Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-01-01
CHRONICLE
EXTRA.
LEWISBURG, PA. JAN. 6, 1858.
Message Of the Governor.

them and the interests of the Commonwealth III the
legislative branch of the Government. The respons
l;es Won have assumed and the duties TO be perform
ed should be regarded as paramount TO every sesh
or partzan The prosperity OF the state
and the general welfare of the people. should receive
earnest attention. and he the aim and end OF your
legislative action To promote 0tlcts Will ceer
fully in every legal and constitutional manner during
the continuance Of my official term cooperate with you
The mast wear with the exception of recent financial
embarrassment has been one q; general prosperity
No foreign warsuo faternn STRIFE has disturbed the
peacefu quiet of our homes. unwOnted health. with
is blessings been vouchsafed 10 Seed time and
hsryes: failedthe earth hath yielded her IN
and richly rewarded the labor OF the hushaniman
The Arts Sciences have been advanced and the great
interests Education. Morality and Religion literally en-
couraged and susaind our nation in its untyour free
institutions their integrity with our rights and priv
l.-es civil aud religious. have been preserved Recos
pizng these blessings the goodness of Almighty God
We should render TO Him the homage OF grateful hearts
and the devotion of sincere praise; and whilst hum
blv acknowledging His merces to US as people let US
still further express gratitude to Him. by acts of
individual charity and kindness to the poor ana help
less in our midst Sorrow fills the hearts, and ad
versity darkens the homes of many Of our cinzeEs-
Our liberaity should he generous our heneiactlons
munifcen and thus whilst the wants Of the poor and
suffering relieved, the generous ciyer Will hnd
rich in the pleasure that results from eommun
Gated good.
The finances of the Commonwealth in a very sat
isartorv condition During the past every demand
BON the Treasury has been promptly paid, from the
revenues derived from the ordinary sources Th" oie
rations of this Department VIII Ie presented " "
detail in the report Of the state Treasurer.
For the fiscal ending November 3bth, 1891, the
receipts at the Treasury, including balance in the
Treasury the first day Of December ls56 of one mil
lion two hundred and iortyfour thousand seven nun
dred and nnetyve dollars and fOrtytwo cents. i-it
195 AZ were five millions nine hundred and thirty hVe
thousand three hundred aud eighty three dollars and
twentysix S5 935 3s3 26) The aggregate expendl
lures for the period five million four hundred
and seven thousand two hundred and seyeniysx dol
lars and seventy nine cents. t5l0 .9l Balance IN
the Treasury December l. 1851 five hundred and twenty
thousand hundred and six dollars and foryseY
en- cents loo AZ Excluding the balance in the Treas
ury on first day Of December 1906 the receipts from
ali sources were four million six hundred and ninety
thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and
ightfour cents CSi690.5S7 81 The ordinary eNpend
eures for the same period three lion nine hun
red and thousand three hundred and seven
ty dollars and twenty-nine cents ses23.O I'D eNht-
itipy Ar eEeesS OF Tecegs over eSIgna oi SIX
The extraordinary payments for the year, were one
million four hundred and fourteen Thousand mn nine nun
dre and six dollars and fifty cents (SIl@eJo ol as
follows to wit To the completion of the Portage Eali
road fory-ninc thousand siXtyene dollars and ninety
two cents (S4gO6l g2) the North Branch extension
one hundred and thiTtyeght thousand seven hundred
and ninetyeight dollars and eighty five cents SI9o-
s5 to relay the South Track of the Columbia Railroad
nnetyone thousand four hundred and five dollars and
fortysix cents S9l 405 46) to enlarge the Delaware
Division forty-six thousand two hundred and sixty
three dollars fsi6263 0o for motive power in 1886,
EIGHTY one thousand six hundred and four dollars and
tgentyour cents Sol GO4 2D for repairs in 1850 and
1856 orty-nine thousand five hundred and sixtyiour
dollars and seventyeiEht cents, si95t4 1s for the
r,demItion loans. eight hundred ana twenty hons-
and nnety-seven dollars and three cents, Ss2OOya U3
damages on the Public Works, fortysix thousand five
hundred and ffty-two dollars and sixty-fve cents,
isi6552 65:D old claims the Main Line adjusted un-
der the several Acts Of Assembly, tortysix thousand
five hundred fortyeght dollars and fifty cents
q 4s % aad for the new State Ar.ena and Farm
ers High School fortyfve thousand dollars $4,000 D
The interest on the funded debt, due in February
and August last. was then promptly paid and that
aing due in February neNtwi be pail out Of available
means now in the Treasury BY virtue of the provi-
ID, aoFfl art nf he
.An Act providing for the Resumption Of Specie Pay
rnentS b. the Banks and for the Relief Of Debtors"
the state Treasurer will lie enabled TO pay the interest
due in February in specie or its equivalent The credit
of the Common wealth has been fully and hOrorahly
sustained The lronptn,ss with which every legitimate
demand upon the Treasury has been met has inspired
public confidence in securities and although recent
and existing financial revulSiOn may emharrass the ope
ratons of the Treasury and reducs to some extent the
vet the ability OF the Stale to meet her engage
and maintain her creait- under AN honest and
economical administration of her finances is undoubted
The honor credit OF the State must and be pre-
Served intact.
The Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund report the
sum hundred and fourteen thousand nine hundred
and twenty dollars and twenty nine cents silIg2 29)
in the Treasury to the credit of that fund This
amount will be applied to the redemption Relief Notes
yet in circulation and to the payment Of the funded
debt Of the Commonwealth.
The Commissioners of this fund the eth day of
September last. reported to me that the sum Of
million forty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty
dollars and sixtyour cents slOI2N57 6i of the
debt OF WAS Beiu
viz:
Loan. OF 10Th of April, 1853, over due, tenn
Loans a. Of 9Th Of May Is5i over due, tenn .
Cer,iars,cs Of stock loans Of April II, lsis,
n.r cent. 66,5Ol 90
Certidcsres Of stock loans Of various dates,
per cent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS e,3lh o.
Relief Notes cancelled and destroyed. O40 90
- in Treasury, set aside for cancel
ation. ......:................... 10000 90
Total %
As required bv law directed the certificates and evi
dences OF this Indebtedness TO he cancelled and the
10Th Of September 1857 sued proclamation declaring
the payment eItnguishment and nnal discharge Of one
million thousand eight hundred and nityseven
dollars and sixty cents Oi2 s5i t+ OF the puoC
debt.
In addition to the amount reported he IN the Treasu
ry TO the credit OF the sinking fund and app able the
pavneut the public debt the Commissioners OF the fund
nov hold the sum OF seven and one half millions OF
dollars CS7 500 600 O0 bonds Of the Penusy ylvania Rail
road Company, pledged by lsw to the payment Of the
funded debt Of the Commonwealth.
y the lh section llth article OF the Constitution
as amended and ratified by majority Of the qualified
voicrs Of the Sttc al the general election held The
second Tuesday of october, 1857. It made iLa duty
tha LEGISLATURE az IL rS' ses-i alter the adoption o.
th- amendment to create Sinking Fund, which shall be
sufficient orav the a.c-u interest on il. present ~ D.
E- Ggnt and any additional debt tn -rtCr tutioua
" cYrtraCte' arl annually 20 reduce The p-uHIa there
a: ny sum not les than two hundred ard fifty thousand
dollars $50 triU 90 which sinking Fund shall consist
t1tua owl hy ~" STATE or Tee proceeds OF the sale o.
he ne ol any part thereof and of the income pro
cc-- u sale 81 stocks owned by the state. together with
other tuuds or resources that may be designated by law
The said Sinking Fund may be increased from time t1
tune by assigning to it any part of the taxes other