The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-16

preSlulnS OIlcer was one OF the bogus men,
bers of thejoint convention, who had no more
right to a seat there, without vote Of the
body to which he belonged, than if he had no
seat in the Senate. This man, an intruder
and usnrper, assumed the power to adjourn
the convention, and order them to assemble
ON certain day; an authority that belongs to
no presiding officer and IS warranted by Meth
er precedent nor law.
Having created fictitious Senate upon the
records of the House, they intend, with this
ghost of falsehood, to form joint conven-
ton on the day designated, and impose upon
the people of this State, two U. S. Senators. !
brewed in this vat of party prostitution. If
any such outrage should be attempted, the
authors Of it will find there is point, beyond
which forbearance with the people of this
State will cease, and if those who pretend to
! be legislators can act without law or constitu-
i tOnal sanction, the peoplc themselves will
throw aside law and constitution and crush
those who seem, by their acts, to have no re-
gard for either. If we cannot have cOnsti-
tutional government, but are to be made the
victims and sport of party violence, let us
have revolution. Party recklessness in this
State has been carried to a point that makes
it no longer endurable.
The Auditors Report for the last year is a
very inteles ing document. 1t appears, that
in October, 1855, there was a balance of S490,
1876 SO. The receipts for the past year were
in gross s., 495 486 80. Expenditures du-
:; ring the same period were 1888, 976 IL
showing the present state of the balance in
5 the treasury as follows:
Balance in the Treasury the 3lst of Oc-
tober. 100. $45S,224 ID
, Receipts into the Treasury account of
all funds during the year ending Oc'O-
Der 81, le16' ll1is6 ~
Total sl,9j3,7I IA
2 Amount of warrants druwn on the Treas
ury all accounts during the year
ending Ooctober 81 1856 ............ 1,23S, 96 II
Balance il the treasury on the 31st of Oc-
= tODer, 1c56 02i,'00 Is
/ The amendments of the Original act creating
1 Free Banks has had most beneficial effect in
4 checking the abuses under that system as
/ originally naugurated They have had the
effect to close all the specializing shin plaster
: banks that grew up under the original act
: OF the bills Of the suspended free banks there
: are still fifty-tive thousand dollars that have
: not been redeemed. The free banks now in
S operation arc believed to be solvent, and
5 shown to be fully able to redeem all their cir
S culation at par, and are known to be in the
is hands of men of honor and responsibility.
e, Since the State debt arrangement was per-
If fected, three hundred and seventy-eight thou
n sand, two hundred and thirty-fou dollars oil
% stock have been redeemed, Of which one hun
S drel and fifty thousand dollars are five pei
+. cents, and two hundred and twenty egh
re thousand, two hundred and thirty four dollar,
h are two and half per cents. The interes
l. paid the State debt in the year 1856
v amounts to three hundred and sixteen thou
N sand, six hundred ana seventy four dollar
n, and thirty-four cents; and the total interest
ID paid since 1647, is two million, two hundre,
at and thirteen thousand, three hundred ant
le ninety seven dollars and seventy five cents
Ii The expenditures for 1857 are estimated a
Of five hundred and thirty two thousand, thre
V. hundred and fifty four Misunderstanding in
ID terest on State debt.
as The TaxabIes in 1855 S3Ol 1858
a. In 1856 they were OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $40, y' 81
IN Being an increase Of................. $f,j3934
he The Polls in ltJ3 were. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1.e,S
: g 1856 = ........-.--........ lI4St
n Exhibiting a decrease Of ............. 407
he The number Of votes given for Presidential
n electors in November were 235, 435-ben
We GO,633 more than the taxable polls, showin
W great careleSsness in levying the tax, or
Is great deal o. fraudulent voting. We presum
OF the former to be the case.