MESSAGE FOom the Governor-. teem Genera I•dieembil P-:msylvartin; read is Senate, fiee: '27 -----•, 2 1 *-the-Semtte-ancl-41-)tesa-o:f-4?-epr . esintit fivei of the Co7l3ll2ol l ).oeattli Of Pennsyl vania.' • . , (CO NUL USION..) In 'c. . . . .. 'with onnexion her irnprovernents, Nvhich ttirrri.the chief demand ~011 the Tr¢a sury.446- Cointnonivealth., the situation tor her fitiances is to be. taken ihiti view. .The The.. of hst'sessino. - Were Made with kreat,proftiSion, They exceed= ed by nearly ornYC,Joillion of Aiglarb - ,::the .amount which n piudent''fol'esilght seemed • 'to me tO.Anstify: - At:the -, coniunenceMent of,the 'sesSion a fell-expose of -the in eons of the State, and the most pressing claims ' - Opon- the Treasury, was . During -- the:course-or the session an extherence.lo Moderation in expenditure . I. , ris attempted to be enforced-by everymel.ts, -within the, power of the,'Executive, ou. every proper . occasion, sueces : s. ,And the unpleasant:alternative.. 1 , 11:8 presented, as: 4tadbeen foreseen,' anima tioningapprepria !tins, of which, in die. existing condition, • I 'ac y the lie could_ not _tip._ prove; or of Wholly Obst, acting the use of the completed - works, h:_y-:( l lefeating a bill ecintaining, the iritlie-pens able provision for r _.;repairs—LUnderthese_._eirF.nmatancem,. that. 'bill was 'sanctioned,- but rid ae:t nf- my.. pub— .. lie life: was elier,perforr.o : 3 with greater,re - - • The Oily- chea , lif t• cies to cleeline sub . serihing.to the ,itock'-of the .companies, that were, pittibipant- . of4lie . favotirrof - the . : law,. till it ~elrouirk. k e useertainea. that money meld. be:had On4dan at the rate of interest not olily to be raw:lona-. but-which} the course of legislation-;for twozyears, had: established as that to be given forfuture 1o: ms. This deitision of the •Executive produced 'a very trifil lug -excitement;onflie part ofsome of the corn; Tallies which fiowever; soon of itself : suh ..sided. The . -money vras subsequently -siained•itfotir:per ceat,:and.applied - to • the vpilifios6 dsigriated by the legislatur6.---, questi%)n (G600,000) 5 - was :tacen by -the following institutions' - in 'the following proportions,.and has all been-paid iinto:the treasury,yizl - - . 7 The ' :Oirita - Bank, . (310.0,00 i) Phil4lelp" liia Loan !Jompany, 100;00.0 'Westßranch.Bank at Williamsport,. 5.0,00 . • • ',Farmers and Meehatife's Bank, .50,000 • BanlC-of. the Northern Lib"ertiet,. - .115, - 0001 •Mtitinfacturere, di MechaniesqPnk 25,000. Sctruylkill Bank, • . 40,000 ` . -(..Thrinberland B4rik,..' • . - 35;000 - iti'en'sington •• -_ _ -1.5.,-00.0. -• Bank of .PenitsyNattia, - 100,000 Bank • Bank oT Penn 'Pownship, •-• .• 10,000 Veste'rn - ThanTi - of Philadelphia, 7,000 . ._ • " • .. 17,500. $600,000 . . . ', l / 4 . n:.iiii 4 ) the state - iffify deln - y repaying ----:,:-,_ till thd - expiratitin -- nf one , yeaf ~:. 1., _;. , ,,.. , sm.. when they were in a de;Vie ..lia . .l,:itt perinihi between the ;Bth !Ind the 15th of 'October, 1838,iyit — itt Wirt" I" . iti, Pie :Atm:Jed with 'as little delay as possible:" In the enritispondenc4e with the banks on • T he subject, they were .given - to ,expeet- that •,r;:p lynient. w'ophl t:;ke place before the first of Febuley 1839. The temporai-y loan. authorized by the --3 d-section-of the,same-law.,--ha ving—hectitim • • necessary for "the Contingent . object for was int thorized, - was also - obtained . bEtlie_canalicom : - misiiieriers to the proper. works. It :was' taken - by the - bank - of the United States;t--:. 'Phatiinstinition alsii agreed to - permit the temporary loan alluded to in the joint reso . don adopted on the 16th - of April, 1838, to• continue another year unpaid at 4 per, cent.. The rormer of these .1011 'fall glue on : - the 18th of OCtOber, and the latter on the .6th_ -of June, 1839. • . • "'By these loans, the only control ever _which allowed to the executive, was that - bilteeping down the ; rate of - interest, state treasury, - - in spite of calculations - and estimates to the contrary, has continued, and still does continue to discharge. all . claims against the commOnii'ealth• • The.whole amount _ of receipts. into the -treasury- ditring-the-year,-eriding-tvith-31-st , of OCtobet last including the balance from 1837; was $4,989,2;23 03, and ~the whole amount of payments for all •.purpOses was $4,889,863.73..5h0wing':a balance that day of $99,359, 30: • • - Among, the disbnrsements are included $157,622 89 paid; as expense in part of the Conventionio iprepose_a mend in e n constitution. During the .preeeding year, 's'7l - ,939 67 bad been paid, on satne account, and it is Supposed thata balance of $50,000 is still or, wilt• become:due • so - that • the - eXpense • of:the',.Convention and its incidentS-Will be -$279,302 50.- • The - , probalile amtiunt'Of incoine:Troin airsources , during the present -year -will be 83i4530388, via- • . ; • '• Canal and 'rail road olls ' $1',600,000 Bank- of United Staten Tor 'Common - • :schools'' ' • - ' • 100,000 — La - nd - ifrid. - 762 - 000 -Auetion duties 'and commissions, „ • ,pci,ooo "•Bividentls en bank 'Stock 160,000 , • .Tax-Ou-bank dividendii, -- ', 115,000 ' - ,Dividend,on..turnpike, bridge and 'lasi .4ation 45 ' .,000 ;- 80,goo Titiern licenses; ' • - • • 50,000 • Collateral ' Tax on, writs 25,009 Tax on -certain officers,_ . • 8,000 Tax 'Oh Tenn " companies , . . , -Hawkers', andtin and clock pedlars'': -i4leenpei; . • , 6,000. ;:Fourth instalment surplus revente, : 9ss,B3B . Balance ofloan per 13 d ' section of act • of44tb . April;: 1838, '• '125,000 Siebell4ngous, ' _ 5,000 45,t66's nas,on.:the--treasur _to be iiiinle",dur7 ra pp rcipr ,ans,w ich e] c ol uq 46 `!!„ iab "iong dAif_lo 11 - halkne ifi#P4lllt Ye 2 TI‘Y ferm i - r itporopri**,noty , th„ Ejultuke.9-9 ' imp,roxPLP ~:5!1,2 .14,kiiiri , ' FIE .' Do: `- roads, and bridges, For motive power, Interest•on•Sliitatilif, salaries of collec - tors,--1oelt; keepers,&C.-1,180,0110_09_ •Expenses'of government, 290,000,, _OO Balance of expense of Reform Conveii- • tion, , 50, 000:00' 'Militia expenses, ; ' 25;000x 00 PenSions and gratuities, .50,000 00 gilucatiOn, = • ' 350,000 00 House of RefUge, - ' • • . 5,000 00 •Penitetitiaries, . • ' 21,200 00 Ci4biogical Bttrvey-,l:‘ 10,000 00 Inibrest - es.treastity 'loans,' • 1 I 99,009 00 CiiAt of . repairing.luniata,canal, 380,000.00 Interest of temporary 10an5, . ..., '40,000`00 Miscellanecius, • • :40,000 00 This: will leave. a Balance. at largo,. ditr :-ing the.-yeak-.of only . $0.9,910 09, which , wouliLliaxe_Airitat_s2,koQ,ooo, - at least; if yourpredrieessors had-not been 'so liberal of th 6 fund's, and if the yielit of the public woikiliad not been reduced by the bieachim the Juniata: - But it is.too late to remedy past profusion M.-misfortune. The fun - infra - ne --- WIO. be prOvided for. . It will be your:first duty, in reference so . the ,Ptiblie works, to-provide the - necessary of epair fund for thepresent year. inertia - to appropriation: stint sufficient for that , purpose, is strongly recommended as:a-Means ensuring their continued use,' and conseqUently---the largest- return-from, them during the next session.. It will Ilefor the legislature - next to, do-. tide whether' the works now. progress. shall.receiVe appropriation's for She present y_ear i and if so, from 3Vilats, :source - the, means shall be de - rived; '..and-ajso toprovide .funds to pay the Thans that, wilt full -due, -1 once thought__ thatito combination *Of . • circumstancei_could cause .rue to hesitate in. advocating the;'spee'diest -means that--.-eOuld - Jac-devised for the - completion of - our noble system of improvement ; but 'the exper ience.of the (we past years has, I confess, iliaken . my Confidence in the attainment. of this desirable•end„within any reasonable periud. . I have fiehel&the treasury amply , itinlied with means, and .yet. ' the session terminate without any - provision - for_ the ;prosectition of the : orks,-because -the terms-I qietated- bf .companiqs:, and _sectional . jeal-_ 1 ousies could not be - complied .with. • _The •I Oext year the'executiveliarlieen. conipel lied for the salie of obtaining a. repair„ fund, I Tv filiTitieWhieleirAliiiiiiiic — rili'r - Failr - iii - I oper.ation worth! have 'beent.hroww idle, to :t - . - t - ditction a hill pouringehriost thelastdollar Lof the into . the _coffersof Private . the •., 1 eompanies and.intO - neiv . cliarincls,L -._- 1 11MS - liiis — iCeiiiiiiii pass; ilia t, no tw iiii-; . 1 standino• a succession of circumstances- the i , most lOrtuttate and of receipts them_ost am= l_Ph*and-imexpected, the' commonlkaltli is Ileft; without means to continuo • her - own works :Ind redeem her own faith. Hei i-- • ! contractors, )ter Citizens ;and the public gen erally, are, I\_rea — i; -- abont. to . possess-good •lcatiSeOf_dompllint-tbatshe him entered Up on undertakings 'Oat she cannot accom plish ;- Or, as die...only, alternative,the means to-seomplete-a tui--rem ler, -prod tieti ie- the-pro jects of private speculation, which.' have already proved so burthenaome to the trea . - iltury and• so insatiable. in their demands, 'must continue to be granted without regard to . consequences. . . . If Leonid believe that the lesson \ 'thus far • - Would be Su flicient. to _produCe -reformation ______ .. ___L jrCo ---- ul - de - iren compel, myself.to .recommend l_aniticreaseof:_theLitate - deht_Ltallie • a' - ~ lurgent wants which are now around UV ; I biii - rEdiiiloi. • 7he same ripiiiii - 1 - .yeE7if work__ 7 the- same tax will still have 'to be paid `by the'state for permission to apply even her borrowed fund to heriown works. ‘-Alli Can do, therefore, is, to commit the' 'matter to the legislature. with a statement of_the. sums-that----are--required,-- and—the source from which they may be obtained, if-resort to:it - bethought - advisable.. , The_Erie - extension, will not .exceed 6500;000. A similar sum will be required -9n---tho—North-Branch—Canali-----$300,000 will be' the least that will effectually com mence laying the rdils.ow the graded portio of the.: Gettysburg rail road, spud_ con itinue,the grading-of the'remajnder ; $200.- 000 Will be necessary on the West Branch - Cattail-8100;000-bn- the--Wiseonsiireanal .amiAlleghetiy F . tieder . 6 . a cll ; $300;000.for ordinary repairs, and $lOO,OOO for damn ges,' locornetivis, dic.,l together '.with 131;000;000 to pay temporary loans, mak-• ing in the $3,100,000. • . • . ' • * The only means left for Obtaining this large sum - ,''is tyat: of borrowing; and the, only source;. g out paying an unreasona: 'the States,- which; under - it- charter, 'may - be impelled to lend its money at 4 per. cent. If money be at all .appropriatesi . ,fer, the co n tinuati*,ef,ihe :work s deic. contract, less than.iliesnin - ljust designated for each will beo , 'Of:"-little avail, and double the amounts'. named : should be given if it could he affoiided;,and if it.is, obtained, .it mist be borrowed: I wish, however, to be dis ,tinetly ibiderstend, as not: iecomMending 7that.coursec-Bbt in-eornmunidating tO the legislature-.the-condition-of-dxFvarioiii—itiF Wrests 'dependent on their action,,it is my-. duty topinit none. . Connected with the financds of the Stale, anether subject ef,iMpeitance . 'should re ctike 'your•attentioN,so94,ooo , 00 of -tire . State: permanent loan will fall due in'lB3 o , , arid - $l5O - 050:001C1840.. hare no liesi i_tathlin : t e n ~recorttncuding that a sutlicieUt ariunint,nfinency to pay off these 5 per, eent;leallES" Ai hen they become dueille,hor. sowed froM the. hank of the ITriitetki;Statee . ; nt *, lll l 4 lseilveu4 will be ' l ,aj t ich wlll , aniennt ' to's3so , ooo for the oftheir alifiel\ will :berposepenek bp, pert_ relied OM -., .• , -. ..,„ . :,- -,, -" 'next - min:awl year. -,' ' -,- _ --,-- iiibtingiiithisarim course.ef squandering .. Until standards for the different i publiclesources,'Which , hasT , SUrroinidekour, -- ibinirweteprocured end'. furiiiiited; e it , W s 5 611 ' . i - 1ii,1825- the public 'works Yielded $684,- - .. a ~' 857' 77, , after a . most favorable ',season.= condition,' at the' present - MOMent, with .eo fiot,thought expedient 'to' appoint ,a reguta.: , ,D ur i n .,_• t hi, : i easot i Tu l a . ; Oloied r _they pro niuch difEecd . ty:.: , ~.;,., ,_,, ~, ~ - :',.';'-.- . • - tor to Pick •countY, as directed:6y the not '... - :duced $99V,253 42, under the' 'most dis: A joint resolution , swas adopted lry the of 18 34' Vnder the ' new . Constitution it , l, B a mn ii -r geousei'reameta t ices; and;with good Legialiturc;okthe lath or; last- April,, mak,. 'wit), be the AutY or the ,Legi, l 4iore to Pre_.:y. management and no - unusual accidents, will ing it.the duty of the*oretarY of.t h e' Cora" -,scribe the mode of appoin4g, ibose - 1 3 m7 . ifieinesent year pay4l,ooooo, - , . mortWcalth, - to.Obtaio , thronih, 3 lthe7akehei' errs . ' ~; -' ' --:,' ::. '•-,'',, : - :5ince:1835A2,500,006 haveheemexpen-. of the - aStieseartref:',coontritax, •to . ..'eolltlet '''' Tho , ntteoPOO of "the : 'enreentiie , -ores, n'dad iii completing works thin said to be fin 4 'general •:statiitical • irifermation , :rokiye .`",t6 'short time' agi!:•4llled by , ;_o6l:, , 'Pleastinion ; ,', , :•iitied; following dereetive parta, and keeping 'the agriculture,, 'aiOntrae..tarerti_e'. , , „t. '":1:,- ot , tficiati'ogitsontrOfrefineylvaninXeltinl'Abe - Nihowin - r _ repair: and ann , hendred:, and itiitT;tnining operationC'or the' ..r: ,f , 2, ,, ,,Th, e'' tier Aitillerr,:**:frOtthat.tkelf*Piter - t Il i Wipe . mal, nod twitltY N'eSeititiOti' befilikdeliqd-#4#FO -i ,tfe4o4 /sees& a number:44 Pkeees'Of 0 1 1tbReil'' 0 * * 1 ',l3i.en.:,eornmenced tet4thetielenoteiite 7 **A P Alol ,o l o l Plittin eti '.-. of ;vi i Ni ne af4 -calibres liiiilife'llatiiirroi--- . „ • iilefleeti'fOr'?eag4tY'Periiesest ttro'llinktOe'*enyiffed7OV.Of 1:441, 1 01; 'wfiliii;loiaistiOn wt .3, i00,00'9 have b een , iiii4olo444'. the resdlution'Were , eddleqp_.ent..44t4t*OeittbaooPer4O hare them recast, ex_lr l de f t, ; .„ .. . , ~.- ~,,,„ . liil*Otiepoedtotit.recelilY. - This .idroa7i.iiiiiiiitiiiiieOdere,tl reilly.,:beefull and; vale& , r,. he eomled -rail. iond'--hve--, been catiOte.itote';totnalte - thern - All'ind' corn 4 'ble 2: '4Wailifeo , ststted tliqi the worktoold. : made , ici answer he L end end' or the', ennstruePrehtnisii and 16•- piepiol4l3e proper in;;::l4e;done'vrelt aed.'leogrOOehlYi at a ; 10141drii E tact;' "and : the :annual '`deficierietas, in - the ,Strintioni:-: , ..,They werevisined:in the early,:itt,Olisfied near SPringfield,,Massachuieta. Motive' peirer , ftintli,turned , .:intac' simnel pertf . pf last, through the , rnedititit of [The , proposition vve!approred'of f and the excesses~; • . - ,4 ' . ' A' • • ' EWES - the different_ beards' , A,,Cottnik commiepiun ers;!.With':.d. 0 irOttnit ti.baYtt,lbe.:lnfOrntition Collectedriluting . -present 'Month; 'so, that ,it.inighre'mbrape one fUti year. • -, 'lt.has beep recently ascertained that tho. .commissioners aeyer4l .cOti n deCline. AiStrihnting the tpterieS to the assessers„ and' enjeining - 'compliance •,:with.the requirements' of 'tho;' - resoltttien..- on the ground that -they ate not cipresslyyegnired. to . dO b . iite,..tehne. - .13tifthe resolution' could 'not .well` be. 'carried . into. Operation with Out their . agency. thb names and ,ad dress of the different assessors Were not' in the 'poseeision tlie'§ecretary, neither did it.eeem proper for him .toinipley., them. in performance . of a,AutY, for .Which the;reeo 7 lotion expressly declares, .that.jhey . pre td he:paid:out of the respective,coefity'treasu-. rieS s without:the knowledge and honcur rence. 'of tfie commissioners. It therefore becomes proper' for the'Legislature to .take some further action oir. the..subjectoriihoue delay,if a report is desired at the present session.' The.tiii . ertes' or tables' have been carefully prepared and - distriblittal at consid eitdble expense; the postage alone amOukting to.upwards, of a thousand 'dollars,. though the ; packages were - sent to all the nearer. . 1-eminties private . conveyance. • . I - Circulars' have also been issued to the sheriffs - of - the' different'emmtieas;7ol - enlated to'elieit the: inforniation relative to county prisons,,under the resolution adopted . by the House of Representatives on the 19th Dec. 1837.„--Itis.,expeeted-that-the--replies Lvvill be:received. during the present month, so .that a..report-esn be--prepared and--submit ted early in January; A eirctilar was alsO setit. to 'the directors cf the Poor of each county that liar a house for the support and eniployment Of the poor; calling their attention to that portion 'of died 34th sectiOrt of the : act of 13th June; :1836, , entitled l'An_act relating - to' the•support and einployirient of,the poo - r;'iildelf makes it ther duty to forward to the Execul five for the use of-the.Ligishiture a statement of the. accounts of -their: respective institu tions: 'Nis duty" has been very .generally :neglected_ heretofore,. and :the • Legislature thereby deprived - of much useful infOrnia _ • Occasion was taken at the same time, - .to elicit from-the directors and •sheriffs-full foriitation of the nunilicir - and condition - of Junatic,..or insane .persons in each ppor house - or prison... It is stated,- by many huMane _persons; _conversant With.the much- wretehalness.and- , suffering pecially iii the poor houses, 'which 'might be - alleviated, if not, wholly avoided, if the molaneigly extent- of the -evil-were g eneral ly- o w Wh th e - desired - in form ation is received, it will-be laid 4 -before_ you that the ; proper corrective may be applisd.—. This, most probably,-will be found to' con sist in tho establishment Of a public_assyluin for deranged or -insane persons. Such an institution is Wanting as:a companion to our deaf anti thimb aml - blitidassylums. I feel that_it is unnecessary:further to urge- this subject upon your, ,favorable..conSideration.• --Alm-encouragement given by the'LegiS= lature of -last:session .to the growth. of the mtilborry' tree - and the prodtiction of silk, has thus far proved efficient, End promises to include the- silk' business among our chief subjects of itidnstry and sources of wealth. Many hundred thousand, of berry plants have been set out, and 4 large quantity of cocoons prodUced. The reeling .olailk_has_been-regtflarly-practiced--al many places, and silk looms established at:Philtt delphia;:anii-Economy, iii - Beaver - county. - The business steins to have gainettisuchr.a_ -footing among us as 'to promise permanence and profit. 'lt seems . to be a branch of. in dustry admirably - adapted to' the 'habits and strength of, tthe inmates, of our country poor housas. It is worthy of :inquiry, whether a slight,encouragemerit, say a - small -doita-tion7atmtrally—tollwliewfd•—tife-r-ich institution who shall produce a given num ber of ponnds of Cocoon's; might not have the effect of substituting a '; ) iglu and pleas alit employment for the laborious occupa lions in which . the paupers arenow engag ed,:and.accellerate_the .peripanerit-establish hient of the business in the State.. . . —ln accordance. withproVisions - of7tlie - act eflast:session on. lhe.:.subject, Messrs. A. 1). Bache and Fraley; of Philadelphia, slid W . Africk; of-VV as h ington-county Were , appointed commissioners to examine and report to the Legislature, at its present ,ses sion, on the subject of the revision Of. die Map of the State, so as to correct the errors in il i ttopographioal delineations, and to re present the Geological and . Mineralogical features of our territott, , ,•ltris 'Understood that the' board will . shoftlYrepert. - . The re . " their examinations fore you; aitd,,wilt of Course.reeeive due al-. tention: • - . )f Adjtif l atit General, with the 'aid of Col:Pleas anton (*Mai was liberally offered) instruct ed to hive thew collected at the different ar- sena s. -I'ne communtcations of Cot. _ leas anton, accompany this inessage, and will ex=. plain the subject fully. 1' conclir in . the pro priety of theMeasttre,.with the hope howev- 1 er; .that the 'Change may not.be r made to ern- 1 brace pieces 'ofearmon,, with which ate' as ,sociated any of 'the glorious events of the Revolution. cominodomEiliott of the. tithed States not.iinmindful of his- -native State, while bearing : the flag of . the :nation over 'distant - seas, tics, made nee the agent "Of pre s'ehting to the. Legislature, in his . name, a_ beatitiful.. gift.. ; It consists of .a likenesi in 'oil, of Christopher ColumbuSi thefliscovr er of our..Cotitipent, and anOther . of Ameri ens Vespuelus; from : whom it received - its name. ..To these' is aslded'the figure of the 'Anierican Eagle",-carved by an American citizen, in marble; from. Alexandria Troas. 'lle Commodore's letter companies this titesSege. - : : The presents; are now- in :the Executive cliamlier,:,subjeCt t.O the .dispbsi , tion of the' Legislature, and will, -1. fell cer 7 !tain, : beauitably received and preserved. j On the seventeenth of Septeinber,-' being the anniversary of the glorionsl'sortie from Fort.Erie,iit was my agreeable. dutylo,pro-_. ` , sent,to Brigadier General Hugh Brady; i•f theffljnited . Siates Army; .the sword unani mously voted to hiM by the' Legislature of '..ltis•native r Btate. 'The veteran soldier, 'IOW bears--Jhe itolten-of--his-Ceuntry'e-=a-pproli .• It . {Os my desire that it should not beurivverthyPftlie commonwealth. - Itii in j deed a beautiful Specitnen of. the artist's taste and skill, and appropriately commemorates • the deeds intended to be reWarded.' the work of Fletcher 4/.. Bennett, of Pinta; •: uelphia, and -cyst $1,000; ": • . . Permit me tocalLyeuratiention to a mat- I :ter:e..onnect;et.l with. the oBfiejel - ariligements l l !of With. Houseti of the Le?4ithiture, but in Which the Online at large haveal:i interest. It frequently Inippeni, during' the summer trecess, that citizens of the commonwealth require, for use in courts of justice, the progress of claims. for *pensions from the National-government, eitlieroriginal pers or . exeinplified copies of papers in the possession of the Legislature._ The clerks have ne..poWer to give the origittalson.r are i thev poeSeSsed of an oflicial - seal . yitlt which to copies: I The only mode of_ producing the desired ilociirneAts=tn rt.'s:to ,siilipjaTffajlie — eeil; - ",_ I and. oattse him - to.carry - witli'lfim the:papers desired.: -Butei•en this . ..troublesome•expe client fails , between the :second- Tuesday in Octuber- annually,' and the day on which, the I.4egislatureaSsembles, for dug.that ,period theelerki en sfinictionCepase.. It-would • Promote the - public convenience, if -the elerks 11;ere - antliorized. to lteep,a freali-and giye certified copieS - iif . dOcitriAnts on . to be used in evldimce. • The trouble or, making 'and' forwarding the _&.)pica,. might . he paid for by a reasOnablefee in.. each,case; and- the'official - : - character of the clerks of each--session-might-be-extended-by express enactment till the contmen't.c.thent of the next._ .• The Contingent fund Or the off °. of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, is gener ally insullicient, , during the year in which the Governor's election °cent:4. .Ont of this_ fund are paid the postage messenger's sala ry, die" price of fuel, printing, statioi.ary, &c., both -fortho Executive 'chamber and the Department of.:Siate..l _The, postage on. - election returns' for thwernori-aiiii on the large namber_olletters_which_are_addressed. , to the Executive, during the first six months of his term, generally exhausts the fund be fore,the first of April, - on which. day the year commences: - -The fund Of the presCnt year will be quite insufficient. This is caused - hy the large number of .circular let ett-"-8-oTfro-iftliTiniftliffethie—grati-Oiedrirati es bofore alluded to) in accordance_ with the directions of • the Legislature; and in . perfor mance.of the - duties of the office. It will be necessary • to make—some provision tO meet the dernadds now existing, and the i se which.-will-:lbecome due before ihe--first of April. • • • • . . 1 . - The amount annually,. is $2,700: This sum is more than enough for "the - tiecond land third years of eseh executive-term; conntiagfro - mthe — firtit of - A pril, :and; the Ibilanees unexpended during- those years would, be sufficient for. the other, if they were • permitted to accumulate and be ,apr plied to . it. But a different constrection, ..has been giver( to the law on tire subject, by the' aceripntant, department. Thetinex f pcmled balarree • hetween'April Math . , and ' 1838; '• is $1,427:40: -:1 therefore _recoreutiend suok...a Change or:the law, bas. permit that 'Bunt Jo be added to the fund for the resent' 'ear &.will continue the tliisaave paruthereittei- The permarient state 'thibt,,,ivhich was $24,330,003 32,in 1835, iinow $24,230,- I 'ooo. 32; and: though -there are' temporary ' loans' to the amount of 81,000,000 due,.yet they were forced on the state in oppdsition Ito the exertion of the Executive, and will pr e . -_ 1 sink— - nk a small account,. When the sums 01 a similar kind - due''at the commencement of the year .1836, areiledueted from them. . The state tax, which was then in exis tence,' without hope of termination; has ceased •to be collected, 'and nothing but the utmost profusion can make it again necessa rY• l'hestate.credit, which Was at alowebb • in ;183, is. now. raised; and the common wealth obtainii :eyed . ..her. .:Vemporary loans • withsease'it.4.,per.cent.••, . .: • • . The 'curieney, which Wad on the eves-.of fearful.convuLsio' n-in 183 p, hasbeen• •car ried;throitgh it with less injury than was experieked in any ethtt .itate 7 —is now res tored to usual soundness , --and has se mired- to it the aid .of an institution, whieli• will 'hereafter preserve it!ii.uniform ity,ifno• further ruinous experiMents be.tried. ••• ' .And finally, the State has been' mile to ,occupy her' proper position in the, National rtimily,, and_ iti• relation to the General . Gov ernment,. on all..occasions.. • . • I•now - aptiroach the end of • the : term for • .which . l..tvas elected, • with the cOnscious , 'flees that l 'lave' performed the duties 'of the: Executive• Department or the .Goyerruperit_ • with fidelity, according to the best of my juckfinent and ability,. and .:with the: `pro foundest gratitude. fur- the confidence , and support of my fellow. citizens andi fer sently_ltope,that_the_Divine_Auther-•-nt all things, will eontinue indefinitely' to, bestow his - favors 'on diem and our - beloved eons= • try.. •: JOSEPH. - -RITNER. EXECNTIVE etIAMIIER,' Ilarrisburg, Dec. 27, 1838. IVIAgRIED, • On the 10th inst. by the' .11er. i5t...11.- Prow‘u p 11. Aii.EU:asolv, - of _Virginia, to ?Mos daugheeuf hli. liavitl'.Deal, of Ship- pensburg.. • - . • . • •• • . . ..- • The above hrmenial corned to us iiecompanied with a slice of as tie% pound cake as ever meltedid an edi tor's mouth. We return an extra - quactity of thanks t the wedded pair, fat their kind consideration_ of editorial wants---and•trust that their lives may be, like a -fairy : vision - fult - of - everr thing-pli.sant--to-rhe Uri thr 10th ner..l. Urn trot, Mr SOLO •iTAN BEAn, to Miss SAitAILRLF,II . RII ef -Wesiperins- . • borough towpdiip• . On tlic.Fitme ilny;hv - the same. Mr. D.orrr.t. WAL LET, of Ymt•lt.. crnirtty, to Miss - -lintercti. IfIICKTI, Smith Miiitileton,•towinhip-. • 11y.-'the nr. C• .thrion •on the ‘2sth- of Orw. •• - t - glist:, --2 i l r- -, lnsr.rft--N•r.ttionr-tri - iIIiSFE,T:I - Z - A - itTiOtt - Ens, both of - Allen to wiishilt,•Cuttihrrhintl - • cnucitY• -- Bt. the onnEn,•of Newville;to Miss EctiAWnizmAN, ot" West Pentiaborough township Ciintherhind. county, _ . . Onthe4l.ll.inat. %fr. 111aTritAsynirro;of Mianrne totrnahip. aged El years, 4 mnatha.and 3" days. ' On .311onday - evening, the , Zhat - tift iD Papertown, Mr. JADILS.GivIN,jr, age!" about 4 22 year*. - - -. onuriu it Y. • *ED, mH the-mnrein.:or- the 9th inst.,-in the 41st •es•er or her.age, Mrs. ELLEN B. HAYS, wife of Mr. • . 1 Thr praise of a pious- and accomplished woman, • Ih-es so much Within the sanctuary of her own ho me, through.' the.. -cocie- • ty she blesses- and adorns, that it seldom needs, of endures publication to •the world. Theinteresting subject of this notice has left 117n:tine to beelli6)ll nOt"enahhiinneil. She has left' "a good name," - which is "better than precious ointment." Shy sought no other praise or perpetuityon earth. A husband,..‘ and three little children,and a ide circle of mourn ing: relations beside;deeplifeel 4ite. : melancholy reavement. _ " - Rained sensibility and taste, bland aid courteous , • dignity in social life, generous hospitality to strangers, prompt, and.delicatesympathies for the afflicted, and ..withal,..n.rare_intelligenee,and_discriminsttionr-of hu man charrteter,-Were the qualities with which she em inently shone in the circle of her immediate actjusitt e'o- lloyond-that-circle-her-inllucaeo-waifelt-und-L - blessed.. Her exPansiveand.unwcaried benevolence • Maddened tfic desdaYelcorners of poverty; and "the blessing of them that were ready to perish _came upOn , _Bath is to_publiskthe-hononr- of the Saviour,-whcins . She loved be:tter than her 'own attainments, that we now • Igive tribute to her memory. ,She has givCn another •' : clear and MeMbrable, demonstration , ofthe supreme . ,consOlation of our holy 'religion. - For m any rears she was a 'member'of the Peesbyterian - church.' :the -, wakeful activity of the Chriitian WAS 'exemplified hi her earliest experience, by the promptitude and zeal , - . With which she aided every pious and benevolent en." - terprize. But'Obtl WintidetitoAre graces oft mellow-- er kind; and she was_ visited with sharp and repeated, afflictions—While made again and agiti;i to bow. with , meek submission to the rod, sht; Was 'l,Privilegetr'to- . ' taste :the richest cordials Of christian'faith,the'synqut-- thies ofJesus, and the ribetiling stability of his prom-- hies: The faith which hiathus been tried in the far-- _ nace,and found "more precious than's-old that perish eth," proved its mine most signally as she approached ' • the last enemy, Her illttess_Wasnausually_pretrac._ ed. - occasion was'given for every &aim ofthe chris.- - thm - charaitertalie - te - star -- "TI4 fidtkitTatietree of the saints" had their perfect worktedo. Throtigh - ' I / out Iter.sickness,ektrense delicacy ' , - - of- ;nerves, pad ao., livid Conseisoutinesipeefiliar te'herMind, made 'lter-- 11/li d, alive to every. feat. and every onset of the' tempt .• Seldom, perhaps, had the adietiarr Of "seul i tet;" - . • metlitinithmugh_which_tn.liiio. l .fieryida s '!_thart,_______ themorbidirritabilityufhersinki, e••‘She - hatt--- --'-- conflict, and deep Searehiag,of Mid . he had solid , - ..• ... ...„ . .. . , „ , .. ••, . • vo tilde ; and;til - prinniSe - hfthe - g - ispels . ,Was o left;without, requisition for her ald'---yet e had triuinPlu'lici'hope was e'Ventrampilitsw) as transcendent at the last. ' katures dread cifdeadr which had cesi' . .her'ii4Pitin , .. NI revulsion iatheprivions stages Of disease,,,seent. .. et to*y.7.*hipy: vanished". : •glite.tiiiiAp t A otii , ~ _ 4itiii:i Mvedher.feom the,Struggle itsilf,, whose Idle - , ffaaroSliditatl - 'vittiquished- . -ealm - ttitheliour of falling: • --- asl4li, -- Wasthe list lionrOffiei-ilfel Peraving un- . • ' usual concern - amoak 'sawn:Moiling frienda,ahe :asked • • if theyihougbt her dying, ~ .•1 1 Vtgi Olitinie[ilt:rihat: he pulse was.sinking'she claiMed her-hied!, together • . igith the utmost nalmneis,'and.tinilihly. ,;;committing her spirit to IGOd; , 4'.viilliel iiio)ii4l , :lift4gte;' . • - • The estate of ChsietoplitV Irarlef's late ,cf s'outhainptog peopsittp:- Cumberland Co. - 7 deceased ' . , c ib e t: ••4,AdAm. • issued taiheiraboc - ribii Walterv;latitfgoattiarnp o 4ittr4s ehrieto l iker aik,remns „11,,a11i that *natal) ,tairnake taciwt‘oeVathe 4 " 'ye — • 011 Pet‘sonaindebtacriteiequeitedt:C or Irer.a.)%-aild ,t 4 R oa d' s '..7.,„: . . e 'PrT ehte wALTE L ITI E ",.. R. • • 'Januar" , 14, 1838. 41"111..- DIED s