Eztraet from the Annual Report: of the Canal,ftminissionere. yrs zrainstott _Tni ioll.l7l . lllt l ft This I hope . dant; work commences at. the present northern terminus of the North Drench , division[at Lackawanna creek, and extends to l the,Nevi York State line; ti distanea ot ' miles. iAfter thin expenditure of $2,484,939 -GO, the contrueta on this line were suspended in 1841ileaving a totally unproductive debt Jo that mount upon the resources of the hens - ury: 'Theinapohey of permitting the waste of so large, a sum after nearly , two-thirds of the cost of the construction of the line has been Incurred, and .that too ripen a work which must BOhne- of; the moat -profitably" to the State, btoame so apparent tlmt the legislature Art 1847 determined upon its: resumption and • sompletian. In patience of this and the sub -:ail:pma nit of 81ay,1858, '451:1 Milos - tit the' • (-susl have be c n placed under contract, inelnd • • tog two dams across the river, the masonry of actileductsitwentyine locks and nine cul- The esti l enste - costll the work maderitontract is 8911,188 48 tatimatit oost - of the work not InntlerlOontract. . Add'fbOsnimriblendance and sontingancim. TOtal estimsto cost, $1,393,957 87 Am ountnpprppriated ur acts of 4849,1850, and 1851, Amount required to be appro. - printed," • - 8823,95787 During the fall of last year it teat discover ed that the appropriation would not be turn. tient to jprotect the dams and Rome other me a/tonic:di work, from the. dangers Of the ice, early:inter aid spring freshets. In' this state :-OfaffairS, the board deemed it prudent, as a matter of strict economy, to exceed the none .el approPriation, and to order the prosecution of the vrork'necessary to the protection of these structureal This fact being communtea. red to the State Treasury, it was' after full • consultation with that officer deemed Mown 's/al to the interests of the Commonwealth to giormit 350,000 to be used beyend:the actual appropriation, rather than suffer the heavy loss apprehended from the causes to which refer ogee had been made. The sum of 850,000 is' - • ificluded in the amount required to be appro. I p4ated. ! The aecompanying report of the enginecrot the line, ';:rresents a very comprehensive view of the:past and present condition of the work, - the causes which have led to an apparent dis crepancy! in the. estimates of the cost of its completion, and an able argument in favor of its future value as a source of revenue. It may, perhaps be deemed superfluous to reitemteithe views heretofore expressed 'by the board, and their predecessors, in favor of an immediate completion of this work. Three millions fifty-nine - theusand nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents have been *speeded upon it,—leaving but the sum of eight hrindred and twenty-three thetsrr.d ' hnedred dollars to be appropridied to insurt its completion. The loss in in terest on the amount expended, and in tolls earned by the suspension, would have placed t"oe line in navigable order before the present ,period, and in addition to the interest op its .tort, have yielded it handsome revenue. reference to the preceding portion of this re . port detailing, the report of the operations on late firdslied,portions of the North Branch will show that this position is sustained' by expe riesce. 'That unfinished line, with but one outlet to market, and less. favorably situated Is comparison with other anthracite coal -re gions, in regard to its means of easy necess to • the,scaboard trade, yielded to the treasury , 83'32,891-37 over and above its expenditures. This faCt speaks volumes in favor of the int . mediate-completion " of, the work. When it ' teaches the State line, we Shall have n eon tinuons! water communication with the canals etNew(York, and a connection with the rail -wads running through that Stale from the Hodson river to the lakes, thus opening an inportantmarket for the Coal of the Wyo. ming talky. .The annually increasing eon sumptean of that article justifies the belief, -that in a few years its transportation on this work Would alone amply remunerate the state for its outlay., 'ln 1837, 707,702 - tons of coal were transported on the _Delaware division. and 33 4,017 tons on the unfinished portions of this nue.. What may we not then expect up on the Completion of the North Branch, iup. pl}ing i l as it will, all the rich and nourishing , rortitais , of western New York, aria the cam- ' try boidering on the lakes! But we must not tonfind our estimates to the transportation of this one article. Iron would form •a heavy item of tonage passioginto New York, whilst we shOuld receive in return plaster, salt, larn ber.and other heavy articles of freight, with- Ana: taking into consideration pmduce and •mMehandire which would seek their death:m. l lien by this route. • . • I • From this brief statement of facts. it is - ob.. w:ous that soimd, economy. dictates an early completion: of the work. It can lie brought- Into use early in 1833, if the required appro. priation he made. Any delay, for the want of funds, beyond that period, must, as a matter ct course, Increase the cost of construction and keep frorri the treasury the receipts of toll, „which would otherwise flow.into it. The propriety of making an appropriation for the immrsiiat&completion of this extensien is respectfully submitted to the Legislature.— : We' are no doubt, from n careful scrutiny of -the subject, in all its bearings, that the true IntereSte -of the Commonwealth demands such ' s course. The trensnry is now paying an in: Infest on a largo and dead capital, by the de= lay in i bringin,, , r the work into psi. Its early completion -w ill: not only put a" stop to this drain upon our present resources.: but will yield a revenue to relieve tire existing berth ens efthe people, and at the sane time be rendering art act of justice to 'a portion of our eitiz.ens, whose property- has teen fullifing for,years from an uncompleted work,_Without deriving a Slagle cent's Windage fro:MIL ' Fnzz MEDiCAL LDMATION,..-1118 Eclectic Medical Institute of thii city, our most flour ishiag', medical : college, has declared its toirs. es, of lectures 'free trom all charge for pules stor's tickets, retaining.only the small inciden. vu feek tor matriculating mid dissecting, to de fray-;the expenses of th ecuileg e . This is ma. tirtually; a free school. ,The next ses. Siiciaof, the inatitute - commencei on - the lat'of Marchi abil taati four , months. It is fortunate that such nn eXamplehasbeen'set -by a school quo` high . 1 - reputation for abiluv and learn ing; as et trilf;. place thorough professional ' education 'within - the _reach or thousands_ of ioungmen who hire heretoforti.been preren. tett bY I the Wiry expel iee of.. a - Collegiate course from obtaining a finished education: Our ittt ot- .. the press - w_.11.1 promote the public'interest, atm confer a taror upon many rtoireAtdekiit o g A thorough education, by Jo: liFinoklie,; ! litia important movetno__ut. • • • C - .'2-. 2remoc:- • , The Dili in relation to the snalificat, ions of Distri c t Attomeya, introduced by Mr. Mott, tuts. isaed. both brancbes ofour Legis. ;:and - the Governor , having eignt , d-• it, is sowlt Bill provideethat - any• one properly_ ndpitted and who. has .lu4etilied as AniAttorney in-the c ounty ithere :be rftlifee, bo; , 001.4 to 'bolt the of. TIE FENOCRAT. the. Lariresktirealathinles NOitherii •Itentuoymasim-4032 Coplcsitiffeekiri, tr ; :&.E: B. BrirrOltS. , * - i - • , -:."-- TwiegsnAT, rion.VAr.Y 19, 1999. For President, , Jtunes Buchanan. Subject to the decilion of the Nadotial Con- , . Banking' and . : Small Notes. It - them be ono thing under-the sun more strange to us than another, politically speak ing, it is the 'wonderful zeal some politiciMts I manifest in an unjust cause ; and the astonish ,ingobsegniousness with which they bow down and . woMhipthe golden calf. Principle,Truth, Justice and Right become' unmeaning words, when great inter - esti -I :is° to be served ; when bold, audacious, and unblushing Capital walks into our Legislative Halls, with the air.of Ina-i pndence, and demands a legislated Morsel of bone and . flesh. Year after year .do we 'wit ness the suppna representatives . of this great Power, more untiring than the hotse-feech, and more insatiate and unsatisfied as one ob ject after another is gained. ft swerves by its allurements, intimidates by its threats, and se duces by its blandishments. No pi l ojeet 'tool bold to escape its encounter, none too unright-, ecus,to bear down its unblushing effrontery. Constant in its devotion, untiring in its laborS,i wonderful in its adaptation to meet the siet4 I and enlist the syMpathies of law.givers, its oh jecti rn generally attained, even at the sae4,- fiee of principle and honor.l Need we say that those objects are generally mercenary , and selfish ? All the world's bistory,—the every day experienie of every Man in our Common wealth, teaches this truth. Capital, the world over is the same,—the same in the hands of the. American millionare as the English Arista. crat,—the same in all its instincts and sordid Selfishness,—the same in its unrelenting war- I fare upon the rights of free men,—the sabre in' its unnatural oppressions, iwhether ;on the American laborer or the pleek-fed subject 'pt• Monarchial power. It knowS no heart, it feCls no sympathy, it hears no grdansi it heaves no sighs, and responds to no wail of woe. StoCks and dividends,-per.centage, interest and seen-, mutations, are its idols, sthe God that it icor-I ships, the end tor which it lives, the shrine be fore which it kneels with more than devotee 197569 : 39 $1,308,957 87 90,000 -00 675,000 00 . . fanaticism.- • ~ . We by no means depiivb . this . vast and corrupt power of its rights. : That it has rights,---that those, and itself, may be benefi cially employed we are ready to admit. In its natural and legitimate ispliere; 'naturally and legitimately combined with Industry.: and Im provement, it raises a nation tp-influenee posi tion, and happiness. '- - It is the unnatural com binations it seeks, and the aid that it invokes from the strong arm of Legislation that we war, and which we.war from principle,—from a sense of natural Justice - and Equity. Its insolent demands we are bound to resist; its steady and dangerous encroachments upon the inborn rights of man, given him as natural aids in his Heaven-cursed * career of sweat and toil, that we are bound to oppose. Need we ap- Ipeal to the citizens of Susquehanna county, 1 fur the purpose of awaking them toad appro. cautiondthe manifold and sweeping evils that I exist - in our State;-7-of the., pernicious mid ni l bolas consequences resulting from one phase of this legalized oppression of monetary pow 'erl • Need we recall, by rce minting the occur-. recces of the Fast, the lestOn so dearly learn t • I. • ed by this confiding and unsuspecting commu nity 1 • Need we say how that confidence-was betrayed, how those rights were violated, how law wasdefied ana your Poise.ssions-plunder , edl Needwe point out bow the money-lord has triumphed user JuStice, silencing the voice' of law and public sentiment, leaving the guilty, to walk in open day, with 'head erect, mast }ton °rabic "Lien ? Need we say how a Bank Char ter had power to disrobe and transform Hon esty, corrupt and disgrace Morality and leg 1. ize Perjury I ' Need we say' how great men were brought low, how good men stagg,ered,l and ministers of Justice • fell 1 We need not, recount these things,'—they !dill live fresh in' 1 the painful!recollectiOn of all our citiieni.-- I .IVe only wisti.that the . peeple of .this whole I Commonwealth, could, appreciate them as well, and that they tad the, courage 'to face the strong array of this centraliied power; drive' , lit from their:lolls of our Legislature, cover its - i infamous deeds with its own infamy, and place'' Itheir perpetrators in the same category With !I lesser felmis. It has always i3pemed as though .. Pennsylvaida was fated,aborecll other States, lto feel the evilltarising from a" corrupt Bank ing system, in their most oppressive fornis.— Public opinion; common honesty, law and its • penalties have been powerless, frequently. .sO, .. to protect the rights of community and shield the innocent. For thirty years have the . Denioc . racy of the Cominonweldth been awake to the steady and corrupting influences stealing upon gie Very vitals of the. government, by seizing and controlling, to a greater or less eatent;the ,currency of the country. They have' seen and i fought ttattnosttearfol odds., 90aYedagainat [them lets been a large and ;respectable peliti. I cal party together -with this stronger than hu man !power,-!..the strength' of gold,. seeking to !perpetuate and root itself deep hi .:thee iegisle-' "of thet• ' -' Itli ' •1 - tof - f ' I bon . ommonwea . -n, lc Pen, ruin I time to time, bile..been charased,havk been! ' shorn of their might and sunk down Powerless' as Sampson in - the lap of Delilah. - When'that has not; been the exief;-Wliee' ini, (malt has beewfound in'the Proclaim* of „13anlii /ins, the:money:god .bse fcitinci ii -only a *mop, to change:tie theatre of bis operations, in order to strip men of priueiple'andintegritysiand visa Oils lewk_o l !*!iipre4giotis dA - coitivrin4,- y. Many and:sad are On .e.iairiPleS of, -the fraut y i pf.humswity to withstand , the .- sednetiie, ad. vaneettal gold,tvben Bank Chartershave been placed in *eh. 'fran4 .- ,!‘Oni great'andgend ' ' . I . ' 'ia i:i . sd . Ihed oflli - * Men 'jhave; een s u --ro err sir. tue...while .ennuttenity- his steal- sghast, hoe rifted atlhe sPeataele.: V .InOttenee; 'gained , by, onurtritei'*tien, 'Sitr4r4sl4-71NOrlitiidO'Oil #44:: : I ..` a PPMiCjoins4dost; Alia '.-.oion . .._ _ .. - . ._. vention e Contweed,),, . , .. - „..-,•. ... , •i'-I -•- . {- -•-, : _. ; Fir sy, t he replrt of the State Treasurer cyst; 4))4lliihii3;.w o •learif that the " total iia I ea *On': Pf able" prepeiti in Snsquehanne Coon. iy, is t52.,e0 . 43.59. • Tile assessment of State taic47,9'2B; 7 . PopOlation;18;688: -. Taiahloa, 6,232., . • IThiieippOtof, the.: Mate . . debt y bec. :ft - 400f. : ,t5it4" , i464i4442 - 39. - -41/ lotd TP)4, 1, 10044 tii.. State. b) .492,1198,829: Whole tax•Osiel, 411,329,75 T, - Whole &potation dihk Stilte, , ,*sitasq . _ , i taiableis,.. 491,971. Ske!tate is pileg:thin. iteatty fifty ~ eeots: for 1 everijaut2. - trommo :and child in it,.: : . : .•:. :-:., 1 "The• Whi g Contention of T e nnessee their POegatea rot Fillmore for Pr.esidentou4 * Hon. - J. C.`Jodels, of tbat :State for !lea Presideit. - , . fa':We are under, obligatione to Messrs: iteelibow,aud ainderson tor -iroportunt public liecOneres freak Hrwristaig;: -" 7 • amnia the guilty deed the mantle' of its dig nity—its protecting shield, bore clown oppo. aition , silenced olarnOzy regulated public opin. Ion; clased the tourbi of Justice, and car!ied • the perpetratois of these enuanctided outrages clear of condemnatiop. 0 ' Petty robber. And thieveltitt honmonst ben; bat he thatputs Into hia overgorged end. bloated puree 7 he wealth of Indian province., escapes :74 There was a thne Whet). this great polVer had' insidiously crept Into - our general govern ment and laid fist hold of its purity and strength. Fortunately for our country, one man there-was, whose patriotism could not be corrupted, whose integrity could not be reach ed, and wha had tans mutat. courage to enter the contest asd beard this Lion. ia his den.— That man was. Andrew Jacksun—a -political salnt---an American patriot...whose heart was the home of Detnoeracy, of generous senti ment and heaien-born principle. And what a contest-was that—it was morally sublime 1-- One from which every other heart would have shrink. The, miserable hirelings, expectants, spologizerif and blood-hounda, extending from the Centre of this most powerful - Oligarchy through every section of the country, were aroused with all the madness of Hate, and let loose upon the offending old man. Calumny with its bittereit breath, and slander with its slimiest tongue, upas-like poisoned the atmos phere, and sent their arrows at his heart.— Great and good men,.-ministers of Justiceia then too fell,—hirned their backs upon their Master, denied his cause and betrayed his per. 1 1 • • son. P u bl" icsoptuton was everywhere corrupt ed, the repniati.m of the faithful everywhere assailed,—bribcry was at work, the giant„Cap ital, the. Monarch money, was struggling to perpetuate 'its dominion and sanctify its crimes. Its fangs iwere fastened in the gov ernment, it had tasted the warm blood of the Treasury.,. The current swept on with over. whelming farce,but it beat against the old man in vain. He stood firm as the everlasting Hills, and rose triumphant from the conflict, because 1114 was armed with principle, with Truth and Justice, which,." will live,—live in' the heartk of men,--live id the attributes of God,—Zire far erer." • By the aide of Jackson, in that struggle, stood most prominently one own loved Com-• momiealth. Her public( men gathered around the old hero like a wall orfire,--her,Dernocra ey • took, the impress .of his character,—his words - of wisdom were the tests of their po litical faith. But a Jackson lives:no more,and his iron will, his unbending firmness, has lodg ed nowhere" in the heartarof Pennsilvania pol iticians.- Our party is growing weaker and weaker, in Proportion as it yields and tampers With this power. It canno t . be otherwise, for it corrupts; demoralizes and enervates nien and their principles. Oar party was never so pure,' never so strong,—strong in' Might to 'Conquer, strong in the .affections of the mass es, as when it warred to triumph the forces of mammon. What a spectacle is presented to-day in Pennsylvania! Democracy, thro' years of toil, have but just succeededin establishing a principle for which they have long contended, principle rooted immutably in Right„—a prineiple 'that every -man of the masses of our / people should clasp strongly to his affections. Capital set up' its howl,—the myrmidons of broken Rinks and shin.plaiter dividends have thundered their vilest , anathemas, raised a ear. rent of Passion, to stay which no Jackson can be found. 'The people sleep while their rights pre being wrested from. them, because their servants:—pitiable,timid men—Lick the ' courage to sustain their cause against theas saulis of Corruption and Power. The law— against Small Notes, has been borne down in its execution because officers of Justice, too, were subservient to "the great interest," fear ing its dennaciations and cowering before its impudent,hreati. Right most yield to, might; the ;sacred interests of the people pa:ss-nripro tecti4ecarise courage and matilinesili Want-1 . mg 1 . and because men, pliant as barer at the alnine . of beauty, will bend the knee to main. men, and worship those "great and good men" whoPe mouths are full of lies and hypocrisy, that their coffers may be filled with - dividends wrenched,from the hand of-Toil, and coined front " the destruction of souls!" . The law against the circulation 'of.Small Notes must 'be repealed beviuse it interferei with th mone - y-kings, in theirtniffic with the,'rights of the people to a free, sound and unadulterated curreney r —elSe why repeal it? Who , but ' brokers and moneychangers, broken Bank naneierii: and stock-jobbers, ask for its repeal, and clarnor at its existence I Have' we not virtue, integrity and courage sufficient in our Legislature, to bear up against,this carrent 'sustain f , the Right, _ sustain : principle at all hazard and take the obrisequences ?I Shall we cower, rind fawn, and cringe, stikyield to expediency; orshill we stand by our princi plea, and &ce, Jackson like, the combin.ations of corription, till we strip it of its power,ban ish it from the Halls of Legislation, and lay it, cold atidsulnitissive at the feet of Justice and equal Rights? Choose ye, Legislatera of Penn sylvanial 'conquer or be conquered. If the latter, then 0, Pemocrary I where are thy triutnpliSr=where -pe : trophies . "ef:thi former glory I: Telegraphed to the "Montrose • Democrat." Dreadful Accident on the New , York + Erie NAiismnvita, Feb. 17; 1862. The NishtExprtna Train going F.ast this morning, ran the hind Car off the track into the. Delaware Rive), near Equinunk. Cause,. a broken rail. The Cur turned over twice or three times and broke through the ice Into the River, wkere the water came to within one foot of the car roof. ' There were about 30 passengers -inside, and the Conductor, I. Buck. bout. One person found killed and two or three missing. The Breakman to the' hind Car was hurt So badly, that' he cannot live.— Tho . pmenger's name, who was killed is said, to be Hyatt. litany of the :passengers were much injured. • COriductor Buckhout was in the Cars, and after using nil means possible, to keep the passengers quiet, ho succeeded in getting out the window upon the Car. He attempt. ed to go ashore, on the ice but broke through and Went under three times..: He finally got upon a piece of floating iCe lay down, and floated to where he was reactiod, He is not severely injured. '. iTniversil Benevolence. We have received a long coMmunicalion on' this subject, from that very good old man, Friend Walker, with whose producticins our renders are quite familiar. We have not room this week for the communication, and as the greater part of it is taken up in explaining his doctrines, which era universally understood, we give acligest of that part relating to a new project of a sort of Peace mission, " to the in habitants of the earth and elsewhere among She nations." Friend Walker proposes that Congress shall take the matter in hand, and send Ambassa. - dorls thronghout the world to proclaim Uni versal Benevolence and reconcile mankind.—, He thinks that wars would then be done away, and all lesser strifes and contentions cease.— This would cdrtainly be a philanthropic enter prise, the &mission of which in Congress, would be full as profitable to . the country as Senator Foote's Resolution on the Compro miie; and possibly would save to that body some broken noses, or a second encounter, at least, between Senator Borland and Mr. Ken nedy. The following is a list of the principal .names which Friend Walker proposes as suit able persons, who shall go, as of old we sup pose, two by two, taking along their ladies (what if they havn't got nity-?) to act as " help meats" in the ‘xork. They are to visit the Sultan of Turkey, Queen Victoria, Emperor of il.mssia, &e.—President Fillmore and Cabi net ; Judge Jessup and John C. Miller ; Judge Eldred and Wm. F. Johnston;- Col. Asa Dim ock and T. P. Cope Gen. Scott ,and R. J. Niven ; Gen. Cass and J. W. Chapman; Thad deus Stephens and Henry Drinker ; -Commo dore Stockton and F.J.Mstt ; M. Meylert and Sol. Fremont; Azor Lathrop and. Judge War ner ;Judge Wilinot and JUs. Buchanan; Judge Boyle and Geo. M. ; E B. F.t. S: B. Chase ; a Governor from each' State and a President JUdge of each Court;--one hundred `.l in all. These are to be allowed, from the Treasury of the Govermnentithe same as is allowed to Members of Congresi. This provision we are decidedly ;n favor of, es -we shall then .comp in for the dimes. . We most sincerely hope that Friend Walker will incet with. success in this enterprise, and we.commerut it to the im. mediate attention of Cimgress.. That body has yet done nothing, and we think this proj. ect worthy of their deliberation; and the doe. trine of Unh'ersal Bentivolcren their own adoption, espezially if, - they. have any benevo. lence for the, purse of Uncle Ssra"or -the pa. tience of theireonstituents. :"R' We hare understood • that a gentle. man. by name - of Jared ILlsley residing:in New Milford, arose from :bed ou Sunday or 3fontlay night last, went to his barn , and suspended himself by a rope from the rafters, where he was found s dead in the _morning.— We have learned no particulars as to'cause, &c., further than it is thought by many that .he was tna state of soinnatnbulism,--conie• quently unconseiens of what lie was doing., 0"' We heave a rumor th:lt a Telegraphic dispatch has been received in' Binghamton, that, theSteampr . Promethees„ which left New York Ilfew