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cordingly.
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n'-• The following lines, which first 'appeared in
olie Reveille, derive a melancholy interest from the
pram num decease of Phazina," whose fer
tile fancy gave occasion to their composition :
The Death Doll.
SUGGESTED DT PIIAZMA ' B "SPIILIT DELL."
Hark !—more faint and still
Than the rippling rill,
That steals thro' the woodbine dell;
Or the distant strain
Of the shepherd swain,
Rings in my car that wierd bell.
Oh, 'tis soft and sad,
But it makes me mad,
While its tinkling chimes repeating;
For it tells of woe,
That I soon mint know,
Ere its notes shall cease from beating!
It tells of the grave,
Where the willows wave--
Of fund friends' lips that quiver,
Of an eye that'; hid
By a leaden lid—
Of a heart that's stilled forever!
'Tis a gentle thing,
That " Death Bell's" ring--
Like the locust's song at oven ;
But its „ still small" swell,
It sounds the knell
Of the loved that aro fleeing to heaven!
[Picayune.
The 11Cetherlesc.;.
'The following is one of the most touchingly
beautiful - things we have ever read. The whole
scene is one of tenderness, and its beauty lies in
its entire truthfulness:—
You're weary, precious ones! your eyes
Are wandering far and wide.;
Think ye of her, who knew so well
Your tender thoughts to guide!
Who could to Wisdom's sacred lore
Your fixed attention claim!
Ah! never from your hearts erase
That blessed mother's name!
'Tis time to say your evening hymn,
My youngest infant clove!
Come, press thy velvet cheek to mine,
And learn thy lay of love;
My sheltering arms can clasp you all,
My poor deserted throng !
Cling. as you used to cling to her
Who sings the angel's song.
Begin, sweet birds! the accustom'd strain,
Come, warble lone and clear;
Alas ! alas ! you're weeping all—
You're sobbing in my car.
Good night!—go say the prayer she taught
Beside your little bed—
The lips that used to bless you there,
Aro silent with the dead!
A father's hand your course may guide
Amid the thorns of life;
His care protect these shrinking plants,
'Chat dread the storms of strife ;
But who upon your infant hearts
Shall like that mother write"!
Who touch the strings that rule the soul?
Dear, smitten flock!--good night!
T A 1 , ors.
:ViNied aml 41
" Gentlemen never swenr."
So said Washington who, we believe, never al
lowed profane swearing in his presence or in his
hearing, while in command of the army of the
Revolution.
Of course Washington did not mean that boys
could not swear, and yet be very fine young gen
tlemen." What looks more interesting than to
see a boy just out of his diapers puffing away at a
long nine,' and every now and then rolling out a
good round oth ? To deny these promising juve
niles the privilege of swearing, would be to deprive
them of the strongest evidence of their manhood
and forever blast theirprospects of beinggenllemen.
If Washington had lived in our refined and enlight
ened day, he would have better understood what
constitutes a gentleman. He would then probably
have said that there is no necessity fbr gentlmen
to swear, but if boys don't swear, nobody will over
know that they are gentlemen.
cj.An exchange says that a woman's reasons
aro three—past, present and future, and are as fol
lows : Because I did—because I will—and be
cause I should hke." The first is impossible to get
over ; the second is almost a hopeless one; and a
man must be a brute if he can for a moment object
to the third.
Pi' The editor of the Dayton Transcript boasts
of having been kissed by a bevy of charming girls,
with dimpled cheeks, and rosy lips, and brighteyes,"
on Christmas! Lucky fellow! We presume he
is now prepared to give us a satisfactory answer to
the aft-rapeatial quetion, a What is a kiss!"
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FrOl7l (he Louisville Journal.
The Great Advantage of: Obscurity
to Aspirants ter Office.
One of the greatest disboveries of modern times
is that obscurity is the hest stepping stone to the
highest honors of this world. We congratulate
our country on this important disceVery. France
end England have tried Wear the laurels that
rightfully belong to this nation in congbquenro of
the discoveries of Franklin and Godfrey, but we
trust they will not endeavor to pick our pockets of
this greatest of all discoveries. Before May lost,
no one ever decanted that obscurity was next door
neighbor to immortsl fame. The great geniuses
who found this out Will undoubtedly have their
glory transmitted to future ages on the wings of the
most unobjectionable doggerel verse, and stone-cut
ters will certainly shine in their efforts to
perpetuate their divine forms in the most obdurate
granite for the inspection and admiration of pos
terity.
We repeat that the discoverd, tharobscurity is
the stepping stone to this world's proudest stations,
is the greatest achievement - to the present century
—a century which has developed and applied the
power of steam to new purposes, whirls hove sent
railroad cars ahead with the velocity of the eagle ,
and lit up the'Shadows of night with lights thet have
eclipsed the moon and stripped the stars of lustre.
Heretofore the temple of Fame has been represent
ed as occupying the summit of a mountain; and,
in order to reach its shining portals, a great deal of
labor and a great many tedious steps were consid
ered perfectly indispensable. Shakspeare, it will
be remembered, says that "lowliness is young
Ambition's ladder ;" front which the inference is
irresistible that that great master of human nature
thought that, in order to ascend to this world's lion
ors, it was necessary to climb round by round the
ladder that led thither. It may also lie remarked
that all writers agree with Shakspeare in the neces
sity of climbing in order to reach renown. Indeed,
everybody has always considered a succession of
ascending steps quite as necessary to honor as a
Southern negro considers corn-dodgers necessary to
a good breakfast. These ideas are now happily ob
solete. From the shadow of obscurity to the sun
light of eternal fame is now only a step, just as it
is only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.—
Neither are seven-league boots necessary to the
accomplishment of this etep. It has lately been
proved that the most common every day sort of legs
in Christendom can take this step without straining '
or elongation and with perfect case to their pro
prietor.
We foresee the most wholesome results from this
great discovery. The waste of days and nights in
toil and study will no longer lie required of the vo
taries of ambition. They 'who pant to reach the
dizzy eminence of fame will not be called on to do
as their predecessors in all past time have xlmte—
they need not ransack the musty volumes of an
cient lore. from the midnight lamp while the world
around is hushed in slumber, think until the o'er
wrought brain is fevered, listless, and exhausted, or
delve in the qurries of mind until the heart-strings
crack, and the frame, wasted, enfeebled, and shatter
ed, sinks on the bosom 'of the earth, martyred to
the lofty resolves of high ambition. Thanks to the
inventive genius of this age, all this toil and sweat
are no longer necessary. A short cut ha, been
found to renown and glory, and one step can over
come the distance that separates obscurity from
honor. Hereafter, nature will not have the trouble
of implanting the germs of genius in the human
soul, and intellectual industry will no longer be the
tribute exacted by fame of ambition. The age of
genius and toil, like the age of chivalry, is gone.—
Henceforth, fools will block up the avenues to hon
or, and dunces of all kinds aspire to sway the desti
nies of nations. The agrarianism of the age has
levelled all distinctions between heaven-soaring ge
nius and plodding folly, and the democracy of this
country has invaded and broken down the aristoc
racy of intellect and knowledge. In our political
markets, wiadom is at a discount and ignorance at
a premium. Immortal honors rent on those two
hundred and odd sages, who, at Baltimore, discov
ered that narrow partizanship is a loftier virtue than
fervid all-embracing patriotism, that ignorance most
profound is a bettor title to consideration than wis
dein rendered lustrous by a thousand noble achieve.
ments, and that mediocrity of mind has a higher
right to rule than profound
,ecnius rendered efficient
by a life long devotion to the study of statesman
ship. Whose heart is so canons as not to swell
with emotions of veneration for those immaculate
sages that made such a decision, and who does not
glory in being ono of the people that ratified it?
Honors are now dog.cheop, and dunces can wear
them, as pendants about their thick throats. Here
tofore, fools wore caps and bells; hereafter, they can
sit in Executive chairs and hold tho reins of Gov
ernment. The wisdom of the ancients, which
Bacon and Temple eulogized so much, is foolish
ness in the sagacious consideration of these smart
times. Old-thshioned people used to think genius,
virtue, patriotism, and long services worthy of hon
or; but people now a•days laugh at such conside
rations, and decide that in proportion us qualifica
tions are eminent they are to be unhonored. Ge
nius is to go into exile, and folly is to strut in the
robes of powers Oh ye fools, dunces and knaves,
how lucky it is that your birth was postponed unto
t he present remarkable age, for had you been laun
ched en the stream of existence in past times, you
would have been consigned to oblivion amid the
doers and hisses of your onemporarier. Now,
however, you can lift up your hands in hope, and
hear the voice of adulation and catch the sunshine
of popular favor. The ancient Egyptians were
very• sensible people, and they worshipped Walls;
why should not Americans worship calves?
It is trui: that to hold an 'ofilce in which one is
not honored is pretty much like having an oyster
after some ono has swollowed all that is swallowable
and left nothing but the shells. "Honor and
shame," says a poet of the last century—
"Honor and shame from no condition rise."
This we suppose is true; and it is quite likely a
man may sit in the President's chair and feel no
honor. Since a very recent political event, we have
no doubt of it.
Lord Bacon says some men achieve greatness.
and others have greatness thrust upon them. Had
Bacon lived until now, he would have had the feli
city of seeing a man with a vast amount of great
ness thurst:' upon him. The only objection to
that sort of greatness is, that as one jogs along on
life's journey, it is devilish apt to slip off from one's
shciulders, leaving bins as barren of greatness as a
cabbage-head is of hair. Byron said he awoke one
morning and fcund himself famous. So did a den
izen of Duck river lately, and when he, honest
man, had scratched his head and looked about, ho
felt as queer as a dog wills a tin kettle affixed to his
latter end. He soon concluded that his country
men were the most generous people in the world,
fur they had not only thrust greatness he did not de
sire on him, but they had absolutely laden him
down with honors to which he never thought of
aspiring!
Now that tho American people have decided that
obscurity is the stepping stone to high office, of
course no one will be fool enough to cultivate his
brains or to ennoble his heart. Aspirants will hence
forth 'struggle not to be known, and wait patiently
until a remarkably smart, considerate, and generous
people see lit to drag them from their lurking places,
and hurt them at ono swoop into the highest offices
of Government.
Good Etul'll for tho Zadiet,
Marry not a profane man, because the depravity
of his heart will corrupt your children, and embitter
your existence.
Murry not a gambler, a tippler, or a frequenter
of taverns, because he who has no regard foe him
self will never have any for his wife.
Marry not a man who makes promises which he
never performs ; because yuu can never trust him.
Marry not a man who is in the habit of running
after all the country ; because his Lli ctic. are
continually wavering; and therefero never can b 3
permanent.
Marry not a man who neglects his business; if
he does so when single, he will ba worse when
married.
Good Rules for the Gentlemen
Marry nJt a woman who cannot make a shirt, or
cook a meal of victuals. Such a woman would
keep a man poor all the days of his life.
Marry not a woman who is a lady and proud ;
because she will be eternally scolding if she does
not get every thing she wants.
Marry not a woman who thinks herself better
than any body else; because it shows a want of
sense, and she Will havo but few friends.
Marry not a woman who is fond of spinning
street yarn; bacons° such a woman will not mako
a good wife, and will never be contented at home. 7
.terry not a woman who is in the daily habit of
slandering her neighbors, and giving ear to all the
gossiiming she hears. Such women make the
worst of wives.
The trial of Abner Parke, at Belvidere, (N.
J.,) for the murder of John Castncr, was brought to
a close on Thursday, and after being charged by
Judge Nevins, retired. On Friday afternoon, they
re-entered the Court and pronounced their verdict
to be Nut Guilty/' Phe trial of Peter Parck, in
dicted as one of the participators in Castner's mur
der, was immediately cemmenced after the rendi
tion of the verdict.
Zr. Both branches of the Legislature of Ohio,
have by formal vote resolved, that the daily sessions
shall open with prayer.
cO - • A to regulate Banking in Ohio is now
before the Legislature of that state. If report is
true, the Locofocos are determined to commit
dreadful war against any attempt on the part of the
Whigs to institute a regular and proper node of
Banking.
Goon Anvicx.—A Scotch writer, who seems to
have sonic experience to qualify him for speaking
on the subject says, if you have not chosen a pro
fession, do not become on editor. Beg—tako the
pock—keep lodgers—take up school—set up a man
gle—take in washing. For humanity's sake, and
especially your own, do anything rather than Le
conte a newspaper editor."
The registered tonnage of the port of Portland
Me., for the year 1844, ion little over 10,000 tons.
Ennet who was expelled from the Senate of
North Carolina for forging his certificate of elect
ion, has got lack again, Three of the Whig Sen
ators having gone home on business, the Locofocos
took advantage of their absence to expunge the
record of their proceedings against him from the
Journal and reinstate him in his scat.—A very
worthy and upright proceeding truly !
Upset a loaf into a keg of ground ginger, and
you will have ginger bread.
ZEr.2 !_"3
C[tTte Gorernor to the Senate and House
of Pepre.yentatives of the Commonwealth
of Pen?tserania:
FETACW CITIZENS: —The term to which
my eligibility, as the Chief Executive of
, !leer of the Commonwealth, is restricted
by the Constitution, being about to close,
I submit to the Legislature, the last annu
al message which the duty of my station
enjoins upon tee. In the performance ot
'this duly, I cannot terrain from invoking
your devout acknowledgments, with lily
own, to the Great :Author of All Good, fur
His constant care and guardianship over
the interests and welfare of our beloved
Commonwealth. Upheld by his paternal
arm, we have been rescued from the most
disstressing embarrassments and ddlicul.
ties to which, in a time of peace, any pee
' ple were ever subjected. Good has
sprung out of evil—safety from danger—
wisdom from lolly—and justice from a
spirit of ungenerous de.traction., The
clouds that for several years past, have
hung upon our herhans, are hi caking a.
way ; and the sunshine of prosperity once
more begins; to beam upon our path.
Within ten days after my induction in
to (Ace, I felt myself called upon, by the
highest considerations el duty, to'commu
nicate to the Legislature a full and Iran%
,position of time state of our pecuniary
Upon a careful eatainatiot., it
Lscertained timatite amount to' the
public debt, inclading surplus revenue
from die United States, was little upwasd ,
of thirty millions of dollars, and the deti
cit in the Treasury during the year Ibh9,
beyond the income, from all acurces, was
about lour miAtons of dollars. To meet 1 1
this moot, immediate provision had to be
made; and, to add to the perpleNing
barrassments, the great commercial con.
caisson, which has since reacheil its heig:mt
was then just beginning to be felt in its
operation. For more tkan tea years !
ira
mediately preceding that period, the State
set ,Pennsylvania, ;ram her well known
punctuality and great natural resources,
had experienced no al procu
ring upon loans. on favoral,:e terms, any
•
amout,t of money she needed, to extend
and crrry on her stupendous system o
infernal imrtriesne.ds. Both Foreign ant
American capitalists were competitors fur
the acceptance of her loans ; anti there
seemed to be no limits to her credit and
resources, except those witch her own
discretion :nipzsed. She made large
loans fur the undertaking and completion
ot• her various lines of improvement, and
paid the interest upon these loans by
other loans. StimuLted by these facili
ties, and lar , settiog the day would ever
arrive when her interest must be paid, not
by loans, hut by taxation, a syateas of ims
provements, by railroad anti canal, was
undertaken, far more comprehensive than
her necessities re.iuired, and tar beyond
her mewls to complete. 'I he saute reek
less spirit whici► actuated the govern
ment, had seized upon her private citi
zens, and induced them to engage in un
dertakings equally indiscreet and unat
tainable. Within a very few years
immediately preceding the commence
ment of my adm:nistration, banks were
created to tin caent, and with capital.
unheard of in tins Commonwealth at any
former period. These banks, controlled
by men moved by such impul,es, very
speedily exploded, and, as every rational
titan ought to have foreseen, overwhelmed,
in their downfall, the entire business of
the community. Within about two years
after I entered upon the discharge of the
Execctive functions, banks, the ag
gregate capital of which amounted to more
tlutst two-thirds of the entire banking cap
ital of the State and Inrnishing more than
that proportion of its currency, were com
pelled to wind up their ati'airs ; and, in
doing to not only extinguished this amount
of the ostensible capital of the State, but
crippled the remaining banks, compelled
them to withhold facilities from the busi
ness men of the community, and, by for
cing their debtors, constituting a large
class of men engaged in various pursuits
of life, to discharge their liabilities, almost
crushed the large and flourishing class of
business men in all parts of the Commons
wealth. To add still farther• to these
perplexing evils, the condition of the pe
cuniary atlitirs or Europe became almost
as deeply embarrassed as our own; and
foreign capitalists, who had sought fur
opportunities to snake investments in this
countty, were induced to withhold their
usual loans.
During a short period previous to my
entering upon the duties of my oflice, our
internal improvement system, confessed
ly incomplae, was very largely extended
by making appropriations towards the
constructions of the North and \Vest
Branch and Elie Extensions, Wiconi,co
Canal, Allegheny Feeder and Gettysburg
Railroad, besides guaranteeing the inter•
est upon loans made to private compa
nies engaged in the construction of works
leading into the improveMents of the
State. The amount which has been paid
by the State for these and other improve
merits, wh id; :ue w holly ;Unproductive, is
nearly aloe ind;iens of dullars.
'l' he most strenuous exertions were re
quired to nhtain, dining the first two
years, a sulliu7ietut alleuent of money to
pay the interest upon the State debt, de
fray the current expenses of the govern
ment, and to pay or the large class of
domestic creditors, naturally and justly
clantrous fur the discharge of their tle•
manila upon the State. Rigid economy
was lecomaiended, and enforced in all
the public expenditures. The extended
lidee of improvement, which might hove
been completed a few years tallier by
loans wet e suspended, in consequence
of the inability of the State to raise 'the
necessary funds; and the inter
est upon the public debt failed to be
paid from the same cause, and the want
of time requisite to mature a plan of tax
anon which would produce the necessary
sum for that object. Not a single dollar
has been I.pprepr inted, or paid, under my
administration, rewards the commence
ment of any new work whatever. The
stale of ;alines was such, at its outset, as
to lot bid any .such undertaking, however
meritorious in itself, and 1 have strictly
adhered to this rule of conduct.
Shortly after I assumed the Executtee
duties of the State, I became satisfied
that the precrastination cf the evil day,
%Theo resort to tuteetion was demanded by
the most imperative obligation of duty,
could nu ioniser be indulged. Painful as
was the alternative., I felt how deep; a the
honor of the State was involved, anti rec.
ee,eteled the imposition ore tan, which
eh! supply an adequate toil to dis
cii.,ee the interest 'on the public debt,
committing the details to the LeeisLe ere.
This recummendation I reiterated, in the
most tamest manner, soul ultimately it
received the sanction of the Legislature.
assessetent under the se vral laws,
'mooting a tire on real and personal pro
perty, and the ;Houma paid into the 'Treas
ury, are es follows:
Anfet of tax ewes-
ecd for 18.11, $116,794 85
6Lj,519 47
1842, 968,708 40
181.1,about 965,708 40
Whoto amount asrassel fcr tko
past four years,
Anent rac'd in 1841,533 ; 292 77
" 1812, 480,535 85
O 0 1843, 553,1)11 38
• " 181, 751,210 00
$3,013,724 12
$1,825,050 01
Leaving the emount of tax out
standing on the first of De
cember last, $1,188,674 li.
subject to exoneration!, commissions, &c..
which may be estimated at ten per cent.
The balance, it is :*air to presume, will be
made available the current year. 01 the
6751,210,00 paid into the Treasury du.
ring the past fisci . .l year, only $143,09900
was received from the tax assessed for
184 , 4, leaving outstanding, for that year
alone, over $500,00000. The receipts
from this source, for the present year,
may, therefore, be estimated at about
$1,230,000 CO.
The acts which have been passed up
on the subject, and which are now in force,
provide for the imposition of a tax, which,
taking the valuation for 1843, of the real
and personal property as a basis, will us
ually amount to the sum of $l, 453,003.
That valuation, it may be remarked, was
considerably below that of 184.1 If,
therefore, the provisions of the act of 1844
be fairly carried into effect, in the valua
tion of propel ty, and the collection and
pi unapt payment of the tax, be enforced,
the annual revenue hereafter to be deri
ved trout that source, will amount to at
least 81,500,000. This sent, with the
other resources of the Commonwealth,
will be entirely adequate to lurniTh the
necessary amount to discharge the inter
est upon the public debt, and thus ensure
the fidelity of the State to her engage
ments.
‘Vithout expressing the opinion that the
details of these laws are, in all their min•
ute particulars, the most equal aral just,
in the objects selected for taxation, and
the rates imposed, I will remai k that, they
seem to be substantially conformable to
public opinion. There is a defect in pro•
viding for the punctual enforcement of
the laws imposing and collecting the taxes,
and 1 beg leave to recommend, to the con
sideratmn of the Legislature, the adop.
lion of some more efficient mode of at•
taining this end. This 'night be done by
inflicting penalties on the collectors, ur
other officers, found delinquent in the
discharge of their duties. That class of
individuals is as little entitled to indul
gence or sympathy as any others engaged
in the execution ot the laws.
The entire amount of the public debt at
this tin, is
Punded (kw., G per
cent, stocks, - $4,370,916 21
do. 6 do. do. 34,721,534 46
do. 43 do. do. 200,000 00
.$39,222,450 67
Loan (relief issue)
per act of 4th of
May,lB4l, bear
ing an interest of
kr., Scc.
(" 7-1 C.D
one per cent., 61,175,000 tO
etc •• 171,1336 00
• five • 91,542 Oa
Amount in circulation,
13alance due domestic creditors, on
certificates issused by the Stith
tor General,
Amounting to the suru of $40,835,013 60
The increase in the State Debt, since I assumed
the duties of the Exceutivo chair, may be proper!,
understood, when it is stated that the interest whi,
has accrned thereon, since that period, amounts to
$10,362,180 GJ
The amount of interest guaran
teed to private corporations, to 144,340 00
And the amount of opplopria
tions towards the completion
of unfinished lines of public
improvements, commenced
prior to that time, about
Amounting to
$15,006,526 00
The annual interest on the funded
debt of the state, payable at the Bank of
Pennsylvania, exclusive of interest on
ceriiii.:atts issued for interest, is $1,747,-
00 13, falling due respectively on the
thlt of February and August, of which
the kLI I / 1 of 5873.515 06, is payable on the
first day of February next. If it should
be Iletermired to pay the interest nu the
interest 'certificates on the lat of Febru
ary, then the further sum of $97,880 84,
will be required.
The receipts into the Tr6sury Liming the fiscal
year, ending on the 30th November including
a emit available balance from the precious year,
$2,511,237 03
The expenditures for the seine
period, including the amount
of relief notes cancelled, were 1,847,385 15
Leaving a balance in tho Treas
ury on that day, of $683,851 88
There wall also and available bal
ance its the Canal Treasury,
on the same day, of
89,497 00
The receipts during the month of
December, exclusive of dis
bursements, were
To which may he added the re
ceipts over expenditures, for
the present month, estimated
at 120,000 00
Making the amount in the Trea
sury, on Ist Feb:nary about
This balance embraces the sum of 850,-
000 of relief notes, which the State Treas
urer witheld from cancellation on the 31st
December, and which, if needed, may be
applied by the Legislature to the payment
of interest on the public deht. From the
filets here presented, it is evident that the
Commonwealth will be prepared to meet
her interest falling due on the Ist of Feb
ruary. :attempts, it is true, have been
made to create doubts in the public mind
in relation to the propriety of paying the
interest on that day, le;:st there should be
a deficiency in the Treasury, on the lot of
August. But it must be perfectly evident
that the 'Treasury will be in ample funds,
not only on the first of August next, but
also on the first of February, 1845. And
the very fact that the interest is paid on
the first of February next, will increase
the means and credit al the State to meet
its interest in August, and afterwards;
when it falls side. While, on the other
hand, if when it is admitted that enough
money to discharge the interest on thti
first of February, is in the Treasury, ap
plicable to that object, and it is not so all,
plied, we shall, with much appearance of
justice, subject ourselves to the reproach
of our traducers, as wilfully dishonest,
and regardless of the faith and honor of
the State. With an exhausted Treasury
and tarnished credit we could plead our
necessities in extenuation of our violation
a cmit ruts ; but what shadow of excuse
could be offered when this necessity hall
ceased to exist? None, whatever, that
good old-fashioned integiity does not
brand as disgraceful, and unworthy our
character as a sovreign State.
It must be gratifying to every Peonsyl:
vanian to reflect that the Credit of this
great State, which has been, for upwards
of two years, subjected to reproach, will
thus be restored to the unsullied purity of
character Which, until this unavoidable
reverse of fortune, she had steadfastly
maintained. The claitas of all her honest
creditors will be punctually discharged,
and the gross imputations which have
been heaped upon her name wiped out,
and the abiding confidence which we have
ever felt iti the disposition and ability of
the State to comply with all her engage
ments, will be fully realized.
The report of the Canal CoMenission;
ers will present to you, ill detail; the ape=
rations on the public improveMents, for
the past
y ear. The tolls collected in 1844;
;inniont to 51,167,603 42, bein4 an in.
crease over 1843 of 8172,199 10. The
collections fur the year exceed the expen
ditures the sum of 8029,638 82.
The report of the State Tieasurer will explain, int
detail, our financial condition. That officer esti
mates tho receipts at the Treasury, for the current
fiscal year ending 30th November, 1845, at
$3,005,000 04
. .
To which add balance
in Treaaury,on 30th
November last, $'663,391 AS
$1439,178 00
104,384 93
4,500,000 00
139,691 23
$963,030 11