Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-01-14

the Free Banking systems Of Illinois and
Wisconsin that have flooded those States and
Iowa with their irredeemable paper. It 10 in
finitely better for the people Of this State TO
have no free or State banks. II their paper
cannot be rsdseued on demand in specie.
Under the ia section Of the present Reve-
nue. law, the Auditor has and ID saving large
proportion Of the expense attending the col.
lection Of the State revenue under the former
system. The allowance Of mileage to the
County Treasurers, as formerly done, was an
expensive mode and less reliable than the one
now adopted. From the more populous coun-
ties Of the State the revenue is now paid into
the dearest branch of the State Bank, and is
thence forwarded TO the State Treasury. at the
Capitol, at the risk of the bank and upon
economical terms.
am of the opinion that the State can fur
Their economic the system Of receiving and
disbursing the public revenue by slight mod
ification of its laws. 1t may legtimately
make the bank, to some extent the fiscal
agent of the State. The revenue being first
moved from the populous counties to the Cap
itol, must be moved back again in large part,
in disbursements, for the use of the public in.
stitutions in different parts Of the State. and
to pay off their officers.
considerable amount has now TO be paid
in New York, semi annually, for interest on
the outstanding State Loan and the rates of
exchange as well a. the transportation of spe-
Gle, which must be paid BY the State, are less
from the river counties, than from the interior
If the Auditor should be authorized by
your Legislation to direct the payment from
any county, to be made at any Branch of the
State Bank, to be designated by him, and
thence ordered into the State Treasury, as
now-or thence disbursed on warrants direct
ed TO such Branch, in his discretion, it would
save the transportation, both ways, Of large
part OF the revenue, and save time in reach
ing the public creditor. He is already auth
oriZed To have il paid into the Bank in transit
to the Treasury. The additional power reaui-
site Is 10 disburse on warrants directed 10 the
bank. This system would prevent any large
accumulation Ct money at one point, and
would also avoid some risks Of loss inevitably
attending double transportation of the funds ;
while the security of the State would be equal
if not superior to that of the official bond.
These reasons, together with the financial
economy secured by it, commend it to your
consideration.
REGISTRY LAW.
| renew the recommendation of my prede-
cessor, for the enactment Of such law, and
earnestly commend to your attention the sug-
gestions and remarks which he had the honor
TO submit to the last General Assembly upon
this subject.
STATE ARMS AND VOLUNTEER CORPS.
The quota of arms drawn by each State is
in proportion to its representation in Congress-
This provision of law operates to the disad-
vantage of the new States, whose population
usually is much 10 advance of such represen-
tation. Thus far our supply has been wholly
inadequate to the demand. A chivalrous
spirit pervades the minds of our young men,
and many highly creditable companies have
been organized in the State, although we have
had no military law, the enactment Of which
should now engage your serious attention.
The reception, custody, and distribution Of
the public arms, coupled with the large cor
respondence that necessarily grows out of it,
makes this branch of the public service both
burthensome and expensive to some extent,
which should be provided for by law. The
duties connected Herewith have been for the
last two years very efficiently and promptly
performed by the present Adjutant General Of
the State, Gen. Jesse Bowen, whose compen-
sation has borne no proportion to bis official
obligations and labors.
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
A communication from the Executive Com
mittee Of this organization will be laid before
you, exhibiting most satisfactory account of
the condition and prospects of the Society ;
than which it is believed no similar associa.
ton in the whole land has accomplished SO
much in the same time.
In the hands of its present friends it prom
ises to add great honor aud credit to the State.
For further information in relation to its
history, progress and aims, refer you to the
communication already alluded to; and also
to the report Of the Treasurer of this Society,
the vouchers of whose disbursements are filed
III my office, accessible 10 any committee your
respective bodies may appoint to examine the
same. cordially concur in the appropriation
asked for by the Executive Committee.
FRONTIER DIFFICULTIES.
Congress made an appropriation of $40, 900
in behalf of the citizens of Minnesota and
Iowa, TO defray the expenses of their various
expeditions agants Ink-pa-du-tah and his
band, for the murders committed at Spirit
Lake in the spring of 1857. 1t was required
that these expenses should be proted up be-
fore Major Cullen, Superintendent of Indian
Affairs at st. Paul. This was done, and the
amount allowed the Iowa expedition under
Major Williams, was s3.6l2, AZ, which is how
being disbursed to the privates and officers
composing the same.
raise company OF mounted men for the de-
fence and protection Of our frontier, approved
Feb. 9th, 1858, beg to say that company
of thirty such men, known as the Frontier
Guards, armed aud equipped as required,
were organized aud mustered into service un-
der the command of Captain Henry b. Mar
tin, Of Webster City, about the first of March
then following, and were divided into two
companies, one stationed on the Little Sioux
River, the other at Spirit Lake. Thei: pres
ence afforded security and gave quiet to the
settlements in that region, and after service
OF four months, they were duly disbanded.
Late in the fall of the same year, however.
great alarm and CONSERVATION was again felt
i'll the rigiOn of Spirit Lake and Sioux River
settlements, produced, as represented to me,
by the appearance of large numbers of Indi-
aus on the border, whose bearing was insolent
and menacing, aad who were charged with
clandestinely running of the stock of the set
tiers. The most urgent appeals came to me
from those settlers, invoking again the pro-
lection of the State. From the representa-
tons made to me of the imminence of tn cir
danger. and the losses already sustained
felt 1t my duty to summon into the field once
more the Frontier Guards, adding ten more
men to their number. After a service of four
or i've months, they were again discharged,
and paid in the manner prescribed in the act
under which they were called out.
1t is believed that this company afforded
the needed protection, and saved, it may be,
our hardy border settlements from another
inhuman butchery.
The expense of these two expeditions has
cost the Treasury Of the State sl9. 800 paid
and about 81 200 or 81 500 unpaid, Of contin-
gent expenses, which did not seem to be pro-
sided for in the law, growing out Of services
rendered in procuring the necessary equip
ments ard outfit. and the transnortinn and