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LADIES AGENTLEMKN,
I
A FIB YOU IN WANT OF
IX anything In the way of
lioota.
110
Jin In
t
Rhen,
Oailrra or
ChlldreB' Wear,
Of any nlndt If to, you would
ra
uo wt. so rememuer in
N..W. Wilson,
NO. 116 MAIN ST.,
UA
itln In
1
Complete Assortment
4
H I S O W.N
Manufacture,
HO
,1In 1 1.
ttt
Which he offer at a LOW PRI
''KS any- other house to the
IC11J.
nCall and judge Tot
'vmirinlvAl
W. WILSON,
4 ZT
No. Ill Main it.
NO. 326 THIRD ST.
A.
11
FOR 1860,
Juvenile
s
AND TI1H LAIiUKST
ASSO R T MRNT OF
Books
IN THE CITYI
At
WILLAHD & WHEATON'S,
deeas
NO. S'JS ill STIIKET.
HEAR YE, HEAR YE,
THAT
CHAMBERLAIN & PARKER
Keep full supply of
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
HUITAaLS fOR
CHRISTMAS
AND NEW YEAR'S
GIFTS!!
Contlitlnf In part of the following articles:
0 GENT'S PATENT YOKE SHIHTSH
BYRON,
EUREKA,
MODB,
LAP,
GAROTTB
AXD PATE IT ENAMELED COLLARS.
A.LBO,
Braoes, Fur, Buck end Cloth Gloves, and
uaunueis.
GENT'S TRAVELING SHIRTS,
UTOOLBN AND MKRINO BFIKTS AND DRAWERS.
For further particulars, eall at
CHAMBKHLAIN PARKKR'H,
decs 114 Third street.
SPECIAL BALES
HOLIDAYS,
Commencing
CHRISTMAS EVE,
AT 7 O'OLOOI,
vnd will ooUUnu throughout the following week.
OUH CHEAP TABLES
. . Mow ready, ea whieh will he found '
GOODS AT HALF P1UCE1I
LOOK OUT 0 BAkOAINS.
V. P. DOUGLASS ib CO.,
7G Main 8lreet, Dsyton, O.
dee23
JFo r the Ho lidas:
Jewelry and Fancy Goods
Tha sal of Jewelry and Fane, Goods will
continued at
He, low - - - Dliiiu NtrtH'l,
0PP0SITB THE MARKET,
BBIIL KBW YEAR'S BVBII
On I ATURD kt of this week the FINEST GOOIIH
will be oUereril ami UirouKhout nent week,
Iwst aoods will be put up.
jWTh ladle' "r partioulurly invited. tBJ
My Watches, Jewelry aad Fansy Goods are
Autstlea Uooda. t7 HI'KK,
deoS No. toe, Main street.
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAKS
Holiday Presents!
"25 CENT RICTURES
IN HUE CASE.
CAN BE HAD
BALDWIN'S GALLERY,
EVERY DAY FROM DATE, AND
betntrptetureforUCKNTS than ean be had
woywtkw Gallery for ai.lO. Weal.o have on
the largeat aasortmaut of Fin Cases In the
which we otter J1B
TO rcr ten I. llUa-r
Than any other Uallery. We buy oumtockln
a manner that wa are prepared to offer superior
to the public. Our prloes range from
Mala to t'ia.oe, thus ptaoleg It In the power of
to secura the shallows; of friends. Our motto
a'atXCKLAloai" and w siudy to pleas.
SJkKooins on 3d 8t., sign of the Amori
cao Flag.
ao.niu.dAw .i?AiDWI!IL
naylan V niK hiirasi Hull Bond
a LLprns holding MrtlScates of stock In
A llayton and Michigan Hail ltoad Company
hereby aolltied that all lnternt la the same
on aad after the drat day of September, lets,
"VtUey ar requested to return their eerllllMtestoth
rtto ol aaid Compaay, lu Uayton, aud receive
'wirefor k new eer tinuate with Uie Interest Included
"aUt, By etd el the Board of Directors.
Va J'Mhli.ilVk.i) SMIIM, nae'f.
'Vol. xS-.
-W y
DA VTON, Oil K), TUESDAY,
DEC. 3. I860.
NO. 308
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
be
the
not
! !
AT
A
at
hand
City,
such
in
ducements uo
ail
la
ths
arc
ueased
and
ATTENTION
HOUSS KEEPERS! ft EVERY BODY
IN WANT or
GOOD, PI! HE MMCESl
DKATCY'S pur plo can always be ob
tained at home, In our olty, put up by one of our
own cltlxena, and not the Inferior goods of fnr-
elan putting op, which are more or 1cm adulterated.
You ean always depend on getting a good article or
beet pure apices, which are always eeloctrd with
great oaie. They an put up 1 package!, aa U al-
wijn doae by the wholesale dealer. They are war
ranted pure and tweet beyond all comparison. All
I ask la a single trial. They can ba had where all
gooila are kept In the grocery line, aa good as oanbe
had in the market. Call aad get supplied
At
deoll
MoT SI Jeff-arson street.
J. K. GKHHART.
OSTDr. E. Cone, Eclectic and
Analytic nod SpcoWHit Phyilcisn, author or a sy
nopsis of the treatment of Fever, Indlgeatton, Neu
ralgia and Pulmonary Consumption, will be in
Dayton, at the Phillips House, on Wednesday af
ternoon, and Thursday, Jan. 11 and 12 In Mlaulo
bur(C, at the roost central Hotel, on Friday, Jan. 13
In Mlddletown, at tho United States Hotel, Satur
day and Sunday, Jai. 14 and 16 In Hamilton, at the
Hamilton House, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. IS and
11 ana In Troy, at the Morris House, Wednesday
and Thursday, Jan. IS and 10 and Invites all af
flicted ersons to oonsult him, free of charge.
lir. Cone has devoted morethao so years to to the
treatment of all forms f Chronic llstase, with the
most gratifying succeai; and hat not only availed of
Aiuijiftiiiio, uu( iias a i so aareiuny sumieu Eclectic.
Monuconathlo and Hvdronathlo treatment t rii.
eaen, as also all the remedies that ho could obtain
a wnowieufte oi in Traveling among the Uttowa.
Chippewa aiid Wyandot Irihn of ludians.
Ur. Cone cures Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Asthma
and Consumption by a perfect system ol Medicated
Inhalation, and constitutional treatment, that re
news the whole system, by rendering the blood
perfectly healthy.
nr. um cures tub in obi intricate forms of Djs
pepKia, and all diseases of the liver, pancreas,
stomach and bowels, by producing healthy secre
tions In allglands of the body.
Dr. Cone cures Neuraliria. Hheiiniattim ml n
dUeasna of the nervous system and biain, by taking
out of the blood that which irritates the brain and
nerves, ami inrowing into it neinatosin aniitibrln,
that mako the blood healthy aud unlrritatlng.
Dr. Cune treats all diseases lnvldent to females
and children with the most perfect success, as his
patients every where attest.
Itfulm'Bs Is a dltllcult dlieane to cure, In all caxea,
but inoit of Dr. ('one's eases are much benetlted.and
many entirely cured.
Dr. Cone does not operato for oataract, but treats
amaurosis, dimness, blindness, Irom neuralgia ol
the optic nerve, as will as Inflamed and ulcerated
eyes, with the moit satisfactory sucocna.
Dr. Cone has hud much experience in the cure of
diseases of the spine, kidnevs and brain, in whflh
cans he desires his patb nts to furniith a sample ol
urine passed on the morning of application.
Dr. Conn's medicines are roots, bark, gums, buds
and blossoms, as he does not be. lev e in making sick
to make well.
Dr. Cone gtvs his patients the most ample and
best references as to tun skill and reliahliltv.
charges nothing for consultation, but cash in all
cases lor n.t medicines.
REFERENCES:
Davtom R. 0. Corwin, R. Steele, i). Young, G.
W. Wolf.
MlDIlLKTOWH Jacob Let bee. R. C Mnndrlnkann.
Tobias Lane, D. C. Doty, J. F. Howard.
n a m i i.tom jacoo Miatter, rsinuel corry, WIIon
M. Hunt, James Taylor, 11. C. Wilcox, lauac Peter
son, TaOT J- R. Htcwart. Hiram M. I.tilrPm E. V. Ca-
yalt, J. Wilkemon, M. A. i,. W. Lee, T.
suyers.
New Cahltsi.e Henry Crowcll.
deu31-teiuiw
NATHAN HAAS,
AUCTIONEER
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL
business entrusted to bis care, at a less ncr
eent, than any house In thlscity.
i ne nest oi reference oan ue given.
U-Office 331 West Second street, between Main
and Ludlow. decso-dtf
Store to Rent.
TUE Third street front of the Store in
A Clegg'a Building, occupied by W. H. CALLKN-
av r. i, ii tur iut nrusi ui:ve
O A
COALI COALII COAL!!!
FIRE! FIRKtt FIREII! F1RHI1II
Ii!
o
O .A.
f o n
PUKE
YOUGHIOGIIENY
GO
T TT CI TT O TT T
(SUCCKSOK TO B. F. 6U0U1',) AGENT,
tT"I am selling- YouKhlosjheny Coal at 20 cents
Icr l.usbe) cbenperthau you can get It lu any other
yanl In the city
r t'rii Ami nflice on the went side of tne tjni
Basin, between First anil Second streets. Orders
lelt at Shouu's Flour store. dec ja
Very important lo the t'ity mid
ajiii.eiiie oi iji)isi
A New Invention to Halee Water
Current Power for City Purposes
Without any Hard Iitibof or Expense
to tne city.
4 8 FULL CISTKItNS AHE II10HLY
J necessary U the City In time of tire, to have
a good supply of water always ready lu such
emergency, the street detents require oonHlilerable
hand labur and expense I J keep intui iuii,
sliiani would be a cont.nlial aud heavy expense
the city, to till the cisterns; fur fuel and labor
attendance to the machinery, are needles expen
ses This Automaton Kiver Power, after It la
up, Is no expense to the cltv any more) neeus
attemlatico any more at all tqtlll all the cislerus
xne cny. inis man is new ami n'i.uvt:u u,
Patent OHIce. This jilau of current power is admi
rably well adapted to the city ol a ton to lalse
wilier from the river, belns; so near, lo ivi ik
waterup4uto thestroet cisterns wilhi.ui km l
labor or exeiise. This automaton river mv,u
very powArljl, plain and simple liiltsconalrucllon;
Us motion Is never retarded by hlKh water, Ice
drift wooil; and as loim as the river can allord
Uhsnnel i feet deep lu dry seasons, this machine
Win uu iwiiuix.
Thla Riatiliiuj annsista or kotlzontal lloiltlle
Sumpand three plns.whlch give six motioue to
oublepunip to one revolution ol the wheel
bump bring callable oi n iuwiub u - sw
l- n...n.,n. ii... ,i3liliie la durable and not
toset out of order. It has no orank nor gearing.
It cannot frceie fasti the pump is un 'er the water
at tlie bottom of the water.
This plan 1 am willing to lay belore the City
Cltv Council. Knirlueers and Mechanics, to sitlsly
every uiau I will lay It belore the city tlie same
II is lam up in ine oiiy ui iihuis"j"i
-ml dmivinff Mml outent.
Iiy oaluuliitlou It Is capable of thn wlngup
en Ions in one nour. n leei nixn. iiiii.uki, n
ulna. This I am wllllna to lav be:ore the
Council and Kiislncers any time that they appoint
a day, and will explain the luaiicr 10 intni.
' 1 FKTF.H SHANK
IMTHesldence on the Germantuwu I'ike. uear
S mile stone.
Electricity uw u llomctly in
f'liikH or lim'it'i!
DR. B- PICKEaiNO has shown by
ttraotioe. enihrai ins- a nerlod ot ten years, that
1,'U.ilv la a rllttltlH reuie.1v In altcutlous otherwise
Incurable, He has lu Ills possession testimonials
numerous cases that he has cured, of spasms,
palsy, neuralgia, partial dealuess, perished
liml.a. niMrmirl&l tli.i.ii. at. .etc.. sllOWlUg OOUClll-
lvelythat positive reliauue eau be given to
treatment.
Ilhjinr.! mn.lerala. Cnn.llltatlon free.
UKKU'K Corner of Klr.t aud Jellerson streets.
HheetV Buidllug, Dayton, Ohio. novl-tl
mVOliCC
18 hereby given, that tlierd is now pending
hefor the t:i,y Council of the cily of Uayton,
petition el H. llireslter, presenleu Jiee. iv,
praying for the vacation oi "so much of a US
alley as extends Iruiu Blind street to the Hai-e
around formerly occupied bv aelv's race, lormlng
lie north uounuary Ol i.ohwick' pisi oeiweeu
points and a short 1'i loot alley constituting
esst bouudary ol lot numbered loltv, and extending
from said 1 foot alley to said race.1'
I ne Cltv council win iae action uiain tna
petition alter iheexpliatlon ol lx week, from
f mid I cation of this notice, and may vacate tbesauie
I there b no good and valid objection lo aut-h
tlon. A. A. BUllKKt lr;LU,
By order of Counoll. City Clerk.
derue-ltdAw&t
Ealuyclte lluue for lieutt
'IMlia well known Tavern 8tnnd,
-L larg Brick Slabl and Wagoa Vard, U
rvut. Inqiiite of
uo.!-0W :- JOHN HARRIH.
A Fl'JSSL ths barret or bushel, for
cy -, i . nets
.1
by
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and
put
no
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or
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the
easy
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the
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sale
By TelegraphI
THE HOUSE IS i ORGANIZED!
BDT
FAVOR IT K;
HAS A FL'I.T. aiTPPl.T tllBFIT FROM NRVT T01IK
Of tha NKWKST STVI.KSflf k
Gcnl's, Youth's & Children (Vfis!
THAT CAN IIR fOUND IN Till, MABKIT.
Also a few dorrn
F cMlk nmt !iitlii Jtcnvrr llatu,
Allot Hie latt Holiday tyles'.'. ;
ONE DUKN "t:ONICAI- 8UAlrKD.'
Nome of the FINKflT
Black And Brown French Boft Hattl
ALSO, AHT QAI'KTITV OT
IIIQU ANU LOW CUOWNKD BOFT PRLT
Willi them aft-w dfien of
NICE CRICKET BAT 81
Plush Caps, Fur Caps, Gloves, nIuIllets,.Ao.( lo.
A I.u
01IKAI' AS TUB rllBAl'KST, FOR flAafl!
At NO. S7 NORTH SI1IX Ml ST.,
BacaBJi'a iiuii.iiNO.
Conicai.. A eurve line formed by Ino Intersee.
tlnn of a cone and planet thenonle sections a ethe
parabola, the bypeibola and eolipaelWkiisTca.
drc2t
BOOKS!
BOOKS,
COOKS!
Books,
Books!
GIFT HOOKS for the IIOLIDAYSI
(II FT HOOKrt for tho HOLIIJAYMI
GIFT HOOKS for tho HOLIDAYS!
4
Standard Worka for tha Holldayal
BtaDdard Works for the Holidays!
(Standard Worka for the BoUJaysl
JUVKNILK IKIDK8 for tbl HOMDAYSI v ,
JUVKNILK BOOKS for the HOUDATSI
JUVKNILK SOOKS for the HOLIDAYS!
GAMES for tho HOLIDAYS!
UAMEKfur tha IIOLIDAYSI
OAMESfortha HOLIDAYS!
I'lirlomoiiiilea lor the Ilolitlnyal
roilfiiioiialfs lor the Uolitliiys!
OIJI HOOKS ARE NEW!
OUU HOOKS AKM NEW!
OUR HOOKS AHE dlEAP!
OUH HOOKS AHE CHEAP!
AXIOM! AXIOMS!
A Book is tho best Iloiitlny Present
A Book is the best lloliday Present
A Book is tho best lloliday Present
PAYNE'S is the BEST place to buy!
l'AYNK'S is the MKST place to buyl
PAYNE'S is the BEST placo to buyl
PLKASE CALL AND SEE!
l'LEASis CALL AND BEE!
I'LEALE CALL AND BEE!
At PATITE'S, No. 60 Main street.
At PAYNE'S, No. 60 Main street.
At PAYNE'S, No. 60 Mala street
RKMF.MIiER THK FI.ACKI
HK.MK9IHKK THK FLAt.'KI
HKMK.MBKK Tjlt fLACKl
GREEN'S COLUMN!
Read, Pause and Reflect,
BY" so doing, you will soon determine
whereto buy your tlxin's for the holidays.
5 boxes lUiBinn, wholes, hulvos and quar
ters new. and very fine.
20 lbs. Candies, common and fancy; best
quality. "
20 boxes Fire Crackers, very cheap.
10.000 Torpedoes.
25 boxes assorted Oum Drops.
2U0 bbls. choice N. Y. Apples.
50 sacks prime ISuckwhcat llour, best in tne
makrs
Prime Kutter, Lard and W. K. Cheese,
20 sacks nice Dried Apples.
Meal, liominv and lieans: all of the best
Sugars, brown, yellow, grain, pulvcriiod and
crUBbeu.
10 bbls. ttne N. O, Molasses; 8. U. Syrnp
and liolcuer'i fine Oolden Syrup.
Everything usually kopt in the grocery line,
rr the vrv hear, aud aa low as the lowest.
Call at 310, south side of Third street, and
get acquainted with
1. N. & W. M. OHEEN.
dec23
"A Fanny Baved la aa good a a Penny
Eaxut "
'PUIS maxim will apply in all the various
J- ramltlcatlons of life. There la perhaps no
place lu Dayton where this maxim Is so lully Illus
trated as at I. N. W. M, Green'., on Sd street, be
twnen Main and Jeltorsou, a few doors east ol tho
Town Clock, lu the Jiuiplr Building. W keep
constantly on hand a hue and carelully selected
stock of family Urooerl's, which we ell at prices
as low as can Kisslbly lie artonted In this market.
Call In, tallies auu gemiutuvii, auu uirr. u wuu
.....irkinu. smiling faces, and leave your orders for
anything and everything kept In our line. Our
trade is steadily on the Increase. There lsscarcely
a day but what we auu to our customers suiue ui uir
most liberal buying aud paying families in the city.
Wm hone, bv klnu. uroiuiit aim niinesv ueaiuia, im
secure a llboral share of the city trade. Ho far, we
lave uo cause to oompiain; auu we are ueierwiuru
hat those who lavor us with their patlopage shall
ave no just cause to cimpiam oi us. wueu you
rake uti tu the morning and hear It raining, blow
ing aud freezing, you shudder to thtuk of ha tug to
.'.'.1-i.u.a .nil flKina'. When this unpleasant ne
cessity again eroa.es your uilnd, and you shudder to
thlUk Ol UrOOKlllg lr iu."., "-
warm, oomlortable beds, aud sink quietly luto Uie
embrace of Morpheus, remembering that you ean
be supplied wllh all these things at all hours of the
ay at lower nguirs ju i r
Live uthe sinews of war," aud we will seldom
over dlsaplwlnt you In getting everything jou may
ant usually kepi in our Hue. raeaagvs ui-uvcrvu.
deem
sMrllow TflfT ooiumon it ia for every
re tulcr of hli wnn to try to uitke believe Idat lie
gelilnf tlie onl geuulue artUle in tlie market.
i'here ke uerhftp b Lraiiuh of trade aud traiiio in
which thia lHiury ia t nsucli practiced aa lu the
Ovitertiavde. hverv out nl.timu tu have the lmi
largUBl auu irealiMNl u riT aHi 111 ni umrwws, utn
ut-ruui auu ecuiiUiuiiuuK juujio win .emu uuu
matter tuf themve iveu, ly .eitnug ntif money
wheie thuv on du () to tl.ebet advauUge. There-
are keen It Ueiure ine Dint-u i iiavwu auu vi
utuily that 1. N. W. w. i.hmln are rMciviiiK
.uiiv from Baltimore an Jattr that wedokuow
nut to te iiiifrior u y -wi '-
ce It la IliHt Uie ueiiiHim tor our ujaiera ia uaity
011 tlie lnoreaaa. J i y Umm lor youraeivea, you eau
ijiiiHr nun tu iiiuir uiurits iu itia wrs msu mji v
oihrr. tiuppllea received dally to meet the dumaiid
diirtnK the holidays, aitd will he aoid at a lower
tltfure liittu uaual. d(U0
J!IKI1IUAS IIAIflM
ililMK NKW HAMS-JUST HEADY
for Chrletii .15 riili g
xxx u ii j; v r,
The vory best quality la th market.
CROCEHltS for th HOLIDAYS everything
pice.
i. K. (.KbHAIO,
Ut'uai
No. OX, JeUerson street.
FOE SALE 1
Two Valuable Home & Lot
?OM SALE CHEA1' ONE SITUATED
. on Jfiui. atrert. Isetwetn JeUeraoo and Vrowu
Itrli k tow-atory houae, atahle and out huuii-a, well
lurniahed. 'Ihe othi-r la on 4th afreet, near the
juuctluu or La eiie aim imi a couKe houm,
hli-ry, ouI-hiuafa, it. A Rood reaitlfiice, well lur
uialt' d. Kithvr will he ao d at a hut jr, Kin.
lor particular! aiiu to u. . iaia, iMutur -.mioaj.
y 9 AI.KV Tloli.
dec!it-mdtw uar CeutrovilU.
Fcckel's Hall!
'V1IE I.AUC.KST, BEST AND MOST
A cemmodlou. lu the city. T
Seat fur one Thousand lVrsous!!
By th lingl day ot fur a long Lease,
nova D. Br.cKKL.
Michigan Cranberries.
i ft HARUKI.S of thebest onalitv of Miohl-
l.Cs ri,n Cranberries, In excellent coutllUoo, lust
received, a;! lur sale at wholesale and retail,
. BBANDhNBCKO CO.',
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
i
fVMolB-Ciftsrhs ofe Smafs
tnd Houn if Rrprutnlaiivfv,
at
The people, with whom is the sole sover
eignty nt the ttatn. haro oommiltod to you,
fur the (ifth bi 'nninl period under ths ex
inting Conntitution, the legislative authority
of Hie Commonwealth. Upon this first
secular day of the new year yon assume the
great function thus assigned to yon, and
onter upoq tu poriurmrineo ol your import
not duties. .
, tNiwr of government, delegated by tho
pooplool I roe Mates to onoaon Keprosentn.
lives, whether Legislative, Judicial or Kxe.
itutrvo, nro altered trusts. The people who
honor, ry such prooln ol confluence, those
whom they solect fur employment in puhlio
iiincttons. nave a olear rurlit to exnect Irom
them ntlelity, roul and unremitting dilii
gnnco in the promotion of puhlio good.
Having confided, ny elootion, the powers of
government to oitiiens of their choice, thoy
return to their respective avocations trusti
ing conitaentiy that all public interests and
publio rights will be diltgontlv promoted
and faithfully guarded, and that each indi'
v id ii ui will be lully protected by equal laws
and impartial administration, while eon.
tribulip.it in Ins sphere, to the general good
by privnte lliril't. llow weighty the obliga
tion wblcn such eonhdonoe must impose on
right-minded men! Hew .deep and earnest
the solicitude which all true hearted repre
sentatives must feel, that 'neither by re
missness, nor by indilTtrenoe, nor by abuse,
tne J mt expectations ot a generous people
may be disappointed I
iso extraordinary chun ires in the oondition
of the Unto have ooourred during the pnst
year, i'rivato and publio nlluirs have gradi
ually rooovered trow the depressing ellects
of financial revulsion and oilicial delinquom
oy. yeultn lias invigorutea nml sustained
the energies ol industry. 1 1, a labors of the
deli, though frustrated in soverul counties
as to important oropa, by the severe and un.
usual frost ol Juno, have, nevcrtholes, been
rewarded by a harvest fully equal, in the
Stuto at largo, to thoso of ordinary yours. In
mining, manufacturing, and ootntnoraial, as
well as in agricultural pursuits, improved
machinory end processi-p., augmented aupital,
and increased numbers of luborors, havo
yiolded proportionally increased returns.
Institutions ot Kuligton, I'.duciiuon, and
Charity, whether orgunir.cd by the voluntas
rv xcal ot inaiviuuula or tho wise providence
of tho 8tate, have contributed, in full meas
ure, to improvement, melioration and pro
gress, tMilid growth, substantial prosperity
and social order, distinguished alike the
condition ol we htuto and the people, and
deinnnd grateful' acknowledgements to the
Supreme Disposer of .events, whose bless
ings alone gives real v.iue to the results ol
human labor and human wisdom.
The sixth 'general valuation of real propi
erty has takon place during tho past year
and will, oatrally,' direot, your attention to
our mutcrml resources as thus exhibitou,
a-d their relutioni to tlie genenil oondition
of t'nu State.
The thenrv of taxation, settled by the con
stitution and snnotionod by gcnerul npproi
vul. rcouiros that all property of whatever
description, shall contribute to necessary
public expenses in exact proportion to value.
nM. n.n....,:..a I.. ll.A rrinlmnl- h nnlin.ti(in
uf the rule, admitted by the conntitution and
by law, nro ol properties belonmug to lnun
r.i....i . A. i:.... i.r.. .1..U..-U in v.,!,, a
VlUUlllB IIUl VXCCVVJluii llll-J wuiniiD i"
and nronorties belonging to tho oonntlcs,
the fcuiie and the L'fuon, or heM and usod
exolusivcly under puliiio ntitnnruy for ouu
oational, religious and cliuritablo purposes.
ln.ordor to give practical etluct to tho im
tontion of the constitution, provision has
beon mado by law for poriodioal valuations.
AH lands and town lots whatever, subjeot to
taxation, are required to be valued once in
six years; while lands reountly beoome taxa
ble, being lor tne most par. iitnua sum uy
the Fcdernl Oovcrnment or tho State; to
gether with all recent improvements on
lands, and all non-exempt personul property,
must bo valued annually.
These appraisements, directed to bo made at
the true value in money, will exhibit, if the
law be intelligently and pitlhfully executed, the
progressive increase or dimuniiinii of wealth
in the Stsle, and in each locality, with approx
imate correctness.
Some deductions and tome additions must
be mado on sccount of that property whieh is
taxed mors Ihsn onco in diflVreiilfurms, nnd ol
that which, through the neuligenco of aians
sors, or in spile of their vigilance, will, under
every svatem of taxation, escepo justcontribu
lion, borne additions must also be made t
tlie ofTicia.1 sppraiseuieutH, mi account of the
disparity which la nlwaya found in exist u-n
tweeii the average ssneasuieut ami the average
market value. It is to be renitinln'reil, also,
that valuations roust always be effected neces
sarily by the general cirenintances of Ihe
country. In a time of extraordinary apparent
prosperity and general expansion, valuations
in ny be loo high; and in a liuio of revulsion
and great (lepieHhion will nlino.! certainly bo
too low. With the corrections snggealed by
lliese considerations, Ihe valuations of each
year, and especially of ench sixth year, will
supply the ineaiis uf ssceruitnng, with some
reasonable spproximstion io rriiiiipj, m.w
tual amount of property within IheSiato.
Nearer spinoachea to absolute exactness will
doubtless be constantly made, as expellenee
shall suireest more perfect legislation, ami
rlearer appreciation of the duties enjoined by
if ahall secure more eoltiulete
nu luiiiuui us.
inirs aud appraisement, hvery cilnen and
v,.r assessor should binr in mind thit the a-
sessinentiif property at its truu value does not
increase the amount t taxea to uo paiu uj
nroniietors. If the atrjiregale amount of prop
erlv is augmented by correct assessment, Ihe
total taxation need ool be nlfeclrd, for tlie rale
may he diminished. Oorn-ct assessments, SI
ri.Hi value, will biiiiiv iiibui. ,n r
portionment of public tiur.iei a among uie peo
ple. Whoever, therefore, causes Ins properly
to lie listed at less than ni'iual value, evades
bis inst share of nubllC Colli llhul ion, and oil-
justly increaaes lh proporuons of hi lellow
filiMena.
A succinct account of the various systems oi
lersuon Adopted in lhi Stale, and of th yul-
u.lions niaiiu. Wl 1 l u ralli the-li iiiiservauons
aud enablo vou the belter to uinlcistaud our
present Condition,
For many yenra no provision for general vsl
ostioll consliluted part of the revenue syi-tein of
Oldn. All lands were classed at flrl. second or
third rat, snd taxes for the support of th rilau
government wer raised hy assesmenll aeeurding
to raus, varying, at Urst, from twoiuy lo sixty
ocnU, and, at last, from sovonty-flvo to on huu
died and fifty cents on each hundred acres. The
asHesnmshts were fixed by legislative enactment
without rcferouo to th diUuranl vuluc of ditler-
ant tracts ol the ixinerute.
Texas for county and towmhlp pnrpor.es were
lsvied on town lots aud butldiugs acording
sprpaisei value, and 0.1 a few specified cla.ses of
auiwals, valued at certain rates per head, by law
without "ypraisemenl.
That this ajstem wsa Inconvenient snd in
equitable, ia very manifest. The assessment
of taxes for Stale and couuty purpuxvs, 011 dif
ferent descriptiou of property, was productive
of no liuieeinlisrraesmeiitand ditliBulty ; while
the assessments according to rates'' nd not
according 10 value, result in greaisiiu giievou
inequality, which' became more and inure eon
1, irons sod vi xstioos ilh ihe progressive but
very unequal were, loinvaiueoi ianue,w
In lh'J4 the Us.' levied fo Stial purpiae in
llamilloo eoniity amounted lu , .Owl, whil
Alliens with lee thsn oin-ihirteeuth in valu
of the the real ru-operiv in Hsruiltoe psid te
of Ihe siu.sjt nptioii la the atuouul of )-
It was pot until 1HJ5 l,list this ayslem if
system il may be cr.lleo was Uindoned. lu
that year, distinguished in our nnlt by the
coiueideat adoption of practical aud tu'iiuenl
measures fur tumoiun acbaul eJucaiiou, iuter
nal improvement by cauala, and -taxation . ac
coiding la value, provision wa first jd by
letfislaiiv enactmoiit for til volualio of real
properly at it Hue value, iu money. 1 be
mount of pers.inl pr.it.jiy actually' valued,
iwavstiii await, meicn
arranged lo certain classes, by tho assoelst
judges, according to capital, and were tsxed
scrording to class, wilhont reference to the
amount of capital aetoally employed by aiflera
ent members of the same elsss. Th value of
ihe anlmsls subjected to taxation were still
fixed by the Legislstur without appraisement,
an the list of exempted properly wss vary
large, includinir, not onlv real Drone-ly used
far educational, religious and chsrilabls purpo
sea, but mills and fsctories si most or quit
lthout exemption.
It will b seen, therefor, that tha aot of 125
initiated, rather than e.tshli.hed. ths rule of val
uation, and taxation aseordinf la vein. But
'his was no small merit, and it was nbanod by
the introduction of a uniform system of levies for
nu purposss, ool n Btate and local, nad of a pn
vl'fon fur the enualiration of valuation .is betwnan
Individuals, by County Hoards, and as between
counties bye titate Hoard of JCqualiiatlon. Hoth
n suut!auc,lill inakaparta of our revenue rvs.
tm.
It will be admlttcil, of coarse, that the ealua.
tion dirooled and madu ondrr the act ef 182j at
for ll no sntisfsctnry mensur of the aotusl weslih
of ths Slate at that time. It has, however, soma
claim to attention even In that view, and It has a
higher interest as ths practical result of the first
attempt to ascertain, however defectively, a true
! iur ine equuaot apportionment ot pabllc
burdens among the eltlsens. The whole number
of acres suhjoct to taxation, returned by th as
sessors, was 16,1.8,309 the average valu per
acre, as equalised by th Board of Kqusllrstlon,
was i ii, tne totni vaiu or lends was 7,7U,-
3. oi town lots, 7,H'.l,e:u, ia all 46,C3i,lSlr.
The act of lyib fixed no period for a second
general valuation. The appraisement made
under it was to remain unaltered iinltl funk..
legislation. The county assessors, however,
were required to aaeertain, In Ihe spring of each
year, what land had becmie liable in n..i;.u.
during th preceding year, and what new per
nianenl Improvements had been mad by strue
lures ou lands. The value of this lane) and
liese Improvements, annually ascertained by
he assessors, together Willi Ihsi of all taxable
personal properly, computed according to ars
bitrarv rates fixed bv law. added annuallv in
the equalised value of the real pro perl v. was to
consilium the Grand List, and form the basis of
taxation for the current year.
inus, In lsO, the valuation nermanentlv
settled by the Hoard ef Kqualixatiou, with
iua vuiiiiuioiis, in uie spring ot lanas re
contly beoome taxable, of niw instruments.
and of personality constituted the Urand
iil under the aot, upon which were tn ha
asseiBod the neoossarv levies for State.
County and Township purposes. The vnltio
ol lands was o'J,72,4U; the v
value nf town
lets and personal property was 1 S,745.0U6.
The total valnation was I.18.424.407.
lmpoitantahangcs in the laws relating to
taxation were introduced in 1831. An act
nf that year enlarged very considerably the
descriptions of taxable properly; reduced
the list of exemption, and extended the ap
plication of the prinaiple of appraisement
and proportioned contribution. It did not
disturb, however, the valuation of real
property equalised in 1825, and it hi ill re,
tained, in some of it atiplioatiops, the prin
ciple of arbitrary valuation by the legisla-
tuiu.
At length, after a lapse or iii,.,.,.r-.
valuation of all real luvperir u.rni.ru ..j
the legislature In f34, was made the same
ar and was tnualiged in IMS. I he proper.
iv revalued consisted nf the descriptions made
taxable by the act nf 1031; for the net direct
ing the revaluation had made no chsnge in the
subjects of taxation. '
rCY- .......t. ...Kil.;n,l al.ilri in......
The equalised value of the land aud town lota
was i.'l,0:i'J,t-'JJ. The tlraud List of 1KI5,
embrscing this valuation, increased by the
usual stinne vsluations, amounien, exclusive
of four couiitiea, whose returns had nut been
received to $".5,927, 3!)G. In nine yesrs the
vslue nf taxable properly hsd increased (37 ,n
4M,S9.
A third s.aluli sra" .d. I- IWIU, J
was enualixed in 1841. The aubiecle of valua
tion were alill duftiiud bv the act of 1831. The
eoidixed valuation was 'J!. 154.745. The Urand
Lilfll lor tail, emoiacioe; tins i.iu.uuu iuu ine
addition for real estate and personal property,
made in the spring of that yesr.wss liM,3.S3,
(57. The increase in five yesrs had been $33,.
4o.u.2ul.
A thorough revision of Ihe law concetning
taxation took Diare initio important num.
lions were made to the descriptions uf taxable
property ;exeaiption were restricted and defined
with greater precision; rule of appraisement
were prescribed with a view to ensure a closer
approximation of valuation to value; the prin
ciple of actual appraisement was lor the first
lime applletl to nit onjecta ui taxation it, woicb,
in the nature of thing, it was applicable; clear
lirections were given for the annual listing
and vnlualiou of binds b cnming taxable for
the first time, of improvements, and of ail per
sonal property, a new valuation of all leul
properly wa directed, and provision was roede
for future valuations iu eveiy sixth year.
The first general valuation required oy
this not, being the fourth In the whole se
ries, wus made in 184ii, end was equalixtd
the aume yeur. Th Inlluonoe of the wise
provisions of the new law wo oanspicuniis
in its results, which for the first time ap
proximated, though still remotely, -tlie sotu.
al value of tho reul property in the tabj,--
1 ho value of that description til property, as
equalised, was o24,4lJf,8tt.
ihe Urand 1'ist, 01 imi, embracing this
equalized valuation, the spring valuation uf
piiisonal property amounting to $H3,Uu4 430,
and the other usual spring valuations, ex
hibited an aggregate or ?410,7u3,lo0. 1 he
increase in six years had been almost in'
credible. It wa 281 ,400,503.
Holoro the time for the seeond valuation
under the act of 1840 had arrived, a new
constitution bad been adopted. The priooi-
pie 01 mat aot, extoitucu iu its appiioauuu
to all proporty whatever, with some specific
exemptions, was now incorporated into the
fundamental law; and tlie first Uenornl As
sembly undor the new constitution provided
lor a general valuation, auu equauxauuu pi
real property ia isa.t, and every ixtu.year
thereafter. In pursuance of Uiitaiit, life
lil'tli general valuation took pluc . and
eumilixed in 1853. The aggregate uf (he
euualued valuation was j.')8,723,5 12. ' Ths
personal property nsieu uio billowing spring
wits valued at 2'J7,0uI,572. The grand
ll.it for 1854, including with these values
those ol the lands and new unpn.t . 'ments
listed in the spring, was sf,G,V2!;VO'heJ
lllCTcust, ill rvvoti ycnin jiuo iiocis- erihiw
itttrtliiig. It was loO,10u,(L,it" ' , v;. .
1'he sppraiai'd nov oiore closely appn.aclui.J
the real value, and ou such apparently mpiD
augmentation of Ilia list could be iu future e-pei-tid.
- Thesixlh valuation took plac dutii g lb
past vear, under su sot of ihe last General Ah
.sembly,' and it euualiaatiou ia nnl yet enMit
pleted. Acordiug to lb return aiatie by th
Couuty Audtlor, under lite ct of- Aiiil. last;
the sirgregat number of acre taxixl is WSl X
Hll; ih average valua uf each acre, $17 48,
and the total valu of th whole real property
loll, 918, 151. The lists uf personal properly
included in the spring valuations, ar uol yet
mde. bhould Ihey abow an iucrews during
th year proportioned 1 that uf the real prop.
etly duriug aig years, tp,v amount will not b
less than vai.uou.iiwi, aim ui goiieral aggrei
gale, assumjog that the total valuation of really
will not b red.iet-d by equslixatiou, will be
aiiout UOU.UOO.IKHI. Th iurrvM for six year
will be about 33,000,jt).
The tlraud Liacuf J 060 will dowbtles show,
with raatunable aeeuraoy, th true aiaount ol tax
abht property la th Ms.1. Hturu t aoioA
prupsrly from all til uoubtUs,-extopt llsiniitoii
and faystu, tiibHn aggrest ol lu,0iV,ae.
Thsso rlurnt r duubtlsss iaip.ifct, Ths real
amount of Ibis deseriptiuu of property. In all the
oounli, ioeluillng ehattels, docs uol. probably,
tall inticb short ol iMi.vtiu.uuu. TbsUoasaiiMiou
er t Huiistlos, baaiug but opinio. a reports ef
aetusl salsa, ltuites th ssurs uroo.rty ja slbe
autia $l,9U,Mie,uuo.
Th population of th 8tU It bow about two
-.1,,: .. 1 . 1 - r 0..l. . I...1 - .-1
nuiiiuiiiauu a...i, ru.-u voeutaitva.. irm . n
from th. twniy.. iheuaand ,.l.!.t, ...
edueat.4, enai.uo aad luJeiangnWe j", ,'
svsssd ..f such a to... f
skill and inuu.uy ol tw gen.rwtiou,-
stilting pletur of progross svttadlctt'y of dt-
1 venture to uggestaiiou or real estate,
rcctiug the gunst, .f' d once in five years,
after the ne f.rvbuiti4 uadur State am
that lb ' r -
. '. . i. .
1
wafSnoj, t Couced to (he draft on the eontingeut
,h i . . tbo Wmenl ul
ns,.r.J,.,l7;uJLP''10':1rlof the l'ublio Debt,
"th annual xpiie of the lt f
thority, may be easily ooinpared wi(li (brflie
obtained under Federal in the eensu years'
while those by th general valuation in the
intermediate years, and the nimtinl estimates,
will supply the means of determining the
rate of growth and progress each year du
ring Ihe interval between those years.
ine amount ol debts, or whatever des
cription. State, eorporate, commercial nnd
every other is now estimated at 240,000,000;
nut ol these not less, probably, than one.
third would be cancelled 1 v nsvineat nf
Other debts mhmaod in the same ostfrerat.
tin whole existing debt, constitution a real
oharge upon the) whole exi-tine prcperty.
hardly, il at nil, exceeds I0o,OOil,(HJi'; about
one sixth nf its vhIub If this sum ho com
pared, not merely with the entire properly,
buf with Ihe entire products of tlie f'titte,
whiuh according to my estimnl" in IS58,
lunoiinted in 1857 to 2til,807,o(K), and
doubtless, exueetied that a 11 in in lH.'iO, or
with' the prubablo net products alter de,
dusting the consumption, direet end indi.
reut, uf the people, the gratification a Horded
by tho spectacle of our general prosperity,
will not be sensibly abated.
While this review of lha progressive .level
opmeutof our revenue system and of our ma
terial resources, must necessarily Inspire just
confidence in the physical energies and flnan
cial strength of our great commonwealth, it
will alto aerve, I trust, the humbler purpose of
contributing to a clearer understanding of the
relations of taxation Bad disbursement to raesns
of contribution and of Ihe necessity of care-
luny unserving uieso relation iu levies aud
spproprislioua,
Th fundamental principle of our revenue
system, that all properly not exempted upon
overruling consideration of policy, shall con
irinuie 10 necessary public evpenae in just
proportion to valu, is now firmly ctshlished
In the conviction of Ihe people, and nothing
is more cons in than that ttiev will insist on its
uniform nnd universal application. If there
be any description of property which hns hilh
erto escaped justcoiitribution, the Legislature
represeniingtne people win not Hesitate tn sub
ject il to the operation of Ihe general princi
ple. It is a groat merit of the system that it is
easily understood, and that tbe result of any
given rate of assessment eanoot niutoriully
deceive expectation. As the fJrutid List
stipl-lieB the busis of revenue, nad as the
neoessnry means to meet all Mtate, County
and municipal expenses are provided by
assessments for State purposes 00 Uie suitiie
list snd lor local purpose on tho property
listed within the reupeetive localities, legis
lative adjustment uf levies to the public
needs, aud of appropriations to levins, can
never be difficult. The rules of lovy being
fixed, the revenue for the years inturvening
between general valuation can always be
predicted with reasonable certainty. The
eqanlixcd valuation is the permanent, and
tho annual valuations uro the variable file'
ments of tho (Jrund List The equalized
vuiui.uon unco made rcma,i-v-.
"t!?Zt
"jrmnJ !! equlliaatlilll IIXMIblS UlB Bg.
gregate subject to contribution ; nnd the
Ornnd Usts of subsequent yoarauntil anew
valuation, will, ol course, exhibic ihe same
aggregate, increased or diminished only by
the increase nr diminution of tVinnital
valuations. 1 ho Urand Ldst ot rtf
ccpt immediately after a general'
or in coneeqtieuoo of some legis.'n .
the results til winch too L,egiv. i
fursee, oan differ widely front A.v
nrecedinc year.
i ne tienerai asacmiuy cuaenru in nu;
year, has, therefore', ulways at ha? the
means nf aanertuinini'. with tubiV2ilia''o-
euraev. the revenues of that nnd tri! ttext ,
hsoat jear. itvrUn f.liewWjr mado on the
grand list of the preceding year will produce
the former, and levies on the griuid list ol
the current year of rales fixed or sanctioned
by the legislature itself will produce the
latter. With a given basis nnd given rates,
it is easy to compute revenue.
With these observation it seems proper
to submit to you a suggestion more then
once addressed to your predecessor : that
it is indispensable to every sound tinancinl
system that appropriations be limited by
revenues, and expenditure by appropria
tions. Tho derangement that h ive soiuoi
times embarrassed our liuntioe may be
traoed, almost invariably, in the absence of
crime, to a disregard uf this salutary prin- I
ciple. Nothing but on overruling emergen
cy can justify nppropiintions beyond reve
nue, or expenditures beyond impropriations.
When so juatined. tne appropriations in the
former cose should be promptly providod
for by taxation, and the expenditures in the
latter oate should be as promptly reported
to the Legislature fur it jmlmeut aud
sanction.
I embioce this occasion tn suggest the expe
diency of requiring, under suitable penal ties for
omission, all officer having charge of works
or institutions, to stale distinctly, in connection
with each aouual report, whether any uchu bc
vond appropriations, were outstanding at the
close ol iha year, snd if any, their precise na
ture and aiuourl. For all such debts the ttfli-
cera routracliiig them are, under existing laws,
personally respoiiaible, and the payment, with
out expreaa legislative suucti.in.uul of any sub
sequent appropriation, should be aincliy pro-
IllblleJ
lu this connection 1 also renew my reeom
niendation i f an appropriutiou for each year of
a sum ufiicient lo prnvid against unlorseen
emergencies, subject only to th warianl of ihe
Governor, to be ilrawa ou satisfactory evidence
of necessities unexpectedly requiring extrs
ordinsry esp'nduure.
The publie welfare would likewise lie pro
moted, in oiy judgment, if th several rflicers
of the Kxecativ Department were nrirauissdaa
an Executive Oouucil, and requited to meet
from tun tu lime, and whenever convoked by
th (Inventor, fe&yennaullailun ami actioa in
regard to pigd ituerusta. Tbo asuetion of
appinpriatiou just proposed, would cunsittui
xir ample guaranty sgainat improvidence and
abuse. -
. Th whole amount of receipt into the
'Treasury during Ih laat year was '1,:.'ill,IS4,
wjx-
su the balance Irom Ihu preeedinjf year
,.u .i i nf f ' -" ' ' .u u)il . iv vwutMr.
atenl in IKM-w .V4b;.ra..
Oi Uiis sum T,l wa lealfisd bom dralts In
anlivi; ati of (l. revenue of MH, i,VMI,73.',
were reccivcu irolA utvi., ea tt. urand l.lsl ul
sys, of on. usiM n a hslf on the doiltr forC-mi-
mon 8choul, on-tenth of ft will fnr 8rhoel Li
br&ries, ui tsnllis tor Kinking Fund, seven-twen
tieihs for reiuibure.ui.ol of lsmporaj-y Losa,itd
seven-teutbs lurgaosrai penss ot-ruat tlov-emuojJlte-..Tea.
levies-fiuouuliag in lb uavre-
gsAeli4lKe.jnills and elvntwen!ilu 00 the
.loiter, asesssu npnn tn taxsoia vaimtu.-n of
tS4O,0O,tl,l, ilubited by tti.Ursu.l List oi I81S,
would bav preslueed, if fully .,lleeusl, $2,UHI
Md. Ths diUsrane betwaua lids sum and u4
raven actaally reivd atn.ut li.tty five tlf -u-sand
dollars is attributablrto easts ol nellni.ii.i.
variations batwee d.linoueiitb'B unraij 'and d-
linquenei eolleetd, nd errura iu rrVeaisoetit.
' The primiipal uurce pfveoue other
(ban levies, ere Toll ar.4 Water-rent n
th X'ublio' Works; jstokction nf urplns
Hevenun; I'rocee.1 uf sali of tp i; CoilucI
labor, and ('anal, Turnpike mid lti!td
Dividends. Of receipt liuin theso and
other source besiitr levies, some, classed
as revenue, canoe t properly cunsidi-it-d laeSr,
rrooeeds oi over-work ,tii idnviets lor ex
ample, and .collection i-ts-vld claima,."td
advance from contilusrut fund of. fcnerus
tiv OHiocr ar on' properly r"'fMii but
eithec .'simple iM.'s, or nieb n"'lli moll.
Kni.llo a1' (O be ol'"r''''-",r"-'cover1 that
oe tiler
aysiausiers irus4 u.iuus io
rooj''"1 lil9 bo teiiltied (torn all auur.
,r. exoepi levufi "imr aosorDeu by tho
xpen cffl.s l'ublio Work, aad Ihe
I ..ru a. :,- 11 .
"".'.'t.b-ffj ,pHu.c""j l'PVpriatod to
-. . , i. --j'vpt i.tuv au
th,si.i.aii!g l' und lor the payment uf inter
n Edit
e.vion, tor nemrvoleot lnstitutiona and for all
I '.'. o ia e, in MutLa ln,.aonu.i ...u
. . . . .,
st.nu.l reliaace ca b placed on an oihr
imurc, of i,vu. Ikaa lb. annual leyti
Th whole aaieunt ol disbunsMasMii during
1559,
,nPon all accounts
in the
was 3,.Vitt,3i
brsi
wav.atuyc' lronpporeiit
1 Tr9ury at
pruat-nt
in a Hur ts-.
triiiissriiniis in ine vvsr. I.'r'-.tl,,
th Stat Government snd lust-iut n .
collerted rioting the yi sr. from ,! '
the Orsnd Met, lha sum of fi(l3.f47. fe
from license end anclion duties; fron:J' "
Penllantisry; from I sir i.n Hanks nnd 1 i
claim collected, logether with the l.alsn. '
t th tW of 1868, Increased this auu to -'
107 dollars ...,'.
From this sum Several moon's, nnt prop , .
ly cnnstilulibg revenue, should I deduct,'.,
leaving the true turn f..r disbiirsewient $Hf.
750. Of this there was disbursed during t
yr, 47f9,5fi5, Hut as Ihe receipts Hid imi it
etiy represent revenue, so niiiinr did the di
hitrsemeiit precisely represent exnei.ilitiires
For easmple, the sum of t li.l 4BII Is f baree 1,
disbursed, whea lb rVisl-trtnsneiian WiiKth V
plsciogof oldclsirns, nominallv of thai smeent ;
In the hand ut th proper eflirni fur roliee '.
tion! and th soul of lllll.SIK) ws aimilstli!
eharged, when Ihe whole, amount was paid,
not for (renrt purposes, but on account nf fob
ItekWoiks, under the direction of your prede. .
oessnrs. The sclusl di-hurM-tnenin fur Ih -l.x
ec.utivn, Ijigi,l Hive r 1 , 1 .Imlirisl di-parlrrsats,
and h u,e In nevolenl and cdormaiorv . Hutu
(nslilullons. iuclndili. Ihv IVni euliait eip,
t'leref.ire, (Wli H38 Ti e balsiicti ,ieinaiaii,
ws Alfil,5IU , . . ,
For ih.' ,.xp. uses of In- l'ubbe. Wrnlfs ihrm
was ri-eeivi'il from t.tlls snd wnier r.-tis rm tin.
Ohm canal J(H doll-, on the iMii.n. and
Krie canal lll.'l.'U ,l.ill, in ijte il .s-kiiigum
Iiiiprovi up in 17 874 dulls, ou Ih ll.irkn.n' .
nnl li,3tll d..l a 011 the Wiiihonding canal 473
doll., on ihe Western Reserve snil Alsimien
Knsd 3 181 dolls, 011 the Msiiuiinl JliM.lui l
dolls, fr.,111 sxl.'s of canaf lands 51 dolls, nml
from older sources 9,'Jiil in sll i.Mfl.781 dolls.
Th disbursement were 3J6 !I83 dolls.; Th
apparent excess of outlay siver income wns,
therefore, HO .2 '0 dolls snd Ibis amminl wn
paid from the Uelieral Iteveuue, aa he jus! la'ca
siateu. uiinisauin, however, M.IM4 dollars "
Waa .1 1. : . .1.. t .t
,, ' - ... HIV. irtl own
11 I'M, tr , 1 1 r -, F.u . . 1 . . .
anieoi Uie proper repairs of the year There.
si trace ul cost nver riceipt wss 0,170 U..U
lars. wrtm,.- . ..i !
s or Donaeiofi eriioois rnere wei colleeren f ha
lctd en tba grand l.st. Jbr icna,ols, tot ajnart of (
the lew for Kinking t',l. 1 1 Cut iiii.:. '. '
sum was th lnlorsi on the Irred.libla Debtees' '
ted hv th spproprisiion of th proceeds ef she . -'i i
lehuol lauds lo general Htt. purpes. -IB. 4,wsi I
urns, with th bslane from th prseedipgyt.tr, ' i
formed sn sggngat for s.'hool poriare nf'll,- " ' -1
418 047, ol 'whieh were disbuired l,3d,xll.lev- i
lug a uitisneu ui -o , i, . v .,.!, I
uv .win,., vonuoieu inr ni'unoi s,i a I...I.1 .
ready ttsted. with th balsnc ef the , . . 1 4
year. ss bO 1,3 dulls. Th amount i.t l,r-ed
was ,11 bill dolls, liaving a balanc of Sll. dolls. .
rue tmuinnnt of .lo!.. ... I.i..ui .1.-
was collected from levies. SI (I'") I'M- 'r,r
whiolt 740,1.170 were for (ho (.oncrul purpo. ';'
sesof the Sinking 1'und, nnd $288,154 were
lor tho reimbursement of the teinuororv
lonn. There wore nlpo received for the
sinking fund from stir;. Ins revenue deposit
ed with entities, Iroiu sales of school lands,
iroin e sun i, turnpike and railroad dividends,
and from a few other comparatively tinim.
portutit sources, $l l.),'.)62; nnd there were
returned to the treasury, of money drawn
for the payment of interest, $28,112, 'These
sums, with the Imluneo nl f OT.O'iO from 1S58
amounted to l,2.0,'J.iS, which was the
amount applicable to Sinking l'und purpot
ses in 18.V.I. Of this amount, $S83,070 were
ueed to p.y interest on Toreign debt; IS,2lti
on the dumeatic debi; I;3,StJl ou thu irro.
dtteible llnhl; 7S-f tCStfr6Jm&fc- "
'fZianin, Innln l 'rig- ll.O Cost of a Vault for
thoir olhcc; 51, dWU lu .discharge of a i lium
ordered to be paid l.y the last Ueneral As
sembly; and $t2,528 in )iurcliasc of bouds
nf the temporury lonn, and other bonds to
bo used in its pntiuent The nggrcg.ito ex
penditure was 1,141, fiSt, nnd a balance
was left in the treasury of (128,154.
It will be seen that II. e revenue provided l.y
is fur the piiymetil ot interest ou the publ-e
bt. not including the 1 euipotary iritau.was
flieii t for lhal pttrpn-u. The. .unoaht
'at wa about lU.ni'U Tirr-fusi ,
itvea., iu the tressiif?' a large sum helimging 1
tn the ii.hing Fund, derived irum the levy for
Ihe Ttrup.irary Liisu, but nut needed for il
psymeui mil il next March, il wa though. bt
ter to supply the tleticieut amount f.iHu that
source than 'to re-ort . the power to inip.He
additional levies, vested by tlia last (relief al
Asscltibly in the Auditor of HtaUr. , The pub .
lie ihlerest wus perhaps bt-sl cooaultrd ill this
action: l.ut il Involveel a dt'i.srture from lliat
pruvision of the Temporsry I.osn Act. whth.
requlrea th. r" es ol tne levies lor its' pay,
mi nt to bo absolutely tesaived from sll nilnr
a.pliriilion; aud it may well ba questioned
whether any advantage gamed by bucii oepkit-
uie ougl.1 io prevail t.ver the consioorsiions
which enioiu snicl ci.n.pliiihre with the law.
Il is obvious, however, that the . i.dd.iioiial
levies neci-ssarv to provide for the inierest, of
the debt should have lieen imposed by the tJ.-n-
erl AssernMy ilsi-if, fnl y eilvihed aa it Wa.,ns
lo ihe amount of interest ami lb inndtqiiecy
of I be provision niaiiu for- it. The repuiittll
My of the iiecesa-iiy laxaiiou should have btsru
assumed by th L-gi.-laiuro instead ef being
iniposejl upon the Auditor.
A tubular statement appended, to the
communication, and numbered 1, exposes at
one view the number of aoccs ot land on
the (irand List, their value, the value of
taxable town lots and chattels, th 3 savcr.tl
aggregates uf State, countv and lueul levios
and Ihe rates of levy .for State, purpon's in '
each of the last years. Il will be .iu that
the averago rate of taxation in the first half
ef that time exceeded corsidernbly that in
tbo lost half; while tho nsregato revenue
of the last half exeveded that of the first.
This result was produced by the larger av
erage basis of taxation in tlie' Inst period.
More than Ihe whole excess of levies wns for
school purposes and the payment or duhbj
contracted in the first period.
Another tubular statement; ntimbared II,
will show the yearly disbursement luf Lg.
islative, Judicial nn.l Kxeuutive expenses;
for the expenses of the Benevolent and Re
formatory Institutions, and on account of
the l'ublio Works, for three periods of four
years each ihe tint immediately preceding
and the to other immediately following
th adoption of the existing Constitution
It will beaeen, upon inspection ot - it, thit
the cxponae were largely increased alter
the adoption of the Constitution; - but that,
tbey have been considerably less during Ihe
third than during the aeon. I of these pee
riods. The averag yearly expenditure
from 1848 to l'J.54, wa 738,'775; from 1852
to lS'io inclusive, adding tn the appurvtii
amount the unautborisvd debt eontrneteil
withiq theee yisira and euliaequcntlv paid,
l,0'.5,8e4; fHini.lsWB to 185y jnolus'ivo. dii '
i
n
.fttuvc lrom.-atpporent -.nsBtstiui futyuient on,JJ
accountaol debts previously uotitructcd f
533 dollar. ; (g - .
When it in remembereil lhat dorr,,,' 0 i Stv "V .
period lha I'ublic Works have"f.; ,.i.e el.a Jc
upon the (ei,tH-al Keyt-uu.-; kj-ttvo-. new'iLdn
fnnuatory I i-sUlut loo huo,M ii brsn.c. .1 a
that larg add.. i.-n-h.tvsi.'b.-o to.. Ic lo ihe li-l.
of judies; that tttvysarnptitilVrV i rli.-e &.-. n
eresied; ihat f.-it i- --ton-, i f ti,. LeoovlitTiit
bav bi-eiK:)-.!!; lii.it '- no mis r of . aulerio. 'l
eapoeiallv ol judges and vllicor ou the Hoard
nf I'uliC W oi ks, have be.-n iitetea-ioil, aud that
other liew expemlll urn-have beou direettKl by
.the Iiegialsttirr, may iinot be liopiui that tho '" '
rtrs'.li i.l th.. m, tour yars '! i- accpt.ds
evideliee si b---t of a sinevre desire r"t end, a-
vor, osj rh part of the lf x-cet?ve , WV! et-to
peiloriu fdilhfnlly their ijotiea to ' i p, aj'lej
ltt-sid.-a ti avlvttucc fio.u ih." J -.s-urrfor
fepuira of the U.H-ki.fo Canal, h '.-.ulflia b.a
bert'Uiloru explained Ui ti. t.-,riHtal'ir.i. fad
will tag gt)lu explain- 1 In Una cot:- VOw
I"1", i asu n or . no r pei.it turea Iwyund
appropnalion anj no tl.-hi. lienor. ) u-j. hout
uiho(iiy.duii..g ihe last two unri.t'iHrMi
which lit eto'.arro tbe hnaucis, or oppress
the rowuoe of future yar. . . .
Terse '-f IUO S0V.lt inwn vour atia.,i.
'..iMavt.i-erv.ii,,,, uieaa lb Public ivuf the
flavodeacriptione; iho Reducible and the lr,e.
. , 1 . "P"'' b'sti f.uui cap
It.liSW; lb. latter represent. tl)l, p,wee.l. , f
bchool Land granted by CoegrtW The fur
mer m.y b. rvdsred by paym..t.i the la br
must cuutiau tu itinreas. a loag as the pr,u.
eee-1. of Kbool land, tmii (yinil
pledge ol aix per eeuL to the purpa, i,
th School Laud. w,e:g,Ja. ' '
.on unaer, Iheexistinu
is saiury, M3 ,or co
rablw Work, and (ftartk ,,,...' .,,,
policy of .id to Pi.1,1,-,. ia,.,.,,, ,, :
inihM.-tii.ii.iB t ibabiotik ol U.iiiw, v,,i ,. ',
Tun., Ik. Ct:iiiM, ma .atu-a,,,, v . u . t ,
;,! f !',"', "i"'l Kd'"'iw w.s -.,';.
fll OW dolls, ...J tb. 1,., , a, , 1
s-rout lb u um, the Ksducii.;, D.l.t ss, ,
aUy diu.tnl.hMl, .ntil lb. driaj0,iioft and dd" '
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