The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-06
Pennsyivania LsgislatuIe-Govsrno.I MO
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PROPERTY OF THE KEYSTONE STATE
PmLADxLrinA, Jan. s, 1858.
The Senate has organised to day BY the election ..
Thomas Carson whig Speaker, by majority Of one.
The message Of Governor Biger which quite lengthy
delivered o'clock From 1t we select the fol.
lowing paragraphs
The financial operations Of the year, including tbs
North Branch loan Of $S6oooo am greatly grataed to
discover has left but little additional burhen upon tbs
treasury Ths interest thi. loan will amount B4t
500 annually Deducting from this the Of $40 lSs
So the yearly saving by the cancellation Of our
per debts and we have balance Of interest on
the North Branch loan to provide for Of 3s Tbs
receipts to the sinking fund from ordinary sources 70
the close OF the fiscal year, amounted to $22l .oS ~
which when added to the premiums received on the Ave
million loan and the tax from the Pennsylvania rro ID
company make total Of $377 29s 49, the interest
which At five per cent, will make annual saving oG
SSs64 9 and thus together with the interest saved BY
the five million loan. above stated, will entirely
haust the whole Of the interest ON the North
Branch loan less than 81, ,l84 46
1t s proper to remark In this connection, that
siderable portion Of the State stock purchased for the
Sinking fund not delivered the State Treasury
investment Is not stated In the report Of the AucitoS
General
The receipts from the public works for he fiscal year
OF 1852 appears in the report of the Canal Commits
sioners amounted to the of 81 sg6 81 a. the
ordinary expenditures for tho period to the Of
81. l.o29,3l 13, leaving net the State OF
SS6I4T0 10 This result whom compared wish that Of
the last and preceding year presents somewhat atte
ing picture IL must be remembered however that We
have had most fortunate season. The general pros
periy Of the State has tended 20 swell the amount Of
tonnage whilst interruptions OF business iaiury
to the works have resulted from fire floods 1t might
perhaps In view of these things and the ensrgeto
petition which has grown up around US be unsafe to
anticipate any increase this income for any
hereafter until the North Branch canal the Portage
railroad shall have been completed.
The population Of Pennsylvania numbers 81 1856, 30
ing an increase Of almost thirty ave per cent since 1890
According to this ratio of growth her people in 1870 wiz
number nearly 100000 Our debt Of forty millions is,
st this time charge each nhabitant OF little
S1s IN 1870 according to this datum 1t will but litus
exceed ten The present essed vans OF real ana
personal estate is S407 0S964o showing increase cf
eieh per cent since 1s40 and according this sSs
Of growth up to 1870 it will amount to the OF $675
973922 The debt of forty millions lien Of eight
per cent the assessabe property Islo on that q
1870 1t win be only fve per cent and eight mills But in
the State il estimated at s722 ass I2O on this SUM our
present debt is but fraction FIVE and q half per
cent. Who can doubt the solvency OF such debsorf
Her production Of wheat in ls40 l3 2l3 OFT hsls,
In 1850 16is2l9l being increase OF seventeen per
cent at which rate her yield for 1870 will exceed twenty
parent in rye oats barley, buckwheat and live
stock The of lS40 shows the production that
Of 100 per cent At this rate the ye.d q
1870 would be 1.57l370 tons. Wrought iron in Is4e
amounted to 81 IA tons in 1850 1t is s2 500 tons On
this datum the produc OF 1870 would be $50
Our wooen manufactures for 1910 valued st
81 $40 6 and for 1850 at IS 32 $50 showing gain In
ten years Of la9 cent ana the yield by lSe
OF Sl838 404 In cotton goods the increase has been
about six per cent which ratio Of growth up 1879
w0uid chow production Of about six millions of
The whole amount OF anthracite coal mined and taxa
To market in 1910 900 tons In 1852 tbs pre-
duct will reach nearly five millions of tons bel ug an a.
erase In twelve years Of 600 per This aAg
mentatop up to 1870 vould give the startling producss
Of over forty five millions OF tons and yielding at
present Phiadelphs prices the Of hundred !,
eighty millions of dollars being than trebs IL
present revenues of the whole Uni ed States,
Recent difficulties In . neahbofiDg State have ~
gcstei the existence of deficiency in State iaN
reference to the ot held to lr
tary ssrvitude from State te another The Pen
yania stat ute OF 1850 gave all persons passing tnro
sojourning in the State for brief period the rR ht
hou teeir ooestic slaves the act o' 1874 fepeU d th
provision ard the repeating sections Of last sesG an al
not ieihsts,e IT, l. therefore,, respectfully re~ ,mmen
.t PROVISION DC maze ior the transit OF tnese omes
Sbiougu lne limits Oh tnis couinohWraitn - ich Ia
seems 70 oe contemplated py the constituV N OF th
um,eu ststes, ana 10 De susgested Dy the rules
comfy ~hcl snouiu eAls, between me % tes-oy tt