New-York tribune., 1880-01-07
NEW voRK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY z, 1881

fit W ale each depostors account in the savings
banks of this State costs for management $l o. tne
same service iu Connecticut and New n nsa
but 81 IL, and III Massachusetts Only 90 ceptS'
There we're on July l. eight trust companies 49,, o--
with aggregate capital az so 5eS
HaS,Iitjes exclusive Of capital SO s55 629
sIrDirs '..i................... 5,533,O63
Four mortgage and guaranty companies with ,oo
aggregate capital 5D5511'gJ
surplus.
NATIONAL GUARD.
The National Guard is represented as being in ex-
cellent condition. both in general composition ana
equipment The discipline of the organization mas
been for several years steadily improving, ana "he
evers services have been required il has never faled
promptly and cheerfully to perform efficient duty.
Happily no necessity has arisen during the past
wear for active service, except in few instances
where guard duty was req iired at executions.
The organization consists of seven divisions and
thirteen brgades. embracing 5he several branches
of service 40 follows: Twentythree regiments SIX
battalions, and thrty-three separate companies OF
ivfantry; one regiment and eleven separate troops
OF cavalry and of artillery one battalion, nine
separate light batteries. and two batteries armed
with Gatling guns. In the aggregate NUMBER there
are 90, $50 officers and enlisted men.
The Military Code of the State Is composed Ol an
cient enactments that have been amended from
time TO time as occasion required. mus encu,ll,
bered, it has become in many respects IN ongruous
and imprdcticable, lt IS recOminended, theIei0IS.
that 70 Commission composed of officers OF sultaDie
rank in the National Guard he authorized 10 cOuiy
the military laws and 10 revise Inc regulations ao'
coTdIngly. go.
In the firm belief that an effective military force,
prepared for instant duty. is useful c0nserValor
OF the public peace the National Guard Is com
mended to your favorable consideration
TIE NEW CAPITOL.
The Commissioners IN c. lrge of the erection OF
the New Capitol report that the total amount ex-
pended to date IS $9,6006S1 50. The amount
standing charged to this account on the books OF
the Controller is $40 261 $40 81. The difference
between these two statements Is assumed to bc IN
the cost of land and other expenses incurred prior
to the beginning of the construction account oi
the sum FIRST mentioned S132, ,5S3 40 was paid Tor
furnishing the completed portion OF the building.
The last appropriation OF $5O0000 for the cOntin-
uation of the work was made not available by the
terms of the act, until the Commissioners had fled
n written certificate with the Secretary of state, to
the effect that after examing the estimates, plans
and specifications they were satisfied the building
could be completed at a further cost oi Ho,OOO,OOo
over and above that appropriation. This provision
was complied with aud the Commissioners claim
that the record of work performed during me year
demonstrates the correctness OI their csnates ana
proves that if there shall be no considerabie az
vance in the price of labor and materlais the build
ing eau be completed for the sum stated. lhe COM
missiOners also of opinion that the prosecution
of the work To the best advantage Will require ap
propratons of 81 500 600 for the ensuing year. and
81 900 600 for each OF the two years thereafter,
and tnat the entire buldng can be made ready for
occupation within three years from tins time.
As a member of tine New Capitol Commission IN
1865, my most earnest endeayors were made IN OPP
position to commencing the Capitol ia me DelIel
that il could not be constructed within the limit OF
G4 600 600. as then fixed by the Legisl lature; but
the Commission decided 10 proceed, aud the building
was begun. The work has progressed under apPr0-
prations by successive Legislatures nOtwlth5tand-
Ing The pronounced objections of the last three TX
ecutves until 1t Is now so lar advanced that there
seems to bc rational course lelt bnt 10 provide
for ts completion in the most advantageous manneG
pOsslble. In this view II u suggested whether II
may NJ be best to provide the necessary means hy
a loan under the twelfth section Ol article seven Of
thc Constitutions. b. which arrangement portion
of the burden would be ll9rCl upon the !nturc tax
PAYERS who will enjoy the use OF tins grand bat
costly ediiice.
INSANE AsYLuMs ASD CHARITABLE INsTIrCuoNs.
From statistics furnished by the State Board of
Charities, there were in several asylums and aims
houses ON the 1st of October 1879, Of insane per-
sons, ms follows: Males, 1861; females, 5.0Jl;
total, 9.015.
There were of insane persons in all public aud
private institutions:
November 30. 1873 SCI
November 30. 1877 V02l
The condition of the insane in the poor-houscs of
the State IS pitiablc in the extreme, and urgently
demands attention The last Legislature provided
for tbc conversion of the State Inebriate ASYLUM.
saIe. Tho binding is now beng adapted TO this
purposr and will soon be ready for 300 patients.
The same Legislature also made provision FOR addi
tional accommodations for 80 women at the
Willard Asylum. The buildings are now being
erected and will probably be ayailable early IN the
cotniug Summer. There ~ this asylum about
300 female patients of It's proper capacity,
so that tho new buildings VIII only relieve the
present crowded condition OF The Institution.
The annual report Of the State Board of Charities
will contain much valuable and interesting inform
alton IN detail with reference To INC unfortunate
classes uudeT Their supervision, ana II Will doubt
less receive your cDnsidcrate attention.
COUNTY JAiLs AND PooR-HoUsEs.
Nauy Of the county jails and poor-housos in the
State are represented to be- disgrace to cur c!vil-
zaton Instead Of serving their legitimate purposes
they ar, said to appear more like nurseries of i'm
morality squaor and crime. philauihropc citizens
who have laborcd zealously 10 ameliorate the con-
dition of tho unfortunate inmates OF these insiitu
tions are uIg mt IN their demands for reformation
The indiscriminatc confinement Of petty o1cndcrs
al ,ersors awaiting the action of grand iures IN
tbe same apartments with the most hardened crmi-
pais mt st almost Of necessity result IN increasing
the degradation OF those who should be shielded
from mrlign Influences while IN the custody of the
authorities The practice OF conhnimg ielOns in the
pcntcntaTes instead of the state prisons Is also
deemed unwise and injurious While referring to
tins subject it is suggested that an extension Of the
jurisdiction OF the State Board Of Charities the
local prisons aud poOr-bouscs might lead to bone-
fetal results III an important direction.
EMIGRATION.
The whole number ot passengers from foreign
ports landed in New-York from January to Decem-
her 1. 1879, was 1G7. .6Gj of whom $500 were
citizens or persons who had previously been in the
United States, and 12s, 105 were aliens. The num-
Der of seerage passengers landed at Castle Garden
was 127, ,271, being an increase Of 50726 over the
preceding year, and largely in excess Of any year
since 1873. 1t is expected that emigration next
season will show n corresponding increase.
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