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furnish information, , detail, in regard to the pub
lic works. Notwithstanding the interruptions of
bwmess experienced during the y,ar, the gratifying
result is presented, of a large iuSease of tolls over
LV r 8 yCaf 1 he inas d increasing
value of these great works, render them an object
trothy of peculiar care and predion; and must,
former negative the idea of thesfate surrendering
Ihe Pennsylvania railroad cor
nenced the construction of their rok between this
vi n.Q ine cy 01 i'rttaburff, unMer very favo
ra
We auspices The Eastern diri, jB noV under
contract as far ae Lewistown, and it is expected the
....8 puruon oi n, as tar ssHollidaysburg,
... tj. uuuci wuiuraci uunng the ensuing
x up completion oi ims greet public work
..v,UOJ,UUIBl , augnjjuj tne iraije an,i
raroi upon the Philadelphia and Columbia road
1 his prospective increase of busing Urgea the ne-
vewHj oi corwuermg the best n,g 0f avoiding
uo iiicunea piane, at tne SchuyiKill,'!
as me rmiadelphia and Columbia railroad, is
me important Unit which connects thl main line of
our public improvements, as well u ifcn IVnrih ami
West branch canals, with the commercial metropo
lis oi tne state, anu upon the controlfand manage
ment of which the value of our caaaja mainly de
pend, every thing which relates to it, i of the high
est concern to the interest of the Commonwealth.
In adopting measures to change iti route, so as to
roach the city without passing tbeinalined plane,
the greatest circumspection and care should be ob
served, to secure the best location practicable, and
to protect the State against exorbitant claims for
damages. No change of location shorjld be sanc
tioned, until the whole question is tiraTulIr exam
ined, by one or more of the most competent engi
neers, who are entirely free from all interest in the
decision. Under no circumstances, should anv
plan or arrangement be entertained, byxvhich the
btate would, for a single moment, be deprived of
the ownership and entire control of the load.
The reports of the Auditor General&nd State
Treasurer, present, in detail, the finanaalonerations
of the year ; and I take pleasure in saying, that
me industry, uoiiuy, anu iiuenty, wim wbich these
departments have been administered, areleserving
oi the highest commendation.
ine commonwealth has heretofore Sustained
many losses, by the delay of the settlement of tic-
counts, and the omission to enforce the payment of
the balances tound due, when settled, Within the
last few years, many old accounts have been finally
settled, and suits brought and prosecuted ?to judg-
t .7 r L.t r i. . i-
iueuv aim execution, ior uaianci'ti ui long atanutng,
embracing the terms of several administrations.
This has, in many instances, produced caws of ex
treme hardship upon bail, some of whom have been
compelled to pay the balances found due, with the
accumulated interest, after the msolvencyjbf their
principals and co-sureties.
I am gratified in being able to say, that the
business imposed upon the accounting officers, by
a special act of assembly, in collecting these old
debts, has not only been faithfully performed, but
that the current business has been promptlyfattend-
J . 1 I . rr tl L- 1 rt
vu iu, miu Kepi up. j. u enauie mo aujiioe itene
ral, however, to continue to do full justicelto the
interests of the State, and all concerted, tin the
prompt settlement of accounts, liberal provision
mould be made to pay additional clerk hire.t
While on this subject, I would respectfallv in
vfte attention to the organization of the oineesjof the
AnditorGeneral and State Treasurer, to ascertain
whether the regulations and checks existing, are suf
ficient, in all respects, to secure a proper accourltabili
ty, and protect the interests of the Commonwealth.
It is true, that the public has for many yeark sus
tained no losses by the Trca?ury, but, I apprehend
that the faitbfulnes of the agent?, having charge of
these departments, and not the checks provided by
the law, has produced this result. This ;i a propi
Uous period for instituting an examination 6f the
subject, particularly m the present worthy! offi
cer, hold so large a share of the public confiaence,
Sinoe the establishment of the present sjsteai, the
finances ef the stale have increased from aftmbun
died thousands, to nearly four millions of dolls, an
n&ally. The regulations and checks whiehtwere
then considered sufficient, may now be inadequate
to protect the interests of the Commonwealth, iu
its enlarged and increasing financial opentiois.
The Auditor General's office, to be an efficient
check upon the Treasury, should be so organized,
that the Auditor General might know, at all times,
the condition of the Treasury, from the books of
his own office, without being dependent on Kiose
of the Treasury. If errors or omissions exist in
the Treasury, the Auditor General's books t&uld
detect and correct them. This is not the ml un
der the present organization and mode of wing
business, in the two offices.
It also occurs to me, that greater security aginst
the misapplication of the moneys in the Treasury,
and on deposite in the banks, to the credit oE the
Treasurer, should be provided, by the institution of
some check upon his drafts and payments. (The
moneys of the Commonwealth, on deposite tag the
credit of the Treasurer, varying in amount, for some
months in the year, from four hundred thousand, to
near a million of dollars, are subject to his draft,
alone, while he is only repuired to give security in
the sum of eighty thousand dollars. Thus a Very
great and dangerous power is confided to onerHan.
I, therefore, suggest the propriety of requiring
the Auditor General to countersign all drafolfor
the payment of money drawn by the Treasurer' on
the depositories, or for transferring moneys-frbm
one depository to another.
The report of the Adjutant General, exhibittthe
number of the militia of the Commonweals as
well as tho arms and military stores.
This detail shows the elements of the mif&ry
power of the Commonwealth the strength S-f a
Republican Government. The experience offthe
last few years, has added proofs to the value cfjthis
institution, end presents the subject, as one of Keat
importance, to the care and supervision of thtjte
gishtture. The Report of the Superintendent of Oontuon
Schools, exhibits a full view of the progrese'and
steady advancement, of our admirable system of
Common School instruction, which is diffusing its
blessings to the rising generation, and Btreng&ns
all our free institutions. The man who loveffhis
race, cannot find a more delightful subject of con
templation, than this universal provision fotjthe
education of all the children of the Commonweutb;
and thus arming them, with knowledge and pcf er,
and fitting them for maintaining the rank anddig
nity of freemen. The perfection of the systeri, is
one of the noblest objects of legislation, ani will
aeeure the oarly and continued atteation if the
6euer&l Assembly.
You aro respectfully referred to the report of the
Surveyor General, for information in relation to the
operations of the Land Office, during tho psstj'ear,
by which it will be seen, the receipts into the Trea
sury, from that souroe, have been increased.
The final Geological report, now finished and
ready for the press, has been deposited by Henry
D. Rogers, Esq. the State Geologist, with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. This report is
represented to contain a general and scientific view
of all tho Rockv strata, and their contents their
order of arrangement, and the region of country
thoy occupy, and representing, in detail, tho situa
tion of every layer of Coal, every important vein
and bed of iron oro, and every other mineral dopo
site, of utility, within the state. Tho slato has ex
pended a large sum, in collecting tho materials,
and information, contained in this elaborate anu
extensive report, which will bo in a great degree
lost, unless it is published. I therefore, reccom
mend tho subject of publication to the early utten
tion of tho Legislature.
The rights of property of married women, pre
sent, in my opiniou, a proper subject of legislative
consideration. By our laws, the husband upon
marriage, possesses the power of becoming the ub
solute owner of tho personal estate of his wife, by
reducing it into possession, and when he thus ac
quires this ownership, he may dispose of it by wil
at his death, to whom ho pleases. She has th
privilege, by law, of renouncing tho estato or pro
perty devised or bequathed to her by will; and upon
such renunciation, sho is entitled to dower of her
husbands' real estate, of which he died seized. I he
wife has no control of her own personal estate, or
of that of her husband uurinn the marnapre, un
less it bo an extorted allowance for neccssarios
and at her death, she has no power to disposo of
even that which was her own. bv will : but tho
whole belongs to the husband. The husband may
encumber his estate, by contracting debts without
tho consent of his wife ; and upon his dying intes
tate, she is only entitled to tho one-third of tho per
sonal estato, and a life estato in one-third of the
real estate, after the payment of all the debts; and
if the estate is not sufficient to the payment of the
debts, she looses all. But tho wife cannot encum
ber the real estate she holds in her own right, and
upon ber death, tho wholo vests in tho husband
during his natural life.
The policy, as well as trie justice of tnis distinc
tion, made by the law in favor of the husband, and
against tho wife, mav well be questioned. Tho
liberal and enlightened spirit of the age, has devel
oped and secured tho rights of man, and has re
deemed woman and elevated her, from the degrading
position sho occupied, and placed her, where she
always should have been, at the sido of her hus
band, his equal in rank and dignity. Then why
should her rights of property stHI be, to a great
extent, controlled by the contracted and illibera
enactments of an age when her husband was ber
lord, and he might chastise her, by law, as if she
were a servant 1 Our law very carefully provides,
that the huband shall not, without the formal con
sent of his wife, convey his real estato by deed, so
as to bar her right of dower, and if this consent is
not given, her right is protected, after bia death,
against the claims of his creditors. Now, if this
be a sound principle, and worthy of the solemn
sanctions it has received from the Legislature and
the Judiciary, why should it not be extended, so as
to preserve to the widow her dower, in all cases
where the husband has not only by deed, but by
other means, sanctioned by the law, disposed of his
real estate, without the formal consent of his wife 1
If the husband contracts debts, his real estate is as
effectually transferred by the law, for the use of his
creditors, as if he bad conveyed it by deed, with
the consent of his wife : thus the law, at present,
enables the husband, by one mode of transfer, to
bar his wife's dower, without her consent, while it
protects her right with the greatest pertinacity, if
he adopts another mode of transfer. If the widow s
right of dower is good in one case, as is universally
admitted, it is equally as good in the other, and the
power of the husband to take it away, by changing
the mode of transferring the estate, is destructive
of a sound and well established principle, and
should be repealed. This conclusion appears to
ma to be irresistible ; and I, therefore, recommend
the passage of a law, securing to married women
their right of dower, in all cases where the estates
of their husbands are transferred, after the passage
of the act, without their formal consent
In the annual message, to the Legislature, at the
ast session, and in seveial messages containing ob
jections to bills for dissolving marriage contracts,
I have expressed my opinions upon the subject of
granting legislative divorces. I hese opinions have
been strengthened by further reflection, and I shall
adhere to them.
The great purposes for which the law-making
power was established in the Commonwealth, have
been accomplished. General laws have been enact
ed, and have received the approbation of tho peo
ple, for securing the enjoyment of the life, the lib
erty, and reputation of the citizens, and for protect
ing them in the acquisition, possession, and trans
mission, of property, and in the pursuit of their
own happiness. The foundations of good govern
mentgbeing thus laid, the time of the General As
sembly, at its annual sessions, is more occupied in
providing for the contingencies that arise in the
progress of our affairs, than in changing the or
ganic laws, as is attested by reference to the annual
enactments of the Legislature. For some years
past, but few general, while a large number of local
aws, have been enacted. The tendency seems to
be to substitute special, for general legislation ; a
practice which may well be regarded as of doubtful
utility and it presents a qaestion, which, in my
opinion, deserves grave consideration. General
aws, affecting the whole community, receive, in
their discussion, the deliberate consideration of all
the Representatives of the people. That whiflh in
terests all, arrests the attention, and secures the care
and close investigation of all. Hence, ceneral
aws have impressed upon them, the wisdom, the
experience, and the judgment, of every member of
the Legislature. Having received this deliberate
sanction, they usually meet with the approbation
of the people, arid become permanent rules of ac
tion. This reasonable practice, limits and simpli
fies the questions submitted for legislative discus
sion, is calculated to shorten the sessions, reduce
the expenses of government, and give dignity and
importance to the proceedings of the General As-
eembly.
On the other hand, local legislation excites no
interest. A few members, only, who represent the
county, township or borough, in which the change
of the law is proposed, are concerned in arranging
the provisions, and being too often passed upon their
request, those special acts are sent forth, with all
the imperfMliona, which the wisdom and deliberate
care of the whoio body, if they had been genera
laws, would have corrected. The direct tendency
of this practice, is to multiply the demand for io
cal laws a demand which has increased from year
to year, to an alarming extent, which no indus
try of the General Assembly will be able within
the limits of an ordinary session tn satisfy, if tho
practice- is continued. Is it not impracticable, in a
great State like Pennsylvania to provide special acts
to meet all the different and changing views of the
citizens, of every borough, township and county
and if this were practicable, would not tho policy
of establishing an infinite variety of different rules,
for the same people, be exceedingly questionable,
and introduce great confusion and uncertainty :
Would it notdefeat one great and beneficial object of
sound legislation, which is permanency of the laws?
Is there not true wisdom, and sound policy, in pre
serving and sttengthening the unity of the Com
monweallh, and in maintaining uniform interests,
customs and habits 1 It is true, thero are shades
of difference in the condition and local circumstan
ccs of the citizens, of separate districts of the State
but, in an advancing and improving country-, where
intercourse is so direct, and the social relations of
life aro so generally diffused, theso will gradually
and certainly disappear under the influence of gen
eral laws. We are one peoplo without referenco
to our ancestry, or the place of our birth. We are
all Ponnsylvanians we have the same constitution
of government the same common rights then
why should wo not have the same common laws?
In conclusion, permit me to assure you, gentle'
men, that I shall most heartily co-operate with you
in all your efforts to advance our beloved Com
monwealth, and to promote the wolfare of the
people.
FRS. R. SHUNK.
Executive Cbxmdbb,
Harrisburg, January 5, 1848
Abstract of the receipts and payments at tho
State lreasury, for the fiscal year 1847, with an
estimate of the same for the year 1848.
Keoeipts.
Lands,
Auction commissions,
Auction duties,
Tax on bank dividends,
Tax on corpo'tion stocks,
Tax on real and personal
estate,
Tavern licenses,
Retailers' licenses,
Pedlers' licenses,
Brokers' licenses,
Theatre and circus' 11
censes,
Pamphlet laws,
Miliha fines,
Tax on writu, &"..,
Tax on certain officers,
Collateral inheritance tax
Canal and railroad tolls,
Oanal fines, arc,
Tax on enrolment of
laws,
Tax on loans,
Loans,
Dividends on turnpike
and bridcre stocks.
Nicholson lands,
Accrued interest,
Refunded cash,
Estbeata,
Fees of the public offices,
Miscellaneous, .
Receipts,
1847.
Balances in the Treasury
Uec l, JH40o; 1847,
$15,293 04
21,700 00
53,831 08
12S.307 13
121,355 56
1,350,781 19
34,963 13
143,684 70
2,291 04
5.59S 31
930 00
398 29
11,090 37
47,184 67
13,611 56
42.743 55
1,587,995 61
5,018 '07
3,420 00
118,977 90
220,089 SO
3,076 79
1,761 35
2,043 50
2,242 59
1,257 41
6,379 16
Estimate,
1848.
$3,977,025 89
384,678 70
16,000 00
21,000 00
65,000 00
125,000 00
120,000 00
1,400,000 00
40,000 00
150,000 00
2,500 00
6,000 00
1,000 00
400 00
15,000 00
50,000 00
18,000 00
50,000 00
1,700,000 00
D,0UU 00
3,000 00
120,000 00
1,000 00
2,500 00
3,000 00
1,500 00
O.OUO 00
$3,921,900 00
680,890 85
54,381,704 59!?4,r302,790 85
AnsTiueT of the receipts and payments at the
State 1 reasury, for the fiscal year 1847, with an
estimate of the same for the year 1848.
Payments.
Publi improvements,
Expensesof government
Militia expenses,
Pensions and gratuities,
Charitable institutions,
Common sshools,
Loans,
Interest on loam,
Guaranty of interest.
Domestic creditors int'st,
cancelled relief notes,
amazes on the public
works,
Reveue Commissioners,
Public buildings and
grounds,
Eastern reservoir of ths
Penn'a canal,
Out-let lock at "Wells'
falls,
Penitentiary,
Slate Library,
House ot Kelugt,
Conveying fugitives,
Escheats,
Nicholson lands,
Abatement of state tax,
Philadelphia riots,
Miscellaneous,
Balance in the Treasury
Dec. I, 1847 OS 1848,
Payments, Estimate,
1847. 1848-
$690,575 95 $779,590 00
200,113 37 210,000 00
25,837 72 20,000 00
24,850 11 25,000 00
29,000 00 20,000 00
196,804 04 200,000 00
209,064 46
2,002,2-10 41 2,000,000 00
30,800 00 30,800 00
5,133 51 5,800 00
150,000 00 200,000 00
12,467 21 10,000 00
98 20 2,300 00
1,802 37 1,200 00
16,515 57 1,300 00
16,550 99 3,400 00
14,915 00 15,000 00
1,924 80 1,000 00
4,000 00 4,000 00
679 57
35 00 1,000 00
1,751 54
40,369 57 40,000 00
61 00
5,223 35 6,000 00
53,680,813 74 $3,576,390 00
6S0.890 85 1,026,400 85
94,361,704 59 $4,602,790 85
HARRISBURG TEA AGENCY
For the sale of the Superior Teas of
JENKINS & COMPANY,
Tea Dealers, Philadelphia.
THE Subscriber has.taken the Agency for the sale
of those excellent Teas has received and will
be kept supplied with a full assortment of Gioens and
Blacks of tne various kinds and qualities ; and which
u is connaenuy neuevea win, on iriai, speeauy taKe
the preference in this community over all other Teas.
They ate in neat packages of i, i, and 1 lb. each, la
belled with their name, the kind of Tea and price, with
nt ii i t ' .
a meiaum no won paper envelope lor perservauon
of the quality, having full weight of Tea in each.
One of the Partners of the concern (who selects the
Teas) learned this diffieult business of the Chinene
themselves, having resided among them many years,
at Canton, engaged in the Tea trade. Possessing this
extraordinary advantage, the ability of the House is
unquestionable, and may be relied upon for furnishinir.
not only safe, but alsoj the most delicious Teas and at
the lowest possible prices.
At this period, when the public taite is undergoing
a change from the Gremio Black Teas, it may be in
teresting to know that ths Chinese univeraallv rlrink
Black Teas, considering the Qrcent fit only for for
aipws. , t HENRY FELIX.
OonlMfcoaer, No. 10 West Market square.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE-
Session 1848.
STATE SENATE.
I. Philadelphia city Benj. Matthias W. A.
Crabb.
II. Philadelphia county Thomas S. Forsythe,
gain, H. L. Benner, Wni. F. Small.
III. Montgomery George Richards.
IV. Chester and Delaware Wm. Williamson.
V. Berks John Potteigor.
VI. Bucks Jonah Rich.
VII. Lancaster and Lebanon John P.Sa)ider
son, A. Herr Smith.
VIII. Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe and Pike
W. Overfield.
IX. Northampton and Lehigh Jacob D. Boas.
X. Susquehanna, Wayno and Wyoming Frs.
B. Streoter.
XI. Bradford and Tioga Gurdon F. Mason.
XII. Locoming, Clinton and Centre William
Harris.
XIII. Luzernoand Columbia Valentino Best,
XIV. Northumberland and Dauphin Benja
min Jordan.
XV. Union, Mifflin and Juniata Ner Middle
swarth. XVI. Cumberland and Perry Robert C. Ster
rett. XVII. York Philip Smyser.
XVIII. Adams and Franklin W. R. Saddler.1
XIX. Bedford, Blair and Huntingdon Alexan
der King.
XX. Armstrong. Cambria, Clearfield and Indi
ana William F. Johnston.
XXI. Westmoreland and Somerset Sam'l Hill.
XXII. Fayette and Greene Charles Black.
XXIII. Washington E. G. Creacraft.
XXIV. Allegheny and Butler George Darsie,
John Levis.
XXV. Morcer and Beaver David Sankey.
XXVI. Crawford and Venango James Porter
Brawley.
XXVII. Erie Jesse B. Johnson.
XXVIII. Warren, Jefferson, Clarion, Potter and
M'Kean James L. Gillis.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Adams William M 'Sherry.
Allegheny Lewis C.J.Noble, Christian Snive
ly, Marshall Swarlzwelder, Henry Large.
Armstrong Lewis Brenneman.
Beaver John Allison, John Sharp, Jr.
Bedford James J. Kirk, Josiah Miller.
Berks John C. Myers, John Long, Samuel
Fegely, Henry G. Stetler.
Bradford Francis Smith, Arunah Wattles.
Bucks J. W. Long, P. D. Bloom, Edward
Nicholson.
Butler Jacob Ziegler.
Cambria John Kean.
Centre and Clearfield John B. Meek, George
Walters.
Chester Henry S. Evans, Thomas K. Bull,
George Ladley.
Columbia Stewart Pearce.
Crawford S. G. Krick, J. K. Kerr.
Cumberland Jacob Lefever, Abraham Lamler-ton.
Dauphin James Fox,,Thcodore Grats.
Delaware Sketchley Morton.
Erie G. J. Ball, Wm. Sanborn.
Fayette William Y.Roberts. William Redrick
Franklin William Baker, Samuel Seibert.
Greene John B. Gordon.
Huntingdon and Blair David Blair, H.Brei
denlhall.
Indiana Wm. C. M 'Knight.
Jefferson, Clarion and Venango John Keatly,
Jr. William Perry.
Juniata and Union Samuel Wetrtch, John
M'Minn.
Lancaster Abraham Shelly, J. B. Stubbs,
Thomas B.Jacobs, Joseph C. Dickinson, David G
Eshelman.
Lebanon Adam Grittingcr.
Lehigh and Carbon Peter Bowman, Samuel
Marx.
Luzerne Samuel W. Goff, Samuel Benedict.
Lycoming, Clinton, Potter and Sullivan Wm
F. Packer, Timothy Ives, Jr.
Mercer Robert Black, M. B. Jlremm.
Mifflin--Hugh M'Kee.
Montgomery Benjamin HilI,Benjarain T. Hal-
lowell, David Lvans.
Northampton and Monroe B. S. Schoonover,
Charles A. Luchenbach, Joseph Laubach.
Northumberland George A. rnck.
Perry John Souder.
Philadelphia county Thomas S. Fernon, Tho
Daly. Abraham Olwine, Thomas K. Finlelter,
William S. Hallowell, John Jv. Loughlm, Edward
Vansant, F. E. Dawns.
Philadelphia city Thomas C. Sleel, George H.
Hart, Solomon W. Roberts, John H. Diehl, R.
Rundle Smith.
Schuylkill George Boyer, Alexander W. Ley-
burn.
Somerset J. J. Stulzman.
Susquehanna and Wyoming Samuel Taggart,
Robert Little.
Tioga Nathaniel A. Elliott.
Warren, M'Kean and Elk Alonzo I. Wilcox.
Washington Thomas Watson, Jacob Cort.
Wayne and Pike Pope Bushnell.
Westmoreland John Fausold, Harrison P.
aird, John F. M'Culloch.
York Thomas Grove, David F. Williams, Geo.
F. Carl.
CHEAP WATCHES AND JEWELRY
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
At tho Philadelphia Watch and
Jewelry Store.
No. 96 North Second street, Corner of
Quary.
Gold Lever Watches, full jewelled,
1RrraSa. S38 00
Silver do. full jewel'd $18 I Gold Spectacles,
Silver do. 7 iewels, 16
Silver Lepiues, jewld, 11
Quartiers, good quality 7
mitatinn. O
7 00
V.ne, Silver do 1 50
Gold Bracelets, 3 00
T.,Kp ftold Pencils 1 75
Silver Tea Spoon,set 5 00
. 1 nn
I UU
Gold Pens, with Pencil and Silver Holder
Gfild Finger Rings 37i cents to $80.
Watch Glases best quality plain V-ii cents, liuem
18 i ; Lunet 25 other ai tides in proportion.
All goods warranted to be what tliey are soiu ior.
On hand some Gold and Silver Levers andLepines,
still lower than the above prices.
U. UUINUAJU,
Jeweller and Manufacturer of Silver Ware,
Watch Maker and Importer of Watches.
Comtantlv on hand, alarce assortment of all attteles
usually kept in similar eWblifk, of good quality
and lasnionable styles.
Nov. 24, 187-ly
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF
JAYWE'S JFAMILY JtlEDICISES,
J. W. Goodson, Bcllevue, Ohiosays Your medi
cines sold have given very general 'satisfaction, and
the demand is increasing. The Carminative Balsam
is selling well.
D. Beaver, Winchester, Preble Co., Ohio J says
Your Expectorant is getting very popular, and' in Tact
taking the place of all other medicines of the kind.
Your Vermifnge is deservedly popular,. as-also your
Carminative Balsam and Pills, and retpjftVno certifi
cate to recommend them.
D. A. Barrows, Galena, III., June, ISIS", says I
am out of your Vermifuge, and wish you would wend
mo some as soon as possible, rs I have calls for it
every day, also send more Sanative Pills. I am also
nearly out of Expectorant and Hair Tonic. I have
sold considerably by the dozen,
Jesse M. Allen, Columbiana, Ohio, April 1, lS,
saya You will peroeive that I have sold all your Ver
mifuge, and I may tell you that I have been out for a
longtime ; with a great many calls for it. Your Ver
mifuge particularly stands deservedly high as a Worm
medioine,and has uniformly been attended with good
effect. Please forward as soon as possible.
Williams & Haywood, Raleigh, N. C, June, 1845,
say Send us a fresh supply of your ' medicines.
Your Carminative Balsam is highly spoken of by all
who havo used it.
C. O. Wilson & Co., Portland, Me., Aug. 20, 1845,
say Ve wish you to end us some more of your
Carminative Balsam. Your medicines sell rapidly
this summer. The Balsam and Vermifuge give good
satisfaction.
A. N. Williams, Parkersburg, Va., says Your
Carminative Balsam, I tried in the case of an infant
of my own, afflicted with DiarrkBa and Hepatio de
rangement, with marked succeks.
Prepared only by Dr. D. Tayne, Philadelphia, and
sold on agency by C. B HENRY, corner ot Market
and Third Streets, and MARTIN LUTZ, Market
Street, Harrisburg, where may be had all ather valua
ble preparations of Dr. Jayne.
December 29 Qi
PROCXAOTATIOU.
WHEREAS, the Honoiable Nathaniel B. Eldred,
President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas,
in the 12th Judicial District, consisting of the counties
of Lebanon and Dauphin, and the Hon. John CBucher
and Hon. William Dock, Associate Judges in Dau
phin county, having issued their precept, bearing date
the 1st day of December, 1847, to me directed, for
holding a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General
Jail Delivery, and Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at
Harrisburg, for the county of Dauphifl, and to com
mence on the 3d Monday of January next, being the
17th day of January, 1818, and to continue two weeks.
NOTICE IS THEREFORE hereby given, to the
Coroner, and Justices of the Peace, and Constables, of
the said county of Dauphin, that they be then and
there in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock, in the
forenoon of said day, with their records, inquisitions,
examinations, and their own remembrances, to do those
things which to their offices appertain to be done ; and
those who are bound in recognizances' to' prosecute
against the Prisoners that are or shall be in the Jail of
Dauphin county, be then and there to prosecute against
them as shall be just.
Given under my hand at Harrisburg, the 21st day of
December, in the year of our Lord 1847, and in' the
seventy-first year of the Independence of the United
States.
JAMES MARTIN, Sharif.
Sheriff's Office, Harrisburg, ) r,m oq o,
December 21, 1847. j Ueo. JV-Jt
LARGE MERCHANT MILL
AT PRIVATE SALE.
THE subscribers ofFer at private, sale, a large three
story MERCHANT MILL, with four run of
stone and Corn Drier aitached, on an improved plan.
This valuable mill property, together with the
i r-r-r -r J-i ,, -T . --T-
imlCh. JJWiLdjUNU, new small uaimjol
BARN and eleven acies and three perches of
land, now offered for sale, is situated in Hamp
den township, Cumberland county, on the Conodoquin
net creek, about five miles from Harrisburg and two
miles north of the turnpike leading to Carlisle. The
property was formerly known as Alexander & Penrose's
mill, and has since been thoroughly renewed from the
waterhouse to the garret. It has a never failing water
power, and its situation being in a rich grain growing
country, offers peculiar advantages to capitalists.
For further particulars apply to John JohnsoD, fa
Harrisburg, or to the subseribers, the first residing on
the premises.
JOHN S. S YAYHTjY, Jr.
GEO. SNAVEMT.
Dec. 22 3t
ART UNION, OF PHIAXDELPHIA.
For the Promotion of Fine Arts in the U. States.
Incorporated iu IS14.
Ofmokbs voe 1847-8.
Jas. M'Murtris, Pres. Wm. Tohcstkb, Treat.
Jos. Sill, Vice tres. J. a. w allack, w-or. ate.
Thos. T. Adams, neeoramg oecreiaty.
Committee of Manaqembst.
Rev. Henry J. Morton, D. D., Rev. Wax. H.
Fur.ness, D. D., Chas. Toppan, Jno. Towne, Hon.
w n TTut tpv. Jnim Sartain.H. B. Wallace.
Chas. Macalester, John Notman, Geo. R. Gra
ham, Geo. M. hjiiM, J. scholetield, ana henry
Baird. ... , ,
ti u;t f ih'm Tnt!hitinn is to advance the causa
of the Fine Arts in the United States, to cultivate and
improve public taste, and to auoru aumtionai patron
age to our American Artists by the purchase of their
works.
Kvprv Subscriber of Five Dollars per annum, be
comes a member of the Institution. The funds thus
received, after deducting necessary expenses, are ap
nmnrintoil first inwards the oroduction of a larae and
costly original engraving, for distribution among the
...hi!..!., (nr flifTprpnt sums, and distributed bv lot.
CClllllicki' 1 " ' " 1 4 w
amongst the Members, (at the anr.ua! Meeting on the
First Monday in May of each year,) for the purchase
of Paintings,. Drawings, &c., by National Artists, from
any accredited Exhibition in the Union.
Thus for the small sum of Five Dollars, each Mm
i... !. eiTtiilntn nf reeeivini? an ensrravin!? of a
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good picture, in the highest style of the art, worth in
itself the amount of his subscription, and the chance,
besides of drawing a certificate for a considerable
sum, to be expended in the purchase of a, Work of
Art.
The Egraving for this year will be from Leutse's
fine painting of " John Kho&Relukivg Mary Quetn
of Scots," sizej 20 inches in height and of proportion
ate width.
Tho Tn.tiiMiinn is manaeed bv gentlemen who have
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no privileges beyond other members, and no compen
sation except tne saiisiaciion oi serving me cause ui
Art, they therefore with confidence appeal to the grow-
Jllg lanvn im jifc... .w..w . . -i -
lend their aid, (it is but lending,) to a eauso which
Unites SO mucn pilOHC goou wun pnvoic giauuuauvn,
at so little individual expense.
E. A. .Lesley is Honorary cecreiary ior ims piace
Dec. 22 5t
AGENCY
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