Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14
NJ A r II AND.

The Annual Message of Governor f. Louis
Lowe of Maryland, was laid before the Legisla.
ture of that State on Saturday. 1t is business
like document and will prove as satisfactory to the
people of the State it is creditable to its author
After neat introduction acknowledging strong
sense of the Divine goodness to the people of the
State and Nation during the year. the
tenton to the criminal code Of the State the powers
the Executive in regard to pardons and remission Of fines
&C., and recommends change from public to private
executions for capital crimes Public executions,
conducted, are strongly condemned
The views of the Governor with respect to the
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal we should Judge be
cheering He says:
In reply communication addressed by me to the
President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
am informed that the canal has been in good navgabe
condition during the past year. with the exception of
casiona Interruptions the busiest season. caused by
low water in the river, and by defects in dams Nos.
four and ve which accordingly require considerable
pairs and tor which measures now in progress The
President expresses the opinion that but for the accidents
to those lams (Which it originally defective
and had been already injured by successive oods and
the prevalence Of the choeraa Cumberland and along
line of the canal the for the would have
largely exceeded $500 600, and would probably have
reached $4,000 if il had been affected by the ac-
cidents of 1852 grafed to learn that those parts
OF the work which were extensively damaged by the
reshet Of that have been repaired and
improved IN such manner to secure them, far
practicable from similar disasters hereafter It is es
mated that 1t will require expenditure of forty
nifty thousand dollars to put dams Nos. and in
plee order; which will the canal navigable in
dry seasons, until the additional waste of water
stoned by augmented trade shall render it necessary
to provide feeders for the levels Cumberland The
President anticipates that the requirement then be
readily met out of the increasing revenues
The tolls collected from the 1st of January to the
3lst Of December 1852 amounted to 92 24S 90 and in
1858 to 600, allowing $l2 665 SO the estimate
December last; which shows increase for the year
closed OF S52,75l1O. The entire of the year.
adding coo for rents estimated at $3.50 000 The
current expenditures for the period exclusive Of
unpaid interest coupon bonds issued for repairs and
for the completion of the canal amounting for the year
Sll4,OOO) are estimated at $1031 IT. Of that amount
$o 400 were paid for interest loans The estimated
surplus the current business Of the year
of which about 35 900 have beep or will be- applied
the payment of rearages due for repairs of the canal
and other current demands The aggregate tonnage of
all articles transported for various distances onhe canal
during last year. allowing % 600 the estimate
for December 267 434 tons of which the cquralent
Tonnage claimed to be within the meaning of the of
lo4i chapter 2sl was 10000 toms being but FIVE thou
sand tons less than the required by the be
annually transported over the entire line from Cumber-
land to Georgetown, upon an average of FIVE years.
" From the lst Of January the 30th Of Novemberas
tons Of coal were transported to various points
on the canal which, with the estimate of $4,000 tons for
December will give aggregate of tons for the
year. showing increase of 90 35 tons the year
previous The transportation of coal is stated to have
been less than expected owing in great
the interruptions in the navigation already referred to-
and also in part to the comparatively small number Of
boats the canal which has not been materially in
creased during the year. .~
" also informed that the of interest on the
bonds of the company issued for the completion of the
canal to Cumberland unpaid from the Est Of July, 1852
to the ls of January, 1854 inclusive, amounting to
S2O4 00 in the of being funded by the issue
eoi-a nOolly
and that when this shall have been effected it is hoped
that the increasing business of the company will
able to the regular payment of interest those
bonds as well the bonds issued for repairs amount
ing to $2OOO0O guaranteed by the State of Virginia"
Although the affairs of the Baltimore and Susauehanna
Railroad Company are highly prosperous nothing has
been paid since the former message into the State Trea-
owing to the large absorption of the proceeds of the
road for works. repairs of bridges and additional
equipments.
OF tho Raltmero and Ohio Railroad Company's affairs,
and the prospects of the road the Message speaks with
high hope. The Washington branch usual shows it.
self be fruitful of revenue having paid du-
ring the year into the State Treasury $l2 426 being an
increase ever the previous year of S21 GOO.
The business and fnan fairs of the main stem of the
road Ohio comprehensvey stated and consider
ed Enthusiastically oreshadowing the gratifying results
which time must develope. The Governor is loss to
conceive now douots can oe entertained any rejecting
Of the ultimate and early triumph of this work y
Making the liberal allowance for all competition the
opinion is expressed that tracks, years hence will
not than suffice for the proper accommodation of
trade and travel When relieved from its dependence
the uncertainty of the Ohio river by the early completion
Of its western connexions its profits will be
with the magnitude of its operations.
The Susquehanna and Tide Water Canal Companies
have paid to the State during the year the sum of
$67 00 and there is every to believe they will
continue punctuay to their current interest in all
the future #.,
The indirect of the State represented to
be in sound and progressive condition, also it's
general finances of the Injurious consequences pre-
diced from reduction Of taxes having been experienced
during the year The actual surplus the year
is shown to be $3.50 429, after paying S673371 for in
tercst the public debt, and $352 ITO for all other
purposes Much of this prosperity is deemed ascrib
able to the assessment, which added forty mil
lions of dollars to the taxable property of the State
The new assessment fixes the taxable basis at S261,
48 $780, which is increase Of $685. 0S1 on the tax
able basis of 1852 "t.
The sinking fund has increased during the year to
So 92 $780, being $194674 than at the close of the
fiscal year Of 1852.
The affairs Of the Maryland pententiary stated to
be prosperous, new circumstance in its history.
The Message suggests the passage Of general law for
the lberaty and fostering Of the Legislature the
hospital for the insane.
The eclipse of the sun on the both Of November last
excited considerable attention at Caso Tin Peru) At
hapast three o'clock in the afternoon the eclipse was
nearly total, very small spot being visible All the
streets of Caao the aspect of deathke goominess
shade Of gloom marked every countenance, which
away the eclipse passed off. At the Chincha Islands