Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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Terms of pubSicatlon.
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Advertiaing will bo dono on tho uaual terms.
Loilora, to insure aitenlion, must bo poat-paid.
In a Slore, a Lad between 14 and 10 yoaiaof age. Enquiro oftho Printer,
Dec. 4, 1834.
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SherifF''s Bale.
ETgiY virtue ofa writ ofVenditioni Exponas 10 mo 4!^dircc.'.od, willbo.aold by publicycnduo, on Tuea¬ day, the 6lh day ofJanuary next,al the public houao of OHrlaliiln Sumniy; in 'Warwick townabip, Lancas¬ ter county,, tbo following proporiy, viz. a
Bilili'ui^ in WarwTck township, Lancasler, eounty, ad¬ joining tands of Abraham Gibblo, Chriatian Summy, and Jacob Rilter,^ containing four acres, moro or less, , with a, pno atory log
.   . Ihereon creeled.
Salo to commonce at 1 o'clock in tho aftornoon— Spited and taken in execotion ae theproperly of Boh- jamin Rillcr, and to bo sold by
DAVID MILLER, SherilT. Sheriff's Ofiice, Lancnaler, > . December 2,1834. 5
Will bo aold.,by,publio salo, on Tuesday 'tbo 30tli of Deeombor inal, attho houao of George Morriaon, (Gap Tavorn,1 tho following roal proporty, vix:
Eight Acres of Land,
v^itbiievoral buildings ihereon eroctod, aitualed on tho Columbia and Philadelphia railway, al lho ivoat ehd of the Oiip ctll. 'The aaid properly ia certainly oiiBof. ltie bBi|t sitiiations on tho railway for lumber & ibai yarda.'or any kind ofpublic businoa.s, as ilia Ihis'iibiircnBt'jioint to the fiourishing valley of Poquea, aiid'"ihuBt 'become a plaoo of conisidorable depoait. Thero is running water on Iho prcniinos which would'ni'iiko it a good stand for BtoaUi works or a brewery. It will bo aold allogollior or in lota tojuit purchasors.
Sale to .commence at lOo'clock on aoid day, when conditions and terms will bo made known by the subscribor.
WASHINGTON RIGHTER.
Dec. 4,1834. 34-t8.
Tbo Lancastor Journal, Villago Rocord, WoachoB. lor, and Bickneil's Roportor, Phila. will insert lho abovo totho amount of $1,00,and eond bills to thia offioo.
E. C. REIGART,   . jkTTOaxris-z- .a,t hua-w,
OfJSPORMShb frienda and clienla that WILLET ^0. OQtLBIf, Esq. will attend at bia oflSco and may'1)0 consulted npon profdssional businoss during bis absence at Harrisburg, i<^ir.
Deoember 4, 1834.
flCj""VoiKsrBKDHD" copy the nbove,
3S-tf.
iH^ 'Valuable Farm at
."rhe subacribe,r.ofibra at private sale that valuable Plaiitatibn onw'bichho noiw' reaidcs situate in Mar- Hiek township,' Luicaeter county. Pa. adjoining lands ofJacob Eahelman, John GrofF und others, lying ab^att«rb mites'from Poquea valley Iun, and about 1J milea ftom thq Green Tree tavorn, and wiihin ^ nf s inite of Limesione, conlainin); aboui 50 acres, moro or leaa, of first rato patent Land, of which a largo pr(|^rtien is tinibor Jand,'and about 5 aerea of iVIea- dov? Land, well vvatered; tba remainder ia divided inlo eonvoniont sizod fiolds, under good foncea, and in a high state ofculiivation. The improvomenta are a Two Story Stone    ,
mVELMNG
Sherifi*'s Sale.
By virtno ofn writ of Venditioni Exponaa, to mo directed, wL<l bo sold by Public Vendue, on Monday the SOth day oj° December inst at *.ho pnblic houao ofi Jacob Rulter, in Loacock townsbip, Lancasiercounly,'
A I.OTOF eROlJMl>3
in tho town of Intereourso, in Ltfacodk township, Lancaster caunty, numbered in tbo general plan of said town, No, 153, adjoining lou of Joel Lightner and froniing on tbo rood loading lo Now Holland, late tbo calato ofPhilip Evans,
Salo to commence at 12 o'clock noon. Seized and token in execution aa lho proporty of Philip Evana, and to bo oold by
DAVID MILLER, Shoriff. Shorifl''B Ofiico, Lancaator, ? Doe. 4,1834. S
"Waluabl© Real &tat©
TO>'V viriueofa writ ofVenditioni Exponas to mo fefis'direcled, will bo sold by public vendue, on
TUESDAY, lhe 30lh day of December insl. the following Real Property, lato tbo csialo ofSamuel A. Whileliill, vix:
OR TRACT  OF  L.ANI5,
containing 130 acres, more or loas, situated  in Salis¬ bury townabip, Lancaator county, with a two atory
STONE HOUSE
AND STONE BARN.
and othor improvementa Ihoreon oroo- led, adjuining lands of John Kurtz and others. ALSO,
^ Isot' of Grotmd,
oituatod in tho borough  of Columbia, Lancaaior co.
ALSO,
The right, titlo and intcTcat  of tho  aaid  Samuol A. Whitehill in the undivided third part of a lot of
containing fivo acres and ninety-two perches, neat measuro, situatod in Earl townahip, Lancaaier coun¬ ty, adjoining lands of John Flank, James Clemson, deceased, and others.  ¦
ALSO, in the ono undivided third part of
20 ACRES OF WOODLiAND,
situated in Saliabury tawnship, Lancasler county, ad¬ joining landsof Cyrua Jacobs, Esq. deo'd. Snmuel Kurtz and olhera, whereon are erected a ono atory log
39iuelUna ^ouse nnli SLqq .Stnble.
ALSO,
In   tho   ono   undivided third  part of a
containing One Hundred and Thirty Acres, neat mea¬ sure, situated In the same township, adjoining lands of Dr. Mathew Hendoraon, Michael Martin and oth¬ cra, whereon aro orccted a siono
DtXrHtalsINCt
a STONE SWISSER DARN, stono .Spring Houae, snd a log
Tenant Iiouse and StabSe,
held as a tenancy  in common  wilh Dr, Matthew Henderson.
Of'The anlo will lake placo on the fitat menlioned premises, at 12 o'clock, noon.
Seized and taken in execution as the  proparty  of Samuel A. IVhitehill, and to be sold by
DAVID MILLER, Shorifl'. Sheriff's Ofi'ice, Loncaater, >
Docomber 4, 1834. j
Cl new frame Washhnuie, Bakehobac, Shop ond Bpringhoasa 'with a spriins^of never failing waler, al¬ io a.'Tanhouae and Yard, with '15 Vats, a piimp of tanning watsrJntbe yardof thu Tannory, an Applo
¦     OiiCHAli'B,
of the boat soloctod' kirids of frnil In prime boaring growth, a VINEYARD of ohoico grapes in prime boring growih, of whicii tho owner baa taken great earo to procure for abont 11 yoars,' This farm will be'sold entiro without diviaion, and an indisputable tillo will be givon doar ofall incumbrances, and pos ¦sstion ontho first day of Apiit noxt. A furthor do- eoriptidii ia deomdd unneceaaary, as perso.ia wiabing to purchoae .Will call and view for Ihouisolvea, and it will '^ ohee'rfufly shown' by tho subscriber  residing
on tha fartn.
ANDREW  MILLER.
Dco. 4, 1834. 34-4t».
•FAIiUABLiE PROPERTY'
FoaaaxaB AT
PUBLIC VENDUE.
Willbo oold at Public Vonduo, on tho  promiaes, on Saturday tho SOlh day  uf December, insiant a
Yaluable Blaaialioxi,
offirst rate limestono hnd, containing 103 acres, oit¬ uatod in Rapho townabip, Lancaster county, adjoin¬ ing lands of John Slionck,(miller,) Jolm Strickler, Samuel Bruhaker and Honry S. Sthonck. The iin provements are a largo two slory
DWELLING
built ot Blono, with a largo Stillliouso adjoining tho same, a woll of novor failing walor witha pump In the kitchen and in lho stillhouao. Thoro are alao a largo stone
SWISSES. SAS.H,
108 feetin length, a Corncrib nnd Wagonshed, Tenant Houso, wilh a never failing spring of water noar lllo samo. About 40 acres of tho above Iract aro in full grain, lho remainder in Ciovor and.Timo¬ tby, all undor good fences, and in a high statn ofcul- ttvation, with the oxeepiion of about 18 acres which are oovorcd with heavy timber. Thoro is likewise an elegant young
Estate bf Samiiel Ehrman, deceased.
To the Crcditora arul Debtora of SAMUEL EHRMAN, latc ofthe townahip of Lam¬ peter, in Ike county of Lancaster, dec'd. Lellers of Adminiatraiion uppn the astateof the eaid Samuel Ehiman have been granled by the Register of Lancaaier counly to Joaeph Hartman and Robert Erana, both of the township of Lampeter, in the said counly; and all peraons having'claims or demanda againat tbo estate of the eaid Samuel Ehrman aro re¬ questod tn present the same to Joseph Horlman, ono of the adminiatrators, in whose hands tbe books have been placed, without delay; and alt persona indebted to the eatate of tbo said Samuel Ehrman are hereby requiied to make immodiate payment oftheir respoctive debts to tbe said Joseph Hartman.
JOSEPH HARTMAN, ROBBRT EVANS, Administrators ofSamuel Ehrman, dao'd. Dee. 4. 1834. 35-6ts.
(Q-" Vetksfrieund" copy Iho abovo, and chargo administratora.
with all kinds offruit    Tho BigChicqiiea crock runa Ihrough this proporiy, and   in point of aoil and sitaation itia not eurpassed tiy any in the county.
Any person wishing to view lho premises will ploaso call on the subscriber, any timo boforo ttio day ofaalo. Poasession and an indiaputablo tillo will bo givon on tbo lst day of April noxt.
Sale to commoneo at 1 o'clock in lho afternoon, when attondanco will be given ani^ condiliuna of sttlo raado known by
JOlfN S. SCHBNK
Rnpho, Doc. 41834.
,-'^rttt'jr;*Utue'bf ar^ aUoa vvtit.pf .yendiUpni.-E^ponilii •Btolni'e directed,will ba soldby puhUcvendue, on MONDAY^ the SOlh day'of Deccmbor inst at :lhe publii h.ouao of Jacob Rutter, innkeeper, in Leacock township, the. following Real Property, viz.
A TlteACT OF 1.ANB.
bounded as followa—bn the norlh by JacbbEliy, bn the Southbyilinds of Tobias Miller, on tko West by land* of Johrt Eby, ind on tbo oast by lands of Abra- hamBoyerl contkinirig ono hundred and twbnty-aix acrea, bo the sama more or less, the improvemenla thereon eroded ore a two-story btick
DWELLING
ESTATE OF
PETEK. EdK^IRT, Sen.
Late of Leacock townahip, Lancaster rounty dec'il.
Tho undcrsigiied, having boon, appoinlod Audi¬ lors by,tlio Orphan's Court of iho connty of Lan¬ caster, to hoar and determine in the matter of the ad¬ miniatration accountof Jacob Eckort Geo. Eokerl, Adam Diller and Jqhn Graybill, adininlalratovs cum lestainento annexo of the ealale of Feler Eakort doc'd. who was ono oi lho, execulora of the last Will .and Toalaiiioht of tho said Poter Eckort ioi|. doc'd. givo nolicc, that Ihoy will moot for iliepurposoa aforesaid, bn Monday, tho SSth day ,of DocemboF inat at tfao' publio houao of John Michaol, in tho city of Lan- caster, at S o'elock P. M, where atl poraons iniorosted aro requested to attend.
¦ GEO.MUaSER, HENRY CARPENTER, GEO. H. BOMBERGER. Doc. 4.1834. . Auditors.
Bw'iiwer B.kra', Tenaiii Hpttjid, Sprins^Houao, wilh «, (inespriilg'of water; aii'ii^tHer improvemenla. '
Sale ta cominence tit oiiei o'eloel^ in the allernoon, 3'oixed and taken ih execulii)^ aii tnsproperly of John Wilson deceaaed, antf'tp la BoltJ.bv
litiNtb MIWERiSUerifT, Oheriff'il OBice Laneastor, I    \ Dec. 4,1834, S
To the debtora and creditors of laaeic Moore, lale of Drumore tetenahip, dee'd All poraons baving claima or demands against the Estate oftho said laaac Moore, inro requested lo pre¬ sent the same duly aulhenlicaled to the undorsigned, WiUiam Mooro, ofsaid township, ahd son of eaid de- eeased, on Tuondny the 6th ofJanuary, 1835. And all poraons indebted to the said eotale are hereby re¬ quired tomake payment oflhe some on or befora the said 3lh OfJanuary, to lhe -^a^-M-^E_
Pec. 4,1834,
Governor's Message.
To the Senaic and Houae of Rcprcsentcdives ofthc Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Fellow Citizehs t—To communicalo in¬ formation of the suilp of the Commonwealth to those lo whom lho people have delegaleil the buiiness of legislation, at lhe comroenco- roont of their session, is an exeontive duty not less grateful than it is ini;>eralive ; espe¬ cially, when the aclual condilion of lhe Slate presenlsan aspect ao truly prosperous as llial which, in our own, is every wliere conspicu¬ ous. The season which we have jusl passed has bcen distinguished for ils general health, Ils liberal harvesis, and for tho general (I re¬ gret Ihat I am not al liberly to say the uni¬ versal) peace and tranquility ihat prevailed. In every part of our flourishing Common¬ weallh, the hand of a benilioent Providence may be traced, dispensing its never-failing blessings in rich profusion lo all, and bounti¬ fully scallering ils abundance over, il is sin¬ cerely hoped, a grateful land.
In our nalional relations we have bcen no less favored. A prosperiiy, as universal as il must be gratifying and acceptable lo all, per¬ vades every poriion of our e.xtensive Union, and sheds lho blessings of contentment, inde¬ pendence and plenty, over an indusirious, en¬ terprising and intelligent people. Abounding in evsry thing that oan promole lho comfori, increase lhe weallh, and ensure the happiness of a people ; at peace wilh all the world, and in the enjoyment of a governmenl which af¬ fords us security and proleclion in all our righis, as individuals and as a nation, at home, and commands universal admiralion and res¬ pect abroad—we should be wanting in justice lo the free and happy country in whicii we live, its insiilulions and laws, and the protec¬ lion and securily they afi'ord us, as ingratitude lo the bountiful beslower of all the blessings we enjoy, should we uller the voice of com¬ plainl, or suffer the murmurings of unlhank- fulness to escape our lips.
In this pleasing  piclure of prosperiiy and comparative Iranquiliiy, the only cause for re¬ gret, lending lo mar the brighiness of the re¬ trospect, which otherwise would have  been most cheering, is lo   be found in  certain tu¬ multuous risings of ths people in some ofour Allantic ciiies, onlirely at variance  wilh thai peace-loving,  orderly   characler,  herelofnre mainlained by  our  ciiizens   generally,  and from which, 1 am sorry to say, our own pro¬ verbially staid and sober metropolis was not enlirely exempt.    In the progress of those ri¬ ols  many lives were endangered,  and much valuable properly was destroyed.    The same lawless spirit extended ilsolf, unhappily, also inlo one of the boroughs in the interior of Ihe slate, where similar outrages were commilled. As such wanton, riolous doings, independent¬ ly of their lendency to peril and endanger hu¬ man life, and individua properly, are degrad¬ ing to the  characier of a people,  and a blot upon the integrity of its civil inslitutions, it is snbmitled for legislative enquiry, wheiher the existing laws furnish a remedy sufficienlly prorapt and energetic for  crushing such out¬ rages upon the peace of sociely, in  ihoir in¬ ception,   as Ibe   public  safety  requires;    or whether  furiher  legislalive   provisions , for strengthening the arm of the civil magistrate, and clothing him wilh more ample powers to meet  such emergencies  wilh a  promptness and energy suilable lo the occasion, would not have a tendency to prevent, as well as lo check such unjustifiable proceedings ?
It is with feelings, also, of deep and unmin gled regret, that I am conslrained, by a sense of public duly, to bring to the view of lhe General Assombly an occurrence of a most melancholy naiuro, which look place in the cily of Philadelphia, in the mont i of Oclober last, on the day assigned by law for choosing inspectors of the general elections throughout the Stale, by which an amiable, unoffending, and highly estimable cilizen was.deprived of his life; having been wantonly and basely stabbed and wounded, wilh a deadly weapon, by some reckless assassin, who has hitherio escaped detection.
An outrage, of a character which ultimately proved no less fatal lo another individual, also look place, in the vicinily oflhe scene of mur¬ der above mentioned, on the day of the last general election, in the course of which the lives of a number of individuals were jeop¬ arded, having been severely wounded with shot fired from muskets and other deadly weapons, and to which wanton outrage the death of thc person alluded lo is lo be attrib¬ uted. In relalialion for acts ol violence so enlirely indefensible, properly of considerable value fell a prey to the fury of an incensed populace; whose feelings had become exas¬ perated at the sight of the injuries inflicied upon Iheir woiinded friends. Whalever may have been the causes that led lo such gross violations of law and order, it must be mani¬ fest lo all, that such proceedings ought nol lo be loleraled in a government of laws, and in a couniry which boasis of ils freedom—llioy are enlirely incompatible wilh bolh. The subject is, iherefore, brought to the noiice of lhe General Assembly, as being the only de¬ partment of the government possessing the power lo provide an dfleclual remedy against a recurrence of such dipgraceful scenes of lawless atrocity and unjustifiable violence.
The people have an undeniable right to be protected by their govornmeni, in the exer. cise ofthat invaluable privilege of freemen, the elective franchise; and no means should be left unassayed lo secure to lhem that right ^ its broadest form, and lo bi exercised in a 'ibannerat'once safe from violence, and entire¬ ly ftee from every species of resiraint. A re¬ vision of the laws regulating tho general elec¬ tions, within this Commonwealth,wilb a view to aliaia thc objecls alluded to, would, I doubt not, be attended wilh the happiest ef¬ fects.
In parsuance of the act entilled " An Act to continue the improvement of thu State by cannla and rail-roads," pasaed the fifth day of April last, authorising tho Governor to borrow, on the credit of the Commonwealth, the sum of two miUions two hundred and sixty five thousand fonr hundred dollara, a noiice was prepared by the Secretary on the eixleenth of April, in the usual form, and published in newspaper^ printed at Harrisburg, Philadel¬ phia and New*York, inviting proposals for six hnndred thousand dollare, part of the loan aulhorized as aforesaid, to be forwarded to the Sccrelarjr'a office until one o'clock P. M. of
the fifth of June then nexl
mMu II.
18234,
syslem, the Gencrai   Asseiiibly wi
trouble lo draw nfuiilil'nl comparison beiwecn lho two, can for n uioiueiit hesitate aliout or doubl. If the act now under consideraiion goes inlo operation, tlie nirunis dislinclion beiwecn rich and poor, wealili und intligcnce, which has hereloloro prcoludcd the children ofmany indigent, ihough honest and reapect¬ able parenls, from a participation in lhe advan¬ lages of education- under the prcscnl system, will be exploded ;  and lhe  poor man's  child
 , and lor the resi¬ duary sum of Olio million six hundred and sixly-five thousand four hundred dollars, until one o'clock ig. the allernoon of thc tenth day ofJuly llien noxt. On the firsl menlioned of whicii days the loan ofsix hundred thous¬ and dollara was awarded lo Elihu Cliauiicoy, esquiro, of ihe cily of Pliiladelpliia, at hi* of¬ far ofono hundred anri two dollara and fifty- eight conts in monoy for every one hundred dollars of stock ; being fifly-acven cenls more per hundred dollars of ulock than any other offer received for llial poriion of said loan— and on the lonlh day ofJuly, the day assign¬ ed for that purpose, the residu* of the said loan, being one million six hundred' .ind six- ly-live Ihousand four hundred dollars, was coniracted for wilh the Bank of Pennsylva¬ nia at the prico or sum of one hundred and five dollars and three cents in money for eve¬ ry one hundred dollars of slock ; being one cenl more per share of slock than any olhcr ofl'er received for lhal portion of the loan aforesaid. By ihose several transactions, the Slalo will havo realized in premiums upon the receipt of the lasl instalment ofsaid loan, the sum of ninety-nine thousand two hundred and forty-nine dollars and sixty-two cenls.
Allhough this sum falls far short of the .imount received in former years in the shape of premiums upon loans, olill, taking iu con¬ sideration the unfavorable circumslances ex¬ isling at the time the loans were coniracted for, the consequence of a groundless panic or droad, impressed upon the minds of capital¬ ists, disinclining them lo adventure upon a Iransaclion of such magnilude, lha lermsupon which lhe loan was disposed of were quile as advantageous to the Commonweallh as could reasonably have been expecled. Il is proper here to remark that the temporary loan ol three hundred thousand dollars authorized by act of lhe twenty-sevenlh day ofJanuary last, and which was negotiated with eeriain Hanks, was repaid to the several banks on the firsl of August, out of the proceeds of the permanenl loau above menlioned, in pursuance of a res¬ olution of the goneral Assembly, passed the fifteenth day of April last.
By an act of Assembly, entitled " An ncl to fix the alandariis and denominalions of measures and weighls in ihe Oommonweallh of Pennsylvania," approved the fifteenth day ofApril last, it is made the duly of lho Gov¬ ernor to procure for the use ef the Common¬ weallh, within certain limiled periods, posi¬ live standards of weighls and measures: but no provision is made by the act, for defraying the expenses which must be incurred by a compliance wilh i'.s direclions. The propri¬ ety of approprialing a sum auflicienl lo carry the objecls of the act into elTect, to be drawn for as occasion may require, is respectfully suggested.
At the last session of the Legislalure, an act was passed for eslablishing a general sys¬ lem of educalion by common schools, through¬ ont the Commonwealth, in  compliance wilh      ^ ^      ^ ....
a constilutional provision, which, unlil then, I the oroud  trophy—it is to them  we are  in
NEW ^Ij^RIF.^ Voil. I-^-^q. 36,
not fail.iFccnis lo hnvc marked llic cr
it is presumed,, to discover :md lo introducu. jlivc, as one peculiarly <lUun;,nii«\io(l for its Coming as you do Imm all parts ofllie Slate, invclcr.nlc oppugnancy In tho taidj hut cor- you will naturally have brought with youa tain niulhoil of scuurins; conipoloncy and in- fund of information in relation lo this inipor- dependence, pursued by lho men ofother lnnt measure, which the Execuiivo, wlioso days, ns well ns for ilu peculiar prodilccliona opporlunilie.^ for   ascerlaining   public   scnti-  in favor of aomo  aliiirler   and leaa   diflicult;
pow-
ment are more circumscribed, cannot be sup-j palb, by which to arrivo at" woallh and posed to possess.    Il is exceedingly desirable I ers.
lhal a syslem which is to exerl an influence To encourage this .ipirit .-my furthor,allhis so universal and snail important, over the lime, would be iiriwiao as our too liberal Icg- nioral and iiilollectual characler and cnndi-j'"liilioii in suslaining it heretofore wns iiii- tion of the pooplu of this Stale, should nol oil- jiolitic and injudicioii.'?. I'ublic opinion ly bc madu as perfecl as possilile, bul as ac- seems to liavc set its seal of rt^propnlioii upon ceplablc aud as iigrueablo as pussible lo llioso such a course—and instead of being favorn. who are lo be alleeted Iiy il. That tlio sys- I'lo lo a further e.Moiibion of banking inslilu- lein of educalion for ivliich the act in quesliou li""», and llicir iicccbs.iry concomitani, an in- providt's, is decidedly preferable, in every creased pnper circulation, its recent exprcs- conceivablc point of view,, lo'lhaluow in op- siou evinced a decided opposition lo ony eraiion,   no iiuiii   whowill   give himself the  measure connected with this subjeot,short of
introducing into our circulating medium a due proportion of the metalic currency con¬ leinplated by the coiistitution of lho United Slates. In order lo accomplish nn object so desirable, and'lii reform the circulalion with¬ in our own Slalc by contracting or reducing the amount of |iaper money now afloat, <fc sub¬ stituting in ils stead n more sound and por- uinnenl slanilnrd of value, it seems tobe es¬ sential that llio legislation  oftbo  Stale  with.
will be placed upon an equality with thai of regard to an increase of banking insiilulions, his wealthier neighbor, bolli in the school should be forlhwiih checked, room and when indulging iu their necessary It cannot be doubted that an Increase of recreations. Banks, whilst Ihoy wouid add nothing to tho Anolher decided advanlage will bo dorived nctual capital of the country, would conlri- 10 fathers of families and others inlcresied iu bulc largely lo incrense the already loo re¬ educating children, !"rom the provisions-of this bundant supply of bank paper, ths value of law, in   the great diminution   in the expense much of whicii   might  well   be   questioned.
of tuition ; whilsl those who havo no children lo educate will be exposed lo no increase of their laxos lor educalion purposes, bul in all probability will have thom materially dimin¬ ished as soon as the system ahall have gone fully into efl'ect; but a further and slill more important advantage than either of the other two, will resull lo the risinggeneialioii, upon which this law is moro immediately lo ope¬ rate, from the more eflScient manner of in¬ struction, and the greal disparity in lho learn¬ ing, the characler and compelency of many of the present leachers, and those lo be em¬ ployed hereafier. The wanl of these advan¬ lages constitutes the greal defect in the sys¬ lem now in operalion in Pennsylvania.
This may bo emphatically pronounced lo be a measure belongingto lhe era of soven¬ leen hundred and ninety, and not lo that of eighleen hundred aud tliirly-four. To insist that it eminated eilher from tho Execuiive or the Legislalure, however desirable it inighl be lo appropriate the proud dislinclion of be¬ ing ils projector, is an enlire fallacy. Such a monument of uuperishablo fame was not re¬ served for a man of modern limes—it belongs lo the statesmen of by-gone days.—To the patriols who framed  the consiiluiion under
should an immediaie demand for converting it inlo specie bc mado and insisted on. Al¬ low xne also lo suggesl, for legislative con¬ .sideration, another measure as a valuable au.x- iliary for introducing an increased circula¬ tion ofthe precious melnis—I moan lho pro¬ priety of extending the provisions of the act of Assembly enliiled, "an act concerning small notes Ibr the payment of money," pass¬ ed the twelfth day of Apiil, onc thousannii cighl hundred and tvrenly-cight, to all bank noles ofa denomination lesa than lon dollars. By causing bank paper ofa description undor the sum menlioned, to be gradually withdrawn from circulation, the introduction of gold und silver coins in sufiicienl'quantities to supply the vacuum thus produced, would im¬ mediately fallow. A more stable, sound and permanent circulalion, in which the public would have confidence, would be estabJish- ed ; over issues would be prevented ; tho ex¬ portation of gold and silver would in a great measure cease ; the' working classes of tbo coinmunity would receive an equivalent for their labor in which thoy could confide; wild and ruinous speculaiion would receive a wholesome check ; and fluctuations in the value  of   property,  so   delr'imental  to   th»
which we livo and under which we have been | prosperity of the country, would bo less fra j pre-erainenlly prosperous and happy, belongs
allhough not enlirely disregarded, has never been carried inlo effect in the manner intend¬ ed by tho niembers of the conveniion, lo whose sagacily and profound political wisdom we are indebled for the present excellent con¬ stitution ofour State. The act referred lo was prepared by those to whom the arrange¬ ment of its details was commitied, under many embarrassing and discouraging circum¬ stances, and there would be no great cause for astonishment, if it should be found lo be nol enlirely perfect. The subject was new in Pennsylvania; the path to be trodden had never been explored; a formor attempt to in¬ troduce the subject had failed; and the ques¬ lion how far public opinion would go in sus¬ taining such a subjecl, oould not then be dis¬ tinclly ascerlained. Pelitions conlaining thc namee ofmany respectable individuals in dif¬ ferent parts of the Stale, in favor of such a measuro, had, however, been presenied dur¬ ing the last and preceeding sessions of the Legislalure, ?nd there was reason to believe that a strong desire was manifesting ilself in favor of the adopiion of some system that would have a tendency to give life and vigour lo the cause of educalion throughout the Slate. By great indusiry, assiduity and per¬ severance, a mass of valuable informalion was oblained, which unfolded a fund of knowl¬ edge in relalion to the advantages, the utility, the cheapness—in short, the decided prefer¬ ence which a systom of common schools, of general inierest, and suslained and encouraged by the public bouniy, mainlained over every other plan of educalion ofa privaie or partial characler. From a- careful examination of lhe informalion thus collected, from every part of the Union iu which the experiment of general education had been made, the princi¬ ples of the bill alluded to were extracted and framed inlo a law, having passed both branch¬ es ofthe Legislature wilh a unaniinily rarely equalled, perhaps ncvor surpassed in the an- [ nals of legislation.
The provisions of this aot have, il is under¬ stood, been adopled by all the school dislricis in some counties, parlially in olhers, and in a few they have been rejected altogether.— This, il is understood, was the case in some ofour sisier States, in the commencement of the syslem there ; and it was lo be expected in the inception of the syslem here. Every new measure, allhough il may have for ils ob¬ ject to confer the most solid advantages upon tho communily in which it is lo operate, is destined, for the most pSrl, to encounler long- cherished,'invetorate prejudices, which it will be diflicult to conquer, unless the most incon¬ tcslible demonstrations can be given of its li¬ lle lo preference, on the score of unquestiona¬ ble public utilily, over that which it is inlend¬ ed lo supplant. This aot ia said to be defec¬ tive in its details ; it probably ia so ; some of ils provisions might possibly be improved by iniroducing saluiary amondments. Bul as il will go partially into operalion in the course of the coming year, its objectionable featnres will bo developed by the practical experi¬ ments under it, and the remedies propor to be appliod will present lesa difficulty afler the de¬ fects will have been more distinctly ascertain¬ ed. Such amendments as are obviously ne¬ cessary to a more equal distribution of the publio bouniy or approprialion for the benefit of all the citizens of the Slale ; to prevent the imposingof unequal burdens upon those who accept the provisions of the act, and such as pdo not; or that will be discovered to be in any reject necessary for giving effeet to the
debted for this wholesome measure—they in¬ scribed it upon lhe sacred tablet of the con¬ stitulinn. as n l.n.itiiifi' momnrial of thfiir dpte'- mination, that universal educalion should form one ofthe pillars of the government ; and as an abiding testimonial of the high value they attached lo the dissemination of knowledge as a proteclion and safeguard to our free institutions: and we are admonished by the language of the matchless inslrument which proceeded frora their hands, as by a voice from the grave, that the solemn injunction which they engrafted upon it, in behalfof ed¬ ucalion, must pot be disregarded.
Having, on several occasions, taken the oath prescribed by law, for the Executive of tho Slate, making it obligatory upon him, n- mong other things, to support the constitu¬ tion ofthc Cummonwcalth ofPennsylvania, 1 should hare considered myself juslly charge¬ able wilh inexcusable ofiicial delinquency, if, upon any propor occasion, I had omitled lo urgo upon the atlention of the Goneral As¬ sembly, the propriety ofcarrying into effect a constitutional provision of no ordinary in¬ terest, which, after lhe lapse of more than forty years, remnincd, as it was on the day of the adopiion of that instrumenl, lo all prac¬ tical purpose—a dead leller.
fn my lasl annual message, t took occasion to introduce to lho nolicc of the General As¬ sombly the subject   of corporalions generally, and to suggcsi  the   propriety  of restricting our Irgislalion, in regard to conferring corpo¬ rale powcra, lo such enterprises exclusively, as arc of incunteslibic public ulilily   : to the accomplishment of which, individual capital and credit would bo iiiadeqiialo ; and   that it ought nol lo bc extended lo such branches of business ascan be euccessfiilly carried on by individual exertion aud individual   means.— The privilege of voling by proxy al elections for oflicers, and for deciding important meas¬ ures connected wilh the managemenl ofsuch public bodies, waa also alluded   lo  ns   boing incompaiible with tho spirit of our   freo   i i- siilulions.    My opinions ill relalion lo  those subjects have undergone no change, butoii the contrary liaise been inucli strenglhonod since the promulgation of tliat doeuuisnt.    Il can¬ not be denied that overy   incorporalion   that is auljhorizod, and every mon-ipoly that is es¬ tablished, ovon for llio most useful purposes, is a deviation from that ropublican simplicity which the principles upon which our admira¬ ble form of govcrnmont is predicaied  would seom to inculcate, nnd a virtual encroachment upon  our liberties.    By  multiplying  these formidable, irresjioiisiblc  public bodies, we shall, in llic process oftime, raise up  wilhin lho Conimonwenllh an arislocralic combina¬ tion of powors, whioh   will  dictato  it.s  own lairs, nnil pul al defiance thc governmenl and the people.    VVo havc recenlly had a sirong
qhent.
A further safe guard, against tho ruinonit consequences resulling the community fronv excessive issuea of bank paper, will bo found in imnoain? wholeanm* Tostrinlinna unnn those institutions, both in regard to Iheir cin- culation and tbeir credits or diicounts, neith¬ er of which should bo allowed lo exceed a certain prescribed sum, orer and above tho amountof the capital stock oflho inslilulion, much reduced below tbat now allowed by law; and that a portion of the excess of divi¬ dends over a cerlain per centage to ba deter¬ mined by the Legislature, upon the amount paid on cach share ofsiock, should be paid into the Slate Treasury, as an annual cquiv- lont.for the privileges conferred, lo be appliod to tho educalion fund, or such olhcr benefi¬ cial public purpose aa the Logislalurc may from time to lime direct. Sucha courie of Legislation, it is believed would place our Stale inBlilulions upon a basis at once solid and substantial ; would quonch Ihe desire for an increase of banking privileges, and would go far lo guard the community against tho danger of those sudden expansions and con¬ tractions, which have horetofore oo injuri¬ ously and ruinously oA'ccted all thc greal in¬ terests of the country, as woll ogricultiiFal and manufacturing as commercial. There is no .ipocics of properly that may, wilh a great¬ er rogard to justice, bo resorted to for con. tribulions to bcncficial or useful public pur¬ posos, than lhal which is derived from lho profils arising from the business transactions of moneyed institutions. Being endowed wilh privileges from which the rest of the community is excluded, it is but reasonable that a part of the bounty they haro received lo lho exclusion of olhers, sliould be return- cd io the public in ease of tho burdens whicb would oiherwise havo to be borne by their less fortunate noighhors. In introducing the measures rocomraonded iulo our moneyed system, care raust ho laken, however, thatit bo done cauliously and gradually, and in a manner to enable those inslitutiona to meet the chango without tho necessity of suddenly curtailing Ihcir business operations, or inju¬ riously alieoting the indusiry or the general prosperity oflhe country.
The fiscal relations of the Commonweallh for the year ending on tbo first day ofNovcm¬ ber last, hare been such as to enable thc Trea¬ sury to meot the various demands upon it, notwithstanding Iho grent diminution in tho proceeds of some of the sources of revenue, and the heary claims to which il was subjec¬ ted by tho liberal appropriations granted for local objecls, during the last and preceding sessions oflho Legislature, and which wero called for wilhin llio laat fiscal ycar.
Tho recoipis inlo tho Treasury fortheyear ending as above, including tho balance re¬ maining therein on the first of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, amoun¬ ted lo the sum of ono  niillion six  hundred
llustrnlion of tho poworand dangerous  ten- ^^^j fourteen  thousand eight  hundred  and
doncy ofsuch institutions,and itmay bo well to learn wiadom from experience- These observations havo bcen aiiggcsted by a knowl¬ edgo of lho fact, that a morbid, restless solic¬ itude, lo produco a slate of incautious legis¬ lation, tending to precipatale a system of le¬ galised speculation upon tho peoplo of Ihis Commonwealth, hns, for somo limo past, but tooconspiculously manifested itself in our legislative halls, in thc slinp'e of applications for the incorporniion of monopolies, of vari¬ ous descriptions. A depraved, unsound spir¬ it, evincing a viliated anxiely fur thc estab¬ lishment of banking inatitutions, and othor coqiorations possessing esclusivc privileges,
sixteen dollars and ninety-one cenls ; and tbo expenditures duringthe same period, wora ono million five hundred and sixty thousand soven bundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-ono cents, lenving a balanco in tho Tieasury ondlhe firal ofNovcmber laat, of fif. ty-four thousand nnd ninc-nvo dollara and twenty conls ; ofwhich b.ilnnce, however, tha sum of fifty thousinnd dollars was duo lo tha internal improvement fund, frora which ithad been borrowed for lho   pnrpose  of mooting
tho payine
utof inierest on thc firat of August
piirsuanco.of the act oflhe  fifleentit ofApril last—leaving a neU biilangotUereftHe
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