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111318 DAY, JANUARY 16, 1861.
171Ve are indebted to His Excellency Gov.
Johnston, for an early copy of hie Message.—
David Latuy, Esq., of the House, has our thanks
fnr an early copy of the Auditor General's Re
port.
Shocking Death
A dreadful accident Its met with, by Mr.
Christian Stauffer, a highly respectable citizen
of Upper township, Lehigh comity,
which in a short time afterwards resulted in his
death.' It appears that on the 9th instant, Mr.
Stauffer had made arrangemenis fur thrashing
grain, and after climbing on the grain mow,
and throwing down a number of sheaves, his
foot hold gave way, and he fell head foremost
on the threshing floor, shockingly hacturing
his skull above the left eye. lie was taken
Up insensible, atid . earried to '
.the house. Med
ical aid viitaiiiinediately procured, but to no
purpose. ,•
Census of Pennsylvania
The census of 46 counties in this State shows
a population of 1,877,446, being an increase of
553,726. Thee counties to hear from had, in
1890, an aggregate population of 400,313, so
that even should there be no increase in them,
there Will be a population in the State of 2,-
277.753; but the increase in those counties
will bring the total to about 2,400,600.
The Weekly Double Sheet.
Wallace 4.- Fletcher, the enterprisir•.g editors of
the-Philadelphia-ILDaily-Sunahave-in-addition
to their new suit of type, also hit upon a plan
that cannot but secure for it a much greater
circulation than it at present enjoys, although
it is now mond in point of circulation among
the dailies in the City. The Saturday's Sun,
will hereafter be published on a double sheet,
quarto form, containing 'besides the news
. .;of the day other valuable and interesting mis•
:e.ellaneous matter, and at the low price of four
- .4lollars per annum. Weekly SI. The Sun is
"iiow bound to shine brighter than over.
Tariff Petitions
Persons holding tariff petitions ought to have
them filled up and despatched to our represen
•tativei at Washington as early as possible.—
Ar appeal has been made to the Senators by
Harry of the West in behalf of suflering Amer
icim Industry, which has had a good effect;
and if the efforts of its friends in Congress are
seconded by the people, something will be
done at the present session in their behalf.—
Now is the time for aciion. Both parties are
becOming sensible of the necessity of granting
some protection to the people, and are willing
to make it a national question. We give them
credit for that.
Benton on Ad. Vcdorems
In a speech in the Senate, the other day,l9r.
Benton held the following language in regard
toad valorem duties. It Will be remembered
that the ad valorem principle of levying duties
is the distinguishing feature of the present tar:
ifl We commend his remarks to the attention
of our Democratic friends:
"I concur with the Secretary (Corwin) in his
premises in too, and with a part of his recom
mendations, 1 concur with him in his opinion
that importations will diminish, carrying with
it a diminution of revenue from customs; that
the ad valorem. system is the parent of frauds
and ought to be abandoned and recourse again
had to specific duties in all cases in Which they
are applicable. Ou this point I have nothing
to confess as gained from experience. I need
no experience to inform me that universal ad
valorems were the most unequal of duties, and
the most fruitful of frauds 1 knew that always,
and said it always.
I condemned the same dogma when it was
introduced in the tariff of 1846; and now, after
• brief experiment of four years' experience
con it. 1 voted for that act; but only to
get rid of t of of 1842, and with the declar
ed belief that ex lance would soon produce
a condemnation of I universal ad valorem
dogma, and force aicturti to the old system
and such is now about the fact.
Pennsylvania
Her territory contains about 46,000 square
miles.. Her wheat crop of 1847, reached 14,.
160,000 bushels. Her coal fields, anthracite
and bituruinous,,are estimated to cover 15,000
mama miles. Her product of Iron, (pig and
castings) in 1846 reached 338,000 tons.
She has Iron enough to supply a continent
of a hundred millions of inhabitants with the
endless - variety of. household and agricultural
implements and to construct their machinery
for manufactures and transportation. She has
coal:enough . to warm thorn in winter, to cook
their food at all seasons, and to generate the
power which shall put the machinery in motion,
to manufacture the various fabrics which the
necessities or comforts of civilized life demand,
or which luxury and taste desire,—and last,
but not least, to send their steamships to any
part of the world.
Bounty Land Law.—The Secretary of the In.
tenor has overruled an important decision of
die.lata
.tornmissioner of Pensions, and ,de
elated that the substitute who served in the
war, and not the person enlisted, is to ba the
secipient of favor under the BonAty Land Law.
Thirty_ thousand:applications have been made
'under the' Bourity Land Law, and tw,o bun
' deed more-ate expected soon to follow, ac
cording tea statement of the new Commis
aion.er.
The Democratic members of the Legislature
met in caucus again on 'Monday evening last,
and on, the twelfth ballot nominated Richard
Broadhead, of Northampton county, for Uni
ted States Senator., The final ballot was as fol
lows :
Broadhead . ; . ' 31
Woodward . . . . 24
limner . . . . . 5
Black . . . . . 3
cgtoter.
At the conclusion of the balloting, a resolu
tion was offered, in which the members of the
caucus pledged themselves to sustain the
nominee. The resolution was passed unani
mously. .
The Whi. , Cautus met on the 10th instant,
V
and nominated Governor Johnston, as their can
didate for United States Senator. The Gover
nor in a very polite letter thanked the Whigs
ler the honor 'On fetred upon hint, but declined
the nomination.
The Whig members of both Houses again
met in caucus this morning, hut made no nom
ination fur United Stales Senator.
Cr The election for United States Senator on
Tuesday last, result€l in the choice of the Hon.
Richard M. Broadhead, of Northampton comity.
for the term of six years, from the 4th of Match
next.
Unity Encampment, No. 12.—C. I'., Carlos
Sampson ;H. P., John Graffiti ; S. W., Charles
B. Haintz; J. W., Thomas Wetzel; Scribe, Pe
ter S. Wenner; Treasurer, Nathan Lauder,-
schlagen
Allen Lodge, No. 71.—N. G. : A. L. Rube ; V.
G., E. It. Newhard ; Secretary, J. M. Line ;As
sistant Secretary, Robert Kramer, ; 'Preasurer, A.
'frozen.
Lehigh Lodge, No. 83.--N. G., Jeremiah Shin
del ; V. G., John Hunter ; Secretary, John L.
Hoffman; Assistant Secretary, Sol. Weaver;
Treasurer, Thomas Ginginger. •
There are counterfeit s's of the Bank of Pitts
burg, and also of the relief re-issue of the Har
risburg Bank in circulation. The former is well
executed and well calculated to deceive, al
though the signatures and filling up are badly
done. The counterfeits on the Harrisburg Bank
differ from the genuine in the fact iliat in the
space between "re-issue" the line above it is
only half as wide as the genuine. In the latter
there is an open spare between the horns of
the cow on the back ground, which is not in
the counterfeit. The words behind the milk
maid are rough in the counterfeit—the medal
lion heads on the right are indistinct ; but those
on the left are unusually good. There is in the
genuine a space between the flower on the left
hand and the line of small PIVE-.-FIVE. In the
counterfeit the flower touches both above and
below. The bank issued but 10,000 of these s's.
Daniel Webster's Speech.
At the New England Festival held in New
York last week, the Icon. Daniel Webster, in
reply to the sentiment "The Constitution and
the Union, and their great Defender," proposed
by the Chairman, delivered an eloquent ad
dress in his usual happy style. He concluded
with the following beautiful language, alter al
luding to the distractions that lately threatened
the country :
"The Day Spring from on high has visited
us. Light has broken' in upon us. There is
no longer imminent danger of dissolution of
these United States. We shall live and not
die. We shall live as United Americans; and
those who have supposed that they could sev
er us, could rend one American heart fronan
other, and that secession and metaphysics
could tear us asunder, will find themselves
egregiously mistaken. Let the mind-of the so
ber American people remain sober. Let it not
inflame itself. Let it do justice to all. The
"truest course, and the. surest course, is to leave
those who meditate disunion to themselves,
and see what they can make of it. No, gen
tlemen, the time is past; Americans North
and South will hereafter be more and more
united.
There has been lately aroused a sternness
and severity in the public mind. I believe
that, North and South, there has been, in the
last year, a renovation of public Sentiment, of
the spirit of Union, and more than all, of at
tachment to the Cobstitution as indispensably
necessary . ; and if we would preserve our na
tionality, this spirit of devotion should be large
ly increased. And whodoubts it? If wegive
up that constitution what are we? You aro a
Manhattan man—l am a Boston man. Anoth.
er is a Connecticut, and another a Rhode Is
land man. Is it not a great deal better, stand
ing hand to hand, and clasping hands, that we
should stand as we have for sixty years—citi
zens Of the same country—members of the
same Government—united "all—united now,.
and united forever? That we shall he, gentle
men. There have .been difficulties, conten
tions, controversies—angry controversies. But
I tell you that, in my judgement—
"Those opposed eyes,
Which, like the meteors of a troubled heaven,
All. of one nature, of one substance bred,
Did lately meet in 110 intestine shock,
Shall, now, in mutual well•beseiming ranks,
.11arch all one way."
Boundary Die,pute Settled. —The Supreme
Court, on Saturday, decided in the case of
Missouri and lowa, that the boundary made by
the Comtnissioners should stand. This gives
foWa the disputed territory, and upsets the re
election of Willard P. Hall to the next Congress,
who. beat his opportent,•Powrnan, by votes in
the disputed territory.
Arnold's Sign.—The identical sign, with
which Arnold, the traitor, carried on business
in New Haven, . from 1763 to 1767, has been
discovered in England, among a mass of old
rubbish. It roads ar follow* :—B. A m old, Drug
gist, Bookseller, &c., from London.
Caucus Nominations.
Odd Fellow's .11eotion
Counterfeits
Pennsylvania Legislature.
HARXISBURO;January 13, 1850
SENATE. ••
Mr. Malone presented a petition from the
citizens ..of Bucks county, praying for the in
'corporation-of 11 new bank, to 'beiealled= the
Farmers' and Nlechanies' Bank.
Mr. Shimer presented a petition from citi
zens of - Lehigh • county, praying for the in,
corporation of a new Bank, to be located at
Allentown.
Mr. Ca - Millers ptbsented a petition from cit•
izens of Allegheny county, asking for the es•
tabliehment of a system of Free Banking.
Mr. Fenton presented a petition from citizens
of Philadelphia, praying for the passage of a
law to unite the city and incorporated dig.
tricts into a single municipal novernmont.—
Referred to the Senators of the city and county.
Mr. Fraily presented a petition from citizens
of Schuylkill county, praying forth° ineorpo.
'ration of a new Bank, to bo located at Tit
,
rnatiqua.
Mr. Myers presented a petition from cid.
imp; of Armstrong county, asking for the cs•
iablishment of a system of Free Banking. Also,.
one for the incorporation of a new Bank, to be
located at Kinaning. •
Mr. Forsyth presented a bill to abolish the
Boat)} of Revenue Commissioners.
Mr. Lawrence offered the following resole
ffott, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance
be instructed to inquire into the expediency of
changing time for the valuation of real estate
and personal property in the different counties
of the Commonwealth preparatory to the as
sessment of county and Slate taxes from fall
till the month of May of each year, and also
to change the mode of collecting taxes by
placing it in the hands of the County Treasu
rer, with proper restrictions and securities.
HOUSE
After some discussion, the House determin
ed to o en to-morrow the returns of the elec.
don for t
ment to t
LE=
Mr. Leet moved that the Secretary of the
Commonwealth be requested to transmit a list
of the Judicial Districts of the State, the coun
ties composing each, and the names of the
President Judges.
Mr. Bigham moved the - Condmittee to ap
portion the State in Judicial Districts be direct
ed to procure such information as will enable
them to report a bib more nearly to equalize
the compensation paid to the labor actually per
formed, to Associate Judges of the State.—
Agreed to.
Mr. Leet moved that the Chair appoint one
additional member from the City of Philadel
phia on the committee to apportion the State
into Judicial Districts. Agreed to.
Mr. Gossler was appointed.
Mr. Roberts moved the appointment of a
committee to invite the Speaker and members
of the Senate to witness the opening of the
Returns of the Election for the Amendment
of the Constitution, and for Surveyor General
and Auditor General. Agreed to.
Mr. Lilly presented a petition praying for
the incorporation of a new Bank, to be located
at Mauch Chunk.
Election of President by the People
The Now York Tribune advocates the abol
ishment of National conventions, and the di
rect vote of the people on the Presideucy.—
The plan proposed is to vote tickets for electors
with the name of the preferred candidate over
the head. Thus each elector corning to the
polls would vote the eler3toral ticket of the par
ty preferred by him, his ballot at the same time
expressing his individual choice for President
and Vice President. The ballots thus voted to
be counted-as voted—for instance : The State
Canvassers declare that the vote was cast as
follows :
For the Whig Electoral Ticket, 250,000
" Democratic " 240,000
5,000
'' Liberty • "
And that the IVliig electors are chosen.
For President—Henry Clay 120,000; Win
field , Scott 00,000; Daniel Webster 40,000;
Horace Alarm 10,000; and that 20,000 were
voted without any designation of a Presiden
tial candidate. They in like manner state how
the Democratic ballots were headed, and so in
regard to Vice President. And so with other
tickets that might be voted.
Within ten days after a Presidential election,
it might, by means of the telegraph, be known
throughout the Union how the great bulk of
the vote of either party had been cast,—not
merely which party had carried a majority of
the electors, but how that majority had been
instructed to vote by the greater number of
those by whose suffrages they had been elect
ed. Then the electors would assemble in their
respective colleges, not to ratify the degrees of
some secret office-seeking cabal, some gather
ing of scheming selfish politicians, but to an.
nounce and authoratively ratify the unbaised,
unconstrained choice of the people.
Manufacturing Enterprise
The Providence (R. 1.) Journal says that a
Steam. mill of the largest class is about to be
erected in.that city, which , will be in full op-
eration by autumn, for the manufacture of
mousseline de laines—a new business in that
section of the country. The company engaged
in the enterprise are two well known firm's of
Providence, and one each in New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia.and Baltimore—all merchants
of the first class. AL the approaChing session
of the General Assembly of Rhode Island a
charter will he asked for, to incorporate this
company, with a capital of half a million of
dollars; and the business expected to be trans
acted by it is estimated to produce nearly, a
million of'dollars worth of merchandise per an-
A Fact—He_who waits for good luck to come
to him, is destined to die in poierty. NO; man'
tats a right to expect a goal. fortune, audio he
goes ro wotk aid:de-serves
or-Bots,' in Miises•
I am Satisfied that there is nothing in the whole
MatcriaWedica equal to Chloroform, for the cure
of the abilve named disease.
After having tried almost everything on the
Grub that would most likely destroy them e or
cause them to quit their hold, I was Induced to
try Chloroform, knowing its power to produce a
slate of insensibility, and its. sedative power on
the circulation and nervous system, as well as
its well.known miscible properties with the
blood, • It had the effect of immediately render
ing inactive the above named enloioa, and they
never survived. Since then, I have had an op.
portuoily of giving Chloroform to one horse that
I supposed was affected with Grubs, and' in the
course of thirty minutes, he became perfectly
easy; and remained so. i believe if it be admin
istered before they have perforated the stomach
or intestines, that they will never trouble the
horse further.
it is decidedly the most rational temedy that
we have. The dite is one fluid ounce, or two
table spoonfulls, given in one pint of water.—
Car. Wash. Globe.
Medical men are very often asked if one vac•
cinatiun is sufficient to protect the system
through life, from small pox- 7 or how often is it
necessary to have the operation perfor•med.—
The late Dr. Fisher, of Boston, for a lung time
gave attention to this subject, and in January
last published, with others, the following propo•
siti(us, which are fully relied upon by the pro.
fession :
01. That one single and perfect vaccination
does.no/, for all time, in all cases, deprive the
system of its susceptibility of variolous ctisense.'l,
That one or more revaccinations do; and
that, consequently a physician should recom
mend revaccination, when questioned as to its
necessity."
"3. The system is protected from variolous
contagion when it is no longer susceptible of
vaccine influence, as tested by revaccination."
Every person, therefore, who would be fully.
protectedrFaTc - inall,pox, should be not only
vaccinnated, but should have the operation re•
putted, one or more times, or until the system
ceases to be effected by the Tiros. For most
persons one operation would be found sufnciemt,
while otters might require several. Revaceina.
tion, at least once, should always be practiced.—
ifthis were the case generally, this dire disease
would soon become almost unknown.
onsulution
Census of Bucks County
We have at length been enabled to complete
our censtls table, and present it to our readers in
a con rem form—exhibiting a comparison:between
the census of 1810 and that of 1850.
It will be seen that the population of the coun
ty now is 56,109;in 1910, 48,1 17—inerease 7,992
The increase of white, inhabitants is 8,006; the
decrease of colored persons is 14. There are in
the county 1,725 colored persons now, to 1,731
in 1840. There are in the county 1,327 persons
over 20 years of age that cannot read nor write
—.O whom 057 are white natives of the United
States—about half of the latter number being na
tives of Pennsylvania, and chiefly persons ad.
vanced in life. There are also thirty.eight in.
sane persons in the.county.--Thicks Counfil
In
fcflig
Finances of Monroe County
From the pre•sentrridnt of the Grand Inquest
oflionroe county at the late Session of their
Court, we are led to believe that their finan.
vial affairs are in a very untoward state. To
meet the demands upon the Treasury, hereto
fore they adopted the plan of issuing Checks,
which are now depreciated in value from 5
to 10 per cent., in consequence of their ina
bility to cash them. The great matter of
complaint, therefore, is that a traffic is now
carried on in these Checks, not only by pri
vate individuals, but that some collectors are
engaged in the speculation, buying them at
a discount and paying them into the Treasu
ry for the whole amount for which they call.
Easton Sentinel.
A New State.—The Henderson (Texas) Flag
of the Union goes for the formation of a new
State out of Eastern Texas, to be composed of
the territory situated bet.ween the Sabine and
Trinity rivers—bounded on the northwest by a
line running from the Trinity river to the [Mint
where the 23° north latitude intersects 103°
meridian west longitude—a corner of the boun
dary of the Texian cession to the United States;
then pursuing said meridian to 36° 30' north
latitude, said parallel of latitude, the Hod river,
&c., to the Sabine.
Mastadiusats. —The Coalition party have
aimed to a division of the offices. The Dem
ocrats are to have the Governor, Lieut. Geyer
not, State Treasurer, five Councellora and Sen
ator, for short term. The Free Sellers are to
have the Senator for long term, Secretary of
State, four Counsellors, State Auditor and Ser
geant at Arms.
,paine's H. Paine, at Worces-
Mri has received by the last steamer from Eng
land, his letters patent, which secure to him
and his associate the benefits to be derived
for his grand discovery by the people of Great
Britain.
Another Newlight.—A letter in the "Journal
of Commerce" says that a mode of making hy-'
dragon gas from water, has been discovered
Paris: The writer gives no account of the
process, but pays it is very simpler And easier to
use than Mr. :Paine's. The hydrogen is car
bonized by, the 'use of P. burner of plating.
Vie Clergy of ilerico.—A pamphlet publisba•
ed : in Mexico states that the income, of the
clergy of that country amounts to fE20,000,-
000 per annum. They are also in possession
of landed property representing an enormous
capital. The -reveniies of the general'•GOv!
ernMent Itself ; are. stated• not to exceed 06,6
000,000. - 6- , • • ,
,I4 7 "rroit.N.,Y. has n,pupnjation 28,785. In.
crcase iu five years, 707 is• .
Revaccination
Wee Keystone State.
Meisage of Governor Johnston.
An Abstract
We give below an abstract - of the Annual
Message of Governor Johnston. It is briet,clear
and comprehensive, abounds with excellent sug
gestions. The picture presented of the position
and prospects of Pennsylvania, is highly grati
fying. Among its recommendations and sug•
gestions, the following will be found the most
important.
An Acknowtedgement.—The Message com
mences with a proper acknowledgement to the
Supreme Ruler.
The Death , of Ge n. Taylor.—Appropriatc alio.
sion is made to the death of Gen. Taylor, the sal.
dice, whose brilfiantachievements in arms added
new lustre to the _military fame or the country,
and the Statesman whose policy, as shadowed
forth in his recommendations to Congress,
was that of the wisest and most g,enesotv, pawl.
otisna.
The I'2ection. ofJudges.--ify-the terms of the
the commissions of ihe*Judges- will
expire on tke Srst Monday of December, in , the•
year one thousand eight hundred and+ fifty-one.
ft is suggested that this will afford a• favorable
opportunity to remodel and greatly Ibssen• the
number of Judicial Districts.
But one Annual Blection..—Eapenee to the
treasury, and loss of lime to the voter, could' he
well saverby authorizing the elections now held•
in the Spring babe holden at the genenal , eleavion
in October.
Thlittoject of crewing an Agricultural De.
partment_conpected with the State Government
demands the-favorable. connitleraition of the Le.
gislature. In such department nsighr bucolical.
ed much vatuable information fdr the use of the
practical farmer. The recent improvements in
the construction of implements of hunbanadry,
the analysis of earths,. improved modes of tillage,
and adaptation of manures and seeds to various
kinds of soil„ are subjects of absorbing interest
- to - the - agricul turn lasses; .— Diffusion - of - lanowl.
edge respecting the best breed & cil'hotises, cattle,
and other stock, with suggestion& in an author
ized and reliable foam, and experimental exposi
tions of the pro-per modes of rearing and training
live stock of ail kinds,. contd. dot fail to act bene
ficially on this great interest of the Common
wealth. Should the National Government erect
an Agricultural Bureau, in conformity with the
spg,gestiori of the President, the State- institution
would be an efliciens anxilliary in the• collection
of local information, and for the distribution here
at home,. of knowlefte amassed in that depart
ment from other sources. In this establishment
the'claims of the mining, mechanical, and man
ufacturing interests on the fostering case of the
Government, might be equally regarded!.
Geological Specimens.—An . arrangement of
the Geological specimens belonging to the State,
In some convenient place for general inspection,
and the publication of the Geological reports,
are demanded alike by the true interests of the
State and a just appreciation of her character for
enlightening enterprise.
Colonial Records of the State.—Theserecords
are worth preservation, as containing authentic
information of the action of our fathers in the
struggle for national existence.
The insane .Asylum..--In'tlre early spring the
buildings of the Insane Asylum will be ready for
the reception of patients.
Taverns and Beer Houses.—Attention is earn•
estly directed to the revision of the laws in rela.
lion to taverns, restaurants, beer houses, andten
pin alleys.
Equalization of 'fax Laws—The suggestions
and recommendations of former messages in
reference to the equalization of Tax Laws, pay
ment of portions of the public debt overdue, the
currency, and public improvements, are again
pressed.
The State Debt.—The total amount of debt is
$40,775,485 42.
The Sinking Fund.—At a very early date, an
annual appropriation of nearly one million dol,
lars may be made towards the reduction of the
public debt.
The school system, although imperfect, is ra
pidly improving in . its general condition, and
promises the beneficial results it was designed
to accomplish. The education of the people is
the great question of the age, and as such it can
not fail to command your earnest and enlight•
ened efforts for its speedy and ultimate success.
Trade and Travel.—ln the competition for
trade and travel, no effort for the full repair of
the canals, and rail roads of the State should be
neglected.
An Ocean Steam Line.—A commercial con
nection between Philadelphia and Europe by
Steamships,—an enterprise truly worthy the fa.
voring regards of the whole Commonwealth
and the countenance and aid of the National
Government by the extension of the mail fa.
cilities.
The Trade of the West. Every avenue by
which the trade of the West, as well ns of Cen.
tral and Northern Pennsylvania reaches Phila
delphia, ought to be opened and kept in such
perfect condition as to afford all passible facility
to business, for - in the growth and welfare of
Philadelphia, the entire people should feel a live
ly interest, as identical with Abe prosperity of the
whole State. -
The Bridge at Wheeling.—The Governor calls
attention to tbe pending litigatitin in relation to
the bridge, over the Ohio River at Wheeling,
trected under the authorities of Virginia, which,
it is confidently asserted, puts in jeopardy large
commercial interests. . •
The .Rivent and the Lakes.—ln the various
Railway projects now severally terminating at
Philadelphia,. Harrisburg, and Pittsburg, the
people 9f the Commonwealth' ought never to lose
sight;of that other great enterprise which, known
as the Banbury and Erie Railroad, was meant to
connect the Susquehanna, theDelawaie, and the
Lakes. - .
The Revenue Laws.—A revision mid altera.
tion of the Revenue lziws,4o as to give adequate
and permanent protection to the indus i tfy,of the
country, are demanded• by the
_prostrate condi:
lion of',ilitt, minhtg auti,the mt•.tnufa}:turing ..
A system of banking, based npon,fikete steaks *
under proper restriotions; is recommended to the
r attention of the Legislature. It is thought that
the presen,t banking facilities are unequal to.the
wants of the busineis community. The large
amount of notes of the banks of r r
Slates fotind ig circulation among our people,,
the inability of the banks, with safety to their
credit, to accommodate at all times the active
bona fide business demands of the country, and
the large operations in the nature of private
banking daily transacted on severe terms to the
borrower, demonstrate that increased facilities
are demanded to secure a healthy developement
of our resources. Any considerable extent,lon_A
the presentsystem is hardly to be antici p tte d,
nor is it desirable, if a more permanent basis for
such operations can be devised. Free barbking,
upon a deposit and pledge of publiettoclis.early'
recommended itself to favor. It is me liable to'
'sudden expansions and_contractions. , —more-sei
cure from failure—less obnoxious to counterfeit.
ing and fraud, and offer undoubted security to
the note holder. Should the stock required be
the loans of the Commonwealth, it would 'appre
ciate their value, and also have a tendency to.
withdt•aw them from foreign countries, to which.
are annually sent millions of the public money"
to.pay interest. A recall of these stocks, and
the discharge of the interest to the resident •
zees, would lead to the expenditure of an equal
arrrount at home, thereby affording employment
to the people in the improvements of the State;'
in the erection of industrial institutions, and in
various works of beauty and taste. If this sys.
tern is favorably regarded, a relinquishment of a
portion of the interest on the stocks pledged
word.) be directly adeantageous to the Tree..
stmt.
The confiiitnae•feln it their security, and the
desire to'use•ihc reliernoten, when kept ip good °
condition,. jirstify, the belief that an issue of
small notes.from.Siate institutions, founded on,•
a d'eposit•ot stocks, would be highly accept ible
to the people.
In the. various Railway projects now several. •
ly terminating at Philadelphia, Harrisburg awl.'
rinsburg - , — tire — peopia — ot — t Ita — eummon wealth—
ought never to lose sight of that other great en.
terprise which, known as theßunbury and Erie
Railroad, was meant to connect the Susquehan. '
na, the Delaware and' the Lakes. Besides the-.
oommandl ofthe•trade of the Northern Seas set.
curedt by its construction, it would bring Into..
market fur sale and settlement vast bodies of"
untenanted and unimproved lands, and develope
treasures of inexhaustible mineral wealth now
wholly inaccessible.
Cheap Postage and the Pacific Railroad.—A.
reduction. of tile rants of postage, and the con..
84 - ruction of railway communications to the . Pa—
cific., were urgedsheretofore as worthy of friendly;
regard.
The Slavery Question.—There nothing, - ,
says the Governor,. in my judgements,. ix the his
tory of the past, nor in the wavaings of the fu
ture, to justify the abandonment of the ptinci_
ples, sacredly regarded from the foundation
the State r of non.intervention in the domestic:
policy of other communities, and of resolute de-'
termination' of permitting no interference with.
our own. Fidelity in the discharge of Constitu
tional duty has distinguished our government and
people, and if an opinion exists within, or has
been mischievously propagated beyond our bor.
dens, that such is not the fact, it is conceivedin
error of our true Itistory. Pennsylvania; her
people, and her authorities, always have beets
loyal to , the Go ostitutton. They wish it neither,
to be evaded nor amended. They will nearer/Bi—
ll to be resisted.
The Fugitive Slave Law.—The recently en.
acted fugitive slave law, while it remains a slat.—
ute,•clemands the support of all the citizens, andl
unless our written constitutions are •worthless•
parchments, until the judiciary declare it oth.
erwise, must be esteemed a constitutional ant
stemma. -
Modifications.—lf it be deemed expedient to
deny a trial by Jury, and lodge the adjudication
of this right of property in the breast of a single
Judge, the kind of proof required, should be in
dicated, and a full record of the entire proceed
ings be made and preserved. Processes Issued
should be returned, and the . extradition of any
colored person, for whose arrest a warrant had
issued without hearing had before the, Judge,
should be visited with the penalties of kidnap
ping. These modifications of the law, while
they could not interfere with the rights of, the
fugitiveovotild greatly tend to satisfy the minds-.
of citizens anxiously desirous.to perform their,-
constitutional duties.
The Union.—The Union of the States is the
outer and inner wall, which encircles and guards
the temple of our independence. The Union
alone secures to oclr commerce protection on
every sea, defence to our citizens on every shore.
give us a proud' name among the nations of Me
earth, and ensures to the Republic an enlarged!
and glorious destiny. Its preservation ratifies'
the assurance that man is capable of selfgbit...
ernrnent, and that equal rights, equal laws, .and
equal privileges, are alone the results of demo..
cretin Institutions.
Conclusion.—The message concludes , wit
the fervent prayer that Almighty God.will so (114-
sect the deliberations of the General Ai*embigi.
that !lime and happiness, truth Ted
ligion and piety, may be established 0.444 us'
for all generations:l
rarThere are fifteen candidates in the fleld'fbr: .
Mayor of Pittsburg, headed by Barker, although'
after the run, he may be found Considirably
the rear. .
11:11The fatuous diimond called the Mountain
of Light will it is said, shine at the WoNd'•s Fair'
, in London.,
. llarCourting is an irregular active-transitive
verb, indicative mood, present tenser third per
son singular numberiand agrees..wiih-=all the
in town.
_ ,
rilr Barnum is matched at last. Ife is .imable,
to,find the knife with which the printers 'ciut
.•, ' r
their.pl.• - -
WThe •Clartresville ('fpqn,)4letrOrsopiill has'
raised, the name of 70; liFliaikan.44llo,
he4tVas,ite filst chylce for.thc.: