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NRW SF.!tTT?S, VOL. 8, NO. 42.
SUNBUItY, NOKTIIUMUKULAND COUNTY, PA.-SATUllDAY, JANUAIIY 12, 1856.
OLD SEMES, VOL- 10. NO. 16
L II V
The Sunbury American,
rVRLIItlllU KVKIIT aATCBUAf
BY II. B. MASSER,
Market Square, Sunbury, Penna.
TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
TWO LRH.1.AU9 per annum to lie paid Imlf yenrlyln
Idt'il'ica. No piipat disuiuitirned uiitilAlLarreariigesare
paid.
Ail eoininiiuieaiiniii or lelteri oil liu.ine.s relniinj In
theuince, to insure attention, must Im J'USi' 1'AID.
TO CI. tlt.
Tlire eopies It ' addres., 0U
even Us Bo "
Fifteen " , , , "
Fire dollars In nilvanee will ly for tints year's sub
scription to llir Amrrienii.
P.tm.i.tera will plMmenol ni ntir Ajjents, ''
Irttrrtr.int.iiiiniK 'ilTi'li" '""""V ,lie' P"1""
led to d tl "'Mler liie Pin OiRi-e Ijiw.
TKRMS OF ADVKRTISIIVU.
One Sinnie of It lines, 9 time.,
f.tfety .uUefuent insertion,
line Stiusie, 1 miiitth.,
si s III lltllB,
One yenr,
ImineM Cants "f Five line", 1er annum.
WolciimiH nnil oilier., mlveniainj I'V Hie
yir, wilh tlie nrivilece nf inserting
jito-ient nileerriseineilts weekly
ty Large! ilverlisemeiita. n pel nc.reenie 111
OII PR1NTINO.
'.- I.... ,,,,.-t-.l Willi "III etn!ilirimn
tl nfl
s
Jo"
81 1
Villi
300
I II CP
Wr't
nclecteil JOU lirVK'K. wlu.-i wi'l ennl.V ns to eserute
in tlie in-atet style, every vnrieiy of pruning.
A TTO II N R Y AT !. A W ,
6DNTJU11V, PA.
Rusiueas attended In in the Counties of Not
.liiiiiiherliiiiu, rninn, Lycoming .Montour nnd
Columbia.
Inferences in Philadelphia :
H .11 till. R.Tt-l, Chn. fiiMi"ti. FN)
?i,iuiiirs ,V !!in tir.russ. I. inn,
, Sniilh .V Co.
A' 111TB ASH ANTHRACITE COAL
FlMIM TUB I.ANr.ASTMt Co I.U Kll V,
Northumberland county. Pa.,
ST&TlIEKIi we liiivc very extensive improve-
incuts, anil nre prepared to oiler to the
ullic a wry supciior article, particularly suited
ir liie munufartuie of Iron and nuking Steam.
)ur sizes ufCoal are:
IX MP, for Snicltins; purposes.
STEAM UOAT, f- lor do. and Steamboat
BROKEN, )
i;iiJ. for Family use and Steam.
STOVE, )
PF' "''me'"'rnrr'' an'' llaln'
Our point of Sliijipiim i Siinlniry. wlirre nr
niieineutK are iniiiie to loai) linalu without any
lav.
COCIIKAN, I'KAI.C cV CO.
.t. J. C(U-lliAi, I.aiicat.ler.
i:. W. I'd a if., Siiiiinol.iii.
Dknj. Kkisiiolii, l.nnr.iKlir.
A. II L n mi kii. ilo.
Or.lem mlilieweil to SlininoUui or Sui.bury,
II receive prompt attention.
Fcli. 10. Sft.V ly
TO. S. OIT -A--
"Gtl and our Xolire Land."
TSQUEHANNA CAMP. No. 29, of the O.
1 of the U.S. A. linliln its utateil sessions even
itriAT e'cninir in their New Ilnll op0ileK.
It rights store Hunhury, Pa. Initiation and
a ia, 5,00.
P. M. SHIN DEL, W- C.
Em'l Wii.vfbt. 15. K
Suiil.nry Oct. 20, 1955.
O. OP XT- -A. IvI.
UNBUKY t.oUNCll.. No. :10. O. of U. A.
' M. meets every Ttkhiat eveniim in the
le.iiHii Hall, opposite E. Y. Uriah!' store,
rkel sirert. Snnliury, P.i. .Vemlwrs of the
er aic respcilfu'lv reipnsicil to intend.
P. M.tlil.NUEI.. C.
. HllOVKN. I?. S.
Sunbury. (). !. 20, I."i5.
XCKUOIR LITIS 6 S A L (I 0 M
(III U S E. HlltU IOli
'AS taken the S.ilo.m formerly occupied '
1 by Wharton & Fisher, j
In Market Souure. Sunbury, j
' " '
r he will be haimy to dispense to his i
mis snd the ea.ii, public Kr..e..lly. all the
L ies of it,ese,.Hoo. i-.elu,l,., vsters Iresh
.i,,l. The bill of tare will include sul - I
.o'i.n,t,l..b..!1..ics.,l. ul:,.e.llosati-rvthote 1
i are hungry . and lhne who ilenire merely to
c their palnies tickled. Il will be open at all
rs of the day, ami all reasimiilile Hours 01 me.
it. (Jive us a call and tame f r yourselves.
TT Finniliej and paities supplied ou short
ce.
uuliury, Sept. S2. 1833.
LEATHER.
E11TZ. Kli:.fiSV & Co.
'n. 2'J Xoith Third Street, I'lAlwUtphia,
OrttM.'C'O Maiiii'.'.iciurerH, furriers nnd I in
- purler of FKENCI! JA I.F-SKI.NS. uin
rs in Ked and Oak tsOI.U l.KATHKli f
P.
di. 17, 185.1. w ty
r. n. smith,
3RT M0NNAIE. POCKET E00Z,
ASIl
)i'CNiii? disc .iliiniif Kliiicr,
.V. IF. cur. of Fourth $' Chei-tnut Sts.,
I'Hl'l.AUIXI'lllA.
tvsnn hand a lar .ro und varied assortment of
irl Mommies,
tckct Hooks,
takers Cases.
)'. Hol lers,
,rt Folios,
rlal'le Desks,
Work lloxes.
('alias.
Traveling Macs,
li.o kjaiiiinDn Hoards,
('liess Men,
Oiuir t'nes.
ssin? Cases,
Pocket Memorandum Hooks.
so, a general assoriincin oi in's'oii. r .r.i. ,.
ertiun Fancy Goods. Fine Pocket Cutlery,
s, Haior Sirups and Gold Pens,
lesale. Second and Third Floors.
F. II. SMITH.
'. cor. Fourth & Chestnut Su.. Philada.
On the receipt of l, a Superior Gold
vill be sent to any pail of the United Slates,
til describing pen, thus, medium, hard,
I.
ila.. MarcS 81. 1855 ply.
DANVILLE HOTEL,
JOHN DEEN, JR.,
Marktl Street, Dan.nlle, Ha,
IS is one of the Uraesi and most rom mo
iou hotels in the interior of Pennsylvania,
been recently lilted up, in eiccllent style,
II (lie modern conveniences,
n illc, Sept. 82, 1855.
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE.
I l u.hfcis Flaxseed wanted immediately at
i Cheap Store of E. V. Uiisht, for which
best market price will I paid,
'jarv, OVto!ier6, IS55 if
. ..r l.'..i:..l. L'.A....I.
IDWARE.-Tablo Cullery, Rsiora, Pock
t Knives. Hand saws' Wood aawa in
, A ies, Chisala, Door Locks, and Hinges,
Balls, Waiters, if., ai received and for
I. W.TBNEKACO.
jury Dc. . U54.
From the London Athe ireum.
MY PHILOSOPHY.
Bright th ngB c. n never die
KVn though they fade ;
Beauty nml minstrels
Deutlile.-B were made ;
AVlnil tbought the euniMier day
I'ufsts nt eve uwuy,
Doth not the moon's soft taj
Silence the night?
Bright things cull never die,
Suiilt ni)' pi ilosi phy
Phoebus, thiiugh lie pass by,
Leaves us the light.
Kind words ran never die,
C'lieriehrd ami blctt ;
Coil kuuns Imw deep tliey lie,
Stored it! the bieust,
Like childhood's Dimple rhymes.
Suid o'er n tliouRimd time,
Aye, in nil unrs mid climes,
Distant ii uil Hour.
Kind wurds inn never die,
Sui'.h my i hilofiiphy ;
Deep in the Fiml they lie.
Uud knows how deur.
riiililhocd enn never dit
Wrecks of the jmst
Flint on the memory
K'en to tho hist.
Many u happy thiiip,
Many a daisied sprinrr.
Flow' on time's ceaseless wing.
Fur. far away;
Childhood run never din,
Siiith my philosophy :
Vrorks'ol'our iiifuncy,
Live on for nve.
Sweet fancies never die,
They leave behind
Some l'uir legacy.
Stored in the mind
Some happy thought tir droam,
l'ure ns day's earliest beam,
Kissing the gentle Urcutii,
In liie !nie glade,
Yet thonpli these things pass by,
Suith my ihlosophy,
Bright things cun never die,
L'en though they fade.
(Sobtrnor's Ir$$agc.
Abstract of the Message.
The sum ofSlCl,125 2."i has been paid into
: the treasury by the Pennsylvania Kuilrond
Compnny uud other railroad companies, us
I he tax on tonnage passimr over their rosds.
i This amount largely exceeds the sum paid bv
i.e.. :.. is.i "
. iim euuie coniiuiiie in 10,11. iiunii, mm uni-i 1 niS .-iiiin , 111- ,-.-i..i,- j ,... ile (elieilll, greu! ami esseliiinl prill
I The Delaware division exhibits a satisfnc-' Iishnient of Slale Normal Schools. Tench- j etples of liberty und free government of
; lory result, i he total receipts were gdU'.',-
bi34Z: expenditures, sstiii.nili bo : snowing
n net revenue of $332,575 fid. If all our
lilies of improvement exhibited a similar
balance sheet, the people would have less
cause of complaint and more confidence in
the general operation of the system.
There has been a large increase in the bu-sii'e-s
and tonnage of I lie Columbia railroad,
uud a corresponding iccrense in the receipts .
therefrom. The opeiations of this road, fori In conceding this boon to our children.!
the post year, have been highly satisfactory. ! through their teachers, we are encouraged by
The operations of thut part of the main line the example of other countries, uud the ex
from the Junction to Pittsburg, including perience of the past. It is a remarkable fact :
Portage ruMrnad, do not present so favorable that no Statu in our Union nor nation of the
a result. The receipt have greatly dimin- old world, has peifecled its system of public
ished, und were not sufficient to meet the or- instruction, without schools lor the profes
ilinary expenditures. The revenues from the j eiotial training of teachers, established und
main line do not equal the receipts of the i supported by the public authority mid means;
previous years. The causes of this reduction nud it is no less rcmarkuble, und stdl more
are upparelil, and some of them have been ' elicourugiiig. tlial no such institution hasevcr
referred to nml enumerated. It is hut just
to add, that tho expenditures on this lino j
have been much diminished by the avoidance I
of some of tho inclined planes on the Portugo i
-..ii- i
regret to inform you that the railroad to
RVo.d the inclined planes on the Alleghany
mountain lias ma ueeii conqne.ei., as
was
confidently anticipated. J he delay
in the
completion of this work has occasioned much
inconvenience to tne business oi me mam act upou mind, and with being, speaking en
line, and a loss to the revenues of the Com- j ergy, leave its impress there. The Great
monwealth. The expenditures have largely , Muster himself thus trained thu school which j
exceeded tho originul estimates for its con- j v,as to reform a world. But now the Honk 1
structioii; uud ulthough the sum of $277,-i has too much intruded itself between the j
73U 00 was appropriated at the last session or (eac er and the taught. The teacher has too
the Legislature for the completion of this , much become the mere exponent of the print- j
Work a sum covering the estimate of the en- ! e, j(1,rre, am! the mind of the learner thu im- j
gmeei yet alter Hie expenditure il me whole
amount llnis appropriated, the load is iiiilin-
Ideil; mi I to complete It, und pay the debts
contiacteil, the further sum of 177.57360,
us now estimated by the engineer, will be re
qui ed I'.iher the estimates have been very
caielessly tnade. or large sums of money use
lessly und extravagantly expended ill the
pio ecu i hi of this improvement. As uiding
llm bii-iii t i thu main hue. reducing still
f irtli r its c. end. lures and relieving the
I're 'Siiry from these constant demands, the
umi a iiccmci.t of its cuily completion will be
h .iled with pleasure by every citizen.
Although the completion of the North
Krincli canal, before the close or navigation,
was certainly expected, yet this expectation
Ins not been realized. The efforts or the
present Superintendent, Mr. Ma ITU, during
the past year, to complete und put in success
I'ul operation this canal, deserves the highest
commendation. Everything that skill, ener-
cy. and industry could uccomplish, has been
done. The labor to be performed was great,
ami rendered more difficult und perplexing by
l he nnpi-rlect and fraudulent construction ot
i ho old work and porno portion of the new.
The large quantity of rocks, trees, slumps,
and roots pluced in the bottom of the canal,
mid the defective material used in the em
bankments, suffered the water to escape al
most as rapidly us admitted, and rendered a
reconstruction of the work, in many pluces,
inJispcnsibly necessary. Its successful com
pletion, it is hoped, will soon be announced.
It will appear by the report of the Com.
mitteo of Ways ami Means mudetothe House
of Bepresentutives in 1849, that the entire
amount necessary to complete and put in op
eretion the unfinished portions of this canal,
wus estimated at the sum of $1.106,037 00.
The amount actually expended on the work
since that period, as appears from the reports
or the huperintenuent. engineer, ana omul
Commissioners, is tl.b5i.dn Z, being an e
cess of expenditures over the original esti
mates of $751,310 52 ; and tho cauul not yet
in operation. Willi such tacts oeiore us
such evidence of mismanagement and reck
less expenditure as the history of this canal
shows, it is not matter of ui prise thut the
Commonwealth and people are burdened wilh
debt and taxation.
The currency of the State, in Hi relation to
bankioir institutions, and their increase, it a
subject that demands careful and intelligent
consideration, r rom toe twice given oi nu
merons intended applications to the Logishi
tore for new banks, and an increase or bank
ing capital, this nnliject will doubtless be
presented to. nnil strongly urged upon your
attention. Shull the number of banks, nnil
the amount of bunking capital be increased ?
and if so, to what extent, uud in what locali
ties f are questions ol absorbing public in
terest. Without desiring to ossumo n general and
uncompromising hostility to nil banks, or to
an increase of banking capital, 1 cun not dis
cover the necessity that reipiires. or the cir
cumstances that would justify, the incorpora
tion of all that maybe demanded from the
Legislature. Tho incorporation of new. nr
rechat tor of old nnd solvent banks, when in
dispensably necessary and clearly demanded
by the actual business wants of tin; commu
nity in which they may be located, should not
be refused : and no other rircumstanccs
should their incorporation bo permitted.
Tho necessity for increasing the number of
banks should be determined more by the ac
tual wants of legitimate trade, than" by the
number of applications nml the wild fancies
of stock jobbers nnd speculators. The sud
den mill unnecessary expansion of the curren
cy should be avoided, mid whatever tends to
produce such result ought to be discoun
tenanced nml prevented. In the creation nf
banks the true interests of the State and
people should be consulted; mid u just uud
honest discrimination, us to number, lucidity
mid the doiiiands of trade, be exercised by
their representatives, l'ublic sentiment does
not demand, nor do public or private interests
require, the creation of niiiuerous banks.
Alter ii careful examination of the subject,
it is my clear conviction that the system is
now prepared for mid reipiires increased effi
ciency in its general supervision increased
qualification in its teachers, und increased
menus of support.
1 he experiment ol the toiinty hnpenii;
tendency, wherever faithfully carried out, has
not disappointed the expeclatiolis of the ml- '
vocates of that measure. The improved con
dition of the schools, and the greater efficiency j
of the system, clearly establish the propriety
und utility of such supervision. The official !
visits of mi officer of thu school department j
to some of the counties of the State, in con
nection with the County Snperiiiteiideiicy. j
have demonstrated that the voice of public j
unlhority to sustain, und the presence of un ,
oflicinl ugeiit to entourage, have largely con- j
tributed to excite und maintain the deep in- ;
terest How felt by the public in our educational (
progress uud improvement. i
The most marked improvement recently !
effected in the system, has been in its corps:
of teachers. With almost unparalleled ids-;
' in t crested lie-s and devotion lot he tiobie cause i
I in which they are engaged, the common (
' school touchers of the Slate have, in almost (
every county, been using nil the means and
appliances within their power lor sell-iin-1
pruvctiiclit. These e Holts, so creditable to '
llieui, have been highly lieiiehcial in their re-
stills, und clearly prove the necessity, and .
!....: ;.l .1 ...l. :
crs' meetings lor a day have given place to
institutes tor u wcch ; unu loose again 10 nu
merous Normal meetings, coiiliuii ug from
one to three months. At every stop in this,
progression, it has become more nppnreiit
that permanent institutions, with their 110-
per professors and appliances, which nothing '
but the power of tho Slate can provide, are ' (v
deiminded by und would meet the wants of
thu system und the occasion.
vet been abandoned. I rom I russia, whose
experience in this regard is thut of a Ci ntury
mid u quarter, to that of our young sister
M ic higun, w hose existence is us ol yestcday,
the Normal school has been tried throughout
Christendom with unvarying success. j
It is time also thut the teaching mind
should resume its true place in thu schools.
In the communication ot knowledge, to ou
.effective, mind, in sympathetic contact, must '
i pressed copy of the text. In thus saving.
! the value and importance of books, us a means
f knowledge, mu not intended, to be over-,
looked or di scribed ; but tho uses of our best
! agencies huve their limits ; mid when we find
the book usurping the place or the teacher,
to the injury of the mind of our oulli. we
should restore each to its proper position
require from each the pel fin inance of its ap
propriate liniclions. uud thus cooler upon both
ihu lull measure of their usefulness.
As an expedient to supply the place nf reg
ular Normal schools till established, and us a
vuluable auxiliary to them kIii ii in operatio i.
the Teachers' Institute would be of unques
tionable value. It would bring together the
teachers of a county under the best influen
ces, for consultation ami improvement, und
exhibit them bel'oru their fellow citizens in
their proper professional character. A por
tion of the means of the State, or of thu re
spec live counties, applicable to cd icalioiwl
improvement, could not be iimru profitably
applied than to the encouragement of the
meeting ol' at least one such institute, annual
ly, in each county. An experiment ol this
kind recently made in the county of Chester.
Ii said to have been eminently siiccesslul, und
trongly indicative ol Ihu wisdom ol the mea
sure.
Legislation, in relation to all questions of
moral and social reform, should bo carefully
and wisely considi red uud matured. On no
subject, within the constitutional authority
of the Legislature, are the people so sensi
tive ; and no one more deeply interests every
class and condition of society. Sumptuary
laws, us a general .rule, are of doubtful ex
pediency, mid us abridgments ot the liberty
und privileges of th i citizen, cull only be jus
tified on the ground of necessity. Whilst
this is admitted, It cannot be denied that the
evils resulting from iiitcuiiieraiice, create a
necessity for regulating und restraining by
legislative acts, the traffic and sale or intoxi
cating liquors. 'I'o what extent this traffic
should Im restrained by positive law, must
depend on the will of the people, determined
by considerations of their owu morul, physicul
uiij social welfare. Whatever may be my
own opinion, or that of the Legislature or
the people, in reference to thu law of thu last
session. 'lo restrain the sale of intoxicating
lii.uors, it must be admitted thut a full ru
turn to the license system, in operation prior
to the passage or tne present law, is not de
mandeJ 1' tjullcbteoed public sentiment, and
would not promote the pnnd order or hnppi.
ness of the community. That the laws then
in existence were imperfect nml failed to
check or control the evils of intemperance. Is
n proposition too plain to be doubted that
they needed revision must also be conceded.
In our large cities nnd towns, tho evils of the
system were mure severely felt.
The facilities nnd cheapness with which
licenses were obtained, operated ns a premium
to vice nud immorality, nni multiplied tip
pling houses mid places where in I em pern nee
under the authority of law, was not only per
mitted, but encouraged. My immediate
predecessor, in his hist annual messnge to the
Legislature, in reference to the then license
laws, says: "So far as relates to the city of
rhiladclphiii, they are peculiarly prejudicial
to public morals, und seem to have been con
structed to promote the convenience of drink
ing far more than to rest ruin its evil conse
quence." In this opinion I fully concur.
That a remedy was demanded, all will con
cede. Whether the law of the last session
was the proper remedy, it is not my province
now to determine. Kuurted by the repre
sentatives of thu people, I gave that net my
official approval. Kecognmng the people
ns the source of all political power, and
their representatives us the imiiodiiilc ex
ponents of their will, upon yon will devolve
the responsibility of further legislation, if
nny, on this subject. In nil its. relations,
economical, political, social and moral, the
question is iiupoM.mt, nnd its proper deter
mination involves fearful responsibilities. It
deserves, mid should receive, your serious
consideration. If action is had, may we not
hope that it will be such us will promote the
virtue, morality, nnd (rue interests of our
people and Coiumonwealtli T
Numerous applications will doubtless be
nnnle fur the incorporation of insurance, ga,
water ami boom companies. To facilitate
action on these questions economize time
reduce the expenses of legirdntioii secure
uniformity ami confine the companies there
alter incorporated to the legitimate purposes
of their creation. I would recommend the
propriety of enacting general laws regulating
such corporations. Already laws of this
character for coal, iron, canal, railroad, turn
pike, plank mid bridge companies have been
passed, mij in practice have been found
highly uselul and economical. Such laws,
well regulated urn! carefully gtiardi d, would
be productive of similar results on their ap
plication to insurance uud other companies
named.
Having, nt the time of my induction into
office, declared to my fellow citizens and their
representatives, my sent inients in relation to
questions connected with our national poli
tics, their reiteration now will not be ex
pected. To the opinions then expressed,
mid now reaffirmed, you are respectfully re
ferred. 'I'o maintain, in their integrity, the Con
stitution of our Kepublic, mid the Union of
the States protect the civil mid religious
iirivileires of the ncoide -nan! with jealous
1 f .' ' p . . . !
(Veedoin and human rights and vindicate,
bv true mid sin-l devotion t In in and
country, the great doctrine of American
nationality, are objects that awaken the
patriotism und claim the energies uud the
heart ol every American citizen.
1 11 obedience to the requiri nien'.s of the
onstitution and laws of the State, us the
representatives of the people, you have as
sembled to perform the hiyh uud responsible
duties ihal devolve 1111011 von. As a coordi
natu branch of the government, it will be I
iibko my duty and pleasure to unite with you
in tho enaeimi nt of ull such laws as will
protect the rights ofthe people, mid advance
the honor uud prosperity of thu Common
wealth. Willi a sole desire for the public good
actuated by aspir.t of enlarged and enlight
ened patriotism, uud guided bv that wisdom
which hath its beginning in the fear qf God,
r),,.'
;,.rl
.,,
may our enoits, in harmonious action, be ill-
ted to the accomplishment ol these no
ds, und to the promotion of that right
eousness which cxultcth n nation, mid con
stitutes the true glory ofu Tree und independ
ent people,
JAMES POLLOCK.
P.xecutivo Chamber, llurribburg, Jan. 1,
16.".0.
Governor's Message
Commencing with a statement in brief of
thu condition ofthe Statu finances, the Gov.
ernor says that the receipts during the year,
from ull sources, show mi excess of 1.250,.
'Jlil over thu ordinary expenditures; but of
that excess Sl.21(i,P'3 24 was expended on
the following extraordinary items: Com.
' pletiou of the new Portage Railroad, $.-1G
.62 12; to complete the .Norlh
Pr.incli Ca
nal, fci7,5C2 67 ; to relay the south track of
tin Columbia Railroad, 133. 10b; payment
of domestic creditors Sl.620 b5 ; redemption
of loans, $316,550 60; cancelling of relief
notes, $2Cli,5r!H. On the 30th of November,
iK.Vt, the balance in the treasury was $1,243,
0'J7 31, which will be requireii for thu pay.
Hu nt ol the interest oil the Slate debt failing
due in February. No loans, teutporury or
otherwise, were negotiated during the past
fiscal ear. Tin treasury owes $335,011 to
the S. liking l iind, provided lor the redemp
tion ot the funded debt und relief notes, but
us the temporary loans bear six per cent, in
terest uud the others only live, it has been
deemed best to redeem liie former first.
In thu three years extending Iron) 1S51 to
1854, the public debt increased by the ex
penditures ou the State works. Thus, on
thu 1st ol December. lH.'il, the debt wus $10,.
11 1.230 3'J. anil on the 1st ol December.
Irt.'i4, 11,6014.595 74, being un increase if
l,"isi 1,359 35 i i three years, notwithstanding
th it the Sta'e revenue exceeded thu ordi-
ii. ri' expenditures. But during the past
year the debt has been reduced $630,601 02,
!.iel is now $41,067,997 72. notwithstanding
tl.e large uppropii itions for the pul 1 c works.
II no new schemes ol improvement lie under
taken, und ull appropriations limited to the
uctiiul demands ot thu occasion, there will he
an uunuu! surplus of revenue applicable to
the redemption of the public debt. The es
timated revenue for the current fiscal year,
will be more (hull one and u half millions of
dollars. For the security of tho holders of
the Statu dekt, lor which interest due in the
yeurs 1S42-3-4 was not paid, certificates of
State stock were issued, under un act passed
in 1845, bearing interest ut the ruto of live
per cent, per annum, the amount being $4,
105,150 25. These certificates were niude
redeemable on or after August 1st, 1855. No
provision having yet been mado for their re.
demotion, the Governor recommends thut
bonds be issued for their renewal at the same
rate or interest.
During the year the receipts from the pub
i works were Cl.942.376 71. aud the ex
lie
penditures thereon, both ordinury and extra
oidiiiary, were 81.838.791 IK showins an
excess of receipts of $103,583 53; bnt de
ducting the extraordinary expenditures, the
nut revenue ofthe works appear ia be $794.
013 31, which is n small increase over the
net revenues of 1834; and, notwithstondinp;
the withdraw! of the transportation lines
from the main line of canal, the aggregate
revenues of the past year have exceeded
those of 1654 by more than $23,000. The
Delaware division shows a nett revenue for
the year of $332,575 56. The revenues from
the main line do not equal the receipts'of the
previous yeors. Kxpenilitures on that line
have been much diminished by the avoidance
of some ofthe inclined planes on the Portage
ltuilroud, but the entire completion of thut
work has not been accomplished as had been
expected, and it will require on additional
appropriation of $177,573 66. As the Leg.
isluturn has already appropriated all the
money called for by the engineer's estimate,
the Governor very properly says that either
that estimate was a careless one, or there has
been extravagant waste in the expenditure
ot the money. The work on the North
liruiich Cuiiul is also incomplete, in . nse
quence of reconstruction rendered tiecessury
by the imperfect and fraudulent construction j
of the old work and some of the new. In
184'J the sum requisite to iiuish tho work
was estimated ut I, Hifi.037. but since then
there has been actuully expended on it 1,
8,i7.377 52.
No bids having been received at the public
sale ofthe main line, sealed proposals were
subsequently invited, and have been received
by the Governor uud transmitted to the
Legislature. The Governor reiterates his
sentiments in favor of sale, und says that the
late financial embarrassments of the country,
the imperfect character of some of tho pro
visions of the bill authorizing the Pule, to
gether with the udversu iuHueuce of inte
rests, defeated the recent attempt, but thut
these ill Hit ill ties can be removed uud a sale
Jet effected on terms amply protective of
the rights uud interests of the people, and ut
the same time just 11 ml liberal to purchasers.
In view of the numerous applications for
bunk charters, the Governor thinks that ne
cessity docs not require that ull of them
should be chartered, but adds that the in
corporation of new banks, or the recharter or
old mid solvent ones, when clearly demanded
by the actual business wants of the comum
mty inti-rested, should not be refused. The
actual wants of legitimate trade should gov
ern uction on the subject, and un unnecessary
expansion of the currency uvoided, A pre
mium should be required from ull bunks or
savings institutions, chartered orrechartered.
The practice of using the names of iiiembvrs
of the Legislature, 111 charters for 'banks or
other companies, ns corporators, is stigma
tized us pernicious, and ought to bo uiscou
tinned. Thu Governor recommends the es
tablishment of 011 agricultural bureau in con
nection with the State government. The
Farmers' High School has been duly organ
ized, and located in Centre county, 011 a
tract of two hundred acres, donated by Gen.
James Irwin. The citizens of that county
have secured to it an endowment of 10, (Mill.
An appropriation to the institution by the
Statu is recommended.
A uiodilicutioii of the laws regulating man
ufacturing und improvement companies, is
The' Governor thinks that !
recommended
the time has now arrived for another effect ive
interposition of legislative aid uud authority
111 favor or Common Schools, and thut the
system is now prepared for und requires in
e 1 eased efficiency in its general supervision,
increased qualification in its teachers, ami
increased means of support. Wherever faith
fully carried out, thu experiment of county
supcriulf ndciicv has fully established its
ability
by the improved condition ol the
Schools. The most marked improvement is
visible in the crops of teachers, owing to the
establishment of teachers institutes, uud the
improvement thus eU'ected -points to the
much greater reform which might be worked
bv thu establishment of normal schools by
the State, Until these Mihools be provided
for. the Governor suggests thut appropria
tions be made by the State or the counties
in md of the teachers' institutes, lie also
recommends a large addition to the annual
appropriations to Common Schools, and thut
ihu Board of Control of Philadelphia, be
obliged lo report to ihe Slate Superintendent j
annually the condition of thu Philadelphia
public schools.
A new and entirely distinct western insane
hospital, lor the western part ol this stale,
is recommended, but in case that be not done,
ho recommends ail appropriation to the
Western Pennsylvania llospitul, to extend
its operations to the cure of the insane. Ou
tho subject of the liquor law, the Governor
says that u full return to the license system,
in operation prior to thu passage of the
present law, is not demanded by public senti
ment, und would not promote the good order
or happiness of the community, us that sys
tem wus imperfect, uud lulled to check or
control intemperance. Local uud special
legislation uru denounced in strong terms,
and the passage of generul laws, recommen
ded. He urges that uction should bo taken
to restrain thu insurance companies within
the. r pn p.-r limits, many ofllii in having ac
quired by special legislation discounting
privileges, uud nearly ull the powers of banks
without their guards. Where thu Courts
have jurisdiction in relation to rcul estate,
trusts, corporations, etc., it is recommended
that the J-egisluture reliise lo entertain ap
plications. Thu Governor thinks that ull
private laws should bu repealed on which
the solvent tax has not been paid, of which
there ure u large number. The remainder of
the message is of lit I lu general interest.
A'oi-M lmtM'cuii uiirf Untied Sta't (Juzttte.
From llic liullinicre American,
riittT ivinir.io.Ns.
The tree, deep.scarred by earnest hands
line ii is young,
Full grown, in strength unbroken, stands
1 bo woods among.
High up, tho wandering eye may lea
Tho early mark,
Though none can read the symbol on
The roughened bulk.
But thuugh tho numo be seen uo more,
And gone the year,
The old impression to the lust,
N ill slill appear.
The breath of spring, the summe' sun, J
The autumn wind
And wintry snow, w ill leave of youth
This truce behiud.
The axe must seek the rugged root,
Before decry
This old memorial of the past,
Can bear away.
M r. Dye is giving a series of lectures In
New York on Counterfeiting, and it is stated
that these furnish a Very large amount of in
formation in reference to the subject. It is
stated that nearly one-sixteenth of all the
HunW hilU in iMMilution am enniitprfeit.
( .'
r Riches often, msla men forgetful , f -
(mmnnmcatciL
For the American.
STNBcnr. Dec. 22, 1955.
In pursuance of public notice, the School
Directors of Northumberland coiinl v met nt
the Court House for the purpose ofjncrrns
in g the salary of the County Superintendent
of Common Schools, uud at the appointed
hour tho convention was organised by the
election of the following officers : President.
JACOIJ SKASIIOLTZ, F.sq. j Vice Presi
dents, K. V. Dkrhh kson, IIk.vhv Grssu:u;
Secretary, Dr. J. J. John.
Some 1(1 townships wcro represented by
the following Directors :
Cool Township Dr. (j S. Robins, Wnt. L,
Scott. Ksq.. Kev. P. J'.ird, Dr. J. J. John.
Hush '., G'eurliurl Itislrit l J. S. Gear
hart, F. G. Vunostran, W. D. Gem hurt, J.
L. Basset. J. L. Siiiimmi.
Hush 7., h'ush ;. Ira Ililes.
Upper Auyustu Hubert Campbell, Jacob
Seiisholtz, Ksq.
Lower Augusta John SaviJge, Samuel J.
Iloiiseworth, John Sliamn.
Sunbun James Heard, S. U. Pe
D. W. Sh'indel. Levi Seashollz.
Knrlhwnberlan't J ohu Durham
I
o, Dr. 1
Henry
Gussler.
Tui hut .Inn. K miner.
Milton It. M. Friek, Fsq.
Jjrlawnre K. V. Derrickson,
S humokin Jos. Hoover.
The list of Directors having been railed
over, Mr. acott presented the names of the
School Directors of .Mount Carmel township,
und moved that they be permitted to vote by
proxy in this convention, which motion was
lust.
.Mr. Friek offered a resolution passed bv
the Milton Bourd of School Directors, oppo
sing mi increase in thu County Supcriiitcii.
dent's sului y, wnicli he moved bo read. Be-
ju'.ted.
He thon presented it on his own resolution.
which, on reading, elicited considerable uis.
cussion, but was finally withdrawn bv the
mover.
Or. motion of Mr. Scott. Mr. Ueimennyder
was permitted to explain the additional
amount of labor he is required to perform
sincu his election to the office, which ho did
in a very satisfactory inanni r.
Mr. Beard moved that the salary of the
County Superintendent be raised tojClKI
Mr. Prick offered mi amendment striking
out 8600 und inserting $X".l. Mr. Peale
olleied un uuicnilmiitil lo the amendment
striking out 351. mid insertiin: C()."i, which
minion com ug oeiore i nu convention. w.,s
decided in the affirmative, yeas 13, nays 1.'. i
co me salary was raisen 10 s-t,,!.,.
Oil motion the convent ion adjourned.
J. J. JOHN. Secretary
A SKISSOIl STUHV.
"Mr. Snip, having made a handsome for
tune in the goose and cabbage line, retired
with his wife to nchiimiin!? count rv residence.
""J w'lved. to forget and deny that he had j
c.ti ucru u lunor. ill uis priue ami mean- :
ness he became very tyrannical, and whciicv- j
er his wiTe, wished to iiriug him down u peg!
or two, she reminded him of tin fact that he j
wus nu more of u man now than when, like i
a woman, he sat all dnv wilh his needle mid j
st-'issors. At length the very name of scis- I
sora became so hateful to him, that he forbade
her ever to use it in his presence, und his be- i
cree very naturally inspired his spirited spouse
" "'" V ,,M 11 '"?,'t'"'r. P'eucu ,
! " ""'' ""' ipiea?c.i. i i
. oi tiiuiiay were s.u.ng on i no imiiK
ol a deep-flowing stieiim that udorned his
grounds, mid unhappily, indeed, unintention
ally, she mentioned in convention the odious
word.
'My dear,' said he, 'have I not ngtiin and
again requested you not to u?e that word in
my hearing ?'
" Scissors 1' said Mrs. Snip again.
" 'Stop thut, or I'll make you !'
" 'Scissors, scissors !' said the roused wo
man fiercely.
"They were now on their feet, and up for
anything.
'Say that again,' cried the puppy of a until
'and I'd throw you into the river .
' 'Scissors, srissors, Scissors ! 1'
"I le pushed her in. S! e went down, but
rose head first, uud throwing up l.er hands,
she seized his. which he extended to her sup
port, ns lie said,
'Promise never to sny thut word again,
and I'll help you out.'
"Scissors, scissors, scissors !' she cried, nnd
he dropped her.
"The second time she came up he renewed
the pious proposition, and with a fainter voice
thu unrelenting love replied,
"Scissors, scissors !'
' Unco more, the third ami last time she
came lo the scratch ; he caught her cold hand
uud made her the generous oiler, to which she
responded fearlessly,
" "Scissors !'
"And down she went ; but, cnt-like, she
wus hard to die, und coming ulicnst to the
surface, she thrust the white band above the
wave, and opening her first and second lin
gers from the others, worked ihem up und
down in the eyes of her bereaved spouse, the
symbol and a very fair resemblance of his de
tested settlors.
"And that is what I call sticking to it
the last. 'Never give up 1' was 'this umiubli
woman's rule, and wilh the fatal n i-s.ns she
snipped the thread of life ritlier lliuu yield;
the point." j
Vicissitidks. The Princess Christiu.i
Belgiojoso, of Lombardy, was banished from
Austria some six yeurs ugo, on ai count of
her political doings. This l.idy took p her
residence ut a farm house in Asia Minor,
where, being totally destitute, she was lorced
to labor willt her hands fur her very existence,
in the strictest sense of the wind. The K.iu
peror bus now been pleased to recall thu lady
by an edict of grace, und to annul ihu sequcs
t rut lor. which, ut the time ol' her banishment,
was pluced upon the whole of her property.
Fhozks Fi.ksh. Mr. A Branson, of Mead
villu, Pa., says, from fifteen years' experience,
he liuds that Indian meal poultice, covered
with young Hyson tea, softened wilh hot
water, and laid over bums or frozen flesh, us
hot as can be borue, will relieve the pam in
live minutes. If blisters have not arisen be
fore tbey will not after it is put on, und thut
one poultice is generully sufficient to ctl'ect a
cure.
The Buss pavement in Broadway, X. Y..
is now so dangerous that a large number of
oniuibuses seek the back streets. It is ue.
cessary that the whole of Ibis puvt-meut
should be grooved. -
The amount to be raised -in New York by
taxes for the current year U sear seven mil
lions of dollars... . .
Tho Widow Bcdott and Dcii Crana.
Mr. Crane is a likely young widower, whom'
tho Widow Hedott has et her cap for, end
thus she endeavors to pnvo the way for hi
popping the question to her, und get taken
in ilretfiilly ;A
"O, no. Mr. Crane, by no mrifihcr o' mean,
'tain'l a mintiitftcw soon for you to begin t
tusk about get tin' married again I mil ninnz
you should be ulcered I'd think so, See
now long's Miss Crane been dead? Six
months ! land o' Goshen ! why I've know'if
a number of individdiwals get married in less
time than that. Ther's Phil Bennett's bid
der thut I was talkin' ubout jest now she 't
was Louisy Perce her husband hadn't been'
dead but three months, you know. I don't
think it looks well for u woman to be in such
a hurry but for a man it's a dilfcrent thinff
circumstances niter cases, you kliotf. And
then sittiwated us yon be, Mr. Crane, it's a
tumble thing for your family to be without a
head to superintend the domestic cotisarns
and tend to the chiUlicn to say nothing of
yourself, Mr. Crane. "Yuo dew need 11 com
pmiion nnd no mistake. Six months ! Good
gracious! Why, Squire Titus didetit wait
but six weeks in ter h buried his fust wifo
afore he married his second. I thought thur
,va'nt no patrickl-r need o' huriyin' so, seem'
his family was nil grow d np. Sueli a cnllcr
ns he pickt out, tew '. 'twas very unsuitable
but every man to his taste I hain't 110 dis
persition to meildle w.tli liobony s conurns
'ri ..1.1 r. 1 1. .......... ., Ida iiiii'ttipi
Ther's old farmer Dawson, tew his purtner
hat n't been dead but ten months, lo bo
j sure he ain't married yet but he would a
, been long enough ago if somebody 1 Know
, on'd gin him nny eiieoi ridgcm'-'al. But tain't
. for me to sponkV that matter. Au's n clev-
cr old critter, ami as rich as u jew but law
! fill rakes ! lie's old enough to be my father,
! And there's Mr. Smith Jnbiter Smith you
, know him. Mr. Crane his wife (slio 't was
Aurora Pike) she died last summer und he's
been squintin' round the wimmen ever since
: ami he may squint for nil the good it'll do
him us far as I nu consumed tho' Mr.
Smith's a respectable mar quite young and
hain't no laiiiiiv vt-rv will oil tew. and quite
int. llectible but 1 t.'ll ye what I'm puity
! purtickier. O, Mr. Crane! it's ten yeai coum
Jinnewnry since 1 witnessed the exp. ration o'
my beloved canipiinioii ! mi uncommon long
' tune to wait, to be sum but tuin't easy to
. lind any In dy t fill the place o' Hezekier Pe
;dolt. 'i think you re the most like husband
i ofury indiviildi'wal 1 ever see, Mr. Crane.-
Six mouths ! inurilerntion ! cur. -.s you should
. be ulcered I'd think 'twas tuw soon why 1 va
know'd
Mr. Crnne. Well, Width r I've been
! thinking about taking another companion
IU1, i tl,,,,,,,),, I d ask
W i low 'O. Mi. (
von
Crane, cp'cnso my com-
I motion its so tiiip.v; ected. Jest hand me
, thut are bottle of earn tire, off the mantleiy
shall' I'm miliar faint dew put a bul" mile
; on my liaiidkercher und held it to my nuz.
j There that'll dew I'm rnthcr more compo
sed von mav j recced. Mr. Crone."
I Mr! Crane' Well widder, 1 was a going
I to ask you whether whether
! Widow. "Contiuuer Mr Crane i'cw I
! know it's turrible einbarrison.' 1 remember
when my dezeused husband made the suppo
sition to me, ho stammered und stuttered,
and wus awfully flustered, il did seem ns if
he'd never get it out ill the world, and 1
s'pose its giiierally the case, at least it has
been the casu with nil ihoiii thas's made sup
positions to me you See they're oncerting
about what kind of an unser tliey'ro ogwilio
to git, and it kind o' makes 'em nervous
But when no individdiwal has reason to s'poso
his altachmeni.s reciperated, 1 dout see whut
need tlieie is o' his bcin" frustrated tho' 1
must sny its tinbiiirassui' lo me pray con
tinner." Mr. C. "Well, then I wtint to Inow hT
you're willing I should have Mcllissy J"
Mr. C. "Why, widder, you surprise mo
I'd no ideo of being trc-ati d in this way uT
ter jou'il been so polite to me, und made such
u fuss nver me nnd the girls."
Widow. "Shot yer head, Tim Crane ruin
o' yersass to me. 'There's yer hut r.n thut
ure table, and hero 'stlie door and the soon
er you put on one and march out o' t'other,
the better it 'il be for yon. And I ndvisu
you nli ire try to get married ngin, to go out
west und see T yer wire's cold and nrter
ye're satisfied on "that pint jest put a little
lampblack on yer hair 't would add to yer
appearance undoubtedly and be of service
lew ion when yon want to flourish round
among the guls and when ye 've got yer
hair fixt, jest splinter the spine 'o yer back, 't
wonlden'i hurt yer looks a mite you'd be
entirely unresisiablo if you was a lectio grain
straite'r."
The richest man in Congress is said to be
the Hon. Win. Aiken, of South Carolina..
His properly is estimated at two millions of
dollars.
A great central sen in Africa has Viopn re
eently discovered between the Kqeator nnd
10 deg. south latitude. It is twice us large
tho Black Sea. and has no outlet.
The Syracuse Chronicle savs two hundred
fngilivo slaves have passed through that city
the past year, uud lhiilv.cii within the pact
twelve days.
Uaiid Si.f.fnxg. An advertisement late-
to I l appeared in l he Dublin (Iceland) Evening
Post, headed, "Iron U'tlsteiius a 1 btddimi."
A poiliuii ol' thu latter must be ieri iron
A deer weighing UIP0 pounds, found
iwiinuiiiig in the nvt i. lu-ur City Point, Ya.,
was caugiil a few days ugo, uud taken oil
bourd lLo eleanier Augusta.
Beflrs are very plenty In some ofthe north
ern counties of this State this season. Two
nig fat lellows weiu killed in Poller county
lust week.
Fashion is lite race of the rich to get away
In tn tl.e l ot, wl.n lollow lis lust us ll ij cuu
Why is a dead dog's tail like a turnpike T
Because it has stopped a wuggin.
When does a man loo'i like n cannon boll
When he looks round,
A State Military Conrerlion ia to be held
at llurribburg, ou Monday, 21st January.
On Thursday lnt n shad w4 sold at auc
tiou at Savannah, for $10. , . iM.
A fellow in iail wishes ha had the smallpo
so thut he eouhl "bti a't out." He has tried
everything lse, but ho can't come ont.
What Plun," said an actor to another .
"shall J adopt to Gil the house at my benetJtT
"Invite your creditors," was the reply. - -
in portions of western Xew York the rail
roads were blocked upw;tb, tnow berore tbe
recent fall. , ... ,
Miniater tVheeler's treaty w(rotietl Whli '
Nicaragua, previous to'th ndve-ut of Wakar,
has btwa test to t! C 8. kUpsu. '
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