The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-07

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erlands has allowed our agent 10 search it, arct
| for records relating TO the history Of the Anrri
Colonies, and that Great Britain has declined ai m
plication of a similar kind, which, however is 10 r.
| renewed by the President Of the United State.
| Ia regard TO the controversy between hi, Stat
and Virginia, relative 10 the demand made u,,
Governor Seward, for the delivery Of three person,
charged with slaYe-stealng, the message state, Il
| the Governor has informed the authorities Of \ ~
gina, that although this State is dispeased al A.
| course taken by Virginia in passing an aggfcs,i,.
law, there is no objection TO return to discssonsf
the subject, with sincere desire TO ADJUST the differ
ences between the Two States.
Nineteen associations under the General BtpLi,
Law, and five Safety Fund Banks have failed Tl
| message recommends that the safety fund be mined.
atey replenished, and that il be longer liable m
| the demands Of deposors. He recommends that Nh
Safety Fund Banks be taken under strict charge of
the State authority and that the notes of these bank
intended for circulation, be furnished them by ne
Bank Commissioners, or the Comptroller The Co
| vernon recommends, however, that these banks b.
| treated tenderly.
| The case of the Six Nations, who complain tbat
the recent sale of their lands in this State wa, pra
| cured by fraudulent means, is recommended To- m,
| attention Of the Legislature.
| The propriety Of dividing the towns into small
election districts and holding the elections III one
day, is suggested.
-Four hundred and ninety-seyen convictions for
felony have taken place in the last year Six Of
them are Tor crimes punished with death. -Four
| fences have been had. The number of felonies
hity-seyen greater than last year and that of minor
offences is increased in a still larger proportion
| On the subject Of abolishing the punishment Of
death, the message speaks cautiously. Ii would re-
quire he says al all events arestraiht of the pardon
| ing power; and he then mentions the remarkable
fact that Of one hundred and ninety-seven person,
condemned u this state 70 Imprisonment for life,
within tNentg-fouf year past all haye been let out
after remaining about i've years in prison except
| few who escaped, thrty-two who died and twenty
two now n prison, INST Of whom have not been con
| fined for five years.
II is suggested Ia the message that the number Of
magistrates empowered 10 accept bail and dschar1e
on habeas corpus has been improvi1enty enlarged
and that The police magistrates established by law are
not so efficient as they might be. A short history of
the Mcleod affair is given in which the Governor
manifests much satisfaction at The course lie took In
opposition To the wishes of the Administration at
Washington.
One hundred and sxty-feur dollars have been pad
during the last year IN counties on the production
silk. The Governor, who is not very profound IN
questions of political economy, requests the egisla
iure To instruct, Hour Representatives in COMPRESS
to support protective tariff
The Literature Fund has capital of S26S 800 ana
an ncome including what 1t receives from the L
nited States depostes, of si7 l65. The cndowments
OF our colleges and academies amount to 81 - ~
The productive capital the Common School Fun
Is 81 036, 62o, and lis available income 1921 03
There TO- $50 school strict libraries possessing IN
all $50, O00voumes
In the city of New York, says the Governor, there
are twenty thousand children all INSTRUCTED in Il
the public schools The Governor takes occasion IL
urge that the Public School 81, ety In this civ has
failed to gain general confidence aud that it shou te
Invested 81 the management OF the common schools
he proposes that board of commissioners ot scA5
be elected by the people of the city who shaI app0t
hon the school fund among Inc various schools
cording TO the number OF pupils his board : ~
have the control Of the common schools
From auction duties, the State has received III Tie
last year S201, 1902 from duties the manufacture of
salt Sl94,2 from tolls all the canals - "a
SIS,-all of which sources yielded considerably more
than they did last year. The revenue from all The
canals, IN the past year after deducting only the or
binary repairs and expenses of collection, ha, been
81, sol ,O9S The permanent public debt Of the STATE
Is Sl5,54O,5 $50. This does not include certain tenn
porary loans nor certain contingent liabilities on
the Erie and Champain canal debt" The tempo
rary loans amount TO Sl,S55,o00, and the annual in
terest on all that the State owes, including the
interest on stocks, lent TO railroads, which cannot
meet their engagements is few dollars short Of
million
The Canajoharie and Catsk Railroad do not paw
the interest on the stock lent them by the State and
proceedings for foreclosure have been commenced,
SO that the state is likely have worthless raroal
on Its hands. 1t is not finished, and the Governor
coolly tells Us it is not likely to be. The Ithaca and
Owego Railroad has also failed pay interest on
stock and the state has also commenced procGtl dim,
for foreclosure.
The Governor, in an elaborate passage urges the
propriety of prosecuting the enlargement Of dc
Erie Canal, with all despatch He seems it is uuG
somewhat alarmed at the absurdity Of his own propo-
ston, and therefore suggests that to pay the expense
OF this extravaganza the tolls should be increased
twenty per cent.
There are also several paragraph, the Object OF
which Is TO show that The State oush expcul more
money the New York and Enc r ,i!road-iorset-
ting that the making of this road ana the raising of
the tolls on The canal twenty per CEN Will Ice iIkey
to dra" of considerable portion of the trans portaion
which now passes through the canal On subjects OF
TINS KIND, our Governor seems to have the habit OF
talking very muc at random, or rather oftalkn1 ali
suruy Tor popular effect presuming that the people
have not sufficient understanding TO detect his a
suIdes
The Governor admits that the prosecution OF ogf
public works is embarrassed with diff ues and tho
the credt OF the State has declined that there hasr
been large temporary loans contracted which tie
Legislature must make immediate provision to pay
yet he Is Tor prosecuting the public works in The fee
all these difficulties The general government Al-
thinks, should do something f1r the internal in,
ments of the States II any Of them become banErot
IN consequence OF what he calls he patriot p5lcy
OF building rail roads that are not wanted Congress
should do something to help them ~, Of the lii.,t
With this preposerous proposition, the climax d,
the various absurities TO be found in the t.
voumnous paper concludes
THE GoyERNoR's MEss4Gs.-The position AMI
Importance othe State of New Ytrk in Ire Rcruh,ic
will naturally attFac, attention to the Annual Nd
sage OI ttie Chlvi apart from tle "
thus Message displays 1t is with pride and rsastrf
tina, New Yorker hears his Chief MseEir4r
thus setting forth the power and resources of ste5t
State 1t is with not less pleasure that be hea,- 3l
advocate perseverance in that policy vl "a ...ss.
made New York, what in the ConG,deracy s.ei IS
The Governor says Ego on with our nics1f ji-
provements,-the State IS not in danger of bj'kllii'
cy and cannot be made 50" This part OF I'LL Ma
sage is particularly able.
The Governor Vindcates the action of the stat
respecting Mcleod He calls attention 10 a Law II