New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-19
New11ork Dailu Mibnare
COY. RikDALLS MESSAGE.

tsres Of State II has been the earnest effort of the
present State officers TO relieve the State of the diff
euliiss embasssnents and financial confusion of the
lest few years The last legislature at Gov Rsndas
urgent request lad State tax If $3.50 CO., 10 addition
10 levy Of tgo-ffths Of mill on tie dollar, author
lied by the laws Of 1853 and 1885, to pay tn interest
On the State debt bat never hitherto collected. By
means Of these resources the Governor calculates 1t at
the State will close the year with surplus Of sl93c COO
beside outstanding dues; and he thinks, with the
exercise Of proper economy, 1t will not be necessary
to raise by tax for the ne1 year more than 500 CO.,
At the Commencement of the l,s; year there we're in
the State seventyiour banks With an aggregate capital
of S. 000 Eight of these banks have relrquished
business, seven have increased their capital, and
thirty.two new ones have been orgsnized-msking, at
the beginning of the present yea nDey-nine banks,
with al aggregate capital Ct s. 0i5 OOO The whole
amount Of standing couDtersisDed notes ssned TO
these banks is q, $50, Az secured by deposit OF
stocks TO the amount Of s. o99, Goo, and Of specie
10 the amount Of 600. Among the stocks
are about two millions OF Missouri Sixes, some
500 600 Tennessee SiIes and about the same amount
Of Limos SIes, snd near half million OF
Virginia Elves and Skies, the remainder being msde
up of the stocks Of California Georgia, Indiana Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Iowa, South Caroins,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with so, 900 OF
Racine and Milwaukee and so coo of Mississippi and
Milwaukee Railroad Eghts-these lat rather an an
safe sort of security, should ray, for banking pur-
poses. The amendments to the Banking law made by
the la.t legislature, and approved by the popular
vote, have been complied with. The Bank Controller
has increased his bond to 100000. The banks
located awsy from business csnters at remote and mac
cessible localities have been removed required by
IL at act and the Governor thinks the Wisconsin
banking system is row perhaps a. safe and unexcep-
tionable as any thst can be devised.
The schools of Wisconsin in prosperous condi-
ton TIE whole number Of children reported between
the ages of four and twenty is 284,07S Only the
States of New-York, Pepniylvsns Ohio, Illinois, and
Indiana surpsss Wisconsin in the lumber Of children
Of school age. There ha, been reported during the
past year an attendance of l67 30. TIE amount e1
D. nded for teachers wages 1894 900. The sggre-
gate of school fupd interest for the next sppor-
tionment will be $4,000. The State University
and the Colleges and Academies throughout the State
are prosperous and the Regents of Norns Schools are
valuable service 10 the of education.
Some efficient means ought to be provided, 20 the
Governor thinks for obta ming annual returns of the
products Of agriculture, ,tOck-raising mining, and
numbering Information as to which is now very
mesger The failure of creps during the past season
shows the desrsblity Of more diversified industry
and of more attention 70 stockrsisng. The Governor
again recommends steps toward the foundation Of an
Agricultural College. In the mean time, farmers
clubs and farmers lyceums for discussion lectures and
mutual instruction during the leisure of Winter, might
be beneficial.
Wisconsin has asylum for the deaf and dumb, an
as yum for the blind house Of refuge for juvenile
offenders and an insane asylum all built and supported
by the State all unfinished and all suffering from the
economy and reien shment the last session.
The cost of putting up such buildings is an extraordi-
nary outlay and there economy, 80 the Governor
thinks but the contrary in prOtractng the work by
parsiinonious and insufficient appropriations. The
State Prison also requires further expenditures.
The geological survey is goirg on, and q partial
report will be presented to the Legislature The Gov.
ernor thinks that the State msy obtain an additional
million of acres of swamp lands, overlooked in Cover
nor Dewey's selection, under the act Of 1850. The
five per cent on the sale of public lands, amounting
now TO $40 OO0 is still withheld by the General Gov
eminent on a claim against the former Territory, aud
further legislation by Congress- will be necessary before
the State can realize that The claim OF the
State to the amount above mentioned is held by the
Governor TO be good and is recommended to the care
of the Wisconsin delegation in Congress. He is sat's-
fed that nohrg to be gained by any more agencies,
or by mourning any further expense.
The Governor goes at some length into the case OF
the land grant to the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail-
road Company which company, he insists, has failed
Of compliance with the law, thereby FORGETTING the
grant. His predecessor bad given to the company in
December 1856, certificate that forty miles of the
road had been completed in conformity tolaw, emitting
the company by the terms Of the grant, to 800 400
acres Of lsnd he, however, on his accession became
ratified that these forty miles had not been completed
in conformity the act, and he wrote to the Commis
soner of the Lard Office at Washington requesting
suspension of action there till further roce from the
Executive of the State In May last, request was
made TO him by the compsny. setting forth the CON-
pleon Of twenty miles of the road, and asking
certificate for more land and also a conveyance of the
former psrcsl-boih which requests were refused.
Here is the Governors view Of the matter:
The Company claims TO have built % continuous
miles of railroad west from Portage City, and that II
is entitled 70 receive therefor Ss0 200 acres Of land;
and to make up this amount, IL stks 80 sections q
land for the first ~ miles of road west OF Portage
City II has incumbered tie grant TO the extent OF
81 900 coo. To meet this Indebtedness the l,nds to
which the night i. now claimed must eel at over sl3
per acre. The grant made for the purpose Of
increasing the facilities for travel and the
of business upon the line desig-
mated, ard for the purpose of developing the
resources and fastening the settlement of waste
and unsettled portions of the State. The lands
or the money srsing from their ssle, csonot be de-
voted TO any other purpose be used 10 build any oher
roads appropriated to pay cid debts or the interest
ON old debts before the grant was made by
Cor gress 1t is not question Of local interest, nor
can II be made co. On the part of the State 81 state
authorities, il is question of compliance with the
law, and the faithful, honest execution Of great
frost.
Entertaining these views, expressed 10 the letters to