Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-12-10

This deficit OF tas5 Is cal, be met BY the Stat
and not too sssioasy sG cHrtsanly not 90 "a a1
T, Drovement of her industrial interests and entel
} prises The large reductions in expenditure 9
, government made at your last session viii nov
begin to be felt the reduction in salaries an,
) criminal expenses. and biennial sessions Of You
see from the reports or the various Institutions
that Is now pervading their management, VII
tell still further and considerably IN the redac
ton OF expenses. An Improvement OF the MOT
felt Liquor Law that will make 1t effective; or
II this cannot will not be done. its repeal. and
meet the objects aimed at by law; stamp tax
which regard as one that can both be easily paid
Valuable source Of revenue now almost entireiy
idle and unpro1uctive; and il these are not sccep
table to you are insufficient, an increase OF tai
lily for yourselves see, even il the whole fell upon
this last subject. it would and could be borne
values by the settlement Of this debt trouble
would soon relieve US OF the burden. 1t would be
Wnish there Would be fuller aud more faithful
be much Of it never reached BY the tsx-gatheTsr,
would most respectfully urge : return to the
old law with regard to the collection OF taxes.
most serious is the postponement Of the time
CT their collection. II the people want pro-
lection to 1hsr Lives and ana
And the longer they are postponed the harder
they are to pay. To rejecting man, living under
which he receives such full consideration as that
he pays in the shape OF taxes. shall not enter
Recommendations. and how they can be made e.
fectivs. That is more properly matter for the
investigation Of your proper committee nit am
and impartlality their grave importance demands.
My duty in this connection is discharged.
action Of the General Assembly. None more vital
ever came before this or any other that has con-
the future Of the Commonwealth. Our creditors
have come forward in generous spirit. and recog-
MIXING our troubles, have offered to help us bear
them they have aimed no blow at the life OF the
State, or at what seems to be so dear to her peo-
de-hcr Public Free School system: but they
have rendered their aid that both may survive in
the fulpess Of their strength and beauty. feel
as though a brighter day is dawnlng for our be-
loved by hope stagnation by the revival II bust
ness. capital and labor to come and help us de-
velop our boaDdless resources. and the New Viz
none the Less honorable and glorious than the
Old.
sderation Of the suggestions Of their superinten-
dents Of Pubic Instruction. Treasurer and Sc
cond Auditor, Fiah Commissioner and Superin-
tendent Of Public Printing, TO Thicn mk e.
auested to the status OF the property where the
Central Lunatic Asylum is now located the lease
and to the recommendations a the board.
The public tobacco warehouse. under the adj
bers Of the Committee ON Public Property IN the
House OF Delegates, has been conducted ON State
mt TO its %
On the 9Th Of March. la!a. al act was passed Or
dering the Governor, Attorney-0 General ana Sec
to adyestiss Inviting sealed proposals for the
leaae 81 the penitentiary. This was done thlonsh
Al, tn thn as H.
s mona and other Cities North west and st No
prypoeais have been received coHAiag within the
very serious are haa occurred on the premi-
ses OF the peniteltiaTy, by which the State has
lost ancaFalng TO the estimate the superintend.
81 account OF the present condition OF our imam.
ces. invite attention to the reports and sn9ges-
lions OF the superintendent ana board Is TO TINS
The heavy pressure OF other srayer matters has
and
iproyemsnt # possible that st1enso He h san
thG,nght Which IT a ta
OF different systems in the vazions states but am
not sufficiently informed a. yet TO make any we'll
bly,: The lease system has been tried IN some S,9a
States. and has In It's workings encountered DIM
rh ns' asDs Of the
conVieta Ia manufacturing meets oh1eetloe nom
Sss young and srown sst aSns eaD be sdopt
ed. It affords pleasure to Know that the amend
ed criminal code ia having happy enect IN re,
ducing the number ct convicts, and 1t Is noped
will. in a sAaS* time. render them more manaseaH
BE. .,,, ..a.t, o.,
your last sessions very large thunderstorm 400
to sO0-have been and still employed In restor-
cations from other eyiating and projected i'm
provements are Aow an tile IN my ONCE for some
OF these convicts, but under the ruling OF the Az,
taEpeY General the canal has priority OF clalm on
their Services. Negotiations are now goanM on
with regard to the property and franchises ofthis
canal which will be brought in due time TO the
attention ofthe General Assembly.
FREh ". NJ. HOLIDAY.