War Expenditures And Receipts

The " War Funrl " was overdrawn at the close of the last fiscal year. ?120,387 04 The amonnt o expenditures for the current year charged to this fund is, $823,216 75 Making a total of $943 GOy 7,, Unrler the provisions of act No. 109, npproved March, 14, 186:J, I have s old War Loan Bonds' to the amount of $571,000 00 On which I received for prmium and accrued int. J15, 310 3ti. By the provisions of "' an act anthorizing a war foounty loan," approved Feb. 5, 18B4, a luán of 500.000 00 was anthorized for bounty purposes, the money arising f rom the loan to bo credited to the war fund. der the provfsions of this acl I have sul boude to the am't of 230,000 (JU. A!l of which were taken up by tliis oflïco for the sinktag fuodsi I Of the amoimt leried for interest on the " War Loan, ' I havecreiiiied the war fund for tlie aniount of interest actually paid. $5J,019 00. Aniount of State bounty refunded, J50 00; The war fund is now overdrawn, 73,218 -13. $343.603 79 SrNKINO PÜHDS. .During the past fiscal year the followïng emns liave been set apart for the soveral sinking funds, to wit : War Loan Sinking Fun'l, from l-lütli mili lux. $10,753 4 War Loan Sinking Fund, from surplua of taxes levied for interest, 80,674 0 Two Million Loan Sinking Fund, from ]-8th inill tax, 21,506 9 Primary Scliool Fund, receipts from'july 1. 1863, to July 1, 1864, " 131,892 19 University Fund, receipts from July 1, 1963, to July 1, 1804, 24,154 59 Normal School, receipts from July I, 18ü3, to July 1, 1864, 2,510 93 $221,793 18 I have invested $230,000 for the iinking funds in war bounty bonds, as jofore stated. STATE DEBT. The fundad interestbearing debt of the State is as follows, to wit : Renewal Loan Borids 6s, due Jan. 1, 1878. $216,000 00 i Two Million Loan Bonds, 7s, due Jan. 1808, 250,000 00 Two Million Loan Bonds, 6s, due Jan., 1873, 500,000 00 Two Kil'ioii Loan Bonds, Gs.due Jan. 1878, 500,000 00 Two Million Loau Bonds, 6s, due Jan., 1883, 750,000 00 War Loan 7s, due Jan. 188G, 1,122,000 00 Ste. Marie Canal Bonita, 6s, due Jau. 1878, . 100,000 00 $3,438,000 00 The amotint of non-intorest bearing debt is as fnllnws : Adjusted Bonds past due, $9,000 00 Fuil paid 5,U0o,000 Loan Bonds, past due, 12,000 00 War Loan Bonds, $100 and $50, culied in, 1,150 00 1140,00(1 unrecognized 5,000,000 Loan Bonds adjustable for 80,099 80 Making a total of funded and fundable dbt of $3,541,149 80 ÏUB TKCST FtJNb DEBT. Is made up of the following amouuts and fumín respeatively, to wit : Primary School Fund, $1,032.638 95 Univeisity Fund, 247,140 89 Normal School Fund, 33,000,33 Railroad Depoiits, 2,157 38 $1,314,943 49 This 'exliibit is moht satisfactory. - ■ Tii Sute haannutfill her obligatious prouij'tiv, and will eontiune to do so, liaving in nv in ihe Irefunwy a surnlus of uearly $+50,fiOü. The Kinking" Fund is rapidly alorbirig tiio public debt.and but f'rom the neeessary inoraasa from war lom e, would aoou make an end of it: We hope, of course, that this causo for iiioreaso will quickly pass iiway. [ huïé thus ooniraeted the present condition of the finanoes vvirh that existing a! the time of my coming into of5ce, not for the mere purpoae of comprrison, but to emphaizü tho recommenclation that the present poliey sho'd ie coDtioued wiihout material changa. - [t consis'.s pimply in paying off the "ublic debt ;is rapidly as possible, by ueans ut' the Sinkiag Fund, and of oroitiog no new obligations, eithor to the ' trust funde'1 or otherwiae, except iu great emcrgüiicies ; and uniformly laying taxes suffieient to meet appropriations. I have the satisfaction of adding, that thf) finances of-the State have nut suffered in any degree within the last four vears fsom the frauds or peculations of public offioerti. The defaulting Treasurer was legáíly proseeuted, eonvicted and puuished, and it is to be hoped that that wholesome examp'le will be efficiënt to prevent the occurrence of like crimes hereafter. Some effort has also been made to recover the amount lost from the SKTt-ties upon the official bond, but I am compelied to say with little succes3. The tureties were found to be irrespónsible, and there is little doubt that the entire amount of the delnlcatiou will prove a total loss to the State. STATE PRISON. The condition of the State Prison has not materially changed since my last communication to the Legislature. The nuiuber of prisoners sufiering punishinent thera hua steadily declined Binee tho coniiiienseinent of the war, and will doubüess continue to do si. This will have the effect to render the prison less iUiid les.s suci'.egsful, financially, while the war lasts. lis expeuses have alao been laigely imreased by the general appreciation of pri ea in the country. ïho number of prisoners as shown by the Agent's report, is now 292. All the laws provided for the governnjent and discipline of the State Prison, I believe, are workiag well and require no 'material change. The pardoning power has been exercised of late, with perhaps a more than ordinary liberality. The judge8, preeecuting officers, and the people generally, have been urged and stimulated to greater activity than usual in thia direct iou by the exceeding great demand both for soldicrs and laborera, and I have feit compellud to graat their petitionsi more freely than heretofore, I am, however, well saüsfied with the re uit ia the cases of pardoned convicts, with very few exceptions. Many ot them are doiog valiunt service in the ranks of the country'a defeaders, aome have died in' battle, andothers are supporting tbemselves by honest labor. A supplement to this nessago will be submitted, containing the list of pardorm, ! wilh the reasons for each such at long!h. For (all details in rogard to the tion of tho State Prison and its wante, I refer you lo tho full and sstiífttctefy reports of thu Agent and Board of In spectors. STATE REFORM SCIIOO!,, In my message to tho Lfgisl ature in Jauuury, 1863, I ealled its attantlon to the rapid incroase in the number oí boys in the Reform School, arid leoomraendod that some logislation ba lid to preveut tho cvil.' The samo or even a greater rat of increase has continued up to thia tioie, and it is evident thart the number must be restricted or the Oapacitjes of the school must be greatly inereased to aocommodate a much largor body. Tho Board of Control íeport the number of inmates of the school, November IC, 1SG4, to have boen 214, of whom 114 vvere rooeived during the previous year. Thore were disiuissed in all wavs, -during tho year, 87, but two-thirdsof' these vvere allowed to enlist in the army. - " Should this outlet bo stopped," the Board say, and they '■ compqlled to discharge only on reformation, as tlie law requires," by November 15, 1866, the number will not fall bhort of 300. - The Legislatura appropriated to oarry on this school f i r the years 1863 and 1864, $15,080 per annum. Tha board have expended thissum,borrowed $8,000 and will need $6,000 more to keep alocg until your appropriations shall become available. There will be required, therefore, at youra handa, an appropriation of $14,000 to Pupply deticiencies for two years past, and .$44,000 lor tho yoara 1865 and 1866, accordtng to the estimates of the Board of Control. - These sums are sullicient, I think, to attraot your attentioo, and the whole suoject requires thoughtful consideration. The Keform School is one of the nobiest charities of the State, and deserves the fostering care of the Legislatura. - It has two objeots in view : first, the punishment of crimes; but, secondiy, and principally, the education and reclamation of those crimináis wboso tender age gives assurance that they are still vvithin the rcach oí reformatiou. It is to some extent a prison, but raueh moro a school. It is not atended to bring with it all the idle,vagabond chiïdren of the State, but only such of thetn as are found committing suoh offenees as society cannot tolérale, and allow the criminal to be at large. In our legislation thus far, I think two mistakea have been committed - the one in allowing too young boys to be eentenced to this cbool, and the other iu not guarding ufficiently the trial, conviction and seu(enee of these youthful crimiualg. In my judgemoot uo boy sbould be " enced there who is under ten years of ge. He can hardly bo said to be i )le of crime ot an earlier age, and needs mueh more to be guided and governed han to be simt up and pum'shed. We onght also to tako care tbat only sucli '■ are convieted and senteuced as are ' ly guilty of serious offences ; in otïier ' words, we prevent its being mude ' a poor-hoiise. íor this purpose f ara eatisfied it wül Dot do to let every Justice of the Peace couvict and stnteacc without restraint. Uuder tho precant l.iw, boys are senteneed to the school who are ot thu age of seven cr upvvards and for the smallost ofl'unce. Caá it be wise to allow the Justices of tho Peaeo to sentence boys to tho school tor 14 years for the simplest tnisdemernors ? - The law organizing tha House of Correction, as it was origiaally called, contetuplated the coufiueraont withiu its walls of ooly thosa boys undor sixteen _years of age vvbo should be convicted of ciimes punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison. The law was changed to its present form in 1861. It will be found r.ectssary either to reduce oousiderably the number of sentences to the Eefoi-m Schooi, or greatly estend its capacity to receive those sontonced. - As to which is the preferable course, the Legislature must decide. I believo the Schooll is well conducted uader its present management. THE ASYLUMS. The reeorta of the several Boards of Trustees will give full information of the conditions and wants of the Asyluty for the Deaf, Durnb and Blind, and for the Insane. Theso Insütutions are both of them stül unünished, and their usefulness isconsequotitly not equal to the intentious of tlieir f"uriders. 1 tftink the time has arrived when great eñorts should be mado to complete them both speedily. The wholo capacitv of the Asylum for the Ineaoe is needed dow, and humanity requires that the need should be eupplied. It is impossible that insane persons should bo properly treated at any other place than in a well regulated asyluin. They are both btsing conducted skillfully and econornically, and I recommand great liberality toward thein. THE CANAL AND TUE UPPER PENINSULAR. The business of the St. Mary'a Faüs Ship Canal continúes yearly to inerease. Tho gross earuings-for the present year have been above thirty four tliousand aollars. The work s in fine eondition, no accident of any considerable magnitude having beialleu it during my terrn, and t still promises to be of great value to the trade and business of the State. Thus íar it has been lbo outlet for the cntire business of the immense mineral región lying upon Late Superior. That wrü cease to be the case horeafter. The construction of tho Peninsular railroad from Little Bay Dve Nocquet to Marquette, will furnish anotber and rival route ; but I have no appretiension thal it will Bupereede the Canal, or even serously interfere with the amount of busiuess passing tbrougb it. The rapid growth and wonderful dvelopineut of the rniueiül regions of ttie Upper Paniusula, will lurnish abuuJui émployment ior both route-, ai;d wil! qbiuklv I roqtiiro pihers. Il a beyond qaéetton, if we consider tho ostent añd vuriety of ita product, tho most important mineral country on the globe. It will be your duty 10 eoomder carcfiilly what Icgi.-ilation inay be rcquii'ed to acoelerate the ('evolopment of tho immense rosouroes of' this country. It remotoness iro'n the moro Ibickly petlled portions of thé Stute, and the peculiar obarac'tor of lts population and busi'iess, require laws and regulations peculiar and appropi iate to its situati'u'. ] recorntiiend especial attecition to tho iotereata and noods oi thia rogion. SWAMP I.AXDS AND ROADS TIIH i;tt,l'TA?vTf KOADa. The policy adoptcrl for Hio dispoeitiorj and reelamation of the Bwsmp l.mds by meana of rouds and dit!ie.5, whioh has bocomo settled by the olion of past Legislaturos, cnntftiuos, I thiuk, to meet the approbation of the people. ïhe newer and moro feeble settlements of tho ncrthorn portion of fcha State have beea grently aidod by the appropriation of these l:iads to tho buikling of roads, tho ürft rcirairoment of e7ery tie-7 country. The situaticn cf tho country has interfered injuriously with tho construotion of the roads for the past ttro years ; but considerable progress hia been made io spito of all diiiiculiios, and sound policy requiros that they should be oncouraged in all proper ways. By an Act of Congress, approved June 20, 1864, a largo grant oí' lands was made to the State of Michigan for the construction of two wagoa roads for military and postal purposes. One of them to run from Sagitmw City, by the shortest and most feasible route, to the Straits of Mackiuaw, and the otber from Grand Rapids, through Newaygo, Traverse City and Little Traverso, to the same point. The grant is a liberal one, being of three seotions to the müa, and should result in tho oonstruction of a , good road. Tho Act provides that the roads shall be located, tnirvoyed and constructed uuder tte direction of euoh commissioners as the Governor may point, but has made no provisión for tho , pnyment of the commissiouers or their oxpenses. , It seeins to havo been supposml that the State would be wlllrag to do this. - Aud the supposition was reasoanble. - Inasmueh as Congress has freely granted the land, it is not too inuoh to ask of the State to pay the expenses of locatioc and Buporintcndencc. I recoinmeud that an appropnation of money bo ruado for .this purposo. It is reasonable to cnticipato groat boneñts to the Stato to at'isa from tho construction of these roads. AflRICULTÜRE AND TUK COr.LUQE. Agriculture ia the main pursuit of the great mass of our people, and niujt always so continue ; and it has been properly a cherighed object of legisla t i on to promoia improvemeut in this pursait, in all legitímate ways. Stata atid couuty eocieties aud fairs have been überally eocouragod, and a system of liberal educa'Jou, boai'icg upon it, has baen inaugurated. It has come now lo be admitted by all Latelligöot porsoüs that a farmer is aa largely bonefitted' by a thorough educatión end study, as th-a lwyer cc the doctor, and the fact ia clear that there are few of the scicnees janü arts taught in the sohoo'sjhat do not more or Iets directly bear upoti agricultura. - MichigaD has a fair claim to the credit of beir.g tho first State to establish a College under Stalo patronage, i'or the especial purposd of teaching t'iose seiences aud rcs which more imiiiediaiely concern tho business of fanning. - Thia Iustitution (the Agricuitunil Ooilege,) lias from the firs, had to striu;gle with rnany aud serious diiïïcultieD - Among these was a genera! waut of conideuce in its ultimate sucooss. lts entire want of endowment and dependenca upon ;he varying ideas of succusaive Legisla;ures, randered even ita continued exis tonco doubtful. I think wo maj now gafely say tbat its dangers are all passed, and its permanence and succes3 sooured. As an instiiution of learning, it has boen steadily advancing, until now, I belicve, t will compare favorably wit! any ia the western country. lts fuïi oouvsü of 3tudy, ocoupying four academiu years, is .horoujïli and well adapted to its object, ivhich is to make loarned men, and skill ful; praclioal farmers. Tlie corps of professors and teachers is suíñciiení, and iney aro ïuuy uuuipeiuui ior tneir iiunea. ïlie Intitution is fully organizad, v.ith its Presideiht, Secretary and Facu'.ty, undcr tho supervisión of the Statu Board of Agrioülture. Tbis Roard has proved a most intelligent and valuablc bodv, aud to its wisdom and energy the Oollcgo owes much of its succoss. lts suocess in the futura protuises tü be subatantial and great. ïiio Agricultura! Lond Grant, when it shall have been turid into productivo reHuuroes, will piaee the College upon a basis of iodopeudöRce and usoftilness surpa--sed 'oy uouo. Tho Conmiissiouer of the Stato L;uid Olüoe, to whom was committed, by ,tho Board, tho duty of seleeting theso lands, reporta that about one hundred aud tifty thousand aores have beon solucted, and tbo prelirainary steps have been taken for the seloction of the remaiuiög cinety tliousund aores. 80 far, I am autisüed tho lands havo boen well celocted. Some years will interveno, no doubt, beforu the fund to bo created by the sale of theso lands will becorae adequate for the support of the College, though I hope that soine relief to tho Sta4e may bo realizo. 'd quite speodily. Uutil the fuud does bicome suffioiont, it vill bo neecssary slill to reeorl to the yoarly approprinüona for carryinfi on the Ir.stitutiüii, as heretofore. Trie Sute having acccpted the graut from Croiigresg, has bound itstlf' in good faith ,o maiutain tho College, aud 10 add , tlu profcssor.ship required in the aot makiog the graut. Rogüiduig the , ouuisUuocs of tho lLtitution now as m ettablisLtd fuit, l ixcoaimcnd t!:e lature to doal liberally witb it n the matter of its finince3. GENERAL EDUCATION. Tho report of the Snpcriiiteodent of Public Instruotion will give you lul) and ampio information in regard to-thu public schools of tlio State, and thu University. The eiluualion of tho pcoplu 8 the object at which wo uli uiiu. Provisión has been wade by tasation for free schools for all tho youth ot the State - the Normal School for tbo train in;; of teachers, and the Univereity tor tho eduoation of all such as seek to become atudents in tbo higher branches of learning, We are siiid to bo succe'-aful, and porhapa wo aro reasouably.sd. Bul do we, especially in Uib oommoo schools, accomplish all thut ought to be aucomplished ? In one respect we oerlii'uly I f:til. TLiere aave not been brought il)to I tho fret; schools all thoaa childrou ui tho poor that ought to come there ; quite the contrary. But aro the schools theraeelvee vhat they shonld be, coüwideriog the amounfc of tnoiiuy expended upon them ? I muat confuus to a belief that thcy are uut. A large nurnber of the puoplo seetn to suppose that wi.eii they havo paid tkeir tases to support a free sohool, thea their entire duty is done ; they give the school itself no atteution, but leave it to take caro of it self. This is the one great evil of the free school systcm. Even the rate bill did tho ona good thing, that it p.rousod the attention of those upon whom it waa leviod. The School Boards are not always competent, and are not likely to be, under the present system of popular election. Can the primary school system of tlio Stato be rendored more efficiënt and -useful by any chango iu the iavvfl, is a question ttiat 1 bclieve ouht to occupy the earnest attention of "the Legislatura. I have onee befre stated to the Legislature, my opinión thut a system ot county superintendent of schools might, to somo extent at lenst, reach this object. If suoh a system should ba adopted, the mode of ippoiutment ef the superintendent:? would ba vory important; it should be sueh as to secure the mostcareful deliberation, and avoid as far as possrble uil merely poütical influenoes. The Uoiversity at Ann Arbor continuas to ment and receivo the deace of tho people, and is, 1 believo, roalizing tho best hopes of its friends. The sanie may bo said of tho Normui School, at Ypsilanti. Tho; e is aljo growing up in the State a uumbcr i)f colleges and other iustitutiuna if loai ing, wliich ars suppcrtud etitirely wiiliout Statti aödiotacou. 'ihey are úoing great good. üad dwvu fcboúui'aggt ment ia all practicable ways. TUE KOLEISKS' VOi'B. The "Act to onablü tua quaiifii.d electora of thid Statj, iu tiie üiilitary evvicd, to voto at csrunu eloctloin," ap)rovd Februprj 5, 1864, requisa some imeudment. Tbe authority to opon jolls at hospitiila is nat espresslv givcii, is it shoijld bo, though I tbiok it iü, by kir infurence. iSoma coul'naion hua a'so ccurred the boards of cunvassrs oí the several comitie.s, na to t.heir iuties in making returns to tiio Secreiary of State, gome supposiny that oo turna ahould bö made uiitil the fiual oreplotion of their eriuve'oaiivs. I ecoinmeDd a careful revisión of the aw ia these respects, and in ÜD7 others n whioh tho kw rnay b ferun 1 to Uols n directuass and clearnesa of liuiguuge. Ia ita main features tha iaw has 'ouon found to operata admirab'y. The voting under it waa done wioh sj niai.h order and propriety as at any of the pulls in tho State, and I haar of no plaiut, trom any qnarter, -i uafai races, oi" undue influence exeroised over the soldiers. The voting was fVít, opt,ü, fair and intelligont, compietuly answeriog every objeccion to tlie poltoy of such a law. ïhnt voluuteera in the military service shall v. to in tho (iold, hus beoome the settled poliey of the vvholo country, and care should be takea to perfeet our lavvs ii pon the subject. NATIONAL CEMETEIïY AI GETTyeaL'RO. At the extra session in 1864. an Aa' was pasBed "to próvida for the piejwatioti oí the Soldiers' National ('e neiery at Gettjuburg, in the Siate ol Pennsyv vania.1' For that o'ajüot Üio f ,iai of 8o,5ÜO of tho war fmid was atea, a;;u a Ooinmissioner ww autliomod to be p.ppointcd to superiuleud tht' dUburseinorit of the monyy. Such a Coirrmissioner has boun appaijHed, and I have drawo from the appropniuiua the sum of twelve huudred a;ul sixiy-üve dollar, which has been piid lo ti:e treasmcr of the corporatioQ civa'ed ry the statute of Penneyh-ahia, ftr the preparation of tbe Cmetery. Tho rnoney will be oalled for from tine to time, as the work progretwes, Wy vouche?-s for the paymout of tjiia irionoy I have filüd in the office of tho Anclit -r Goaaral, though the Aot did uot proscribo yny place for such filing. The Cemetery íh in r'apid progresa towards oompletion, upon suoh pliuia ;is coulil be produced by the best artistio skil! of tho oon.ilry. I ani sutiffied that wben fininhed it wiH'be worthy c f the great evont it. ig iuteudod to ctnmemorate, and a filting tribute lo tha gallrtut men ft' lio ottored up llioir lives there for the salvation of their country. Tho column of viotory nill towe'r thoro through ag.'s, over the resting place of the héroes wh feil in fs"gra'nde8tinur. ïhe repoit of üon. T. W. Purry, Cofilmisaioner, i. berewith aubmitíed, containiug a reanmmeudiitioD of un a;!ditional appropiiution of twonty five hundred dollara, which I thiuk sh.iuki liu made. It has been rondare I neuek-ary by the mínense íiioíüío in ihu pricc of labor, and all thu ai úJu ua.t in th i cpnstruütiou óf ihe woik. a riiurü full slüloniJUl of ihc üondiuuu and pu.gruoo of tuc lufa, I iift.1 j u Lu 'iüj ;pc port itself and accorr panying dWu monts. MILITARÏ, Sinee my lacst bit nuial mesage, gre.it i oclivity lias prevailed in all juilitary op'.-r! ations. Vorj larga alia bave necessuri■ ly buou made opon tliis Stale for Vol :nteers, all of' wIjicIi huvo beun filled" witii great pminptoews, bilt at a very heay expense; and stül the werk ia by u I nicana finished. A culi is now mpeudiiifi, under wliieb the quota of the State bas lattiy boen assigned, aml dues nol vúry tïuiuli from tix thousainl mon; ïiu vrhol bumber raüied ;uiJ or.':inod m I tbe State sincn the begiouing of Uie vm-, ; is uovv a littlu u exet's.H of eighty thouand. {80,000). üf the, tbirty-fins thoiisiiiuj luivo been raiced siuce JanI liafy, 1 ();, tbough thcro have been added to the permanent organizatious of tbe State, only four uew regimen's of inïaiitry, üva of c.ivalry, and six bat terreé u( liyut artillery. The State has now organized and in sarvice, tliirty regimeus of iijfantry, eleven regimeot of cavulry, one regiment of ligbt artillery, and ouo regiment of Mechunics and Engineer-, besides t70 iudepeiidetit batteries of Light Artillory, aud üftecli companiert for various a.rms of service. It is not probable, aod certainly it is not desira ble, that any nsora now regiinents will b" formed. Many of the veteran regiment are mueh reduced ín numbur, and sound policy requirea that their ranks should be speedüy filled. It h;s been, my . steady efíbrt since the war begun, to fiïl up old ragiments, rather thau to forin new ones. The advautages of this cotiree are obvious, even to those who are unacquainted witb military affair.s, and they apply with doublé force where the men aro enlistad for short termH. Tbe uew recruit very quiekly learna Lia duíy, if placed in aci organiz ition among veterans; but put n thnisand ot theia toyether, under offioois like themselven, and the case is different as possible. The policy of the Government of the Uuited States bas also been adapted to the oi tho old organiza,tions, ó nd as ibere are now in the field regirnents more thau enough to conLain uil the quotaa called from the State, I think we niay regard it as settled, that few, if finy, uew oues will horeafter bu formed. The question most important for tho Legislature now to aettle, is the mode heieafter to be pursued in filliüg tha quota3 of volunteers for the ötate. Thus far, no very fixed and steady method has beeu pursued Our aotion has been spasmodic. Sometimes wo have paid a State bounty, and sometiiues not. Öorno localities have paid a local bouoty, and some none at all, and tuis has been in sorne towns very umeasoiiably large in aruouut, and iu others quite sinall; and soiuetimes it hag beou raised in aooordanco with the laws, but quite as oftea without inuoh referenoe to the kw, and tha Legislature has been appealed to for the purpose of legalizatiou. In my meaBago to the extra sessiou of 1884, my viaws are fully stated upon this quegtion of bounties, and tlicv ara stil! in the main unchanged. The Leg. islature did not then altogether agreo witii me, but in opposition to my recomrnendation, authorized a State bouuty to be paid to all volunteers aüke, of one - tiundred dollars, and at the same time authorized the towns to raise a Jike amouct. A half miilion was appropriated to pay tuis State bounty, biu we had only begun to raise our quotas when tne appropriation was exnaustud. l believe that so far as gettiug an additional volunteer is 'conoerned, ifc id verj questionable whothur tbis expenditure has aocoinplished anyfhing; and dow this Legislatura will fiiid that all tha mea wbo have volunteered sinuo the State bounty ceasud to be paid for want of money, will request that an appropriation be made sutticient to pay them the samo amonnt that the others havo reeeived, and for thut purpose aloae, not less than seven hundred thousaud dollars would be required. I skould nut recoramend it, though it will be very difficult for you to give n satisfaclory rea'son for a refasal, which vvould not bj equally a reasou fur rejuuting tho luw itsell. In niy judgment, this whole business of bouuties has beeo carried to a great exoess, ro.-iulung in exoessivu tiXü8, with great deoioraliz&tiou of tbo people, aud wilh no coriesponding benefit to the üovernineat, or to the soldkr hiuisulf. Reasouuble büunties, erjabling the soldier to placo his affairs in a thr.fty coudition, with proper provisious for the care and support ot his f.imily wliilö absent, are wiso and welltimod, but they should never reaoh tha poiut where the service of tho counlry becomes a matter of merchaudise. The citizon owes service to hid country as a patriotic duty, rad his truo reward cousists in tho laurels whioh adorn tho hero's brow. Tiiese oannot be bought wilh ixionoy, nor will any soldier ever wear them worlhily who ervters the service meiely for a bounty. My oa'u judgmeat has been, that a modera ta local bouuty, addod to that paid by the United States, is all sufficient; but if jtiy Stata bounty was paid at all, it ibould bu only to those old soldiere who will reonlist, after a previous term has jïpired. It is a great object to retain :hese veterans in the service. It is not ;oo muuh tü siy that ono of them is Aortb tbree new recruits. The looul Jistricts will not usually muk'e any dia. inotion, hecauso they are ititent only on he filling of quotns. Siich a Stuto )ouuty niight possibly do good. Tua lystdm of bouuties, as practiced iu the jountry generally, has tíiled ú with a set if desperate viihaiïs, wüo, hs substituto )rokers, or m'iddle raou, rob and plunder bu rtoldiors and the poiple aliki. I do lot kuow as it is p'ss.b!o to bo r:d of hum, but they aio a set hard to baur vith. I musí leave this wiiole Hubj' o', to oaitiliii cuusideialiou auJ uiaiuiej