Evansville Journal, Volume 18, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 12 January 1867 — Page 2

TH E EVANSVJLLE DAILY JOURNAL, SATURDAY, J AN!) ARY 12, 1867.

DRY GOODS.

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Goods at Value. i ' " " . . - x: . I We have the most complete stock -of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, suited to the season, which we will sell off eheap until March. , We make no ridiculous pretensions by advertising articles ! cheap, and when customers call for them "are just out," or by I . . , .. . ... 5 j pretending to sell at cost cost to cusmmers, of course). Many goods ire, i ' ) i high enough at Eastern cost. i j

GOVERNOR OLIVER P. MORTON.1

DlUvrrt't.

January 11, 1862;

I With many thanks to our friends! and customers for the past very

LIBERAL

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new year" with a

patronage; we ,enter'the!

connaent nope of a

ntM&nce o the same, and promLej; and forty (340,240),

to Ljave nothing undone- to merit ki ZZl-lL

GV tbltrtf bfite SeaatdanJ Hoiite of

Ivpnwiitattces:

Throughout the year which 'has

jusrdrtliepeople ' of Indiana

have been greatly blessed. I he pes-

tilcjQuCviiich-deiolated -other parts of

the country, touched within. our holders but lightly, and did hot 'long Ire-

niajTJ,ana good neaim nas generally prevailed to an unusual degree. Although 'erne of our staple crops hasTallen short, causirig.loss and ein-

jbarrassment, to many, yet we have had great and almost - unexampled

prosperity. - ; ; Agriculture has been prosperous, commerce has nourished, manufac tures have been extended, public improvements of various kinds projected 'and successfully prosecuted. ; When we consider that the country has just emerged from a dreadful war in which our State bore a distinguished part, and suffered greatly in the Jioss of thousands of her best citizens, and -the withdrawal -from labor and business, of many thousands . more, he 'general 'prosperity 'and growth in population and wealth is as surpris

ing as it is grauiying. According, to the census of 1800, the population' of 'Indiana was one million , three hundred . and, fifty

Cihouind four, hundred and twenty-

eight U,o3o;. . t - By the enumeration, which has been made.'asH TttaYneii teo the Auditor of State, under an act o the iast Legis

lature, it -is shown that,-' in 1830, the

bt&re.jiSd" apopulatipn: of, Jhree hundred 'an.d,ft'rjy thousand. two hundred

white urales over

SCHAPKER, BISSIXG m

jnll

'47 and 49 Main Street

t.1 .vi in T 1 i- : I

t ! t '.y

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ity-one years, which

iiittbermukrp4ied feytheTatio trstniry

adapted .wula -grv p ppulaou-sof:!

ore --one -m u n on ' - se vtm h utl a re d thousand- The estimate will also be sustaineCby comparing the ngmegate vote of 1800 with that of lSob". and

shows ap increase of more than three hundredind fifty thousand in six 3'ears. AccorciHig to this ratio of increase, the State will have withi her borders inSTO more than two millious of people, which would be an increase of over forty-eight per cent? in ten years. It is .doubtful J whether any State in ..the v&ion is growing more rapidly n population, wealth; manufacturespublie" improvements, and the jreneral development 9f agricultural resources.-. This great result is owing in large; part to the high character which the State has acquired during the war. ) f w The large number of men she furnished to. the army of the Union, under, circumstances of great trial and difficulty, their uniform and, distinguished gallantry on every; battlefield, surpassed by the soldiers, of no other State, the great and continued liberality pf her people ,for sanitary

purposes ana to relieve 'tne distress growing qut of the war, and the faithful performance of all obligations of

., . . . i whatsoever kind in the miast of the j . '". ' ' '- great conflict, have commanded uniCARPENTER, . WHITE & BAKER, jiversal admiration, and directed the :'"' i attention- of the enterprising, and FraST 8T- Comtkb Stcamors bt.V those who- in every State are seeking

:.ior new nomes, to tne advantages presented to the labor and capital of the j immigrants

Igovernos baker 1 1 1 t S

1866. FALL TRADE.

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sent rate of - taxation for that purpose by the 1st of July, 1870. , 1 :Tbis shows the finan&al condition of the State to be better than at any former period in her hisfory, and pre-' sents the gratifying prospect that by 1870 . she will have ! taken up all her stocks and' be out , of debt, without adding -to ; the taxes which have' been already imposed. " ' ; . ' To avoid confusion of ideas it, must be borne n mind that the money and property of Whatever kind,' belonging to ' the old Sinking Tuhd, or held for the benefit of the SehooVFund, "and while Jso Jiiuch of the State debt as may be purchased by the Sinking Fund is thereby extinguished in so far as creditors and the public are concerned, yet it must, in another form, be kept alive for the benefit of the School Fund. The report of the State Auditor will be found to be an able and thorough document, giving a full exposition of the business affairs of the State. , '

In the above estimate of the indebtedness of the State I have omitted the internal improvement bonds, amounting to three hundred and fiftythree thousand dollars ($353,000). The Auditor, in hisyeport, following the example of his predecessors for more than twenty years, has put these bonds down as a part of the indebtednessof the State They belong to the old debt of the State UDon

which a compromise, was made in

1846, the holders of them failing' or

refusing to enter into or take , part in the compromise: Upon these bonds interest has not been paid for more than twenty-fivet years. The attitude of the State in regard to them is not

creditable and oua;ht:to he chans-ed.

1 ear by year the State by her account ;

ing officers publishes atwl. confesses to :

the world that they are a, part of -jher

uieoiuuness, out D3 ys no. interest on

Ihptn, which has now, accumulated to

and,:mhkes no offer," td,, pay the principal althou'a;h".it has loni ' been' due.

Jbe character of Indiana is to' 4hgh,

Tiua nerpositipn too . proua, to -allow her to 'occup'an attitude so e'(j'uivoc. It is not my purpose to ,eutf r. riito any dihcussfon "at this tjxa& ai to.,the Jegal and moral bbligMtion of 'the State", to

to pay any f these installments, their

lands can be offered for sale, and if

there are no cash bidders, sold on a creditof five years. J This may vdefer

a uuiieuiioii ui a pari, 01 lue money ior eleven years, - and as the State has abandoned the policy of lending money on mortgage security, it will be iaconvehient and unnecessary to keep

these claims outstanding so long, and

I therefore recommend that the law

be so chanced that when the ' mort

gaged lands are sold, they' be ' sold for

cash, and thus close up the transac tlou five years sooner.' : ' : SINKING FUND INVESTIGATION. ' . , 1 , . '

-at tne late special session a con

current resolution was adopted,-di

rectiug tne uovernor to appoint a

Committee of three persons to inves

tigate the management and operations of the Sinking Fund, and the manner

in which the money belonging to it had been invested or deposited. Governor Baker appointed on this Committee, Hon. E. XV. U. Ellis, Hon. John A. Mason and Major Thomas J. DeLallunt. The Committee met

and organized by the appointment of

Lharies if. Jacobs, HiSq., as Secretary, and proceeded to the investigation. Their report, accompanied with the evidence in the matter, is herewith submitted. - , ,

pay tne interest and principal of thes nnnfa tn -wVinln in t., -f n,U T A t

sire simply to say that if the State be-

ir At . t 1.

neves mat sne is not nound to

'.! EVANSVILLE, IND.J

XH I !'. -. .11?' if-- 1 offer by the Package or Pieca, Latest Xov elties In

FANCY

DRES'

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GOODS.

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BUbs, Merinos, Coburgs, Alpacas, Poplins DeLalnes, Beps, Ori-mtal Lusters, Ginghams, (Jhauabrays, Jaconets, Tape Cliecksaad Stripes, Nainsooks, - Swiss Mulls, Bishop Uwds, Victoria do., French Cloths, Fancy Cassimeres, Doe Skins, Kentucky Jean, Tweeds, Satinets, Double-and-Twi tCassimeres Taby. Velvets, Irish Linens, Table Linens, Linen llnndkerehieXs, Toilet Quilts, Veil Bareges, checks, I 'si': I j-.Stripes, . : flJu-!'- 1 Ticks. ' "

B A 1ltt o n A Ii S It 1 it s. noop-SKim AND C0USKTS f onr own manufacture, and warrantc-1.

Not lo ns Motions! W have the lergest stock of Fancy Goods to be fou- d in the city, and will sell as cheap, or cheaper, than any house in ih West. . .

CLOAKS AND SHAWLS. j'-HOODS NUBIAS, AND " -d BKEAKFAST SHAWL.V, a large pt-ck, and at iowet-t prices. The attention of the trade is invited to examine onr Mock and prices before making their purchases. We wil. not be un

dersoil!. - CARPENTER, WHITE A. BAKER. novlCdtf. 1 i -1 i . ' WEED & GLASS,

Main Street, between Seventh and Eighth

EVANS VI LLE, IND.,

jEALFRS IN I)KY GOODS. BOOTH

ac-

-..

! I was ab.-ent from the State on

count of ill health, from the 16th !tlay of November, 1SG5 until the ljth dav

of Aprils ISA during which period the duties of the officn nndpr thn

Poifetitatioh rWrre jt'erformfcd by Gov-'

emor iaken n 1 he. great rability and fidelity to the interests of .the State which distinguished the administration of Governor' Baker; commanded the general approval of . the people, and makes a public acknowledgement on my part proper as well as a great pleasure. ; The duties which devolved upon him were of an important character.; and were so well and faithfully discharged as to be satisfactory to all.

! THE. PUBLIC DEBT OV THK tsTATR. ; The public debt of the State outstanding in the hands of creditors to be provided for is as follows: Five per cent, stocks !?,829,n3fV.'V5 Two and a half percent, stoclis.. 1,1!U.C,)1 65

' Total amount of stocks.-.. .5,02l,(27 !)8 War Loan Bonds :ii,00() 00 Vincennes University Bonds... U6,.S5 oo

and Hhoes. Hats

, OPERA R e sTt a u r a n t WHITTIN6T0S St EXE - - Proprietors, ICtJST. ST., BETWKEit TIRSf AWP SECOJlb. T'i1 P"PR1KTRS II AVE ; FIT. .ted np this spacious stnbliKhment In the most elegant manner, and will Drenar on short notice, and inCrno dSS manner, meals to order at tall hodrs of the jh,y or night comprising all toe delicacTes' this or any ot her market aftords 'cs A special dining room and private parlor has been elaborately fitted np for the ladies, which may be reached directly from IhM at.rttAt.

Orders from j fawlllof and private parties

proaapUr fliled.

i Total Public Debt V8,ia WS The - Auditor estimates that the State Debt Sinking Fund tax forlSGfi will, oil the 1st day of July next, furnish nine hundred thousand dollars ($000,000), and that enough can be

drawn from the General Fund in the Treasury at that time and added to this amount, to redeem all the outstanding : two-and-a-half per cent, stocks, which will leave outstanding in the hands of creditors, to be provided for otherwise, four millions, two hundred and five thousand, five hundred and twenty-one dollars, and thirty-three cents ($4,205,521 'i . The a;-sets of the Sinking Fund, in-; dependent of State stocks and bonds, which, by the law, of last winter, arc to be applied to the payment of the State debt, may be safely estimated at one ,;million . dollars ($1,000,000), of which amount five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) can be made available by the 1st of J uly," 1870, and whichJ,if .properly applied, would lea"ve the baonce of the debt 16 fye provided 'for andbal'd bv taxations three ''VmfKv.n

seven hundred and five thousand, five hundred and twenty-one dollars, and thirty-three cents ($3,705,521 3"$), which it is estimated by the Auditor will be fully accomplished at the pre-

mem ana aoes notintend to do so, she should through the - Legislature promptly declare that fact to the world, aud have them stricken from the books of the Auditor. If, on the other hand, she holds herself bound to pay tbe whole or any part, she cannot honorably longer delay to take actioq for that purpose, as her ability to pay cannot be denied. STATE DEBT SINKING FUND.' In pursuance of the provisions of an act passed at the late special session of the Legislature, creating a State Debt ginkmg Fund, for the payment of, the State debt, and abolisning the Board of Sinking Fund Commission

ers and all omce3 connected therewith, the Auditor, Treasurer and Agent of State, acting as the State Debt Sinking Fund Board, have purchased in the market four hundred and sixty thousand thirty-six dollars and ninety-one tents of the certificates of Stock, bearing interest at the rate 0Ltoaid.,.aJialf. per,. cent.,, which i they have caused to be cancelled,, -

i -Ihe. -Board- of- Sinking Fund Commissioners, by virtue of an act passed also at the late extra session, directiag them to investany moneys belonging.:, to the Fund in Indiana State Bonds or Stocks, have, purchased Stocks and Bonds to' the amount of

seven hundred and njne thousand and twenty-four dollars and eighty-five cent:-. . "The Auditor of State and the Agent of State in , their reports - point out several material defects, inthe first of the above mentioned "acts 'which require legislative remedy, In addition to those pointed out by these officers, I will call your attention to another. The seventh section of " the act abolishes the Board of Sinking Fund

Commissioners on the 20th day of January, 1807, and directs that all the property, of whatever- kind, both real and personal, belonging to . said Fund, together with the books and papers, be surrendered and turned over to the Auditor. The annual sale of Sinking Fund Lands took

place on the 11th day of December, 180G, and by the. terms of the law, deeds are to be made to the purchasers of such lands as are not redeemed at the expiration of sixty days , from that time, which will be in February, at which time the Board of Sinking Fuud Commissioners having ceased to exist, there will be no officer having authority to execute the conveyances. It will therefore be necessary to empower some officer or officers to execute the deeds and perfect the contract, with the purchasers. m The act is further defective in failing to give the Auditor authority to collect the monev upon the Bonds and Mortgnges filling due, which are

to oe placed in his hands by theSiuk-

-inirrunu. bv selling the mnrtir.,o-l

... . o " - o"--lands. ueh authority should be directly conferred, and he, or other proper

onicers, snouid be empowered to execute cr nveyauces to the purchasers. As the law, now stands, after the 20th of January, 1807, there will be no officer authorized to v sell the

mortgaged lands, or make deeds to i

The borrowers from the Sinking Fund on mortgage security, have, by special enactment, had their loans extended for five years from 18G8, by paying the amount due in equal annual installments. Upon their failure

ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. ' The office of Adjutant General has been well and ably administered by General Terrell. The report which he is publishing will consist of seve V large volumes, of which six have been already issued, and will be invaluable as a' histofy of the officers! and soldiers of Indiana during the late. re

bellion. It is" intended . to aive -the

name and military liistorv. nf everv

officer and , soldier who 'went in.to;the

army rom this .Mate,-, anitfms finish a public record of thi, evv.i.v :

and honorable,. . discharge j bf.: eyeiy good soldier, 'and fix the status' oi every deserter and of every man who was dismissed or punished for cowardice or a crime'. The value of .j.'. the . T records will I in

crease-with years; and will be held sal cred by coming generations to iwhrtm

ii. wijiptrijei.umB me nonoraoie aeeis of their ancestors l and it . is to be regretted that the , Jegislature did- nt

maKe provision, to have the work stereotyped aud the elates nurehased

and held by the; State. Fcom thoso

who - have compared it with -the re

ports from other States, I am assured

that it will be found to be more com

plete in its information and perfect in

its arrangement than anv simila

work, and General Terrell is certain

ly entitled to great credit for the

ability, care and industry displayed in

its preparation.

QUARTERMASTER GENERALS DEPART -

." ' went. " y

The State received from the Gener-,

al (jrovernment at various times dur

ing the war, for the use of the Indi

ana .Legion (4l,52) forty-one thou

sand nva hundred and seventy-two pieces of small arms, and twenty-one

pieces oi artillery, with carriages,

caissons and equipments, all of which were charged to the State, and required to be accounted for.

The report of the State Quarterl ; . I '. 1 0 - t

masier, ueuerai otone, snows that (41,212) forty-one thousand two hundred and twelve guns have been returned "to the .proper United States ordnance' officers at this point, and (530) five hundred, and, tnirty guns lost and destroyed in the service have

been accounted for . by ' the proper affidavits, making a total . 'of (41,742) forty-one thousand seven hundred and forty-two guns accounted for to the General, Government, and that all the artillery, caissons, and equipments have been returned. This leaves the State clear of all liahility on the score of arms for the use of the militia, and the account has" been closed," which is a most desirable result." : Gen. Stone's report is' lengthyand gives a comprehensive statement of the operations of the Quartermaster's Department from the time of his appointment. The Department has been a large and cumbrous ; machine, but !

has been managed with crreat fidelity.

ability and success, for which General

Stone is well entitled to the thanks of

the fetate. 11 is position has been one of great responsibility and labor, and

its duties have been performed to my entire satisfaction. Your attention is

specially invited to the interesting de tails in, his report.

ability for the correct and rapid dis- L Refuge, and has been attelJfvlth a patch of business, as a secretary, is , success which it would be hard to"bewithout a superior, and' his: accui'ato I Heve, was it not attested by indubitarecol lection of names, dates, and mi- l ,hlo vidcoee? 'i'U.'K; nute circumstances connected with' Birnabas ,C. Llobbfi and Charles F. the prganizatjon of the armyj ren- ; Coffin, distinsnirshed' members of the dered his services most valuablq, lur j Society of Frieuds, have, bestowed

relations have been most agreeable, I much attention . and laboruppn the and it affords me pleasure to make'' subjecv fend - have'ldre'd " to-'tne this public acknowledgment. ; j valuable irfe6mmunication8--, vThich I

j .. MILITARY AGENCIES. ;'v : ;..!-,Th.et military- agencies' 'id 'this city and in Washington for the prosecution and -collection, free of charge; of bounties, back pay and pensions, due to soldiers and soldiers' widows and orphans, have been kept in operation, and have transacted a large amount of business and rendered great service to those who are poorly able to pay for it. The report of William Hannaman, Esq., gives a full statement of the transaction of the two agencies, and contains matter and suggestions of much interest and importance. - In my opinion the agencies ought to be maintained and their sphere of usefullness enlarged by appropriate

legislation. BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION'S. The general management of the In stitutions for the Blind and Deaf and Dumb, and the Asylum for the-Insane has been satisfactory, and 'I believe that the Board of Trustees and the

several superintendents have labored

to conduct them tinon sound and (ton.

nomical principles. At the last, session of the General. Assembly an act

herewith lay before you, together with reports and documeuts settine forth

; tli ft oharil'er'find operatiw of -the Reform .SxihooUfJS'ew.-tVijk, Ohio and Illinois.' - rCnt, As the subject is .one of no ordinary masruituile. and requires f.ir Lis full understanding mucfr thought and investigation, and as the system you may adopt will be intended not for a year only, but for all time, and should ' be wisely considered, I recommend that Committees be, appointed at an early day, with full powers to investigate the subject and report a plan, if possible, for your consideration and action at the present session. . . . , . , SUPREME COURT. I deem it my duty to direct your attention to the fact that no provision has been made for the accommodation of the Supreme Court. The State House does not afford sufficient room at any time, and during the sessions of the Legislature none of the Judges can occupy , rooms there for chambers. The large . and increasinz business of

C the? Court' cannot be promptly dis- ; posed of unless thoJudVe.s have com-

lortaoie chambers., with

i tlPh doming the ,en argement -access tojthe.law library, and the judiot the Insane Asylum for , the recep- cial record , -, tl0n ntLcare ,of the 'incurable in- The importance and disuity of the sane. 1 he constructioit of the hnild-I pvf i. m.i.- -...i

mgs ban . been commpuced, but further dj.toh'.ofits-bus'neisnd a Woper annronriat'ona will V.n m,-, rl f,,. tv. ..'n i. .i .'. -. .

--j r.--t-- .---;""" v- i-;5U!i4ui i rtqtnra ijpt :rne i xinmrorv 'a tin con.-

enlarffRiiipnt. :in,- ad

ltyJor (liw vtniieiice- 'of sthei JurfffCH.'Toqnire' thftt catinqti; be ; the,Conrb roftmi,!:r !eTk'H office, law li-iaeara-vrnry. and tfcei ehambev should l.s

ana. acditionioa

... ,n 04.' .Many cQs,V ! the.

? V cPfVW-W i .situated . adjacent ieh othtr.' - It loyge. WUere the.patimU a-ift VvithoAt '; is pot becoming or exc usably that'the

ili I' V: ' - , al. t( juoiu-Jal deprirtittent. - Hn th I ertver;i-

uiAu-are, oi uiem aiio, jvtit are.ttf a;: iucnt sh'a'd:' h

c.j.uac-rcr so ma,ae - if

vi, ic ior tnciu .in.

Houses, and i'oiulvv

the n

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u.iri'.-.uit to ?rot

.he Ci.'utiiy.-J't'ijj-it liiiportautfthat Uid be .cnmriieiKd

Mit'de'av. : ' i.j v

'i'lic general effiiileucy and sness ol't !ii.')LieijL!vo!cnUiil.-;ry utidns- tf I aa are? cred it We to4iie -intHfj:ehe aud humauity of herpeople.

&vAh& ah1 jelt-to '

tlul't-ii'k'tic ilrritlo-a,i tmUtafioivJ pri-d-'tor'fi.!i '-a'onvenieiie nece.s. .-ary tn tliu -peody ari l cOr.i'fVirtabld pei'ivriuaiicfd of ' rt ilufies.'' h,; hnum f. r A'rto n ' - ,i it i A'biino s m f.st , At thd: Spocial Sviun v('.ti Gener.il -V fiiiS jV In" i Q;r: a a' ,ci ' wcs. pa'-'Tl diri'riiig. that an e!!uii!'jrati?u of 'the Vh(t.'!''ii,ie iahuh;tavi.ovcr.

iwcniy-nne years or nee, be made lu

1 he reports of the Boards of Trus- I p ir-li rmmtv in tl,rS .ti

tees and the ardens of the Northern j fn? ruls iind fecralationi therefor. , aud Southern Prisons; and other in-I . T!u wumcrnrion has been made" foriiiati'oii i havo received; show that and properly rcturnel to the Auditor tho lrisons have been well and of State, who has cau,ed it to bepubeconomically conducted.: A fire oc-': lislwd , . i . .

We. southern . I'nson -m , .Summer, by v, hich considerable damage . was done, and a number ,of convicts thrown out of employment. As they could not agaiu be returned, to labor until the damages had beeu repaired, for which there was no appropriation, I took the responsibility of urging the State Treasure Hon. John I. Morrison, to. pay from .the Treasury the necessary amount to make ; the re pairs, which he did: and . I -now ask

this General Assembly to approve his

conduct. It was done to prevent a

considerable loss to the state m, the way of convict labor.

The Report of the Board of Trus

tees of the Northern Prison states that the sum of sixty-three thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two dollars, and seventy-six cents, will be necessary to

complete the construction of ,'. that Prison, and for deficiencies on account of work, and materials alreadv fur

nished, eighty-seven thousand, nine hundred and twentv-nine dnll.-ir ' nml

forty-three cents, for which amounts'

an 'appropriation is asked,v'and 'to which your - attention : is specially' di-

PAYMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT.

The report of Major Stearns Fisher,

i-auiasier oi me xnaiana Legion,

snows that auout utty, thousand men have received pay for military service

in repelling rebel raids and guarding

against invasion. ; The whole amount' of money di

uurseu uy mm ior military service amounts to five hundred and sixty-six thousand, three hundred and ninety

aonars, ana iwenty-eight cents (ubti,o00 28). I'here still remains unnaid

claims allowed by the Auditing Com

mittee amounting to over thirty-three .t lilt . .

tnousanu dollars, which are being paid as fast as presented. And there are

also claims, apparently just, amounting to twenty-live or thirty thousand dollars, which have been presented since the Auditing Committee was abolished, but can not be paid until an appropriation is made for that purpose. Although the amount of money disbursed is not very large, comparatively,' yet it has been paid out in small sums and the bnsinpss h:is been mm.

rplex, involving a great number of, ao.

counts, aud has been ably and faith,.

iuny periormed py Jiajor r isner, COLONEL WM. H. SCHLATER. Colonel Wm. II. Schlater has acted as my Military Secretary, except during the time that he was in the field, from the beginning of the war. His

rected

, , I . i - I j ' ; - . i ; . . ' ! UAftDTI . r, T, nT.T-. IT.

The second section of the ninth ar

ticle of the Constitution reads as fol-

." The General Assemblv-shall iro-

vide Houses of Refuge for the refor

mation and. correction of iuvenile of

fenders."

This Constitutional provision adoptd in 1851, and which is plainly man-

datory in its character up to this t;m

remains wholly unexecuted. The necessity for such institutions is admitted by all who are at all familiar with the administration of the law, and I believe that a strong public sentiment demands that the legislative consideration of the subject shall not be longer postponed. Wo have no punishment now for the juvenile offenders ' but . the common jail and the penitentiary,; neither of which exert'0 a reformatory influence upon the youthful mind; and during my six years experience as' the Executive. of the State, I have often been constrained to pardon the youthful criminal because I felt that to incarcerate him in the. penitentiary, would be to consign him to a life of degradation and crime. Humanity,

justice, and the plainest principles of

public policy, demand that the juvenile offender shall not be treated like the mature and hardened criminal, and placed in the society of felons; but that an effort shall be made while he is yet in tender years, to reclaim him from vice and train

him to a life of usefulness and re- i

spec lability. The " House of Refuge." as it has

Section 5, article 4. of the Constitution of the State declares that: " The

number of Senators aud Itopresentatives shall, at the sesion next following the period of making such enumeration be fixed by law, and apportioned among the several counties according to the number of white, male inhabitants above twenty-ona yonrs of age in each." ' ' This provision is positive and mandatory in its c aracter, and requires this General Assembly to apportion Senators and Representatives among ' the several counties in the State, according to the number of white male, inhabitants' above', twenty-due years of nee in each. ! ' . ' . The State for full, six years has been without a' law apportioning Senators . and,' Representatives in the several counties. During that time members of the' General Assembly have been elected by common consent, and from necessity, npnn the basi of the old 1 law. - - ".. ''.., '- : ! .While these elections are1 without ; authority of . law, but from necessity must be received as' legal, the basia Tliafift' Kv tllA.-Alii annnrtinnmpnl Kaa

. ' I by lapse of time and changes of popuv

i i. ii mil ueeinne grossly inequitaoie. ' Therelativc ptjjHiJation of counties' : ,f and ? Senatorial i and llepresentative i Districts has in many case become so ;' greatly altered a to ; conflict utterly , with the theory of representation pre- ' , scribed by the Constitution. ' !As the renernl Asseni!!y is now in possession of (he 'propT data upon ; which to m.ike an ::pjfrtknmont, I : tnit thiit duty will bis fully p -ii n:ir;d ' r-before y".ir tina! adjournment, f KCIsTRY i,W. ' i The purity of the b.-ii.ioi )n .'.-essential to the niaiiitenance of free inJ stitutions. In s far as it is corrupt-

e-l, it not only fails to exj-ress the will of the people but defeat ? their will, and places tiie political aud civil Eower in 'th? hariJs f. fraudulent' olders. If we would have the de-

of the ballot-box rc,-pected.

cisions

and the voice of the majority peace

fully obeyed, it must be by making our elections an honc.-t exposition of the' people's will, an exposition so. fairly and eertaiij'v made as to leave in the public mind no want of. confi

dence in its integrity. IJut upoa , (that subject I need not enlarge, as . there is not a member of this Gener-, al Assembly who does not fully comprehend its vital importance, and I will proceed at once to the consideration of the evil for which, if possible, a remedy should bo found. It is a notorious fact that under our election laws, men go to the polls and vct( who have not the right to vote anywhere that meu vote in precincta and townships where they do not re- , side, and often vote several times the

long existed in many of the older ; same day, at different places, and .. States, is a vast improvement upon ' sometimes at the same place.

the jail and the penitentiary, but The oath which is pre.-cribed by within, the last few vears. great pro- - law to be administered to persona

gress hits been:made in elevating the J, whose votes are challenged, has, been

system, and resu ts have been ob- round practically to furnish but little

tained in the reform and education of security against fraudulent voting.

juvenile offenders that are truly won- ; The statute provides that, if taken,

dertul. : it shall be conclusive as to the right

The introduction of the "Reform of the person to vote. aud no other

School " is, in many respects, a great evidence shall be received to impeack

improvement upon the old House ot its truth.