New-York tribune., 1842-01-05


,nd - reduce uncongenial masses into one intel
lieeut yir,uous, harmonious and happy people
Being now relieved from all such nlScoacsp spuohs,
!, ,-ssrnts the questions whether Il IS wiser and
more humane TO educate the offspring OF TIE poof,
than 10 leave them 10 grow up IN ignorance Sno
,,ics wheihe. juvenile vice IS more easily e!acl.
cat-d by the court OF sessions ,han by CONNER.
schools: whether parents have righi 10 De assic
corc.rnag the instruction asd instructors OF thels
chiIGren. and Tax PAYERS IN relation 10 the eHpen-
d;,,,.s of public funds whe ther, IN q republican
Government. II IS necessary 10 .nterpoSe al Iloe-
nsndso ., corporation between The people and the
scboojr,asIer. and whether II ,s wise ana Just 10
ii.franchise .n entire community OF a.! conttol
ove- nubiic education, rather than suffer part
10 De represented in proportion 10 lis numbers
and contributions Since such CONSIDERATIONS
ar. now involved, what has hitherto oeen d.s-
=cusS.d as 3 question OF beneyoence anu OF UNI,
versa education, has become one OF equai cl'ii
riobts. religious tolerance, and liberty OF CON
scIencc.- We could bear with Us, IN our 'e,lse-
rnent from public service, no recollection !i'o'e
worthy OF being cherished through hie, thah INA.
Of having rnetSuch a question II the generous
and contiding spirit OF our institutions ana us@
c,ded /, upon the immutable principles on "hlcn
they are based. c.1,,
The condition ot The Treasury Will be iuIls
presented by a report from the proper otlcer
The revenues from every source exhibit pros
porous increase The amount derived from auc-
ton duties was S2Q6, ,702, being an increase OF
81, ,OSO over the corresponding revenues III the
previous tisca! year. The amount received D!
the superintendent tor duties on the manufacture
of salt. was $ lGt,2IG, being more than was re-
ceived IN the previous year by S3o,V3o. Ihs
manufacture OF salt, and consequently The reF-
snue, have beenimproved BY allowing drawbacks
upon our salt reaching distant markets. sug
gest an inquiry into the eSpedicncy OF reducing
still lower the duty upon Tbs manufacture, wiih
a view 10 an Improvement Of the revenue an'
under a belief that such measure would Seca!c
a market tor our salt in the valley OF the MISSES,
sippi3 The superintendent reneWs his complaint
of the unskiltul process used IN manufacturing
fine salt, aud suggests e;iorts for discovering e
corrective Confident anuclpatlons OF revlvins
the manufacture al MonteZuma are expressed
Although the harves,s We're less abundant than
heretofore, and there has been considerable d.
version of Western trade through the valley OF
The St Lawrence, the tolls upon each OF ne Ca
mails exhibit gratifying increase The income
from all during the season OF navigation, was
50 034 SIS, exceeding the tolls IN the previous
year by S259, l3l, equal 10 ii 3e,0O per cent.
The tolls in 1881 were $l,223, ,SOl,=
The Canaoharie aud Catskll Railroad Com
pany. and the Ithaca and 0w-go Railroad Com
pany. having failed IN July and October last Ito
uay the INTEREST on the stock issued IN their De-
half, under laws passed in ls3s and 1910, tht
amount of that interest equal 10 Sll l,.I05. wa
paid the treasury Proceedings OF iorec!o-
sure have baen instituted portion of the Can
aioharie and Catskil Railroad has been made,
but regret that there Is not a probability OF III
completion under present circumstances lhe
ithaca and Owcgo Railroad Is somewhat proGuc.
tive, and It's profits will be much enhanced when
1t shall be brought into connection OF the
New-York and Eric Railroad with our large IN
land lakes, the Erie Canal and central railroads
The revenues of all the canals during the fiscal
year, after dsducnng only the expenses OF collee-
tion and ordinary repairs. was ; ,3ol,Uss / he
permanent public debt, al the close OF the las
fiscal year, exclusively of the temporary loans,
contingent liabilities, and the balance OF tht
Erie and Champ!aln cana! debt. for the paymen
Of which equivalent funds are set apart, Is sd
5l0, $50, 10 which must be added Temporary loan'
amounting TO $l,o55,OOO, making the aggregate
debt Sl7 1895, $50, and the interest annually pay
able thereon including also interest on the stoch'
loaned 10 the railroad companies which are II
default, ls $Jle, ,7o4. The debts consist ot stock;
CHI lily redremable IN ls.l3, 1870, 1888 and lcOU
The amount of stocks Issued to the Delaware anG
Hudson Canal Company, and railroad companies
is 81, ,O35, 100 You will, of course, give .lmme
diate attention to proper measures tor remouls,
ing temporary loans
The Auburn and Rochester Railroad and the
IL l. -k,.,,i, II hoy.
been brought into successful operation. A fur
ther portion of the Long Island Railroad, ne"
section of the Geaesce Valley canal, ana the
eastern section of the Ncw-York and Enc rali-
road have been opened Our railway commune
cations having thusbeen extended one hundred
and sixty miles, their aggregate engthls seven
hundred and torty-sryen miles. Our canal navl-
cation has also been increased by an addition o.
fifteen miles lis total length is eight hundred
and three miles. Enllg ghtened cl'lzens of this
State and Pennsylvania, have opened prolta-
bic exchange OF gypsum, salt, coal and iron, b!
the Chemung canal and by the Ithaca and Owe &C
railroad while the enterprise OF citizens OF Albany
and Boston has connected our interior comman'-
cations with those OF the eastern States, conslsl"
mo OF one hundred and itty-two miles OF canals,
and eight huadred miles of railways, opening 10
us facilities for social intercourse with the people
OF those prosperous communities, and conven.e' |
access to their manufactures, quarries, seapolts
and fisheries There Is reason to expect that tt e
continuous line now reaching from Boston foi r
hundred and eghty-three miles 70 Batavia, viii,
in another year, be extended TO Buffalo. SO OBJ
ylossly do the growing relations between New
York and The States around her, contribute to thr
general prosperity, that we can not but indulge 4
hope that more distant communities, with wnlch
we are equally allied will not find themselves III
tmately constrained by fear OF exposure OF theli
peculiar institutions, other causes, 10 adopt IL
regard TO us, such an opposite policy OF annoyance
and alienation, as they seem now TO appfchend, /,
may De necessary.
The progress of civilization is always indicated
by the condition OF those interior comman!ce-