Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-01-13
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Go We RN OR Y APES.

GO Y z Il " @ n y At' EeSs
Governor Yates delivered his message to
the Legislature on the 9th yinst.s Its ex-
treme length precludes its insertion intife
ia cur paper, The following extracts
however, embrace its principal features and
Recommendations. ssa ssai7 sssb Al
Gentlemen o me Geacrat assembly: s'za 5
4 The duty : addressing the assembled
I Legislature o the States again dcvolves ur,-
700 me amid events painful % every patriot.
a most causeless, yet most gigantic, civil
/ war still continues TO ravage the lapd no.
i daY marssGs desolste bearfh-stdne inutelv
appeals to Heaven for iprotecian ia ths
Il widow bsreaVed, the child made fatberIsss
! tho b rother or sister stsicken With the sorl.
| row that no earthly hand can saothe. tn
! lay the enemies Of our. country, ,of It's unity.
/ its nationality, snd it's glorious did aag
/ proudly defy d constituted autborities
| and With fire and sword, with allfbe dread
! enginerJ Of war, are madiy striving to tear
down that magnificent temple Of constitu-
tiOnsllhberty which the hands Of cur natri-
! OF fathers so carefully raised, and the
! stones of which are cemented with their
! blood. ~ ~. sez..s-r1s1 sa.s-=sz ,s'-f
Amid such shsckingBcenes, amid calau1i-
ties, which, few short years since, it had
not entered into human iuagination TO con.
ceive, 10 is with deep sense Of the resuon.
stbility af position, that I sprocred to t1e
task before me. Under Ordlnary oiroaII,-
stances, it well beeoaIee usa0 be modest of
our own merits and abilities. ssBut when
compelled to witness the ngepiee of our
country, writhiBg IN the very throes Of dls-
solution, individuals become dwarfai in
stature and the soul of the pr6adsst and
and bravest pauses awe-siruck at themarch
Of events sv a1zaesA ssasgsaa - 4,
Under such extraordinary circumstances.
then, as those which nov surround MS does
1t dOubly become sus to look less toou
own proud hearts for strength. and mo.e
to the sustaining powsr of that GSd. Who
ever dispOses of all that man propOses. s.
7A PROGRESS OF STATE. g sNs
Still, amid al the faithful calanities at.
teudant upon war. and donbly so upon one
waged by two sections of a common.coun-
try, there are some sources Of consoIation,
not altogether dried up. Our State has
nobly stood by the. Constitution ana atbe
Union. She has NOT faltered for a nioment
IN her devotion. Sac has sent her sons 10
thousands, to defend the flag and arsnge
the ineults beaped upon it by the traitor
hordes who have dared to trail il ID the
dust, On every. battle field she has pon.sd
out her blood, willing sacrifice And she
still stands ready to do or die in the elori-
GUS cause. She has also sent out tho angel,
OF mercy, side by side with him VINO carries
the flaming sword OF war. On toe eory
battlefield, amid the dying and the dead,
IN the hospital. among the sick and wnhne
ced sol Tiers of cur State, uay be seea her
| sons and daughters miuisteriHg cpnsoIaEion.
and shedding the presence of "a benign
charity which knows no fear; which
breads not the pest;lence that Saiketh BY
night OF the bullet Of the foe by day : -
lie all these things Illinois has made her.
self the admiration, aud excited the geu-
erous envy, of her sister States, who have
remained true to the Union. And ID
them we fnd nsolation amid 40 much
national affection.
s- . .-.. RAILROADS.
In railroads Illinois is really the first.
though, naminally, the second State In abe
Union. We have. now over 5000 miles Of
railroads intersecting the State 10 all direc-,
lions, North and South, East and West.-t
len years since, we possessed mall but 95
miles within the entire lini.s Of the State.
The cost OF constnuetioneOf all the railroad
property IN the State. at that period, WAS
but 81. 440, 501, In 1eG0, lit was $l04 ga,
sol. Probably the history of the world
dues not present such an instance Of pro-
gress. Were il not for these roads. the
war, which closed up the Mississippi river
to cur commerce. would have .fearfuliy
crippled our resources by lhese roads
we have been enabled to send forward i'm
merse quantities Of agricultural products 10
market, Thus theroads and canal center.
ing in Chicago, delivered, in 1851. nearly.
60,00O, 600 bushels Of grain, 675, 600 hogs.
and hearty $4,000 bead of cattle. ID 1862.
] learn that they have delivered noarlyT0..
100000 bushels of grain. 900 600 10 L 900. !.
Q0Q Of hogs, and over, TO 900 head ofbeef
cattie. -. %
THE NEW PENrTENT14kY.
By reference to the report of the Peni-
Tertiary Commissioners to the Auditor of
Public Accounts. which Will be laid bsfore
your body, it will be seen that the total ex.
peEditures to this date iu the oonstruetiou
OF the penitentisrY amount to Sz52, 352, 80.
1t will further be observed that of the-ap-
preparation Of SEC. 093.4S, made by the
last General Assembly, to carry 90 the
work, there has been expended &223 725 .43
up to this date; and that additional work
amounting to$ l6. 3S9 90 has also beer done
for which the Commissioners have issued
to the contractors their aceeptance. paya--
BILE when the Legislature should make en-
appropriation to cancel the same. -
their report, the Commissioner have
set forth in detail what seem TO be WE'LL
founded reasons Cor the courss they have
pursusdr They likewise present careful
" prepared estimate OF the amount that
VIII be required to complete that work
From alLthe information / have heen. able
20 obtain upon the subject, il would appear
that tie appropriation made by gthe last
ieiaral Assembly has been .judiciOusly
r aGa economically expended and that the
estin ties. fer the final completion of this
impoi mt work are reasonable aud Just.
!, Therefore, respectfully recommend chat
the niece ssary. appropriations, be ma to
pay the Commissioners acceptance, and
cOmplet0 the work. .-..iy s-.ls q
The Lass General Assembly enioined mon
the Commissioners the duty of press ting
to the present Legislature a sysEe6n ,the
! future contFel and management Of 10 per.
itentiary. Il-parsuance of that re- ire.
ment, they, have prepared aud viii p sent
for, your ,considsFation o bill, aerLc wing
come Of what they deem to. be the n, de-
sirable features Of the systems g9vs ning
suoh institulonsin other States. Tisis o
subject which oughs TO, ,as ] doubt pot it
will. receive your npst Careful cOpsidera-
ton .if .,i = 4gsIt,,r.s a,s,.,-s- r.. 8
The STATE, Of large expense, has now