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VOL. LVIII.
EDITED :AND pUBLISIIED
FOR TEE. • PROPRIETOIt
BY' WILLIAM 111. PORTER.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION. •'
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payment- is delayed until after the explratio i of the
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- six months, and none discontinued until till arrearagos
--are:pald; - unlesmit - thiroption - of the publisherr—Papers'
sent to subscribers living out of Cumberland enmity
must be paid for in advance. or t h e payment Osumi,
• by scale responsible person living In Cumberland conn ,
ty. These terms Will ho rigidly adhered to in all
CMOs. . .
ADVERTISEMENTS,
Advertisements will be charged $l.OO per square of
twelve lines for three insertions, and;l6 cents for each
subsequent insertion. All advertisements oilcan than
twelve lines considered as a square.
• Advertisements inserted before Marriages and deaths
6 'rents per line fir first Insertion, and 4 cents per line 1
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ble in damages for emore-in advertiscments;_ ,Obituary
notices,or °Marriages not exceeding five linos, will be
Inserted without charge. •
'3OB PRINTING
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inegest and most complete establihhment in thecounty.
Three good Presses. anti a general variety of nniterin
suited for 011111'11ml Faney.work of every kind ennbhe
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denerat nab tun( anformation
U. S. GOVERXMENTH
President—dAitr.n livenAN •N.
Vico Presid,;nt.—.lofis C. linEcKiinlndx,
Secretary of State:4km. Ll\b!o CASH.
•
Secretary of I nterior,-.) ',con 'Tilos vs.'s.
Secretary, of Treanury—llownt, Conn.
Secretary of War—,Loos B. FLOYD.
Secretary of Navy.—ISAAC 'Tourer.
Pat 51anter Cenend—A,- V-. Ilaowm.
•
Attorney tieneral-,JEmstt it to iltAcz.
Chief Justice of ;the United Staten—lt.B. TANN!
STATE ,GOVERNMENT
Peorotary of State—WILLIAM M. HUM%
. BurVeyor Gonornl-L3mlB Rowe. •-
Audllor GenorAl—.loooo Far, Jr..
Trenurer—llmt 8. MEORtW
Judges of thu Supremo Court—E. Lewis; J. M., Aev
'MOND, W. B. LOWRIY, O. W. WoonwußD. W. A. Porcurt
COUNTY' OFFICERS
"7 -7
President..ludge—lion. jameb'ii.l7fratiam.
Nasoriatt Judges—lton.
Woodburn. • • . •
" District Attorney-,-.Wm. .1. Shearer. • .
Prothountary-,l'hilip.QuigleY-- --
Recorder tke:—Daniel.s• Croft.
Iti , gititer—S.l , ll.Enbiniuger:
' High Eheriff—Jacob Bowman: Deputy, .1. lienoing.
•
County Trosturer—Moses Bricker,
Coroner-311 tap II - 31relellon.___:;' .
•County Conunissioners—Willinni 31. Nonderson, An
drew ICeir. SainUel.3legoti. Clerk to CumtnitslOners,
Thounts 'Wilson,
Plrectore of tho Poor—floorge Brindle; John C.
Brown, Samuel Trill. Suporintoradtint of Poor nous,
—Jusel.ll Lobaell.
1301{01:101I OFFICERS
Chief Durgeo Robert Irvine Jr.
Assistant Iturgess—Ueorge Mendel.
Town Council—J. B. Parker (President) John 0 ut-
James Collin, sr., Franklin °ardour, Samitel Mar.
tin, Peter Mouyer, Samuel Wetzel, J. D. Halbert, Jacob
'Duey.
Clerk to Councli.—Wm. H. Wetzel,
Comtables—John Sphar, Hitch Constable Ntobert
blcCartne3 , Ward Contable.
Just ices of the Peace--George Daild Smith, 311-
ehaul Holcomb, Stephen Keepers.
CHURCHES
First Presbyterian Churek, Northwest angle of Cen
tre Square. lies. Conway. P. Wing Paator.—Sereieds
e‘ cr. , Sunday 31ornhulat Iro'rlock, A. M., audi o'clock
P. M.
. .
Second Presbyterian Church, corner of.Sonth 1 snorer
— and - Potufrersticets: — lteV. - 311 .— EallICTriltor. Ferric.
commence at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock P. M.
St. John's Church, (Prot. Enisconat)'northeast angle of
Ceara Square. Rev. Jacob B. Mores, Rector. Services
at 11 o'clock A. M., and 8 o'clock, I'. 31.
English Lutheran Church, llctifind bet Ween Main
and Loather streets. Rev. Jacob Fry, Pastor. Services
at .11 o'clock A. M., and 7 o'clock M.
German Reformed Church,- ',outlier,. between - Han
over and Pitt streets. Rev. A. 11. Kremer, Pastor.—
Services at II o'clock A. 111, and it%o'clock P. M.
Methodist E. Church, (first charge) corner ot dime and
Pitt Streets. • Rev. R. It. Chambers. Pastor. • Serilcifs at
11 o'clock A. 31. ar.d o'clock P. 31.
Methodist E.' Church Isecund charge.) 11ev. Thomas
Daugherty, Pastor. Services in College Chapel, at 11
o'clock A. MAnd 4 o'clock, P. 31.
Roman Catholic Church, Pomfret near East street.
Rev. James Barrett, Pastor: Services en tie 2nd Sun
day of each month. • '
Berman Lutheran Church -carn.r of Pomfret and
Bedford streets. Bur. I. P. Baseliold, Pastor. Service
at 103. i A. AL_ • . •
0.11-Wheu changes In the above are neceilaary the
proper pursues are requested tsur.tlfy us,
DIeIiINSON COLLEGE
Rev. Charles Collins, D. D, Presiderd And Professor of
Moral &lance.
- Rev. narman-M. Joboson. D. p., 'Professor of Milano
phi and English Literature.
James W. Marsha Professor of Ancient -Lan
guages
'ler. Wm. L. Roswell, A. 31.,Pmfeser of Matliemal
William C. Wilson, A. M., professor of Natural Science
and Curator of the Museum. ,
Vrofesaor Of Hebron •od
. A lozander
_Priam, A
ModernLanguagea.
Samuel M. 1111)tuan, A. M., Principal of tho Grammar
F. Purcell. A. B.; Aasistant, in fho Grarotuar Mond.
o—p--
BOARD OF SCHOOL'DIRECTORS.
Andrew Blair. President, 11. Saxton, P. Quigley, E.
Common, C. P. Ilumerich,J ton, Secretary.,lnson
W. Eby, Treasurer, John Sphar, Messenger. Moot on
the Ist Monday of ouch Month at S o'clock A.ll. al Etf
ucatiou
CORPORATIONS
Cottlst.x DEECISIT BANlE.—Proaldollt, Richard Parker,
Cashier. WM. 31.11ebteni; Clarke. J. 11, Hasler. N. C. Mus
solemn, 0. W. Ernst ; Directors. Richard Parker. Thomas
Paxton, Moses !Weber Abraham Dosler Jacob Leiby,
G. C. Woodward, Wm. 11. Mullin, Samuel Wherry and
John Zug.
Commas:an VALLEY RAIL ROAD COMPANY.—PrOSIdOIIt,
Frederick Watts: Secretary and Treasurer, Edward M.
Diddle; Superintendent, G. N. Ranh: Passengereraine
twice a day. Eastward leaving Carlisle at 10.39 o'clock
A. M. and 4.00 o'clock P. M. Two trains every day
Westward,jeavlng Carlisle at 9.60 o'clock A, M., and
2.00 P. liie"
UARLIdLE GAB AND WATER CimrANY.—Preoldant, Fred.
crick Watts; Secretary, Lemuel Todd; Treasurer Wm.
IL Senora; Directors, F. Watts, Richard Parker, ' Lenin. ,
el Todd,-Wm. 31. Ileetton, Henry Saxton, J. W..Eby,
John D. Gorges, It. Q. Woodward, and E. 31, Diddle
CUIIIIIELOID VALLEY BAlVE.—Prsidoht. John V. Stet ,
rott ; Cashier, 11. A. Sturgeon. Teller, Joe. C. Hoffer.—
Directors, John S. Sterrett.. Kor, Meleholr Drone- ,
man, ltlcherd Woods, John C, Dunlap, ltobt. C. Sterrett, '
11. A. Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap. •
, SOCIETIES
. .
~,.. ---
' 011mberlaolttar Lodge No. 107, A. Y. Al. meets at
Merlon Mall on tho 2nd end 4th Tuesdays of every
Month. • - - ' -
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' • St.•.logno Lodge No 200 A: Y. M. • Meats Ad Ttiurs•
', tiny °roach month, at Morton HMI.
c ir ite. Lodge No Ot 1. 0. of 0. F. Moots Monde' ,
- evening, at , Trouts building. _
FIRE COMPANIES
The Union Fire Company was erpanined In 10111.
President, E. Cornwall; Vice-president, William M.
Porter ; Seeretary, - AAlrEvring; - .Treasur! - , - Peter - Mon.
yer. Company meele the first Saturday, In March . ; June,'
. Septeber, and Deceinber., •. ,
The Cumberland Sire compeny,was Instituted Febru
ary 18,160 D, 'President, Robert McCartney;' Secretary,
Philip Quigley; -Treasurer, U. 8. linter. The company
, meets on .the third Saturday of January, April, July,
and October. " •
The Good Will (lose ConMatly• was I nstituted in Dfarch,
- 1605. President. 11: - A - . filurgeon; Vim President. Janiee
61cCartney; Serretary t Samuel 11 , 9ould; Treariurer,
Joseph D. Halbert., The bothpany Made the mound
Saturday of January, and October.-
.
'• -RATEBi POOTAOE. , ' .•
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_ ~,Ppetade oil ell' lettentolonwhairounce weight or un.
Tgor,,3 cents pro paid. except to OilWorn's' Or Oregon,'
which le to gen. a prepaid. , . ". . *- . -': ..
eir
' rootage on the- It .il,l"—iiilbin' the Oininty, five.
Within. the Sta ta 13 e lite Pe!. year. To ens-04 ,oft u 0
United'iltanea'2 l rriit. Poatage on 01l tranclent 'micro
under 3 - ouneca in we ght, 1 ,. cent 'prc.pold or two cents
unpaid. Allyni'llulal 1 tters, to ltecharged with thdCaat.
. .. .... .. - - ,
utrti.
For tho
Aa Execution--lt• ➢loral Etteoto!:
'What means that mighty gathering
Around the glo •my jail;
And why are moo's eyes wet with tears,
Their 'eheeloi so ghastly pale?
'
To cast a curious eye
Upon the'seatfold, and to sea
• A brother ilurrial die;
, And they who have for hours timid.
Upon the grounds toilets,
Ale cursing loud the old jail clock,
• ithose,mioutes creep so slop
And brutal jokes, and coarser
Are bandied foot about,
To pass away the tedlotis hours 1 .,
Until fie is brought out.
MEM
Jusllieni - how - through - thecrirad , isvrast, --
A roar of laughter rune, •
..Aa oh the.bideous, dangling rope i
ArO made a score of puns;
And settltins with that motley crew'
The PilAhig hour is spent;
It is to laugh down rtne .
Who hoped he would repent, . '
And see how all his many ,friende,
As they pronounce his name; - 1
Are &Tering bets that be will die
With honors—that - is game! ~
And now there Is a pocket picked— k
A woman's fight or so; .
And all to mako tho bona pass, ,
Deemed pillslng nil too slow,
•
At loot they bring the conviet,forth,
And no ho staggers out,
A roar of gladness shakes thealr—
. —And all reaportsivC . ihour;
' But now a silence falls on all--; - -
A hush on of the dead;
And one might hear the scaffold creak
Beneath the hangman's tread;
And ou the motley crowd who gazed,
• Unbroken stillness lay; .
'7lll with aloud, convulsive shriek
Thwloomed loan tried to pray ;
...2_._And:suddenly_froni_out plat throng
• Came forth a fearful - cry _ -
That speaks 01 scorn—that he' bas not
• Sufficient nerve to die. _
But through thiS very hell of sound,
Of curse, and 6on'l,and yell;
Tln•hangmenllftstho seopeless wretch
Fiom whero ho fainting fell.;
.And down his eletrunytorohend,
And o'er his asblfam
The cop Is drttn,fhe noose is
Securely in its place ;
Oh; God. have merry on him
Upon whom 111011 . P6VC none;— '
A quivering form—a senseless corpse--
A sttliness—edi i 6 done;
And as I hear tho eursJ deep
Profane, and ammo, and loud;
I ask myself—what MORAL 0000
That hanging did the cyowd?
ItmatmOßt;,3ld. V
iqiE - INfIIGtRATION;
The Inaugiiration of Gov. Piounmeras to
have been attended with more than ordinary
eclat. The Harrisburg Daily Telegraph gave
full details of the ceremoniea, fr.tu which we
extract the fallowing;
At
.
At an early hour of the day, ip different
sec:Gone of the city, from streets, windows
and housetops waved the proud banner of our
country—" . the stare and stripes." " - In front
of Omit's Hotel. the, evergreen arch leading
to the Capitol grounds was decorated by the
national flag. . Among tha pineda thus decor
ated we noticed filorgtin's Esolhkiiff), Col.
Wagner's. Franklin Holm, Mr. Barr's, Cover.:
ly'e Hotel; Brunt's Hall, Messes. Keller-and
Reed's, find ~streamer suspended front Bra
hotel ncrose State street.
- The spectacle on the Capitol grounds was a
gay one.. ,The.dome of the Capitol was a liv
ing*throng—windows and balconies crowded
with ladies-I-steps swarming, and the grounds
immediately in front of the State House dense
I) packed. Long before the procession bad
moved, there was a constant stream pouring
towards the Capitol, and although there were
thousands, there appeared to be little or, no
dimititition — of - the Pniitillide in • Hie - vericui
avenues'of the city. The only thing which
wati wanting to render the scene here_ what
the occasion demanded, woe a national banner
floating tient-the - nettle dome of the Capitol'
building-. The leek of file must, have been .
nu °verb% I to tle urtte nu excrititg ar
rangerueuts for thia day. - •
VIE XIICICERSION.
The procession WWI formed at beforo 11
o'clock in the following order:
Maj. Gen. Keim and Statf, consisting of
Maj. S. L Young,. Maj. A. 'Jordan Swartz,'
Mnj. W. A. Satilld, J: - G. Garr, M.J.
James Freeland, Cal, , Gett.-A. C. Seiler,. and
Surgeon Dr fi.eid.
Penus)lvanin Drag6o,ns. '
- • Bind.
Lancaster Fencibloe;
Barracks Baud.
NatiounrGuards.
Band.
• a Lebanon Artillery.
Martial Ai
Loganauarda.
Brig. Gen Williams and Staff coneisting of
Maj. W. A. Delaney, Maj.-,F. Boloy,
Maj. Joe. R. Berry..
Brigade Inspector, Maj. Jim. Wright. •
Harmony Band, Phila.
Black Hussars, an escort of Governor elect.
1. Governor and Governor elect, With the
Chairman of Julia Committee of Arrangement
of the Senate nod the House.
2. The two Secretaries of the Common
wealth, with the Chairmen of the Joint. Com
mittee of the Senate and House, to wait on
Heade of Departtnents.
° S. The two Attorney Generals, with two of
the Joint Committee of Arrangements.
'4. The two Deputy Secretaries of the Com
! nionweelth with two of ,the.joipt.pommittee to
wait on heads of Departments.
5. Auditor General and State Treasurer
d*Dh, two•of the Joint CoMmittee of Arians
idperitittin-dit hr c;
- T - '6:-Sitrifdyde - Generatitlid - S
Common School's kith two df joint doniinittee
to' wait on ileitis of Departments. - . •
/. Canal. Cenunissinners andStateiLibra-,
, •
. 'Gen. Seller, , Chlef Marshal,' add
' Adjutant Eyster.' - •' :4;
' •, .-,Newport,Artlilery, .
• ' Band.
• Fishervilla Guards.
• e City 'Band . ; Reading: ' 4
;• ' Reading Ltt6ee.. , .
• , . Valley Infantry.
110FT*_ . OS
,PIIOO6IIBION
.
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:. Out ikinr.krt eltreet Front, toro . (ur the-Jo'nee
eullook end suit *Wipe ihkrit uP)
,up OyoUt. to Walnut, , ott Welnut• to Fourth: .
. (nt Onait'e lintel ate Gorersioreleer Pod . 8.44 e,
'with !feriae Deportutrotr, Superiotendeut
of .00101666 Seheole 'Librnrinu will 'tar'
lieurup,) leeivu Feitrilt to Market, .urMiorket.
.10,11,4111,..4.10wu Third to Chestout,.out:Cuteih
PA,Mra alom Ira% raztaz4 eaßam
ut to Front, up Front to Market, in Market
to Second, up Second to' Pine, out Pine to
Front, up Front to State, end I,llt.nce to the
. .
Afterthejnauguration the procession•
moved do „ wn Third to frcuet ; out Locust to
SiootuWilown Second AO YValauE;. r up.W,alutit
to iho State Gapitol Ifotel. .• • - •
INALIGMAL CEIIEMONIES. . • • .
- Atpreciseiy•rwenty : live minutes past twelve
o'clock.tho Governor eleot,retiring Governor
Pollock, the Heads of Departments,. and the
Committee of Arrangements, arrived in front
of the Capitol, where a-large mend with our- .
ficient semi, for the members of both flotiSes
the Heads of Departments .and the .CoMmiti
ess.,,hin.h.hae a erected.
The assembly was called to order, hy.. the
'Speaker of the Senate, Mr Welsh.
s 1 most sol .. emn and inimamive'prayei.was
Men GnTco - . - 1 -- )3/.the
Res D r . be Witt, of this city..
Whereupon the Speaker of "the .Senate
ministered the following oath of offihe to {Sat.
PACKER, the Governor elect: „ ,
' " YOu'clo . swedr dint you will support the
Consti'utign of tis - Unitod States.•
- " Y,u Joo - aloo swear Vint you will support
the Cunditution of the Stale of Peansylvania,
and that you will discharge You'r duties as
Governor* of this Goininouwealth with fidelity."
Alter thit loth bed been duly .tidminietered,
the Governor delivered the following address:
.FEI.LoW CITMENst—In appearing hefpre
' you to enier upon my duties us Governor of •
the Commonwealth, I con Atilt my 'own
• Mallon
tione in conforming to the usage which de-
menden popular address; !and,- in the first
.place, I gladly embrace this opportunity to
return. my profound and grateftil, pupils to .
the people of Pennsylvolia,• fur honoring mss.
with the' Chief Executive office in their gov• .
erumeut, Their kindness will never be for
gotten, nor will the confidence they: have re- -
posed iu me ever be intentionally. betrayed.
Duty to them and to myself will require . that
the obligation Which% have - just taken to dia- --
clinrge my public dulieS with fidelity
-shall he
faithfully 'observed, and thus justify, as far
ns possible, the popular decision. Doubtless
1 may eommit errors in a . position involving ,
so-much 'of respeneibility ; • but wilt hope
that none of theni will be of a grave clinractur_.l
or productive of vital injury to the public in- '
l - tereste -- 1 crave inmdvapee Ircharitable - judg- ---
went upon my offieial coniViotthat it allied'
be construed .witt: kindness slid toleriition so.
long as it ahall'appenr to be prompted by - sin. - - --
acre 'slid honest motivesand I here - engagei,
iu this public and formal, Manner, to regard,
the will of the_people, the public pied, and
the-aommands-eftlieConstitution,-nt the guid----
ing lights by whisk my course into be direct
ed. With these aims constantly in view, I
shall indulge the pledaing hope of doing some
good in the high station to Which I hove been
celled - by the public voice. and of repressing
some:evils which may _threaten the .publio
'welfare, or-the individual. rights of the 'peo
ple.
Fellow Citizens of_the Senate and Howe '
of
Representatives t—lt will be my ardent desire
to cultivate with you, as Representatives of
the people, the most amicable teintiOner,' end
to unite with you in the adoption of all' such
measures as the public good 'may require
The different branches of the government. 'al
though charged with distinct duties, ere to
be regarded as parts of one harmonious whole;
and it is well when all these parts move on,
ward without jar, interference, or collissidn:
Nevertheless, the distinct duties of the Exec
utive, when duly and honestly performed, limy
occasion differenaes with the Legislature; but
- ip duo's arise,'it`wid - he expedient to cultivate
spirit of compromise and emic:illation for the
disposal, of such differences, Or, et least, fur
mitigating the feelings of alienation to which
they tend. „. .
It is one of the,. duties of the" Executive
front time to lime, to give the General AS ,
'tenthly information of the state of the Coat- •
monwealth and recommend to their con,idera
tion such measures as he shall judge expedi
ent: and under usage thin is done by meitea--
gem in printing whit h are *tamed t mong the
public records and remain n part 'of the MB ,
chit Gistery of the State. Ido not understand
this ns ' a power of dictating to thevGeneral
A-sembly the measures they shell adopt, nor
even as a power of init a•ing lees, but as en.
informing and suggesting power, in no respect
trenching upon the just and proper' jurisclic-•
, - Geed' the ii - free 7
Stnte. In short, it was never intended to/
give a legal control 'over' the proceedings of'-
the Representatives of the people in the •ed
actment of laws; It is, therefore, a right of
- communication with then), which, while,
dently and reasonably exercised, can' give no
just-occasion-for-jeniousy;
plaint. The Executive, when exercieing this
right, is but performing a plain duty, and con
anprebenulztto, difficulty in _speaking-waif-Ay-,
respectful freedom even upon questions where *,
an entire agreement minuet be expected. But
there is another and more delicate. rower
which pertains to the relations , -between the.
,Legislative and Eiecoitive departments. By
the twenty th.rd and twenty fourth sections
of the Met article of the Constitution, and
bills passed by the General nesembly,, and
most of the orders, resolutions end votte in
which they 11141 concur, are subriritteTrirthe
Executive, and if iligapproved by him 'can
onlybermide byvote of twothirds preach House.
This power of disepproyel is among the meet
important duties or GM Executive, and is con
stantly becoming inure 80, from the operation
of obvious and natural causes. In nig opin
ion it is the 'clear and binding duty .of the
executive to return for reootillideration , every
bill,.order, resolution or vote, presented to
hint which he cannot appro4e—in other words
that the assent of his:judgment scud consoience
shall be new Ily given to any measure before
he permits it to take effect; unless, indeed, it,
be passed egnittettas objection by a two Garde
vote. The words of the Constitution are "if
npproVe'he shall sign it, but if he Multi nee
approve, hi vial! return it with his objections
to the llonstiin which it shall have origina
ted." Words could not convey a , power, nod
prescribe a duty.in a more clear and definite
form.
It isrmanifeetly thmintention of tho Canetl
lution that the deitheratitand conicientiOus •
tiPproyal of, the °overt= shall he given to a
bill before - St becomes - a lawou addition So ° .
ti:e 'apprevni of the two houses that hove pre.
',viously possed'it ; unless the majorities after-.
wade given to it upon re'cousiderethin in
V l3 d o bAblieerldiall' b m eratrdechfiveina7tersiliiitly
indicate ; the, windo. of. the measure. It Ss_
true thai'uphn things trivial or • indifferent,
1 where no great interests are involved, nor
,-constitutiouul principles to eptestion,mor-pri,
Wale rights nesailed, consideration:it 'of expedi. -
Leney matin
y' be taken Into necet.by She
hut Jim ; MIS eertuitily. no ; substantial' ea:jet:sign.
'whether of policy or or principle: can be artiiv ;
'ed by hint in - view of his oath to support she,.
Constiititiem daye:(Sundaye eicluded,)"
are !Mewed alie - Esecutive•to•:otensider;w'
and to approve or veto I
become u taw without his signature, if •not
previously returned The practiceof my pee':
deeklmere !Swell ,ociautionsilly qt . ... vernal,.
hills to beg 'me'lawa by lbi.o* llol Pil'or
thei'hiave Silken effect in S'llWal'itire
of Executive' notion Burt I
o E o Y:occurred where tbe Executive 'found,{
it Wept:weft - Ile tp.forsusi,pasitlye opinion; upon,'.
'ate a!!!t nnobjecSion,..,
t= wee oi 414Lor,'where, tt 'wniumulfet,tt
Shwt s vite‘‘sliuky
CARLISLE; WEDNESDAY, :JAl‘ . l - UARY, I 27, " 1858.
Executive practice ought not to ,be extended
,t and timprtictice itself is open, to,. question.—
For if the provision, that bille o _neither signed
'nor returned Within ten deytt, shall become'
i laws, was intended as a guard ngninst Execu
tie° abuse, in-helding them an undue, period,
rind not ns a .mode by which!, the Executive
might cause them to take affect,-without the
responsibility of acting upon 'there. it would
seem clear that the practice,pf_holding them
over for suck purpose cannot_be;defended:
__But .-the-Legielnture--tiy---10? ---iiiijournment
within ten days „after the patgoige of a bill,
may deprive the executive 4,dtte time for
considering it, and hence it 14'provided that
in such casa,it shall became alert unless sent
_beck within three.daytt. efter.the..next_nieet-..
ing, In modern practice a large
,number of
bills-are usually dent to the. Governor within
a few &lyre of the ildjaurnmente the Legisla
ture, which it is itepossible for him to con
sider duly before the adjournment takes place.
In fact ninny tire sent to him iirthe very Mos.!
lug hourrrof the session.. But it. would seem
-plaita-thet-the-litecittive-could yeasonebly-nek
in - such case oily ilip full constitutional period
of teit days for fwgiing his opieion.. and that
'all bills he believes it his (idly : to approve
shall be actually signed withiit - that period.
By. the, exercise of rtaionahla - industry this
can in all cnimit be acnompliehed. Then; such
bills as he disapproves will be' held over•to
'he
returned to the proper branch,Of the General
Assembly within three days after their next
meeting. according•te the--constitutional pro
vision. This wilt properly dispose of all bills
in-his hands• at the •adinurnment,•unless in
deed it be allowed to L,01.l over bills and. w
inil them to become laws kvitliont Iris notion.
The propriety of signing.billikby the Gover
'nor 'between the sessions of _the, Legislature
has been questioned. It doe's not accord tq
the old practice, and is certainly Bible to
•ebueb, 7 -During my term it - will be strictly
confined to the first ten days after an adjourn
ment, and hills n it approved, may lie
i*tiWititing the next Mooting of the Gene-.
ral•Assemblv to be retuknedlthth the Execu
tive disapproval. The executive should n it
be Subjected for long periods of time to the
solicitations of those interesmii in hills, nor
shouldthe be subjeet to the irmititatione orin
decision, or. favoritism almost untivoidebici- in
such cases. Nor is it "right _diet he sfioulii
have in his lianas the means ofi..-fluence which
the holding open of his decision up/in bills
during recess would confer. Beehive, a great
wrong may be done to those interested in legis
lation, by continuing theta toren undue period
iu uncertainty as to the fate ottills in which
their rights, their-property, or their business .
may. be' involved Theme are evil's _which -an-
_Executive-may-obviate,- by netting' his -policy
tirmly.i 'the outset of his admittistration. 4t
would be Well, also, for the Legislature to "so
Shapoz-its action as to
,iivoid the necessity of
sending many impoitatil•bills to-ihe Governor
iu•the closing days or hours- of a 'session. • '
Fellow Citizeria:—Aliliougli it will net be ex•
Pected:that_i_.should Wt.tbis._titne.. : discuss,
will detail, the particular questions which will
ptobably come before the government duiing
my term, I desire briefly to give expression to
the general views of public policy to which I
hold, in their application to practical issues
now pending. The eurrenc:efitheSialtila Ia
such disordeted condition, - that a general
and wholesome public opinion demands its re
form, and the establislitnent,of effectual bar
riers against ftiinre convellions. 'Tido is a
cut jecit that will teat -the intelligence, the
firmness, and the , patriotism of the represen
tatives of the people in the legislative depart
ment, and may impose grave 'responsibilities
upon the Exemitive. My Views are decidedly
hostile to the emission and circulation of small
notes as a currency; to the increase of bank
capital under present arranget»ents and: to
the limit° of bank paper upon securities inade
quate for their redemption. The wont of uni
formity in the legal provisions under which
existing Minks operate, is objectionable In
.tho-leVlsioll-and-amendmenttif
system, the public interests, in my opinion,
41ruinihd the extension of the specie basin upon
which issues are made; the suppression of the
eutnllost denomination of notes heretofore al
lowed ; through reports of the condition and
buiduces . of banks with their frequent publics.-
clot' ; additional security,J4firtilian, specie.)
to consist of the bonds of this State or of the
United States. for the redemption of circula
ting noteit,idelnding in all miser proper indi
vidual liahility of stockholders nod directors,
fitted-fur convenient and actual enforcement,;
with tr unpetvisory and controlling power in
some proper officer or departnient of the Gov
eminent, to restrain or suspend the action of
liiinksin_o me of their' violation er ' evasion of
the law.
When a specie aurtreey shell , he , setured.to
the peop,le.:by.,probibiting.the tire - Wahine -of.
bills of a small denomination, ittwill be highly
desirable that the 'fiscal alLit t s of the State
governments,bali bt wholly separated term
those of the banks: in other woydse.thit the'
money transactions of the governtnent,,both
in its aelltations tnt" cliehtirsetnentsbe ?
egrr I - co 'iron IF--
1)4 he-1 egirl - cohren Itt - ITZ(To — miry. Whenever a . '
practicable, Convenient: and efficient echame
forfthe operations, of MeV. :leery upott'duch
babe can be presented to me, by the_repre
sentatives-of the - people; it :Will 'nicat With is
cheerful-approval. Thine are ditlicultiVe in
the Case, howeyer, far greater than those tour,
mounted,by . the" general. government, in the
eitablis'Ament yf ite Independent Treasury,
eyelet)); but the,Objeot being ono of the tint
magnitude, and_ calculated to exeroisex most
salutary Jullitenen upon the notion ortho goy.
eminent, and upon the business Of the bunks
and the people,, it is well worthy of earnest
cou r siderittiou. ' :
In reforming the ourreeby, a single State
can accomplish but it .inialerate amount of
good, however sincere, intelligent and earnest
it may be, without. the on-operation of other
States, and, especially of, those wiiielt adjoin
it. . Bank notes are not stopped in their flow
by imaginary, State „Ilium, nor 'does it eeem.
possible fora State, altogether to prevent, for
eign notes from circulating within her borders,'
even by the most etyjngent enactments. We
must, therefore, invoke our sister States to,
juin with us in the repression•of small paper;
and An such other particultra of reform as ate.
required fur complete success their ce-ope'eri' i ,
lion. Meantime, to Abe extent of.our power,
let us exert ourselves to furbish our .citizens
with ii safe and stable'currehoy A to prevent
futhre'finituniitl revulsions4linifiii , to .4 hat - uti
der whieli-the community hits .for some time
been struggling;. and to ,relieve the Govern•
ment,in its fiscal .itetion,, from the-danger of
depreciated or worthless, paper, ttnd,the em,
'biirrassments arising :from dependence upon
corporations of ber 'own deation.' .
The,peopte Penueylvania , by, the recent)
' on
ef on einem' inept to Abe Conetitutiun.
on the, uuhject of, Public ,Indebtednes. • have
imposed an imperative. 044411 0 4 ePee:. their
olitilree; end : to give their -Worn; ,to the
grachtai r but ,eventcal :! extinguishmont ',of. the
'ealoting publicr:deht. ..,,..After Night Yeeee of ex"
-parlance utnier,,thp choking food act. of, 1849,
we find bey public intlehttegocae hut aiightly
Ldianiniched. , elPer,dfcalli
ijuet'ailopted tient,ainie jai . :!qtga;blilll4riejt gf. an,
,effeitive sigikingynniffor jtpi,PPYPlPtit,
shall 'on:Alder it ofd of leading .denies of
,roy, , Oininie4rpt,tqlf that spleptirgvnt,
in curried oueblith, in itaJlptiPi aX4 4 , Pirit.. ,
cannot rogartf;oo, - ,,reductiiir,ef !the ~ threc.niol
on'proierly, tho.liudiegtoAr, 4 o.:,
Biwa of, tile Legiolatnre , oiliorytiVe ap,tn,
oppoeo44;
,nod *dOut;tlmo,,, ?Wining, 114,4naiikl .
,einharratamcn trill,' fat, 1, time, reduce the ;
arnotiptileritelt!frcityttcgeottreeepf,rvvet4ue. ,
Nor 14 , 11k* any app,toit, 1110
'cha4e eionei of , the uriltin 400. PC thP'PubliF;,
.Worlre,¢6* Treasary.fo,47l opn
iiitet7Alp
,wttl,:clitlet'ut;t44thi)tiefftir
envy ftie . tee"Stafe to hanbaial "ber4.reao;roev,,
otinti, to juortato berreveuues 4,114' eillo pos.
Bible; without 'oppression to eny interest,,in
order to meet her current and necessary out
; rays, the . demands of her creditors, nod the
positive obligation of the constitutionalamend
meet. , -. -
There is a great intik of consietenoy and'
prirtoiple in the laws pliesedduring some years,
in -relation-to incorporations; They have been
created upon no settled, uniform plan ; aro ex
cessive in number; andrUily-of them 'tinne d essary to. the accomplieirtrietfref any legiti
mate purpose:--They-baxe7doubtless - encour,
aged speoulnitiOn, - and in various .ways contri
buted to the recent financial convulsion.
add inconsistent provisions appear in
acts of establishing or extending the pbwers
cl'ecru oyatebodleket the eri me elaseend,geez .
eral character. The tax jims,relating to. them
are in some ceofueion, and cons( quently taxes
paid by them unequal,•while some-wholly es
cape-soy .share of the nubile 'burdens. 'ln
brief; our system of incorporations has become
so vast, diversified and difficult of oOmprelien
skin, that no reasonable industry 'can roaster
-tbe-whole-subjet t r .-and-understand-precisely
where we nre.and whitlter'we are drifting. A
Thorough.revision of ..ouripws on this.subject,
and the establiehment of general, uniform,
regulations for each class of corporate bodies,
-with-the, avoidance,- as-far-as- possible, -of_spe-
Mal provisions for particular. corporations, are
reforms imperiously .deinanded by the public
interests iu which I shall heartily co-operate.
I have no hostility to express against incorpo
rations for proper objects beyond the power of
individual means and skill: nor. generally
- against legislative facilities for the application
of labor and,capital to the creation of wealth,
where individual unprompted action will not
But no one can. assert that we have lim
ited'enrsolves to such a 'policy, nor that our
laws, on this subject 'horn peen -careful,
.con
sistenrlind just • . ,•
. But, notwithstanding all topics of regret or.•
criticism in oar public career, (and
should bear their proper fruit in amendment
and' reform,) we may well be proud of this
Peonsylvanni_of ours—of her people, her in
etitutione and her laws. She has become
great,
.korosperous and p owerful' ;•. ranking
among the first os the States; and her. oondi
tion at home and:character abroad bear !mid
inony to her merits, slid promise for her 'a
distinguished future. .•Besides her agricultu
ral resources, witicit'are great and first in im
portance, she . is capable of producing rn• un- •
told_quantities Alms° two articles of prime ne
ceSsity and - universal ustalron and Coal.
Even in times of wide-spread financial
speculation nod extravagance-have .
done their worst to cripple the operations of
capital;and stay the-hand df labor in its use
ful toil, the leaditig T interesta„cf-our-StaXe_may
/I.IC counted among the • first to revive and to
furnish-a strong and reliable basis for the m
-8'1114)0011 of activity in all the channels of em
ployment; nod in sill , die, offriiEnins of frede.
That government weuldsbe 1111114 SO and blind
.which would - admitister the' public affairs of
t e_Shits; %eatery( lee ,tittorr n. epi d
nese and protection to these great and capital
interests. s ...• ••
FrOhriliiiiiirliest period 'of our history, it
hoe been the policy of Pennsylvania to'-vin
cula till her citizens; end at this time our in
iniluliCtg,f•l't Iflarningand ednoatlonal fncilities,
are equal to those of any country. Our Co,m•
mon School system is justly distinguished as
uneof . the ineet prootical and eflieient in the
Union: LSCTIS then cherish this traditional
policy, coining down to us from the fathers of
the Commonwealth, mud by every means in.
our power foster and strengthen the measures
now eucceesfully producing the results so ar- '.
dently 'desired. by the patriotic men who have'
guns bbroie us.
..
While our domestic affairs and policy nat
urally will occupy Most of the attention of Our
Government and our people, it is not to be for ,
gotten that Pennsylvania hears very intertst
ing relations to the other States of the confed
erncy, end looks with an anxious eye tit_ the
yroceetilifg - s - n - firpOlfeffir fliii - Glitieral Gbvern
ment. It is both out duty and our interest to
cultivate the must friendly relations with our
sister States, and to frown upon all attemps
to aim among them feelings of alienation. We
should exert our whole influence to 'keep the
government of the Union in its true positien,•
as the common agents of the States and the
people, exercising high powers in trust of their
advantage. and welfare, and deriving all its . .
powers from the wtitten constitution .which
called it into being. At, this time we hero
strong reason to confide in that Government, '
as we know that* administration is in safe,
able apt patriotic WHIST and that it may be
trtintifl to deal justly with all sections of the
coo try. .
insubordination- an.' utter disregard - and
contempt of knit ntid lawful authority:-hoe
.heretaftwe.produCed difficultieti in the Territo- .
,riee of Kansas and Utah„ nod, in the case of
this latter, has now precipitated a state of
armed hostility between, the inhabitants and ,
ilie'tlenernl Government. ' In the further, the
peaceful American remedy for the redraft n
_RoliticaLarievanceer - real , T nary--
ri--f____
t - he
liallot 7 hok=dia. beet* Cur a long time abjured
by a c onsiderable .portion of the .population,
and a, struggle between legal authority and -
unlawful and irregular combinations continue
davrti'teltitt - Yretietietieried, - Meinititne. con- .
Gibutions of money and aid from the States,
have kept up excitement and turbulence ill the..
Territory, niid enubled.tqsigning men there to
. .
inflame•passione, which fitherwitte 'would long
since have subsided.—The judgment and opiu
ion of the country•oanhot be too strongly con
solidated in favor of the laws, and against all
who rise up to oppdse them by unauthorized
means. Noe can the exouse for resistance to
the Territorial laws, and for filling to perform
the duties, of citizenship, under them, that
wrongs and fiends warp perpetrated at elec.,
tions,• he admitted as a justification. Where
,elections are co frequent and the right of suf
frage so liberal, as iu this country, it is pecu
liarly the•duty of d good citizen to obey ex
isting authorities, and even objectionable laws,
knowing that the former oen be changed and
• the latter modified or:repealed within a very
brief period.• •And as to disputed elections,.
they must be decided by the proper legal
tharity, and not by intllvideal citizen, or fr
. regular aelt-oonstituted assemblages.
Ineutiordination to necessary and. 'rightful
authority, instigated and encouraged, by un
worthy men in the organized' States ; who de::
sired-that discord should continue,. and were
willinglo:con,ttibute:to that object, is the pro
lific fountain.from which the troubles in Kan- .
sad have limistotore pro4eded. It was nat
ural; perhaps inevitable, that this conduct by
a Tarty idthe' territory alined(' provoke innp
posite party to tinny unjustifiateiietots, and to
muck imprudent., and unreasonable conduct.
'Tbus extremes act a ndr rdeistupon each other,.
end when the laws-are defied andindieldual
action let loots, outrage and vitelenad
ate neetessary rssulte.
::The last phase orthe Kaneu `
e._quest on, which.
is open the cninetitution (rated by.e. .Territo
rial .Cativention,ispecirliarlY for the ludgmant
of Congrese; to Which the porter - of. admitting
Pert Statecis cionfidedr•brAhe 7cotieStution of
the.Uui The repreeentattees of thAnguple
.and aithe'States ip Qongress
;tneet:' that naestion under all the respotteibilf- -
Ikea Which , they.oWe td their constituents, 'find
!shish-are imposed uport.them by 'their: °skip.
;of; office t . ..spd ,with full information gimp mat- J,
Leta of fact invortent to Abe formation of a
nal ?judgnlont:. rrentiaie benetently 'Oacur,•' •
ring 'the te'riltoey which will •atnitdr mitter • .
I fig Congressional debate; 'audynekratfeet the !
Allintate.depision; • s 2 , 1,!;
To thepeople of
,i'ennsylstinis the admiseion
of a new Statii•into the Union-into thee etni;:•.' ,
federal:l..of which she is a Uleoltier—moat he',
tbnes'ei; siiilject of hilth'interest. ' And I
helicee Velipie . sfr their eetitinieritens ;tiel) '
n.ly, own, in - ,deohirint'theL aIE , the.
eleatorit,,al NTenik9iy
faire oppoituulty 4o purticipate seleptiog
delegates to form a Consiltution preparatory:
to admission as •a State, • and, ,if desired by
'them, they should also be all)wed en unquali
liettright to vote•upon such Coned!Mien
_after
it is framed. Of.couree those who then fail
to
the
in either case, cannot complain that
the proceeding goes on without their partici
pation.. It is, to_be.hoped.thae Congress will,
make such provision . for other Territories that
the preheat difficulty will haye no . ..repetition
fn, the future. . "
. .
experience and reflection prove that the morel
NiriU , II form the only fire[ foundation of pub
lie.eitler as well ae individual aliardoter, and
fheir. Support should therefore engage theltro
fel.lnd attention..of_goveriiment, and the co
.operation of all good:mee. Frail indeed
,will
be any structure reared fa the regulation of
ociety, and the pro Motion of man's true and
ssubstantial happinetis,_utiless it stands upon a
foundation more permanent than paper ar
rangements, or the fleeting impulses of the
hour! The recognition of a Great Supreme
- Power,Twhicilf - rttles - the-affaire-of-netions-ani
of men, is the only support of those virtues
can -tualie a people distinguished. and
prosperous, and•give to Government duration
and success. Sinterely imploring the 'Divine
guidance in the performance of duty, T. assume
the post assigned me by the people, indulging
the hope that at the termination of toy -service
I shall enjoy the approval of my own eon
.biencl3,. and behold Pennsylvania advanced
4%1 secure in her position as one of the great
immunities of the New World—her standard'
drift, and proudly bearing, 'untarnished, her
notto of " Virtue, Liberty and Independence "
WM. F. PACKER.
After, the conoluttion of the ceremonies both
Houses returned to -their respective nails and
then adjourned. •
(From Morrla and {{' Alin' Ilamo Journal.)
I Never - have.beetilfiliee.to Theo
=I
I never IVlie boon false to thee I
• Tho heart I gavollao still Is- thine t •
Though thou bast been untrue to me, -
And I no more may C.lll thee mine.
Pre loved as 'woman over loves, •
With constant soul In good or ill;
Thou'st proved, as man too often proves,
Aroror—but I love thee still'
'Tat think not that wy.npirit stoops
To bind the captive in my. train
Love's not a Clowar, at sunset droops,
llut smiles when comes hur • god alydnl
•
Thy words, which fall unheeded now,.
Could ouco my heart .strings madly thrill!
Lora's gord'On cliain and burning T-011
Are broken,Aut Lloro tho stint
once whetn heaven of bliss wee °um, 'I
When lovo..dfsuptled the clotute Ilf efire,
A nd time - went by'svltl! birds and llowgre,'
• Whllot.ong and limonite filled the dr! -
__Thapnst Is mine—the present-thine—, — 1
£thould thoughts of me the futtire
Thin?, whet a dootiny le mine,
To lose—but lore thee, false ono. st,oll
R til3.lC LANDS
We give place to the following comunfca
tion from tho Surveyor General relative to the
arrearage s s due utHarlds purchased fiOra' the
commonwealth.
SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Ilarrisbury; January 18, 1858;
ZION. WM. 11. WELSH.
.Speaker of the Senate
SIR :—lrespectfully beg lonve to make you
the medium through which to call the alien
of the Reprenentatives of the people to the
importance of early and. salutary legildation
in rchition _to Ahe .arrearages due on lands pur- -
cbased from the Common Wealth. The grad
tutting act of 1835, hoeing expired by its_awn
limitation in December last.,further legislation
Will be required, unless it is designed to . throw
us back upon the Statuteexisting prior to - the
passage of the sat of 1885.
. .
The not of 1816, requiring the compound
ing of the principle and interest, and the charg
ing of interest - on the aggregate thereafter,
Which bus been revived by. , the expiration of
the graduating act, would, if continued and
enforced, give greet, distress to many good'
citizens of the Commonwealth. ,On the.other
hand', the re-enactment of •the law of 1835,
would revive a system which not only fails to
do equal and exact jus,ice to all who have
purchased lands front, the State,,but also'outs
off all hope of accomplishing the collection of
the moneys due from thiit.source, within the
lifetime of any man now living. .
As stated in my annual report, the amount
now due the Commonwealth on_ account of
lands, in the opinion of those moat conversant
with the business of the department, is oboe(
efz_millions-of-dolinraT L- Theintereat ou Of:
sum, at six per o mt, per amnia' would be
three hundred and sixty thousantldollara, and
yet the receipt from hinds for the year 1857,
amounted to but little more than' twenty-one
thousand dollars! • And this le about the An
nual-iiverage of reueiptafrium that sourcefor
some years past. lu the ten years immediate.
ly proceeding the passage of the graduating
eel of 1835, the receipts were six hundred and
and - eighty-seven thousand dollars, whilst the
succeeding twenty years yielded only four lulu
dyed and seventy-two titanium(' dollars.
If the graduating not of 1835 is incniahle
of procuring better results thau these, would
it not be folly to return to it? Would it not
be wiser to strike out five of the six million of
dollars due, and collect the remaining million
within a reasonable' time? But there is no
reason why the Legislature should relieve the
debtors of the Commonmeolth, on account of
lands, of five sixths' of - their indebtedness.
Under the peculiar circumstances of the case,
they should not he harshly dealt with, hut in
my judgment sufficient leniently would he ex
tended to them if the recommendations of my
annual report, in regard to the calculation of
interest and the enforcement of payment, wets
parried into effect.
Of late the public mind has been directed,
with mere than ordinary solicitude, to the re
duotion'of the publie.deht• The people have
fixed their !learnt upon wiping.out the burden.
under which the Commonwealth has, groaned
so long. - Every department of the government
should renpond.to the , patriotic. wish or the
people. Notmis capable. of rendering more
effective service in this behalf., than the one
over whioVl have, the honor 'to. preside; 'but
to develops its real reeources,an ant ofAssem
bly combining Aberality. •in, its provisions,
without a - stringent clause for, their enforce
ment, id absolutely required. Without some
set of thia'oheraoter, the bueineitti of • this de-
Raqment willArAgits slow length along jot!
centuries to come,adding the insignificant sum
above atated• to - tho, annual receipts, of the
.Tri?aaar9 ,, , and Constantly getting - farther front!,
•a final settlement of our land'affairs: '
'Whatever lase the 'Representatlies `of the
people, with thr_Wanatfon :oft the•,Goveroor,
may la y. down for my guidanoerLehall faith
fulli follow ; but I confess to some anxiety to
lies nAaw.passed, that will nOlook ilia wheels
Of t tbledeparimont ' and enable it it,make, an•
ipitp . ollartlannualtiontributioti to the Treasnry.•
.With•siX-Millionsiof Adollarstuttstanding-not,
ih!the, hatids.ef debtors of doubtful : renponsir.
bility, ; but'All secured, so to ~epealt,.' by._firat-
Mortgagrs Otrreni estall—wha t ,but intrinsic
inefficiency in theilloW;rir-krben itegletelit'dit . -'
ty by: tlicffi
oeer„risqopreiterit,the lank o ff ice
frOm ! ,oetttributing ieseral huudretthoutiand
dollemannually to, the ,Tteasury pi' the, Com,
i IC
if in not'lntendedio I t the . orreirigeti on
lonJp.run on ni4noouniulotis.fniever, the work.
smlleettog plem anny,no Well:be :Inintnilo4L
uoa to not neve.z If their.ooUeotion•is dilioult,
time will only in , rase the difficulty._._lf it
should give ;tee to complaint, the. longer the
m itter stands and the larger the arrearagee
grow, the louder will be the outcry. But the
difficulty of collection, or the justice of com
.plaint, is not easily perceived. The claim of
the Commonwealth is too clear to be disputed, ,
anti all will'admit that her r Legislature.bas,the.,
power to enforce it. That she lute heridefordi
indulged her debtors, when sorely pressed' byr
.her own peeuniary
why she should henceforth`abstain froth the
assesslon of her righte. ' •
Apart from the wrints•of the Treasdry, and
disconnected from 'all Considerations that refer
to the reduction of the public debt, .there ex
ists, in my opinion, a.stiong reason 'why all,
the delinquents on the books of this depart-
ment should be compelled to extinguish the
amounts due by them, without further Dilate ! ,
. "essaridelay. Justice to-those who have paid
fur their lands imperatively demands it. A •
great wrong is done to the ' holder of a tract
of patented land, whose money the .Common
-wealth-hns-19g-enjoyed the use of,„' , '"itilien - he
is made to pay an equal amount of tax with .
his neighbor, whose land . is unpatented,. and
f - rom whom the public it easury has never re
ceived a dollar of purchase- mousy' or interest.'
The monstrous injustice of tnxidg, at' the
same rate, !nude which have been paid.forand
tildSo which - have not, without Compelling the
immediate payment of arrearages; can easily
he illdstrated. Fur example 1826, 'Ed
ward Crawford, ezecutor of John S: Brown,
paid into the State Treasury the sum of - five
hundred and 'eighteen dollars and. fifty-four
cents, being the pundiase money, and. interest ,
on two' hundred nod eighty.two* acres and
ihirty,fite'perches of land, in Franklin county.
Tho Common Wealth bee had the. of the
purchase money. ever since:'
. It is, therefore,
proper to add interest to the Sum paid in 1826.
This would swelf,lhe amount receired•by -the
ComtifiThwealth from the Brown tract,. upto
this date, to one thousand five hundred, and
,fourteen dollars - and . thlree - en ceniii. This
is worth about. ninety-611e dollars per annum
to she.Treitsury,'fit six per centum interest_
Scattered all over the State are thodeands
of tracts us. large -and on valuable, as this
Brown tract, in Franklin county, which :lever .
have -paid anything into the Treasury of the
•Commonwealth, io 6 the Shape of puirchtiee .
money ;or interest. And yet, although .the
State is reaping ninety-ode dollars per annum
from the use of the purchase money and In
terest heretofore derived from•the Brown tract
- the owner of that tract is compellell_to sub,
mit to the same rate of taxation as - the owner
of a tract that is unpaid for end unpatented.
In other words,• the Brown rraot contriliuo4
ninety-pee drillers. more peranniun to the our
'tot Crthe -
he plate- government , t him- any tin-
pafetited tract of the, same size and. value.
And this unjust burtbm it will continue to bear
SU - Jung as.,t ler° is an unpatented tract of equal
value in the State-. . • ' '
'Against ouch inequality ea this, every. just
_man. in-t lieMinximmtwealth-ought to cry - aloud,
It is astonishing that those - who - have 'paid fdi
their hinds have not cried out against _it long
agii, and demanded the collection of what is
due from others or the refituding of. what has
been paid by theinselve,.
Do , what are may - now," we cannot . do eatild
justice to till who have purchased land - front
the State. It is too late fortbat. But Legis
'attire may partially restore the. equality de :
stroyed by varying legislation in the pait, by
-authorizing the computation of interest here
after in the manner proposed in my annual
repOrt. • The mode of charging interest is
firmly believed by me to be better calculated
to do justice all around, than any other It
is, a s it ought to be, -liberal -to those •who
bought their lands at high rates, whilst it does
no injustice whatever to those who were for
tunate enough to purchase at thelowest,price.
Doubtless the number of patents taken out
annually would lie greatly increased if the
people were rightly informed of the require
:ments of the law. Much of the negleet.lore
, torero displayed is probably attributable to a
,want of proper knowledge. Coupled, there.;
fore, ,with any legislative enactment.-on Gild
'sulijeot, there ought to be a clause, authoriz
ing the Surveyor General to publish the act
for a synopsis of its ; provisions, 'in nearly all
,the newspapers of tbd State. If ignorance of%
the law is to olcuse no man, than the law
ought to be printed where all men can ace it.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
•
. JOHN Rowg,.SurveyonUeueral. •
11g),.. Smith and Jones, merchants, Isere
rushing round, just ten minutes before two
o'clock, roising funtle...ntliwgoing round the
corner of Kilby Street, Jones came in contact
with Smith, knocking him down . : Smith wall
excited and efolaimed: .
" Do that again, and I'll knock you into the
middle of next week." • .•
My dear fellow,*ebouted
!mg, I'll give you a tboupod &diets, for if I,
can•Ouly get through till then without break•
log, mire."
Spanish priot, once exhorting -the
soldiers to light like lions, added in the artior , :: •
of enthusiasm ; "Reflect, • soy brethern; that
whosoever folio to-day in battle; sups to night ' •
in Paradise. Thunders of applause followed
the sentiment. The fight began, the' ranks'
wavered, the priest took to his heels, eaten
solditr, stopping him, repioachfullY inferred
to the promised supper •in Paradise.- "True•
sty eon, true," said the priest, "but I never' • •
eat euiTeis."
Pooch Ina the folloviing article on
punctuation, which is 'Worthy the attention
even of compositors addicted to "lager." •
. Punctuation—that.s, putting stops in the
right places—cannot.be too seduously-op*s7
ted. lately read, inn country Osier. an
following siariling acootit4 of 'Tcrd. Palmier,
'Mon's:appearance in rho loune of dniiinonis:
Lord Palmerston then entered on- his bead,
awhile hat upon'hin feet; latite,bfit weli.poP
Jelled boots upon' hls brow,.a dark &odd in hi.
hand. hie faithful,walking-stink in hie
.ese,,tt
meaning glare saying nothing. ll a eat down..
' Ear The foll Owing. eign WS -,
upon on'aeademifor teeehinglintOiln one of
the Weetern.Eltates 7 • ' • •
reemaei tealbee'the ' t hoie end I3~ugge't6o,
girls. ' .•
Mi.:When you:see sitting an a oar. •
tier, on n moonlight night„ trying noutinen:
elaidow that it is improper to follow
a'gentleman we
.usunliy, 1 914 :Wyk down al a ,
elfin at it whialtey . ebop. • p • • ,
. ..
„A young huly mus. ,
nskia;keeei2llj . itiik ., :•
she (multi possibly afford, in, these nerfnUMi4,S 4 ,,,
times,"tos tnke. music te550n5!•......06,1 matt • u
she, "1 confine myeol! to the is't titiO,t;?."'''''.-4,:-:.+:,,
Ste:' 111 , 1 . 3 ' 01 us : v 0 Y 4 itt4 remat - for- , Ilte
'ut this4urld . he ehop . ~eid whoa ihs;£ope
wu Out kio - utf, ht0.661t. s'r " - •
',p¢y, Peeus6,thso P~Beaa[etul~:
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