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'• •10"dxstreruran are earnestly requested to hand Id
..rbsTr firers before 5 P. at., and as early in the day as
• - eable.- ddvert ' vemeau not inser.ad for
Louts will Innriab ly be charged until ordered out
• ale soul land; Nontinations.
, 701 Or FIITIIIPI6I3,
APT. JOHN. HERRON.
TOR PIATOp OP AZZIOPXOP,
JON ALTAAN RUSH.
Ow - nextparfer Tetegraphto News
r Its
Ole ace next page.
,Vite Govizicoks hlLELatass—This important of.
Btato Paper ivaa delivered to the two Houses
ofJheLegislelute,oa.9atgnlayat noon. As the
are all at 'three and sevens, and it was an.
certain at whit tininit would reach here by that
coavoyance, we concluded to procure It by tele•
iraPh- - Irmag aur readers will appreciate the ex
- pew, and labor we thus incur to satisfy their na.
lard anxiety to examine the policy of administru.
. ton adoptedity, our new Governor.
The . labor of receiving this message by tele.,
grapkvras ironic/ than that on euw:othor docurnen
WV ever:procured by the acme mode, owing to the
•. numerous figures and tabular statements. Att the
'fillegraph gives us every thing in a continuous se.
ries, without regard to arrangement, we had no
guide in placing the figures in a tabular form, but
"cask igy and the apparent design of the writer.—
Whetherwe have succeeded in exactly arranging
'sheraWs awarding to the original, we cannot say,
bit w 4 spent no little time and labor in endeavor t
lag to arrange them correctly.
Of the merits of the message, we have but little
apace to remark. We deem it unnecessary to give
any synOpimil of its contents, as it is not so long but
what every reader can peruse it for himself, as
emarttuur Who ban the intereas of our good old
•
commonwealth at.heart ought to do. It is a plain,
ktniight Girs , arti statement of the Weirs of the
- Stele espredsed in vigorous language, and bearing
`.the marlosOf ability, and a thorough acquaintance
With the 'wants, liabilities, and resources of the
"Lair, Bead
We find issumresems in the Pittsburgh Gazette
ice a Plank lAntil from . Erie to Pittsburgh, in which
the editor goesim. to show the feasibility of the pro
ject, setting forth the immense advantage to be dc.
Lived (tom Ith cstistructkm. The only error me
ehlterve .ii the Gazette's articleis as to the cost of
eirterials which is pt dawn nearly 50 per cent too
the Cahn:drain having been made for the
of Schenectady, xt ew York. We will codes•
for to give at %tug amnion of tbeGazene's article
ha ear nezt.-T4n the.menntime we would suggest
to some of onienterprising citizens the importance
of en immediate movement in this matter. Unless
something of this kind is done, thecitizensof Butler.
Muter, and Meadville toll soon find themselves
On in Wand as it were, the trade and easel all
paling around theta, by the canal on the west, and
dm 'Allegheny riser on the east—Meadville Go.
sit*.
:We are glad to learn that a Plank Road can be
ematructed ferm this city to Role at 50 per cent.
Lis than the calculithion we gave, This adds an
other very important reason far undertaking the
mark. We are glad the editor of the Meadville
Gazette is disposed to move in the matter, and are
fatly convinced that it is the vital interest of the
towns and-people on the route to take immediate
steps to construct the improvement. They have
ID Wiped. Of any other, present Or prospective,
sad this will answer all their purposes, and is pro
bably at desire' Ma as any other in an agricultural
district seeking a market sunk as Pittsburgh. The
samosa of the roads of this description already
built, has been such; that projeda for the cense
taut anew ones are entertained ell over the coati
E7ery paper we open, alms; from New York
And Ohio, amain the proceedings of Plank Road
intelththils• If the people of the counties of Craw
iford, Mather and Batter, will subscribe sufficient
stock baconaruct the road thorough their several
emilkikes which they are abundantly able to do the
west will be accomplished. Will they do it?
Ma Cholera t M 15,1" OrLaams
Thos Now Orleans paper to the 25th, of Deeem
tber have bima received The N. Orleans Crease
of the 25th elk, says :—We regret to say that the
Avidetniei hasn't .demeased since our last; but on
qpnrat ikkis. become inure extended. The
• : the' City for the 24 hours ending at
N . o'clock yesterday, were over 100, of which
Si were of Cholem. This does not include L 2.•
uretiej sad is almost equal to the highest num.
ter Many one day during the tumble epidemic of
The number of deaths at the Charity Hospital
Goal - cholera, on 11023 d and 24th, la reported at 84
—and the entire number of deaths from cholera in
the city, on the two days, was 155. A despatch,
nmeitted a few days since, it will be remembered
aped that on the 25th, the day ensuing, there had
been 150 deaths from cholera.
The New Orleans Commercial Times,of the 25th .
41., aaya
A glance at the reports from the Charity Hos.
gfiltslotince tbriChnlern came among us, will show
ghat the • cases which have occurred there, have,
Aeirly elk proved fatal. An insignificant fraction
41the Dumber admitted, have been discharged cu.
Thisproves one of two proposiuons either
-that the plicate lobo died, only applied for ad.
. • eta stage of the disease, when a cure
seas hopeless, or that certain conditions of the
. 100:: pervaded with them, when they WI
• - .., - Atrtraft developed the disease with such rapidity,
• ".thardwittoras almost simultaneous with the at•
Thom,* however, one filature in the history of
' eholient; during Iti presentpresenttiit , whioh is peculiarly
classes of society that by their
social position-and worldly means, have it in their ,
planet° avoid exposure:to the inclemency of the
weather;- Vitt/10141010e "temperance d take the
usual Preetatace. egg= infecta an n, have been
Übe*, Aimee WWlly exempt from its attack.—
Prinelpally the Poor, the boneless, the intemperate,
.have been .its victims; and as a remarkable fact,
we mart ofte oar creole population, who are con•
alitutionally or by hereditary habit; temperate, both
eating and o,nlring as having up to the present
nunnettliPulltd• tatecathed by the scourge.
Although the circumstance of one or two cases
teapenthe personal:wring been carried oaf by
elbobsta,:idnier its Advent here, may be adduced in
Aidtlenee, io contravene the position, which the
, edsolroaimiuics to to ettehlisb,yet they form but an
esolegition to a- rule, which seems to us to have
" Tux Mobile Register . or the 23d alt. - says—We
...bid 'the pleasare d an interiiew,yesterday, with
die Ano.:lritituit' McLain, of Washington city,
who has recently been appointed Minister a lhO
BegelblitsofLkeriahashe Visited States, to secure
sbas recogiltion;bp.otogoyeinment 'of the indepen.
Aiwa of Wit itepitblic; azo to establish a eommer
-, eialsnesty. .Mr. McLain is a gentlemen of bigh
. 46ym0,a,w1 peat worth has devote...fa:any pears
`iotba Phdeag of transporting the free tacks from
- 4fiendtittl;to . Liberle; •Fid has done much to
omits shat enemas el that ccdony. the American
skaylainestbleb now inelecleasool) inhebitanta—
,,ltiintlependenee has been neengsaned by Pronce
.rnadGreat &him Mr. Nelsen Is jug returning
4WD% New Orleans, where - he has ,been for the
mime oin#lng arraweterets for the transporia•
don Dan dud port of 263 emancipated nevem, to
Liberia. The =Weans Of the Chakra in that eity t
b3.11 , C; bauced hen to anspand operations for the
Muni, and to tease tizt,nelptes in the interior.—
now ea hintantv to Washington City.
r
MIL .E 411.-4110 dvalh of this young ern.,
"thslnan,:et 0611:0 - allgattleasymovaing, threw our
city inni . a'etate. oil - amen the whole day.—Mr.
MTN" tin:: : generelly *oaten to our citizen., and
+aaanlvenaily reseeded and beloved. He wee
.61 ion at sin - old tow n sman, Judge Hays, residing
Wiesty Street, who deceased last summer. Ho
leaveia'evite; and one-ar two cbilhen, and a large
circle d relatives and Mende le mourn his on..
idtfrely 'dent& His body we. B.ltraCted from the,
Mine almmt dark, on -Saturday/evening. It we.'
lbsislisktaad blackened, bat not Injured by the Gm
Dying do yea/1838,4km were 428 tires and
alarms in the city of New York. The
Noah and furniture, as area.
Taat . eVal weld be aseertsibed, was shoot 8640,000.
Ware several Tray huge conffsgrations ,
.."111Stire a large amount o(propetty was do:lumped;
Ittid darbitrSha year, thirteen .persona have been
. tonal to death, sad two killed by the Muni ofthe
bruising building. 01 the whole number
; jr:Vir4, -; " about (oily were caused by coniddne
1.- biinte6 . 'And one hundred and twenty by Incest.
li f iggeaatilus eity,to Mn. Thos. M'Ehddeo, Mr ,
04d - - ,ditatis, hid Federman; Mr. Ulm; Ball,apil
nvfat refreshments fandsbed tithe 1004
;al:l=W AClfiliCer. The Ladle'', God Witshege
~poidarays &lemma as ovary good wor„t,
simaze
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- • GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Toth sarateorid H...,;„ Rgre'''s66`"' of tlu
CosivummNtath of Pau.sylanda.
FELLOW Ctzizzsa.
In performing the responsdile duties enjoined by
the.Congitution, on the Executive of the State, a
sinisere pleasure is kit in addressing, at the cora
Inencetnent of each session of the legislature, the
triunediate representatives cities people.
To present to them in' faithful candor, the true
position .of Public atiairs,, to suggest remedies for
ESIOW/I WaELS, to aid in the enamment of such mesa
sures as the interests, happiness, and welfare of the
citizens seem to demand, is not the less gratifying
that it is made the duty of the Executive depart•
meat
The events of the past year, will not fail to teach
us the lesson of an overruling Providence, and the
gratitude we owe as a people for the blearing.,
which, through the wisdom of Almighty goodness,
have been vouchsafed to the nation. When the
representatives of the people last met, there existed
between our Country and a neighboring Republic,
a fierce and bitter war. The result, indeed, was
not doubtful, for, with a people justly celebrated
among nations, for their unconquerable bravery,
unsurpassed skill in military affairs, and their great
superiority use their enemies in physical and men.
tel qualities, victory was tke necessary consequence;
yet the undecided contest was a soarer of profound
regret, for the sacrifice of human life and the ex
penditure of public and private treasure necessary
to the reestablishment of our own peaceful re.
lotions.
It is therefore gratifying to know that the war
has fully terminated, and that peace, the national
desire of all, sheds again its blessings on every
portion of our country. To the Almighty Father,
who In mercy turned the hearts of the rulers of
both countries to lay aside the sword, to cultivate
the spirit of brotherly kindness, and to establish
peaceful relations between the citizens of their re
speclive governments, we owe the deepest and
most fervent gratitude. The abundance of our
harvests, the blessings of continued and general
health, and the preservation of our civil and relig
ions rights as-guaranteed to us by the free inotitu.
hone of our country; while destitution, misery, and
Convulsed governments and precocious civil and
religioui. institutions hernias the people of other
lands, should produce in our hearts a fervent ac
knowledgement of his superintending kindness and
mercy.
In the late contest with Mexico, this Common.
wealth was called
p a by the national govern
went r
furnish a rkon of the troops deemed
necessary by the constituted authorities to carry
the war to a successful issue. With this requisi
tion it is scarcely necessary to state, our common.
wealth complied with the alacrity which has
heretofore distinguished her among her sister
republics. A large volunteer force was instantly
placed at the disposal of the national govern.
went, and it is a matter of just pride to their
fellow citizens, that in the discharge of every
duty these volunteers maintained the honor of the
State, and the renown of their country. The
citizen soldier who fortunately escaped death, has
returned to his family and friends, after having
earned far himself and the State, a reputation
for undaunted bravery, for enduring and patient
suffering, and manly and heroic virtue, that the
future annalist will delight to record.
It is due to these patriotic citizens, that this
commonwealth do some act as an acknowledge
ment of their past illustrious titmice& To the
memory of the dead who fell in the service of their
country, it is the duty of the State to erect is suit,
able monument, that their bravery and virtue may
be enduringly remembered, and their heroic sacri.
fice emulated in other times, should the honor and
safety of the country require it from future gene.
rations
Since the adjournment of the last legialature, the
chief executive officer of the commonwealth, the
late governor Shank, has sunk beneath the mala
dy which then afflicted him. He died on the 20th
day of July. 1845.
It will mat be deemed improper In me to say a
few words in reference to the character of the
hilarious deceased.
The late Governor Shank having spent a large
portion of his life in the putdio service, and having
mingled much with his fellow citizens, was well
and extetutively known throughout the State, and
it is with pleasure the ctrcumstance is called to
my mind, that at one period of his life, I had the
honor to enjoy, his intimate friendship.
During our intimacy, it always gave him great'
pleasure to aid and assist the young and inexpe• '
• rimmed, to relieve the decreased, and to impart to
his fellow men by words of kindness, and deeds
of charity, as large a share of happiness as his con
dition would allow.
His intercourse with others was courteous, his'
friendships were lasting, his attachments strong
and endearing, while his resentments for iojune,
were transitory and made no permanent impres-
SiOrt in his bosom. It may with truth be said of
Gov. Shuck that he was a sincere friend, a good
neighbor, a pure Christian and an honest man.—
Such was the reputation he sustained among his
fellow citizens when my intimacy with him, gave
me a knowledge of his ammeter, and although
a difference of political views separated us for
many years before his death, his friends, at a la
ter period of his life, have borne testimony that
the same purity of intention and desire of well
doing remained with him' until the hour of his
dissolution.
I The legiolature is respectfully invited to take
t such action in relatoo to the decease of the first
, chief magistrate of the Commonctrealth, whose
death occurred during the aerial' for Which he was
theted, as may becoleenced_most appropriate. to cx-,,
press its sympathy for the sorrow and bereave..
meat of the surviving relatives, and to testify its
, respect E. the memory and the virtues of the die'
tinimished dead.
Prior to rho decease of Gov. Shank, on the oth
r day of July, ISIS, an appears by the records in Lb.
state department, he resigned the office of Glover
' nor of this Commanweshh, and theienpon, under
the provisions of the lath section of the second ar
ticle of the constitution, which declares, that "in
case of the death or resignation of the Governor. or
of his removal from office, the Speaker of the Sen•
ate Miall-examise the office of Governor, until an.
other Governor shallbe duly qualified." The du
ties of the Executive department of the Govern.
meet devolved on me.
Official information of the act of resignation, did not
reach me ontil the 17th day of July, 1946. The Sec.
tion of the Cousgintion herein referred to, also declar
ed in reference to the;ante subject, that 'in such case
another Governor Wain. chosen at the next annual
election of representatives, [aka. seehteath, resign,-
non or removal shall oven, within Sao calender
month* immediately preceding such mist anattai 0100-1
non: in Which vise the governor shall be eisteen at She
second succeeding annual &eaten of representatbres.li
By the 34121 section of the act of the General Assembly
relating to the elections of this Commonwealth, it is
provided that, tqn ease any varsity shall occur in the
office of Oovemor of this Commonwealth. more than
three calendar months next preceding the second
Tuesday in October in any year, it shalt be the duty of
the Speaker of Or Senate, or whoever shall be in the
exercise of the mina of Governor, to issue his writs to
the sheriffs of the several noneties, requesting them to
give the name notice, that an elexllon to supply snob
vacancy wit' take place on the second ?cicala.; in Oc
tober next thereafter, and when such vacancy occurs
within three calendar months before the second Tues.
day in October, it shall be the duty of the Speaker of
the SePate. or whoever shall be in the exercise of the
office of Governer, to issue his writs as aforesaid, re
quiring splice of sock election on the second Tuesday
in October nett, alter the iraging of said writ, and in
i
each ease said writ shall sine at Ingot three calendar
months before the election? ,
An examination of the constitutional metric:op&
the act of assembly, and the circumstance's Of the
resignation, will satisfy you, that while the resign.
Lion occurred more than three cabscdar months be
fore the next annual election of roprelentatives,
it took place afa time renderings compliance with
the act ref assembly in relation to the issuing of
waits, utterly impossible. In this view of the case,
it might have been deemed a conpliauce with duty
to have refrained from all interfereece in the mat.
! ter, inasmuch as events bad pat it out of my power i
to comply with the terms of the act cif assembly' di.
reeling the mode in which the constitutional pro
'vision on the subject should be earned into elect
After a full and careful exeminationof the whole
matter, I believed it my duty to issue the writs requin
lag the notice to be given that an election would
be duly held on the 2nd Tuesday of October, then
next egaging, for the election of a Chief Magistrate
of this Coratoolowealth. k appeared to me. that in
all cases of doubt, there .was no safer resting place
than submission to the deciaidn of the People, and
that in the construction of the laws relating to th e
Pittabinv
point in quertiou, deny doubtarise, the better couru
in a republican government, was to refer to the
oitrten voter the right of selecting at the earliest
period his presiding officer, rather than asthma a
position which would continue official station in
myself, beyond the earliest legal opportunity to sur
render it into his hands.
The organic law required the election, and the
begislativeenactmerushould be so construed as not
to contravene the constitutional provision. Had
the terms 'oldie constitution and laws clearly given
a different position lo theqiumbon, however un
pleasant the task of etforrhing the detiep of the
office without the endorsement of:the people will,
they would have been faithfully executed.
la assuming, as Speaker of the Senate, the exam
ripe of executive functions, although not deeming
it absolutely necessary, prudence suggested the
propriety of being sworn to a faithful discharge of
the Executive duties, and an oath to this effect
was administered to me by the honorable the
Speaker of the House of Rereseuttives.
A law requiring in all cases of death or resigna
tion of the Governor, or his removal (Mtn office ;
that writs to the Sheriffs of the different counties
shall be issued Is soon as the Speaker of the
Senate shall by biliclally informed" of curb death,
ortignation, or removal; and requiring further, that
the officer as uming executive functions should be
sworn In the same manner, and to the same effect
as In case of a chief magistrate inducted into office,
determining also the person authorised to adminlu
ter the oath, would obviate future doubt, and the
OM fa respectfully recommended to the lees
laws.
It is worthy rho agehtion of the legislature and
the people+, that no protium p , *te in the Con.
&Wuhan in the contmgency this heath or to.
ability to nerve, of the Speaker of the Senate,
Oftef the death, resignation, or removal of the
GoVergor, for the selection of a presiding Meg.
llama. ditch pa event happening, Government
would be left without i< Constitutional Officer to
carry . on its operations. Au cv,Mvioo ofsuch im
W penance should be supplivd at the eatiira; pop
ile period, ,
Resoilgioo expressive of the profound sorrow
the Leghdfar for the desth of that Mosul,.
outt paitiat Sege, sohn Quincy Attains, and
of condalencia he the fam4y tq thew bereave
,lllo44 were Paned bf hint bOy et
, giOn; nd the Executive. was diw• to trans.
rob the name to the widow and family of the
deceased. The leuor of the late 'EXeCtIOVO In
the performance a - that duty, and the reply of
the venerable survivor, gre herewith transmit.
tad.
Tho attention of the ling/Oman" having teen cell•
ed to the neglected end suffering condi= of the
REM=l l 2=
arth . Gazeitil!..
insane pcor of the State, an act Was pasaed ottani
14th day of April,lB4s, providinifer the establish.
meat a( as asylum for this unfortunate class of
our indigent 'population, to be throated within ten
milei of the seat of Government. The Commis
airiness named in this act, with funds contributed
for the purpose by humane and benevolent citizens
of Harrisburg, aided by a liberal; appropriation,
made from the Treasury of Dauphin county, pur •
chased a farm of about one hundred and thirty
acres, eligibly situated within a mile and a half of
the State CapitoL In January, 1846, these COM.
MiUkillerp made a report to the Legislature, in
which they stated, that on the critical examination
of the aforesaid act, such defects mere apparent,
that they did not conceive themselves justified in
proceeding with the building, or in making any ex:
penditare of the sum appropriated by the State to.
wards its erection, noir some modificationtsbould
be made in the law under which they were acting.
To remedy these defects a supplementary act was
passed, on the 11th day of April, 1848, upon which
the Commissioners forthwith adopted measures for
the commencement of the work. A plan for the
proposed building was adopted, end a contract was
made with an experienced architect and builders,
for Its construction. A coasiderable portion of the
materials, as I am informed, has been provided, the
excavation of the cellars and foundation has been
made; the laying of the masonry commenced, and
the hydraulic apparatus for raising water to the
building nearly completed. Of the appropriation on
account of this building, a warrant has been drawn
for 85000, of which only 52126 05 has been ex
pended. It is hoped and believed that the work
will be forwarded with as much despatch as is coa•
instant with prudence, and a proper regard for the
cornthrts and restoration of the afflicted insane
By the act of the 4th of May, 1811, entitled " an
act to provide revenue to meat the demands of
the treasury, and for other purposes," certain banks
were authorised to subscribe for a loan to the
Commonwealth, to an amount equal to a fixed
per centage therein stated, on their respective
capitals; the amount of such loan to be placed in
the treasury for the use thereof, in notes of said
banks of the denomination of one, two, and five
dollars By the terms of the law, the loan was
redeemable at any time within five years, and was
peremptory that it should be paid, and the notes
authorised to be issued withdrawn from circulation,
on or before the 4th day of May, 1846. The act
also provided, that the ,banks issuing said notes
should receive them at par value in payment of
debts due their institutions. It was thought that
by making their redemption dependant on the faith
of the State, as well as on that of the banks by
which they were issued, a safe and reliable cur.
rency would be constituted, while the State would
be largely benefined by a loan at one, Instead of
five and six per cent, as on previous occasioas.
The note. then issued, were substantially the
creatures of the banks. They constituted n loan
to the Commonwealth, were required to be paid
into the Treasury in the mariner prescribed in this
law, and were redeemable at their par value, at
the counter of the banks: and the circumstance of
the faith of the State to that of the banks being
pledged for their redemption could not raise a ra
tional doubt of their constitutionality. How far a
subsequent act, passed the Mst day of May, 1844,
by relieving the banks from all responsibility touch.
lag their redemption and payment, thereby making
them no issue on the pert of the Commonwealth,
redeemable at the Treasury alone, contravened the
constitution of the United States it is not necessary
now to decide.
Under the provisions of the original act of the
4th of May,1544, the amount of notes issued was
51,220,265, which maaspecifically appropriated to
the support of the Government dining the yew,
the payment of debts, and other special purposes
therein mentioned. Within two pearl thereafter,
the sum of $135,214, of said issue was funded by
the banks, and converted into permanent loans at
5 per cent4By a resolution of the 13th of February,
1543, and the act of the Bth of April, of the Fame
year, $.68 . 2,087 were cancelled and destroyed.
The act of May 31st, 1844, is as follows:—'-That
the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised
and directed on the last days of Jane and Sept.
andtiee., in the year 1844, to cancel and deliver
to the auditorgeneral the destruction, $50,000; and
on the last day of March, June, Sept. and Dee.
in every year thereafter $50,000 of the notes issued
by the banks of this Commonwealth, in pursuance
of the act of the 4th of May, 1811, that may then
be in the treasury—and if said notes shall be de•
preciated, then of the most depreciated--and con.
tints so to do, until the whole amount of the notes
legally issued by the banks as aforesaid, shall have
been cancelled and destroyed; and the amount
deposited to the credit of the Commonwealth, in
banks or saving IMILIMIiOOS, or received by col
lectors on the rail roads and canals, or by the
treasury of the city cod county of Philadelphia,
shall he deemed as money in the treasury, nod
subject to the wneellation as aforesaid; and it
shall be the duty of the auditor.general to keep
and publish quarterly, and in at least one net..
paper at Harrssburgh, a record of the note so
cancelled and destroyed, dwignming the bank or
banks that originally issued the same. in order,
that the one per centom interest thereon, may
cease; provided, that it shall be the duty of the
Stale Treasurer to retain the several amounts
respectively, out of the receipts of the quarter, so
as effectually to secure the cancellation of •he
amounts hereinbefore provided; and the sum of
one hundred end sixty thousand dollen is hereby
apprepnated for the payment of domestic creditors'
certificates issued by the auditor-general, provided
that there is aufficieet money in the treasury, after
paying the several other appropriations in this net"
It was doubtless the intention of the Lemalature,
that the sum of $50,000 should be destroyed quart
teriy. Under this act the sum of $lOO,OOO was
•• .• led rix tho tltn b os aunt of 585,Q00 iq
1545: the further rum of 8173,31.0 In 184E4 $l6O,
000 in 11.47, and 159,000 in 151',.
The following tabular statement will exhibit
with more clearness, the whole subject in rela.
Lion to the issue and cancellation of these notes.
Original 8010410 t of relief
notes 'issued ..
Amount fended,
Cancelled lb 1844 by eh
toe of the resoling:lb Or
Feb. 6, and Act of A
pril 8,1E43, 682,089
ncelled in 1844, under
the Act of May,lBl4,
Cancelled In 1845, under
det of 1514, 55,000
Cancelled 111 1816, do 166.300
Cancelled in 1811, do 150.000
Leaving apparently in circulation on
the 3;sl of Dec. 1848,
, The first thilure to comply with the Act of At
Cembly requiring the cancellation or those notes,
was prior to, or, on the 31st Dec. 14. The
amount directed to be cancelled in 1644 and
1E45, and which was not done, was $165,000
The amount of the failure to cancel in 1616,
was $23,700; the amount of failure to cancel in
1E47, was $50,000, the amount of failure to can
cal in 1848, was $ll,OOO. Total, $249,700, $152,
961.
It is worthy of remark, that had the cancellation
of these note. been made, as required by law, less
than half a million of the original issue would now
be to existence, a large portion of which hai doubt.
less been mislaid and lost It will be perceived al.
co, that the act requites the derornetion of the most
depreciated. In rising this term, the leg - airtime
most have intended those most defaced. The lawn
on the subject of flanse notes, having pledged the
final of the State for their redemption, it is not
readily seen how they could become depreciated in
value, while on the other hand many of them hive
become defaced, torn and unfit for ace. At the
passage of the act of May Sat, 1814, about fourteen
hundred; thousand dollars of tide issue, were in
circulation, and as it required the cancellation and
destruction of $200,000 per annum only, it pro•
longed tip period of their circulation lot 'oven
veers; when hyllie origins! act Of Iki.Y 1811,
bet two yearsremained of the p p id ortheirMu
ration. To the Oct of May, filet, 180, is apribu
table, therefore, the continuance of euvulatien of
these notes, alter they hod become torn, defaced,
and unfit for use. The original act, had it not
been counteracted by subsequent legislation. pro.
vided the necessary means for the redemption of
these notes, through the banks, on or before the 4th
day of May, 1846; and the failure to destroy them
as required by the act of 31st of May, 1844, clearly
demoratratro that the treasury has not been, since
then, er condi ti on to repay the loan, or redeem
the notes. ' -
Bence they have continued in circulation, and
have been paid into your public Maces, and again
paid out of the treasury, until they_ are wholly a n .
fit al{ II currency for the oftiaens. The amount now
in circulation Is presumed to be about $600,000,
It is respectfully suggested that the worst of these
notes, as they arepaid into the treasury should be
retained, and In their stead an equal amount of
new notes of the same denominations, under an
arrangement with any of the hanks of this cont.
motityeghb, andput into circulation for a period of
time, to Jong oaly, ay Mar ke uirpd ty Ibe Elan"
terly di/Ix/halloo o 1 $30,000, • r0' &romp the vih.die
amount of the issue. A' measure Of this char
acter would relive Ilte etirrunoy of those unfit
for use, and have the effect in a short thno of pot.
hag the whole Woe out of circulation. I would
earnestly press upon the Legislature the passage of
such lams as would prohibit in their mutilated end
defaced condition, their payment from the Treasu
ry. Should it be deemed a more desirable course,
to rid the currency of the entire issue by a loan, it
might be o air condition of the renewal of the
charter of any bank, at the present session, that it
make a loan at a low rate of interestio the goy.
eminent, mho aped in ittdpenung tio cancelling
the whole, or such part tui might be de med'afivia.
able. Any arrangement oit the subject you may
devise, to relieve the people of this currency, shall
receive my cordial approbation.
The payment of the Interest on the public debt
in a sound covertiblo antimony, is of great moment
to the credit of the State. This demand on the
Treasury has heretofore, to a large extent been
met by payments in depreciated paper, by which
the holders of State bonds have suffered pecuniary
An evil of this nature demands a mmedy arid
effectual remedy. The relief notes originally
tended to be temporarytin their existence, and local
in their circulation should not be forced front their
l eg iti m at e purpose, or paid from the Memory in
di•chnire of the Interest of the public debt.
Nogreec inconvenience- tumid be kit In with
holding an amounts so amiall as their Resew alma.
tattoo, front ouch application.'. To seMite' en It.b.
jest so &imitable, the !beauties of the State should,
be collected in such fonds only ea admitted of
ready conrettabillty Into specie aruhout loss to the
Treeing. Pip paof :totes as well as the notes
of all specie paying po 011 s Commonwealth,.
'Mould be reeeivell in payment or pubfid`
while
of
pope? money, under par, at ( he plar,e
designed kir the payment of Interest on the public
debt, should be refused, unless, aPou notice lo Mgt
effect of the State Treasurer, arrangements by u m
banks laming the same were merle to redeem it
SEEM
at such points as be might designate. The State
Treasurer should be authorised to require of those
specie paying banks, whose notes might be under
par it the place of paying the interest, to make
arrangements to redeem their notes at par, at the •
place designated, and on their failure to compl •
to demand specie funds at their counters. It so
believed that an arrangement of the kind Beget's•
ted, would materially aid in rendering the Votes of
all the solvent banks in the Commonwealth of
equal value in all parts of the Stale; would increase
their general circulation among the citizens and
tend to exclude depreciated paper of foreign testi.,
Urbane. A measure valuable for these purposes,
which would give increased worth to our stocks,
and enable the State more faithfully to comply
with her contracts, is worthy the seriousconsidera
lion of the Legislature.
Intimately connected wither the subject of oar
public debt, are the assessment and collection of
the taxes. The laws on this important branch of the
revenue, require to be remoddled and arranged in
such form as to ensure equality and uniformity in
the several counties of the State. The manner of
adjusting and equalizing the valuation of property
for taxation is a concern of deep interest to the
people, and should as far as possible be left in the
hands of their immediate representatives. Asses
sors, it is suggested, should be required in the ex
ercise of their duties, to make return in a full and
accurate statement of the various productsoffirrets
and manvfactories, of the kind, nature, and amount
of the supposed annual value of the productive
industry of each district: of the amount and value
of the local and general trade and business, with
the manner and cost of reaching the nearest Mar•
ket, sad the value of the article in market at the
nearest point to the district. Should an annual
statement of this nature* deemed too expensive
for practical utility, a trieithial return might answer
the purpose so intended. Returns of a nature so
general, of the resources and active industry of the
State, while it would afford valuable information to
the public officer, would place before him such
facts as would enable him to detect gross errors
in the uniformity of the assessments; and would
leave in the hands of the people the duty of voting
and taxing their property instead of casting a la.
her so important into the care of irresponsible
boards.
The importance of legislative action on the sub
jest is enhanced by the fact, that an examination
of the ordinary revenues and expenditures for the
last few years funnahes evidence that the access&
ties of the treasury require increased resource. A
,• statement from the auditing department is as fol.
lows
01DINAIrrMt AND ETYMON-lint= op TIM
COMXOIVataLTII or PporsyLv.sta FOR tall
IttoDs Oxus antral>.
"Revenue for the year 1635....82,991,631 18
Expenditure ........ ..... 3,176,296 29
Excess of Expenditures 181,667 16
Revenue for the year 1846 3,481,662 49
Expenditures ........ • ....... 3,361,144 71
Excess of Revenue........... 26,737 78
Revenue for the year 1847 3,744,509 40
Expenditures ........ ........ 3,427,341 42
Excess of Revenue 317,167 99
Revenue for the year 1518 3,361.997 32
Expenditures •. • .... 3,746,866 68
Excess of Expenditures 74,869 36
Excess of Revenue in 4 years.. 87,31 p 30
"Expenses of the public works consideled as
ordinary, notwithstanding much of the amount is
really extraordinary; but as an offset to this, the
tax on real and personal estate received during
each year is more than the assessments of a year,
the excess being from outstanding taxes of previous
years " The balance in the treasury on December
Ist, 1846, was 3663,851 68. Balance in the tree ,
sury December Ist,
,1648, was 5577,290 39.
Deficit in balances in treasury in four year,
586,561 49. Hod the law of May 31st, 1844, been
complied with by the cancellation of the relief is
sues, the additional charge would have been made
on the treasury of $249,700, which added to the
atovedefieit makes 5336,261 49. Deduct excess of
apparent revenue, 507.349 30, real deficit under
existing laws 8248,912 19, in four years, exclusive
of extraordinary expeadtturea
The operation* of laws on the part of the nation
al government, framed with a mew to the asses.
meat of duties and collection of revenue is a sub.,
ject Beriouslytaffecting the finances of the Common
wealth. No state in the Union depends in a great
er degree for the advantage of wholesome eater.
prise, and Ike safe employment of capital, on the
stability and agency of laws affording reasonable
protection to domestic industry. Oor mountain,
filled with rich deposites of iron and coal, invite
the manufacturer to employ ho skill and capital in
these commodities, and when they are in demand
the whole productive business of the state pros
pers. No interest feels the pressure of foreign corn.
petition more keenly, none requires more certainly
the fostering care of government, none spreads to
a larger extent the active industry of all classes of
citizens,
than the peculiar manufircturingeatablish•
menu of our own state. The system established
by the act of Congress of 1816 is framed for the
purpose of revenue, and discriminates against tette
er than for protection. The effect of such lava
would necessarily he, if continued, to strike down
the mantifitettirer, and to depress every interest
which directly or incidentally leans on him for
support.
MO. inien-sta favorably affected by the estab.
bailment of manufactories, none deserve more es
pecial notice, than the laboring and producing
classes. These compose the great mass of our
population, and in all respects differ, radically, from
the same classes to other countries: Here, they
are amen of the government itself, and as such, are
frequently required, in the exercise of the elective
franchise, to decode in questions the most Morneo•
toss, affecting even the stability and duration of
our five institutions., 3n the iinniancs of the
governmental:multi Which'tlciiijiitinatkey were a
component of the sovereignty which had wrested
from a foreign power the independence of theme:lo j
try, and took with others on equal part in the di! '
dealt question involved To enable them to dis
charge in a proper manner the duties they owed
to the country, to others and themselves, a portion
of their time should be given to the examination
and conaideratton of public questions, By the re
ward of their labor, they should be enabled to elan
sate their condition is society, to command for
themselves and 'familia; not merely the necesaa•
ries but the comforts and eyes t ie lupuies of life,
to give to their children the beneas of reasonable
education, and to annum a competence when age
has disqualified them for active employmenL The
price of labor is regulated by its demand and this
value of the article it produces. When the de,
mend for labonr is small and the produce of that
labor low in price, the reward of Industry Is czm
paratively reduced; when the demand for labor is
increased, it nseein value, and receives an ade
quate reward. Hence, whatever increases profit.
able labor, is substantially beneficial to the work
ing clauses, and affords them the means of cum.
fort, the delight of rational enjoyment and the op
portnnity of exalting their condition, and parOarm.
mg with Safety tO the counts) , Ow duties al citi
zens.
52,^20,265
The manufacturer, if be be sustained In his en
terprise, produces this result, and, by opening to
the laborer a new source of employment It is
frequently urged that the system of protection to
domestic industry is of more interest to the ma -
ufacturer than to the laborer, as it enables bum
to dispose of his fabrics for a higher price, and
to realign • tionor prodt on his certal, but is
not the capital of the^.lobiret alit involved In
the fabric, and does he not receive e. reward in
proportion to the value of the article?
Let it be remembered also, that his daily breed,
—the wants of his family,—the edstestlon of his
children, nil depend upon the success of the es.
tablishment et which he is employed t and the
objection sae hard out little wetilid- also
urged that a reduction of nominal values to a
specie standard would produce a result requir
log fur domestic labour no protection on the part
of Government A doctrine of this nature is
radically wrung; and at variance with the prin.
ciplee on which our free Government is founded.
Bring down the standard of prices for labour to
a specie standarch alloiir no greeter reward for
industry In this country than In 'England, and
the working classe• are necesaatily forced into
the pooditkin of forelgo opstrapveo—compened to
labor coduuttly end to cup for them.
selves a unusable subsistence. All the !triunes
many of the comfort. and even the necessaries
of life, mug be denied to them, while the edu
cation of their offspring most be wholly neglect.
ed. These observations apply to me labours
engaged in the business of mining, and inns.
porting our coal to market, es well to to the
operatives more directly employed at manuay.
tortes. Alter the demand for household use is
supplied, , this urucle mug; Oh* a market to those
districts of eodolrp , Whets teentildittiridg indus
try abounds, and the deolud' for it incluses or
diminishes in proportion p active operations
of these Pitablisinneints. Heppe, eyesir gee that
eritiognisheil and every wheel that is stopped
leasena the demand tor coal, decreases its value
in the market, and reduces the prices of labor
by lessening its value to the owner of the arti
cle. When to this is added the fact of compe
Ohm' from abroad underselling in the home mar•
ket the domestic article, the maw-tire of the
laborer is qestroyeit zed , the ruin to eorriplete—
The reienuo tiyinent Invites suck results, while
the system of dbrerhnioaclou • protedioci for
bids 11.
Other clams of society are also injuriously or
beneficially affected tie the laws on this subject
favor the one or the other policy. The agricul.
turallia, inclined to measure the general welfare
by the prices of his produce, nod to remain con.
tented while these era satisfitalory, la required only
the exercise of his psi:Beal knowledge, to be in
firmed that he ruffers also by a policy whusi
downelremonefarrrtrer. The home'market is his
only sum reliance. The ffondltloirof things : abroad
may afford indrodsed erica, Toe the prcoloce of his
hum i 12 4*erlee dr iroliqppy 411E14, nod the
onsellie SIalP Pi PUttbo htraug in otherparts of
the world s oroOlo lettipontry demand for
grain and thereby augment the value of his
.pro•
deetions ; bat it would be 02111015 to depend
on
contingencies of this nature,_over which his gov
ernment can have no control. The mints pecdtice
of his lands, whether distant or near the foreign
market, must depend for an uniform end fair WIPP
no thq home ileuinod. 4ov 'tithe} 'chimes must
depend on the policy of lbreign governments, the
convulsions of unsettled power, and the unfruitful
harvests of other producers.
It is not, however, in enhanced prices alone,
that he finds his reward. In the home market he
is his own factor, avoids the risk of nannies, the
dangers of transportation, and can select his wit
rime for the ifirvoi4 l of Ns PP:idtion. The manu
facturer carries to the Market, In the &byes he
proposes to sell, the predate of the farmer, who
thereby relieved of the hazard and etpense of
conveyance.
In another form he m dill more lame! benefuted.
Ole of tbo elements of wellTeiratel plelel. Is
unity of Interests. Wliansver m sald to th'e
nt
Borar, oh 'nalural donned :Ike eiiai ' between
cannel and labor; they are dependant on, are
supported by and receive vitality from each other.
I lie onsnufaeturer who invests under the Ostering
care of Government his capital 'in protltable
dotter, opens a new soar.; aNealth to the fareze; r
the artisan and the laborer.
An indastrione popuLstien, =hose reward adonis
comfort and Competency, gathers around bimi other
classes are attracted, and the store house, the work
shop. the school and the the charch are erected; villa
ges spring up. the din elective industry and the sound
°l.
enjoyment mingle together, roads are opened, bruin
ee are built, h.ds rise in value; and Me farmer finds
a market at his door, not only Mr his ordinary ample,
prodace, but also far numberlessarticles which were
deemed unworthy of transportauon From that over.
flowing fintatain, by as tinalred rivalets, wealth is
pouredinto his memory.
These are a few of the many advantages to the lien-
Canal ist and the laborer, arising from a fair and rea
sonable protection of the domestic industry of the
country. The existing revenue laws of the National
Government, by opening our pens to foreign manufac
turer*, invite the labor of the wretched sndstarving
operatives of Europe, to a competition with th is health
ful and proeperom condition of thing. The con.-
num:tees ere ruinous to the interests of the laboring and
producmg clamm y and dry up the smear. of prosperi
ty in every branchof industry.
It should not be forgotten, that the reliable wealth
of a atete consists in the profitable industry and
capital of the citizen.. Whatever tends, therefore,
to prostrate individual prosperity, to diminish the
value of produce, to injure productive labor, or to
drive from wholesome investment the money cap.
Ital of the country, strikes with alarming force the
best interests of the State- The reveues of the
LI .,
Commonwialth ore deriveeprincipall from real
and personal estate, and from our rail roads and
canals. 19 relation to the former, It m ybe said,
that every - dollar shipped for the parch of foe
eign fabric* diminishes their value, de reties the
home market, reduce s the profits of th producer,
and hence leesens the amount of revenue paid into
the treasury. Capital invested In the various
branches of manufactures sinks in value in pro.
Portion to the depression of the basin.* in which
it is employed, and when foreign competition is
successful bb reason of low dates in driving from
the home market the fabric of the capitalist, his in.
vestment is comparatively valueless, and the reve
nues therefrom are greatly reduced. The profits
from our internal improvements are still more se.
Homily affected. The raw material in its transit to
the manufactory and the fabric on its way to a
market are principally conveyed on our canals
and nail roads, thereby yielding s handsome reve
nue to the commonwealth. Wheit, therefore, the
manufacturer, unprotected by the government, is
' competed to discontinue his business, not only the
laborer, the artisan, and the agriculturist, but the
State also seriously injured, in the general depress
sion of the business, the diminished wealth of the
country, and the reduced value of capital.
The policy of giving fair and reasonable protec
don to the domestic industry of the country has
lieretokte received a support so cordial from wise
and patriotic statesmen, who have conducted the
affairs of the National Government, as well as
those who have preceded me tithe administration
of this Commonwealth, that I cannot refrain from
the insertion of a few extracts from their several
mesaages.
• In his eighth message, Washington deemed it
proper to bring the subject to the attention of Con,
'gr.,:
"Co-tigress have repeatedly, and not without sae.
ceu, directed their attention to the arrangement of
manufactures. The object is of too much conse
quence riot to observe a continuance of their ef.
tons in every way which shall appear eligible."
The eighth annual message of Presid sat leder.
son contains the following reference to the subject :
"The suspension of our foreign commerce, pro.
diced by the injustice of the beli,gerent rowers and
the consequent losses and sacrifices of our citizens,
are subjects of just concern. The situation into
which we have thus been forced, hasmpelled us
to
manufactures and improvemen The ex
apply a portion to of our industry and pital in
ternaltl. manufa
tent of this conversion is daily incressi g, and little
doubt remain. that the establishments rated and
forming will—under the auspices of cheaper me.
tennis and subsistence, the freedom of labor from
taxation with us, and of protecting duties and pro
hibitions—become permanent."
President Madison calls the attention of Congress
to the subject in the following terms: '
"Although other subjects will press more imme
diately on your deliberations, a portion of them
cannot but be well bestowed on the just and sound
policy of securing to our manufacturers the suc
cess they have obtained and are mill attaining to
some degree, under the impulse of causes not per
manent."
And again, in a apectal message of February 201 h,
ISIS, he says:
'But there m no sebject that can enter with great
er force and merit into tbe deliberations of Con.
greu than n consideration of the means to pre
serve and promote the manufactures which hove
sprung into existence and attained an unparlalel.
ed maturity throughout the United States dunes the
period of the European wars. This source of nation
al independence and wealth, I anxiously recom
mend therefore, to the srompt and constant guar
dianship of Congress.'
In hip seventh appeal message, he again it.
curs to the subject as follows:
'ln adjusting the duties on imports to the object
of revenue, the influence of the Tariff on Miaow.
factures will necessarily present nuttier consider
anon: However wise the theory may be, which
leaves to the sagacity and interests of individuals,
the application of their industry, and resources
there are in this. as in other cases, exceptions to
the general rule besides the condition which the
theory itself implies, of a reciprocal adoption, by
other nations, experience teaches, th tso many
circumstances must occur in intros' dog and
maturing manufacturing establiatunen especially
of the more complicated kinds, that • try may
remain long without them although efficiently
advanced and is tome respect. eve peculiarly
fitted for carrying them on with sn under
circumstances giving a poerkMl imps to man•
tau:mating industry, 'lt has snide pa a prog.
mak and exhibite dan ediciency which Justifies
the beiterthat with a protection not more then is
due to the enterprising citizens whose interests
are now at stake, It will become at en early day '
not only safe against occasional competitors from
abroad, but a source of domestic wealth and even
of external commerce.
• •• •
-It will be an additional recommendation of partic•
I War manufactures, where the materials for them are
i p extensively drawn from our agricultura and con.-
, imently to part insure, to that great fund of our nation
al prosperity and independeue, onebaragement
winch cannot 'vat felaardod."
President Ifunroe, in his Int inaugural address says:
"Our manufactures will Ilkewisd require the ..te
motto and fostering care of the government Possess
ing,. we do, all the raw materials and the fruit of our
own toil and induatry, we ought not to depend in the
degree we have donii, on supplies from other eons.
trim. While we are thus dependant the sodden event
of war, mem:with unexpected', cannot fall to plunge
us into the most serious difficultlca It m immanent,
too, that the capital which nourishes our manufacture.
should be domestic, a. its influence In that case, in.
steadof ...tin, as it may to, in foreign hands,
would be felt advantageously on agnculture, and eviiry
other branch of Industry. Equally important i. It to
provide at home a market for our own =variant, as
by extending the comtition It will enhance the price
.nd protect the cultivator against the casualitie.
dent to foreign madam."
His alefdeday; lima Snyder, Governor of this
Commonwealth, in his Mange of Doe. ft, 1813,
says
".The subject of manutlietuCes, from fell ezperi.
Cate during the restrictive system and the war, is
now so well understood, as respects the prat.
tit:ability of advantageously carrying them oa, as
to the kind of goods which may he made sod the
quality and iinrabililyCi . the uticktrivEich have
had a kurexpiritlital allifingattis, that it is deem
ed unceessary to urge arguments in their support
The general Government, fully aware of the im.
penance of the subject will, it is coalideetly hoped,
know the dictates of political wisdom and protect
Our manufactures against ktreign cegimition or
combination a cinema siquisit Vika pireati the
long and hdiissitily sought independence of our
country and again impose a dependance almost
colon lel."
Ilia Excellency, William Findlay, fkkrring brief
ly to the subject, says;
' As agriculture and manuamores are the great
sources of weada, and the' only eoltd - GoundatiF of
our ten
ombrui and independence, they are pa Cu
larly entitled to the foeterieg care ofsoverom DC
In the font message of Governor Weft ho apsalm
as follow.
' The Retesting policy Imberto, sintaincd by the
I General Go'veitrhent tenni)), tinder elm ? cir.,
committer, be alutmlonod or relinquish with
the approbation or ocosent of the people o Penn
sylvmmt. Their lutenists, their prosperity, and, I
may odd, their remkirts, are ut this time essentially
identified with that paltry. The diversified branch.
es of todustry in which our citizens are engaged;
the character of the productions peculiar to our
moil; the state of the foreign martins to which we
bad heretofore been accustomed In earn for the
t alemnd euthanno of nor staple.octriniekllfleVind
the inietdietinq duties ties istbISTI the ftfixlnce Okbur
agricciltarists it etakided gilts' fitoqu market. leaye
us no alternattve as tote octipse IQ ha paPtatd.
We gaga{ !Aar auil9r our surplus prodstra to par
iah Imo& our hands, or we must establish a mar
bet the Its coasomption at home. We most either
submit to the humilating coildiliOn of becoming
tributary to Mrolisti industry, or by affording eneour.
clement to our own, render ourselves indeneafient
of foreign imposmon clod ozastion• ..Under the 1
eusaurtgement and.protettiotiteot affdrdeCt; dat
manufeetatitii establishments are . aiaulnlng p yiga
o . s sad' healthful appeqraime, WI givo reason.
able prouttle o( l l[2,itrling the round prosperity
of the Cluntry, mid of tocomplimiog the great end
and ((taiga contemplated by the friends and advo
cates of the protecting system. Happily the us in
Pennsylvania, we have no oonstituUtinsi . .i t h euk .
ass us in refttlert."... this system. Our
to etnbarr
statesmen eq.' tsve hitherto represented us in the
National Legislature, as well as in that 04'09 gjate,
have uniformly extracted Moir oputiods eamisi '
tively amt in tu k rm q by no Means equivocal, that
this nation POssesses the right, under the coolant-
I lion, to protect Its industry by salutary enactments
o f it s own, against the injnrious consequences of
foreign legislation, and that the acts of' Go grins
Imposing duties on imports are constitution , and
their conatitnents hove as unequivocally re nd
ed to those opinion.'
Governor Porter, also, refers to the aubj in
the following manner.
"It is unworthy the great State of 1 ,, ,0. Iva-
Ma, to depend on tke Itlanttfacturesi of other
Bigot, op kneig,n mantraps, to supply her citti
g a s with cm artirtes for various purposes of
life which they can produce themselves es well,
as cheaply, and as abundantly as any other pea
pie on the fact of the globe. Oar valleys teeming
with plenty, our hills with exhaustless deposits of
coal and iron—our meant, abatindisig with water
power, for all put unsurpawQ by that in
a py other ocumuy; en our citizens stimulated. by
I
ea&rprise, and passe ng means to render it ef-.
factual, should awak n in as that spirit of Ind&
pendence which Mad ns to seek at the hands of
others, that whlch it can (umiak With its own. If
is with no feeling . of envy or al local jealousy of
others, that I bring this subject to your nonce bat
with a 4 honest feeling of State pride, and a gee.
cram' amulet*, which 'should Insp ire um with a
deteWnlnation not to beinaebted to others (or {tote
solid and useful means of promotion our mower.
Icy and independence which ilatuse has boluitilially
lavished on OW OWE , eiti3em
A question of the greatest magnitude, kir**
the tone of the Slate, ad the internd of tie otitit
rens, will arils in the nontideration of the public
debt. The regular payment of the actual Interest,
and the Gnmation of a sinking fund for the anal
liquidation of the principal, ebould receive the
early and careful attention of the Legislature. It
will give ate unk.igned pleasure to none with you
in any rational mode calculated to facilitate an ob
jest so desirable.
The present debt of the State is as kniknini :
Six per cent Stock, SI A 57,549 06
Five per cent Stock, 31,30.601 In
Four and one hall do 200,000 00
530,..N3,32,0
Relief Notes ia CITCP.
Lion, 702,664 00
ltierest Certificate* out•
standing, 220,789 :a
intemt Certificates un
claimed, 4,443 39
Interest on unclaimed
and outstanding cer
tificates to be added
to them when funded, 14.1
Domestic Certificates,.. 4 , 9.31 s 05
-- 51,D31,358 74
Total amount of public debt due
31st De. 1048, $40,421,736 98
Of the above there to due and demandable at
the treasury as follows :
Relief Notes,
Demeatie
Interest Certificates of all kinds,
Total
........ .......... $1,031,336 74
It is presumed the general process of cancel's.
bon of -the relief note; or their redemption as
heretotore indicated, will, remove to that amount
the pressing necessities of the treuury.
The residue of said sum of $1.031.336 74
(IF with • • ••• • • .............. • ... 143213,722 74
There is also due and demandable
of the funded debt as follows:
June Ist, Ib4l, 526.951 80
August, In 1540,.... 1,998,509 35
August Ist 1847,.... 22,335 06
Present liability of treasury
munpue OP PIUIWC DEBT
Failing due--
March 1 5t.1849,.... 59,551 46
Dec. 1,1850 999,311 15
April 11, 1853, 135,214
lleeemb.r Ist, 1853, 1,998,407 09
January Ist, 1851,.. 798,474 64
Derember o st. 1854, 2,197,849 55
August let, '55, .. . 4,489,463 79
July Ist, 'r 2 750.808 26
March 4th, '58,....3 998,395 47
July Ist, '59, 2540,010 56
July let, '5l, ...... 529,922 '74
July Ist. '59 I 195 928 93
August Ist. '59, .. . 40.996 25
July let. 'ro, 2643,177 64
March 28th, '61,... 120.000
July Ist,'6
4 2 265,059 75
April 10th. 63, .... 200.000
July I st,' , 1 378;375 99
June 27th , ' 1,13031 70
August Ist. '6i, .... 860.680 69
July Ist, 'B5, 959 540 '79
Jan.lst, '66 b 68,873 13
July Ist, '6B, 2,523,617 64
July I st. '7o, .... 1.939,583 85
Bank Chart+r i.ez:aus, 678,375 96
----47,33 3 A34 03
Total am't of funded debt not dm
m.dabte 4 trie Treasury,
539,722,072 98
In-romar on tug Pruuc
51,1497,549 06, et 6 per cent per ann. $113,252 94
37,305,601 11 m 5 1,665290 05
200,000 00 at 4 „ 9,000 00
Regular annu I instant on the loans
as they at Dec- tat, 104&... 5 1,987,542 99
On a portio of the above Loans, there mill be to
pay 31 years interest on Feb. Ist 1649, which it is
estimated will increase the amountll7ooo in what
ever amount of interest certificates may be landed
between the tat of Feb. and the Ist Aug. neat.
There will be due at the latter period 4 years in.
tercet, estimated at 512,000 the probable amount
of interew fn. 1849-1,000,549 99 to which add .
guarauteed Interest on Danville and Pottsville
rail road and Bald Eagle and Tinge Navigation
Company, 32.500; total $1439.042 99.
The estimated revenue for tbo current year is
as follows:
Lands 520,000
Auction Qom m azimut.. ••• • • • 2 3,000
•
Duties.... 65,000
Tax on bank dividends........ ....... 120,000
• on Corporation stocks 120,000
• on real and personal cataie... •• •• • 1. 330 ,000
Tavern licenses 35,000
Retailers " 150,000
Pedlars° 2.500
Brokers " 5,1300
Tbeatre, Circus and Menagerie 1,000
Pamblet laws 100
Militia fines 20,000
• certain ........ 20,000
Collaterial 60,000
Canal and Railrmul Tolls ..... ........ 1,650,800
“ Fines, old materials, ..... 3.000
Tax on enrollment of 1aw5........• 3,500
• loans. • 115,000
Dividends on bridge and turnpike stock. 2,000
Accrued intereat.. 4,000
Refunded cash ... . .... ........ 5,000
On Public ofilces• ; • •• • ............. 1 5 00
Miscellaneous ........ ........ ....... 5,000
. r
,1100
Estimated expenditures for the current y
$3,811
Public Improvements • • • • 6800,000
Expenses of Government— ...• ...... 220,000
Militia expenses • ... ..... 30,000
Pensions and Gratuities - 23,000
Charitable icuintntioni 30,000
Common Schools iscladiag non lament..
ing districts
Interest on loans and' castantves ocinv
»Text 1 040,030
Domesiih crediteui........ ........... 12,000
Cancelled relief nixes 200 , 00 0
Damages on putdic works 30,000
Special commissione». 300
State Library 1,200
Way lock at Bench Haven 3,600
Penitentiaries. 23,000
House of Refuge. 4,000
Nicholson 200
&wheels. 800
Abatement of State Tax........• ••• • • 40,000
Miscellencons 0,000
stirmoo
Eatimgedrovenue ore expenses 5130.300
From - lhe tlir4Ofigstaternentit would appear, should
the estimate of recethts and expendittoes be correct,
and they detainees approximate the truth, and should
no unforeseen carnality occur, that the revenues will
at least equal the expendneres of the year. Admit
ting, however, the correetneu of the
hirnment that me state is placed In a ' 'aiH nil ra bet " .
ter, by the leper of Moe, as no orntesiall don of
any of the pnblie debt * san. even the
payinentif the email Internet has depended and will
1 tr:4 4 .l ° ,. • : ' ,„T, P ,e.fr , a F t" 4„..." ° 1 4 .2. ° 17,11 ,
ding means to meet the liable, of . 1. gate, which
pays no part attar debt, end meets the payment srr
annual interest by drafts on a land raked, far
WV of another *iiiiA uaios, salleets from the
c peo h pie upwards of Oen yearly, "NW" "Lim
,i,the Ph eiteendna = learefhl revision of the rev- ;
ent6 laws of the ' wealth, inererning the tax
on such items as will without Injury to addition
to thole present burdens, with due economy in •sti ap• ,
propriations and orpenees of gove,a„ni,, wean not '
ouly piece the treasury„,- • sebad 'bests with
regard to the canal psysaut :of the interest, but
would, :.',i' ifs sell - Spas thr th at purpose, create
A anal , emit to :meet the. amount new due and
I demand e of, the. Stela. A result of this
ter would be honorable to the Costr,,upw i l d eit=
,gratifying to the eltiteal. egim - O ne O I. e j m .
stediatcly restored 1 th e ch curly, pub e credit
would be, pa en estalthrd tv arul the weacury
.I . elievedbf It par * l b dletib a ht. The amount
faa* diaatattrih *. *44 k.. la. faith of
the StatO'is nvegy, ,ed should be lost in adopt
ing uternutes m testohe ta oreolli
To forma fund Poe the liquidation of the residue
of the public debt, is an object not less important
than the one just suggested. Pennsylvania should
no longer bear the burdens which now press her
citisens, without at lean a vigorous and manly
effort to relieve herself from her liabili tj ea To
the ler.slatore belongs the duty of dierfaing such
means and erupting Fetch Intel ILA *4 4WiI L pro
mote the interests as the` gbple; and efforts so
lemiablp, wid al,tqr thrieg real* the approbati on
tit . 7 and DP aidott 0 1 aufilti aailications as may pre.
era, t thatatielli 1 0 die executive. A more favors
ahre, opPoPulany may present itself at the present
ten= then will Boon again be offered. Many of
the banks of this State have given the requisite
notice, that they propose to apply for a renewal of
their ohartera and I would auggyst, eiceid it
coincide with your vieetr i tit. Polley. WihNifeting
from each of the lasnoitieurtar em cone . a .i nno
the Letislatineythatpitifient of q w r,,,i„ per con.
tailtil'on"iti Oardtal to liciditmia to the taxes already
I ushaso4 '9, it tutabe by existing laws. A ono
raised in tins way might form the outdone r.:.; a
sinking fund which, however amaiL t . c ,, 3 1, 1 inn .
larlY increase itt important! and valeta, by the
essietattco II alibi, receive from that and otPer
o. lgh tthha - ne charters of all the be t ake i n , the
Mmottarealth will require Yiutqwel t 09, increap.
ed prosperity, pepulotton sud bounce* of the
couutry, may reituird eadiliontil banking facilities,
and dariog each yeti: a small amount could be
added to toe fund. The investment of the fund
thus created in the purchase of State Stocks, (the
present revenue laws of the State beteg presere n oj
and the lotereet of the Stocks purchased bein g
again invested in the same way would increqee
the fund, while it diminished the debt , ., x, ag
would appreciate its importance an t -. er it
with favor. Should our coveys of Ingenue b e .
: come of greater value, 0 4131 X I:iiii reasouably
anticipated, late Withai s eta' °Pet the expenditund
of the Government will accrual to the treasury, a
Axed proportion of which, could properly be added
Ito the fund. Thus would it increase In triple
proportion, until the enormous debt, with whlob
we are encumbered, would he fin a extionielied.
Whatever may be the steps of the idiom; in
regard to the plan Bairesto . 4 la early hoped
alli px
it will distinguish its proceedings by the adoption
of moans to anahi in inked so desirable.
l'he revision of the laws on the subjeci o( rev
' enue,wifit a view to increase taxation, ate farming
'intense of the Stale .shollid atit by further bur
dened. The State, County,,ficbcol, road, and poor
rates, levied am land, and the roduoed price of
the WhAtielA ci 0.0 agricultundists, occasioned by
, the meant aevenue law* of the National Goy.
; eminent, operating to the injury of the home,
'market, Waded justly and equitably Waive it
flout additional taxation.
For many .. years no antilemeni of the accounts
tho ClOthyksioniem of the Inte rn al itamoro
meet funclltat been mane. it is worthy of owt.
inderatinn whether • iwromission to consist Of
clerk from the Auditor General and the Stab De
pertinent with • third to be apOnteA cufhoria
cod to make .to eitultiontioa of mid accounts, as
also to aseenain wealth , the. coutitim of the
Treasury and its distorting agents, what moneys
are due to the State fitho corporations, individ
uals and counties, and if balances are found to
exist, the reason why collections are delayed,
might not by 6 careful report, suggest alterations
beneficial in the manner of conducting our With.
cial affairs. In this mope:ion it is also proper
to mention that a change in the manner of draw.
log money from the Trithury, should be adopt
ed to afford more ample checks, the present sys
tem being deemed defective.
The report Of the Canal Commissioner will ena
ble the Legislature to firm on accurate judgment
of the state of the public Improvements. Notwith
standing maroon interruptions, caused by the burn
ing of the Freeport A qoeduct and other easualities,
the revenue from this source has been so large and
so constantly increasing, that these works should
be carefully guarded and preserved as a meatus
useful to the citizens and highly advantageous to
the State. In referring to the Intranet Improve.
meats of the Stoic, I carumt allow the opportunity
to puss without alluding to the North Branch Ca
nal. It is supposed that a million of dollars would
complete this work. rat present profitless mid rapid
ly going to ruin. Already has the State expended
upwards of Iwo millions which, while it remains'
unfinished, is absolutely lost. The country through
which this improvementpasses, is rich in the arti
cles of coal and iron, and in agricultural products.
The completion, by the increased amount of Mils
received on it, and the additioaalfreight thrown on
to other portions of the ptiblic improvements, would
amply secure the Interest on the cost of °scampi..
tion. Under a deep sense of the corommiess of
these view., I could not avoid bringing the subject
to your early coosideration. In this relation it to
also proper to refer to this importance of avoiding
the Schuylkill inclined plane. Surveys and esti.
mates by a skilful copther have been made of
three different routes, and the result will be laid
before
you
in
the
report
ofibegentemnWWbcenunsNitedy'hisweilriSerrei
these estima t esare not Included ;n
expenditures of the current year, as given in a
former part of the message.
The attention of the legislature will be called to the
subject of the currency in connexion with the
banking institutions of thy State. These Mann.
none have become no intimately identified with
the business and interest of the citizens, and fur
nish such a portion of the circulating medium. that
a necessity is created for theirproper management
and control. The standard of the value of things
among ermined nations is conceded to be the pre
cious metals. The constitutional currency of this
government is gold and silver. Whenever the
conveniences of trade and buainess, the encour
agement of industry and enterprise, or the natural
growth and developements of the country require
additional commercial facilites, it is the duty of the
public functionary to be watchful that the repro.
mutative of the precious metals should maintain a
standard value. The citizen having in his pos.
session a note issued by a bank of the Common.
wealth should be secure that be hold. the Noires
lent of gold and silver. In ordei to obtain this re.
colt care should be taken by the legislature in the
grants of authority to these corporations to prevent
them, if possible, from rianishingla less reliable car
rency. Banking institutions have long existed
among us, and have been when properly restrict
ed and judiciously managed, highly conducive to
the beat interests of the people. Their notes when
kept at par value, from groom reonvement curren
cy than the precious metals, are equally valuable
in all financial foothills, and promote the active in- I
duary of the country. . Hence, solvent banks,
whose notes are readily convertible into specie,
should be sustained by the legislature, while those
failing to keep their notes at par, to redeem
them on demand, by inflicting ipinry and injustice
on the community,
.destroy coulldence and forfeit
our favorable immoderation.
In judging of the amount of banking capital ne.
meow for the wants of the community, a sound
and healthful aate of busthesa and trade afford the '
heat and safest criterion; These institutions are
better able to meet their liabilities and redeem their
notes in s state of thiamine Where alluded to than
during extraordirowy depression or unnatural excite
meat, That the increase of such banking facilities
is instromentel**ievieg the country in times of
commercial dittWeif is • belief as prevalent so it
is mama& It may postpoap the crisis, hot °ad'
not afford relief. The active, healthful industry of
the country, and not the wants of individuals,
should govern the issues of the banks. In periods
ot great commercial and manufacturing prosperity,
an inflation of ibe currency beyond the wants of
sound, wholesome trade leadsto unwise, and ofben
ruinous speculation. le short, tho amount of the
circulating medium, Mould depend on the actual
and not the imaginary wants of the country. From
these observations the Legislature will readily
perceive that my extraordinary increase of husk
ing capital, in the present dowered condition of
trade, m not consistent with my views of the gen
end welfare. I
The location of a bank, as near as practices to
the center of its business operationsos a nuttier of
some moment to the community, and ahonld the
Legialauro in its examthatioa of the applications
far the recharter of any institution now epetiog he
satisfied that the Jews:ion of the ezisting Wink in
unsuited to the convenience or tho . 6thusess pot&
tiou of the citizens for whose Ipeuefit it was oath.
tithed, a thee policy would iljolitte a rental to re.
charter, and tinyethibildonent of a new institution
with the emirs amount or capital, at a place more
advantage. to the citizen& The old and well es
tablished hankies institutions whose credid and
solvency are undoubted, and where the want' ea
the community in which they ate located require
a should receive a renewal of their charters;
but in oo instance ought'. chatter to be reaewed,
until complete and thorough, ' *top of the
addas of the inthothinn, atra a t of its
business, with railathasetry evidence of the bona
/as assets, tall • hafe doacinised a committee ar.
Pointed dm MM . /wroth, of its entire gamic), and
ability to redeem all its habilitiey each statement
defy authenticated,should by Vied of record in the
St te ate rested Department for the: inspection of all persona
Several laws . In farce to prevent the glie and
circulation of notes of a less denominating% that 85,
do not appear to have produced the rajah inten.
dui. A large Onion of the currencyAthe State,
consists °f motes of a lower denomination, many
of them apariems and defined, -Issued by foreign
institutions, about whose solveney no knowledge
can be d by the anthem This circula
tion, while it inflicts injthy on the community, is
in direct contravention of the egress team a the
law. As it is manifest the saki ere fun not
remedy the evil ; it it aggestetia an act pre.
"olio& under saves POl eaTtest banks mod
brokers dearatc . 4 money,• frogs receiving on de.
pantry
brokers '
paying th e some from their
contorths, lambi have a boodidal effect thdriving
these team from cionthuirat. Bleould the drool*.
lion of notes of axles dothwitglthoo than s.3 a to de
nimble, it 'ls infinitely tia .611.r:few:a QM they
should be Mated by au /31.4 y Mem whose sot.
wen is known T144%1410 foster • circulation is se
sued by ime,. trolji:as; whose Wilke to redcani them
may be Vitt:tondo. With these slight modiem.
dons of Out peasent spatial, tithing eat° that no
anaisamety amino mad elsed Immure or banking
capital be outdo. and in all wan, either of new in.
Wadi= or the rtignaof those now misting,
that their mite ' didieney should be undoubted,
and that no - danger to the citizens will arise nolo
these pants of power; I should deem A alight to
leave the present policy la thiall o 4 l ,o.olthle corps.
;Mime ult hare beer' maitr, 111.
... 4 3 1 1, 2 k 1"n ,
Daring the a t 11, 4 9 q or ilia Marseiature, an
id mall ''' retro th elflothe oflaterittlisrls.
lotcO s, , inn it age at %title!, minion
S tre
shall be ' in. It Is reapectrully sub
,alitted eir • ' this few dom. Rot require amend.
;meat, so as to comt apeclaL coatroom to labor
'more they reli4 060 flee.' ithf the Act. The open.
Idiot' of tip IDDi ea at.
11 preseutra force, gives to
!those doMting, its spi rit, • advantage over him
who faithfully terms it into street hp permitting
the WOO, sad operative to enter into such coo
t/mom in relation to the extension of time, as they
may deem proper. If it be right to limit the boors
of labor in facades, (and Who that desires the ed.
ucation and aomfo-t of the citizens can doubt it)
the Jaw should be so changed as to wrote able
in all such establishments.: Shoo/dam Legislature
concur in this opinion,, ft temp, be popper to re.
peal the proviso, alliotythig, of special contracts by
l
pare e ntl ma t go .. lir e diputa lor the labor of minors
cohdihou
I l i atios s ipuzl). ytthe They Mall not be eft a
at id mow hardship than the adult- I hin
ave
' brought this subject to the noticed the Legislature,
as well because of the justice and propriety of the
suggestion, as that my friendship for the measure.
was well known to the peoyle..uttd has herpo op
proved by than at this late general rdspag t .,
It gives me unkigned plemurri ith eran neee th e
fact, that the Commea W.Va .. .. item la at leng th
adopted thrwitelepth, Ow - Mao, be friends of ed.
maim, viajblt deeply gratified that a connuoma-
Itionithi assinthith, promising snob advantageato th us
Jarrett and security to the State,.has been attain-_
al It may well be maddered as a
. 000sitheopris
epoch Ja ma history. The blames& of ra. f
tumal and moral cultivation, di throtighow
Use Clotthoonweahh, will impeov i rr madam% n i
the people, enterers thrit mob= ef useratew. ea an d
lave to the &VW kc4raptcT an imedi- gen - ce and
virtu& The qaok; of Ous aßensiv"-deat will for.
n t il uo' bi° 144 q u ultiA 4 l° la° Ligialature 6th the
Coo il ir Olgovemirmi of th d`systeur, and will enat
hie itto remedy smialete .. -" n ek aj.
The Adjutant Ge.i.dnaos reporton the subject of
the militia. MCAsitor many important suggestions,
well verity the conlidaraeou of the Legmlaturo—
It is the production a a practical military °teeth,
who has bearosrod much thought on the =idea,
an d mill hit 6Mted intenesting and valuable, pilth
aber an pointing out a med.! by which the vast
the_ , dike present system may be saved to I
Treasury.
In the report, of the Auditor General and Son
velar General you will find a detailed account of
the financial' operations of the year ending first of
December last. To these reports I wood refer you
fora full statement of the condition of the affairs of
the Corns osscreolth in their several departments-
Tito acquiaition of New Mexico Ind Colibrnist
presents a gain in the National Vengeths, the iota
puma question of the extension or nomextenalOn '
of human Slavery. At the adoption of the National
Conathalcia, the loom cominuarece of what was
thee considered an evil, was strongly agitated, and
resulted in • compromise, permitting it ip the
States where at that titan itaxined. Th e Q...,ei
onion being submitted to the States, was adopted
with others, by Peonsylcablit; and after the lapse
of more than half a century. it remains the great
fundamental law or the Union. To preserve and
perpetuate it—to aoketheriedge 4 eapremacy—wo
maintain gad defend ha primipl .thic-end to submit
to ha compromises,—ere deems.-to which every
' citizen is pledged, whateverbis Opinion in 'elation
to questions arising udder it. This fundamental
taw recopelsea the right* bald-death in the States
which were parties to the compact, but it makes
DO ruttier atthotnaledgmenk, Is bears on its plain
and expressive page WI apeement, express or
inalsthid, 6r the farther extension of human slavery.
That this national wrong has been extended with
the Mertes of population, is not an argument in
favor of its Justice, its constitutional right, or the
3702 664
69.318 93
239,403 79
82,017,796 21
$2,376,5113 95
i :.~
S allowy effects it has produced in the territories
fmhere it has been admitted. Shall 0 Mal b e f ur .
they extended! To the Congress of the United
Shoes belongs the authority to settle this
portant question. Before it shall have been de.
I/mined, the opinions of our citizens on th e
subject shanid be fully and distinctly made known,
through thritrlittldic'finotionaries to the corded's.
rate Stem , Tlite right to instruct our senator,' and
repeal* iteletittnives in the national =rocas
ought not to be Died ei light and trivial
while fin • subjects. gravely affecting I.=
being of the country, it becomes a duty which
none will venture to decline. In the exercise of
this admitted right, the Legislature will find the
opportunity to express in terms not to be mistaken,
the position which is held by Pennsylvania, on
this grave and momentous question.
While the compromises of the Constitution
should be maintained in good faith towards our
Southern brethren, it is our duty to see that they
are preserved with equal fidelity to ourselves. No
encroachments, however sanctioned by use, should
be acknowledged en precedents fir further wrongs,
against the interests, prosperity and happiness of
the ionelamholding States of the Union. If WI,
very be, in itself, an intension of human rights;
if it be directly opposed to the enlightened spirit
of our free institutions—if it destroy the equality
of power In the General Government, by enlarging
where it exists, constitutional representation—if it
possess a direct or indirect influence against North
ern or Western policy and 'merest*, by promoting
a system of lawn, destructive to domestic industry,
and vitally erecting free labor—if it retard the ea.
tee growth of population and improvement, by
the appropriation of large tracts of land. for the
benefit of the few to the injery of the many—if it
be in open defiance of the spirit of the age, the
match of national truth end the enlightened policy
of mankind—it is time to arrest its further poogres.
These, it is believed, are the smiled convirtana of
our citizens, and their determination to maintain
them is unalterable.
Ficototw Croromiti—My duty is now performed.
have endeavored to present to the representatives
of the people; Such matters as ere deemed impor•
tans to the interests of our mutual constituents—
To the wisdom, virtue, and intelligence of the As.
rembly, with a firm reliance upon the assistance of
the Omnipotent Being from ' whom commit every
good and perfect gill, may be safely confided the
performance of every duty calculated to secure tios
happiness, the honor, and the welters of the coon.
Ecirrivz WILLIAM F. JOMNSTON.
Ex Cussunor,)
Jan. 60,1849.
/MOM WASTUNGTON. •
Correspondence of the Pittsburgh Gums.
Wasumorma, Jan. 3, 1849.
Wa have had rather an intimating day in Con.
grans. In the Senate, the nomination of Major
Caas is considered to have been done for, by be•
Mg laid on the table indefinitely. There was a
complication of reasons lending to this result. In
the fins place, many contended there was no need
of the mission to Rome, at any time, and now
much less than before, because of the state of the
government, or rather of the want of govertuneni.
Again—Rome has not reciprocated, by sending a
representative to thin guvemmenti—and further,
several thought this was a good time to take •
stand in favor of abolishing two or three of our
Charge', and providing for the sending oda minis.
terra represent the United States in all the Italian
States, to reside at Rome, Naples, or train. Ido
not think personal or purely political reasons bad
much to do with the decision of the Senate.
Sevier is yet Were the same body, bat it is sup.
posed will be confirmed, though there ate charges
against him that would disgrace any man in per.
vale life.
In the House of Ripresentirtivea, Mc Caleb
Smith, of Indiana, reported from the TerTitr,,im
Committee, the bill required Ly the iniamo"Linne of
the House for the establishment of Terrir ne nd o ne .
aliment in New Mexico. The bat i' nearly o co
py of that release to California, reported ten days
ago, except the , 11111 eeetiort, Which defines the
boundszies. Th>•re are two or the oocooro , of a,
California bill which ore 10 '..011y inapplicable to this
interior territory, o'ttior, are of course omitted.—
This bill contains the clause for the prohibition of
Slavery, and is not to go into effect until April tatos
by which means Mr. Polk Will be spareil the em
barrassment of dispersing among his Gwent. the
patronage which it throws into the hands of the
President. This will be a very great relief, for it
is notorious that he feh obliged, by the necessities
ho was under of defeating the Wilmot Proviso, in
the three million bill, to use the patronage, of the
ten regiment low, in February, 1847, for the core
reptant of members of Congress.
Mr. Smith's bill wholly disregards the monstroos
claims of Texas to the Terrikwy of New Mexico,
east of the Rio Grruado, by providing iq the first
section that the southern boundary Millis new ten
ritory guilt ba the same as that of the obi province
namely,. Wong the parallel of thirty two •north
lode fromited River oe the east, to the Rio Grande
on the west. The adloioing line between New
Mexico and California is to be this eatne_es firmer
ly under the Mexican domination...ply:idded that
lase can be formed and ascertained,
This boundary dispute with Texas will yet cause.
1 warm and protracted disputes. ,
; Mr. Pillsbury, who is n member of the commit,.
tee, made a long minority report in favor of the
right of Texas to all the territorPon Ws ,fa. the
Rio brands, which was ordered to be , grimed. I
I I was astonished, on looking corer- this counter on.
port, to find that the principal gmund fiti the claim
I of Texas is the mien:dila pretence of, the treaty
1 made with P.s,llto, Anna, while a prisoner after the
battle of Ran Jacinto—a treaty which was never
, ; ratified by the Mexican Government, and which
i ',has no Mat validity than if made with a Cantons
else chief, pretending to net for Mexico.
dimit 1
Mn Polleameasege concerning his
right and au- i
I yto kivy contributions in =AMY epos, the i
Meldmuts, occupied the remainder of thet *'D , y
think Mr. Polk had belle: be lea e'en° open this "!
matter. The right to levy and collectonturibotions .
was an icoMental to the right and dtlly of the Ex.
endive to prosecute the wax. lie kas sins enough . I
of a grievous cast to answer, without holding him,
to task kw worrying the Mexicans.
Mr. Calhoun Is writing a very strong addrer a 0 i
be presented ka the adjourned meeting of disunion. ?
brats the evening of next Monday weal:. He
is the. Mad of the committee of five to w nom has
!been committed the task of prepari ng hu,,,,,,,„„, for
;that meeting. The question 6—wra these men 1
I cover themselves with infamy or contempt) Will t
it be possible to make the men of the next genera. 1
tion believe that there were Senators and Repre- t
sontatives holding secret night meetings in the Sea i
nate Chamber, to devise ways and means of dila f
solving the Union — perhaps of hitching civil war,
becatise---- of wbact..--Throarics Convey.. is ;
about to refuse to allow free territory to become i
slave territory, Breams. Congress is asset to ! I
abolish, alekvery and the slave trade On the small
diaWct in which stands the seat of•goversonent,
with the consent of the inhabitants! These are the '
olletudde grievances of these comrpinllon. They j
do not pretend that they have any others. Not all. ;
the tortuous sophistry—dot all the finical ingenu..-
by of the American Cataline, can produce any
more plausible reasons for 1. 4 ,, emidnit. Let hun
go on, and anise, and ante, and barraturne--', lO
cannot change the :war between him and tr .o or , i
tiPie ' li the S eth i % now sustains', this ro ,
machinations ui
, ki in i ... Abut the Union, she h 1". better fol.!
low him at craw, and separate from ',ler only safe. t 1
guard end. protection, the fir Stet ea of t h e N ort h
She ce`..i only learn the truth in r.oe ac h nn i_ that .4
desp, ra r e , extorroiro t ting war' with a different raee.i
G'A grant that she may ne'rier follow the lead of
shin fallen angel' Jurors.
Por du Gar.rue.
HONOR 7,•0 THE DEAD.
On Friday night to.os city of Pittsburgh was savek
from frightful coon agmuon only by the heroic eini
Gorts of as firemen. But in the midst of flames onel
of their number--WlLLust 111 Ars--pertsh e d. H&j
leavez a widow and two orphan children to mournl
his loss. •
Honor to their memory, and pensions to their
families are the rewords of those who are slain inf
bathe. How much matelot!), due to those who(
die saving a my! Talk of•thg siohlier'a perils ond.
danger'—Whal am they to the winter tempest,
fierce dames, deadly hazard, and horrid death en
to gavel
manned by the daring fireman In h. WY e ffort
•
Shall the corps of 'William Hays go mfidlowee.
to the grave? Or will the city nutharthes—the
urea of stealth, capital, and haziness—by clooog
forme.how, between 12 and 1 o'clock thLs day—
show Loth sense of deliverance hod their sym pathy
for the moornersin this great cannily! More than
that, Will not every citizen who thanks God for the,
safety of his own home, reek to show it by some'
$
uing and lasting taken to the memory of hint why
witted? • • CITIZEN.
Tat cuoizi.,—Mcws al-TazAzimn• —The best
and 12710111 reliable ewe Grads disease, as, Mated by
Dr. Wurnno in his report to the New York Bo an ii •
of Health, is calomel, administered in osodom e i
doses, with morphine at short intervals, He e ,i
rtes have commenced in every case from the marl
meat the slightest barons evacuation Was produartti
He also states, as a remarkable Tact, that worms,
have been discharged, either by vomiting or the :
bowels, In a large mayority of cues. One-third or,
the whole number of patient at the Quarantine •
Hoapiud have been children under fourteen years'
of ago.—Nfourrud of Commend.
(Or Do&% have a Foal Breath,'" you have, use
nolo atilluta bottle of Joao.' Ambex Tooth Paste. That
will make your brawl swot!. nhite4 you, Lae* fcos.-
Bold at all Übe:v. ail 7tllll.lkwlJ.-
MIZI