, 1869-01-11

iuthl.....+s --.,........... $4f9S3.ssH 10
After applying the money in the sinking
fund, amounting to 81. 1oi ,;37, the net tcbt Is
s3;s ,Std, ,a5s, and The Governor predicts that
The whole debt will bc discharged In niue
years. The reduction for the past year was
tcarl5 tour millions.
The receipts from tails on the canals were
s4tiV,Ed duriu. the past year, and the CT
rcudlturex on account Of the canals 81, ISL
III, lea,ins Il ret revenue from tolls-1cvicd
chiefly on West: ru produce and glods -of
::,co:t;;, col, The Governor sars;
"1Lc aEr1e gate hai4nce Of all the sinking funds
spe!ts atr 10 tte canal deb: IN the Trcx.ury, and
l. 'M}t1srily snTeritd on The 3uh Of Dec inter.
~. $4G'.ss. -. 1hcte t1ns.rg lund. arc
II ca ius lhe nasmtht Of the Interest aad tho
r'f' mpt on Ci fhr principal OF tac rererai deh;e
AID toar. Incurred usder sections one. three and
construction and ep1ar.: ment OF the canals.
The amount Carried to tue sinking fund, ua-
dtrteetton ! + !uiiJ sufficient 20 pay lbs halsacc
.tsuet!on Of the canals. AID krosn ~ the cana.
debt pf 1SaG. Tie e1ttuF utshuaen& nf tails drht
en.ees ts. Z,
1aEure to apply tic euspfus revenues to the I'm.
n'eofsfc pz5 nlc1s Of tue general fuEd teot md
c,7 nref 1,rn' losn., IN sstordance .uh ths pre'
ttitutson."
The taxes Of the State Will therefore be sc.
! duccd sl,7p' ,oO3 per anuuul hereafter.
There arc 1ol savings banks iu the State,
With aggregate deposits exceeding <l5o, ,on'..
, oo0. The State banfA had outstanding
October l, labS, potcs to tho amount
OF $22,o5, ,,,oi. most ot which Is ,,c.
1iertd to Il. Lost aul destroyed, A. II
; conasts Of the notes ol old banks which
have done hus!ues. for luug time. The
!; n1nouns o5 cascasttlng notes returned To the
! bank Department aud destroyed durlu4; tho
's.t Ascal year WAS 1901 .:'73.
The Governor lays:
"pnr,n. tho last year the numhc. of alien i'm
mic!alis latacl nj the pprt OF Ne* Ynsk was
Il Il osetsasc niy be sst1tonstd to thc .stli IN
e.til cut di,len At polsttcA adAlEs xnd tho rom
petition Of o.hst sister, wnsss.e oses - sst5.ss
| tres"
| The yillainous condition Of tpoli.icsl at:
fairs ip the city ot New York had Tar more
to do with detestlng Immigration than tle
unsettled cordt,inn of political at3atss" In
the rs''et statf., wbcrc very lew Foreigners
. havc cvtr gone On their drst arrival In this
country.
The code OF civil procedure Of New
to1k bas been adopted hy sixteen States ant
, Territories, aud her criminal code By ten
! without having yet hecn adopted, In thei
!! perfected form, b5 that State. Prompt &C
. ton upon them Is recommended, With sucl
reforms In the lzws relating to trials for u,ur
: der a. shalt separate the crime into grades
! Of which only the highest shalt be punsshabl
with death.
The State pritons appear to be shockinsi
n,.mauagcd. Their expenses we're *9ss,:l3
, whilc she receipts for the past year wer
i oily az, ,ie7, showing deficiency Of siS3 los
b OF pearly oac-half. 0fthe prison system h
j says that Il ".hounds IN evils and errors.
a and that he Is "tatt>aed the prisons can b
:. better managed, as we'll In respect to finance
:, - discipline" He thipks thst agents, va,
dens and keepers ''have too often been select
- ed from political consideration oaly !" tna
Il thu contract system for prisone1s' labor ii
jures discipline, and does not pay AID tha
o convict labor abon'd be entlrely directed b
the Prison superintendents, and It's tsu1
d sold for the benefit Of the State. He addh It
n very judic1ous suggestion that small po
4 tion OF the pri.ouer's earnings should be lai
. aa1de for Ills benefit, to be paid when hi
i discharged. bF waT Of incentive to goc
- conduct md to hope for the future.
- He adds "0ur prison syttem 1s mora e
u tenssse, denasallzing and corrupt than sh
Il [ Of any other State. 1t Is time for the mn
ut azencnt Of our pr,sons 10 BE- wte.ted TO
I'd politicians and contractors, and given