and some forty or fifty years, and no heir ever has nor ever will in all probability, appear to claim them. To whom do these heirless treasures belong? Not to the trustees of these institutions, for they are abudantly paid for the care bestowed upon their management. Not to the other depositors, for they can claim only their own. They belong of right and by the law of the land to the public treasury, upon the principle that the State is heir to the heirless. Should not the State claim its own? Is anybody wronged by it? Are anybody's rights invaded? If it is asked, What if the heirs appear to claim the inheritance? is not that inheritance as safe in the hands of the State as in those of the trustees? And will not the State be as ready to restore it to the rightful heir as the trustees will be? And see what good could be done with this million. These unclaimed deposits were made as we said, by sailors, soldiers, servant men and women, and laboring poor people. Let them be applied for asylums, schools, and hospitals for the poor, the class that furnishes them. In this way the duty and the interests of the State will be served, the right thing will be done, and no man will be wronged. There are other matters connected with some of these "philanthropic institutions" which the legislature should understand, and which the people should know, but of which this may not be the proper time to speak. JOURNAL OF DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARTS. From the Mining Magazine. GALVANIZED IRON. The preservation of iron from oxidation or rust, for a series of years engaged the attention and taxed the ingenuity of practical and scientific minds, and a variety of processes had been suggest. ed and tried without producing satisfactory results, as none were found to stand a test of time when exposed at the same time to the destructive influence of atmospheric changes. The researches of Sir Humphrey Davy, in 1824, at length threw a new light on this important subject, and the concurrent testimony of Brande and Faraday, of England, and Professors Morse and Henry, of our own country, backed by the acquired practical experience of thousands of consumers, have long since established the fact that iron prepared by what Davy termed the "galvanizing" process, is entitled to take precedence of all other metals, for the several uses to which it may be applied. The French Marine Commission have recommended its use in the French Navy, and J. W. P. Lewis, Esq., an accomplished engineer of Philadelphia, who speaks from actual observation, and careful notice of the results of several experiments made on galvanized iron, fully coincides in the views taken by Brande and others, that iron, when galvanized, is fully protected against rust, and we hope ere long to see it universally adopted in every section of the country. The principal establishment at present engaged in its manufacture is that of McCullough & Co., who, in 1847, erected works on an extensive scale, at North East, Cecil county, Md., on the line of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad, for the manufacture of all kinds of sheet and flue iron. They have also just completed an extensive rolling mill in the same county, on the Big Elk Creek, about two miles from Elkton, Md., operated by water-power, with a fall of over twenty feet. The fly wheel of this mill is over twenty feet in diameter, weighs 40,000 pounds, and is capable of making ninety revolutions per minute. The rolls are thirty-six inches in length and twenty-four in diameter, and are calculated expressly for the manufacture of the gal vanized sheet iron, for which purpose these new works were designed. The sheets are rolled from the best charcoal blooms, and have been found far superior to the English make, as they will work into many articles for which the foreign will not answer, being too brittle and not suitable for flanging or seaming, as prac tised in metal roofing, being liable to crack or break by that process, and consequently making the roof imperfect; whereas the iron from McCullough & Co.'s is so malleable as to entirely obviate that objection. It is seamed on in the same way as tin, and is now being very generally used in place of the latter, being cheaper and more permanent. The foundry of Mr. Huston, as well as many others in this locality, and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank in Chestnut street, Philadelphia, are roofed with corrugated sheets of this material, which for beauty and durability cannot be excelled. The iron is first rolled at the works, and then sent to their establishment in Wilmington, where it is galvanized and prepared for the market. BANKING. FREE BANKS. the Cincinnati Gazette.) deposited, Notes issued, and Description of State Stocks, Desc:iption of Stock. $517,681 Indiana 5 & 21⁄2 per cents. Ohio 6 per cents. 87,210 Indiana 5 per cents. Missouri 6 per cents. 119,983 Indiana 5 & 21⁄2 per cents; Virginia 6 per cents. 77,357 Virginia 63, Michigan 6s, Indiana 5s, Missouri 6 per cts. 49,798 Indiana 5 per cents. 109,314 Indiana 5 &2 per cents. 60,000 Indiana 5 per cents. 100,000 Indiana 5 p. cts, Pennsylvania 5 p. cts, Virginia 6 per cts: 62,566 Indiana 5 & 2 per cents, Georgia 6 per cents. 100,000 Indiana 5 per cents and Virginia 6 per cents. 70,000 Indiana 5 per cents, Missouri 6 per cents. 81,250 Virginia 6 per cents, Kentucky 6s, Indiana 5 & 2% per cts. 50,000 Indiana 5 per cents and Missouri 6 per cents. 320,000 North Carolina 6 per cents and Louisiana 6 per cents. 63,512 Indiana 5 & 24 per cents and Virginia 6 per cents. 155,000 Indiana 5 p. cts, Virginia 6 per cts. Louisiana 6 per cents. 170,000 Missouri 6 p. cts, Va 63, Louisiana 6s, Tennessee 6 per cts. 236,000 Virginia, Georgia and Kentucky 6 per cents. 114,000 Pennsylvania 5 per cents, Louisiana 6 per cents. 120,900 Virginia and Ohio 6 per cents. 144,479 Indiana 5 per cents and Virginia 6 per cents. 90,000 Indiana 24 and 5 per cents. 110,000 Indiana 21 & 5 p. c., Penn. 5s, Tenn. 5s, Louisiana 6 P. cts. 51,623 Louisiana 6s, Ind. 5 & 24 p. cts, N. Carolina 6s, Tenn. 6 p c. 49,985 Missouri and Louisina 6 per cents. 195,000 Virginia 6 per cents. 73,000 Pennsylvania 6 per cents and Indiana 5 per cents. 100,000 Virginia 6 per cents. 87,152 Indiana 5 & 24 per cents, Missouri and Virginia 6 per cents. 49,998 Indiana 5 per cents. 35,496 Missouri 6s, Ky. 6 p. c., La. 6s, Georgia 6 p. c., Ind. 5 p.c. 36,000 Louisiana 6 per cent. INDIANA (Conti (Prepared expressly for Statement showing No., Names, Location, Capital, Stocks NOTE. The Pennsylvania 5 per cents, are received for a oasis at The State has and will be purchasing this class of Stocks at 62 for liquida and will soon return a larger amount. Many of the Banks are retiring their circulation, and since this was made out, is going on. NOTE. Copied from Supplement to |