The true Democrat., 1856-11-04
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
7el20W- Citizens of the Senate
 mn nf fhe Hnnse of Res,reae1ltnfiues.

tegrity and patriotism, looks to you for hearty cooperation in every thing which the Execu- tive and legislative departments can accom- plish to secure and guard the interests of the State; develope its resources; diffuse the oppor- tunities and advantages of education through the various parts of the State; protect and pro- mote policy which will gradually insure the extnguishment of the public debt, and restore the tarnished honor of the State to its original brightness and lustre.
 From whatever interested sources elements of opposition to the interests of the State may arise, to hinder or prevent the achievement of any of these objects, the Executive feels con- fdent that by your intelligence you will un- derstand such opposition, however cunningly devised-under whatever deceptive pretext it may be arrayed, and that you will not permit it to interfere with your united and harmonious action in accomplishing for the State all such desirable objects.
 The Executive will have laid before you printed copies of the reports of officers, and other information adopted as accompanying do- cuments to this message and to these you are respectfully referred for official intelligence in detail.
 By the reports of the Auditor and Treasurer, you will see that there remained in the State Treasury on the first day of October, 1856, subject to be used for ordinary expenses of the State, the sum of one hundred and forty thousand, one hundred and fifty -four dollars and twenty-two cents, in gold and slver; and that all the Arkansas Treasury warrants ever issued had been redeemed except one hundred and ninety eight dollars, not presented for payment.
 The whole amount of the Internal Improve ment fund, distributed to and drawn by the se- 1856, was $30O615 55; and on that day balance of this fund remained in the Treasury, in specie, amounting to $24O43 35.
 The entire amount of the Seminary fund distributed to and drawn by the several coun- ties, before the first day of October, 1856 was $46, 224 90; and on that day balance of this fund, in specie, remained in the Treasury. amounting to $6,411 "A
 The whole amount of the Saline fund dis trbuted to and drawn by the several counties, before the first day of October, 1856, was $1,727 17; and balance of this fund, in specie, remained in the Treasury, on that day, amount ing to S3,520 23.
 The Seminary and Saline funds are sppro- priated by law, for the benefit of common schools. The sum of $646 A, in specie, should be appropriated by law to pay $504 10 to the Internal Improvement fund; SIS 14 to coun- ties for balances of county taxes due them, and SPA to the common school fund under section 1855 of Revenue law. These amounts are due from the State to the funds stated, in Arkan- sas bank paper; but since the affairs of the bank are in process of liquidation, all the notes of the bank in the Treasury, on the 1st Oct, 1856, amounting to about SIG, ,490 should be registered and burned, and hereafter, should notes of the Bank of the State of Arkansas be paid into the Treasury, provision should be
 
 so that We may get rid of them as speedily as possible, and have nothing in the Treasury, called money, but the constitutional currency of gold and silver.
 The amount of redeemed Arkansas Treasury warrants in the State Treasury, on the first of October, 1856, was S297, ,643 12, and the amount of old State scrip $50. These should be re- gistered and burned; and in enacting law pro- vding for registering and burning the notes of the State Bank, these Treasury warrants and the old State scrip should be embraced
 The amount ofredeemed swamp land scrip in the State Treasury, on the lst October, 1856, was SI,579,70 22, which should also be re- gistered and burned.
 You will see by the reports of the Auditor and Treasurer that, during the two years end. ing with the 3Oth September 1856, there were cancelled and filed with tue State Treasurer 183 bonds of this State, which had been issued to and sold by "The Bank of the State of Ar kansas amounting, with interest, to $333, l46 20; and that during the same period, there were cancelled and filed with the State Treasurer 37O bonds of this State, and many coupons for in- terest on such bonds, which had been issued to and sold by The Real Estate Bank of the State of Arkansas" making for the bonds and the interest $755,50 10; showing that one million, eighty eight thousand, six hundred aud fifty three dollars and thirty y-nine cents of the debt of the State of Arkansas, on account of the two banks, were cancelled and filed with tbe State Treasurer, Gas fully paid of,) during the two years ending with the 30th of September 1856.
 On the 26th day of January, 1855, Alexan- der George and John Robins, in accordance with the provisions of "An act to provide for the building of work shop within the walls of the Penitentiary, and for other purposes" approved 12th January, 1855, became the con- tractors to do all the work designated and re- quired by that act, and to safely keep, clothe and subsist the convicts for and during two years from the date of their contract, for the sum of eighteen thousand dollars. The law prescribed the following description and dimen- sions of the workshop, to wit: "The wall of said shop to be built of brick, upon founda- tion of stone two feet in depth, at the highest point of ground; the said foundation to be brought to level, and two feet thick. one hun dred and fifty feet long, by forty feet deep; with two stories, each of which is to be twelve feet high; the walls of the lower story to be twenty two and those of the upper story eighteen inches thick; the floor of the second story to be sup ported by brick pillars, and three cross ties at equal distance, made of two by three-fo inch bar iron; and laid with tongued and groov- ed blanks, not less than one and quarter by seven inches broad; the joist of the second floor to be three by twelve inches, two feet from center to center; securely fastened to grder in the center of the main building; said build- ing is to have brick cornice all round it, and a