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MESSAGE or THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.

TO nm SENATE AND AssnGaLY:-
FnLow Cr1Uss-In the discharge Of the duty imposed
% ky the constitution, submit An account Of the
financial condition Of the State tx various institutions
and interests together with such remarks suggestions
and reoounmendatons seem to me nscesssry and An
proPriats for your oOnsideration-
FINANCE
The total amount charged upon the General Fund Re-
vnus during the fiscal year ending the 3Oth OF Septen
boz, l6G 81 7SS sS6 70. The receipts (exeumvs Of
. temporary loan to tie Treasury Of SlS1 Oo0) we're
si,sasen e showing . dsgsisaey q sass 500 81, to
year 127s - SO and there actual deficiency in the
u the General Fund the 30th of September
ISIS. 1857 eos CO. Through the continued dsacisncy
q the 0An Revenues, the General Fund has not during
the last fiscal year, received any part Of the 500 900
Appropriated by the constitution out Of the surplus re-
venues q the canals TO the support Of govenmGt The
debt TIE General Fund at the close Of the fiscal year
Tbs eas Of the School Fund was o. $40 g. be;nv
Increase of $32 3e6 so during the year. It's
amounted to $143,l27 49, The capital Of the United
9246 1ls o. The capital of the literature Fund was
1850 L. its revenue SIC, 83l 20 The amount of
Ire School sad Gospel Fund Of the stockbridge Indians
The amounts Of the several sinking funds on the seth
ssy September last for the redemption of the debts
created BY the loan OF the credit OF the State to various
rsiroa9 companies are az folows-Auburn and Roches-
ter Railroad SOL 1859 ~; the Tenawanda Railroad
658 3S the Long Island Railroad $19 2Og 90; and the
no9e Coal Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company,
u 4oe "a; in AL, $146,077 49,
The contingent debts Of the State of the
several railroad companies follows
Auburn and Rochester. 5000 900
Auourn and Syracuse. Observation-Disclosures. 200, 900
....................... 0o,VVO
nenecSny ana Troy lOO 0O0
Tiosa Coal, Observation-Disclosures. 10000
fetal $40, 600
From the re mort of the onntroler which viii soon ha
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O,CoNNOR COLLENDER's BILLIARD TABLE MA.
~ nuactcry now the most extensive and complete ia the
trimmings &C. OF superior quality at the lowest cash prices
Orders By mail promptly attended Ia.
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number Of convcts q the close Of the year. compared
with its beginning shows decrease Of eighty nine.
Tho total number In all the State prisons the 30th
OF November, 1885, 905, viz ;-At Sing Sing, 93T;
Auburn, 6S7 Clinton Isl.
The expenditures OF the three prisons the year
ending November 80 1885, amount to $233 3f3 "a Tas
earnings for the period amount SioS $50 90 The
expenditures have decreased 3o6 g. and the
ngs have increased Sill 900 o. compared With the pre-
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Considerable improvement has been made In The man
sgemeat of the state prisons dprng Tho pas! peas The
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DANCING ACADEMIES.

DuIIARD TABLEs--WE OFFER FOR SALE FINE
ID Of tables made with newly invented cushions,
which universal Satisfaction Private houses fur
nshed and public fitted ut short notice. GRIFFITH
DECKER, 70 Ann street. One second hand table for SALE
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teachers.
During the past year. the institution has been remark
ably exempt from sickness and entirely so from morta-
ASYLUM for Idiots has during the past year. been
removed to the building erected fer its the
city Syracuse This has been completed in general
with the plans submitted In the report of the
structure.
The number Of pupils at present enjoying its benefit.
is eighty. Applications for the admission of more
awaiting the action of the trustees and will be decided
the Of the institution shall justify
It, appears BY the returns Of the late census that
large number Of idiots of teachabe age, still
provided with the means Of education a moderate
nual increase by the Legislature OF the income OF the
Asylum would enable its trustees to discharge the duties
Of humanity TO these un'ortunates.
The want Of responsible general supervisor Of
the various benevolent institutions receiving aid from
the State is seriously felt bill for this purpose
considered at the last session OF the Legislature but
failed to bscc me law. commend the subject to your
attention.
The number Of emgrants landed At the port of New
York during the year just closed Is 1885, 33 During the
year 1854 the numb $40 223. This falling off has
caused corresponding reduction in the receipts of the
Commissioners Of Emigration. While therefore, the
Commissioners burdened with the support Of the
sick and destitute arriving the preceding year. their
diminished revenues during the last has coca
ned serious embara The length and severity
Of the winter of 1885, and the high prices paid for all the
necessares Of life only the number Of emf
grants requiring aid but added largely to the expenses Of
the Commissioners.
The Commissioners within the past year have entered
vigorously upon system Of economy and retrenchment.
The inmates Of their various institutions largely
reduced In numbers The Medical Department was rsor.
pansed and further improvements are contemplated
The general superntendence changed and all
numaries were discharged In these efficient reforms as
in their generous devotion to the iaborous duties Of
their Office the Commissioners Of Emigration their
only reward-the appreciation Of their fellow citizens
The Indebtedness Of the from the causes
stated will probably require Legislative relief II should
be remembered that the money to purchase the land
Wards and Randas Islands, TO erect thereon expensive
and noble structures TO maintain the inmates snd TO re-
turn TO the counties the expended for the
Of emgrants has all been derived from the enigrants
themselves Since the passage Of the law creating the
Board Of COMMISSIONER citizens have besn re-
lieved from the burden Of supporting sick and dest
tute emgrants. You win, trust be prepared 70 CON
slider svoraby such application may be made for the
temporary peuuisry relief of the Board Of Emigrsn.
Commissioners.
Foreign emigration j. elerent cfnsto1al prosperity
toe imports nce Of which not likely 70 eeesi
os's rye s';o7gegs come 70 W tich IA What n, u,st
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cessary different localities in the town. II would be far
easier to dsburse the school equitaby than
der the present arrangement where districts formed
OF different Sizes, and with general regulation to
population available This policy has been
adopted several States with decided advantage The
interminable controversies between school districts
adjudication Of wh,h occupies 70 large proportion of
the attention of the State Superintendent and which
every to become moro numerous more bitter
and more mischevous, would be obviaed. more equi
table division of the school moneys greater economy in
their application and the convenience Of the public
would be effected.
II Will devolve upon you to consider whether some
changes in the Institutional arrangements in the State
OF department impart knowledge Of the principles
Of agriculture would do much towards meeting the de-
mand for instruction in that art which is the basis of
al wealth and national greatness Every consideration
Of policy and economy requires that agriculture should
be taught in our public schools The esta blishment Of
proessorship Of agriculture the Normal S,hool
to advisable. It's propriety is commended to your
consideration.
Iimay he necessary 10 inquire whsther the objects
contemplated IN founding chat institution are fully car
red out in its educational course and whe
Their the pupils instructed are actually employed as
eAchers The number o. graduates exceeds eight hun
dred and the Legislature ought TO be informed how many
Of these st engaged in that profession II has been
uggested that the responsiveness Of living in city
school and that its removal 70 some other locality where
that difficulty win be cbvated would tend to secure the
bestownsnt of the bounty Of the State to Its legitimate
purposes. In Massachusetts, whore several normal
schools established and sustained by legislative ap
propriaons has been taken TO them places
where the OF living not too expensive for the
INDECENT pupils Whether any change in this re-
spect should be aade la State, submit your con-
sidsration.
Since the State Library hss been under the charge of
the Regentsof the University large additions have been
made to it, 81 great value and interest. The number Ok
volumes has been increased from to nearly 40
new catalogue Is in PREPARATION and will be pub
! lshsd during the present year
The usual appropriation IL, however, limited that
after making the necessary purchases for the Law De-
psrtment the remainder falls much below the require
nens for other objects commend this institution 30
your liberalty.
srAry PRISONS AND JArts.
Considerable improvement has been made In The man
sgemeat Of the state prisons dprlng Ae pas PEAS The
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The greatest medical discovery of the age,
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i One box has cured Dyspepsia
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NEW ENGLAND FEMALE MEDICAL co1Ivcr

VNHE Ninth Annual Term will commence On W.,
l. day, November 8, 1855 and continue four r,nr,b r'
Professors-EnOch e. Rolfe, NJ. D.. Theory .n,i o.
tee OF Medicine; John X. Palmer NJ ID Nsler,s A. 'g
lc', Therapeutics. and Chemistry; William SIM
Brown NJ d.. Anatomy and Surgery; Stephr, r."
NJ d., Obstetrics, and Diseases of Women aud "a
William SyInington Brown Nj. D., Physiology Ilygiu
aud Medical Jurisprudence; Mary X jerks NJ n ,-
slstant Lecturer on Obstetrics &c, and Drmo,sr,, ~
Fee, So for each of the six branches Forty free i
arshps are provided by the Legislature for pup,ls ~
Stale. iN'''' VI '''
Application be made, by letter or o,her,yi.. o., o..
College, PA Washington street Boston " wv
SAMUEL GREGORY. NJ d. Sl..,,.
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FORT WARD INSTITUTE
Located at Fort Edward, Washington county New
York, on The Troy aud Whitehall Railroad.

REV J. E. KING, A. NJ, PRINCIPAL.
Facutty-4toenty Professors aud Teachers.
BUILDINGS brick, extensive and superb well finish
4 ed aud furnished, having separate departments for
ladies' and gentlemen.
RATES.
Whole expense per term of fourteen weeks for Board
Washing Fuel, Furnished Room Incidenials, and Tui.
ton III Common English, 5000, in advance. Fifteen
cents per week extra for fuel when fires needed
Students rooms
III Students received when there are vacancies and
charged for residue OF the term.
CALENDAR FOR 1867.
Fall Term be- gan August I4,h ends November 10Th
Winter Term begins December 4th ends March II th
1857 - i
Spring Term begins March Both; ends July LAT
Fall Term begins August 18th; ends November 18th
Those capable Of complying with the whole reeu
ations OF OhFistan Institution invited 10 andy tr
catalogues or for rooms TO the Principal Fort Edward
INSTITUTE N. Yn Ss
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CELEBRATED GERMAN BITTERS,
Prepared by
DR.. C. N. JACKSON, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanii
VIII effeciuallY cure

Or' W. M ShShoON, rhlladelphia, P6nnsyiYahlHb
Will efectualy cure
LIVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA, JAUNDICE,
Chronic Nrra..s D,biity Diseases of The Kidn,g anil
all D.seGsSs sstssag from diSoTdyed Lrsr SO,ari
TIiE Proprietor, in calling the attention Of The public
this preparation does with a feeling Of utmost
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for which IL is recommended.
IL is no new and untred article but that has stood
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SUMMERS MARTYR SPEECH

Copies OF this admirable speech. i'm pamphel to,
be had OF the Republican Association al the '1I
rates: b cents per dozen copies free of pos,,g' ny
per hundred copies free of postage. 20"
Address LEWIS CLEPHANF
Secretary Republican Assorjq,,o.
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HENRY H ROODY A. Co

RANkERS, General Agents, and Dealers la Land
ID Warrants and Real Estate Hudson 81 t,roiY COM,
Wisconsin, and Brunswick. Maine
H. H. BOODY, Brunswick Maine
ALVIN BOODY, In,
476 G.. JEWELL. JR ii"hSoh5 Wisconsin.
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DESIRABLE FARM FOR SALE

'l'HE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale a very desirabs
tract of land, containing about 2 acres of exceI,r
quality situated about 10 miles north of the City OF WasE
ngton and about mile from the new turnpke road
brookvile About 100 acres is excellent woodland n
large stream of water running entirely through he
and upon i excellent watey poSes saed m na;ii ~
manufacturing purposR2 ~ ' VI
The above iAnd viii be sold great bargain. Ami,
u s A: PEUGH or 10
A. . BUELL. q BLANCHARD
WV :" Pvsnfsrs of hs Ere
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KANSAS COMMITTEE REPORT

The Republican Association of this CITY have M, L
hshed IN pamphlet form, the Report OF the kan P'.
mttee. Price, free of postage, 50 50 per 100 COM ''n
Address l. CLEPHANE'
Secretary Republican AsSoci,,...
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C. B. HUTCHINSON,S

DATENTED BARREL. MACHINERY u,,cr,f. D
i with which slaves and heads Tor .UOO -four brrI. ,
day can be finished from the log. ready 10 h, sci nm ~
racuoh less than three cents barrel For parcu,r,
or the purchase OF rights, apply to
b. MlLBURN, Washington, d. c..
Proprietor for Virginia Arkansas aIiforpI, II
diana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin Nh,hiyp,,
SIC and all the Territories
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TREEMOUNT SEMINARY

CINTEEN miles northwest from Philadrlpbi, L.,
~ Norrisiown, Pa, will be open for Young men and h. .
above above IA years of age, from October l. -, ~,
June !, 1857. The site is heahful the surrouudyo n.y.,
pect exceedingly beautiful, the accomInod aions
for l4O boardrrs aud 300 students, aed the Term, MOI -
oroan The range OF studies Is extensive the Teacher
experienced and able, and every reasonable effort M
to promote the physical. intellectual and moral y,
OF the scholars. Circular will be Sent To order ,
particulars and references ifdeSircd
SAMUEL AARON. PRINCIPAL
1.
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VOL. X.
POIITICAL MAP OF THE rNITEn Sr,rr

PULIIlCAL MAP UF THE UNITED STATES
nESIGNED 10 exhibit the comparative area ,,L - ~
IL and slave States and the Terri orv omen ~ liee
by the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise Win eiy
parson of the principal statistics Of the free s ON
States, from the Census of 1850 Highly coIo,I .sye
% by "a. Price 20 cents, free OF posiag sue
THIS map should be suspended in every public nl,,
and in the hands OF every Republican speaker pace
Address l.. CLEPHANF
Secretary Republican AsSocia;o,
Ifugta
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A PRICED LIST

or Towering Trees, Shrubs Roses, Hedge PLANT. A,
~ suitable for any soil exposure. Will be-, fnr,,,,'
gratis TO any address Also, a Catalogue ol Che.
Fruits with prices. ''
Carriage Of packages paid 10 Boston
y. NJ. WATSON
Sos Old Colony Nurseries. Plymouth AZ.
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l(oOk AND PAMPHLET PRINTING exeeu,.s Nv
- estLL = RLApNcBAS, tss sisG s,sss,,
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peers on that side of the Chamber, did not relish
this proviso, were the members bound to surren-
der their own judgments, to crafty the wishes
and meet the exigenciss of those Senators? Per-
haps it would save great deal of trouble, if the
Senate should send DOWN to the House, whenever
it made proposition, that it would be distasteful
to the Senate to send the matter up here Such
sentiment ia better fitted for the Senate of Louis
Napoleon than for this Chamber This proviso
Is revolutionary, supplementary, uncOnstitu-
tional, !" because the House knew that it was dis
tasteful to the Senate. Sir, such a suggestion as
this would excite smile, if uttered by q third
rate county court lawyer in some Justices court.
dismiss it from this Chamber.
While the proposition of the Senator from
Delaware was pending, to strike out of the bill
the section relating to the revision of the revenue
laws, Mr.. Wells, then a Senator here compliment
ed the Senator from Virginia for rising above the
little technicalities of parliamentary practice and
standing upon his "rights and privileges" Mr.,
Wells said
honor him than ever after the language which
he has used here Tonight that he states
man and an American CITIZEN will exercise the rights
and privileges which he Possesses and discharge the
duiies which are incumbent upon him, independent Of
any OF these technical rammelsn
This compliment, SO generously rendered by
the Senator from New Hampshire, was gracefully
and ! doubt not, sir, gratefully received by the
Senator from Virginia | think the other Senator
from Virginia, and the Senator from Connecticut
who last year rose with the chairman of the
Finance Committee above technical trammels. -
would willingly have shared in the compliment
Of the Senator from New Hampshire Fourteen
Senators 9R the other side of the Chamber, last
year, rose with these Senators aboye "technical
trammels," and voted to force through the Sepate
the revision of the tariff by using the civil and
diplomatic bill Now, these Senators join in pro-
nouncing the action of the House revolution
airy" COMPLIMENTARY Unconstitutional" BY
the votes end opt of the mouths of these Senators
| convict and condemn them,
l have examined many Of the appropriation
bills, running back as far as the Administration
Of General Jackson. / have examined some hal,
dozen Of the army bills of recent date, and
have not yet found one upon which have moi
found epgrafted general legislation have moi
time to refer to these acts, but / will say that
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"No person who shall haye been convicted OF any vio-
lation OF any provision Of act of Congress entitled
AN respecting fugtives from JUSTICE and persons
Gaping from the service of their approved Feb
ruary H. 1893 of An amend and supplementary
to said act approved September Is 1850, whether such
conviction by criminal proceeding by civil action
the recovery of penalty prescribed by either of
said acts. in any court of the United Safes of any
State Territory, shall be entitled any cleo
ton hold any Office III this Territoryprovded, fur
Their that Il any person Offering 10 vote shall be cha
lehked and required 10 take cath or affirmation, be
by OF the judges of election that he will
sustain the provisions OF the nbovereeited of Con-
gress and the entitled An organize the
Territories of Nebrs ska and Kansas, approved May 30
vote Of such person shall be rejected"
By this act, the actual settlers of Kansas if one
of them should have " harbored that is given
q cup of cold water, a crust of bread, and nights
shelter, to some poor, weary fugitive, fleeing with
perhaps hloodhoqnds baying On his track, from
Slavery, to find Freedom and protection beneath
the flag of the British Queen, and been convicted
of that act of humanity and Christian charity in
past years, he would be DISTINGUISHED altogether.
Perhaps the Senator from Virginia, who has,
sHpRose, Eaternsl affection for his molstrosi-
ty-the Fugitive Slave Law-thinks this act of
prescription just Here is a provision requi-
ring test oath to support the Fugitive Slave act
and the Kansas-Nebraska act-a provision that
wholly DISTINGUISHES all Northern men who have
the least sense of manhood left. This test oath,
which disfranchises the Free State men, the
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large pories of the Report is devoted to the sub
ect Of the exploded Government Stock Bank. The


notes surrendered to April 2s 1885, s95 400 2S,
and il is believed that several thousand dollars more
are still outstanding. The amount of stocks in the
Treasures hands latter the surrender to the Metro
politan Bank Of this ethyl s37 500, netting at the
sale So, goo, leaving deficit Of ESQ 800 %. belief
is expressed that the fraud in the amount OF the ccu-
laon of the Bank occurred through the surrept;ious
reissue Of the redeemed circulating notes from the
Treasury. The Report says
The Attorney-General has conversed with those
persons who acted a. messengers OF the Bank IN carry
inc the retired bills from Ann Arbor to Lansing, who
concur in stating that they went into the treasury
vault and there large masses OF the Dils OF te
Government Stock Bank lying about, some IN trunk
seine loosely in an old candlebox, some on shelves
and in pigeon-hole- accessible 70 any Persvn
terpe that they called Mr. Baileys attention 10 the
danger of having them in that condition, who maui
tested Indifference, and replied that 1t was no concern
Of his. Mr.. Fleming, the President of the Bank, In
1854 info rrned the AttorDeyGenera that on hearing
of these facts from messenger whom be had sent
with quantity of retired bills, he at once resigned
his post"