The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-01-09


Governors message was sent to the House
on Wednesday last. Below we give a few
abstracts from it.
"The receipts of the State Treasury dur
ing the year were $500, SSS, "A
The disbursements for the 5ra IA
year were sig sf.. c 1924, 079. .85
Leaving balance in Treasury
of S1,476, sos, so
The total public debt of the state on Nov.
30th was S2S, $50, ,071,73, from which can
be deducted assets on hand of $40, $40, 909, :
80 leaving the actual debt $1S, 103, ,203, IA.
The reduction of the debt during the year
has been about two and quarter millions.
The governor gives quite space to the
state war claims which we're brought so
conslhcuously before the public last sum-
mer in connection with the Evans swim
die, y and he appears to think Mr.. Evans is
entitled to the eternal gratitude of the
state for his labors, and congratulates him
self upon having procured so suitable a
person to receive the 10 per cent commits
sion which was retained. In reference to
the Credit Mobilier'' the Governor
speaks as follows:
"The Credit Mobilier Of America" is a
corporation created by the Legislature of
Pennsy lvania and under the vast powers
conferred by its charter, it undertook the
construction of that great national work,
the Union Pacific railroad, The first con-
tract was made with Mr. Hoxie for two
hundred and forty-seven miles, at the cas-
tern terminus OF the road, and east of the
one-hundredth meridian, for the considera-
tion of fifty thousand dollars per mile.
This contract was assigned by Hoxie to
the Credit Mobilier, and the road was built
by that company. In the execution of the
contract certain profits were made and div
idends divided by the corporation and
the taxes due thereon to the State of Penn
sylvania were voluntarily paid into the
Treasury. Soon afterwards another con-
tract with Mr.. Oakes Ames, for the construc-
ton of six hundred and sixty-seven miles
of said road west of the one hundredth me-
ridian, for an aggregate consideration of
forty.seven million nine hundred and fifteen
thousand dollars. This part of the road
was constructed under the latter contract /;
and out of the profits arising therefrom
about the sum Of nine million dollars was
declared as dividends, and paid to the
stockholders of the Credit Mobilier. But
when the State demanded her taxes on
these immense profits, payment was refused
by the corporation, on the grounds that
the dividends though paid to and received
by, the stockholders of the corporation,
and in the precise amounts and proportions
in which they severally held stock in the
company, were yet paid to them as iudiyid-
uals and not as stockholders.
The Governor evidently believes that
there should be some law passed to compel
parents to send children to school. On this
subject he says:
"There are at least seventy-tiYe thons-
and children in the State who attend no
schools of any kind whatever. 1t is unnec-
essary to inquire into the reasons for this
shameful neglect. The evil exists and de-
mands an efficient remedy. That remedy
may probably be found either in compel
ing, or in holding out inducements 10 pa
rents and others having children in charge,
whether rich or poor, TO ailOid them the
benefits, for at least a reasonable term of
years, of our public schools"
In referring TO the National Guard the
Governor says:
''The effective force Of the National Guard
is at present nineteen regiments, and three
battalions, comprising, with unattached
organizations, thice hundred and eighty
two companies, viz Eight artillery, twenty
cavalry, and three hundred and iifiy-four
infantry. OF the regmental organizations,
thirteen are in the First division, one in
the Second, three in the Eighteenth, and
two in the Ninth. The aggregate Of enlis-
ted men is sixteen thousand seven hundred
and thiry-four, and the commissioned
officers number one thousand one hundred
and foty-two. The Fifth brigade of the
First division, organized inaccordance with
an act of the last Legislature, Is composed
Of three regiments of colortd troops" Z
In treating the subject Of pardons he
"During the past year tho applications