Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-01-17

that one dollar has ever been lost or sqnandcred,
whatever may have been the suspicious charges
TO the contrary. The fear which may have been, to
some degree, entertained in consequence ofmaeious
that the safety of these funds would
be hazarded IL consequence oftheir being loaned by
the officers in charge to their partizan personal
friends, is idle, and utterly unworthy hecountenance
of honorable men. Officers thus entrusted should
and doubt do, fee. obligation resting upon them
more sacred and binding than the accomplishment
of mere personal political objects. The besowel
OF favors upon personal or political friends is com
mon consequence ofthe power to dispense the same,
and what ever party sect may succeed in obtain
ing this power, tile same policy may WITH entire con
fidence, be expected to be pursued It is, however,
true and will be go fund upon examination. that
not few whe are neither personal or political friends
OF the oleers who have had these funds in keeping
have rec ived accommodations by loans made N con
folmIty to the law
BY reference TO the Report Of the Supcrnteade Mt
OF Public Instruction il win be perez we'd that these
important educational interests Of State pre-
e. essng in manner highly satisfactory to those who
attach to item Their true value. 1t IS gratifying to
know that the fund granted or the purpose Of ensur
ing the lasting establishment OF common school
system, is steadily working out The beneficial result
intended, and promises to continue for ali time the
SOLID and liable basis of the educational system
of our State Every department connected with N
srUctiOn has continued TO increase III usefune IS dur
ing TIE past yaHr. and has added largely to he mum
Der Of those in training for tie dut cs and response
ties Of lie.
refer to the report of the superintendent
as containing much of interest connected with
the matters therin treated, and TO which the
limits Of this communication forbid mere par
tcuiar reference.
Information derived from the Bank Comptrol
Ter enables me 20 state the following facts con-
nected with the Bank Department, viz: 1t APP
pears that the whole number OF Banks IN opera
ton on the first day of January was thirty two,
with an aggregate capital of $983,0J0. The
number in process of closing was four. The
securities deposited for the redemption OF circu-
ating notes are las follows, viz; Stocks l,2I5,-
coo; Specie $23, 893,75 making total amount
of securities aside from individual bonds + ,243,.
SS9, rs. Total amount OF circulating notes out
standing on January 1st. was 81 ,133,53l OF
which ss433 .063, was issued in the year 1888,
and during which time the sum of S26l ,l2l was
returned for cancellation. The amount of State
tax due and collected from Banks during the
same period was $23,976,S3, Those which
! have closed business, it is gratifying to state,
have ample means deposited with the Comptrol'
Ter to redeem their notes at par on presentation,
clearly indicating that the law under which they
were established, was well devised
The Penitentary is among the objects winch
J will require your attention. About the usual
appropriation for expenses will be necessary
and some amendments of the law regulating ITS
management, l think it important, should be
made. The main building which has been com
/ mcnced and prosecuted to a considerable extent
mainly by convict labor, should, III my ludg
ment, he completed during the present year
( thus obviatinG the excessive Inconvenience that
uow exists; in the way of the proper manage
ment Of the prison and control OF those for whose
safe keeping and discipline it was established
! The Commissioner estimates the amount
necessary for this purpose at fifteen thousand
dollars, over and above what can be derived iron
convict labor His report, to which | refer you
for more definite information concerning the con
dition and wants of the prison wall, trust, re-
cciye the attention it merits.
The geological survey of the State has been
continued by and under the direction of Mr.
Percival during the past year. His report, which
will be laid before you at an early day, is OF
| great vauc, not only from the accurate details
given, but from the great amount OF information
contained in it, interesting TO the geologist as
well as to the practical miner There is much
credit due 10 Professor Percival for the untring
industry with which he has prosecuted the sur
vey, ard the very thorough manner it has, con-
sidering the time and great extent OF country to
| be examined been conducted. The benefit al
ready received, and which will hereafter accrue
to the State, from examinations OF tbs KIND,
conducted by scientific men, whose attainnentS
and character arc a guaranty as to the correct
ness Of their conclusions, will bear, not even the
most distant proportion to the amount expended
yearly in order to secure them. We have rca-
son TO believe that the mineral resources OF ON
State viii continue to be rs they now are, one
Of the most i'm portant elements of our pros
! sperity, and the accurate and intelligent eXami
nation now progressing will, in all probability
lead to ascerta;ning the fact that our mineral
wealth is more generally diffused, greater il
quantity, and much more varied as to the quail
ties of the metals, than has heretofore been sup
posed,
In MY last annual message I stated that it
was intended to prosecute the survey, north OF
the Wisconsin River to- tbs Copper mines OF
Lake Superior. Owing to The length OF time,
however, necessarily employed by the Geologist
/ in the more settled portions of the State he
found himself unable to carry ont his intention
in this respect, and was obliged to forego the
visit to tie Superior country, until another sea-
son, when that region viii be examined By him
I'm attentive porusal Of his report exhibit tc
YOU much OF the valuable information which his
! experience and examination has enabled him tc
gather since submitting his former communities
ton upon The same subject.
+ In my first annual message ! took occasion
| to urge upon the Legislature, not only Tie pro
priety, but the absolute necessity then existing
FOR the erection of q State LuUat;c Asylum
During the session which had then commenced
an act was passed for that purpose, under wEicl
the site was procured, and 4 contract WAS enter
cd into for the necessary buildings, in Gccor
dance with the plans adopted by the commits
siOncrs III charge. In my succeeding message
the sUbjcct was again brought to the notice Of
the Legislature, AID while it was urged that
suitable provision nc made for forwarding the
work ,GlcWay to provide The means therefor, was
as judge, clearly pointed cut.
4 That Legislature seemed to utterly disregard
the Importance Of such an institution and the
urgent necessity for is erection, and instead Ct
endeay orin. 10 adopt tle means proper for It's
advancement, appeared to seek only those At
command, which might rctard its progress; and
in very hasty manner proceeded to repeal the
I law under h:cA ;Ec work lad been commenced
making at the same time no adequate provision
FOR discharging the liabilities OF the State already
incurred. The plans adopted for the buildings
to be erected, were then and are still considered
to be more nearly perfect than any other yet
: proposed for "a Institution of that character,
being the same which several of the States have
adopted for such purposes, and which have been
approved 10y ;hc experience of the most eminent
/ persons who have made the proper treatment Of
the insane their special study.
\ tar greater necessity exists now than did
then for the prosecution of this important work.
The census returns of June, 1856, show that
/ there was at the time in the State, the number
/ of two hundred and forty of that unfortunate
class which the Institution WAS designed TO re-
heve. The number Of those thus entitled to our
sympathy aud assistance is constantly incrca-
sing, and the condition Of each one 50 afflicted,