New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-19

beneficial purposes Of Government he accordingly
suggests this nytstment Of these funds instead of put.
ting them INTO bonds and mortgage as now practiced
By Increasing the annual Sinking Fund tax 70 five
cent? the hundred dollars the eptre funded debt
might be absorbed in eight years.
The currency Of the free banks Of the State Is rep
resented as being fully secured and entitled to public
confidence. II banks of issue are TO be allowed a. all
tie Governor prefers the free banks on the score Of
being free from the feature Of monopoly; but to per-
feet the system separate department of the Govern
ment needed for their superintendent and control
Upon the chsrenng by the last Legislature Of the
Bank Of the State Of Indians, a successor to the
State Bank about to be wound up, the Governor IL
very He represents that set Of incorporation
az not only irregular and unwaanted but as unconsd-
utoss and having been carried by fraud and couup-
ton greater than dsgaced the Legislature Of any
other State; corruption carried still further, if pos
tibe in the distribution Of the stock and the location
Of the branches Twenty eight individuals, the larger
peIt OF them Lot bakers managed to secure msjor
ity Of the stock in the seventeen branches, which
stock they have since disposed of at enormous
premiums, amounting in the whole to not less
than quarter Of million-which sum, instead
of gong il might, If such 8 monopoly
was TO be chartered at a. as a bonus to the Safe
has thus been conveyed Tito the pockets Of specula
trs no assisted in procuring the charter Of the ink
with that very object in view.
The Governor upon the strength these facts caused
two suits 10 be instituted, one in his own name, tn
other that Of the State to test the validity Of the
charter. The first suit fell through on technical
grounds the second is still pending and from intima
tons Of opinion already given by the Court Of
the points involved the Govemo fully anticipates
A. -. - II
ou waiting for any decision, he urge, the present Leg
isaure to wash their hands Of the whole business by
a repeal Of the charter prohibition Of any con-
necton Of the State with this Bank in the way OF
deposits otherwise, and, TO prevent the reissue by it
Of the bs Of the present State Bank, forfeiture of
all the securities received in exchange for such re-
issue.
The legislators Of 1855 according 20 the Governors
account were not only guilty of oes Elm Of commits
sion in undertaking TO chatter this new State Bank,
but alsO Of gross sin Of omission in neglecting 10
comply with their constitutional duty of passing an APP
portopmert law for the election Of their successors.
In thi. emergency the Governor from the necessity of
the case had stepped in with proclamation revving,
for the purposes Of election or at least recommend
ing as fit to be acted upon the old appotionment law;
and upon that bdsis, it would appear, the present
Legislature had been chosen He commends as
pressing duty the apportionment Of Senator'S and Rep
reseutatves among the counties on the basis OF popu
lation as the Constitution requires.
The recent changes and Improvements introduced
into the system of public schools have worked well
The township library system connected with the school
system has than realized the expectation OF its
friends and fully redeemed the pledges of its most
earnest advocates and the Governor earnestly 70
commerds that it be made prominent part OF the sys-
tenn Of public education.
The townships have levied in the last two years
more than three-quaters of million Of dollars for the
erection Of school houses and the Governor strongly
urges upon the Legislature the constitutional duty OF
the State to provide TO enable the townships to pro-
vide by taxaton-a right which they do not now pos
tess-suficient means for at least Fix months annual
tuition of the 500 600 youth Of the State. Teachers
Institutes and Normal Schools are also needed toward
furnishing competent instructors. State Teachers
Association in successful progress, and Publishing
moEthy journal the subject of education, noted as
an encouraging circumstance ard the idea is suggested
of existing that journal auxiliary to the Depart
mtnt of Public Instruction, as means of communca'
ton with the township boards and county auditors.
The colleges represented as in tourishing con-
dition. The Governor recommends the setting apart
tie proceeds Of some lands of which patents have been
lately received, for the State University at Blooming
tor for the endowment Of Agricultural Professorshp
in c, Erection with an experimental farm.
The Govemer is emphatic on the duty of the Legs
aue to restrain by law far as possible, the vice OF
drunkenness nor does he think that any inference
favorable to such legislation ought to be drawn from
the apparent reaction of public sentiment against the
law OF the last session the general non'observance
into which it has fallen. What is needed is middle
,o.tI la ton in nOrf
Of which al efficient public sentiment be rallied.
The late elections show the necessity of some safe
guard tohe purity of the ballotbores The Governor,
however, doef not favor Registry law. The multi
hcation Cf election districts and the requirement OF
sixty days residence therein, with increase of the
penalties against Illegal voting he thinks might answer
the purpose He regards the reprehensble practice Of
betting Oh elections great source Of Illegal voting,
,1d as worthy Of the legislative repression.
A curious portion Of the Message relates to the
rotous conduct during he last Summer on the part
of residents in the vicinity Of the Birch Greek Reser-
voir of the Erie and Wabash Canal prompted by the
idea that the tess killed blythe water and left standing
in that reservoir were prudcia to the health Of the
neighborhood The best medical authorities consulted
on the subject under an act Of the Legislature, had
given contrary opinion; but this did not prevent the
cutting of the reeiyoir followed by other outrages,
end even by attacks on private property The militia
were called out and arrests made, but al the
parties implicated were acquitted. As the cause OF
complaint ha. since been taken away by the removal,
at great expense, of the obnoxious timber, the
Governor hopes for peace and order for the future.
The cansl-the longest artificial water communica-
ton in the United Statesis in good repair, and
the completion Of the Birch Creek Reservoir and other
V orks promise uninterrupted navigation than
heretofore Tie tols however have declined in the
lsst two years to al aggregate amount OF sec Co.,