Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-01-20

ana DONG by our Baltimore friends, will
not the enterprise of Massachusetts awake,
and be directed to accomplishing the
great but feasible project, of line of rail-
road through the centre of the Common
wealth; thus giving new energy to her
ancient Capital and inspiring new life
and activity into every department of bu-
sness. I'VE will but set ourselves stead
lily about it, all this can be accomplished.
If the present generation do not do it,,
the next will and why should we forego
and postpone the benefit, which bya little
effort and resolution may be made our
own ?-Bost. Pat.
/ GOVERNOR VAN BUREN's MESSAGE.
The message of Governour Van Buren, was
delivered to the Legislature of the State of
New York last week ON Tuesday. 1t is an
extended and apparentlysan able State docu-
ment. He approaches the high trust com
mitted to his care with profound sense Of
the unmerited honour conferred upon him.
He congratulates the Legislature on the
great and almost unmingled prosperity of
the State-which demands humble and
grateful thanks TO the Giver Of all good.
He refers to the able labours of the commits
sion who have been employed in the arauous
1 work OF revising the statute laws of the
State; and considers the finances of the
State under the following classification,
which comprehends the whole, viz the
general fund--the literature fund--the
common school fund, and the canal fund.
There has been no State tax since 1896
the interest of the general fund, and a por-
ton distracted annually from its principal,
have betrayed the expenses of government
The amount of this fund is more thar mil
lion and a half. The literature fund is
/, about one third of a million, yielding rev.
enue Of twenty one thousand dollars. The
common school fund is more than million
and a half producing about one hundred
thousand dollars annually. The income of
the canal fund for the past year is estimated
at one million two hundred and ten thous-
and dollars. The present canal debt is
more than seven millions and half-no part
of which is payable until 1887, and the
greater part of it not until 1915 and 1916.
The surplus of the canal revenue above pay
ing for repairs, salaries of officers of every
description, and the interest on the canal
debt, will probably be more than four hum
bred thousand dollars-quite as much as in
the year preceding.
OF the forty Banks now in operation in
the State of New-York, the charters of
thirty-one expire within the period Of four
years, and generally within half the time.
! The GOVERNOR recommends careful legls-
lation on the subject of the renewal of these
charters, or of the establishment of new
: banking institutions in the stead of those
which have mismanaged their affairs or be-
come insolvent. He condemns the practice
of Incorporating Bank on condition of its
paying bonus to the State. He speaks, in
the course of his message, on auction duties
! -on elections-on the fate of William Nor
gan-and the reformation of juvenile delin-
quents ;-he resigns his Office of senator
!, }speaks of the sovereignty of the States, ami
the result of the late presidential election.
{ He is temperate in his general views, and
} his message breathes something of the mag
nifcent spirit of his great predece ssor, the
illustrious Clinton Palladium.
NEWSPAPERS. If the intellectual superb
GRITTY of country is indicated by the num-
Der of its publick journals, the United States
of America is the most intellectual country
in the world. For a population of eleven
millions and a half it provides $50 Journals,
i being in the proportion of one Journal to
: every 1850 individuals. England with a
population of twenty three Millions, has only
493 Journals, making the proportion as one
to 4S,500. But there are many gradations
of the scale between both. Saxony has 50
Journals, and her population is only one mil
lion and half, being in the proportion Of
one to 10000. Denmark with population
of two millions and a halt, publishes 80 jour
nails, being one to 81 900. The Netherlands
containing six millions, has 100 journals, be-
ing one to Al 900. Prussia, whose popula-
ton is twelve millions and half, has 226
Journals, or proportion of one to $4,000
and the German confederation, population
of thirteen millions, issues 3O5 journals, be-
4 ing as one to 44,500. AS we descend, we
find Sweden, France, Switzerald, British
4 America, Hanover, Bavaria, Portugal, Tus-
cany, Austria, the States of the Pope, the
Brazils, Russia, Spain, and Africa, all grad
ually to a still decreased proportion, until we
come to Asia, which terminates the point of
the publishing declivity. In Asia-hot hap
DIV Asia-where there is population of 800
i millions, we find the literary periodicals
amount to the number of 81, being in the
proportion of one journal to every IA, 1000
persons Eng. paper.
/ We learn from the Montreal Herald Of
January 18th, that, in consequence of the
stoppage of ice below the city, the water
has been rising over the banks of the St.
Lawrence. BY noon on Monday it had
damned up the creek, SO that its waters
were forced into the western parts of St.
Paul street and the streets that intersect
it, and the passengers who wished to pro-
coed dry-footed had to pass along in vehi-
cles. In Grihintown many of the inhab-
itants were forced to leave their houses in
canoes and on horseback, in consequence
of the water coming in at their doors. In
some instances it rose as high as the
windows, and extinguished the fires.
Their cattle had to make their escape
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