Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-05
Price Four Gents.

tion. The amount of bonds outstanding is &S4, ,967, ,6o0 Of this the sum of $s77, ,o0o be- Sames due at the end of the current year.
 K is the opinion of the Treasurer that this 1 ,.osspt can be paid from the balance which ;t is asS Minated will be in his hands at that t;n,a -. o' 1SitshouId result that in the course 1 of tbe foIlGwipg year the treasury is embar- rosSad b1 soS SIaige payment, the difficulty l will nrobabiv nofb De so great but that tenn 1 porarv and smaiklo2n will supply all necessi- ties til the gap has bssen filled by the natural 1 increase in the reyenueA Dat Inls manage- ment supposes the maintl tliance oI tne pres. ent rate of taxation and s11st es'so l in the expenditures of the Staf&
 THE DEATH OF THE HON. DAVIKPS ~ ~N1onoLe. 1 It is my sad duty tc announceSteS yl yoo s.e -e recent death, on the second of JaSNe. Y. U l the State Treasurer, the Hon. David S . N le.i- 1 ols. long and faithful career in the e i vice of the State has thus beea closed. i Nichols had been four times chosen to fill fI.$ important office of Treasurer, and had per | formed it's duties with thorough knowledge I and capacity, with eminent ,,nodesty and dig | nity, and with an uprightness that is beyond praise His death in the active discharge of his office must be looked upon as a public misfortune, and his loss as @ serious one to the State. By his character he had deserved l the confidence of his fellow citizens, and by
 
 l tude and remembrance.
 The demands of public business being such that the office of Treasurer could not remain vacant without serious disturbance and in- convenience, have after consultation with and advice from the full bench of judges of the Supreme Court of Errors exercised the powers vested in the Governor by statute and have filled the vacancy by the appoint ment of James D. Smith, of Stamford, to be Treasurer for the unexpired term.
 BANKS.
 From the report of the Bank Commission CTS you will learn that the State banks are, on the whole, in healthy and prospering con dition. There is no change in their number There are enough ofthem to meetthe demands of business, and they are guarded by such limitations and restrictions that organization . of new ones offers no temptation to the speeu- lator- An examination of the figures of the commissioners report shows an increase in small depositors and in the gross sum of de- posits; it also exhibits change in the char acter of investments. The amount of loans on real estate is decreasing, while the loans made upon the restricted classes of personal property allowed by the law are increasing The possession of this class of property en- ables the banks more readily to meet any sudden demand for money. There is noth- ing in this department of State interests which calls for special remark. The commis- sioners make no recommendations for new legislation, and you will probably be called upon to do only the routine business of every year in this direction.
 THE NATIONAL GUARD.
 The active militia of the State consists of four regiments and one battalion of infantry and one battery of artillery. These form Q brigade, under command of Brigadier- Gen. eral. There are thirty -sese en infantry com panies, divided into one regiment of ten com panies three of eight companies, and ono AaAk ,F of November, 1881, we have 2,334 men in service, of whom 165 are commissioned off cers and 2,169 enlisted men. This is B de- crease from last year of 5SG. Seven eompa- nies of infantry have been disbanded, four in accordance with the act of 1881, and three because they failed to reach a proper stan dard of efficiency. Active service during the year has embraced the customary parades, and an encamprnent at Mantle for sir days of the second, third and fourth regiments and the artillery. The first regiment vas chosen to represent the .State at the York town Centennial Celebration, iu acccrdance with the special act of the last General sAs- sembly The second company of Governors foot guards were detailed for escort duty, under the provisions of the same act. These organizations took part in the ceremonies at Yorktown on the 20th of October.
 As directed by the last Assembly, vas present with my staf The militia of Con- ueGLlCub. tUOuSA tucJ udu sO COQt6HQ Hit4 the disadvantages and annoyances of delays, presented most creditable appearance. They did not suffer from comparison with any body of troops in the great line of the general review. In soldlerly appearance, perfection of equipment. and precision of movement they were not surpassed. The same qualities, with a very high degree of discipline. were exhibited tbroughout the en- tire trip. Their visit to Charleston, by invi- tation of the city and State authorities was in many respects memorable event. It was memorable as being. as nearly es such a thing is possible the visit of one State to another 1t was memorable from the repre- sentative character, in their respecsive sec- tions, of the States that took part in it, and it was especially memorable to Connections from the liberal, whole-souled, and sincere welcome with which her representatives were received. Nothing was left undone to make the occasion pleasant in every partieu- lar. believe that the visit gave 8 large body of Connecticut citizens new and truer ideas of the South, its feelings and motives. Ne hope that those southern citizens whom VIC met, and to whom we are indebted for such a fraternaI welcome, gained from the visit truer conceptions of the temper of our peo- pie toward them. It has certainly given an added cordiality and heartiness to the good feeling between Connecticut and South Caro- lima.
 I cannot refrain from giving word Of well l-merrited praise to the behavior of the troops on their tedious sea voyage, under the strange discomforts of an ill-provided troop ship, and to the excellent interior discipline and admirable self-control exhibited azaid the festivities of the two days and nights entertainment at Charleston. If is DO small praise to say that in body os five hundred soldiers, enjoying the most open-handed and unlimited entertainment at the hands of the local militia, nothing occurred to occasion even the reprimand of a superior officer.
 COAST OFFENCES.
 We may be assured that we have a force sufficient for the safety of the State, So far as it may be threatened with interior vio- lenee. As much cannot be said of those de- fences for which we depend upon the general government I call your attention to the fact that the great thoreugkfare for e5m- merce which forms our southern boundary, Long Island Sound, is practically without da- fence. No work that in th sse days of ad- vances in the art of war deserves the uatna of fortifcation lies between the ocean and our Connecticut seaports. However good may be our local miiSsia, we are at the mercy of the first attack from the sea. It may be we'll for you to take suSh action as will di- rect the attention of the federal government to the neglected condition of our coast.
 COMMON SCHOOLS.
 Our common school system is 30 nstured, so long established, and so we'll settled h it's methods and results, that the annual review made from year to year shows but little change. In the number of schools, of chil- dren, of days of attendance, etc, there is observable the increase to he expected from the natural growth of our population. This of course. occasions slight steady increase of expenditure which is met by the natural increase of the revenue. It ii only when comparison is made between periods separa- ted by some considerable lapse of time that the real growth of our schools can be fairly
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