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SS57,325 81
553,9ll IS
To which add the State Tax re-
celyed,
Sl,lll,2226 50

This income, derived from the above sources,
was specially appropriated to the payment of
the interest on our public debt; and on the
faith Of the Slaie's adherence 10 It's solemn en-
gagcmcnts. those from whom the money was
obtained, were doubtless induced to make the
loan. But, by the resolution passed lth April,
lSl2, mud the acts passed 21lh July, lef2, ana
Slh April, l~i3, those funds were applied to O.
ther and different purposes, from what was dee
med, by the Legislature, an imperative necessI-
ty luduced 10y the monetary cmbarrassments To
which have already adyered
Il is thus shown that about three and a half
per cent Of the interest could have been paid
the past year bot for this subsequent lcei>la-
ton; aud that the above sum Of sS57 ,325 ~,
tor, ther with tax of less than three mills on
the assessed value of the real and personal estate
OF the citizens of the Commonwealth, would
! pay the interest on the public debt, beyond all
doubt, and place Pennsylvania on that proud
emnence which the tue character of her pco-
| pie, aud the resources she possesses designed
! her to occupy. But TO satisfy the people of the
pIoprety of this increase Of the tax, assurance
/ shnld be given that il would he applied 10 the
payment of the interest on the State debt, tC
the exclusion Of every other object.
There has been one objection made against
taxation under the present state Of things
which appears TO be founded in Justice and lha
is, the manifest uniaraess and inequality OF thu
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06

rates of assessment in the different counties.
| annex to this message table showing the as
scssments IN the various counties OF the Com
moRWealih, an examination of which, viii at
once disclose the evils that ought to he reine-
died.
Most Of our laws on the subject of taxes and
revenue, require revision and amendment.
Those relating to collateral inheritance, retail
ers and dealers in merchandise auctions aud
auctonccrs, and brokers, require revision and
modification to prevent cvasiohs Indeed there
is good reason 10 believe the revenue from
these resources might be doubled. The county
rates and levies are not augmented by them;
nor does the State tax derived therorom, bear
any fair proportion to that cXactod from the land
holder. The Inequality and injustice Of the
matter become manf st when the proceeds dc
rived from each are considered.
The tax necessary for tie payment of the in.
terest on our State debt, it has long bcen apra-
rent to me, should be appo,tion,d among the
several counties Of the State. and liberal dis
count or drawback ollowed for prompt colec-
tons and payment ntp the Treasury. The
members of the legislature coming rs they do
from the set,fal counties and zach wHiChiul oi
the rights and interests Of his immediate constl-
tnents, would certainly compn' q board every
way competent to make that GpporUonment.
A more sncqral one than that which now cx-
lists, cannot be readily devised, ! am aware
that each and every ohioct and mode Of taxa
ton is more or less ubjcctlonable--bu that
should not absulye Us from otlr duty. | have
submitted to the Legislature, my views again
AMI again, on this subject 4; and that Il las al
times differed with tnc, Is no cause Of complaint
that difference OF opDnlon having proceeded
from n conscientious disChar G OF duty. But,
if the suggestions bore made, do not seem right
and proper, permit me to express the earnest
hope that the Legislature Will devise some
other mode, less Objectionable. and that it viii
not separate until full and ample provision he
made for the punctual payment of the interest
on our pubic debt, scmi-annualy. MS IT becomes
due, aud Tins smooth the way for those who
may come after us in the administration of the
Government
Before quitting the hiect Of taxation, it may
be well TO take relative view Of tie taxes re-
ceved at the Treasury, Tor the last three years,
aud the amount 0nnuay pad "a, the several
counties for the purposes Of education. The
IA YES received i'm
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06

Nauyoo says, that two Mormons have been kid
mapped from that place, and carried to Missouri.
The Governor OF Illinois has been called upon
TO demand the men of the Governor of Nilsson.
ri, but refused to dot.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06

New JERsEy,--lt is said, in the Newark
Post, that MIR. Webster has purchased the Wee
hawken House, formerly owned by Judge Ber-
gen, for $4,000, situate about two miles from
llobQken
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

10 me SENATE and House Of Rep' csentdiipes
W The Common wealth Of fenasylrania. F.
ErLLow CITIZENS The first and most inn
roIinht duty that dcvoives upon the Legislature,
Niil be TO examine into the financial enborrass-
inents of the State, and to make suitable pro-
vision for the discharge of her liabilities. The
entire aneunt ofthe funded debt of the State is
S3g, g,0s4,O 600 40. This debt is reiinbursable as
fnllnt,.a
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06
S39 ,osI,0 600 30

Upon this debt the annual interest 10 be paid
amounts TO 81 ,941 ,S27 %, to wit
Permanent loan at per cent, l,9iG.9il SO
loans at per cent, 81, ,Gs3 1s9 So
. loan at a. per cent, 100000 90
Relief notes at / per cent, 1,4C7 Cos Gs
do at per cent III ,636 90
Arrears of interest due to our
loan holders in August, 1912,
and February aud August,
1913, al per cent, 2,Gll,60l 50
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06
81 013,S.0 90

The moneys paid out f"r tho purposes OF
education, Guring the same years. smoun.
ted, in ISL, 10 S36l,166 Oh
lsi2, :l5.312 -
1918, lO- ,G9l 30
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06

Interest due lat August, lS42, tor
which certificates OF stock
were issued, redeenable in
1873, -r.
Interest due lst February, ls43,
rcdecmable in 1916,
Interest due lst August, 1913, re.
a2emable in ls46,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06

The lady of the Rev. VIM, Henry Holt, of st.
Alhans, Vt, has presented the Episcopal Church
Of that place with splendid organ, valued at
c 5DO
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Executive CHAMBER, }
Harrisburg, January 3, 1871. s
DAVID r. PORTER.

VALUE OF KIss.-Dfiercnt persons have
different tastes, and this peculiar'y extends
even to jUrics. One, some time ago, rave a
gentleman five hundred dollars, because ano-
thcr man kissed his wife, but jury in Dcdham,
Mass, declared that one was not worth $500,
the whole amount demanded. The peculiar
characteristics in the latter instance of the
mouth kissed are not mentioned, and there may
be somch.ag in the lips themselves which
would probably justify the jury's decision, but
he is said to have kissed her with apparent sat-
staction, the impuntion of bad taste woud
seem to rest upon the jury. The case was as
follows; a Mr.. Horsam, of Dorchester, brought
an action on prommi,sory note Of $500 a.
gainst Lydia Wilmington; and the payment of
the note was resisted on the ground that it was
given without consideration. 1t was set up
and proved in defence tha, the brother of the
defendant had kissed the plaintiffs wife; and
being caught in the "cataSrophe," the plaintiff
compelled him to obtain his sisters note for
$500, under threat o. a criminal prosecution.
/ Major Samuel Wilmington, the man VITO be-
/ slowed the kiss upon Mrs, liursam, described
the kiss as being one Of pure friendship, docile
| in lis nature, and perfectly harmless. She was
a perfect stranger to him; he had called upon
/ her at her house, and became so interested, that
on parting, he ventured TO kiss her 1t not ap.
/ pearug that this intimacy had gone any fur
ther thah kiss, the jury decided it not worth
$500; or if it was that the sister ofthe gay Ma
lor Was not the proper person to pay for it and
they gave a verdict tor the defence accordingly.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06
S77,G27 40

And, on the same lines. the excess of receipts
over expenditures and all liabilities is as fol-
lows:
Main Line. S410,220 70
Delaware Division, G9,7l1 10
Susquchanna, North and West
branches, 1919 90
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DECREASE INCREASE,
Main Line sol ,2G2 40
Delaware Division, So 1913 G.
Susquchanna North and
West branches, 1906 0S
Beaver, Shenango and
French Greek $40 % 1G,G3G 03
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06

Beaver. Shcnanro and French Creek,
excess of expenditures over re-
ccipts,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06

Loan payable at the expiration
of certain bank charters,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-06
1921 ij

Total excess of receipts over cXpcn-
diturcs $50 .Gj7 81 7
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-08-08
THOMAS RITCHIE.
CArALPA, July Il, 1874.

Gentlemen: Nothing less than the
physical disability of i'll health, under
which [ have languished for the last
week, would prevent my beng with
the Tenth Legion in its meeting to-
morrow.
That people and their cause engage
my truest sympathies and anxieties,-
Their cause is the cause Of conSt tdtion-
al limitation, in the whole extent Of this
confederacy Of States.
The party denomlnatlng themselves
Wings, have now openly avowed their
principles; which are any other than
the true principles of the Constitution,
as Virginia, in all past time, received
and inculcated them. The present is
an epoch from which new start will
be dated in the history of the Republic.
If the Wing party prevail, the question
will be setted-in the language of
GouveIneur Morris Of December, 1914
-"that the Legislative Lion will not
be entangled in the meshes Of logical
net" The practical Government will
become stronger than the Constitution
creating it-and the leader of that par
ty will have shown, that he has strength
enough to carry his cause, whilst the
cause itself would be too feeble to car
ry him. He will have shown, that the
power to distribute production, is great
er than the power to create it; and that
labor will take the bread from its own
mouth to increase the magni6cence Of
its rival. The struggle between Toll
and Wit-between Industry, that finds
its daily bread in the sweat Of its brow;
and Cunning that WILL enter into tie
fruits Of others Ia6ors-is now de-
pending between the capitalist-manu-
facturer, and the agricultural and plan
ting interests Of our country. Agri-
culture has obtained for manufactures,
the world as market; and it has lost
the world as market for ITSELF
When the grant Of the commercial
power was under debate in the Con-
vention of '87, its abuse to this end
was forseen and exposed. A correla
tive check was moved by Edmund
Randolph, and maintained with great
ability by Geo. Mason. 1t was fore
told by Col. Mason that it would be a.
bused by the dominant party, whose
interests led them along the paths Of
abuse. The check Of thirds
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nave brought temporary eclipse upon
the bright disc of old Virginia herself.
They are practising arts upon her peo-
pie, which, if their own self-respect
does not forbid, the good sense Of Dem
ocrats must rebuke at the polls. We
must put the Veto upon these repeated
and disgraceful mummeries. The voice
OF Virginia must now brand them with
her decided reprobation-oR, we shall
have the same scenes repeated III 1913
and the same insults thrown every
four years to come upon the under
standings Of the people.
We look to you, soldiers Of the
Tenth Legion, 10 lead the way in this
actlon-to .nspirit US by your example
and to strike the heaviest blow with
your tremendous battle-axe in Novem-
Der. We pray you to keep all your
arms polished-your ranks well disclp-
lined-and to rouse every man to take
the field. When Cesar had the hard
est battle to fight, and wanted his most
gallant troops to do the most daring
deeds, he called upon the 10th Legion
to put forth all its force. Virginia now
calls upon her 10Th Legion to exert all
its strength, and to save the Republic.
Men Of Shenandoah! Men of Rock
ingham! Men Of Page! when did you
ever fail u.s. Fail as nowi The We
ry supposition is idle and insulting
No-No! When Virginia expect s
every Democrat to do his duty, the
Chivalry of the 10th Legion aoiIJ do It,
or they eOiU die.
Thanking you, sirs, most sincerely,
for the very kind terms in which you
have couched your invitation to my
self, and begging you to offer in my
name to our friends at New Market,
the following sentiment, for which |
am indebted to the last letter Of the
Hero of the Hermitage,
| subscribe myself,
Your friend and fellow-citizen,
THOMAS RITCHIE.
"OUR CAUsE.-Let Polk, Dallas
and Texas be the watchword and coun-
tersign-and 'ictory IS certain"
To Messrs. John R. Strayer, John S.
Calvert, j. D. Williamson, Jr., S,
G. HenkeI, Joseph Sibert, JOS. Sal
yards, Committee Of lnyation.
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sometimes avenged by its own success. And
so, sir, | think it will prove to be with the
protective policy. Gentlemen ask for peace.
They complain that we will not leave them to
enjoy, in quietude and repose, their system of
plunder and dishonesty. If we were the slaves
thew desire us to be, and would not even lift
our enchanted hands to resist, they can have
no peace Agitation, disquietude, and conten-
ton, is the necessary condition Of the protec-
tive policy itself Has any tariff ever given
security and repose? From the unalterable
principles of currency and trade, one protec-
tive tariff must soon have another to support it.
It's relief can only be temporary. By shutting
out foreign manufactures in return for our ex-
ports, specie settles the balance between us and
foreign nations. The consequence is, immense
importations Of specie; which, becoming in the
banks the basis Of large issues of paper money,
swell the currency, and raise aftifcially the
price of everything in the United States
From this state Of things, foreign manufactures
can soon be imported into the country, in spite
of protective duties. and sold in our markets.
The benefits expected from the protective du-
ties then cease to the domestic manufacturer;
and, if they would end here, and stay here,
we might laugh at the dishonesty which had
thus neutraliZed its own oppression. Bat, with
the high prices in this country, produced by a
swollen currency, specie begins to flow back
to Europe, to settle the balances between this
country and foreign nations. Then ensues a
greater oppression, often, than the tariff itself
The currency is restricted. Contracts, made
| when the currency was inflated, are doubled
upon the debtorand convulsion and ruin sweep
over the land. The natural~ course of trade,
! thus tempered with and restricted, like fee
Bile effort to stop river, rolls over the artificial
impediments, and buries the country beneath
its waters. Sir, this has been the effect of
every tariff which has ever been passed by this
government. What has been, will be again;
: and to keep up their system, the manufacturers
must make foray after foray upon the rights
and property Of the people. Already the i'm
portatoa5 show that the benefits of the tariff of
1912 are reaching their maximum, and in a
few years, perhaps months, viii be exhausted.
know their remedy. They viii come again
to Congress for additional protection. a peo-
pie who have submitted once to such a policy,
they will expect to submit again. Nor will
the expectation be unreasonable. Yield the
principle of the protective policy, and our prop
erty is theirs; and the more or less which is Ia
ken from US, IS not worth freeman's calcula-
ton. But viii the principle be submitted to
by the people Of the United States? Justice,
liberty, and the constitution answer-Neyer!
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! NO. 4G.

ancient historian, who died IN the year
570, mentions IS cities famous in an
Gent times: and "Caer Brito was one
of them" And Bede, who died in
734, says, "Britain was famous in an
cient times for IS most noble cities fur
nlshed with gates and strong bolts,
walls and towers" and Caer Brito was
one Of those famous walled cities.
Leland, a historian, informs US that
about the year 500, Pope Gregory the
Great sent Augustine, a monk, with
forty other missionaries, to convert the
Brtons, one of whom, St. Jordan,
was sent to Bristol, to preach the Cos
pei there, where de died and was bu~
RED.
The famous old castle of Bristol,
which stood fof 600 years, was $40
feet from east to west, and 300 from
north to south. After Prince Rupert
was drive from this strong hold by Sir
Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell,
in the year 1915, the latter being pro-
claimed Protector, sent orders to have
it RACED to the ground, so that scarcely
a vestige Of it remains. Many Of the
old houses IN the ancient parts of the
city are most curiously and singularly
built: One story projects over anoth-
er until the third or fourth story hangs
considerably over the narrow side
walk IN the street below; and those old
streets, like the old parts Of London,
are exceedingly narrow. When Bris-
tol, which has changed its name sever
al times, was walled city, it used,
like London, to be famous for its gates,
few Of which still remain. St. Johns
gate, in the northern part of the old
town, has, on the southern side of it,
states of Kings Brennus and Belinus,
and has fine Gothic arch, tower,
spire, and an old clock. There are two
fine rivers which meet in the city of
Bristol; the Avon comes in at the south
side, the Frome on the north, and both
empty into the river Severn. The rir,
er Avon GIBBS out to about two feet at
low water mark, and its spring tides
sometimes rise to from thirty to forty
feet; and at Cheapstone, fifteen miles
from Bristol, it has been known to rise
in at spring tide as high as seventy
feet. So much for ancient BRISTOL
This noted city, in its modern appear
ance, reminds YOU Of ancient Rome, as
laid out on the maps. A good part of
it is built on hills, and oyerlooks the
old parts of the city. Many of the
buildings in the new parts are Of an ex-
cellent character, both for style, dura-
bility, and size, but are greatly eclipsed
by It's suburbs, Clifton especially, which
is but short distance; this is truly an
elegant place, both for buildings and
scenery. Bristol, as a seaport, is great
ly on the wane. Liverpool and. Lon
don are taking most Gifts trade. The
dock committee at this place, l was
told by one who well knew, both from
long residence, and business habits in
shipping, pursue a very contracted
course Of policy. They charge much
higher tonnage than either London or
Liverpool for admitting vessel into
their docks, and vet do much less for
the parties so charged than either of the
above mentioned places, and the con-
sequence is; Bristol is greatly on. the
decline. -Rer. J, Trippett.
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]. S. BARBOUR.
Messrs. Calvert, williamson, ST.
bert and others, committee.
THE CITY OF BRISTOL.

Bristol is one of the most ancient
cities of England, and, according to
Matthew's history, lies in 81 degrees
80 m. of north latitude, and 2 deg. 46
m. Of west longitude, at the southern
extremity of Worcestershire, and the
northern of Somersetshire, being about
eight miles from the mouth Of the no.
bic river Avon, where it discharges in
to the British Channel. This ycnera-
bic city was called by the ancient Brit
ons Cder Brito; that is, the British City,
and is said TO have been founded by
Brennus, son Of Nalmptius Dunwallo,
who, according to Ceof1rey Of Mon
mouth, lived three hundred and eighty
years before the Christian Era. 9th
ers again suppose, that Caer Brito, or
Bristol, was fortified with trees, rivers,
and probably walls Of mud long before
the time Of Brennus: in either case, we
see the great antiquity Of the city. AS
the Romans first taught the Briions to
build walls Of stone OF brick, and as
Caer Brito was walled round, and a
place of considerable account in the
fifth century, when the Romans left
Britain, it is presumable that that galor-
Gus people assisted the Butons to place
their cityto better advantage, and fence
It round with a stone wall, Gildas, an
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vote was demanded tor tie exercise of
that power, and when this was lost. its
fierce and sagacious antagonist, fCol.
Mason) remarked that we Of the South
were bound hand and foot to the Eas-
tern States, who might say to the
South, IN the language Of Cromwell on
another occasion-"the Lord hath de-
llyered them into our hands" Mr..
Madison's unsuspecting purity carried
hlm away from this dis,rust il his a.
vowed conviction that the growth Of
the Western States would raise up al
lies to our rights, and that the Presi-
dents Veto would always stand us in
stead, if injustice initiated wrong
It's now heedlessly proposed, as one
of the dogmas Of the Wing party, (de-
irving its existence from their leader
to strike out The veto power from our
constitutional securities. The princi-
pies by which Virginia has always been
governed, have not till now been ques-
toned OF cavilled. They are, for the
first time, brought down in the cockpit
Of party ,and her citizens are challegn-
ed to their rescue. We can no longer
sit with the serenity Of triumph upon
our brow. We overthrow the spoiler
in the conflicts that have hitherto
marked the purest pages Of our histo-
ry. 1t is boldly asserted, however,
that we have realized the failing my
thology OF an ancient barbarism, and
''that the soul Of the slain hath passed
into the body Of the slayer
In the depending conflict, none will
doubt the 'Tenth Legion" It's name
and its services are sacred to renown
in its unainching fidelity. When the
crown was struck off as the type of
sovereignty in the autumn of '75-and
when liberty ceased to be loyalty, the
( first emblem of popular sovereignty
was bestowed on the Tenth Legion,
when your county name Of Dunmore
was expunged, and Shenandoah APP
peared in its stead. And when at the
same autumn of rs, the "German Reg
iment" was raised, the county of Cul-
( pepper was the the only county East of
/ the Blue Ridge Of Mountains, associa-
ated with you BY law, (from its identi-
/ ty of populatior,) in the. duty of fur
nishing the Coleman Regiment. -
This obviously selated to that part Of
Culpeper which is now the county of
Madison-stiIl thepatriotic and fearless
ally of the Tenth Legion, in faithful
devotion to constitutional freedom, and
in that sagacity which discerns its du-
ty, and that spirit which viii execute
It.
In the coming contest ours is the
conservative position. Our battle is to
maintain and defend our institutions,
as they were created and delivered in
i to our care. And in such a conflict
| the shades of our ancestors. rise up a.
round us and tell us, that it is 'good
for US to be here" And that can
nerve the arm, and stir the heart with
enthusiasm, will be our motives in re-
sisting those innovations which must
inditt a mortal blow upon Virginia and
her principles.
I am, with all respect, your fellow
citizen,
]. S. BARBOUR.
Messrs. Calvert, Williamson, ST.
bert and others, committee.