New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-10
Message OF Governor Porter.

The Message OF Gov. Porter, delivered N Her.
risburg Wednesday at - o'clock, was received
at Philadelphia ut 30 minutes past 9 o'clock
tina. evening, aud was transmitted to New York
by Express in advance uf The mail, exclusively
for The Tribune. In point Of hrevlty, dlrectncss
and perspicuty, it contrasts most Gavorably with
the nterminabc prolixity Of Governor Wright.
The principal passages relative 10 the Public
Debt Of tina Commonwealth we copy below
They present matters in more favorable light
than we anticipated, and encourage the hope
that the time has at length arrived when Pennsyl-
vana will wipe from her escutcheon every faint
Of Repud alton; and when her affairs will settle
down Upon the solid basis of integrity and public
fidelity.
Tn. entire amount of the public debt a. this time is:
Funded debt, per cen. stocks g. go GIG q
=. & 49,. 49,. o. $3.50 $3.50 q q
I.onn relief issuc) per nc, of 9Th
May. ISL, bearns an intetest OF -, ooo.co
pc: cent: l sl:as 6 6
Balance a%S as domestic m ssd5a on is 60
sued BY the Auditor General llSsi 50
Amounting the si0, 0l3 80
The increase in the State Debt, since assumed
the duties CT The Executive chair, may be properly
understood, hen IL stated that the interest which
has accrued thereon since that period, amounts 10
sl0.a62.l8j 90
The amount OF interest guaranteed to private cor
and ppi the amount Of appropriations towards The '''
completion of unfinished lines Of public IN
pJovements, commenced PRIOR 10 that Time, 90
s+,1ovy9 W
Auibu In 81
The annual interest on the funded debt OF the
State, payable at the Bank OF Pennsylvania exclu.
sive OF interest on certificates issued Tor in crest, IS
l747 1870 l., falling cue respectively on the first OF
February and August OF WHICH the sum OF $751;
06, is payable ca The Let day OF February next. Ii
il should BIZ determined 10 pay the interest the
interest certificates TIE !st Of February then lie
further sum OF 1880 81, will lie required.
The receipts Into the Treasury during The fiscal
year. ending on the Both Of November last, nclud-
ing email available balance from the previous
year, were S2,1ll,2JI W
The expenditures for the same period. including
the amount Of relief notes cancelled. 81 81 80 Is
Leaving balance IN the Treasury on thatdayo t6Ss5l IS
There was also available balance IN the Ca
nal Treasury, the day. 5J,35I W
The receipts during The month Of December ex. - -
elusive OF disbursements, Were I6Si .
To which may be added the receipts over eApen- .
dtufes for the present month, estimated s... 1O00 "
Making the amount: in the Treasury the 1st Of
February. about S3tU III
Tins balance embraces the sum OF $50, 600 OF Re-
iei Notes, which the State Treasurer Wilhhelditom
cancellation on the 3lst December and h:h, il
needed, may be applied by the Legislature 10 tho
payment q; ialercst on the public debt. From the
facts here presented, ii s evident that the Common
wealth ai be prepared to meet her interest falling
due on The lst of February. Attempts, IL is irue,
have been made 10 create doubts in the public mind
IL relation propr,iy OF paying the interest on
that day. lest there should be a deficiency in the
Treasury on the lst o; August. But it must be
perfectly evident that the Treasury will be in ample
funds, only he first OF August next, bur also
on the the lst OF February, 1916.
And the very fact that The Intefeet is paid on the
first OF February rext will increase It's means and
the credit OF the State the interest in August,
and Afterwards when it ialls due. While on the
other maud, II when it Is af,uitied that nOngh no
neY 10 dscharse the The frat FsbrIsr,
IS in the Treasury applicable to that Object ana II
Is not so Gpplisd, shall, with much appearance
oi justice, sut-ct ourselves 10 The reprgsch uf our
tttdacers .Silluly Dishonest and regardless Of
HI ia'tt aud honor ST tire S5i-. Win an .iiansicd
i'rrssufs ard furnished ctesiif vc coulj plead our
ssi;:.s ~ sy1rrusttn Ci violation "a! tnn-
iJacis but yVtia SHADOW 81 excuse could lac offered
when this necessity has ceased 10 exist None,
Whatever tia; good o!dlashioned does col
brand rs disgrsceiul and unworthy cur character as
O sovereign Staie.
|, must bs gratifying 10 every Pennsy ivanan 10
reflect that the credit OF this great SaJe, which bas
been. for upwards OF Two year,, subjected 10 re-.
pooecn, will thus re restored 10 III. unsuigd purity
cirt1Grcter Which, ua' Ibis unrvni.ia'a revt r-i pf
oi iIe, she had sttad.usiy maintained, lie claims