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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-05
TEE CONTROLLERS REpOR T
STATE or Nav YoRK,
CONTROLLERS OFFICE,
IL 81 lSrl

ALBANY. Dec 81, 1852. }
In obedience to chapter eight title three article
one, Of the drst part Of the Revised Statues; All
also OF chapter $50, Of the LIVE uf 1877 tle Comp
Ioer has the honor to submit Tia flowing IA.
Dual report
The several funds belonging 70 the State, rbish
are referred 70 ard eonseerea in thsrtpor are abe
foJocug, W.
General Fund
6ibkng Fund created w the oopFiitu4icn fer the
payment Of The public debt
Canal Fund;
Common School Fund
Literature Fond
Unitsd States Dcposite Fuhd and
certain Trust FsIds, 10 which ftfsreLSe viii cs
made
TIE GENERAL FUND
All tho ordinary rzpoDess Of tue Ststs govern
m'Di sre paid from this fnns Isnassre Snd otjects
III BIO Sndtra'ood by rsersnss = tlo Revised 5ts-
tDtoa, part one, chapter niDs tile one. All supro-
pr,ssirDs nsde By the Jagpla nrs IT an es'rsordi.
bsry character, ard not specifically charged ap1a
some other fund, also to bs paid from tb Gen.
era Fusd
TIE following trAnples, taken NJ random, from
~ Appropriateness h..ss ~ No hss LsySiAs~s,
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people Of the State ass sny anxious reduces 70 the
ovest point the expenses Of 'ysg heir
10 nsk,t. Rail Dads owned BY individuals who ers
interested in getips large from their nvsstms Mt
While The canals good order and under jadcious
ooDbissfions cannot be succ+tfuy FORMED
between corporations 70 the dsriment Of the publts
Interests
To conpl,t. our nn6uihsd public works in the man
above pop0si d H. Il Necessary to expend about
1900 Coo .pEusly II the AMOUNT Of III. Surplus tolls
ceea be strsd 20 the point At ~hoh they stood in 1854
they wous ne sufficient for the purpose but they
lss tbsp SaOo0oo for the fiscal Guiding september
30 1854 ami in the year 1856 additional charge OF
s4CO Coo vii be upon EN- for the pay
csls debt We have reason believe the present ,s
Ist- tolls nod the enlarged capacity OF boats will
greatly augment them, bot not hope that thsy
vii give Ere required suoun bay ond this sd iit.osai
charge of 500 We cannot rae the rates Of tolls
ana IL may be ee,iiable to reduce them
The eonu stiton the canal add other channels
Of commerce. IL nos very i've and very severe Au
Increase % tolls Der drive business fro the
esusi orit would compel the beihters and eoatmsn TO
r-du-e he changes, witch are now loo enough Lou
tcls rot only widen the eli Gle from which bus
but ,hey alss enlarge the bounds OF the markets
within when the products OF the country are sold IL
would retain upon our canals We must do
by making them Its chespest avenues Ths great
difficulty with which have TO contend is the annual
tar Of So ito O0o caused pieeDt debt which will
hereafter BE- levied upon caosi commerce In additon
10 the expense Of keeping the canals in repair II We
Keep the tolls and the charges for Transports
ton by the frot of large boats and au annual
incr Of their loads shall be able to extroste our
pubic works FROM their pre- ent eubarrAskmcnts
There is estimated to be due TO ooutr.oora and
for lsnd damages &c for slsygs portion Of which drafts
have been given by the Canal COMMISSIONER On
the Auditor which are unpaid BY him for want Of
funds. ..........., Observation-Disclosures. $500 600
The snoost estimated to be due for work per
December, 1861 il .................... 10000
The cost Of ,he work recently let between Pert
byron and Rochester. viii Be- about ...... 100 600
Engineering and Difcersue0us expensss..... 100000
The cost OF the work tho canals necessary to
be done within the year, is............. 300 600
sl,80O,soo
When provision il made for the payment o. the
ST 400 600 received the canal certificates
isned under the Law Of 1861, there viii 20
nsde syailtble en- un.xpended OF
0AiaOce.,- PSuV.VtV
Eth. surplus tolls for the hf cal year
exdiHg ssyten Der so 1852 are cqUl
T. tHose OF last year, they will
- 475ooo
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win show The sbsrsstsr Of some Of these extra
ordinary charges Bpon this Fund By chapter
lars Ia appropriated the inmedats removal Of the
obttfuciioAs TO the navigation Of the Hudon river,
and BY ebsp 4o7 q the laws Of IN, sane year, the
Ated 10 the payment Of the travelling expenses Of the
prsrept ard one Of be late Canal Comm sionsts for
the yesra 1881 and 1852 In the opinion Of the Comp
troller the lat appropriation was properly payable
at ell frsm the canal revenues ana should have been
so charged in the set by which it wss made He sug
sests ihs pIoprty Il making e.ry appropriation fpe
officially cbsrgeable upon speciho fund and 10 that
the general fund "a large portion Of whose regr
nue. IL derived from taxation will be protected from
kut hcns which ,bond be borBe BY funds Of the
State. This tulge,tioD becomes impor from
last fcal largely exceed IT. revenue will appear
non the following tstenept showing the receipts into
ana the payments from the treasury account OF this
fund, during the fiscal year endcg september 80 1863
GENERAL
Re
Amount OF warrants dawn
the trea,ury. or account Of
the General Pond during
the year ding f0th sept,
1854. (Sse statement j.. $1.Hi,446 -
Amount transferred to the
fchoo' Fund Capital for
hss bends Of Oneida
purchase In pursuapoe Of
chap lel, law, Of 1850. 4Sl55 90
Amount transferred to the
following fands for interest
money In the treasury
belonging 10 said fusds,
during the year ending setn
6ePtsE Der 1902 viz
echocl FuBd. SIS 226 81
u o. Deg. Fund ssh AZ
4Y37 -
Amonnt Of warrants drawn
on ths treasury, remaining
unpaid On the 2eth Sept,
1901 4cs vi II
1sii, sa 10
Balance IN the treasury
the seth Sept. 1891. $1b,763 81
Amount OF oipts into the
treasury. account Of the
General Fund dnrrg the
year ending seth Sept,
isS2 (s.s Slater ent A. 1,la2Il4 IL
Amour ut transferred from the
General Fund Debt Hnk
ing Fund for interest ON
moneys advanced from the
treasury TO meet the do
Mands that fund. 32o2 Is
Amt unit transferred from the
School Fund for bonds for
lands received during the
yssr belonging to the &C.
neral Fur a............... I'll, Gl 40
81 15a,083 o.
Amount Of warrants cancelled l56 81
Amount Of warrants drawn
the treasury remaining
unpaid on the Both Septen.
bes 1Ss2................. 79e 80
81 1853 ATT oa
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PTttet amount Of the dehs............ t6o1gpSS 81
ITO Yincipd Increase pAs made ~ vissIs oil chapter
2lh e. The law 81 $40
ny tbis act the rum o 1885 0o VA aided 70 this debt
sLo up u assumption 6y tie Legislature, .hat that
sum wa due II N the RensIb .nnd 10 the eaos fund
TO- sdy,nces pade by he cansl flpt stgssn tbs fret
dsy Of June and The ,hntsth Gay of Septsnbr. 1919
md credited the canal fund n settling tbs ba
Ic- duo That fund when tie e0ng tuti0n took effect
the urst esy Of JfDusry. ,t47
have upoa former orc1Fiol (5entts Document No.
ts of 1897 xprpssed ray yess " ire contribution
altty OF this ct tha stste DEBT ,nr viii nov
only repeat H. orpirn then stated thai this debt
wholly unsutL orirsd BY the constitution IL va not
contacted to nprl Invasion, snppreas lnsurrecon or
def, nd the State war; provided In sest III Of tbs
5th sIoIe II not contracted to meet es.ual do
ssS,s ,vyssss, = ~ sypsAsW Dss prsvtAsd ~" -
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cant to produce the cum Of 81 49, 90 be-
ing the amount Of the annuisies payable
sundiy Indian Tribes ................ $l22, o9& 81
Amount Ct the Central Fund Debt. $3.50 COB 81
Amount of the Canal Dgb.t. ID, 100 16
Canal cifc&tes under law 1851 900 900 %
Contingent State debt (see ststement E) eo3 oJ0 10
Total debt Of the State, absolute and con.
tngtnt including the canal revenue
tibca.es. which are no. regarded asa part
OF the actual debt Of the State. ~, 1923 sas 81
The smount OF General Fund ate Debt at the Adop-
tic Of the titution Jan l. IS.7 IS Qo So 81
The debt has been increased al follows
LosnI have been made for which the Comp
troller's bonds we're Issued Viz
In leH .........s.... ..,.s, fiVbOS W
In lsls Observation-Disclosures. II coo 90
In 1S4o Observation-Disclosures. ID C0s 90
In 1899, Comptroller = kondsvors
Issued In lursuspce OF ohsp.
sa6. Laws OF that year, for. 3s5O00 90
Comptrollers bcnus nave been is-
sued to create the fund tschool
ard GotFel for the benefit OK
The Stocsbfidge IudenX, Via.
In ls4s..................... 5000 90
In 1851 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20009 90
30 eco 90
- 100000 90
There hg been paid on sroount of lie debt viz
In iSs.......... ............. So 900 90
10 loss....,..,. .............. zg,lf 80
In 1850. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000 90
----.----- 5oi47 80
.f.th 4 a. %
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State Stock.
Amount Issued in 1891 for the Astor debt,
PER chap 302 Laws OF 1877 and SO, Laws
Of 1882, redeemAble ~ pleasure, 3 Per
cent. -. 49,. -. 1851
Amount reued In lS48 per chap. 448, LAW
Of lS4S ITO meet the payment OF IN equal
amount Of stock heueA per chap. Is, LAWS
Of lS40, for loans from the rpeciis funds,
due 1st January. 1915 J redeemabls LIST
January. 1855, per cent. ............. S46
Amount issued to the Ithaca and Owego
Railroad Company, in 1888 and 1870, par
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Iniiow .Arniaites
Amount required, II invested AT six por
can't to pre- duoe the cum OF 81 49, 90 be-
ing the amount Of the ann,li.ies payable
sundiy Indian Tribes ..................
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~ - JOS. G.. TOTEM,
PROPOSALS FOR ERECTING A MARINE
HOSPITAL AT EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March %. 1853.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Depart
L ment until the 2Sth day of May next, at twelve
o'clock, noon, for the construction of the Marine
Hospital at Evansville, Indiana, according to plans
and specifications prepared under the direction of
this Departments said proposals to be either tor the
whole building separate for the different kinds
of work; the Department reserving the right to re
ject the proposals hereby invited. should the inte
rests OF the United States require it. Eighty five
per cent. of the amount ofthe work done and ma.
tersl furnished according to contract price (said
amount 10 be ascerained by the estimate of the
superintendent will be paid from time time as
the work proceeds, and fifteen per cent. retained
until the completion of the contract and the accep-
lance of the work, &c by the superintendent.
Contracts will be awarded only to master build
ers or mechanics; and the assignment thereof to
tary of the Treasury, will be forfeiture of the
same.
Every proposal must be accompanied by writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons,
Certified to be 80 by tho attorney Of the United
States or district judge for the sad district) that
the BIDDER will, when required, il his proposal be
accepted, enter into a contract and bond, with
proper and sufficient securities, in the sum of
$4,000, for its faithful performance.
Plans, specifications, and working drawings can
be examined, and other information touching the
proposed work can be obtained on application 10
this Department or at the office of the superin-
tendent at Evansville after the Goth day of April
next.
The proposals must be sent to this Department,
addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, Zen
dorsed proposals for Evansville Marine Hos
pital;) and will be opened at 2o'cIock, q. M, on
the day fixed for receiving the same, in the pre-.
sence of the bidders,i if any shall be present.
t JAMES UTHRIE
Secretary of the Treasury
Mar 3O-2avtMavoS
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II aGaAEK STOWE WORKS 4 HOLLOW.
WAhE FOUNDRY, Philaaelphia.
HE UNDERSIGNED respectfully inform the
= pubic, that having still further ENLARGED and
improved their WORKS, and Increased their faciI.
ities they are now prepared to execute orders for
stoves. hollow ware, &C., on the most Reasonable
erms
They invite the attention of SOUTHERN and
WESTERN MERCHANTS to their large and er.
tensive assortment of NEW PATTERNS, all Of
which have been got up at great expense, combin
ing originality and beauty of design, with dura.
bility,. utility, and economy in their operation,
comprising the most complete and varied assert
ment of STOVES ever offered for sale; consisting
of Liberty Air Tight Cook, for wood or coal Com.
Radiator; Fire King Radiator; Improved Jenny
Lind Cannon Stoves; Bases; Bare Cylinders !;
Bar Rooms Radiator Plates; Tea Kettles; Ran
GEES; Gas Ovens sc, SC
COUNTRY MERCHANTS DESTROYS of ordering
by letter can have list of prices sent by mail, con-
tanning drawings and descriptions of all the differ
emit varieties of Stoves, &C.
ABBOTT & LAWRENCE,
Brown ST., above Fourth, Philadelphia.
Feb 28-law6m*
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from Baltimore
to Wheeling, and connecting there soith the
large, ae,c, and splendid Steamers of the
Union Line on the Ohio, and the Stages to
GAINESVILLE, &C.
THIS EXPEDITIONS LINE being now tho.
J. roughly completed, by the late finishing of
the Great Board Tree Tunnel, and theroad being
In excellent order, the earnest attention of travel
lers ia confidently directed TO its superior advan-
tages and low iares. The scenery upon this road
is Of the most stupendous and attractive character
The Express Mail Train leaves Baltimore daily
at p. M, and runs directly through to Wheeling
(3sO mlles) in Is or l9 hours, including all stop
pages, arriving there at or p. m. next day; or,
passengers leaving Baltimore at S a. m may lay
over for lodging in Cumberland, (179 miles,, and
proceed thence to Wheeling in the morning.
To connect with these trains, the cars leave
Washington at a. and D. m. daily, meet.
ing the cars from Baltimore at the Washington
Junction, (better known as the Relay House,) 9
miles from Baltimore.
At Wheeling the seven unrivalled steamers of
the Union Line, which have just been completed
for this route, form daily connexen with the cars
and convey passengers down the Ohio to Cincin-
natl and Louisville where the stages for Nashville
&c., the st. Louis and New Orleans packets
may be taken by those going further on.
Passengers for Columbus Cor who prefer the land
route to Cincinnah) and other parts of Ohio and
the West may also proceed direct from Wheeling
in the Ohio Stage Company's excellent coaches
over the best part of the National Road to Zanes-
vile, &C., and thence by railroad.
Passengers for Wellsville and Cleveland by
steamboat and railroad will also find this a most
agreeable route, there being regular and speedy
connection at Wheeling TO and from those places.
8s-Baggage checked through from Washington
to Wheeling, and no charge for transfer of pas
sengers or baggage.
Fare by through ticket with the right to lie
over anywhere on the route) from Washington
to Wheeling $3.50; to Cincinnati SIl; to Louis.
vile $l2.
Tickets to be had of Mr.. PARSONS, Agent, at the
Railroad Station, Washington, and Of the other
agents Of the Company.
VIM. PARKER,
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NOTICE
Of the Establishment Of ttco Land Districts in
the State of California.

Of the Establishment Of ttDo Land Districts in
the State Of California.
WHEREAS, by the provisions of the act of Con.
w gress, approved March 3, 1853, entitled San
act to provide for the survey Of the public lands in
California, the granting of pre- emption rights
therein, and for other purposes, the President of
the United States is authorized, at such time or
times as in his judgment the public interest may
30 imperatively require, and in the absence of any
further and special Legislation of Congress on the
subject, to divide the State of CALroR into two
or three separate and distinct land districts az
circumstances shall determine to be necessary,
embracing respectively the upper and lo,oer or the
upper, middle, and l0,cer portions of the State and
whereas, on full consideration it appears that the
public interest imperatively requires that at least
tco land districts shall be established in that State
Now therefore /, FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of
the United States of America, do hereby declare
and make known that, in pursuance of the proyi
sons of the aforementioned act, the State of Cali
,forna shall be divided into two land districts by
the east and west lines of the public surveys near
est to the parallel OF the thirty sixth degree of
north latitude; and that the land Office for the up
per district shall be stabshed at present at BENZ
cIA and that for the o,per district at Los AseELos
Given under my hand at the city of Washing
ton this twenty first day of March, A. d. 1858.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the Presdent
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
/ Mar 23-taw3m
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PROPOSAL FOR THE ERECTION OF
THE LOUISvILLE CUSTOM-HOUSE.
TsEAsusv DEPAarnrsr, March 90,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 90, 1853.
THE lowest proposals for constructing the Lou
Il isvile Custom house, received under the ad-
yertise uent of December |, 1852, with the incl
amount If appropriation remaining for that pur-
pose 1t has breL decided to award contracts on
sald proposals. but to reopen the subject for further
offers. Notice Is therefore hereby given, that pro-
posals will be received at this Department, until
IL O'Clock noon ef the 25th day of May next which
must be separate for each kind of work. agreeably
to such notifications of the original plan and spe
clncatons prepared by the experimenting archi-
tect will bring the aggregate of the for
the whole building within the sum of Sl50,000.
Inc Department reserves the right to reject the
proposals now invited. If the aggregate amount
exceed that sum, or If IL be otherwise deemed ne
cessary TO the interests of the United States
No contract will be awarded except to master
builders or mechanics; and the assignment thereof
without the consent of the Secretary of the Trea-
suTy, will De a forfeiture OF the same. Eighty FIVE
per cent of the amount of work done and materials
furnished according TO contract prices (the guam
titles and amounts TO be ascerained by the super
intending architect) will be paid from time TO time
as the work proceeds, and fifteen per cent. be re-
tanned until the building is completed and deliv-
cred to the United States.
Every proposal must be accompanied by writ
ten guarantee, signed by two responsible persons
Certified to be 80 by the attorney of the United
States district judge for The said district that
the bidder will, when required if his proposal be
accepted, enter into contract and bond, with pro
per and sufficient securities, in the penalty of
S25 900 for the whole work land its several parts
in ProPortion) for the faithful performance of said
contract.
The plans, specifications, and working drawings
for the building can be examined, and other inior
nation touching the proposed work can be OBJ
tanned, on application to the experimenting archi-
tect at Louisville, Kentucky.
The proposals must be sent to this Department.
addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, (en-
dorsed Proposals for Louisville Custom house,
and will be opened at o'clocsSp. m. on the day
fixed for receiving the same in the presence Of the
bidders, if any shall be present
JAMES GUTHRIE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mar 2S-2awtAa y25