(£t)c Lancaster fntdluiit'na'r:
OL. L.
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE,
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Fallow Citizen's :
Tho Legislative brauch of
the Government meets under circumstances cal
culated to prodace deep emotions of gratitude.
The events of the past year cannot fail to afford
assurances of the continued mercy of the Al
mighty Father of the Universe, and of the bless
ings He has dispensed to the people of this Com
monwealth. While in other parts of our country,
and in distant lands, pestilence has made fearful
ravages; leaving iu its track the wretchedness
of destitution and the tears of crushed affections;
a healthful climate, in the disposal of a
Providence, has preserved the -citizens of the
State comparatively free from the miseries of the
destroyer. During a period of war, famine and
civil commotion in the old world, bringing in
their train,desolation and want; blighting the
' hopes, paralyzing the industry, and ruining the
- prosperity ot the people: our beloved Common
wealth, in union with others under the National
Constitution, has enjoyed the delights of peace,
and her citizens, in the exercise of industrial 1
pursuits, have found contentme'nt and compe
tence. 1 o the Author and Guardian of our being,
whose beuificeuce caused all things to work to
gether for (jur good, our reverence and gratitude
are especially due.
Tho recent efforts for the establishment of-'lib
eral political institutions iu Europe, have excited
in the people of this country, the warmest sym
pathies.. The conflict between the oppressor
and the oppressed, whatever may be the incidents
or results, having for its object a government ca
pable of protecting and extending political and
social liberty, must be regarded by the people of
the. United States with the deepest solicitude.
Iu the enjoyment of institutions which recognize
tho inherent rights of man, aiid arc founded ou the
acknowledged principle that all political power
is a trust to be exercised for the benefit of the
citizen, they cannot witness the struggle between
despotism aud freedom, without ardent hopes ;md
sincere prayers for the triumph oflibernlaud en
larged justice. It is impossible to behold a peo
ple long of tyranny and oppression ;
—eulightened by our example and solicitous for
equal enjoyments;—rising up beneath the bur
thens which centuries have heaped upon them ;
casting aside the reverence for power, and the
pride of regal splendor; looking forward to the
establishment of human rights; to the elevation
of the moral and social condition of society ; and .
placing their lives aud fortunes on the i
a struggle for these objects; without, on our I
part, an earnest, an anxious desire that they may I
succeed. That struggle has been unsuccessful.
The arbitrary Governments, in whose midst the
noble band of patriots erected their standard,
have succeeded with their immense force in
maintaining tyrannical authority, aud the brave
men who fought for freedom have either perish
ed under the barbarous exactions of despotic will,
or they wander in s foreign lauds, exiles I'rom
homes that no louger afford security. It is not
the policy of our Nutioual Government to mingle
in the controversies of foreign nations, nor is it
desirable that it should, by acts of hostility or
friendship, break up the commercial relations
which exist lor mutual advantage but it is, nev
ertheless, no violation of international law to eu
ler our solemn protest aud warning, against acts
of cruelty aud barbarism upon heroic'"men and
defenceless women. It is no wrong for our gov
ernment to uuite with others, in the expression
of indignation'against the violation of national
faith aud national law, involved iu the demand,
for sanguinary purposes, of the brave defenders
of human rights.
The consideration of the Legislature is respect
fully invited to the financiaf condition of the
Commonwealth.
The present funded debt is as follows,—
6 percentloans, $2,041,0-22 51
5 per cent do. - 37,356,716 90
41 per-ct. do *200,000 OU
539,377,739 11
Unfunded debt, to wit:
Relief notes in circula
tion, (without interest) $053,1G1 00
Interest Certificates out
standing,
" unclaimed,
" on certificates to
be added when- the
same shall be funded
or paid, :...
Domestic creditors, (on
settlement,)
179,422 91
4,448 38
Amount of canal, railroad, and motive
power debts, contracted prior to Dec.
1,1848, and unpaid by the appropri
ations of last session,
Total indebtedness of Commonwealth
December, 1849 $40,574,413 45
The fancied debt on the
first of Dec. 1848, was 839,31)3,350 24
Unfunded debt, 1,031,380 09
Amount of canal, rail
road and motive pow
er debt,contracted j)ri
or to Dec. 1, 1848,
367,642 38
Amount oF public debt paid during the
year 1849, exclusive of the sum paid
Commissioners of the sinking fund,
(Amount paid during the year 1849 to
the Commissioners oi the sinking
fhnd , 227,513 53
Amount appropriated during the year
1849 toward paymtnt of public debt;-.5495,479 39
In exhibiting the operations of the Treasury
ior the last fiscal yea*, the sum of $130,000, bor
rowed on special loan for the avoidauce of tin
bcbuylkiU Inclined Plane, and included in the
aggregate of the public debt in December, 184$,
should be added to the above stated sum of Biq-> -
479 39. ‘ - ’
The amount of receipts at? the Treasu
ry during the year ending Dec. Ist,
u * 849,1s $4,433,638 65
The amount of expenditures during the
same period is
Balance in the Treasury on Dec. 1, 1848
* " " 1849
Ambunt paid to the Commissioners of
the sinking fund to Jan. 1,1850, $227,-
513 53, with which was purchased of
the funded debt and transferred to
the Commonwealth,
Difference between the indebtedness
ot the State on the Ist of December
1848, and Dec. 1, 1849
Total amoant of public debt paid daring
the year $521,465 86
Receipts at the Treasury during the
year 1*50;
From Lands,... $20,000 00
Auction Commissions, 22,000 00
.Auction Daties,. 50,000 00
lax on Bank Dividends. 130,000 00
tt “ Corporation Stocks 160,000 00
a \m a . £ ’ er6on &l Estate,.... 1,330.000 00
«« “i Ti ave rP Bicensts, 80,000 00
ti ' S’ 6 *! ? rs censes ' ...160,000 00
'* * e “* ar ’ 8 licenses, 3,000 00
" “ Broker’s Licenses, 12,000 0(1
?ks a tre, rcas aQ d Menageries,.. 3, ooo 00
‘ Billiard Rooms. Bowling Sa
„ ' . oDfl Ton-Pin Alleys, 5,000 00
" Distillery and Brewery Licenses,.. L5OO 00
“ “ Eating Houses, Beer Houses
and Restaurant Licenses, 15,000 00
“ " Patent Medicine Licenses, 3,000 00
*!. Pamphlet Laws, 500 00
Militia ‘Pines, 2,000 00
Tajson Writs.jWills, Deeds, &c 40,000 00
“ Certain Offices, 20,000 00
_ « " Collateral Inheritances OO
Canal and Railroad Tolls, ..1,825,000 00
Canal Fines and sale of old materials, 5,000 00
Enrollment of Laws, 000 00
Premiums on Charters,,. .40 000'00
Tax on Loans-....... iasiooo 00
inclined Plane Loan,.. 000 00
Dividends on Turnpike and Bridge Stock,’.7.2POo 00
PiicnolSon Land 5.................... on
Accrued Interest, .'.TVooo oo
Refunded Cash,.. .Y.t'SZ
Escheats, . 2,000 00
Fees ofPublic Offices, 2,000 00
Miscellaneous,.'; 2,000 00
Interest on Stock purchased, 15*000 00
Estimated Payments diiring 1850:
To Public Improvements|s64o,ooo 00
Expenses of Government, 235.000 00
. Militia Expenses, 4,000 00
Pensions and Gratuities, - 20,000 00
Charitable Institutions, 80,000 00
Common Schools, ' 200,00000 a
Interest on Loans, 2,005,000 00
Guarantees of Interest, 32,500 00
,sone«tic .Creditors, 10,000 00
Damages on Public Works, 20,000 00
Special Commissioners, 2,000 00
State Library, ' 2,000 00
Public buildings & grounds, 2,000 00
Penitentiaries, 15,000 00
Honse of Refuge, 5,000 00
■Nicholson Lands, 300 00
Escheats, 2,000 00
Abatement of State Tax, 40,000 00
Counsel fees andcommis’ns. 2,000 00
Miscellaneous, 5,000 UO
Schuylkill Inclined Plane, 270,000 00
North Branch Canal, 150,000 00
Commis’rs. Sinking Fund, 293,000 00
ly pressed upon the attention of the
Great iujustice arises under equating enactments,
from the want of adequate means to prevent or
to punish individuals making false! returns of:
property subject to taxation. The conscientious
citizen, scrupulously exact in the performance of
his obligations' to society, may well complain of
laws which suffer the dishonest to elude with
impunity the payment of an equitable share of
the public burthens. The tax on bonds, mort
gages, and moneys at interest, is assessed so un
equally, that great reason for complaint exists
throughout the State. To remedy to some ex
tent' this evil, it would be well to require the
Prothonotaries of the several counties, to col
lect from the Plaintiffs iu Judgments the tax
thereon assessed, and if necessary to compel
payment by legal process; allowing to the offi
cer entrusted with this duty a reasonable com
pensation, to be paid, where the payment of the
tax is made voluntarily, out of the fuud, and by
the Plaintiff when the payment has been com
pelled by legal process. A similar provision j
with regard to mortgages, giving the Recorders
the - authority before stated in relation to Judg
ments, would embrace these two items of taxa
tion, and would doubtless compel the payment
of a large amount of revenue, now fraudulently
withheld.
The laws subjecting to a tax the commissions
issued to officers of the Commonwealth, should
be extended to embrace commissions to non-res
idents. The justice of taxiug the citizens of the
Mate, and of permitting non-residents who hold
commissions under the government, to enjoy the
emoluments free from taxation, cannot readily
be perceived.
No effectual mode has been devised to compel
the agents of Foreign Insurance Companies to
make a semi-annual exhibit of the amount of
funds employed by their respective companies
withiu this Commonwealth. A law having an
effect of this character, is highly necessary, and
would be productive of decided advantage. Iu
the enactment of such a law, it would be well
to make the certificate issued to agents of said
companies, subject to taxation.
Incorporated companies of various kinds, deri
ving their charters elsewhere, have ageucies in the
State and transact business therein, aud yet no
accurate account is taken of the money employ-
The amount of five per cent, funded ° r “J* tke value or profits of their investments,
debt over due, except bank char- r ? V le , P ro Per departments required to make
ter loans is SVU-lQin 11 11Bt °* theBe Incorporations, and authority given
The amount of six per cent, funded ' to ascertain the amount of the investments, the
debt over due, is 1 750 -tux nr ?°‘ dlvldend s declared, or the profits made,
The amount of five per cent, funded a tai ,T as leVl t d ° n divideud9 ’ P*«-
debt falling due on or before Dec , ’ “ WeU as on ? he £ a P ltal Btock employed,Va
1 1800 is qqo n 1i- iar S e revenue to the Commonwealth would be
' - 10 the result.
The foregoing estimated' balance in the Treas
ury, at the end of the fiscal year 1850, would ap
pear to justify the appropriation of $40,000 to
ward the completion of the Western Reservoir at
Johustown,, as hereinafter recommended. It
would also authorize the appropriation of a sum
not less than $300,000, in addition to the amount
already appropriated, to be expended iu the com
pletion of the North Branch Canal.
Ihe Legislature at its last session authorized
the re-issue of the relief notes then in circulation,
aud suspended tljeir cancellation for three years.
The amount of the whole issue now
outstanding ia
The umouut paid into the Treasury
and supplied by a new issue is 443,537 00
The above balance has been destrosfcd, or has
failed tj reach the Treasury during the year.—
Theso notes, the redemption of which being am
ply secured, and affording a safe and convenient
local currency, have the confidence and favor of
the citizens. It is therefore recommended that
authority bo given to. the proper officers, to keep
them in good condition, by a new issue, m lieu
of 6uch as may become mutilated and defaced.
In addition to the suggestions made to the last
Legislature on the subject of the monied affairs
ol the State, it is deemed proper to call your at
tention to the fact, that a portion of the funded
debt is over due a part bearing an interest of
per cent.—and a part falling due the year
1850, as follows:
The amount of unfunded debt, now
dae,
Amount dependable at the Treasury
'during tlie year, ' $3,191,170 19
Provision should be made at an early day for
arrangements'with the creditor's holding these
claims. To permit them to remaiu in their pres
ent condition; would not only evince an indispo
sition to pay our just debts ; but would also ope
rate injuriously to the holders of the stock, by
compelling sales at a price below their par value.
The anuual demands upon the Treasury, with the
present means of the State, will not permit the
payment of these loans; and the only practicable
mode which suggests itself seems to be the ne
gotiation of new loans, stipulating an extension
of the time of payment. It is believed that such
loans could be negotiated at a rate of interest not
exceeding five per cent. Should authority be
given in the arrangements suggested, to stipulate
that the said stock should be exempt from taxa
tion, the inducements to investments therein
would create such competition as would be high
: ly advantageous to the Treasury. Justice nud
honesty require that these debts should be
■ promptly paid, or arranged to the satisfagtiomof
the parties interested, and anyprovisiou which
j the Legislature may deem projlSfon the subject,
, will meet the cordial approbation of the Executive/
The establishment of the sinking fund by the
appreciation of State Stocks and the consequent
increase of confidence in the ability of the State
to meet her engagements; with the replacement
by a new issue of the old and defaced notes,
has had the salutary effect of enabling the Treas
ury Department with slight expense in the ex
change or transmission of means, to meet the
payment of interest on the public debt in par
money, as also to pay other creditors of the State
in good funds. The payment of the public liabil
ities iu the manner aforesaid, and the adoption of
a system to extinguish eventually the public debt,
must bring to their par value, the stocks of the
Commonwealth. It is estimated that $13,049,000
ol the public stocks are held in this country, and
the addition iu their value, by these simple ope
rations, demandedjalike by sound policy and hon
esty, will increase their marketable worth in the
hands of the citizens $1,950,000. To the efficien
cy of the Slate Treasurer, the Auditor General,
and other officers charged with the collection and
disbursement of the public moneys during the
past year, is justly attributable iu a high degree
these favorable results.
11,294 34
85,104 88
$933,434 51
63,239 53
The beneficial results of the sinking fund can
not be doubted. The paymeut from various sour
ces to the Conomissiouers, during the past year
have been as follows :
-540,842.379 31
From Collateral Inheritance tax, $ 180,212 41
“ Premiums on Charters, 35,969 40
" Eating d: oyster houses dc restaur’ts. 5,867 20
" . Billiard and bowling saloons and
ten-pin alleys, 2,985 50
Theatres, Circuses and Menageries, 2,210 00
" Distillery and Brewery licenses, 384 00
Amount received for the year ending
December 1,1849, $227,629 01
The estimated payments, for the same purpose,
for the year ending Dec. 1, 1860, are as follows:
From lnheritance Tax, $ 200,000 Oo
“ Interest oh Stocks purchased, 15,000 30
“ Premiums on Charters, 40,000 00
'* Theatres, Circuses and Menageries, 3,000 00
Distillery and brewery licenses, 1,500 00
Billiard and bowling, saloons and
ten pin alleys,
“ Eating and oyster houses and res
taurants,
" Balance in Treasury after deduct
ing appropriations hereinbe
fore recommended,
4,084,771 80
577,200 39
920,207 24
253,500 00
The opinion is confidently expressed that
the estimated receipts above stated will be found
to approximate the truth, should an adherence to
'the policy pursued by the last Legislature, in re
lation to premiums on charters, and other finan
cial measures be authorized and continued.
Should such be the case, the above sura, at the
present rates, WQuld extinguish upwards of- four
hundred thousand dollars of the funded debt,
during the present fiscal year. The sources from
which the sinking fund is supplied must neces
sarily increase. The tax on collateral inheri
tance, aud on theatre, circus and menagerie lice ?
ses prior to the act creating a siuking fund,yield
ed to the Treasury about the sum of $45,000 an
nually. By tho provisions of that act, these
have been increased to the sums above stated,
and the other sources of revenue have been ere
ated by recommendations heretofore made to
the Legislature.
267,965 86
With these means for the supply of the sink
ing' fund, together with such additions as the
probable resources of the Treasury, from time to
time may justify, it is susceptible of easy calcu
ation to. determine, how nearly approaches the
period when the State Taxes may be repealed,
and the burthens of the people removed. So
manifestly important are these results upon the
industrial pursuits of the citizens, and the inter
estB and honor of the State, it is suggested for
consideration whether good policy woSld not re
quire the transfer of ail balances in the Trea
sury at the end oi each year to the Commission
ers of the said Fund.
Every consideration that can impose itself on'
a government, demands the payment of the pub
lic debt. The local advantages of our Common
wealth ; the salubrity of our climate, the vast
ness of our mineral deposites,— the fertility of
our soil; and- the prosperity and -happiness of
the people, alike require the repeal of a system
ol Jaw§, which compel emigration,— prevent the
settlement of uncultivated lands, —drive capital
from our borders, and paralyze the industry of
every class of our citizens !! Should these bal
ances remain in the Treasury unappropriated to
the said Fund; the history, of the past will re
mind us that prodigal expenditures will be made
to objects of diminished importance.
The subject of the revision and equalization
Of the laws for raising revenue, is again earnest-
$4,560,300 00
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1850.
$ 4,034,800 00
$ 531,500 00
$653,164 00
$209,627 00
While money borrowed ly citizens, Boroughs,
and Incorporated districts, is subject by existing
laws, to taxation, it is not perceived why money
borrowed by incorporated companies' should he
exempt from similar assessment. To make an e
quitable distribution of the public burthens,
should be the special object of the Legislature,
and care should be taken that no exemption
should be allowed to any class of citizens over
another where the property employed is tho
same. Attention to the foregoing objects of tax
ation. will not only increase the revenue, but is
demanded alike by justice and sound policy.
Next in importance to the public debt, and the
equalization of the taxes, is the management of
the public improvements. The vast expendi
tures annually made for the repair aud supervi
sion of these works, aud the amount of revenue
derived therefrom ; so materially affecting the
condition of the Treasury; render them objects
of peculiar interest. It is believed that an in
creased amount of nett revenue should be deriv
ed from these works. The enormous appropria
tions of the last year, for their maintenance in
repairs, and towurds the payment of debts there
tofore contracted, should have placed them in a
souud condition, and would authorize the con
clusion that a small expenditure during the pre
sent season would be sufficient. In the absence,
of the annual report of Canal Commissioners, no
specific amount for these objects can be riven
by the Executive. °
The system for the management of these im
provements, invites unnecessary expenditures, 1
and removes responsibility from the proper de
partment. Were the number of Canal Commis
sioners increased to five;—the State divided in
to districts for the election and supervision of
each Commissioner, —the direct and immediate
charge aud control of the district imposed upon
one of these officers, requiring of him tho per
formance of the duties new executed by super
intendents aud supervisors, and stipulating for
xhe annual alternation of the said Commissioners;
much practical information of- interest to the
State would be acquired; a direct responsibility
for the well ordered condition of the Public
Works, and the economy of expenses would be
secured ; and the large discretionary powers now
vested in superintendents and supervisors, in
the adoption of plans and payment of money fur
repairs, would be placed in officers directly ac
countable to the people. In relation to this sub
ject, legislation should be clear and specific, as
discretionary power over the money of the citi
zen must be deprecated, by right thinking men.
Thy method adopted in the-management of the
Public Works is evidently defective. Repairs
on the canals and railroads are made in away
topreveutall competition. Were the'severi
services performed by contract, and awarded to
the lowest bidder, giving the required security,
cau there exist a doubt of favourable results to
the public interests.
85,104 88
The State does not derive an adequate share of
the profits arising from the use of the Columbia
Railroad. The construction of the road : —its
maintenance and supervision, and the supply of
the Motive Power, involving great expense and
risk, demand from the profits of the road a lar
ger return than finds its way to the Treasury.—
An evil so detrimental to the public interests
calls for a speedy remedy.
It is suggested that the Canal Commissioners
should be required to invite proposals for fur
nishing the Motive Power on the said road, stip
ulating in detail the sendees to be performed;
and the nature of the security to be given. The
object being to procure competition in the sup
ply of the Motive Power, encouragement should
je given to individuals, willing to undertake the
duty oi running one or more locomotives ou the
road, whether belonging to the State, or the in
dividual bidder. Should the locomotives be-
5,000 000
15,000 00
91,500 00
3371.000 00
longing to the State, be furnished to the bidders,
the contract should stipulate the terms on which
they should be used.
The transportation of passengers should be
doue by contract with the lowest bidder. In the
agreement, it would be necessary that the Canal
Commissioners should fix the kind of cars, and
such other details as would secure the accommo
dation of the passengers, and faithfully guard the
public interest.
In the transmission of burden cars, an arrange
ment might well be made with their owners, by
which the State would receive instead of the
present tolls, a portion of the freight charges.
The consequences would be advantageous to
both parties.
These changes in the present system, would,
>t is believed, largely diminish the expenses of
the Motive Power; would authorize a reduction
m the rate of tolls; produce an increase of busi
ness upon the road; furnish with profitable la
bor many citizens now refused employment, by
reason of the monopoly held by the State over
the Motive Power on the road; prevent the ex
penditure necessary for the purchase of new lo
comotives; save to the State the immense sacri
fices iu tlm old engines; accommodate the trav
elling public by u lower rate of fare; and would
advance the public interests by lessening the an
nual outlays, and increasing the iucome from the
road more thau $200,000.
Discriminations in the tolls on the Public
Works, against portions of our citizens, by means
of a system of .drawbacks and maximum rates of
tolls, are unjust and improper. Their labor and
property, in common with others, were iuettm
)ered in the construction of the -improvements;
their industry and wealth have for years assisted
and continue to assist to sustain them; anditis
difficult to perepive upon what principle of pub
lic policy, a Tariff of tolls is maintained, discrim-
inating against their interests. The demands of
‘rade cannot excuse a palpable wrong of this
character, while a reduction of tolls on the whole
°*. * m provements would produce an increase
° TK* meBS a . u^' secure the desired foreign trade.
■the practice of contracting debts for repairs,
an tor the purchase of materials beyond appro
ina ons for these purposes, should be prohibited.
Nothing can be more de
• a 0 accountability, or offer stronger
inducements to extravagant than .ueh a power
“ THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS, WHERE LABOR COMMANDS THE GREATEST REWARD.” Buchattak,
By the reports of tne Auditor General and
,1. . Tl ' ea , surer ' ™de the directions of
the act of the 10th of April, 1849, it appeared that
after the payment of the interest on the public
debt, and the liquidation and payment of other
claims for which appropriations had been made
by the Legislature, and retaining a reasonable
balance in the treasury, the sum of $l5O 000
, be J i PP} ied t 0 the completion
of the North Branch Caual. I accordingly gave
immediate notice of the fact to the Canal Com
missioners, aud portions of the work it ia under
stood have been placed under contract. Con
sidered as a part of the public improvements, aud
re-commenced as a revenue measure, that work
shouJd be finished at the earliest day the coudi
tmn of the treasury will permit. It should not
be forgotten, that the present unfinished condi
tion ol the work, by interrupting the free navi
gation of the river; by the destruction of roads
aud injury to pnvato property, without affording
any convenience to the community, inflicts a
wrong which demands immediate reparation.
. Edition to the sum already appropriated, it is
confidently believed that $300,000 can, with pro
priety, be given to that improvement in the pres
ent season; and, in the following year, provision
might be made for its completion.
While it has been deemed advisable to brinv
these subjects to the notice of the Legislature 0
considerations ol sound policy, the interests of the
citizens already heavily burdened with taxation
—and the general welfare of thu Commonwealth
t° r bid an increase of the public debt.
The equalization and revision of the revenue
fTh P w P °, 3ed cl f ”Se in the management
of the Public Works, and their early impro?emeu
and completion ;-with a rigid mainteuauce of
the hulking Fund, and the consequent reduction
of the public debt, would, with the present re
sources of the Treasury, produce in a lew years a
condition of financial prosperity, justifying the
conviction of the speedy relief of our citizens from
the payment of all taxes for the support of Gov
eminent, schools and charities.
The Eastern and Western Penitentiaries have
been conducted with skill and prudence, and in
the reformation, and security of offenders, society
has derived important advantages. It is however
worthy of serious consideration, whether iu the
adoption of a system of solitary confinement, the
seventy of the punishment authorized by law
does not injuriously affect the mental and physi
cal vigor of the pnsouer. r J
The frequent recommendations to the Execu
tive tor the pardon of convicts afflicted with ill
health, and mental imbecility, would appear to
require a modification of the present laws.
It is earnestly recommended that a small in
crease of the annual appropriations be made to
the House of Refuge, and the Asylums of the Deaf,
Dumb, and Blind. These institutions; long the
deserved objects of State bounty, havfi been in
creasing in usefulness, and incurring additional
yearly expenses, while the annual sums,bestow
ed have remained the same. In the growth of
population the demands on these Asyllms must
be augmented, and their expenditures necessari
ly enlarged, and the same degree of. liberalitv
awarded on former occasions, would claim the
appropriation of larger amounts.
T 1,1 .- hB . P™ secu ‘ ion 'Of the work for the State
Lunatic Asylum, the appropriation of a former
year has been exhausted, aud a sum of like a
mount is required for its completion. ■ Under the
supervision of excellent and attentive trustees,
the building has rapidly advanced," and is now
under roof. The structure is plain, substantial
and beautiful; eligibly sitnated-in regard to the
comforts of the patients, and susceptible of n fin
ish, honorable to the State, and useful to the
commumty. The probability of its abandonment
bythe Legislature, or of a refusal to grant the
additional sum required for its completion, can
not be entertained by the Executive. Too long
already has public charity been witheld from thS
insane Poor of the State ;-too long have they
been suffered to wander destitute and deserted;
the jest of the thoughtless, and the victims of the
profligate; while humanity and christian-benev
oience claimed lor them public protection It
ts not however, protection alone that iscontem
plated in this Asylum. The reports from differ
ent similar institutions aflord the gratifying in
i telhgeuce that eighty, and in some rostaLev
over the public money. An officer guilty of an
act of this kind, violates the trust committed to
him, and should be forthwith dismissed from the
public service. Debts already contracted in this
way should be paid, for the labor in behalf of the
State has been performed, and it would inflict an
injury on those who could not have a knowledge'
of the wrong, to withhold from them the value
of their services; but immediate measures should
be adopted to prevent occurrences of a like na
ture in future. A practice of this kind, authoriz
ed in some measure by subsequent appropria
tions of the Legislature, for the payment of the
debts thus contracted, cannot fail to mislead the
people, and embarrass the public officers in their
estimates and recommendations. The large ap
propriations for the payment of old debts, made
at the last session of.the Legislature, show the
extent to which the practice has been carried,
and should admonish us to guard against a recur
rence of the evil. In providing by legal enact
ment against the mischief here stated, authority
might be given to the Canal Commissioners,
should it be deemed necessary, to meet deficien
cies in the funds provided for any line of im
provements; to draw from a'specific appropria
tion for that purpose, requiring from them a de
tailed and special report on the subject, to the
auditing department as well as to the succeeding
Legislature. c
The avoidance ot the Schuylkill inclined plane,
and the improvements connecting with the Phil
adelphia and Columbia Railroad, which are in
rupid progress of construction, must materially
mcrease the business on that public thorou"h
fare, and will render the relaying of a
the said road a work of absolute necessity. In
the performance of this work, should the Legis
lature authorize it, good policy would seem to
require so far as the means of the treasury will
permit, that one track, at least, should be laid
with a heavy rail; and it is worthy of considera
tion whether the public interests would not be
greatly subserved by a location of the new- track,
so os to avoid the many short curvatures on the
eastern end of said road. They increase the dan
ger to passengers and freight; forbid u dispatch
safely performed on a straight line ; and require
greater force than would be necessary on a direct
track with higher grades. In the event of the
Legislature authorizing the relaying of the east
ern section of the said road, and the change of
location before mentioned, a due regard to the
public interests and the limited resources of the
would seem to demand that the im
provement should commence at an early day, and
pi ogress from year to year as the revenues would
warrant, until it should be completed.
Poitage Railroad, from the completion of
our line of improvements to the present time
has been a serious obstacle to the business of the
community, and the occasiou of trade seek-in"
other channels to the Atlantic markets. Any
inode, therefore, of lessening thisevil, must meet
the hearty concurrence of the citizens. The
sum of five hundred thousand dollars judiciously
expended wilt avoid all the short levels, and four
of the five inclined planes on the western slope
ot the Allegheny. The annual expense of main
taining these planes is not less than ten thousand
dollars for each plane, and if to that amount be
added the. cost of the short levels, and the perish
able nature of the materials connected with these
works, with the delays and risks incident there
to, the annual amount for their maintenance, can
not be less than one hundred thousand dollars
Were these planes avoided, the commerce on the
public works would be facilitated and increased
and the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company
would find it their interest for many years to use
it 111 connection with their great improvement.
During the lust season, the scarcity of water
on the upper portion of the western division of
the Pennsylvania Canal, materially injured the
character of the public works, and diminished
the revenue lrotn that source not less than $OO -
OUO. To guard against a recurrence of this evil
it is recommended that the western reservoir in
the construction of which the sum of sixty thou
sand dollars has been expended, be completed
The estimated amount required for its coumlc
tion is *40,000, and would, in the opinion of the
Executive be a judicious appropriation
It has been suggested that an alteration in the
canal locks, by making them conform to the
shape ot the bottom of the boats, would not on
ly strengthen them, but would be a savin" of
water. This might be effected, if deerneS of
sufficient importance, by the insertion of wooden
bottoms in such nianneras to produce the results
indicated.
ninety per cent, of the number afflicted, are rad
cally cured. In this view of the subject, com
bining shelter and protection, with restoration
to health and reason, the inducements to ener
getic action on oar part, cannot be overlooked.
It is estimated that an additional sum of $50,000
h will finish the building, and fit it for the recept
ion of patients, and the same is respeetfully and
earnestly recotnmended.
Notwithstanding the revision, by the last Le
gislature, of the laws, in relation to common
schools, the system will require modification.
It does not receive from the citizens the favor,
that a sound and enlightened scheme of educa
tion desorves, aud the evil must exist in the
laws which control its practical operations. A
serious defect, is the want of properly qualified
teachers. It is worthy your consideration wheth
er the establishment of Normal schools in the
different counties would not removo this evil.
Education may well be termed the great mea
sure of the age. In a Republican government it
is the safeguard of liberty, and enlightened states
men regarding it in this aspect, will cordially
co-operate to establish, to defend, to cherish and
to maintain it. The Superintendent having be
stowed much thought bn the subject, will, at an
early day, submit a report, to which your atten
tion is invited.
The militia law of the last session is imperfect
in many of its details, and requires revision. In
the abolition of the mockery of parades iucident
to the old system, and the establishment of an
uniformed militia, well disciplined and
drilled, it has been productive of general utility.
Slight modifications of-its provisions will make
it all that can be desired. The report of the Ad
jutant General is well worthy your consideration*
and is accordingly submitted.
Reports from the Suryeyor General and Audi
tor Geueral, exhibiting tho condition of their re
spective departments, are herewith transmitted
to the Legislature, aud the latter will furnish in
detail much valuable information, m relation to
the financial condition of the Commonwealth.
The duty of districting the State for the elec
tion of Representatives, will devolve upon you.
Returns ol taxables, required to be made by the
differeut counties, have not been transmitted, as
by law they were directed; but the officers
charged with the duties under the law, are en
gaged in their preparation, aud they will be laid
at an early day before the Legislature..
By resol utioqs passed at the last sessson, the
Executive was required to transmit to certain
officers, citizens or natives of the State, resolu
tions expressive of the approbation of the Legis
lature, for their distinguished services in the late
war .with Mexico. In performing this duty,
these resolutions were transmitted to such of
these officer- - , as, by the report of the Adjutant
General of the United States, had been breveted
for good conduct.
The resolutions for the amendment of the Con
stitution, having been duly published according
to the terms of that instrument, it will be the du
ty of the Legislature to take such action on the
subject, as may be most - consistent with the
wishes of the people. It is proper to state, that
the appropriation made to defray the expenses
of the publication of these resolutions, was whol
ly insufficient for the purpose, and an additional
1 sum will be required.
In the message delivered at the opening of the
late session, reference was made to the citizen
soldier, who had returned to his home afterliaving
earned for himself aud the State, in the war with
Mexico, a reputation for undaunted bravery, pa
tieut suffering, and heroic virtue : and the opiu
ion was expressed, that it was due to these patri
otic citizens,that the Common wealth should make
a suitable acknowledgement for their illustrious
services. No actiou having been taken upon the
s u gb e ®ti° n » I would again call the subject to the
attention of the Legislature., It is also proper to
refer to the recommendation therein made, in re
lation to the death of certain officers of the gov
ernment, aud the omission iu tho constitution to
supply the vacancy. The subject is deemed of
sufficient importance to justify an earnest hip •
that legislative action may not be withheld
thereon
riie prac.Lise ol postponing the passage of ap
propriation bills to the last day of the session, for
bids deliberation, as well to the Legislature as to
the Executive, and should hereafter be avoided.
These bills, requiring care and attention to the
specific items, and disposing ot large amounts of
the public money, should be deliberately exam
ined before they obtain the sanction of laws.—
Nothing cau excuse hasty aud unadvised legisla
tion, on a subject so important to the public in
terests. It is confidently anticipated that this
Legislature will adopt a rule of practise more con
sistent with prudence, economy, and souud policy.
The intimate connection existing between the
industry of the citizen, and the currency of his
country, demands for that question the serious at
tention of the statesman aud lawgiver.' In au
thorizing Banking or other Institutions, to create
a currency other than gold aud silver, it would
be uufaithful to our trusts to permit them, for
want of proper checks and guards to allow it to
become less valuable than the .coin it is intended
to represent. The views expressed in the last
message in favor ol the restriction of the number
of these institutions, to the real business wants of
the people, and refusiug a renewal of Bank char
ters until a thorough examination of their affairs
had demonstrated their entire solvency, remain
unchanged. The tax on banking capital, exact
ed by the last Legislature m granting of charters,
and applied to the payment of the public debt,
has resulted in securiug to that object a sum ex
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars. While
this tax should not be increased to an extent
which would cripple the reecources of these in
stitutions, the present amount cannot be consid
ered an unfair equivalent for the privileges con
ferred, and should therefore continue to bo im
posed as alegimate source of revenue.
The laws intended to prevent the circulation
ol notes of a less denomination than five, dollars,
art practically disregarded by the citizens. In a
government founded on popular opinion, experi
ence would teach the impolicy of coutiuuing in
lorce, Statutory provisions which are generally
inoperative. The violation, with impunity, of
laws however unimportant, will lead to a disre
gard of others, indispensible to the security of
society. It is, indeed, to be regretted that this
circulation has not been prevented, as much evil
has been experienced by the community from
the reception of this irresponsible paper. The
amount in circulation within the State, supplied
by institutions of adjoining States, is estimated
at not less than five millions of dollar?, and is
valueless, except in' localities near the Banks by
which it is issued. To the extent of this circu
latiou, the constitutional currency, aud the notes
of specie paying banks of the Commonwealth
arc displaced. The solvency of the institutions
issuing this paper, cannot be known to the citi
zens, and it passes from hand to hand the repre
sentative of a value it may n’ot possess, over
which our laws can have no control.
In endeavoring to eradicate an acknowledged
.evil, the practical Statesman will frequently find
a necessity for yielding to popular inclination, aud
will consult the welfare of his constituents by
striving to mitigate what cannot be removed;—
If, as is alleged, the business operations of the
community require a circulating medium, other
than gold aud silver, of a less denomination tiian
five dollars, a supply under the regulations and
restrictions of our laws, would not be open to the
objections of .the existing method. Were the
Banks of the Commonwealth authorized to es-
tablish agencies or branches in one or more pla
ces, aud permission given such branches to issue
said notes, upon a statement in detail by the pa
rent institution being made to the Auditor Gene
ral, satisfactory to the said officer, of the entire
solvency of the said Bank; exhibiting its whole
assets and liabilities,—designating the propor
tion of its capital stock to be employed at the
said agency or branch, which in no case should
exceed a graduated per centago of the said cap
ital stock; and should with the Auditor
General an amount of State Stocks equal to the
amount of notes to be issued ; the Auditor- Gene
ral thereupon required to grant a licence to said
Bank to establish said agency or branch, and to
issue said notes, marked by the said officer as the
issue of .the said branch and redeemable at the
counter of the parent institution; a sound con
vertible currency wou:d soon displace the pres
ent irresponsible paper of foreign institutions,
end would afford security to the citizen, without
a withdrawal of the necessary circulation.—
Notes issued under the foregoing restrictions,
having their redemption secured m the manner
herein pointed out, would necessarily receive
the confidence of the people, from the fact that
the stocks pledged, would, under every condi
tion of things, ensure their eventual payment.—
In times of commercial convulsions* the specie
might be drawn from the vaults of the Bank, —
•the means of stockholders might fail; —specula-
tive value might be affixed to property; —and
shrewd meu, watching the signs, of the times,
could release themselves from individual liabili
!ty ? but the stocks of the Commonwealth would
remain valuable and available for their' certain
redemption. Had the notes now in circulation
from the banks of the State, a basis-of this char
acter, even to a small proportion of the capital
stock of these institutions, the losses resulting
from a failure to pay their liabilities would be
laigely diminished. These views are presented
to the Legislature for the purpose of ur*riu«
on it the necessity of devising means to protect
our citizens from the losses incurred iu the fail
ure of Banking institutions. In any well digest
ed system it will afford me pleasure to co-operate,
particularly in reference to the security of that
portion of-the currency entering so largely iuto
the business of the producing and laboring clas
ses of the community.
The general Maaufacturing law of the last ses
sion cannot fail to be productive of decided ben
efit to the State and the people. Although the
time which has elapsed since its passage, has been
insufficient to test its advantages, the erection of
large establishments in many places,* which
must soon afford employment to a considerable
number of the citizens, warrants the belief that
its salutary efiects will be felt at no distant day.
Representatations have beeu made to this de
partment alleging that by the erection of abridge
over the Ohio river, at or near Wheeling, Va.,
great obstruction to the navigation of that high
way has been produced. In times of high wa
ter in the river, the largest class of steamboats
are unable to pass under the bridge, aud serious
injury to the commerce of the Western part of
the State, must result from this nuisance. Con
nected as is the Ohio, with the line of Internal
Improvements through Pennsylvania, and fur
nishing to our canals. and railrouds, a large a
rnount of merchandize for the Atlantic market,
au obstruction of this nature will have a direct
tendency to diminish the trade on our Public
Works; to effect ill ) Eastern market; and ma
terially to decrease the revenue of the State.—
Results of a character so important should warn
the Legislature that speedy and energetic action
is required, and that measures dictated by jus
tice and policy, should be resorted to with a
view to the removal of the evil.
The expression of our opinions on questions
more directly belonging to the National Govern
ment, is a right arising from the nature of out in
stitutions, and where they are intimately con
nected with the interests ol' the people, becomes
a duty not to be disregarded. The representa
tives iu Congress of the State and the citizens,
aware of the tendency of measures on the pros
perity of their constituents, and knowing the re
sponsibility of their exalted position, must regard
with becoming favor, a deliberate declaration of
public sentiment from the States they represent.
Entertaining these views, and persuaded that
questions of vital importance to the well-bein"
of oar beloved Commonwealth will claim the a?
tCntion ot Congress, I have deemed it right, on
this occasioh, briefly to refer to a few of those
which may be considered of greatest couse
quence to the welfare of the people.
The adjustment of the revenue laws for the
protection of the peculiar interests of Pennsylva
nia, must be regarded as a measuredeeply afiect
mgall classes of society. In relation to the pol
icy of the National Government on this subject,
the manufacturer, the artizau, the agriculturalist,
! aud the laborer, feel alike, that their business aud
! pursuits, are elevated or depressed, as protection*
is afforded or withheld. In the history of the
past, they are furnished with lessons for the fu
ture. The eveuts of the past season, have afford
ed conclusive evidence, in the closed doors and
deserted buildings of the manufactories; in the
distresses of the laborer, and the general depres
sion ot profitable industry, ol the imperative ne
cessity for a system of laws which will sustain,
against foreign competition, the employments of
our citizeus. When profitable investments, and
useful capital are stricken down;-—when surplus
produce finds diminished prices; and when labor
is depressed, and industrious operatives are
thrown out of employ;—neither party dogmas,
nor local interests, nor sectional jealousies, should
prevent a united and energetic effort in our Na
tional Representatives, to restore the general
prosperity
On the application lor the admission of new
States into the Union, the subject of the extension
of slavery, will claim the attention of Congress.
Our Southern brethren, united by long association
and habit with this institution, and dependiug
upon it in a large degree for their domestic com
fort, and commercialudvantages, will not willing
ly allow of its exclusion from territories belong
ing to the Geueral Government. No disturbance
is contemplated ot their relations therewith, in
the States where it now exists. Holding their
slaves by compromise and concession, it would
involve on our part, a breach of faith, and an in
terference with the sovereignty of sister Repub
lics to intermeddle with their social policy; or to
controvert thelegality of their domestic relations.
Whatever injury may be inflicted on Northern
interests from the jealousies iucident to the exis
tence of the institution, and the effort to prostrate
free labor, a sacred regard for our pledged faith
admonishes us to suffer, rather than attempt ref
ormation where our authority will not be ac
knowledged. The extension of the evil beyond
its present limits, discloses a very different fea
ture. The coneeut of the free States of the Uniou
to its further progress, would evince an ignorance
of their true interests, of the rights of justice and
humanity, and an iudifference to the character
aud dignity of their common country. Where
these aie implicated, it isau abandonment of du-
ty to compromise. So fully were the views of
the Executive expressed on the subject of the
Tariff and the extension of. slavery iu a former
message, that a reference to them here, us embra
cing his present sentiments thereon, would ap
pear to be sufficient.
The dissemination among the people of infor
mation affecting their peace and prosperity,
should be regarded as a measure of sound wis
dom, and should be shackled by no unnecessary
exactions. To give to the citizens of one sec
tiou of a common country, a correct knowledge
of the wants, the opinions, and general condition
of the people of other portions thereof, should
be the aim of all wise legislation on the subject.
Nothiug would tend more strongly to dissipate
sectional jealousies aud dislikes, and to unite in
seutimeuts of neighborly kindness, every part of
this, great confederacy. Intercourse, wheth r
produced by the agency of Railroads, or of Tele
graph j by personal, or written communications;
is an agent to heal dissensions, and. to foster so
cial charities, more potent than national laws.
"To tax beyond the necessities of government, the
intercourse of our citizens, creates a barrier to the
dissemination of knowledge; and assists in es
tranging the affections of the different portions
of the Republic. In this view of the subject, the
Rates of Postage churged by the National Gov
ernment, becomes a question of deep importance
and sound wisdom would dictate a reduction of
present charges.
It cannot fail to be perceived that tlio observa
tion ill relation to postage, as connected with
national intercourse, applies with equal force to
improvements in the mode, of travel between re
mote sections of the country. Whatever facili
tates free communication among the citizens,
strengthens the unity of government.- Whether
from the character of the country and the nature
of its surface, it is practicable to construct a
great national thoroughfare from the Mississippi
to the Pacific Ocean, has not been fully ascertain
ed; but it must be evident,, that such an improve
ment would be of inestimable value to every por
tion of the Union. In addition to the opportuni
ties it would afford of an interchange of hospi
talities between the people of remote sections
it would not fail to be loaded with a trade as
profitable to the country, as it would be impor
tant to different localities. To Pennsylvania, its
benefits can scarcely be imagined. The im
provements already made and those in progress
m this State, connecting with the Public Works
°f States, will soon form one unbroken
chain of communication from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi. Were thiß gigantic work comple
ted, no man can estimate the solid and social ad
yantagea.which must ensue to every section of
countryjunited therewith ; and in no place would
its salutary results be more effectual, than with
in our own borders. The subject is eminently
worthy the serious attention of the Legislature.
•Iu a faithful adherence to the National Consti
tution, as the same has been expounded by the
Sages and Patriots of other, days, the people of
Pennsylvania rely for the perpetuation of their '
I P Qi i t l i ‘; a i l 6?C - ialandreli S ioua libert 7' Although
be found the acknowledge
teemed k, 1 , 1 ! 88 tbe J do not approve, it is et
conntrv and^ttf 1118 110 lu nilumentnl law of the
rion bf Wk ln hey r s vere “be it as the consumma-
I ,? m ant * Patriotism, devoted to the
f,- e pare - When sectional interests and
\ COD J ea , d for B “premacy, and
rights are o be determined; when questions bi
nf n “ S n t 0 - e contr overted, aqd disre
gard of nattonallaws is manifested ; in peace and
» foreigner
d ? * d ',? CU , H BB : the cit ' ZQ ns of Ponnsylva-.
S“ ta , , ‘ “h'ding confidence to the National
Constitution. Neither the thirstjfor power; nor
the phreuzy of party; nor the prostration of their
peculmr interests ; can shake their allegiance to
e Nationat Government, or raise with them the
laitor cry ol disunion. The sentiments expres
s' : aud ‘he language used on the subject, by the
h .“ V o,mtr y> are so appropriate to the
U f w htch we live, that £ have deemed it
hn'if ,° Ca y° ur attention to the following
brief extract irom his farewell address.
unity of government which constitutes you
one people is also dear to you. It is justly so; for it
ince fh“ P ‘ ar m tbe edlHce of your real
ahrnal b r PP I‘nmquility at home; your peace
, f yO S- i afety ; °'y our prosperity; of that
v ery liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is
easy to foresee that, from different causes and ftom
different quarters much pains will be taken, many
artihees employed, to weaken in your minds the con
vio mn of this truth ;as this is the-point of your poUt- .
ical fortress against which the batteries of infernal
and external enemies will be most constantly and ac
tively (though often covertly and insideonsly) direc
„.i Jut' ls -° J nh ? lte moment that you should prop
y estimate the immense value of your national
uvioste your collective and individual
chens ! l 8 cordia b habitual, and iinmo
vable attachment to it, accustoming yourselves to
think and speak of it as the palladium of your poiiti
rf, v “ n d prosperity; watching for its preserva
tion with jealous anxiety, discountenancing what
ever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any
the hr., ' aadune r d; and mdignantiy frowning upon
S™ tdl ‘waing of every attempt to alienate Any
the iscr f |°, ?l ' CC 'T-- tI ? from the |rest - or t 0 enfeeble
parts ” d 1183 " ,hlohnow hnk together the various
Gentlemen : —ln the performance of a constitu
tional obligation, the measures deemed necessary
tor your consideration, have been stated ns con
mit aS t lelr lm P ortauce autl nature would per-
fo tiio representatives of the people attaches
toe duty of enacting such laws as tbe welfare of
our constituents may require, and to their care
and deliberate action are cheerfully confided
the safety, honor, and prosperity of the Common-.
WM. F. JOHNSTON,
EXECUTIVE OhaMDER, J
Harrisburg, January 1, 1850. I .
REMEMBER THAT AT WENTZ’S
STORE
YOU wi« find positively the largest assortment
ot New Goods in this city, and any person
wisnmg to save from 15 to 30 per cent, shohld by
a « means examine this Jarge stock of
BEAUTIFUL DRY GOODS.
A,s the co/il weather gathers around us, so ahouW
every lady gather around ner one of those Beauti
ul Shawls at the Bee Hive. It cannot be denied
that the handsomest, largest- assortment, aid the
very cheapest Shawls can be found at
WENTZ’S BEE HIVE STORE,
a • n , North Queen st.
a" 8 cV a " d , En B liBh L °”U Shawls.
Beautiful Broche Shawls.
Heavy 10-4 Woolen Opera Shawls.
,oKd C ° loUr8 '
Sacks. Do e no't d ro°rget S the VelV6t ’ *
n °v6 .. •
Ornamental Marble Works.
EAST King street, next door to John N Lane's
store Charles M. Howell, Marble Mason
respectfully informs the citizens of Lancaster and
BLE BUSIN PS? 6 ™ ’ he Carries on * e MAR-
D-Li. BUSINESS, m all its various branches, and
rin« e Mi all l. to Ca 1 l n him ’ as h ° is Batis fied that he
oity or st C ate! lPer ” ° ther establiah in the
He invites the public to 'call and eiamine his
Crave St fin,shei J Mantels, Monuments, Tombs,
Grave Stones, and also his.collection of designs for
Monuments, Tombs, fcc., before purchasing
Or. S. P. Townsend’s Original and
Genuine Sarsaparilla.
and 0Bl^”“-
CHAS. A. HEINITSH,
Wholesale and Retail Agent,
East King street.
Nov. 20-43-2m]
WILLIAM S. AMWEG,
Attorney at taw,
OFFERS his professional services lo the public.
He also attends to the collection of Pensions,
ana the prosecution of all manner of claims against
r,?r en ?- aI £ overnment - His residence in the city
of Washington , for-several years, the experience
derived from the duties of the office, which he had
filled during that time, and the mode in which claims
ot th,s sort are most speedily adjusted, give the
most amp e assurance that business placed in his
not l r S |' V , l b iv a , Uended to tn such manner as can
not fail to afford satisfaction.
the°La C ncas, S er Ban^ 66 " E ‘ rCet ’ Eecond houße bdow
Nov. 20, 1849
L
•NDIS & BLACK,
AT TORNIES AT LAW:
Office— Three doors below the Lancaster Bank,
Son h Queen street, Lancaster, Penn’a. .
n j AII kinds of ncnvenmg, such as writing Wills,
Deeds, Mortgagers, Accounts, &c., will be attended
to with correctness and despatch.
January 16, 1849 ' fil
Geo. W. Hunter,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE— North Queen Street, first door to tho
right of John F. Long’s Drug Store.
~All kinds of Conveyancing, writing Wills, Deeds,
Mortgages, Accounts, & c ., will be attended to
with correctness and despatch
April 3, M 9
W. Whiteside,
H ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AS removed to the office formerly occupied
by E. C. Reigart, Esq., in West King street*
ad house below Mr. Reed’s Tavern.
April 10
OFFICE FOX THE
Purchase and Sale of Real Estate,
WISSu- EIE3O EffiffiJUS®, HuMBM!
PENNSYLVANIA,
bov 13-42-3m] D. \y. PATTERSON.
Dr. M. M. Moore, Dentist.
ST I Cl. continues'to perform a. operations on the
TEETH upon terms to suit the times. Office
North Queen street, opposite Kauffman’s Hotel]
aprU 19 J
JOHN A. HIESTAND,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in West King Street, fourth door West of
Peter Reed’s Hotel, Lancaster.
Lancaster, May 16, 1849.
Alexander l. hayes,
attorney at lawi
Office— : West King Street, next door below C. Hager
& Son’s Store.
January 9, ’49
EORGE W. M’ELROY,
LjT .. ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
Offers his professional services to the public.' Office
in Centre Square, in the room formerly occupied
by M. Carpenter, Mayor; [May 1,>49-14
Sign Painting*
JOHN L. KEEFER has commenced the above
business, in A. N. Brenneman>s Building, Cen
tre Square, Lancaster, and will do the best he can,
by strictattentionta business and moderate charges,
to satisfy all who may be pleased tq favor him with ■
their custom. " [May 1848r—15*
NOl 50.