'e ' caycd ns to leave no other alternative, than either to’renew them throughout, nr aban don the -navigation entirely. Ij is also, in paid; Id be ascribed to the fact,, that only .t portion of. the funds appropriated by the act of the, 4th of May last, for repairs, atid to pay debts then due, became available; leav ing a large balance of the appropriations of these objects, therein ' authorized;'stilt dub to the public Creditors. There is always, even under Ihc most c conomical administration of affairs, a great er amount of expense incurred in managing and keeping in repair great public improve ments for the Commonwealth, than it would cost if.'they were in the hands of individuals. It is, therefore,' respectfully - suggested for the cohSiUcrritiori’of the Legislature, wheth er the,publicJnterest would not be promoted, and the am unt of the State debt considera bly lessened-, by ti sale of the canals & rail roads belonging to the Common wealth,or at least a portion of them, or such other dispo sition ns would diminish their annual expen ses to the-Common wealth,'rind increase the amount of revenue from'them, ’ Were the Commonwealth free from debL I should: hesitate to'rcctimnlcml ThffsiilisTllf any .of her public imprpvetrtejits'. ftut op pressed as she is, the cost: which the repairs require, and the necessity (if relieving’ oUrj slaves ari*fay as possibler,;indijce me to urge actffejon this subject, at least so far a* re jpifiltrJlie.ColUmbia railroad, and the petti warc.ffiWsioi) oft he Pen n sj-l va ni a canal.' It iVSl|yi||iattei-; but Jittlfe: to those .interested in the usevof the iinprovemch's. whether they are ibllitPhand? of the 'public or of individ uals; provided proper Safeguards are enflctcH to protect the public iti the free oSe and en joy ment of them, and to guaril against abu re’s.ahd exactions; V’V,^- If it be objected that sales cannot be effee-. ;feff ifv ) tb^pf l atfrtc of our pecuniary eriff ■ bafrassmehfs.'-lhatwilfbejnorcrisohwhya law shoulil hot nbw be enacted .autliorizing the sale of such portions pf them Jis. shall be debuted proper, subject to the appntbutioh of Miles, - 9,6 6Si 165{ John Moore, Esq.iNeWvllte ■Joseph M. Hopewell t'dWnship. .TiioNii H. IfiiirroN, Shippenslmrg; 'WILLI AM M. MATKBU. liHq. LeC’? X ttouiU. , John MkiiaffSt, Hirkiuson township. John CLKnDSNiif iJr. KKn., Hpgestowo* ; . GeorgeT. Cain, Esq. MeclumirsliUrg- . Fhf.deiuc'k WoNDEittiqn', - ' JoHN'STOUGIr.’Kaq.-.StnuKltstowVr. '>*i)ANiKL KnvsHKn.'Esq. Ch'nrchtown.r ; Jacob Eongnecker, Esq. Wormlcyib.org. J. B. IJitAwBAUGIr, CvdurSpring, Allen tp. Martin G. Hupp, Esq. S)iirenmnstoivn. , the Legislature on the paie.being reported. 'lf sold, even on an extended credit, if the principal be secured, and Jhe.interest punc tually,paid, it will so 1 far relieve the Com monwealth 1 if it-were .made' ,a. .condition.- that State,stock should be received in-pay menty'it wofild probably makethesaie. more, a.ayaiitagcoua, iq. the. "Commonwealth. The, dispositions of capitalists would thus be made' known, and.it -can at least be ascertained whether a sale at an adequate price can be : efFected. The pnlicy of leasingfiir n term, of years, one or both of those iniprovenientSi has been more than once suggested.. Of the-, propriety of so doing, Lam not prepared to express'a decided opinion, but'have thought- It worthy of a suggestion for your considera tion. - That (he.public works should be unpro ductive,, is owing in a great measure to want of proper legislation Oh llic subject,, and less this be remedied, it must impair public confidence in their, ultimate utility.. The ; Canal Commissioners have,repeatedly urged upoh the Legislature the propriety of allow* mg the Com mon wen I riv,, alone,Jo.carry {lid passengers on the Columbiuji'uijroad. No railroad in the U. States could sustain itself, if it were to relinquish the-carrying of-tlie ■ passengers; yelp on that;road;-this-slrango. condition of things is exhibited, The §tnlo bps expended in its construction over four millions of dollars, ivliilejhc capital employ-. ed by thosU carrying tli'tTpassengers, is per- Imps riiirty'tliuusand dollars. The Stntc-on, her immense outlay, is reaping about three percent,, while the individual carriers, on their thirty thousand dollars,'are clearing nearly 200 per cerit; So it is, also, with re gard to the transportation between Philadel phia an,d,_£Utshurg. 'Thai, lineof otir'im 'pr.oyem.enlß, het'i'eea.those,cities, strutted at a cost of a fraction over fourtceii:, millions of. dollars.. The transportation ed it is monopolized .byigaihe--seven : or- eight compatijcsr employing a 'capital of ljets lli'afiT fo.aV-h'jittdVed^flW the Stale.is-receiving little more, than will, keep it in repair, the transporters are realiz ing immense profit*, and that, 100, on acom paratively small outlay. This can" (inly’be remedied by vesting ’(lid Canal-Commissioners with-, full, nml'ampld authority, to adopt such measures as in their judgment will be best,calculated to enlist in dividual cnlerpviscnntl itiVi(c’cumpctitiiin £ and to co'untcracttlie“cffccts of-the s'eliisli_&. monopolizing system lliatbas-’con trolled .add now controls,.the transportation otruur pub lic works. ' It niay.possibly .be supposed that (be Car nal Commissioners possess adequate poWet, already for this purpose, but this is to mis take the cjisc.- From the nature of that dc partmerit of Ibc government, it is always Ibb target tit which the discontented and interes ted point their sb'aftS'. Not a scssiort of the- Legislature passes without harrassing tips Commissioner with' investigations; the whole State is ransacked for accusers—every act is questioned and misrepresented—and, after all, the result is fruitless.. The first instanc'd is yet to be found in which any thing tangi ble has been produced', or any salutary re form of the system effected. ■ Were the Le gislature to devote one session to an honest and thorough examination anil correction of the abuses and defects of the system, with out annoying and pursuing individuals for sinister ends, not openly avowed, much good w'ould be produced; hut, under any' other mode of treating this subject, the issue .must he as idle and Irivolous as heretofore; Idß not wish to precludfe the most searching in vestigation. 1 nierely desire to direct your attention in a channel that.will be beneficial to the public.. One of the greatest evils of these frequent and frivolous . investigations, is, that they bring legislative investigations thcinselVeii into discscdit.. The persecution of the in nocent, always affords a shield to the guilty.' It is now; throughout the country, a mat ter of idle sport to lalk’of these invesfigar tiotm -The mode by which, (hey arc brought v a bmlti stv el lii ml erst (iml. A few dissatisfied contractors, and! others, iuipose on (lie ere- , dulity and stimulate the ambition of some member of the Legislature to offer a.pefition; complaining of ' public grievances. A com mittee to investigate, is appointed—subpoe nas are issued—ami straightway swarms of hungry confederates-throng the l seal of gov ernment, toprosccute their claims—lmingb at the public join in a wliolc salc pillage of the tfeasurv. . At the close of the session the committee,reports,—the wit nesses return to their homes, and laugh at the trick, as they pofcket the spoils. By re ference to this subject, it Will be fountl that, a large.portion of the,legislative expense is ihcurreil in this way; -Thcmextraiinlinary increase of these expenses, over those of all oilier departments, lias been of late years, ii matter of just complaint. . It beepines my duty in Uicncxt place, id invite-ypur carnhst attention'tii tlie present condition of'tlie banks; anil, currerfcy of tills state. It is aninpt lamentable fact, that, in relation to this subject, the, greatest'irregu larity'and disorder prevail. It, is true, ive' have little, if aiiy, of that wretched' illegal 'll ash; in eli'ciiiatiiib,' \v-lucliyVdunrigjlie;ea|i-‘: ly part of the. last six years, iufecledallPife tions of the Commonwealtln notes, checks, certificates,- &c., &c.; of cor-' porations and individuals, i'drisoiull' su <»>¥>' put- fun h witluijtt l;iW;ful an iborily;' and ill : spite of die priiliibitiOnsOT laiv| bbt bchaVO/ what is litlle bctier. n laige nMiiidnt or nntes in cii-cplatipni ostensibly li-galj anil pufporVr* ing tb be uf fcijual Value, because; founded on lilt taitli of liie Ptate, byohatcyCrbank' issued, and yet, not«|ilißlanding ibis fact; discredited and t , cpu«liated by the very ini slituiioiis fiVr i' bbse.beiiefit snd rtlief tbey , were’au'thoriied to be issued. - ' i' ! : The acf iif the lnsf aessiim' bntTtled; acifopriiviilcrevcinietonieeftlicilernenils on the treasury,"'ahd for 1 Oilier purposes,” wider 1 the provisiohs or ivhiclii liiese srnall' notesliavcbcenllrriiwniiitocirculihtibn, having betome a law by the sahetionof