The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-04

many cases the officer procured the is out
Of oce has left the state or is dead and minutes OF
shond be required TO file in the County Clerks Office the
minutes Of evidence taken by them.
CRIMINAL LAW NEEDS AMENDMENT,
The experience acquired ia performing this portion Of
my duties has given abundant evidence that
inal iaw greatly needs amendment. As concerns toe
length Of the sentences and the place OF punishment far
discretion sboad be given 10 the IN ges The coan
~ prisons and peptentiarics should, in many cases. be
selected rather than the State Prisons. The punhmen.s
the law imposes upon technical offences often far be-
yond that which the acna crime merits, aEd general
Thing the terms should be shortened sud reliance be
placed upon the certainty than the duration of punish
ment.
IL capital applications for pardon or communication
sometimes based upon the alleged insanity Of the
vict and then desirable that disineresied per-
son skilled in detecting various forms of that disease
should be commissioned 10 visit the prison and make
careful examination Of the mental condition of the crim
nal For this, aud other purposes connected with the
exercise of the pardonng power, small annual appro-
prianon should be made
The report OF the Superintendent Of the Banking De-
partmcnt which will soon be presented you, will ex-
hibt IN detail the operation OF banking system during
three ASSOCIATIONS and three individual bankers have
commenced and one individual banker has discontinued
The business OF banking The total amount OF securities
held in trust for banking associations and individual
bankers on the thirtieh day Of September 1859,
twenty MILL n, sixty eight thousand three hundred
ana thirty six dollars and ninety two cents
Consisting OF bonds and mortgages Sc l76A2 70
New YORK State Stocks 10 2G2 ,035 90
United State Stocks. Observation-Disclosures. 1854 100 90
Otner STATE sstocRs.. CSC, 1888 81
On the faith Of these securities there has been issued
The amount Of circulation issued to banks
DONG business under SPECIAL charter IS 10 900 6H 90
Total circulation $50, 5si 27s 10
The total amount Of banking capital employed is one
Thousand and forty dollars, being Increase of
million and four hundred and ninety dollars during the
year.
The school system Of the State continues under the d
rectcn OF the present Superintendent Of Public fusruc
ton, 10 increase in value and efficiency
The expenditures for the year ending September go
1859, were
For ,eachers' wages. ,Isl 50
For libraries and school apparatus. l5s326 81
For colored schools. ............... 24364 90
For school houses, sites and repairs. 7A292 Al
FOR incidental expenses. 3l6,4i9 90
Total. ..:.,......;.....,s sse4,sl7 81
Reliance unexpended from the previous year. si22 9i 81
From common school fund and State 1,322ss3 SO
From Gospel and school lands 1884 "a
FIR m school district tax ........... 192l ,i64 05
From school district rate bills ..... 4l4os2 ~
From all other es................. 56227 so
Amount remaining unexpsDded. ......... 4g2,I26 81
Number OF school districts in the State .. n,s2l
NumSsr Of Children H, nI between and 81
Number Of children attending the public schools s5i $50
Number Of teachers employed within the year, 264ll
NORMAL SCHOOL
The whole humber Of pupils attendance at The Normal
School during the past has been three hundred and
Twelve, OF which sixty three have graduated The whole
number Of pupils who have been In the school since
,abshment s three thousand hundred and eighty
eight The humber now in attendance is two hundred
The academies constitute important part of the elu
catonal system Of the State They established by
private contributions for buildings, apparatus and libra
ries which at the date Of the las, report
o They receive FROM the Literature and United
STATES Deposit Funds $40 Geo annually.
STATE
The militia Of the State s mated comprises in the
aggregate four hundred aud eighteen housa eight hun
dIed MEL The organized poron Of this force consists Of
eighteen thousand eight hundred officers, commits
stoned officers, musicians and prvaas, and is divided
into teht DIVISIONS twenty s breades and sixty four
e'nents The force, which constantly improving in
discipline and effectiveness constitutes body of citizen
sooery to which the People OF New York may point with
just PRIDE ana upon which they may rely with conf.
dsnce that Will prove equal 10 emergency in the fu
ture as II has done in the past
ARsENAis.
Under the laws OF 1851 and 1852 providing for the
ton OF arsenals and armores been erected
and completed At New York, Brooklyn Corning
Albany and Buffalo and armores have been erected or
purchased at Dunkrk Syracuse, Auburn Balston Spa,
Scbuharie and Ogdensburg though Of them not
yet finished Lots and buildings have been purchased
for armores at Kingston and Rochester The referee ap
pointed in The ac Of April H. 1859, ID inquire the
Of the fail Of the New York Arsenal aud TO ascer-
tain the amount If any, due from the conrae
sand TWO hundred and sixty five dollars and
The act permits either party to appeal from the award
The commissioners named in the o: April g. 1852 to
examine and adjust the claims for serves of tho mi.
tia 10 the war OF 1872 have found their abors more
duous than expected There presented to
thtm fifteen thousand one huorred and twenty seven
claims, nearly all OF which have been passed upoa The
amount involved for which claim is to be presented
10 sbe general government, about eight hundred thou
sand collars
sAx AsslssoRs
The State assessors, appointed under the Of April
H. 1882 bave Obtained much iBor nation, acting upon
which The Board Of Equalization constituted by that nct
bave made many changes IN the valuation Of real
estate in the several counties, retaining, the law
obliged them 10 DO the Same aggregate valuation for
enure State. 1t appears that the Law Of 1850. re.
curing assessors ~ attach an affidavit to their
vslaton led 70 immediate over three hun
bred million collars in the va,naon Of real There
subes steady increase Of three
millions estate wn to 1885, snce which time
there has been decrease OF mre than hundred mill
ions is is believed TO be owing 70 the pracsce adopt
cd by some counties Of systematically undertaking the
properly an example which the other counties
tnoaly Initiating SO as 10 oounteract the injustice which
would otherwise be do0e them. Another year is pro-
babe that the aggregate valuation OF the will IN
creased The slaie assessors, however, have control
over personal property, very large portion Of which
now sscapes taxation
oNoNDAGA SALT sPR,SGs
The amount Of salt manufactured the Onondaga Svt
Springs Reservation during the year ending Sept 80
1859 rs within traction Of million bushes. the
auiy upon shiSh is SEVENTY thousand dola The
psndtues have been about forty I'VE thousand dollars
leaving profit OF about tSenty i've Thousand dollars
Of which fifteen thousand oeeu expended in inn
provements designed 10 increase the facilities for manu.
featuring. The present supplies Of brne and facilities
for rapg and dstr bung the same adequate 70 the
viii probably be attained within few years Toe very
general use Of coal has put end to the apprehensons
once e that the high price Of fuel wond necessarily d.
n.insh the amount OF salt manufactured.
IrNArIc sslIrn UTICA.
There We're in The State Lunac Asylum at Utica ST the
Of the last FISCAL year. two hundred and
sixty male aud two hundred and forty two female patients
There were received during The year hundred and
seventy males and hundred aud forty two females
The whole number treated hundred and thirty
males and three hundred aud eighty -four females. The
daily average number under Eve hundred
and The ~holc number discharged two hun
bred ninety Eve, Of WHICH hundred and fourteen
recovered ard Gy eight improved while eighty six
discharged unimpIoved, and thirty 1--WE died There
remained the asy irn November -, 1852 hun
dred and soveny four males and two hundred and forty
i've females The amount appropriated the last Legs
anre FOR this nsiitIon ave ,hcus and Ave hundred
collars for sarios All other expenses. except for build
irgs are paid by the counties.
The Whole humber Of pupils IN the New York Asylum
for Idiots Syracuse during the past year has been
hvnorea ana thirteen. o. these ninety three
6cars the state IN the fa OF Of
their board and instruction, while cghi received ocly
half the cost ard twelve Pc, Uatiis There
brndred and thirty in The usn II whom
oue hundred and twenty the benecallcs the Stale