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panyi ng Alt
t pleiw•or'l, o 6w plfteeki *lfni
our tabldlfiti 4‘ek''Ptoy i itiOot t oPiOsi
sian'e !hike.. 4 s.ll;e Porte slid
,flat'moifc
were eithiliukid fir 3."6..c1ar14 . a tecnbel.
of the.V6mfan? arid' are very beAituifal:
11 1 1A,1* 1 ; 1 • IP:TNT-4V Altit 3l f , ;
Oh. the Itogwentilosod the'bonilding deep,
Wheelie hillsb glory idoodk
And tha .i ntoss grown,grgsee, where ,our. @ithers
1deel?!:1 . 11 ' • I 4 .•
Nandi thS)onghs nr.the waving t iandi
Wa redibni rhl;4viip'hood•rieitt • ‘"-- • '
For k VndllieltritierY• ; • -
Where we once used to play thro' the long, lung
rr
-•-••,;,•• • 1i • ' •
In the Shade o the old mountain tree".
We riff strangers now in a' rtranger land,
Andihs Inprbf ).oiith and poised,'' • •
Kind. frlamds weirgorto,' but •the old 'treks stand,.
Unharmed+ by the rwarring blast;; ••
Oh, 'the litrltlggy,siag Au the clouds of spring, .
AndAhp,swan,on the 'Hier,
But we mourn , far the shade Where the Wild bird
in;the old 'mountain ttee.
Oh, the iline'event by like :Chile that's told,
Isi let.gl of song and mirth.
And oihislittetni gn chigichigard c'eld;
Fi ogle reabfrom the cares of earth t
And guitavelley-Will wangler waYg. •
Oe„ wavoi of
,the VV, eatern sea,
And gteLlpir). pthe and vainly pray
For it Ative".l4,r th e old in.:loot:1M tree,
*ldes, ,
A gerMailY says :—"The
Clernstne,l4 . the taY, have a qu eer way
of m4fFl4A''Priaes,' and', of doing sonic
otheT,,tl3ings the courting and marrying
way 4 0,1c,h,nuiy interest you; , lierhaps.—
When 'a maiden is'betrothed, she is called
•"bride p , , " end ao continuos unkil she be
coals ,„!rtfo.",, All 'the she 'is °Oats:
zed !Lk? ‘ l rido."' ' The loVera, imme
diately upon the betrothal; exchange
plain boll} rings, which are ever..weru, af
torwartle tilt death parts then). The Wo
man wears hers on the third finger of her
left lead ? and when she becomes "wife,"
her rin g ts transforied to, the third finger
of thp,righ't hand, and there. it, remains.—
The i kushand always wears his ring just as
the etevrctire hors, so' . quit if you look
upon,a t ß sik,'Slll,Sod you can 'tell if he is
mortegod or not :
_Thera is no `` lheaiingi
for him everafter—Vo coquetting witli the
girlk.asjf ,w e r e an up Married man ;
for lot . the whole story is told hy Lis fin- i
ger 'ring. A married Viennese lady was'
much amused when I told her that in our
cnuntry,weAmly "ring" the women, but
let ,tho Itushands run at, largo unmarked I
"Oh, that in dreadful I". said she, more
thaw , half • shocked.. ' "Think, there is
Frederick, my husband—only twehtv-four
young, handsome-and'"all the
girls - would tie' taking him for an tinnier
rie4 iSsi k ;att...tte making Joie to dtini
ta,Mnot t.,,,L;l*eyfyroula
never:know lie was married. Now.' can
you delioln 'your country 7 •I'wouldliot
live' icre 'With • Frederick" for the world.'"
lit Siati;:minu
,
ThereLaserscnne,among •utem wuo, tn • point
of physioal perfeoticin,bare surpassed by
none thtotighout the *hold earth. The
10*(Pleee' at fillaitt and siXteen.—
Their 4lorelopmint:is rapid under tho ge
nial,oun offthe tropics.. They have the
Malayan. physiology , and cast of counte
natitsqlwith. dark eyes, that seem to read
thellieholderie r thoughts, 'and hair as black
.and4loiii as the wings of the raven. r .
I hsse,seesi,nlaqyAf them on whoie, ex
ternal beauty nature.seenas to have lavish
ed all her skill. From their maturity nn.
till qttittivestthe meridian of life, the wo
aneti jYpedr to 'think, feet; and art like
sohpalgirh,lt is not until theit. beauti
ful skews become mixed, with gray. that
our imgin to feel the coming oh. of.. life's
witleery , -Then ito is that they grow old
raplAt "ind ihey . fide -like flowers smit
tenAy,lhe, chilly' hretith'of the north.—
It Illkiftefb, l 3;, be 11810'4 that theee Women
acquire Inuehoftheir phi:deal perfection
by frequent aquatic and equesfrian. exer
cisete—Sandwichleland Notes. -
Ti 444 Orouj:—The
,publie
debt of,Euglaild now stands at the . round
little.sum of 4800,006,000 sterling. Of
thisdebt: 800,000,000 were created to put
down'brapolcon in the thirty years war
nail* With the battle of Waterloo—to
pyi .4 4 3,VF0 same , .atutly 8.10 is now
striving to intik up—to thrust aside the
herowho gay° liberty•to Italy, while she
has taken to her arms' the hypocrite who
stabbed` Italy to the heart at Rome.. To
ilte,hitevast on this,suni; besides the
yearly goieroMent thipanses—in which
lattersategory isiocluded about 140,060,-
000 annually paid to archbishops and others
chturehAuckertfil and. say five :'millions and
a httleniore , yatid to. the. Queen. to supply
the' ttif tablas; land: stableil and babies,
'antillaptleget*amounting try.i.500,000;000
0re854900,000,..11400,000,000 i , in all,
thertoplhimtise4bc team:l4pm every arti
cle:irtiloketiteile into :the mbuth,. or covers
the 'book, or is globe(' tiador..the' foot.—
Te sea 'Upon ,everythilng .whioh ia pleasan t
tleophearp feel, smell or smite.
Oat Dr, • - , , •
90reat rathe; deserve amletn
poranifotii applauseiwitbona obtaining it,
thazoblain arithoutdeservitigia',.. if it fol.,
loir4thentit is ,well; • but. they- will not de
• vii,te tefol)6W.it. z !, • •
e ,111 ft--
uPener,:like,,the,,diarpoe4.l43ljek the
beholder ' , en& oleo duo,. weereg 0,4 digni
fies' Ise*nneest; magnitiee ,te
whAtiaceoutemptible„, it. gives „authority ;
doolikalia ;owl oraltitti?ti. 1,,
041( Wilf7. i t.. 7 -5 7 .77 7 -7,, ~
o ,flun,
,t9e , riour . .l9i,regrel. wp r ‘ ectoi t he
wrigg 2, dirt:tedjois, , vindip,vihepit*Orer
7
Viii - de,l rem9tpbtituetr, t9ard,' 0f.,1.1i shed,
embalio Itai'w`oinids, of grief. ' .
He that both thQ spice may season as he
'• ' ,
and spends well ,
6b lea thetteedunt'welf.
•Ifts .‘eansider bf It" takes times .
lerffeb'ylteli htitidsitiely: '' •
"166 i ia" Itherit: 'it - my
libettel , •• ; P •
A man's true prosperity often begins
wbOrt IM icsaid ed beitnnadiouiebis iu
tt4iwbbilsois iidd.taimi - proaileting: , • •
, .
-The tetrasseimi and the Quakeress . .' matte *oat You •
saarlueronatusuteessi:
:Id the summer of 1811, her late istelWaYsowelf to.avoid saying every.
ty,Qiieen Charlene, visited Bath, aceein. thing that Iteim'properl; but it iteeepecially
panied,byltie Princeser*Elizahith. The so before Children.; :And: here parents; as
waters soon
,effected such a respite' front; - well ad Otherr; ire; often :Rt.:fault:. .Chll-1
1 pain in the filet' patient, that !Ave 'tid many ears as:growe persons,,
ed an excursion to a park of some celebri- and they are lee -I ' ll3l. oY' more attentive vb.]
ty :in the neighlmwhood, then the estate of ; what I'S' said before' them: • : Whit they]
a rich widovr belonging to the Sheiety :tie heir, they are :dery apt to repeat t and:tuil
•Friends. Notice was given of the Queen's they have no: diacretlim. god , not sufficient
1 intentiim.'and a message returned that she I . knowledge of the , world to disguise any.
would be welcome. Our illustrious' tray.l thing, it is° geifetally- , (nu nd - that ...children
, eller had. perhaps. never before held arty and fotilirspetk the Omit:" • See that:boy'' ,
pinioned intercourse with a member of the ;°‘Yes glisten' while yon are , :speaking:of a
persuasion whose voteties never voluntarl- neighbor,: in h °lunged& you woUltF not
by paid taxes to "the man George'. called ! wish to have repeated;' ;°He' does not fully
t King be die vain orme." The lady and. toiderstatid what you means but he Will re
gentleman who were to attend the aunust l member .every werd, and'it will,be strange
Visitants had hut feeble ideas of the recep- if he does not cause you to ; blush'by• the
don to be expected. It was supposed that l repetition: , '• ' ' • ' : •
the Quaker 'would at least say. "Thy ma-I A gentleman Wiss'in the habieolcsalling
jesty," "Thy Highness,' or "Madame." at a neightim ' s' house, iafid • the .lady': had-
The royal carriage arrived at the lodge of , always expressed• to him great pleasure
the'park punctually at the appointed hour. from his calls. One• day. just after: the
No preparations appeared to have been ! had remarked to•hinvas • usual, her•
hap
made ; no hostess or immestiiis stood tea- I piness from his visit; her little boy entered
dy to greet the guests. The porter's bell I the:•room. The: gentleman took him on
was rung; he stepped forth deliberately his, knee. antiftsked,•"Are you not glad to
with a broad brimmed header on ; and tin. see me, George 1" i, •
bendinglv accosted the lord ,in waiting "No, sir," replied the boy. •
with, “Ithat's thy will, friend 1” "Why not my little nian 1" he con.
This was:Almost unanswerable. "Sore- tinued.
Iv," said the nobleman,"your lady is aware "Beoanse mother don't want you to
that her Majesty—. Go to your mitt- come;"- said George.
••
tress, and say the Queen is here." "Indeed 1' how do you know that,
"No, troly." answered the man, "it George ?"' •
needed, not ; I have no mistress nor lady, Here the mother became crimson ; and
but my friend Rachel Mills expects thine: looked daggers at her little son. But he
Walk in ! saw 'nething, and therefore replied. "Be-
The Queen and Princess were banded cause: she saitlyeeierdav, - she wished that
out, and walked up the avenue. At the old bore • whelo: not call here again."
dem of the'huuse stood the plainly attired • That was enough. The gentleman's
Rachel, who, without even a courtsey; hat Wild Soon in requisition,: and lie left
but with a cheerful nod, "How's thee do, :with the impression that "great is the truth,_
, friend I lam glad to see thee and thy and it Will prevail." •
'daughter. i wish the well. Resi and re- -looked sharply in'
fresh thee and thy people, before I show the_ faCe 'oft visiter; and being asked what
thee my grounds." ' , Meant by it,' replied,
What could be said to such a person 1 "I wanted to see if you • had a • drop in
—Some condescension was attempted,youreye ; I heard mother say• you had
I
implying' that her majesty came not only frequently." .; •
to view the park, but to testify her esteemi . A boy once asked one of his. father's
for the Society to which Mistress Mills guests who it was that lived next , door to
belongs. Cool and nnawed `she answer- him; tind when he heard his name, inquired:
ed. ."Yea then art right theeis. ' The if he twas•not a Mel. • • I
Friends are well thought of by toast folks; “No.my'little frielid:' replied the gneet,•l
but they need not the praise of the world •;• "Iteit not a fool. but a very ecneible mart.'
for the rest, many strangers gratify their But whit did you usli that T questiOn 1" ••
curiosity by going over this plate. and it .Because," replied the boy,. "mother
is my custom to conduct them myself; said the - other day, that you. were next door
therefore I will do the like by thee. friend to a fool;' and I wanted to know who liv-
Charlotte. Moreover, I think well of thee ed next doer' to you "
as a dutiful wife and mother. Thou hest
had thy trials, and so has thy good partner.
I wish thy grandchild well through hers," J
(She alluded :o the Princess Charlotte)]
It was so evident that the Friends meant .
kindly:UT, respeermity.inat ho- ertetieff
:could be 'taken. - She escoifeeher'gvest'
through' her estate. The Princes's Eliza
beth noticed, in the hen-house, a breed of
poultry hitherto unknown to her, and ex
pressed a wish to posess some of these
rare fowls, imagining that Mrs.' Mills
would reguard her wish as' a law; but the
Quakeress merely remarked. with her
characteristic evasion, "they are rare, as
thou aayest ; but if they are to he purchas
ed in this land or in other countries. I
know of few Women likelier than' thyself:
to procute them with ease." -
Her Royal Highness , more .plainly ex-j ,
pressed her desire to purchase some of'
those she now beheld.
"I do not bay and sell," answered Ra
chel Mills. • '
'•Perhabs you will give me a pair ?"
persevered the Princess with a tonoiliating
smile.
"Nay, verily," replied Rachel, "I have ,
refused many. frier.ds : and that which I
denied to lip own kinswoman, Martha
Ash, it becometh me not to grant to any.•;•i-
We have had it long to say that these bi rds
belonged only to our house; and I can
make no exception in thy favor. This is
a fact.—Sharp's London Magazine.
A contemporary has a very amusing
story in illustration of the litentture of
advertisements. Some one had prepoil
through his columms—for the paltry re
turn of thirty, postage stamps—to teach
the unwary how to make two pounds
sterling a week, by a clean respectable
business to be carried on in the leisure
flours ("evening, so as not to interfere
with other work. Several victims wrote,
with, the required enclosures—and' one of
them sends the.receipt to our contempora
ry 'who mints it in defiance of the law . ot
copyright. The secret was this : —"Buy
a hundred weight of potatoes,; wash; them
well, bake them, put them in a basket, and
sell thorn in the streets. This done for ;
six nights, Cocker was called, in to witness
that the results must be a profi ton the
transaction of forty shillings.:—.dlhcia
ceum.
A Kiss IrivesTED I—Here is an uim-'
promptu;!' by a lady who signs herself
“Eie."seggesting that new finance:though,
by theLway, she says nothing of , inter
est :--• • ,
1 wee thou art thy father'', joy, ' • ' •
Thy mother, hops of bliss. • • ,
tito oat thy ruby tip, fur boy; ,
plus ssy smote*
Bat-when /sin • *piaster grim .
And:Pu a 'dull*biP.u... • ,
If I should chance to cane this wiy,
elainiithE ' owe i.
Our young htdies do not insist' Mk *high
standing of young .gentlemenywhence ~ a
variety , of 'private miseries and . public
vices.+• A "correct": young man is r the
butt of society; and there me wise men
who • contend that the World is always
right:
CARROTS FOR houses:-The English
stable keepers are beginning to. An4,that
these vegetables form a cheap and ; nutritious
food to mix with grain for :heir horaes.r
bis better-to give a working
.horse a.peek
of carrots and four quarts of oats or corn.
meal a day..than to give him six (yaps, co 4.
meal. .
V7holesorite sentitnenki is rain; which
makes the fields of daily,: life-fresh
odorous. • .
„Lies are biltlase swards; width agitate,
Wb, thei.witiktheae.
7-o.gtTYS:ll.vical:J4';,!.:..f..tit : tity:.. s;.',
MunnEns, Extou'rroNs AND CASUAL
;rms.—During the year 1854 there occur :
rod-in the United States,6B2 Murders, or
took.rilace. in New York, 50_in
4.l.,i . o4,ouisiana, 4a, in.Kentrickh
. 46 in Titginsayk , .o.4,l - atr;vattroraittir-40- , to ,
0bi0, , 89. in 'Georgia, 38 ,in Missouri,, , 32
in lklissistippi, 28 in Pennsylvania, 26 in
Tennessee, 19 in 'Massachusetts, 'l5 in
Maryland,: and so on., There occurred
also 84 , elecutiotis, of,which 15 . were -in
Califcirnia, 14 iu Louisiana, .8 in South Car,
olina, 7 in New York, 4,in .Pennsylvania.
The number of Steamboat accidents was
48, by which 587 parsons were killed; s
and 225 wounded, while the, previous year'
there were 31 accidents, in which 819 per
sons wore killed, and 158; wounded. Tile .
,number of railroad accidents was 193, by
which 186 persons were killed, 581 won n d. i
ed," while the previous year there were
138 accidents, by which 234 persons wore
killed; and 496 wounded. ,Therewere 83
fires attended with loss of life, the num
ber of persons killed being 171. .
A foolish fellow , went , to .the parish ,
priest and told him with a very long face,
that he had seen a ghost.
"Wheu and where said the , pastor.
"Last night," replied the timid piano'
Was passing by the churrhond up against
the wall of it, I did behold the spectre."
"In what shape did it appear?" impired
the priest.
“It appeared to he the shape of a great
ass,” was the reply; • • •
"Go home, and hold . your' tongue,abont .
it," rejoined the paator ; "you are a very,
timid .map, and have,beenjrightened - hy
yonr, own shedow.7
A, Psopt.s. wrrnour A GOVERNMENT.-•--
It isstated that Labrador. with a popula
'tion '0(20,000 inhibitanti, has neither gov
ernor, magistrate; constable, nor lawyer;
yet violence+ and disorder' re uncommon
:among' them—a fact highly creditable, to `
their mnrili. Their chief occupation is
huutink, fishing, the produce of which is.
scild'cltiefly to the , tradere'from the United
States; from Whom Ahey receive the Mos'
of their ' • ' '
-.An honest Duch farmer of the Mohawk,
Was asked his opinion 1114 to-which, denomi l
nation of Christians was in : the right way
to Heaven. f , Vel. den,”.sitid he; "van we.
ride our wheat to market to Albany; some
say dis ie de ppet,; but it don't make,much
difference. vich road •we take, for veni ve
get. dare, ,day r, ;aslc . us; Tick vay ,ye
come-4nd it is none of their businesav,4,
our Wheal is goodf! ,
Wen General Lafayette, was in' the'
.
Iwti 'young Ale Were inttitt
deced 7toild He paid to lone. IlAre'yoti
married!'—AY'ei sir." was the reply.--
“Hipity man,” 'Oath' the General. He
theti:.parthe sitne question .10 'the
,other,.
who,replied, 4 .lam a bielti3ler."-L—m Lucky
dpg," said the Getterak This la' the best
essay on matrimony extant.
L. LL L
, Who wrote theme lines, by way, of apol
ogy for• not being loconioauct
Oh that•l woo were I would be! •
Then would I bo wore,l am not, ,
Ilecagm whore, l'rn, not I should be,
Pecausq,where I should Ire I cinnot:
Handsome features'aione are as'incapa•
ble or expressing' real beauiy, as speech
e;lo'ne is ineapat,l3 of expressing wit.'
•Fidelity,•gitod-humdr, and tomplaaen%
of temper; outlive all the charms of a fine
face, aud make its decay invisible..
It if, 4, n kau)4, thaf, thp loss, au sour flour
aud dawed corn ;Jolted: Olftia . ll
0qu416 ale 3
, 90 of 1115,0000psapUl!*.
IMMII=OI
MIME
' aFgARLF.SS AN
~i:,:VIOVERNOrS- S SSIGE.
To ihelHonurable the S# or e and Merit,
„tiers of the Rouse ,e fAepresentatives
of the General .dasenahl#
4Errrusarig:t--Whilsi":= the events of
the year just closed ) prey ept many causes
.tor joy and congmtulatiohli . and:afford 'a.
bundant reason'for thablifolness to a be.
nefieent' Providence for it goodness' and!
.merey—our prosperity so'.. happiness, as
;a people; rrogret to •sayellilus not been.nn ,
alloyed. The general gftnith of the 'court
try, the progress of the • •and , seiences,
and other oauses-of ma nd social COM*
Tort, have•not; it istrati hien interrupted;
,but. the loss of vslatible• lyes and 'proper ,
ty;.by the casualties' of , kiMbents, ' has
been unnsiusli both iii a *bar - Sind extent;
and in; certain' sections , Cheer Common
wealth the afflietions of , Ardente and dill
ease have also been enrol felt Nor should
we estithatolightly the" trfforiog that• man- ,
ifestly exists amongst poor in' our 43i
ties sod 'towns: 'The ; ght of the sea-
son deprived the'huaba ,;,, an, to•some ex.
tent, of the'anticiptited r4warda of his la ,
bor, and lessened the' . , .a of human
iissub
sistence;
whilst the de t ion in mono. i
tary and business affai . as'deprived ma
ny laborers and mocha , o,a , of 'their usual
4
earnings. The means , embeistente are
thus greatly , enhance in • valuer at the
ii
same titne'that the op rl,unities or earn'.
iug them are greatly minished. -.The
field of charity , is copse poorly wider than
usual ; and to meet it resonsble demands •
on the part of those bl sod with an.abun
dance, will be to sus a .the Christian
character, .. and.. metui bly to merit the
continued bounty of H
,en....
,The operations, of .tt ri Treasury, for ,the
last year will, be prose too to you in do,
tail, by the bead of Lila department.
~ 'no
-results are,highly satin tory,...showing,.a
steadily increasing ; , r ague frog nearly
all the ordinary souroes, - -, ,, -- -
Tho ,aggregoko , receipt's fox , the., fiseit'l.
-your. of 1854. includiloans and the bal-1
s,
ante in.the•Treasury, n the 30th .of. Nor,,
vetabor 1853 anioun d 4 to the suns of $6.
665,014 ;01, The gr
. 'payments,for, the,
same period, to. tho su of $5,424,988 294'
leaving a
. balance on,-0410th of ..$ oval- I
her, of $1,240,929, 72.
i\ r,.
,• The extraordivarypa nierits consisted. of
the following lteuis; ,to kt :, loans repaid,'
*235,883 5p ; ,t. the II rtil Branch-eaapl,,
3206,552,70„ to r the e notructiou .of. the
new railroad ) o vor . die Ilegheny„ . mount
-
ains, $461,921. : 03 ; the, PeYmeot of'
debts, on the publics marks, ,8,359,940..38.!,
Of the . balance remaining in the Trelisury,d
a portion is applicable toythe payment of
the State debt, end the Isinaintler to cur-,
rent demands.
The ; simple..or Y ' epertitions of
xrnastiry:mr4unieitettrrve.torrr`r•H
follows, to, wit : -the receipts, exclusive •ot
loans and the baloneizin the Treasury on
the 30th of November, ./ 853;realised from'
pormanent,sources, amounted to the, emu
of $5,218,Q99 00., The ordinary expcu
ditures,dualuding the interest on. the State
debt and all the ,paymente on ,t,he, finished,"
lines of the public works, , excludiug,,thej
payments on new works and loans, sinount-1
ed to. $4,110,744 . 34; being . 01 1 101..e.1
490;15 less than the receipts. , „
This statement may, bo. regarded, i
the workings ef the Treasury simphfiefi
and as. establishing the gratifying, feet,
that tho present, reliable revenue pf
State, exceed the ordinary or unavoidahle
expenditures,• over a u4ilion of. dollars ;
and Unit, relieved from the ,demandsfor
tho,,construction, Of new improvempute,,the
Treasury could,pay, a. million or. more Aif
the public debt aunually.. It will .be.also,
perceived that the income from. these
sources,is steadily• lucre : rising. E'or,.iii.
stance, in 1840, with , the, Btate, tax at pres
ent rates, and tbe, same extent of iieprove l
mouth in:use,,witb nearly all the present
sources of repeoue in operation, the genes
reculpta amounted.tobut little over. three
and a half maillious.,
No morereliable estimate, of the opera
tions of the. Treasury for 1855 can, be
made,, than is furnished .reaults,for
1854. Tbe.ordinaryreeeiPts May be safe.
ly eatimated,at a million ef dPllaw.above
the unavoidable expend/14rue. , .*portion
of this excess will,be 'venire(' to, couiplete
the new Portage railroad, and, the North
Branch canal.; °and the rernainder"shoithA
.be faithfallyanplied ~tqward, the pop:lent
of the:State debt. • . •
The aggregate. receipts'. on the:; public
weskir , fon the past yeeri• es ~ reported. by
the Canal , OPeinPkiscioOece...aainented to
the au 5u,44 /0,870,07% or 3 t and ~the ex
penditureitto!the sum of $1,101,070 $4 ;,
leaving ,a balance., 01 ..$774,4508.;4, from
whilst', however, should, be deducted. the
mot of. 1147,000,, properly chargeable to
the year„for ,new locomotives and other
onavoidable• ,expenditures—ihua,kedscing
the net pro* to $730,068,34, 11 we , add
tp,thia,.,sAB),,goo received from the Penn
sy.lvante railroallcompany ', for the three
mill fax, winc h is claimed by soine.ris a
,
. ,
pnrt op the
‘ income from the public works,
wP,P,44 11.APl revenue of ft ;76,00 ; a simi
ecluPilo. lop ititereat on seventeen millions
of. the five , Per cent. debt of the state.=
The aggregate receipts were $57,121' less
then, for .the, year 1853, and, the reduction
in,expinditures amounted to over 039,
`2B7fKl. The Withdratial of the business
of, the . Pennsylvania railroad from the
Portage road, readily accounta for this dif
ference,
Viewed in every aspect, this exhibit is
gratifyibk i Few similar systems of im
provement in the country present a more
faveratile, picture. Some of iltein, in mit
er,States, hive recently been reduced to a
epo,ditien Of virtual Insolvency. The in.
crease pi
,Inisinesson tlie , ,State works for
the jive last years ' 'has exceeded our an
ticipations; and but for the ' necessity
Which et,etue..l
,to, &list Tor redtiction in
tolls to, meet surrounding competition, the
revering would,have been largely itiereas- 1
ed. Its , eneral inoveinent now on' foot
amongst railroad ‘ coMpauies; in advance
these rates, may perhaps relieve 'the State
to some extent in this poppet.
.The Delaware division Mikes a most!
• • The• 'r 'ept
gran ying, exhibit. roes 8C I
qOPPted $305,327 exotidi.
FREE."
;*.)11.N.q.,. J.AN..ci.1....ty:',;.1!,-.:;8.55
hires 859,738 87, ihawing'a net profit of
$305,588:40A a eum equal to the interest
cif,
on six millions the public debt, and to
20,per cent, on tire original cost , of tho
work, including the expenditures for new
locks. •
The North Branch canal and the Co
luntbia railread also present favorable re
sults. •The blisiness and tolls on the form
er have increaeed with marked rapidity ;
and the management on both these branch
es bear the marks of skill and economy.
The expenses on the, Allegheny Portage
road , have been' largely reduced, and the
business better regulated than at any
ormer period.' 'As a whole, I feel con
strained to say, that ',the ,condition of the
public works has been improved during
the last year in no other particular, to so
valuable an extent; as in`the tastier of con
tractinidebts, which. it seems has been
, almost'entirely avoided. - The officers on
the respq,epie lines report that• they have
' paid ell expense's ; and some of them have
gone so. far, an to"! pay, to the . Canal Board
,"that they , will ,bel personally , responsible
for any debts that may hereafter, be d iscov
, ed. : This "iii Itroly, a great reform—for
onthinghaeebat !hi" State so much, as the
rrnietoui, Vectlee eftliaking debts on the
works.;..-41 gtiU thitkit'shmild
interdicted bp posittic ' •
In my last , message r 1 gave views
at lengtit, , as• to Ithelprinciples .and rules
that shetild ;Control in 'the Mauagement.of
the Stale improvementif, and 'I ,need .not
repeat "them ht I would respectfully
suggest,,however, that so much of the, lair
as • 4binlls. the.; Cana criMiniAsi9 l lo 4 ,
fixed rute of mils for the; whole,eepson,,
should'be i epctied. The.:nflicers,; direct,-
ing,, the ,eperatiend of ;the public works
,should, 'lt scorns to Me, be left free to :meet
the exigencies:in tra,dis and, pimp:knew as
they may ariso, l „,
The work petite, Mountain railroad hoe
progressed ts ohvioue th - st
it will tiwt.be' folly 'completed .before the
summer must confess. myself
sadly diettipOinte'd'es :to the nine. and
tummy ,e(insuppOti, the,' cnnetrifotion of {
this work.,;,,Thei expenditure's, since•' I
Fame ' into adfice; have greatly eioeoeti
the whole amohnt estimated as, necessary
to,entripleter the line; and- yet, , it is but
justice,th inty,:thatihe Pennaylvania rail
road, iyitig'•paralierwith it, Ifas 'cost a still
larger sum. pey,
hove, etidesM4‘l,.iduring,mk. Service,.
1,11 guard agoinst,',)he
schemeti of this or any other character, to
1;eolail !lii ttris liabilities lon the Treasury.
I,This ton i ght te'tle 'the :settled policy •of the
State. No newti prriventeli should be
untlertiken, upon any, pretext whatever.-7
The pavement of the debt. mid that only, !
'
should' abitorh the surplus „revenue of the
teaaitti. , 41thia 'policy, he. ,pursued. no
p.411.ir1uu“ , ? 4,1 ", Battelle. --te rr dleY l the tlahtr_'
'wilt be,'neiteditarl,'' • flittla rte CP si I. so r 4,
plus will 'reictice the Stites indebtedness
with:Baal ;
I reKret exceedingly ; the necessity, of
anouncint to you. That .the,North , Branch
canal' is unit yet'int full- , operation., It is ,
now inure 'then` year , since. the Canal i
Commissioners directed the water to' , be
let intO the main trOnli of 'that improve
ment,. nut! deChired their confidant iel'
that it, would bo'in,,ettccesaful
,oircration
I:',y the middle, of last, summer; but theit:
sauguitte 'expectation' s, aa well as those ,oft
the people, have in this eespect . been sad
ly dieappointerf. ' A variety , of unforseen
difficulties .presented theipaelven in the
Way ,of- the attainment of this end. The
old work, conatructe,d poor twelve PT fir
teen years since. as well as come sections,
of the new; located,on the., hill, sid4,, near
the margin of the litter, •when tested 'by
the admission& of waier, turned out to be
porous; and totally insufficient in its ma
terial and formation. In some instances i
recks..roots, -trees and,stumpa, have been ;
Icencealed under the bottom of the canal
channel, covered,only by a few inches of;
earth ; thus• presenting but a slight ob
lunation to the • passage' of the water out '
into the bed 'Cif theriver. This is espenial- I
ly the case fil lunch of she old work. In all
such sections placee, no remedy short of
a reconstruction .of the bottom of the ca
nal, could 'prove sufficient ; and this was
neceasartly ledious'and 'expensive pro
cese. There is' *ill a considerable por.
thin of be work to remodel inlthis way ;
but it Confidently. believed that , it trill be
'Toady fOr use-in:the early part of the com
ing liiittseriT , Thrit'the inmost skill and vi.
- gilairee' has at all. times been exhibited by
the agentsr of the State on .th is line; du
not believrit butt the deficiency in this , par
ticular, on'the' new work, -has not been so
palpable: es , alleged by some, Indeed,
since May litsv great energy has charac
terized the-management on this line ; the I
Preeidentef theCinal Board having des°. 1
ted muck of-htb -, thne to a ' personal duper-
vision of theiwork. , Bat it is ,obvioos
degree of tipattity lU the •State's agents, for
the last year, could have overcome all the
difficultlei that were encountered with suf
ficient celeritY, to have entirely satisfiedi
public" expectation. •
At the time I came into office, the sum
necessary to complete this work was .es
timated et• $772,000. Since that time the I
sum of 41,200,652 72 has been expended,
and it will 'still require, as estimated by
the Canal' Board, 860,000 to put it into ,
complete operation. •
Whilst this, unforseen cost and
. I r egret
delay; I cannot 'refrain 'from repeating my
unfaltering Confidence' in the wisdom of
the' policy titat dictated the completion of
this work. The large increase of busi
nese and tolls lor the year just closed, on
the older Portion of the line, indicates what
we may safely anticipate from the new ;
and 1 'cannot doubt, ,that the' gross amount
or business it Will command, and the rev
enue It Will yield, will exceed the most
sanguine' expectations of its advocates.—
The Inexaustible 'mines of coal with which
that section of the State'abounds, the pro
ducts 'of which are destined to pass
through this avenue to a limitless market,
will furnish' fcir it a never failing supply
of'business and tonnage. 'Besides, its cow
pletion Will•be'an act of justice to' the in
dustrious- and enterprising inhabitants of
thit , taiii'oUthn Coinatonwealth, who have
heretolore *ontriblited towards
the contact:lion of other improvements of
the State; from which they could derive
but little advantage. It will also add to
the general prosperity of the adja6ent coon.
try ; to the value of property, and conse
quently to the revenues of the State.
At the time of my induction in-
to office the funded debt. inclu
ding accrued interest, amount.
ed to the sum of $40,154,4b7 48
Add to this the loan of April.
1852, to complete the Nord?
Branch Canal, , 850:000 00
Deduct payment as follows
Interest on out
standing cetti-,
ficates• 650,063 59, '
Receipts, to the , •
sinkingtandup
to this,tinte,- 1,057,1i50 i 5 '
,
$1103,510 '54
• . • .. •
Total funded debt, tr
,9QB es 7 sq.
The floating debt and.tuipaid'
p ropti ii one et the petio4 sites;
dy
Deduct the iveifebte butteries then
in the' Trisasud, ' ' •
,The floating debt, temporary
' littneid 'Appropriations, - ; •
I • extent for weirs *hes the let .
Dicentber; '1854, , . . • 111,630,000 00
HBotlincelii Tremont, November
• , -30; 1864, after deducting the
'einount
public debt and the relieriennee • . ,
•• then on haled, 865,92 n 00
EMI
During- the -same , . period -the follow lug
appropriations .and puyinents have been
made !OW erde the construction of new int
iitoveniShis •. -
For the re-constructing or the Col-
umbht-Reilroed, $514,407 66
• Frir the,oew reitroad over the
Igherly mountains, , ' 1,117,965 93
For the Ceethletien of the West-
52.383 00
,ern reseivoir,
'For the North Branch Card; . 1,200,352 76
New loch on the Deliiware division, 1(10,319 99
Sundry special paymenis, • 93,333 71
, . The..foregoing figurus"eittibit - the Hilton.'
fishing feet that thel t reasury has been an
nually: paying .over a. million of
.dollars
~
towrtl• the •construction. of new improve.
, Mean., arid at the same time accomplish
.l
eV a small reductionof the public debt. .
I .As made My duty by an act of the Legis
nitwit,. approved the 27th of April last, pro
.viding,for the sale of the main line of the pub.
tic works;eealed proposals for_ its purchase
I were Invited, up :o the first Monday of July
last. No offers were made under this invite
ition t and public notice was again given, nn
7 the .14th of November last, in accordance with •
t the: 29th section of the act, tot proposals, to be
tnettnitlitd; to the General -Asiembly ; but none
have been received. This improvement le;
; therefore, still the property of the State, subject
;tit, such disposition as tho Legislature' may
deem necessary.
I. My ; mind has undergone no change on the
,subject of selling the public worke;einee the
i period pf my last message. I think the policy
of the measure depends mainly 'upon the price
; that can be 'obtained, and the conditions on
' whieh,purehesere may he willing to hold these
I works; for the use of the public. With a full
'end fair
,ciansideration._ and; on terms amply
;protective,of, the• rights and interests of the
people, in the Mitre enjoyment of these high.
; ways.-,-a /tale might nut prove injurious to the
1 public weal. But it is certainly 'neither wise
. nut politic toassuine that they most he sold for
whatever can he obtained: or that they should,
in any event, be given away. Nothing could
have a more prejudicial effect upon the
minter
i es of the'State 116 involved in these improve
! memo, than the avowal of such a determine
-
I don. Nor is it less unwise to disparage the
value of the tommonwealth's property, at the
very moment of putting it in the market for
SM. No' intelligent private citizen would en ,
lad in reference to hie own estate. He would
hhardly give notice to capitalists in -advance,
Plat he would sell his farm for a fair price ;
' but if unwilling to , pay such reasonable ion
! sideration, they could have it for half the
money. Nor would such a person proclaim,
that of all' the farina In the count/3N' his was
' the least productive.
It .is certainly the wish of many good citi
zens of the State—perhaps of a majority—that
the public' works should be field. But this
desire is evidently based upon the assumption
that the measure would be one of real economy
1 —that it would lessen, without the hazard of
increasing. their annual taxes. 'rho realize
! tion of such an object, it must be perceived,
then;
~depends entirely upon the price and
terms. Those who desire a snle, certainly
; expent'the State to be the gainer by such a
measure.
.No other important or sufficient
reason for parting with this property has been
• aesigned.
. , It is ; usually said that the works should be
sold to 'pay the public debt and lessen the
barthens of the people; hut it most he observ
ed that a sale might be made at a Price fur too
I low to effect such purpose ; and if so, to give
them away would be still less liLely to produce
I the deaired result. Should the gross sum re ,
I ceived, not , be equal to that on which the nett.
earnings would pay the interest; then the ef. i
feet would be to increase, rather than diminish,
these annual burthens. This is not what the I
Ipeople
,desire to accomplish by a sale; nor t
I will they be satisfied with such disposition of
their property.
The real value of the public works, is n pro
position full of difficulty; and I doubt not the
I General Assembly will approach the inquiry,
duly impressed with its importance. Ten
millions of dollars was fixed by the law of last
session; as the price for the main line.. . This
; minimum is said by some to be ton high, and i
the failure to sell regardedas the consequence. I
Others ettribate the absence of bidders; to the
eondition of the money market—to' the suite
;gent restrictions imposed upon the law; and'
to the efforts that had been previously made to
disparage the value of the line.. But it is oh-
I vious that more titan one of these causes may
Mora operated ; and a greater than all may have
; been, the hope of getting this property on het
-1 ter terms at a future time.. I feel very confi
dent that the latter consiaeration 'vas not with
' out its influence.. But, be this as it may, it is
certainly wiser to tail to sell from any onet of
I these ceases, than to hamird the works In the
market, without any restriction or timitation
as to price or conditions, A bad sale would
(assuredly be a grdater./misfortune than no sale
, at all. " ' , . .
1. The benefits resulting to the people from
Ithese improvements. have been numerous and
chierelfied.. They have facilitated' trade and
, commerce ,; stimu l ated productive industry in
I every department ; and have'not bnly enabled
the farmer to reach, a ready market with the
I fruits of his latior;'huthave furni shed eenten- 1 .
• -. , . . , ..
. tank opt , lette r,or . the Mal waver treasurer 'Of
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM: "S
the State. Withont - then*, the miner Would
be•deprived of his occupation the transperftr; •
•left•in helpless destitution and.the Cann/cur
is•ealth itself be permitted: to .retain a pink
Ihnoious possession or vast masses or natend •
and unproductive riches. Our predecessor*
were wise In • opening those avenuel(4o trade
and commerce'; and if we wish to be rated • ,
wise hereafter; we 'shall not rashly and heads •
ly throw away the advantages their future
use. This use, to the full extent,
in•the,eveelpti
of a sale, can only be secured by a kaki's
protection Ville right of the people to enjoy it., •
The very first conditions of such a measurer
should be. that the works, and every , branch
of them be kept at all times in good order and,,. :
in operating conditiOn, and remain forever pub.
lie highways. for the use of all persons who.,
may wish to transport goods or merchandiae
over them, upon ,rates not greater than those
charged upon other similar improvementg.
No corporation should get possession ot these
.valutrale avenues, on such conditionsas would
enable it to impose unreasonable . .burthens.ort
the internal trade and ; tonnage of the. State, or
in any way to encroach upon the rights °Ohs ,
individual citizen: To obviate such•,resoltals
the powers, privileges and restrict** of eny
corporation getting the works, should bw
newly defined. Past experience auggesp.;
these . prudential counsels; for we have Oleo ,
seen in this State how difficult it isto confine
the operations of these artificial bodies within,
the, limits prescribed by the law ,; and we
should not tail to profit by the lesson. , •
• - Ely:the 29th sectiosi;of. the act of the',9th of •
May last, providing for the ordinary 'expenses:
of' government and other, purposes, •Nimrod •
Strickland,; of Chester county. John, N. Pure;
shines, of littler county, and John Strohm, of,'
Lancaster county, • were trained ,as conamis• ,
'plotters to" settle certain elsims and, debut ; •
spinet the Commonwealth. I: was also made
the duty •of.the Governor to 'supply, by air
['ointment, any vacancy In, Lida commission
which might-occur. The gentlemen already ;,
; ;named having-declined to serve,. Iyecordingly
appointed •W .of,Phys.
ter comity, William English, of: Philadelphia, •
And, John CI Magill, of Westmoreland countys
in their stead. . • ,
$1,421,090 lb
750,000 00
$671,090 1.15
$7.05.020 00
Afters-tedious and laborious. investigation,
These gentlemen have completed the duly, flrel
signed - to them, and the result,wilibe conneer
ideated to you,in detail,' in their ewe:F*4'9o f ...
I regret to perceive that the acme/on!
(twined and 'settled, exceed, the autoPtit
appropriation nearly 6100,000. It .is ..
however, to see the end of claims of this char- .
acter; and. having. accompliehed..this, it. will ~
he -prudent to guard against the recurrence of
a similar state of aflaits. Indeed,. the practice
of contracting: debts , on the. public works,
should be at once and forever abandoned. Jt.
has been n fruitful source 'of confusion' in the, .
accounts, if-not of ;palpable , wrong, upon ; die; .
Treasury. .The right to•saattec the• credit ,of..
the Commonwealth in this unguarded way, is,
i. venture to assert; without. a parallel in ,the
mairagement •of public affairs. Of din, many ;
defects; in the syStem of managing the State , .
improvements, this has been the moat prodme
live of evil.. In •my first, as ;also in. toy, last ,
annual message; I; most earnestly urged. the.
General Assembly to provide, by law; thatno
debt should be contracted by the officer(' of the
public works; that the necessary labor and..,
material to maintain these works should-•be
' paid fur in Caah I , and that each.officeralileald_..
be compelled to settle his accounts promptly.
The examinations just made, demonstratealill...
' mureclearly•the necessity for such reform. .
. Repeated attempts have been made to-repeal ; : , ,
so much of the aot incurponaing•the penneyl.,,
vania railroad' company; as requires it to Pay
into• the Treasury annually, a certainfmcerif
ago on the-amount of tonnagewhich mity , pass
over the road 'as an 'equivalent ; for-the pm'?
;loges granted 'by the Commonweal:ll;Jan the
General Assembly have as repeatedly rejected
the p repos Wen ; ;and I sincerely hope,,,, that so
long as.the State may need the revenue .from
this source, all future attempts to accomplish
-
this end bray meet a similar fate., .
Having been Connected with the legislation•
which brought this company into existence, -
and clearly cognizant of the motives and purr • ,
poses which governed the Legislature in ito. ;*
posing this condition on the grant, I can die*
cover no reason,•in subsequent events, to pad."'
fy the ielingoishreent of this valuable reserve. •
lion ; but Many, on theeoldrary, to sustain its
justice and utility.. The discussions' pending.
the Incorporation of the company, will beat
indicate ;the object of this' rrettriction. • The`
construction el a railroad from , Banishing- t 0,,:
Pittsbnii, parallel with the State Works, wis •
very properly urged as indispensably necessary
to meet the wants of the traveling public, and . -
to enable our metropolis to compete success-' •
fully. with other commercial Cities. The very.
first and most formidable difficulty which ;
presented itself in the wayof this enterprise, ,
was, the prejudicial effect such a work might •
have upon the business and profits of the drain '
line ante Public illiptovements. 'lt was urged
on the one hand, that the State works had
been constructed et the expense of the' people
of the entire C monwbalth—that those re..
siding in the extreme portions el, the State,'
as well as those of the intetior, had annually -.
contributed towards the payment of the inter , '.
est on the debt which had thus been contract. •
ed ; anti theretbre, the Legislature could not, • •
consistently with the principles of justice and
equity, wake a grant that would depreciate the ;
value of property which belonged to allOor
the purpose of fostering the growth and pros-;
perky of n particular portion of the , State. ••
Good faith and correct mural principle forbade ,
such action. On the other band, it was alleged ' ;
that the increased business which . such an ine
provement would throw !upon the Columbia'
railroad, and the enhanced value of property
adjacent to the proposed road, from ;which ;
the Slats would derive increased revenue in the
fetal' of taxes-would constitute an ample re.'
inuneration to her coffers, and would thus do
full justice to the people as the Owners of• the
works to be affected: But a majority of the
Legislature' concluded • that some additional
benefits were demanded, and hence the; adore '
Lion of the provision to which I have refened:
$9,080,779 'O5
The 'stook waa subscribed with a full kilo's , *
ledge of this -reservation, - and the . ilarptanel . l .
of the chatter by the company, was the 'don.'
summation of a .soleinn agreement between;
them and the State. ,• •
• Yet, under the specious plea Mitt it imposes
a tax on trade, the Commonwealth is now liked''
to relinquish this condition ; and the case hi •
argued as though it had been the pointy of the''
law, that .the company shohld impose Aids
charge of three mina per ton upon every spew •
cies of property which may•pass user ha mad; "
and tn this way it is tery.readily shownihat.
on coal,iron,lumber, arid other cheap tonnage•
this charge would be too groat:. 'Hut thew:tint
parry are not obliged to assess this tali cm ah
kinds of tonnage; nor-was it the intention' of
the act that they should do so. The design'
was to make an exaction • from ..the net Profits_
of the'eompany, for the use orate public GOA
fere, as a aompensittiort fors enfeeble grant. -
and thereby protect the nubile improvements'
from the competition nt this new rival.
The tam on tonnage. iherstbisr: was intones
to indicate only the 'mode Of ashwtsinint the
sum to be paid; 'and net the , ipeoiholonnar bit
which it should be) otulled••••
in this astettalood4 . ll either, notch
State, .111 d
s ta c ompiny obtains the IN , :f
whdtheilt beybfebStibecen ftehri!ti‘tie:pi ;re`.-
songers locat;' . .ortue - iiitdolff •
INIZEM
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