jntelligencei & 3outttal.
ancaster, February 1, 1853.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR
Democratic State Convention.
At a meeting of the State Central Committee,
held l at Philadelphia, on Saturday last, it was deci
ded II hatthe Democratic', State Convention, for the
nontination of candidateS for Auditor• General, Sur
veyor General, and Canal Commissioner, shall be
hell at Harrisburg, on Tuesday the Ist day of
March.
Delegate Elections.
To the Democratic Freemen of the city and county of
Lancaster:
You are 'requested to assemble in the several
Weide of the _City anif Boroughs and Townships
of the county, on Saturday the 19th of February in
stant then and there to elect not less than three nor
mode than five DelegateS to represent said District
in t GENERAL COUNTY CONVENTION, to be held on
Wednesday the 23d day Of February following, at 11
o'clbck A. M., at the public house of Jacob Ziegler
in North Queen street, in the city of Lancaster, for
thel purpose of electing six Delegates to represent
the, Democracy of the county of Lancaster in the
annual State Convention, to be held at Harrisburg
on Tuesday the Ist day of March next, for the
nomination of candidates for Auditor General, Sur
ve,or General and Canal Commiasioner.
The several Ward. Borough and Township Com
miitees are requested to give early notice in their
respective Districts of the time and place of meet
ing for the election at Delegates.
-WM. MATHIOT,
Chairman Dem. Co. Corn.
Lancaster, Feb. Ist, 1853.
[rig - The Township and Ward Committeei will
be published next week.]
The Ticket.
The following •are the Democratic candidates
:ularly settled according to the usages of the
MAYOR.
REUBEN S. ROHRER
ASSESSOR
MICHAEL BUNDEL
' HIOB CONSTABLE
JOHN MYER.
CITY CONSTABLES.
JOHN CONNER,
GEORGE BUFFNAGDE.
SELECT COUNCIL.
Dn. HENRY CARPENTER,
FREDERICK SEHNER,
EDWARD MORTON.
COMMON COUNCIL.
WILLIAM MATHIOT,
GEORGE M. STEINMAN,
JOHN F. REMLY ;
DAVID REESE,
PETER J. GORNER,
WILLIAM MILLER,
DANIEL ERISMAN,
CHRISTIAN WIDMEYER,
CHRISTIAN SH ERTZ
ABRAHAM MIRIM,
PHILIP METZGAR;
JOHN WEIDLER,
HENRY E. LEMA N,
JOHN SOMER
DENNIS MARION.
ALDERMAN-9. W. WARD
C. F. VOIGHT.I •
i JUDGE.
MICHAEL WITHERS
INSPECTOR
SAMUEL HTJBER.
JUDGE-R. W. Willi).
HENRY BLICKENSDERFER
17EPECTOD
HENRY BARNITZ.
JUDGE-N. E. WARD
GARRET EVARTS, sr.
INSPECTOR
DANIEL OKESON.
JUDGE-9. E. WARD
WALTER G. EVANS.
INSPECTOR.
WILLIAM K. LEONARD.
The Election--To-day.
The municipal ele'ction comes off to-day between
the hours of S in the morning and 7 in the even
ing, and as a last word to our Democratic friends,
we earnestly urge upon them, one and all, to stick
to the ticket. Your candidates for :Mayor, Asses
sor,' Councils, Constables, Judges, Inspectors and
Alderman, have all been fairly nominated, are
sound and reliable Democrats, and, if elected, will
discharge the duties of their respective offices faith
fully and efficiently. ) Then, why should they not
receive the cordial and unanimous support of the
entire party? Can there be a single substantial
reason given why they should not each and all be
triumphantly elected? We have the'votes to do it—
this is not denied—then why should any of our friends
act so strangely as to cast their votes for our.oppo.
Rents? The City is the' only green spot in this
overpowering Whig!county, ani hitherto, until last
year, our lion-hearted Democracy have always been
able to interpose ad barrier to the attempted en
croachments of Federalism. Will this barrier be
again removed, and , shall the .common enemy be
permitted to overwhelm us like a flood and defeat
either or all of our candidates? We sincerely hope
not. We trukt that our Democratic friends will
look at this thing hi its true light, and that no in
ducements of any kind will sway them from what
is so manifestly theirduty to themselves and to the
party. The great importance of keeping the City
democratic must be so apparent to every one, that
to argue the point would be entirely unnecessary.
We hope and trust, therefore, that' our friends
will see the propriety of adhering closely to the
ticket. There is no safety, no security for their
continued ascendency in the City, in any other
course. Let the M i kiyor be again defeated, and next
year we may lose the Councils, and then the Con.
stables—and so on until we are completely placed
under Whig domination. This is no fancy sketch ;
it will end in sober reality, unless we check the
evil in its incipinfl state.
Once more, then; we urge our friends to turn out
to the polls to-day, land vote" the ticket, the whole
ticket, and nothing but the ticket."
IMPORTANT TO TAX PAYSRP-A few days since
in the Common Pleas, Philadelphia, the Court de
lived an important decision, whereby about one
million dollars worth of property, in that city,
claiming exemption from taxation under various
acts of Assembly, is made liable to its just propor
tion of taxes, which will diminish the rate charged
upon other property, heretofore bearing all the
burthen of taxation for public purposes. The Penn.
sylavnia Hospital, Chr4t Church Hospital and oth
er charitable, relig i ous and literary institutions from
which an income is derived, are made to pay a tax
under this decision.
in- The Comrhissioners appointed by the Gov
ernor, under the act of the last LegislatUre, to re
vise the code providing for the assessment and col
lection of state arid county taxes, have reported a
very stringent bill for the action of the legislature,
so lengthy in its details, Mat unless it shall become
a law, we cannot l fill up our columns with it. It
is particularly designed to get at the real value of
all taxable property in the Commonwealth, and
placr4 under thatl head many things heretefore un
taxed. It is expected to increase the revenue of the
Commonwealth to a great extent if allowed to go
into operation. 1_
Hon. RIELLIID BRODHEAD, U. S. Senator
will accept our thanks for the Report of the Corn
mission of Patents, for 1852.
Messrs. DAnniarirroN and KINZER, of the State
Senate, and HErsTeum, Warron. and Powmun, of
the House, will Lis° accer our thanks for their
kind attentions.
Hon. Sam, Ho l uston, of Texas, has been re-elect
ed to the Senatek4 the I. nited States for the term
of six years from the 4th of March next, by a vote
almost unanimous. Texas has thus testified asap•
preciation of the eminent services of the man so
prominently associated with her eventful history.
The Public Printing.
We give below the bill read in place some days
since, by Mr. Sanderson of the Senate. It will be
seen that the bill' provides for the abolishment of
the lowest bidder system, which is the principal
feature of the existing law. The appointment of
a superintendent, who shall be a practical printer,
as is provided by the fourth section, is an important
feature in the bill, and Would doubtless operate well
under the present or any other law upon the subject:
A Supplement to the Act to create permanently the
office of State Printer—passed 24th March, 1843.
e it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
in
General Assembly met:
Section 1. That the Act of the 23d of March,
1844, entitled "An Act giving out for a term of
years, all the public printing and binding of the
Commonwealth to the lowest bidder, with ample
security for performance," be ar..d the same is here
by repealed.
Sec. 2. That the person who may be elected
Printer,
under the Act of 24th March, A. D. 1843,
entitled "An Act to create permanently the office
of State Printer, shalt receive as a compensation
for the printing executed by him, twenty-five per
cent. less than the prices fixed in said law."
Sec. 3. That the person who may be elected .
Printer of the Journal, in the English languate,
shall execute all the blanks and circulars for the
various Executive Departments of the State, at Har
risburg, including all the printing of the blanks and
circulars Used by the officers on the canals and
railroads belonging to the State at the following
rates :—For the printing, pressing, and feint lining
of every quire of twenty-four full sheets of quarto
post, or foolscap paper, the printer to furnish the
paper, fifty cents. , For the printing, pressing, and
feint lining of every quire of twenty-four full sheets
of folio-post writing paper, seventy-five cents; and
when it is necessary to feint and red rule said
blanks, twenty-five cents per quire additional. For
every quire of twenty-four fu.l sheets of demi, or
medium, or larger sized writing paper, one dollar
and twenty five cents; and when said blanks are
feint and red ruled; twenty-five cents additional per
quire.
Sec. 4. That the Governor shall nominate. and,
by and with the advice of the Senate, appoint, for
a term of three years, a Superintendent of Public
Printing, who shall be a practical printer of skill
and experience, at a salary of one thousand dollars
per annum.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of said Super
intendent of Public Printing to receive, take charge
of and arrange, all the reports made to the Gover
nor by the heads of departments, to be embraced
in the executive documents, and have said reports
printed by the State Printer,'and delivered to the
Legislature, in piint, within tea days after the as
sembling of the same.
It shall be also the duty of the said Superinten
dent to arrange the journals of the two Flosses and
all other matter necessary to be printed for the
'Legislature, and to supervise the printing; and have
it executed in a prompt and workmanlike manner;
and whenever the Printer fails to fulfil his contract
in such manner, the Superintendent of printing is
authorized to employ another Printer to execute
such work or part of the work as may be in arrears,
and charge any excess of cost to the State Printer.
..
'lt shall also be the duty of said Superintendent to 1):!,- At a meeting of the Trustees of Franklin and
receive the orders for all blanks that may be needed Marshall College, held in Lancaster, on Tuesday
by either of the .Departments at Harrisburg, or any the 25th inst., pursuant to legal notice, the Rev.
of the Canal Officers, and have them executed in a John F. Mesick was appointed Chairman pro tem,
1 neat and workmanlike manner by said State Printer, and James L. Reynolds was appointed Secretary
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i and forwarded to the officers ordering them, he en- pro tem.
The Letters Patent under the hand of the Gov-
I tering in a book to be kept tor that purpose, the ernor and seal of the State, incorporating the Col
number of quires of each kind of blanks that may lege were read, and formally accepted.
be printed; and when the State Printer's bills are The Board organized permanently by electing
made out he shall compare them with his book, so the following officers, viz:
that no overcharge can be made. He shall also I President—Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN.
receive and receipt for, all the extra Documents Vice Presidents4—Rev. John F. Mesick, Rev.
and regular volumes for the two Houses, and see Samuel Bowman.
that the full number ordered by each is delivered. Recording Secretary—N. A. Keyes.
He shall also examine all the accounts of both the I Treasurer—John Reynolds.
English and German printers, comparing them with
The election of Trustees to fill three vacancies. in
the Board, was made the special business for the
the orders, and going over all the calculations, and
next meeting. .
correcting any errors that may occur, before the On motion, it was it Resolved that a committee
said' accounts are sent to the Auditor:General's Of- of seven were appointed to examine the several
fire for settlement; and before handing said accounts sites for the College buildings in the city and the
over to the Auditor General, he shall append his vicinity, ascertain the prices at which the same can
affidavit to the same, testifying that he has exam- be respectively purchased, and make a full report 1
fined all the items carefully, compared them with of their proceedings at the next meeting. Messrs.
the orders, and Chat said accounts are correct, and I Hager, Longenecker, Gloninger, Brenneman, At-
made out according to law. lee, Keyes and John Reynolds were appointed the 1
Sec. Ci. That the said Superintendent of Public committee.
Nevin, Wolff, Bowman, J. H. A. Bom- e.
printing shall, with the concurrence of the Secre- b
berger, Bucher, fl. Gross, Mesick and Konigmach-
tary of the Commonwealth and State Treasurer, ex, were appointed a committee relative to plans of
purchase all paper to be used by the State Printers, buildings and system of instruction of discipline.
.as it may be needed;:and he shall make a calculation Meisrs. Nevin, Bucher and Gross were appointed '
upon the completion of each year's work, to ascer- a committee to draft By-Laws.
fain whether any portion of the paper belonging to The committee appointed were directed to re
the State has been used for any other purpose than I port at the next meeting.
that of the Slate-Printing. - On motion it was Resolved, That Franklin and
Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the several Marshall College be opened in Lancaster for the
Heads of Departments to make out and deliver reception of students '
in the fall of thislear.
c'
o S f e h c i r s e e ta le ry etion were
an
their reports in sufficient tithe to enable the Printer
d i re l e r t . c li d atgoeirnflonrm d the Re Mr. Bueh ord an i a n n g
to fulfil his contract in the manner before stated.—
President of Trustees.
It shall also be the duty of the Clerks of the two Adjourned to meet on the Ist Tuesday in March,
Houses and the Secretary of the Commonwealth to at 3 o'clock, P. M.
have prepared lor the State Printer their indexes of
laws and journals, within two days after the last
sheet of said journals and laws are delivered to said
officers.
Sec. 8. That if the State Printer shall fail to
complete and deliver to the proper officer, all the
Legislative printing, within forty days after. the ad
journment of the Legislature, he shall forfeit and
pay to the State, one hundred dollars per day, for
every day's delay over that time; said amount to be
deducted from his bill, previous to his final settle
ment for that year.
Letter trom Gen. Pierce.
At a meeting of the Gaston Board of Aldermen,
.on Tuesday evening last, Mayor Seaver read the
following letter from the President elect, dated
Concord, N. H., Jan. 21, 1353
sly Dear Sir—When the committee of the city
government of Boston personally presented to me
the official resolution, and also your very kind and
gratifying lettet, inviting me to accept on my way
to the seat of government, the hospitalities of the
city, I expressed verbally my thanks and accept
ance--stating at the same time that my own inclina
tions would prompt me to desire that my journey
might be performed without any public demon
stration or consideration. After the event which
has recently falhm upon me with such crushing
weight, it will of course be expected that I will
proceed to the post- of duty, as quietly and private
ly as the modes . of public travel will permit.
I am by no means insensible to the kindness with
which you propose to receive me. You will do me
the justice to believe that I fully appreciate the evi
dences of friendly estimation I have received from
the citizens of Boston, and that I deeply feel the
sentiments of confidence contained in your invita
tion ; bitt4 would not be understood as supposing
that your courtesies are extended to me on account
of any rersonal claims upon your regard. It is
gratifying to me hi, feel that they spring from a
noble motive, and that you proposed to receive me
as the representative of the principle which is up
permost in our hearts. The basis of that principle
is the sacredness of the Union.
As with you it will ever be inseperable from the
revered and grateful memory of your foremost man
so it will be cherished by all while any adequate
love of our common country exists in the repuolic.
Whatever anxieties may yet be in store for me.
whatever obstacles may interspose in the way of
duty, I have an undying faith that I shall never fal
ter in my devotion to this object; and I look with
I fearless confidence for the support of all patriotic
men of whatever party, in my endeavors to pre
serve that union of the hearts, and supremacy of
the laws which are the surest guarantee of our hap
piness for the present and the future.
Permit me to repeat my sense of obligation to
you, and believe me, Very truly,
Your friend and ob't. serv't.
FRANK. PIERCE.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SocIETT.—At a meeting
of the State Agrialtural Society, held at Harris
burg, last week, the following resolution was adop
ted:—
Resolved„That an Agricultural Convention be held
at Harrisburg, on Tuesday, the Bth of March next,
to adopt measures for the establishment of an agri
cultural institution, to be styled "The Farmers'
High School of Pennsylvania.' with a model farm
attached thereto; - and that the convention consist of
as many delegates from each district as there are
Senators and, Representatives in the Legislature
from the same; said delegates to be chosen by the
agricultural 'societies, where such are loCated, and
in other distiicts, by the friends of agricultural ed
ucation.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 29.
Important Announ&ment—Settlement of the Diffi
culty between Bingham 4- Dock and the Pennsyl-
vania Ralroad Co
The negotiations that have been for some weeks
pending between the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany and Messrs. Bingham .& Dock, in reference
to the passenger carriage on the Columbia Rail
road, were brought to a successful termination to
day, and the settlement thus effected, of the hith
erto existing difficulty, cannot fail to result advan
tageously, not only to the interests of Philadel
phia, but the State at large. Under the contract
entered into by the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny and Metiers. Bingham 4. Dock, the latter give
up the control, of all the passenger trains running
in connection with those of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company over the Columbia'Railroad, to that
company. Messrs. Bingham & Dock will, under
the arrangement, act as local agents at Philadel
phia.—Phi/a. Sun.
CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS
irrThe Philharmonic Society of this city intend
giving a concert at Strasburg, on Saturday evening
next.
ffr Mr. Daniel Potts, of East Lampeter, last
week sold a hog supposed to weigh 1400 pounds
(live weight) for $lO5.
01- The property of Mrs. Franklin, on East Or
ange and Lime streets, was on Thursday evening
last purchased by E. C. Reigart, Esq., for $7,910.
MILITARY Vxsrr.—The Nationals Guards of Har
risburg intend visiting this city on the 22d of Feb
ruary next, as the guests of the Buchanan Rifle, to
'oin them in the eelebration of that day.
1.1:75. A. Dysart & Bro.; have opened a Watch
and Jewelry Store in West King street—see adver
tisement in another column. They are experienc
ed Jewellers, and oiler great inducements to purch
asers. We recommend them to public favor.
STEAM MILLS. - At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Conestoga Steam Mills, on
Thursday last, the following officers were elected:
Directors—A. L. Hayes, C. Hager, D. Longen
ecker, E. C. Reigart, Thomas Baumgardner, Geo.
M. Steinman, Daniel Harman, John Bear, and
Wm. Carpenter.
Treasnrer and Secretary—Francis Shroder
The Directors subseqently held a meeting at
which Hon. A. L. Hayes was re-appointed Presi
dent and General Agent; and S. S. Spenver, re
appointed Mill Agent. The other Agents and
Overseers were also continued.
RISE IN FACTORY STock.—There was quite a
stir in the stock market last week on account of
the sudden rise in the Conestoga Steam Mills Stock.
About 50 shares were purchased on Monday at
$2O-37i 'and $21.37i. A large amount of this
stock was in the market at $lO and $lB without
buyers, but now it cannot be obtained for less than
$25, and some refuse to sell at all. The Mills are
now running at a fair profit. Par value, $5O.
sRev. Dr. JOHN C. BAKER delivered his fare
well discourse in the Lutheran Church, on Sunday
evening, to an immense audience. In the course
of the sermon he staled that during the twenty-.
five years cif his ministry in this City, he had mar
ried 3,521 couples, and assisted at the burial of.
1,444 persons.
Dr. Baker leaves with the best wishes of this
whole community. lie is about to assume the du
ties of Pastor in St. Luke's Evangelical Luther an
Church, Philadelphia.
A FRIGHTFUL ,SCENE.—We learn from Wm.
Mathiot, Esq., who was a witness to it, the partic
ulars of a scene which occurred at Columbia, on
Saturday afternoon. A large number of persons
were skating on the river, over very deep water,
when the ice gave way, and a little boy, named.
Claiborne, plunged into the river. His cries for
help brought others near the spot, when a young
man named Brooks, son of Esquire Brooks, ventu
red too near and also broke through. His father,
in 'attempting to render him assistance, likewise
fell into the water. Here ? then, were three persons
in the water at one time, struggling for life. The
excitement was intense. Providentially, there was
a pile of boards on the bank near by, which were
used to make a sort of scaffolding on the thin ice,
and thus enabled the spectators to approach near
enough to render assistance. The three we're in
this way rescued from a watery grave, but were
nearly exhausted betbre relief could be obtained.
Teachers Institute
This body met at Fulton Hall on the 24th ult.,
and continued in session during the greater part of
last week. The following gentlemen were elected
permanent officers of the Institute, viz:
President—THOHAS H. BURROWES, Esq.
rice Presidents—J. P. Wickersham, L. M. Hobbs,
Charles Twining. D. S. Burns..
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Recording Seerelary—D. S. Kieffer.
Corresponding Secrepry—Amos Row.
The following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That Teachers and friends of Education
in Lancaster county may become Members of the
Lancaster county Educational Association till the
termination of the present year of the Association,
which will take place in August next, and shall al
so become members of this Institute, by enroling
their names and paying such sum towards the ex
penses of this Institute as the Finance Committee
shall assess upon each member, not exceeding two
dollars.
Resolved, That a Finance Committee of five, of
whom the Treasurer of the Lancaater County Ed
ucation Association shall be one, shall be appointed.
Resolved, That a committee of reception of five
shall be appointed, whose duty it shall be to pro
vide and assign lodgings for the Teachers of Lan.
caster county, who may become. members of the
Institute.
. .
Resolved, That the committee of Arrangement
appointed by the Lancaster County Educational
Association, shall be the Executive Committee
of this Institute, and shall arrange and announce
the daily order of exercises.
The Committees provided for in the foregoing
resolutions were appointed, as follows:
Committee on Finance.—lk. Jos. Gibbons, J. W.
Jackson, Amos Rowe, Washington Clark, and J. S.
Crumbaugh.
Committee on Reception.—Geo. M. Steinman, Ja
cob Price, John Wise, Peter McConomy, John
Zim
merman.
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Executive Committee—Thos. H. Burrowes, Amos
Rowe, J. P. Wickersham, D. S. Kieffer, and J. F.
Houston.
Addresses were delivered by Rev. Dr. Baker and
Mr. Burrowes.
During the week lectures were delivered in the
following order, on various subjects, viz:
Mr. Parsons, of Wellsville, Ohio, on Orthogra
phy.
Mr. Schneider, of Pottsville, Pa., on Geography.
Mr. Parsons, on Arithmetic,,and Vocal Music.
Mr. Hood, of this city, on the" Duty of the State
to educate its citizens.
Professor Wickersham, of Marietta, on " Teach
ir'> and Teachers," and English Grammar.
Mr. Parsons, on Elocution.
Mr. Schneider, on Astronomy, and History.
Mr. Frantz, of this county, on Teachers' Insti
tutes.
Mr. Crumbaugh, of this city, on the German
Race.
Mr. Perkins, of New :York, on Etymology.
Mr. Schneider, on Geometry.
Mr. Beck, of Litiz, on Penmanship.
Rev. N. Dodge, of Cedar Hill Seminary, on
School Government.
Mr. Parsons, on Physiology.
Rev. H. Harbaugh, of this city, on the Use of
the Bible in Schools.
Mr. Perkins, on Etymology.
Rev. Mr. Drisdale, on "Taste."
Henry S. Myers, on the claims of Teachers on
Society.
Also by Gen. George Ford and Col. Reah Frazer,
on the subject of Education generally.
The session was protracted until Saturday morn
ing. fhe proceedings were highly interesting
throughotit, and much good to the cause of popular
education is anticipated from the proceedings of
the Institute.
There were about 150 Teachers in attendance
rom the county. We shall take some additional
of ice of the affair in our next issue.
HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY IN TOE UNITED STATES.
—We have received the third number of the His
tory of Democracy in the U. States; it contains a
most beautiful steel engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
The work is well written, and abounds with valu
able historical information. It is published at Hart
ford, Conn, by Case, Tiffany & Co., at 25 cents
per number.
in Tat Ladies' Keepsake, for February, is em
bellished with a beautiful engraving of "Cherie.
megne and Hildegarde." The reading matter isalso
excellent.
The Lancaster Banks
we publish a statement of the
of the Banks in Lancaster coun
in November last.
Below
Condition
ty, made
LANCASTER BANK:
LIABILITIES.—November 1,1852.
Capital, $403,900 00
Discounts and Interest, 33.300 69
Profit and Loss, . 62,051 94
Notes in circulation, 691.010 00
Dividends, 567 70
Bank of Chambersburg, 202 37
Carlisle Deposita Bank, 661 75
Commercial Bank of rennsylvania, 2,681 82
Exchange Bank of Pittsburg. 32 73
Farm. & Mechanic's Bank of Phila. 15,134 46
Farm. & Drover's B'k of Waynesb'g 21,666 3',
Franklin Bank of Washington, 14,659 96
Franklin Bank of- Zanesville, Ohio, 100 00
Bank of Gettysburg 4,494 99
Springfield Bank, Gettysburg
1,500 00
Mer. & Mann( 's. Bank Pittsburg, , 3,000 00
Kensington Bank, 20 43
Lebanon Bank, 916 05
Manuf. & Mach's Bank of Phila., 1,925 06
Bank of Middletown, 1,728 58
Monongahela Bank, Brownsville, 21,785 75
Morgantown Branch Bank, Virginia, 12,397 10
Mad River Valley Bank, Ohio, 3,299 13
Bank of Pennsylvania, 15,544 31
Bank of Penn Township, 70 35
Farmers' Branch B'k., Salem, Ohio, 1,200 00
West Branch Bank, 1,442 99
Bier. & Mac's. Bank, Wheeling, Va. 3,112 50
State Treasurer, 22,412 78
Certificates of deposites, , 68,032 43
_Certificates
depositors, - 217,801 35
ASSETS
Bills discounted, $1,122,299 62
Bills receivable, 20.040 00
Bonds and Mortgages, *43,155 00
Banking House (assessed $10,000), 13.280 85
Real Estate, (assess't. not ascert'd) t 7,600 00
Conestoga Steam Mills, 59,000 00
Lancaster Bank Stock, 8,410 00
Notes and Checks of other Banks, 96,136'84
Specie, 119,654 40
Bank of Chester County, .7,549 66
Columbia Bank, 1,696 95
Dauphin Deposite Bank, 776 26
Farm. & Planter's B'k, Baltimore,l 3,641 45
Farmers' Bank, Reading, 2,692 39
Hanover Bank, N. Y., 8,575 57
Harrisburg 8ank,519 65
Miners' Bank, Pottsvile, ICI
2.119 06
Bank of Northumberland, 1 -- --- 2,017 98
Bank of Northern Liberties, \ 2 67
Suffolk Batik, Boston, 521 06
York Bank, 522 51
Girard Bank, ' - 101,616 82
Expenses, '4,814 85
RECAPITULATION.
Estimated cash value of assetts, $1,567,986 80
Actual liabilities (including capi
(al stock'',
Surplus over capital,
`This item is composed of the folloviing :-
810,000 Philad'a. and Reading Railroad Bonds,
the value of which, according to sales made
about the Ist of November, 1852, was 95 per
cent. 9,500 00
$5,500 Lancaster and Harrisburg R.
R. Bonds, do. do. 100 per cent. 5,500 00‘
$ll,OOO Philadelphia & Sunbury do.
7 per cent. do. do. 92 per cent. 12,880 00
$13,500 Mortgage Bonds of Conesto
ga Steam Mills', do. 95 per cent. 12,825 00
$40,705 00
tThe Bank holds 1180 shares of stock in the
Conestoga Steam Mills, the value of which,
according to sales - made about the Ist of Nov
ember, 1852, was $l7 50 per share, the valua
tion of the stock is computed at that rate, but is
intrinsically worth more.., The par value is S5O
per share.
FARMERS' BANK OF LANCASTER. 1
LIABILITIES.—November 1, 1852.
Capital Stock paid in, $350,000 00
Notes in Circulation, 520,460 00
Dividends unpaid, 16,116 25
Profit and loss, 21,453 38
Due to State of Pennsylvania, 5,585 40
Due to State Treasurer, 3,140 35
Due to Certificates of Deposite, 1 244106 66
Due Individual Deposioirs, 218,409 65
Due Bank of Chambersburg, 126 52
Due Bank of North America, 1,627 98
Due Bank of Northern Liberties, , 875 22
Due Carlisle Deposit Bank, 8,213 38
Due Franklin Bank Washington, 3,500 00
Due Lebanon Bank, 1,156 21
Due Mad River Valley, 1,700 00
ASSETS
- - -
Bills discounted, $778,840 97
Banking House, (assessed at) 7,000 00
Bonds and Loans, 110,588 90
Stock Farmers' Bank. 39,700 00
Stock Penn. R. R. Co. 15,000 00
Stock Lancaster, Elizabethtown and
- •
Middletown Turnpike, 2,559 00
Specie and Specie certificates, 99,510 71
Notes and checks of other banks, 38,137 61
Due from Bank of America, 5,320 23
Due from Bank of Chester County, 504 OS
Due from Bank of Middletown, 2,914 97
Due from Central Ex. Agencies, 996 SO
Due from Columbia Bank, 7,402 83
Due from Deposite Bank, 1,340 07
Due from Girard Bank, 3,971 87
Due from Farmers' Bank Reading, 2,435 21
Due from Harrisburg Bank, 1,039 56
Due from Mechanics Bank, Phila, 57,497 .70
Due from Merchants Bank, Baltimore, 639 63
Due from York Bank, 812 '49
LANCASTER COUNTY BANK
LIABILITIES—Nov. 4, 1852.
Capital, ~ $178,630 00,
.Notes in circulation, • 362,765 00
Dividends unpaid, 10,054 62
Contingent Fund, 11,273 16,
Due State Treasurer, 3,113 50 ,
Due York County Bank, 1,057 99
Due Carlisle .Deposite Bank, 59 15.
Due Bank of Chester county , 2,924 32
Due Lebanon Bank, 101 11
Due Union Bank, Maryland, 1.431 44
Due Girard Bank, 587 73
Due Franklin Bank, Washington, 3,478 29
Due Bank of Commerce, Philadelphia, 588 86
Due Western Bank Philadelphia, ' 3,505 22
Due Philadelphia Bank, 1,717 19
Due Certificates of Deposite, 18,575 64'
Due Depositors, 110,910 76
ASSETS
Bills discounted,
Under protest,
*Mortgages.
tJndgment Bond,
Bonds discounted,
IReal Estate,
Gold and silver,
Bank notes current
" •• uncurrent,
Cash, Checks and Bills,
Farmers' Bank Reading,
York Bank,
Bank of Penn township,
Bank of the State of New York,
Dauphin Deposita Bank,
Western Bank, Baltimore,
Columbia Bank,
*This is a first mortgage on Conestoga Steam
Mill No. 2. Assessed value for this year $llO,-
000 00.
1 - This judgment, payable with interest, is alien
on real estate in the borough of Harrisburg, Pa.,
on which there is a prior claim of $6,350. The
assessed value for the year 1848 was $16,500.
IBanking House in the city of Lancaster, as
sessed at $5,400.
COLUMBIA BANK & BRIDGE COM'Y.
LIABILITIES.—November, 1852.
Capital Stock Bank, $150,000 00
" Bridge, 157,300 00
176,585 00
950 00
13,349 14
7,563 89
1,533 03
25,189 18
2,034 50
23,505 77
173,470 3G
500 00
Circulation,
Relief circulation,
Discounts,
Bridge Tolls,
Premiums,
Profit and Loss,
Dividends,
Due to other Banks,
Due to Depositors,
Suspense,
ASSETTS
Bills discounted, $421,286 17
Real Estate, 17,017 84 .
Stock Colombia Bank, 60,500 00
Water Company. 375 00
157,300 00
1,500 00
950,00
5,000 00
710 48
2,737 53
934 57
19,917 57
9,200 37
34,551 94
Bridge,
State Loan,
Relief "
Tide Water Canal,
Interest on deposits,
Expenses of Bank,
Bridge,
Specie,
Bunk Notes, &c., specie funds,
Due from solvent Bank,
LANCASTER SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
LIABILITIES.—November. 3, 1852.
Capital Stock paid in, ! 830,140 75
Due depositors, 326,251 67
Surplus Fund,
Discounts,
Dividends unpaid,
Interest,
Bills and Notes discounted,
Stocks of other Institutions,
PerionaLproperty,
Real Estate,
Bonds,
'Cash on hand,
Interest paid depositors,
Expense account,
This institution has made a dividend of 5 per
cent in July, in amount $1,530, and will make
the next semiannual dividend in January next,
at which time the State Tax will be paid on the
whole amount.
THE LANCASTER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOLl
m.—The Lancaster County Agricultural Society
held a stated trieetiug on Tuesday the 11th inst.,
at the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute
The meeting w•as respectable as to numbers, and
prom The interest that that was taken by the rnem-
bets present in the cause of Agricultural knowledge,
the Society has good reason to expect a long ca
reer of usefulness and , prosperity.
After the regular business—which on account of
the late Agric rural fair was both interesting and
important—was nsacted, the Society proceeded
to the election of 0 cers lor the ensuino . ' year.
Messrs. Jacob Frantz, President, and Jas. Evans
and Abrn. Kourrman, Vice Presidents and D. W.
Patterson, Es*, Secrbtary, having declined re-elec
tion:the foll Owing gentlemen were elected Officers
of the Society :
Hon. JOHN STROHM, President,
$1,626,653 59
' Messrs. John Miller and Jacob B Garber, Vice
Presidents; C. H. Lefevre., Treasurer; Jacob Myers,
Librarian• ' Hon. A. L. Hayes, Corresponding Secre
tary; David G. EshlemaicEsq., Recording Secretary.
Managers—Benjamin E.'shleman, Benjamin Herr,
(Lad. city.) Morris Hoopes, John Shaeffer, J. Hart
man Hershey, Henry Musselman (Strasburg,) Ab
• raham Peters.
The following gentlemen were elected members
of the Society. viz:—Christian 0. Herr, Christian
B. Herr.(Manor,) Jacob F.Foyr, Christopher Hager,
Isaac Landis, John :McGovern, Michael Malone,
John Metzler, Henry Musselman (Strasburg,) Fer
ree Brin ton and John Nl4artney.
The Society now numbdrs over 160 regular mem
bers.
Christian H. Lefevre the Treasurer of the Society
presented his account, which exhibited a balance ol
funds on hand, after ded4ting claims out standing
of $751 ,43.
The "Board of Managers" through D. Rhoads,
$1,626,653 59
their Chairman, made a full and detailed Report
to the Society of their action in the preparations
and arrangements for the late Pennsylvania State
Fair held at Lancaster.
They report that by means of the voluntary sub
scriptions made by the people of Lancaster city and
county, to defray expenses of said Fair, and wine.'
v.ere in general punctually paid; the Society was
enabled to meet , its engagements with the State So-
1,531,900 96
$ 36,685 84
- .
ciety promptly. That a final settlement was had
with the Executive Commiitee of the Staie Society,
which at a subsequent meeting in Harrisburg, pass
ed Resolutions highly complimentary to the Officers
of the Lancaster County Society, having the man
agement of that exhibitiOn.
Amongst those voluntary subscriptions on that
occasion, those of the citizens of Lancaster city, are
reported as being , most creditable, while several of
the townships of the county are commended for
their liberality. The amounts subscribed and paid
stand thus:—
Lancaster city, SouthWe4 Ward, $321
East " 472
" " North -East " 403
West " . 941 50
Warwick twp., by Samuel Kellar, 30
141anheim " " Lightner Sharp, 43
Besides the abode the; citizens of Manor and Penn
townships, have subscribed and are ready to pay a
portion towards defraying expenses also.
The Board gave a detailed statement of the best
mode and the nett expense of erecting fences, shed
ding &c., such as were used at the late Fair, and re
mark that great saving of:expense would be secured
in such erections by using as material, the best
culling boards of regular length.
• They also recommend the holding of a County
Agricultural and Mechanical Fair; sometime next
fall, and suggest the propriety of largely increasing
the Library of the Society with such standard
works on agriculture, chemistry, geology, &c., as
could be had. In conclusion, they say, that num
bers of our intelligent Agriculturalists are now pro
curing those works for their own private Libraries,
while many would like to read them but can not
incur the expense, whereas by tills establishing a
County Library, those important works would be
placed within the reach of every Farmer of the
county, at the small expense of One Dollar a year,
and at the same time secure to the Society a firm
foundation for future uiefelness.
Attest. . D. G. ESHLEMAN, Sec'y.
$1,177,271 00
• ALERTING OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIE
TY. -The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State
Agricultural Sodiety was held in the Hall of Lie
House of Regesentatives, on Tuesday afternoon
last. Charles B. Trego, was called to the chair
in the absence of Judge Watts.
A. 0. Heister, fromahe committee on field cropv,
made report and awarded premiums.
Mr. Walker, Recording Secretary, read. an in
teresting report of the transactions of the socity for
the past year.
George H. Bucher, Esq., Treasurer, then made
his financial:report.
The Society then proceeded to an election of of
ffcers for the ensuing - year :
President—FßEDEßlCK WATTS.
$1,177,271 00
Vice Presidents—From Congressional district.-
1. Peleg B. Savery, .2. Joseph R. Ingersoll, 3, J.
Gowen, 4. Algermon S. Roberts, 5. John Kenne
dy, 6. Abraham R. M'llvaine, 7. Wm. Stavely, 8.
Henry Shubert, 9. John Strohm, 10. J. P. Ruther
ford, 11. Amos Kapp, 12. George W. Woodward,
13. Augustus Lukenbaugh, 14. Wm. Jessup, IS.
H. N. M'Allister, 16. Jacob S. Haldeman, 17. W.
Heiser, 18. J. S. Isett, 19. J. M'Farland, 20. Jno.
H. Ewing, 21. John' Murdock, 22. iWm. Martin,
23. Wm. Waugh, 24; Wm. Bigler, 25. Jas. Miles.
Additional Members of the Executive Committee.
—J. S. Evans, A. 0. Heister, I. G. M'Kinley, Rob
ert M'Alister, Simon. Cameron.
Corresponding Secretary—A. L. Ellwyn.
Recording•Secretary=Robert C..W olkerr
Treasurer—Geo. H. Bucher.
Chemisi and Geologist —S. S. Haldeman.
• Librarian—David Mumma.
The Prizes °warned by the Committee on Field
Crops were as fellows:
Foe CORN.—iSt premium to George Walker, of
Susquehanna county; for 160 bushels to the acre !
Id premium to John:B. Bitzer, of West Earl, Lan
caster county, for 961 bushels per acre.
Fort WHEAr.—lst'premium to Reuben Weidler,
of Upper Leacock, Lancaster county, 42 bushels
per acre.
• Fort Oars.—lst prnmium to Benjamid Buckwal
ter, of East Lampeter, Lancaster county, 73 bush
els per acre.
.Some other premiums were awarded, of .which
further notice will be given hereafter.
$710,773 98
$525,664 30
29,527 56
20,000 00
3,579 70
594 65
8,503 26
99,046 70
3,415 00
186 00
11,104 65
1,090 35
2,047 10
1,246 92
2,929 67
439 30
164 52
1,234 30
IMPOTITAFT OPINION.—An important opinion
has just been delivered by Judge Woodward, of the
Supreme Bench, relating to partnership property.
The following portion of the opinion will gi , e an
idea "A the principle laid down. The Judge says
$710,773 98
"That a sheriff acting under an execution at the
suit of a judgment cleditor of one partner can sell
and deliver no part of the partnership goods, but
only the contingent interest of the debtor partner
in the stock and profits after settlement of partner
ship accounts and 'payment of partnership credi
tors, is a conclusion thatresults necessarily out of
the principles of the partnership relation, and is
sanctioned by a great number of modern decisions
both it. England and, the United States. What are
some of the principles of this relation? It is a
contract relation, and therefore no partner can, be
introduced into it except upon consent. A purchas
er at a sheriffs sale of a partner's interest becomes
a tenant in common with the partners, so far as to
entitle him to an account, but he does not become
a partner. On the contrary, the sale works a dis
solution of the paknership, as completely ns the
death, insanity, or bankruptcy of a partners.
" Partners are joint-tenants of all the stock and
effects employed in their business. No partner can
have a separate interest in any part of the proper..
ty belonging to the'. partnership, though each ha
an entire as well as joint interest in the whole of
the joint property. A levy, then, to effect the in
terest of a partner, cannot touch a specific'propor
tion of the goods, nor the whole, coupled with a
right, resting in contract, to use them for the pur
poses for which the partnership was instituted. The
only levy that can be made, consistently with the
relation the partners sustain to the goods, is t,he
.debtorss interest in the whole, and that is to be
'measured by final account.
$731,981 47,
fi7- Greely & McElrath of the New York Tri
bune,will accept our thanks for their valuable Al
manac for 1853. In addition to its yearly calen
dar, it contains the names of the officers of the Go
vernment of the United States, a list of the mem
bers of the present ftrul next Congress, notices of the
deaths of Clay and Webster, the national Platform
of the great political parties, the elections returns
of every State arranged by counties, besides a large
amount of political l statistical,mechanical, agricul
tural and general Information.
$731,981 47
, - 10,50000
5,921 35
108 75
477 85
$373,400 37
ASSETS
$309,841 67
11,281 90
.175 00
19,000 00
3,246 19
26,749 63
1,947 95
1,158 03
$373,400 37
NXXUd Congress--Second Session.
WAstwirorosi,lan:
SENATE.—Several memorials, &c., were present
ed by Messrs. Seward and others.
The Senate Chamber is densely crowded in every
part b 3 the•beauty and fashion of the city, expect
in., to hear Mr. Soule.
' On motion of Mr. badger, the Senate proceeded.
to the consideration of the House bill to prevent
frauds in the Treasury, and guarding the clerks in
the Departments, and members of Congress from
bcibes. •
Several amendments were offered and .iiscussed
Mr. Hale inquired whether the hill covered the
cases of agents, who were in the habit of daily ex
tracting black mail from sailors and officers in the
navy, to get their business done before the Depart
ments or Congress. He had been shnwn, under
oath, that these men daily sell Congress for a price.
If the, bill did not Cover such cases he desired it to
lie over for amendment.
. . .
Mr. Badger said that the bill did not cover the
cases alluded to, but he hoped that it would be
passed for what it does cover.
After some further discussion, the question was
taken, and the hill passed..
The galleries being crowded, Mr. Jones, of Ten
nessee, asked the unanimous consent of the Senate
to suspend the rules, so as to admit the ladies to
seats on the floor.
INlr. Underwood' having raised an objection, the
rules were not Suspended.
The Senate then proceeded to the special order
of the day—being the resolutions of Mr. Cass, re-
affirming the Monroe doctrine, and applying it to
Cuba.
Mr. Soule having the floor, proceeded to speak
at length. In connection with Cuba, he presented
a clear exposition of our foreign relations, and took
the ground that all other issues in this country
must necessarily yield to this; that parties must
necessarily yield to this- ' that parties must draw
their lines and contest the question of foreign poli
cy as to the great point of division. He lowed,
also, motives lint yet hinted at, which will induce
Spain to part with Cuba, that being one of the in
cidents of the speedily prospective condition of Eu
ropean offal N.
The speech of Mr. Soule was thrillingly eloquent,
and was listened to with dee; attention.
Mr. Cass followed with a brief speech, designed
to establish the application of the Monroe doctrine
to the present state of affairs, and to prove that it
was not a mere expedient for the purpoSe of oppo
sing the Holy Alliance. but the assertion of a per
petual principle. To pave this, he referred to a
subsequent message of Monroe - of 1823, which
has no reference to the Huiy Alliance; also to Mr.
Polk's Yucatan Message, in which the same doc
trine ivas advanced; and to Jefferson, who, in a let
ter to Monroe in '23, approved his course, and ad
vanced the principle now contended for—the ex
clusion of European influences on the American
Continent. He also made reference to views pro
mulgated by, Adams and Clay, confirming these
impressions as to the extent of the application of
Monroe's doctrine.
Mr. Dixon moved the reference of the whole sub
ject ,to the Committee on Foreign Relations, with
instructions, Of which he gave notice some days
since.
Mr. Seward took the floor, when the Senate ad
journed.
House.—The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the President, adverse to the
claims of certain officers of customs for extra fees.
The House then took up and , passed the bill
granting the' tight of way and donation of public
lands for the construction of a Railroad from St.
Louis to the Iron Mountains, in Missouri.
Mr. Brooks called up the bill for the establish
ment of a Branch Mint in New York.
Mr. Seymour resumed and concluded' his speech
in favor of the bill.
He called the previous question, and the motion
was sustained by a vote of 70 to 44.
Mr. Brooks spoke in favor of the Branch Mint
at New York until the morning hour expired.
Thus the vote on the bill was again defeated.
The HouSe went into• Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union, and took up the Defic
iency Appropriation Bill, providing for the payment
Of salaries to certain Clerks of the House, additional
appropriations f::r the extension of the Capitol, &c.
The bill ,was reported to the House with some
tinting arneadments.•
'l'he•bi'l to establish the Terriorial Government
'of Columbia--was also reported to the House.
The House shortly after adjourned.
Mansion for the Governor
We are glad to see a movement in. the Legisla
ture
in favor of the erection of a suitable mansion
for the Governor. A bill to this effect wrs intro
duced into the House of Representatives on Friday
week, by Mr.Skinner,:of Philadelphia, and we trust
it will pass both Houses before the close of the
session. The inconvenience, and expense to which
the Executive is too frequently subjected in obtain
ing a suitable dwelling, is one, of many reasons,
that may be urged ,in favor of Mr. Skinner's propo
sition. Persons visiting the seat of Government,
naturally have a deS'ire to call upon the Governor
and situated as he must necessarily be under exist:
ing circumstances, it is impossible for him to re
ceive and entertain his numerous " constituents"
in a style cbmporting with the dignity of his official
position. We say to our Legislators, then, pass
a law authorizing the erection of an appropriate
Gubernatorial mansion, upon the public grounds,
where then' sovereign people" will be free to vi,sit
their Chief Magistrate, , unrestrained by the 'fear of
intruding upon the privacy of his family.
APPLICATION FOR A MANDAIHUS,—In the Su.
prairie Court, Thursday morning, St. Geo. T. Camp.
bell presented a petition from the President, Direc.
tors and Company of the Bank of Pennsylvania, for
an alternative mandamus against JohnM. Bick
el, State Treasurer, to compel him to return the
moneylof the State, now lying idle, to the Bank of
Pennsylvania, from which he has removed it, under
the contract entered into between the State of Penn
sylvania and said Bank, by the act of 1830. The
contract, it is alleged, is to run until the year 1858;
but can be altered or repealed by an act of the
Legislature. This not having been done, the Benk
deny the right of the State Treasurer to keep the
State dePosits anywhere else than in the Bank of
Pennsylvania. They allege, that under the act of
11 th March, 1811, authorising the election of a
State Treasurer, he is required to place the custody
of all moneys lying idle in the Bank of Pennsylva
nia, and that upon the faith of that act, the Bank
has employed additional (Jerks, and gone to an ad
ditional expenditure of wiout $6,000 per annum.
That the Bank has co'nplied with all the re
quirements of the several acts of Assembly in rela
tion to the' contract, and had at various times,
whenever called upon,lowei,.lthe State.stock funds
-as she desired, as her fiscal agents. That at the
present time, the State Treasurer has on deposit,
of the moneys belonging to the State, about $500,-
00Cbin the Girard Bank, which the petitioners ask
may be ordered into the custody of the Pennsylva
nia Bank, lor her own use and profit, until wanted
by the State, in accordance with the act of Assem
bly referred to.
Judge Lewis said, he would assign a reason why
it would not be proper for him to take part in the
question., About 17 years ago, while Attorney
General of the State, he had given an opinion as to
what moneys were contemplated by the act of As
sembly to be kept in the Bank of Pennsylvania.—
He, therefore, would not take part in the matter.
Sir. St. Geo. T. Campbell asked that the writ be
made returnable on the sth of Feb. next, and that
it he forwarded to the Sheriff of Dauphin county
for service. The'day named was fixed, together
with the service.—News
Harrisburg, Jan. 25.
THE pTATF. PSIRTt4G ALLOTMENT. — The two
Housesiof the Legislature met in Convention in the
Hall of the House, at 12 o'clock today, to open
the bidS and allot the public printing. After a long
debate Upon the question of proceeding to open the
bids, OM convention agreed upon an adjournmennt
until ttie 21st of Febuary, without opening any of
the bids offered. The object is, in the meantime,
to revise the whole system of excuting the .public
work, and, if possible, provide for the election of a
State Printer.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE COLUMBIA RAIL
ROAD.—About 8 o'clock yesterday morning, a ter
rible accident happened on the Columbia Railroad,
about two miles west of Christiana, in consequence
of the breaking of a rail. The last car in the track
becamb,detached and was precipitated down an
embankment, a distance of about eighteen feet. It
contained a number of passengers, several of whom
were more or less injured. One had an arm and
another a leg broken. The stove was capsized and
the car set on fire. Several of the passengers were
1 slightly burned, and made a most miraculous escape
from a horrible death. The car was entirely ' con
sumed. The accident was not discovered until
1
the locomotive had proceeded with th . other cars
to a distance of several miles. The passengers
most seriously injured were left behi d and the
more:fortunate ones were brought to t is city. It
is feared that those who were lelt at. Christiana
would not survive their injuries.—Phi/a. Sun of
yesterday.
Hon. WlLLuat ),Vititarr (Dem.) has been
elected U. S. Senator from New Jersey, for six.
yes re from the 4th of March. The vote in the Leg
islature stood 48 to 29.
The Report °lithe State Treasurer.
The report of the Sts'e Treasurer is short, but its
interest is diminished, in a great respect, by the
statements of the Governor's Message, and the re
port of the Auditor Getrral, which contain nearly
all the facts embraced in the report of the Treasu-
ter. Divested of loans, premiums, and sales of pub
lic property, the receipts and expenditures of the
year may be stated as follows, viz :
Receipts at the Treasury from permanent sources
of revenue during the year .ending November 30,
1652, $4,428,096 23
Payments at the Treasury, as ap.
plied to objects of a permanent char
acter during the same time,
`Expenses of permanent revenue
over permanent expenditures, 540,42.2 S 7
Whilst it thus appears that the ordinary and per
manent revenue has been more than adequate to
the ordinary support of the Government, during the
past year, the appropriations for extraordinary pur
poses beyond the loans authorized at the last ses
sion of the Legislature, and paid out of the Treasu
ry proper, have fully absorbed this excess.
The gratifying fact nevertheless, is Presented,
that the resources of the Treasury are no longer in
sufficient to sustain the plighted faith of the Com
monwealth, but that, with proper economy and
prudent legislation, a few years only will have
elapsed till our Public Debt will be, it not number
ed among the things that were, greatly reduced, and
our people will be relieved from the burden of tax
ation.
Although an apparent available balance 01 $l,
382,01.1. was in the Treasury at the close of the fis
cal year, yet the same is not all applicable to
the payment of the interest on the funded debt, fal-'
ling due on the lot day of February next. The
sum of $711,575 28 being part of the loan author
ized by an act of the 4th of May, 1852, for the re
demption of the over due loans of the Common
wealth, there remolded an available balance for in
terest purposes of but $671,037 75. In my report
of last year I found it necessary to ask for the pas
sage of a law authorizing a special loan to meet
the February interest. It became necessary to
make the loan thus authorized, and it cost the
State severvhousand too hundred and three dollars
and thirty-five cents. lam entirely confident that
*the interest falling dne on the Ist of Febuary next,
can be paid without resorting to a special loan.
The State Treasurer then repeats the !acts in re
lation to the five million loan, which are familiar
to the public, having been recently published.
The bonds issued in pursuance of the act crea-
Ling the aforesaid loan have attached to them cou—
pons, or certificates to,/ interest, and whilst the mar-,
bet price of the ordinary bonds does-not exceed .
their par value, the former commands a handsome
premium. This is, in a measure, there can be no
doubt, owing to the facility with which they can
be disposed of, requiring no power of attorney, or ,
other authority to transfer them, but passing readi
ly from hand to h. ad. The question may therefore
be.asked, would it nr.t be wise policy in the gov
ernment to change the character of the other pub
lic loans to that of coupon bonds. I most cordial
ly recommend this question to the consideration
of the Legislature, and were the proper provisiow
made for th;s change, and the coupons made receiv
able at the State Treasury in payment of all publici
dues, it admits of but little doubt that the value of'
the bonds will be greatly enhanced. I cannot see
that any disadvantage in consequence of such
change could possibly result to the Commonwealth.
The five millions loan already negotiated shows to
the contrary.
Odr public debt on the Ist December, 1332, al
though stated in the tableat $41,524,575 37, was in
reality $711,373 25 less; this sum being in the
Treasury at the time, and constituting part of the
loan of the 4th of May, 1852, was subject to the re
demption of any of the six per cent. certificates
then due. Had these certificates been presented for
payment before the close of the year, the amount
of them outstanding would have been reduced equal
to the amount of the new loan received. It may
be well to remark that this loan does in no wise
increase the State debt, as it but takes the place of
those loans that have fallen due. On the contrary
it directly reduces it in amount equal to the ‘ pre
miums received, these being vested in the Comfnis
sinners of the Sinking Fund for the purchase of
State stocks. The only item of increase in the
debt since Ist December, 1331, is the North Branch
Canal loan, and this was dictated by the soundest
principles of policy.—Public Ledger
Average Duration of Life.
Professor Buchanan, in an interesting lecture
before the Mechanics' Institute of Cincinnati,
makes the following observations upon the average
duration of life, the effect in part of medical science.
He says, that in the latter part of the sixteenth cen
tury, one-half of all that were born, died under five
years of age, and the average longevity of, the whole
population was but eighteen years. In the seven
teenth century, one-half of the population died under
twelve. But in the first sixty years of the eight
eenth century, one-half of the population lived over
twenty-seven years. In the latter few years, one
half exceeded thirty-two years of age. At the be
ginning of the present century, one-lialf exceeded
forty years, and from 1838 to 1845 one-half ex
' ceeded forty-three. The average longevity of these
successive periods, has been increased from 18 years
in the sixteenth century up to 43.7 by our last re
ports. These facts are derived from the medical
statistics of Geneva. Applied to this country, such
an improvement as is here exhibited from 1500 to
1845, would make a variation in our bills of mor
tality of more than half a million, or 14500 deaths
daily.
TUE FATE OF MEXICO.—The news from Mexicd
brings the intelligence that the Mexican Republic
is on the brink of destruction, and the revolution
ists successful in every quarter; thaf Arista has
resigned the Presidency and fled the city ; where
upon Cevallos,.President of the Supreme Court or
ganized a sort of Provisional Government which
suggests to the Washington Union a story of
social anarchy, disorganized Government, and deso
lating rebellion, which tells us that Mexico no
longer exists as a stable and independent govern.
ment.
"The edifice," says the Union, " is crumbling to
the earth in hopeleis ruin. How long _can
. this
country remain an idle and indifferent spectator of
a neighboring people consumed by all the calami
ties of anarchy? How long will it be before the
interposition of the United States will be invoked
to rescue Mexican society and civilization trom to
tal anarchy and barbarism ? How long will it be
before other powers will assert rights in respect to
Mexico? These questions are worthy of the anx
ious consideration of the statesmen of this country.
The United States cannot be indifferent to the con
dition Mexico."
Book Notices.
[l:7 The “DsmocasTic Ravtxw` for January is
a double number, and closes the second volume since
the Editorship was assumed by Mr. G. N. Sanders.
The contents of this number are varied, and the ar-, ,
titles generally written with great force and abili
ty. This number is embellished with a Portrait
of James Gordon Bennett, Editor of the New York
Herald. There is also a Map descriptive of the
seat of the Hungarian War, explanatory of Stiles'
description of the Magyar Revolution.
BLAcxwoon's ATAGAZINE, for January, from the
re-print of Leonard Scott & Co., N. Y., is also on
our table, and fully sustains it previous reputation.
11:7 Fitch's Introductory Lessons in Geography,
published by George Savage, No. 58 Fulton street,
N. Y., appears to be an excellent work, it we may
judge from the cursory examination we have been
able to give it. In this work the learner's attention
is mainly directed to the study of the maps inter
spersed through it, in this way impressing upon the
mind of the learner every thing that is necessary to
be studied and retaja6l--in_the memory.
We have also before us a'tiseful little boOk, en
titled "A Manual of the Origin and Meaning of
Geographical Names," by the same author. A
most excellent help to the student of Geography.
Both these works are for sale at MunnAr &
STOEICS Bookstore.
GERMAN WITHOUT • MASTER.—This is a most
valuable little book for those who wish to make
themselves acquainted with the German language,
without the aid of a Teacher. Published by T. B.
Peterson, No. 93 Chesnut st., Philadelphia, and sold
at 25 cents.
ENTERPRISC—Perhaps no stronger evidence can
be adduced of the intrinsic value and unrivalled
usefulness of Ayer 's Cherry Pectoral, than the fact
that in order to supply the demand the Proprietor
has been compelled to build an immense block,oc
cupying a large part of a square on one of our
principle thoroughfares, five stories of which is be
occupied by his Labratory for the preparation of
the Cherry PeCtoral alone. As this article has
now won its way to the public favor solely by its
success in curing disease, this fact is some comment
on its N irtue.—Lnca Advertiser.
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