The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 28, 1857 Page: 1 of 4
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-^TflOV. PRASK'S MES8AGK,
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ami Homm oj UrpmetUaiioet:
The plcaanro cxpirieuood 10 m.-ouog you on
|U4 ooouiou • is somewhat alloyed by the fao
,|,*t our nsual prosperity ha* been interrupted,
* • jpn,,) tcciions < ■ 'be State, duriug ibe pas.
W years, by * failure of crops c«u -d by a
droutk unexampie I in tbe auuals of the conn-
,j— We uave however, abun laut oust for
(2) r«tuUti"u> is tb« U.unttful supply with
tbich tber sections have been favored, the re-
*ark*ble health that baa datinguirhed the fast
the continued inoresso of our p.juls-
lj.,u and l'iu n,P"' «*HD iou of our settlement*
Jbese btes#inga should fill our hearts with de
rout gratitude to ibnt Omuip>tent Beiu« wh wo
power and g wdnetw have been ao remarkably
ynifeateA m our pa^t history
Muuy oautes combine to render ynur pre*
0,1 session una of unusual interest. You hare
tumbled ttt a peri.si when a lu portion of
the IJntou a laboring under financial ctnbsr
n^Biciiti, that bavo su'idouly depreciated the
r*!uu of every description of property,and sua-
pnnled/ for u aeaaoo, tbe operation., of almost
jtoiy branch t-f industry; the cause of these
IBtbarta *aieiits may bo traced to the rapid in-
gnwsc of banki, that baa taken place during
the 1 *< 'vW >'e r4 uf unusual prosperity, whose
improvident i.-muc.n of paper currency have led
lo reck lean speculation, autl an extension of
credit beyoud the rcatso.iuble demands of buai
aewi
Onr Stale in but slightly affected by lbene
eaUtnitift*. and that we have, in u gre^t degree,
ctcapeil theni, ia owing to tbe iact, that utidet
onr pr"hil>il< ry legi-lnMoti, no papei currc-uuy
|l a ever been able to obtuiu a general circula-
tion among U*.
It W to be bopoU that the pre cut Gnu clal
Cii i ud tlto cuuacn that have produced it,
till oot bn diaro(,ard< d by tho o who fro acek-
iog toehatige our policy in r«gur« to Hanking
io giving you a statement of ttio ctmSutjun.
o( our flunnecB, it is gralit|ing to Uo able to
Mmio'inicaic, that thcte ha-, been a wry oon-
iHlftable increase iu the value of mr laxuble
property during tnc past two years, though not
mi great as at p<iun: former periods. The total
ttluiati' n of tbc asat'sanibat for tho ye r '850,
,11. $101.11)4,470 00, xvlaivb p inluced all ail
wltirrm tax of ^ 4'JIW)(i KS.'1 Tho poll tax for
that year produced $2'^,179 00, and the tax
up..o f.ceupalions and saleauf merchandise 8-0,-
US7UI. making the entire tax, lor that year,
amount to about $'204,2111 70, u bi b was an
ition-ano of neatly eight per cent over that for
1*55.
Tic not revenue derived from thin tax, after
dtlu-tuij.' tbe uxpenaea (or auteasing and col-
Ittlii.).', wbieb amounted to about fourteen per
mo; , slid tli" leu |>er eent. set apart by tbe
Constitution^ tor schools, Was $220/280 53
Tbe 'otal valuation for tbo yeir 1857, was
1183,AO 1.2(16, winch produced an valorem
Uii ol $27(1,0(11 51 The poll tax fW the year
proiluci 'l 824,225 00, and tbo tax up >n ihscu
piUoui* and sales of m'Tcbandisc, 82(1,5})(I !14,
uukiag iho entire tax, for tbe yuar,amounts lo
■fwar $327,002 8tt, showiug an increase of
abxit eleven per ccnt over that for 1850.
Tbc not rewnue producoi) by this tax,after
4^u''ting tbo expenses for assowing and col-
Iwinij; and the v..s u per C-uU appropriatgd by
the t'onsiiiulion for scbook, was about $266,-
044 05
S.'Oo- of these figures tuay lie slightly cbaug-
t<l tiv i be official re porta, which are not yot
Cnni| I'-'r-l
I: mil be seen tl at tho not revenue from
Umti. 'i, for the two yctirs of '1850 and 1867,
about 848-1,;j}(3 58, wbich is about tbe
ntn: ns the appropriations for tne ordinary ex-
pens«, of tlu government for those yearn, in-
eliding t c amounts appropriated for tie sup-
p rt <1 the Irsatle Asylum, tbe Institutions fur
ik_ f.liieHtion of ihe Blind,the Deaf and Dumb,
nJ f ir the 1'eni cntiary.
On thu llfst ila.1 uf tbe present mouth, tbe
in the Slate Tieaaury, exclusive of the
V . " " 4 amounted to $1,28U,0(K)00; but
Ol tl I Hi l-l 111 lllMlii, I 7ll i i All iiit L ' . .
MO.OOO 00 are tobjuot to
K*' of appropriatioua
re mudc, *o tbat tue \r •
, , . . „ oauuee in
isur.v, applieab'o to future up p,,,
CL ARKS V11LE, ER COBtTf TEXAS,
i in
*e,lion of tbc Suto
bsHrswn for lb
here: • f. .f
tbe T.eaRur
liuoc, is only ubont 8700,00000
Tl.e ordinary expeiiHes of the government^
c*uriny tbe uext two years, will be cooai<leru-
b.y innre 'ban they were for tho twopaat yeais.
Several tu w Judicial Districts will have ro be
ffi'li'bl fur llm ncciimuimlatioii Xk« newly m.
tabli be.l trot tier count,o*; and certain costs iu
crtia;i ul r.r' 4i'eutioiiR, which under the piovi*
i'.nsof the C.wK' of Otminal I'rooeduro, are to
be .viirl b^ ihe Srate, to clerks and sheriffs,
•: 1 have t > he |>i-.ivtd«*tl for
Tbe probable ti'iiount thai will be required
to mooI tim oiiliuary ex|«'r ses of tho gOVCfO-
aient, during tin next two years,is about $540,-
D00 (HI Tint funds tew in iho treasury wi'l
b« sufTt- ieiYt to pny thew cip'-n •« , tiid all ex-
triifir.litniry nppropri .lions that should l>e tnsde
41 the ptuseni «; bnf if wc rcfy on those
Iniids alore, and ruLase to the eouoties tbe
taxe« of tbe ensuing two years, as we have
'b" e nf the last six, wh shall find onrsclwi*
*i'li on oxhaust d Treasury, durlne the suo
ceding t vojrears of 1800 ani* 1801: for qone
°f the taxes of 1800 wi'l be received into thu'
Tr^a-ury until near tbo middle of the *a f
1801
It has, therefore, bcoomc a matter of noeoM-
ity that we ohall now abaodon tbat practice.
Should wo hereafter retain tbo taxes for the
Are of tb«. State, the ad valorem t * tnaj «*fS-
ly reduced, from the present rate of' flffen of*.
t" <cn cents on ibe 8100, and tbe poll tax from
'J forty cents. It is true, that with I his
junction, they wiM not produce a revenu- s«f-
ent to nieet tbe ordinary oxpenae* of ibe
ye rs 1858 and 1859, but whatever deficiency
'k r* m«y be, can Int supplied fmx tbe funds
the Treasury, and long before these
be exhausted in paying su«b defi
wetcieg, an.) tho extranrdtniry nppmpristions
* ■ *' w'" b ^ rcijuired, tho iptresacd value of
'nr tix^ble property will prodaoe, ai tbrW-
u' rates, an ampl revenue to Met all our
*nt*.
A Thorough investigation of this subject has
™ 14fio<:, tbat tilts twlnetiou may be n*At
nv°'^|f ** still "have ample means to
;" all appropriations here cacotnmondod, and
*'< tbers that justice and sound discretion may
■•''t -te t3F , .. T7:,'
ed, w«r t R9^ttl 41 of ten per ant bonds •'
sued ,o Sauiael Swanwww awl othem, for a
loan obtained fiom them during the Bra w«r
of our revolution, #65;^08 J3 in the first bUo
of nr mwao-y note, male by the Krpnklie.
and 7' 1 %h* l r.
.r^j^ ton per ccnt bonds uuedto
the Dinted Seatea bank, fur a loan obta:ned iu
the tear 1839; the first two of ahich were
clas iftial and acknowledged at their oateliaih «
value, and the last at etghty-Mvea eent« and
forty five-bundredths of . oent am each dalhr
o. its o.ieasiblo The holders of «he e
debu r eeived under the sot of Cnnflre.s, be
fore refcried to, only aaf«ntf< i« eaots and
ninc-iecths of a oent on eacb dollar of thvir oa-
tensib'o value,and there is still justly duu thorn
the aifferenoc between what they ao received,
and what ti.o State actn< «Nnd U) be due
thorn, which omounu to 8123,217 69. Ybeso
d«bt were among tbe most meritorious tbat
were owing by the Kepublio, and ihey are tbo
only cnoe that havo not been paid at as hi« h &
iate as they wero acknowlc >ged. The holders
of the** debu were always wil'ing io aooode Ui
tbo terms of payment propmed by Texas, but
owing to the refusal of tbc other creditor* to v.
cede to those term-;, tboy coufd not bo paid.— ,
When our Legislature accepted tbe act of Con- '
gross, before refer/ed to, the holders of tbwe
doble, acting on the principle that had pieri-
ously governed them, of throwing no ol>st eles
in tbo way to prevent us from setting tbo whole
debt as we thought proper; readily acceded b
it, received thoir pro rata, although mueb les«
than we had aokn .wlodjed to bo due thousand
signed releases.
When this matter was before Con reaa, it
was objectel to the bill, that those creditor*
would not receive as much under t< provisions,
as Texas had acknow.edged to bet due them,
and to obviate tlua objection, thai provtsioi
"'as insortod, by wbijli thu Uuit^id Slates woie
to lul'uud to us tho ajiuuut we had already paid
un - portion of tho debt, which u was «upp «-
ed would bo sufficient to ouabio us to make up
t.. these creditors nbat they would lose by ao •
ccpting the pro iaiu payment propo .il
We have received under t but provision the
sum *if 8208,005 35, which is more .ban dou
ble tie amount due to these cro itora.
This w'jolo subject wus fully MtlvaMed b)
the last Legislature, when tbe act of 'Jongrcss
was accepted, and a bill for the paymaol ut
these deb s paused the Senate ana received u
very considerable majority in the House of
lieprcsentativos, but it failed to become a law,
owing to a decision of ihor]fouaf in op^ositi m
to ibo opinion of tbo Speaker, that it required
a vote of two-third* to pasa suub a law TbU
decision was based upon tbe mistaken ground
hai, us the holders of tboae debts haii signed
releases, whet; Ihey receive their pro rata pay-
ment under tbe ajt of Cougress, their claims
were extinguished, and any further payment to
tbem was a gratuity which could only be made
by a two third v-.ts.
Whatever may be said in regard to tbe re-
leases signed by these parties, the ftcts art) un-
deniable, tbat we, by our legialation have ac-
knowledged their debts lo be justly due, that
they have nevor been paid, that tbo aituation
of these creditor* compel.ed them to sign those
releases in order to obtain from the Uoitad
Ststen Bflyjjertion of thoif debu, and that ev-
ery other creditor of th* .Kepublio, whoso debt
was scoured by a pledge of the impost duties,
has been paid the full amount that thi) State
acknowledged to be due hiiu.
I bavo be u thus minute in detailing the cir-
cumstances in relation to these claims, in order
tbat the suljvct may be properly understood,
f r I feol tbat the hunor and tbe repuu ion of
our State lequire that they abould be ptid.
The teports of tbc State Treasurer, as l",x
Officio Superintendent of Common Schools, for
the years 186(1 and 1867, ahow that tbo princi-
pal of our School Fund bas boon iucrcui-cd to
ab ut two million* and two hundred thousand
dollar), under tbe provision* of two laws of th-
last toaaion, by which the ten per cent, of our
annuel revenue-wet apart by the T%nstitution
tor seboola, aud the proceeds of the sales of uli
publiu lands within thu limits of tk* Mississip-
pi and I'e-'ifie railroad reserve, are ftttnuaiiy ad-
ded to tbiB fund.
Should these judicious proviaionaremain un-
disturbed, and a similar law bu enacted lor the
sulo >( our public lac is in other parte of the
State, tbo proceeds to In' added to his fund, ii
will hereafter be increased ovtjr a bundled th m-
g JMt d lUlftnarh jtmr—
The number of scholar* rofortod for the year
was 72,820, aud the aiu mut disbursud
1 for f>om the income of tho fuad, was
8101,588 0%, hemg about one dollar and Ibitty
t ight cen'M for
The number repot tea .-,.1857 v*qaboat 87,-
000, and tbe amount disburioa-<r4m the in-
come of the fand was 8100,000, being «s.)U(
one dollar and twctitj-nue cents fot tacU sdiot
tare reedy tar mm, «mier
I transmit, berowt'l-.thennwu of the Triu
t*«# *ba Superlutendeuts of the luatitauons fur.
th K location of the ttli id; and of th« Dear
and bomb The atnall cnuuat appropria ion*
of Ave thousand dollars, nikde by the I -at bt<>i*
htnre for eecb of the* iMtitutlona haf« been
anffieieut to ut tkrem in operation, and to aup-
p. rt iboiu dutuig tbe year Many diSc«l<ha
have beeu .ocouniorodby the Tnastroa m «. .
men ting and putiiim^M^o tosti-uuoae into«ee>
ceseful "pen.ii n,aod great credit is due o theni
for havint( «o ,ii 'uiiere iroly givcu thar time
* d latior wl'h.^it oom^enaatioa, to the aovom-
pli>buie i orthine banevolen- enterpnioa
1 He ettucatlon of theau ttifo tuunie e a*ae* of
«Ur p.ipularien la no mBg.>r an experiment iu
this State. The former instltutlo.i Lad on the
lst.it O tobe hut, icvcn pupll*, aad th<> |jt-
ter eK vi.ii, all of whom, under the judinlous
UMUigumuQ. a \d instru*H on of tho sup-tinu'ti-
detits and .esohefs, tuve made rapid pro*v*aa,
hi the acquisition of ku wledge, ihat has open-
ed to their minds tho «'ivine truths of religion,
;tveu tbom h capacity for vh# enjoymon; i t life,
; th y could not otherwise bate obtaiued, and
I will lit ibein liureafter to become useful uiem
s of scciity
Few ettablijstimeuts of the kind havo been as
«uoce f l iu tbo ilmt year of their orgauirutiou,
and tliis is Ut be ason >ed ui the aMiduous at.d
well dirvo ed Ubors yif lbe Trusiee*, and their
good fortune iu having eeorcid (he services of
luperin.eudcutii, who a:o well qualified and ad-
mirably adapted, Ir m their education, disposi-
tion and habits, lo tho dutus they bavo un'tvr-
taken
Huildiugs ha-.n been leased iu the vicinity of
this city, for tho temporary iae of tbest 'iutii
tuuous, and I ieeouiiuet d that provision be
oiaile fur titr parvh, r of Mb*, end tb« cree
ti ui of perm ..i-'iii huibtillgs The supg I'ttous
ami roi'-itiuio u i .ti n> coutaiui ij in ihcsi report*,
nre comma' d'ptl io your consideration, wrilt full
teofidMwti llrnt y'U^will not fail fo foster and
eueourtge nlisi h is so w>|| b gno.
Some debiv oCrurreil in Ihe selection, of a
site lor h liiimiiie Anj'lnrt, in neoor.luiUHi w ith
the provurtiitts trt n law n the beet hc^IiUttllS'.
owiug Ui the host, that one of the (knuunsaioli-
ors liisl appointed, wan uoabln unserve
The I situ mission, us finally ui^unixed, ouwsis-
ted of Samuel llogarl of Ooliu ctniuty, K. T.
I'rit.icb of tiiboru oouiity, Aud 0. U. Jotius ol'
Hay* county They eclcetml a site in the vi
ciuity of this city, coutai .iug fifty nenv, wbieli
cost twenty Hvc huntlrod dollars, two h tntlretl
and fifty of which were paid by the Stnte,
and tbo residue by the oitisens of this place
A duubL allot wards arose iu regard -to the - title,
obtuiued by the Coinmiseioucrs, owine to the
existeuce of an adverse claim tu the laud.
This 1, ait si uii> bcuu removed by * rclifVKe
from Thomas J. Chuiiibers voluntarily excjrr
ted
luixtdiatok after the selvctioii of the rite,
tie* Huildiutr Oommlsslonc.rs lurne<l their at-
U oUoii to the preparation of a plan for hiicIi
nn uislltuttiih. At the outset, they found
ibi'inseivi'e embarrassed for w ut of proper tit-
foriuali.tieeti the subject; Their investUMtion-
aoou hati fied Uivui that without tlie nssiatanoe
of s jutu one familiar with Uie treat jMUvf. in-
utility and tlie interior arraiigiu<<nt of luawui
llosj irsls, they cottld hot havo u suitable plan
prepared It Was thoreltirv deeiiie,! I.e-i, tltjtt
ii ci>iaiM<b-ut snnerintesith-n* <tf the institution,
should ho ppoifited at unco, aud tbat the ne-
OOtaary buildtiin* sltouhl be (dantiod and erne-
ted under h|s suporvisiwi and direction.
Dr. 4oliu C. Ferry, a phjreieluu wlusie pre-
vious education autl cxporicucu iu aimiler in-
stitutions, rentier him well qualified for the
station, wns accordingly appointed, and ia now
enpifred in the preparation of n plhn and ape-
eiti.Mlii.us for a suitable bnlbling, wliich will
sliotilv bo isimplotMl, when the iV>mnii«aniuera
will pioeccd to contract for its oonstrueti. n
in aoeordanKe, with the previatotis of the law
under which the* net. ; '-•••
The four hundred thousand a ores of land
appropriated by tbo last legislature for the
Lunatic Asylum, the institution* for the edn-
e itiiMi tif the Blind and tl)e Deaf and Dumb,
and for an Orphan Asylum, Wero all
DOW JD tKi
fund wil
While the ameuded school law of the last
session, ha* proveo to be much more aatiaJac-
t >ry to ihe people thau tie lormer Isw, many
iiuperfcetiona have been dnnoveted in Ua de-
talh, tbat will rcqu're revision.
Tour attention is particularly invited to tbc
• ugaestions and .i-rouimendatiou contained in
these report* They arc tbe rcsulU of the ex-
perience of the superintendent *M others, in
witnessiut; tbe pru :tieal operation of the pre
ent and former la <*, and are worthy of your a, -
rions considerat on
Oa former occas nna, I havo called the at-
tention of the, Je fislsturc, to tbe importance
of establishing a State University,where all tlie
facili iea oan be fttrniahed for obtaining a thor-
twjjh edncaiion, that r 19 be found io other.
States: and 1 'eel tbat I should be wanting in
d y, did I fail to u'ge this maaaoro upon jrout
consideraiitm. No country was ever better sit-
uated to oommenee snob an undertaking We
{ have aisfde ineona io the Treasury, not ooeded
; for other objoota, with which to eree* tbe nec-
j cssary builditlgs;ond'we have twn hutnl'od and
: twenty one thousand an i four hundred acre* of
land already aet apart by y<,Mr iittdwaeaore fee
fa UniveraMy, the piuaaad* of which,if properiv
managed, wllf be a liberal ndowment, and will
efiable ns fo oommaod (he service* eftb ablest
professor* In every t'epartmci^i of le. rnin^
The oaa*ity for apob an institution M felt
and seknowhslgnd by avevf ooe; and I traat
, that ye will not let «kie Male* pa*, without
1
fantjot omit
... . —«n thin (MHwrion, eaUing yonr
1 <on to the fact that justice has ant been
««ne to - - - -
^'I'aHie
r'rltj
Texaa
of the creditors «| (be lato
► I oiler flmank if the Ooo-
'h" Tnited Slates, providing forth*
L. ' nt 1hoee erediiovs who* <kbts were
I adaDtimt
*n « residue of tbe Usjversity Unds.to make
■ up the fifty loegwr, haw M aeleettd a d
la*, n " ' 'd 'be linp v* duties i f th*
Ls« 1 was ;■ opted by the last
K.M*7 ",n ^ bate ha*« naid at
, „ ' cents aad w
J 0JM or, e,,h dollar of ihoir oeMH
2tr? '^T w 3L——
tt e State at tHibMat mitt, tuifrfaikirBi*
} hundred oettt M the dollar.—
an aet fif ,
Hut little progttm Ma Ww
' «#*iradpn^Tmiwl
foe* located ^o fee
tbe prorvMOOs ef
1 steal, know hew partMHH*i**aly>
i thee* land* t«* tha* inaWted on, and h?
cult it va^i to retain this proviateo; Its r«te«-
tldn uraa oonaiderod as th* fir*t e en taken ttv
wards miking our public laods s.vJllahle W -
fter for objects at public Utility, If «*
rttftt-e to ret race th vt step, our future
will be a p sin one, and we may hope,.in Umat
to rvatia- fr u the sale of onr'publio domain,
the means ror lupporring a general system o|
ediicat'oi,, and sWIn* in the ennstniMbm of rail-
roads, wi'beul whieb, we shall make but si.
p> ogress i* da re Wiping the reeoureos of th«
%a|S.:f,M. vsi^s.-f !'{««)?• WW*
Ha iu d these parties limit their applioario*
for relief, tu au extension of the tl*m withm
which, to pay for their lauds, it ahovM be
crttitod; for it ia well kttiiwn that the disaster*
that have attended the cultivation, rf lie mil in
that si-etl 41 of the State, during the last two
se-ejos, have prevented thote engaged in thi<
>weupatinn, aaieiif whom are most or these aei-
U«rs, from making anything beyond t subsist
etioe . n
A law permitting tbem to pay Am- their land*
in t u lua'Bitusuts, at one and two Votrs with
int. r-.., will be cheerfully approved .
S'lmoiprovisicn should be mad a for th« *sle
of the a'termte section* of Uod rcnorvoil to the
use of the Sute under the act to Montmge tha
oonttruction of railroad* by donation* of laud,
and the sot granting land to tho Oalyeston and
Hrstfls Navigation Company
The State now bas at-"hundred and Ifty/
•even eeiioni, equal t<>420 4H0 icros, of land
thus surveyed and roserveit, which are "oot li
a bio to locations, entries or pre-eiun'i >o privi
loixes.' She will in a fa* months have four
hundred and ninety four additions! a*ftitu*a«
it^iial to 310 160 and the quanti y will
h.< increasing as other section* of r. ad i re tium-
ptefid.
Some of these l.nds are ritoafed In t>*rt« of
the Niate where settlements arrt now bning
made and others where th^v will be mvle be-
t P> the Meeting of anolhei le>glsliiiur«, ,n*rvl'
out to which time it i* more than nr.diahlf.ihat
many of them will have been taken pe^a^oa
>f l j iudlv|4usU, with the hop<< ehu th.-v will
be ubl to obtain lliotn by dtHVM'on. of be al-
I iw.v) r.. retain them f.>r s mere nombtVl priee
f' Is therefore deslrab.e, Ihit we shall now, lis.
fore any inisrest his been created to f-vot such
a nilsappllcatiun of theni, <)slsbli-.h o fttlee t
which parties m*y enter and ruirehssg them.
W - shall t' us take s*ay all pretext fur tma-
aassing upon theia, and Indicate in tbe most
iHutitive uianner, our intention 1 hat they shall
be a|>plied in gootl faith, to ednoation and in-
terral imc ovemenis aa waa crifInally intended
ITnder tbat profiaiou of th* "*ot to attthorlie
he location, ale and settl*meot uf the Mlsslt-
slppl and Faellla railroad reiHirve," which al-
b.vrs the Commissioner of the Genantl LaMi
Office, m iasna land atrip, at fifty ooats, nsr
aero, to be |.<caled within that feaAVve, ha *M
since the 1st day of Miroh laat laauod 67,710
acres. ■ •i',;
If si niilar scrip were auUniriaad to be issuad
and oented upon any part of oar public de-
man, 11 i> Iwlievcd thara would be much da-
mind fur it, *s lan V earUAeataa <tro heooming
oxeco-lingly aoaroo. and thoir value baa appro-
elated nosily to the ptico of scrip. Many would
prefer pUrch* itig aueh scrip, nveo it (hay puf:
more for It, ii* tbey 'thereby a volt) all danger
from the impositions and fraud* ao ofton prao-
tieod in tlie sale of e*rtHtesW*.
Should aueh scrip be autfaorfeed, none ahould
be said for a lee* quantity .than eighty tioraa,
and eeeb pieae of korlp MM lo ha located In a
square form aad I* ouo plana only, eaoent Id
case* where pravioua aurtro/a do not admit of
It V' -7'r -e
A law vm ptntaed by th* fifth Legialatura,
KilM to an-
'V.C
to t h ir
lo**title ^>f«>mpauy to 1
■n at km* - ^mi*! J
■ml
The uperatU* rt the l*w, aclkoriaing
loans, haa not proved to *4*a*U|f*>Mi" to **r
rulruad t atp**«*«, a wtte aatietpa ad by ua Tb*
advooatoe. The a uo**t lo** d untor lu pro (
tUloto la oot auftotent to afford them mttoh
"**>: U HO?, outtld ba
tetowd t
relief, au l vhey oanuot readily oh'aiu tee ee*-
aod toaa after .he'r road hue baa* mor'gs^pd
strti eltt< d be^w.tb, eiiu'
t auggrsMen- 1« relation u> (hlVnti'
1 the (Side >f Crimirwl
u. -fc- -tw^ rtfl t«JH ' ' - - ( l«VUto«|# tot '
TWmaaas forgradtag, Mrinf tbe eroa* j mUatl^f'CWtw. KhC
tiee mad haying dowu th* Iroa, ean be raised, {„ . tew j,., .:.k .
be lfcata !hy.«nto .f-smr h>a4a that *r« ' t0 lllr ^^raitoiis of thiT
>w making **v profraea, bat the inrn eathot ' '
b* obtatond withont the mtmey, or aaoh paper
as oan to readily 00uvarual into m<m yi *mth>
ar of th**a oan be obtaiaati ft « «ar own elti- „,.-t ...
tow Ibr any greal eitent of Mndj lew of them the free
hnve aay monnj or ea b paper be r Jtid what t hey
'5
a*
require for their ordinary bnstueas, Mid thoi
Who have, Ind wore Oertaiu and worn protta-
bla wodaa of empteying It than investing U in
railrmtd ttonk, or loaning ii far a aeoond wort-
gage ao a nulroad
Ki
gt * as exp tienee ba* shown to
the law p iterniug its l urines*.
It d*r dvea u| on you, at your prut^M jp
sion, to niske p.orUi u for an i Qutneiaiiuu 1
flMH'nfeabHalt's aud eUjtota of thvtitfttv
, under th* prtivislous ol the 29th 8e*lh« o the
to
Std Article of the Cnnsiituii'm, pre|Mtratufj
a new epporti mment of 8, natore and tleprea
tativoa, lo be wade at Ihe aaeeaedipg aeesian.
If you were to toquira this nuumerafToa t he
> „ . .. , ,jto«i by the ^tauworawl Co'Wor of Mot
m nut believed that any *14, granted to (Wy, at the same time, that be uko*
out- railroad oawpanie* ehoM of the moan* nee- o-naut of our aebolaslie popuUtwn, it 1
my to puwhaae their iron, will enahta thaw bi't lifts to hi* labor; ind could be
to protooure tfculr road* with a raptwtvy U*t, fur , ,o,nll adilitl mal ct>nipeti^(I.Mi \
•III weal public expectation In making oaeh of our former appcrtiou-
Nntwlthttaudl«g this belief. I am not dispos.' mnnts, the inbabitauts and elector* <T mane
ed to recomm ml tlm aubati^utieu of an* uthsr ' toUtitiM, from whloh no anumeratinn h,d bm-o,
,13 thu vou- rotnrued, bad to b«> estitrated from tho best
within tint liiiiim of the Mississippi and Faetfie
Hailnmd lltwervc, an<| entries of tlicm
made in tliu pnipcr land
1st tiny of - .are 1
also siirvcyeti before that 1
have '
wet*
district*, befurc tho
A p Vt of them wiire
n«y. and the residue
have sfnott heeti auyvoyeil, Tlttse lallilA ua
bulievcd Ui be aa valuable «a any that were vo
oant at the time. Th«^- nre rn « suction of
the Bute, whieJi is m>w settling up rapidly,
and whore if ft to thought rlnslntblc. they
may bo sold for jn* d pit**, at an eerly per
iod. . .
Applieatioii will Ho mtide to y>m, for relief.
Ui those who afiUlod ujxm publiu himl. wkhiu
Miwria-nppl ftftd IWlip
, between tlie 2 Irt of D
the
ms.
the 2#th Of Aaeuxt lbftfl. it will be reoolloe
led that under the pettviainM pf flje *'act. to
*y*teni for giving alii lit ku Stale, is thu wou-
atraetim.of tallfotd*, than ouw pur«u d, wbilu
pu rami* in oar Jmalitutiou It* bnisoitt ra*trio-
tioue upon the power of the Lsgfslaturv, in ra-
gsnl tottm *u( Jjoii of internal improveiunuia.
The itnawt avttem was *tfopiwf«tt*rw«tuis>
dcltbor aiiuu, *HH tut* mwto be tottafaetory to tho
grout inaj'iritjf of our oiii**us; it it pernaj* as
5<>.hI as any wo oan ml )pt without a nh*ngi of
eUr f'.ointlniii'.Ui It etiabiua * f' W oompauies to
stnigj-'e along aud aooompllah sumetlitug,
th 0(th it iu iitueli to bo foared tbat the present
omh*r>.Mt*H viinttlnn of tbe money market will
prov ut vveti tbcee cOrnpauie*. f am making
sny pioTcss during the negt two yetra bay mil
the complei -ou of aueh cm. 1 recti, aa bove al>
ie,i H been entered into
Mitch complaint is tpade of that provision of
th" Is* which require* 4 company to hfve
ttrcnty.flvo mllea graced) I* adv. uoe o* tbst
which hit boon oompletnd, b«.f ure it I* entitled
to a loan upon any section of completed road,
though tbla provialou 1a he',eyed to ha tbe wuut
county th* mute bee for th* re-payment of tbe
loan, aippe a* rami uaa he unwtletod and equip-
pedri« unly Iff wilua i* ieagth, with aa nddl-
tion^l twenty.Ave aaUaa graded, at a «a*t of
muen I*m tbaa three huared aad sixty ihMa-
aud dollar* in Mtoal woauyi and aueh ua a-
*Mi* oanuot be ntiaed andUvtolud in a rath
road, it any point (h Ibe Slata, wburo there la
In proepeut of
'ton. to Wake iha road
tesrpi. k,-
ted men from
otn« or «nv v
to pi eaert '*.
n ntiaed
nt fnlbe State,
proapeut of obtaining
ike iha road ttadoublM aoeurily
for a laaa af oae hundred and fifty tbouaund
**ta ecrtai
While U 4a not thought adeiaaMe to change
tbi* proyialop, tharo would aeam to bo no good
•Wtob Why a company tbat baa roealvad abni
....,„ "hWl Ito wile* «f aaapUWdi and twen
^r4u* miles of gndud road *houiii not w*
a farther loan upon aaeh additional aeeUon uf
* to* Wlla* that tt way' complete, wi thout
being rmprimid te muke any additional gride
in aduutun. , t-'iti • u% '
(hub of our. railroad compaaie* aa bar* Intra*
|"d ni e ii<i lttrabt* a<u nut in th elr road*,hut
bavo fciM Mieowply with all th* roouireweuw
Of their,obar^tr, or of nur lawa, fbelbr unuuur-
1 of thvir aoti*fnHMM« iw«^|urd to
frA*uim*til.i mUintioii
J aru not possuated of
pow ra and priVilngt a * lch are oot giveu lo all
by whitdi the governor wa* authotited to
p"iot it commissioner and Burr.yor to run and
math 'he lioundtry Hue be'ween our State and
the Tciitnrie* of Ihe V State*, from tbe point
at which it leave* Hod River to Where it loter-
sects the Ri • tl ran do, whitUevet *h« U. fl'ates
•hou'-l appoint tie neeeesary oCeor* «m bar part
10 join iu the work: Immediately after this
law was posted, * corr*«pondeor* waa oootw-l
with our Suimter* and Baprmantaiiyus In CoU'laod te
gross who woie nuiue*ted U) pyoopra the paa-
,ige O' a law, for the appointm ent of the necep-
tart offioer* on the p rt of the U State*. The*
bad riie auhjitet brought bofore CeagrvU*, but I
m not a#arU -thai any flnal fcerbio haii been te.
ken upon 11 Our cltntens *m now wiVlo^ Snr
vey* of Inn I along thai Hw, at A totftuws nt*
wltr aooii ToTTow, 11 ia" tBerefrte li*f«rt4nt thut
msasurc- be taken lo run Cft* Im •, or Wt ItbW 4 .. . . .. ffr
to asfrirt* ti and msrV on the ground, tbe point 1 *5.°^. '. y '** P"""'bU, 'o ^brlft^
at whieb it loaves RH River, without tb« «o rallroej jakwrfaft Iwiikw seme attodird; thl. Wd
o|«rstion of Ihe C States, uhould :ha; bo | f 4«, aa towpawhw apply for re iof;
uiUifb longer rtvlayrd. : '*j. "*fBftlf i*M3f> tltto will *<n rit^uire
.if cmrt*, Wtlbin the timiu of what w ;a i'gio ru 1 %*+***'
a. Fetors' f'ol.my, were luiilng k|A«p*ll£iR
upon Tl egal i vitTenee, and to pervitin nor enti f *y**w' T ■ rlBiiW«ll f> j^Wlt W .
■' • 6 ' rTT' ' ol teti'l by whivb tto"ae rhada kt|ii «i n un iius
iu all eaeee, Where^tlte
BB^WttliMI tkujrlr* ptf*etol
ar.(| of HWU power* and pltellugea, an extension
«h lul l he grasito 1, o*ly *• *own 7tw ikal ihe
company eamtanta to aueh reeiriettene of Its
pn*-f and privl $m , M eapthieaae has ahown
• ary lur tha proteeilnn of the rltht^
«e iftfcr Su , or any of lb olHuena
" K be regretted that wa d'd n<w at
1 *Wt Udmif (He prluolpie of granting to all our
fail mad eowpaufet, uiwflar bowers and pviwl.
Uges;.if We bud; tbrre never would have been
an* wdueemewi farWwi.lna th* |^„tslmivc
ball* wMr appUaaSeua for «xtrtord.n^{ &-
■TS't
we wmild now ruwwe-dMutoduoeipan
roterued, util to be oatimaied from tho
<a|a that Uould bu obtained, fo prevent
rccurreiioc nf thie incooreunnc*, aueh a penal-
ty for a failure to perform the duty, nh uid hu,
ihipo M tipoii tb uo tu^vw'ol J with It, «ta will'
luiufc n prompt re'urn from «v.ry uounty in l
the .Statu' J;;-.,j, vtcrf I
1 w-uld suggest ibe propriety of requiring, P°
the Ateewairs and O.llltHUors, whibi.ainkiutt
thi* enumorat on, to obtiin aa amiu«u tt Ipfor J t ~™rs.a
matinn us pt*s|t,kt, In regsrd n tb. nu iiiiu •*" *he sul.jeetwf * IpWtl
Of hhd in mi titration,' ano iho vnluc nf nur '*• > wuH« ri, an ear'y dajt of
ugrittuititra), mr-h'ttitut nnj -|iii'fiiiftiaiila*nl 11 jtV*'*'''H<<1ii|
prudut tiona, for lb* pmetlltig year In tbla - M b 'to d'l
■♦>•, *• bout tnui'h expenaii, t*'uubio mfortnn- • *
tiiin ouuld bu ob'aii.ud, whioh would Iki highly Jv ' r
useful, n .i only tu our own miiaeu*, hu> i« I
thrnij of other Stateu aud C«uniriua *#n ere J
i)i< iri'tt id aoleeting a bow* amiwg «*, • 5.|P ♦' •• ,,;r
Tbe .attention uf your predreis t<ia bas ft* i,jMi* n 8te<us
H«ently lieru diri«tud te ibe intporteiwu o :
having a Ueologiea! Survey of the Status
I ublte opinion tie maeda tbat tbla wenauteabail 10
n* longer be dvlayud. : „.. ' ' ; _4'
Tb amendmenl to thu Oonetltntlou, propo- ton
and by tbo laat Legislature, bjf wbiab the 0«v< "
•rn* waa to he autkoritod to mak* tamporar* >rf
appoititwunta to III vuMuauhw I* the oftoeu uf
Judgo of the Supreme and Dtetrieta Gourto^
Attorney Uauerai, Diairiet Attorney, Comp
troller or Public Aooounta,' Treaaursr, of ihe
ctete, and Cowoil**iouer of tha Land (>flear i
4««p thuwlt
t-wa
tihu Montop I
of t
until they
general clc
00old be filled
Ua
the eleotor* ut
aeeordaauc with Iha raq
•titutiun. But I regret to infotrw you
waa lout by the foilure of a fatrga n* mhe
— r* viir. itpun.lt.. .: ■ T.',u .,t.. w
ou are aware tbnt to adopt an amendment
• tut. •«. It wiut rowlve a m^orily of. tJte "*
"f * *ho volo for; AMfi^wjlVwm
The out1i. v d« given fur Uupreaouiatlyi
ihu hte eleotit<n,ao far to It can he mod
from the ri'iurn* madatetheStor
wae 48.7(H),
Wufcff .nv rot urn of tin- v,itw
««l) Sb>6H of that nnmleva Voted
awendweut, of Wbow mm voted
again** It. tisi that, iuofudl„_
Wli* fci rd against it with tbuuu wh« fa .
*oto, -20,1)14 must bf untiitfud ae agsli at tb 0
amendment, while bu (#,766 voted for it
Tbi! result of ibe vo * up<
icn lment 4gsiu>t which jo reaeonahle . _it
JeuHoti Undid be ofllaftiil, and kgainat which IW
at*onh rjip'el |,.n wa« mauilest'd, abnwu ibat,
owing in ih 1 iudtffcn nc" Willi r hlj'b ixgreftlt
hurnW of our eit o 1 or- trtat such qui stlttRS H
will lie eacitdtupiy d ®culi evw iii >dnp! an
•auettdturai ti 1 be t'nnsttiUttoi, striml) ip «*-
•oidapuu with tie proyietons. however tti sirub't
it y but «nd baa detuned mc f om nei,ni>
muttdlpg Ti* ynur eouwdora'.t m .gtijr of |)t -ae
uktebdwunU heretofore
ilt'iUw*tift ; ,,+
mm
dlnMVi
RMMM
* f?.ininsis*bWMii Were Tnimodiately anpohitod, j.^* the 11*y* thimrtf, Op rtu
under li* authority vetted In the KxorirTrT* hyT ^®r;> ^*i'*u«i *ru mhjeeii'd
.1 - - •—. St-;. that rtMltp* th a
ts of tl
ogun
r the {
eulhuriio ttie locatitm, anle iunl, mitUemont of
tbo Missiaippi and IVific Ruilroad lloscrTO."
all those who wore then nettled Within H. Up-m
publie land, Were required to par to the Com-
aiiwrioncr of the <ienoi*l Iwwd OBcu, rm or
belon the lat uf January 1858, fifty cents
poraoro, for their settlement, not to exoeed
ouo hundred aud sixty acres. \ i..V v_,
Kflorts will doublUvf br made, t« obtain
from tlie Stale, u release of theuO UlitU. witii-
«ut *njr piiymeiit by the softltsrs. Ty unJtT-
rtnud flie uiorll of their claim to tliis ^ri.teitj,
reference sboultl be made fo the eirttnntalatice/f
under which tboy entered tlie resorvsu.ni in
December 1SB*. all tbe ptiblic Uu# within
eertait speeiued it.uii.. were r wrve<| troin set
tlenicnt andhicatum. Alternate aerUoaa tliw-
of wore set sjrrrt fo enctnlSiJtt the copnthietlon
uf a railroad from the eestcm line uf liib.Stato
to Kl Faao; and the roaidue Ww teafrted to
tlie use of the State until ol heroine dlreptetl
by law, with,a general uoderateudiUg that, jjf
should tsmstrtnte a fttod foe purpoaea of ' tln' i
liun aud internal Improvement* While thi*
diet rid uf country wa* Iha* WW*Vcd for ul -1 for the invratmem dt tbfe aefttof . _
jecU of the groat<*t interest; and while thott- 4 fuad m bo*4a of HuitroUd emupMrte* tnu. pwt j'
sands of our citiicuh holding hesdri(fbt, dona ||. the k IIITlft>Vpi>kiilMIf p II iTi ' **
Hy oMtmcaUa, wasncd to the ear. | |tur two b*Mi karo^et b«ef- n>
sti and noldiaia fli*8ur* wti«m. war* ihomd i w of ice h^dwd ami
. ^irMotttii p^ilegaW luuudngtlia. ^
in iu liwlt% dtauu *<l>tiiil) awny of
had hoe. foil a Mmn tone in tbe State, entered which'
ihte iwwtviiotl and tmA Jp6*ilte8<m «f tboolwi-: r*wt-w«ro
ceat land* « IW ftmod,!*
onr poUfi#.Jtnd in viofibonof onr posilivt
oing Am ha p iii|i>a, wfcn* Hw liWii latten |tj.(
waa openpd, lhay mat* perwl^d toWtfn tWr
Urn * aet to aa*r atn the legal claims*hr money
and lamia i«*in*' the State," who were iustmat-,
c.l t. ox ivnuia thi taoorda of lb *o«t> u iuf*
iu i| tboec oountiaa, and to enquire tu <■ th,
mauuer ''O which they were kepi, an I tu tl(e
full Itiport, .is < .irly a ooh.ya^jUtlJ^, reliiliiHi
io all 'rime? where tbcao *uu'i%r.<.r.a p.«f Wm>,'
bad violated tbe laws enaotad for their gftvctu
taeph !! 1 etc#*I
S .me of th* •ommteeWcrr that spjoin uA,
ha ing duelinad to aiteto, th4 ' '^^Uoi ti wr nf
the lleard Waa greatly dclaeeil. ' '
Tk« emmplaaitrowt inulff erganiaed, eo|tsi*t
(of 11 G Hmadritiks a*4 JFisHi M Head qf
Gray so* emtetv, atni M. P.Hwhoten* of ttal- *
laa oout' v. Their tup*r< Wte n t yet. boen r*. j[!r*c.
MPteed, hot may he orpeMwi ai an early (VrloJl PJ*
of yoor atefluW, When ro-eived 11 #Rl he tr*ns-
Uprovfsiort,
miles of tbfit t ail, wifbl* uroftorU a tur ike
e l«h year tbeivefior. No gtwd i-asuo eaa. he
•rssteti^d -Vhir the u road* aubjeet to
smh a - hnMH/in, WbTTa.l ut bur toads iu tb*
H *ta'«to sitmipt ftam fij It bas hitherto
M thWb mueb fn* nvenb-0e« attd rmb
wrnti ttn4 WIN oontlnuu greatly to
pWWCMa. .rw .TtirR
itjtj-,-1* '^|_l ifl A; ji'uaj' WUj ihhL J' j
#°er*Wf nwvVlVliVI
Fhr'temn udthe
milted to y*U with aueh rem*i«te* iatbeia,
"he reault* at*
lb" nature aod tr*ient of tho fraoda d soI '«hI,. L jjj"'!'!'
mvy eltem |I, reiptlt* M _j7-
/l|he drat annual report of be Ooaed rf ^tihAol ! !v!
cou.MtaMooer-, org.nited under |he ' irt ^f*to'«W|i-.4Wi
peoeeJe for the Invetttwenf etf tbk k^SigJ ae%<mf ■ ^uin^i Jiff'
•Wi-. ih4lar> n rw H/*«Mt'4-.>JTek£
;' wiy-e*mpm^f,^n rtp* Wth day i<f
iUwi«m
. und woof-
' *A'!u, and
"HUton-
tbat th*
Tlns Wuult alto induce* me Mjj,, 7n,
ultwrorwof bia 8' th to lukc'k ut'the mat
August . botom whetbtr a ddroteitku thMuid
be ealtwL 11. Um,. d «be ( OUSIKUII n
T'ie ailw
■fPUWiel;
lhaf jn |
radical sm ndtneou to
WW, Tbeu we bfd b|
and -'«Sp ly about one hui.,
bahiitiui -11,w wc hiive ware Wears* anTaIgS
i«aa ooutitfe , with a p^ul.iii m of te'.r- fuxn.
halt mrtlrnn, saatterod oy r tMUt'ly totcg imn*
tb. uuiwnt ofenntry tbey then .«euP 4rS"t*
UriwUr cbengrx Imve oueurrod her*, *
in,wapru y
, tjf tltou tnd ttt- ,. "As
Jpitplt U.lajgK;t; |£
ublu. with the
Sffi1
Jim
n'
w'UnfVr*
msim
igr: v
bad been
*
T' w ■ . #
'-V1"
WW| herewith *
apprt^rttiiion
tiriu of tbe riv ta and Utber
ftter
heen
y.gr, a of ihe amoitpt of 'ba mnt^ip
Uacb navlgablf
veto, aubseri
witbiu th, ir
A%ll*nd
s#41* Btete ]
wbkhwiil
in^miun in tbe
m
^.1
HKlbwIfwrw
ee*; aafwi
portion
rti ou thereof, ** may he light, wl
wimPW a- ' f
i$Ck? XtV
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