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When he knew that. perhips. before 'twns night, The hunter's shaft might !stay his flight?— By the messenger wind was this answer given, "!I fear not, I scar not, 1 fly towards heaven !" ask'd the flowers,. in thelsoft spring time. "Wherefore they smiled in their youthful prime, 'When the stormy days so Fenn should come, Thai would blight for ever their beauty and bloom? And the sweet fl owers answer'd " Each day renews On our leaves the sunshine; that cities the dews., Why should we not smilC,l Till now we have thriven, I - `And the sunshine and dew art both from heaven!" I l asled the clouds, in their pomp and light, Whereforelhev gatheredi:ound sun, And brighleti'd, Mina:lei is race was run : When, perhaps, the breeze•i of ihemigbt might strew Their fragile folds into mit and dew?— The clouds replied, Thou'gh shall be driven Away from our rest, we sbeiuy lite in heaven 7" "And I saw a' lovely And, tv4o . knelt Beside the cat where her lather dwelt, Ai . , the suu-set hour—and Ill's hands were raised tf . ovard: the sky on which he gazed— And.on Fiji - rosy lips a prayer &Ted hoyering.like the sammer air : ." Pear'st thou," said I, the shades of even ?" fin smiled, and %air!, ^ See,lhoW bright is heaven !" BASK AND REIVENUE BILL. :The following is the relljort of the Committee of COnference made to bothl,ranches of the Legisla ture, on the `29th April. he names of the Com mittee were far the 6 . enate-L-Messrs. Reed, Strohm, Pearson. Kingsbury, to'ition4. For the House— ?digits. Johnston, of Armst:ong, Law, Cox, Wright, and Barr. ANA C T to provide revenUe to meet the- demands 1 on the Treasury, and for other purposes. !SccTioar 1. Be it ena use of Representatives . ° the Commonwealth by the Senate and fiCommonwealth of PtiAnsYlvania in General sseml , ly met, and it Is ttereby enacted by the auth Fit} of the same ; That the Governor be and is hereiy authorized to negotiate a loan for the repayment i which the faith of this Commonwealths' is pledged, bearing an inter -.eat Of five per cent. per annum, payable half yearly oilthe fi rst days of Jancaryland icly, to be redeem et!; at the end of Eve.-7ears Tam the passage of this .act, or earlier. ct the pleasiire of the legislature, to an amount not exceed - inn) the whole three millions, ode humlied thou-and"dollars, to be negotiated and d4osed of cs h.ercinafter vrtieularly provided. and to be transferred on the bbolo of the Auditor Gener -o.office, as the other pajblic stOcts of the Common wealth are now by law tra4fetable in certifi:ates of not less amount than and hinndred dollars. psc. '2. That the several [Banks of this Common wealth, except th,.ve tvrealter excepted, whenever called Upon by the Goverm4, stall be authorized to suirsa.nbe to the stock herehl created, and on paying into the State Treasury. thelamount of their respec ttve subscriptions, in notes ti) he by them respective- Ay :issued of the denominations of one, two and .five dollars, one fourth of whichl only shall be of the de- AMninlrtion of five dollars, 4 be signer by an officer or:ofil:ers, or cferk or clerks o f the bank to be desig maied by,the bid of direct rs. they shall receive a cretin on the books of the Ikud.tor General to an e spial, ambunt in conformityita the provisions of the first secion ;of this act; anti the notes aforesaid shall he, payable whenever prese n ted at the counters of the respective 13;sinks which issued them, to the amount not less than one huodred dollars, es -hereinafter prip.ulet? sec. 8. %Vhenever the hplder of said notes to an amount of one htindred doll4rs, or upwards, shall pre; 'Sent the saine at the hank f=om %tic,' they were is stithi,-be shaid be entitled to( denianOnd receive an order on the, Auditor Gener...l entitling him to receive a certificate of an equal amount of the stock hereby crested, for the redemption thereof; r anfrit shall be the duty of suds Bank, forthnith to can-:el the said 'notes, when so redeemed, arid to mark the same can celled, and the cashier of surh Bank shall forthwith furnish ttee Auditor General with the notes so re de)emed cancelled and_ marked, and it shalt be the du ty; of the Auditor General marked, destroy the same, and so to keep an account of tlaOlsaid stock, and the notes thi.reon issued and destroYei-, as well as of the stocks deposited as hereinafter pro tided, as may enable the sa4clepirtatent, at any time, to give a detailed state nie.rit ot the amount of such notes remaining in cir culation, of rach,bardt respeltively ; and If any Bank .ball retuse to redeem the same in such stock when demanded, upon the same hieing poured to the sans fattion of the governor, •it ihall be his duty on ten day s notice, to 'said. bank to i iistie his proclamation, &- daring the charter of such hank forfeited ; and every director, president, cashier, l er clstrk. who shall know ingly have issued, or elmtilted, or consented to such issuing, or 'circulation or algreater amount of notes authorized by this act than [the bank posy uses of the atock created by this act, hall be deemed guilty of a imisiemeanor, and on victim in any court ot -competent jurisdiction, be sbject to a finer cifilA less than five hundred dollars and not more , than two 1 thousand dollars.' at the ilis-setion of the court, and, be liable for the redempiio' of the notes so issued in , their individual capacities, nd an action of debt may Il i in such cases be brought against them, or any of them,, of ; their, orany of their exlc.utors or administrators it any court having colttent jurisdiction, by any ,tenon or perehns holding he notes so issued, and ri May be prosecuted to j4dgment and egecotion on , t any condition, correnan l acid agree.nent to the cone teary notwithstanding. 1 .i ! Sic. 4. That after the i4suing of the said notes and until the same shatllbe redeemed and funded in steck as aforesaid, the esid banks shall respectively be entitled to ,receive fnlitn the C , mmowealth inter -17,13 eats at the rate of one per Tat. per a um. payable half yearly. oh the am;runi of stock subscribed by 540 banks - on the book off the Auditim General. Sac. 5. That upon the iledernptiori of any of the said notes by the bank w4ch may have issued the same, and the transfer of the stock as herein before provided, such bank ihill kissume the payment of the interest on the stock so transferred, at the rate of fire per cent. per .einnam as the seine 441 become due and payable. Anti zi _n such assumption 'and i ,, 1 m:: Eas' "1 willteach you to pierce the bowels of the Eartb,and bring out from the Caverns of Meeeteicr,Metab which will give strength toourllantinandsubjeetail Natereco oureeeandpleaeuni".--DR.JOHNBON VOL. XVII. payment of the interest by any bank, suchhatik shall be released from the payment of the tai on dividends, as now required by taw ;, and if the amount of Inter est, which may at any time be -paid on such stock by any bank, shall exceed the amount of tax on div idends to which such hank may be liable, in such case upon a certificate thereof, from the President of such bank verified by his oath or affirination of the fact, being furnished t r the State Treasiirer, it sh,all be his duty to repay such bank, the excess so paid out of the proceeds of the revenue hereafter speciii. cally appropriated for that purpose. And in case the interest which may by so paid by any bank on such stock, shall at any time be less in amount, than the tax on ,dividends to which such bank may be liable; such bar& Shall pay into the Treasury, all such ex cess of ttix on dividends, beyond the amount of inter. est on the Stock, which such bank miry have previ ously ; Proiided, That nothing in this act con tained, shall be construed to exempt any bank from the payment of the tax on dividends-previously to such notes being redeemed 'and funded.; and 'it tahall be the duty of the Auditor General on issuing the certificates of stock in redemption of the notes -so presented. to mark on each certificate so to be issued, the name of the bank fur the redemption of whose notes,die, same shall be issued. SEC. 6. Thet on failure of said banks to pay such interest on demand, at the time fixed by law, it shall be the - Jul; of the State Treasurer,on application to him for that purpose, to pay and discharge the same, and on such demand, and failure being proven, it shall be the duty of the Governor, on ten days notice to said bank, the said interest remaining unpaid, to is sue his proclamation, declaring the charier of such bank forfeited. SEC. 7. No bank shall be allowed to'subscribe fur a larger amount of the loan authorized by the first section of this act, nor shall any bank of this Com monwealth (whether such bank is liable to the pay ment of a tax on their dividend, or is exempt from such payment] issue a larger amount of notes au= tbatized by any 'portion of this act, than as follows: All banks whose capital stock actually paid in does not exceed three hundred thousand dollars, twenty five per cent on their capital thus actually paid in. Banks whose capital stuck paid in exceeds three hundred thousand dollars and does not exceed seven hundred thousand dollars, twenty-five per Cent on their capital thus aid in. s. Banks w hose capital exceeds seven hundred thous and dollars, and does not exceed two millions five hundred thousand dollars, seventeen and a half per cent on their cat ital thus paid in. Banks .whOle capital exceeds two millions five hundred thousand dollars, eight per cent on their cap ital thus paid in. Sic. 8. All notes which may be issued under the provisions of this act, shall be receivable ler debts due this Commonwealth, and may be re-issued from the Trrasury . and from the banks which originally issued them, and each bank Which originally issued the sane, and each bank which originally issued any of the said notes shall receive the same in payment of debts due to it, and on deposiie s payable in•hke cur rency ; and the respective banks of this Common wealth may receive and issue any of the notes creak ted by this act ; Provided. That nothing in this sec tion shall affect any special contracts for the payment _ of d :posits. SEC. 9. That in lieu of the taxes imposed by the act of the 11th June, 1540, on persons, trades, occu pations and professions, there shall be annually as sessed and collected on such persons, trades, occupa tions and professions, a tax of one per centum on ev ery dollar of the value thereof above two hundred dollars. And in lieu of Ihe 'Axes imposed by said act upon salaries and emoluments of office created or held under the latis of this commonwealth, there shall be annually assessed and collected upon all sal tes and emoluments of office, created or held by or under the Constitution or laws of this Common wealth, and by or under any incorporation, institu tion or 'company, incorporated by this Common wealth, where such salaries or emoluments exceed two hundred dollars, a tax of two Per cent. on every dollar of the value thereof, 'above • two hundred dol lars; whiA said taxes shall be assessed, collected and accounted•far in the manner and for the purposes stated and provided in said act of the eleventh of Jure, one thousand eight hundred and forty : Pro .ded, that when the s Mary is paid to any officer of this Co•i , mouwealth, directly by the state Treasurer, he shall retain out of said salary themount. of the tax imposed by this act. Sec.: 10. That Trom :and after the passage of this act the several provisions now in force of the act of the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled,. a supplement to the act enti tled an act laying a du.v on the retailers of foreign, merchandize" and the several provisions of the act of the seventh of A Aril, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled "•an act graduating the duties .tipon - whblesale dealers and retailers or merehandize, and prescribing the mode of issuing licenses and col lecting dunes," except so much thereof' as may be hereby altered or supplied, shall be and the same a•e hereby extended and applied to all persons engaged in the selling or vending of goods, wares, merchan dise, commodities or effects, of whatsoever kind or nature, and all such sellers or venders shall he clasS ed and restuired to pay annt6lly, for the use of the Commonwealth for their respective licenses as fol lows. viz: Those who are esteemed imd taken to make and effect annual sales to theamount• of $ 300,000, and, upwards, shall constitute the first clue and pay Those to die amount of $200,000, and less than $ 300,000, the second class, and pay S 150: , Those to the amount 'of $ 100;000, and less than $ 200,000, the third class, and pay $ 100 ; Those to the amount of $85,000, and Tess than $ 100,000, the fourth class, and p'ay $OO ; , Thus, to the amount of $ 76,000, and less than $ 05,000, the fifth class, and pay $ 60 ; • Than to the amount of $ 60,000, and less than $ 75,000, the sisth clan, and pay $5O; Those to the amount of S 30,000, and less than $60,000, the seventh class, and pay $ 40; Those to the amount of $40,000, and less than $ 50,000, the eighth class, and pay $3O ; • Ihose , o the amount of 630.000, and leas than $ 40.000, the ninth class, and pay $,25; Those to the amount of $ 20,000, and less than $20,000, the tenth clam and pay $ 20 ; Those to the amount of $ 15,000, and less than $ 20.000, the eleventh class, and pay $ 15; Thou to the aroone i t of $ 10,00), and lea than $ 15,000, the twelfth class, and pay $ 12 50,; Those to the amount of $ 5,000, and lees than , !t 10,000, the thirteenth class, and pay $ 10 ANDS.' Weekly by Benjamin Brannan, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. And those 10 the amount less than $ 5,000, the fourteenth class, and pay ‘$ 7;` Provided, That where. such wholesale or retail dealers confine their purchases and sales to buying and vending goods, wares and merchandize, the growth, product and manufacture of the United. States, he or they shall pay only ono half the a mount of the lic'ense required by the provisions of this section.. And every seller or vender of wines, or distilled liquors, either with or without other goods, wares, mercbandize, commodities, or effects as aforesaid, 4.311 pay fur his license fifty per cent. in addition to the rates above specified for the respective classes, and every license hereafter granted, shall specify whether the party obtaining the same, is or is not entitled to sell or vend wines or distilled liquors ; Prorided, That no pe son whose an, ual sales dors not exceed one thousand dollars, and no femcsole trader or sin gle woman, whose annual sales do not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, venders of wines or di-tilled liquors eXcepted, nor any importer of foreign goods, wares or merehandize, who may vend or dis pose of the same the original packages as impor ted, nor any person 'who may vend ur dispose of artt cles of his own growth, produce or manufacture, shall be required to take out any licnse under this act. Ssc. 11. That it ma' be lawful for any bank of this Commonwealth, exeept the bank of the United States, to transfer upon the books of the Auditor General, in the name of that officer in his official ca pacity, portions of the funded debt of this state, and deposits with him the certificate thereul, which stock shall remain so trantferred ns security for the redemp tion of the note Which may be issued as authorized by the following election SEC. 12, That it shall be lawful for any bank which may bo transfer portions of the funded debt or this state on the books of the Auditor General, as provided in the preceeding sec ion, to issue notes of a denomination not less than five dollars, to be sign ed as directed by the second section of this act, and the said notes shall to receivable for debts and on deposit at the bank which issued them, as is hereto fore pros ideal for the notes issued under the second section of this act : Provided. That no bank exempt ed from a tax upon its dividends, shall be authori zed to issue a greater amount of the notes authori zed by this section than is limited and directed by the seventh section of this act, and no bank subject to tax upon Its dividends,, shall be authorized to issue a greater amount of notes authorized by this section than 7 per cent. on its capital stock actually paid in, and all the provisions and penalties in the third sec tion in reference to the over issue of the notes author ized by that section shall be in farce, in reference to the over issue of the notes authorized by this sec- lEM! Sec. 13. That whenever such stock eiaall be trans ferred to the Auditor General by any bank, as pro vided for in the eleventh section of this act, the in 'crest payable on said stock shall be suspended dp. ring the time said stock remains in the hands of the Auditor General, any thing on face of said ccruficate to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. li. That the amount of the loan of three millions one hundred thousard dollars, authorized by the first section of this act o hen received, shall be spe cifically appropriated as follows: To common school purposes, the sum of three hundred and thirty thousand dollars: Provided, how ever. that any excess over said sum arising from rev enues hitherto applicable to said object, shall be paid into the State Treasury for other purposes. To colleges, academies and female seminaries, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars. To pensions and gratuities. &ivy tho.:sand dollars To repairs of railroads and canals for the current year. four hundred thousand dollars ; $ 3500 of which shall be applied to repairing the darn across the West Branch at Lea isburg and the cr, - .E:.-cut canal at that place : Provided, That the height of said dam shall not be increased. To pay dents due for repairs made previous to Ibt of November one thousand eight hundred and forty, the sum of two hundred sizty-eight thipand and three dollars. To orphan 'asylum and house of refuge, seven thousand dollars. To pay guarantee of intert to'ihe holders of stock in the Bald Eagle and spring Creek navigation com pany, ten thousand dollars- To pay the guarantee of interest to loan holders of the Ddrisville , and Pottsville Rail Road company, fifteen thousand dollars. To the Monongahela Navigation Company, sev enty thousand dollars, being the unpatd balance of the last year's apprztpriation. To State Library, five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and forty-two cents, to pay debts due at the commencement of the present year. To damage fund thirty thousand dollars.. To prmiums on silks and cocoons, six thousand dollars. To militia expenses, twenty thousand dollars. To expenses of government, three hundred and fifts 'thousand dollars. Wo pay Lick keepers, collectors, weighnristers, and other persons necessarily employed on die pub lic wolks,sixty thousand dollars, ' • To pay balance of temporary loan authorized by act of April fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars. To pay commissioners and defray, contingent ex penses of Nicholson hoard of commissioners, fifteen hundreryollmea, -- 16be repaid out of any moneys re ceivairom the Nicholson estate after A pril sixteenth, one thous id eight hundred and forty rand from and after the passage of-this act, it shall be unlawtul for the commissioners, or any of them, or any of the of ficers or flecks of the .-Nicholson court of pleas," to be directly or indirectly interested in the sale, trans fer, cAmrrromise or settlement of any .part or portion of the estate of John Nicholson, or the estate of Pe te&Baynton, or in anY of the bonds, contracts or agreements in relation to said lands ; and neither of said commissioners shall receive any higher compen sation than that provided in the ninth section of the act of sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and ferty, and if any of the other officers, clerks cotmntssioneta, or other persons connected with the aforesaid court, abaft violate the provisions of this section. they shall on conviction be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and im prisoned for a period not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the proper crud before whom said con viction may be had, and all contracts made contrary to this set shall be null and Void. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the eppdnt men• of an heir or creditor of said estate to the office of commissioner. -, To pay debts dna on contracts for scat. done until the first of May, orm thousand - eight hundred and SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 15.,1841. . . . . . . . • • .f •..... . a , ~.: " ' ' ~ ... movie RTISE Rb forty-one, on the unfinished portion of the Shepango line of the Erie dichton of canal, two hundred and fifty thousand' and eleven dollars and eighty-three. cents. And upon the Conneaut line of said division. two hundred' and sixty-one thousand three hundred and eighty-six dollars 'and `ii‘ - a cents. To pky ,debts due ori contracts for work done un til the first Of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, on the unfinished portion of the North Branch eitension, the sum of five hundred and thir teen thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars and ninety-two cents, of which the sum of one hun dred and twenty-seven thousand four hundred dollars and sever.teen cents is the balance unpaid of last year's al propriatton. To pay debts due on contracts for work done until the first of April one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, on the Wisc.nisco canal, ninety-four thou ;a:.d eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twen ty -eight cents. To pay debts due contractors for grading the road to ovuid•the inclined plane a. Columbia, the sum of oix thousand six hm.dred. and sixty dollars. To pay debts due until first of May. one thousand eight hundred and forty one, on contracts for work done 'on the resertoir at Hollidaysburg, and the re scrvot- near J.Lnstovvn, the sum of five thousand dollars. For the payment of ropes used upon the Portage Rail R.:ad, purchased in pursuance of a contract, dated ninth of May one thousand eight hundred and fatty, the sum•of seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty-foui dollars. To pay the Superintendent and for the keeping in repair of the Public Griunds, six hundred dollars. To pay debts due on Sinrieinahoning extension of the West Branch Division, Pennsylvania canal, the sum of one thousand two hundred and bit Tp pay for repairs of the Delaware javisian of the Pennsylvania canal, silty thousand dollars. To pay to the firm of Pennel, Lenher and Humes, manufacturers of locomotive engines at the city of Lancaster, seven thousand five hundred dollars, being the amount dee to said firm for a locomotive engine purchased by the canal commissioners, and now in use on the Columbia and Philadelphia Rail Road— and the resolution passed on the 26th day of ►larch, Anne Dowici, one thousand eight hundred and forty one, enuiled a nßesolution for the relief of Penne!, Lehner and Humes, manufacturers of locomotive en gines," shall be and is hereby repealed. For new works on finished lines, pay of canal commissioners, appraisers, and engineers not con nected with eilensLns, twenty-five thousand dol lars. That the sum of ten thousand two httndred dcl lara Shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the completion of the geological and minerahigi cal survey, to be applied as follows: two' thousand dellars fur the payment of one year's salary to the state geologist, sts thousand dollars to the payment of one year's salary'to six assistants, including the chemist, at the rate of one thousand each, and the remaining sum of two thousand two hundred dollars, to be paid ¶o r and arplicd by the said geologist, to the payment of the incidental eipenzes of said sur vey, including the preparation of thiee complete col lections or cabinets of geokgica. ind mineralogical specimens for the use of the state, arid fol. the com piling and preraritig for publication the final report relation to said survey, together with the maps and drawings to accompany the same, which said sum shall be deemed and taken as full compensation therefor. The three collections or cabinets of geological and mineralogical specimens aforesaid, shall be deposited, one at Philadelphia, one at Harrisburg, and ohe at Pittsburg, under the direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or ha such manner as the Legisla ture shall hereafter provide, and, so much of any for mer act as requires the state geoloOst to furnish spe• cimens of the geology a, - .d mineralogy of each coun ty in the state to the-commissioners of said county, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. To pay debts due. and for completing the re-laying the north track of the Columbia and Philadelphia Rail Road, horn the twenty-second milestone to Whitehall. the sum of fitly-two thousand one hun dred and thirty dollars. And it is further prurided, That after the pay ment of the above specific approprifitions,the residue of said loan shall be applied to the fund for the pay ment of interest oikthe public debt. Provided, That the sum appiopnated to the iayment of damiges by this section, sharD paid as speedily as possible in the order as to time in which the said claims for da mages have been awarded, assessed, and confir med, aril the canal commissioners are hereby expressly prohibited frorri entering into any new contract, for any-work upon the unfinished lines of the public im provements, whether for abandoned sections or other ' a ise, during the ensuing year, or until this prohibi tion is repealed by act of assembly. That hereafter the Whole amount of money to lae paid to the coops of ergineers on the whole of the state improvements, shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars annually„lnd that hereafter, there shall be employed but one Superintendent on the Erie, tna one on the North Brunch extensions. SEC. 15. That where moneys have been or shall be specifically apprlpriated to the internal improve ment fend or spy other object by an act of assembly, the same shall not be applied by any officer of this Commonwealth to any other purpose or object than that to which they have been so speci.ically apprc4 priated.: and if any officer Eforesaid Shall knowingly offend against any of the provisions of this section, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor in office, and etch officer so offending shall on cotv!ction in 67y.c00rl of competent jurisdiction, be subject to a fine of hot less thaw five hundred dollars, and not more than two thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court. Sse. - 16. That the notes authorised to be issued by this net may bare an uraformity in phraseokgy, the Goventor_is hereby authorized end requrred to prescribe the form in which the same shall be issued. ISEc. 17. Banks not to be subject by way of pe nalty, or otherwise, to a greater interest thou six per cent_ per annum. Resolutions of last year relative to resumption of specie payments repealed—the said resumption resolutions to be suspended until further legislative action. Bank of the United States not to be entitled to the benats of this section unless it consents to bettabiect to any general lawi to be here: after passed. SECTIONS 18. 19, 20;21, 22, 23 end 24 provides for the winding up of the Bank of the United States. The Bank may make an assignment of it. effects. Five =laces to be elected by the stockholders fOr that purpose; pratir(tri a full inveri. tray of the property assigned be made. 'Stockhold ers may require security from a rhe trustees for the faithful performance of their duty. Trusters to hold - . their appointment until the first Monday in January. On the same day, every year, an election for trus tees to be held, to choose the same or other trustees for another year, so long-as the trust shall continue. Such of the corporate powers r f the Bank as is ne cessary for the purpose of winding it up. to be con tinued. Notes of the Bank to be received at par in liquidation of debts due the institullob. Courts of the Commonwealth to have jurisdiction of the said trust. Lawful for the Legislature, pith the consent of the stockholders, to alter and chan g e the provi sions of this act. After the assignment is made, u lawful for the institution to exercise banking privi leges. SEC. 25. Proxies of sixty days standing only .nay vote.) SEC. 26 Should any of the banks of this state, which pay a tax upon their dividends, refuse to com ply with the requisitions of this a t in taking their Jue proportion of the stock ty the fir s t section au thorize,' in such case, all said banks so refusing, shall remain sulject to the provisions of the laws now in force, and are hereby excepted from the benefits of the provisions of the seventeenth section of this act. And the omission or refusal of any such hank as aforesaid, shall not affect the rights or privileges hereby conferred on the banks complying with the same, but the amount of sailfloan not taken may be distributed omongst the other banks of the common wealth, according to the proportions designated in the seventh section of this act. SEC. 27. Sh uld any of the banks of the common wealth, authorized by the twelfth section of this act to issue notes on a deposite of state stock, fail or re fuse to deposite at least five per cent, on their capit.l actually paid in, then and in such case the bank so failing or refusilig shdl remain sul ject to the provi sions of the existing la's, and are hereby, excepted from the benefits of the provkicels of the seventeenth section of this act. Sec. 28. The several banks desirous to avail them salves of the provisions of this act, shall notify the Governor in evtiting of their willmcness to accept and comply with the same, within forty days after the passage of this act. SEC. 29. That the Secretary of the Common wealth shalt as soon as may be after the passage of this act, notify the several banks of this state of the ECM Asmcnorz.—Dr. Fitzgerald, of the Dab:in College, —ll.e same individual aho is embalmed in the first line of " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers " once wrote a poem, entitled the Academic Sports man. It was descriptive of the travels of a student during vacation : and in apostrophising the village of Tipperary, he uses this couplet: " And thee, dear "Maze, loveliest of the clime _ - - ----- Fain would I name thee. but 1 can't in rhyme." In addition to his other labors, the Doctor an nounced his discovery of a planet to rival the Ceor giant Sirius of Herschel. The Trinity boys chris tened his planet Anstr-(Latin for Goose.) The two effusions of the Doctor's genius drew :orth the following, from a rhyming wit: •• A Goose there way- in sad quandary ; To end his rhyme with Tipperary; Long labored he 'trough January— Toiled thirty days in February,* But toiled in vain for Tipperary ! Erploting Bailey's Diet ionary. He found no rhyme for Tipperary; :Searched Hebrew text and commentary, But searched in vain for Tipperary : The stubborn verse he ne'er could vary To that unlucky Tipperary! Consulting then his mother Mary,t She knew no rhyme for Tipperary : Searched every pan within her dairy, No pan presented Tiprierari, ! He then invoked the aid of fairy, But vainly prayed for Tipperary At length he searched the Zodiac-ary, And Anser cackled Tipperary Tebgh cvnrk, to labor so barn as to make a month contain an aaatonal day. tNota &ne.—The Doctor's mother Mary, Kept a dairy, in Ttprerary. RCILILL TASTE.-A correspondent requests us to publish the fullowing beautiful extiact I regard the man e-ho surrounds his dwelling with objects of farad taste—or who even plants a sin gle shade tree by the road side, as a public benefac tor; not merely because he adds something to the general beauty of - the country and to the pleasure of those who travel through it, but because, also, he contributes something to the refinement of the gen eral mind :—he improves the taste, especially of his own family and it eighbouthood. There is a power in scenes of rural beauty, to affect our social and moral feeings. A fondness for these scenes is seldom found with coarseness of sentiment and rudeness of manners.; One may judge with confidence, of the taste and intelligence of a family by the external air of their dwelling. In coy eicursions through the country, if I p3Ss . a habitation, however spacious, standing naked to the sun, with nothing ornamintal, nothing inviting around it, I cannot help saying to myself, however abundant may be the slovenly pos sessions of its owner, there is no refinement in that house ; there is no delicate and kindly interchange of sentiment among its inmates, and if ever they are sociahie, their sociability consists .in rude and fitful 'loquacity. Their books are few, and these ill chosen and unread. But if I notice a dwelling, however humble, which is apparently as snug as its owner has means to make it, displaying neatn es s and taste in its fences and shades and shrubbery and flower pots and windows—l feel assured that this is the a bode of refinement: this is the home of quiet and re- Aiunal enjoyment, of intellectual and kindly inter- r ZODLTE OF Nair- ENGL.* :SA —The statistics of our - muntry collected by the MarshaLs at the last cert. PUS are among our proudest records. They display the bembeess resources of the New Wot Id—its in. !Angie wealth, which is entirely independent of cir cumstances and of other nations,, and foreshadow the rank we are destined to hold when the discove. ries of science shall have been folly applied to Ag riculture as to "other branches tf Indust:v. The amount of prOduce raised in New England is wor thy of special notice. Maine is pot down as rats. ing 848,166 bushels of wheat, 2,630,966 bushels of other grain., and I cost 2 360 bashele of potatoes. This, with a population of 500,E00. Massachusetts, with a population of 737.766, rams about 158,923 bushels of wheat, 3,6041+54 of ether grain and 5,- 384,662 of potatoes. Vermont. considering her population, fat. outstrips the others, though itshould be remarked that she is pi l eely ev i eu i tun i s uet, while the ethers are distinguished for commerce as well as far agrieultyre. In that enterprising State, the flamers raise 642.963 bushels of wheat. 4.051,- 816 bushels of other grain, and 6,205,764 bushels of potatoes. Rhode Island hises but :4,068 bushels of wheat, 699.406 of other grain. and 904.773 'of pota toes. Connecticut rains 86,9E8 bushels of wheal. 3.995.175 of other grain. aid 3.214.227 of potatoes. New-Hampsh i re raises 442.754 of wheat, 3084.549 of other gram, and 6,234,001 of potatoes. LITE AND VERY IMPORTANT FROM EiGLAND. i The steamship Britannia arrived at Boston on Thursday morning fea t , May eth, from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 20th of April. Her newik is highly important. The steamship Preifdent had not arrived out, end great excitement prevailed in Liverpool and Lor/on in consequence, Nearly all Lopes of her safety were given up, and insurance could scarcely be effected on her at any rate. When the Britannia left, the Pre. sident had been nearly tiny days out. This of itself I s sufficient to cause alarm, but still wo are inclined to believe. that the next news from Europe will bring the gratifying intelligence of the safe arrival of tbii unfortunate vessel. The Duke and Duchea of Rig hmond and family ore in a painful state of suspense as to the fete of their second son, Lieutenant Lord Fitzroy Lennox, who is on board the Pres:dent inearwhip. His lord ship, who has just exchanged from the 43d regiment to the 10th dragoons. arid Mr. Courtenay, eldest son of Mr. Courtenay, M. P. for Bridgewater, are the only officers in the British army who bad taken their passage in that veseri. NO. 20. Vrom 11 manufacturing districts we have the most gloomy accounts. In most of the manure*. tortes they were working short hours. The Cotton market at Liverpool on the 17th and 18th was dull, and sales small, at a decline ofl Bd. The Queen of Naples has been delivered of prince. Queen Victoria's health remained as Lewd as usual. Her Alajesty was to return to Buckingham P a t,. ace from Windsor Castle, Apial 20th, at .'Which time also the House of Commons wouldossembte. The ttcamer Caledonia made the entire pafsage from Boston to Liverpool, in 13 days and IS hours, nut of which time she was detained 28 hours st Halifax waiting for the Canadian mails. Accounts from Trebisonde, at Constantinople state that all cliff rentes i.ietween Great Britian and Pen.ia arc arrange: ) ,. Admiral Stopford i>r apFointed Master of Greed.. with Hospital. Commodore Napier arrived at Liverpool from Egypt in the *team* r Criental cn Saturday, the Inth, and was received on the following day by the Mayor, Alderman, and 11.3urgesres, who pre• fiented him an addles , . On the rame day a dinner was given in honor of him, at which he rat down with seven hundred gentlemen. United States Bank aiharea sold in London on the 16th ult. at about E 5 10s. Mr. Reynolds, the distinguished Dramatist, died at his house at Warren street, London. on the 16th ult. in his '77th year. Mr. R. was the most popular and successful writer of his day, and has died full of honors, both in public and private life. No less than 16 steam frigates are ordered to be immediately built at the different dotk,y%ds in England. MeLton. We find nothing of importance in the English papers in relation to „the case of Mc- Lecd. The course of the British Government ap pears to be too pacific to snit some of the rabid to ry prints. The London Not g Iletald of the 17th ult.. in a fiery article on the McLeod affair. says a " England inverts at the present day the great maxim' 'Pareere subject's et debetlare stuperbos•' She exercises a patient endurance of insults tow. ards such states as Russia and America, who ate some what acquainted with the art of war, but lav ishes her thunders upon Chinese and Egyptaine. who are infants when opposed to the array of Eu ropean battle, with all its vast and varied means of scientific deztruction." Fria:vcr. The news from France is destitute of interest: the violent debates on the supplementary credits for !SU have ceased, and there is no other topic which gives the same' excitement. FANNY ELFSLEIt. The London Standard says:— " Made inz_ls..:Fe Panay Edgier has written to a friend in Paris, giving a glowing account of her success at the Havanna. She save she cleared more thin 9 6000 by her benefit, and was invited to a grand supper by the authorities, to which she was eseurtie by a deputation of 24 of the wealthiest gentlemen of the island. She appears to be ashan. ished at the enthusiasm a hich she creates, as well she may, for it is'very unusual for a ay Iphide of 36, who has a son of to c3usa such raptufe as a dancer." The Cashier of one of the most respectable MM. rnermal .tiousea of Paris has aosconded, leaving a deficit in hts accounts of more than a million of francs, and that, in consiquenee of this, the booze has teen loreed to stop payment. SrtTLEMENT Ci n the overland mail which art ited at Ma:seilles on the 4th ultimo, and reached London on the eth, iotelli E ence has been received of the settlement of the dispute with the Chinese authorities, at Canton. This was not e 6 fec'ed until two of tie forts at the passage of the Bouge had been s•ormid by the British forces, the fleet of war jonks destroyed, and the batteries high er up the river bombarded by the fleet. Then the Governor of Canton, seeing that the time for pro crastination was passed, sent to beg for a suspen sion of hostilities, and commenced the negollatiott, speedily led to a settlement 4t the dispute, at least, so far 53 he had the power of settling it. The following are the terms agreed upon :- 1. The cession of the island and harbour of Hongkong to lb, British Crown. All just charges and duties to the empire upon the commerce ear ned on there to be paid as if the trade were con- ducted at Whampoa. 2. An indemi.ity to the British Government of six millions of dollars, one million payable at oncei and the remainder in equal annual instalments, end ing in 1846. 3.. Direct official ihtercourse 'between the %Emilie, upon an equal footing. 4 The trade of the port of Canton to be openedi within ten dais after the Chinese new year: and to be carried on at Whampoa till further arrange— ments are practicable at the new settlement. The details of the settlement of the China Ques— tion are not fully given, but so far as they were VD cerstond, it appears they are nut satisfactory to the English merchants. A LACNCII.-1 he steam frigate Mississippi was launched in the most beautiful style at Philadelphia on Wednesday, May sth, in presence of thousands o' spectators. The " North American " says she is not surpassed by any thing which floats, for sym• metrical proportion and beauty. The keel of this ship was laid in August, 1539. She is 12 feet !on. ger than the Pennsylvania, and is built of live oak of Florida. Every thing 'which could add to her strength in the form of iron and oak has been put in her frame. Her machinery is of the mosfsub stantial and finished kind, principally from the foundry of Merrick & Towne, Southwark. Het Engine is a splendid piece of mechanical skill, and cannot be surpassed by any on board of the bast' English steamers. Her armament will be fermi. dable, especially the Pairban guns, which are to be placed on the upper cleat and traverse like a swivel. Take her al; in all, both site, model, finish, arms. ment and outfit, she probably has httt a stperior ei ther in this cr any other Navy. A NEW PRECEDENT IS LTNCH LAVIr.—A loafer !stety undertook to rob a flat boat at New Orleans, by entering her in the night season, when the boat. men caught him, fisgrante delicto, and ordered him promptly to take his choice—to, cat his own throat instanter, or permit them to do it. He prefer. red the former, and atter sharpening his pen-knife fur the purpose, proceeded at once to operate. Haw. tug given his throat a av tty good gash. the Judges interfered and preventallioy further damages. He was taken to a surgeon, and was " doing well" when last heardfrom. Faoir Nassac.—The Charleston Courier rays : H- B. M. surveying barque Thunder, cothmanded by Com. Barnet. arrived at this port yesterday from Sway. bringing us the Nassau Royal Gaulle of the 24th utt. The papers contain no news. We ate informed that the Fehr Ahigng a Ekes. arrived at Nassau freino this port, cairied out the in. telligence of the death of Ger. Harrir.on. The w t. or of the shipping in port Were dist:laved at half mast, minote guns fired, &c., as eeolonstration of espeet to the j meinery of the deceased. Tas TRAvz cs Ntsw Oauqxs.,-Thi New On leans Picayune id the Wri nit remarks that " more prodoce arrivedit the 4...evee last week than was ever known before in the same length of time. Up. wardsof a hundred flatboats came to the wharf in the course of five days. The limy business is Sonya *tithing about town upon . . high-pm:are principle is quite edifying to all whla feel tiesinatts .of means &Mince."
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