Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-01-10
THE FINANCES.

men," 20
THE FINANCES. y
ReceiHs in Treasury for the year end
ing November 20, 1871, were SO, 500.
SSS.44; disbursements. s7.O24 079.s5
balance in the Treasury on the abov'
date. 81 l,476, 6,s0s.59.
Amount of public debt, Nov. 80, 1871
S2S, ,9s0.07l7S, including Sll3,926 S,
of unfunded debt.
The amount in Sinking Fund, is 50,
400, 700, which, when added to the bal
ance in Treasury. sl.476.SOS 50. give
the sum of S1O.S76, sos So; which sum
when deducted from the present Stat
debt, reduces it to slS,IO3,263l4.
| The State has iesued certificates O
loan-amounting to S299,74S.9l for re
lief of citizens of Chambersburg and vi
cinity, &c, which certificates bear si,
per cent. interest, payable at the Treasury
semi-annually.
Since December /, 1866, the publ,
debt has been recuced sS.724 33S O4.-
For the year ending Nov. 80. 1871, there
was redeemed s2,l3l SCOTT. The
amount of the loans now overdue is g.,
502,695.l6 This sum can be paid at
rapidly as the holders will present it to
the Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund
The bonds payable in 1872 and demand.
able in 1877, amount to S3.S79, 400 90.
Thcee can also be paid within the five
years prior to their maturity, at an ave.
rage Of S775,ssO 90 per annum.
1t is earnestly desired that the apprc
priation bill be taken up. discussed and
passed at an early period during the
session. to enable the Executive to give
it that thorough examination which its i'm.
portance demands.
The consideration Of the war claims
demands more space than we can give.
The amount of outstanding claims yet to
be collected is S36l.749 OS
The Credit Mobiler of America we
pass.
A careful revision of our fundamental
law-the constitution-by men qualified
for that duty. is imperatively demanded
by the highest considerations of public
welfare.
Congressional Apportionmenta, the
Milford and Matamoras Railroad Com
pany. Education, the National Guard,
Writs of Error in Criminal Cases, are
dwelt upon by the Governor.
The Proclamation for election as pub.
lished by the sheriff. of the several coun.
ties of the Commonwealth are not uni
form. This evil should be remedied !;
and l can suggest no better way of doing
it than for the Legislature to authorize
the Secretary Of the Commonwealth or
the Attorney General to prepare and dis
tribute such form of proclamation as the
law prcsc,ibes.
Railroad Consultations. Capital and
Capital Grounds, Codifcation of the
Laws, Coal Mines, are considered by His
Excellency.
The Governor favors universal vacci-
nation, and declares in favor of compul-
sorry vaccination, and presses the matter
upon the attention of the Legislature,
and closes his remarks on that subject
as follows:
l quote from recent work by DIR ?
IL. Chavasse. an eminent English sur
geon, aud DR.. +. ii. Ge,chell. lecturer,
Jefferson Medical College, the following
paragraph:
"Small-po is pest. 1t is worse
than the plague for if not kept in sub
lection it is more general - sparing
neither young nor old, rich nor poor, and
commits greater ravages than tie plague
ever did. Smallpox is a disgrace to
any civilized land, as there is no necessi-
ty for its presence. If vaccination were
frequently and properly performed, small
pox would be unknown. Cow-po1 is a
weapon to conquer small pox, and drive
it ignomiuiously fron the field. My firm
belief, then, is that if every person were,
'rcry sen gears. duly and properly vac
,inated, smallpox might be utterly ex-
terminated. But as long as there are
such lax notions on the subject, and such
gross negligence, the disease will always
be rampant; for the poison of smallpox
never slumbers nor sleeps, but requires
he utmost diligence to eradicate it. The
great DR.. Jenner, the discoverer of cow
oo1 as a preventive for small pox, strong
y advocated the absolute necessity of
very person being vaccinated once every
'even years or oftener, if there were an
'pidemic of small po1 in the neishbor-
rood" These eminent physician also
.ver that very few fatal cases are re-
.orded as occurring after vaccination,
md these may be considered as only e1-
,eptions to the general rule, and some of
hem might be traced to the vaccination
lot having taken effect They moreover
'ay that persons who take smallpox af.
er vaccination are seldom pittcd. and
be disease assumes a comparatively
a;ll forxn ,l,ha Il 4.